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FAR® ROTES. The Land re th seed farm near Phila- i np the ground. So faulty are the present methods of shipping oattle to Europe, that of 981 oargoes, it seems that nearly 15,000 head perished from the oasualities of the passage. Art Eastern orohardist claims to have discovered that his apple trees can be made to bear abundantly every year by putting wood ashes and tanbark with the addition of some lime around the trees. ThbJV: E. Farmers&ya “lambsought to be oastrated before they are three weeks old; to avoid the danger when more mature. In fly time a coat of tar should be applied to the wounded part externally. The Frenoh in Algeria are trying os- trioh farming successfully. A pair of adult birds furnish thirty eggs yearly, which are hatched by an incubator. In a short time the young birds eaoh represent a value of 100 francs. “The Germantown Telegraph suggests that turkeys can be raised as oheaply by the pound as chick ens, and they sell higher in the market. Both require to be well fed during the winter, but in the summer the turkeys obtain all the food they want in their foraging expeditions. Mr. Maj. Thorp, of French jCreek, W. Va., has patented a shed, whioh he claims is turned about by a windmill so as to shelter oattle from storms com ing from any direction. We apprehend it will be very liable to get out of order and that* the anticipated advantages might be realized by sheds constructed around a hollow square. Prof. Baird, the U. S. Fish Commis sioner, declares the carp to be the far mer’s fish, because it is, he thinks, sin gularly adapted to the wants of farmers, and capable of being raised in natural or artificial bodies of water where most kinds of fish would not live. The oarp, however, so easily raised, is not a game fish, nor so desirable to the taste as perch, bass, etc., whioh may easily be bred on all farms which are well supplied with cold spring water. Colman’s Rural observes “ the use of twine binders is expanding as an import ant industry in the Northwest. The advantage of cord as bands for sheaves has turned the attention of farmers and manufaturers to the necessity of culti vating the plant from whioh such cord can be economically made.” It is true, that the cultivation of flax, hemp, jute, and textiles generally, is rapidly aug menting in this oountry. A correspondent of the New York Tribune writes on the subject of the prevention of hog cholera as follows: “ Prevention is better than cure for hog cholera in about the ratio of fifty to one, and to this end there should be a sheltered place of rest with plenty of dry absorbent earth to lie on; abundance of good air; sheds sweetened by white washing once in three months; clean water to drink, and salt, sulphur and sulphurous soft coal or charcoal always accessible. An entire ohange of food from com to potatoes, mangolds and car- rots, cooked and raw, often as once a week. Tffie exclusive use of corn failing' to excite certain digestive activities may result in a weakness favorable *to the progress of oholera. Separation also into small herds is well. Boars also of strong constitution should be oarefully selected, untainted by cholera, or the progeny may be tainted by a choleraic diathesis so that the disease will develop on slight causes.” Existino Follies.—Many of our farmers nre buying large quantities of fertilizers at high prices, who annually permit tons of manure to go to waste about their barnyards. The accumula tion of filth and manure should be hauled away from the barn and yard, and it is much better to make it serve as a fertilizer than not. We advocate the use of commercial fertilizers only when there is not manure in sufficient quanti ties. The use of poor farming implemeni* will be found to be far more expensive to the husbandman than would the pur chasing of the best quality on the mar ket. The cheap implements will be constantly requiring to be repaired. They bring a source of expenditure without any income. I have frequently seen hands lose the greater part of a day in repairing the implements with whioh they were at work, and at the same time the work was badly needed.— Correspondence Cincinnati Gazette. We once heard an onthusiaetic ad mirer of the sex say that, in his opinion, the most beautiful sight in the world was a lady gracefully riding on horse back. The man was not a bachelor either, so that the honesty of his asser tion can not be questioned. Whether the critic was correct or not, it is posi tively certain that horseback riding by ladies could be practiced to a much greater extent than it is to the advantage of tho equestrians. Every young woman possessed of good nerve should be taught to ride at an early age—to sit squarely upon the saddle, handling the rein with a light hand and conforming her motions with those of the horse. The fabled Centaur embodied the composite figures of a horse and a male rider, but the lithe and graceful form of a woman mounted on a spirited steed oxceeds the poetic conception of the mythologic ancients. Their riding habit should be merely long enough to cover the foot when she is seated in the saddle, and the stirrup should never be without a “shoe” to prevent the rider’s foot from being driven home too far. A more horrible accident, can hardly be imagined than a lady thrown from a frightened horse dragging by the stirrup. An excursion of a con siderable distance never ought to be at tempted until the rider, by private prac tice, or by long habit from childhood, be confident of her seat and rein. Horse back riding by women would often pre vent complaints to whioh the sex is inci dent, and thus alleviate a portion of Buf fering to which they are liable. The Silo System.