Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 31, Number 15, Indianapolis, Marion County, 16 May 1883 — Page 7

THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL, WEDNESDAY MAY 16 1883;

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Batter Ilecords of Jersey Cows Setting Out Vegetable Vinxts, Things a Farmer Should Not Da A Strawberry Farm Gapes In Chickens Synopsis of th Doe Uw-OUt Chickens Bug-Hoasahold Blut Farm Kot, Etc. Batter Record of Jersey Cows. Philadelphia Record. The Jersey and Guernsey cows naturally give milk of the richest quality, and the product in butter is not only large, but ia texture and flavor fir superior to that from any other breed. The prices paid for bulls and heifers within the past two or three years have bsen very large, not because the cows are better than before, but because the eagerness evinced by ba jers to procure certain strains has given an upward tendency to all. Jerseys are divided by reputation into eerral families of excellent animals; but, although such distinction Is made, it is due to indif idual administration of the descendants of such noted amimals as Countess, AlTjhea, Pansy, Coomassie and others. So close has been the breeding of Jerseys that nearly all of them are related to each other, andsoegsrare breeders to infuse .blood of certain strains into their herds that they breed indiscriminately so far a relationship is concerned, it being nothing uncommon for a bull to be thd aire of a calf, the sire of its dam, and 60 runtimes its granddam also. The breeding together of brother and sister seems to invoke no opposition whatever, and while the system of breeding practiced has no doubt tended to fix the qualities of several families, and thereby enable them to more firmly transmit such to theiroffpriog. yet it can not be denied that the time will arrive when the injurious effecta nf such close breeding will be manifested in the weakened constitutions and lack of harditeäi. So far as the butter tc3ts are concerned much depends upon the system of feeding. If the best cow of all wai merely valued for that which she would produce in the shape of butter she would fall far below the prices paid, but her value extendi in another direction. She is the result of a selection, and is made the foundation upon which to build still a higher grade of animals, her value then being bevond estimation. The ordinary farmer is liable to failure in attempting to reach the hieb, records attained by emiment Je'rsey cows, for the test are only made under the most favorable conditions, but the farmer can make a vary decided improvement in his herd of cows with the use of bulls of this breed, even with those that all for low figures. The be9t butter lecords are these of Jersey Belle of Scitaate (Countess family), which Droducej 25 pounds and 3 ounces in one week: Alphea, 21 pounds 8 ounces; Value! Pansy family), 124 pounds 4 ounces; Mollie Garfield, '22 pounds 12 ounces; Bomba, 21 pounds lis ounces, and Eurotas, 22 pounds 7 ounces. Eurotas gave bS pounds in thirtyone days, and in one year her yield was 778 pounds. There are many other cows that hare made records all the way from 10 pounds up to 20, and such yields are no longer regarded as extraordinary. Th9 results are evidences of what careful breeding will do, and say what we may against the injudicious system of inbreeding which has been practiced, it can not be denied that improvement has overbalanced the mistakes. The Jerseys are rmall, delicate, deer-like cows, with soft, velvety skin and well defined escutcheons. They mature ye?rly and come in profit before they are twoyeais old. They are not adapted for beef production, nor do they present a full round appearance, but for the special purposes to which they are intended have no cqaaL Setting; Oat Vegetable Plants. Correspondence Country Gentleman. I have a neighbor who grows plants of cabbage, celery, tomato, iepper, etc., for eale. On rainy days in May people come under streaming umbrellas to get the plants they wiah to set out. It "fashes" me to see how they mismanage. It is all very well for the plant to be carried ia the rain, if they cm be set oat without without miring the leaves or hardening the ground ; but very often the lender tomato, and ev?n e g.r plants are taken along in tue cold raia to be set out at the same time as the otherj. Of course they lose color or change color, show ing that growth has stopped, and once stopped it does not recover in time to gain benefits of the fiae weather of early June. The plants become to sick to grow, and never make any good returns. I notice a few bat a slowly increasing number of persons who plant before the rain, when a tramping of the bed does good instead of harm, making the fine mo!l still finer. They carry their plants in a bucket with a little water covering the roots. Vv'ell filled with this water tney do not wilt, even in sunshine, if tne ground is so üoe as to close up well around the root3; the sunshine on the con trary starts growth promptly; new rootlets quickly issue in the fine, humid soil, and growth goes on almos"; unchecked. A great advantage ot this method is that no leaves are eoiled and spoiled by being handled with muddy fingers, nor are the stems bent and strained by being carried by the neck or waist, head and feet h&ngiog and swinging about. Some of the more painstaking and successful use the excellent precaution of laying paper or leaves, or rags, or slate, or glass, like a little patch of carpet upon the soil around each plant, and then watering irom a can wun a nne rose, mis secures a rinsing and cleansing of the leaves while no plash is thrown against them, and the sur face does around them is not hardened or crusted, yet i gradually made moist by the water soaking inward from the edge of the mulch. In this way, too, the soil remains moist as well as loose. The first care in transplanting should be to prevent the plant from nagging, by keeping it growing on: planting it when the air conditions are most favorable to its constitution as, usually, about June 1 to 10, for tomatoes, etc., and 1U to 1 lor egg-plants. Things a Farmer Should Sot Do. Correspondence Washington Farmer. A farmer should not break up more land than he can cultivate thoroughly; half tilled land is always growirg poorer, while well tilled laud is constantly improving. A thrifty and prudent farmer will not devote his sole attention, to the improvement of certain fields on bis farm, because the land is "easy to work at," and let other portions of bis premises go uncultivated, and grow nothing but brush, bogs, briers and stones. A farmer should never have more cattle, horses or other animl stock than he can ieep in good order. An animal in good order at the beginning of winter is already half wintered. Vor should he let his cattle endure the chilling storms of winter in an open yard or field, whilst a few dollars ex tended wouldiamply repay him in saving fod der. and afford her a greater amount'of milk. A farmer should never depend too much on his neighbors for what he can by careful management produce on bis own land. He should not make it a common practice to either buy or beg fruit while he can plant trees and cultivate them on his own ground nor annoy his neighbors by borrowing tools to work with, while be can make or buy them. "The borrower ia servant to the lender." A fanner souli sever be so immersed in political matter u to neglect doing hit

