Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 31, Number 4, Indianapolis, Marion County, 28 February 1883 — Page 7

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THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL. WEl)NKblAf. FEBRUARY 28, 1883.

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OUR FABÄ BUDGET. 4 Work for Hatch LlTe Stock Kotes. Jork in the Orchard Easter ' Eggs What Makes Sheep I Profitable. t 1 Way With SlloProTUions Farm .The Selection Sfotea, Etc, of Farm Work for March. f American Agriculturist for March. be problem of hand labor is not an

' eai.- one for the farmer. Oa any fa- a where two or more men are needed dc iDg the growing season. It is usually best to lave cne man work by the year. In this wo : soo 1 help may be secured for a long term of years, and will also lead to a profitable planning of the labor for the whole yei r. Tfae amount of work donedaring the wi iter can be largely increased, greatly to tM relief of the workmen in the busy tnocths of spring. The necessary wood far the household should beproTided In winter, wifa a sufficient stock on hand, so that only wej seasoned fuel need be used. It is a elipshod aad unprofitable method that provi? the wood fresh from tile log on the -da; it is burned, besides being a fruitfol o -ca of bad breakfasts and worse tempers. Th re are f cores of other jobs that my be , -do ir w inter, turning both man and team to ood account. i r.c?3 that have been laid by the winter ate ms should be rebuilt so soon as the 'f 3 permit. Manure may be drawn cVTore the frost is out of the ground,and eitler put in small heaps or spread from the wan. This work can be done with greater speed if there is enow upon the ground, and a sled cn be used. It is especially coaveni-

ent to se a aled in the orchard under the sprtadins branches of the trees. AM surface ator.es may be taken from the fields so soon tie frost ij oat enough to set them looee. Lerv impirment needed on the farm should be overhauled betoie the time for usi jg them arrives. Sharpen all edged tools, and oil the various parts of the farm ma chinery. Look well to the bolts, that none mat be missing when the day for asing the implements is at nand. The little things of thelfnrra are very important, and no one can! Lone to succeed without paving strict attrition to luem. Live Stock Notes. American Agriculturist for March -"es should come through the winter in M'. and be in fine trim for the hard Jpnnz. Horses' feet need special ,;his time of slush and mud. When es are brought in from work they ß Kb vn'ftlui rlnwTt OTlf t)m f t anil f JKt 'J UVJV V UV1M i.V. .UV VV legiiiorouchlv dried. If left covered with mnl the skin may soon become diseased, accDcracked heels or foot fever may result. .Lock well to the horses feet. Any cow that is out of condition will neei the best of care cow. Warm bran IotA with a little ginger, is excellent. If the ani J al is poor and weak there is danger of of Oeding largely of rich food. Calves infesttd with vermin are. known by their rouf.h coats. A mixture of lard and .sulphur rubbed alone the back, with a dose uf a tttspoontal of sulphur and molasses once or twice a weet, is -effective. ETes shoul i have dry and clean pens and yarcs, with plenty of good, wholesome food. If tte wool is falling, a few ounce doses of equil p arts of sulphcx and cream of tartar will relieve t'.e lintation of the skin. Early lam s b)v In pushed forward with fresn cq; milk, tiven warm, a quarter of a pint r w 4. Io not run any risks in overn: sows should be separated from ot. ;'M aiul provided with warm, dry pe edded with leaves or straw. A rai arni.eil to th wall, eiebt inches from tbe floor, will prevent the young pies from beiti. cruhev'. It well to feed the sow some rtw linseed oil a few days before the pigs ar Lorn. i ' Work la ! Orchard. Nursery trees should bare been ordered earlier, if yet to be done, do it once. When tree-iarrire, uncock them, and if not ready to pant at ooce, beel them in. Toe opera tion I f heeling in is a temporary planting, wne the roots axe covered witn son and kept from injury. Open a trench in a dry place, and lav in the trees at an angle of 45 , and cover tbe roota nd about half of the stemx with ti ae soil, taking care to leave no cpeifl spaces, wnen Una is well done, tne tree that the fusk lay remain for some weeks. Take-care .1 of a bort are put together, and that can be ao mixing ot varieties, or eon as to labels, when the trees are taken out t be planted. I'l .ting (he uoes -should not -be hnrr hd. Before the tree is planted rem e the label placed upon it at the i Ply t Lrsery. if labels are to be used, a ple one determined upon; but It Is bet ter V econx3 ue vameues dt tneir poeition, tccordiog to a record ol planung, l.-s uuie wiue uouiru tu aiiow ai l L 1 - J l . T ,, 1 of tS root t fie tret !f0f. If I attl', fcepu se tSe tine roots to be extended. Do not set tree any deeper than it stood befo any ox tne iiDrous roots are m heuurate and spread - them apa't. U top soil for nlliDK in around and (iver the roots. When the hole is partly .filled, water may be applied with a watering pot, to oettle tbe eartn m among tne roots. Whec, the roots axe well covered the soi trnay le pressed gently with the foot, to .maMit firm. After Che bole is filled, make a coLical mound of earth aiound the stem ithis iiy be a footer eighteen inches high and will support tne tre against tbe wind bette ith an stakes. When the growth begins ahe nand is to be leveled. ' EMtr Kens. Haster comes very early indeed this year upon -the 2.3 tn aiarcn, wnn is almost as a 'JtSif cn be. and before Jong, children win tit gin to taint a boat preparing what in -olden times used to be called pass eggs It is a od plan, too, for the egeolorers of avei' boor Locxi to hold a sort of -bee," and unueta i he production ot the dje, thus ee-'Acyixje and money. , Thtw.x.vaant'e of eggs between friends, as token jf lore ur friendship, is a very ancient custom, dating back almost to the food, for it is a Symbol of the ark, a? well as of the resurrjrtion. which is the reason that we prase:1) them at Easter. It is moreover very ynvepgai custom prevail Id among ditiereT.t nations and religions. The Jews plated eggs n their Passover table, the Druid Tided tkem in their ceremonies, and the J'eniana fxtquently five them as New Year's gift. If you anodLA hapja t& be in Kuia tuis mecth a KuHto guu greet you on Easter morn ing wi J ii "Christ is risen," and oiler you an E4tefi rd stranger still, if you were In tb4 Ur E'st.A Mohammedan would do the r At cityconfectionen, fancy sugar eg, VK t-f them of enormous sLzs, and coZtai J, lA panoramas of landscapes and ?ure-f crele filled with bonwns may be hal at all (rices; but appropriate homemade ones are worth twice as much. To djre eggs, onion skins put in the water in which they are boiled will make them a bright ; el low; or, if left longer in the solution, a rich brown. Logwood or violet ink, fares a royal purple. Cochineal, pink and erimsou; and many pieces of chintz or trlght ribbon that fade easily, if aewed tiKbtlj round the eggs, will color them tUely in figures, stripes or iots. Another way is to dip the egg Into hot water and then wft a nme or motto oa the shell with a' it is then boiled In the solutionf Vood, when the 'nscriDtion will hite, upon a colored ground. -9 are skillful with pencil and