—We remarked a year ago that during the next twelve- month a large amount of experience would be evolved in the work of ensi lage. A number of silos were con structed in New England, New York, and other Eastern States by able or wealthy farmers, and many of these pub lished accounts of their operations and degrees of success during the last winter and spring. We read all that came under our observation, and oen not rec ollect a discouraging account. Results, in every inatanoe, justified the expecta tions of the experimenters. From time to time, correspondents have plied the Gazette with questions, both in regard to the construction of silos and in refer ence to the system itself and its com parative merits as a fodder preserver. These letters we have answered to the best of our ability, and we now publish a statement from an Eastern contem porary, which will at once instruct the reader how to construct a silo, and show him how sincerely some experienced parties are convinced of the utility of the European mode of storing and pre serving green food for stook. Says the B. C. Intelligencer: “A very large silo is now approaching completion just outside of Doyles town, on the Smith farm, the largest one yet oonstruoted in the world perhaps. The structure is forty feet square, nineteen feet deep to the top of the walls, and twenty-six feet to the rafter plates. It is divided by strong walls into four compartments, mainly for convenience in filling. Eaoh one of these compartments is a big hole, the oubical contents being over 8,060 feet. It will require fully three days to fill one of these pits. The combined capacity of the four apartments is nearly 33,000 cubic feet—a very large space. The walls are built of concrete, are two feet thick, and the inside surfaoes fully cemented. The stones were all dug out of the hole made for the silo, as the rock was reached only a few feet below the surface. Some idea of the material required to construct the silo may be formed from the amount of cement used. There is a pile of empty cement barrels as large as a good sized house. The weather was unfavorable for a good deal of the time for speedy work, as the operations could not be conducted in the rain. This prevented finishing the work in time to ensilage the present grass crop, as was the intention. Sixteen acres of corn have been planted for ensilage, though it is quite probable that this will not much, if any, more than half fill the pits. A cattle stable forty feet square will be built adjoining the silo for convenience in feeding. There is to be a ten-horse power engine set np to do the outting of the ensilage, and other work about the place needing power. Everythin g is to be constructed with a view to complete convenience and thorough ness, under the eye and direction of a practical machinist. The matter of the silo will be thoroughly tested under the most favorable conditions, and its value, as the case may be, will be clearly shown. The gentleman engaged in this enterprise is a level headed, practical man, perfectly competent to fully and fairly test the innovation. He is well convinced in his own mind that it will be a success. He has visited most of the silos in this country, and many of those in France, Belgium, and Germany, and is going at the work now with all the knowledge a man could have short of that gained from actual experience. He has invented a new machine for cutting fodder, which looks like a good one. He claims that it will cut ten tons of green oom per hour into $ inch lengths. The American Plow Company, of New York, is manufacturing the machine. It will be of different sizes, and sell at different prices, to suit the work and purses of TumereTwEo'cKrnot want tile large ma- ohine. The price of the full sized cutter is about 8100, and the smaller ones will sell for perhaps half that sum. ” Thus far, we know of no attempt at the West to build a silo on a scale worthy of remark.—Cincinnati Gazette. HOUSEHOLD HELPS. (From Detroit Free Press Household.] Apple Pancakes.—Make one quart of batter as for any other pancake, and add one cup of finely chopped apple. The batter must be stirred each time a spoonful is taken out in order to equal ize it. Floorcloths.—Do not put carpets in your closets ; oilcloth or matting is much better, and can be easily kept free from dust. Matting after being swept should be wiped with a damp cloth. Hot salt and water will thoroughly oleanse it and will not disoolor it. Apple Custard Pie.