Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 31, Number 24, Indianapolis, Marion County, 15 July 1885 — Page 6

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THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL WEDNESDAY, JULY 15 1585.

OFR FARM BUDGET.

Xcn't Ee In a Harry to Go Restoring WornOat Lani TL Currant 'Worm An Anti-Potato Bus Plant Household Hint Ana Recipes Farm Note, Etc . ' lon't He In a Hurry to tin. some, toys, I have something to tell you ; Come here, I would whisper it low; Yon're thinkinir of leaving the bosaete&V Lon"t be in a hurry to go. Tbe city has ruauy attractions, but think of tbe vice and in: W hen nee in the vortex of fashion?. How toon the course downward bvgins. Yon talk o( the mines of Australia; Thev're wealthy in treasure, no doubt. But, ah! there is gold in the farm, boys, 11 only you'll shovel it out. The men nantile life 1 a hazard. The pood? are rirt hi:h and then low, JJetter rik the old farm awhile lonr Ion I be in a hurry to go. Tie great bnsy West has inducements And so the business mart, And wealth is not made in a day, boys L'on't be in a hurry to start. The banker and broker are wealthy, And take in thfir thousand or Ah! thick of thtir f rau.Is and dceeptionsI'cn't be in a burry to go. The farm Is the safest and surest, The cn-hards are loaded today; You are free as the air of the mountain, A ad monarch oi all you survey. rut stay on the farm awhile longer. Tho'-.i:h prorit come in rather slv.v: Keccember, you've nothing to risk, boys Ion't be in a hurry to go. Restoring Worn-Ont Land. Philadelphia Record, Lar.tl that has been cultivated for a series of years with sjecial grain crop will sooner or later lose its fertility, and in order to rc-t-tore it quite an outlay is required of both time anil money. It is not a difficult matter to secure good yields on worn-out soils proTided special fertilizers be used, hut when the soil reaches stich a condition it does not pay to attempt to recuperate it and compel it to produce a crop at the same time. The greatest difficulty with farmers in sueh eases is that while they are willing to invest in fertilizers they hesitate at the loss of time and the products that would be expected from the land. And therefore while the projer plan for recuperating the soil is to omit cropping it for a season the method is not generally adopted. The soil can le rested from labor, as is done under the fallow system, but such a plan is too slow. Something should be added to it, in order to assist the process of recuperation. As an impoverished soil is supposed to be too ioor to' produce anything it is not an easy matter to resort to green manuring, but green manuring (the turning under of some special c rop for that purpose) is the only lasting and permanent method of improvement. As a beginning, lime, which is the cheajxt fertilizer, should be tisM as a dressing in the fall, broadcasting it over the ground after pluwinp it. Then rye should be thickly sown and the ground harrowed. There will be but little benefit derived from the lime before spring, its action being slow, nor will the rye make much progress, but when the spring oiens the lime w ill have liberated sufficient nourLslunent from the soil to induce a moderate growth of the rye. As the rye may be plowed under at any time, it should be turned uuder as soon as it shows signs of failure. A bepinnging will have been made, for the young jrreen rye will quickly decompose, while the lime will still continue to be beneficial. The rye maybe followed by a mixture of oats and field pea, which will derive their nourishment from the lime and decaying rye, and a fair growth may be exacted. As it is not necessary to mature the crop it should also be turned under in time for a crop of buckwheat or millet, the former being preferable, which will make sufficient progress to thickly cover the ground by fall, when it should also be plowed under, the land again broadcasted and reseed to rye. It will uotreouire a lanre ouantitv of lime. Ten bushels of air-slacked lime jer acre, in a fine condition, at each application, will be suf ficient on a majority of soils. The rye will make sufficient growth to le turned under when the season for planting corn arrives, and, as a year's time will have been lost in grow ing the manurial crops, the farmer will be desirous of securing something to recomriense hini for bis loss. If. however. instead of so doing, he will hurdle sheep r.Don the land, thereby deriving the benefit of their droppings, and also turning under the grovum as ta-t as tue huruies are moved, other crops may be seeded down for the use of the sheep, and the land may be sown to wheat in the fall and clover in "the spring. I3v thus devoting the first year to the growth of manural crops, and past urinz sheep with hurdles the .second year, the land will be Crroanently restored to fertility, and may rendered annually productive with good management, while the sheen will notonlv rav for the expense the second vear but srive a profit as well. Considering the value im Jwttd to the land in being rendered more ertile, and the increased yields which it will anord, the method is reallv economical. as the gain the third year will more than repay the loss erf time and labor incurred in its restoration to fcrtilitv. Ad AntUPotato-Bug I'lant. A writer in Vick's Monthly gives the fol lowing very interesting experience: "Last mmraer after planting my borders and flower beds, I had -ome odds and ends left, among which were about a dozen plants of rjrennial larkspurs (Delphinium foraiosum). planted all in a row alongside of a potato field. Every potato grower" knows that, no matter how carefiilly and persistently he