Rensselaer Union, Volume 7, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 October 1874 — Page 6

The Fashion in Furs.

* Dark furs will remain iu favor. The fashionable set for the coming winter consists of.a long, boa ami muff For collars, though greatly in vogue broad, are only worn here by elderly ladies and those who require greater protection for the chest, Boas for general wear are two yards long ;*those to be worn with fUr cloaks are much shorter. Muffs are of medium size and are finished with passementerie tassels or bows of gros grain ribbon of the same shade as the fur. The first choice in fur sets is the durk Russian sable. Wealthy women select the darkest shades of this fur for a long boa yrith tail-tips on the ends and a mull of comfortable size. Lighter Russian sable is far cheaper than the dark skins, and costs from $250 upward for a set. Hudson Bay sable is a rich, warm fur. and in its finest dark qualities is preferred to the light Russian sable. A boa or collar of this fur costs from S4O to $l5O, and a muff tb match will double the expense. Sable-tail sets are very dark, being made entirely of the tail-tins, ana cost less than correspondingly dark shades made of fur from the body of the animal. They range from $l5O to S4OO. The next choice after sable is a set of black fox, a long dark fur that is now very scarce. A set costs from S2OO t o S3OO. Many ladies -CQfUpnt thcmaolves with a muff of this fur, as rolling site fur to form a boa displays the roots and detracts from its beauty. Very stylish sets are now made of the tips of the fishertail and called fisher-tail furs. This dark, luxurious-looking fur resembles handsome sable, and costs from $75 to $l5O. Among the most dressy and fashionable furs is the silver-fox, a beautiful fiutlv fur of shaded gray, with light-sil-vered, feathery tips like downy white marabout feathers.' A set of this fur is especially handsome with rich Mack and other dark costumes of velvet anti silk, or else of cauuTs-hair. Young ladies select this fur, while matrons more advanced choose sets of fisher-tail. A set of silver-fox costs SIOO and upward. Dark gray Arica, chinchilla, finely shaded and velvet-like, will also be fashionable for dressy sets of fur, and is not expensive: the boa costs from S3O to $lO, and the muff is the same prietnChinchilla is much admired with black velvet costumes; also for-trimming velvet cloaks and polonaises. White ami blue fox arc pretty light furs and are still in use. Seal-skin will retain its popularity for cloaks, and also for plain dark sets. Shetland seal is finest, rtutlicst, and.most tender : Alaska seal is most durable and the lowest priced. Seal skin sacques are longer than those of last winter, mcasur ing now from twenty-six to thirty-two inches, ami an- slightly shaped to the figure in the hack. They arc double- j breasted, with re vers collar, yet arc not i rolled low, and are fastened by fur frogs, 1 buttons, ami loops. The sleeves arc easy ample i oat shape. Trimmed seai.saeqties are umre dressy than plain ones; these have a wide border," cuffs and collar of i some -other, rich fur, such as sable, un-. plucked otter, plucked- alter, fisher-tail, I silver-fox, chinchilla, beaver, or black . marten. Reliable furriers decline to rec- : otnmend seal sacques sold below SIOO, as the cheaper grades of fur seal arc so badly dyed that the pelt is weakened by the acids ot the dye, and the fur soon wears off. Prices range from SIOO to SBOO. A seal sacque trimmed with black marten can also be bought for $100; those trimmed with expensive furs cost much more. The nvutt worn with such sacques should be trimmed to correspond. Milliners import large seal-skin hats shaped like the English walking hat, with square brims in front and back, and closely turned up sides. They are trimmed over the crown and around it with some long fur, such as black fox, or the black marten with silvery-gray hairs: the cunning head of the animal and a spirited little pompon are. placed in front or ou the left side. Sets of Shetland seal have advanced in price; the handsomest now cost SOO and sometimes rntWe, though a pretty muff and long black boa can be found at various prices ranging from $lB up. Ladies of good taste and limited means select tliis„>oft. warm fur iu its rich, dark shades in preference to more showy, low-priced furs. Sets of otter are also occasionally sold. These are dressed to resemble the Shetland seal, and cost about SSO. They are, however, too heavy for comfort. Mink, is no longer, the standard fur,yet its popularity is not entirely gone, audit will still be bought by those Who know its.value. It is considerably reduced in price, and in its fine qualities is preferable to the light grades of Hudson Bay sable. Fine dark sets now sold for S6O were formerly worth $80; the prices begin as low as $lB a set. Ermine, like mink, has passed its zenith of popularity, yet is still liked by many for evening wear, and is bought largely at its now reduced price. The purest* and whitest sets of ermine are sold for S3O. Large garments of this fur are chosen for evening wraps. Sets of the white grebe once so fashionable are sold for $22. Among low-priced furs black marten, with its long fleece, will be most generally used. This is also called Alaska sable, and is really made of the skin of the polecat. In buying this fur care should be taken to insure that the skins are properly dressed, else they will not be thoroughly deodorized, and the oil will create worms that ruin the fur. and the dress of the wearer as well. A set cos Us from $lB to $22. Black lynx is a long, black, glossy fur, but it is always dyed, and the fleectHlTso fine that it does not take the dve well, and is apt to crack; hence it is not highly comment led. Black monkey-skins, with their long, dark, straight hair—not fur—are admired for their oddity, but are not soft and warm. A muff of this skin is unique and dressy, but the boa is not desirable. Plain people who think more of comfort than of display retain their partialitv for the black curled furs known under the general nameof Astrakhans. These are made into sacques ‘to be worn in cold climates for elderly ladies, for mourning, and for the country-, where long sleighrides are taken. They are now so reduced in price as to coifie within r; nge of most modest purses. Good sacques of the Russian lamb-skin are sold for S3O, *,the blsck Persiani sacques of finer quality cost $45 or SSO, while those of the fine silken Persiani that resemble moire antique are SIOO, They are edged with fringe or not, according to fancy. A boa and muff of the Russian,lamb-skin cost from $6 to sl2: made, of the finer black Peraiani, they cost from sl6 to S2O. Ladies in mourning do not limit themselves to black furs, hut use any rich dark fur they choose or happen to have, the only change necessary being that of using black linings for muff and jacket. Fur borders will be very fashionable this winter for trimming cloaks, sacques, polonaises and costumes. -Imported velVl'."- - ‘ »*■'- '— ’ -

