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FISHERMHN and FARMER. ELIZABETH CITY, N. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1900. ONE DOLLAR per Year, in Advance.) The Official Paper of PASQUOTANK and CAHDEN Counties. ESTABLISHED 1886. FARM AND GARDEN. Wlmt Ihe Profitable Cow Muni Do. is claimed that in the sale of milk under present conditions, bnt little r . : . . 1 , , 1 , 1 f triMi o .aiit 4-1, n- J . .. .. tfVU i I IS 111 LIT CU liVUJ l l.Ull IJJlIL UUTB p0l produce at least r000 pounds of milk during the course of the year; all( in butter making the cow, to turn In h decent profit, sliould give sufficient iTjilk i" make -mi pounds of butter an nually, and the eorreetness of this n;lS been tested time and again. There j no better argument needed to teach farmers 1 1 1 necessity of testing their ouiniiils and thus learn their value. Plant So a to Save Fertility. fi speaking at a New Jersey Insti tute a gentleman 'id that if a farmer cultivated corn many times during the reason to liberate plant food, and hind lie bare through the fall winter, the plant food made avail by tillage would leach down and away. Land left bare in summer loses iis humus, or decayed A'eg- f ctnblc matter: it is burned out. Now, in ,i nutshell, this is the idea: Grow ji heavy clover sod regularly once in three or lour years. Plow under the clever or feed it out on cement floors, .,, as to save all manure, and return this in lie- land. Then follow with plenty of proper tillage to liberate plant fond thai with ordinary manage ment you would never get. In this wav you can increase the fertility of the soil grcatlj'. The Value of Clover Sort. What is clover sod worth? The an swer to this question depends almost i holly on the location of the land and it-- nearness to a good market. If tii' land be nearly barren so that nothing '-an be grown upon it. a clover bo Mine secured will be the begin ning inward making it a paying piece -I property. In such circumstances i clover sod is worth much more than ii land where it can be easily secured. It is worth more and is usually harder to get on soils that are deficient in rcgetable matter, whether they be Ha ud or clay. Hut of the two, a clay roil i much more hopeful of perma icitt improvement, for all clay soils ontain some mineral fertilizer and be made rich when a few clover 'ops arc grown upon them without manure. On sandy soil the mineral fertility is lacking, and has to be sup plied in commercial fertilizers which ire always expensive. Hence the ques tion whether waste land can be prof tahly broughl under cultivation de pends in pari on its composition. If ii is mainly clay soil it probably can. ff it is sandy soil without vegetation t ill probably require too expensive Fertilization to be profitable in most localities. American Cultivator. No iWoro Ks;i; Wasted Storage houses have learned econom fs in the handling of eggs. The large storage concerns propose to have as it lie loss as possible, and utilize all Hie eggs in the case, whether fresh, racked, or dirty even rotten are util ised. This is how they do it: A I of the small, dirty ami cracked ggs that are fresh and of good qual h .ue canned. They are put up tlx same as canned meats. The yolks and tvliittite of the eggs go into separate ?ans. and this product is a great con renience in hot climates. When a haker has use for the whites of eggs he can buy just what he needs put til' in these cans, which saves him tie1 ss resulting from buying eggs as they tre ordinarily sold. The quality of .his canned product is tine. Then the rotten and cloudy eggs are put up in cans and sold to tanners and ied in putting the gloss on fine leatb rr. The 'Tots" serve the purpose of the tanners and can be bought cheaper. Tii. shells are used in making fertil izers, etc.. so that the loss is indeed small. When it is remembered that the small things count up fast in mak ing losses or profits, the value of the economy here practiced becomes ap parent. Elgin Dairy Report! Mulling riant lluneful to Insects. A (act which may have immense possibilities in scientific agriculture has len advanced by Professor Gal loway, who finds thai plants may be bo cultivated as to change their chem ical constitution, rendering them eith er agreeable or baneful to insect pests, yet without injury to the plants them selves, a tobacco grower has demon strated that this idea is perfectly prac tical. He analyzes his plants and finds which are nutritious and which are t'"t so to the insects, and he cultivates those that will starve out the insects. 