Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 32, Number 18, Indianapolis, Marion County, 2 June 1886 — Page 6

THE INDIANA BTATE SENTINEL, WEDNESDAY JUNE 2 1886.

Spnrions Wines.

Dead Rats Used to Give Flavor. It is astonishing the amount ol acids, gums, and dye stuffs wbkh are converted into palatable men. and relished bv the unsuspecting drinkers. Fortunes are being made at the busine, and the health ef the cousnmerj ruined by the gigantic frauds in this line of trade. The opening welge cf the investigation of fraudulent proprietary medicines is being driven in by hard knocks from the aceriered parties, and some snc-h .RKrvwive i-oluv is necevarv. to stem the tide 01 adulter ant u and fraudulent manufacture ot wir.es. TaiVs with various persons nvrant with the subject have uis--loM-d a larceutable lack of honesry in the prepa ration of medicinal wines and Leverages. His more the rule than the exception for port wine to be composed ot cider, syrup, cum kino, and tartaric aoiu. ana ior ciaret vo oc ue uiuc num Act Oi ti.n ot orris root water, raspberry juice, syrii p, and coc hi neal, w bile most of the sherry wine on the market is a combination of cheap materials colored with alkanet root. To bring up -rut wire a common practice is to drop a lew rats into a cask through the bunk hole. The rat flavor is said lt t.e perfectly delicious," but the sellers are careful not to sample it, leaving that delightful (?) privilege for tne innocent havers. Much of the imported stuft is hardly suitable for the ill tub. much less to be sold oytr the counter for patients and table use. Artifu iai wines are maniifactured xtt'isivtlv. and sold eitlur alone or in jtrfmixt'irt with a certain proportion of srennine n iie. I he I'ruKsrists' "ireuiar and hemieal iaatP.e, P- March, l.t. How the 1'ublic 1a swindled. How little thought the public gives to what it bnvs is illustrated by referring to tue cneapand naty preparations of 'beef, iron and wine," "coca wine." etc., etc. A w ell known chemist receutlv f uMihed the result of some investigation Into these "cheap" offerings. He found that not a sine e sample of the ouinme puis contained what was claimed. Many of the beef, iron and wine tonics contained not a single vestige of the beef, and barely a trace ot iron. whi'e the wines were so only iu name. A horde of coca wines have svrur.? up oi late. Coca is not only a scarce article that 1. a rood reliable article I n t is also very expensive, in i:teen of thesamp'es examined there was noi a vestige of coca to be discovered, while in the ther lour there w.as naraiv more man a inve. Common souse on-lit to tell the average buyer that a Rood w iue buch a one a is tit for persons out of beaith is, in itself, an expensive item. New add iron, beef, coca, etc.. and only a veritable Idiot can expect ijuality with cheapness. If honest riruppisrs and h Jnest preparations are to be driven to the wnll. let that rreat ass, the public. blame itself for it. 5 - It ii well known that the I.ietin f'ompanv absorbs nbout all of the re liable etwa t tat reaches our market, and that it " uses nearly all of it in the preparation of its Cca Peel Tonics and oca ice. The American Kriectist. THE GRAND MEDAL OF SUPERIORITY Awarded to the Li.-hij: Co., of New York, for its o a Feel Tonic preparations hy the Committee f Jndpes and Experts of the'irand National Kxn.i.:;.onti tee American institute of ew lork. HIGHEST MEDALS THE WOHLD 0YE5 MM: CK.D MKDALS. 