vet., matclasse and camel’s hair garments have deep fur collars and much Wider borders than those used last winter. Furriers fav that these wide borders will be conflned to furs of close, short pile, as the light, long fleece of such fur as the silver fox loses its fiutlv beauty when left in a compact mass. As this fur is very costly, it is a fortunate thing that it looks prettiest iu its narrow widths, such as only half an inch of pelt, which will make about three inehes of trimming on Its right side. Bilver-fov borders .cost from sl2 to sls a yard, and are probably the most stylish of all fur trimmings. Garments bordered with fur usually have a muff to match made of the material of 1 the garment, and trimmed on each end with a fur border. Chinchilla trimming j is also in great favor, and costs from ss' to sl6 a yard. - This is also much used J for trimming children's Black | marten borders cost from $2 to $4, according to their width. Gentlemen will have their long Ulster overcoats of gray and black Elysfan beaver cloth trimmed with a border of gray trimmer or of black Persiani. Tne white grebe trimmings so pretty for children’s wraps are given a new effect by being cut across the skin so that the brown bars are lengthwise on the white, feathery surface. These cost $5 a yard. Fur linings are considered soft, warm and luxurious for carriage- wraps of black gros grain or cashmere, and for jackets of silk or velvet. An objection to them, however, is that they are apt to rub off on wool dresses, on velvet of long pile, and, indeed, on smooth silks. The pretty gray squirrel-lock fur with white ground, on which gray tabs are sewed in rows, is least apt' to rub ofif, and is most used for linings. Garments lined with fur are seldom trimmed outside, their lining being considered sufficient in the way of ornament; and this is fortunate, as the lining adds greatly to the expense. About $75 is the furrier’s charge for lining the large circulars used as carriage wraps, and from $45 to S6O is asked for lining the smaller garments j with sleeves. Seal skin jackets, with hat and muff to ! match, arc the favorite but expensive j furs for little girls and large ones, and may be found in sizes for girls from five years old up to those for misses of fifteen years. There are also charming little sacques or coats of gray Persian fur, trimmed —with —a —border —of—sertUs-kin. These have also a cap, mutt; and sacque TiTimVb’h.'amicost"about $35 for the sniff — ll<irper'>< linear.

Day Without Night.

