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foe farm and garden.
BURNING CLAY AS MAHURE.
It was formerly a common custom In
England to burn clay for use as a ma
nure, and it is still practiced among the
French farmers, who gather refuse
stuff, brushwood and other inflammable
material, pile it in small heaps covered
with earth, and burn it slowly. The
valuable parts of the wood are saved,
the nitrogen being absorbed by tbe soil,
and the whole residue is spread on the
land. No doubt in this country, where
wa4e wood is so abundant, it could be
profitably turned to use in a similar
manner. The burning of the soil makes
the potash and lime in it soluble and
available for plant food .—New York
Times.
THE rUMFKIN PLANT.
It is profitable for us to pause occa
sionally and look at the products of the
field in another light than that of their
food or money value. God made noth
ing common or uninteresting. The de
spised weeds have their uses, and even
the humblest plants are so complex in
structure and functions that the life his
tory of a single one of them is not yet
fully understood. Take the pumpkin
vine, for example, with its wonderful
possibilities (as shown in the Nebraska
“Corn Palace” exhibit last fall, loaded
with hundreds of golden spheres, from
three to seven feet in circumference—or
was it diameter?) Who can help ex
claiming, “How is this thing possible?”
Only the little seed, the brown earth,
the air, the sunshine, and a little brains
to enrich and pulverize the soil. Let
us see what the thoughtful observer
finds in this homely friend. A slight
examination of the flowers of the pump
kin show that they are of two kinds—
pistillate and staminate; tbe former have
three club-shaped almost sessile stigmas;
the latter have five stamens united into
a column an inch and a half in length;
the anthers or pollen-boxes are arranged
around this column and furnish a gen
erous supply of the fertilizing dust.
The flower opens but once, for a few
hours in the morning. The bees, know
ing its bountiful nature, hasten to avail
themselves of its sweets; bumping
around within the yellow dell they soon
become well dusted with pollen; in
their travels from flower to flower they
visit staminate and pistillate alike; the
moist, glutinous surface of the stigmas
in the pistallate flowers retain the grains
of pollen, and thus through the uncon
scious aid of the “busy bee,” and prob
ably other insects, the perpetuation of
the plant becomes possible. The regu
larity of the distribution of the seeds in
the fruit is wonderful when their num
ber is considered. Each seed grows on
on a string of spiral vessels, and each
seed has to be fertilized in the embryo
state by a grain of pollen before it can
grow into a perfect seed. The tendrils
of the vine have a peculiar way of
changing their direction. After some
ten or fifteen turns to the right they stop
and turn to the left; this probably is
done in their effort to find a support.
The vine was evidently a climbing in its
native Asia. The stem of the pumpkin
is full of sap, and a drop under a mag
nifying glass shows some tine crystals.
TREATMENT OF HORSES
Though horses are often injured or
destroyed by being suffered to drink too
much cold water when warm—a mueh
Creator number have been ruined by
giving has grain at improper seasons. It
generally been supposed dangerous
to feed grain to a horse that has just
come into tlie stable—very warm and
sweaty—but what evidence have we that
they have suffered from this cause? Do
hRm fear to eat immediately after quit
ling the scythe or chopping wood?
Horses will not cat much immediately
on stopping after a hard drive. "What
reason then to suppose they have ever
suffered from this cause. It is violent
exercise immediately after eating that
ruins horses and causes distress in all
unimals that are put to it. And every
mau of reflection knows violent excrc’se
immediately after eating causes pain in
his own stomach, yet many will give
horses the most solid food just before
commencing the labors of the day. We
have seen stage drivers who have or
dered meal and water given to their
horses on stopping for a short time to
' cst, and is it surprising that some of
the horses fell dead? On opening
the stomachs of some of these horses
fhe meal was found in hard cakes, undi
gested. Violent exercise probably
prevented the proper action of the gas-
trie juice On the food. Men of sound
understand ing on subjects in general con
duct most foolishly in regard to feeding
their horses while on journeys—to hear
them order grain to be given just before
starting in the morning instead of giv
ing the heartiest portion of their food
at night—when they would have time
to lie down and to be comforted instead
of tormented by the rich repast. This
is done by practical travellers — and
they fancy they have managed adroitly
to get as much as possible of the stable
keeper’s hay and grain into the horse’s
stomach, which reminds me of the
foreigner who would not inform the
landlord that he had found a chicken in
one of the eggs set on the table for his
breakfast, fearing a greater price would
be charged for what he considered an
unusually rich repast.
