Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 29, Number 45, Indianapolis, Marion County, 12 December 1883 — Page 6

THE INDIANA RTAxu, BENTINEL. WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 12, 1883.

OUR FAR!! BUDGET

Bhti as a rroUctloa Roup In Foifls. H ilk a Fod for Young Stock Household Hint Frm Votes, et. fw m Protection. Scientific American. The nctnerou experiments which it was necessary to make to obtain a precise answer la this question were carried on last winter in the Cardin des Tlantes. The aim of these wrs to ascertain first, o what extent the temperature of the ground was influenced tj the temperature of the air, both "under hare ground and in sodded Mil, with and without snow; also to ascertain what depth the temperature I the air was able to make its influence felt. 1 1 these complicated investigations the electric thermometer invented by Becquerel was employed. Simultaneous observations were made of the temperature of the-air at the height of 33 1-3 feet and Gt 2-3 feet, and of the E0Ü at the depths of 2 inches, 4 inches, 8 im Des, 12 inehes and 24 inches. They Were zoade under soI and bare ground. On Xo--tettber 2C a dry frost began, which lasted. without interruption until December 3. At this dae the air bad a temperature of 7 Fahrenheit. -and -a heavy fall of suow began that covered the- ground to the Jepth ' of ten inches. From the Oth to the 19th of December the cold steadily moderated, until, on the morning f the l'rth and lYJth, it was above 32. Variable cold weather followed, and the mow sank to less than eight inches. Observations showed that both before and after the snow fell the temperature of the soil, wheieit was covered with' sod, remained above the freezing point even on the coldest day. On November 20, at the depth of two inches, the temperature was 40 Fahrenheit. From this time it sank continuously until December 14, when it reached 32Ji Fahrenheit, bet it never fell below this minimum. The results were quite different in soil not covered with jrrass sod. On November 2t, the day when the dry frost began, the temperature at a depth of two inches fell below 30 Fahrenheit; on November 29 it stood at 3C.'40 Fahrenheit, and on December li, before the snowfall, it was 25 Fahrenheit. During the whole time when its surface was covered with snow from ten inches to eight inches deep the temperature never rose above 32, . but only varied, at a depth of two inches, between 28 to 30 Fahrenheit. It was thus proved that changes in the temperature of the air make themselves felt to a certain distance in the earth, even when the surface is thickly covered with snow Hence the generally received opinion that a mantle of mow keeps the earth warm is in general erroneous. Snow docs not protect tue soil and teed at all from freezing, but only hinders to certain degree tbe too extensive radiation of heat from tbe soil, and is converted into water at 32, when sinks into the earth and somewhat raises its temperature. These experiments alo prove that the best protection lor the soil is a heavy sod, which does more to raise its temperature than cverso thick a layer of snow. The matted roots of tbe sod form a sort of felted covering which not only excludes the cold in a high degree, but also craws up the moisture from the lower strata toward the surface. Roup in Fowls. During the damp weather at this season of tbe year roup sometimes makes it3 appearance in fowls, and that too in spite of the fact that they have had the best of care. There are many forms of this disease, in anv f which it becomes contasnous when al lowed to have its way unchecked. The ruili form is usually a cold, the symptoms being a stoppage of the nostrils, which gives the well-known hoarse breathing, with the mouth opened. It sometimes appears as a disease of the throat, and at other times the eyes and head are afl'ected; but all cases are attended by general debility, loss of appetite and depressed spirits. The most essential point in treatment is to separate the affected low Is from the Others; remove them to a dry, warm location and feed on soft, nutritious food. A little copperas solution in the drinking water is about all the medicine needed. Doctoring and dosing with all sorts of remedies as a rule does more harm than good. The best treatment is as above: give the copperas water. and keep the fowls dry and warm and feed them well.

