Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 31, Number 22, Indianapolis, Marion County, 4 July 1883 — Page 6

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THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL. WEDNEblMf. JULY 4, 1883.

OUR FA1UI BUDGET.

Crown Hands Horse in a Cad Condition The New Agricultural Editor. Jfeondaj en the Farm Transplanting Feedia for Quality and Yield. Breedtns Fiom Yodd( Stock The Old Sriwn Corn Sorj bum for Feed Lima Bean Household and Finn Kotes Etc, etc. liro n Hand. Fb'.I many a rape has bjen written, Ar.d trie gifted have sung, la the praise Ol Use lily-white hands and fingers, lnasccretf poetical ways; Tbia is ail very wül lor a lady Who lives imoDR diamond and silk, But scmetinies in lite a farmer's wife la obliged to dohoucewcra and ini'.k: Atd cnau test mission throughout our deir land leiultüled In the strength of the little browa hand. lYten the roses are blushing the sweetest, And the vine climb up to the eaves, AN ben the robina are rocking their birdies To aleep 'mcrp the maple leaves, Tbe tunsnine smiles down 'cross the threshold, When the labor o: love seems but rest, Whether recking the household birdies Or kcepirp the dear home-nest; Oh! I juy jou all who can't understand The wealth and the worta cf a little brown hat d. II I wore a man with a fortuse. A million laid by on the shelf. If I were a youth it I wasn't, in truth. If I wasn't a woman myse'f I kcaw what I'ddo in a iniuute. White tiDKers have.ciieii misled). I'd tetk alter these whose tich tin ting show s acquaintance with the puddings and bread; I'd use all the eloquence words could command, AliX be jroud niij.ut I win a little brown hand. Rural Xew Yorker. A Horse lu a Had Condition. A Bübscriber writes us aa follows: I have a horse that was badly cut and torn in the muscles of his arm next to his shoulder, and also just above the knee cap, to the bone, and torn down half way to the cap, but did not interfere with the cap. dome time after that, in getting up and down, he struck a post and cut bis leg just below the cap, mashed and tore it about an Inch tletp. The tore ia well, but he goes very lame. What can I do for him? V. A. Hcrets are not provided with knee-caps on their fore less. The stifle-joint on the hind e: is provided with a patella, representing the knee-cap of man. I'lis'erirg -severely 13 the only chance of re lief, which is doubtful, from the fact that osaiiication and anchrolosis may have taken ldece by this time. Try the blister: One onr.ee cf cantharades, one pint spirits of tarTtnine. Rub in well with the hand over the atfected part, twice daily, until quite ore, then once dailv for eight or ten day?. Then grease with lard, and let ro. Johjt N. Navix, V. S. Tli New Agricultural Editor. Texas Sifting?. At 2 o'clock p. m. tbe first visitor showed vp at the door of the office, and Dyke cordially incited him inside. The farmer entered hesitatingly and remarked that he had expected to meet the proprietor, with whom he had an appointment to discuss ensilige. "I am in Charta of the journal," said Dyke. "t, you are. "Will, you seem to have a pretty clean office here." "YtP," replied Dyke. "Cut about this ensilage. Ensilage is prettv good breed, isn't II i 'T.reed!'' exclaimed the farmer, ''why ' "I mean it's a sure crop, something that you can rely " 'Orcr! Vhyit isn't a crop at all." "Yes, yes, 1 a now it isu't a crop," said Dyke, perspir'tg until hi3 collar began to melt away down the hick cf his neck, "but jcu can do better and cleaner work with a good sharp ensilage on stubby ground than " "Take it far a snlky plow, do you?" "No, no," said Dyke. "You don't seem to utdersfar.d me. Now, If a farmer builds aa ensilage on low ground '' "Builds an ensilage' Y'ou seem to have got the thing mixed up with some kind of a grarry." "I'ehaw no," continued Dyke. "I must make myself plainer. Y'ou see this ensilage properly mixed with one part guano and three paits bypophosphate of antimony, with tie addition of a little brau and tanbark, and the wbcle Havered with chloride of limn, maVfs a top dressirg for strawberry beds which " "V.'hy, ersilge isn't no manure." "No, crtaiDly not," said Dyke. "I know it is not often U3ed la that way. You don't catch my dril When I laid, top dressing I meant turkey dressing, stulling, you know, for Ihanksgivi; g " "Grett Leavens, man ! Ensilage isn't a human fuod." "No, Dot a human focl exactly," said poor Dyip, crinniDg like an almshouse idiot, "it isn't n food at all in the true sense of the word. My plan has always been to lasso the hog with a trace chain, and after pinning his ears back with a clothes-pin, put the ensilage into his r.ote with a pair of tweezer?." "ily good landi! Y'ou don't use ensilage to ring iiog?." The farmer slowly arose, and with some evidence cf rheumatic twiDges in hia leg. "Ycntg maa," he said polemnly, "you are a lorg ways from home, ain't yoa?" "Y'8," replied Dyke, dropping his eyes benfEth the stern plarces of the lärmen "In my ancestral hall3 in England sad-eyed retainers wearily watch and wait for my return." "Ho Lome, youDg maa, go home to your fecial castle, and while on yoar way acroii the rolling deep muse on the fa:t that enti'age is simply canned food for live stoc"; pnt np expressly for family use in a silo, which is nothing less than an airtight pis where cornstalk?, grass, millet, clover, alfalfa and ether green trcck i3 preserved for winter me, as green 8nd verdant as the sub-editor oc the Farmers' Friend and Cultivators' Chamlicr." Noonday on the Farm. Een: Terley 1'oore.i Noontime should be kept by every farmer. atd work should ba suspended when the steara wbis'le cf some neighboring iaciory, tbe tell of the village Church, or tne house wife's horn announces that it is 12 o'clock. To go to tbe house, indulge in a wash at th.3 pniop, eat a hearty dinner, and rest afterward, perhaps enjoying asmoke, require? nn heer peed honest sixty minutes. Nor should this re intrenched upon by grinding wvthe?, feeding ho??, or doinr other chores. "The laborer ia worthy of bis hire," we are told, and he is also entitled to his nooning The children enjoy their noontime, aad a!ter eatiD? the contents or well-ailed tin rail or little baskets, they skin out upon the ?rass, seme to romping games, while ths little ladies group themselves around som? favorite pastime, their merry voices keeping jrer d comjany with the minutes as they My. There is no care therefor the morrow; no ihrickiEf: from the Khost of the ptst. Eery one ie having a good time, and is read v when tbe bell pleasantly tinkles at 1 o'clock to return to Btudy. 11c different ia noontime in the city, where tbe turbulent currents of business boil aad bubble. The ruercuanr, gift ay 01 tne prowpscts 01 pain. nurnes cia cicrics: "lias mat order been filled? Have those goJ3 bcai de'.ivred? Wher? are t'je bills of lading? Were tncee net es taken Tip? Are those account current made up? Go to the bank am sub if the notes I ottered were discounted. Ilurrv! Hurry!" are the soucJ at noontime in thi counting-house. In the bank th dsou'is ilerk crtsb:s ledger, art i a crodof ansiL';-! applicants lisien to hi3 aun'incm' ; . "Ten thousand dollars to raise, c ad notes I offered thrown oat,":-ys one, and orT"he )tn to dispose of hia pp. per to a note-bro":-. "Fif'een thousand," says anather; "well, I ktew they tad to do it, they o-ve me so Binch that they have to keep ia iroin,:." at ! 0 cd it runs. Xhia man nerrou?ly grasp; n-

