sno —— Field, Farm and Garden. In the New York Tribune a resident of Oil Creek warms fruit-growers against us ng petroleum on fruit trees and shrubs, It kills all trees around where it is pumped, and a neighboring orchard that had been painted with it began to decline. This applies to crude oil, but others claim that refined oil, as used for lamps, is less harmful, It kills flies and destroys the eggs of in- gects if brushed on lightly in winter, but in summer must not be applied to the foliage except when largely diluted stantly stirred, of feed for all kinds of stock, and twenty- ! five bushels be obtained from an acre, It that from buckwheat. from the pans, when hoiling for sugar, are found to be very valuable as food for hogs, they taking on flesh rapidly when fed on this alone, Good vinegar is made from the clear liquor. The seed and vinegar are estimated at $30, and a maleiial used for making wrap- ping paper yields £12, or $43 per acy, without estimating suzar, Minnesota, to be equal to corn as | may also makes a flour equal to The skimmings It is a common remark that most anything is good enough for a hog, and to this senselesz pre: i the disease among svi breeders who indorse it. Siuece time immemorial the hog has been called the farm scavenger, but, nevertheless, the successful breeder wh Jeast upon teristics of “iit Sail ion traced | is he y relies the this over-estimated the animal, Bad worse treatment in handling, superabundance of filth are the foun tion of subject, and it is consequent] that and the quality of the meat must the cleanliness all diseases to which hogs are believe the health of the animal i1- crease in proportion to of the food and surroundings. M. Pasteur, of France, sa's that the grass grown over the graves of cattle that died of splenic fever is a source of infection to the cattle {eeding on it He points to the agency of earthworms in carrying the germs of deadly bacteria from buried carcasses to living animals, Having introduced worms into a pit which cattle that died from splenic fever, he filled it with earth. In a short tiwe he procured from the intestines of these had contained the carcasses of worms the means of reproducing the worst forms by disease in its i10¢ tion. by casting out over containing the bacteria germs, gave { over it. He also showed that the worms, Lhe surface esath disease to all cattle that graze ft i thet A correspondent o + that he get tleman claims stl 8 when he 1 He have [ed sorghum sessed, number of egy found aN ngs, on wheal screeni ‘ay : “i meal, concluded ti morning with a feed of ship-siuffs wet up, hav- ¥ Hii of have thie oats. corn middbngs, and wat feeding wheat nu at night, and shelled con ing a god dose of ground pepper put in, baked and fed twice a week, and onee in a while subst.tutin ; and then powdered sulphur in place of pepper, is the best plan. 1 have good, clean nests: feed allow them a good range, wit of gravel to scrarch in. when they are two always keep the hens for hatehing. good sheiter and regulary and 5 vol i its } Ly I sell the fowls years old, and Concerning his experience with ensi- lage W. C. Strong, of Brighton, Mass, , writes : Having a cemented tank which had been used as a reservoir for water, I tried the experiment of usi silo in 1880, Ten acres of Hungarian grass (about 130 tons), very foul with $s p ng it as 4 pig or rag weed, so that it would have been unmerchantable in a dry state, was cut fine and packed way, and sold daring the milkmen at $7 per ton, they doing the carting, They reported that the cows sought the ensilage with avidity, ate it in the usual winter to clean and seemed to thrive and give an improved quality of milk over that pro- duced from hay and brewers’ grains, Last season the silo was filled with corn of excellent quality, and the bulk of it sold to milkmen at $7 per ton, they coming for it, in loads of 1500 to 2000 pounds, about once a week. The re- ports have been emphatic from pur- chasers that it was an economical and excellent fodder, the quality of the milk exeiting the notice of consumers as more like June milk than they had ever had before, A smaller allowance of hay and brewers’ grains was used with the ensilage, I feed my own cows from a silo at my home farm, and made June butter in January--a new era in my experience. That ensilage of corn is the cheapest and most wholes dome food for mileh cows, if supple men ed with a small allowance of shorts and hay, 