There is perlutps no influence so subtle, yet so const ruining, its that of climate, sun, ami air. And the sensation of the Arctic double day, light perpetual, is something quite new and extraordinary, exciting yet invigorating. It enables one to go to bed at one o’clock and rise again at five without the least'feeling of lassitude. Only very little sleep is requiced where the lif.e -giving cays never desert us. Au approximation of this higher animation may be felt in the Shetwhere the ehrkiren may be seen playing on the hillside and in" daylight till eleven, and people, turn into bed very reluctantly. Yet the extreme north of the is only us far north as Bergen, at which place the Arctic voyager feels already, and with intense regret, that the long days have left him, that the nights of the less favored Southern countries are beginning, and that gas in the streets andcandles in the house are not cast-off absurdities. Indeed, as to latitude, Norway may be almost said to begin where Great Britain ends. Christiansand, the extreme southern point of Norway, is in latitude 58 degrees, on the same parallel with the south of Sutherlandshire, about Dunrobin Castle and Lairg. Thence Norway extends for more than 13 degrees to beyond 71 degrees, or 41 degrees beyond the Arctic Circle. The entrance iuto the Arctic region makes a more sudden and violent change in the summer climate than might be expected. No experience in the long days in the north of Scotland, or even at Throndhjem (6J deg.), gives any adequate forecast of the true Arctic night. Near the Arctic Circle you may; for about a fortnight at ' midsummer, see the sun descend below the horizon at ten minutes before twelve, leaving a subdued light, as if it were behind a cloud, and rise again at ten minutes past, nearly at the same spot, which of course is north, with enhanced splendor. For a few minutes of the sun’s absence a night-chill is perceptible, which is dispelled directly by his rising rays; but so far we have not reached the Arctic summer. The next night, if you have been voyaging on meanwhile, you must be a degree or so within the circle, and if the weather is fine and the northern horizon free from high land you may carefully watch the golden orb (not generally so red as with us) descend toward the horizon, but when about three times his own diameter from the horizon, after a few minutes of apparent stand- ■ still, begin to rise again, moving toward the east. The heat and brilliancy of the sun this night are such that parasols are generally used, till the interest of the few minutes of crisis causes them to be discarded, and that if there be not too much wind holes may be made in woolen clothes, pipes lighted, etc., by ordinary burning glasses; the sun may be gazed on. though with some pain, by the naked eye. The further north you go the higher is the sun's lowest point, "till at Tromso (88 degrees, 40 minutes) he is five or six times his diameter above the horizon, and the longer is the period during which he never sets, which is a full month at Hammerfest (78 degrees, 40 minutes). The amount of light of course diminishes during the evening, but after 10:30 remains "the same, and appears toward midnight rather to increase. It has greater softness than the light of day, and sheds a peculiar warm glow over the sea and rocks, which must be seen to be thoroughly understood. After midnight it is interesting to watch the.evening light change its character: about 12:30, or rather later, it assumes a whiter color,* more like what we know as early morning light an hour aTter sunrise. The birds fly about, the fishes jump, and animated nature seems to know as little of night as- inanimate. On shore, for instance, at Tronjso, people are out walking or standing at their house doors, enjoying the night" as we dq the day. Perhaps they retire to sleep at one or two; but sleep' seems Scarcely a necessity to them, and they §re pp again early. It deserves to be recorded also that a photographer at Trouito took successful portraits of a large group of steamboat passengers exactly at midnight, June 27. It need hardly be nuntionedghat neither within the Arctic Circle nor considerably south it were any stars visible lit midsummer, nor till the end of Julj\; and the moon but rarely, and then "as pale as at noon in England. Of -course this description is

I true only of bright, cloudless nights;' there are dull nights there, as there are' dull days with us; and many a traveler may steam from Throndhjcm to the North Cape without ever seeing the sin at midnight, or- being able to read the smallest print at midnight through his I porthole, as the present writer could do ! shortly after leaving Throndhjem.—B'afurday Review.

The Result of Writing Another Man’s Love-Letters.

