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About Crawfordville advocate. (Crawfordville, Ga.) 189?-1??? | View Entire Issue (April 19, 1895)
Bussift proposes to encourage cotton¬ growing by loans and subsidies to the growers. Negotiations arc in progress to be¬ gin the astronomical day, liko the business day, at midnight instead of at nooD. Tourists to Jerusalem annually in¬ crease in number. Next to Russia tho United States sends tne greatest num¬ ber of visitors to tho Holy Land. Tho Chicago Record uvors that mat¬ rimonial statistics prove that the mas eulino girl’s wedding usually comes long after all her friends are niarriod. The Sac and Fox Indians aro said to be the purest-blooded red men in the country. They neither marry in or give in marriage outside their own tribe. The Texan Legislature has, by rose Intion, invited cotton manufacturers in the North to removo lo Texas arid got the trade of Mexico and Mouth America. Edward Atkinson says that tho time will some whon tho fiber in the cotton stalk will be utilized, and there aro important elements for tanning and dyeing in tlio root. Franco is abont to approach Italy with a view to arranging a commer¬ cial troaty, and thus ending the Ion period of commercial hostility, which has inflicted heavy losses on both countries. Tho Livo Htook Report, of Ohioago, says that every indication points to ft decrease in moat supply, which if likely to bo general in all branches, and that (ho market is now in healthy shape Rnd brighter for the producer than for several years. Tho New York Independent says: “We have quite overlooked, many oi us, the extensive and valuable forest! of tho South. We aro already getting lumber from neross our Northern border. Would it not Do well to make larger use of our timbor resources iu the Month?" Gladstone computes that tho habit iia] speakers of the English langnago have increased from 15,000,000 to 104, 000,000 during tho last 100 years, and that they will number 120,000,000 by the end of the yoar 1900. At that rate of increase, which is seven-fold each century, suoh speakers will in¬ clude not less than 840,000,000 by tho yyl of the year 2000. Modem proem*™* of preserving meat by freezing it were uu a. cioak > hy nature in her process of preserving the gMunmtb* or groat woolly ole U the far North. After the of these animals has been' still .» can for bo eaten. thousand^ a(loBt , of jj, T.Vl . reported to that scientist mammoth flesh thus prosorvod \ tastes a good deal liko leather. Tho story is told of old President Humphrey that he got a bequest all unknown to himself for Amherst Col¬ lege, made by a woman, a stranger to him, to whom lie had given up his scat iu a stage coach. The story is nearly matched by tho bequest of $13, 000 given to Dr. T»Image's wife by n woman to whom .Mrs, Tabnago had shown personal attention by visiting her when sue was siok in a hospital. A very serious fall has taken place fn the price of horses iu Paris; alao iu various French town*, says the Phila¬ delphia Record, This is said to be mainly due to the extraordinary in¬ crease in the number of bicycles and tricycles, the production being during last year excessive—namely, ovor 100, 0(H) more than in the year prior. The complaint is bitter on the part of horsedcalers, who say the bicycle is taking their bread away; but they must, like tho rest of aociety, suffer for the benefit of the million. The New York Sun remarks: Form¬ erly men lived in palaces and eon ducted their business in the plainest of buildings. The many big white edifices recently erected iu this city indicate a change in this retpeet. The semi-public corporation lead the wsy Hi a movement which must improve public taste. Some of these structures show a completeness in detail, a breadth iu total eflect which recall the profusion of the Italian Renaissence. Then the tendency was to seek the beautiful in the surroundings of pub¬ lic worship, in places of trade and in the famishing of the home. In Lambeth, says the London Tele¬ graph, a milk vendor displayed a tin plate, setting forth that all the milk seld from “this establishment” ■ aa ____ guaranteed pure as delivered at the dairy farm. Au inspector purchased a pint for analysis, aud informed the milkman of its destination. “All right,” said the vendor, “there’s its certificate of birth, an l he tapped the tin plate with a milk can compla oently. “Perhaps certificate' I may be able to send yon its of soon,” answered the inspector, which be did in the form of a summons, which subsequently was transformed into a fine of $25 for adding fifteen per cent, *f water. Song 3, Strike mt ft note of sweet degrees-* Of sweet degress— T.ike those in Jewry hearts of old; My love, if thou wouldst wholly please, Hold in thy hand a harp of gold, And touch the strings with