IHilk B i'ool for Vonne Stock. I Philadelphia Record. In order to ascertain the value of skimmed milk as food tor young stock experiments were conducted at the "Wisconsin Experiment station in feeding pigs and calves with -eweet milk, skimmed, and comparisons were made with meal at the same time, with the view of endeavoring to approximate the exjct value of both substances for the purposes intended. Two lots of Poland-China pigs (two pigs in each lot) were fed, which were eighty six days old at the time of beginning. Milk alone was fed to the first lot, in unstinted quantity, while corn meal, soaked in water and slightly soured was allowed the second lot. After continuing the test for twenty-hve days an interval of one week was iven, at the end of which time the condition were reversed and the experiments continued twenty-hve days more. A little clover Lay was also led, but the animals were not partial to it The rst lot consumed 1,103 pounds of - milk during the first twenty-rive days, and ai60 77 pound of clover. They gained )ounds. The second lot ate 13 pounds oc meal and 1ÖO pounds of clover, the gain being 42? pounds. The second period of twenty-li ve days then began, during which time the ilrst lot, which were fed upon mils. ei"e given 'JM pounds of meal and gained '.1 4 pounds, wh'ile the second lot received 1.204 pounds of skimmed milk andgaineu 7J pounds. The result obtained was that 40 pounds of corn meal or 1,900 pounds of milk produced 100 pounds of live weisrut Another experiment was tried of feeding corn and uilk together, four lots of pis. with two in a lot, being used for tne test, during which trial, for a period f eighteen elays, tlie pigs were weighed every three days, and the food given being proportion- .. ate to their weight Tbe first lot required L'tO pounds of meal and bd pounds of milk for every 100 pounds growth; and valuing the corn meal at $1 per lOu pounds, with pork at 5 cents per pound live weight, the milk fed to them would be worth "4 cents per 100 pounds. The first lot consumed 14 pounds of milk and Uli pounds of meal for every 1G0 pounds live weight The second lot was given 2.' pounds of meal and It) pounds of milk per every 100 pounds of Jive weight being an excess of protein, while tbe third lot received a larger proportion of meal, the ratio being b'- pounds of meal and . J pounds ol milk per 100 pounds live weight. Taing tbe same prices, for estimation, with Jot Second, 100 pounds of pork were pnduced from !Vi0 pound of milk and W o! corn meal, the milk being thus worth 40 cents per 1U pounds, while the third lot, requiring 1X0 pounds of meal and SJO pounds 01 milk for every 100 pounds of growth, increased the value of the milk to to cents per I n) rounds. The fourth lot, bavin- received all ' the slightly soured corn meal the pigs euuld eat, required XJ pounds for every 100 jotinds of growth, which allows Si per 1J) pounds for the meal so fed Farther experiments demonstrated that the mol economical feeding was practiced when large amounts of meal were fed with the mil k. and the tes.s were made in diflterent ways. Calves were then used instead of t'.gn, and a Lilki caJJ.fccarly five jnoj:i.i cM, vu?

led sixteen rounds of milk, with a small rro-

? onion of meal, twice a day, from June 5 to nly 26, but it was allowed the privilege of a small pasture. During ntty-one days toe can received 1,632 pounds of milk, 108 pounds of oil meal di 18 pounds of ats, while the pain was HSfpounds, or 2 1-50 pounds daily. Two calves, one a heifer and the other a bull, were then fed, the heifer consuming 1,208 founds f milk, and the bull 1,437 pounds, at together they were given 113 pounds of oil meal and 78 pounds of oats. In fifty-one days the heifer gained 82 pounds and the bull 120 pounds, the daily gain being 1 3-5 for the heifer and about 2V for the bait A calf fed by itself made 1 pound in growth for each pound of oil meal and 14 pounds of milk, while the two which were fed together produced a pound for 13 pounds of milk, H pound of oats and pound of meal. The experiments demonstrate that milk is one of the most valuable foods that can be allowed to young stock, and especially when fed in connection with meal. 'The milk was skimmed, and therefore possessed less value than that which contains cream, making corn meal almost necessary, in one respect. There is no doubt that unskimmed milk would answer equally as well as skimmed milk and meal together, as it possesses a large proportion oi careen. . HOCSEHOLD II IN TS. Muffins without , soda, if bated in a hot oven, will be liebt and excellent. Take one Cupful of sweet .milk, one cupful of Hour, one egrr well beaten, about a taird of a teaspoonful of salt. Have your gem pan very hot, till about baif full and bake. These are nice with butter alone, or with maple sugar syrup added. This is an excellent recipe for Graham rems. and differs from any before given One cupful ot Graham flour, one capfal ot tine Hour, two eggs, two cupfuls of sweet milk, one-fourth ot a teaspoonful ot salt. Have the gem pans hot, and the oven hot, and twenty minutes will be long enough to bake them. Annie custard pie should be baked with an under crust only. Tbe rilling is delicious if made of one pint of sweet milk, one pint of smooth apple sauce, wen sweeienea, inree eres: flavor with lemon or with a little cin namon. This will make two small-sized pies or one very large one. A nice dish for breakfast is made by cut ting pork tenderloin in thin slices; stew them in water till