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Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1890-04-16

All Silk Black Morie, 75c.
48-inch Wide Black Henriettas, 75c.
Black Striped Satin Berber, GOc
silk Patches for Quilts, 2. 8, l., 8 cents.
All-Wool Tricot Cloth Cloth Double Width
Csc.
Yard Wide Striped Cashmere. 2jc.
New Wool Piaids at oc and iOc.
Hamburg Edgings, IL, 8, 4,5,6,s, 10, l2Iz cts.
White Aprons. II, 20, 25, s71s, 60, 75 cents.
silk Ribbons, 2, 8, 6, 10, l2,z to 25 cents.
Ruchings, q, ), 10, l2,l, II, %. 25, s7S cents
Straw and Leather Belts, 25c.
Oriental Laces, 6. 8, 10, l2Iz, IL. q cents.
Felt Lambrequins, 25, S7IS, 50 cts yard.
Raw Silk Tides, 25c.
Best Black Corsets. u.
Plush Balls and Ornaments, l, 2, s,A5,s, 7 cts
White Quilts, 75c. u, u IS up to$.
Dark Calicoes. 81. 4, s, % cents.
Outing Cloths, 8, 10, l2S cents.
Dress Ginghams, S1S, s, 10, l2Iz cent.
II New Shades Cheese Cloth, Sc.
Curtain scrims, 6, 10, l21s cents.
Best Eiderdown, 25c yard.
Curtain Lace. 10, l2hS. II, 20, IS cents.
Best Heavy stripe shirting, go.
Towsiings, 81, 4, s, 81, 8, 10, I2l cents.
Tickings, 8. 10, I21s, II. %, 25 cents.
ooInch Wide Ticking, 20 and s71I cents.
BEST Chambray 9inghams, lOc.
Bead Checks, 10 and l2Is cents.
Best Red Table Linen, ~ and Is cents.
Linen Towels. s. .. 10, l?1s up TO 50 cents.
Raw SILK Table Covers, o..
Napkins, 5Oc, !5c. si, u Is, 81 50 dozen.
Black shawls, 81 IS, q so, q up to sl2.
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our people, and shows that they appreciate
good thing. Ninety.two pupils enrolled up 70
date, April H. for this term. Pleased TO have
you call and spend day with us.
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5lr,n ADVERTISEMENTS.

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~ three good cigarmakers wanted at STAN
ton, Del. Address, CHAS. N. HUBERT,
ltds Stanton, Del.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-04-09
HOUSEHOLD MATTERS.
HOUSE PLANTS.

Plants require much light and fresh
air; q light garret is an excellent place
for them; even those which will not bear
tie outer air must have the air of the
room frequently freshened by ventilation
to preserve them in health. They should
not stand in draught of air. In frosty
weather the windows should be kept
closed, and at night the shutters. As a
general rule, never water plants while
the sun shines. The time should be in
the evening, or early in the morning,
unless it be confined to watering the
roots, in which case transplanted plants
and Others in a growing state may be
watered at any time, and if they are
shaded from the sun, they may also be
watercd over the tops. The water should
not be too cold, or it will chill the
plants. A small quantity only should be
applied at time, that it may have the
effect of refreshing rain. Rain water is
the best for plants, next river water; hard
spring water is the worst.-Neso York
Observer.
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KEEPING FOWLS.

1t is q noteworthy fact that the men
who have attained prominence, and been
most successful pecuniarily in poultry
breeding, commenced with one variety;
and not till that was thoroughly mas
tered, and the fine points of mating and
matching for exhibition satisfactorily
adjusted, did they branch out into the
cultivation of other varieties. 1t is all
very we'll to be known as breeder Of
several or many different varieties of
fowls, but it is far better to be we'll
known as an eminently successful breeder
of one variety than an Indifferent breeder
of many. No one cause has affected the
permanent retirement from the business
of poultry breeding of so many who have
started with high hopes and full conf
dence of success as the mania for attempt
ing too much in the beginning. Whether
this IS the result of the tendency to rapid
expansion, so prevalent in all American
business, or the engrossing nature of the
pursuit, which leads its devotees, par
ticularly those who have just caught the
infection, and have not settled down to
steady work, to launch out into every
new branch which hits their taste, is a
matter which affects the result in no way.
The fact remains that too much poultry
work is overdone as to quantity and un-
derdone as to quality.-Poultry Yard.
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Kangaroo Skins.

