1891 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
379 
GARDEN NOTES— Continued. 
Snap beans are making their second leaves 
and Cory Corn is three inches high. The 
way we treat these tender vegetables is 
this : We sow them as soon as the ground 
is dry and mellow, on the driest and 
warmest ground we have, and if we suc¬ 
ceed, it is a considerable gained ; if we fail, 
the loss isn’t great, as we put in another 
sowing at once. We have begun cutting 
asparagus, but it is coming slowly yet. We 
have plenty of last season’s celery yet, but 
it is “bolting” now, no matter how cool we 
keep it, and we have any quantity of mush¬ 
rooms. We will sow our main crop of 
celery this week. 
What ails the Golden Heart Celery our 
seedsmen have been giving us for the last 
two years ? From the best all round celery 
it has degenerated to one of the poorest. It 
has been a failure with me now for two 
years, so I won’t sow any of it this year. I 
don’t think this is the fault of the variety 
itself at all, but, if I mistake not, it is due 
to where and how the seed plants are 
grown. 
I sowed bush Limas a week ago and they 
are sprouting. They are hardier than the 
pole Limas, and earlier and fill up 
the gap between peas and pole Limas. 
We sow them thinner than we do snap 
beans; otherwise the treatment is the 
same. Rhubarb is at its beat. It is easily 
raisid from seed and two-year-old seedlings 
give very large stalks. Our market grow¬ 
ers, who force it in such large quantities 
in winter, use one-year-old plants raised 
from division. They divide to single crowns 
every spring and use these for forcing the 
following winter; and, strange though it 
may seem, instead of early varieties they 
prefer the late ones because the late sorts 
give the largest leafstalks. 
In the case of early vegetables, it is very 
important that the seed be sown shallow, 
and that the ground be dry and mellow 
when the sowing is put in. Wherever the 
garden patch is well sheltered from wind 
by contiguous buildings, a close board 
fence, a hedge or other means, early vege¬ 
tables grow with much greater rapidity 
than in open places, no matter how sunny. 
We gain nothing by planting egg plants or 
peppers before the last fortnight of May, 
but we should give them good attention 
now in a frame, and keep them tolerably 
warm, especially at night. The egg plant 
well cooked is a delightful vegetable. We 
have lots of tomato plants being hardened 
off, getting ready to plant out, which w e 
hope to do in about a fortnight. About 
that time we will also sow a row of toma¬ 
toes out of doors, and when they come up, 
thin them out considerably and leave them 
there to grow and fruit. From these we 
expect to get our best late tomatoes. 
Queens Co., N. Y. wm. falconer. 
HOW ARE YOUR FEET? 
It is quite surprising to see how many 
people go limping about with tender and 
uching feet. A corn or a bunion may be 
the means of spoiling a day’s work, an 
“ingrowing toe-nail” may represent the 
differen.ce between profit and loss to the 
workman who is obliged to move about at 
his work, while a “ cold snap ” may easily 
combine with a tender and irritated foot 
to take all the pleasure out of existence ! 
The feet are important! They should be 
cared for. They are not made of iron, 
steel or stone, they contain many joints 
and bones, each one peculiarly liable to 
disease. In a recent issue of the Boots and 
Shoes Weekly, Mr. A. J. Moore gives a 
carefully prepared article on the care of the 
feet. We make it the basis for the follow¬ 
ing remarks. 
Bunions and Corns. 
At Fig. 130 is shown the formation of a 
bunion, sketched from nature. The growth 
A Bad Bunion. Fig. 130. 
of bunions and corns is much the same. 
The origin is somewhat different, the corn 
coming from an injury to the flesh, while 
the bunion results from an injury to a 
joint. Bunions are found at the joint of 
the great toe. A hard corn at this polut 
may press so severely against the joint as 
to injure it, giving growth to the bunion, 
while on the other hand the joint, being 
injured, produces a bunion, which as it 
grows fills the shoe, causing a friction that 
gives birth to a corn, making a flourishing 
combination. But the bunion itself is 
located In the joint; it is an inflammation 
of a membrane which secretes a fluid for 
“ oiling ” the joint. The swelling that we 
see is not the bunion, but only its effect. 
A One-Toed Stocking. 
