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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (June 9, 1892)
^ANOTHER TORNADO. _ WATER SPOUT AND CYCLONE TOC ETHER. Cuttle Drowned aud liullitlog* Deetroyo In Kaneas—Wheat Waalted Out and Crop* Itulned — The Storm General Through a Wide Section. Attica, Kan., May 31.—A water spout formed northwest of this place last evening and for about an hour tlio whole country was flooded to such an an extent that the wheat was washed from the ground and several head of cattle drowned. Oi.athk, Kan., May 31 —Last even ing about 8 o’clock this section of the State was visited by the heaviest rain storm that has come in many years. Reports from the southern part of the county say in that vicinity it developed into a veritable cloudburst, and an enormous quantity of water fell in a very short time, washing away fences < ’ and converting small streams into rag ing torrents. Several head of cattle were drowned near Spring IIilL. Mound City, Kan., May3 1.—The heaviest rainstorm that has ever been experienced in this part of the State fell lest night and flooded every creek and rivulet in this section. No serious damage has been done, but the wheat was washed out of the ground in many places and the farmers says they will he compelled to replant the acreage into corn. Medicine Lodge, Kan., May 31.—A rerort was received here that a small tornado struck the country near Roundup, twelve miles osoutheast of % here, last evening and tore down five houses, but injured no one. The people had sufficient warning to escape to kheir cellars. Corwin, Kan., May 31.—A small tor nado passed north of this city yester day, doing an immense amount of dam age to the farwing community, uproot ing trees and tearing doavn dwellings and barns. No report of loss of life or 5; injuries has been received. One farm lost ten head of cows and three horses. A report comes from Freeport that a ;• boy named McDaniel had his leg broken by a flying timber. The Situation at Wellington. Wellington, Kan.,May 31.—liy early trains the city began to be besieged yesterday with visitors, and as each successive regular and special train ar , rived the crowd of sightseers Increased f ■ Until the entire city was a mass of rest j less humanity. Tho oity is well under ’ police regulations and It is thought that no danger to the populace will result from the unstable, though still standing, structures. if: Ed. Forsythe, one of the fatally in . jured victims, died last night, and death is momentarily expected in the ease of Mrs. W. E. Murphy, Capt French, H. C. Earl and Jesse llrower. : The other wounded, so far as can at this time be entertained, are growing no worse, and in some Instances, much better. Workingmen are hard at work . contributing to the straightening up ^ as far as possible of the blockade caused by the rubbish. The search .of the Conrad house ruins, where it was reported the groans of some one buried there had 'been heard, was completed to-day. No bodies were found. A farmer who has just arrived in town reports a cloud-burst at South . Haven in this (Sumner) county. The rainfall is said to have been terrible, ; but no news of damage done haB been reeelved. The absolute loss will be at least te50,000. CALIFORNIA AGAIN SHAKEN. fhnnl KtTthquIn Shook* Felt at Saa Dllfo and Kelthborlni Town*. San Francisco, May 30 —Southern California was shaken by several earth quake shocks this morning'. Dispatches from San Diego say a heavy shock was felt there at 3:18 o'clock, immediately followed by lighter shocks. Light trembles continued for an hour. At Campo, sixty miles east of San Diego, the shocks were severely felt, throw ing dishes and glassware to the floor. At Capistrano, north of San Diego, the shocks were felt at 3:10. the heavi est lasting about five seconds. Los Angelos reports two light shocks at 8:20, causing buildings to rock. The earthquake was also experienced at Oceanside, Santa Ana and other towns, but no damage of any consequence is reported. v , Inter-State Commerce Commission. Minneapolis, Minn., May 30.—To day’s hearing before the Inter-State Commerce commission closed the case here. Evidence was given by millers and lumbermen tending to show that discrimination was practiced. The at j-1 torneys for the railroads announced that they would reply by depositions which would be sent to Washington. The case will be concluded some time next month in Washington. Bought All the Lead Works. ” Buffalo, N. Y„ May 30.—The cer tificate of incorporation of theNational Lead company, of New Jersey, which has bought all the lead works in the country,‘was filed in the County Clerk’s office yesterday. The capital stock is $30,000,000.__ Big Fire In San Francisco* San Francisco, May 31 .—Fire yea terday destroyed the Fulton iron works, the Hammond car works, Van Drake’s brass foundry, and a number of smaller frame buildings, causing a loss of $450,000. The insurance is $95, |t 000. _ Cholera In Persia. London, May 30.