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sac as q DestrOyer Of Teeth.

At a recent meeting of the New
York Chronological Society, DIR. E.
Parmly Brown said:
1 will venture the assertion that the
excessive use of common salt is one Of
the main factors in the obstruction of
human teeth to-day. I am now en-
gagged in collecting some statistics on
this point, from which l hope in time
to demonstrate what seems to me to
be the fact, that common salt exces-
sively used is a great solvent of the
human teeth. If it viii injure the
human teeth through the chemistry
of our systems in some way or other,
that will not try to explain at present,
why might it not also have the effect
of preventing good development of
the teeth when taken into the system
in excessP l have lately procured
some statistics from the Sandwich Is
lands, from gentleman who has been
there, covering period of over forty
years, that are very suggestive and
and interesting. Within that period
the teeth of the Sandwich Islanders
have decayed rapidly, and since they
have begun to decay it has been no
ticed that the natives are in the habit
of biting off great chunks of salt and
eating it with their food. According
to all accounts, the teeth of the Sand
which Islanders were formerly the
most free from decay of any people on
the face of the earth, if l remember
rightly. You win find that the peo-
pie who eat great deal Of salt and a
great deal of sugar are often entirely
toothless. People who eat an exces-
sive amount Of salt are tempted to eat
large quantities of candy, pickles, and
vinegar. There seems to be a craving
for those substances after the exces-
sive use of Scientific American
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1885-10-02

Fresh Tomatoes all Winter.-Wipe
nice tomatoes dry, and pack small
stone jar two-thirds full; ill up with
good lard and cover; for use, wash
them in hot water.
Hickorynut Cake.-One-half cup of
butter, two cups of sugar, and four
eggs, beaten separately; three cups OF
flour, one-half cup of sweet milk, two
teaspoonfuls of baking powder, two
cups of hickorynut meats minced, one
teaspoonful extract of vanilla.
Appze Preserves. Make nice syrup
of sugar and water, and put in it a
small piece Of ginger-root. Have
some good apples peeled and cored-
Pippins are the best to use. When
the syrup has scalded up three or four
times, drop in the apples and let them
remain until transparent.
Cream Cheese.-Take very thick
cream and tie it up in piece OF mick
calico which has just been wrung out
of strong cold salt and water, and
hang it up to drip; two or three days
will make it stiff enough to turn out.
A little salt put into the cream when
fresh will help it to keep sweet.
Parsnip Ste10.-Three slices of salt
pork, boil one hour and a half; scrape
five large parsnips, cut in quarters
lengthwise, add to the pork and LET
boil one hour, then add few potatoes,
and let all boil together until the pota-
toes are soft; the fluid in the kettle
should be about a cupful when ready
to take off.
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The Kentucky MOuntaineers.

These mOuntaineers, says a Ken
lucky letter to the New York Times,
are singular people. They have not
the slightest idea of law and order as
it is understood and practised in 9th
er portions of the country. Every in
dividual resents an injury with knife,
pistol or gun, provided he has the req
uisite courage to do so, or, if not
waylays and shoots down his enemy
whenever he can be caught off his
guard. They are densely ignorant,
and are utterly unable to avail them
selves of the process of the law. Their
poverty and illiteracy is pitiable in the
extreme; they know nothing whatev-
er of the habits of the civilized world,
and many have never been beyond the
confines of their own counties.
Their houses are made of logs and
and in some sections the sight Of a
pane of glass would cause sensation.
The virtues they possess are purely
primitive, suggesting the savage in
many respects. They are strictly hon
est; they do not steal; outrages are I'M
common. With such condition Of
things surrounding them it is an easy
matter for few bold, resOlute, but
reckless men to dominate a whole
country. Those who are not killed
die from disease peculiar to people
who do not comprehend that cleanli-
ness is next to gOdliness. The term
husband" OF "wife" is never heard.
1t is "my man" or "my woman"
Nine-tenths of these mOuntaineers
were in the Union army, and fought
with a courage and derceness that
swept everything before them.
The country where they live
abounds in the richest Of fine forests,
full of walnut, white pine, poplar,
oak, hemlock, and other desirable tim
Der. Their hills are full of the finest
cart-wheel iron known to the world,
and the coal lands are pronounced by
Prof. Shaler, of Harvard college, to be
superior to any in America. A depos-
it of camel coal in Breathitt, LetcheT
and Harlan counties is pronounced
the finest in the world. When rail
roads are built through these noun
tains civilization will reach the pres
ent inhabitants, and the example Of
thrift and consequent profits will, nc
doubt, play its full part in inspiring
desire to indulge in habits of industry
Until then there is little chance Of
their Improvement.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1885-10-02
oLIPrrras ZOE THE CuRIOUs.

