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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-09-26
LADIES' GOODS.
y. &. HurcHrssos.
IMPORTER

och ASSORTMENT OF FALL AND WIN.
TER STOCK INCLUDES THE GREATEST
VARIETY OF ELEGANT
Millinery" "CLoAKS' AND SUITS"
EVER EXHIBITED IN THIS CITY.
LARGE LINE OF FEATHER TRIMMING" IN
ALL CoLoRS AND WIDTHS AT VERY LOW
PRICES
NOVELTIES IN DRESS TRIMMINGS" AND
"LACES-
SILK NELVETS' AND VELVET RIBBONS"
FINE SILK PLUSH AT 81 .25 AND 81 so pr yd.
bhSF QUALITY MoHAIR ASTRAKAN IS IS
pr. yd
THE GREATESTC CARE HAS BEEN BESTOWED
oN The SELECTION WITH THE VIEW OF OBJ
IAINiNG LATEST FASIIIo NABLE CREATIONS
WHICH COMPRISE LEADING FOREIGN AND
HOME MANUFACTURED GOODS, AT PRICES
WITHIN REACH OF ALI.
NO CHARGE FOR FITTING LADIES SUITS
AND CLOAkS
FOSTER KID GLOVES
Trevise, Paris Tse26l 9O1 Pennsylvania ave.
MISSES SEDGwICK AND CHRISTINA AN HAVE
An returned to the city. and will resume business
otoper ISL at their Dressnaking Parlors, All 18th
NV, instead OF Sl3 18th 81 se25-2w"
Miss BIRCH HAS RETURNED TO THE CITY
AVA ana opened her Drsssmaking Establishment NJ
SOB STREET NORTHWEST
where she will be pleased 10 see her pafrons Good
work at reasonable prices. se2l-lw
I AIDES TAKE NoTICE-HAVING OPENED
5,Ia "a a. i2g ST. NV ann prepared TO show full
cutting. h. A. JEANNERET. selS-ims
7 AIDES SEAL GARMENTS ALTERFp, RE
Il dyed and Refined: Circular Innings Repaired and
Recovered: Cloth Muffs made. Miss CUNNfNGHAM,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-09-26

FEW OPERAS AND NEW PLAYs-KIRALFYs
MUSICAL SPECrACLE-MILN'S COMPANY GOES
TO PIECEs-MoDJESKA's PLANS-NEw OPERAS
FOR THE IDEALS
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racing fleet. 1t has been the same among the
minor classes. The Formosa cutter may be said
TO have been the last OF the old squadron and
her day came much sooner than was expected
Having beaten everything, the Prince of w aIes
purchased her from the owner, Mr.. Sloane
Stanley. in 1879, confidently expecting that
she would carry all before her in 1880; but in a
Clyde shipbuilding yard there was Graded on
the stocks IL boat which was destined to cause
as great Il revolution in yacht building as the
America schooner had caused in sailmaking
This was the celebrated Nanduara better
known perhaps as "the steel cutter" designed
by Mr.. u. l.. Watson, for Mr.. John Clark of
Paisley, with the view OF sweeping the seas so
three tons Of lead run into that part Of hsr
which corresponds to the keel Of q wooden
boat. and q large spread OF canvas, she proved
very fast, more especially TO windward, and in
the opening race on the Thames, half an hour
after starting, had ranged herself on the
weather bow Of Forlnosa, much to the surprise
OF all on board. On the Saturday following
when the Prince sailed on board of his own
cutter, she completely proved that his Royal
of winning yacht owners, at any rate with
Formosa. In the end of the seasons she met q
worthy opponent in the cutter Sam9na, also q
new boat, and now both are as much outclassed
| apparently Fiona was by Formosa. Length
ON the water line with enormous lead keels be-
low, and tremendous spread OF canvas, seem
| planted the rule-of-thumb builders Of other
| days, aims at, and comfort Is In many
Marjorie and others are luxurlously
called racing machines, which are boats spec
tally built to win prizes, their holds not being
| apportiOned into cabins and berths In the US
ual STYLE but for the sake of trina lett To remain
UNFINISHED as sail lockers. The owner who
wishes to race such a boat must, II he has not a
| cruising or q steam yacht Of his own, make his
way from regatta TO regatta as best he can, un.
meals and bed on the top OF some damp sails
| The use OF steel in yacht building allows of q
| larger vessel. and as In composite boats, the
| possible-a matter OF Importance, seeing that q
vessel like Weudur carries seventy-five tons
| Irex sixty-1ve tons Originally she had seventy
three tons), and Marjorie fifty tons, 9enesta
Galatea and others having about the same
weight Of metal under them.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-06-01
Time for Pruning.

