Rensselaer Republican, Volume 12, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 April 1880 — Page 4

|URssstersepttMttait. MAJOR BITTERS Sc SON, r< !■<*». <md **rrkm RENSSELAER, : INDIANA.

r A STRANGE LOVE. I claspxd her stnutgtin* to my heart, I whimpered love unknown; One ktes on her red Ups I pressed And she ws all my own. I loved her with a love profound, E'en death couhl not dertroy. And yet, I must confess, I found My bUse bad some alloy. Tor once I saw her unaware Upon a fellow's lap: He cteimln* biases ripe and ware - I did not like the step. She had some faults (so hare we all), But one I hope to throttle; She had, alas, what I may call A weakness-for the bottle. One mom I caurtt her ere was made Her toilet, and beneath An old straw bat ber laugh betrayed My dariinf had no teeth. Unconscious of my presence she With artful antics rare Tossed off the hat. and—Gracious me I Her head was minus hair. But love is founded on s rock. And mixhtr In Its might: Tor I could lean without a shock She could not read nor write. She ooukd not dance or sin* a tone, And scarcely could convene; But what cared L, she was my own. Tor better or for worse. And yet 1 loved her and confessed Devotion, and. it may be, Tou’d do the same If you poaeeesed Another such s baby. —a C. Dodge, in Detroit Free Fret*.

THE MAN WITH A BLACK BEARD.

We were all assembled in the little school-room. girls on one side, boys on the other, ana Miss Linda in the middle, beside a mahogany desk, piled with spelling-books, and graced by a j polished ruler, which never, within the ■ memory of the oldest scholar, had been used for any more unpleasant purpose than to rule copies with, for I Miss Linda's- sway was a gentle one, as any one who looked at her fair face might well have imagined. Even our habit of calling her Miss Linda was ! proof of this; any other teacher would nave been addressed by her surname, but we never even thought of ours as Miss Harrington. To this day.l cannot guess her age; she was certainly young, but her features had a lovely peculiarity of their own, which made it impossible to sav. how young she was. In her mirthful moments she looked like a merry child, in her sadder ones she was quite a woman; but in any mood she was as beautiful as perfect features, ivory skin, a wealth of golden hair and great, long-fringed black eyes conld make her. She was in her merry mood this morning, and there were dimples in her rosy cheeks, j and those black eyes out-rivaled the j brightest diamonds that ever glistened 1 amid the treases of a princess. The stupid scholar of the school (there is always a stupid scholar in the school, and he is inevitably a boy.) was stumbling through his spelling-lessons, and falling flat over the insurmountable j word “physician.” He had.spelt it ** fizzishion,” ** fusition,” and was at present mute with despair, and, oblivious to the promptings of a sympathizing little girl behind the teacher's chair, was preparing to cover his eyes with his coat sleeve and bemoan himself, wheq the whole school was startled by the sudden flinging open es the door, and the entrance of * little Lilly Darwin, the smallest of the small children under Miss Linda's care, in a state ot violent agitation. • “Oli, tlje mail, the man!” sobbed Lilly. “The great tall man with the black beard! lie’s frightened me out of mv senses.” “ What man, Lilly?” said Miss Linda, compassionately. “How did he frighten you, my dear?” “ He came close behind me and said, • Never, never!’” answered the child; “ and he put his hands to his forehead, and then went away out of sight down j by the river. Oh! I’m so frightened, so frightened. Miss Linda, you ‘ oan't think. “It was only some poor crazy man, my dear,” said Miss Linda. “ You are safe now, at all events; wipe away your tears, and tell me all about it.” “ I was coming along the green lane toward school, Miss Linda, hurrying very fast for fear I would be late, when I met our new minister, who stopped and shook bauds with me, and asked how you were; and said he would look in at the school and hear us sing this afternoon: land while I was answering him this tall man with the black beard passed us twice, and then stopped beside the water. Aud when'the minister turned away he looked after him, and then walked very quickly toward school, and then back again, and then clasped his hands and said ‘Never, never, never!’ out loud, and frightened me so that I cried, and ran here as fast as I could.” This horrible narration affected all the smaller children as a ghost story would have done; and Miss Linda, after looking around at these frightened faces, laughed merrily, and, expressing her decided conviction that the gentleman with the black beard had escaped from the lunatic asylum, called the school to order, and’ proceeded in the usual routine of duties, as though nothing particular had occurred. Early in the afternoon “ our minister” ■did call. He had a habit of visiting the school, and it appeared to me that the teacher was much more interesting than her scholars. At all events, it was certain that he looked at her much oftener than he did at us, and was very particular about shaking hands when he took his leave. He was a young and very handsome man, and rumor said that he was exceedingly in love with our Miss Linda. He lingered in the little schoolhouse a long while on that bright summer afternoon; but he went at last, and then the children were dismissed, and the little building closed for the night. My wry was the same as Miss Linda's, and I trotted along beside her, holding tightly to her simple muslin dress, an 3 chatting all the way. We came before long to the pretty cottage where our schoolmistress boarded. The woman oi thehouse —a talkative New Eogl&nder —sat with her knitting upon the porch. She greeted Miss Linda with a smile, and bcoran to empty her budget of small talk and news forthwith. “ Did your ears burn to-day?” she said. “ They ought to, for you’ve been talked about enough. There was a stranger here—a foreign-looking man with a Ion? black beard: and he asked me about the place and the people in it, and appeared to be much interested about the school, and asked the name of the teacher and what sort of a person she was. I told him as near as I could; and. says 1, I shouldn't wonder if she left off being schoolmistress and went to live at uie parsonage before long, for our minister is paying very particular attention to her, says I, and I shouldn't wonder if she liked him, too. She’s good enough for a minister’s lady, anyhow, says I. j “Oh, Mrs. Jones! how could you say such things to a stranger, or to any one?” exclaimed Miss Linda, looking really distressed. “ What must the gentleman have thonghtP” j “Oh! you know I must talk when I once get started,” said Mrs. Jones, “ and I don’t suppose he thought anything about it. He started pretty soon after that, and I thought he was going to visit the school, for he went straight toward it.” The remembrance of the man who 1 had frightened little Lilly rushed across I my mind, and I turned my steps homeward, after bidding good-bye to Miss I

