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SELF CONFIDENCE. ding, as can be washed, should first be treated by dipping in the Zinc Disinfectant; they should then be immediately and thoroughly boiled. The ticking of beds and pillows used by the patient should be treated in the same manner, and the contents, if hair or feathers, should be thoroughly baked in an oven. If this cannot be done, they should be destroyed by fire, as should, in any event, all straw, husk, moss, or "excelsior" filling. The clothing of nurses should be thoroughly fumigated and cleaned before it is taken from the house, or, better still, burned, if feasible.

10. Cases of Typhoid Fever should be promptly reported to the proper no; the temptation is too great to be resisted. We like those large Brahmas, and those handsome Houdan, and those ever-laying Leghorns, and so we purchase: and then we find that we had better have listened to older heads in the business. These experiences, after all, are good in their way. Experience is a dear teacher, they say, but a good one.

The breeding of fine poultry is not dying out, nor will it. Don't let the fear of that enter into your calculations. We have followed its increase for twelve years past, and to-day we can see it increasing steadily and rapidly. As long, for instance, as the Leghorns continue to shell out eggs ir the same proportion that they have for years, just so long will you find paople wise enough to own such a breed. The same holds true in regard to the weight of fowls.

As our farmers realize that they can have fowls that will dress from six to eight pounds at no greater cost than for a four pound one, the wiser ones are sure to take advantage of it. Yes! the field is a good and a large one, both for the fancier and the poultryman. But beware of great efforts without experience and a love of the calling. James Baily, Denver, in Poultry World. case of "rose cold," the cold symptoms entirely leaving the eyes after one thorough washing of the hair.

The head should be thoroughly dried afterward, and draughts of air should be avoided for a little while. Another point which will be useful if observed. Never comb the head with a sharp tooth comb. Always use the brush unless compelled to do so. Ivory has become so dear that its use is almost obsolete and the rubber fine tooth comb is in use, but is a terrible promoter of dandruff.

The head should never be combed with a sharp tooth comb as it is liable to iritate the scalp, sometimes seriously and always to the extent of producing dandruff. One of the best lotions to clean the scalp of dandruff is to wash the head and cleanse it thoroughly with soap and water, then carefully wet the scalp with a solution of sulphite of soda in proportion of one ounce of sulphite to a pint of water. The cleansing and application must be made every morning or every evening. OUR SLEEPING ROOMS. The following from the American Agriculturalist can be advantageously preached by the family physician.

"We hear a great talk about malaria nowadays, but there is more malaria to be found in most modern bed-chambers than- anywhere else. Persons who are moderately intelligent on other topics appear to have small thought, or that very perverted, on the subject of hygiene in their sleeping-room, and especially those occupied by children. The ventilation of a bed-chamber cannot be too carefully attended to; and, as says Horace Mann, "seeing the atmosphere is forty miles deep all7 around the globe, it is a useless piece economy to breathe it more than once." Yet nine mothers out of ten will carefully close all the windows, "for fear of colds and night air," and leave two or three children to sleep in a stifling atmosphere, and see no connection between the colds and throat troubles they have, and the vitiated air she compel them to breathe night after night. Xiet the morning air and sunshine into the bedroom as soon as possible after the occupants have risen; and if there is no sunshine, and it is not raining, let in the air. Do not make up beds too soon after they are vacated.

You may get your house tidied sooner, but it is neither cleanly nor healthy to snugly pack up bed clothing until the exhalations of the sleepers' bodies have been removed by exposure to the air. Look carefully after the wash-stand and the various utensils belonging thereto. The soap dishes and tooth-brush mugs cannot be kept too scrupulously clean. All slops and foul water should be emptied very promptly. Wash out and sun all pitchers, glasses and whatever vessels used in the sleeping room.