fingers light, And yet with strength as David might— As David might. Lingo. . ( long In songs of love in songs of love— No serenades nor wan bin airs Hho deeper soul of music mo vet Only a solemn measure bears With rapture thftt shall never eanso My spirit to the gates of peace— The gates of peac‘\ Bo fed 1 whon Francesca rings— Francesca sings— My thoughts mount upward; I am dead To every sense of vulgar thing-., And on ccloitial hlgliwayrt tread With prophets of lhe olden time— Those minstrel kings, the men Hutdimo— The men sublime. —T. W. Parsons. TI1E REUNION. v —i rH IIE pleasant into stage (he village July rattled day one and drew up at the store. The /] G. A It. man, the only passenger, •limbed out of tho lumbering Vehicle, dragging after him h i s nondescript, traveling bag. He limped up the stops in the wake of tho driver, who was helping the storekeeper with the mail pouch, and once on tho porch stopped and nodded a gruff greeting at the three men who were seated on the beuch kicking their heels together — tho Chronic Loafer, tho Bchool Teacher and the Miller. The trio gazed at the new arrival solemnly; at his broad brimmed black slouch hat, which, though drawn down over his left tem plo, did riot hide tho end of a band of courtplaster ; at his blue coat, two of its brass buttons missing; at bis trou¬ sers, soveral rents in which had been clumsily sewed together. “From your appearance ono would judge that yon had eomo home from a battle instead of a reunion at Gettys¬ burg,” the School Teacher remarked. “He’d nover come out of no battle lookin’ like thet," the Chronic Loafer crlsJ. “I’ve corao homo ’foro my ’scursion tioket expiied,” said tlioG. A. K. man, removing his hat and disclosing tho groat patch of plaster that adorned bis forehead. “Gettoospurg was a sight, hotter fer nio yesterday ’an in ’(53. But I’vo got to the cud of my story.” “So thot eamo old yarn you’ve bon tcllm’ at every camp tiro Bunco tho war is finished at last. That’s a blessin’.” Tho veteran seated himself Comfort¬ ably upon his upturned satchel ami began; I “For tho benyfitof tho Teacher, who ain’t never seen at our camp fires, I’ll repeat my experience at tho pottle of Gotteospurg, and then tell yer all ’bout my seoond fight there. I served ftg » corporal iu the 195th Penusylvany c Volunteers, * an’ was honorably dis¬ i ’ ” M " v&e Off- o vontuf***. “Thol ain’t so. I got the tnalary several other complaints that I got d own forkin' ou tboAiwUr—* stoSUy. 1 '' btnd>‘ ,i -’ But thet ain’t hero nor there. Our rotchmeut was alius known as tho Bloody Ponnsylvany lletchment, fer we’d boon in tho front in every fight iu tho Wilternesa and hod some very desperate ougugomonts. Whenever there was any ohurtohin’ to be done, wo done et; cl there was a fylorn hope wy was in et; if they was a breastwork to bo took, wo took it; an’ by Hie end of two years seek fight-in* wo was pretty bad out up. When wo come ter the light nt Get tcespnrg et was decided as they wasn’t many of us left we’d better be put to guardin’ a kinder work baggage didn’t wagons. need many Thet men, was J but took fighters in oaset the euomy I give the boys in front a slip and sneaked iu on our rear. "The trains, with several brigades, among which our retchment, was a , couple of miles behind Cemotary Hill dnrlng tho first day's fighting; but ou tho second day wo w as ordered back hard about twenty-five miles. Et was pretty ter have ter bo driviu’ off inter the country watching a lot of mules when the boys was hovin’ et hot bang ing awny nt tbo enoiny, but there was orders, and a soldier alius hes ter obey orders. “Tho fightin’ begin early on tho sec¬ ond day an* we could hear tho roar of I the guns an’ see the smoke risin" in oloulds an’then settlin’down over tin country. We got our wagons going au’ 1 tell yer wo felt pretty blue, fer tho wounded and the stragglers begin ter come hobblin' back bringin’ bad ! news. being Tlioy all would tell along how the the boys Em- | was cut up luettsburg road aud how we’d better ' they’d move fast, hobble fer we was losiu’, Then au’ then be¬ j away agin. sides the trouble with the mules and wagons and the wounded, we had to be continual watehin’ for them Confed’rit cavalry we was expectin’ ter pounce 1 down on us. Evenin’.come an' we lay j to an' prepared for the night. The fires was started and the coffee set ■ boilin’, an' the fellers had acliaucet io j set down aud rest for a while. “Tho wounded and the stragglers thftt jest filled the country were com- ' in' m all the time, sometimes alone, sometimes in twos and threes, some | with their arms their tied heads up in bandaged, all sorts of j i queer ways, or hobblin’ on sticks, about tbo inisera blest lookin’ set of men I ever seen ■ The noise of the fight had stopped, n:i the whole country was quiet, as though nothin’ had l>e'n happenin’. The quiet and the dark and the fear WO WHS in’ ter meet the enemy at any moment made et mighty unpleasant, and whst with the stories them wounded feliys fiV? 10 o clock w ,% I didn went ’* ^s‘very out on tne easy. picket At lino an* aeeiued 1 hadn't been there more than an hour when I made out • Jark figure of a man cornin’ through ‘ h « fieldsvery alowlike. Me an’the feliys w ith me watched sharp. Mud ten he stopped and sank down in a heap', Then he picked him-elf up aud came staggerin’ on. He couldn’t hex? ben more ’an fifty* yards away when threw up ’ ti !