Men who give their horses no grain,
except on extraordinary occasions, will
administer a dose just before starting
for a days ride. They would not give
it the night preceding, lest its virtues
should all evaporate before morning.
Such practices should be ridiculed if we
cannot reason people out of them. We
have tried feeding in various ways, and
have come to the conclusion that the
best and heartiest food should be given
at night, and this should be very soon
after the horse is put in the stable. He
will then soon eat enough to satisfy his
appetite and will have time to lie down
and rest; his food will serve during the
whole of the next day, and he will need
but little baiting until he stops again at
night.
Farm horse3 that are never driven
rapidly require far less attention than
those that are urged to top of their
speed, and those which are never driven
faster than a walk will live and be use
ful a third longer than those horses used
in coaches. It is fast driving and high
feeding that shortens the days of a
horse’s usefulness .—Horse and Stable.
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.
The really valuable uovelties in toma
toes tested the past season is the dwarf
champion.
A farmer needs a wife as much as a
farm, and one in sympathy with him in
his chosen profession.
Where cows must be driven long dis
tances to and from pasture, see that it is
done gently and leisurely.
A hen should produce at least 12G
eggs per year, and ought to be brought
up to tho standard of about 150 eggs
per year.
See tbat the ventilation of the fowl
house is perfect, If on opening it an
odor can be observed it is au unhealthy
place for fowls.
In the warm days gravel can be gath
ered outside by the wandering fowl3
but it should be supplied to any that are
deprived of tlieir liberty.
Now is the time to make the hens lay.
Eggs bring a good price and if you can
carry your basket well-filled with fresh
eggs to market each week you are a
lucky man.
Hogs give quick returns on au invest
ment of small capital. It is important,
however, that a good sire be used, and
there is the mating, too, which should
be studied.
Too many buy too much land and
have to pay interest and taxes on what
does not produce much. The nearer
you locate to town tho smaller your
farm should be.
Keep sheep and all young stock out
of moist, damp places. It aids to pre
vent foot-rot in the former and to pre
serve the general health of tlie latter.
It is probable the scrub will live as
long as human nature is depraved and
man is perverse. \et every successful
farmer will have done his best to rid
the world of him.
The botanist of the North Carolina
Station expresses the opinion that very
cheap seeds should be always viewed
! with suspicion, They are usually tho
most expensive thing the farmer can
buy.
Very nice granular butter has been
made with a dasher chut n. !\ heie
there’s a will there s a way, and those
who think they cannot afford a re\olv
ing churn, can make granular butter just
the same.
Silage may bo fed profitably whercvei
hay or grass can be. Properly mixed
with grain and hay, silage wi increase
! the quantity and improve the quality of
milk during the winter or during sura
mer draughts and is good for breeding
cows.
SCI3NTIFIC SCRAPS.
“Petragit” is a new German explo
sive from molasses.
The Philadelphia gas syndicate is th«
most powerful in the country.
The decline in the Chinese tea trade
is said to have been due to carelessness
in preparing the leaf.
The application of volatile hydrocar
bons, in lieu of water, for producing
power, is just now attracting consider
able attention.
Belgium is said to be particularly
rich in zinc-bearing veins, carrying cal
amine and blende mixed with sulphides
of iron and lead.
While grappling for shot at Spitlicad,
England, cannon were brought to the
surface which must have been under
water for at least a century.
Vanadium is said to cost $12, 000 per
pound; zirconium, $7900; lithium, the
lightest of the metals, $7700; rhodium,
$2500, and iridium, the heaviest sub
stance known, $1200.
To do away with leaky seams in ships’
boats it is now proposed to strike them
from a die virtually without seam or
rivet except where there are special fit
tings in the bow or stern, the material
being steel.
Modern living seems to favor cancer.
Dr. F. B. Jessett of London affirms that
the mortality from cancer in England
and Wales increased from 4966 in 1850
to 13,542 in 1881, and the death rate
per million inhabitants from 320 to 520.
The large grain powders now used in
the English navy are found to be very
much affected by the close heat of tho
magazines on board the iron clads.
When kept for some time they partially
liquify and become much more explo
sive.
