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. AGRICULTURAL.
TOPICS OP INTEREST RELATIVE
TO FARM AND GARDEN.
Handling Young Balls.
A writer in one of our foreign exchanges
gives the following as his ex1
perience in handling young bulls to prevent
them becoming cross and unmanageable:
"It is a most excellent idea to
accustom the yearling to recognize that
he is not free. It prevents those rough
gambols in the box when the attendant
enters, which, nine times out of ten, are
the cause of man and beast both losing
their tempers. As a rule, we have found
the bulls best under control where the
attendant has been a small?almost a
feeble man. Men of that type d'o not
often provoke a struggle for mastery, even
with a calf; and it is with calves?in
the hobbledehoy stage?that the foundation
of viciousness is generally laid. The
calf is roughly 'suppressed' when he only
meant play, and in consequence he bears
malice or feels fear. But a calf which
has never been at liberty to romp never
expects to be able to do so, and one
great cause of contention is absolutely
prevented."
Bees or no Bees.
"Shall I keep bees?" is a question that
every young farmer, or other person outside
of cities, may properly ask himself.
There are vast quantities of nectar going
to waste in both wild and cultivated
plants. Shall he attempt to save a share
Of it? The answer to this should largely
depend upon whether he likes honey. If
fond of honey, he will probably give to
his bees the attention they require. If
indifferent to this form of sweetness, his !
bee-keeping is not likely to be successful, J
imloca thp hnnn nf nrnfit bv the sale of !
honey may stimulate to give the needful
care. The labor required is not great,
but it must be given at the proper time.
If one is in doubt as to whether he shall
keep bees, he should procure one of the
several standard works on the subject,
and study it. If he has the tastes of a
naturalist, he will see that a new and
most interesting field is presented, and
that honey and wax are not the only returns
the bees make to those who observe
them properly. All experienced apiarists
advise beginning on a small scale. The j
care of a single colony and its increase,
I the first year, will give all the instruction j
needed to qualify one to conduct a larger j
apiary. There are probably few, if any, I
localities in this country that are over-;
tocked with bees, and the cultivation of
1 honey plants has become necessary for
the sake of their nectar alone.?American
Agriculturist.
Dairy Answers.
"Is there any use in stirring cream
while it is ripening?" Yes. The ripening
consists, not in souring, as is generally
supposed, but in airing, so that it
may become oxidized by having the oxygen
of the air strike through it. Hence
k/4 rnArn c+irrinrr wKiln rinnninor fViO Vipf. :
ter. The process of ripening by which,
high flavor and long keeping are promoted,
goes on better when cream is
warm than when it is cold, and better
? when it is sweet than when it is sour.
Hence it if desirable to keep it sweet as
long as we can, and while it remains
sweet and warm to give it all the airing
we can. When crcam begins to sour it j
begins to deteriorate, and hence when j
souring is apparent the sooner it is
churned the better.
"Will cream by standing in a vat uncovered
absorb odors from the workroom?"
It will, unless the air is ten degrees
or so colder than the cream, and if i
tha cream is colder than the air the ab-1
sorption will be very rapid and if long ,
exposed "will seriously injure the butter j
jor long keeping, and to some extent its j
flavor.
"Is there any way to test the purity of
water for washing butter?" A test which
will generally be sufficient may be made j
by dissolving a little gradulated sugar in :
the water to be tested and then filling a
vial with the sweetened water and setting
it where it will not be lower than sixty or
seventy degrees. If the water is impure it
will become turbid in a few days. If good
it will remain clear.
"Would ice-water be about the right
temperature for washing butter?" There |
is no necessity for having it so cold.
Forty-five to fifty would be preferable.?
k J>r. Arnold, in N. Y. Tribune.
Care for Foot Rot in Sheep.
A? soon as any lameness appears the
foot or feet should be examined and the
toes and bottom edges of the crust carefully
but thoroughly pared with a sharp
knife. If the disease has made much
progress, it will be found suppuration has
taken place and that pus has been formed
between the crust and the interior of the
foot, breaking out in the cleft where the
crust is thin or at the top of the crust by
the hair; then more thorough treatment
is required. The sheep should at once
be separated from the flock and placed
where it can receivc frequent attention.
The crust of the foot should now be cut
away unhesitatingly, so as to fully expose
the diseased parts. These should be
treated with finely powdered blue vitriol
or muriatic acid applied by a convenient
swab. If abscesses have formed and
fistulous openings extend into the foot,
these should be cleaned with a probe and
strong carbolic soap and warm water and
then thoroughly treated with a caustic
that will burn away the diseased parts,
leaving a healthy sore, one that will
readily heal, on the principal that "one
fire puts out another burning."
