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paper, about a large tablespoonful in each. Lay 
the papers on pans, and bake in a quick heat. Do 
not bake them too much. When cold, take them 
off the paper, and put them in piles of two or 
three thick, with any kind of jelly or jam between 
each layer ; trim off the edges all around, and sift 
sugar over them, or they can be iced and orna¬ 
mented. 
Orange Cake. —Mix well together 1 pound of 
sugar and f of a pound of butter; when light, add 
8 eggs; mix well, and flavor with extract of 
Orange, then add -j of a pound of sifted flour, and 
mix until the dough becomes smooth. Put it in 
one or more greased pans, and bake. 
Honey Case. —Mix together 7 ounces of sugar 
and 8 ounces of butter, add 4 eggs ; mix, and add 
J a pint of strained honey ; dissolve £ofan ounce 
of saleratus in i a pint of water or milk, and put 
to it; then flavor with extract of Cinnamon. Mix 
well through, and add sufficient flour to make it 
stiff enough to roll out and cut in cakes. Put 
them on greased pans, close together, and bake 
in a hot oven or stove. By using less flour, so 
that it will be more of a batter, it can be baked 
in larger cakes, in square tins. In this case the 
oven must not be quite so hot. 
Drop Cake —Mix | a pound of sugar and \ a 
pound of butter ; beat up light ; add 4 eggs ; when 
well beaten, flavor with extract of Nutmeg, then 
add i of a pint of milk or water, in which is dis¬ 
solved i of an ounce of saleratus, then add 14 
ounces of flour. Work this in smooth, and drop 
the dough on the greased pans with a spoon, in 
lumps a little distance apart, and bake in a heat 
hot enough for bread. 
Fancy Cake.— Mix 1 pound of sugar and f of 
a pound of butter until light; add 8 eggs, (half at 
a time,) and beat well, then flavor with extract of 
Nutmeg or Lemon, then add 1 pint of milk or 
water, in which is dissolved i an ounce of saler- 
-fltus, then add 1} pounds of flour. Work it in 
until the batter becomes smooth ; put it in small 
greased tins, and bake in same heat as for drop 
cake. If either of these receipts are made in 
larger cakes, the oven must not be so hot. 
CONVENIENT ANO ECONOMICAL METHOD OP PREPAR¬ 
ING PUMPKIN AND SQUASH PIE. 
An extensive Baker, in good repute for his ex¬ 
cellent pies, contributes to the American Agricul¬ 
turist the following mode which he practices, and 
which is both convenient and economical: Cut 
each pumpkin or squash across into halves, 
and with an iron spoon scrape out the seed and 
the soft stringy pulp. Then set them, open side 
up, into a moderately heated oven. The juice, 
which is the richest portion, will collect on the' 
inside, and when the whole is sufficiently soft, 
pour out the juice, and scrape out all the “ meat,” 
leaving only the rind or outer hard shell. This 
mass, mixed with the juice, and then the whole 
stirred up with milk, sugar, aud spices, is ready 
to be poured upon the crust. By this 
method the labor of paring is saved ; none 
of the pumpkin is wasted with the skins, 
or in boiling water; and the material is 
richer than when boiled in the ordinary way. 
The rest Cough Remedy.— For allaying 
cough and loosening the throat when 
stopped with phleghm, we have found 
nothing equal to the following: mix and 
shake well together equal parts of pare¬ 
goric, castor oil, and syrup of ipecac. From 
one half to a full teaspoonful of this given 
to a child, one, two, or three times, as may 
be necessary, has never failed of giving re¬ 
lief in our own experience. If required 
more than once, give it at intervals of two 
or three hours. An overdose produces a 
little nausea, but no injurious effect. The 
mixture may lie prepared and kept in a vial 
ready for use.— Ed. Amcr. Agriculturist. 
Paper in Spittoons— A Good Hint.— A 
subscriber to the Agriculturist gives the fol¬ 
lowing useful suggestion : Housekeepers 
know the difficulty of removing clots of 
phleghm. This may be remedied by cut¬ 
ting a circular piece of paper, and laying it 
in the bottom of the spittoon whenever it 
is cleaned out. Any old paper will do, 
though sized brown or white paper is bet¬ 
ter, because less likely to tear than common 
newspaper Old letters answer well. 
Tine IGditor wills Bass Young' Readers, 
ABOUT DIOGENES. 
One of the boys writes to the editor that ho reads alt 
that is said by “Diogenes redivivus,” and learns a good 
many things from him, but he wants to know more about 
that old man with the lantern, for, he lives in a new 
couQtry, away west of the Mississippi, and they have no 
books in his neighborhood in which he can find anything 
about Diogenes. His mother thinks that “redivivus” 
means ‘come to life again ’ but is not certain. .Your moth¬ 
er is right. The old farmer who writes the lantern chap¬ 
ters, chooses to call himself old Diqgenes returned to life. 
