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FOR FARM AND DARDEN.
SOFT BUTTER.
Cows differ in tbe qualify of the but¬
ter they yield; that of some cows is
harder than that of others, but tbe
food has a considerable influence on
the butter, Cottonseed meal makes
tin butter harder, while oats and bran
make it soft. Two pounds per day of
cottonseed meal, but not more, will
probably improve tlio quality of the
butter. If more is given it may in¬
jure the cow and cause au attack of
garget.—[New York Times.
BEST TIME TO BREAK A COLT.
Tlie best time to break a colt to the
halter is while it is following the dam.
It is very easy to teach a colt to lead
while it is only a few weeks old, mid
it \v iil never forget it. Do not neglect
this little job until the colt is six
mouths old or more, for it will be
much harder to handle and there will
be more danger of the colt straining
itself, also of acquiring the bad habit
of halter-pulling.— [National Horse
Breeder.
DRYING FRUIT.
At a meeting of California Horti¬
culturists, where the subject of drying
fruits was discussed, the members
generally expressed themselves as
against much doctoring of the fruit,
though a judicious use of sniphur was
considered beneficial and an aid to the
sale of the product. In bleaching the
plan is to put the fruit over the fumes
uf the sulphur directly af.cr cutting,
to allow the air no time to blncken it,
amt leave it in the sulphur from twenty
to thirty minutes. If a man expects
to make a success of drying fruits he
must visit the localities from which
ihe article has been successfully
marketed and study the systems em¬
ployed, said one member, All tho
speakers advocated tbe selection of
fair fruit for drying and careful grad¬
ing and attractive, packing.— [Times
Democrat.
HOT-WEATHER SHEDS FOR CATTLE.
The suilering and loss of life
animals necessarily employed on the
streets during the heated term
gests the thought that more than
usual care should bo taken for
protection of cattle in such periods on
the farm. In wooded pastures or in
fields most commonly devoted to
purpose sufficient shade will be found.
Hut it is often desirable to turn
into grain fields after tho harvest
over and where there are few or
•bade troes. To provide for such
it would seem a good plan for
thus situated to put up one or
open sheds on tho stubble-fields
want to pasture as soon as the harvest¬
ing is over.
The material may be of tlie
and cheapest character and can
taken down and stored away 10 be
used where wanted the next season.
One advantage attached to an artificial
shade for this purpose lies in the
that it cau be located where it will
nearest to water aud most convenient
otherwise.—New York World.
SC A 11 IN POTATOES.
There are diflereut opinions about
tlie cause of tlie scab which injures
potatoes, but no one believes it is due
to any fungus, and the majority of
experts think it is due to injury bv
•cine insect or worm. The wire
worms are blamed for it; we think
justly, but whatever is tlie cause of it,
a remedy exists in the use of artificial
fertilizers instead of stable manure.
'This discovert’ was made ten years
ago by the writer during a series of
tests and experiments to find the cause
and a remedy for tho injury. In every
case the potatoes that wero*manured
were scabbed, and in every case where
the artificial fertilizers were used they
were clean and free from scab, and in
every case there were wire worms
among the scabbed potatoes and none
in the fertilized ground. The natuial
and reasonable supposition is that the
fertilizers drove the wire worms away,
— [New York Times.
CULTIVATING AFTER A RAIN.
After a smart shower, just enough
to moisten the soil for a half inch or
an inch iu depth, is just the time to
cultivate corn. The dry soil beneath
will turn up to the surface after the
cultivator and the soil may look dryer
u than before. Do not be disturbed by
this. It is net the looks, but the ben
efii of the corn you aro seeking. The
moisture turned under is not lost, but
preserved from evaporation, by being
placed where it is not visible. Morc
over, it is just where it is most needed
to help the corn. Two or three inches
below tlie surface it will bring a mat
of corn-roots to suck it up.
Bcsidf#, the moisture of the soil
will rise and the following morning,
after the cultivation the surface will
be quite damp. This will bo partly
owing to dew condensed from the air
by contact with tire colder soil. There
is an admirable adaptation of the torn
plant in providing its roots with nec
cssary moisture. Its leaves bend over
and every particle of rainfall on them
is dropped into the middle of the vow
one or one and a half feet from the
stalks. This is just whertf moisture is
most needed. Natwre makes no mis¬
takes. It is quite common for farm
ers to put a little manure in the hill
with corn seed when they plant it.
