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farm and household.
liaising- “ 'top ” Onion*.
Onions, like other vegetables, writes a
correspondent of the Indiana Farmer,
are susceptible of improvement, and also
of degeneration. Last season the writer
put out a quart of solid, fine-looking
sets, all of which grew rapidly and
promised a better yield than ordinary.
The tops grew tall and heavy to a sur¬
prising degree, but when the bulbs be¬
gan smartly to expand they all divided
into from two to five parts each, and be¬
came tough and stringy. When the tops
of other onions set out at the same time
were all dead, these tops were green;
and they remained quite green, though
somewhat faded and fallen, until De¬
cember; in fact, until severe cold, I
showed some of these shallots (degen¬
erated onions) informed to an experienced that they gar¬ had
dener, who me
degenerated in the following wav: On
ions which bear sets at the tops had sent
up amid those sets little stems which
blossomed and bore seeds. These seeds
had been and planted, had perhaps, produced soon the after
ripening, which brought forth shallots. This sets
my
taught me a lesson; to look well to the
character of whatever onion sets, plants,
or seeds of any kind 1 might hereafter
put into the ground. Do not raise de
generated articles if you can avoid it—
especially a degenerate boy—compared
to a man, what a sliailot is to a true
onion.
Farm and «4arJen \otrf.
Shavings sprinkled with diluted car¬
bolic acid will make a nest entirely free
from vermin.
A prominent fruitgrower says that the
profits derived from fruit depend upon
the quality of the crop instead of the
quantity.
The average yield, for three years, of
whole potatoes planted at the Ohio ex¬
periment station was 246 bushels per
bushels acre, that from single-eyepieces, 130
per acre.
Crushed oats make the best food for
horses. Old horses cannot easily masti¬
cate whole grain and the crushing of the
oats consequently adds twenty-five per
cent, to tbu
Any man can thoroughly raise more manured, corn on an
acre af land care
fully plowed and kept free from weeds,
than he can off two acres which are
slovenly cultivated.
Ducks should have separate houses
from other fowls. No roosts are neces
sary, but they should have troughs, as
ground tliev do bite not chicken” like to nick and hunt on the
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Currant and gooseberry cuttings from
new shoots, placed in rich earth, will
now root nice y v ,’ One inch ’ and one bud
are enough , to , leave above , ground, i with n
four or lTvc inches below.
If trees are growing too vigorously
and are sending out too many or too
long branches, lop them off now. If
cleanly done no harm will lollow. But
cut smoothly; don’t tear or twist them
off.
Have your pigs and hogs access to
plenty of fresh water? If not, provide
it as soon as possible. Good, pure,
fresh water is as essential to healthy
development in the hog as in the cow
or horse
Every farmer should endeavor to keep
down weeds, not only for his own bene¬
fit, but also in order to prevent injury
to his neighbour Compulsory clearing
of weeds would soon lessen the nui¬
sance.
All the extra care of the colts will be
handsomely repaid in the early develop¬
ing of the young horse, and the better
horse it will make, gives a better return
in ready cash for the extra feed and care
of the colts.
In many parts of England the practice
of shearing lambs is on the increase.
This shearing does not take place till
midsummer or later. The practice tends
to diminish the next clip, but the animal
makes greater progress in the interval.
In the care of eggs while waiting foa
hatching, a place cold, is preferred that is
neither hot nor damp nor dry. It
the eggs are to be kept but a little
while, turning them over every day will
answer, any box or basket being suffi¬
cient.
A little charcoal fed two or three
times a week to the pigs is beneficial in
correcting acidity in the stomach, to
which hogs are liable when fed upon
corn aud confined in a pen. They will
eat it greedily and fatten much more
rapidly with charcoal thau without.
Farmers cannot be too guarded in the
isolaiion and protection of their hogs.
Disease is here, there and nearly every¬
where. and a little carelessness may be
the means of losing an entire herd, while
with ordinary care the disease may pos¬
sibly be entirely avoided.
Household Hints.
When there is a crack in the stove it
can be mended by mixing ashes and salt
with water.
When clothes are scorched remove the
stain . by placing . the the
shine garment where
sun can on it.
Irons can be preserved from rust by
smearing dusting them with mutton suet and
them with unslaked line, pow¬
dered.
Put away the'milk at once when it is
served. Jn (ive minutes, an authority
says, milk that is left uncovered and
standing near any drain or on the bricks
by a garbage pail will imbibe enough
impurities to make it spoiicd for the i
baby’s use.
How Cups and Saucers are Made.