gme face. "Wb? could tE’ with the black beard ber* I thought, as I tripped along. “ Why did he frighten Lilly, and why did he ask question* about oar school and Miaa Undar’ The old fairy tales I had oonned upon winter evenings arose before my mind, and I thought of the ogres and giants, who all had black beards and a propensity to devour little girls and cany young ladies away by their long tresses. “What hair Miss Linda had for that purpose! How a giant would rejoice in those great golden waves!” I thought; ana just then, raising my eyes, they encountered, to my horror, they very person of whom I had been dreaming—the tall man with the long black beard, himself. I ottered a scream of terror, and the tall man put his hand on my shoulder. “ Don’t be frightened, little one,” he said. “Tm very fond ot little girls.” “Does be mean he likes to eat them?” I thought; and I looked up into his face, expecting to meet a sardonic ogre grin, but instead I encountered such a sweet smile that I gained confidence in a moment, and stood quietly beside him. “Sit down here,” said the stranger, “I want to talk to you. Look, here is something nice,” and he drew a handful of confectionery from his pocket. “ Eat it while I talk to you.” I held my little pinafore to receive the gift and sat down, and the man with the black beard sat down beside me. “ How old are you?” he said. “ Just six years,” I answered. “And where do you go to school?” he asked. “On the hill, at Miss Linda’s,” I answered. “ Have you a nice teacher? Do you love her?” inquired the stranger. “Very much,” I answered; “very mneb, indeed.” And, to my great amazement, the gentleman with the dark beard covered his face with bis hands and ejaculated: “God bless her! who conld help it. !Do you think she is happy?” he went ■ on. “ Does she smile and laugh, or does she ever feel sad?—tell me, little one?” “ I think Miss Linda is very happy,” ! I answered. “ I never saw her cry.” The tall gentleman arose and paced to and fro, and I heard him mutter: - “Happy! Is she happy? My selfishness shall never break in upon her quiet; I will never aiouse the sleeping past to grieve the happy present." The heart under my little pinafore beat wildly with alarm, and my confecI tionery was forgotten. In a few moments he turned toward me. “ Good-by, little one!” he said. “ Run home, now, and never tell your teachtfr that I have been talking about her; and I you would never do that, I'kuow.” I gave a ready promise and ran joyI fully away; and as the weeks passed by, and ( saw no more of the gentleman with the black beard, I soon almost forgot that such a being existed. And still “ our minister” visited the school, and looked at the teacher, and still the gossiping tongues of the village foretold that Miss Linda would be the minister’s lady yet. One day—a bright, cool autumn afternoon, it was—Miss Linda and I were alone in the school-house. I was prac- ; Using the scales on a piano in the inner l room—for it was the day on which I always took my music-lesson—and Miss Linda was writing at her desk in the j outer room. There was no sound save the monotonous “One, two, three,” which I uttered, until a quick step fell upon the grass without, and, raising my eyes. I saw the young minister pass the window and enter the school-room. ! He had scarcely done so, when another shadow fell upon my mukic-book, and I saw the tall gentleman with a black I beard glide after him and stand motionless in the shadow of the schoolhouse porch. I played on still, but very softly, and my eyes were turned toward the other room. The young I minister and Miss Linda stood in the j center of the apartment, and he was [ speaking passionately, but softly. Then he strove to clasp her hand in his, but she drew it away and stood further from him, nearer to the door-way. Then I heard his voice, husky, it was, and tremulous. “ Linda, dev Linda!” he sard, “you can never tell how much I love you. You do wrong to doubt me. My existence is worthless without your affec- | tion. Do not deny me all hope; let me think, at least, that in time my deep ; love may win yonr own; that, when ' you see how constant and devoted my | heart is to you, yon will think well of ,me for that constancy at least. Many a better and greater may woo you, Linda, but none can love more truly.” I conld see great tears in her eyes as ! she answered him. , “Do not misunderstand me, Mr. Alwyn. Ido think well of you. As a sister I may even say that 1 love you; j bdt other love than that of a sister Linda Harrington can never give to I living man. I—l have lovqd once, and ! he to whom I was betrothed sleeps bej neath the waves, or is a wanderer upon the face of the earth. Living or dead, ! he is lost to me forever; bat a woman G'ves her love but once, and mine is 8 still, Mr. Alwyn. Leave me, I beseech you! Time can never change my feelings, and I am glad it cannot."* He took her hand and pressed it to his lips, and in another moment he was gone. Miss Linda sunk upon the seat from which she had arisen; the tears j were trickling down her cheeks, and ! her bosom rose and fell convulsively. ! Over her dress, over the floor, fell a I shadow, creeping slowly along up the | white-washed wall of the school-house, i and while I watched it the tall man with the black 'beard stood on the threshold stood there, with both arms stretched toward her, until she turned, and. looking on him, cried, “William! oh, my WilliamP’ and fell upon his bosom. At first I had imagined that the ; black-bearded gentleman was about to | devour Misß Linda, or qarry her away jto his enchauted castle; but when she | called him William, the truth I upon my mind, and I listened quietly, when. some moments afterward, he : knelt beside her and spoke thus: '“I have been near you many weeks, j darling—l have watched you to and | from the school; and, though I never ! dreamed you could still love me, I have i loved you svery moment since we ! parted. When I left you I hoped to return to you soon, happy and prosper- ■ ous, but, baffled and disappointed, I | could not bear to bring my poverty and grief for you to share, ana I battled with the world, weary and brokenhearted, until I began to doubt all truth and goodness, and believed that no woman could welcome back a toil-worn, beggared man, as she would one who was glad and prosperous. I saw her arm steal about his neck, and her lips touch his cheek, and he went on again: “ Better days dawned upon me, and I j came back again, living yon still, to j woo and to win you, if you could for- | give my long ansi shameful silence. I The first news I heard, darling, was j that you were betrothed to another, and | though it almost broke my heart. I | vowed that if this were true' I would | not mar your uew-found happiness by bringingtback the memory or the past. Had you loved him, Linda, you never should have known that Will Brace dwelt among living men, although he would have prayea for your happiness while he haa a heart to pray with, and blessed you until his lips were dumb forever.” There was mother pause, and I could hear her sob. m • “ To-day, Linda, I followed my rival,