—Ad vices have been received here to the effect that cholera H h*s made its appearance in Meshed, a walled city of Persia, capital of the ■ Province of Khorassan. Many deaths from the disease are already reported THE FARM AND HOME. THE WONDERFUL OROWTH OF ALFALFA IN COLORADO. l'lclili Fire or .Six -Ton* to the Acre — Trent ment of Manures for Fertll Iseltifp — Sheep Shearings and Home II Inti. Alfuira In Colorado/1 Mr. 0, \V. Farlee asks through the Country Contleman for the experience of.alfalfa growers, and is answored as follows by 1* C. Mead: In this section of the country wo have been raising alfalfa for twelve or flftoon years with gratifying success. We sow it on land that has been in small grain for sevoral years without fertilizing, for the tbroefold purpose of raising hay, to clean tho ground of weeds, and to en rich the soil, and we are practically Kuro of succeeding in each particular. IVo always sow it with small grain, and generally get a better crop of grain than when wo do not sow alfal fa. Indeed, many think wo should now practico sowing alfalfa with all our small grain, and plow every year. Any ground well fitted for timothy or clover seed iB suitable for alfalfa. If sown alono. it should always be mown when a foot or so high, or as soon as it begins to blossom. Tnis cutting will amount to little except to get tho woods out of tho way, after which we are nevor troubled with weeds. The way one linds it best to sow clover is the wav to sow alfalfa. In sowing with wheat I sow half a bushel; with oata one bushel; with barley, three pecks. We generally raise three crops in a year, getting five or six tons to tho acre. Wo raised It at first for the hay, but now principally to fertilize the ground, and the results are simply as tonishing. You will perhaps not bo llevo mo when I say that a neighbor raised last year (id bushels of barley to tho acre on ground that had been in alfalfa only two years (one year with small grain, ) and the same land before raising the alfalfa would not have yielded more than *6 bushels, in a former communication I asked some scientific correspondent to- ex plain why this was possible. R. F. J, replied that it was the effete matter throwa off which did it. Prof. At water in tho Century gives a more scientific answer, which I hope may prove to bo a correct explanation. Ten pounds of seed is just as good as twenty. Twenty pounds will give about one seed to every square inch, and one growing to every 16 square incherf*i» a great plenty. Indeed, it will thin itself down to less than that, no matter how much comes up. It is natural for it to grow with a largo root, and any amount of "tillers.” Cut before too ripe, there is no bettor fodder for dairy cows. 1 am telling how it works in Colo rado what It will do at the East may bo somewhat problematical, and can only bo told by trying it It seems to be in its element in a sunny climate with plonty of water for irrigation. I am sowing' 200 acres of it this year, and treat in the manner described above. Tho only thing we ask Is rain enough to make it come up and get a good start. With us it is unsafe for pasture, either for cattle or sheep. Growing: Melon*. Melons oan bo grown in nearly every portion of ttie United btates frith sue* oosa and they are so delicious and wholsome that it is a wonder that more people do not grow a supply of them. A good plan to follow is to put tho ground in order as soon as possible in the spring and mark it off in squares eight feet across. At the corner of those squares make a hill two inches above tho sur rounding surface and fertilize it thor oughly with well rotted manure. Then, as soon as probable danger from frost is past plant the seeds in one side of the hill covering them not deeper than one inch. In a week plant more seeds in another part of each hill and again in another week make another planting in every hilL If this is done, late frosts that may kill the first and second plantings will have no effect on, tho third, and if the season should prove to be an early one, the first planting will have the advantage of an early start and the later ones may be pulled up. The after cultivation of melons should not be deep but all the weeds must be kept down. After the vines begin to run they should be disturbed as little as possible. Larger melons will be pro duced if after a melon sets on a vine the end is pinched otf at the Second joint beyond the blossom. It is best to carefully train the vines to cover the patch evenly. This can be easily done if they are given a start in the right direction when they first begin to run—Farmer’s Voice. Tho Treatment of Manures. The following experiment is re ported by James Wilson, director of the Iowa experiment station: We composted the different manures from the several stables, mixing the heavy and wet with the dry straw, so as to prepare tbe whole for applica tion. When spring came a sediment flowed from the heaps that wo dippqd into barrels and applied to one of the corn fields, carefully marking the rows and giving them the same culti vation tho rest of the field had. The rows that had the liquid manure sprinkled over them yielded 82.02 bushels an acre. The manure from which the liquid seeped was common to most Iowa farms and was mode from feeding corn with a little bran and oil meal. We applied 10 barrels of tho liquid and got at the rato of 23 bushels of corn an acre— within a fraction—for our work. Our object was to call the attention or Iowa farmers to the loss