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“ FARM NOTES,
Down wit THE Crow.—The
American Agricultural pepartment
has been making careful inquiry as to
the food of crows, and the result, as set
forth in a report by Mr. Walter Bar-
rows, is likely to surprise those who
have always contended that those bircs
do very much more good than harm, It
is not disputed that they destroy in-
jurions insects, that they are enemies of
mice and other rodents, and that they
are occasienally valuable as scavengers;
bul theseservices are slight in com-
parison with the mischief for which
they are responsible, The injury done
by them to Indian corn, wheat, rye,
oats, and other cereals is enormous
According to one observer, the crow
eats corn “from ter minutes after plant-
ing antil the biades are three inches
high,’> and more than a score of other
observers testify that be not ouly pulls
up the young plants, but digs up
newly sown seed. lis depredatious
extend to potaloes, sweet
Oot
raspberries, and Vlackberries. and
seeds of which are improved rat
impaired by passage through his diges-
tive organs, Asif all tlus were not
encugh, it is shown that the crow
benefical insects, and that he
destroying the eggs and young both
domesticated fowis and wild birds,
quire careful attention in April,
teams should be put in good
for heavy work, Dams and their young
progeny ought to be carefully
and yrovided for. especially when
weather is cold or stormy. Do not
stock out too early; wait uutll the
tiled, Werk Lorses now need
roomy stalis and careful
Guard against galls as Leavy work be-
gins, and protect your horses from all
harmful exposures. Watch the cows
with care; give those about to eome in
comfortable quarters and treat them
gently. Ewes and lambs need exta
care and protection;dou’t allow them to
suffer from either exposure or lack
nourishment. Should leks appear
the flock. dip the some d
tion prepared for Lhe as
vised last let breeding cows
have bran and other cooling food, but
BO «arn OF CO I Neal. (sive young pigs
a warm reception and protect them from
eX pusure, (rrown swine need exercise,
and a rn in the hard will
both swine and orchard, Poultry keep-
ing pays at this season, if ever, so look
weil to the comfort of your fowls If
they ars troubled with vermin, apply
Kerosene to the roosts and walls of the
poultry house. Provide dust baths,
ive a variety of food, attend to
cleanliness of their quarters, and study
egg and chicken production.
in
shieep In ecoc-
ade
purpose,
month,
ie
he
Tue Meapowsshould not be neglec.
4 this month, especially sections
bere hay is profitably grown for
market. Meadow lands may be rolled
as soon as the trapping of the team
rill do mo mjury; it will press the
heaved roots and stones Lack into place
and make asmooth surface. Timothy
is a profitable gras=s to grow for market,
for it is wsually In demand at good
prices, Though not the best grass
grown it brings the most **cash money.”
Timothy is always worth more (often
from 25 to 50 per cent. more) than
clover in market, and hence it is best to
grow the former to sell and the latter to
feed stock,
pay better if plowed up and reseeded,
and most meadows might be rendered
more profitable if properly cared for and
fertilized, Pastures also need attention
this menth, Old pastures may be great-
ly revived and Improved by spending
upon them a little concentrated com-
mercial fertilizer at this season,
PREPARING FOR PLANTING i3 now
the most important work on the farm.
For the reason already stated, this will
necessitate prompt and systematic
action, Those who have planned to
raise many acres of Spring cereals
and boed crops must be up and doing
at the earliest practicable moment, for
they have much to do inlittle time if
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seeding at the usual period. For this
ing and ether necessary manipulation
of the seil to make a good seed-bed it
is true economy to use the most approv-
ed implements and employ competent
may be dome satisfactorily.
pot the time Lo use chedp seeds, plants,
help, or toels—indeed they are not de
sirable at any season,
The Excitement Not Over.
The rosh on the druggists still continaes
and daily seeres of people call for a bottle
of Kemp's Balsam for the Throat and
Lungs for the cure of Coughs, Colds,
Asthma, Bronchitis and Consumption.
