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fhti r? w EWTON 4: VOL. XLI. NO. 8. NEWTON, N. C, FRIDAY, APRIL 4, 1890 PRICE: 81.00 PER YEAR. farmers!' gepartwent. FARMERS' POVERTY. A TOBACCO TRANSPLANTER. AN ILL-ADVISED EXODUS. CORN NOT FODDER. EKPRISE. POWDER Absolutely Pure. A iri.ihi o! 1 .-i t-t 11 f l'.ikinu" jiowili-r. 1 1 i h 1 i';il! in lejivinu' st fi-i'.atli. I'. S. Cnv.Tiimriit Hi'i ir(. Aug. 17. 1-sl. CI J AS. W. RICE, ATTORFEY-AT-LAW, Newton, N. L. Mi-cokkle .1 ti kxi;y a t NEWTOfNl. N. LA C. Y'-'Ni' UOl'SE. V. !:. YOU NT, Proprietor, NEWTON, N. C. 1 urn i -li v:inl. ; .1 r.M. in : rnlite nl "I tt ntive sot i:i!'ic siii-i'iicii wiili t lie best iht limrket utiorl. i LYNCH, Attorney at Law, NEWTON. N. C 3 '1 1 EES lN lUri.'OV -At FAUMS iit.,1 upwards, IN on illillS II loilL' till.'- :Ul l fill tii-iil us. ai p'.v in V t CI IDS. For par L. L. WiTIiEuSPOON, At r o 1 ; n i v- a r L. w, N. C. NEW T N. J V) To LOAM. .V I'll '. i! rvt r 1 111 1'. ii .1 r, ;tl f-.it.ite security iilliTt-.l in this vMi the under- l'j LoWK.KNCE. A. I' 1- II THORNTON, "l;t:ll:t'" iJ!l ll lit! UZ.'!i Of W'0Ol -n lin- i'-r ." j;;!a m:l-t s.-nJ good su .tli:i l.-i.T- .V- ,i th jf L'jurl II '.ii'- wtuiL, A. C Dr P F LAUGENOUR 3igg DENTIST. (.1 '': nil nii'v ll'iHini'ii Dnilut fi,!l(gf, tciti ser- I . vt-r 1 iiin -ert:iiniiii t-. iteiitistry ill the In 111 '.1111. r Mji i.li-, ;it n-.i-oi ulo prices. Ati.ir.s twth tna-le ey, treat- it and filled so l.'ut tht-v w ill n.-v- r in lie iain. txtr.n-jin i 1 1 1 without imin ly u.iiug gus. Oj'V un Mua .-.') itfji-i,sil' lb. M. O. SberriU J. B. LITTLE, RESIDENT DENTIST. NEWTON, N.G. HJr (Jjiif. in Vuu'il 4' Slirunt'n Llutlilittg. SHOE SHOP ! ! V 1 1 : .m i in;.loyeJ jjoo'I workmen ami and art running a llrat class S2n.oe Sliop In 1 1 1 v si.-euml story of our tnilding. Hoots and MjOi -of ;inv jrr-i'li: made t'j order. Shot's kept on liaii'l. Mi-i.-lin jiroin'tly dune. YOUXT $ KIT RUM. AWtLlBIOTHE PUBLIC! Tin: x i;v'iox u miMii e .ire 11 ' i are-l t.) do all k.n li of work in our line in firt cinss style. SuIk rntis ami cleanliness strictly oliserrel. Will do our utmost to make our shop a pleasant place to our customers. Careful atti-iition given to Ladies ami Child.en t residence i-r shop" Karijvst Sj. Jiour, Prop. JR&DFIELD'S Mi FEMALE. 7t i.. i KEGULATOR IJAjPLCIFIC MENSTRUATION , On MONTH LV SICKNESS IT TRMN DURING CHftNGt Of Wt GKLKT KHStft -S SUfYRNG WLl BE MDUEQ jsook TO"WOMAN'Pvra BRADFIELD REGUIAJORCD. ATLANTA EA. ttOJl BY AO. OAUMSiST. g BHOl'N'S IRON BITTERS Lures ImVi;,'i-stioii, lliliousness, Dyspepsia, Mala ria, Nervousness, ami (ieneral Ixibility. Physi cians reeoinuK-nl it. All dealers sell it. Genuine has trade mark, and crossed red Unea on wrapper. 1.211" qTbkI ess Ihf Hot-Bed. No garden is complete without a hot bed, in which to raise early tomato, cab bage, cauliflower, celery, cucumber, squash, melon, and egg-plants, together with early lettuce and radishes. It should be made in the latter part of March, or beginning of April, varying, however, a week or two or even more according to the difference in climate and latitude. The following figure of a hot-bed, on a small scale, may aid those who have had no experience in constructing one : The first thing to be provided will be a quantity of manure sufficient for the bed one four bv eight feet in size would be of very moderate dimensions ; and for such a bed, three two horse loads of horse ma nure would be requisite. Deposit this in a loose neap con venient to the selected spot, permitting it to remain a few days for fermentation be foreit will be ready foruse if composted with leaves, or spent hops all the better. Horse manure has been indicated as preferable to any other on account of its heating properties that which has not been burned out, nor that which has had too much bedding mixed with it Make the frame-work of your hot-bed with inch boards or inch and a half plank pine answers best, as it does not warp readily ; and put them together in box form, the size of your contemplated bed and placed facing the south, six or eight inches high in front, and about twice as much in the rear. This slope will carry off the rains from the sash glass ; the sash should have no cross bars, or if common satih is used, cut down the cross-bars so as to let the panes lap over like shingles ; and provide grooves on the upper side of the frame, to allow the sash to slide freely, for opening in warm weather and closing at night, or when the weather 13 cold. Coat the frame with crude petroleum, using gas tar, if convenient, for tho in side where it comes in contact with the earth, or a coat or two of paint, if pe troleum can not be had. It is time to make the bed when tho steam begins to rise from