1'rofessor Galloway suggests the ex tension of similar methods to starve out those (, tlier posts now so destruc tive; the Hessian fly in wheat, the pea plant insect, which for lack of a bet ter name has been called the green lea louse. and which has almost ruined foe crop in Maryland for two years. This pest came down on the pea plant in May. 1899,tnrning whole lields Mack and causing the loss of half the crop, or $3,000,000. Beginning to breed when eleven days old. they have from six to twelve daily for nearly a month. h 'hat taking the minimum number over 400,000 will be produced from one in six weeks. As soon as born they attach themselves to the leaf, and re Main for two days immovable, suck in the juice of the plant, which is converted into a sort of honey dew, sticky and tarry, ruinous to clothing and oven to shoes of persons who go through the field. A bushel of them can be shaken down from a row of Peas ten rods long. Sprinkling has very little eheet on them. The usual Kethod is to shake out the insects and follow with the cultivator and bury them. They die within two days, and n the third day the process is re peated. It is now proposed to take ui as a branch of special study the modification of the pea plant in such a way as to make it distasteful to this destructive insect Hatching and Halting Tnrkeya. A good deal of the success in hatch ing turkey eggs With hen mothers de pends upon the nest. When turkey eggs are set high and dry in one cor ner of the hay loft, or in a box or barrel with only "a handful of hay in the bottom, the chances of their hatch ing are exceedingly slim. If you set turkey eggs under hens, borrow a hint from the old turkey and make the nest on the ground wherever practicable, otherwise put a sod in the nest box or barrel, hollow it out just enough to keep the eggs in and cover tightly with hay or leaves, and take every precaution. When the young turkeys appear in the outer world, don't go poking around and lifting up the old hen to see how many eggs are hatched, but restrain your desire to count your turkeys and let them alone for at least twenty-four hours. They will not require food during that time, and as they are very delicate when first hatched, it is best to avoid handling them until they become strong on their legs, then remove them with the mother hen to the coop and pen which should be all ready for the occupants. Proper coops and pens for the young turkeys until they are fully feathered are absolutely necessary to protect them from rains and heavy dews. To make a pen take four boards two feet wide and sixteen feet long, place them edgewise in the form of a square, holding them in place by driving stakes in the ground on each side of the boards. Place the coop in the pen. I prefer a coop without a floor, so it can be moved to a fresh spot every day, but if you have any doubts about being able to keep the young turks dry and comfortable during a rainy spell, you had better put in a board floor and cover with gravel or sand, which should be renewed as often as every other day. When the mother turkey is left to herself she chooses a new resting place every night, and when you confine them in a coop you must imitate her example by moving or cleaning the coop often. E. D. Weswer, in American Agriculturist. Protecting Shade Trees. After planting a shade tree upon the street, or on school grounds, the neg lect to give it some protection causes the loss of a large majority of young trees. Some thoughtless person, who ought to know better, will hitch a horse to or near a tree, and soon the bark is gnawed and the tree ruined. If a tree is worth planting it is certain ly worth caring for afterward. The cambium and inner bark, form ing the living connection between the roots and the leaves, require a con tinuous supply of sap. or moisture, during the growing season. A newly planted tree cannot furnish this moist- SIMPLE METHOD OF CARE OF TREES. ure until rootlets have been formed, and this requires considerable time, meanwhile the hot sun, pouring its fierce rays directly upon the bark, in jures it. dries up the sap and prepares the tree for inroads of insects soon tiie tree is dead. Experts pronounce the cause to have been borers, yet these would never have destroyed the tree but for the exposure of the bark to the summer's sun. without that pro tection which the foliage and free flow of sap had supplied before removal. It is a simple matter to make a tree box which will thoroughly protect a young tree. It should not be too large six inches space within is ample; more will permit too great movement of the tree during windstorms, which sometimes wears the tree at the top of the box, when it breaks off. Two loops of soft cloth, nailed to the tree at centre, will overcome this. To make a tree box, take two pieces of board six inches wide and six feet long, nail cleats across in three or four places on opposite sides, as shown in cut. Drive two strong hardwood stakes three feet long, firmly, and at an angle as anchors, nail them firmly to