Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 30, Number 50, Indianapolis, Marion County, 17 January 1883 — Page 7
THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL. WEUNEbOiL. JANÜ.UIY 17, 1883.
OÜIl FAItM BUDGET.
A Toem About Cutler A. Few Dints About Horses.
Ex-Grovern or Bowie's Farm How Batter May be Spoiled Improving Wheat.
Soma Southern Receipts Something for Farmers to Cog ate l'po Farm and Workshop ots.
Butter.
BT MB. EO-HTEB J0H580B-. When breed goe. down and II goes 'rcuad. And every palate tu flutter. The trl mu is mrel bound To sing the pral-w vf c Ilea butter. vf mill In thn winter mora.
When buck heat naLoakes imoie and splatter.
Nor on tutami lr. cd cm. That bathe tbennelves lu golden butter But. slipping on through Mary's psge. Wher other unrtiu Clog and duller. And diippiug down frm rgt to tue, liebold thetraiuoI golaeu butter! When Jason left the höre of Greece, toinmind. r f the A rgo cotter. He went U Dad the (annum tleece Thai Fbrixus 'ook from goideo butter. And t onr great Centenrdal rout AAVesiern wmuin d-fily cut her Gear way to fame by cv ring out A lovely girl la g lieu buiter. Let oleo and other hms sllie bac iuto their native (jotter. While dairy maids, as hWh tidecUms. Ara happy in .heir gjliea butler. "With biscuit light and tea-pot bright. The storms .vlthoitiruv roar aad matter; But we fit calm at csndlelight, A.cd revel In the (uMeu butter. In peaceful day or csys of itrlfe. When bane or Missis too, too, otter. We'll vie the Jairl g wheel ol life With pretty pu ol golden butter. In daysrf ralri or day of drouth. wun 11ow.dk ty)e r futile stutter. While ioelU It out within oir monih. We'll ilag tne pra.s of gol Jen. butter.
A Few Hints About Horses. Give horses alt frequently.
Road hordes should have their front feet
stuffed with flaxseed twice a week.
When light shoe are needed, particularly
hind one, have them made 01 cast-steei.
Don't hook your horse to the sleigh the eanie as to your wagju, but give him more
tree 8.
Rptnrnic2 from an afternoon drive, let
hr.rs,e cool off before entering the
table.
TIrraes wearing boots should have them
loosened while under the bhed at the road
bouse.
If your horse should pull on one line or
throw his bead up ana down ana hjtiu ano tull on the b:t Lave hla mouth and teeth
examined.
The hand-pieces of driving reins frequently
rtonnm smooth from us?, Causing the han-H
to shift. In euch caiea rub the lines with
powdered rosin.
If yon wish to drive your horse with an rmen bridle have him tried with one before
nuttine him to vmic. top wago:;, otherwise
he might get away with you.
When horses overreach lengthen the hind shoes: when" thev hit the front of the hii.d
feet have the te of the front shoes made
narrow and coocsved on the inside.
Some horses when trotting in putting
their bind feet to the ground strike orinci
pally on the toe. S ich horses should have their heels lowered, and thould wear shoes
without heels.
Skunk cabbage is said to he pood for
heaves in teaspoonfal doses night and
moraine. Moisten the ha? and grain. Be
careful with the diet. Never work a heavy
horse on a full stomach.
Stfel bits should be kept in a warm place until they are placed in the horse's mouth.
An? person can realize the sensation of
placing a cold bit in the horsa's mouth by
fam touching it with his own tongue.
An excellent remedy for mange is: Oil of tnrnentine. one Dint: add cautiously two
ounces of vitriol, stirring the mixture con
tantly; then aJJeiht ounces linseed oil;
to be rubbed in with a brush twice a day.
If jourdouble team did not work co suit tou to-day. one crodin to tne pole while
the n.her would pull his head to one side.
see that the reins are right, and in hooking them to your wagon to-morrow put the off
bone on the near side.
Tar is on5 of the most useful articles to be
kept about a stable. Internally use a tea
spoonful night and morning for chronic
coughs: externallv it is particularly useful
in thrush and all diseases ur wounds of the
foot. Mixed with fish oil it is one of the
best, remedies lor hard or brittle feet.
When heels and toes are required on a horse's shoes, instead cf having the shoe turned down for heels, have the heel and
toes of cast-steel and welded on. The heel
should be put on a half an inch from end of
shoe and placed length wite.
For a horse that 'pulls" use the over
check with ttrap at ached over the nose and
under the lower iw. or an extra hard
mouthed hur.-e n..e a four-rirgd bit. Have
a slide-loop on i he front of the over-check.
so that it can be moved up and down, a
may be rronired; then have the cheek
piece and over-check attached to loose rirgs
and the driving lines alone to the large rings.
Influenza is one of the most prevalent
diseases at this time of the year. The first
stage of the dien-e is generally mild and
will readily yield to careful, nutritious
diet, such a warm mashes, oatmeal gruel,
suitable clothirg and proper ventilation. If
the respiration is troubled and the extrem
ities cold, pi re a fdative medicine, rub the
legs with dry inutard, bandage with flan
eel, and send for an expert.
Ex-Governor BowU'i Farm. Governor Bowe'a borne farm. Fairview, in Prince George's County, Maryland, is an estate of nearly 1.0 acres of land, divided into seven fields, bidet loU and paddocks, all cultivable, except groves of wuud averaging six to ten acre of forest trees left on each field or bordering streams. Fitrrotr Bowie has ice ponds lately stocked with carp ard black basi; psddockj for brood mares and a training t-Uble f r race horses. He sold the original dock cf twenty-four ewes and one rani of Southdown sheep for the b ginning of the Druid Hill Park dock, tie is now breeding Cots wolds, of which he has a flock of 160. He has also a herd of Devon cattle, a few Jerseys, and 100 beef cattle. He has UDO bead of hor-.es of all kinds twenty-six thoroughbred brood innres, and sixty colts. He uses fifty bushels or more of lime per acre, applied on the turf the autumn and winter before the field in plowed for ci ops, With 200 to 300 i-ounds of fertilizers to ach crop cf wheat when the crop ij town. ' The average wheat yield lust year was twentysix bushels to the acre. The yield of corn is eighteen barrel to the acre. Only a small quantity of tobacco is rai-ed on the home farm. The Governor has tobacco plantations in another prt of the (Jouctry.
oilf, a"d of gressy textnra aa J flivor. No
utseq,if nt treatment can retttedy tnia error.
