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About The democrat. (Crawfordville, Ga.) 1877-1881 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 16, 1881)
FARM NOTES. Sheep .nr Large Flocks.—T he agri cultural editor of The Fanner 9 Union and Weekly Tribune learned by experi eaoe a few years since, that it would not Ou* answer to keep sheep in large flocks, of a li •ok of a little less than 1,100 1 head, that he was interested in he lost in one winter 548 head, while his loss w hen his flock was from 300 to 500 head did not average 2 per cent per year. When •hc-ep rtmm large flocks, every sheep must travel over more ground to obtain his food, than where small flocks are kept is in pastures, and as that ground less usually traveled over daily, the tlie numbers are the better it will be for the sheep, even if the pastures embark are ever so good. Were we to again in wool-growing, we would not, from our previous expert ence, keep over two hundred head in a flock. That is to say, if we had a thousand head, we should' keep them in five separate flocks. Hints on .Milking Cows.—A man who had done his own milking employed a hov to do it; he shrunk the milk one third in two weeks. The owner resumed the milking and in two weeks got the same as before. Afterward he set a hired man to milk, aud he shrunk the milk ten per cent, in two weeks; aud in two weeks more, the owner milking again, got as much as before. This man does the work quickly aud milks very clean. He closes the fore finger and thumb around the teat high up, and makes a downward motion, tightening the grip and forcing out the milk ; then lets go tow hold, keeping the thumb anil finger in eircie, camel up the hand aud presses it smartly against the udder, and closes and pulls down as before, and so repeats until done. The philosophy, if any, is to give as near as may be the same motion that the calf does in suck spoiled iug. Manv a good good cow qualities is partially de of her iu conse queuce of being improperly milked. Farmers, Keep Accounts.—F armers are prone to neglect this important mat ter, and by such negligence are liable to a great many disappointments iu tho shape presented of store and other bills, which when are a surprise to them, an 1 has a tendency to create a suspicion on their part that the merchants are not honest, while on the other hand their families are berated for extravagance, Beceipts noted; the and expenditures losses lire never branch profits and in any sciously of debts farming are unknown it ; uncon much less time muntiply; for requires and ability to dispose o£ money than to acquire it. Accounts properly they kept would admonish them when could afford to spend and when to check up. Carelessness in one particular is apt to foster and beget carelessness in others. The fact is every farmer should have las journal and ledger, and keep his accounts as promptly and correctly as the merchant. Extra _ _ Food for Hogs.—C oal ashes and clay are benohcial for hogs when j shut up to fatten. Hogs are fond of cinders coal ashes and clay and improve in oonuition in eating a certain portion of them every day Some persons are Poul 9I ^ gUlar F°1 lond .i ry u ^T e * y V- 2® 1“ ~ « ls 'J e fcS.' i t to . - h . , ^ nilble to SU PP 0S ® Biat u)iu f o£sup ; plying the m,i erial for their bones, au< l in the scale of intelligence lMraly won derful, tor ashes contain ingredients winch are necessary to fmm bones ; clay, wood iVwltfT’ i h eu food, which *77 contain *7 • r ° t h the ,U necessary penned ingredmnls : but when tuey ate the matenJf up they endeavor keeping to Supply necessary for up their trames by devouring ashes and cm ders. Let them have plenty of them. Meat from Domestic Animals.— The amount of meat obtained from a domestic animal sold by its live weight is variable, and from experiments made it appears that the race and condition of the animal, besides many other eireum Stances, affect the result, and that cer t.iin animais yield as much as 70 per cent, of meat, while others give 50 per cent. ««'•-to I he mean weight produced, now p« —• «< a. Jivo weight in beef cattle. In the case of sheep the proportion is from 40 to 50 percent From these experiments it appears that the different produotsob LTSit 1 ; loss. fovs An ox of the live weight of 1,382 Donnes yields meat, 771 4 pounds; sain grease, 87; blood, 5o.l; feck and hoofs, 22; head, 11; tongue, 6.6; lungs and heart, 15.33; liver andspleon, 20.05 ; intestines, 154.362, 66.15; loss and evaporation, The making the total 1,332 poimds. 