Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 31, Number 1, Indianapolis, Marion County, 7 February 1883 — Page 7

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5 i. f i J. I.. 1 THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL, WTEUNEblJA atV FEBRUARY 7, 1883.

OUR FARtt BUDGET.

Practical Farmers Meet and Discuss the Ensilage Question. itereetlce and Valuable Results jBe Ready Early Early Peas. I Sunlight In Stabl Cattle unaer vover Household Hiuta fftrm Notes , Etc. Vhe Taltie f En alia ga Practical Farmer I uiseoaolocl heir Experience. New Yrk Times. About sixty gentlemen, most of whom are Vactical farmers, assembled here recently l organised the Second Ensiltg Congress Jeleciing as President Francis Morn l Baltimore, the first man who built a silo, or fodder pit, in this country. Mr. J. B. Brown was elected Secretary. Mr. Brown, after a brie address in which he eulogized the merits of the ensilage system, which he declared was destined to prove the salvation of Eistern farmers, unvt iled a bust of Auguste Goffart, the French inventor of the sjstem, which was greeted with loud applause. Scattered a tables near the platform were specimens ensilage and of butter made from the caam ol the cows lea on it, ana toe liirmeis examined the sample closely, testing them by the sense of taste as well as smell, although the odor tent forth by the preserved fodder reminded the untutored nose of sour rout and whisky combined. The first person who addressed the coness was Alfred A. Reid, a farmer who lives uiar rrovidence, iw l. lie is a tnorougn believer in the virtues of ensilage, and paid that his cows, calves, steers and working oxen had steadily improved while feeding mpon it. lie presented a detailed stateiaeat of the cost of preparing ensilage at his farm. From four acres of laud he sid he bad taken sixty-six tons 427 pounds of corn, and this was raised and placed in the silo at an expense of $2:23.91, mäkln; the ensilage cost $3.45 per ton. Mr. Reid said that he had ensilaged clover, rye and grasses, as well as cum. but his experience was that corn made thj best ensilage. Rev. William Ormiston pave his experience In constructing a silo and producing en-ilage on hi frra at Whitby, on Lake Ontario, near Toronto. Even tbe rao.n intelligent of bis rie'.ris, he said, laughed at him when he proposed ( experiment on ensilage, but be had fa' Iii in the system, and hvi gone on in spi e of the laughs of bis friends. ,11 e built -asilolif'y feet long and twenty feet wide, ami wtil the aides with stone twenty inches thick, and ensilaged corn, clover, and even weeds. The expense cf petting his crop from the field and packing it m the silo was about $1 20 per ton. and tne en silage, when the silo was opened on June J, was found to be as sweet and green as when the todder was first packed. The hors., cows and hogs ate it greedily. "It is a suc-

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F cess indisputably," said Dr. Ormiston, "and I the people are now determined to have enI silage. Cattle prefer it to turnips or dry fodder, and the milk of the cows" seems to N be improved bv it, instead of being injured. V The only question now is whether it will 1 make a1 good bef, and I am experimenting I now to find out." 1 The question as to whether wooden silos Were as good as stone or concrete occupied V good deal of attention. Mr. Moore, of Rockwell County, and Mr. Percy, of Chat-

am, in this State, related their experiences with wooden silos, are pronounced in favor of them, declaring that they had succeeded in producing excellent ensilage in them. nd that tbe fodder was almost as thoronphly protected agaiLst frost as that Inclosed in masonry. W. A. Strong, of Jolden's Springs, exhibited some corn Dich he had ensilaged without first cut ting it into small pieces, and said that he found it caMer to pick the stalks in this way, and that his cattle relished the fodder 83 well as they did tha ensilage. He was satisfied, he said, that it was a mistaken notion that the silo must be air tight in order to preserve the fodder. The only thing required was to have sufficient pres-iure. It costs him only two and a half cents a day to feed a cow on ensilage, and with this he mixed a little brewers' grain. The question of the amount of pressure necessary to preserve the fodder wa discussed for eome time. Mr. Smith, of Syracuse, who is a large importer of Hol-.tein cattle, and feeds these valuable animals almost entirely on ensilage, said Aat the first eilo that he constructed was of brick, and that he used a pressure of 300 pounds to the square foot. The result was that the walls of the silo burst. Dr. Ormiston said that he had used 100 pounds to the square foot, but he thought that was tx much weight, and he was going to try less. Mr. Reid. of Providence, said that on one of his silos he nsed four screws to obtain the proper pressure, and ob the other 15,950 pounds of stone, which was equal to absut pounds to the square foot, aod he found this pressure to be about what was required to secure good ensilage. fcr. J. Y. 8mith, of Do?le3town, Fa., bought the fodder shonld be cut before it was packed in the silo, and said that with his machinery he could cut his corn and rack itraore cheaDlv than Mr. Stronz could

