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The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-07-10
Tho GroHing Crops.

The cror nrospects In the Middle States
west. to include Ohio-are good lor
wheat. with local exceptions. Spring
grain of all kinds looks well on tle
ground. Corn planting is completed
but little replanting has been done, the
earS planting coming up and standing
well. Grass, as rule, is reported eN-
ceptionaIly good as compared with the
promise at the same date the past two
seasons. Potatoes are receiving the at
tentions of the Colorado potato beetle
in Ohio, Western Pennsylvania, New
York, and its appearance as far east as
New Jersey and Massachusetts has been
noted. To what extent it will effect the
crop it is impossible to predict, but mex
perience in the modes of destruction
which have been applied successfully IN
the West and the neglect Of hand pick
ing by which means it has been success
fully fought en- some farms, may well
cause aLprehension for the safety of the
crop.
In New England it is too soon TO de-
termine what the small grain crop will
be, and it is of not much Importance in
in the general economy, for the percent
age of this class of productions grown
there is small 1t is gratifying to note,
however, how uniformly favorable are
the reports concerning the grass crop.
Fruit also, as in the Middle States, promis-
es TO be abundant. The more northern of
the Southern States gives US good report
of the wheat crop, which will soon be
ready for the harvest. The recent frosts
injured it very little. Fruit is abundant;
corn promising, ard ti.n area planted in
the Southern States in the aggregate, is
much greater than for many years. Con
cerning cotton little complaint is heard,
with local exception here and there.
There is no general apprehension ex-
pressed that the crops of the South of
all kinds, unless it be in the flooded dis
tricts, will in any sense be a failure, or
that there will be any marked deprecIa-
tion in quantity and quality. of course
it is too soon TO assert that no disaster
can come to them, but the general tone
OF farmers and farm reports throughout
the country is hopeful, quite as much so
as any yeai the past decade Although
the season was backward, when it did
open, the ground was in excellent condi-
ton, ,whicii is considered by-good farmers
shaIf the battle. n-Ne1C York World.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-07-10
g5Onre, garden and farm
ADULTERATION.


Inapt adulteratiOn
Our tradesmcn now cXUlt;
THEY'D kill the English Nation,
Both infant and adult
In trade what lots Of tsickery,
In beer how little malt:
The coffee's full Of chickOry,
The beer is fun Of salt.
Nutrition for the nursery,
For babies plump and arch
TuIns out upon a cursOry
Inspection to be-starch
Maizena, and OswegO
Are starch without the blue;
But where the deuce viii hc go
u VINO danes such things to do:
What though a man has led list
of traders Of renOwnz
Even a Moscow mcdalist
The analyst runs down
And O, how sad 10 utter
The statement Punch has seen,
That even best fresh butter
Is made from buttcrinc,
The truthful grocer non est
Alas, his frauds are gross;
Neither is winter honest
Nor brewer, inter nos
Il you would wear gray locks on
Brains that with age wont fall,
Grow your own sheep and oxen,
And brew your own good ale.
D,f1rE
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-07-10

'HASTENING THE RIPENING or FRUIT.
Acting upon the principle that renew
al of the earth Immediately surrounding
the roots increases their activity and ac-
CELEBRATES the maturing of all parts of the
plant, including the fruit, Mr.. Stall re
moved the earth about an early pear
tree eight weeks before the normal peri
cd of ripening, for n space OF Is TO Is
feet in diameter, and to such an extent
as to leave depth of earth over the
roots of only about ? to / inches, which
could be thoroughly warmed 10y the sun
He was surprised not only by the riPen-
ing of the fruit in the middle of July.
but also by its superior iuiciness and
flavor Ia another experiment the re
moval of the earth from the north side
oil alone caused the fruit on that side TO
to ripen several days earlier than that
on the south side. Frequent watering
was OF course necessary in the above
experimentS.-iiBeyard Gazette.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-07-10

QUIETNES~ IN MILKING.-Th COW is
naturally sluggish in her movements
and should not be hurried out of her
natural gait She should never be
driven to the place of milking faster
than walk, and If She has far to 90,
the walk should be a slow one. Hurry
ing n COW when she Is full. and the
weather warm. hastens the circulation
OF her blood. and heats both her blood
and her milk. Avery little heating of
the blood preeeptibly affects the milk.
1t increases its odor, raises its tempera-
ture, and modities the butter or cheese
made from it. We have seen the milk
ol a dairy, numbering thirty cows, per
ceptibiy affected 10y the milk Of Il single
COW driven in haste.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-07-10
D;morDbismEa FYuits.

