Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 30, Number 48, Indianapolis, Marion County, 3 January 1883 — Page 7

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THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL WiälHfK&lA. JANUARY 3, 1883.

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eorry to record that this old practica Slaughter, who lived near the railnai and

Cade Gabe at the Corn ShuckingFarmers' UaadDook for 1883.

we are

till anrilves. "Thou sbalt 'not

th rnval law. Cut oil suckers Iron, the

stem, or shoots which croa or interfere with each otter, or if a limb be dead cut it out.

A skillful fcurgeon remove a diseased umo.

bat you mast not, therefore, argue a regular

prune." is who owned the cow, bad the call lasen irom

tne bsg ana rauea it in can was iemic

and proved to be a valuable cow, and m coarse of time gare birth to calres which

were raised, and from la em otner caiTes

were raised, which in time became cows.

Apples-How to Hoik an Ear of Corn About Oictaarda-lb Cow la Heal

Uf Houholl KnowUdj-

the hamin aubiect, bo with your trees.

Remember that the branches, twigs and

leases are Nature's laboratories wherein she carrie on those wonderful processes by

which are produced those luscious fruits

whtch we all love. The tree must be so trained in itj early trwhnod that there will be room for every

branch, and the trunk sufficiently Bbaded to

. da corn bei da niters In be- IJ- bore ftnd olher nolioU3 De llktir'1 u be'pln an delr ahiny eyes a- insects invade your orchard. Prevention is hliukic': , , , M . . better than cure. Bear in mind that conDhnru fljia' libely an' de plleo corn if tinQe1 TjziaDCe is the price every orchards

swluKUi ; I v.. tr, r Ifl h tnreewiful.

removal of leet acd fiogers, eyes" and ears of Captain Anderson, a conductor on the road,

Uncle Oabe at tbe Corn Sbacklac De stars Is hlnia1 out de iky de bilghtes' ebber

teen,

Te weeds is geUia' Jewej we xaui path de blx-

n'- ... m,MnH.

,u., ..nrm,rM'lln' tell JOU U&X Dl

1 1 LI 1C1I04J afcVf J

la' you better metjT ort de cloud dil s aunla

iavSl n A Dil MIL 1 I

jW Cl'ar your th'wau aa be'p me Je' ung a aong

or to: . . ... .. .

,'H ,irt out wld de "jounson uai an c

wbtl we ca uu-

J0H5S0J OA LS.

long by Uncle Oabe; all the c-rn-9bnclng Com

pany J UUlUg 1U Id tUlKIW.)

Ob I 'taint nuQu' tall like ae Ji n-mon gaxa. r.ir i hai li ce Cou itv outt

FoU ou da Cieek gwine i loo mighty sharp Wneo 1j JoJiat u gtU C m 'ooui; Per 11 o la de quarts ou de J'lalu' place,

a est as ae hole in a lattos-uu

nice as da iugi-ciiel

i' ci ai ae tracK tor ujooDuajm

JoDQSOD g&lkll Johunos K4lst!t ,

Ohl cl'ar de track for da JotiLoa gal

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trac'.

These fundamental principles, which we

have written in short paragraphs, require keen observation, and a vast deal of common sense. One of our best horticulturists said many years sgo that practical rules for oiehard culture ought to be printed on a card and nailed tpin a prominent place in the orchard. We asy now, write these hints on yonr shirt culTV, raste tbcm in your hat, "and don't yoa forget it." AVe have given you orchard culture in a nutahell. About Apples. The buyers all want red apples. They

av ther sell the bet. This fancy for color

sava b has aruDK mill wnicn caiue nuiu

the cow that was taken from the railroad and raised, and Mr. Slaughter says the same

cow. strange to say, was killed by the cars

near the spot her mother was rilled in

1853."

Honsebold Knowledge.

Cream Dressiko fo Cold Slaw. Two

tablespoonfuls of sweet cream whipped, one of sugar and four of vinegar; beat well and

pour over cabbage previously cut very nne

and seasoned with salt.

Ccaa fob Chaffed Hahds. wet your

hands in warm water, then rub them all

orer with Indian meal: do this twice, and

then in the waUtr used to wash off tbe meal, out a teasDoonful of pure glycerine. If it is

not pure it will irritate the skin.

If toc wish to eive a delicate and yet

distinct oniou flavor to tie dressing I r a

fowl, boil the onion till tender, changing

the water twice; then chop it in very small

bit?, iast as if it wera raw. . Kj33t ewe ana

wild duck gain to most palatea by having

the dressing thus Flavored.

Piqeoss with Little Pais. Truss the

pigeons, put tnm over tue nre witu mi

pork and butter, let them brown slowly, add

nbstitution this season will bardly pay. Wheat is now about the cheapest cereal food,

or indeed food of any kind, grown on the farm.

An exchange gives the annexed receipe for

colic in hcrses. hich it claims is one of tbe

best known, and is well worth preservation

by horsemen: Laudanum, belladonna, sulph. e ther, cbloform, each two ounces; dose, half tablespoonf ul in a half pint of

water.

. The basket willow will grow well around

the mill ponds and along the margins of the

watercourses. It is an article wnicu is ai-

wavs salable, and should be made to take

the place of tbe unsightly briars and bushes that often prove so troublesome in such places.

The question: "What will be the cheap

est food this winter for wwi prod no ng

milk? ' was answered in the Jumira, N. Y.. Farmers' Club recently by the recommendation cf clover bay ana sowed corn,

although barley meal, shorts, corn meal,

bran, eta, were comenaea.

The two year old Jersey belfer Mother

Hubbard (10.331). and her yearling full

brother Etruscan Gold, have been sold by

A. D DarliBg to F. C. Ssyles. Brjn iiawr

Farm. Pawtucket, it. L Mother Hubbard

has given fifteen quarts of milk per day on grass only wilh Ler first calf.