A correspondent of the Country Gentleman
recommends this recipe:
Turpentine 2 ounces.
Sulphuric acid 4 drams.
Olive oil 1 ounce.
Thoroughly mixed. The foot should
be cleaned and the application made
evcry second day. Two or three applications
will usually be sufficient. If the
disease does not readily yield to this
treatment it will be well to poultice the
foot with a carrot or other similar poultice
once a day for a couple of days, the
treatment being continued.
When the disease has continued for
gome time fungus growths will form
where the sole or crust is lost. These
must be removed with a hot iron, as no
other application will effectually dispose
of them.
Farm and Garden Notes.
Fully matured, good-sized hens, over
a year old, lay the largest egg.
We do not believe that it is a mistake
' %rs ??TT ^ironfiAn tr* nflviQO tn
I grow more fruit.
There are many ways of keeping good,
sound, ripe onions. The great point is
to keep them dry.
Cleanliness in food and -water is indispensable
to the health of swine. A
hog is not necessarily an unclean beast.
It is an axiom that any plant, however
valuable, growing where it is not of
economical value, is as worthless as any
weed.
It is a distortion to most horses to
check them up higher than it is natural
for them to carry their heads. No one
is deceived by such style.
About a tablespoonful of liquid ammonia
mixed with a gallon and a half of
water and sprinkled on plants and soil
is coming into use in England for destroying
slugs.
Old hogs fattened on corn or other
grain exclusively, have very solid pork,
in fact, too solid for good eating. Fruit
an A TrnrrntaViloc f&f] BT7QtPm!>tifnl> V are
good for them.
It is not that com is not good for
stock, says the Live Stock Journal, that
we hear so much about its deleterious effects,
but rather bccause it is not fed
with discretion.
The ordinary farmer who raises more
than one breed each of horses, cattle,
sheep, swine or poultry, is apt to lose
money; and if he does not raise the best of
each kind, he does not make so much
money as he might.
What is the value of a cow that makes
160 pounds of butter per year in comparison
to one that makes 250 pounds per
year? It is as 10 to 100. By a few years'
work in testing and weeding out the
poor cows, any dairyman can have a dairy
that will average 250 pounds of butter,
or more, to the cow.
The plan of a farmer for securing large
crops is thus stated by him: "I tell my
men to harrow the ground until they
think it is harrowed twice as much as it
ought to be, and then I tell them it is
not harrowed half enough." Thorough
pulverization of the soil is more important
than any other crop.
The Lincoln arc the largest breed of
sheep in the world, having, in some insome
instances, attained a dressed weight
of nearly 400 pounds. They yield a beautiful
fleece of lustrous wool about ten
inches in length and weighing from eight
to fifteen pounds. They are not popular
in this country, because they require too
much care to suit the ordinary farmy.
A writer in the Country Gentleman had
two acres of pasture land literalty covered
with garlic. When it was fully
headed, but before the seeds were mature,
he mowed it with a scythe close
to the ground, al! jwing the heads to lie
where they fe !1. This was last year; today
not a single garlic plant can be found
in the space mowed over, while it is
plenty everywhere else on the farm.
A correspondent gives a very simple
and easily tried means of driving rats
from the premises, and which he says is
very effective. Take copperas, the quantity
to depend upon the number of buildings
or places infested; pulverize it very
fine, ana sprinkle it in all the buildings
?in fact, in every place where they have
been in the habit of frequenting. In a
few davs, according to the writer, all the
rats will be gone.
It is the opinion of Sir J. B. Lawes,
whose opinions upon such matters are entitled
to and receive much weight, that
the best time to cut grass, either for hay
or ensilage purposes, is when the maiority
of grasses are in flower. He thinks
nothing is gained by waiting longer, his
reason for such belief being that in the
case of most of the grasses the seed
formed is exceedingly light and the food
which it contains is exceedingly small.
Professor J. Hayes Panton, of the Agricultural
College, of Ontario, suggests
remedies for potato rot, which we condense
as follows: Dig as soon as brown
spots appear. Put in cold, dry place after
digging. Grow early varieties. Burn
all affected stalk3. Use only good seed.
Get seed from unaffected districts. Don't
plant in a field in which rot occurred the
previous year. Avoid planting upon a
heavy clay soil, but prefer a light and
dry one.
