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OB FARM AND DARDEN.
TUBES BA11KED BT MICE OB RABBITS.
When a tree is denuded of bark all
around its recovery is hopeless. Had
the trees been protected by wrapping
them with old newspapers, as has so
often been advised, they would have
been saved. The only tiling that can
be done now is to cut them off where
tho bark is still sound and graft them.
An excellent way to deal with mice in
an orchard is to procure small blocks
of wood and bore 1 1-4 inch holes in
them, placing some meal mixed with
tallow and rat poison in the bottom of
each hole,and leave these about the or¬
chard. No other animal can reach the
baits.—[New York Tin.-•s.
GROW MORE PARSNIPS.
The parsnip is a root generally
liked, and should be always grown.
If more are planted than needed for
fable use the surplus makes excellent
feed raw for cows or horses, or cooked,
even for hogs and poultry. It is a
root more easily grown than carrots,
as its wider leaf when it first comes
up makes it easily distinguishable in
hoeing between the rows. But, even
in advocacy of the parsnip, we dislike
to say aught against the carrot. Both
roots should be grown, and the carrot
may be sown thickly, so that if some
are cut out in weeding enough may be
left to make a stand.—[Boston Culti¬
vator.
wnr clover rs so valuable.
Clover, cowpeas and other legumes
have a pe culiar power of gathering
plant food and especially nitrogen
from natural sources. Although they
contain much more nitrogen than
wheat, oats and similar grains, they
thrive and bring large yields where
wheat will not. While their faculty
for gathering nitrogen from the stores
in the soil, aud especially from the
air, is not yet explained, the impor¬
tant fact is that they do gather it and
leave a great deal of it in the roots
and stubble. Nitrogen is the costliest
ingredient of fertilizers. These facts
help to explain the economy of clover
for manure, and why clover is so val¬
uable as a preparatory crop for wheat
and other grains.
Ttie above cited facts, with others,
ascertained at the Connecticut Stores
Agricultural Experiment Station,
seem to demonstrate that the legunes
such as clover, cowpeas aud lupines
are especially valuable for this kind
of manuring, that timothy stands next
and that the grain crops leave the least
amounts of plant food in roots aud
stubble.— [New York World.
PROTECTION OF FLOWER BEDS FROM
POULTRY.
This has been a difficult problem for
many housewives to solve since poul¬
try have unlimited range ou most
farms. To find a pretty flower bed
ruined by one or more inveterate
scratehers is most trying. But tho
chickens must not be penned up, for
that would involve expense and labor.
We do not want to fence off the flow-
ers, for that would spoil half their
beauty. The following has proved
effective: The flowers in the lawn
where they could bo readily seen were
inclosed in a fine wire netting eighteen
inches high. This was a real protec¬
tion, but the netting was at least un¬
sightly. Realizing that it w r as tiie
soil and not the plants that needed
guarding, some wide netting with
small meshes was procurred and fas¬
tened upon the surface of the flower
bed after it was prepared and the seed
sown. For potted plants the wires
were out to allow the stems to be
slipped through and then replaced.
This device eventually prevented dep¬
redation by the fowls, while its only
disadvantage was that it made cultiva¬
tion a little more tedious.—[American
Agriculturist.
GROWING- WILLOWS.
Tiie willow will grow on most any
soil, but made lands such as aro made
by deposits of soil along the banks of
streams or rivers by changes in the
flow are the best. Besides this such
spots have the advantage for this pui*
pose that they are rarely profitable for
any other crop, being liable to over¬
flow. The willows used in this coun¬
try for basket work are mostly im¬
ported. According to a report of Mr.
B. F. Lernow, Chief of the Forestry
Division, ozier growing for profit is
not so simple or inexpensive an enter¬
prise as might at first appear. The
climate of the United States in most
parts is not very favorable to the
growth of the finer grades of ozier
rods of European kinds. Out of some
250 speeies of willow only a limited
number have been found of eco¬
nomic value for ozier purposes.
A good ozier willow should pro¬
duce many slender rods without
branching; tho rods should bo soft
and pliable, and preferably white
when peeled. The stocks should be
of a kind that will reproduce vigor¬
ously for a long time. The red ozier
is the one mostly grown in this conn-
try, but does not thrive as well as in
Luropo. The opinion is expressed
that it is only a ready market and
favorable labor conditions which
make ozier growing profitable in a few
localities, such as Syracuse, St. Louis*
Cincinnati, Chicago, around Now
York, etc. The following points are
given by the authority quoted for es¬
tablishing a good ozier hold: A fresh
soil, by no means a wet one, prepared
to at least sixteen inches deep by ditch¬
ing and bringing the top soil to the
bottom. Plant twelve-inch cuttings
in early spring, making the rows
twenty-four inches apart, the cuttings
four inches in the row, which require,
in round figures, 65,000 cuttings per
acre, costing about $5 per thousand.
FLOWERS ON THE FARM.
