fOB THE PAIR HEX.
Klehua.
The fichu Is a very conspicuous fea
ture in summer toilets, nnd appear*
in various ways. Sometimes it is mafic
of the firess material, nnfi forms the
drapery on the Ixtnoni; when made of
white muslin, anfi verv small, it takes
the place of ft collar or frill; again, the
large shawl-shaped fichus of white lace
ami mull are used to complete watcr
inat-piace toilets; anfi the fichu-man
tle of black lftce. Surah,or onmel's-hair
is the fashionable wrap for city streets
or drives. The fichu as part of the firess
trimming is especially pretty on thin
muslin, grenadine, or light silk dresses.
For such purposes it is made of four
folds of the material cut bias, anfi edged
at the top and bottom with ft narrow
plaiting, or else a ruflle of the goods
taken double. This passes arounrt the
hack of the neck, and extends down the
fronts as far as the top of the darts,
where it is rounded off, or else it may be
lengthened so that the ends will be con
cealed under the belt. A ruffle of lace
or a linen collar is worn around the neck.
Very small fichus of white soft mull are
made with a point behind, are turned
over at the top, and rounded in front;
they are then edged with lace two inch
es wide, and this lace is also put on the
upper part, which is turned down, thus
making two rows in the back. When
completed tiiis fichu is scarcely larger
than a lady's pocket- hand kerchief folded
triangularly, and is worn close and high
alKrtit the throat, dispensing with the
warm linen coilaror tiie full rutfof lace.
It is cool and pleasant for summer wear,
and is very dressy. Ladies who make
braid laces, and who do fanciful pat
terns of tatting, make this small hohu
without muslin, and entirely o! the tat
ting or lace. The shawl-shaped muslin
fichus are large enough to reach nearly
to the elbows, are quite straight and
closc-titting across the back, and liavn
ends oojely tied in front. They are
shaped by a seam in the hack, where a
slo' ed piece is set in The upper part
of the fichu is turned down very broad
ly and when trimmed with wide lace it
meets the row of ln:-e on the lower edge.
This is the prettiest wrap lor wearing
with white dresses and the white gypsy
iiats that are now trimmed with muslin
and lace.
White silk-muslin fichus are made to
use instead of laces with dressy toilets,
and are trimmed with embroidery of
white silk done on the muslin. New
black fichus, to be worn in the same
way, are of transparent square meshes,
like those of grenadine, and are bright
ened by being elaborately wrought with
iridescent beads and golo threads. The
Spanish hire fichus are popularly worn
both in black and white laces and in
tiie small sizes like mere collarettes, as
well the large mantillas. — iiawr.
Faatilon Nolfi.
£ Danish late is very much worn.
Head collars increase in popularity.
Japanese pongee is a summer nov
elty.
Children continue to wear singl&piece
< leases.
&>ft silk sashes are finished at the ends
with tassels.
Cheese cloth dresses are worn again
this summer.
Parisian dressmakers combine cotton
goods with silk.
lb avy box-plait jd flounces to the knee
are much worn.
Kagusa lace is a machine made imita
tion of antique point-
Trousers under the skirt ate univer
sally worn by equestriennes.
White foulards with black polka dots
make very sty lish toilets.
Silk fans with long ivory handles and
flat borders of feathers are cheap this
summer.
Grenadine dresses often have the front
breadths entirely covered with flounces
of French lace.
Cheap satin is the best materia! for
trimming cheap woolen suits. It is not
so likely to fade as silk.
Bend embroidery on black net is used
to trim kid waists, or else satin pipings
and cascades of lace.
The Black Forest bows of black silk,
which supersede the Aisntian, are espe
cially becoming to fair-haired girls.
Shirring is more used than at any
prevh.ua season for the front of dress
skirts, but is now shirred horizontally
in wide clusters instead of lengthwise,
as it was formerly.
Shirring u zuore used than at any pre
vioua season tor the front of dress skirts.
An w style is shirred horizontally in
wh'.c clusters instead of lengthwise, as
was formerly,the fashion.
Panels at the sides of skirts are now
more often plaited than plain. The
plaits are lengthwise side plaits, and
sometimes one large round knot is tied
on these plaits about half way down the
skirt. Shirred panels are also used.
Panels at the sides of skirts are now
more often plaited than plain. The
plaits are lengthwise side plaits, and
sometimes one Drge round knot is tied
on the;e plaits about half way down
the skirt. Shirred panels are also used
• Th Mirrlam r .r.m Men.