110.2 product from a sheep weighing skin, pounds are : Meat, 55.11 pounds; feet 7.713; grease, 5.51; blood, 4.408; and hoofs, 2.204; head, 4.408; in testmes, 6.613; loss and evaporation, 19.836, making the total of 110.2 pounds, Save the Sokobuh Seed .—A few years ago the value of sorghum seed was not generally known nor appreciated. Farmers, when harvesting tiie sorghum, wonki leave the seed Ivim? oil the ground ; ii the chickens or' hogs ate it, all right, or if nothing got it it was all « S b.. i„ ..rte,,,™, SSPS 8 ^«r“s L aed ete 1 ! This te ^mal a .ten tb« riabt dWti m Sr Grfod e fo ta“te 6 and^pijearanee of sorah milder .ru flour are to buckwheat cakes, and of a and better flavor. A person might easily be deceived UunkiDg 'wheat cakes, when in reality they were made of sorghum flour. Borne of the‘‘su penor brands of buckwheat flour” we frequently see advertised, are made from sorghum seed. One way of coring the seed is, taKe it when the sorghum is bar vested and scatter it on the grass where it can not be disturbed, leave it there a couple of weeks or so. A few showers or frosts will not hurt it, but if it is scattered too thick, it should be turned occasionally thoroughly to prevent haul molding. When it is dry it onto the barn floor, and when it has cored enough, thrash the seed out and run it through the windmill. It is then ready to be pound to flour. Cook it the same as buckwheat flour. A crop of sorghum will yield from the twenty to forty bushels of seed to acre. Grass and a Pound op Meat.—I t is stated on good authority that an acre of the best Lincolnshire grazing land—and it is a country famous for its grass—will carry an ox and a sheep “from New Mavday til! Old Michaelmas,” and that j while grazing during this period the ■ former will gain 280 pounds and the lat- 1 ter 40 slaughtered. pounds in net The w eight will of meat thus ) I when acre yield ‘of 320 pounds maybe of sixteen meat. Its produce perhaps grass tons, > more. This is one pound of meat for i eV ery cwt. of grass, but we must remem- j ...... ****** ^ . _ . , . 4 f“ 3 from the average m the quamUtv <fills J** tbe " 7 e ** “J“‘J*“ n • State, or in . e he o ',1 ' T - > , tlt v gMM equir o - 1 - pounds of beef ot mutton. The results, of course, would be varied by moist and “7 seasons, anil bv tiie quality of the grasses with which the pasture is stocke-i. *•“'? aptitude would also of affect ttie the animal result. for It fat fomng is claimed that in Montana ttiattne initlalo K 1388 18 considered the richest of a.l grasses for fattening purposes, it being quite equal for fattening animals to feed- : mg corn in addition to most of the grasses in the West. Barley for Feeding.—I n this conn try barley is used mainly for brewing; in European and Eastern countries it is fed to stock, particularly horses. As compared to oats it is ru >re nutritious and lws Boating. Tbe product of an acre of barlev is of more value as food forhor9(5S or other animals than the pro- | duot of au a ,. re of oa(s o{ e . lna , qua itr . Thp oatt tmiin hfinlfir whpn fhan in1 1 in’ u n * u f ^ i . i t 4 ! hniUI Wl> {rmiiml 1 mmifn,] ‘i A W1 ' fp r nr >11 ' 1 n mi innnHr»n with n t 1 ' ,.n 1 J.’’ r * ' there . nothing . . food for is superior as w< wking teams. Barley to keep the J system open aud the skin soft, bo long our American farmers grow bar ey uo use ?* 111 vj e .' v b “ t ... g n° , 14 , . i to ’ • • e«reme fluctuations m price, and the busluebs a nsl 7 aud uncertain one tor the grower. But when the value of it for feeding stock is realized the markets will be steadier aud the profits of the crop more certain. Many farmers ?^row both barley and oats, the one to sell and the other to feed. It would be wiser, if the soil is good for barley—as most all soils are—to grow a portion at least for feeding barley purposes instead of oats. (1 round is an exo l ent food lor fattening hogs. We know from actual experience that horses will perform as much labor when fed on barley us they do when fi d on thJ oats Dnriiu* thfl Mexican war ill taChiel Iffit had for the SJSXbarhJ^ interim- wm Cival^ te.rtev h^rs,* ^'well us tljose used for teaming immoses ' ’ couhl , i not ,, have - been in ■ bettei loudition , tbnu they were. Minneapolis Ittbune. — HOUSEHOLD HELPS, _ a n.y in u>. icmury. following A lady at interesting