his refused ccte, and anxiously debating with himself as to how he may beat meet his obligations for the dav. the other speculating

as to what may be the most profitable invest ment of hia plethoric bank account. Transplanting. N. C. Farmer. There ie a principle in transplanting cabbage and other succulent plants which 11 unknown or overlooked by many parties. They seem of the opinion that the sooner a plant is reset after being taken from the seed-bed the mere sure it is to live. A moment's thought will show the fallacy of this idea ; if it does not a little practice will. The plant geta ita supply of moisture and sustenance from the soil by means of numerous small mouths at the extremities of tine rootletr. When the plant is removed from its eeed-bed, more or lets of these are necessarily broken and the evaporation is continually going on from its leaves more or lesa rapidl7 according to the drgiee of heat and sunlight it is made to stand. If transplanted at ones it follows that the plant must of necessity wilt badly, and if the weather is hot and soil dry it may never survive, lr, nowever, on oeing removed, it has its roots "puddled" in muddy water and is then laid in a cool, moist place, in from twelve to forty-eight hours numerous small white roolleta will De lormed. the leaves will stiffen up, and every en ergy of the plant is set at recovery. In other words, the plant la convalescent, and, if given nan a cnacce ior iiz me, win commence growing with renewed vigor. For these reasons plants which have been well packed and transported considerable distacces by express will often wilt less on set ting, and start to growing sooner than those which are reset at once when taken from the seed-ted. Feeding for Oaality and Yield. A writer of the Country Gentleman has the following to say regarding the feeding of dairy cows for quality and yield: -To pro duce hrst class gilt-edged butter from a herd of Jersey cows the food must be pure and wholesome at all times. Weeds in pastures or hay destroy the tine iiavor of the butter. Hag weed and others are as injurious in a manner as wild onions. The next great point is cleanliness, commencing at the yards and stables and ending with the finishing of the butter. To wet a cow's teats while milking is a filthy practice, and should never be tolerated. If these rules are strictly adhered to and the modern dairy fixtures employed the result will be satisfactory. If it is npt, then the dairy maid has neglected something, or she does not understand the business. I have noticed in your valuable paper the statement of a corre spondent that if a cow yields a large amount of butter it will be of an inferior quality on account of the large quantity of focd repaired to produce it. 1 assert that to be a delusion, lake, for instance air. Dar ling's young cow Domba, now admitted to be the oueen of her family, and full sister to t . M. Carnl's yourg bull Trailer, who, from all prejer.t indications, is destined to ba the coming bull and king of the Rioter-Violet-AJihcft family. Bomba was not overfed during his ollicial test To make a cow pay ghe her a variety of good food of a bulky rati: re. as much as yoa can get her to eat up clesn. with tlentv of mire water to drink. Mid Lot allow her to be beaten, worried or excited, and you may be assured that the tcod will not injure the quality of her butter. Any practical man knows, when testing a cow, that if he overfeeds her she will surely foclf her feet inside of three days, and prob ably be sick from indigestion. That ends tee tit until she recovers her health. It is st eer folly to try to force a sixteen or ighteen pound cow to yield twenty-one rounds 01 butter la seven days. There is no icod kcown to dairymen that will do it. a Itreedlne I'ioiu Young Stack. fWestern Ruial A correspondent writes to inquire if it is desirable to breed from fillies? The answer will necessarily depend somewhat upon cir cumstances, it is to be noted in the hrst place that it is perfectly natural. If they were wild they would breed; and nature makes no mistakes. Why then should they not be used for breeding purposes in a domesticated state? The only reason that cvi be urged against it is that our treatment of the domestic animal injures its powers and retards its development; and no doubt thi3 is onen true. Iat it should not be true. Any system of breeding or treatment which antagonizes nature should be abandoned at ence. Improved or domestic breeding is a science only when it is an aid to nature; and our ccmestic animals ought to be in better condition to fulfill their mission than they wculd be in the wild state. A filly that has ccrre from ccod stock, and has been cared fcrwith a view to fully developing the tystcm, is fit for breeding at two years old. I he period of gestation is eleven mouths. snd, therefore, the animal would be near! three years old before the colt was foaled. Dut if used for breeding purposes at such an age it will hardly do to work her during the ptiicd of gestation. Here aeain nature shculd be our guide. If the animal were in the wild state ihe system would have to bear ODly the burden ot breeding. If we attempt to increase that burden the results may be in jurious both to the mother and the colt If we intend to work a filly, therefore, we should not use her for breeding purposes. and if we did not so intend we should have no hesitancy whatever in breeding from her. hatever the age may be, the system of feedicg should be such as to keep all parts of the iyitm well supplied with nourishment, but this 13 particularly true 01 younz animal. The fcoJ should be of a character to keep the bone and muscular system strong and imi roving, and there should be strict cire to guard against feeding too much of th9 heat ing, fat-prcducipg 10 ds. The Oii iiiuHu Corn. . Ben: I'trley Foore.J Tbe "Urown corn," which was introduced about thirty years since, is probably bet er adapted to the northern portion of the United States than any other variety, it wts an improvement on the "Kingl'hiltp coin,' and the manner in which it was ell ninated is described in the agricultural vol ume c f the Kaport of the Commissioner of Talents for 18j:. Mr. Brown, who perfec.ed it and pave it his name, cultivated at that time an island of 1,100 acres in Lake mmpi seocee, and raised one crop of l.'K! bushel) to the acre, weighing seventy pounds to the bushel cr hfty nine when shelled and drud. Mr. Alvin 1-awrcnce, cf Mexicj, Ojwko County, .ew lork, raised equal to l.'ii b:sbels to the acre. It was fouad that tais var'tty of corn was adapted to the re ton-? of the United States north of Niw Jersey and to tbe mountainous regions of Pennsylvania, Maryland and Y'irginia. It-i kernel is large and yellow, and eight rovs I row on a remarkably small cob from eleven to fourteen inches in length. It containj 11 per cent, in oil, being the maximum of this ceieal, while other vaunted varieties ara destitute of this ingredient, and, of coarie, lar less nutritious. In a published narrative Mr. Brown sa-d: " hen I went to larmmg in 1317 I was hoe ing my corn about the 1st of July, and making hi 11, as farmers then did. The ground was not weedy, but I found that I was cutting olf a great many little rootleti It struck me that I was hurtinz the corn by this means, and from that moment I ceased to make hills, acd have ever since left the ground as smooth as possible." He also stated that after a long series of experiments he found the best mode of planting to be to rtake the rows three feet apart, and the hill in each row two feet apart, and at the firjt iit:iz to thin out all excess over three plants to each hill. Sorghum for Feed. Farm and Fireside. Te following statement is from the first qu trterly report of the Kansas State Board of .Apriculttre. The writer, ilr. O. E. Hubbard, d Pa nee county, has been growing sorghum for feed, annually, during the past six year, and ban cot met with a s ngle failure. He siys: "I plant any time between May 20 and June CO, using a corn planter, and planting one quart ot see J per acre. Cultivate exact-

