\onxtsik (ficcnorng* 
CONDUCTED BY MARY A. E. WAGER. 
THAT “SIX THOUSAND DOLLAR 
FARM HOUSE:” 
Its Arrangement and Furnishing. 
by mint wood. 
[Concluded from page 367, RURAL June 4.] 
Well, I let (?) Anaximander have his 
Anaxinander, suddenly, taking iuto con- | 
side ration the medium of light. “ I suppose 
you will want graceful folds of curtains, 
long airy muslin ones, looped back .with rib¬ 
bons, or lace ones bung over with flowers.” 
He was making fun of me then. 
“ No, my lord and brother and saint,, I 
shall have plain linen curtains on rollers the 
house over, white ones in front and huff in 
the rear of the house. The entire expense 
will be about two dollars to each window. 
I like cambriquins too, especially for large 
or bay windows. But they cost considera- 
ngtciuc Information. 
HEALTHY CHILDREN. 
Advice to a Vo ii tig Mother. 
In the Rural New-Yorker, April 2, “A 
should take their “ naps ” regularly. But 
there is a great difference iu children, some 
taking naps till they are six or seven, while 
others do not after they are two or three. 
It is healthier for children to sleep hy 
themselves—in their cribs or trundle-beds, if 
you can keep them covered up. A stra w 
pillow is hotter than one of feathers. When 
Young Mother" asks for the experience of you take your baby up, after it is undressed, 
mothers who have healthy children. I have 
two children who are perfectly healthy. My 
little boy, four years old, lias never been sick 
a day, except, with slight colds. 1 do not 
own way about the library, except the car- W e get some simple material and have them 
pet. Tie has a habit of remembering all my made in the house, the cost will be so much 
hie, including the cornice. But 1 think if take to myself all the credit of this; but I 
we get some simple material and have them will tell “ A Young Mother” what my ex- 
nnule in the house, the cost will be so much periauco bus taught me. 
silly speeches, and about a carpet was one of less as to warrant, having them, as they add 
them. It was just after ho came home from so very much to the window, like an eyo- 
the war, and before we thought anything brow to the eye. You know many fashion- sufficient attention. Be healthy yourself months or a year old, ctoa'i 
about a new house. I then, in view of me- able houses have no window fixtures at all, that your child may he healthy, or the send it to bed alone, to cry it: 
mortals, etc., said when we had a roomgiven but, cambriquins and shutters." wrong lies at your own door. Do not entail know of one lady who let 
up to the full diguity of a library, I would By this time Anaxinander began to upon the little ones weakness and disease, three months old, cry till its 
cover the floor with a rag carpet made of his count, the cost, although the pantry and when by proper attention to yourself you was completely gone. I the 
army blue, tny blue American popliu, so kitchen bad not been mentioned as yet. The may give them healthy constitutions. and died the next day. Don 
patriotically trimmed with gold cord and extension table for the dining-room would Eating, playing, and sleeping make up the few minutes it takes to root 
gilt buttons, and get a coat, a cloak, or a tie twenty-five dollars, and the dessert-table, life of little children. Therefore whatever That is the happiest part ot 
pair of pants from each of our numerous mil- a new-fangled thing which answers every pertains to these is that which should more cuddled in mother’s arms, 
itary friends. My plan was to have a red, purpose of a sideboard, takes up less room, especially receive the attention of mothers, lullaby song. They will ten 
white and blue carpet, and every rag in it to works like magic by means of a spring, We will say nothing of crying, All reason- their heads are gray, and 
have a “history.” 8o lie reminded me of costing about half what a sideboard would, able people know that is the expression ot earth have made their liei 
that carpet now, as if old clothes bad kept perhaps fifteen or twenty dollars—I looked their wants, in the only language that they you will remember it, too, m 
with the ideal The carpet should be like over Anaxinander’s shoulder, and he had can command, just as we say, “ I am bun- little nestling baby, the swe 
that on the parlor floor, because the large everything down in a column, man-fashion, gry,” “Oh! I am so tired,” and so on and the little clinging baud, 
door between almost made the two rooms one. which you can add up as well as for us to through the. long list of complaints. Our babies grow old too fi 
a Well, then, to carry out your idea, you put our arithmetic into jeopardy. First of all let us say a word about dress, know it they are men and \ 
must have the living-room and the bedroom, P y —Where, in this house, does C. M. Ha child is not dressed properly, it, cannot children are lost to us. The 
E, carpeted with the same, for they all open B propose to keep the house plants in the be healthy. Children are more affected by bed happy, with a sweet w 
Some children are horn unhealthy, and 
this is a fact to which mothers do not give 
always throw something over it, if it is only 
your apron. 
