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THINGS THAT ARE NOT.
I 4resmc<l n dro.ttn of Jz>ve,
That she wm holy, pure and true.
A friend to give delight on earth,
* voice to bid man look above,
Her constancy her only worth.
Alaa! like this she comes to very few.
4 heard her sacred name
On lips of many, young and old.
1 looked their idol in the face.
1 giddv, pleasure-seeking dame.
Whose vanity is her disgrace I
Whose Summer friendship fades before the ;
cold.
'is Love, then, but a dream.
The sweetest fancy man can know?
Or has she broken earthly bars
Vr><! fled, with her celestial gleam,
To shine aloft among the stars.
And look with scorn upon the clods below? I
When Faith and Hope are dead,
When life has for its only aim
T<> seek the passing moment’s bliss,
f'o find sufficiency of bread,
Man soon his highest joy* will miss.
And seeking Ix*ve will nnd her but a name. ■
The Academy.
Ulorniiui Ih'ivo Serials.
MISSLITTLEJOHN.*
kt MISH ELEANOR M. JONES.
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CHAPTER XXVI.
The summer days, refreshed by the de
lightful mountain air, glided onward, to
the regret of all the young pleasure-seek
th at this lovely retreat —each moment
was replete with enjoyment for them.
Gay, sparkling Mattie Fleming was the |
acknowledged belleofthe season. Full of .
•■vivacity, a dear lover of fun, accommo- i
dating and happy in disposition, she made
many conquests. Her brown eyes over- ‘
flowing with mischievousness, her auburn
tresses a target lor the wind, her red lips
ever parted, revealing the even rows of
pearly teeth reposing behind them. She
was the personification of buoyant, hap
py youth, untouched by the hoar-frosts of
Morrow. Every gallant seemed ready to
die at her feet, if need be, except our
friend, young Lester; he alone held aloof,
and he alone, of all others, she desired to
conquer.
Sometimes, at rare intervals, she would
and him near her, “but somehow he always
took her by storm, then, when she was
least expecting him,” she said, “and of
course she never appeared to advantage,
tiics taken by surprise.”
With children, as with all, she was an
especial favorite, and ere the other fash
ionable ladies had arisen from their
couches, she, with her retinue of fairies,
as she termed them, would wander to
some lovely dell, crown each other with
wreaths of wild flowers, play romping
games, then as they wearied of these, she,
the leader, would tell her followers weird
stories of the tiny race, enchanting their
fliildish hearts by her merry, pleasant
ways. Here it was that the handsome,
distant lawyer first began to interest him
self in her. As he took his early stroll he
would frequently find her seated,perchance
on a grassy knoll, a right regal queen,
surrounded by her numerous subjects, or
with joined hands dancing around some
enclosed prisoner, chanting musical lays.
Ho began to smile as he beheld them every
morning, and at length begged to become
a participant, and then what a change the
♦ourted gentleman would undergo! As
he chased the fleet little maidens over the
green meadows, the crimson blood would
vurge in the fair blonde cheeks, the far
away expression would die out of the
hazel eyes as the tall, dignified fellow
would catch a graceful little form, and
claim a kiss as a penalty. And after the
fatigue became apparent, he would also
come and throw himself at the queen’s
tbet. Those bright-eyed damsels, who
had denominated him a marble statue,
would have been astonished at the anima
tion which played upon bis handsome
features, as he conversed with the youth
ful sages sitting so complacently around.
Sometimes he would allude to the time
when he knew her as one of these—to
those days long past and forever.
Again, when the afternoon heat would
drive those above-mentioned beauties to
seek repose, she would take some trifling
dainty, and, protected by a large umbrella,
would wend her way to some one of the
tiny cottages which were dotted far
around, and where many invalids, desir
ous of perfect quiet, made their summer
homes, this same tall, quiet gentleman be
gan invariably to meet her, hold the heavy
umbrella for her, assist her over the dif
•fieult places, and on her return would es
cort her in like manner. But in the ball
room, tenpin alley, on a sailing expedi
tion, or upon the croquet ground he al
ways avoided her. But often when she
would utter some frivolous, worldly
speech, or look w’ith unspeakable trust
and confidence into the eyes of some of
her trifling, senseless beaux, she would
meet in turning such a deep, penetrating
gaze from those fascinating eyes, which
•would bring a deeper tinge to’ her rose
tinted cheek, for he looked as if he would
read her inmost soul, and understand her
two-told nature.
When auntie, her only confidante,
would hear of this strange conduct, she
Would say:
“He is a true man, Mattie, and likes a
natural woman; when with those liitle
children your true self stands revealed.
But in the other sphere, my dear,” tap
ping the rosy cheeks, “you partake of the
deception and coquetry around vou.”
Then the spoiled darling would wrinkle
’.he pretty forehead, pout the coral lips,
and say:
“He is odd; not at all like the fun
coving boy who never thought she did any
thing wrong.”
In the meantime what were his thoughts
concerning the pretty bird ? Miss Little
john, with all her discernment, tailed to
ascertain. The majestic moon, smiling
down upon him as he sat upon the piazza
smoking some fragrant cigar, alway s w mi
ni reach of her voice, could have told how
often a tender look would steal into his
yes as he listened to the musical tones
svafted to him by the gentle breeze. Miss
Littlejohn was much pleased with the
lighted-hearted girl; she saw beneath the
frivolous disguise a truly royal nature,
and she determined to make a match be
tween this pleasure-loving maiden and
her own devoted son. To further this
scheme she look Mrs. Lessing into her
confidence to gain her assistance. That
lady, is she listened, smiled and said:
“You are a veritable match-maker; but
do not attempt to urge ray darling—she
won’t be driven, and if she knows your
object, will think you are forcing Clar*
ence and thwart your purpose.”
Miss Littlejohn knew full well that the
little lady “must be kept in the dark,” as
■he termed it, so she treated her exactly
the same, listening to the confidential
chats regarding the beaux, the witty
criticism upon her defeated rivals, the
sudden outbursts of tenderness
for some unfortunate, the affec
tionate praises lavished upon her
youthful friends, and, above all things,
noting the strong undercurrent of sym
pathy which flowed so deep for all of
Ood's bartering children. Clarence, by
• degrees, became less obdurate; often
walked back to the hotel with her alter
those merry morning frolics; would seek
w prolong the afternoon rambles, and
hover around in the evening, until at
length Miss Mattie, feeling pretty certain
ot her victim, thought tit to tantalize him
* little; so one morning while they were
sauntering slowly homeward, behind the
troup of merry children, she saw a bunch
ot lovely flowers nestling in a lofty posi
tion on the brow of an adjacent hill.
