Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 31, Number 42, Indianapolis, Marion County, 9 September 1885 — Page 6

c

THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL, WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 9, 1885.

OÜR FARM BUDGET.

Ycur Seed Cora Kov--Overcsxisg . LifEcalties in Milking. t Mania! in; 01l Trw Preparing Shw for Markrl-Wool-Uonrj-Silwu-IIuu'W-liolt! Hint and I'arm 'ote, Kte. Jav Your Seed Corn Nov, Philadelphia Ke-ord. Tlje election of seed corn should be made while the corn is standing in the f;eld. It is then that its progress in ;rowth may be noted, as also its prolificacy and adaptation to the climate in which it is grown. Seed vorn should be selected from special plants. The farmer sh juld insiect every iortion of the field, and mark the stalks containing the ears desired. nly those who have given tliH mode of selection their attention are aware of the advantages of annually selecting the best ears on well grown stalks. A field of torn in Xelson Counto, Virginia, ten years ago, which was inspected by a committee from Philadelphia, yielded at the rate of It') bushels to the acre, the stalks containing from four to seven ears eac h, and yet this had been obtained simply by selection. The corn had also been adapted to the soil, and though giving such pood results in that locality proved a failure elsewhere. The farmer had a variety of coin best suited to his purpose, but which osessed no advantages to farmers in other sections, which should convince those interested of the importance f selecting seed corn on the farm ins'ead of Upending on others. , Prolific com Is not always desirable on Miiue farm. Vnlcss the soil is fertile such com will not till up in the ear as it shouM. The climate and soil must correspond with the qualitty of the corn in order to secure satisfactory results, and hence it is sometimes unwise to report to new varieties without testing them in a few rows. Une of the difficulties to be encountered with seed corn is its proper preservation through the winter. Ir. turtevant has given much of his valuable time in e.xx'ri!ucnting as to the best method of so doing, ond he is of the opinion that no corn shoaM be used for seed unlets it has heen thoroughly dried, and. if necessary, dried in the kiln. The manner of preservation of seed seem? to have strong influence upon its vitality, Corn seed thoroughly dried at a teni'ierntiire of from 70 to n degrees germinates better than seed not so carefully managed, but it i.-t better tu dry t!ie corn at loo decrees, and keep it in some j lace of even tenij-mture and free from dampness, Although corn will not ordinarily germinate at a lower temperature than IS-, according to experiments made. yet. when dried at a teruieratiire of I)0. grains have germinated at 41a, thouiro siowly. The ditlb-iilty in a majority of cases is due to the com not being sufficiently dried before being laid away for the winter. When the .selection is made in the field, as it should U- at this season, the corn may easily W cured by keeping it in a room containing a Ktov. It should not be harvested, however, nntil fully matured, snd only the best formed cars chosen. should it be desired to change the seed, as is itten recommended, do not disranl the old variety, but plant a few rows of some suitable kind among the rows from the old seed. ami let a cross be made by fertilisation, but care thould ne taken not to make a ra lie.il hange. Cross the flint varieties with a Hint variety nly. and under no conditions mix yellow and white corn. All that is necessary is to ktow and selevt your own torn seed, rosinp it occasionally with the same kind f corn irom another farm, but it is not adTisable to procure seed from a distance unless ertain it is suitable to j'oursou and climate. Preparing Mieep for Market. In preparing sheep for market, ys an En glish paiier, the object should be to have them look to the very bes. advantage, and bv extra work incurred m this not onlv pays but affords an opportunity for display ing skiu ana rasie m sueep management. The more equal in size, type, color and age a lot of sheep are the better they will sell. Of course the sheen can not be reniaue the aim is to make the most of them, f n the case of fat sheep the best of the lot are frequently nicked out week bv week, and sold a.s thev are ready. Hut take the case of a large lot to be cleared out at once. Jlavin? brought the sheep together into a large pen or yard, commence by catching out the worst ones. It can then be s-en if what remains are Ct to po n or not. If they still appear unequal, it is men Detter 10 ttiviue tucm acrain, iiiacinz a top lot, a second and a third. There are buyrs for all the classes, so that each lot will sell for what it is worth, and the average price obtained in this way, will generally Ix- Detter than u the whole had been sold in one lot. After the lots are arranged, any superfluous wool on the head or legs is cut of to give the sheep a more uniform character. Formerly ewes and wether were sent to market with the wool in its natural state of growth, but now almost all of them are trimmed or dressed with the shears the same as show sheep. The wool on their back is cut level, and their sides are 11 ice! v rounded. so as to give them a trim apiearance. This docs not, f course, benefit sheep that are to be kept on for further feeding or for breed' ins vxirxfmr. Cliiiiii'' the en. Ii of the mml on the back, making it stand erect, is not what nature intended, for naturally the hing ends of the wool hang over and carry the rain off the sheep's back, whereas by clipping the nacK wool snort the rain goes straight to the skin. Whatever pecuniary advantage it may brhitf to the seller is certainly at the buyer s expense, except, of course, when the sheep are sold for slaughtering, and even in the Jatter case there is a damaged fleece. Overcoming; IMfllcnltie in Milking. irreinleiice New York Trtbuue.l A cow carries her milk from one meal of her calf to another or from one milking to another, held lirmly in reservoirs distribu ted all through the udder. The valves which fit -en and close the passages from those res ervoirs to the teats are un Jer the control of the will, but, like the muscles which close the neck of the bladder, they are naturally and constantly keiit closed, and are onlv re laxed and oiiened by a jiecial effort ( the will. At milking time these valves, by a re laxation of the cords which control them. are opened, and the milk let down in a flood tipon the teats. This relaxation does not last long. After a little the special -effort to hold open the valves ceases, and thev in stinctively close again, shutting oil the How from the reservoirs to the teats, and retain ing in the reservoirs any milk which may have-not passed out. The habit of not . "giving down" consists in shortening the tijne of this relaxation, thus stopping the t!ow from the reservoirs to the teats before the milk is all drawn. The circumstances which tend . to make a cow shorten this i-riod of relaxation are rough treatment, fear, grief, solicitude, loud noises in short. anything that attracts attention and makes the cow uneasy. The circumstances w hich produe a prolonged relaxation are comfort and quietude, and freedom from disturbance and excitement, together with the relief winch the flow of milk occasions. When a cow lias from any cause acquired a habit of shortening the time of "letting down'' it is very difficult and sometimes impossible to overcome it. J he best way is to avoid all recasions of disturbance, and observe well those w hich promote pleasnre and quiet for the cow. and to milk as rapidly as poiblc

