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AGRICULTURAL
TOPICS OF INTEREST RELATIVE
TO FARM AND GARDEN.
Cows for Winter Dairies.
Cows for winter dairies should come
in about September. The calves are
given the whole milk only for fi .e days,
when they get warmed bweet skimmed
milk. The winter dairy season begins
in October and lasts until July, when
the demand for butter falls of! and buttermaking
gets troublesome. If the cows
cannot all be brought in at the desired
time, some should be bought or exchanged,
and the heifer calves bred at
the right time for future use. One cannot
always make a complete change from
Bummer to winter dairvinar. but it must
be done gradually.?Neio ?Yvrk Times.
Barreling Apples.
Before packing, the first thing to do
is to make up your mind how many
grades you are going to have in the pile
from which you a: o packing. There will
be two grade- at least, and the chances
are not more than three. For instance,
take a Baldwin grown on the inside of a
tree, that is apt to be rather green, that
will be one grade. All the medium sized
apples, have them all the one size as
much as possible, and pretty high
colored, that is another grade. Grown
at the top of the tree or at the outside
limbs, apples will be much smaller, but
nign in color, that wm oe your tnira
grade. A barrel of apples, when opened,
should be all as near of the one s ze and
color as it is possible to have them. If
you pack your barrels in that way, and
brand them accordingly, the buyers in
Britain and elsewhere will soon get to
know that that brand represents well
selected, honestly parked apples, and
the result will be that they will pay a
fancy price for it. The price is not so
much of a consideration with them as it
is to get the very best article.?New Yurk
Herald.
Compost of Dry Lteaves.
In making a compost principally of
dry leaves the heap should be made
broad aud kept flat on top, in order to
have the water falling in rain percolate
down amon* the leaves throughout the
entire mass. It you can add a little
barnyard manure, weeds, old hay, or
even straw, as the leaves are gathered
and thrown up in the pile, so much the
better for hastening decomposition. The
compo-.t heap, when completed, may be
six to eight feet high, and the leaves and
other materials used trodden down
firmly. Just as soon as sufficient fain
has fallen to wet the cormost heap all
through, it should be turned over by
commencing on oue side and pitching
the materials over, keeping a narrow
channel open across the entire length of
the heap, for by working in th.s way
you will be sure to have the entire heap
moved and the materials of which it is
composed well mixed. If any part of
the heap >houid be found dry, add water
sufficient to make it moist, for unless the
leaves are kept moist they will not decay,
only very slowly. The compost
heap may be forked o/er two or three
times during the winter if it is wanted
for use in spring, for the more frequently
the heap is moved the more rapid will
the material* decay.?Hew Yor.'c Sun.
Horse Breeding for Profit.
There is something peculiar about the
draft horse bus ness of this country, remarks
the Breed.i*a Ga:ette. It is about
thirty-five years since our people began
to wake up to the fact that our horse
stock mipht be freatlv imnrovfid bv the
o O v 1
importation of the heavy draft breeds of
Great Britain and France aud from that
time down to the present the business of
importing and breeding draft horses has
not experienced a check or a reverse.
No other branch of business in this couutry,
whether pertaining to agricultre or
any other industry, has been so uniformly
prosperous. The importers have
all made money; thsir customers who
have bought these imported horses have
almost universally made money; farmers
fchohave b;ed to the-e imported stallions
have all made money by so doing,
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?uu ami nic uumucm gue*j uu auu groA's
and still the demand goes oat from our
large cities, from our lumber camps and
from our miniDg districts for irore and
better hec.vv draft horse*. All horse-; of
the heavy draft type that are bred in
this country find a quick market at "ood
prices as soon as they are old enough for
use, and there is no prospect of an abatement
of this demand. Surely breeders
of draft horses in this country have
every reason to congratulate themselves
upon the unexampled prosperity of their
business in the past aud its bright,
prospective future.
Srorinfj Cabbages in Pits.
There are several objectioDS to storing
cabbages in the cellar, even where there
is plenty of room. Pits are sometimes
u&el for this purpose, but trenches are
:j 1 r ?.i- t? ?* *
cwusiuereu. preieruuie uy mose WHO nave
experiir.e.ite.i with the various methods.
The following hints in regaid to the
storing of cabbages in pits from Waldo
F. Brown,as p-.iblishcd the Ohio Farmer:
"To bury cabbages select dry land with
a slope to carry olf the water, pull them
on a dry day, aad if there is any water
in the heads invert them and let them
drain, open a trench eight inches deep
and wide enough for about lour rows of
heads packed as closely as they can be.
