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AGRICULTURAL. I: j TOPICS OF INTEREST RELATIVE ! TO FARM AND GARDEN. J i A Point About Poultry. < I was never so convinced of the ad- i antage of raising chickens of uniform 1 sice and color, as during the present sea- 1 bod, when all mine are Plymouth Rock-:, j I had seven broods hatched out within a t Week or ?o of each other, this kept them i in growing up so nearly of the same si/.e i that their mothers could not distinguish r the Clutches apart, and being of a um- c form color and marking, all seemed alike s to them. I could thus arrange the coops, g in a row close alongside, and if the t chickens ran from ?as coop into another t .the hens, instead of savagely picking i them sometimes killing them, as tney will i When of different size and color, nursed s all kindly, whether being of their own ? prood or not. This maie the chickens 1 lafe from injury, and it was a pleasant t tight to see the little things runuing in e and out of the different coops, or all t promiscuously around, when the hens e were let out for exercise on the grass plot. 1 The eame advantage will apply to any s Heed of hens, provided they are of uni- 1 form color and size; and I shall adopt it { th all my chicken rearing hereafter.? . A. B. Allen Sheen on the Farm. ^ What a valuable addition to the farm ^ atock would be a sinrll flock of sheep. , *"* * * a i_ ^ r I 'J'Hi6 snoiua De as < ommon as a uul-b. ui poultry and might be made as profitable, qr more so. It is futile to excuse the * tfhjtence of sheep f. oai the fe m on the a ground that the dogs worry them. Dogs 8 will worry fowls when they get a chance, but farmers keep poultry, nevertheless, f nd if they would only keep sheep the c flog nuisance would soon be ended. The c Jy-ongest always prevail, and numbers give strength, although the individual may be weak. Farmers would take \ measures to defend their flocks if they e ' kept them, and would exact from the r fiwners of dogs every lawful exemption hgainst the trespassing of the animals j, Wider the reasonable penalty of destruc- g fm. Mutton, when well fed, is one of E 6 best and most agreeable of all meats. g is of convenient size, and a carcass can be easily disposed of by two families, while the wool may be turned to good ? ccount in the domestic production of . homespun yarn and comfortable home J knit covering for the feet. The restoration of the t-heep to its ancient position i c As a domestic animal is one of the urgent demands of an improved and more prof- T itable agriculture.?New York Times. Warm Water For Milch Cows. t In a recent report of the experiments * conducted at the Kansas State Agricultural College farm Professor E. M. Shel- c ton gives the results of an experiment t ftegun last Feb. uary, having for its ob- t Ject to ascertain the influence of warm t water, as compared with water at an or- -v dinary temperature of wells, when used j as drink for milch cows. In this experiment the cows were wa- g tered about 19 'clock in the morning, jj The warm wataf, the first few days of the n inai, wus ruiscu to ice icmpeiuiuxe ui ou ^ degrees Fahrenheit, then to 90 anS after a that water at 100 degrees was steadily 0 used. In a word, the < ows were gradu- 8 nally brought to like the warm water, which at first they approached with y some reluctance. After a few trials of . the warm water, howe. er, n liking for ? it, which amounted to greed, was rapidly developed. Young suckling calves, by . the bye, who ordinarily took cold water with reluctance,soon acquired a taste for ? the warm drink, taking it in full draughts. "When warm water was the qrink of the cows a marked increase in n the flow of milk was rerorded. This in- c crease, amounting to 14 and even 13 per c?nt, seemed to show that warm water ^ Wis always beneficial. v In commenting on this experiment, ^ which lack of space prevents being here e reported in detail, Professor Shelton re- r calls to mind the losses sustained by stock owners from the use of water in a freez- t fag condition in cold weather. He draws o the picture of a herd of shivering cattle e itauding over a trough or partly frozen I \ tream by the half hour, dreading the a +v?of fvin fpa07innr tvotnr rr?ttoc ia tka n HWA. llUlkll VtIV ilVVKUIft VTMlVt ? A T VU IV VUV ^y>tem, and, after drinking, shivering i ahd shaking as if with ague. In striking n contrast to this wn the behavior of the v college cows after they had acquired the taste for warm wa'er; they drank it T greedily in full draughts, afterward s tretching themselves with evident com- t fort and satisfaction. m j As regards the praeticabil.ty and econ- 0 opty of this experiment, Profes-or Shel- i ion sees no ob;ta le, ina much as every c farm abounds in much ref se fuel mate- ! y rial, such as corn-cobs, stalks and the 8 like, that may b? made to burn aud so j convey heat to the animal in the water I that is Consumed. That this is a simple ! * and inexpensive prore-s is shown in i the factthflt at the college farm h bushel' of bituminuous coal, burned in an conomical boiler, proved to be ample, fuel for h.ating the daily drinking water i t required by twenty-live eows. ^ Prof. Shelton concludes his report