consistent with comfort, with a view to get

ting the milk beforj the 'letting down ' ceases. Milkingrapidly does not mean jerk ing sharply or moving with hasty or irregular motions in the presence of the cow. Such a course would counteract the very thing aimed at. The motions of the milker should not be such as to attract her suspicions. They should be deliberate and cool, but when set down to the milking nothing should te allowed to interrupt or retard the work. This will induce continual "lettinc down," by giving continual relief to the ud der. The milker should bear constantly 111 mind that the "letting down" is short, and that ewry movement should bo availed, of to the best advantage. When the milk ceases to tlow the milking should stop at once, whether it is all out or not. There is no um? in hanging on after the milk stops coming, as it only cultivates and confirms the habit of "holding back." To give a cow the least possible occasion for holding back her milk is the best w ay to prevent her from form in such a habit, and the snrcst and readiest way to make her forget it after it has been formed. To break up the obiec- . a 1 1. 1j . Ml . 1 . tionanie naoit, let ine miiKing ue quic, easy and regular. Stimulating Old Trees. (Country Gentleman. When apple and other fruit trees lose their vigor from age, or from neglect or want of fertilizing, there are different modes for re storing them to vigor, which mav be used to the best advantage during autumn. One of the easiest of application is to spread a coat of barn manure broadcast for t went v-rive or thirty feet distance from the trunk of the tree on etch side. This treatment will fre quently be sufficient of itself, in addition to prni ing out any dead brunches, or thinning in the head from the outside, or tmtli. I ultivating the surface while the tree is dor mant is an additional aid. For smaller trees w hich ;:re required to stand in grass, or where thev can not be cultivated, a stronj impetus may be Riven by cutting radiating trenches from within a few feet of the tree a rod or so in length on all sides, and filling these with compost. The large roots which lie on each side of these trenches, will send their side roots into the compost, and the trees will be pushed rapidly in growth. The trenches may be from one to two feet in depth, and the width that of the blade 01 the spade. An other mode, instead ot catting these radiat ing trenches, is tocut a circularditch around the tree at some distance from the trunk and to fill this with coniK)st. The severed roots Will soon send new libres into the compost, while the pruning which the roots receive will promote fruitfulness. Some judgment must lie used tocut the ditch at the right dis tance; if too near it will temiiorarilv check the growth too severely, before the new roots are lormed; and if too far away the labor will be too great, and the result less striking. In most cases, however, and with orchards of some size, cultivating and top dressing will be sulhcient. -ill cutting of the roots or branches must be done while the trees are not growing. Rest Season for Growing Wool. The best time for wolgrowing, says the Freeders' Gazette, is the fall season. This for several reasons. The ewes are for awhile relieved from the physical hardships and annoyances inseparable from maternity. The crowding and worry of shearing and brand ing is over. Ihe young ones have been weaned, and have learned the lesson of car ing for themselves. The heat and insrt an noyance of summer are past. Added to all these favorable conditions is the natural inclination of all animals to a thickening of covering preparatory to encountering the low tCHM'raturc 01 tlie winter season, ihe wool-grower who fails to Supplement such conditions as these with every facility for impiovcmeni within his reach has studied his business to little purjiose. Flesh and tieece tiie two mum items ut llocfc proht can now be laid on with a facility and econ omy which will largely compensate for the heavier expense and tardy improvement lollowing the best of winter management. A bushel of grain and an hour's time in properly distributing it in September will orine more return than con be bad later on from a doubling of both. Iet the too oftenheard remark of the discouraged sheep man. Anytin11-is good enough for sheep, lie para phrasesi into "t-heep are good enough for anything within the reach of tueir own er, and less will be heard another year aliout abandoning sheep husbandry in the I'niu-d Mate?, and most of those now in the busi ness will be content to stay where they are rather than sacrifice what thev uuw have to get into some other business", which, in its turn, will have to stand the pinch of ' hard times. Honey From lied Clover. Mr. W. M. Chattel, of Kingston, Wis., writes to the Bee Journal: "My bees are partlv black and partly hvbrid Italians. 1 began the reason with twenty-five colonies in box-hives, and increased them to tuty-two. 1 have securtl only lOO pounds of surplus comb honey. The season has been very poor m this vicinity, and bees have not done much. It will oe difficult for some of them to gather enough honey to winter on. I have heard a great deal said about bees working on red clover, but I thought it to be mostly advertising material. The other day 1 was crossing a held ot red clover (second crop) in mil 0100m, ana to my surprise 1 lound my itees working on it by the thousands. 1 exaiuiiud m re clo civ and found about threefouths of them gathering honey, and the lifl ifinff iw til ort Tlirt Kirv. rv-rrat1i"rtte usn1.1 run their heads into the petal and crowd it down until they would split the blossom and secure the nectar. 1 went to my apiary ami tound my Ik es lalliLg like snownakes in front of every hive, while underneath this falling mass there shot out from every hive a stream at Uirhtiimg speed. More than twotlnrds of those returning laden with the sweet of the field would fall on the aliglit-ing-hoard and im the groünJ. I watched the bees in their flight, and I found them coming and going like an ocean tide to and from the southeast, which is in the direction of the red clover. I immediately repaired to the buckwheat lot (about three Hcres), to the northeast thirty or forty rods, and found only a few scattering nees lurking 011 the blossoms. !t was about noon, and this was continued through the afternoon. I then and there CO .eluded that I. as well as other folks had bees that would work on red clover. . The Open Air Silo. M. Houlcs, of France, the discoverer of the plan of preserving green forage 111 the ojien air, continues to record his uniform success. The whole secret of his open uir silo consists in uniform ami uninterrupted pressure, o as to secure the expulsion of the air, and thus prevent the decomposition of the nii-s. The soiling ought to be carted to the place for stacking as soon after being cut as ttossi ble. There is no necessity to wait for its be ing dried; humidity is not at all an obstacle; nor is rain, save when it interferes seriously with work. Spread the forage uniformly, keep the stack from leaning, pile up slowly. so as to allow the mass to settle down a little and the fermentation commence, thus securing tenderness in the forage. Select p'anks sixteen inches w ide and one inch thick; allow them to project a few inches over the side of the stack. Cover the planks with earth, firewood, stones, etc, at the rate, of twenty-three quarts j.er square yard. To open the slack lor use, it could be constructed on the principle of a series of paralled walLs, and so obviate all difficulty. The drawback of the oiten air silo lies in not lelng able to count upon keeping the erection of the stack erpendicular. Distance for Planting Trees. it is lmtossible to specify any limit lor the distance of planting standards which shall be applicable to all trees; much must dejtend upon sou and climate. here the production of timber alone is the principal comlderation, the preservation of an unbroken leaf canopy will insure the tallest trees and the cleanest timber; but where it is deemed desirable to cultivate a considerable portion of Krone and healthy underwood the standard trees should not occupy more than from one-