Sbitd his uncut and pack it. He was enthusiastic in bis praise of ensilage as a feed for animals, and declared that it made as good beef 9 any produced in England or anyWhere ebe. He revealed some of the secrets of a former's business which will prove of interest to housewives. "I have made butter," he eaid, "for six and three-fourth cents a pound tbat my housekeeeper has Lad the impudence to sell to you city folks .for fifty-seven cents a pound, and for a cent I can fill a quart pail with milk and still have a profit." These facts he attributed to the di.-covery of ensilage. Mr. JL V. Walcott who owns a larpe farm near Boston and a hotel in that city, said that

the entire cost of his ensilage, with which he fed 10t cows, was little over $2 per ton. He cold l.OuO pounds of ensilage butter a week, and received sixty-five cents a pound for it. "A silo that you can fill in a day," said Mr. Walcott, "is the most convenient size. The sooner yon can fill it and weigh it the better your ensilage will be. In the matter of silos it makes no difference whether they coat $25 or 125.000. One will preserve yonr ensilage as well as the other. The only thing required is continuous pressure. I believe that a pile of corn in the open air can be perfectly preserved if weight enough is p'aced on the top to expel the oxygen. I use aoout 13) pounds of weight to the square foot, and I never uncover any part of my silo until I want to use the ensilage." Mr. Moms, the President of the Oor.grws, said that he hid always used earth silos, and any farmer 'could make them by simply digging a pit, filling it with fodder, aod coverin with two or three fret of earth. This was the b:t Sili because the least expensive. The cost of producing ensilage was the subject of much discussion, aod tbe figures given differed widely. J. M. Brngler, of New Brunswick. N. J., found that 353 toas eot him $0 25 per ton; C. E. Benedict, of II ul yoke, Mass., said tha', his ensilage cost him a trifle lea than 15 a ton. and V.U. Gilbert, of Richland, N Y., declared that he raised and packed fifteen tons at an average cost of $1 40 per ton. : f Interesting asd Valuable Results The experiments with Indian corn at Houghton fa-m, as so far reported, suow: 1. How men a work ought to be om-xnenre.-l 'be general uniformity of the toil proved by examination and by raising crons without manure. The land is accurately

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underdrained by a title-drain through the center of each and sccesible at the lower end for examination of the drainage waters. 2 How it should be conducted ao that all the plots and all parts of each plot should be subjected to the 6ame influences plowed at the same time, harrowed at the same time, planted the same day, tilled at the same time, and so on, to the harvesting, and husking, and storing, the plan being to subject each plot to precisely the same influences from first to last. 3. They show, incidentally, a remarkable effect of drainage (noted below): they confirm the views taken at Rothamsted in regard to the relations of barn-yard manure to soils and crop, which depend not so much upon its chemical constituent as upon its physical properties, and tbe relations of the soil to moisture; and they indicate that the best results to be gained from commercial fertilizers will be in connection with barn-yard manure. 4. It is clearly shown that measures affect the amount of mogture found in the grain as harvested, and that the weight of the bushel of the fame kind of corn does not depend altogether upon its dryness, as usually supposed, but in a measure its compactness, which is influenced by the relations of the soil to moisture and manures. The curious development of fertility by drainage alluded to. occurred in this way: Some years ago a portion ef the ground now occupied by the experimental plots was nsed to test certain commercial iertiiizers. No effect of these fertilizers was observed upon the crops of 1S7S. when they were applied, nor in 1879; but in 1S30. ifter th drains were put in, a marked effect was visible, which was alo noticeable in the crop of 1831. This clearly indicates, either that by means of tbe drainage the roots of the plants were able to penetrate deeper into the soil, and S3 had access to elements of fertility which had sunk beyond their reach, or that the soil through the effects of drainage was able t draw up moisture with whatever of fertility it might ho'd in solution, from a lower depth than betöre, or bo h of these causes might have contributed to the increased crops over this area. Sunlight la Stables. D. D. Slade, M. D., writes in the American Agriculturist for February: "All barns, stables, sheds, and other buildings, intended for the shelter of domestic animals, should be so arranged as to command all the sunlight possible. For this purpose', invariably place the stalls on the eastern and southern sids of the building. Tin windows should be large and eufficlenly numerous. There is no fear of too much sunlight, either in the house or the barn. We have no right to deprive our animals, any more than our children, of that which has been diffused so liberally. There is uo injection to placing anirns.1 in the basement, or cellar of a building, if due care is taken to provide