Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 30, Number 17, Indianapolis, Marion County, 31 May 1882 — Page 7

TIIE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL, WEDNESDAY MAY 31, 1882,

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OUR FAR 31 FRIENDS.

Economy of Cut Food AVhat Pint of Manure Did. .

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Clyeadales What Can be "Raised, mn A ere -Dairy, Farm and Workshop Notes.

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Opportunity. In harvest-time when field and woods Outdazzle sunset's glow. And scythe elan music through the land, It is loo late to sow. Too late! too late! It la too late to sow. In wintry days, when weary earth Lie cold in pulseless sleep, With not a blossom ou her shroud. It is too late to reap. Too late! too late! It la too late to reap. When Hue-cycd violets are astir. And new-born grasses creep. And young birds chirp, men sow beumes. And thou betimes shall reap. Then sow! theu sow! And thon betimes shall reap. Economy oC Cut Food.

Inmrovement in the method of

feeding

has saved much valuable material that would otherwise have been wasted, and the benefit pained has been more from the preparation than from the quality of the food given. The recent improvements in machines for cntting cornstalks enable farmers not. only to cut their stalks into very short lengths, but also to cruäh and to tear them to pieces, the process breaking the silicious, hard coating and facilitating digestion. The advantages of catting all long food are numerous. Principal among the benefits derived is les waste, and any method that prevents unnecessary loss is an actual gain. Prepared food is more easily masticated and digested, ia more palatable, and affords nourishment

according to the attention given it, i$y cutting and preparing food the inferior kinds can be given along with the best, and mixtures can be made to suit the different grades ot stccL. Cornstalks have not been regarded as of special value on the farm except to add balk to the manure heap. Even if fed alone, after being well cut, they are not as nourishing as other food, but if saved and kept in the barn in good, bright condition, they can be utilized by the aid of the cutter, and be made to till the bill of fare, which often runs hort of material before the winter is over. Many farmers feed their animals liberally with groui.d grain, using hay and straw more for the purples of distension and bulk than for t,u Jity, a'd it is on the farms where the grains are ued that cut cornstilks can be niaiie useful. When well cut a-id crushed they can be steamed or

moistened with hot water until swollen, which renders them tender; but if the cattle are not accustomed to them they should be sprinkled with meal and a little salt. Finely cut and mixed with pulpy roots they are relished by cattle at all times. Another saving, which more than balances the labor required for cutting, is the value of cut food to the manure h.'ap. The refuse of cut stalks, straw, hay, etc., should be used for the absorption of liquids. Straw and inferior hay, should any be left in the trough after feedine, is in a better condition for heddiLg than when fed in the entire state. Th beds can be removed with greater ea and being in tine condition, is added to the manure heap in that state, the result being a saving in the handling of the manure, a more thorough rotting and greater eae in its distribution over the held. No farmer who has been accustomed to hauling coarse manare to

the Heids will object to the labor of the cutting when he once tries the ease and convenience of distributing manure that has been made front material tkat has passed through the cutter. It is almost barbarous to throw away corn fodder and straw by the bundle in barnyards to be trampled npon and waited by cattle, when by cutting it the stock will be willing to consume it, to say nothing of the cleanliness of the system, faciliU'of handling, variety oi preparation and nutritive properties gained. To this may be added the quickness of decomposition in the manure heap3, fineness of ma- " -terial, and little liability of ''fire-fanging," as well as the caving of the volatilo gases that often escape frjm want of lively-divided absorbents. What Pint of Manare Did.

A Wisconsin farmer sends this experience

soluble in water, and every rain dissolves Tv.rrir.no of it. thus furnishing ready lime

food. The freshly-slacked lime, when in the

'ii nf a hydrate, is alsodissoivea Dy water,1

and as its effects are not only shown in the

growth of the crop but also as a chemical agent in the soil, the advantage of using judgment and care in its preparation and application can be seeu at once. In the tirst place, in slacking .the freshly-burnt lime too much water should be guarded against. Usd i i sparingly, as the lime will become liner and contain fewer lumps. After the lime is

dry every bushel of it should be silted, ldmps broken, and the whole mass brought to a tine, powdered condition. Applied in such tiue condition, time will convince the farmer that the labor expended will be as nothingconpared to the difference between the lime in tbat condition and when In a lumpy or gravelly state. The tendency of lime is downwaidstn the earth, lor the lain always takes with it more less lime whenever it falls, and the kinds ot or lime most subject to the action of moisture are those that are in the finest possible state of division. Hard lumps that have reverted to limestone are almost useless, and their application is extravagance. It is admitted tiijit there are unseen and often unknown agencies that work even upon the lumps, but the processes are slower and lerS certain than when by a little care the lime is broadcast over the soil in a freih, pulverized condition.

The Farm and the trotting Horse. Many excellent farmers have been ruined by a desire to breed and raise trotting horses. Even in the trotting horse section Kentucky failures of this kind are not rare, and here if anywhere it would seem that success could be obtained. Mr. Duncan, editor of the Farmers' Magazine, at Louisville, Ky., writing upon this subject, and advocating the breeding of general purpose horses by farmers says: Breeding trotting torses has a fascination that it Is almost impossible lor the average farmer to resUt, especially if he has a Hue farm and a moderate surplus iu bau. It Mr. Urowu or Mr. Green realizes Miverai tuousand dollars for a colt

barely inree years old, why may not some one else raise one equally asood and sell him equally aiwelir It dov not take a person very loag to reasoa himself luu a tnlusj ou wnica. his taste are set, and the experiment too often results disastrously. And why? Simply because there was not a sufficient auiouut of capital of both cash and brains experience invested, because the material used was not ol ma verv best, and btciuse, even after a meritori

ous thing has been produced, if the producer is not xhoq to tnose wno purchase Lbjö-prlced stock, some midile-man i sure to get all the plumbs." Aside Irjm this, one last, nigh priced cil represent the losses 1m ou IUomj untaieble except at low figure. We do not wish to discourage those who are properly situated In every way to breed trotters ntniabiy, but we do wish to save tae eutnu-ustic novices from bitter disappointment and frequently great loss aud to advise them to try breeiiug tiaa of horses which does nt demand such a fund of cab and experience to start with.