And here I want to say a word in protest 
against the plan adopted by many mothers— 
putting the children to bed alone in the dark 
and awake. If you begin with the little 
bundle of white flannel, you may accustom 
them to the habit. But if your baby has 
been rocked to sleep till it is three or four 
sufficient attention. Be healthy yourself months or a year old, don’t begin now to 
By this time Anaxinander began to 
count the cost, although the pantry and 
kitchen had not been mentioned as yet. The 
extension table for the dining-room would 
be twenty-five dollars, and the dessert-table, 
a new-fangled thing which answers every 
purpose of a sideboard, takes up less room, 
works like magic by means of a spring, 
costing about half what a sideboard would, 
that your child may he healthy, or the 
wrong lies at your own door. Do not entail 
upon the little ones weakness and disease, 
when hy proper attention to yourself you 
may give them healthy constitutions. 
Eating, playing,and sleeping makeup the 
life of little children. Therefore whatever 
pertains to these is that which should more 
especially receive the attention of mothers. 
We will say nothing of crying. All reason? 
send it to bed alone, to cry itself to sleep. 1 
know of one lady who let her babe, but 
three months old, cry till its little strength 
was completely gone. It became insensible 
and died the next day. Don’t begrudge the 
few minutes it takes to rock them to sleep. 
That is the happiest part of their day, when 
cuddled in mother’s arms, she sings their 
lullaby song. They will remember it when 
Ibc Naturalist 
U?I 0 Cfen 
NOTES FOR NATURALISTS. 
The Hen Otter of Aluwkn. 
Dall says:—■“ The sea otter is a very 
large animal; the fur is soft and black, 
while long hairs tipped with white add to 
its beauty. When properly skinned the pelt 
is of an oval form, The tails are always 
cut, off and sold separately. The hair in a 
first-class sea otter skin should be nearly 
even in length all over it, and of uniform 
color. The length of a full-sized skin is 
about six feet, and its breadth nearly four 
feet. The sea otter is solitary, and al¬ 
most exclusively marine in its habits. It is 
said to come up on solitary rocks or Islets 
to bring forth its young. At other periods 
it seldom visits the land. It oil, ecu sleep j 
on the surface of the water, floating on its 
buck, and is said to clasp its young with one 
arm in an almost human way. It has black 
or dark brown eyes. The teeth are re¬ 
markable; those in front are not unlike 
those of a cat, while the grinders are round- 
their heads are gray, and the troubles ot qd, bossy and broad, suitable for crushing 
able people know that is the expression of earth have made their hearts old. And bones or the shells of bivalves. It is said 
ad kept perhaps fifteen or twenty dollars—I looked their wants, in the only language that they you will remember it, too, and long for the to Rye principally on fish." The skins were 
be like over Anaxinander’s shoulder, and he had can command, just as we say, “ I am bun- little nestling baby, the sweet dream-laugh formerly worth in Europe from $200 to$500, 
into each other. What is the carpet to be ?" 
he put in suddenly. 
“ The parlor and library carpet shall be 
real English, body Brussels. It will cost 
$2.50 a yard, and will wear forever—one of 
our forevers. They are the cheapest carpets 
in the end, to say nothing of their beauty. I 
don’t propose one with a great splurge of 
flowers and huge patches of color, but some 
neat, modest pattern, with a judicious sprink¬ 
ling of vivacious color, and then a border all 
around. A border finishes the carpet so 
much, and the difference in expense is tri¬ 
fling. Then 1 am quite in favor of the moth¬ 
proof carpet lining. It costs twelve- and a- 
half cents the square yard, and makes such 
a soft, bed for the carpet itself to repose on.” 
“ But what do you propose for the dining 
and living-room?—not a Brussels for that 
and the bedroom E, surely P 
“If I consulted only my judgment, I 
should say Brussels in preference to all 
other carpets, on account of its durability. 
But with your ideas of rural appropriateness, 
what do you say to an ingrain for the bed- 
winter ? 
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CONTRIBUTED RECIPES. 
Welsh Babbit-A Tea Dish, but not for 
Dyspeptics. 