■» uantii ’ tnd pitched for’a’d on hi* face. Me as ’nether teller run ont an’ picked him up an’ carried him inter the fire. But et wasn’t no use | he was dead. “There was A bullet wonnd in his ahoUlder and his clothes was soaked with blood tliet bod ben drippin’, drippin' as he walked tell hd fell the last time. found 1 opened his coat and in his pocket a letter, stamped and di¬ rected apparent to his wife—thet wai all to tell who ho was. Sd I wen! back to tho line thinkin’ no more of et an’ never noticin’ thet thet man’* coat ’nd ’a’ fit two of him. "Mornin’ come, and the firin’ begii; over toward Gettecspurg, an’ we could »eo the smoke risin’ agin an’ hear th« big guns roarin’ tell tho ground be¬ neath our feet seemed to stving up an 1 down, I tell you uns thet was a grand sight; We Wits awful excitod, fir et seemed like the first, two days bed gone ag’in us, an’ rnoro stragglers an’ the woundod come limpin’ back moro an’ more, all with bad news. “I was gittin’ nervous, an’ thinkin' an’ thinkin’ an' wishin’ I was where tho bin was. Then I concided maybe I wasn’t so bad off, fer I might a be’n killed, like tho poor felly I seen the night before. I remembered the let¬ ter an’ got et out. I didn’t ’tend ter open et, but final I thot et wouldn’t be safe ter go mailin’ letters without knowin’ jest what was in ’em, so I read et. Et was wroto on a piece of wrap pin’ paper with a pencil, an’ in an awful bad hand-write. But when I got through it I sot plumb down nn’ cried like n cbil’. “Et wiib from John Parker to his wife Mary,livin’ out in Western Ponn sylvany. Ho begins bo mentionin’ how lie was on tho evo of A big fight, an’ ’tended ter do his duty, even if et come to failin’ at his post. Et was hard, he sayd, but bo know’d she’d rutlier hov no husban’ ’on a coward. Ho waft alius thinkin’ of her ’an the baby he’d never seen, but felt Hftt’sfac tion in knowin’ they was well fixod. “Et wits sorrcrful, ha continyefd, tliet she was liko ter be a widdy so young, an’ ho wasn’t goin’ ter bo mean about et. Ho idlers know’d, ho sayd, how she’d hod a hankerin’ after young Milas Quincy ’foro she tuk him. If ho foil ho tho’t sho’d bet¬ ter merry Milas, wlieu she’d recovered from tho ’foots of his goin’. Ho ended up with a lot of Inst goodbys^and talk about duty to bis country. “I sot right down an’ wroto thot poor woman a few lines, tollin' hor how 1 found the letter in hor dead liusb mil's pocket. I was goin’ter quit there, but decided et would bo nieo to adil somethin' consolin’ fer the poor thing, so I told how wo found him on the field of battle, faoo to the enemy, an’ how his last words was for her an’ tho baby. Thet day wo won tho light, an' tho very first chance I mailed Mrs. Parker hor husbaud’B let¬ ter. Et scorned ’bout tho plum blamedest saddest thing I ever bod tor do with.” “I’ve alius lie’ll cnr’ous ’bout thot widdy, too,” tho Chronic Loafer re¬ marked. Tho Hohool Teacher cleared his throat and began: Now night her course began, anil over heaven Inducing darkness, odious grateful dlu truce'imposed, of And silence on tlio war; Under her cloud—• “Don't begin no po’try jest yit, •oher," said the v teran. “WaY ua no more of Widdy Parker tell last night, an then et eomo most _ sudden. Our retchment hod a rcuu j ou this year onjtho field, you know. an'last Monday 1 \vcnt"T»abk to Get toospurg for tho first timo seuce I was honorable discharged, there-what’s left * ‘The boys was all „f ’em— au’ wo jest had a splendid time visitin’ tho monymeuts an’ talk in, over tho days back in '03. There ivas my old toutmatos. Mam .Tamos ou ono leg, an’ Jim Luclioubach, who was near tuck down before Petersburg bo the yoller janders. Thero was the Oolonol, growed old an’ near blind, an’ our Captain, an’ a hundred odd others. “Last night wo was a lot of us sot tin' in tho hotel tailin’ stories. Et eomo my t,,iru an’ 1 told about tho dead soldier’s letter. They was a big f„Hy j u n uniform leaning agin tho bar watoliin’ns quiet like, an’who i I begin be pricked up iiis ears a little, an’ as I got furder an’ furder ho bo g i n ter get more un’ moro 'interested, i noticed. l!y an* by I seen him be eoraiii’ rod au’ oueusv, au’ final, whon i finished, ho walks’ era ist tlio room tor whora wo was au’ stands there starin’ at me, never sayiu' nothin’, “A minute passed au’ then I sais: ‘Well, comrade, what’s you unsstariu’ so for.’ " “Sais he: ‘Thet letter was fer Mary Parker. “ ‘True,’ saisT, surprised. “Then ho shakes his fist an’ yells: ‘You fool, I’ve tended ’most every re nuioc here seuce tho war hopin' ter meet the mail that seut thet letter au’ wrote tliet foolishness ’bout tindm’ my dead body. Au’ after twenty-five years I’ve fonn’ you.’ the llleys “He pulls off his coat an’ jumps up. I, half skeered ter death, yells: ‘But you ain’t the dead man!’ “ ’Hoad !' ho yells, ‘never bo’n near et. Nor did I ever ’tend ter bev every blame fool iu tho army mailin' my letters nut her. Never be’n dead, Because you finds a man with my coat on, thet ain't no reason he’s mo. I u as gittin’ to the rear with orders as livelv if. a cricket aud throwedoff thet coat because el vriis warm runniu’.’ “When I seen what I’d done 1 jumps for’a’d, grabbed his arm l was so ex cited, an' yells: ‘An did she marry Silas Quincy?' she didn’t,* “ *Et wasn’t your fault he said deliberate like, rollin’ up his sleeves. ‘Fer l got home two days after thet letter an’ stopped tha wed din' party on their way to church.”' “SightsI” cried the Chronic Loaf or. —New York Sun. Rubber Roots tor Pet D vr Acre the water they sell india roll¬ er boots for pet dogs to wear while taking their daily run iu muddy weather. They lace up the side and pronounced neat and useful. . are very As their price is $2 the set, they arc easily within the reach of those whe ou occasion pay 3200 for the dog that will went them It will strike the person a is not an intense admirer of toy dogs thai the world could hav got along very well without this addition to ihetr iiu pediment*, but since ,>gs stay tbav might as t- ell « dr r gr -Kew York V l A\] t IU_ a ' ir/£j WE L> ► s ^ r • 1 I ijfliss w / ¥ culture or a dmAPEvrNE. A grapevine must fruit,! bfe pruned closely to get tho most To prune it, proceed thus: Cut 'off all but one main stem, leave { ree branches on each side of thlfl ( ana/prune the shoots from this close id tiije side branches; leaving two buds made/ only. Train the vino to a trellis of three posts, with wires to tie Hi,; side shoots to. These may be left five or six feet long.—New York Ti me». FARM MB RARIES. The best speech before the great public meeting of tt e New York Btnte Grange was by Siste -/add, of Canton. Mho contended that- .t tho farm there is just as much rooni for culture, re¬ The finement farm and offers experience 1 the as best anywhere. places one for the keeping of r ibrary and for the foundation oi enlargement of such Mrs. Judd sug ; ested the plan of setting aside the redl'ipts f'he from ono of the best acres of farm to buy books. If such a i an is impracti¬ cable, bny $10 w (ft: b of books each year. Men who l ive not handled books from infancy 1 - -e afraid of them, and tho habit unless is taught seldom w| ;ile squired young in to read, later booj f life. A good , an investment returning u high o of interest.— American AgriculfiHfisi. JAM of (horses. The steady inte#st m everything pertaining to theY better care and treatment of horses*was plainly mani¬ fested by tho larg<5 Jm gathering which collected recently thife Boston to hear au address on subject from a member of tlie Maiilichnsetts Humane Bociety. Tho iiud»<ineo, which was composed listened chiefly of horso owners and drivers, spoaluir attentively to the re¬ marks of the I and applauded frequently. The chief point j raado wero that kind treatment of tile horso was money in tho owner’s poop t-, and interest und laid sympathy foundation for Jhe dumb higher animal and a r a nobler civilization. Moro horses were made unfit for nse by being improp¬ erly shod than by anything else that limy happen to them. Carelessness in putting frosty bits hi horses’ mouths is another means of injury. No horse is a good horso vIoKncO;— wlioso disposition is broken by Now York World. CLEANLINESS IN THf POULTRI YARD. Again and again it must be insisted on that poultry neijds clean quarters. Every onco iu a while we‘hear of some dealer, usually everythin!’, a bej .inner who is quite sure of losing a great many fowls. On' mn, writing lately in a Pacific Ooa. apor, says ho lost several hundred hy not taking Havi t smelling houses MpMKj* in* water should be 1 i such foot, that they and should cannot b? ttpuch it with day, morning and njoon. g changed twico This is own practico, and might add that I have found commo water-pails tho best thing to m| e Also, I bate . swab, made out of oloth tied on the end of a broom bat idle, with which sweep out tho pails i) ac h timo I reliil them. As to cleaning <>u t tho housos, per¬ haps tho best rule ii this: do so tho hour your nostrils are in tho least offended when you e ntcr them. This means about onco in tivo days, with me. it Do does not not try to cloc| Y 0 r sick poultry ; pay. our timo can be more profitable cm ployed in taking better care of thej, wo n creatures. Roup, perhaps the worst of all the discuses hens are heii to, can be cured ; but my experience s that my time is day, far too valuable to what to is Jjive ton ininues a even, at bast a trouble¬ some business.