agsinst dampness and darkness. In fact, if the stable i3 properly constructed, the ground floor should be the warmest in winter, and tbe coolest in summer. Every animal seeks the sun, and will comfort itself by backing in its rays. Let then po'ir freely into barns and cellars, and build yard j so tbat while sheltered from the cold winds,they may be open to the winter's 6un, from the rising untii the going down of the same. Bome oijct to the direct sunlight falling upon the head and face of the horse as injurious to the aiht. It is much more to be fecred that the animal will shy and start upon the road, if he is kept in darkness and then suddenly expOi-ed to a bright light. The use of blinds or curtains during the hot months, may, under certain circumstances, be advisable. DarkLess is sometimes conducive to reiose, and indirectly, this repoee to the process of fattenirg, but with darkness, both Hah and neglect are too apt to be fou d. The barn cellar, or basement, is not only a convenience, but often a necessity. If this is commodious, with ample means fur light and ventilation, easy of acce. for the removal of manure, then tbe farmer has all that can be desired in this way. In mot stables the provisons for proper ventilation are deficient, and con-eq'ientij ammooiacal vapors from the fermenting manure hep pecetrate the apartments above, which are too often ill ventilated, and exert an injurious effect Uon the animal" there confined, and do much damage to harness and carriages. When the basement, or cellar of a barn is needed for other purposes, as or the Storage of vegetables, or where it is not practicable to have a cellar a pit may be formed at the side of tha building, over which a shed may be erected. Thus, in my own stable, a pit, or outside cellar, receives the horse droppings through a sliding door, on a level with the floor of the stable, while over the pit is the cow stable, the dung from which is thrown through an opening protected by a sliding door. The pit may also serve for a;p.'g pen, sf covered and protect?d, and at the" same time open to the sunlight and air. elements essential to the well-being of swine as of other animals. Keep the Cattla Under Cover. Even now, in some of tbe newer regions of the West, the easiest way to get rid of the manure is considered the best The Eaglish farmers have long been obli d to feed farm animals largely for the fertilizers they yield, and this has proved that covered yards are the motit economical. These covers are not so expensive as might be supposed at first thought. Substantial sheds, large enough to accommodate 100 head of cattle may be built at a cost all the way t orn $1.000 to $1,500, according to the locality and price ol labor and lumber. The roof may be made with three ridge poles resting on outside walls, end two rows of pillars. There should be ample provision for ventilation and the escape of tbe water falling upon the roof. Tbe original cot will not be many dollars per head, and the interest on this will represent tbe yearly cost. If this should be placed at $2 for t-acu animal, it will be seen that this outlay is more than repaid by the increased value of the housed manure over that made in the open ya-d, and exposed to the sun and drenching rains. The saving of food consequent upon the warm protection of tbe animal has been carefully estimated to be at laaet one tenth tbe whole amount consumed. In the saving alone tbe covered yard gives a handsome return upon the investment. An Early Crop of Teas. American Agriculturist There are two distinct classes of peas, those with small round eeed.4, and others with much larger, irregularly shape! peas. H e sur.aee of which is wrinkled. The wrinkled seeded, of marrow pea, are ss much better than the others assareet corn is superior to field corn. Tbe rour.d pea-, while not so good, are much hardier and earlier -han the others. Unless the soil is waim, and they germinate quickly, wrinkled pea will decay before they cn come up. Tbe rouiid peas are Vastly better than no peas, aud are very acceptable until the others come. To have early pas, they rjuut bo eoxn earlj the earlier the better. After the sil has thawed for the first four incr.t s, even if it is solid bflow, sow peas. If the ground waj ruauured and plowed ltt amuum, all tbe better; if not, select the richest available spot, and open a drill four inches deep. Peas sh'inld be covered deeper than most other seeds. For varieties, the "Early Kent" i one of the best; it has almost as many ram es a? there are dealers. "Daniel O'ltouke" is one of the namt of a good strain of this pea. "Carter's firt rrop" is another good variety, and every spring new ex ra early sorrs are sent from E"g!and. which usually turn out to be the old "E-.rly Kent," with a new name. The should heswn.in the bottom of the drill rather tMckly, least, one evtry inch, and at firtt covered wi'h ah ut an U ch of soil. It is weil to nut about f onr ircev of coar.'fl s'able manure over tha rows; t'iis 13 to be left on in coli day?, bat when itisswnny and war'ii. pull it. IF with the rake, and let the huu s rike th svil over the peas, replacing it at niht. When the pn Sru gradually cover them with fin warm soil, .lac;ng the c jar. e ma'inre ovf r ihfm ua needed, until tbe cvreriiig cfsoil reaches