various kinds of work in due season, and to snug up maitsrs and things for winter; nor

should be be so inattentive to pontics as to remain ignorant of thnee great questions of National and Utate policy which will always agitate more or less a free people. A farmer should not be continually borrowing his neighbor's newspaper, while be can easily save money enough, by curtailing some little extravagance, to subscribe and pay for one or more of bia own. A farmer should never refuse a fair price for anything he wishes to eil. I have known men to refuse $1 50 for a bushel of wheat, and after keeping it live or six months they were glad to get $1 for it. I have known farmers to refuse to take a fair marketable price for their dairies of batter, and after keeping it three or four months they concluded to sell the butter for only twothirds of the price which they were first offered. ,:A bird in the hand Is worth two in the bush." A farmer should not allow his wood pile to be reduced down to the "shorts," merely drawing a little by piecemeal, and green at that He mnst expect to encounter the sour looks of his wife and family, and perhaps be compelled (In a series of lectures) to learn that the man who provides green wood to burn in the winter has not mastered the first rules of domestic economy. Nor should he employ some "blotch" mason to build bis chimney "upside down" so that his family will be nearly smoked out of the house, and the walls of the room become as yellow as saffron. A farmer should not let his buildings look as old as tho hills, and go to decay, while he can easily afford the means to keep them in good repair; nor should he allow tattered clothes and old hats to be stuffed in the windows, in place of glass. If he does, he need not be alarmed if be ac quires the reputation of a mean man, or one who tarries long where liquor is sold by the glass. A farmer should not be contented with dilapidated looking fences on his farm, so as to tempt his cattle to become unruly and destroy his crops, while he has plenty of opportunities to make or keep them in repair. A Strawberry Farm. The Thomasville (Ga.) correspondent of the Atlanta Constitution says: I promised a year ago to give the actual figures of the crop of the Blackshear strawberry farm. Mr. Blackshear furnishes me to-day with the following: "I planted twenty acres in berries. Off these twenty acres I sold $1800 worth of berries, deducting the freight for the most part. We cleared in actual case $1,500, or about 175 an acre. The net profit would have been larger except for experience in shipping, roor facilities, and the small yield of berrie . "Are yoa doing better this year?" "Mucn better. My yield is larger. I have already picked and sold over 10,000 quarts on the twenty acres, and I will get quite as many more. I picked 1,000 quarts a day two days last week, and will get 1,000 quarts to-iay." "Are prices hotter this season?" I am selling wirn more judgment. At the first of the season I got $1 a quart. I then dropped to fifty cents a quart, and then tweniy-nve cents. loday I reduced the price in Thomasville to fifteen cents a quart. and sold all my man could haul. I made a trade with Mr. Pillow, of Jacksonville, to sell him all the berries I could Bhip at thir teen cents a quart at my packing house, up to May 1. Tney net me ten cents a quart. and I have delivered him 5,000 quarts. The upping families onered me are not yet all 1 ;want, nor are the rates adjusted properly For example, lean ship 1C0 pounds of berries to New York and have my refrigerator returned tome for just half what it costs to ship the ssme berries to Atlanta. The rate given me to Atlanta is $1.07 a hundred, or just three cents le?s than the ex pressrate. In spite of this I will clear over $100 an acre on my berries, or $2,500 on my twenty-acre patch." " hat was the expense of cntivating it"' "It cost me just $48 this year. The sale of plants and stray berries more than paid the whole expenses. ' This is the story of a strawberry farm. A clear profit of $100 an acre on berries, coming in when money is needed, is enough to tempt others to berry culture. At Mr. Blackshear's low estimate of 1,000 quarts to the ace, from which he has already gathered 500 quarts, berries can be a Ad at five cents a quart and more money made than with any of the heavy crops. Mr. Blackshear will take pleasmre in giving any reasonable information that may be asked. In the meantime, look for a boom in the Georgia berry before the year is out. Gapes lu Chickens. Poultry Nation. In a recent conversation with an experi" enced chicken raiser he informed us that he had been very successful in conquering that precarious disease in ma youDg fowls by the application of air-slacked lime. As soon as a manifestation of gapes in his fowls appear, he confines his chickens in a box, one at a time, sulhciently lare to contain the bird, and places a coarse piece of cotton or linen cloth over the top. Uon this he places the pulver.zed lime, and taps tho screen puSiciectly to cause the lime to fall through. This lime dust the fowl inhales and is made to sneeze, and in a short time the cause of the gspes is thrown out in the form of a slimy mss3 or masses of worms, which had accu mulated in the windpipe and smaller air vessels. This remedy he considers superior to any remedy he ever tried, and he seldom f iils to etTVct a perfect cure. He has adjared all those mechanical means by which it is attempted to dislodge the entozoa with instruments made of whalebone, hog's bristles, horse hair or hue wire alleging that people are