they are nearly done; then put a little butter" in a saucepan and fry them till light brown; serve them on duitercd toast with mashed potatoes. Barley soup is excellent, if the stock is sufficiently rich. To make it so cut three slices of bacon, two pounds of the neck of veal into small pieces; put them in a sauce pan or small kettle with a pint of water. Let this simmer for three-quarters ot an hour, then add one small onion, a carrot, two stalks of celery, a bouquet of herbs, half a teaspoonful of black pepper, a tablcspoonful of halt and two quarts of wat;r. Iet this boil for at letst two hours, then take from the tire, and when cold remove the fat and scum from the top, strain the soup and put it on the fire, and add a pint ot barley which has been washed and soaked in cold water for the three hours at least. There should be. a pint of barley after it is soaked. This is the proper proportions lor two quarts oi soup. Lemon Fritters are delicious. To one cupful Ol lllilK ami one allow the juice and pnlo of one lemon. These may be served with sauce; in that case add the grated peel oi hall a lemon to flavor the sauce. An extremely simple way of ornamenting tne square ot nannel wnicn you put over bahy in his carriage is to crochet a row of open work and a small scallop on the edge, and rtm a bright ribbon through the open spaces. A fillet oi veal stuflVd with fine herbs makes an excellent foundation for a dinner, and if nicely browned and served hot, with brown gravy, it may well take the place of chicken or duck. Oatmeal cookies combine many good qual ities, and will be relished by cuuaren Make them just like an ordinary sugar cooky, using two-thirds oatmeal and one-third wheat flour. A pretty bag to hold cards is made by taking two squares of pasteboard of the same size and covering them with satin; on the upper part of the outside one put on a lid of velvet or plush; finish the edge with a cord, and hang bv narrow ribbons. The back need not be covered with satin; silesia of the same color can he used. The bag should be lined. The diamond slices with sauce, which are very nice as an entree or in the place of the pie. wnicn is tue orüinarv linish lor a plain dinner, are simply plain cakes baked in dia mond shaped tins and sent to the table on fruit or very small pie plates, with sauce portreu over tiie slices. They .should be al most as thin when baked as a slice of bread, This way of making pudding can not be too highly recommended: If fresh plums are in season, use them; if not, take a quart can of plums; put them into a basin on the stove; when hot, sweeten them plenteously; soak several slices of bread in the juice, then line a pudding dish with the bread and pour the piums in. oerve com, wnti cream. There is a choice possible in almost all the affairs of life, even in so trifling a matter as purchasing a honey-comb quilt; for instance, there are the old-fashioned ouilts with no par ticular pattern all block and squares and the greatly improved ones which are now made, with a pretty center-piece and a border. By all means choose the latter. Cr kam Cookies are made of one cupful of Hour cream, one cupful of butter, twocupfuls of sui;ar. two eggs, one teasp oonful of soda, sour enough tö make a dough of medium body, neither as soft a prsible to roll nor as hard. These may be rolled thin, and will be light and rich . Bate in a quick oven. Soft Coal Smokk- .Women who live near railroad tracks or in the vicinity of factories which burn oft coal, may make clean clothes look as clean as if gras-blcarhed by pouring boiling water over them after they are washed, and letting thera soak all night, scalding and rinsing them the next morning. The yellow tint is almost entirely removed by this process if anti.k S ir.rs The newest finish for mantle and bureau scarfs is not fringe of any sort, hut a double row of halls of plush and tufied silk, the upper row much larger than the smaller. These are set about an inch and a half apart, and match either the ground of tbe scarf or the colors in which it is embroidered, as one pleases. Cabbaze pickled thus will help save the cucumber'pickles: Select a nice, firm head, and remove the outside leaves, cut it into two parts and shave it very line, place it into a jar, sprinkle pepper and salt over, then chop two red peppers and two heads of celery very line and put in, then about two tablespoonfuls of white mustard seed Pour cold vinecar over it, cover with a plate and put a weight on it to keep the cabbage under the vinegar. This will be good to cat in about a week. A table scarf of olive felt is made handsome and tasteful by having on one end a corner of plush. The piece of plush is shaped like a triangle. "Where it joins the felt there are some fancy stitches with bright colored silks. The other end of the scarf has a straight band of plush put on with fancy stitches also, and instead of being an inch or two from the edge of the scarf there is a fpace left of at least ten inches below the plash. Doth ends are finished with a row of fringe. It is an excellent plan to prepare the ca -bage for dinner an hour before it is time to cook it. Cut the cabbage into quarters, and scatter a handful of salt over it and cover it with cold water. This is a good course to pursue if one has not time to look the cabbage over carefully. Cauliflower also should be treated in tbe samo way, after being picked apart There are so many small insects this year that especial care is necessary in looking over vegetables.

