The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1875-03-25

/ L k1h NhANEEkAos-AIh hllG 4cN AAtAN u
! October, according to an official bnlle-
| tin issued By the secretary of the ma
/ tional grange there were IN the several
states 20, 500 subordinate oranges.
/ During the preceding month, 400 new
gran~es had been instituted. The last
session of the national orange was held
| In Charleston, South Carolina, on the
6rst Wednesday in February, 1875,
The oranges represented in each state
are as follows: Alabama, 632 Arkan-
sss, 504 California, 231 Connecticut.
3; Delaware, IA; Florida, 81; Georgia,
659 Illinois, ] .513; Indiana, 1891 !;
Iowa. 1000; Kansas, 1, $50; Kentucky,
!, ,425; Louisiana, 1S5 Maine. 3S /;
Maryland, 11S; Massachusetts, 81 !;
Michigan, 500 /; Minnesota. $40 Missis-
sippi, 500 Missouri, 1892; Nebraska,
596; New Hampshire, 81 New Jersey,
so; New York, $50; North Carolina,
$50; Nevada, 8 Ohio. 1,031; Oregon,
ia; Pennsylvania, $40; South Caro-
lima, GA; Tennessee, ], 1,003; Texas, 6S7;
Vermont, 125; Virgins, 373; West
Virginia, no; Wisconsin,, 800 Color
ado, 65 Dakota, Sc Idaho, %; Mon
tana, % (; Indian Territory, 4; Canada,
81.
TIE MAMMOTH CAVE OF MRxIoo.-It
is said that the cave of CacahnRmilpa
is the largest cave in the world. Sew
eral persons, who have visited the
Mammoth Cave of Kentucky and that
of CacsLuamilpa Ia Mexico, pronounce
the latter the larger. A volcanic noun
tain with an extinct crater covers this
cave. It is not described in guide
books or books of travel. 1t has, in
fact, never been adequately described.
Mr.. Porter @. Bliss has twice examined
and explored it, the last time in Feb
ruary of the present year. SIX hun
dred persons constituted the last ex-
ploriBg party; they were provided
with Bengal lights and scientific
appliances. After reaching a level
at perhaps fifty feet depth they
proceeded three and three-quarter
miles into the interior. The roof was
so bigh-a succession of halls-that
rockets often explode before striking it.
Labyrinthine passages leave the main
hall in every directiOn. Below this
cave, at great depth, are two other
immense caves, from each of which
issues a branch of a great river, uuit-
ing here. These two rivers enter some
five miles distant at the other side of
the mountain, hOw parallel, and issue
at last together. Vast quantities of
bats are the most numerous inhabitants
of these caTerng.
To REEovATE old feather beds, when
no steam apparatus is convenient, put
them outdoors during a rain. Let
them dry in the sun, beating them oc-
casionslly with sticks to loosen the
feathers. They should be turned over
several times, and thorougbally dried.
A paste of soft soap and starch viii
take stains out of a bed ticking.
Spread it over the spots. When dry,
scrape off and wash with a damp
sponge.
Do NOT use martingaies on working
teams. See that the hames are buckled
tight enough at the top to bring the
draft iron near the center of the collar.
If too low, it not only interferes with
the action of the shoulder, but gives
the collar an uneven bearing.
In removing ink spots from delicate
cOlors, a concentrated solution Of sodi-
um pyrophosphate may be employed
when oxdic acid or chloride of lime
cannot bs used without injuTying the
color.
A GOOD cheap paint for floors is made
of five pounds of French ocher, one quar-
ter of a pound OF glue, and a gallon of
hot water. When we'll dried, apply
one or two coats of linseed oil.
STAINS on wall paper can be cut out
with sharp penknife and a piece of
paper so nicely inserted that no one
can ses the patch.