Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 32, Number 21, Indianapolis, Marion County, 23 June 1886 — Page 6

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THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL WEDNESDAY JUNE 23 1886.

FROM rrof. GRANULE COLE, Ph. D. fellow of tha Royal Chemical Society of London, Fellow Royal Institute of Chemistry, Etc., Etc. LIEF-HJ CO.'S Coca Beef Tonic fpeedily relieved nd cured me of debility, Consequent upon indigestion and malaria. Othen who have used it upo my recommendation are equally emphatic in Letull of iU real meriti and excellence. FROM Hr. HENRY ARTHUR Ex-Member of Parliament, Proprietor of the Famous Lakes of Xillarnev, Etc., Etc. "Moi kgrss Abbey. KlI LAF..VKV. L1EEIG CO.'S Coca Beef Tonic Pcserve all the praise it is receiving. FROM Hon. HIRAM CALKINS, Editor Hew York World. "A raemter cf my family was very ill with tyi hoid malarial fever. The stomach was so irritated that it retained nothing and the patient was rapidlyjosir.g ground. Finally the attending j'hysii iau prescribed LIIEIG CO.'3 Coca Beef Tonic The vomiting ceaed immediately with the first dot, the foot was again retained and digested, and rapid improvement and recovery followed." The very best Tonic in the market. " Southern ü1ical Rec oi:d. "LilBIG C O.'S Coca Beef Tonic Has wen for itself a splendid reputation for jast what it is claimed to he a superior tonic." The iKrrrENrrsT. U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, Wi MUNGO, P. C. Onecf our ladies here was taken out on a cot, and wholly insenr.il from a relapse of bilious fever. Hardly an pulse and the extremittes icy cold. The physicians said she would not live. They applied stimulants, and got up the circula tion, and then, on my suggestion, gave her COCA. T3EEF TONIC. Neither the medical gentlemen nor any others ot us had the least hope, and you may, therefore, imagine our surprise to find a decided and immediate improvement developing. In the course of time s-he began to sit up, and now the doctor, the patient, and all of us bless COCA BEEF TONIC as her savior. The physicians couiet-cd to beiajr dnm founded. Yours truly, F. MUN30M, Ass't Superintendent. I am the mother of the young lady referred to by l'on. F. Munson, and take great pleasure in TOuchiDg for the trutJa of the above. MRS. M. RENEIIiN. LUDWTG'S FUNERAL. Tha Grief cf th9 Pecpla cf Bivarii ij Minifesttd at Munich. The Announcement of His DerUh to Iiis Molher The Oration to Mr. t.ladstone at Kdinbnrg Miscellaneous Foreign Items. Mink 11, June 19. The excitement among the bavarian people over the i!eath of King Ludwig remains unabsted. The lower classes up to the hour of the funeral to day thronged the gates of the royal palace, awaiting admission to the thapel and exhibiting all the signs of sincere grief and sympathy, People from the country and the mountains flocked into the city all day long. Among the mountaineers was a Tyrolese woodsman to whom Ludwig once gave a diamond ring for some service. When he reached the coEin in the pala e chapel he tell on his knees betide it and sobbed and wailed. The crowd in and atxut the palace was so great that when dinner wag being laid for the German Crown Trlnce, Frederick William, the servants eneteed in conveying the eold date fro the trcafeury to the palare diu ng-ball found them selves unaue to obtain access to me bniming by the reguiar doorway, and wcrecompeued to reach the hrst floor by means of a ladder. Men and boys bawled all öt lsst night on the steps of the lxggie in Ludwig I'latz, in order to secure pUces to witnos the funeral. T he hotels of the city are crammed, and lodgings have been at a premium lor several da vs. It is not poib'e to doubt that both Chambers cf the Bavarian Parliament will reeogniie Prince Luitpold s regency. The committee having tne matter in charge will on Monday next report upon the question, and will Fettle i'rince Luitpold's ap panage. Ludwig lDFane brother and gjccer to the throne. King Otto, when informed of his accession, received tLe news apathetically, and replied So. tot The soldiers must march out. then." He is mentally iccurable, but his bodily lieaitn is per tec t. Lrince Luitpold' si-ter There, and the ladies in wailing, were present when Ludwig's mother was lnicrratd 01 her km s suicide, me announcement was very formal. The court chaplain beg in ty rtading from the Bible a text suitable to the occasion. This he iepeated three times. It alarrxed the King's mother, and in a startled w.iy she aked if anything was amiss with the Kin. When she was told that Ludw:g was dead, fbe fe'.l biuk. to tie floor unconscious. i"he was extremely prostrated and was placed in bed, whera she remained many hours, ceaselessly sobbing. It i now stated that when King Lndwig waa remove.! from Ilohenschwangean to Berg Castle he was quite touched at the sight of hit valet weeping overtte King's misfortune. "Never mind, old fellow," said the King, "I shall soon get the batter of that old fool," pointing to Dr. Von Gudden. The bells throughout Bavaria will rin? every day for six weeks from noon until 1 oclock. in moBrnir.if for the King. The programme of Bayreuth plnys will be continue! as usual. King. Ludwinas buried this afternoon. Tog f oncmirse of people at the funeral waa immense. A number of people were cruaned in imjjsin. A Political Riot at Islington. Lorox, June 19. A meeting; held fa lalington, a Borthern suburb of London, last night, to sup I ort the Conservative candidate for a seat in the Bouse of Commons, ended fn a riot. The furni ture of the rom In whJch the meeting wn held was sTca.'fccd by the turbulent mob. Bcveral women were so badly fritrhtened by the nproar teat mey laiuted. Ui.e lady had an arm broken and was conveyed to a hospital. The sneakers latiorm was stoned by the crowd. lh) Dure of orroi, wbo is a Whig", waa an occupant of the piaiiorm, was roturuiy seizea by tne neck, J a -a m 1 tip aginst a wan and rushed o:l the s'ajre. A EtimUr cf aristocratic companions, who were wim the Imke, were badly handled. The police were ummoiied siid succeeded In stopping tae neu: 5.

