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FOB. THE FARM AND HOME. Profécting Bucks. where grain or hay breast in proportion to its size as‘thT Dorking 'and- Houdan. This is deep, -but--moré -rounding-and less ‘To prevent fiat-frons from scorch- ing, wipe them. on a cloth wet with | Jeroseng.. --- -- -- -- ' ¥Yenring 'for the End. ,Breathe soft snd low, O whispering wind, Above the tungled grilliuiduep, nae-durgely grown have barn room ~ gnough to properly store all their pro- | duce. Stacking is necessary, and with even the best-madé stacks some loss is inevitable. | Fof grain-stacks a cover- 4—lng—6 - easily taken, off, 4s the cheapesf prp- tection. But oifleloth cracks in cold weather, and stacks of nay aro Best | protected by a covermg of boards ex- tending clapboard fashion from the top -fown-to the buige on the - sides. \Tle - board are fastened by wires. Seven -oreight feet in. width of board: will protect a stack 'nearly as well as a barn. The boardg, with care in handl- ing, may' be' used for a number 'of years. west ~ » Sheep Feeding on their lineu- When sheep are found feeding upon knees it is Hot to \amuse themselves, but because their feet are sore. If phey are examined, the hoof will ba found'turned under the sole and filled with grivel or sand or filth, and very foul to the sight and scent.. The sole is then very tender, and perhaps raw or ulcerated. -The feet should be pared at once and all the superflous horn removed and the sole cleansed. If the foot is raw it should be dressed with chloride\ of-zine ointment, (two ounces lard, one ounce of \Venice tur- pentine, melted together; add one-Balf ounce of spirits of turpentine and one-half ounce of chloride of zinc, in fine powder.) Afterward a good.coat- ing of fine tar should be given and the sore feet tied up with rags. The sheep should be kept in a dry, clean yard or stable until the feet are healed. Close attention should be given to sheep at this season of the year, when this trouble is prevalent.-New York Times. Hints About Horses. The following suggestions as-to \driving and care are credited to an} \exchange\ by The, Greeley Tribune: «Bad driving will often fatally jnjure } a horse in a féw miles; while skillful | driving would-make the journey in less tima and leave the horse as fresh as when he started. Drive slow when the animal is full of' food and water; but after the muscles are limbered and the system emptied} increase the speed. Then check up and let the horse cool off before stopping, and there will be | less danger of taking cold and of stiff muscles, and less necessity for rubbing down. and make good time on level ground and on moderate descents. Never keep the same gait and speed for a long time; for a change of gait is equivalent to a rest. \Never ride a horse without first mlking his acquaintance and securing his good will. Go to his head, speak kindly, pat him, look in hiis eyes. Whether you are friend ur foe, he will judge by your voice, your eye and your breath. Horses judge a man as quickly as a man does a horse. Feed and water abundantly at night after work and the animal bas had time to rest and cool off. Feed moderately in the morning or before work. Par- thains and Arabs prepare their horses for hard drives by fasting rather than feasting. More horses ara injured by hard driving on a full stomach than Drive slow up hill and down; ing. Some other breeds. of fowls are |~welt-shapat and moderatelyAull-in -the breast, Among these, I bave found the Dominiqua superior. Most of the hastem—iowlsfarw deficient in a-good- breast, the \Langshan which is_ If the bedstead creaks at each move- ment of the sleeper, remove the slats ; and wrap the ends of each in old- newspaper. This will prove a com- plete sttoncer. -~ - - => Where-tl ho-loved Jong og Forgot the world and fell rsieep. No towering whaft, or sculptured urn, ..... Or muscleam's empty pridog * Tells to the earions passer-by Llfhoir» virtues or the time they died. the-old-6 Sat! \to be pretty fair in this