The National Banner, Volume 8, Number 48, Ligonier, Noble County, 26 March 1874 — Page 4

wne Farm and Household. LB S S R e, . A NEW USE FOR G@KEN FEATHERS. " Chicken feathers are among those waste products of the farm of which no regular means of utilization has heretofore been suggested. Myriads of them are strewn over the barnyard, packed into the floor of the chicken houses or are converted into positive nuisances by the wind which bestrews them over lawns and flower beds, or | «drives them into epen doors and win: ‘dows. The down alone is, we believe, occasionally used as a stuffing for pillows or cusions, and sometimes employed as an ' adulteration in 'goose feathers; but the long plumes of the wings, sides and tail of the bird, un- " less made into rude bundles to serve as dusters for the housewife, are gener- | ally regarded as totally worthless. : = “According to statistics very carefully complied,” says a writer in La Nature, “we throw away. yearly a quantity of c¢hicken feathers, the intrinsic value of which is eqmal to the money we pay out for cotton.” A startling statement, but the author considers it true; and proceeds to explain how the feathers are preparedte render them valuable: The oberation is to cut the plume portions of the | feathers from the stem, by means of ordinary hand scissors. The former | are placed in quantities in a eoarse I bag, which, when full, is|closed and subjected to-a thorough kneading with the hands. .At the end of five minutes, the feathers, it*is stated, become disaggregated /and felted together, forming a dowh perfectly homogeneous and of great lightness. It is even' lighter than natural eider down, because the latter contains the ribs of the feathers, which give extra weight. | The material thus prepared is worth, and readily sells in Paris for about two dollars a pound. About 16 troy ounces. of this: down can be obtained | from the feathers of an ordinary siz‘ed pullet; and this, on the above valuation, is worth about 20 ecents. It is ‘suggested that, through the wintet, children might collect all the feathers about a farm, and cut the ribs out as we have stated. By the spring time a large quantity of down would be prepared, which could be disposed of to" upholsterers, or employed for domegtic uses.: Goose feathers may be treated in a similar manner, and ‘thus two-thirds of the propucts of the bird utilized, instead of about only one-fifth, as is the case at present. , - The chicken down is said to form a beatiful cloth when woven. For about a square yard of the material, a pound and a half of down is required. . The fabric is said to be almost indistructible, as, in place of fraying or wearing out at folds, it only seems to }"elt the tighter. It takesdye rapidly, nd isthoroughly waterproof.- There appers. to be a good opportunity here for some ingenious person to invent machines to cut and treat the feathers.

- PRACTICAL VALUE OF COAL ASHES. - Notwithstanding all that has been offered in favor of coal ashes as a ferwtilizer, certain editors of certain papers, \\Jaho rely more on the analysis - of some chemist than on the results of practice, will persist.in publishing their opinion of coal ashes—namely, that such ashes are not worth the expense of wagoning or carting the distance of half a mile. Almost eyery week we meet with some practical farmer who has been accustomed to spread his coal ashes around fruit trees, whe expresses immense satisfaction in the results when they are employed as a fertilizer. Concerning the great value of coal ashes when spread around fruit trees, ‘Mr. H. Wooden, of Indiana, writes as follows: “Two years ago a beautiful " plum tree in my yard bore only a few specimens of fruit. The tree appeared: healthy, but the fruit fell off until only “seven imperfect ones remained. ‘ln the following autumn I dug about the tree, cut away the grass and spread coal ashes, from the grates and stoves, around it for two or three feet, and about two or three inches deep, and tramped the ashes lightly down. The following spring the tree leaved out nicely,: was full of plums, and nearly all remained on until ripe. So full were the branches that I had to tie them up to support the weight. The fruit was quite perfect in size and shape, and I am sure the manner of treatment was the cause of the im--provement. I think many fruit trees ‘could be thus improved, both in quantity and quality of fruit they would produce.” . ; : A farmer of Northern New Jersey assured us that a number of years ago he spread several bushels of ¢oal aghes around each apple tree, and that for several years after the fruit on those trees was much larger and fairer than the crop- of any previous season.—Ji. Y. Herald. ! '