The Duke of Argvll is acclimating the

American wild turkey on bis plantation

This should not be difiicu't' as Loglish

winters are much milder than oar own, and

the turkey is a hardy bird, usually prefer-

IIott Mrs. Kejser Regained Her fc'peecb.

ATYonderf ol Iianpl of the Fffect of Faith n m Woman Who Bad Seen Almost Dumb for a Year.

has given Buldwios a boom, as they are red small green peas and season them with but ring to roost in trees in the coldest weather and handle and ship well. There is another little salt and pepper. Wet a very little rather than in close bouses, advantage for tbe fruit he tree is hardy flour with some broth or soup, pouring it A pure Italian bee thould have three dis-

and a constant betrer. I do not like the

apple to eat, baton account of its market value and the hardiness of the tree and strong bearing propensity, in an orchard of 100 trees I would plant seventy rive Baldwins. Too manv varieties of fruit are a

nuisance. They make an

of work, and many kind

over the birds and stewing them until ten

der.

CincKEi Chebsb Two chickens boiled

tender, chopped not too fine, and seasoned

with salt and pepper. Bjil hard three or four eeers. and slice, with which line molds

n endless amount aD(j pour in the chicken, addim?the liqaor s, while they have jn which they were boiled. When perfectly

Ohl xiigter wuk bard In de new groun' t

. An' he rtl mlffht med lu de Diaaua :

ut hr fetigs J sme as a irog in ae swamp, when ebeuiu' uu go to sUntiu'; k . . . . t m ..I . ... ..'l ... hit '.H 111 rCAt

An' de day git but as li piee He knew he glue to te dem Johnsen gals Wnetr de moon clatsmiu' up froo 2e trees t De morktu' sin? when de bright day breakln. An' he wake up la da buUts all arouo'; Bat he sia't half sweet as da old whtpperwlll, Dai nit? when de nun gone down I De m-jrktj' tell ya wheu to hlicb up de team, Au' he calls out ne uigers to de hoes: De whiyperwill ulk 'taut de Johnson gals, 'Cause he slug wneu de moon done rose t D?n tr' you well. Ml Su'-le, dear. Fit' you well. Miss tin ! I ft wine out t see dat eet bunch o' gals Dtt lib at de eu o' de Unel Far" y u well, my old tr:ie Ijvo I aia'l got time t Kay t I been out 'long wi j (Je Johnson gals, An' dey Hole my hem away 1 öh:iiikiiig. (At tkils stage of the musical entertainment Uncle Oabe was accidentally struck on the head by an kr oi corn, tnrown frcra tbe band of feme one it'.ing tx hiii-i him. The Interruption c lied torih wraelhliig like the Mlowlrg pareDthetiC4l cbseivatlon lu sialwart prwe: -'Lookee 'ere! wbat ei'ib-fcx.t TilTU flu-n dat corn? You kin shuck ies' a w-'li wi It ul bu't'iu de baik dat

wayl You fetnn in d wrong place 'way back dar, any row I hi you piny woods nlpgers cau't tell de u p o' my bead I um de pi e o' clean corn you betttr g' come; au' ef yon atn'l got 'nough strenk i i j.ur arm to pifen a ear o' ceru ten foot, you better lay down au' res' awhile! Brer Ab. you lir de nex' chune; my reart gone to yoonln' arneaa humbler bee neaT') J. A. Macon in Century. Farmer' Hand-Book for 1883. lief era. D Appton t Co., of New York, have issued the 4 FarnierV Annual HandBjok for 1SS3.M Evcrv farmer should have it. It is the object of this Uand Book to present in a compact aud portable form much information which Is of value to the farmer, b it wbicn is now scattered through various book", journals aud reports, or is only accsi'ble to tho- who are able to read foreiga languages. While we have not a few excellent b tog on agriculture and agricultural science, there has seeintd to be a need for a rue work which should contain,

in small compass, the numerical data required in applying the principles laid down in the larger treaties; a work which should be to agriculture whtt the engineers' and mechanic' hand-books are to engineering and mechanic; a book not so much for the library as for the pocket. The'llaod B ok is an attempt to supply this need, and to supply the farmer with tbe fullest and most accurate information possible regarding the composition of fertilix-rs sind fertilizing materials, the composition anil digestibility of feeding stuff, the purity and vitality of seeds, etc., as well as to supply informali m on various minor topics. Special pains have been taken to secure accuracy, and to supply the most tecent data available noon the subjects discussed.

Particular attention has also been paid to embodying in the tables the results of the already numerous analyses of American products, especially of American feeding etuffj and Americas fertilisers, made and now being made by our own experiment stations and similar institutions. Bowen, Stewart & Co., of this city, have it for sale. How to Harik an Ear of Cora. iKansas Firmer. In last week's Farmer E. W. Brown tells lis how to huk an ear of or it, requesting if any one bad a better way that they would make it known. As I think I have a better

way, I will give you mine: Catch the ear with the left hand, thumb toward the butt, and the little &Dger about opposite the tip of the corn (not husk). Iosert tbe hutking-peg do as to take not less than one-half of th huks, bring down with a quick motion, giving them a sharp pull at the butt; close tbe left hand around the remaiLderof the husks, at tbe same time griping the ear with the right band, thumb toward the tip and the little . finger near tbe butt, and break off by pressing the tip of the ear from you with the thumb, and at the same time bring the butt towards you by a bhort, quick Jerk with the fingersstill holding to the Losks with the left hand. It takes fewer motions by this method than the other, and every motion takes time. A person unaccustomed to this way, may at first Und it difficult to bring the ear out clear of hiuks, but by carefully following the above directions and a little practice, there will be no trouble that way. Let Mr. Brown try this way long enough to get the "hang" of it and report. 8. 8 Bozaeth. Little lliver, Rice County, Kas.

a value for home use. are unsuited lor keep

ing or shippins. They do not pay. The Eiopus 8pi zenburgb. 1 think, is the daintiest flavored apple that grows. My

mother would have no otner tor d ma,bed seasoned as if for the table,

mince pies anu cumtnuj pu . 1n m .k11aw haVinird sh first a laver

C I of meat, then a laver of poiatoes, and so on

I cold slice for luncheon, or Sunday tea or for

sandwiches.

