Level .Roads Are tnc Beat.
When a road has its grades rcducei
BO that a minimum amount of power is
required for hauling loads over it , the
expense of keeping it in repair is ma
terially lessoned. Sir John Macnei :
Kays "that if a road has no greater in
flinatiou than one in forty there is 2 (
per cent , less cost for maintainancc
Hum for a road having an inclinatioi
of one in twenty. The additional cosl
is due not only tothe greater Injury bj
ihe action of horses' feet on the steepei
Incline , but also to the greater wear oJ
Ihe road by the more frequent necessity
for sledging or braking the wheels ol
vehicles in descending the steeper per
lions. "
Iloads and Vehicles.
Machinery is always coiistruetet
tx'ith reference to the conditions undei
Which it is to be used , and its separate
Uarts are of such material ant
Blreugth .that no one part will unduly
wear or injure any other part. Th (
plan of the deacon , in constructing his
celebrated chaise , Is followed as far as
may be , and each part is made just as
strong as Hie rrst.
'Oho American Machinist calls at
leiition to this principle and shows
ihat it is not observed in buildinc
wagons , these vehicles not being con
slructed with reference to their rela
iions to the road. "A wagon , " it says
"is a machine for the transportation ol
joods from one place to another.A
road is a necessary adjunct to this ma
chine , and common sense would scene
1o dictate that the wagon and the roac
should be so adapted to each other a *
-that neither will immediately destroj
it he other. Yet anyone who observes
wagons and roads at all knows that the
pressure per unit of area between the
ordinary tires of a wagon and the sur
face of the road on which it runs is fai
beyond the resistance of any practica
We road-making material , especially
when roads are wet , as they must often
] > e. It is a common experience to see a
H \vo-wheeled cart or wagon with nar
row tires follow a steam roller and cul
deeply into the surface left by the roller -
or , illustrating what is in fact true
I. c. , that no steam road roller evei
gives nearly so great a pressure per
unit of area as is imposed by narrow-
Ured and heavily loaded vehicles.
"By requiring wagon-owners to use
tires wide enough to limit the pressure
per unit of area between tires and road
surface to an amount which ordinary
road-making materials can resist , wag-
nns will pack , harden and improve
roads , instead of destroying them , and
by making the forward axle shorter
1liau the rear one , by an amount equal
lo twice the width of the tires , the sur
face rolled will be again doubled.
( Jood wagon roads are as important ,
perhaps , us good railroads , if not. in
fact , more so. and when the public has
constructed them individuals should
jjot be allowed to destroy them , espe
cially when it is a demonstrable fact
ihat there is no need whatever for do
ing so. Tests have shown that the wide
( ires lessen draft as well as protect
roads , and they should everywhere be
uniuired by law. "
The Ohinese in the Philippines.
Prof. Dean C. Worcester , of the Uni-
rersity of Michigan , contributes an ar-
litde on "Knotty Problems of the Phil
ippines , " to the Century. After speak-
hig of the native tribes , Prof. Worces
ter says :
"We must consider next the civilized
natives , the people of m'xed race , and
the foreigners. If we except the Span
ish friars , the only foreigners whose
presence in the country affords any se
rious problem are the Chinese. They
form an important , and at present a
necessary , element in the population.
In , Manila alone they number some 40-
000. In the larger cities there are a
Tew coolies but the great majority of
1he Chinese are in business. Traders
push into the remotest districts to buy
up agricultural and forest products ,
Kvliile every tiny native village has its
Chinese shop. The retail business of
Hiij Philippines is almost entirely in
(
their hands.
"As a class they are industrious , sober
: iud law-abiding ; but in business ; they
are altogether too sharp for the native ,
who , accordingly , hates them very cor
dially , and in the past has on several
vccaslons displayed a tendency to cut
iheir throats. It is difficult to see how
ilic would get on without them , how-
, ovcr.
J "The native women do not seem to
share ihe dislike of the men. At all
events , the Chinese have no difficulty
'in procuring native wives or mistress
es. The extensive Chinese mestizo
-tJass which results is an important one.