1.J h'.K Co.'s t'Oi-B. Beef Tonic embodies the Nu tritive elements of the muscular fibre, blood, lone and brain oi tareiully selected healthy uullocis. Each tablespconful representa the essence of one ounce of tnoice beef in solution in a guaran teed quality of (Spanish) imperial crown sherry iruiii mis viutar'js ui . ennrs. uunzaies, Bjtum a Co., ot Jerez. The I.imbig Company imports its shtrry direct from this oid and celebrated firm of sherry e:uw en. As as example it may be stated that nudcr the terms of tne contract for ls-sß Messr. tonaies, Hysss fc Co. are reouired to 3eliver 5,W o gallons ot the imp rial crown sherry to tteew lork Depot alone of the Liebig Laboratory and Chemical Works C'ompanT. Liebig Co.'s Coca Beef Tonic contains an assr.riit li'ialitj of coca. J t also contains CITRATE OF IRON, PURE QUININE, CALISAYA BARK. It is not a secret preparation. Its ingredients re ci. en and public, and it is guaranteed to contain not only ALL that we say it does, but (and in these days of adulterntioii this fs of the hii:het iro pons nee) TIIK MATERIALS CsED A R E ti U A RA STEED to he of THE fct-ST. Not every kind of sherry is adapted to the sys tems of those "out of health." It requires not only nicety of judgment in selecting an appropriate sheTT. but also especial knowledge and kill to select a iF.SflNE SHERRY OF PROPER iRALE AND BODY. Nor (low Coot blend well with every kind of wine, and herein lies the secret cf the worth !cssnes of all attempts at competition with the l.Icbig Co.'s Coca Beef Tonic preparations. It seems unnecessary to say that ECTry has always been tee king of wines form valids. ?or need we add that it I, if gooi. a costly wine. Buying it as we do by the thousan Is of palloas, direct irom growers of the highest reputation, not only do we secure an astired quality of wine, but also at a price so far below that which the small buyer must pay. that it be comes sett-evident that an ar.icle of the quality we offer can not possibly be reproduced by small manufacturers. The thousands and hundreds of tboarands in all parts of the world who have used the I.iebig CJo.'s Cooa Beef Tonics, are no !utt fully convinced of this, or our sales would rot te. as they are lor this year, o Eli TWt.M l JFl v h PER C rs I. beyond our largest record. Ot'R Rl'LKS. No cheap kxkN. Only honest fooos at nones i prices. Buyers wno 100 br cbeapnefs enly r.ced waste no time over our proauciicr.s. t'clmpeachable Testimony. "HaTinit been made acquainted with the mode of preparation and the composition of coca Rjcf Tonic, l have ordered it for patients requiring torie treatment, such patients derived marked and decided tenefit from it. yolentili.? men aro U'Comicir more nd more impressed with tae ne cesity of supplying by nutritive injesU the wear and tear of eivilired life, and the Coea Beef Tonic is com poed of material well suited to iulfill tho nectary re'inlrcmcnu for wnicn u üm üeen rrcJ area. j. m. carxkhas, .m. u. -fofeor PnreerT. N. Y. Medieal Colleee: Surireonin Chief 8tate Emigrant Hospitals, Ward's Is land. . Y. ; ex-Health Officer Tor; of ew lorit. ' a a'i s ' i w ikn.i v aaa-c v i i , a u. a-'. i low of the Royal Chemical Society of Loudon, Fel rrrm Ioacias 4 '. I A VV'TT T T mf V TU T"4 VaTlow Knyal institute of Chemistry, etc., etc., (on vf Mr llenry toie. Director of Kensington Jluoi.m): "Liebiz i'jy.'n 'x-a Bef Tonic speed ilv re lieved and cured me of debility, consequent upon indigestion and malaria, others who bare used it upon KyrecorameDdation are equally fmr'hatic in behalf of its real merits and excellence.'' Tons, Dyspeptic, lSlliou, Malarions, nrnffileted with weak kidneys. JlKWAIill OF IMITAIIU-iS. Etr Majejlj's Favorite taelic Gljccricc t'sed by Her Boral Highness, the Prineesa of waies, and thenobiiity. or the skin, complexion, eruptions, chappiDg roughness. II, of druggists. MF.ItIO CO.'S fiennlD Smp of Sarsapa-