The trouble with most smokeless
powders thus far invented is due to
their delinquescent properties, which
render them useless for a time unless
they are hermetically sealed from the
time of manufacture until the moment
of use.
Pelrargit, the new German explosive
derived from molasses, is said to be
three times as powerful as nitro-glycer
ine. Another German device for help
ing folk out of the world is the carbolic
and shell, which is a glittering and
deadly success.
Eight spots from which carbonic acid
is abundantly exhaled, especially during
storms or low pressure, are described by
Dr. Parkin as existing in tho hamlet of
Niveze, near Spa, in Belgium. The
ground presents no unusual appearance,
except that nothing grows about tbe
outlet*.
During the voyage across the Atlantic,
the engines of tho City of Paris, the
fastest boat in the world, averaged 88
relutions a minute to the twin screws.
They are capable of ninety-two revolu
tions. The coal consumed during tho
voyage averaged 320 tons a day, which
is below the ordinary number of ton3
used. The space taken up in. the ocean
flyers by the machineiy and for coal
renders them of minor value for the
carriage of freight.
Fibres of unequalled fineness, useful
for scientific purposes, says an English
scientific journal, can now be made by
melting rock crystal in an oxy-drogen
jet and drawing it into threads, then
drawing these threads into the finest
fibres by attaching them to the tail of
an arrow, which is shot from a cross
bow. Threads of less than 1-10,000 of
an inch are produced, and they are
stronger than steel. Their ends cannot
be traced with a microscope, and are
certainly lcs3 than a millionth of an
inch in diameter.
The Healthful Eucalyptus Tree.
The cutting down recently of a num
ber of eucalyptus trees in the vicinity of
the White House at Washington recalls
the fact that tho eucalyptus has a dis
tinct sanitary virtue. It has the power
of absorbing moisture, thus affording a
protection against malarial diseases.
Fifteen years ago the Trappist mouks,
^ p 0S?e3ge( j an a bbey near the city of
j^ omC) planted trees of this species, and
j k ave sevcra j hundred acres covered
thcm The malarial fevers, which
were formerly so common there, have
now almost disappeared, and the same
effects have been noted in those parts
of California where the tree has been in
troduced. There are plenty of othe*
sections of the country where its cul
ture might be profitably attempted. —
Philadelphia ltecord.
Not the Necklace.
A young man in New York City
presented his lady love with a necklace,
and soon after took her to a ball, on
which occasion she was ornamented with
his present. After the first dance there
was a commotion in o»e corner of the
room, and the rivals of the girl were tit
tering among themselves and whispering
about her. The young lady looked in the
glass and almost fainted at the sight.
Her beautiful neck was almost black
from the friction of the necklace. She
changed her mind about fainting, reb
turned home with her brother, and sen
the necklace back to her young manwitt
a note saying she did not like his brass"
Mad with rage,the mortified lover rushed
to the man who sold him the bauble, de,
nouucing him as a swindler. The jew
eler tested the necklace in his presence
and proved to him that it was full four
teen karats. About that time a young
physician called to purchase a scflrf pin.
He had overheard part of the story and
asked to hear the balance, as he believed
he could throw some light on the subject.
Pretty soon he laughed outright and
said: “Why, air, the trouble is with
your girl and not the necklace. She has
too mueh sulphur, iron, mercury, salt or
acid in her blood, and as any of these
substan«e3 has an affinity for gold the
explanation is clear. I have patients for
whom mercurial medicines have been
prescribed, and tbe result is that their
fingers upon which rings are worn dis
color at once.— Waierly.
Catfish Are Good Mothers.
Dr. Abbott, of Trenton, N. J., is a
warm admirer of the catfish, not so
much on account of its culinary excel
lence as because the females of the tribe
are good mothers. He bus studied
tlie habits of the fish long and
carefully, and he knows this to be a fact.
He says that on one occasion he captur
ed an entire brood of little catfish in a
hand-net, letting tlieir mother, who
was swimming with them, escape. She
would not leave tlie spot where she had
been bereaved, and when the doctor put
the fry into a glass jar and placed it in
the river where she could see it she
dashed herself furiously against the ob
stacle that separated her from her young
ones. When the jar was drawn slowly
from the water she followed it to the
surface, and then absolutely left the
river and wriggled twelve inches up tlie
sloping beach in her frantic efforts to re
cover her progeny.
Not Bad as a Precedent. —An En
glish court has rendered a decision which
would not be a bad precedent here.