the manure heap. Some prefer to dig a pit, the size of the designed bed, where there is thorough natural drainage to tho sub soil, and fill it with the manure; while others prefer to make the natural surface the basis 011 which to build their beds placing tho manure in even layers over the whole surface, till they ' reach a height of two and a half or three feet. Keep the interior of the bed well beaten down with the manure-fork when spread in each successive layer, and tread tha outside with th feet to render it suf ficiently compact otherwise the out side will settle most, and the bed will crack open in the middle. When the whole is completed, put the frame in its place, as shown in the figure, and close the sash till the heat begins to rise, which can readily be ascertained by thrusting the finger down into the manure. Then lill In about six or eiht inches of the best, cleanest, riches'; mold that taken from an oM rich p isture is better than from the garden, inasmuch as the latter, if a long time in use, is apt to contain eggs of destructive insects which are hatched bv the heat of the bed and if this contain a small percentage of clay, and be composted with one-third of well- rotted leaf mold from the forest, it will be all the better. vv lien tins oeu becomes warm, in a day or two, which the steam condensing on the glass will indicate, the seed may be sown in rows north and south. As soon as the young plants are up care must be taken to give them plenty of air, but not to chill or freeze them. Open the sash more orless, according to the condition of the weather. Be par ticularly careful not to leave the sash closed when the morning sun comes out upon the glass, as the air within is heated with great rapidity while thus confined, and the plants are easily scalded or killed. it a very coia snap occurs, tnrow a blanket or mat over the glass. A liberal supply of water of a moderate tempera ture must be given to the plants while growing in the bed rain water is the best. The Pony. The pony is the horse of hardships, says a horseman in an exchange, and one that has sprung from some poor country where he has ever been purely the child of neglect, he and all the pre decessors of his race. In a rich country, like the horse regions of Kentucky, for instance, his pony characteristics would invariablv run out in the course of a few generations. lie is not a distinct strain, as many would seem to suppose. He doubtless sprang originally from as good a strain of horses as the world knew of at the time, and his present reduced size ana characteristic toughness nave re sulted, unquestionably, from local cir cumstances. The Speed of Fowl. A canvas-back duck flies at an habitual rate of 80 miles per hour, which is in creased in emergency to 120. The mal lard has a flight of 48 mile an hour ; the black duck, pin-tail, widgeon, and wood duck cannot do much better. The blue- wing and green-wing teal3 can do 100 miles an hour and take it easy. The red head can fly all day at 90 miles per hour, The gad wall can do 90 miles. The flight of the wild goose is 100 miles per hour. Sugar-Cured Hams. One of the most posular methods of sugar-curing hams is by dissolving one pound of coarse salt, with four ounces of sugar, m as little water as possible, Ordinary syrup may bo used instead of the sugar. This pickle is boiled and sicimmed, and, when cold, is poured over the hams, previously well rubbed with salt, and packed in a barrel. Bruised Wounds. Bruised wounds require fomentation with cloths wrung out of warm water, or warm poultices. To make a soft, emollient poultice, pour sufficient boil ing water on a mixture of equal parts of wheat-bran and flaxseed-meal, to make it thick, soft and moist, but not dripping, Prince of Wales Cake. This is a layer cake to be put together with icing, lhe white part is made as fol lows : Whites of three eggs, one cupful of sugar, two cnpfuls of flour, half a cupful of sweet milk, half a enpful of butter, . m 1 m i 1 one teaspooniui 01 cream tariar, one- half teaspoonf ul of soda. Dark part: yelks of three eggs, cupful of sugar, one-half cupful of butter, two cupfuls of flour, one-half cupful of sweet milk, a table- spoonful of cinnamon, - one nutmeg grated, a tablespoonful of molasses, teaspoonf ul of cream tartar and a half teaspoonful of soda. A practical Ohio gardener, from his own experience, has found sifted coal ashes an excellent preventive against in juries from melon and cucumber bugs. Prominent Massachusetts gardeners advise that nitrogen be used with cau tion. If used undrstandingly, it is ben eficial for grass, dandelions, and lettuce, but there are some doubts as to its bene fits to asparagus. Black knot on the plum, according to the statement of Professor