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without any sign of MASKING down Of
tho butter particles, aud mono of them
should TO found adhcring in sticky
mass to tho knife. Whom i knilo IL
drawn through piece of butter and
comes out in such condition that the
blado cannot DO seen, no expert is
needed to determine its quality.
The two methods now III vogue for
sailing butter arc termed brine sailing
and dry sailing, each of which has its
advocates. Tho former consists in max
ing the salt into solution bcforc it is
used, and in tho latter tho solution Is
made by adding dry salt to the water
that remains in the buttor aftor most OF
the buttcrmik is worked out. So far
as the result is concerned the obj ct of
each plan is to surround tho grains of
butter with brine, until enough of tho
solution is absorbed to make them pal
atablc. As the butter itself contains
about 10 per cent. OF water, that must
DO taken into consideration in brino
sailing, otherwise the sailing will bo
too light o, the other haud, if moro
dry salt is used than the water in tho
buttor will turn into solution, tho dry
sailing will be in excess aud DO shown
in particles OF salt uadissolved.
To get the best results from any kind
of sailing the churning shout stop
when the buttor has fairly graduated
and before it has been beaten to sa.vy
condition by tho process OF gathering.
At this stage tho buttcrmi;k should DO
drawn off and tho butter he washed
with cold water or cod, weak brine
until it ruas oil clear, when either
strong, clear brine may be poured on TO
remain until the mass has. absorbed
en- ough of the solution, OF fac dry salt,
about one ounce to the pound, be siftcd
on and be worked in so that it will dis
solve. After this light second WORK
ing should be given to clear it of any
buttcrmilk that may BIO drawn out by
the salt.-TNcw York World.
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Saving Thousands of Years.

1t is interesting to try and figure the
actual extent OF tho advantages reaped
from modern Improvements, advantages
which some people are bold enough to
call in question. Dies rapid transit, for
instance, really save any great amount
Of valu able time?
Take city like New York, where
there are perhaps 25O, 900 people who
go each day to and from their work.
Rcmem boring the distances travelled
by some, it will surely be within linn
its to suppose that five minutes, on the
average, is saved on each journey by
tho various means of rapid transit OF
which most avail themselves. ThiI
would mako an hour on the twelve
weekly Journeys, and SO hours, or say
five working days in a year.
For $50. 900 people this means a year
ly saving o 1. $50 600 working days, or
reckoning 800 working days to the year
an annual economy of a. 1GG years.
Time is money and these are signifi-
cant figures. -[Goldcn Argosy.
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Cape. in YnunS Fowls.

What is called gapes in young fowls is
/ ct disease, but the gaping or gasp
lag for breath is duo to the presence of
= parasitic worm in the wind pipe. How
these worms secure a lolgment in the
windpipo is still a mootcd question.
But it is supposed that the young chicks
either pick up the worms or that they
collect the eggs in snails, worms, and
Insects eaten while feeding about the
yard. Oac thing is quite certain, and
that is fowls running on new grounds
are rarely infected with these parasites.
We mean by "new grounds those
where no fowls have been raised or pas
,ured before, or at least for several
years previous. Fer the reasons given,
the best preventive is change of loca-
ton every year, giving the fowls clean
Ind new ground upon which to exercise
and seek their food. When the worms
have once found a lodgmcnt; IN the wind
ripe the only cure is to dislodgc the
parasites This may be done with a
horschair formed or twisted into loop
and thrust down the wiadpipe and
drAwa out quickly. 1t requires some
skill aad considerable experience to re-
move the worms with horsehair loop.
Still, some poultry raisers do it very
rapidly. P acing the young chicks IN a
box, then busting with dry line to make
them snceze, is another way of expelling
the worms, but it is not always success
iul.-LNcw York Sun.
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Ea>hiuna0la Women In Trade.

Paris is about to follow tho example
set by Lond on in the matter Of titled
shopkcopors. oao of tho rnost popular
and pretty OF Partisan countcsses is
opening a millinery establishment
whence she will dispense hats, bonnets
aud costumes to her friends for con-
sidcration. A wcll-known Marguiso
has for some time been making neat
little income by hiring out her magnif-
cent silver plate, cut glass aud silver
candclebras for wedding and other fcs-
tivities. Another Partisan Of high po-
sition Is proprictrcss of q successful lit
tie shop which deals ia curios aud artis-
tic tlihcs. In London lady shoppers
are intent rather upon success than
on privacy. They wait upon customers
in person and work as hard as any OF
their assistants. oac very charming
parsonage whose name may be found
in the pccragc, tries on bonnets herself
ia tho interests Of her customers TO the
dctrimcnt of her couture, but the great
advantage OF her cxchcquer. Two or
three ladies arc seriously incliuing tow
ards tn, project of largo poultry
farm not far from Loadon. Au older
ly lady of position has already gained
for herself quite reputation as a mon
der of fine old lnccs. There are abua-
dant openings for cultivated women
who do not dcspiso the labor of the
hands.-[Graphic.
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Fashion xotc,.
Ribbons as trimmings are o featr

