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H~apny.GO-IIuck Farming,

The Western Rural in commenting
upon the happy-go-luck style of farming
which cur improved machinery makes
possible, says, ''it is not a question with
us how much an acre will produce, or
What is an acre? If one acre does not
produce as much as we want we plant
two, for our sulky plows. and riding
cultivators, and reaping machines make
distance and area Of very little impor-
lance. In fact we spread out our oper-
atoms too wide and too thin. SIMPLY be-
cause our modern improvements enable
us to do 30. We waste land and we
waste interest on capital invested in
land; and we will be compelled TO do
differently in this country. We shall
have to contract our operations, and Quit
cultivating an e tire township in one
farm simply because inventive genius
enables us to get ave it easily. Unless,
for instance, we can increase the yield
0! wheat per acre in this country, there
is danger of being driven out of the bus
mess of wheat growing. AS the country
in price, we shall not be able TO devote
land to raising fourteen bushels o..
wheat to the acre, and that is above the
average. We must make one acre do at
least what two are now doing and we
shall do it. No doubt of it at all.
Farming is not always going to be what
it now is in the United States. It cam
not always be 30: and the question with
every farmer ought to be not how much
acreage can | get over, with our mar
velouslv perfect machinery, but what is
the limit | can compel every acre under
cultivation, to do in production?"
Warmth ana Pure AIR for stock.
The recent cold weather gives stock
excellent appetite and shows conclusive
ly theimportahce of providing for them
comfortable winter quarters. Tne loss
from unnecessary exposure Of stock in
Western ATTITUDES amounts to millions OF
dollars in this country every winter, and
the importance Of the question of shell
ter for stock needs to lie advocated,
There is usually mnch less exposure of
cattle, and the former are better enable
ed to bear the inclemency Of weather if
accustomed to it. Cattle are naturally
sensitive 10 cold, and while with an
abundance Of hearty food before them
they are capable of enduring mich Sc
ere weather, yet economy that
due attention be given to the subject.
and suitable @ for shelter and com
tort provided, Many farmers allow
thelr stock to be unnecessarily exposed
IN winter, from mere curelessness and
Ignorance Of the laws pertaining to the
health and comfort of all animals. They
need to be reminded that the heat in ali
w~arm-blooded animals requires to be
keptat nearly the came Temperature ard
that when tho weather becomes cold or
stormy; as in winter, some provisions
must be made to keep up the animal
heat to nearly its normal degree. This
may usually be accomplished Ivy feeding
the animals heavily OF strong concentra-
ted food, but it can tie done much chea D.
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ar by providing suitable protect! on
ssainst the cutting winds and pelting

er by providing suilap'e pfoIeet! on
Fresh air is the vitalelemen1 OF heath
nd on the hills Of our DAIRY coGnties
the d;es sg;Rp sn f,Sn fa S0 al ds%and ala i IS, or sp
W the present WHITING, mol controlled BY
any 40 yl, Combinations, or likely to be locked
stahIe tand house as welb it is as careful
Nv aconomized as if there was a risk of
using It all up with no chance of getting
any more. A COW cannot give whole-
some mix without pure air as well as
pure water, but thousands get llttie of
either on farms sn,; where en ,bes W simpl 0lf bs,,
canse no thought is G ven to ventilation,
and /, is easier to let the herd drink
from a ward pool than to conduct water
tn them.-Country Gentleman.
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senseless Invitations.
From the New York Graphic.

Come and see me-" or come and see
us" "any time.". Now, "any time," is
generally a very poor time. "Any
time may mean when the party is 9TH
erwise engaged, or 'or some cause the
very last time the party wants to see
you. If your company is entertaining
or valuable tits worth setting a time fer.
ANY time meaning no set time, in
veives calling when other parties are
present. who will take all the pleasure
out OF your visit. Seeing q friend who
amounts to anything socially means sec
my him. and not the other h II dozen
with him. At least. with such as have
passed out of the era of %gregarious So
ca existence, which can digest a mixed
gathering of wheat and chaf, or good,
bad and Indifferent altogether. The
pleasure of social intercourse between
two individuals is also dependent on
rule and regulation, and requires not
that the two see each other alone and
undlsturbed by other presence, but that
me two see each otherin their best con-
sltlon, and not tagged out or exhausted
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Currant Cuttings.

