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"Suilfe Ruifler iettes / 8~epaselie,
naar De iaar en- 2rsfs?"
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Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1889-12-19
THE ORCHARD.
Orcharding.

If carried on in a business like, prac-
tical, sagacious and thorough manner.
orcharding becomes at once a pleasant
and profitable part of farm operation.
To be successful, the orchardist should
start right with his location and nursery
stock, and give the care to it that COM
mon sense ana the experience of others
dictate to him.
location should be selected, when
practical, that has a southern exposure,
and if it be sheltered by awOod lot on
the northerly side, so much the better.
If the site is not naturally of porous
subsoil, then drains should be put down
to keep it as dry as the garden should
be. These drains should be put down
about three feet, made of stone or tile
to insure durability, with an open course
left at the bottom, and then covered
with brush and then earth.
The whole plot should be thoroughly
plowed, and with it should be incorpor
ated barnyard manure, ashes, lime and
plaster, to make it rich enough to bear
any field crop in abundance. The richer
the land is made the better it will be for
the young trees. The soil should be
thoroughly pulverized, and then the
hOiSo UO ouSs AACoO phOuAN 10
four or five feet in diameter, but need
not be more than eight inches deep.
The trees should be selected from the
nearest reliable nursery, and should be
promising looking specimens, straight,
thrifty and we'll balanced with limbs;
all crotched, Informed and scrubby
ones should be discarded. They should
have label placed upon limb on
the north side, and taken up care
fully, and set out as deep as they stood
in the nursery, with the same side to
the north as they originally grew. In
setting, the roots should be first i'm
mersed in water, to make them damp,
and then spread out evenly, all the man
gled being cut away, and then pack fine
| chip dirt, rich loan, ashes, etc., about
them very carefully, making the ground
about the tree an inch or two higher
than the surrounding surface. Then q
good mulch, about three inches deep,
should be applied over space some
| what larger than the circle OF the top OF
the tree. A very good mulch is made OF
| chip dirt, strong manure, old hay,
brakes, decomposed leaves or straw
This should be forked over the follow
ing season, and replaced with new
mulch.
After the trees are planted the land
should be seeded to grass. which should
be cut at the usual time, n1t ALWAYS
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leaving a space about the tree, which
should be dug up, forked over, and
yearly mulched. This should be kept
loose and rich and we'll mulched. Care
should be taken to rake the mulch away
from the trunk of the tree in late au-
tumn, to prevent the sheltering or mice
therein.
Care should also be taken to remove
superfuous branches, training them low,
with spreading tops, and destroying the
insects that may prey upon them or their
fruits.
A fence of pickets or laths may be
made about each tree at a very small
cost, and the orchard may then be given
the run for q small flock of sheep, to
harvest the grass crop and enrich the
soil with their droppings, but, under no
circumstances, should stock of any kind
be allowed to approach the trees at any
time.
Many fail in oreharding, for the rea-
son that they do not adapt varieties to
the soil. Certain kinds thrive best in
moist soils and bear best in wet wears.
The Bellfower, for instance, does best
on moist soil. The land about the
trees must be kept constantly in state
of rich fertility. This is a matter of
prime importance, and must not be lost
sight of if success is to attend the efforts
put forth to secure q thrifty, profitable
orchard. -Correspo poRdent American CUl-
TRAITOR
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work in it, not only at home, in the
hospitals, but also in places of danger
from which men often shrank. In this
sketch propose merely selection of
some instances showing the heroism of
American women in the war days. The
field is so large that the only embar-
rassment arises from the profusion of
the material.
Incidents like the first one now to be
narrated have often been heard of and
written about, but they have not in
all cases been well authenticated.
The following is taken from an issue of
the Memphis argus, in 1853:
DEATH OF A CAVALRY SOLDIER WHO
PROVES TO BE A WOMAN.
"a short time since soldier belong
ing to a Missouri cavalry regiment was
entered at the Overton Hospital for
treatment for fever contracted in camp.
Two or three days ago the soldier died,
but not before it had been revealed
that the supposed young man was
woman. It seems that she entered the
army early in the war and served her
time faithfully as soldier until mus
tered out. During all this time she
was enabled to retain tho secret of her
sex. A short time after leaving the
service she re-entered it as veteran,
and had been with the regiment to
which she was attached month or
two when sent to the hospital in this
city. Her real name, we learn, could
not be ascertained, but her experience
as related by herself was the old story
over again. She had followed her lover
into the army. and to be near him had
willingly braved the dangers of the bat
tle-tield, and bore the hardships and
exposures of campaign life. Her years
could not have been more than twenty;
though who can estimate them in bit
ter experience which had been her lot.
Poor girl
"Poor girl? Why not heroic girl?
She left no name by which she may be
classed with the Jeanne d'Arcs, the
Maids of Saragossa, and the Molly
Pitchers of history; but she was just
as pure, as noble. and as much Of a
heroine as any of them. There is a
whole volume of romance in that touch
ing paragraph. We should like to
know that the man for whom she sacri-
feed herself was a good soldier and
worthy of her."
In the same year correspondent Of
the Cincinnati Times wrote as fol-
lows from Camp Dick Robinson:
"One of the features of the First
Tennessee Regiment is the person of q
brave and accomplished young lady Of
but eighteen summers, and Of prepos-
Sessing Appearance, named Sarah lay
Ior, of East Tennessee, who is the step
daughter of Captain Dowden. Miss
Taylor is an exile from her home, hav-
ng joined the fortunes of hes step
ather and his wandering companions,
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IT is not safe to use rubbers on fruit
cans after they are stretched out and
yellow.
A SCRUBBING brush, warm soap suds
and plenty of elbow grease will do won-
ders on an old dingy oilcloth.
If you have suspicion of moths in
your carpets, scrub your floor with hot
water and salt before relaying them and
sweep salt over the carpet once or twice
during the month.
WHERE house is afflicted with CHM
neys that smoke, it should be borne in
mind that the best preventive to the
nuisance is to open the windows of the
room ten minutes before the fire is lit,
and not simultaneously with the light
ing, as is generally done.
To PROPERLY sharpen carving knife
the carver ought to be held at an angle
of twenty to twenty-five degrees on the
steel. When the other side of the blade
is turned, you must be CAREFUL to pre-
serve the same angle. Then draw the
edge, using only a slight pressure.
The SOU eaking of shoes is due to the
rubbing of the upper upon the under
sole. This is prevented by putting
soapstone powder between the two
thicknesses of leather, which acts as
sort of lubricator. A shoe which has
squeaked can be cured by the dealer or
a cobbler simply by ripping the soles
apart, putting in soapstone, and sewing
or pegging the leather together again.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1889-12-19
Treating Clay Lands.