Shakespeare loved and wedded a
farmer's daughter.
Humboldt married a poor girl be
cause he loved her. Of course they
were happy.
Robert Bums married a poor farm
girl, with whom he fell in love while
they worked on a farm together,
Peter the Great, of Rossi •, married a
peisnnt. She made him an excellent
wileni.d n sagacious empress.
John Adams married a daughter of a
Presbytvrian clergyman. Her father
objected on account of John being a
lawyer.
Andrew Jackson married a woman
whose husbund was still living. She
wa an amiable woman, and was most
devotedly attached to the old warrior
anil statesman.
Washington married a widow with
two el ildren. It is enough to say she
was worthy of him; and they lived as
married people should live, in perfect
harmony with each other.
Prince Albert and Queen Victoria
were cousins, a rare example In the long
fine of English monarch*, wherein the
marital vows were sacredly o l >scrv<d
and sincere affection existed.
News and XWn for Woman.
Queen Victoria is said to have a
strong personal liking for Lord Beacons
field.
Mrs. A. H. H. Stuart is president of
the board of emigration of Washing
ton Territory.
Mrs. Julia Atzroth, of Florida, has
raised the first coffee grown in the open
air in this country, so far as known.
Sarali Bernhardt, the celebrated
French actress, who is coming to
America this fall, is over thirty.
Mrs. Mary Wheatland, of Berated,
England, earns her own living an sup
ports her iamilyas a bathing attendant,
and in that capacity has saved thirteen
lives during the past twenty years.
Warm Weather Diet.
The first warm days are fruitful of
complaints about the failure of appetite.
Breakfasts are no longer relished; din
ners afl'ord but a languid interest, and
suppers seem supi rlluous. Only vigor
ous workers out of doors, or young peo
ple who are so blessed as not yet to have
made the acquaintance of their stomachs,
come to the table with a real zest for
food. And it is no wonder, considering
how few people have yet learned the art
of altering their diet to suit their own
conditions and the state ot the season.
The spring appetite fails and ought to
fall, before ham and eggs or a great
piece of steak, on these enervating first
warm mornings of the year. Rich soups,
heavy meats and ail stimulating and
bloou making articles of diet, that met a
real want in the nipping and eager air of
winter, are as much out of place now us
the furs and ulsters. And yet many a
person who would think it a sigu of
lunacy to dress in the December styi L
May, does not appear to see i ny incon
gruity in eating in the December fashion
Food and coal create heat, and thick
clothing and tight houses preserve it for
the comfort of the body in winter. Yet
men who know enough to dump their
furnaces, open the windows and lay oil
their overcoats on the advent of-pring,
are stupid enough to keep on stoking
their stomach at full blast and consider
themselves " out-of-sorts" and ill if
nature resents the abuse.
It is time to let up on the cold weather
diet—especially for persons doomed to
live indoors. A mold of well-cooked
oatm al, served cold wita cream and
sugur, with two or three oranges and a
cup of coffee, makes an adequate and
appetizing breakfast. All fruits and
vegetables attainable fit in well at this
season. The many preparations of the
small grains afl'ord a variety wldeh it
is well to study. Milk and pggs and fish
conUiin all the needed food-eiements for
a diet of a month or two, with such
*ugar and starch as the housewife com
bines in toothsome light puddings or
other desserts. Whether we eat to live
or live to eat, we ought to be rational
enough to dispense with food when not
hungry and to ' mri -ether than force
the appetite.— (J • <!< u tit
keep Ahead.
One of the grand secrets of success in
life is to keep ahead in all ways possi
ble. If you once fall behind, it may be
very diffleu?-to make up the headway
which is lost. One who begins with
putting aside some part of his earnings,
however small, and keeps it up for a
! numlier of years, is likely to become
rich before be dies. One who inherits
property, and goes on year by year
spending a little more than his income,
wiil becou e poor if, he lives tong
enough. Living beyond their means
has brought multitudes of persons to
ruin in our generation. It is the cause
ol nine-tenths of all the defalcations
which have disgraced the age. Bankers
and business men in general do not
often help themselves to other people's
money until their own fund begins to
fall_ off, and their expenditures exceed
their receipts. A man who is in dent
walks in the midst of pcriis. It cannot
but impair a man's seif-respect to know
that he is living at the expense of
others. It is also very desirable that
we should "keep somewhat ahead in our
work. This may not be possible in all
cases; as, for instance, when a man's
work is assigned to certain fixed hours,
like that of the operatives in n mill.
