Doiiifstk  Qjcoiiomii. 
A  RECIPE  BOOK, 
And  Scmn  Tested  Domestic  Recipes. 
A  GOOD  wn,T  to  inaku  a  Recipe  Book  that  yon 
can  depend  ui>on,  ia,  when  you  find  a  recipe  that 
you  tfiinlr  !•»  j?ood,  try  it,  and  if  satisfactory  copy 
it,  end  send  to  some  piper  for  publication.  Tlien 
cut  out  and  paste  neatly  in  a  blank  book.  Tliis 
gives  you  «  nice  book  with  to  tted  recipes  lu  a 
more  coniiind  fonn  than  if  written  in  the  book. 
It  also  makes  iheni  known  to  oUici«  and  ninch 
benefit  is  derived  from  exchanging  Information, 
and  tlie  l»cat  vehicle  for  BCtxjmpUsliing  it  is  tlie 
press,  In  accordance  with  this  idea  I  send  the 
well-tested  recipes: 
Monutuin  Cake. — One  pound  of  wliite 
sugar,  one  teacup  of  butler,  Inilf  a  cupful  of 
sweet  milk,  the  whites  of  ten  oggn,  half  a  tea- 
spooufnl  of  soda,  one  tcaspoonful  of  cream  of 
tartar,  three  cups  of  flour.  Flavor  with  vanilla 
or  almond.  Biko.iu  Jeily  cake  p.an5  with  icing 
betw'oon.  Icing  for  the  cake:— One  pound  of 
fine  white  sngiu-,  the  whites  of  three  eggs.  The 
flavor  of  a  grated  cocounnt  is  very  nice  iu  It. 
Almond  Cakv. — Two  cujis  of  sugar,  one  of 
butter,  two-thh'ds  of  a  cup  of  sweet  milk,  whites 
of  eight  eggs,  one  teaspoon  of  soda,  two  of  cream 
of  tartar.  Cream  to  place  between  Two-thirds 
of  a  cup  of  milk,  one  cup  of  sugar,  one  egg,  ono- 
fom-Lh  of  a  cup  of  blanched  almonds,  pounded  in 
a  marble  mortar. 
Pe)ni  Cv^UmL — Make  a  custard  with  ouo  pint 
of  cream,  two  eggs,  one  cup  of  sugar.  Flavor  to 
suit  the  taste,  riacc  it  in  a  glass  dish  aiid  lay 
sliced  cake  over  ft.  Whip  whites  of  eggs  to  a 
froth,  stir  in  pulverized  sugar,  .and  spread  over 
the  cake  ;  ornament  with  colored  sugar  sand.  Or, 
instead  of  the  whites  of  eggs,  stir  powdered 
sugar  into  quince  or  afiply  jolly  and  spread  over 
the  cake, 
8uow  Cake.— Ono  cup  of  butter,  two  of  sugar, 
whiles  of  eight  eggs,  one  cup  of  sweet  milk,  one 
teaspoonful  of  soda,  and  two  of  cream  of  tartar. 
Flavor  with  lemou- 
A  Nice  ruddvi(f.—To  one  pint  of  well  mashed 
potatoes,  add  half  a  cup  of  cream,  one  half  cup 
of  sugar,  a  piece  of  fresh  butter,  four  eggs,  and 
lemon  or  orange  flower  water.  Baku  and  bring 
it  hot  to  the  table. 
Caledonian  Cream.— The  whites  of  two  eggs, 
two  spoonfuls  of  loaf  sugai:,  two  of  raspberry 
ja",  two  of  cunant  jelly;  all  to  be  beaten 
together  until  so  thick  the  spoon  will  stand  alone 
in  it. 
Sponge  Puddvuj.—Thxco  eggs,  the  weight  of 
the  eggs  in  butter,  sugar  and  flower.  One  tea- 
spoonful  of  cieum  of  tartar,  and  half  a  teaspoon¬ 
ful  of  soda.  Is  best  with  wine  sauce. 