: tiHl many of the shrewdest business
men in the Islands * belong to it. "
Uniqur ami Costly Books.
There are many rare and costly books
in the world , but the most expensive
of all are rerUiin copies of religious
Ihooks. A copy of the Koran , now in pos-
'spssion of the Shah of Persia , is worth
one. hundred and twenty-live thousand
{ dollar . lt parchment sheets are
Itmund in a solid gold cover an eighth
. .ol'an inch in thickness , with a silver
ilbiiug equally thick. This golden cover
iftf decorated with precious stones in the
'form of a crescent. One hundred and
nine diamonds , one hundred and sixty-
< seven pearls , and one hundred and
twenty-two rubies , make up the brill
iant decoration. By the side of this
.hook the Churchman places a copy of
ilio Bible as one among the costliest
books of the world. At the present time
IL has ao price , for money would not
Iniy it it is a Hebrew version now in
the Vatican. As long ago as 1512
Julius II. refused to part with it for ita
weight in gold. There b ; in the library
at Gottingen a unique Bible written
on 5,373 palm leaves. Among uncom
mon religious books must be classed
the edition of the Bible issued by the
Oxford University press. It is only one
and a quarter Inches in length , and one
and seven-eighths in breadth. It haste
to be read by means of a magnifying
glass , and one is given with this tiny
Bible for two shillings and three
pence , or fifty-six cents. The Marquis
of Dufferin has a small volume one-
half the size of a postage stamp. It is
an edition of the sacred book of the
Sikhs.
QUEER OHIO LIGHTING.
A Bolt front a Cloudless Sky that
Killed Only Black Mieep.
"A most singular freak of lightning
occurred on my farm and its vicinity
one day in August , " recently remark
ed William Arndt , of Van Wert Coun
ty , Ohio. "A thunderstorm had passed
over the locality just before noon , and
the clouds had nearly all broken away
or rolled off to the southward. The sun
had come out and all uneasiness over
the storm had passed when a terrific
thunderclap , so close to the earth that
it trembled as if from an earthquake ,
broke from a cloudless noonday sky.
"I had a flock of forty sheep in a
pasture a short distance from my
farmhouse , and they had huddled to
gether under a big maple tree in the
field while the rain was falling. They
were still there when the great thun
derclap broke the stillness succeeding
the storm. Eighteen of the sheep were
black. I found that every one of them
had been killed by the strange light
ning , while not one of the other sheep
was injured. Each dead sheep had a
round hole in the back of his neck ,
around which the wool was burned
away. The killing of the eighteen
black sheep was the extent of the
damage done on my farm. On an ad
joining farm a flock of sheep were
standing in a circle , and every sheep
on the outside row was killed twenty
in all. None of the rest was hurt. On
another farm a flock of sheep , among
which was a big black ram , the only
black one in the flock , was in a pas
ture , huddled about the big ram. The
ram was found dead in the field with
a burned hole in his neck , and his
black fleece had been turned as white
by the shock as that of any sheep in the
flock. "
"Style" in the Klondike.
Mrs. Nellie Humphrey , of Spokane ,
invested $2,000 in dainty feminine ap
parel and took it to Dawson over Chil-
coot Pass. She spent a month there ,
selling her stock at such high prices
that she really surprised herself. Shoes
brought $ :0 , dresses $200 each , and hats
from $10 to $150. Her trip netted her
about $10,000 above expenses.
Not satisfied with this , Mrs. Hum
phrey purchased another assortment of
lingeries , laces , and silks , and started
again for the Klondike metropolis. She
told friends just before starting that
she expected to return in four months
witli a sack containing $65,000 in gold
dust , which she should receive , judg
ing by her former experience.
Mrs. Humphrey said that when she
arrived in Dawson the streets there ,
contrary to her expectations , were
thronged by stylishly dressed women ,
many of them being just as refined as
any in the States. All were very par
ticular regarding their personal appear
ance , the only thing that bothered them
being that there was not enough finery
to go around until she arrived with her
stock. She expects to come out over
the ice early next year. Tacoma Cor <
respondeuce San Francisco Call.