Permit to remain a part of the leaves, to
protect thorn, and no straw will be
needed, but the earth may be shoveled
directly on to them. Put on from ten to
twelve inches of .earth, and shape it up
bo as to keep out the rain. After the
ground freezes, protect the pit with
straw or corn fodder, so as to prevent
freezing and thawing, as this is what
spoils "them. Knough for use up to
Chris: mas may be stored in boxes in a
cool cellar, j.oose heads may be stored,
roots down, aud will grow and make
solid heads by spring. Open a flat
trench four or live feet wide and set a
row across the upper end, setting them
at an angle of forty-five degrees with
the heads packed as closely as possible,
then cover the roots with earth, tramp
it down on them, and place another row
with the heads resting above the roots
of the tint row. When your pit is filled
it will show asolid mass of heads. ]Sow
put up boards a foot wide or more around
the edge, and cover to this depth with
light l.iter, using first corn fodder and
than leaves, and put a roof over it, and
although the heads may freeze a l.ttle
the roots will not, and the cabbage will
mature and be crisp and fresh in the
spring. If jousee signs of mice put
some pie' es of apple with a little
strychnine on them around the top ol
the pit."
The Wheat Ply.
This is one of the most formidable
enemies of the wheat crop in the United
States. Many sorry crops have been
chargcd to freezing out or unfavorable
season, when the fly was the cause of the
bad crop. Its ravages are greater in some
localities, and greater some years than
others. Its most favorable season it
early in the fall; therefore, early-sown
wheat is more subject to its attacks. The
fly is very sensitive to cold, and perhaps
sowing after a good frost is the best
remedy for this enemy.
The fly lays its eggs on the leaves of
wheat, soon after the plants are up. In
four or five days the egg9 will hatch, 1
o? annrt ac Viotphpf} tllf? ivnrm-l will
crawl down the leaf and work their way
between it and the main stalk, passing
i downward till they come to a joint, just
above which they remain, a little below
the surface of the ground, with the head
i towards the root of the plant. Having
i thus fixed themselves upon the stalk,
. th'y become stationary, and remain until
i transformation is complete.
The Hessian or wheat-flies do not eat
into the stalk, as some may suppose, but
; they lie lengthwise on the surface, covered
by the lower part of the leaves.
They are nourished wholly by the sap,
, whii h they take by suction. As they
increase in size and grow plump and i
firm, they become imbedded in the side j
of the stem, by the pressure of their j
bodies upon the growing plant.
"When everything is favorable to the
flies, they will be occupied for several
weeks depositing their eg s. The tiy j
will often lay twenty or thirty eggs on
one leaf, and, when such deposits are
made, the young worms will draw all the
sap from the plmt, and it dies. When
their places are found in the wheat, and
the stalks look weakly, if the stalks are i
j pulled up and the lower blade'pulled {
| back, the larva or worm is seen at the J
' joint.
| As soon as the flies are hatched out in
I the cr\rinfT- t.hpv am rirenared to lav their I.
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| eggs on the leaves of the wheat sown |
i the fall before, and also the spring wheat j
[ which is making its appearance above j
: the surface of the ground. If all things
j are favorable, the fly will continue lay- j
! ing for about three weeks, and then dis- !
! appear from the fields. When thete :
: eggs are hatched, the worms pass down
i the leaf, as in the fall. In this state j
j they are found at harvest, and. when I
the grain is gathered they remain in the t
stubble, where most of them will be |
transformed into flies earlv in the fall. |
For this reason, it is best not to sow
wheat on the same land two years in j
succession.?Prairie Farmer.
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Farm and Garden Notes.
| Repair the old poultry house.
Shelter from the hot sun all rare and
! costly plants.
! Good pastures are the good farmer's
I main dependence. I
j Good cultivation with some hoed crop, J
; is of the utmost importance.
To repel mice, ftand three or four !
I pieces of lath around the tree and tie the
j top.
I The only secret in storing apples is to
' have a cellar that is sufficiently dry and
cool. j
It is a mistake to mix chilled milk
with fresh, as the latter will be injured
by the former.
! White oat firkins are recommended as
best in which to make cucumber pickles, j
and next to that stoneware.
i A New YorK farmer recommends a !
mixture of orchard and meadow oat
grass for soiling purposes or early hay. j
' All things considered, the profitable
line of production with hoes is to main- ,
; tain health and secure an early maturity. :
I Asters are desirable because they come
into bloom after the greater portion of
garden flowers have passed their prime.
