"P"P *&?3? Tourists iu California. FARM AND GARDEN. AN AGRICULTURALIST. HOUSEHOLD HINTS. THE MOUSE PLAGUE OF BRAZIL. From tho San Francisco Bulletin. A well informed citizen the other A Professor "Wliose Oats Toole Their It Excels tne Locust Afflictions oX EGGS AOT HAM In selecting young Brahmas an indication day gave it as his opinion that there Own Time in Sprouting. A nice way to serve eggs with broiled Egypt of Old. of what the plumage will be is ^ere not less than 10,000 invalid Prof. J. Cudigo Philemsbury, after ham is to butter some patty tins, It is well known that the fauna of given by the bills. When the bill tourists in California. He qualified having spent the best years of his life sprinkle conscientiously with fine America, especially that of the higher has a dark stripe down the upper his statement by savins that there in editing an agricultural journal, decided crumbs of bread, break an egg into a animals, presents a large number of ere at least that number mandible the hackle and tail will be during upon buying a farm and settling who had come to the Sta saucer, and then, without disturbing dark. peculiar types. the Wintermonths for considerations down to put into practical shape the the yolk, pour it into the tin. Set the Under ordinary circumstances fieldmice A correspondent of the National oi health. These do not represent all many ideas which he had expressed tins into a hot dripping-pan and let are not at all abundant, so that at Stockman says: "To prevent the depredations who have come here as tourists. It through his paper. The professor was them stand in the oven until the white times naturalists can secure specimens of rabbits on young fruit lbsafetosay that there are as many delighted when he sniffed the free air of is cooked. Then after putting the thin of many species only with difficulty. more who have entered the State trees, take some lamp black or soot the country, and, as he stood around pieces of nicely broiled ham upon a hot The most inconceivable increase and since the 1st of last December for from the chimney back, mix it up with "bossing" the plow hands, he wondered platter, take the eggs from the oven business considerations quite aside abundance during certain years, to such milk (skimmed milk will do), and with why he had been content to sit in a from health. Whoever has examined and turn out on the ham. It is not an extent that they become a national -THE a cloth or an old broom paint the body closely the list of arrivals by rail will dingy room. necessary to close the oven door while calamity, is thus the more remarkable. BEST TONIC. of the tree from the ground to the be struck with this new immigration the eggs are in it, and indeed it is better One day the professor sent the following In the colony of Lourenco one of these limbs. It will remain through the winter, feature. There can be no doubt that This meMdn ombining Iron with pur not to do so. order to a grain dealer in town: remarkable visitations has thus been egetable toaica, quickly and eompletcl" and nothing will molest the trees. tins Winter influx of population is Cures Dyspf pafiu Indigestion, Weakness "Please send me fifty bushels of seed described: In the months of May and intimately connected with the prospei FIG PUDDING. In the spring take some strong soapsuds Impure Bloeo* Malaria,Chilis andFevers* oats, best quality." and Neuralftiu Three-quarters of a pound of grated June, 1876, they suddenly appeared in lty of tho State. Already the and wash the black from the tree, Itis an unfailing remedy for Diseases of the industrial character of Southern The shipment was made. The professor bread, half a pound of best figs, six enormous numbers. They invaded the Kidneys and Liver. and it will remove all tree lice or It is inraluable lor Diseases peculiar to California has been entirely changed. had been so imperious with his ounces of suet, six ounces of moist su maize fields in such great numbers that Women, and all who lead sedentary lives. any impurities from the bark and It amounts to a revolution. The Itdoesnot injurethe teeth,causeheadache.or hired men that neither of them would gar, a teaspoonful of milk and a little the corn seemed literally alive with give the tree a green, healthy appear- produce ongtipationo(, Iron medicine* do. 20.000 Winter tourists in California offer him any advice, in fact, he had nutmeg grated. The figs and suet them, destroying in a few days everything Itenriches and purifies theblood, stimulates ance." aie rather the small number in ad.Mice, the appetite, aids the assimilation offood,relieves told them that when he wanted a suggestion must be chopped very fine. Mix the that was edible and where but a lie irtbnrn and Bikhing, and