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mm ^ > OEM niB KVRWr MONTH. t %* 'nnun. By her who in this month ia born ?TTWSSTT2STSR,,«V. Trtt frieudahlp and fidelity. Frtirtjww-bw^wW finMf *, " ijWllll wgyww of «• i • PMta from ptidon and from eaSM' 7 v U they the amethyst *111 woar. •' * * MARCH. •'• • ' **, | H'* •' Who In this wor'd of our* their eya##0 •. If In March first o;>en »h»ll lie wide, . tl^ilayH of jwrl! firm and bravd, i , Aad wear a bl»< dstone to their gra*(M'*%« <• .*';W ArRii, Furvaln n from April date* Iter Jwilj , shouldvreir, lest bitter luWfe , i repentsnoe flow; this ttone •*- 'i* > IdbhD of innooenoe I* known. "* V ' MAT. - , «to first lwhol(Tn the light of day ' **- la spring's pweet flowery mouth of Ifttytf* » Ami wears an emerald ail her life, -(Until be a loved and happy wife. .{. i j runs. tfbo (Oim «lth rammer to this earth, i to June her day of birth, .With ring of agate on her band, .'<W health, wealth and long Ufa ' lULTt, «• Dn glcmlng ruby Rhmiid adorn lliose who in warm July are born; Then will they be exempt and free Wtom love's doubt ; dud anxiety. AtrocsT. Wear • eardonyx, or for thw Ho oonjogal felicity; -She Auguat-bora without thin • fxla said, siiut live unloved and BKPTEMBEB. T" - A maiden born when autumn leaves Are rustling in 8eptomber'a tree**, A Mt>phire on her brow should bind-- -twill cut* dieeanes of the mind. OOl'OBmB. October's child la born for won, And life's viclssitndo* muirt know; •asjp. i opal on her breaat. will In" • I lull those wooa to real NOVEMBER. •Whs flret comes to this world Mow . , mth drear November's fog and *noftm < , • Should prize the topaz's amber hue, •' Emblem of friendn and lovers true. * ••{i"1 SZCXMBF.K. It cold December gave you birth-- The month of snow, and ice, and mU'tt '• Place on your hand a turquoise bttn|*t * i Stimesewillbleeawhate'er yeu da ̂: THE HOUSE CLEANING. it Mr. Walter Ammidon laid his kuift and fork down with a gesture of absolute despair. "Not going to clean house again, Mrs. Benedict! Why, it soems as if we had only just recovered from the dread­ ful tearing-up process of last spring !" Mrs. Benedict, slowly dropped four lumps of sugar into his coffee, then handed it to liirn, utterly regardless of the misery in his face. " ' Dreadful tearing up I'--that's }>er- fect nonsense, Mr. Ammidon. As if you were very much inconvenienced last May while the carpets were up and the ourtains down and the painting going on. Of coarse I shall clean; it's my , habit, and has been lor twenty-odd • 4 Tears,-" ,> Mr. Ammidoa gave a little groan at V the sad fate that awaited him--that awaited *11 bachelors in boarding houses --in the shape of several consecutive - days of bare doors and the odor of soap; of cold dinners oaten wherever it was convenient to set the dining table; of Mrs. Benedict in a chronic state of bus­ tle and crossness, and the servants im­ pudent, tired, and sulky; of wide-open doors and windows where the draughts tore through. He was a gentleman, however, Mr. Ammidon was, and so repressed his ' tions that house cleaning wi^Tfpurely malicious instigation of Ids Satanfr majesty for the torment of mankind. "We'll be so nice and sweet and clean," Mrs. Benedict went on, with horrible cheerfulness, "and I've been thinking that I'll have your rooms newly ; pap.-red, Mr. Ammidon. I'm sure you'll juke that. His handsomo head leaned comforta- letter. Oh, Mr. Ammidon, what must I bly against the cushions, and his Well- yon have thought of me all this time?"' ] shaped. welMmoted feet were crossed on His face lighted gloriously. j a low ottoman near the flro, that burned "That* y<£>a were the sweetest little j eozilv and brightly. darling in all the world, wltorn I loved I He waited ten--twenty--thirty mlri- 60, and war ted so, that I came again to- j ntos, and when «he did not come at the day to plead my cause. Bessit*, con- 1 expiration of three-quarters of an hour Skier that letter written just now--what! Mr. Ammidon was cousmous of a kooq would be the auswer ?" ! disappointment that astonished himself. And she dropped her white eyelids | " At nil eveut.s, mv object shall be tic- anift half averted her sweet, blushing , complislied, f»o'tir to I Cdn Hdtemplialk fa?e, and tlie answer oame through her j it," he thought. . imutUhI lips, so low that only a lover's And he took his gold and ivory ! ,<»r would luive known she said, 41 Yes." ! and wrote .an ardent, courteous, uiMeui- * * * And Mr. Ammidon never' ably-eager statement of his case, asking finds fault when his wife her to be his loved wife, and begged «n* house,** because he knows if it had not answer on tlie morrow, when she should ] been for that abused institution ha ' be visiting Mrs. Benedict. ! might be a lonely bachelor in Mfd, j " I accidentally learned ryon wtw jtfltj Bwedk&'p establishment. . J take tea with us to-morrow night," he j i ' -mmi* wrote, "and I must know at once when J "* . J*? I meet you if I am the blessed mm I I ' •>•> Bstneuc A1T4 , ,, , ; ^ifi hope to be. If you can look favorably " Are your esthetic ?" inquired a New 011 my suit let me know by answurmg j Haven young lady of a Brooklyn girl, as * yea' to the first question I put ty you. the two sat down to a dish of fried clams If it is otherwise 1 will not trouble you j fc Fulton street restaurant. FARM NOTES. further." Then be signed himself suitably; putt the folded and addressed note conspicu­ ously on the top of a pile of newspapers and sheet musio on the piano, and took his leave, iu a strange whirl .of excite­ ment ana expectation. Half an hour later M^s. -Bsldwitf Cftme in, stopping as she passed tlM dining-room door to speak to the girl ; .. " You oamod 9U those p*y>ers ap.i •the musio up stain, Artiuiw, sd 1 M4 you?" ' I "The very minute the gontkinipi went away, MJS. Baldwin. It wa* Mr, Ammidon, and he oame just as yon went out." "Oh, that's to*> bad thatlwasilot Ki! Alis. 'tituo IAUVII is vtry sick, Annie;" ' < -Cnd f-o Mrs. Baldwin newr knew M the precious letter, as she sat there alone by the fire, thinkiug of the calltr she had missed with genuine sorrow and paling cheeks and eyes full of dis­ appointment. For pretty Mrs. Bessie, with her blue eyes I guess so," replied the Brooklyn | giri, vaguely. "Why do vou ask?" ! ; "'Cause it's so terribly awfully the | thing. We're all esthetic at home. Ev- j erybody is, and you don't know how we enjoy it." •'Is it--^IB It very expensive?" queried ! the Brooklyn girl, feeling her way. { "It comes rather high, but it is so I essential. I haven't felt so well since I ] left, school as I have sinoe being esthet­ ic. You don't know how mncn I have gained!" "What's the nature of it? How do you take it?" * "Oh, yon sit arotrad and be exces­ sive, and'when any one speaks to yon you glare at 'em and say, ' How quite !' Til en you shut your eyes and breathe hard. I wouldn't be witlie ait it for any­ thing. They soy it's very healthy." • " Qui yon do it all alone ?" "Oh, gracious, no! It takes four or five to play. All you've got to do iB to cut off your eyelashes, so as to look stony, and then practice with some by Mrs. Bessie, with her soft ^ l°n are read7 to go i"to ?£ j u i v 1 - , f T ' o i e t y . A t h o m e w e c o m m e n c e d w i t h ^ ^ rf y curly hair* c|0tho8pins to represent the gentlemen Tire Landre th seed farm near Phila- delpia is well supplied with guinea fowls, which prey upon destructive iuseots, but do not scratch up the ground. So FAULTY are the present, methods of shipping cattle to Europe, that of 981 cargoes, it seems that nbarly 15,000 head lavished from the casualities of the passage. AN EASTERN orcliardist claims to have discovered that his apple trees can be made to bear abnudantiy every year by uevei j pUtting wood ashes andtanbark mth the 1 i ad.lition of some lime around the trees. TFE X. E. Farm ̂ •SAYS "lambsought to be OAstrated before tliey are three weeks old, to avoid the danger when more mature. In fly time a coat of tar should be applied to the wounded part externally. * THE French in Algeria are trying os-. trich farming successfully. A pair of adult birds furnish thirty eggs yearly, which are hatched by an incubator. In a short time the young* birds each represent a value of 100 franos. ~ THE German town Telegraph suggests that turkeys can be raised as cheaply by the pound as chick­ ens, and they sell higher in the market. Both require to be well fed during the winter, but in the summer the turkeys obtaiu all the food they ; want in their foraging expeditions. MB. MAJ. THOBP, of French tCreek, W. Va.( has patented a shed, which he claims is turned about by a windmill so as to shelter cattle from storms com­ ing from any direction.' We apprehend it will be very liable to get out of order and that the anticipated advantages might be realized by sheds constructed arouud a hollow square. and small, perfect figure, was more in­ terested in the handsome baehelot tL)OU tilie cared to admit, even to herself. The next day she dressed with unu­ sual care for her afternoon visit to Mis. Benedict, wdnderlng, as Ahe basted the soft little ruching in the neck of her sleeveless velvet jacket, and adjusted the poufs of her black silk overskirt, whether or not Mr. Ammidon would think she looked well, and whether, pos­ sibly, he might not escort her homa. So her eves were dancing with radiant blue sunshine and her cheeks were flushing a moet delioions rose pink hu\ and her lovely mouth dimpling in be­ witching smiles, wh^n Mr. Ammidon came into the sitting-room, several min­ utes before the time for the dinner-bell to ring--Mr. Ammidon, handsomer than she had ever seen him, in. a dark blue cloth suit, with white tie, and his face so grandly intelligent and animated as J* - - - - hj/p: and bandoline bottles for the ladies. Then wo joined the association and licked 'em ail." r "I had an idea' that esthetic meant the pleasurable sensations that arise from a gratification of artistic apprecia­ tion," explained the Brooklyn