Syracuse, N. Y„ sands the letter to tbe Dc■ tre, U Free J>re*x Homthohl on “ Wash rag Made Easy Blue Monthly, that used to harass the mother, torment the linslcfod and drive the children out ,] (lors i snow made comparatively easy. Ho ,k toe clothes over night iu warm water The with plenty of good them washing soap. next (witU morning little wash from the W;t t el - a hot poured in) into aflothel . of hot water. If two can Y ,. or ) t this it will be a much shorter method. Bub these out and put info a (jiird tub; pour hot water on these to g( . y , ld f thenl> ] Blued Then ^ , h em into a p u ( 0 c oay water—an indigo bag is llott ,, r fhan ail the ,, ate nt blfong-aml thu clotheB wi ll be clean and w bite. ()f „ lt wiU not l)e nec , a , arv tohave four tubs; two will bo enough, and if you have a good wringer it will not take long There to do out quite difference a large washing. is a great in wringers, and each time they are used they should be dried carefully and a drop of oil put on the cogs or wheels. Then if the clothes are taken down at night and sprinkled well, they will iron easily. The Xs-S-a; , , ■ , , ■ ¥S ™3;,iS 5 . h fectnally and place evenly, and without a jiool of water in one none in others. to alakr good stmich. Dissolve two tablespoonfuls of starch iu a little cold water; when it is a smooth paste, pour in boiling water lumping.' slowly, and Btir brisk)y to keep from The eX the uot quantity of water will deiiend on quality of starch, add a pint to each ounce is a fair average; a good tea spoonful of salt, a drop of bluing, and foqf a teaspoonful of lard. (Mem. For colored goods put a little alum in the starch.) Boil for twenty minutes by the clock. A clean bright pan and spoon should be kept purposely for making starch. Strain if not perfectly smooth when done, and if it lias to stand before using, cover the pan to prevent a scum forming, and keep the hand it not. It should be usedashot as can possibly bear, . order ...... t5lat xt hetter , „ penetrate . . tl the m ma y hl “ m '’ fo r the reason the starch must ot . , be made too thick. It must 11 ssssaf snrfBce In 0,1 the - mild weather starch the dothes from the rinsing water; in cold (,r ^ dry them first, as ^ out the stiff ne f- ‘he linen is perfectly dry, aD<1 a cou l* M ° h ° urs h f \ lt / s bfl . , n of borax, the size of it hazel nut. dissolved in boiling water. Mix the gtareh t!ms prepare (i with enough water to Fold dip the bosoms, cuffs and collars these parts inside and roll tiie ghirts up tiglit in a clean dry cloth, j rou the back, sleeves, cuffs and bands, then put the shirt on a shirt board and smooth out the bosom. Bub it hard with a fine cloth wrung out of hot water, Iron rapidly with a clean hot iron, then raise be wise the plaits and iron again. It will for those who are not experienced to do this first ironing with a piece of thin muslin laid over the surface. In either case, after the whole bosom is done, rub the surface with the damp cloth and iron again, without covering, repeating this operation until the work is satisfactory. Do not move the bosom until the ironing is completely finished | and the linen perfectly still ami dry. polishing nnn and powdered irons. j ) Dissolve two ounces of gum arabic in a pint of boiling water; when cool stir in half an ouuce of carbonate of j magnesia, and after it has settled buttle ’ the clear fluid for use. ( | When the shirts are all ironed, put j the first one on the shirt board, and I with a fine cloth moistened w ith the j fluid go over the surface of the part to l,e polished, applying jijssible the hot polishing If iron a.- soon rs afterwards. anv moisted£ mrts become aTa ton drv ^ITSt before ironing \ ir onmust used onf ^Wandiare'shoSd quickly and lightlv nickle-plated never t 0 i e * b become too hot Cover the outside * of a large , glass J . bot- , tie smoothly with soft white cotton, linen or flannel. W rap the lace around it, basting each edge carefully with very fi U0 thread. Fasten a piece of thin niuslin or net over the outside of the lace. Soak the bottle in tepid water far an hour or two, then wash in soapsuds until clean, after which lay it in clean water for twelve hours, changing it once or twice during that time. To finish, ping take it in from towel, the then water and the dry bottle by wrap a dip into rice water and roll it in afresh towel. While still damp take the lace carefully from the liottle, aud placiug it between