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Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-06-06

P J. Isbell, Placerville, Cal: The branch
which you send is badly infested by the
San Jose scale. At this season of the year,
by washing the foliage, fruit and trunk of
the tree with solution of whale oil soap,
or good homemade soft soap-one pound
TO each gallon of water used, it will effect
fruit or foliage. Of course the spraying
may need to be repeated before all dis
appear
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-08-28
Cultivation Of Tact

From the st. Louis Magazine.
While genius dwells aloof from all
LIES lurking cares, and talent sits
apart, not deigning to soil it's white
hands with labor, tact mingles with
society in all ranks, giving blessing and
happiness. She smooths the frowning
brow of neglected genius, restores the
ruftled dignity OF snubbed talent, and
gives ease to each embarrassed mortal
who look to her for help She it is who
sits TRANQUILITY as hostess, though soup
is spilled and china falls. Sheit is who
turns with smiling lips upon the poor
unfortunate who steps upon her silken
train, and whose merry laugh browns
the sound dripping gathers or rending
fabric.
She it is who rushes to your rescue
just as the imprudent word is said or
the untimely Jest is told. She it is who
changes the conversation at the
critical moment, who pours oil upon
the waters before they are troubled,
who brings bashful youth out of their
self-consciousness, and gives ease and
grace to the awkward and constrained
guest.
Cultivate tact. Depend upon it, in
winning her you will amply berepaid for
any labor. she may costyou. And yet
1 do not know ifshe can be cultivated
I sometimes think her a. divine gift,
and no more to be had by wishing or
asking than genius and talent.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-08-28
Some Valuable Hints.

Sugar loses part of it's strength by
boiling.
Tomatoes are nice with cream and
sugar
Never wash raisins; wipe them with
q dry cloth.
Wrap fruit jars with paper to keep
out the light.
Figs are good boiled five minutes
and served hot.
Keep preserves in dry place; seal
with flour paste.
Boil coffee in salt sack; it is nicer
than egg to settle it.
Put soda in sour fruit for pies and
they will require less sugar.
After pairing fruit drop it in cold
water to prevent it changing color.
A little sulphate of potassa added
to preserves prevents fermentation.
Glaze the bottom crust OF fruit pies
with white Of egg and they will not
be soggy.
Always put g. little soda in milk
that is to be boiled, as an acid is form
ed by boiling.
Seal the juice left from canning fruits
in small bottles and keep for making
fruit pudding sauce.
Do not boil vinegar for pickles.
Boil the vegetables in salt and water,
drain and pour the vinegar on.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-08-28
t:oa Canal, through which flows all the

ton Canal, through which flows sill the
traffic 81 the canals Of the North, OF
the midland counties and the West,
Joins the Thames at Brentford, and,
entering it here, We may pass around
and through London, and come again
into the Thames at Limehouse. The
Regents Canal proper reaches from
Paddington to Linlehouse, a distance
of eight and one-half miles, in which
distance there are forty bridges or
more, and twelve locks, at short in
tervals, to enable it to make the de-
scent of eighty-four. feet. There are
many basins and docks, some deep
cuttings, and to pass through the
great ridge at Islington it was neces-
sary to cut a tunnel, straight and
deep. The canal has mean depth of
about six feet, is thirty-feet in width
at the bottom and forty eight feet at
the surface, to allow three full-sized
barges to pass comfortably, these
barges being thirteen to fourteen feet
wide, and from sixt y-five to seventy feet
long. The whole ;,land navigation OF
the country once stopped at Padding
ton. This Canal, continuing the wa
accommodation Of the interior Of the
Thames and it's docks at Limehouse,
was begun October IA, 1912, and
finally opened for traffic August /,
1920. 1t received it's name from "the
first gentleman in Europe" as he was
then regarded by asubservient nation.
There were fine doings at its formal
opening; an aquatic procession Of
boats and barges Haunting with
streamers-hags flying everywhere.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-08-28
The Farm Garden.

