“The plants are of the easiest culture, growing in heavens, causing tears of pleasure, and comfort in 
any good soil, yielding a continuous profusion of the heart. Then, as I see their little heads and 
gorgeous blossoms from June to the latest period in white breasts clustering at their windows, joyfully 
the autumn, requiring no support, affected neither receiving their food from the parent birds, I often 
by the ‘summer’s storm nor the autumn’s change,’ think of other little heads grouped at the window 
_ or door when I come from the field or town. 
''•F'V'' On the whole, I can truly say I think of no hour’s 
A ’ m I labor which has contributed more to my comfort 
CT y VO i K / than the one in preparing a humble home for the 
VliUf Maritas. G. W. Turner. 
SPLENDID GAZANIA 
BROWN BREAD 
NEW PLANTS 
Eos. Rural New-Yorker: — Seing a request in 
your valuable paper for making brown bread of rye 
meal instead of wheat flour, I send you mine, think¬ 
ing it a good one. Two-thirds corn meal, one-tliird 
170 meal,— that is rye not bolted,—for two loaves, 
baked in six-quart, pans; one coffee cup full of 
molasses, one pint sour milk, one pint wheat flour, 
safcraluB sufficient to sweeten the milk and ferment 
the molasses,—the whole to be mixed quite soft with 
warm water. Bake immediately. You will observe 
there is no yeast in this bread, consequently it can 
be made at any time, without the usual preparation 
of making yeast and waiting for it to rise. 
A Recife for Steamed Brown Bread.—Two 
cnps Indian meal, two cups rye meal, one cup 
flour, one pint sweet milk, one small cup molasses, 
one spoonful of salt, one spoonful of' saleratus; 
steam three hours. 
A Form for Steamer for Brown Bread.—A 
round tin vessel, holding three quarts, smallest at 
the bottom; cover to set down on outside; rim of 
cover one inch deep; a hollow tube live inches long, 
one inch in diameter at bottom, oner-half inch attop; 
the tube to run from center of steamer upwards; 
the top of tube to bo made tight. The bread to be 
put iDto the steamer, and when covered, the steamer 
to be placed in a kettle of boiling water. Bread 
cooked in this way is excellent, il eaten while 
warm. Mrs. Carrie B. 
Cedar Glen, N. Y., 1S62. 
IIead Lettuce. — 11 Salad” wants to know how 
to raise head lettuce. I will tell him the way to do 
it. I herewith inclose somo seed, which I have 
known as “Loco Foco” lettuce. Sow in a hot-bed, 
or warm exposure. As soon sb the plaDtB are large 
enough, transplant in rich , well-prepared ground, 
from 12 to 14 inches apart. IToefrequently, keeping 
the ground loose around the plants, if “Salad” 
will follow the above directions, I don’t thiuk that 
he will complain of his plants running to seed with¬ 
out heading.— Edwin Cooper, Fairhaven , N. Y. 
eign journals, or as copied by our own publications, Agricultural Society, whose exhibition it 
and perhaps see colored plates of the flowers, and is designed to grace. We have spoken of 
are delighted with the representation of what this flower in another colnmn, and give 
promises to he a most charming addition to our the following description from the Lon- 
beautiful flowering plants. We hasten to obtain don Illustrated Pouqvet: 
eeeds of our seedsmen or plants from the nurseries. “ A new and very beautiful plant, finely 
It must be remembered that the description that adapted for bedding ont, and extremely 
induced us to purchase was of plants grow n well, as valuable from its dwarf, compact habit, 
well, doubtless, as it was possible to grow ibem, and profusion of orange-colored flowers, 
every requirement of soil, culture, Ac., being appearing all the summer. It is sup- 
regarded, and this by those skilled in the work, posed to be a hybrid between the old G. 
Now those who sow the seed in a poorfor even ringens and pavonia or uniflora. The 
what may be called ordinary soil, and give their present variety ( is’ ‘similar in general 
plants common care, which often means no care at growth to G. uniflora , but differs in its 
all, cannot expect their flow r t*rs to come up to the dwarf, compact, close-branching habit; 
description, and the result, is, some are disappointed it is occasionally suberect, but becomes 
and others blamed. If plants are obtained from the decumbent by the weight of its blossoms, 
florists, they will doubtless be quite small, as it is The stems, which are green with a red- 
impossible to obtain large plants of new and rare dish tint, bear smooth, glossy, oblong- 
things. These will require good care, and perhaps spatulate loaves, furnished here and 
a little coaxing and nursing to make good, strong there with small single or twin side lobes, 
flowering plants. In some cases they will receive 1 These leaves are dark green above and 
ftMtuuttnrat fetes 
Prices or Fruit, &c., in New York. —Below we give the 
prices of fruit, vegetables, &c., in the New York market, at 
the latest dates. Transportation is now so good in all parts 
of the country that the prices in almost all sections are more 
or less affected by those of the leading market of the country. 