Tiie key to success with flowers on
a farm is having the right position. I
protest as a rule against any arrange¬
ment that will cost much expense of
time and labor in caring for the flow¬
ers. The common plan of flower
borders is worst of all. These bor¬
ders running along paths are from
two to four feet wide and offer grass
roots constant temptation. They are
never quite clean; and to keep them
approximately so requires labor all
summer. Men will not touch therm
and tho women must dig and pull
and, poor creatures, never get paid
for their trouble only that they love
flowers so well. A better plan is
large beds cut in a special lawn or
yard. Such beds should adapt them¬
selves to bends in the walks or drives
and be of good size, five or six feet in
diameter at the least.
Circles may be set if no better shape
is suggested by the drives or trees..
Drive down a stake at the centre and
tie a string to it. Carry the outer end
of the string around and set stakes aud
then you have a circle. Remove af l
the sod and throw it into the barnyard
to be worked up with manure. Fork
tho soil deeply. Throw on a load of
ricli rotted compost, fork it in
thoroughly and your bed is ready.
When your plants are set in leave a
rim about the outer edge of the bed
for the lioo to work. In this way you
can keep grass roots from running
over your beds..
A third- plan is to combine your
vegetable and flower garden. In this
case the fork must do a good deal of
work instead of the plough, and that
farmers will not agree to except in
ease of quite small gardens. But I
assure you a garden of this sort may
be made very beautiful. Old-fashioned
gardens had hollyhocks along the
fence, and nasturtiums to edge onion
beds. In the centre were beds of pinks
and beets. Tins is the English style.
—[New York Voice,
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.
Kill tiie scrub bull.
The check-rein still reigns.
Corn cobs are rich in potash.
Sheep like a few corn-stalks.
A dirty barnyard is a nuisance.
Use broad tires on farm wagons.
Coughing is a bad sign in a cow.
Sour milk is a treat both to hens aud
to little chickens.
Do not allow a few chickens to mo¬
nopolize the roosts.
Dry dirt and sifted coal ashes make
a good dust bath for poultry.
Laying hens should bo kept separate
from those that are being fattened for
the market.
Whenever the brood of turkeys is
strong enough, give them the run of
the meadows.
A good shade and plenty of salt and
water are indispensable to the comfort
of stock in the pastures.
It is a very important item with the
work teams to arrange for good ven¬
tilation in the stables during the sum¬
mer.
scientific scraps.
The mortality in Italy has been re¬
duced between I860 and 1889 from
thirty per thousand to twenty-five per
thousand by sanitary measures.
It is reported that through the Lick
telescope the discovery has been made
that one of the moons of Jupiter has
a little moon of its own revolving
around it.
Object glasses for microscopes arc
now made in Germany of glass that
contains phosphoric and boracic acid,
jq ; s s t a tod that with lenses made of
this glass an object one-twenty-lhou-
gandth of an inch in diameter can bo
distinctly seen.
The wearing away of tho cliffs on
the shores of England has of late at¬
tracted considerable attention, and the
problem is being attentively studied
with the view of preventing the ero¬
sive action of the waves as wpll as the
streams tiiat trickle down.
In England leaflets are being dis¬
tributed on the subject of the destruc¬
tion of crops in the rural districts.
Posters showing magnified illustra¬
tions of the Hessian fly and Winter
moth are being displayed in the post-
offices to enable farmers to recognize
them.
M. Mascart, oiie of the most emi¬
nent French electricians of the time,
says that the use of the magnetic
needle in tracing the underground
geology, or, in other words, the past
geography, of a country, is one of
those triumphs of science Which are
almost tantamount to divination.
Oue of the recent inventions for
life-saving apparatus is the Irvine
pneumatic gun for throwing a line to
ships in distress or to persons in a
burning house. The air is admitted
from a reservoir to the chamber be¬
hind the projectile at a pressure of
2400 pounds ou the square inch.
Plana proposed for irrigation both
in Upper and Lower Egypt during the
period of low Nile include the build¬
ing of a high barragq across the river
at the first cataract. Great opposition
has been excited against this proposi¬
tion, as it involves the submersion of
the beautiful island of Philoe and its
magnificent monuments for several
months each year.
Contracts have been closed for the
erection of a plant to manufacture
smokeless fuel at Washington, Ind.
The process was patented twelve
months ago, but it will be the first
factory put in operation. The pro¬
cess consists in extracting all of the
elements from coal save the carbon,
and this, when used as fuel, will make
no smoke. The capacity of the plant
will be fifty tons daily. The product
will retail for $4.50 per ton.
Spines have been attributed by tel-
eologists to a necessity in the plant
for protection against browsing ani¬
mals,though American observers have
shown that in Nature spiny plants
abound, as on deserts,where browsing
animals are least abundant, Mons. A.
Lothelier has recently communicated
a paper to a French Institute, show¬
ing that spines are produced on plants
more freely in proportion to the de¬
gree of light to which they are sub¬
jected. As the deserts are more ex¬
posed to light than the cloudy, rainy
regions, there seems some evidence in
behalf of Lothelier’s proposition.
A Reminder of Pioneer Days.