Two teacups of grated or finely chopped 
cheese, one teacup of sweet cream, one and 
a-lialf teacups of grated cracker or very stale 
bread, three eggs lightly beaten; mix crumbs, 
eggs aud cream in a pan, then stir in the 
cheese. Add two “shakes” of red pepper, 
one and a-lialf saltspoonfuls of mustard, a 
little salt. Put a lump of butter, size of an 
egg, in llie bake dish; set. in oven until melt¬ 
ed. Turn in the ingredients and stir until 
all arc dissolved. Let it brown on the top, 
and serve from the same dish, for tea. 
Indelible Ink—A Tried Iteclpc. 
Dissolve enough India ink in one fluid 
ounce of water to give it a dark tinge. Dis¬ 
solve in this two drachms of nitrate of silver 
and one of powdered gum arabic. 
To Color Cotton Blue. 
Dissolve seven ounces of copperas in suffi- 
through the long list of complaints. 
First of all let us say a word about dress. 
If a child is not dressed properly, it cannot 
be healthy. Children are more affected by 
heat and cold than grown people. Dress 
them according to the weather, not accord¬ 
ing to fashion. If it is summer, and you 
have a baby in long clothes, (let it wear 
short, if four months old,) do not. burden it 
with flannel wraps, nor keep its head buried 
in a flannel blanket. The head of a baby is 
always hot, and it. is a statement of Dio 
Lewis that more infants die of diseases of 
the brain, caused by keeping the bead too 
warm, than from any other cause. 
A flannel foot-wrap, and one cotton skirt 
is quite sufficient for summer. In the winter 
a flannel skirl, should take the place of the 
cotton one, and a little flannel sack be pro¬ 
vided for nock and anna, which should never 
he bare. If they are taken out, additional 
clothing is necessary. Children of larger 
size should also be dressed rather thinly in 
summer, but very warmly in winter. Be 
sure thrty have warm drawers and stockings, 
and substantial shoes. Then, instead of be¬ 
ing confined to one or two warm rooms, 
never daring to give them fresh air, for fear 
of colds, they may roam over the house at 
Our babies grow old too fast. Before we 
know it they are men and women, and our 
children are lost to ur. Then send them to 
bed hippy, with a sweet word and loving 
kiss. No matter how much they have 
“ bothered,” or how naughty they have been, 
let them feel, before they Sleep, that mother 
loves them. Mas. D. W. 
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MRS. WINSLOW’S SOOTHING SIRUP. 
yVv. find the following in the California 
Medical Gazette, from a correspondent: 
“ Some weeks since l was called to an infant 
of six months old, who was in a dying con 
dition, apparently from the effects of a nar¬ 
cotic poison. It had taken no medicine ex¬ 
cept this soothing sirup, of which it had 
taken, within ten hours, two (loses of about 
one teaspooutul each. I had the sirup from 
which these doses were given, analyzed by a 
but they have much declined in value. At 
present the best quality bring from $80 to 
$100. The natives receive lor good skins 
about $20 in gold or goods. 
Gt’iipo-leat Eiiiinsr lnacotx. 
C. B. T., Fulton, N. Y., writes under date 
May 25 :—“ I find, on examining my grapo 
viues, that the young shoots are covered 
with a multitude of small, white transparent 
eggs, and the leaves infested with numbers 
of small dark slugs, which destroy them. 
Can you tell me what produces the eggs, 
whether they are injurious or not, and what 
will destroy them ancl the slugs?” We can¬ 
not determine from our correspondent’s des¬ 
cription what this leaf-eating slug is. We 
suspect it may be the l*rocru Americana. 
We should cut off every leaf being eaten by 
the slugs and give them a lire bath. Wc 
have seen dusting the leaves with slaked 
lime when the dew is on recommended us a 
skill(ul chemist. There wore ten drachma ot remedy. Perhaps some of the Rural vine- 
romn, and for the summer a plaided matting cient warm water to cover three pounds of will, and a half hoar’s play ont of doors, of a 
for the dining-room?" 
cloth. Put in the cloth and let it remain 
I thought yon didn’t like matting?" iu- one hour, airing it. Take it out, rinse it in 
ter posed Anaximander. 
“I don’t. I think ’tis clean and cool for 
summer. But it costs from fifty to sixty 
cents the square yard, and must, be used 
carefully as an egg shell, or it. will not last 
more than one season. There’s a kind of 
hemp carpet, woven in checks, that wears 
very well, but the colors fade so. As for an 
oil-cloth down, I’d as soon have a bare hand¬ 
somely painted floor as that.” 
