.liJIJE  47 
E’S  RURA 
KER, 
Ilomcstir  (Etoitomi). 
DISH-WATEE  AND  DISH-WASHING. 
Therk  are  few  women  who  have  done  their 
own  house  work  Uiat  will  fail  to  appreciate  the 
following  tirade  on  dish-washing  wliich  recently 
appeared  in  the  IIouHchold : 
These  are  the  niost  discoimaging  elements  of 
house,  work !  I  say  this  awful  tnith  because  I 
have  provcfl  It,  you  have  proved  it,  your  neigh¬ 
bors  have  proved  it  and  the  stranger  witldn  your 
gates  has  sighcxl  Itccause  of  the  disheartening 
truth.  Don’t  anybisly  attempt  to  contriidict  me ; 
don't  even  shako  your  heatl.  I  know  it,  and  it 
makes  mo  cross  to  have  anybody  inako  the 
remotest  intimation  tliat  my  word  or  knowledge 
arlmits  of  a  doubt. 
The  sweeping  and  the  du.sting  is  discoiu-aging 
enough,  but  there  is  this  consolation.  It  is  not 
the  same  du't  which  you  swept  before. 
Washing  is  bad  enough,  but  tho  dreadful 
monotony  can  bo  broken  by  high  winds,  broken 
lines,  snow  sfjualls  and  scabbing.  Ironing  is 
hard  enough,  but  tho  clothes  are  sometimos  too 
(hy,  sometimos  too  wet,  irons  too  hot  or  h'ons 
too  cold. 
Cooldng  Is  awfully  tame,  bnt  it  is  not  the  same 
flour,  the  same  sugar,  the  same  oggs,  tho  same 
soda,  tlie  same  salt,  and  so  on  to  the  end  of  the 
endless  variety  of  ingredients  jieeded.  There  is, 
too.  a  sort  of  wicked  solace  in  tho  thought  that 
wliilo  you  labor  to  use  all  these  articles,  it 
creates  a  uocossity  for  labor  to  supply  tho  now 
demands.  Evoiy  loaf  of  bread  and  cake,  pie, 
every  pudding,  every  soup,  every  fry  is  not  the 
same  dead  awfiU  same. 
Dut  tho.Ho  liroadful  ilishcs !  you  carry  them  to 
the  hiblo  and  put  them  grimly  in  tho  old  set 
places  at  morn ;  you  take  them  off  after  break¬ 
fast  and  set  them  down,  poor,  white,  inanimate 
mithiiiking,  clayey  cUkIb  by  the  rlish-pan.  You 
rinse  them  in  water  that  looks  like  tho  Ihpiid  in 
which  yon  rinsed  them  last. 
You  put  them  one  after  another  in  tho  same 
dish-pan,  you  scald  tho  same  knuckles  day  after 
day,  you  dip  them  in  the  same  ckipplng  p.an,  you 
wipe  tliein  witli  a  disli  towel  that  looks  like  tho 
other  five,  you  set  the  mute  things  in  the  same 
places  on  the  panti'y  shelves,  you  wash  the  same 
villainous  looking  griddles,  spiders,  kettles  and 
jiaus.  you  scrape  and  pumice  tho  same  ‘‘  catch 
on  places,”  you  wash  the  dish  cloths  in  the  same 
way  that  your  luothor,  grandmpthcr  and  groat- 
great-groat-graiulmother  did,  hang  thorn  on  tho 
same  old  nails  or  bushes  jonr  childhood  knew, 
wash  the  ilish-pan  inside  and  out  in  the  same  old 
wealing  way.  and  are  done  in  time  to  put  them 
on  the  same  old  »iiecchless  places  on  the  dinner 
table. 
You  are  fortunately  or  mi  fortunately,  given 
strength  enough  to  play  your  [lart  iu  tho  same 
miserable  di'ama  again,  rinsing,  washing,  scald¬ 
ing,  scouring,  and  are  in  time  to  take  the  misera¬ 
ble  hackneyed  porcelain  back  for  tea,  and  then 
tliere  they  will  sit  on  the  Idtcliou  table  by  tho 
side  of  tho  almost  immortal  ilish-pan,  staring  at 
you  unblinkingly  with  tho  same  white,  unthink¬ 
ing  floullcBS  eyes. 