An experienced gardener of Indiana,
according to the Farmers Advocate, is
o, opinion that very few persons who
plant currant cuttings do it at the right
season of the year. 1t is usually done
in the spring, when in fact it should be
done in the fail. I have had a good
deal of experience in prop eating cut
tings. 1 always plant my currant cut
tings in the fall as soon rs the leaves fall
off. They will make durable roots two
or four inches long the same fall, while
the buds remain dormant. They will
make double the growth the next sea
son if set in the fail, thar they will if
not set till spring. They should be set
in ground that will not heave them out
by the effects Of frost, ard should be
covered just before winter sets in with
coarse litter. Remove the covering
early in the spring, and examine the
cuttings to see if any of them have
heaved, and if so, pressthem down again.
Should they heave up an inch or more,
if well pressed down, they will start and
make a better growth than cutting. in
the spring. In either case however,
the cuttings should always be made in
the fall.
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Colonel M,thael Sheridan has bought
q house in Washington nenr that of his
brother, the coming general ofthe army.
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HOUSE AND FARM,
Hints to the Cook.

An entree specially designed to accom-
pany roast pork is made in this way:
Peel as many potatoes as will cover the
bottom Of a deep pie dish. Sprinkle a
half a teaspoonfuI of dried sage over
them. Cut n small onion in thin slices,
and spread them over this. Add salt
and pepper, and little Jumps of butter
according to your taste. Cover the bot
tom Of the dish with water. and bake in
u moderate oven.
An appetizing entree is made by TAX
ing cold boiled cabbage; chop it fine; for
a medium-sized pudding dish full ada
two we'll beaten eggs, a tablespoonful OF
butter, three tablespoonfuls OF cream
with pepper and salt and libitum. But
ter the pudding dish, put the cabbage in
and bake until brown. This may be eat,
en- cold, but it is much better ii served
hot. 1t is especially good with roast
pork, or pork chops.
A delicious chicken soup is made by
cutting up one chicken and putting it in
| your kettle with nearly two quarts of
| water, a te%aspooniul of salt and q little
pepper. When about half done add two
teaspoonfuls OF barley or of rice. When
this is done remove the chicken from
the soup, tear or cut part Of the brea At
in'o small pieces, and add to the soup
with a cup OF cream. The rest of the
chicken may be reserved for salad, or
for chicken croquettes.
A delicate entree is made by scraping
ten small table carrots and putting them
in a saucepan with tire, ounces of but
| ter. Let them simmer gently; VIII en-
you judge that they have cooked for fif-
teen minutes, add some salt, pepper, a
very small onion chopped ihe, and a
llttle,-say a ~teaspoontul- of chopped
parsley. When the car OTIS are tender,
drain the butter from them and serve
hot. This is a nice dish with roast beef.
Potato pancakes make a most excel.
lent dish for supper. Serve with the
same embellishments in the way of pick.
les, sauces as you would do were the
dish you were Offering tried oysters.
Crate a dozen medium sized potatoes.
after peeling them and washing thor
oughly. Add the yolks of three eggs, a
heaping table spoonful of flour, and if
they seem to dry, a little milk will do to
thin them, witha large t%easpoonful OF
salt, and lastly the whites ofthe three
eggs beaten stiff, and thoroughly beaten
in with the potatoes. Heat your grid
die and put butter and lard in equal
proportions OR it, and fry the cakes in
it until they are brown. Make them q
third larger than the ordinary size of
the pancake.
One way to economic and to produce
excellent results in cooking IS to use suet
in place of butter or lard. For many
purposes it is better than either of these.
Some people who object decidedly to
cakes fried in lard relish them when
suet is used for frying. Beef balls are
very nice fried in suet. Round steak can
be used for these. Chop the neat fine.
season we'll with pepper and salt and
any herb you may choose, shape them
like fiat balls with your hands, dip in
egg and fine cracker or bread cru mbs,
and fry in the hot suet.
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Inc aerman Empire has 7,7l9,3s wo-
men nnen VINO haye been married, and of
shese l.9V9,3S2 are widows.
The Mineral argus., 1883-09-27

The dead leaves on squash vines
should be carefully removed and burned.
They are usually infested with the eggs
OF the squash bug, and the first leaves
that appear are OF no use as soon as
others form, and are then
sure to wither and die.
The feet and legs of horses require
more care than the rest of the body.
They must not. be allowed to stand in
hlth and moisture, and in grooming a
horse the feet and legs must be as tho
oughly brushed and cleaned as the
coat.
Experiments have proved that musty
meal is not wholesome food for any of
the domestic animals. Disease and
death have been directly traced to its
use. When fed TO poultry, chicken
cholera or some disease resembling it
was the result. Cows 10 which it was
fed gave bitter milk, and ceased 10 thrive
as well as those inRthe same pasture
which had no grain; swine fed upon it
failed to grow or fatten; only horses
were not injured by it, and they escaped
because they would not eat it.
The Mineral argus., 1883-09-27
Famous PoultrY Farms.