strength' because in this Spring month Students of forestry have frequently ens the muscles and nerves. he would ask for it. bread and suet first, then the figs, sugar short time before bushels of grain might the curient of travel to California For Intermittent Fevers, Lassitude, Lack ol stated that cultivation of the soil has a and nutmegs, one egg beaten well, and The shipment of oats came. The professor have been harvested not an ear remained, ne\ er was so strong. This is partly Energy, Je it has no equal beneficial influence upon the distribution 4*- The genuine has above trade mark and on account of the low fares. Account, lastly the milk. Boil in a mold four had asked for the best quality and and the noise produced by their nibbling crossed red Hnea on trapper. Take no other. and amount of rainfall, a fact well however, must be taken of a considerable hours. To be eaten with sweet sauce. was highly satisfied with the result. and climbing was audible for a VstessVsr BmTrvcwUu'siCAL co., nw ivoax. an. illustrated by a statement made by Mr. outward drift. Thousands are fUTTS~ The land was prepared with great care considerable distance. After the cornfields LEMOX PUDDING. taking advantage of low rates to visit Holstein at a recent meeting of the and the oats were sowed and harrowed were devastated the potatoes Cream up one tablespoonful of fresh the Eastern States. But nearly all of Philadelphia Academy of Natural in, then rolled and then harrowed next received their attention. Only butter with one teacupful of sugar. them A\ ill return. Never before could Sciences. Mr. H. affirmed that the again. Every day or two the professor the largest were eaten in the ground Two eggs must be beaten up very light the travler cross the Continent for so streams in certain cultivated portions would go out and make an examination Miiall an expenditure or with so much such as were transportable were carried and two lemons provided for seasoning. of Northern Texas were found to concinue comfort. There are crowds around to see if the oats had sprouted. He became away and hidden in hollow trees, Dissolve a tablespoonful of cornstarch running during the portion of the all the ticket offices. New announcements impatient, for oats in neighboring or other retreats, for future use. Gourds in a little cold milk, then pour year when they formerly dried up. are made nearly every day. It fields had come up. and pumpkins, even the hardest, were over it a teacupful of boiling water. 25 YEARS IN USE. is a common expression that it is The change is supposed to be due to gnawed through and eaten. Of green Add to this the butter, sugar and eggs. One day while Colonel Subberly, a cheaper to travel than to stay at Tha Greatest Medical Triumph of the Agef the fact that the rainfall, which has not food, such as clover, oats, barley, not a Rub the lemons until soft, grate the well-known planter, was visiting the home. The competition which results changed in amount, is more evenly SYMPTOMS OF A leaf was left standing even weeds rind into the batter and also strain into in rate cutting will probably not last professor, the great agriculturalist asked: absorbed over the cultivated areas. TORPID LIVER. long. The oveiland trains are long, were cut down and the inner parts eaten it the juice. Bake in puff paste. and the incoming trains are even The Maryland Farmer takes strong out. This quantity makes two puddings and "Colonel, are your oats up yet?" Less of appetite, Bowels costive, I'ain I longer. Travelers are everywhere. ground in favor of feeding cattle in he bead, with a dull sensation in the will be found very nice. "Oh, yes the field is green." In the house the struggle for existence back parr, Pain under the shoulderblade They fill the country hotels, inquire yards and sheds instead of letting them Fullvoss after eating, with a disinclination "I don't know what's the matter with of these long-tailed invaders was about lands and crops, and make MACAROONS. to exertion of body or mind* roam over large pastures, which must mine. I sowed them three weeks ago, lineaments here and'there which truly amazing. In many of the dw ellings Irritability of temper, Low spirits, witfe* Take a half pound of almonds, pour o*"liavlnc neglected some daty, be fenced at great expense. It is so a feeling appear to be quite free from any but they haven't sprouted yet. Wish hundreds-were killed in a single boiling water over them, taking the Weariness, Dizziness, Fluttering at tho much cheaper for a farmer to fence in speculative excitement. The pa&t you'd come out and make an examina- Heart, Dots before the eyes, Headache day. The cats could contribute but little skins off very neatly: do not let the water his own stock