Lascashibi Pie. Take cold beef or veal,

chor and season as for bash; have ready bot

sauce this had to be extra nice.

von know but since the country has

come so open, exposed to the cold winds, the trees winterkill. The Spitxenburgh

wants protection and a virgin soil. The lat

ter reauirement cn be made up in part by

the use of ashes, and the latter by planting

wind-breaks of evergreens. I treated a

ttunted Fameuse appie tree twenty years

aszo with a wheelbarrow load of leached

ahen, and that tree shows the benefit of it to this day. Somehow, we all like the kind

ot aoolea we used to eat when we were

vniirff. and no Rhode Island Greenipgs, Gil-

liSowers still have a place in our hearts and in ray orchard. They bring to mind be

times when "neighbors used to come over

and spend the evenings" those eld fash

ioned, informal visits, in which apples filled an important part of the social cheer. They

used to keep company with the doughnuts

when we were young.

Abo at Orchards. IJ. W. Kobson la Kansas Farmer.l In this S ate there is no danger of getting an orchard on ground too high. Plant out tue trees on southeastern or northern slopes.

To succeed in orcharding we mast plow deep and make the soil as mellow as a garden spot. Bet apple trees twenty-five feet apart each way. Perhaps thirty would be better. Simultaneously with the setting of the tree, lay oat and plant shelter belts on the north and west sides of the orchard. The first row of limber trees to be twelve rods from the first row of fruit trees. Pears will do with twenty feet space, peaches sixteen feet, cherries the same distance. Give sweet cherries the go-by; don't buy them unless you want to buy up a store of eorrow and disappointment. Cultivate young orchards and plant them with boed crops. One crop of oats, wheat or rye in an orchard is as bad as a tire; two is certain death. Try it if yoa don't believe iL All orchardi -ts in this State declare the toil is rich enough lor tree growing without msntire. Mulching newly planted trees is an excellent practice and always insures success.

Strong, healthy, young trees, two years

old. are the best to pi -nt. The stems must

be protected with ioDg grass or split corn stalk!. Ooinrc into the orchard with an axe, saw, chisel and knife is a barbarous practice, and

The Cow la Ileal Life.

A'nice young woman of Dooly County, Georgia, was milking a cow a few days ago,

when a voung man bounded over the cow

pen feDce. The lad kissed the Ias and off

tbev ran across a field to the office of a Jus

tice, who married them.

One of tbe Atlantic City papers makes it

known that "Ibomas Collins, of lidkersville,

is the posesor of a calf that when six

months old weighed 404 pounds and meas

ured five feet and tix inches in the girth

and stands four feet six inches.

Sheriff Mickell, of Lincoln Cocntr, Mississippi, met a cow in the road the other

day. The Sheriff said "Shoo!' but Instead of allowing him to p-bj tbe cow tossed him

at If-nst twenty feet upward, eo that he was a Hib Sheriff," indeed. lie will pass his

Christmas in bed.

This is the kind of an item one finds in

agricultural papers: "A Hancock County (Ua) farmer has sold during seven months

of this year $300 worth of butter from eight

common cows." Or an item such as this

' There are 12 443,503 milch cows in the

United Slates one to every four persons."

A farmer at Gridley, Cal., hunts geese with a 00 w. It is said that he has trained

the animal to walk out to where a Mock of geese have settled down on the grain, brows

ing all the wy along, he walkit'g alongside on the off tide from tbe eee&e, and when

. . a

near enouch tne cow lies down ana ne

shoots intoTthe Cock and captures thirty or

forty.

A little boy ramed Artie Van Winkle, who livei near Belleville, Kansas, while leading a cow to a field by a rope, was

killed in the following manner: The morn

ing was cold, eo he threw the rope about his neck and put his hanJs in his pockets to keep thf m warm. The cow started to run

and before he could unwind the rope he

was choked to death.

Down in Georgia there is a cow one bun

dred years old. Says the llawkinsyille

Dispatch: "The most sged cow in Georgia

perhaps ia the United States is owned

by a citizen of ilaw k-.navuie. I he owner

asrs us that the cow is one hundred years old, and is now giving milk. When we mentioned the improbability, in fact the almost impossibility, of his cow beicj; one hundred years old, the gentleman assured us that the belonged to his grandparent?.

great grandparents and other ancestors, and that there is no doubt that the cow is one hundred years of age. We can say for the

owner of the cow the gentleman who makes the statement that he is one of our moat esteemed citizens, one not accustomed

to exaggerate, and whose word has never

been doub'-ed."

The cow In Colorado, as the Denver T.e

publican report: "A trial which had ex

cited K'eat interest and much feeling has Deen before the County Court of Jefferson

County for the pat three days. The parties

to the caue were John Kyan, plaintiff, vs.

G. H. Ilarick, defendant, and grew out of the disputed ownership of a certain cow, the

value of which probably does not exceed

$40. II. N. Solss appeared for plaintiff and

A. II. De France for defendant. Tbe witnesses, of whom there are between forty and fifty, embraced most of the leading farmers and stockmen of tbe southern part of Jeffer

son County, including experts in brands, marks, etc. Tbe cue went to the Jury at 11 o'clcck. They returned a verdict in half an hour for the plaintiff. There i still much feeling, and the case will probably be carried up." Two cows and a dejected calf stood tied in front of the Court House in Oswego, X. Y,. all Monday morning, while within Justice Case was endeavoring to decide to which of two claimants the calf belonged. Each brought a crowd of witnesses to prove his ownership and each had driven Lis cow to

court, hoping that family likeness and maternal solicitude would furnish triumphant testimony. IJut the evidence was so confiictinzthat if Solomon himself had been on the bench justice might have miscarried. It would not have paid him to introduce his

celebrated sword act, for both cows were so indifferent to the privileges and obligations

of motherhood hat evidently neither would

have entered the slightest remonstrance if

the calf bad been cut in two before her eyes.