A Double Tortmse.
L. S. Shortridge , who operates a mar
ket on First street , at Gitra , is in pos
session of a curious freak of nature ,
and one of wliich he is very justly
proud. It is a double gopher ( land tor
toise ) , or , perhaps , two gophers united
together more closely and vitally than
the Siamese twins were. In size they
are about tAvo and one-half inches long
and proportionately large in other di
rections possibly their outer shells be
ing slightly more convex than is usual
ly the case. Their lower shells are
joined together , or possibly one thick
shell at certain places answers for both
of them. When one's back is up the
other is , of course , always down , and ,
owing to the shortness of their legs , of
which they have eight between them ,
they are unable to navigate , but no
gophers ever strove harder to do so.
They must consequently lie upon their
sides and be fed with a spoon. How
long they , or it , can live in this way re
mains to be seen. Savannah News.
Ijitnd of Many Thirsts.
The EgypUan never travels without
his goolah. He fills it with filtered wa
ter , and in the morning can command
a pint or more of water cooled by evap
oration through the uuglazed clay. This
precious fluid he does not waste on un
satisfied thirst. Taking off the long
white wrap and the piece of cloth that
covers his head during sleep , the native
pours the water over his head , neck
and hands. The European , with all his
instinct for cleanliness , seeks first to
relieve his overmastering thirst. There
: ire in Egypt as many thirsts as
phurues , but the dust thirst is the
worst. Every pore is staled ; the throat
is ; i lump of dry clay and one feels
what it must be to be a mummy. Lon
don Standard.
Bound to Keep a Gootl Balance.
The Bank of England will not take
small sums in deposit. It requires pri
vate depositors to maintain a balance
of GCO.
"I am poor , and sick , and tired out. "
r.aid a woman to-day , "but I am not
married , and therefore feel that I have
no reason to complain. "
$ b
Famous Lincoln Kliecp.
Fine pastures make fine flocks , and
this fine Lincolnshire sheep Is reared on
the richest pastures of the world , as
well as fed on the succulent roots
grown on the fertile farms.
Recently this sheep has come into the
forefront as an improver of the native
flocks of Australia and South America ,
the half-bred mutton making the finest
shipping mutton for the English mar
kets. The ram whose portrait is given
was purchased from the leading flock
in Lincolnshire , England , for the sum
of one thousand pounds sterling , an
amazing figure for something over
< lhree hundred pounds of mutton. But
the animal was unquestionably worth
LIXCOI.X RAM P.IBY.
It , for its destination is to more than
double 'the ' value of thousands of the
poor sheep of Argentina , and to add
ten ( times its cost to the profit of the
shepherds of these great plains for all
time to come.
Clover Fails on Clover Sod.
Almost all farmers know that it is
inot safe to plow a clover sod , or , in
fact , any other sod in the fall , and then
sow wheat with the expectation of get
ting a clover catch from seed next
spring. There have been various rea
sons assigned for this , the old one be
ing that the clover sod while it is rot
ting in the soil "poisons" the land for
clover until the rotting is completed.
But it is quite \is impossible to seed
with clover on any newlj * plowed sod ,
and that disposes of the clover-poison
ing theory. The true explanation seems
to be that when a sod of a 113 * kind is de
caying under the furrow it allows the
soil above it to fall down , thus destroy
ing the slight hold which the young
clover plant has , and obliging it to re
gain its hold before the leaf wilts and
kills The root. Clover will come up
well enough en a clover or any other
kind of sod , but unless there are al
most constant rains during the spring
little of it will live. Even a timothy
seeding does not do well on a newly
plowed sod. though in youmr plants the
proportion of lent' to root is much less
in the grass than it i * in any kind of
* lovor.
A ' 'ayititr Device.