Kemp's Palsaw, the standard family reme-
dy, inseld on a guarantees and never falls
to give entire satisfaction, Price 500 aud
$1. Trial size (ree,
ralsing more or leas corn to carry the
stock threugh ‘he Winter, but let me
advise right here, don’t try to raise
more corn oa a hill farm than will be
requised te carry your stock from pas-
ture to pasture, as I believe corn to be
a severe ere to grow on Lill land, as
there is genersty so much damage by
wash. The main crop om hill farms
should be grass, and you will have
more meney and a better farm in the
end,
Aor ver PULLETS YO LAY,--This
matter is frequently discussed. One
authority says pullets of any breed
onght to lay one setting of eggs in the
Fall. Those hatched earliest will lay
earliest, of course, ard begin again
after a short rest if well fed and Kept
warm, The Asiatic breeds are more
apt to be everfed and fat, Give them
only bran and oats except in the coldest
. Feed sparingly and wix oats
oul straw, so that they will have
to work to get their feed, Late Fall
chicks well wintered often begin laying
early In Bpring, and make good layers
until early Summer, : .
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To purify your b'ood and fortify your system
against the debill ating «fle ts of spring
weather. At no other season is the bi ter taste
in the mouth more prominent, the breath so of
fensive, the drowsy dizziness so frequent, or
that extreme tired feeling so prevalent. Hood's
Sarsaparil a is just the medicine to bulld up the
system, purify the blood, cure hiliousness and
headache, overcome that tired feeling and cre.
ate a good appetite, The peculiar medicinal
merit of Hood's Sarsaparilla is shown by the
many remarkable cures it accomplishes where
Hood’s
Sarsaparilla
“For a firstclass spring medicine my wife and
Ithink very highly of Hood's Sarsaparilia, We
both took 1t last spring. It did us a great deal
of good and we felt better through the hot
weather than ever before, It cured my wife of
sick headache, from which she has suffered
great deal, and relieved ine of a dlz
every oneoug t to tike something
the blood before the hot weather
n, and we shall take Hood's Sarsapa
H Peaxce, Granite
a
zy, tired feel-
s spring.” J Supt
Soldby a
by C. I. HOOD & CO. Lowell, Ma
100 Doses One Dollar
« 81 k fors. P aredonly
Now that the ground is cold you may
safely prune the vines and
Young trees may be trimp ed to
bushes,
shape |
2 orche-
ard,
was bi
she bougt
kin v :
ARID pur ito the
And direct sued
ter,
"Twas the best thing on earth she could j
bly try
And soon, very soon, Miss Larkins
Ihe hich she took was
ons fort
a, dyspepsia, and
in impure
dered liver
cleansing, antiseptic and he
r. 3age’s Catarrh Kemedy are unequ
No portion of the milk should be lost,
A mess of cornmeal and whey will
by pigs. The refuse from
creameries is a valuable food if utilized
for hogs.
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Cure is taken internally,
the blood and mi
Testimonials sent fr
sold by all Drussdsts
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in Richmond, |
There's a movement
historic strue- |
house on the!
Hall's Catarrh
ing directly upot
faces of the
Price, 75¢. p
Jeff Davis's mansion
Va., is in danger,
on foot to demolish the
ture and erect a school
site,
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If you have catarrh, y
your general health, or develop inte consump-
tion. Hood's Sarsaparilla cures eatarrh
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sewing cotton,
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Frazer Axle Grease.
The Frazer is kept by all
box iasts as long as two of any other,
Centennial, and Paris Exposition,
A nog that is taking the place of a
diamond shaped cluster is a square opal
Rupture curegnaranteed by
Dr. J. B. Mayer, 831 Arch St, Phil’a,
Pa. Kase at once, no operation or de-
lay from business, attested by thou.
sands of eurea after others fail, advice
free, send for circular.
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The portrait of the baby king of
Spain now appears upon the com and
postage stamps of that nation,
ITS: All Fits mopped free oF Dr. Kiine's Gres
ierve Hestorer, No Flisafcer fess day's ase. Mar.
VELOUS cures, Treatise ahd $400 trial Dottie (res Lo
Fi cases, Bebd Wo 0c hina Sl Aron SG Pala, Pa
Liquid manure is excellent for plants
if not applied too strong.