An arpetidng dish 'appeared on our table

the other day called on the menu "smothered heart with lemon sauce." .It was made of slicee of beef heart cooked in a very little water until tender, then dipped in flour and nicely browned in batter. The s&ace was ot floor, butter and hot water, and was flavored with lemon. This is to be served as an en tree only, and not to take place of the roast which forms the piece de resistance at the ordinary dinner. A nrettv heading for a lace curtain, which is so simple as hardly to deserve to be called a lambrequin, is made of a piece of handsome goods used to cover furniture with. It may be of any width to suit your taste, ine edges should be cut in points, and each point and the notch between the points should have a small tasseL These may be ot Mi, or they are very tasteful made of crewel, and then picked out with a needle, so that they are soft and fluffy. A delicious sauce may now be prepared for winter use. It is made of cranberries and raisins. To one quart canful of cranberry sauce allow one good handful of raisins. They impart a delicate flavor, which is a great improvement on the cranberries alone. Cranberries are also excellent canned alone, with a little sugar, for pies and puddings. It is better to put them up early in the season, as there is likely to be more waste later on. FARM NOTES. It is urrjed to give the asparagus beds a good salting at this season. ' Ashes and gypsum iiave-proved highly beneficial to potatoes in many sections. How to purify butter is a recommendation which is unnecessary in well regulated dairies. ' ' , . . The Baldwin apple is a favorite m Ohio. It bears young and seldom misses a season without a crop. All the smaller fruits may be grown from cuttings and in this manner may he indefi- ' nitely multiplied. Over 17,000 carcasses of mutton in a frozen condition were lately received at Manchester, Eng!and,Jfrom .South America. The cost of transforming an acre of swamp into a cranberry meadow in bearing condition is about $400. The profits, however, are large. The New York "World is authority for the statement that plantain, if not permitted to go to seed for two years, will die out Alow previous to sel time two years in succession. The Rural New Yorker claims that there are laws in some States against weeds, and that it must be the doty of some one to attend to the enforcement of such, but this is not usually done. When horses are compelled to remain exposed to storms at this 6eaon the use of a rubber blan ket. with flannel lining, will be of valuable assistance in tbe prevention of colds and lung diseases. The farmers who make the farm -profitable arc tu ose. who grow crops that are not always the easiest produced. They endeavor to make labor profitable, and apply it where it it can be used to the best advantage. An Orange County, N. Y., dairyman has tested the matter, and found that his milk, sld at 3 cents per quart was as good a 3 butter allowing twelve pounds of milk to a quart of butter at 28 cents per pound. T. Alex Smith, in the Breeder's Gazette, says: "As to the escutcheon, while thcra may be room for a difference of opinion as to its value as indicating milking proclivities. w think it useless in judging butter cows." Veterinary practice was recommended to young men at a recent meeting of the Kentucky Medical Society. The horses of the country being valued at $s00.000,0u0. it is estimated that the annual loss from want of sound advice and treatment amounts to $15,ooo.ooo. "While it may be an advantage to keep young pigs overwinter in order to obtain hogs of large size next season, it is not always profitable, unless extra care b8 bestowed in supplying liberal food and warm quarters. The spring pig makes an animal of fair size and at less expense. It is a difficult matter to exactly estimate the cost per bushel of growing onions, because much depends upon the character of the season, since the amount of care required to prevent the growth of weeds may be very much increased or diminished according to tbe atmospheric conditions. In certain French beat-raising districts it is customary to sprinkle the young roots with liquid organic manures. In other districts ammonia sulphate and nitrate of so 3a are used. The yield to tbe acre is considerably increased by this practice, but at the expenseof the saccharine quality of the roots. A Cayuga County, N. Y farmer spreads from twenty-five to thirty loads of manure to the acre on the spot for an intended strawberry plantation in the fall, and plants potatoes of corn for the spring crops, lie then supplys a dressing of ashes, phosphate or liquid" manure when the strawberries are planted. Old vines and canes are of no use to the new ones nor to the ground, and the should be cut out at any time after the cold weather sets in.