ly aa yon wcnld corn, and make thorough

work. The plant win be ready to cut ana put in shock by (September 1, at which time cut and shock the same aa corn, letting it remain in the f eld until it is wanted for feed in the winter. It males excellent feed at any time, and especially when the ground ia covered with snow. 1 only feed eorgnum during bad weather, unless I have an unusual supply, when I feed it at all times. It makes a very lich food, and all kinds of steck will eat it with a relish, eating it clean, stalks and leaves. "Another method of growing sorghum for feed la to prepare your ground, by plowing fine and deep immediately after harvest. Plant with a corn-planter as fast as you plow until you have the number of acres you intend to put to this use. About the 1st of August the sorghum is nicely up; then harrow it thoroughly lengthwise of rows. By the 15th of August the sorghum will probably be from six to eight inches high, at which time proceed to seed the held with rye. Drill one and one-half bushels ir acre; theD, when the cold weather comes, turn youretcck in upon it, and you have an excellent pasture. I consider this latter mode one of the best end most profitable ways of cultivating eorghum for winter feed. It does away with the expensive item of har vesting. W hea planted on or before July 20 the sorghum will mature before frost setä in, and a field thus planted will secure yoa a great amount of valuable fodder for all kinds of stock in winter. Lima Beans aa a Field Crop. Country Gentleman. The Lima, the most popular bean anion;; amateurs and market gardeners, is slow in lindirg its way into the gardens of farmers. The dry beans sell for several dollars a bushel and the market has never been adequately supplied. Lima beans are easily raised and yield as bountifully as most other pole-beans, acd they continue to blossom and bear until killed by the frost. e know of no reason why they can not be made a specialty, like bopa or tobacco, and grown on a large scale. They would require better soil and treatment than the common held bean, but as toe price is three times greater, these could well b9 afforded. A rich, gravelly or sandy loam suits them best, and the phosphatic manures are well adapted to them. On this kind of soil we nave not found them to run too much to vines, even with he&fy dressings of compost prepared from muck and stable manure. The vice is a strong grower and requires abundant nourishment. The pods are formed quite thickly from the top to the bottom of the poles. They want the f nil beneht of the ud, and the rows rumdng north and south shculd be four feet apart and the hills four feet apart in the row. In planting we prefer to put the eye downward, and not more than one inch deep. The 1st of July is early e rough for this latitude. The bean needs frequent cultivation until tbe vines shade the ground. This crop is well suited for farmers remote freni citie3 and markets. The market gardener will not grow Lima beans to sell cry, because they are worth more in the green state, and he can sell all he can reise. iut tne iaraie1-, however remote frcm tbe city, can market his whole crcp in the winter aud be well paid for his labor. Household Mints. ' Ckoltonr. The word croutons, wit which some writers of cook books puzzle their reidera, simply means small dice cut from stale breed and med until tcey are hard. Tnev are added to soup after it is ready for the table. Oatmfal Bisccit. Tattehalf a pound me dium tatrncal, quarter of a pound of dour, ore dessertspoonful of baking powder; mix with two ounces butter and half a gill of milk, made hot in a saucepan. Holl out quickly acd bake at once in very thin cko.. Strawberry Cream To make strawberry cream take three pints of mashed terrhs, strain the juice acd add a heaping cup of sugar, and tuen gelatine soaked and dissolved in a teacup of boiling water. Add a pint of whipped cream and pour into molds. Swi.s Carnival Cakes. Beatup three ectrs with half a pint of milk and enough Hour to make a s iff batter. Let it stand a few hours; then add enough Hour to roll it out very thin. Cut it in strips or any other fanciful shape; throw them into hot fat and fry a very pale brown. Lemon CrstARP. Twelve eggs; twelve cupfuls of sugar; six lemons; one tablespoonlul