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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1885-08-05
Corn Cultivation,

The manner of cultvatiDg corn,
whether deep CT shallow, is subject
Of much thought and discussion; but
it seems TO depend very much upon u
principle which exists everywhere
viz, that at first, and before the roots
have spread through the rows, deep
cultivation is useful, but aiterward,
rs the roots spread through the soil,
only the surface should be stirred. "A
most successful and large cultvator
Of corn in Central Illinois, upon a
strong clay loan, but containing much
humus. found that his best success
was in blowing deeply the next corn
during its early growth. lie, there
lore,used narrow bull tongues, running
deeper than the outer broader teeth
Of his cultiyatorS, during the carly
growth of his corn. AS the corn be-
came large the teeth were changed so
the deeper running teeth were near
the middle of the rows. Thus the
deep cultivation kept pace with the
growth of the roots of the corn, and
later, us the roots filed the whole soil,
the cultivation was superficial. His
regular days work for team in the
field was eight hours, but he kept the
teams moving, and accomplished more
work in u day than many who kept
their team ali lit t. hours. Another
popularity of his was that his teams
might be found lying still while some
Of his neighhors were struggling
through wet, raSty soil. Yet Wh'n
The soil did come in condition for
work his teams were in the field early
and late, often doing twice the amount
Of his regular work in one day. Yet
his teams never seem tagged, His
theory of cultivation and his labor
were foundcd upon common SENSE
Mem YoM Timn>.
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Bismarck on El01ncncs.

Bismarck is no orator Ills speech Ia
simple and plain, lie thinks thpt tho
gitt Of eloquence has done q great deal
Of m.Scaicf in parliamentary life. II
tncs ~ appealing TO the (c ,ing' to act
tie qu.siols which LIQUID be Sctl.e.. w
common sGTse.
Bismarck usca tot,l. humorous q y
to illustrate the dislracling effect oil clio.
qucncc. Frederick William l., the dcs
pot king who publicly whipped his son,
subsequently Frederick the Great, once
listened to tho peodnss of two lawyers.
After the first one ha finished his speech
the king, moved by the advocates clio
qucncc, exclaimed:
"This fellow is in the right" The
second lawyer then spoke, and with such
effect that the king said This man has
the right Of It'll"
Then recalling that he had contradict
cd himself he fell into a furious passion
and sent both orators to prison.
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Stories About Cats,

A cat of Scarsport, Me-, made friends
with pct rat, but killed all the wild rats
1t could find.
A cat of South Brooks, Me-, watches
a cradle, and when the child cries ca
rcsscs it until it falls asleep.
A gentleman at Newport, r. l., let a
mouse out of a trap for his cat, but big
rooster standing near jumped on it first,
took it in his bill by the neck, and shook
it until it was dead.
A cat of Hyde Park, Mass, took charge
of n brood of six chickens. She licked
their feathers until they grew the wrong
way. The chicks followed her as they
would have followed hen.
A Lewiston cat made friends with a
pig, became his constant com panion, and
slept with him at night When the pig
was slaughtered she watched by his
corpsc, and refused to eat any of his
flesh.
A Maine cat accidentally stepped on
tho keys of piano board one day, and
was surprised at the sound. Since then
shc goes to the piano regularly and paw:
the keys, waiting with ears erect and
eyes sparkling for the sounds.
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A tall, lank man boarded an out-go-
ing western train near the stock yards.
lie looked like farmer, and there
was an odor of cattle-cars about his
clothes. lie walked through tho car
and looked about for Il seat, but no.
body stirred to make room for him.
a drummer was spread over two seats,
and a woman and her two children
over three. Several men occupied a
whole seat apiece. The tall, lank man
gazed up and down the car Il moment
and then exclaimed:
"Well, by gosh, cum up to Chica-
go with load o hogs, but III he
Iamed if thought I'd have Ter ride
home with load, too. '-Chjcayo Her-
UIn
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Fashion Notes.
Hat brims are very narrow.