resulting from the wash of barn-yards and the loss of urine so universal over the state. Another effect from the liquid manure was very striking. The corn Sold had spots where the crop suffered from drouth, or bacteria, or soil conditions, that caused a with ering of the lower leaves and pro duced yellow coloring on the higher leaves. One of these affected spots lay contiguous to the rows sprinkled with the liquid manure^ The disease, whatever it was stopped at the first row where the liquid was applied. On one sido was an affected foliage, on the other a dark green, healthy, vlg orcua foliage. It was gvidont that the extra nutrition oi the corn grow ing on liquid manure enabled it to re sist what affected that growing in the noxt row's. We hope to get a feeding barn built with cement lloors and cis tern, to save this valuable fertilizer, so as to enable us to inquire more thoroughly into its value on prairie soils, that are not always benefited by many of the commercial fertilizers so much used elsewhere. The Ohio experiment station has rocontly put into its mam barn a floor and cistern, such as that alluded to above, and from December 25, 18110, to May 1, 1891. this cistern collected from 30 cows more than 3,000 gallons of liquid. The cows were well bedded with straw, which of course absorbed much of the liquid, so that this repre sents what would otherwise have gone to waste. Chemical analysis showed this liquid to contain fertilizing ma terials worth forty-seven dollars, as fertilizers are sold in Ohio. This would show a saving of seventy dol lars in six months, the time cows are usually installed, and would he at least twenty per cent per annum on the necessary cost of the floor and cistern. Sheep Shearing*. In selecting sheep to feed to fatten have all of the same breed. If tho sheep are fed sulphur, keep them dry for a few days after feeding. Feeding on low, wet land produces an unfavorable condition for the sheep. For poor land and short pastures sheop are nearly always preferable to cattle or horses. The sheep that will not yield a fair profit should be sold; such have no place on the farm. If tho sheep must be sold fatten them well and sell for mutton; better prices can be realized. To a very considerable extent up on the number kept depends the profitableness of the flock. Sheep love high, dry ground, and this should be remembered in select ing a typical sheep pasture. With fattening sheop as with other 8took, the proflt lies in securing a good weight in a short time. The permanent fertility of the farm is gradually increased by the number of sheep that are kept upon it. One advantage with wool growing is that it does not exhaust the fertility of the soil 11 ko grain growing, Good fat muttons are always sale able, and during the summer make the best meat for the farmer's table. For proflt in nearly all cases, one good sheep is worth two poor onest besides saving considerable trouble. One of the secrets of success with sheep is the keeping of them in small flocks; sort according to size and con dition. It is an interesting fact that very few sheep men fail, especially where they give proper attention to their flooks. There are often a few worthless sheep that if kept will detract from the profits, and the sooner they are sold the better. Wool cannot be grown to the best advantage from the backs of poor sheep any more than good crops of grain can be grown on a thin, run down soil. Home Iflnta. Hot water used in making a sponge cake will make it much whiter. Cold water produces a yellow cake. Butter and those sauces containing egg should never boil, but just coma up to a cream, llomovo instantly. A pinch of salt added to a glass oi milk makes it not only more palatable to many, but more easily digested. Copper may be cleaned by adding a little solution of bichromate of potash to diluted nitric acid. This should be UBed with care. The newest bread plates are in ob long, square-cornered, conventional ized leaf-shape, with curving rocooo borders, splashed with gold. Resin applied to kid makes an ad mirable plaster for corn or bunion. Sometimes a genuine ‘'blister” is ef fectual. but the dressing must be very careful. A physician says: “Be careful in your dealings with horse-radish. It irritates the stomach far more than spice, and an overdose will bring on an unpleasant sensation for days.” As all housekeepers know, eggs tarnish silver. It can be easHy re moved with table salt; but salt is apt to scratch the silver. A safer remedy Is bicarbonate of soda. Apply it dry with a chamois to the stained metal. It is very foolish to put an empty vase of large size on the mantel. It should always be heavily filled with shot or with sand. By this means It is .30 heavily weighted that it remains in its place and is not liable at any moment to be brushed off and shat tered. The dining-room, says Maria Parloa in hor domestic department in the Ladies’ Ifemie Journal, should be light and sunny. Tho most essential pieces of furniture aro a table of generous width, capable of being enlarged, comfortable chairs and a sideboard. Pictures that suggest pleasant things are, ot course, always desirable, A few thrifty ferns, flowering plants or evergreens add a great deal to the brightness and beauty of any room, but particularly the dining-room. Have them thore if you possibly can. HONOR TO THE BRAVE. PRESIDENT HARRISON PARTICI PATES AT ROCHESTER In the Unveiling of the Soldier*' and Sailor*' Monument In That Cltjr—The Day a General Holiday—Observance* Elsewhere Throughout the Country. Rochester N. Y-, May 31.