Neyada' First Nugget. Novada's irst nugget was mined with a butcher's knife. John Orr start 0 1 across the plains in 189. The roads were bad, the weather was worse, and he was obliged to remain through the winter at Salt Lake. In April he re stumed his journey. He had a partner named Nick Kelly, after whom Kelly's Itavino Is named, and in the party was William Prouse, now living in Nurb City, about forty miles southeast of Salk Lake. Prouse had worked in mines before gold. was discovered in Coloma, and was i good prospector. One day the train stopped on the edge of what is now known as Gold Canyon, near the Carson Rivet', to let the ant mals feed on some bunch grass found growing among some sage brush. Prouse at noontide took a milk pan, and going down to the gulch, began V ashing dirt. In a few minutes get ing dirt to the value of a few cents. O r then named the place Gold Can y ob. The train soon after resumed tr avel, going to the head of the Car son Valley. There they met a party of seven, who had left the train at the sink of the Humboldt, Intending to go In advance to California and select good locations for the remainder of the par ty. They ha ' been unable to cross the country, and had been caught in the snow In the mountains four or nve days, unable to find the divide to Hangtown. A stay in Carson of three weeks followed, when Orr, Kelly and several others returned to Gold Can yon, and resumed prospecting. Kelly and Orr went up the canyon until a little fork was reached, when work was begun. "'he party had few tools, and Orr had nothing but a knife. While Kelly was working lie noticed a very narrow place at the fork, where the water barely covered a slab of slate rook. Idly he examined it, and notte ing a small crevice drove the knife into it breaking out a piece. lie water washing away the underlying dirt he discovered a gold nugget where the rock had covered It. It was quick ly removed, and found to weigh $8.25. This was on the first of June, 1850. Tio Hlome or Mark Twatin. A late writer to' the Burlington lawkeye, thus writes about the home of Mark Twain. "The pleasaintet view I had of the city of Ilartford,was from the cosy fireside ill that wonderfuil home of Mr. Clemens, who was lily host during my stay in that City. I ai not a nan addicted to cold weather. I am not sufiliently 'liritish' to wander through December and January in a short check coat and no ulbter. I am given to iuch wrap pilg up wIl eni I do go out in the snow, and to very little going outin the sniow at all. I begin to shiver with the first frost, and keep it ip until the follow Ing April. And so when I can sit down before a bright wood lire, and burn up cigars while somebody enter taius mle, I love the icy winter. "I think I have never been il a hoie more beautifully homelike tihan this palace of the king of humorists. The surroundings of the house are beauti Kast Indian porticos, and Greek pat teras In mosaic ini tihe rcd brick watlls attract and charmi the attention and good taste of tile passer-by, for the house, inside and out, is die p~erfctiol01 ) of exquisite taste anid harmouy. But. with all its architectual beauty and originality, the elegance of Its interior finish and( decorations, tihe greatest ii' Ii ~ charmi about tlie house is the utmios phiere of 'iihmelikenless' that pervades it. Charmingly as lhe can entertain thousands of people at a time from the platform, Mr. Clemens is event a more ~1I1 perfeot entertainer in his home. 'The brightness and best sides of his iiature shine out at, his fireside. Thie humor and drollery that sparkle in his coni versation is as utterly uinall'euted and natural as sunlight. Indeed, I don't believe lhe knows' or thiniks that most 'Ii,' 01 his talk before the spalrkling fire, up in the pleasant retrireent of his thoughtroo hs tcdy his vokeAthble has aulhers buti ahis bndy it beno blev drolle ade humor. lie 1 soan -or sth atgl hi ernestnessi~ chsuiou fully asw liuch asihs brihte ashesbab, brighteed whod-emphered ih avoice lla leto of a rwnderfu thes, toucied wrth Clmenchofl tihart lok inthe ging, humrest, eye th see iht most aeta ig a hersoaly ; rbe leven ther does ao litte abanemore meiurhight, goodprd symia l had wit ghay, tat brow s hier father'h, harity cr.iClityen toe fall the har wofl age rigningso humit, and liey ook 3t ioste completely.ltersoalelyp Mre ledens fac pehas a wlitleraboveboy mediumkan height ove good cmticar ,hyiq browhn hanr, (100el8." ch Placet gory tuat, crs ovmeys hogh whitee forherd:yo direhp to kei eye, heacktn orialiptyn togapo welr -apd wite cookn, stn alog ande heavyr enough wel bevaman fhandi coe ver4y Chniney adre loakd to5,e iithe mayenlsg ber tee tamp crck Agte isii girl hsen awodeu birds lhlook, and hoong wavs t od atthr wvntere tha~mng loveant don'tthe mrkin she asptkled wth toey would motxtue lov boiy meloer fr, n thn? co lol.GJsLretdi AGRIOULTURE. GRAFTING VINE.