In days gone by clouds floating be-
fore the wind like a reck OF vapor
were termed rocking clouds
The first steamship that crossed the
ocean brought in her mail pamphlet
proving that no steamship could do
this.
The eyes of the mole are so exceed
ingly minute and so perfectly hid in
its hair that our ancestors considered
it blind
The divining rod, sometimes used by
well diggers, and at an early day by
oil prospectors, is a popular fiction
that dates back to the eleventh cen
tury.
Connecticut is now the only state in
the Union, it is said, whose legisla-
ture retains judicial functions. The
Connecticut legislature is still a SUI
preme court in equity.
Bees are peculiarly subject to dysen-
terry, a disease which sometimes al
most decimates a hive, and which is
commonly due to defective ventilation
and a thin quality of the winter food.
It takes ten times as long to commit
to memory eighty meaningless sylla-
bles as it does to master eighty sylla-
bles that mean something. A profess
sor of the University of Berlin de-
voted twenty-five consecutive hours
to the mental labor of proving this
fact.
Speaking of the feeling while on
mountain or abyss of being drawn to-
wards the brink, the London Lancet
says, it is an impulse to fly. 1t is an
abnormal development of the subordi-
nate faculty of flight which man pos
sesses in common with, and actually
derives from, the bird.
Mary is the name most common
among men in France, where, as in
Italy, the custom prevails of giving
the Virgins name to a boy, in con-
junction with a distinetively male
appellation. Thus Hugo was Victor
Marie After Mary come in order Of
frequency Louis, Joseph, Charles, Hen
~, John, Francis, Peter, Paul, julius
Maurice, Anthony, Eugene, Leo. Vic,
tor, Augustus, Edward, Ernest, and
George,
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The Pilots Brandy.

oood story is told Of the famous
60 r Forbes. When Pilot Com
missioner he took cruise IN the pay On
bnard of a pilot boat to sec how tlle pus-
nos; ,vs.. was conducted. The weather was
, ~ and cold. and he thought thaI Z
i;ttle brandy would do him no harm, anu
asked if there was any on board NJ
,,;iote like all others who knew nm,
Irrrni3 id ANYTHING to oblige him, ana
we're hut too happy to furnish nm win
,,.hat no desired A bottle of brandy
Which had cost $40 by the gallon. was
handed him to help himself, ana TINS ne
aid most literally. He called lo 5., d
bucket of tepid water, which was Ieau y:
furnished by the cook. On WehV lls
boots and stockings, in went his pare
foot into the bucket, and then ne uellV-
orotelv noured the entire bottle OF brandy
into the bucket, and handed the empty
bottle back to the pilot, thanking IN. I'm
courteously for the liquor. Inc piloS,s
were horror struck at the use to whlcn
their precious liquor had been put, put
said nothing. The Captain seemed ~ ~
eniov his foot bath, rubbed his teet WIN u,
viSor. and when he had finished highi J,
commended the brandy. Brandy
said the Captain in conclusion, address
inc the pilots, sis a capital thing LOT d
foot bath. mixed with warm water-tiry
it but vile stuff for the stomach-avoia
If !" This was the Captains last brandy
scrape afoat. The pilots were all teeto-
taIers to him afterwaTd. A Jew day,
later he more than doubly compensated
the pilots for the liquor he used II,
only wished to teach them an 'oplec.
lesson" which all men would do wen 70
learn. namely, that brandy is better out
side than inside.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1885-10-02