Farmer "Up-to-the-times' secures
the best Of seed, manures and fits his
ground thoroughly, and plants entire
ly in long rows running north and
south. He plants for a succession.
and occupies the spare moments of
many days in this way, that he may
enjoy a long season of fresh vegetables
and fruits. Then the cvltivator and
wheel-hoe are put to work and kept
at work, and little handwriting is
necessary. 1t is a pleasure to care for
the garden, for the return is SO bountifu.
Thefarmer' wife thinks a pleasant wal
for basket Of vegetables preferable
to q backache from weed-pulling.
Strawberries, raspberries, asparagus,
celery, all the best fruits and vegetables
supply the farmers table through the
season, and many a dollars worth
finds it's way to market IN the farm
wagon. This farmer loves his garden,
and he knows it pays,-pays in d
double sense, for he says that his care
OF the small things Of a garden has
taught him the principle that under
lies his success in general farm MANAGE
ment,-painstakins thoroughness and
attention to detail, doing the right
thing at the right time, and keeping
ahead of his work. So he says with
emphasis, "a good garden is the best
thing OH farm" And he is right.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-08-28
EUGENE AS SHE Is.
The Ex-Empress Sad and Worn, but Still
Possessing Her Marvellous Beauty.

The Ex-Emprcss Sad and Worn, but Still
Possessing Her Marvellous Beauty.
l have seen the ex-Empress Eugene
sitting up at the counter Of an uphol-
ster's shop pricing a curtain silk. She
was dressed in deepest mourning, the
widows garb. The long weeping "fall''
OF Grape depending from her bonnet was
somewhat lacking in freshness, just as
it is with plebeian widows after a few
wearings in this mostly, misty climate
ofGreat Britain. Her cashmere cloak,
trimmed with Grape, was drawn in at
the waist behind, the better to adorn
a figure which is still symmetrical, and
the beautiful, taper-fngered hands
were encased i'll black gloves which fit
ted viii h out a wrinkle. Nor was this Gel
ebrated lady devoid of some semblance
OF courtly surrounding. Three ladies
accompanied her, and by their defer
entail manner plainly showed how far
above themselves they held the historic
parsonage with whom they had the
honor to be associated.
TO all who saw Eugene in those long
passed days, when her golden hair and
her lnauve silk dresses and her Grim
dimes and her "fresh butter" colored
gloves were matters of interesting
gossip, the personal beauty of this far
nous parsonage will alway Us remain an
ineradicable impression. Winterhal-
ter, the portraiturist Of courts, has
fixed upon several canvases the paint
ed semblance of this exquisite face,
that waterfall of golden curls, those
marble shoulders, that wonderful pair
OF eyes almond shaped, close set to-
gether, OF strange but witching ex-
preston. That she was beautiful, Eu-
genie had the verdict of the world.
Even the Germans, in all their hatred
of the French which war engendered or
infamed, did not deny that the En-
press was passing fair. And in this
face of later years / found the other
day the very beauty OF the bygon e
time, subdued gently by age and sor'
row.-Phila. Times.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-08-28
How Kit CarsOn's Life was Saved.

From the Cincinnati Commercial Gazette.
During the last war thegreat Navajo
tribe of Indians were on the warpath.
The First Regiment n. M. Volunteers,
commanded by the great scout and In
dian fighter, Col. Kit Carson, was or
dered to subdue and bring them into
subsection. Major Joe Cummings,
who had organized one of the first
companies OF the regiment, and as
brave a man as ever lived, was one
day riding at the head OF the command
with old Kit, when the following INCL
dent took place: Kit was dressed in
his old suit Of pepper-and-salt, while
the Major was in full reglmentals, even
to epaulettes. While Kit hated dress
and tinsel, the other lived to dress.
They were now nearing canen, and
Kits well-tralned eyes were the first
to discover the smoke of the redskins
ascending from the neighboring noun
tains, telegraphing the approach of
the soldiers. 1t was then that the big
hearted old trapper and patriot turned
to his friend and said: "Joe, you had
better change your coat and hat, and
put on a blouse and slough hat, for
we will soon have hot work, and the
varmints will surely aim for the COM
mander, and as you have on your
regimentals they may take you for
me; at any rate you make splendid
target" The Major answered: tCol-
onel, it, is no time now to 60 to the
rear. They were the last words ever
uttered by the brave Cummings.
Bang! went a rifle, and as the smoke
curled up beside q rock the brave
Major fell nlortally wounded, pierced
between the eyes by the unerring aim
OF q hidden foe, amid the wild yells Of
the savages, hidden from view, who
imagined they had killed the greatest
scout that ever lived. 81,
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-08-28
Rich Soil for Early Tomatoes,

