FARM NOTES, Trose SHEEP-KILLING DoGS. —A farmer who tries to keep 400 or 500 sheep on rough hills where they are his only source of profitable income writes to the National Stockman of one of his chief annoyances, the depredations of dogs: ‘Dire necessity compels us to kill all the dogs we can, and it is not from a desire to destroy other men's property, but only to protect our own. If the dogs were kept off our premises they would be safe, Dog owners sometimes threaten private injury in return for the death of a worthless cur, but it is best to take such risk, as the owner might as well kill stock as for the dog to do it. We have no choice, as there is no law to protect our flocks, and we must protect them ourselves, Sheep ure taxed to protect other property, but have no protection from worthless, un- taxed dogs. It raises a terrible howl, and more mourning among some peo- ple, to have a dog Killed than to hear of a loss of a hundred sheep killed by dogs. It is great cruelty to kill a dog, but there is no cruelty in a dog's tearing and mangling a whole flock of sheep.’ The trouble and loss from the ravages of dogs seem to be increasing, If we may judge by the complaints which are com- ing from every part of the country. States which have ng dog laws, or in- adequate ones, should be stirred up to enact them, It is the height of ab- surdity to ‘‘spare the dog and spoil the sheep’ when the value of thetwo Is so vastly different, LADIOLUS SurporTs.—The best support for gladioluses are wires stretched from posts about two feet high, driven into the beds at each end. They are not seen, and the flower stalks get all the support 1 hat is required from them, without tying, if cross-wires or strings are used to prevent the stalks from falling down between the rows of wire. Where this plant is used in groups, instead of rows, one stake in the center is all that is necessary. We wind strings about the different stalks and fasten them to the stake, This al- lows the stalks to keep their naturally graceful positions, which would not be the case if each one were tied firmly to a support. The danger is not of the breaking of the stalks above the base of the plant, as some suppose. They are seldom broken except at the junc- tion of stalk and bulb, If once beaten down by a strong wind they never assume an upright position of them- selves, WHAT DRAINAGE Does. —The late John H. Kliphart, author of a work on wheat culture, and for many years Sec- retary of the Ohio State Board of Agri- culture, condensed the advantage of drainage under the following twelve heads: 1. The drainage removes stagnant water from the surface, 2. It removes surplus water from under the surface. 3. It lengthens the seasons, 4 It deepens the soi’, 05. It warms the soil. 6. It equalizes the temper- ature of the soil during the season of growth, 7. It carries down soluble substances to the roots of plants, 8, It prevents heaving out or freezing out 8. It prevents injury from drought. 10. It improves the guality and quan- tity of the crop. 1l It increases the effects of manures. 12. It prevents rust in wheat and rot in potatoes, Best Soin ror Fowwrs,—The poor- est and lightest sand y soil is considered better for fowls than any other, The rains carry downward all the impurities and such soil is always hard and free from mud, becoming dry in a short time. Diseases are not so frequent on light soils, especially roup, and gapes in young chicks seldom occur, This en- ables those possessing poor sandy soils to utilize them for poultry-raising, and in a short time the land may be fitted for growing crops. Trees are benefitted by poultry, not only from the droppings left on the ground, but also through the destruction of insects. Poultry and fruit should be the object, and there are mauy locations that could be made ser- viceable in that respect. Goop MurTOoN AND Woor.—A fact not to be forgotten in sheep hus- bandry, says a 1ecent writer, 18 that while one may raise fine wool and very poor mutton, you cannot raise good mutton without raising good wool also. All authorities agree that the best feed sheep that fatten and mature in the shortest time make the best and sound- est wool, so that this by-product from such sheep will always find a ready market. If we can raise mutton on the basis of making the meat pay the cost, we shall have the wool for clear profit. BUCKWHEAT AND Rye.