bot tom of tree box. One board should protect the south side of the tree, the slatted portion being to east and west. Or, four stakes may. be driven into the ground and wrapped with barb wire, care being taken to nail cleats at top to prevent drawing the stakes together when wrapped. John P. Brown, in Indianapolis Tress. ii -1 tip, . A 1 If i Sill l. ooooooooooc oc ooc ooococ c -oc o FARM TOPICS I o o oooooooooooooooo OOOOOQOOC o TopDreslng Hay Fields. ' 'After the hay crop has been gathered conies the best season of the ye&r, on many farms, for drawing out manure and spreading it on the hay fields for top-dressing. After securing the hay crop there is less pressure of work than at many other seasons, and the ground is hard and is not injured by the wagon wheels. Then, too, the manure will be applied in season to be soaked into the soil by the fall rains a little later. This will start up the grass to give the roots a protecting coat for winter. Where the soil is sandy or gravelly, fertilizing would not be profitable, as some of the fertil izer would leach down below the reach of the roots and so be lost. Neither is such top-dressing practicable on slopes that Avash badly, but almost every farm has some field land that may lie profitably top-dressed duringthe month of August. A Cattle Tonic. A good tonic for cattle which are off their feed, and seem to have imperfect digestion, may be made by mixing two pounds pulverized charcoal, one fourth pound pulverized gentian root, two ounces of pulverized ginger, four ounces of flour of sulphur, two ounces pulverized saltpetre, and g:7ing from one to two tablespoonfuls of the mfx ture in the grain three nights in suc cession, then omit three nights and re peat. Use according to size of animal and severity of the case. A much larger dose would do no harm, but in a bad case would prefer to give drench of one-half to one pound of Epsom salts, and not give this tonic until other has ceased to operate. Ascer tain the cause of the trouble, Avhethor improper food, impure water or expos ure to extreme heat or to cold storms, and try to prevent any repetition of it American Cultivator. Hojj Hoiier. The following is the style of a hog house which is very popular in Iowa.,' The dimensions of the house are as fol lows; Length, twenty-four feet: width, eight feet; height on one side, foul feet; on the other, ten feet. Slope root one way. Weatherboard with matched lumber and use cedar shingles. Use a two-inch floor. Divide in four rooms, six feet by ( ight feet, and hang three gates for partitions. After the pigs are weaned take the gates off the hiuges and the house is one room, and makes a good place to feed young hogs. Place as many glass windows in the high side as possible. Place a two by six on each side ot each room six or eight inches from the floor, which will give the pigs a place where the mother cannot squeeze them when she lies down. Have the house front tut south, Avith a good feeding floor in front. A house built on this plan is quite warm. H. Y. Lupher, in Swine Advocate. Forcing Young Lambs. In the raising of hothouse lambs it Is necessary to force them as rapidly ns possible in order to get them early on the market and secure the highest price. Next to the selection of suit- PORTABLE IAMB HURDLE. able breeding stock, the extra feed for the ewes and lambs is the most im portant. For early winter lambs the ewes must have sufficient food, such as silage or roots, in addition to hay and grain. Clover hay is the best, while pure timothy is little better than straw for milk production. Oats, wheat bran and linseed meal should form the bulk of the grain ration for the ewes as well as for the young la nibs. A separate feeding place must be provided for the lambs to which they can have free access at all times. In this should be kept a trough for grain and a rack for hay. Second cut clover forms the best possible feed and should, be saved for the lambs. Some feed ers are successful in keeping grain be fore the lambs at all times, while oth ers feed as much as they need at regular intervals. The addition of corn to the ration will help to fatten them and can be safely fed. A hurdle, such as is shown in the illustration, should be built to keep the sheep out of the lamb feeding pen. Wooden rollers are made, as shown, with a pin fastened in each end. These are arranged so that the openings can be made of any width desired and should be wide enough to admit the lambs, but keep back the sheep. These hurdles can be set up in the barn or field and may be of any length de sired. The rollers and top and bot tom pieces sliould be sandpapered and made smooth in order not to catch the wool. The American Agriculturist. Among the exhibits at the Paris Ex position is a set of tea cups the cheap est of which is valued