4 RT SAT RN HT FARM NOTES, Hicu StrepriNG Horses, —The breed- ing of these is much oftener recomimen- ded at present in the agricultural papers than formerly, True, the action of such is more showy, aud on that account is preferred by those ignorant of its injurious effect upon the horse, He has to lift his feet to an extra height, whieh is tiresome, and prevents his ac- complishing in such action as great a distance per day on a journey as he otherwise would if not obliged to raise his feet so high, and this with considers able less fatigue at the end of the day. As the feet are replaced on the ground, the impact of high steppers is much more forcible than of others, and this is particularly injurious to the feet and legs. When traveling on a stony road or a pavement I have seen horses made so lame in a few months, or even weeks of such work, that they had to be with- drawn from use and turned out on soft pasture for some time to recruit. Even with this relaxation, they were unfit to 80 back to hard roads and had to be employed for farm work or on mellow ground ever after. Quite low stepping, on the other hand, isto be avoided, as the horse is likely to strike his foot against any little rise of ground or ob- struction on the rood and stumble badly, often falling down in harness, and en- | dangering those riding in the vehicle to | which he is attached, to be upset and perhaps fatally injured. A low stepper travels more easily and is less fatigued than those stepping higher. A medium between the two is best and safest. EXPERIMENTS WITH CABBAGE | PLANTS.—I have come to the conclus- ion this season that cabbage plants may be set in the open ground to advantage, much earlier than is customary. In the Jatter part ot March, the ground being in fine condition and pleasant weather | prevailing: for some time, I took a few | plants from a cold frame and set them out. In a few days a hard freeze came, the mercury going down to twenty-four | degrees Fahrenheit, My plants shivered and locked blue, but revived with warmer weather and now are « ahead of those set later from frame. Possibly the later plants uld have done quite as well, but precedently dry weather, for the se followed their planting. The ear i ones ha t of all the moisture the soil, | the lecidedly | the same apt wo inter left in wr plas n, It iting of early x careful ariel + TY SELEY t with ) Divisi Department of I'he old method was to Ki wot from the foliage or fruit pan of kerosene and water. $ REARO 1 um and water ut liguid to spray destroyed all the it touched “ y a preventative action. I'h can only be experiment, Jersey, has also einal fungicide mixture of f copper and lime and water won grape vines has both a po i deterring effect upon the rose bug. nis insect is one which I hope to have a good series of experiments made upon with a view of determining just what is best to be done. and seemed also to The proper ined by Pearson, of ing thi ® fo prayed Oning ONIN SMALL FRUITS IN GARDENS, — Small fruits can Le conveniently grown in a garden with but little loss of room. Currants, raspberries and gooseberries may be planted near the fence, out of the way of the vegetables, and will thrive better in such locations than any where else. Strawberries may be grown in close rows, and will give a tair yield on a small space. A few grape vines | can be allowed to trail along the fence, | or on arbors, and even a few peach trees | may be grewn, but it is better to have no trees in the garden, as the trees will largely appropriate the plant food and | shade the plants from the warmth of | ile the sun, Pusmrkiss should not be planted in the corn rows until the corn has been | thoroughly cultivated and the grass | kept out. A pumpkin vine among the | corn rows sometimes interferes with thorough cultivation and harbors weeds, It does not pay to grow pumpkins if | done at the expense of injury to the | corn crop. Pumpkins may be planted | among the corn, however, and with | profit, if the ground is kept clean and | po weeds allowed to seed. i i Fries and other insects often cause | the stock to loss flesh, even when the best care is given. The small insects may give more trouble than the larger, being more numerous, Iorses should be protected with nets whenever possi- ble, and the pens and stalls should be kept clean. The hog pen is a fruitful source of insects, and should be well littered with dry dirt to absorb all li quids, Tug prune, which belongs to the plum family, will thrive on nearly all sections, but if grown near plum trees the fruit of both varieties will be in- jured, as the prune and plum hybridize. The trees bear when 2 years oll, and give heavy crops when 4 years old. I'hey should have the same cultivation as Is given the peach. Tha fruit is free stone, and of a bluish color. A GAIN in one direction may some times entail a loss in some other quar. ter. The bountiful rains of this season have given the crops an excellent oppor- tunity, especially corn, but rains also benefit weeds and increase the