point. The others, except the Brahma row and then, run too much to rump, where they are extra large. As the meat hore is not equal to that on the breast, and rather coarse, theydo not excel as table fowls. But the chickens grow large rapidly, and as people generally are not particular as to the quglity of poultry, they soll well\ and are popu- lar with the public, their extra size ) being their chief merit. gosorving Hams. The writer used for . many years, successfully, the following recipe for curing, smoking and preserving hams: To a barrel of hamg of from twenty- five to thirty, after rubbing them over with fine salt, pack them, the meat side up, and let them lie three days. Then make-a strong brine sufficient to cover th@m, strong enough to float a before pouring on the hams, add one gallon of fne-cane molasses or eight pounds of cane sugar, one-half pound of saltpeter; dissolved thoroughly be- ore inixing. Pour over the hams un- til covered, carefully weighted down. Let them romain in this in a coot place, but not cold enough to. freeze, for six weeks. At.the.end of-this time take out the pickle and let then drain, but while they are damp rub on the flesh side, and uppor end, black or red pepper copiously. 'The pepper should be as fine as dust. 'Then hang up and smoke. And -for this prepare pure smoke; itis just as important as to have everything else pure: The best is made of green hickory or sugar tree wood. And there should be nothing impure or foul in smell about the smoke house. The meat, especially the fat part of it, as rapidly imbibes the impurity and ill-Gavor as it does the smoke. Milk houses and smoke houses must be absolutely pure. No foul soap grease, or decaying vegeta- bles: or rotten wood should be about it. It is a good plan to thoroughly whitewash the smoke house before hanging up the meat. When well smoked cover with thick muslin, which aby handy man or woman can do, and then whitewash with a thick lime wash and hang away in a cool (not dump) airy room. If it be dark so much the better. The State Agricultural Society of Maryland offered a magbificent reward of four premiums forthé best cured hares. The first premium was award ed to T. E. Hamilton, who cured ac- cording to the following recipe: \'To every 100 pounds of meat, eight pounds of best pork salt, two oundes of saltpater, two pounds brown sugar, one and a quarter ounces of potash, and four gallons of water; mix them and pour over the hams after they have Inin in the tub two days, which had been rubbed with fine salt when put in. Let them remain in this pickle for six weeks, then let them dry sev- eral days before smoking. Six gallons of soft or rain water, nine pounds of rock sult, three ounces of saltpater, ona mmrf. of molasses +nowly laid egg-or-potato.--To-this;- 1K. you urd Lruumeu 0 get HULL WdLUh for washing, {ll atub or barrel half full of ashes, and fll up:.with water so that you may have lye when you need it. A gallon of strong lye put into a | large kettle of hard watér will make: 1t \as Boft as rain water. © For toilet pitcher of water, -will -make the water | soft, and is good for the complexion or teoth. $0. Iecipos , Fried Herring.—Clean well, cut off the head and take out the back. bone; cut into good sized pieces, dip into a beaten egg and roll in<cracker crumbs and fry in hot lard. \_ ; __\ ' Egg Rolls. -Two cups of: sweet milk, flour, one teaspoonful of baking pow- der; bake in gem pans. >' L_ _Egg-Plant Fried. -Slice in half inch cuts, lay in salt and water for an hour or more. Wipe each piece, dip in egg- and bread crumbs, or simply in flour,; season well with -pepper and.salt, fry in hot lard or drippings until nicely browned. Beef Cakes.