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FARM AND GARDEN.
The Delicious Muskmelon.
The common muskmelon is one of the
most healthful and delicious fruits for
Bummer use. As a market garden crop
it is one of the most profitable,and hence
its culture is a desirable industry. Its
good qualities and the profit of it how
ever, depend upon good cultivation, and
this comprises a few essentials which are
often missed or neglected even by pro¬
fessional growers. It needs a rich soil,
with abundance of carbonaceous matt r
in it, such as a clover sod turned under,
or rich stable manure, for the basis of
its food, and some soluble fertilizer in
addition to force its growth. Peruvian
guano, or superphosphate mixed of lime with
blood and fiesli manure with it, is
the most useful fertilizer, and aids in se
curing the rapid growth which confers
succulence and high flavor upon the
fruit, and these are the main secrets of
success in the growth of this crop. Fre
quent and thorough culture is another
essentia! which comes next to the high
feeding of the crop .—New York Times,
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How Many Grains to the Hill.
In their efforts to get a big crop,
many persons use too much seqd, and
thus defeat their purpose. The answer
to the question: “How many grains;”
will properly vary with the locality; yet
the most thoughtful, observant farmers, |
the country over, will agree with us that ;
too many grains are usually put in j
the hill or drill. The tendency is toward
fewer grains, but has not progressed fast j
enough. The older Western farmers can j
yet remember when the rule was to put
‘squirrels, seven grains and in two the for hill—two the for and the j
crows, :
three to grow. Three, or even four, to
grow then, were not too* many, for the
soil was very productive. But some
now plant four to five to grow, and the
general rule is to plant three to five. We !
have become convinced that two to three j
would be better, and suggest that our
Western readers try a few strips with
only two or three plants in the hill, or a
corresponding reduction if the corn is |
planted posed that in drills. It is generally sup
fewer grains should be
this planted in the East than in the West. Is i
correct? In the East commercial,
or home-made fertilizers are used more I
largely; the yield of crop per acre is
the greater ground East is than made West, indicating that
Also, in the the more productive, J
East stover is more de
Bired, and the most and best stover is
secured by rather close planting. This
question of how many grains should re
ceive more study, and be the subject of
the many facts experiments, in .—American order to ascertain !
in the case Agricul
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the idea being that by so doing the
ankles would be further to one side, so
that the opposite foot could pass it
without hitting. The first case of inter
fering that I hid I adopted the above
plan. The horse struck more than ever,
I then used shoes with the inside much
thicker than the outside, so as to tip the
feet out still more. The result was that
the horse interfered more yet.
I then concluded that it was about
time to make use of my own brains, and
after considering the subject I decided
to pare the feet level and to use a com¬
mon light shoe; the horse immediately
stopped striking its ankles and never
struck afterwards. My judgment is that
the canting of the feet out throws the
horse off his balance each step he takes,
and the recovering of his balance causes
; him to strike his ankles, and my experi
I ence of liftcen years has proven it. I
am indebted to the Centennial exhibition
held at Philadelphia in 1876 for the best
idea to prevent interfering. In the gov
ernment building was a department de
voted to the horse, showing several
skeletons, a great many specimens of
deformed feet and a great variety of
horseshoes, one of which illustrated the
^ ea ^ am s P ea ^ The shoe
was similar to common ones except the
creasing and the position of the nail
^oles.. * Ppi ^be outside it usually crease, does, instead continued of
s 0 n g
clear round the toe and stopped just
the £ rs t na1 ^ h°^ e ° n inside,
80 there were seven nails used, four
°. n t ^ ie jjde; °utside, th two idea at being the toe not and to one have on
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an y nai ^ s the inside of the hoof, and
consequently no clinches to start up and
cut ^ le °PP 0Slte aQ hle with.
