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FOK THE FARM ANO HOME. Mack T»»«k It may lie < onsidiTi'd :w aotnewhat fool fell to refer to the popular errors in re gard to Gluck teeth in awine wore it not that some fraudulent people, to be claw ed among th" prevalent humbugs, arn go ing about inducing farmer* to let them pu l out the Jila k teeth from their pi •'« jaw« aa a rp cifi ■ again* t cholera and all other <li•raw-'i of awin': for a foe of 2> cents per head. Black teeth arc no indi cation of any great r or worse disc sc than a sour atomach, cml by overfr d ing and conacqucnt indigo-lion, and du - to the very prevalent habit of gorging pi'<s ujion no'ir swill. Along with the black teeth there U a fetid breath pro duced by the satrr disorder of the stom ach, and the tooth are no more the eaus- Os this trouble than the moon ia of the i crawling on the ground of lima . I cans. Uuinbugs and frail is of all kinds flourish and thrive upon t le ignorance an 1 super atition, not to mention the dishonesty,of their victims, and this class of parasites will probably always find abundant prey. —A'cw York Tim'*. The Apple's Itnsmp. This, it need haidly be said, is the Codling moth or ipplo worm. The only nii e thing about i. is its cut miolo deal nnuie, cariiocapsa pom melln. This moth makes its upp iraiice in l itter Mty or curly .June, and it is well to h * pr pure I to inert it wh"n it com a. Traps have been invented for this in < t, and vari ous menus suggest <1 for staying its al Vances ami preventing itsrava-; *. Pro fessor Coak a certs, in a la!" number of th Hurd N■' ■' r, tint Paris Green and London Purple if mixed with water and sponged on the tre • is sum to kill this arch enemy of our most valued fruit. Ho him found that a pound of tho poison mixed with lilt) gallons of water, and k'pt well mixed, is still effective to kill tho larval ns they attempt to enter tho apple. One or tw > .Ipp'ieat ons of the poison to the trees, made soon lifter blossoms fall, will thin almost to extinc- ; tion not only the codling larvui but nil oth r insects present,a the canker worm, leaf roll r, mid various caterpillars. Tho probabilities are that in those localities where apples w.-r ■ s abundant last s a ion,there Will bi fe w enough at best this year, and we can't afford to give many to the worms. • fnr If m t<* h I hit. If tho rules given by an authority in France wh -nvpoultry matters receive so much Kui-ciielu! attention- were strictly followed, w ' shoo'd hear less about ad dled eggs, chick -ns coming dead, or too I weak to break out of the shell when fully devolop d Never let the eggs pass over on • day in tho nest when laid, and it would l> ■ betier to pick them up three or four tim -s a day, or ns soon after being laid as p>s ible. This prevents tho 1 prolonged cont el of the heat of each sit'i essivn laying h a, which is apt to . create a preinilui • development of tho I germ in Hu egg, making it liable to p. rish when thia hen' is withdrawn. Re ject nil with soft shell or in any way inis alinpeii, oi surround' I with a circular ring, or having one end with an uneven or rough aurfa e Also those very nar row or uiiusirilly round, or wanting in size, or too In 'e, or double yolked. The Moncr they are set, tho more certainty of hatching, an I tho more quickly; eggs act immediately after h ing laid often hatch in nineteen days, instead of in twenty-ono, ths general prescribed time. A'.ggs will preserve their germinating powers twenty days; but in order to be Well kept during tins lime they ought to tie turned once i day, .is is done by tho ben when silting. This turning has the ith et of keeping the yolk in tho centre, •which is im]K>rt.inl; it being of greater ajseitie gravity thm the w hite or nllni ttu n, its tendency is to work through to the aide of the shell. .V. ir Yurt I'ribuM. < wlturs. The conditions of f lilure in jsnich growing, concisely stated, arc: 1. A wet soil, or one that from any cause holds « iter mound the roots of the tree, whether the land is situated high or low. 2. Excessive fertility, while the trees are young, whether it be secured in the natural condition of the toil or by the in genuity of m in. 8. Svvre- cutting back of the young grin th each year, thus dwarfing the tree nn ’ robbing it of much natural vitality. I. Allowing th ■ trees t > overl»c;ir and thus exhaust their vitality by a single crop of fruit. ">. By defici mt and improper i ultiva. ti n. On the other hand, the conditions of success in p icli growing are; 1. An elevated location that is not subject to late frosts in the Spring or early frosts in the F ill. 8. A warm an I i ■ i.le.