- Most agricultural journals are recommending that such be cut away now, but the best time for so doing is when the earth is frozen hard and stiff. You will then, also, have more time lor so doing. An Indianapolis (Ind.) fruit-grower says: "Last year I put twelve moles in my strawberry patch of live acres, to catch the grubs, and they did the work. I never had a dozen plants injured during the summer, either by the grubs or moles. I know some people do not care for moies on their farms, but I want them in my strawberry patch." Condensed miik is one of the purest articles placed upon the market, as its manufacture demands the strictest cleanliness and be-t skill in preparation. It contains all the nutritive properties of pure milk, and is nearly the same thing in coin position, water excepted. Sugar, however, is added, and it is not objectionable, as it enters into use with the milk. Of the different breeds of blooded bulls that have been sold to Western ranchmen in recent years, and there have been thousands sent to the range, no breed has given better satisfaction than the Polled Angus and Calloway cattle, their hardiness and compactness ef build niHKiiif them most desirable to cross upon the Texas. Kansas City Stock Becord. TL uockerels can not lo Judged for fornv, plumage and carriage until they are in f uu leather. To discard and reject them when young may occasion the loss of the best unknowingly. Sometimes the most unpromising are the best, and in order to cull the stock judiciously the cockerels should be allowed to mature whene er such course is not inconvenient Trofessor Budd, of the Iowa Agricultural College, makes the seasonable suggetion that cellars in which fruit is stored between picking time and the setting in of winter should not be opened during the day, but the windows opened during the night when the air is cooler. The warmer air of the day has its moisture precipitated by tbe cold objects in the cellar, and dampness is engendered. B. T. Speer, in the Iowa Begister, says: "Blums should be planted on ground which is rich and naturally moit but well drained.. For a plum orchard I would not select very high ground, because usually it would be too dry; nor very low ground, because in such places the blossoms of trees are more liable to injury from late spring frosts than on grounds which are more elevated." To find out whether any individual cow is a profitable member of the dairy herd or not a separate account should be kept of her milk and butter. If no snch pains are taken it is not easy to tell just what the worth of a doubtful milker is. . The true policy is to throw out every one which does not vield a profit and replace her with a better one. It cots just as much to feed a mean cow as a good one. f: tockman.

J. L. Bndd, f the Iowa Agricultural Col- I lege, says in the low Register that he does not consider pyrethrum at all superior to the cheaper and -'more easily applied London fiurple solution of arsenic water. ' He beieves arsenic water to be the most efficient insecticide as yet known. He says the time will come when it will be applied to corn and wheat fields, as we now apply Paris green to check tbe progress of the potato bag. It is a National blessing that "fancy farmers," as they are sometimes called, are pleased to make such large investments in pure blood stock, for by this means the sapply of any breed is kept up. It would be a calamity if from anv cause these carefully managed herds should be all broken up and scattered. It is through them that the whole live stock of the country is to be improved by a gradual process of grading. Winnipeg Farmer. Mr. E. O. Wall, Commissioner of Agriculture of Mississippi, last season distributed about four bushels of the Ricta wheat a rust-proof variety among about forty farmers living in various parts of tbe State. It was grown on tbe plains of Tuscany, and is reported to be the only kind that does not rust in that locality. Ibe reports received from those who have planted it in Mississippi indicate that it has thus far proven to be a reliable rust proof variety. The American cnltivator is of the opinion that of the relative merits of soiling and pasturing of cows, the advantage of exercise by the latter method may as well be left out of the account For the best results in the dairy cows need no more exercise than tbey ret in going to and coming from water. Tbe best tfairy breeds have been built un ou cattle that are fed in stalls. Or soiled both winter and summer. Jerseys and Guernsey 3 in their native home are fed largely on roots. Jt is in print that of the 43,192,090 sheep in the United States at date of last census, Ohio

claims to have 5, 000,000, shearing over 25,000,000 pounds of wool ; California, 4,000,000, shearing neariy 17,000,000 pounds, besides the fall clip, say half as much more; not included in the enumeration: Michigan, 2,189, 389, producing nearly 12,000,000 pounds of wool; Vermont 439.7S0 9heep, and produced 2,55t 113 pounds. Illinois, Indiana and Oregon shear about 0,000.000 each, and Texas, with spring and fall clip, about equals Michigan. Although tbe Jerseys stand first as the breed for butter production, yet the cow that was awarded the special prize given by the Breeders' Gazette, in the shape of a silver cup to her owner, Mr. T. B. Wales, of Iowa City, la., was Mercedes, a Holstein. Her total yield in thirty days was 90 pounds and 02 ounces of un sal ted butter. As the Holsteins are noted more for their large yields of milk rather than for butter.it seems somewhat strange that this cow should be the champion over all the Jerseys in the country. The latest and