pInt bruah cm preeent their friends with really exquisite Beuvenlra by ornamenting einra with i flowers i.nd butlerfliea, or appropriate ttxU of Scripture. For the-e painted

egg it U better to puncture a tiny hole with a pin in each aide and blow out the inside. leaving a ciearane.i, iuiu vo pou mem; ana the apertures can be concealed by stars of eilyer or gilt paper. What Makes fchscp Profitable. Farmers' Magaxine.j It may be noticed that there is a saving on the farm effected by keepiDg sheep. They are excellent foragers, and are not dainty in their choice of food, lhe newly sprouted weeds, obnoxious grasses and tender shoots of shrubbery are palatable to them, and they thus keer down many plants that would otherwise be troublesome to farmers. as well as converting into marketable flesh and wool much that would not only be lost, but also which could not be otherwise economized by the farmer in any other way. It is not this that partly makes them profitable, for every item saved in the expense of keep, provided such economy is not falsely practised, is so much added to the gain. Sheep should not only be utilized in every possible way, bot also must be kept growing and fattening at tne proper time, so as to derive every possible result in the matter of pnut. Uur common sheep are active, and, bene native, are accastomed to the sections iu which tbey exist; and for that reason it is much better for far mers to breed from thtin with thorough bred rams than to attempt at once on the Ventura of a whole nock of thoroughbreds,as it requires pastures adapted to the pur poses iu view, and also care in sheltering and system in feeding. New Way With SUo. Correspondence American Cultivator. We had alwas raised more or less Indian corn, using theetaias ior wintering our lim ited number of cattle. After increasing our herd we planted fodder corn to help out our stock of cornstalks. However, the hard abor attending the cutting, binding, shockng and curing the fodder made us willing nve8ti gators of tbe new and highly recom mended system of ensilage feeding. From all who had constructed biIcb and tested en ilsge we heard uniformly favorable re porta. We coma uoi learn ot a failure. hence we determined to test ensilage for ourselves, only hesitating on account of the probable labor and expense attending the erection and weighting of a stone silo. Learning that wooden silos found favor with some farmers, who pronounced them equally as good, so long as tney lasted, as the more costly stone arTiirs, we determined upon constructing our silo of wood. Our barn is a two-story building, measuring 40x 80 feet. It contains several large bays, the dimensious of which are 2ux24 feet. We sealed up one of these bays with one and one quarter inch matched spruce boards covered with eilo, a1o the walls under the sills of the bare We coated the inside of the silo with coal oil to prevent the effects of moisture upon the boards. We stored about l"ö tons of cornfodder in the silo, treading it down by men instead of horses, by reason of the Bmall size of the silo. e were about three weeks storing the whole of our fodder on account of lack of help. For covering the silowe used hem lock boards and tarred paper, no other weighting being applied uniil soma three tr lour weeks alter, wnen we stored a quantity of dry cornstalks upon tbe top of the eu j. Upon opening the silo we found the fodder in a perfect state of preservation, the ensi age showing no mould except a little on the top just under the cover. In preparing the fodder we employed a two-horse power to run our cutter, the latter being provided with a carrier to deliver tbe fodder in the silo. I uooaenoia. In o-der to facilitate the choice of the beet provisions the following bigus of good quality ehoald b attended to: As a general rule the best meat is that which is moderately fat. Lean meat will be found to be touch and tasteless. V ery fat meat may bs good but is not economical. and the butcher ought to be required to cut oil the super! nous suet befoie weighing it. 15Kf. Tbe flesh ehoald feel tender, have a nne grain and clear, red color, lhe fat should be moderate in quality, and lie in etreaks through the lean. Its color should be white or very light yellow, ux beer is the beat: heifer very good, if well led; cow and Dull decidedly inferior. Mcttoi. The fleeh, like that of beef, should be of a good red color, perhaps a shade darker. It should be fine grained and well mixed with fat. which ought to be white and hrm. Wether mutton is superior to either ram or ewe, and may be distin guished by having a prominent lump of fat on the inside of the leg at the b:oadest part. The flesh of the ram has a very dark color and is of a coarse texture: that or the ewe is pale, and the fat yillow and spongy. vial. its color snouid De light, with a tinge of pink. It ought to be rather fat and feel firm to the touch. Tbe flesh should have a fine, delicate texture. The leg bone should be small, the kidney small and well covered with fat. The proper age is about two or three months. When killed too young it is soft, dabby and dark colored The bull calf makes the best veal, though the cow calf is preferred for some dishes on account of the udder. Lamb. This ahouH be light colored and fat, and have a delicate -abearance. The kidneys should be small aad imbeded. in fat, the quarters abort and thick and the knuckle stiff. When fresh, the vein in the forequarter will have a bluish tint. If the vein looks green or yellow it is a sure sign of staleness, which may also be detected by amemne the kidnevs. 1'or.k Boil the tiesh 'and the fat may be white, firm, smooth and dry. When young and fresh, the lean ought to break when pinched with the fingers, and the skin. which should be thin, yield to tbe nails The breed having short leg, thick neck and small head is the best, bix months is the ruht age for killing, whea the leg should not weigh more than tlx or teven pounds, Measly pork is known by the fat being mottled with little lamps and kernels, and aheuld be religiously avoided. Generally all meat, when not fresh, has a tainted smell about the kidnevs. and the eyes are sunk and shriveled instead of being plump and full. Bacon and ham may be considered good whea the rind is thin, the fat white and tina. and when the flesh adheres to the boae and has a clear, darkish red color, not streaked with yellew. To test the perfect freshness of haiu, run a knife into it close to the bone, and If. when drawn our, it has no unpleas ant tuiell and the knife is not smeared, the ham is fresh and good. It either bacon or bam have the slightest tinf e of yellow in tbe fat it will soon become rancid and unfit for use. Butter ad cheese should be judged of by tasting irxai. It is diöoult to discover if an egg be fresh. mi i f . a . m . . ine De i pian is to noia it oetween the eye and a lieuted candle, close -o tbe light, when, if it appear equally transparent inrougnour. n may be pronounced eood: but if there are any cloudy spots apparent it may De reieete as stale. POCtTRT. mraa or an ainos are best when voune The thin bone projecting over the belly will then teel aoft and gristly; if it be stiff and hard tbe bird is old. All poultry should be trm and flesh. Fowls are best when short and rtlnmp, with broad breast and thick rump, tha legs smooth and tbe spurs short and blunt. The black-legged kind are the most juicy. In capons the comb should be short and paleIn cocks, short and bright red. if fresh, the vent will be closed and dark, tvhen stale, it will bo tainted and the eyes sunk TcEieys. Th8 same remarks apply to them as to fowls. Whan young the toes and bills are soft. Soma persons prefer the torn turkey to tha hen. I will here remark that, to my notion, the flesh of the hea js whiter, tenderer and swetr eating than that of the torn.- For my pas I prefer a ben turkey of