-ately fertile soil that is well dra -.i.-.i by nature. Artifi cial dminsuiay prove sua-. ssful, nut its utility has not yet b m fully demon* , St rated in this reg: -i. 8. Thorough cultivation, without ma nure, until the trees come into bearing, then combine the two so as to supply all the depletion prmluced in the soil by growth of trees and fruit. 4. Never let a tree overbear. 5. Continue cultivation until the dote | of the dry season, every Bummer, even if |it i-ontiu < until S ptemlicr. .Ifk-diyaa H'jrtu ul tar lit. Soil Waking. The three essentials for securing a fine, close sod by seeding are: Rich ground of ii suitable chaiac <-r, seed of good quality, thiakly sown and frequent mow ing. In preparing the soil for ths sowing, it pays to be nt a good deal of pains nt the start, Results extending through years of time will depend chii fly on this part, with plough or spado tin- surface h ould be work' I over to the depth of one foot nt least. If it could be three or six inches deeper yet, all the better. Along with this process some finely divided manure, say nt tin- nite of n good two horse load to i-iich four square rods of land, should be worked into the soil. As the bed is finished it mu-t be seen that nt least six inches of good soil (that is, not sterile subsoil) is present in all such lawns as are not to be k"pt watered in dry weather.-but this is quite as essen tial to those ma de by turfing as any others. Wherever the surfac • is broken by walks, drives,flower bidsand the like the edg< s next to these should be in .de of sod to a width of six or more inches. This will keep the sowed parts from breaking away, as it would do if not thus protected. All stones lying at or near j the general surface must be cleared away, ' the an a be rmide even and firm with tin: prop r implimonts mid the surface be , worked up fine by tho use of a rake or , light harrow -th" finer the better. Use good s' ."1 and plenty of it, apply- | ing at the rate of one quart and one fourth per square rod. As for seed, the followi gis a superior and inexp naive “mixture":—Two parts june or blue grass to one part red top or bent grass. Sow evenly; this may be done by double sowing. By this we mean to divide the seed needed for a given area into two equal lots, sowing one-hall of it over the plot, walking back and forth across it one way, and then the remainder by walking cro-swise of the first sowing. After this rake the entire surface lightly, then roll. I'rnnlnic < nrrnnf ri»«I boost 'berry Buwhrv 1 notice ndvie ■ on pruning currants as follows, writes a New York correspon dent. “Prune out old canes and train up new shoots. ” Bit permit me to give you a modern Canadian plan of pruning that has proved very successful, viz. : Cut back one half of the new growth on the top of Hu- bush each year after they are old enou h to bear, and o.dy leave one or two young shoots ca di year from the bottom. By this method tho following advantages me gained: First- Strong growth in the fruiting part of th" bush, nt the top. • Second Rink foliage that will not fall off until froit comes, thus keeping the fiuil from sun seal lingand having to bo picked early in the season to save them. Thi d Larger fruit and longer bunches, because all the small currant 8 and short bunches are produ ed near the terminal buds, and these being pruned oil give us nothing but the largest fruit, mid as it is tlie seed that exhausts tho plant, and small currants have just as many seeds as large, so when they are disposed of the plant w.ll bear its burden of fru t each year without exhaustion and thus allow a better growth mid thii ker, stronger foliage, for it is a set tled fact that any kind of currant can be exhausted tiy one or two heavy crops, mid thereby will have to lie idle for a year or tu >to recruit, and often never regain its proper vigor. Fourth Regular bearing, for a strong, healthy bush w ill bear every year unless it has grown too much to wood from too close pruning, in w hich case one year without pruning back will balance it again. Fifth Bn hes prune I in this way j grow year after year and become much ■ larger than when pruned in the old way, ' and where bushes can be grown to a i large site they can be planted, say, six feet each way and produce more