It may he fpolled berore the cream reacnea the chum by keeping it t o lorjj, or what is practically ihe tame by keeping itin too
warm a place; nrty dfgrees iudoui iu
right temperature if the cream 1 kept a week; if it is kept at sixty-two degrees three
dys is lorg enough. White specks are produced in butter bvover-chnrningor by having
the rrpim too sour. Either f tbee fa-il's pro-
duee curd in the milk, and the Bmall flakes
of this ctn not be washed out of the butler.
Milk from a cow In ill health, and that is
acid when it is drawn, will produce fpecky
batter. So will the nse of tail coniainicg
specis of lime, which unite with the butter and form insoluble lime soap. White specks are covered up to a latge extent bv using good coloring, which is made of oil as the nolvent. But this use of coloring, being
nsed to disguise a fault and to add an undeserved virtue, ia worthy of denunciation.
Improving Wheat. Professor Blount In Agricultural Review. Before he can be successful in making the
beat better by cmesmg, the experimenter must be thoroughly acquainted with his wheats in every resect, fchould he wish an offspring with harder grain than either of its parents, with stronger stiaw, etc.,
he must cross varieties that possess elements that will make them so in proper proportions. For instance, should be crof a hard, flinty, bearded
wheat, that makfs very poor Hour but has tine straw and grain well clothed, upon a
smooth, weak btrawtd wheat With nne grain, the otlVprin, he first year after crossing will be ot all color?, shapes and qualities diversity of forms. The
iievia win be ol various lengma some
bearded and fome smootn, f-oaie poorer
. a t I, n All tllFATlf
in every respcci man- cnuci yaituv, and some far superior, to all out
ward aDDearances. After the crossing.
nd after the first crop is ripe in the field,
selection begins. In the firt place the
best heads are iicked that are found on the
bent straw and possess tne oeft cnaii; next.
after shelling, head by head, the best kernels
are taken. i -ixt as the s tx kmau selects nis
best uie. mir, or chicken to breed frm
Now, it may be, and often is the case, that nnn of these ofJDrine are worthy or as
eool as either rarent: if so. try again and
agsin until success attend your eiivris. n the proper rules are ob-erved success is sure
to fallow, at leat in na.i tne tnais maus uy
an experienced hand.
Bow Hiitter May be Spelled. Amer'ciu Dairyman Good buttwr may h t p i!ed in churning. Oter-churnig ruim the tex'ure tnd changes the proper waxiness to a disag'eable, cickly greatness. 'Ibiai the more eaily doue in a churn with dashes, which will press the butter against the tide of the chu-n and fqueczs and rub it until it is spoiled. Tre lone churning poils the qnality by the oxidation of the butter and the premature formation -f Hro'ig-flavorel acids In it, the full prtsence if which we call rancidity. It may b spoiled at too high a temperature, by wbictiitls in de soft and
Farm and Workshop 'Notes. Butchers' wafe, i-uch as plucks, eta
rhpn h ili.! and thickened with meal, an
swer a gH)d purpose as a substitute lor m sects wn-n fed to iultry.
An Knghsh paper averts that it costs a
much to transpi;rt a bushel of wheat twelve
miles on a turopite road in fc.ngiana
fr ini an American seaport across the broad
Atlantic.
When roots are in iared. as in transplant
ing, the broken roots should be cut smooth
a:.d the too cut btck in proportion to the
ro ds removed. i wood is of no use. and
rhouli always be taken off.
An Illinois correspirident states that ex
nerience his ta ignt nim tai ca'iie win
thrive better on g od, bright rlax Mraw than
on o:it or wheat ft raw. and he never knew
cattle to be injured ftom eating it.
In selecting pow'o seed two things should
be kept in min i: tirsr, plant cniy such wed
as may be expected to pro iuce smootn. lair
ized potatoes: second, plant only voen me
seed is in full vigor. A. W. Cheever.
Basswood trees are urged for planting by
the roadside, as they serve the double pur
pose of attractive shad and abundant fotage
for bees. Ihev also mane excellent uruoer
whenever it becomes desirable to fell them.
It is said that in England a new use has
been discovered for damson plums. Farm
ers are pUnting q lite largely, less for pies
than for dyes, it having been ascertained
that a beautiful color can be obtained Iroiu
the ripe fruit
Ifevery farmer wvatd keep a record of the
number f eggs laid, chickens hatched and
those sold or taten each vear. the. would
rrm the basis of mo-t interesting statistics,
and be a mittirr of turprue to every one as
to the value represented by them in money
Chirles Besch, Pre-ident of the Wise m
sin Dairymen's Association, is authority for
the stittenunt tüa'. Ihe Ciw bad contributed
$200,000.000 to the wealth of the Nation
within the Dat year, and that cattle rmsing
had decreased over 10 per cent, m the past
ten years.
The Pillsbury A Mill at Minneapolis d:.d
one day last week what it has rnen trying
for some time to do, and wnat some skep
tical persons have said it cottld not do, viz,
turn out 5 000 barrels of flour. It succeeded
in making tne est record ever made by any
mill in the world 5 107 barrels.
The aphi", or green fly, is one of the most
troublesome enemies of pot crown plants,
It is most easily desiroyed by syriDging the plants twce a week with a tea made from tobacco Ftems, moving them up and down until the insects are thoroughly washed off.