The calf, moreover, was singularly oblivious to her usual lacteal facilities, and tailed to indicate which of the rival dairies she was accustomed to patronise. Ablast accounts

neither claimant had obtained the least ad vantage.

Here is a cow story from the Richmond

Whig: "Itobert Jennings, of Louisa County, who was employed on the Chesapeake and

Ohio Railway iu 1S50, says daring that year a passenger train while going at full speed ran into a cow. cutting the animal in half.

the for auartcrs filling on one side ot the

till the dish is heaping full; smooth over top

of potatoes, and make little noies, in wnicn

nlace bits ol butter: Date anui a nice

brown.

Wnrs cooKisa pcmpkiks for immediate

use in pies or to dry it is a good plan to drain off all the water von can: stew tne pumpkin

teDder: then let the kettle stand on tt e nack

part of the stove, and on an extra griddle, so

that all moisture or a great ueai ot it win

evaporate. If it is to oe dried it should be sifted iust the same as if you are to make

pies at once.

Chickes Socp. In boiling chickens for

salad, etc.. the broth (water in which they

are boiled) may be used for soup. When

the chickens are to be served whole, stuff

and tie in a cloth. To the broth add a lit'le

ric. or add one thinly sliced onion and a

ouar: of tomatoes. Boil twenty minutes.

season with salt and pepper and two well

beaten eggs, and f ervo.

Pickled Chickes Boil four chickens till

tender enouch for meat to fall from bones;

put meat in a stone tar and pour over it

three pints of good cola ciaer vinegar ana a pint and half of the water in which the

chickens were coiled; aaa spices 11 prtierrea

and it will be ready for use in two days.

This is a popular Sunday evening dish; it is

good for luncheon at any time.

Noodle Sour. Add nooales to beef or

anv othei boud after straining: they will

cook in tuteen or twenty minutes, and are

prroared in the following manner: To one

egg add as much sifted flour as it will ab

sorb, with a little Fo.lt: roll out as thin as a

wafer, dredpre very lightly with Hour, roll

ever and aver into a large roll, slice from the

ends, shake out the strips loosely and drop

into the soup.

ArrLi Mince Pie. Twd pounds of apples

pared and chopped, three-fourths pound of

beef sue', one ul currants, one-half raisins

seeded and chopped : one-half snltana rai

sins, one quarter citron cut in shreii, one

table-poaulul cinnamon, one teaspoon

lul cloves, one of mace, one tablep.ontui

allspice, two pounds brown sugar, half pint

be3t brandy, a glass ol wine, two leatpoon

fuls of salt.

White FaciT Cake. One cup of butter

and two cups of white sugar well beaten

togeter: one cup of milk, two and a half

cups of Hour, the whites of seven eggs two

even spoonfuls of baking powder; beat an

well before adding iruit. luce one 1 ouna

each of raisins, tigs, dates and blanched

almonds, and one-quarter pound of citron

eat all fine; stir frait in last with a sifting of

Hour over it; bake slow.

Ctaaii Chicken. Cut a chicken in

pieces: rut the pieces in a stewpan with one

onion, in which vou put a clove. Add some

white broth, sr.iacient to cover tne pieces

The chicken being cooked, make your sauce

with the broth. Heat two pinches of curry

with two yelks of eyes and a teaspoonlul ot

cream, and thicken your sauce. Arrange

your chicken on a plate with a border of

rice. You can. if vou like, mix the nee

with the stew. Home people prefer it.

Holl kd Apple Dumplisos. Peel and chop

tine tart epd!c. make a crust of one cup of

rich buttermilk, one teaspoonful of soda.

and flour enough to roll; roll half an inch

thick, eprcad ith the apple, spiinkle well with suzar and cinnamon, cut iu strips two

inches wide, roll up like jelly, cake, tet up

the rolls (on end) in a dripping pan, putting a teasooonfnl of butter on each, put in a

moderate oven and baste them olten with the juice, tjse the juice for the sauc3, and flavor with brandy if you choose. Graham Pcddino Mix well togetheronehalf a coffee cup of molasses, one-quarter of a cup of butter, one egg, one half a cup of milk, one-half a teaspomful of pure soda, one and one-half cup3 of good graham flour, one small teacup ot raisins, Bpices to taste. Steam four hours and serve with brandy or wine sauce, or any sauce that may be preferred. This makes a showy as well as a light and wholesome dessert, and

has the merit of simplicity and cheapness.

railroad track and the hind quarters on the

other side. The cow was with c&Jf at the

time, and, wonderful to say, the calf was

left on tbe outside of the road bod in its

natural bag, alive and kicking. A Mr.

Farm and Workuhop Notes. About two ounces oi saltpetre well mixed in a bucket of oommon salt is a remedy of an old experienced sheep man for lombriz.

The richest and most highly prired lands

of Great Britain are invariably those upon

which sheep husbandry has been a leading

feature.

In Quoting the English markets the term

sinking offal" means the throwing out of

every part of an animal except the sides and

Quarters, in a (teer tne memoes

head, tongue, hide, kidneys, heart, liver,

tripe, bloud, lezs, etc.

Much of the new Minnesota wheat weighs

out eixtv-two pounds to the bn.hel. its

excellence is thus shown when fifty eight

pounds to the bushel is the standard No. 1.

The woolen njills of the country are using more than they were last year, but there is reason to believe that the domestic produc

tion of wool has increased in corresponding

ritio.

A disease in cattle somewhat resembling

"pink eye" in horses prevails to some extent

in parts ot Westmoreland uounty, rennsyi vania, and is causing a great deal of annoy' ance to tbe farmers in certain districts.

The prices which wera paid by the National Shorthorn Association for the

various herd books were as follows: American Shorthorn Herd Bonk. $25,000; Ameri

can Shorthorn Record, $10,0 JO; Ohio Short

horn Kscord, $1,000.

