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I i ESKIMO DIET. What the Natives of South Greenland Eat. » ————— Their Principal Articles of Food Are Seal Meat and Blubber. FOB FABX AND liARDEN. I bad read once about Eskimo eating habits—how once upon a time, for instance, an Arctic explorer offered •ome Eskimo girls some sweetmeats Which were rejected, while tallow candies were eagerly accepted and eaten. Now I was to see an Eskimo eat With many smiles, Peter entered the cabin and sat down at the table. I should have apologized to him on ac count of the scantiness of our fare,for we had no candles and there wasn’t a bit of tallow on deck even, let alone in the cabin, but I noticed that the butter plate was heaping full, the sight of which made me wish for some of my friends so that we could make a pool on the number of bites he would take in swallowing the roll. Then Peter sat down and without ceremony helped himself to a lot of baked beans, a piece of dry bread and a large piece of very lean, salt beef, all of which he bit into and swallowed as a hungry ’longshoreman might have done. Then he took more t>eans and more bread and more lean beef, and with them several cups of coffee with a great deal of sugar* to each cup. He was along time getting lo it, but he finally began on the but ter. He had poured his last cup of coffee and was looking about for something to eat with it when his eye fell on a plate of cake. Taking a small piece he put a small lump of but ter on it and slowly ate the combination with the coffee. To the reader of a geographical magazine it may seem strange, but the fact is, until I saw this man at the table I had really ex pected to find the Eskimos of South Greenland showing the habits and tastes of those living a thousand miles further up the coast. I had not quite expected to find them living in snow houses, but I had a misty idea that an Eskimo was a little black Indian whose chief delight among the things brought from a civilized country was the tallow caudle. The staple food is aeal meat and blubber. Next to that ! is the little fish taken in the fiord and dried for winter use, known to them as the augmat-fat, and to the learned as salmo villosus. A favorite way of eating the dried aug- mat-fat is to take it by the tail, poke it into the oily blubber .for a while. THE IIJEAI. ANIMAL. No breeder or farmer should believe or accept as a fact that any breed of swine or individual animal is perfect* says the National Stockman. The force or strength of the meaning of the word “thoroughbred” increases with the improvement of the quality of the animals. No one realizes the worth of the adage that “the best is none too good” with more force than the true fancier and breeder. He is always looking for his ideal higher type and when fouud will pay fabu lous sums for It. PRUNING PEACH TREES. The first pruning of a peach tree should be given it before or at the time of planting. If you purchase vigorous one-year-old trees they will have numerous outside branches, and these should be cut ofl close to the main stem, or, at most, leaving only one or two buds on each at the base. After the trees ate plan'.ed cut back the main stems to a uniform height, and about three feet from the surface of the ground. If pruned as directed you will probably secure a vigorous growth the first season, but if the trees are not pruned when planted the growth will be feeble, or the trees may die outright before the close of the season. Those who have had much experience in fruit culture use the pruning knife freely upon recently transplanted trees.—[New York Sun. SOILS FOR HOT BEDS. The use of sifted moss mixed with sandy soil is recommended by an ex pert as the best for hot-beds. The moss is dried anil then run through a coal-ash sieve with quarter-inch meshes. The hot-bed is then covered about four inches inside the frame with this mixture. A table spoonful of superphosphate and of wood ashes is applied for each square yard of space. This makes a nice,porous, moist and spongy seed bed. Make the rows by using the edge of a lath pressed in to the soil a fourth of an inch and rubbed backwards and forwards a few times. Cover the seed a fourth of an inch with the moss and soil. The moss enables the soil to hold a great deal of water when it is given, and the roots form a free network of fibres, and it facilitates transplanting. This soil does not bake or crust.