than to fence out all the over the right eye, Restlessness, with inter has contributed greatly to the tion." aid fighting such a plague, for not fitful drear.si, Highly colored Urine, and remain on them more than a minute enjoyment of tourists. There has be^n stock of his neighbors and then an acre CONSTIPATION. They went to the field and began to only were many of the rats so large that put them in a mortar with a half pound very little rough weather. The rains will yield three or four times as much TtlTT'S PlL.r.5 are especially adapted scratch around. it would have been an unequal contest, of white sugar and the whites of one came down seasonably. The face of to such cases, one dose* effects suffererahsuc cattle food if it is cultivated and the to astonish the "See, they haven't sprouted," said but by their great number they drove change offechii?n the country was fresh Avith springing and a half eggs all is then pounded together crops cut instead of being gnawed off Thej Increase the Appetite,and cause thebody the professor. grass in December. Wild flowers were the cats actually from the houses, not Xn Take Flesh, tmn tb system 18 flavor with lemon or vanilla, by tramping animals. The cost of nourished, ar tythr-h Topic Action on on the hillsides before New Year's "I don't see any oats," the colonel to return until the plague was passed. make them into round balls and put on the DigestiveOreaiis,Uesular Stools nrs fences is usually more than the value The fields of grain were, in many cases, produced PrlfoMBc. -4* Murray St..M.Y. replied. Nothing except what was composed of paper then flatten them with a little iiinnapeaw1 of the animals pastured, and sometimes so rank at midwinter that cattle were "Here's one, Colonel." iron, stone, or glass was spared from brush and cold water put them in a turned in to pasture them down. The more than the land enclosed. GR*.Y HAIR or WUIICEH8 changed 1o "Oh, no that's sawdust. The ground their distructiveness furniture, clothes, GLOSSY BLACK by a single application of moderate oven for half an hour. roads were muddy, but mud is quite Cattle that are kept rather close, and this DTK. It imparts a natural color, acta is thick with it." hats, booksever) thing bore the traces as agreeable as dust. In the middle instantaneously. Sold by Druggists, i are handled often, are also tamer, and DRAWN BUTTER. ent by express en receipt of I. of their teeth. They gnawed the hoofs "Sawdust!" gasped the professor. of March the orchards are in bloom, less breachy than those which run at Take two teaspoonful*. of flour, moisten Office. 44 Murray St., Now Yorlo the soft bree/es of Spring ripple the "Of course." of cows and horses in the stables, literally large, and arc often compelled to shirk with a little cold water, one teacup giam fields, the showers come at the ate up fatted hogs, and often bit "Is it possible that I have sowed saw- for their supply of food. of hot water or milk, a little salt, three right oime to keep the grass fresh and PARKER'S away the hair of persons during sleep. dust?" 1 to make all the gardens bloom. tablespoonfuls of butter, parsley HAIR BALSAM A Kansas farmer who has had considerable They penetrated all apartments, and "It seems that you have." The colonel chopped and added if liked boil thoroughly. the popular favonte for dressing experience in raising and gnawed their way through boards and laughed. The professor's face grew the hair, Restoring the color A Russian Court Favorite. when gny.and preventing Dandruff. feeding sorghum, is quite enthusiastic walls of houses. Ditches that were dug red. He called his foreman whom he It cleanses the scalp, as to its merits as a fodder crop. He Princess Natalie Kurakin, says the about granaries did not suffice the mice saw standing a short distance away. SOUR MILK PANCAKES. stops the hair fulling, and is sure to please sor and $i sues at Druggists. London Figaro, was an imposing grows the Early Amber sort, sows Three cups ot flour, one and one-half would climb over each other in "Confound it, Jackson!" he exclaimed, beauty, with the temper of a fiend, broadcast one and a fourth bushels of cups of sour milk, one teaspoonful of some corner or other, and thus reach r^Rr^mSfrCWl "didn't jou know we were sowing and became the most admired and seed, or drills in one bushel. He cuts salt, one-eighth spoonful of carbonate the top. sawdust instead of oat&?" ieared woman at the court of the late The Best Gongh Care you can use when three or four feet high, and beginning of soda. Mix well and fry on a greased ''Yes, sir." Emperor Alexander. Her husband The foregoing account of one occurrence and the best Vnown preventive of Consumption. to show here and there a head, pan. idolized