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THE HURON SIGNAL, FRIDAY, JULY 1, 1881.
THE MAGIC GLASS.
Amid Whn4 was Sena TMrdn.
11 W. ;
An night, *Igo slu* sJig omit& my
1.1,1 beheld 1d W dream, a eoutiba*b,
throng et pulite, whom, slept were all
beret is unto direction, total a bgse
that stood by the *mei Thi' 011
passed Ilhroligk one dour, find mop diet
b7 another. As they app, inched the
buildi.R they quicksand their steps, sad
theii tttl ttaee became sprightly and By-
er, sus if In starch of something; but on
coming out they appeared disappointed
and dejected.
Anxious to know the use of such •
crowd I entered the house, and upon in-
quiry learned that the proprietor had
that day purchased a wonderful mirror
which had the power of showing the
person looking into it how he appeared
in the eyes of the world. Standing
where I could obtain $ full view of the
glass, I watched the throng u they press-
ed through the door.
First I beheld a rich man. He ap-
proached the glass with an aasured, self-
suisfied air, and looking in, he beheld a
nun seated upon a bag of gold; in his
arms he held another, while a heap of
the moue shining 'coin lay at his feet.
In the background stood a crowd of ,nen
and women, poorly clad, looking with
eager eyes at the gold, while all seemed
w say with one voice, "It is ours, he
took it from us." Turning with an im-
patient air, the rich merchant strode
from the ruom.
Next came • stylish young lady, hand-
somely drained, and peeped shyly into
the glass, but started back in dismay
when she beheld an image of herself
covered from head to foot with strips of
paper which, upon examination, proved
w be fragments of old letters, while the
weeds, "Coquette; flirt," seemed to be
written all over her face.
Then • saloon -keeper approached.
Looking in the glass, he beheld a crowd
of women and children, each in the act
of putting bread to her mouth; while a
portly -looking man snatched it from
them and piled it on his shelves. Their
sorrowful, pinched, hungry -looking faces
were sad to behold.
A minister came slowly up to the glass,
but his face lengthened when he beheld
a shepherd seated upon • hill -tide quiet-
ly reading. At his feet lay a few old
sheep, but far away, lust entering a dark
forest, a flock of little lambs were bound-
ing along unnoticed.
A little old woman, who was always
seen at the bedside of the sick, smiled
when she saw reflected back to her the
form of an angeL
Next the village doctor came, and be-
held in the glass a ruw of beds filled with
patients, Buffering from lack cif pure air,
pure water, and from ignorance of hy-
giene, while he was going around dis-
pensing t, them the reticles which were
written on pieces of paper, which seemed
to be fastened all over his coat "Pills,
powders, and plasters"
A lawyer tame in, but hurried on
when he beheld himself in the court
room pleading a case, while just behind
him stood a man slipping a roll of bills
into his hand under the friendly cover of
a table.
Lastly come a young man, faultlessly
dressed, swinging a fancy cane in his
hand; he strode away haughtily when he
beheld himself classed with a crowd of�
men and boys, who were adorned 'with
little labels, upon which was written the
word "Loafer."
The proprietor now advanced, saying,
to -morrow the glaze would he inverted,
so that it would reelect 'the future of
each.
.o the crowd went away, disappointed
and angry, not being satisfied with what
the glaze told them.
Early next morning I was at my post,
and soon the crowd poured in again.
This Lime the minister came Slit; look-
ing in the inserted glass he beheld his
future pictured there. The same shep-
herd sat there reading, but all alone, for
the old sheep and laniloe hat, left for
"fresh fields and pastures new," and the
wolf was seen emerging from the forest,
while the shepherd looked on in uton•
ishment.
Then the rich merchant appeared.
Looking in he beheld himself labelled
"Bankrupt." His store was closed, his
property was gone. He was now the
poor man, and his customers whom he
had robbed were rich led wore heypy
smiling fates.
The relish young man now appeared,
but started back in horror when he lie -
held • gallows erected near a prison,
from which he was just emerging.
