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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-02-08
SUBSOU. FLOWING.

Very much has been said and written
on the advantages to be derived from
breaking up the hard, compact suosoil
underlying the stratum cultivated. Com
monty, subsoils will be found lacking in
the elements of fertility, and bringing
them to the surface will usually be found
detrimental rather than otherwise.
Where there has been continuous shall
low blowing of the surface soil for years
slightly deeper blowing will add to the
feeding area of the plants, but unless the
surface soil is itself rich it must be ac-
companied by liberal manuring As the
great bulk of the roots of our cultivated
plants grow naturally near the surface, it
seems to me that subsoiling for the pur-
pose of increasing the feeding area is not
of sufficient Importance to pay the ex-
pense; we must look somewhere else for
its benefits if it has enough to recommend
it for general adoption. 1t is now com
ing to be pretty well understood that
when crop has carried OFF from soil OF
moderate fertility the plant food that has
been used up in its production it must be
supplied from an outside source and can
not be obtained simply by deep plowing,
whether the subsoil is brought to the sur.
face or simply stirred up and left in its
place. So far as my own observation
and little experience go, the advantages
of subsoiling mainly consist in affording
additional storage for water that may be
drawn upon by the roots of plants in sea-
sons of drought; and in season of exces-
sive moisture the subsoiling may itself be
injurious. -Neso York World.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-02-08

Any good rich cream will easily whip
to froth, and when once prepared may
be kept in cold place till wanted. AS
long as it remains sweet it will not sepa-
rate or go back. Even after it sours it
often remains stiff, so it is no test of its
sweetness for it to remain So Pure
cream from the milk of an Alderney COW
is usually too rich to whip we'll, and a
little water must be added to it. Try it
first, and if is seems ricn and heavy, ike
ly to turn buttcry with whipping, add a
very small portion of water to certain
part, and try to whip that. In whipping
cream skim of the beaten cream as it
rises, and rest it on seive to drain.
There will always be little liquid in any
cream that will not turn to froth This
is excellent in coffee. Pile the whipped
cream in a bowl, and set on the ice till
needed. 1t makes an excellent dessert
sauce, and is a delicious addition to the
top of cup of chocolate, or to a cup of
breakfast coffee. There ere few better
dishes for dessert than charlotte russo, yet
the average housekeeper breads this dcs-
sert, because she is not accustomed to
whipping cream. In the city some troll
BILE may be experienced in getting cream
rich enough to viii well, but there can
be none in the country, as the cream from
the milk of an ordinary COW will easily
whip to froth. A dish containing the
cream to be whipped had better be set in
pan of snow or cracked ice to facilitate
the process. This is necessary to success
in summer, and wise precaution in win
ter.-New York Tribune. "a
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-02-08
HOUSEHOLD HINTS,


Boiling water for half an hour will de-
stroy all disease germs.
Cure stiff neck with plaster of mus
tarl and warm molasses
Oilcloths will last longer if one or two
layers of wadded carpet-l:ning are laid
under them.
Borax, ammonia and oat mea will
soften hard water, which dries the skin
when washed in.
After water soaked shoes are dry, give
them rubbing with kerosene oil to re-
move the hardness.
Brighten the eyes by bathing them in
cold water, and always press them toward
the nose when drying.
Rub weak spines with a mixture of a
pinch Of salt, tablespoonful of brandy,
and teac'1c of water.
Cure t1ctling in the throat with a
pinch of dry pu'rerized borax placed on
the tongue and slo-aiv dissolved.
To remove coffee srins, put thick
glycerine on the wrong sidt of the arti-
Gle and wash out in lukewarc water.
Olive oil saturated with campa9r makes
an excellene application for infaF,matory
swellings, also rubbing rheumatic joints.
Lay piece of cold charcoal on burn,
and the pain will Immediately ,sAse !;
keep it on for one hour and the wound is
healed.
Tea leaves are good to scatter ovw
carpets before sweeping, not only ~
freshen the colors, but also to prevent thy
dust arising.
If one wishes to cool hot dish in a
hurry, it will be found that if the dish
be placed in a vessel full of cold, SALTY
water it will cool far more rapidly than IL
it stood in water free from salt.
Discolorcd tea and coffee pots may BIZ
cleaned by filling them with water in
which two or three teaspoonfuls of wood
ashes have been placed, aud letting il
boil up, then wash thoroughly with hot
soapsuds and rinse.
One may utilize old mating which is
no longer fresh enough to look well, by
putting 1T under carpets. 1t can be
cleaned perfectly by washing it on both
sides with hot salt and water; hang it
on line outdoors to dry.
Silk must never be ironed, as the heat
takes all the life out of it and makes it
seem stringy and fiabby. If, however,
you wish to press out old bits of 81 k and
ribbon for fancy work, use an iron only
moderately hot, and place two thicknesses
of paper between that and the silk.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-02-08

ACE Of four months, the colt being then
of sufficient age to wean, the dam has
performed good summers work, worked
lust as hard IS her gelding mate with no
colt. This method is entirely wrong
The heated blood, tiresome labor OF both
mare and colt is really killing both.
The mare and colt during the first
four, FIVE or six months should be kept
in good pasture where there IS plenty OF
goo water and shades While it may be
practicable to wean the colt at four
months, we certainly prefer SIX, and now
comes the most important period OF the
entire five years of the colts growth, and
if starved or stunted the first winter 1t
never fully RECEIVERS. Not only the size,
but the whole frame of the animal IS IN
jured, never to be regained.
The colt should be fed on plenty Of
good, clean hay, plenty of water at all
times, and we would give half and half
of ground oats and wheat bran twice a
day, about two quarts at mess. We
give this dry, but if sealded and then
cooled it will be better wellto- do
farmer told me once, this would be too
much l think he was right for the first
week OF two, but certainly not for the
cold winter days, nor the spring either.
asked him what damage it would do;
his answer was too rapid growth. He
had previously told me that he would
treat colt as he would boy. ] asked
&c L sr.r,,. h, ar TOO 1,;sr O ryrouyfh af
boy, but to this there was no answer.
The colt should have warm place to
protect himself from cold weather and
storms, a bed of dry straw OF sawdust to
sleep upon, or to lie down at pleasure, he
must not be confined to the stable, but
have yard or, better still, an open
field to run in; in no case should he be
allowed to stand on hard floor
Dunton's SPIRIT.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-02-08
now TO SHIP GAME.

During cold weather game birds of al
kinds should not be drawn. Before be,
ing packed they should be thoroughly
cold and dry. Smooth the feathers down
nicely and pack them in their natural
shape as much as possible. Donot place
the head under the wing, as it is quite
apt to bleed and cause bad spot or the
side of the bird. Late in the season it is
well to wrap in paper prairie chickens,
partridge and quail. Buyers then give
such the preference, but during the fore
part of the season, when the weather is
more changeable, the paper proves
damaging to the keeping of the game.
Barrels are favorable packages for prairie
chickens, but partridge and quail should
be packed in boxes, not over three to
four dozen each for the former, and ten
to fifteen dozen for the latter; avoid as
far as possible putting more than one
kind of game in package. Pigeons,
during the early part of the season, should
be shipped with their feathers on; but
when the weather becomes warm they
should be plucked and packed in ice
american Cultj0dt0r.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-02-08
A Beautiful Game Picture.

/ saw a most beautiful game picture
this season while bunting on Vancouver
Island, says writer in Forest and Stream.
As reached the summit of mountain |
saw within fifty yards frorl me fat,
oval rock, some ten feet across, covered
with bright green moss. Ia the center
of this messy couch two year. old buck
lay his left side toward me, his head
erect, his large eye glistening. 1 in
stantly covered him with my rife. Then
the true sportsman part OF my nature
came up and prevented me from pressing
the trigger. held the rifle in position
and studied tie picture, which was one
that even Landseer or Vogt could not
faithfully portray-the combination of
shades of the dark evergreens in the back
ground and the brilliant coloring of the
messy carpet that covered the rocks, then
the deer as it lay there model of SYM
metry and alertness.
As my arm began to tire in holding out
the gun the old Morse feeling took pos
session of me. Asquick glance along the
sights, pressure of the trigger, then the
report, and the air was full of smoke, and
the beautiful deer lay on its side motion
less. ! approached it, and saw that the
bullet had gone true to its aim and en-
tered the neck near the shoulder. | laid
my rifle down, stepped on the rock and
took it by the hindlegs to turn it, SO that
its head would hang over the edge of the
rock as l bled it. The next moment I
was where-no matter where. It's no
body's business but my own-and the
deer's-where / was, whether Keeling OF
erect, head or heels up. Whew but talk
about mules kicking; no double team
of mules could kick out as that dead deer
did. Ipicked myself mp and also picked
up my gun hastily. There lay the deer
apparently dead. l cautiously approached
it again and punched its head with
my rifle. Not move Then 1 touched
his shoulder, which caused slight quiv-
ering of the muscles of the shoulder and
forward. | touched his hind quarters;
then how his heels few out. There it
lay without further motion. / stopped
over and placed my hand ever its heart
and felt it beat, and came near getting
my head kicked off, which caused that
kind of nonsense to be summarily stopped.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-02-08
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

A hornless bull is safeguard to human
life.
To cure scaIy legs in fowls, rub with
kerosene and lard.
Overfed fowls will not lay well, and, in
cases of the larger breeds especially, they
IRE more liable to die from apoplexy.
II you have not been converted to shell
tering cows see how much they shrink in
their milk the first cold storm they are
in.
70 insure good supply of eggs make
the poultry house warm and free from
draughts and vary the food as much as
may be.
The aeration of fresh drawn milk is the
only expedient known to properly expel
the animal heat and to lesson the tang of
undesirable odors.
To use bulls for breeding purposes
younger of age than three years old is an
act directly in opposition to the principles
of progressive breeding.
Five average s'native" cows, fed on the
fat of the farm, will pay better returns
than ten grade animals, whose staff of
life is a hay-rick and straw stack.
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49, IT. - 80 foodinr, esrrots -
tio.ses 49, e,saa5 80 asa -
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Farm aairying mas got 10 De as thor-
ougniy systemlzed as we nope 10 make sne
uiauuiao'u.e =. Du''ei @hu rnvessi oeio,o
Per,ec. u1iioilili'y VI uaiiy Pro'''''9 0"n
ever NC iooNeo iol
whenever STOCK IS ready 1of market
they should be sold. After certain stage
is reached, every Gay they are 1ea IN
oiea'0o 'u0 oo'0 pio.c' Vioii''U5 0" ''iA'
"i'nou' a 'i'oi'''nS PionY'
While 1t IS best to allow the stock to
run OUT IN the pastures as long as the
weather VIII permit, they should not be
allowed either IN the flelds or pastures
after the ground gets SOFT from the Tall
rains.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-02-08
BURIED ALIVE In A MINE.


Six Men Killed ana Five EntOmbed
by "a Gas Explosion.
A dispatch from Wilkesbarre, Pa, saws
A fall of rock took place in the Noting
ham shaft of the Lebigh and Wilkesbarr,
Coal Company in No. plane, which drove
the accumulated gas INTO the gangways
where ten men had been at work with make
lamps, and an explosion soon followed. AL
the men were more or less seriously injured
AMI badly burned on the face, hands and
body. V. Peter Helm was cut upon the head
his hands and face was badly burned. John
Crossn, with his mule were buried beneath
the falling rock. His toby has not yet been
recovered. VIM. Roberts, driver boy, is
also missing. John B. Humphreys miner
died while being removed from the mine.
His body was burned to crisp Jos Dun.
son, fire boss, was burned on the face and
hands; his injuries are said to be fatal.
Josaph Jones was fatally burned. John P
Thomas was burned on the face and hands.
David Fox is seriously burned and his re.
covery is doubtful, and Thomas Lake was
slightly cut on the head.
Five men are imprisoned in the mine, and
there is little hope of their being taken oat
alive. At the time when the fall of rock took
place John Dlnston, the fire boss, was on his
way from tne liAlu 10 ne siAth itf6 carrying
his naked lamp. This, it is said, fired body
of gas, which exploded with great force,
shattering the gangwlys and breaking the
timbers, causing large quantities of roof rock
and coal to fall
The debris closed the outlet for the miners
who were in the interior Of the mine making
repairs, entombing john Crossin, David j.
Williams, John Davis, Edward Morris and
an unknown man. Their bodies were found
at one O'Clock and were taken out horribly
burned. Joseph Jones, a miner, is so badly
injured that be will die, making the seventh
victim.
The Nottingham shaft, which was the
greatest anthracite coal nina in the world,
is nearly total wreck. 1t had at one time
an output of three thousand tons day, and
netted the Lebish AMI Wilkesbarre Coal
Company half million dollars profit last
year,
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-02-08
The Indians of Alaska.

The Alaska Indians are entirely differ
ent from the noble red men of Fenimore
Coopers stories, and also from the
genuine everyday ''Irjunn of the plains.
The Alaskan is net above five feet IN
height on the average, and though his
skin is different color, he is entirely
monaghan IN the cast of his features and
strongly resembles the Chinese alongside
whom he works in the mines and fish,,
eries- These people are net only stand-
ing still as to increase, but in my opinion
have begun gradually to decrease. They
are anything rather than a hardy race.
consumption and much more terrible
malady being common among them. So
widespread, indeed, is the latter that il
is only matter of time when the entire
race must be swept away, as other tribes
OF Indians have been from the same
cause further south CAicaQo Jouyra,,
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-02-08

The evil of r-fatteuing porx is less
common than it used to be. Two reasons
have combined 70 make lean meat more
popular. The doctors taught taat it was
more healthful aud nutritious than the
fat, and about the same time the use OF
other oils decreased the price OF lard so
that excessive fat pork was neither profit
able nor needed. The change in ways of
feeding has also had something to do
with making pork more wholesome. Corn
is no longer the exclusive food even fos
fattening. The best practice now is to
feed the rations that will make hogs grow
and keep thrifty from the time it is born
until it is killed. There may be excep.
tions to this in animals kept for breeders;
but all others should be fat enough fol
use from the time they are the right size
for roasting. By the liberal use of milk,
oatmeal and peas growth is promoted;
along with at all times enough fat ii
make delicious pork, far better than that
made by starving the animal while young,
and over-feeding with corn as they be-
come older.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-02-08
1850 - - 90
A SOURCE OF WONDER.
How Newspaper Correspondent As
tonished q Company of Cossacks.

-
newspaper correspondent, David
Ker travelling in Central Asia, came one
evening upon Cossaek camp. Fires
were blazing, and around them stretched
The men. resting after hard days march.
The traveller had been long on the road,
and with his white Russian forage cap
and travei-stainedc clothing looked somuch
like the Cossacks themselves that he en-
tered the camp quite unnotlced. Then
he sat down on stone and took our q
eolered map Of the country knowing well
that the strange sight would bring the
men about him Immediately
$50 it proved suddenly became
aware of a gannt, sallow. gray mustached
visage--so criss-crossed with sabre scars
as to look like railway map peering
over nv shoulder. Then another and
another came edging in, till was com
pletely surrounded by wild figures and
grim faces.
"sWhat's that picture, fathera We
can't quite make it out
.sIt's not picture at all, brothers-it's
plan that shows me the very way by
which you have Gene here from holy
Russia, and all the places you have passed
through
"Then seeming not to notice the looks
Of unbelief and the meaning grins with
which NV hearers received what they
considered to be most outrageous lie,
went on @5
q Up here at Orenburg you passed thu
Ural River, and then marched eastward
to Orsk. where you crossed the frontier
and turned to the southeast
g SO we did, comrades shouted hal
dozen voices at once. He speaks th'
truth-so we did.
Then YOU passed Fort Kara Butak
crossed the Kara Koum desert, ant
halted here and here and here naming
and describing the various posts.
seThe Cossacks listened open-mouthet
to the familiar names, and the exciteS
clamor was followed by a silence of ute
amazement. Then one said:
50 Father, can you show us the ver,
place where we are nowr
g TO be sure can, my lad. See, tina
black spot is the village yonder; there
the river twisting and winding, and her
| Is your camp
There was another pause of blank be
wilderment, and then the SCARED veteran
with the gray mustache asked in an awe
striker whisper:
g But, father, tell me for the love 0
heaven, il we've marched /, 600 miles sine
leaving holy Russia, how can it go into
scrap of paper no bigger than an caste
cake '-E Chicago Herald.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-02-08
SMUT IN WHEAT.

Smut in wheat was once great cause
of loss and complaint, and it was found
that the smut increased when smutty
seed was used. / found by making a
strong brine with blue vitriol dissolved
in it, putting it in tub large enough to
hold tight basket in which the seed
wheat was placed--the wheat stirred and
SKINNED, then raised ont of the brine
and allowed to drain, when it was poured
out or put in bags and so remained twelve
to tweuty-four hours, and then sown id
the usual manner. never found this to
fail as remedy in wheat. The strong
brine was useful to float out light and
probably diseased grains, and also to peri
fectly introduce the vitriol to all the
grains of wheat. Two years ago, think,
ing of this, poured my seed corn on the
floor and poured among it solution OF
blue vitriol and gave it good stirring
But it will be seen that that way of apl
plying the vitriol did not surely reach
every grain. The result was much less
smut than in former years. -Hoa,d's
DairymaJ1.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-02-08
FIFTY-flRST CONGRESS.
senate Sessions

2SrH DAY-The House bill to provide GER
ti6cstes of honorable service to those who
have served in the United States Navy or
Marine Corps, who have lost their certifi-
the Committee on Naval Affairs, and passed
without amendment
Mr.. Ingalls, introduced bill for the cree
tion Of a monument to Abraham Lincoln on
the Gettysburg battlefield. Referred.
Mr.. ingalls, offered a long preamble and
resolution as to debts due by Southern States
on Indian trust funds and on the direct tax
OF 1851. The resolution directs the s. cretary
OF the Treasury to furnish the Senate with
full Information ON the subj ct. Agreed to.
Mr.. Mitchell addressed the Senate in favor
of The bill for the free coinage of silver, ar
guing that 1t was the only way to secure
National prosperity.
After a short executive session the Senate
adjourned.
9th DAY.--Mr. Hale reported from the
Committee on Census, a bill appropriating
Sl,000,00 to secure statistics of farm owners,
renters, mortgages. interests, etc. The bill
was passed.
The Silk Ribbon bill was slightly amended
and passed.
Mr.. Morrill,, from the Finance Committee,
reported back, with verbal amendments, the
House bill to modify the existing tariff law
and it was passed.
I Mr.. Vance addressed the Senate on the
/ colored emigration bill, and was followed by
/ Mr.. Hampton on the same subject
| At the conclusion of Mr.. Hampton's re-
marks, the Senate went into executive ses-
sion, and when the doors were opened ad
I journed till Monday.
o5TH DAY--lu the Senata Mr.. Cameron an
nounced the affections in the families of Sec
( retaries Blaine and Tracy, and an adjourn
mant Immediately followed.
3lsT DAY.--Mr. Blair gave no ice that at 2
| P. NJ. tomorrow, he would call up his edu-
cationai bill and address the Senate on it.
Among the bills introduced and referred
was one by Mr.. Wolcott, for the admission Of
I the state of New Mexico.
Mr. ingalls, presented petition asking for
an appropriation of 800 per capita for emf
| grants to Liberia. Referred.
The Senate proceeded to consideration OF
executive business, and afterwards adj
/ iouruad
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-02-08


Cut breast of veal small, and put it
in a stew-pan with hot water to cover it;
add to it tablespoonful of salt, and set
it over the fire; take off the scum as it
rises; when the meat is tender turn it
into dish to cool, take out all the small
bones, butter a tin OF earthen basin or
pudding pan, line it with pie paste, lay
some of the parboiled meat in to half fill
it; put bits of butter the size of hickory
nuts all over the meat; shake pepper
over, dredge wheat -four over. until it
looks white, then fill it nearly to the top
with some Of the water il which the meat
was boiled; roll cover for the top crust,
puff paste it, giving two or three turns,
and roll it to nearly half an inch thick
ness; cut slit in the centre and make
several small incisions on either side of
it; lay some skewers across tle pie, put
the crust on, trim the edges neatly with
knife; bake one hour in quick oven.
A breast of veal will make two two-quart-
basin pies; half pound of nice corned
pork, cut in thin slices and parboiled
with the meat will make it very nice, and
very little, if any, butter will be required
for the pie; when pork is used, no other
salt will be necessary. Prairie farmer.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-02-08
: No Writ Necessary.

=
There is one lawyer at Harrison who
has his wits about him and handy to get
at when wanted. The other day mer-
chant dashed into this Office and said
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS quick
as-you-can--man-j just got-load of goods
at-my-store-and won't pay for em-he's-
driving offs say l. can charge EN-
hurry hurry for heavens sake.
"You don't need writ for him. -
said the lawyer. ssCome on; IN fix it
for you."
The lawyer thereupon went into the
street, climbed upon the wagon load of
merchandise, threw the recalcitrant pur-
chaser off into the dirt, heaved the
goods into the street also, and told the
merchant to take them. Detroit Nsrs.