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This form of shoe I adopt for extreme
cases. I usually make the outside the
heaviest, and have the shoe as light as
possible. The shoe must be fitted per
ioctly to the hoof at the outside and toe
where the nails are. The inside should
be set under a little, so widest as to straighten
the hoof a little at the part. The
advantage of this kind of shoeing is that
it leaves the inside of the hoof in its
natural state, which is, in a sound foot,
perfectly smooth, and a perfectly smooth
surface will not cut hairs or skin on the
ankle of a horse. E^or winter shoeing
place the toe calk just back of the
crease. For summer shoeing I use no
calks on inside driving horses, and frequently off
cut the branch of the shoe just
back of the nail hole. When I do this I
use thin shoes, so that the foot will
stand about level. Shoes driven on ac
cording to the above plan will not stay but
° n as l° n g as by the common one,
will stay long enough, for horses
that interfere should be shod often, so
that their feet will not get too large, for
the wider the hoofs are the more liable j
they will’ be to strike. The shoes should
be nicely filed up, so comeJ^aaia^amli thajybere will be
do tn
during the 5 ir ier ; o.d net r have to
eat salt pork on the butcher.
Don’t put thirtr or fif' ;en eggs
under the setting at this season if
you want good * esu In col. I weather
nine to eleven '-rg OO c all s can care
for.
When the far .no • • all bey 1 to esti¬
mate the value ef sf > iron, he stand¬
points of meat, L t v and eneral ad¬
vantage to th j far lie will not aLlow
the market p i - A wool to determine
whether or not he v. i’i raise Hem.
Overfeeding i 1 principal cause of
diseases among poultry, an*. uncleanli¬
ness is the next if these faults are
avoided fowl whi thrive well and be
profitable, It is useless to treat sick
fowls; it is better to kill and bury them
and avoid the trouble by better care in
the future.
There are three sare wavs for finding
the points of the compass when in the
woods. Three-fouiths of Hie moss on
trees grows on Hie north side; the
heaviest boughs >n spruce trees are al¬
ways on the souths de; and thirdly, the
topmost twig c • *ery uninjured hem¬
lock tips to the
Dominiqm • - or-united in this
country. i hf Oiy hardy, hence
first class b r h f he f trras. They are
as good lay e I dymouth Rocks,
but a little l • th ,m in size, They are
capital setter raid mothers. Both as
broilers and r v : e fowls tiiey are good
for the table, a -d, having yellow legs,
sell well in the urket.
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The 01 de Lai on Earth.
A correspondent | at Laredo, Texas,
writes as roliov. to the St. Louis Globe -
D mocrdt: Jack James, a colored
citizen of the L 4. ‘ L States, who resides
at Santa Rosa, I a co, is probably the
oldest man on c\f 5 h. He was born near
Dorchester, S % /-in . 7 .‘ and while an
infant was m f -e Yedway Kiver,
Ga., in flu st • ^ that Benjamin
the Franklin thunder brougiy/t M is. o > j lectricity 17(55 there from
e .r u was
quite and an nm j ^r, South Caro
lina, ds m J unes James, from
whom h tais % hi name, moved near
Charlestt n, S Ct, in c unpany with a
number A Lu J.-igb -r?, On June 4,
1776, when t v ' tv u: years of age, a
large B itish f- mater Sir Peter
Parker, arriv t\i irleston. The
citizens 1 id palmetto wood
fort on Su i 1 ar with twenty
six gun; in-. 1 . 60 troops, under
Colonel Jon on June 28 the
British >ad 1 ck by land and
water, and v- nipped - to withdraw
after a t >1 it, It was during
this fig nt' Jasper dis
tinguisl 1 hi: V placing the flag,
which had been BUUu away upon the
bastion, on a new staff. Jim’s master,
James James, manied one of her guns in
2JAdMri^afliiUiii£ukji^Ai£_Lhiaftsketch.
NEWS AND NOTES FOR WOMEN.
Colored straw bonnets are much worn*
Peaked bodices are not yet given up.
Amber jewelry promises to be popular
this season.
The Queen of Sweden is teaching liei
peasantry how to cook.
The woman who does not wear a bustle
is no longer conspicuous.
A long French Polonaise appears on
many of the imported dresses.
Mrs. Howard Crosby is one of the best
walkers in New York.
Queen Natalie, of Servia, always
wears her hair down her back.
Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt spent $125,
000 for the fittings of one room.
The Baroness Burdett-Coutts has start¬
ed a new cab company in London.
Among the most attractive of the sea¬
son’s bonnets are those of straw lace.
Queen Victoria always takes her wines
and liquors with her whenever she travels.
