FARM NOTES
Testing Egas.— At this season of
the year many nests will not be found
have stolen away with the laudalle in-
tention of hatching a brood without
molestation. Earlier in the season a
nest thus discovered with a good set-
ting of eggs is better left alone. A
brood of chickens is more desirable
than eggs to sell at low prices. Now
the eggs are worth more than ate
batched chickens would be, especially
of the less hardy breeds, It is desira-
ble to find some method of determining
whether the eggs are good, We know
none better than rolling a paper ina
cone shape, placing the egg in the large
end. and looking through it at the sun,
If it shows clear, the egg is good, no
matter how discolored the shell may be
from rains and dews. An egg should
never be shaken to test its soundness.
Doing so, even with perfectly fresh
specimens, breaks the film which sepa-
rates the yolk from the white, and,
worthless, An egg that has been laid
but a few days will rattle if shaken,
from evaporation of the substance of
the egz through the shell. Yet, if used
A discolored egg rarely
it a shake to see whether it is
or not. This habit of shaking
eges to test them should be discontin-
ued
most $0 shaken and 18 the main reason
why eggs transported long distances
isually hatch poorly.
gives
fresh
AMONG the important
bitt cream we find
weed 1 the pasture. This is
canse just now, when cows
stubble or mowing lands,
given by rag weed is a disagreeable, in-
er
ed
fa
HMVor
caused by fermentation of the milk
Mildew, but especially the red spotted
mildew, which forms upon the cream in
damp cellars, and appears in spots about
the size of a split pea. This is caused
by the impregnation of the cellars with
cult to get rid of. The only
have succeeded in doing it
ing sulphur in the cellar, which is kept
tightly closed for a considerable time
until the walls are saturated with it,
and afterwards by keeping the air dry
by means of a box of freshly burned
lime Kept in it until it is air slaked,
Keeping the milk long without
skimming, until the whey separates,
and the cream too long without churn-
ing Thirty-six hours is long enough
for either, which makes the cream three
days old when it is churned. Imperfect
cleaning of the milk pails, of the churn,
leaving curd in the seams or
ners. Putnd caseine has a bitter flavor
and very rapidy communicaies the
same to milk avd cream, the crewm ap-
ating nearly the whole of it
Sometimes the addition of as much
powdered saltpetre as wili lie on a sil-
ver three cent piece, or about five grain
to a six quart pan of m1 wil prevent
th bitterness, and to give the cow a
of two drachms will
{00
and cor-
for a week
the same eflct., 1 have found
ro grains of salicylate of soda to four
juarts of milk will prevent mold even
na musty cellar, But 1 am inecliced
think that at this season the
times out of ten, is in
ially if it is aftermath or
In this case tt
cause of
the feed,
$3.3
hil
ie remedy
Wi EN a new milch cow has her calf
taken from her she will often hold up
her milk ; apparently for the purpose of
saving it for ber offspring. It wili re
quire Kindness and patience to
come this habit, The operation
while being milked her attention will
be 80 diverted that she will yield with-
out remembering ber calf,
tant to milk clean from the first, as re-
tention of milk Injures it and tends to
decrease the yield.
Tue Poultry Monthly gives the re
sults of some experiments made to test
the effect different conditions “as to
moisture would have upon the hateh-
ing of eggs. Ten hens were set on 130
eggs in a basement on the damp ground
with just enough straw to hold the eggs
together ; ten other hens were set on
the upper floor on 130 eggs, with only
straw enough to keep the eggs from
breaking. The result was almost ex-
actly 100 chicks from each lot of Lens.
So it concludes that, with good eggs,
the surroundings make but little dif.
ference,
Pourrtry of all kinds will
sufficiently with three weeks’ feeding.
The whitest flesh and fat are made by
feeding milk warmed and mixed toa
thick paste with oatmeal, boiled pota-
toes and corn meal, This food should
be given four times a day as plentiful as
it will be eaten. It is best given in feed
boxes or troughs, which should be tak.
en. The fowls should be confined in
coops, which should be kept clean and
deeply sanded.
Pastas roots in small quantities can
be safely wintered when placed, in a
single layer and closely together, na
shallow + ox, Put sifted sand over and
around them, covering the erowns but
not the stems, Thus treated and placed
in a frost proof cellar, they will keep
fresh and plump until spring.