It is a difficult thing to get on and
off a load of hay ; and yet both opera
tions are often nei-e-sary with each
load of hay that is drawn in. Make : i
light ladder and hinge it at the rear
end of the hay rack , .so that it can be
I.APDKI : FOU HAYHACK.
inclined forward on the floor when not
in use. When ready to load set up the
ladder and the hay will keep it firmly
back against the back end of the rack ,
ready for use either in ascending the
load , or in coming down from it. New
England Homestead.
AVnter Horses Frequently.
It is not natural for the horse to go
eng without a drink of water. His
stomach is small and cannot hold a
.water i > iply for a long time. Water-
ling morning , n on and night when at
'work ' in summer time is none too often.
If the work is very heavy two tablespoonfuls -
spoonfuls of oat meal stirred In the pail
twill make the horse drink better , and
, will also preveL < t so much cold water
from Injuring his stomach. It Is a mis-
itake to suppose that a horse or any
other domestic animal prefers to drink
water only a few degrees above the
freezing t < * nperature. If it is luke
warm the horse will drink more freely
and the water will be less apt to injure
him.
Dehorninc Yoirnj ; Calves.
Preventing horns from coming is bet-
ier than cutting them off after they
have formed. If when a calf is a few
weeks old the head is examined , the
place where the horns will appear can
be plainly seen. Get a stick of caustic-
potash and apply it to this spot , first re
moving the hair , and hold the potash
there until It makes a slight sore. There
are few or no nerves where the horn Is
formed , and this sore will not affect the
calf injuriously in any way.
Remedy for Fleas.
I notice some one asks how to rid a
, barn of fleas. It seems to be not gen
erally known that salt will kill them.
When I was a hey , father's place be
came infested with ileas from pigs
sleeping at the barn , and they nearly
drove me crazy. I heard in some 'Any
that salt would kill them , i snppo < I
used a peck of salt , scattering it fre > Iy
about the ban and house , and ut ? i.o
expiration of a week we could not u H
that a flea had ever been on the plru-e.
All gone. Since then I have cleared our
home of them several times. One ap
plication always does the work. I have
also recommended it to others who have
used it with equal success. Salt scat
tered over a carpet and swept off before
it melts will clean it of both tleas and
dirt. I am never bothered with fleas
now unless I get them away from home.
I know there are many people who
would willing spend the price of a bar
rel of salt to be rid of the pests , and
salt Is never falling. J. W. Trisler , M ,
D. . in Practical Farmer.
Straining Milk.
There are some points about strain
ing milk that are not generally thought
of , and therefore the milk is not wholly
cleared of its bacteria. In the first
place It is important that the milk
sliould be put through the strainer and
set where its cream is to rise as soon
as possible after it comes from Uie cow.
It often accumulates bacteria very rap
idly if left in stables exposed to foul
odors. Besides , if left long some of the
cream will rise and will be so mixed
with the milk that what does not cling
to the strainer cloth or wire will not
rise as cream again. The strainer
should be thoroughly washed by dip
ping it first In cold water and moving
it rapidly through both ways , so that
bacteria will not adhere to the under
side , as they are apt to do If the rinsing
water is merely poured on the strainer
from above. Then repeat this process
with water pretty near scalding heat.
In that way if there are any bacteria
on the strainer they will be killed.
A "Kept-Shut" Gate.
A great deal of loss occurs each 3ear
from accidents that come from the
leaving open of some gate. It may be ,
one's own or a neighbor's stock thatj
does the damage it was the fault of
the open gateway. The cut shows a
gate that will always stay shut , unless
one holds it open. A stout spiral spring
pulls the gate to , whichever way it is
ilf
OATH THAT WILL STAY SHUT.
opened , the spring being attached to
the extended upper 1'ail of the gate as
shown in the slietch.
Keei the t cadovClem : .