The CJttGge G0TdeHeT says: We have
frequently met with and heard of two
varieties Of fruits apparently quite dis
tinct being found on the same tlee, and
not unfrequntly have we heard the cor
rectness Of statements to that effect dis
puted. The circumstance has been al
tributed to budding or grating; and to
some it has never appeared possible that
such a thing rs bud-variation could pos
sibly take place. 1t is not unusual TO
see variations oi various kinds on plants.
Leaves, shoots and flowers sport
on the same plants, and why not
fruits?
The instance OF two distinct apples
being produced annually on the same
tree in the garden of Mr.. Lee, at Cleve-
don is now well known. The origin of
the Scarlet Golden .pippin 10y bud-sport
is also well known to ourselves; and Il
similar instance Of two distinct pears
being produced on the same tree in the
the garden nj Badminton is also n well
ascprsained fact which we have invcsti-
gated. Anew example has appeared in
France. in the collection Of our friend,
NJ. Duraud, of Bourc- Ia Refine. 1t is
thus described by n. Riviere in the
Rccpc Horticole: among the apple
trees we saw a young vertical GORDON
bearing two beautiful fruits Of the same
size, but each OF different form and col
or. One Was on Il spur above yard
from the ground; its color OF beauti-
ful greenish yellow, golden toward the
sun, with numerous white dots. twas
slightly irregular in shape, the stalk al
most wanting, and it eXhaled strong,
very agreeable perfume The other,
produced on a spur higher up, was lar
ger than the former, conical and regular
in shape, washed and mottled with live
IL red. and with violet bloom in some
parts, 4 third only remaining yellow
Unlike the other fruit, this has no per
furne. The variety on which this di-
morphism has shown itself is Menagere,
aud the conicaI-colored fruit bears a
strong resemblance 20 Emperor Alexan-
der"
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-07-10

CLOTHES which are put into boiling.
water, when washed. Will certainly Ii, =
yellow. They should be allowed 10
come to boil slowly, and boil twenty
minutes
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-07-10

PRESERVING MEAT IN SUMMER. The
refrigerator has come TO be indispensable
to the comfort of the household. Soft
butter, sour milk or cream, tainted meat,
dry and shrunken bread, are no longer
tolerable in any family whose means en-
able them to procure a refrigerator. In
these as in other things there are some
requisites necessary for perfection.
That perishable articles should be kept
from spelling during warm ,ceather. the
cooled atmosphere in which they are
Kept should be dry. Moisture RAPIDLY
produces taint and decomposition. and
1t is because of the abundant moisture
IN ice houses, that meat and butter so
soon spoil in them, and that vegetables
become moldy. Mold is generated rap
IDLY only in moist atmosphere. In dry
ir the mold plant cannot grow, neither
can hesh, fruit or Vegetables spoil. For
These reasons the refrigerator should be
SO arranged that the inside air, while it
Is cooled by the ice, should not be in
contact with it.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-07-10