th level of the surface. If a ridga Of soil.

few inches higher than the peas, be drawn up on each side cf the row. it will greatly protect them from the cold winds. When the plants are a few inches hlßh, draw some line soil up to them, and stick in the brush. When the soil becomes dry and warm, the the main crop of wrinkled peas may be sown. Household Hints. Qcail. Quail are very nice to steam tratil nearly done, then roast in the oven to a nice brown, basted frequently with melted butter in water. Serve them on soft buttered toast. Cop Pcddisg. A favorite cup pudding is made of six eggs, beaten very light, seven tablespoonfuls of fl:ur and one pint of weet milk Stir these all together briskly and bake in cups. Serve with wine sauce. Glov PowDia. The glove powder so generally used to prevent injury from perspiration is of value; but common corn starch, rubbed thoroughly over the hands before putting on the gloves will answer this purpose. Picklid Toxqck. A good-sized tocjue requires to boil at least three hours. It is a good plan to soak It over night in cold warer. To CDok it, put it on in cold water and let it come slowly to aboil. Some cooks change the water when it is ba'.f done; if this course is taken, be sure that the freah water is boiling before the toneue is placed in it Rice Bread makes a p!easing variety at the breakfast tabie. Take oae pint of wellcooked rice, half a pint of flour, the yelks of four eggs, two tablespoonfuls of butter melted, one pint of milk and half a teacupfull of salt; beat theo all together; then, lastly, add tbe whites of the four egg, which you have beaten to a stiff froth. Bake in shallow pans or in gem tins. Serve warm. Cream Pcddino. Stir together one pint of cream, three ounces of sugar, the yelks of three epgs and a little grated nutmeg; add tbe well-beaten whites, 8tirriEg lightly, and pour into a buttered pic-piate, on which has been eprinkled the crumbs of stale bread to about the thickness of an ordinary crust; sprinkle over the top a layer of bread crumbs and bake. Molded Gikokr Cbxam. One and a-half ounces of isinglass, one quart cf cream, juice of one large, lemon, two ounces ot loaf sugar, one pound of good preserved ginger. Steep the isinglass in the cream for half an hour, add the sugar and syrup from the ginger, and stir over the fire until the isingla-s is melted and the cream at boiling pint. Set it aside, stirring it occasionally until nearly cold, when add thlemon juice gradually and the preserved ginger, which should be finely minced. Mold and turn it out as usual. Chicken Salad. There are as" many ways of making chicken f alad as there are different kinds ot chickens. Here is a commoneeusa way: Bail a tender chicken, and when cold cut all the meat in dice. Remove the tough parts of the skin. Cut up white tender celery enough to make the came amount, and mix with the meat. Stir into it a table.'poonfal each of mustard and salt, and let it stand an honr of two. Wb-n ready to serve mix the whole with a mayonnaise sauce, leaving part to mask the top, or rise the mayonnaise elone without the llst dressing of vinegar and oil. Lettuce can be substituted for celery, and where neither U obtainable a criep white cabbage may be chopped fine and the meat of the chicken also, and either a teapoonfnl of celery extract or celery seed nsod to flavor it. Plcm Pcdpings. One and a hal' pound4 of euet, same quantity of raisins, same of cirrantsall chopped very tine; two pounds of stale bread crumbs, half a pound of Hour, half a pound of sugar, a little finely chopped citron, some powdered c'.oves and ginger; mix them well together, then beat five e?s, edd to them a pint of sweet cider boiled down with a tart of the sugar to rather more than half a pint, which pour in and well mix. Do not put in mnre liquid, though it may seem dry; press it firmly into the molds, tie over with a cloth and put in boiling water; keep them boiling five hours; they can then be hung op till required, but should be boiled another two hours the day they are served. Lamb Cctlets Fricasseed. Take a leg of lamb and cut it into thin cutlets acrois the grain and put them into a stew-pan; make a auflicient quantity cf good stock with the bones, shank, etc., to cover the cutlets; put it into the stew-pan and cover it with a bandie of sweet herbs, an onion, some cloves and mace tied in a muslin beg, and let them stew gently for ten minutes; takeout the cutlets, skim off the fat and take out the sweet herbs and mace; thicken it with butter tolled in flour, reason it with salt and a little eayenne pepper; add a few mushrooms, truffles and morels, some forcemeat balls, the yelks of three eggs beaten up in half a pint of cream and some grated nutmeg; keep stirring the same way till it is thick and smooth, and then put in the cutlets; give them a toss up, take them out with a fork and lay them on a dish; pour the sauce over them; garnish with beet-root and lemon. Farm Notes. Jefferson Gonnty, New York, farmers now carry their milk to tbe limburger cheese factories, where they aie paid twelve and tvlve and a half cents per gallon f jr it. Trees intended for planting should not have their roots exposed to the sun or wind so that their roots can dry out. The roots must be kept moist if they are expected to live. Parmentier says that the best method of storing thoroughly dry and clean wheat is in sacks isolated from each other, care being taken to keep a sufficiently low temperature in the granary. Every care and attention shown tt horses, no mateer what theircondition is, will bring its reward. Tbe kind of influence thrown around a young horse will have its effect on its character in after years. Tbe fleeces of any sheep are badly injured around Btacks. Long-wcoled fleeces are more damaged than the downs of fioe wools, since they are longer and more open, and c ttch more beards, chaff and straw. The fruit-evaporation ba?iness is likely to be injured by the use of inferior fruit. The evaporating process does not change poor fruit Into good, but only makes it more difficult to detect without actual test. Mr. A. Failor, of Iowa, says younrr pgs just weaned are sometimes overf-d in the desire to give them enough. When their sides distend they have too much. Hog should not be overfed just becar.se they are hogs. Mr. A. Moulton, Harrison, Me., reports to tbe Home Farm that in a series of experiments with leading varieties of potatoes, Beauiv of Hebron proved a week ahead of and 25 per cent, more productive than Early Rose. Farmers in Oreeon and Washington Territory have lately taken to growing hope, and the high price this year will give the business a boom. Moat growers sold at seventyfive cents pr pound. Many new yards will be started in the spring. An international sheep show is to be held at Hsmbarv, Germany, from the 3J to the llth of July, 1.S83, at which prizes aggregating $375.000 are to be offared. There are eightv-three cla?"?, under eight groups and fourteen principal subdivisions. A weman living at Redding, Cona, took 60 pounds of honey from Hh teen hives this season, and is sj well pleased with the business as an agretable, easy and profitable one for womeu that she has increased her Colonies to thirty-seveven. While one-half or m:ite of the productive Indits'try of the country is engaged in firming it hould see ix that there n good reason for demanding that the element of agricultural -cience should be taneht iu common schools, tepecially in rural districts. One of the advantage of the soiling and ensiNge system of i'eedin i the greatly I increased amount of manure tbat can be