The frequent inquiries and occasional
mistakes made as to the best time for
pruning orchard trees, induces us to recur
once more TO the subject, to show that no
fixed or blind rule can be adopted, appli-
cable alike 10 all conditions. The effect of
reducing the branches, or of cutting them
back. is most cOnspicuously shown in
Young trees, and most of all in those
WHICH are newly transplanted. A newly
set tree, which has its shoots shortened 70
counterbalauce the necessary mutilation
Of roots. Will be improved or accelerated
in growth if this pruning is done in spring
before growth commences, or before the
buds begin TO open; but it will be serious
ly checked if the work is done later.
The effect thus exhibited in young trees
shows the principle which governs growth
in larger trees connected with pruning at
the different times. IL is most strikingly
exhibited in all newly transplanted trees;
most Of all in young cherry trees, which
are severely checked by summer pruning
aud often killed by it,; and least Of all in
peach trees which have more power 10
recover from any check given; but even
these should not be pruned in summer,
unless the work is slightly done, or unless
in trees Of great vigOr OF growth where
some check viii do them no harm; or
sparlngly in young nursery trees to reduce
them 10 shape
The most common difference Of opinion
among orchardists Is IN relation 10 prun-
ing bearing trees. There is sufficient
mass in large trees 10 supply growth TO
new shoots with less check than in small
Ter trees, and a rule commonly adopted ie
TO prune in June, when the wounds will
soonest heal over. and there will be less
emulation OF sap. This rule will answer
for such trees as are growing rapidly, and
which will bear some check. But II IL
not adapted 70 trees Of slow or feeble
growth. The same principle controls
growth in large trees rs innewly setyoung
frees, as already explained, although less
In degree.
The summer wound may heal over
soonest. but 10 does not ALWAYS leave the
tree IN the best condition. Experiments
made some years nao, by cutting on
limb in every month, showed alter q
growth Of live years By cutting into each,
that the central wood was least decayed
IN the trees which were pruned IN Febru-
AIRY and March, and most so IN those cut
I'm juno and July. The wiuter-made
wounds dried ana hardened best. This
experiment is easily repeated, and u may
give useful Information 20 Orchardists II
oftener tried. BUTT should bee remember
ed in all such experiments that heavy
pruning at one time is never desirable
COUntr7j Gentleman.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-06-01
FARM AND Stock NOTES.

Aside from the looks of the thing. dead
limbs on irGit or other trees should be
promptly removed. Where die from
blight the cutting should b. the dis
eased part, or 1t Will spread atectiOn.
Prompt cutting down to E'rtDY wood
VIII check most cases OF hli4nt. The saw
used should not be applied 10 healthy trees
unless first washed with carDJiIc acid and
water.
In every neighborhood men surrounded
with all the requisites for keeping stock
IN the finest condition will have the most
scrawny flOcks, other men with very few OF
their cOnyeniences will turn out the finest
of big fat wethers. There is more in the
handling of sheep than in the amount Of
feed. and the wise shepherd will see thar
his flock is handled carefully, as well as
fed judiciOusly.
An English writer in an exchange says
that nitrate of soda in liquid form, con-
tanning about one pound of nitrate to y
gallons OF water, acts as a powerful stlm-
ulant to pot plants, imparting luxuriant
hue to the foliage, and is particularly
beneficial to dahlias and chrysanthe-
NUNS. The number of applications must
depend on the nature and condition of the
plant. 1t is not to be given to plants at
rest.
NO one VINO mas not Jrieu raising ana
feeding turnips to sheep can have a full
appreciation of the benefit derived from
this cheap TODD and in the increased thrift
of their stock. There can be no doubt Of
the advantage Of the English method Of
feeding compared with ours if we COM
pare their immense fat muttons with ours;
and in all the feeding districts OF the Eng
lish provinces turnips are fed IN immense
quantities.
The shot water cure" to hard milking
COWS may be applied in this way: Before
milking, put two or three haudfuls of hot
water upon each teat, as hot as the hand
Will bear. After giving the teats thor
cloth, or strip with the hand until there is
no danger of the water dripping INTO the
pail; then milk at once. BY this means a
hard mixer can be MIXED in half the
usual time.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-06-01
The Art of Making Scum.