Although there is little material value
in coal ashes, they are well worth saving
for various uses. Thrown into the hen
house they make a good bed for fowls to
roll in and free themselves from vermin.
They are also a ^ood absorbent to put in
privy vauiis, ana serve not oniy iu prevent
offensive smells, but to put valuable
fertilizers into condition for use. In the
summer dry coal ashes can be used with
paris green for destroying potato bugs
and injurious insects. Now is the time
to save the ashes dry.
Ear!y lambs need close looking after if
they are to be made to grow fast; let
them have plenty of meal where they can
get it, and be away from the sheep. The
sheep must be well cared for and fed so
as to secure the largest amount of milk
possible. For early lambs, one lamb to a j
sheep is enough. It is important to have
good quarters, not too warm and tight,
but dry and plenty of room. Sheep and
lambs after a few days old need fresh air
and sunshine; they will rarely suffer with
the cold if kept dry. It is a mistake to
keep sheep in a small, close house; even
in cold weather they naturally require exercise
in the open air, and should have it
in fair weather; but in stormy weather
they should be kept under cover where
there is plenty of room and pure air.
Smallpox and Cowpox.
George Fleming, LL. D., principal
veterinary surgeon of the British Army,
regards as untrue the generally accepted
theory that smallpox in man and cowpox
are one and the same disease. One of
the best authorities quoted in support ot
the theory was the late Mr. Ceely, who
reported that he had succeeded in producing
cowpox by inoculating a cow
with smallpox matter. Dr. Fleming believes
that Mr. Ceely was misled in this
experiment, and that what he really used
was vaccine, and not the virus of smallpox.
His experiment was subsequently
repeated on twelve heifers by Dr. Klein
under Mr. Ceely's supervision, and,
though smallpox matter was inserted
abundantly into the incisions, cowpox
was not developed in any of the animals.
Similar experiments have been performed
in France and Italy, and the results have
all been the same as those in England.
Dr. Fleming holds that all these experiments
go to show that the two diseases
are not identical, nor can cowpox be produced
by inoculation with smallpox
virus.?Science.
General Lee's Broken Hands.
A brief chapter of unwritten war history
has been related by Captain Greene,
_r r-ii 177. ... 1,? ..M.
U1 VUUi luusMuc, va., lie ?1 til a ^iuuu
of cxConfederates were studying the panorama
of the battle of Bull Run at Washington.
Said lie: 4,It is a fact not generally
known that a serious accident occurred
to General Robert E. Lee the
morning after the second battle of Bull
Run. General Lee and Stonewall Jackson
were seated on a lo#, near Sudley
Springs, when some Confederate soldiers
who had crossed the ford imagined they
had struck Pope's whole army. They
instantly became stampeded and rushed
pell mell by the two officers. General
Lee's horse, old Traveler, broke away,
and the General, in his efforts to catch
him, was thrown violently to the ground,
breaking both his hands. General Lee
went to South Mountain and Antietam in
au ambulance, and traveled in this manner
through the campaign that followed,
carrying his hands in a sling. According
to my best remembrance he nevei
fully recovered from the injury." (
HOUSEHOLD MATTERS.
Using the Crumbs.
The executive abi !ity required to successfully
balance the needs of the bread
jar may not be given to every woman,
but she may at least see that none is
wasted. If pieces have accumulated, dry
them crisp and brown them in the oven
and use them for the stuffing of fowls, or
the basis of a pudding or for griddle
cakes. If a half loaf or a whole one is
too stale to be relished on the table set it
in the steamer over a kettle of boiling
water and send to the table on a hot plate,
covered with a napkin, or, after pouring
enough water over it, set it in a covered
pan in the oven and let it remain until
the superfluous moisture has evaporated
and the bread is really steaming. This
should be an occasional dish only, as no
one likes it many times in succession.
Slices of sta !e bread may be dipped in
egg and fried brown in butter like an
omelet.
"Waste in the Kitchen.
Waste in the kitchen is very often
great from apparently trivial sources. In
cooking meats, the water is thrown out
without removing the grease, or the
grease from the dipping pan is thrown
away. Scraps of meat are thrown away.
Cold potatoes are left to sour and spoil.
Dry fruits are not looked after and become
wormy. Vinegar and sauce are
left standing in tin. Apples are let tc
decay for want of "sorting over." Tho
tea canister is left open. "Victuals are
left exposed to be eaten by mice.