made on a riven quantity of land. To real

ize this advantage to the utmost, however, the manure should be carefully saved and aj-Dlitd. A correspondent of the Chicago Tribune feeds cotton-eeed meal, corn meal and bran to cows, one pound of each at a ration. The cotton-seed meal must be free from busk or it will be indigestible. Care must also be taken not to feed the cotton-seed meal for two months before calving time. Lambs can be made to shear from two to fonr pounds more wool by a little extra care and feed during the winter. Tbe extra wool will more than pay for the extra feeding, and the result will be a much larger and stronger sheep. For this purpos feed good clover hay, with bran, oats and corn mixed equally. The white of a hen's egg contains 81 3 per cent, of water, 12 of albumen, 2 of fat, suar and membranes, and 1 2 per cent of mineral matter; but the yelk contains 51.5 per cent, of water, 15 of casein and albumen, 30 of oil and fat, 2.1 of coloring matter and 1 4 per cent, of mineral matter. Minneapolis Farmer. At tbe Dairy Show at Milwaukee the fancy ckeese exhibit was very large, and, while some exhibits were of foreign manufacture, the greatest part of the sap-sagos, Brickstone, Roquefort and all .other known kinds, fragrant and otherwise, were of American manufacture, showing tbat no climate or country i3 safe frcm Yankee imitation. The sprouting of potatoes is generally prevented by a ehort exposure to either fretz ing cold or ecalding heat. Touring scalding wafer over them and then drying quickly prevents spoiling. It is Lbere;ore plain that seed potatoes must be preserved from such a decree of heat or cold as would destroy the germ, from fifty to fifty-five degrees being safe. The ctuse of club-root in cabbage is claimed b a German experimenter, Woronin, to be a parasitic vegetable, which lives and feeds on the healthy tissue of different cruciferous plants. All weeds of that order (producing pods, like turnips, mustard, radish, etc ) should be eradicated while land is being rested preparatory to a renewal of cabbige growing. The Indiana Farmer says the Ben Davis apple is so poorly flavored that even the coddling moth generally passes itby forsome better variety, and the consequence is that but few of these apples are wormy, and, being of high color and handsome shape, they are a very popular apple at the city fruit stands, where they outsell other kinds about two to one oa the average. A single thoroughbred male introduce! in a farming section for purposes of improve ment adds more wealth than any other investment that can be made. Though worth but very little in the shape of so many pounds of animal matter, the value of the progeny may reach away up in tbe thousands. Farmers should learn this fact and take it into consideration. Farmers' Magazine. Mangold, turnips, beets and similar roots contain about 1 per cent, of albuminoid", but as nearly nine tenths of their weight is water, this is equivalent to about 10 per cent, of the dry matter. Btraw contains from 2 to 4 per cent.-; good meadow hay, 10 per cent. ; clover hay, 12 per cent, and wheat, rye, barley, oats and corn from 10 to 13 per cent., and good linseed cake contains 3o per cent. NKW OOLU FIELDS. Very Promising Auriferous Discoveries In Alaska. -Washington, D. C, Jan. 30. Private dispatches have been received here of a reliable character with reference to the nature of the gold deposits in Alaska.' Much discredit has ieen thrown over the reporU of gold discovered in oar northwestern territory from time to time, until the impression has become pretty general tbat as a gold field Mr. Seward's purchase was not particularly valuable. The information alluded to is of such a character that as soon as it becomes known it will result in such a rush to the gold fields a has not been seen since the days of '49. It is stated that a quartz vein will yield from $3 to $3 to the ton has been discovered on the mainland in Southern Alaska 200 feet in width. Many others equally rich in the tame district are reported, and preparations are being; made qnietly, it is said, by a combination of New York and San Fraucisco capitalists to start early in the fpricg with mills and machinery to take possession of the mines and mill the quartz. Plenty of coal and timber are reported at no great distance from the mine, so that the feel supply will be abundant. Two gentlemen in conversation on this subject to day eaid there would be 10,000 men from Nevada and California on the way to Alaska within three months, and that before a year the mining population of the Pacific Slope would be thoroughly drained of all surplus labor to supply the new field, unless some extraordinary ex citemen should be created by new discoveries near horns. A Senator Caught Rehearsing. Wcahlngton Correspondence ot the Cleveland Leader. I am reminded of the story of Senator Hoar's great "impromptu" speech on Education and Labor, which he delivered in the Senate several years ago, the inside history of which has never been published. It is an illustration of the way great men prepare extempore speeches, which they get off on the spur of the moment, to the amassment of the common mind. Senator Hoar is a portly man, with a round face, a high forehead and short, gray hair. He keeps himself clcsely shaved and comports himself with the dignity ibat becomes the Senator who represents classic Boston. Some time ago, his family leaving the city, the Senator shut up bis houMe and procured rooms on New York avenue. These rooms were separated from the suit back of them by doors, above which there was a transom, and in this suit lived two jolly clerks of the Treasury. For some time after Senator Hoar took tbe front room the clerks did not know who their neighbor was. But, morning after morning they were awakened by him stamping around, pounding his table, and declaiming with energy, going over the same entence time after time. On -the third morning one of them swtre he would find out who this elocutionist was. and. moving the table to the door, he was enabled, by standing on his toes, to look through the transom. There he saw the portly Senator, in night shirt and drawers, going through hi3 rhetorical gymnastics before a large mirror, practicing every gesture and studying his part more carefully than the players iu "Hamlet." The other clerk was soon by his side, and they took turns at the transom. "For two weeks," said my informant, "Hoar practiced that speech from one to two hours every morning betöre he delivered it extemporaneously in the Senate." Andrew Jack tun's Birthplace. WilraiDgton (S. C.) 8tar. Tarton, in his Life of Jackson, after investigating the matter very carefully, says thut Jackson was born in Union County, North Carolina. Ames Kendall, Jackson's great friend, in his life of "Ola Hickory," says he wa born in South Carolina. Jackson lived and. we suppose, died in the belief that hi3 nativity waa in Sooth Carolina. In another letter, written the 24h cf December, 183.1, he eaid, as in that of 1837, that he was born in that State. In his will he says he wes born In South Carolina, and in his famous proclamation a,;ain-t South Carolina tiu!liflca'.ioo he said the same thing. It is possible that Jacko;i was In error. The alleged birthplace iu Union County is c'oee to the South Carolina line. Parton is th main authority for the Bnppositin that he wa3 a native of thi S'ate, and he examined ti e matter closely aod visited, we think, both Un!ou County and Waxhaw Settlement We shall be elad to see cUar proof that he was born in Union. The matter is of interot to North Carolin-ianr.

