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Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1889-11-28
THE ORCHARD.
HORTICULTURAL Notes.

THE Worden grape is earlier than the
Concord, hearty and fruitful to o de-
gree which will please any one who
tries it.
BECAUSE peach tree is yellow do not
conclude that it has the yellows. Look
for borers. 1t may be simply starvation.
Try potash.
SOME patient horticulturist says: By
going over young trees and rubbing off
buds which appear where branches are
not needed 'nre will be very little
pruning to one when the trees come
into bearing.
In making cider for vinegar it is a
mistake to use partially rotten or in
ferior apples for that purpose. Good
vinegar can only be made from ripe and
sound apples, and where it is difficult to
ship apples to market it will pay to con-
vert them into vinegar.
ONE cause of miidew on gooseberries,
grapes, etc., is too thick foliage or be-
ing grown with too thick tops. Thin
out thoroughly and you will prevent
mildew to great extent. Currants and
gooseberries should be we'll and heavily
mulched with any coarse litter.
| The practice of covering clusters oi
grapes by placing paper bags about them
commenced some five years ago, and re-
suited in producing fruit without spot
or blemish. Recently several gardeners
| have bagged tomatoes and the pears
| produced on dwarf trees with equally
| good result.
| We hear of successful peach grower
who prunes his trees very low, the
i branches leaving the stock ONLY six OF
eight incher from the ground. By thii
means the heading in, thinning thu
green fruit, and gathering the ripe. car
almost all be done while standing OIL
the ground.
YOUNG apple trees that stand quit,
perpendicular, or lean little towart
the north and east, are aptto suffer from
sun-scald, because the, trunk is exposed
to the midday sun. Protect them witt
few lath lashed together with string
or nailed to bit of narrow tin, or hool
iron which may be bent around tn
tree.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1889-11-28
THE APIARY.
Observations ON wIntering

The following observations on winter
ing bees were written by G. w. Neihart,
for the Bee Keepers Guide:
In making these observations on win
tering bees, have no theory of my own
to yentilate or advance, nor have l any
desire to combat the theories of others.
I state simply what have observed and
what seemed to me, facts. Strong col
onies with plenty of well-sealed stores
winter better and more safely under any
circumstances than weaker ones or those
with poor honey. Such colonies often
winter safely without any special prepa-
ration for winter. Unsealed stores of
any kind are usually found to be detri-
mental to the bees, unless there is much
mild weather during the winter to af-
ford opportunities for flight.
Weak colonies, unless we'll protected,
always show signs of dysentery, no mat
ter what their stores may be-. Dampness,
together with cold, will also induce this
malady. Frequent disturbance, espe-
cially when violent, has a like tendency.
A colony will winter well without any
pollen, provided there is plenty of good
honey in the hive.
Pollen, without syrup or honey, isenot
| adequate to keep the bees from perish
ing any more than bread would pre-
serve human being from dying unless
| he had water. never saw a colony of
bees that perished from superabundance
of pollen so long as there was honey in
| plenty. Bees will try to live on the
pollen after the honey is all consumed,
but do not succeed for any length Of
time.
| A colony that becomes queenless in
the latter part of the season becomes
weak in bees, and dies with dysentery,
and always presents the appearance OF
dying from too much pollen, as there ID
always plenty of it in such stocks.
Dampness that causes moldiness OF
comb, induces unsealed honey and pol
| len to ferment, and this will cause the
bees eating it to die of dysentery.
4 Bees, while, breeding, require botl
pollen and liquid, either in honey Of
water, and pollen if not in the hive o.
furnished them. Sprung dwindling viii
result from the want of early breeding
thereby replenishing the rapid loss o.
the old bees which follows their frs
efforts in gathering stores.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1889-11-28
THE STOCK RANCH.
Pigs as Composters.

The pigpen should be arranged in the
barnyard, so that as stables are cleaned
out the droppings of both cattle and
horses can easily be thrown into it. The
pigs will root this over, preventing toe
rapid fermentation, and their own drop
pings will make the whole more valu-
able. There may not be as many loads
in the spring as were drawn in, but the
heating will make it much more valua-
BILE. If cattle and horses are grain fed,
the pigs will nearly make their living
from the droppings. Pigs should moi
be allowed to run in yards where other
animals are fed, but in compost yard
they will be at home, and do good
rather than harm.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1889-11-28
Quotations for scalps.

