The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1876-11-24
Items OF Interest.

the world's stage He went to Paris
complete his Puritani," and had
great a success that he was carried
triumph upon the stage, where he VIZ
decorated by the king. So much happ
ness in a single day overwhelmed hin
He went sick to the house of a friend 3
8 Puteaux and died there. He was burie
in Pere Lachaise. That was in 1884
and it was only the other day that hi
remains were carried to Italy for inteI
ment in his native city of Catania.
The European cuckoo never builds
nest, but steals place for each sepsrat
egg in the home of some other birC
Occasionally the egg is found in a mes
so small that the cuckoo could not pos
sibly have set upon it. For instance
the egg has been laid lin the willo,
wren's nest, which is dOmed, and has a
entrance that just admits the owner
How does the cuckoo manage to lay be
egg in n nest so constructed? Vaillan
obtained evidence that one of the Africal
cuckoos carries the egg in her bill to tn
nest she means to usurp, and it is sup
posed by some that the European specie
does the same.
For years we used "salts of lemon
and various acids to remove stains from
table linen, but a person remarked to us
All your labor is useless. Wait til
the peaches are gone and the stains will
also be gone" We thought this utterly
foolish, but decided to try it; and, surt
enough, when the peaches were gone the
stains had disappeared The idea, in it
self, looks ridiculous; but does not the
table linen get enough regular washing
to take out almost any stains in the
course of one peach season? We have
noticed the same is true of grape stains
or of almost any other kind of fruit
This is very true, and ii remembered
may save much useless labor.-COr. De
tr0d Free Press.
Marble mantles that have become bad
ly discolored by smoke may be made
perfectly clear by the application of ben
zine. Put it on literally, then rub of
with a clean flannel. If one application
does not do it effectually a second will
Never apply soap to marble, it takes of
the polish but grease spots may be re
moved by the application of powdered
magnesia.
What is termed the "voltaic gas
| ligther," an ingenious device which OBJ
viates the use of matches or tapers
and does away with the attendant dan
| ger in lighting gas, is coming into eXten
sive use abroad. 1t consists of a small
bichrOmate of potash battery, the zinc
plate of which is so arranged that by the
! pressure of the finger it can be immersed
in the exciting fluid and put the battery
| in action. Rising from the top OF the
battery is light brass stem, like 4 taper
holder, but in the form of a swans neck
terminating in little bell, within which
| the two poles of the battery are united
! by a spiral of platinum wire; this wire
when the battery is put in action by
| the immersion of the zinc plate, becomes
white hot. and will instantly ignite the
gas if held over the open burner, nothing
more being essential.
The thickest armOr-plate ever produced
has recently bean rolled at the Scammell
works, Sheffield, England. From four
and one-half inches, the size has been in
creased, step by step, till itiinally reached
fourteen inches, and now they have sue
ceeded in producing one of twenty-tW 0
inches, this being eight inches thicker
than any armOr-plate ever yet rolled.
the plates of which this is sample are
intended for two war vessels now being
constructed for the Italian government,
and the gun to be used in testing this
great plate. which weighs thirty-fve tons,
is a one hundred ton Armstrong gun.
The vessels are to have two tUrrets, each
turret to contain two of these enormous
pieces OF artillery. The manufacturer
states that if these guns succeed in pene
trating this plate, he shall have no hest
tation in rolling one of thirty or even
forty incnes in thickness.
Zinc that is used under stoves snouid
never be dampened. If it becomes soiled
or dim, rub with flannel and a little
fresh lard. In this way it will always
look as new and bright as when first pur-
chased.
Concerning the condition OF the farm
ers of the northwest the Milwaukee Wiz
consin thinks the general condition of
the farmers IN these states at the close Of
the season in 1876 is as good as iC was
in 1875. 1t admits the wheat crop is
short, not more than half crop, but
holds that they have far more corn than
last year.
Insects in all parts Of the world are
becoming more than ever a terror TO the
husbandman. The western farmers, with
their experiences of grasshoppers and
po.atO-bugs, can sympathize very acutely
with the poor wine growers Of the CIR.
onde. Great as are the achievements Of
science in Europe and America its claims
to boasting are made almost ridiculou by
the impudent aggressiOns Of these little
insects.
To polish furniture use equal parts Of
boiled linseed oil and kerosene. Apply
it with a flannel, and rub dry with an
other flannel. 1t will remove all white
marks and scratches and should be kept
always ready for use. 1t gives the room
a fresh appearance to rub all the furniture
with this preparation. One feels well re.
warded for the labor. If any white spots
are so firmly fixed that the polish does
not remove them, it can be done by
rubbing with turpentine then holding
a hot shovel over them.-DetrOH FIRE
Press.
Any good housekeeper will have her
pickle Jars and fruit cans thoroughly
cleansed, when emptied of their contents,
before putting away. To do this, throw
in a good handful of washing soda, fill
up the jar with boiling water, cover and
let it stand for an hour. Then wash in
the soda water, scald and rinse in two
boiling waters and wipe dry. If any odor
remains repeat the process. To clean
bottles, put dozen large tacks in with
strong soda water, shake well, and every
thing adhering to the inside OF the bottle
will at once disappear.
Purdy's Fruit Record gives the most
successful planting Of raspberries as in
autumn, by the following mode: The
young plants are carefully set, the roots
well spread out, and the mellow earth
which covered them beaten with the hoe
over the plant. to show where they were.
As soon as the ground froze in winter a
wagon-load of manure was driven over the
plantation. and shovelful placed on each
beaten spot. Early in spring the whole
surface was narrowed, winch scattered the
manure and mixed it with the soil. This
mellowed the soil and destroyed the weeds
that were just ready to come up, leaving
clean surface till the yeuug raspbcrricS
were half q foot high
''WHEg was president ! did not 60
hunting. J wrote sixteen hours day"
--Thiera ''IIe loved books and was his
torian by trade War is my profession,
and make war on what can--l hunt
- Dfqc4 4Hlh0H.