poured ujv ivounded li ill you be my wife still, Linda? Will you share the little that I have of wealth, and let me have a right to the great treasure of your woman's heart?” She did not speak, bet her head sank lower still, and her white arms twined themselves tenderly about the bronxed neck of the man with the black beard. ▲ week later the village paper reported the marriage of Miss Linda Harrington and Mr. William Braoe, and our school was without a mistress. — N. T. Sunday Tunis. *

Start Right and Stick.

A ore at many men throughout the country are ‘‘going back to fanning” this year, and an unusual number of young men are looking out for a start in the same business. The reports that crane from the West, of a revival of the old-time inpouring of new settlers, and the accounts of the taking up of old farms in New England, are Among the best signs of the times. If the new farmers will only start right, and then stick to it, their success may be insured in advance. Want of foresight in choosing. and stability of purpose and effort, are at the bottom of nail the failures in fanning, for it is even more disastrous for a fanner to make sudden and radical changes in his business plans than to “ put all his eggs in one basket,” by depending on one crop. The farmer who “ rotates” from sheep to cows, and from cows to grain, and from grain to fruit, with every fluctuation of the markets, is pretty sure to get in one crop that he can’t “raise”—a mortgage. Every farm is better adapted to some industries than to others. If the land is low and springy’ and cold, foot rot or other diseases will take the profits ofl of sheep. If there is not plenty of pure cold water and pasturage specially adapted to cows in its chemical characteristics, and that does not shrivel up by the end of July, dairying will not prosper. If the grain-producing elements in the soil are exhausted, or insect enemies or climatic influences interfere, grain orops will fail. If fruit trees must stand “with their feet in water,” owing to a lack of drainage, orchards will prove disappointing. Then again, men are as different as their farms. Some have just the knock to bring together a daily of cows, nearly every one of which snail be a “good milker, and by gentle, clean, provident management seeure large returns for the best of products. Another has the faculty of having his land, his seed, his fertilizers, his times aud seasons, just right to coax fields of waving grain from the soil. Another will hare a flock of sheep, every one of which looks as though bred to enter for the premium at the County Fair. Still another will plant and prune and shape an orchard of half-a-thousand apple trees so that they shall all stand uniform, smooth, symmetrical, yielding just such apples, iq just such quantities, as he planned when he bought the trees from the nursery. The point is, that every man, in farming as in other occupations, should ascertain what his combined inward forces and outward circumstances will enable him to do best, and do that. As a rule, diversified farming is the best, except in localities pre-eminently adapted to one branch, like the dairy regions of New York or the natural grain-fields of the West. A snug little orchard; fields of grain, grass, corn and root crops; a manageable drove of cows or sheep; a pair of choice breeding mares ;~]pen of good hogs; a yard of poultry; some extra crops to experiment on—this old-fash-ioned method is about the safest and most comfortable after all. For specialties require special knowledge and special conditions of success. Tneyare like a one-legged milking stool—can't stand alone; while varied farming has various supports. —Golden Rule.