A cleaning average of about eighty-seven

rounds to the 100 was reached for nve Vic

toria swine slaughtered at the Chicago Fat

Stock Show, which is quite a phenomena) figure. Anything above eighty pounds may

be considered excellent.

It is not frequently tbe case that other

grains are substituted for wheat In the

manufacture of bread for family use, be

cause of the reduced coU

tinct vellow bands or rings across the lower

part of the abdomen, and a bright yellow

pair over the body, ine o-canea aioido bees are a trainof the Italians, having white bands and hair. The latter are the finest workers of the two and easier han

dled. Maryland Farmer.

An Iowa farmer, writing to the Home

stead, gives as bis experience that an exclu

sive diet of corn is cause 01 nog cnoiera.

He claims that the bog should be treated to

a variable diet use any otner animai, aim

that corn is not a complete article of food.

the hoz reauirin sui'able food for convert

ing into bone aud muscle as well as fat.

The Farmer and Dairyman gives the fol-

lowing as the composition of wheat: In every 1,000 pounds nitrogen, 54 pounds potash, and 8 pounds phosphoric acid. In 1000 pounds of wheat straw are 840-pounds dry matter, containing 4 pounds nitrogen, 5 9 pounds potabh, aud 2.0 pounds phos

phoric acid.

The female moths of the canker worm can

not flv : but as they hatvh in warm dry days

at the beginning, of spring they crawl up the

bodies ol apple trees to aeposn tueir eggs.

Hence it is of no use setting traps tor mem

to fly into, but a band around the tree filled with tar or printers' ink will stop their nrorpsa. and with some watchfulness they

f - "CB mny be easily destroyed.

Look out for damage from mice if you

have train, of any kind heaped up around

vour trees. Manv valuable trees are lost

every winter by not attending to mis mue

npst: he eird cs tne tre at tne grouna, ana

you may not know anything about it until

nntmmmer. when vou find tbe tree In a

d ving condition. His time lor doing nis

distrvctive work is when there la snow on

the ground.

Mr. II. Boese elates, in the Deutsche

Gaertner Zs-itung, that fifty varieties of po

tatoes erown bv him. Early Vermont was

the earliest, bvst and most proline. He re

commends it as particularly adapted lor

purring:" that is, tbe largest tubers may

be taken awav without injury to the remain

lrg ones, which, 11 carefully covered, and without dlsturbinc the roots, will continue

to grow.

The Shorpshire downs rossess beautiful

symmetry of form, fine quality and early

maturity of all their parts, a vigorous con

stitution and grand muscular proportions

Thev are first cla33 shearer, carrying a nne

compact coat, valuable at once for wool and

proteciion from dulling fleet storms, iney

stand cloe herdinir iu large numbers re

markablv vrell. the ewes axe good mother?,

and twin lainba are not unusual. Rura

Nebraska.

Professor S. T. Maynard, of the Massachu

setts Agricultural College, fays: "I know

of no other reason why the iotato fails to

produce its true fruit, the potato balls, tba

that the power ol reproduction Dy Beea nas

been weakened bv the forcing process they

have been subjee'ed to for tbe past ten years

by the propagation from singleeyes.cutlingp,

etc. Other plants, the verbena. lor instance

m

after having been propagated several years

frcm cuttings, piouuce very tew it any

seeds."

The knack of getting a supply of eggs sum

mer and winter is to keep the pullets of tbe

early spring acd summer hatch. Ft ei them I all they will eat clean of the best and most nut ritious and egg producing food, and such simple condiments as pepper, ginger and mustard, to stimulate them. Kill off the hens before they molt in their second year, amd keep none but young hens. Of course, under this system of forcing for egg prodection and flesh there is no valid objection, as it is not intended that their egs should be set. As decorative plants single dahlias will become very popular. They are easily grown, produce an abundance of bloom, and are not at all fastidious as to soil and poU iion. Trey can be treated es annuals, and, provided a good Birain of reed is obtained, the amateur mav depend upon getting a

great variety of color. The seed should be

sown earlv in January and grown on until

May. By that time they will be strong plants. A few might be grown in pots for winter decoration.while those intended for

summer display should be planted out.

A correspondent ol the tountry ueatie

man claims that clover benefits and enriches

the soil by adding carbon thereto, it con-

tainming lilty per cent of that element, and

urther states that "Surely the absurdity of

raising clover and peas for the little bits of

nitrogen they contain is apparent, becure carbon in tbe soil and in the circulation of the air it will grasp a hundred times its

bulk of nitrogen, and hold on to it as food

for oxygen to form nitric acid, or as food

for hvdrogen to form ammonia in tne great

chemical action brought into play by

life."

More farm machinerv is injured by need

less exposure to weather than by use. A

machine that will last ten years with careiui housing will be ruined in three seasons if left out during tbe winter season. A coat of paint, first well oiling woodwork, will

greatly add to the durability of farm implements. Kvery farmer should procure some

paint and learn to use the brush during

leisure hours. This is especially important

in the case of wagons, which need repaint

ing, at least so far as the wheels are concerned, every spring. The paint from

wheels is rapidly worn off by ice, snow and mad in winter.

The fact that there are eo rcany inferior

horses in the country is not to be wondered

at when the judgment of the majority of

breeders is considered). More than half the

hordes that ar produced tre brdbymen

who have bet little idea what the result will

be of coupling their mares with the horses

which they patronize. They do not breed

to improve the class of horses in the coun

try, but merely to add another to the list.

They do not seeiu to realize the fact that $10 added to the price of service of a horse will in a few years add more than ten times that amount to the value of the colt.