/ have made tomato culture study
for several years, especially seeking
earliness and quality--testing all new
varieties and cultivating according to
my best Judgment. Mostg growers agree
that planting onpoor warm soil pro-
notes earliness, but my experience IA
vors the idea that the richer the soil,
if it be warm, the earlier the fruit. My
theory is: rich soil rushes the growth
and causes an immense foliage, but if
properly pruned the force and vigor OF
the plant will be thrown to the fruit,
bringing it to earlier maturity. To
satisfy myself medium soil was Sc
lectcd, five rows marked off four feet
apart, q large shovelful of composted
manure put three feet apart in the
rows and thoroughly mixed with the
soil, and the plants set. Cultivation
was in the best manner to give Il fair
test. Two weeks after the plants We're
set two rows were heavily top-dressed
with hen manure and this thoroughly
mixed with the soil. The fruit from
the two rows thus top-dressed was
much larger and better shaped than
that of the three rows not top-dressed
and gave ripe specimens four days
earlier.-Thos. D. Baird, Greenville,
XIV.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-08-28
THE FARM AND FIRESIDE.
Farm Miscellany.

DR.. f. M. Hexamer suggests a good
way ''To renovate old garden ground"
by seeding alternate parts to clover or
some other green manure crops or to
grass for a few years. Thus s'the soil
becomes sufficiently supplied with veg
etable matter, the most frequent de-
slderatum in old gardens" Another
advant age is, this system favors con-
centration OF fertilizer and tillage upon
81 smaller surface. rather than spread
ing too thinly over all, and the result
Is tts large q crop as would be secured
nom twice as much land inadequately
fed and cultivated.
The great problem ofproftable farm
ing consists in making the soil increas-
ingly fertile. He who builds up u bank
account at the expense OF the fertility
OF his soil is not to be considered a
wise husbandman or successful farmer
There is DO better safe deposit for
farm products than reinvesting them
in the farm itself. Not only is it safe
deposit, but any investment made in
this direction is certain to yield pay
ing dividend annually.
According to the rules governing the
registration of pedgrees in the Ameri-
can Short-horn Herd Book No animals
are eligible to entry therein unless
their lineage can be traced, in all CROSS
'es, to imported ancestry, or to ami
mails previously recorded. This rule
seems to be based upon the idea. that
no number of crosses of pure blood
will avail to produce q uniform type
where the foundation is an unregister-
ed native COW. The rulegoverning the
publication of the British Short-horn
Herd Book is more liberal, allowing
the entry OF all Short-horn bulls,
whose pedigrees show five consecutive
CROSSES of recorded bulls, and OF all
COWS having four such crosses.-Sand-
ers.
On the danger OF the cattle plague
Hon. Jas. Wilson says: 1T is some
time sinoepractical men begun to speak
OF this danger. The disease was then
located On the Atlantic seaboard.
Now it is next door neighbor. Mis-
souri, cannot ship east or west. She
can drive into Iowa and who can tell.
One drove will pollute Iowa. Thegov-
ernor has done all for us he can. It is
high time We did something for our
selves. II the disease should be dis
covered soon in Iowa and inyestiga-
ton show that traders have contain
mated several counties as they did in
the states that are suffering, and it is
further found that to stamp out the
disease will require a large sum OF
money, are we any better preparedLor
such an emergency than the other
states that look hclplessly On while
the disease spreads?
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-08-28
The Wastes OF the Household.

