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.farm and $ouscl)oli).
The season of harvest is the proper
time to select seed corn. First look
for such ears as being perfectly ripe
are also perfect in form. Small cobs
are the best keepers, as the cob con
tains so large a quantity of moisture
that the ear is liable to retain damp
ness. Reject red cobs in white com.
A sound ear that has ripened early,
with grains full and perfect, and a
medium sized cob, is the best for
seed. Store the ears in a dry place
free from rats and mice, and where
an even temperature can be main
tained. Let the grain remain on the
cob until planting time. Shell by
hand, and reject the small grains
near the point of the cob.
More than two tSssuand years ago,
Socrates, the illustrious philosopher
of Athens, said of the cultivation of
the soil: “Agriculture is an employ
ment the most worthy the applica
tion of man, the most ancient and
most suitable to liis nature. It is the
common nurse of persons in every
age and condition of life; it is the
source of health, strength, plenty
and riches, and of a thousand sober
delights, and honest pleasures. It is
the mistress and school of sobriety,
temperance, justice, religion, and in
short, of all virtues, civil and military.
A sick person, wanting nourishment
and having lost appetite, can often be
sustained by the following, when noth
ing else can be taken : Make a strong
sup of coffee, adding boiling milk as
nsual, only sweetening rather more;
take an egg, beat yolk and white
together thoroughly; boil the coffee,
milk and sugar together, and pour it
over the beaten egg iu the cup you
are going to serve it in. This simple
recipe is used frequently in hospital
practice.
Parents are often puzzled to help
their children when they get huttons,
beans, etc., in their noses. The Medi
cal Record says: “Blow the patient’s
nose for him by closing the empty
nostril with your finger and blowing
suddenly and strongly into the mouth,
an efficient method, which has often
succeeded when instruments failed.
The glottis closes spasmodically and
the whole force of your breath goes
to expel the. button or bean, which
commonly Hies out at the first effort.
No family should be without a box
of mustard in the house. A mustard
plaster n. 'me has saved many a
child’s life. Many who object to
wearing a mustard plaster on account
of its stickiness, will ffnd it more
agreeable if made as follows: Dip a
piece of tlannel of the required size
In hot water; then wring it out and
sprinkle with dry mustard. It is quite
equal to a porous plaster in case of a
weak back.
An excellent use for plaster is as a
deodorizer for stables. Sprinkle over
the floors liberally. It will absorb
the ammonia in the.manure, sweeten
the. air of the stables, thus making
them more healthful, and improving
the quality of the manure. Dry muck
and road dust are also good for the
same purpose, but where it is much
trouble to procure them, plaster is a
cheap substitute.
Nature’s own remedy against flies
and mosquitoes is the one least
known to men. In some parts of the
West farmers plant elder bushes
around their houses, and it is a fact
that such bouses are not in the least
troubled with the bothersome pests.
There is a scent about elder leaves
which drives flies out of a house, and
to prove it, you have only to gather
the leaves and strew them around.
Many a fine horse, is ruined by driv
ing him too fast immediately after a
hearty meal. If the journey must be
resumed without delay, drive slowly
for a half hour or more, when the
speed may be increased. A good
horse is too valuable an animal to
ruin by injudicious haste.
A New York physician says that
any person who has not been in the
water more than two hours, may be
restored to life by thoroughly warm
ing him. W rap the body in a blanket
or quilt and pour hot water on it. and
continue to do so until the subject
revives.
A French paper says that if any
one is ever caught out in a violent
thunder storm, they should take shel
ter under a peach tree, as there never
was an instance of one being struck
by lightning.
To prevent mildew on preserves,
take the white of an egg and wet
slightly both sides of a piece of letter
paper, sufficiently large to cover over
the top of the preserves.
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Oil of cinnamon, it is said, will
cause the disappearance of warts.
POINTS IN ETIQUETTE.
Letters should never be crossed.
Anonymous letters are beneath no
tice.
Letters of introduction should be
brief.
‘Yours, &c.,’ is a rude ending to a
letter.
Never wait over fifteen minutes for
a tardy guest.
Say ‘Good-bv,’ and not ‘Good Morn
ing.’
Upon introduction at once enter
nto conversation.
Upon leavin'* a room the bow
should include all.
A call should not be less than 15
minutes in length.
A note requires as prompt an an
swer as a spoken question.
Glazed cards and paper are not
used—neither are gilt-edged ones
used.
‘Genteel’ and ‘gentility’ are words
tabooed in good society.
Strangers arriving should notify
friends by card of their presence.
Regrets in reply to invitations
should always contain the reasons
therefor.
At the table you are not required
to thank the person who wails upon
you.
Invitations for evening parties
should he issued in the name of the
hostess only.
‘Yours trulv’ is the correct form
for closing business, but not friendly
letters.
You should exchange calls with in
dividuals before inviting them to your
house.
Only letters to unmarried ladies
and widows are addressed with their
baptismal names.
The custom of leaving a blank mar
gin on the left hand side of each page
is obsolete.
To return a personal call with cards
enclosed in an envelope signifies that
visiting between the persons is ended.