Ilrjpr * . bushes and weeds really have
jio place in the meadows or cultivated
fields , and their growth should l > e care
fully kept do\vn. Every farmer ought
to have some sort of rotation of crops
for his laud , and of a kind that experi
ence teat-lies him is bet > t for his pur
poses. But even with this , from vari
ous causes , special work will need to be
done from time to time. It is desirable
to have the best possible returns from
the tsowlug fields , and as the crop was
fc'Ctij ; . etnrred it was quite easy to note
what particular places or fields needed
most attention. There are some portions
tions of the meadows on most farms
that it is rather difficult to plow and
cultivate , but yet with proper treatment
c-an bo made to produce excellent crops
rf Iny. If these can be made smooth
for the harvesting machinery and a
good sward secured , they can be kept in
condition for a long time with plowing
by frequent top dressings of manure.-
Farm News.
Stone Fences.
While the stone fences common in
all sections where stone abounds cost
nothing for material , and with hard
work are therefore within any one's
ability to construct , they are not usual
ly very satisfactory. Horned stork
soon learn that the top stones can be
easily displaced and then the fence c
be jumped. The best way to stop
jumping is to place a barbed wire over
the fence , fastening it to stakes firmly
In the ground. It may seem cruel , bin
the stock must learn not to jump , and
they won't get hurt. But when sheep
have learned to jump a low stone wall ,
even a barbed wire over it will not
stop them. There must be several
wires , so close together that the sheep
cannot get their heads between. That
will stop the first sheep , and no one of
the flock will try to jump after the
leader has turned back.
Turns Upside Down.
The quince roots so readily by bend
ing over the top and covering it with
earth that it Is easily possible to reverse - !
verse the natural order and make the
tree after two years live with what
were its roots in the air. These roots
will then put forth leaves , and the year
following will bear blossoms and possi
bly fruit. But for several years the tree
set upside down will require to be
propped , as the original growth was
largest at the ground.
Rusty Naila for Uorera.
The Avriter has some fine apple trees
that have borne fruit for a long time
that when first set out were greatly
damagsd by borers ; in fact , many trees
were destroyed before some friend sug
gested driving a few rusty nails in
trunks near the ground where they
work. Since doing this not a borer has
ever troubled them. C. S. H.
Save the Allies. !
I use them sparingly around my' '
gooseberry bushes with clean cultiva
tion. They produce clean , thrifty fruit.
I use them plentifully around my bee
hives to keep the ants away. I feed
them to the colts with oats and shorts
for parasites. I use fresh , green hick'
ory ashes for the colts. Exchange.
OUR RESOURCES.
Paris Paper Details Some of the 37act
Rccardinc Our "Wealth.
A Paris paper , Lc Soloil , which op
posed the United States in its waivwith
Spain , admits that wo arc a mighty na
tion with vast possibilities ahead olrns.
In a recent issue is says :
The Spanish-American war has not
in the least hindered tJie development
of business in the United Stales ; it
might even be thought the war has
given It a new impulsion.
Official statistics have just given the
figures of the foreign commerce during
the fiscal year 1S97-1S9S , extending
from July 1 to June 30 , and here are
the indications that these figures fur
nish us :
The total exportation of the United
States during this year amounted to
$1,275,200,000 , whereas those of the
preceding year had hardly exceeded
$1,080,000,000. Here is an increase of
nearly $200,000,000.
In ten years the American exports
have almost doubled , passing from
$742,000,000 in 1888-89 to § 1,275,200-
000 in 1897-98 a prodigious increase.
In the growth of its commerce and of
its wealth the American people
marches with the steps of a giant. This
development is both agricultural and
industrial.
The formidable increase In American
exportations during 1897-98 is due prin
cipally to the purchases of cereals
made by European countries which
had had bad crops of wheat ; neverthe
less manufactured products begin to
take an important place in the total
North American exportations , which
fire no longer limited as formerly to
the raw material necessary for the in
dustry or amelioration of Europe. Thus
we see figuring among these exporta
tions for large sums and for sums in
creasing from year to year agricultural
implements , carriages , wagons , paper
and its products , woolen goods , differ
ent articles of iron and steel , etc. The
latter articles in particular represent
more than $40,000,000 over the preced
ing year.
