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Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-06-20
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Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-06-20
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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-03-28

Horses have been successfully cured
of this vice by putting piece of hard
wood an inch and half square in the
animals mouth, about the same length
as an ordinary snaflle bit 1t may be
fastened by a throng of leather passed
through two holes in the ends of the
wood, and secured to the bride. 1t
must be used in addition to the bit, but
in no way to impede the working of
the bit. Rarey adopted this plan with
the zebra in the Zoo, which was a ter
rible brute at biting. Mr.. Rarey suc-
ceeded, however, in tanning and train
ing him to harness, and drove him
through the streets of London. Ami
mails with this vice should be treated
kindly in the stable, and not abused
with pitchfork handles, whips, etc. An
apple, crust Of bread, piece of beet,
etc, and kind pat, but firm, watchful
hand and eye, with the use of the
above wooden bit, will cure the most
inveterate bitter. The fact that he
cannot shut his mouth or grip any
thing soon dawns upon him, and then
he is conquered Toronto Globe.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-03-28
Suitable Mnnures.

All vegetables that are grown for
their leaves or stems require an abund-
ance of heterogeneous manures, and it is
useless to attempt vegetable gardening
without it. TO this class belong cab
bage, lettuce, spinach, etc. The other
class, which is grown principally for
its seeds or pods, as beans, peas, ETC.,
does not require much manure of this
character; in fact, the plants are in
iured by it. 1t causes too great a
growth of stem and leaf, and the earli-
ness-.a great aim in vegetable grow
ing-is injuriously affected. Mineral
manures, as wood ashes, bonedust, ETC.,
are much better for them. For vege-
tables requiring rich stable manure it
is best that they have it well rotted
and decayed. Fothing has yet been
found so well fitted for the purpose as
old hotbed dung, though to the smell
no trace of ammonia" remains in it.
-Gardencr'S Monthly
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-03-28
DiSlikcd Pork.

"Perley,' writing to the Boston
Journal Of Alexander II. Stephen life
in Washington, says: "He used to room
at the National, where his faithful col.
ored attendant carried him about a;
one would sick lad. He generally
ate in his own room, and pork was his
aversion. Once a new waiter, in bring.
ing his breakfast, had put plate OF
sausage meat on the tray, but, to his
establishment, he had no sooner put tht
plate before Mr.. Stephens than hi
found it thrown at his head. In mo
ment the Georgian's wrath was over.
and he gave the astonished waiter hall
a dollar, with instructions never to
serve him with the unclean beast in
any shape. His favorite dish was a
fat young raccoon, and the colored men
in Virginia always found him ready to
purchase the result of successful coon
hunts"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-03-28
He Had Confidence In Gypsies.

A band of gypsies camped in Mis-.
souri,. A farmer in the neighborhood
was painfully twisted by rheumatism
and they Strengthened him out with
mysterious lotions and ceremonies
This won his confidence. They told
him that large sum of money was
buried on his farm, but they did not
know exactly where. Their instruc-
tions were to bury all the cash he had
for eight days, and then dig it up,
whereupon the place of the concealed
treasure would be revealed Ht
obeyed, and at the end of the pre-.
scribed time his $4,000 and the gypsies
were gone.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-03-28
Exccntricitics of the Nobility.

If the secret history OF the European
aristocracy could be written, it would
form a series of stories that would
eclipse the fame of the Arabian Nights
Entertainments. The Tichborne case
is only one of a large number in which
the heirs to titles and estates have
voluntarily disappeared, and often
times without suffering their friends
to learn their after fate. A distin-
guished living English peer and states
man cannot dine at friends house
without pocketing the silver, and his
clothes are searched every night by his
valet, in order that spoons, forks and
salt-cellars may be returned to their
owners.
The Earl of Stamford recently died.
His successor in the earldom has for
years been living at Cape Town, or its
vicinity, and his present wife is a Hot.
tentot, by whom he has three children
The London Truth states that the earl
lives in an iron hut and busies himself
gathering sticks for the fire, although
he insists upon being called by his
title. 1t would be interesting to see a
Hottentot countess introduced into
English society and take her stand
according to her rank at a Court
Drawing Room.
In France probate suit grows out
of the fancy Of the Vicomte de Bri-
mont, after his separation from his
wife, fifteen or twenty years ago, to
adopt ga little fair girl" A woman
who was commissioned to find such a
child obtained one in England, and
the vicomte when he died two years
ago bequeathed the girl, now sweet
seventeen, 100000 OF course the
relatives of the deceased tried to break
the will, but they did not succeed, and
the young waif gets the money
Ne,o York Journal
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-03-28
FOR THE FARM AND HOME.
A Barren Plum Trco.