The flirt of yesterday came next and
beheld a solitary old maid sitting by the
fire with • at upon her lap, reading a
hook called "Lost Opportunities.'
The little old woman beheld herself
seated in $ comfortable arm -chair sur-
rounded with all the comforts that wealth
and friend. an give.
The doct..r ,..eked in, but saw (het his
patients had left their beds, his pills
and p.nwders lay nntouched, and his
phew was filled ny Dr. Practical, • man
who instructed the sick hew to take mare
o1 t11e1nselvea
An h,mest shoemaker. who had been
pegging away for years unnoticed, was
pleased to sea is the glass a large shoe
store with his naw oa oke
deur.
A worthy deacon
insulted when he lel
, Mot felt
ft image of
AttessellOa the• pvtwsg, • piney in-
ti the anittib ' bait Oh owl hand,
a dome we -Sim Oth-
er. y y t
T%tl� l ed - th.
his; of Duseesse was CIIMerced
into a geed temple`' hall, and the
crowd fide* whiten he load takes baud
were new happy and comfortable.
A poor editor came in, nod was mush
pleased to sae himself the proprietor of
a large printing establishment.
A milkman looked in the glass, and
saw himself converted into a huge milk -
can, which some of his old customers
were filling with a liquid consisting .,t a
two tarts of water to one of milk.
A sausage -maker beheld himself sur-
rounded by a crowd of cats and dogs,
of all sixes and ages; some with three
legs, seine with one, some ruinus a nose:
while all seemed to be appealing to him
to restore .heir lost members.
The lawyer looking in beheld himself
transformed into a roll of parchment;
but a gust of wind chancing to blow that
way, bore it away, and it was "never
heard of more."
A "moderate drinker" found himself
puffed out to an enormous size; his arms -
were two immense whiskey bottles, and
his head was a beer -glass, the handle of
which served for a nose. He was sitting
upon a whiskey barrel; each foot reposed
on a beer -tub, and in each hand he held
a glees of ale, while bottles of all shapes
and sizes protruded from his pockets.
Being anxious by this time to obtain a
view of my own future, I leaned for-
ward. but my foot slipped and hit the
glass, which shivered it into a thousand
pieces.
Amid the outcry and excitement
which followed I awoke to find myself
on the floor, nearly buried under a pile
of bedding, while bits of broken glees
strewn around me was all I had left of a
choice globe -lamp which I had demolish-
ed inmyfell.
Free Trade arery.
Bird Hill and Bear Swamp townships
are situated on either aide of the river
Raisin. Bird Hill is a rolling bandy dis-
trict, inclined to drifts. Bear Swamp is
level and somewhat given to bottom
lands, with rich black mucky soil.
Bird Hill is settled mostly with New
England farmers, except the village of
Concord, which is located about its cen-
tre and is its seat of justice, whose inhab-
itants are cosmupolition and num'eer
about 200 families. Bear awamp is in-
habited by a mixture of Americans and
foreigners.
At a t ime when each of these became
a settlement of some importance the en-
terprising agriculturists of Bird Hill,
possessing a deal of national and local
pride, conceived an idea whereby they
might become independent. VV aero '
upoe they called a meeting and resolved
that the inhabitants of Bird Hill town-
ship would use no pork or beans, those
being the all-important articles of sus-
tenance, except they be raised within
the limits of Bird Hill township. Now
Binh Hill was well adapted to the cul-
ture of beans, but to raise corn, to fatted
pork, on its light sandy soil was a very
unprofitable work. But the argument
was: We roust encourage home industry,
and Whether profitable or not, we must
not be beholden to 'Bear Swemp for
pork, although over there hey can pro-
duce it for leu than half what we can.
