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1HK FA 1!31 AM) HOUSEHOLD. I (iiTlaa Mefliriaea t# Aalmala. Professor D. D. Slade, of Harvard university, writes as follows in the American Agriculturist: In* administering medicines to his .animals the knowledge of how to do it is most essential to every farmer, and he may not be able always to acquire it from his books at hand. The most ready manner of giving medicinal sub stances is by mixing them with the food or the drink. This, however, is not always practicable, as the animal may refuse the mixture, or may be too weak to make the effort to take it. It must then be given by ball, or by drench from a horn or bottle. One most es sential anatomical point to be remem bered by every one in the giving of medicine, especially in the liquid form, is that the tongue should be free. It is mainly by the muscular movements of this organ that the entrance to the windpipe is closed during the passage of food or liquid into the gullet. The introduction of the smallest quantity into the air passages at once causes ir ritation made evident by coughing. ]»y preventing natural movements of the tongue we run much risk of producing suffocation. To illustrate: An ox, after eating heartily and drinking late in the morning was puffed up, the swell ing disappearing after work. On again drinking at night the swelling returned. Some medicine was pre pared, Rut the swelling had abated, and the animal was eating hay. Hut to prevent a recurrence of the disor der, the medicine was given by holding Ins tongue out n? his mouth while pouring it down his throat. He fell down and died immediately. On ex amination eight inches of the wind- pip© was completely filled with chewed hay, conveyed there by the liquid, and strangulation w:us produced. AVIfen practicable the ball is the most convenient form of administer ing medicine to a horse when he will not take it in food. The ball should be prepared with oil rather than with syrup, and Iwith in size and shape should resemble a small hen’s egg. One person can give it by standing at the right shoulder of the animal when backed into a stall. With the left hand draw the tongue out gently upon the right side, not pulling it, but sim ply pressing it upon the lower jaw. The ball, held between (he tips of the fingers of the right hand, is conveyed into the posterior portion of the mouth, and the hand quickly withdrawn and the tongue liberated. If the ball is not seen to pass down the gullet on the left side of the throat, a gentle blow on the chin will cause the animal to swallow, or water may be offered. Where the animal is at all refractory or vicious, it may be necessary to hold the jaws open by the halter-rope, or in some cases by the balling-iron, an in strument made for this use. In giving a drench to a horse, a horn should be used instead of a bottle, for fear of breakage. Standing at the right shoulder, raise the head with the left hand under the jaw, and with the right hand pass the lip of the horn into the side of the mouth and empty its contents, the head being kept up until they are swallowed. 1 f the animal is violent, place a twitch ujmn the nose, to be held by an assist ant; or if he refuses to open the mouth the tongue may be gently held to one side, the horn introduced, quickly emptied, and the tongue liberated at Under all circumstances the jreised. hogs in orchards is excellent, less for the value of the pasture than for the benefit to the fruit by destroying wormy specimens. The animals should be fed liberally daily, but not late at night or early in the morning, so as to encourage them to make early forays for fallen fruit. Most horticulturists have more or less trouble with tree labels, most of those offered for sale being complex and costly. The Country Gentleman advocates the use of a label of scrap zinc, cut into strips a few inches long, half or three-fourths of an inch wide at one end and half as wide at the other. The name is written on the zinc with a common lead pencil when moist, and this writing will last years. The other end of the strip is coiled round the branch, the coil expanding as the branch grows. In fowling for beef the notions of each animal should be consulted—his preferences, likes and dislikes. The object of feeding usually is to get the animal to eat all that he will digest well. Hence a variety should always be at hand, and the ration should be varied by feeding cooked, soaked or dry meal, as the case may be, with hay and roots. Take great care not to overfeed, and in case of overfeeding let starva tion Ik* the cure. Thus the animal will soon take to feeding again, but will be less likely to fall off much in flesh than if physicked. It is usually quite as well to have cows calve in the fall, particularly where milk and butter are more important than tin* calf. "With ensilage feeding winter will prove thebest time for butter making, and the silo system will be so slow in coming into general use that tho winter price of butter must be high for many years to come. The worst season of all to have a cow calve is in late spring or early summer. The'first How of milk then comes at a time when it is least valuable and costs most labor and trouble to make into butter.