her, but unfortunately allowed "Well, why in thunder didn't you tell PARKPR'S 1 OMC kept in a home is a sentinel to in Lourenco will suffice to show keep sickness out. Used disci eetiy it keeps the with a mowing machine cures thoroughly. her complete control over him. me?" to what an extent the plague reaches. blood pure and the Stomach, Liver and Kidneys POTATO BREAD. To indulge her love for luxury, he When cut thus early a second in working order. Coughs and Colds vanish before "Because, sir, you told me that you Two cups of mashed potatoes, one The same province had suffered simi-larly it. It builds up the health. went beyond his means, and then crop, nearly or quite as good as the first wanted no suggestionssaid that you If YOU suffer from Debility, Skin Eruptions, teaspoonful of salt, small pinch of car in 1843 and 1863, and in all probability sold one estate after another. One Cough, Asthma, Dyspepsia, Kidney, Urinary or can be harvested, or if preferred, the had been editor of the Farmer's Scientific bonate of soda. Roll out two and onehalf night, when she was adorned in full will again in 1889. Our astonishment Female Complaints, or any disorder of the Lungs, field affords abundant pasturage at a Stomach, Bowels, Blood or Nerves, don't wait .splendor for a court ball, the general and Practical Cultivator so long inches thick and fry on a greased at the strange appearance and till you are sick in bed, but use PARKER'S TONIC time when pastures are generally dried kept her waiting. At last he came, that you knew what you were doing, so to-day it will give you new life and vigor. tin. disappearance of such swarms of animal HISCOX & CO N. Y. greatly excited, with a red face and up. The same care must be exercised we all thought that we'd let you go." life is greatly increased when we Sold by Druggists. Large saving buying $ i size. Hashing eyes. She supposed the in turning cattle into a sorghum pasture THE NATIVITY OF PLANTS. "He's got it on you, professor," said perceive in what a close relation ol excitement was caused by wine, and as into fresh clover, turning them the colonel. cause and effect it stands with the presence told him so in vehement words. "No in for a short time only till they become dailing," he protested "look!" and "That's all right," said the great or absence of food supply and Spinach is a Persian plant. accustomed to it. The feed, whether he handed her a package of rouble agriculturalist, "but if there's any law pi'obably nowhere among the vertebrate Horse-radish is a native of England. green or cured, is excellent to stimulate notes. "Bah" she cried, "I will cure in this country I'll make that merchant animals is the relation more apparent Melons were found originally in Asia, 1,000 AGENTS, M liiD WOMEN, you of clubs and gaming'" and she imilk production. It \ields from five to smoke." than here. Filberts came from Greece. threw them into the fire. He shrieked six tons per acre. For JOHN B. GOUGH' S entirely nw book-Just publlshe* He hurried to town and called on the in despair, and rushed forward to Quinces came from Corinth. This food supply is derived from the IS" LEVIN S TRUTIS &&1- Mr. A. H. Gaston, Marshall county, merchant, restrained his angr as well as save them. Too late' There was a The turnip came from Rome. seeds of a large bamboo gross (Taquary Illinois, always found that when pumptins bright blaze, and they were go e. he could, and said: A perfect treasury of pood things i a series of TTFH The peach came from Persia. or Cresciuma) growing throughout WCTUKSS paiutea a only "Natalie," he said, in a hollow voice, or squashes were fed with corn the "Have you got an order that I sent JOHN B. GO UGH Sage is a native of the South of Eu Brazil. This grass grows in dense "you have just destroyed our whole animals were more healthy and thrifty von some time ago?" rope. thickets to the height of thirty or forty fortune. To-day I received orders than when receiving corn alone it also enn pnlnt them. It frtves, fn periman "Yes, sir, I think so." feet, and bears a large quantity of .seed. Sweet marjoram is a native of Portugal. from the Emperor to join the army -lit forni, his test thought! nil required less corn, and the hogs were most stimnz anecdotes, togethal "Let me see it." in the Caucasus to morrow. In order Its natural historv is remarkable. At with manifold experiences and personal free from disease. He noticed that the reminiscences, never before to secure yours and our son's future, The order was produced. The professor The bean is said to be a native of regular intervals, varying in the different published T:io tcnuernct* of hit putuoa and the er roof his humot I to-day sold our last estate, and hogs ate the pumpkin or squash