LITTLE THINGS TO REMEMBER. If, in baking pies, a little bit of paste is left over, do not lay it aside to sour or be forgotten, but make it into tarts in.your little patty tins. One of them would make very happy the little redfingered, half-clad errand boy who might sit by your kitchen stove “just a minute” to warm. | ' Don’t use good table knives to scrape a kettle, or pare potatoes, or for any other than table service. Keep odd ‘ones ‘with faulty handles, or' odd ones that belong to no set, for such common purposes. Never let nice ones be picked up and used indiscriminately. We can not too earnestly recommend that women—not only heads of households, ‘but even school girls—should keep correct account of all money they spend. e { It is well in February to begin to eat very freely of fruit and vegetables. A strong meat diet with buckwheat cakes and corn bread, and such hearty food, all heat-giving,“is very apt, if persisted in, to make sores, and boils, and bilious derangement in March and April. By due attention to what is eaten the latter part of winter, all this may be avoided. Persons of scrofulous habit especially should be preparing for the invasion of disease. To such, canned fruits, tomatoes, cranberries and lemons, in any form in ~which the acid is preserved, will be * found invaluable. ~ They should set aside meat altogether, unless it be lean hoiled meat, a slice or so at breakfast or dinner. But if people persist in using the same food, they must pay the penalty. It is wisdom, however, - to consult nature and ‘abide by her unalterable laws. Not always does she punish at the time of the transgression, but the punishment will and does come, sooner or later—Arthur's Home Magazine, =

TO PREVENT COLD FEET AT BED TIME. Draw off your stockings just before nndressing, and rub your ankles and feet well with your hand, as hard as you can bear the pressure, for five or ten minutes, and you will never have to complain of cold feet in bed. It is hardly conceivable what a pleasurable glow this diffuses. Frequent washing of the feet, and rubbing them thoroughly dry with a linen cloth or flannel, is very useful. P

WE frequently find teams as heavily . loaded when the roads are bad as when - they are good, which ruins many good ' teams. Horses have wonderful mem- * ories, and in places where they have .on:ie been stuck are very likely to balk again.

- - SENSIBLE ADVICE. : - Lamps must be filled every morning. This is an imperative duty for every housekeeper to see performed, for as the oil burns down in a lamp, there is’ created a highly. inflamable gas, which gathers imperceptibly over the surface, and as fast as the oil is consumed this gas increases, so when the oil is nearly out of the lamp, the slightest jar of the table will set the gas on fire; an explosion follows almost instantaneously, and a bomb shell would not be more destructive, for its touches are deathly. But if the oil is only burned half way down in your lamp, the gas is not of sufficient power to do any injury; therefore, let me beg you never-to defer lamp-filling to another day, but see yourself that it is done. ‘When I read of deaths occurring from trying to light fires with kerosene, I always think the verdict of the coroner's jury should be; “Served them right;” for it seems impossible to believe that any mortal could be so foolish as to tamper with such a highly inflamable liquid. Better try to kindle fires with a powder-can, well filled, than with the contents of your kero-sene-can.—Cor. Country Gentleman.