of Hour; two tablespuonfuls of cream. Grate and squeeze the lemons, mix the sugar well with them, add the well-beaten yelss, then the flour, the cream, and, last of all, the well-beaten whites. Bake in pie-plates, lined with rich puff paste. Boiled Tokcle. If the tongue is not hsrd soak it not more than three hours. Put it in'o a ttewpan with plenty ef cold water and. a bunch of herbs; let it come to a boil, skim. and simmer gently until tender; peel off the ikin and garnish it with parsley aud lemon. If to serve cold, fasten it to a board with a fork through the root and another through the top to straighten it; when cold glace it tnd dress with tufts of parsley. Pimapfle Puddi.ng. Butter a pudding dish acd line the bottom and side3 with slices of stale cake (sponge cake is best); pare and slice thin a large pineapple; place in the dish first a layer of ' pineapple, then strew with U5ar, then more pineapple, and so on until all is used. Pour over a small teacupful of water, and cover with slice3 of cake which have been dipped in cold water; cover the whole with a buttered plate, and bake slowly for two hours. A delicious cake is made by beating live ef gs very light; beat the whites and yoikj separate!-, and u the yolks are at all lumpy stiein them. Beat three cup3 of powdered sugar and one cup of butter to a cream ; a Id one cup of sweet milk, four cups of sifted Hour, in wh'ch you have mixed one tsaSioonful and a half of baking powder, tnd the juice and the vratcd peel of one lemon. Put tbe whites oi the ecg3 in last. Bake ina moc'era'e oven in ote large, round loaf, cr in two long, narrow tins. Spikach. Spinach treated in this way is very coco: Alter polling until it is tender. diaiti it by piecing it on a sieve and taking care 10 nave an tne water drained out; tbeo chop it quite fine and put it in a frvina-nan with a gocd large lump of butter, tonn pepptr aid fait; stir it and let it heat for about hve miDUtes; serve it hot, with a little viret ar poured over it. and with hard-boiled egs cut in slices and arranged around the edge cf the ana. Lemon juice may bsu-ed in place of vinegar, if you prefer it. ami in that case send ihe Ifmon cut in halves to the table on a separate di h. Poval Crcvuettes Roast a plump, tena?r CLicten, ana, wnen cool, chop the white meat as fine as possible, then pound to a smooth paste. Scald a aw et bread and remove the sinews. Fry it brown in butter, then let it cocl. Pound it to a smooth paste and add it to the chicken, besson to taste with pepper end salt, and add a well-beateu cirir. Moisten it with rich cream, arid work into it a teaspoon ful of Hour to give it consistency. our 11 wen over me nre until it becomes hot, then spread it upon a buttered dish to cool. Form the mixture into cork-shaned cro quettes, and epg, bread crumb, and fry them in me usual way. Corned Mcitox. Take a leg of mutton and coin it with the following mixtures: Two heaping tablespoonfuls of line salt, one teaspconiui ci black pepper, one of ground mustard, a pinch of cayenne pepper, one of ground cloves, cinnamon and allspice each, and a neapioz tat lea noonful of brown minr. Mix thoroughly acd put the mutton into a deep pan, and rub it into it weil. Sprinkle what remains over the top of the leg and turn a gill of vinnegar over it, Knb it daily for a Veet, taking up the brine that his drained off into the pan and pouring it over Ihe mutton. When ready to boil wash off tfce salt and spices with cold water, and place the ifg into boilinc water. lettiDe It boll up. ard remove the scum which rises; then pit it back upon the stove and let it simmer slowly ftr three honrs if it weighs ln pounds; Iocirer, if heavier. Take it from tie pet and place upon a platter with heavy wehfs over it, and let it Btand over night

oeiore 11 is served, men cut into very thin

slices, thin aa a wafer, and then serve with water-cresies or lettuce for breakfast, or a side dish for dinner, or a cold relish for the tea-table. Beef can be treated in tke same way, and it will make "a dainty dish to set before your king." Cvetird riis. To insure success In making custard pies, pat the crust on the plates nd set the plates in the even before putting the custard in. When yoa have found the place where you wish the pie to remain while