quite as certain to push the gape worms firther down the throat of tho fowls as to draw them up. . Dog Law. The following gives a synopsis of the dog law as follows: The law provides that the Township Assessors shall list all dogs over six months old, between the first day of April and the first day of June each year, and that each male dog shall be taxed $1, each female $2. and each additional dos over one owned by any one person, $2. Any Assessor failing to list any do? shall be lined not exceeding $5 in each case, and any one making a false state ment oi tne number oi dogs harbored may be fined $100 Any dog that kills sheep may be killed, and any person who hirbors a dog after It is known to have killed sheep may be fin id $100. The killing :of any listed dog which has violated none of the provisions of the U is a misdemeanor subject to a fine of $100. Any person owning or harboring a dog known to have propensities for killing or miiming sheep, is made subject to a fine of $50, ana the law authorizes anyone to kill mad dogs on sight The law does away altogether with the system ot tagging licensed dogs. It makes it a misdemeanor to kill, maim, inj are or steal a dog. f jr which the yearly tax has been paid to the County. For the mischievous or wanton injury, or the stealing of a dog which has been duly lifted for taxa'ion, and which is not known to be a sheep killing dog, the punishment is fixed at a fine not exceeding $200, with imprisonment for Dot more than thirty days. Owners of sheep which are killed by dogs are required to report their losses to the Towaship Trustee within ten days, and anv person making a false statement of the amount of damages may be fined $100, and imprisoned in the County Jail for thirty days. The surplus over the amount paid for damages to sheep shell be applied to the school revenue of the Towbs-hip. Give Chickens Range. The Poultry World. Young chicks will do much better with liberty than without iL Sitting hens are very liable to be more or less infested with lice. These, course, will cover the chickens almost as soon as hatched, unless greit

care ia taken to clear them out Given a

lriT hm-wi. with hen confined .in a small coop and the chances are greatly against the chickens. . .. Movine the coop daily helps the matter greatly as when the coop remains long on the same ground the vermin will Infest that also, and swarm over the chicks at night. If possible, give the hen a free run about the grounds ; but if your inclosure is limited, give her as much as possible. The feed you give young chicks is all needed by them for their rapid growth, but if they are obliged to sustain vermin in addition, the growth will be slow and liability to disease augment ?d. If your garden plot is inclosed, put your coops up near the fence, so that the young chicks will natnrally run through the small openings, and they will wage a busy warfare on the insects which would do great damage if left to themselves in that garden. The old hen getting worried about their absence, or bear ng the commotion as they run down some nimble-winged butterfly or cabbage miller, will call them to her coop often enough to keep quite large chicks from doiDg any real damage to the vegetable. Keep the tens confined and let the chicks roam, for remember it is "the old scratch" that does the mirchief. Fowls are active and willing workers, but yoa must place them in the position where they can be most serviceable in destroying insects and larva'. Misdirected energy is productive of quite as much evil as lack ot force. Household Hints. Mahogany mar be polished by rubbing first with linseed oil and then with a cloth dipped in very fine brick dust. To Clean Brooms If brooms are wet in boiling suds once a week they will become very tough, wili not cut the carpet, last much longer and always look like a new broom. Cookies. Take one heaping cup of sugsr twelve tablespoonfuls of melted butter, six Ublespoonfulsof hot water and one tablespoonful of soda. Mix quickly, with flour enough to roll; roll thin and bake in quick oven on well-greased tins; keep in a stone jir. Pressed Vial. Take three pounds of veal chopped fine, two pounds of fresh. lean, raw pork, also chopped fine, three eggs, a piece of butter the size of an epg; pepper and salt well; bake two hours. When cold lice it thin. It is like pressed meat and is very nice. To Remove Paint. One pound of soft soap, one pound of soda; dissolve in one pint of boiling water; lay a thick coat (while hot) upon the paint with a brush; leave it for one or two hours until it begins to soften the paint, then scrape off what you can and repeat. When all is removed wash thoroughly with clean water. Brunswick Black, thinned down with turpentine until it has attained the right tone and color, will, if a litle varnish is added about one twentieth of the bulk of the black and turpentine prove a stain f ir imitating walnut and teak wood. There is no difficulty in getting the mixture to dry hard, and it will take a coat of varnish first class. Cati ish in Batteb Cut the fish in pieces about two inches in length and one inch in thickness, beat three egzs verv light, adding salt, pepper end enough Worcestershire sauce to flavor them; dip the fish in this batter, and then roll it in cornmeal or in cracker crumbs; fry in plenty of lard until it is a dark brown ; garnish with lemon sliced, if no greens are available; celery tops, parsley, or small and tender lettuce lcavts are preferred. Rubber Cap.1. One o!-jclion f the ingrain carpet is that the high heels which servants delight in wearing on thick shoes seem to catch at the thread3 and drag them out of place, producing a rough Mirfirce; another ia that the legs of heavy chairs have the same effect. Oae wav to eave these carpets is to cover the ends cf thee hair 'e.rs wUh rubber caps at a ct of a ut neventeeii cents. The servants' high heeis are, of course, amenable to no tuch remeJy. Waste Papeb Baskets Tha fashionable color for ornamenting watte paper baskets is a deep rich orange. Scarfs of silk of this hue are drawn carelessly about two sidej cf rquare baskets, or draped from the top of those which are round or oval. Orange ribbons are embroidered with daisies or cornflowers, and drawn slantwise over one side of a basket or ran in and out of the meshes of the wickerwork in such a way that all the embroidery is fully shown. PiNCCßHiow. An English pincushion will be found a very pretty addition to a toilet table. The cushion should be round, with an open space