Pike County Democrat, Volume 25, Number 3, Petersburg, Pike County, 1 June 1894 — Page 7

& USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.

—The juice of a tomato is said to be excellent to remove ink, wine fruit and ■tains. . —Delmonico Hashed Potatoes.—Pare and chop six medium-sized raw potatoes. Put them in a baking-dish, season with pepper and salt, cover them with milk, place over the top one heaping tablespoonful of butter, cut into small pieces, and bake in a quick oven forty minutes.—Boston Budget. —Cheese Toast—Make as many slices of toast as may be needed for a meal, remove the crusts and butter while hot Cut cheese in thin slices and place it in a pah with a little butter, and mustard. if relished. Set the pan on the fire and melt the cheese, stirring it constantly to make it smooth, then pour over the toast and serve at once.—Orange Judd Farmer. —Mrs. Marshall’s Ginger Snaps.— One pint of molasses, half pound each of lard and brown sugar,- two tablespoonfuls each of ginger, cloves, cinnamon and soda dissolved in the molasses, one cupful of sweet milk,enough flour for a soft dough. Use' as much flour as *you wish in rolling them ottt Boll very thin. In cutting out these cakes, do not use the scraps or corners of dough until all are cut out. Some persons roll them with the original dough, but that makes the dough too -stiff, and the cakes are not crisp Keep the scraps until the?la§t, and then roll together and use. They will make quite good cakes, but inferior to the first—G|gad House Keeping. —Spinach Soup—Is made with milk instead of stock. Boil one quart of spinach in a large pot of boiling, salted water until it is tender. Leave the cover off the vessel, and press the spinach under the water while it is boiling. It will be done in from five to ten minutes. Drain in a colander and let plenty of cold water run over it Press as dry as possible, chop fine and rub through a seive with a wooden spoon. Meantime stir a table^poonful each of flour and butter together orer the fire, and add gradually two quarts of boiling milk. Season with a teaspoonful of salt, a quarter as much white pepper, and a little grated nutmeg, and add the spinach pulp If it is to stand any time before serving, set the vessel containing it within another of hot water.—Country Gentleman. -^-Breast of Veal Braised With Mushrooms.—Remove the largest bones from a breast of veal, and fill the cavity with a forcemeat made of stale bread 6oaked and squeezed dry; add an onion chopped fine and fried in a little butter, and a seasoning of salt and pepper. Skewer into a compact shape and brown on both sides in a frying-pan, using a little butter. Lay some slices of salt pork in a saucepan, put on the piece of veal, cover the pan tightly, and simmer slowly for one hour without raising the lid. If placed over ty: slow fire and kept very tightly covered, 60 that no steam can escape, it will cook in its own juices without burning. Then add half a can of mushrooms and a very little boiling water, turn the meat and cook for another hour, always slowly. Lay on a hot dish, slightly thicken the gravy, and color with brown, flour in the thick ening.—American Agriculturist.

AN IMPORTANT DETAIL. An OfQcer’t Uniform* in the United States Navy. The multiplicity of the duties of a commanding officer of a naval vessel is simply confusing to the average civilian. One would think that it was sufficiently onerous to be called upon in all sorts of emergencies to interpret international law, and to feel that to a large extent the captain of a warship, especially when on a mission without an admiral, has the matter of peace and war, with all their consequences, in his keeping, without being responsible for trivial details on board ship. The responsibility for the work of subordinates, all of whom may be most superior men, but whose mistakes, if they make them, almost invariably rest heaviest on the commanding officers’ shoulders, is so grave a matter that many an ordinary man would lose sleep in his worry for every, day the ship was at sea. And yet it is a fact that details by the score are thrust upon the captain. One of the commonest of these, apparently trivial, but really most important, for it has to do with that most subtle force in naval and military affairs known as discipline, is tp prescribe from day to day .exactly what uniform shall be worn by every officer, down to the man of least importance, on board ship. Not until the captain has been issuing uniform orders for at least a month does one realize the extent of a wardrobe that every naval officer is required to use. He must practically have no less than a dozen suits of clothes, any . one of which he may be called upon to wear at a moment’s notice. He usually has two or three outfits of service dress, the uniform that is worn oftenest in cool or cold weather in his work, and from three to four outfits of white service dress, with the exception of the helmet, the uniform worn invariably in ordinary work in summer. Then there are no less than three different kinds of full-dress suits, beside “dress,” ‘"undress,” “naval brigade,” “rain dress,” and “winter dress” uniforms. It is a common saying that the economy of space in a war vessel is so conserved that there is absolutely no spare room left even for small packages. This seems to be true, especially in an officer’s state room. He practically sleeps on his bureau. In other words, his chest of drawers is under his bunk; and when one thinks of the variety oi .clothing he is required to provide himself with, from hats, caps, gloves and cravats down to shoes and leggings, and the care he must give to them, one iwonders how he manages to keep his little apartment in good order. This matter of uniform is as important and as rigid an affair as drill in firing guns or experience in handling explosives. Uniform has everything to do with formality on shipboard, and formality is the basis of discipline and effective force.— Earner's Weekly. life . _ .-A