dean white cloths, iron until completely try. laIm. washing nice Nice laces may be carefully washed, and with 1 much ech morn more sutistaction saU^aaion. than Ui; if sent to a laee renovator or washer, by and filling a shallow platter full of the soapy water, Then double the lace twice ana lay it in the water so that every part is completely covered. Put this out in the sun fora couple of davs, changing tho water sev er . d (j m s during tho day. Lift it out carefniiy rinse each time, completely anil do not clean wring staroh or it _ When it onapiftce of white cloth in the house, carefully dry. Smoothing pulling it before it gets with quite the thin it carefully will improve blade of a fruit knife its looks, but never iron or starch it. If its a kind of lace that should be a little stiff, put the least bit of gum arabic iu the last water, or a little sugar, Even if you only put it in the soapsuds olino and dry it, it will look very nicely. nicely, Gas; washes silk lace very as it also does ribbons, handkerchiefs and silk stockings. _ Hmuiomtpk If it ? i T T™ fv*. i «« v ,. P- InoVririn^U ? LS • p' ] et,*m\npnng "i ! n ;V‘ g every " bo ‘; h nn 7 w<«i<lei that the housekeeper sometimes finds the dull details o housework almost insupportable, and the questions if they are not sapping fco.m-^ of youth, strength and good spirit*. Waeliing aislies thrice dully, making beds and fires diurnally, dusting W tually going through with the )'"»* swee F WC * <'' a th no yanu joii but a wet tfie Moiiday’*., ^ | n oal i, p auniug out meals «*.»«• , ™.' t ,UU ' ^i expense or *! ,J d \ fall , f f'"V cleaning, 1 and th we ‘ ,s0 hnj« ,' hn j S**?^™*J £ y H r< ,u ' d J£7 t lat A' 4 1 “T."’ 13 >' ot so - 1 mu<! “ «io , lalo.r , that oppresses many ; -uchnesi them to slackness It W T*T*L I T b ' iu: li they have small in ; , u .7 y " M ! 4I ! u ‘ ,wn and the ceituintv ! ^ , pGrlatm ’' r each task 7"" as faithfully lts as ! I natnre; ami, w™ wnce it must be often 111 re j ?,Vu__ >e *“ ^ l< 0 it e in - ! ,^V lU3 IU j 1 V ',',?, o a ,i o,’ -JV v lca ; c * j . >> ,,,,,. f 1 0< pfoeps in > ,. is practice . I * 1 « rl *” ,w the ’ 1 " e ^ , L HO ‘ j £ ,, , reputed ■. to-morrow, , ,, llHt be J nor dust so K’itn ,• , Si,,3 , , ■, , h Vi’,y *,, should she take unsparing pains with food which is to be eaten as soon as it is out of the oven, and not by visitors either, who would credit her with skill? h'''l 0 ,'o fussy w,fh fheoeds.mt are hi bo himhledm a few horns. At the same ln V°- wL ?‘ “ wor ‘ i ' d, ' 1M 8 d°mg well, they tell ns. '' l>T did she "“uertake a business for which she had j 10 ,rew? il l ell !j; 1 ^ or whom . ' V ^ 1(,1U does ^ t>e she f H ^ seek ie ^ r J to ve make a,i< ^ or bo ™ u attractive? Are not those dearest bftr '"rented by her exevUons, and , 1 f kso “ e rontll ‘ e st,1 ! nd 111 J he Wa -T °t their welfare and comfort? „ Does not ?ature herself set us an example of rout and repetition in which there is no “ h,l (3ow ot shirkage? What if she should Dmit . such little detail the some as grass, I t ,u en “l r f r ‘ t3 ater ralns > t “ e plKnctaxy jnovemente. In T the ., economy of the hoiiBehold every disregarded duty or sliglited task tells its own story m the long datums accounts, as the old geologic fain have registered the rams of tLmr cs a? lt3 homeliest phases is promoted from a ^considered thing to dignity a,,d bower .-The Jlouaekeeuer. Geraniums. For constancy of bloom the geranium is unequaled. '(Small plants, that can be bought very cheaD, if put out in May, wili completely fill a* bed in three weeks after planting, aud early m June will be a mass of flowers, and continue gating better and better until blackened by the frosty nights of autumn While other srems seems to to gl ntorvfor ry m tl.e tie hottest hi t«t weather « 1 , There is such a variation in the color of the- flower, mi well as in the form and color of the leaves, that with a few van efiesof lid iterate rims a more nrtisKe and varied can be made than with almost anv other flower. The renter of a large arounTnra fewrews onthebmder mav be of the silver-leaved kinds, inueeo, I? l we terns have formed seen of delicate geraniums and intricase pati alone in of the celebrated gardens of Europe. “The Good Old Days.” I An old man in Massachusetts, 75 years f °* =*£?, furnishes to the Springfield lie- j ptrh icon a sketch of the fashions and j rs al lt . v years ago, and the j l', ba! te'‘ s winch . they have undergone in ! tnat time. To many they will be f*mii- ; bn * to large numbers seem like the j s *“ r -h o! as t range and unknown His father was a miller, and ! ess tlian 5,1 a “ 3 L on !ie «> ®«PPprt twelve chiluren. “ jad for debt, white the b ?