third to one-half the entire wooded area.

Even in close plantations trees should never be allowed to overhang or whip each other. I- irs and innes may stand much thicker than deciduous trees, and during the earlier years of their growth they require much less thin ning; indeed, it Is seldom necessary to thin a plantation of Scotch pine until it is nine or ten years old. In situations where the deciduous trees require to be thinned ontat intervals of from twenty-hve to thirty leet at the age f forty years, resinous kinds may stand at little more than half that distance, say from fifteen or eighteen feet. In order to obtain solid timber no branches should be allowed to die back close to the bole. The process of natural pruning, by which the tipper branches gradually destroy the lower ones by excluding sunlight and air, may condacc to the production of the great est amount of rough timber and fuel; but the largest yield of lengthy, clean, straightgrown, sound, and vaiuaoie timuer is ob tained by timely and continued attention on the part of the forester. Oreat care is necessary in the thinning and pruning of belts or narrow strips of plantation. If allowed to remain too thick, the slender, drawn-up stems fails to produce the screen or shelter which was the object of the planter. Here an admixture of underwood will prove serviceable, and sometimes iOnay be found necessary even to pollard a few trees upon the margins in order to obtain the required density. ATool. Philadelphia Record. The largest importations of foreign wool ever made were made when the tariff' was at its highest, ,in the year 171, reaching the enormous aggregate of lis 131 747 pounds, or 44.0 er cent, of the whole production. It is also true that the percentages of lmjsjrtatic.ns of wool have not been increased by taifl reductions. Whichever way the wool argument is turned an appeal to the history of the trade upsets the theories of the protec tionists. FARM NOTES. Raw meat, if fed sparingly, is as good as cooked for laying hens-. Tee cattle ranches in the West occupy 1,305,000 square miles of land. Jersey bulls are now held at high figures, a son of Eurotas derivii g a fee for his owner of $1,000 for his services alone. Whenever rust or snuit attacks any of the stalks of growing grain such stalks should be immediately cnt and burnt. When any farm cro commands a paying price it is folly for the farmer to turn speculator and hold for a possible ri s. Three carloads of live chickens (13,000 in number) were recently shipp'Al from Ma ryville, Mo., to New York 'itv. England produces s!.")0,Oih OoO worth of milk annually, and furnishes the world with many of the best breeds of beef cattle. riumsand cherries may be budded until the middle of September. If the sap seems thin and watery, wait a few tlays until it be comes thicker. The honey boxes should be removed. No move surplus is likely to be stored, and the bees will only darken that in the boxes if they do not carry it below. The public recognizes onlv a few varieties of jiotutoes, and wnen the new sorts are shipl'd they are sent in under the names ol the kind that they mot resemble. Not every man can make extensive and accurate exjierimenlsin farm work, but all can take a good paper and keep themselves posted as to what other ieople are doing. The period of Testation in the ewe is about five months, and if the sheep are coupled now the lambs will be dropited in February, and, if well fed, may be marked m April. It is noticed that as a result of tree culture birds are becoming quite numerous in parts of Dakota. In Kingsbury and sota other counties quails are making their apiearance. California paiers report the discovery of a new wine peach wine made from the juice of soft, ripe peaches. It is said to be the hnest flavored and most uelicious w ine ever made. Figs fed npon grass and middlings will have larger frames and grow faster than those fed on torn, especially in summer, when fat should ne avoided, if iossible, in feeding young pigs. The milk that is to be used in the dairy must not be mixed with that from sick cows or dry cows, and the milk should not be used in the Jairy until the sixth or seventh day after calving. The following is recommended asexcellent for keeping blood-sni king flies from horses and t attle: Mix twenty parts of glycerine with one part of carbolic acid and rub lightly 011 the hair, but not on the skin. A Oeorgia dairyman has figured out the cost ofgod butter in that State tit twelve and a halt cents a jtound, where gx id pas turage can w had on easy terms for ten months in the year, and the butter sells at twtnty-nve cents a jiound. Professor Cook says flies do not like the atmosphere of his stable, as the barrel in which he makes his mixture of carbolic acid and soft-soap is kept there. This is a hint to those who lind nies troublesome in the stables. It will soon lie time to cut the cornfodder, and farmers will lii'd it to their advantage to carefuliv store it, using it in the winter bv cutting it w ith a folder-cutter. As a rule, one-half the crop is annually wanted under the feet ot the sto k. When vou are ready to sow your wheat seht-t the choicest and pluuiiet grain Shriveled seed should never be used. ltl irood seed one-half the difficulty is removed Make the seed-bed fine, and have all the con ditions as favorable as possible. Mixed husbandry is the true system on farms adapted to grain-growing, and a rota tion of dnlerent crois, partly lor market 111 the grain and partly for feeding to make iKef. iKirk, mutton and poultry for market, should accompany it. Itisverv convenient to have a breast col lar on the farm, made with an extra wide breast piece, to be used 111 cases, of wire shoulder. Of course such a collar must n t be Used in heavy work, as it will bear upon parts not suniciently toughened by use. California seems to be overrun this year wi tli grasshoppers, ihe hog; is proving the most effective means for their extinction. When a flock of turkeys was turned against them tlw? grashoppers ate all the feathers off' the turkey s hacks. Although the rich soil of Holland is worth from sSW to ?stx tier acre, n large portion is devoted to pasturage and meadow. She feeds over l.iO.tHH bead of cattle, although her area is only boo.uoo acres, aud proc.uees annually 21,bio,bno jounds of cheese and l.uoo.ooo iiounds of butter. Jhe tows ue have been carefully bred for centuries for producing the largest yields of milk, and are now unexcelled. The cost of harvesting grain is said to Ik less in California this vear than ever before. The combination harvesting machines have greatly reduced extienses and the wages of lauor are comparatively low. one iariuer in San Joaquin allev reports that the cost 0 harvesting his crop this year has been only four cents a sack, whereas the cost of thrash ing alone under old methods was as high as fafteen cents a sack. Look out for rag weeds now, not only in the regular pasture, but in any of the lanes through which the cows have to pass. When the pasture is sunburnt anil dry many cows get into the bad habit of biting off the tender tops of the young rag weeds, and this gives a bitter and very disagreeable flavor to the milk, which rinds its way into the butter or cheese made from it Take a scythe an cut the tops of this weed otf, for cows will not touch -hem unless fresh ami green. 8ome years ago we got ihe weevil in our wheat bins, fays a writer in the South and W est. The affected wheat was at once re moved and the bins scrubbed out with strong brine, heated boiling hot. Care was taken to