most convincing argument in favor of sheep husbandry comes from Georgia. It is stated that an acre of land which in 18SO produced only 500 pounds of sped cotton, was manured only by having fifty sheep penned or confined on it twenty nights, and in 1S81 the product was increased to 1,500 pounds or tripled. To increase the fertility of tbe soil is not the only advantage derived from keeping sheep. They are remarkably serviceable in devouring briers. bushes, weeds, etc.. which otherwise are a nuisance upon the farm. The so-called "Maye." or May Oueen of Provence, a festival by which the return of the month of May is celebrated in Southern France, has been traced back by Dr. BercngerFeraud to the ancient cult of Maia. the mother of Mercury among the founders and Greek colonists of Marseilles. In modern times he holds that the worship of the Pagan Mala has been transferred to the Virgin Mary, in whose names alms are solicited for the little girl child who. veiled and nearly buried in flowers, is supposed to represent the much venerated ".Notre Dame du Maia" of Provence. Fish culturists will be interested in an enormous eel pond, the lamest in America, on a farm in the town of Riverhead, Mass It covers five acres, and is so full that the eels can be raked out with an ordinary garden rake. Two thousand dozen eels were put into the pond five years ago, and their number has now increased to millions. They are fed regularly every third day on "horse feet," a peculiar shell-lish, and at meal time a crack from their owner's whip will bring thousands of them to the surface, and so sagacious are they that they will appear for no ene else. Speaking of the excellence of the Atner ican Merino sheep, Mr. William Hays, of Australia, Who spent several months in this country on a tour of inspection, states that sucu is tneir neaitmness and strength of constitution that ewes will raise lambs when past the aze of seventeen years, and that be saw one twenty-one years old, the fleece of which weighed ten pounus. Diseases com' mon to Australian flocks, such as rluke, anthrax and foot-rot are unknown among the American sheep, which is due to cenerous feeding and careful housin Kx Insure to wet is not allowed, and the best care is given. Professor Richardson states that among our wheats the highest percentage of al buminoids is 17.15, while a Russian wheat, grown in Minnesota, contained tM.ou per cent , twenty four different specimens averaging 19.4S per cent , the lowest per centage being 10.4S. The wheat grown in the Fast is the poorest and a regular gradation from East to West is found until the Pacific coast is reached, where there is a falling off. The best grain is prodnced between the Missis sippi Iliver and the mountains. As the al buminoids are regarded as the most valuable portions of tbe grains its deficiency lessens the value of the crop. Colonel 1 A. Hardee, of Jacksonville, Fla., having given tbe method a trial, thinks oranges do better when grown in the hedge form, and that other fruit bearing trees can be made more prohtable by being grown in the same manner, as such close distance en ables ths trees to shade each other. Bears are believed by him to be susceptible of such cultivation, his reason being that the roots love the shade, as high cultivation and deep plowing promotes blight and death by ex posing the roots. Some of the most pro ductive pear orchards are those that are heavily mulched, and, therefore, the most completely shaded. Selection has differentiated the various natural species of garden plants in accord ance with desired uses, says Dr. Sturtevant While there is a striking uniformity in those portions of the plants which have not been selected for improvement, there is a greit va riation between those portions which have secured attention on account of their uses. In forty-five varieties of onions gro wing side by side the foliage was all similar, but the bulbs varied in color, size, shape and habit of formation. It is clearly evident that se lection is a powerful agency for the changing of form, and by long exercise can overcome the type auixed by nature to a species. The seeding of an acre with a bushel and a half of wheat, made by direction of the di rector of the Rural New Yorker experiment farm, gave the best results. Fromte3ts made the lesions taught were that wheat can be sown too thick as well as too thin; that the richer the soil and more perfect the seedbed the less the amount of seed required; that no definite rule can be given that will serve as a guide in any State; that the condition of the soil, presence of insects and exposure are lac tors to be considered; early seeling does not secure an early harvest, as the same va riety .sown under the same conditions wil mature about the same time, whether the seeding be a little eany or somewhat later. The Bloominjrton. Illinois, friends of ex Rev. Hoffman, former pastor of the First Methodist Church, who was expelled from the ministry by the Illinois Conference, are busily engaged in circulating a paper for subscriptions to establish a Chun.;; with Hoffman as pastor. IIo3man, since his innren difficulties, has been engaged in editing an aiternoou new-paper at Bloom inp.ton.

XJTTXJC FOLKS.