In the so called “greenhouses ’a large
quantity of ware is drying preparatory to j
being “fired.” Th;s process is the cru- I \
cial test of pottery. All the preceding
operations have been carefully conducted
* Ulsliuct view .0 this one. All |
the combinations of clay, flint, stone, or
bone have been ,
made wit h forethought
of the kiln in which the ware will be
SIS at^only, a^iTno£
less perfect forms of glass, or rather of
glass in another stage of development,
When the earthenware slip cups and
and jugs, sufficiently 1
saucers, mugs are
dried, they arc ready for the “biscuit” i
kilns as they are oddly called, for the
ware is not twice baked in them, nor is
it good to eat. borne kinds of ware are
submitted to the intense heat of the
kiln three times, all twice—once in bis
cuit and once in glaze. When painting
is introduced over the glaze, as in the
Sevres pate tend re, and the various
kinds of n e porcelain, there is a third
firing. Before being placed in the kilns
all the articles thrown, turned, or molded
are arranged in the “saggers,” recepta- |
cles of coarse clay, very thick and strong,
like deep pie dishes. Into these the vnri* j
ons articles ate placed with considerable
ski)!, little triangles being placed between ;
j each and to prevent tneir touching eacti other, .
the saggers are next packed together j
in the kiln or oven, each sagger being i
lined at the bottom with a layer of rock j
SlVn( ^ Piled one on the other the sag- |
.
g^-'is make a lauli compact column, and
when the oven, seme nineteen feet in al-|
titude, is filled, the file is applied. It ,
will be understood that the tire by no
means touches either the ware or the
s ll< 1 1 13 tuc 3 .*
are 8im n y . n an ovcn a ut 1 . d
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to a tremendous heat. The firing is
i ?°“ . e £* , m ': a f of r *'“»■ ,, 30
to diffuse . intense heat throughout, the
;
| w h 0 l e interior of the ovens. This firing
ls a ticklish operation, requiring the su
pervision of a skilled workman capable
of existing without sleep for some thirty
six or forty hours. At first the heat is
applied gently for fear of cracking the
ware, and the fireman has an anxious
time of it. Little openings in the brick¬
work enable him to judge of the progress
of his work. The heat of a biscuit oven
during the last twenty-four hours is in¬
tense, between 20,000 and 30,000 de¬
grees Fahrenheit. As the ware has
taken from forty to fifty hours in firiug,
so does it require an equal time*to be¬
come cool. — English Illustrated Maga¬
zine.
Bismarck ami His Doctor.
The following true story relating to
Prince Bismarck’s meeting with Dr.
Schweninger will appear in tl o German
chancellor's autobiography: The who doc
tor. who is the onlv man living can
“keep the prince down,” did not at first
prepossess his illustrious patient very
favorably. After he had been asked a
whole string of questions as to his sym v
toms, habits of life. diet. etc., the prince
lost his patience, and expressed himself
dissatisfied with Di. bchw enmgei '-per
sistenev by saving, abruptly, “I think
you have asked me efuite enough.” The
doctor replied: “Just as you please,
highness. If you wish to be cured with¬
out asking questions, you had better
consult a veterinary surgeon. ” Bismarck
w; ; s at first speechless with indignation
at the brusqueness of this retort, but re¬
covered himself in a moment, and, after
having replied to several more interroga
tories, contented himself with saying, at
the conclusion of the interview: “I
hope, sir, that T will find your skill equal
to your impcifinance.”
SELECT SIFTINGS.
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'' ei S he<1 soven ani1 one - half
tons.
> Fire has not left the hearthstone of one
i'.nner in Georgia since it was kindled
with flint and steel in 1842.
Peter the Great’s boots, the original ...
model of the “Wellingtons,” are still
exhibited as curious relics in St. Peters
burg.
Blinders, which are a torture to horses,
are gaid to have been invented for the
English nobility to put their coats ol
arms on.
Intense thirst is satiated by wading
water, , , by , keeping . the ., clothing . ., .
in or
saturated with w-ater, even if it is taken
from the sea.
A Washington correspondent has just
discovered that the Father of his Coun¬
try was particular about his dress, and
had the initials “G. W.” cast on some ol
the brass buttons which adorned hi*
coat.
A peculiar black paper of Siam and
Burmah, made from the bark of certain
r0 trees P e > anc ls . * U8 America, f d ve . r y mi JJ? the M wilting Lfifn® 8 “ifu . on it
ma y rubbed out by the application of
betel leaves, just as slate writing is
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In some parts of the African coast ... the
shark is still worshiped and offerings
of poultry and goats are made. Once a
^^ £5
in the sands at low water, and, as the
tide rises, mingles its shrieks with those
of its mother until devoured by sharks.
Tobacco used to be regarded as a val
uable medicine, and is prescribed yet by
physicians in occasional cases. Before
the discovery of chloroform it was used
in strangulated hernia to give complete
relaxation, and in courses where mercury
was the chief medicine it was added to
avert the after effects. As an ingredient
in asthmatics, cigarettes, with bella
douna, stramonium .etc. it is entitled to
a part of the credit of the remedial re
suits.
Forecasting Tornadoes.
if the knowledge of tornadoes gained
p y 80 i ar observation were combined with
that gained bv the signal service, a great
advance in the science of meteorology
might be made. It may yet be possible
by combined effort to locate a tornado
: , a th before the destruction occurs. The
only case in which the forecasting of a
tornado track would have been accurate
was that which destroyed Rochester,
Minn. Upon the previous appearance of
the same solar storm a tram of cars was
wep t bum the Hack not far from
iiochesten At the next appearance of
: H ' B nn storm by destroyed. the sun a revolution
third Rochester was tornado occurred Lponthe
appearance a Jr to
lhe ‘ 8r,h °* , Koch , , * ,,CT - But . th,s . .
cidence was not sufficient to establish a
basis for locating tornado paths, al¬
though it may help to determine a
method.— Rochester Democrat-Chronicle.