applies his Paris green, w hen the vines die down there are always some bngs left to supply us for the next season. When there are no more po0 vines for them to eat they go "for tomatoes, peppers, egg-plant3 and others belonging to the Solanum tribe. One day, when passing my larkspurs above mentinned, I was astonished to see the ground under them cove red with dead and half dead and nearly dead iotato' leetles. Some were on the rlants, and. of course, I watched them. My observations satisfied me that none of those who trespassed on my Delphiniums lived long enough to have a taste of the tomatoes in the next field. There was no apparent injury done to the plants that killed them, but how did they get killed? My theory U that after leaving the potatoes Ihey crawl up everything and nibble at tverything that coiaes ia their way until they find something that suits their palate, but that even nibbling at larkspur is, to? much for a potato bug. Perhaps some who read this will experiment on a large scale the coming unimerI certainly shall if the seeds J plant do not disappoint me." The Currant Worm. (Massachusetts Ploughman. As soon as the currant bu-li expands its leaves the currant worm begins its destructive work, and if left unmolested will entirely destroy the fruit,, thus leaving the young fruit expoed to the sun without anything to nourish it. Fortunately this is an enemy that is very easily destroyed when taken in season, but if the first crop of worms t-hould be neglected it is much rore difficult to destroy the second crop, which will be more numerous. This worm is covered with a very ticky substance, so much so that any fine, dry substance will adhere o closely to the skm that it is very sure death to the worm. Air slacked lime. a."hes, plaster, or ven riue, dry loam sifted over the bushes, will, destroy every worm it covers, but as there will b a portion of the worms on the under-side of the leaves, there will always be enough escape to lay eggs for another crop, requiring the work to be done over again. It is very important to destroy all of the first crop. To do this it needs something that does not require to be dusted on every worm. Fortu-

nately we have a substance which does the

work very effectually. A little hellebore dusted on the bushes "is sure death to them; and if it be dusted on as soon as the nrst crop is all hatched it requires but a small amount to each bush, for when the first crop hatches out they are all in the center of the bush near th ground, and a little tiellcbor dusteu en them by opening tne tmsu is jus as good as if scattered all over the bushes. Jrice we have adopted tne use of hellebore in this way we have had no trouble with a second or thir,l crop of worms; but while we used lime, or ashes, there was always enough of the first crop left to secure a second crop, and while we could conquer most of them. when the third crop came it was not pleasant to have the fruit, which was about ripening covered with either lime or ashes, or, in fact, any other material that would destroy the worms, and so they were permitted to have their own way. The best way is to apply something that will make clean work ot the first crop, but if a few of the second crop ap pear there is vet a chance to prevent a thmi crop by the free use of hellebore. By sliml ine a little time to uestroy an tne worms, in a few years but very few will make their ap pearance. HOUSEHOLD HINTS. raspberry Liqueur. A pint of raspberries in a quart of spirit must be corked tightly for a month; then clarify a pound oi sugar in a t'int and a half of water; filter off the spirit and add it to the syrup; mix well and put it in small bottles. Strawberry Liqueur. Fill a large bottle half full of red strawberries when quite ripe and full flavored; fill up the bottle with broken sugar candy; tout in as much pure spirit as the bottle will hold; when it has stood a month in the warmth filter it off. Orange Sirup for Orangeade. Rasp the pc-1 oil' a dozen sweet and two Seville oranges with one ounü Ol lump eugar. Jiinse the oranges in a basin oi cola water and use this to moisten the sugar before boiling. YVben the sirup is well boiled and quite clear proceed as in the recipe for lem onade. Raspberry' Vinegar. Mash two quarts of raspberries in an earthen vessel, pnt them in a large stone bottle or jar, pour into them two quarts of good wine vinegar, cork the jar slightly, and let the juice distil in the sun or warmth for two or three weeks then filter clear and bottle it, corking it well. Cherry Liqueur. 'Weigh a pound of Morella and a pound of sweet black cherries. Open them and take out the stones, ('rush the latter. Put them and the fruit in a large bottle, with half a ouml of sugar, a quarter of an ounce of stick cinnamon and a dozed bruised cloves. Pour in a quart of brandy. Cork it close. Strain it off clear in a fortnight. Lemon Sirup. With one pound of lump sugar rasp the yellow rind of six lemons. Moisten the sugar with as much water as it will absorb and Ipoü it to a clear sirup. Add the juice of twelve lemons, stirring it well in Lcside the fire, but do not let it boil any more. Bottle tbe sirup at once and cork it when coid. Mix a little of this sirup with cold water when lemonade is wanted. Quince Liqueur. Pipe yellow quinces must be washed and wiped dry, not Peeled ; grate them on a coarse grater; sprinkle jkwdered loaf sugar among them and let them stand till next day, then press and filter the juice; to every pint of this add an c.iual quantity of proof spirit and half a jound of fine sugar. Let the liqueur stand a fort night, shaking the bottle occasionally. Raspberry Vinegar with Sugar. Mash the fruit in an earthen bowl; to every