ten op twelve poanai, tnoufcn ior piece" your fire and twenty pounder u a grander rcUcle to the eye; an, das to the weetne and flavor In the turkey. I could

never see that size had anything to do with it. The flesh of the wild turkey is much darker and more perfumed than that of the domestic turkey. ... m m ,. . . Okksc The flesh should Deoi a nneugat pink tint, the liver pale and the fat white and soft, and the breast full and plump. In a young goose the feet and bill are yellow; to an old one reuaisn. it ougm vu ui very few or no hairs on the body. Dccks. Young due ks areuisunguisneu iu the same manner as voung geese; the Deny should be firm and thick. The drake is the best eating. fish. A stale fish furnishes such unmistakable evidence of its condition, both to the amell and sieht, that the merest novice who should . ... . Tin purchase It would be inexcusable. neu t)rfctlT fresh, the body isetiff and elastic; the gills close, red, difficult to open; the fins Irin? flat to the sides: and firmly attached to the body. When stale, it is tne reverse ui . .. i all this, and has. beeide, a strong, offensive miU- The best fish of all kinds have small heads and tails, thick bodies and broad shoulders. VEGETABLES. All green vegetables of the cabbage kind should be chosen with large, close, firm hearts. When fresh the leaves are criep and brittle: when stale they are limp and droopine. They ought to be used as quickly as to8sihle after beine earnered. as they are to spoil by long keeping, fcucn periect freshness is not 60 necessary In roots, such as potatoes, turnips, etc 8WCKT HEBBS. Sweet herbs for winter ue may be pre served in the following manner: Sweet msioram. summer saorvsse:e. thyme, cher vil, nrar.ee and lemon tnvme. Durnet anu basil must be hune un in bunches in a dry,' warm atmosphere, until well dried. nu the leaves from the stocks, and press them clo9elv together: then wrap them in stout paper. Label each package and seep mem in a drv closet. These dry herbs mar also De ruoDea to a a a - . fine powder with the hands and then put into tieht lars or boxes. Herbs excluded from the air and kept in a com pect body will retain their ilivor for two or three vears. but if merely Kept in loose Dunoies, as is the usual method, they scon lose their fragrance. Farm Motes. Says the Sugar Beet: "Biios, it not prop erly closed, will permit ram to enter, and much harm will rtsult. The consequence is that, rain enterine. it carries away a large amount of the nourishing elements." In making gilt-edged butter the housewife should fee that the milk is set where it wil be free from all contaminating odors. Set in shallow open pans, two inches deep, the room to be at a temperature of (AT the year round. Scab is said to have been eradicated from New Zealand and almost driven from Aus tralia by a law imposing a penalty of $500 for every case of scab found after seven months from the date of going into effect of the law. Farmers trying to make a living ofT worn out lands must stop selling their calves and pigs, and sell fat oxen and hogs instead, and they will soon see an improvment in me fertility of their lands and in their bank ac count. One of the results of the late Commis sioner Le Due's experiments in tea-raising at the South has been tbe adoption of the shrub in some localities as a hedge plant for which, where the climate and soil are suitable, it is said to be excellently adapted A process has been discovered in Missisbippi by which sweet potatoes can be kept through the winter without dithcuity. lhe water is evaporated, leaving the sugar and starch by another process, and farmers are thus enabled to either store away or dry them, as preferred. A good cow has a full eye, a small and fhurt head, dished in the face and sunken between the eyes; a soft and looee skin deep from the loin to tbe udder, and a very short tail, a thin udder, and a square bag with teats a good distance from each other, and one which, when milked, shrinks to a small compass. Fanners' Magazine. Wedge-shaped fruit houses, tobe managed without artificial heat, are being built In London, accord inc. to the Garden. They run north and south, are about twenty-five feet long, seven feet wide at the bottom, and slop to three feet at the roof. It is claimed for them that in this shape the rays of the sun glance off, so that there is no burning, According to the Forth Worth Journal Texas sold 600,000 of beef cattle and 350,000 head of young stock, cows, etc.. this year for $23,100,000; increase in value of the 4,000,000 cattle in the State, 116,090,000; cost of raising cattle, expenses, etc.. leave a net profit of $27.200.000, of which $23,100,000 is in cash and $4,190,000 in increased value of stock. A steam plow is reported in successful operation at" Blanchard. Dak. It is the invention of an Englishman, who represents a firm at Leeds, England, that manufactures steam plows. It consists of a frame-work to which are attached six plows, esch of which cuts a 8ixteen-inch furrow. The motive power consists of two immense traction engines. The Farmers' Home Journal, of Louisville, Ky., says that a German gardener beyond the Almshouse bought some land in 18S1 at $130 per acre. This last year he put it all in potatoes, which cleared him $300 per acre. He paid for the land and bought for cash as much more land at $140 per acre, and has now a big farm, all paid for out of one year's crop. At the meeting of the Western Iowa Horticultural Society at Corning, in their practical discussion on small fruits. it was said that the strawberry is the most discriminating of ail fruit plants of common culture in regard to composition and texture of soil. It mutt be moderately rich and deeply pulverized, and fed from year to year with fertilizers. A Colorado ranchman has sold 181 head of cattle for $8,145, averaging four cents to five cents per pound groes weight. He avers that the only expense they had been to him was the cost of branding and gathering, averaging $1 per head per year of the animals' lives. They were high-grade shorthorns, and brought more than the ordinary prices for wild steers. Every one interested in potatoes should try on a small scale new varieties, till they find something adapted to their cultivation, etc, and, by. being a little careful, can double their yield on any of the old kinds with but little additional expense. Money spent for good seed is well invested, and will be very certain to pay a large dividend. New Eoeland Farmer. A fruit grower in the Ohio Farmer Bays: "The biginner must first try on a comparatively small scale. This will apply particularly to berries. Of tree fruits it takes a loneer time to ascertain the value of any t (articular kind. I would therefore advise a ieginner to make his choice principally from such as are known to do well in his neighborhood, and not plant too many varieties.'' A dairyman says: "In the case of an nnneuallr large and well-developed heifer there is no objection to haviDg her first calf before ehe is two years old, but when underside or at all weakly it is safe to let her reach the age of two and a half or three years. If thrifty heifers come In at an early age and are properly attended to they usually make better milkers than when they come in late. One-half of the care and labor required to earn $50 tilling some crop will produce that amount for the farmer it bestowed upou his flock of fowls. If you propose to him to p,ercistently neglect his bet cow from one end of the year to the other he will set you down i