—Newt York Independ¬ ent. MANAGING TH t HOTBED. To make the botbt ■d, select a warm location, excavate six teet wide, sired twenty-four length. inches Set st ijeep aud tho de¬ akes at each half board length and encllose tightly. The north side should bo twelve to eight ecu inches above the surface of ‘"the surrounding ground the south 6ide six inches. A layer >f partially fer mented horse manure ami half its bulk of dry leaves should >o packed tight, filling tho bed two- birds full. Put on the sashes, allow \ o ferment, tread it down and put in ah out six inches of soil. After tho glass is on, let it stand two or throe days, l’l it in a therinom eter. If tho heat' of the bed rises above eighty degree); do aot sow till it goes down. More [seeds are lost by the first heat of the Wl than in any other I would way. not advise 4 j farmer in this latitude to sow befooe the middle of March. Lettuce and radishes will be tho main crop. Sow „ little soace * in - - ^ L tomatoes, per l,,! -S 0 r t v nr LTt [■ S °f ^ j ' house. I/O not sow a iuoiiffreL some- j thing your grandmother handed down, Sow early scarlet radishes. Extra Early Jersey Wakefield cabbage, ! Dwarf Champion tomatoes, and Ruby j I King peppers. Radishes should be sown in rows six inehes apart. Lettuce < the same, but broadcast th other seeds. As fast as vdu sow firm the soil getting bv laving a broad plank ou it and J ! ou top of the plank, Make the bed very smooth aa-d even. Now take your prepared soil and cover the seeds one-half inch. I sift it on. Cover the boil with old carpets or papers and put the glass on. Do not j let that soil see the sun for two <Juy then remove the carpets, Do not let : the therm imeter get over seventy five degrees under the carpet. Keep the -oil moist all the time, never muddy. Keep the temperature near seventy five degrees in the day and near fifty five degrees at night. Cold currents injure warm plants as well as warm s ice. The more air they get the bet .w. Air th@m t-verv dan tf only for a few minutes. Close the hotbeds early i in the evening.—New T’nr.ion.i England Homestead. BREEDING ET rLANTS. There seems to bo two processes going on all the time in the animal and vegetable world: The careful are always improving nature ; the careless are always letting the improved things retrograde, writes A. D. Field. When things are suffered to take this course, it is said that they have “runout.’' It is somewhat difficult to keep things up to the standard, but it can be done, Mr. Doolittle took the common wild raspberry, and by selection and culture bred up one of the most profit able raspberries wo Lave bad. But now the Doolittle is out of date. Tho Wilson strawberry has had the same history, and the Crescent is now likely to go the same way. It has been said that the introduction of tho Early Rose potato has been worth millions to the United States; but in our part of the country the Rose has nearly run out, and so far we have had noth ing to take its place. Whence does thi3 degeneration find. come? Tho answer is easy to In the case of the Doolittle, people planted them, and when these went to brush thickets they took tho worth¬ less tips to plant other rows. So with the Wilson and Crescent strawberries. People have been in tho habit of tak¬ ing puny runners from old foot-trod¬ den beds, until the varieties have dwindled away. Just now, in tbesa parts, tho Gregg is the popular rasp¬ berry. There are plantations of an acre or so planted for the fruit. In the spring tho owners offer tips for sale. These tips have rooted them¬ selves late in tho fall, and aro about ns large as a dog’s foot, The result is that tho Grogg is becoming worthless. I had occasion to take up sorno Gregg tips in clods to fill a few vacancies. They would fill a peck measure. These will niako plants that will improve the variety rather than run it out. But a fact or two to illustrate tho above assertions. Olio of the best strawberry growers for many years in Wisconsin planted only tlio Wilson, from which ho gathered 300 bushels por acre. Besides a proper prepara¬ tion and fertilizing of the soil, ho al¬ ways kept a rich bed of young plants froin which to get plants to renew his plantings. Peoplo have planted the small and worthless Early Rose pota¬ toes and grown them on worthless soil among weeds until the variety has run ont. Tho troo pedlers of the West buy up thousands of cheap strawberry