When brought to bay, the kangaroo
Jumps like flash for hunters chest,
and tries to crush it in with his fore feet.
To prevent this, each man wears across
his breast two or three inch thick mat
ting. Armed with spear, with a club
attachment at the other end, they ride
upon swift horses into the herd. With
the agility and equipose of circus riders,
they stand erect upon their horses, and
use their spears and clubs. The kanga.
roo is able to jump clear over horse.
AS the game is bagged it is skinned, and
the skin is stretched On the ground and
pegged down to prevent shrinkage. The
flesh furnishes meat for the camp. Each
man places his private mark upon his
booty, and when they have one hundred
skins apiece, they return back to civiliza'
ton. There are twenty varieties of kaH-
garoos, among them the blue, red Walla
by, black gray and forester, the latter
furnishing the best leather, as 1t lives
m.ainly in wooded sections.-Nature.
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CURRANTS.

At the twenty third meeting of the
Minnesota Horticultural Society paper
was read on currant culture by DR.. NJ.
NJ. Frisselle, who has plantation of one
thousand bushels in full bearing. The
Doctor said that the secret of growing
currants at profit was in feeding them
abundantly with cow manure and ashes,
and giving them absolutely clean culture.
In growing currants for the market it
was recommended that they be planted
on nearly level ground, of deep rich soil,
we'll broken and finally pulverized. The
planting should be six feet apart each
way, so as to give room for horse cult
vation and plenty of air and light. The
essayist said that it was delusion to
think that this fruit could be successfully
grown amid grass, weeds, clover or bur-
docks, or when crowded along stone
wall or rail fence; that it needed
plenty of elbow room, air and light, and
as much fertiiizing material as one has a
mind to give. With regard to market
ing, the Doctor urged that the fruit be
gathered free from leaves, without bruis-
ing, put in clean, covered baskets hold
ing no more than eight pounds, or one
fifth of bushel. He said that it would
be difficult to glut the market with clean,
handsome, we'll grown fruit.
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RECIPES.

Plain Stuffed Eggs-Cut in two length.
wise some hard boiled eggs; remove the
yolks; mash them smooth and add half
slice of bread which has been soaked In
sweet milk to every four yolks; season
with melted butter, little pepper and
salt and minced onion; fill the whites Of
the eggs, rounding them up; put on q
buttered dish and bake until well heated.
Carnaffs-Take some cold cooked ham
and chop it fine, season with pepper.
Put tablespoonful of butter and an even
tablespoonful of -four in saucepan; ;
mix, and add gill of cream; stir con-
tinually until it boils, take it from the
fire, add the well-beaten yolks of four
eggs and half pint of chopped ham.
Put this into buttered cups, stand them
in a baking pan half filed with hot
water, cover with paper, and cook in the
oven for twenty minutes. Serve with
cream sauce.
Banana Fritters-Sift light quart of
flour, take from it light pint; silt two
or three times with one teaspoonful OF
cream tartar and one-half teaspoonful of
soda. To this add saltspoonful of
salt, two eggs whipped very light, two
tablespoonfuls of sugar and three-fourths
of cup of rich milk. Rub through the
-four first a dessertspoonful of butter.
Beat all to smooth, light batter. Slice
bananas into four lengthwise strips, dip
each slice into the batter and fry golden
brown.
Beef Stock-To make this get a
knuckle of beef, cut the meat all off the
bones into small pieces; break the bones
and throw them into kettle, and allow
one quart of water for every pound of
meat. When it begins to boil skim as
long as any scum rises. Set the kettle
on back of stove so the meat will cook
slowly for FIVE hours, then add salt to sea-
son, and skim out meatand bones. Strain
the rest and set away to cool; then skim
all the fat off and you will have a firm
Jelly which is ready for SOUPS, -
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FIGUREs OF SHEEP FEEDING.