as a candidate for tbe Lunatic Asylum, yet

a common-sizd nock ot Jowls, such as are kept at most farmsteads, will yield as much I . a a 5 AJS a yalue yearly, li property ireaiea, as a ursirate cow. H. A. Chase, of the Massachusetts rioughman, says the tendency of Kieffer'a hybrid pear is to overbear, frequently setting twice as much fruit as it ought to be allowed to mature. The best remedy for this is thln- . , . t . . . . . . .1.V-J I UIUK, UUt Ii WICUIJ V y,m - . . fruit than any other variety. The trees come Into bearlne early, not unfrequently in the third year from the bud. and toe pears, he says, have no superior for culinary pur poses. In Dr. Sturtevant'd experiments in sugarmaking from Wanshakum corn, on the 15th of September, when glazed but not dry enough for storage, the bmiks gave ot per cent of juice, containing 2 27 per cent, of glucose and 5 96 per cent, of susar. Three V . . i a r n. a - days later tha stalks yieiaea oo per cent, oi nice, the glucose naa increasea to o.zo per cent, and the sugar to 6.72 per cent. Still ater the percentage of both glacose and sugar rapidly decreased, as it probably went into tbe corn in form oi ntarcn. One pint per day of good, country-milled bran and oats in eqnal quantities, by measure, does not seem very liberal feeding for a eheep. Tet if this is fed regularly, in addi tlon to what good straw, hay and corn fodder ... . ..... . , 1 I the v will eat. sheen will thnva handsomely upon it. We know a small flock of grade Cotswold ewes, all expected to produce halfblood Southdown lambs in February, which ate being fed precisely in this way, and one could not wish to see sheep do any better. Agricultural Epitomist. A correspondent of the Iowa Homestead says that the exhibit of potatoes at the Iowa State FairoilSSZ was larger than ever Defore, but that the Committee to which was intrusted the duty of making awards was so ignorant of the sorts presented that an early rose drew first prize for Chicago market and the white star masqueraded as Barbanks seedline. He says this was the only State Fair he ever knew where the same DasKei oi potatoes was exhibited under three different names, A correspondent of the Germantown (Fa.) Telegraph says that the main lannrein raising strawberries is in setting poor plants. Old plants are good for nothing; new plants from an old bed are not worth eettmg. W e should set plants that are grown from those that have never fruited, wnen a piant prod aces a crop of fruit that fruit exhausts the energies of the plant to a certain extent. and its young plants will not have the con stitution and vigor of those from plants that give all their energies to the young plants. A peach orchard planted and left without attention, as is so frequently seen, win hard Iv last more than ten years. Uf thoe four are required for the tree to attain tbe age of fruitage, and as there are rather more than two years of total failure in every five, not more than three or four crops are realized. Now, if the same trees be cultivated, pruned and wormed, they are quite certain to be in a better state of preservation when twen ty years old than the neglected ones at ten, and the number of years of profit is very nearly doubled. The value of a good animal is to subserve certain required purposes by allowing us to breed in those directions only that are best for our interests and desires, and while na ture has confined the females of all animals to a limited reproduction of offspring, she has endowed the male with powers that are unlimited, which is of the greatest advan tage to us in the improvement of stock. The expenses incurred in tbe purchase of a good male, therefore, are trilling in comparison to the advantages derived, as the benefits are without limit Farm, Field and Fire side. V et lands should not be plowed deep un til they have been thoroughly drained. Al luvial soils and deep loams, wnere the sur face and subsoils do not materially differ, can scarcely be tilled too deeply. Thin soils. however, should not be plowed below the available plant food. It takes twice as much manure to fertilize land when it is plowed to a depth of ten inches as when it is plowed to a depth of five inche?; yet, on the other hand, by plowing only five inches deep the soil will be exhausted much quicker than when the plowing is ten inches. American Cultivator. Dr. B. D. Halsted, in tbe American Agri culturist, savs that 89 a rule pare bred stock are not the mott profitable for farmers to keep. Not because he does not advocate the pure breeds in preference to the grades, but because farmers are not prone to giving the attention generally bestowed by regular breeders, "b ancy farmers ' are a national blessing, says the writer, because they are pleased to make large investments in thor oughbred stock from whence farmers can easily procure, for improvement of tbe com mon herds and flocks, such animals as may be particularly adapted for the purposes re quired. She Wanted Papa. Cleveland Herald. A lady in the street met a little girl be tween two and three years old, evidently lost and crying bitterly. The lady took the baby a hand anl asked where she was going. "Down to find my papa," was the sobbing reply. "What is vour papa s name?" asked the lady. "His name is papa." "But what is his otber name? What does your mama call him?" "She calls him papa," persisted the little creature. The lady then tried to lead her along. "You bad better come with me. I euess you came this way." "Yes, but I don't want to eo back. I want to find my papa," replied the little girl, crying afresh as if her heart would break. "What do yon want with your papa?" asked the lady. "I want to kiss him." Just at this time a sister of the child, who had been searching for her, came along and took pus session of the little runaway. Frommquiry it appeared that the little one's papa, whom she was eo earnestly seeking, had recently died, and she, tired of waiting for him to come home, had gone out to find him. Many Opossums, all the Year Round.l When Lafayette paid a visit to tbe United States he intimated his desire to become master of an opossum, and h Baltimore editor gladly undertook to see that the Gen eral had oe to take home with him. Anx ions to make the most of the occasion, he procaimed his want in a highly-spiced appeal to his countrymen, urging them to prove that Republics are not alajs ungrateful. They responded cheerfully too cheerfully to the appeal. Opossums came in from North and South, East and West, until the overwhelmel journalist f jund himself possessed of 2,199 too many, lie could not aford them separate accommodation, be dared not lodge them together; so, at night he turned them all loose in Monument square to quarter themselves as they listed. Next day 'possums were here, there, and everywhere in Baltimore, to the delight of the black and the disgust of the white citii zens, who fervently wished that Lafayette had never heard of an opossum, or that the editor had executed his commission with more discretion. Grant Should Kot Figure as a Public Beggar. ütlca Morning Ilerald The action of the House Military Committee disposes for the present Congress of the question of putting General Grant on the retired list. The Chairman, Mr. Henderson, presented to the Committee a report favoring the scheme, and recapitulated all the arguments in its favor. To Mr. Bayne's inquiry whether General Grant is in need of the pay of a retired General, tbe Chairman replied that the ex-Presiaent "is worth several hundred thousand dollars." Thereupon tbe Committee, by a vote of five to three, rejected the proposed report The country will acquiesce, and will hope that General Grant will ask bis friends not to again put him in tbe attitude of a mendicant before all the world, at least not while so mach as half a hundred thousand dollars remains to te credit of bis private lank account.

STATE ITEMS.