Bones of meat and the carcass of turkey
are thrown away, when they could be
usked in making good soups. Sugar,
coffee, tea and rice are carelessly spilled
in the handling. Soap is left to dissolve
and waste in the water. Dish towels are
used for dish cloths. Napkins are used
for dish towels. Towels are usea 101 ;
dish holders. Brooms and mops are not
hung up. More coal is burned than necessary
by not arranging dampers when not
using the fire.
Lights arc left burning when not used.
Tin dishes are not properly cleansed and 1
dried. Good new brooms are used in
scrubbing the kitchen floors. Silvei '
spoons are used in scraping kettles. '
Cream is left to mould and spoil. Mustard
is left to spoil in the cruse, etc. Pickles
become spoiled by the leaking out 01 '
evaporation of the vinegar. Pork spoils |
for want of salt, and beef because the
brine wants scalding. Tea and coffee
pots are injured on the stove.?Restaurateur.
Household Hints.
To whiten silver: Cream of tartar, one
ounce; common salt, two ounces; water
fifty ounces; total, fifty-three ounces.
Cream crackers to be eaten with soup
can be made crisp and delicious (even if
a little stale) by heating them thoroughly
in tiie oven just Deiore serving.
Capital sleeve-protectors for use in
bouseholcLwork may be made by cutting
off the feet of worn-out stockings and
running in a rubber cord in a hem at top
and bottom.
A plaster cast which has become soiled
may be made as fresh and white as when
new by spreading starch paste over it
with a soft brush. The starch dries,
and in scaling off brings with it all the
impurities.
Plants that have been in the house all .
the winter are apt to show signs of weakness,
and to be spindling and pale. A
small teaspoonful of ammonia in a quart
of water will form a liquid which, if applied
once a week, will soon work an improvement
in foliage and blossoms.
"A little liquid ammonia added to the
water in which flannels are washed will
prcyent them from becoming yellow and
shrinking. To preserve their softness,
wash them in tepid water, rinse in water
of the same tempereture, and dry rapidly
at a moderate heat."
To stain wood blue, boil a pound of
indigo, two pounds of wood and three
ounces of alum in a gallon of ".vater;
brush well over until thoroughly stained.
To stain wood green dissolve verdigris in
vinegar and brush over with a hot solution
until of a proper color.
A notable housekeeper says that an
economical substitute for butter may be
easily made. Melt a piece of nice fat
pork and strain it through a thin cloth
into jars. Set it aside where it will cool
quickly, when it may be used instead of
butter for any kind of cake. Pound
cake made with it is pronounced delicious.
Boiling water should not be poured
over tea-trays, japanned goods, etc., as
it will make the varnish crack and peel
off; have a sponge wet with warm water
and a little soap, it the tray be very dirty,
and rub it with a cloth; if it looks smeary,
dust on a little flour, then rub it with a
cloth. If the tray gets marked, take a
piece of woolen cloth, with a little sweet
oil. and rub on the marks.
If, when a lamp is new, you begin by
keeping a bowl of kerosene handy, and
drop the burner into it a few minutes
nearly every morning, afterwards polishing
it off with a soft woolen rag you can
always keep it bright. An old, blackened
burner is, however, very hard, al
most impossible, to clean, but may be
greatly improved by a long kerosene
bath, and a good scouring with common
brick dust, polish off afrerward with a
soft, woolen cloth dipped in ammonia
and whitening.
Corpulency.
Professor Kisch has recently collected
statistics of the frequency of sudden
death among extremely stout persons. In
nineteen eases of this occurrence, acute
congestion of the lungs was discovered in
twelve, cerebral hemorrhage in six, and
rupture of the heart in one. The apoplectic
symptoms were traced, in most of
the cases, to arterial sclerosis, a very frequent
concomitant of extreme corpulency.
Rupture of the heart is due to the overworking
of the walls of the left ventricle,
which, oeing involved in the fatty infiltration
and degeneration, can no longer
increase in size in proportion to the extra
work it has to perform.
The failure of heart-power appears almove
lio fVio immn/'lifltft fdiico /if rlontVi
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which generally follows immediately after
violent exertion, or excess in drink 01
diet.
The World's Rain.
Could we but utilize all the waterpower
lifted from the ocean by the sunbeams
and wafted by the zephyrs over
the land, what vast factories might wo
run I What magnified Niagaras might
we create! In a recent paper to the Royal
Society of Edinburgh, Mr. John Murray
sought to give the world's rainfall in
figures. The areas of country having an
inland drainage?equal to 11,486,350
square miles?receive 2,243 cubic miles
of rain yearly. The total areas draining
directly to the ocean equal 44,211,000
square miles, of which 38,839,750 square
miles have more than ten inches of annual
rainfall, and discharge into the sea
6,569 cubic miles of water each year. By
thi3 means rather more than 5,000,000,000
tons of solids are carried to the ocean
annually.?Arkansaw Traveler.