“Oh, what exquisite flowers!” she ex
claimed; “how 1 wish I had them I”
then you certainly shall,” be replied ;
‘ it you will await me here, I will bring
-Lein in a tew moments.” So tho petted
belle of the drawing-room stood grace
a!oue» while her gallant cavalier
cuinbid the rough ascent at the imminent
I'tril of his new pantaloons, for number-
Ess friers overspread his path, but. at
wngth, bearing the coveted blossoms,’he
yelurued to his waiting companion. She
thanked him very eloquently, while her
eyes gazed into his own; actually
* tremor passed over his frame as his
nand touched hers in banding them to
“tT. They continued their walk, com
menting upon the beauty of the blossoms,
,As they approached the hotel, a
">■ Greyson—a gentleman exceedingly
•J 'uoxious to Mr. Lester on account of
arrogant and braggadocio manfier;
*ijo perhaps because he was a new ad
mirer of Miss Fleming—advanced to meet
them.
morning to you both,” he said.
f»een taking a stroll. Miss Fleming? Ah,
<.u at lovely flowers!” joining the pair,
would 1 be too selfish to express a wish
‘ Or one of them? Remember, I deserve
recompense for being deprived of a
E-rticn of my waltz last evening,” be
stowing a look of adoration upon the
ffiperious little beauty.
bhe cast a sly glance at the donor, and
** a contemptuous expression lurking
“J otit 0 tit the mouth. Quick to read his
;“ ou k r hts she determined to increase his
£ al °usy; so detaching the loveliest bloom
Aocording to act of Congress in the
l u y J - H- Estill, in the office of the
• ,r *rum of Congress at Washington.
she held it towards the implorer; but that
was not sufficient, her own lily-white
hand must place it in its resting place. So
she pinned it in the button-hole of his
coat, while he cast a triumphant look at
the o her gentleman, who w alked slowly
along wi'h them, without joining in the
conversation, until they reached the
piazza; then turning, bestowed upon the
lady a look so cold, and with a formal
bow disappeared through the hall.
“What is the matter with him. Miss
Mattie?” asked Mr. Greyson, gazing at
lister’s receding form. “Have you act
ually found access to hie heart also? —he
whom we termed marble-hearted, because
he resisted your attractions for so long a
time?”
CHAPTER XXVII.
It was about an hour after breakfast, as
Miss Littlejohn was seated beside anopen
window in her own airy room, that her
boy entered, and taking another seat close
by began the perusal ot some letters just re
ceived. Miss Littlejohn’s eyes were riveted
upon what seemed to her a lovely sight—
below in the croquet ground was Muttie
endeavoring, with great patience, to teach
her little cousin Helen the game; another
little girl was also being initiated. The
spectator was highly amused at their
strenuous efforts to learn, and the perse
verance of the instructress. She loved
the frank, open nature ot the mischief
loving girl, and was disgusted at the slow
progress of her cherished plan.
“Dear me!” she said to herself, “we
will soon be going, and Clarence is just
at the starting point. I must hurry him
on; I know be can’t help from loving her
—he is only diffident.”
The present moment was a fine oppor
tunity, so she began by saying, as if to
herself:
“Mattie Fleming is certainly un
selfish; there she is now, absenting her
selt from more agreeable company, amus
ing those children; she has truly a noble
nature.”
If the lady had only been apprised
ol the scene of the early morning, she
would have selected another occasion,
but, not being omniscient, she did the
wrong thing. A scorntul srnile flitted
across young Lester's face, as he replied:
“I do not call any woman noble whose
only aim in life is toying with men’s
hearts.”
The tone was so bitter that Miss Little
john felt that perhaps the young iady had
already thwarted her wish by rejecting
him, and said involuntarily:
“Why, has she been" toying with
yours?”
“She never has bad or will have the op
portunity, ” he replied.
“Ah!” said our heroine to herself, “he
is even more smitten than I imagined.
Did you ever see a saint, Clarence, in
mortal garb?” she presently asked.
“No.” he responded, then tenderly add
ed: “You are the nearest approach to
one.”
“Do you ever expect to do so?” she con
tinued, too much engrossed with her
theme to notice his complimentary con
clusion.
“Yes, when 1 marry,” he replied, with
a smile, “1 expect to see an angel.”
“1 hope you will think so,” she said,
“but let me tell you there is no nature but
partakes somewhat of sin. but each has
also the impress of that sinless season in
Paradise. Now, Mattie Fleming, like all
of her sex, has her faults—one, 1 admit,is
love of admiration; but, as for toying
with men’s hearts, she does not do it.
When they will allow themselves to be
imposed upon, few women can resist the
temptation; but Mattie does not lure a
man on when she knows there is no hope.
Why, only the other day she had a hearty
cry because she could not reciprocate a
young man’s affection,” and the speaker
looked triumphant, as if certainly this
must prove the truth of her assertion.
The young man drew his seat closer to
that of his companion, and, leaning upon
one of its broad arms, said, while gently
stroking the white hands lying idly upon
the muslin dress:
“You are the best woman I know.”
“And yet,” she replied, “I willingly
toyed with one ol the noblest hearts that
ever beat.”
“Let us talk of something else,” he said,
for he knew the old-time story, and
wished to banish painful recollections.
Miss Littlejohn placed one of the white
hands upon the young man’s head as she
said:
“Do not judge anyone’s actions too se
verely, lor no one knows the temptations
and provocations.”
“Then it is a temptation to flirt,” and a
mellow laugh floated down to the croquet
players, and a pair of merry brown eyes
were upturned to Miss Littlejohn’s win
dow.
“Os course it is, laddie,” she said.
“tVhen a girl sees a young man likes her,
she wishes to increase it, and that is what
you call flirting.”
Mattie’s upward glance brought the
color in the young man’s cheeks, for he
remembered his morning’s rudeness in
leaving her so unceremoniously; but she,
beholding it, thought it a remnant of his
Unger, and having felt conscience
stricken since the occurrence, she seized
the present moment to make amends, and
with her most bewitching smile, said:
“Won’t you take pity on me, and come
to my assistance?”
“I will answer for him,” said Miss Lit
tlejohn, before be could reply; “he will
only be too delighted, bo now, my dear,”
she’ added, turning to him, “I have ac
cepted the invitation for you, so you can
not decline,” and the fellow, six feet in
height, stooped and imprinted a kiss
upon her forehead, then left the room and
descending the stairs, joined the lady
on the lovely green expanse extending be
low.
“Come, now,” began Miss Fleming,
“and revenge yourself for the manner in
which I treated your flowers this morn
ing. But really, Mr. Lester, 1 will tell
you a secret,” with a most enchanting
smile, “1 offended Mr. Greyson last
night; I am so unfortunate, 1 am always
making some one angry, and I am sure 1
never intend to do it,” in a deprecatory
tone. “Well, I felt very sorry lor this,as
I always do. You are not vexed, are
you? for it was such a nice opportunity to
make friends.”
“How could anyone have the heart to
be angry with her?” he thought, and he
felt sell-condemned for acting as he had
done. So he replied: “You have more
to pardon than 1, for the rude manner in
which I left you demands au apology, and
I herewith tender it.”
“And it is accepted,” she said. “You
were fearfully angry,” she continued; “1
saw it in your eyes. Do you know it was
the very first time I ever saw you look so
white with tem per ?' ’
“Well, we are friends again, I hope, so
assign me my position in this game,” he
said.