get the brine in all the cracks and crevices, which ilestroyed the weevil. Since then we have whitewashed the interior of the bins each year before putting in the new crop, which keeps the weevil out. Make the wash bot; apply with an old broom and get it into all the cracks. The treatment usually practiced for sea in sheep is to steep one pound of tobacco iu a gallon of boiling hot water; then add four ounces flowers of sulphur and stir frequently until the liquid is colored to 120 degrees. It is then poured over the sheep, along the back, and as it runs down rub it into the scabby part with the hand, using also a corncob to break up the scabs. The same treatment will prevent healthy sheep from being infected. Apply once or twice, and then keep the sheep in a dry place for a few days. Itecarding the use of pea-meal for producing butter the Live Stock Journal says it has the least fat of all other grains used as food for animals except beans. Nearly all analses give peas but 2 per cent, of fat, whereas oats have G per cent, and linseed oil 10 per ceut. The legumen of the pea is the same chemically as the caseine of milk. Peas are excellent to keep up the muscular condition of the cow and to furnish the cheey element. Canada pork made on beans is lean and not like our corn-fed iork. Mr. Mills, the apostle of ensilage, or the preservation of crops in a green state for fodder, lays down the following conditions as essential to success. Air must be perfectly excluded from the pit or silo by a uniform and continuous pressure of about 250 pounds to the Miliare foot; the crop should have flowered before being cut, and the knives should be sharp enough not to tear the saccharine sacks. East j'ear Mr. Mills fed for seven months no animals, cows and horse s, from ten acres of corn fodder. If a sow produces two litters each year, it follows that during two-thirds of the time the energies of her system are directed to