"DON'T TOTT WORRY." j
How Shrewd Duxuvm .Hen IItT? Solved '
a Kreat Problem.
"Is there a fatality among our prominent
man?" is a question that we often ask. It is a
question that perplexes our leading medical
men, and they are at a loss to know how to
answer it
We sometimes think that if the physicians
would give part of the energy to the consideration
of this question that they give to
combatting other schools of practice, it
might be satisfactorily answered. I
The fights of "isms" remind us often of I
the quarrels of old Indian tribes, that were
onlv happy when they were annihilating j
each other.
If Allopathy makes a discovery that
promises good to the race. Homoeopathy derides
it and breaks down Its influence. If
Homoeopathy makes a discovery that promises
to be a boon to the race, Allopathy at.
lacks it.
It is absurd that these sc hools should fancy
that all of good is in their methods and none
in any other.
Fortunately for the people, the merit
whi< h these "isms" will not recognize, is
recognized by the public,and this publicrecognitiou,
taking the form of a demand upon
the medical profession, eventually compel*
it to recognize it
Is it possible that the question lias been
answered by shrewd business men? A prominent
man once eaid to an inquirer, who
ask?d him hew he got rich: "I got rich because
I did things while other people were
thinking about doing them. ' It seems to us
that the public have recognized what this
fatality is, and how it can De met, while the
medical profession has been wrangling
about it
By a careful examination of insurance reports
we find that there has been a sharp reform
with reference to examinations, (find
that no man can now get any amount of insurance
who has the least development of
kidney disorder,) because they find that sixty
nnt. nfAvarv hundred in this rnuntrV do.
either directly or indirectly, suffer from kidney
disease. Hence, no reliable company
will in urea man except altera rigid urinary
examination.
Tbis reminds us of a little instance which
occurred a short time ago. A fellow editor
was an applicant for a respectable amount of
insurance. He was rejected on examination,
because, unknown to himself, his kidnnys
were diseased. The shrewd agent, however,
did not give up the case. Hebaa an eyeto business
and to bis commission, and said: "Don't
you worry; you get a half dozen fiottles of
Warner's safe cure, take it according to
directions and in about a month come
around, and we will have another examination.
f know you will find yourself all rig ht
and will get your policy."
The editor expressed surprise at the agent's
faith, but the latter replied: "This point is
a valuable one. Very many insurance agents
all over the country, when they fl?1a customer
rejected for this cause, giv? similar
advice, and eventually he gets the insurance."
What are we to infer from such circumstances?
Have shrewd insurance men, as w<?ll
as other shrewd business men, found tie
secret answer tithe inquiry? Is it possitle
that our columns have been proclaiming, in
the form of advertisements, what has proved
a blessing in disjjuise to millions, and yet liy
many ignored an an advertisement?
In our files we find thousands of stror g
testimonials for Warner's safo cure, no vo
alike, which could not exist except upon a
basis of truth; indeed, they are publisncd
under a guarantee of $.5,000 to any one who
will disprove their correctness, and this offer
has been standing, we are told, for more
than four years.
Undoubtedly this article, which is simply
dealing out justice, will be considered as an
advertisement and be rejected by many as
6uch.
We have not space nor time to discuss the
proposition that a poor thing could not succeed
to the extent that this great remedy has
succeeded,could not become so popular without
merit even if pushed by a Vanderbilt or
an Aster.
Hence we take the liberty of telling our
friends that it is a duty that they owe to
themselves to investigate the matter aud reflect
carefully, for tb9 statements published
are subject to the refutation of the entire
world. "None have refuted tbem; on the contrary
hundreds of thousands bare believe-1
them and proved them true, and in believing
have found the highest measure of satisfaction,
that which money cannot buy, and
money cannot take away.
Beating a Hotel.