nilj is guaranteed aa the teal SaxKaparilla is the market. N. Y. Depot, 38 Murray St.

OUR FARM BUDGET.

Sow to Handle Horses, lj a Man Who his Handled 8,000 cf Them. Orchard Work iu Jane Does Thoroughbred Poultry Pay Celery Mushrooms Coring Clover Cheviot Sheep Ducks Household. Hint and farm Notes. How to Hand! Horses. r.'o'essor (jleason, the noted horse trainer, was recently interviewed by a reporter for the New York Mail and Espress. With re gard to educating and breaking horses, he said : "We will start at the beginning and com mence with the unbroken colt. The first thing to do is to give him the whip training; that makes him understand that if he does wrong he will be punished, and that if he does risht nothing will hurt him. To do thi?, place the colt in an inclosure about thirty feet square, and turn him loose. Directly Le gets into the inclosure crack your whip, and he will immediately run into the corner, placing his heels toward you, ready to defend himself. Tben strike his hind legs and he will turn rightabout. Directly he faces you, cill him, ar.d if he come3 ca ress him. ly this means you can soon teach him that if Le runs away he gets the whip, and if be comes to you he gets a caress. Next sh jw him tue bridle and let him smell it. A huse uses his sense of smell the same as a man does that of touch. Always let your horse smell and look at everything you use, so that he will get used to it. Horses, and colts especially, must be educated not to fear anything. The next thin? to teach him is to back and stop at the word whoa. To do this I use what is called the Bonaparte bridle. It consists simply of a piece of rope; at one end of it make a small stationary loop just large enough to slip over the lower jaw. After placu.g it in the lower jaw bring it over tne iiiu:d:e of the neck from the other side, pass it downward through the loop on the near $ ide, then bring it up to the lower corner of tie clutkbone on the nearside: hold it there with the right thumb, jas the slack under the upper lip and over the upper jaw from the rear side; bring it over the neck just behii.il the tars from the oil' side, then through the loophoid by the thumb, but don't fasten. TLis on you can teach the horse anything. To break a kicking horse this bnd.'t! is a'so used by taking tne end back into the wa ou, and wlien the ho.s attempts to kick give it a sudden jrk, and at the same time sty "l&ke care." 'After Lavirg somewhat tamed your o jlt. the next thir g to do is to tr tin hirn o an swer the Iins. For this I use a - mp!e straight-oar bit ; put vn pirt of the .. trr-.es? and the lack straps, and bring th lines alorgsideof n- animal to mae t: t.m rub against him. You want to teach him to top hrst. 10 co this call ont whoa to him, at the same time giving the lines a sudden jerk. After a few lessons he will stop at the wor 1. After having accustomed him to the 1 nes and harness, hitch him to a light skeleton wegon it should never weigh mors than hfty to seventy iounds, at firs, and if icsible, should be placed on a slignt incline, so that it will almost run of its own accord. Afier having pulled the liht wagon, yon can gradually increase the weight. ' Tee majority of balky horses are c.auad by giving tbem when young a too heavy loed to start with, which causes them to Joie all t irit. Five years o!d is a good a z?. to break hor.-es for work, but they siiould fir3t have been broken as yearlings. A horse has a pocd memory and never forgets a lessou." How about the bad horse. Professor: "The horse, I claim, is made bad through management, and to cure them I use what is called the double-safety rope. Many people, for a bad tempered horse, use some of these fancy bits, such as the double-pointed, the four rines or the curb, and manv others that only torture the horse. It should not be the bit, but the word that controls the horse. I learned this in Pennsylvania, where I saw Ciermans driving six horses with one lead lice. Por theduuble-safcty rope put around the horse's body m front of the barrel a sur cingle. Fasten around each forefoot, between the Loot harrtl and fttlock joint, a harness strap with rings in in it. Take a piece of rope about twenty feet long, fasten one end oi it tnrouch t!;e ring in the strap on the near foot, pass ti e end through the surcingle under the barrel from the front, then throush the ring in the strsp of the ofTfoot from tne inside, then again throueh the snrcin ge irom the tront. llns strap is u?fd in the wajron, and when the bnre attempts to plunge or bolt, by pulling it he can be brought down. With regard to check-reins, I do not believe in them except in some very few cases. And then never check the horse's head higher than nature intended it to go. I think the check-reins as they are used und the curb-bits are some of the greatest cruelties that can be inflicted on a horse, and I would like to see Mr. Dergh paying attention to the savage bits that are usea." 'How long does it take to break a kicking horse".'" 'From two to ten days, according to the disposition of the horse, and the three main things if quired to cure him are patience. common sense and good judgment. A balky horse is usually a nervous, excitable horse. and often his balking is caused by the driver hesitating with him. ii any people will pat a hrse when balking; that is like pettina child for doinp; wrong. He should be o inished; not by wnlp or bridle, but by a day s lesson in the held. ISiting can not be cure i. but a horse can be bandied and trained that the groom can bandle him with safety and ce may go lor months without attempting to Dite anyone, but be is always uncertain. 1 he habit of biting 13 caused bv teasins the horse and often by the rubbing such tender and they snap at the cloth. In Callfoin'a there Is a horse that ts a great biter, and they use an electric bit with him. When he attempts to bite any one a button is Eressed which charges the bit and so gives is mouth a shock. I would jnt like to say a word about those who say I use cruelty in my methods. I do not. I have handled over ,HJU corses, and never injured one. I have no secrets, and am traveling to edncate the people: any knowledge I ha7e of the hore I am willing to give to ary one. But in rioin? so I am snoilimr the trade of a num a - 1 ber of men who charge a lesson for what I do. These are they who av I use cruelty, and it is simply jealousy on their part that prompts them to say so. Again it has been said that I can not teach a strange horse tricks in a certain time. I will teach a horse to nod yes or co, to see saw on a plank, pick up a pocket handkerchief, go lame, come to me from fifty feet, stop at the word, get up on a pedestal, and stop and start by whip, without speaking, in fifteen hours. Here are one or two little points that are gcod to all interested in the horse. To stop a corse tawincr in his stall and 50 anr.oyin; you in the night, take a piece of trace chain about seven inches long, tie to one end of block of wood about two inches in diameter and six inches lonp, strap the end of this chain to the front of the le just above the knee. When the horse paws the blok will rub his shin and he will soon stop. To stop a horse kicking in his stable, take a piece of elastic and sew a button on it, buckle this not too tight above tbe knee-joint over the leader on the hind leg. When the horse draws up his leg to kick this will cause an unpleasant pressure on the leader and he will stop. This will tell you how to purenas horse: It a horse has large Deck, ears hairy inside. Mat eves sunk in his bead, small thick nostrils, and if he is narrow between the ears and tetween the eyes, and very broad Irom