Never allow water or stale boquets of flowers to stand for days in the spare chamber after the departure of a guest. Towels that have been used should be promptly removed, and no soiled clothing allowed to hang or accumulate about ihe room. Closets opening into a sleeping apartment are often the receptacles of soiled clothes, shoes, and become fruitful sources of bad air, particularly where there are small children. After such places the housewife should look with a keen eye for objectionable articles, and remove them with an unsparing hand. I have encountered such closets, in which one might find all the odors tradionally belonging to the city of Cologne, any one of which was enough to suggest ideas of disease germs.

Even so innocent a piece of furniture as the bureau may by carelessness become the recipient of articles which will taint the air of the bed chamber. Damp and soiled combs and brushes are not only unsightly and disgusting, but lying soiled and unaired from day to day will certainly contribute to evil airs and odors, as will also greasy and highly scented hair, ribbons, etc. Never lay freshly laundried clothes upon the bed, nor air the same in your bedroom if possible to do so elsewhere. Do not hesitate to light a fire cool mornings and evenings; and if so fortunate as to have an open fire-place you possess a grand means of comfort and ventilation in the bed chamber." They should then be well boiled as soon practicable. Rags, closet paper, or other material used about the person the patient, should be immediately burned, (e) The sick room should be large, easily ventilated, and as far from the living and sleeping rooms of other members of the family as it is practicable to "have it.

All ornaments, carpets, drapery, and articles not absolutely needed in the should be removed. A free circulation of air from without should be admitted both by night and day there is no better disinfectant than pure air. Place the bed as near as possible in the middle of the room; but keep the patient out of draughts. () Not more than two persons, one of them a skillful, professional nurse, if obtainable, should be employed in the sick room, and their intercourse with other members of the family should be properly restricted. If possible, the attendants should be selected from those who have already had Typhoid Fever.

In the event that it becomes necessary for an attendant to go away from the house, a change clothing should be made, using such as has not been exposed to infection; the hands, face and hair should be washed in thymol water, or chloride of zinc half an ounce of chloride of zinc to one gallon of water. 6. After recovery, or during convalescence, the patient is to be considered dangerous so long as the intestinal discharges continue to be more copious, liquid and frequent than natural; and disinfection should be maintained until the attending physician advises that it is no longer necessary. 7. In the event of death, the clothing in which the body is attired should be sprinkled with thymol body wrapped in a disinfectant cerecloth (a sheet thoroughly soaked in the Zinc Disinfectant, double strength,) and placed in an air tight coffin, which is to remain in the sick room until removed for burial.

Public funerals are not advisable. 8. After recovery or death, all articles worn by, or that have come in contact with the patient, together with the room and all its contents, should be thoroughly disinfected by burning sulphur. To do this, have all windows, fire-places, flues, key-holes, doors, and other openings securely closed by strips or sheets of paper pasted over them. Then place on the hearth or stove, or on bricks set in a wash tub containing an inch or so of water, an iron vessel of live coals, upon which throw three or four pounds of sulphur.

All articles in the room and others of every description that have been exposed to infection, which can not be washed or subjected to dry heat, and are yet too valuable to be burned, must -be spread out on chairs or racks mattresses or spring beds set up so as to have both surfaces exposed; window shades and curtains laid out at full length, and every effort made to secure thorough exposure to the sulphur fumes. The room should be kept tightly closed for twenty four 'hours. After this fumigation which it will do no harm to repeat the floor and wood work should be washed with soap and hot water, the walls and ceiling white-washed, or, if papered, the paper should be removed. The articles which have been subjected to fumigation should be exposed for several days to sunshine and fresh air. If the carpet has unavoidably been allowed to remain on the floor during the illness, it should not be removed until after the fumigation; but must then betaken up, beaten, and shaken in the open air, and allowed to remain out of doors for a week or more.