girl, tim­ idly. " Merciful goodness, no! On the contrary, it means the absence of taste, You mustn't have any taste. You only be utter." "1 " How do yon fetch thatj'J" "That's done byh#*^ breath until you are neaj^^J buret> and then let it out3%ck. You do that when somebody a8^yOU jf you are prepared r-VrV Then you 'go on estheting until pftrty breaks up. Myra Brown, Haven, is just lovely at it. We PROF. BAIBD, the U. S., Fish Commis­ sioner, declares the catp to be the far­ mer's fish, because it is, he thinks, sin­ gularly adapted to the wants of farmer*, and capable of being raised in natural or artificial bodies of water where most kinds of fish would not live.. The c iv» however, so easily raised, is not a gam \ fish, nor so desirable to the perch, bass, etc., which may ^sljv ^ bred on all farms whicb ar^y^j sap " with cold spring water,,' ' Co/man'* m^Qi twiue bindersj8 expa^^hug as an import­ ant mdup/L„ - 1 - - --• lelligencer: "A verjr large ! approaching completion just 1 ! lioylestowu, on the Smith ! >£ire her so much." -'"It "Very much--when it is done, ma­ dam." And he cut his meal short and rushed out of doors into the oool, fresh October air. " Ah, bah ! I can already experience the agonies of last spring! Good heaven! the woman must be made of cast*iron to attempt such a siege again. It is no wonder her husband died if he Buffered two attacks of house-cleaning a year, and I shall die or gro w crazy un­ less 1 leave her--but 1 suppose all wom­ en are equally idiotic." A groan of genuine misery broke from his lips as he strode along, his hat jammed over his eyes--very unlike the handsome gentleman he really was, with bis frank, cheery face and pleasant mouth, with the white, even teeth, and the half-ourling, thick dark hair, and the grave, intelligent eyes, that nothing could rufflo as the idea of Mrs. Bene­ dict's semi-annual "tearing up"--a courteous, refined, genial gentleman, whom society found a puzzle because of his persistent bachelorhood, when it knew of at least a half-dozen women who would have jumped at the faintest chance of au offer 01 m irriage from him --who himself wondered why he never had f(tllen ia love--and whom pretty lit­ tle Mrs. Baldwin, the blue-eyed, blonde- liair l widow, with no incumbrance, a lirmsH of her own, and an income of &*»t000 11 year, often felt quite piqued with that lie was so very unimpressible. So Mr. Ammidon strode along, al­ most mechanically turning corners, his Uao^fjraduaHy growing slower, and then , fill &t once he heard the brilliant tones o|,a p;auo as some skilled hands played, and, looking up, found himself in front of a warmly lighted, cheery, hospitable house--the very house where Mrs. Bes- ,nip Baldwin lived. The contrast was so strikingly vivid ttftveen tile pictures in his imagination that he involuntarily paused--one, the Iiicture of the way Mrs. Benedict's joarding house wouH look next day, , ilie other of how Sirs. Baldwin's elegant l:lt'e ho;i»e always appeared when he . *« led t'^ere and* as it appeared no'" Ih.'ough tlie lace curtains--quiet, warm, , iuvpi'able, inviting. v- And like a revelation from heaven it <fc«nie to him--an idea, a determination 4hsl was so strong, so resistless that he wailed forthwith up Mrs. Baldwin's :Cmnt steps ;iud rang the door bell, won- derintf as he did why the music had ceased and where the player had gone. " I'll marry her if she'll have me, and f ' 4hen We'll see how many times a year 1 the house is cleaned ; that is, if--" .-Then the door opened and the maid invited him into the parlor, with the in- 1 formation that Mrs. Baldwin had just run into a neighbor's by the side gate, ( . but would be back directly if the Child was better she had gone to see. Mr. Ammidon ensoonsed himself in the easiest chair in the room--a great, deep, widey cushioned affair that was , dr<*wn up by the little low table under r the chandelier. "Bless hex* pretty blue eyes! Gone s to see a sick child; I like that--I HICA IT 1 "What, a blessing that it occurred to me to offer myself to such a good-hearted, cheerful, tender, fond little woman as i she is; and wliat a miraculous fool I have been not to have done it long ago. jftVhv, honestly, I feel as if I had been , Jftp love with her all along; and I believe - \hair® been and never knew it." , lie spoke, very quietly, but with all liii fate in his words--and she so smili/"* so unconscious. a£» " I am very glad to see xc/ , , Baldwin. Didn t you find this afternoon?" /It very oool Then she met his ffajr . . . .. herself because • - "e* hating si> triade Uer "eart; was throbbing - of him and despising t self because he had thrilled her from .ead to foot. Then, ntver knowing her -fate was in it, she turned her beautiful face careless- y away and withdrew hex hand, and ad- swered him: , "No; I thought it was charmingly feasant." And Mr. Ammidon recoiled as if he had been dtruck a dreadful blow, and •ould not, for the life of him, consolo himself with the conviction that women «-ere