-Chop some beef that ls rare, with a little fat bacon OF ham,‘ onion, mix well and form into small cakes. Fry thorh a light brown and serve with a good gravy made of soup stock, thickened with brown flour, Salt Fish Souffe-Eight medium sized potatoes boiled and mashed, then mixed with a pint of finely-chopped cooked salt fish, Three-quarters of a cup of hot milk, two tablespoonfuls of butter and pepper to taste. Now add two eggs well beaten, pour all in a baking dish and set in oven. An ad- dition of two eggs, whites and yolks | beaten separately, then spread over the fish again and allowed to brown, when it is ready to serve. PEARLS OF THOUGHT. The wealthiest miser is the poorest of all men. Be just to your enemies, generous: to your friends, and independent of both. If there be more pleasure in abund- | ance, there is more security in a mean estate. Nothing-more clearly indicates the true gentleman than a desire evinced to ublige or accommodate. '~ The sun shines for everybody, the flowers smell sweet for all noses; and the nightingale warbles for all ears. Pity and virtue are not only delight. ful for the present, but they leave peace and contentment behind them. It is an unfortunate fact that many of us put off our manners as we put off our boots-on the threshold of home. ~ If the whole world were put into | one wale, and my mother into the other, 'the whole world wonld kick | the beam. The knowledge drawh from experi- ence is of quite another kind from t purposes a teaspoonful of borux to aT season with pepper, salt, and a lime\; tanner bad evidently a glimmering of Feount O'ergrown with mose and lichen gray, Whore tangled brier and creeping vino Across the crumbling tablets stray.\ The emnmer.sky is sollly blue; The birds stisl-sing.the swoot, old straing But something from the summer time Is gone, that will notcome-again. «4 therold;-frmitiar-namos, ~> So many voices have been hushed... < So miny songs haver ceasod for nyo; ~- Bo many hands-I used to touch Are folded over hearts of clay. * The nowy world recedes from mo: I cease to hear its prise or blame; The mossy marbles echo back No hollow sound of empty fame. I only know that ealin and still 'They sleep beyond life's woe and wnll Beyond the fleet of sailing clouds, © Beyond the shadaw of the vale.~ \~. only feel.that, tired and worn, two eggs,\ one-fourth maspoonful‘T—nmrupmrths bighway bare, salt, three and one-half cups of sifted | ° And gaze with yorrning:eyes beyoud On fields that shine supremely dnir. - Philadelphia Record. ---_----ome----- IIUMOROTUS. - The proper dessert for an under- taker is berry pie. A man lsn’lfineceséarily related to a hen because he lays bricks. An astonishing sign at a tobacco- nist's in Paris: \No Smoking.\ The school ma'am who married a the fitness of things. Notwithstandiog the depression in business circles, the business of the thief seems to be picking ut Wifat is the worst thing about rich» 687\ asked the Sunday school superin- tendent. And the new boy said, \Not having any.\ . \The way to sleep,\ says a scientist, \is to think of nothing.\ But this is a mistake. The way to sleep is to think it is time to get up. A contest between two dentists as to which of the two could take out most teeth in a given time resulted, as was expected, in a draw. After all, it is the condition of trade that regulates the fashions. Nearly all kind; of garments are worn longer in dull times than in prosperous times. } A young man who was jilted by his girl, anit subsequently married her, says sho treated him like a bottle of patent medicine. He was \shaken\ before taken. © A writer has discovered that per- sons in captivity live a very short time. 'This may be a rule, but we know of some married men who have, | attained a remarkable age. Naturalists say that the feet of the common working honey bee \exhibit |- | the combination of a bushel; a brush and a pair of pincers.