This is merely to give the young plants
a start. After a few weeks the bulk
of the roots are formed on the outer
extremity of the leaves and continue
to be formed until the leaves lap over
between the rows. — [New York
Herald.
the revolution in agriculture.
One satisfactory explanation why
some farmers succeed while others do
uot is that in the progress of agricul¬
ture much more skill is required now
in the various farm operations than
heretofore. Farm culture is now a
skilled art, whereas formerly, it was
very much of a perfunctory business
of gathering crops yielded by the nat¬
ural fertility of the soil through the
simplest manual labor. Seed was
scattered in the roughly-prepared soil
and the products were cut by hand
with implements of the simplest kind,
and were used mostly for home con¬
sumption, the surplus being traded
away at country stores for domestic
supplies and clothing and a very little
cash to pay taxes and the small ex
penditures that were necessary.
Now this is all changed. Farming
is conducted on scientific principles,
the soil is fertilized with groit skill;
it is cultivated iu accordance with
natural laws, to be learned and under¬
stood through careful study; crops
are sown, planted and gathered by ma¬
chinery ; steam engines are in common
use, and products arc disposed of on
commercial principles. The farmer
must be something of a chemist, me¬
chanic and merchant; his work must
be done with great manual skill and
scientific aptitude, and the utmost
economy must be exorcised in every
part of the business.
The ordinary mechanics and business
men have looked down upon farmers
as far below them in the social and in¬
dustrial scale, but now-, when they try
their hands at farming, they discover
their great inferiority iu every point,
and make far more failures in their
adopted occupation than the farmers
they have been used to despise, until
they have learned their new trade
through some years of apprenticeship
and adaptation of their previous know¬
ledge to their new business.—[New
York Tiiuos.
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.
It doesn’t pay to keep unruly cattle.
.Shrubs and flowers beautify home.
When you see chicks droop, look for
lice.
The White Plymouth Hocks are hav¬
ing a steady boom.
Poultry should bo sent to market in
a fat and attractive style.
A turkey gobbler is in the prime of
life at three years of age.
Farmers should at least keep enough
fowls to pay the grocery bill.
The Pekin duck was first introduced
from China to this country in 1873.
Turkey liens after three years old
arc unprofitable. A gobbler is useful
at five years.
In nine eases out of ten failures are
caused by the man—not the heu,
market, or climate.
Keep your poultry house white¬
washed, clean and dry, sprinkle dry
sand on the floor and saturate roosts
with kerosene.
* ‘'Shoemakers’ children wear an
patched shoes, and tailors' boys ragged
coats. The farmer’s wife carries all
the eggs to market aud spares too few
for her own use.”
Sunflower seed, which can be easily
grown in profusion around our fences
and walls without any trouble save the
covering of the seed iu spring, is an
admirable alterative, and fowls are
extremely fonil of them.
Chicks intended for breeding stock
should not be pushed too fast or over¬
fed; a steady, even development is
preferable, aud remember the chick is
made of what it eats; no matter how
fine blooded stock they may be from,
improper cure will make them in a
few generations no better than the
dunghill.
Meals Without Sociability.
The captain of a man-o’-war docs not
eat with his officers, lie must dine in
so.itary state, removed from every¬
body. It is supposed that even the
splendor of his uniform would fail to
restore him to the proper lofty dignity
in the eyes of the officers should he be
seen eating and drinking like other
men.
FOR THE HOUSEWIFE.
CLEANING TORTOISE-SHELL ORNAMENTS.
All who are possessed of flue tor
toiso shell ornaments or cornbs will be
glad to know that they can be easily
cleaned ar.d polished by dippiug them
first in spirits of wine and rubbing
them thoroughly, polishing them after¬
ward with a little bismuth applied with
a chamois skin.
JELLY in ego shells.
Did any one ever try putting up
jelly in egg shells? It is so nice to
turn the-jelly out on a glass dish
moulded this way, especially for a
3inall family, when they do not want
to open a large glass. I open the eggs
at the small end, just large enough to
get the substance out; wash the sheil
dry. For a holder for these shells I
take a pasteboard box or top and cut
holes in them to make the shells lit;
sot them in aud fill. Shells can bo
saved a long while in advance for jelly
making.— [Atlanta Constitution.