Bow t Courted Hta Wife After Thy Had

Been Married for Tears. CocgregaUooalist Although FarmerTucker bad long dreamed of a visit to Chautauqua, when he actually found himself at that Mecca of devout ex cursionists, erly last August, the brawny man was tempted to doubt his own identity. The holiday surroundings were wholly un like anything to which he was accustomed in his prosy New England home; the rich, crowded programme offered was in striking contrast to the dull monotony of farm life. When this son of toil first entered tne auditorium, and sa'w that rustic amphitheater crowded with thousands of people listening breathlessly to the full sweet tones of the grand organ, bis cramped selfish heart was strangely touched and expanded. For an instant the wish crept in that he had asked Jane if she would like to come too. But there was not much time for his own thoughts, for as the music ceased a whitehaired speaker arose and was introduced to the audience as Mr. John ß. Gough. At this announcement Samnel Tucker's satisfaction was tco ereat to be kept to himself, and he said; half aloud, to his rext neighbor, "Well, now, I am beat, to think I'm going to hear the man I've wanted to see for more'n twenty years." The young lady give an amused little Iangb, but it fell unheeded upon the unsophisticated speaker, whose attention was already caught by the orator. Mr. Gough commenced his brief leclure with one of bis inimitable descriptions. The 6tory was of a man who applied for a divorce, and was advised by his eminent lawyer to try the effect of making love to his wife as he had done before marrying her, in stead cf resorting to the measure he had proposed. It included also an account of a later visit when the happy husband withdrew his application, and fdirly dancing wkh glee, assured the lawyer that his experience had worked like a charm, that 4 Sally had become as amiable and atTectionaie a wife aa a man could ask to have." Mr. Gough's rep:esentation tt the scene drew forth prolonged applause; out Samuel Tucker's interest was of too serious a mature to permit his joining in the laughter. As if unconcious for the momentof the multitude about him, he raid in an undertone: I'd be willing to take my oath that wouldn't work with Jane. AH I have to say is, that man's wife was different from mine; I'd es soon think of feeding eerrup to a mummy as to begin parking sgain with her." It would seem that th;s course of reasoning did not wholly dismiss from the farmers mindatraiaof thoughts and piwsibi lilies suggested by the lecturer's story. In every treat of the following days at sacred service or popular lecture, in the raueum or by tbe model of the Holy Lnd. when listening to a concert, or usziug with throngs upon the illuminated fleet, tae far-away husband was relentlessly followed by a vision of hardworked Jane, looking upon him with reproachiul eyes. At length he quieted his conscience with the determination to prove that his estimate of his wife was correct ' When I g j back," he said Li himself. ' I'll jut show the woman some little attentior.3, and I'll see they won't have no more effect on her than they would o.i the old bay mare. Jane's bound to he sullen aDd obstinate, and I suppose I may as eil make up my mir.d to it," Oa reaching home the resolution was not easily carried out. When Mr. Tucker planned some gallantry toward his wife, the very thought made him feei eo unnatural and foolish that pr stpoüement resulted; but - he Sabbath r ffcrf d an cpp-irtunity so convenient that he improved it. The farm was nearly a mile from Church, yet Samuel Tucker had for years beea in the habit cf driving back alone after the forenoon service, leaving his wife to attend the Sabbath scl.oo', and then waik home a. best she could through mad or dust. Great wes Mr. Tucker's- asloni.-huienr, therefore, on the Sb6ttth after her Liu-rand's return, to find him waitii g for her at the close of theBibie service. The faintest sujpicioii that h had driven back to the Church for her did net cro"3 the good woman's mini ; she supposed he had business with sometf the bretheren, and was hesitating whether to walk on a usual or to suggest waiting for him, whea the fjimer called out: "It's jest as cheap to ride as to walk." Silently the wifd took her seat in the buggy, aod silent i they drove home, much to the husband's satisfaction, for it seemed to him a proof of the woman's dull, nnappreciative nature. ' She didn't act pleased, but was only daz;d like, as I knew she would bet" he muttered as he went about his "chores." At the same time Mr. Tuckr was conscious of having performed a most praiseworthy act, and felt so comfortable that he resolved to repeat the experiment. So on the following Sabbath Jane again found her husband in waiting, and as she mounted the high buggy ventured to utter a half audible "Thank you," and to ask Samuel if he had been waiting long. To which Mr. Tucker replied that he bad just reached the Church, and didn't know but he might find she had started oa foot. This reply seemed to Jane a positive assurance that her bubsnd had really returned for the sole purpose of taking her home; and her chilled heart glowed with a warmth unknown for years. She longed to tell her huiband how much ahe appreciated his trouble, but imagined it would eound "eo foolish" that she kept her pleasure to herself. The third Sabbath was rainy, and as she washed the breakfast didies Mrs. Tucker kept thinking, "I wonder if Samnel means to come for me this noon ; I'm half a mind to ask him." This resolution was soon stifled, however, with the reasoning which hed silenced many similar resolve In the rast ten years. "No; I wou't ask no favors; if he don't think enough of me to come, why, he needn't." Although proudly unwilling to seek any attentions, Jane longed for some demonstration of her h us Sand's love and care. She had walked home in the rain too often to greatly dread such exposure, but a week before the wife had tasted the joy of being considered, and longed for some new and further proof cf her companion's affection. Mrs .Tucker's heart leaped for joy, when, at noon, she saw the old mare's head from tbe lecture room window. Indeed, her hungering heart suddenly became quite unmanageable, and entering the carriage poor, melted Jane sobbed ont: "I'm sure it's very good of you, Samuel, to come back for me this rainy day," and the tears flowed so fast that further words were impossible. Completely taken by surprise, Mr. Tucker exclaimed: "i declare! 1 hadn't no idfic 'dvou cars so much about it," "I wouldn't mind the walk," responded the wife, "but, Samuel. I'm so happy to have you care enough about me to come." The strong man was brushing away a tear from his own cheek now; bis tenderer, better nature was mastering tbe hard, teld h spirit which bad long possessed him, end, with coughmg and choaking, he said: "Jane' I see I've made an awful botch of our married life; if jou'rea mind to forgive I'll see if I can't treat you from to-day as a woman ought to be treated." The confession was all too much for the weeping wife, and she answered, qnickly: You're tot a bit more to blame than I am; I've been proud and obstinate; but I teil yon what it is, we'll begin all over again." The ice was now thoroughly broken, and that afternoon Farmer fucker and his wife had a long talk over the past and the future And in the evening, when tbey were about to start for the prayer meeting to be held in a neighboring school house, the renewed hueband stooped and kissed his wife, saying: "Jane, I've been a-thinking that married life ain't so very different from farming or any other occu pai ion. Now, I ain't nucha fool as to think a field will keep a yielding if I only enrich it ouce and plant it or.ee; I have to ro over the same round every season; and here I supposed you wa a-going to always do as you did when we were a-court-ing, without my doirg my part at all." "If I hadn't . changed any, maybe you

would always have been as tender as you UFed to be." pleaded tha hannv wife "