“You take Helen for your partner,” re
plied his companion, “and this little lady
and myself will endeavor to defeat you.”
So the four engaged in the game, until
the heat of the suu drove them within.
Mr. Lester had so far relented as to make
an engagement for a set that evening, and
the sun descended upon two peaceful
hearts, instead of wrathful ones. The
dancing had commenced, and our hero
was standing near the door, impatiently
waiting his turn, with Mr. Greyson be
side him, when several gentlemen ad
vanced and insisted upon their joining
them in a moonlight row. Greyson ex
cused himself on the plea of an engage
ment, and Mr. Lester was about to do the
same, when one of the gentlemen whis
pering something in his ear, saying: “Cer
tainly,” he hastily left the group with
him, and walked rapidly away. Several
moments afterward, when he returned,
the set was about to form, so entering the
room he espied his lady standing iu posi
tion, smiling sweetly into the face of her
partner, Mr. Greyson. He advanced to
wards her, and w’ith the same white heat.
gleaming in his eyes, said:
“I suppose our engagement is cancel
ed,” and, without awaiting any reply,
glided past them out into the hall, and see
ing the gentlemen had wot departed,
joined thein in their expedition, stopping,
ere he went, to tell Miss Littlejohn ol his
intention. ..... . .
With a strange pain m his heart he
went out into the moonlight, while Miss
Mattie, gliding through the figure, whis-
> pered to her partner:
“Oh! Mr. Greyson, why did you deceive
' me? He is terribly provoked now, and
! with just cause.”
“Really, Miss Mattie," said the gentle
man, “i did not mean to tell you a false
hood. 1 heard him say ‘Certainly’ to the
invitation, and saw him leave with one of
the gentlemen; but I will explain to him
after the set, and make it all right;” but
when the time arrived for the amicable
arrangement, he returned unsuccessful.
I telling her that he had changed his mind
! and gone, so some one told him.
So Miss Mattie felt that he was again a
foe, and how to appease him anew occu
pied her thoughts. In vain did Mr. Grey
son seek to enliven her, telling her at
length please to become cheerful again;
that his happiness in life depended upon
her, and to increase her discomtorture he
told her that he was emboldened by her
manner to ask a great lavor, viz.: that she
would crown his joy by becoming his
wife. , .. . , .
To this proposal the little lady gave a
positive refusal, and sought her pillow a
THE SUNDAY’ MORNING NEWS: SAVANNAH, DECEMBER 16, 1883.
short time later with a heavy heart, feel
ing assured that she had lost two good
friends, and mentally determined that she
would profit by the lesson, and behave
like a Quaker, since it was her misfortune
always to offend, little dreaming that even
iu that homely garb she would attract
hearts, for she belonged to that class of
women who under all circumstances are
irresistibly winning.
CHAPTER XXVIII.
As Mattie was going to her room, a fa
miliar voice in the hall said “good
night,” and Miss Littlejohn advanced and
kissed her, saying as she turned away:
“I am terribly worried about Clarrie, he
has gone rowing, and it looks stormy;
you know how I dread the water, my
dearest,” and. as she left, she added’:
“Be kind to my boy, little girl, for he is a
noble fellow.”
Poor Mattie retired much harassed,
and when the brilliant flashes of light
ning betokened the approach of the storm,
she shuddered at the recollection of Miss
Littlejohn's history. The storm burst in
all its fury before Mattie’s eyes closed in
slumber. The thunder rolled in heavy
peals, and the lightning lit up the dark
ened chamber with awful brilliancy. The
wind too seemed unchained as it swept
around the building, shaking its very
foundations. The rain descended in tor
rents, swelling the little river in a mighty
stream. The terrific noise of the thunder
at length awoke Mattie’s littte bed-tellow,
Helen, who said:
“O, cousin Mattie, are we going to be
killed?” in an awe-stricken tone.
“I do not think anything will happen to
us, darling, but Mr. Lester is out on the
river,” she said, and clasping the little
girl in her arms she burst into tears.
“Will he be drowned?” inquired Helen.
“1 don’t know,” replied her companion,
but she wept all the more.
As the morning light streaked the horizon
the storm began to abate, and these two
sleepless ones, wearied with their watch
ing, fell into a gentle doze, from which they
awakened to see the sun streaming into
the room, filling it with its golden splen
dor. While they were sweetly sleeping
below in the hall six men were talking
with a crowd of gentlemen; their clothes
were drenched, and they were telling of
the storm. Among the audience was our
acquaintance Greyson awaiting the de
parture of the stage. When he was
about to leave he called Mr. Lester aside
and said:*
“It was my fault that your engagement
was broken last night; I told Miss Flem
ing that you went with those gentlemen,
really believing it to be true.” As he ut
tered this he extended his hand saying:
“1 am going away from here; do not
think me wholly base. She could have
made a man of me, but I do not censure
her, for I am not a very lovable creature
—not suitable for an angel such as she—
her memory will aid me. Farewell!” and
he glided out into the misty daylight.
A teeling of compassion took possession
of Clarence Lester as be shook the young
man cordially by the hand. He had never
liked him, but he felt at this moment that
he had done him tin injustice. Hastily
mounting the stairs, he strode to Miss Lit
tlejohn’s chamber door, and, knocking
gently, inquired if she was asleep.
“No, indeed!” she answered, appearing
at the door; “I haven’t slept one wink.
Why did you not return earlier?” Then
in a tone which sounded like a sob she
continued: “O, my boy, 1 thought you
were drowned!”
“Ob, there was no immediate danger,
little mother,” he replied, placing one arm
around her. “We did not notice the ap
proach of the storm until at some dis
tance, and as the water began to rise, find
ing it difficult to row, abandoned the boats,
swam ashore, and walked back.”
“I am certainly glad,” said Miss Little
john, “that it was no worse, but do go and
change your wet clothing, you will die of
pneumonia, or something else terrible, if
you have escaped drowning.
“All right, I will obey your injunc
tion.” So saying he passed on to his own
room, and was soon in the land of nod.
When he awoke the sun was high in the
heavens. Jumping up suddenly, he
looked at his watch, and found it was
nine o’clock. While descending the stairs
he met little Helen just goingto her break
fast also. Espying him, she exclaimed:
“O, Mr. Lester, was you drowned?”
“No, little one,” he replied; “don’t you
see me? Why di 1 you think so?”
“Cos cousin Mattie cried last night, and
said you was going to get drowned, and I
cried too,” she added.
“Thank you, little darling,” he said,
taking her in his arms and tenderly kiss
ing her. “So you care enough for me to
think of me Way in the night, don’t
you ?”
“Yes,” replied the child, “and cousin
Mattie, too,” wishingher beloved cousin to
share his commendation.
During the whole day he endeavored to
effect a meeting with the auburn-haired
charmer, but his efforts proved unavailing.
It was evident that she avoided him.
Wherever he wandered he could find no
trace of her. Having finally arrived at the
conclusion that she was the only woman he
could love, he resolved to ascertain his
fate. “Without her,” he acknowledged to
himself, “life would indeed be dreary.”