at $000. Woaiea Jockeys. There are but few callings in life in which women are not to be found now adays, but hitherto, says the London Express, the lady jockey has been al most an unknown quantity. No Eng lishwoman has yet had the courage to strike out in this direction, but in Aus tria the lady jockey is a by no means uncommon sight at race meetings. One fair Austrian is estimated to make at least $t,500 a year in this way. and her services are always in great request. I HORTI CVLTVRAL HINTS edi feo By Care of Greenhouses. Insects and fungous diseases are bad enough in the open fields, but much worse when they get into the green house. An occasional scalding of the benches and shelves, and washing them down with a solution of carbolic acid or sulphuric acid, will help much to keep them out, but if this fails it may be necessary to clean theui out, removing the earth and putting in fl new supply, then close and fumigate with burning charcoal and sulphur, taking care not to inhale the fumes, or let them get into another house where the plants are. Remove earth from all pots, wash them with car bolic acid solution, wash off in clear water the earth from roots of plants, and repot in fresh earth. Much work It is but what is the use of a green house when plants will not grow. When to Pick Muskmelons. With most of the smaller and gem type of melons and many of the med ium class, a;; soon as the melon be gins to ripen it cracks more or less up to the stem. As soon as this takes place, the fruit comes off easily, leav ing the stem behind and put in a ool place, it is sent to market. In some jf tt larger varieties the stem doei not separate from the fruit of itself and when it does it leaves a large hole in the r ml. In such cases it is best to cut the stem, leaving the lower portion attached to the fruit. Perhaps the most desirable method of dealing with these larger melons is to watch carefully the first signs ot mellowing. Avbich usually appear in the middle portion of the fruit and as soon as the yellow tracings are seen, they should be picked. An experi enced person can usually tell by the general appearance and sense of smell of the fruit. A Cheap Tomato Frame. I have some cheap and serviceable tomato frames which I have used for several years. Each frame consists of i'our pieces of three by four scant ling fastened together at the top with a wooden pin so that they will open and close. On each side are nailed three strips of shingle lath about fif- A SERVICEABLE FRAME FOR VINES. teen feet long. The frames stand about four feet high when open and by stooping one can walk the whole length underneath. The frames are set between two rows so that plants from each side are trained up and over them. After the plants are nicely started 1 tie them to the lower strip, but after that they are held by the elant of the frame. In the fall I close the frames and lean them against the fence out of the way until wanted another year. Alfred P. Edge, in Or ange Judd Farmer. Renewing Strawberry Beds. Where cultivacing has been neglect ed, go to work at once. If only a small bed, take, a sharp shovel and skive off the ground between the rows. If weedy, mow the patch close to theA ground. Then take an iron rake aud rake the rows, tearing out all the weeds and grass with the surplus plants that the rake will catch. Loosen the ground between the plants, thin uing them to four and six inches. Burn the rakings, as in this way many in sects will be destroyed. In larger lots use a horse and plow between the rows, giving the above treatment in the row, and cultivate thoroughly, but not deeply, until the middle of Sep tember. Clover or cowpea ground is better for a new bed than too much stable manure. Following corn, pota toes or some cultivated crop is the best preparation for strawberries. If good plants are obtainable, planting can be done in a damp, cloudy time in Au gust or the first half of September. With a narrow spade dig holes in the rows; then cut around" the plant, lift ing it out on the spade, and set in the hole. Pot plants are set in same way. In the Central and Northern States the strawberry bed must be covered to give winter protection. Straw, corn stalks or swamp grass can be used, putting on thickly enough to protect from sudden changes. I want to em phasize the importance of selecting plants of strong vigor and fruiting vi tality. Such plants can't be found in nn old fruiting bed, but must be taken from beds grown for the purpose. S. II. L.. In American Agriculturist. The Trouble Willi a Great Many. ' The trouble with us is that we don't put on our principles any oftener than we do our best clothes for fear we'll wear them out. New York Press. Bored. "I have discovered,"' remarked the bstcrder with the pink suspenders, at the evening meal, "where