" There are plenty of ways of beating
a hotel," said "a traveling-man to a reporter
the other night in the Millard
rotunda, " but the most ingenious scheme
I ever heard of was practiced by a friencl
of mine, a variety actor, in Minneapolis fi
few days age. He had been on a spree
for two or three weeks, and was finallj
discharged by the manager of his company
in Milwaukee. He wanted to go to
Minneapolis, and had just money enough
to get there. What to do after he reached
the Minnesota metropolis he did not
know, for he had barely enough money
to pay his traveling expenses. He pondered
long over the matter. Finally a
bright idea struck him. He sat down
and wrote a letter to the proprietor of a
well-known hotel on Nicollet avenue,
penning the epistle on the letterhead of a
Milwaukee detective agent. The letter,
which was ostensibly signed by the chief
of the agency, informed the hotel proprietor
that a well-known criminal whom
the Milwaukee detectives desired to
shadow closely was expected to arrive in
Minneapolis, and would probably stop at
the hotel on Nicollet avenue. The letter
stated that it was necessary to observe the
strictest secrecy concerning the matter,
and requesting that the criminal be treated
with the utmost deference so as not to
cause him to suspect that he was under
surveillance. His board bill, the letter
stated, would be paid by the detectives
?A nnnn rrll TV no nrHPlirPfl
OO OWKJLl act gtiuvii'^v vnvvi^u ??w |?< wv>.vv?
to sccurc bis arrest. The description
which was given in flic letter of course
was that of my friend the variety actorv
"It is hardly necessary to state that
the plan worked to perfection. The
'criminal' landed in Minneapolis, lived
on the fat of the land for three weeks,
and one night quietly packed up his grip
and stole away."?Omaha Bee.
Two Epitaphs.
On a recent trip through Tasmania,
writes a correspondent, our traveling
party happened to visit the graveyard at
Launceston, and among the various epitaphs
discovered the following on a slatestone
slab:
Beneath this rustic pile of stones
Lie the remains of Mary Jones.
Her name was Lloyd; it was not Jones;
But Jones was put to rhyme with stones.
This was considered fairly good, but
on our return our host capped it. In the
early days of the colony a rich merchant's
wife died. Anxious to provide her a
suitable monument, the bereaved husband
sent far and wide for a stone-cutter,
and by rare good luck found one capable
of reading. The inscription was to begin
with the verse: "A virtuous woman
is a crown to her husband." The first
five words went on one line, leaving room
for two more letters. "Crown" could
not be divided, but there was another resource.
To the stone-cutter a crown was
"five bob," so he promptly inserted the
symbol 5s. and the difficulty was surmounted.
?11a r/ier's Magazine.
*r ni cmcorrl n flnilincnermanent I
relief from rheumatism until you have uvd
it. Jatobu Oil, the great pain cure. Price,
fifty cenfci.
Mrs. S. T. Robeh, who conducts her local
scho' 1 ofeookingin Philadelphia, supplements
her tenc'iing by practical lessons in markeliiiK,
with four brawny assistants, who cut up
he sides of beef and mutton b'fore a lectureroom
of women. '
It yo'i have a cough or cold, do not doso
ycu self with poisonous narcotics, but take
Ked Star Cough Cure, which contains no opia
es, and is prompt, safe an I sure. Price,
twen(y-llve cents a bott e.
Unher it new ruie nt the Unitad States penitentiary
at McNeil'* Islanl, Puget's Sound,
every convict brought there has the hair on
the riirht nide of his head shared off. The other
side is untouclnd.
St Pancake's Day.
In France says a contribution to the
Boston Trantcript, the Shrove-Tuesday
pancake is a sort of griddle cake, very
thin and as large round as a breakfast
plate. Sometimes it is well-sugared and
rolled up like an omelette sucree, and
sometimes three or four are piled up
together, with layers of sugar or honey in
between.
On Shrove-Tuesday afternoon, the
young ladies of the household invite a
dozen or more friends to "toss pancakes."
The kitchen is put in apple-pie order, the
range beautifully polished and blacked,
with a bright charcoal fire burning and a
large bowl of batter standing ready. The
young men and girls tie on huge white
linen aprons and put dainty paper caps
on uieir neaas, ine cook pmucs ? imgc
griddle, well greased, on the lire and then
tne fun begins. Two spoonfuls of batter
are poured on the griddle and spread
themselves into two round cakes; each of
the company is provided with a small tin
Bhovel, and as soon as the cook announces
that the critical moment has arrived they
take their turn, two at a time, at tossing
the pancakes. They slide the shovel unperneath,
give a vigorous toss, and what
the pancake ought to do is to turn half
over once in the air and come down on
the other side, and this is to be repeated
three or four times till each cake is nicely
and evenly browned on both sides. The
cakes, however, are not always tractable
to an inexperienced shovel. They have a
way of making several gyrations in the
air, and of coming down either on the
wrong side or else all doubled up. The
higher they can be tossed without making
but one turn the greater the art.