7Tr>olortl.-Qf1 limn /Inst- nn ftannrftfrii*
when the leaves are moist with dew is a
j favorite remedy for the asparagus beetle,
i Use a mason's trowel to scrape the
moss or loose bark from the trunks of
I fruit trees, taking good care not to in- j
jure the inner bark.
I Blight is often destructive to the pear. !
: All that can be done is to remove the '
: blighted portion, whether a small branch
. or the whole tree, and burn it
If seeded down to clover or good
grass, keeping the pig3 in the orchard
from now nntil fall will be an advan- j
ta0re to the trees, the fruit and the hogs, i
Gsvm o Unofnli" nf rrn if will fnpnich '
UVn a |yaivu w* j v ^ ?v u<?,
green food for the fowls this fall, next
winter when the snow happens to be off,
and in the priu^ before the grass starts.
! Culture, pruning and manuring are ,
most important during the first few years .
of a young orchard, and the lack of them
can never be atoned for by subsequent
ca.e.
! One of the best places for dumping
coal ashes is around the base of truit
trees. I'ut a small mound of it around
; each tree. Borers will not be apt to
! trouble them.
: There is no good reason why the be^t .
varieties aud species of huckleberry j
should uot be found growing in every
garden where blackberries and raspber- j
ries are cultivated.
j One of the reasons why so many be- I
or'n tier* in noultrv raising fail to make
a r v o
poultry pay, is because they crowd one
hundred fowls into the space which half ;
that number require.
) The value of fheep to the farmer '
ought to be estimated from the stand- \
point of meat, fertility, and general :
advantages to the farm, regardless of !
the market price of wooi.
It is said that if a three-quarter-inch I
hole is bored in apple trees atTected with :
"bitter-rot," aad the same filled with
saleratus and then plugged up, it will
effectually remedy the ev.l.
It is claimed that wool washed after
it has been clipped, and left for some
time in its natural grease, combs better
and makes more perfect cloth than if ;
washed while on the sheep's body.
Wherever sheep feed, new sweet
grasses flourish and weeds are destroyed, j
i Bays a writer. If farmers fully appre- i
ciated how great a benefit sheep are to |
, land they would raise more of them. |
i An e - pe.ienced poultry man maintains !
that fowls live, thrive and pay about a3 <
> well in confinement (when properly man- |
aged and cared for) a"s when running at j
large. But they will never bear crowd1
in?- |
Drainage marks the line between i
swamp aud grain fields; between swale ]
and gra-sy meadows; between mosquito |
plantatione and pleasant orchards and j
1 groves; between unprofitable and profit- ;
able agriculture.
! As a rule, a half peck of nice selected
' apples will sell for as much as a peck if
the other half is made up of small,
crooked wormy apples mixed in among
ihera. Save the expense of marketing!
the inferior fruit.
The kicking of hor.*es in the stab'e indicates
a nervous, restleis dispobit on. I
i j "We reemmend the use of a large, |
; j roomy stall, which will often change the
s current of the animal's thought, and
f cause him to drop the obnoxious pracI
tice.
I Spices must be used with moderation.
| Fowls' insides are not made of India
} rubber or sheet iron, but are quite like
I those of human beings. Red pepper
i particularly should be used with care,
s and the season when the eggs are u>ed
5 for hatching it should be supplanted by
' ginger. _
j' Calico waa first introduced into EngL
land, by the East Indian Company in
, iieai.
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HOUSEHOLD MATTERS.
Sujreestinn for Pletore Framer*.
A critic, who considers present modes
fromimr ni/.hirno no ill hnrl tAQt.A. flllflr.
i-"~? ? ? ? 1 ?O
<:eits the following as an improvement.
The frame should in some sense repeat
th? idea of the picture in its decorative
or other motive, and especially in color.
Where it meets the outer edge of the
canvas or panel on which the picture is
painted it should be of open or scroll
work?so that the eye of the spectator
may not be disturbed by contrast?and
not limited, as pictures now almost invariably
are, by a sijua e, oval or circular
tiat band or belt of gold.?Ne 10 Yorlt
World.
Painlens Poultry Killing.
Mr. E. Baden Benger, the President
of the British Pharmaceutical Conference,
adopts and recommends the following
plan for the "happy dispatch"
of poultry. A large wide-moutfced stoppered
bottle is kept charged with an
ounce of cholorol'orm. When ac hickcn
has received sentence of death, it is held
lirraly under the left arm aud its head
slipped into the mouth of the bottle.