S. T. Maynard, may be destroyed with a mixture of lin seed oil, tnrpentine, and kerosene. The kerosene must be used with care, for if allowed to spread over the branch it will destroy it. Frofessor William J. Green, of . the Ohio station, having tested the effect of early and late picking for apples, says : Early picking of apples improves their keeping qualities, but no difference is manifest for nearly six months after picking. If kept for a longer period than six months the early picked apples show a decided gain over those picked late. One of the drawbacks to the germina tion of seeds is that they are covered with too much earth when planted. The smaller the seed the less covering re quired. Such seeds as kale cabbage, turnip, lettuce, carrot, and parsnip need only one-eighth of an inch of earth over them. All fertilizers for vines should be spread around the base over a wide surface. As a rule the vine that makes rapid growth at the top and spreads over a large sur face makes large root growth also. If the fertilizer is spread close to the stem the small rootlets do not have an oppor tunity to appropriate it. As the roots reach out they will secure all the nutri tion that is within their reach. The Wilson blackberry is the best for market, not on account of Quality, but because of the large size of tho berry. This variety, however, is more liable to be "stung," which swells the canes and lessens the amount of lruit- JNo iein- edy is known other than the combined efforts of fruit-growers to burn all dis eased cane that may oe cut out, and fruit-growers should endeaver to co-op erate for that purpose. A way to preserve cut flowers is thus civen bv the Orange Judd Farmer : "Im merse in a solutior of gum arabic and water two or thre times, waiting a suffi cient time lietween each immersion to allow the gum to dry. This process cov ers the surface with a thin coat of gum, which is entirely impervious to the air, and thus prevents the withering of the flowers. Roses thus preserved have all the beauty of freshly plucked ones, though they have been plucked several months. It is common for those who begin growing peaches to order a large propor tion of the very early sorts, with the idea that these are most profitable. This, as peach-srrowers tind by experience, is a delusion. The very early peaches come in competition with the later small fruits They are more apt to rot on the trees just at the timo they should ripen. A few for home use are well enough, but the growing of peaches wonld be more profitable if only the later sorts wore grown for market Sprains, From slipping the heavy draught or fast driving horses are especially liable to sprain of the tendons or ligaments, causing lameness. The parts are fever ish, hot, tender, and painful. In all cases of lameness in horses the foot should be carefully examined, as nails, defective shoeing, or injury of the foot are the most common causes of lame ness. In cattle or sheep the teet may also be the most frequent seat of injury, If the heel cannot be put down level on the ground, the strain is located in the back tendons, and if not of recent injury a high-heeled shoe will relieve the strain upon the tender tendon. In acute casea hot applications should be used. Lime on Land. Lime has so little direct value as a fer tilizer that if applied alone to land which is destitute of the elements of vegetabla growth, its effect would scarcely be pre- ceptible. But on soils of moderate fer tility lime acts very beneficially. It changes the mechanical condition of both light and heavy soils and liberates latent elements of fertihtv already in the sou, Nearly all ordinary soils, even those ly ing on limestone formations, are bene fited by applications of lime at intervals of three to five years. Oak-Bark. Oak-bark is generally cut in the spring because it may be more readily removed from the wood at that season that at any other. But there is another good reason for removing it at the season named, al though not usually known even to those who gather this bark, and it is that oak- bark contains nearly or quite four times as much tannin in spring as during the early part of the winter ; consequently. is nearly four times as valuable. A New Butter Separator. The latest foreign dairy invention is a machine devised by Laval, the inventor of the centrifugal separator. It com bines in the one machine a cream sepa rator and churn. The cream, as it is separated from the milk, passes through a refrigerator into the churn itself, when it is there made into butter. It claimed for this machine that it is more simple than the butter separator already in use in this country. Destroy the Eggs. If you will go through the orchard in winter, or any time before the