“ m 8 *® k f'P the tMO. 2£ rlo S| In - the The school-house place stands cost $100 $25,- to same a with teachers receiving four °V • cho m ° ^ 1 children times the then amount had of to salary. make then- The manners when the elders insnftor passed by; 1111 w the children “will swear you, and if you get by without a missile at you 01 your horse you are lucky.” ‘‘Chester W. Chapin, one of mo wealthiest men in Massachusetts, at 21 years of age, hired himself out for $12 a month. Now you would insult a strip bug of 18 to offer him sueli wages.” Peo pie used to hide np-stairs or down c liar when they saw the Tax Collector com- 111 £. and he would often have to hunt them out of their holes, even when the Jamily There said “ they were not at home." was a great deal of music at home >n those days—“ for treble, the flax spin . nuig-wheelplayed or run by one of the giri*. for the tenor, the large spinning- 1'W* 1 L L£ i ?heold «tb’abl 111 woTkW I^Wth to nX a 7 ^tirm^ie t u v" AUe 11 i gentleman does does not not believe beueyeln in children, “progress^ all taught Then to taimhes work, were of ten the fashion, instead ot two or sickly three little pimping children and a mother as ahlo to take care of them as the mothers of that day were of ten without a hired girl. “The children now must be iu fashion lie in lied uu bl 8 or it in the morning— no appetite, vitality, lliey play on somo kind of mstmment, and go to school to be crowded with luoro kinds of Ismom t liau oiir old school-fouchers ever know, this is tho fashion and prsteml ed improvement ot tins age. ierhapa this generation does not look at things as Ido, but I thiuk that he alth, economy and morality are not improved by getting liigk wages or a fashionable I he rising generation ore spend thrifts, he says, waiting lor the old people to get hold out ol‘ thett the way so that Old they om lay tnec'oni-cnb ot money. locked lie men 9 keep 1 cries. Wlien the fare by stage between , ant ‘ Boston was reduced to i sunnf l \ V* H T' ST’rSII } W<5e , k ? ^ eam siuni.u seventeen soventetn Hours. «ow a ».a man eun e.mfiy earn enough News in a day fortlie * bu,c lu,u 5? tn P- from Washing ton and Boston only onoo a week—a great treat. “ Well,” old says the old man, reflectively, “the off aud fogies, let this so fast called, must soon step gen eration run the thing, and, if they don’t run themselves to the devil, we shall be thankful.” -......~ ----- Kn> " »«rgl«rs Are Hushed. : “Why,” he routed to a cop, “I never sc; mupli push andTiiri and rash in Detroit since the war, fhe slime it Is so all over the country, boon, even ex - tends to my profession, which you are I e««vo is tfiat of burglary. I‘haven’t ; been so rushed in ten years. I have ad vertised in a dozen papers for a -pal,’ but can’t get one at any price. Third ch-us men, only fit to put up ladders, fifod lighted candles, pound with a <‘« 4 -wear an alibi, are getting their own prices this year. The two I ! 1,14,1 ] ,i «♦"«* tor $7 j a day business apiece, and I , ia p, (mv p „ r e y , a y ' go * to ruin . y ( „[ hava no id<! of tJl „ un nhl . c of chances we have had for ‘ jobs ’ this year, and the season is promising all that any burglar could ask lor. I am so pushed that I hardly * know which way * to turn first.’’ “ “Anything Oh ! dozen very of big on band?” a ’em. 1 ought to go U p Woodward avenue to-night and rob a house where two back windows have been left up for a whole week, but I “f. my pals ”?* is dead \ “^"7 drunk ^ jt in 1 'f*' las uum) room ««« up- <* tz " -W. V, V' t T do .... i ‘' h°„ V’ , ‘f, 1 l, ) m , "j,. ...i. n ’ 'Tsii"r f !i Self , Info ^ . r0 tak(i om. it Duty y tells me that fought J to iu igLt away> , mt HO illiill(? may prevent. Dear .. me, , but , I , wish . , 1 , eouhl Lire at least three first-class lmrg Jars tor the next six weeks. 