-A correspondent outs his selons trom lastyear's gro wth, in February,leaving them long, enough to include three or four bu is, and keeps them In a dormant state until the vines to be grafted are well started to grow-say one or two Inches long. Then remove the earth from the vines down to or near .the first roots; then rub off all tne old, loose bark, and saw off from one to three Inches above the first roots. With a saw make one, two or three straight cuts down Into the stump. If the stuip is small only make one cut in it, and if the vines are large they will adinit of two scions, one each side o tie stump. With a sharp knife trim the saw cuts out the proper shape for a wedge graft. Trim the scion to fitacourately, leaving a small shoulder on each side of the scion ; than insert in the stimp, being sure to push it down to the shoulder, and also make a con nection with the bark of the sclon and the old stock, Cut the selon down to two buds. -When finished, fill up with fine dirt level with the top of the ground, leaving one bud of each scion uncovered. Drive a stake as near as possible without disturbing the grafts. The stake should be as high as it Is de sirable to grow the vine, and before the grafts have grown large enbtugh to bend over on the ground, tie them to the stake, keeping tuhe sprcuts ptlled off during the first and second years. When tihe gratts are one year old-say in January or February-prune out, to one or two gralts. This process, with such other necessary treathient as any fruit grower will observe from time to time, will ensure a crop of fruit the second season after graiting. lie digs up all the stiumps that fall to grow grafts, as it is useless to try to graft them oveI'. How CALIFouTNiA Fi-.1 Is AIS PLOwED.-The fields are plowed 'with what they call gang plows, which are simply four, six or eight plow shares fastened to a stout framne of wood, In time lighter soil eight horses t'raw a seven gang plow, and one such team is counted oi to put in 640 acres of wheat In the sowlng eipon. vir from eight to tei a tres per dlay. Capt. Grey, near MIereer, has put, in this season 4,000 acres with ilve euch teams-his owl) land, his own teams. A seed sower is fastened in front of tle plow. The plow has no hanudles. and the plowman Is, in iact, only the iriver: lie gtides tihe team ; the JIlows do their *own work. It is etmay work, and a smart boy, If his legs are equal to the walk, I- ! good a1 lowinani lis anybody-for the tunn turns the corners, and the plow Is not handled at all. On the heavier sol the process is sore whatt different. An eight horse team moves a four' gang plow, and gets over abouit six acres per day. The seed Is then sown by a mIachinle which scatters it forly feet, amid sOws from seventy live to one hunidred acres Iinia day, and the ground is then harrowed and cross-iairrowed. CURiNG lA.its.-The season is now with us when our good farmers eure ham an'.d other parts of the hog for use at aI future date. A writer who has had soile experienee says. "It is well known that time Westphalia hams are held in higher repute than others. This superiority is owing not to alny tihing particular in the fliesh of the pork but to the manumer of curing. These hanis are smoked in upper stories of buIldings, and the smoke, which is made from time chips of oak or nimaple,is comnveyed by meanms of tubes from time cellar to the room containmng the hamns. Ily thus having it lomig space to paiss th rough the vapor which the smmoke genier ally~ hohlis is deposited, and( the hams ar'e perfectly dry anid cool during the procesr. Th'le great defect in smack ing, is placing time ineat too niear the ii ,- amid the smoi(kehmouse is oft3n too tmiht; the consequienmce is thmat themenit is kept damp, omnly dryinig or rather hamrdening oni thle surlmace.'' 