There is much rivalry among the amateur
cooks, many failures and great laughter.
When the fun has been kept up about an
hour the serious business is left to the
real cook, the young people divest themselves
of their aprons ana caps and retire
to the drawing-room for a little dance?
the last of the season. Later a pretty J
supper is served, at which pancakes are
the chief diet?a fresh addition, needless
to say, and not the ones on which the
young amateurs have been exercising an
unpracticed hand. Such little traditional |
festivities form the prettiest features of ;
French social life.
Rats as Wheat Carriers. i
A farmer who lives at St. Liberty,
Washington County, 111., owns an old
unused smoke-house, which he entered
the other day for the first time in six
months, and, to his great astonishment,
in one corner lay fifteen bushels of wheat.
An investigation developed the fact that
rats had carried it there from the house of
a neighbor, who had lost a like amount
of the same cereal.
Twenty-seven hundred Japanese are
stated to have emigrated to the Hawaiian
islands.
How Women Differ from Men.
At least three men on the average jury are
bound to disagree with the rest just to bhow
that they have minds of their own; but there
is no disagreement among the women as to the
merits of Dr. Pierce's "Favorite Prescription
TUey are all unanimous In pronouncing it the
best romedy in the world for all those chronic
diseases, weaknesses and complaints peculiar
to their sex. It trans orms the pale, haggard,
dispirited woman, Into one of sparkling
health, and the ringing langh again "reigns
supreme" in tho happy household.
There are o.ly two professional prize fighters
In Italy.
Human CaWei.
An exchange says: "Nine-tenths of the unhappy
marriages result from human calves
being allowed to run at large in societv pastures."
Nlne-tenihs of the chronic or lingering
diseases of to-day originate in Impure
blood, iirer complaintor biliousness, resulting
in scrofula, consumption (which is butscrofala
of the lungs), sores, ulcers, skin diseases and
kindred affections. Dr. Pierce's "Golden
Medical Discovery" cures all these. Of
Druggists.
The mortality from labor in China is eight
por cent., or about 400,000 deaths annually.
Sick and billons headache, and all derangements
of stomach and bowels, cured by Dr.
"Pniinfa'1?or n.nt.i.hilions eranules.
25 cents a v al. No cT.-en p boxes to allow waste
ot virtues. By drugglsis.
There are 6,033 grand army posts In the
United States. :
Deep Sea Wonder* J
Exist in thousands of forms, but are surpassed '
by the marvels of Invention. Those who are
In need of profitable work that can be done
while at home should at once send their address
to Hallett & Co.. Portland. Maine, and
receivo free, full information how either eex,
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wherever they live. You ar? started free.
Capital not required. Some have made over
$50 In a single day at this work. All succee.1.1
You ft now ffopPfnateroare prepared frompain
allaying virtues of Hops.Gums.BurgundyPitch
Hi/p Plasters cure pain and soreness,strengthen
weak parts and do it qu ckly, too. 25 cts,
If you have Cutting, Scalding or Stinging
sensations in the parts when voiding urino?
Swamp-Koot will quickly relieve and cure.
'Royal Glue' mends anything! Broken Chi.
na, Glass, Wood. Free Vials at Drugs & Gro
Bronchitis is cured by frequent small doses
of Piso's Cure for Consumption.
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"elys catarrh :
;
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catarrh it terioutly af-H^ J
fectcd my voice. OneWfi*rl/rpfMw I P
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did the work. My voice . /y Km
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tor of Olivet Baptist
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Into each nostril and Is UAY"FFVFH? I I
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a. Uriii' -i- ts; by moll re<lste.-? 1.10 "t?. Circular: |
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Uy UnhWSTER'S SAFtTV RtlN HOLDKH, HOlly.MlCh M
Why did th
of this country use over th
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Buy a cake of Lenox and you
marcn a
Ln the month* In which to purify yourlblood, ud
Cor thla purpose there la no medicine equal to
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"Last spring my whole family took Hood's Sanapari
11a. The result Is that all hare been cured of
scrofula, my little boy being entirely free from
sore*, and all four of my children look bright and
healthy m possibly can be. I have found Hood's
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been troubled since the war. Nothing did me so
much good as Hood's SanaparlUa."?Wm. B. Atoxbrcx.
Passaic City, N. J.
M. B.?Be sure to get tho Peculiar Medicine,
C,
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ev-yd,a EPINKHAM'S
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I or ALL of tho?e Painful
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/ ,,yi?S Waakneiici to common
among our WivM, Mothers,
It will curt tntinli
/Th? Woman'. Sure WrlmifVzL of life.