We must support home industry '
The inhabitant of Bear Swamp hearing
of this and feeling a little discomforted
with, the certainty that it would affect
their pork atarket, and with a becoming
local pride ana spirit of ; revenge, also
called a meeting and resolved to use no
pork or beans except they be raised in
Bear Swamp tliwnwhip. And so these
rival mu.ricipalities entered upon their
several courses of prosperity (1)
Now, upon the trial of this 'principle
for a few years, the producers of Bird
Hill began to discover that conte of their
disloyal consumers—mostly the mechan-
ics and tradesmen of the ''tire town of
Concord—without the fear of the reso-
lution before their eves, would go over
to Bear Swamp and buy their pork for
half the price charged at home. And
the Bear Swamp producers discovered a
like disloyal tendency in their consumers
of beans, for be it remembere 1, that the
rich soil of Bear Swamp was not adaeted
W the cultivation of beams, as hey would
grow mostly to stalks and would not fill.
So that one and a half huehels was all
,hat could be realised from an acre,
making them cat over $4 per huehel,
while in Bird hill ei• nt bushels were
produced from an acre. and could be
sold at a pru6t of $1.50. So the, pro-
ducers of Bird Hill became vexed at the
disloyalty of their consumers --and as
usual, taking the lead— they called a
convention and nominated a protective
. ickee to be voted for at the next town
meeting. and by the use of the seductive
coy of protecting home industi1. they
succeeded in elector•{ • town boa,d
pledged to the doctrine of prt.ectoon,
which board after being duly installed
with cesteful feeling for the distinction,
proceeded immediately to impose e. tax
of six emits • pound mem app pork. and
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r$1 per bushel on all ooru bro 4 (wuhiw
the halite of the town for sale k cuu-
esraptioa.
'`11e, Au! says the town board of Bear
Swamp, you won't let -our people sell
port or cors to you without paying a
tribal*, alaI• Aad they proceeded is -
mediately with jjgstiiable (1) retaliation
to kit/ a tilt of les per bushel at all
bins brought lase the township of Boar
Swamp for sale or consumption.
And so this Kilkenny est duration
wept un for some time with this dolor -
ems, the Kilkenny ata ate each other
up, sate the tails to spite each other,
while these townsmen consumed the
greater portion of themselves to show
their independence of the other. After
a time some of the more thoughtful of
the consumers began u. ask themselves
"Why should we mechanics, ehopmen
and laborers pay double for all the
necessaries of life 7" And they finally
became bold enough to put the sante
question to the producers.
What, says the producer, would you
take from me my protection t How
could I employ the men on my lands if I
had W compete with the rich soil of Bear
Swamp ? Why, it's all I can do to pro -
duos pork at the price protection affords;
and 111 raised beau only I would plant
only one-fifth of the land I do now, and
cousequently would employ but one than
where 1 employ five.
But could you not, they asked, instead
of corn, raise potatoes, oats, buckwheat
and fruits of all kinds to a great deal
better advantage, by which means you
could employ even more help and at
better wages than by this unprofitable
business ?
,shrift to it through a false pride, but
we will have it no leafier.
But, says' the thwarted mud enraged
pnduuer, we will nut stand it. We will
not sumbit ti have year protection taken
from us. We wiU 'meet in •tlserdt and
every on* of ea will agre.tu ape our farsi
hands sad tell than plainly that if they
do not vete for m board pledged to pro-
tection we will tura every one of them
oft. Theo what will become of them
when deprived of employment,
That is true, it may bin hard for some
of them tor a time, but the world is wide
and you remember Workaday's resolve,
and with all the mechanics, shopkeepers,
profes..ional men sad a goad portion of
the Workaday, we are tx.nt(dent that we
ern buret your protective bubble.
And while these arguments were go-
ing on in Bird Hill the Bear8w•mpen
wereeettoug their eyes open to the fal-
lacy of taring themselves 100 per Dent
for the sake of reverg, ng themselves on
Bird Hill for its impolitic treatment of
them. And it fell out that the thiel• -
ing men of Loth towns got together ,and
arranged for an aggressive campaign for
next town meeting, and time wit) dis-
cl.ee the remit..