the eyes to the jowl, he is a horse of no sense

ana can be taught nothing. On the contrary, when a horse has small, thin-pointed ears, furry inside, large round full eyes, standing out well from the head, large, thin nostrils. ana is oroaa between his eyes and between his ears and narrow from his eyes to his jowl, such a horse has intelligence, will learn quietly ana remember well." Orchard Work in Jnne. Much may be done in the way of "antici pated pruning," by going among newly planted trees and rubbing off all shoots that appear where branches are not wanted. J5v doing this now, the trouble of sawing olF large branches some years later will be avoided. Grafts that were inserted this spring, and are beginning to grow, should be treated as if they were young trees and brought into proper shape by judicious pruning. If one bud on a graft takes the ieau 01 all tbe others, stop it by pinching. In short, treat a graft as if it were a young tree planted in the soil, instead of being planted in another tree. If shoots appear upon grape vines where they are not wanted, remove them. If an old vine has been severely prunned. numerous buds will Btart upon tbe old wood. These are generally not wanted and should be broken off as soon as they appear. This will be a lively month with insects. The curculio attacks the plums soon after the fruit is set. Jarring the trees and catching the fallen insects upon sheets spread upon the ground is the only elective remedy, riant-lice often appear in great numbers at the ends of the branches of cherry peach and other fruit trees. If these can be bent down and dipped into strong soap-suds, the insects may be killet!. If out of reach, svTinge them with kerosene emul sion. Ihis is so generally useful as an insecticide on plants that we repeat it here: Stir kerosene with half as much milk until flo oil is visible; then dilute with twelve times is bulk of water. This will kill almost ail insects without injury to the plants. Doea Thoroughbred I'oultry Pay? Colorad Farmer.j Of course it dots. The scientific breeder knows it, but we must convince others of it. and the only way to do this is to tell our ex perience, borne breeders might be averse to making a public statement of their business, but as yet we see no reason why not. l or the beneht of those who have mst com menced breeding fine poultry we deem it advisable to furnish all the information on this subject tuat we can, from actual facts, and I desire togive our re tders my experience 1 began January 1, is, "J, with hvehens and one cock of the Houdan breed, which 1 had purcbaHd of a disgusted amateur breeder. After making my birds comfortable in a sunny, weil-ventilated house, 7x10 feet, and a run of 4xoO feet, I became quite conscious that l knew nothing of the "chicken bU'iners," and to make a success of it I must gain what knowledge I could. And at once 1 opened corresi ondence with a reliable eastern breeder, who gave me much gooi ad vice, i also suoscriDed lor two poultry pa ters. During the year I encountered many disappointments t J which amateur br-eirs are fubject and many older onei such as '(cuntiig the chickens before tuey are hfttbed,' etc, but at the end oftwel.e m- cths I balanced my book with tbe folio wii jl rthult: Dr. ITouc'an hens .. . Iiu 00 1 Houdan cotk :i ") Poultry-house and yard is 70 i'ccd..,... 12 fcO fit so Cr. U 70 50 40 lfcudan stock on hand Houdan t'pgs sold Houdan Mock t'jiJ... ........ tils 41 Balance to profit .": 09 I have not given my experience of that vear because I am particularly proud of the results, but for the benefit of those who are unfortunate in poultry raising, and also to prove that the business can be so conducted as to ray well. Uut here let me give a bit of advice keep one breed at first, and only that one until yon are successful with that particular kiiid, ard then you may go ahead with as m,ny breeds as your time and space will allow. When to riant Celery. rrairie Farmer. Celery, for general crop and for winter, is usually planted after the first crop of cabbages, peas and other early vegetables comes oh. If the early crop can be cleared off soon ecouph to plant, then the foligeot the ercwii :- crop is thinned out between the rows h ine younp; celery plants at once set cut. : . me regard the partial shade ?.s alvantagM us to the young plants, the early crop beitg n :?y for removal long before tbe celery makes much growth. Before setting the celery plants it is well to strip on half the folic ge"; otherwise, in very hot suns, tbe evaporation from tbe leaves is so much greater than the mutilated roots can pump up to supply tbat there is danger of loss. If the leaf turface is reduced no bad etlects from transplanting Deed follow. Those who have a market for early celery, or like it for home use out of its ordinary season, may set out the plants as soon as large enough. Thus a crop is sometimes readj for nse by the time the late planting needs to be done. August is soon enough for the latest planting. Celery will not grow cn dry soils in very hot weather without artificial watering. It delights in cool September and October to grow freely in. Mmeroom Cnltorr. IUiral New Yorker.1 To start and keep up a mushroom I !, taie fresh horse manure, free from rough straw, and pile it loosely to l'heat." When it heats, and before it "burns ' any, tura ;t over, and repeat this turniDg just as often as it beats again and be fore us begins to burn, till it begins to "mellow," say in fourteen to twenty-lour days' time. Vou may then rrake tbe bed in a dry shed, a cellar, a pit. under a greenhouse bench, or anywhere else that is convenient, where a steady temperature of 50 to I'M0 may be maintained, the atmosphere is iteadilylmoist and there are no undue or exciting ordryingintluences. Darkness 'is beneficial, but not at all absolutely neecea. .aiase me Dea nine to ten incnesdeep and very solidly packed. After a few days the heat may rise to J-10o, but wait till it declines to 100 before you spawn it. (Jet fmh brick spawn (costs about ten cents a pound) and break it into lumps about the size of a hen's egg, and insert these three inches deep into the bea and some six to nine inches apart In ten days' time from spawning, cover the bed with good common field loam about two Inches deep, and mak: all very firm. In four to live weeks mastirooms should appear, and in six to saven weeks from earthine over there should bea good crop. On an average, fresh manure needs three weeks work or ten days in the Dea Deiore spawnmg; musn rooms appear six weeks after spawning, and beds continue in good bearing about four weeks. Mushrooms are a most uncertain crop. Maepots in Mav ana not weatner in summer render their artificial cultivation during summer imnracticable, or, at any rate, unsatisfactory. Curing Clover. ICountry Gentleman. Tl man who ia rnrinc -vptv srun rlnra especially in showery weather, is often tempted to put it into the barn before it is will nv it if enough is iisd : hut sk.i ;n the cattle say ? There is no way to "freshen" lur liny worn it is wiuieu iu ieeu ; llierelore no more salt should be put on than the cattle can safely use. How mach they will stand without injury has never been ascertained with exactness, but, from my experience, I should say that less than a peck to the ton is enough. Probably four quarts is plenty. isumetimes it is practicable to use very salt hay, as an occasional feed, to good ad van tfee. We had a few acres of second growth clovtr that was cut while very green and juicy. . Several days of sun and repeated turnings at last reduced it to something like