PrLAxTAIN, dandelion and other
weeds in a lawn may be destroyed by
placing a little sulphuric acid with a
stick in the crown of each plant, The
acid should be carried in an open-
mouthed bottle with a long handle, so
that fingers and clothes are protected.
SALT is often largely used in the food
of pigeons, and =hould also be given
fowls, especially during the molting
season. The proper way to feed it isto
add it to the soft food in quantity suffi
cient to season the food to suit the tuste
but should never be used in extremes,
C—O AT
IT is better to sell off the surplus
stock than to attempt to winter a large
number on a short allowance of hay,
A few thrifty animals will prove more
profitable than a larger number improp-
erly cured for,
HOUSEHOLD,
| SHRIMPAND TOMATO SAUCE, —Take
| & pint of shrimps and boil them ia wat-
' er which has been salted and flavored
with a few sweet herbs and a couple of
slices of lemon, (The water should be
boiling when the shrimps are put
When done; drain them and take them
OI the shells, reserving a gill of the
water in which they were boiled. Now
peel and cut up a quarter of a peck of
tomatoes, Put the tomatoes into a
stew-pan together with three medinm-
Sized onions (sliced), a plece of butter
the size of a walnut and a bunch of
sweet herbs, Stir thes® over the fire
for a few minutes, and then ‘pour over
them a pint of stock or the same quant
As 500n as the tomatoes become ten-
der rub the whole through a sieve, add
the reserved glll of water in which the
shrimps were boiled and more of the
stock if needed. Season the soup with
| cayenne pepper and put it into the
while, until it thickens; then dish
in tureen,
added until just before serving.
——— —
how forlorn is the very thing you want,
Cut it in strips about half an inch wide
and sew together. Mix with it
strips of colored silks, The
old faded hair ribbons and sa
made useful by dyeing them
| red or any other color. After
As diE3
hes
are
La
“Pa,” said a Philadelphia lad,
**what is a martyr?”
“Oh, don’t bother me,”
“Ma, what is a martyr?”
“Why, my son, I'm a martyr,"
“You a martyr,” exclaimed
“How so!”
“Why, this is the third Winter I’ve
worn this bonnet, and I'm married to
a man too mean to hay me another
one,”
her
———
Maryland, My Maryviand,
Maryland legislators, who are al-
ways alive to the public interests have
endorsed the new discovery, Red Star
Cough Cure, because it contains neith-
er morphia nor opium, and always
cures, The price is only 25 cents,
a——————
Not by lamentations and mournfu
chants ought we to celebrate the funer-
al of a good man, but by hymns ; for in
ceasing to be numbered with mortals
he enters upon the heritage of a diviner
life.
ems
Twenty. four flours 10 Live,
From John Kahn, Lafayette, Ind,, who
announces that now in “perfect
* we have the following: ‘One year
appearance, in the last
Our best physic-
I finally got so low
said I could live
My friends then pur.
DR. WM.
he is
ago I was, to all
stages of Couns imption,
that
twenty-four hours
bottle
fw
sir doctor oniy
chased a of
Con
4
siderably benefitted nn
+ hott
pet rags, get a pair of bone
needles about three quarters of a
and a5 large as youu
then knit the plai
have a very handsome portiere.
balls of these silk strips were
the weaver and converted into a
cover, with a border of plush and it 1s
very effective and handsome,
vard
{ long, fing
sent to
— - :
A FAN Quinr.—IHere 13 an innova-
tionon the mosaic and crazy patch-
work. Represept fans with
| satin ard velvet, with black
at wi
stripes
velvet
i in the faintest tint of eeolor.
may have a spray of flowers, or a small
landscape, or some quaint figures
painted across the front of them. Set
four of them together for a square, and
mosaic work, For the border have the
fans set diagonally, or facing downs
ward,
———
FueNitTuRE FORGERIES. -—A 80
called ancient piece of furmiture may
often be discovered as an imposition, if
made of new oak, however this may
have been stained with artificial color,
which fails to give the rich mellow hue
which comes from age. Furniture forg-
eries are, whole, best detected
by want of antiquarian accuracy as, for
rs and tables alleged to
» middie of the seventeent]
f which are
id together
on the
Select flank on
¢ dish, Cut the meat
season then
and minced p
Wash,
ces ha'f
peel and cut into long tl
the quantity of potatoes
a baking dish with paste; add one i
thin strip of bacon, then the steak alter.