\ This may be true, but we never knew before that a basket, a brush and a pair of pincers were so warm to the touch. Relic-Hanters at Washington, Ob, those relic-chunters | They seized on everything that they could pull apart. At General Grant's first inauguration; the President had senceoly-ratized fromthe grand stand \J 6 t T ornar and greatly Improves the genernl/health of those -who takedt. _| The catarth is yielding, as is the proper method by which to cure catarrh. is' to purify the blood, | Its many disagreeable symptoms, and the danger of dqveloping into bronchitls or that terribly fatal disease, consumption, are entirely re- moved by Hod's which cures catarzh by purify lng the blood and also tones up the system part by eatarzh ond Bmore. Hood's Sarsiparilin proved just the thing needed. I derived an im- mense amount of beneflL\—H. E, Miprett, Boston. \I suffered thrce years with catarth, and my gen- eral health was poor in donsequene \Hood's Barsaparilia I found I had th ¢leansing my blood, and the general.tone of my sys- tem tslmproving. \My caso is of such long standing that I did not expeot to bo cured in an.instont.\- Fraxxk Wasunuan, Rochester, N. ¥. \T suffered with catarch Ofteen years; tried altho catarrh remedies without benefit, ahd. was about to try a change of climate, when I took. Hood's Sarea 'parilla. »I would not takaany money consideration: for the good.one bottle did me. Now I am- not troubled-any with “waif—L W. Lizzas, Chicago, til Sold by all druggists. $1; stx for $5. Madé only by C. 1 HOOD & CO., Apothecafies, Lowell, Mass. 100 Doses One Dolfar ~ \Piso s Cure for Consumption and my lite T. L. Waiters, Druggist, Kintnor, Mich. PISO S CURE‘ FOR Bananas WHERE Alglise!‘ F935. in (line. Sofii by-. angina. *C ONS UMIPTION: \Will buy no other Gough Medicine as long as we can getPiso's Gure.\-C. B. Lantseza, Kizkwood, IIL. PESOS CURE.FO. -e “if“? Rates prod. Use !'Pisc's Cure cured mo of Oomnmpklon \—Wll E. Ropxnzson, Brandywine, Md. “Hist EMU. Tie l tn time. Bar-i by dmleam ,. *'Rigo's Cure for Consumption Is the bent medicine weever used,\-O. L Bore», Kane. .. a eggs WHERE ALL 51’s; FAILS, Um un‘i’o. YEW: by drugglsts. CONSUMPT.ION,.' *'Plao's Ouro for Consumption is dotug wonders for ano.\-H.H Newark, N. Y. PRG CORES UH! E ALL ELSE FAILS. Beat Cough Pd mm“ E nume. Used by the butmmrlnmren and in the world, Pullman Palnce (7er0 Mason & Hamlin Organ & Plaho Co., a: *TV the Rew 144mm “mat“:mm It Page's 61“ 1600 Pounds lPRlAfiE TO A SQUARE INCH. glas ncn, i MECHANICS | 7wo corp MEDALS (Ca Fon ust M ge Hoole TV\ Hae: FRAZER AXLE GREASE. ml tn Wotm. Ind on lhpmhhflu- ras t “3m Soldec is the by any other -process. Naver tet x horse eat or drink much when he is bot from work. Study your horse, treat him according to his nature, make him your friend, and he will do better and safer service. Fouls for the Table, In discussing the comparative ex- cellence of the different breeds of fowls a correspondent of the Live-Stock Journal writes: Of all table fowls the well-bred Dorking still stands pre eminent 'Ehe-reasons for this are: First, It is a large-sized bird, and its meat is tender, savory and juicy; at the same time sufficiently Orm in texture. Second, the breast is very broad, deep, and projecting. This is the most valuable part of the fowl, and in the Dorking enables one to cut extra wide slices from It The shoulders also are quite full, which is another good point in Its favor. Third, the body is a long parallelogram, thus making it in comparison to other fowls like that of the shorthorn to cattle The Houdan is the nesrest approach to the Dorking of all other breeds, both in size, good shape, and qualities of meat, As it carries a fifth tos and a topknot, it is generally thought to be a cross of the Dorking on the Poland ; yet I bave seen it stated in a Freuch publication that they have been known Mmeefor upward of $00 years. - The game fowl is first quality, but its meat te of differ- eat favor from the top above, resem= bling that “wiphwmhanfl for this reason maby préfetit Thesize varies from large mediqia to small, and it doses B5t carry so mach mest ca the ' three pounds (at/gown sugar, one and a half ounces ofépearlash, The salt- peter and pearlash to be dissolved be- fore putting into the pickle. Boil and akim. Rub the hams thoroughly with fne salt before putting them into the tub to get all the blood out f 'them. It would be well to recollect that