Diogenes was born in Pontus, (in Asia Minor,) 413 years 
before Christ, or 2,273 years ago, and lived to be 90 years 
old. He was a Cynic Philosopher, that is, ono of a class 
who prided themselves in their contempt of riches, amuse¬ 
ments, and even of the common luxuries and comforts of 
life. They dressed very plainly and lived scantily. They 
were disposed to scorn the rest of mankind, and indulged 
in finding fault with the failings of other people. Alto¬ 
gether, the cynics were not a pleasant class of men, yet 
they doubtless did much good by their fault-finding, and 
Diogenes, who was one of the most noted of the cynics, 
uttered very many smart sayings. He was accustomed 
to sit by the way side under the shade of a tub, and criti¬ 
cise the conduct of all who passed near him. At one 
time he went searching through the streets at mid-day 
with a lighted lantern, and when questioned as to what 
lie meant, he said, he was “trying to find an honest man," 
one whom he could not find fault with. Our Diogenes, 
you know, is searching with his lantern to find a really 
good farmer, one whose mode of farming he would not find 
fault with. He makes some pretty severe criticisms, but 
we let him keep on, hoping that his lantern will throw 
some light on bad farming practices, and that his criti 
cisms will load many to see the causes of their failures in 
cultivation.One or two things more about old Dioge¬ 
nes. Alexander the Great paid him a visit one day as he 
sat by his tub, and tried to tempt him away from his 
severe mode of living, by offering him great riches, or any¬ 
thing else he desired ; but the only answer received, was 
the request that Alexander would “ stand from betwixt 
him and the sun”—as much as io say, you keep your rich¬ 
es, and don’t deprive me of the benefit of the sun’s warmth 
and light_At another time the philosopher Plato, had 
been teaching his scholars that man was but an animal— 
“ a biped without feathers.” Diogenes took a rooster and 
plucked off all the feathers, and then threw him into the 
midst of the scholars, saying “that is one of Plato’s men.” 
By such significant acts and sayings he inculcated a great 
many truths in a striking manner. 
ANSWERS TO PROBLEMS. 
No. 9. What four U. S. coins just make 51 cents. 
Answer.—Two twenty five cent pieces, and two half-cent 
pieces. Correct replies from Edward Mason jr., Elroy 
M. Avery, Frank Fancher, T. R. Smith, Edward F. Mans¬ 
field, James M. Bradley. Some answered one 25 cent 
piece, two 121 cent pieces, and one 1 cent. Not correct, 
because the 121 cent piece is a Spanish, and not a United 
States-coin, and never should be. We are glad to find 
that the 01 cent and 121 cent pieces, which are so in¬ 
convenient in making change, but so convenient for small 
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I shaving, are nearly driven out of circulation. They now 
pass for 5 and 10 cents in this city. Spanish “ quarters ” 
pass for only 20 cents. 
No. 8. Economical Fencing (from page 89) 
Fig. 1. Fig. 2. 
The puzzle was, to take away 3 of the fences from fig. 
1, and leave only three perfectly fenced fields with no 
surplus fence. Fig. 2, shows how it is done. You can 
perform ihis best by cutting 15 sticks and laying them 
down on the table as shown in fig. 1, and then a s k your 
playmate to take up only three slicks, and yet leave three 
fields only. We have received correct drawings like fig. 
2, from Edward Mason jr., John II. Treadwell, Elroy M. 
Avery, Edward P. Michals, Edward F. Mansfield. (The 
Edwards are in the majority in this list.) 
NEW PROBLEMS. 
No. 10. Illustrated rebus by Aunt Sue, ci/ntxins a p!f.»A 
ing feature, which you will be sure to like jj.un you set .t. 
No. 11. The star puzzle will require acme ingenuity, 
if you are not acquainted with it. It was contributed b) 
I. W. Capwell, Iowa. In the figure, yoosoe ton corners 
where the lines meet, or cross each c,d>er. Take nine 
kernels of corn, or buttons, or bits of paper ; lay one ol 
these on a corner as at a, then take it up, and jump it 
over b , the next corner on a line with it., and leave it at c. 
Take another kernel, lay it' on another vacant corner, 
jump it o/er one corner nnu 
leave it, aa before. Keep on in 
this way, jumping every time 
from a vacant corner over to 
another, until the nine kernels 
are placed. If not worked 
right, there will be no vacant 
corner to.jump from, before all 
the kernels are laid dow n. Try to discover the rule for 
performing it.—A second puzzle with the same figure will 
be to jump off the corns. Beginning at one point, jump 
one kernel over another, and take off the one jumped over, 
and so keep on until you have only one kernel left. You 
will be bothered to get them all off without having some 
onc.lcft where the last one can not be jumped over it. 
No. 12. LABYRINTH.— By Aunt Sue. To pass from B to A without crossing a line. 