OUR FARM BUDGET.

The Farm in July The Kitchen Garden in Summer Bee-Keeping. Saving Manure on Small Farms Converting Cern Into Pork Fruit Notes A Cheap Silo Live Stock In Sommer ISnck. wheat Cakes Balky Uorse Farm Notts. The Farm In July. Out hot run and dry weather ripen grain and grass, or at least bring it forward, so that it is ready for the scythe and the sickle mach earlier in the season than in the climate of Europe. July is reilly the tint, and perhaps the most important harrest month. The great grass crop with which "the early and later rains" has blessed millions of acres, is to be cut, cured and harvested. Winter grain, over a great part of the country, is to be cut this month, while at the same time, when from any cause short crops are antici pated or are to be provided against, it is even now not too late to get in a crop of millet or of fodder corn. July is seed time for plants of the turnip kind. There are, indeed, co'd, heavy soils, where Swedes need to be sown in June to make a crop, but generally the f jrmer half of this mouth is early enough, while for those known as English turnips, if sown the latter half, and up to the 10th of August, they will give good returns. There are weedy fields that really need to be thoroughly summer-fallowed before any thing is done with them. In these the plow must be kept coin?, and in lieht lands the weeds are destroyed at a sacrifice of nearly ali the organic matter, which must be kept replaced in some way. Hence, it is almost always better to fallow wita a root crop, sowing in drills and giving thorough culture. The fertilizer containing no weed seed, the cleaning of the land may be very complete, and the sou win be improved in fertility. The Kitchen Garden In Sommer. Next year's crop of asparagus will depend uron a vigorous growth of tops this sumn er; do not allow them to be cutaway. llant bush beans lor succession. When Limas reach the tops of the poles, pinch off the ends. Continue to sow early kinds of beets for late use and for greens. Set out late cabbages and cauliflowers as soon as the plants are large enough. Celery should now be planted, make well-manured rows three it et apart, plowing out furrows, manuring them, and turning Lack the soil: roll and harrow until the surface is fine, and set out the plants six inches apart. Continue to sow early kinds of sweet corn, If cucumber seeds rre te be saved, mark the earliest and finest specimens before they are cut for use. To prolong the bearing, cut a way all of proper size, w nether reeaea loruse or not. bow seeds for pickles. Melons and watermelons are beset by various enemies, none worse than the tao-legged pest found everywhere not far from villages and towns; secure a string ent r?s pass law and enforce it. Onions, as a ru;e, ray best when sold half-grown or more ana still green; wash and remove any loose skin, and tie in bunches of three to six, according to size. If the vines of the late squashes take root at the joints, do not dis turb them. Continue to haad-pick andcruh the eggs of the squash-bug. Squashes of the late kinds that set too late to ripen, should be used for the table; they are superior te any early kinds. Sweet herbs maybe transplanted to vacant places not needed forother crops. Keep the ridges on which sweet jotatoes are growing tree from weeds, when the vines begin o run, do not ailow them to take root; lift them occasionally. If the to mato rot appears, cut away and burn ail atUcted fruit as soon as a spot appears. Sow turnips or the Kutabaga sorts the first or the month. The "Long White French" is su perior to all others for the table. Bee-Keeping. In proportion to the population the num ber 01 persons who keep bees Is very small. yet there is no branch of farming (tor it should be connected with farming) more fruuiauie at teruuo seasons man tue Keeping Of bees. A good, strong colony i a the midst of the busy season will collect and store four or five pounds of honey daily; bat tne amount ot wort done by tne bees de pends upon the forage and the strength of the colony. As soon as a colony becomes weak and incapable of defense it will be attacked by the stronger ones and robbed. Hence, In order to keep each hive un to its fullest capacity the bee keeper must provide pltnty ot comb foundation in order to lessen the work to be performed, and sow such crops as will a'lord honey later in the sea son, when the flowers have finished bloom ing. The swarming process is nothine more than the departure of the old queen and her working bees, in order to abandon the hive to the younger queen and bees. Uy being on the alert and hiving the swarms as they alight, the number of colonies mav be largely increased, but the weak colouies seldom swarm. The moth usually attack the weak coionies, and onl the stronger ones are able to pass safely through the winter. me common bees may be gradually re placed with the Iuliaa or Cyprian bees by removing the old Queen and substituting a new fertilized Queen of either kind preferred. Jf she is carefully guarded in a small wge for a few days the bees soon rec ognize her and in the course of a few months the old bees will all be dead, and the new ones will be of ihe desired kind. The Q leen is compelled to Jsy large numbers of eges daily in order to supply the great loss con stantly occurring by the destruction from birds, storms and otter difficulties. They should be left plenty of honey for a winter supply, and the hives should be well pro tected irom the storm?. What the txe-keeper should aim to do ia to sow such crops as will enable the bees to lay in a larre supply of honey, and he can well afford to do so if he has a number of hives. At this sesson the bees find plenty to do in working on the flowers, but later the crop of buckwheat atTords