1 entertain no doubt. Dr. Hexamer says that in 1872 straw- berries shipped from Charleston to Northern markets brought an average price of 57 cents per quart ; in 1874, 8 cents ; in 1876, 21 cents; in 1879, 14 cents, and in 1880, 12} cents, Many years ago, Jucundas from Knox, at 50 to 75 cents a quart, and for some years after the war selected berries of Triumphe de Gand sold readily at from 40 to 50 cents a quart by the crate. There are, however, one or two goo points in this decline, These fine sorts then had no competitors in the many excellent varieties which have since sprung into existence and supplied the market : and the scant supply then, confined to a few purchusers, is replaced by the enormous quantities which en- able anv one who has a few cents to f ‘ast strawberries, and the people can have them, on . 1 | organs are converted into petals, double or partially double flowers may may be self-fertilized or may be fertil- ized by others partially double or by and in either may considerable single ones, case form seed, portion which produce flowers more less | Or single flowers fertilized by | semi-double may capable of similar results, or double, Ones produce seeds Unusually | large and vigorous plants are not par- | ticularly favorable for the production of see ls, but rather orable ; particularly unfav | oi medium vigor, ither slated nor foreed into rank growt!. tre bist, The ruling of seeds that will produce double flowers is an wrt that requires much experience to cuable one Lo practice it successfully, plants | i i and nearly every kind of flower requires | a peculiar and special treatment. Sacred Monkeys. that contains Victor Jacquemont estimates the Bengal 1600 monkey ; he by the very poorest class of th Presidency alone asylums, supported chiefly popula- rural districts of Nepaul | tion. In the the hanumans nave their sacred groves, and Keep together in troops of fifty or of hard times, the sixty adults, and, in spite these associations multiply like Hi monast ¢ order of medimval Europe; | but they must all be provided for, | i 1h though the crops with natives have to eke out the | of the the wild rice Jumna | swamp jungles, | The strangest part of the superstition | is that this charity results by from animals in general, no means | a feeling of benevolence toward | but from the exclu- | m of a special An ilingly take the lif give veneratie subdivision of the monkey orthodox not humbilest fel iribe, Hindoo must low Of the reature, woull not move ing dog. and has n lating a beast of bt and other ike goad wonlkld evoke the Xireine measures § Avages of Mac- | from the r I)r. Allen SWAT il 1a ¥ OF Ext an orchard anches betrayed | arboreal maranders, slings lings, But soon they “What's matter 7*° inquired the Doctor; ‘did “Kappa- “sacred mn others CANe-SDeArs, came back erestfallen, the they get away from you ?"’ Muni,” monkeys, was the laconic reply, Holy baboons that not be interrupted in their little pas times, must They had expected to find a troop of common makaques, wanderoos or other profane four-handers, and re- tur ned on tiptoe, like geant who went to arrest an opstreper- Marryat's ser- ous drunkard and recognized his com- manding officer, cannot affore Unarmed Europeans to brave these prejudices, Captain Elphinstone’s gardener nearly lost his life fox uman shooting a thievish han- A mob of raging bigots chased him from street to street till he gave them the slip in 4 Mohammedan sub urh, where a sympathizing Unitarian helped him to escape through the back alleys, Tae interference of his country- men would hardly have saved him, for the crowd increased from minute to minute, and ev. n women joined in the chase, and threatened to eure his im- piety with a turnip-masher, An Old Actor's Reminiscence. Speaking of love scenes between ace ton, I once knew two actors of the of - posite sex who positively disliked each other, but were forced by their parts into the most devotional tenderness of conduct. One evening as he was play- ing at love she was to rush into his arms, Being a true artist, she did her work with energy, and between speeches he muttered : “You need not swallow me.” Bhe replied. ‘You are too bitter a dose.” While holding her in fond embrace wrapped in deli- cious transport, he growled in a whis- per: “Don’t lean so hard against a man.’ With her head in tender repose upon his breast she retorted: “You are paid for holding me, and 1 intend you shall e. ra your salary.'’ She mar ried another actor, and clings still to ‘he dislike for the man with whom she Pitisburg, brought in New York from pay. Play Your Hand for all its Werth. There is no greater barrier to a man’s success in life than his willingness to full into line with the stupid fellows who play second fiddle; the Jacque Strops to the Robert Maeaires, They should learn that the world laughs at a clown and they despise the assumed gravity of the serious imitator. Then again this class should learn that the fools whom you would deceive can be intention, can {Oo wear who would serve an honest a candid hrough gracefully owl, presentation, stupid efforts solemn dignity of the gaudy trappings of the Begs your the or the beasts, hut open Is formities ; a laughing stock to half the world, a subject of pity to the rest. Too many of the genus homo are but howl who from society's pit good points upon the stage. They ar impress jety with it * you pos ¥ LOT Ine your piety ; coinpiling 3 MICAS 10 assert your hoped fur position on the plane of journalisin | baying like a *‘yaller’’ dog at the man | in th Lil ¢ moon, to show your sympathies sil more becom- | of us; all af imbecility | these | To say, | ape upon its phylacteries, grotesque characters we will one nature provided you your own natural fore with this hand, even il 3 you can retire with n vou will s times in te the assumption of : v1 or harlequin, will result erable failure, making stock for the world to jeer at. If vou are born to be a woodchopper, O the line, let the hew t they will, don’t you can play imagine the Don't for a water, Mackstone on one hand or Galen | on the other, of wood : had you cut you out hewer that other would Astor or a Vanderbilt ; Nature has Kind men you an it § i retnernber, that LO Calc] This ist i.e iad be | atieinpisn left, ’ 5 we $1 goon ERNOT] for tl i A mankind and we will Wissel 3 form ourselves into the condition of | others, we could we question if we could play the role of the stranger | a out well as the one nature has planned for or sophistry can | chang A man at thirty is either a fool or his own physi- cian, and the same rule will apply all through the of life, Don't imagine you will gain knowledge us; no logic the decrees of fate. varied phases with age. You are not wine, although many of our readers may be full of- just as you please, the juice of the grape or the idea. Know thirty If at that age you are a shoemaker, stick to your last, If an attorney, coat be out at the | a kind providence had What a man doesn't | at he will never lean, even hould your or if placed vou in one of its highest niches, | elbows, say mounted you booted and spurred | on the editorial tripod, ride your nag, | until his tail drops off rather than think | you can dismount and scuffle in the | gutter for place among the not so | Thoroughbred Stock blessed, Jourunl, How to Split a Sheet of Paper. It is one of the most remarkable prop- erties of that wonderful product, paper, that it can be split into two or Shire 1 even paits however thin the sheet, We | have seen oa leaf of the Illustrated News, thus divide 1 into three parts, or three | thin leaves.” One consisted of the sur- | face on which the engravings are | printed ; another was the side contain. | ing the letter-press, and a perfectly | blank piece on each side was the paper | that lay between. Many people who | have not seen this done might think th's impossible ; yet it is not only possi. ble but extremely easy, as we shall | show. Get a piece of plate glass and | place on it a sheet of paper ; then let | the latter be thorougly soaked. With care and a little dexterity the sheet can be split by the top surface being re. moved. But the best plan is to paste a“ piece of cloth or strong paper to each C—O — side of the sheet without hesitation pull the two pieces asunder, when part of the sheet will be found to have adhered to one and part to the other. Soften the paste in water and the pieces can be easily removed fiom the cloth, The process is generally demonstrated as a matter of curiosity, vet it can be util. ized in various ways. If want to paste in a scrap-book a newspaper arti- cle printed on both sides of the paper, we and possess only one copy, it is very the paper, convenient to know how to detach one side from the other. The it operation, than the somewhat transparent to ink gtiibjected the others and printing duller : the brought wise