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FARM AND HOUSEHOLD,
• ■ ' Ita'isini? “Top” Onions.
Onions, like other vegetables, writes a
correspondent of the Indiana Farmer,
are susceptible of improvement, and also
ofdegeneration. . Last season ihe writer
put out' a quart of solid, fine-looking
sets, all of which grew rapidly and
promised a better yield than ordinary.
The tops grew tall and heavy to a sur
prising degree, but when the bulbs be
gan smartly to expand they all divided
into from two to five parts each, and be
came tough and stringy. When the tops
of other onions set out at the same time
were all dead, these tops were green;
. and they, remained quite green, though
somewhat faded and fallen, until De
cember; in fact, until severe cold. I
showed some of these shallots (degen
erated onions! to an experienced gar
dener, who informed me that they had
degenerated in the following way: On
ions which bear sets at the tops had sent
up amid those sets little stems which
blossomed and bore seeds. These seeds
had been planted, perhaps, soon after
ripening, and had produced the sets
which brought forth my shallots. This
taught me a lesson; to look well to the
character of whatever onion sets, plants,
or seeds of any kind 1 might hereafter
put into the ground. Do not raise de
generated articles if you can avoid it—
especially a degenerate boy—compared
to a man, what a shallot” is to a true
onion.
Farm and Carden IVote't.
Shavings sprinkled with diluted car
bolic acid will make a nest entirely free
from vermin.
A prominent fruitgrower says that the
profits derived from fruit depend upon
the quality of the crop instead of the
quantity.
The average yield, for three years, of
whole potatoes planted at the Ohio ex
periment station was 24(1 bushels per
acre; that from single-eyepieces, 130
bushels per acre.
Crushed oats make the best food for
horses. Old horses cannot easily masti--
cate whole grain and the crushing of the
oats consequently adds twenty-five per
cent, to the value.
Any man can raise more corn on an
acre af land thoroughly manured, care
fully plowed and kept free from weeds,
than he can off two acres which are
slovenly cultivated.
Ducks should have separate houses
from other fowls. No roosts are neces
sary, but they should have troughs, as
they do not like to pick and hunt on the
ground like chickens.
Currant and gooseberry cuttings from
new shoots, placed in rich earth, will
now root nicely. One inch and one bud
are enough to leave above ground, with
four or five inches below.
If trees are growing too vigorously
and are sending out too many or too
long branches, lop them off now. If
cleanly done no harm will follow. But
cut smoothly; don’t tear or twist them
off.
A" Have your pigs and hogs access to
.« plenty,of fresh water? If not, provide
™ it as soon as possible. Good, pure,
fresh water is as essential to healthy
development l.i the hog as in the cow
or horse
Every farmer should endeavor to keep
down weeds, not only for his own bene
fit, b'ut also in order to prevent injury
to his neighbors. Compulsory clearing
of weeds would soon lessen the nui
sance.
All the extra care of the colts will be
handsomely repaid in the early develop
ing of the young horse, and the better
horse it will make gives a better return
in ready cash for the extra feed and care
of the colts.
In many parts of England the practice
of shearing lambs is on the increase.
This shearing does not take place till
midsummer or later. The practice tends
to diminish the next clip, but the animal
makes greater progress in the interval.
In the care of eggs while waiting for
hatching, a place is preferred that is
neither hot nor cold, damp nor dry. If
the eggs are to be kept but a little
while, turning them over every day will
answer, any box or basket being suffi
cient.
A little charcoal fed two or three
times a week to the pigs is beneficial in
correcting acidity in the stomach, to
which hogs are liable when fed upon
corn and confined in a pen. They will
eat it greedily and fatten much more
rapidly with charcoal than without.
Farmers cannot be too guarded in the
isolation aad protection of their hogs.
Disease is here, there and nearly every
where. and a little carelessness may be
the means of losing an entire herd, while
with ordinary care the disease may pos
sibly be entirely avoided.
Household Hints.
When there is a crack in the stove it
can be mended by mixing ashes and salt
with water.
When clothes are scorched remove the
stain by placing the garment where the
sun can shine on it.
Irons can be preserved from rust by
smearing them . with mutton suet and
dusting them with unslaked line, pow
dered.
Put away the milk at once when it is
Berved. In five minutes, an authority
says, milk that is left uncovered and
standing near any draiu or on the bricks
Dy a garbage pail will imbibe enough
impurities to make it spoiled for the
Saby’s use.
A Novel Time Piece.