— [New York Observer. SPRING TRAINING FOR HORSES. Farm horses which have been doing >r notliinir during tV TYT”ter proved methods of cutting, curing, and storing is abundantly evidenced by the large space that its discussion occupies in the agricultural press, es pecially that which is somewhat local to Iowa, Nebraska and Kansas, and by the use of special and adaptable machinery in the handling of it. It will be well for farmers interested to post up on the matter now. and be ready for cutting and threshing the crop next fall. Corn fodder alone is not a good ra tion for stock and should be supple mented with clover. Now is the time to prepare for the clover crop. We would advise large sowings for sever al reasons. It is a crop that does well over a larger area of country than any other, though with varying yields. Different sections and different soils require diflerent treatment in sowing. Here we can sow in early spring on the bed of winter wheat or rye; or perhaps the best way is to sow after the first harrowing of oats. It makes a fine growth with the other grain, and as the weather is apt to be moist at harvest time it is not killed out by hot suns when exposed after the cutting away of the grain. In sections where it is likely to be dry in midsummer we should advise sowing alone on stubble ground early in the spring, and then keep weeds mowed down two or three times dur ing the season. This will prevent at any time a dense shade, and also fur nish a mulch for the young plants. Then there will be no woody, coarse weeds to rake up with the crop the next year. For one of the best pay ing crops, simply as a crop and for the drawing in and retaining of valu able elements of the soil, sow clover. — [Prairie Farmer. FARM AND GARDEN NOTES. Gooseberries are as easily grown as currants. It pays to pulverize soil before planting. A hand seeder is a good thing for broadcasting. Scatter your wood ashes among your fruit trees. Light is health giving in a stable and in the house. Be sure that your home surround ings are all healthful. Manure is often wasted by being put where it is not needed. Uncooked fruit eaten at each meal is said to be healthful. Feed the mother sow well if you would have the pigs grow. If feed for the young poultry must L urchascd millet seed can be used :e. lot only often cure often cure the FOR THE HOUSEWIFE. SAVE STEPS IN THE KITCHEN. Or.e of the greatest conveniences In the kitchen, declares Kate Carrington, is a number of small shelves just where they are needed. When oae large shelf is used it must contain such a number and variety of things that it never looks presentable; besides,hurry will mix things occasionally, and oth ers will come in search of articles and stir things generally, making one shelf a failure as to neatness and order. I like to have cooking implements as near the stove as possible. Two rows of large nails, as close together as will suit, may hold such cooking vessels as will hang up just behind the stove. A large box turned on the side, with a shelf through the centre and a curtain in front, will hold those that will not hang well. The top of the box may be covered with zinc, and used instead of the cook table for re ceiving such hot articles as would in jure the table. When one is dishing up the food this box will be found very useful. A small shelf in a cool place will hold all articles necessary for making coffee and tea, saving the cook two or three journeys across the room to get the material together. Another shelf will hold all the varieties of seasoning needed whilo cooking. A spice cabinet is more pleasing to the eye, but I pre fer having every tiny box open to view, and in reach of my hand, always keeping their tops closely fitted. Just above or beside the meal and flour chests another shelf is needed for salt, soda, etc. It saves many steps to have a pitcher of sour milk at hand also, at least enough for one day’s use, and a small quantity of lard; then the bread can be made without walking around to gather materials. All these shelves may be put up rough, and neatly cov ered with oilcloth or chintz; or they may be handsomely made in fancy patterns if preferred. On the edge of the kitchen porch, within reach of the cistern, I have a long, wide shelf about three feet high, between two columns of the porch. This is easily made by nailing two pieces of wood to the colnmns, and resting a wide plank on them, then nailing the ends of the plank down. Any woman with a few tools can make one. The vegetables are gath ered and set on this shelf. The cook can take out pans, knives, and what ever she needs, then draw a bucket of water and sit down to the shelf. With water within reach, she can prepare all the vegetables for choking without getting up. This is mymjjp plan, and suits me much better/^than standing over a table and gqang in and out several times durii Hired _ cart. v N \ SABBATH SCHOOL INTERNATIONAL. LESSON FOR MAY lO. Lesson Text: “Israel's Overthrow Foretold,” Amos vtii, 1-14— Golden Text: LoJce viii., 18—Commentary. 