fools and men were well rid Of them. The next day he told Mrs. Benedict he would not want his apartments any ionger, and had his trunks packed and •h*nt to a hot-el. Sir. Ammidon determined to kill two birds with one stone--to get out of the possibility of having to meet often Mrs. iienedict's friend, the pretty, merciless, little woman, than whom he had never oved another, and to make his home .herehouse-cleaning was unknown, and Ii<ib.sie cried until her eyes were red and swollen to think how entirely indifferent Mr. Ammiilon was to her. And the winter crept sortly along In hoft, white, snowy robes, aud several limes Mrs. Baldwin saw Mr. Ammidon driving past, although he didn't do more as he passed thou glance carelessly at the window and bow. And the sweet, warm spring days came, and with perfumy hints of roses and woodbine, and fresh emerald leaves and climbing vines, and bursting blossoms, came Bessie Baldwin's fate, in the shape oi the unrom antic, the inevitable spring cleaning that must bo undertaken and accomplished, flo matter how tempting­ ly balmily sunshine and fragrant breezes and cloudlesft skies clamor for prom­ enades and drives in order to Wclcome them. Thus it happened that Mrs. Baldwin was eufconseil 111 one of her cliambeis, with a blue veil tied tightly over her golden hair, and her muslin dress pinned up in front, disclosing ravishingly-lovcly f^et despite the half worn boots, with a basket lying in readiness beside her, and her faithful ally, Annie, waiting to con­ sign piles of waste to deathly ignominy, and the paper and ragman. "Only one pile more, Annie,.and aren't you glad we're so nearly done ? Here, you sort the papers, and I'll see that nothing worth saving haa been prut with the music." And a minute after the soft, rustling stillness was broken by a sudden ejacula­ tion from Mrs. Baldwin, and Annie looked' up wide-eyed, to see her reading a |>en- oiled note with paling face and trembling lips. " It'# a letter I lost, that's all, Annie. . These ia a itian 1 must be fun," mused the Brook- yn girl, holding a clam on her fork and contemplating her companion. " It just is. The gentlemen are ever so nice. They wear swallow-stomach coats and eye-glasses--" " Eh ? " ejaculated the Brooklyn girl, rather started at the uniform. " Yes, and they are so extreme. Oh, you don't know. When we girls are estheting we wear a sort Of shroud. Mine is a cashmere, and cost $2 a yard. Some of the societies wear lilies, but we use poppies. They are more languid. The last time we met somebody put red pepper on the stove, and I haven't fully recovered yet. Then some of the es­ thetes are gracile, but our society runs to flesh. Wo think it more soulful." ' " I've got an idea that it's a sort of a fraud, from your description," observed the Brooklyn girl, gulping down the last clam. " Yon nasty hussy 1" shouted the esthete. " You've got no more intensity than a lobster! You're a coarse, vulgar animal! You are a sensile groveler! And, more than that, you pay for those clams or yon stay in pawn for 'em I " And the fragile follower of the pre­ vailing fashion slammed out of the es­ tablishment, leaving her hard-headed friend to liquidate the account. It doesn't do to rouse up the uuutterables, Xhqy are liable to forget the suHicient and become sibilant.--Brooklyn Eagle. Qotm with the pnpetta at the door., I'll go down. You can finish.'*' ^ And with a fluttering heart and eyes that were suspiciously uright, Mrs. Bes­ sie went down stairs, glad of an oppor­ tunity to get away by herself a few min­ utes to think it ail over, to try to realize that it was true tliat Walter Ammidon had loved her. And ahe brushed away tears that were both rapturous and full of disappoint; rnent and fear, and opened the front door to Walter Ammidon. He bowed with a little look of sur- Erise and chagrin, fearful lest, now that is love for Bessie Baldwin had over­ leaped its boundaries, and forced him to a second attempt to win her love--that had become more precious in proportion as it seemed unpossessible--tearful lest his coming, as suggested by her appear­ ance, was inopportune and awkward. But Mrs. Baldwin flushed, and smiled, and looked lovely, despite the old blue veil. And then he suddenly discovered she lield in her hand the note he had writ­ ten her six months ago. She answered his inquiring look as she conducted him into the parlor. I "I have only this moment read your A Pleasant Remedy for Toothache. Dr. T. C. Osborn, in the Medical Brtef, static that his cook came to him with a swollen cheek, asking for some­ thing to relieve the toothache with which she had boen suffering all night. He was ou the point of sending her to a den. tist, when it occurred to him that there was in the house a bottle of compound tincture of benzoin. " After cleaning the decayed tooth," he says, " I saturated a pledget of cot­ ton lint with the tincture, ana packed it well into the cavity, hoping this would suffice for the time, and told her to come