Now, to male a practical applia.ion
of this illustration, it is only necessary
to substitute for these towns the several
governments that are appeasing .hem=
selves by the lain ati empt to make a
suocess.by furring an industry that their
natural coaditi.tns do not favor; and in
plate of the agriculturists put the manu-
facturers, in place of the field hands put
factory hands, and in place of pork and
beans put all the necessaries of life
on which duties are levied.
Yes,but, you see,by continuing in this
way, in case of any trouble between us
and Bear Swamp, we should be inde-
pendent of them, for we would have men
,killed in corn and pork raisin, -while
by following your suggestion we would
not; and then what would we do for
pork 1 Besides, these field hands are
satisfied with their condition, and it's
beat to let well enough alone. By the
way, Dere collies my man Workaday;
we'll ask him. Is it notes,, Jim 1 Have
I not given you employment and a shanty
to live on for these many years; and
aren't you satisfied ?
Well, yes, that is, you have given me
work and a but tolive—or rather stay --
in for over these 12 years, but I have
been thinking of late that it I should
continue here all my life I'd be no better
feted, and my family has been increased
so that we are seven now, and my pork
bill is three and -a -half dollars a week and
my wages only come to six, so it is hard
to mate the two ends of the year come
square together. And as I have made
sale of the ash hoops that I got out these
three winters ever at the. swamp for
enough to take my family to Prairie
county, Kansa., I have been thinking
that next spring I would emigrate theme,
for if I atop here my children will have
to go into service just es I have done all
my life. and as far as I can see they
might as well be slaves—no education,
no amusements, nothing but work, and
their children after them. R.ole out
there we can take up 320 acres of land
for nothing, and get as much of it broken
for half of the first crop, as we want, and
I •m told they get from 30 to 40 bushels
of wheat to the acre, worth $1 perbushel
at the station.
But, my dear James, says the pro-
ducer, don't you do it. Don't think of
it., you know nothing about raising
wheat. you would sia•t., before a year.
Don't think of lee viog Tile. I have taken
care c f you so long, and sowell, you had
better stay with me, my deer James, you
hush Letter stay with n,-.
Well, I will think of it, says thetelotor-
er, but I think I will strike out for my-
self; and mother thinks we'd better.
Then this lordly proprietor tu..ed up-
on the artisans, shopmen and profes-
sionals with fury: Now you see what
dissensions your arguments me creatine,
and if thew are allowed .o go on what
cal•miiies will youbringup. -n Bird Hill?
You'll drive away its pt.pulatioo • you
will humble iia Laid& by makit.g it de-
pendent on Bear Swoop for pork, and
destroy its revenue.
But these *viewer : 1f it is true that
the setting portion of our population,
who are so oppressed frith useless t.i-
butes here, can better their condition by
timing to mere favorable districts, as a
matter of enthral right ought they not
t., do so 1 And u to the plea of local
pride, would it not be m .re creditable
for t•' d still to turn its efforts to pro -
cluing such crops as its soil is adapted
to, and which can he produced at a pro-
fit without hardening the consumers
with a tax which crushes the lives out of
therm, all fur the sake .1 saying, "This
hog w..s fettered on Bird Hill cent 7"
And we see from Workaday s condition
that the pretence of e.ueouraeing home
industry is a chest an.i a snare. And
your argument about the revenue to the
lt.wn from this tax is equally fallacious,
becaos.• the tax le so ereat that it ez-
clodes all perk andc"nfr"m coming in
ennsegnently no tax is toe.ired. Besides,
then is the hem y a _penes to the 'Akers
sinpl"ysd to keep th..e nem* zits imam
nt. And it only operates to enable you
to get tern p etas Inv your pork And
we poor dttpes hare been silly enough to
The True Iran.
Andrew Marvell, Milton's friend,
favored the P toraiiou, but lie s.-irized
the *ices of Charles TI, anal the a., cup -
lions of his o,urt. The satires cured
such a sensation Etat 0.e fi;iog de:ee.
mined to win Martell ,.e'- to the wart
party. Threats, flattery , caresm eyed
hribes were tried, but Max. ell's honor
kept him steadfast to the niht.