Emily Faithfull is an enthusiastic lead¬
er ot the Primrose League of England.
Jet fronts for the waists of dresses are
heavy enough to make the frail girl tot¬
ter.
President Eliot, of Harvard, says that
women should never lecture to young
men.
Real silver hooks and eyes are seen on
the corsages of some of the summei
gowns.
Miss Ida C. Allen, of Dover, N. II., is
to receive $2700 a year as a teacher at
Smith College.
It is said that thousands of womsn in
Paris are shortening their lives by the
use of morphine.
Most of the broad-brimmed imported
hats are provided with long ribbon ot
gauze streamers.
Mme. Wilson, the daughter of ex*
President Grevy of I ranee, is coming to
New York to live.
At the last meeting of the Royal
Botanic Society in England three ladies
were elected members.
The white cloth skirts, now so fash¬
ionable, make women look as if they
had come outdoors in a hurry.
Silk gloves exquisitely embroidered on
the back are new and a very comfortable
and beautiful substitute for kid.
A Ladies’ Bicycle Club has been formed
in Washington, with thirty active mem¬
bers, largely artists and musicians.
The woman of fashion who intends to
keep up with the procession will have a
fan to match each and every dress.
Black lace scarfs passed about the
throat and reaching almost to the hem
of the dress are extremely fashionable.
The Marie Antoinette fichu is being
revived, to wear with high or low cor
&flp4s of afternoon and evening dresses.
The Reason.
The city is constantly drawing upon
the country for young blood, strong
muscles and active brains, to recruit the
ranks of earnest, effective workers in the
various channels of human industry. It
is found that boys from the country can
be depended upon, where close, persist¬ good
ent work is required, and there is a
icasou for it The average country boys
are brought up under conditions that af¬
ford a good appreciation of the value of
persistent work. A good crop cannot be
secured except at the expense of con¬
stant, unremitting toil. From the ear¬
liest streak of dawn to the last my of the
setting sun, there is something drudgery. that Much can
be done. It is not all
of it is pleasant labor, but it is work that
must be done, and done thoroughly at
the right time, or it will not be made a
success. Habit frequently makes a man.
Miss Frances Willinrd’s suggestion for
all Prohibitionists to wear the white rose
in the campaign, caused a Hudson, Mass.,
military company to adopt the name
‘•White Rose Guard.” Their colors are
the stars and stripes, and a white flag
wiih the red cross of the Crus.;de and
the motto, “For Gcd and Home and Na¬
tive Land.”
From tbo Ex-President of t.l»e New'York
State ISennte.
State of New York, Senate March Chamber, I f
Alabny, 11, utfiO.
I have used Allcock’s Porous Plasters in
my family for the past five years, and can
truthfully say they are a valuable remedy and
effect great cures. I would not be without
them. I have in several insta .ces given -omo
to friends suffering wi: h we (k and lam backs,
and they have invari ibly afforded certain and
speedy relief. They cannot be 1 00 highly com*
mended. Edmund L. Pitts.
The farmer who belittles his calling belit¬
tles himself, if such a thing is possible.
Are You Sick and Dlacournjffd ?
If so you are the case we-want the address of.
We charge you nothing for a trial bottle. We
cure nine cases out of ten of chronic constipa¬
tion, diseases of the urinary organs, liver and
kidney troubles, malaria and all brain and
nerve troubles. Agents wanted in every town
The postage on one bottle is 25 cts. We leave
it with you to send it or not. We shall cure
you if you will give it a trial. It contains no
poison. Address the Hart Medicine Co., union*
ville, Ct.
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And now it is said, Jay Gould is laid up with
a cancer.
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A H Oman’s Confession.
**Do you know, Mary, I once actually con¬
templated suicide?” “Y 0 u horrify me, Mrs.
B. Tell me about it.” “ ►—> was suffering myself from tha
chronic we kness. I believed
most unhappy woman in the world. I looked
ten years older than 1 really was. and I felt it
twenty. Life seemed to nave experienced nothing in all
worth living for.” "I have
those svmptoms mys-lf. Well?” “Well, I
was saved at the eleventh hour from the com¬
mission A friend of advised a deed whic me :h i sh “ dder fo think^of.
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