pound of raspberries add a pint of vinegar, cover, and let it stand two or three days; then press it through a jellv-bag; to everv pint put half a pound of lump sugar, set the juice on the fire to come to a boil, take off anv scum that rises; allow five minutes gentle boiling, set it to get cold; then pour it into small bottles and cork well. Currant inegar. I his fine vinegar is made by simply pressing the fruit to a mash, let it stand a night? then strain the juice off clear and till bottles to the brim. Set them uncorked in the sun, or in a warm place, until the fermentation ceases. Any little impurity that arises skim off with a piece of blotting-paier, and cork the bottles well White currants are excellent for delicate pale vinegar. Red ones make a vinegar equal to that made from the finest red wine. filack Currant Liqueur. o. i. Boil a quart of ripe black currants and a dozen bruised cloves in thre half piutsof water fur half an hour, then filter the juice through a jelly bag. Add a ikuii1 and a half of loaf sugar and boil the juice again a quarter of an hour, skimming it carefully. When nearly cold filter it through line flannel. Add three pints of proof spirit and bottle it for future jise. No. '2. Hruie a pint of black currants put them in a ltottle with three hilf pints of spirit and three-quarters of a pound of brui.-ed sugar candy. Let this stand six or eight weeks and filter it off for use. rinrapple Cardinal. Peel a pineapple, cut it in thin slices, strew powdered sugar ovef them in a bowl and let them stand a few hours. Boil the peel in a little water, and when cold strain and mix it with sugar and a bottle of good white wine, German or French. Tour this over the fruit in the bowl. Add one or two more bottles of wine, accord ing to the quantity required. To each bottle of wine allow six ounces of sugar. Cover the mixture and let it stand an hour or two. At the time of serving stir it well and add either a bottle of c hampagne or half a bottle of seltzer water. orange cardinal. Allow a large orange and three ounces of sugar to each bottle of wine. Perl the oranges very thin, put the yellow eelings in wine and let them draw a few hour; or, if the cardinal is wanted at once, scald the peels, cover and let them draw until cold. Meanwhile, having peeled off all the w hite rind, slice the oranges very thin in a bowl and cover them over with powdered sugar, to stand while the peel is drawing. Then strain the wine or water from the peeling over the fruit, adding all the sugar required, and after this the w ine. with' a bottle of Mosselle or champagne poured in at the last. Raspberry Sirup. Mash and press with a spoon some verv ripe raspberries; let them stau! a few hours in a cool place and then strain them. Allow a half pound of sugar to each pint of juice, and boil it at once. Let it lioil slowlv for half an hour; skim it well, or when you have .taken it from the fire give it a stir and any scum will sink to the lottoin. When quite cold fill small dry bottles, cork them well, using only new corks. Stand the bottles upright in a cool place. A little fine and fresh salad oil toured on the top before corking is said to injure tbe keeping of the sirup any length of time. Strawberry Cardinal. No. l.'Cliöose straw berries that are qui (fe ripe and full flavored, put a quart in a bowl, strew over them one pound of powdered sugar ahd a glass or two of bright red wine, let them stand a few hours covered, then add two bottles of Rhine wine or Morselle, the rest of the bottle of red wine, sugar to the taste, and at last a bottle of champaign or half a bottle of seltzer water. No. 2. Put one pound of fullyripe strawberries in a bowl, and strew over them six ounces of powdered sugar; let them stand for nail an hour, covered; then pour over them a pint of good Rhine wine orMorselle. When they hav stood half an hour longer, add two bottles of the above wine. less the pint used before, and half a bottle of seltzer water. Kither serve at once or strain nd ltlle it. FARM NOTES. Over .N(00,onOfeetof drain-tile have been used In Ohio since the beginning of the drainag". The lst way to wash butter is in the churn. When the butter comes draw off the buttermilk from below. Then injur in brine, and t hnrn the butter in the brine for a few moments, iiraw oft the brine in the same manner as was done with the buttermilk,

and the butter may then be worked and lid

aside. At this season the hens need crass as well as stock. If they are kept in confinement pieces of grass should be placed in th yard daily. It is not too late for green peas as a succes sion. Mnng-Deans ana sweet corn may also be planted for a supply during the latter part of summer. Level cultivation is said to be the best for potatoes, and the ground should be kept clean and loose until they have blossomed, when they should remain undisturbed till dug. One of the new enemies to corn is the 'root web-worm." It works somewhat like the cut-worm, except that while the latter cuts off the corn the former bores through the center of the stalk. The American Agriculturist states that a remedy for colic in horses, which has never failed, is an injection of lroni one to two quarts of cold water (not too cold), and that it is harmless, as well as giving instant rcliel. Sweet corn makes excellent feeding for the cows in summer. Jt may be sown thickly in drills and cut at any time after it is high enough. It may be assisted by Hungarian grass, which is a summer crop, as a variety. Should the corn be backward the best treatment is to cultivate the field and apply lightly around each plant a mixture of 100 pounds dried blood and 1J pounds of super phosphate per acre. In a tew days, if the weather