A few deep inspirations follow, and the
bird without a struggle becomes un
conscious. Then, holding it by the
legs, its neck is dislocated by a quick
stretch. The plan is so simple that it
might be generally adopted.
Clearing Jelly or Sonp.
To clear jelly or soup an experienced
cook adv^^? the following process:
When the soup or jelly is made and the
fat all removea, put it into a very clean
saucepan, with the whites (lightly
whipped to a froth) and shells of two or
three eggs for an ordinary quantity of
6oup, jelly, etc. ,two wh tes and shells
for the first quart and a half and one
for each succeeding quart is a fair average),
and bring it well to the boil,
whisking it all the time to prevent its
burning; then pourit through a napkin
(if for soup) or a jelly bag (for jelly)
previously wrung out of scalding water.
If not sufficiently clear, rinse the napkin
or baa and run the soup or jelly
through it a^ain. The bag should he
absolutely (not relatively, as it often is)
clean, and should be hot from having
boiling water run through it. or from being
wrung out of tcalding water, and
la>t, bmt not least, neither soup nor jelly
should be handled while being run
through the ba.r, as any pressure will
muddy it irretrievably.
Little Tricks of Hnnsekeeplng.
"I have great' trouble with my furniture,
and especially bric-a-brac," said a
young matron, relating her experiences
in housekeeping. "Ut course servants
are ut the bottom of the trouble. They
are always more or less careless, and
when things get a little out of ordrr. I
nm often ac a loss to know what to do.
Yet 1 suppose if one knew how, it is
generally easy to put them right. For
instance, Aunt .lulia, how would you
fasten embossed leather on wood when it
gets loose?"
"I would make a little cement of
melted india rubber mi.sed with shellac
va nish," said Aunt Julia, who is credited
v\ith knowing more about the odds
and end* of housekeeping than anybody
else in her circle.
"And how would you keep varnished
wood looking fresh and bright?"
"I would rub it thoroughly with oil
from time to time. Only a little oil must
be used, and that should be carefully
rubbed in till it seems to be all rubbed
off. Otherwise it will catch dust, and
the last state of the wood will be worse
than the tirst."
"And suppose your white marble slabs
and mantels get discolored, what would
you do?"
"i would take very strong soap-lees
and mix it in quicklime till it is about
like milk, and spread the mixture on the
marb.e; clean if oil with soap and water
after twenty-four hours' time, and rub
J J
tne marble wiin nne puny powuer ?uu
olive oil."
"How do you polish oilcloth?"
"I use a mixture of equal quantities
of linseed oil, beeswax and turpentine,
and have the girl rub it in well.?Mail
and Expre t.
Dishes for Tea.
Dried Beef Kelish.?Take the smill
hard ends of dried beef, grate, aud 10
every cup ul allow four tablespoontuls
of cream, four eggs well beaten and a
little pepper. Put the meat and cream
in a stew-pan; when hot add the eggs;
stir until the mixture becomes thick.
Dish up, and serve on squares of but tered
toast.
Italian t heese.?Wash a pound and a
half of beef liver, cover with boiling
water aud let stand for iive minntes;
take from the water aud wipe dry; chop
with a pound of veal and a pound and a
half of ham; season with two tableepoonfu's
of chopped parsley, a Bmail
onion grated, half a teaspoon! ul of powdered
sage, half a teasDoonful of black
pepper, a l.ttle cayenne pepper and a
teaspoonful of salt mix all together;
greuse a mold with butter, press the
meat into it, cover tightly and steam two
or three hour*. When done, the mold
will be a third filled with the juice of
the meat, which drain off and put over
the tire in a saucepan; add to it a fourth
of a box of gelatine, dissolved in cold
water; season with salt and pepper; pour
over the cheese and stand in a cold place;
whon r?nld turn out-of the mold, slice
thin and garnish with sliced lemon.
C haud l-'roid of Chicken.?Take a cold
roast chicken, strip the skin carefully
from it and cut the meat into pieces an
inch long nnd wide. Put a tablespoonful
of butter into a frying pan to melt,
thicken with a tablespoonlul of Hour,
mix until smooth, add half a pint of
cream with salt and pepper, and let boil.
Into th s sauce dip each piece of chicken
and lay on a dish. Stand away until
very cold. When cold, arrange the pieces
on the dish, sprinkle them with a little
chopped parsley, garnish them with aspic
jelly and parsley and serve.