we can ob tain cheap board.'' Everybody looked up anxiously and waited for him to continue. Where?" eagerly asked the boarder with the green striped shirt, speaking for his fellow-sufferers. "At a lumber yard," cruelly replied the heartless wretch. Philadelphia Call. 1 J g6tcs oads i Wheelmen a Oenerator. THERE is no public institution more potent in social, imliti eal. and commercial well-being than the public highway. There is nothing which by its absence, its presence, its goodness, or its bad ness, may so make or mar the com munity which uses it or would like to use it. as the road by which its people may come together for the dis cussion of matters of public good or for that traffic in products which stamps man as the trading animal. Therefore, the man who makes two blades of grass grow where but one grew before has his counterpart as a public benefactor in the person who nuts down a good, solid, horse saving, tvagon -economizing roadbed where at first only rocks and mud or dust and sand held full sway. Roads, like peo ple, are prone to wear into ruts, and aiany of the ruts in which the farm er's half-laden wagon jolts are pri marily caused by the nits in which the .'ariner has jolted his representative ji legislative assemblages. The farm er has always wanted good roads, but !ie knows that the farmer has always lad to pay for them, consequently le has generally looked upon any Movement in their direction as a raid ipon his own pocket. It required, ihen, some new force to join hands ind voice with him both in the de mand and in the suggestion of ways ind means. I This new force has arrived in the Mcycler. Banded under the banner ?f the League of American Wheelmen, the riders of the tireless tire have since heir organization, in 1S.SO, raised the :ry of "good roads.'' and have kept t up with wouudrous energy. They lave through their engineers devised r selected the best methods of making die cheapest durable thoroughfares, )ut they have conquered many obsta cles that have stood between them ind other groups of persons who arc o be benefited equally with them in securing smooth roads, though these very groups hesitated to join the wheelmen's movement, for fear it was selfish and Avas designed to saddle the costs up on them. The horsemen who drive fine road stock and the farmers have been the two classes which have required the warmest efforts of the "good roads cranks," as some of the wheelmen are called, to Avipe away suspicion- But the suspicion has now evaporated. The Farmers' Nationa.l Congress has passed strong resolutions in favor of the wheelmen's way of getting good roads. The State aid system, as shoAvn in the resolution, recites that the cost of construction of first-class roads con necting farms with market towns is too considerable to lie borne by farm property alone; that as the entire pop ulation is benefited directly .and in directly by good roads, all property ought to contribute through the me dium, of a State tax. The Higbee-Arm-strong law, by which State aid has been introduced in Ncav York, pro vides for a division of the cost of road construction among the State, the county, and the local township, and. it is said, many of the towns avail ing themselves of it will secure from outside sources four or five limes the sum they raise themselves, while in the large cities, which will pay most of the funds, the tax will not fall more heavily than one cent per thousand dollars of the assessed valuation. It is by making such calculations that the League of American Wheelmen has fought its way to the farmers' sympathy. It is no AA'onder that the farmer feared the cycler at first. The man on Avheels was at first looked upon as a dude in knee breeches, out for an airing with his best girl, who demand ed that others sliould, without cost to him, smooth the roads that he alone might have more pleasure. Then the Wheelmen's League spent vast sums of money printing books, thousands of distributed, free of thousands barely at illustrated road which ha'e been cost, and other cost. In various quarters they to build cycl; have raised large sums paths between sections of country, on which the cyclers pass to and fro o l business and pleasure. Money has been spent by them, as in Mr. Dorner's case, to be represented at com-entions ami to spread what they love to call the gospel of good roads, and now in Baltimore Chief Consul Sams, of Maryland Division, League American Wheelmen, and Chairman Auguste Faure, of the Di vision Committee on Highways, are holding out the hand of friendship to the horsemen, and endeavoring to lay out a combined speedAvay and cycle path that shall he a local monument to the battle of good roads and serve as a model to be followed by visitors from every community who take a spin, a ride, or a drive upon