tralia already exports wine to France for mixing with the product of the latter country. The total exports of this country amounted last year toJSl.frJö.l'lT. the proportion produced by agriculture being STlD.Gl.'O.OI'i, or very nearly 83 ter cent. The most important study of a cultivator of the soil is to plan for such crops as will always be in demai.d and always pay; crops that will be in demand year alter year. Men who use improved tools do their work better and much easier than by the old way. The fact is, horse-power is cheaper than niau-power and much more reliable. One hundred sacks of new wheat, grown in Arkansas, were lately received iu St, Louis, and sold at $1.00 per bushel. It is one mouUi earlier thau any previous shipment to that place. Gather no seed from a forest tree that is not clean and straight and a rapid grower. Scrub trees beget their like. This law of heredity holds good in trees a3 well aim the lower animals and men. While the Southern floods l ave been dam

aging to a great degree, yet it is claimed that the sediment deposited is Very valuable, and cotton lauda will be worth from $1 to Jo more per acre than formerly. If you have hens of the right breed and age, warm and sunny quarters for them to stay in, and keep them supplied with every thing they neeJ, you will haveegs. fcimply because hens can no more help laving than they can help breathing.

Wry recent reports to interested parties in New Yort from the States of Delaware

and Maryland, whence the peaches are to

come this year, show that the crop promises . r t 1 i 1 : 111

at present irotu iuuruuauusi. uiuiva iu five and a quarter million baskets.

The value of all farms in the United

States is estimated at $10,19ö,SD0.tilö; value

of farm imnlemcnts at $100 51G.1W2; live

steck. Sl.5U0.437.lss7; fertilizers purchased

and used in $27,.r)S,SÖ&; fencescost of buildings and repairing in 1879, $77,705,72.'.

The South does not grow enough provi

sions for home nse, despite the advance

made in that direction, bo far this season

she has drawn on the North for wheat to the

value of $..000.000: corn. $50,000,000, and

provisions. $72,000.000. Total, $177,000,000.

A successful Boston florist says that he

seldom fails to root slips of the nioet tender

and rare Plauts. He credits his success to

layer of oats placed under the usual layer

of sand in which the slips are planted

When moistened they act as a stimulant

and feeder to the tender roots of the slip.

Hundreds of farmers in Pennsylvania

A Practical and Exhaustive Discussion

of Important Matters

State

to tte American Agriculturist: '"Last year.

in hauling yard manure across a held alterward planted to corn, some of it scattered off in driblets from a handful to a pint or so in a place. When planting the corn, I found portions of these dropping9, and where noticed, drew them iuto the hills, and with the hoe mixed them a little vith the soil S3 the seed was dropped. In three instances, where a large handful or about pint of the manure was thns put tin, a strick was driven down to mark the Jiills. When hoeing, we noticed that in these hills the corn plants had started off

more vigorously, were greener, and at the third hoeing they were sir to twelve inches higher than the other hills adjoining. Our curiosity being awakened we followed' tip the observations, and when gathering the crop, each of the three stalks in the three hills had two large plump ears, while the surror-rtding corn did notaverasr- one good ear t the stalk. This set us to thinking and figuring. That bit of manure had given the y ting corn roots a vigorous start, just a3 good feed starts off a young calf, or pig, or iamb, and the roots penetrated further in every direction and gathered in more food and moisture. These stalks being better nourished from below, ran. away from the poorly fed neighbors. As to the figures, the ros were three and one-half feet apart and the hills three feet distant in the rows, say 4,000 hills on an acre, and 4.000 pints of manure

is about sixty-two and one-half bushels, or "two large wagon loads. Anybody can reckon the difference between six large, well-filled ears of corn on each hill and less than three per hill, and the cost of the manure as compared with the total value of the final crop. The plowing aud the seed and the hoeing

amount to the same in eajh case, ah i have to say is that every corn hill planted on my farm this year will have at least a pint of manure in It."

Clydesdale Horses. The American Agriculturist for June has an exceptional! line engraving of the Clydesdale stallion, "Nubian," and from the accompanying article we extract the following: 'As a basis for breeding, American drafthorse breeders have selected as if by common consent two breeds the Percheron (including the inevitable mixture of the leas gxd Norman blood), and the Clydesdale horse. They are botu excellent, and each may well have their ardent admirers and advocates. . Tue Clydesdales have, however, one im

mense advautage. mey nave Deeu Dreu from the first tuat is from early in the present century, Bay from 1610 2) with carelully prescrveu pedigrees, which are the subject of record. iney sho-v the result, in persistency of type, in steady improvement, and in the -increasing demand lor Ihe horses both for labor and tor breeuitig. They possess another advantage,

namely, Color. Although there is a family ot Gray Clydes which hud favor, yet, in the long run. dark colors have a decided advantage over grays in the markt t. Tue Ciydesare large, yet in size the old English care-horie is superior, but ho has tho reputation of being a soft, ileshj-.imbed beast. They have good feer, yet oae may hardly say "none have better;" though it would be hard to name a breed that has,

without fear of contradiction. They are hardy and tough when mature, last well at slow, heavy wurk, and among them, those

which do not naturally reach grtat size aud weight, trot off ireely, and with ease move heavy loads at a brisk pace. They have neat heads, well set on arching necks; their breasts are deep and broad; backs thort, connecting the niagniheeut, sloping shoulders with the massive loins; barrel cylindrical and well ribbed back. Though standing sixteen to seventeen hands high, and weighing 1,500 to 2,000 pounds, they have the look ot low-set, pony-built horses, which is due to the suortness of their limbs, and to the weight of bone in them. The legs are flat, with hard firm tendons, and are remarkably free from bony growths, splints, spavins, etc, A fancy which we cau hardly approve, has led to the encouragement of au enormous growth of hair upon the legs and fetlocks, and this is now recarded as indicative of purity of blood.

ileavy manes and forelocks aro also prized.

