The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-01-26
SUGGESTIONS OF VALUE.

PLUMS FOR DlE,-lHo MWteJ"~s
Farmer says that in England new use
has been discovered for damson plums.
Farmers are planting quite largely, less
for pies than for dyes, it having been
ascertained that beautiful color can
be obtained from the ripe fruit.
Fon THE HMR.-A correspondent
asks for good receipt for preventing
the hair of the head from falling out?
Try the following, which has been sue
cessfully used: Aromatic spirits OF am
monia. two ounces; tincturo of cantha-
rides. one-haE ounce; alcohol, sufficient
10 clarity the mixture Scientific amer
lean.
WHEN THE HOUSE IS ON FRE.-Every
person (even ut home, but especially
when staying at hotel or other public
place, exposed to fire., should have
with him a large cotton bag, with
strong cord attached for tying it up,
into which, at a moments notice, he
could pour all his effects, emptying his
bureau drawers into it, no matter in
what confusion, and which he could
drag after him as he makes his escape,
or perhaps throw out Of the window.
Such bag could be easily managed
when it would be impossible, even with
good deal of strength, to handle
trunk. If the cotton is new and
strong, it might be quite thin and light.
Every person in room from which
there is not an easy and sure escape,
even with half the building on fire,
should keep in his closet a small rope,
or large and stout cord, long enough to
reach to the ground with an iron hook
in one end This he could in moment
loop around bedpost or some other
heavy article of furniture, and drop the
other end out of the window, and could
then descend by it to the ground. Ii
there were two or three persons in a
room the stronger could let down the
weaker, and then descend himself
"LOttie," IN The Househeeper.
A COMMON MISTAKE IN DWELLING
HoUsEs.-A very common mistake In
dwelling houses is to fix stone on q
sheet of iron or other metal, laid direct
~ on the wood flooring. This, although
intended as measure of safety, is really
an invitation to danger, for the metal
soon becomes heated, and, as the wood
beneath it is desiccated, the chances of
either stand upon slab of stone or
else the sheet of metal upon which it is
| fixed should be raised a few inches
from the timber, the space below either
being filed in with some non-conduct-
ing material or left for the circulation
of current of air.
THE WATER SUPPLY.-Pure water for
! household use is Of the greatest value,
and the utmost care should be had that
1t Is pure, because none other Is fit for
domestic use. Everything impure
should be kept at a distance from the
well, and it should be so constructed
that no surface water can get into it.
Where well can be driven it is I'M
doubtedly the best, because nothing can
get into it without filtering through the
ground; it is considerably cheaper, too,
than q dug well. in digging q well
people very often make a mistake in
not going deep enough. It is apt to be
the case that soon az vein of water is
reached, it is supposed to be sufficient,
even If it is small, and so after going
down far enough to make little reser-
voir it is stoned up and the result is
that the next summer, perhaps, the well
is dry. This is very annoying, besides
being an expensive job. 1 speak from
experience. BY not digging deep
enough the well falls occasionally, and
contemplate driving one near by 80
as to have, L hope, a failing sup
ply. Water is needed in abundance at
the farm buildings, and it should be
provided somehow, either by springs,
WELL a cistern, or else brought from o
distance in a pipe. The best time to
dig well is during severe drought;
and if good vein is then reached. but
little fear need be entertained that the
supply will fail Cisterns should not
be constructed under the dwelling, but
out OF doors. When making a cistern
be sure and make it large enough. I'm
doubtedly there is water enough falls
on he roofs of farm buildings in the
course OF the year to supply the stock
with drinking water, as well as water
for all household purposes; and if it is
properly filtered, it is a good deal more
wholesome than much water that is
used.-N. H. Farmer.