in the center for the reception of a flower vase or glass, and can be either of simple colored paper mu:lia, co;ered with lace or muslin, or can be provided more elaborately with an embrcidereJ or painted Bilk and deep fringe or bordering to match. Tne glass supplied with a few fresh flowers is a great improvement t the toilet table. Kick Mrrnxs. Boil a half pint of rice until quite soft, and set aside until perfectly cold ; heat three eg2s very light and put them, with a pint of wheat flour, to the rice, making it into a thin batter with a quart of milk; beat it well; add a large tablespoonful of compressed yeast and fet it to rise, or use two table'poonfuls of Ilecker's baking powder (if baking powder is used they must be allowed to stand after it has been added). Bake in the same manner as directed for the above. The Caterer for May. Boiled Spbiko Lamb It is not generally known that spring lamb is excellent if boiled, or rather steamed, instead of roasted. It should De conked either in a double pot, or where that is not to be had should be placed in a soup kettle upon two plates turned np reverse way, so that the small quantity of water used need not touch the meat The water should be keptrspidly boiling and the lamb will cook in the steam. Before' placing it in the pot it should be rubbed with flour and salted. Serve with white sauce and chopped capers. Cbeav Cajtdt. Onecoffeecupful of white sugar, four tablesnoonf uls of hot water to dissolve it; boil without stirring, in a bright tin pan until it will crisp in water like molsas candy. Just before it is done put in oue-quarter teaspoon f al of essence of lemon, vanilla or peppermint Wnen done poor into a battered pan, and when cool enongh to handle, work like molasses csndy until perfectly white; pull in strips of the thickness of your finger and cut in short pieces with the shears. Lay on buttered paper on plates. M cms s Melt two ounces cf the best butter in one quart cf warm milk and set aside until colo; beat four eggs until very light, and mae a batter by adding alternately and wry gradually a little of the milk and butter and a little flour until the batter is ff i proper consistence, which is quite thin: then aid a larre tablespoon, ful of compree i ye: st or two teaspoonfula of Ileclrer's hiking piwder. Uike them in buttered mutfkwinKS, set uponanot griddle that has been rubbed over with beef suet Bke then; f.-st on one side then upon the other. Ths-y must be torn aunder to butter, as cutting tht m open renders thera heavy. Pia so tool Cover. .V pretty way to cover a jisno stool which is much worn is to cut a piece of broadcloth or flt o that it will fit th top. This may In left plam, or may be ornamnted with a vine in applique work. Around the edge of this sew a regular little lambrequin, llave the foundation of broadcloth or felt or of velvet This may be in one piece, cut in points or scallops, or in separate pieces, with the edges pinked or button holed, and with a different design in applique or in Kensington embroidery on each part, or, if pressed for time, the lambre quin will be handsome if the design is the same on each part Another way to make the lambrequin is to bur a strip of the fringed border intended fvf the edge of burlap mats, work the design woven in (he border with bright-colored worsteds, and it Is a pretty finish for the stool cover. Farm Notes. t Breeders of Plymouth Rocks declare that a mating oZ dark medium hens and light

medium cocks produced the greatest number of good cockerels for breeding or for exhibition. Exports from New York last week included 900 live cattle, 625 live sheep. C J0 quarters of beef and 1,314 carcasses mutton. Hereford breeders have made up a purse of $2 eoo, to be distributed in special prizes for Hereford stock, in six classes, at the next Chicago fat stock show. - It is estimated that the monthly receipts of egeainXew York are CO 000 barrels, of seventy dczen each, which would make the sggregate egg trade of the National metropolis over 50,000,000 annually. A great shortage of young p:g ia the West is reported this spring, in consequence o the severity of the winter, by which many thousand were destroyed and the growth of many others retarded. Squashes and all kinds of vines grow and yield the best by surface culture; manure as yon would for cern; drop the seed in rows: cover lightly; stir the il cften. and eternal vigilance is death to bugs, with a good sprinkling of insect powder. The present is a good time to collect the bones ecattared abont the premises. Break them up and bury them near the roots of

fruit trees or grapevines, it me Domes oi half the worthless dogs owned in the country could be similarly planted they would be of much more service than their animated carcasses are above ground. At a recent meetiDg of the New York Sugar Association, at Genoa, President Williams said of the sorghum industry in the North : "We are going to make a sirup that is superior to that of New Orleans. Men are experimenting all the time to perfect the process of manufacture. I expect in may day to see glucose driven from our homes by a better and purer article." Young chickens drink a great deal of water, but they, in common with all animals, know jist how much they need. Mix your corn and dough very dry and crumby, and let the fowls drink fresh, cool, clean water alter they are through eatirg. If your mess is mixed too thin and sloppy you will force them t j swallow more water than they need, in order to get at their food. Crop estimates made at this early date are not of much value, aa past experience has shown. So far, however, as any opinion can be formed fiom the scattering reports in regard to winter wheat, the outlook is not a favorable one. Nor is there any apparent likelihood of an active foreign demand, which, should it occur, might compensate for a reduction of our surplus by enhancing its price. Grain, the staple food for fowls, is plenty and cheap, but it requires extra labor, the closest attention and good accommodations to raise yourg clnckeu during the changeable spring weather. Nothing is more cer tain thannhis net If no skill and care were required possibly the business might become so overdone that poultry and eggs would become a drag iu the market. We believe that it pays well to give this extra care and to make the necessary outlay. The commonly received advice toorchardists, to scrape the rough bark from the old apple trees has been contradicted, some having tried it and concluded that the