Clayey soils, if they can be brought
into the proper mechanical condition,
are very valuable farm lands, and usu-
ally the first step is to thoroughly un-
derdrain, to constantly take off any sur
plus of moisture. The next step is to
let the air and frost do its work in dis
integrating the soil. By plowing as late
in the fall as the season will admit, and
leaving the piece just as left by the
pillow, without narrowing, the entire
winter, exposed to the alternate freez-
ing and thawing, will effect a great
change in its condition. In the spring
it is merely narrowed and we'll broken
up with q sharp cultivator and then
cropped, usually in corn. The same pro-
cess of late plowing and permitting the
frost to do its work of disintegration is
gone through for two or three addi-
tional seasons, when the piece will be
found to be vastly improved both me-
chanically and in its ability to produce
fine crops. Some recommend the top
dressing with sand, but while this has
some good effect, where the tract is
large and the amount of hard work
necess ary to apply sufficient sand to
make any decidedly favorable impress
sion makes 1t very expensive, anu on
that account undesirable, for the teams
can usually be put to work that is more
profitable. Nature will do the work best
if she is only given chance to do SO,
and the methods suggested above, and
which we have repeatedly tried with uni
form results ARE applicable wheneverthe
winter is severe enough to freeze the
ground thoroughly. BY throwing it up
as loosely as possible with the
pillow, more surface is exposed to the
action of the air and frost than if per.
mitted to lie flat and solid, when it is
almost impervious to the action of the
elements as is q well-baked brick, even
water being effectually kept out.-Mass'
achusetts PloaghmaR.
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THE HoUsEaoLn
Cause and Cure of Nausea.


Prof. Lewis, after telling us that the
seat of nausea is notin the stomach, but
in the brain, informs us that relief from
this distressing sensation may be OBJ
tanned by cooling the base of the brain.
He has tested this often and thoroughly
in the case of sick headache, bilious
collie, cholera morbus, and other ills in
which the nausea is distressing symp-
tom, without single failure, and once
relieved the nausea resulting from can
Ger of the stomach by the application of
ice to the back of the neck and occipital
bone. The ice is to be broken and the
bits placed between the folds of towel.
Relief may be obtained by holding the
head over a sink or tub, and pouring a
small stream of water on the back of the
neck. This is worth remembering as a
relief for sick headache, to which SO
many women are subject.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1889-12-19
Flowing the Soil.