ADULTEEATIOS Or HOSEY.-lt is n
| terrible blow at those who find it profit
able to extract honey from the comb
that there are rascals enough left in this
world to adulterate it. \ writer in the
Boston CUIticGtOr finds that most OF
the so-calIed strained honey sold in bot
ties is composed as follows: Cane or
other sugar is melted i'm Il decoction OF
slippery elm bark in water. Some man
ufacturers use. instead of elm, a solu-
ton of gum arabic and starch, to give it
consistency and save sugar; but this
last does not resemble honey so much
when dropped. as it lacks the stringy
appearance These mixtures, with or
without the addition of a little cheap
Cuban honey, are Favored with essence,
and the mess is ready for sale. The on
ly true way to obtain real honey is to
buy it with the comb.
WE notice that reporter OF the Chi
ca-o TfijUEe. has been interviewing Il
Mr.. Lucius Pardee, a retail grocer, WHO
charges that honey in the comb is adul-
terated in this wise: They have Il ma
chine by which they slice OFF the head
of the cells. The comb Is then placed
upon a revolving table, spun around
very rapidly, and centrifugal force
throws the honey from its cell, and at
the same time, leaves the cell intact.
The waxen frame can be used then with
sugar and water, and looks like the best
honey in the world"
We are very much OF the opinion that
Mr.. Pardee was drawing it n ''iittle
fine" on our reportorial friend, as the
best artist in the world could not sue
cessfuIly initiate sealed honey comb.
There is no doubt, however, that strain
ed or extracted honey can be, and is,
adu;terated 10 a fearful extent. The
only safeguard Is 10 buy only of reputa
BE dealers y good, pure article of
extracted honey can be sold at one-half
the price CT honey in the comb. I-ED.
JEFF.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-07-10

"REAsE TO MAKE BooTs SoFT.-Mix
IN AN iron vessel one ounce of taIIow
hai an ounce of bees-wax. one table
spoonful and half of lamp-blaek. and
half pint of linseed oil. Apply while
warm
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-07-10

BY sitting Hour over the currants and
raisins, and rubbing it over them well,
there need be 10 trouble from the sick
eIGng of them in the cake.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-07-10

THE best thing to brighten Tin is whit
ing and kerosene. Wet bit of flannel
in the kerosene, then dip it into the
powder, and rub with a will, and your
tin wiltshire like mirror.
The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1874-04-05

Orders can 30 left at my reaidsnca corner OF ClaV
DsaieE N Cssl and vsS Wholesale and retail, at tho
Orders allied andSamiliss supplied at short notice.
saSp} iy9o 731y = 5l,''rtl
The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1874-04-05
Tho Pilgrimage.
From tho Freeuaaps' journal. /


The Chairman of the Pilgrimage Com
mittee has closed a contract with the
courteous agent of the French Transit
lantic Line, for the accommodation of the
Pilgrimage on the steamer Pereire, which
leaves this port on Saturday, May 10th.
The Pereire is the favorite vessel of this
ocean line, both on account of the ship and
of its officers. We are very glad the Com
mittee has been able to arrange with this
Line, and for this steamer. Aud it 10 due
to the owners of the Line, in France, az
we'll as to Mr.. Mckenzie in New York, to
say that their CO operation has been most
generous. The date of sailing, and the
preference passengers to Europe have for
the Pereire, made it real sacrifice to the
Line to give so much room OF the reduction
offered.
circular has been sent, or is about to
be sent, by the Chairman of the Pilgrimage
Committee, to each of the Pilgrims, setting
forth details that are of interest to them
particularly.
fifty. By the courtesy of the agent of the
| line, some additional state-r rooms will be
| held at the disposal of the Chairman of. the
Committee, for pilgrims Of proper character
that may determine to 60, but who have
not, till now, secured their enrolment.
Such viii understand, however, that this
| can last bat for few days, as there will be
great pressure for passage by the Pereire
on this voyage. Applications, therefore,
not to meet with disappointment, must be
made .toTthaCith, by letter or by telegraph.
Friends of ours who desire may telegraph
to us, aud we will attend, instantly, to their
demands; or they can address directly
John d. Kelley, Jr., So Broadway.
For this first Pilgrimage, considering the
length of the way, and the rapidity of the
proposed journey, we think it, perhaps
| providential that the numbers going are
not to be much greater. 1t was desired, al
the first, by some of the most prudent con
suited, that the extreme limit should have
been set at one hundred. But, as the whole
scope of the Committee was 20 assume ne
other control than what was necessary il
order to bring Pilgrims to o united action
who lived far apart, and were not person
ally acquainted with each other--it wa
thought best not to limit the number toe
absolutely. As 1t is, with only sixty o.
seventy, of the most desirable character
going together, In theeintention OF united
Pilgrimage, there is every prospect o
avoiding the embarrassments that on O FIRE
movement of the kind, could not easily
have been avoided had the number beer
much greater. The numbers that ar,
going are ample for all the purposes con
templateds and, being such as they are, go
one heart and of one eoul," the Pilgrimage
auspiciOusly begun, and happy accom-
plished, viii not only do good to the pioul
souls who undertake it, but win bring bRcl
q new blessing, and an increased fervor, fol
this country. E. Hss
The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1874-04-05