Hat brims are very narrow.
Huge garden hats are still worn.
Lace grows in favor as the season
advances.
Round waists and wide sashes grow
in favor.
Long flowing sashes are more
fashionable than ever.
Tulle bonnets are worn with the
dressiest thin summer frocks.
Lead colored beads trim some very
drtssy black lace frocks.
Madras plaid silks are being used to
trim dark summer silks.
Lace capotes with very high crowns
are much worn at Saratoga.
Rhine stone pins for the hair are
the order of the day at present.
Cream color and pure white cannot
be tastefully combined in costume.
The jersey jacket, now dazzling
with beads, gains more favor than
ever.
White drawn, silk muslin bonnets
are the latest novelty for wearing with
thin summer dresses.
The milkmaid overskirt and the
housemaid frOck are rivals in women's
favor at the moment.
Hats are higher than ever, with
towering punches of flowers worn in
front over the forehead.
Gold and pale pink are introduced
effectively in embroideries on white
satin for full dress purposes.
The newest shade of blue is lapis
lazuli. The favorite green will he
beryl green which has blush tint.
Black canvas over orange silk,
striped with tilleul color, makes a
dreSsy walking costume for early fall.
Grenadine dresses, black, white and
colored, remain the fashion, notwith-
standing the fancy for lace and canvas
toile:tes.
The Catogan braid is the latest style
of couture for girls. The bang must
be quite short, and can be straight or
slightly crimped.
Pearl colored mohair is prettily
made up with u plated vest of white
canvas, and canvas facing on the front
and sides of the lower skirt
Wide tucks will he used on all
dresses made of wash materials.
Hamburg embroideries are preferred
to laces for trimming these dresses.
Wool canvas dresses are especially
liked for day use, and arc made up of
two fabrics, one with stripes of velvet
or MORE woven in, and the other of
the plain fabric.
Handsome umbrella handles have
large balls of lapis lazuli, which are
fastened to the end of the stick with
gilt bands. The prcttiest Innings arc
of changeable silks.
A deep bright shade of red, known
us "old red," is the favorte shade at
present, and is like the poppy-red
which was 50 long popular. Ecru,
beige, brown and green are the colors
Of the season.
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To Poor Little Ones.

We often sec children with red cruptions on
face and hands, rough, scaly skin and often
s'rcs on tho head. These things indicate
lcpraved condition Of the blood. In tn
growing period children have need of pur,
blood by which to build up strong and healthy
bodies, II Dr. fierce's Golden Medical Dis
covcry' is given, the blood is purged Of it
bad elements, and tho childs development viii
no healthy, and rs it should be. Scrofulou
affections, ricketts,, fever sores, hip joint dis
3asc, or other grave malades and suffering
arc sure to result from neglect and lack o.
proper attention to such cases.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1885-08-05

A correspondent Of the Germantown
Telegraph, upon the advantage of using
scales on the farm to decide weights
Of products and animals sold, relates
The following:
There are many farmers who do not
properly estimate the value of being
able to weigh upon the farm whatever
may be produced thereon, especially
hat portion to be sold. The dealer in
stock who comes to your farm to buy
S estimating and weighing daily, and
becomes so expert that he can guess
.hc weight cf an animal within few
pounds. The majority of farmers can
lot do this. The dealer is going to
guy as cheap as he can. lie asks the
farmer his price. The reply is often
made that he does not know what it
S really worth; what will he pay for
It. The reply is, he cannot buy and
sell; you must set the price. If the
farmer is really ignorant Of its value
he dealer soon discovers it and acts
accordingly.
Last fall bought a lock of sheep
TO raise early lambs. Not having kept
sheep for years, | was not posted; but
raised some fine lambs. Some buyers
were looking at them. and priced
them for the whole lot; this was
claimed to be too high. A few days
later the sheep were yardcd to bo
shorn, when Il number of the lambs
were weighed, The next day one OF
the village butchers met me and said
he was just coming TO see ire about
those lambs. told him to 90 and
look them over he spent an hour
among them. ] said TO him; "Iou
found some fine lambs?" 80, fair, "
he replied. "The first lamb dropped
was March 20, the majority after The
lst of April. Now, in view of their
age, are they not more than fair?'
lie admitted that for their a.G they
were. very good. asked him what
some of the best of them would weigh.
80. ab ut forty-flyc pounds" he re.
piled. ! smiled, and asked him if he
did not know any better, remarking
that it was useless to beat around the
bush, as | was posted on their weight
and that seventy was nearer the mark
than forty-Iive. set my price and ht
bought them. The next day | me-
another of the village butchers ant
told him had a wether, and that as
only wanted to keep ewes | would sell
| told him S. WAS the price, in an
swer to his inquiry. lie said hi
would give $3.50 if Il good one, but s.
was out of the question. lie said h,
would give a cents per pound (4a il
the present market price,. At hi
figures the sheep was worth $3.50. a
the market price $40.
This spring, in selling some grain.
weighed the last load. The weight n
the warehouse and my weight did no
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1885-08-05
agree. i showed my figures; they
looked again and found mistake 1t
paid me well for weighing.