the growth of these litters before farrowing. 1 his haves onlv four months of the vear to suckle the two litters, or only the length usualiv allowed for one. It sometimes haprens that sows are bred soon after they have farrowed, and are thus required to carry one Itter while suckling another. Hut this al ways results In the diminished thrift of one litter or the other, and often in the injury of both, as well as the sow herself. A horse can not kick if his bead is kept up, and hence a "kicking brace" will sometimes prove a correction of the habit. This brace is made of half-inch iron, with a fork at one end and a ring in each end of the fork, each ring being furnished with a snap, or with a strap and buckle, by which it may be attached to the bit. the opjosite end of the brace being made to tit upon the trout of the ower part of the collar by a similar lork fitted with a strap. The length of the brace must be adjusted to the size of thfl horse, the point being to keep the head well up. The introduction of the creamery baa wrought a wonderful revolution in dairy methods. Scarcely ten years have passed since co-operative butter-making came into vogue. in 111 iiiai unci unit; 111 miner roduct of Iowa has been raiss.l from only a ev million lounds annually to almost H)0,hio.oeo in 1SS4; from a few hundred thou sand cows to l,'JoO,ioo in 1SS4; from an infe rior article of "W estem grease to a superior article of "Iowa gilt-edge butter," and from a mere pittance to a handsome price ier pound. ows have nearly doubled in averiigc value. The average of pasturage was trcatlv increased, which rests the soil and the farmer. HOUSEHOLD HINTS. To Sweeten Kancid l.ard. Put your lard in the stove and let it melt. Pool rive orix jMitutoes, cut them up with the lard and boil until they are tender. 1 he strain your lard and I think you will find it improved. A notable house-keeper savs that dark stockings must always be thoroughly washed in strong salt and water and them dried. After they are dry they are to be washed again in a second solution of salt ami water and then washed in clear water and dried. In this way the dye will not rub off on the feet and undergarments. M. Vigier recommends the following for the cure of corns: Salicylic and, 15 grains; alcoholic extract of cannabin indica, 7,'i grains: alcohol (W), 15 minims; ether (J-i, 17 minims; flexible collodion, 10 minims. Mix and preserve in a closely corked vial. The corn is to be painted thoroughly with this mixture every second day for a Meek. At the end of this tune, it is said, the corn can be readily expressed by pressure of the lingers. A good cleansing powder for show-windows W'hich leaves no dirt in the joints, etc., is prepared lr moistening calcined magnesia with pure benzine, so that a mass is formed sufficiently moist to let a drop appear when pressed. The mixture is to be preserved in glass bottles with ground stoppers, in order to retain the easily volatile benzine. A little of the mixture is placed on a wad of cotton, and applied to the glass plate. It may be used for cleaning mirrors. Teach Water-Ices Deliee's method is to take six good-sized, round and rijie peaches. Feel the fruit, remove the stones, and cut them into quarters. Then make a syrup as follows: put into a stew-pan a pint of water, a pound of the best loaf sugar, the white of an egg first lienten to a stiff' froth, and a iieach kernel. Place the pan on the fire and boil for live minutes. Then remove the pan to one side of the tire, put in the quartered peaches ar.d let them simmer until they become thoroughly soft. Then press all through a fine hair sieve, adding two tablespoonfuls of strained lemon juice, and (if a pink tinge is desired)two drops of cochineal. The mixture is then to lie put into a freezer and froze in the ordinary way. The Caterer. Peach Jelly: Make a thin sirup with ten ounces of sugar and half a pint of water. Then take ten or twelve riie peackes, pare them, cut them in halves ami take out the stones, bruising tue kernels ot half of them. Now put the halved peaches, together with the bruised kernels, into the sirup and allow them to simmer for fiftenn minutes, adding, for flavor, the zest of two lemons and the juice of three. Then strain the jelly through a jelly-bag, add ten ounces of dissolved gelatine, and ljur it into a mold, which should be placed on the ice until the jelly becomes stiff enough to turn out. The peaches themselves may be utilized as a com pote. the t aterer. Variec-ated Cakes. One cup tiowdered sugar; one-half cup of butter creamed with the sugar: one-half cup of milk; four eggs, the whites ouly, hipicd light; two and one-half cups ef prcared Hour. litter-al-mond flavoring, spinach-juce and cochinei. Cream, butter and sugar; add milk, flavor ing the whites and Hour. Divide the batter into three parts. IJruise and pound a few leaves of spinach in thin muslai bag until you can express the juice. Put a few drops of this into one irtlon of the batter, color another with oex'hineal, leaving the third white. Put a little of ach into small ronnd pans or cups giving a light stir to each color as vou add the next. This will vein the cakes prettily. Put the white between the pink and green, thaUthe tints may show better. If you can get pistachio-nuts to pound up for the preen the cakes will be much nicer, ice on sides; and top. A Frozen Peach Pudding. Hub enough ripe peaches through a tine sieve to obtain a pint of pulp; put the pulp into a vessel with ten ounces of powdered sugar and a few drops each of the essence of almonds and vanilla; dissolve an ounce and a half of clari fied gelatine with a glass of water: mix it with the pulp and cool it partially; then mix the wtufle arefully with a pint of wellwhipped cream. Now beat the whites of three eggs to a very stiff froth, adding two ounces of pulverized sugar. Drop the eggs by large taspDnful8 into lioiling sweetened niilk. Cook them a little aud then drain them on a seive. Now cut six ounces of blanched peaches into small squares; imbed a jelly-mold in ice, ami putalayerof the cream an inch thick on the bottom. Allow this to congeal, and then add a laver of the

q;g and the cut peaches Cover this with the

cream, freeze it again, and so repeat the layers until the mold is filled, finishing with the cream. Then set on the ice till wanted. The Caterer. Cocoanut and Almond Cake. Two and one-half cups powdered sugar, one cup butter, four full cups Prepared flour, whites of seven eggs, whisked stiff; one small cup of milk, with a mere pinch of soda; one grated cocoanut, one-half teaspownful nutmeg, juice and half the grated peel of one lemon; cream, bntter and sugar ; stir in lemon and nutmeg: mix well; add the milk and whites and Hour alternately. Lastly, stir in the grated cocoanut swiftly and lightly. Fake 111 four jelly- ake tins. Filling One pound sweet almons, whites of four eggs, whisked stiff; one heaping cup powdered sugar, two teospcoufuls rose water. Blanch the almonds. Let them get colli and dry; then lound in a wedge-wood mortar, adding rosewater as you go on. Save aliout ts o doen to shred for the top. Stir the paste into the icing after it is made; spread between the cooled cakes; make that for the top a trifle thicker and lay it on heavily. When it has stiffened somewhat stick the shred almonds closely over it. Set in the oven to harden, but clö not let it scorch.