plants dug from between tho rows of old beds and deliver these to cus tomers. I havo boon growing small fruit for twenty years, and bave found that thero is no need to let plant;; run mo^truo out. aid up to methods make tho land as rich as pos¬ sible, and set out plants, both of strawberries and raspberries, from new beds. During summer these rows have tho best of cultivation. In tho spring tho plants are so largo aud thrifty that they astonish persons who have been accustomed only to plants from old beds. Instead ot' taking late-set runners from old strawberry beds, wo dig up tho whole row. Iu this way we get plants that bave grown in mellow soil aud bad all summer in which to make their growth. Tho re¬ sult is that tho plants do not run out, but are, instead, continually being improved.—Rural Now Yorker. FARM AND GARDEN NOTES. Potutoes need a great deal of water, particularly during the development of tho tubers. AH who have no greenhouses may sow sood in-boxes iu a sunny wiudow, or make a frame au l keep it iu a sunny place. Keep it sheltered dar¬ ing the cold by a covering oi cloth aud boards. The crabapple is not only a beauti¬ ful tree whon in blossom, but its fruit is superior to all others for pro¬ ducing jollies and preserves. It is very hardy and bears a crop when other vijrieties fail. The farmer’s garden is generally tco small, necessitating too much hand work which never gets .lone. It is planted too close in order to econo mizo space. 11 should spread out and 6' V0 h°rse room, Professor Roberts estimates that the value of tho miuure produced on a small farm carrying four horses, twenty cows, fifty sheep an l tan pigs during tho seven winter mouths amounts to about $259. Seouriug fleeces is gaining favor with Western growers. They find can’t sell soil for wool aud aro getting tired of paying high freights f or dirt tint can Vie left nt homo. It is«,„ r o to come with free wool, i* precautions * in introducing v they f£ ^ eep are lnt expected ° 4, “T groundings, to remain and where mul- 6ho bj cou ff dored at this time; a time when the sheep business « being reconstructs 1 aud adjured to . confronting * .. X \ ‘‘ •' Grafting one kind of grape ou aa othor klu ' 1 mst with success iu m,lT1 Y 1:1 t1je Bating of the Delaware oa the Ives seedling the Delawares produce crops where they before failed, a:i 1 excellent success ' rosnite 1 iu grafting the t’oo “ :ss a so cord on ihe lves - Sheep that are not wei! fed through th ter will uot be of much satis fa* to their owner ia lambing tin ilO y >r every dollar that is saved by crimping the sheep now you will two ia the spring. That is au ia that the business of agriculture cannot afford to pay. The Wealthy apple is a seedling rota a crab, aa 1 it possesses tue bard iness of its parent. It originated in Minn eta, and is remarkably adapted to ec climates, as in the Northwest, rapidlv » rowi in popularity >T 1 kino for HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS. CREAKING DOOBS. tf the doors are of heavy, old-fash¬ ioned make, the hinges should be looked to now and then, as the weight of the door often loosens the screws, and the whole thing is thrown off the balance, in which case, tightening the screws will set it fight unless worn very loose, then it may be advisable to insert longer screws, which will pene¬ trate deeper into the woodwork. Locks want an occasional inspection and a q{ Qi] If the door has shrunk Qnd n0 i onger fits tightly into tho frame, a piece of baize or list nailed round the framework renders it quite tight and prevents draughts in winter time.—New York Dispatch. - THAT TROUBLESOME MEHINGUE. The secret Of making the meringue for lemon pies so that it stands tall 1 and thick is in the baking. Whip the whites of the eggs to a froth that will no t fall out of the bowl when turned upside down ; put in about a table spoonful of granulated sugar for each white, stir very little, spread it on the ^ 1 pj when they just done and still cs are baking hot Without taking them out j 0 f the oven, and let them bake with j the brown, oven open. the meringue If made hot will enough surely j to become fall and worse than nothing, i<'j ve to ten minutes is enough to bake the meringuo dry and straw-colored, Sift granulated sugar on the top of the meringue as soon as spread on the pi e befoie I baking.