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FARM and HOUSEHOLD.
TUINNING GRAPE VINES.


Professional grape growers need
not be told when and how to prune
their vines, it being a necessary
part of their business but the ma
jority OF farmers are not so well In
formed, and their vines are COM
monty left to take care OF them
selves without any pruning at all,
except it may be to occasionally
cut off portion of the shoots that
may have become too numerous to
let in the sunshine or otherwise
interfere with each other, but which
unfortunat ely often does more harm
than good. There is no more mys-
terry about pruning grape VINE
than there is ia trimming an apple
tree, although the operation, II
properly done, IS of much more i'm
pOrtance to the vine than to the
tree. The best time Of the year in
which to trim a vine is in the FALL
after the frosts have denuded it Of
its leaves and the sap has ceased
its flow upward, when all that ID
necessary is to keep in view the
following simple directions:
First, a bearing vine is composed
of a main stem and arms oil
branches of what is called ola
wood, i. &C., wood of previous growth
to that of the previous year, and
which is equally distlnguishable by
the dark color of its bark. Their
there are smaller branches Of las
years growth, called canes. Now
remember that it is only these cane
that bear the buds from which th'
fruit is formed-no fruit-buds form
ing on the old woodland 1t Il
necessary, therefore, in preserving
the vine, to see that a sufficient
number (but not too many OF these
healthiest young canes oflast year,
growth are left for fruit-bearing
and at a sufficient distance apar
that their lateral shoots will have
room enough to spread withou
being too much crowded. To secure
this result it is usually necessary
to cut away part of the old wooC
nearly to the ground, to make room
for thrifty young canes to take til
place, when these young canes
should be cut back to abOut hal
their length, so as to prevent the
vine from becoming too thick al
top. And where it is not so neces
sary that any Of the old wood
should be removed, it is much
better that these young canes
which are left for fruit bearing be
shortened i'm to about eight OF
ten inches in length, containing say
two ar three buds. and no more al
lowed to remain than will grow
without any danger of being crowd
ed. In fact, all the smaller and
weaker ones should be removed
and only a few of the best, thu;
shortened in, be left for fruit,
thereby causing the vine to over
bear and the quality of the fruit to
be indifferent.-PIOughma
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THE CHIEF
JAS. S. KIRK & CO.,
CHICAGO.
ST. NICHOLAS
For Young Folks.

CINCE It's first issue, in 1873, this maya
y zine has maintained, with undisputed
recognition, the position II took at the
beginning, of being the most excel
lent juvenile periodical ever printed. The
best known names in literature we're on
its lists Of contributors from tho start
Bryant, Longfelow, Thomas Hughes,
George Macdonald, Bret Harte, Bayard
Taylor, Frances IIodgson Burnett, James
T. FIELDS, John G.. Whittier indeed the
list il so long that IL would be easier 10
tell the few authors of note who have not
contributed to "the worlds child maya
zine"
THE EDITOR, MARY MAPES DODGE,
author of CLANS Brinker; or, The Silver
Skates" and other popular books Tor
young folks,-aDd for grown-up folks
too, has a remarkable faculty for knowing
and entertaining children. Under her
skillful leadership, ST. NICHOLAS brings to
thousands of homes on both sides OF the
water knowledge and delight.
ST. NICHOLAS IN ENGLAND.
II is not alone in America that ST.
NICHOLAS has made ia great success. The
London Times says at is above anything
we produce in the same line" The Scots
man says: "There is no magazine that can
successfully compete with It,"
THE COMING YEAR Of ST. NICHOLAS
The fifteenth year begins with the num-
her for November, 1887, and the publishers
can announce Serial and Short Stories
bv Mrs. Frances Hodgson Burnett, Frank
| u Ctockton n II ROvesen Joel Chandler
Harris, J. r. Trow bridge, Col. Richard NJ
Johnston, Louisa VI. Alcott. Professor AL
fred Church, William II Rideing, Wash
rngton GLADDEN., Harriet Prescott SpofIord
Emelia f. Barr, Frances Courtenay Bay
Tor, Harriet Upton, and many others
| Edmund Alton will write a series OF pa
pers on the "Routine of the Republic, -
how the President works at the Whit
Uouse. and how the affairs Of the Treas
nry. the State and War Departments, etc.
bare conducted; Joseph O'Brien, wei
known Australian journalist, will describ
"The Great Island Continent" Elizabeth
Robins Pennell will tell of "LondOn Christ
mas Pantomimes" (Alice in Wonderland
etc. J: John Burroughs will write "Mead
ow and Woodland Talks with YOunJ
FOLK etc, etc Mrs. Burnetts short sc
rial will be, the editor says, n wOrthyssuc
cessor TO her famous Little Lord FAINT
leroy.n which appeared in ST. NICHOLAS
TVWhy not try ST. NICHOLAS this yea
for the young people in the house Begin
with the November number. Send II
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GLEAElEGS.