A Salt Lake City jeweler has invented
i novel time piece in the shape of a
! tteel wire stretched across his window,
jn which a stuffed canary hops from
left to right,- indicating as it goes the
lours cif the day by pointing with its
leak to a dial stretched beneath the wire
ind having the figures from 1 to 24.
When it reaches the ■ latter figure it
jlides across the window to 1 again.
There is no .visible mechanism, all being
inside the bird. The inventor says he
was three vears in studying it out.
France' pays |!, 500,000 for its foreign
-mail: England.000,000; Iia!v,-$2.,00o,-
... iffOiSEe.xieo.ijil,000.000'; Austria,$1,000,-
500; Spain,$1.000,000; Belgium.$!,000,-
S, 500; ..Holland, $-1,000,000;- and the
United! States, $025,000
WORDS OF WISDOM.
Life is too short for attempts or pre
tences that end in nothing.
Look after the establishment, of a
worthy character; and leave its apprecia
tion to others!
Those who think money will do any
thing may be suspected of doing any
thing for money.
Never pronounce a man to be wilfully
niggard until you have seen the contents
of his purse. Distribution should be in
accordance witli receipts.
Some women cling to their own houses
like the honeysuckle over the door, and,
like it, sweeten all the region with the
subtle fragrance of their goodness.
Sincerity is to speak as we think, to
do as we pretend and profess, to perform
and make good what we promise, and
really do what we would seem and ap
pear to be.
It is not the lot of men to be perfectly
happy in this world; the only thing
which remains to us is to make the best
of what we receive and obtain, being as
comfortable and happy as our circum
stances will allow.
He who can wait for what he desires
takes the course not to be exceedingly
grieved if he fails of it; he, on the con
trary, who labors after a thing too im
patiently, thinks the success, when it
comes, Is not a recompense equal to all
the pains he has been at about it.
Conceit is like the natural unguent ol
the sea fowl’s plumage, which enables
him to shed the rain that falls on him
and the wave in which he dips. When
one has had all his conceit taken out of
him, when he has lost all his illusions,
his feathers will soon soak through, and
he will fly no more.
A Mexican Market.
The market furnishes an abundance of
eggs, chickens, cheese and milk. Fish
can most always be had, being brought
from the Santiago river, twenty miles
distant. A nice chicken can be bought
fora real and a medio (eighteen and
three-quarters cents) and a dozen eggs
for the same. The cheese mostly used
is called panda, and comes in the form
of cakes; is white and soft, and eaten
when freshly made. Milk is brought
into town on the backs of animals, and is
plenty and cheap. There is a belief
that it is dangerous to drink it in any
quantity and clear; that, if a glass of it
be drank, and the person becomes ex
cited or angry, the chemical , affinities of
the milk and blood are such that a poi
son is produced that creates immediate
death. Flour sells for twelve cents a
pound. The amount used is considera
ble, notwithstanding that tortallis, or
corn cakes, are a necesity in every fam
ily. The bread and cakes are all fur
nished by the baker. The bread is made
in the form of rolls, which are sold for
four cents each. Of the sweet bread
there is a great variety, and each family
in purchasing, procures the assortment.
It is made into sufall cakes of different
shapes and sold at from one to three cents
each.
The entire ignorance of the value and
use of stoves, of course necessitates a
simplicity in the art of cooking, and the
excellence of the production of the co-
cinera is very .remarkable when this is
considered. There is not a stove in use
in Topic. The original, antique fur
nace, that has been in use from the time
of the Spaniards, is still cherished as su
perior to any modern innovation. It is
simply of brick, .of convenient height,
with an opening on top to contain char
coal, which is the only fuel used, and on
top of which the cooking utensil is
placed. An opening underneath furnishes
draft. All the cooking utensils are made
by the Indians from clay. They are all
glazed, some ornamented .with colors,
and are cheap but frail. They are of all
sizes, from a spoonful up to ten galons.
They are brought into the towns on the
backs of Indians and donkeys, packed
in crates, and are offered for sale about
the plaza on Sunday. This is an import
ant industry, as ail families must use
more or less, and the constant breakage
creating a continual demand.—Alta-Cal
ifornia.
A Remarkable Experience.
Mr. Arkell, editor of the Albany Jour
nal, who is only thirty-one years of age,
has a most remarkable history, writes a
correspondant of the New York World.
He is the son of Senator Arkell. He
was in his father's factory when he was
seventeen years of age, at the moment
of a terrible gasoline explosion. The
workman who was with young Arkell
was blown out of sight. Not enough
was left of him to be gathered together
for identification. Young Arkell, who
did not lose consciousness, covered his
mouth and eves, and made a dash for
the door. The building in which the
explosion took place became filled at
once with black smoke.