While the well-known saying that a
French family could live with elegance
on what an American housewife throws
away is frequently illustrated in fam
lilies where waste can be i'll afforded, it
is also true that, in eight cases out OF
ten, this RELOCATION OF cold bits to the
otfal pail OF ash barrel isnot caused so
much by extravaganza as by the lack
OF knowledge Of how to dispose OF them
in any other way. The dainty utili-
zation OF scraps is a subject that well
.repays the thoughtful study of any
housewife, and even the least original
cook can often "evolve from her inner
consciousness an appetizing dish from
cold fragments that at first sightappear
utterly unpromising. In this matter,
however, the mistress must generally
depend upon her own brains. Few
hirelings have the keen interest in their
employers welfare that would urge
them to save couple OF pennies here
and five or six there. Fewer still, with
the best intention in the world, know
how to do it or appreciate that it is
in the minor economies that true saw
ing consists. What difference does it
make ii those scraps of cold bacon
left from breakfast are summarily dis
posed Of in the swill barrel, or if that
bit ofcorned beef-too small to appear
upon the table again-is bestowed
upon the first basket beggar who
presents himself? And if these escape
chat fate from the extra CONSCIENTIOUS
ness of the housekeeper, they are too
often converted into the Ubiquitous
hash. Hear how one careful house
wife disposed ofsimilar remnants: To
the corned beef and bacon, minced
fine, she added half as much cold
mashed potato, one raw egg, a little
chopped onion and parsley, and with
croquettes made Of these, rolled in
-four and fried in nice dripping, pro-
yided an appetizing dish that was
quite sufficient, when accompanied by
stewed potatoes and bread and
butter, to make lunch for three
people. Another dainty dish, which
appeared upon a friends table,
was formed from even less promising
materials. Her dinner the day be-
fore had been o stuffed chicken boiled
with rice. Examination OF the pantry
revealed the carcass Of the fowl, with
one leg attached to it, and a couple OF
spoonfuls of the cold rice. Nothing
daunted, however, the valiant house
keeper advanced to the charge, and,
with the aid OF small, sharp knife,
removed more meat from the bones
than one would at first have believed
possible. This was cut-not chopped
lin small pieces, and set aside with the
rice and half Of the dressing, and q lit
tie minced onion we're put over the fire
in two cups Of cold water. When q
slow, steady simmer OLA couple Of
hours had reduced this one hall, it was
cooled, strained, SKINNED, and slight
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-08-28

From O. research into some old doc
uments it is learned that before the
revolution the professors at Harvard
College were paid in farm produce,
which, indeed, was the only way the
students could meet tuition bills.
In Virginia the clergy were paid in
tobacco. In 1775 Congress issued
$500, 900 paper currency, and event
ually $50, ZOO, 900 OF war money had
been put in circulationall Of which
sank to almost nothing, though years
afterward it was redeemed. a barber
shop in Philadelphia was ornamented
with continental money pasted over
the walls. Those were indeed hard
times. q b
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-08-28
Through London by Canal.

Benz. Ellis Martin, in Harper's Magazine.
When certain famous fnancier from
San Francisco visited London few
years ago he was called on the morn
ing after his arrival by his English cor
respondent, who, finding him character
istically anxious to plunge at once in
to the business for which he had come,
proposed to start for ''the city" ''The
city," exclaimed our magnate; "why,
what do you call this place we'erin?
was two or three hours riding through
what I should call city last night be-
fore | reached this hotel" But the
placid and precise Englishman went
on, statistically, to explain that
"the city" was still a long dis
lance away; that they could 60 there
inside a cab or outside a bus; by boat
down the river underground, beneath
the houses, by rail; or by rail, above the
roofs, through the borough-all to the
astonishment expressed with naive
and native vehemence, of the San Fran
ciscan, I fear that the resources OF
the Pacific slope language would have
been unduly taxed had he been told
that he night pass from end to end OF
London on a. canal; and am sure his
visitor, as we'll as most Londoners,
would have felt equal surprise.
Yet it is true; an UNDECIDED and al
most unknown river runs through the
heart of London, holdingits quiet, un-
troubled course, while the busy city
has pushed it's way all about and be
yond it. It is not SO many years
since pleasure boats piled upon it; and
even now chartered to commerce as it
is, q trip along its length is a delight
and surprise, not only to the Lon
doner, who may not be adverse to the
novel form OF amusement to be found
in learning something Of his own town
but even to the alien proWler by pro
fession, who prides himself on thor
oughly knowing his beloved prowling-
place.
The Regents Canal is the last link
in the great canal chain of England
By it the Mersey is married to the
|, Thames, and shakes hands with the
Humber; it connects the whole great
scheme Of inland navigationwith Lon.
don and the sea The Grand juno,
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-08-28
Seed Peas.