. WASHING COLORED STOCKINGS.
All colored stockings should be
washed by themselves in clear water
in which iiDthHfg else has been washed.
A good white soap should be used and
the water should De only just lukte
warm. It is essential that colored
stockings should be thoroughly rinsed
and wrung out as dry as possible.
Ilang them by the fire in the house
where they will dry as quickly as pos¬
sible. No stockings should be ironed,
as this presses (hem out of
shape. Some housekeepers press silk
stockings smooth with a firm roll of
cloth tied over a smooth piece of wood
or a stone. Tho stocking is fastened
on the right side while still damp on
the ironing board aud rubbed with
this hard roll till smooth aud glossy.
— [New York Tribune.
THE WASHING DONE IN QUICK TIME.
One woman who has given the sub¬
ject of washing clothes her earnest
consideration has finally adopted the
following plan, by which tiic wrsli for
a family of six can bo done in one
hour and a half. Tbe clot lies will be
spotlessly white and saved tbe wear
and tear caused by rubbing on tho
boa d. O 11 the morning she elects to
wasli she fills tho boiler two-thirds full
of water, and shaves into it a bar of
good soap. When the water boils and
tbj soap is dissolved two tablcsnoon
The fuljs oil and instantly a ftulf of unites kerosene with are the ntJ3ed.
soap,
and should there be any oil floating on
the top of the water it is because not
enough soap lias been put in or too
much oil.
Sbo selects then her tablecloths and
napkins and puts them in the boiler,
but not too many at a time. Aftor
boiling hard for about ten minutes the
clothes are removed from tho boiler.
rinsed through two waters and hung
out to dry. More pieces arc then put
in the same boiler, and if not
thoroughly clean after ten minutes
they arc put back again for a few
minutes. Tho clothes arc always
rinsed through two wators, If the
wash is very large tlie oil and soap
will need to be renewed.—New York
World.
NEW .MODES OP COOKING CORN.
Some of the most appetizing corn
dishes we have ever used are the re¬
sults of experiments made with south¬
ern and Mexican recipes, several of
which are given below:
Corn and Tomato Ragout.—Cut one
pound of fresh pork in inch-square
pieces, fry it brown in a saucepan
with just fat •enough to prevent burn¬
ing, add to it six large, ripe tomatoes,
peeled and sliced, and six oars of corn
cut from the cob; cover these ingredi¬
ents with boiling water, season slight¬
ly with salt, pepper, and sweet red
peppers, and boil the ragout slowly
for half an hour; serve with toast oi
fried bread.
Corn and Chicken.—Dress a chicken
without washing it, cut it in joints,fry
it brown in just enough butter to pre¬
vent burning; add to it in the pan in
which it was fried the grains cut from
twelve ears of corn, a quart of milk,
and sufficient salt and pepper to sea¬
son it highly; cook it gently for half
an hour, and serve it with toast, if
tve must share the production of corn
with other countries, we can at least
contribute these distinctive ways of
cooking it.
Corn and Tomato Pudding-Grate
enough green corn to till a pint mea.
sure, peal aud slice a pint of tomatoes,
beat six eggs smooth with four table¬
spoonfuls of sugar and a level te”
spoonful of salt; dissolve four^tf
spoonfuls of corn starch in
of milk, put it over the fire, I
it constantly until it thickens;! al
all these ingredients into
baking dish and bake the mM
an hour in a quick oven J
ing it.—("Chicago Nejsys.
Something New Under the Sun.
•traction Something entirely unique in the
of railroads is about to be
into practical operation between two
Jersey towns. The motive power
nothing. brakemen, There are no engines,.firemen,
or conductors to be employed,
and every passenger runs his own train to
shit himself. The new system is a bicycle
railroad. It is to run from Mt. Holly to
Smithville in a direct line over fields,
roads, It creeks, a distance of two miles.
is to be completed in about two months,
and when completed it will look just like
a fence with an inverted bicycle run¬
exclusive ning on top of it. Each passenger has the
use of one of these bicycles for
the trip and can whiz along the rail at the
rate of a mile in two minutes. The run
from one town to another can easily be
made in five minutes. This railroad re¬
quires for its use a special form of bicycle,
and although the ordinary saddle, hand-bar,
An important propelling machinery are employed.
feature of the system is that
the bicycles canuot jump the track, and
that any one can ride them without any
previous experience or skill in the art.