I Philadelphia Record. A remarkable instance of what is termed "faith care" is agitating the members of tbe Memorial M. E. Church, at Eighth and Cumberland street?, one of whose members regained the power of speech after being deprived of the nse of her voice for a year. Mrs. Francis Keyser, whose husband is a police officer in the Twenty second District, residing at 7a 1.018 West Cumberland ttreet, is the subject of the alleged miraculous cure. Last Monday night, while in attendance at the classmeeting of the Church, special prayers were oSered for her benefit, and at their conclusion Mrs. Keyser was enabled to address the

meeting and pray and sing In a voiee as loud

as anybody present No change has occurred xince that time, and the lady now thinks

that her voice baa been permanently re-

Stored.' 7. story of the wonderful cure, as

related to u. 'Cord reporter last evening by

Mrs. KeyserTV. interesting. "It was on the

morning of December, " began the lady

a a remarkably strong voice, "that alter

ansirg 1 discovered that 1 could not speak.

1 aroused my husband and oommunicated-

to him tbe best I could that my voice had

eft me daring tbe night He became fright

ened. Atter the effects of tbe shock passed away my husband dressed him-elf and summoned a physician, but the latter was as dumfounded aa my husband when he

found that I was in perfect health, and he

could not ascribe any cause for the strange occurrence. I did not feel any sensation in

my throat, as might be supposed, but when

I attempted to Ulk 1 lelt as if something was catching me there, which prevented me

from tilking above the merest whisper.

I was nnder medical treatment for three

months. Dr. Albert Keller. Charles Porter

and Richardson prescribed for me; but upon

finding that their efforts proved of no avail

they concluded that it was due to paralysis.

because nine mouths before ray voice left me I was stricken with the same disease, which rendered my right side powerless.

After the doctors found that they could do nothing for me they ceased their visits, hav

ing nrst imparted 10 me me

intelligence that I could never

get well. Therenpon I' resolved to

invoke the aid of God, and I accordingly

p ayed diligently every hour in the day.

My relatives and menus Ubed to frequently

astemble at my house and pray, but i never

lost faith in my ultimate recovery, lor 1

asoned to myself that He who took awav

ny voice would give it oacK again it 1

proved wortbv. The Kev. M. V. Kurtz, the

p istor of our Church, sometimes j iined me

in praying. On Monday night last i resolved

to get tbe class-meeting to prey lor me.

Upon going to Church 1 had a presenti

ment that tne prayers would prove ernes-

ciou, and when tbe class began praying I

was greatly excited. One member cried out

'God help her and looen her tongue!'

That instant I shouted 'Uioryl Ina voice

that penetrated every nook and corner of

the Church. Some ceased prayirjg, they

were so astonished. One woman clutched

my coat and glared at me. Brother Lugar almost iumped over the pew in his

joy. Several of the sisters cried, others laughed, while moregrew exceedingly

serious when they heard me begin to return

thanks to tbe Almighty for His good nets

Of course everybody congratulated me.

When 1 arrived home I found my husband sitting near the stove, with his back to the

door. I at once inquired:, 'Hello! Are you up yet?' It was eo sudden that he almost swooned away in fright. For five minutes he stared at me in astonishment,

and when he spoke his voice was hoarse

with emotion. Tne next day I visited a lady

friend of mine, with whom 1 had become acquainted during the present year. She had never beard me talk, and when she

opened the door I said: 'Good morning.' It

almost took away her breath to hear me talk, and her head got duy. 1 explained everything. She was so thankful that she sank upon here knees and proved." About four years ago Mr. Keyser lost her voice in the same manner, and after the lance of ten weeks regained it while seme friends were holding prayer eerrice at her residence.

they elongated still more, until one morning

be counted no lew er than ' five of

these nuclei, -extending to the length ef a minnte of arc. He could not

llustrate their appearance better than

by describing them as five little beads

strung upon a piece of rough, Soffy. thread." This settles the question of the division of the nuclues beyond a doubt, notwithstand-

ne so many failed to see it, Tbe comet will

be visible for a lone time yet through tele

scopes, and if Proctor's theory be true that

it will appear next October, it ought not to

entirely disappear. On Hew Year's Day it

will be near r.ia - (Jams xssjons, or some fifteen degrees east of south of the Dog star. It is now about twenty-seven degrees south

east of that star, the brightest one in tbe heavens, or on a line with the belt of Orion. Corrigan makes its period thirty-seven years.

and considers it identical with the great comet of 1S43. but not with that of 1830:

although the latter had identical elements. Others make its period very long;

The brightness and extent of its tail.

ts easy visibility in daylight to the

naked eye, the immense elongation of Its nucleus, and division into several parts, its visibility up to tbe very edge of the aun, its disintegration into several large fragments.

as observed by Schmidt, Barnard and

Brooks. it double tail, one pointing toward

the sun, the detection in both bead and tail

of tbe netal eod i am by the spectroscope, render this comet the xnoet remarkable

which authentic history mentions.

these are quite tarne, coming out of their' holes to be fed at lunch time. When rats come into a new drift or croas)cut it is considered good sign is thought to mean that the mine will strike ore. The other day when the men were at work obi the face of a new crosscut on the 2,700 Je vei of the Sierre Nevada Mine a rat came iato them, traveling along the lice of the Mispressed air pipe. When the little rodent was seen some of the new bands wanted to kill it, bui the old miners would not allow it to be hurt. They said it wotrid bring luCk to the crosscut So they fixed up in the roof of the drift a box as a house-for the rat and placed food near at hand, in order thai it rmght find its new quarters proS table ai well as comfortable. There is much talk among the miners about tbe coming of thht rat, nd the men in the Dew crosscut are

very proud of it. and have high hoyes on 1 count c4 its presence.

THE DISTRICT 8AFK BOBBERTi

THE GREAT COMET.

A firm ia Boston that thirteen years ago employed only five women, now encxloys SfJO; another "firm that six years ago employed only fiftv now employs 400, and still another firm gives work to 1,200. Everywhere there is a drift of women into industrial employment. Tbe wages of tsotae of them, however, ere scandalously and it

ia bard td imagine how they manage to livo

J o that the qne&tion as to whether the reialt I will be altogether for the good of winea

13 at any uch remains u yet undecided.