" De Tocqueville is not read now, nor
Jefferson" nor anything but the money
column. This remark of the Philadelphia
EVeming Star shows the drift of the age to
materialism perhaps as well as any that
money column. PA, what is moneyPn
asked little Paul Dombey, and the old
gentleman turned the conversation to
something else. The dream of the age is
not the vision Of Arthur for the perfection
of chivalric manhood, not the aspiration of
Milton for cultured freedom, not the thrill
OF Bonaparte as the contemplation Of uni
versal empire and the glory of blood.
wrought deeds. No, it is Q phautasy Of
bonds, dream of greenbacks, a vision of
gold, gold, gold, gold.
The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1874-04-05

A CHARACTERISTIC FRENCH INDUSTRY
The manufacture of artificial butter, now
SO extensively carried on in . few places in
this country, has usually been described as
an industry of American origin, when, in
fact, it ia due to French ingenuity and
skill. 1t appears that some experiments
made with cows subjected to very scanty
diet, led to the consideration of the fact
that these animals continued to give milk,
although in very much smaller quantity,
and that such milk always contained butter.
Surmising that this butter was due to the
absorption of the fat contained in the
animal tissues, which became converted
into butter under the influence of the milk
secreting glands, experiments were accord
ingly made on the splitting up of animal
fats, and farther, to the making of butter by
an artificial process. This process consisted
fresh beef suee, by means of circular eaws
fitted to q cylinder, then placing 1t in o
vessel containing water, carbonate OF
potasss, and fresh sleeps stomachs pre-
viously cut mp int small Fragments. Now,
the temperature of this mixture having been
raised to forty Eve degrees the joint in,
6uence of the pepsine of the stomachs and
heat caused the fat to separate from the
cellular tissue, and this fatty matter, floating
on the top, was decanted, and, on cooling,
submitted to very great by draulic pressure.
The stearine thus produced was used in
oleomargarine butter was found to be OBJ
tainable by pouring certain amount of the
fat, along with specific quantities of milk
and water, into churn, adding to this a
certain amount of the soluble matter which
is obtained by soaking for some hours in
milk from cows' udders and milk glands.
A little annatto being added, and churning
proceeded with, the butter obtained was
we'll washed with cold water-the article
proving an excellent imitation of genuine
butter.
The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1874-04-05
Diseases Of the Blood.

Tho Blood is the Life" When this source
10 corrupted the painful and producing effects
are yisbo in many shspss The multfarions forms in
which 1t nnanfests ITSELF would form subjects anon
which might vrite volumes. But ali the varied
forms Of disease which depend upon bad blood are
cured, best treated by sueh medicines take M
from this auid and exotee from the gystem noIous
elements 10 10 not of practical Importance that ehoud
deecree each For instance medical authors describe
about nifty varieties OF skin disease but all re-
quire for their cure very ainiar treatment It b OF
practical utility to know just what nae TO apply
certain fora Of skin disease you know how beet 20
cure II Then again might 20 and describe various
kinds OF scrOful0us Sores fever cores white sUeinRS
enlarged glands, and ulcers of varying appearance;
might describe how Rfxnlent poison may AhoV itself
IN yareus forms Of erSptons ulsera throat bony
tuaoTs, etc but IS all these various Appearing mani
festatons Of bad blood arc cured b uniform means
Dean ouch course unnecessary. Thoroughly cleanse
The blood, which is III great fountain Of ne, good
digeston fair Skin huoyAns spirits, vital STRENGTH
and aoundpeas Of oonstitutfcR Will ali return 10 up
For ts purpose DE- PsroOs Goldon Medical Discovery
ana P1rgatVo Pellets arc preeminently the articles
needed, They are. Earransed % cure letter, Salt
Rheum Scald Head. st. Anthcuys Fire, Rose Rash or
4rySigeias, Ring Worms Pimples, Blotclns. spots,
Gruptions, Rustulcs, B03la, Cnlbunelee, Sore EYea
Rough Skin, Souri, Sorofn1ous Sores and SwelNnQn
Fever Sores, white SWellinfa aAeCrs, Old Sores or
SWellinEs Affections Of the skin. Throat and Bonea
and Ulcers Of tho Liver, Stomach, RIdnSys Aad LunEs
The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1874-04-05