Theebaw, the Inhuman King.

King Theebaw, of Burmah, who if reported to have caused 700 men, women and children to be buried alive as a sacrifice for his restoration to health, is but twenty years old. Selected over his elder brothers to rule, he paid the ministers who had advanced him by imprisoning them. Instead of these advisers of his father, lie surrounded himself with men, or boys of his own age and tastes, and the palace became the scene of orgies conducted absolutely without restraint. An article lately published regarding him says: “ Another of Theebaw’s acts, immediately aftei his accession, was to secure_ himself against palace plots by the simple process of killing all his relatives. A better idea of what this means can be gained by considering that the gay old monarch had fifty-three wives and 110 children, of whom thirty-seven wives and fiftynine children survived him. It is impossible to say how many of these brothers, sisters.and stepmothers—so to speak—were killed, but eighty is a fair compromise estimate. It must not be imagined that they were disposed of with any sentimental tenderness. At first the victims were led from their cells in twos and threes to shekho to the King; then their heads were tied to their respective pairs of ankles, and blows witn a heavy club on the backs of their necks ended their misery. But this soon proved too mild a spectacle for the fiendish malignity of Theebaw. One of his elder brothers professed utter scorn for what could be done to him, and was Hogged to death. Another, who had looked upon foreigners as the dirt beneath his feet, and as utterly unworthy to crawl between heaven and earth, was taunted and driven to madness before receiving a hklf-fatal blow, and his writhing body was then thrown into the gigantic trerch dug to receive the dead. A former Governor of Rangoon hail his nose and mouth 611 ed with gunpowder, a match was applied, and he was also Hung into the trench to be stifled by the succeeding bodies. One young girl of sixteen was pitched into the same heaving grave after having suffered every outrage which could be devised by eight soldiers of the guard. The massacre was carried on in this leisurely fashion until Thee baa and the executioners wearied of the sport; then the women were simply battered over the head, and the children were swung against the palace walls. At last the victims were all killed, and the revolting spectacle was over, but Theebaw’s plan- -one not unusual in Burmah—was not successful, for the reason that at least three of his blood escaped, and one of them will probably succeed him. The area of Burmah (a oountry in the southeast of Asia, between India and China, and south of Thibet) is 192,000 square miles, and its population is 3,600,000. The revenue of the King is £BOO,OOO, with perquisites enough to make out the even million.”—l Chicago Inter-Ocean. An affecting scene took place in a Cincinnati station-house the other night. A tramp who had been received for shelter was recognised by his brother, a prosperous merchant, who had not seen or heard of him for many yean. The officers had taken precaution not to tell the tramp who was waiting to see him, bnt when their eyes met they threw themselves into each other’s arms. —A man must have great self-control to do what is right, but he can do what is wrong by just letting himself alone

