The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1874-03-12


with mfherhi acids, into GOOD grape su-
gar and the. Manufaotaftr ana Builder
suspects that il is from sawdust comes
the artificial sugar q French firm is said
TO be able to sell for fourth Of cent
apOund.
THE DAvx LAMP VunNEnABLE.-The
sound-wave produced by the slightest
explosion Of gunpowder in a mine IS
shown to be capable of destroying the
safety-property of q Davy lamp, and
causing IL to communicate ats fire to in
fiammable gases outside. So, at least,
SAYS Mr.. Galloway, who should be good
authority. II such is the case it was to
n defect of Days immortal invention,
and not to the mere gunpOwder fash
of blasts, that 50 many recent explo-
sions of hre-damp we're due.
AGE OF HoRsEs.- new " wrinkle %
about the age Of horses is the discovery
of an Illinois farmer, who determines
the age of all animals over nine wears
old by the following novel method
After the horse is nine years old a
wrinkle comes on the upper corner OF
thelower lid, and each year thereafterhe
has one well-dehned wrinkle for every
year over nine. If, for instance, q horse
has three wrinkles, he is twelve, If he
has four, he is thirteen. Add the NUM-
Der of wrinkles to nine agid you viii
get it.
HARNESS FOR OXEN. The yoke, as we
use it, does not in its best state place
the strain farther back than the base of
the neck. Notice where the hair is
neck-worn on your cattle, and see II
you can convince yourself that the spot
was intended by nature to be subjected
to the strain put upon it. In Africa,
and elsewhere, the yoke is bound to
the base Of the horns. This plan has
its advantages as we'll as its disadvan-
tages. The yoke, in the first place, is
OF simple form, being merely q straight
piece of wood, and It may be lighter,
for it is not awkwardly cut across the
grain. On the other baud, the cattle
cannot move their heads freely, nor can
they use the pushing power Of their
shoulders. We may, therefore, dismiss
the plan as not practicable here. A
simple-contrived harness, combined,
perhaps, for use before q two-wheeled
oars, with light yoke, resting il posi-
bic on tho shoulders, or upon q collar,
would Distribute the strain, and make
matters easier for man and beast
A BUG ExrERsnNAroR. Hot alum
water is q recent suggestion as an in
ants, coclIroaches, spiders, obintz bugs,
and all tho crawling pests which infest
our houses. Take two pounds of alum
and dissolve 1t In three or four quarts
OF boiling water let II stand on tine fire
until the alum disappears then app
it with q brush, while nearly boiling
hot, to every joint and crevice IN your
closets, bed steads, pantry shelves. and
the like. Brush the crevices in the
floor of the skirting or-mop- boards, if
You suspect that they harbor vermin.
If, in whitewashing ceiling, plenty of
alum is added to the lime, it will also
serve to keep insects at Distance.
Cockroaches viii fee the paint which
has been washed in cool alum water.
Sugar barrels and boxes can be freed
from ants by drawing o wide chalk
mark just round the edge of the top of
them, The mark must be unbrolen or
they will creep over IL, but q eontinTI-
GUS chalk line half an inch Ia width
will set their depredations at naught
HOUSE PLAET.-.A pretty adornment
for picture frames is German ivy, com
mon trailing vine which grows with
great lrxuriance. All the old medicine
Phials which infest out-of.the-way clos
cts, may be utilized for this purpose
These should be filled with water and
hung behind the pictures, and slim of
the ivy inserted. The vine is quite
hardy. We have seen q single slip, in
pint bottle, grow until it ran along
the entire length of a moderate-sized
room. We recently noted a way to
raise oak trees in hyscinta glasses, it
being merely necessary to suspend the
acorn inside and a little above the water.
a sponge mOistened, with fine seed
scattered in its pores, soon becomes a
mass of living verdure, though a pref
tier ornament, we think. can be made
d n large-pine burr, similarly prepared
and hung, like the acorn. over water.
Fine grass seed is the best to use.
About as pretty vine as can be selected
for window dressing may be obtained
from the ordinary sweet potato. The
bulb need only be set IN a hyacintl
glass, and il will soon send ont shoots.
ENGLISH FARMrNa.-The farming IN
England is the best in the world. The
farms are usually large, and the farmer,
men OF intelligence and OF large capital
More attention is paid there than any
where else tOssthe making OF manure
gram IS largely grown 7; and the system
OF regular rotation OF crops, to main
tain the fertility of the soil, is almos
universal. Over large part of th,
country the cash profit OF farming il
secured by the sale of grain, but th,
fertility Of the land, the ability TO pro
duce grain, is kept up by the feeding
which are kept mainly for tho sake O
the manure they make, and which ar,
Largely fed on purchased food-in grea
part oli-cake and Indian corn imported
from America. Such a complete system
could hardly be carried out on so larQ,
scale on many farms in this country
for few Of our farmers have the =neces
sary capital but Il is, after all, En-,
system toward which We shCnid work
and to which we must look for the per
manent future OF our agriculture. On
farming can never be perfect, nor an,
thing like IL, until we shall have reache,
the point of constant Improvement q
the soil. A constant deterioration ha
been a necessary consequence of tn
rapid spread OF population over Tia
whole breadth of the land, but IL mus
before long be followed by wave o
better farming, which alone can euabl
such population 20 be selfsupporting
ABUSE OF HoRsns. There is no NOR
common and often merely thouRhtles
abuse of horses by their owners AN,
drivers, than tho habit of keepinq tbeu
out at work or standing in harness be
yond tue regular hours for their meals
Mr.. John 10. Russell, of Leicester
Mass, who rivals both parsons Murra,
ana beecher, as literary authority on
horse-hesh, has an earnest article Il
Our Animal Kingdom" organ o
Bergh, ON this special wrong to hi
tavorite animal. The hoTss's stornacl
is small Tor lack of space, and becaus,
he was not intended to carry the weigh
Of extra food. He has great acevit,
of digestion when his stomach is filed
and, in state OF nature, is q freeattenf
feeder. He cannot I'll his stomach fol
all day he must feed often, or suffer
He is dainty feeder, and has to masti
cate and insalivate his food thoroughly