leaves come out, and cut off and burn all twigs which have the eggs of the tent cater pillars, you will save much trouble. The eggs are in rings encircling the twigs. This preventive measure is practicable only with low-headed trees, unless a lad der is used. A Bit of Horse Sense. When horses are kept standing idle in the stable by long-continued storms, the feed should be reduced accordingly. Full rations, with no exercise, is a fre quent cause of spinal meningitis, and Other serious ailments of horses. About Good Butter. One would think that- every dairyman would try to produce butter which the consumer would take oft his nands at a profit. Such is not the case. Western dairymen are waking up to progressive methods of butter making, 'their mar ket for choice creamery butter is broad ening year by year. Not only does the western dairyman send his fine products to the Atlantic cities, but also to the Pa cific slope. In the first ten days in Oc tober Los Angeles received five carloads of eastern butter. She has imported 227,000 pounds of butter in the last six months. California depends on Iowa and Wisconsin for her choice butter. New York Star. The report of the State Assessors to the Legislature furnishes evidence of a startling depreciation in the alne of the farms in the State. It is an established fact that in many localities the annual income from agricultural lands is insufficient o meet the interest on the mortga ges upon them. Consequently mort gages ore being foreclosed in great numbers, and farmers are being evicted by a process not lessbard in ts operation than evictions by Irish andlords. Of course, the degree of hardship varies in different localities, with the varying conditions that obtain in them. There are cases where values have been inci eased, but such are almost exclusively in the vicinity of cities, where it pays to conduct the business of "truck" farming. The ordinary farmer, whose land is de- voted to staple crops, sees his for tunes tteadily decreasing. A few instances show how steady is t e depreciation. in AioaDy county, outside of the three cities, the decreased valuation 330,000. In Chenango a purelv farming region the assessed valuation in 18S9 was $3,000,000 less than in 1887. In Genesee a depreciation of one third has occurred during the ast twelve years, and in Greene property has been marked down from 15 to 20 per cent, during the same period. These figures incul cate three lessons for legislative ob oervations : First, a policy of economy, coupled with the remis sion of the unapniopriateel taxes of ast year ; second, wise enterprise in dealing with the canals and also with country roads; third, the re duction of the local rate of interest to 5 per cent., in conformity with he obvious currents and necessities of the time3. PREPARING POULTRY MA NURE. The World. V. B. Essex Co., N. J. "I have quite a quantity of poultry mauure, three or four barrels in bulk, that has not been well protected from the weather. How can I prepare it best for use in the Spring?" The best way to treat hen manure is to mix it with about twice its own bulk of muck or good soil as fast as it is earth and on this a layer of the uia- nure, and so continue until the pile is finished, always leaving a layer of the absorbent on top. There is no objection to keeping it moist, but if laid out on the ground uncovered there will necessarily be a great de .1 of loss. What you have on hand you should proceed to mix up thorough ly with soil that will work easily in a compost Leap, keeping it covered from rain and working it over as of ten as maj le necessary to get into a condition in which it can be evenly spread ou the ground where it is used. If ii- a wet condition it will require dry soil, and a good deal of it, before it can be made to spread easily from a shovel. GREENSBORO WILL WELCOME THEM. (ireeiiHboro Patriot. The Progressive Farmer is agi tating the holding of a grand Far mers Alliance rally at this place to be held the latter part of July. It is proposed to run cheap excursions on all the railroads of the State and give the farmers and their families an opportunity to attend. Greensboro is preeminently the place for such a gatuering and her people will give the farmers and their families a hearty welcome. The Patriot suggests that the Chamber of Commerce appoint a committee to wait upon the citizens and ascertain bow many are willing to entertain the visitors and their families during the meeting and in this way make their expenses lightei. The benefits that will undoubtedly accrue to the city and the business men, are so great and apparent, that The Patriot feeld warranted in say ing that every one will extend a helping band in securing the meet ing for Greensboro. MERIT