1 ve got a special lay for them.” “Anything startling?” “Well, no, There’s a bank in Toledo we could get at very handy, a jeweler over in Chicago who aches to be robbed, and I know of a farmer out here a few miles who has $3,000 in gold in the house. If Iliad two good men I could gather days; in at least $50,000 within the next ten but this boom has taken me al! aback. I need two lull sets of burg itir tools right off, but my blacksmith is rushed with other work, and must delay me. I went yesterday to see about wigs and whiskers, and found a dozen orders ahead of me.” “It’s unfortunate.” “ Well, I ache should say so ! It just makes my heart to know that scores of back doors are unlocked, hundreds of windows left open, heaps of silver and jewelry left kicking around, and here ( am so fixed that I can’t half push busi ness. I’m nervous ainl uneasy, but i can't mend matters as I see. Jf you happen to come across a first-class Imll thief and a pair of professional cracks men, I wish you’d send’em to me. I’ll guarantee the very highest wages and ady employment Free for the season. - Detroit ! rc «. The crude ideas many foreigners have ‘rated bv the case of a Swedish girl who " join i rriv ,. d t y,. w li York to J ! her father Jf Uie , n « w worl | ,ound M|er that prolonged her , ques place of residence was m a remote set tle “ eut to Waehfogton Territmy. Bup ■“““‘hing of that sort, she had 7m* over with only ; money enough to pay her Bteamallip pa gW a. - It is necessary to be almost a genloa to make a good husband. The Took of Ihe Next Period. Cooking is perhaps well up with other ar ts, but the economics of cooking are still in the rear. That the cooking should form a part of the household oc eupation, in sparsely settled places and among a people not far advanced in the », .,-ial division of labor, is plain enough, j n the country, w here farm houses are half a mile apart, or among a people where each family makes its own cioth iug, the primitive mode in nearly all in dustries is best adapted to the circum stances; blocks of but city why houses to each half should a dozen there be only one gna-er and one butcher, but 100 cooks* 100 fires aud 100 sets of utensils, is a it‘lies question not easy to answer, Of course, in the very nature of tho case; the act of cooking being the most frequent and incessant of any domestic occupation, and, mors than any other occupation, required to adapt itself to different aud individual tastes, Hut even when these allowances are mtule, fuel there is evidently help a great waste of aud of in preparing the food separately for every separate estab lisliment. In manv Enropeau cities this has been overcome by furnishing cooked food, which is delivered to families in dishes that retain the heat, aud tho family culinary sits down to its meals without a ny preparation in tho house, rises from the table, the dishes are re moved, and there is an end of the whole affair. In Winchester, Massachusetts, they prOp09 fTT f l *** frlF <Mereat V‘i° basis- It» proposed ou “ 0 my h “ re CDusnlerable tract of houses !?’ , without n] , “ kitchens, v l"? odors , J andsom and « cooks. In tho center of the grounds is to be a spacious dining-lmll, and the kitchen of the community will bo there. The tables will be arranged for family groups, or for more iuiscellan.'ous com pany, as may be desired. Those who wish entire privacy may have separate rooms. One of the annoyances of modem housekeeping will thus bo avoided, There is also talk of having general bed makers and housocleauers; but absolutely j.rivato nurserymaids are regarded as necessary, and them will bo no attempt to supersede these. imply people This would seem to that will go to live in Winchester, Mas saphusetts, in order to do away with the trouble of preparing their meals. But experiment, this ought hardy to bo necessary hint and other the except as a to methods, able. Besides will not of itself be the very board- vain it contemplates ing-house nnd restaurant plan which the large majority of people are extremely anxious to avoid. The desire to gratify one’s tain the own family tasto iu cooking, and and isolation, to main- is reserve tho wl h v nnmXwrs 1 ‘“7 ''° ^ ^ ^ steiwlot keeping house. The sueeessf.il plan in this direction wiil comprise public kitchens where skilled and economical management will enable every householder to procure his food as lie «loes now. send it to hocooked with the same directions which are now given to the kitchen, and have it de livered at the proper time awl in tlio proper manner. There are many practical difficulties in the way, including the laundry economical question; advantages but there that are so many time some niidouhtmlly the plan will be begun and pushed convenient to ««««.