But there an* ci-rtain classes of people
who can choose their time for the work
which they are called to do, and
amongst them there are some who in
variably put off the task assigned them
so long as possible, and then come to its
performance hurried, perplexed, anx
ious, confused—in such a state of mind
as certainly unfits them for doing their
best work. Get ahead anil keep ahead,
and your success is toierably sure.
Convinced.
The late Thomas Blanchard's inven
tion of a machine for turning gunstocks
was heartily ridiculed in the British
parliament, when some members moved
a resolution for purchasing a number of
them, on the ground that Americans
were surpassing the English in gun
manufacture. One very incredulous
member made so much opposition, de
claring that the very idea of turning a
gunstoek was absurd, thai the resolu
tion vVas withdrawn, and a committee
appointed to come to this country and
look into the matter. They re port f d the
facts to be as first stated, whereupon
the incredulous member declared that
the Americans might have got up some
thing to Wi rk their soft woods, but it
would never stand the tost of hard
wood. This gentleman was finally sent
over to decide upon the merits of the
machine. Selecting three rough storks
of the hardest, toughest timber tie could
find.be went to the Springfield armory in
eognito, brought his storks to the stock
ing room and inquired of the overseer
If be would grant him the lavor of turn
ing them. Without making the least
alteration of tnc machine the overseer
ran the stocks through In a few minutes,
and then went on with his work as
though nothing had happened. The
Englishman examined the stocks, nnd
found they were turned all the better
for la ing of bard wood. After musing
awhile he frankly confessed who he
was, why he came, and his thorough
< onviciion of tiie utility of the machine.
Before he left the city lie gnve sn order
in behalf of the British government for
this nnd the accompanying innchines,
some six or eight, which amounted lo
$40,000. The machines were built at
Chinopee, shipped to England, and have
he. n in use there from that (lay to this.
—Nt'o York Tribune.
Bisect, the animal trainer of Pesth,
Hungary, taught an uurang to wait
on fable ami perform other house
hold duties belonging lo servant*. A
chimpanzee has been Inured to feed and
attend a baker's oven fire on board ship
A female chimpanzee in the London
Zoological gardens could lock and un
lock a door or drawer and thread and
needle, in taking her meals she Used
knife, fork, spoon and drinking cud
with the same ease a* a human being.
The chncnia baboon lias been taught It
blow bellows and to drive teams of
horses.
PAMILT MEDICINE.
How IHuMuUr HhtuuUin K.d
Mow It May Ma l urtd
Muscular rheumatism usually com
mences OH an acute disease, but exhibits
a decided tendency to become chronic.
It nniy effect any of the muscles of the
jimbs or trunk, but is ar more likely to
occur in certain situations than in
others. The seizures are not uncom
monly quite sudden—for example, the
patient may find on awnking in the
morning that lie is unable to mage a
certain movement, or to perform some
particular act, without experiencing
the most exquisite pain. Usually there
is no pain while the muscles of the part
a-equiet, but the slightest movement
suffices to excite it paroxysm. OD ex
amining the seat of suffering nothing
can as •• rule be detected, but some
times there is a slight tenderness on
pressure. There is often no fever or
constitutional disturbance—at all events
at first; but its the complaint progresses
there may tw thirst, loss of appetite,
and even considerable elevation of tem
perature, he the result of the long-con
tinued pain and the want of sleep which
itoccasions. We know very little re
specting the causes of muscular rheu
matism. It is most commonly met
witli in p.-oplc of full adult age, and not
uncommonly in individuals of a gouty
habit. Exposure to cold and (lamp,
and ttie overuse of the affected part,
may act as exciting causes. One attack
of the disease engenders a liability to its
return. The duration of the complaint
cannot be definitely fixed. As an acute
disease it is usually of brief duration,
but in the chronic forms it often proves
very rebellious to treatment, and its
dotation may lie protracted almost in
definitely.
LUMBAOO.
Muscular rheumatism is not confined
to any particular region ot tin- t>ody, hut
may occur in almost any locality. The
principal varieties are lumbago and
crick in tbe neck, and we shall now
speak of the treatment of lumbago. This
is a rheumatic affecfion of the muscles
of the loins, those on one or i>otli sides
being involved. It is frequently very
sudden in its mode of onset, the pain
seizing the patient "all of a moment."