WINS. We desire to say to onr citizens, that for years we have been selling Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption, Dr. King's New Life Pills, Bucklen's Arnica Salve and Electric Bitters, and have never handled remedies that sell as w ell, or that have given such universal satis faction. We do not hesitate to guaran tee them every time, and we stand ready to refund the purchase price, if satisfac tory results do not follow their use. These remedies have won their great pop ularity purely on their merits. Sold by T. R. Abernethy & Co., druggist. Wilson Advance. Such was the Dame of a curious looking machine being driven through our streeets Monday morn- ing. An Advance reporter followed the machine out to the grounds of the tew public school building where the owner Mr. F. A. Bernis, of Madi son, Wis , proposed to give it a prac tical test. Capt. E. -M. Pace, Mr- Finch and several other tobacco see what the The machine men were present to the result would be. is pulled by two horses and one man drives. Two boys sit on the rear and feed the plants to the machine whic! i? supposed to set them regu larly and correctly and at the same time water the roots from a supply carriedalong by the niachine in a bar rel. The trial was a success in every particular, and those of our men who went out doubtiug Thomases came back enthusiastic. It is calculated that the saving in transplanting will be two-thirds in cost and insure per fect regularity in setting and they will grow off quicker than if set by haud. The owner Mr. Bemis, who is accompanied by Mr. .Samuel High hani, vice President and Gen'l Mana ger of the Fuller & Johcston Manu facturing Co., of Madison, Wis,, left Monday evening for Flcrence, S. O. TIMF TO SET POSTS. Some farmers argue that it is best to set set posts early in the fall when the ground is soid. Of couse a post carefully set at any time will remain in its place, but fall is really a much worse time than iu the spring. Dig ging the hole makes the soil loose, and if done in the fall it has no time to become compacted again. Yater filters down through the loose soil, which wiil laise the post a little every year until it throws the post out altogether. If the soil Iras time to settle it absorbs less moisture,and after the first year, if the heaving out has not already begun it will rarely begin, In the spring posts may be sharpened at the end and driven down into the soft earth, which will close firmly around them. It is necessary to put them below the freezing liDei as the wedge shape which facilitates driving down makes it morke easy for the frost to heave yos up. POULTRY REARING. It is feured by many persons who feel inclined to the pursuit of rear ing poultry that the market may be overstocked and the demand cease, or at least be so over supplied that the market value of chickens will be too small for profit. There is little fear of this. As to poultry generally, theie cannot well be too much of it for it can be produced cheaply enough to supply a demand thrice as large as the present with profit considerably less than the rates now current. With a larger supply the demands of the dealers for profit will be lessened, because the trade will be increased, hence one cent per pound profit may pay the useful pub lic servants then as well as three cents now. But the rtraing of broil ers is now a fine art, and only a few ot those who attempt it succeed Hence, while the demand is constant iy increasing, the supply does not keep pace with it, and will hardly do so for msny years. But with a smal reduction in price that demand wil trebble, and the same apparatus Demg sumcient ior twice as many chickens as are now reared, the to tal profits of the business may be in creased, although the prices may be diminished. No doubt there is plen ty of room for many many more brooders and broods. BETTER GINHOUSES. Home and Farm. It is inevitable that the South ern farmers, in considering how best to make farming pay,should coLsid er the waste and extravagances of every process in preparing the cot. ten for the market. It is with the idea 01 opening up a full and free discussion of the matter of ginning that we publish in this issue a communication from North Carolina signed "Gin Boy." We trust our readers everywhere will give this subject attention There are many ditnculties to over come, which can only be made plain by discussion. Write short articles write clearly, on one side of the pa per. Remember; we want to hear from everybody who has anything to say, but brief, be brief! Only by following this rule can everybody have a hearing. The Washington Post is a Repub- ican paper of acknowledged ability and unusual fairness. The follow ing on "An Ill-Advised Exodus" is