This will also des'roy other insects.
Fortv thousand horses are bought and sold
annually by &eve:iteeu of the leadmg dealers
of Ne? lork and Chicago, who unat)tmeU3
ly iec!re that the one-half and tbree-f .urihs
blood rrchero:i Normans have more f-tyle, action, best endurance on pavements, and
sell fir more money than any other class of
horses on the market. Chicago Tribune.
II. W. Stark eays: "I keep a cow for milk, and the better I fed and cire for her
the more milk I get I pour hot water on
the cut hay and stir the hay well after put
tirg on f ur quarts of corn meal. Tu is ration
I give twice a day, with a little dry bay at
noon. I do not waste a pound of hay all
winter. My method keeps a cow In good
order and saves nearly one-fourth the hay."
Guinea grass, known as "Means grass" and
"John-sou grass," la reported lobe growing
in . topularity among Southern farmers
familiar with its value as a hay grsa. Like Bermuda, it is said to be perennial, though
the tops are killed by severe frosts. The
root being perennial the cost of renewal of the feed is saved, while the land is continually improved by their occupancy of
the soil. Dr. Johnson, of Indiana, fays: "In dairy products we in tbe West, with our method of using five acres of high priced land to keep one dairy animal a year, can not 'impete with the intensified farmingof the East, where they kerp one animal a year on one acre of land, aud that, too, of a natural fertility much inferior to ours, and, more than that, wh-re by means of silos and ensilage now they ard keeping two animal, to a sinele acre." In contract with the common practice of letting dairy cows go dry four months ot so every year, a recent writer sas that he has a cow that has completed her fourth farrow year, and has averaged during the past six months a fraction over five ounds of butter per week of first-rate quality. He cUes alo the case of a cow in Betkshir. , England, which ten years ago dropped twins, and has given a good mess of milk daily ever since. In Ireland the sod cut on boggy groand is piled up in heaps until dry, then burned into a species of ctarcoal. This is then pulverixd and mixed with well-rot'ed staMo or hen house manure or night soil in eq ial proportions. Placed in drills where Mrnips or carrots are to be planted, it is said to make them attain a monstrous size. The experiment is worthy of a tri 1 by farmers who an get tbe beg moli without too much labor or expense. The only psying sugar-beet manufactory in the country now is in California. It has done a paying business for three years, and shows no signs cf giving out. Last year, ending with May, it made 1.301.000 pounds of rerined suear and 24,000 pounds of crude, besides 111,775 gallons ot molasses. Tbe average orice paid for beets at the factory was $1.23 per ton, a price for which Eastern farmers think they can not aflord to deliver this crop. The prob'em of beei-sugar jro
diKtion woold seem to be cheaper beets, or, In ütker words, better farming. Tbe stock raieersof California estimate the aggregate value of their flecks and herds at $5 000 000. The nnmber of horses and cattle is placed at 2 250.0C0. Vick says that gladiob3 bulbe may be kept over winter in sand In the cellar, or wherever they will not freex. Tuberose bulbs, in order'to preserve their germ, which will perish in a low temperature, especially if accompanied with moisture, ceed to be kept dry and warm. If p asible the temperature should not fall much below 05. and
near 70 is better. Kept in a warm place, in a drawer for instance, in a room that is always heated, they winter in good condition.
Tbe Langshaws aie black in plumage,
ith a beautiful beetle-green lustre, xney
greatly resemble black Cochins, bat are
more active, and mature earner, juey seem to fill an intermediate place between
the Betters and non-setters, aa they are rather constant layers and easily broken
hen desiring to set. In size they are
nearly, if not quite, as large as the BiYhma, and the pullets often beg.u to lay when six
months eld. Tbe chicks grow tes ieatner from the start and are very hardy. As a breed they compare favorably with any of the others.
If a horse is shy and hard to citch, take
finely grate! castor, oils of rhodium and
cummin, hfep them in ferarate notue, well corked. Put some of the il of CUtllmin on your hand and approach the horse
on the windv side. He will then move to
ward you. As soon as you caTi reach hiai rub some of the cummin on his now, give him a little castor or anything he likes, and get a few drops of the oil cf rhodium on bis tongue. After this y u can make him do nearly everything yon want. Treat him
kindly, feed well, handle eentiy, ana your victory is certain Turf, Field and Farm.
In the cattle department of the Chicago
Union Stock Yard: the beef factory, as it
were operations proceed with surprising
rapidity, considering the bulk of the material handled. The cattle are shot down
with Winchester rifles, the shooter standing
in a gallery just over the killing pen, where
be can bring the muzzle of his gun within a vard of his victim's bead. Instantly on
falling the steer tumbles into a sort of dressing-room, where he is bled, cleaned, fltyed and halved with amazing celerity. Then
the separated halves travel on to an im
mense store rnom. where they hang a aay or
two before cutting up.
With delicate means of measurement Herr
Krauss has recently proved the existence Of a phenomenon in all plant orpins, which is
connected with their variable water con
tents, and consists in a periodical swelling and contraction in the twenty-four Lours.
Leaves, etc , decrease in thickness from the
early morning till the afternoon, when they
begin to swell again, attaining a greater six.
oy mgut loan uy ua. lue raiuc u uuc with hud?, flowers, gieen ones, fruits, etc.
and with stems and branches. Herr Kalcr
bad before proved such a period in trunk3
rf trees, at d Herr Krauss shows that bfth
wood and bark share ia It, independently
or uniteaiy.
The wheat crop this year is unusually
heavy, in many sections weighing sixty-two
to Mxty-hve pounds to the measured bus-nei.