If not too valuable, it should be destroyed; but, whenever practicable, it should be removed from the room at the beginning of the illness. After the above treatment has been thoroughly enforced, the doors and windows of the room should be kept open as much as possible for a week or two. Where houses are isolated, articles may be exposed out of doors. The entire contents of the house should be subjected to the greatest care, and when there is anv doubt as to the safety of an article it should be destroyed. All this work should be done both the disinfection and the destruction of property under the direct supervision of the local authorities or attending physician.

9. Such articles of clothing, bed Some Sensible Advice to a Boy Proper Self Self-esteem is a good thing, my boy, but you don't want too much of it, enough of anything is enough, and no matter how good a thing is, too much is more than you need, and self-esteem is no exception to the rule. It is all well enough for a man to hold his head up, and step around with an air of considerable importance, if he is really doing any good to the world by living in it. But if he has never done anything to be proud of, or anything to win the esteem of others, he shows a want of sense in being too proud of himself. Of course, a njan wants to possess self-confidence, and wants to think that he is just as good as anybody, but he don't need to think that the welfare of mankink hinges on his action, or that the world rests on his shoulder.

That is too much of a responsibility for any one man to assume, and besides other people would want a say in the matter, and everything might not go on peaceably. While it is all well enough for a man to have a good opinion of himself, and feel that he is able to go it alone, he should be careful not to go too far. Self-esteem is like mince pie, all right in moderate quantities, but seven or eight slices is all one should indulge in at a time. A man has to assume an air of some importance in this world to get along, but the trouble is, too many slop over. This is a big world, my boy, and no man is imperitively necessary to its success.

Presidents, Kings and school directors may die, but still the old world goes round. Governors may resign, road-overseers may move away, but the great mass of mankind never stop to weep. Mary Walker, Yseult Dudley, Ben Butler and other noted men may pass away, but the old world will still swing around the circle as though nothing had happened. When you and I pass off this stage of action, my boy, there will be several people, perhaps, who will not missus. The man who has S9lf -confidence, and who starts out in life confident of his ability to perform great deeds, and who has the nerve to try, and keep trying, will eventually succeed.

But before he achieves success he is apt to get a great deal of self-conceit knocked out of him. There are young men who have an idea that the world is very much in need of their services, and grand positions are standing open just ready for them to step right in, and that all they will have to do will be to reach forth, and grasp great fame, honor and riches at one fell swoop. But in the course of time they are pretty sure to wake up to the cold knowledge that things are not so. Many a young man, my boy, has an idea that the eyes of the world are fixed admiringly on him, when in reality his neighbors are keeping a lookout to prevent his getting in debt to them. Many a woman imagines the eyes of her sex are gazing with envy on her beauty, when in truth they are only looking at the mole on her nose.

Mankind is queer, my boy, and appearances are deceiving. When you think people are applauding your wisdom they may only be giving you taffy and laughing at your ignorance. Don't bank too much on your self-importance. Remember that the dignified citizen is just as liable as any other to slip up on the banana-peel, and that a dog with a can tied to his tail is just as apt to run between the legs of the most pompous individual as any. Have faith in yourself, and have confidence and self-pride, but at the same time keep a lookout for sharpers.

Remember that there are plenty of other men who know as much as you do, and some of them may know more. It is not well to debate in your mind whether or not you will accept a seat in Congress, when you do not know that you could secure a nomination for justice of the peace. If you do you are liable to be disappointed. And this reminds us that much of our disappointment comes of our expecting too much of ourselves. The world is full 'of young men who rate themselves at about four hundred cents on the dollar, when they are not actually worth over ten cents on the dollar.

Such men have got to come to a knowledge of their true worth, and it takes them a long time to do it. They have to be knocked down a great many times before they will stay down. There are men wTho feel very important, and who seem to believe that the world sways at their command, who attract attention by the aroma of their feet and the smell of their breath. My boy, remember that this is a big world, and that spread yourself as you will gain all the name and fame possible reach as far to the front as you can, and still you have succeeded in attracting the attention of but few. And when you die millions of eyes will never shed a tear, and millions of tongues will never speak your name.