During the French and Indian war in
1854 the French offered O bounty for
British scalps. In the same year a
bounty of 91O0 was offered by the colo
MES for Indian scalps. In 1755 Massa-
chusetts granted a bounty of 93 to
every soldier who would enlist and find
his own gun; also, a bounty Of e4O for
every scalp of q male Indian over 12
years old, and 920 for every woman's
and child's scalp. In June, 1764, John
Penn, the grandson of William Penn
and Governor Of Pennsylvania, pro
claimed that for every male Indian
above the age of 10 who was captured,
bounty of $3.50 should be paid; fol-
every male killed and scalped $135; fol
everyone thus served under 10, $3.50;
for every female killed and scalped, $50.
Pittsburg Press.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1889-11-28
DRY Feed for WorIxine Horses.

Farmers sometimes turn their horses
out to grass during the summer. IT they
have nothing for them to do this is a
good plan. The grass will physic the
horse, and be as good as q dose of medi-
cine in cleaning out his system after q
winters and springs diet of hay and
grain. But If the horse is to be worked,
says the Weekly Press, he should have
some dry feed. While the grass is
securing his int ystines the horse is un-
fit for labor of any kind. Attempting
to work him in this condition is abso-
Lutte cruelty, and if the animal be old
may often result in collie and death.
While the horse is suffering diarrhea
from eating grass it should be given no
bran, as that also is avery laxative food.
Bran should always be given to horses
fed on dry hay, which alone makes them
costive.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1889-11-28
Handling Colts


Is it good thing to handle colts
when they are young? This depends
altogether how they are handled. They
may be benefited or they may be spoiled.
We do not mean spoiled by physical in
jury, although through carelessness and
lack of judgment, this may be done.
But We mean spoiled in disposition.
On the other hand the disposition may
be improved, the confidence secured,
and the colt filled with a willingness to
do anything that it understands you
want it to do.
In the first place, there should be no
fooling with o colt. Whatever you at
tempt to do, do it, and leave no impress
sion in the mind of the colt that it has
had its own way. At the same time do
nothing to frighten the colt, or to make
it the least bit afraid of you. Do not
make it do anything painful or disagree
able, but almays make it do what you at
tempt to do, and always do yourself
what you set out to do. In case there is
an unavoidable failure, do not leave
the impression upon the colt that you
have failed and that it has had its own
way also.
Strive to gain the confidence of tine
colt. Make it like you, and look upon
you as friend. This is easy, if it is
always treated with kindness, but firm
ness, petted within bounds of reason,
played with as if you were its big
brother, always able to have your way.
The colt is naturally very sociable. 1t
likes company, and when it has always
been familiar with your presence and
handling, will seek you out, whenever
it can get to you, as companion. as q
dog does. A degree of friendship and
companionship can be inspired in a colt
that is properly handled. 1t is already
broken when it is matured, and neither
master nor colt realize when the break
ing was done.
On the contrary if you tease and tor
| ment a colt you make it fear and hate
you; or, if you do not even treat it un-
kindly, but now and then make n grab
at it and let it escape, or attempt to ac-
complish something with it, and fail by
| letting it have its own way, you soon
inspire it with the idea that it is master,
and only has to resist you to remain
| free from your dominion. You may, in
! time, make it as stubborn as mule,
and perhaps willful and balky the first
| time the harness is put on to it. A colt
so handled is practically spoiled. Its
| disposition is soured and perverted; il
is willful and ugly, and may resort to
biting and kicking. You have made q
vicious animal of it by improper hand
| ling and treatment, whereas it was nat.
! urally, perhaps, one of the kindest o1
animals. Do not fool with colts.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1889-11-28

~They also had system Of messen-
gers The man who frst sighted the
sail would take an arrow and send it TO
his neighbors. From town to town this
arrow was sent until all were warned.
These were rather primitive ways OF
telegraphing, but were so effectual that
in the course of twenty-four hours all
Norway knew Of the approach ofpirates.
This system of spreading the news was
called "Budstikken," and the word is
extensively used as name for newspa-
pers in the old country."5[St. Paul
Glohe-
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1889-11-28
DOMESTIC ECONOMY.
HOUSEHOLD AND AGRICULTURAL
TOPICS DISCUSSED.
A Budget Of Useful Information Relating
10 the Farm, Orchard, stable, Parlor, ana
Kitchen
THE FARM
Grain Never Put In Shock.