We put in ninety-one "mature weth-
ers" weighing seventy-one pounds each;
fed, for grain, corn and oats, mixed at
rate of four bushels corn to one bushel
oats; fed part OF the time cornstalks and
hay alternately, and then beanpods and
stalks; always feed by daylight and only
twice day. Keep clean water and salt
by them, and keep we'll bedded. Result:
Fed the same sheep eighty days, drove
over three miles before weighing; weight,
81 2-3 pounds, an average gain of Il 2-3
pounds per head, and this, TOO, on a
small tlass of sheep. Farmere here who
have tried ''fattening sheep on straw and
grain alone" do not get near the gain
others around them get who do not feed
it. The sheep require enough more
grain to offset the difference in value be-
tween straw and cornstalks, hay and
beanpods; in fact, I doubt very much its
being profitable to feed clean straw under
any circumstances. Feeding timothy is
very Improbable, as sheep do much bet
ter on clover, and the price is 50 per ton
less. Either one is Improbable to feed
exclusively, SIS cornstalks and beanpods
fed alternately are much cheaper, and
just as good :as, if not better than, clear
hay. One item of profit feeders consider
namely, converting coarse
fodder, straw and grain into the best
manure. Sheep feeding to be profitable
6hould be crowded to its utmost limit,
but sixty days is less time than sheep can
be made fit for market, unless they are
we'll on their grain and in thriving condi-
tion.; eighty or ninety days is usually
short enough time to feed for profit
NeD Tssk Tribune.
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Eye.StOneS.

The little bodies called cye-stones are
really portions of the covering OF certain
shell.fsh. They are placed at the open
ing of the shell, and serve to close the en-.
trance when the animal draws Itself
within. They are of various kinds, but
those used as eye-stoneS are hard, stony
bodies. about the size of split peas, one
third to one-sixth of an inch IN dlame1er'
q little longer than broad, having ont
surface plane and the other convex.
When they have been worn by tns
action of the sea they are very smootn
and shining, but in their natural staR
the convex surface is covered with line
markings. They have then brownisS
color in the centre, shading off to white
at the margin. Like other shells, they
are composed of carbonate of lime.
When placed in weak acid, sucn al
vinegar, a chemical change takes place,
carbonate acid gas is given off, and II
its escape produces the movements whlct
are popularity supposed to show that TIT
stone is "alive."
When one of these stones is placed un'
der the eyelid, at the outer corner, tht
natural movements of the lid in wlnklna
push it gradually toward the inner side
and when it comes in contact with thu
mote which is causing the irritation, thu
Is carried along and finally expelled with
It. The belief that such stones have q
peculiar detective power, and move abow
h tlle.eye until they find and remove th'
Irritating substance for which they have
been "sent," has no foundation In fact
Ey.-stones are deservedly going out o!
use, for they merely furnish mechanical
means of doing in clumsy manner Wha
a little skill will accomplish much NOR
certainly. Few of them, indeed, ar
seen at the present day, and these an
said to be brought by sailors from th
Bahamas and elsewhere. 1t is interest
ing to know that in the lining membrane
of the stomach of craw6sh there arr
found small bodies which so under th'
name of 'crab's-eyes," and look not un
like the true eye-stones. They have
sometimes been mistaken for them, and
presumably would serve similar pur'
oaae--Nature.
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CURIOUS FACTS.

There are hardly dozen Hebrews in
The British army.
John B. Curtis, of Portland, Me-, IS
worth 81, 900, 900, and he made 1t out OF
nshewing gum.
t recent rural Pennsylvania ball
he attendance consisted of four girls and
torty-eight boys.
According to chewing gum manufac-
hlrer. the Chicagoans consume more gum
han the inhabitants of any other Ameri-
ian city.
The most skilful amateur bull-tghter
b Mexico is the son-in-law of the Presl.
lent of the Republic. He is man Oh
great wealth.
A large gray wolf was recently caught
b Connemaugh township, Penn. 1t was
he first animal of the kind seen IN that
lection for many years.
The largest lot of bananas ever brought
INTO New York arrived recently on 1rul1
neamer. There were 500 punches,
ind they came from Jamaica.
A mission Indian who acted as guide
lor Fremont on one of his expeditions
,cross the plains, died at San Diego, CAL,
recently at the age of 1O2 years.
A citizen of Addison, Me-, has the re-
mains of an ancient walrus that was
Eashed out of a clay bank near his home.
The bones were at least fifteen feet under
ground.
The blue ageratum, which is cherished
b England as a border flower, was In
hoduced into Ceylon where it spread so
.apidly, running wild in the island, that
( now costs more than 81, ,25o, 900 an
hually to keep it down in the coffee plan
kations.
J.. W. Nance, Texan, advertised that
he would be at Murfreesboro, Tenn, to
buy all the hens he could get at twenty
7 i've cents apiece. He came along IN a
pcultry car capable of holding 5000, and
! BE had to telegraph for another, as there
we're 10000 pullets waiting for him.
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BOXES AND CRATES.