An extra train arrived at Santa Rosa
the other afternoon in charge of Con¬
ductor James Van Winkle and Fred
Ilanschildt. It was not drawn by tiie
Hoskins motor, neither by a steam
engine, but was a genuine ’49 mule
train with pack-saddles rigged upon
each animal ready for business. They
came from San Luis Obispo and Santa
Cruz aud were en route to Rogue river,
Oregon, via Crescent City, where tiie
owners have taken a contract to peel
and pack out a quantity of tan bark at
$7 per cord. The packing distance to
a shipping point by scows is about one
and a half miles. Fifty meii and 100
mules will be employed on the job.
Each mule packs about one-quarter of
a cord of bark, which weighs about
500 pounds. The mule train attracted
considerable attention while it re¬
mained in the city, and in one or two
instances brought tears to the eyes of
the pioneer miner, who had not gazed
upon such a sight before for these
many years. — [Santa Rosa (Cal.)
Democrat?
A Miser's Money.
Old Uncle Bost, of No. 10 township,
Cabarrus county, North Carolina, recent¬
ly died and his body was buried at
Bethel. He was about 80 years old, was
a bachelor and was known to be miserly
in his habits to a wonderful de'gree. His
only companions were two dogs and an
old negro woman who had been living
with him during his entire life. Curious
to say, in his will he left her nothing.
His real estate consisted of 1,800 acres of
land. His home place, containing 500
acres, he left jointly to his two nephews,
Allen and Peter Bost. The former is his
executor. The balance was left, to other
nephews in 100-acre lots each. To his
nieces he gave nothing. In old bureau
drawers, old cupboard, in pitcher, jars,
in old clothes pockets, in old stockings
and in cracks in his miserable hovel
were found $10,000 in gold,' besides a
large quantity of gold dust and bullion.
He had on hand only a few hundred dol¬
lars in paper money, and no notes and
mortgages of any consequence. In the
search a package from a Charlotte bank
was found containing several hundred
dollars that had never been opened at all.
This was received by him in 1880. Last
spring he made his tax returns and gave
in as money on hand $4,000. Perhaps
he did not know how much he had stuck
about in different places. He had corn
and hay that had been stacked for
twenty-five years. He eased his con¬
science by leaving of his hard earnings
$1,000 to Bethel church. He made his
will only three weeks ago. There is much
talk about contesting it, for some of his
kin have been left without anything.
Proof of Acquaintanceship*
Office Boy—“Stranger at the door;
says he’s a newspaper man and knows
you and wants to borrow some money of
you.” Editor—“Pretty sorry? Some
Great
fraud, of course. How much does he
want to borrow?”
“Ten cents.”
“Oh! He does know me, I guess.
Give him this dime.”
An old scissors grinder who died at
Goshen, Ind., the other day was found
to be worth twenty-one thousand dollars,
though he was supposed to be poor aud
needy.
Syrup of Figs,
Produced from the laxative and nutritious
juice of California figs, combined with the
medicinal virtues of plant* known to be most
beneficial to the human system, acts gently
on the kidneys, liver and bowels, effectually
cleansing the system, dispelling colds and
headaches, and curing habitual constipation.
Money made with chance will go with cer¬
tainty. ___
Ladies needing a tonic, or children who
want building up, should take Brown’s Iron
Bitters. It is pleasant to take, cures Malaria,
Indigestion, Biliousness and Li ver Complaints,
makes the Blood rich and pure.
Dig, sow and reap; but the harvest is
Death’s.
A Very Strange Fact.
It is a very strange fact that a great many
people, of sound judgment otherwise, do is not
give their eyesight proper care until it too
late. will injure
Glasses not suited to your eyes
your sight. Remember this.
Mr. A. K. Hawkes, whose name is known all
over the civilized world as an optician and
manufacturer of Crystallized Lenses, has
established a factory at 10 Decatur Street,
Atlanta, Ga., where occulists’ prescriptions
will be promptly filled and the trade supplied.
All druggists and merchants keep a stock on
hand, as they have learned that it pays to keep
the best.
6tate of Ohio, City of Toledo, » f* 8,
Lucas County,
Frank .1. Cheney makes oath that he is the
senior partner of the firm of F. J. Cheney &
Co., doing business n the City of ioledo.
County and {State aforesaid, and that said
" Vi v m will pay ihe sum of One Jim dred Dollars
for each ana every case of Catarrh that can¬
not be cured by the use of Hall's Catarrh
Cube.
Frank J. Cheney.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in my
presence, this bth day of December, A. D., ItSSO.
\ 1 A. W, Gleason,
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acts directly on the blood and mucous sur¬
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meet the world as it comes and goes,
and are not slow in sizing people
and things up for what they are
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father and several brothers and sis¬
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and is himself frequently he
with colds, and
Hereditary often coughs enough
to make him sick at
Consumptionjiis stomach. When¬
ever he has taken a
cold of this kind he uses Boschee’s
German Syrup, and it cures him
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knows the full danger of lung trou¬
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particular as to the medicine he used.
What is his opinion ? Listen ! “I
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me that it is the best cough syrup
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