THE FARMING WORLD, REGRAFTING TREES. , . It la Very Important That tU* Work Should lie Done Neatly. As there are many at this season of the year who improve their apple and pear trees by regrafting with better varieties, it is important that the work be neatly done and the new trees present* handsome appearance. This is not always done, and not infrequently we see regrafted trees presenting a distorted form. A case of this defect is the Insertion of the grafts at a greater or less distance from the center of the tree (Fig. 1). This gives the new branches the possession of the outer limbs, while the center consists of bare arms or a mixture of the old ami new branches. To avoid this difficulty th«j grafts should be set as near the centei of the head as possible, $nd small branches should Be chosen into whiclj to insert the grafts (Fig. 2. In both cuts the new branches f^ora the inserted grafts are represented by dotted lines.) The head of every tree consists more or less of large and small limbs. Instead, therefore, of cutting out the small ones and leaving the large ones foi grafting, just the reverse should be performed. If they are much larger than an inch in diameter they should

FIG. 1. be cut or sawed out, and the smaller ones retained. The point of union; therefore, between the old tree and the Hew graft is soon healed over, but the removal of very large limbp leaves a broad wound which remains for many years. To avoid this difficulty many cultivators insert, the grafts near the outer ends. This causes the tree if it flourishes to possess a broad and awkward shape, with the interior destitute of growth. • Regrafted trees may be made symmetrical in form by selecting the right shoots for the graft. All should be near the center of the new head, and a sufficiently compact growth imparted. Some skill is required in the operator to effect this in the best manner. Large trees are sometimes permanently injured by cutting off large limbs when the new surface receives rain from every shower. This may be prevented by making the new cut with a sipping surface, so that the water

FIG. 2. ^an quickly pass off, and in addition to this it should be wholly covered with paint, grafting-wax or other waterproof substance. Young trees which make a natural upright growth, and which if allowed their natural form would be tall un^ narrow, should be grafted at the sides of the central stem, so as to throw out more horizontal branches; but those tending to a horizontal growth may be grafted in the upper part of horizontal limbs. By observing these requisites, handsome trees may be formed where they are too often allowed to become distorted and awkward.—Country Gentleman.

FRESH DAIRY NOTES. The Babcock test is the greatest dairy invention of the age, and yet but a fraction of the cow owners have, up to date, availed themselves of its benefits. Don’t ierk when milking. Bon’t dawdle and tell stories. Be patient but business-like. Get into the cow’s good graces. If you can’t do that you are not the one to milk. The modern method in buttermaking is to wash out the buttermiLk instead of working it out It is the best of the two methods, for it saves work and makes a good job with far greater certainty. But it is possible to wash too much and take out the flavor. A genius has jumped over the obstacle that salting in the churn is guess work because no one knows how much butter there is. and therefore can’t tell how much salt to put in. He has a lever arrangement for weighing churn and all and knows what the butter weighs. Some cows will not “give down” except when they are eating a palatable mess. It is a bad habit to get them into and they should be trained differently. If but one or two cows are milked it is not inconvenient to feed grain at milking time, but with a herd it is very troublesome.—Orange Judd Farmer. To loorcane U»e Fat In Milk. It is very certain that the butter must come from the food, and that the better the food the more butter a cow will give. At the same time nearly every cow will increase to some extent in her milk by the better food. Experience has shown that cornmeol is the best food for rich milk.