It is therefore important to producers everywhere to learn the 
market rates in New York city: 
POTATOES. 
Jersey and Delaware Sweet.bbl. $4.00ffi4..60 
Bermuda...,. “ 6,00(5 0,00 
Buekeve. '• 2,2.Va’2,60 
Prince Albert. - 2,0W5>2.25 
L. I and N. J. Mercer . “ 2,.60(0)2,75 
Peach I .lows.. '• 2,26(0)2,50 
Nova Scotia, on vessel.,. '(3 tub 0.00(5 0,00 
closing its magnificent flowers by night and again 
unfolding them by day. It has few equals for the 
flower garden. From its free-growing habit, its 
showy blossoms, and the profusion in. which they 
are displayed, this will prove one of the greatest 
additions to our summer blooming plants.” 
OTHER VEGETABLES, 
Boston long radishes, p dozen hunches, 
Asparagus, f) bunch.. 
Bermuda potatoes, £4 box. 
Rhubarb, f) dozen,. 
Celery. V dozen.. 
Water cress, V) basket. 
.Salsify, %) dozen... 
Spinach?! bbl... 
Red cabbage. ?! dozen,--- 
Savoy do. do. .. 
Winter ml. id, if) basket. 
Parsnips, ?l bbl. 
Horse radish, ?! it>. .-. 
Marrow somosh. ?) bbl,.. 
CuMmcc. t ) dozen,. 
Leeks, hunch. 
I’arelpy, i&dozeu buncheE. 
Wbtie turnips, ?) bbl. 
Russia turnips. " . 
Carrots, " . .. 
Beets, “ .;. 
Knob celery, dozen bunches. 
Roeftaway onions, ¥1 bbl... 
Yellow onions, “ . 
White unions, " . 
Shallots, r) dozen bunches. 
Boston ,‘alttd, i3 dozen. 
Dandelion, ?) bushel.. 
N, ,f and N. Y. hot-bed -alad, ri dozen 
Turnip Tadishes, ?) dozen. 
APPLES. 
Rhode Island Greening, ?,) bbl, . 
Winter Russet, " . 
Spitzenbery, choice, " . 
Baldwin, choice. " . 
Northern Spy. " . 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Hot house grapes, ?i tb,. 
Do strawberries, ?) quart.. 
Shakers' poppiuK corn, iM bushel ears,.. 
Jersey Cranberries. ?) bid. 
Western do, “ . 
URIEI^ FRUITS. 
Apples, new State and Ohio, ?’) lb— 
Peaches, unpeeled halves, " _ 
Peaches, impeded quarters, " _ 
Plums, prime State, ** - 
Plums, prime Western, “ — 
N. Y. and Jersey cherries, •' - 
N. Y. ami Jersey raspberries, “ — 
N. Y. and Jersey blackberries, " _ 
Measure Cake.— One teacup of butter; two do. 
sugar, beat to a cream; four eggs; pint of flour; 
nutmeg to taste. 
Cider Cake.— One cup cider; two cups sugar; 
one cup butter: two eggs; flour to make it as thick 
as you can stir with a spoou. 
Lemon Cake.—Two cups butter; four cups sugar; 
six cups flour; eight eggs; two lemons; one teacup 
of milk; one teaspoon of soda. 
Dessert Dish.—S lice some pleasant, apples, place 
them in a deep dish, then sweeten them. Now 
make a nice beaten froth of the whites of three 
eggs, one cup of white sugar, and pour over the 
apples. Bake till brown; flavor; serve in saucers. 
Cream Pie—Extra Nice.— For the crust, three 
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orchard house, it acquires a size and beauty and a 
delicacy of flavor which it does not when grown in 
the open ground. 