is not too dry, it will take a greenish tinge and push forward rapidly. It requires more labor to clear the crops from grass and weeds after they have attained good growth than to destroy them when young. At first a harrow or rake will sufli e t keep them down, but later on the cultivator ana üoe must be used. sver allow the weeds to more than get their heads above ground. Improvements seems to be rapid with all classes of stock. While running and trot ting horses are making faster time, the cows are yielding more milk and butter, the sheep 1 shearing heavier fleeces and the hogs are yielding carcases of greater weight. Progress is oeing maue every season. The practice of feeding oats and other grain by measure instead of by weight is miskading. Some kind of oats are very heavy while others are light. Very often horses that have been fed a certain quantity of oats by measure will fall off in flesh when a change is made to a lighter kind, and the projer course to pursue, therefore, is to feed by weight. Those who have used the Shropshire, Hampshire and Oxford Down sheep with native flocks have found them profitable, as anording the earliest lambs and the heaviest carcases. As mutton is always saleable, it of gool quality, the price will not soon become too low for protit. tnlike wool, mutton is not allected by foreign competition. One of the great objections to hedges is that they require too much labor and care in cultivation and trimming. This objection, how ever, is overcome hvthe fact that a good. well kept, effective hedge increases tbe value of a farm more than sutlicient to balance the expense. It serves also as a wind brake, and may be attractive as well as serviceable. The w ild celery is ioisonous, but bv culti vation it has been changed into a desirable market crop. For the garden a trench nearly filled with manure and set out to celery Elants will furnish a fair supply to a family uring growth frequent waterings with oajsuds will be lenelicial. It may be blanched either by hilling up or in the cellar by being pucKeu in moist sauu. One of the enemies of the strawberrv is the tarnished bug. The insect is at first quite small and of a greenish color, changing to grayish. It is about a quarter of an inch long when full grown. The insects begin their work on the young fruit, preferring the sweeter varieties, and are more numerous in patches that have been well worked and mulched, as the mulch affords a place. hiding The dash churn is passing awavaa thing away as a thing of bygone days, its place being supplied by the revolving box or barrel churn. In the dash churn the butter is made by keening the cream in constant agitation with tue dasher operatiug inside the churn. The revolving churns have no inside contrivances, the churning being done by the cream constantly falling and striking the sides of the churn. Kvery farmer should calculate the differ ence in the. profitableness of his cows, savs the J'Utshurg stockman. One quart tlincrence in the amount of milk given at each milking makes 70 quarts a vcar, or 1 1 3 gallons, which, if sold at four cents a quart. would make a tlitierence of 14. w ier cow. This loss would eat up most of the profits in the large dairies, and shows the nuiortanie ot Knowing exactly what each cow can j ml will do. licgaroing a l-erenniai tree onion, the Farm, Stock and Home (Minneapolis) savs: It is a new 'type of ouion, which differs from those grown from seed, sets, or top onions, potato onions or shallots. It is a perennial species, and when once plantet! will continue to come up every vear after the frost is out of the irround. For earlv bunch onions they are highly recommended. but we are totally ignorant in regard to their size, yieiu or merit. During the summer no greater iniurvcan be done the sheep than to turn them uion a pasture that has no shade. Sheep prefer to graze early in the morning and late in the afternoon, resting during the heat of the da v. If deprived of a shady resort for that punose no amount ot good treatment can prevent them from losing apttetite and falling on in flesh. Temporary shelters cau be easily erected for them. The thief difficulty in teaching calves to drink from the pail arises from too great haste. Let the calf become hungry, warm the food to the temperature of new milk. give it the hnger to suck, but only for a moment, and the calf is easily taught to drink. Calves do not thrive well when they drink their milk, because during the opera tion but little saliva is secreted, and the u-e of nipples is now being adopted, through w hich the calves suck the foot! from a pun. In 1S80 only 400 carcasses of sheen were sent from Australia to England as an exicriment. lhe voyage was 12,000 miles, and across the equator. In 1883 the trade had grown to 185,000 carcasses, and in 18S4 the shipments were about 400,000. The latter quantity is only one-third of the whole sup1iy oi me ianrsi maricci in ixmuon. ve iave a much less distance than Australia be tween us and Kurope, and there is no reason why we should not utilize the Australian's mode of exporting sheep. Animals will often eat ground bone or wood ashes. Hence a box filled with clean ground bone, as well as one with wood ashes, should always be accessible to stock. There mar be times when they will not touch these substances, but they will gradually be appro priated by them, remales are more partial to bones and ashes than the males, while young stock will also occasionally consume a quantity. The materials are cheap, and will entail but little expense in being placed within the reach of stock. The preference in wheat has entirely changed since the roller process of manu facture has come in voeue. L nder the pres ent method the gluten of wheat is most high ly prized, ana as this is really tbe best part of the grain it is unlikely that the old preference for starchy wheat will ever come in again. When first introduced the Mediterranean, with its long, dark grain, was reSrded as inferior, while now it is among the st, outselling the choice white varieties from which our w bite flour was formerly ob tained. Whether forests increase the rainfall or not is a disputed matter, though tbe general belief is that the amount of rain is increased by the larger number of trees. During the past few years many thickly-wooded sect ons have suffered from drought, buttheOoveinor of Kansas states that during the last thirty