bakirg, pierce the crust with a silver tors in two or three spots, but do not put the fork through the dough to the plate, aa the custard will then run under the crust and spoil it. After this is done, pour the custard in; pour it from a pitcher, so that not a drop will be spilled on the ring of crust around the edge of the plate. Now, if you wish this ring to brown nicely, rub it over with a little milk In which yoa have dissolved a little sugar, a dessertspoonful of milk will be plenty, and half a teaspoonful of sugar. If your oven is a good one the pie will not need tobe turned, and this is a great advantage, as the custard will not be disturbed when forming. Lamb Cutlets a la Condk. Cut and trim a dish of cutlets from a neck of lamb. Lard them thickly with small strips of tru tiles, anchovies and gherkins, and surround each cutlet with a seasoning made of fine breadcrumbs, mushrooms, a few chives, a small quantity of 6halots, some capers, the yelks and whites of two hard-boiled eggs, all chopped very tine, and moistened with olive oil and a small piece of butter, till of a proper consistency. Add pepper and salt to taste. Keep the seasoning in place on each cutlet with a small piece of the transparent skin that covers the fat in the inside of the lamb, and fix the cutlets to a small epit, covering them with oiled or buttered paper. Cook them in front of a clear lire. When done dust them over with browned breadcrambs. and dish them up very hot with a good glazed gravy made from veal. Garnish witn slices of lemon. Neapolitan Cake. Dark part: One cupful of butter; two cupfuls of brown sugar; one cupful of molasses; one cupful of strong:, cold coffee; four and a half cupfuls of Hour ; four eggs; two teaspoonful of eoda well Eifted with the flour; two teaspoonsfuls of powdered cloves; two teaspoonsfuls of cinnamon ; one teaspoonful of powdered mace : one pound ot stoned raisins: half a pound of chopped figs; half a pound of well washed ard dried currants. Bake in jelly cake nans. White rart: One cupful of butter; four cupluis 01 nour; lour cupfuls 01 sugar; two cup fuls of sweet milk; two cupfuls of com starch; whites of eieht eggs; six teaspoonfuls cf baking powder; flavor to taste with bitter almcnd. "Bake in jelly cake pans. Grate the peel and soueezj the juica from two k-mons; add enough pulverized sugar to stiffen the juice; spread it between the cakes, usirg alternately a white and a dark cake. Fiostthetcp and tides of the cake with lemon icing. Coxvestio.t Cake. Is made cf one pound each of butter, Bugar and flour, ten eggs, one pound of raisim, half a pound each of curranis and of sliced citron, a teaspoonful of ground clovee, one of mace, one nutmeg, the juice and grated peel cf a lemon, half of a cc nee-cup 01 .New Orleans molasse3, and nail a cup of strong liquid coilee. Beat the but ter until it is 60ft and creamy, then add the sugar. Beat the whites and yelks of the eggs separately ; stir the velks in with the butter and euger; stir the flour in gradually (having hrst mixed one heaping teaspoonful of cream tartar with it ). w hen the flour is about ha f worked in put in half a teafpoonful of sod dissolved in as little water as it is possible to use; then add the whites cf the egg?, and lastly the fruit, which is well covered with tbe rest of the flour. Bake in a large tin. with a buttered paper on the sides as well as on tbe bottom; it will need to bake slowly for five hours. Then do not attempt to lift frcm the tin until it is perfectly cold. This thould be made a week before it is used. Farm Motes. One of the best coating3 for tree wounds is gum shellac in alcohol. It effectually ex cludes air and the wound quickly heals over. In order to raise roses in terfection it is needful to feed them well and place them in the full sunlight, and not where they will be shaded by trees and shrubs. There is no doubt that with good crops of Iruit here our export of evaporated apples can be immensely increased. In no country is fruit so scarce and so dear a3 in England. One cf the best farmers in Maine is Miss Sarah L. Martin, of South Auburn. This lady carries on a farm successfully, and pays much attention to the raising of line stock. A practical farmer recommends the growirg of two crops of buckwheat in succession as a means of exterminating wire-worms. They will not cat buckwheat, and are starved to death. An old sod will rot more quickly if plowed shallow, provided the work is well done. In the bottom cf a deep furrow, especially in early epiing, the sod is too cold to decompcEe rapidly. Scot is one of the best manures for house plants, and if it can be had in quantities large enough it is excellent for out-of-door use. For the latter it is better mixed with one-tenth lis bulk of salt. A New York farmer declares that an acre of Hubbard squash will fatten ten more hogs than tbe corn that can be raised on the same ground. He has gathered from six to eight tecs irora an acre. Nearly 200, 000 more hog? have been packed inCbicsgo this seaon up to the present time than a year ago. Kansas City is fast gaining cn Chicago in the number of hogs packed, acd already stands second. Cabbsce and other plants intended for the garden should be transplanted once and their leaves a. ortencd oefore being finally- set out. This n akes them stalky. A second removal does ni t injure them. Tl e l'ent varieties of corn are less heriy then the Flint varieties, and need to be pinLted cn rich, warm soil. The grain of the former is more porous and more liable to in jury fran water at planting or when ripened. Com for fodder may be sown, or rather diil.ed, until the 1st of July. It is a good p'nn to Beleco an early sweet variety the Mir resota Larlv is as good as any. Drill in dcuhle rows wide enough apar; to allow the cultivator to run through. There is more ditlVrence in men than in tte e il they till. Place a good, wide-awake faimcr in one of the most unpromising agricultural neighborhoods and he will not only make his own frm better, but also increase tbe value of all the land in the vicinity. American Cultivator. Very bad accounts have been received of the ascertained yield of wheat in some of the northern areas if South Australia, Wininowieis reported to have returned only 71 poundB to tbe acre; Baroota, 2)i bushels and Telowie, 2)t bushels, while thousands of acres were not wurth reaping. Delaware peach growers are to co-operate this year to prevent a glut in the market. One of the practical means to this end is to provide a fruit inspector, who will throw out all inferior fruit. If only the best is marketed the demand will be increased and producers will get better prices. The California barley crop is this year reported less than an average. California is one of the tire or six sections where barley is largely grown, and its failure there will affect tbe price. Less barley than usual has generally been sown on account of the high price of oats the past two or three years. Ban yard m an m re is the natural form in which the food elements of a crop should rt turn to a soil. It contains the potash, phosphoric acid and compounds of nitrogen, so essential to the growth of a crop, and by put ticg on manure there is an addition of that which was subtracted by the crop from wh'ch the manure was made. The crop may be fed to firm stock and a part of the plant food elements refined by the animals, but a large per cent, of the essentials pass them, and are all the better fitted to act quickly when returned to the soil. Manure is put on the soil to enrich it; this is because

manure contains plant food; therefore, it ia a ccmplete manure. Superphosphates, potashealts, nitrate of soda, etc., are special manures', and contain only a part of the eelential food elements. Crops require food, and if the soil is not already rich enough it should be fed, because it does cot pay to grow a starved crop. Tbe Germantown Telegraph says: "The cucumber, it ia said, will alwavs produce more