The fruit is fragrant when ripe, large, ovate, 
inclining sometimes to conical. The skin is thin, at 
first of a greenish-yellow on the shaded side, and on 
the side next the sun covered entirely with a thin, 
pale, crimson cheek, which is covered with broken 
streaks of a darker crimson; but as the fruit acquires 
maturity after being kept, the shaded side changes 
to a rich golden yellow, and the crimson becomes 
brilliant. The whole is covered with a thin bloom 
like a grape. Eye small and closed, set in a very 
deep, narrow, and furtowed cavity. Stalk three- 
quarters of an inch long, slender, deeply inserted in 
a wide hollow. Flesh white, very tender, line 
grained, crisp, and very juicy. Juice sprightly, 
sweet, and with a fine’, delicate aroma. 
A valuable dessert apple, in use from December 
till May. 
The tree is a fast and vigorous grower, and has 
an upright habit. When it acquires a little age it is 
an abundant bearer; but it is apt to become busby- 
beaded, and.therefore requires frequent, attention, to 
keep the head open and free of spra*y.” 
■sfl Butthechie! 
situations. Treat them as Larkspur: 
cause of success in all these is a proper preparation 
of the soil before planting them. Turn up the soil 
deep, ami put a good quantity of rotted manure in 
it, and keep Iree of weeds afterwards. A good 
thing is good with culture; but bad culture or 
on the lawn, while uer uoupie nowers were as targe 
and beautiful as Ihe finest roses. Perhaps less than 
a quarter of the seeds imported last year produced 
double flowers; but those that were double were 
magnificent. W’e hope to produce a greater pro¬ 
portion of doubles this season; and as we have seed 
of our own, saved from the best double flowers we 
shall try it with the imported seed, to see which will 
prove best. ThuB far we have only had (wo colors— 
a kind of salmon-red, which a correspondent de¬ 
scribes as a brick-dust color, and a pink. We 
anticipate improvement in this respect; and when 
we obtain colors as good, and in as great variety as 
in the Zinnia elegans, and as great a proportion 
double as in the Ten Week Stock, the Double Zinnia 
will be classed among our most beautiful and popu¬ 
lar annuals. 
While we would encourage the testing of all now 
things, we dislike to see so much disposition to dis¬ 
card old favorites for new claimants to popular 
favor. This is an error committed by the inex¬ 
perienced, and one of which the old gardener is 
never guilty. The Asters and Stocks, &e,, are 
indispensable; and they have of late been so much, 
improved us almost to constitute new flowers. Get 
the very best varieties of the old sorts for your gar¬ 
dens, and a few new sorts by way of trial. Abovo 
all, whatever you do, do thoroughly. If you have 
only time to attend to six plants, have but the half 
dozen, and give them your whole care, and they 
will afford you more pleasure than a hundred neg¬ 
lected specimens. 
As we have talked pretty freely of the annuals the 
present spring, we give some noteB on Perennial 
Herbaceous Plants, by Walter Elder, an excel¬ 
lent gardener of Philadelphia, with whom and 
whose labots we became acquainted when on a 
visit to that city a few years since. We copy from 
the Gardeners' Monthly; 
“ The plants for ornamenting and diversifying 
pleasure-grounds and gardens, next to trees and 
shrubbety, and requiring but little care and culture 
alter being planted in soil properly prepared for 
them, are perennial herbaceous plants, of stately 
growth, profuse and beautiiul blooms. 
11 DieWtra, of two species, of early bloom and great 
beauty^row upon all soils, in sunshine or shade; 
perfectly hardy, and rapidly Increases. The (lowers 
are pink and rosy crimson,' produced upon long 
peduncles, and, as they bang, far surpass iu beauty 
and brilliancy strings of the finest jewelry. 
“The Phlox has beou so wonderfully improved in 
its varieties within the past ten years as to far sur¬ 
pass the fondest anticipations —the most ambitious 
desire. Those who have only seen the old varieties 
would be both bewildered and delighted to see the 
grandeur and beauty of the blooms with which the 
new varieties are crowned. Their colors are pure 
white, pale, and deep pink, cherry red, rose, car¬ 
mine, crimson, and striped. They thrive in almost 
any soil; perfectly hardy, but do best with a thin 
covering of leaves, litter, or manure in the winter, 
and they increase so rapidly that in three years each 
plant can be divided and made three of. We see in 
serymen’s catalogues that they are offered 
How to Extract the Bitter Qualities from 
Yeast.— Bake a small piece of bread quite black 
and drop into the yeast; or, if it be very bitter, put. 
a small quantity of bran into a small sieve, and 
strain the yeast through. These remedies have 
been tried, and never have been known to fail. 