The pain is usually increased by every
movement of the lower part ot the spine,
and by pressure upon the muscles of
the affrcted part. It is not uncommon
to sec patients with lumbago leaning
forward and walking almost double.
If Uiey are told to "touch their tots"
they generally express their inability to
do so, although in many cases it appears
on investigation that the pain is caused
not so much by bending down as by the
effort to get up nirain. Sometimes, how
ever, the mere effort of stooping is very
painful.
The remedies for lumbago are, as
might be supposed, chiefly local. There
are. however, other methods ot treat
ment which are often attended with
satisfactory results. When the pain is
very severe, relief may. in the majority
of cases, be obtained almost immediately
by an injection of morphia under the
skin. This is fact which has been
known to medical men and extensively
employed for many yenrs. The only
objection that can be urged against it is,
that in many people morphia gives rise
to headache, giddiness and other un
pleasant symptoms. Quite recently a
French physician ma/lea somewhat
curious discovery. He had a patient
whom lie had frequently treated with
hypodermic injections of morphia for
acute attacks of iumbago, but aiways
with the production of a train of un
pleasant constitutional symptoms. One
dav the patient called to say how glad
lie was to find lie had made some alter
ation in the medicine, for the last in
jection had relieved the pain an usual,
but had not produced any headache or
giddiness. The doctor at once declared
tit at lie bad u*d the same morphia
solution as usual, and in order to con
vince the patient, sent for the bottle to
show him On examination the bottle
was found to contain nothing but water,
and on inquiry being instituted the ser
vant confessed that some days before
she had accidently upset the bottle end
spilled the contents, and that fearing
detection she hod filled it with water.
The doctor at once saw that the fact was
of value, and iiastened to publish the
discoverv to the world. It then ap
peared from the testimony of numerous
trustworthy observers that even the
water was not essential, that it was the
puncture with the needle which did
good, and that equal benefit might be
obtained witiiout the injection of any
substance at all.
t:.SK OE THE NEEDLE.
The treatment of lumbago by" acu
puncture," as it is called, is attended
witli tiic most favorable resu.ts. We
have seen cases in which tbe relief lias
been Instantaneous. The mode of pro
cedure is very simple. The patient
stands upright, holding iiis shirt behind
so as to expose tbe loins. The only ap
paratus required is a good, strong, sharp
needle, such as is ordinarily used as a
shawl-pin. The person who is about to
perform the friendly office for the
patient grasps the needle firmly in his
iiand, and suddenly thrusts it for the
distance of an inch or two into the loins
over the painful part. The pain of the
puncture is but momentary, and tbe
needle, instead of being withdrawn,
may be advantageously left sticking in
or a few minutes. When tbe iumbago
s double, the operation should be per
formed on both sides of the loins. W
have rured many cases of lumbago by
this method, and have never known ft
to be followed with any unpleasant
consequences. Most instrument makers
keep nfodles fitted in bone bandies tor
the pcrformamw of this operation, hut
the domestic substitute to which we
have referred will answer equally well.
The Turkish hath, which is such a
valuable remedy for nearly all com
plaints of a rheumatic nature, may be
used with advantage in lumbago, when
a Turkish bath is not obtainable the
ordinary domestic linseed poultice may
prove of service. In acute lumbago,
poulticing often brings spedy relief, the
severest cases being greatly benefited in
a few hours, and generally cured in one
or two days. The poultice must be
very hot and le.rge enough to cover the
whole loins or the part affected, and
thick enough to remain quite hot for at
least half an hour, when it must be
changed. Should no benefit bo obtained,
this treatment should be continued for
tliree hours or longer, then the skin
must lie covered with a piece of flannel,
which in its turn is covered with oil
5 i*™ like that of
poultices, promotes tree perspiration,
upon which mainly depends the efficacy
of this plan. A diamctrica'lytopposcd
of treatment, that of freezing
the painful part, may sometimes be
adopted with advantage. Two parts of
finely powdered ice, witli one of common
•alt, are put in a gauze bag and placed
in contact with the skin until the sen
sntion is abolished and it has a leathery
feel and a shrunken, tallowy appear
ance. The application should not bo
continued for more than live or six
minutes or it may cnuse a blister. One
of the bostnndmoHt convenient methods
of freezing the part is by spraying upon
it with ether, the evaporation of which
produces intense cold. A single applica
tion of the ether spray will in many
aur-safford speedy relief in lumbago.