Farm and Garden Notes.
Cucumbers, turnips and cabbages
are good crops for succeeding those
planted early in the season.
Cultivate the potatoes fully and
thoroughly before the roots have SO
extended that cultivation will sever
them.
Experiments 20 to show that sound
seed peas from two to three years old
will produce larger crops than those
but one year old.
Potash on grape vines has been
tried with great success, especially on
light soils. It's said to promote the
thrift of the vines, and largely in
crease the yield of the crop.
A few loads of sand spread on n
stiff clay soil, if n garden, will very
materially benefit the crops intended
for the location, as well as lessen
the labor of cultivation during the
growing season.
An Ohio farmer claims thatSthe use
of paris green for destroyingApotato
beetles is unnecessary, as he hasAcom-
pletely cleared his fields of them with
IL single application of five pounds
each Of lime and copperas dissolved Yin
twenty gallons of water.
A strawberry grower says some
strawberry plants are naturally bar
rem and should be pulled out and
treated as weeds, lie goes over the
patch when the plants are in blossom
and pulls up all plants that have not
blossomcd.
TO keep flies from stable, suspend
cotton waste, pieces of tow, n sponge
or any other absorbent material, and
keep it moist with common, carbolic
acid, which is very cheap >by tho
gallon, and the odor of which is'wholc-
some.
Lime and salt mixed with the soft
food is one of the cholera remedies
for poultry but the method generally
adopted as the most cllicacious,Sis to
give each sick fowl IL heapingStea-
spoonful of soda in enough water to
slightly moisten it.
Although salt is used in packing
butter, yet it does very little to pre-
serve it. Salt, however, retards the
decomposition of Gaseous and albumi-
Gus materials left in it. There have
been cases in which butter has been
kept without salt for long time.
When grain is beaten down by
storms Just rs it is heading it rarely
fills well. But if the heading ont is
completed and the crop bends under
increasing weight of the berry, tho
crop is not so much injured, though it
will be more expensive harvesting,
and there will be some loss of grain
which cannot be reached by the reap
er.
Wood is the common summer fuel
in many farmers homes, even in tho
East, and on many accounts it is more
desirable for summer use than coal,
but the wood should have been pre-
pared for use during the Winter
months, as it takes too much valuable
time to do it during the season for ac-
tive work. Dry wood, even if not
very solid, is excellent summer fuel,
and much rubbish on every farm may
be thus disposed Of.
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Removing Hair and Molcs. From the
Face.

care you not called upon to eradi-
cate hair from the facesand arms OF
ladies?'
"Yes. A lady called upon me yes
terday who had an unusual growth of
hair on her chin and lip. The treat
ment is long and severe First l take
means to deaden the rOots's0 the hairs
can be pulled out easily The recep-
t9cles of the roots are then filled up
with simple acid and the chances
are that the hair will never grow
again. / once knew Il farmers wife
in Maine who had growth of beard
five inches long, and she was not on
exhibition either She went to the
BARRIERS twice a week, the same as q
man."
GLOW do you eradicate moles and
warts from the face and hands,"
"By very much the same means
taken with the growth of hair Supon
the face. Last week | removed J sew
enty moles from the face of one lady.
A mole is a fungus growth of flesh"
--NeW York IIOrid.
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FOR THE FARM AND HOME.
Bone Meal.