Brief Paragraphs Clipped rrom Oar Friends of the State Press. The New A'bany Rail Hill will resume next week. Charles F. Strap, of Fort Wayne, has been granted a patent on a railway gate. The Kokomo Dispatch wants a whipping l" - Ofc lUt luUO VCUCUI VI Ul UUUU1UUU Ut Uittl . t .1 V V. 11 - t .l.4 Foust Ross' grist mill in Wabash Coanty was totally destroyed by fire Wednesday night At South Bend the Times newspaper office lately bore $500 loes and barely escaped an utter conflagration. Not less than four Evangelists are now at work in this city. We most be very wicked. Fort Wayne Gazette. Joe Fitzpatrick will commence the publi cation of a daily evening paper in JeflersonTlUe aboQt 15th f M - h Fred McLees. of Wabash, bas sued the C, W. and M. Railway for $20,000 damages for injuries received while in their services. The damage to the JefiVrsonville Glass Works will not exceed $3,000, and it is expected that the woris will be running again next week. The Ohio Falls Iron Works, at New Albany, has set all its employes at work clean 1 J ! - . I , i ing and repairing,with a ylew tj resuming next week. Measles are prevailing almost to the ex tent of an epidemic in Anderson, and the family of Mr. R. I. Hamilton is afflicted with smallpox. William Highland, formerly of New Or leans, but lately of Kokomo, is unaccounta bly missing and fears are entertained for his personal safety. The failure of the Adams Chilled Flow Works at Plymouth is announced, with as sets nearly sufficient to meet liabilities. Lack cf capital is given as the cause of the failure. Knightstown will certainly keep cool next summer if ice is any object Dealers have pnt up more this, season than any teuton previous. The harvest will aggregate over 4,000 tons. The Greencastle Banner calls on the citi zens of that place and Putnam County to be up and doing if they wish to secure the benefits of Mr. DePauw'a liberal gift for ASbury University. The Logan Grevs have received an invita tion to attend a prize drill to be held some time in April at Indianapolis. They are arked to send sixteen men, and their ex penses are guaranteed Logansport Journal. Major Isaac Kinley, of California, form erly of the Thirty-sixth Indiana Volunteers, and afterwards Provost Marshal of this District, with headquarters at Richmond, will visit old friends in this section this spring. Richmond Palladium. John Clark, of Westville, is misajiig and all efforts to discover his whereabouts have failed. About January 1 he left his borne for the purpose of visiting friends in Kan 8as. Atter spending a lew days witn nis friends he started home, since which time nothing has been heard from him. The City Council of Fort Wayne has in structed the City Attorney to take the nec essary steps to recover possession of the tract of laud lying in the heart of the city, which it is claimed the Wabash Company has forfeited by moving the division of terminus to Andrews. The land is said to be worth $300,000. Oicar M. Goodwin, the Logansport cashier, continues to ctlificiate in the Prison dining room. Guard J. B Stanley is deeply interested m the out come of the trial of D wight H. Wbeaton.for murder at Bloomington. 111. In fact, a ver diet cf guilty means $1.000 for Stanley. Michigan City Dispatch. Yesterday ex-Commissioner Opp made a close examination or toe ice K-o;e at tbe mouth of Dargee's run and reports it a solid mass. He thiuks it will gj out when mint iuleps come along in June, not sooner. He saw trees on the river bank twenty inches in diameter completely bent over with the weight of ice. Lafayete Courier. For the first time in the memory of the oldest inhabitant navigation on Lake Michi gan is completely closed. In many places the lake is covered with ice several feet thick as far out as twenty-five miles from the shore. The perils of winter navigation have never been so great as during the present season, and many thrilling experiences have occurred. The funeral procession of Philip Jones. while crossing