OAI.VANISM.
The uee of galvanism is not uncom
monly attended with the most satisfac
tory results, the passage of what is know
as the " interrupted current" effecting
a speedy cure. When electricity, the
needle, or poultices fail to give more
than slight temporary relieT, it will
often be found that the lumbago i s ac
companied by high fever, and tfiat it is
in reality the first symptom of an attack
of acute rheumatism or some other
febrile disease. The application of a
good strong plaster over the loins will,
by affording support to the parts, often
give relief. Either the chalybeate plus*
ter or the pitch plaster may be em
ployed. It is desirable to have ij. spread
on leather or some equally durable and
substantial substance. In summer it is
a good plan to have it punched all over
with a number of little holes, to admit
of the evaporation of the perspiration
set as u> avoid the troublesome itching
which would l>e caused by its retention.
Care should be taken to see that the
plaster is smoothly and equally applied.
An attack of lumbago, affecting perhaps
the whole loins, often leaves oehind it
one painful spot which may cause dis
tress only when the body is moved in
onedirection. Remains of a lumbago like
this generally resists the usual methods
of treatment, the pain being driven from
one spot on ly to reappear at another. A
large belladonna plaster will generally
mitigate the complaint, shoula it fail to
remove it altogether. Of the internal
remedies,iodideofpotassium and nitrate
of potash (nitre) may prove useful under
the conditions and in the doses referred
to while speaking of chronic rheuma
tism. The former salt, however, not
unfrequcntly fails to effect lumbago,
even when the complaint is distinctly
worse at night. It has been claimed
for net te racemose (cimicifugn) that it
subdued lumbago more effectually than
any other remedy. It is well worth
trying in obstinnte cases, but it must be
admitted that it often fails. The dose
is five drops of the tincture every two
hours.
CBICK IN THE NECK.
Crick in the neck, itiff neck, or, to
use the technical term, torticollis, is
usually the result of a cold or of ex
posure of the affected part to a current
of cold nir. The pain is sometimes in
the hack of the neck, but more fre
quently it affects only one side, the pa
tient being in tlie latter case compelled
to hold his head awry in order to reiax
his muscles. A patient suffering from
a stiff reck not uncommonly presents a
somewhat comical appearance, and is
often marie the subject of much
ridicule and joking, but for all
that the complaint is a very painful
one, and is sometimes very intracta
ble to treatment. A stiff neck in
children is not uncommonly the cause
of a considerable elevation of tempera
ture, the fever lasting three or four days
or more. When the pain of acute tor
ticollis is very great It may be neces
sary to endeavor to obtain relict by the
administration of a hypodermic injec
tion of morphia. Ixxuil applications,
however, not unfrequcntly prove suc
cessful. Ho. fomentations are very
valuable, as. for example, a piece of
spongiopiline wrung out of hot water
and appliid either alone or sprinkled
with laudanum, or belladonna lini
ment, or a combination of the two.
Turpentine often proves useful in these
cases. Over a flanr el wrung out of hot
water a little turpentine should In
sprinkled and applied till it produces
redness, tingling and smarting. It is
well to bear in mind that as the smart
ing arising from the turpentine goes on
augmenting for some time after its re
moval, the application should he kept
on omyjust sufficiently long to excite
a moderate degree of pain.
THE KENT REMEDIES.
Undoubtedly one of the best remedies
for a stiff" neck is an infusion of capsi
cum. red pepper or chillies, as it is
sometimes called. The mode of prep
.-nation and application is sufficiently
simple. You infuse a Mrge handful of
crushed capsicum pods in a pint of hot
or cold water for tliirty-six hours. You
then soak a piece of lint in this infusion
and apply it to the affected part, cover
ing it all over with a thin piece of guttn
perchaoroil alls to prevent evapora
tion. It never blisters or causes any
inconvenience, and is so prompt in its
action that it will often completely cure
a bad case in ten minutes. Respecting
the internal remedies for this complaint
we have not much to say. Benefit some
times arises from the use of salines
whieh acton the skin and kidneys, and
alter the state of the blood. The fol
lowing mixture may be taken witli ad
vantage: Solution of acetate ot ammo
nia, tliree ounces: spirit of nitrous
of ether, two ami a half drachms;
iodideof potassium, twenty-four grains;
water to eight ounces. Two table
spoonfuls every four hours. In cases in
which the patient is of a gouty habi.