In the afternoon he started again in
search of her; took the familiar pathway
which led to the little settlement of cot
tages whither she so often repaired. In
vain he gazed in every direction, hoping
to catch a glimpse of the graceful form as
it merged into sight; in vain he lounged
around, until the waning daylight told
him of the unfruitfulness of his watch.
So he turned his footsteps homeward, with
a sad feeling of oppression. He wonder
ed why she had acted thus. He did not
know that all day she had avoided his of
i'ended gaze, endeavoring to conceal her
wretchedness under her gay banter. As the
restless pedestrian approached the house,
quite a crowd at the door intimated that
an accident had happened.
“What is the matter?” he inquired,
joining the throng.
“Why, Mr. Bertram and Miss Fleming
went out horseback riding together; her
horse became alarmed and threw her,”
was the reply.
“Was she seriously hurt?” he asked
again.
To the casual looker-on he evinced no
more interest than if it had been any
other of his lady acquaintances, but a
close observer would have discerned a
lopk of deep concern in the hazel eyes—a
compression of the lips indicating the re
straint of feeling. He went immediately
to Miss Littlejohn’s room and found it
empty. As he was crossing the hall,
however, vainly hoping to receive some
tidings of the sufferer, ne saw the object
ot his search turn an angle of the pas
sage and enter her room. He followed,
and interrogated her as she was ransack
ing for clothes to make bandages:
“Was she much hurt?” he inquired.
“Only a terrible fright and a sprained
ankle,” she replied.
“Do you think she will be lame?” he
said.
A smile played around the corners of
the mouth, which was turned away from
him, as she answered:
“Only temporarily—that is, for a few
days, during which time she will be con
fined to her room.”
He came up beside her and whispered:
“Y ou are a good doctress, so cure her as
soon as possible.”
“I will try with all my heart,” she said,
going out as she spoke with a large bun
dle in her hand.
Lester resembled the Wandering Jew,
some one remarked that evening, he
seemed so restless. In fact, he felt mis
erable for the next few days. He wished
to apprise her of his sympathy, but did
not know the way. All’her friends sent
beautiful flowers —which they hired the
hackman to bring from a neighboring
town, or luscious fruit—which enlivened
the room and cheered the invalid grace
fully reclining with bandaged ankle upon
a crimson lounge.
“Why do you not send some token of
sympathy, Clarence?” asked Miss Little
john. “Really, I do believe you are the
only one of her friends who has not re
membered her.”
“But there is nothing for me to get; the
others have sent everything,” he replied.
“Never mind that,” she said, “send
some fruit; an invalid cannot have too
much of that, ii they are like me,” so that
same afternoon a large waiter, beautiful
ly arranged, found its way into Miss
Fleming’s room, bearing upon it the card
of the donor, Mr. Clarence Lester.
“He certainly is good to forgive me
again, isn’t he, auntie ?” said the petted
darling.
‘•Yes, indeed,” replied that lady, “he
has a very forgiving nature.”
A dreamy light stole into the soft brown
eyes, as they gazed out upon the lofty
mountains crowned with the brilliant
beams of the setting sun.
Ito be continued.!
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If the surface of their shelter is rooted |
up, loose and dry, sprinkle it well with i
lime, level down and wet it by throwing |
over it buckets of water Its often as it be
comes dry. Pigs will not thrive shut up .
in small pensunless you know exactly how
to make and keep the pen, as well as to ,
water and feed, and the least oversight or
neglect may lose all the gain. If obliged |
to keep them in pens, raise the pens above •
ground high enough to clean out under- I
neath every two or three days—slope the
floor two or three inches, put the trougn j
ou the upper side and cover one-half the I
pen to keep it dry. Give abundant straw
for bedding in cold weather, leave no sour i
food in the trough, feed none that is rot- I
ten and supply well with clean water ‘
every day. If the pigs can graze all the <
better.
Notes on Rural Topics.
Corn and Irish Potato Culture.—
Where the land lies level there can be no
question as to the value of planting corn
in checks. The land, however, need not
lie perfectly level to justify the checking,
for if it is laid off in a proper manner land
quite rolling may be so checked as to suf
fer as little damage from washing as when
it is laid off horizontal. Practical farm
ers know that it is a very difficult thing
at best to prevent washing of the land
whenever heavy rains occur, but, grant- |
ing that rolling land is likely to be more
damaged by checking than by the plan of
drilling, I will simply reiterate the propo
sitian that on level land, at any rate, it is
far better to check, I have demonstrated
this to my satisfaction in experiments
continued for several years. The advan
tage gained by a thorough breaking of the
soil ail about' the hills just at the time
when the corn has started vigorously to
growing is compensation in full tor any
supposed objection on the score of being
more tedious to check and drop. The
checking dispenses almost entirely with
hoeing—ordinarily the hoeing incident to
thinning out being all that it will be ne
sary to give the corn. For several years
I have observed the following plan; Dur
ing the fall or winter the land is flushed
and rows laid off at 3to feet. During
December or January(and on through
February if the work is in any way de
layed by bad weather). Such manure as
is to be used is applied to these furrows
and then listed on and thus left until about
planting time (say February 20 to March
10). Tnen it tne soil is of such a charac
ter as to require it, I complete the bedding
and then check across at right angles or
other angles that may be better adapted
to protecting the soil from washing. Then
drop three grains of corn in the cheek,
covering the same by flirting a little soil
on the seed and treading it in by the foot.
This primitive manner of planting corn
cannot be improved upon. No machine
will press the soil down to the seed as
satisfactoiily as the foot of the planter,
and when so’ pressed comes up promptly,
is not injured by frost and is not inter
fered with by birds or mice. If the soil
is light the bedding out can be dispensed
with and the half beds simply checked
across. The plowing out long after the
corn is up will put the soil in proper eon- |
dition.
If stable manure or cotton seed compost j
is used, 1 have it hauled out in carts and j
applied with shovels in the furrow right I
from the cart, carrying four rows at a I
time. If commercial fertilizers are used, ;
it is not well to put in as early as the eta- ;
ble manure and cotton seed may be put '
in. It is better to wait a month later, as I
it is subject to more loss from leaching
than the organic manures. The loss will
be very little on sandy soil even and none
at all on stiff clayey soils. The cross
plowing given the corn will, of course. !
scatter the manure from the drill and
leave it pretty much all around the corn
hill, and it might be asked why not broad
cast the manure at once. Os course it
may be done, but I prefer the putting it
in the drill because it can be more evenly
put in, and then requires a very little
plowing to cover it, and planting'can be
done in the spring without further plow
ing.
I found last year, drv as it was, that the |
Dent corn, so planted March 2d in checks ■
3x3, matured one large ear to the stalk j
with two stalks to the hill and a large I
number of stalks had two ears. After the !
middles had been well broken both ways j
with double shovel (twice going to the
middle), the harrow was the only imple
ment used. The weather of May was
very dry. The land on which it. grew a
few years ago produced nothing. The
manure used was stable manure and acid
phosphate compost, 35 cart loads of the
former to 400 pounds of the latter per acre.