It is also what is called strong wbca-, tue
excess ot gluten givirg it tne increase'
weight, as gluten is hesvier than starch. This lnje proportion of gluten and heavy
weight i, probably, the result of the moist, cool wather as tbe wheat heads were form
ing It has be n noticed that the best wheat
is always grown in cool seasons, and that it is more glutinous on low than on high gravelly soil. During the past summer
there was moisture enough while wheat ai tilling to make the highland crop as good in
quality as the lowland. American Culti
vator.
M. Birrel, of the National Agricultural
Society of France, anticipa'es that within
thirty years as great a revolution will have
been enected by eltc'.ricity as nas been el-
tected by steam in the last thirty. Among
ues to which it has already been put for agricultural purpo-es he mentioned Defoy's
curb bit for breaking horses, tbe electric
hieve used in mill0, experiments of the ute of the electric light on plants, the Felix electric plough and eaw one a circular
saw, which cuts up whole trunks of trees into planks; the other a vertical saw, which
does the finest kind of work. Elec ricity is also employed ucce sfully for artificial incubation, and also for "trying" eggs.
Colonel F. D. Curtia writes that the White Belgian carrots yield twice as much as the Loi.g Orange, and he regsrds them aa eoually nutricioua. This is doubtful, as in
numerous experiments larger roots of the same variety contain proportionately less sugar and nutriment than small ones. The White Belgian carrot is not salable in the market, while the Long Orange will nearly every j ear sell for more than its feeding value, except to be used as an appetizer. When carrots can be sold by the wagon load at forty to fifty cents per bushel and retail at thirt-six cents per half bushel the price goes far beyond their feeding value. At these prices no crop can be more profitably grown near a good market, Tbe composition of cow's milk is affected by various circumstances; under extreme conditions it may contain from 10 to 1G per cent, of dry matter. The milk is poorer when the quantity produced is lirtre or the diet immtficient, atid richer when thee conditions is reversed. A cow is gen erally in full milk from the second todhe seventh week after calving; after this period the milk gradually diminishes in quantity, but increases in richness. A separation of cream takes place in tbe udder: the milk first drawn is poor in fat, the lichness increasing as milking proceeds, the last drawn milk containing two or three times aa much fat as the first drawn. The milk of old cows is commonly poorer than that of young cows. American Cultivator. Many a person deplores Inability to own a little greenhouse, even one which requires
that tbe
there are but few known points where they reach a slate of perfection sufficient to make item an acceptable fruit. The trees grow thrifty, and are early and heavy bearers, and the fruit well, it is so luscious that it almost melts in one's mouth. In France, when poultry are dressed, the waste products are scrupulously raved. Tbe feathers are carefully collected and sorted, and when well dried are Bold to dealers. The intestines are boiled, the fatsximmed off, minced as food for poultry, and the liquor fed to p'g. The combs and kidneys are sold to pastry cooks, the first for decorating and the latter for pies. The head, neck and fret are fold to hotels, restuarants, etc . for rlivoring sauefs, or boiled down to make chicken jelly. Poultry Yard. The tempering of the cream is one of the most important operations in butter making. This is especially true in cold weather. Tbe different para of cream are affected diflVrenily by heat A cm of cream may be plsced in a kettle of bot water and heated till the thermometer indicates sixty to Eixty-five degrees without haviLg heated the h-itter globules in the cream at alL This wiU not ordinarily be the rase, it is true, but it is liable to be, and it is approximately so in all cases where the heating is rapid. Cream should be kept warm for several days before churning that it may become warmed
through. Or, if it is necessary to temper it
hastily, it should be raised considerably
above tbe churning temperature and suffered to fill back, which it will do In a short
time. Breeders' Live Siock Journal.
It may be Bet down as a rula in stock rais
ing that cattle can not be wintered on rouch
feed alone in this part ol the country wun
out losing flesh and condition. An occa
sional farmer, bv extra care, and with the
I n.e of shelter aud first-clasi hay and fodder,
. . . . , , . i
mir bring ma stocxers tnrougn ueceniiy
without grain: but where one can do this
twenty will find their stock badly run down acainst soring. From the time an animal
is allowed to go backward in condition the
chances are against ra being a profitable in
vestment Condition should always be held
with at least a tendency toward iraprove-
mert. if not with a positive gain in that di-
A fcTßlKWE BEMI5ISCE5CE.
The Cmpecf Well Known ex -Army 8ur-
geoa frem aa Vaf oreaeen Danger. I B ItUnore American.
Messrs. Editors:
I seldom appear publicly in print, but the
facta connected with my experience which follow are so i.ri king, and bear bo closely
upon (he experience of other?, that I Vent
ure to reproduce them entire:
in tbe month ot September, 1S9. I was
practicing medicine in New Orleans. The
summer had been excessively hot and everybody was complaining ot being ex haubttd and feeling tired. It was not an un-
frequnt occurrence to have patients ask for
something to relieve thia weary sensation, and that I should also partake of the Bsme universal lassitude or
weakness, did not alarm me. I supposed that
over-work ana exposure naa proaucea a
temporary physical p ostratlon; therefore I made a trip to St. Paul, Minn., thinking
that a rest of a few weeks in a co ler climate woold soon reinvigorate me. Little did I
dream, however, what was in store for me.
After getting settled in my new quarters I took a short walk every day, and patiently awaited a re'urn of strength, but in spite of
all my efforts I seemed to be losing strength ;
and even any slight exercise became labori
ous and tiresome. During this time I bad
fp-quent dull aching pains in my head, and through my back and hips, occasional shooting pains in various parts of the body, with soreness, thortnessof breath, and palpitation of the heart. My fet and hands would be
like ice one day, aud burn with beat the next. I had no de.-ire for fo-d, and what I
did eat distressed me; my sleep became dis
turbed witn tbe frequent dema to urinate.