a famous poultry farm at Lancaster
pr Boston is described by a CORE
Endent Of the Country Gentleman. 1t
owned by A. c. Hawkins, and he cal
Ates to have apout 5000 fowls every
and carries over $500 laying hens
|ough the winter. At the present
e he has 1900, including all sizes,
arm contains % acres, and his poul-
buildings occupy an acre and a half.
y are situated on The south slope of
l, and comprise six or seven sheds
feet in length. Each shed is divided
, apartments Of ~ by 20 feet, and
ut p hens are kept ia each division.
ard is made in front of each apart
ht, so that the members Of each are
themselves. Mr.. Hawkins believes
{ confined poultry have all their
hs attended to- they will do as
IN egg-produetion as II allowed free
&c. He bases this belief rpon sever.
ests. In Matching time he sets 200
on one day, and puts 500 eggs in
Mediator which is due to hatch on
same day, the chickens from which
be distributed among the 200 hens.
on IS one OF the best markets for
n prices for eggs and poultry, and
sale OF fowls and eggs for Matching
ncy prices are large, about 30 per
9eing profit. He also has q stand
oFder for 90 10 % dozens of eggs dai
or which he gets the highesf mar ket
Mr.. Hawkins began atthe ace Of
With 100 hens and, by careful man
nent and ECONOMY, his business has
efgec so that. At the age of ~, he
very handsome income. The ma-
nom the poultry is quite an item:
oid last year 500 barrels at Sl.5a
EIel.
The Mineral argus., 1883-09-27
Iron Rusrs and NIiIdew.

Correspondents of the Boston Tran
script furnish the following recipes lor
removing iron rust and mildew stains:
Powdered chalk and soft soap applied
to mildew lR linen or cotton goods and
laid OF the grass in the sunshine will
remove it Repeat if the first applica.
ton is not etfectual. This remedy has
never failed me-
Iron rust can be completely removed
from white goods by lemon Juice and a
warm iron. Place the smoothing iron
in the lap, lay the stained part on the
face ofthe iron, and squeeze the lemon
juice on the stain; continue to wet il as
the heat dries il, and in a short time
the rus will disappear.
Dissolve two heaping tablespoonful
of chloride of lime in half a pailful of
boiling wate.; strain, and plunge the
widowed article in while hot; stir con
stantly until cool, and rinse in plenty OF
cold water.
/ have tried FOR removing mildeW from
linens with success, botL of the follow
1. Take equal parts oflemon Juice, salt,
dry starch and soft soap. Rub on the
goods thicklY, and lay on the grass ex-
posed to.a not SIM all day. The mildew
will then wash out.
2. Buy at the chemists FIVE cents worth
of lime(or get it where they are building
a house,. Dissolve it in two quarts Of
cold water. Then wash. The mildew
will have disappeared. II wiz not in
jure the finest linen.
] have tried the above recipes on
white goods only. and l have found
them equally emcacious Tor iron rust, by
atonger application.
Chloride of soda will remove mildew
in its worst stage; after stains are re-
moved, rinse thoroughly in water.
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dissolved in the milk. Bake in LAYERS.
and spread between them when coli
the cream made of one-half pint of milk
to which, when boiling, add one egg, well
beaten, with one-half cup Of sugar, and
one-iourth cup Of flour. Let il thicken,
stirring constantly, and when cold flavor
with one teaspooDful of any extract. II
you wish to frost the top, use the white
of n EGG, one cup of powdered sugar,
and n teaspoonful of the same extract
as is used in the cream.
FRIcAssEE OF LAMB.-Take a breast of
lamb and cut it into pieces about two
inches square. Put the pieces into a
saucepan with a CHARTERED onion, three
or four cloves, a bay leaf and one table,
spoonful of butter; cover the saucepan
closely and let it steam gently half an
hour, shaking it occasionally.
ApELIcIoUsC HocoLATE AND BREAD PUP
DING is made by following this rule: Dry
and CRATE two coffee cups of bread, or
break into iue crumbs until you have
this quantity; mix with it twelve table,
|spooniuls OF grated chocolate and bread.
When it has cooled y little add the beat
en- yolks of four eggs, with sugar to your
taste. A little vanilla is also always an
addition to the unflavored chocolate.
Put this in a pudding dish and bake for
one hour. When done, spread the
whites of the four eggs over the top,
having first beaten them stiff and added
two tablespoonfuls of powdered sugar to
them. Set back in the oven and brown
slightly.-N. Y. Post,
The Mineral argus., 1883-09-27
A BALLAD.