The boy butted his way with his head
through five doors, going literally
through fire. In his passage he became
frightfully burned. The time of the ac
cident was winter. When he finally
reached the outer air he rolled in the
snow, and left in the snow the front and
back of both of his hands and the cover
ing of much of the lower part of his face.
He was burned so hopelessly that the
doctors for along time despaired of him.
Senator Arkell, who was on one of the
upper floors of: the building when the
explosion took place, escaped by drop
ping from a window down a fall of
twenty-five feet upon a strip of bare
rock.
His son was in bed for two years. His
face was so badly burned that it was im
possible for the natural skin to recoveT
it. His hands were equally afflicted.
Senator Arkell discovered in his reading
experiments in the direction of trans
planting skin from one person to another.
He asked the surgeons in charge of his
son to try this experiment. The result
was one of the most interesting known
in the chapters of surgery.
Upon the lace of young Mr. Arkell
there were transplanted 85<i pieces of
skin from the arms of various people.
The result is that his face was entirely
built up, so that to-day, while he bears
very heavy scars, he yet looks.very well,
considering what he has'be'cri' through.
. Every Gentian s-fidier is' expected to ;
write home at least once a month. Let- j
terstoand from soldiers pass free through
the mails. !
Forecasting Tornadoes.
If the knowledge of tornadoes gained
by solar observation were combined with
that gained by the signal service, a great
advance in the science of meteorology
might be made. It may yet be possible
by combined effort to locate a tornado
path before the destruction occurs. The
only case in which the forecasting of a
tornado track would have been accurate
was that which destroyed Rochester,
Minn. Upon the previous appearance of
the same solar storm a train of cars was
swept from the track not far from
Rochester. At the next appearance of
the sun storm by the sun’s revolution
Rochester was destroyed. Upon the
third appearance a tornado occurred to
the north of Rochester. But this coin
cidence was not sufficient to establish a
basis for locating tornado paths, al
though it may help to determine a
method.—Rochester Democrat- Chronicle.
From the National Capital.
The Washington Post says: We ad
mire the stand taken by numerous emi
nent physicians in changing the mode of
treatment of coughs and colds, and pub
licly endorsing Red Star Cough Cure
because it is efficacious, free from dan
gerous ingredients, and without morphia
or opium. This excellent remedy costs
but twenty-five cents.
Do not let the evening of life be less
joyous than the morning. The freshness
of the morning gave you vigor to work
for all time, and the quiet of the evening
should give you peace to go through all
eternity.
Voung: Girls
are at a critical period when they are about
maturing and developing into women. The
lack of watchful care at this time may result
in fixing irregularities upon delicate organs
and entailing a long list of “female weak
nesses. ” All this may be avoided, and the
young woman come through this period
clothed in all the beauty and strength of a
perfectly healthy organization by the aid of
Dr. Fierce’s “Favorite Prescription,” pre
pared especially for female troubles by one
of the most successful physicians of the day.
Chinese, tea is cultivated in Desha county,
Arkansas.
I sufebed for more than ten years with that
dreadful disease catarrh, and used every avail
able medicine which was recommended to me.
I cannot thank you enough for the relief which
your Cream Balm afforded ms.—Emamuel
Meyers, Winfield, L. I. '•
Fred Ward says his living expenses in
Ludlow street jail are $40 per week.
Russell Sap
is a well-known operator in Wall street, who
Is generally considered as “up to snuff.”
Hence, it may have been quite natural that
a countryman who reads the papers recently
called at his office and asked for a package of
Dr. Sage’s Catarrh Remedy. He discovered
bis mistake, but he mads no mistake in the
article called for. This Remedy, when ap
plied with Dr. Pierce’s “Nasal Douche,” will
surely and rapidly eradicate the most aggra
vated case of catarrh, with all its unpleasant
and dangerous accompaniments.
The last pitch-hole in life’s highway—the
grave.
If afflicted with sore eyes use Dr. Issat
Thompson’s Eye Water. Druggists sell ih 25«
It is stated that there are 13,000 policemen
in London
The pbopbietobs of Ely’s Cream Balm do
not claim it to be a cure-all, but a sure remedy
for Catarrh, Colds in the Head and Hay Fever.
It is not a liquid or a snuff, but is easily ap
plied with the finger. It gives relief at once.
Sold by all druggists. Price 50 cents. By mail
60 cents. Ely Bros., Owego, N. Y.
Important.
When you visit or leave New York city, save baggage,
expressage and $3 carriage hire, and stop at the Grand
Union Hotel, opposite Grand Central depot.