The crop of hay that followed would have
paid for the manure and the land left in a
condition to make another good crop.
This field of corn was admired by a great
many, who did not expect to see such
corn in such land with such a season.
This Dent corn is especially good to
grow green for market, producing a very
fine, attractive ear. My experiments this
year embraced eleven distinct vaiieties
of corn, only one of which failed to give
fair satisfaction, and this was Landreth’s
extra early. Two years experience with
this variety shows tnat it is not suited to
our climate. It was an absolute failure
under the best conditions. Blount’s pro
lific is properly named. Though the ears
are small it was found to produce more
corn than other varieties w ith larger ears.
It is a fine variety for roasting ears; and
the same may be said of the White Egyp
tian prolific (sent out by the Department
of Agriculture, WashingtonL The Penn
white and yellow flint 1 have always
found good. The Chester mammoth is
not a desirable variety for our latitude.
The Queen of Prairie is a very produc
tive little corn—plump, yellow ears, more
desirable than the Early Canada or Early
Dutton,
Irish Potatoes.— While a great many
persons failed to realize their expecta
tions of profit from this vegetable the past
year, most of them perhaps will be per
suaded to grow them again for Northern
markets. Last year many engaged in the
business who had had no practical expe
rience iu potato growing and shipping. It
is true, it was a very dry year and much
of the failure to be attributed entirely to
the weather, but there were cases where
persons made as good crops as they are
likely to make hereafter, and yctexpeii
ence loss from ignorance of the proper
manner of assorting and shipping their
crops. Some, perhaps, have become dis
gusted and will not be tempted to try it
again. Others, profiting by experience,
will go at it with renewed energy, and
many of them, no doubt, will realize pro
fitable results. It is very important that
the potatoes should be of good size and I
should be properly assorted and nicely s
packed. Fifty bushels of large potatoes ■
will bring as much or more money than ■
double the quantity of small ones. Those |
who have them the earliest are the ones ■
that will find it the most profitable. To i
secure good size the planting must not be ■
too close and t he sets too large. Good, '
sound potatoes cut to one eye is the first
step towards having them large. Good
manuring and rapid cultivation must be
accorded them. If too many shoots ap
pear tuin out to two at the first or second
hoeing.
For the early crop the Early Rise is the
best. Next to this Goodrich and Snow
flake. The White Elephant, Mammoth
Pearl, St. Patrick and Queen of the Val
ley are very productive but not quite so
early as the Rose. The Peerless is the
poorest of all. The Chili Red is not de
sirable. The Long Knills are much more
■ attractive and salable. Planting should
I be made as early as it is safe to do so. In
i Middle Georgia we cannot plant safely
I before early February, but in South Geor
gia and Florida the bulk of planting oc
i curs in January and some plant in De
i cember. Manure the furrows well iu
I advance of planting, using liberally of
stable manure or cotton-seed compost and .
run through the furrows once or twice '
before planting, so as to thoroughly in
corporate the manure with the soil. Plant ;
deep and keep them growing by rapid,
shallow cultivation. Injury is frequently '
caused by too close deep plowing after tho ;
vines have become large. Shallow culti- i
vation, drawing the soil gradually about j
the stem but not ridging up high, is the
true method for making large potatoes.
If practicable, dust the vines once or twice
with land-plaster. Those who design
shipping will, of course, see that boxes
and barrels are provided in time and all
arrangements perfected with railroads
and commission bouses. Assort the ship
ping sorts properly, retaining the small
ones for planting or stock food.
8. A. Cook.
Muitcay, near Milledgeville, Dec. 10, ’B3. !
Rest Remedy for Colic.
I never sev in the newspapers a remedy
for colic in horses and but what 1
am tempted to send the following after it, I
knowing it to be the best remedy ever
used for it: It is simply 20 or 25 drops of
tincture aconite dropped on the tongue of ;
the affected animal as soon as svmptoms
are discovered. A second dose of the
same may sometimes be necessary but ■
not generally. Every horse owner should '
keep a little vial of it bandy. No better
remedy will ever be discovered, as it is as ■
near infallible as a remedy can be.
Habits of the Strawberry.
The strawberry grows all summer to
store up food for the production of fruit
for the following season, like the onion or
beet. Instead of storing up this food in
the form of a bulb or root, it is stored up
in the plant. If the plant is allowed to
waste its strength in producing runners,
or is deprived of the needed food, the crop
will be small in consequence. If the roots
are injured by cultivating late in the fall,
or wrenched and broken by freezing and
thawing, the plant will make an effort to
repair the damage at the expense of fruit.
For this reason it is advisable to give it
every opportunity to do its best and pre
vent it from injury during the winter.
Mulching keeps the ground cool and
moist, and allows the surface roots to
work to the best advantage. In no other
way can these advantages be secured so
readily. Any coarse material that will
shade the ground will answer—as straw,
tanbark, sawdust, boards, brick or tile.
The strawberry is hardy and needs no
protection when growing wild in the mea
dow or among the stumps in the clearing.
In such situations the ground is always
shaded and the surface roots remain un
injured. Where the sun shines on the
bare ground thecftSQ js different. At flight
it may freeze and be lifted tip by the ex
pansion of water as it turns to ice, lilting
the plant with it. When it thaws, the
soil returns to its place but the plant does t
not. If this is repeated often enough the )
roots will be drawn out entirely. On dry I
soil it never occurs, as it is only the water
in the soil that expands. Any course
material that will shade the ground «ill
prevent the sun from thawing the surface
every bright day. As long as it remains
frozen no great damage can be done. It
the plant has been allowed to form a thick
mat of surface roots they are lifted bodily
and not broken but settle back in their ;
places, thus protecting each other. A
mild, open winter is more injurious than
a steady, cold one, and frequently the
damage is done in March. It will thus
be seen that winter covering is especially
necessary where the soil is wet or clayey
and where the plants are not so thick as
to protect each other.
The ground among strawberry plants
should be kept well stirred all the spring
and summer so as to let air to the roots
and kill all weeds. In stirring the soil,
avoid covering the crowns of the plants.
The best cultivator for the work is the
“Planet, Jr.” When cool, damp weather
comes in the fall, the strawberry sends
out new roots near the surface and these
should not be disturbed; for this reason
all deep cultivation should be discontin
ued until the fruit is gathered.
If runners are transplanted about four
inches apart in mellow soil, where they ;
can be shaded and watered, if necessary, j
in about a week they may be taken up j
after a thorough w atering and set out with
the soil adhering, when they will nearly I
equal potted plants in value.— Mattheic j
Crate ford.
Notes ol' Interest to Farmers.
The cabbage worm, Pieris rapoe, is af
fected in certain localities in Illinois by a [
disease somewhat similar to the one at
tacking the silk worm, which destroys
them in great numbers. There is hope
that, through the ravages of this disease
and the attacks ot the parasites, the worm
will be so lessened in numbers as to be no
longer a dangerous enemy to cabbage cul
ture. — Michigan Farmer.