-«». fuel, WiOi like a cheaper »ud more water gna, many of the obstacles would be over come, and the time is, we suspect not far distant, when our posterity will hear with an amused curio fity the stories of oar domestic troubles and the rude man tier of struggling with them, as we now hear of tho lubrication clothe# at the be ginning of from the century; when the the sheep whole process, the raising pfneo of to the final stitches, took on the prem isos of the uufoi'tuimtu man or woman ia necd of tho gia ,, le nis. W« read In a South Carolina paper of a lawyer who charged n foe for Jiis services which his client declared was exorbitant. Finally tho lawyer said ’ “ Well, sir, you know me well enough to know that while L do not overcharge my clients, I hold myself professionally bound not to underbid ray brethren of the profession. 1 shall not sue you, for you are my old friend ns well as a client, cud the matter is left entirely the to your discretion.” The next day client paid the amount which he deemed just, and on getting a receipt handed the law¬ yer a note and departed. The note ex¬ pressed his thanks and gratitude for the aide manner in which bis case bad been conducted, and along with this note was a llis handsome amount which he begged mark 0()tumel to uc) . ep t f rom him as a of his esteem, great regard, and grati tinle. Newspapers must not tax the § Tic credulity too far. A Wonderful Well. There is not far from Fannimore, Win., a little peculiar well, which at present is but known. It is about eighty feet dee|>, the lower forty feet of winch 's drilled. About twenty feet from the sur¬ face there enters a crevice, out of which rushes a current of air, with a force so great as to fie easily felt at the top of tbe well; aud a temperature so low as to freeze a small vein of water where it en tors the well, about ten feet above tbe crevice. The first forty feet of the well b- through a shaly sandstone so soft that it requires cribbing nearly tho whi le depth. Lower down, where it is drilled, there is a stratum of very hard rock several feet in thickness. Below this a- sin the rock is soft. The well is located th : -Lie of a steep sandstone ridgi fi ui which the crevice comes in. Moist Air in Dwellings, 6roached A n eminent engineer has recently th<J tll() „ r y that t j ie summer condition ot temperature, 62 to 68 deg , au(1 relative humidity, 80 to 85 deg., are not desirable or attainable at other sea argument is that the dry air of America V osseesea both curative and preventive dualities ^^^^motes of oreat value veiTetabfo and that L^llf motet **• onsanftervHrouI,Tno ou sanitary grounds not dEfo desirable ^{^“ , ^^e frie’zteg ™Tnt o7 C where there is nothing of that sensation ol dryness the which heat is usually held to ac company and of a furnace, con structed arranged according supplied to tho ordinary plan, when not with water for evaporation. FACTS FOR Tire FURIOUS. Fissks have been taught Id come wkea J * called ter their names. A female spider will suffer death be¬ fore she wiU forsake her eggs. There was a tree discovered near the Tnle river, in California, in 1874, which is calculated to lie 4,840 years old. The top is broken off, but it still has a height of 240 feet. One of the wonders of the American forests is the fir tree of Puget sound. The trees average 200 feet high, that and somo specimens have been ent measured 320 feet in length and twelve feet in diameter at the base, with a straight length and well-proportioned limb. log of ninety feet to the first The elephant-hunters of Ceylon that and India corroborate Binbad’s story elephants, of death, retire when they to feel solitary the approach inac¬ a and cessible valley, and there die in peace. The Superintendent of Elephants to the Government of India states that no liv¬ ing man has yet come across the corpse of a wild elephant that has died a natural death. Bibliophiles heap Bagford, execration upon the memory of John an anti quariaa shoemaker, who ha s been named the “ Biblioclast.” He w> jut about the old country at the beginning of the last century, from library to library, tearing away title pages from rare luniks of all sizes, which ho sorted out into nationali¬ ties and towns, nnd so with a lot of hand¬ bills, manuscript notes and miscel¬ laneous collections of all kinds formed Preserved a hundred folio volumes now presence in iu ttie the British jsrm. u Mu-seum-tha .aasoum no remarns of many rare works, It is not generally known