What To Do in Emergencies

Hdrknb{ for Absence ot a* Physic ion/’ which he treated in a colloquial way, appreciable to those who heard them. The trouble in connection with emergencies was that people would insist in managing them in an aqphOoaophical way. The things which even the doctor could do in such cases were very few, and the necessity of summoning him was -not so great as was many times imagined. The things to be accomplished lay in the way of aiding the process of Nature, while tho4q which people were in the habit of doing were frequently directly to the contrary. In many cases Nature supplied abundant means for a remedy, and all that was necessary was for the bystanders to keep their hands off from a suddenly sick person. Taking up such emergencies in the order of their frequency of occurrence, he spoke first of the simple aocident of fainting. As a matter of fact, a simple fainting fit was merely the result of a temporary cessation of the flow of blood to the brain, and no one ever died of it. In a few moments the blood" ran back to the brain again and the "fit was over. And yet people did all kinds of ridioolous things to the patient, lifting him up and throwing cold water into his face, , the former prooess really tending to retard the cure, while the latter made no difference either way. The patient should be allowed to lie on the ground as he fell, the horizontal position being most favorable to the return of the blood to the brain. If the recovery did not soon occur the feet might be raised, by which means the blood would be seat from the extremities, and the patient would ■ recover almost immediately. Occasionally a person who was sick at the time of the fainting would die under the fit, but the raising him up and applications of cold water would only have a tendency to make him die all the quicker. Children in convulsions, a form of sickness which, by reason of its dreadful appearance, frightened the friends of the patients, were subjected to all sorts of foolish treatment; were plunged into hot baths, dashed with cold water, shaken, flagellated, and not unfrequently dosed with medicine. In 999 out of 1,000 oases the convulsion is an epileptic fit, which lasts generally about three minutes, and in which it was very unusual for a patient to die. Occasionally, where there is disease of the brain, the fit might last an hour or more, or he might die; but the recovery of the patient in any oase would not be hastened by the adoption of any of the treatment alluded to. At the end of the fit the sufferer usually fell into a desp slumber, and nothing should be done to interfere with this means taken by Nature to aid the recovery of the patient. The same statement applied io the hysterical fit, which was a matter of no consequence, “because it never killed anybody; and even in the apoplectic fit nothing could be done further than to keep the patient’s mouth clear, so that breathing might not bo impeded, and to prevent aim from hurting himself or other people from doing so. In cases where children suffered from concussions people were afraid to let the sufferers go to sleep. The knock on the head which the child received in the fall produced certain injuries in the brain, and Nature's process for curing them was to let the parts rest, and this caused the desire to sleep to arise aftei such an accident. This desire should always be gratified, the child being placed in as favorable conditions to a good sound sleep as soon as possible. On the subject of hemorrhage the doctor explained that it was necessary for people to tj 11 by the pulse whether the patient was in danger or not. The normal rate of the pulse was from seventy to eighty,beats a minute; if a patient bled extensively the pulse ran up as high as from one hundred and twenty to one hundred and forty beats a minute, which indicated that the patient was in danger. The easiest way to check th§ bleeding was to apply pressure at the point where the blood was flowing from the external injury. A handkerchief or a finger plunged into the wound could always accomplish this. It was a good thing, too, to elevate the limb where the cut or bruise was, as that brought the attraction of gravitation to the aid. Applications of cold water, which contracted the blood-ves-sels and retarded the flow of blood, were also beneficial. * How to dress a serious wound was also a matter which puzzled people a great deal. The best thing to apply was hot water, which gave the injured parts the best opportunity of recovery whieh they could have: The water shoulaalways be at a temperature somewhat higher than that of tne blood—say from ninety-eight to one hundred degrees. The emergency of great pain was one which often occurred to children, and under circumstances which might lead to the destruction of some of the senses. One of the most common pains was that which occurred in the ear, the best means of alleviating which was the application of hot water. A constant stream of hot water should be poured into the child's ear by means of a syringe or a teaspoon, and it would soon stop the pain. The child should then be allowed to rest, and if the pain occurred again, the same treatment should be repeated. Earache should never be disregarded, as it was quite likely to result in loss of hearing. Heat was the most useful of all simple agents to stop pain. Fomentations should be applied as hot as possible, and a common wringing-machine was a very useful help in handling the cloths just taken from the intensely hot water. The person handling the cloths for the patient might not be able easily to stand their heat, but a patient suffering from the colic, for instance, would welcome them heated almost -up to the scalding point. In speaking of medicines, the lecturer recommended Dover’s powders and paregoric as simple forms of the opi-, ate which could be safely used in the family, especially the former, which was less dangerous than any others of this class of medicines. In the case of poisoning, he recommended the application of an emetic, and the giving of quantities of water,, by which means the poison would be diluted and its effect greatly weakened. The simplest way to produce vomiting was to thrust the middle finger down the throat <ff the patient and tickle it until vomiting was produced; of emetics none was more simple and efficacious than, a tablespoonful of table mustard mixed in a pint of hot water. In cases of poisoning bv any of the various forms of opium, the best antidote was strong coffee in copious quantities. Here, too, was the only case in which the patient shonld not be allowed to sleep. He should be walked up and down, and kept by every available means from relapsing into slumber from which it might be impossible to awaken him. —Chicago Tribune. , A paragraph went the rounds of the English newspapers last winter about a pheasant having been shot that had a wooden leg. Now the sequel is being published. It is to the effect that a London surgeon, taking his holiday in the country, found a pheasant »ught by one leg in a trap. The bones were completely an 4 the leg bleeding. Taking his ease of pocket instruments the surgeon carefnlly amputated the leg, and then made » neat little artificial leg, fastened it to the stomp and released tike bird.

HOME,FARM AND GARDEN.

Hh if hi. aw foi 'Wf. Hath. — Take of spirit* of hartshorn two oqbom, kid To SzTmnm Caterpillars.— It is atid that caterpillars can be driven Gold Cuam.—Take of oil of al* moods two ounoeg, t— half an ounce, white wax one dram. Melt together and while cooling add two ounces of roee^water, stirring it until cold. Tea Bolls.—One pint of milk, scald and cool; the white of one egg, one tablespoonful butter, two tablespoonfuls of sugar, one yeast cake. Make stiff enough to mold; let it rise over night, then cut in rounds and fold over; butter the edges and let it rise again before baking. Raw Beep Tea. —Take one ounce of beef; shred with a knife until the red pulp is removed from the fibers and they remain a white, stringy mass by themselves; add two tablespoonfuls of cold water, and let it soak for fifteen minutes. Give it cold, or, if not liked thus, very slightly warmed. A Substitute fob Bee-Bread. —Rye meal is believed by many bee-keepers to be the very best substitute for beebread, when the latter is not in full supply. The meal should be put in shallow boxes or troughs near the apiary. A few pieoes of empty comb put on the meal would soon attract the attention of the bees to it. This food causes the bees to send out larger and earlier swarms than those not similarly treated How to Cook a Tough Fowl.— The best way to cook a tough fowl is to fill the wash-boiler one-third full of boiling water. Invert a pan in this, rest tho turkey on the pan so that it does not touch the water, steam until tender and theu roast. It shdulil be covered tight while steaming. This neither 10-es juice nor flavor, while it hastens roasting wonderfully. Chickens may be steamed in a bread steamer. It is a good iAA u> wash old fowls in sodawater before cooking. Yeast. —To a handful of dry hops add boiling water enough to make a strong tea; let it cool; then strain; add to this tea as much flour as will form a stiff dough; set in a warm place to rise for about two hours. This yeast will be too bitter to be used, so take two-thirds of it and to it add flour as before; let it rise, and your yeast is ready for breadmaking. To keep your yeast always on hand and ready, keep back a small portion of the yeast at breadmaking time, mix with a little flour and warm water and set aside until needed next day. To Clean Brass. —If the brass is very much tarnished, use a little oxalic acid solution. If spots are imbedded, rub them out with a little powdered pumice-stoue. Then wash with water and dr} r . Mix rotten-stone with sweet oil to a paste, and rub it over the whole surface of the brass with a cork until it assumes a greenish-black color. Then wipe off completely with an o’.d cloth. Next rub over with lampblack until thoroughly polished, using a soft, smooth cork. This gives an excellentresult, and repays all the extra trouble that it causes.