The quantity of fluid pissed would at one
time tw small and at another quite profuse. Then for dsvs I would be perfectly free
from this desire and nothing seemed to be the matter: peverthelesj my debilit? gradu
ally increased. My eyelids were puffed out;
my bowls were alternately torpid and too ac.ive, the urine would be clear some days, on others it would be of high color and
deposit a brick-dust sediment, and
rection. The policy of attempting to winter I . ill sti Vt ov-sa (Kara t&rhrilrl Ka a sjv r i ? K er
stock wholly without grain will not do, and I rarnrjce and a thin greasy 6cum would rise I mingled in a saiid bowl, with a little water.
erg and forward it by a special messenger to
ner Deft genuewtan friend. This signifies: "Pa is hatching oaother scheme against you. Come over the gwden wall thia evening." The interest now begins. A Chicago lover bt his girl that he could tell what ahe was thrakmg of. lie thought she was thinking of him, bnt she wasn't. She was studying how to make over an old dress so as to make it )ok new. Philadelphia Chronicle, We are willing to take a certain amount of stock in newspaper accounts of Western cyclones, but when an Arkansaa paper tells about zephyrs carrying a bed quilt Bixty-one miles, and then going back for the sheet, we ain't there. Chicago Times. One would think that the larger the company is in whieb we are engaged the greater variety of thoughts and subjects would be started into discourse; but instead of this we find that conversation is never eo much strained and confined aa in numerous assemblies. Addison. "Yes, you may come again next Sundav evening. Charley, dear, but" "What is it darling? Have I given you pain?" he asked, as 6he still remained silent. "You didn't mean to, I'm sure," she responded, '"but next time don't wear one cf tboe collars with the points Sarning outward; they scratch so." A man who died recently near Syracuse, N. Y., made a provision for the disposition of (J2.000 of his estate, but made no disposal
of $100,000 worth ot property in adjoining Counties. It is suppled that he had carefully figured out the amount of the lawyer's fees and left the larger amount for them.
Chicago Herald.
A deed recorded in New York last Tues
day conveyed a one-year-old infant girl.
named Helen Hoch, to Mrs. Mary Hohl for
an expressed consideration of $1. The in
strument was executed in 1873 by Franz and Catharine Hoch, the parents of the child, the control of which until it shall
marry or beccme of age is conveyed away.
It is said that when a Spaniard wishes to
brace his nerves on a hot day be takes, in
stead of a ocktail' "gczpicbo." which is
made of chopped cives anddice of cucumber
between adapting it and quitting tbe business the latter course is preferable. Grain is never so high that the starvation of stock
can be afforded. Pittsburg S ockman.
Professor Budd cives the following direc
tions for craftii-e the grape: Boot grafnn
h savs. is as easv and certain as grafting
the apple. Sciot.e oi Delaware and other
to the top. The pains in my head, back,
chest, joints, bowels and bones were hor
rible I u the extreme. 1 went in vain from
place to place and consulted the best medi
cal authorities the country affords; I would
ha", e a chill one day and a burning fever the
next. I suffered excruciatingly with a
numbness cf my feet and hinds, and at the
fine sorts miv be gritted on such strong- I bse of the brain and between my shoulders;
growing vines as the Concord, inserting the J t times mv limbs and body would bloat grafts on the crown of the roots early in 1 and physicians said I was EUlfering from the
winter, merely winning witn waxea tares a, i d ropey and could rot recover.
without waxed plaster, and packing in t How could I be eo blind to the tenible
boxes till soring. For out-door work wait I trouble that was devouring me, I do not
till the leaves are almost two-T.hirds devel- I know; but there are thousands to-day who
oped, and set the scion, by whip or cleft I are suffering from the same cause and are as mode, low enough to be mounded for cov- J ignorant of its nature as I was. My skin wad
erine the rdace of union. The graft will ihe color of marble at one time, and then
usually mske a good growth the same sea-
soB. To c.bviate the dilliculty of the crooked erain tf the 6tock lsy the vine in a trench
and graft the laterals near the surface. Professor Budd has known the Delaware thus grafted on wild vines to have a growth of
ten feet the same season and bear a crop the
next.
The Chieazo Tribune says: "There is some reason for thinking that America will soon
lead the whole world in the number of dis
tinct breeds of domestic animals within her
borders, if not in tbe s-gjzreeate number of
individuals of each metitorious breed
Heavy drafts have this year been made upon
the Hereford brerds, tbe Shropshire aown
and Oxford-down Ü cks of England, and she
hat also dent to us goodly numbers of Nor
folk-Suffolk polled and other cattle; Scottish
breeders have snt to us manv Aberdeen
Angus, Short Horn and Galloway cattle;
Chicago men sre imp rting Swiss dairy cat-
tic. Dntch-Friesiaus Holsteins and other
breeds: and Shetland ponies. Clydesdales,
IVrcheron-Normans. English shire bred
and other horses, cattle, sheep and dogs in
numbers greater than ever before have come
to America this year to help tne wort oi
improving our domestic a"nimals." Some Southern Recipes
Pamiktto Flannbl Cakes One pint of
buttermilK, two well beaten egg?, fiour enough to make a stiff batter the lliur to be mixed, half wheat and half corn flour. Put a spoonful of sea foam into the Hour and cook on a griddle. Bbbxkkast McrriNS. For a small family, ne one pint of milk, three gills of wheat Hour, three eggs, and a pinch of salt. Beat the eggs very light, add the milk, and lastly ftir iu the fiour. Bike in rings or small pans and in a quick oven. They are very light. Bbxacfast Waffles. Afier breakfast stir into the hominy that is left one teaspoonful of butter and a little salt. Set it aside. The next morning thin it with milk and add
two eggs, beaten well. Stir in Hour enough to make it he right consistency, and bake in waflls irons, Velvet Chkam. Two tablespoonfuls of gelatine, dissolved in a half tumbler of wa
ter; one pint of rich cream; four tablespoon-
fills of suar; flavor with sherry vanilla ex
tract of rose water. Putin moulds and set
on ice. Tnis is a delicious desert, and can be made in a few minutes. It may be served with or without cream.