-J. H. Andre, in the Country Gentleman, re. commends sowing four to six pecks of rye per acre with the buckwheat. The rye will spread over the ground, and in- stead of being a detriment to the buck- wheat, will keep the ground cool while the crop is maturing and is benefitted by getting a better tll, By this mode one can generally get a good crop of rye at a cost of only seed and harvesting. Some of his best crops have been raised this way. Mn. W. BrazerLToN, of Montecello, Towa, writes to the Philadelphia Press that if a farmer desires hornless cows, be need not use a knife, saw, or other implement, but simply procure a penny ’s worth of caustic potash and apply it just as the horn is starting, when the calf is a few weeks old. This will stop all horn growth, and do no injury at the time or afterwards to the animal, A Maine farmer, vowing death to foxes, placed a carcass near his barn and then connected it by a wire under the snow with a bell in his bedroom, A fox could not do vigorous work on that plece of meat without ringing that bell, whereat the schemer would awake and go forth to the slaughter. He killed twenty-five foxes by that device during the winter, you notice a young bird in any ‘brood that is Specially nice, do not kill it, keep it a while | to see what kind of a fowl it will e. The very best is none too good to keep for breeding. i ———————— Fa'l Housecleaning. ‘What is a broad and comprehensive view of a home, and what are the most essential duties of a housekeeper or homemaker? What are the principal objects to be ever kept in view, as the onl of her best and highest endeavors? Ts it not so to arrange 1t as to give the greatest possible amount of comfort, the best state of health, the truest happiness and the wisest growth for all its in- mates, in return for the expenditure of money, strength, thought and time ex- pended upon it? ; There are plenty of good and sufficient reasons why a most thorough overhaul- ing of the contents of every nook and corner of our houses is not only desir- able, but an actual necessity, at least once a year, and, in some cases, twice, The most important consideration of any being the sanitary condition posi- tively essential to maintain for the healthfulness of its inmates: This can be done in the most thorough manner, without making it such an uncomfor- table upheaval as to not only annoy but to disgust, beyond patient endurance, every member of the family, and often overtax the physical resources of the | housewife beyond her power of recupei- ation for many months—sometimes, alas -for ever. To do this in an orderly, systematic way, is a question well worthy the serious consideration of every thought- ful woman; and I contend that she, who, under the ordinary circumstances and conditions of housekeeping, does her most thorough cleaning and reno- vating in the spring, does so from force | of habit and not because her reason or | best judgment tells her it is wise, or | sanctions the course, The cellar alone | of sll parts of a house, has need of its | most thorough renovation in the spring | of the year. Most people, particularly | those who live in the country, have | more or less vegerables stored in their | cellars during the winter months; and, | as nothing iu the whole list of nuisances | is more unhealthy than the odorarising | from damp and decaying vegetables, the source of it eannot be too quickly or too thoroughly removed. And the | manner in which our New England | their cellars annually whitewashed, on | their sides and overhead, with a wash of | unslaked lime, to which had been added | a weak solution of copperas, as a better disinfectant, has never been improved | upon by soy modern scientific wisdom. | But above the cellar 1t were wise for | us to inaugurate a domestic revolution on their methods. After obtaining every possible help to | lighten the labor of this onerous task— | and also doing it in the most approved | and deliberate way-—there are still very | few women who are not compelled to | overtax their strength during the siege. | And when this is undertaken at a time | when the physical system is weakened | by a long and exhausting winter, serious | results will often follow, Aside from this aspect of the matter, itsurely is the part of wisdom to doit when we can | reap the greatest benefits from our labors, and not when dust is insinuating itself through every possible crevice; when the cunning fly, which neither screens nor the watchful eye of the housewife can effectually keep out doors, and who seems to have an intul- tive gift at finding on which to take quarters, and so overworked super-sensitive housemoth- er in a constant