ample fomge while it i3 in blcsom. Enterprising beekeepers combine bee-keeping and poultry raising, finding that a small piece of ground may in that manner return large profit, lfow to manage bees can not well be ex plained in a single article. All who are in terested should first make themselveslamiliarwitn tne details betöre beginning by con sulting authorities on the subject That bee-keeping is a profitable occupation, however, has been demonstrated satisfactorily to au so engaged. Saving Mannre on Small Farms. There are hundreds of small farms upon which no cattle are kept, and the matter of making manure is difficult, because of lack of material. But as manure depends for its Talne open Its quality rather than upon its bulk, quite an amount of fertilizing material may be prepared and saved at a small ex pense for labor. Fine road dirt should be used as an absorbent, and it should be placed where it will be safe from rains or dampness. The best method ia to have an old out-bouse or a shed constructed for the purpose, and about eight inches of dirt should be placed neon the fioor. which mar be of boards, ce ment or stiff clay. Upon this layer of road dirt should be thrown all the urine, night soil, refuse of all kinds, poultry manure and scrapings, with another layer of road dirt upon the materials. After several layers bave been made the heap should be kept constantly damp with soapsuds. This pro cess should be continued until tne entire year's accumulation is in one lar?e hap. In connection with the road dirt a bashel of kainit should be used with every ten bushels of the road dirt. Kamit ia compos-

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ta 01 suipnaie 01 poiasn. witn proportions : . - . A 1 ! of magnesia, salt, lime and other substances. all of which are necessary ingredients ot plant food. J he value of the kamit does not consist in its fertilizing ingredients only, but also to its power of fixing ammonia, is being superior to plaster for that purposa. It is alto a very soluble substance, and is easily appropriated by the plants as soon as it 19 appuru to tne soil. As kainit is sulphate of potash, it partially becomes decomposed in the fermenting monure (or compost) heap, and arrests the escape of the volatile ammonia by changing . 1 . 1 , 1 . 1 1 . 1 r 11 to suipnau 01 ammonia, wniie tue iai acids of the soapsuds also form numerous compounds and hasten the decomposition of the mass. It is not out of place to state that the most valuable constituent of such com post is the urine, which is very, rich in nitrogenous matter, and which is usually wasted on many farms. If a pig or a few hens are kept, the manure from them should be added to the heap daily, before the vola tile matter begins to escape, which will not only be an advantage but conduce the health of the pig and poultry. Not an ounce of anything should be wasted that may ba serviceable. On light, sandy locations marl may be used in place of dog dirt if preferred. Although this may not be termed ma nure, yet it will be very rich compost and contain greater fertilizing value than four times its bulk 01 ordinary mannre, while its exceedingly fine condition, the ease with which it may be applied and its solubility in water render it the best and most perfect plant food that can be used, provided a bag of superphosphate be applied on each acre of ground in connection with it. Such a mode of making manure will at first seem like a slow one, but at the end of the year surprise will be excited by tLe appearance of the heap, which will contain sufficient fertilizing matter for a farm of five acres, while the constant daily additions to the heap will induce a thorough cleaning of the grounds, pig pen, poultry-house and out-house as often as possible. If a horse or cow be kept, of course the manure will be better, for the sulphate of potash will effectually prevent loss m any respect. Converting Corn Into Pork. Farm, Field and Stockman. Tort and corn seem to be inseparable arti cles. But unless the corn is properly fed the park will be expensive. Corn and pork only go together when it is desirable to fatten the hogs. If corn Is used in any other manner, or for a different purpose, the pork becomes a very extensive product. We do not advocate feeding corn in the summer to any clas of stock, and experience shows that while it is invaluable to the pork raiser, and the most convenient article he can use, pork can be produced more cheaply when the corn is fed in a judicious manner. Many farmers, though aged, do not know that clover hay can be fed with advantage to hos, and jet such is, the fact. We bave long separated the hog from all other classes of stock, and denied him the privi leges of being fed on grass, cut-hay, ground oats and other food that is more acceptable to him during his growmg period than corn, and the consequence is that he fails under the long-continued diet of corn, and becomes susceptible to diseases that were before unknown. To keep the steer stulTed with dry corn, which is a concentrated food. and deprive it of bulky provender of pure water, would cause it to succumb in a snort time, vet this is just the treatment the hog is compelled to undergo, simply because "corn is king ' and supposed to be cneap, when the fact Is that when fed under sach circumstances it is very costly. What the hog requires is a variety, including bulky food, and corn will then perform an important service. Fruit Notes. American Agriculturist Newly planted trees usually bave a strug gle for existence this month. It will be wise to mulch these before dry weather begins. The object of a mulch is to prevent evapora tion of moisture from tne soil, nence litter of any kind, chip dirt, or even Btones, will answer. If the surface of the soil