The hand that can make good soup I'M
failingly has arrived at a stage in the cult
nary art not reached by any except
good cook. Therefore, when our cores
pendent can succeed in having her SOUPS
not sometimes, but always, perfect, she
need never fear in venturing among the
other branches of cookery, because the
very knowledge and tact necessary in the
one ease viii be sure to guide her unerring-
ly in the others.
To ordinary cooks the preparation of a
soup is mystery they don't seem to have
the desire or ability to understand. Yet,
when properly made, there is nothing
more palatable and wholesome. Among
the well-to-do portion of every cOmmuni-
ty it forms very important part of the
dinner, and there is every reason why it
should not he so generally discarded as it
is by the poorer classes, for it is not only
nourishing, but can be made TO constitute
a large portion of their diet, with quite as
much il not more economy than is posi-
bic in the use of other dishes.
Every utensil used in the cooking should
be scrupulously clean. The saucepan
covers should be looked after, and their
rims. and even handles, not neglected.
Watch your fire, and should there be the
least smoke, always remove your sauce
pan to a safe distance when you have oc-
casiOn to lift the lid.
The meat should be lean, and used as
soon after killing as possible.
Avoid purchasing piece of meat that
would require any washing before go
ing into the pot.
Do not put the bones in until they are
first pounded into small pieces.
If your meat and bones are fresh, that
is, unlocked, they should be put into
cold water. On the other hand, when
they have been previously fried or
Drowned, boiling water only is the proper
thing, and this should be added a little at
time.
Make your soup the day before it is
wanted. Let it stand till cold, and then
remove all the fat that that has risen to
the surface.
Beware of hot fire. Simmering is the
life, as boiling is the death, Of any good
soup.
If your soup is to contain vegetables,
THESE be boiled little in separate water
before adding them.
In seasoning, bear in mind that it is
much safer to have too little than too
much, a pTecauti0n especially needful
when YOU are adding the salt.
Do not add cream or milk without first
boiling them separately and straining
them. And when added they should be
boiling hot.
Whenever an egg is to be added, do not
put it directly with the body of the soup;
put little of the latter in a cup, and af-
ter allowing it to cool for a minute, mix
the egg thoroughly with it, and then pour
it into the soup.
Keep your soup always in stoneware
or china, and, when stirring or skim
ming them, use a wooden spoon.-Ihe
Caterer
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-06-01
How to Feed Pigs.

Feed the sow all she can eat Of good
sound grain, with such kitchen Stops as
are rich with the vegetable and meat
waste of the table. This will in
sure the finest and latest of pigs.
When they are weaned, continue
the same to the ''shOats,'' permit
ing them to run on a green pasture, or
to eat the scattering, uncut or waste oats
after the harvest. If you have neither
rats nor pasture, let them have the run Of
he horse lot or cowpen, into which pull
up and throw every day all the young
succulent weeds and grass you have time
togather about the farm. Green sorghum,
let, corn, pea vines, potato vines, sugar
cane, cabbages, turnips and other vegeta-
oles may be included in their green
food with great advantage. If you can
not do any of these and must depend
upon the ''wOOds" and such foraging as
they can do upon your neighbors, aban-
don the hOg-raising business at once for
the sake of peace and self-respect.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-06-01