Says the Farm and Garden be: awe
wish the reader would plant the
grape in every vacant space
around the home place and farm
buildings. Allow them to grow On
the sunny side of the house or
barn, to run over all neglected
trees, or hide the form OF some too
familiar rock, to shade some walk
or sunny spot, or grow and cover
an ornamental trelfs. 1t will add
beauty to your place, comfort to
your home, joy to your children,
and be a source of continual delight
to every passer, as we'll as OF salts
faction that dollars cannot pur-
chase
In a valuable article on "Salt,
its Geology and Manufacture" by
George p. Merrill, in the Novem-
Der number of The ChaWtduquQH, the
following statistics are given "Of
the 1854 tons of salt Of all kinds
mannfactur ed in the United States
during 1885. some 1000 tons only
we're exported, while during the
same year we imported some 45O,-
GO tons. OF this amount over
10000 tons were used in the fish,
cries. In 1886 our total product
amounted to 1,O7S,991 TONS"
A lady who claims to have had
twenty years success offers this
recipe in the ohio Farmer, for keep
ing eggs. Take good fresh eggs
and rub them over with melted
lard, thus closing the pores in the
shell. Then put a layer of oats or
brand in box and a layer OF eggs,
setting them on the small end and
not allowing them to touch each
other, separating them by oats OF
bran. In this way I'LL the box and
the eggs will keep fresh.
The Orange Judd Company, OF
New York, have just published q
manual on fences, gates and
bridges, edited by George A. Mar
tin. 1t aims to be a practical work
showing the "evOlution" OF the
fence from the road barrier Of logs
brush. or sods, to the latest i'm
proved forms of barbed wire. II II
copiously illustrated with represen
tations Of gates, fences, etc, il
actual use, aud designs for practi
cal use.
AS a rule, all summer pruning
checks growth, and by producing
maturity of wood and fruit buds
induces fruitfnIness. All winte
aud early spring pruning favor
growth, I. e., causes a more exuber
ant growth in the parts remaining
During the summer great dea
of rubbish collects IN the garden
and perhaps IN the orchard. A
this ought to be raked up All
burned and otherwise disposed o
IfIeft on the ground it furnishe
feeding for insects.
One of the best squashes fC
winter use is the Hubbard, it keI
in a place where the temperature
even. Both for table and for stOc
it is excellent.
TO guard against poultry lie
keen the nests clean, oil the rOost
and sprinkle insect powder ON II
bodies of the fowls and dust 1T
their nests.
Select seed corn carefully fro
the best stalks, choosing u
choicest ears, and then hang the
ina perfectly dry place where the
cannot freeze.
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HEREDITARY SCROFULA.
HISTORY OF A VERY REMARKABLE
CASE.

The following voluntary state
ment, attested by well.knOwn citi
zens of Arkansas, was recently re-
ceived by the S. S. S. Company, the
writer requesting its publication
1t is certainly one of the most re-
markable instances of the cure oil
hereditary scrOtula on record. The
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inent family in Arkansas. This
peculiar case again emphasizes the
almost miraculous power OF the
Swift Specific in the relief and cure
of the most dangerous forms OF
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is continuing the use of S. S. S. in
order to eradicate the last lingering
vestiges of the dreadful malady
from which he suffered for so many
years, and is dong so "by direc-
lion of one of the most prominent
physicians in the State"
ARKADELPHIA, ARK,
Nov. l, 1887.
The Swift Specific Co., Atlanta,
Ga:
Gentlemen,-Few have expert
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nv scrOfnla attacked me first at the
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During all this time | tried the va
rious remedies which | could hear
of, and consulted various physi-
cans, with no effect. | was pro.
4
noHnced incurable.
After the use of the first bottle
of S. S. S., ! experienced decided
benefit. At times had as many
as half a dozen of those terrible
cancerous ulcers on different parts
of my body, and the palate of my
mouth was almost eaten away. |
have used the s. S. s. with cOntin.
uing benefit. | was in an almost
hopeless condition, and could not
rise from my bed without help. |
now have only one of the sores and
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Yours respectfully,
T. r. CROUCH.
We, the undersigned, take pleas
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Thos. r. Crouch, and certify that
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Arnold, Maj. j. A. Ross, NJ. L.
Langley, M. d., Arkadelphia, Ark.
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Kirkham, w. p. Barton, Clear
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ARKADELPHIA, ARK,
Noy. Goth, 1887.
The statement made by Mr.
Crouch is reliable and entirely cor
rect. All the persons mentioned
are prominent citizens, and any
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STEWART & BRO, Druggists
Treatise on Blood and Skin Dis
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