The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-09-18
PARAGRAPHS OF ALI SORTS.

vious month for twenty years.
The production of wheat and bar
ley in the United States have treble'
IN the last fifteen years, while corn
cotton and tobacco have doubled,
To remove stains nom marble, TAX,
fresh oil of Vitriol and lemonade, ant
wipe the spots with soft linen rag.
One of the best things IN the worlt
to give horse after he has been driven
hard, is Il pailtul of water into which
has been stirred pailful of oat meal
A competent cook sends us the fol-
lowing recipe for baked sweet-corn
"Take dozen good ears, cut Off the
corn, and season with salt and pep
per. Add two cups of cream, or two
cups of milk with butter the size of an
egg. Bake in the serving dish forty
five minutes to an hour, according to
the state of the oven. Serve hot"
To show how accurately the Eng
fish journals are posted on the climate
and soil Of the United States, which
they advertise to the word, an Eng
fish paper descants upon the delight
full mi,dness of the Canadian climate,
and advertised'a big strawberry picnic
to come off on the 18th of April. If
they had only advertised that the
Strawberries were raised around Crys-
tai Springs, and shipped to Canada
where the snow was about foot deep
at that season Of the year, they would
not have deceived the poor immigrants
who are seeking IL mild climate in
Canada.
Nineteen head of young mules were
recently struck and killed by light
ming in Washington county, Ken
lucky.
Alex. McClintock, of Williamsburg,
Ky, recently sold in Kansas City, $50
pure-bred Cotswolds for POO or so
per head.
1t is said that the Texas pecan crop
will be immense this season.
Heavy rains have damaged the
North Carolina cotton crops fully so
per cent.
The California wool crop this year
will amount to 35,000000 pounds
doub that Of any preceding year.
One million dollars worth of stock
are annually destroyed by wolves in
France.
Two parts Of quck-lime, three parts
OF SCOT, and one part Of refuse salt, is
said to be destruction to the cut-worm.
The American National Bee-Keep-
er's Association will hold their Con-
Vention at Cincinnati, Ohio, on the
18th and 3Oth September, and lst
October. There will be delegates
from all the States in the Union, also
from France, England, Germany,
Italy, and from Canada.
White grubs, which prey upon the
roots of cabbages, can be destroyed by
a solution of soft soap-one part of
soap to twelve Of water.
When they shear sheep in Australia,
they mean business, as may be mag
med when the flocks aggregate over
two hundred thousand There are
some men there proprietors of more
than a million sheep. Edoes d Co.,
Of New South Wales, upon one of
their sheep farms at Burrawang, had
a strengthening which lasted ten
weeks, and was concluded early in
December, during which time no less
than SOC, 1913 sheep were shOrn. To do
ibis work 100 shearers, in addition to
5he "station hands" were employed.
a Stock Company is been formed in
jhe city Of Louisville for the purpose
If establishing a meat canning estab-
ishment of large dimensions. Amer
can canned meats are superior to all |
,thers.
The following disinfectant is strongly
recommended by DR.. Day, an eminent
Australian physician, for destroying
he germ of infectious diseases in hos
,itals: One part Of rcctified oil of
and seven parts benzine,
With the addition of five drops of the
Ill Of verbena.
A mine of French chalk has been
iscoVered in Vermont.
DR.. Glenn, the great land owner of
has 10000 acres in wheat.
A Brattleboro, VT, farmer has sold
| 600 ears sweet corn this season, from
alf an acre.
There were 4,777,0OO bushels of
heat, 1,7SG,OOO bushels of corn sent
Europe last week.
Mr.. d. A. Jones has recently arriv- !
| in New York with 200 swarms of
yprian bees, procured by him in
yprus and the Holy Land. l
There has been a series of terrible ,,
Orms along our coasts, wrecking !
rye number of vessels, and destroy I
Ig crops. Storms have been terrible J
Florida, destroying orange and
her crops. I
Mr.. Oliver G. Chopen, of Ontario !
unity, New York, sold his apple crop a
1S79-1O.OOO barrels for ST., 900. 0
The Eagle and Phoenix Cotton d
ills, of Columbus, Ga, employs il
400 hands, spins up 40 bales of cot !
II per day, and runs A, 100 spindles g
Il ,5jS looms. o
One Chicago firm has sold fifty ii
rec miles of printed flags during the o
st month.
The sale of cattle in Texas, this ;.
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