Ribbons as trimmings are feature.
Two.toncd sash ribbons arc worn
with lace dresses.
Long, loose, much killed. tan Suede
gloves are revived.
There is tendency to return to the
diadem style OF hcaddrcss.
Coilfurcs grow higher, but tho Psy-
che retains its share of fashionable Ia
Vol.
Half wroaths of the very biggest
flowers are chosen for wear upon direc-
toirc hats.
Luciler red and absintho green should
be used only to give dash of color to
sober costume.
Girdlos of jet or silver of thick silk
cord are used to define the waists OF
SHRED or gathered costumes.
Tho fashionable colors for the fall
are penrl gray, olive, and absinthe
green, rcscda, aud Lucifcr red.
The Juror for lace garnituro still. con-
tinues. The Swiss, oriental, point
d'csprit and dainty French patterns arc
the lavorite..
The prcttiost of all fall hats for a
little girl is dc-brimmcd Lcghoru,
trimmed with oae long curling full
ostrich plume.
No woman of taste will use Lucifer
red or ab,intho green for an entiro
toilet, or even a largo part Of COM
positc costume.
Sailor hats of white null SHRED on
reeds arouad tho crown aud the brim
are both youthful and fashionable.
These hats are trimmed with flowers.
The favoritc material for little chill
dren's travelling dresses on the other
side is brown holland, trimmed with
ecru lace, colored bows, and colorcd
buttons.
steels are beginning to disappear from
skirts, and in place Of bu'tles and stcols
loose horse-hair plating is worn IN
the back attached to tho wai,tband un'
der the skirt:
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Ono ,yoy of Raising Bowlders.

An ingeniou, Mia nesota workman did
a very clever thing the other day 1t
had become necessary to raise huge
block of stone about half an inch from
its bed, and in the absence of derricks
or other mechanical powers it looked
like hopeless, task. Not to be de-
fcatcd by such trif.s, he attached a
number of ropes to the rings with
which the stone was furnished, tieing
the other end to the top of the wind,
mill under which it lay. He then
mouated the windmill and poured pail
after pail of water on the ropes, which
in Tho morning had SHRINK sufti GENTLY
to lift the stone tho required hight
New York Graphic. :.
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To GrnM EInuxn PIanfa:

The soil must DO rich for the perfect
growth of house plants and should DO
OF a somewhat porous nature, or madc
so by the addition of tibrous soil and
manure. Equal parts of well-decom
posed stable manure and half rotted
turf make good soil for most plants.
II the temperature and moisture are
ii hit and tho plants do not grow salts
iactollly the application of liquid fer
tiiizcrs, made by dissolving some fer
eti.izcr in water. will be USE ful. 1t may
also tie made by soaking small Quanti-
" OF stable manure aud watering the
pants with the liquid once week.
Flu chias should be allowed to rest, with
ho!diac water during August aud Sep
tcmbcr if early blossoms are desired.
They require good deal of heat, from
5 to 20 DC res, The foimcr at night
and the latter in The day time; and sun
li:ht is also essential to success.
American Agriculturist.
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Farm and Garden Nnto.