—American Cultivator. A Kundny IMunrr. The National Farmer, of Washing ton, in its “house lore” for the wives of American farmers, gives the follow ing recipes for a Sunday dinner: Baked Soup. Fillet of Veal. Caunelon of Potatoes. French Beans a la Cream. Tomato Sauce. Neapolilaiuoes. Coffee and Whipped Cream. Haked Son*.—Three pounds of beef; two pounds of veal; half pound of lean ham; one onion; two carrots; two tablespoon In Is of farina; one can of corn, drained and chopped; two stalks of celery; pepper and salt; six quarts of water. Cut the meat into long strips, the vegetables into dice, anil pack into alternate layers, in a broad, low jar, that will go into the oven. Strew the layers with farina and corn, fill up with the water; cover the jar closely, putting a paste of Hour and water over the top or about the edges, to exclude the air and keep in the steam. Do this on Saturday night. At bedtime, set in the oven in a pan of cold water, that it may heat gradually as the range warms in the morning. Let it bake until dinner time. Pour into a bowl, take out the meat, season, and put into the stock- pot. Pour over it as much as you can spare of the soup, season, and* set by for to-morrow. Add pepper and salt to that left for to-day, and serve. Fillet ok Veal.—Take out the bone of the joint (you can add it on Saturday to your baked soup); make a deep incision between the meat and the Wolf-Children. In depicting the temper and dlspi> sition of the wolf, such adjectives as “ruthless, cunning and treacherous” are invariably used, and with perfect justice. It would appear, therefore, at first sight almost incredible that there should be many instances on record where children have been car ried away; and instead of being de voured, as would assuredly have beeu the case had the marauder been a panther or leopard, they have lieen suckled, tended and reared by them. Some of these have afterward been re covered, and at this moment there exists a specimen wolf-child at Sacun- dra, a small missionary station a few miles from Agra; so that the story of llomulus and Remus may not be so entirely without foundation as we have hitherto been led to suppose. Wolves as a rule prey upon the Hocks and herds of the inhabitants of the villages iu whose neighborhood they have made their dens, and upon such wild animals as they can hunt down and capture. Among these lat ter may be mentioned the gazelle-ante lope and the black-buck; and many and ingenious arc the devices they re sort to in order to achieve their pur pose. But in the northwestern pro vinces of India, as about Agra, in Oude and Rajpootana, they are also very de- sl: active to children. Hindoos of all classes are exceedingly superstitious regarding the destruction of these pre datory brutes, and consider the indi vidual who has been unfortunate enough to shed a drop of wolfs blood doomed to suffer some grievous cal amity. Hence, though a government reward of three rupees per head is offered, it is only the very lowest of all castes—the “ Domes or Dungars,” as they are called—who will take the trouble to snare and destroy wolves These people lead a vagrant life and bivouac in the jungles, and have nc superstitious dread of killing any liv ing thing. The following hypothesis may ex plain how it comes to pass that so cruel and relentless an animal as the wolf should sometimes be found enact ing the interesting part of foster- mother to one of the-human species. A female with cubs goes prowling about in search of food for its young, and succeeds in ravishing an Indian home of its infant for that purpose. The cubs, for some reason or other— not oversensitiveness, certainly, but because their carnivorous instincts are as yet comparatively dormant—merely lick the child all over. This probably, according to the code of wolfish eti quette, is equivalent to having eaten salt with an Arab, and the infant is henceforth adopted by the parent and suckled and brought up with the cubs. Although the human tendency is to go on