'Perhaps so, and perhaps not; but I don't mean to leave you to try no such plan. I tellyoa what it is, Jane, I feel as if w hadn't never been really married till to-day. It 'most seems to me as if we ought to take "I'm afraid wVU have to wait till next summer for that," was the smilline response. "I suppose we shall, but we'll take it then, certain: and I'll tell you where we'll go.wife that's to Chautanquy!" B. W. H. Canine: and Ulesslog. Detroit Free rYess. The ancient curse of the people pronounced by Solomon upon "him that witLholdeth corn" survives to this dsy. There is an ins'ioctive hottiliry to th se speculators in breadstuff and other staples wuo make their mcney by "corccrint,'" thee articles, by reducing production, or by any means of creating en ar:icial scarcity When manufacturers like the B-semer steel producers combine to top the milU in order to keep np the price cf steel, all uses of steel at once combine to hate and cure these monopclisK A combination of Pennsylvania oil dealers f.as been formed lor the purpose of making petroleum scarce, and putting op th-2 price. This will be felt by nearly every household in the United Sta'cs, and the people will denounce the men who are scheming to make money by creatirg a scarcity. Everybody recognizes them as his enemies and feels that they are making haste to get rich by interfering with the National laws of pr oduction and trade. To reasonable profits consistent with fair and equal competition nobody objec s; but profits which greed exacts and whic'a a got at the cast ot actual omforl t tLe cn Burner always arouse the hate of th-e wh. have to pay for these caprices of avarice. This feeling is especially excited hy intrferance wilh the cetesdties of life, i scarcity of bread, of whett, or corn, of i- rk, caused by the freaks of niture, by too u.uch heat or too much rain, too much cold or too much dryness, is born with, because nature is in this regard beyond control. But when men for gain make a scarcity in the e thiuyj they are duly execrated for their gretd and cruelty. Yet auch is tbe liability of men to be deceived that if the process of making a scarcity is a little complicated, and two or three additional turns and twists are given to it, f-o that people can rot see the end from the beginning aud a hifch-eoundicg name is attached to it, that which wLen its purpose is a little clearer is called a curse is then cilled blest-iug Th8 whole "protective" system is a system forceating an artificial scarcity, "in 0 der to do this, the number cf producers and the amount of production aie lituited limited to this country. It is just exactly the same as if under fi-ee trade ths American manufacturer and tLe English n:atu facturer should enter into aii agreement iict to compete with one another'. "Give me ?he American market," pays the AmprioHU manufacturer, "and 1 will give you tLe EuKlish market and all the fortia ma-kets. 1 shsil charge as much as I can et, and you must not come in hre aud reduce my cricea." Tnnead of competition then; would be combination. Instead of a fm oj i.j!, equal market, there would be an exclusive market, an artificial scarcity anil artificial prices. Now this is exactly what the tariff has brought about There it in this country a limited supply of blankets because other manufacturers are not allowed to bring their blankets here and eeil them or lei money than the American manufacturer it willing to cell them for. In the sane ttaj there k an prtifipial rcarc'ty in tool.- and im plements, in clothing, in machines, even if raw materials, bcarr-ity is upheld na a blessing, plenty as a curse. To pay twice a much fcr an article f-s it cauld b- bouV t t -r in a fee country is pronojuced ahem ftto he community. It i-j quite generaiiy t.-d that if the farmer should withheld corn. woeat, poiajoes, wool on.i cs'.t.e lor the of making fwopta psy twioe es much as they are worth, he ought to be carsed. But v:htn the minufactu.v.r so contrucb a t?.;itl a to withhold or cre.tte a scarcity in iron and woolen goods, or any other ar'icle of prima necesiify, ho is, tj a j allies of words aod phrssei, midt to appear as a benefactor. What ik more strange, I rge numbers cf people arc fooled into tLinkit;g bira one. If the protectionists were !o inae themselves, instead ot their products, ecsree they would better detcrve the name. THE STATE. Items as Gathered Jfrcm Oer riieuds of the Stat Pre. Put away the dear toy pistol. Baby will not need i: more; Heeecapet with many blisters And the holidays are o'er. New Albany Press. Tt is estimated that there is $000,000 worth o. machinery in the state Prison S mth. IiOgansport has added a new $1.100 hook and ladder truck to her fire department One thousand and nine hundred miks of ditches are being contracted in White County. George Mar'ow, ot Warren County, will celebrate his lCCth birthday nsxt March, if he lives. Hon. W. D. Bynnm, Sneaker of the House of Representatives in the tiiate Legislature, was once a citizen of this piace. Bloomheld Democrat The city of Logansport is about to pet into trouble with some of her manufacturers for diverting the waters from Eel River 'or the ue of the water works. It is not generally known, but it is true. that farmers in southwest Tippecanoe, south Benton and W arren Counties drive to the cornfield and buy cjal at four cents a bushel by the wagcnload. William and Mary Haskins, after living together over forty years und raicing eight children, were divorced in the Dub iis Coun ty Court last week on account of the pugilistic proclivities of William. A fruit tree peddler has been swindling Laporte County farmers by having them sign a "wrapper" in ordtr to ship the goods inside is ingeniously fiidaea a promi3orv note which turns up to plague the confiding stranger. Indiana contains one young man who was offered and declined a clerkship in Washington. The Crawfordsville Journal records the fact Iiis name is Daniel Steam. aLd he has "gone into business cn his own ac count" at Uillsboro, Montgomery County. For several months pt various i arties have been digging f jr gold in our ne;g-. baring Counties of Brown, Mcnrje a;.dOen. Several samples of the ore have been tested by competent ossayers, and the report i (h. t it yields only one-tenth cf an ounce to the too! There is "no bon&tZA in that.' Mirtinsville Gazette. A miner employed in the De Forest coal mines. Dabo County, permitted bis tongue to wag too freely concerning three marne i women living in the neighborho-xi The women didn't call on their husbands to vindicate them, but, gettiug a brg kettle of tno-las'-e, they captured the miner, poured the molasiesover him and then coaled hiar. thickly with feathers. The wca'.her at the Prison was prob b'y felt more severely than at any of her pi r in the city, although a'.l the boilers ettaxed to their utmost The two cell bu were extremely cold, ad the co.ivict. to keep warm, were obliged to remain iri i!.f ir beds. The Legislature should take t m p: action toward relieving them in the tutur; Michigan City Dispatch. The Ligonier Banner has the following item for soothing (svrup) mother?: "Se v-ral fatal cases of poisoning by poothlug 5ytn have been reported recently in i u'l.twhere the drug had been babltoa'.ly u-ed. A number of prominent physici u hive been giving the subjtct careful attention of J late and a number of samples of thesiurfi usually administered for tke purpose of