A correspondent Of The Journal Of
horticulture gives his experience with
bone meal, having tried ii In COM
pariSon with two artificial manures
on lawn. An of the manures were
applied at the same time in March, on
separate parts of the lawn, and he re-
marks: "The two artificial manures
had decidedly the best of it for the
first season. The bone meal did not
improve the appearance of the grass
in the least, while that treated with
artificial manures displayed a marked
Improvement. The bone meal pro-
duccd more effect the second season
than The artificial manurcs had the
first, hut the latter were evidently cX-
haustcd the first season. The third
season, again, told in favor Of tho
bone meal, and what will lie the case
this year remains to be seen. Similar
experiments we've tried with peas,
onions, lettuce, and cauliowcr, and
other vegetables, which resulted in
favor of the two artificial manurcs,
the bones evidently making no differ
lNce. These observations and expert
ments prove that bones, however fine
they may be ground, do not act in any
marked degree during the first season,
but prove an invaluable lasting ma
nure." The conclusion was also
reached, very properly, that for pot
plants, when an immediate effect is
desired, bone meal is without value,
and artificial manures that will act
quickly should be employed in such
cases.
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Shredded oats, Wih cream. go Put
into a porcelain lined pan two quarts
of boiling water; add half u teaspoon
full of salt; stir into 1t, gradually, six
ounces of shredded oats, boil twenty
minutes, and served with milk or cream.
1t is very good the next day served
cold with cream and sugar. -Cook.
To corn Beef or Pork. To one gallon
of water take one and Il half pounds
of salt, half pound of sugar and a
half ounce of saltpetrc. Boil these
together until the scum ceases to RISE
Skim as the sediment rises to the sur
face; then take it off and set it away
to cool. When cold pour it over the
meat. The meat will be sufficiently
corned TO use in eight or ten days. 1t
may be kept for weeks.
Rice PudtinD. One.half cupful
rice, one and one-half pints milk. one.
half cupful sugar, large pinch of salt,
one tablespoonful lemon rind chopped
fine. Put rice, washed and picked,
sugar, salt and milk in quart pudding
dish; bake in moderate oven two hours;
stirring frequently first one and a
quarter hours, then permit it to finish
cooking, with light colored crust, dis.
turbng it no more. Eat cold with
cream,
Green Pea Soup. two quarts
green peas with four quarts water
boil two hours, keeping steam waste
supplied by fresh boiling water; strain
them from liquor, return that to pot
rub peas through sieve, chop an onion
fine. add small sprig mint, let boil ten
minutes. stir tablespoonful flour int
two of butter, add pepper and salt tt
Taste, stir smoothly into boiling soup
Served with we'll buttered sippets o.
toasted bread.
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LOUISVILLE, KY.-.Mr. }. IIelmus,
Vice president of the City Brewery,
was brought home in wagon, carried
up stairs by two of his men and laid on
tho bed. lie was suffering with a Sc
we're attack of rheumatism contracted
in the ice vaults Of the brewery. Here
fused to have doctor, but dispatched a
servant for II bottle of st. Jacobs Oil,
with the result that in one " eek he was
entirely cured and able to return to his
desk.
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LADIES' DEPARTMENT.
The Bend In Your shoulders.

Look after the bend in'your Shout
ders just below the nape of the neck,
mesdames, for this proclaims Sarah
Bernhardfs age, according to an as
tute critic who says no stage article
can conceal this evidence OF forty
years, now perfectly apparent in this
once delectable French artist. Wom-
en- who hate'to grow old will be oblig-
ed to do something more than repair
their faces iffthis worthy observation
is really true. ' A wrinkle, Il lost tooth,
a gray hair, is ,mere chiId's play to
"the bend in the,shoulders just below
the nape of the neck" Something
must be invented,to straighten it out
---B0Ston Eeacon.
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Take all in all