practice did more barm than good. The rough bark is a protection to the tree from sudden changes of temperature. Tho benefit often claimed from scraping the trees comes from the greater attention paid to them in other respects by men who take this trouble. Whitewashing apple trees is equally ineffectual for good. A correspondent of the Fiuit Recorder, who had planted cabbages where the hills of corn had missed, discovered that they had not been visited by the worms. He there fore advises persons in Lections where tne cabbage worms are destructive to plant their cabbage in the fields surrounded by corn. The plant flies fly low and consequently are disturbed, if not shut out by the s'a'.ks ana blades of the core, and the cabbage e3cape their visitation andj the consequent crop of green worms. A direct supply of plant food dcei not fully explain the action of manures.' Many fertilizers act directly to feed crops, by their chemical efl'ects on the soil. This barn yard manure, in undergoing decomposition. yields a Bupply of carbonic acid, which may acton the mineral constituents of the Eoil and liberato its elements. Many mineral element', alvo, such as common salt plaster of piris, and other valine matters, may react on the soil, converting potash und magnesia, for instance, into solub'e forms, and thus giving the same results tis ould follow an immediate use of the lü'.t named substance. The following s!alement. made by Wil liam Simpson, of New Yori City, is worthy of consideration and extended circulation. He says: "Moit of all is the question, Do we pay sufficient attention to the quality of bulls we use? I think not We can not exercise too great care in selecting the bull which is to aland at the head of a choice herd of Jerseys; in fact, all our hopes and fears should be concentrated in him. He should be the best and most perfect animal i a i i , I : i. i . iu tue urruj tar ueuer, n possioie, man tne best cow. The progeny of the bull may number fifty or more in a single year, while the best cow produces but one calf. Bulls. as a rule, are kept too fat, and, in consequence, are quite certain to become impo tent at an age wnen tney ebould be in their prime. If kept rather low in fiesh and with proper exercise, balls should continue in service until from ten to fifteen years of ane, and be more valued as their progeny Deco m es auown. At a late meeting of the Western New York .Farmers' Club, in response to a ques-uu-i an iu iue umiiy oi gnnaing corn, coo and all, Mr. D. D. Simmons said he had found stock to do well on corn ground with the cob. There niy not be much nutriment in cobs, but cattle show a disposition to eat cobs in the yard, and will sometimes leave hay for them. They must meet some want in the animal. Millers do not grind the cob fine enough, and P. C. Reynolds suggested that the fict that chemists find but little nutritious matter in cobs does not entirely condemn them. In almost all kinds of feed thera are indigestible portions. woody fibre, etc., that can not be assimilated into the animal system; yet they are not without their use in food. They distend and stimulate the digestive organs, and probably perform other important offices in the animal economy. Actual, careful feed ing trials alone will fettle the question. Mrs. Stowe' "Unci Tom." The Sentinel announced, through an Ontario, Canada, special, which it published Sunday morning, the death of Rev. Josiah Ilenson, sa:d to be the "Tom" of "Uncle Tom's Cabin." The New York Tribune gives the following biography: Mr. HeDPon was lorn a slave iu 17S9. in Charles County, Mrylaad, snd In Ms Infancy he waa separated from bis father and a few years later from bis elder brothers and t Liers. Josiah and bis mother remalnel i-Montgomery County, Marvland. on tbe DUoUtion of Isaac Kilev. whose confidence Josiah Rained by protecting him in many orunten Draw is ana Dy caring for his etate. After the lsve had reached manhood hi master became bankrupt. atd, feariug. that his negroes would be eold, he persuaded Josiah to lead them to the estate rf his brother, Arnos Riley, in Kentucky. Heiisou ntuly conducted twenty-one slaves, lnc'udlnjr his own wife and two children, a dintauce of nearly 1 ,000 miles. In Kentucky the religious faith which his mother had iostllled into htm deepened, and, without belneable to read, he became a preacher in the Metbodirt EpUc"pal Church. Sachwaahis charscter lor truthfulness that he was frequently allowed to leave the State on Church business, and even to go Nerth on hi promise to return. At a Methoclst Conference In Cincinnati in 1828 he obtained gifts amounting to $275, and some time after he arranged with his master to purchase his feeedom for 1 150. lie paid the money, only to find that he was the victim of a trick, and would have to pay t;&j more for his freedom. 8oon after he rettolved to escape, and alter much danger -and many hardships he made his wuv to Canada with bit wife and four children. He found work with tbe farmers of Pawn (now Cam Jen), in Upper Canada, and he soon acquired some property and became the leader of hundreds of escaped slaves. He took an active part In "The Underground Sail way," riiklng his life more than once by venturlog into Kentucky, InlSol, alter lit liest

Bonhsdtauehthini to read, he vlaited Eocland earning introductions to many people and meetioff witn great kludoeaa.. On LlTwiura h wmi. and published hts autobiography, for puTpS of raising money to bay Ue freedom of hli elder brother. Mrs. fetowe doubtless obtained from yr. Hrnson much of her material for L'ncl Tnm-a Cabin." but that uovel U Sol Si hUr? 3? Mr! Henson as a Have nor was he the sole model for -l tide Tom." Mr. Henson viirtted England fSilL ymV? n H?- aDd haA a interview with tiueen Mcuuia. The Briüsh public has purchased 40,010 copies of his autobiography. TILL) EN'S HEALTH. Bejavenatlon mt the Veteran Statesman Whose Only Desire Is to be Let Alone. Boston Post. Desiring to geUt the truth amid the conflicting reports regarding Mr. Tilden's health, and to renew a pleasant acquaintance formed several years ago, a representative of the Post sought out that gentleman at bia residence in Gramercy Park. And right here it may be said for the benefitof those pv p!e who have been led to believe Mr. Tilden a palsied old man, fast tottering to the grave, that the Post man's note asking if a visit would be agreeable was replied to by that gentleman in a neat letter in Mr. Tilden's own handwriting, as legibly and evenly written as any he penned in 1875.