From the National Capital.
The Washington Post says: We ad¬
mire the stand taken by numerous emi¬
nent physicians in changing and colds, the mode of
treatment of coughs Star and pub¬
licly endorsing Red Cough Cure
because it is efficacious, free from dan¬
gerous ingredients, and without morphia
or opium. This excellent remedy costs
but twenty-five cents,
Little boy, be ware! The good, kind
lady who gives y>>u gingerbread to day,
when you come over to play with her
little boys and girls, may be your
mother in-law some day in the rosy
future — Merchant- Traveler.
areata critical Yo„n* period (jiris when they about
are
maturing and developing into women. The
! ac £ °. £ watchfu ! ca ™ at this *1®® ma -Y resuIt
an{ j entailing a long list of “female weak- i
nesses.” All this may be avoided, ana the
young clothed woman the come through this period
in all beauty and strength of a
pared especially for female troubles by one
of the most successful physicians of the day.
Chinese tea is cultivated in Desha county,
Arkansas.
I sufebed for more than ten years with that 1
dreadful disease catarrh, and used every avail- !
able medicine which was recommended to me.
I cannot thank yon enough for the relief which :
your Cream Balm afforded me.—Emamuei
Meyers, Winfield, L. I.
Mies Sarah Hitchcock, of New York, is set
down as worth $12,000,000.
Belief is immediate, and a cure sure. Piso's
Remedy for Catarrh. 50 cents.
The three daughters of Mr. Banker Drckel.of
Philadelphia, are f et down for $6,000,000 each. j
Ru«seU ISaffe VV who
is a well-known operator m all street,
i g generally considered as “up to snuff.”
a SlrySS office who 6 and reads asked for package of
called at his a
Dr. Sage’s Catarrh Remedy. He discovered
i his mistake, but he made no mistake in the
article called for. This Remedy, when ap
plied with Dr. Pierce’s “Nasal Douche, 51 will
SU rely and rapidly eradicate the most aggra
vated case of catarrh, with all its unpleasant
and dangerous accompaniments.
The last pitch-hole in life’s highway—tho
grave,
I WAS troubled with catarrh for seven years
. previou8 to commencing the use of Eiy’s Cream
i halm, some five months ago. It has done for
me what other so-called cures have failed to
do—cured me. The effect of the Balm seemed
t j ke ma g ic# —Clan nee L. Huff’, Biddeford, Me.
In London political circles liberals and con¬
servatives do not speak as they pass by.
Now is the time to prevent and care Skin
Diseases, and to secure a white, soft and beauti¬
ful complexion use “Beeson’s Aromatic Alum
Sulphur Soap.” 25 cents by Druggist, or by
mail. Win, Dreydoppel, Philadelphia, Pa.
Fred Ward says his living expenses in
Ludlow street jail are $40 per week.
Menshan’s Peptonized beef tonic, the only
preparation of beef containing its entire nutri
tious properties. It contains blood-making,
mice generating and life-sustaining properties;
also, prSfen/an in all enfeebled ajFfclSS’ of^SS’ S™
conditions, whether the
result of exhaustion, nervous prostration, over
work or acute disease, particularly if £3&! resulting
^
Elizabeth Garrett, of Baltimore, lias a fortune
of at least $12,000,000.
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p World’s rora p t i y cuml "booU^O cintll'n 66S
Dispensary Medical Association,
Main Street, Buffalo, N. Y.
Good company and good conversation are the
very sinews of virtue.
Whv go limping around with your boots run
over, when Lyon’s Heel Stiffeners will keep
them straight?
FaUchood “a hood that cover, many crooked
heads,
—
If afflicted with sore eyes use Dr. Isaaf
Thompeon’s Eye Water. Druggists sell it. 25«
♦ — - --
It is stated that there are 13,000 policemen
in London
T i.ea cure-alf Vlv , e sure^emed? « a i m
not claim it to but a
for Catarrh, Colds in the Head and Hay Fever,
ft is not a liquid or a snuff, but is easily ap
plied with the finger. It gives relief at once,
’ cents* 1 1 '^Elv^ros^Owe' ” g 106 °’ ^ v ent *’ BymaiI
In Boston the richest lawyer is Sidney Bart
lett, set down as $12,000,000. *
Important.
When you visit, or lnave New York olty, sare tiaMOfa,
expressaae and $3 carriage hire, and stop at the Grand
Union 600 elegant Hotel, opposite iitted Grand Central depot. of million
rooms, up at a ooBt- one
dollars, 81 and upward per day. European plan. Ele¬
vator. Restaurant supplied with the best. Horse cars,
ft ages and elevated railroads to all depots. Families
can live better lor less money at the Grand Union
lioteitban at any other first-class hotel in tbs city.
Jumbo’s heart weighed 1,608 pounds.
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