—Soald the milk and let it cool. Grate some sweet ap ples. Take tw* thirds of a cupful of powdered sugar, four well-beaten eggs, one oupful of milk, one-fourth of a nut meg. Line an earthem pie-dish with a rich crust and let it bake. Then fill with the custard and let it bake for half an hour. To be eaten oold. Gingerbread Loaf.—One cup of but ter, one of molasses, one of sugar, half of oold water, one tablespoonful of gin ger, one tablespoonful of cinnamon, one of soda dissolved in boiling water ; melt the butter, slightly warm the molasses, spice and sugar, And heat together ten minutes; then putin the water, soda and flour; stir very hard and bake in three loaves. Brush them over with syrup while hot and eat fresh. Potato Puffs.—Take mashed pota toes and make them into a paste with one or two eggs; roll it over with a dust of flour and cut round with a saucer; have ready some cold roast meat (any kind) free from gristle and chopped fine, seasoned with salt and pepper, place it on the potatoes and fold it over like a puff; pinch or nick it neatly around and bake for a few minutes. Washing Towels. —Towels with hand some, bright borders should never be boiled, or allowed to lie in very hot water; they should not be used till they are so much soiled that they need vig orous rubbing to make them clean. It is better economy to use more towels than to wear out a few in a short time. A gentle rubbing in two suds, and then a conscientious rinsing in warm water and then in cold, ought to be all that iB required. Vegetables and Salads.—Upon the washing of green vegetables for salads much of their excellence depends; they should be shaken about without break ing, in a large pan of oold water well salted, since the action of the salt will destroy all the minute inhabitants of their fresh green covers, and, onoe dead, from sheer force of gravity they will fall to the bottom of the water. When the salad plants are free from sand and in sects they should be shaken, without breaking their leaves, in a colander, a wire basket, or a dry napkin until no moisture adheres to them; then they may be used at once or kept until wanted in a very cold, dark place. PfUDSHRVkD Oran a kb. —T*jw any num ber of oranges, with rather more thin their weight in white sugar. Slightly grate the oranges and score them round and round with a knife, but do not out very deep. Put them in cold water fur three days, changing the water two or three times a day. Tie them up iq a cloth, boil them until they are soft enough for the head of a pin to pene trate the skin. While they are boiliug place the sugar on the fire, with rather more than half a pint Of water to each pound; let it boil for a minute or two, then strain it through muslin. Put the oranges into the syrup till it jellies and is a yellow color. Try the syrup by pat ting some to cool. It must not be too stiff. The syrup need not cover the oranges, but they must be turned, so that each part gets thoroughly done. To Give Pine an Oak Colok.—Wash the wood oarefully in a solution of oop- peras dissolved in strong lye, in the pro portion of a pound of copperas to a gal lon of lye; when the wood is dry after having been thus thoroughly saturated with this wash, oil it, and it will look fresh and nice for a year or two, when it can be restained and again oiled. Often, when not subjected to hard usage, the color will remain undimmed for several years, only requiring to be oiled occasionally. The color may be put on with a short-bristled brush, or, tkeh^xis being protected with thick buckakin gloves, the wash may be applied wall a oipth, whioh will saturate the wood flire evenly. It will blister the hands if aaey are not well protected. Ants.—There is one wav, and only one, of ridding the house, closets, cake pails, sugar barrels, etc., of red ants or black, big or little. When you find them on your premises get ready tea kettles of boiling water, plenty of it.' Go out of doors, look carefully over the paths and walks, if in the country; if in the oity, look over the flagging in the areas, both front and back. Scald every little hole you see with a mound of little earth pellets around it; it is the home of the ant. On a sunny day these pellets are brought out of the nests to dry. When the weather is damp, or soon will be, you will see nothing but little holes In. the ground. The ants are ail “at home.” Scald them. If yourcellarisnot cemented hunt the pests there; very likely you will find lots of them. When the work here recommended has been done, clean out your closets, sugar pails, every thing in the olosets, rub fine salt on the shelves, lay clean yellow paper on them, and put back dishes. In tho cracks of the floor and around the surbase of said olosets should be plaoed ground red pep per. Ants will not oome again for a long time. Wbe’ they again make a raid, as they may, in a few months, give thorn a second scalding. Henry Clay’s Conrtesy. I think I never saw a more perfect gentleman than Henry Clay. He was always considerate of the feelings of his brother man, and even when sorely tried never said or did anything whfei. ,*>uld possibly offend the lowliest of them. I recall an instance of this. There lived here in former years a man named Gar- bard, who, though a rough fellow,jwas "an’ alSent "afeYer of Mr. Clay personal acquaintance-.