“ Well, a handsomely painted floor then, 
from May until October. Wc will have it 
two clean waters. Dissolve one ounce prus- 
siatc of potash in the same quantity of water, 
aud add one spoonful of the oil of vitriol; 
stir it well; put in the cloth and let it re¬ 
main one hour, airing it; then rinse in two 
clean waters.— MRS. e. b. t. 
Grape Leaf Pickles. 
The Moravians in Salem, N. C., are said 
to put. up cucumber pickles as follows:—Put 
a layer of sour wild grapes with the leaves 
of the vine iu the bottom of a vessel; then 
pleasant day, will do them much good. 
Playing is a child’s business; let them 
play. In the summer they should he out of 
doors a greater part of the time. Don’t be 
afraid of the dirt. Don’t you know they 
delight in sand houses and mud pies? Put 
on clothes that will wash, and let them run 
in the yard, play in the dirt, have a good 
time, and—Ac healthy By-and-by, when they 
are tired of playing, wash and dress them and 
they are as sweet as ever. 
Children are very restless. 1 have a little 
soothing sirup in the vial, and it yielded of 
morphine and other opium alkaloids, 1 14-100 
grains, very nearly one grain to the ounce of 
sirup. This result astonished me. The 
printed directions for administering the med¬ 
icine are as follows:— 1 Fora child under one 
month old, six to ten drops; three months 
old, half a teaspoonful three to four times a 
day until free from pain. In dysentery re¬ 
peat the above dose every two hours, until 
the character of the discharge is changed for 
the better.’ Here we have a dose of mor¬ 
phine equal to ten drops of laudanum, given 
to a child of three months old every two 
yardists can give desirable information. 
Unrvnnt ami Gooseberry Worms. 
Is there uuy remedy for worms on goose¬ 
berries and currant? And, if so, what is it? 
Our gooseberry and currant bushes arc at¬ 
tacked by tlm worms, and are being eaten up 
at a rate that bids fair to leave nothing but 
tiie bare branches before many days. Our 
neighbors’ bushes are in the same condition. 
If you or some of your readers can give a 
remedy for the evil—something that will 
destroy the worms without injuring the 
bushes, you will confer a favor on many, and 
hours, and double the quantity to a ch-ikl of oblige—S. G. Robbins. 
six months old. 
“ I have always discountenanced the use 
of this preparation, as I did not know its 
composition, aud supposed it contained some 
anodyne; but I had no idea of its deadly 
U1I1IULPU IUB VUIY iCBUCOV. JL UttVCft llbllC - ’ , * 
hoy that cannot keep still. It is a positive length. It is a familmi fact that cluldien 
painted in ‘ diamond squares,’ black and lead a ° tho cucumbers, and alternate thus and „ behave » to keep perfectly quiet for a 
color, or red, brown and gray, with a border. UDtl1 lhe veS3cl 18 t,,U ’ or uu : yoU bftv r p PUt half-hour. They can’t clo it. Don’t try to 
For the cold part of the year you will want 111 ,uan ycucumbers as you demro, I hen make them. 0 f course they may he taught 
For the cold part ot the year you will want 
one of the lined carpets, I suppose, a closely 
woven ingrain like that iu the bedroom.” 
“ Yes, something that way, with a huge 
crumb-cloth under the dining - table. For 
the bedroom we must have a walnut set, 
which will cost one hundred dollars, not in¬ 
cluding a wash stand, which can be dis¬ 
pensed with, on account of the bath-room. 