Let turkey; alone while Matching.
Skinned milk alono is poor food for
colts.
1t is not desirable to pasture COWS il
woodlands.
Sprouts of suckers in apple orchards
should be promptly removed.
The sour currants arc sure to be
plagued with the currant worm.
1t is growing harder and harder to
get good mixers OF the farms where
but lew cows are kept.
A2lmals are constantly growing fat1
ter or poorer and 1t is for the farmers
interest to n o:c which way the growth
goes.
When with care and feed we have
brought any COW of any breed to her
full milk capacity We can do no more
with her.
Tying tho leaves OF carly cabbage
an operation similar to that in vogue
with lcttucc-is practised by Londoa
market growers.
Do not purchase more than two colo
MES Of bees to start with. If the owner
can manage these successfully he will
have his hands full.
To keep sheep from worms and para
sites of various kinds which annoy and
kill, do not put them in a pasture top
dressed with manure.
Milking seems to be getting more
and more the work of a specialist.
Good mixers on dairy farms are gencr-
ally sure OF tn, best wages.
A farmer to keep up with the times
must bccp his eyes opca. In no other
field are there more Improvements being
made than in farming operations.
II you arc thinking Of building silo,
remember you caa use it as an ice houic
after taking out the cnsilage; make it
as all the rest of the farm-producc two
crops.
Do not wait till cold weather before
you provide protection for your dairy
cows aad youag stock. Give them
good, warm quarters aad you will reap
the benefit.
swcdo turnips, if fed whole and sopa-
rately, will flavor milk. but if sliced
and mixed with an equal quantity o.;
mangolds, or rulpcd and mixed wi h
hay will not impart a bad t:str.
A lazy, careless, slovcnly person will
fail in bee culture as in everything else
There can be no harmony or feeling Of
sympathy between such person and
this marvellous insect, whose name, for
ages past, has been cmilcmatic OF in
dustry.
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Tho Bottle Metho cd Of Handling MIX.

Oac farmer furnishes Kansas City
Mo-, with GOO bottles Of milk daily.
The method of handling it is as fol-
lows: The cows are MIXED as nenr
4:3O morning and evening as possible.
The nights milk is brought to the milk
house, cooled to 60 degrees, bottled,
scaled and set in ice water ov,r night,
and not sent out in tho morning uatil g.
The mornings milk is bottled about
$50. and placed in the wagons Tor de-
livery from o'clock till noon. The
bottle method is gaining in favor. The
housewife has tlifc more trouble, but
she is sure of pure, fresh milk, with
two or three inches of cream plainly
visible on top, uamixed with the dust
and dirt of the streets, the bottles are
filled up and there is no chance for the
milk to shake aud churn. II Farm, Field
and Stocllmau.
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Rmiter Milking.

Much Of the cxccllonce of butter do
peuds on the sailing, and while butter
tn for any reason is really inferior
cannot be raised to grade of excel
lcnco by the sailing, that which other
wise might be cIassed as good is often
r. duc,d 10 an iaierior grade by the
manner ii which it is treated at the
time OF sailing. A good deal o; butter
!; churned to death; that is,
the charaiug i, continue to gather the
utter so long after III, butter has sep
..ratcd from the milk that it is pounded
mo creamy, pasty condition, exactly
the opposite OF wat it should be.
A piece of really good butter, proper
y saltc,l, when cut apart with bri-ht.
sharp knife, should show two clean cut,
IN 9th, aud slightly moist surfaces.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1888-09-01

Replying to correspondent, Farm
and Homo says: For your Plymouth
Rock hens which are excessively lat
and do not give you many eggs, the
best morning feed is a mixture OF oats,
wheat, bran, barley aad corn in tho
following proportions: 30 pounds Of
oats, 90 pounds OF wheat bran, 20
pounds of barley and Is pounds of
IN. Mix portion of this feed with
scalding water every morning, add a
a little salt aud pepper, and throw in
all the table refuse, ETC., wctting or
scalding tho mess just enough so it will
be crumbly. Give them only little Of
this so they will leave off hungry and
then scatter your dry wheat and oats
together ont of doors in the sun, or on
bad days inside ia some straw, leaves
or chaff, so they must scratch for it.
Give crushed oyster shells, good water,
some green food until grass starts, and
in ten days or sooner your egg supply
will increase.
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The Congressional Bathrooms

Tho coolest place is down in tho bath
rooms in the lowest basement OF the
Capitol, snys Washington letter to
the Philadelphia Telegraph. Both tho
Senate and the House are provi led with
the most perfect bathing facilities. The
bathrooms are we'll patronized. The
tubs arc spacious, and of cool. white
marble. There are attendants to pre-
pare the baths and to rub the statesmen
down on TO wipe them of, if they de-
sire it. Scented soaps, bay rum and
cooling toilet waters are at their COM
mand. They can get in tub of cold
water and soak for an hour if they de-
sire. They can even have ice in the
water if they desire it, They have the
comforts of the world at their commend.
1t was under such conditions that Mr.
Reagan took his famous bath, from
which he emerged, wrapped in sheet,
to vote for the Morrison bill during the
last Congress. The ovcrworkcd Repre-
scntativcs and overfattcd Senators fad
luxury in this. I am told of one Sen
ator who sits in the bath and road'. The
men in charge OF these baths are kept
busy turning on and off the water,
changing towels aud distributing To-
lions from morning until night, and
even during the night when there is
what i, called an Governing session.
deceptive term which denotes scs-
sion which may close at 10 o'clock or
/ in the morning.
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MARRYING IN ARKANSAS.