{500 elegant rooms, fitted up at a oeBfcofone million
collars, 11 and upward per day. European plan. Ele
vator. Restaurant supplied with the best. Horae cars,
stages and elevated rauroads to all depots. Families
can live better tor less money at the Grand Union
Hotel than at any ether Urst-cLass hotel in the oity.
Jumbo’s heart weighed 1,608 pounds.
Absolutely
Wree from Opiates, Mmstio* and Poison.
SAFE.
SURE.
PROMPT. .
At Daoeei»T« and D balers.
THB CMARLSa A. TOQELSS CO., BALTIMOBB, BTO.
Elizabeth Garrett, of Baltimore, has a fortune
of at least $12,000,000.
Mensman’s Peptonized beep tonic, th» only
preparation of beef containing its entire nutri
tious properties. It contains blood-making,
force generating and life-sustaining properties;
invaluable for indigestion, dyspepsia, nervous
prostration, and all forms of general debility;
also, in all enfeebled conditions, whether the
result of exhaustion, nervous prostration, over
work or acute disease, particularly if resulting
from pulmonary complaints. Caswell, Hazard A
Co., Proprietors, New York. Sold by druggists.
Miss Sarah Hitchcock, of New York, is set
down as worth $12,000,000.
Why go limping around with your boots run
over, when Lyon’s Heel Stiffeners will keep
them straight? .
Now is the time to prevent and cure Skin
Diseases, and to secure a white, soft and beauti
ful complexion use “Beeson’s Abomatic Alum
Sclphub "
mail.
ilphuk Soap.” 25 cents by Druggist, or by
ail. Wm. Dreydoppel, Philadelphia, Pa.
Good company and good conversation are the
very sinews of virtue.
Relief is immediate, and a cure sure. Piso’s
Remedy for Catarrh. 50 cents.
The three daughters of Mr. Banker Drekel,of
Philadelphia, are tet down for $6,000,000 each.
Falsehood is a hood that covers many crooked
heads.
I was troubled with catarrh for seven years
previous to commencing the use of Ely’s Cream
Balm, some five months ago. It has done for
me what other so-called cures have failed to
do—cured me. The effect of the Balm seemed
like magic.—Clarence-L.,Huff, Biddeford, Me.
In Boston the richest lawyer is Sidney Bart
lett, set down as $12,000,000.
* * * * Male weakness and loss of power
promptly cured. Book, 10 cents in stamps.
World’s Dispensary Medical Association, 663
Main Street, Buffalo, N. Y.
In London political circles liberals and con
servatives do not speak as they pass by.
IF _ e Ci!?*6 P.teumatism, Neuralgia,
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K WE » DRUQGISTS AND DEALERS.
THE CHARLES A. YQGlIJCtt CO., BALTIMORE, MB.
Relieved at Last!
“We kaow a gentleman In this county who, six
months ago. was almost a hopeless cripple from an
attack of rheumatism. He could scarcely hobble
across the room, need crutches, and said him
self that he had little If any hope of ever recovering.
We saw him in our town last week, walking about
as lively as any other man, and in the finest health
and spirits. Upon our inquiry as to what had worked
such a wonderful change in his .condition he replied,
that S. S. S. had cured him. After using a dozen and
a half bottles, he has been transformed from a mis
erable cripple to a happy, healthy man. He is none
other 1han Mr. E. B. Lambert.”—Sylvania-Telephone.
Treatise on Blood and Skin Diseases mailed free.
The Swift Specific Co,, Drawer 3, Atlanta, Ga., or
157 W. 23d St., N. Y.
Piso’s Remedy for Catarrh Is the
Best, Easiest to Use, and Cheapest.
Also good for Cold in the Head,
Headache, Hay Fever, <fcc. 60 cents.
IMMEDIATE RELIEF!
Gordon’s King of Pain relieves pain of whatever ma
ture, the moment it is applled.and is a household
remedy wherever known for Rheumatism, Neural'
via, Headache and Toothache, Burns and Scalds,
Bpralas and Bruises, Diarrhoea Dysentery, Sor«
Throat, Ulcers, Fresh wounds, etc. Burns will not
blister if applied, and Bruises will heal in a day that
would require a week by any other method, in©
i'erriedy is furnished in powder, with labels, etc., and
Is gent by mail, postage paid. It is put up in 50c„
and $5 packages. The 50c., or trial package, when
reduced to liquid form, will fill 24 2oa. bottles, which
are worth at retail, $6. Agents can coin money sell
ing it. It is worth ten times its cost for burns alone,
feend postal notes or two cent stamps. Address
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ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR 1886.