dress to The students OF liverpool College
Lord Derby said :-t'To acquire and Keep
up in every Day work q habit of ooncen-
trated attention on details, two things are
necessary = training and energy. .,n me IL
training which Is necessary to maintain ~
is in part, NO doubt, a gift Of nature. Men
possess it, to begin with, in different de-
greee, but it may be lost where 1t naturally
exists, and it may be enormously Increased
whore it originally was Ant feeble. And IN
that connection it is important to notice
how much depends on what students and
young men are apt to dispise as below their
notice-I mean o perfectly sound physical
condition. Take two men, il they could
be found, exactly alike in mental and bodi-
ly aptitudes, and let one 60 on carelessiy
and idly, indulging his appetites, and gen
orally leading o life Of pleasure, and let the
other train himself by early hours, by
and brain each their fair share Of employ
ment, and ut the end of two or three years
they will be 10 wide apart in their capacity
for exertion "a II they had been born with
wholly different constitutions. Without
. normal healthy condition there can, as a
rule, be NO good work and though that
qualification cannot absolutely be secured
or preserved by any rules, q little common
sense and care will go q long way both in
securing and preserving it. On that point
I would give you these hints First, That
it is not mental labor which hurts any
body unless the excess be very great, but
rather fretting and fidgeting over the pro
spect of labor to be gone through 80 that
the man who can accustom himself to take
things coolly, which is quite as much
matter of discipline as Of nature, and who,
by keeping we'll beforehand with what he,
has to Do. avoids undue hurry and ner-
vous excitement, has a great advantage
over one VINO follows different practice.
Next, 1 would warn you that those students
who think they have no time for bodily
exercise will sooner or later have to find
time for illness. Third, When an oppor-
tunity of choice is given, morning work is
generally better than night work and
Iastly-a matter which I should not stop to
allude to but that know the dangers of
an over driven existence in a crowded-town
if a man cannot get through his days
labor, of whatever kind it may be, without
artificial support, it should be q serious
consideration for him whether that kind-of
labor is fit for him at all.
The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1874-04-05

OCCUPATION FOR CHlLDREN.-The active
habits of the children prove that occupa-
ton is o necessity with most of them.
They love to be busy, even about nothing,
some children it is strongly developed
necessity, and if not turned to good ac-
count will be productive of positive evil,
thus verifying the old adage that ''idleness
is the mother of mischief" Children should
be encouraged, or if indolently disinclined
to it, should be disciplined into performing
for themselves ever little Office relative to
the toilet which they are capable of per-
clothes and other possessions Il, neat order.
and fetch for themselves whatever they
want /; in short, they should learn to be as
independent of others as possible, fitting
them alike to make good use of prosperity,
and to meet with fortitude any reverse Of
fortune that may befall them. There is
no rank, however exalted, in which such q
system would not prove beneficial.
The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1874-04-05

EASILY SrAINED.-A mans reputation
is not in his own keeping, but lies at the
mercy of the proAigacy of others. Catumuy
requires no proof. The throwing out Of
malicious imputations against any charac-
ter leaves stain which no after realization
can wipe out. To create an unfavorAble
impression, is is not necessary that certain
things should be true-they have been
said. The reputation 10 30 delicate in tex
ture that even words wound it,