There, resided in the lower portion of this city not long since a swain whose heart dwelt iu a distant place, and in communicating with her her lover was compelled to call in the aid of a third person, as his early education was defective, perhaps from too. frequent indulgence in “playing hookey.” To guard against any temptation for the scribe's falling in love with his sweetheart the young fellow settled upon a. married man to perform the duties thereof, and so for a time things worked most harmoniously. The, scribe had been there himself, and, profiting by his experience, he penned such deliciously gushing letters to Mary Ann, in the name of George, of eoufse, that the little maid"soon surrendered the citadel of her heart to George, and promised in due time to surrender her hand also. Now time la its fiight caused the swain to move to a neighboring river town to pursue bis calling-, and it wigs necessary to keep up the correspondence with Mary Ann in the same handwriting, so George got a friend iu his new home to write the tender messages and mail them to the scribe in this city to copy and post. The plan succeeded admirably for a time, hut on one ill-fated day the scribe, after inditing a mos‘ loving epistle to Mary Ann, ending, of course, with a prayer for a reply by return mail, in a fit of abstraction signed his own instead of George’s name. The return was a female, and no less a one than Mary Ana's own mother, who searched out the scribe, and laying | his last tender effusion to her daughter before his astonished eyes asjeed him, in such tones as only an outraged mother can command, how dared he, a married man, with a family, write such a letter to her innocent lamb of a daughter. Then that scribe had to rise to .expLainhow he had been engaged in an amicable traud, and the words must not be taken as no, by no means—but as those of George, llis explanation fully satisfied the matron, and all ig again serene.— Rondou.t (N. Y.) Freeman.

The Armies of Europe.

A German paper publishes a statement concerning the increase that has taken place in the armies of Europe, since 1859. The forces of Austria have, it says, increased by 222,580, and amount at present to 856,980 men; Russia has augmented her armies, which now number 1,519,810 men, by 295,660.: Italy counts. 287,550 more soldiers than in 1859, and her present aggregate military strength is 705,200 men; the German Empire can summon to the field 1,201,160 men, an increase of 464,360 since the abolition of the old Federal Constitution. The French army, 977,660 strong, is greater by 337,100 than that maintained by Louis Napoleon, and under the new organization is steadily increasing. Great Britain, including volunteers, has added 233,020 to the total of her land forces, which now include 478,820 men. The Swedish army of 204,510 has been augmented by 159,610; the Belgian army of 93,590 by 13,340; and the Dutch array of 64,320 by 5,770 men. Denmark alone lias diminished her war power, her present army of 48,700 being less by 8,850 men than in 1859. These figures bring outthe startling conclusions that the additions to these armies during the last fifteen years amount to no less than 1,889,890 men, and that the number of soldiers of all descriptions at present at the disposal of the different governments of Europe shows a grand total of 6,110,690. Iu the Austrian army to every 1,000 combatant foot soldiers there are 103 cavalry and four field guns; in the European army of Russia, 178 eavalry and four guns: in the army of Asia, 910 horsemen and three guns; in the Italian army, fiftyseven cavalry and three guns; in the German, 117 cavalry and three guns; in the French. 119 and five guns; in the English, 188 and four guns.

Be Sure to Get Your Money.

People who ;iie or have been interested in financial institutions of any kind are urged to watch for old dividends. Some days ago a man called upon John G. Lightbody, the printing-ink manufacturer, and informed him that he would put him in possession of facts which would lead to the recovery of a certain sum. The informant was to have half the amount recovered. After satisfying himself that the man was not deceiving him in any way, Mr. Lightbody consented, and was informed that there were awaiting his demand in the financial department of a large company, of national reputation and business, four dividends for the years 1567, 18(58? 1889, and another year. These dividends were worth $l2O each, or S4BO in all. After receiving the money, Mr. Lightbody paid the $240, but asked why it was that he had not received word tromthe company, and in this way avoided the payment of onehalf to a person who must have been in collusion with sxime one in the office. No satisfactory reply was received, however, but from the well-known reputation of the principal otficers of the company the matter will probably be promptly investigated, as they will not tolerate anything savoring of such practices by any one in the employment of the company. At the time of the collection of the dividends, however, the clerk held several large packages of checks, evidently unclaimed; It is suggested that unclaimed bank accounts, dividends, deposits of any kind, shall be advertised at periodical intervals, so that those who are entitled to ! them may get them.—A'. Y. Tribune. A ■ little ““blind boy at Indianapolis possesses a wonderful memory, and is a perfect walking register of the doings of the Fire Department of that city for"several years past. He can give' the date and place of each fire, what engines turnrd out, the number of the alarm box, whether a fire or a false alarm, the engine that got Che first water on, etc. The firemen say he is better informed of the aflairs of the 'department than the Chief Engineer himself. A sinißT time ago the daughter of a German grocer in Rochester N. Y., was married. Her father, with pride and a spice of humor, placed a placard in the ! window, bearfng this device: " This store [ is closed on account of some fun in the , family.”