It seems tl at the engineer of a dummy
engine, which ran by the side of a public
highway, caused the steam to be blown
off suddenly, thereby frightening a
and causing a runaway and smash-up.
The owner of the horse sued the rialroad
company and recovered full damages.
The judge held that the right to run the
engine along tlie highway did not carry
with it the right to cause runaways by
means which could be prevented.
Ladies, from all the diseases from which you
ical especially suffer, from all the weakness—phys
and mental, which tortures you, from
your there is nervous prostration and hodily pains,
relief in Brown’s Iron Bitters. Many
ladies now living healthy, happy lives, having
been freed from clminic difficulties peculiar
to their sex, who hear cheerful testimony to
the value of this sovereign remedy for
and physical suffering; this sure cure for
ous Female depression and bodily weakness known as
Complaints.
When a strong brain is weighed with a
heart.it seems like balancing a bubble
a wedge of gold.
Climate lor Consumptives.
The several climates of Florida, Colorado
and California have each been much prescr.beil
for sufferers from lung disease, yet thousands
of the natives in those States die of this fatal
malady. had in A far more reliable remedy is to he
.be used every drug home; storo in tho land, and one
can at a remedy which is sold
by druggists, under tho manufacturers’ nmri
tive guarantee that, if taken in time and given
a fair trial. It will offoct a cure, or money paid
for it will be promptly returned. We refer to
that world-famed remedy for consumption (or
Medical lung-scrofula) known as Dr. Pierce’s Golden
terrible disease Discovery. It is the only remedy for this
ative possessed of such superior cur
in properties selling as to warrant its manufactur
ers it under a guarantee.
Don’t hawk, and blow, and spit, but use Dr.
Sage’s Catarrh Remedy. Of druggists.
We judge ourselves by what we feel
of doing, while others judge us by what
have already done,
What do you chew ?
“LUCY HINTON!”
Because Why?
it is tho best I can find.
Who makes it ?
T. C. Williams Co., Richmond, Va.
Who sells it ?
All dealers.
How can I recognize it ?
The name Lucy Hinton is on every plug.
A Fair Trial
Of Hood's Sarsaparilla will convince any reasonable
person that It docs possess great medicinal merit.
We do not claim that every bottle will accomplish a
miracle, but we do know that nearly every bottle,
taken according to directions, does produce positive
benefit. Its peculiar curative power Is shown by
many remarkable cures.
“I was run down from close application to work,
but was told I had malaria and was dosed with
quinine, etc., which was useless. I decided to take
Hood’s Sarsaparilla and am now feeling strong anl
cheerful. I feel saOaflo<l it will benefit any who
give It a fair trial.^”-W. B. Beamish, 261 Spring St.,
New York City.
Hood’s Sarsaparilla
Sold by all *1; six for * 5 Prepared only
.
by C. I. HOOD A CO., Apothecaries, Lowell, Mass.
IOO Doses On© Dollar
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horse wlto can furnish
a and give their whole time to the baslnos*.
Spare moment* may be profitably employed also.
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Tbe Blood Balm Co.
The Blood Balm Co., of Atlanta, Ga., are *
modest set of men. Yon never see a big, atari'
ling advertisement of their justly celebrated
Botanic Blood Balm—better known a* B- B. B.
The public learn of the curative virtue of tfato
compound by what others say of it, Th*4r
truthful statements are sometimes publish©) nu
concise form, and what the remedy is doing and
has done for others it will do for yon. W»
never read of a person cured of hydropbofj^
or a horse cured of pink-eye, by B. B.
other although we have seen it stated that sow*
blood specific would do i{. The pro
prietors of B. B. B. do not aim to scan*
people imaginable, into takin g their remedy for every com
plaint merely for the sake of B»
creasing their sales. They know it will y radicate
from the system every vestige of blood poiewas.
and to porsoiiB so suffering B. B. B. is a price
less boon. Try every other remedy for itnpar*
B. blood, weakness and dedining health, ihen gitfe
B. B. a trial. When you find other lvrua
dies inert and worthless, you will find B. B. B.
powerful, B.'ooil Balm stimulating and healing. Write Us
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his powers, exercises some influence oxt
those who are about him for good or for evil.
A Hamburg Fig.
There is no longer need to force children to
take which castor oil like for constipation. fruit,will A Hamlmifc take*
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