J. Smith is dead. That fine young mai
We ne'er shall see him more;
He was a member of our club,
Siuce 1864.
His private virtues were immense.
His manner free aud bluff;
He wore a paper collar, and
Was never known to muf,
He rarely took a drink more strong
Than lemonade or pop;
He hated d~runkards, and was a
Magnificent short stop.
His nose was Roman aud his ewes
Continually were peeled;
He made a splendid umpire, aud
A beautiful LETT field.
His hair was red and shingled close,
Much sunburned was bis face;
He never showed with more effect
Than on the secUnd base.
Being a man he had his faults,
As likewise have we all;
He felt a preference for the New
York regulation bail.
Though not a matrimonial man,
he dearly loved a match,
And, like his sisters, had but few
Supporters on the catch.
He had a noble mind, as exc
A very supDle wrist;
And when he pitched be gave the ball
MS own peculiar TWIST.
OF politics and church affairs
He held restricted views;
His feet were usually incassd
10 canvas, hob-nailed shoes.
But he is gone. With ms and outs
Forever he is done;
He broke his hear and hurt his spleen
In making a home run.
His body we have planted now,
his soul is ia the sky;
The angels reached from heaven down
Aud took him on the fly.
Burlington HaWkeve.
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Farming Notes.

cry dairyman should raise at least
ighth Of an acre of corn fodder for
COW. to help the pasture through
ny season.
Houdan stands at the head of the
pa fowls as LAYERS, and for the ta-
they are Hardy, sprightly, hand-
and the chicks mature early.
advantage Of an ensilage crop is
Il makes the farmer independent
hight. Drilled cora or sugar cane
~ injured seriously by dry wealth
4 the weight h Slightly lessened, IL
much the richer, and the smaller
q stalks will require nearly rs
room In the silo after being thor
y pressed.
Ter, in his ''Small Fruit Culturist,"
do not believe that there Is one
strawberrles In a thousand, ulti-
y tins county, thai yields over.
-if what Il would DO II the ground
foPerly prepared before planting
The Mineral argus., 1883-09-27
To Be Read il Ihe Kitchen.

Corn OYsTERs.-Grate twelve ears oil
sweet corn, add two well beaten eggs, a
pinch of salt and two teaspoonfuls OF
white sugar. Drop in hot lard and fry
brown. A tablespoonful of the mixture
will equal an oyster in size.
OMELEr.-Beat the yolks and whites OF
eight eggs separately until light, then
beat together; add a little salt and one
tablespoonful OF cream. Have in one
omelet pan "A piece OF butter; when the
butter is boiling hot pour in the omelet,
and shake until il begins to stffen, and
then let it brown. Fold double and
serve bot.
BEAN SALAD-COver the bottom Of
your salad-dish with cold, boiled pota-
toes, sliced thin; over this spread a lay
ers of cold baked or boiled beans, and
above this a layer Of onions. sliced very
thin; salt and pepper each layer; heat n
piece Of butter The size of a walnut in
sufficient vineager TO coverth salad and
pour over it while hot.
al TOMATO CHowDER.-Slice a peck Of
green tomatoes, six green peppers, and
four onions, strew a teacup of salt yer
them. In the morning turn off the wa
ter, and put them in a kettle with vine
gar enough to cover them, a teacup of
sugar, one ofgrated h~Orseradish, a table
spoonful of cloves, allspice, and Ginna-
mon, each. Boil until soft.
SUooorAsH-Cut the corn from twelve
ears. Take one-third the quantity Of
Lima beans; put the beans TO cook in
water enough to cover them; cook ne
half hour, then add the corn, with q
large spoonful of white sugar, a good
sized piece of butter and salt and pep
per to suit.
CREAM PIE-One cup of sugar, one
half cup Of butter, one-half cup Of milk,
tive eggs (saye the white ofone for FROST
lne), oRs teaspoonful cream of tartar
rubbed in one aud one hall cups Of flour.
and one-half teaspoonful Of saleratus
The Mineral argus., 1883-09-27
Salr a Gond Thing