-— During one of Mr. Clay’swSN^Gar- bard came up to the springs, arriving at night in a sad condition of intoxication. He wanted to know where Mr. Clay was, and insisted upon seeing him. With some difficulty we persuaded him that he must wait until morning, and he finally said : “Well, just let me see his foot tracks; that will do me to-niglit. The next morning I started with a friend to Mr. Clay’s house, and found him surrounded with distinguished gen tlemen, both of this country and abroad, There were Senators and Judges and for eign Ambassadors present, all engaged in discussing, I believe, some intricate question of foreign policy. The gentle men present would throw out some prob lem or other, like a tub to a whale, for Mr. Clay to play with, as it weie. Mr. Clay was seated at the end of the room furthest from the door when who should come marching into the room but Mr. Garbard. He had with him, too, an Italian dwarf, in fantastic dress, with bells on his hat, who was a ventriloquist and a mountebank generally. Of course the appearance of such a couple in such an assemblage created no little commo tion. Garbard pulled his hat off, and, march ing up to the man of Ashland, said: “Good-morning, Mr. Clay.” “ Good-morning, Mr. Garbard,” said Mr. Clay. “Well, Mr. Clay, continued the other, “I know you are a good judge of men and are fond of music, so I brought this man up to amuse you. He can imitate any kind of an animal in the world, and I’ll have him go through his programme foryou.” Everybody else in the room was abashed at toe man’s forward manner, but Mr. Clay arose a*td stepped feerard as though he was interested in tlfy ex treme. Then toe fellow began his imitations. I oould not stand it, and went out of the room, as did many others. Finally, Mr. Olay went up to the fellow, and, taking a $5 bill from his pocket, said : “I appreciate your efforts, but I know you must be extremely fatigued from your exercises, and trust you will not attempt anything farther,” and toe man went off. The discussion was never resumed, and the party all came down on to toe grounds after that, but it was toe finest exemplification of “ a step from the sub lime to toe ridiculous ” that I ever wit nessed.—Dr. Moorman, in the Cincin nati Commercial, Gloves in the Middle Ages. Gloves were greatly regarded ip the Middle Ages. They were so costly that none but persons of rank and substance were able to wear them. A few centu ries back a shopkeeper, artisan or yeo man would have been as muoh ridiculed and sneered at by persons of hh own station as at the present time a Parisian grisette wearing a bonnet would be, The high dignitaries of the ehuroh and sove reign Princes wore gloves ornamented with preoious stones and rich embroidery on occasions of high state oeremony. Did a lady desire to give her suitor a special token of her preference or regard, she presented him wito her glove, which he at ones attached to his hslmet. Painting Daniel Webster’s Portrait. Webster, said Mr. Healy, the cele brated American portrait painter, was an excessively bad sitter. I had been commissioned to paint his portrait for King Louis Philippe, and for Lord Ash burton, as well as to prepare a portrait which is now in toe State Department at Washington. On the first evening after my arrival at his house in Marshfield, the subject of too painting was ap proached only in the conversation after Sinner, The great man inquired how many sittings I should want and how much time he must give. I was much impressed by his ponderous toice and his grand manners; so I answered, rather modestly, “Six sittings of two hour* each.” “I can’t give em,” said Mr. Webster, in his deepest voioe. I reflected a moment and then answered : “ It is very well to know that, for I shall now be able to return to Boston in the forenoon of to-morrow.” “How is that ? ” he said. I stated that my in variable rule was to have six sittings, that as I had three portraits to finish, I could not undertake to do toe work un less he would be kind enough to comply wito my conditions. “I could not,” I said, “agree to give a faithful resem blance of yourself to Lord Ashburto* and to toe King without Bix sittings." He seemed amazed at my presumption, but finally he said; “ Very well JI will do the best I can.” A lady who was present subsequently remarked to me that she had never heard any one speak in that way to Mr. Webster before. “ I am proud of you,” Bhe said. He proved a kindly, though a difficult sitter. After he had risen from one of toe sittings he plaoed his hand on my shoulder and ac companied me to the door. “ Mr. Healy,” said he, and his voice seemed to shake the threshold of toe door, “do you see the brow of yonder hill ? Go there with the telescope which you see hanging in toe hall, put it to