state of irritation worriment. not a far wiser co to thoroughly dust and put away all the | heavy carpets and curtains, if, happily, we are fort ugh to have highter or wise enough to do withoutany ty dO only what cleaning 1s nece HEAry in the spring, and leave all renovating of paper and paint until the cool fall months, when both the annoyance of dust and flies are, in great part, done | away with; ana during the summer months, if compelled to stay at home, | stay indoors only as much as sbsolutely necessary for the accomplishment of | your work; such work, I mean, as can- | not be taken cit on the piazza, but | spread your family table there, or, | under the shady trees on the lawn; swing in the hammock, or throw a blan- | ket down and take an invigorating sun | bath. Rest, rest, rest, with never a | worry about the devastation the flies | are making indoors, but with now and | then a pleasant day-dream of the fresh | and attractive rooms to be made ready bye and bye, for a long winter of en- | joyment.— Table Talk. ! the freshest dair up his temporary manages to Ke p thie And Is it irs unate end Ones No Care No Pay. i It is a pretty severe test of any doctor's skill | when the payment of his fee is made condition al upon his curing his patient. Yet after having, | for many years, observed the thousands of mar- velous cures effected in liver, blood and lung diseases, by Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Dis covery, Ita manufacturers feel warranted In selling it, as they are now doing, through all druggists, the world aver, under a certificate of positive guaranies that it will either benefit or cure in every case of disease for which they re commend it, If taken in time and given a fair trial, or money paid for it will be promptly re- funded. Torpid liver, or “billousness,” impure | blood, skin eruptions, scrofulous sores and | swellings, consumption (which is serofula of the | lungs), all yield to this wondetful medicine, 1t | is both tonic or strength-restoring, and alter. ative or blood-cleansing. Chrenie Nasal Catarrh Rosittvely cured by Dr, Sage's Remedy. 00 cents, by druggists, A new process in shot-making does away with the tall towers, A strong current of air is forced on the lead as it falls into the water. The record of cures accomplished by Hood's Barsaparilla can never be completely written, The peculiar curative powers of Hood's Sarsa- parilla ars successful when everything else has failed. If your blood is impure, your digestion out of order, try Hood's Sarsapariila, sm —————— Let your horse stand loose if possible, without being tied up in the manger, Pain and weariness from a confined po- sition induce bad habits, Cann’s Kidney Cure for Dropay, Gravel, Diabetes, Bright's, Heart, Urinary or Liver Diseases, Nerv- ousness, &c. Cuore guaranteed. 831 Arch Street, Philad’a. $1 a bottle, 6 for $5, or druggist. 1000 certificates of cures, Try it. i] TOD SAA A Western dairyman thinks that dairy farmers as a class do not fully appreciate the Importance of the speedy withdrawal of the animal heat from fresh milk, eit fff. Rupture cure gunranteed by Dr. J. B, Mayer, 831 Arch St, ’hil’s, Pa. at once. no operation or de lay from business, attested by thou. sands of cures after others fall, advice free, send for circular, Out of Sorts Is a feeling peculiar to persons of dyspeptie ten. dency, or it may be caused by change of ¢li- mate, séason or life, The stomach is out of or- der, the head aches or does not feel right, appe. tite is capricious, the nerves seem overworked, the mind is confused and irritable, This con. dition finds an excellent corrective in Hood's Sarsaparilla, which, by its regulating and ton- ing powers, soon restores harmony to tho sys. tem, and gives that strength of mind, nerves, and body, which makes one feel perfectly well. N. B.—Be sure to get Hood's S8arsaparilla Sold by all druggists, $1; six for 85, Preparedonly by C.1L HOOD & (( ). Apothecaries, Lowell, Mass, © 100 Doses One Doliar ADWAY’S READY RELIEF, THE GREAT CONQUEROR OF PAIN, Applied externally, instantly relioves and quickly cures Sprains, Brolses, Backache, Pains in the Chest or Sides, Headache, Toothache, or any other pain, CONGES. TIONS, INFLAMMATIONS, Rheumatism, Neurnlgla, Lumbago, Sciatica, Palos in the small of the Back, ete, Cramps, Spasms, Sour Stomach, Nuunsea, Vomiting, Heartburn, DIARRHEA, Colle, Dysentery, Cholera Morbus, Internally, half to a teaspoonful in half a tambler of water, O0e. a bottle, All Druggists. ADWAY’S PILLS, An excellent and mild Cathartic, elegantly econted and without taste. The Safest and Hest Medicine in the world for the Cure of all Disorders of the LIVER, STOMACH OR BOWELS. Purely Vegetable, Perfect Pargatives, Act Without Pain, Always He- liable and Natural in Their Operations, Taken according to directions they will all Druggists. YOU WILLSAVE MONEY Tune, Pain, Trouble and will CURE CATARRH by using Ely’s Cream Balm Apply Balm into cack nostril - CHICHEST A'S ENGLISH PENNYROYAL PILLS, Hed Cross Brand. The sniy refiable Lad anh s Ber sale for be wok Friep Corx.