back in two or three hours if she was nqt relieved. I was turning away when she said it might not be necessary, pel- liaps, as the pain was already gone, Supposing her faith had a large share in the relief, I would not allow myself to think that the medicine had anything to do with the cure any more than so much hot water would have had. But when I arrived at my office two other patients were awaiting me with the same affiic tion, aud I determined, by way of ex­ periment, to use the same remedy. To my agreeable surprise, both patients declared themselves immediately re lleved, and begged a vial of the tincture for future nse. During the winter number of similar cases applied, and were instantly relieved by the same treatment, all expressing much satisfac­ tion with the remedy. In December I told my druggist of the discovery, and recommended him to sell it to any per­ son applying for toothache drops. This, he reports, lie iuu* done, and that every one seems delighted with the medicine. hlxchanfjc. - Freaehlnar fram Netes, A ddrtain minister of Scotland had a custom of writing the heads of his dis­ course on small slips of paper, which he placed on the Bible before him, to be used in succession. One day when he was explaining the second head, he got so excited in his discourse that he caused the ensuing slip to fall over the edge of the pulpit, though unperceived by himself. On reaching the end of his second head, he looked for the third slip; but, alas 1 it was not to be found. "Thirdly," he cried, looking around him with great anxiety. After a little pause. *4 Thirdly," again he exclaimed; but still no thirdly appeared. " Third­ ly, I say, my brethren," pursued the be­ wildered clergyman ; but not another word could he utter. At this point, while the congregation were partly sym­ pathizing in liis distress, and partly re­ joicing in such a decisive instance of the impropriety of using notes in preaching --which has always been an unpopular thing in the Scotch clergy--an old wom­ an rose up and thus addressed the preacher: "If I'm no mista'en, I saw thirdly flee out at the tost window a quarter of an hour syne," """ ~"*":sry in the Northwest. The auvante^ 0j cor(j ̂ bands for sheaves j!f turned the atteutiou of farmers and manufaturers to the necessity o£ culti­ vating the plant from which such cord can be economically made." It is true, that the cultivation of flax, hemp, jute, and textiles generally, is rapidly aug­ menting in tins country. A CORBESPONDENT of the New York Tribun • writes on tli£ subject of the prevention of hog cholera as follows: Prevention is better than cure for hog cholera iu about the ratio of tifty to one, and to this end there should be a sheltered place of rest with plenty of dry absorbent earth to lie on ; abundance of good air; sheds sweetened by- white­ washing once in three months; clean water to drink, and salt, sulphur and sulphurous soft coal or charcoal always accessible. An entire change of food from corn to potatoes, mangolds and car­ rots, cooked and raw, often as once a week. The exolusive use of coru failing to excite certain digestive activities may result in a weakness favorable to the progress of cholera. Separation also into small herds is well. Boars also of strong constitution should be carefully selected, untainted #»^«l»ole«a, or the progeny inay be tainted by a choleraic diathesis so'that the disease will develop on slight causes." ' EXISTING FOLMRS.--Maujr of our farmers are buying l«fge quantities of fertilizers at. high prices, who annually permit tons of manure to go t j waste about their barnyards. The accumula­ tion of tilth and manure should be hauled away from the barn aud yard, aud it is much better to make it serve as a fertilizer than not. We advocate the use of commercial fertilizers only when there is not manure in sufficient quanti­ ties. The use of poor farming impl 'inen s will be found to be far more expensive to the husbandman than would the pur­ chasing of the best quality on the mar­ ket. The cheap implements will be constantly requiring to be veiwiired. They bring a source of expenditure without any income. 1 have frequently seen hands lose the greater part of a day in repairing the implements with which they were at. work, and at the same time the work was badly needed,-- Correspondence Cincinnati Qazelte. WB ONCE heard an enthusiastic ad­ mirer of the sex say that, in his opinion, the .'nasi beautiful sight in the world was a lady gracefully riding on horse­ back. The man was not a bachelor either, so that the honesty of his asser­ tion can not be questioned. Whether the critic was correct or not, it in posi­ tively certain that horseback riding by ladies could be practiced to a rnuoh greater extent than it is to the advantage of the equestrians. Every young woman po-sensed of good nerve should be taught t-» ride at an early age--to sit sqnarely upon the saddle, handling the rein with a light hand aad conforming her motions with those of the horse. The fabled Centaur embodied the composite figures of a horse, a- d a male rider, but the lithe and graceful form of a woman mounted on a spirited steed exceeds the poetic conception of the mytliologic ancients. Their riding habit should be merely long enough to cover the foot when she is seated in the saddle, and the sfcirrUp should never be withont a "shoe"' to prevent the rider's foot from beiug driven home too far. A more horrible accident can hardly be imagined than a lady thrown from & frightened horse dragging bv the stirTup. An excursion of a con­ siderable distance never ought to bo at­ tempted until the rider, by private ptac- i'.ce, or by long habit from childhood, bu confident of her seat and rein. Horse- !