az have had trOubl lie with one OF my
neighbors. " said farmer yesterday after
ne had climbed three flights OF stairs to
interview a Griswold street lawyer.
Exactly, sir, I suppose it IS your mis- ms.
fortune to live neighbor to a mean man "
"His cattle got into my field last
s'Did. chi Well, we can take him for
damages, and you are sure Of your case.
How many head aud what shall we put
the damages at2"
'Wel. you see I got mad about it
and turned my hogs into his 'tater patch. J"
"Awl Can he prove it2"
"Oh. I owned it right up, and we
agreed to call matters square"
sUmphl Perhaps, however, we can
make out that you were temporarily In
sane and not in condition to make bar
gains"
.Oh, it isn't that, sir. Three days ago
one Of my horses was killed"
"Exactly."
"The beast ran against my neighbours
barbed wire fence"
II see. The fence was dangerous
obstruction. Your horse was in the high
waylp
aNo, sir. He was in my neighbours
field and tried to jump OUT
''Umr
aCan You take the case and make any
thing out of it9n
"H.a-r-d-ly. Hold on. I won'tagree
TO secure YOU any damages for your
horse. but I'll fix it so he can't collect
ANYTHING for his fence. That leaves you
with horse hide worth 81 and the proud
consciousness of having stood up for
your rights like an American"
The farmer laid down So bill and tie
lawyer was retained. Detroit Free Fre's
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1885-10-02
loo poaaa one Dollar
Did not Miss Him.

A gentleman in Cincinnati used to
make refrigerators. He made some
money, and removed to New York, and
was gone twenty years. Then he came
back; and it occurred to him that it
would be good fun to go down to the
corner of Fourth and Vine streets, where
he used to do business and knew every
body, and stand on the corner to meet
his old friends as they went by. To the
first one he met he gave a cordial greet
ing, but the man simply said: "John
how are you2 / am extremely glad to
see You. My refrigerator is broken, and
/ want you to come to the house and fix
ii" The man didn't know he had been
out Of the city at all.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1885-10-02

When sponge-calIe becomes dry 1t Is
nice to cut in thin slices and toast.
To remove mildew, soak in butter
milk and spread on grass in the sun.
If nutmegs are good, when pricked
with pin, oil will instantly ooze out.
If the oven is too hot when baking
Mace a small dish of cold water in it.
To prevent mustard-plasters from
blistering, mix with the white of an
egg.
For cleaning stone jars, glass cans,
and bottles, there is nothing better
than I've.
1t is said that canned berries retain
their flavor, and keep better when a
buttered cloth is laid over the top of
the jar before screwing down the
cover.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1885-10-02

IT. -. ,..,S has not been deter
Iu ,.s ~ ~, q the case Of certain kinds
.,,', $3.50. saw. eral years. Speaking in
= .. sss = az, the ground is full Of
go, s 90 eds; they are blown about by
~. 49, lids, washed from place to place
= ~ 81. shets and heavy showers. car
- TO new locations by birds and ami
ll as and like the rent in the boys
Eat, sit was there before"
y Very few realize the extent of fe-
4 cundity or proliHcacy in many of our
common weeds, or how rapidly a stock
NAV be multiplied from single plant.
At both the New York and the Ohio
Experiment Stations this subject has
been investigated with much care.
DIR. Sturtevant found a vigorous plant
of the Purslane family that had nine
branches; an average branch had fit
teen branchlets; an average branchlet
had 212 seed capsules, and one seed
capsule had seventy-fve seeds, making
the whole number, by computation, 3
146.5OO. A fair stool of chess had
1898 seeds, plantain 4488, OK eye
daisy $4,000, curled dock 99,39O. The
botanist at the Ohio station found by
computation that an average thistle
produces over $1,000 seeds; a dande-
lion 1900. shepherds purse $780,
wild peppergrass 1s,4OO, ragweed over
1000, moderate sized purslane from
100000 to 100000 seeds in a single
plant. Wild carrot and mullen are
both exceedingly prolific in seed. We
have found by comparison that single
plants of either may produce from a
half million to a million seeds.
An acre of land contains 1850
SQUARE feet. 1t will be seen that a
single plant in some cases may pro-
duce seeds enough in a season to allow
a half dozen or more seeds to each
SQUARE foot of an acre of land. How
then can we wonder at the rapid in
crease of weeds under ordinary care
less culture, where thousands are an
nually allowed to mature their seeds
, on almost every acre of cultivated
, land.-N. 3. Farmer.
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AnnrOprIate to the Occasion.