—May 30, 1893, will ever be a memorable day in the history of Rochester. Never before has it been so ‘crowded and never be fore has it entertained so distinguished a company. Public and private business was suspended and every body took a holiday; it is esti mated that fully 350,000 people took an oactive part in the various demonstrations of the day. Of this number nearly 100,000 came from the surrounding country. . The President was enthusiastically received every where and was compelled to bow his acknowledgements to almost continuous cheering. The weather was bright and fair. The features of the day were the dedi cation of the handsome monument in Washington Square, in honor of the soldiers and sailors of Monroe county who died in defense of the Union, and the speeches of President Harrison and Gov. Flower. The exercises at the unveiling of the monument were preceded by a review in which at least 8,000 men and boys, formed into organized bodies, partici pated. The first division was made up of the veterans of the civil war, as comprised in the posts of the Grand Army of the Republic and other veteran organizations. Following these came 3,000 German-Americans who were suc ceeded by 3,000 children of the public and parochial schools. Next in line was another division of 3,000 made up of various organizations. The Presi dent, Gov. Fower and the dis tinguished visitors and local celebri ties followed the procession in car riages. The reviewing stand, which was in front of the court house, was handsomely decorated, the President’s flag being prominent above nil the bunting. This flag, it is said, has never before been used except on naval vessels; so it was quite a curiosity here. It shows the naval coat of arms on a blue field. The Day In Chicago. Chicago, May 31.—Never was Decora tion day more generally observed or celebrated on a grander scale than the last. The demonstration eclipsed any thing seen in previous years, and not a soldier’s grave- within the domain of Cook county was over looked in the general tribute of fered to the dead. Early in the morning the different posts of the G. A. R. visited the cemeteries and scat tered flowers on the mounds of earth that mark the last resting place of their departed comrades. Over each grave they placed the stars and stripes and planted a flower to grow and blos som during the coming months of sum mer. Later in the day there was a grand parade, comprising the Grand Army of this city and vicinity, the troops from Fort Sheridan, the militia regiments located in the city, the inde pendent military companies and the various civic societies. The parade was reviewed by Gen. Nelson A. Miles, Mayor Washburne and representative citizens. Parade In New Pork. New Yobk, May 31.—At sunrise yes terday national, State and municipal flag's were displayed half-mast. Though the day was bright most of the morn ing, a shower fell at 9 o’clock, the hour fixed for the parade. But it had no effect on the army men who were drawn up at the plaza, Cen tral Park, waiting for the signal to move. The regular troops, under command of Lieut, -Col. William R. King, headed the procession. Then came the National Guard, naval re serve artillery and Grand Army posts in nine divisions, with the “Old Guard” as a gnard of honor. A carefully laid out route was followed and thousands watched the procession as it marched along the streets_• Braved Mud and Water. Milwaukee, May 31.—Rain fell early yesterday and the weather con tinued showery, but Decoration day exercises were carried on by the various G. A. R. posts despite the mud and water. Delegations visited the various cemeteries and decorated the soldiers' graves therein. The main feature of the day here is the unveiling of the monument over the grave of Gen. Kilburn Knox, late commandant of the National Soldiers’ Home, in the Home cemetery At Cincinnati. Cincinnati, May 31 .—Memorial day here had no unusual feature. Accord ing to custom for years there was a parade through the streets to the de pot of Grand Army posts, accompanied by two independent military compa nies and Sons of Veterans. All went by rail to Spring Grove cemetery, where the G. A. R. ritual was per formed, and there were brief ad dresses. The day was generally ob served as a holiday. Thn Day at Springfield. Springfield, 111., May 31.