hay, and when a big rain could be seen coming up we stacked it. Its weight showed it to be far from dry, and several buckets of salt were used. The stack acted very strangely, settling down to less than half its original size, and we feared it was spoiled. But it kept first-rate, and packed as solid as ping tobacco, though it was very salt. We put it before the cattle, and they ate what they wanted of it, having plenty of other feed all the while. It supplied them with salt as well as with part of their food. But I prefer to give salt by itself, and feed by itself, when possible. We tried the plan, so often recommended, of putting strata of dry straw in the mow of green clover, only we used some very poor blue gTass hay, several years old. It is apparently a success; and I think also the claim that the dry material absorbs some of the flavor of the green hay, and so becomes palatable, has something of truth. At any rate, it was all eaten up close, which I think would hardly have been the case had the blue grass hay been fed before its use in the clever. Yet the clover was in places slightly musty ; probably to small a proportion of dry material was used. In making clover hay be not deceived by an apparent dryness, when the stems may contain moisture enough to injure the bay. There is more daDger of this while the tun is very hot, when the hay may be dry enough to rustle, and yet if put in cock a while will appear as it is damp. Value of Cheviot Sheep. The Cheviot sheep, writes a correspondent of the Country Gentleman, are natives of Cheviot hills of Scotland, where they are herded in large numbers and tenderly cared for be the shepherds. On these bleak highlands they can 100k down on the lowlands and see their twin sisters, the Icicesters,who which are always housed in winter, and fed on turnips and "grain, while they, the Cheviots, are content on the wild and rusrsred

hills, and are never housed, but are left to fare the cold and storms of that mountain rcg:on; when covered with snow, their only living is on a plant called by tbe natives of that country "friesque. which often grows to six or seven feet high, and its body and branches resemble she turnip in taste, it being soft and palatable to this breed of sheep only. They often commence eating the lower branches, and follow up the body until nothing is left; thus they are carried through the winters of that country. They are often called long-wool sheep in America, but in fck-otland are always called middlewools. They are large, close-wool sheep, with clean white face; no tuft of wool ever grows on the top of the head; their ears tre long often called by the admirers "rabbit ears;" nose of Roman type; head well set up the back; straight leg?, both fore and hind, well set apart; body of barrel shape, always round a Hat rib shows a cross of other blood; also a hollow in the back, back of the fore shoulders, shows poor breeding. They weigh at full ae, rams from 200 to .5"0 pounds, and I have seen them weih Ü2.";ewes at three years old. 17Ö to 25 ), if well kept; lambs at four months old, 100 to 10 pounds. The ewes are prolific almost always drop twins, and often triplets. In IMS 1 mated seven ewes with a very choice ram which I owned at th8t time. In the following spring the seven ewes dropped sixteen lambs and raised them all. The ewes are always pets, and the kind shepherd can handle them as he wishes. This is why thtyare so well adapted to gentlemen farmers. They shear from six to nine rounds of clean white wool of medium length. It never parts on the back like the long wool Leicesters. Thus they stand the cold rain storms better than their sister brcf ds. There are a few Cheyiots in this country. Take them all in all, they are about the most profitable sheep the American farmer ever raised, lhey can produce more mutton than any other, and if crossed on the merino or its grades they will get lambs that will tura to the butcher or dealer at four months old, and will weigh on an average from HO to 120 pounds on common keeping. Abont Raising Ducks. The Toultry News, Elyria, O., has this to say: "As it has been demonstrated that ducks can be raised without ponds, quite an interest has been treated in that direction. We will, say, however, tbat only the large breeds can be so tieated. The common pud die duck is too acuve and discontented in confinement, and is also too small to give a fair profit for the Ubor involved. To secure the Etst returns they should le sold when about ten weeks oU. They will then weigh gve pounds eacu or ten pounds per pair. They come into n arket about June aad July, after the pric for chicks have ben loweied. In marketing them it is best to dress them, selling the feathers. Tbe prices depend upon te demand. In Mav, if they are fa', and attractive in condition, as much as p?r pair has been obtained, but sucu price gradually becomes lower until eighteen to twenty cents per pound is secured. Mr. Kankin states that his averape price for young ducks was twenty-two cents per pound lor the entire vear. Old ducks no not bring more than half that sun late in the season. Ducks grow very fast and require frequent feeding. For that reason they should be fed often, and the more nourishing the food the better. Oive them soft food the hrst month, with grain, and plenty of crass and meat. Pucks are very voracious, which induces some to suppose that they are unprofitable, but no feed is lost They make up for it in rapid erowth, and the cost of the food need not exceed hve cents per pound. Poultry In France. An industrial paper published in Paris gives the following statistics relating to poul try in France: it appears from these that the poultry-yards in that country represent a very large capital : The number of fowls is estimated at 45,000,000, which, valued at francs each on the average, would amount to 112,500,000 francs. The number of laying hens is taken at 34.000,000, and taking the number of eggs laid by each at an average of ninety yearly, the total production of ege;s in t ranee would not fall short of J.OJO.o.), t.H i0, which at an average ef 5 cents eacti, wauld amount to 1j0,i"O,0uO francs. Of that number it is calculated that loo.OOO.Of eg.rs are hatched, of which lO.Ouo.OOO die as young chickens, HH),..) serve for repro duction, while 80,Oi.O.0(i0 chickens serve for food, which, valnd at 1I francs each, would represent ICO.CtiO.OOO francs. To these figures must be added an extra value of .000,000 for capons. Altogether, tbe value of poultry and egtrs produced in r ranee may be taken at JOU.OOO, 000 francs, or $(0, 000,000. In France, where poultry culture is carried on scientifically. they have a way cf fattening their fowls which seems strange to Americans, instead of feedinir their fn ttninr rvonltrv ns we lo. and letting them eat in a natural way, a sys tem of cram mmg is resorted to. hach fowl is fed separately by hand. A composition of one nan caney meal, one-quarter cornmeai, and one-quarter buckwheat is mixed with milk into a thicK paste, and then made into pellets as large as tbe fowl can be made to swallow. They are then forced to eat them in just euch quantities as are thought to be a proper allowance. At the time of feeding each pellet is dipped in milk. By this prac tice the French eecure wonderful results in the weight of fowls. HOUSEHOLD IHM?. IUmcid Butter. To sweeten rancid butter take strong lime-water and work tne butter over in must as vou would work: it if i as taken from the churn to get the buttermilk oui oi u. Poisons. These are too numerous to give remedies in detail. Emetics are usually given after such as occasion drowsiness or delirium. Sweet water, milk, or oil, or whites oi p3, copiously, where there is vomitm or ikin in the s'omach. Camphor is sai' to he an antidote for strychnine saturated poiuuon. May be Mad nf Rial r.rpail. Bread prid die rakes are excellent and may be made of stale bread. Soak a imaU bowl of bread over