Another mode is to pour cold water over the yeast 
some time before you inquire it; the yeast will sink 
and the bitter quality remain irt the water, which 
pour oil’.— H. E. H., Mesopotamia^ Ohio , 1362. 
Improver Persimmons. — Dr. Kirtland has beeu experi¬ 
menting with these, he says, in lfovey's Magazine, and finds 
them vary considerably from seed, and capable of great im¬ 
provement. He remarks: 
•-Thepersiinmon is perfectly hardy here, (Cleveland, Ohio,) 
but whether it would hear your climate is questionable. Tt is 
found native at Beavertown, 30 miles from Pittsburg. My 
trees were raised from seed planted in 1840. They began to 
hear fruit in seven years. The tree is dioecious, and at least 
three out of every four are barren or staminate. The fruits 
of no two are alike in size, form, flavor, and time of ripening; 
and they eome into maturity, in succession, from the 20£h of 
September to the 1st of March. 
•• GreaUy improved varieties will no doubt be produced by 
crossing and cultivation. The foliage is rieh and beautiful; 
hence the tree is ornamental on a iawn.” 
Eds. Rural New-Yorker:— In the Rural of 
the present year I find directions for preparing and 
planting the Osage Orange or Hedge Plant; and as 
it, as well as your remarks will, to my mind, be well 
calculated to discourage new beginners from grow¬ 
ing their own plants, I propose to give you my way, 
which l think a more excellent one, in as few words 
as possible. 
I have tried the plans there proposed, and always 
partially or entirely failed. The best plan I have 
come across, and which is good enough for all those 
who are so situated as to avail themselves of it, is to 
put them in a bag and place them in a running 
stream of water, confining them, so they shall not 
leave you, for the space of one week. At the end of 
the week, take them out, roll them iu dry dirt or ashes, 
so that they may be easily sown, and plant them at 
once as directed in the article referred to, and they 
will come up inside of ten days. After this, good 
culture will insure success. 
If a stream of water is not at hand, the next best 
plan is to give them plenty of water, and change 
that water every day. Yon want no more heat than 
may be derived from the outside atmosphere. As 
to the time of planting, choose the same as you 
would to plant corn. There is now no need of being 
in any hurry; let the weather get warm. 
Upper Alton, N. Y., 1862. J. Barton. 
Excellent Recife for Washing Calicoes.— 
Make flour starch, thick, and boiled nicely; let it 
uearly cool; then put in the dress, and rub it as you 
would in soap-suds, using no soap, #ldess very muck 
soiled; then rinse thoroughly in rain water; alter 
which let the article washed soak ten minutes in 
hard water. When dried, the colors will be well 
preserved, and the calico of the same stiffness as 
when new. If more stiffness is required, add starch 
to the last water.—X.. in Ohio Farmer. 
Gardens for Soldiers in France. —The Rouen NouveUisle 
says:—‘ 1 At the eamp of Chalons, the Emperor has caused to 
he given to each soldier a small garden, which he is to culti¬ 
vate and keep in order, and rewards are to be given to the best 
laborers. Henceforward the troops will devote part of their 
leisure time to agricultural labors during the summer, and in 
the winter each regiment will have classes tor agriculture and 
horticulture, for which premiums and medals will be awarded. 
Potatoes in Haste.—A very nice little dish of 
potatoes may be made in five minutes, or less if the 
water is boiling. Peel and cut some potatoes in 
slices, a quarter or half an inch thick; pour on 
them boiling water enough to cover them, and let 
the'in boil till tender; skin them; then add butter 
with flour, worked in proportion to the quantity of 
potatoes; let it boil up once, add a little chopped 
parsely, and serve, with the addition of pepper to 
taste. 
Tar for Mjce,— A slight application of tar to apple trees 
in the fall will prevent mice from barking the trees in winter. 
I will warrant it to he a sure preventive, for I have tried it.— 
Wm. R. Mills. Hume, N. 1862. 