by j ^ asserting that warm, comfortable quar- | ^ ters, supplemented by warm food and drink, will contribute largely to the Etuuta nyLiuiug v ? uuuus ui cubbiu iuus eated. { Peach and Fear Culrure. ] The peach tree requires cultivation en- 1 tirely different from that needed for the ' pear, yet where the orchards are side by ide the same treatment is usually given J both. In former days, befo e the new | varieties were known, peach and pear 11 trees were hardy, ni>d lived for quite a : long period, but with grafting and budding the conditions ncces-ary for success leem to have been changed. The blight i with the pear and the yellows with the ; pe^ch, are the great obstacles in the way, 1 While the borer al?o does his share of the 1 work of destruction. ^ompured w.th the pear the peach requires clean cultivation. The orchard i should first be plowod and well worked 1 with the harrow before planting the trees, and the ground kept clear of grass and wee K No manure should be used unless it is in the shape of well rotted compost, but mnrl and muck, that has been used a* nb o bent material, is of advantage. The b.-st fertilizer is either muriate or su'phate of potash, about 200 pounds per acre, using at the same time about 10) pouudsof superphosphate. No nitrogenous fertiliser is necessary the first two years, but after the trees begin to bear 100 pounds of nitrate of soda may be applied in the spring, while the quantity of potash and superphosphate may be doubled. The mode of application shjula be to broadcast the fertilizer over the entire surface instead of around the trees. Something depends, however, npon the character of the soil and slimatc. The borer must be watched ind never allowed to effect a lodgment In tuc tree, and the first signs of decay In any portion of the tree should at once jail for the use of the knife, and as the peach tree responds well to careful pruni j it may te easily trained to propc. shape. Coal oil or kerosene will ilmost instantly kill the peach trees, and ! ihould never be used in the orchard j igainst insects on the peach tree. Wood ishes and ground bone also make excel,ent fertilizers. While it may be said that peach trees equire nearly the same cultivation as :orn, the pear trees do best when kept , n grass. If cultivated and fertilized ;hey grow too rapidly, which seems to jriog on blight. The yellows in peaches ire causcd by starvation, but the pear rees should not be forccd. If the orchard s in grass it should receive fertilizers or in anffiripnf. nliantitvtO i liauuuo, vuv uvw ?it ^ ?/ -- | nore than nourish the grass. The grass j :rop should be plowed under when a j lod has become thick, and a crop of rye I jrown on the sod. The ground thould | hen be seeded to grass again. The , nost important matter in connection j with the growing of pears and peaches s in avoiding disease. Sprinkling a j lolution of blue vitriol around the trees i ind spraying it in the branches and | eaves is an excellent preventive. The ! rees should not be induced to bear j arly, as it is much better to allow them o mature the wood and become fiimly established before being taxed for fruit. Theu, with due precautions against inects, and proper care, they will be less iable to disease and will yield better.? Chicago Herald. Farm and Garden Notes. . Carefully gather the scraps from the able and] give them to your fowls. , fhere is no kind of food that is better VS1 iUVUl. Let your onions grow until the tops all, then pull them up. They should be Ho wed to become dry and be stoted in , cool place. As soon as the ears have been taken rom the sweet corn the stalks should be ut up and fed to the cows in as green ondition as possible. Sheep will cat nearly all kinds of reeds, and may be made to do good serice in tome fields. They should, howvcr, always be given a feed of grain at light. Dr. Hexamer salted three rows across lis asparagus patch six years in sucesion, leaving the rest unsalted. He did tot detect any difference in favor of the alted rows. Tomatoes trained to stakes give the weetest fruit, and remain in bearing the ongest; but many cultivators who grow or size and quantity only, believe they iave the best results when growing them >n the level ground, The Gardener's Monthly contends that 'cry much may be done by the hand in he destruction of inse:t8, to much beter advantage, in many cases, than by he numerous remedies that aim to detroy them all at one fell swoop. Bees in their search for honey visit >nly one kind of flowers on the same rip. This is not accidental, but it is a (rise provision for preventing hybridiza- 1 ion of different varieties from the pollen fhich bees always distribute in their ourneys from flower to flower. Mulching strawberries increases the ! ize of the fruit, as well as the yield. It :eeps the berries clcan, and, therefore, in lore marketable condition. The mulchag should be laid on in the autumn, just Vioo Konn frA'.on nnrl hp 1 ! l?bCA l/UC ^V/UUU UIM WVVU VM) wuv. WW pened away from the plants in the pring. | Thorough ventilation Is necessary i rhere milk is kept in cellars, or it will iecome injured by mould or foul odors, 'his is more often the cause of poor sum- ' ler butter than any