The track being elevated is adapted to
use in all seasons of the year. The ma¬
chines will be provided for head and rear
lights for night use.
The track is built by beddiug cross-ties
three by six by three and * haff feet long
in the ground once in six feet, and erect¬
ing upon them a post and rail structure
about three and a half feet high, of
dressed yellow pine lumber. This post is
secured to the cross-ties by means of bolts
and angle-irons. Narrow wooden stringer
pieces connect the posts, and the top
stringer piece which has a T-shaped rail screwed
upon it on the bicycle runs. In
the upper part of the frame are two
grooved wheels which run one in ad¬
vance of the other on the single track
rail. The position of the saddle is be¬
tween the wheels, so that the rider is
carried above the trackway and astride
the track-supporting structure.
The handle-bar is located in front of the
rider in the usual manner, and, while not
required for balancing or steering, serves
to steady the rider and to assist when
double. propelling rapidly. The frame is made
It extends downward below the
track rail on opposite sides of the track
structure about two and a half feet, and
has at the lower end small guide-wheels
running the horizontally on opposite sides of
lower string piece of the trackway to
keep The driving-wheel tbe machine in an upright position.
in front of the rider i9
about twenty inches in diameter and is
connected with a ratchet and chain to the
propelling treadles.
If it is desirable to keep an article very
cold, or to fool it speedily, and ice is
not to be had, a pan of cold water on the
cellar bottom will often serve the pur¬
pose. On very hot days, povishnblc arti¬
cles, ns milk, butter or berries, are some¬
times hung in the well, as they are
delightfully cool ite and sweet when they
reappear. But is best and most ser¬
viceable.
A True Tonic.
Weak and enfeebled constitutions need n
good tonic occasionally. Now tliere is one
tonic which a great many delicate and weak
folks have used to good ad vantage. It restores
the appetite malaria. and improves the digestion. It
drives out It prevents colds and in¬
fluenza. It makes one feel better and stronger
every way. It will also cure chills and fever,
even after all other treatment fails. Do you
want to feel strong and well? Then give ft a
trial. It is called Smith’s Tonic Syrup, ami is
the discovery of that eminent physician, Dr.
John taking Bull, the place of Louisville, quinine, Ky. it It has is rapidly
of as all the
good qualities of that drug will and none of its
hurtful tendencies. It not harm the moat
delicate individual, is good. very pleasant to take,
and never fails to do
“James, I am cleaning the house, usual.’ so be a go ood
fellow and beat carpet as 1 “No , i
think I’ll shake it this year.”
Brown’s Irou Bitters curei Dyspepsia, Ma¬
laria, Strength, Biliousness Digestion, and General Debility. the Gives
aides tones nerves—
crea es appetite. Tne best tonic for Nursing
Mothers, weak women and children.
monarch It will be of a that cold Dcy for dies. Algiers when tUc
country
How cruel to force children to take nasty
medicines. like dainty Dr, Bull’s lozenges. Worm Destroyers taste
candy
“There is very little poetry in a lawyer’s
life, 1 can tell you.” “Maybe. But lawyers
are always making versus.”
Hall’s Catarrh Cure is a liquid and is taken
internally, and acts directly on tbe blood and
mucous surfaces of tlie system. Write for
testimonials, free. J. CHENEY Manufactured CO., Toledo, by
F. & O.
Advertisements of Faber’s pencils should be
set up leaded.
Lee Wa’s Chinese Headache Cure. Harm¬
less In effect, quick receipt and positive of |1 in action. bottle,
Adeieri Bent prepaid Co.,5a: on Wyandot test., Kansas per City,Mo
Timber, Mineral, rarm Lands aud Ranches
in Missouri, Kansas. Texas aud Arkansas, Mo.
boujfntand sold. Tyi©r <& Co., K&ubiis City,
Woman, her diseases and their treatment.
n wmos, illustrated; of maUina.etc. price 60c. Address Bent upon Prof. re¬
ceipt of 10c., cost Pbila., Pa.
R. H. K link, M.D., 931 Aron St,
Oklahoma Uutde Book and Map sent any where
on receipt of Aucls.Tyler & Co.. Kuusas City,.Mo.
