The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1872-05-03
BUCOLIC BREVITIES.

Treat complaints are Delng made Dy
farmers of the constant annoyance
caused by the use of round screw bolts
IL agricultural implements and machin-
cry worked by horsepower. They
easily get loose, and are difficult to
tighten, where nuts are used. The
bolts will keep working round, and
implement makers should use square
bolts, that the trouble might be
avoided. D IN
Farmers should make the surround
ings of their homes neat, not only be-
cause the sight Of the beautiful has an
ennObling influence upon all; but also
for the more Inercenary reason that the
neat, orderly, wen kept farm is worth
far more i'm dollars and cents, at selling
time, than the farm where evidences
of carelcssncss and slovenliness are
everywhere seen.
There is no tree so well adapted to
street and lawn, as the maple, either
hard or soft. The hard maple is of
slower growth, but when grown it is
preferable to the soft variety. The
elm tree is also valuable for the street
or lawn, and it should have a place
with the naples. ----- -
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Enf0mOlOgtsf saws that ants nests i'm
gardens or elsewhere, may be dispersed
bv burning in them sliced onions. A
few spooniuls of Kerosene oil poured
into the nest will also cause the ants
to "vamoosc the rancho"
Anew Jersey orchardist kept two
hundred to three hundred barrels of
apples last winter i'm perfect condition,
BY simply piling them together IN the
open air and covering them up with
quantity Of salt hay.
"a stout wire stretched jim the garret
Of the house or other loft. is one OF the
best things TO hang see.i corn on, as il
can be easily arranged so as to keep off
mice and rats.
a good test of cheese: Melt a piece.
Ifnearly all dissOlvcs into an oily mass
it is good. But lift warps into tough,
lcatilery scrap, it will never give satis-
faction.
Recent experiments have proved that
animals cannot take on flesh rapidly
unless the temperature is nearly uni
form and between 50 and 60 degrees.
DIR. Jenner, of England, discovered
n constant connection between all
broad-brcasted and case in fattcning.
A decent, substantial clothing for
yomr children makes them think, bet.
Ter Of themselves,J and keeps the doc
tors away.
When the labors of the day are past,
let good books and newspapers invite |
the youngsters to the sitting-room.
The usual average Of the English |
wheat crop is % bushels per acre. This |
year it will not be over q.
No food makes pork taste better
than such as is made with cooked po-
tatocs and corn meal.
Ii you have yoke of oxen don't be
ashamed of them and give your note
for G span of horses.
Don't give the merchant chance to
dun you. Prompt payments make i'll
dependent men.
Don't let your horses be seen stand
ing much at the tavern door; il don't
Keep good fences, especially line FEM
ces they promote good feeling among
neigbors.
Don't buy piano for your daughters
wlHle votrrsOns need pillow.
Don't run for constable you may
g~t the Office and let the plow stand.
Teach your boys to look up and for
ward, ncrer down or backward.
Don't leave to memory what should
be written: it makes lawsuits.
Don't become surety for him who
waits for the sheriff.
DON'T starce Your land: ifypu do
you will grow lean.
riage.
Don't buy patent rights to sell
again.-kaasas SPIRIT. -
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A REMARKABLE CASE OF DELU-
sIoN.-The ROYAL Glasgow Asylum re-
port for 1870 mentions the following
case: at is remarkable that one of the
male patients. who does not hesitate to
take certain kinds of medicine readily,
refuses all kinds of nourishmcnt under
the dclusion that il is ''drugged." In
consequence he has been fed thrice
daily, by means Of the stomach-pump,
for nearly three years., He will not
leave his bed, though quite able to get
out Of it, Notwithstanding such cen-
fnenient and urfffiriai aiiufeAtaficH.
his bodily condition keeps pretty good"
GI@T-r#-FF
SoRE EYEs.-Thc following receipt
for tlse cure Of inflamed eyes is given
Take . potato. and after quartering it,
CRATE the heart AS fine as possible, and
lass Che xFsti,gs. between sS PIECES See, Of
over the eyes infamed, and keep il
there fifteeu minutes. Continue the
operation three successive nights and
a perfect cure. cnsues." 1t is worth
tryimsS$ fhSssNssssft edcwte6 sdReyes.
il is also strongly recommends for
burns.