Your children will quarrel over your wealth, the lawyers will gobble it, and the world will soon forget you. Thomas P. Monfort, in Peck's Sun. Success With Poultry. H.

H. Stoddard, Sir: The things that go towards achieving success in our calling are many. One of the principal ones is a love for the business we pursue. If we are wrapped up in it, as you might say, we avoid its difficulties and take advantage of its possibilities. Now, in poultry breeding, that one fact can be applied toward deciding whether one will become successful or not.

If we inherit a taste for the fancy, and even go on spasmodically in the business, and perhaps relinquish it for a time, it is sure to be the case that we will again take it up with a renewed and lasting ambition that will surely give us success. If those contemplating going into the business will take that one fact into consideration not how much money there is in it, not how much they can make in selling eggs at high prices, but the simple matter of caring about poultry we'll venture to say that, if they have the liking to such an extent that they can see no hardship in feeding and watering stock in the coldest day in winter, or no drudgery in regularly cleaning out their apartments, or in mixing up, day after day and week after the many meals of cooked and raw foods so necessary to their welfare, let them go in for all it is worth. The business is all right. Some are better at one specialty and some at another. Go slowly at first; find out what you are best adapted for; the rest is comparatively easy.

We have said go Again and again we read in our poultry periodicals not to buy a dozen breeds at first, but to try one until we are proficient in handling it successfully. But health authority by the "attending physician, or by the head of the family. Immediately upon receipt of notice of the existence of a case, the health officer should visit the locality and secure prompt compliance with the precautions above set forth. He should make a careful investigation as to the probable cause of the outbreak, and if this he found to be due to an infected water or milk supply, the use of such supply should be rigidly interdicted, and the necessary steps at once taken to correct the evil. He should superintend the disinfection of rooms, clothing and premises; and, finally, give official certificates of recovery, and of freedom from liability to communicate the disease to others.

Until these latter are issued, a system of isolation or quarantine should be maintained with regard to an infected house and its contents persons and things. In the event of death from a malignant case, or where there are a number of severe cases in one house or locality, the health officer should exercise even greater authority than here indicated. He should enforce disinfection, cleansing of premises, abandonment of suspected water, and other measures, arbitrarily, if necessary; and, in his discretion, should forbid public funerals where the conditions either of the disease as to virulence, or of the sanitary surroundings warrant such a course. Where there is no health officer, the attending physician should see that the proper precautions are carried out, as herein advised. 11.

Painless diarrhea, or simple "looseness of the bowels," occurring, in one who has never had Typhoid Fever, should excite suspicion while this disease exists in a neighborhood. The disease varies in the intensity of its symptoms, so that mild, walking cases are not uncommon. It is advisable, therefore, that all diarrheal discharges should be disinfected during the existence of Typhoid Fever in a community. BEST DISINFECTANTS. Sunlight, fresh air, soap and water, thorough cleanliness for general uses.

For special purposes the following are the most efficient, the simplest and the cheapest. I. COPPERAS DISINFECTANT. Sulphate of iron (copperas) and one-half pounds. Water.

one gallon. A convenient way to prepare this is too suspend a basket containing about sixty pounds of copperas in a barrel of water. This solution should be reqently and liberally used in cellars, privies, water closets, gutters, eewers, cess-pools, yards, stables, etc. II. SULPHUR DISINFECTANT.

Boll sulphur (brimstone) two pounds. To a room ten feet square, and in the same proportion for larger rooms. See rule 8, of for mode of use. III. ZINO DISINFECTANT.

Sulphate of zinc (white vitrol) one and one-half pounds Common Bait three-quarters of a pound Water six. gallons. For application and modes of use see rules 5, 7 and 9 of section II. IV. THYMOL WATER.