of the orchard can be frequently stirred and kept ligbt, this will answer the same purpose as mulching. Early varieties of apples and pears keep but a short time after they are gathered, and are readily brnised. If asSorted and properly packed in crates they are often more profitable than later kinds. The ereater the distance from market the harder should peaches be when gathered. The fruit should be firm when it reaches the market. If strawberries are in rows, remove the mulch, cut off the runners and give a dre sting of fine manure or some good fertil izer; pull up any weeds that arem the rows. and return the mulch to keep down weeds. If the soil can be kept cultivated the mulch need not be returned until cold weather. As soon as pot-layered plants arawell estab lished set them out; continue to layer them. Thinning the fruit to the extent of onethird or one-half will pay with choice ap ples or pears. Blight attacks without warnI . A - 1 I I i 1 ing; cut away tne prancn, or tree, as tne case may be, and burn. To Build a Cheap Silo. Whatever cheapens the cost of the silo, or lessens the expense of filling it, will hasten the introduction of the method, especially upon the farms of those of moderate means. The important experiments on ensilage con ducted at the .Massachusetts Agricultural College have shown that a balloon frame of scantling, of suitable size, covered on the outside with matched boards, and lined on the inside with two thicknesses of one inch matched boards, with a layer of tarred paper between them, thus securing a partially air titht enclosure, surrounded by a dead-air space as a protection against frost, is the best and cheapest form of construction. II the boards and timbers are satuated with not coal-tar, which can readily be done with trifling expense and little labor, the duration of the silo will be very much Jncreassd. Silos are. in these respects, similar to ice houses, their usefulness does not increase with the ratio of their cost. Live Stock in Midsummer. The midsummer season is not a trying one to live stock, except in times of protracted drouth. Water must be provided, but the quantity need not be great, and where it is low or has to be hauled, animals, except milch cown, should be limited as to ouanti ty. Milch cows should have corn fodder cut np and fed green daily, if it is an object to keep up the flow of milk during drouths. This is also useful for mares with foals running in pasture, and a moderate quantity of grain and bran is always useful for milk giv lug much, uimus win prooaoiy neeu 13 ie weaned this months; watch the ewes, and draw the milk from all full udders every second or third day; give the lambs a handful or two of oats or bran daily. Tar the i - . l- T 1 !? L V , - I , - noses of all sheep to keep off the fly, and watch the feet for any indication of foot mt If suspected, clean ontand dress with a solu tion of blue vitriol or carbolic acid. A gleeted Crop Bnc X wheat. American Agriculturist. Buckwheat is one of the most valuable graics, both for human food and for feeding animals. It is only slightly inferior to rye in nutritious matter, having much the same character as food, and containing very nearly as much nutriment as oats. It has an unde served reputation as productive of skin dis eases in animais, me straw especially being considered injurious to pigs which are lit tered witn lt. VV e nave never noticed anything of this kind in many years use of it. but cn tLe contrary have found this grain most useful one, and one of the easiest and cheapest to grow. It is sown at a convenient time, will produce a large jield if it has good ground, and It is easily thrashed. Whn mixed with corn and rye in equal pirts it is one ot the best feeds for horses, cows and ig, and for the popular cakes for the table n the winter it is unsurpassed by any other gram, tor these reasons every farmer hould grow an acre or two, and provide a good piece of land for it. We have grown sever ty bushels to the acre on good ground and in favorable season, but in the usual

careless way in which this crop is treated, twenty-five bushels is rarely exceeded. The land should be well plowed late in June; in the South, Auguat is early enough; and a peck of seed to the acre is sufficient. This is sewn on the plowed ground, and one good harrowing to cover the seed is sufficient. The crop matures in about ten weeks, and should be harvested as soon as all the grain is set; although some may be green at time of cutting, it will ripen in the shock. Clover-Sick Iand. Farmers' Magaxine. Sir John Lawes ascribes what is called "clover sickness" to the plant not haying accumulated a sufficient store of food in its roots during the first year of its growth. This, he explains, may happen from a variety of causes such as the root? of previous crops taking some years to decay, and the want of sufficient alkaline salts in the subsoil, lie lays particular stress en the fact that ail our agricultural operations tend to accumulate the food of plants close to the surface of the soil, while it is only such solo-