night in milk. In the morning mix half a cupful of flour, into which is put one and one-half teaspoonfuls of baking powder, with one quart of milk, three well-beaten eggs and a little salt. lat up the bread

with this batter until it is very light and ry a delicate brown. The batter should De thick. For Breakfast or Lunch. Try this dish for breakfast or lunch: Batter a bakins ditb. and cover the bottom with a layer of thin slices of cheese. Break five eggs carefully over the cheese, so that yolks will remain whole, and sprinkle them with a little salt, pepper and nutmeg. Tour a gill of sweet cream over them, and on this stew some grated cheese. Bake for ten minutes in a hot oven so that the top maybe a delicate brown; serve with toasted brown bread. Remedy for Dysentery. The egg is con sidered one of the beet of remedies for dysen tery. Beaten up slightly, with or without sugar, and swallowed at a gulp, it tends by its emollient qualities, to lessen the lnllammation cf the stomach and intestines, and by forming a transient coating on thesa orp:ms, to enable nature to resume her health ful sway over a diseased body, two, or at most three esrs per day would be all that is required in ordinary cases; and since egg is tot merely medicine, but food as well, the lighter the diet otherwise and the quieter the patient is kept, the more certain and rapid is the recovery. Keep Lime Water. A "handy thing" to have in the house is a iar or bottle of lime water. Tour water over unslacked lime (the otiaittitv i not important, as onlv a certain amount will be slacked, and corked up for use. A spoonful of the clear liquid stirred into milk, cream or bread sponge in danger of souring will prevent that catastrophe. It a'so cleanses bottles, etc., that have an un pleasant, odor. A person who needs mil, but whose dicestion is so weak as not to manage it, will lind no inconvenience if into a glass of the lactael fluid is stirred a wineglass of lime water. The difference in taste is not pf rceptiDie. Silver Cake. One cupf,i' r r -'i.-ir. half a cupful of butter, the w eg'-rs, half a cupful of corn sia.v.:, u;.-.lved in nearly half a cupful of milk; one and a quarter cupfuls of Hour, half a teaspoontul ot soda, and vanilla or almond flavor. Beat the butter to a cream and gradually beat in the sugar. Add the llavor. Mix the flour, cream of tartar and soda together and sift. Beat the whites to a still" froth. Add the corn starch and milk to the beaten sugar and butter; then add the whites of the eggs and tlour. Mix quickly and thoroughly. Have the butter in sheets, and about two inches deep. Bake in a moderate oven for ab ut half an hour. A chocolate frosting is nice with this cake. Never Fails to Hive Faii?f action A dish which never fails to give satisfaction to young people is made by boiling ha'f a cup of rice. "When done and cold, mix it with one ouart of sweet milk, the yolks of four egs, and flour sufficient to make a stiff bat ter; beat the whites of the eggs to a stiff froth ; stir a teaspoontul of soda and two of cream of tarter into tbe flour, mixing thoroughly ; and after all the ingredients are well beaten, put in the whites of the etrs; bake on a griddle in good sized cakes ; spread them while hot with a little butter and tbn with jam of any kind. They may be rolled up and have the ends cut oil smoothly and have powdered sugar scattered over them, or they may be put together like sandwiches, and then have the tugar sprinkled over them. FA KM NOTES. Arkansas has a State Agricultural Society formed exclusively of colored men. It is a very good plan to have two sets of roosting-poles for the hens and change them each week, setting them outside when not in use. Remember, it is the appearance of goods that sells them. Nice, large, fat, plump, white turkeys, ducks, chicks or geese always bring outside puces. There is a revivr 1 of interest in England in the breed of Durham long-honr cattle, and it is believed by many that they will soon become fashionable again. In Spain, when a person rats a peach or a pear as he passes along the road, he imme diately plants the seeds, rruit trees are plenty and free to every passer-by. Small chickens should never