RECIPES, ETC.

—Nice Blancmange.—One pint of milk, one and one-half ounces isinglass, ‘ one-lialf ounce Of bitter almonds well pounded; boil isinglass and almonds together five minutes, strain through muslin, add one pint cream, stir until cold, and mosd. . —BaiaWay^Ptitliling-—Three cups of flour, one eup of bread crumbs, one cup of suet chopped fine, one cup of milk, one teaspoon of soda, two teaspoons cream tartar, one cup of syrup, three eggs, two or more cups of fruit, one teaspoon of cinnamon, one-hfllf teaspoon of cloves. Boil from three to four hours. —Cranberry Sauce.—Wash a pint of cranberries, and pick out a'll imperfections, put them in a stew-pan, nut a small teacup of water to them? put a large teacup of sugar over, cover them and let them stew gently for an hour, then add a teacup of butter to them, stir it in and serve poured over boiled rice, or in a sauce dish. —To Cook Egg Plant—Cut the plant in thin slices, pare off the purple rind, then strew each slice with salt*and lay them together on a plate, placed slanting so that the liquor which exudes may run off. After an flour rinse the slices, wipe them dry, dip each slice in batter or dry ilour, and fry a nice brown, turning them so that both sides may be done alike. Fry in seasoned lard or sweet butter. -Fritters?—-Save all your bits of bread, soak them in cold water and mash fine; add a little nutmeg, three or four large, spoonfuls of sugar, part of a teaspoon of saleratus dissolved in two large spoonfuls of milk, a little salt, and sir into this flour enough to make a batter stiff’ enough to hold up a spoon. Drop a little from the end of a spoon into hot fat, and fry as you would doughnuts. After one trial »o bits of bread will be wasted. —Earache. —Perhaps some mother may thank the Household for my remedy for earache. I take a piece of salt pork, say an inch or more long and half an inch square, cut down one end to fit the ear, and insert it, taking care to have the piece too large to slip in. I use it with my family, and always find it gives almost iustant relief. Tie a handkerchief to keep it iu place, if the child w ild allow if. —I also use pork-for sore throat, croup and lung colds. Cut slices half an inch thick, dip in warm water, sprinkle on a little pepper, and sew on flannel.— Cor. Household. —Boiled Duck. —Prepare for cooking a fine, plump, tame duck, and lay it five or six minutes in warm water. Then put it into a clean large bowl or deep dish, and pour over it a pint of rich, boiling milk, in which has been melted two tablespoonfuls of nice, fresh butter. Let the duck soak in the milk three hours, or till it has absorbed nearly all the liquid. Next, dredge the duck well with flour. Boil it in cold water for half an hour, till tender aU through. „ Have ready a Quantity of onion sauce made with milk and butter, and flavored with powdered-mace or nutmeg. Cover the duck all over with the onion sauce, so as to smother it entirely. Then send it to the table hot. This is a French dish (canard • houilli.) —Young Folks' Rural.

Importance of Wholesome Beds.

Sleep to the workingman is emphatically nature’s restorer, reinvigorating the physical system, which through much toil has become weary, and* keeping up the flow of life and spirits which are necessary to the performance of the arduous duties of firm life. A comfortable bed, as we are ail aware, conduces gfeatly to one’s rest. On this subject a recent writer says: Of the eight pounds which a man eats and drinks in a day, it is thought that no less than five pounds leave his body through the skin. And of these five pounds a considerable per cent, escapes during the night while he is in bed. The largest portion of this is water, but in addition there is much effete and poisonous matter. This, being in great part gaseous in form, permeates every part of the bed, mattress and blankets as well as -sheets, which soon became foul and meed purification. The mattress needs the renovation quite as much as the sheets. To allow the sheet to be used, without washing or changing, three or six months, would be regarded as bad housekeeping ; but I insist if a thin sheet can absorb enough of the excretions of the body to make it unfit for use in a few days, a thick mattress, which can absorb and retain a thousand times as much of these poisonous excretions, needs to be purified as often, certainly, as once in three months. A sheet can be washed. A mattress cannot be renovated in this way. Indeed, there is no way of cleansing a mattress but by steaming it or picking it to pieces, and thus, in fragments, exposing it to the rays of the sun. As these processes are scarcely' practicable with any of the ordinary mattresses, I am de. cidedly of the opinion that the good oldfashioned straw bed, which can every three months be changed for fresh straw, and the tick be washed, is the sweetest and healthiest of beds. If, in the wintry season, the porousness of the straw bed makes it a little uncomfortable, spread over it a comforter or two woolen blankets, which should be washed as often as every two weeks. With this arrangement, if you wash all the bed coverings as often as once in two weeks, you will have a delightful. healthy bed. Now, if you leave the bed to air, with open windows during the day, and not make it up for the night before evening, you will have added greatly* to the sweetness of your rest, and, in consequence, .to the tone of your health. I heartily wish the change could be everywhere introduced. Only those who have thus attended to this important matter can judge of the influence on the general health and spirits.— Maine Farmer.

