The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1878-05-16

never WILL Ne aOlc to combine the be1
qualities of all in any one variety.
Most Of us are very ready to be capt.
waited by size, though size and the charac.
teristic qualities which make fruit val.
liable are generally inimical. We some.
times see strawberries nine and ten inches
in circumference. They are curious and
pretty. They are nice to pick. They are
charming table ornaments. One of them
. is as large as a dozen wild strawberries
But, just for eating, which had you
rather have?
How Nee. Treat Moths,
There is large moth, commonly
known as the deaths head moth, from its
having curious mark on its back like a
skull and crossbones sculptured on All
Old tombstone, which makes very free
with bees honey. It flies in the dusk of
the evening when the bees are at rest,
and enters the hole in the hive, pokes its
long suckers through the wax walls
which surround the comb, and draws
much honey into its s.nmach. Very
often in the long evenings there are
many bees lowering around about the
hive, but ii the dcath's-head aiignts and
moves towald the door they do not take
much notice; yet one sting would kill it,
and it has no means of hurting the bee
in return. So much troubled are some
hives by these curious visitors. that the
bees erect flat wall of wax Just within
the hive door, allowing a small opening
ia exist on either hand. This, as rule,
puzzles the mothe, and it cannot enter.
On the other hand, If moth gets right
into the hive, the bees do not Kill it, but
either let it alone or use all their inge-
nuity to stop its honey stealing proDen-
sites. Whilst the moth is enjoying its
meal, the bees occasionally pull down
some of the honeycomb behind it, and
mou!d the wax quickly SO as to form a
dense wall. When the moth has finish
ed its meal, and turns to get out of the
hive, it finds itself walled up and impr;s-
ened for life.
RAbv carr inxrs 4. nd Baby Kn,ers.
. The Providence Journal says: 1.-The
time has come for the inevitable baby
carriage. A generation ago these things
were little more than baskets screwed on
to axlcs without springs. Then came a
protest, originally from physicians,
against trund!ing the little ones over the
pavements in vans which would rack the
bones and addle the brains of the tough
est man. Out of this discussion the mod
ern baby carriage was evolved, and, as
at first constructed, was provided with
real springs, and if used with ordinary
care, did not endangcr lite. Gradually
the springs have given away to rigid
strips of iron, initiating springs, leaving
the carriage as unfit and dangerous as
wheel-barrow for the delicate mission Of
transporting an infant over rough cross
ings anu along the average sidewalk.
The baby's tissues will not bear much
jolting. Its brain is e latinous, and
even its bones soft. Nature has made its
bed in the mothers arms and on the
mothers. breast. TO chang, this for a
springless cart is almost murder. Let
any man or woman try riding short dis
lance, On the smoothest road, in wagon
without springs. The jar will be found
fatigu;ng and soon become painful. The
Intervention Of cushion or pillow
docs nof ease it much. If any parent
wishes to get baby carriage for child
who's: life is worth insuring let him or
her buy none in which the boay pressed
by the hand does not rise and fall easily
on its springs"
Protection against Moths.
We have every spring many modes
offered of protecting furs and wolicns
agains the destructive attacks of the moth
during warm weather. We have seen
various preparations sold for this purpose
with long accounts appended of their be-
ing perfect remedies. Red cedar chests
and closets are recommended, and many
people cumber their houses with them at
considerable expense, only to find out how
grievously they have been disappointed.
The best protection VIC ever tried has
been to tic up in close cotton bags all furs
and woollens at all convenient to be SO
treated, after giving them thorough
sinking and cleansing, and letting them
remain there until they are again wanted.
These bags can be hung anywhere out of
the way. If there are no moths in the
articles when tied up. there certainly can
none get in afterward if the bags are
sound. All can see that. But when the
clothes or articles are too numerous to
make this convenient OF desirable, hang
up in the wardrobe, after good shaking,
and place little bags Of camphor all over
the wardrobe, laying few in the bottom.
Then, about every three weeks, take out
the clothes and shake them up we'll. No
moths will ever disturb thcm.-Ger. Teze-
graph.
Food For Canary Birds.-Peoplc who
keep canary birds may grow nearly all
the seed the birds require by
sowing small patch of Miilet. The
birds will do we'll On this with a little
hemp and poppy seed for change. The
latter with the Millet are imported and
are expensive, costing from ten to fifteen
cents pound retail. The aggregate con
sumption in this country amounts to
many tons in a year.