abundantly if furnished with a trellis of laths and strings for its support,' as it is a climbing and not a creeping plant. Brush laid on the ground around the hills is better than no support." All the sugar of Japan is made from sor ghum, and in 1878 71,000,000 pounds were exported. The sorghum is grown from cut ting?, the stalks being cut and buried in Sep tember, and sprouts are started through the winter from each joint; these sprouts are cat off and planted in the spring. Dr. Sturdeyant, in his report of the result cf feeding ensilsge, at the State Experiment Statten last winter, eays that for the purpose of the butter maker a ration composed of hay. bran and ensilage, with the addition o: a small quantity ot cottonseed meal, would bs the most favcrable one for quantity. The New England Farmer notes that M, Henri Grosjean, a Frenchman, who has been for two years in this country etudying our agricultural methods and possibilities, prophesies a great future for the wines of Cali fornia, and says manufacturers in this country are injuring their own prospects by the foolish practice of putting a t rench label on their wines. Cats kill and destroy far more birds end eggs than they do mice, and no enc needs to be told Low great are tbe damages inflicted by vagrant dogs. If one man is compelled to confine his mischievous pigs there is no reason why his neighbor should not be com pelled to confine his mischief-working animals, be they horses, cattle, sheep, or only cats and dogs.New York Tnbune. Charcoal has considerable manurial value. especially if applied to rich ground, the ammonia of which it absorbs and gives out as the plant rootä require. It also improves the mechanical texture of the soil, whether light or heavy, and its dark color holds the heat from the sun, making the land warm and early. The remains of old charcoal pita always make the best land in the field for many years thereafter. An iron-toothed rake will kill more weeds in a garden in an hour than a hoe can kill in three hours if both are used when the weeds are just ehowing their green leaves above the surface, and more than the hoe could kill in all day ten daj6 later. Such a rake will run over corn, peas, potatoes, onions, carrota and beets until they are two or time inches high without injury, excepting to the weeds. American Cultivator. In Dr. Lawes' experiments potatoes were plented six successive years, some on land receivirg no manure, and one piece receiv ing fourteen tons cf barnyard manure per acre yearly. Ihe held unmatured rapidly dim inched in yield, aa might be expected ; but the fact mo&t reniiKabie is mat another field, with a dressing of toO pounds of alkalire salts, proouced a better crop than that which bad the stable manure. A writer in the New work Tribune advo cates that great advantage results ia training tcniato plants erect to an eicht-foot rod or stake, well sharpened and set. He claims that fewer plants are needed; those few oc cupy much less room than if allowed to sprawl about; the fruit is not so liable to rot. and it attains ccmoieter size, form &n flavor. The plant should te set close to the stake, and the growing stem should be led up ouita erect, fo as to be able to support the weight of fruit and foliage. No fide branches are allowed, each one being ripped cut as it appears, but if one is already formed and bearing blossoms, it is best to picch it oil' so a3 to leave but one leaf atove the blossom, and confine its growth to that. A tie at about every eight inches, to hold the mam stem to the stake allowing some room for its en largement will enable it to carry its burden safely, if the stake is firm enough to resist the wind. A correspondent cf the'Gerdener's Monthly says: "I findet a good plan to sow small seeds, like begonia, etc , on a very sort brief. due out enough to hold say one-quarter of an inch of Eoil. Place the brick in a pan of water. The brick draws moisture enough to keep the soil in a good condition." To this the editor adds: "This is also a capital way to raise terns, orchids and other hae teed?. Sown on a shallow brick, set in a pan ot water, they will be almost sure to grow, the only care required being to see that tue waler is always kept in the pan. When done in the usual way these line seeds are sure to be washed away by the watering pot, no mat ter how carefully the watering is tended. A marked feature of rural life in England at tbe present day is a substitution of permanent jasturage for tillage. Y'car by year the disproportion between tilled anjJ untitled land becomes greater, in the whole of Eng land ttere ere upward of V,'2 000,000 acres, and of these in 1670 upwsrd of 9,000,000 acre3 were laid cut in permanent pasturage. In 1SS0 the unfilled land had increased to 1 1,000.000 acres, and the increase 13 now maintained at the rete of 4,000,000 acres per year. Taking the whole of Gro.U Uritain, the increase is even higher, 12,073,000 only being untilled in 1S70 as compared with 11,: .'?,(.:') in ls' whilst in Ireland the chatce is still more marked. This ia owing to foreign comrje'.ition in the cereal crops. Boston Journal. The methods by which en old lady man aged to have a supply of cucumbers from her back yard may aflord a useful hint to othe-j whose garden area is limited. A cask was placed in the corner and partly (perhsps ocethird) lilied with stones end a thick layer of stable manure, end upon this six or eig'H mi hes of f oil. Two sniau bcarus tace:l to gether to form a trocgh were placel together to foim a trorgh w ere placed against the s:d of the cask end extended fromitä top to the bottom. The s?eds were sown in the si', and the washirjgwater was poured in tbrouh the trough to keep the soil moist. Tne vine3 in time ran over and covered the sides f the cask, and tome were trained along the fence TLtv bore in a manner seldom seen iu thr tsutl method of grawin cucamoers. American Agriculturist. A Kmhville correspondent informs us hov a ttt of Badical rascals used to carry Bush County. It sounds similar to the manipulations of a like gang that did the dirty Bepub'ican work cf this County for many yearp. Here is the communication: Rvshville, led.. Jure 31 During the Wer It was alwaya a mystery how it wa that the Kepub licaBS could carry auch majorities lu tbisTowathipwhen a poll showed a Democratic majority. In remodtliBg the Court Haiue the mist cirars away wten one looks at the (( nniuon of aft'tira. Tbe Election Beard met in tl.o Audito.'a office ar.d at uot.n would kck the C'-mt ai l ro to dinuer. Thin It was that ptrtles would go in the r oom;a!ljoirlrp; the Treasurer's office paai through a no.'e iu the foundation, cut for the pnrp.we. and come up throiujh a tro-door iu tbe Auditor's oflice. tale out of the ballot-box a large number 01 Democratic votes and replace with Republican votes ami qnietly ulide yn. The count w alwaya veious the Demociats. The impairs hava revealed the hole. l'ban of Climate kill more people than Is generally known. Particularly is this the case in instances where the constitution ia delicate, and among our immigrant population seeking new hoiaea in three portions cf the West, and where malaritl and typhoid fevers prevail at certain seasons of the year. Tbe XiCfit preparative for a change of climate, or of diet ard water which that change necessitates, Is Hoste ttei's Stomach titters, which cot only fortifies theayctem against malaria, a variable temperalure, damp, and the debilitating effects of tropical heat, but Is also the leading remedy for constitaUoD, dyspepsia, liver complaint, bodily troubles specially apt to attack emigrants and visitors to regions rear the equator, nmlcers and tourists. Whether used aa a safeguard by sea voyagers, travelers by land, rainera, or of agriculturists in newly ropulaffd dlstrtcta, ihi fine specific has elided the r.cst favcrablo testimony.