The bridal party moved with steady
steps and stately grace to a position in
front of the magisterial altar. Squire
Barry arose, code in hand, and cleared
his throat for grand splurge into the
regulation marriage service. Slowly
and with unusual emphasis he pro-
nounced the words until he reached the
closing clause, IL pronounce you man
and wife" Before the magic words
had fallen from his lips the bridegroom
gasped, "Hol on dar, boss; lem me kiss
dis gall" Then began o scene that
%s6e d tbs Gg2wd to roll upon the floor
lent resistance from @dis gall" who evil
dently had no undue fondness for pub
lie osculatory exercise. A regular
scuflle ensued, the fnality ofwhich was
that Brown got Adeline's head back
against the wall, and theirlips met with
O resembling smack. All was over.
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strengthening by Machinery.

According to onc OF our correspond
ents, Mr. Sucking, who owns sheep
station named Blrsham, near Murru.
rundi, in New South Wales, has ow 10
operation in his she'd a shccp-shcaring
implement which is driven by com
pressed air. 1t resembles a pair of or
binary horse-cippcrs, and can be com
fortably held in the hand. The motive
power causes small piston in the base
Of the handle Of the machine to work
backwards and forwards with xtrcmc
rapility. This ri ton sets il motion a
bar which, working upon pivot,
causes the cutting teeth of the machine
to oscillato very rari lily over the risil
teeth OF the comb below. The cutting
action is thus precisely the Same as with
horse clippers. A rigid metal pipe ~ IS
along the length Of the shed, and each
machine is conrccte d to it by fl xib'c
India rubber tube The air is turned
on and the upper teeth of the implc-
ment. work rapidly over TIC comb; the
operator sciz,s his sheep and applies the
machine. As the teeth OF the comb run
through tie wool close to the skin the
cutters sever the furcs quite evenly, and
the whole fleece seems to peel off as il
By magic. There is no chance of the
animal being cut, as with shears. The
fleece is much more closely as well as
evenly taken Of than Ivy the old
method, and less liable to be broken,
and the labor Involved is much less
[St. ] lmes's G 2 TIE.
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QUAINT AND CURIOUS
A geruh was an ancient cant.

A Boston undertaken is making two
$4,000 cc1Ets.
The crab apples of the Pacific coast
arc rs largo as our common apples.
There arc 5000 acres of peppermint
grown in and near Wayne County,
N. Y.
-Four men at Gainesville, Fla, in %
days recently killed. 600 alligators for
their hides and tooth.
A metro equals 80. 300 inches. The
metric system is used il ncarly all sci
cntitic Investigations.
DR.. William Hammond of New York
snys it is possible for person to 1.-Two
some timo without brains.
A cat fell into we'll at Akron, Ohio,
aud in fishing her out the ownor brought
up satchcl and 5000 in cash.
Nelson Lee, who WAS recently killed
in Charlostown, w. Va, was found to
hevc his hoart on tho right sido of his
body
There was time when asparagus was
called spurrow:grass, and it lis SO formed
to this day in some parts of Great
Britain.
A Kan sas salt maker has Constructed
Lots wife" of his product and sent
it as an advertisement to the Cincinnati
exposition.
Files as Instruments of handicrafti-
ness are of very cary origin, being mon-
Toned in the Old Testament Il Samuel,
xiii s1,) 1913 B. G.
Tho quoorost kleptomauiac yet is
Fisher Thompson of Boston, who stole
600 cotton haudlecrchiofs and $50 silk
ones before justice intcrforod.
In the Jamaica papers the following
obituary notice appears: "Dicd at
Palm Pen. st. Thomas -ycvale, on the
5th inst. Catherine crowcll native Of
Spanish Town, aged 1879 years.
Sham battle flags, tattcrod and torn
to represent tho real article, arc the
latest product of French ingenuity and
are said to have deceived largo numbers
OF curiosity hunters and patriots.
Boots wcro mentioned by Homer
9O7 B. c., and frequently by Roman
historians. An instrument of torture,
termed 'thc boot" was used in Scot
land upon tho Covcnantcrs about 1866.
One of the walters employed at one
of the larger clubs IN Chicago i, the
son of a wealthy and prominent man in
Holland former general in the army
and the head OF an ancient baronial
family.
The ordinary Chinese girls domoanor
when among those not of her own race
is proper to precisOness. She holds
handkerchief to her face, mover smiles,
and under no circumstances expresses
surprise.
A table once belonging to tho great
Napoleon is at present the property Of
Mrs. Norval, of Nashville, Tenn, to
whose grandfather it was given by
French cmigrant noblcman who came to
New Orleans whom the Bourbons came
back to the throne Of France.
An eccentric woman -,-n.vd ID riISut-
Shelly, who died in San Francisco re-
Gently, was known as "Thc north star,
on account of hugo rod star Of cloth
which she wore sown on her breast.
She imagined that she was really the
polar luminary, but in other respects
was rational.
Charles II. Lange of UTICA veteran
Of the 122d New York Volunteers, COM
pany B, is tho owner of small iron
skillet which he carried through tho
war. At 1 a. IN on the day OF Sher-
idan's famous ride from Wiachcstcr to
Cedar Creek it was used to cook the
gallant Phirs dinner.
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Is the source of much sunshine and Joy,
Frightening many n dark cloud and tighten;
abide only in healthy body: Tho Creator
with great wisdom ha! distributed oyer. tho
ear Vegetable remedies for every i'll of hui
man kind. This marvellous Laboratory reveals
lis secrets 10 man only BY long and searching
labor, Few men have attained greater success
than Dr.. r. V. Pierce; nor devised for, suffer.
Ing humanity greater production than his
"Godcn Medical Discovery" the. unfaillng
as we'll as for chronic nasal catarrh, scrofula,
tumors and all blood disorders.
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LADIES' DEPARTMENT.
Death Ina tI,c Bonnet.