colchieum should, of course, be em
ployed. Wben the patient is much be
low par the use of ood-liver oil, iron
and more especially quinine, will have
to be resorted to. When the lever runs
high aconite is indicated; when the
complaint has in all probability arisen
from* exposure to damp, dulcamara
should be tried; and when it is attended
with tearing, lancinating pains, be 11a
dona is the remedy In tlie majority of
cases we should put our trust in local
applications, and above all in the capsi
cum treatment. The Turkish bath oiten
proves useful as an adjunct.—Philadel
phia Time*.
A number of Philadelphia experts In
coal raining and the manufacture ot iron
and steel have been granted a valuable
concession by the issr for tbo purpose
ol developing the resources of a large
tract of country in Southern Russia.
The giant extends for eighty years and
promises to be immensely pro (liable.
About $8,000,000 lias been subicrilied
by Amorics*) capitalists to put the en
terprise on Its feet.
Dr. Guttnan, who for ten yearn has,
for his health, frequented ail the im
portant watering places of Germany.
Austria and Switaerland, says that
whon Americans are asked for payment
at oafes it is their not unusunl habit to
hand their poeketbooka to the wait**#,
so that they may take out the required
EARN, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.
Tsrnlp Osltan.
It seems strange that when tbe feed
ing qualities of turnips have been so
long recognized in foreign countries,
that they have been so long in estab
lishing themselves here for a like pur
pose, and as the product of an acre is
so large, and aside from its feeding
qualities, tiieir sanitary effect upon
stock so beneficial, it seems as if the
farmers—not only stock raisers, but
dairymen—would more generally adopt
the prt etice of rui-ing this crop, and
using them judicially as a w.nier feed,
to vary the monotony of unchanging
hay and cornmeal.
The turnip is not n very discriminat
ing plant, and any good soil free from
weeds, and kept so, will produce tur
nips, though a loamy or well fertilized
sandy_ soil will best succeed. If the
crop is drilled in, the rows should be
about fifteen incites apart, and after the
crop has established itself it should be
thinned down to two or three plants to
the foot. It the crop is for table use
new land should be selected, as land
that has been cropped long is liable to
impart a strong, unpalatable taste.
The crop may be sown at anytime
after the weather becomes settled in the
spring, but for stock feeding the first
half of July will Is: best suied, both for
the convenience of gathering and be
cause the turnip favors cool, moist
weather, which the late fall months fur
nish.
The ways that turnips can be sown
and yet not require a special prepara
tion of the land are many. I know a
farmer who, after the last hoeing f his
potatoes, scatters the seed thinly along
the rows, and when the potatoes are dug
the dirt is pulled back into the last hill,
and the turnips are not disturbed. The
fine soil that works down about them
rather helps than injures tiieni, and a
big crop of turnips usually results. Sow
ing among the corn is another not ob
jectionable method, for the turnips will
not draw very much upon the soil until
after the corn is cut up, and the after
crop will prove a far more profitab'p
one than planting pumpkins among the
corn and far less injurious to the de
velopment of the ears.
Among root crops rutabagas hold a
favorable position, but cannot be sown
broadcast with any certainty; and if
labor is to be taken into account, the
turnip is the crop requiring the least
labor. With increased attention to its
cultivation there has come into notice
a score of new varieties, and in addition
to the old familiar names, we boar of
the White Egg. Golden Bail, etc.. each
excellent, but will be a long while in
superseding the Eariy Dutch, i'urple
Top, Stop Leaf, and for more southern
latitudes, the Long Whip holds a con
spicuous place, with no real rival.
If the turnip is to be fed to stock it is
not nir—ry to cut •IT the tops,
| pec in Ily if you have a root cellar where
a low, even temperature can be kept,
ami the green relish of the leaves to
gether with the bulb will cause them to
tie eagerly devour<d. With turnps,
fed tops and ail to sheep, with a small
additional quantity of green, either oats
or corn, tin amount of hay required for
a tlocs of sleep will be very small. Ifour
farmers would make up their minds to
givi tliis i oot a trial, tin ii superior feed
ing qualities Would meet with prompt
recognition.— John Zyjp, in Practicj
farmer
The Manure Kile.