nated with layers of potato; add gravy
or broth enough to keep the contents
Tyey
}
| little egg over it, and bake until
brown on top.
quite
Wasi thoroughly four tablespoon-
fuls tapioca and let it stand over night
| in an earthern bowl, with one cup of
{cold water. In the morning drain off
the water and put the tapioca into a
double boiler with one quart of
let 1t cook until it is clear, and then stir
in the yolks of four eggs, theroughly
beaten, with one cup
half a teaspoonful of salt,
mixture constantly until it
like soft custard. Season with a tea-
spoonful of lemon extract and
perfectly cold.
i
Stir this
Mix one pound of fruit with one
quart of good, fresh cream, sweetened
to taste,
and put ina freezer and
with ice cream. If put into fancy
molds, freeze first, and then pack well
and salt,
- st
tart apples. leave whole, remove the
| core by running a narrow Knife around
| it, set it on a deep pie plate and fill
| holes with sugar; drop on the sugar
| each apple three or four drops of lem-
{ on extract, or grate nutmeg over them:
pour one teaspoonful of water on each
apple; bake in a moderately hot oven;
serve cold; very nice. Try them,
LEMOS Synup.-—Squeeze the
| ous, straining carefully that
| remains,
pounds of sugar; set it away until com-
pletely dissolved, stirring occasionally,
and then bottle it,
lem -
no pulp
water makes a good lemonade.
CUSTARD PIE. One egg, one tea-
spoonful of sugar heaped up, one level
tablespoonful each of corn starch and
butter, and one pint of sweet milk.
Flavor to suit the taste, and bake with
one crust. This makes one ple. It 1s
good when eggs are scarce,
Ir sassafras bark is sprinkled among
dried fruit and vegetables, it will keep
nsects from Jetting in, and will not
{hjure their flavor,
S—————
NEVER put salt into soup when
cooking till it has been thoroughly
skimmed as salt prevents the seum from
nsing.
A sune cure for warts is to rub with
sand-paper until they bleed and then
rub on alum. A few times cured a very
bad sead wart tor me,
Machine
3 must not be a
un-dazzled or
1s YS Est
have glimmer
y 1 oiine ie
120 10 Kee knocking his
head against
4 ag ar
ar SIX botrties for §
Aims
Pretense has often despoiled a natur-
ally gifted man of the respect lus tal-
ents would have commanded had they
r
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Important.
New
arviage Hire,
rand Cone
When you vis CATH Yore City, save
gage exprosaage and $3 «
the Grand Uniow Hotel, opposils
ral Depot,
ax siegam
dollars,
Earopean Flan,
si & cost of one
upwards per
3
Hesmlagrant
up
and
Eevalor,
i Ie CANR, stages
day.
#1 raliroad 0 a Ppa Families ca
for Jess mn A the Grand {
At any other Orel.class hotel ia Lhe
— --—— — -
Maxy a Poor Surrexen has expead-
ed hundre
of costly medicines put up in *'y
i#2 of dollars in
the purchase
rsd rig -
rheumatism
If
tion" form for the cure of
or gout, and without any benefit,
all such would but drop dru
tack bloog
Brrrens, they
impurities wit
would find
terrible
witon Of spire
& forme 5.80
and other
ahorate i.
& Oa,
the best
fever or
———— A —— -
Great souls are always loyally sub-
missive to what over them ; only
mean souls are otherwise,
-—
ta
is
Fits stopped free,
bottie of Dr. Kline's Great Nerve
Fit cane, Send to Dr, Kline 9
TL — RI A ———,
A man’s own obseryation, what he
Treatise and $1 1rig
ie wer free 10
hia, Pa
ta
“1 can't Sleep!” Sufferers from ner.
can regain health by using IHont’s
What we have to do in this world is
the best of them,
i
If afflicted with sore eyes nse Dr. Isaac
Water. Druggists sell it. 250
A ASS. = 3545
Courage, the commonest of the vir-
cretion, the rarest of them.
Lyox’'s Patent Metallic
uid shoes from ranning
Sold by shoe and hard ware dealers,
- -———— p—
Love can excuse anything except
meanness ; bul meanness kills love and
cripples natural affestion.