OIR NEXT DISTINGUISHED VISITOR. rnEPr.KIC W. FAERAR, ARCHDEACON OF WESTMINISTER, EUI.OOISTOF THE LATE (GENERAL JRANT A "0 FRIEND OF F.EPI Bl.ICAN INSTITUTIONS The preacher at the service held in Westminisfrr A., ley simultaneously with that r tLe remains of f'eneral Girant, at Mount McCJrcgor, expressed his appreciation of the character of the deceased and of the institutions under which lu had achieved great ness, with such liberality, eloquence and power, that his intention to vi-it this country is regarded with general pleasure. The various works of Archdeacon Farrer had been extensively read and admired in the United States before his exposition of Demo cratic principles of (iovernment, delivered on the occasion referred to. give the Ameri can people new cause to admire and love him. ever uetore had the venerable wan of the Abbey echoed political sentiments so broad and just. Ihe man who uttered them is of the quality and calibre winch Ameri cans particularly appreciate. He is an Knglishman superior tooolitical prejudice, with out the intellectual flunkeyism which ingen iously attempts to find good in. and to defend, what is wornout and inherently bad. Frederic William Farrar,. Archdeacon of Westminster, who will sail for this continent on September .", was born in Iiombay, Hindostan. in ls:;i. j lis tat tier was chaplain ot the fort at the time, and, as a matter of course, a clergyman of the Church of England. The lad reecivi-d his early education at King Wil liam's College, in the Isle of Man, from whence lie was entered a student at King's College, Ijndon. After his graduationat the bjiiikm I niversity. he was appointed, in lsc, I niversity Scholar, l.ntenng i runty College, Cambridge, he took Ins llachelor s I'e tree with high classical honors in 1S54. lb had already obtained the Chancellor's prize for F.nglish verse by a ioein on the "Arctic llegions. In 1S)1 lie was ordained deacon, and in ls-o was admitted into priest s orders. For several years he was Assistant Master of Harrow School, and from 1ST1 to l7f he filled the losition of Dead Master of Marl borough ollege. Iiis tales 01 sciiool and eollece life "Erie: or. Little by Little," "St. Winifred's; or, The World of School," and "Julian Home were widely read. Dr. Farrar was select preacher before the University of Cambridge in ltflS, and again in 174-5. and he was an hon orary chaplain to the eJueen from iwa to 1S7.'5, when he was nominated one of Her Majesty's chaplains inordinary In lsT he was appointed one of the canons of Westminster Abbey, und rector of the ancient Church of St. Margaret's, which stands under the shadow of the Abbey. Canon Farrar bs-anie Archdeacon tif West minster in 1AS-1, when he resigned the rector ship of St. Margaret's. On July 4, l7!l, he characterized the course which alienated the American eolonies from the mother country a folly, and at the same time recognized the blessings to civilization and progress, on both sides of the Atlantic, which had followed the Revolution. Canon Farrar's reputation as an author rests principally 011 his late theologi cal works, among which the "l.ile ot Christ," published in 187-4. is conspicuous. His 'Life and Works of St. Paul," publish ed in INTO, shows no diminution in vigor of style or picturesqueiiess of description. Among his other works are "The Fall of Man. ''The Y ltness of History to Christ, ami "Kternel Hope." He is a copious contributor to reliirious and literary publica tions, and some of his papers on philological subjects attract wide attention. As a preach er. Arc it deacon r arrar enjoys a reputation not inferior to that which he has acquired as an author, and Westminster Abbey lscrowded to its utmost capacity whenever he occu pies the pulpit. .He Mongs to the Broad Church School, and the publication of "Eternal Hope," in which he avowed his belief in the issibility of post-mortem restoration to the favor ot tiod. created great excitement in Protestant denominations. In his American tour Dr. Farrar will tie accompanied by Dr. Francis (Jerald esey, Archdeacon of Huntingdonshire, and a brother of Jean Ingelow, the poetess. Arch deacon r arrar s obiect is to seethe country and visit some friends: but he w ill not alto gether abstain from intellectual lalior during his stay. He has made an engagement to deliver "the opening address before the Johns Hopkins University at Baltimore. After he will go to Philadelphia and aslnngton.and will te present at the Church Congress which meets at New Haven in September. From New Haven he will go to New York, where he will deliver three lectures, and then to Boston and other places. In Boston and Philadelphia the lectures will be addressed to divinity students and ministers, on purely theological subjects. The subjects of the other lectures will be "l'ante," "ine iaimud and its Author," and "Browing, the Poet." A Miserable Diodne. I Atlanta Constitution. The ppeech of Senator Sherman and the platform of the Iowa Republicans leave no doubt thai, the Republican politicians of the Noith have determined to fight the next campaign on the sectional issue. As a iH-mocratic newspaper the Constitution is glad to see this issue made prominent and the bloody shirt once more waved anjve the Bepuhlican camp. As an American newsi at er the Constitution regrets it. This country will never again be carries.!

by appeals to sectional prejudice. The 'ar is over and the embers of war are dead. The people of this great republic, long estranged, are now united in a union that, cemented with the blood of its best and bravest sons, is indissoluable forever. Neither fools, or fanatics, or demagogues can rekindle the passions that burned themselves out amid the terrible scenes of the war. Those who attempt it are loomed to defeat and disgrace. Mr. Blaine was beaten for the Presidency when he yielded to fools' advice, and in Ohio furled the banner that waved above his