nearly all, commercial saltpeter is bad- ly adulterated, and is not more than half saltpeter. But the adulteration is generally so badly done any one can tell it If not puro. more must be used. Phate is also recipe which is said to be the English mode of curing bams. They, as soon as the theat is cut. up, rub it thoroughly with fine salt. Re- pest this the fourth day, adding to thes salt saltpster at the rate of one pound to seventy pounds of meat.. Then mix one pound of brown sugar and one of molasses, and rub them every day for two weeks. This is a process of dry curing. Then smoke with hickory chips. f Bome persons instead of canvasing, to k8ep hams from mold, bugs, or files. hang them in a cool, dry pisces, and rub them every two or three weeks thoroughly with cider brandy, high- wines or alcohol. It is however, sug- gested that if the operators in such cases are not prohibiticnists, they should be muzzled before going to the smokehousa. State Register, Msusehoid Km“, It is stated that a haodful of bay in a pail of water in a newly painted room will entirely neutralize the odor of the new paint that which flows from speculation ot discourse. The real price of everything, what everything really costs to the man who wants to acquire it, is the toil and trouble of nequiring it. \ You may depend upon it that he is a good' man whose intimate friends are all good, and whose enemies are characters decidedly bad. I would have no man discouraged with that kind 'of life or series of actions in which the choice of others or bis own necessities my bave en- gaged him. Partiality in & parent is commonly unlucky, for fondlings are in danger to be made fools, and the children that are the least cockered make the best and wisest men. F Chxvalry Is not confined to the rela- tiou of the sexes. It is a sentiment which should rightly inspire all who are highly, favored in any respect towards those who are less fortunate. A Proposal. ~ I Attorney-\Miss Somenga, you ars the plaintiff in this suit for breach of pgomlsa. I bellave ?\\ q \Yes sit.\ \And Mr. Squint, here is the de- i fendant ?\ «Yes, sir.\ = | \Well Miss Someage, you may tell the court how and when he promised , to make you his wife.\ \It was on the Sd-of September fast, | sir. I went foto his photograph gal-. lery and asked him if he would e me, and he said he would.”—07§$o News. ; Nicholas, ~ chant Fraveler. - when a crowd of citizens clambered up the sides from the ground below, and, within a minute, the chair which the Chief Magistrate bad occupied was split into a score of fragments,- one man capturing a leg of it, another an arm, another &. part of a rung, and all marching away with them as tro- phies of the event! After the funer- al ceremonies over Senator Sumner, the rellc-bunters sought to obtain pleces of the mourning emblems around his vacant chair. 'The crape was cut into bits by a score of knives. Indeed, the jack-knives even attacked the mabogany-of \the desk itself, and a policeman had to be stationed at the chairI The relic-hunters go to Mount Ver- - nom to visit the tomb of Washington, and break the mortar and rocks from the wallsof the old vault, cut twigs from the shubbery'and trees, and car- ry away any little thing that will | serve as a memento of the place What the Matter Was, \Sa Clara Felton is married ?\ said one Clifton belle to another. \Yes married last week in New York.\ \Who was the man ?\ \Mr. Clarence MeSpouter.\ Best, Easléat 10Use, and Chen 0 A A uo up Also good 'for Cold fn the Head, o, Hay Fever, dc. 60 cent. mnsummnn. use the mm ofciser e u- .au lmfé a ain tree I!!! disease armies her rece. __,_____..£‘5_.—_——- M nut-mangane- ”umfiffis’ RAYMOND. Dnlmonl. Mum Bes \What that fellow we met at Bat Harbor ?\ > -s \The sameone\ \Gracious how did she come to- marry that green thing ?\ \Ob was the reply, in a comthiscer- sting tome, \poor Clara was always a little color blind, you -know.