Mushrooms on Toast.?Hemove the
skins from fresh mushrooms, boil over
live coals; sprinkle with salt; lay a lump
of butter on each mushroom. Have
large slices of nicely toasted bread, on
which lay the mushrooms.
Cold Meat for Tea.?Take the remains
of cold mutton, beef or lamb, chop fine,
with hard boiled eggs, ahead of lettuce,
a bit of onion, and a sprig of thyme,
season with pepper and salt, mix well,
and squeeze over it lemon juice to
moisten.
Chicken Sandwich.?Spread some
thin slices of bread with butter, and
a little dressing made by mixing vinegar
and salad oil. Put a yiyer of finely
chopped celery and slices of cold chicken,
cover with another slice of buttered
bread. ? Courier'Journal.
At the Circus.?"One ticket for me
and two children's tickets for my two
little eons." "Excuse me, but your
older son is certainly older than twelve."
"Oh yes, but the little one is as much
younger than twelve a? the big one is
older. So it's all the same."?Flieqtnde
Blatter.
The average vineyard is exposed to
twenty-two different perils each season.
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Fighting Fire in North Texas.
t Who first invented this novel method
of extinguishing a grass tire on the plains
I fame has not heralded. Old Texans de
clare that when Indians killed buffalo in
quantity and feasted their fires sometimes
spread, and a freshly skinned buffalo
hide was used by the squaws to
smother the flames. Cow-boys (the Texan
ones) claim the patent for this novel
method of extinguishing fires. The
bulfalo bunch or mesquit grass in certain
seasons rather smolders than blazes, but
when the dry spell is continuous the
herbage becomes as inflammable as
timber. To lose the naturally cured
grass is to weaken the cattle, aiid lank
stock dees not winter well. The lire
starts,and the cow-boy, ever on the alert,
sees it. A cigarette has been dropped 01
> a spark from a fire has done the business.
It is not a section of country abounding
with water, hose or steam tire engines.
The apparatus for extinguishing the fire
is peculiar and near at hand. Crack ! goes
a cow-boy's revolver,and knowing exactly
how to shoot, a steer falls, with soiree a
struggle, and is dead. Instantly a halfdozen
cow-boys gather around the dead
animal, and they proceeded to nay me
steer in the most expeditious manner. It
is not a skin for the tan-yard, to be nice
ly taken off, but there is left adhering
to the hide fully four inchcs of the meat.
It is a very heavy hide. >ow two cowboys
tie their "ropos" to the pendulous
shanks of the hide, take a twist of the
ropes around the horns of their saddles,
spring on their ponies, and plunging
spurs into their mounts, off they start at
a mad galop, dragging the hide over
| the fire and puttiug it out. Other cowboys
trail along ana extinguish what little
fire is left.
It is severe work for the wiry little
horses that scour the plain, just as
soon as the horses show signs of tire, the
riders jump off and mount fresh auimals.
At breakneck speed many miles of fire
are followed. The plucky little beasts
are not spared, and what they may want
in bottom is made up in gamencss. A
"civilized" American Eastern horse
could not do such work, Tor never could
he be made to face tho burning praine.
?Harper's Weekly.
The He-sians in the Revolution.
The hiring of these troops was bitterly
condemned by i.ord John Cavendish in
the House of Commons, and by Loids
Camdeu and Shellburne and the Duke
of hichmond iu the House of Lords;
and Chatham's indignant invectives at a
somewhat later date are familiar to every
one. It is proper, however, that in such
an affair as this we should take care to
arfix our blame in the right place. The
King might well argue thnt in carrying
on a war for what the majority of 1 arliament
regarded as a righteous objcct,
it was no worse for him to hire men
than to buy cannon and ships. The
terman troops, on their part, might
justly complain of Lord Camden for
stigmatizing them as "mercenaries," inasmuch
as they did not come to America
for pay, but because there was no
help for it. It was indeed with a heavy
heart, that these honest men took up
their arms to go beyond sea and tight
for a cause in which they felt no sort of
interest, and great was the mourning
over their departure. The persons who
really deserved to bear the odium of thi&
transaction were the mercenary princes
who thus shamelessly sold their subjects
into slavery. It was a striking instance
of the demoralisation which had been
i wrought among the petty courts of Ger'
many in the last days of the old Empire,
and among the German people it excited
I profound indignation. The popular
! feeling was well expressed by Schiller,
in his "Cabale und Liebe." Frederick
the great, in a letter to Voltaire, de'
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j Cl&rea nnnseii ueyonu measure uit-guaicu,
and by way of publicly expressing his
, contempt for the transaction he gave
I orders to his custom house officers that
: upon ail such of the^e soldiers as should
pass through Prussian territory u toll
ihould be levied, as upon "cattle exported
for foreign shamulea."?Ailautic
Monthly.