a bayou of running watsr in Bartholomew County, the water was so deep the wagon -btd containing the corpse was floated off. and, the wagon becoming un coupled, floated down the stream. Three or four men plunged into the water and suc ceeded in lnnding the wagon-bed containing the corpse, when the dead body was recov ered and moved. Miss Fannie Beck has so far re covered from her injuries as to be able to be brought home on yesterday evening. A cot was brought in requistionupon which she was compelled to recline. Miss Beck still suffers cmsidtsrably from pains in her head and attacks of faint ness, but she is considered fully out of danger by her father and other physicians who have attended her. Delphi Times. The New Albany Ledger says of De Pauw's Glass Works: "It is hoped they are not seriously injured; but the amount of dam age can not be ascertained for several days. The window- lass houses present the worst scenes of wreck. Twelve thousand boxes of window-glass that were flood'd have to be unpacked and the glass sponged off andre packed. It is hoped the annealing furnaces at the works are not so seriously damaged as first supposed. Miss Lizzie McRse, the school teacher who so mysteriously disappeared two months ago from Boone Township, Harrison County Indiana, has not yet been heard from, ex cept by a letter written by her aud dated February 4, in which she says she is stop ping with a lady friend whose husband spends most of his time traveling, and that she will give the letter to him and does not know where it will be post marked. Her friends believe that she bas become insane, and request that any information concern ing her shall be sent to John S. Lenimon Postmaster at Rehoboth, Ind. Oa Wednesday Mr. David McKinney re ceived a dispatch from his brother, Samue H. McKinney. who resides at Newport, Pa. stating that they had fallen heir to a large estate left them cy their great grandmother. The dispatch requested Mr. McKinnev to come at once and claim his portion. The amount of the estate is not definitely known, but enough is known to state that it will be large. Hancock Jeffersonian. Prayer for Brewers. Christian at Work. . Wben our genial ana eloquent fries d Rev. Dr. Orraiston, was in Holland attending a great religious assembly, be was assigned for a resting place to tbe home of an excel lent and pious Dutch elder. But the good elder was also a gigantic beer brewer, em ploying some 251 hands in the manufacture of what is considered by our total abstinence advocates an accursed thug, but by tbe Hol landers an innocent and wholesome bever age. This Dutch elder was not satisfied with being a God-fearing man himself, he rightly thought his men should be Ood fearing also, In the midst of his manifold vats and steam ing malt houses stands a well appointed chapel,-into which, at the ringing of the bell at 9 o'clock every morning, the 230 workmen gather for prayers. The goon elder generally conducted ;the services himself, which consisted of reading the Scriptures, singing a hymn, and oneriug & prayer. This morn ing, however, he invited his guest Dr. Or miston, to lead the religious exercises. Tbe Doctor, who had not long before delivered an unusually fine address on temperance not total abstinence in riew York, did so. and we presume with his customary fervor

and power. We offer no criticism on the Doctor's conduct, except to express our unqualified approval of his course as being timely, appropriate, and calculated to da good. B'it how some of our dainty moralists would protest sgiinst such a proceeding in our locality, Dd how they would lift up their eyes and their bands in astonishment if our pulpit Boanerges f-hould be found some fine morning in a chapel of some vast brewery asking tbe D.vine blessing on the barley fermenters in their business o: providing oceans of lager for the thirsty souls of this metropolis and vicinity, burely latitude dcej change the complexion of tome things, TflK SIGNAL fctt VI CK SCANDAL.