Coffee Grounds.

Not long ago, Punc/t figured that social bare, the chronic fault finder, in the guise of a complaining. recruit. “Now then, Pat,” says the Sergeant testily, “what’s the matter now?” “Sure, sor,” the undeveloped hero replies, “ they chate me -out of the thick of me coffee, sor.” At sight, no complaint could seem more destitute of “grounds.” To the average reader none could be more absurdly ludicrous; for every one has learned bybitter experience" what it is in the ordinary way not to be cheated out of the “ thick of the coffee.” Yet, without becoming the champion of cheap restaurants and bbarding-house madams, it is possible to argue seriously that Pat was the victim of a real wrong; that m losing the substance of the coffee berry he lost what would have been of

actual Service to him The chemistry of the question is simple enough. . As bdmmonly made, the infusion of coffee* which we drink contains not more than 20 per cent, of the substances which compose the berry. Of the rei maining eighty parts which we throw away as “ grounds,” about thirty-four aye woody matter without nutritive value. The rest, or forty-six of the hundred, contain in large proportion nitrogenous matters,' fats, and mineral ; salts, demonstrably useful for the nourl ishment of nerves, muscles and hones. In other words, by our mode of making J coffee we lose more than half of its avail--1 able and valuable constituents. Consid--1 ering the tons of coffee imported everv year, this wholesale wastefulness be"comes a matter of considerable magnitude; this of course only on the condition that the rejected matter can be used ; with pleasure and profit. That it can be so used is shown by the practice of the Turks,-who make coffee as we do chocolate The coffee, fiaely powdered, is drank with the infusion. In this way gll the stimulating qualities of the infusion are secured, with the full aroma and all the nutritious elements of the berry. It is perhaps needless to add that, for use in this way, the coffee must be reduced to an impalpable powder. To those unaccustomed to Oriental coffee, the limpid infusion may seeuT much to be preferred. As a stimulating drink it is undoubtedly preferable, but the good qualities of, coffee are not exhausted with the infusion; and as a matter of economy it may he worth while to sacrifice limpidity for nutrition. Beas one becomes accustomed to thick chocolate and learns to like it more than the clear infusion of the cocoa bean, so, it is claimed, the taste for case a I'Orientale may be acquired, with a corresponding improvement in ths beverage.—Scientific American.

How to Exterminate Chinch Bugs.

Yocr valuable paper brought out a good many articles on the chinch bug j question, and, as you call for more correspondence in regard to it, I will give you my experience with them, and also the only remedy by which I think they can be exterminated to sucli an extent that they can do very little damage to the crops. For the last five years we ■have been troubled with—this--curse of the grain-grower, doing more or less damage, according to the season—the ! more rain we had the smaller the damj age done by them. I have carefully j studied their habits from their first appearance, and have found Prof. Riley’s report of them to be correct. Various decoctions that I have made and poured on them proved to be complete failures. Some of them that would kill the bugs were too costly to be applied on a large scale. I have come to the conclusion that after the hugs have once deposited their eggs in the spring, it is almost useless to fight them. Log dragging and boards with a coat of tar on them will check their march from one field •to another for a few days only, as the bugs will use their wings and scatter all over the corn before you are aware of it. Now for my remedy: Last year I had about 120 acres in corn, in four different fields, all separated from each other, either by running water or stubble fields. All this cormwascut up and shocked. The fields had all suffered very much from the chinch bug, which went into the cornstalks after they w r ere put up in such numbers that it was very disagreeable to husk the com afterward, we sometimes finding as much as a fa'blespOGnful of the insect s in one ear of corn. During the winter the shocks were hauled out of the fields and fed to stock in the barn-yard, and the refuse stalks thrown on the manure pile, where the stock tramped them down and into the mud so that no chinch bugs survived it. About forty shocks w r ere left over in two different fields, which were scattered and plow r ed under. This year I have 200 acres in corn in six different fields, two of which were bought this spring with the cornstalks standing on them. Early this spring, when the corn began to come up, 1 looked for chinch bugs and found them as follows: In the fields where the stalks had been left standing they were distributed evenly over the whole field except the wettestespots in the field where the cornstalks had been left; and in the spots where the stalks had been scattered and plowed under and where all the sflocks had been hauled out none were to be seen. Now, I shall never leave any stalks or shocks in a field again. If I cannot feed them and thus make manure of them I shall burn them during the winter before the warm weather or spring sets in, and 1 am convinced that if this is done by all farmers we shall, after a few years, hear no more of crops destroyed by the bugs. Chinch bugs seek shelter as soon as frost sets in, especially in corn and fence corners, under weeds and the dead blue grass, and if fence corners are kept clean, as they ought to be, they will find the chinch bug living in the manure piles, as I hauled out over 200 loads that were made of stalks almost alive with them, and have not seen a, single bug in the field where it was hauled to.— Cor. Rural World.