You  rinse,  scald,  wash  and  scour  again,  and 
put  tho  dead  pictures  of  discouragement  on  tho 
same  shelves  and  the  next  morning  there  they 
sit,  winking,  winking,  stupidly  and  hannlessly, 
staring,  staring,  mutely  and  appealingly,  the 
same  white  plates,  cups,  saucers  and  bowls  and 
away  you  go,  ferrying  them  over  to  tho  break¬ 
fast  table;  and  so  on  and  on  to  tho  end  of  the 
century,  if  you  are  unkindly  sp.ared  so  long. 
Hence,  1  repeat :  Dish-water  and  dish-wash¬ 
ing  are  tho  moat  discouraging  elements  of  house 
work. 
There's  tho  occasional  recreation  of  breaking  a 
plate,  a  valuahlo  tureen,  or  glass,  hut  there 
comes  another  to  its  funeral ;  it  linds  its  place 
on  the  same  pantry  sluds'cs  and  tables,  and  is 
prcpai'ed  to  stare  as  relentlessly  as  its  predeces¬ 
sors. 
There  is  no  cliange,  no  respite.  Y'our  folks 
wiU  never  learn  to  oat  from  unwashon  plates  and 
so  the  stolid  ferrying,  tho  grave  placing,  the 
Aveai'ying  linsiug,  the  rmeuding  washing,  the 
aggravating  scalding,  tho  voiceless  wiping,  tho 
uuhlinldng  gazing,  the  inanimato  grouping,  the 
changeless  bnsh  and  the  over-youthful  pan  will 
live  on  .ami  on  from  decade  to  eontm’y  and  no 
maclune  will  ever  come  to  a  successful  rescue, 
and  tlish-waler  and  dish-wasliiug  must  continue 
to  (Uscoiurago,  dishearten,  weary  and  aggravate 
girls  and  women  who  cannot  learn  to  bo  content 
with  monotony  and  labor  which  is  dead  compul¬ 
sion — no  more. 
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OEIGINAL  EECIPES. 
-i  Dije  for  Grasses  H  — Will  some  one  of 
the  lady  readers  give  a  recipe  for  coloring  dried 
oats,  and  grasses  scarlet,  and  oblige— m.  a.  a. 
Chocolalfi  Cake  liwipp  Wanted. — Will  some  one 
of  the  lady  readers  of  your  valuable  papej-,  gi\  e 
through  its  coliuuns  a  recipe  for  chocolate  cake. 
— j.  c. 
Siceelrncd  Jiice. — One  quart  of  milk  and  one 
small  teacup  of  rice,  boil  until  the  rice  i.s  very 
soft,  add  tho  beaten  yelks  of  two  eggs,  half  a  tea- 
spoonful  of  salt,  one  and  a-hal£  teacups  of  sugar 
and  flavoring  to  suit  tho  taste.  After  stirring 
all  together,  tiurn  into  molds.  Servo  ice  cold 
with  cream.  This  is  a  cheap  and  delicious 
dessert.  To  obriato  constant  watching,  and 
danger  of  burning.  I  put  Gio  mixture  in  a  tin 
pail  and  sot  it  into  a  kettle  of  boiling  water 
renewing  tho  water  as  it  evaporates.  — 31bs.  llus- 
SELECTED  EECIPES.'; 
A  Correction — Strawt)e.n-i/  Shoid  C'n/.r.— Eds. 
lUatAL,;  In  my  recipe  for  Strawberry  Short 
Cake,  I  see  tlic  printers  have  made  a  great  mis¬ 
take,  instead  of  a.  “  t.ablospoonful  ”  of  halung 
powder  it  should  have  been  one  teaspoouful.— 
Mu.s.  llosric. 