be kept or fed with old ones: they are apt to be iniured. Have two or three yards and separate them according to size and strength. The free use of clover seed and keeping of farm stock enables farmers to maintain land in good condition for ordinary cropping with out purcnasing commercial manures. Minneapolis is the greatest wheat market. receiving last year 33,000,000 bushels, against li,t00.tiO0 in Chicaco, 13,000.000 in Daluth, 10,000,000 in Toledo, and 10,000,000 in St. Louis. The production of flour at Minneapolis for weet before last was 10?,J((J barrels, averas; ing is, (nil barrels dailv, against 111,3(1) bar reis the preceding week, and 142,8: barrels the corresponding time in 1 Cream rises almost wholly when the milk is cooling, says the Dairy i armer, and if the milk is warmed up to 100 degrees the cream will nearly all rise while the milk is gradu ally cooling down to hfty degrees. A good condition powder for fowls is as fol lows: One pound each of ground bones, dried meat, linseed meal and fenugreek; an ounce each of sulphur, ginger, pepper and copperas. Give a small quantity once a day mixed with soft feed. But do not f ed con dition powders to hens uuless ailing. If large watermelons are desired for show or exhibition purposes, eive the vines a very deep, well-enriched soil and do not permit more than one fruit to remain on the vine. l'inch back the leading shoots occasionally, and be very careful not to injure the vine in any way during its Ecason of growth. In the six months ending March 31, Eng land imported from India ,4M.000 cwts. ((J2 3S3..'!33 bushels) of wheat, as against only 4,024,000 cwts. (33,.r3,3;t; bushels) in tbe same period of the preceding year; while the imports from America were only 5,;s4.0o0 cwts. (4t),523.333 bushel?,) against 10, 264,000 cwta. (.o.öJd.üdo bushels.) I.arge hogs are neither fashionable nor profitable. But few hogs are now bred that, when fully developed, weieh over 700 pounds. The small-boned, early developed hog that weighs from '2b to 00 pounds at twelve months meets the popular demand as the most profitable, while those large hogs most always develop later, and have to be kept too Jong. Transplanting is held by Mr. L. G. Brown. of Lyndebore', N. II., not to be detrimental to plants, and he declares that practical ex perience upholds him. lie can not prove, as some assert, that transplanting dwarfs a plant, ana unaiiy su omits in is question: 'Where transplanting gives double the amount of roots, win not tne growtn and fruit correspond? Ihen how is tue plantin Hired?" Trofessor J. T. She' don Fays that the sericus decline in the value of cattle in Eneland baa bad comparatively little effect in refer ence to the number ot calves that will be raised this year. Calves have been so low in Erice that many farmers have decided to old them in the hope, that prices will improve by next year. Again, the value of milk ia always a powerful factor in the rear in c and fattening of calves. Milk and its products are now lower in England than for many years, anu wuu m Kieafc 4uu.uu1.1e9 tu iuiiorted beef, English farmers feel that it will pav as weil to feed the milk to calves as r nin it through the churn or vat, so that tl e usual number of heifer calves will be raised, and in some sections more than usual will be held. JN'uisevmen sow tbe different sorts of forest tress on long flat beds like those prepared for onions, etc., and in the planting of acorns for oaks the nuts are dibb.'ed in at two inches apart. The method has been tried to grow oaks at once in the place they are to occupy permanently, by planting tbe acorns on the spot, but they have stntnUj been failures;

the mice and other little creatures grub them up; whereas in a nursery, although a proportion may succeed, still a great many do not, and it is no uncommon sight to see many beds where seeds have been sown almost failures, with only here and there a little seedling showing. Some advocate drilling tree seeds, but this would not be applicable, as trees forming a plantation are generally put in on a certain method so many oaks at such a distance, so many beech, and ash and other woods, which are then planted round with