Lord Treasurer Danby had leen '1b.c-
ven's school -fellow, and Charles's ntinis-
te's employed him to offer a bribe to the
honest old patriot, who would vote
in Parliament for his count o. He
called upon Marvell is his garret, and at
parting slipped into ,Itis .band an .o.'aer
on the Treasury for £1,000.
"My Lord," calls out Marvell, ha g
looked at the paper es the nobleman was
getting into his carriage, "I requed
another moment"
They went up again to the garrei, end
Jack, the servant -boy, wet called.
"Jack, chill, whet had I for dinner
yesterday 1"
"Don't you remember, sir 1 you had a
little shoulder of mutton, that you or-
dered me to bring from a woman in :he
markt t."
"Very right, child. Vie nat have I for
dinner to -day 7"
Don't you !now-, sir, that you bid me
lay by the blade -have to broil?"
'Ti.•so, very right, child; go away."
"My Lord," said Marvell, Lutoin* to
the Treasurer, ",lo you hear that 1 An-
drew Ma.. ell's dinner is pro. ided; there's
your Piece of parer. I want it not. 1
knew the sort of lon.11.ee5 y..n inwnded.
1 live here to se,,ny u,ustitueuta;
tl,e Ministry may seek uten'fortheir p:nr-
pose, 1 am me one mot- of them." •
When A whew elm tell diet', his c.a-
Bti.ueu.s car ed ..n Ls head.icn'-: 'Be-
loved i.y huo'J men; feared by led; im-
itated by few, aims ammo paialiele.l ly
any.,,
tleSllas.
We doubt if pickles are the mutest
healthful uompou•nd the housekeepers
can prepare; bututhey will be used, it is
well to make them- so- perk* as possi-
ole..
Limy imaldis that look the finest are
vete, iejurs)us, rod uftea poisonous. All
:hitt iv* . f a vet t} green are doubtful.
In l.ton ,sass they are "greened" by
being ls: t w Fie sono Ub.le time is a Cop-
pe4 vessel uovewd with vinegar, which
naturally eledrbes tome por. ion a the
oupper. That, all will be Iilelyuo ,now,
is poise ••,us. When left but a short
time in etch teasels, .be t insgar may
net take up so much of the poison at a
limo as t•, be deadly; but it eertaialy i►
injurious, though perhaps imperceptibly
so to most persons; and tie some inure
delicately organized cons.itu.ions-even •
Felt, i. flea.
Thein is no necesr.y that pickles
should be green. It is • mere fancy, a
matter of taste, old of late yeun in a
great measure dicoatded; and alm,rt ell
pieties are made is porcelain of enamel-
lineiis let. les, because these ketles burn
tssity. ane after anything has been hurtl-
ed i.e ;.hem stew times the linirg cracks
and fatwluf:, leaving snots of the iron
or tis ,.ere, and then ano.hing delicate
1.1'1 be di.vw)te.•ed by the iron. Of late
we Irate %deomoo it stated that there is
e mir r. -ate.% le think, if the enamel en
IL -se 1 et les is once cracked, they are
slant t as injurious as brass or bell metal.
Any acid -hut can find a way under the
gla>,ing atsorbes some injurious p:oper-
tv ,lent the composition with which nor-
crlain or enamel is made. Of this we
cnu.t•.t s,00rk with certainty, Lut we
have slava"s used a brass kettle and nev-
er saw any injurious effec_s from it.
1,, one should ever use a kettle of this
menial, however, who cannot be de-
pended upon to be etoeedie•,ty l.u,icu-
lar in keeping it .cru%Oulously clean. 7'u
be sure, cleaahueew is imps oat in the
use of all u.e.i.is, but with brass it is an
at.sc.'.ute n.cessity. Just before using a
1..etas kettle, see that it is carefully
cleaned w._h salt and hot t iae;tr. Rub
it all over the inside, eve- the rim, and
"around the ears, where the handle fit. in,
.ill every part shins like the puce yel-
low gold. A it is used and tal en
fntm the fire, remove the contents at
on.*. When a kettle is thoroughly
cls noted, eo harm Domes Fran its use se
long as it is kept over .he fire: .he mis-
chief arises from letting anything in - it
and pool.