Tee New Mosey Order System. Ol late there baa been much said about the new money order system, but outside of the telegrams that have been published from time to time in the daily press but little is kcown regarding iL Yesterday the new law went into effect, and now the good people of Indianapolis can obtain at money order cflices postal notes in sums of $5 and under by paying a tee of

three cents. These new notes will be made payable to bearer without corresponding advices, which is, inJone way, that 01 icenuncaiion, a mucn patter system man the old money order system. These postal notes are payable within three months from the date of issue at any money order office. Alter the three months have flnnS. the holder can obtain the par value only by ap ply irg to the I'ostcmce Department at WashiEgten. The Postolflce Department has also issued an order for the issuine of postal money orders in sums es high 8 $100, where heretofore $."i0 was the largest postal order that could be obtained. The new order makes the fees on postal money orders as louows: Cents. .. 10 15 20 25 Net more than 110 (10 to lis... 115 to f.... toOto tto... 140 to tiO... $50 to f ffi... töO to t'0... $70 to iH... ibO to tHO ,S0 .35 ,40 43 The general public will without question find tbe new postal notes much better adapted for general use than the fractional currency was, es I they can be obtained in any enm under t and they will also be lefs liable to theft than was fractional currency when it was sent through the mails. They will, however, be less convenient in tbat they can only be obtained in money oruer imces. Another gocd act upon the part of the Government is the reduction of letter postage frcm three to two cents, which gofs into effect on and after October 1, this year. This reduction is on each half ounce or fractional part thereof between all points in the united States. which is the same as the drop letter rate is. It will be seen from the above that after October 1 the cost of sending any sum under $5 postal rates will be live cents three oents lee end two cents postage. This will be a great saving to many of our large firms who have a large correspondence. The crusade 8gainst the trade dollar has reached Washington. A special says: The excitement concernlD? the silver trade dol lar has reached Washington, and te banks here ate almost a unit in declining to accept the obroxious coin except at a discount. Secretary FoIrct Mid to your correspondent to-day that he was powerless to act in the matter, but that Con gress must provide a remedy. There had been muco citcoutent expressed at tbe reception ot the trace dcl'ar cn the same basis as tbe standard do'lsr, but this was the fault of the law mater?, lie Cid u(t see how he could be of any beueSt ia thJsrrisis, but next winter Congress would ba rskfd to come to the rescue, and probably heroic titalmiiit would be reported to. Tae Secretary waa in a hurry to cct to New Ycrk for a few days. and while there he will take the proper steps to call iu Kme more bonds. This action will probably te taken duiirg nxt week. rricces, potentates, plain people, every body needs Samaritan Nervine. Of druzgists. $1..0. Colonel H. Water?. United States District Attorney, Kansas City, say3: ''Samaritan Nervine cured ray niece of spasms." Druegists in all States keep it. Referring to the adulteration of wines and liquore, a Parisian carrespondent says: The wine nucstion hfl beeu up oace more be fore tbe Chambers, and has been the subject of very bitter acd piolonged difoussioa. It appears thai in view cf the recent failures of the wine crop ard tho cons act spread of adulteration of all Pranos which nave nerctorore oeen Kept pure, a direct proposition was mc!c to lejalixe the alcoholization of wine iu peseraL ThUeucouatered much opposition, and ii the course of the argument M. Kafpail. son ot the distinguished physician and chemist, vob.Ho a no'eworthy speech, ii which he inserted that the adulteration of wine was uolhini; new ia France : that it had been earned on for a generation, and that hia father, as many as twenty years ago, warned the workman who is fond of freriuentioir low cabarets agamst WRhüE his money iu vUlaiuous compounds -.vhix-h poLsc-n his system. The New York Herald in alluding the Ohio Democratic Convention savs: The work of the Democratic Convention seems to us of very great importance to the whole country. It ccmpels a thorough discussion of the tariff question, which ia very necessary to the ealightei ment of tbe vctera, jit shows that In'amost important cam tss, on which the Presidency msy easily epona, tne vna uemocrais nave tne coureceandtne knowledge to placa themselves oa sound policies, ar.d the shrewd sense at the katus time to state tnose policies too cieauy ?or tneir opponents to successfully misrepresent Jthem. The nomination of Mr Hoadly complete? tho work. He Is not a tiiinmer; he is a man who ua1ersundj politicp.l priccipels and polii ies, and k .owes how to explain theiu to voters; and he Is a Democrat tj conviction. The most delicate Dersons enioy taking F.mcry'9 Little Cathartic Pills; give a wholesome eppetite ; put new life in a broken-down body, l.'i cents. Hep Hitters are the Parent and Beat Bitter Ever Blade. They are compounded from Hops, Malt, Buchu, Mardreke and Dandelion the oldest, test and most valuable medicines in the world acd contain all the best and most curative properties of all other remedies, beiDg the greatest blood pnri.'ier, liver regulator and life nJ health resforic; egenton earth. No disease or ill healta can possibly long ex"ist where these Bitter3 are used, so vtried acd perfect ere their operations. They pive new Ufa and vigor to the aed and infirm. To ll whose employments ciu:e irregularity of the bowels or urinary organs, or who rriuire an oppeti.er, '.ocic or mild stimulant, Hop Bitters are iuvaluabls, being highly curative, tonic and stimulating, without intoxicatine. No matter what your feelin3 or symptoms are, what the disease ;r ailment is, use Hop Bitters. Dcn't wsit until vou are s'.ck, but if you only feel bad or miserable, uie Hop Eitteis tit once It mxj s.ve your li.e. Hundreds have I een saved bv so doing. Five hundred dollars will be paid for a tise they will not cure or help. Do rot suffer, or let ycur friends suffer, but use and urge them to use Hop letters. Kemrmber, Hop Bitters is no vile, drugged. drunken nostrum, but tbe purest and best medicice ever made; tbe "Invalids friend and Hope," and no person or family saould be without them. Try the litter3 to-dsy. ARFHT4 Wanted. S2.E0O In Cash Prizes HUtniOto Axnita- A NEW BOOK by Er-1ABK TWAINs 'VKTITLBO "fcUFK IHK liltMfrtiil'PI. 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BRl XKKR'S OAR MIN ATI VE D4LSAM is positively the safest and most perfect remedv ever ottered to .a3 public; 4.YIW bottles wl; ta Indiana in li2; so'd in 25c, 5Cc ftd 11 bottles by en druggists. . o-iesa'.&w