Ap
Capn's Kidney Cure for
Dropsy, Gravel, Diabetes, Bright's,
Heart, Urinary or Liver Diseases, Nerv-
ousness, &e, Cure guaranteed. 831
Arch Street, Philad’a. $1! a bottle, 6
for $5, or druggist. 1000 certificates of
cures, Try It
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Took afler the condition of stored
fruit and vegetables and roots,
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People do not discover it until foo lale, that
the so-called washing powders not only eat up
their clothes, but ruin their skin, and agus
rheumatism, Use nothing but bins’ Eleo-
tric Soap. Have your grooer keep It,
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Prune any time the weather is fit, and
keep the knife sharp,
The UU. 8 Government makes regular pur
chases of “Tansili’s Punch” for the army,
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A favorite clonk for early winter is
made of gray camels hair, with palm.
leaf figuring of a darker e,
1iafMioted with soreseyes use Dr. lsane
son’sEye-water. Drugygists sell at 2a, pér
: Plan early to have a good garden,
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Hood's Sarsaparilla is the b st blood pur fier
before the public. It eradicates scrofula and
and all humors, eures salt rheum, boils, pim-
ples, ete. The severest cases of blood p soning
have yielded to its superior curative power,
“This is to certify that 1 have used Hood's
Sarsaparilla in my family for some time past
and have found i: to be a good blood purifier.
It has been of great benefit as recommended
and I have no hesitation in recommending tio
all who are In want of any medicine of the
kind.” Roper A. Smith, Justice of the Pease,
Honesdale, Pa.
The Spring
Medicine
“I wish to enroll my name as one of those who
have derived health from the use of Hood's Sar-
saparilla. Formany years I have taken it, es.
pecially in the early spring, when I am troubled
with dizziness, dullness, unpleasant taste in my
mouth, in the morning. Itremovesthis bad taste,
relieves my headache and makes me feel greatly
The
have
refreshed two bottles 1 have used this
been worth a dollar a dose, |
fo take it." Jonx Bixss,
$id Street, town of Lake, Chicago, 11H
rsaparilla
i gists 1't
I. HOOD & CO, lo
1, Mass
100 Doses One Dollar
spring
Sold by a epared
only by ¢
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, Some
Children
! Growing
. * Too Fast
become listless, fretful, without ener
gy, thin and weak. But you can for
tify them and build them up, by the
use of
SCOTT'S
EMULSION
OF PURE COD LIVER OIL AND
HYPOPHOSPHITES
Of Lime and Sodan,
They will take it readily, for it is al
most as palatable as milk. And it
should be remembered that AS A VuE.
YENTIVE OR CURE OF COUGHS OR COLIR,
} IN BOTH THE OLD AND YOUNMSB, IT IS
{ UNEQUALLED, Avoid substitutions off ered
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DYSPEPSIA
And all Disorders of the Digest
fre Grgans. It is likewise
corroborative, or sirengihen
ing Medicine, and may be
taken with great Lesefit in all
cases of Debility For Sale br
all Drugeists. Prices 81 © por bottle, Dr Sehenck's
New Book on Luasge Liver and Stomach mailed from
address, Dr. J. H. SCHENCK & SON, Philadelphia.
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APPLE FLOAT. —~Peel
as
and stew them until tender in as little
water as possible, wash them through a
sieve, sweeten; flavor slightly with a
few drops of lemon and set away 0
get very cold; when ready to serve
whip the whites of two eggs very stiff,
and add them lightly to the apples,
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BrAIN OYSTERS, — Pour boiling
water over the brains; cut them into
four parts and skin them; cut them
into pleces the size of oysters, roll them
in flour, fry them in a little fat as you
would oysters; sprinkle with pepper
and salt; pour over them a little melted
butter and serve at once,
MEAT Loay.~Take any cold meat
and chop it fine—lean and fat together.