The common supposition, even among
those most familiar with plowing,
is that this necessary farm operation is
performed solely for the purpose of
making the soil looser. The plow GER
tainly does to some extent break up the
clods, but generally it leaves them too
loose, and the farmer must cultivate or
drag the surface to recompact it and
make good seed bed. Sod ground must
necessarily be plowed so as to turn un-
der the grass, but it is equally import
ant after plowingto harrow the surface,
or the roots will send up new shoots
and quickly become a meadow. For
some kinds of crops following a naked
stubble, mo deep plowing is needed.
We have known good winter wheat
grown by cultivation that did not even
turn under the stubble. but only har-
rowed the surface enough to have it
comparatively level. The wheat roots
in such cases spread out horizontally
near the surface, because the undis-
turbed soil beneath is not prepared to
receive them. Frosts mellow the un
dersoil, and when spring comes the
roots strike down, the plant spreads and
makes good crop. With deeper fall
tillage, most of the wheat would be
winter-killed.--Americam Cultiudtor.
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,Pro,ectiDp sh,ep from Rain.

Sheep need shelter at all seasons of
the year. The cold rains, which come
late in fall, are even more hurtful to
them than is the steady cold, freezing
weather or later winter. So long as the
sheep is dry, its coat of wool is a pro-
lection against the cold. When this be-
comes wet, the coat, being next the skin,
chills it by constant evaporation, until
the animal takes cold and dies from lung
disease, just as its owner would himself
do if he were exposed to rain in woolen
clothing, and kept it on him until dried
out BY the heat of his body.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1889-12-19
THE KITCHEN.


APPLE SAUCE.-Peel and core tart,
juicy apples, ,and cut them into even SLICE
Stew with water enough to barely cover
them, crushing them often with wooden
spoon. When half done, add sugar.
Then boil it down to smooth, pulpy
mass. Serve with nutmeg grated over
the top. 1t can be used for custard and
an endless variety of things.
ORANGE WATER ICE.-Add table
spoon of gelatine to one gill of cold
water; let it stand twenty minutes and
add half pint of boiling water, stir
until dissolved and add four ounces of
powdered sugar, the strained juice of
six oranges, and cold water enough to
make full quart in all. Stir until the
sugar is dissolved; pour into the freez
ing can and freeze.
FLANNEL CAKES. One quart of milk,
one cup of corn meal and nearly three
of -four, half cake of yeast, stirred in q
half cup of warm water, one large cup
of boiling water, one teaspoonful of
salt, one teaspoonful of molasses, bit of
soda, the size of pea in the milk and
strain through a colander, add -four and
yeast and let it rise until morning, beat
in salt and molasses, and when the bat
die. They are very nice.
BEEF SoALLoP.-Two cups of cold
underdone roast beef, one cup of raw
potatoes, cut into dice, two beaten eggs,
mustard, pepper, salt, and teaspoonful
of finely minced onion, one cupful of
gravy or stock. Peel and cut the pota-
toes, lay them in cold water for half an
hour, drain, cover them with boiling
salted water and stew gently ten min
utes; drain off the water, add the gravy
and the beef chopped fine; cook slowly
for ten minutes, turn into bowl, beat
in the eggs, the onion, salt, pepper and
| mustard, put into creased bakedish,
strew crumbs on top, bake covered half
an hour, then brown.
BOILED EGGs.-Have ready kettle
of boiling water. Wash and put each
egg into the water with tablespoon so
as not to crack the she'll. Be sure that
the water more than covers the eggs and
is not boiling too violently. Boil for
three minutes if you like them soft;
twelve if hard. Another way of boiling
eggs soft is to put them in an egg-dish
! or deep covered bowl. Pour over them
water which you are quite sure is boil
ing (not simply hot), to take the chill
, off. Drain off this, and cover second
time with boiling water. Cover tight;
| set on the breakfast-tab and leave in
the water about ten minutes.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1889-12-19
THE GARDEN.
Winter Care of Grraniums.

First, give the plants all the light you
can command. and then turn every day
or two, so that all parts may feel the in
fuenee of the sun. Second, be careful
about over watering. 1t is better that
the soil should become little dry. and
then be fully saturated with water, than
that it should be kept quite moist all
the time. Third, keep the temperature
down to about go degrees, little less at
night, and a little more in full daylight.
Fourth, see that the atmosphere is not
made over-dry by furnace or stove heat.
Water should be kept on the heating
apparatus, so that it may evaporate and
pass into the air of the room. Fifth,
occasionally wash or sprinkle the leaves
of the plants in order to remove dust.
By taking them to the kitchen sink once
week this work may be quickly and
neatly done. Sixth, keep the plants
free from insects, especially green fly
Tick's Magasine.
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The Coward.
DY JAMES n. MATTHEWS.