TAKE plenty of exercise, and you will not complain of sleeplessness.— The best anodyne is a liberal amount of muscular activity out of doors every day. Persons who sit around the fire and lounge on the sofd, or sew a great part of the day, need not expect sound sleep; only the laboring man can taste it in all its sweetness. Many fail to sleep at night because they will persist in sleeping in the daytime. It is just as impossibly to healthfully force more sleep on the system than the proportion of exercise requires, as to force the stomach to digest more food than the body requires. HOW TO CHOOSE A -GOOD COW. A writer in the North-Western Farmer says: “The crumpley horn is a good indication; a full eye another. IHer head should be gmall but short. Avoid the Roman nose; this indicates thin milk, and but little of it. See that she is dished in the face—sunk between the eyes. I\Totice that she is what stock men call a good handler—skin soft and loose, like the skin on a dog, dedp from the loin to the udder, and a very slim tail. . A cow with thesé marks never fails to be a good milker.” ; R

PRESERVATION OF EGGS. | Eggs are preserved in France by smearing them all over with a solutionof beeswax'in double the quantity of olive oil. The shell is rendered air tight, and when packed in bran or chaff and kept dry the eggs may be preserved for months. Rubbing the eggs with linseed. oil-has been successful in preserving them for six months.

ELAsTIC VARNISH.--As an excellent and easily manufactured varnish for wicker-work, Mr. Rhien recommends the following composition:— One part of good linseed oil is boiled down to a syrupy consistency, and mixed with twenty parts of copal. This mass is then diluted with oil of turpentine to the proper thickness. The varnish dries easily, and remains elastic, so as not to break by the bending of the basket. .

TBHE Agriculturist gives this renmedy for foundérs: “As soon as the horse is found to be stiff, swab the legs and feet with hot water—so hot that the hand cannot bear to touch it, but not so hot as to scald. After a short time the legs should be rubbed dry and the horse gently exercised. :

‘ Noblesville Correspondence. [Deferred from last week.] - The moving of the county seat, is all the talk in this locality at present, and the general opinion is, that the seat of justice will remain where it is, or, at least, ought to. If this township were to vote upon the removal question, and had to choose between Ligonier and Kendallville, the former would be the unanimous choice. ‘Wheat in this vicinity is badly winter-killed. Some think it will not be one-third of a crop. Clover is about all killed. : oy

I do not wish to boast of large tr‘ees, but I will venture the assertion that we have the largest sassafras tree in this neighborhood that can be found in the county. This specimen measures ten feet in circumference, stumphigh, and three feet, four inches in diameter. 'Who can beat this?

Public “'sales‘ are of common’ occurrence now-a-days. ‘We would suggest that it would be to the advantage of those who write their bills, to go to the BANNER office where they can get them neatly printed on short. notice. We believe printed bills will attract more attention and sell more goods than written ones; then they look so much better.

The wife of David Clouse, of Green township, was buried in the grave yard near this place to-day. We deeply sympathize with Mr. Clouse and the bereaved children. = ' .. All persons interested in the firm of Hodge & C 0.,, of Chicago, may set it down that they are a perfect set of swindlers. o Quite a sensation was created in this locality last week, but I forbear further mention of it at present. March 16, : - Rumso. =t ... Wawaka Items. (Received teo late for last week’s issue.) We wonder if every one heard the prelude. The prelude to what? Why, to Spring, of course. The robin has come and warbled a song and waits for an answer in the silent woods.— The green-coated musicians (the frogs) had one holiday; piped one note and retired. The water leaps through the veins of the earth, the sap through the veins of the trees, and the blood thro’ the veins of man.

To-day we saw a conceited little fly come out from its hiding place, for he thought spring had come; to night, he buzzed and died, but there is no conceit in the heart of man in Wawaka. Each one goes forth in the morning to his own branch of business, singing as he goes, We are glad that Mrs. Radabaugh, of Ligonier intends starting a branch millinery shop here thisspring. ' The Womens’ Foreign Missionary Society meet this week at the residence of Mrs. Dodge. ! ' - Rev. Howe told the young people a nice story last Sunday evening, about praying Daniel. A ¢lub of ladies here have sent to Rochester, N. Y., for flower and garden seeds. The fact is, we want and will have, everything in Wawaka; but we do not want the county seat away from poor Albion. ' 'We opine it would be too much like taking the Temple from old Jerusalem. FPROGRESS,

J. DECKER'S ADVERTISEMENT.--GROCERIES AND PROVISOINS.

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SUBJECT TO CHANGES IN THE MARKET

All Gnods-adyert{;d will be-fully up to the standard, as I am not (,le:dﬁlg in infé);'i:(g{r Goods q » nor short weights. These, and all other prices, are for CASH only.