Cocoannt  Pudding. — To  the  grated  meat  of  a 
oocoanut  take  si.x  eggs,  six  large  spoonfuls  of 
sugar,  hall’  a  teacup  of  hutter  and  a  little  soda. 
Line  a  dish  with  puff  paste  and  fill  with  the  mix¬ 
ture.  Bake  in  a  quick  oven. 
To  Remoi'e  Pvfl  fiom  Steel. — Dinner  knives 
some  times  got  rusty  and  may  be  brightened  by 
covering  with  swcot  oil ;  let  it  shmd  for  forty- 
eight  hours  and  rub  with  imslaked  lune,  or 
powdered  brick.  A  tino  grain  red  brick,  finely 
powdered,  is  good  for  polishing  knives.  'Wliiting 
is  an  exoellent  article  for  cleaning  and  pulishiug 
silver,  brittauia,  tin,  etc.,  when  properly  used, 
making  it  look  almost  like  new.  They  should 
first  be  rubbed  with  it  wet,  then  polished  with 
dry. 
An  ExceUeiU  Remedy  for  .Sore  Mouth  is  sage 
tea,  sweetened  with  honey.  It  is  good  for 
chapj)6d  lips. 
To  Prevent  the.  Rands  from  Chapping  use  limn 
when  wasliing  instead  of  soap.  A  little  vinegar 
or  honey  rubbed  on  immediately  after  is  very 
good. 
To  Stnmgtlien  Viiugar.  freeze  it  and  remove 
the  ice  from  tlie  top.  The  water  alone  freezes, 
and  the  strength  romaius. 
Louktta  E.  K.  Tckkrb. 
Chicago  Junction,  Ohio,  ISTO. 
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SELECTED  RECIPES. 
Good  Sausages. — To  every  forty  pounds  of 
moat  add  tidrtoen  onacca  salt,  five  ounces  black 
pepper,  three  oimoes  sage. 
Baiter  Pudding. — One  quart  sweet  rich  milk, 
twelve  tablespoonfuls  flour,  a  Uttle  salt,  eight 
eggs.  Beat  the  eggs  separately,  very  hght,  and 
have  the  batter  perfectly  smooth.  Bake  quickly, 
and  send  to  the  table  immediately.  Herve  with 
i  butter  sauce. 
j  Ammonia  Cakes.— Oue  uud  a  half  pomwls 
flour,  four  eggs,  beaten  separately,  tlueo-qiiart* 
I  er  pound  butter,  one  pvouud  sugar,  onc-half 
I  ounce  ammonia,  dissolved  in  a  little  cold  water, 
I  make  into  a  soft  dough,  roll  out.  and  cut  thin. 
I  Bake  quickly. 
I  Eggs  for  Breakfast. — Break  ten  eggs  into  a 
tin  plate,  add  one  large  spoonful  butter,  some 
salt  and  popper,  put  the  plate  on  the  stove  and 
allow  the  eggs  to  cook  untU  the  whites  are  done, 
then  slip  the  tin  plate  into  a  oliina  one,  and  send 
hot  to  the  table. 
.Sponge  Cake.-  Twelve  eggs,  the  weight,  of  ten 
in  vvhito  sugai',  the  weight  of  six  in  flour,  the 
juice  of  one  lomou.  Boat  tho  yellcs  of  the  eggs 
with  the  sugar  till  very  hgiit,  add  the  whites, 
beaten  to  a  stiff  froth;  lastly  the  flour.  This 
makes  a  large  cake. 
Silver  Cake-. — One  pound  wliite  sug-ar,  three- 
quai'tor  pound  flour,  six  ounces  butter,  whites 
fifteen  eggs.  Rub  butter  and  sugar  together, 
add  eggs,  well  beaten,  then  flour,  into  which  put 
a  moasuro  of  llorsford's  Bread  preparation. 
