The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-04-27

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brush it well and It will become softeI
and better than most new leethefss In
Tsins 4 rough chamois to touch up high
~ polished silver ii is'frequeHtly OBJ.
served to scratch the work this is caused
by particles OF dust. and even hard pow
der, that are left in the leather, and must
be got out.
The aims Of Aocllnastes in keeping
sheep differ greatly, and they should not
attempt to make their flocks conformto
any type not adapted to their require
mcrts and surroundings because it hap
pens to be the fashion with some one
else, Every farmer should decide for
himself what breed and class Of sheep ii
will pay him best to raise, and then get
the best animals possible of this kind
and keep them so as 70 make money
from them. .af
The golden flowers OF the dandelion
are shut up every night. They are
folded up so closely in their green cover
ings that they look like buds that have
never yet been opened. There is one
curious habit which the dandelion has
When the sun is very hot it closes itself
I'M TO keep from willing. 1t is in this
way sheltered in its green coverinefrom
the sun. 1t sometimes, when it is very
hot, shuts itself up as early as 8 O'clock
in the morning.
A good way to prepare eggs for break
fast is to make a baked omelet. Take
six eggs, three even spoonfuls flour, a
little salt, and beat them well together
the more it is beaten the lighter it will
be-then add one pint Of hot milk and
keep ON beating. Have q hot dish with
some melted butter the size OF an egg,
and put into the oven. Bake twenty
minutes, and eat when it comes from
oven, for it will fall soon.
When one is surprised by company,
and has nothing in the house but n dish
of stewed apple sauce, IN attractive dish
may be made as follows: Heat the up,
pie sauce quickly over the fire, with two
tablespoonfuls, or moro If needed, o.
geatine. Pour it into mold, and sci
In the coolest place you can find, or
ice, il possible. Turn it ont when cold
and stick almond kernels over the top
and serve in small dishes with whipped
cream.
Do not purchase more than two colo
mics Of bees to start with. If the ownel
can manage these successfully he will
have in the fall provided it be a goot
season) four good strong colonies ant
between 400 and 500 pounds of honey
If he should succeed his knowledge
must increase in the same ratio us hi
bees. He must also experiences like
the past season, which has been, witt
few exceptions, an entire failure all owe
the continent.
Asa comparison OF the advantages o
sheep for improving the soil, with cows
it may be stated that, allowing ZOO
pounds Of milk us the product Of ont
COW, the elements removed from the sol
in the milk are about A pounds o.
mineral matterand4S pounds OF nitrogen
total OF 81 pounds. Eight sheep viii
carry of, in the wool and carcasses, abou
80 pounds OF mineral matter and 9
pounds Of nitrogen, a total Of 81 pounds
The milk, therefore, improverishes thu
soil, when sold, more than the sheer
and wool. M
No honest appetite ever rejected ar
egg in some guise. 1t is nutriment il
the most portable form and in the mos
concentrated shape. Whole nations o
mankind rarely touch any other ANNA
food. Kings eat them plain us readily
us do the humble tradesman. After The
battle OF Muhldorf, when Kaiser Ludwil
sat at meal with his burggrafs and great
captains he determined on u piece o
luxury-"one egg to every man and two
to the excellently valiant Schwepper
man." Far more than fish-for it is 9
watery diet-eggs are the scholars fare
They contain phosphorus, which is brain
food, and sulphur, which performs 3
variety OF functions in the economy
And they are the best OF nutriment fol
children, for in n compact form they
contain everything that is necessary tt
the growth of the youthful frame.-East
ern Farmer.