flushed and victorious army and ran tin the wretched rag of crimson that he himself des pised. When he made that bitter speech in Augusta, after the election; he reconciled to his defeat half a million voters who, until then, were unreconcilable. If anything is settled it is that the masses of the people, North and South, are tired of strue. 1 hey want peace, ihevliaveso de clared over and over again, and the thunders of their tieclaration have drowned again and again the vicious outcries of the politicians. Whatever party pledges itself to the reojening of wounds,"but lately healed and the relighting of consuming tires that were extingui.shed tcnty years ago, will ie repudiated at the noils. If the Republican oartv commits itself to this narrow and insane policy, the Democratic party will remain in Iower until new parties and new issues arise. the duty ol the South is plain. Ihe man liness and sincerity el her e-ourse, so long pain to observers, must be maintained. She was brave enough to meet the sUock of war without quailing, and was brave enough to accept. its results without reservation. In stead ol sulking amid the ashes ami ruins of her homes, she set earnestly to work to re pair the desolation of war, and fashion her fortunes anew out of such pitiful resources as was left her. From first to last she has been earnest, sincere and honest in her re-established relations with the North. By slow but sure process this simple truth has cut its waythrough the sophistries of the jsilitii-ians, and carried conviction to the lieoole of all sections. The election of Mr. Cleveland Avas proclamation thst at last the real purpose of the South was understood by the North, and confidence. between the sections restored. The sensible and conservative course of the South, since Mr. Cleveland's election has confirmed this confidence. Policy, then, as well as patriotism, will hold the Southern ieople to the large-mind-h1 and abidinir love of the Union, the maolv and candid lesire for jeace and brotherhoexl, the deep and inspiring sympathy with American institutions and American glory, that lives in the hearts of her lieople and makes itself manifest on every proper occasion. Far above the mere triumph of lmrtvor the petty plunder of office, the election of Mr. Cleveland was precious to ner. in mai 11 cioseu ine cnasm into wnicn she had cast her blood and her treasure, and it reunited in heart as in hand the Fnion she had honestly sought to divide. It is her concern chiefly that the Pi-esidoncy, won chief y by her votes, has been so administered as to strengthen mutual confidence, disel suspicion and doubt, and bring to the death bed of the illustrious American whose taking away the country still mourns, the full realization of his ii.nnortal apjtcal, "Ixt us nave peace. Ihe la publican politician mav wave the bkody shirt, the Republican party may plant itstlf on the platform of sectional hate. -o be it. Neither will avail agsunst the in evitable. The South can not be shaken from her consciousness of honest and patriotic puriose, nor diverted front the straight and simple wav she has marked out. The North can not be again misled by prejudice or de-ceiv-d by misrepresentation. I lie lw-ople have conie together and have shaken hands and made up. The politician can not again divide them. The Heavenly Uather Spoiled Child. 1 Presbyterian Visitor.! During an illness if Mrs. Spurgeon, before Mr. Spurgeon left her room for the journey he was contemplating, she remarked thatsae hoped he would not be annoyed with her for telling him what had been passing through her mind. She made him, however, promise that he would not try to protmre the objects for which she had been longing. She then toldlnm she had been wishing for a piping bullfinch and an onyx ring. Of course, Mr. Spurgeon expressed his willingness to get lxith, but she held him to hi promise. He had to make a sick call m his way to the station as well as call at the Tabernacle. Shortly alter reachtag .the sick Person's bou.se the mother of tbe patient, to las amazement, asked Mr. Spurjretui if Mrs. S. would like a piping-bullfinch : that they nai one, out mat it music wai trying on the invalid, and thev would gladly part with it to one who would rive it the requisite care. He then made his call at the TaUm?c!e, and after reading a voluminous correspondence came at last to a letter, and a parcel cnuerrying the other letters, l he letter was from a lady unknown to him, who had received benefit from his services in the Tabernacle, and as a slipht token of her appreciation of these services asked Ins acceptance ot the inciosca onyx ring, necklace and bracelets, for which she had no further use. Uns intensified his surprise, and lie hastened home with what haa oeen so 8tranirelv sent, went up into his wife's sick-room and placed the objects she had longed for before her. Mie met nimwitua look of pained reproach, as if lie had allowed his retard to override his promise, but when lie letailed thetruecircumstancesof tbe case the was tilled with surprise, and asked Mr, JSpurgcun what he thought of it. His reply was characteristic: "I think you are one of vour Heavenlv Father's spoiled children and He just gives you whatever you a-k fr."' Tlie Ileal Kca-wm. IXew York Sun.l Our neiühlior the Times. Iicing. in conjunc tion with the Evening Tost, at the hea I tif the mugwump combination, hoMs to the idea that Mr. Cleveland was elected rresnicnt because of "his jiosition in regard to civil perviee reform. Now, that won't wat-b. All the mu-wump voters in the country, with all their idolatry of civil service reform by -omjietitive exam inations, could not have ele:ted . level.nm without the assistance of the Stalwart Kepublicans of New York: ami these hate and despise tbe civil service nostrum as bitterly as do eenuine Democrats. Iksidci. the Democrats lidn t vote lor Cleveland on areount if his civil service notions, but Ixx-ause lie was the candidate of the Chicago Convention. An AniKtuiattox Mule. There is a innle in Madison Count v. Miss.. in the possession of a Mr. Can then, that i.t rvrt !ii tlio siirrcnilcr nt. A ltTHilusttox. in 1S. Mr. Canthen was a member of Ward's Mississippi itattery and drove the A i'tor flu flirrender, and heu ;-Tiriil (irniit had issued his senerous ,!.. - o nrW nllnwiin fJeneral Lee's rairired veterans to retain their horses and mults, suggest ing that "they would need them to make a r-n ,ii " Mr I'-inthen mounted the mul and put out for his home, and made a crop that vear, and lias made a crop even' fcincc with ft until he hfls Iwi onie a. man of MtlsidtTable;means. The mnle is fully twenty-five years old, yet Mr. Canthen would not take Sf iXK for it to-.lav, The I'reaent feneration lives at telegraphic speed, eats too fast, retires tx late, doea not rise betimes, smokes, and (alas! that we should have to say it) chews too much tobacco. The consequence are dyspepsia, a general ab-sencc of that robust and manly vigor which character ized our ancestors, and a manifest proncbess to early decay, r.ejiulur hours, a due allowance of time for meals the disuse of excessive smoking, and altogether of chewing tobacco, in connection with a course of I ln tetter's Stomach Bitters, will in nine cases out of ton efface consequence of the ahiisrs oi the lfiws of health indicated alnive. A want of stamina, dyieptia. nervousness and iih.UMKs are amtuiK tnese consequences, ana inej re bodily ill to the removal ot which the bit ters 1 sjiei inlly cdapted. Nor la the Bitters less titlollo overcome and prevent fever and airue. Vflif-v anil lilMihlcr trout.leo and rheumatic ail ments'. It 1 al.-c a line appetizer and promoter of couxalcitciicv.