The library, you must remember, is to ho 
finished with chestnut,—hook shelves, eaves, 
secretary and all to he of that wood. The 
dining-room chairs will cost thirty-five dol¬ 
lars a dozen, and there must be a few others, 
low and easy ones. I saw some right old- 
fashioned ones, the other day, in a furniture 
store, with the seats made of strong, inch- 
wide tapes, iu two colors, woven in and out 
like splints. It is a good way to re-bottom 
favorite chairs, and one can do it herself, 
of the vine in the bottom of a vessel; then cruelty t0 ri;quire * UC h children to sit down arc very susceptible to the influence of 
a layer of the cucumbers, and alternate thus ;md »‘behave to keep perfectly quiet for a °P ium * and four drops of laudanum have 
until the vessel is full, or until you have put half-hour. They can’t do it. Don’t try to known t0 kil1 an inf,int f "\ ac 
in as many cucumbers ns you desire. Then mftke tbera . 0 f couree they may be taught raonths - 1 t,unk ' m ' K)1 ' ,ant tUat 11 us 
put in water enough to cover them, and t( , t)e less boisterous in their play, but let them analysis should he published, that the pro- 
place hoards and weights on top to keep , myc conl bnuxl employment. tension, and through it, the public, may lie 
them under the water. They do not require ' In eati ayold extreme8 .’ One lady said warned of lhc fea,ful elfect8 of !ulminia * er - 
any further attention, although you may, if t0 me « t ncvrer piit anything on my table in S ll ‘ is dangerous popular nostrum. I he 
you desire, take them out and finish them tl( at my children cannot have.” Another quantity used in the community is enor- 
willi vinegar. They are called grape leaf said, “I never let my little girl ‘piece.’ If doubtless it has killed hundreds of 
pieldc. A lady who tried the plan last year sh( . aska for anythi ng t .o eat, I give her a dry children, and would kill thousands, were it. 
was very much pleased, and pronounces it (TUSl 0 f bread, and if she isn’t hungry enough not h y '^ginning in very small doses and 
better than the ordinary method. It is sup- t t tUft , gUe goeg w j t |,out. A dry crust gradually increasing, a tolerance ot the tin- 
pul. in water enough to cover them, and to he less boisterous in their play, hut let them 
place boards and weights on top to keep , myc conlilUlal employment, 
them under the water. 1 hey do not requite j n avoid extremes. One lady said 
any further attention, although you may, it t0 lnc . ( never put anything on my table 
you desire, take them out and finish them .. . children cannot have.” Another 
was very much pleased, and pronounces it 
better than the ordinary method. It is sup¬ 
posed that any other article that may be 
used will answer as well as the cucumbers, 
provided it is firm.—w. M. 
IIow I Make Bread. 
I take a large pan, put enough flour in to 
make six loaves, have boiling water ready 
and press the flour to the sides of the pan, 
making a hole in the middle; then pour 
your boiling water in, scalding about three 
pints of flour; let it cool, then stir hi the 
yeast, previously soaked in tepid water. In 
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too. There are those great rocking-chairs, cold weather let it he near the lire, and the 
Boston rockers I think they're called, taking 
up a heap of room, and built for round- 
flour will be warm and the yeast up soon. 
Iu the morning add some more warm water, 
up a ueap . .. gait to suit the taste and knead well; set to 
shouldered people. We don t. want any of raige . whtm up work luul pnt - m pauS . ] et 
those. Instead, we will have low sewing 
chairs, Spanish rockers, aud those adjustable 
folding chairs that are so comfortable. For 
the parlor we will have no two chairs alike. 
They shall be of plain walnut frames, some 
with stuffed seats, others without, and if 
upholstered with rep, they shall have bright 
chintz covers. This ..chintz costs from forty 
it raise and bake in a moderate oven. 
I always have my bread baked by twelve 
o’clock. I always use dried yeast—prefer it 
to soft, and it is also less trouble.—M. o. p. 
Good Cake without Firp-t. 
One and a-half tablespoonfuls of butter in 
a cup filled up with buttermilk. One cup of 
sugar, and nearly two cups of flour. Add 
of bread, indeed! What man or woman 
would not have to be pretty hungry to eat it? 
Children should not he allowed to have 
everything their parents have. We all know 
that very many things we eat and drink, we 
were far better without. Then don’t.let ns 
give them to our children. Tea and coffee 
they should not have. Indeed, it is best to 
bring them up to drink nothing at the table. 
If your children have been sieeustomcd to tea 
or coffee, give them milk instead, or water. 
1 would not think it best to take all drinks 
at table, away from a child, after it lias been 
allowed to have them. It may be done hy 
degrees. I think milk is excellent for a child, 
but it should be drank when not eating. I 
have never put anything on the table for my 
children to drink. If they ask for it, I give 
them a drink of water, but they seldom ask. 
Children, till they are three years of age, 
at least, should be allowed to eat between 
meals. They require food oflener than 
mediate poisonous effects is induced, al- , 
though the miserable lit tle victims of domes¬ 
tic drugging are reduced to puny and ca¬ 
chectic creatures, that are carried off by the 
first disease that takes hold of them. 
“ l have ascertained that there are about 
100,000 two-ounce bottles of it sold annually 
in this city, making 200,000 ounces of Mrs. 