At the Tilden mansion, or rather palace, for palace it is or will be when completed, the representative of the Post was most coidially welcomed by Mr. Tilden, who was at that moment superintending the work of a number of carpenters, decorators and carvers, and apparently taking great interest in all the elegant details of their wort. It is said that the dining hall, about which so much has been written, will alone c jst $40,000; its frescoing ia certainly a marvel of beauty and good taste, and its carvings superb and grand. If Mr. Tilden were really the physical wreck that has been reported it would seem unreasonable for him to expend a fortune in erecting a costly dwelling which he could not hope to enjoy. But he is not a broken reed, by any means. The newspaper man was glad to note that he is in good flesh, possesses a healthy glow in his cheeks. and has an eye a bright and a mind as ken as in 1ST;, which was the last time that the newspaper man had seen him previous to the visit Mr. Tilden's bands still show something of the cervous tremor that has caused so much apprehen sion as to his tenure of life. He explained that it was not tbe result of paralysis or a premonition of it, but is wholly a nervous trouble, originally brought on by overwork in tbe oampaign of 1875-6, when he labored incessantly for fifteen hourj a day, undertaking a menM and phyticsl task that would have brckn down any ordinary constitution. Mr. l iiden's voice Is not strong, but it is much improved, thinks to bis careful and judicious life, both in and out of d ors. During the interview Mr. Tilden a' ked cheerfully about his health, and of his hope for years yet of comfortable living. The Pjst representative brought the conversation gradually around to politics and tbe outlook for 1SS4 Mr. Tilden emphatically stated that he was not figuring or in any way bothering hi ait-el f about party politics, either on his own or any o.her man's account. His only desire, he said, was "to be let alone." He keeps au courant regarding the political world by reading the papers, the Pot among others (which he complimented for its sturdy adherence to the true principles of Democracy). and by omuiuion with a pleasant circle of friends. Although not a candidate for any position within the gift of tbe party. Mr. Tilden Is by no means indifferent to its future. He considered the chances for the success of the National Democratic party in 1884 as of the brightest character, as things look to-day, and he hoped for the best. In answer to the question "Who, in your-iudement. is the most available man for the Presidential nomina tion?" the old statesman cocked his eye. and, lookine very wisely at the newspaper man, remarked, "That is a matter that has not yet been developed." In conversation with Mr. Tilden and inspecting a portion of his beautiful bouse, about one hour was delightfully passed. Mr. Tilden had stood in and about the house, giving directions to the workmen, fou hours aid over when the Post man arrivt d. ' come down from Yonkers," he said, ivery other day and spend from three tofive h.irs, just as you have seen me to day." The Poot man left, wondering if it were possible to compute the number of lies that have been willfully told about Samuel J. Tilden's health. KELLY FOUND GUILTT. After Three Trials lie Is Convicted of Par ticipation In the Phoenix Park Marders. Bcblik, May 9 The third trial of Tim othy Kelly, charged with participation In the murder of Lord Cavendish and Burke, 1 1 . 1 a. m. - - conciuaea lo-aay. me jury found a verdict of guilty against the prisoner and he was sentenced to be hanged. The Jury de liberated an hour. Kelly will be hanged June 9. When teing removed, Kelly, after the sentence, exclaimed, "I. am innocent; thank you, my lords." He thanked counsel for exertions in his behalf, and hoped they might live long to defend innocent men. AT THE SECOND TRIAL, The London News says that at the second trial, when Fagan had been placed in the dock, the proceedings were frequently interrupted by the reappearance of the Jury in Kelly's case, who came into Court half a dozen times, and each time having announced their inability to agree, were ordered to retire again, until ultimately, at a quarter to 5 o'clock, they were dismissed without having arrived at a verdict. It appeared from the questions which were asked that some one of the Jurors was weighing the evidence of McGowan, who was examined in support of the alibi, against that of Huxley, who was produced for the Cruwn, and bad apparently come to the conclusion that McGowan was more entitled to belief. The position in which the Jury stood was unconsciously revealed by the foreman, who, when the Judge replied to a question asked upon the subject of these two witnesses, turned to the obstinate Juror with the observation, "There, now," at which the Juror colored up and clearly saw that a great many people had observed him. It may be added that the foreman, Mr. Byrne, who is a respectable merchant in the suburbs, in common with many other Jurors serving on the present Commission, received yesterday a letter of a very threatening character, with the usual representation of skull and croBsbones. Attempted Eacap ot Convict. Columbia, 8. C, May 11. News from the convict camp on the Georgetown and Laces Railroad is that a break for liberty was made by nine of nin ty-five convicts. The guards fired and one was killed outright, another shot in the river and drowned and a third shot, and it is supposed was drowned. Six escaped. Two were recaptured. One convict shot was a white man named Coles. One of the negroes killed had been pardoned by Governor Thompson, but no notice of the pardon was received at the convict camp until after his death. Mr. John L. Dale, Indianapolis, sayt: "Brown's Iron Hitters cured me of Dizziness and danger of Paralysis." Tailing out of the hair may be prevented, breshy hair made Boft, and the growth of the hair renewed, by the use of Ayer's Hair Vigor. Carter's Little Liver Pills will positively cure sick headache aad prevent its return. This is not talk but truth. Ore pill a dose. To be had of all druggists. See advertisement. Allen's Brain Food positively cures nervousness, nervous debility and all weakneei of generative organs; fl; six for $5. Ali druggists. Bend ior circular to Allen's Pharmacy, 815 First avenue. New York. Bold in Indiaxiapolii by Brornln ft Sloan,