I ÄÄDWATS

SARSAPARILLAN RESOLVENT THE Great Blood Purifier, FOR TEE CÜRE OF CHRONIC DISEASES. Scrofulous or Constitutional, Hereditary or Contagious, be it seated in the Langs or Stomach, Skin or Bones, Flesh or Nerves, Corrupting the Solids and Vitiating the Fluids, Chronic Rhumstira, Scrofn:. Gianda! dwelling, Headache, Iry Congo, Cancerous ACectionB, bvphilitic Complaints Venereal Troubles, (see out "Treatise on Venereal and its cure," prioe 2ö eenta by mail.) Bleeding of the Lungs, Dy?t-epia, Water üraj-n, ane dwelling, Junors, f-kia Diseases, Kruptioiis ou the HHly and l"a-e. Pimples, Biiis, Hlotche8, Sores. Ulcers. Hip lioases. Mercurial IMseascs. lunale Complaints. Gout, Dropsy, ball Ehcuni, Brouchitis, Consumption, LIVER COMPLAINT, ETC. Kot onlT doe the Pflrapflr:!"In Tleso'vent exel all remedial agents in th- eure ot Chrouie. 'Tofulonn. Constitutional nul ttiu biMAbe, but it is the only positive cure for Kidney and Bladder- Complaint, Urinary and Womb Diseaes, Grayet, Diabetes, , r . . i . 1 - iirppcy, Moprpeo' naier, incontinence ii criue. Bright" Disease, Albuminuria, and in all cseti where there are bri-k-hit deposits, or the water ia thick, cloudy, mixed w ith FubsUince like the hit of an ecg. or threads like white silk, or there is morbid, dark, bilious appearance and white bondust deposits, and w heu there is a pricticK, burn ing wnsation wnen passing water, ana p&ia ia tae 6m all of the back along the loins. One bottle contains more ol the active principles of medicines than any other preparation. Taken in tcaspoonful doses, while other require five or fcix times rs mueh. Sold lij Drucglata. On Dollar Per Bottle. R. R. R. RADWAY'S READY RELIEF. It was the first and ia the only PAIN REMEDY that Instantly f tops tbe most excruciating p ins, a'.lava inflammation, and cure t'oiimtion? whether of the Lun ire. Stoma eh. Bowels, or ether glands or organs, by one application, In From One to Twenty Minutes. No matter how violent or excruciating the pa In, the Rheumatic. Bed-rMlea. Intinn, Crippled,. Nervous. Neuralgic, or prostrated, with disease may süßer. RiDWAVS REM RELIEF Will Afford Iuntant Kavse. inflammation of the KidneTB. Inflammation ol th3 Bladder, Inflammation of the Bowel, Oonrestion ol ihe Limim, I"lp1ttioo of tbe Birt XlptericB, Cronp, Catarrh, ervousnei, sieeplcssrjeüs, Viatica, Taiun la the Chest, Hark, er Limb, Eruisea, Bitea of insects, uoia uuu ana Agutr Chills. . . . .. The application ot tue nr.Aur ttutr vn mi. part or parts where the difficulty or pain exit will afford ease and comfort. BOWEL COMPLAINTS J " t ntawhnAa rn?i-a Vnrtini nrPalnfnt Pinch a rye from ihe Bowels are rtopptd in t. fleet . i . , . .1. : T' 4 . XJ ..... 1 U or twenty Diuimea vj aius Ia''mi 9 -" lief. No congestion or inflammation, no weakness or latitude will follow the use of the R. K. lu-liei. Thirty to Hxtv drops in a nan mmnieroi waier will in a fewfhinutca -ure Cramp, Spa-ma. bour Rtomach, Heartburn. Sick Headache, Diarrhoea, DvK'iiterv. Colic, Wind ia the Bowel, and all InteVnal pa'iua. iraveitra bcouia a.wavs crrj a RMAVS READY RELIEF with them. A few drops In water will preveni Bicknets or paina from chanpe of water. It i better than French brandy or bitters aa a stimulant. MALARIA In Its Various Forms, FEVER AND AGUE. rnTTi i vn knTV miwd fnr flftr eenta. There ia not a Remedial ajrent in tbia WJ(? lM w ill cure Fever and Ague ana ail otner .wuanai. Bilious, Starlet and other Fevers laided bjr KAIWAY'S fLLLH) bo quickly aa.BJUWAY'b RJvAUT RELIEF. ... Fifty Cents rer ifoxue. Bold by Druegitta. DR. RADWAY'S Regulating Pills, The Great Liver and btoraacr Remedy. actoloca e1e-anttr Mated with ftWCCt rum. purge, regulate, punfy, cleam and strengthen. Vli. KA1V A 1 S J'll.li, loriD-iureui uuorders of the Stemach, Liver, Bowels, Kidney Bladder, Iiervou J ureases, ix. oi Appcuie. nea ache, Costiveuess, Indigestion, liyspcpsia. Biliousw. Vara 1 1 fl tl Yl 1Y A 1 flf of the Bowels, lllef ail3 all derangements of the Internal VUcera. Purely vegetable, contaiuiiig no mercury, xaineraia, or .Observe the following aymrtonu resulting from disease of the digestie organs: Constipation. Inward l'ili-s. Fullnesa of B.ood la the llead. Acidity of the Stomach, Nausea, Heartv.. ii;tmtt of Koo.1. Fullness of Vteiehttin the Btomacb.fc'.inrErucUtiona. Sinking or fluttering at the Heart, knocking or e-unocannpf rensanou when in a lving posture, Liimuesa of Vision, Dot or Webs 1-efore the Sieht, Fever and Pull 1-ain ia the Head. ix-flcicncT of Perspiration, Yellownes of the Skin and Yves, Bain in the Side. Chest, Llmh, and ioddea Flu&bea ol Heat, Burning la A few does of DR. RADWAY'S HLLS will freo tbe system from all the above named disorders. Sold by Druggist. Price, as Cents Per Box. Read "FALSE AND TRUE. Rend a letter stamti to DR. RAPWAY A Co.. Xo. 82 Warren, corner Church street. New York. . . . .V .......... .4 J ' 1 VvAAMMft to you. rtrjn i fTf ir TIT tTIT Y" iu inn ruDuv,: Be an re and ! for RADWAY'S, and tee that tb najncl' BAliW A Y" ia on what yoa bujj