tie salts as chlorides and nitrates of soda and lime which pass quickly into the subsoil and are carried away in the drainage water. He also points out the fact that a deep-root ing plant like clover, feeding on lime, has little chance against a creeping-rooted plant like conch-grass, which feeds on silica, a far more abundant product in most soils. It is to be remembered, however, that there are many forms of "clover-sickness." and proba bly as many different causes. One form of it is due to a fungus, and "clover fungus" is more common than is generally supposed. Some German observers hold th.it cloversickness is due to parasites in the soil, but they have adduced no positive evidence of this. As, however, "beet-sickness" has. in certain instances, been traced to parasites in the sou, it is quite within the range of possi bility that the future of clover may some times result from a similar cause. How to Disappoint a Balky Horse. TheFitchburg Sentinel tells ho a Leo minster farmer cured his horse of a balky fresk by gentle means, lie drove him, at tached to a rack wagon, to the wood lot for a small load of wood, lhe animal would not pull a pound. lie did not beat him, but tied him to a tree and "let him stand." He went to the lot at sunset, and astsd him to draw, but he would not staignten a tug. "T mono nntn TtiinH " tout tha farm or A UIUUV U M .1. J UAAU., Ok.IV. UV IUI , "when that horse went to tne barn, he would take that load of wood. I went to the barn. got blankets, and covered the horse warm, and he stood until mornipg. Then he re fused to draw. At noon I went aown, and he was probably hungry and lonesome. He drew tbat load of wood the first time I asked him. I returned and got another load before 1 fed him. 1 then rewarded him with a good dinner, which he eagerly devoured. I have drawn several loads since. Once he refused to draw; but as soon as he saw me start for the house he started after me with the load. A horse becomes lonesome and discontented when left alone, as much as a person, and I claim that this method, if rightly used, is better for both horse and man than to beat the animal with a club." FARM. NOTES. It is said that the pods of lima beans are injurious to hogs, though they may be freely fed to cows. The use of Taris green on potatoes and other things kills many bees and insects that are useful, and also destroys many small birds. American pork now enters Germany throupn Jbngland, and thus evades the pav mentofduty. In England it is branded as Lnglisn pork. A Pennsylvania fruit grower prevents the ravages of the borer by hilling the earth about the tree ten inches high in May, as the borer appears m June. It is said that pyrethrum, mixed with five times its bulk of plaster, and dusted into the center of the leaves with a pair of bellows, will destroy cabbage worms. regarding the dehorning of cattle, a Western paper says that experience teaches that the growth of the horn can be stopped by applying a rednot iron to the horn germ in calves. It requires more time to spread manure over two acres than over one, and hence the aim should be to concentrate the labor oa the smallest space that can be made profit able. For the best egg production in heavy fowls oats are as good feed as any. They give bulk. while the nutriment they contain is of the kind which goes to make eggs rather than lat. Horses are not fully matured until six years of age, nor do they arrive at their full strength until eight years old. Immature animals are often overtaxed and their future usefulness injured. Celery plants should be pricked out about six inches apart as soon as they are largi enough to handle with the fingers. WbQ six or seven inches high transplant a foot apart in the rows. Into a pound of soft soap dissolve one ounce of carbolic acid crystals, and it be comes an excellent remedy for lice on ani mals when they are washed in warm water with the aid of the soap. An enterprising New Ed 'lander. Mr. Col cord, has invented a "goveruor ' for the silo. which is claimed as a regulator of the tempt?iature, fermentation and quality of the eiif-uage storea. Australian fruit arrives in England in ex cellent condition. It is packed in corkdust or sawdust and placed in a cold compart meat where tha teinpaiature is kept as ne.tr to lorty aegree8 as possible. Short hay crops mean cheap cattle in au tumn. But the farmer who makes full provision for keeping can buy and turn his fod der to good account not only In sales but in added value to the manure pile. Time intelligently given to bees will pay equally well with that given to any other kind of farm work; and where too many are kept it may be done at such times as not to interfere with other important work. When a hoe becom S dull it retards work because of the increased tax it imposes on strength. Sharpen it by filing to a chisel eee. When sharp it works much more effectively, especially when there are weeds to cue In selecting a sow for breeding choose one that is quiet and mild in disposition. She may be the one that will lay on fat most easily, and will therefore be necessary to feed sparingly, but she will be all the better as a breeder for ftiis. One of the advantages from harrowing corn ia that a man with a smart team will run over fifty acres or more per day. The smoothing harrow takes a width of eleven feet, and as only scratching the surface is de sued no lapping is needed. Corn and potatoes may often be topdressed to advan tage after planting, provid ing fine mat ure is used. The cultivation of thse crops during the season will mix the manure with the soil much more perfectly than it could be if plowed under. The disadvantages of the ordinary system of EtttiEg milk in shallow pans for raising cream are that a longer period elapses before the skimming is completed, too much space is required and in summer the milk becomes sour before the whole of the cream Is raised. Professor E. M. Snelton considers thirty loads of men ure applied to one acre about equal to forty spread over twice as much surface, and bases the idea on reasons similar to those employed ip proving large crops mor prontabie man small one. After cutting, orchard grass springs rapidly, and the aftergrowth is heavy. This should not be pastured during the summer or fall, but should be reserved for winter grazing. It should be treated aa above directed in the CE3 Of the tall meadow-oat grass. Mustard plants used to be the terror and disgust of the California wheat-grower.