taken from its issue of last Saturday: "Bishop Lyman, of North Caro- ina, in a recent interview resents with considerable warmth the impu tation which ha3 been put upon the people of hisjState that the exodus of the colored people from North Carolina is due to the hospitility or persecution on the part of the whites. He says that the movement West originated wholly with the railroad agents, and he cites an in stance where one agent had been the means of sending fully 30,000 ne groes out of the State, on whom he received a commission of a dollar a head. "Of course the a gents have no further interest in the matter than the commission they make, and the colored people who find them selves dumped out upon the cold charities of the world in Kansas or elsewhere have no remedy for the imposition practiced npon them, and are in most cases unable to pay their way back again. "v e cannot see that there is any remedy for this system of extortion and deception, except as the negroes come to realize it by expe- riance, and themselves call a halt to this blind sort of emigration. The State, not being unwilling to part with the colored people, especially the poorer classe?,can hardl ba expec ted to take action in the matter; but so far as can be learned, the white citizens are not encouraging the rail road scalpers in their nefarious busi ness, and as a rule the the two races get along quite peaceably together. "The change to new scenes and associations is no doubt of advantage to to the negroes who have the means of support, or opportunies presented, of which they can make profitable use, but the course pur sued by the railroads in persuading the idigent and ignorant to leave their homes under false inducements of prosperity and abundance of employment at the other end of the line, is a species of inhumanitv for which there ought to be some check." HE BIT Axd Thex He Went Oct to Hcst for His Grx. They were talking in the office of a hotel in a country town in Ohio, says the New York Sun, how sharp Far mer Carter, who lived three miles out of town was, and how every oth er farmer in the county but Lim had been bitten by some swindler or oth- er. xsv ana oy a man wno ownea a side show and traveled with a cir up cus in the summer season spoke and said: "Uentlemen is that iarmer in town to day ?"' "Yes he s over at the drug store now. -Well I'll bet you 20 to $10 that I can make a sucker cut of him in the broadest sen-e. I'll make him bite at something no other farmer would look at." Two men took the bet and started out to bring the farmer over to the hotel, lhe side-show man went np to his room and brought down hal a dozen sea beans, and he had them spread out on the table when the far mer entetca. v nen tney were in troduced he said. "Mr. Carter, I represent the Bifus- ticus Vaporizing Fibre Company o Cincinnati, of which you must have read." "Yes I believe I have." "We propose to make a cloth o: fiber, something better than silk The fiber is obtained from this vege table, the name of which is pseudo nym. It grows luxuriantly in this climate, and one of these pods will produce six busels. Iwill contract to take 1,000 bushels from youat $10 a bushel. You con easily raise that much on ten acres. We do this to advertise our cloth and get a start.'' "But how am I to get the seed!' asked tlie farmer. "I'll sell you these pods at 2 each. Ten of them will grow 60 bushels that wiil be 600. Perhaps you'd better be satisfied with that the first year." "You'll contract, will you?" "Certainly, and you must also agree notto sell your crop to any one else." T11 do it. I've got $20 here, and that will pay for the ten pods, which I presume ought to be planted next month." The side-show man had hooked bis sucker and won his bet,but when Carter found out that he had been made a fool of he went after a gun, and the owner of the bif uscous idea had to hide in the woods for two whole days. :! don't want corn fodder green, dry nor ensilage," says Professor Chamberlain. "The real corn crop is best and cheapest. One cannot afford to grow an inferior corn crop or cattle food when a better crop can be grown at the same expense. It costs no more to cate for an acre of field corn than to properly duce the same area of fodder To be sure sow two bushels of pro corn, seed crop But broadcast, and get a watery that isn't worth harvesting. corn should never be broadcased. Not over 16 quarts of seed used, and the planting should be done in order far enough apart to admit the sun and cultivation. When the grain is r&ady to pick, simply pluc ' the ears and throw them in rows upon the bare ground- They will take no harm whatever if simply moved once in a week or two. J. be crop can be gathered and placed in the silo a readily as if