seeds looked at it several minutes. He Egypt. i species from six to thirty years, it are quite ine-a tible A magnificent everything now is in ash.es." Gen. Koyal Oclaxo Volume, contaimnf? first, showing that they furnished something prided himself on his bad writing, and Damsons came from Damascus. matures and blooms and then disappears, nearly 700 pages and Kurakin was killed in one of his first bupero Eutrratinrs. particularly needed. Mr. Gaston it was some time before he could read The nasturtium came from Peru. ifet more remarkable is the uniformity engagements in the Caucasus, and lit nMril ing, iutelllgpnt canvassers advises swine growers to try the "fruit it. The pea is a native of the South of with which it attains maturity to siipily this book to tha Natalie became the most heartless of tens of thousands who aie waiting of the vine." He has grown what is Europe. widows. "What does this order saywhat arc throughout an entire province, if not for it. No competition, nnd it it now out c!linjc oil oth- ralOtol. Ministers, .Editors, Critics etc Kiveit tharj known as the Valparaiso squash, a very Ginger is a native of the East and these words?" the professor asked. the whole southern part of Brazil. nnqualifled endorsement and wi'h it Godpeod. Agent*, it ymr Urn* rnukt money, and at the ssma time eirtulati prolific variety, said to have sometimes West Indies. a tMercujMv Jlrit-dau bxk txrlusiTe territory and vers ^Sawdust," replied the merchant. Similar plagues, though far less in English Women Who Bide. Special Terms given. Bend for large illustrated circular*' produced thirty tons per acre, an Coriander seed came originally from containing fullparticulars N.Address St..(J. A. NETTLB" "Sawdust the deuce. Anybody can extent, have occurred in Europe, in TON & CO.. Pubs., 27 Clark Gnlcaeo, IU, London Letter in Boston Herald. amount he considered equal to 300 the East. see that they are seed oats." which the field-mice unaccountably appeared The Princess Louise, Marchioness of bushels -shelled corn. He thinks the The cucumber was originally a tropical NEW GOODS! LOWEST PEICESI "Leave it to anybody in town." in greatly increased numbers. Lome, is said to be the best rider of seed may be had of some of the seedsmen. vegetable. "All right." the queen's daughters. While her One may well think what would be the This squash grows well in an The gooseberry Is indigenous to Great husband was governor general of They called in a printer who had result were these little, almost insignificant early potato patch, planted about the Henry J. Luders, Canada the fair Louise was regarded Britain. worked in the professor's office. creatures everywhere in such wise middle of May. Put one seed in a place, is a positive marvel on horseback. Apricots are indigenous to the plains "Read this order," said the professor. to take ascendency. When one considers Princess Beatrice rides well, prefering ten feet apart they begin "vining'" of Armenia. that on an ayerage of every one or -^Scotland and fleet, sturdy Scotch ponies, about the time the potatoes are dug, and Dealer inDRY Pears were brought from the East by The printer took the order. "It is as two months from five to eight young r-, however. We can "imagine her thus givve a profitable second crop. GOODS, the Romans. plain to me as pi'int," said he. Then he bounding over the heather blooms, born, and that these young become mature waving in purple richness of ccloi ing The walnut is a native of Persia, the read: 'Please send me fifty bushels of in a few months themselves, he 'GROCERIES, on the slopes. Her favorite pony Caucasus and China. sawdustbest quality.' Oh, its plain will not be surprised to know that a A Photographic Hat. is a tidy little hill pony named "Bren- The clove is a native of the Malacca enough." NOTIONS, ETC. single pair of common field-mice, in da." This is the name of one of the The last new thing in hats beats all Islands, as also is the nutmeg. The merchant roared. Tne professor the course of a single summer, would very tenderest of the current writers that has gone before it, and is scarcely Riesling's Block, Cherries were known in Asia as far said: "Do any of you know who wants increase to 23,000 individuals. Could in England for children. We fell to likely to be equaled by anything that back as the seventeenth century. wondering if there is any connection to buy an excellent farm? I have one all the conditions which now keep them tfEWULM. MINN. can follow after it. Herr Luders, of between the two names. The graceful Garlic came fiom Sicily and the that I desire to sell. I am tired of farming. in check be removed, every living thing Gorlitz, has patented "a photographic princess of Wales, the queen's daugh