Many young men are, doubtless, deferred
from undertaking farm by the frequent
use of the term "hard labor" which
seems, by general consent of the newspa-
pers), to be peculiar to the farm. No
other kind of labor was ever so misrepre-
sented. If the labor on the farm is hard
it is the farmers fault. All work will be
hard to dolt, an imbecile and a law
man; for neither will act promptly, nor
embrace the advantages and oppOrtuni-
ties offered HIM by the advancing civiliza-
ton and improvements of the age, But
the intelligent, thoughtful man who opens
farm with system, method, good order,
and acts promptly, punctually up to the
well-established rules Of its requirements,
need ever perform more labor than is con-
sistent with good health and happiness.
Nature does not require men to labor be-
yond this, and those who do so voluntarily
have other motives than mere duty and
the desire for competency; or else labor
through ignorance of easier ways.
How to farm without ''hard work'' is
what civilization is now teaching, or
ought to teach, and what should be i'm
pressed upon the rising generation. Any
man may be overworked by a severe task
master, and at any kind OF work, but that
does not necessarily make the work hard.
This is a matter for the regulation Of Gus
tom and the laws, which have no right to
impose burdens upon the people. At
least one of the inalienable rights of man
kind il the pursuit OF happiness, and no
man can be happy compelled To incessant
hard labor. Neither law nor custom.
however, can, or ought to prevent his do
ing 50 of his own yolitou. ana from this
ne must be saved by education by precept
and example.
If the farmer who cultivated 30 acres
last year has undertaken 100 acres this
year, what are we to infer? He was so
successful in the first that his desire to
grow rich determined him TO undertake
double the area of his previous triumph;
and right here is where the ''hard' labor
comes in. He is straining ever nerve and
hunting premature grave, to enjoy a
brief season of wealth and ease. AS he
works hard, of course he expects all his
help to do the same, and this insane
spirit spreads abroad, takes possession of
the whole country, and we find ourselves
going with whirlwind speed on what we
call the road to prosperitY-an increase of
wealth, perhaps; but most assuredly,
at the sacrifice OF health, vigor, life, hap
piness and all that makes life worth liv
ing for.
Let young farmers be taught that hard
work can be made easy by proper atten-
ton to the methods of execution, by intel
Ggence, by order, method and prompt ac-
ton.
Begin the farm as ahOme, and set about
investing it with the comforts and sweet
attractions which home should possess.
Take time TO do things well and find out
always what is the next best thing to do.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-06-01
Feeding Fowls.

mer ct with grain and vegetables,
says poultry raiser, is essential to the
well-being of fowls during cold weather
Or when confined where they cannot get
worms, bugs and other insects, but an
exclusive meat diet IS worse than none at
all, because it is conducive Of disease or
sickness. In other words, whatever I'M
natural food is given TO fowls must be
well mixed with their natural food, and
any attempt to confne them to any article
o. unnatural food must inevitably meet
with ultimate disaster. Times and sea-
ms are also to be regarded in feeding
vows and animals as well as mankind.
eats to fowls are recommended for cold,
Y y hot weather, because it furnishes fuel
tekeep up the heat OF the body when that
supply is most needful. Other articles Of
FOOD are more suitable to other seasons,
each in It's time Of harvest. This is ma
lures order that no wise man will set
aside.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-06-01
How to Measure Fields.

During seeding time farmers often wish
to make an accurate estimate of
the amount of land in field. The ac-
companying table has been found useful
and convenient for the purpose, and may
be cut out and preserved for future refer
ence:
Five yards wide 96S long contains an
acre.
Ten yards wide by 4S4 long contains an
acre.
Twenty yards wide by 442 long contains
an acre.
Forty yards wide by 12llong contains an
acre.
Seventy yards wide by 6915 long con-
tains an acre.
Eighty yards wide by 6O15 long contains
an acre.
Sixty feet wide by 72O long contains an
acre.
One hundred and ten feet wide by 397
long contains an acre.
One hundred and thirty feet wide by
363 long contains an acre.
TWO hundred and forty feet wide by
1Sl% long contains an acre.
-Four hundred and forty feet wide by 80
long contains an acre.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-06-01
ChoIera Arnonc Fowls.

10 avoid or cure all epidemics the gem
pral resort now is TO cleanliness. Diseases
are believed to be starved out by remov-
fng the infected materials, together with
ne substances which generated them. II
hese are never permitted to accumulate
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-06-01

A writer on this subject truly says fig
,rees bear enormous crops, not all ripen-
ing at one time, but all through a long
season. That they need no pruning (but
lne suckers must be kept DOWN j; have no
insect enemies; they live to great age
anu the fruit needs less handling in cur
i.ug and packing them among other
lfult. Here is the method of curing
tlem, according to the late David
Dixon, Of Georgia:
i Make three qualities or classes; first,
ks not quite ripe; second, those barely
'pei third, fully ripe, Keep separated.
& seald in weak I've, to take the rough-
ness out Of the skin (not essentially.
d. Boil in good sugar syrup ten or fifteen
minutes; dry fully and bake or steam to
vi The ny eggs. Pack in tight boxes,
tpnnkling with little powdered sugar.
sea- up until wanted for use. ia drying
lrnace is used there will be no fy eggs
nd the figs will be ready FOR packing as
Boon as dry.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-06-01