Winslow’s Soothing Sirup, containing 180,- 
000 grains of morphine, which are given an¬ 
nually to the baliies of this State. No won¬ 
der that one-third of them die before they 
reach the age of two years !” 
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NAIL IN THE FOOT. 
We find in a Southern paper the follow¬ 
ing, uncredited, but give it for what it is 
worth:—“ To relieve from tlie terrible effects 
of running a nail in the foot of man or horse, 
take peach leaves, bruise them, apply to the 
wound, and confine with a bandage. They 
cure as if by timgiw. Renew the application 
to fifty cents a yard, and washes beautifully, one teaspoonful of saleratus, and season with grown people, and more food in pi open lion twice a day, if necessary, but one applica¬ 
ble parlor furniture, including sofa, chairs nutmeg * tC> their » hl ~. Imlw5d » heallhy cl,lU,ren * tHI Mon usually does the work. 1 have cured 
and table with slab of Lisbon marble, which loU 1 ' . t,ie y £ et growth, are notable eaters, both man and horse in a few hours, when 
is not so cold as Italian, and more durable 
than the inlaid wood, will cost a hundred and 
fifty dollars at least. Then a mantel mirror 
will he sixty more. I think a room without 
a mirror is a lonesome affair. The chamber 
carpels shall be of ingrain.” 
“ But what of the windows ?” asked 
. . , , r ,, ... ,, .. Give them all the food they require, and of 
Wis., >isk.H :-“WUl Clara Bllss in form me tr a good quality. Meat, vegetables, bread, 
Xrura^ millc > e So s > md of tVuit the mor( “ "*« bBUt : r > 
durable a* other warp? Have her carpets Leon if good and ripe; cake and sweetmeats in 
lonj? worn? If it Is as durable, it is something- limited nnantitips 
which should he widely known, for it will save unmeet quantities. 
very much.’’—“ A Reader” at Hartford, Mich., p a t your children to bed early, and let 
%&El?St!!!Sl a 1011 LO ” ‘° them have plenty of sleep. Young children 
they were apparently on the point of having 
the lockjaw. This recipe, remembered and 
practiced will save many valuable lives.” 
Hygienic Inquiry. —Is it true that light flannel, 
worn next the body of a child in summer, is a 
preventive of bowel complaint? I have heard 
so —G. f. n. JLna.—Yea. 
A correspondent of the Oneida Dis¬ 
patch says: — “To destroy tli currant 
worms, go out at eight or nine, o’clock in 
the evening and jar the bushes so as to 
throw the worms on the ground. Do this 
three successive evenings, when the worms 
make their appearance. This will finish 
them for the present year, and if everybody 
will do it, for three successive years it will 
destroy the race.” 
To Destroy Colorado Potato Bug-i. 
A Walkeuton, Ind , correspondent of the 
Western Rural has found the following an 
effective destroying agent of these bugs:—• 
Take ten cents’ worth of Paris green; mix 
this with three pints of sifted unleuched 
ashes; place this in a, small bag made of 
cheap, thin muslin and dust on the hills in 
the morning when the dew is on ; one dust¬ 
ing will last ten days or so, unless rains 
sooner wash it off'. 
To Destroy Bed Spiders on Fuchsias. 
A Philadelphia correspondent of the 
American Agriculturist says:—“Fill a bar¬ 
rel nearly full of water and slake in it about 
a quarter of a peek of lime, and lot it stand 
until perfectly clear. Hold the plants affect¬ 
ed in the water (bottom up) for about five or 
ten minutes, then wash them with pure 
water.” _ 
A New Species* of Animals*. 
A portion of a skull has been discovered 
iu a coal mine in Austria which is dissimilar 
to that, of any known species of animals liv¬ 
ing or extinct. Dr. Emanuel Bunscl of Vi¬ 
enna, proposes to refer it to a new genus 
which he calls Struthiosaurus, 
Black Ant Remedy. 
Mr. Rivers, the English horticulturist, 
uses.for their destruction four ounces quassia 
and one gallon of water; boils it ten minutes 
and adds four ounces bo (l soap. 
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Mocking Bird*. M. I,. 8poONF.it. Yates Co., N. 
Y., aaks if J. Phage has any of those mocking 
birds, which ho recently described, for sale. J. 
Brace is not a bird dealer; but mocking birds 
may be obtained at the bird stores m New York 
city for $8 to $25. 