Breakfast  - -Two  eggs,  well  beaten 
with  one  enp  of  sugar  and  a  lump  of  butter  Ibe 
»izo  of  an  egg :  to  this,  add  ono  imit  of  sweet 
milk,  with  two  tea8;)oonfuIs  of  yeast  poirder 
worked  thoroughly  through  ono  quart  of  flour ; 
IiaUc  in  nuifiln  rings  on  top  of  tho  range  or  in 
gem  pans  in  a  quick  oven. 
Orange  Cuatard.— Tho  juico  of  six  orangos, 
strained  and  sweetened  with  loaf  sugar ;  stir 
over  a  alow  fire  till  the  sugar  is  dissolved,  take  off 
tho  scum ;  when  ueai'ly  colil  add  the  yelks  of  six 
eggs,  well  beaten  and  a  pint  of  cream  or  milk, 
lletnrn  to  the  lire  and  stir  till  it  thickens,  pour 
into  glasses  and  serve  wiien  cold. 
A  Quick  I'lntding,-  I'oni  a  pint  of  boiling 
milk  on  ten  tahlespooufuls  of  grated  broad 
crumbs,  let  them  stand  ton  minutes ;  then  add 
the  yolks  of  four  eggs  W'cll  lioateii,  six  tabloaiwon- 
fuls  of  sugar,  and  two  of  butter,  soacon  with 
lemon  extract.  Htii'  well,  add  tho  wliitos  of.  the 
eggs  provinnsly  beatou  to  a  stiff  froth  ;  pour  in¬ 
to  a  buttered  pudding  dish  and  bake  quickly. 
To  be  eaten  with  wine  sauce,  or  cream  and  sugar. 
HOW  TO  GET  EID  OF  A  COLD. 
Few  unimportant  maladies  are  more  disagree¬ 
able  than  a  cold  in  tho  head,  and  how  to  got  rid 
of  it  is  a  problem  not  always  easy  of  iiracticol 
solution.  Some  people  resort  to  “  Hudorifics  and 
lying  in  bod,”  others  to  large  and  frequent  doses 
of  ([uiuiuo,  and  others  to  persistent  and  resolute 
(lip]iingH  of  their  heads  in  cold  water  tho  colder 
tho  better.  But  Dr.  Pernor,  in  a  receiit  number 
of  the  I.ancot,  reoommond.H  a  novel  euro,  which 
he  has  tried  witli  oxoellont  effect  in  throe  cases 
-  his  own  and  those  of  two  other  persous.  The 
liRial  symptoms  of  cold  in  the  head — namely, 
watery  eyes,  running  nose,  snoozing  and  nasal 
Kpocch-aro,  as  Dr.  Perrier  says,  the  chief 
source  of  annoyanco  and  discomfoit.  Ijocal 
treatment,  tlioreforo,  scorns  to  him  to  be  tlio 
most  rational.  In  the  cataiTh  of  alcoholism  and 
ui  more  chronic  forms  ot  gastric  catarrh  bismuth 
alone  or  in  combination  with  mor]>hIa  acts  almost 
like  a  spoeiilc.  Dr.  Ponior  came  to  the  conclu¬ 
sion  that  in  nasal  catarrh—/,  e.  cold  in  the  head 
— tlio  same  drug  by  itself  or  with  others  woirld 
prove  efllcacious.  On  a  certain  evening  lecunt- 
ly,  Dr.  Perrier  says.  “  I  began  to  suffer  witJi  the 
symptoms  of  cold  in  the  head— irritation  of  tJio 
nostrils,  sneezing,  watering  of  tho  eyes,  and 
commencing  lleev  of  tho  mucous  secretion.  Hav¬ 
ing  some  triauitrato  of  bismuth  at  hand,  1  took 
repeated  pinches  of  it  in  tho  form  of  snuff,  in¬ 
haling  it  sti’ongly  so  as  to  carry  it  well  Into  the 
interior  of  the  nostrils.  In  a  short  time  tho 
tickling  in  the  nostrils  and  sneezing  ceased,  and 
next  morning  all  traces  of  coryza  had  complete¬ 
ly  disappoiued.”  Dr.  Perrier  adds; — ‘‘The 
formula  wliicli  I  And  on  tho  whole  the  most  snit- 
aljlo  combination  of  tho  ingredients  of  the  snuff 
is  as  follows : — Hydrochlorato  of  morphia,  two 
grains ;  acacia  powder,  two  drachms ;  trisniti-ato 
of  bismuth,  six  drachms.  As  this  is  neither  an 
orrhinc  nor  a  sterrmtatory,  but  rather  tho 
opposite,  it  may  bo  termed  an  auti-en-hino  or  an- 
ti--steniutatoiy  powder.  Of  this  powder  onc- 
quartei’  to  one-half  may  be  taken  as  snuff  in  tho 
cour.se  of  the  twenty-four  hoiU‘s.  The  inhalations 
ought  to  bo  coiumcucotl  as  soon  as  the  symptoms 
of  coryza  begin  to  show  tlioiu-selvcs,  and  should 
be  used  frcqucutly  at  first,  so  as  to  keep  tho  iti- 
torior  of  tlio  nostrils  const.aritly  well  coated. 