fruit | t ian the old style, thus a great saving . in plants, and when planted this way I can be cultivated both ways, which is also a saving of one-half tho hand work j and hoe ng. i Sixth By this inode of pruning all I the med um sized, heavy bearing vari ties, such ns May's Victoria, Versailles, Baby l'i-t ! e, red Dutch and black cur ra ts us well, may be made to produce fine fruit nearly as argo as the cherry I currant and longer in the bunch. Seventh- Bushes last for twenty years er m re pruned in this way, for , the vitality is always kept up, and they are better able to stand the ravages of the currant worm on account of the rank foliage and abundance of i *’• Eighth—And while we could name other advantages yet with the above i named, we can say from our own experi- I ence that currants will pay as we 1, if not better, than the cultivation of any other kind of fruit produced for market at tho present time. My own experience with one acre pruned this way has alto gether exceeded my expectations, is , well as others who have tried the same plan. The aliove plan will apply quite ; well to the cultivation of the gooxeberrv ! also. Iff uii»«holcl Uinta. Equal parts of sulphur and pitch make* a good ‘stone and iron cement. Starch -1 shirts will iron easier if you let them <lry after starching, no you will have to sprinkle them before ironing. Many persons may not know that whit.! paint may be cleaned ns well as windows by using whiting and wat r. The wings of turkeys, gccie and chickens arc good to wash and clean windows, a, they leave no dust nor lint, aa cloth. To brighten the inside of a coffee or teapot fill with water, add n small piece of soap and let it Izoil about forty-five >*inuti . Slake three pounds of quick lime in water and mid one pound of pcarlash, making the whole into the consist-nee of paint. Lay this over the old work with a brush, and let it remain from twelve to fourteen hours, when the paint will be easily scraped off. Recipe*. Ifnffint in Tint.— Take one cup of sour milk, one egg, a little shortening, a toaspoonful of bicarbonate of soda; if the milk is not very sour less soda will do. Make a thick batter, and a little salt, I and bake in a hot oven. If you cannot obtain sour milk, sweet milk and baking powder will answer. To a teacup of . sweet milk allow a heaping teaspoonful of baking powder. I'ntu nn I Butter Sauce.— Take two Bermuda beets of medium size. Wash , and dry them without breaking the skin. Boil them for thirty-five minutes in fast boiling water, slightly salted, which must entirely cover them. Then scrape off the skin, cut the beets into slices, and the slic : into strips. Melt an ounce of butter, add to it a little salt, pepper and a teaspoonful of vinegar. Pour it over the beets and serve. Bice Cream— One cup of rice boiled soft, but not to a paste; two cups of milk, four eggs, a cup of sugar vanilla extract, a cup of whipped cream. Make the eggs, milk and sugar into a custard, season with vanilla. Scald the milk first, pour upon this the heated egg and sugar, and let it get almost cold before you beat in the whipped cream. Set to form in a wet mould on ice. When you are ready for it turn out on a glass dish. Watn-melon Cake— One cup of white sugar, one-half cup of butter, one half cup of sweet niilk, whites of four eggs, one-half teaspoonful soda, one of cream of tartar, two scant cups of flour, one-fourth cup of sour milk, two-third ß cup of pink sugar, one fourth cup of but ter, one-half teaspoon of soda, whites of i two eggs, one tea cup of raisins, floor enough to make rather still. First and . second half of recipe to be made up sep arately, and mixed like marble cake be fore baking. The Evolution of Nations. The following eloquent passage is from mi article by Dr. Felix L. Oswald in Popular Science Monthly: The doctrine of evolution recognizes the fact that the development of social and physical or ganisms is not an unbroken march of pro i gross. Advancement alternates with j pauses, as day with night, or life with death; the phenomena of progressive life roll through the cycles of germination, maturity, and decay. In the household of Nature every grave is a cradle; the mold of every fallen tree furthers the growth of new trees. Grecian colonies flourished on the ruins of Troy, Persian provinces on the ruins of Babylon, Mace donian kingdoms on the grave of the Persian Empire; Roman legionaries in herited the wealth mid the culture conquered