Flavor  with  bitlor  ultuond, 
Old-Fashioned  Indian  Pu.ihUntj.—'ScnXd  one 
pint  of  milk,  turn  it  on  to  oue  half -cup  of  Indian 
meal ;  one  egg,  two-thirds  of  a  oup  of  molasses  ; 
salt  and  ciiinumon  to  taste.  Add  one  pint  of 
coldmillc,  and  bake  about  two  horn’s,  stirring 
two  or  thiee  tunes  w'hile  cooking,  so  as  to  make 
it  whoyey. 
Tea  GaA’c.— One-half  pound  flom-,  one-quarter 
poiuid  butter,  onc-qtiarter  pound  sugar,  three 
eggs,  ouo-half  teacup  sweet  milk.  Put  into  the 
flour  one-half  a  tcaspoouful  baking  powder. 
Flavor  with  vanilla.  This  baked  in  jolly  cake 
pans  makes  tliroo  cakes  and  with  jelly  between 
is  very  nice  for  tea. 
To  Remove  .Moths. — Moths  wdl  work  in  c-arpets 
in  rooms  that  are  kt^>t  warm  in  the  winter  as 
well  as  in  tho  summer.  A  sure  method  of  re¬ 
moving  tho  pests  is  to  i>our  strong  alum-water 
on  tho  floor  to  tho  distauco  of  h.ilf  a  yard  ai’oimd 
the  edges  before  laying  the  oarpots.  Then  once 
or  twice  diuiiig  tho  seasou  epritikJe  dry  salt  over 
the  carpet  before  sweeping.  Insects  do  not  like 
salt,  and  suflicient  afihero.s  to  tho  carpet  to  pre¬ 
vent  their  alighting  upon  it. 
To  Prevent  Flat-irons  from  liasting,  melt  a 
quarter  of  an  ounce  of  camphor,  and  half  a 
pound  of  fresh  hog’s  lard  over  a  slow  tiro,  take 
off  the  scum,  and  mix  as  much  black  load  with 
the  com;x){dtion  as  vvUl  bring  it  to  tho  color  of 
u’ou.  bproad  this  over  tho  articles  fur  ivhloh  it 
is  intended.  Lot  it  lio  for  twenty-four  hours, 
and  then  rub  it  well  with  a  dry  linen  cloth.  Or 
smear  tho  iron  over  with  melted  suet,  and  dust 
thereon  aomo  pounded  mislaked  lime  from  a 
muslin  bag.  Cover  tho  irons  with  baizo  in  a  dry 
place  when  uot  in  use. 
A  CURE  FOR  OBESITY. 
Thebf.  are  many  persons  afflicted  with  an  un¬ 
comfortable  burden  of  polysarcia  or  pinguitudo, 
or,  in  other  words,  who  have  too  much  fat  on 
their  ribs,  imd  w’ould  like  to  reduce  tho  amount 
of  their  aiUpose  tissue.  Banting’s  system  proves 
rather  too  much  for  tho  most  of  them,  and  they 
would  rather  be  aldenuanic  m  thoir  proportions 
than  reduce  themsolvos  by  starvation.  Time,  in 
working  out  the  development  of  nature’s  re¬ 
sources,  has  at  last  brought  to  light  something 
for  tlie  reUof  of  thoso  unfortunates.  M.  M. 