years over 20,000,f) fruit tree and 200,000 ores ef forest bare been planted, and durinv that period the amount of annua rainfall has increased, which, he thinks, is due to the increased area of forests. Cattle turned into a rich pasture in June sometimes kill themselves from over-eating. It is much the same, also if a cow gets loose at night in a stable and gains access to a meal barrel, and the reason is the same in both eases, viz.: not enough food at regular times. A man kept on such a short allowance for years that be was always hungry would also over-eat if he suddenly hed full access to roast turkey, chicken iot-pie, oysters, pumpkin pie, etc. Animals rarely over-cat when they get enough regularly to satisfy their needs. Careful experiments by Dr. Sturtevant, of the New York Exierimental Station, showthat unripe tomato seed will grow and give a gain of fifteen days in earlines over ripe s4-cd from the same plants. He also says that peas and corn fit for table use will grow and produce earlier crops than the ripe seed; but plants from immature seed are feeble compared with those from ripe seed. Earliness

seems to be in proportion to the state of ripenesi of the eeds. lhe ioint now is how to combine both earliness and vigor in the same plant. In France butter is packed in bags, not more than three inches in diameter, for fam ily use, nor more than two inches for restaurants. Kach bag holds two pounds. When filled they are tied and packed in brine in tubs or casks which can be headed tight. The cloth used must be quite free from lint, and should be verv slightly starched just enough to make them iron smoothly then run together, of uniform size. The bag should be placed in a mold of suitable size and shoe while being tilled. The plan may not be unwoithy of a trial in this country. The tendencies of the times in sheep hus bandry are to the production of more and better mutton, with less attention to the amount and quality of wool. This is proved by the growing topulanty of the South down and other breeds of mutton sheep, and is justified by the low price of wool as compared with the increrscd cost of production. Wool-growing has often been good business on low-priced lands, but as these become more valuable the well-bred mutton sheep takes the place of the wool bearer, and proves itself one of the best paying animals on the farm. The Colorado Live Stock Record states that a Texas steer is never at his best until four or live years of age. while a (Jallowav requires four. It states that a cross of the Shorthorn ami Devon will come as near maturity at two years of age as do the majority of cattle that are older. It relates an instance in which twenty steers of the above mentioned cross gained 1 jounds each daily from the time they were calved to the day of slaughter, the steers being about two years old, and gaining I'Ji pounds per tiny of nesii Uurinj? the last 104 days of their lives, during which period the feeding was very high. rOI.EON AS A MAX. Ciliiupne lleliin! tlie SrrnN in the Life of the Kntperor. The recently published memoirs of NaIioleon by his secretary, Louis Antoine de 5ourrienne, contain the following: "Ah! llournenne, you also will be immor tal, ' said Napoleon. How. General?" "Are you not my secretary?" Certainly the world would never have re membered Bourrienne had he not locn NatM)lcon's secretary, and as it is, remembers little good of him but that he wrote a life depicting tbe jcrsonality of NaiolHii with extraordinary vividness and truthfulness. Some trifling incident occurred to disturb the harmonious relations between Najoleon and the author. He determined, he says, to bring the matter to a conclusion. After the trouble bad existed for three davs, with no sign of a reconciliation, lie went to the Con sul after he had retired to led. "I went to his chamber, to w hich I was ad mitted at all hours. I had a candle in my hand, and, taking a chair, 1 sat dnwn on the right side of the bed and placed the candle on the table. Both he and Josephine awoke. 'What is the matter?' he asked w ith surprise. 'General. I have come to tell vou that I can no longer remain here, since I have lost vour confidence. You know how sincerely I am devoted to vou; a vou have anything to re proach me let me at least know it. for mv sit uation during the past three duys has been very painful. 'What has Bourrienne done? inquired joM-plnne, earnestly, 'mat does not concern vou. he replied. I hen turning to me lie said: It 1 true I have cause to ex niplain of you. I am informed that vou have spoken of iniirtant allairs 111 a verv in discreet manner. "1 can assure vou that l sjKike to none but your brother. It was he whouadme into the conversation, and is too well versed in tbe business for me to tell him anv secret.' 