—Philadelphia Times. Brown paper in the kitchen. It is a very common practice foi cooks to use brown paper ns an ab¬ sorbent for superfluous fat on crullers, fritters, croquettes and tho like, aud this custom has grown to be general without any consideration of some of the possibilities that attend it. An export in the manufacture of paper, upon seeing some of the corn mon brown, unglaZod stuff used for this purpose, delivered a lecture that his hearers aro not likely ever to for¬ get. Ho showed them tho serious danger by detailing some of the sources of supply and giving the par¬ ticulars of some of the processes of manufacture. The paper stock is gathered from every refuse heap and roadside, any¬ where and every where, without regard to its previous uses or its immediate condition. The material is put into tanks and goes through a sort of wash¬ ing that removes the grosser impuri ties. At no stage of its preparation is it any way disiufoctod or made fit to use. “Asa matter of faet,” ho said, “the practice of wrapping meats in paper of this sort is attended with the great¬ est risk. There is no telling whether a piece of paper used in this way may havo been thrown from a siok room or employed for purposes that would render it utterly unfit for contact with articles of food. ” Regardless of this, freshly cut moats, full of moistucf* „are wrapped’ in it, „na n is hot an iiShsual thing for some) one to ren-ark that he can taste thjB paper afte> the steak has been cooked^ There o lg ht to be a very gathering strict sanl ltary law Jointing the waste and materials for Every scrap of this staple should through a degree of heat su^imjt kill all known disease germs. fliL not impossible or even difficult. might entail some expense to the nfaeturor, but this ia a small compared with the results to ity. Above all things, brown paper an absorbent of hot fat is not only wise from a hygienic point Old of but positively disgusting. is a thousand times more desirable such purposes, and, in addition, advantages on the score of economy, A woman who has for years used of linen iu this way, says that she made all of her hard toilet soap by dropping tho cloths into clear, potash water. This cuts the from the linen, and the liquid boiled, then put in an earthen vessel until enough of it has accumulated; then it is boiled down, and the is a soap that is smooth, strictly gienio and more agreeable than anything that can be purchased. is better to eat fat galore than to the system with germs of tho horrible diseases simply because is a fad for utilizing brown paper cn absorbent. —New York Ledger. ORANGE DESSERTS, The-eimplest and most common way of serving oranges is to peel, slice and sprinkle sugar between the layers. Whipped cream is an excellent addi¬ tion to this form of preparing them. Other delicious desserts are as follows: Orange Pudding—Soak a cap of bread crumbs in a quart of rieh.sweet milk. Beat three eggs until very light, add a cup of sugar, a small lump of butter, the juice and grated rind of two oranges. Add this to the soaked bread crumbs. Turn into a buttered pudding dish and bake in a hot oven. Orange Short-Cake—Pare and slice five or six oranges, removing all seeds and bits of white pitb, sprinkle a chp or more of sugar over them and let stand while making the crust. This may bs of any rich biscuit dough, using sour cream and saieratns, or sweet milk, lard and baking powder, as one prefers. Bake on buttered plates, with soft butter spread between the two layers. Bake quickly, separ¬ ate and spread thick with the orange both between and ou top. It liked a cup of whipped cream may be spread over the top. Orange Pie—Grated rind and juice of two oranges, four beaten eggs, four tablcspoonfuls of sugar, one of butter and one pint of milk. Bake with one crust, spread a meringue over the top. A good filling for layer cake is make of the juice and grated rind of two oranges, two tablcspoonfuls of cold water and two cups of sugar. Set in a pot of boiling water and when scald¬ ing hot stir in the yolks of two beaten eggs, aud just before removing from the fire stir the white of one egg slightly beaten. When cold spread between the layers of cake.—Amer¬ ican Agriculturist. The largest price paid in Englan during 1894 for a work of art at auction sale was 357,759. This sun; iwn by Mr. Charles J. Men x for Reynold • * Lady Bstty *i»e. SELECT SIFTINCM. England supports 200 daily papers.'. New Haven, Mo., has a cob pipe: factory. first light- Sydney, in Australia, was ed by gas in 1841. P.oman women at one time used to. shave and grow beards. The Union Arch of the Washington Aqueduct is 220 feet long. ‘ The longest lived birds are crows, eagles, ravens and swans, all of which are believed to live more than 10ft years. session j The longest continuous om record in the Senate of the United States was something over thirty hours. George Frost, ol Porterville, Cal.,, sold off six acres of land sixteen tens. of dried prunes last fall, the price be¬ ing S1500. The first Bible printed in the point • alphabet for the blind has just been issued in Louisville, Ky. It contains, 1839 pages. Siamese will never allow an, odd. number of windows or doors to- a house, on the ground that odd nirair hers are unlucky. Under Charlemagne’s laws an eye was put out for the first tneft, the nose* was cut off for the second and the en tire head for the third. John Fox, of Zeeland, Micb., is to tally blind, but makes a business of repairing sewing machines, and can thread a needle quicker than quick. 