Hebel Curx Bbeap Take two caps of hominy, boiled soft; while hot, mix iu a large spoonful of butter. Beat four eggs very light and stir into the homing, then
add. gradually, one pint of milk. Lastly add ball a rint ot cjrn meal. The batter sh mid
be about the consistency cf a lich boiled custard. Bi.ke with a strong heat at the bottom of the oven and not too much at the
top, in order to accelerate rising. Tbe pan should be deep enough to give space ior rising. In making corn bread muchdepcJs
udoii tne kind of meal used. If it is stale
the bread will necessarily be musty and un
fit for use. The meal used at the South is
always freshly ground, from ' flint corn." which corn is planted expressly for the pur-
into hominy aud
and sweet, and . a
t . L. HTn.ii.n ,ial"
which most cooks use for corn bread.
azaiu it would be like saffron, and this ter
ribie restlessness, and I might say wildness.
wt s followed by a dull, heavy, drowsy Sensation. I was wasted to a mere skeleton, ex
cept when the dropsical bloat occurred. I
tried all the celebrated mineral waters of
this country and Europe; all kinds of med!
cine and all kinds of doctors. Still no help
came. I lay at my note, in tful.vlelphia,
where I was temporarily sojourning, given
tto to die by friends and physicians
alike, when there providentially came into
my hands a little pamphlet which I carefully read, and from whica I got a view of
my real condition, which no other agency
had revealed. Ac:ir:g on its advice, I had
my water analysed at once, and to my stirpr se, albumen and tube casts were found in large quantities. A skillful physician was sent for and apprised of the fact. He said I
had Bright's disease, and that death was cer
tain. Mv Inends importuned me to take a
remedy which had won a great reputation
for the cure of all fcrms of kidney diseases,
and I therefore laid aside my prejudice and
commenced its r.e. At firt mv stomach
rejected it, end I had to use small quanti
ties; but alter tne nr.-t nve days mysiomacn
retained lull doses. ihiswaone year ago last October, and my improvement was rapid
and permanent. I have regained fifty of the
ixty-üve pounds of tlesh I lost during my
illness, and I feel a- well to-Jay as I ever did.
and I can unreservedly state that my life was
aved by Warner s Safe Kidney and Liver
Cure, the remedy 1 used.
It ma? seem strange that I. being a
but a small amount of heat, so
mtrnr nrtds acd ends around the place might pose of being ground
be auf el nrese rved thronch winter, instead meal. It is very white
of having them die of frost. At very slight expense this may be accomplished as follows: Dig out a pit five or six feet deep, with sloping sides; place around this on the outside surface an ordinary hot bed frame covered with glass sash; bank up around the frame with long stable manure.and coverall with old carpet or Bhutters of some kind to
assist in keeping out tbs cold, and yo'l will have a cheap and effective greenhouse of a humble sort. It is really surprising what tender plants cen be safely intrusted iu such a place. Economy in feeding should be one of the first piinciples. When one kind of grain is high and another low the lower priced grain should be substituted, so far as possible. There was never a more favorable opportunity for doing this than at present Corn is worth thirty-five cents per bushel, while potatoes are worth twenty to twenty-five cents. At the same time it is a thoroughly demonstrated fact that one bushel of potatoes will make as many pounds of pork as one bushel of corn the potatoes to be boiled. This being the case, tha saving would be 50 per cent., after allowing live cents per basbel for boiling the potatoes, while the advantages ot cooked food in a sanitary point are very great. If mo-e cooked food and less hard, dry corn were fed there would be much less of the so-called cholera among hogs. Nevada Farmer. The nectarine is a fruit little known in the Northern States, as it will not thrive out of floors. It luxuriates in California, and for the information of those who know little about it, we give the following description: "Possessing all the aroma, iucinesand flavor of the best varieties ct the peach, combined with a delicate tinge of the acidity of a tart plomb, it affords a fruit that much pleares the palate of all who are not entirely lost to taste, while ita sruoot h skin and sms.ll pit makes them invalusble for canning and drying. The nectarine does nut thrive, in all climates and toil, tnd
Bice and Hot Bbeads. What the trained
Southern cook knows has been acquired not
only hereditarily through a long iine oi pre
decessors, but Dy experience in utilizing tue ample materials that nature has 80 abund
antly lavished around ber. Whether it is the game the young master has brought
home from forest or stream, or the concoc
tion of quaint dishes, for which she draws
on the "weci table gyarden" and smoke
house, she is al ways ready to give one a meal.
the doxology of which is a lament that it
could not last longer. Her corn dodgers.
breakfast waffles, Bweet potato pones, hoe cakes and hot rolls are marvels of culinary art: while "hoppin' John." shrimp pie. rice
and possum, boned turkey", barbacued pig.
and thousands of other articles, become cd
der her deft manipulation luxuries that once tasted nobody would turn a back upon, until obliged to do so by mere inability to eat more. Your old time Southern cook is also economicaL Nothing is wasted. The materials ehe uses are generali v of a simple and inexpensive kind (unless, of course, special
occasion calls for "extra"), and her methods of combining are such s to produce the most pleasing results. Here is her fashion of boiling rice. If possible, get the whole
rice, because it makes a much more attrac
tive dish than the cracked rice. Wfash
thbrougaly in three waters (cold); put it in a porcelain lined vessel (one having a lid);
cover with cold water about two inches
above the rice; boil until the grains swell and begin to soften, then take it off the fire;
wash aein to remove all glutinous sub
stance; then add salt to taste; return the nee to the vessel and set it on the back of
the stove for about half an hour, in order
that it ma? gradually ßteam: keep covered.