SCIENCE SIFTINGS. The international medical congress b> Homo appointed Dr. J. B. Murphy, of Chicago, honorary president for the United States. By the device of on Italian seismologist an earthquake shock is, we are informed, made to light an electric lamp for a quarter of a second, causing the face of a chronometer to be photographed and thus registering the precise time. TnE tunnels of the world are estimated to number about 1,142, with a total length of 514 miles. There are about 1,000 railroad tunnels, 12 subaqueous tunnels, 90 canal tunnels and 40 conduit tunnels, with aggregate lengths of about 350 miles, 9 miles, 70 miles and 85 miles respectively. The special sanitary inspector, sent to Lisbon by the Spanish government in order to inquire inlo Ine epidemic which has prevailed there for some time past, after a long investigation declares that the outbreak is one of true Asiatic cholera, imported to Lisbon from the Cape de Verde islands.' The following represent the best meats for children, in the order of their digestibility: Cold mutton, mutton chops, venison, tenderloin, sirloin^ steak, lamb chops, roast beef, rabbit meat and chicken. Veal, pork, turkey, goose and duck should be excluded ;froin the children's bill of fare.—Popular Ilealth Magazine.

ODD AND CURIOUS. Tue horn of the rhinoceros is not joined the bone of the head, but grows on the skin like a wart or corn. Txie Megalosaurus, fossil lizard, is estimated from the size of its bones to have been not less than fifty feet in length. The young of several species of serpents retreat down the throat of the mother, when -pressed by sudden danger. * A JiicnoscoPic examination of a hair will determine, with almost infallible certainty, to what kind of animal it belonged: A fish, caught and thrown on the bank, will rarely fail, when endeavoring to escape, to jump in the direction of the water. The highest mountain in the world is Mount Everest, in the Himalayas— twenty-nine thousand feet, or five and three-fourths miles. The gannet, or solan goose, is provided with an air cushion under his skin. Ills body contains about one hundred and sixty cubic inches of air. The highest mountain in the western continent is Mount Sorato, in Bolivia — twenty-one thousand two hundred and eigty-four feet, or about four miles.

THAT’S! Ti:e merchant can take an article worth 75 cents and sell it for SI—that’s business. Tiie mechanic can take a material worth 85 and make it into a watch worth 8100—that’s skill. Vanderbilt can write a few words on a sheet of paper and make it worth 85,000,000—that's capital. The ditch-digger works ten hours a day and shovels three or four tons of /earth for S3—that’s labor. A lady can purchase a very comfortable bonnet for 83.75, but she prefers one that costs 837—that’s foolishness. The poet Tennyson could take a worthless sheet of paper and by •writing a poem on it make it worth !$65,000-rthat‘s genius. The United States can take an ounce and a quarter of gold and stamp upon it an “eagle” and made it worth 830— that’s money. -1—

THE MARKETS. New York. May 28, IKK. CATTLE—Native Steers.8 4 45 © 4 60 COTTON—Middling.. © 7*4 FLOUE—Winter Wheat. 2 60 © 2 60 WHEAT—No. 2 Red. 5754(1 58^ CORN-No. 2 Red. 42£© 4854 OATS—Western Mixed_.... 41 © 425* PORK-NewMess. 13 00 © 13 50 ST. LOUIS. COTTON—Middling.© 7 BEEVES—Shipping Steers... 3 95 © 4 25 Medium. 3 75 © 4 10 HOGS—Fair to Select... 4 60 © 4 85 SHEEP—Fair to Choice. 3 50 © 4 35 FLOUR—Patents. 2 80 © 2 90 Fancy to Extra do.. 2 10 © 2 55 WHEAT-No. 2 Red Winter... 513*© 52 CORN—No. 2 Mixed. 36*© 37 OATS—Nc.2. 3654© 36* RYE—No. 2... 45 © 47 TOBACCO—Lugs. 4 50 (ft 11 00 Leaf Burley. 7 00 (ft 16 (X) HAY-Clear Timothy.......... 9 00 © 11 00 BUTTER—Choice Dairy. 10 © 13 EGGS—Fresh . 8 © 854 PORK-SStandard Mess (new).. 12 3D (ft 12 3754 BACON—Clear Rib........ © (\ LARD—Prime Steam.. 6*© 9% CHICAGO. CATTLE-Shlppin?.. 2 HOGS—Fair to Choice... 4 SHEEP—Fair to Choice. 3 FLOUR—Winter Patents. 2 Spring Patents...... S WHEAT—No. 2 Spring. No. 2 Red. CORN—No. 2.. .. OATS—No. 2. PORK—Mess (new). 11 KANSAS CITY. CATTLE—Shipping Steers.... 3 HOGS—All Grades. 4 WHEAT—No. 2 Red.< OATS—No. 2. CORN—No. 2. 4 50 4 95 4 85 3 00 3 50 54\ 5454 37 54 75 (ft 11 77* 75 © 75 (ft 00 © 80 ® 10 © .. (ft .. © 15 (ft 40 © 49 (ft 36 © 345s® 4 25 4 ?0 50 3654 35 NEW ORLEANS. FLOUR—High Grade.. 2 80 © 8 10 CORN—No. 2. © 48 OATS—Western... @ 43 HAY-Choiee... 16 00 © 17 00 PORK-New Mess.... © 12 75 BACON—Sides.V .... (ft 7)4 COTTON—Middling. 6*@ 7 LOUISVILLE. WHEAT-No. 2 Red. 52 © 5254 CORN—No. 2 Mixed. 4154® 4254 OATS—No. 2 Mixed. 3954® 40 PORK—New Mess. . 12 3754© 12 50 BACON-Clear Rib. 7*@ 7* COTTON—Middling... © 7*