Now they are a source of profit. By ingenious mechanical harvesting both crops are gathered separately, and the mustard

is worth more than the wheat on the same land. fr k fl Tntla rt PavaKAn TUis nairi he traps moths by placing Bhallow pans of vinegar among the branches of the trees, which attract the moths and drown them. His method is contrary to the rule that sweet substances should be U9ed for such purposes. Makrood nse of the smoothing harrow in the corn and other cultivated fields. No tool in use will kill so many weeds as this, if used at the right time. It will keep down the woods and keep the surface mellow, the two prime necessities in the culture of any crop. Quite a number of plants, such as carrots, beets, turnips, salsify, parsnips and that class of vegetables, must be grown one year and the stocks kept over during the winter and set out in the spring, when a new growth will start up and the plant will mature seeds. Mr. A. 8. Fuller, the well known agricul turist, iD relation to keeping fruits, says: "The thin-skinned sorts, as a rnle, are poor keepers, while the thick-skinned sorts may be kept in fair condition for months by pack ing in boxes and storing the boxes ia a cool place." When bees are swarmine It is the old col ony leaving the hive and abandoning the stores to the younger members. The old queen goes with them, and they seek a new location, with nothing for a beginning ex cept what honey they till themselves with as they take their departure. If broken rice be boiled with one-third milk and two-thirds water, adding one egg to each pint of liquid, and the mass thick ened with oatmeal and cornmeal while boil ing, it will prove an excellent diet for very young chicks. It keeps well and may be crumbled very easily when cold. Pigeons will not look at lettuce, chickweei or other green stuff thrown down on the floor of their fly or loft: but if it is fastened se cnrely by means of a bit of wire or cord a few inches off the floor, so they can iust reach it, they will help themselves to as much as is good lor them. It is one thing to plant corn, potatoes and other crops that require frequent cultiva tion, and quite another to care for them, if cultivation be neglected planting may be loss, for profit in the crop depends upon prompt and thorougn performance of every part of the work until growth is perfected. Planting whole potatoes gives the best yield, according to the trials of the New York Experiment Station: half tubers are next best; quarter tubers next; single eyes yield least. Trials made at the Rural New Yorker grounds favor cutting to two eyes; other trials correspond with both of these results. It is claimed that there are double the number of Jersey cows in the United States than there are in their native home, the Island of Jersey. e have In the different States and Territories 20,(KX head ; in Jersey there are but 10,000. The United States is a tetter place to select from than the Island of Jersey. A cow, says the American Agriculturist, should have a clean skin in order to give e'ean milk and make good butter, and tbat c'eanlinesa can not be secured except by the me of the brush and the thorough removal of dirt and hub, which should be done be fore the cows are milked in the morning and evening. To kill a skunk and make no unpleasant disturbance about it, partly suck an egg and put in a small powder of strychnine, paste a bit of paper over the hole and put it near the chicken cood where he can get it easily, and you will find him not many rods away, stone dead, the next morning, and no bad smell about him, either. Mirror. One of the best and cheapest devices for plowing to prevent barking trees in orchards is a short whillletree with the hooks for the traces on the back, and so fixed that the traces have to be passed over the end. Thus when the whiflletree rubs against the tree the latter is protected by the leather. There was once a patent on this device, but it has long since expired. J. D. Goodwin brings to light, in the Sheep Breeder, a new enemv of sheep the skunk. This odorous little animal attacked his flock and succeeded in killing two sheep. It caught them by the nose and held on with its sharp teeth in spite of the frantic efforts of the sheep to throw it off. The heads o the wounded sheep swelled badly, and they lived but a lew days. There are two certain methods of captur ing the plum weevil, according to experi ments tried at the Massachusetts experiment station. The first is by jairing the tree every morning for three weeks after the flums are set, catching the weevils in sheets aid on the ground. The second is by colon izing large Hocks of chickens m coops, or in yards, under the trees. A writer in Gardening Illustrated fays that he uses black cotton thread, stretched tight four inches above the surface of the ground, along the drills of peas and other vegetables as aa ellectual means for repell ing the sparrow. The birds do not see the black thread, and bumping briskly against it, are tripped or tumbled over, and, be coniiijg alarmed, quickly departIn constructing a poultry-house it is best to cave it face the southeast, as the sun wil send in its warmth as soon