Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1871-09-14

ing, whit h is branch of sowing most
ladies dislike very much to do The first
time sewing the seam, the stitches may be
F., long II the cotton is strong, but the next
time it must be done tight and well, and
you find the seam strong and sofl.-Cor.
Ohio Farmer
USEFUL AND aUG3LSTlvE.
To CURE FELoN ON THE HAND
Take sassatras bark-the inside bark-dry,
and grat5 it fine, and wet in ,: teacup with
cold water, for poultice Apply to the
telon, and wet once in five minutes with
cold water. This followed up, will draw
1t to h. ad in twcnty1ou hours, without
any pain and without any injury to the
hand. Use the bark of the ro0t-Rural
NeW Yorker.
To REMOVE TEA STA1Ns-Mix thor
oughlY soft soap and salt-say table
spoonful OF salt to tcacup of soap; rub
on the spots, aud spread the cloth on the
grass, where the sun will shine on it, let
it lay two or three days, then wash. If the
stain is not all out, it will disappear in the
second washing. Ii the spots are wet oc-
casiona]ly while lying on the grass, it will
hasten the bleaching Western Rural
| MIRTHFULNhss-Itis a real blessing to
have one in the family who is sensitive to
the lujicrous. There are enough to r, 1vct
the sad side Of lite. and its irritable side.
and its sober side. We need one or more
to show the mirth that often trtmhles lust
below the surface Of painful things. A
real jmpctuOus laugh dissipaes many illu.
sions, sweeps the twilight out of our i'm.
aginations, and brings honest daylight.
But it must be real. No dry, hacking
laugh. 1t should be spontaneous, out
bursting, irresistible, Infectious. We have
seen men fall to laughing who had not
| heard the cause Of mirth, but only had
caught the con'agion ofothcr mems laugh
ing 1t is hard not to laugh with men
who are in earnest about it.-Erchange.
GETTING RID OF RocKs-We have no.
ticcd very often, in going about the coun-
try, great amount Of labor expended in
digging out large stones and dragging
them to the surface, where they lie, a
greater nuisance, ii possible, than when
they were partly buried in the soil If a
different mode of treatment had been fol-
lowed, they might have been neatly and
permanently disposed of. Instead of bring
ing them to the surface, they should have
been buried out Of sight. Had hole suf-
icicntly large been dug close to the rock
the removal of which was desirable, and
partly undermining it, a simple overbal-
ancing with a crowbar or handspike would
have tumble it therein, aud it might then
have been covered up and forever gotten
rid Of In this wav an acre of ground can
be easily cleared of large stones in very
short time. and the unsightly appearance
OF fence corners occupied 10y them avoided.
| -Ha,M and Home.
WHY Do ANIMALS NEED SALT?-Prof
James E johnson, of Scotland, saws that
half the saline matter of the blood (75 per
cent consists of common salt, and as this
is partly dissolved every d y through the
tinued supplies of it to the healthy body
is sufficiently obvious. The bile also con.
tains soda Zone Of the ingredients Of salty
as a special and Indispensable stituent,
aid 80 do all the cartilayes of the body.
Slit the supply Of salt, and neither will
the bile be able properly to assist diges-
tinn, nor the cartlagcs 10 be built up again
as fast as they naturally waste. 1t is bet
ter to place salt where stock can have free
access to it than to give it occasionally in
small quantities.. They will help them
selves to what they need, if allowed to do
SO at pleasure, otherwise when they be-
come salthungry, they may take more
than is wholesome.
THE St. Louis Journal Of E!ucafion
SAYS: Every teacher should und, rstand
! now to plant ire: and the art of grating,
and should be able to teach children these
things The play grounds Of all our
school houses should be flied with shade
IT, es, both in the city and country. Every
holiday at school should be celebrated by
the planting Of trees. The highways
should b. lined with trees, thus planted
by the youth of the country. The raw.
ages which the foolish greed of the last
! and present generations has m1de in our
forests could thus, in time be repaired. A
million hands in his State could be set at
| this work. 1t would become habit Of
family life to commemorate the events Of
home, the birth Of child, wedding, or
the anniversary of either, or even a death,
! by these living monuments
EFFEcrs Of IRRIoATIoN-A CORE
spondent Of the Country Gentleman says:
We have a little experience in irrigatirg,
which we will give for the benefit of 9th
! lected the water that run in
! highway some distance; run it into
small pond, and then, by bitches, over half
an acre Of meadow. This simple transac-
ton cost half days work for two men
and team, and no expense since. We are
sure that we have obtained twice the
quantity Of hay for the past sixteen years,
or in other words eight tons of hay extra
in that time, worth, on an average, $40
per ton-&S0 for So worth of work irri-
eating The quality of the grass has also
improved. 1t is the larger part, now blue
grass, very thick and tall, from two feet
six inches to three feet above the cutter
bar. which proves this grass the most re-
liable for irrigated meadow, as it steadily
and surely runs out all others in our mead
ow; but on dry soils it is not success
with me and we think it a waste of seed
to SOW IL there"
WEED SEEDs-The seeds Of cookie,
chess, and other wcrds that are mixed
with the screenings from he tanning mill,
should be carefully prevented from getting
mix d with the manure III the barn-yarh.
We once permitted nc;ghbor to run a
few bags of grain through our flaming
mill, all, gave him the ruit Of the barn for
kat purpose When i,.: had finish"u, und
during Our absence, he-doubtless Nth
good intentions scattered the screenings
oil OVcI ZIG UaIu- yaIu, 81 CnIC Cilc AONls
might get the waste grain. This was
probably intended as SORT of recomp" nsc
for the use of the mill. Alas we new I
regretted more than on this occasion the
doing Of q favor that resulted badly for
ourselves. Our manure pile was thorough
" seeded with cuchlc and CHI s., and prob
ably ten years Of labor will b. inflicted ON
us before those seeds can be eradicatcd
from the field ON which the manure was
spread We mention this circumstance as
warming to eth. RS, and also as forcible
reminder 10 all that weed seed should be
consumed with fire aud utterly destroyed
Don't fed them to poultry they Won
: est cookie; and the seeds seem to last for
ever; by hook or by crook toeJ' will gc
\ into the fields somehow. Put them in thu
; stove and you will have seen the last 0
) m.-Ueurth ant LIME.
\ Arsenic In aii-PArers.
A CORRESPONDENT of the British We1i
r col .journut wri,,s:
|, Hitherto it has been generally suppos
t ed that only papers entirely green, and o
r a very bright shade Of green, were ARISEN
v ical Int The fyct is "a nrovrd nv tn