— Memorial day was observed here in the usual manner. . The banks and public offices were closed, and there were many strangers in the city. The graves of dead soldiers at Oak Ridge and at the national cemetery at Camp Butler were decorated in the morning under the di rection of local Grand Army posts with appropriate ceremonies. Addrcned by Senator Spooner. Manitowoc, Wis., May 31 —Decora tion day was observed in this city with fitting ceremonies. The feature of the' occasion was a patriotic oration by Senator Spooner. FARM AND HOUSEHOLD. A QUESTION OF FENCES, PAS TURES, AND RATIONS. Orest Waite In Pasturing Cattle—Pre paring Old Cowi for Beef—Horti cultural Hints and House hold Helps. Pasturing and Starvation. Fences trill no doubt continue in use a long time, particularly in sec tions remote from towns and cities. Wherever there Is a ready market for milk, soiling will gradually take the place of pasture, and then the fence, which is a relic of mediaeval agon must go, writes Philip Snyder in the Country Gentleman. It has been the cause of untold loss, waste and pov erty, and the ' sooner it can be ex changed for a more enlightened and more profitable system, the better. But that a farmer must build fences for what he considers his convenience and profit, constitutes no reason for forcing his animals, cows particular ly, into the endurance of anything like starvation. Animal appetite does not differ essentially from that of man, and with the chance for full and reg ular feeding, cattle have no tempta tion to bo unruly, or to eat themselves to death when an opportunity occurs for what, in the slang vernacular, is known as ‘-a square meal"—that is of eating until fully satiated. Now, why should not cows be kept in this way? They cannot do their best un less fed abundantly, and why should any one keep cows when they do not pay as much as they might—or worse still, pay nothing? One can under stand this course only on the theory of shiftlessness, or of a narrow and un reasonable parsimony, prompted by a system of feeding like that of pastur age. It is this which, in part makes pasturage objectionable. It insensi bly discourages a habit of close and thoughtful attention to animal wants and comforts. The cows are given a field for their range, and are often shut into it with the feeling on the owner’s part that that is the end of his care, “Now you have pasture, and it is root hog or die’ with you. I haven’t time to watch-you, but there is a fence as my substitute, and if you go through or over it woe be to you.” At first it may answer well, but not for many days. The feet of cattle bodies when lying in tall clover, and their urine and droppings, all aid to destroy the pasture Dry weather assists. In a fortnight or so it greatly deteriorates, and then if nothing is provided for the cows, they go on half rations, then on a third or a fourth, and then gaunt hunger comes, and that longing look at an adjoining corn field. When a cow jumps a fence to satisfy her hunger she simply obeys a law of her nature that ought not to be inter fered with. Who can blame her for being unruly? When she accidentally gets loose at night in the barn, finds an open bin or an uncovered meal barrel in her wanderings and eats herself to death, is it not a rejection on the owner? His cow has lived a sort of starved life, or she would have no rampant hunger to gratify. Men don’t eat themselves to death because provisions chance to be plenty, nor j will cows or horses do it accustomed J to full and regular feeding. Men coming to a full meal after a famine, as in the case of Greely and his men up towards the north pole, and Stanley and his men in Africa, will over-eat, and must be compelled at first into moderation, because their digestive organs are out of order; and so it must be, measurably, with cows that require a savage barbed wire to re strain them— ■ ‘the more and sharper the barbs the safer!” Yes; that is true for cows in that condition, but the condition should not exist Cruelty may not be intended, but cruelty exists nevertheless. If a fence must be built that sort is best which restricts cattle most effect ually to their assigned limits and at the least cost But in spite of all that can be said for the system it 13 ex pensive, wasteful, shiftless, medieval and cruel in its tendency, and often in practice. Animals have sense in eat ing, but not in saving. They troad down and destroy the finest past ure without eating it The pastur ing farmer would be shocked, perhaps insulted, at the suggestion to give his herd access to a haystack or corn crih because of the waste, but what else than waste is it to tur.n them into clover 18 or 24 inches high? A Good chair Hive. A good, durable cheap hive can bo constructed on the following plan. We use the square frame, and by using nine frames to the hive, If inches from center to center of each frame; the brood nest is almost square. We prefer a square chaff hive for this frame. A square hive is more con venient; as it will always go together without any readjusting of the differ ent parts. The first story ia 24 inches square on the outside. The brood nest is 12 inches wide and 22 inches long, which is to be contracted by division boards to suit the she of the colony. This gives 4 inches of chaff at each side, and 5 inches or more at the ends. If the colony is contracted as it should be. In running for comb honey, as most farmers do, the second story should be 6 inches deep and the cover 8 inches deep, This gives ample room for two cases of one-pouud mo tions, and also makes a very neat hive. The rabbets in the first story which supports the frames, should be exact ly as deep as the top-bars if your frames are thick. The second story is 25i inches square, with f-inen square rabbet cut out so as to fit over the first story and turn