A2lEDi'Cr TBE C0XSTIIUTI0X.

Senator Jason It. Drown Amendments.

on the

have turned their attention to hsh culture

Manv have stocked ponds and streams, and

in mist cases they have been successful

especially with carp, and in a few years they will depend upon fish lor a subsistence

ns much as upou any other larm product, An English mechanic has invented

horseshoe comoosed of three thicknesses of

cowhide compressed into a steel mould and

subiected to a chemical preparation. It wil

last longer than the common shoe, weighs

only one-fourth as much, does not split th

hoofs, requires no calks and is very elastic,

The value of pare short horn cattle is stil

verv great. At a recent sale in Lnicago in

Fourth Duchess of Airdie brought $7,100

the Second Marchioness of Kirklivington

5525: the Ninth Duchess of riillhurst.

S500: the Tenth Duchess ol Hillhurst

$7,100; the Eleventh Duchess of lliilhurst.

$4,700; the Eighth Duke of lliilhurst, $J,Ui:o. Dr. Nichols, the well-known agriculturist, estimates one bushel of Northern corn, ground with the cob, ejnal to a bushel of shell?d corn from the West, while many farmers consider a ton of well cured cornfodder equal to a ton of English hay for making milk. Tuis" b ing the ca, and corn at the present time being nine ty cents to $t per bushel, every farmer should raise all he will be likely to use. It is not best to renew the orchard by planting young apple trees in the places made vacant by the decay and dsitruetio.i of the old ones. To a certain extent trie material reeded for the growth of th at'p.e-

wood has been extracted from the soil, uua many of the elemeuts with which the up,.ie has to contend h.ve foind a licuti-ji.. It is better to supply the vacancy with a iue ot

of some othrr fruit or perhaps leave it vacant, and plant a new orchard In s-..me otl.er locality. The practice of thinning potato vines to two stalks in the hill, when they exceed that number, has been annual with a correspondent of the American Cultivator, and his father before him for fifty years. This is done at hoeing time the ruperlluous (weakest) stalks being treated as weeds. The effect is, as may be supposed, an increase of large handsome tubers. The object of cutting seed to single eyes is in part to prevent overcrowding and competition of stalks.

One of the most important subjects that

can ever be considered by the electors of a

State is a proposition to amend the State's

Constitution. The Constitution of Indiana

is now In process of being amended in two very important respects, viz:

l.That the manufacture, sale or keeping

or sale in this öiate, spirituous, vinous,

malt liquors, or other intoxicating liquors,

except for medical, scientific, mechanical.

and wines for sacramental purposes) shall

be prohibited.

2. Submitting to the electors of this State

the question of allowing women to vote.

These questions have been commanding

public attention for many years, and have now brought themselvei face to face with the electors of Indiana. The question is,

low shall they be di?posed of? Shall they

be ignored entirely in the approaching cam

paign, and be submitted by the next General Assembly to the electors of the State

for adoption . or rejection without having

been previously considered by the people at all, or shall they be discussed iu the ap-

nroachine canipaicn. and be taken into con

sideration in connection with the election of

the next General Assembly? These proposed

amendments ought to be treated in the man

ner tbat the Constitution provides that all

propased amendments shall be treated, and not in a different manner.

The Indiana Constitution of 1S10 contained

no provision authorizing the Legislature to . . i i r

propose amcminiems wili ueoniy provwou it had upon the subject of its amendment was that every twelfth year after its adoption, at the geneaal election held for Governor, a poll should be opened in which the oualified electors of the State should ex-

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rtress bv vote wnetner iney were in lavor ui

cal linz a Convention or not: if there should

be a maioritv of all the votes cast at such

election in fävor of a Convention it was the

duty of the Governor o so inform the next Gpneral Assembly. It then became the

duty of the General Assembly so informed

, . t

to provu'e by law ior tue election ot mem bers of the Convention, and when the Con

veution met it tad full- iower to revise,

mpnd or chance the Constitution. This

was the cnlv wav by which the Constitu

tion could be amended. The Legislature

had nothing whatever to do with it, except to provide for the election of the delegates to the Convention. The Convention was

the only tribunal that had authority to pro vide amendments. The question of providing a way for AMENDING OtR PRESENT CONSTITI TIOS

was one that commanded no little attention ot the Constitutional Convention of 1S50.

Early in the progress of the proceedings of

that Convention Mr. Kead, a delegate from

Clark County, offered a resolution in rela tion to future amendments of the Constitu

tion, to be separately submitted to the peo

ple. The resolution was relerred to a ixan inittee on Future Amendments to the Con

stitution. In the discussion of this resola lion then appeared a creat diversity of opin

ion among the delegates upon tne subject o

amendiug the Constitution. Many delegates were opined to the General Assembly in

any event having authority to proi'

amendments, but believe 1 the besi policy

was that at stared periods ranging from six

to sixtten years, an t-Union should be he!

for t.'ie ii'in-oe ( taking the sene of in

elision up.j.i th? propriety of calling aConsiilinionat Conw ntiin. Mr. Newman, & delegate fro; a Wayiie .'ou:;t. iübiuitiod t rif Rdiowi ng prop i ti'H : 'TiiC Geueja! A-s-iuSiy i!iv,:it i:i lir.-t