it had never'borne ears, and is just as good or better, being matured, besides providing the pro fit consisting of grain. Ears treated in this way of the past fall Lave been cured in good notwithstanding the severity of the rainy season, during which they were left upon the ground for weeks." A MODERN FABLE- One day Reynard approached a peasant who was working in his field and said : "For some reason or other there appears to be a want of confidence between the peasants and the xes." "Yes," replied the peasant, as he rested for a moment. This makes it unpleasant for both of us, and I have been dele gated to see if we could not come to some mutual understanding." "I am willing.T " Very well," continued the fox, as he looked at the sky to hide a twin kle in his eye. "To prove your full confidence in me leave the door of your lien nouse open to-nignr 1 j 1 lhat will be a prool that vou no ecrard us as theives and marauders." The peasant agreed to this, but while he left the door open he set a trap just inside, and when he arose next niorninsr lo ! the delegate was fast in the jaws. "Is this keeping your agreement with me i blustered Keynard as the peasant approachd. "Was not the door open ?" "Yes, but you set a trap inside Release me at once,and in the future my dealings shall be with more hon est men !" "Gently, Sir Reynard," said the peasant as he tapped him on the head with a club ; "had you kept to the outside you would never have known of mv trap. The fact that you went inside proves mat you wanted my poultry at the expense of my confidence." Moral : Give a thief opportunity to reform, but carry your wallet in your boot-leg when in his company ADVICE TO FARMERS. Wilmington Star. i t t.,u j tr. t i uuuc tf t-1 1 J XtUSlk l-l 1 - u . X Dodge run the Agricultural Depart ment between them. Uncle Jerry attends to distributing seels and signing reports and Mr. Do?ge does the figuring and speculating on the future outlook. His statistics are somewhat interesting to people who are fond of that kind of romantic reading. But lately he evinces ; disposition to soar beyond the do mam of figures, sets minsely up as au adviser to the agriculturists c the country, and informs them that there isn't the slightest occasion f c r the people of this country sending abroad to buy silk, or sugar, or jute, or anything of that kind, but that all these things, and everything else that grows out of the ground that will grow in our climate ought to be raised bv our own farmers. The farmers will doubtless be much obliged to farmer Dode for this happy suggestion, as they doubtless never thought of it, never would if he hadn't kindly had and said something about it- We expect now to see the silk, sugar, jute, etc.. business take on a tresli boom, and foreign importations of these things stopped iorthwitu. it 13 a good thing to have a thoughtful, big-eyed and big-ideaed man like Mr. Dodge stowed away somewhere where the farmers can set the benefit of his suggestions and advice. Dysjiepsia's victims are numbered by thousands. So are thos who have bet-n restored to health by Hood s arsapa rilla. IIIXTS FOR THE HOSPITABLE. Having invited our guests, and bein really gl:;d to 6ee them, let us not make such a d isplay of our " best china, " naperj and elaborate menus that we shall bo obliged either to do a large amount of extra work ourselves, thus defrauding ourselves of our guests' society, or to bring in an additional servant for the occasion, who will be sure to break and epoil more that she costs otherwise. None of these things add to household 6erenity, and no right-minded guest can be made comfortable and happy when he sees that his hosts are suffering an noyance. Let us not make our friends so very "much at home" as to compel them to be witnesses of any family disagreements if such there unfortunately are or to conform their likings to our own. If for ourseives we require only coffee and rolls for breakfast, we need not take it for granted that our guest would not lika other things if they were provided in such abundance that he would not fancy them destined for himself alone. If we prefer to sleep in un warmed rooms, we should not compel him to do so. It is an easy matter for him to cool a warm room, if he does not fancy it ; but he cannot command a cold one to be warmed for his benefit. Guests should never be left to take care of or to amuse the children of their host They may be very fond of children in the abstract, and of some children in particu lar, but the society of children should be sought by, not inflicted upon, our guests. bile we would not agree with the Spaniard, who declares that his house and all that is in it belongs to his guests. we should certainly remember that while a guest is with