quiet ng infants have been analyzed and

found to contain a large proportion of morphine. Mrs. Margaret Wheler, who died near Charleston on the ISth. was buried at Salem Church. She was 6eventy-five years of sg and was the widow of David Wheeler, who was in Colonel Ford's company of Rangers during the Black Hawk War, and afterward a missionary in Central America where he loet his life during the troub- ' Nicarauga, when Walker, the filibos was tryicg to capture tbvt country. The Legislature of Indiana proposeerect a hage hospital f r the State's in able inne, ar.d hv appointed a Commi to inspect Ev-i.-iile. Heietofor C fordaville has beer, quiet. Now s her ch . to procure a S aU- Institution. Can iot some of our influential citizens male ft & joint to ins-t that said bospi'al be erected in this city? Crawford svilie Review. A year since the narrow-gauge railroad bridge near Vincennes lloattd awav. .td. some of the timbers were saved br uiaa, named Ch mber?. He tSemahded pay for hiM servic?, and not receiving it, retained the property. The Com j a ay had htm arrested on a charge of stealing. The case has bfen tried, ie-ulting in the acquittal of Chamber?, and he propose to bring mit S2ain?t the Company fur false imprisonment S. B. Eccles, who is clerking in the O. I. Jor.es pharmacy, has quite a curioiity in thes'aepeof an Indian rtlic. It is an ax of pure dipper ore weighing six aLd a qu&iter pounds. It was found in i'L asant fownhip, jest east of Wh.t-hnd, bv h son of T. B. Hur.ate. and ctiw. uvo Ecrcles' pos-ses-Mon by purcle. The fiint-j are quite common, but this is th fnt-.t c ipr az known to have been found. FraukLia Lhmi erat Senator Mcintosh writes U3 tbat the Indications are that tu rosd law will be amendfd or repealed. Thsttued g law will go back like it wa? before lSsl Ti e deesdenta estate law will b cm t.ded The but Bonrd of Health law w:ll bo repealed. Th amendments will be submitted at a general election. The prospects fcr a fe and salary bill are not ns bngü", at, ihey sho.ild be, Mr. Mcintosh is oj ;i. std to givi. g lbs Stats House contractus another dollar. The plan of the Tipppecanoe Corrt Hons hes been declared unsafe by an expert from Louisville. In our humbb o:iuion the voting population of Ti; pt caijoe County had better employ an exj ttt L-hieiv. loj.-ist t-j examine aii cii:d:datt- for the cihce of CountyCommissioners, and see if they Lave the tieces.-ary brains to do the oi k. That County had ateirih! vxi e-irrv with numskull C'oimid'ir;i i:i the Imi f wjeara. W'e point to the Jail, to p-jrdu University to the old river brid;;..-, ) the F-ir Grwtt.d, and to tbe last job. f;r pro f i the truth of 0'.:r statement. Cr wford-v-! '? Review. Ir,hum tu TreAtmt-nt. .lefiersoiiviiiu N. .-. In the IIvP;iUl of th- S e e Prscn ther arc three convicts who urc s owly d :rg consumpt'on. Their r.aru -s H.e t::ea Iteady nid Cetdi? 'Ire Gov-m-r L:s so far refused to titri.d ft :i atom of M mj cthy in viieir betaif. or jrcrg'.iz- fcr a moment their last i-'ouft, ha: U y b. aii"r-ci io home cne. jiud'tn t . s-eni their laities? dtysr n ear:h at.d d: ot;.ifnltivts. They ate each with cm- fo.t it: the f r..ve, asd their request, even aj wri'.'r?, ru0ht U be pranUd v.I:eh their erd is & nitci of a fe" d?y. . y v.-s UuTiTu.T P..:er itrn t..eir rrq;;t : u. et wi si: y!y puid-m heal:1 lobast tcotmdrrli. who area terror to c- inmonitv at lar:re. t l;pn s cnnipftrisP1 drwn? We as'j what Ki 1 f Incun putby and exec:. t:v v.h- nor cy is 'hi? aik turnalrTSto ät::- ih;r otnrO'r' tions. 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