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The Conyoanion itself hardly needs an introduction to the readers of this paper. IM" subscribers number nearly 350,000. This is the fifty-
eighth year of it fiublication, and during these years it has found its way into almost every village throughout the land, until it has become truly a
member of man jS households. The publishers have secured for the coming volume an unusual variety of entertaining and popular articles, aud its
Contributors already include nearly all the distinguished Authors of this country and Great Britain, and some of those of France and Germany.
Illustrated Serial Stories.
A CAPITAL SERIAL FOR BOYS, by
IRON TRIALS, a Thrilling Story, by
AN ANONYMOUS LETTER, by
QUEER NEIGHBORS, by
AWAY DOWN IN POOR VALLEY, by
Adventures.
ARCTIC ADVENTURES, by Lieut. GREELY, V. S. ».
THE SLAVE CATCHERS of Madagascar, Lieut. SHUFELBT.
AMONG THE BREAKERS, by C. F. GORDON GUMMING,
CANADIAN ADVENTURES, by E. W. THOMSON.
ADVENTURES OF STOWAWAYS, by WM. H. RIBBING.
MY ESCAPE from Morro Castle, by a Cuban Patriot, JUAN ROMERO.
A BOY’S ADVENTURES in Montana, by JAKES W. TOWLE.
MY ADVENTURE with Road Agents, FRANK W. CALKINS.
EXPLOITS with Submarine Boats and Tor
pedoes in Naval Warfare, by T. C. HOYT.
J. T. TROWBRIDO®.
GEO. MANVILLE PENN.
M. R. HOUSEKEEPER.
C. A. STEPHENS.
CHARLES EGBERT CRADDOCK.
Natural History.
INCIDENTS OF ANIMAL Sagacity, by REV. 7. G. WOOD. 1
NEW STORIES from the Fisheries, by Prof. SPENCER F. BAIRD.
DOGS WHO EARN THEIE LIVING, by JAMES GREENWOOD.
F. W. CALKINS.
A. F. MYERS.
Col. T. W. KNOX.
W. T. H0RNADAY.
STORIES of Old Trappers and Fur-Buyers,
AMUSING SKETCHES of Whale-Hunting,
PERILS OF PEARL DIVING, by
THE ROGUE ELEPHANT, by
THE KEEPERS OF THE ZOO: or Anecdotes
about Animals, gleaned from the Keepers
of the Zoological Gardens, London, by
ARTHUR RIOBY.
Special Articles*
CHANCES FOB AMERICAN BOYS, by
DRAMATIC EPISODES in English History,
GLIMPSES OF ROCJMANTA, by
A MUSIC LESSON, by the Famous Singer,
OBSCURE HEROES, by
THE VICTIMS OF CIRCUMSTANCES, by
THE SPEED OF METEORS, by
OUR FUTURE SHOWN BY THE CENSUS, by
ADVICE TO YOUNG SINGERS, by
THE MARQUIS OF LORNE.
JAMES ANTHONY FROUDE.
THE UUEEH OF SOUMANIA.
CHRISTINE NILSSON.
CANON FARRAB.
WILKIE COLLINS.
BICHARD A. PROCTOR.
FRANCIS A. WALKER
CLARA LOUISE KELLOGG.
ADVICF TO A Tinv f President C. W. ELIOT, of Harvard University.
mTTvni 3 President NOAH PORT SJ, of Yale Coils*-#
Fonr Papers by ' ' President F. A. P. BARNARD, of Columom
i President F, A. P. BARNARD, of Columom College.
I Professor MOSES COIT TYLER, of Cornell College.
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Useful and Practical.
BOYS WHO CAME FROM THE FARM, H. BUTTEKWOETH.
VIOLIN BOWING-Buying a Violin, by ROBT. D. BRAIN.
LOCKS AND KEYS; or Wonders of Locksmiths, II. E. WILLIS.
SMALL STOCK-RAISING for Boys, by LEMUEL PAXTON.
SHORT-HAND Af, A PROFESSION, HERBERT W. GLEASON.
HOW TO FORM a Young Folks’ Shakespeare Club, Prof. W. J. ROLFS.
HOME-SEEKING IH THE WEST-Homestaading-
How Land is Pre-empted—Farming and Irriga
tion—Kow to Secure Land by Tree Culture, by E. V. SMALLEY.
Entertaining.
PERSONAL ANECDOTES of John Marshall, J. ESTEN COOKE.
DRIFTED IN: A Story of a Storm-Bound Train, OSCAR KNOX.
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