Those sho ship vegetables and fruit TO
city markets arc well aware how much
neat packages help the gale Of their con-
tents. As those who have tri6d it de-
clare, it is often more profitable to take
their truck and fruit to a small place,
especially if it be manufacturing town,
thar to New York or other large markets.
1t is often the case that a farmer hes a
bushel or two of peas Or some other truck,
or few quarts Of curEants or other small
fruits, WHICH he purposes to take to the
nearby town to dispose Of. Not being
accustomed TO market such ARTICLES regg.
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arly, ley present strange sight as he

arly, Ley present strange sight as he
sets out, a peck of peas. at the bottom OF
a bushel basket that is none too clean;
quart of currants hidden in fve-quart
pail that has seen better days; few early
beets, an after-thought, are thrown into
the bottom of the wagon, without taking
the trouble to wash or bunch them. 1t
can be but little wonder that the stuff
taken in this miscellaneous manner IS
slow of sale. Farmers who live near
cities or villages will find It to their in.
terest to work into "farm gardening"
and raise perishable crops, which bring
high prices, if they can find near mar
ket. Spinach is such a crop, that an
acre of it, properly managed, brings more
ready cash than comes to the farmer dur.
ing the whole summer. Farmers who
own the land they till should plant an
asparagus bed, or rather field, which, in
the third year, and every spring there
after, will bring in handsome cash re.
turn. But our object was to suggest that
those farmers who occasionally market
truck, should provide themselves with a
sufficient number of crates and boxes, in
which to take their stuff in a neat and
attractive manner; these packages to be
kept in good order, and to be used for no
other purpose whatever. The crate used
by those who ship truck to distance is
one that holds bushel; some of barrel
capacity being also required. For a long
distance, crates with Slated sides are pre-
ferred on account of the ventilation they
afford to their contents; but, for markets
near by, boxes with entire sides will an
swer.
To Make Bushel Crate or Box-Two
ends and one mlddle.piece, eight by
fourteen inches. The sides are two feet
long, and if for crates, are of laths, and
from two inches in width to more or less.
Boxes made with entire sides will con-
tain trife more than legal bushel.
The center-pieces add to the strength,
and are convenient in measuring two
half-bushels. Mark all crates and boxes
with the owners name.-An,erican Agri-
cuzturist.
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TIE SEWING HOUR.

At least one hour day in a family,
where there are growing girls, should be
devoted to hand sewing. 1t happens
often in these days Of the sewing ma
chine that this part of the manual edu-
cation of girls Is neglected. lti agoooaa
plan to teach children when they are
quite young all the important stitches of
the needle and then give them systematic
work to keep them in practice. There is
no occupation more womanly and more
useful than needlework. 1t is a rest
to any tired housekeeper, who has been
on her feet during a large part of the
day, to dress herself for the afternoon
and sit down with her needlework. The
over-and-oyer stitch is the one generally
taught to children first, but it is quite
as we'll to teach the running stitch and
afterward a back.stitch. After plain
sewing is mastered, few of the simpler
embroidery stitches may be taught. If
a small dress for doll or some simple
piece of work is cut out, which will in
terest the child in her task, she willprob-
ably accomplish more than if she is given
"patches" or scraps to work at, which
do not "count." A pretty work-basket,
neatly made, will encourage the little
worker, and should be filled with a
thimble, needles, a supply of emery,
pretty piucushions, darning cotton and
darning yarn and silk, and everything
necessary to the work of the seamstress.
Neat little sewing aprons are also useful
and pretty. Give the little worker one
or two made and the materials to make
several more on which to practise, if she
is old enough. Children should be es-
pccially instructed in darniDg and mend
ing. A darn we'll done on cloth is in
visible for all practical purposes. Darn.
ing of lace is to all intents lost art, but
it is beautiful work. Mending a rip in
pair of kid-gloves is very dainty bit
of work. The color of the glove should
be match in silk and bit laid under the
part broken; after this is should be
caught down to the kid by stitches that
do not show on the right side; the rip
must now be carefully drawn together
with sewing silk, taking up as little as
possible of the kid. A glove mended in
this way will last almost as long as if it
had not ripped.-MeD York Tribune.
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Pace of tile Camel.