Plums are attacked by two insect
pests. One is the curculio which makes
a crescent mark on the young fruit,
and one is the plum gouger, which lays
an egg in the plum and causes a drop
of gum to exude or the fruit turns to
a puffy, brownish decayed ball. The
only effective way to avoid these pests
is to make a poultry yard around the
plum trees and scatter the feed about
them, so that the fowls will scatter the
soil and pick up the insects. 1t is not
the insects that fly that do the damage
but those Matched in the ground from
the fallen fruit, which come up in the
spring and attack the tree. The more
the ground about the trees is disturbed
the better for them.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-03-28
Our Watchful Guardian ana Faithful
Protector Rest orcd to Active Duty Again.

Mr.. HENRY A. WATERMAN Of the city Of Providence
r. L. for many years the faithful and vigilant night
Waterman OF the Barstow Stove Company'S very ex-
tensive establishment, having been confined to his
home several weeks by very distressing illness, on
esuming his duties again awaited himself OF this early
opportunity for stating briefly few plain facts
Mr. WATERMAN, says:
"A few months ago was taken down with a severe
sickness, which confined me to the house quite long
time, and much Of the time was so very lame to be
unable to walk, and my left leg. from the hip to the
toes, became monstrously swollen, and suffered
tremely from the constant intense pains produced by
so great innammoton was trying the various So
called cures, all the time and was under the treatment
Of physician seven weeks, but getting no substantial
relief. AT this time an old time friend, police officer
called upon me, and during our conversation Informed
me of the great benefit which he had obtained by the
use Of Hunts Remedy, and urged me to try It, he
considered 1t wonderful medicine. commenced
taking Hunts Remedy having very little faith that 1t
would do much In such stubborn case as NINE but
my doubt was soon dispelled for before had taken
one bottle began to get better the pains disap
peaed the swollen leg gradually decreased in size and
was encouraged to continue the Use of the Remedy;
and the Improvement 10 my health continues, my
appetite is good. have rcgained my strength, and
AIN now performing again my duties as Waterman at
the foundry. Every night / go up and down stairs
more than one hundred times, and am In good condi-
ton and feel that my recovery Is due to Hunts Remedy
alone. Ny sickness and terribly swollen leg
caused by the diseased state of my kidneys and think
that II is most valuable medicine that will 30 speedily
relieve and cure such severe case as mine. ! there.
fore most cheerfuy recommend Hunts Remedy to all
afflicted with kidney diseases as know 1t to be safe
and reliable medicine.
hPROyIDTSCF y
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-03-28
The Gadfiy and Its Grub.

Farmers who study the habits of
their sheep have observed that in the
hot months they gather into punches
on bare spots, with heads close together
and noses to the ground, and kick and
stamp and snuff, seeming to be on
guard against some willy foe. The
enemy is the gaday, and at the first
chance it lodges in and deposits eggs
in the nostrils of the sheep. These
soon hatch into larvae, or young grubs,
and crawl up into the cavity of the
head and attach themselves to the
membranous Innings and remain there
until the next spring and grow to be
IN inch or more long, and then descend
to the ground, and when the proper
season arrives for laying eggs are de-
veloped into gadtlies, ready to attack
the sheep again. Some claim that this
grub in the head is fatal to well-cared-
for sheep; others deny this. Some
writers say there are never more than
two grubs in Sleeps head, one in
each nostril, and sometimes pro-
duce blindness; others claim to have
found a score or more. The first sign
of this malady is an aimless wandering
around, and twisting about of the
head, and when much advanced a dis
charge at the nose, occasionally streaked
with blood.
The remedies are various. Randall
and the American Stock Book, both
good authorities, say tobacco smoke
blown through the stem of pipe into
the nostrils, or tobacco-water thrown
up the nostrils with syringe (being
careful not to let much Of it get into
the throat), is efficacious. Another
writer says: Mix turpentine and sweet
oil, half and half, hold the nose up
and pour in slowly and carefully to
prevent choking by the fluid entering
the windpipe and lungs. This is said
to be very eflicacious. DR.. johnson, a
veterinary surgeon, says: Turpentine
and linseed oil, equal parts, s ounces;
add half dram carbolic acid crystals;
mix, give tablespoonful on tongue
every night. Some claim that turpen-
tine on the side of the head opposite
the locality of the grub, letting it soak
IN some, will cause the sheep to sneeze,
throwing the grub out. Other RENE
dies might be mentioned but the above
are considered as good as any. 1t is
the opinion of many shepherds that
grubs are not very fatal in flocks well
cared for, but among poorly kept sheep
Is where they do the most harm.-CaT-
los Mason, Lake County, Ohio.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-03-28
CURRENT ITEMS.