Gi’iflith,  M.  D.,  of  Wyoming,  Del.,  writes  to  the 
Baltimore  Amorican.  stating  that  an  infusion  of 
a  species  of  soawecil,  commonly  known  lu  Del¬ 
aware  as  gulf-wccd,”  possesses  thn  jWicnllar 
property  of  reducing  adipose  tissue  in  tlie  human 
frame  without  injuring  the  stoiuach.  No  care 
need  be  taken  in  regard  to  the  anioimt  of  the  in¬ 
fusion  the  patient  drinks.  Dr.  Griffith  first  no¬ 
ticed  the  ciTfcta  of  it,  upon  a  iH'rsou  who  had 
taken  it  for  tho  cui’O  of  a  skin  disease,  and  found 
that  it  Uimimshed  bis  excessive  weight  consider¬ 
ably.  lie  then  took  it  hiniHelf,  taking  no  other 
drinlis,  and  in  the  c«iirs6  of  a  few  weeks  his  own 
corpulence  had  greatly  subsided.  He  then  tried 
it  on  three  stout  neighbors,  who  lost  from  twelve 
to  thirty  pounds  within  iieriods  ranging  from 
two  to  tlu’ec  mouths.  Dr,  Griffith  .says  great 
care  should  bo  taken  in  collecUiig  tho  weed.  It 
acta  by  the  absorjition  of  tho  udipirsc  tissue,  and 
lessens  the  secretions  from  the  oily,  sudoriferous 
COOKING  FOE  HEALTH. 
There  is  no  more  important  branch  of  “  pre- 
I  veative  medicine  ”  titan  cooking.  Bad  cooking 
may  cause  a  dwaridling  of  the  race,  niinuation  of 
the  temjter,  and  deterioriatiou  of  tlio  morals. 
Good  cooking,  on  tho  other  hand,  is  accompanied 
by  national  prosjxirity  and  domestic  bliss.  !io 
say  the  promoters  of  the  national  training  school 
of  cookery,  who  are  midoubtedly  right  in  the 
main,  and  arc  deserving  of  all  imaginable  success. 
Now,  cooking  is  both  an  art  and  a  .science.  For 
its  progress  as  un  art  wo  are  not  grdsiLly  eoncern- 
I  ed.  although  our  proftasion  would  undoubtedly 
suffer  ill  pocket  should  fine  art  cookery  go  out  of 
fashion.  ‘  ‘  Elegant "  dishes  are  generally  whited 
I  sepulchers,  and  the  fore-runners  of  blue  pills 
,  and  other  disagreeable  corrective^).  The  bulk 
I  of  people  live  in  big  cities,  and  if  wo  were  asked 
to  name  tho  moat  predominating  characU)riat.io 
ofoim  urban  population,  we  should  say  “dys¬ 
pepsia.”  Those  who  spend  their  days  lu  dark 
offices,  chamber. s,  or  consulting  rooms,  and 
keeping  their  noses  ovoriastingly  upon  their 
re.^pecUve  prindstoncs.  scklom  Itnow  tliat  digos- 
Uon  which  should  wait  on  appetite,  llithea’to 
their  dimiors  have  not  been  so  skillfully  pre¬ 
pared  as  to  demand  the  least  possible  effort  from 
a  Jaded  stomach;  but  let  us  hope  that  tho 
national  diagraco  of  iudigestilulity  will  no  longer 
dim  tho  brightness  of  our  hospitahty,  and  the 
number  of  patent  niodicinea  which  are  sold  so 
hugely  in  this  country  fts  aids  to  digestion  will 
undergo  a  rsjiid  diminution.— A'a:. 
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NEURALGIA  AMONG  WOMEN. 
A  PHYSiciiVN  of  a  London  hospital  writes  to  tho 
British  ilodical  Journal : — “There  is  no  recog¬ 
nized  reason  why  of  late  years  neuralgia  of  the 
face  and  scalp  should  have  increased  so  much  in 
the  female  sex,  as  compared  with  our  own. 
There  is  no  doubt  that  it  is  ouo  of  tlie  most 
I  common  of  female  maladies,  ono  of  tho  most 
painful  and  difficult  of  treatment.  It  is  also  a 
can.se  of  much  mental  depression,  and  leads 
more  often  to  habits  of  iutoraperanco  than  any 
other.  This  gi’owiug  iirevalonce  to  noiu’ulgia 
may  to  some  extent  be  referred  to  tho  effects  of 
cold  upon  the  tonninal  branches  of  the  uon'cs 
disf  ributed  lo  the  skin  ;  and  tho  reason  why  inou 
are  los.s  subject  lo  it  than  women  may  to  a  great 
extent  be  expliiiiiod  liy  the  much  greater  protec¬ 
tion  affordcil  by  the  mode  in  whicli  the  former 
cover  their  heads  wlien  tliey  are  m  the  open  ah'. 