Bead Tins Chapter of Bopahllcan ExtrsTSgaoceaud Corruption. New York öun. Mr. Belizboover's revelations concerning the Signal Service have made a sensation in and out of Congress. He has rendered valuable service, not only in exhibiting the enornious cost of this Bureau, but shoin bringing to light the discreditable methods dm ployed to deceive both Conrgess and the country by manufactured sentiment, procured under the personal direction of the Chief Signal Officer. The real cost of tbe Signal Service has heretofore been concealed by various devices. The items have been adroitly ecattered through several appropriation acts. A clause in the sundry civil law of the lan ses-iicn, inserted at the instance of Mr. Beltzhoover, rtq-ured the Secreiarv of War to submit a deiailei estimate of tbeoiEcers and other employes needs for tbe service and of their compensation. Mr. Lincoln rtported that the aggregate sum needed for the next fiscal year would be $1,234, 203. Add to this the various sums asked by the Bureau for othtr purposes, and we have the total: The Secretary's estimate 5 1,234.2:9 1 or prlnunK . . S.S wo For buildlDg..: l.vt.ooo For otliee of Chi( f Signal Officer- 10,000 For buildings digual 011ice..... ,540 For salaries 1 1 6.0W) Total 1,554,539 These figures exceed by half a million dollars the greatest total hitherto reached. They tho how, under the hothouse growth ot professional, political and social inna ences, a Bureau of f-mall beginnings may suddenly expand into vast proportion-). ut this large sum en It one-btth. ur about $3fJO,000, is to be used for meteorological purposes, which are the foundation and the object of tbe Bureau. A million and quarter go for the t sv of officers aud soldiers, building, and the machinery of a pompous military establishment, rive hun dred and eighty-f jur enlit-ted nit i cost $0(58.911, or $971 each, annually, and thirtyhve orhcers cost $lix.lo, or an average of $3;G05 each. Tte civil officers cost llti OOO. It is no secret that persons are employed at large pay in this l.ureau who perform no legitimate duty. Their business is to praise the organization, to work up a fictitious opini n in its favor, and to daub the Chief Signal Officer with Hittery. Since ithas been proposed to transfer the service to the Interior Department, and to l:vest it cf tbe form of a military organiiitton, extrcordi nary and thamefnl means have been uted to defeat the movement. General llsz?n ap plied to the becretary of ar in the lall o 1SS1 for a detail of four officers to visit the principal cities "to bok alter certain com ruerclal interests." He addre-tsed the fol lowing letter to Uaptain V. 11. Ciapn. one of the officers on duty at the Signal (Jllice "I Confidential. -Dfx. 31. "Clapp tret word to lYiweJl to work np our mends in tne lonr lartc ciues. New lora, ttjeton Philadelphia and lialumorv, without regard to Siory's expected vilt. W. B. IIaziin. Powell and Story re members of the Sig nal Corps., Again liszen wrote: "Opp Write Powell that tbe third section tof a bill concocted iu the ?iitnal Bureau) in nwe rary, but the men in tue Uorps will com intinl htu they deserve it. a he certciuly will. Als'r that after vUitiug Philadelphia to krep us i' formed, and when time fcr action comes I wil have him come here, fiuiehlag his uar aft. rwnrd. "YV. 11. D. Acting nnder these itstructions, Lieuten ant Powell visited Pittsburg, Milwaukee, Uhicago, Indianapolis, loiedo, J.rie, IJuHa'.o Rochester, Ojwego, Albany, Portland, ly ton, Newport ÖpriDgtield, New Haven, New York and Pmladelithia, bis journey lasting three months. Lieutenant Allen and Li'eu tenant Sift were sent in other directions "to work up our friends." Their business was to procure resolutions from Boards of Trade, Chambers of Commerce and other cr ganizations, the. resolutions being in fact prepared in Washington and intended to mfluesce opinion in Congress. Hf zen's emir -saries also wrote eduoiial articles for ccitain newspapers with the same end in view. This work was so successful that Lieutenant Powell expressed surprise "that certain organizations pas-ed resolutions without knowing for what they were petitioning;" but be added by way of explanation, "I tell you. Story, a bottle of wine and a dinner go a long way sometimes." These and other officers were detached from regular duty, and all their expenses were paid from the appropriations for the Signal Seryice.wbile tbey were thus c gaged in working up an artificial sentiment in favor of the Bureau and its Chief. Howgate stole abojt $150,000 in fifteen months without disturbing tbe routine operations of the service. Indeed, the annual reports in Howgate's time boasted of certain scientific improvements which must have been costly. It is evident that the appropriations must have been greatly excessive to have afforded a margin for Howgate'd steal while the r?gular wcik went oa with out dsrangement When officers can be detailed for moitlis at a time t) fabricate commendatory resolutions, designed to afcet legislation, it is plain that tbey are not needed in the Signal Corps. When the money voted by Congress iu the alleged interest of f c:ence ij diverted to most questionable objects, it is so clear that the appropriations far the service are ex ravagantW large. Very seiiou quf stilus are suggested by this exposure.- 'i'be first is whether, in attempting to influence legislation by euch improper methods, General Hszen and his subordinate officers have not laid therm-clve open to trial by Court Martial for violating the Army regulations. The eecond que-tiou is whether Gener.il Hazen will himself demand a Court of Inquiry upon the charges made by a responsible member of Congresj, who said: "I seither sorght nor rant a quarrel wiih thl military murtluet, who is utnversillr despi ed and lo&tbed by every rrptctbe s- Idler iu tte country; this Gduersl without a battlo; this soldier who compromised the c&arge of base atd ignoble cowardice, aad etrftts upan the siatre and wears the muuiments of war hörn of Uthai makes it honorable or jnstllies a soldier's life " The Signal Office is an illustration of the system of Bureau administration tint bus grown out of the corruption and extravagance prevalent at Wa-hington ever since the flu?h da s of Grantism. Ned, the Children's Dog. Everybody in Midway, Ky., knows oil "Ned," the children's dog. He formerly belonged to the late Mrs. Margaret Baford, but as there were no children at htr house he came to town and took up his abode at Mr. S. N. Rogers'. He goes to school with tbe children every morning and remains there all day. When they go out to play he goes, too, and is quite expert at catching a ball; indeed, in a game, be takes the place of a child. When the bsll rings he is the firtt to run into the schoolhouse and when the classes are called np to recite, he answers tbe next question by an intelligent bark and bow ot the head. Shouli a question bs missed by the child at the foot of the class and passed to the next by the teacher, "Ned'' will answer it in his peculiar way. Spelling seems to be his favorite branch of study, his answers in that being exceedingly quick and vigorous. Although he turns the children down, after hia fashion, he never goes above them. He will fisht for any ot the pupils, as well as teachers, and

could not be induced to stay where there are no children.

