Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1882-09-13


great army of The missing.
Ia tue Diamond Dyes more
colo lug il giveo Ior 10 cts. than any
o.ler l5 or 2j-cent dyes, and hey give
laser and more y, llliant colols.
The @ rtener's Monthly recon-
mends hat on every wash-dav The boil
ing hot soapsuds oe poured about the
roots OF peach tees. This, IL says,
will destroy the insidlous little fungus
which produces tue "yeIlo VS." and
other diseases, aud destroys the larvae
Of insects which are injurious TO the
lrcto.
From some PERSONAL experience, we
are persuaded that rags soaked in kero-
sene oil aud fastened to sticks in the
hills of squash vines will net prove
protection against squash bugs We
iather think, on the contrary, that the
odor of The oil attracts and encourages
them. 1t is ever so much pleasanter
than the smell of the bugs themselves.
Sweet corn (says the Prairie Far
nier), as soon as the boiling ears have
been plucked for use, should be cut
near The ground aud shocked. tying
pretty tight at the top, but LEAVING the
butts ra.her well spread. When cured,
it should be bound into suitable
bundles, and placed compactly under
cover There is no better winter feed
for milch cows.
The test as to whether a young tree
is making sufficient growth or not is
made by examining It's new shoots. Ii
these grow twelve to fifteen inches an
nually, neither manure nor additional
culture is probably needed. If less
than this length of new wood is grown,
something is needed to stimulate the
growth and increase the vigor of the
tree.
Pure, clean water is essential to the
bealth and productiveness of fowls, a
fact which should be especially remem-
bcred in dry summer weather, when
no springs or running water are near
at hand. They should be supplied
with water at least three times day ;
and it is good plan to place it in a
shallow dish, so that little chicks can
get at the water without danger of
drowning.
For preventing smut in wheat, Mr..
Howard, M. p, uses the following
preparation For eight bushels of
wheat, balf-pint of gas-tar, two
pounds of blue vitriol, aud about two
gallons of water are required The
water is applied in boiling STATE to
he lar and vi.riol, which are stirred
until The tar is dissolved. The mixture
is then cool enought to pour over the
grain, which is turned over until
thoroughly soaked.
The Scientifc american gives the
following recipe for the benefit of those
who prefer TO make t,ieir own baking
powder Pure cream of tartar, two
pounds; bicar5onate of soda, one
pound corn starch, one ounce. All
the ingredients must be perfectly dry
before mixing, and ve,y thoroughly
mixed. One teaspoolful is required
for one pound of -four. If the ma
terials are not pure, of course the re-
suit will not be satisfactory.
"Will you please pass the Shem
asked quiet man, at the lunch coun-
ter. Haven't any?" squealed the
girl in attendance. "Some Japhety"
queried the quiet man again. "Don't
keep III" squeaked the damsel. "I
say" Clipped in a crrious passenger.
"what do you mean by Shem and
JaDhet ?" Nothing" responded the
little mao, doleiu'ly: "only the Ham
is so old aad musty that thought
the rest of the tribe might be around
here somewhere, and I'd like to see
'em.
There is a proverb in England that
"a white willow tree will buy the owner
a horse before her trees will pay for
the saddle The wood of this tree is
highly regarded there, no other being
in grea,er demand. 1t is light, very
tough, soft, takes good finish, and
will bear more pounding and knocks
than any other English wood. 1t is
used extensively for cricket bats, floats
for paddle wheels, brake blocks on
cars, planking coasting vessels, OK
yokes, wooden legs, saoe lasts. etc. 1t
will often grow to height of sixty or
seventy feet in twenty years.
The rumors that fly about the Brit
ish military camps on the Suez Canal
recall the events of twenty years ago
in America. Implicit faith is placed
in the reliable gentleman who has
Just come from the front; the stories of
deserters afford great variety of irfo--
nation; and though the Intelligent
contraband seems to be lacking in
Egypt, bis place is fully supplied by
the Ubiquitous Bedouin. At Port Said
the other day, Bedouin purporting
to come fom Cairo reported that the
citizens there wee calm, but the mill
tary were excited. This important in
telligeuce was hurried to London, and
thence at all speed under the ocean 10
| America Presently we may hear
ifom another Bedouin that it was tho
| military of Cairo who were calm ld