it. May their efforts succeed in full measure. Baltimore Sun. Female Observation. Inspiration, like death, always comes unexpectedly. Many young men of to-day need guardians rather tha wives. The sneer of a eynio and the bite of a lamb are alike harmless. The softest thing in the world is the hand of a loving woman when it ca resses. A man may Avork bc-tier. but he hasn'tth?patieut persisteneeof woman. Generosity often follows the posses sion of riches, bur riches are slow in coming to the generous. Philadelphia Record. Queensland has postoffice savings banks only, and South Australia has lj Government banks. OUR BUDGET OF HUMOR. LAUCHTER-PROVOKINC STORIES FOR LOVERS OF FUN. A IMrrfpn!ifrNTr Worries and Wor ries Taking au Interest Wise Cnplct Turned on II im An I'ngentle lt minder Only Temporary, E(., Eie. This thing they call money 13 a mystery stern. The study there' no way of ending it. It's something that takes days of toiling to earn. But a minute's sufficient for spending it. Washington tar. NeTer Worries and Worries. "Fidelia McBiggs never worries." No; she Avorries other people brag ging aVout how she never Avorries." Taking an Interest. Is Berkley Biff a good listener V" "Yes; he listens eagerly while he is talking himself." Indianapolis Jour nal. Wise Cupid. When the man and his Avife came fb blows. Love flew away. "I don't care to be mixed up in any family quarrels." said Love, sagely. Detroit Journal. Tnrned on Illin. "I am so glad. Harold, that you mar ried me for my money." "What do you mean by that. Bella ?" "Because you are going to be so beautifully left. Papa has failed." Chicago Tribune. An Ungentle Kemlnder. Husband '"f shall never forge 1 tho biscuits my mother used to ma&e." Wife (crossly) "I suppose uo1!" Husband "No. Whenever I have an attack of indigestion 1 tnlnlt of those biscuits." -Ncav York Journal. Only Temporary. Mrs. CrabshaAV "I'll go home to my mother at once."' Crabs haw "I wish you would. Here's the money." Mrs. CrabshaAV--"But this Isn't enough, my dear, for a return ticket.'' Judge. Not Wasted. Guy "My life is a failure. I till no useful part whatever in creation's plan." "Percy "Oh. yes. you jtlo; you are constantly showing the froiid how ri diculous a smart man can be some times." Detroit Free iVcss. Unrewarded Ohedienre. "Why were you discharged from your last position?" "It was this way. It was time to tak all 1 could. Then The governor said stock, ami I took he Avent back on me and threatened to have me locked up for stealing; so I left." Tit Bits. Ho Hnd Not. "Have you been out since you came In last, Mr. SimkhisV" asked the absent-minded employer of his bookkeep er. Mr. Simkins replied that he had not, but the questioner could not imagine why everybody smiled at the answer. Wealth and i:.nly Itising. "Do you think that early rising helps a man get rich?" "1 don't knoAA" answered the man who makes careful distinctions. "I should say it depended on whether he's the one Avho starts the first strict car or the ice man." Washington Star. Not tho Only One. "But." rejdied the Invalid, "the doc tors will rob you of your terrors." Disease raised its hideous front and laughed Avith horrid unction. "Ah. yes; but am I the only one they are likely to rob?" chuckled this monster, insinuatingly. The Invalid groaned. Detroit Jour nal. Flow Old She Menn II? Mrs. Nexdore "Docs your husband like music?" Mrs. Pepprcy "Yes; he's quite fond of it." Mrs. Nexdore "I suppose he has heard mydaughter playing?" Mrs. Pcpprey "Yes, and be Just raves over her playing." Philadelphia Press. Doing as She Idked. He "I know your family does not like me, but Avill you be my wife?" She "Well, I should say not!" He (taken aback) "Whew! That's rathei a " She "I repeat I should say not. but MS a girl in love doesn't generally do as she should. I'll say yes." Catholic Standard and Times. Old It Tor Art's Sake. "Of course," said the young wife, "I am only an amateur. I never ex pect to paint for a living or to try ;o sell any of my work." "Then you study art for art'a sake," :hey suggested. "You guessed it exactly. He want ed me to study it, and I'll do anything to please Arthur." Chicago Tribune. More Than They Conhl Stntid. "Good morning. " said the proud not her of the girl who foozled the Iano wretchedly ; "I hope my daugh er's playing didn't disturb you last light." "No." said Mrs. Nexdore; "it pleased IS immensely. Some most r.ninterest ug people came to call on us early in ilie evening, but they didn't stay long." Cynical. "I hate to hear a man continually saying he wishes he were a boy igain," said Mr. Sims Barker in his jal vindictive tone. "Don't you admire sentimentality?" "That ain't sentimentality. It's noral cowardice. When a man wishes ic AA'ere a boy again he wants to break oose and cut up. He knows that a ooy can