To appreciate the production of the
United States we must compare it witr
that of the rest of the world. By this
comparison the fact is brought out that
of the entire production of the earth
the United States furnish three-fourths
of the cotton and one-fourth of the
whoat. Of the GOO.000,000 tons of coal
extracted from the earth by human in
dustry the United States claim nearly
200,000,000 tons , or approximately one-
third.
Of the 435,000 miles of railway which
unfold on the surface of the earth their
ribbon of steel , the United States pos
sesses 182,000 miles. The railway earn-
in ITS in the United States amount to a
billion of dollars , representing two-
fifths of the railway earnings , of the
entire terrestrial system , estimated at
$2,500,000,000.
For the production of iron , copper ,
petroleum , the United States defy all
comparison.
The shipping of the United States has
a force of 14,400.000-horse power , one-
third of the power of the world.
The mechanical power , by which the
United States dispose and multiply the
efficiency of human labor , is somewhat
more than one-quarter of the mechani
cal power used by the human race.
The wealth of the whole world being
estimated at $292.500,000,000 , the srao
of the United States in this total is $72.-
OOO.C O.OOO , and since the wealth of the
United . States increases much more
rapidly than that of any other nation ,
it is unnecessary to say that the pro
portion will only be modified to the ad
vantage of the American people.
The figures that we have just quoted
show that the power of the Unfted
States is colossal. And , behold , the
giant feels himself pinched for rofan in
his dominion of 9.000.000 square kilom
eters ; he becomes a conqueror and
seems to wish to extend his hands over
the world I
The Spanish-American war is only
the prologue of a drama which is about
to unfold itself on the sreat Interna
tional stncre. and in which the United
States will play the principal part.
Spain has been the first obstacle to
" : eir expansion that the United States
is met ; they have beaten down Spain
easily as a cat strikes down a mouse.
"rh one blow of its paw.
'Jut Spain is not the only European
power with possessions in America ,
and in this Pacific Ocean which the
United States seems to desire to malce
an American sea. In the Caribbean
Sea , in the Sandwich Islands , the La-
drones and the Philippines the United
States will have European neighbors
whose possessions they will perhaps
covet. The fire which has been kin
dled at Cuba will not die out ; it win
seek new elements in more distan/
regions.
Army Hat in England.
I hear that a movement is on foot in
the Indian army for the introduction of
various alterations in the soldiers' uui- }
forms. The present helmet , though it i
may be an improvement on its prede-
lessors , is universally regarded as ex
ceedingly uncomfortable. The form of
lieadgear advocated is that which the
Australian troopers familiarized us at
: he last jubilee , namely , a broad-brim
med hat , looped up at the side fez
smartness. Manchester Courier.
1OO.OOO Disp'tch s a Year.
The British Foreign Office receives
ibout 100,000 dispatches a year. That
s , for every working day of the yeai
) ver COO dispatches come under the no-
iceof the department presided over b.v
: he Secretary of State lor Foreign Af-
'airs.
Spanish Bull-Fisrhtinff Statistics.
The average number of horses killed
11 Spanish bullfights every year ex-
: ceds 5,000 , while from l.OOlTto 1,20 < 3
julls are sacrificed.
We never heard of husbands am ;
vives quarreling about which loved the
> ther most.
When Pnpa'n Sick.
When papa's sick , my Roodncss vj
Such awful , awful times it makes.
He sponks in oh ! such lonesome tones ,
And Rives such ghas'ly kind of gronns ,
And rolls his eyes and holds his head ,
And makes ma help him up to bet j
While Sis and Bridget run to heat :
Hot water bajjs to warm his feet.
And I must pet the doctor quick
" \Ve have to jump when papa's sick.
When papa's sick ma has to stan
Itipht side the bed and hold his JV
While Sis she has to fan an * fan.