>nck riding by women would often pre­ vent complaints to which the sex is inci­ dent, and thus alleviate a portion of -suf­ fering to which they are liable. . THE SRTIO HYSTKM.--We remarked a year ago that during the next twelve­ month a large amount of experience would be evolved in the work of ensi­ lage. A number of silos were con­ structed iu New England, New York, and other Eastern States by able or wealthy farmers, aud many of these pub­ lished accounts of their operations and degrees of success during the last winter and spring. We read all that came lvider our observation, and can not rec­ ollect a discouraging aocount. Besnlts, in every instance, justified the expecta­ tions of the experimenters. From time to time, correspondents have plied the Gazette with questions, both in regard to^the construction of silos and in refer­ ence to the system itself and its com-' jmrative merits as a fwider preserver. These letters we have answered to the best of our ability, aud we now publish a statement from an Eastsrn contem­ porary, which will at once instruct the reader how to construct a silo, and show him how sincerely some experienced parties are convinced of the utility of the European mode of storing an<^ pre­ serving green food for stock, days the B. C. Ittfelligcncer : silo ia now outside of farm, the largest one yet constructed in j the world perhaps. The structure is forty feet square, nineteen feet deep to the top of the walls, and twenty-six feet to the rnfter plates. It is divided by strong walls into four compartmentst mainly for convenience in filling. Each one of these compartments is a big hole, the cubical contents being over 8,0f»0 feet. It will require fully three days to fill one of these pits. The combined capacity of the four apartmeutsis nearly 33,000 cubic feet--a very large spaced The walls are built of concrete, are two feet thick, and the inside surfaces fully cemented. The sfbues were all dug out of the hole made for the silo, us the rook was reached only a few feet below the surface. Some idea of the material required to construct the silo may be formed from the amount of cement used. There is a pile of empty cement barrels as large as a good sized house. The weather was unfavorable for a good deal of the time for speedy work, as the operations could not be conducted in the rain. This prevented finishing the work in time to ensilage the present grafts crop, as was the intention. Sixteen acres of corn have been planted for ensilage, though it is quite probable that this will not much, if any, more than half fill the pits. A cattle stable forty feet square will be built adjoining the »ilo for eonvenieuce in feeding. There is to be a ten-horse power engine sot up to do the cutting of the ensilage, and other work about the place needing power. Everything is to be constructed with a view to complete convenience and thorough­ ness, under the eye and direction of a practical machinist. The matter of the silo will be thoroughly tested under the most favorable conditions, and its value, as the case may be, will be clearly Bhown. The gentleman engaged in this enterprise is a level headed, practical man, perfectly competent to fully aud fairly test the innovation. He is wej' convinced inhifowii "twill be a succe.^ jlfts visited most of the ^S^in this country, and many of those m France, Belgium and Germany, and is going at the work now with all the knowledge a man could have short of that gained from actual experience. He has invented a^ttew machine for cutting fodder, which looks like a good one. He claims that it .will cut ten tons of green corn per hour into $ inch lengths. The American Plow Company; of New York, is manufacturing the machine. It will bo of different sizes, and sell at different prices, to suit the work and purses of farmers who do not want the large ma­ chine. The price of the full sized cutter is about $100, and the smaller ones will sell for perhaps half that sum*" Thus far, we know of no attempt at the West to build a silo on a scale worthy of remark.--Cincinnati Gazette. HOUSEHOLD HfiLPS. [From t)etroil Free Press Household.! APPLE PANCAKES.--Make one quart of batter as for any other pancake, and add one cup of fiuely chopped apple. The batter must be stirred each time a spoonful is taken out in order to equal­ ize it. FLOORCLOTHS.