The N’etc England Farmer thinks it
would be next to’ impossible for the mem
bers of a farmers’ club to engage in a law
suit with each other. The habit acquired
at the club meetingsof looking on all sides
of a question, the courteous methods ac
quired in debate, the ready submission to
organized authority, the cultivation of
social feelings, all exert an influence upon
members which can but make each feel
charitable and triendly toward all.
Chewing bones, lapping barn boards, j
eating old leather, whips, boots, woolen !
clothing and the manure from grain-fed I
horses are all indications that the cows 1
want something that they do not find in ’
their regular food, or else that they have
lost their appetite and have a constant •
craving or an abnormal condition of the I
digestive organs. A perfectly healthy |
cow will be fully satisfied with healthful
food, such as grass or hay.— A'etc England
Farmer.
A writer in Farmer and Fruit Grower
says: “If the agricultural colleges and
experiment stations would make disinter- j
ested trials of the new fruits and give the i
public unbiased opinions of the character '
and merits of each fruit, it might prove ;
of as much value in their bulletins as i
gome of the lengthy accounts about the •
albuminoids and carbohydrates. Nurse- j
rymen’s circulars are generally made to !
puff those plants in which their pecuniary |
interest predominates.”
The Farm and Garden learns from a cor- )
respondent that the best method ol storing |
sweet potatoes is to cover the bottom of a '
box or barrel with dust to the depth of j
three inches, and on this place a layer of i
potaloes so that they do not touch each ;
other. Then cover with dust, add another
layer of potatoes and dust, and so con
tinue till the receptacle is filled. Many
experiments have been tried by the writer
and he has selected this mode as the best.
Superintendent Graham, of the Kansas i
Agricultural College, says: “We have in |
the Kansas Agricultural College ponds
carp that are something more than two ;
years old and, although we have not seen
them lately, we feel safe in expecting some i
of them to pull down to the extent of five
pounds or more. The ponds are now plen
tifully supplied with fry and. up to date,
the earn seem to have fulfilled all that we
claimed for them in rapid growth and in
crease in numbers.”
AWestern lady states, as her experi
ence as a poultry raiser, that one bushel ]
of corn, or its equivalent in corn mixed ■
with other foods, will produce 14 pounds '
of poultry in the form ot growing cocke
rels. At the same time it must be borne i
in mind that something in addition to corn ,
must be used as food. Confine a fowl in a ;
yard with no other food than corn and, as
all the wants of the fowl system would !
not be supplied, it would soon die of star- I
vation in the midst of plenty.— Tribune |
and Farmer.
Hon. George F. Lord, of Elgin, keeps i
100 cows on 300 acres of land, and has not |
raised a pound of hay for years. The corn I
is sowed in drills thrce-and-a-balf feet I
apart, and about the time it blossoms it is ;
cut with a self-raking reaper, cutting one |
row at a time, the machine throwing it I
off in gavels. When sufficiently wilted, |
it is bound and set in large stacks and al- I
lowed to cure, standing on the ground ;
until winter sets in, when it is hauled to i
the barn. He secures a yield of about :
seven tons of cured fodder to the acre, '
worth as much as the best bay. He is ;
one of the most successful uauymen in '
Illinois.— IRjstern Farm <.
Artichokes have been grown for swine ;
several years at the Michigan Aerieultu- ‘
ral College. The method of manageuient !
has been to have a small patch of arti- i
chokes convenient to the swine pens,upon !
which the breeding sows were turned 1
early in the spring and allowed to harvest ,
the roots for themselves. The erop is thus ;
grown with very little labor, since it re
quires no harvesting, the roots remaining :
in the ground all wintqr, and it furnishes ■
succulent food for the sows just when it
is most needed and most difficult to obtain
from other sources. Professor Johnson,
Farm Superintendent, is so well pleased
with the results ot this management that
he is enlarging the artichoke
■ The Swiss cow is large-bodied, but fine
boned, ot the style of a shorthorn; the
; horns are light, short, clear and tipped
■ with black; the color is chestnut brown,
mixed with white; the nose, tongue, hoofs
' and switch are black; a mealy-colored
i band surrounds the black nose; the udder
and teats are large and well formed, and
[ while they differ to a great extent from
i our common notions about the right form
which a cow should have, yet they are ex
cellent and profitable cows, Yielding 20 to
25 quarts of milk daily, and the milk is
rich in butter of an excellent quality.
Thy skin is yellow, soil. elastic and cov
ered with soft, silky hair; they carry re
markable escutcheons and are extremely
even in appearance, showins' caretui and
good breeding, lor a considerable kuglh
of time.
Commercial Fertilisers.
The question is asked, answered and
discussed in the agricultural pajiers
whether “chemical fertilizers pay; wheth- |
er they are of any use.” etc.* When in
this country and in Europe good crops j
have been raised from five to forty years
without any other fertilizers, the question
seems odd enough. No farmer should
condemn commercial fertilizers because
super-pbosphate of lime alone has been
used without any visible effects. If the i
land needs all kinds of plant food, crops
will receive but little benefit from one j
kind alone. It may happen, moreover, I
that this particular special fertilizer ap- 1
plied is just that which the land does not I
need. Farmers are apt to look upon‘‘phos- ■
phates” as complete chemical fertilizers
and to conclude that all concentrated fer- ;
tilizers are worthless because a single I
trial of the “phosphates” failed. This is
one-sided reasoning. There are fields
upon which wood ashes will produce no
visible effects; others upon which phos
phoric acid or nitrogen may be wasted, j
But if all three 1 are applied and the land
needs food, the growth of the crops will
as surely be promoted as by the use ot j
farm manure, for the reason that they
supply precisely the same food ingredi
ents. If we could have all the farm ma- :
nure needed there would be no sale for
chemical fertilizers at thei< present prices. J
But when we cannot procure farm ma- ;
nures at a reasonable price we must re
sort to th'e next best thing—complete i
chemical fertilizers—unless we ascertain
by experiment that our lands need one j
or the other constituents of which they j
are made. Then, perhaps, bone, potash
or nitrogen may produce the same effects j
as all combined.— Hural Neto Yorker.
Salt and Lime.
The following is recommended as an j
excellent combination for fertilizing pur- .
poses: Mix one bushel ot salt with two j
bushels of diy lime, under cover, and al- ‘
low the mixture to decompose gradually, j
thus formingan immediate chemical union |
of the two materials. For this purpose |
the mixture should lie at least six weeks >
before use, or, still better, two or three
months, the heap being turned over occa
sionally. This salt pfifi Jiuie mixture,
WUCdI applied at the rate of twenty to
thirty bushels per acre, forms an excel
lent top dressing for crops. It acts pow
erfully on the vegetable matter of soils.