—Roasting ears are for this purpose, Cut corn from the cob, add salt and pepper, and put it in a large pie pan containing hot butter, Set it where it will cook slow. and If it should stick to the walter, but not unless it does, for water ment, best the 1+ +4 + nf iv. SLir it often. fial asl a 1d) dish, add a little a—————— Frozen milk, it is sald, may be kept in a fresh state indefinitely, and many steamers are now provided with steam refrigerators in which foods are preserved for any desired length of time, To-Night and To-Morrow Night, And each day and night during the week you can get at all druggists’ Kemp's Bal sam for the Throat and Lungs, acknowl- edged to be the most successful remedy over sold for the cure of Coughs, Croup, Asthma, and Consumption. Get a bottle to-day and keep it always in the house, s0 you ean check your coid at onoa. Price 50c and $1. Sample bottles free, ————————————— A mastodon’s tooth measuring 14 immches in circumference, and weighing 1 pound 14 ounces, was unearthed near Louisville recently, nis I Ss. “The days of miracles are past.” That may ever witnessed by the human family have oe curred within the last decade. Not the least of these wonders is the snecess which the agents of B. ¥. Johnson & Co.. Richmond, Va. are Write them for particulars, They Half of the wear to tools, on some farms, comes from nnnecessary expos ure to sun, and wind, and rain. A con- venient shelter is far cheaper and looks —_— 1f not abops being taught by a man, take th good advice. Try Dobbing’ Hiectrio Soa ah Monday. It won't cost much, and you whi then know for yourself just how good it (5. Be sare to get no imitation. There are lots of them. Benzene or naphtha will remove grease from paint without removi the latter, if used quickly and carefully, vs: All Mia Roped free oy Dr. Kilne's Gross erve Restorer, No Fits afver first day's aes. Mar. VEIOUS cures, Tresiise and $2.00 trial bottle free 10 Fil cases. Send io Dr. Kime 981 Arena St Pala, Pa ———— — It is stated that the roadside fences are being rapidly removed in the vicin- ity of Boston, adding much to the rural beauty of the suburbs, Frazer Axle Girense, The Frazer Axle Greass is the best and, intrinsically, the cheapest, Don't work your horses to death by the poor axle grease, Try in -—— It is not so honorable to descend from a high ancestry as to ascend from a low one, JafMicted with sore eyes use Dr, Isano son ‘sBye-water, Druggists sell at 20, por The lesa tenderness a man has in his Jakure, the wore 1e requires from The best cough medicine is Piso’s Cure for Consumption. Sold everywhere 200, El a a Pigs can be reared so as to have sev- enty-five per cent. of lean meat in them by feeding bran and middlings, Skim- milk may also be fed, af Toon matches free to smokers of ‘Tan. HOUSEHOLD. INEXCUSABLE BLUNDERS, —A few days ago, a woman living almost within a stone’s throw of the University was heard to ask, in the presence of her children, who was vice-president of the United States now, Another woman-— a woman of wealth and leisure—sald that she never allowed herself to read exciting novels like **Robert Elsmere,” She had read ‘The Hidden Hand,” and that was all she cared to read of such novels, This same mother in- formed an astonished guest that she had read **Ben Hur” years and years ago when she was a little girl, but bad not yet found time to re-read it. At a re- cent gathering of literary people, men- tion was made in the course of conver- sation, of Becky Sharp. “Becky Bharp—Becky Sharp!” re- peated a lady with knitted brows, “seems as if I had heard that name be- fore. Wasn't she a spy in the rebel army?” At the Falls of Minnehaha, the other day, a lady was heard to ask her com- panion if he had ever read the poem about Minnehaha and Hiawatha that Tennyson wrote, He gravely informed her that he had never had that pleasure, There are many women, who were once well informed, who now show very little evidence of culture. One of them was asked why she had allowed herself to become so retrogressive, She ane swered that it was because she had for 80 long been thrown into less cultivated to. similar excuses for not keeping up with the times. They fancy that they can make no improvement unless stimulated to let her mind be entirely of illiterate companions, lectual woman should bring her com- panions to her level, than that she should sink to theirs. There ia do so. lectual. The desire for mental improve- by competition will never make a very intellectual woman, topics of the day, —— Sweeper CorN.