The Western advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1872-1874, 1874-08-29
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.

weeds should he kept down every
where. Thistles, wild parsnips and car
rots, mulleins and burdocks, in neglected
corners and fence rows should be cut up
Dy the root, and the tops gathered and
burned. Many weeds are now ripening
their seeds and if neglected will make
WORK 1or many years to come.
Cement for Glass, China and Wood.
steep Russian isinglass twenty.four
hours in white brandy, gently boil and
stir the mixture until It is we'll com
pounded and drop of it, cooled, will
become thick jelly; then strain it
through linen cloth, and cork closely.
A gentle heat will dissolve it. Apply to
the edges, place them together, and hold
them five minutes.
-Dyeing Ornamental Feathers Black.
Place them for twenty-four hours in a
soda bath that is not too strong, then
rinse we'll and place for twelve hours in
an per cent. solution of nitrate of iron
rinse we'll again and dye with logwood
and fustic. If the black appears reddish,
draw the feathers through dilute sui.
phurlc acid and boil a short time in a
weak bath of fustic.
-Stittening Gauze-Good wheat starch
and white wax are employed, either cold
or warm, according to the color. The
gauze on removal from the starch is per-
fcctly UNFINISHED, pressed out and clapped
! with the hands so that the starch may be
uniformly distributed. Any meshes that
may still appear filled with starch may
be freed from it when the gauze is
stretched on the drying pad by brushing
it with the hand or, better, with a soft
brush. Small starched pieces can also
be placed on the finishing drum, since
the starch remaining in any meshes will
stick to the drum when the gauze is re-
moved. In this case, however, it viii
unavoidably have q spotted luster on the
side next the Acknowledgements Bazaar.
In the training of little girl great
pains should be taken to discover wha
gilt or talent she has, if any, and, what
ever her circumstances, to fit her for it.
use. Even putting the money value O
such art or accomplishment out Of thu
question, it's aid as resource ant
strengthened is incalculable. Disap
pointment and grief come more easily t
women than to men; they abide will
them longer, and sap more of their lif,
away, simply because they need the tonic
of hard, enjoyable work-not the mer,
drudgery of the bread-winner, but tn.
toll of the artist. Pride, philosophy, eve,
religion, cannot give the new vitalit,
which such work bestows on the faithful
votary. 1t repairs bodily and menta
forces like nature itself, slowly, imper
ceptibly, surely. The father and mc:he
who can find in their daughter suc]
power, and give to her the means O
using it, may count themselves happy
and her the inhcritor of royal heritage
Pork Raising-My own theory O
pork raising, based upon experience, OF
servation and probably little philoso
ply of things, if written for the bcncfi
OF others, would be about as follows
During the hot summer months shoult
feed very little solid feed, such as cor,
in the car or uncrackcd. Iwould keel
hogs upon green feed constantly, eithc
grass, oats or rye, and feed them at reg
ular intervals, once or twice per day
upon mashed feed, either shorts, choppe,
oats or rye, buckwhcat, etc.; feed il
troughs. When fed in this way, and a
the same time allowed access to waite
and shade, hogs will bear crowdin!
through the hot months, a very good time
If not the best, to take on flesh. Thi
puts them in the best condition for corr
feeding, which should commence abou
the 1st of September, when the new crol
is still soft and tender. Treated in thi
way hogs become probably as perfect a
any method could make them. Upon tn
whole, too, l believe it the cheapest an,
most enonomical.-Cor. of Geranontoeol
Telegraph.