If afflicted with sore eyes use Dr.Isaac Thomp
Eon’sEye-Water.Druggists sell at 2oc per bottle.
Beeciiam’s Pills act like magic on a Weak
Stomach.
Scrofula
Is the most ancient a id most general of all disc ises.
Scarcely efamlly Is entirely free from It, while thou
sands to orery city are IU suffering .lares. Hood's
UarsparlHa h*i had remarkable sucoest la caring ev¬
ery form of icrofnle. Tho most severe and painful
running sores, swsUlogs In the neck or goitre,
humor la too eyes, causing partial or totd blind¬
ness, have been oured by this successful medicine.
AU who suffer from scrofula should give Head’s
Sarsaparilla a fair trial.
Hood's Sarsaparilla
Sold by all druggists. $1; six for gs. Prepared only
by C. I. HOOD A 00., Lowell, Maes.
IOO Doses One Dollar
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Hints to Houtekeepers.
Borax in the water takes the shine
of the. face.
and To drop fumigate a room, heat an iron
and windows vinegar on it. Have the
Paint open.
tbe tonguusof yourfever
with glycerine, says a physician; it
remove tbe seusation of thirst and
comfort felt when the organ is dry
foul.
The silk underwear now so much
should not be rubbed ou the
nor have soap rubbed on it, unless
specially ly soiled spots. It should be
squeezed in the hands in a lather
tepid water.
Have your dress bound witli velvet
velveteen instead of dress braid if
would prevent your shoes from
the purple blemish on the instep,
by ing, the rubbing of the skirts when
The velvet should be the
line possible on the right side of
by People flies in the country who are
should remember that clusters
the fragrant clover which grows
dantly by nearly every roadside, if
in the room and left to dry and shed
faint, fragrant perfume through the air,
will drive away more flies than
sauce is of molasses and other fly
and fly papers can ever collect.
Judici.ua Speculation,
Money invested in sums of from $1 to
weekly Write for or iuf monthly rmatiou. will Benj. make Lewis you a & fortune. Co., Se¬
curity Bu Udine, Kansas City, Mo.
tion Tight lacing is possibly entitled to
aa an economic measure. It pr
waist. -
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I have tried, I believe, nearly every
medicine advertised, but none ever seem.tto
me as much good os Smith’s Tonic
Mrs. J. A. Sackett, Jacksonville, Fla.
When a girl elopes with her coachman
otW man is sav ed from getting a mighty
Malaria cared and eradicated from the
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tion. Acts like a charm on persons in gencfraJ
ill health, giving new energy and strength.
Tlie gubernatorial question is, after qll, a
delegate one.
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Both the method and results when
Syrup and refreshing of Figs is taken; it is pleasant
to the taste, and acts
gently Liver and yet promptly on the Kidneys,
Bowels, cleanses the sys¬
aches tem effectually, and fevers dispels colds, head¬
and cures habitual
only constipation. Syrup of Figs is the
duced, remedy pleasing of its kind ever pro¬
to the taste and ac¬
ceptable its action to the stomach, prompt in
and truly only beneficial in its
effects, prepared from the most
its healthy and agreeable substances,
many excellent qualities com¬
mend it to all and have made it
the most popular remedy k nown.
and Syrup 31 of Figs is for sale in 60o
bottles by all leading drug
gists. Any reliable druggist who
may not have it on hand will pro
cure it promptly for any one who
wishes to try it. Do not accept
•ny substitute.
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to get a bottle of Dr. Pierce’s
Favorite Prescription if she
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couldn’t get it without. That
woman had tried it. And it’s
a medicine which makes itself
felt in toning up the system
and correcting irregularities as
soon as its use is begun.
Go to your drug store, pay
a dollar, get a bottle and try
it—try a second, Before a third if
necessary. the third
one’s been taken you’ll know
that there’s a remedy to help
you. Then }W11 keep on
and a cure ’ll come.
But if you shouldn’t feel the
help, should be disappointed find
in the results—you’ll a
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tie-wrapper that’ll get your
money back for you.
How many women are there
who’d rather have the money
than health? And “Favorite
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Wonder is that there’s a
there’s woman willing to suffer remedy when
in the a guaranteed
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