labor of cultivation, The work is necessary and should not be neglected, as it way entail greater labor next season. SCIENTIFIC, Fully 99 persons in every 100, if asked to name the most precious metals, would mention gold as first, platinum as second and siver as third, If asked to name others, a few might add nickel, and a very few aluminum, to the list. Let us see how near tothe truth they would be. Gold is worth about $240 per pound, troy; platinum, $130, and silver about $12. Nickel would be quoted at about G0 cents, and pure aluminum $8 to $9 to the troy pound, We will now compare these prices with those of the rarer and less well known of the metals. To take them In alphabetical order, barium sells for $975 a pound, when it is sold at all, and calcium is worth $1800 a pound. Ceri- um is a shade higher—its cost is $160 an ounce, or $1920 a pound. These begin to look like fabulous prices, but they do not reach the high- est point; chromium brings $2000, cobalt falls to about half the price of silver, while didymium is the sama price as cerium, and erbium $10 cheaper on the ounce than calcium, or Just $1688 per pound. Glucinum is worth §250 per ounce; indium, $158, iridium, $658 a pound; lanthanium, $175, and lithium, $160 per ounce. Niobium costs $128 per ounce, asmium, palladium, platinum, potassum and rhodium bring respec- tively $640, $400, $130, $32 and 3512 per pound. Strontium costs $123 an ounce: taptaum, $144; telurium, $9; thorium, $272; vanadium, $320; ytt- rium, $144, and zuconium, $250 an ounce, Thus we see that the commonly re- ceived opinion as to what are the most precious metals is quite Barium is more than four tlmes gold, and gallium than 162 times as costly, while of the metals are twice and thrice as valuable, Aluminum, which now us this can be done it will push the latter metal out of a great many its pres- nt uses, as it possesses great stren with f Li ort? » aay extreme sources of high cost arises from the difficulty of in a metallic form. In- to be chiefly used gs, and many of the but a seeins iting gold pen metals mentioned bave sphere of usefulness, Ei a A correspondent writes to the Scien- of the hair: me tl “Experience has taught hat ] i 3 best to Keep hii © the hair, Dont I find wetting ils or bar- with water ounce a week rub the half of it, well into nd nse off thor- will pro- let new growth t very thick, but JL he ts for mines, , irrespective the use of inderground workings, rupt aud **short cir- rol ystem of the advantage the lamp itself gives it, and that s¢ who are occupied in the work of lighting fiery mines by means of elec- ricity, provide means for generating urrent within the lamp itself by ome sort of galvanic cell either a primary or a secondary nature. He acknowledges that the problem is beset with difficulties, but considers that § is good ground for heping that a ifficiently practical solution will be shortly arrived at. --_—_- - Noox LuxcH.—Perhaps the is right who says that a great portion of the sickness in this country is caused by the unpleasant habit of eating too rapidly. It is interesting to wateh the average citizen when he goes into a restaurant for his dinner. He doesn’t seem to regard the meal with any degree of fondness, but acts as though the eating of it is one gf those disagreeable duties which confront a 5 isk “ i * L the of Tue Siig LOCO ( life. He attacks the meal savagely and a furlong away. into his mouth as a hired man shovels lows It without chewing it, make it as indigestible as possible, and when the last sad rites are over he with an expression of relief mantling his radiant countenance like a rainbow after a storm. The stern physician says that people should eat very slowly, and while away the time between bites by conversation about the weather, the crops or any other cheerful subject, In this way pilgrimage may be many. three eggs, beaten quite light, five ta- orange, a little salt and one cupful of cream. Mix all well together; then add the whites, beaten to a stiff froth, stir lightly and bake slowly. MAMMA, to Flossie, who has been lunching with a little friend—'‘1 hope you were very polite, Flossie, at the table and said, ‘Yes, please,’ and ‘No, thank you!’ Flossie— Well, 1 didn’t say, ‘No, thank vou,’ because yon see I took every thing.” A xumper of young women in Cuth- bert, Georgia, have orgamized an anti kissing society, Those who have seen the members say that such a precau- tion was not necessary. Two Views —Pasenger—Captain, you haven’t quite as big a crowd aboard to-day as usual, have you?" Captain— ‘We have 1500 passengers, sir.” Another passenger, a few minutes later— ‘Captain, it seems to me you haven't enough boats on this steamer,’ Captain, with cold digrity--‘‘I have boats enough for 250 six, which 1s all my license calls for,” HOUSENOLD, - sti PREPARATION OF VEGETABLES.