Greece. The conquerors of Rome were the noblest, stoutest, and manliestraces of tho Caucasian world; freemen, in love with health and Nature, yet withal with poetry, glory, honor, justice, and honest thrift. They planted their banners in the garden-lands of the West; mid their empires, gilt by the morning light of anew era, were found ed under auspices far happier than those of the Arabian satrapies in the worn-out soil of the East. In less than five hun dred years after tho establishment of i their political independence, the civiliza tion of the Greeks, the Romans, and tho I Arabs, had dev. lop d its fairest flowers— industry, commercial activity, art, lib eral education, flourishing schools of philosophy, poetry, and natural science. Five humlred years after the triumph of the Gothic conquerors we find their em pire s groaning under a concentration of all scourges. The day-star of civiliza tion had set in utter night; tho proud nations of the West had sunk in poverty, I bigotry, general ignorance, cruel abase ment of the lower classes, squalid misery of domestic life, systematic suppression of political, personal, and intellectual liberty. Learning Farming in Dakota,' The past week an 18-year-old young man, heir to a large English estate ar rived in tho Red river valley, consigned to a largo fanner by his guardian, who pays the farmer £SO besides his services for instruction in Dakota farming for one year. There are thorough, first-class farmers in Dakota, but it has not been supposed that England was without ex perts in that line. It is probable that the considered healthfulness of the cli mate was one of the reasons for the con signment.—Sr. Paul (Minn) Cl ie. AMERICAN LIVING. A Contest Between This Country and Europe. Superiority of our Food. Prolno’ji Both in Quality and Variety, One of the commonest and best effects of foreign travel upon our people is to make them aware of the exceptional bl' lne-« of their own lot as citiZ' ns of this happy land, and bring them home m >re contented than when they left. in going across the ocean on a Hamburg steamer, in company with many native b' i n Germans going over to re visit the vatcrland, it was wonderful to hear them declare, with united voice, that much as they loved the old country, they preferred the new world as a residence. All were coming back after a few months’ absence. The profusion of fruits, vegetables, an 1 provisions generally enjoyed with us caa never be appreciated fully until after a lengthened sojourn in foreign lands. Only think of the void that would be made in our larders by the absence of just two of our summer vegetables, viz., corn and tomatoes, and yet this is virtu ally the case in Europe. Summer vege tables I call them, although by the pro cesses of drying and canning they are now become almost equally plentiful and indispensable in winter. It seemed so strange to be asked by an intelligent lady in London for a description of Indian corn as a vegetable, and be requested to give some idea of how it tasted. At the same lady’s tabic it was remarked as a fact not to be disputed that “to cat fruit in London was like eating gold.” Sweet-potatoes are also exceedingly rare and high-priced in England, while in Germany they are never seen. In the latter country green pe.as are brought to table, indeed, but generally spoiled by having carrots chopped up and cooked with them into a mess that is mawkishly sweet, and frequently mushy. With us it is not unusual, in the conn try, to sec from seven to nine vegetables upon the dinner table at once (all raised in one’s own garden), which to a Euro pean would seem an inconceivable extrav agance. The variety of our breads and break fast cakes must be equally amazing to foreigners, for cold rolls or brodchen, fre quently stale at that, come upon the ta ble from year’s end to year’s end in soli tary state, and no one ever seems tc think among the things desira ble or attainable. Truth to tell, tho German brodchen are excellent and wholesome; so exceptionally well baked that a house-keeper brought a specimen all the way across the ocean to show her cook how beautifully browned was the crust, and how thoroughly done the crumb. And yet she despairs of ever seeing the precise duplicate on our side of the ocean. The knowing say this is because of the difference between our stoves and the German brick ovens, the latter being capable of a regular even heat, the results of are unattaina ble by