Unless there is a great difference in
age a lady visiting should not rise
either on the arrival or departure of
other ladies.
Begin letters to strangers with ‘Sir’
or ‘Madam,’ to those you have some
knowledge of ‘Dear Sir,’ to speaking
acquaintances ‘Dear Mr. ,’ and to
friends ‘Mr. Dear Mr. ,’ etc.
A little freckled faced ten-year old
school hoy stopped at the postofllce
the other day and yelled out:
‘Anything for any of the Murphys?’
‘No, there is not.’
‘Anything for Jane Murphy?’
‘Nothing.’
‘Anything for Ann Murphy?’
‘No.’
‘Anything for Tom Murphy ?’
‘No sir. not a bit.’
‘Anything for Terry Murphy?’
‘No, nor for Pat Murphy, nor Den
nis Murphy, nor Pete Murphy, nor for
any Murphy, dead, living, unborn, na
tive or foreign, civilized,savage or bar
barous, male or female,black or white,
franchised or disfranchised, natural
ized or otherwise. No, sir, there is
positively nothing for any one of the
Murphys, either individually, jointly
or severally, now and forever, one
and inseparable..’
The boy looked at the postmaster
in astonishment and said:
‘Please look if there is anything for
my teacher, Clarence Murphy.
’
‘Hark ! I hear an angel sing,’ sang
a young man in an outside township
school exhibition. ‘No ’taint,’ yelled
out an old farmer in one of the back
seats—‘it’s only my mule that’s hitch
ed on the outside.’ The young man
broke down and quit.
An old bachelor who particularly
hated literary women, asked an au
thoress if she could throw any light
on kissing. T could,’ said she, look
ing archly at him, ‘but I think it’s
better in the dark.’
An exchange says, ‘when we make
presents to the ladies they should be
careful about returning thanks for the.
same to our wife, as she don’t gen
erally sometimes always know about
these things.
A pretty girl graduate at Philadel
phia, who read a thrilling essay, ‘how
to get along in life,’ when she gra
duated last summer, is getting along
nobly. She is now the mother of
triplets.
The heaviest snorer we have heard
of is the man up town whose wife
woke him up, during a tempest, saj--
ing she did wish he would stop that
snoring, for she wanted to hear the
thunder.
We notice an advertisement for an
“ice cream opening.’ We know of one,
between a certain nose and chin, that
can always be found without much I
difficulty.
When a bee gets on a woman there
is no use trying to detain her with an
offer of assistance, for she is going to
run in spite of creation.
A notice in a North Carolina hotel
dining room reads: “Members of the
Legislature will be seated first and
the gentlemen afterward.”
Whisky, it is said, is now made from
leather, and this fully explains why so
many persons who drink it are always
“strapped.’
The man who went beyond the limits
of the law took a trip to Texas.
JEWS IN JERUSALEM.
At the beginning of the present
century the Porte allowed no more
than three hundred of the hated peo
ple to live within the city. Forty
years later that restriction was re
moved, but another still remained, by
virtue of which they were permitted
only to reside in a particular quarter
'of the town, which was much too
1 small for them. It is about ten years
since this last regulation was abo
lished, and since then the progress
i made by the Jews in peopling their
ancient capital has been extraordin
ary. Almost every one of the old
houses as it fell vacant has been
bought up by them, while they have
built a prodigious number of new
ones in all parts of the city. Schools,
hospitals and religious associations
have been started on a grand scale;
and the Jewish population, which
eighty years ago was barely three
hundred, amounted in 1875 to no less
than 13,000 in Jerusalem alone. Nor
have the immigrants neglected to
provide for the material improve
ment of the country. Besides num
erous other examples which might be
quoted, a ‘school of agriculture’ has
been founded and endowed by a rich
Jew of Venice with several thousand
pounds.
The invention of that Superior and
Complete Sewing Machine (the Fam
ily Shuttle Machine), marks one of
the most important eras in the history
of machinery, and when we consider
its great usefulneaa and extremely
low price ($25), it is very difficult to
conceive of any invention for domes
tic use of more or even equal impor
tance to families. It has great ca
pacity for work; beautiful, smooth,
and quiet movement, rapid execution,
certainty of operation, and delightful
ease, that at once commends it above
all others. The working parts are all
steel; the bobbins hold 1(H) yards of
thread; the stitch is the firmest of all
the stitches made, neat and regular,
and can be regulated in n moment to
sew stitches from an inch in length
on coarse material down to the finest,
so infinitesimal as to be hardly dis
cernable with the naked eye, and
with a rapidity rendering it impossi
ble to count them as fast as made ; it
does to perfection all kinds of heavy,
coarse, plain, fine, or fancy needle
work with ease, and far less labor ;
than required on other machines. It
needs no commendation, the rapid
sales, increasing demand, and volun
tary encomiums from the press, and
the thousands of families who use
them, amply testify to their undoubt
ed worth as a standard and reliable
household necessity, extending its
popularity each day'. Agents wanted I
by the company. Address them for
information. Family Sewing Ma
chine Co., 755 Broadway, New York.
If there’s any one time when a
woman should be entirely alone, it is
when a full line of clothes come down
in the, mud.
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