Each  time  tho  nostrils  are  cleared  another  pinch 
bIjouIJ  be  taken.  It  may  be  taken  in  tlie  ordinaiy 
matuicr  from  between  tho  thumb  and  forefinger, 
but  a  much  more  ofticacious  and  less  wasteful 
mctliod  is  to  use  a  small  gutter  of  paper,  or  a 
‘  snuff  spoon,’ placing  it  just  within  the  nostril 
and  sniftiug  up  forcibly  so  as  to  caiTy  it  well 
1  within.  Koine  of  the  siiiiff  usually  finds  its  way 
I  into  the  pharynx,  and  acts  as  a  good  topical 
I  application  if  liiere  should  be  also  phaiyngeal 
catarrh.  Tho  powder  causes  scarcely  any  per¬ 
ceptible  sensation.  A  slight  smarting  may  occur 
if  tho  mucous  membrane  is  nincli  irritated  and 
inflamed,  but  it  vapidly  ilisappears.  After  a  few 
snitrs  of  the  ])owdor  a  perceiitUilo  amelioration 
of  tho  symptoms  ensnos,  and  in  tho  oourao  of  a 
few  hours,  the  powder  being  inhaled  from  time 
to  time,  all  the  symptoms  havoent  iiely  disappear¬ 
ed.”  This  is  worth  knowing  and  remembering  iu 
the  present  season  of  hot  sun  and  cold  uinds. 
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HEAT  AND  COLD  IN  THEIE  EELATI0N8  TO 
SLEEPLESSNESS. 
Coed  is  often  a  cause  of  insomnia.  If  insuffi¬ 
ciently  clad,  so  Giat  tho  cutaneous  vessels  are 
not  relaxed,  sleep  is  rarely  sound,  when  attained 
at  all.  It  is  only  when  stupefaction  from  the 
cold  occurs  that  tho  dangorous  coma-sleep  conics 
on,  wliich  is  ofton  fatal.  With  many  jicrsons 
sle«p  is  unfavorable  if  tho  bed  bo  not  warmed 
previous  to  their  entering  it.  In  those  cases  tho 
arteriole  contraction  induced  hy  tho  contact  with 
the  cold  bedclothes  docs  not  pass  readily  into 
tho  opposite  of  relaxation,  and  so  sleep  does  not 
come  on.  This  state  of  affairs  is  very  commonly 
mot  with  among  the  aged,  and  most  so  hi  those 
who  suffer  from  some  form  of  lieart  disease.  In 
such  cases  it  is  not  only  dosii’able  to  warni  tho 
bed  and  the  iiightclotlios,  but  even  to  administor 
some  hot  fluid,  all  Uie  bettor  for  oontaiuing  alco¬ 
hol,  when  till)  patient  has  gut  into  hod,  if  any 
sonso  of  cliiUnoss  rerualns.  In  tho  young  an<t 
lioalthy  tlioehill  of  getting  into  bod,  however,  is 
often  of  great  service  in  inducing  a  siihsoqueiil 
rola.xalion  of  the  cutaneous  vessels,  .and  thus 
conducing  to  more  perfoot  oerohr.ai  anu-inia  and 
Hoimdor  sleep.  Pew  persons  will  have  failed  to 
note  the  deep  and  usually  refresliing  sleej)  whieh 
follows  any  (listiubanco  during  the  night  wliich 
has  exposed  them  briefly  to  oold.  U  other  times 
an  incrca.se  of  the  body-tomperaturc  is  tho  cause 
of  disturbed  Hloei»  sometimes  amounting  to  sleop- 
lo8snoH,s.  This  is  most  freqiiontly  seen  in  febrile 
states,  where  a  delirious  condition  takes  the 
place  of  natural  sleep.  After  tho  temperature 