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DR. SCHENCK'S MEDICINES. UNDOUBTED CURES OF CONSUMPTION. The Originals of the following Letters, as well as many thousand others, which lack of space in this paper prevents our publishing, can be seen by any one at tho Office of Dr. J. II. Schenck Si Son in Philadelphia, We ask the AfHicted to go and see the people who write these Letters. If this is impossible, write to therr, enclosing a slanvn for return postage ' othrr Certificate of Cures, tend Jor j)r. S-h ifk'H Book on Consumption, Lirt r Cm jt tint and Dypepsia. It git9 a full li H-!! ion of these diseases in their r-iiint firm, alxo, talutüile information iu nytrtl tj the ilUl a?ul clothing of the tick; hito a 'id tchen exercise ihould le talccn, ttv. litis book is the result of mant year of experience in the treatment of Lung IHeaes, and should be read,nol only by Vie aßieted, but by those clw,from hereditary taint or other cause, suppose theimelccs luxhle to any affection of the tfiroat or lungs. IT IS SENT FREE Post-Paid, to all Applicants. Address, Dr. J. IT. Schenck Son, 573 ArcJi Si., Philadelphia, Pa. From Springfield, Ohio. . Springfield, Omo.,1 Jan. 39, iH3o D. J. H. Schenck : Dear Sir From a feeling of gratitude and a desire to benefit others, I send you this certificate that all may know of the virtues of your remedies. For over one year my case seemed hopeless ; 1 had night sweats, loss of appetite, a very severe cough and complete prostration of my whole system. My physician pronounced my disease Consumption. I was reduced almost to a skeleton, and all the medicines 1 took failed to gicc me any relief. 1 had fully made up my mind that 1 was incurable, when an acquaintance recommended your remedies, i getting wronger and that my worst symptoms w ere last disappearing. I persevered in taking: them until I was restored to perfect health. I assure you that language fails to express the gratitude I feel towards you for your skill in prepanng so good and great a remedy. Gratefully Vours. CATHERINE A, STEWART. CareA of Consumption after Two Years of Severe Illness. Newbcrch, N. Y.,l Dk. J. H. Schenck : March 4, 1879. f . Dear SU I feel that I am doing good to others by telling you wha your medicines have done for ma I was sick with Consumption for over two years, and after trying: many remedies and employing the best physicians in this city, without benefit, I was induced to use your medicines. I had hardly taken the first bottle befoie 1 felt much better, and after continuing their use for some time was entirely cured. This was over six year ago, and as I have continued to enjoy good health since, I feel that my cure is permanent. 1 am lwpy to add my cstimony with many others to thr eliicacy of your medicines. I know many others in New burgh who have been benefitted by their use. MRS. SOPHIA M. LAWSON. No. 59 Aua Street, Newburgh, N. Y. from 3Ir. narley r. Hopkins, of TroTidence, It. I. lie i Cared of Consumption by Dr. St henck's Medicines, after being; given opto die by eome of the best physicians of the city. Dr. J. H. Schenck: Dear Sir I have been cured of what three of the best physicians of this city told me was Consumption of the lungs, by the use of your medicines. I was first attacked with the disease in October, 1S80, and although I was from that time continually under the care of a physician, I grew worse and worse until at last I was confined to my bed. I can hardly say that I was first attacked with the disease in iSSo, for my lungs bad been Weak for many years previous to this, and I would quite often have severe pain in my breast if 1 took the least cold or exerted myself too much in any way. I grew worse, my cough became very bad ; I bad night sweats so severe that my bed through the night would be as wet as though water had been thrown over me. I was continually raising blood and large quantities of offensive matter from my lungs, and at last had all the well-known symptoms of Consumption in its last stages. At the request of my family, my physician called in two other doctors of this city, and they after an examination agreed that my case was hopeless. They informed my wife that I had better be told that I could not live, as my time would be very short for arranging my worldly afTairs. .They also p:ud that no medic ine would be of any use to me. The next day my friend, Mr. A. I. Leith.hearing of my condition, sent me a bottle of your Pulmonic iviir think-inv mipht 'i:v f. couhmaice mv expectoration easier. I began using- it, never even hoping that it would cure me, but finding great relict from its use, when the first bottle was gone I sent and pot more ; so I continued it until I r.ad used seven or eight bottles. All this time I was in bed and was so weak that I had to be lifted. This was not a difficult thing to do, however, as I only weighed about 00 pounds. As I have said, I commenced the use of your medicine with no thought of its curing me, but after taking the eighth bottle I would sometimes feel a little hungry, a thing I had not before done for many months. I omitted to mention that after taking four or five bottles of the Pulmonic Svrup, I also began tr'ring the Seaweed Tonic, and I also toolc some of the Mand rake Pills. It is needless for me to give you an account of all my feelings c'uriog my recovery. Of course it was,

Had little lauu in iiicra, agwevcr, immj hope ; but, in a very short lime after commencing the ir use. I found to my crreat surprise that I was

I weigh i6j pounds, appetite good, and I