In saiding any kind of pickles. as
soon as that work is do -re, empty the
contents into a wooden or earthen Jowl,
and immcdeeely proceed to scour the
ket_le again, even though the same arti-
cles are to be returned to it u soon as
cl.aneed i.-tu other water or mote vine-
ga-. These are very minuie insttuc-
tioos; but they are necesso whenever
braes is in use.
Wire vinegar is used by many to make
pie:lee; but pure cider *inept is the
oi.lj kind we would willino,l_• use for
flat purpose. In the country one can
cute one's own vinegar (even if there
are but few apples) with a small cider -
press. Ater the juice is pressed out,
let the cider ferment, and then, if the
weather is still warm, set the keg or bar-
rel in the.u_u, and ;eat aa 'averted riles
bottle in the boo -hole io keep out the
flies. A gallon of good cider rinees
added to this new cider, brown paper
dipped in molasses dropped in, if there
is no "mo.her" in the vingar jug, will
after a lit le male the beat of cider vine -
gm. Ado a little molasses, brown su-
gar, ata good homemade yeias., and
ocgusioo•lly skimmings from jellies and
preterits. If .00 cold when the cider is
mooed ou., let the t arr•el be put f e t a
the cellartbst never freezes, end remain
till warm spring weather, then set in
the sun as above directed. Keep the
barrel closely stopped, s, that no dirt
can enter atter the vinegar is made, and
it can be cons.antly replenished as it
grows too al mug by adding fresh cider
occasionally—only a lit -le at a time: and
thus you need never beout of good vine -
ger. Be sure that it never freezes.
mew sae CrlM-rm Wow Brett.
William Blaikie, the author of "'bow
to Get Strong and How to Stay So,"
spoke before the Brooklyn trailers' as-
sx:ialion reecentie on "Physical Edu-
cation." "1 want" said he, "W ase if in
an infested talk we can't bit upon some
way in which we can bring the physical
education of school children down to a
practical basis. Our children who are
healthy and buxom when they begin
.chonl work, come out pale, sickly, and
with round shoulders. If you require
the children under you to sit far back on
a chair and to hold their chins up you
will cure them of being round shoul-
dered, and the lungs and other vital
otgans will have free and healthy play.
Another simple plan is to have the
children bend over backwards until
they can nee the ceiling. This exercise
1, r a few minutes each day will work a
wonderful transformation. If • well-
qualified teacher could be employed to
superintend the physical development
of the children the best results would be
seen.•
haoyard's Pectoaial Balsam; • few
doses relieves the most distressing cowgh
MA a twenty -Ave Dent bottle has cored
many a sufferer from Astern*, Bronoitis,
Croup, influens*, Hoarsened's and 8ore-
nes of the ('hest. it is the grand spe-
cifk few all threat and long complaints
leading to Consumption.
Why become a Bufferin mutt to
Headache. when Beano.g suffering
Bri-
tons will surly mere the mass c,( all
r•rietis .of eethertieek or Nervous Head-
ache, clews the Ryetern, regul•tw the
Seetetions. relieve Conefap•tinn of the
Bowles, purify the Blood, renovate the
Liver and tone the Nerrrons system and
distraint* headache will he nnknownl
Sample Bottles 10 cents. large Bottles
S1 09
over thus, and then cover closely. 11
in ,lass love ousels ti.btly screwed eta
Pickles ihttalid all be ei.ag,ined every
few weeks to see, if they are keepinc
anti if Quire it the least iaoer airily pout
out the vimioa', ao•ld, skin, add • little
sugar, thea poor hot water ever the
p.cklss again, and oover closely.