Gold-Grabbing Machines.
. Duff Brown, just in from Osceola,
Nev., tells of the wonderful doirg>down
j there of a gold washer newly invented
by i.os Angeles talent, saya the Salt Lake
| Oenti/e Tribune. The machine works
j by the dry process?the dryer the gravel
' the better it works. It does not weigh
over 1">0 pounds, costs *125 and can put
j through thirty tons of dirt every ten
hours. One man cati turn the wheel
easily, and for a country where it is difficult
and expensive to secure an abund,
ance of water this is said to be the very
thing. The one at Oscoola is panning
j out iu a way that is astonishing the
: miners. The machine separates and
! collects the free gold irrespective of finej
ness or shape, from gravel, sand, loam
! and other debris. It is operated by hand
I or other power, and is said not to cheek
J in the heat. The dirt, after be:ng put
,' into it, 1 asses through a hopper over a
, set of rifles, the bottom of which ie
! formed by a tine meshed brass wire
1 screen. The turning of a crank operates
a double pair of bellows beneath, which
, forces a constant and strong blast of air
j through the meshes, blowing the dust
' out, the heavy goods falling to the boti
torn. It can be divided without diffi
culty to facilitate packing on burros.
Mcchanical Wood Carving.
"Pretty nearly everything that can be
! done in the fine arts can he imitated 01
reproduced by mechanism nowadays,'
said a well known >.ew York picture
fame maker the other day to a Mail ant
E pre.'* rej-orter, '-and some of the tricks
that are employed in doing it, are won'
deifully ingenious. l or instance, il
doesn't look as if wood carvings coulfi
be imitated very well by machinery, bo(
they ran, and I don't refer to the ordin
ary molding or stamped work.
"It is stumping, of course, but ar
elaborate kind. We take basswood,
which can be compressed enormously,
but which will assume its original siz<
afterwards if it is steamed. We stamj
this wood with dies and then plane of
the whole surface evenly, down to th<
point of the deepest impression. Thei
we steam the wood and all that has beer
comnressed swel.8 out again, and som(
really beautiful effects are obtained ii
this way."
Tempting Doctors' Fees.
Once in a while a New York doctor
snys the Sun, gets a soft snap. Tin
other day n nabob of this town, who i
troubled with the mollygiubs guvi
a young .d.sculapian who hud doni
him service a fee of $10,000 and ex
penses to accompany him on ahalf-year'i
European tour. A still more tempting
offer was recently made to auother dis
ciple of Galen in town to induce him t<
undertake the surgery of a hunting
party bound upon an expedition to thi
wild Southwest. It is reported that Mr
Jay Gould gives an alluiing salary to thi
physic an whose exclusive service he en
joys. The English surgeon. Morrel
jVlacKenzie, rerently declined a fee o
$H0,000 which a millionaire in this coun
try offered bim for a single visit. Bu
it is not every doctor who can get sue!
chances.
V 1 .
A Cooking Clock.
The latest achievement in portable
double-action furniture is the cooking
clock, now on exhibition here.
It is made of white woqjl, stained
cherry, and is constructed after the style
of the old-fashioned grandfather's clock.
1 Here the resemblace ceases however,
for before one is thiough inspecting its
multiform surprises one wonders whether
i some bright little automaton will not
i spring out of a concealed drawer or
; secret receptacle and offer you a diai
mond ring and a chromo.
i In the first place the lower part of
this mighty engine of domestic economy
contains a gasoline stove which, when in
i use, is pulled out like a drawer from its
resting place. Below the stove is a re'
ceptacle for kitchen ware, while above
it is a china closet containing four
shelves. Above all this is perched a
calendar clock, back of which is attached
i a gasoline vapor tank, which is conneci
ted with the stove by a pipe concealed
' behind the case.
You might suppose thatjthis collection
of conveniences would hove satisfied its
enteiprising inventor?but no. To the
i left, and fitted securely to one side of
the ca9e, is an argaud burner, supplied
?l.n tltn rraonlinA Vfl.
Willi ^CJLiCiaiL'U l/JT IflAV M
por tank above mentioned. When cooking
is in progress the woodwork of the
stove clock is protected by a sheet of
asbestos paper, which is placed back of
i thestove. When the stove, china closet,
etc, are not in use they are pushed back
into the case, the front of which is decoi
rated with a handsome mirror.