nr trees ana pines to act as nurses, and which are gradually weeded out as the hard woods grow on. Then, also, if sown in drills, there would be a vast amount of labor required to aeep aown tne weeds which would soon grow up and choke the little seedlings, as most of them would grow but a few inches the first year of towing. How The Yaasar Girl Did It. ITravelers' Club in St. Paul Globe. "I came throueh Pouehkeepsie once." re marked a New York drummer. "It must have been some vacation time, for about fifty girls got on. They came into the car wnere 1 was, ana one oi the prettiest of the whole lot took part of my seat, while her companions all stood around her within hearing distance. She seemed to know that I was a traveling man, for said she, referring to the window: " 'Can't I open that for you? "I thanked her, being so surprised that I could not quite comprehend the situation. Her companions, and in fact everybody in tbe car. became interested, and they all directed tneir attention to us. Are you on your way borne?" she a-ked. "1 told her I was out on a business irii. " 'Have you traveled much alone '' " '(uite a good deal,' I replied, not at all pleased with the unenviable position I was forced to occupy. Without giving me a chance to ak any questions, she continued: " 'Can't I buy you some fruit or oranges?' "I don't care about any, I replied. '"Wouldn't you like a book or pamphlet to read? I have some in my traveling bag. No? Well, I know you'll let me turn the next seat, so as to give yoa more room.' "I left the seat and told her there was absolutely nothing that I wanted. As I made my way out to the smoking car nearly everybody laughed, including the Vassar girls. One of the latter took my place. To this day I never see a woman coming toward my seat that I don't think of that experience. I've beard men say they would like to have it tried on them, but no man likes to be made a fool of, and he certainly appears in that light when a lot of school cirls start in to make him appear ridiculous." A Yankee l'ohtmistre!'. !tt. Louis Globe-Democrat. The town of Somerset, which lies on the back borders of Windham County, and teems with a population of sixty-seveu souls, sever teen of whom are voters, is trying to make trouble for a too spunky new postmistress, Mrs. Sutton, wrho has planted the post-olllce in a box by the kitcheu stove, and insists 011 locking the house and going visiting just whfn she pleases.- In short, she has made the proclamation that the post oflice will be open only on two days of the week. PostOlLce Inspector, L 15. Samson, has just been over to persuade the woman that nothing but ten hours a day would do' for the service, but she simply told him that two days in the week was enough, and that she didn't propose to tie herself up to tbat post-ollice or stay at home if she wanted to go a visiting n( t for Mr. Chase nor for Mr. Samson nor for the United States Post Office Department. Mrs. Sutton thus defies the United Sates Government and all its acents in Windham County; aud not only that but she bids defiance to all classes of society in Somerset, the rich as well as the poor, the seventeen voters as well as the fifty other ieople about her. But she has little to fear, as Somerset is in a wild, mountainous region, about thirty miles from a good road, and not likely again to be visited for some time by a Government inspector. Tbe sixty-seven souls of that town have got to fight it out alone with the plucky postmistress. The casting of flowers is a nineteenth century reality. Crystallized violets at $6 a pound are the very latest things in confectionary. Candied rose-leaves are also verv popular. Girls like to eat flowers and will pay as high as $10 a pound for some of the more expensive kinas. They are all brought from France, but with the growth of fevor for things American, we shall doubtless soon see a beginning of flower-candying industry in this country and the eirls will begin to munch crystalized punkin blossoms and Jobnnyjump-ups. From a letter from Waymart, Wayne County, l'enn.: "The wonderful etlicacy of your great remedy (Pond's Extract) for the alleviaticn of pain and for healipg diseased tissues, was signally shown in the case of my wife while suffering from a carbuncle of tbe most malignant tvp?. For four weeks she was dangerously low. Pond's Extract was prescribed by one of the best physicians in Pennsylvania. It was used lavishingly and constantly for bathinp, and used internally, and it was certainly the principal remeidal agent in eßecting her recovery. "II. ToRREY." Australian Schools. Correspondence of Philadelphia Times. In New South Wales and I ana told that it is the same in Victoria there are public schools, parochial schools, grammar schools and high schools, whose relative degress correspond somewhat with the primary, grammar and normal college grades familiar in the United States. In the public schools each scholar pays a fee of three pence (six cents) a week, and buys all his books for home study. In the parochial schools each scholar pays a fee of six pence (twelve cents) a week and buys all his working material, the additional three pence in advance of the public schools being made, I am told, "to keep out the lower class of children." The grammar schools require the sum of two guineas (10.00) a quarter and tbe highschools tbe same and higher, according to the number of studies. These are a few simple facts showing how expensive a good education is in Australia. Then there is a class prejudice also which obliges all who can afford it to send tbeir children to any rather than a public school. Mrs. Barrister K , the lady bountiful of the neighborhood, says: "Oh, yes, our public schools are most excellent," and sends ber children to a private school. Mr. A says he would send his boys to the public schools but for the objections of his wife. Mrs. A objects to the associations and the being tabooed by society. Mrs. McC , the wife of a retired sheep-shearer, has no children to send, but refers to the public institutions as "paupers' schools." and the Australian boy of the period calls them "three-penny pubs." "I was all run down and Hood's Sar9aparilla proved just the medicine I needed," write hundreds of people. Take it now. One hundred doses $1. lie refuse bones from the family table should be saved and pounded into bits tbat the poultry can swallow Dancer. If you have a feeling of oppression aud uneasiness a little above the diaphragm, and just below the right ribs, aggravated by lying on the right aide, look out. At sure aa fate, your liver is disordered. Terhaps not seriously as yet, hut fatal hepatic abscesses are not uncommon. Hostcttcr's Ptomach Bitters is the precise remedy to regulato the liver, and prevent Im congestion anil iuMmmation, and to disperse such miuor Indicia of its degrapement as yellowness of the skin and ball ot the eve, furred tongue, sonrneRS of the breath, naueea ou rising in the moruing, dizzinetw, sick headache and constipation. By relaxing: the bowels painlessly. It opens a channel of exit for superfluous l.ile, checks a tendency to congestion and engorgement of the liver, at the same time giving a gentle impetus to its secretive action, and affords relief to the stomach, which is usually inactive, out of order ana oppressed with wind when the bowels are contive. Vse the Bitters also in fever acd afue, rheumatism and kidney troubles.

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