place 10 years embedded in soft clay was
removed. There was found attached N
: 1t 4 soliF l6mB of iron ore weighing 90
pounds, supposed 30 have been produced
by the conversion Of the clay by the action
OF electricity. ,,v- f,ist,.tr
Chloride Of methyl, sprayed, produces q
degree of, cold represented by % degreps
&c. or "a degrees p M. DeboYehas PLAYED
IA jet of this cheap fluid on theskiH along
g the whole length of the limb cQrreepond-
ing to the cnurseef the sciaEo nerve and
its main branches eifectng almost lnstap-
taneous rehefta- the suhererer from neu-
falgic sciatica. .8 A.t
In the drilling or filing hard iron cast
ings the use Of tutpentine has been found
OF NOTWITHSTANDING. The tOpl should Sbe
I kept wet with the turpentlne, applied
with a common mucilage brush, and the
tHrpentjne sbopld be evaporated and oNi-
died by exposure until 1t is some what
Niseids as it has then more body than the
iitqpid spirit.
To test-tAe purity of water there has
been feHnd 30 better or simpler way than
20 fill a clean pint bottle three-tOurths iull
OF the water to be tested. and dissolve in
the water half teaspoonful Of the purest
sugar-loaf or granulated will answer
cork the bottle, and place it in warm
place for two DAYS. If in 2tto AZ hours the
water becomes cloudy or milky it is unfit
for domestic use.
Swimming birds, which constitute about
One-fourteenth of the entire class, form
One-half the whole number in Greenland.
AS we approach the tropics the variety
and number of land birds Increase. Those
of tOrrid zone or noted for their brilliant
plumage, and the temperate zones for
their more sober hues but sweeter voices.
India and South America are the richest
regions. Runners, tanagers and orioles
are restricted to the New World Parrots
are found in every continent except
Europe, and woodpeckers occur every
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-06-01

there viii be no epidemic, and when one
begins, of course, the best thing to do is
10 strike at the root, destroy the germs
and stop its growth. See that the fowls,
then, are not crowded too many in the
same house Or enclosure; that their habi-
tation Is kept clean; that they have dust
baths and clean water, some sand and
lime to pick occasionally, and reasona-
bic supply of natural food. Remove all
sick fowls at once from among the
healthy, and if any die, burn them in
stead of throwing them over the fence to
infect others.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-06-01
BITS OF SCIENCE.

The manufacture OF artificial ivory from
bones and scraps of sheepskin is a new
industry.
In Northwestern India the rainfall has
been largely increased by the replanting Of
forests.
DEB. J. Jefries holds that the three
primary c0lors are red, green and violet;
that blindness to violet is rare, and that
color blindness Is practically confined TO
red or green.
In Cape Colony the extensive planting
Of the common tomato Is recommended,
az il is alleged that insects shun the land
on which IL Is grown. The rule Ia not
thought 20 hold good in cooler climates.
Discussing the manufacture Of bone
dust. Prof. j. KONG shows that when
bones, previous 20 grinding, are freed
from fats by treatment with benzol they
are purified from ingredients which have
no agricultural value.
Dastre and Bourqualot have arranged
the sugars with regard 20 their utilization
through assimilation by the animal econ
omy In the following order, beginning with
the most refractory saccharOse lactose,
maltese and glucose.
A material which is freproof as well as
indestructlbe by vermin W made Of as
bestos and silicato. 10 resembles stone,
aud though massive in appearance, is Of
light weight. ltmakea useful box or safe
for the preservation of documents.
In Sweden a process has been discov-
cred by which the Old docaying moss can
be converted into a kind Of cardboard,
which can be nodded for the purpose Of
house decoration. H. becomes ms hard as
wood and takes an excellent polish.
II Is claimed by La Nature that the
highest railrOadyiaduct IN the world is that
lof the Gerabit bridge, France. That re.
Anarkable structure Is I 800 feet long, and
bear the middle Of the great central arch
The distance from the bed Of the river b
the rail Is 4l3 feet.
A curious discovery was made recently
when a lightning rod which had been IN