Nothing adds more to the riches of
the firmer than the manure piie, says
the Farm ami Firc*uU, tor without
manure the crops can grow but feebly,
and the fertility of the farm is not in
creased. It should be the object of
every farmer to increase, in every pos
sible manner, the bulk of Ins manure
pile, and thereby increase ttie fertility
of the form, ami consequently the dol
lars in his pockets.
Some of our beat farmers every fail
buy up a lot of stock for fattening,
enough animals, in fa< t. to eat up all
tbe grain and coarse feed they produce
on the farm, and thus market their
grain in the form of meat, from time to
time, until late spring. Usually con
siderably more is realized in this way
than selling the grain, and when merely
the sum is obtained for the fat eaUle.
only enough to pay for tire food and care,
there is still a fair profit to the fanner in
the shape of rich manure, and just on the
farm where it is needed. Manure is the
iwisi; of good farming, and he who usre
tire most of it, judiciously, is sure to
make It pay.
While but few persons seem to realize
it, manure from grain-fed animals is
worth fully twice as much as that from
animals sparingly fed on it; it is richer
in tire elements of plant growth. Nearly
• very farm has some woodland at
tached, and in that woodland annually
Em s to waste much that can and should
e utilized as fertilizing matter. We
refer to leaves, which so few farmers
make any use of. The off days and
parts of days when there is not much
else to do in the winter, can be profita
bly employed in gathering up the leave*
and hauling th< m to the harnyard,
where they can be used for bedding for
horses, cows, pig*, etc.. as well as
spread thickly in the barnyard to ab
sorb the liquid portions of the manure,
which would otherwise be wasted by
evaporation and drainage. This work
f [lves profitable employment for both
torses and men. at a time when the reg
ular farm work is at a standstill on ac
count of severely cold or inclement
weather.
If there be muck or marl on the place,
this should be dugout in the winter,
especially tbe muck, so the frost can
disintegrate it, and thus put it in better
condition for plant food. This muck is
useful wben it has been separated well by
frost as an absorbent, and is used mixed
with the manure, or is spread in the
barnyard, or it can be spread alone over
clayey soli, whicb is deficient in vege
table matter, which many of the old
Southern farms are.
WMurine Oat of Salli.
It is common to hear people in the
far West boast that they can take crop
after crop from their virgin soils for
several successive years without Im
pairing tbe general fertility thereoi
This is regarded as something marvel
ous and as something whicli could not
occur in any other part of the world. It
is, howrver, clear that this representa
tion has been overdrawn. Only in the
bottoms, such as that of the Muskin
gum. the Scioto, in Ohio, is there any
great degree of permanence in this con
linusi cropping, and this chiefly from
Die fact that fertilising agents are
brought down from the high lands
about them. In tbe flat lands the sta
bility ot the great richness is liule more
than in tbs lands of tbe older States. In
Ohio especially lands, onoe of superior
quality for oorn and wheat, have become
SJ run down that they are given over
tj sheep walks, as being the onlv sure
thing—at leant the surest return that
can be made from the land.
We can do nearly an much h<'re in the
Kant. We have known land near Phil
adelphia, which han been under culture
lor perhaps a hundred years, produce
oorn nix successive yearn in fair quan
tity. with no artificial aid but a lit
tle " shovelings," which means rich
earth scraped together here and there
and put in the lull* when the oorn is
planted.
t .The fact in land in pretty much the
same nil the world over in itn adapta
tion to certain crops. When things are
forced to grow in land not suited
to their growth they soon fail, even
when well cared for; but when they find
their natural element no great amount
of artificial aid is required to keep the
land In good condition for yearn.
Even in the older countries of Europe,
where land lias been cultivated for a
thousand years, this principle has been
found to hold good. Experiments have
been made with some of the cereals—
first selecting land known to be favor
able to some special thing, and then by
manuring annually lightly with mate
rial also known to be favorable to the
plant. Crop after crop has been taken
for twenty years, and the last has been
an good as the first.
Yet with all these facts we often read
of the question being discussed, will
Hoii wear out? We believe there is no
such thing in nature. Some of the e
eie nents will of course be much diming
ished, and will need an ocean onal re
plenishing ; but we would not suppose
our digestive organs had worn out be
cause we feel hungry, and neitl rr in
any sensible light can we suppose soil
wiii vear o\il.—(Jcrmantown Telegraph
Sloth! and Carpet Baetlea.