9 Ibs Crushed Sugars, for. ..............cc..:.q...81.00] ||si g = s : : § BeGranulwed: |& ol Taaen |2 .‘,xlﬂ\rm Drips. which leaves all others in the shade, at thie 101bs “A” Coffee SUEAT £OT. ... ... ..ot inen 100! = . l.sym»ull s‘um ok .. T - 80 cents per gallon, worth 1.00 1o Bs Extra ™ Whdelor. ... ... ... 000 o ' Golden 5yrup.......... .60 cents per gallon, worth .60 1034 Ibs Best Brown Sugar f0r..........0........ 100} &= o €N N lESY 11 L 12 Ths Dask Browd es.. .. ... .00 100 EGE C a 1 ’ v . e : : SN g j 12, Ib. Canned Peaches, per can. ..o i i . hothe 25 - . (Z‘O}’l’ Elo, , :: | 2 Ib. Canned Strm\'b(-ri'i(\s,.pm- o The Best Rio 3,west of New York below Market price. %2 Ib. Canned Tomatocs, perean.........0......... .20 R TEAS. ; ‘ s|} b Cammpa Bamatoes, hor ean’ ..o 00 eOO B I will give you the gréatest bargain in this article, as you| Z i MISCEILILANEOUS., know Uncle Sam will persist in sticking on the tariff. |Qo 8 Ib. Dried Pe: o ’ e Best Young Hy50n............51.10 worth $1.50 per .| -37 ﬂ; PIIQ? : eacheny L - LG e R 150 Choice Y0ngHy50n........... 100 worth 1.25 - “ |l o 5 o paiaogin s eDO Gocd e W el 106 v o |lO Denew ngish Cutrants for. . ... .. . L. .0 100 Best Gunp0wder.............. 110 worth 150 | 28 g(])[omllny 0 Choice Gunp0wder............ 1.00 worth 1.25 < | 23 1b.1ana(ﬁPea5......'.._..........._..,._.,;,._... i Good Gunpowder.....cviw.... .80 worth. 1.00 ~“ | Zlg o 0 I())Ois,‘eh Hoaitlo BHlSIng, i voels vy S i B 0 The BostJapanlen . . ..... 80 werth 140 9. | .(‘l(gf&'Rg 1; L qu. NI e 28 Which fact is attested by hundreds of tea drinkers in o BLUBING e e : Nibl @ Hioining countics. 10 | BLU s 4 large sizeboxes fobrctil w 1 T, 10 198 ' | e A . {bs | BLUEING, 8 small size boxes for. ...... . uuidi 26 ‘d . OBACCO. i |o | 4 cakes good size Glycerine Soap for. ... .. i hei e g ll;gggd: ggxoolléénf% l'Jl‘obacc::o fore. .. if .. wigg B %est D. B. DeLands Saleratus 3 pounds f0r........ .25 und filn. epper, 35 cents per e go‘(;)ElE Fllx%? Cut Tobdeea. ... ... .....5 .50 worth' 80 E Gixll)ger,’ piar pounld. pound or ?)».I.)c.)%‘mds e G lgg e Brßip,. o 0 0 i .80 worth 5 Mustard, per fnd . ' e Decker’s Gold Leaf.........\. .......: 60 worth .90| g Cloxesppound 23 Indian 8rand.......... .............. .90 worth I.lo| =3 | Four Dime Boxes of Maehas'tor . " 0 D 25 i}np%na'l Tobacco. = ..t . el 90 worth I.lo| & | Seven boxes of Coffee E55encef0r.............. ... 25 ayf10wer........... .;20, gt;u_led everywhere for 1.50] » gour Daund.geod Staveh, fapi (0l 0o TBl ~ISYEE. - : : g o;l\Vash-tub5,~...v......:.....'..~...........,...:: ‘OO The best Cod Fi5h...... " .......................% .08| bJ| The best wash-board out. ......i..sadseqp-ive v 12" White Fish. . .coovaioveipn cviiinneeaeaaian.. .. 08| 3| Best Factory Cheese, per p0und.................. 13 Mackerely . . o 0 L ap ERTIORESHBRER BBEGUArt .Loo ol L oo Mess Mackerel (head50ff)................L...... .18 Q| Pea Naits, per pound.iu o Uiiininey TL 8 15 Fresh Labmador Hetnjng ... ... .. ... .. ... 05 2, | Erench Mixed Candies.........ii.i.ie i sty 0025 Smoked Ha11ibut.................c..000eeeen.... 15[ /] SYick Candy, per pound. ... ..... .00y 120 | . SAITT. : o | 109 of the best Yellow Envelopes f0r............. .2 FINE SALT, perbarre1.:.......................8200 {24 sheets of Letter Paper................ L........ 10