Made by adding one tablespoonful of Spirits of Thymol to half a gallon of water. Spirits of Thymol is composed of Thymol one ounce. Alcohol, 85 per cent three ounces. May be used for all the disinfectant purposes of carbolic acid; it is quite as efficient in this strength, and has an agreeable odor. See rules 5 and 8 for application and uses.

Where thymol is not available, chloride of zinc solution may be used half an ounce of chloride of zinc to one gallon of State Board of Health Circular. WASH YOUR HEAD. Keeping the head perfectly clean, says a writer in the Salem (Mass.) Gazette, is a great aid to health. A distinguished physician who has spent much of his time at quarantine, said that a person whose head was thoroughly washed every day rarely ever took contagious diseases, but when the hair was allowed to become dirtv and matted it was hard-ly possible to escape infection. Many persons find speecty relief for nerVous headache by washing the head thoroughly in weak soda water.

We have know cases almost wholly cured in ten minutes by this simple remedy. A friend finds it the greatest relief in RECIPES. SIX KINDS OF COOKIES. One of the nicest and handiest things for a housekeeper always to be supplied with is cookies, and here are approved ways of making them: Sugar Cookies. Two cupfuls of sugar, one cupful of warmed butter, one cupful of thick sour cream, one egg, one teaspoonful of saleratus and one teaspoonful of caraway seeds.

This makes sixty to eighty cookies. Butter Cookies. One cupful of sugar.one cupful of butter, two eggs, one and one-fourth teaspoonful of cream tartar, one teaspoonful of saleratus, and caraway seeds or lemon extract. This makes forty to fifty cookies, which will keep for months. Ginger Cookies.

One cupful of sugar, one-third of a cupful of molasses, one cupful of butter, one tablespoonful of sugar, one egg, one and one-fourth teaspoonf uls of cream tartar and teaspoonful of soda. Molasses Cookies. One cupful of molasses, one cupful of sugar, two-thirds cupful of hot water, two-thirds cupful of lard or butter, one egg, one teaspoonful of alum, one teaspoonful of saleratus and two teaspoonfuls of ginger. These ingredients will make ninety to one hundred and ten cookies. Cream Cookies.

One and one-half cupfuls of thick, sour cream, one and one-half cupfuls of sugar, one egg, one teaspoonful each of salt, saleratus and caraway seeds. Roll quite thick; enough for forty to fifty cookies. Cinnamon Cookies. One egg and one cupful of sugar, beaten together; one cupful of sour cream, two-thirds of a tespoonful each of salt and saleratus, stir very stiff with a spoon, and drop a piece the size of half an egg on the moulding board, which has already been spread with four tablespoonfuls of sugar and two of cinnamon. Roll the cooky in the sugar until no longer sticky; put into the form of a little cake, and bake quite hard.

BOILED FROSTING. For the whites of two eggs, use one-half pound of granulated sugar. Beat the' eggs to a stiff froth. Put in very little water to the sugar and boil until it strings, stirring it only enough to keep it from burning. Add the sugar to the eggs while hot.

Two persons are needed to do this, one to continue beating the eggs while the other pours in the sugar very gradually. Flavor to taste. In making cold frosting it is better not to beat the eggs first. Beat the sugar and eggs together. RUSSIAN FISH PIE.

Take half a pound of flour, a quarter of a pound of butter, half a teaspoonful of baking powder, a little pepper and salt, one pound of raw fish, half a teaspoonful of boiled rice and three eggs. Make a thin crust with the flour, butter, baking powder and one egg; fold in the center of the dough the raw fish, rice, and two of the eggs boiled hard. Bake in a quick oven three-quarters of an hour. CUSTAED PIE WITHOUT MILK. Beat together five eggs, five tablespoonfuls of suar, and a little salt; pour one pint of boiling water stirring briskly while adding the water: flavor with spices most pleasing to taste, and complete the pie the same as other custards.