Ada a tldely chopped onion, two slices
of bread which have been soaked in
milk, salt and pepper and one beaten
egg. Mix well. Press itinto a butter
ed mold and bake,
CouN DATTER BREAD,--SIt to-
gether six teaspooufuls of flour and
three of cornmeal with a little salt,
Whip up four eggs and add to the
flour, with enough milk to make a
thin , Bake in small pans ina
quick oven,
Sroxae PUDDING. One egg, cae
ocupful of sugar, a small piece of butter,
one-half cupful of water or sweet miik
two teaspoonfuis of baking powder and
flour enough to make a good batter,
Bake ina long tin pan in a quick oven,
InvERNEss E06s.—DBoll four hard,
take off Shely sbellag make So ament
with parsley, thyme, breaderum
per, salt, bulter, chopped anchovy ws
a beaten-up egg; cover the hard eggs
with this forcement, roll in flour, fry a
light brown, and serve,
HOUSEHOLD
Eaas ror MARKET —If your ob-
ject is to keep hens for the purpose of
selling © gs, do not have a lot of useless
authority, Tbe presence of a male has
when not desired. Bear in mind, also,
that eggs laid by hens not with males
can be kept together than of the larger
kinds,
keep no males,
as soon as the hatching season is over,
we itp
For Damp W
recipe is given by a prominentarchitect
as a sure preventive of dampness in
brick walls; Three-quarters of a pound
of castile soap to a gallon of walter,
one-hauld a pound of alum to four gal-
before being us 4d,
i plied.
| heat,
| froth on the brickwork, This
{ remain twenty-four hours to dry und
| applied. The alum wash should be at
| & temperature of 60 or 70 degrees when
| applied, Two coats wil perfectly till
brick; if porous app'y
coat, Put the washes on with a large
wuite-wash brush,
AN ALMOND PUDDING.-
| one ounce of butter and one-quarter
pound of sweet almonds and pound
them to a paste in a mortar; add a few
drops of rose water while pounding.
Stir one-quarter pound of bulier and
one-quuiter pound of sugar tou cream,
Beat well the whites of six « stir
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Said Sarah te Mary:
Copyright, 1583,
as bueless ae tallow ;
Sawa Mary to Sarah:
I ama mick unto death and well
And life hardly seeing worth t
Said Sarah to Mary:
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And,
nigh desperation,
os trouble of breathing.”
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into the butter and sugar,
dish with puff paste, pour In the mwix-
ture, and bake in a moderate oven not
over hall an hour, Sprinkle with sugar
| and serve,
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HERRINGS IN JELLY.— Wash and
{ clean four herrings, and lay them iu a
| deep pied sh; sprinkle over with one
| very finely minced shallot; take six
| tablespoonfuls of stock, to which add
two tablespoonfuls of mild anchovy
sauce aud one of vinegar, a little al-
i spice, and a pioch of cayrnne; heat
this mixture, pour it over the fish, cover
| with a dat di bake for twenty min-
i ules, then al it into another cold
| pre-dialy; when perfectly cold, serve,
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GINGER SNAPS —Three tablespoou-
fuls of melted lard, three of boiling
, one tablespoonful each of sali,
soda and ginger; put in a pint cup and
(ll up with molasses; stir In four to
masse dough; roll and bake quickly.
walter
SAVORY Ecas, —Hard-boil four egys
and cut them in two: r-move Lhe yaks
| and 00 the whites with a mixture of
| pounded olives, tongue, anchovy, aliltle
| beetroot and capers; season each with
{a few drops of salad oll, or a squecse
i of and grate over each Lhe
| yelks of the eggs; serve on crisp dry
i toast,
lemon,
CLAM STiFLES —Fill a deep pau or
dish with a layer of sliced potatoss, a
| layer of clams, a layer of sliced onions,
a layer of sliced potatoes, and a few
| small slices of salt pork; season It with
| pepper, a little water, cover it witha
| plate or pan, and bake in a moderate
{oven five hours, add a little water ifit
dries away too much,
Sovn MiLK |
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JISC UITS. — One quart of
tablespoonfuls of lard.
i Roll out about an inch thick,
{ bake In a moderate oven,
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| sugar, one-half cupful of
| half cupful of molasses, two ergs, three
cupluls of flour, one teaspoonful each
of allspkee and ground
meg, one pound of raisins, one cupful
of currants(rub them in flour Dn
using), two tablespoonfuls of cream of
tartar, one of soda,
p/Higg
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ONE ENJOYS
Both the method and results when
Mary boeded this good advice, bought a
supply of Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescrip-
tion and it wrought a perfect cura The |
history of her marvelous restoration Ww
bealth is similar to that of thousands
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Rilious Headache,
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For
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Ayer's Sarsaparille
has no equal
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Spring
Medicine
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Lowell, Mass.
Fifty Years
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