shores of the Mediterranean. I shall return to the editorial upon the earth would be consumed in hat"or, as we ought rather to say, a ter-ir-law. rides fauitle&bly, so at least Asparagus was a wild sea coast plant, room and make myself useful to my ialf dozen years.Science. reports David Anderson, the very versatile photographing hat. The novel headdress and is a native of Great Britain. country. I think that the drinks are on leader wruter of the London contain*, in its upper part a small The tomato is a native of South somebody and it strikes me that I am Telegiaph, who accompanied the At Dawn. photographic .apparatus and a number prince.and suite to Ireland last year. America. the citizen. A man who cannot write a of prepared tplates. In the front of the At dawn of day when cowbells rins: We never had the .pleasure of seeing better hand than I do has no business Parsley is said to have come from O'er mellowing meadowlands, where cling hat there is a small circular opening, behind the princess ride, but can well believe with a farm. Come, gentlemen." Egypt. The clover-scented wreaths of mist, Mr. Anderson, because the princess is which the lens is /fixed. By means Arkansaw Traveler. Apples were brought from the East Half pearl in hue, half amethyst, a Dane .and the Danes usually ride .of a string on the outside of the hat it* by the Romans. The crab-apple tree is Glad skybound larks leap uptosing. well. Bat we believettihe queen nersalf \wearer, whenever he finds himself enjoying indigenous to Great Britain. And so my heart doth heavenward spring once iade better than any of her It is said that Holland takes the lead a pleasant view -or attended by When, like some virginal queen, jou bring children. This is the (Opinion of "our The onion was almost an object of in the manufacture of butterine. There an agreeable person, can instantaneously Fresh opening buds by zephyrs kissed sbriefless .barrister," who generally worship with the Egyptians 2,000 years are now about forty-five manufactories At dawn of day. .knows wiaai iie is talking^about. jprotograph the landscape, the lady, before the Christian era. It first came in that country, the majority of which or tfce gentleman unconscisusly within The breath, the balm, the glow you fling, from India. are in North Brabant, where the farms Like dewdrops from some bright bird's wing range of his instruaaent. T&e hat will The cantaloupe is a native of America, When we ta& in our ikitehen, sur- are small, and can only maintain one or Thrill all my being, as I list probably be in demand by two sorts of and so called from the name of a uoKHded by aliil the conveniences that To melodies that must desist, two cows. Consequently, as these person*by lovers aad detectives. The the present 4ay affords, we do not place near Rome, where it was first cultivated When nightfall hath discrowned me, king farmers can only make a small quantity former, by merely pulling a string, can think that many of the cooking in Europe. At dawn of day. S4LERATUS of butter, which is apt to spoil before it utensils have remained the came for set the image of his beloved not only in John. Moran. can be collected or sent to market, they 1 800 years. We fry, bake, and stew No Assistance From Waiters. his heart, but in his hat. The gelatinebromide in pans formed precisely like those A Trenchant Pen. are the moite willing to make contracts plates in the specimen exliihited "Waiter, this chicken is very tough. used in Pompeii and Herculaneum. *3* with the manufacturers of butterine. Young Writer"Do you keep It's all I can do to get my teeth through by Herr Luders are 88x38 millimetres all We eve use the same shaped pans The consumption is chiefly in England. kinds of pens?" it" in size but, if one does not object to for ggs sur le plat as were used in Exports in 1883 amounted to 40,000 Bookstore Clerk"Yes, which do wearing a very large hat, the plates "Sorry, sir, but I haven't time to those cities long before the fateful, SUDANI tons, valued at 40,350,000 florins fou prefer?" eruption of Vesuvius buried them in may be proportionately increased in chew it for you now.*'Tid Bits. ashes and lava. Many of the ordinary &' Young Writer"I've been advised to size. The potentiality of the hat for Last year 75,000 arresttf were made, by New utensils of the ancients are well wortn Tae University of southern California has ase a trenchant pen. I'd like a small police purposes hardly needs to be described.S7 Yorkcity police, 35,000 of the offender* being the attention of our potters and received bequests of land and money to the bo* of them, and yon can put in a few Jameses Gazette. Americans. tinsmiths.Exchange. value of $400,000. BastinthaWuU. if caustics, ioQ."Tid-B\t$,