Take Care of the Feathers.

‘ Accobcing to statistics very carefully compiled,” says a writer in La Nature, “we throw away yearly a quantity of chicken feathers the intrinsic value of which is equal to the money we pay out for cotton. A startling stafement, but the author considers it true, and he proceeds to explain how the feathers are prepared to render them valuable: The operation is to cut the plume portion of the feathers from the stem by means of ordinary hand scissors. The former are placed in a b&g, 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 down 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 two dollars a pound. About one and one-sixth Troy ounces of this' down can be obtained from feathers of an ordinary pullet; and this, on the above valuation, is worth about twenty cents. It is suggested that, through the winter, 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 domestic uses. Godd feathers may be treated in a similar manner, and thus two-thirds Of the product of the bird utilized, instead of only about one-fifth, as is at present the case, ..,1 . :/- — rT --\ ;■'

Capabilities of an Acre.

J. M. market gardener of Green Bay, Wis., furnishes the Horticulturist some interesting statements of his experiments in high Culture. He has found the rule invariable, not a single exception to it, that the more he has spent in cultivating and manuring, the greater have been the net profits per acre. Last season he cultivated fourteen acres, and began with a more thorough and expensive cultivation than ever before. The result was, that although there was a “ terrific drought”—one of the dryest seasons ever known in that region—after spending $3,986, or $384 per acre, he had a better balance than in any previous year. He appears to regard constant cultivation. especially through drought in connection with copious manuring , as all important. Stable manure is the standard; with such use of superphosphates, plaster, lime, ashes and other manures as experience and good sense point out. “After you have learned how to spend money to the best advantage," he remarks, “ a larger profit may be made by laying out S3OO per acre than with less. After the second year, if your land does not pay all its expenses, taxes and 10 per cent, on SI,OOO per acre, there is something wrong somewhere. I have some acres xxf-latnd that did not pay expenses for two years, but for a number of years past have not failed to pay 10 per cent, on at least $2,000 per acre.' I expect my whole garden to do more than that in a short time.” He adds, that he is now aiming at 1,000 bushels of onions per acre, then a crop of carrots or turnips, or 500 bushels of early potatoes; or if strawberries, 12,800 quarts, or 400 bushels per acre. This amount of strawberries is not wholly impossible; as we have known, under our own observation, this rate on two-thirds of an acre.— N. Y. Observer.

—One afternoon lately the attention of a Pittsburgh policeman was attracted to three boys who were attempting to build a bonfire on the Monongaheia wharf. On approaching them the officer found that, in a barrel around which they w-ere piling kindling-wood, there was a fourth lad. It appears that the boys had become engaged in some quarrel with the inmate of the barrel, and that to avenge themselves on him they had placed him in this position and were pneparing to kindle a fire "Trrmmd""htm: The —arrangement —w promptly broken up, the captive released and his tormentors arrested. A Vermont paper recently closed an obituary of a yotmg lady by remarking that she had an amiable temper and was uncommonly fond of ice-cream.” Ragged stockings and protruding toes are not seen on feet where SILVER TIPS are worn——Parents remember this, they last twice as long. Do you ever think that a neglected cough or cold may lead to serious consequences? In the early stages of lung disease take Wlsbart’s Pine Tree Tar Cordial. It can always be relied upon.

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