Mamma!' cried five-year-old rirl, "I started to make my doll a bonnet, and Its come out a pair of pants." A little four-vear-old boy on being asked W his mother if he would not like to be an angel and have' wings, replied that he had rather be a hawk and live on chicken. Little George was questioned the other day about his big sister's beau. "How old is be ?" 'I don't know." "Well, is be youngT" l think so, for be hasn't any hair on his bead!" In rummaging through a drawer, baby found the spectacles of his grandfather, who had died a few days before. "Oh! look" he said to his sister, "grandpapa has gone to see God and has forgotten bis spectacles." It was a very brigbt'little girl, who remark ed to her auburn haired mother, "Ma, some of the trees are getting red headed, just like you." Of course, being a little child, she was not expected to go into ecatacies over autumn leaves. "I don't want mother to marry again.' said little boy one day at breakfast. "Why not?" was asked, with some surprise. "Because." said he. "I've lost one father, and I don't want the trouble of getting acquainted with another." A little boy, four years old, had been told that the thunder is God's, voice. One day itticij, in uie miQsi oi a launaer storm, ne said, very soberly: "I wish God would not talk to-day. He talks SO load I don't feel like hearing him." "Give me." said the schoolmaster, "a sen tence in which the words 'a burning shame' are properly applied." Immediately the bright boy at the head of the class went to the blackboard and wrote: "Satan's treatment of the wicked is a burning shame." In a class of little girls the question was asked. "What is a fort?" "A place to put men in," was the answer. "What is a fortress, then?" asked the teacher. This seemed a puzzler, until one little girl of eight summers answered, A place to put women in." 'I want to eet a doe's muzzle." saidalittle fellow entering a hardware store. "Is it for your father?" asked the cautious storekeep er. "No, of course it isn t replied tne little fellow indignantly, "it's for our dog." The storekeeper has resolved to be more guarded in the future when be asks customors questions. Attention, Horsemen! Try Gombault's Caustic Balsam. There never has been a veterinary remedy to equal it as an application for all causes of lameness and blemishes. See advertbement The antiquate custom of gentlemen getting out of their seats to let ladies pass to tbe inside of the pew should be abolished. The rules are: "Having entered a pew. move along Do not block up the end of the pew as if you did not intend to have anyone else enter it or as if you were holding it for special friends. Do not rise to let others in, but move along and leave tbe pew invitingly open, so that they will know that they are welcome. If a pew capable of holding six has already five in it, don't rile out in a formal procession to let one poor, scared woman gs to the farther end, but move along and let her sit down at the end next to the aisle." These are very sensible suggestion and should be generally adapted. llorsford' Acid Phosphate. ICR OVERWORKED PROFESSIONAL MEX. Dr. Charles T. Mitchell, Canandaigua, N. Y., says: "I think it a grand restorer of brain force or nervous energy." Thought it Was Broke. In a certain play-room not long ago a lit tle girl climbed up in a chair for something. and tipping over, chair and all, began to cry as loud as she could cry. Mamma comforted her. A little while afterward Edna, who is almost two years younger than her sister. tipped over in the same way; but she didn't cry not a bit of it. "W hat a brave little girl!" said mamma, at which Ava put out her lip. "Pooh!" said she, with a good deal of scorn, "that isn't anything. I think most proba'Iy she couldn t cry it she wanted to! 1 think maybe her cryer s broke. Why suffer with Malaria? Emory's Stand ard Cure Pills are infallible, never fail to cure tbe most obstinate cases; purely vegetable 25 cents. The Gaudalupe Mission Church at Paso Del Norte is over 300 years old, and contains marriage, death and baptismal records dated 1000. on parchment bound in sheep. Inside are relics and rare paintings by the old masters, but not a chair bench or pew, and the applicants must get down on their marrow bones before the altar on a rag-carpet laid for that purpose. A Fair Offer. The Voltaic Belt Company, of Marshall, Alien., oner to sender, nye s Celebrated vol taic Belt and Electric Appliances on trial for thirty days, to men. old and young, afflicted With nervous debility, lost vitality, and many other diseases. See advertisement in this paper. Dr. Noah Porter says that the idea that evolution is a self generated migration from lower to higher forms is not tenable, but that evolution under the guidance of a formulated plan of Deity is perfectly rational, and is a theory which, rightly received, brings Uod into our view, and justifies the purpose and progress of the universe." Merit is bound to succeed, and for this rea son Hall's Catarrh Care stands at the head It is warranted to cure or money refunded, F. J. Cheney tfc Co., proprietors, Toledo, 0. A missionary tells a story of a Zulu chief who emoraccd Christianity at once when told it meant only one wife. The tawny gentleman was in search ot peace. The pure and truly excellent qualities of J)r Price s Special t lavoring Extracts have secured for thera the patronage of tbe most intelligent ladies in this country. 