1. “Thus bath the Lord God shewed unto me, and behold a basket of summer fruit.” In our last lesson we beard Jehovah remind ing Israel of the many ways in which He had sought to win them back to Himself. In chapter v\, 4, 6, 14, 15, they are repeatedly entreated to seek Him ana live. Then they are warned of the day of the Lord and Its terrors, yet they conspire against the prophet Amos and refuse to hear his words (vii., 10-13). Now, in a vision, the nation is shown to the prophet as a basket of ripe fruit, ready to be consumed; they will not be warned and therefore judgement must come. Observe the title of God in this verse—it is not Je hovah Elohim (Righteous Creator), but Adonai Jehovah (the Possessor who is Righteous) and is used about twenty times in this prophecy. Lord or God in capitals is always Jehovah; but Lord in small letters, beginning with a capital L, is Adonai. He speaks to them through Amos as their owner or possessor (see Amos iii., 2) having a right to His own property; but He is also a right eous possessor. This title is first found in Gen. xv., 2. 2. “Then said the Lord unto me. The end is come upon my people of Israel; I will not again pass by them any more.” Similar words are found in chapter vii., 8, and in Ezek. vii., 2, 3. Long and patiently He forbears, and loving seeks in every way to win them back, but there is a point where mercy stops and judgment must fall. 8. “Ana the songs of the temple shall be howling In that day, saith the Lord God: many dead bodies in every place: they shall cast them forth with silence.” In Isa. xiii^ 0-9, and in many other places howling is as sociated with the Day of the Lord, and the expression “in that day” found in this verse and in verses nine and thirteen also signifies the Day of the Lord (Isa, ii„ 11, 12). The great Day of the Lord is yet future, and is everywhere associated with judgments upon the ungodly and deliverance for the faithful remnant (see Isa. xxxiv., 8; xxxv., 4; Ixiii., 4). But the approaching judgment in the days of Amos was a foreshadowing of the Great Day yet future. The silent burial of the dead indicates the horrors of the siege and of war, or it may be enlightened by such words as these: “Hold thy peace at the presence of the Lord God; for the day of the Lord is at hand; for the Lord hath prepared a sacrifice. He bath bid His guests” (Zeph. 1., 7). 4. “Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail.” They were panting for the goods of the poor, that they might fail out of the land. They are described in Prov. xxx., 14, as “a generation whose teeth are as swords, and their jaw teeth as knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among men.” 5. “Saying, When will the new moon be g one, that we may sell corn? and the Sab- ath that we may set forth wheat?” They outwardly kept these days religiously, but all the time their hearts were longing for the business of the morrow. “Making the eph&b small, and the shekel great, and fasifying the balances by deceit.” Not only were market days better to them than Sabbaths, but they were full of deceit even in business, giving their purchasers short weight and taking from them more than was due. Not scrupling to cheat God out of His appointed worehip. they found no difficulty in cheating their fellow man. 6. “That we may buy the poor for silver and the needy for a pair of shoes, and sell the refuse of the wheat.” Compelling the needy to sell themselves as slaves and eat re fuse corn. They sold the righteous for silver and the poor for a pair of shoes (chap, ii., 6). TTiey had no heart tor God or His commands or His poor. 7. “The Lord hath sworn by the excellency of Jacob, Surely I will never forget any of their works.” “He will remember their in- SI. F. BAKER & CONFECTIONER. AND DEALER IN DRY ROODS, SHOES, 10TI0IS UD GROCERIES, AT ROCK BOTTOM PRICES. TOBACCO UD CIGARS Id Great Yarlety. Tojs, FireiorRs, ate., ti Stock Laurens Street and Park Irenue, Aiken, S. C. 11 —-' ' 1 — - ■' 11 ■■■T'L. 1 ..If- 1 !.-! 1 . SB The Waverly House, C. T. ALFORD, Proprietor. In tlie Bend of King Street, CHARLESTON, S. C. Large and Comfortable Rooms. BATES, $2,50 FEB DAT. T. M. H. O. T. S. T. HARRY OATES & GO., 831 BROAD STREET, AUGUSTS, GKEORGKUA. AGENTS FOR THE WORLD-RENOWNED Wilcox & White Organs. -ALSO THE- A. 6. Chase, Behr Bros., Peek & Son and Lester BOO SHEET MUSIC ONLY IO CENTS PER COPY. Send, for* Oatalogne, $3000 , A YEAR! I undertake to briefly p I teach any fairly intelligent person of eith**’ ■ sex, who can read and write, and latter instruction,will work industriously, w- -v v W how to earn Three Thousand Dollar* a Year in theirowri localitfes, wherever they live.I will ateo fumf$.b the situation or employment^t which you oun earn that amount. No money for me unlees successful as above. Easily anti quickly learned. I desire but one worker from each district or county^ have already taught and provided with employment a h*r£e number, who are making over $3000 a year each. It’s IVEW and SO Full particulars KREK. Address at ome, E. C, AEEEN. Ilox 4180, AugMatu, Mulue.