the two pieces present appear together, of of the original if Some time ago the information how sold for a considerable sum. We impart it to all our readers, The Robber and the Editor. “Listen. my children,’ able man, “and 1 will tell you a story, Unce upon a time there was a bad. bold robber, who had his haunt in the wilds of HO Le eatadde Lue wountain, in the val- ley, was a village, It was not a veny large villnre, vel in if [OW RTHL The iM] Vis printed. robber looked ups newspaper as being chief man of the village, an ight he m 1st be very rich. So one cde stain and stol came Win 1 he editor, | good man, 5 ime as in a awakened from neni of the sleeping ng : 1 iF yy a began to fe id } wed, bad man was ton took from his purse & 1 5 weil | rand grand. “And the father! What became of him?’ ‘Ah, poor editor Tan, darlings! 1 had almost Well, he and his eves saw all the it At sure it had been quietly the night yes, m3 when came lving about the room where he feit in by a {on he th days for Ro for davs and islature, § two men were the greatest friends. Thus, my heir reward,” A Leetle More. One of the stockholders of Western railroad was a farmer who had accumulated his money by hard toil, and when he had put in an appearance at the meeting to elect a Board of Di rectors he felt it his duty to remark : “Gentlemen, as I understand this thing we elect the Board and the Board elects the officers,’ Some one said that he was right, amd he continued : “1 don’t go a cent on high salariesf and 1 want that understood, 1 am in favor of paying our President a good living salary, and no more.”’ “How much do you call a good living salary ¥'' asked one of the crowd. “Well, 81 a day is the going wages, bute » Here the meeting began to roar, amd it was two or three minutes before the orator hud un chance to conclude : “But of course we want a man who can run an engine, switch a train, han- dlefreight, keep books and lick anybody who won't pay fare and so IT shall not object to $200 a day.” a Dew " Lentel Regulations. ES The following we believe are the gen- eral Lentel regulations, 1. All the faithful who have com- pleted their twenty-first year, are. unless legitimately dispensed, bound to ob- serve the Fast of Lent. 2. Sundays excepted, 9 about noon. i. When permission is granted to eat eat, flesh meat and fish are not to be sauce or condiment. 5. A collation is allowed in the even- ing. The according quantity of food used thereat, of reguka the fourth to the practice Christians, does not excesd part of an ordinary meal, 6, All kindsof fruit, bread, vegetables At milk that time, however, eggs, butter, live where the use of such articles at the But at the Good not allowed even there collation on Ash Wednesday or 7. General custom has made it lawn! drink in the Warm coflee. of io morning frome thin chocolate 8. Necessity and custom have author- use of lard instead of butter in § i 3 iain meat SHRIMP SALAD SONS, an Peruse Wp, three-quarters of prunes ;: when perfectly cold, whites of four eggs, beaten stiff ; all of this together till light, pat minutes fil ied in when COLT dish and bake twenty eold, serve in a larger well with good eream., stwite T Boil as Will Macao IMATO much a make sinall dish full, tender--1 Put a piec onl as in boiling salted water, unt y longer ; then drain it well, of butter Lhe size of an og then Ion, ¢ into a stir in and sti sance-pan and let it bubble a teaspoonful of grated until little, then add a tablespoonful of flour, well the onion colors a and then stir until it becomes perfectly smooth, Now add a cuplul of tomatoes rubbed through a sieve and free from secds, Season well with pepper and salt. until it becomes scalding hot, then pour it over the macaroni, wel drained, and arranged ia the dih it is to be served in, Brown it quickly in a hot oven. This dish is a favorite in Italian and French houses, {frish or canned) cayenne Pramie CHickeN,—1f the “wild” flavor of prairie chicken is disliked they may be soaked over night in salt rater, or two or three hours in sada water. Scald and skin, cut off the breast, and cut the rest up in joints, being careful to remove all shot; put in hot water all except the breast {which will be tender enough without parboiling) and boil until it can be pierced with a fork ; take out, rub over salt, pepper and butter, and boil with breast over a brisk fire; place a lump of butter on each piece and set all in the oven for a few minutes, They