Some of those superfluous individuals
who are constantly denouneing as unfit
for human food articles on which man
kind has thrived for centuries, have
now discovered that salt is a dreadful
thing to take into ones stomach, and de-
clare their intention of abandoning its
USE. To these persons the London Lam
Get devotes a paragraph, doubtless fear
ing that. unless pro mptly suppressed,
they will organize a society and hold
annual conventions. Common salt"
saws the Lancet, sis the most widely
distrib uted substance in the body; it ex-
lists in every fun l and in every solid;
AMI not only is it every where present,
but in almost every part it constitutes
the largest portion of the ash when any
tissue is burnt. In particular it is a con-
slant constituent of the blood, and it
maintains in II a proportion that is al
most wholly independent of the quantity
that IS consumed with the food. The
blood will take up 50 much and no more,
however much we may take with our
food; and on the other hand, if none be
given, the blood parts with its natural
quantity slowly and unwillinglv. salt,
being wholesome, and indeed necessary,
should be taken in moderate quantities,
and abslenta ton from it is likely to be
injurious"
The Mineral argus., 1883-09-27

It is impossible to say too much agains.
the use of chloral, which is as fatal and
more terrible in its ultimate results than
opium. The pa7gs of the opium-eater
have been set forth with appalling vivid
ness in the prose of De Quincy, but physi-
clans assure us that the results of choral
are more agonizing aud deadiier still. One
OF the most eminent of English surgeons
has called it "~crystallized hell" 1t poisons
the mind as we'll as the body, and so softly,
so gently, so gradually does it encnain the
victim who resorts TO it, that he only real.
lies its power when It is too late to break
the bonds which bind him.
Some facts concerning its action were
stated to a reporter of the New York Trib-
une by a distinguished physician, recently.
Choral is resorted to for an ordinary at
tack of sleeplessness, aud perhaps small
doses are taken for a few days, the result
beng sound, refreshing sleep, with none OF
the evil results Common to other narcotics.
When the period of sleeplessness is past, all
goes we'll for a tine.
Sooner or later, however, sleeplessness
return chlOral is resorted 70, kept up for a
long time and taken in larger doses. 1t is
again abandoned, only to resume its sway,
and thus the habit is fOrE-eo that reRders
sleep impossible without chloral, which,
like all narcotics, must be increased in
quantity as the system becomes habituated
to its poisonous effects.
The larger class of victims Of the choral
habit are men who lead sedentary lives,
and those who from temperament ana the
nature Of their work is peculiarly liable TO
suffer from sleeplessness.
One OF the most notable examples of the
banefll effects of the chloral habit was the
artist-poet, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, who,
during the latter years of his lite, was &C
customed to take enormous doses, reaching
a total Of nearly $50 grains daily.
For many years he took ohloral regular
lyi az first in small quantities. but he grad
ually increased the dose until his power Of
was gone. His life wss dark
ened by a power he fought against in
vain. His latter days were spent IN soli-
tude. He became q Iecluse and a hypo-
chOndriac, filled with eroundless tears for
himself, oherishing unfounded suspicious
against his best friends and admirers.
Unlike opium, there are, as a rule, no
unpleasant effects, no reaction on following
the use of chloral. 1t simply produces per.
feet sleep, OF the best possible imitation Of
dreamless rest, with no headache or sick
ness as a reminder that the slumber has
been purchased and the debt must be paid
for. Tn debt is paid later, and the inter-
est demanded Is health, hope, and often
liie.-Iouths Companion.
The secretary OF state has sent out to
The Mineral argus., 1883-09-27
Making a sow own Her Pigs.

A writer in the Husbandman SAYS
bat he had a Chester White SOW about
badly o drop her pigs. So that day he
|ade 1t his business to keep a close
|atch of her. As soon as the first pig
hme she flew at it, and II 1t had not
ben for him and a club which he had,
be would have killed it Instantly, but
'e got it away from her and as fast as
|ey came along she tried to kill them.
e managed TO save all but N of them
lt OF eight. After she was through he
led 10 get her to lie down and let the
Is suck, but she would not have a Mig
the pen. So what to do with them he
not know. He had heard to get a
Oss SOW drunk would make her own
~ pigs, but never had any laith i'm il,
he resolved TO try the experiment.
be got a pint of alcohol and put it in
four quarts OF sour milk and stirred
one pint of corn meal and turned it
20 her trough; she ate it and in about
Fenty minutes was dead drunk. He
ID her ont as he wanted her and then
y the seven pigs to her, and they
feked all they wanted and then snug
d down beside her and went to sleep.
got out and left them for the night,
n entto bed (t was then ten O'clock
expecting to find a live pig in the
hming. But, TO his surprise, he found
en- all alive and happy as clans, and
was IS proud of them as any SOW
I'D be.