It  may  bo  observed  that  Uio  surface  of  tho  head 
which  is  flctnally  covered  in  man  is  at  least  throe 
tiinoa  that  which  fashion  allows  to  women;  in¬ 
deed,  the  points  of  contact  between  the  hat  or 
bonnet  and  the  head  in  tho  latter  are  souTogular 
as  practically  to  destroy  any  protection  which 
might  otherwise  be  afforded. 
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SYMPTOMS  OF  DIPHTHERIA. 
From  all  parts  of  tho  country  we  hear  of  the 
ravages  of  diphtlieria.  In  some  cases  whole 
families  h.ave  fallen  victims  to  this  di’oad  disease, 
It  is  important  thut  idl  persons,  especially 
parents,  should  uudersiaud  what  are  the  first 
symptoms,  and  tho  promiit  ami  efficient  meas¬ 
ures  for  relief.  An  attack  of  tlijihtheria  usually 
commences  with  high  fever  aiul  headache,  and  in 
cliildroa  with  nausea  and  vomiting.  There  is 
great  prostration.  Upon  the  tonsils  and  other 
parts  of  the  throat  are  soon  wliite,  snow-tlaky 
patches.  In  malignant  cases  tho  patches  are 
often  yellow  or  l.irowmsh,  and  a  fetid  odor  is 
perceived.  A  good  physicuaii  .should  be  Imme¬ 
diately  summonod  when  those  symphnns  nro 
noticed.  Chlorate  of  iiotasli  gargles  and  pound¬ 
ed  ice  are  useful  until  he  arrives.  Many  physi¬ 
cians  have  found  a  suo<!cssful  remedy  lu  the  use 
of  permanganate  of  potash  ui  connection  witli 
the  tincture  of  belladonna. 
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LEMONS  WHOLESOME. 
When  people  fool  the  need  of  an  acid,  if  tboy 
would  let  vinegar  alone,  and  use  lomous  or  apples, 
they  would  fool  as  well  satisfied  and  receive  no 
injury.  A  suggestion  inuy  not  come  imdss  as  to 
a  good  plan,  when  lemons  are  cheap  in  mnrkot, 
to  make  good  lemon  syrup.  I’ress  your  hand  on 
the  lemon,  and  roll  it  back  and  forth  briskly  on 
tho  tabic  to  make  it  squeeze  more  easily;  then 
press  the  juice  iiihi  a  bowl  or  tumbler — never  in¬ 
to  a  tui ;  strain  out  all  the  seeds,  a.s  they  give  a 
bad  taste.  Homo ve  all  the  pulp  from  tho  peels 
and  boil  iu  water  a  pint  for  a  dozen  pulps— to 
extract  Che  acid,  A  few  iniimteH  boiling  is 
enough  ;  then  strain  the  wutt  r  with  the  juice  of 
tho  lemon,  put  a  pound  of  white  sugar  to  a  pint 
of  the  juice;  boil  ton  ininutes,  bottle  it,  and 
yoiu-  lemonade  Ls  ready.  Put  a  tablespoonfnl  or 
two  of  this  lemon  sirup  in  a  glass  of  water,  and 
you  have  a  cooling,  healthful  drink. 
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HYGIENIC  NOTES. 
Frosted.  Feet.  —To  rehevo  the  intense  itching  of 
frosted  feet,  dissolve  a  lump  of  alum  in  a  little 
water,  and  bathe  the  part  with  it.  wammig  it  be¬ 
fore  the  fire.  Ono  or  two  applications  is  sin  e  to 
give  relief. 
Cold  Fwt.  -(.‘old  feet  are  the  prociu’sors  of 
consumption.  T'o  escajic  them,  warm  your  feet 
wfjll  in  the  morning,  and  covering  tho  sole  with  a 
piece  of  common  paper,  carefully  draw  on  the 
sock,  andthen  tlie  boot  or  shoe. 
For  Croup. —Tnko  a  knife  or  grater,  and  grate 
or  bliavein  small  particles  about  ateaH|X)<.infulof 
alum ;  mix  it  with  about  twice  its  quantity  of 
sugar,  to  make  it  pulatablo,  and  administer  it  as 
quickly  as  pos.siblo.  Its  offeots  will  bo  truly 
magical,  as  almost  instaneous  relief  will  be  afford¬ 
ed. 
Bronchiti.<>.—\  simple,  but  oftentimes  ef¬ 
ficacious  remedy,  is  this-  It  may  afford  relief  • 
Syrup  of  tolu,  ono  ounce  ;  syrup  of  squills,  half 
an  ounce ;  vvino  of  ipecac,  two  drachma ;  pare¬ 
goric,  tluco  drachms ;  mucilage  of  gum  arable, 
otic  and  a  half  ounces.  Mix.  Take  a  teaspoon¬ 
ful  tliroe  times  a  day. 
Weak  Eyes. — B.atho  your  eyes  night  and  morn¬ 
ing  in  a  tolerably  sta’ong  solution  of  salt  and 
water.  We  have  known  somo  remarkable  oures 
effected  by  thia  simple  remedy.  After  bathieg 
the  eyes  dully  for  .about  a  work,  intermit  a  day  or 
two,  and  then  resume  tho  daily  biitliing,  and  so 
on  till  your  cys  get  strong  again. 
filjf 
PROBABLE  PRGFITS  IN  BEE-KEEPING. 
That  veteran  Apiarian,  T.  B.  Miner,  mentions 
a  case  which,  though  suppositious,  fairly  repre¬ 
sen  t.s  the  results  of  thousands  of  attempts  to 
realize  a  fortune  from  the  Apioi’.v  in  a  few  years’ 
time.  We  copy  from  his  letter  in  the  New  York 
Sun . 
Mr.  Jones  couunouceJ  Leo  keeping  in  18C3. 
Ho  bought  ten  stocks  iu  common  box  hives  for 
i?G0,  and  removed  them  in  the  winter  in  a  sleigh 
to  his  form  and  immodiatoly  placed  them  on  low 
stands  about  eight  iuchoa  high,  with  the  hives 
about  two  foot  apart,  with  a  boai’d  roof  to  each 
to  protect  thorn  from  rains. 
In  the  following  Jimo  he  had  nine  swarms’ 
issue,  which  he  put  into  movable  comb  hives  and, 
as  soon  as  tiiu  swarming  season  was  over,  he 
transferred  the  bees  iu  tho  old  box  hives  to  those 
with  movable  combs,  and  in  October  he  found 
that  a  portion  of  his  bees  had  not  honey  enough 
to  carry  them  through  the  winter. 
Hero  was  a  diloramu.  Mr,  Jones  bad  no  ex- 
periance  iu  feeding  loos  and  ho  sot  them  to  rob¬ 
bing,  and  before  ho  learned  how  to  stop  the 
stronger  from  I’obbing  tho  woakor  families,  three 
had  been  robbed  of  ail  thoir  stores  and  had  been 
mostly  killed  iu  llio  fight,  so  that  they  soon  de¬ 
serted  their  hives.  November  came,  and  he 
began  to  think  how  he  should  winter  his  bees. 