are very nice garnished with sliced oranges, Boren Grong ARTICHOKES, Soak the artichokes for awhile in strong salt and water, cut the stalks even, trim away the lower leaves and cut a little piece off the ends of the others. Put the artichokes stalk uppermost into quickly boiling salted water. Leave the lid off the saucepan, and boil the mtichokes until the leaves can be SE | irom half an hoar to an hour, according | to their size and age. Bend them’ to i table ou a hot dish with Duteh sauce. | The thick, juicy part of the leaves and ' the bottom or part that lies under the choke are the only portions of this vege- table that are eaten, and they are de- Hcious, -pw Father Pepper. A curious origin is assigned, with very doubtful anthority, by the French which country. merchalits to the name pepper Accord- the trade in this use- first France now bears in thelr | ing to their story, ful large Father middie of the last century and died condiment was starteel on a scale in by a ceriain Poivre, who flourished in ti at YEAr This man was born of a family of merchants in Lyons, and took orders ie the age of 17840, seventy-seven in the as a missionary in the fraternity of St. wing sent to Cochin-Chira on a mission, he was captured on his return by an Euglish cruiser and m- prisoned at Batavia, where he utilized Joseph. his dads of captivity in studying practi- cal chemistry us applied to the trade in FTOCHT IES After being liberated he LL inn the island of Guernsey, and it was 11> + 4111 1 no i493 it Lill that he again proceeded to n afterward ame airectior-general or that part of jeg, and se under the name of Col- The particu- Is sald to included the Indian Sea. = atttoaviti His Ale ntion the spice already mentioned, ausedd to be cultivated with an altogether new success in the Freuch had official HCIER over which he The tale bs preily enough De, periaps, satlisiac~ A OUT ~ they are sea- ds Aldi ni in Was such a all, he took hi it For this similitude between potvore and the readers instead of imparting to his name, Latin familiar to all of Horace, 31 i accidental, old piper, is rather 100 Inti- not WAS » 10 be and does appear that the French tis ay Witiu a term for so common an arti- 111 AL ie of food until the APPeAarand the Indinn seas of the twice Cant twice Hibersted m REIONIArY. yo Discovery of Mont Bianc. t3 iid mes European peaks in any it ; ary work whatever, imex, M. Charles hurier, “jo Mont Blanc.” the centre of populous and civiliz RAYS rises in klatles ol of Europe: it ix, in fact, the axis around Wh volved and still does revolve, wi European civilization has re- Its height is considerable ; it dominates evervihing in its vicinity, and to make its appear- ance more striking on the background of the blue sky, its summit, though placed in a favored, temperate latitude, covered with a mantel of snow. And yet, during twenty centuries, no historian, #o traveler, savant, no poet names it, or so much as alludes to IX Ye) i it. ASthe sun describes his daily track, that upon at least three countries possessing different languages, but still it was profoundly ignorsl.” The same author inforns us of a map of the region round about Mont Blane, published in the second half of the sixteenth century, but which peak throws is shadow gives no hint as to the existance of the ble from all sides at distances of sixty > A] Sos A Western Dog Story. ——— 1 was in Cheyenne after Jim got rich, and persuaded him to give me that dog of his'n, Bose. 1 was out huntin® one day near Laramie, when one of them hurricanes came up. and I didn’t know what todo. It was prairie all around, I could see the storm acomin’® but two miles off, If I run it would ketch me, If 1 staid thar it was death. Sol jes took and shoved ole Bose's nose agin a bank and yelled “rats!” You orter have seed that dog scratch, He throws ed dirt behind him like a breaking plow drawed by twenty yoke of oxen, I held on to his tail and he scratched. We hadn't gotin the ground morn two hundred feet when the storm struck us. But Bose kept scratchin’. 1 let him go on for a mile or so, when I told him to let up, which he did, the surprisedest dog you ever seed, because he hadn't caught up with the rat. 1 got back to the top of the ground, went back to Lar- amie and started the story that I had found a cave. I made $100,000 ty showin’ tourists that cave, but lost it all in speculatn’ in mines,
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