has  boon  brought  down  by  tho  apiiUcation  of 
cold  a  fever  patient  will  commonly  fall  into  a 
refreshing  sleep  until  a  retiun  to  a  fever  temper¬ 
ature  disturbs  it.  Iu  slighter  conditions  of  rost- 
IcBsnoss,  associated  with  too  great  a  body  tenipor- 
atiu-o,  tho  dissipation  of  a  certain  amount  of  su- 
porfliioiia  heat  by  getting  out  of  b(vl  and  drinking 
a  ih-anght  of  cold  water  will  usnally  be  followed 
by  HOtuid  sleep.  At  other  times,  throwing  off  some 
of  tlie  hedolotlies  will  acluevo  the  saino  end;; 
though,  if  tho  amount  removed  be  too  great., 
w.akcfuhies8  may  follow  from  a  low  temperature 
being  bi’ought  about.  With  some  persons,  if  tho 
rest  is  disturbed,  it  is  snlUcieut  to  iwotnido  an 
arm  or  a  log  from  under  the  betlolothcs  so  as  to 
secure  more  loss  of  heat,  and  sound  sleep  will 
follow 
TALKING  AT  TABLE. 
Eveuv  ono  who  Is  at  all  sooiahlo  in  thoir  dis¬ 
position  will  appreciate  the  following  from  .the 
Journal  of  Health: 
This  is  one  of  the  VC17  best  digesters ;  there  is 
no  tonic  known  equal  to  it,  as  it  is  of  the  kind 
calculated  to  promote  hilarity  and  good  feeling 
generally,  ilost  iiarents  are  ))rnuo  to  proliLbit 
thoir  children  from  laughing  and  talking  at  the 
table;  it  is  nnpbysiological ;  it  is  a  cruelty. 
Joyousness  promotes  the  circulation  of  the 
blood,  enlivens  it,  invigorates  it,  sends  it  tin¬ 
gling  to  tho  remotest  part  of  tho  system,  carry¬ 
ing  with  it  animation,  vigor  and  life.  The  loud¬ 
er  the  little  ones  laugh  tho  bettor ;  tho  fastor 
they  talk  the  better,  for  then  tlicy  cat  loss  in  a 
given  time,  couseqiicntly  chew  their  food  more 
thoroughly. 
Disuiud  controversy  from  the  dining  table. 
l)i.sconrago  all  snbjc.ct8  which  invite  political  or 
religious  rancor.  I. el  every  topic  introduced  ho 
calciilalcd  to  Instruct,  to  Interest,  orainuse.  Do 
not  let  tho  mind  run  on  business  or  provioiin 
mishaps,  or  past  disappointments.  Never  toll 
bad  news  at  the  table,  nor  for  an  hour  before. 
Let  evorytiiiug  you  have  to  coimnunicato  be,  if 
possible,  of  a  gladsome,  joyous,  hilarious  cJiar- 
acter,  caJcnIalcd  to  biing  out  pleasant  remarks 
or  agreealile  associations.  On  tlie  other  haiu), 
never  administor  repi'oof  at  tho  social  board  to 
either  aervant  or  child;  find  fault  at  nothing; 
speak  unklndlj'  to  no  one.  If  roinarUs  are  inaue 
of  tho  absent,  let  them  contain  some  word  of 
coniraondatioii  wliich  if  repeated  iu  their  hoariug 
afterwards,  will  kindle  kindly  feellugs,  and  thus 
will  thonglits  of  the  table  come  across  the  mem¬ 
ory  iu  after  years,  whoa  we  have  been  scattered 
and  some  laid  in  their  final  rostiug-pluco,  bring 
with  them  a  sweetiiess  of  emotion  which  makes 
it  a  pleasm’e  to  dwell  upon  them. 