other. The butter i tainted before it goes to the churn, and i o possible after-care can make it good j r keep it fit to eat until winter. Green smart weed briskly rubbed on eck, sides and other exposed parts of ows or horses will keep flies from atacking them. To be effectual the rubing should be given twice a day, but it rill repay this trouble. Smartweed can 1 ie found on most farms, and is valuable 1 nough for this purpose to claim the j oom it occupies. A successful dairyman says that one of he best average rations he has tried is ne quart of Indian meal, two quarts 1 ach of oatmeal and wheat bran aud one 1 tint of oil meal. This he mixes with bout one-half bushel of cut hay and j veil moistened with water before feed- | g. This ration is given night and aorning to an ordinary sized cow with ; rhat hay she will eat. Waldo F. Brown, of Ohio, Is credited , r'th saying: "The fattest cows I ever , old were milked every day till slaughered, and had been milked over two : ears each when sold. I believe that' (' ften the farm-Tor dairyman would find t nrofitable to erivc some richer food to ! ows while on [a-tare, and thisccrtainly , could be the case when the pastures arc hort from overstocking or drought. A plan for training Lima bean vines tractiscd in some parts of New York is | 5 follows: The beans are planted in': ows and strong stakis are driven in ows of some distance apart and about j ix feet in height from the ground when iet. Passing over and attached to the op< of these stakes is a strong wire, to which is fastened a large number ol .mailer wires or twine, one of which ex- ! :ends down to each vine. One of the chief reasons why orchards ( should not b? cropped is because they require cultivation duiing the summer! season. When roots arc destroyed by ' deep working the ground it often results in permanent injury to the trees, espe-1 cially if done late in the season. Since ; the c learing of woodlands has given j winds a free swe;p the soil dries out much faster than formerly,and this makes trees more liable from mutilation of their roots. Says Ft-i's Muganue: The best time to destroy a weed is before it comes up, j ana the mere stirring ot tne suriace ior j an inch as soon as the land is dry eno-.igh ! to work after 11 rain, will kill nine-tenths i of the weeds that have 9tarted. Make it j a rule that a weed shall never go to seed i on your garden. The average farmer's garden of one-fourth of au acre ripens | enough weed seed to supply the entire , farm, and it will take more than five I years to get such a garden clean, but ! if clean cultivation is persevered in the ( time will come when the labor of culti- i vating the garden will be reduced one- j half. Good Properties of Rain. The health giving properties of rain are not apprec'ated by the general public. Rain is an essential to physical vigor in localities that have any extensive popu- J lation. Man and his occupations lad:1 the . air with countless and unclassified itn- | purities. The gencrou*, kindly rain ab- , sorbs them, even as a washerwoman ex- j tracts the dirt from soiled clothes. The ammoniacal exhalations, the gases result- ; ant from combustion and dccav, arc all quietly absorbed by a brisk shower. People talk about a "'dry climate," but it is a snare and a delusion. There is nothing in it. A very dry climate will, never support a large population, for it, would sr.on become so poisoned that it; would be fatal to the human race. A . scattering few might inhabit it, but not the multitude.? Colliery Guardian. : CREMATING A KING. THE CREMATION OF THE LATI KING OP S1AM. The Glittering Structure of Vasi Size Built as if by Magic? Transporting the Body ?The Ceremonies. The body of the late second King o Biam, who died in August of last year was cremated with all due honors nin< mouths after the Monarch's death. Th< interval between death and crematioi 6eems strangely long; but naste, wmcr Is in no case considered "good form" ir Siam, is thought especially indecoroui when the mortal remains of any grea dignitary have to be disposed of. Ac cordingly, the body of the royal deceasec was allowed to lie in state for more thai nine months; and it was not till th< Bpring of the present year that prepara tions were made for erecting the granc building in which he was to be reducec to ashes. But then, as if by magic, then arose in the wide open space to the nortl of the royal palace a glittering atructun of vast dimensions. On the ouside pi pile, a long quadrangular line of low thatched buildings foiming cloisters Inside a number of pointed roofs rising one above the other. In the midst ol the'e, a four-sided tower with conica roof, sloping upward until it taperec into a pinnacle, and thence dwindling into a mast, which was held firm by long ropes stretched from the ground. The top of this?nearly 200 feet from th< ground?rose above the gabled roofs, anc the whole mass glittered with brighl gilding scattered lavishly over the rec groundwork of the walls and platformi below. j Inside the cathedral?for it resemblec nothing sojnuch?the scene was still mon bright. From the tall coiling ol the naves or aisles hung draperies of ricl colored cloth and gauae, with festoons o: lamps. Along the sides of the aisles wen chairs for the ttate officers, and then was a gold throne for the King himself. In the middle of the building, beneatt the great #pire, was the catefalquc anc pyre, a light quadrangular structure pinnacled and draped and profusely deco rated with wood carving and h*avy gild ing. On a golden altar within the fori of "four-poster" thus erected was th( resting place for the urn itself, in which the body of the defunct King was to resl while the fire was lighted bineath. A dim religious light, even at midday, pervaded the inmost sanctuary; and the Jfloom was suitably relieved by the yel ow robes of a priest who from time tc time glided ghostlike through the brilding or squatted in devotional attitude upon the floor. Four days before the actual burning occurred the imnortant eeremonv ol transporting the body from its state resting place to the cremation bailding. An immense procession was formed on the far side of the cdifice. A military escorl came first, and then n '.troop of artificial beasts constructed of wood. The horse, the Assyrian engle-headed lion, the fabulous Rachasce dear to Siamese scholars, the tieer and the sacred elephant all gilded along, dragged upon tiny creaking wheels by men clad in consecrated jackets of Chinese workmanship, Then came a forest of flags and crimson caDOpies borne aloft by msn wearing striped uniforms of blue; red and white; then more soldiers and more bands; and next, amid flourishes of trumpets and the playing of the national ar.them, the King himself, borne in c golden litter, with two of his children. His majesty takes his post in a pavilion near the gates of this building, where the Princes and Ministers are already awaiting bim; and soon is heard the discordant blast of the Brahmin shells blown by the Hindoo priests who officiate only on higb occasions of state in 81am. A long and low procession follows. The dead march is well played by the royal band, i r*-. _ j -'i- I in true European styie; ana 10 its soiemn notes cd ances a strange procession, in which the Brahmin priests with their snow-white robes and tall'white pointed caps are very conspicuous. Behind them appears the funeial carriage itself?a towering structure on which the dark brown of the wood-carving is well set off by the heavy gold o?the decorations. Almost at the top of it, clofe to the ark which holds the royal remains, sits one of the chief priests. The others hold in their hands the sacred cord which unites them a'l in prayer. In litters near the hearse are carrkd the two sons of the late King, clad from head to foot in cloth-of-gold, and these go in first to the building to receive the corj se, which is Blowly lowered on to another litter and deposited at length on the catafalquc within. On the cremation day all Bangkok turns out. The lakons, or theatres, beat their loudest drums and exhibit their most attractive dancing girls. At 5 p. m. the Foreign Minister proceeds to the er.st entrance,followed by the diplomatic body, who are sented on chairs between the east transept and the cloisters. Neai them are the great provincial magnates in unifoim.with their gold belts, and inside, within the nave itself, are the C.'hie! Ministers of State and Princes of the b!ood royal, arrayed in black, with blue or yellow sashes. There is a long pause, but at last a scuffling at the gate u heard. Soldiers file in, carrying the red bundles which remind onj so much of Roman fasces. A double line is formed, Europeans with their uniforms and evening dress ou one side, Siamese in brighter colors on the other. Then the national anthem sounds. The King comes in,alone this time,in hi< litter of state. His bearers put down the litter; his Majesty steps out oi it, salutes the functionaries, salute! the diplomats and with a quick ster mounts the step of the nave. Anothei minute, and he has applied the scented torch to the fagots of the pyre, and, im meditttely returning, ascends his litter nrt /) Anntifn ^ U nrA J o n OArf f mall I M f T QliU UCpi 19. J. licit ID U OU1 1/ \/l & UOil iiibv the building; but the hasty are imprudent. A thick, dull vapor i* rising heavily fiom the altar and rolling if bu len waves down the nave. It is supposed to come from fiagrait wood? deeply impregnated with sweet scents but the ellect is not agreeable. Its acric vapor almost blinds the eyes whi h car hardly distinguish the rich drap ry anc hangings of the canopy above. Som< are inquisitive enough to push on, anc actually mount the half dozen step: leading to the altar; but they a:e neari] Btifled by the smoke and its pine odor. Soon the building is cleared, and th< work of slow destruction goes on befor* a mere handful of spectators, mostlj priests. At midnight the ashes art sifted,and the bones collected inasacrec urn. But during the previous six hours the odors that pervade the sacred edifici ire aot to be described.?St. Jamef* Ga :ette. It appears that the crocodile, like th< faith which formerly esteemed it facred, Is practically extinct in Egppt. Th< steamers plying the Nile have had mon iffect in driving it from that river thar the guns of sportsmen, according to Pro feasor A. Sayce. Making Wooden Indians. A New York Mail