If you raise your own cuousaben, they
cut be ptbwed all thtwnght the suss -
n eer, pet tato brine, and kept close till
the season closer and you are ready es
make them Lite pickles. pick nous
luq er or larysr,.than your linage, alio
measure by the little fi.y'er sa far as p,►
sible. Leave a small bit ..f the stem ..n
se they are .gathered. If this preautiion
is not :•ken, and the akin by the stern
is to,n anu bleeds. the cucumber we'
n•'. leap well. RAD.* after gatl,e,ing
one b•• one, handle gently te. as not ti
rub off the prickly coat, and pack iu a
w...,.1en Lakin or half barrel, with layers
of salt between each layer •,f : is 'mbere
Keep the top layer well coved with
salt, and pees them down by a beard
acro • clean stone on top. This will
pa^k them in salt closely, and keep
them so, and thus make all the brine
needed. No scum w` rise, and they
will keep is lo.tg time, retaining both
color a id firmness.
Save all apple, peach and pear, peel-
ings, and the cores and piths and all
sound pieces of fruit; cover with a little
wafer long enough to extract the ju'ce.
Strain and put into the vinegar barrel,
and is a few days the vinepa- will be as
perfect as if freshly made. To prevent
the possibility of having inferior vinegar
for a few days after adding to the bar-
rel, have the forethought P. keep a
jug always filled for present note, and be
at the personal trouble.of seeing that it is
filled every time before making any ad-
ditions.
Keep pickles in glass jars if possible,
if not, in stone jars Having once
L..ught your glass or stone jars, keep
them Inc that purpose always. Never
allow them -n be used Inc anything else.
As worm as nee 's emptied, wash, scald,
set in .he sun till well sweetened, then
Doter up and set away carefully fnr
another year. sving all the coven ..r
corks if ynu find that any of the glaa-
ing inside the sten* jar is erseked or
br•nken mei, never ,use that jar again for
pick lei
if all kende of pickles are not kept
well marwed with vinegar, they will soon
tnrn soft and mould and be ruined. if
in a stun lint, turn a sewer bottom ep
STEAAIBOAT INSP'CTION.
rases f.r the ele'dame • of Ltglneers ass
t ,wawa.
Tl,e following rules and (Irmo lations
issued by the Board of St,eambost In-
spection aro well worthy the at. ention of
all concerned :-
1. Getting up Steam. — Warm the
toiler gradually. Steam should not be
raised from cold water in lees than four
hours. If practicable, light the fires
over u.ght. By getting up ,team too
quickly the boiler will sown be destroy-
ed.
2. Firiroi.—Fire regularly. Keep the
sides up and ase the shoe gently and :
seldom as possible.
3. Fen: Water. —Let the feed be re
guler a.td c setent.
'. Glass Gauge and Ti; Cocks.— Keep
the glans free and try .he gauge cocks
every fifteen minutes.
5. Safe.y Valve►—Lift each safety
valve at least once a day, and always be
fore getting up steam.
6. Low Water.—Put out the fires by
drawing them or throwing ashes oo
.hem. Never use water. Lute water
should never occur.
7. Blowing off the Boiler. -- Dou't
blow off by steam preasure; let the water
run off if pou:ble. See that the foes
are all out.
K Boiler Purgers. —Never use any
composition to keep down incrustations
unless supplied through the feed pump.
9. General Rules.—Keep the boiler
clean inside and outside and free from
leak. Never throw water in the fur-
nace. Lader high pressure raise the
safety valve gently. Lower the fires, or,
if necessary, stop the engine when foam-
ing to find the water levet
The county special auditors of e
books of the late treasurer of Frontenac
received $600 each for their s. vices.
The only mistake ate aired was the
sum of $740 taken as commission illegal-
ly. This was known before the audit
was begun. The cou Ay is thus $1,200
out.
PAY UP.
BEYNO now oat o1 Dimness on account of
the fire, it is n. -era,; that all debts owed
me should be settled e•• -1... I t Ike this oppor-
toiit; of iesir.ng a" concerned t.e pay up at
once
1778-2,n GEORGE CATTLE.
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