H'tl aitcf MX enr tr.iii l:.f r'l ' ln

chosen at the next general election, and if in the Legislature so next chosen, such proiiosed amendment or amendments shall be agreed to by a majority of all the members elected to each House, then it shall be the duty of the .Legislature to submit such amendment or amendments to the qualified voters of the State, and if a majority of said electors shall ratify the fame, snch amendmi nt or amendments shall become a part of this Constitution." Mr. Owen's substitute with some slight changes in phraseology was adopted by a vote of twenty-eieht to forty-eight, and now constitutes the first eection of the sixteenth article of our State Constitution. Thus it is Eeen that our present State Constitution provides for its own amendment, and specifically points out the way in in which it shall be done. Either Hou?e of the General Assembly may at any time propose an amendment (provided there is no other amendment pending.) and if agreed to by a majoriiy of the members elected to each House, it shali be referred to the next General Assembly to -be elected

at the next general election, and if agreed to by that General Assembly in like manner as it was agreed to by the

former General Assembly, it shall be submitted to the people . for their adoption or rejection. It is plain to be seen from the

anguage of the Constitution that a duty is

ninosed upon the electors as soon as the

General Assembly has proposed an amend

ment to the Constitution. That duty is to

examine the proposed amendment, to dis

cuss it, to ascertain as far as possible whether

t is practical and useful, and to elect Sena

tors and Representatives who will reflect the

popular will concerning it. Why was it

hat the Constitution was made to provide

that there should be an intervening election ot Senators and Representatives, before the General Assembly should finally submit the

proposed amendment to the electors, if it

was hot that the electors snouia nave an op-

ortunitv of considering the same in con

nection with the election of Senators and

iepresentatives, before they should be final

ly charged with the burden of an election,

and the duty of voting directly upon the

proposed amendment? 1 . . ... I Tl-l.l' l-- 1 . V

1UI 11 may oe saiu it tuis u.' so, wuy me necessity of having an election by the people

TO RATIFY THE AMENDMENT et the second General Assembly promul

gate it at once, as a part of the Constitution, if public opinion has approved it by the election of Senators and Representatives

who favor it? Tue answer is, tbat in all

Republican Governments the people are so zealous respecting tbe prrservatiem of their rights and liberties, that they will notdelegate the power of making Constitutions for

their government to any one. lhey periorm

that duty themselves. Ihe people ct mis State reserved the right to finally vote upon all proiKJsed amendments to their State Constitution, as their final sateguard in case the General Assembly should either corruptly

or by mistake fail to reflect their will as expressed at the preceding election. Again.

the Convention ot lböu recognized tne tact that the organic law should be stable, and not subject to frequent changes; but It was wot unmindful of the necessity of providing

a way for future changes in the Constitution without the labor and expense of a Convention, and the present plan was agreed upon as being sufficient to secure stability for the Constitution, because the public judgment would have to be twice pronounced in favor of the change before it would occur; and at the same time a safe and convenient mode was provided for making the change when required, without the burden of a Convention. . And further, the Constitution of 1S1G made no provision that amendments to it. or changes made in it by a Convention, should be submitted to the people for ratification. It gave the Convention absolute pwer over that subject by providing: ''And which Cor:ve:iti j:i, when m-t. hall have it in tlicir power to revise, mwd, r

change liie Constitution.'

IS.

NATIONAL. CAPITAL GOSSIP.

Random Jfotea of Persona and Thine. Washington Citt, May 23. The visitor to the political metropolis of the Republic invariably and most appropriately "takes in" the United States Senate and its contiguous sights and associations. One of the most attractive of these is the Marble Room. If I had McCauley's or Hugo's singular powers of description, I could possiby give the reader a faint conception of the extraordinary beauty of this grand room. But then the charm of astonishment would be in part broken when you came here to see it with your own eyes. It is si tuated in the center of what I may call the north facade more properly the north end or wing. A spacious lobby extends from east to west between it and the Senate Chamber, in wnich the legislative Solons sit in front of "Jumbo"- David Davis. Speaking of pro tem. Vice President Pavis,he is not so ponderous in - appearance as you would conclude by reading the ' many references to bis avoirdupois. This lobby referred to is sacred to Senatorial feet, and it is a special privilege for an "outside barbarian" to trespass therein. It is a courtesy, however, extended by official chief t and the Senators sometimes. I saw not long ago a bevy of young ladies chaperoned by the pretty and piquant Mrs. Nellie Gorgas Scott, formerly of Indianapolis, escort d by

SERGEA5T-AT-ARM9. E1CI1ARD J. BRIGHT, taking a look at the Marble Room and its transcendent beauties in imperishable marble and other adamant of various hues. Colonel Dright has control, ex-offico, of that 'end' of the Capitol. In the House the office corresponding to Mr. Bright's in name is of more limited jurisdiction. There they have a door-keeper. In the Senate Colonel

Bright has all the door-keping, the Post-

office, the document room, the folding room,

the messengers and heating and ventilating

under his direction. If the ventilating only

included the,records of the public servants

quartered here.wouldn t our genial and band

some Colonel Dick Bright have a jolly old

time of it? And if he did his duty fearlessly

and faithfully, without partiality, would he cot soon be in the plight of the darkey's

boy who made a facial inspection of the

hoof of an irritable mule? that is, " not so

good lookln' ez he w ar befo', but he knows

uio . About a thousand newspaper cor

respondents, reporters and editors on the ground are "ventilating" away at these

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MISCELLANEOUS 1TEJ1S.