TEPYENTAY YRITMITOER TERNTT . I will offer for ;lle next 30 days, FOR CASH, my eﬁtire st;ck,f\ﬂ]‘ich is . | The Largest and'Best Selected in Northern Indiana, GLASS AND QUEENS-WARE, | Table Cutlery, Castors, . . 1 And a greét many Novelty Goods too numerdus to mention. ; |

MILLER & DUERR'S ADVERTISEMENT.--GROCERIES AND PROVISIONS. 7, IS THE PLACE TO DO YOUR TRADING AS LONG AS f L ARE SETLIAING T : AT SUCH ENORMOUS LOW PRICES. =~ . - COFFEES, SUGARS AND TEAS, And evél'ything else in the Grocery line at prices that no one can beat and all goods Warrhﬁted. A LARGER AND MORE COMPLETE STOGK OF GOODS CANNOT BE FOUND IN THE CITY,

CROCKERY & GLASSWARE a Speeialty. Best Iron Stone Cllina Cups and SaÎs,f() ¢. per set B;af‘st Iron Stone Chih_a Platés,’ 55 to 75 G; per }sét, Thl,'éj? pounds df;gopd Tea for :»— it : A:‘ 100 'Thirteen poun;is bf good B_rown S!ugs;r( iy . : 10‘% Ten pounds of ‘A’- Coffee Sugalj for i: : 1 All Grades of Chewing ahd Smohggg@mg, | o aivay Law Figni~e;; | . NAIUT NL. ~ Cash Pid for all kinds of Countéy Prodiuce. "~ Salt, $1.90 per bar’r-ela - Dont’t Fail to ’gwe’li’sﬁ’aggl!e

WILLIAM GROH’S ADVERTISEMENT,--GROCERIES AND PROVISIONS.

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MY MOTTO: QUICK SALES &SMALL PROFITS. Therefore a.ll‘l*‘a‘rmers whb hayve IHay, Corn, Oats, ‘POt:IfOGS,-fI‘IOTSOé, COVVS, bi"an%ﬂiiﬁg else to weigh can have it done on Bill Groh’s Scales for five cents, single or double draughts. :

*aAS, TEAS, S A i 85 GCllts 10&\?51.00, per pound.

TOBACCOS! TOBACCOS! Fifle Cut Chewing, - . Q6}o to9scents per pound. Corsair Double Thick, - - -60 cents per ponnd. - “ Dark Navy Thirds, -60 cents per pound. % Tark way Fives, - -60 cents per pound.

OILL,! OFiye Coal Oil has advanced, but Bill Groh is still selling at - 15 cents by the Barrel or Gallon. | When y(;u want to get the highest market price for 'you;Blﬂitter.m’ujlEgg‘s,go tO Bill Groh’s.

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