Docs Farming Pay?

That is a question that occasionally stares us in the face in the best agricultural journals, not as emanating from the editors, but from some doubting ones who obtain access to their columns. “Does farming pay?” {Why, indeed, if farming does not pay, what does? Wliat will? Agriculture lies at the base of all Natiomu prosperity, and when it does not flourish, or is without vitality, or will not bring more than it costs, there can be no wealth, power or growth. It therefore does pay, and must pay. . Perhaps there are individual farmers who carry on their business in a slovenly, slip-shod way that returns no profits and causes the pursuit to appear like the road to ruin. Farming is like every other profession—it must be conducted with economy, energy and skill. The farmer who plies his work so that he only secures a deficient crop—half a crop or no crop—will fail in the occupation, and discover eventually that nis manner of farming does not pay. Bnt the farmer who is industrious, systematic and thorough—who loves his caliiug—who takes advantage of all his opportunities, will find that fanning realizes profits in numerous ways. There are solid returns to place on the credit side of his ledger—a surplus to go to his account in the bank, or to be loaned out on interest to his neighbors, or, what is better, to be expended in necessary or wise improvements. These answer the question at the head of this article, and solvo all that there is problematical in the matter. But what is the farmer to do who finds that he cannot make his two ends meet after struggling along in the vain effort to cause his methods to pay? He can give up his farm and hire himself out as a laborer, or he may hie to the town and set up a grocery, only if farming did not pay I can hardly see who would have the means to buy groceries. But if farming did not pay when followed by such a person, it is doubtful whether any other business would. The farmer should work with his own hands, and every one around him should cheerfully follow his example. If he is raising a family of boys, he grows rich as their number and muscular power increase. Even girls are not to be considered as burdens. There is much that they can do to bring in the dimes and dollars, and to make farming pay. The main point to be kept in view at all times by the head of the family is to be sure that his income exceeds his outf;oes. Then it will be ascertained that arming pays ns well as any other un dertaking.— Cor. Country Gentleman.

THE MARKETS.

N*w York, April 10,1880. LIVE STOCK—Cattle *7 60 <&s 10 00 Sbeep(unshorn) 500 <a 781 Hogs 480 d *OO FLOUH—Good to Choice 500 @ 700 White Winter Extra 4 86 @ 6GO WHEAT-No. 2 Rod 132 & IS3 No. 2 Chicago 128 & IX% CORN—Western Mixed...... 61 @ 53 OATS—Western Mixed 40 Q 42 RYE-Western 80 @ SO POHK—Mess (new) W> 70 @1075 LARD—Steam 720 @ 726 CHEESE. 11 ® 14 Fleece.... ■ 50 @ 06 CHICAGO. BEEV E8 —Extra . 24 SO @ 25 26 Choloc 460 @ 470 Good 415 @ 425 Medium IK <g> 410 Butchers* Stock 286 @ 885 Stock Cattle 276 @ BTO HOGS—Litre—Good to Choice 400 @ 460 SHEEP—Common to Choice. 450 & 860 BUTT ER—Creamery 25 @ 28 Good toGboioc Dairy.... 20 @ 26 EGGS-Preah 0» @ FLOUR—Winter 800 @ 845 Springs 600 <& 626 Patent*..: 600 @ 726 GRAlN—Wheat, No. 2 Spring 110 @ 1 1014 Corn, No. 2. 86)i@ 86X Oats, N 0.2..., 28<4@ 20 Rye, No. 2 71H@ 7* Bariey, No. 2. 78 a 7804 BROOM TORN— “ ■ Kod-Tippcd Hurt 8 @ BV4 Fine Green ; 7 @ 7H Inforlor. 5 @ 5V4 Crooked 84tt PORK—Moss 085 & 676 LARD—Steam 8 67H& 871 LUMBER— Common Drcssod Siding.. 16 00 @ IT 80 Flooring 24 00 @ 3000 Common Boards 13 60 @ 15 00 Fencing 18 00 @ 15 00 Lath 77...:; 286 @ 280 - A Shingles 286 @ 270 BAST LIBERTY. CATTLE—Rest _T„ 26 80 9 26 26 Fair to Good 400 68 476 HOGS—Yorkers. 430 @ 460 M 4fil $ 600 SHEEP-Best 4 71T » 876 t Common 400 O 480 ! lAl .'. TIICD 60 @ f 6 «* Hood-G^:loo 1 •«*