Take all the Kidneys and Liver
Medicines
Take all the Blood purifiers,
Take all the Dyspepsia and Indigestion
cures,
Take all tho Agte, Fever, and bilious
specifics.
Take all the Brain and Nerve force
reUire}
Take all the Great health restorers.
IN short, take all the best qualities Of all
these and the--beSt
Qualities Of all the best medicines in tho
world, and you will find that-Hop
-BUtrrS have the best curative qualities
and powers of all-cOncentrutrd in them,
And that they will cure when any or all
of these, singly or-cOmbined. Eail!lll
A thorough trial will give positive proof
of this.
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Another medical journal, the Mysi
cian's Investigator, is out against oatmeal.
which it declares makes children weak
mentally and physically. Medical opin
ion now seems TO be about evenly di
vidcd for and against the meal. One
side says it was eaten by Robert Bruce
and Sir Walter Scott, and the other side
says that Scotland is the land of dyspep,
STA. Meanwhile the Scotch people con
tinue to be great shipbuildcrs and tc
keep an eye out in the world, and among
the other peoples Of the earth great
many persons eat oatmeal because they
like it, and great many Others cat it
Notwithstanding that they like it not
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Five of the wholesale pickle dealers Of
Brooklyn, N. Y, admit that they use
copper for the purpose of imparting a
fresh and inviting appearance TO thcir
commodities, and one Of them describes
the process by which the fictitious color
ing is impaired as follows: The pickles
are placed in a vat and sub icctcd to a
steam heat of $40 to 100 degrees Fab.
renheit. In the vat II quantity of alum
and copper plates are added, and TIE
innocent cucumber or onion subjected to
contact with these harmless ingredients
for term of from three TO nine hours.
The pickles are then carefully washed,
and are ready for the palatcs Of the pub.
tic. One dealer said he discountcnanccd
the use of copper plates, and said that he
only used crystal Of blue vitrol, a most
appetizing adjunct. This highly agree.
able method of "grccning' the pickles
and poisoning the public will not be
further permitted by the health officer.
He prefers his pickles straight.
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Strange things have been done in re.
cent years in the way of moving build
ings and large masses of stone and brick,
but none have been more curious than
the moving of brick factory chimney
in Salem, Mass, short time ago. The
chimney was ninety feet high, and only
six and one half feet at the base. BY
the aid of six workmen this clumsy
structure was lifted, moved distance OF
one hundred feet, and safely deposited
upon a new foundation. A sway of only
three inches would have been enough tc
bring the whole mass down like SO many
bricks in Buddenseick building. The
load weighed 1870 tons.
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The tombs of Esther and Mordecai are
in poor little shrine in llamadan, Per
Sia. They are covered each bya woodcr
ark, on which arc small pieces of paper
like labels, covered with Hebrew char
scters. They arc placed there by the
Hebrew pilgrims. All are under sinai
dome some fifty feet high. The build.
is Of red bricks, the walls much patchcc
with mud; the blue dome is of tiles.
These tombs are held sacred by all lie
brews in Pcrsia, and thousands make
pilgrimages annually.
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Five years ago broke down with kidney
and liver complaint and rheumatism
Since then have been unable TO be about
a. all. My liver became hard like wood; my
limbs were palIed up and filled with water
All the best physicians agreed that nothing
] have used seven bottles; the hardness has
all gone from my liver, the swelling from my
limbs, and it has trorked miracle in my
case; otherwise | would have been now in my
grave.
j. w. MOREY, Buffalo, Oct. /, 1851.
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"What lovely complexion, we often hear
persons say. 81 wonder what she does fol
Ii" In every case the purity and real lowell
ness of tho complexion depends upon the
blood Those who havo allow, blotchy faces
may make their skin smooth and healthy by
taking enough Of DR.. Piercc's Golden MedicaI
the system.
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care you going to Mrs. Wilson's
party to night. Jm?" asked q boy Of
his playmate.
81 guess not
"Wasn't invited, eli ~
Eyes, was. but | guess from what
she said she doesn't care very much
about my coming"
"What did she say"
"She SAID she'd like to catch me in
her house just oncc,"-NeW Yorh
Graphic.
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=, VtTy lWVUFINHt,
A cold IN the heal causes much discOmf,

A cold In the heal causes much discomfort
and annoyance aud if of frequent recurrence
often produces serious results The membrane
OF tho nasal passages becomes inllamed and
stopped up an acrid and poisonous virus is
formed, sores form in the head, deafness,
headache and roaring in the ears ensue and
the sufferer finally discovers that he has
Catarrh. This loathsome disease is by many
considered incurable but never fails to yield
to the power OF EIy's Cream Balm. This is
an article of undoubtcd merit, not liquid
nor snuff, but pleasant, clearly and etli-
cacious remedy which child can use. 1t is
applied into the nostrils where it is absorbed.
1t opens the passages, al avs inflammation,
heals all sores, cleanSes and sOotheS tho mem
branal Innings and restores the senses of taste
and smell. 1t gives instant relief; and Il
thorough treatment will certainly cure.
Price 5Oc at druggists or by mail.
Ely Bros, Druggists, Owego, N. Y.
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1t is in the Pacific ocean that what i
probably the deepest water on the surface
Of the globe has been found. Englisl
scientific explorers dropped the soundin!
line 4,515 fathoms, about five and ono
fifth miles The American steamer Tus
carora sounded 1900 fathoms east o
Japan. Thus it would seem that tn,
greatest heights of mountains and thu
maximum depths of the sea very ncarl.
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