11 aniy of farmers have a smnokehmouse that, couild be arr'anged so ias to give an cool, dry smoke to thmeir meat., the atbove sugges thon appecars to bin cne thmat would beinig witmh it good resul's. 11iomnss, if' well fed, feel bright amid lively in winter, and time young atre, for this very reasonu, more enailly trin ed t hian whlen the wveathier and rmuninmg att pasmture miakes thenm duill! Whenu'mever horsesaire used sols to warm themi iup ait all, blaniket thmem as soon as they standt still,if only icr I wo or thiree miiintes, those two or threec im iini es arme somietimes enoutgh to give a chill, wleh 1mmay emmd in pnleumniah,ori other seriomms trotubles. Groonimig saves feed, anid also promiotes hiealh in i horses, and shouli never be nelected. It will priobably pay even to groom boar ding iors5es, antd it wilil certaiinly paty thme ownmers to sti timlate tlihat their horis es shottld be gr'oomed daily. Islankets except mere ''dusters,'' are worse ihamn tusees in stble; thmey matke thme horse tenidemr, amid imore likey to take cold wh'len brought in hot.. Litter vemry free 13' If y'ou havey the inntter'mi, straw, heaves swaip hay, c'e. A A<,rth Carol(d~iandstry. --liuring 13c miet yearis tihe comieet' ii o1 tmed icnl1 amid othetr plnts hats b'eL'Ore a larmge and proil table indulism ry ina Nomth Car o l ina. TJhie trade ceniters tat Statesvil le, where ani entrprlsinig fli imi.vc 's tabl Iished cii of t1Ihe bIargts: hot amical depots in time woarld. Their st sek ('od. pirises I ,700t varieties of iroots, herbs, barks, seeds, flow~ers, andit mosses, amd tall sorts of lanlits 101r herbainriuimis, some of themt peculi atr to the hlora of tihe St-mte, andm ethers hound imore abuni datiny there tai elsewhere. The quati itiles now on hiand vary from 60 to 35,000 pount ds of' each kinmd. Tihey 1.ay thme 'olletors either in cash or goods, andh last year they <(iIsposed itn tis wa'uy of $4.,00,0 wothi oh imerchan.. dise. TIheir w.irehom-es hiave 2u70,000 squatire feet of floing, which wiil give an~ iea of' their caipacity for vmmtmrge oh thie producets they arine col lee ting I roni all q uarters. Thirmn hinpiment, tast y'ear iaimonnjtted t, 1,800,000 ptoundts. TVhe collectors ate largely Cherokees. Xalmiwe reports a vei'y cur'ious tle-. pihmonio txper'imient umtade ini.3ui wicr land con the occasion of the federal fete of sIngers- A telephone had beent placeed in the Zurieh Festhalle, und two conductors connected with time Blale telegraphic olce, where a ltarge andi enee0 hiadt congi'cgtated, TIhe disttance from Ba~lo to Zuri'h as iabout e'ighmty kilomuetres. Thme Bale aumdience eitjov edI'tme singing about ais wvell as if they had1( been placied ini the upper cir' ale 01 an ordinary opera hotuse. At thin enid of the perormamice they prioved their satishaetion by clapping hiitnds, w hilehi the telegrap~hic w ires tr'ansintmted wiuh poefc ildehity to the Zurlch perfor mers. In1 tur'ning into ice, wvater e'xpandi~s orn swells, thait us, any givenm quatty of water miakes a larger amount of Ice, andi the Iee Is therefore lighter than time water', and this Is time -reason why it fioats ini wate. DOMESTIC. Ilow TO UTILIZE BITS OF MrAT.-Mr. Deltnonico, talking about entrees, hays that Americans ought. to copy the French method of utilizing small bits of raw meats and fowls,and of re-cook ing all kinds of cold Joints and pieces of cooked meat whioh remain day by day from every dinner in almost every family. - The success 'of such dishes de)ends mainly upon the sauce,which is best made from broth. The follow lig is his reolpt for a favorit sauce, "Take an ounce of ham or bacon, out it up in small pieces, and fry it in hot fat. Add an onion or carrot, out up, thicken with flour, then add a pint or quart of broth, according to quantityr desired; season with pepper and salt, or any spice or herb that is relished (better, though, without the splce,) and let simmer for an hour, skin care fully and strain. A wineglass of any wine may be added if liked." Cold roast or brolled beef or mutton may be out into small squares, fried brown in butter, and then gently stowo in the sauce above described. APPLE ME1IUNOU Pix.-Stow and --weeten juicy apples when you have pared and slicett them;' mash smooth and season with nutmeg or stew some lemon peel with them and remove when cold; 1111 your pans aid bake till done; spread over the apples a thick meringue, made by whipping to a stiff troth the whites of three eggs for each pie, sweetening With) a tablespoonful of powdered sugar for each egg; flavor this with rose or vanilla; beat until it will stand alone and cover the ie three-quarters of an inch thick. Set back in the oven until the meringue is well set. Should it color too iarkly sift powdereil sugar over it when cooj; eat cold. Peaches are even more de liclous when used in thesame ianner. Usa or WOOLEN CLOT iNo.