as it rises. The sun wiil warm the house until about o'clcck, in the winter. If the house faces south, as is usually the custom, the sun's rays will not enter before y or 10 o clock, al though the morning is the most important time for receiving benefit. An Ohio amateur gooseberry grower sua ceeds in growing very fine fruit, both in size and quality, on a cool, clay soil, keeping the plants open In the centre by pruning. When they sart into growth in the spring he immediately disbuds, to prevent them from becoming too dense, and thus admits a free circulation of air. If e mulches heavily during the summer. With this treatmen he is little troubled with mildew. Ilia Veto Lost. Washington Critic "Daniel," said the President sternly, as he looked up from an unofficial paper he had found on his desk? "Yes, sire," responded the secretary with some trepidation. "What if this?" "It is a bill, sire, for some articles Mrs. C, has been purchasing." "Um-um," hesitated the President; "is it? Well, it's the first thing of the kind that has ever come before my notice." "Yes, sire," said uaniel, because he had nothing else to say jnst then. Then the hard look came into the Pres: dent's face again and his voice was cold. "Daniel," he said, laying the bill down in front of him. "Yes, sire." "Where is my veto?" "Your wife has it, sire." "Um-um. Daniel, will you be kind enough to fill up a check for the amount?" And Daniel took, the bill. A Baptist missionary In China writes home that what an American family throws away in a year would keep a dozen Chinese families, and what a Chinese family throws away in the same time would not feed a mouse. Kf eently in Brooklyn, a scholar at one o the large pnblic schools met with a serious accident. An eminent physician and surgeon was called in. He asked, immediately, what had been done. "I have bound up the wound and saturated it with l'ond't Extract," said the principal, an excellent and intelligent lady. "Very well," said the doetor, "the boy is doing nicely. I could have prescribed nothing better." Pond's Extract, for over two generations, has been the great specific for Wounds. Sprains, Bruises, Burns and all kinds of Inflammations and Hemorrhages. 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A WAR INCIDENT.

A Rieb Story of Adventure The New Moon and the Seven Stars, or the Biter Bit. Atlanta Constitution. In the spring of 1803 the regiment to which I belonged to-wit., the Fifteenth Mississippi Infantry, was ordered from Port Hudson, La., to Tulahoma, Tenn., as was understood. We went as far as Montgomery, Ala., and for some cause unknown to the writer were or dered back to Mississippi. cut what I wish to tell you occurred on the way from Port Hudson to Montgomery. ehad not been paid on in a good long while, and as a consequence, were all out of money. As usual, we were extremely anx ious to get hold of anything to eat that was more palatable than corn bread and bine bull beef, if we did this we hal to buy it. and, as I said, money was scarce. We were in Jackson, Miss. 1 was emphatically hun gry for something extra and set about borrowing a small sum with which to purchase it. Our good Major Terry lent me $2 oat of a $5 bill. Now, yon must remember tbat Major Terry bad only $." He let me have $2, with the full understanding that $3 in charge was to be returned to him: so you will see that I bad no control of $3 of the money. After I got the money I set about investing it. I went to a little shop on the right hand side of the street that led from the Confederate House, by the Governor's mansion, to the Capitol, lhe little shop was just next to the Confederate House, and was kept by an Irish woman, the wife of a railroad man. as I then understood. Now let me, in a few lines, describe an average Confederate store s stock at that time. It generally consisted of dilapidated veils, currycombs, ribbons faded and ancient sleighs, saws, artificial flowers tanf;led, twisted and old calico, at several dolars per yard, boiled eggs, pies, breeches at fabulous prices, and to tut the des?ription short, a Confederate stock consisted of a conglomerated mass of misfitted and i.l-assorted heterogeneousness. Such were the contents of the shop to which I repaired, and it was as good as the average the very best stocks generally had in addition to the above, paraeoIs and'fish-hooks. The question was, how should I spend my $2? I didn't want any veils or wheel-whirls, but I wanted something "to chaw," as we used to classically express it. I knew the women sold hard-boiled eggs, and I knew they were $2 per dozen. I thought a dozen eggs would "go further" than $2 worth of anything else, and decided to get them, but while negotiating for the eggs, I saw a very fine half-moon pie put into the stove. I wanUd it, too, but the $2 wouldn't get the eggs and the pie also. So I resolved to lift (not steal) the pie while the woman went into a little back room for the eggs, which she kept already boiled. The strategy that I put into practice was to call upon the woman, hurriedly, for the eggs just at the moment when the pie was not quite ready to take from the stove and yet so nearly done that it would just be