The quantity is sufficient for two pres. Cus tards made in this manner may be eaten after pickles or any sour truit, by people with weak stomachs without producing any disagreeable effects. FIFTH AVENUE CORN BREAD. One quart of buttermilk, (sour milk can be used, but more butter must be added); two tablespoonfuls of melted butter, two eggs well beaten, a little salt, one tablespoonful of sugar one small teaspoonful of saleratus dissolved in a little boiling water, boiled up for a minute or so. Sift the meal, add enough to make a batter as thick as for buckwheat cakes.

Bake in square or round tins about an inch in thickness, for half an hour, in a very hot oven. It is delicious for breakfast or tea, and can be made of yellow or white meal. To the Milkers By one of Them. Never whip, pound or kick your cows. Never feed while milking unless you wish to feed always.

Pet the heifers, give them some sugar with salt; it will make them gentle if wild. I used to bring my cow home at night when I lived on the prairie by giving her a little salt and sugar. If you buy a new cow give her sugar to keep her at home. One yankee here broke a cow of kicking by carding her while another mileed. Only a few days sufficed.

Many times I have made a cow give down her milk by singing. Some of them like music. We sold a very gentle heifer once after I had milked her for months without the least trouble. Soon she had to be thrashed every time she was milked. Such milk was enough to kill a baby, if not a calf.

I saw a little colt almost dead by sucking just after the mother had been whipped and heated by work. (The "overheating" will sicken the colt without the whipping Editor.) Heating the cows by fast driving hurts the milk and spoils the cheese and butter often. Calves are killed and sometimes the cow by running them. Farm Journal. Walter Brown wool circular says there are no Kansas or territory wools in market except a few scattering stocks.

The Kansas clip will be of a better quality than that of several years past. Territory wool is also improving in quality, and with Kansas and Texas wools will sustain present prices. Montana is now furnishing a few delaine grades and will now be quoted separately. The tone of the market is healthy. Kansas and Nebraska unwashed wools are quoted as follows: Light.

Ordinary. 18 to 20 14 to 17 Fine Medium 18 20 15 17 Medium 16 18 15 16 Coarse 16 17 14 15 Low and Carpet 14 15 12 14 Emporia Republican. A project is on foot at Wells, to start a rabbit ranch, for the purpose of supplying the Boston market. It will not be difficult. Just import one English pair of rabbits and leave them alone for a few years and the Boston rabbit market can be fully supplied.

Emporia (Ks.) Daily Republican. What. a man don't say never hurts him much Ex. If he don't know much it will not take him long to say it if he only tells what he knows. Wheat.

A table of the estimated yield of winter Wheat, by states, gives Kansas 18,000,000 bushels, and places her fifth in the list of states. The total estimate in all the states and territories is: Winter wheat .236,000,000 Spring wheat 130,000,000 ....366,000,000 The United States department of agriculture officially report the crop of 1884, winter wheat, 370,000,000 bushels; spring wheat, 143,000,000 bushels total of winter and spring wheat 513,000,000 bushels. From these figures it will be seen that the crop of 1885 compared with that of 1884 will show a shortage in winter wheat of 139,000,000, spring wheat, 13,000,000 bushels. Total shortage, 152,000,000 bushels. The average wheat yield of the United States for five years past has been 461,000,000 bushels.

The estimate shows a shortage compared with the average crop for five years of 100,000,000 bushels. Emporia Republican. Illinois Crops. Secretary Mills of the Illinois state board of agriculture has issued advance sheets of the Illinois crop report for the month of June, based upon reports of correspondents, representing each township in the state. Indications are from these reports that the wheat increase will be less than 10,000,000 bushels this year against 32,000,000 last Ice cold water sprinkled upon cabbage plants infested by the imported cabbage worm is claimed to be sure death to that insect.

The water should be sprinkled upon the cabbages during the heat of the day, when the worms will roll off and die. The discovery of the remedy is credited to Mr. Charles H. Erwin, of Painted Post, N. and is communicated to the Rural New-Yorker by Prof.

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