two legs, we know that even among ourselves babies commence by crawling. Now, man is essentially an imitative animal, and seeing the wolves going on all-fours, the alien naturally tries the same method of progression. It would appear, however, that it has found the hands ill-adapted for use in lieu of forefeet, and as a rule the el bows are employed for that purpose; in consequence of this choice, the knees too have to be used instead of the feet, and hence horny excresenees are usu ally found on both the knees and the elbows. Perhaps the subjoined true narrative of a wolf-child that has been captured in India may prove interesting. One morning many years ago Mr. II—, who happened at the time to be nf tho V.tawi * Hall once a. From the earliest times men have been trying to look ahead. The ancient Egyptians had oracles where their gods lands to consult; the Romans killed certain fowls or animals, and guessed at the future by the looks of their inj- ternal organs; the Hebrews and the Babylonians had their own peculiar^ ways of finding out what was to hap pen. The world has not yet outgrown the longing to look ahead. The Hin doo to-day sets a lamp afloat on his sacred river, and judges of the future by the length of time it burns; the Chinaman consults his “wise men,” 1 who pretend to understand signs; the ’ ignorant African takes notice of the cries of birds and animals; the English —not long ago—tried to learn by help of what they call “witches;” and spirituali: ts even now believe the pre dictions of a “medium.” No serious attempt to look into the future has been made for a long time l>y intelligent people, and the old customs have become a frolicsome try ing of “charms,” especially on one night of the year. It is curious enough 'hat the night selected is the eve of the festival of All Saints, which was established in the seventh century by pope of Rome, in honor of all the saints who had no particular day assigned to them. The Romans brought this festival to England ; there it be came All Hallows, and the evening before it Hallow-even or Halloween, and the seventeenth century England ga*% up the night to feasting and frolicking. Nuts and apples were plenty from one end of tiff* island to the other, and “Nut-crack night ” was the name given to it. In J-ingland the revels were for fun,; such as diving for apples Hoating in a tub of water, and of course getting very wet; or trying to snatch in the teeth an apple off one end of a stick, which had a lighted candle at the other end, and, being hung by a string, could be spun around very fast, so that the players often seized the candle instead of the fruit; or a playful fortune-tell- ing by naming nuts, roasting them be-j fore tin* fire, and watching their con-| duct when heated—whether they! burned steadily or bounced away, hr burst with a noise, each movement oF" t he charmed nut being of great impor tance. One nut test was tried by grinding! and mixing together a walnut, hazel nut and nutmeg, making into pills, with butter and sugar, and swallowing them on going to bed. Wonderful dreams would follow (which was not surprising). In Scotland the night was given en tirely to serious and sometimes fright ful attempts to peer into the future by means of charms. One way of trying fortune was to throw a ball of blue yarn out "of a window and wind it into a ball again from the other end. Near the last something would hold it fast, when the winder must ask: “Who holds?” The answer wotrtd name one who was to have .importance in the« questioner’s future. j Another Scotch custom was “pull ing kale-stalks.” A young person went blindfolded into the garden, pulled up the first kale or cabbage stalk he louched ami-carried it into the house. The whole future was read from that •stalk; the size indicated the stature of the future partner in life; the quan tity of earth at the roots showed t[ r fortune DOWD WITH HIGH FRIGES iHD POOH SHOES. THE SENSATION OF THE SEASON. WM. MULHERIN & GO., At 722 and 013 BROAD STREET, ^A-ugusta, Georgia. Are slaughtering Boots, Shoes and Hats! • There are two large stores filled with bargains, and it wiilbe strange if you cannot be pleased among such a variety. We offer: In fants’ lace shoes Infants’ lace shoes, better grade.. Infants’ kid and pebble but’d shoes Children’s pebble shoes, heels — Children’s A calf polkas, heels... Children’s pebble polkas, heels.. Children’s pebble bat’d shoes.... Misses’ I kid buttoned shoes Misses’ pebble lace shoes Ladies’ cloth buskins Ladies’ kid slippers.............. Ladies’ calf pegged shoes........ Ladies’ kid lined serge buskins.. Ladies’ moquet slippers Ladies’ A calf lace shoes sewed. Ladies’ pebble lace shoes, sewed Ladies’ I pebble buttoned shoes 10 j Ladies’ I kid buttoned shoes.... 25 | Ladies’ kid opera slippers... 50 i Ladies’ kid sandal slippers.. 50 | Gents’ carpet slippers 50 I Gents’ pebble slippers 00 | Gents’ heavy brogans 75 j Gents’ cable sewed cong. gaiters. tfO j Gents’ sewed box toe con. gaiters. 00 ! Gents’ heavy boots, solid 70 ! Gents’ dress calf boots, soli 50 | Boys’ heavy brogans 50 ! Boys’ dress brogans 50 j Boys’ dress lace shoes 75 | Youths’ tipped boots, 7 to 12 tt) j Gents’ and boys’ wool hats. 00 j Gents’ stiff hats 00 1 Gents’ felt hats Also Zeigler Bros., Evitt Bros., and Miles <*.: Son’s, and the most desirable lines Ladies’, Gents’, Misses’ and Children’s Fine Shoes. We have a large stock of Boots, Shoes, Hats and Oiothing, In our Wholesale Department, which we offer at less than New York Jobbers’ prices. ' Close buyers of thesa goods will make a mistake if they fail to examine our stock. WM. MULHERIN & GO. SAVE TOUR MONET! SMALL PROFITS AND QUICK SALES! Come One, Come All, and Rally Around the Red Store* I beg leave to inform tho public that I have now ou hand a full stock of Hosiery, both, tor Gents and Ladies; Gents’ Underwear, consisting of Collars, Shirts. Drawers, etc., etc.; Ladies’ Cloaks and Jackets, at prices upon which I defy the Aiken market; HaU and Show, from best makers, at rook bottom prices. Besides a line of Readv-Made Clothing, which I take pleasure in presenting to that Aiken public, because it is from the very best makers and at prices uncqualed before hk ^ lk< My entire stock is new and fresh from the hands of the manufacturer, aud those whoi wish to make money by saving if, will best consult their interests by calling on me for alt these things. W. A. SCHMIDT, MAIN STREET, AIKEN, S. C. FOUIDHT, 50x214 feet MiCDHE SHOP, 50x250 M BOILER SHOP. 40x120 M. OFFICE OF GEORGE R. LOMBARD & CO., 1 Foundry, Machine & Boiler Works. JUST ABOVE PASSENGER DEPOT, NEAR WATER TOjtE^ "’722 and 913 Broad Street, Augusta, Ga. Clothing Department, li Jones Street. IFIIbTE SHO IBS McCORD Jk DILL’S. BUILDERS of Engines and Boilers, Saw Mills, Grist Mills, and Ml kinds of mill machinery of the latest improved styles, Shafting, Hangers. Pulleys, Gearing and Journal Boxes. We have a largo assortment of Patterns, Sugar Rollers and (}in Gearing; Gin Ribs for any Gin. DEALERS in Engines and Mill Supplies, Circular Saws, Files, Gammers, Swages, Globe. Check and Safety Valves, Whistles, Guagas, Steam Pipe anil Fittings, Babbitt Metal from 10c. to 40c., Belting, Lacing, Rubber, Hemp, Soapstone and Asbestos Packing} Oil and Oil Cups, Wrenches, ete. m AGENTS for Eclipse Double Turbine Wheel, Korting’s Universal Injectors, the best made. Bradford Mill Co.’s Portable Mills, Nordyke and Marmon Co.’s Plantation Com and Food Mills, Atlas Engine Works and Erie City Iron Work’s/ Portable and Stationary Engines, Knuckle’s Pop Safety Valves; Cloud Creek Mill Rocks. Iron and Brass Castings and all kinds of repairs promptly done. We cast every day and are working about 100 hands. Boiler repairs promptly done!. Our Aim is to Keep the Best! KI_i_ iXST. PHOTOGRAPHER AND ARTIST _A_ FULL LIiSTE OF ZIEGLER BROS’. SHOES JVTVWA.YS OTV FOR LADIES, MISSES AMD CHILDREN, All Styles at the Lowest Gash Prices. EDWIN C. BURT’S NEW YORK CELEBRATED KID AM) BIT K® BUTTON For Ladies, Misses and Children. All widths and spring heels—9 io 13. Both of above goods we will warrant iu every particular. Remember us when in Augusta aud call to see our stock. Ac Pi t Br-o^dl ESt. great” attractions —AT— Mrs. H. Bruin Clark’s Temple of Fancy. NEW FALL STYLES IN MILLINERY. Dealer in Velvet and Squan 706 Broad Street, - - - Al We wish to inform the public that we now have with us “B1 Artist of the South, and we invito all to call fit our gallery and ti can make you a first-class crayon trom any size picture, no matter 1 Wishing a first-class Cravon Picture will do well to call at WAl work. Every one knows that WADE’S is the place to have a photi all to call and see us. Frames, : J IGUSTA, GA.] I ANSON,” the great Crayon samples of his work. Wa iow old it may be; and all E’d and see Mr. BronsonV graph taken, and we invite BALLY ON THE AUGUSTA STORE. IVext door* to tlie IVew CJoutft House, AIKEN, sJc. Never was tho heart of Old England thrilled with more exc Magna Charter, the great bulwark of English Liberty, was grasp of despotism by the sturdy Barons of Runymede, an to the people of Aiken County that vjre: kA i H it* delight than when from the cruel rchedi J v ben it is announced A Pretty Line of Misses’ and Children^ ■ School kats: