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GRASS ON LAWNS.

A we'll kept lawn is "thiug of beau
ty," but those who take great pride in
their lawns, and have plenty of help
about their grounds, are very likely to
overdo the matter and keep the grass cut
too short, thereby weakening the roots,
and should few dry, hot days follow
the cutting, the grass becomes brown
and often badly burned. Shaving the
grass down to the very crowns is always
injurious to any lawn and at all seasons,
and as a rule the knife of lawn mower
should be set to leave one inch of stub
BILE, and in dry weather two inches
would be still better, although this will
not leave as smooth surface. The best
system is to cut the grass often, and leave
q fair length of leaves for the assimilation
of the ssp. In wet weather lawns re-
quire cutting more frequently than dur
ing dry; but no general rule can be given
as to the number of times they should
be cut in a month or season.-Americaa
AgriculturiSt.
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APPLE JELLY.

When drying or canning apples, save
all the parings and cores to make jelly
Put in cold water to prevent discolora'
tion till wanted for use. Put in pre-
serving kettle, covered with water, with
a plate over to keep in the cream, and
boil till perfectly soft; mash the cores to
pieces with fork while cooking. When
done pour in jelly bag and let drip in an
earthenware crock "a bag made of fine
quilt lining is excellent), don't squeeze.
let it drip several hours. Pour off and
measure the clear juice and put on and
boil twenty minutes before adding the
sugar. Allow pound of sugar to pint
of juice, put the sugar in pan inside OF
the stove to get hot, stir, don't scorch.
After the juice has boiled twenty min
utes, add the hot sugar, and boil till
done, may not take more than ten or fif'
teen minutes. When cool pour in jelly
glasses and put on the caps or in goblets,
and cover with paper dipped in the
beaten white of an egg. If not as firm
as wanted set in the sun for few days.
Always make jelly in small quantities.
Washington Star.
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trees has never been successful. In the


experiments made many years ago on a
liberal scale in the moist climate of Scot-
land, although the large trees urvi ed
the operation, they never recove edt leir
luxuriance. but remained feeble ard
sickly. We have seen trees removed
when eight inches in diameter without
ever recovering from the operation. But
much depends on preparing them before
hand by shortening the roots, and there
would of course be much difference be-
tween giving copious supply of care
fully taken up roots, or only 4 scant
quantity of badly mutilated ones.
As general rule and for common plant
ing, it is not advisable to attempt the re-
moval of trees over an inch and half in
diameter. But with previous prepara-
ton by one or more transplautings, it
will not be difficult to remove those
which are three inches. Occasionally it
becomes desirable to secure by trans
planting those which may be four or five
inches. Evergreeas especially may be
required to be transplanted to new
grounds. The practice of attempting
the work on very large trees, or two
feet or more in diameter, as in the
Chicago experiment, is not to be rec
commended in any case. The same out
lay of FIVE hundred dollars under the
direction of skill, with smaller trees,
would accomplish many times more in
landscape effect and in sylvan ornament.
Country Gentleman.
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Tile Watch as q Compass.

A few days ago I was standing by an
American gentleman, when expressed a
wish to know which point was the North;
He at once pulled out his watch, looked
at it and pointed to the North. l asked
him whether he had compass attached
to his watch. GAIL Watches" he re-
piled, sare compasses." Then he ex-
planned to me hcw this was. Point the
hour hand to the sun, and the South IS
exactly halfway between the hour and
the figure MI. on the watch. For In
stance, suppose that it is four O'Clock.
Point the hand indicating four to the
sun. and II. on the watch is exactly
South. Suppose that it is eight o'clock,
point the hand indicating eight to tho
sun, and the figure X. on the watch IS
due South. My American friend was
quite surprised that I did not know this.
Thinking that very possibly l was lg.
norant Of thing that every one else
knew, and happening to meet Mr. Stan
lev. I asked that eminent traveller
whether he was aware of this simple
mode of discovering the points of the
compass7 He said that he had never
heard of it. Ipresume, therefore, that
the world is in the same state of ignor-
ance. Amalf is proud Of having beea
the home of the inventor Of the compass
I do not know what town boasts OF my
American friend as a citizen.-L07adon
Truth.
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Influence of Forests OIL Ciimute.

In the great question of the influence
of forests on climates, it must be true
that the forests must come before the
climate can be influenced. A tree which
will only exist in moist climate must
find a moist climate before it commences
its existence. Out of this has grown the
axiom that forests are result and not
the cause of climate. Still the facts that
forests do influence climate to agreat ex-
tent continue to accumulate, and some
very interesting ones have recently been
developed in regard to the redwood for
ests of the Pacific coast. These trees
form huge forests extending in narrow
belts of occasionally twenty-five miles
wide with occasional Interruptions from
the Bay of Monterey into Oregon. Wher-
ever it grows there are frequent fogs, and
possibly the fog had to do with the selec-
ton, so to speak, by the tree of place
of growth; but it is now shown by the
pools of muddy water, and continuous
precipitation of the moisture, like rain,
while all around the forests is dusty and
dry, that the trees have a strong fog
condonsing power. It may not have
much influence on feeling the spring as
the roots of the trees would most likely
absorb most Of the moisture the foliage
had condensed for them, but the mois-
ture retained by the forest would have
wandered away to some other locality
had it not been here arrested, and
some other locality must therefore
be the drier for the redwood forests
existing where they are: There is so
much going under the name OF science IN
regard to the mutual relations OF forest
and climate that will not bear close
scrutiny, that it is refreshing to have
some facts placed before us that come
under the head OF actual demonstration.
-Ne,0 Tork Independent.
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Two Vigorous Families.

In an unguarded moment Mr.. Dun
ham, of Earlville, Madison County, ex-
pressed a desire to learn of q quartette
which could equal or exceed in longevity
four members of the Durham family.
He gave the ages of the four in question,
from which it appeared that the days of
all of them had been uncommonly long
in the land. But in so doing be induced
Mr.. Ciapp, of Utica, to take the floor.
Clapp calmly disposes of Durham with
this transcript from the Clapp family
record:
Earl S. Clapp, of Deerfeld, aged seventy
two; Mrs. C. N. Merrill, Of Utica, seventy
six; Luman II. Clapp, Trenton, N. Y, seven
ty-nine; Mrs. Mary A. Brown, Rochester,
N. Y, eighty-one: Mrs. Susan D. Crossnan,
Beloit, Wis, Lightweight; total, 396 years.
The persons mentioned above were born
near Taunton, Mass, and their grandfather
was in his ninety.seventh year when he
died.
OF course Durham has got either to see
this and 20 it better, or else confess that,
although the Dunhams are vigorous
race, the Clapps are tougher yet-Ne1c
York; Tribune.
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RAISING HOGS FOE PORK.

A cheap way to raise good pork is to
have hog range of ten or fifteen acres
of high dry land, with stream of living
water flowing through it. This ground
should be we'll supplied with fruit and
nut trees, such as mulberry, plum, apple,
peach, chestnut, and the various kinds OF
oak, so that there would be something
for the animals to pick up all along from
June till November. Such a range
would afford them ample exercise, the
wild fruits and nuts would go far to feed
them all summer, aud run on an adjoin-
ing field of clover or peas would keep
them in fine condition, without much
outlay for grain.
During the last four to six weeks Of
the hogs career, they may or may not
be confined in close pen, at the option
and convenience of the owner, thoug h it
is better, perhaps, to confine them, pro-
vided they can always have clean spot
to eat and sleep on, and are provided
with cooling vegetables, and rotten wood
OF charcoal to prevent their stomachs be-
coming disordered by too long confne-
mert on diet of corn. 1t may be laid
down as a good rule, however, that any
place is too small for a hog that compels
it to eat or sleep in filth. Cleanliness is
as essential in the fattening pen as else
where.
By the 18th or Goth of December, the
hogs should weigh from $50 to 175
pounds, dressed weight, and it is desir-
able to lave them exceed 200 pounds.
The large hogs are not the best for
bacon, at least not the best quality OF
bacon. The mammoth hogs may do to
talk about, or for an item IN the local
papers, but they do not make the cheap
est pork. This is made from pigs that
are never wintered. and are reared and
fattened by process similar to the plan
outlined. Autumn pigs kept through
winter arc expensive, though, of course,
the farmer must winter some of them,
and with proper care these too will make
first class pork, but not the cheapest
meat. American AGricahurist.
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PLAYED q Waltz ut Her Grave.

They tell story of Strauss, the COM
poser, which he claimed was true. 1t is
to the effect that an old lady admirer of
the Strauss music, Viennese, ordered
in her last will and testament that
Strauss waltz should be played at her
funeral, for which each member of the
orchestra was to receive ducat. The
heirs objected at first on religious
grounds to carry out this plan, but the
provisions of the will were distinct and
could not be violated without endanger-
ing their own claims; so Strauss and his
musicians were engaged and placed in a
circle around the grave, and while the
coffin was being lowered they played
the favorite waltz of their late lamented
adrnirer
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HOUSEHOLD HINTS

Wall papers of large patterns decrease
the apparent size of the room.
To Test Nutmegs-Prick them with a
pin, and if they are good, the oil will in-
stantly spread around the puncture.
To Tell Good Eggs-Put them in
water, if the large end turns up, they
ere not fresh. This is an infallible
rule to distinuish good egg from bad
one.
Equal parts Of ammonia and turpentlne
will take paint out of clothing, even If it
be hard and dry. Saturate the spot as
often as necessary, and wash out in soap
suds.
The following makes good stove
polish: To one-half pound powdered
black lead add one-half gill of water, one
half ounce sugar; bottle, and shake
thoroughly.
For cough, boil. one ounce OF flax
seed in pint Of water, strain and add a
little honey, one ounce of rock candy and
the Juice of three lemons; mix and boil
we'll. Drink as hot as possible.
. When beating up the whites of eggs,
add a tiny pinch of salt, because this will
cut them up, and make them frothy much
quicker, as we'll as make the froth more
'theady" than it otherwise would be.
A stovepipe that has become choked
with SCOT can be cleaned very readily by
burning q piece of zinc in the stove
when the fire is red hot. The vapor
produced by the burning zinc carries
off the SCOT by chemical decomposi-
ton.
A German test for watered milk con-
sists in dipping a we'll polished knitting
needle into deep vessel of milk and
then Immediately withdrawing it in an
upright manner. If the milk is pure a
drop of the fluid will hang on the needle,
but if the addition of even small pro-
portion of water will prevent the adhesion
of the drop.
The following pickle or brine is ex-
cellent for pieces of meat that one wishes
to keep for a short time: One-quarte1
pound of brown sugar, ore-half pound
of common salt, two ounces of saltpetrc,
and one-quarter of pound Of bay salt
to each twelve pounds of meat. The
meat should be turned in and rubbed
with this pickle for three weeks.
When linen has turned yellow cut uI
n mound of fine white soap into q gallon
of milk and hang it over o fire in wash
kettle or boiler. When the soap has
completely melted put in the linen ano
boil it half an hour, have ready lathel
of soap and water, wash the linen in it
after which rinse in two cold waters
with very little blue in the last,
To take grease out of white marble
Apply pile of whiting or fuller's eartf
saturated with benzine, and allow it tt
stand for some time. Or apply mixture O
two parts washing soda, one part grouno
pumicc-stone aud one part chalk, all frs
finely powdered and made into q paste
with water; rub we'll over the marble,
and finally wash off with soap and water
An excellent way to remove crease'
from silk is to moisten the surface evenly
with wheat glue and then run the article
around a shelf or on mattress, taking
pains to draw out the silk as smooth a:
possible. When dry the wrinkles have
disappeared. Some silk articles may be
moistcned with very weak glue or gum
water and the creases iroued oEt with g
! flat-iron on the wrong side.
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CLOVER FOR POULTRY.


Glover is an excellent poultry food,
not to be fed alone, but with grain. 1t
takes the place, to great degree, of the
green food which poultry get for them
selves when allowed to run on the farm
in summer. Pack few barrels OF it
away sTs mi sc Il 4 da2sa't pay, in the in
creased numbc: of eggs and Better GER
eral health Of your fowls. C:.-ca c~cJud
crop clover should be used-thc younger
and tcndcrer tie better. Pack it in q
heavy iron-bound barrel, such rs vine
gar barrel. Tramp the clover in little
by little, pressing it tightly as possible
with q heavy piece of wood-a piece Of
cordwood, for instance. Pound and ja!n
it down till cvcry bit Of space in the bar
rel is full, then pu. or cover, and on
top of that heavy stone, and let your
"chcese'' stand for 4 month. The stone
ought to weigh two hundred pounds,
and then your clover will come out a
solid block, that can be cut in slices.
When you want to feed it, take the bar
rel apart, and put your clover cake on a
box or in some dry place. Shave of
thin slices with sharp knife and feed to
the hens at noon instead of grain. Pack
enough of the clover to last until you
can let your hens out again in the spring,
and after feeding it see if your receipt in
eggs don't fully pay for all your trouble.
The hens are as glad to get filing food
as horses are to have hay.-Farm, Field
and Stockman.
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A Paste Which Will Stick Anything

A paste which will stick anything IS
said by Professor Winchell to be made
as follows: Take two ounces of clear
gum arabic, one and ha1Founces of fine
starch, and half an ounce of white sugar.
Dissolve the gum arabic in as much water
as the laundress would use for the quantl-
ty of starch indicated. Mix the starch
aud sugar with the mucilage. Then cook
the mixture in vessel suspended in
boiling water until the starch becomes
clear. The cement should be as thick as
tar, and kept so, 1t can be kept from
spelling by the addition of camphor or
little oil of cloves.-Scientife American.
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Paper Barrels.

After three years of experimental work
an English company has succeeded in
producing barrels which are able to COM
pete favorably with barrels made of wood.
The paper barrels are used principally for
the carriage of gunpowder, mining fuses,
fruit, flowers, molasses, paint, cement,
matches, chemicals, dyes, asbestos, sugar
and extract of meat. The materials used
in making the barrels are waste paper,
cardboards and (for the better quality
old sacks. When cardboard is used it
is soaked or boiled for six hours and at.
terward treated in the same manner as
the other raw material. This is care
fully sorted and put into rag engine, OF
beater, where it is beaten and torn to
pieces by series of knives for about an
hour and half. 1t is atterward mixed
with water until pulp of sufficient con-
sis:ency is gained. This is rolled, joined,
shaped and dried, and the barrel is finally
covered with hoops. Before the tops
and bottoms are put in the barrels are
painted with waterproof composition
made of linseed oil and rosin for ordin.
ary purpose barrels and with a special
varnish where they are used for food pro-
ducts. The standard size made is six.
teen and one-half inches diameter by
twenty-eight inches long. The prices at
which these barrels con be produced ena.
bles them to compete favorably with the
wooden barrels, a wood barrel costing
thirty.four cents and paper one twenty
eight cents. One great feature is that
there is no waste with the process, all
"wasters" being eaten up into pulp again.
-Pittsburg Dispatch.
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rRANspLANTISG LARGE TREES.

The superintendent of cemetery in
Chicago gives an account, in Garden and
Forest, OF the removal Of two trees, ono
of which was sixty feet high and more
than two feet in diameter. They were
removed III an upright position on
rollers, with the aid of heavy frame
work of timber. A part of the earth
was retained on the roots. The cost was
between FIVE and six hundred dollars.
It is pronounced too early yet to speak
with confidence Of the result. There is
no probability, however, that the
original vigor of the trees will be i'm
parted to these monsters after removal.
A tree sixty feet high has circle of roots
at least one hundred and twenty feet in
diameter, and an old tree will not easily
recover from the loss of most Of them, as
in 8 younger tree.
The practice of removing very large
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A LEVEL HEAD.
The Advantage of Presence of n1inG IN nm
Emergency.