, Application of Lime. Thousands of bushels of lime are ar.nnally thrown away by improper methods of application. Every farmer is a believer in the benfit3 derived from lime, and even on limevone lands it is u;ed with advantage. As tli plants contain mere or less lime it not ony serves as an important element of food but in some sections its ue is an als,--Inte necessity. It may be tafely said that all soils contain some lime. Lime in the foil, bcinj principally in the shape of carbo.iate, i Vt:le influenced by the action of rain-. tVhvn limestone is burnt it merely lo?es tts carbonic acid, and when we slack it with water the lime unites with the water, which crystallizes and forms hydrate of

lime. After a while, by attracting carbonic acid from the air. the lime becomes again a carbonate, and is then in the same condition as before burning that is, it has become once more limestone In a line condition. Lime Is often bought and slacked, and then placed aa.id until some convenient time arrives for putting it on the land; and as the process for slacking is considered an ordinary occurance it is sometimes done carelessly. When it is ready to be droni-cast-d it generally goes to the field in lumps or In the shape of fine grave). The farmer who knows how to use lime is very careful to apply the lime, if poible, as a line powder, for then the benefit from, its application is mere direct; it reaches every part, and less ouantity is required, which amply relays for the labor of preparation. Clover peas, beans, potatoe?, etc, are lime plants, and-wecan account fnf the beneficial effects of plaster (sul

phate of lime) by knowing that it is slightly '

What Can be Itaiseit on an Aero of Urouud. A New "York gentleman uiing p'euty'of manure and water raises the asparagus, peas, corn, and other vegetables needed in a

family of ieven, also the summer keep of two cows, and hay, and mangelwurzels enough to winter them, all ou one acre of land. If the matter of providing fresh family vegetables and feed for the entire year can be accomplished on one acre of good ground judiciously worked, the cultivation of acre farms in the suburban surroundings of large - cities must evidently become quite popular. It can cot be claimed that every man who owns an acre has sufficient knowledge of

farming or gardening to enable him to successfully carry on a similar small farm, but

there is no reason why, through the me-!

diuiu of standard works upon these subjects aud the exercise of good judgment, every

persou who lives in the suburbs should not measurably succeed. It is a positive pleasure to attend to a small garden patch, and even business men have time enough at least to superintend the laying out and planting of such plots of ground. The knowledge that upon their own place they are assured of fresh vegetaoles, and plenty of them, is a great satisfaction. Such a garoeu adds to the health aud comfort of the lamily, and possesses the additional recoiumenda tion of increased beauty. If it is possib.e to

attain success upon an acre farm amid the

rocks and creeks of Central ew lorx, it

would certainly seem that an equal degree

of success would follow to acre farmers

npon the prolific rich soil of Indiana. In

the immediate vicinity of our large cities

a large number of family gardens devoted to raising .vegetables have been started this

spring, and there is apparently a mania ex

itim for this particular branch of work. A

fine flower garden is a "thing of beiuty and

a joy forever." but attached to the vegetable

garden is the fact that the return in dollars

and ctfnts is certain to follow intelligent

effort.

Here rets hi head upon the lp of earth,

A youth to fortune and to lame un5uon; Tiki much bo 1 17. me crept underneath his girth, Aud plajred the miachlel with bis temperate zone. . Reformed loet.

A maiden wants to know how to avoid bavin ' a mustache come on her upper lip. Eit onions daughter.

Farm and Workshop Notes.

Long Island has over a hundred trout

farms.

Now is ihe time to make an examination

of the grafts set last year.

A million pounds of buffalo meat were

ohipjed from the plains last year.

early ,00 bushels of onions tier acre

were raised last year by Mr. George O,

Mason, of loverly, Mass. t

In the wheat-growing sections of lrginia th8 prospects are that the present crop will

bo the largest fur many years.

The Ohio State Hoard of Agriculture esii

mates the coming wheat crop of that State

at liö.ei 2, l'JO bushels, as against 37,53l,wn for last year. An Australian wine grower has formed a coninanv which promises to produce ex

cellent champagne at $10 per dezen. Aus-

"My daughter," eiclairaed a fashionable mother, "is innocence itself. You can't say

anything in her presence that will make her

blush."

The wife of an Irish landlord, looking at

the horrid picture of Gladstone in the Gros-

venorGa lerv. remarked: A i last we are

avenged."

The prevalence of near-sightedness among French tchool children is attributed to the thinness and smallness of the type of the

texs books they use.

' An untutored savage went to San Bernardino. Cal.. recently and bought a starched

shirt. He stepped out into the middle of

i.rominent street and took off his old one

and put on the new, ignorant of the use of a

secluded dressing room. ine open air ai-

forded him room enough to make his toilet

Banio-plaving is daily becoming more

popular among young society ladies of th Eastern cities. Clara Louise Kellosg is given

crediLfor starting the craze. Won't it be nice when "our girls" have so thoroughly

mastered the variety stage business that they

will entertain us with acrobatic song and

dance, and soulful ditties, such as "Dully

You're Giving Me Tafly?"

The American Society of Engineers.' at i

recent meeting in a-lurgion, proposed to

bring about the establishing ol "one nni

versal siandard time common to all peep'es

throuchout the world," and expressed a de

sire "to have one series of hours in the day. extendirg froni'midriight to midnight a:d

numbering from cue to twenty-roar. V hen this is brought about a man will know what

" 'steen o'clock" and " 'ty-three o ckek mean. We aro a highly civilized people, of course, but statistics prove tbat in a single week fifteen men and three women can b lost out of the life of the City of New York and

leave no trace of tlwir identity, while iu the I against each of such a. ?.c' ....

same time six women nm. two men cau j "mysteriously disappear" and leave no one to concern himself as to their fate. Here is a death rate of almost four per day unaccounted for by the police aud the physicians of the great metropolis. , Bishop "Wigger, of the Newark Catholic Iioce?e, has examined the play known as the "Two Orphans," and has "found it very objectionable in character, with suggestions throughout of immorality." lie has therefore prohibited the acting of the immoral drama by any Catholic society in the Dioce. The Bishop's attention was called to it by its production in Newark some time ago bv the Catholic Institute Dramatic As

sociation of that city. The objection to the ! i.lav arose from the fact that a ' Sister of

Charity, in the prison practiced an act of

i deception to save one of the "Two Orphans"

from exile.