Protecting Cottolcne. The N. K. Fail-bank Company of Chicago have lately brought suit in the United States Court against w. L. Henry, of this city, for $5,000.0o for infringement of their trade mark “Cottolene.” The N. K. Fairbank Company sets forth that they originated, prepared, and put upon the market a new food product consisting of refined Cotton Seed Oil and a small proportion of Beef Suet, making a pale yellow material of the consistency and substance of laid, almost without odor and intended to take the price of lard in cooking. In order to indicate the source and genuineness of their new food product, they originated, coined, and used as a trade mark the word “Cottolene.” The healthfulness and many other advantages of Cottolene over lard were so apparent that Cottolene became at once very popular and is now largely sold all over tile country. The new food product and its name “Cottolene” have become widely known cs the product of The N. K. Fairbank Companv. The trade mark is described as a “trade mark for Oleaginous Food Substances, &c,” “consisting of a head or neck of a Steer or other bovine partially enclosed by sprigs and branches or the Cotton plant.” The N. K. Fairbank Company charges that W. L. Henry, of Macon; Ga., a dealer in fresh meats and food products generally, has been and is endeavoring unlawfully to avail himself of the benefits of the name “Cottolene” and its popularity; that he has been and is selling a product similar in kind, but inferior in quality, under the name of “Cottolene” to the injury of the original and genuine “Cottolene,” and to the loss and injury of its manufacturers The N. K. Fairbank Company. The infringements upon the trade mark of “Cottolene” nave become so frequent, and so many dealers are selling an iuierior article and claiming it to be Cottolene that The N. K. Fairbank Company are determined to protect their customers and pronpsa to sue every retail dealer who is thus imposing upon his customers and infringing upon The N. K. Fairbank Company's trade mark.—Telegraph, Macon, Ga.

Book Agent (entering the sanctum)—“I have a little work here which—” “Excuse me,” interrupted the victim, “but I have a great deal.”—Boston Courier. Beware of Ointments foe Catarrh That Contain Mercury, as mercury will surely destroy the sense of smeil and completely derange the who.e system when entering it through the mucous surfaces. Such articles should never be used except on prescriptions from reputable phvsicians, as the damage they will do is ten fold to the good you can possibly derive from them. Hall's Catarrh Cure manufactured by F. 'J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, O., contains no mercury, and is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. In buying. Hall's Catarrh Cure be sure vou get the genuine. It is taken internally, and made in Toledo. Ohio, by F. J. Cheney &, Co. Testimonials free. I3f Sold by Druggists, price 75c. per bottle. Hall’s Family PUls^'iS cents. Many a doctor probably enjoys good health because he never takes any of his own medicine.—Ram's Horn. Free as Air. Although long and obstinately obstructed, free as air become the bowels when Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters is used to relieve and i*egulate them. Not that the great laxative operates unduly upon them. Quite the contrary. Neither aces it cause griping. In both these particulars it is preferable to a violent cathartic. Use the Bitters for malarial and rheumatic ailments, kidney trou