—Sweet corn is never 80 good as when cooked within a few minutes after having been gathered, not be allowed to remain in the water after it is done; in fact, it should be served at once, no matter in what way It may be cooked, for standing spoils it, There is a great difference of opinion regarding the hat when boiled on the { Line, fon its age | hard or soft and whether it is « water, corn has been put into it | is improved if the water be made as salt as for mush, After it is done, mere boiling hardens it, I like to drop §t into boiling water, and if kernels have not attained their fx , fifteen | or twenty minutes will cook it to suit me, There are people who do not con- the the i Ki7 le as leather. the husk, remove the replace the nusk, tie it in boil it all together, {be as indigest { cooks strip back milk, then | place and { claim that | served, Sr ————————— enough milk to cover it. Stir it fre. quently. Let it cook for fifteen min- utes, then season to taste with butter, pepper and salt, and add some rich cream, in which has been stirred a little flour. The addition of a little sugar is a great improvement to all corn except the very sweetest kinds, Corn should never be cooked in iron; tin is prefera- ble. GREER CORN PUDDING. Grate the corn from one dozen large ears and mix it well with the beaten yolks of five eggs. Then add one-third of a teacup- ful of butter, a little sali, one table- spoonful of sugar, one quart of milk and, last, the well beaten whites of five eggs. The more you beat this, the bet- ter it will be. Bake it slowly for an hour in a covered dish, removing the cover for ten or fifteen minutes before it is to be served, that it may brown, This is very nice as a side dish, It is also make without eggs, and preferred by many who do not like the taste of eggs with corn, In this case the corn is cut from the cob, mixed with only a teacupful of rich eream to a quart of the corn, and half a cupful of butter, Pepper, salt, and sugar are added to taste, and the pudding is baked an hour and a half, a ————— WhHoLE PrEsErveED PEACHES — Select large, juicy, ripe peaches, pare carefully and throw at once into cold water to prevent discoloration. When you have about four pounds pared, weigh them, and allow one ind of granulated sugar and a half dozen h kernels to each pound of peaches, ut a layer of the peaches on a large dish and then cover them with a layer of sugar, then another layer of Jee and another layer of sugar, having but two layers on each dish; stand oe for about two hours or night, then pu FEFEEEE i g >on Sp + ; 4 ¥ ¥ ed i Thai it wad the Buwif¥'s Bpecift. Drought unto the world its blessing! Over land and over water Went the priest and Uawita; Bringing to the people tidings Of relief from blood contagion Of a salutary agent That would purge thew of all poison.” - EEXTRACY FEON FUER OF “UANITA" Treatise on Blood and Bin Disceses mailed froe. Took Off His Under Lip. Eight years ago s cancer came on my jowes lip. 1 had Hf out oul while it wee yet small, sod ft healed uy apparently, but soon broke out agalo, snd coms runosd esting very rapidly. It took of my onder jip from ome side to the other, and down to my chin, 1 had § treated by burning, sod gol so weak thet I wo ter muck 1 discarded sil other trestment, snd began taking Swift's Specific, and the canoss snd I was entirely well, Ii iz now ot well, and there has boss A 8 8 cured me of malignant sore throst snd mouth, csased by npurs blood. The trothie ex- tended down to my jeft lung, which was very sors. The doctors vod on me for three yeurs withoot relief, when | left them and took 8. £ 5. Four bots tos cured me, Bex Ruxy, Meridian, Miss, Bwirr Seecive Company, Drawer 2, Atisuts, Ga. price with order, Prompt dellvery and ; this tnfe protects the wegrers against r gow Take none un- Akers claimed W ¢ by return mall wide or marrow ioe, size and width, sud enclose gusrantend. Address «L. 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