get off with a lecture and a .witching for doing things that would end a man to jail." Washington Star Household For Cleaning Kltrhen Thl. One potmd of fuller's earth, half pi-. ind of noft oap. quarter of n pounfl of soda. Pour on boiling water raovgl to make a paste. No soap will be rt quired with this mixture. The Moll Needlebook. A charming addition to (ho wort basket Is a needh work of soTt grn.1 suede lined with rose colored wateti A hk. It ties with ribbons f the sasH blush piuk. niul h soft strip of the rlt bon binds the gray undressed kid Women take pride hi having neat tit tings for (be work basket, that India ptnsabte article. The wetl-appotate4 work basket Is a treasure in the entln household, and a time-saver, Ukewisa to the busy woman. I net For ShM. Sab puts out tire In the chimney. Salt In whitewash makes it stb-k. Salt nnd soda arc excellent for bet timrs. Salt used in sweeping carpets keep! ut ninths. Salt thrown on a coal Are which i! i.w will revive it. Salt and vinegar will remove Rtalus from discolored teaeups, Salt thrown on sool which has fallci on tin- carpel will prevent stain. Salt put oo ink when freshly uplllcd n a carpet will help in removing I hi Mot. Salt in the oven under hakiug tin will pre ent their scorching on th bottom. The Ibnne Doctor. "Color Problem" in Shtrl Waiat. Here is a Boston girl'M ideas for Seeping blue and pink shirt waist- .hob- origina' color. As every woman iiiOATs, the "color problem" Is as Beri U8 ft matter in Khirl Avaisls as in tin loeini body, so the advice will bo re "iv.'d with lcr" f gratitude. Shi' uanagca in ibis wise s'.o din-i ts the auudering of tho pink wal.ds in wa er colored with the vegetable pink hat may be purchased at any drug tore. Five cents' worth Is sufficient 'or the entire Rummer. Half a t'a spoonful !' carmine In boiling water, trained, suffices for one washing. In ike manner ordinary Indigo is du solved In water in which ihe blue tvaists are washed. Tho results are highly satisfactory hi b 'h Instances. Slalo Food Noi NnurUhlng. Meats frozen and kpt in cold tor ie for long periods) do not underg irganio changes in the - rd narv snisM that isthey do not putrefy, soften ,ir smell bad, hul tlnn certainly do ietcrloratc in some intangible way. After a certft'n time frozen ma loses Some Hfi prim-pie ssen'ial o its nourishing quality. vueb neat lacks flavor: it Is not well digested or assim latcd. hs savorless cwudition canu t e remedied or h .-cp? fully disguised bj ihe use of sauces d coodiments. Those v ho ea. cold t'orago food for my length of t me develop diarrhoea! disorder, los in weight, and would Eventually starve t. dscth, unless a ;hange of diet wa male Tho name reasoning applies to tinned fruits and .i getables. They should nol le u ed ifior a certain perl il has elapsed, Es pecially should people bo warm d Ogaint using stair eggs and old milk nnd cream. Milk and cream are kept for days, rancid butter In washed and treated chemically; but all food, es pecially cold storage food, is damaged by long keeping, and will not nourish the body properly. There Is the great est abundance of food, hut it does not -ji t i 8 f y .Sanitary Record. RECfPE.S : Cucumbers Fried Peel medium-B-ised cucumbers, and cut lengthwise Into half-Inch slices; dust with talt and pepper, dip In beaten egg, crumb, let lay ten minutes and fry lu deep, hot fat. I M ain on paper, squcese two or three drops of lemon juice over each and si rve at once. Poverty Podding- Three cupful of well-cooked cornmeal mush; wiiile hi 5 thoroughly mix with this three cap fuls of sweet milk. Add n cupful of sugar or molasses, n teasnoonful of cinnamon, a teaxpoottful of butter, and one ci!j of raisins. Bake two hours. ThN is best served with sweetened cream flavored with vanilla. Fried Gumbo Cul up two young chickens and fry in a spider: When brown put Into a kettle with one quart of finely chopped okrs, live medium size tomatoes and two onions, chopped floe; cover with boiling water. Ixii! very slowly and keep the kettle close ly covered, add boll ng Avater a It wastes; season with epper and salt and thicken with a little butter and flour robbed together; serve Avith rice; garnish with cut lemon and parsley. Mock Bisque Soup -Season one pint of strained tomatoes with a little onion Juice and just a suspicion of ground mace. Heux in a double boiler one quart of milL:. thicken with one and one half tablespoonfuls butter and three of flour; when thick and smooth add Ihe tomatoes, hi which one-eighth of a teaspoon of bicarbonate of soda has been dissolved. Season with small teaspoon salt and oue-quarter salt spoon of pepper. Serve at ones.
Fisherman & Farmer (Edenton, N.C.)
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Sept. 13, 1900, edition 1
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