. f 1 . .

ura Vole in lavor "i auCa twieiai.ou r

amendment, the same shall be adojted and

brni a part of the constitution.

Mr. Newmans proposition had many

friends, but it was finally rejected.

The Committee "on Future Amendments

to the Constitution" reported to the Convention an article upon the subject of amending the Constitution, the first section of which was:

Whenever two-thirds of all the members

elected to each brauch of the General Assem

bly shall think it necessary to call a Convention to after or amend this Constitution, they shall recommend to the electors at the next election of members of the General Assembly, to vote for or against a Convention; and if it shall appear tbat a majority of all

the electors ol the btate voting tor itepre-

tentatives have voted for a Convention, the

General Assembly shall, at their next session, call a Convention for the purpose of revising, altering, or amending this Constitu

tion."

Mr. Basconi moved to strike out the

section, and offered as a substitute sub

stantially that every tixte?n years

after the adoption of the Constitution, at the general election, a poll should be opened to

ascertain whether the people were in favor of

calling a Constitutional Convention, and

that it they were in favor of it the Governor

should so inform the General Assembly,

whose duty then would be to provide for

the electiou of delegates to the Convention.

This substitute was laid on the table, and

by a vote of siity-sii to fifty five, the original section, on motion of Mr. Carr, of Jack

son County, was also laid on the table.

The second section of the article reported by the Committee was: "Any amendment or amendments to this Constitution may be proposed in either branch of the General Assembly; and if the same shall be agreed to by two-thirds -of all the members elected In each oi the two Houses, such proposed amendment or amendments shall be referred to the next session of the General Assembly, and shall be published at least three months previous to the time f holding the next election for members of the Houe of Representatives; aud if, at the next regular m-mol of the General Assembi3' after taid elt o'don, a maioritv of all the iiifiiibers elected in. each

oranch of the (Jet. era! Assembly . shall agree to said amendment or amendment's

then it shall be their duty to submit tne same to the pe )le nt the next general elec-li-m for thnr adoption or rejection, in euch iu ulnar as may be p.eocnbed by law; and if a majority of all the electors voting at said electiou for members of the llou&eof Representatives shall voie for such amendment or amendments the same shall become a part of the Constitution. If two or more amendments be submitted at lfca fame time they shall bo submitted iu such

manner that the pec pie snail vote ior or

amendments separate

ly; and while an amendment or amend iieuts which have been agreed upon by cue General Assembly is awaiting the action of a succeeding Assembly, or und.rg(HOg tbe final consideration of the people, no a-l-ditional amendment or amendments shall be preposed." T;0r.EBT DALE OWEN,

delegate from the County of Posey, offered

the following as a substitute for thia second

section of tho articlo reported by the Com mittee:

"Any amendment or amendrr.t-nts to this

Constitution may be passed in tine Senate or IIou?e of Kepreientatives. and if the same

t-hall be agreed to by a majority ot the members elected to each of the two

1I0USC3, such proposed, amendment or vmendrnents shall be entered on their iournal with the. ayes and noes there-

on, and referred to the Legislature, to be

upon the adoption of :!. titutioii that mere

the a tojxioii of

..ti- 1 t:u. orjginal Constitution hence the pro orn n viiorj :i:irg nil amendments tobe finally

..r t 1 e N.,!.ii,i'iiii tiia Vdii'u' tin i'i'!e.

r W.n'e ihm .vibjri-t hs under consider

ation by ,beCfi:V.uUuu of lSjij, Robert I"ale Owen, tbe anthor of 1 1 provision concern-

lug UUlükULueius l" lie present vru;iuuuuii,

said:

We adopted a section vesterday, which 1

think a very good one, on the motion of the gentleman from Monroe, on my right, (Mr. Read) which provides thit a law shall

not be submitted to the people, out mat me

Legislature shall take tbe responsibility ot

their own acts. But in the org tuc law it is a very different' matter. We do not propose

that the organic law shall 08 in tne

power of the Legislature. Now, I think.

i( it be made imperative that an amend

ment proposed to be made in the Constitu

tion shall be voted lor by two successive

to be elected with reference to

Executive, Legislative and Judicial officers,

and the job is confoundedly poorly done,

even then.

Would you like to know bow Colonel Bright stands in his official shoes as SergeanWatArms ot the United States Senate? I have

had the matter brought to my attention accidentally. One of the most prominent

of the "Stalwart" Republican Senators said

to me recently:

"Your Indiana man. Mr. Bright, is a

splendid tvpe of manhood a courteous,

capable, earnest, attentive officer, in whose integrity allot us have confidence, and of whose conduct we have no word but praise.

Should the ttolitical whirligig of time give

us a Republican majority in the Senate, as

is likely to occur at a not remote period, for one I snail be very reluctant to have

to vote with my party to displace Mr. Bright

and substitute some new and untried man

His case is one of those instances so felicit

ouslv referred to by President Garfield when

he said some of the sweetest flowers bloom

over the wall that divides parties. We Republicans could not hope to find a more

l'jiihiul, more agreeable man for the place one whese heart is bigger and warmer, or

whose head is leveler. Indeed we would be

lucky if we succeeded in electing one his

equal in generous impulses and assiduity to

duty.

More than this was said, of a personal na

tare, aud on a little inquiry I found It not a mi. uinar feeling among Senators of both

, , .. i . t . : i. :

oi in"'. Ui vesting ourselves oi parusausuiw

for a moment, it really looks like child's

tla to pitch in and change officers every

time the nartv majority changes. If Colonel

Bright were the Sergeant-at-Arms of the

Senate for a score of years, no doubt it won'd be f jr the best. His "next in com

mand." Bassett, has been in official connec

tion with the Senate for over half a cen

tury.