Fifty bushels applied to a turnip field have*
produced as large a crop as twenty loads
of barn-yard manure. It is also destruc
tive to insects and grubs in the soil. Like
salt, it attracts moisture from the air and
has been found useful against drought. Its
decomposing power is remarkable, and if
three or lour bushels of it are mixed with a
cord of swamp muck the latter will soon
be reduced to powder. Coarse manure is
in asimilnr manner decomposed and made
tine. Sour, wet muck thus treated and
composted with barn-yard manure consti
tutes a fertilizer almost as valuable as the
unmixed manure of the barn-yard.—
Prairie Farmer.
Weeds on Walks.
Where garden walks have been properly
made and the weeds never allowed to
seed, hand-weeding after a shower of rain
and rolling directly the surface w ill bear
the roller, are in 'many places practiced
with success. But in gardens where
gravel walks are extensive and, as some
times happens, the gravel is of a coarse,
shingly character which, if disturbed or
broken up, involves some difficulty in
getting a firm, smooth surface again, a
destructive agent of some kind becomes
desirable. Almost everything that de
stroys the weeds takes the bright red color
out of the gravel; but apart from such
drawbacks, walks may be kept clean
cheaply by the use either of salt or sul
phuric or muriatic acid (marina acid or
spirits of salt).
To Bender Canvas Waterproof.
It is said that canvas can be made as
impervious to moisture as leather, by
steeping it in a decoction ot one pound of
oak-bark with fourteen pounds of boiling
water. This quantity is sufficient for
eight yards of stuff. The cloak has to
soak twenty-four hours, when it is taken
out, passed through running water and
hung up to dry. The tlax and hemp fibres,
in absorbing the tannin, are at the same
time better fitted to resist wear.
SCINTILLATIONS OF SCIENCE.
After a cruise of a few months in the
South Pacific a French man-of-war was
recently found to have specimens of liv
ing coral growing upon tier hull. This
interesting discovery has thrown some
light on the question of the rapidity of
growth of corals. The evidence tends to
show that the vessels, on passing a reef of
the Gambier Islands, against Which it
rubbed, had picked up a young fungia,
which adhered to the sheathinir of the ship
and grew’ to the size and weight it had
when observed, a diameter of!»inches and
a weight of 2Lj pounds, in nine weeks.
A schoolmaster of Nice has formed
among his pupils a society for the protec
tion of vegetation. The members are to
destroy injurious larvae and protect harm
less birds. Their interest in the work is
kept up by the election ot laureatesand
the award of prizes. In four months of
1881 the children destroyed 4,555 belts ot
moth eggs, representing no fewer than
1,1-63.500 larvae; 194,328 cabbage larva*;
1,583 grasshoppers; 629 butterflies; 58,911
slugs and snails; 1,274 grubs and 35,721
insects of various kinds. The work is
both very valuable and very instructive.
A scientific exchange says that “one
cow’s milk” may be worse than the mixed
article, as proved by a case In which a
baby fed on the milk ot one cow sickened
and died of tubercular disease, the cow
itself dying two months later of tubercu
losis. Had the milk of that cow been
mixed w ith milk obtained from a dozen
others the child would not have received
daily such large doses of the diseased
milk and might have lived. Probably
condensed milk is as safe a food as can be
used when there is any doubt as to the
quality of the ordinary milk served to a
family.
Signor Roncelli, of the Italian Parlia
ment. has devised a simple and practical
method of voting by electricity. Each
member of the House has in front of him
a metal plate bearing his name or num
ber, on w hich are three buttons marked
respectively “Aye,” “No” and “Abstain.”
The buttons are'counected with a central
printing apparatus which prints in three
separate columns the ayes, noes and ab
stentions, according to the button touched
by the members, while, with every addi
tion to each column, the sum of the votes
in the column is automatically recorded.
In a pamphlet on “The Discipline of the
School,” published by the Bureau of Edu
cation, Dr. Hiram Orcutt gives as the ele
ments of school discipline, each of which
he discusses under its special head: Thor
ough organization and classification; the
establishment of the authority of the
teacher; work; a sound public opinion in
the school; mental and physical recrea
tion (gymnastics and exercise); kindness;
power to punish, with w ise discrimina
tion, and courage to inflict punishment
when it is required; regular systematic
study and recitation; and good manners,
which are inseparable from good morals.
The introduction of railroads has fur
thered education in Russia. It is said
that twenty-two years ago, of four road
masters on a line about 25 miles long two
did not know their letters and bad clerks
to write their reports. Instruction had
to be provided for the employes of the
roads, and the consequence is the estab
lishment of about 33 “railroad schools,”
where men are trained to be engineers, fire
men, road-masters and telegraphers. The
course of study extends over three years,
with a two-years’ “practice course” in
some cases, besides a preparatory course
of one year for those who cannot read.
The Carriage Monthly gives the follow
ing for a hard putty that w ill dry in one
day: Take the whitening, mash all the
lumps out on the stone and mix it into a
stiff paste by adding equal parts of Japan
and rubbing’ varnish; then add as much ■
keg-lead as you think will make it work
free w ith the knife: then add the rest of
the whitening until you have it to suit
you. This will sand-paper good with one
day’s drying. If you want putty that will
dry quicker, take dry w nite lead and mix
with equal parts of japan and varnish, to
which add a few* drops of turpentine. This
Is very soft for puttying, but can be sand
papered in from two to three hours, it be
; coming perfectly hard in that time.
At the Royal United Service Institution
1 an interesting paper was lately read by
: Colonel Fosberry, V. C., on the subject of
■ magazine guns, by which is meant those
small arms which, like the Winchester
j repeating-rifle, can be fired over and over
I again by means of a collection of car
' fridges in the stock or in some other re-
I ceptacle. Colonel Fosberry held that In
modern warfare the soldier required, for
special occasions and for brief intervals,
to be endowed with a higher power of de
fense nnd attack than any system ot sin
gle-loader would afford. lie brought for
ward a “magazine” of bis own invention,
which can readily be attached as a
c nridge-fteder to the ordinary Henry-
Martini rille.
Dr. 8. Gibbon, medical officer for the
Ilolborn district, Lindon, says that, what
ever may be the cause, there is no doubt
that a Jew’s lite in London is on an ave
rage worth twice as many years as a
I Christian’s. The Hebrews of the metrop
olis are notoriously exempt from tubereu
! lar and scrofulous taint. Pulmonary
; consumption is very rare among them.
The medical officer of one of the Jewish
I schools has remarked that their children
do not die in anything like the same ratio
as Christian children. In High street.
Whitechapel, the average death-rate on
the north side, w hich is occupied by Jews,
, is 20 per thousand, while on the south
I side, which is occupied by English aud
' Irish Gentiles, it is 43 per thousand. '
HOUSEHOLD KNOWLEDGE.
Soft Crabs Fried.—Throw them into
boiling water and let them boil about ten
minutes. Drain and dry them well, and
remove the spongy flesh or “dead men.”
Season with pepper and salt, dredge light
; ly with flour and roll them in bread
i crumbs. Fry them in boiling lard.
Sweet Pickled Beets.—Boil them in
a porcelain kettle till they can be Diereed
with a silver fork; when cool cut length
wise to size of a medium cucumber; boil
: equal parts of vinegar and sugar with a
half-tablespoonful of ground cloves tied
in a cloth to each gallon; pour boiling hot
' over the beets.