--Do not put carpets in your closets ; oilcloth or matting is much better, and can be easily kept free from dust. Matting after being swept should be wiped with a damp cloth. Hot salt and water will thoroughly cleanse it and will not discolor it. APPLE GUSTARII PIK.--Scald the milk and let it cooL Grate some sweet ap­ ples. Take two thirds of a cupful of powdered sugar, four well-beaten eggs, one cupful of milk, one-fourth of a nut­ meg. Line an earthern pie-dish with a rich crust and let it bake. Then fill with the cuBtard and let it bake for half an hour. To be eaten cold. GINGERBREAD LOAF.--One enp of but­ ter, one of molasses, one of sugar, half of cold water, one tablespoonful of -gin­ ger, one tablespoonful of cinnamon, one of soda dissolved in boiling water ; melt the butter, slightly warm the molasses, spice aud sugar, and heat together ten minutes; then put in the water, soda and flour; stir very hard and bake in three loaves. Brush them over With syrup while hot and eat fresh. • POTATO PIT'FS.--Take mashed pota­ toes and make them into a paste with one or tW6 eggs; roll it over with a dust of Hour and cut round with a saucer; h%ve ready some cold roast meat (any kind) free from gristle and chopped fine, seasoned with salt and pepper, place it on the potatoes and fold it over like a puff; pinch 01- nick it neatly arouud and bake for a few miuutes. WASHINO TOWELS.--Towels with hand­ some, bright borders should never be boiled, or allowed to lie in very hot water ; they should not be used till they are so much soiled that they need vig­ orous rubbing to make them clean. It is better economy to use more towels than to wear out a few in a short time. A gentle rubbing in two suds, and then a conscientious rinsing iu warm water and then iu cold, ought to be all that is required. • • ~ VEGETABLES AND SALADS.--Upon the washing of j^reen vegetables for salads much of their excellence depends; they should be shaken about without break­ ing, in a large pan of cold water well salted, since the action of the salt will, destroy all the miuute inhabitants of their fresh green covers, aud, once dead, from sheer force of gravity they will fall to the bottom of the water. When the Balad plants are free from sand and in­ sects they should be shaken, without breaking their leaves, iu a colander, a wire basket, or a dry napkiu until 110 moisture adheres to them; then they may be used at once or kept until wanted in a very cold, dark place. PBKSRRVBD OIIAN«EH.--Take any num­ ber of oranges, with rather more than their weight iu white sugar. Slightly grate the oranges and score them round and round with a knife, but do not cut very deep. Put them in cold water for three days, changing the water two or three times a day. Tie them up iu a cloth, boil them until they are soft enough for the head of a pin to pene­ trate the skin. While they are boiling place the sugar on the fire, with rather more than half a pint of water to each pound; let it boil for a minute or two, theu strain it through muslin. Put the oranges into the svrup till it jellies and is a yellow color. Try the syrup by put­ ting "some to cool. It must not be too stiff. The syrup need not cover the oranges, but they must be turned, so that each part gets thoroughly done. To GIVE PINK AN OAK COLOR.--Wash the wood carefully in a solution of cop­ peras dissolved in strong lye. in the pro­ portion of a pound of copperas to a gal­ lon of lye; when the wood is dry after having been thus thoroughly saturated witb tins wnsh. oil it. and it will look fresh and nice for a year or two, when it can be restained and again oiled. Often, when not subjected to hard usage, the color will remain undimmed for several years, only requiring to be oiled occasionally. The color may be put on with a short-bristled brush, or, the hands being protected with thick buckskin glpves, the wash may be applied with« cloth, which will saturate the wood more evenly. It will blister the hands if they are not well protected. ANTS.--There is one way, and only one, of ridding the house, closets, cake pails, sugar barrels, etc., of red ants or black, big or little. When you them on your premises get ready tea kettles of boiling water, plenty of it. Go out of doors, look carefully over the path-s* and walks, if in the country; if in th# city, look over the flagging in the areas, both front and back. Scald every littlrf hole you see with a monnd of little earth pellets around it; it is the home of theH aut. | On a sunny day these pellets are brought out of the nests to dry. Whenrj the weather is damp, or soon will bo, you will see nothing but little holes in 'the ground. The ants are all "at home." ScaJd them. If yourcellar is not cemented. hunt the pests there; very likely you will find lots of them. When the work hero recommended has been done, clean ont yonr closets, sugar pails, every­ thing in the closets, rub fine salt on the shelves, lay clean yellow paper on them, and put back dishes. In the cracks of the floor and around the surbase of said closets should be placed ground red pep­ per. Ants will not come again for a long time. When they agaiu make a raid, as they tnay, in a few months, give them u second scalding. Laughing Away a Duel. ^ Laughteri* An antidote to anger. Even a duel ha.