Always remove it from the cooking-vessel to
the eerving-dish with a tilver fork; each
grain will then stand out alone and be snow
white.
physician and an ex-Army Surgeon, did not grateful."
have the water analyzed Detore; nut sucn is the fact. I had tbe symptoms of every
other disease, and I did not suspect that ray
kidneys were in the least xwrticular out of
order; and here is just where 1 was in the greatest danger, and where most people who
read this article are in danger, i nnu inai l
am only only one of thousands who are
suffering from kidney disorders, which.
neglected, lurely termicato in unguis
disease. I also know that physicians may
treat these oisorders for months without
knowing clearly what the trouble is, and even after ascertaining the cause, be unable to prevent i'. When death, however,'
finallv overtakes the helpless victim they
disguise its real cause, attributing it to
heart diseass. convulsions, apopiexy, vert
igo, paralysis, spinal meningetis, blood and
uremic poisoning, etc., etc.
Wurds. of course, lau to express my
thanks to H. II. Warner fc Co.. cf Rochet
ter. N. Y for giving the world such a
needed and certain specif.c as the Safe
Kidney and Liver Cure, but such as they
are I ciadlv give them; while to the thous-
ands to whom 1 have lectured upon tne
laws of health and hygiene I commend this letter most cordially, aud warn them to beware of the insidious nature of a disease
over which physicians confess they have no
control, and which In one form or another, is carrying more people to untimely graves
than any other mglady.
J Al. x OBTEB, M. I. Baltimore, Md., 04 Saratoga street
a pinch of salt and some lemon iuice and
olive oil. Crumbled bread floats on the txp
and fine insjjrum is sprinkled over all.
Tbe following explains the difference be
tween "luck" a-id "chance." You take a
girl out to the Theater and discover that you
haven t a cent in your pocaet. iou are, of
course, compelled to invite her to aa oyster
saloon after the performance. She refuses
lor some reason; that s "Iuck," but tbe
"charice" is a million to one that ehe will
accept Rochester Post-Express.
An impetuous Vienna lover kissed his
sweetheart on her ear. and irom that mo
ment the was deaf. Married men must be
careful when they salute their wives with
connuoiai osculation, although there are
sOtnc wretches depraved enough to try the
experiment of kissing both ears at once if
they thought it would insure a total loss of
hearing on the part of their better halves.
A clergyman writes to the London Stand
ard complaining that the people of the
poorer London parishes have their mar
riages solemnized in St. George's, St. Paul's
and other fashionable Churches. He eays
that such a practice ia revolutionary. Per
haps it is: but it is very certain that the los3
of lees is ihe real grievance of this parson,
No clergyman ha3 ever been known to com
plain if people go elsewhere, or rather are
taken elsewhere, to be buried.
The Faculty of a Texas Institution of
learning were fully aware that two of the
young ladies had made up their minds to elope, but they said nothing at all about
it. Alter the would-be elopers had success
fully scaped at night from the school building, and walked five milea in the mud to the nearest railway station, they were greet-
eed by one of the professors, who had a car
nage ready to convey them back to school.
Coins with holes in them are very fre
quently found on (he colleclor's plate," said the Rev. Nicolas Ballais, addressing the congregation of Su Bernard's Roman Catholic
Church, rutnam avenue, Brooklyn, recently,
"It not unfrequently happens that a gentle
man puts a htty-cent piece with a noie
through it on the plate. The coin would
not betaken by a broker for its face value;
but, then, if we consider that bad the Conor
not had the mutilated half-J d!ar he might
not huve given one cent, we should be
been specially provided to fashion and cut out the existing fmtrunaent. Every watch consists of 200 pieces, employing over 200 persouF, districted among; forty trader, to say xothirg of the tool-makers for the artft.is. If tbe construction of the watch were materiallyaltered, all the trades would hav fo be relearned, new tools and wheel rutting engines would have to be devised, and the mJ)ority cf working watchmakers become useleew. The consequence vtould be that the watck would become enormously e&kanced it value and its possesbion a token of wealth You see, in your complicated tute of society. even machines in the process of time conM to surround themselves with a circle ot "vested interests' which embarrass attempts at im prove menu" "You are interesting me," remarked lb stout customer, as he placed bis watch in his pocket. "You have been mny years, I suppose, in the business. Of course, there mast have been some improvement in yoor time?" "Of coarse. Watches in the past fen years have grown much in thickness. Old-fash
ioned watches ars thin and flat. I have
had a watch in my charge as flit i-s a trade
dollar. It ie imp s&sible to properly ad last
tbe works for heat, eold and Position uuder such circumstances. I should have to give you a long explanation of the packing of mechanism to explain to you why." "Well, has the increased thickness raised
the value?"
No. On the eontrarv watches are now
worth 25 per cent- les than they were twelve years a?o. That fact, you will say,
bears against my previous remarks. I am referring to the cheaper trade of watches
worn by the msjority of iple. There are watches which bring 11.500. and watches
which can be purchased for $13 a decen. If
you are willing to pay for costly work.
almost anything can be accomplished.
I made a watch, for a physician whicr fitted into a eignet ring not much larger
than a pea. It had only second hands. It was perfectly accurate, and was used b? the
doctor to time tbe pulse of his patients. It cost $400. Watches are made from the 6ixe of a ten cent piece te Laif a dollar, and
worn as trinkets by ladies. They are also fixed in bracelets, brooches. Pops and pencils, eye glassies, and even umbrella handles; but they are very luxurious toys."
ihe stout man paid his bill and went
home.
FuroUMof Fowls. I Arkansas Traveler. A colored lady approached a white wo
man the other day and applied for a tit na
tion as cook..
"You have had experience as a cook, I
suppose.
" i esam. "Whv did you leave your former place T "De biler busted." "What boiler?" "At the aawmilL I was cook in' far de
han's."
"What were your duties mainly?" "lliast taters an' furnish chickens." "Chickens are cheap in the country, aren't
thev?"
"Dese wa." "Where did you get them?" ''l)ats what de owner ob de mill wanted
to know, but de secret is what I bases my 'ficiency on. Ef you wants me I'll roast
taters an furnish de chickens fur a doll ah a
week."