A s
The best Ankle Boot and Collar Pads are
Try them,
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FACETI AE,
Tue reporter who is very ignorant
si
We a
When
rumor he
the reporter lies
“We
ree.
on a mere
writes, learn from a
When he
is well kn
It he has
written on :
s uncertain hes
wn.”
written all that
#nl
can
he adds,
uiect ior
umns,
If he does not hear anything at
“It has come to our
If he does not know how an
5
If nobody has sald a word
LO
rs ——
§
eminent physician the
I noticed that
“Do you wear glasses?”
“Oh, yes"
“Tet me see them?
They were passed over, and after a
brief inspection the physician
into a hearty laugh,
““The trouble is with
queried,
sir,
wonder,
the left eye,
3
Look your giass-
been lost
Well,
and
he day of
death, :
Second Printer;
somethi
whew
Tack
Ek Fi nte
§ very stupid in
He was the first
to set up the wards of “Sweet
"did it in has Gftieth year.
0 forget il.
Ler
—
a lovely new
other with a last winter's suit,”
Doctor—*Well, what of it?”
Doctor's Wife—1
Mrs. Smith cant’t dress just as well as
Mrs. Brown, instead of going about in
old clothes, Their husbands are equal
partoers in the firm.”
Doctor—"Well, I can see.”
Doctor’s Wife—*"You can?
Doctor—**Mrs, Smith's husband has
se
“WELL,” said Mr. Snaggs, looking
np from his paper, *‘a seat in the New
York stock exchange has just been
sold for $34,000.” “Mercy,” comment.
ed Mrs. Snages, “who is going to
sing?” “Sing!” howled Snaggs.
“What would they sing for at a stock
“Well, don't bs cro:s,
I thought some foreign singer
“Bald Aaron to Moses
Let's cut off onr noses,”
Aaron must have been & sufferer from
catarrh. The desperation which eatarrh
continue suffering just as if no such cure as
Dr. Sage's Catarrh Bomely existed, It
of catarth. A person once cured by Dr,
Sage’'s Catarch Remedy will not be apt
to take cold again, as it leaves the mucous
membranes healtiy and strong. By drug.
gists,
a ——————
The man who violently hates or ard-
degree or sense % slave to the person he
detests or adores,
a I
“iL Dont Know What Alls Me,’
says many a sufferer. “'I have the ‘blues’
irlghaturty; i i Stoubled with headache
vines; ve t my
there is a bad taste in my mouth Bo. nt
ly. What is the matter with me?” We
will tell you; you are “bilious.” Get a bot-
tle of Dr, Plerce’s "Golden Modioal Dis
covery,” use it faithfully, and will
soon be a new man again, All Se ale
have it
TA MI BO Sis.
It is better to look round on prosper
ity than back on glory.
AIS
Use the surest remedy for oatarsh.-Dy,
Sage’.
So unlike all after using the Hop
Forous Pater you will have nog xd,
never fail, Only 2c. at any drug stow
RA. a
Children have more need of models
than of critica,
ines Homedy for Cntr 50 on
Ho
Tuer Marquisof Lome i8 good for
something, after all, If he is only
a queen's son-in-law, He has applied |}
for an Improvement in bicycles, If he |
has discovered a plan to mmprove the |
machine so that it will not begin to |
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it, and threatento throw him off at |
both sides at once—and tinally does |
to--the marquis ought to make enough
out of it to contribute twenty-five
cents to the heathen each time he goes
to chureh,
!
he
Fair applicant (to librarian): I’m |
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Algerian Life.” capital story too, Mrs, |
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Fair applicant: Won't
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JUDSON (to young writer): 1 say,
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tention to some work that will make
your fortune at once, and stop putter.
ing away at this small work? Write a
play.
Young writer
sure; but it takes
play.
Judson
I wish { could, I'm |
talent to write a
Nonsense, my boy;
ing of the sort i
you conld do it
re- |
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non
MOVE mildew,
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ouLier-
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on the gras in the
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Age respects ove, but
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d speedy cure, as it
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LW, Livvg, Chicago, 11}
“1 safflered with eatarrh six or elght yours:
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ene hundred dollars without benefis,
wd's Barsapariiia sod was greatly Lo
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h
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