TREATMENT OF A YOUNG ORCHARD 
Eds. Rural New-Yorker: —Noticing in the 
Rural an inquirer asking if he should plant a 
young orchard to corn again, or sow grain and seed 
down, I would say in reply, as lar as my experience 
goes, never sow grain of any kind, under any cir¬ 
cumstances, in an orchard, save buckwheat, and 
then the orchard must be well tilled from early May 
until the time of sowing. Grain sown in au 
orchard has a stagnating effect upon the trees, as it 
prevents the cultivator from tilling the ground 
during the dry part of the season, which is all-import- 
ant to success in orchard growing. Raising corn 
or potatoes in an oichard year after year would 
soon exhaust, the land, and the trees would soon 
show the robbery. My method is to plant with 
corn, say five feet apart, keep clean, and when cul¬ 
tivated the last time, sow on clover seed, twelve 
pounds to the acre. In the spring mulch the trees; 
and as soon us the clover is in blossom plow it under, 
harrow well, and plant the next spring to potatoes, 
or repeat the process, and your orchard will teem 
with fatness. W. W. Sly. 
Walled Lake. Mich. - 
gmjuteteis ana gU.sivm 
SicLF-BL.vxeniNO Celery. &C.— I would like to ask one 
more question about celery. I have a paper of seed that says 
■■ self blanching." Please tell me how to operate with t. As 
you have given us some good chapters on celery, but, 1 think, 
said nothing of the seif-tilanChiog variety. I have made bold 
to ask for more information, as I am not accustomed to raising 
it. And I would like to he informed tu>w to cultivate spinach, 
and what is its use. as I have some seed, and If il is good for 
anything, will sow it,—M rs. H. VViek, JohmonviUc. A. 1. 
The French variety of celery cal) self blanching is a very 
good celery, though not strictly selfblanching. We grew it 
only one season, the last, and treated it about as other celery, 
eartiling it up only five or six inches. It grows close and 
erect, and the insideleaf stalks become tolerably well blanched 
without earthing. A gardener of Illinois writes us that this 
is the best variety he ever grew for market. We would not 
indorse this opinion of its value, at least without another sea¬ 
son's trial. 
Spinach should be sown as early us possible, iu rich soil, and 
he well cultivated, when it makes excellent early “ greens.” 
Thin out the plants to about three inches apart, and you will 
get good heads. __ 
Osage Okasob Skku—Uasimikbry Canes.—I wish a little 
information in regard to the proper manner id’ preparing 
Osage Orange seed for planting if any preparation is necus 
s.,rv. Al-o, in what manner to plant it, and what soil is best 
Also, it' the young canes of the raspberry 
THE MARTINj 
Eds. Rural New Yorker:— Noticing in the last 
Rural an inquiry relative to the Martin, its cage, 
Ac., 1 will give my experience with them. Observ¬ 
ing that the Martin made us a call each spring, and 
left for want ot a suitable cage, some three years 
since I made a small cage eighteen inches in length, 
ten in width, and ten in height, with double roof 
above. The main part I divided into four apart¬ 
ments, with passages in the sides; the upper portion 
had passages in the ends. This I placed on the I 
ridge of the corn-house near by. The Martin Comes 
about as soon as the Blue Bird, near the first of 
April. When spring arrived the birds also ap¬ 
peared. The Martins seemed delighted with their 
new home. They twittered their thanks as best 
they could. They viewed it over and throughout. 
Then they would circle around it, alight on Us roof, 
and chat over their good fortune. We were nil 
pleased with their evident cheer. The Martins 
have been our welcome guests since then. Each 
spring we eagerly watch their coming, and they are 
sure to come. 
I might add another thought. I made an arrow 
for a vane, and placed It on the cage. On this they 
love to perch and sing. I think a great deal of this 
vane. Surely it is no trifling matter to know which 
“ way the wind blows” in these uncertain times. It 
is not only a comftnt but a profit I often, early in 
the morning, before leaving the house, look at the 
vane, and calculate the day’s labor by it And 
again:—I frequently find myself looking up to the 
Nbw Parlor Ornament. —The ladies are intro¬ 
ducing a new and beaulilal ornament for the parlor 
mantle, or center table. They take large pine burs, 
sprinkle grass seed of any kind in them, and place 
them in pots of water. When the burs are soaked a 
few days, they close up in form of solid cones, then 
the little spears of grass begin to emerge from 
among the lamina?, forming an ornament of rare and 
simple b eauty, _ ^ 
Elderberry Wine. — Can any of the Rural’s 
correspondents tell me the process of manufacturing 
elderberry wine, from the picking of the berry to 
the final bottliug of the wine? If they can give me 
“the mode” by which it can be made on a large 
scale, and what machinery will be necessary, they 
will much oblige— Subscriber, Peterboro, K Y, 
1862 . _ 
To Take Rust from Sad Irons.— Perhaps every 
one does not know that beeswax rubbed on when 
the ireu is moderately heated, and the iron smartly 
rubbed on a woolen cloth, will remove mat entirely. 