your little eye, and when you come back tell me if in Europe there is such an enchanting spectacle,” “No] splen did subject, bad sitter—impatient- such was Mr. Webster 1” “At a little later period,” he added, “I was in Washington making a study of Mr. Webster’s head for a picture of him as he appeared when replying to Hayne in 1830. Mr. Webster, who was often weighed down with public duties, man aged to give us an occasional morning. A French artist friend of mine, a dimin utive but very agreeable person named Du Bourjal, was admitted at the same time with myself to make studies for an aquarelle. One morning after I had finished my details of the face and was to paint toe garments and some small matters connected with the statesman’s general appearance, Mr. Webster ar rived in very bad humor. I made the mistake of trying to talk him out of it, but the little Frenchman, who had a wholesome fear of the great man, eyed me wito terror. I soon found that Mr. Webster was not inclined to respond to cheerful talk, and presently he said, in a voice like rumbling thunder: “ ‘ What are you painting this morn ing, Mr. Healy?’ "‘Iam painting the dress, sir.’ “ ‘ Then why do you wish me to talk ?’ he said, very gravely. I accepted toe reproof and weekly attended to my du ties, ti£ little Frenchman doing his work in aftor we had fin ished, Mr. Webster arose, went 'ovtS Ul De Bourjal, took him by the hand and said : ‘ Come and see ns to-night and take a dish of tea ’ He then glared at me for a moment, as if hesitating whether or not to invite me—‘and bring your friend Mr. Healy with you,’ he added. He then stalked out majes tically, and toe little Frenchman said : “ Do you know what I thought when he turned to you just now ? I thought he was going to take me by the legs and beat your brains out with mo !’ ” Editorial Courtesy. A Wausau paper recently referred to a rival editor as a “whisky-swilling dead beat, whoso breath was a pestilence,” etc., but this was probably a figure of speech, and not intended to be construed literally—a sort of poetic license. Other remarks of a similar nature have occa sionally been dropped, in a moment of absent-mindedness on toe part of the editor, but on toe whole we are proud of toe country press, and a comparison of it with the great metropolitan dailies is greatly to its credit. We hope to sea the Wisconsin press become a model for other editors to pattern after—remem bering always that harsh words can never be recalled, but that kind words never die. If an editor cannot say a good thing of a man, there is no law compelling him to say anything. But if the individual is altogether had, and his objects and aims are against the best interests of the community—if, in short, he averages more deviltry than decency to toe acre—then open on him with grape and oannister at short range, and never let up as long as there is anything left that is an inch high. Chum him, walk on him wito spikes in your boots, And lift him up tenderly with nitro glycerine bombs. Make him think you are displeased about something. Should he oome into the office and offer to whale something out of you, as a slight testimonial, you will have to be guided entirely by circumstances in toe matter—it is a point upon which we can give no advice. Under some oiroum- stances an editor would be entirely justified in knooking the man down and throwing him (Jut of toe window, while others might find it of value to apologize. It is merely a matter of taste.—Mil waukee Sun, A Feminine Trick. A feminine trick, very common among foreigners at Rome, Italy, is described as follows; A lady goes to a milliner’s and looks over her stock of bonnets. She selects those which she thinks will suit her, and begs the milliner to send them to her toe following morning that she may try them on at home and select toe one whioh suite her. The poor mil liner oonsents. At 9 o’olook she sends the bonnets. The lady is not up. Will toe “young woman” call again a little later? The “young woman” con sents to leave the bonnets until 3 o’clock. What does my lady do then? She takes toe bonnet she likes best to a little working milliner in a back shop of a back street, and bids her make one ex actly like toe model she leaves wito her until half past 2 o’clock, when she takes it back to the grand milliner, saying that she is yery sorry, but none of them "suit her,” Works of Art Free ! WITH AS PER TERMS BELOW. S’osrjl jffoKs HOMEWARD, (Or, “The Curfew,") AND PARM'Y ARD, (at Sunset.) thhi ooMriaioa tiotusm hits «*“ Stein-eopied in Black and Two Tints in a high grade of sunset effects, tinting ha. produced the most neffcet and Pl<*»«g twi^ and 5un9 * t iBoOU — l7 |.j „ i| u INCHES. SIZE OF SHEET, 22 x 28 INCHES; PRINTED AND TINTr.P SURFACE, Published at >2,00 etch | HOOjier Pato \ In sucoessful combination of Rural Scenery With happy . , exalted poetic sentiment, they hare never bsen exogin the brush of American Art. amtm ; ~ . . the large These miniature wood cut6 but faintly suggest the beauty and merit ef copies. 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