The more labor-saving devices are
employed by farmers, the greater is the
amount of Sinking. Long ago it be-
came too great burden to many to NOW
corners of the fences or other places
where the horse mower could not reach.
Since the self-binder came in use there
is an increasing tendency to let the
bundles lie fat on the ground until
ready to draw in. 1t is q shiftless, lazy
practice. The bundles do not dry on
the under side, and grain thus harvested
is pretty sure to be more or less dam
aged.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1889-11-28

The fish are getting so numerous
around the docks at Port Tampa, Fla,
that they jump out Of the water and
land on the wharves. A king-fsh
weighing seventeen pounds was cap
tured by Captain George Warner in
that way. III
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1889-11-28

Two cups Of cold mashed potato; two
cups Of sweet milk; two eggs, well
beaten; two cups corn meal or enough
for abatter. Soften the potato with the
milk, work out all the Jumps; then stir
corn meal till the batter is just thick
enough to drop easy from the spoon;
add the whipped eggs and beat hard.
Drop into the gem pans, oiled and hot,
and bake In an even oven from twenty
to thirty minutes.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1889-11-28
THE EoUsEuoLn
DuslIng About stoves.


good deal Of dusting around coal
stoves and open fires may be done to ad-
vantage with a damp sponge. An en-
perienced housekeeper uses q large,
coarse sponge, once devoted to washing
carriages. Throw il into pail of warm
water, and add q teaspoonful of spirits
Of ammonia. Squeeze II out as dry as
possible and pass it quickly and lightly
over the plain furniture, the paint, the
zinc, the corners of the carpets, the
oileloth, ETC., rinsing out occasionally.
1t will remove every bit of dirt, and
not merely disperse it into the room, as
q cloth OF feather duster too often dees,
and leave a bright, shining. clear surface
that is very gratifying. Whileyou have
the pail in hand you will find it easy TO
wipe on finger marks or traces of that
CRIME which seem to come, no one
knows how, in winter. You give 0
cleansing touch here and there to doors,
cupboard shelves, or tables, with very
little loss of time, and without any de-
liberate effort required for regular
cleaning.
softenIng Water for tho Laundry.
An authority on softening water, max
ing soap and kindred matters says: For
Ill washing and cleansing operations it
{ Is indispensable, il good and economical
results are to be obtained, first to soften
the water before using soap ofany kind.
Softening water simply consists in re-
moving the soluble lime salts with which
all water Except pure rainwater) is more
or less impregnated. If this is not done
the soluble lime forms an insoluble lime
soap from the decomposition of the soap
used for washing. This substance is o
greasy, sticky, oily compound, perfectly
insoluble and more difficult to wash away
afterwards by any treatment. 1t is this
that causes the yellow grsyish deposit
on the edges of collars and cuffs washed
simply with hard water and soap, and
the sticky, greasy deposit on wool when
treated in similar manner and also on
the sides'and edges of all washing ma
chimes.
1t is most uneconomical proceeding
to wash anything in water and soap alone
without previously softening the water.
Not particle of soap can become avail
able for washing purposes until all the
added lime in the water has combined
with the amount of soap it requires to
form the insoluble lime soap. AS COM
pared with the pure SO per cent. pow
dered caustic soda, such as the "Green-
bank" brand, it requires twelve pounds
of the very finest pure soap, or twenty
to thirty pounds of ordinary soap, such
as is usually sold to manufacturers, to
do the same work that can be done with
one pound of this soda.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1889-11-28
THE KITCHEN.
Some Culinary Hints.