truly say iliat I never felt better in my lite. I con sider your medicine a wonderful in their effects. lney have saved mv lite and 1 teel so thankful to you that I am anxious that all who are sugennff with lung troubles should know how good tlic-tarc. Of course, I can give a better account of my case tellins: et it than in writintr and if anv who read this arc interested, they are welcome to call on me amy residence. Yours Truly, May i9-.h, !S3i. HARLF.Y P. HOPKINS, 2fo. a Howell St., Providence, R. I. Ma. If able V P. HorKiss, who writes the foregoing Setter to Dr. Schenck of Philadelphia, is an old resi dent of Providence. I have known him well for the last fifteen years, and I can assure the public that all he has written in regard to his sickness and recovery is strictly true. He was considered a consumptive in the last stares of the disease by bis physician and friends.and 1 believe that his recovery ii entirely cue to tne useot tr. henck s Medicines. May 19th, 1SS1. Ii. I. LEITli, Druggist, No. aSa North Main St., Providence, R. L From E. P. Krai nerd & Son, Drngglta Ravenna. Ohio. ) Nov. ii.ISoi. f Messrs. J. H. Schenck & Sox, Philadelphia, Pa. Genu We have sold your medicines for the las. twelve years, and feel confident they will do all you claim. We have used your Mandrake Pills ourselves. and know of several remarkable cures made by your Pulmonic Syrup and Seaweed Tonic We cheerfully recommend them as being reliable medicines. E. P. BRAIXERD U SOS. Saginaw, Mich., I Dr. Schenck : Nov. 17th, 1881. f Dear Sir Last Winter my wife was very low with Consumption. She had had physicians attending her for some time, but they could not help her. She found no relief at all until she began using your Pulmonic Syrup, Seaweed Tonic and Mandrake Pills. Under the influence of these medicines she regained her usual health, and is to-day without trace of the disease. Your Medicines were the only things that cured her. Vours RespectfuUv, JOSEPH L. L ANGEVIN. With Nathan's Clothing House. Ravfnna, Ohio, I Nov. 12, iäöi.J Mks J. H. ScHrscic & Son, Philadelphia, Pa. Gents Your medicines are having a large sale ia this town, and arc giving good satisfaction. Mr. A. H. Griftin. f this place, has been cured of a serious Lung Trouble by your Pulmonic Syrup. I have heard cf a number of others who have Cre.itly benefited by your medicines. I have sold them for a number of years, and da not hesiute to recommend them as being first-class. H-WATERMAN. Cleveland, Ohio. Dr. Scires-cv: October 39th, iS8t. Dear Sir I have reason to know the value of your Remedies: the Pulmonic Syrup, Seaweed Tonic and Mandrake Pills. I have used them in my family for many years. They were first brought to my notice in 1S62. I w as then very far gone with Disease of the Lungs, and had been given up by physicians to die. Mr. A. B. Griffin, of Ravenna, Ohio, induced me to try your Medicines, saying that they had cured him of Lung Disease after he had been in as low a condition as myself. 1 consented to do so, as I had no other hope of being cured. I used the Pulmonic Syrup and Seaweed Tonic, and began to pick up right away. Feeling my condition improving, I kept on using the Medicines, and finally became quite well and strong again, and have continued so to this day. Yours Truly, D. J. KING, Foreman of I. N. ToplifTs shops. East Cleveland Ohio. Why I have the Utmost Confidence in Dr. J. II. Schenck and bis Medicines. Hi-dson, Mass., I " - May85th,i83i.f During the past two years, my mother and brother have died of Consumption. I was myself quite urwell most of this time, and when, shortly after theü death, I was attacked w ith cough and severe hemorrhages. I rturally concluded that I was destined logo with the same disease. I immediately consulted a physician, who made a specialty of lung diseases. After examining me, he said that he thought my lungs were sound, and that I would soon recover. In le:s than a week after this. 1 had another severe hemorrhage. Thinking that m physician had made a mistake in my case, I cor suited another doctor. He thought my lungs affected, and prescribed for me for a long time. I got no better under his treatment, but generally worse. My cough was very bad, my appetite entirely gone, I had severe pain in my right side, rnd for month I did not sleep more than two or three hours in a night. My tongue was heavily coated and I had bad taste in my mouth. 1 had the headache almos z21 the time. Feeling that something must be done, I at las' concluded to consult with Dr. Schenck. the physi Cian who, I think, 1 have good reason to believe tc be the best in the treatment cf lurg disease. 1 went to his office in Boston, and w as examined He found my left ung quite badly diseased, and m liver seriously affected. He told ine that I couli be cured if I would fellow his directions. O. course, I consented to do so. and I very soon sau that my cor.tidence in his ability was well pl?ced I took the Mandrake Pills. Seaweed Tonic an Pulmonic Syrup all at one time, as directed b him. and within one month my worst symptoms wer gone. 1 went to see the Doctor on his next visit tc Boston, which was one month after the first time 1 saw him, and he said, "Only continue with the medicine and you will surely get well.'' I did so, and kept on gaining in every way until I was perfectly well, and able to work as usual. Since my recovery I have not lost a day's time, except when I have made fnendly visits to the Doctor at his Boston office. My cough is gone, my appetite isgood, I have no headache or pain in my side, i sleep belter than I ever did in my life, and my lungs are apparently healed, as I have no hemorrhages. These are the reasons why I believe in and recommend Dr. J. H. Schenck and his medicines. He did just what be said he would do for me, and I believe that I owe my life to bis medicines and FRED. F. TRULL. m. SO jimma: HENCK'S?? E PILLS Do not produce sickness at the stomach, nausea or griping. On the contrary, they are so mild and agreeable in their action that 1 person suffering with a sick headache, so" stomach, or pain in the bowels, is speedily relieved of these distressing symptoms. Thev act directly on the liver, the organ which, when in a heallLy condition purifies the blood for the whole body. They are a perfect preparation of the great and well-known remedy. Mandrake or Podophyllin, a remedy that has displaced the use of mercury, as well as many other poisonous drugs, m the practice -a tfCrylntelVireiit piryslclan. Prof. John King, of the College of Medictae, 01 Cincinnati, says 1 In Constipation it acts Vfxf the bowels without disposing them to bseque tostiveness. In Chronic Liver Complaint thare uot its equal in the whole range of medicines, being vastly more useful than mercurial agests. arousins the hver to healthy action, increisirs the flow ot bile, and keeping up these actions longer than any other agent w ithjwhich we are acquainted." iS American Dispensatory, page 7-) In all cases of Liver Complaint or Dyspepsia, where there is great weakness or debility, Ir. gchenek's Seaweed Tonic tboU be used is connection with these Pills. Dr. Schsnck's Medicines: Mandrake Pills, Seaweed Tonic, and Pulmonic fiyrup Are sold by til Druggists, and full directions fn their rtse axe primed 00 .the .wrappers. ( ercrj