Show as they contain a variety of alkaline and I 1 other products products demanded by the tree of j artifice artificial la pa manures of lime Is 1 j re required aired by both the apple and pear tree S small smail dobes doses of lime ailo also should be applied yearly to apple trees LIMA BEANS did you ever know any one to get lima beans earlier by trying any pre I 1 plan whatever I 1 never did I 1 have sown them under glass and dibbled dabbled them out sown them on pieces of sod and set them out grown them awhile in pots tilt till they almost flowered and then put them autti out but the ones sown at the right time beat t them em all the great thing with the lima beans is the right time tor for the least liast cold or dampness while they are germinating will rot them but the right time may be much accelerated by a large hill bill of sand on which to sow your lima be bens beins ins rich sand a soil that will not 0 only odly keep your bean warm anel and dry but give it something to eat worth eating besides there is no use trying for tor early beans with out large hills bills of light soil with them you are all right of if course the holes boles should be filled with the po poles before the hills bills are made but about the these poles they are often much too iong long A bean will bear earlier on a short pole than a long one the reason why I 1 cannot tell but it is the logic of events again the sooner you can train a shoot from fro from m one plant away across to the pole of the other the sooner it will bear I 1 know this to be a fact also because I 1 have done it and doing a thin thine as adwell well weil as the old phrase bas baa it Is be living gardeners monthly GRAFTING WAX take five parts robin rosin one part tallow and one part beeswax melt thee these in a sl skillet illet or other metal vessel and mix well together it the tallow be uncommonly bard a trifle less rosin should be used and if the wax is to be applied with the hand being previously worked into balls four parts rosin to one part of tallow and beeswax will be better how TO RELIEVE A COUGH COLDS ASTHMA ETC we are often tiou troubled bled bied with severe coughs the results of a cold of long standing which may turn to consumption and premature death hard coughs cause sleepless nights by a constant irritation in the throat and a strong effort to throw off offending matter from the lungs I 1 the remedy I 1 propose has been tried by my myself self seif 1 and n d often recommended to others with good res results uit ff which is simply to take into the stomach I 1 t om a h b before e fore retiring at a piece of raw onion after chewing this ibis esculent in an uncooked stated state is very heating and tends to collect the waters from the lungs lunga and throat causing immediate re relief lef to the patient sliced onion in the raw state will collect poison from the air and also from the human system when taken internally or externally applied to the arm pits ANOTHER GOOD REMEDY redy to an ounce of loaf buzar placed in a cup and just water enough tor or the sugar to absorb without dissolving it add the same quantity of sweet or olive oil in its pure state as of sugar in bulk then to this add three large teaspoonfuls of paregoric mix well As the cough continues take half of a small teaspoonful every five hours day and night before using stir well the compound each time this strictly followed will cure a virulent cold of long iong standing and taken night nights s is a great relief to those who rt 0 are afflicted with the rat ast asthma ahma SOLO IV JEWETT jewert rio bravo ranch california THE txie CLAN claw GRANT the scottish american To tournai an able and inter interesting esting eating weekly in the number for this week gives a genealogies cal sketch of the clans ciana of the grants in scotland and says bays that the name of grant is lustrous in in the military annals ol 01 great britain according to the scottish traditions the origin of the grant clan dates back to the early part of the twelfth century and its leaders nave have always been noted for their bravery and dexterity in feats of arms our new lieutenant general comes of this fighting stock inheriting its military capacity as well i as its steady purpose and unwavering fidelity the following is an interesting 0 passage from the article of the journal ro arnal the badge of the clan grant was the pine or cranberry beath heath and their slogan or gathering ath cry stand stani fast the gb bold id projecting rock of that name the rock of al alarm in the parishes of duthil and rothe ms mer chus being their hill of rendezvous the grants had bad a long standing feud with the gordons and even among the different branches of themselves there were factions fights as between the and carron grants the clan with few exceptions was noted for it its loyalty being generally and the taini family of the chief invariably found on the side of government in the name prevailed almost to the exclusion of every other and to this day grant is the prominent eminent surname in the district as allude alluded ard to by sir alexander boswell baronet barone tp in his lively years 96 i roame the grants of wl WV their pipers g gaun faun aun sun before em proud the mothers are tie that bore them next the grants or of every man bis his sword ond dirk has every man mau as a tk Is 13 31 |