The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1893-10-07
Rich Sap From Maple Trees.

The more Uneven, rocky and ledgy the
land and the drier the soil, except where
cold springs abound, the better are the
products of the maple. Trees standing
in or near cold springs will discharge the
most and the sweetest sap. am acquaint-
ed with one tree standing by a spring,
seven quarts of whose sap will make a
pound of nice white sugar. The rich
ness Of this SAP will be realized when it
is remembered that it takes IS quarts of
average sap to make a pound. The black
maple is the richest for sap Of any vari-
ETY.. Our poorest sugar orchards give
us about two pounds of sugar to the
tree, while our best ones yield five and
six pounds q tree. Ihave heard Of a few
extra orchards yielding 7, s and 10
pounds to the tree, and one extraordi-
nary M that has yielded 16 pounds to a
tree. The quantity of sugar that can
be made from single trees in n season
of six weeks at most will depend Oh
many circumstances.
The more spouts put into a tree the
more sap is obtained and the more sugar
is made. From the tree already referred
to as standing near a cold spring there
were made 30f pounds in one season
with two spouts, which enptied into the
same tub. They were set in holes bored
II inches deep with a three-eighths bit.
Another tree | have known Of yielded 80
pounds, and a third %. Still another
tree was tapped with 10 spouts, and 90
pounds Of sugar were made, but it killed
the tree.-Timothy Wheeler in Garden
and Forest.
Stranded In Artistic Surroundings.
It is really amusing and sometimes
pitiful to see how mel suffer from the
artistic mania of their wives. | know
of a case where a husband was not al
lowed to touch any of the furniture in
the drawing room for fear he would dis
turb the effect Of color and outline. He
wisely stipulated, however, that he
should have mis- own chair in the room,
which he was to be at liberty to do with
as he liked.
Being a man Of infinite jest he manag-
ed to evolve the most delightful and
comic situations when visitors were pres
ent, explaining that it was his wan of
dIllSUlC 1ec1luS WHICH uldQe IL necessary
for him to carry his chair about with
him. He asked that when his friends
contemplated their surroundings from
an artistic point Of view they should
kindly consider him and his chair out of
the picture. Needless to say it was not
very long before all restrictions were
withdrawn and he was allowed to work
what havoc he pleased in the drawing
room as we'll as everywhere else in the
hOuse.-Boston Globe.
An Umbrella Is Good For a Shower.
y man was once advised to take
shower baths for the general improve
ment of his health. A friend explained
TO him how to fit up enc by the use of a
cistern and cOlander, and he accordingly
set to work and had the thing arranged.
subsequently he was met by the friend
who had given him the advice and was
asked how he enjoyed the bath.
My lear fellow" said he, 1T was
capital. liked it really well, and what
do you think: kept myself dry too"
"Whatever do you mean?' exclaimed
his friend, in natural surprise. How
ever could You manage to take the show
er and vet remain quite dry
why, You can't think for a moment
| should be 50 stupid as to have shower
bath without an umbrella::" was the in
nocent reply.-London Tit-Bits.