Barley Water.—Wash a breakfast
I cupful of pearl barley tw ice, once in cold
and again in hot water, and throw away
the water; then pul the barley into a cov-
I ered quart jug with a very thinly pared
rind of a lemon and a small piece of su
gar; till up the jug w ith boiling water;
I let it stand till cold and pour off clear
; without straining it. To make thick bar
i ley the barley must be boiled.
To Make Arrowroot.—Mix a tea
-1 spoonful ot the finest arrowroot in a cup
j with water till quite smooth and very
stiff, then pour on it rapidly boiling water,
I stirring all the time: the result should be
' a clear jelly; flavor with lemon, sugar and
‘ w ine; unless milk-arrowroot be ordered,
I then make in the same way and flavor
w ith sugar alone. It is better made this
way than boiled, and does not lose in
preparation,
Chili PaCCE -Which we know to be
good. Take one peck of tomatoes (peeled),
six large onions, three red peppers, one
pound of sugar and one quart of vinegar.
Cook all together slowly for a long time
and add two tablespoonfuls each of three
kinds of spices—cloves, cinnamon and
allspice, or any others as preferred, salt
to suit the taste. Ground mace is a nice
spice for those w ho like the taste of it.
Egg Plant.—Cut the egg plant in slices
a half-inch thick, sprinkle a thin layer of
salt between the slices and lay them one
over the other and let stand an hour; this
draws out the bitter principle from the
egg plant, and also the water. Then lay
each slice in flour, put in hog lard and
fry brown on both sides. Or boil the egg
plant till tender, remove the skin, mash
tine, mix with an equal quantity of bread
crumbs, add salt, pepper and butter, and
bake for thirty minutes
Marble Cake.—White part: One cup
of butter, three of w hite sugar, one of
sweet milk, four of flour, one-halt tea
spoonful of soda, one of cream of tartar,
whites of eight eggs; flavor with lemon.
This also makes delicate cake. Hark part:
One cup of butter, three of brown sugar,
one of molasses, one of sweet milk, five
ot flour, one teaspoonful of soda, two ot
cream tartar, yelks of eight eggs, one
whole egg; nutmeg, cinnamon and cloves,
little of each. Mix by putting some of
each kind in the pans. This makes two
loaves in six-quart pans. Bake slowly.
The dark part makes a good spice cake.
Half the recipe makes a good quantity for
one cake.
Coffee Ice Cream. —Make a custard,
without any flavor, of a pint ot cream and
four yelks ot eggs. Put into this four
ounces of freshly-roasted Mocha coffee
berries; they should, if possible, be used
hot. Cover up the stewpan closely with
its lid, putting a napkin over to keep in
the steam. Let the custard stand for an
hour, strain and sweeten, and when cold
put it into a freezing-pot. Cream thus
prepared will not take the color of the
coffee, and when carefully made is very
delicate and delicious. Coffee ice cream
is also made with a strong infusion of
coffee. To make the infusion, put two
ounces of ground coffee into a French
cafetiere and pour over it a gill of fast
boiling water. When the infusion has all
run through, boil it up and pour over it
two more ounces of coffee. Put the infu
sion thus obtained to a pint of sweetened
cream or custard and freeze.
Watermelon Cake. —For rod batter
take the w hites of four eggs well beaten
and one cup red sugar, half cup butter,
half cup sweet milk, one cup seedless
raisins, one teaspoonful extract vanilla;
stir in two cups flour, having mixed thor
oughly through it one measure baking
powder. For white batter take the w hites
of tour eggs well beaten, one and a half
cups white sugar, three-fourths cup but
ter, one cup sweet milk, one teaspoonful
extract vanilla, three cups flour, having
mixed through the dry flour one measure
baking powder. Bake in an oval pan,
using a plain oval tin ring same shape
and halt the size of the pan; place the
ring inside the pan to divide the batters;
pour the red batter inside and the white
outside the ring; then lift out the ring
and bake in a slow oven. When cut you
will have an exact imitation of a ripe
watermelon. Red sugar can be obtained
from confectioners.
What it Did for an Old Lady.
Coshocton Station, N. Y., Dec. 28,1878.
Gents—A number of people had been
using your Bitters here, and with marked
effect. In one case, a lady of over 70
years, had lieen sick for years, and for the
past ten years has not been able to be
around half the time. About six months
ago she got so feeble she was helpless.
Her old remedies, or physicians, being of
no avail, I sent to Deposit, forty-five miles
away, and got a bottle of Hop Bitters. It
improved her so she was able to dress
herself and walk about the house. When
she had taken the second bottle she was
able to take care of her own room and
walk out to her neighbor’s, and has im
proved all the time since. My wife and
children also have derived great benefit
from their use. W. B. Hathaway,
Agt. IJ, S. Ex. Co,
A Merry Christmas Gift of 9150.000.
Any one who may forward at once to
M. A. Dauphin, or the New Orleans
National Bank, at New Orleans, La., a
ten dollar note, or two postal checks,
payable at New Orleans, of |4 99 each,
w’ill h ive a cbanceof an early opportunity
of receiving a $150.01*0 (or less amount) of
the over half a million dollars to be dis
tributed on Tu< mlhv. December is, at the
163) Grand Semi-Annual Drawing ot the
Louisiana State Lottery Company. So be
warned in time, and do-not. say that we
did not tell you, or else forever hold you
peace.
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Notice to Contractor,Sa
SEALED Proposals will be received by the
County of Duval coiiuty.
Florida, until 12 o’clock noon of the Ist day of
lanuary, ISSI, for the erection and com
pletion of the County Court House .ilxive the
foundations, excepting the inside finish.
Plans can be seen and specifications obtained
at the office of ELLIS VIcCLI RE, Architect,
room 12, Palmetto Block. Bay .street., Jack
sonville, Fla. The amount of security re
quired is five thousand dollars, and 20 per
cent, reserved until the completion oi the
contract. The Commissioners reserve the
right to reject any or all bid-.
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Clerk Board County COBiiuisssioueta Du al
County, FUi
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The above Is a rood Utcnera of Mrs. Lydia E Ptnto
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aa some of her correspondents love to call h«r. 8h«
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Vegetable Compound is a medicine for good and not
evil purposes. I havo personally investigated it and
am satisfied of the truth of thia
On account of its proven merits, it Is recommended
and proscribed by the bort physicians in the country.
Ono says t “ It works like a charm and saves much
pain. It will cure entirely the worst form of falling
ot the ntcrus, Leueorrhceo, irregular and i>alnfuj
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It costs only |l. per bottle or six for $5., and is sold by
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health by tho use cf the Vegetable Compound, ean bs
obtained by addressing Mrs. I’., with etamp for reply,
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For Kidney Complaint of either sex this compound is
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“Mrs. Pinkham's Liver Pills,” says one writer, "ors
the best in the world for the cure of Constipation,
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Madam,
Whose Complexion betrays
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It is a delicate, harmless
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