any other heating apparatus. While all over the German Empire they have the like good bread, yet each city seems to have its special form of roll. In Dresden it is much smaller than in Berlin, and, if possible, better, round, with a division through the middle. The pre-eminence in the manufacture of bread seems given, by universal consent, to Vienna, therefore to that city it must be conceded; but in all of the good restau 'rants of any large German city their rolls of white bread are faultless to tho stranger’s palate. Going from Berlin to London in two days, tho inferior displays upon the bakers’ counters there were actually pain ful, through force of contrast. For tho very basis of health and good living seems to rest on good bread, and it was evident that this the poor Londoners did not have. Their loaves looked dark, heavy and coarse, compared to the fair dainty brodchen left behind, and the sight produced a real sense of discomfort. But oh, the horrors of the German black bread, apportioned to servants and the lower classes generally, which they actually cat spread with lard! The poorest people in America must needs be at the point of starvation, or submitting to the rigors of an arctic win ter, before they could touch a morsel of such fare. We arc told that the French peasant zounts himself happy if he can taste meat once a week, and the Italian bliss fully basks in the sunshine while fed up on a similar meagre diet. While we, happy people, rich and poor, employers and employed, have fl -h in the pot daily, accompanied by vegetables in profusion —in short, so varied a bill of fare that the enumeration of its items is impossi. ble. — Ilar/icr'a Ba»ir. Gobelin tapestry. In the famous manufactory of Gobelin tapestry, which belongs to the French Government, are produced large and beautiful woven pictures and the great merit of the work is that it is done en tirely by hand, no machinery being used. The operation is very slow, each work man putting one thread at a time in its place, mxl faithfully copying a painting in oil or water colors which stands near him. as a model. If, in a day, he covers a space as large as his hand, he considers that he lias done a very good day’s work. CLIFPiNGS FAR THE (1-RIOUS. ——— Before lying down to eat the ancient R irn.m took off his shoes. Evil spirit., it was believ.id in old ■ times often took the form of a fly, and the term “fly" was once a popular syno nym for a familiar spirit. Curious in tho statistics of births is the fact that there is always a larger numb rof boys b irn than girls. The proportion vir t s from 102 'to 100 boys I to 100 girls. (i t!. - 23,000 acres in the town of Newtown, L, 1., 1848 are occupied by i ( metcrie'. A million bodies are now burii d in these places, and the annual in terments amount to 28,000. A Chicago writer speaking of the Chi nese in that city, says that while the men app ar to have a great deal of hair, ex m ination of the pig-tails reveals that ncnrly two-thirds of that appendage is plaited silk thread. To obtain money to carry on a wai ngainst the Indians, Gov. AVest of South Carolina, in IGBO, offered a price for every Indian captive, and then sold all who were brought in to West-Indian slave dealers, who again disposed of them profitably to AVest-Indian planters. Nothing disgraced the humanity of the past like the neglect and cruelty prac ticed towards the wounded in xvar. Under modern law, the ambulances and military hospitals for the wounded are held to be neutral property, and are re spected and protected by the belligerents It is gravely related in an Illinois news paper that after a poach tree on the farm of James M. Baker of Palmyra, had blown down, the broken trunk was stuck | in the fire nndcr a soap kettle. Not a blossom was on the tree, but when the heat of the fire penetrated the branches ' the tree burst into full bloom. The great reforms in modern interna tional law, due especially to the spirit of Christianity, begun in great part with the eminent Dutch publicist, Grotius, early in the seventeenth century. He taught humanity towards women, clerks, farmers, merchants and to all in battle who cried quarter or offered to yield. Making the Alligator Useful. Says a Florida letter to the Chicago : Times-. A heathen stranger would cer tainly say that the alligator was the totum of the tribe and the presiding gen ius of the place, for it is no exaggeration j to say that one may see that reptile here in a