The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1880-08-12

AAC4uDCACu GudU Cicoo SuUSGduCSS are
deadly poisons, to be handled with eau
ton and stored in q secure place, or
serious results may follow. ..s. 5
The Paris Figaro says s Do not
waste your orange peel, but make an IN
cision round it midway, and remove care
fully in two halves. Take the two cups
and place them hollow downward, one
on the grass and the other among the
plants OF vegetables. At the end Of
few days you will be rid of all slugs.
black or gray. Every morning YOU viii
find that they have taken refuge under
the cups Of orange peel, and can be de-
stroyed. !" -,5. 5
RHUBARBJELLY Take some rhubarb
wipe it with clean wet cloth, peel it.
and cut it into pieces an inch long. To
each pound of rhubarb add three fourths
OF q pound Of white sugar. Put it to
boil for about ten minutes, or until the
juice is well drawn. Strain it into q
preserving pan, let it boil quickly till it !
chngs to the spoon, skim it and put it
into jam pots or molds. The quickest
way to know If it will set is to drop 3
title on a plate to cool. &..1
FODDER Corn may be sown in drills,
two and half to three feet apart, and at
intervals Of ten days for several weeks
to come. It is notwell to SOW the seed
broadcast, as the plants, to do the best,
need to be cultivated while young, and
for this purpose drills are necessary.
The smaller varieties are preferable on
account of superior fneness of the fod-
der. The notion that sweet corn is bet
ter for corn fodder than the ordinary
field sorts is without foundation. That.
the grain is sweeter in the former does
not indicate that the stalks are any
better. @ .-. st,st s4
COFFEE is native of Arabia, sup
posed by some to have been the chief
Ingredient Of the old Lacedemo nian
broth. The use of this berry was not
known in England until the year 1857,
at which time d merchant Of Turkey, on
his return from Smyrna to London,
brought with him Greek Of Ragusa,
who was accustomed every morning to-
prepare this liquor for his master, who
never wanted company. The merchant,
in order to get rid of q crowd Of visit
ants, ordered his Greek to open coffee
house in Cornhill This was the first
coffee house opened in London.
MOST of the ferns found in our woods
contain more or less starch, and when
properly prepared are extremely palat-
able and nutritious, All attempt was
recently made in France to popularize
them as an article of food. The young
shoots Of the common brake fern when
exposed above the soil to the air and
sunlight become exceedingly feshy,
white and tender. A famous French (.
painter is known to pride himself on his
fern omelets, and the hill tribes of Japan
live on fern all the year round. In
spring they eat the tender leaflets, and
later in the season they eat the starch
extracted from the roots. s..s
q DR.. F0ote's Health :1fo7,thlu tells how
people get sick 6 Eating too much and
too fast swallowing Imperfect -masti-
Gated food !; using too much fluid at
meals; drinking poisonous whisky and
other Intoxicating drinks; repeatedly
using poison as medicines keeping late
hours at night, and sleeping late in the
morning wearing clothing too tight;
neglecting to wash the body sufficiently
to keep the pores open; exchanging the
warm clothes worn In a warm room dur
ing the day for costumes and exposure
incident to evening parties compress
ing the stomach to crafty vain and
foolish passion for dress keeping up
constant excitement; fret1ing the mind
with borrowed troubles; swallowing
quack nostrums for every imaginary
i'll taking meals at irregular intervals,
ETC."
Mow1NG machines have come to be an
indispensable part Of the machinery Of
the farm. It is a serious loss of time
and money to get in any large crop Of
hay without using them. Scythes may.
be used around fence corners, trees, etc,
but in open fields they must give place
to the horse mowers, many kinds of
which are so near perfection that it is
hard to 60 astray in selecting one.
A HAVING. Glover and timothy should
be cut when in full blossom if allowed
to get ripe, the quality of hay is not SO
good. By beginning early the work
need not be hurried. Use the mower
after the dew :, off in the forenoon.
Cut only as much as can. be well cared
for. It is often remarked that the aver
age quality of hay is not SO good as be-
fore the introduction Of the moving ma
chimes, from the temptation to cut the
grass faster than it can be cured.
The Uses OF WATER. Water power
for, household purposes has been brought
into use at Zurich. FireWood, for e1-
ample, is to be sawn into convenient
lengths for burning. A small saving
machine, on wheels, is drawn by two
men to the front Of the house. They con
meet it by a flexible tube with the near
est hydrant; the water flows to the ma
chine the saw dances, and cuts up the
wood with surprising rapidity. The
quantity Of water used is shown by an
indicator affixed to the saving machine.
A portable turbine has also been invent
ed, and employed in many places in the
city, IN driving a Gramme machine for
the productiss Of electric light. Water
Is sold vesJ cheap in Zurich; but there
are perhaps other towns in which this, SO
to al it, domestic water-power could
bt advantageously introduced. a tur-
bine Of about four inches in diameter
has for some time been sold. It's office
is to work sewing machine. An india
rubber tube is attached to the ordinary
water-supply similar tube acting a.
Waste-pipe TO the neareet sink