Mr.. James Dougall, of The New Y ork
Witness, makes an interesting state
ment and suggestion concerning Seed
Peas:
"By mistake, nearly all the EARL
est part OF the crop was gathered for
family use before we noticed it, and
fearing that the rest might go the
same way, we pulled upthe vines when
the pods were quite green and hung
them up to dry. The peas had then
attained about their full size, but
when shelled out were quite green in
color though shriveled. This spring
when about to SOW them, we found the
color still green, but the peas were
shrivelled and shrunk up to less than
half their size; the pea when at matur~
ity is a smooth, white pea. Thinking
that many might not grow they were
sown rather thickly; but every pea
started, and they have grown very
fast and strong, and are taller and
better than. some fuliy-ripened peas Of
the same variety sown at the same
time. Might not this method, if fol-
lowed out, prove destructive to the
pea-bug? Had these peas contained
any bugs the sErinkage would have
crushed the life out them"
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-08-28
The first cherries which reached Chi

The first cherries which reached Chi
cago in carload lots from California
sold for fifteen cents pound on an
average. The cost Of transportation
was from nine to ten cents per pound,
which left a profit OF 500 per ton.
The orchardists Of Alameda County
say that, if the freight rates wsra re.l
.duced one-third, they could send q
loaded train every day for sixty days.
"a thrifty cherry orchard 1T these rates
ought to return from $500 to 81 600.
per acre toits owner.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-08-28

ly thickened with brown -four, then re-
turned to the fire with the fragments OF
meat, rice, etc, brought to a boil,
poured over crustless squares Of fried
bread laid in q hot platter, and gar
nished with parsley. THE origin no one
would have suspected. Christine Ter
hume Herrick, in Good Housekeeping
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-08-28

ventilated stable among others. The
remedy IS to. give quart oflinseed
oil it it can be swallowed; if not, by in
lection, and to apply camphorated
IMMINENT to the neck and the spine. It
is wholly a nervous disorder.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-10-02
THE SITUATION IN ONO.

The prospect in Ohio grows more cheering
every week. The recent magnificent meeting
at Cincinnati disclosed n great revolution in the
opinion and purpose of the German voters
The next day The Commercial Gazette secured
interviews with great number of prominent
Germans, who gave reasons for their position. Ii
was remarkable how many of them put especial
stress upon the outrageous corruption of the
Democratic rule and the enormous increase of
taxation. Many will be surprised to learn that
these Germans with few exceptions named the
overthrow of the Scott law by the Democratic
party as one of their chief reasons for seeking
its defeat. In consequence of this change
the taxes upon property have been greatly
increased, and the burdens fall heavily upon
property owners, who denounce the Demo-
cratic party with intense feeling. In the dis
cussiOn it is shown that tie tax in 1880 at
Cincinnati was 81 per cent and was reduced
by the Republicans to 2.05 in 1888, but Demo
cratic corruption and the overthrow of the
Scott law had caused the increase of the tax TO
1856 per cent in 1884 and isis per cent this
year. and it will necessarily be still larger
when the full effect of an addition of nearly
$4,000, 900 to the bonded debt, in consequence
of the conduct of the last Legislature, shall be
felt.
Indeed, all over the State it is evident that
indignation at the conduct of the Democrats in
regard to the liquor traffic is helping the
Republicans. A dramatic scene occurred at a
recent meeting where Judge Foraker was
questioned by pretended Prohibtionist. The
questioner was himself cross-Questioned and
compelled TO admit that his inquiries had been
prepared in writing at consultation of Dem
ocrats at Columbus, with Governor IIOadly's
knowledge, and had been given to him by the
Democratic committee and committed to
memory. The exposure of this dishonorable
trick does not help Governor Hoadly, and
Judge Foraker has aroused much enthusiasm
by challenging him in person to discuss the
questions about which he so meanly seeks to
have his opponent Intercepted. But there is
no probability that anybody will get him
within range of Judge Foraker, even though
the latter consents to meet both Hoadly and