-Profes sor Jaeger of Stuttgart reconinmends the mie of woolen clothing both in mi iner and winter, and hab invented a sort of normal dress by which he claims the accumulatioi of fat and water in the system can be prevented. This normal clothiig ha two e:sential prorerties:. 1. It cousibts exclusiviy Of wool, avoidiing all materials woven from plant libre (cotton or linen). 2. It makes a strong point of keeping warn the middle line of the front of the body. but tihe piincipal pecnl arity of this clothing is the exclusive use of shecp's wool, eveni avoiding pocket and ottier linings of cotton. Faxcn .PicKI.F.-One hunfie I gremn cueuimbers, I pecx green toniatoes, I head cabbage, 1 dozen green peppers, k;f peck onions. Uhop all very fine; aud a pint of salt, and let it stand in a woc.den bowl until morning. Then drain oil the juice and put into a por celain kettle; cover with good vinegar, and add 2 pounds brown sugar, j pound mustard seed, 2 ounces celery seed, cloves, mace, abispice, Cinn11am11on, a tablespconful each; salt to taste. Boil until tender, but not longer; put in air-tight jars. To M1ARE PAINT FOR ON CEN'r A PoUND.-To one gallon of soft hot wa ter add four pounds of' sulpliateo'zine (crude). Let it dissolve perfectly,an(i a eLdiment will settle at the bottom, Turn the clear solution into another vessel. To one gallon of pailt (lead aInd oil) mix one gallon of' the coi pouind. Stir It into the paint slowly for ten or fifteen minutes, anid the compound and Paint will perfectly coibine. If too thick, thin with tur p~entinie. tlhis recip~e has beens sold to painters as high as $100 for the privi lege to use the same in their business. Br.AcIn~o.-Aniy one may make his own oil paste blacking by the follow. lug trust worthy recip~e: Molasses, 1 p~ounid; Ivory black, one-haull ounds; sweet oil, t wo ounces. R .ib together in a imortar till all tihe ingredient~ form a perfectly sumoothm imixture ; then add the juice of one lemnon,or about a wine glass 01f strong vinegar, .and thorough 13y lucorpjorate with j usrt enough wvater added slowly to gin aii requJired conl sistenzcy. A Poe'N ndlt a quarmter ofI oatmeal will supply ast mnucn nitrogen and al most as mitineh fat to the body as one ipounid of uncookecd inenat of' ordinary qfuality. A man gets three times as much nourIshment at thte same cost in oatneal as lhe does In meats. Oao p)ounid and a half of' Indin meal is equal 10 one pound of' uncooked mecat in nitrogen, and1( surpasses it in fat. D~r~'.P dr'inkers escape gout, not be cause they deserve it, but beause the nervous powvers of the stomach arec en feeobled by. ovem -stimiulation ; they have confsequeni fly no aipetite, they eat but little, an d Jail to accumulate 'that ex cess of' effete and lil-assimilated niitro genous matuter in the circulation, which in those who eat more largely, as wellI as dlrink freely, is one. of the prinoipal cauIses of the nmalady. i4w'Ern BEA D FjiTTr EnS .--Cut some pireviouisly par-boi led sweetbreads into slices half an inch thick. Seat'er over these slices a little lemon inice, chop pedl parsley,. pepper', salt antd inutmeic. Dip thern i nto hatueri andi fry in not lard. IDrain, arrange them on a nap kin i a laue!r anid serve with parsley garnish ing, Jr is found t hat 2)082 eublec fee't of fresh ir per becau. imust be supp~lliedl every hour, so to dilute the products of re-spi ration from the heul thyvI human body as to keel) the air always purme and fresh to a (degree of whiolesoimeniess, In mines,to keep ump the pihy3sicel healthii of the laborers, it hais been determined that 0000 feet are roqluhdtte per hour. As the cold prod ucca in ges in org mmnic substancees closely resembin g thmose caused by heat, an 11lungarian cemist, proposes to cook f'resh hi ci by expOsmng it, to a temnperathure of 38 deg. below zero. it Is then placed in lher' imetleally sealed cans, and is thius prie servedl in perfect condition for a long time. FI.AX-SiaxuI TEA.-Put two table sp)oonfulms whiole iilax sced inI a pint of boiling water, let, it boll fifieerinimin utes; cut upi one lemon and p)ut in a pitcher with two tablespoonitals 01 sugar; strain the tea boiing' le~t through a wire strinid into the p)itchi er' anti stir together. Good for' eug anid sore throat. COhN BaxIAD.