^ been prevented by some amusing answer which turned wrath into mirth A man holding both his sides can't hold a pistol. A Georgia Judge named White, who wore a cork leg, once challenged a brother of the bench, Dooly by name, and a wag, to mortal combat. At the appointed hour both appeared on the field, but Dooly was alone. White sent his, friend to ask where his an­ tagonists Second was. " Gone into tij^ humorous' Dooly, " to get a "hit of a holIOw -tree to put one of my legs in, that we may be even." The answer was too much for Judqre White; he laughed aud so did his second, and the challenge was with­ drawn. An Irsli lawyer, who had never fired a pistol, was challenged by a famous duelist whom he had offended by severe comments upon his testimony in court. The duelist, having been crippled in one of his duels, came limping upon the ground. He had one favor to ask, permission to lean against a mile-stone, as he was unable to stand without su\^ port. The request was 'granted, and, just as the word " Fire!" was about to be given, the lawyer said he also had a request to make. He asked the privi­ lege of leaning against the next mile­ stone. A hearty roar of laughter from seconds and challenger dissipated all thoughts of a duel. The great orator of the Revolution, Patrick Henry, once received the follow­ ing note, preliminary to a challenge from Gov. Giles, of Virginia: "SIR: I understand you have called me i ' bob-tail' politician. I wish to kno-# if it be true; and, if true, yonr meaning." Mr. Henry replied in this style : " SIB : I do not recollect having called yon a ' bob-tail' politician at any time, but I think it probable I have. Not recollecting the time or occasion, I can't say what I did mean, but, if you will tell me what you think I meant, I will say whether you are correct or "hot." * - t • • • i • Of course there was no duel.-- Youth'u Companion. Wanting a Divorce from His Sen. Ben Mullet, a colored man who culti­ vates cotton and drinks whisky, came to Little Rock, and, finding the United States Judge, said: " I'se got a piece ob business for yer ter transack." "Well,*' replied the Judge, "pro­ ceed." " I'se arter a divorce." "I have very little to do with such cases, but why do you wish to sever the ties which bind you to a companion who, in all probability, is much too good for you ?" "Case I can't get along wid him, Jedge." "Him?" "Yas, sah, him." " You didn't marry a man, did you?" "No, sah; I married ez likely a cull ad 'oman ez yer ebber seed, an' I don't want no divorce frnm her. I wants a divorce fruiumysou." " From your son ?" "Yas; case dat boy is a monstrous sight of trouble, an' spen's ebery nickel he can git his lian's on." "There is no such thing as a divorce from a sou." "Dar may not be in de law, but dar is wid me. What's de law fur ef it ain't ter perteck a man ? Any man can git a divorce from his wife, but gittin' one frum his son is one ob de fine pints. Say, now. Jedge, de law on de pint ob technicality ken do enything. Can't yer make dis a technicality, jes ter oblege de ole man what driv u team dur- in' de wall ?" . " You haven't enough sense to drive a team. Go on away." "I'se tried de law, an* now I'll try de gospel, an' of dat preacher down in de bottoms can't fix up-de papers fur me I'll take de nature ob de case inter my own han's an' break dat boy's nuik."-- Little Hock Gazette. Rich Find in a Trunk. A young fellow who was one of the " reserve" was ordered to Rouen last year to serve the usual fourteen days. He had no trunk. His funds were low. He asked a maiden aunt to lend him a trunk. She had nothing but an old- fashioned portmanteau, which was so queer he refused to take it. He could, however, rind 110 other, and, ashamed as lie was to be seen in such company, there was 110 help for it, shoulder it he was obliged to do. Offered employment, in Rouen, he made it his home. The trunk lay hidden and forgotten in a dark closet, until one day while rummaging he came upon it. He determined to send it back to his auut. As he emptied it he found it had a double bottom ; he opened this double bottom ; he found in it SIC,000. fte carried them to the bank and found the money good. He capered for joy, not only with his legs but with his tongue ; so news of the discovery reached his aunt's ears, and she said the money belonged to her, and she found the junk dealer who had sold her the trunk ; 1 e willingly became her witness to this fact, but added: " Zat drunk ees my righds and zat monish ees mine." So they have all gone to law.--Paris Correspondence New Orleans Picayune. 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