He  road  in  his  boe  paper  so  many  conlliotiug  ac¬ 
counts  in  regartl  to  "  winter  management”  that 
ho  did  not  know  what  to  do.  But  at  last  he  con¬ 
cluded  to  put  his  boes  in  his  house  cellar,  which 
was  dry  and  d.ark,  two  important  essentials,  and 
left  them  till  April  1,  when  tho  iveathsr  happened 
to  very  mild,  OAd  he  removed  them  to  thoir 
stands. 
On  examination  he  found  all  tho  bees  dead  in 
four  hives  aud  several  others  much  depopulated. 
Tho  weather  also  soon  changed  to  bitter  cold 
with  liigh  wind.s  all  through  April,  and  the  result 
was  tliat  lie  found  on  May  1.0  that  out  of  his 
ninetueii  families  lie  has  but  eleven  left  alive. 
That  season  was  a  good  one  for  swarms,  and  he 
found  him.self  in  the  fall  with  thirty  families  and 
about  200  pounds  of  honey  iu  small  glass  boxes, 
which  he  sold  iu  New  York  for  30o.  per  iwund. 
Tho  next  year  he  increased  to  80  families  and 
sold  500  pounds  of  box  honey.  But  the  next 
year,  l«6U,  the  honey  season  wiw  very  bad,  and 
in  September  ho  had  70  families,  every  one  of 
which  niust  be  fed  to  can'y  them  through  the 
winter.  This  took  700  pounds  of  coffee  A  sugar 
at  Ho.  per  pound,  amounting  ro  $77 ;  but  he  had 
no  alLernative — his  bees  must  be  fed  or  all  be  • 
lost,  and  what  was  still  worse,  he  got  no  box 
honey  that  year.  Tiits  is  oue  of  the  occasional 
drawbiw'ks  to  which  all  bee  keeoers  are  subject, 
aud  those  who  c.^nnot  stand  auj’  reverses  often 
give  up  the  business  iu  disgu.it  when  such  mis¬ 
fortunes  overtake  them. 
Mr.  Jones  lias  never  suajeoded  in  having  100 
hives  of  bees  in  tlie  entire  ten  years  that  he  has 
I  kept  thfcin,  and  now  he  has  only  65  families ;  and 
the  probability  is  that  he  will  never  go  much 
higher  in  mnubor,  as  the  uicreaso  of  the  summer 
generally  tUsappears  iu  winter ;  and  go  where 
you  will,  you  will  find  that  vtay  few  Leo  kcoxiers 
ever  reaclx  100  hives  from  a  beginning  of  ten  or 
less.  Severe,  cold  wintors,  bad  houey  seasons, 
robberies,  the  bee  moth,  &c.,  curry  them  off. 
If  a  man  by  pui’chase,  or  otherwise,  can  ac¬ 
cumulate  .500  stocks  OH  lees  in  a  good  section  of 
countiy  for  bee  keejiiug  aud  can  manage  from 
year  to  year  to  keep  up  the  full  number,  he  oau 
ceriaiuly  make  considerable  money  on  them.  It 
wrould  be  uoccssai’y  to  colonize  them  a  few  miles 
apart — about  100  families  in  a  colony— and  em¬ 
ploy  a  man  to  attend  each  colony  during  the 
swarming  season  ;  and  from  such  a  number  of 
families  the  following  profit  can  rea.sonably  be 
expected  foiu:  years  out  of  five ;  25  fiis.  of  box 
honey  to  each  liivo.  amounting  to  12,500  lbs., 
w(»th  in  New  York  about  •'i'SioOO.  I  say  nothing 
about  "extracted”  honey,  .sold  by  tho  gallon,  as 
1  consider  that  way  of  getting  honey  about 
"played  out”  as  a  profitable  way  of  making 
money  on  bees. 
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Acw*«/{7/o.  -rersoub  troubled  with  this  difi- 
tressiug  oonqilBint  will  be  glad  to  learn  a  cure. 
Two  di’ops  of  lundanum  iu  a  half  teaspoonful  of 
warm  water  aud  droppcfl  into  the  ears  will  give 
immediate  relief. 
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