"Yon steal th9 chickens, don't you?" "Well, lady, some f olksmight call it dat
but da'd soon git used ter it au' call it ar nishin' fowls.' D'-an' want roe, Ter anj Good day, lady. I'll go ober here an'strK de preacher's family."
TABLE GOSSIP.
Mr. Wright went ont to fish. And he became a Vrihi angler. He thought he wouM try aud catch a shark, And became a try ampler. lie Uuhed to think how smart he was. And he became a cute angler.
But he did not see the ihaik with its nose under
tbe stern of his craft.
He was ku b an obtuse ang er. Until thu creature tippled over his boat. When be became a wrecked angler.
A Boston man calls his wife Crystal, be-
cause (he is always oc tbe watch.
The reason the girla lace so tight in these
days is because the young man comes short of duty.
Some men are born slight, some achieve
filightness, but most men have alights put
upon them. Nantnckethasagirl pilot only seventeen
years old. Knows all the buoys in tne sound, you can bet
Women's beads are like safes ypu can't tell how much they have in them by the number of locks they have on. At least three men on the average Jury feel bound to disagree with the rest to show that they've got minds of their own. Drowning men catch at straws, and catching at straws is the very reason why a great many can't keep their heads above water. Wheeling Journal. A Canadian girl has sued a clergyman for damages for kissing her five times. This rather insipid amount of osculation extended over a period of three years. The Chicago School Boaid has refused to indorse a motion that the marriage of any female teacher khall be deemed equivalent to a tender and acceptance of ber resignation." Miss Henrietta Newcorae In answer to your question about "unkissed kisses," we may say we are prepared to unkisa any kisses we may have kissed outside of the family for the laat five years. It is quite the proper idea for a young lady to paint a bunch of pansies on a fresh-laid
The value of babies has been fixed. A
child less than one year old is worth $14;
between one and two years, $19; two to three
years, $28; four years, S31; hve years, foo;
six years. $40; seven yeans, $00; eight years.
i nine years, $i0; ten yers, ?w, eleven years. $12.1. These are tbe valuations made
by a baby Insurance uompany ot Cincin
nati. The parents pay hve cents per weeg
for the insurance of their child. The rates for colored children are twice as much,
owing to their two-fold ability for contracting contagious disease. Boston Post
We have invented a new plan to get rid of
bores. As soon as the stnetum begins to resemble a saloon just about the time the
lunch is ect out, the clerk comes in and
says: "Kev. air. öoanaso wants to see you
about collecting money to relieve tue necessities of a poor widow." It is amu-ing to
observe the look of terror that comes over
the visitors as they hastily remove their feet from the table and use them to noiselessly oi ze out through tho back door. We have applied for a patent There is a fortune iu it The Poor Curate's Family. Reminiscences, eta. Baroness Elomfleld.
"I dined at Montagu nouse last night, I
and had the pleasure of meeting the Bishop of Oxford, (.Samuel WBberforce.) I was told
a funny story about him the otber day, viz ,
that when he was dicing witn a large party,
a poor curate who waa deploring tbe large
family he bad to educate with a very small income, Baid: Do you know, my lord. I
have nineteen children T Upon which a very red-faced woman with a squeaky voice
exclaimed. 'Only fourteen by me. Air.
Jones!'" Watches and Perauaal Magnetism. Philadelphia Precs.
"Sir, you should wear an open faced watch if you desire to be accurate in your time," said a watchmaker on Chestnut street to the
stout man; you are too magnetic."
"Why. what the deuce Las the case got to
do with it?'' was the iaterrative reply.
"Everything. Your watch has a bunting
Case, necessitating steel eprings for opening
and shutting. By constant association with your body those springs become magnetized.
aud thev generate tkeir condition to other
necessarily steel Kiriiona of the watch work,
and thus render their movements imper
fect
"Then, if I were not fat my watch would
not lone two minutes, more or less a (lay, said the puzzled stout man.
"Exactly," returned the watebmaxer. "I have worn vour watch for over a week and
it has neither gained nor lost a aozen
seconds; but then I am, from a corporal
point of view, your antithesis, l am excep
tionally thin and elender."
The stout man mused. "Accordingly," said he, "open-faced tickers for fat men,
closed caes for thin, ehr'
"Not at all." replied the other. "Thin
men have at times more magnetism in their Bystems than fat men. Everybody is more
or less magnetic; you happen to be particu
larly so; 1 happen to be quite the reverse; 1
hence my remarks and advice. For the rest, ope u-faced watches are always more ac
curate than hunters. Ihey are more air
tight for one thing. As for the steel springs
in hunting esses, mechanical tcience has not yet discovered anything else to replace
them; the public lite aouDie cases, audi there the matter remains for the present
There are, however, many i.l contrived por
tions in watches, aud while tbe demand con
tinues for watches of a certain price it is
itup'Ksible, from a commercial point of
ijw, to thiuk of improvements. Long used methods and ingenious engines have
The Defaulting Treasurer, Folk. Littlk Rock, Jan. 12. This afternot
tbe defaulting Treasurer, M. T. Polk, av
rived on the Iron Mountain Railway from. Texas in charge of Detectives Pry de, of Mem-
plus, Porter and Field of ashville, ana United States Marshal Goslicgand Deputy
Morrill, of Texas, and a party left on the Memphis train, and will reach Nashville to
morrow morning. He threatens revelations that will involve some prominent men ia Tennessee. During tbe trip Polk drank heavily, but was apparently in the best ot spirits.
Tailors warn ladies that the Jersey ulsters
are intended merely for walking, and they
must not eit down while wearing them. Young men in tight trowsers can avoid a
great deal of discomfort by al way a going.
with ladies who wear Jersey ulsters. rxuiadelphia News. A man should never be ashamed to own he has been in the wrong, that be is wiser to-day than be was y-s-terdav Pope.
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