'I must confess.' replied Bonapart, 'that after what 1 heard from Jos eph I thought it right to put my confidence 111 quarantine, 'lhe quarantine lasted three days, General ; surelv that is enough.' ' ell, Bourrienne, let us sav no more about it, Open my letters as usual. You will find the answers a good deal in arrears, which has much vexed me. I fancy I still hear and see the amiable Josephen? sitting up in bed and saving in her gentle wav, 'What, Bona parte, is it possible j'ou could suspect llourrienne, who is so attached to you, and who is your onlj' friend? How could you suffer such a snare to be laid for him? What, a dinner got up on puriose! How I hate those odious police maneuvers! 'Go to sleep,' said JJonapart; 'let women mind their gewgaws and not interfere with politics.' Jt was near two in the morning before I retired. "Bonaparte was now in the prime of life, and about thirty. The persou of Bonaparte has served as a model for - the most skillful painters and sculptor: many able French artists have successfully deinated his tea tures. and yet it may lesaid that no perfectly faithful portrait of him exists. His finely haped bead, his superb lore head, his pale countenance, and his usual meditative look have been transferred to the canvas, but the versatility of bis expression was beyond the reach of imitation. All the vigorous work ings of bis mind were instantaneously de picted in his countenance, aud his mind changed from mild to severe, and from anger to good humor almost with the rapidity of lightning. It mav truly be said that he bad a particular look for everv thought that arose in his mind. When walking, either alone or in company with any one, in his apartruetitor in his gardens, he had the habit of stopping a little and crossing his hands be' bind his back. He frequently gave an in voluntary shrug of his right shoulder, which was accomtanied bv a movement of his mouth from left to right. This habit was always most remarkable when his mind was absorbed in the Consideration of any profound subject. It was often while walking that he dictated to me his most important notes. He could endure great fatigue, not onlv on horseback but on foot. He would sometimes walk for five or six hours in sue cession without being aware of it. When walking with any ierson whom he treated with familiarity he would link bis arm m into that of his companion and lean on it. He used often to sav to me: 'You see, Bourrienne, how temperate and thin I am; but in spite of all that, I can not help thinkingthat at forty I shall become a great eater and get very fat. His partiality for the bath he mistook for a necessity. He would usually remain in the bath for two hours, during which time I used to read to him extracts from the journals and pamphlets of the day. for he was anxious to bear and know all that was going on. While in the bath he was turning continually on the warm water to raise the temperature, so that I was some times enveloied in such a dense vapor that I could not see to read, and was obliged to open the door. II is orders were that 1 should call him every morning at 7. I was, therefore, the very first to enter his chamber, but verv freouently w hen I awoke him he would turn himself and say. 'Ah, Bour rienne! let me lie a little longer.' When there was ro very pressing business I did not

disturb him again until 9 clock. He in

general slept seven hours out of tbe twentyfour, besides taking a short nap in the afternoon. Among the private instructions which Bonaparte gave me, one was very cu rious. "Jjuring tbe night," he saiU. 'enter my chamber as seldom as possible. Do not awake me when you have any good news to communicate; with that there is no burrr. But when you bring bad news, rouse me instantly, for then there is not a moment to be lost.' " Wfi mm THE NEW DIRECTOR OF THE MINT. JAMES B. K1M1U1.1-, OF PEXXSYLVAMA. The late Director of the Mint refusing to resign, he was suspended and James B. Kim ball, of Pennsylvania, appointed in his place. When the United States Senateshall meet in December next, Herat io C. Burchard's reasons for refusing his resignation will be considered, as a matter of course, under apjointment business. Meanwhile Dr. Kimball discharges the duties of the office. James B. Kimball was born in Salem, Mass., in the year 1S3G. He was educated at Harvard University and at the Mining School of Freiberg, Saxony; and in 1H57, graduated with the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, at the University of CJottingen. His accurate and profound scientific knowledge, and his practical ability in such undertakings have been employed in several ceokVirical surveys ordered bv the United States and State Gov ernments. During the war Dr. Kimball served in the Army of tbe Potomac as Assistant Adjutant jeneral on the statt ot Ocnerals Patrick, McClellan, Rurnside, Hooker and Meade, suc cessive! . His reputation as a mining engineer and metallurgist is established and widespread. At one time Dr. Kimball was Vice President of the American Institute of Mining K11ginecrs. When he received his present jjwuntmcnt lie was Professor of Leononue Geology at Jx high I niver-itv, lethlebcm, Pa. As President of the Kveritt Iron Company of I ennsyrvan:a Dr. Kimball is presumably a man of means. He is a member of the Union. Century and Down-town Clulj of New York Citv. The character of his special knowledge N regarded as evidence of his fitness lor the appomnietv of Director ot Mint. The Puritan Sunday a Glounrar Abomination. IBot-tou Herald Keport of Kcv. .'