NORTHERN SPY APPLE IN ENGLAND, 
adapted to it. .. „ « . , 
Should be kept back until th» fruit ripens on the old, will 
they grow sufficiently afterwards for next year's bearing? 
Many of my raspberries do not ripen good, but dry up on the 
bush, while the young canes are growing thriftily. Will you. 
or some of your readers, please give the desired information 
through the’columns of the Rural? —E. M., Henrietta, O 
In the Rural of April 12 will be found all the information 
needed for the preparation of Osage Orange seed. The young 
raspberry canes that are ueeded for next season's fruiting 
TnE Northern Spy Apple is becoming quite pop¬ 
ular iu England. The following is from the London 
Florist and Ponwlogisl , which contains a colored 
plate of this fruit: 
“ This is not at all a new variety of apple, nor one 
which is to be estimated on account of its rarity; for 
it is one that already exists in several nurseries of 
this country, and in not a few private collections. 
It is entirely for its intrinsic worth that we have 
been induced to select it as one of the subjects 
wherewith to grace the first number of the Florist 
and Pomologisi. Its size and handsome appearance 
would alone recommend it to he grown in aDy col¬ 
lection; but when it is known that it is a dessert 
apple of the finest texture and excellent flavor, it 
commands an interest which attaches to but a few 
even of our best varieties. 
Although a native of North America, it is one of 
those varieties which attain their greatest perfection 
in this country. Even as a standard, an open dwarf, 
or a pyramid, it ripens perfectly and grows to large 
size; but when grown against a wall or in an 
Preserving Old Black Lace.—D ip it into cold 
tea, or a little beer; when ironed out after this, it 
looks nearly like new.—H. E. H., Mesopotamia, 
Ohio , 1862._ _ _ 
Muffins.—W ill some of the lady readers of the 
Rural please inform a young housekeeper the best 
way of making “muffins.” — Reader, ZionsvUle, 
Ind ., 1862. 
-- 
Cleaning Zinc.— Will some of the Rural’s 
readers please inform me how to clean zinc?—M. J? 
L., Chester Co., Pa., 1862. 
many pur 
at $2.50 per dozen. 
“Delphiniums or Larkspurs. The new varieties 
are also great improvements upon the old, growing 
from thirty to fifty inches tall. Thu flowers are 
pure white, and white clouded with blue, and blue, 
from azure blue to indigo blue, all very bright and 
glittering like the most shining metals. They, too, 
are quite hardy, and increase so that they can be 
divided every three years, and each plant make 
three good ones. Better spread manure over them 
in winter. 
“ Aconitunq or Monk’s Hood, has also had many 
highly improved varieties added to the old, of great 
merit. They much resemble the Delphinium in 
appearance at a distance, although very different 
when dose by. Like the Larkspur, their colors 
prevail in blue ; but now we have white and varie¬ 
gated blooms. Thrive either in open or half-shaded 
growing anti then transplant them, or to plant them in the 
ground now — Anna E. Russell, Joliet, IU, 
It is a very good plan to start Dahlia tubers before piaffing 
them in the open ground. This is done very easily. If 
planted in a box of sand, and placed in a sheltered sunny 
place, on the south side of a building or fenoe, where they 
can be covered during cold nights, they will get a pretty good 
start before it will be prudent to expose them in the open 
ground. There is no particular object, however, in having 
Dahlias flower early, for the blossoms are never good until the 
coot weather of autumn. Our hot summer's sun seems to 
scorch the bnd. 
[SPECIAL NOTICE.] 
Cheap Bread —Bread is likely to be cheap for some time 
to come, and if it is well made, it is truly the " staff of life;” 
but if poorly made, it is truly the “ hatnmf of death.” If 
you use D. B. De Land <Sc Co.’s Chemical Saleratus, you will 
have no trouble in making delicious bread and biscuit. 