Xr. Lewis Swift Dlsensses Ita Remarkable-

Characteristics Waat Dr. GUI Saw. The ILochester Democrat publishes tbe

following interesting communication from

Dr. Lewis Swift, 01 the Warner Ooservatory: This comet, now receding from our sight.

and which, in a popular as well as a scien

tific point of view. Las been the mottinteresting that ha appeared for years, is still a conspicuous object in a clear moonlight night, and would be called a fice comet were it not that it has exhibited so splendid an appearance aa contrasted with its present f intpess. Like all comets that were bright when first seen, it becomes a diöcult matter to decide who had the honor of priority ot discovery. Mr. Curls first cabled its discovery Septem ber 14, and for a while it was supposed, and very naturally too, that he was the discoverer, and so it was called Cruls' comet Then came Dr. Gould's statement that

he raw it September 8, and it was for awhile-

called Cruls-Oould comet. Still later came tbe announcement that Mr. Finlay, Chief Assistant of Dr. Gill (Astronomer Royal of

South Africa, discovered it on the ?th, and hence it was called . Cruls Gould Finlay

comet, at:d now there turns up a still earlier discoverer in the person of Mr. Stevenson, of

Auckland, who alleges that he saw it on tie

the Sib, and observed a short tail pointing

toward the sun. His sta:ement iscertiLed to by our consul at that place, and adds another to the already long list,, making its

name comparable to the length, of its tad.

Mr. Finlay (Dr. UUl being absent; obtar . a

Eome positions of the comet, but with great difficulty, as the strong twilight obliterated

all tbe comparison stars, un the ytn it. Gill telegraphed its discovery and position

to tbe astronomer royal ot England, out tue dispatch never reached its destination. On 8anday (probably the 17th) it was visible all day.

and in the afternoon it was observed to be

approaching tbe sun with enormous rapidity, and evidently would either pass directly

in front or behind the sun, they could not

tell which. It waa followed . to the sun's limb, when it suddenly disappeared, an

observation without a parallel in the whole history of observational astronomy. It passed in front of the sun. but could not be teen

while transiting the solar disk.

The comet has exhibited many anomalous features, several ot hem never having been witnessed in any previous comet, not the least among them being the division of the

nucleus into several parts. This teems a

fitting place to do justice to II. C. Maine,

one of the writers on tb editorial staff of the Democrat and Chronicle, who,

as far as tn knowledge extends, was the

first in Amwica, if not in the world, to . t .

announce tbe division 01 tne nucievs into three parts, and which was afterward

confirmed by several others, notably by Parkhurst. BmarJ." Wilson, of Cincinnati

Observatory, and hy others. On this point Dr. Gill uses the following language: "When the cornet was first Feen it had very much

the appearance which a great many comets

possessed a sharp nucleus aud a long,

retreating tail like a parabolic cvl

inAr. About the 22d or 23d

the comet's head began to do

most sic jular thing. Ita nucieus, instead of remaining single, began to Ret longer, and then eibneated still more, until there were

rwo little nuclei, which were connected by a strong-looking tbread between them. Tnea

Some New Statements About the Affair. Gath, writing from New York to the Cin

cinnati Knquirer, relates a conversation

with an acquaintance relative to the District

safe robbery, as follows: .

I can tell you a good deal about that

which has never been printed," said my

friend. Mike Murray in New York furnished' the person who robbed the

District Attorney's safe. The safe

burglary was put up by two Individuals named Williams ana Harrington.

who were scatter brains, and thought it would be a smart thing to have their ovn

safe robbed and charge it on some of the

investigators. Perhaps they heard that there would be an attempt to get their

books; anyhow Mike Murray, who is a

square mau except la gambling matters,

was told that a fellow was wanted to do a

little amateur harmless game of burgltry.

He intimated that such a man might be

had. Tb fellow who went on and did tbe

job is now a pickpocket in New ork, and

nis picture is in the rogues' gallery, ne never was of any good or stomach as a burglar, and was always too lezy to take any

thing that involved too much labor."

Who is that Mike Murry?" I askecL "Well, Mike Murray is to-day the leading

sporting man in the city of ew icrk, if

not in the United b tales, lie has a gam

bles house in Twenty-eighth street, and lives

in Forty-seventh street in remarkable style.

He is a stout man with a nond lace. He was originally a Troy gambler, like Morris-

sey, and oame down to xsew lort city and and went into business with John C. Hee-

nan and tbe Chief of Police of New York

city. That was the lirst time when a mgn

police functionary went into partnership with gamblers. The man who did it has now retired and is rich. Tbey took a house on. Eighth street, near Broadway,

which was open all night On the first

floor was first-class faro, on the second

door lower class faro, and on the third floor keno. and in the back part of the house baccarat .roulette, etc The police would break up every house they could put their ban -8 on under the orders of the Superintendent, who was interested in these games, and that is tbe rule in New York to-day. livery gambling house and eveiy house of prostitution here pays the police. The charge in all the first-class houses of prostitntion is $15 a month to tbe police for each girl on the premises. Back here on Sixth avenue are a set of dives that pay no license at all, while the reputable places all have to get licenses. It is because the police get the psy the city ought to have." While my friend was telling these things I listened with some incredulity, though willing to let him prcceed. He has lived in New York, and is responsible in every relation I am acquainted with. Said I: "It

is strange that I nave never beard ot this Mike Murray. Wasn't he the man that had something to do with getting Bill Tweed o?" "Yea, that was the man. You certainly have heard of Mike Nortrrs now a Civil Judge in New York? Well Norton and Tweed were Senators together at Albany Mike Murrav kept a hotel at Ooney Island ith Norton. It is my belief that Bill Tweed was run down tbe night he escaped from New York to Coney. Island, and kept in that hotel or near it till one of the fruit vessels, which Murray runs to the

West Indies, could takehm away." "Then," said I, rtMurray ia in the fruit bnpiness. too. is he?"