Featherly is something Of a musi-
clan, and was attending an evening
party given in honor of the eldest
daughter of the family.
Il would be glad if you would sing
something, Mr.. Featherly," said the
hostess.
Certainly, my dear madam. win
you suggest song9"
"Oh, anything that is appropriate to
the occasion. 1 will leave the selec-
ton with you"
So Featherly, with that rare tact
and discrimination for which he is So
Justly popular in society, sat down al
the piano and sang Backward, TurE
Backward, 0, Time, in Thy Flight."
NeD York San.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1885-10-02
A Lincoln Story.

President Lincoln when importuned
by Gov. Yates, of Illinois, to appoint
friend Brigadier- General, said: 'Yatcs,
I'll tell you the difference between the
concrete and the abstract; when the
Senate passed a resolution requesting me
not to appoint any more Brigadiers, as
the vacancies were all full, that's the con-
crete. But when a Senator comes up here
with long petition and longer face re
questing me to make a Brigadier out Of
some scalawag of friend of his, as it
happens every day, I call that the alb
stract." The Governor thought the IL
lu,tration was very good and laughed
heartily over it. Ben Perley Poore tells
us the story.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1885-10-02

A German paper gives an interest
ing account of a pianoforte made in
Paris in which paper was made to
take the place of wood, the whole case
being manufactured from paper so
compressed that it was able to receive
a hard surface which took a perfect
polish. The color was cream white.
The tone of the instrument is reported
not to be loud, but very sweet. The
short, broken character of the sounds
emitted by ordinary pianofortes is re-
placed by a soft, full, quasi-continuous
sound, resembling somewhat that Of
an organ. 1t has been suggested that
the evenness of texture of the COM
pressed paper may have some inau-
ence in effecting this modification Of
sound.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1885-10-02

PAIN AND DREAD attend the use Of most Ca
tarrh remedies Liquids and snuffs are unPleas-
ant as well as dangerous. Ely's Cream Balm Is
safe, pleasant, easily applied with the finger,
and sure cure. It cleanses the nasal passages
and heals the infiamed membrane, giving re,
lief from the first application. 90 cents at
druggists. SOC. by mail Ely Bros, owego, NY.
IHAvE been a great sufferer Of dry catsrrh for
many years, and l tried many remedies which
helped me, but had none which did me so
much benefit as Ely's Cream Balm, it COM
pletely cured men. J. Lally, 80 Woodward
Ave, Boston Highlands, Mass.
I HAVE been troubled with catarrh from boy
hood and had considered my case chronic until
about three years ago procured bottle OF
Ely's Cream Balm, and count myself sound
today, all from the use of one bottle.-J R.
Cooley, Hardware Merchant, Montrose, Pa.
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Before transplanting cabbages, the
ground should be deeply plowed and
well MANFRED, particularly with the
scrapings of the COW pen. 1t is al
ways best to apply the manure broad
cast, and mix it thoroughly with the
soil. as it then will not come into i'm
mediate contact with the young roots,
but will be ultimately all absorbed. If
possible plant in rainy weather; but if
this cannot be done, sprinkle on the bed
of young plants, just before they are
taken UP, good quantity of water, so
that little earth will adhere to each
plant. AS soon as they are planted in
dry weather, they should receive lib
eral supply of water, otherwise most
of them will die, unless protected from
the sun. When inserting them into
the holes, care must be observed not to
bend the roots, but these must be
placed, as much as possible, as they
had been growing. The distance of
planting, depends, in some measure,
upon the strength of the soil, but prin-
cipally upon the variety grown; but
it should always DO such that the
ground between the plants may be
kept clean and well worked. When
the larger kinds are planted, two-and-
a-half feet between the rows and two
feet between the plants will be re-
ouired; but, with the smaller varieties
less distance will be sufficient. The
soil around the plants must be con-
stantly worked.-A. P. Ford.
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inc ran for sOIIing.