thousand appearances—dried or stuffed in tho shops, highly ornamented in the stores, alive in tanks, big alliga- ' tors in pens, imitation wooden alligators on the streets, little alligators in tubs, alligators of assorted sizes in the muse- | ums, skeletons of alligators in the drug stores, alligator skins tanned in the leath er stores and hundreds of different arti cles of jewelry of alligator teeth mounted on gold, silver or nickel. You can buy a live alligator from six inches to two feet long or a dead, dried and stuffed one fourteen feet long. A favorite device is thus manufactured: j Take an alligator two feet long, the tail as much longer, split it down the front and take out the entrails; then bend the tail up so the creature can be put in a sitting posture, sew u > the front and color it to conceal the opening, and dry the thing to solidity. Then, with open mouth and glistening teeth, the cadaver j is set upon a stand at the doorand smiles a saurian welcome on the cu tomers. The forelegs arc often bent around a card- j basket or Japan saucer; and if for sale, a placard held in its mouth announces, “I want to go North,” or “I smile to see a customer," or the like. One is surprised to find the ugly reptile the source of so much art and wit. AVhen the basket is , made of some sea creature’s carapace and is filled with assorted shells, the richness of the design is complete. Man Eaters. Conscious cannibalism is by no means confined to the Feejce islands. The Rio Virgen tribes of the Arancanos In dans, on the northern coast of Chili, do not i hesitite, in hard winter, to keep the pot boiling by slicing up a few of their su- ' perfluhus relatives; and Dr. Nachtigal is positive that the country north aid east of the Congo is swarming with two legged man-eaters. The Dyaks of Bor neo, who gather skulls as our red men used to gather scalps, noxv and then cat a personal enemy as a matter of hygienic precaut.on, on the theory that the wizard spells of tho dead man’s relatives can thus be rendered ineffectual. Sparbdic cases of cannibalism occur in ev rv East Indian famine. The nations of Europe alone are in that respect total abstainers, at present at least, for R >man traditions date back to a time when the Ltestry goncs of southern Italy kept special stock yards for fatt ning their prisoners of war.— Dr. Orica'il. The II htiit as n Speculator. A sagacious rabbit once bought a young wolf for a trifling sum, and de termined to raise him; but when the wolf became big and strong he waited till Thanksgiving Day and then killed the rabbit and dined on the carcas'. Moral.—This fable teaches the inse curity of foreign investments, and inti mates that the hen that hatches out a strange egg is liable to obtain an un natural child. — Life. A Nautical View. ra r - : Mamma —“Don't you know that your .'atlicr is the mainstay of the family?" Freddy—“ Golly, aint he though! anti the spanker, too.”— Life. How It Worked. Guess I'll take the shady end and see if I can’t .‘■moke her out. //nt It works! A w cwt She departs, at the same time reveal ing the cause of her preference for the sunny end.— Life. A Forced Calmness. “You say he called you a liar?” “Yes, an unmitigated liar." “And you didn't resent it?” “No; how could I? My grandfather died of heart disease, and it svon’t do for me to get excited.”— Puck. Dangerous. Wife—“ What a lovely Paris 1 at!” Husband—“ Come away, dear. Per haps there’s cholera germs in them for eign fixin’s.”— Siftings. How He Struck a J b On a Northwestern train was a sallow faced red haired man with ap ir of spcctacl s on his nose a::d an annual pass smooth-faced young man who said he in his p x ket. In the next seat was a was looking for a job. “I want a young man to clerk in mv office,'’ said the sallow-faced man, ‘and if you can fill the bill I'll take you. I ant an editor up in Wisconsin. Now s’pose I was sit:ing at my desk and a big ma® with his fists all doubled up and a wild look in his eyes sh mid come upt Q ® stair- and inquire for the editor. What would you tell him:” “I d tell him that the editor wns “ in." replied the young mm: “but that if he’d sit d wn and wart a f> w minutes you'd probably be back from ths g u * store where you hud gone to get a new seven-shooter and a knife thirteen inches long to cut up rollers and things with. “Consider yeurself engaged. Salary, $4 a week and board, with one third o all the big watermelons that come mw the olfice.”— Chicago klbrald.