that in the Congressional Library, at Washington, there is an old Bible which is well worth a walk to the Capitol to examine, It is of Italian origin, and is thirteenth supposed to have been written in the or fourteenth century, but tbe actual date is unknown. It is written in Latin, upon vellum, in clear, bold characters, and extremely uniform. about The throe writing inches is in two columns, inches, wide, with a margin of two paint- it is embellished with 1-Ui miniature ings, and upward of 1,‘JOO smaliei il laminations, which are beautifully oxo cuted, and are as brilliant to-day as t!ie day tJiey were done. I ho initials of books and prologues are two and a half inches in height, and thoso of the chap tors ore one inch in height. It is con¬ tained in two large volumes, aud cost tho Government Sf*2,200 in gold when gold was at a premium, The long and careful observations of Bir John Lubbock, in reference to the instincts and life of ants, have estate ] m hed many curious facte. They have "t* *** and 7* industry, and cleanliness, Tlioycanoommnui- cure for tlw common good. and cate freely with each other, work together Attending or divide into sections, each to a special task, as iutelli gently as rn-n. They know each other, ami instantly detect a stranger; they never mistake one of their own number for separatedTrofo a stranger, though lie may have been them for months. Amir But they never attempt to liberate friends when in confinement, wounded or even to help thorn, save when iu bat tie. Sir John Lubbock took unto from lies Here nil hills, ami confined them in bot covered with gauze, close toy tL-is homes. In no ease did the ants snyWpL pitvany attention to them, or offer But when he put strange ants, in similar b ott les, near the hills, the whole bo ly were at onoe agitated. Some were on gllnrd continually, and in every case they managed to penetrate the gauze destroy tho strangers. He con dudes that hatred is stronger than uf feetion in ant life, Does the World Miss Any One 7 Not long. The best and most useful of us wilt soon bo forgotten. Those who to-day uro filling a Jingo place ia the world’s regard will pass away froqj the remembrance of men in a low months, or, at furthest, in a Jew years alter tho grave lnw closed upon their re¬ mains. \\V arc shedding tears above a new made grave and wildly crying out in our grief that our loss is irreparable, yet in a short time the tendrils of love inivo entwined around other supports, and we no longer miss tho one who has goue. the world. there So passes But art those to whom a loss is beyond repair. There aro men from whoso memories no woman’s smile can chase recollections of the sweet face that has givou up all its beauty at death’s icy touch. There ara women whoso plighted faith extends be¬ yond the grave, and drives away as pro¬ fane those who would entice them from a worship Snell loyalty, of their however, buried is lovea. hidden away from the public gaze. The world sweeps on beside and around them aud cures not to look in upon line this unobtruding grief. It curves a and record* a stone over the dead and hastens away to offer homage to the, living. It cries out weeping!y, “ le roy cut niort," joyously, but with the next breath exclaims ‘ vive le roy.” Courting In the Arctic Regions. Ah, yes, fond youth ! It may be very nice to court a girl in tho far northern countries where tho nights aro six months long ; but just thiuk of the vast amount of peanuts and gum-drops the young man, when going to see hi:; girl, must iug along with him in order to kill time, and induce her to believe that his affection for her it as warm as ever. And then tho sad leave taking a few weeks before sunrise I Ho whispers “Gooil-night, “Good-night, love,” and dear. she Win;.-, softly murmurs, “To-morrow shall I seo you again?” night,” ho replies, as lie kisses night,” her up¬ turned face. “To-morrow she repeats, with a voice full of emotion. “Six long, weary months! Can’t you call around a few days before breakfast, Charles?” Finally Charles tears him¬ self away, with a promise to write her one hundred and sixty letters before the next day draws to a close. A precocious boy of 6 years, listening wearily to a long-winded took advantage tale related of by a prosy relative, slyly, I wish that a short pause to say, “ story bad been brought out in numbers. ” Stereotype printing was invented by Wo, Ged, a goldsmith of Edinburgh, in 1725.