SOWING , IT, farmer says.
AN I'M, had e 6urteen years experience
- - 80. e the last of August and
~ SOwIDs september at different times,
VA ~ 'y IND for soiling in April, 1
~ -,e Jam able to state correctly the
' S of such a crop. Rye, when sown
.sa SAst of August or any time in Sep
1ber on rich land, will make more
funds of green food per acre in April
ttlnan any of the grasses or clover will
4 make in June. We can easily see the
value of an acre of rye sOwn in Au-
gust or September to be cut green in
| April and fed to stock. 1t is the least
injurious green food when fed to work
stock known. In fact, not one objec-
ton can be mada to it when fed to
work stock with plenty of grain. a
rye patch near the house is more val
liable for poultry than grain. We
carried $50 hens through last winter
on green rye alone and they came
through the winter all right and in
fine condition. AS a feed for mich
COWS it has no equal. Three full feeds
daily of green rye to your milk COWS
in April will change the butter from
white to a beautiful golden color.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1885-10-02

Persons frequently express surprise
at the universally, as it were, of
weeds. A careful cultivator will keep
a field free from weeds by frequent
cultivation and hand hoeing through
an entire season. and as none are al
lowed to go to seed he may look for a
clean field the following year, whether
cultivated or not. But those who ex-
pect to see land entirely cleaned of
weeds and all its wild seeds by individ-
ual effort, are likely to be disappointed
in their expectations. Many seeds
will live in the soil for a long time,
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Tn the Forest CITY.

Mr.. G. E. Bryan, No. 151 Putin am
street, Cleveland, Ohio, has naturally
much experience in sickness, with a
family of seven children, and his doc
tors and druggists bills are heavy. He
states publicly that he has given Red
Star Cough Cure a thorough trial in his
home. and finds it to be the best remedy
that he has ever used for coughs or colds.
1t contains neither morphia nor opium,
and therefore leaves no depressing effects.
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Compulsory Education.
EXCITEMENT CREATED IN A BOHEMIAN
VILLAGE BY A BOYS AMUSING TRICK.

The curate of a village in Bohemia,
who conducted the religious instruction
of the children of his parish, lately com
plained to the schuolmaster that little
Hansel Willvonseder had misbehayed
himself repeatedly during the Bible
lesson. As a punishment the master
ordered the lad to make thirty tair
comics of the sentence, 81 ought to keep
quiet during the Bible lesson" and
told him to get his father to sign the
work when done, so that he might see
what a scamp his son was. Inc next
day, being Saturday, the schooimaster
repaired in the evening to the village
inn, where he found the assembled
peasants in a terrible state OF excite
ment. Old Willvonseder was IN the
middle of TRADE against education In
general, and the village school In par
ticular. "Here I've got to work all DAY
in the fields, and now the schoolmaster
wants me to write out thirty times that
l misbehaved myself in the Bible lesson.
What has my lads teacher got to DO
with the way behaved at school twenty
years ago. But these schoolmasterss
NEEDLE with everything nowadays, and
to save my lad any further bother | Just
sat down and certified thirty times that
I was no better than l should be when
went to school. I'd sooner work IN the
fields thirty hours at a stretch than sub
nit to be punished that way again. IN
fact, my arm is quite lame with all that
writing. Things will have to be altered
or else I'll see." The peasants were all
of the same opinion as they crowded
around old Willvonseder, looking at the
sheets of paper which contained the
copies aforesaid. Young Hansel took
great care to keep out Of the reach o.
his fathers arm that day when the
teacher explained the real state Of tho
case. -Bohmiscbe Zeitung.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1885-10-02

On THE LINE.-The boundary between
Massachusetts, and New Hampshire has
been in dispute 100 years. No strictly
legal line exists. In 1741 the King OF
England directed representatives Of both
provinces to jointly make a map, in &C
cord with some general directions, but
Massachusetts did not obey, and New
Hampshire did the work alone. A strip
of Merrimac valley is the doubtful
ground.
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ZOE rHE FARM ND MOMEa


One hen-house which we have seen
has a very ingenious contrivance for
getting outside hens into general
yard. without chance for any OF the
inside occupants to escape. 1t consists
of q box, some eight or ten inches In
diameter, a little over two feet in LENGTH
mainly made of little Stats and open
only at the outer end. The small Stats
are placed far enough apart to give a7t
open appearance to the whole box. %
very slight board constitutes the fig
so constructed that on the hen wal NAlu
over it, it remains firm until shs' 81. ~.
over half way in, when, by tn 80.
of her weight, the floor suddel ny 10y, w. 80
on a pivot, or tips, the fog wa t 81.
falling down about foot, ie''lls 'n =,
hen into the yard. when 'no nOO. .,,' !"
once returns to its p 'aoe' anu T,s 'nu,
leaves no chance of scape'-1T'o""'
and Farmer.