FKI1Z At 11UIIE. Emmet's TVondorfol Caatle enthe II ad son. Xcw York World. 1 Mr. William O.iver. the wll-k:Krn boatbuilderof Hatleoi, ha becun the construction of a gondola for Mr. J. K. Komrt, the actor. "Mr Emmet rsme to iae aiuta month ago," raid Mr. Oliver t a World reporter, "aud thowed me a mJel Vene tian gondola. lie ce-rd me to have one built l.sett. Mr. r.aoiet will retire to his cisile on tbe Hudson very soon; and tLe g;-nd'a niuit 1 retdw for him. Iber ar gu...i. la? on the lakes m Central Park'! I'.ofpect Paik. They ere iinior.ed. M.-. E.nmet's gondola will be ihirty-six feet long, four feet beam and eighteen lnche3 deep amidships. The keel has been laid, and the knees of hackmatack are redy for the tide plank'n ' which will be of cedar. There will be a cabin in the c-fctr ith Venetian blinds. The bo w. made of bright steel, w ill t-npport a swinging la-item it ha a c irre as graceful as the neck of a swau. Six een peoplecn be carrir d in it very comfortably. The boat w:ll be completed about tbe 1st of April." Mr. Lmtnet, when eaestjor.ed about hie iew house, said: "l have traveled all over the world, I may say, aud have always had one object in view to build a hone that I could live in when I becsrue old. It is trne have a castle on the Hulon HVut ton miles abjve Albany. It b 1,000 fett above the river, and there is i otuf-r h-nce in the world like it. I have had it built after car own ideas, and have adorned it with curios ities collected at Rome. Natle?. Venice. Hong Kong. Yeddo, and, in fact, every part ( f the world. I have sixteen ac:rpS of land that once fomied part of tue Van Bcusselaer estate, and four acres of water formirga lake on which I propose to row my otdola and another curious Chinese boat have, a jank, I believe it is called. I always did like sailing in a gondola. Bat ab jut tte castle. Y ell, whea you nrgt see it you may not rate it very highly. Eut wait till jou get inside. Th-re are no halls in the. castle nor one corner. At every turn jo:: meet alcoves and recesses, but no corners r.n.l to balls. Thy rooms are huns with curiotities. Yon can not imrgine what the hone is like, and you might not believe me if I told you what it cost. That s a secret. I will describe my room to you. Whea I awake in the morning 1 look up snd fee three ceilings two are circular domes end one is tri& uiilsr. My bed is on one floor and my bo are on an other. Kocks from the Coios en ru a.d woad from the Via Sacra are stn next to Lelmeta which would delight the hart of ir Walter Scott, and antiquiiies which would pive an antiquarian enouzh pleasure for a life." Here the reporter acfetd lor,a more detailed description of the two ils and thethree Cf-ilir.g in one room. "Well," he replied, "there a:e sfeps connecting tbe Ho )rs in fhe com r no," not a corner IIave.is! there is not a corner in the house but in the reces. I really can't descitc the ceilings, b t I as ure 50U they exist. The other day my friend J.jLu McOullougti nd I were there, and John took bath, litre's the way you bathe: Yon go intoone ro üi on the first floor, teinpiature 90; go to the tecond floor, the Fame room,. terupfMiure 12öJ, third floor, teaij eraturel"j. We have pip?s corair.g fr r.i tbe midpie of tb room, a id si uei firee different temperatures in one ro ta. When J ;hn got throug'j be said he Lad never b-forehad such a ba'h. The walks sni girdens, the st-tbles and ever, ihinp ae as uniyi and original a the house. Now, when o-a ask" me whpn I am going to go permanently and be really 'Fritz in Aibai y or Fri z at home, you a.sk me too much. Probably not for f-oroe time to ome, but when I do go I aia sure of g jiry to a c j:nf rtable Loue." ADVERTISING IX TUÜ St'NIIXEr, Crfa.es new but-ines. E ilare'-s old bas-i-. k-vives dull biuiü-s. 1'rescrvcs Jar;e basitcp?. 1 he Kan Why. I.rtee reso It. Business rrea read If. Produce: read it. Officials read it. Tbe poor rend it. Everybody reads it. The rieh &1 avs want something. The p-xir always want 83neitii;ig. Tne trtn always waats Kiinethiiitr. The womaualwavs wants soiaiiliiog. Tbe boy always wants sometniug The girl alway wants someiiiitm. The wby always wants pomeihlng. SEEK health and avoid sickness. Instead of feeling tired and worn out, instead of aches and pains, wouldn't you rather feel fresh and strong?You can continue feeling miserable and good for nothing, and no one but yourself can find fault, but if you are tired of that kind of life, you can change it if you choose. How? By getting one bottle of Brown' Iron I3it TERS.and taking it regularly according to directions. Mansfield, Ohio, Nov. s6, iSSr. Gentlemen : 1 have suffered with pain in my sice and back , and peat soreness on ir.y breast, vith shoot ing pains all through my body, at ten Jed with preat weaVncs; , depression of spirits, and loss of :.p petite. I have t .ken several different medicines, and was treated by prominent physicians fur my liver, kidneys, and spleen, but I cot no relief.. I thought I would try Crown's Iron. Bitters ; I have now taken o;ie bcttleand a half and am r.bcut well pain , in side and baclc all gone soreness . all out of my breast, and I have a. good appetite, and am gaining in. strenctband flesh. Itcan justiybecallcd the ling cf ' mtdiciiut. John K. Aulbnoes. Brown's Iron Bitters is--composed of Iron in solubleform; Cinchona the great tonic, together with other standard remedies, making a remarkable non-alcoholic tonic, which will cure Dyspepsia, Indigestion, Malaria,. Weakness, and relieve all Lung and Kidney diseases