- In hot weather we require a cooling and laxative diet, one in which fruit and vegetables are the chief constituents, and surely nothing could be more whole. some and palatable than fresh fruit, just ripe, and fresh vegetables, just matured, and properly prepared. The excellence of vegetables hinges partly on their being gathered in proper time. This should be done if possible in the cool of the morning, while the morning dew is upon them. If you cannot gather them at that time, your next best time will be to gather them in the cool of the evening and set them by, in the ice-house or some other cool place, till you need them for cooking the next day. This plan has mueh to recommend it, for it serves to lessen the pressure and flurry of the morning’s work. The housekeeper hails with joy the first green vegetables that come to raise the siege of winter, turnip salad, lettuce and asparagus, Turnip salad is quite a palatable dish boiled with a piece of home-cured bacon, and in just enough water to keep it from sticking to the pot. If allowed to float about in a pot full of water it will be mean and taste- less. Boil the bacon a couple of hours before you add the salad. Lift it from the pot with a perforated skimmer, so as Serve it with poached eggs. Lettuce makes a pretty dish, but it make it palatable. The following recipe for lettuce dressing is a reliable Oi lespoon of wo hard and laid on top. A “i ful of olive oil, one tea- Spoon one or boiled eggs the fact that time for they sometimes commit the blunder of putting on every same time. Itisan im. 3 COORKINE, S50 $4.4 af * thing at the it takes to cook each To enable you ahi a have Of all to learn how long vegetable, urate about this, you kitchen, fferent eis il 5 oN | bier iki wo y should od plan to leave an in 8 80 a8 10 pre- vent the eolor ar } ice them ar they have boiled i then butte § importa 1 48 a peri 3 to drain oll have 14 done butter them iv ral aie y 5A 5.1 vegelahies the Ae Very insipid. they an who has for any oue Fae I de labor to dao, in sumine? jot hard manual if ‘ # MDL # 2, that tl eat more fresh vegetables, properly prepared, and use more butter, egyes and milk, and less meat their stom- aechs and lives would be in much better than they are now. Nothing more astonishes foreigners from the continent of Europe than the enormous amount of eat consumed by Americans, both the better classes and the working classes, could an order -> The Wiseat Gift. I bought my wife a velvet sack Thu udly boasted Mr. Brown She il be, with that upon her back The bestdressed dame in Lown, fut velvet sack or diamond ring Can bring no balm to suffering wile, Favorite Prescription is the thing To save her precious ile The great and sovering remedy, know wit ervel backaches, and internal displace. nents is Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription is the only guaranteed cure, See guarant every bottles. wrapper. Dr. Pierce's Pellets—-gent tively cathartic according 0 mn s— 9 laxative or ac Gone = cents How 10 Use CANKER Goons. —An “expert,” writing to the Grocer’s Chronidle, well says that canned goods | should be turved out and eaten as soon as possible. 1f kept at all, the food should be covered up and put in a cool place—always, however, turn out of the original Sin. sters, salmon, and all vegetables, except- ing tomatoes, it Is desirable to strain off and throw away. Lobsters and prawns | are improved by being turned out into a sieve and rinsed with clear cold water, | Never on any account add vinegar, | sauces, or any kind of condiment to | tinned foods, while they are in the tins, and never leave such mixtures to re- ness it is done. All tinned goods are put up as fresh as it is possible to be, but unless corned or salted, will not keep if turned out, as freshly cooked goods | will, and certainly not longer, As many thoughtlessly suppose or expect they will, Sardines, if preserved in good oil, and if of good quality, will be an exception; so long as the oil is good, the fish can be kept in the tins, But seven days is long enough to trust these be- fore eating. Customers should not buy larger packages of canned goods than they can consume quickly; if they should, most of the fish and meats can be potted after recooking, sauces and seasoning being added. If the nose and eye are properly used, it is as impossible to partake of an unsound tin of canned food of any kind as to partake of bad meat, fish, or vegetables from a shop, ——————— Ios RASPBERRY SYRUP, — Mash and press with a spoon some very ripe rasp- berries, let them stand a few hours in a cool place, then strain them. Allow a half pound of sugar to each pint of juice and boil it at once, Let it boil slowly for half an hour; skim it well, or when you have taken it from the fire give it a stir, and any scum will sink to the bottom. When quite cold fill small, dry bottles, cork them well, using only new corks. Stand the bottles upright in a cool place, A little fine and fresh olive oil poured ou the top before cork- Ing is said to insure the keeping of the syrup any length of time, sani MIB —— Quarrels would never last long if the trouble was only on the one side, Rare Presence or Mixp.