us his room is sacred to him. If he chooses to spend his entire time therein, we may have our own ideas about his politeness, and may have our mental reservations about inviting the unsociable fellow to come again, but we have no right to intrude upon him un- isked. He has also a perfect riht to tall upon persons whom we do not know, or to receive visits from such persons ; though, of course, no guest of good breeding, or of delicacy of feeling, would wish to receive calls while in the house of another from any person with whom his host did not wish to maintain social relations. Be merciful. Of course a guest of right feeling will wish in all things to conform to the usages of his host as far as possible, while the courteous host should seek to make them as little burden some as circumstances will permit. But there are people who seem to have made a set of cast-iron rules about their house hold matters, to which not only their own family must conform, but also the stranger that is within their gates. We know a family w hose head a man of great wealth, and maintaining a small regiment of servants had the whim of insisting that every member of Lis family should appear at the breakfast-table at precisely 6 a. m., both winter and summer. One winter he had invited a brother-in-law to make his home with him in New York city while undergoing medical treatment for rheumatism. The poor invalid was not exempted from the aws which governed his host's family, though pain often kept him awake until those early morning hours when, as every person accustomed to observing illness knows, gentle sleep seems just ready to descend and close the weary eyes. At a quarter before the early breakfast hour the poor fellow's crutches were beginning to falter down the long flights from the third story, so that, though often nearly fainting, he never offended his host by arriving later than the moment required. This w-as endured for one fortnight when the invalid made the excuse of needing water-cure treatment, that he might be able to leave his host s house without giving offense. It is never necessary, and seldom de sirable, to devote one's entire time to the entertainment of guests. There are homes, charming in all other respects, where a guest .is hardly allowed to take proper rest, so anxious are his kind en tertainers that he shall see everything. While the different members of the family are taking turns in escorting their vis itor, they forget that the physical endur ance of one is not equal to that of four or fiv . Let us by no means fall into the con trary extreme, and neglect our guests. Let us give him every pleasure that we can afford to do without overtasking Li strength, but in so doing let us always consult his tastes, which may differ from our own. One man thinks it the greatest of privileges to be allowed to sit before a library fire with a book, while another thinks it "slow" if he does not attend all the places of amusement within reach, or make the acquaintance of all the neigh bors. Let us never forget that the true host mvites his guests for their pleasure and advantage more than for his own. Har per's Bazar. Imitation Terrapin. It is possible to cook little squirrels so deliciously like terrapin that it takes an epicure to tell the difference. This is the recipe of ilrs. Ward, of Washington : Skin, draw and dress the squirrels and cut off the legs at the shoulder and hip joints, saving the rest of the body for soup, fricassee or a pie. Only the legs are to be used for the imitation terrapin. It is a somewhat remarkable fact that the leg bones of squirrels are shaped like those of terrapin. Put the joints over the fire in a little water and stew very slowly until tender. Take out the meat and keep hot while you strain the broth, of which there must be a pint for one pair of squirrels. Put the sauce-pan over the fire with a heaping tablespoon ful of the best butter and a scant table spoonful of flour ; stir until it bubbles, gradually adding the broth until a smooth sauce is formed. Season with 6alt and red pepper, add the squirrel meat, heat to boiling ; draw to one side and quickly stir in the beaten yolks of four eggs. Ox-blood red trimmed with black velvet is very handsome for misses nice dresses, and a reddish brown is well Adapted to their use. Chocolate Cake One cupful of but ter, two cupfuls of sugar, three and one half cupfals of flour, three teaspoon fuls of baking powder, one scant cupful of sweet milk and five eggs, leaving out the whites of two ; bake in a dripping pan, and when nearly cool pour on the frost ing made of the whites of the two eggs, one and one-half cupful of sugar, two teaspoonf uls of vanilla and six table epoonfuls of grated chocolate beaten to gether. i