anil Exprest re porter discovered some interesting pointj i about the cigar store aboriginal a few days ago. Two of the places where h< is created are in Canal street. The onlj other place in the city is in Goerck street. In one of the Canal street places the re porter found a jolly-faced, middle-aged man, armed with a paint pot and brush, industriously rejuvenating an aged war. rior, wh\>se face wore a deep scowl ancl f a long crack down the middle of hiii nose. Around ihe place were ether savj ages oi various ages and in different ? stages of preservation. j "Fes, this is the hospital," said the x man with the jolly face, replying to tho l reporter's question. "And we have a j good many patients in the course of a t year. The long-suffering c'gar store reel man gets some some pretty hard usagu I from small boys and other idiots. I'm J ai V> UIA uu a vvvvtaU) , and he's never been in hospital before. ' When I get thiough with him he'll bo i good for another sixteen years. That I old fellow '11 outlive me, if he has good , luck." ' With this philosophic observation this artist neatly plugged the era ok in the old t brave's no3e, ana put some deep canning war paint on his cheeks. "Learn the trade?" continued the arr tist in reply to another que tio.i. "Yes, ? indeed; I've been at it since I was thir^ teen years old. There are very few iii i the business. A good man can make $1, f sometimes $5 a day, chopping out wooden \ Indians. Sculpturing? No, we don't j call it that; just plain chopping, that'} j all there is to it. We get pine logs from [ five to seven feet long, according to the t size of the image to be made. Youcai ^ see some of the logs through the door i a j the back room. Then the first thing is to hew the log roughly to the outlines of ^ the proposed figure. A man with a long 5 chisel and a mallet then takes the work , in hand and rapidly cuts the block ' down. The finishing touches are put i* j- with finer chisels and require a little , morn delicate handling, but nothing ' about the job is particularly difficult. Care must of course be taken to fo'low t the grain of the wood. The trunk of the ^ figure i* all one piece, but the arms have to be put on with a grain. It is the same [ witbi any sharply-curved position." in the coclc-ioit aDovc two aoie-Doaica t men were making chips and Indians us , fast as they knew how. Both brandished [ long , thin-bladed chisels and were whack. ing away, apparently without the slightest regard for consequences. Three savages ready to graduate to the painting [ department were standing in one corner, ' j and showed that the chopping by the two j; men was not so reckless as it seemed. : Mexican Scorpions. One of the most common pests in Mex> ico, writes a correspondent of ths Boston I | Trawcript,are the alcarans, or scorpions, ' J for during certain seasons of the year II they are as numerous as Hies around a [ sugur house. They are within the cracks i of tlie wall, between the bricks or tiles of the floor, hiding inside your garments, 1 darting everywhere with inconceivable [ rapidity, their tails (the "business end" ! which holds the sting) ready to fly up with dangerous effect upon the slightest provocation. Turn up a corner of the rug or tablespread, and you disturb a flourishing colony of them; shake your shoes in the morning, and out they l'op; ' throw your bath sponge into the water and half a dozen or them dart out of its ! cool depths into which they had wriggled i for a siesta; in snort, every article you | touch must be treated like a dose of mcd11 icine?'"to be well shaken before taken." The average scorpion is mahogany-hued, | and about two inches long; but I have 1 seen them as long as five inches. The [ small, yellowish variety are considered ' most dangerous, and their bite is most I apprehended at midday. In Durango 1 they are black,and so alarmingly nuinerJ 0U8?having been allowed to breed for ' centuries in the deserted mines?that the I government offers a reward per head (or, 1 rather, per tail), to whoever will kill ; them. Their sting is seldom fatal, but it is more or less severe, according to the state of the system. Victims have been known to remain for days m convulsions, ' foaming at the mouth, with stomach 6welled as in dropsy; while others do ' not suffer much more than from a bee sting. Damage by the Destrnctlr? Fnngi. In the present extensive use of timber ! and lumbar, only the roughest approx; imate estimate is possible of the annual j loss by fungi; and the amount of loss i can be indicated in onlv a few items. , | The cost of replacing decaved ties by I ; the railways of the United States for , 1885 exceedel $30,000,000. Repairs of station-buildings and road-crossings, $151,500,000. Repairs of wooden and wood parts of bridges, $0,250,000 (esti! mated). Repairs of freight cars, $22,500,000 (estimated). Repuns of passen, ger-cars, $7,500,000 (estimated1. The ! renewal of telegraph poles and fixtures on 1(0,000 miles of line constitutes a . i large item. The loss to the agricultural ,! interests is mu: h greater. The tenth . i ccnsus reports the cost of fencing in 1879 j at .t77,7tttf,478, the most of which was , i for repai:s. The loss caused by fungi i j on the f*,000,000 dwellings, with their ' j accompanying buildings, cad the $40(5,j 520,055 worth of agricultural implements , j which appear in the census reports, and , I that on the 6,014,5)97 tons of marine,and !! on wharves above water, form other large | items. The lumber interests are also . gre.it losers through the quantifies of ' ' timber that are destroyed in store. The . | mere mention of these facts makes it {I evident that the regular annual loss from f this source must be rated at many million 5 dollars.?Popular Science Monthly. > ? r The Moanlny of Bonanza. 