In cooking oatmeal or cracked wheat,
if the meal is put into double boiler,
and salt added to the water in the outer
receptacle, the food will be very much
improved in taste, the reason being un-
doubtedly because the meal is better
cooked by this process. AS salted water
does not boil at so low o temperature as
unsalted, therefore the meal is sub
jected to o greater heat, and proper.
tionately better cooked and much im-
proved thereby.
Sailed beef can be plunged into boil
ing water; this hardens the outer side
at once, and keeps the juices within the
meat.
If steamed meat is left in the liquor to
cool off, it will be found to have alb
sorbed back much ofthe goodness of the
soup, and will be SO much the more nu.
tritious as food.
In calling for a part of meat Of the
inferior portion Of beef from a market
in good part of the city, the dealer
will often not have any; he does not
keep any except the prime portions, for
he will tell you no customers can be
found to buy them. This idea of al
ways purchasing only the more expens-
i've cuts of meats is very prevalent
among the Americans, but it often en-
tails needless expense. Other parts Of
the animal give just as good, nutritious
food, and at much less expense.
Stews, ragouts, pot-roasts, stuffed
hearts, and q large variety of made
dishes, will prove quite as satisfying
to hungry appetite as porterhouse
steak could possibly do, and be much
less costly. It is only ignorance which
depends upon steaks, chops, and roasts,
ad infaitu.
A fruit now found in the market is the
bitter, acid grape fruit. It is excellent
for people of bilious habit, and many
people learn to like it after eating it a
| few times, In eating it, every particle
Of the skin should be removed from the
sections of the pulp, s.this inner white
skin is very bitter, and quite unwhole-
some.
If the turkey wings are seasoned and
stewed in Just enough water to simmer
them in, and taken out when tender,
and dipped in egg and bread crumbs,
| fried and served with tomato sauce, they
are very niece ChristiGn at Work.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1889-11-28
THE POULTRY YARD.

Poultry Notes.
"A WE'LL built hen house is worth pay
ing for. it 10 the cheapest in the end.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1889-11-28

In reply to query on the subject of
potato culture, the World says: If you
tertilize and cultivate properly it is not
necessary for you to change your potato
planting to another field, for. unlike
some other crops, potatoes may be raised
successfully on the same ground for
quite long series of years without any
rotation with other crops. This has
been we'll demonstrated in the expert
ence of Mr.. E. S. Carman on his expert
mental farm, where on n limited portion
of a small plot the yield was at the rate
of more than 1000 bushels to the acre,
and on the whole plot nearly at the rate
of 600 bushels. This was upon ground
on which potatoes had been grown for
twelve successive years.. Such expert
ments do not set figures that can be
reached in ordinary farming, but they
do demonstrate that if the farmer has o
convenient field adapted to the potato,
and will yearly supply the loss in the
elements of plant growth abstracted by
a preceding crop, he need not change
frequently from one field to another.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1889-11-28
Grahrm Mullins.

Two cups sour milk; one teaspoonful
soda; two teaspocnfuls sugar; little
salt and graham flour to make moder-
ately stiff batter. Add soda to the mill
and beat for few moments before
adding the other ingredients. Bake in
hot creased gem tins.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1889-11-28
Farm Hints.

Be good to the COWS. Brood not upon
misfortunes. If you must take the Bit
ter pills do not chew them. Holes in
the roof or in the sides of the COW stable
are the worst sort of outlooks for any
farm. A better breed of dairymen is
wanted in some neighborhoods. Dry
out the seed corn by artificial means be-
fore it is subjected to hard freezing
weather. Every bushel of hard wood
ashes your stove makes is worth at least
30 cents. The most profitable crop of
the farm is crop of healthy, intelli-
gent, we1l-behaved boys and girls. Ex-
anime the managers and feed boxes by
the light of your nose. This is pecu-
liarly the thinking season. AS o man
thinketh so is he." Make the head save
the hands. Snow roads are just the
place to teach the yearling or two-year
old colt fast walk. Yes, of course,
keep the stable warm, but do not forget
ventilation, and on fair days give the
COWS q chance to stretch their legs. A
city market is q school where any OBJ
serving farmer may gain much useful
information ut slight expense. The
nights are long. Feed the fowls early.
The horse that is sound, and weighs
1900 or 1,500, seldom waits long for q
buyer. A four and ne-half inch mo-
lasses faucet in the side of the wash
tub near the bottom is handy contriv-
ance. None but fools throw oil on q
slow fire to hurry it, but there is safe
comfort in dipping corn cob in an old
fruit can filed with oil and using the
cob for kindling. Experiments have
shown that making meal into slops for
cows result in a waste of food, as the
COWS will not do as we'll as when the
same amount of meal is fed dry.-Farm
journal.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-04-19
Vivid Writing.