1 The longest story ever told was tho “Arabian Nights Entertainment,” which has been the despair of story tellers for nearly three thousand yemrt. The longest fortification in tho world is the Great Wall of China,, which is 1250 miles in length, twenty' feet high and twenty foet at its base. The Mexicans eat salt with their oranges, both because they prefer tke fruit so seasoned and because it ia. considered more wholesome with salt."' In a New-York City public school are’two hand-rails along the stairs, one in the usual place on the top of the balustrade, and tho other at about half the height of the balusters; a handrail for tho little children as well as for children of larger growth. Arrangements have been made for a, telephone oxohange, the installation of electric light and the construction of water works at Buluwayo, South Africa. Cecil Rhodes, the colonial Napoleon, is erecting a magnificent residence on the site of LoL'ong.ula ® old palace. A Double Runaway. The elopement of Noble Stroud and Mollie T. Yager to Jeffersonville was attended with a sensational occur rence. The horse attached to the buggy iu which they were fleeing front the young woman’s borne in Jefferson, County, several miles back of Louis ville, ran away and the couple haa a na escape from being killed. Mr. Stroud had been forbidden by the parents of Miss Yager to pay his attentions. It was arranged to elope on Thursday rd-i*'- and at a late hour MttOttd l-i-ftclied up his horse ado-cRued 1 his sweetheart. Preliminaries had 313 H , n agreed upon and Miss Yager was in waiting. It was 11 o’clock when the runaways started. Mr. Stroud did not jog along. No time was to be i os t, for pursuit was feared. Being u-Si.V.w»w-T:dC- the road Stroud gave hia steed theorem. N i Finally the horse .got beyond.-***' aUviuto: control. Miss Yager became and leaped out of the buggy. As tha horse continued to increase [his speed Stroud decided that the best thing to do was to follow the action of Misa Yager. He climbed over the buggy top and dropped on the ground. Ho rolled over and over, but was not badly hurt. Hastening back he found his sweetheart running toward him. She had escaped with a few scratches.' Notwithstanding they wero several miles from the city they proceeded ou foot. They came across the wrecked bug* gy and found the horse near by.' The animal was taken to a stable, and the couple continued on their way to the Fifty-first street ferry-dock, of Upon reachingJilagistrate Hause’s fice ho was found asleep, but he quickly arranged his toilet, and they were man and wife befora 8 o’clock.— Louisville Courier-Journal, India Rubber is Scarce. i Ono of tho penalties that have to bo paid for the introduction of tha pneumatic india tire is the threatened scar¬ city of rubber that is said to ba likely before long to cause a great deal of inconvenience to the tire man¬ ufacturers. No doubt the consump¬ tion of india rubber has increased enormously during the past three or four years, and the material is sure to come into still more extended nse with the application of pneumatic tires to road vehicles. But thero seems really to be little fear that the supply of india rubber will ever fall short of the demand. In the first place tho india rubber growers are beginning to economize the plant which hitherto has been treated in so wasteful a man¬ ner that a very large percentage of the material has been lost. Now French capitalists are making at¬ tempts to create an india lubber in¬ dustry in their West African posses¬ sions, where it is possible to produce enough india rubber to supply at least the whole of the home demand, and probably to leave over e larga surplus for the other consuming mark¬ ets. Supposing that this is insufficient there is a possibility of artificial india rubber being put upon the market ia as large quantities as may be required. A German inventor has just taken out i patent in this country for the man¬ ufacture of artificial india rubber by i chemical process that does not seem to be without a certain danger to those producing it, and though it may have qualities very similar to those of the natural rubber it yet remains to oe seen whether it can be employed Tor the making of tires.—American Cyclist. The Russian government has taken entire charge of the sale of intoxica¬ ting liquors in the four eastern prov¬ inces of the empire. To prevent im¬ moderate consumption of drink, a new experiment is being tried, which consists in attracting people away from the pin palaces by organ l.inj} other recreation* and arrms«**w«nti ft r