ety. fLldaronndUbetroridbj druggist* and Da B. V. Yomcmi 1 * I*' 1 *' **** Dour Sir —Having suffered many weary months from ttver complaint without relief, I was last summer induced to try your Golden Medical Discovery end Pellets. At the , time I was scarodr able to walk. Owing to their effect I commenced to improve rapidly and am now aa well and strong as ever. I thank yon from the depths of my heart for the good they have done me, and wish you all reccess. i Tours truly,

MRS. S. STAGNER.

M Th« Chieym Article la the Werl4.» 'ins is what a grateful gentleman said who was cured of a bad kidney disease by the use ot Safe Kidney and Liver Care, after he had offered, in vain, SI,OOO to any doctor who would rid him of it. It is the cheapest article in the world to all afflicted with kidney and liver diseases. Mtstkbt Solved.—The great secret cf the wonderful success of Vkgbtixb. It strikes at the root of disease tor purifying the blood, restoring the User ana kidneys to healthy action, invigorating the nervous system. It was only a boot, a box-toed boot. On a large and bunlooed foot. The silent stars locked down and smiled To see the young man scoot. The genuine Fraser Axle Grease is said to be the nest In the world, and we believe It. Reddixo’s Russia Salve, the most wonderful healing medium in the world. Price 25c. For a cough that other remedies will not cure we recommend Piso’s Cure for Consumption. Don’t be without C. Gilbert’s Starches. National Teabt is the best. Use it.

VEGETINE Purifies the Blood, Renovates and Invigorates the Whole System. All Writers, ams their Xantes are Legion, Sag that to Have Good Health YOU MUST HAYK PURE BLOOD. Reader, Have Ton Got Scrofula. Scrofulous Humor, Cancerous Humor, Cancer, or Any Disease of the Blood! You Can Positively be Cured. Thousands of Testimonials Prove It. Druggists, Chemists, Speak, Indorse and Recommend it as the Best and Only Reliable BLOOD PURIFIER. Moxtkkal, Jan. 29,1880. H. R. Stbvbns, Esq.: Dear Slr—x do not like to write testimonials for advertised medicines, but the great benefit tbat so many of my customcra hare obtained from the use of VEGETINE compels me to say that with an experience of over IS years, both In Great Britain and this conntiy, I have never known such a useful remedy placed before the public. J. D. L. AMBROSE, Assistant of the Apothecaries' Company of London, Mrmborof the Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain, Licentiate In Pharmacy of the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Corner Notre Dame (ad McGill Streets. VEGETINE 18 THX BSBT SPRING MEDICINE. Vegetine is Sold by all Druggists. TUTTS PILLS SYMPTOMS OF A TORPID LIVER. Los. of Appetite, Bowels costive. Fain in the Head, with a dull sensation in the back part. Fain under the shoulder blade, fullness after eating, with a disinclination to exertion of body or mind. Irritability of temper. Log? spirits, with a feeling of having negleeted some duty, Weariness, Dissiness, Fluttering at the Heart, Dots before the eyes. Yellow Skin. Headache generally over the right eye, Restlessness with fitful dreams, highly colored Urine A CONSTIPATION. TUTT’S PILLS are especially adapted te aach eases, a single dese effects such a change ot feeltog as to astonish the sufferer. SOLD EVERYWHERE. PRICE 23 CENTS. Office. 35 Murray Street*- New lork. Whj don’t jon Paint with Suita Percha Paint? SEE WHAT PEOPLE WHO HAVE USED IT SAY. Holston Salt and Plaster Co., Saltvllle, Va., Feb. 20th, 1880. -SAY: It gives us pleasure to state that your paints have given the most perfect satisfaction. We painted two houses with GUTTA PERCHA PAINT, some two years ago, and are so well pleased with it that we sha>l use your paint on some twenty of our houses, occupied by our employes and managers. Send for Bampie Colors and Prioe List to CUTTA PERCHA PAINT CO., OLIVILAND. O. CHICAGO, ILL. Sitters V«ver and Arne. ■ The true aoridota to tbeeCeets of ni«m»« la Hoetottera Stomach Bitten. This medicine is one of tbs most Poimlar remedies of an ace of successful proprietary •pecUlca, and Is In Immense demand wberwer on this Continent fever and ague exists. A wloeglassful three tone* » day Is the bea possible preparative for encountering a malarious atmosphere, regulating the liver, and Invigorating the stomach. Far sale by all Pptggtets and Dealers generally. »125 veEHi? ■ arerjl,so*©oo Aerem | I amung^Laadt For sale by the | #1 I 111 X lowa R .R. Land Co. I 111 118 if Branch BtyChlcago, Pi* JAPAVMK ORXAeBVTATIOI.-A book 9 at new and egkctfw designs for sign pain ten, dewby Loodotohe,Bl. Palmer’* Manual. 50c. Slfa.Carnags. Car f reeoo and Decorative Painting. She. Utkl erTsOc. furniture and cabinet Fm s >er, 50c., of any bookseller or painter, supply boose or by mail JEUHEHANKY k (XX, 119 Mismm SL.K J. nnn shales selections for elocutionists sod echral