A little descriptive piece entitled "Over
the Guns" from tho Detroit Free Fress, OF
which we give q paragraph, reminds US that
great advertisers, like II. II. Warner & Co.,
proprietors of Warmers celebrated Safe Cure,
might get q hint from 1t.
Here is the paragraph:
''Shoot to tho right or left over the guns
or under them. Strike where you will, but
Strike to destroy. Now the hell surges down,
even to the windows of the old farmhouse
now back under the apple trees and beyond
them. Dead men are under the ponderous
wheels of the guns, mad devils are slashing
and shooting across the barrels. No one
seems to know friend from foe. Shoot, slash,
kill and
'tBut the hell is dissolved. The smoke is
lifting, shrieks and screams grow fainter,
and twenty or thirty living men pull the
dead bodies away from the guns. Three
hundred dead and wounded on the single
acre. They tell of war and glory. Look
over this helrs acre and find the latter" And
in just as deadly a strife, though noiseless,
are men falling at our right and left to-day:
Is it war' Yes, war of the blood. Blood
loaded with poison through imperfect kid
uey action. And is there no power to stop
this awful slaughter! Yes, Warmers Safe
Cure, tried specific, q panacea that has
brought life and hope to hundreds Of thou
sands of dying men and women.
Be enlisted, therefore, in the great army
Of living men and women who have been
rescued from disease and premature death,
and be eternaliy grateful that the means oil
life can so easily be yours.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-04-19
Curbing the Niles Yagaries.

Egypt is very anxious at present over
the vagaries of the Nile, which has never
been so low at this time Of year since
record began to be kept of the water
supply. The Nile usually keeps falling
till June, and, if it were possible for tho
process TO continue at the present rate,
the river would become dry. The con
dition OF the Nile at low water for two
successive seasons has been calculated to
bring into favorable notice the great
project of the American engineer, MIR.
Cope Whitehousc, for storing the surplus
water during tho inundation in the
Raiyah basin, little southwest of Cairo,
to he used during the low Nile period.
He eitimates that reservoir can be
made at cost Of 81, 500, 600 that will
supply the Nile ut low water with fifty
million cubic metres of water day. His
plans have been approved by engineers
and by the Egyptian Government, but
the money to carry them out is not yet
forthcoming. 1t is a noteworthy fact
that his scheme contemplates little more
than restoration of the reservoir, dikcs,
and canals that arc believed to have
been used for many centuries to eQualizc
the Nile flood. and whose ruins can be
seen to this day.-N6lo York Sun.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-04-19
MOOnSIliner Miners

Some OF the rugged moonshiners who
arc brought down to Atlanta from tho
mountains of North Georgia and Jailed,
whose lawlessness consisted in making q
little contraband whisky, know some
thing of crude metal. In their search for
hidden places to screen their operations
from the keen eye of the revenue agent,
in the mountain gulches and the beds of
shallow streams they often find glitteriug
particles Of gold, and sometimes nuggets
large enough to be of considerable value.
While they live from hand to mouth,
these little pieces of gold are treasured
and frequently carried about for years in
the pocket of the finder Sometimes in
the Fulton County Jail, when they have
fallen victims to Uncle San's vigilance,
their own wants or thoughts of the help.
less ones at home bring out the little
treasured pieces of gold and the jewellers
get them The United States Deputy
Marshals act rs the middemen in these
transactions, as the relation between the
deputies and the prisoners here is often
quite friendly. - Iimes-D mocrat.