"Yes; he runs a hotel, too, in Florida, and is down there now looking after it. . He is a responsible man, starting and continuing in life as a gambler, but always haviog $100,000 to $300,000 on deposit at Drexel, Morgan & Co.' s. He will go into any kind of business you name if he can see inonay in, it. Murray ia the most influential man in tbe H oriing line in the United States. His house in Forty seventh street, where there is no gamdling at all. is the resort of the most important New York State politicians from the county parts, and of several United States Senators, some of whose names would astonish you. Dinner ia set there every night for twenty or thirty people, and he has such entertainments as Chamberlain gave in his palmy days here."

Literatur avnd Soap. fSt. Panl Fioneer-Pres.l Three weeks ago I called to engage- Laaa-

try to write a Cnristmas article for New York weekly paper. She was amiable mad seamed to think favorably of tbe project. "But I can't write," she said ; "you kow I can't write anything that would be Interesting." 1 said tbe obvious thing that a lady of her intelligence and experience could nndonbtedly write an entertaining sketch of herself and her profession. -It doesn't matter much hat it is," said the lady from Jersey; "my name is all ycu want. The artiste wouldn't be much." "I will bring you a check for $160," I continued. Cne hundred pounds, you mean," observed tbe fair lady with a twinkle, and appropriate emphasis. "No,'.' I managed to say. "JS20. Your name is an attraction, but no weekly paper would be justified, I think, in offering 100 for "Very well," she said, laughing, "I don't care to become a journalist unions I can get 4100 for an article. Oscar Wilde gets that, and more, too!" I assured her on ray own personal knowledge that Mr. Wilde did not get that, or anything like it "Well, I can," she answered, with a laugh, "fir I was offered 1150 last week that's let's pee $750 just to pot my name to a certificate of toilet soap. And I've forgotten tbe name of the maker already!" she gurgled gleefully. "Seven hundred and fifty dol

lars, repeated Mrs. Labouchere, solemnly, "for toilet soap! and she got it too." I8ald: "Is it not les pleasant to certify to the excellence of somebody's toilet soap than it would be to put your name to aa illustrated article in a prominent journal?" She bathed me with her violet f yes, and I heard a velvet voice say, "Why T" "Because."! said; bat Hopped "with that answer. I didn't want to strain my intellect by elaborating an explanation of the "why."

It Wouldn't Io. Arkansaw Traveler. A hunter fired at a bird and it flew over the door yard of an Arkansaw residence. A boy that was playing Around was struck by a couple of shot, and his er; es brought the farmer to the scene. "What have yoa done?" he demanded of the hunter, drawing a revolver. "I beg ten thousand pardons," exclaimed the hunter. "In my eagerness to ecure Ihr bird I fired thoughtlessly, and I fear that have seriously wounded your eon." "Son," said the old man ; "I thought thai yoa bad hit my dog. Mind how youihxx' around here, for if you put a shot iu tot a a. dog I'll cut off both of your ears "

Tb Governor Creneral'a Chrlstmaa Box. iKalamasoo, Mich., Teiegrapa.l The Marquis oS Lome is a fortunate being, jndging by tbe way tbe Queen of Bngland remembers him. Yesterday afternoon there went through here by mail two packages containing his Christmas presents from Victoria. One was a small package. The other was a large sack which had on it in postage stamps tbe snug little sum of $30.72. Thn will be a good subject to reflect on when yoa feel like abusing mothers in law.

An organization of Irishmen in Philadelphia intends to strike a blow at the commerce of Great Britain by bayioi onlr American goods, and boycotting all politicians who will not do the same.

One Sort of AUchig-aiMler. Detroit Free Press.

A certain Michigander, who had long suc

ceeded in dodging a certain creditor,. waa

few weeks atro cornered In the office 01 a

- u

mutual friend, and the creditor began:

Sir. vou have owed me 25. for a year

past, and now I want to know what yoa are

going to do about Itr"

wen. 111 in. nit li over.

"There will be no thinking it over, my

riend. If you don't pay ma 1 11 sue you.'

"You will." "I will, sir."

"Then you'll be certain to get a judgment

Tbe party which brines the Buit always gets the verdict before a Justice. Knowing this,

you will take advantage of mer

"I will."-

"Very well. Now, than, I deny that I awe

you a dollar."

Yoa dor '

"I do. sir: bat in cape yoa want to borrow

tVi of m. for a week, here it la."

'I don't care whetMer you cait it paying

or lending, so long aa I get my money, re

plied the creditor, and ne mauaouiareceipi in f uli and took the money.

A t thn end r,f tha week he was asked to

return the loan. fct laughed at the absurd

ity ci the request. Suit was begun to recover it, tie mutual friend used as a witness, and the plaintiff revived judgment in his favor

a ru aau a ciean receipt 10 suuw u hj ucu.

DMto AVliT-, Miners art Attached to Rata.

tVSirda City Enterprise. Old miners have a great respect for the

rats of the Jower levels. They neither kill

the rats lor suffer them to be killed by

green hands. In the first place, were there

no other season, a ueaa rat iei unuergruunu

would esentnp a wnoie level, ana, in me

second place, the livins rata devour any

bones, scraps of meat, or fragments of other , food left iu the mines, which would, bj I their decay, vitiate the air, generally hot and unpleasant at best, Rats also give warning when a cave is about to coeur. They feel the pressure of the settling ground, even before the cracking of the limbers ia heard, and come forth nyotx the floor and scamper uneasily about by scores. For these and other reason tha miners have a friendly leering toward the rats, feeding and protecting them. In nearly every mine the men have one or more 0! the little animals s pets, aud

TRUE Temperance Is not signing"-aTpledge ortaking a solemn oath that cannot be kept, because of the non-removal of the cause liquor. The way to make a man temperate is to kill the desire for those dreadful artificial stimulants that carry so many bright intellects to premature graves, and desolation, strife and un-

happiness into so many

families.

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