ready for "lifting" while she was counting out my epg?. Now, this was a nice calculation, and no one but a regular rebel mfantrymin with i'ust two borrowed dollars to go upon could iave made it. So, just in the nick of time, I said: "Madam, get roe a dozen eggs just as quick as you can. I'm in a big hurry." Jnst as I expected, she glanced at the pie (the stove door was open maybe it had no door) it looked too pale not quite brown enough. I suppose she calculated that it would be just about right to take up by the time she got the dozen eggs. We were in a kind of middle room. As soon as her back was well turned I lifted the pie. Jerusalem, how hot it was! I danced it t round on the tips of the fingers of my right hand while I unbuttoned the bowm of my overshirt, so tbat I might poke the pie into my bosom between my overshirt and undershirt. I worked fast, for I heard the woman coming with the eggs; in fact, so great was my hurry that I thrust the red-hot pie, not between the two shirts, but under both of them, right next to the naked skin slap upj against the hide! "Gewhilikens! The whoopee! oo! oo! oo!oh!hoo! oop-ee! hell!" were something like the expressions that I wished to give voice to. No use a-talkin', fellow-citizens, that pie hurt me, and as the woman had returned, I couldn't jerk it out of my bosom, nor could I yell, but I had to "grin and endure it," while she I we had gone to the front room) was giving me my eggs and Major Terry's $3. I would have sloped, but I and to wait for the $3. As she counted out the epgs and change I leaned over to the left, so that the bot pie could fall from my devoted side. To make matters worse, by some means or other I squeezed several wad3 of hot dried apples out of that pie, and every wad put in its work, and the devil of it was the woman was a long time in giving me my change. As soon as I got out of the honss I clawed that pie out of my bosom with a kind of uderscored emphasis. I had got beat at my own game. I could not keep the thing to myself. I told the boys of my regiment, and showed them where I was branded with a half moon and spven sars the wai.s ot hot apples had fixed the stars allow me to say they were fixed stars. For weeks afterward the boys would now and then bawl out: "Hello, Judge! When will the moon change?" Now, the reader must not think that I was a thief and that I stole that pie. What the lawyers call "the felonious intent" didn't enter into the taking of that pie. I didn't feel mean while taking it. I only felt like owning the pie, and I got it, and well, it got me, too, and I felt mean afterward. After the war was over and hard-boiled eggs had ceased to be a staple commodity, and half-moon pies and Confederate overshirts had been relegated numbered among the things that were I, in company with one of my brothers, was in Jackson. I told him this tale, and requested him to help me hunt up the woman shop-keeper. We four.d her in much better and nicer quarters. She was proprietress of a West Jackson bakery. I told her the forgoing tale. She enjoyed its recital and exclaimed when I had finished it: "Oh, and I knew you had the pie, list, and that is the reason I was so long makin' the change, honey ; but I don't care at all, at all. I wish you had got all my stuff, ye Southern b'ys, for in a few wakes the Yankees robbed me of all the goods I had. Now be sated, yez, and yez brother, and ate of whatever yez wants, at my expense, for it is as free as wather;" and we took: our seats at a nice table in a clean room, and partook of a magnificent dinner, to which we were truly w-elcome and for whieh the good woman would receive no remuneration. Tbe American Bible society printed 1,437,440 bibles and New Testaments last year. The President of the Cambridge, Ma , Fire Ins. Co. recommends Hood's Sara. parilla as a building up and strengthening remedy. Akchibalp Forff.s is described as tall, angular and thin, with a high, sloping forehead, straight nose, dark gray eyes, and a greyish blonde mustache and imperial. Owing to the exposures and fatfgues he has undergone while in the field as a war correspondent, his health has suffered and be is much troubled with rheumatism. Men and Women Who are constantly nervous are, in nineteen casea out of twenty, dyspeptic. The twentieth case will to found, upon invcktlgation, to be that of a per son who is troubled with symptoms of indiges tion. Thinness, unnatural anxiety, peevishness, buzzing iu the ears, a disposition to start oa the closing of a door, tremulousuess of the handsmore particularly of the right show that the nerves arc weak and unsteady. Hostctter's Stoia ach Bitters strengthens and quiets the nerves. Tnis e fleet is a speedy consequence ot its invig orating and icgulating action upon the organs of digestion and assimilation. It enriches the blood. touquxil (Uivuili icuuvulj aw a u. a w. awlieves sick and nervous headaches, and regulates the bowels without erinlng them. A more trust worthy defense against fever and ague does not exift, and it subdues a tendency to rneuroatlum, kidney and bladder derangement. Taken before retiring, it induces sound repose,

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