Beside* this multiplicity of useful
combinations, the ingenious inventor has
found room within the magical case for
a writing desk and a drawer for writing
i materials.
i What more in the way of condensed
i comfort can one ask for in one article of
furniture? With one of these stovei
clocks and a folding bed in a room, the
i occupant has a kitchen, bedroom and
parlor all in one. ?Jeiodert 11 eekly.
Courtship In Kaflrlstan.
The following is an account of the
custom of courtship among the remote
tribes of Kaliristan: A hafir, having
fixed his affections upon some female,
ncquaints his parents with his intentions.
They apply to the parents of the girl,
1 and if the latter do not consent to the
1 union, a tight is inevitable. If the
1 parties agree, the next proceeding is to
> appoint two expert female negotiators,
1 who, by stratagems, gat access to the
house with the object of broaching the
1 subject to the young lady. The lady
1 ambassadors avoid any sudden or abrupt
1 mention of the awful subject of their
mission, but launch out in praises of the
gentleman who seeks her hand. They
speak of his possessions, his courage and
other accomplishments. The girl, pre1
tending to be a.Ironted even at these
remote hints, grows refractory and runs
away, tearing the ringlets of her hair as
Bhe retires, while the female ambassadors,
having got the consent of the parent?,
drag hi.T from her concealment and
carry her by force to the hou?e of her
destined husband, and there leave her,
where &he is compelled to remain for
days silent and dejected, refusing food,
till at last, if kind entreaties do not prevail,
she is made to submit by blows to
the union. The Kafir who has the
reputation of having committed a number
of murders of Mohammedans enjoys
jxceptional privileges; he is respected
by all in the neighborhood and experi?nces
little or no difficulty in procuring
- > If mi? r.G, io
1 AV11C lor UimtJCUi llic naui nuuiuu to
loomed to a life of toil and drudgery, and
the husband has the option of discarding
ier at any moment he feels so disposed.
?St. Jamet't Gazette.
Iridescent Leather
Modern leather manufacturers, says
she S'<oe and Leather Keport r, are suroassing
the ancients in the diversity and
beauty of the colors they are introiucing.
Many of the shades produ ed
in upper leather are h'ghly attractive.
The Thebans were thought to have attaiued
great proficiency in this art, but
the variety of colors they are credited
with was meager compared with the
iridescent display of our epoch. Remnants
of leather found in Theban tombs
reveal the use of acacia and other trees
in the tanning proce.-s. The .Jews, after
i the exodus, probably put into practico
the knowledge obtained of this art
. under the Phataohs, in preparing rams'
, skins dyed red for the seivice of the
Tabecnacle.
The love of colors is as old as the
human race. The art of dyeing leather,
30 long practiced on the .Viediterranean,
was afterward attained with di ..culty*
by other Luropean countries. But we
i need no longer to go to J- gypt or the
Mediterranean for instruction concerning
it. ?
A Valuable Remedy.
Brandreth's Pills purify the Blood, stimulate
the Liver, strengthen the Kidneys, regu'
late the Bowels. They were introduced in the
1 United States in 18a"). Since that time over fifty
1 millions of boxes of Bkaxdketii'9 Pilus have
! been consumed.
1 This, together with thousands of convincing
i testimonials from all parts of the world, is positive
evidence of their value.
: Brandretr's Pills are purely vegetable, ab
solutely harmless, and safe to take at any
time.
Sold in every drag and medicine store, either
plain or suKar coated.
The first saw-maker's anvil was brought to
America in 1819. _
V\odM Vun Hi lieve
j The Proprietor ot Kemp's Balsam gives
Thousands of Bottles away yearly? This mode
of advertising would prove ruinous if the
! Balsam was not a perfect cure for Coughs and
l all Throat and Lung troubles. You will seo
. the excellent effect after taking the first dose.
y Don't hesitate! Procure a bottle to-day to keep
In your home or room for immediate or future
I use. Trial bottle Free at all druggists'. Large
t Size 50c and $1.
The first watches were made at Nurenburg,
Germany, in 1477.
' A Mndman at Large!
i He is a well-known citizen, and his nearest
and dearest, friends do not suspect his insanity.