1 i In an English magazine an attempt is made to give a series of Americanisms; | that is to say, words coined or invented > I in America. Under the word Bonanza the definition is given ?"Spanish, a b'g scheme by which, honestly or otherwise, i much money is made." Upon this n critic pounces and says that bonanza 5 means "good fortune or good luck." : Bonanza is indeed & Spanish word, and I very naturally came into use in California i or Nevada. But it does not mean "a big 1 schcme" or "good luck." It is a nauti2 cal?a reagoinj?word, and means fair 1 i weather at sea. If the reader wi 1 refer > to St. Matthew, viii, 20, lie will icad J that, after the Lord rebuked the wind . and the sea, "there was a great calm." ' And if rcfcrcnc is next had to the Spani ish. version of the New Testament he will r find the phiasc there given, "unagrandc > bonanza." It is easy to understand how I the word came into its figurative use? ! as meaning a happy, calm, and good J hope after a weary eurch.?Philadelphia - 1.6 Ujcr. Pome one with a mathematical mind J has figured it out that all the gold on , earth to day, in whatever Khape?that is. J mined gold, or, to put it plainer, the gold in use iu all nation and the product oi i nil ages?if welded in one ma's, would be contained ia a cube of le:s than thirty feet. V " - HOUSEHOLD HATTERS. \ Sleeping in Damp Beds. The London Lancet, referring to the deal h of Mr. Maas, the well-known tenor, calls attention to the peril of sleeping in a damp bed. As a matter of fact, this peril is of the greatest, and it is almost ever present. The experienced traveler rarely hazards the risk of sleeping between sheets, which are nearly sure to be damp, until they have been aired under his personal supervision at a fire in his bedroom. If this be impracticable, he wraps his rug around him, or pulls out the sheets and sleeps between the blanket:)?a disagreeable, but often p.udent expedient. The direst mischief may result from the contact of an imperfectly heated body with sheets which retain moisture. Simple Desserts. The following simple desserts are rec otmnended to inexperienced or busy housekeepers: 1. Take three tablespoonfuls of rice, two tablespoonfuls of tapioca, four tablespoonfuls of sugar, a little grated nutmeg, one quart of milk. Bake in a slow oven two or three hours, stir occasionally during the first hour. This pudding can be made the same way with rice only, bat is better with the tapioca. 2. Pare and core large sweet apples and fill with butter and sugar. Set each apple on a round piece of stale, crustless bread. Put a little water in the pan, sprinkle sugar over all and bake till done. Carefully remove to the serving dish and cover with an icing made of the whites of two eggs and powered sugar. Dot over with bits of red acid jelly. Or the apples may bi baked without the bread, piled up in pyramid form and frosted. 8. A delicious pudding i9 made in this way: Chop a pineapple quite fine; take some cake which is a little dry, rub it fine in your hands or crush it on a kneading board; put it into a pudding dish in alternate layers with the pineapple, sweeten abundantly, moisten with cold water, and bake in a moderate oven for an hour and three-quarters. 4. A good pudding may be made of any kind of stewed fruit, cranberries, cherries, raspberries, etc., in the following manner: Pour boiling water on a nint of bread crumbs, melt a tablespoon ful of butter and stir in. When the bread is softened add two eggs and beat thoroughtly with the bread. Then put in a pint of the stewed fruit and sweeten to your taste. Bake in a hot oven for half an hour. Reclp?& Cooked Ccccmbebb.?Peel and put into ice-water for a few minutes, tben slice thicker than for the table and put into salted boiling water and cook until tender. Drain and add butter, salt and pepper, with ci earn enough for a dressing, and pour over buttered toast Serve quickly and eat at once. Excellent. Crullers.?One quart of flour, onehalf cupful of lard, one-half cupful of butter, one-half cupful of sugar, one and one-half teaspoons of baking powder, t?iree-quarte? of a cup of milk, two eggs; sift the dour, sugar and powder together; rub in the lard and butter, add the beaten eggs and milk. Mix into a smooth dough, roll out on a well-floured board; cut into strips one-half inch square, twist in different shapes and fry a light brown in hot l.trd. Serve with sifted sugar. Sponge Drops.?Three eggs, teacup of sugar, coffce cup of flour, teaspoonful of cream tartar, half teaspoonful of soda, lemon juice. Beat the eggs very light, 1" ?!