U4DU8,?IT WILL HOT PKXroBU 8CRQICAL OrMLATIOM OB
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WEABMoxTWTTnnniLAwsorNATmiB. tmuTrxrura
or BXABIXO SOWN, CACaiKO PAW, WBOHT AND BACKACHE
I? ALWAYS mifANH.VTLT CUUD BT ITS CM.
WMold by Drsffliti. Price |1>pcr bottle,
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REMEDY,
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A SPECIFIC FOB
BHXIJllATISIfl,
Scrofula, Salt Rheum,
Neuralgia, Ring Worm
And all otber Skin And Blood DisewM.
IT REOULATSS THS
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C?m IidfMtlH sad all dlKiMi arista* fttm
an MfMblfd **>4llloa of tl* ajitcM.
UTAikyour Drufgtitfor DH. PABDll'S RJOCBDT
and take no othor. Price $1. par bottle or ill
hottlee for M. MiwuJkoturvd by the
PARDEE MEDICINE CO.,
Rochester, N. Y.
DO NOT POISON YOUR SYSTEM
vith medicines you know nothing about.
Searlyavery so-callod remedy for RbeumaiLsin
and Neuralgia now offered to the pul?ic
contains powerful aud poisonous modilines
that injure tlio stomach and loavo the
)atient worse off than before.
Do not use them, but take "the old reliable"?one
that has stood the test for tweny-flve
years. (Jno thatisfreo from auybiug
injurious to the system, composed
rholly of roots and herbs, the medical properties
of which are particularly adapted to
tlood diseases.
Dr. Pardee's Remedy is safe and effective,
"an bo used by both old and young wjib
?noflcial results. Five hundrod dollars will
? paid for any case where the use of Dr.
'ardoe's Remedy has in any way injured the
atient. I'ahmkk Mkdicink eo.
Si "Jones! What ore vou
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41 #VPM ^everybody talks about.
uj .o Tbcysay thatforDrights'
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Bladder*compIaints, this
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S It SOCK Hjtht to the Spot.
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ie Women
\irteen million cakes of
oap in 1886 ?
will soon understand why.
jlj^
,pril May 1
Hood's Sartaparllla'ls prepared from SampaxQIfc flfl
Dandelion. Mandrake, Dook, Plpetaaawa, andj otMV H
wall known and ralnabla vegetable remedial, lit
combination, propnrtlon and preparation are pa
culiar to Hood'* Sarsaparllla, giving ltj eurattf*
power not possessed br other medicines. It effeoM
remarkable curat where others fall, . >
Best Spring Medicine.
"Iwm troubled with bolls, having sereral of tkaa
at a time. After (altering about all I could bear, I .
took Hood'a 8arsaparllla, which entirely eared tmi flf
1 cheerfully recommend Hood'a SanaparUla to al H
Ilka afflicted, being sure they will find relief."? . |H
E. N. Ni a hti5 oalk, Qulncy, Haas. 9
"My wife thinks there Is nothing lOca Hood'a la*- afl
aaparllla, and we are never without It in the boose," IB
?F. H. Latoieb, Syracuse, N. Y. H
Do not be Induced to take any other. Oat
irsaparilla I
I Bold by all druggists. Hi six for |1 Prepaid jH
I by C X HOOD it 00., Apothecaries, Lowell, Mass. JM
I IOO Poses One Dollar ^ :,Mj|
M CURES WHERE ALL ELSE FAILS.
M Beet Couch 8yrnp. Taatoegood. Dm B . .
ffl in time. 8old by druggist*. PI ? HMaSBajp
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Hainksville, N. J., ) S
October 15, 1886. ) Hj
E. T. Hazeltfne, jfl
^ Warren, Pa. M
I was taken with a very fl
severe cold last Spring, ?
and tried every cure we /-fl
had in the store, and could ,
get no help.
I had our village doctor fl
prescribe for me, but kept ..V
getting worse. I saw an- fl
other physician from Port H|
Jervis, N. Y., and he told fl
me he used Piso's Cure for ~?gjM
Consumption in his prac- fl
i bought a bottle, and fl
before I had taken all of it M
there was 4 change for the fl
better. Then I got my em- fl
plover to order a quantity ?
I of the medicine and keep
it in stock. I took one ^
more bottle, and my Cough I
was cured. H ?
Respectfully, g m
Frank McKelvy. Jj|
U BcetCongh Syrap. Tastes good. Use H
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