Mr. Moore tells us that a bunion is very 
rarely found on a foot the great toe of which 
lies in direct line with the center of the 
heel, but the more the great toe is twisted 
to one side, the more susceptible is the joint 
to bunions. To effect a permanent cure it 
is imperative that the great toe be restored 
to its normal position. To do this first se¬ 
cure a pair of shoes that will permit it, but 
this will count as naught unless the hose 
is constructed upon the same princip'e. 
The great toe should be held away from the 
others—not all cramped up together. It has 
been suggested that stockings made with 
five toes like a glove’s fingers would ba ex¬ 
cellent for the feet. Experts tell us that 
such an arrangement would prevent soft 
corns or bunions. The next best thing is 
shown at Fig. 131 in the one-toed stocking. 
One-toed Stocking. Fig. 131. 
See how this differs from theordinary stock¬ 
ing shown at its side. It gives the toe free¬ 
dom and enables it to straighten out, thus 
making the fatal joint less prominent. 
As for further treatment Mr. Moore says : 
“ Use the foot-bath quite frequently 
to allay the Inflammation, and remove 
whatever callous flesh there may be. 
At night bind the bunion with linen, well 
saturated with neat’s foot oil. Wear a 
shoe that will allow the great toe to resume 
its normal position. The shoe must also 
be of some soft, pliable material. A felt 
shoe is the best that can be procured. If 
the swelling is on the under side of the 
joint then use a thick, soft inner sole from 
which a portion has been cut away to ‘ fit ’ 
the bunion. 
Shoes that Fit ; Change Them. 
“Too often an ill fitting shoe will be 
endured on the ground of economy, the 
wearer saying that as the shoes are bought, 
his money’s worth must be gotten out of 
therq ( aU( 1 80 persists in wearing them. The 
wearing out of one pair of ill-flttiug shoes 
at least a sponge bath in the morning and 
a warm-water bath at night. The former 
opens the pores and stimulates the circula¬ 
tion, while the latter cleanses the skin of 
all surplus epidermis and allays all inflam¬ 
mation. If the feet are very tender and 
have a tendency to perspire freely, then it 
might be well to occasionally add a little 
salt and alum to the water.” 
Aoout Ingrowing Toe-Nails. 
Pictures of a bad toe and the remedy pro¬ 
posed for it are shown below : 
A Great Toe Hav- Sectional View The Remedy, 
ing an Ingrow¬ 
ing Nall. 
Fig. 132. 
The “ nails ” on fingers and toes are not 
bones—they are nothing but hardened 
forms of the skin. The growth of these 
1 nails ” is due to deposits of albumen at 
their roots aud upon their under sur¬ 
face. The whole structure is wonderful 
and delicate, requiring great care. A 
“ nail ” should nevt r be pared or scraped. 
Keep them well trimmed and brushed aud 
free to grow. 
When we wear a shoe that is too short for 
the foot, the end of the nail is brought 
agsiDst the leather. This interrupts its for¬ 
ward growth, and as new material is added 
to it, it spreads out on the sides arid becomes 
unusually thick. It then presses upon the 
soft parts of the toe, and is said to “ grow 
into the flesh,” and is termed an ingrow¬ 
ing toe-nail like that shown in the picture. 
To cure such a nail, first remove the cause 
and wear a shoe that is soft and pliable 
and gives the toe room enough. Next soak 
the foot well in warm water, to remove 
inflammation and render the nail plia¬ 
ble. Do not cut the nail, particularly at 
the corners. Press small pellets of lint 
as far under the corner of the nail as possi¬ 
ble without causing pain, and wrap the 
toe very tightly with linen well saturated 
with glycerine. Dress the toe at least 
twice a day, replacing the lint, and en¬ 
deavor each time to slightly Increase Its 
quantity. When the nail becomes long, 
cut it so that the corners will project be¬ 
yond the center. Another remedy that has 
been found to be quite effectual is to cut a 
small notch at the centre of the nail, leav¬ 
ing the corners square. Then begin about 
half way back on the nail and scrape 
toward the notch until the nail is quite 
thin, as shown in Fig. 132. This leaves the 
nail a thin strip through the center and re¬ 
lieves the pressure from the sides. 
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“Abraham Lincoln, who suffered very 
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“A very important item In the care of 
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