. K. .Applebec's Sermon at the Parker Memorial ( hurch After tracinir lli-varioii3 methods of the observance of Sunday down through the cen turies, he at length arrived at "that gloomy abomination." the Puritan Sabbath, which he declared to be totally unlike the Sabbath of Jew, Jesus or early Christian, and unwar ranted bv scripture or reason. et, never theless, it is tlie influence of this same insti tution which throws its black shadow over our liberty to-dav. Men arc restrained from doing many things which they know to be both right and innocent, because an arbitrary and senseless unwritten law of society bus. decreed that they must not bo done. He then spoke 01 the criticism which Jiad Inf n passed upon his society because it had enjoyed a Sunday picnic, defending the exeurpiön on the ground that the society did what it believed to be right, and that its cmicsdid not constitute an infallible tribunal to sit in judgment ujon it. "There is a hopeless schism, said he, '"between Sabbatarianism and nature. .No particular day in the calen dar is more sacred than its lellows. it is what is done npon it, whether good or evil, which determines whether it is rightly ob served. Mr Applebee stoke of tbe religion which is instilled into mankind by the voices of the winds, birds, the streams as they run singing to the seas, by the iieautv of flower, field, calm lake or miirhtv mountain, and declared that there is no measuring the spiritual benefit which comes from close communion with nature. The people who oppose the ex cursion which gives to thousands of toilers the only opportunity of the week to breathe the pure air ot Heaven unH enjov nature s fresh ness and beauty. whoopiose Sunday travel. w ho array themselves against the opening of libraries and museums, are simply trying to enforce one kind of religious ideas ujvjn their fellow-men. The speaker jointed out the fact, that the existing laws relating to sunday observance had become practically a dead letter, and upon the question of the legality of business contracts made on Sunday asserted that meddling enactments naa in volved the Courts in a maze of legal and moral absurdities. He would sweep away all laws based uron religious grounds, and sus tain all founded ii)xm natural and sanitary necessities. lie advocated an enactment which should make six davs of eight hours each the legal limit of lalor, thus insuring the drivers and conductors one day of rest. In conclusion he said: "Sunday is one of the greatest blessings winch I nrisuaniiy nas given us. 1 ne institution is so tirmlv imbedded in our social life that it will take care of itself, and we mav safely strip olf all the bigotry and super stition wliich rob it of its highest value. Let ms make it a dav of worship, of rest, of recre ation, of music, of drama and of domestic . V .1. J A. ll. . jov. Get it be a day tor tne oouy s rest, tne ' U 1 t 11.. ..4l. .f .,.tr..l niinu s culture; u uay ior uiciunm im mmu and heart and soul. Keep the Soul on Top. f Sacramento Record-Union. Little Bertie Blvnn had just finished his dinner. He was in the cozy library, keeping still for a few minutes after eating, according to his mother s rule, tne goi 11 irom tne family doctor, and a good rule it is. Bertie was mttinff in bis own rockimr-chair before the pleasant crate fire. He had in his hand two fine armies, a ncn rea ana a creen. jus IT!. - Presently he heard the child sav: "Thank vAii lit tu muster " Dropping nis paper, ne saut: i uiougui. we were alone, Bertie. Who was here just now?" "Knhody. nana, only vou and 1. "Didn't vou say just now, 'Thank you, little master?' " The fhild did not answer at first, but AKhv lantrh. Soon be said: "I'm afraid vou 11 laugh at me 11 1 ten you, papa. - . - . . .Ta.11 M "Well, you have just laugnea, aim wiiy mavn 1 1: "But I mean vou'll make fun of me. "No, I won't make fun of you, but erhaps I'll have fun with you. That will help us ingest our roast Deei. "I'll tell vou about it, papa. I had eaten my red apple, and wanted to cat the green one. too. Just then I 'remembered some thing I learned in school about eating, and I

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thought ere tig apple would be enough. My stomach will be glad if I don't give it the preen ore to grind. It seemed for a momeat just as if it said to me, 'Thank you, little

master;' but 1 know 1 said it myself. "Uertie, what is it Mis McLaren has been teaching about eating?' "She told us to be careful not to give our stomachs too much food to grind. If we do. she says, it will make bad blood, that will run into our brains and make them dull and stupid, so that we can't get our lessons well, and perhaps give us headaches, too. If we give our stomachs just enough work to do they will give us pure, lively blood, that will make tis leel bright and cheerful in school. Miss McLaren says that sometime when she eats too much of something that she likes very much it seems almost as if her stomach moaned and complained; but when she denies herself, and doesn't eat too much, it seems as if it were thankful and glad." mats as good preaching as the minis ter's Bertie. What more did Miss McLaren tell you about this matter?" "She taught us a verse one dav about keen ing the-soul on top. That wasn't just the words, but it's what it meant." At this papa's paper went suddenly rieht up before his face. When in a minute it dropped down, there wasn't any laugh on his lace, as he said, " oijen t these the words, J keep my body under? " "Oyes! that was it; but it means just the same. If I keep my body under of course my soul is on top." "Of course it is my boy. Keep your soul on top, and you'll belong to the grandest style of man that walks the earth." ALI. A ROO D THE HOUSE. Suggestions for the Table Health Hints. Wet the top of a dish of mashed potatoeswith milk and set it in the oven to brown. Let it stay there until there is a brown crust over it. Two things are necessary to insure good tea: first, that the water should be at the boiling point when poured oh the leaves (water simply hot not answering the purpose at all ;) and second, that it should be served freshly made. Tea should never be boiled. So particular are the English to preserve its first aroma that it is sometimes made on the table two or three times dtirine the meal. In France little silver canisters 01 tea are placed on the table. where it is invariably made. One teaspoonful of the leaves is a fair portion for each person. Tea is better made in an earthen teapot, which tea connisseurs are particular to have. They also drink the beverage without milk, and with loaf-sugar merely. Water at tbe first boiling joint is generally considered better for tea or coffee and, in fact, any kind of cooking which requires lioiling water. lo make wonderfully aptetizing sandwich es proceed in this way: Take equal quanti ties 01 the breast of a cold chicken and of cold boiled tongue. Chop them very fine; so fine in fact that vou can not drstmguish the sep arate particles. Add a good large half-teaspoon ful of celery salt, a pinch" of cyanne jepper and four tablesjoonfuls of Mayonnaise dressing. This quantity of condiments will be enough to season the breast of one lit tle chicken, and an e,ual quantity of tongue nen tins is perfectly cold, spread some thin slices of bread w.th butter, and then with this mixture. Do not prepare them till you are ready to serve them. If you wish to make sandwiches for a lunch when traveling. be careful not to make the dressing quite so moi.st as you would if they were to be eaten at home. The better way, if you do not object to the trouble, is to put the salad filling in a small glass jar, and sjread the sandwit lies as vou need them. A very delicate pudding is made of one pint of milk, half a pint of cream, half a teacupful of vanilla, three ounces of powdered sugar, and the yolks of eight eggs. Ix?t the milk come to a boil, and stir in the cream and vanilla, then add the sugar. Beat the eggs very light, add them, put this into an earthen, pudding-dish and set it in boiling water lor about half an hour. Serve it with jelly or jam. A very eay way to mold meat which is to be sliced for "tea is to chop the meat very fuie, season th icpier and salt, and if you wish for sjiices add them; add butter also, or "try" some suet, and add the fat from it Butter the inside of a Plain mold, press the meat into it very firmly, tie a cloth over the top, having first scattered flour over the cloth; steam this for an hour; then set it away to cool, this may be served hot if you choose, with nice gravy. H E LTn HINTS. Sprains and bruises call for an application of the tincture of arnica. It" an artery is severed tie a small cord or handkerchief tightly above it. For bilious colic, soda and ginger in hot water. It mav be taken freely. Tickling in the throat is best relieved bv a gargling of salt and water. Pains in the side are most promptly re lieved by the application of mustard. For cold in the head nothing is better than i-owdered borax sniffed up the nostrils. Nervous spasms are usually relieved by a little salt taken into the mouth and allowed to dissolve. Whooping cough paroxysms are relieved by breathing the fumes of turpentine or carbolic acid. Use with great care. Broken limbs should be placed in natural positions, and the patient kept quiet until the surgeon arrives. Hemorrhages of the lungs or stomach are promptly checked by small doses of salt. 1 he patient should be kept as quiet as possi ble. Sleeplessness caused by too much blood in the head may be overcome by applying a cloth wet with cold water to the back of the neck. Wind colic is promptly relieved by pepper mint essence taken in a little warm water. For small children it may be sweetened. Par egoric is also good. For stomach cramps, ginger ale or a teaspoonful of the tincture of ginger in a half glass of water m which lialf a teasioonful of soda Jias been disolved. Sickness of the stomach is most promptly relieved by drinking a teaspoonful of hot soda and water. If it brings the offending matter up, all the better. A teaspoonful of ground mustard in a cup of warm water is a prompt and reliable emetic, and should be resorted to in cases of poisoning or cramps in the stomach from over eating. Not Spring Chicken. (Pittsburg Chronicle. "Ah, mv dear; them's pullets as is pullets." "Yes. Rutherford, dear." "And them is spring chickens as is spring chickens. "Yes. my lord." "And I am worth a dozen dead men yet." "Certainly, mv noble ex-President." "Then it'is not too much to believe that the voice of the people may yet call me from my retirement and force me into the Gubernatorial chair again?"' "No. Rutherford, no: let us be content here, the people of Ohio are not spring chickens." 'A Tonic in the True Sense of the Word. Not all medicinal preparations called tonics are such. A mere fctiinulent of appetite, which jives a simple "fillip to Nature" which removes no obstacle to her processes in the human tystein, is in no true sense a tonic. Ilostetter's Stomach Bittet not only far transcends in purity the ordi nary unmeditated stlmulcnts of commerce, the cheap local bitters, an eye opener vended as ton les, but where they are powerless to do more than Impart a temporary stimulus to appetite, the Bit ters restores digestion, remedies billousuess and Insures regularity In the habit of body. It is, therefore, a tonic in the true sense of the word for does it not renew harmony of tone in the most important functions ot the btxly, w here all before was discordant, feeble and inharmonious? Beikidcs this, its inviiroratimr and rejrulatiiiK effects eonststute it the best possible safeguard against inaluriel discofe. It conquers rheumatism, tKli)py complaints ana nervousness.

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