' How do we happen to know aoout if? Listen;
3 his appetite is gone, he is low-spirited, he don't
) sleep well, he has night-sweats, he is annoyed
P by a hacking cough. These symptoms are the
forerunners of consumption and death,and yet
5 he neglects them. Is it any wonder that we
l call him a madman? If you are his friend.tell
him to get a bottle of Dr. Pierce's (iolden Med1
ical Discovery without delay. It will cure him
J if he takes it in time. It will not miraculously
, create new lungs when the old ones are nearly
gone, but it will restore diseased ones to a
healthy condition. Tell him about it, and warn
him that in his case delay means death.
There are K,000 paupers in the city of Lon,
don.
3 Wonderful Popularity.
j! The fnct that the sale of Dr. Pierce's Plca/-.
I ant. Purgative Pellets exceeds that of niiyother
j.ill in tlio market, lie it gixut or small, is on
9 account of the fact thut they are tiny, little,
sugar-coated granules, and that in most cases
one little "Pellet" is sufficient for a dose: that
3 they are purely vegetable and perfectly liarm?
less; ana for constipation, biliousness, sick
headache, and all diseases arising from derangement
of the liver, stomach or bowels,
J they are absolutely a specific. A gentle laxai
tive or active cathartic, according to size of
J dose.
, The wool clip of tne United St tes has increase
I rom C0,0i 0,00n pounds in 2800 to more
? | than 300,000,000 pounds in 1884.
I ; Use Ihe great specific for "cold in the head"
j . and catarrh?Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy.
I The annual value of the wool crop is from
" (75. (CO.OCO.OOO to $00,000 000,000. nry ng with tue
1 I market value.
: If afflicted with sore eyes use Dr. Isaac Thomp on'iEye-water.
Druggist* sell at 26c.per bottle.
k' { i . .
Where Log Cabins Flourish.
A party of American gentlemen, who had
been camping out on an island in the great
Lake Nipissing, Canada, last Summer, were
returning in a sail boat and were yet seven
miles from port when the Bun went down,
and with it the sailing breeze.
A discouraging situation, truly.
"Never mind, I can row you there inside
of two hours," said the guide who had charge
i nf t.hn nnrt.v ax their murmurs arose.
"Why, man, it is seven miles, there are
four of us in this heavy boat?its a big job
yon undertake," said one.
"No matter, I have done the likes before
and can do it again," cheerfully replied the
broad-shouldered Irishman, as he stowed
away the Bail and bent to the oars. He was a
splendid oarsman, and the boat was soon
under headway again.
"What would I not give to enjoy your
health and strength," remarked the Professor.
"Yes, I am pretty healthy, and though I
am past sixty I feel as strong as ever," replied
the guide. "But only three years ago
I I stood at death'8 door, and never thought to
pull an oar again. You see, I was in the
I woods all winter, logging, and I got into the
water one day and caugnt cold. It settled
on my lung3 and 1 had a bad cough, which
hung on till I ran down almost to a skeleton."
"Call in a physician?"
"Yes, I went twenty miles through the
bush to see a doctor; he gave me some medicine,
but it didn't help me much."
"How was the cure effected?"
"An old Scotch lady, who had come over
from the States, gave me a preparation of
balsams and herbs, which she said the early
settlers in America used, and it soon
stopped my cough and put me on my feet
again."
One has but to travel along the frontier to
learn how easy It is to get along without
doctors, and how effective are the natural
remedies which the^ old grandmothers know
1 how to prepare. They often cure wnere tne
I best physicians fail.
Every mother of a family knows how
coughs and colds are quickly'and radically
cured with syrups and teas made from balsams
and herbs which "grandmother taught
us how to make."
Warner's Log Cabin cough and consumption
remedy was, after long investigation
into the merits and comparison with other
old-time preparations, selected from them
because proved to be the very best of them
all. It has brought back the roses to many
a pallid cheek ?there is no known remedy its
equal as a cure for coughs end colds.
Memory Feat or a Magician.
Sir John Stainer, whose reputation as
an organist and composer is world-wide,
ays the Chicago New, has a wonderful
memory in regard to musical matters.
On one occasion he was to play the
organ in the performance of the
"Messiah" at the Crystal Palace. Just
before the hour for opening it was discovered
that thero was not a copy of the
work in the building. In this emergency
Dr. Stainer's memory stood him in good
stead. He played the entire organ part
right through without a fault and withI
out a note of music to guide him. There
j is no record of sucli a feat ever having
j been dose before or since.
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' one? When we were over to the Stetson's,
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S a it ah.?"Weil, Paul. I am glad you
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will remember, I have wanted for some
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do, but you have always put me of? by ;
j objecting to my takii g a fashion
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I member of the family, must contain a
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she may select. That alone will be
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I understand that the publisher,
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