AS a matter of fact, and in spite OF its
having carried Mohammed in four leaps
from Jerusalem to Mecca, seven miles an
hour is the camel's limit, nor can it
maintain this rate over two hours-a slow
pace, beyond which it is dangerous to
urge it, lest, as the Asiatics say,it might
break its heart and die literally on the
spot. When a camel j! pressed beyond
this speed, and is spent, it kneels down,
and not all the wolves in Asia will make
it bulge again. The camel remains
where it kneels, and where it kneels it
dies. A fire under its nose is useless
NeU York Ledqer.
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FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.


Nut culture is yearly growing more
popular.
The potato that sprouts the easiest
makes the poorest seed. Premature
sprouting is due to weakness.
Paris green and hellebore will destroy
the asparagus beetle. Either should be
used with judgment and care.
A pair of brood mares, properly used,
can do a good seasons work on a farm
and turn out pair of fine colts.
Currants and gooseberries need one
good trimming out annually, cutting out
old wood and thinning the new.
1t is not the largest seed that is always
best, but that which is most nerfect and
vigorous and has been kept tt best.
Which is the better, to e1. nd your
money in making good roads o. - lose it
in worn-out horse flesh and VIZ Jns3
Spring is the time to Inc hardy
roses. They bloom on the w growth.
Cut out all useless and weakly old
growth.
Some kinds of seeds are said to be bet
ter old than when new-cucumber seeds,
for instance. But usually the older the
seeds, the less the vitality.
If you think it cheaper to buy the
luxuries of the common kitchen garden
than to grow them when you can, your
family may count on small supply.
If you have a timber lot cut the dead
topped trees and crooked saddles for
fuel. Clear out worthless under5rush,
but spare all straight and thrifty timber.
AS rule, raise your stock instead of
buying it. You can generally have bet
ter stock, and you do not run the risk of
introducing disease into your herds or
focks.
Chrysanthemums need all the light,
sun and air that they can get from the
time the cuttings are rooted until they
are ready to cut again. They want q
rich, warm soil of turfy loan.
Bloating is an evidence of indigestion
and may easily occur when cow is fed
on turnips in the winter. The feeding
should be changed, and the hay cut and
mixed with. bran with some salt until the
food is properly. digested. Salt is an aid
to digestion.
In transplanting deciduous trees there
must be proper balance maintained be-
tween the roots and the tops. If but few
roots are taken up with them the top
should be correspondingiy reduced. Care
should be taken that the roots are not ex-
posed to the air any longer than neces-
sary during the removal.
For topdressing upon lawns where a
good thick turf is desired, we have found
nothing equalto skim milk. Where pigs
and chichens are abundant it may be
worth more for feeding than for fertil-
izer, especially when it is remembered
that neither pig nor chicken will take
more than half the manurial value of the
milk.
To grow gooseberries to perfection, the
soil should be we'll enriched with stable
manure, about the same as for Strawberries.
They like plenty of food, and the more
they get the better they thrive. We find
clay loan, we'll enriched, the best of
all soils for the goo,eberry, but any
soil will do when properly enriched and
| cultivated.
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The Emperor's Decoration.

A romantic story attaches to the new
decoration announced by the Emperor of
Japan in commemoration of Emperor
Jimmu's coronation, $3.50 years ago. The
distinguishing feature of the decoration
is a golden fish hawk. The legend is
that during Jimmu's conquest Of eastern
Japan the sky one day became suddenly
dark, and a fish hawk of golden hue
settled on the Emperor's crossbow. The
bird threw off brilliant light, by which
the enemy were dazzled and the Emperor's
forces were victorious.