These insects have a great repugnance
to tallow and may be kept from woolens
and furs for an indefinite period by its
use. The wife of one of our American
ministers, who resided abroad for many
years, told us that she preserved her fine
carets left in this country entirely
from the ravages of moths by wrapping
up with them tallow candles. When
the carpet beetle has commenced his
work the carpet should be taken up,
sprinkled thoroughly with benzine and
th' floor painted over with melted
tai ow, taking care to fill up all the
crevices in the floor, as in these the
arvre secrete themselves. The carpet
lining will prevent any tallow getting
upon the carpet.
The ItulUier ami Wwlworkcr given an
account of the manner in whitm a set
of furniture that seemed to be alive with
the iarvse of the moths was made good
again. It was set into a room by itself
and the upholstery saturated through
and through witii benzine, applied by
m< ;uis of n watering pot with a tine rose
sprinkler. Three gallons at thirty cents
a gallon were required. This killed
every moth, larvae and egg. The benzine
dried out in a few hours and its entire
odor* disappeared in three or four days
Not the slightest harm happened to the
varnish, or fabric, or wood or hair
stuffing. Months pa a ed and not a sign
of a moth was Been. The carpets were
sprinkled all around the sides of the
room and with equally good effect.
When woolens or furs are infested with
moths, if they are put in a box closed
tightly, the moths will be destroyed.
Those who can procure barrels from
which alcohol has just been emptied
will find them good to store woolens in.
The atmosphere of such a barrel when
closed tightly suffocate* the pests. A
garment that is sealed up in fine brown
paper is safe from the moths, but it
must be entirely free from them before
being sealed up.
Pat CI our on l our Und.
An Ohio paper says that by cloverirg
hundreds of farms that were about
worthless have been rescued from dilap
idation J aid ruin. It is an accepted
truism that as long as "clover will
catch " the farm can soon be restored to
paying fertility, and by a good rotation
is even getting more productive and
profitable; for after somp years of such
treatment the land will bear harder
farming—that is, two or three crops may
succeed a good coat of clover before
laying down t > clover again. Rough
new land should he subdued by the use
of large clover. Nothing so effectually
rots out stumps and kills weeds and
sprouts, and prepares the land for the
plow and good paying crops. Wild,
new lands should always have it sown
on the first grain crop down. It saves
a vast amount of labor, for in a few
years it so tarnr* the ground and clears
it of enemies to the plow that it works
like old ground, and is good for fail
crops. One great error is often fallen
into, and that is following the old tra
dition that a bushel of clover seed will
do for eight a/ res. That may have been
enough to clover land partially when it
was new. but_ whoever aims at getting
up his land in a speedy and profitable
way should sow a bushel on tour acres
so that his land may be thoroughly
shaded.
Kill Yoar fVhp WhlltVoM>
There are few animals kept on the
farm which, when they are in their
prime, pay as well as sheep, and there
are very few. if any others, upon which
old age has such a damaging effect. As
sheep are much shorter lived than any
other of our domestic animals, it is not
strange that m iny farmers attempt to
keep them too long. At ten years of
age the horse is just in his prime, and
the cow is as good as ever, with the
roe pert of remaining so several years
onger. Rut ths sheep is very old when
it reaches ten. the limit of the
term of its life. After reaching this
age sheep are very likely to be injured
by the slight exposure which do
younger animals no harm. They are
more liable to be attacked by disease,
and i f they live they will be likely to pro
duce less wool and smaller lambs than
they have done previously. We do not
think it pays, except, perhaps, in special
instances, to keep sheep after the/ are
six years old.
HanSl* l'ir Br Carcftatlr.
A Western beekeeper states from ex
perience that it is an entirely mistakea
idea that bees will not sting when irri
tated. When hives are rich with honey
and the bees have all they can eat.
s war .us may he handled with impunity,
while those taken from hives contain
ing litt<e or no unscsled honey will
sting every man or beast within reach.
The most vletons bees are produced by
a cross lietween the native and the Ital
ian varieties, although this breed makes
up f>t other deficiencies by being usu
ally active collectors of honey. He
rei-omniends to all who handle bees as
a protection to the head, face and neck,
a screen made of fine wire. Buckskin
gloves as a rover ins for the hands, fast
eoedat ths wrist with an india rubber
band, will be a sure protect! n. Al
though some claim to ba able to handle
bees without any protection whatever
to face or hands, it is a dangerous and
unnecessary exposure.