—He had never seen a telephone, and his friend was showing him how it worked. It was in his office. He called up his house, and the wife came to the tele- phone, ‘My dear, Mr, Jones is here, and I have asked him to come up to dinner.” Then he turned to Mr. Jones and said: “Put your ear to that and you’ll hear her answer.”’ He did, and this was the answer: “Now, John, I told you 1 would never have that disagreeable wretch in my house again.” “What was that?” spoke out Mr. Jones, Women are quick, A man would have simply backed away from the tele- phone and said no more, She took in the situation in a second when she heard the strange voice, and quick as a flash came back the sweetest kind of a voice: “Why, Mr. Jones, how do you do? I thought my husband meant another Mr. Jones. Do come up to dinner, I shall be 50 glad to see you.” - DISHEARTENING.—' ‘How are you getting along?” asked a traveling man of an acquaintance who had gone on the stage. “Oh, I have met with a share of sue- cess, | played ‘Hamlet’ for the first time,’ “Did you get through all right?” “Yes, except that I happened to “Phat must have been embarrassing. “It was: but I wouldn't have minded it if the audience hadn’t appointed when I got out.” —_— SELF-SACRIFICE, — ‘Have you a Ci- “No; I don’t buy any now.” “What! and why, then?"’ “Because I want to break you habit of smoking.”’ of EWS EPRETFIC is a simple vege- derful cures of blopd diseases made by | that tribe. Tt has been used sinee 1829, and has been the greatest blessing toman- | kind in curing diseases of the blood, in | many instances after all other remedies | had failed. Swifts Specific cured me of Lerrible Teller, trom whieh 1 bad suffered for twanty long years. 1 have Rogers, Ark, May 1, 109% W. li. Wiener. Ope bolic of £. 8 8 cured my son of bolls sod Hungs, which resulted from malarial poleon, and falleeted him all the spmmer. He had treatment from five daciors. who failed to benefit kim Cavanal, Indian Ter. J.B 1 have taken Swift's Specific for secondsry blood , andl derived great benefl. Ii acts moch bet. ter than potash, or any other remedy thet | have ever used, BD. ¥. Wiserizip, 3. D., Richmond, Va. We. Tux Swupr Brucrrw Oo. Drawer 3, Atlanta, Ga. bes The k and Weary tated by the warm weather, by disease or ne at i, my 3 Rn Hood LLHOOD & | aparilla 100 Doses One Dollar y you had better write to Richmond, Va. and see if they ca They have helped agreats £ the way to fortune ¥ to assist you, Loo sian A IAAI Tepid water acts promptly as an - Boils and pimples and other affections arising at this season, Hood's Sa ibles enriching the blood, an same time it gives strength 1o the Fresh boiled milk will soothe a cough when fail, wi with other -> 1s it probable that what a million women Say Electric is most They have had 24 it one trial yearstotry it. ¥ Sprinkle cayenne pepper in the resort of rats, and they will leave the premises, Fraser Axle Grease, The Frazer Axle Grease is the Standard Axle Grease of the world, Use it and save your horses and wagous. One greasing will last two wenks ou give “ on: IATA TI Horse-radish, as a poultice, is recom- mended for rheumatism. si Rupture cure guaranteed by Dr, J. B. Mayer, 831 Arch st, 'hil’s, Pa. Ease st once, no operation or de- lay from business, attested by thou. gands of cures after othera fail, advice free, send jor circular, ——————— The Duke of Portland’s family jew- els are estimated to be worth $1,000,000, Nothing Cures Dropey, (itavel, Bright's, leary, Diabetes, Urinary, Liver Diseasss, Nervousness, Ac, ke Cann's Kpiney Cure OfMioe, 83] Area a, Phila. $1 a bolle, § for $5. Al Draggeis Curestihe worst eases Cure J jafinies i fry is Better feed the inferior fruits and vegetables to the hogs than to send them to market, sti — Oregon, the Paradise of Farmers, Mild, squable climate, osrtaia and abusdant © Dest fruit, grain gras snd stock country in the Full information fres Address the gon Tammie gration Board, Portisnd, Oregon. Many a vigorous, truitful tree owes its existence to a mulch, at this season, when it was young. a ITS: All Pita tree vy Dr. Kiloe's Great Rs Hestorer, No Pits afr frst day's ase. Mar Yelous cures, Trestise and $1 00trial bottie free Fit cases. Send to Dr. Kline $41 Arch 3. Phila. Pa sh AAI AIO HAART. Ideas are a capit+] that bears interest only in the hands of talent. 11afMicted with soreeyes use Dr, Isaac won'sEye-water. Druggists sell at Ho. per C—O SAAN Spring fever, like malaria, is a con- veron term that covers a multitude of laziness, No Optom in Piso's Care for Consamp- tion. Cures where other remedies fall. 25c. —————————————— The man who can’t be angry is a fool; the man who will not allow himself to be is wise. ,Ona by quo ihe fotos fal but “Tans The house showeth the owner, A FRANK | Dashaway, 4 boarders as her napl for been appear at the table iw SAID necktie,’ The ct is. madam.’ sa ICeG grim N.~*‘Mr, real lady plate with mentioning remarking have wearing the Dasha- Mrs, Slim- have some diet, the k vali | the third great { Forced te Leave Home. 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