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HYGIENIC  NOTES. 
A  Call  for  More  JAght,~A.  laily  correspondent 
who  signs  herself  ‘‘  A  Subscriber,”  would  like  to 
read  more  from  the  pen  of  “  Hattie  Hopeful  ”  in 
regard  toliygicnio  matters  generally,  to  wliich  wo 
are  also  agreeable. 
A'ctw  anti  Aqm.—Wa  have  hoard  from  several 
persons  all  living  in  tlio  same  cUstrict — one  iu 
which  fever  and  ague  prevails-  that  nutmegs, 
from  three  to  six,  according  to  the  age  of  tlie 
indiridual  strung  about  tho  nock  so  as  to  restuii- 
on  the  stomach,  are  used  as  anofl’eetive  protection 
against  this  insidious,  vile  disease. 
anil  ttlscful. 
A  USE  FOE  LOCUSTS. 
Prof.  Eiijey  assures  us  that  the  Western 
Grasshoppers,  or  Locusts,  do  not  make  a  bad 
dish  when  proiwrly  cooked.  lint  it  is  difficult  to 
make  our  people  try  those  insects  in  a  culinai^ 
way,  probably  owiug  to  tlio  want  of  a  proper 
education  in  that  ilirection.  .\  French  physician, 
however,  has  found  a  now  use  for  the  Eastern 
Locust,  which  may  yet  create  a  ilcrimnd  for  those 
of  our  own  country;  If  so.  tho  *•  Hatefnls.”  as 
the  lamented  Wat.sic  used  to  oall  them,  may  prove 
a  source  of  roveuno  to  tho  ISnrder  States.  Tho 
inventor  of  this  now  way  of  ilisposing  of  locusts 
is  Dr.  MouvANof  Donrnoz,  Finlstorro,  and  itcon- 
sists  in  preparing  them  in  different  ways  as  bait 
for  flsh.  Ho  also  says  that  in  America,  where 
swarms  of  grasslioiiiiors  often  do  serious  mis¬ 
chief,  devastating  large  tracts  of  country,  traps 
have  been  devised  for  eatohing  these  insects ; 
bnt,  oxco;)t  iu  a  few  iimtiinees,  where  they  have 
been  used  for  manure,  they  have  nOt  boon  made 
to  servo  any  iiRoful  piirjMiHe.  Dr.  MouvANdiios 
tho  loeusts  in  tlio  sun,  prosses  them  into  barrels, 
and  Hubsoquontly  sniaslios  them  Into  a  paste, 
whloli  is  made  into  small  balls  and  tlmown  into 
the  sea  during  fishing  oiiorations.  Another  way 
is  to  boil  the  locusts  before  making  thorn  into  a 
paste.  This  bait  is  of  an  oily  uatnro,  and  is  said 
to  bo  eagerly  devoured  by  tbo  sarilino  or  pilchard. 
Large  quantifies  of  cod’s  roe  are  used  on  the 
coasts  of  Ifrittany  in  tho  prosecution  of  this  lisli- 
ory ;  Imt  the  increasing  high  jirioo  of  this  bait 
lias  lately  been  a  serious  addition  to  t’uo  expenses 
of  the  fishermen,  who  have  most  eagerly  availed 
thomsolvos  of  Uio  novel  siiVistitute.  Bait  is  not 
generally  used  In  tho  KngUsli  pilchard  or  sarcliiio 
risliories,  different  modes  of  nsliing  being  adopted 
by  those  employed  in  France,  lait  iu  those  in- 
staneos  whore  cod's  roe  has  be.oii  ti'iod  it  has  been 
found  to  attruel  large  nnnibors  of  lish.  Tho  in- 
croiveod  demand  for  pilchards  which  the  opera¬ 
tions  of  tho  (-’ornish  Kardine  (Jompany  of  Fal¬ 
mouth  aro  lilcoly  to  create,  for  Die  jiiirposo  of 
prosorvitig  flsh  in  oil,  in  the  nianimr  which  has 
found  so  much  favor,  will  probably  lead  to  tlio 
more  extended  use  of  bait,  and  locusts  or  grass- 
hoiipcrs  will  no  doubt  eomo  Into  reqiii.sition  in 
Cornwall,  as  well  as  iu  France.  Tlio  experiments 
of  Dr.  Muhvan  were  considered  so  iniiiortant  by 
tlio  French  Goveniment  that  10(1  barrels  of  lo¬ 
custs  were  supiiliwl  hy  the  Govenior-Goneral  of 
Algeria  and  trausjiortoil  to  Brittany  to  be  tried 
on  a  larger  scalo  at  the  cost  of  the  State.  The 
results  were  so  satisfactory  that  during  the  en- 
siung  lishing  season  the  locust  bait  is  expected 
to  be  largely  used. 