the rain. The cover is 21 inches square with j-inch rabbet taken out so as to fit over tbe second story. The f-inch in the second story and cover is given for -play >' 80 two parts of the hive will bind Th hive is made of ir-’- 1—‘ the roof, whioh is stuff covered with project well over 1 so as to turn every drop of water Pino lumber is much the best for htves. It does not shrink and warn like poplar, and the cost is about the same. We prefer to have the lumber dressed and cut out at the planing mill and have everything exactly true. It costs only about 25 cents per hive to have the lumber cut and almost anybody can put it together. This is much cheaper than paying $3 fOr a hive at the factory, besides freight charges. It will cost a little more in proportion to have • one or two hives cut than several, as they charge for the time of setting the machinery.—Practical Farmer. Nature Improved by Art. It is noted as an interesting* fact that the wild fruits that formerly grew in out-of-the-way places, owing nothing to cultivation are In those later days found of larger size and better quality than ever before. Seeds of the strawberry and raspberry from cultivated grounds are carried into woods and dropped beside stumps and fence corners by birds, and such seeds produce better wild fruit than was ever before known of that species. It is probable that some of the wild ings that have lately been discovered, especially of the raspberry, are from seeds of fruit that have been given as good cultivation as plants could pos sibly receive. —American Cultivator. Horticultural Hints. In selecting varieties do not take too many untried ones. In fruit growing as in everything else, it is the best that pays. Scatter a quart of copperas to the rod around the grape vines to prevent rot it is not a good plan to set currant and gooseberries in the out of way corners. While moisture is essential to all kinds of fruits standing water is det rimental. Strips of zinc with the name writ ten on with a lead peneii make the best labels. Broken bones make one of the best fertilizers for the grape. Apply around the roots. With fruits as with everything else the lowest priced goods are not al ways the cheapest One advantage in staking trees when they are set out is that a straight growth is easier secured. In nearly all casos it will be best not to pasture the orchard until it is in reasonably full bearing. In growing apples for market a few choice varieties will in nearly all cases prove the most profitable. In transplanting plants of any kind make the place large enough so that all of the roots can be spread out evenly. Wind breaks are especially desire able in a prairie country and are a pro tection to the buildings as well as the orchard. Better prune often while the trees are small than to be obliged to re move large limbs after the tree has made a good growth. Good condition of soil manner of cultivating and climate all have their influence in growing fruit, and no one variety will suit all conditions. ‘““oer, except J-inch, second class tla The tin should he edge of the rn„f Household Helps. Salads should be served the day they are prepared. Ice la now used to preserve cut flowers. Put your bunch of roses in the refrigerator over night. Salt and ice are said to answer even better than ice alone. If possible, have double kettles to cook all grains. The price of one can be saved in a short time by the saving of what usually sticks to the kettle when cooked in the ordinary way. Dress sachets filled with violet orris Impart the cleanliest perfume, a cresent one for the left under arm. an oblong one for the right side of the corsage, and a long, narrow roll for the back seam of the dress skirt just below the waist During the season when eggs are plenty and cheap many, persons pack them, small end down, in a box well covered with coarse salt never allow ing the eggs to touch each other. Have small holes bored in the bottom to drain off the moisture. Some use oats to pack in. A delicious almond cream is made by mixing half a pint of cream with a pint of milk; sweeten to taste, add five yolks of eggs and the whites, with an ounce of chopped almonds. Stir over the fire in a porcelain bowl or pipkin placed in a saucepan of boiling water until it thiokens. Serve in custard cups. Hot catsup is' in every way better than cold for use on meats. You can thicken any sauce almost as well with cornstarch as with butter. This starch has oil in it. With some syrup of preserve or jelly or the juices of canned fruits very good sweet sauces can be made with either arrowroot or any other fine starch. Cornstarch put in with the vinegar for coldslaw makes a good thickening. This is to be remembered when butter is high. "The selfishness of mothers, ” says the wife of a physician, "is some thing that should be inveighed against I speak with special reference to it in times of disease. Thero is a case o scarlet fever on our block in a house which fronts on the other street an now that the child is getting well tne mother, or nurse, is so careless as shake bed clothing daily 1 window of the sick room. This e - dangers the health of the whole °®u of children as nobody _ knows ij* whose windows the diseased s flakes may fly."