-Onxe qjuart flouri, o)ne quart Indian meal, one quart sour iniilk, one teacup umolasses, one tea spooni salt. Utl'sohve two teaspoons salerastus in the milk ; mmix together iall the ingredients well and bake one hour in a good oven. GO.ooicAL exliorations have shown the probability that Russia contais beds of' phosphate of himen of' sulileint extent to supply13 Europe f'or an hide finite period. SoUND travels at the rate of 11412 feet per second In the air,4000 in the water, 11.000 in cast iron, 17.000 in attei, amid lb,000 in glass. 'VKOROUS. IF humanity continues as gullible as it has shown itself In the last few years we shall advocate a new kind of school primer in order that people gay learn in their childhood wiiat you can t beat Into some of them with a trip hammer, even when they are old enough to go to Congress. Une lesson we should advocate hav ing flxed up something after this style: "What is three-card monte?" "It is a bad, bad game." "Who plays three-card monte?" "One man who looks like a farmer. One man who looks like a new school philosopher." "Can two play this game?" "Yes my child. Even four can play at this game." - "What does the fourth man do?" "le -gets left, my child. He gets badly left. 1Ue loses all his money. le pulls his hair and uses wicked words." "Then the fourth man is an ass for playing." So0kOoLMAsTMn: "Noah had three sons-how, 11am and Japhet: now answer me, who was the father of these gentLemen?" (Boys silent.) "You cannot tell? Well, now, let's try again. You know Mr. Sparkes, who lives over tiic way ?" iloys: "Will Spurkes?" Maswr: "Yes, surely. Well, then, Mr. bparkes lias got three buys-Tom my, Join and Bill. Now whio is the lather ot those boys? You know them very well." - Boye: "Mr. Sparkes." Master: "Very good-very good, boys, iudvei ; taa Is qUte right. Now theii, Noa land three buns-hncm,uam and Japhet Who0-" j>ys (an a iaurry): "Mr. Sparkes." A nBAiRiTLss man on West Hill, the faLhier of anamily, a taxpayer and a member of the church, who ougli to know better, did a mean thing last bunday night. Ills daughter and the partloular young uAan came home from chu-ch, and of course "lie" just drop ped In for one moment, and when the young people entered the parlor the gais was turned up, and there, oil the back of the-big rocking chair they read a staring plajard, "Two in one, you can't." And the young man said he always did hate mathnatics. THEY were in the front parlor, whince all but them had gone to bed, and she had her head sweetly nestled on his shirt-front, wih.thn top button of his vest just tilling her oar, when suddenly she started up and snuffied the air as a warhorse snuft' the battle from afar off. Then her delicate nose was held close to his mustache and she demanded of him where he got that perlume from. le grew red in the face ani stammered when he explain ed that the barber pult the perlume oti his nustactiLe. HIls way of telling it roused all her suspicions, and now the engage-i.ent is broken. But it was the baruer. "ISN'T it awful cold ?" queried Smith as he met Jones on the car the other day. "Terriblo-terrible." "Any of your water pipes freeze upI?" "Worse than that." "low ?" "Had three barrelsof potatoes frozen as hard as stones. I'll los every one of them." "Oh, no, you won't. Just head 'o uip and send 'ema to some charitable institutIon, and no one will know but what they troze while en route. it's a golden opportuniity you should not neglect.'" A CERTMIN young man brought his afihmieed down from the country to see' the sights. One (lay while they were passing a con fectioner's tiae swain noticed in the wvindow a placardl bear ing the announcement, "bee-eream one dollar, per gai.'' "Well,'' said the young mani as he walked into the sa loon, "that's a pretty steelp price rto charge for one gal, b~ut Maria, I'll soe you through, no niatter what it costs. Here's a dollar w~aiter ; ic-creami or the gal." ''WHAT luck did you have fishing, Breckin ridge ?" ask~ed a Gaivestoun, Texas, gentleman of'a well-knowna im pecunious character who owes every body, "SplendId I While I was ouit on the wharf, twenty meni with bills called at my house to coilect money." Gus (to Frank,'who is challing him about his thin legs)-"My dear tellow we e'r all be cart horses. Useful ness isn't everythIng, you kno~w, and there must be a lew thoroughbreds here and there, if only for the sa'