Says writer in tho Boston Herald:
There havo been tons of arsenic used
within tho last fow years in tho prcser-
walton of the bodies aud feathers Of
dead birds. These are worn daily on
tho hats of ladies aud children. The
proportion OF arsenic used in this arti-
Gle of traffic is much creator in proper
ton than has over been used in paper
hangings and carpets, and it comes into
closer contact with tho person. 1t will
settle upon the person, entering the
eyes and nostrils and giving headache
and other ill feeling.
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FOR FARM AND GARDEN.
s.,Itpeter Solution.

Tut one tcaspconful oil saltneter in a
pail Of water. A pint poured around
each hill of cucumbers or sQuashes is
very good for tho plants and very bad
for the bags, both striped and black,
which burrow at night in tho earth
about the plants. Cut-worlns also are
said to dislike earth treated with salt
peter. This is remedy which certainly
would be very usolu! to tho plants, and
il, as claimed, it destroys or keeps away
insect maraudcrs it will prove most
yoirabIn
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The rund 10 ruin-The side door.
conventional /" Nfonon " Resolutions.

Whereas The Atonon Route d. N. a. & 9;
Ry Col desires TO make it known to the world
nt large that IL forms the double connecting
link of Pullman tourist travel between the
winter cities Of Florida a~d the Jummer TO-
sorts of the Northwest; and
jYbcrcds. It's "rapd transit" system Is un-
surnns sed' it's eleG INT Pullman Buffet Sleeper
md Chair chr service between Chicago and
Louisville, indianapolis and Cincinnati un-
equnlcd; and 49,, ,o,voo,.
Il RcsoIrtd, That in the event of starting on
trIp t. is goDh uniicy to con .lllt with F. y. Nc
Coilnck, Gen'l Pass. Agent Monon Route, 10 %
Dearborn St, Chicago, for full partcul lars. On
any event send for n Tourist Guide. enclose &c.
postage.l
Is housewife shooting nies blacksmith or
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An Extrnorainary Phenomenon.

Mother term than the above would apply to
the woman who could see her youthful benuty
faiineaway without a pang Of regret. Many
awoman becomes prematurely old and hag-
gard because of functional arrangement:
What II pity that all such do not know that
DR.. Picrtc's Fayorite Prescription will restore
their organs TO IL normal stale, and make them
youthful and beautiful once more For The
ills to which the dau.hters of rye are pecu-
iiariy liable t.'c 'l'rcscrip!ion" is Il SOVEREIGN
remedy. II is the only medicine sold by drug
gists Under n positive guarantee fr I'M the
ma ufactur rs thai twill give satisfaction in
every case or nous: Nili he returned. eco
guarantee on bottle wrapper.