When Colonel Bright took hold of this

oifice. he bought our Indiana ex-State Li

brarian, popularly known far and wide as

ME. CCKQ DALTO.T,

and installed him as Private Secretary. Bat

it was found the more responsible place of

Superintendent of the folding division

needed a trusted and capable man. Mr

Bright told your correspondent that he was

verv sorrv to part with Mr. Dal ton as private

secretary, but he knew that with this gentle

man assuperintendent of folding, there would

be certainty and erhclency. &o tne cnange

was made. " Curg is inst the same quiet.

unostentatious and gr nial old boy in that

it, he must have made his peace with the

gentleman who drew the first "prwe in the lottery of assassi ration," in

order to be welcome at the White House so frequently. It is singular how the stiff Indianapolis Ben Harrison unbends to a "commoner"- of the machine-politics genius like Chester A. Arthur. But eelfmterest and selfish ambitiod combined constitute a powerful eedative. Mr. Harrison is said to have the Vice Presidential bee in

ins bonnet, and that, he thinks a ticket in

1S84 reading Arthur and Harrison would

command boundless enthusiasm and unite

the discordant factions of the party in

power.

speaking of taeticms. here is a tid-bit in a

recent number of the New York Sun:

General O. E. r.abcock. who was Grant's Private

Secretary, is being urgently rusfted lor tle position made vacant by tne death of Major Twining, who was Engineer CommisMoner ot the Distric t

of Columbia, and a petition in his favor, now in circulation. Is receiving an enormous number of signatures. Indianapolis Journal.

i nere nasn t been a single oue oi uraal Unering pals forced out ii .cfuee when his dis

honesty could no longer tr eoucealed. but what he has become the center cf a noisy croud sboutIng for his restoration to power. It is scarcely rtob&ible that all these hmiters should be roguea.

Soirc of them must be simply fools.

The run s half dozen lines of comment are

full of significance. If the people had a

'whack" at the power that is reinstating

Grantism, it would be promptly obliterated.

But Arthur had too much sagacity to ap

point the Journal's man Babcock.

The most important question before Con

gressman 1 eelle now is whether ne can de

vise some plan to procure more votes than Will English next November. It is an ob

fuscated conundrum with him. lorn

Browne is the only happy Republican from Indiana. Godlove Orth feels most "un-

sartin. " Colonel Matson has a satisfactory record. Judge Holman continues to watch

the Treasury, and "objects" when a footpad prowls in its vicinity. Sojocp.sek.

Lady Lj tton's Sharp Tongue. I Eel?ravia.l

The late Lady Lytton bad the sharpest

and wittiest tongue in London. Much too sharp to live in peace with I,ord Lytton. She chanced one evening to be in a box at

the opera with a lady whose husband was about commencing a suit for divorce, alleging as excuse some scandalous charge. The

ladies had not been there long when tne

box door opened and the husband entered.

Lady Bui wer turned and gazed at him in

tently. He looked sheepish, and tried to

withdraw into the Bhade. uut L.aoy uuiwer was inexorable, and following him with her eye. exclaimed in a voice expressive of

the greatest astonishment, "What is tne matter, Mr. N ? What on earth have you been doing? I did not know you ät first. You are so altered since I saw you a day or two ago riding in the park!"

"Well, then," returned the poor, discounted visitor, "the fact is I have had my

whiskers dyed not for myself: I only wished to please bit wife." "Pshaw!" re-

trurned the lady, as she turned away, ' if

you haa wisnea to piease your uc juu

would loneaeo hvtniwi vonrvir."

w STOMACH

Among the medicinal means of arresting dls-

ease. Hostetter s Momacn imiers siauus pic-'7""

nenu It checks the further progress ot ail Jisordersof the stomach, liver and bowels, revive the vital stamina, prevents and remedies chnli and fevers. Increases the aetlvlty of the kidneys, counteracts a tendency to rheumatism, and is a

genuine stay and solace to aged, lnbrm ana nervoase persons. t - ,

Leeislature

dot TMiPtirnlar snhiect. the uuestion will be

debated before the people and they will send official position, requiring strictest attention, Senators and Representatives here with a that we find him in public life in Indianap-

speoial reference to that question. This it appears to me will be a sufficient guard against improper and ill-advised amendments, without restricting the action of the Legislature to periods of ten years." Mr. Oft-en's views were concurred in by a large majority of the. delegates of the Convention. As the labors of the Convention were drawing to a clo?e, a Committee consisting of ten members of the Convention was ap

pointed to prepare an address to the people,

in which the main features of the Constitu

tion were to be set forth. The Committee performed tbat duty, and the address, in speaking of the plan proposed for amending the Constitution, said:

"Amendments to the Constitution may be proposed in the Senate or House of Representatives. If parsed by a majority of all the members elected to cither branch they are, referred to the next regular session of the Iegielature, to be held two years thereafter. If passed by them a second time, they are then at the next general election to be submitted to the people, and if they pass this final ordeal they become a partof the Constitution. In this wav, there will always occur a genera, election of members of the Legislature, during the canvass for which the amendments that may have been proposed at the previous session tan be brought in issue, and nearly three years must intervene froui the time an amendment is firt proposed before it can finally be adopttd." T!ir. tri e ri le

is. that whenever a large number of people of trie Staff petition the Legislature to propose an amendment to the Constitution, the

Legislature m ine nrsi instance output to

propose it, in ioer mat puonc attention may be dran to if, and its merits or demerits be considered, and after being proposed in the first instance, .it should

be disced ol in tiie manner pointed oui

by the Constitution and in accordance wnn the spirit and intention-of the Constitution.