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Mischievous Malaria To say that malaria is miscM'evcits Is to pt it very mildly. It is all that and more -It is cunning, deceitful treacherous, sly, and underhanded. It docs its work in the dark, and ic such a si v way that much of the mischief is done before it is discovered. It saps the foundations of a healthv system. 1 1 robs the blood of its vitality, demoralizes the liver, confound) the stomach, and makes the victim wish he were in his grave. It is sad to see people sit down in their misery, content to be the victims of mischiey. ous malaria, and thinking that nothing can be done for them. The powex ofTBRowN's Iron Bitters over the mischiefs of malaria has been so amy proved that there is no reason why anybody who can procure a bottle of this Prince of Tonics shall Buffer. Great is the poer of malaria, and great are its disastrous effects. But greater far is the beneficent influence of Brown's Iron Bitters, The preparation of iron in this favorfte. umily remedy can be taken fc-itnout ruining the teeth or producing consÜDation and headache. ' '

VARIOUS QUACKS. Who-Each with His Own Pet Scheme-Cut-tivate the Field of Unman Nature. There have always been quacVs legal quacks theological quacks, scientific quacks and medical quacks. Some of them are bland, oily fellows who argue aud smile tbe world into believing la their favorite bit of humbug. Others are pompous and pretentious persons. Bat they make it pay. Men seem to love to be swindle!, stipulaUng only that it shall be neatly done. The dear public are equally liberal to tbe electric and magnetic fraud. This fellow Is a genius in his line. Eo will put a magnetic belt around your waist, a magnetic necktie under your chin, or Ct you out with an entire outfit of magnetic clothes, warranted to serve tbe purpose of ordinary garments, and at the same time to cure all diseases, from whooping cough to hasty consumption. Most ol these have no more electric or magnetic power about them than resides in woolen blank ets or in girdles of sackcloth. Only when applied by an expert is electricity of the slightest use as A medicinal agent, and even then its value is grossly overestimated. Whit is the strongest possible presumptive evidence m favor of a particular remedy? Clearly that it should have been prepared by responsible persons of acknowlc;ed skill In the treat meat of disease. Squarely on this foundation stands BENSON'S CAPCIKE POROUS FLASTER. Endorsed by 3,000 physicians, pharmacists, drussUta and chemists, it ncedi no further apolog t nor introducUon. it is tbe one and only true and tried external application. Quacks ot all kinds pay the Capcine the Caprine the compliment of their dislike, as Satan is t aid to hate holy water. Look in tbe middle of the plaster for the word -CAPCINE." Price 25 cent. Seabury i. Johnson. Chemists, New York. 'Tos claim toe nark for Savaxi-. TAH JfEBVIXr,, eaysa8keptic."IIoT ' can one medicine be a rpecific for Epllepay Dyapepsia, m"' Alcoholism, Oninm Katinc Rhenmatlsin, 8permator-i-h. or Seminal WeakneM, and fifty other ronplaioltf" We claim it a specific, nimply, because tbe Virus Of all diseases ariors from t he blood. Its Nervine, Resolvent, Alterative and Laxative propertieamectall the conditions herein referred to. It's known world wide as (iilE!RivEcöjnlQiuiElRlon) It quiets and composes tbe patient not by the It quiets and composes tbe patient not by tne introduction or opiates ana drastic camarucs out by tbe restoration of activity to the stomach and nervous yptem, whereby tbe brain is relieved of morbid fancies, which are created Ay the can-es above referred to. To Clergymen, Lawyers. Literary men. Merchants, Bankers. Ladies and all those whose sedentary employment causes nervous prostration, irregularities of the blood, stomach, bowels or kidneys orwho require a nerve tonic, appetixeror otimulant, Samaritan Nebvixb is invaluable. Thousands proclaim it the most wonderful invigorant that ever unstained tbe sinking system. 1.50. Bald by all Draargists. (H) For testimonials snd circulars send stamp. 121 IS, S. A. SICEUCXS KID. CO., ?23r2'&, 8T. JOSEPH. JdO. An Old Soldier's EXPERIENCE. M Calvert, Texas, May 3, 1SSC. I with to express my appreciation of tbe valuable qualities ol Ayer s Cherry Pectoral as a cough remedy. While with Cburchiirs army, Just before tbe battle of Vkkburg, 1 contracted a severe cold, which terminated in a dangerous rough. I found no relief till on our nian-h we came to a country store, where, on asking for some remedy, I was urged to try Ayer' 4 Chtrry Pectoral. "I did so, and was rapidly cured. Since then I Lave kept the Pr. tou AL constantly by me, for family use, and I have found it to be an invaluable reneUy foi throat and lung diseases. J. V. VTH1TLET." Thousands of testimonials certify to the prompt cure of all bronchial and tuns affections, by the use of AVEE'S CHERRY Pectoral. . Being very palatable, theyoucgett children take it readily. I RETARED ET Dr. J. C. Ayer d. Co., Lowell, Mass, t Sold bj all Drt-i&ta. HABIT PS. H. H. KAIS, ef the hrQuiiyry .hfnM ,iiv m ran -r htmM'lf at san-Ltr (mink-aftl.. i wwr-KHiutU. m! mwfwtknlii. kitr from -nuiM'bt M &: mt.. auto ft nil! im- 1 1' . i.

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