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PEANUT  OIL. 
The  rapid  extension  of  the  cultivation  of  pca- 
imts  in  North  (kirolina,  Virginia,  Tcnnosseo, 
Georgia  and  Koutli  Carolina  is  duo  to  tho  use 
now  made  of  them  for  the  oil  they  contain. 
According  to  official  agricultm'al  reports,  iire- 
vioiiH  to  tho  year  ISfiO  tho  wholoerop  aggregated 
only  l.'iO.OOO  bushels  per  annum,  grown  [ninci- 
pally  in  North  Carolina ;  last  season's  ))ro(luet 
rc.ached  bushels,  valued  at  ^''5,(100,000. 
In  a  eomrnoi'cial  point  of  view  the  oil  is  much 
more  importont  than  tho  nuts  themselves.  This 
oil  is  in  largo  demand,  and  answers  for  many 
purposes  ns  a  substitute  for  olive  ond  almond 
oils;  it  keeps  a  long  time  without  becoming 
rancid.  Tho  amount  of  oil  contained  in  the  nut 
varies  according  to  latitude  and  otlier  favorable 
couditioiiH  and  circumstances,  and  is  proportion¬ 
ately  large. 
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DAVY’S  DEFINITION  OF  CHEMISTEY. 
Sm  llurai'iiuv  Daw,  in  his  posthumous  work, 
“  Consolations  in  Travel,  or  the  Lust  Days  of  a 
Philosopher,”  says; — "There  is  nothing  more 
difficult  than  a  good  definition  of  chcmi.-.try,  ff>r 
it  is  scarcely  imssiblo  to  express  in  a  few  words 
tho  abstracted  view  of  an  infinite  variety  of  facts. 
I  will  give  you  a  definition  which  will  have  tlio 
merit  of  novelty,  and  which  is  probably  general 
in  its  auplication :  *•  Chemistry  reliile.s  to  those 
operations  by  which  the  intimate  nature  of 
bodies  is  changed,  or  by  whieh  they  acquire  new 
properties.’  This  definition  will  apply  not  oiJy 
to  the  effects  of  mixtiu’c,  but  to  tho  iihenonieiia 
of  eleetricity,  and,  in  sliort,  to  all  changes  wliich 
do  not  merely  depend  uiion  tlie  motion  or  divis¬ 
ion  of  massen  of  matter.”  f 
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HYGEOSCOPIC  PAPEE. 
The  .Tournal  of  the  Franklin  Iiistitiitcs  gives  a 
mode  of  prepai  ing  a  useful  hygrosoopie  paper. 
byl’ERi  Y  KMirii.  A  bibulous  pajier  is  iiupreg- 
nated  with  a  coucentriiti:d  solutKin  of  chloride  of 
cobalt.  It  is  very  sensitive  to  ataiosjiheric  varia¬ 
tions,  being  blue  iu  a  dry  atmosphere,  changing 
to  red  when  tho  air  becomes  humid.  Four  oh- 
servatiouH  a  day,  made  for  a  year,  with  every 
precaution,  jirovo  that  this  jiaper  may  be  em¬ 
ployed  to  indicate  l  evdily  and  jirecisely  tho  hy- 
grometric  state  of  Uie  air. 