If the submission ol these pending pro

pped amendments is in any sense to be

made a parly question, the party tbat stand

ny tne meuioa j'rovnieii me I.UUMIIUUU1 for their submisi'jn, and accej-ts the duty

which ihe Constitution imposes upon lae

electors of this State .resjtectinsr them, and

boldly and honestly meets the issue now, as it is required by the Constitution to hornet,

will not be found wanting in puDiicconndeuce. Jasos B. liwws.

olis. He is a great favorite among public

meu, as well as among bis friends. One day when taking a momentary whitf of bis hospitality in his office (just beneath the Marble Room) I had anjopportunity to see ocular proof of the cordial relations established between Carg and the If ading men of the country. Gen. John B. Gordon, late United States hienator .from Georgia, who resigned to go into business, called in to see Mr. Dalton, and the greating was warmly generous by each. Our friend Lycurgas is a red-hot admirer of Senator Voorhees' eloquence and J. E. McDonald's fame before the Supreme Court. Speaking of 6 ESA TOR Y0OBHEES, he Las won an enviable fame as a graceful, entertaining publie speaker. Critics may disparage as much as they please nis statesmanship, and point out what they call inconsistencies in his career (for example, as alleged, in his present position oa the tariffand with refer

ence to Government support of and generosity to the Union soldiers), yet I do not know but Senator Voorhees must be acknowledged as tbe readiest and most eloquent speaker and general debater on tbe Senate floor. If my estimate is correct, it is, indeed, a proud distinction to have attained. , l V ft i .i Tvii e

1 observe inai wnen tue groe-ctui ujvmore addresses the Senate, the Senate gives ear, and the galleries are full to overflowing. What a gloomy and pitiable contrast is presented in Voorhees' confrere the son ol his grandfather, Bn Harrison I The junior Senator essayed a greatest effort of his life 1 knf f.coirof in etiVvWt. fHa

Mississippi River levee matter. It was Mr. 1

Harrisons "maiden norr in commanded the expected attention ol curiosity,, but the epeech, fell cold and desolate upoa. the Senale. The galleries were not enthused except one intensely inten spectator. I refer to Harri

son's ui protege, Mr. Alexander, who

bolds the nico plumb of Fifth Auditor at

Harrison s hatKls. I might have rjouniea . - a i . i . a. a. . at

on some attention 10 mat --greaies- enon

of IIrrisou, in the Republican daily here.

tho National Republican. But the next

ir.nminv itsimplv announced: "At the con

elusion of which Mr. Harrison, of Indfana,

FOR THE PERMANENT CURE OF

CONSTIPATION.

No other disease is so prevalent la thia eorm

7 as Constipation, and bo remedy baa ever

bn&Ued the celebrated iuim?y-wcrt as a

-ruro. Waat ever tne cause, nowereroosuuLc Jhm case, proper use X thiM remedy will

overooae it.

T" cist-eesing eoa-

rslaint is very apt to be

oompücated witli oonstlpafien. Kidney-Wort strenfdecs the weakened parta and q uicily cures all kinds ef Pile even whea physician

ar.d medicines have before tailed.

IJTir yon have either ef theso trouble

USE

PILES.

PRICE

8UV

Druggists bell

IS A SURE CURE

Ine? Complaints a efiaeases of the LIVER.

for all Kldner Complaint and for all diseases of the

n ha. spseifltcttaith" snort tssportan j orjria.eiialnffatotSrefTtorTiditT frtw. H.Hng- thehealtfrr secretion or i the rilrv and. by keepni thai bowel, ta frae condition IftoUne it. iettIa-diacIiarK I . -.i jt -. jH. mntti naiad. e .

ii yea are mi nmi-s uj T . , ... l

oßferinff from nt.r.n. Ajaaay-. - remady yoaneed. FAIL NOT TO TRY IT.

petCE r- SOLD BY DRUCC1STS.

2

SHSALL

Kidney Complaints of all descriptions are relieved 'l once and speedily cired by Kidney-Wrt. It seemt intended by nature for the rmre of ail diseases of tbe kidneys cans' A. by weakness and debility. Its great tonic powers art especially directed to t!fle removal of this

class of diseases. We Know of nersons that

have suffered for thir'.y ears that have been

- Al J . 1 1 ' 1 J r .

made a prolix argument on thje Mississippi

liiver bill." Not a word of tae speech was

nvcn. 1 see tnat Air. iiarns-oa is puDiisnea

ks calling on Arthur once or twice a week

with unfailing regularity. At the Chicago

Convention Mr. Harrison. "was- bitter aim

n rant and anti-StalwarL lie was for fcher-

manor Blaine "any bd tobeatdrant

and it is reported that when 'Chet" Ar; nur, ronkling's chum. wrA selected for Virc on

the ticket withGarfkJd, Mr. Delegate Harri

sontaid: "That ia our defeat, for we can

ever explain away Arthur's record as Collector of Castoma at New York, or make the people believe it is safe to put the Presidency but oue life ahead of a machine poli

tician of New urR Cltv.

fatarrh f.ure

Is PAonnnmftnderi bv Physicians! S1QO CTttD Kriftel We manu.'aftturs and sell Itwitha po3itiVO cuaranteo that it will euro .any caseV" Twewill forfeit the abote amount itiilVSenViternally. acting upon thn blood --f yoaarc troubUd i"1 ' SSt5 ?gdlseav U yourDi.t for it. and Accirr vo imitatio oa srwimiT. if na his not .rot it, send to us and ws jvJl I forward immediate1-'. Price , ceata Jr ' . F. 1. HHENEY &. CO.. Toledo. Ohio.

ir. r,nov;ns

ESSENCE JA1IAICA GIlTCffiS, . mf fVnniifl 1 1 n en im r

permanently cured by takin' Kidney-wort ucianoi rsew mmv-uv. a hört time. Try- it either liquid or dry. It that reported criticism was made by gun. 1 Harrison, and we have no reason to doubt

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