>? oii/voi- than t)ii> flnnr a liWtfl ota au vug ou^ot| vmvm *?v ? at a time, in which the cream tartar and soda should be well mixed; be sure the soda is finely powdered; add iuice of lemon- Butter tin sheets, and drop the cakes on them from a teaspoon; bake instantly in a quick oven?they burn easily. Potato Chowder.?Slice and fry a quarter of a pound of fat salt pork, and take it up when it is brjwn; meantime peel and slice a pint of onion* and a quart of potatoes. When the pork is brown take it up with a skimmer and put the onions into the drippings; when they, begin to brown put in the potatoes and pork, with a high seasoning of 8'ilt and pepper, and half ap >und of sea-biscuit; and enough hot water to cover and saturate the biscuit, and boil the chowder gently until the potatoes are just tender; see that the chowdcr is palatably seasoned and serve it. A small plate in the bottom of the saucepan will guard it from burning. Spring Cuicken Fried.?Put the spider on the stove with about a tablespoonful of butter, when hot lay in chicken, sprinkle over with flour, salt and pepper, place lid on the spider and cook over a moderate fire; when a light brown turn the chicken and sprinkle flour, salt and pepper over the top as at first; if necessary add more bntter, and cook slowly until done. As a general rule, half an hour is long enough to fry spring chicken. To make rich and nice gravy without cream, lane me yui* of an egg, beat up light, strain and stir slowly into the gravy after the flower and milk have been stirred in and thoroughly cooked; as soon as it boils up the gravy is done and should be n moved from the stove. The Wizard of the Trensnry. In all the departments there are employes who hold their positions, not on the strength of their political influence, but upon the strength of their peculiar abilities. Among these is Patrick Byrnes, of the Division of Loans in the TreasuryDepartment. For a do/.en years not an interest check ha* left the department that has not passed through his hands. The interest cn the bond is paid quar terly, and. to insure absolute certainty that none of the checks go astray, it is absolutely necessary that they should all be seaied by one individual. As the holders of bunds are represented in number by many thousands, it would take three ordinary clerks to do the work, but Byrnes does the mailing single handed. The checks are brought down f om the Loan Division and piled on his desk in stacks like cord wood. Kach one mu t get in its right envelope, which has been previously addressed; then Byrnes begins. With no mechanical assistance except a wet sponge he starts in to do the sealing. Those who have seen Blit'. or Hermann handle a pack of playing cards before a wonder-stricken audience might ?.?~ ?">n r\( +>in wnv Hint Hvrnps li.i vu iuv.u w* ?? ?j ?j ?-ri.lles the checks into the envelopes. Fifty a minnte. How he does it no one knows. It is a sleight of hand, but so rapidly performed that the eye cannot follow the movement. Thump, thump, thump, all day long, aud at the close of the departmental day he has filled three store boxes with scale I envelopes. Does he ever make a mistake? "Well, no. The checks vary from $>0 to $5,000, aud a single mistake on his part might cost him a year's salary. It is safe to say that he never makes one. Of the thousands of people who quarterly receive these interest checks, few know of the wizard through whose hands they have passed. Louisville Pott. ' ' ^t The steamers on the Pacific are all manned by Chinese, who make very good, willing, sturdy, good-natured sailors so long as they are well officered. These vessels are built for freight,not passenger arvice. and. consequently, the speed and equipment are different trom thoie of the "Atlantic greyhounds." Mr. G. E, Reardon, Baltimore, Md., Commissioner of Deeds for all the States, suffered for a long time with rheumatism, which yielded promptly to St Jacobs OIL Awdriwb, the Georgian, who last year walked from Atlanta to Boston, Is now on his second trip,accompanied by the same little dog. The peculiar thing about it is that the pedestrian is ninety-six years old. Diphtheria is frequently the result of a neglected sore throat, which can be cured by a ingle bottle of Red Star Cough Cure. Price, twenty-flve cents a bottle. The Marquis of Bath, whose aid materially helped the Tory cause in the recent English elections, owns 30,000 acres, the annual rental of which brings him $200,000. Git Lyon's Patent Heel Stiffeners applied to your new boots and shoes before you wear them out "What Every On* ShortlH Know," Among the 150 kinds of Cloth Bound Dollar Volumes given away by the Rochester (N. Y.) American Rural Home for every $1 subscription to that great 8-page, 48-col? 16-year-old weekly, (all 5x7 inches, from 300 to 900 pages, bound in cloth) are: Law Without Law- Danelson's (Medicalyers. Counselor. Family Cyclopedia. Boys'Useful Pastimes. Farm Cyclopedia. Five Years Before the Farmers and Stock- Mast. breeders' Guide. People's History of Common Sense in United States. Poultry Yard. Universal History of World Cyclopedia. all Nations. What any one should Popular Hie. of Civil know. War (both sides). Any one book and paper one year, postpaid $1.15 only! Satisfaction guaranteed. Reference: Hon. C. R. Parsons. Mayor Rochester. Sample 2c. Ruiul Horn Co., Ltd, Rochester, N. Y. There are several towns In Montana without a single unmarried woman. Sonethln* About Catarrk. A great many people are afflicted with catarrh who do not know what ails them; and a great many more continue sufferers who might be cured, Thickening of the membrane which lines the nasal passages, thus making breathing difficult: a discharge from the nostrils, more or less copious, watery or thick, according to the stage of the disease; a sense of fullness in the head; a constant inclination to spit; and, in advanced cases, a dropping of intensely disgusting matter into the throat, are a few of the prominent symptoms of Catarrh. Deafness, inflamed eyes, neuralgic pains, sore throat and a loes of sense of smell are very often caused by Ca'arrh. All these troubles are cured by Piso's Remedy for Catarrh. Relief is had immediately after beginning its use, but it is important that it be continued without interruption until the catarrhal virus is expelled from the system and healthy secretions replace the diseased action of the mucous membrane. Manifestly it is unreasonable to expect a cure in a short time of a disease that has been progressing for months or years. This question of time ia provided for in the putting up of Piso's Remed y for Catarrh. It is so concentrated that a very small dose is directed. The quantity in one package Is sufficient for a long treatment, consequently the expense is a mere trifle, and there is no excuse for neglect nor reason for It but forgetfulnes s. A cold In the head is relieved by an application of Piso's Remedy for Catarrh. The oomfort to be got from it in this way is worth many times the cost. The following letters are specimens of those received every day. tesiifying to the worth of Piso's Remedy for Catarrh: Allegheny, Pa., Sept. 28,1686. Piso's Remedy for Catarrh is doing wonders for me. I believe it will cure any case of Ca tarrh, if used according to directions. Mbs. F. JOHNSON, 49 E, Diamond St. Spriwo Hill, W. Va., Oct 30, 1885. Enclosed find one dollar for two packages of Piso's Remedy for Catarrh. The sample package, received in Jane, gave perfect satisfaction. GILL MES8ER. Hartford Mills, N. Y., Aug. 8,1885. I have used a little over half a package of Piso's Remedy for Catarrh, and it has helped me more than any of the different medicines 1 have used. I feel confident that it will cure me. I can and do recommend it to others who are troubled with that disease. Rev. A. Damon. Metsman's Pepto5izid beef TONic,the only preparation of beef containing its entire nutritious 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,overworkor acute disease, particularly if resulting from pulmonary complaints. Caswell,Hazard<? Co., Proprietors, New York. Sold by druggists. If yon have numbness in arms and Umbs,heart kips beats, thumps or flutters, or you are nervous and irritable?in danger of shock? Dr. Kilmer's Ocean-Weed regulates, relieves, corrects and cures. The best cough medicine is Piso's Cure for Consumption. Sold everywhere. 25c. H?w to Secure Health. Scovux'g Sarsatarilla and SriLLtnoiA, or Blood and Liter Svaur will restore perfect health to th? physical organization. It la, Indeed, a strengthening syrup, pleasant to talc?, and has often proved Itself to be the best B'.ood Purifier ever discovered, effectually curing Scrofula, Syphilitic disorder*, Weakness of the Kidneys, Erysipelas, Malaria, all Nervous disorders and Debility, Bilious Complaints, and all diseases Indicating an impure condition of the Blood, Liver, Kidneys, Stomach, etc. It corrects indigestion, especially when the comp'aint Is of an exhaustive nature, having a tendency to lessen the vigor of the brain and nervous system. Your Vacation May d 3 you much good, but If you wish to get yourself Into thoroughly good condition, strong, active and healthy, ready to work hard when you return, you thould aid Nature In her efforts to do you good, by taking Hood's Sarsaparllla; It will take all the Impurities from your b'.oud. create an appetite, promote healthy digestion and give you strength In placj of weakn( sn. Try It now. "I have been using Hood's Sarsaparllla and a'n greatly Improve 1 in health. It has toned up my entire system, enriched my blood, a .d given me an appetite."?Jas. O. Cavis, New Albany, In4. Needed a Tonic "I was generally run down, had no appetite, and needed a good tonic. I never used anything that did mo so much good as Hood's Sarsaparllla. I now have a good appetite and feel renewed all over ; am 1 >etter than I have been for years."?E. H. Rand, 41 West Ninth Street, Oswego, N. Y. "I recommend Hood's Sursapar.'Iia as a wonderful blood purifier?a pure and reliable remedy."?Mrs. 8. F. Bcrgess, West Morris. Ct Hood's Sarsaparilla Sold by all druggists. $1; six for (5. Prepared on'y by C. I. HOOD 4 CO., Apothecaries, Lowell. Mass. IOO Doses One Doljar DR KILMER'S ?n? ?f every five we " ? ? meet has somo form of Heart Disease, and is in conCtStWII'HTi stant danger of Apoplexy, MfMBBpaa Shock or Sudden Death 1 li'llB This Kcmedy regulates, reWuiylw lieves, corrects and cures. 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