louise Michel, the communist is a
woman of SO, of peasant birth, though
one Of the innumerable traditions that
have grown up about her story makes
her father an "aristocrat." Through
the notice Of the family Of which her
mother was a servant, she obtained a
better education than usually falls to
the lot of French peasant girl, and
after teaching school in rural COM
mune removed to Paris, where she be-
came teacher in one of the schools of
Montmartre.
Anna Oliver, after four years pas
torate in the Tompkins avenue Brook
lynn church, has at last yielded to the
extreme pressure Of her trustees, who
desire to get the church back into the
M. E. fold, and resigned. The New
York East conference refused to re-
cognlze the church so long as Miss
Oliver occupied its pulpit, because of
her sex, and will at the annual meet
ing consider the question of again adj
hitting it to grace and sending a min
lister to fill the lady preachers place.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-03-28

If we press the abdomen of the
bee wasp, so as to cause the sting tt
protude, it is but natural to think that
the sharp, dark-colored instrument wa:
the sting itself This, however, is not
the case The real sting is a very
slender instrument, and armed on one
edge with arrow of barbs.So exactly does
the sting resemble the many-barbed ar
row Of certain savage II ibes that, if the
savages had possessed /. horoscopes, we
should certainly have conjectlred that
they borrowed the idea of the barb from
the insect. What we see with the I'm.
aided eye is simply the sheath of the
sting. Many savages poison Their
arrows and spears, and here also they
have been anticipated by the insect
But the sting is infinitely superior to
the arrow poison. No poison that has
yet been made, not even the terrible
woural, or curare, as it is sometimes
called, can retain its strength after
long exposure to air. The upas poison
of Borneo, for example, loses its poten-
cy in two or three hours. But the
venom. of the sting is never exposed to
the air at all. 1t is secreted by two
long, thread-like glands, not nearly SO
thick as a human hair. and is then re-
ceived into little bag at the base Of
the sting. When the insect uses its
weapon it contracts the abdomen,
thereby forcing the sting out and com
pressing the venom-bag. BY the force
of the stroke which drives the sting
into the foe its base is pressed against
the venom-bag and Il small amount OF
the poison driven into the wound. AS
a rule, if the bee or wasp be allowed to
remain quiet, it will withdraw its sting,
but as the pain generally causes a sud
den jerk, the barbed weapon cannot be
withdrawn, and the whole apparatus
of sting, poison-bag, and glands, is torn
out of the insect, thereby causing its
death.--GO0d Words.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-03-28

Potato Puts. - Take two cups of
cold mashed potatoes stir into it two
large spoonfuls of melted butter, beat
ing to cream. Beat well pour into
a deep dish, and bake in quick oven
till nicely Drowned. 1t will come out
light and puffy.
Cabbage Omelette. - An omelette,
with cabbage in it, makes an appetiz-
ing side dish. Beat four eggs TILL they
are very light, the whites and yelks
separately; to the yelks add a small
cup of sweet milk, and pepper and salt
to taste; then stir in cup of cold
boiled cabbage, chopped fine; have
enough butter in saucepan to cover
the bottom; when hot, pour the ONE
lette in, having stirred the whites of
the eggs in first before putting into the
pan.
PLAIN Sa7ad Dressing. Three table
spoonfuls of oil to one Of vinegar, a
salt-spoon heaping full of salt, and
two-thirds full of black pepper, with a
pinch of cayenne, are the proper pro-
portions for plain salad dressing. To
yarythis add a small picked onion,
chopped very fine, or raw onion and
a cucumber pickle, chopped fine. The
onion and cucumber pickle, with a lit
tie pepper and salt added to a little
vinegar, makes an appetizing dressing
for cold boiled pigs feet.
CHERRY Pie.--Line pie-pan with
rich crust; nearly fill with the carefully
seeded fruit, sweeten to taste, and
sprinkle evenly with a teaspoon of
corn starch or tablespoon of -four, add
tablespoon of butter, cut into small
bits and scattered over the top; wet
edge of crust, put on upper crust, and
press the edges closely together, taking
care to provide holes in the center for
the escape of the air Pies from black
berries, raspberries, etc, are all made
in the same way, regulating the guam.
tity of the sugar by the tartpess of the
fruit.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-03-28
Household Hints.