For he says he's "u dyin' man , "
And wants the children round him to
Be there when "snffcrin' pa gets through" *
lie says he wants to say pood-by
And kiss us all and then he'll die ;
Then moans and savs his "breathing
thick"
It's awful sad when papa's sick.
When papa's sick he acts that way
Until he hears the doctor say.
"You've only got a cold , you know ,
You'll be all right'n a day or so , "
And then well , say ! you ought to see.
He's different as he can he ,
And growls and swears from noon to niphf
Just 'cause his dinner ain't cooked right ,
And all he does is fuss and kick
We're all used up when papa's sick.
L. A. W. Bulletin.
A Barrel Ottoman.
To inako a barrel ottoman saw the
barrel in half , after which bind with .1
hoop , nailing to each stave , and clinch-
A BAP.r.CL OTTOMAN .
ing the nails. Be sure the head is firm.
Then to cushion use curled hair , or ex
celsior and over this tack unbleached
muslin. Over the muslin place cre
tonne or whatever the cover is to be ,
and tack around the edges. Get but
tons with metal shanks and with them
tuft the seat l > y boring holes through
the head and passing a strong string
through the head and stuffing and tying
it in a tight knot over a nail to draw
the button down into the cushion. Of
the same material make a flounce for
the sides , gathering It on a stout cord
and tacking it fast. The ilouucc should
be full enough to hang gracefully and
where tacked the edge can be finished
by gimp ornamented with large headed
upholsterer's tacks.
Don't 156 r row.
I have found it a great mistake to
make a practice of borrowing what wo
need from neighbors. I have also been
troubled a good deal by neighbors coin
ing to borrow. One of my neighbors
has one thing or the other over there
nearly all the time , while I have bor
rowed but one thing from him in the
last few years. But when he comes to
borrow , of course , I give with a willing
heart , for were I to refuse him h
would regard me as an enemy , and I ,
would rather give him what ho want *
than be his enemy. I would rather buy
on time than borrow and be disliked by
the neighbors. With things of our own
we can go ahead with our work with
out waiting for neighbors to gei
through. A man is welcome to borrow
from me if he will bring the article
home when I want it. But they often
forget this , and wear them out faster
than I would myself. M. W. Yodcr , la
Practical Farmer.
Odoriferous Feet.
Few things are more insufferable to
their possessor or to the public at large
than feet with an odor. It is worth
knowing , however , that this trouble
may be corrected. The remtdy , a
given by one who has had occasion tu
try it , is as follows : Dissolve one-half
cup powdered borax in a gallon of hot
water , and soak the feet in this from
five to twenty-five minutes. Then add
one teacupful of vinegar. Scrub the
feet thoroughly , using strong soap
suds. Rinse in tepid water , then in
cold , and dry thoroughly , rubbing witij
a heavy towel.
Corned Beef Hash.
Chop a pint cupful of lean , colil
corned beef ; cut up the same quantity
of cold boiled potatoes , with one small
onion. Put a large tablespoonful of
butter in a frying pan and stand over
the fire to melt. Sift in two tablespoou-
ful > > of Hour and mix until brown ; add
the potatoes and onion , let cook for five
minutes , turn in the meat. When well
heated pour over a pint and a half of
water , season with pepper and salt and
stir until well mixed. Take up in a
heated dish and serve.
A ' -ponse Cake.
Take five eggs , the weight of four in
sugar and the weight of three in flour ;
put the eggs and sugar in a basin , and
beat them with two forks for a quar
ter of an hour ; then take out the
, -rks , and take a spoon and gently
sift iu the flour , stirring very gently.
Have a small cake tin buttered inside ;
then pour it in. It takes about half
ai hour.
Soft Gingerbread.
One cup of sour milk , one cup dark
rich molasses , one-half cup butter , one-
half cup sugar , one egg , one tablespoonful -
spoonful ginger , two cups bread flour.
Warm the butter , molasses and ginger
toircrher. add the milk , flour and egg :
: nid a pinch of salt , and last the soda
dissolved in one tablespoonful ofwarm
water. Bake in shallow pans.