M OKOTUy iorino Denoni ot oinors sunuiny iunww». Boston, Maas. M Osiati<waS^T<m ) mlffn»? hsinw ot the fact that aMymg^KamwoleJyttlrTf u»to*!* £££* S£XYerj truly, yosr obliged and obedient servant. # - Since reeetvtag the above, the proprietors of KalErtna have endeavored falrty to test to value as a apecthe tor Itching POea, having caused K to be used In many aggravated oaaea, and In erery Instance « ha* gives Instant reHef. The following letter win prove interesting to those who sußer from tht* dtaagroeabte disease: January », 1888. J Thave hatUhTnchlug on ever since the war. Sometimes I haw suffered agony, and I tell vou nobody knows what pain and misery is, unless they have had the Itching fika Somebody told me that your KaUUton would cure me. I rot a bottle, and the very first time I used It the mfai aid ttchtng was all gone In a few minutes, red I think I am cured, as I hare not had any trouble from It f °Auothertldng about the KalUaton, It te nice and clean, andemytome. POSTER, , 11 LoweßStreet. SendtoJOSKFEi MlUMSiEnrr * COLjßorion. for descriptive circular free. For sale by aU Druggista CUKES WHEN ALL OTHER MEDICINES FAIL, aa It acta directly an the Kidneys, Liver, and Bowels, restoring them at once to healthy action. HUNTS REMEDY te a sate, sure and speedy cure, and hundreds have testified to having been cured by It when physicians and friends had given them np to die. Do not delay, try at once HUNT’S REMEDY. CLARKE, providence, It. I. «££?• i&IK knf. Take do other. H KIDNEY DISEASES, I ■ LIVER COMPLAINTS, | Q Constipation and Piles. Q I I U has cured many rUo, and has K H pleulycured me.” I Hi C. aTHocabon, of Berkshire, says, “One pack- W Q age has done wonders formeln completely cure Q Mj lag a severe Liver and Kidney Complaint ll M IT HAS UTTTVO H ■ WONDERFUL ff 111 i 1 power. JLaU E I Bsesus it Arties the LI7IB, tits S3TSLS tad I tha SSNXYS st the um* time, I Because It cleanses the system of ■ ■ the poisonous humors that develop© IS Q In Kidney and Urinary diseases, Bil- M H lousnees, Jaundice, Constipation, ■ ■ Piles, orln Rheumatism, Neuralgia SB n and nervous disorders. U H KIDNEY-WORT la a dry vegetable com- ■ ■ pwudaad can be seat by mall prepaid. M |J Onepaekagewillmakeslxqtaofmedietas. U ■ TRY XT NOW * J IWBuy It at the Druggists. Price, SI.OO. L WILLS, EICHA2SSON 4 CO., Proprietors, ■ /M 12 (WUI Mud pMtpaid.) BurUngton, Yt. P

PENSIONS ytan the date of a aoldler-s discharge cu be precared provided application therefor la Hied at the proper department prior to July 1, 1880. HILO B, STE. TEN* A CO. make this business a specialty, and with sixteen years' experience are generally successful Try them. Addreaa Milo B. Stevens & Co. OFFICES i Booms 1 sad 8 Case Building, Cleveland, Ohio. Boom 99 Metropolitan Black, Chicago, PL 6RAEFEN6ERG VEGETABLE d#iPILLS offlßESniag Mildest ever known, cure MALARIAL DISEASES, OSmTa HEADACHE, BILIOUSNESS, INDIGESTION and " V FEVERS. Those PILLS Tone uo the system and restore health to those suffering from general debility sik nervousness. Sola byall Druggists. SO Oenta cer Box.

WARNER'S USAFE KIDNEY&LiVER CURE —tr^WW. ll W .P* V ■V W a —WM

(Formerly Dr. Cralp'i Kidney Cure.) A vegetable preparation an<l the enlr urt wnto In the world tor Bright’* Dlwue, * u,toe7 ’ ■WTestlmoniai* of the highest order In proof of these statements. •W-For the cure of IHrtrtw, call for War. ■rr*a Safe Dinbetea Cara. eWFor the cure of Bright?* and the other dlsMees. call tor Warmer'* Safe lUdaer and Liver Care. Bt&*WARNER’S Safe Remedies are and in Medicine everywhere* . H. H. Warner & Co. BOOHEBTEB, V. T. PIMaPS Pill KILLER IiSKMtSIT'Uij^J, -saaras «as esa sssrjs pin KfiL£o&''ss?dsyas; teas assn** supers Inters ally or exteraallr with afrtstah • t relief. Hold by all druggist*. Tuig.w "AWJSFfifSO k lil£»M p ANY. LE All the gk mm Ttpbmir, x. 4. hovabiTtooth cibcclais RAW*.

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