Dave was q coward and every one
Knew it, and, Lord how we went for him,
And made him the butt of our brutal fun
Till bis face would blanch and his blue eyes
Into pools of tears. But he murmured not;
He would just skulk of to his tent and sit
Hour after hour in the self-same spot,
With his elbow crook'd, and his face in It.
There was something about that same boy
Dave
Something we never could understand
He came to the war on the first wild wave
That billowed tho blueeaps over the land.
He was an orphan, and whether ne had
Brother or sister We never knew,
Nor whence he came to us. lie was q lad
That was hard to fathom, and talked with
few.
Somehow it seemed that he was not brave,
Like the rest of the boys, but he kept his
In the long and perilous march, poor Dave,
With a hushed resolve and n patient face.
He asked no favors, he made no sign
OF the pangs that pierced his pride like a
dart
And never man in the old proud line
Had q cleaner soul or O kinder heart.
But Dave was a coward and that was enough,
In the army, to damn the saiDtliest soul
Twas n day for the sternest and sturdiest
stuff
For steel-strung nerves and for self-control.
We had small time for sentiment then
Small time to squander on childish fears.
man had to stand like u man, with men.
Full fronting tho havoc of those dark years.
think 1t is true in the lives of some
That the tide turns late, and the pluck they
boast
Falters, and those to the front will come
Who were counted the weakest and scorned
the most;
Two siIences bid in the breast of the youth,
And one is the silence of fear-and one
Is the golden, godlike silence Of truth
That braggart even is bound to shun.
Did say Dave was a coward well,
1t looked that way for while, but when
We saw him flash thro the breath of hell
At Stone River, laughing among tho men
When We caught the gleam of his yellow hair
Thro the batterys smoke, and heard his
Ring out thro' the roar of the carnage there,
With the troops Of Turchin from Illinois;
When we saw like star, his pale face shine
Thro' the leaping flames, as we passed the
mouth
OF the blazing guns, in the broken line,
Whirling and hurting the gray coats South
When we saw, God help us his boyish form
Battling apart from The rest half hid
By the binding smoke and the bursting storm,
Where the dead were piled in pyramid;
When we saw, in the front OF the awful fray,
The bravest reel, and the old flag fall,
Clutched in the hand Of the lad that lay
Will blluu, ttIiu De NOuu VIltIl dll-
When he saw at the close of that fearful fight,
Two blue eyes and shock Of curls,
Clotted with blood, and q face all white
And calm in DEATH as II sleeping girls;
We turned away-and we spoke no word;
We turned, with feeling of shame oerpow-
cred;
And we noticed that each mans eyes were
blurred.
As they fell on the face of that fallen coward
tell you the army was full of men
Like Dave, who, timid and half afraid,
Patiently abided their time, and then
Died, like Christ on the barricade.
Heroic Women in the War.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1889-12-19
Timothy or Herdsgrass.

1t has been said that the name timothy
as applied to grass was given in recogni-
tion of the name of the farmer who in
troduced it to this country, and whose
name was Timothy Herd. Some of his
neighbors called it Herds grass, and
others Timothy grass. AS it proved to
be valuable, it has been propagated un-
der these two names ever since. 1t has
probably been too exclusively relied
upon, especially for feeding horses. A
mixture of timothy with other grasses
and with clover makes a more nutritious
hay, while if timothy alone is fed, it
needs grain in addition for horses at
work.
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ficers we're in favor Of resting. Grant
said nothing until all had given their
opinions; then he said:
"There's a deserter came in this
morning; let US hear what he has to
saw"
When the man was brought in. Co.
Grant looked into his knapsack ars
asked:
"Where are you from?"
"From Donelson, said the man.
sand you have six days rations in
your knapsack?"
"Yes, sir"
when we're you served out?"
Yesterday morning"
"Were the rations served to ali the
troops?"
"Yes, sir"
Gentlemen, said the General, turn
ing to the council, ~troops do not have
six days rations served out to them in
a fort if they mean to stay there. These
men mean to retreat-not to fight. We
will attack at once"
And attack they did, covering the
arms of the Union with their first
great victory.