The Advantage of Presence of MINI In nr
Emergency.
During the late strike on the New York
Central Railroad, the militia were orderei
to be in readiness in case of riot, but they
| were not called out.
In an interview Gov. Hill said the troop:
were not to be called upon except III case OF
nn emergency. The emergency had not
arisen, therefore they would not be ordered
out. He remarked that this was the hrst
great strike with which he had had expert
ence, and he did not propose to lose his head;
the only point at which there had been serious
trouble was at Syracuse, and there deputy
sheriff had lost his head and precipitated all
encounter.
The strike continued several weeks and
there was riotous action at various points
along the road, but the civil authorities were
able to cope with it without calling on the
militia.
The test of a man'sreal ability comes when
an emergency arises which makes a nasty
call on his good Judgment and discretion.
The man who retains his presence OF mind,
retains his equipoise and exercises sound
discretion ut such critical junctures is to be
relied on and will be put to the 'front.'
Men with level heads have the staying
Qualities which do not falter in the face Of
danger. Otis A. Cole. Of Kinsman, g. June
10 1890, writes: I'm the fall of 1888 was
feeling very ill. Iconsulted doctor and ne
said had Bright's disease of the kidneys and
that he would not stand in my shoes for the
State of Ohio" But he did not lose courage
or give up; he says II saw the testimonial
of Mr.. John Coleman, 100 Gregory St., New
Haven, Conn, and wrote to him. In due
time received an answer, stating that the
testimonial that he gave was genuine and not
overdrawn in any particular. took agood
many bottles of Warmers Safe Cure; have
not taken any for one year."
Gov. Hill is accounted very successful
man: he is cool and calculating and belongs
to the class that do not lose their heads when
emergencies arise.
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VALUE OF FEATHERS.

There is large waste of feathers every
year, AYERS poultry writer, and their
value is greater than may be supposed.
When ducks are kept the feathers should
more than pay for the picking and clean
ing, and they are not inferior to those
from the goose. Chicken feathers are
also salable, the wing and tail feathers of
the males, and of turkeys being in de-
mand. By asserting the feathers, that
is, picking the softer feathers first, those
from chickens will be found nearly equal
to those from geese and ducks, for some
purposes. es.-New York Witness.
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A Mammoth Cheese.

At the cheese factory in East Otto, the
other day, there was put in the hoop the
biggest cheese ever made in this region,
and probably the LARGEST ever made in
the United States. 1t measured five feet
in diameter and is thirg-nine inches
high. Its weight when cured will be
1000 pounds, and fully IS, 900 pounds OF
milk were used in its manufacture. The
abundant pasturagc made the September
milk unusually rich, so that this huge
cheese is expected to be ofprime quality.
About four weeks will be required to
cure it thoroughly. This record breaker
was made for a grocery house in Cincin-
natl, who are about to occupy large
new building. 1t is wanted as an at.
traction for the opening.-Butalo (N'
~ Commercial.
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DIRECTION FOR ICING CAKES.


The country housewife, being remote
from city confectioncries, must depend
upon herself to ornament cakes for par
ties, teas or lunches, and as the work is
not at all difficult, every one who will
take the necessary trouble can soon learn
to ice cakes SO as to make them very or
namental. There are various opinions as
to the length of time frosting should be
beaten, but that it should be thoroughly
beaten is very important; also, that the
eggs should be fresh and the sugar Of
the best quality.
Boiled icing is more economical than
cold icing, and when properly made, is
equally as good. As eggs vary in size.
it is difficult to always decide the quan.
tity of sugar required, and practice
alone will teach how stiff icing should
be made. The following recipes are all
good, and may be selected from to suit
the taste:
Soft Icing-Takc one egg, beat stiff,
add ten tablespoonfuls of powdered su-
gar, flavor and beat twenty min
utcs; spread on cake and let dry.
Lemon Icing-Beat the whites OF
three eggs to froth, add one pound Of
crushed sugar and the juice Of q lemon.
; Beat until light and smooth.
Pink iCiag--2cat four eggs, whip in q
pound and /: half Of powdered sugar, beat
smooth, add q teaspoonful of extract OF
ro=c and thirty drops of fruit coloring
Beat fifteen minutes, and put on cake
With knife dipped in cold water.
Cold Icing-Bcat the whites OF five
eggs, a tablespoonful of dissolved sela-
tine and pound of sugar together.
Flavor and beat light.-Eliza r. Parker,
in Farm and Firesi0e.
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Russia's Rich Coal Deposits.

If the calculations of Professor Men
delejeff are to be trusted Russia possesses
the riches coal deposits in the world.
The superficial area of the coal fields in
the Denetz basin alone amounts to about
10000 square kilometres. If the capac-
ity of these deposits is put at SO, 600, 600
pounds per square kilometre Zone pound
being about thirty-six averdupois), the
total supply of coal is stated to be equal
to the worlds present consumption for
fifty years. Moreover, this only refers
to the superficial beds and not to the
deeper deposits, which have not yet been
exploited, but which promises still great
er riches.-Tsmss- Democrat.