Lime drives away ants and beetles.
To clear tanned skin wash with a
solution of carbonate of soda and lit
tie lemon juice, then with the juice of
green grapes.
A small handful of green hoarhound
tied in muslin bag and boiled with
white clothes imparts an agreeable
clearness and odor.
To rid room of the disagreeable
smell of fresh paint let pailful of wa
ter in which a handful of hay has been
placed stand in the room over night.
To remove mildew from linen rub
the spot with soap; scrape chalk over
it and rub it well; lay it on the grass,
in the.sun; as it dries, wet it a little;
it will come out with two applications.
To clean hair-brushes sprinkle them
well with powdered borax, let them lie
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-03-28
Farm and Garden Notes.

Clover hay is good for hogs, and the
hogs like it.
Choose for Matching the largest and
best shaped eggs from the best layers.
Some of the enthusiastic declare that
by the ensilage system at least so per
cent. is added to the value of the land.
Do not kill the moles. They do not
eat strawberry plants but white grubs,
and are most numerous where the lat
,er are found.
An Ohio farmer names the man.
moth pearl as the potato to take place
of the peachblow, against which
charges of deterioration are made.
T. B. Terry, of Ohio, says his straw
is worth IS ton to him for feeding
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-03-28
Breyity.
Fam pvriters kpnyu whop to a

Few writers know when to stop
writing; they say too much. Martin
Luther closed his speech before the
diet Of Worms with these words: Here
/ stand. / cannot do otherwise. God
help me. Amen" Suppose he had
said; "The position which at present
occupy shall continue to maintain"
The latter is dramatically correct.
You can praise it, but literary art con-
dennis it as weak and unworthy. Go
back to the Old Testament. "Let
there be light and there was light"
Beyond the naked grandeur of these
words art cannot 60. And, in fact,
brevity is an art--and one worth cult
waiting, too
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-03-28
Won't Eat Weeds.

A very nobby swell from the city
was passing a few days in the country
and made himself generally obnoxious
by his highfalutin manners. One
morning he wanted to go out into a
field where number of cattle were
standing around, but before he started
he said to the lady of the house:
cav, madam. can l gaw out int
that pahstuahY"
Eyes, in course you can; them
cattle won't eat edsp-Dyu'nmer,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-03-28

purposes and Sc for bedding. He grows
large crops of wheat and never sells
any straw.
Too much clover hay fed to horses
is injurious; they will eat so much of
it that they cannot travel fast without
injury. 1t should always be well
sprinkled with water before feeding.
DR.. Sturtevant says: Our results
have thus far given quite conclusive
evidence in favor of the terminal por-
ton of the potato tuber, so far as re-
CARDS certainty Of growth, early
sprouting, healthy vegetation and
vigor.
A loamy soil, with loose, gravelly
sub-soil through which the surplus
water easily drains away, may be
deeply plowed with good effect or at
any rate without the injurious results
which follow the practice of deep
blowing on stiff clayey soil.
AS soon as the lamb gets large
enough, it should be encouraged to eat
food for itself. For this purpose a low
trough should be placed where the
lambs can get to it, and eat without
disturbance. They will soon eat
enought to assist very materially in
their growth.
We want no better sign Of a good
farmer than that he prizes manure
and believes in returning to the soil
something like an equivalent for what
is removed. The secret of good farm
ing lies in making the land produce
the best possible results without de-
teriorati0n.
Sets, as well as large onions should be
kept as dry and cool as possible, with
out being actually frozen, although
they are not injured materially by frost,
provided they are not handled
while frozen. If spread on a tight
barn floor and covered thickly with
chaff or cut straw they will keep well
till spring.
1t is not good policy to let work
horses get thin. 1t costs more to put
on flesh than it does to keep it. Flesh
that becomes hardened by exercise will
be kept up with less food, under the
same work, than it took to put it on.
From fifteen to thirty pounds of food
will about supply the daily consump-
ton of horses, large or small.
The practice of growing sweet corn
for fodder is greatly on the increase in
this country. 1t makes far better feed
than the field sorts, from the fact that
it is very sweet and nutritious, and
cattle will eat every part Of it with
great relish. Sow thickly in drills two
and half feet apart, using two and a
half bushels of seed to the acre; or it
can be sown broadcast and cultivated
in.
Every old COW on the place, oryoung
one either, that is not either an extra
breeder or mixer should be dried up
as soon as possible and fatted. There
will be more or less soft corn in every
cornfeld; this will be just the thing
for the old cows. A regular and sys-
tematic system of wedding out old and
improbable COWS should be practiced
annually. The dairymen understand
this; they know from actual test the
milking value of every COW. All farm
ers should also know this, and keep no
COW on the farm after seven to eight
years old, unless very oh dice mixer
or breeder.