■“VW1 '-V The criminal judge may be a man of few woi’ds, but he is not always a man of short sentences.—Philadelphia Record. *■-, Western American Scenery. The Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul R'y has now ready fordistribution a sixteen page portfolio of scenes along its line, half tones, of the size of the World's Fair portfolios lately issued. They are only ten cents each and can be obtained without delay by remitting the amount to Geo. H. Keaffojiu, General Pass. Agent, Chicago, 111. Ax ability to mind his own business has secured many a man a confidential position. —Indianapolis News. Glexx's Sulphur Soap is a genuine remedy for Skin Diseases. Hill's Hair and Whisker Dye, 50 cents. What tree is always produced during warf Infantry.

KNOWLEDGE Brings comfort and improvement and tends to personal enjoyment when rightly usea. - The many, who live better than others and enjoy life more, with less expenditure, by more promptly adapting the world’s best products to the needs of physical being, will attest the value to, health of the pure liquid laxative principles embraced in the remedy, Syrup of Figs. Its excellence is due to its presenting in the form most acceptable and pleasant to the taste, the refreshing and truiy beneficial properties of a perfect laxative; effectually cleansing the system, dispelling colds, headaches and fevers ana permanently curing constipation. It has given satisfaction to millions and met with the approval of the medical profession, because it acts on the Kidneys, Liver and Bowels without weakening them and it is perfectly free from every objectionable substance. Syrup of Figs is for sale by all druggists in 60c and $1 bottles, but it is manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co. only, whose name is printed on every package, also the name, Syrup of Figs, and being well informed, you will not accept any substitute if offered.

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ASIDE from the fact that the l cheap baking powders contain alum, which causes indigestion and other serious ailments, their use is extravagant. It takes three pounds of the best of them to go as far as one pound of the Royal Baking Powder, because they are deficient in leavening gas. There is both health and economy in the use of the Royal Baking Powder f t ' ■ - . ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO., 106 WALL ST., NEW-YORK.

A Flckle Glr!. Arthur (gloomily) — I ara afraid Mabel's love for me is cooling. Friend—Have vou heard from her today? Arthur—Yes, and here is her letter. She uses the word ‘‘love*’ sixteen times, and only underscores it ten.—X. Y. Weekly. The troubles we most fear never happen. —Ram's Horn.

-of people tv bo vlat tho Invalids "*■ Hotel and Surgical Institute, at Buf- — ' falo, N. Y., are many who are sent tbere, by those who have already, from personal experience, learned of the great Triumph In Conservative Surgery achieved by the Surgeons of that famed institution. Little heroic, or cutting surgery is found necessary. For instance, THWftRq Ovarian, Fibroid (Uterine) and ■ WrtiUUwjnanv others, are removed by Electrolysis and other conservative means and thereby tho perils of cutting operations avoided. PILE TUTORS, boTfCver Fistula end other diseases of tho lower bowel, are permanently cured without pain or resort to the knife. b| CPT! li!‘ET or Breach (Hernia) is radically RUi I bfltj cured without the knife ana without pain. Trusses can bo thrown awayl no matter how mlvcrized. waslithout cutting. CTPSfiTIlP^Q of Urinary Passage are alOS itkUl uriiiO go removed without cutting in hundreds of cases. For Ihunphkts, uumerous references and all particulars, send ten cents (in 6tamps) ta World’s Disperipary Medical Association, 663 Main Street, Buffalo, N. Y.

Titeort Not In It.—“My theory,” began the man a3 the policeman tried to steer him straight: “my theory—” “Come off,” interrupted the officer; “it isn't your theory that I'm interested in now; it is your condition,” and he yanked him along merrily. Ix the Market:—Customer—“Send me up three pounds of steak.” “Batcher—“Beefsteak or porksteakJ” Customer—“Mistake. I forgot: my wife said she wanted mutton chops.'—Detroit Fre^Fress. Trctii is never afraid to wait.—Ram\ Horn.

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THE POT INSULTED THE KETTLE BECAUSE. * THE COOK HAD NOT USED SAPOLIO GOOD COOKING DEMANDS CLEANLINESS. SAPOLIO SHOULD be used in every KITCHEN..

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