-Her- -* *. T had been troubled by general debility, caused in \Catarrh Cured by Hood's Sarsaparilla ~ . | Tava baum troubtert with that distressing complat Hood's Sar PISO'S_ CU REF OR dle . That Lortlard's 1 fin).- member when, I Had the catarth in my bend, y sisted 'of an excessive flow\ from ray mogo, thogingr ahd bursting notses in. my cars, arid patus on this top-. of my head. The hawking and' spliting were amost tongue would be thick with a white fur, and. thore would be a bad taste dn my mouth. . My hear affectéd In my left ear Five years ago I began to , Tse Hood's Soria but I continued to use till Lfolt myself\ caredg. aly general health has been good ever since thb catarth loft me.\ Mini E4B. Loyrell. Marx-in Shields, & successful marketmii of Chicage, derived help from Hood's Sarsaparliia-He sayse-*I eatarth, and I want to say that I have been using Hood's Sarsaparilla, and I find It one of the best rom- years, and never before could I got any rellef, nover, would recommend Its use to all suffering. with thas complaint, Itis truly an excellent medians \ \I took Hood's Sarsaparliis for dyspepsia, which I Tt bas entirely cured me, and I recommend it ta ox, Chicopee, Mass. saparilla - Boldlyynll draw tl, six for $5. Made only by C. L HOOD d: cm, Apothocarles, mwanlnhgg. 100 Doses One Dollar IOny Temperance Bitters Known: had for nine or ton years, suffering terribly with it. ~ others who suffer with this dumb \-Mus. A. Now > excessive In the morning, whon the back part b ay __ edes Lhavo.over taken.. My trouble has lasted ten until I.commenced to use Hood's Sarsaparilla, I. .. v o blood of deep-zented diseases.. >...... Illa-nu banrtcnhnony to its wonder. - ¥ul curative ll I l Vegetable Prefab!!! Tom r: {char and roots of Califor- nh, um madlclnnl properties of which are ax» tracted there without.the use of Alcohol. lfl' rgmovc: gunfire of disaass, and the lent recovers his pal: u the are“ Blood Purifier and Life. Gentle Purgative and Tons ; Rénovator and Invigorator of the sys- er before in the history of the world hnsum cine been compound the remarkabio qualitfes of Vikzoin Brovens in ing the sick of every disease man is helr to. he Alterative, Apsrient, Dis bamfic. tive, Nutritious, | Laxative, Counter-Irritant, Sudorific, Anti- mucus, 801me zens exceed those of any other medicine 1 the world. No person can take the Brrtens Beco! to directions and remain long unwell, provid their bones are not destro by mineral lam or other means, and the vital orgahs w ~} youd the point of repair. BHllious, Momittent, Intermittent and Malarial Fevers, aro pmal’ent throughout the United States, Frucnlnrly in the vaileys of our at rivers and their vast tributaries during the 'dmmer and Autumn. especially di of unusual heat and dryness. . These Fevers aro invariably accompanied by extensive de ments of the sto , liver and bowels. Is their treatment, a. purgnxlve, ex- owerful Influence upon these organs, is absolute y necessary 'There is no cub-rile for the purpose efiuwnr J. Wancen's Varroan Broreas, as 1b speedily remove the dark-colored visold mmr with which the bowels at the same time stimulating the secretions of the liver, m5; crallyxumrlng the heal thymncdmof vo organs Fort th be $5!!!“ diseaso purl fying all unurdu wl mecoan Bm’zz’s, apldggflo can take hold of thus nono- lnvlgorntu the momachudsflmu- d Liver and Bowels, which render uring seasons \ r: unequn led mummm cleansing um blog: of all impurities, Im g now life the frame, ond ca g off without the ald of Calomel, or other mineral medicine; every pare mil; of pol-arms mnlttud’n-omuo mm spopala or. Indiges Pain y aug oulsgrs. Coughs, Tingling: ME Ch Moisttvh. Bilious Attacks. Pulpit.- n of filament: Inflammation of the Lu my) Affect Old Sor Eruptions of the Skin, Bore stare “1mm“ Infill Other constitutional Brrozns bas ght Mechanical ts and Gold heaters. Bowels. & Wapken's Yuma“ 'For Skin nllelltlh | gait Rheum, Blatches, Spo Carbuncles, Rh this Bi Cleanse the Vitlated Blood hum ou, and in impurities tho aida flhflndlto (numvm Cleanse it when It is £13204”: Diuretic and Tonle properties of Brm- .