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'S IRON BITTERS enriches the blood and purifies the system; cures weakness, lack cf energy, etc. Try a bottle. 3 BROWN'S IRON BITTERS Is the enly Iron preparation that does net color the teeth, and will net cause headache or constipation, as other Iron preparations w ill. BROWN'S IRON BITTERS Ladiesand all sufferers frcm reo ralgia, hysteria, and kindred com plaints, will Cn J it without an equal. fr a xiE I MILD POWER CURES. UlUaVlPHREYSrlOMEO'PATH I C Ol.SRECIFICSr To tiw 30 year. F.ach number th apeUl prescription of an eminent physician. Tbe only Himple, Safeand Hure Medicines tor the propla list rnxNciPAL kos. ccbkb.,- - irsjcr. L 1 Fever, Confreattoa, InfismattoBsTn. .2 f 2. J Worm. Worm er, Worm Colic,. . .2 1 3. ryinu Colic, or Teething of Infant -4. Diarrhea of Lhildren cr Adults ( ... . . 7. a. IIVHentarv, Griping. PUlioua CcHc,.j .aa I'holera .VArbn, Vomiting .-rf JI 4 on ch. CoM. BronefcltU, .rr.f.J5 eurailn. Toothache, laceorhe .2 Headache. Kick lleadachea, Vertigo .2JV 10. lyipepi. liilllous btomacn. .3 11. Siipprrmrd or I'alnfnl Ierio4 f .2.1 12. Whites, too Prof uvj Periods, .2 I'roun, Cough, Dimcult Breathlmr... .2 1 I. Halt lthenm, I.ryslpela. Kruptiob, .2& IS. Itheumatitm, Kheuniattc Palue,.. . .2.V 1 . Fever and Acne. Chill, Fever, Ague . 17. l'ilea, blind or I leedinir 6 19. 4'atarrh. aoute or chronic; Influenza 6 Whooping Couch, iolent couirfc.2 1. ieneral Orlnlity, Physical Wea nes. A4 27. Kidney I)iene 54 2. ervou Itebility I SO. Urinary W raknrnt, Vettlcc ths bed .04 3i. liUeaaeof the Heart. I'alptiation. 1K fcol.l by druggi. or eut by tne Cat-e, or inslo Vial, fre of charae. on receipt cf price. Head for Dr.llumphreya'Rook on lieae. Ac (144 nace), also Illustrated C at.locue I'M KB. Address, Hinipheey Homeoputhic .Medicine Co.. 109 Fulton rnrcel. .Nw York. i . A HOME DRUGGIST t m. TESTIFIES. f Popularity at homo is not alw.tr tbe brat test of merit, but we poiut l"ouly"K the foct that no other medicine ha inn lor iteil such universal approbation iu its ciwn city, State, and country, and among all people, aa Ayer's Sarsaparilla. The following letter from m-.e of our K-st-knouu Massachusetts Ilruggiats tLcu;l beof Interest to every b'iilerer : RHEUMATISM, s 'T.islit Trrs r I l.i'l an attack of Uhemiiat im, m scTcre that I could not n;ove from the IkhI. or !ress, without help. I tried sevcr.il remedies without much if any relief, uuiil 1 took AviR's Saks A I AH ill a, by the im of two bottles of which 1 was completely cured. Have sold larje qnistities of your Ska1AIUI LA. and it still rct:ii:is its . liderful .opul.irity. The many notable cures it Lju lteeted in this vicinity convince lr.e that it is the best blood medicine over oßV red to tue public. HF. IIa 1; kis." luver St., Backlaud, Mass., -May 13, 1-sJ. SALT RHEUitl. i OroRor; ."rp.r.w, overseef in the Lowell - - - - - vrti p V ' "'i 11 i i-.ii, wa for over twetitv vears before his removal t Lowell afflicted with Nalt Khoum iii ita norst form. Its ulcerations actually over-i more than half the surface of his Inxly an4 limb. He was entirely cured by .irca'ai Smcsaparii.LA. bea certiiicalc "iu Ayer'a Aluiana for 1553. PKtPARED BV Dr. J. C.Ayer&Co., Lowell, Mass. Sold by 11 Drüpts; ?L 8ix bott'ea for fir HAPPY BELIEF Speedily obtained in aU auea oi cnrc'.c Dil 4as3F, wc'oiarsne thevarioua forms ci Srln 1U (MF. Iibeuicst-sra, Scrofula. Primary ui 6ecndriy fSyrr-i-iR, Gleet, Impotpiicr, mtitj Weakness and FpcrtDatorrheapflrmdneTitly cured, Ekill ard experience can be relied on. Ml am Itradnateof rnedi'Tlne and itiriiory, aad lonitf located in this city than any other physician, la my ei cciaity. . . , I tave made a apodal etudy of Female Dlaetaa and their treatment. 0n give xermaect rettaf 13 Inflammation and TJlcerotton ct Womb, Pais i ful anil Surpress&d Mease. Sellable Pills, with full printed tUrectJosi, MUf to any addreen for 1 per box. OcEEultation tree and Invited. F. M. ABBETT. M. D. Mo. tZ Virginia Avenna, Indlaaapollf, N. B, Please note the number, and thaiavAX4 Office near with lame n an a. Ä IM! Tfi IVliE! Alt thoM wh trom in4IT1iiui. um or c'bf nam tra wk, bhhttH, lew nril-l. ftyjr&llir drained. t4 Mfele ta rri lifr' lattea yrofrir . rn b c-r e ' y a4 pri ntfitlr eurot, witbout iioui h mcdiriof. KixV-rWa bt doctor, B.inmen od Ihr rrp. 7 JfHifal Vy r: "Tot oil rlan ftrruion Nrrrtt PrMIU. Phraleal tteear. X I haM,uip.rlr-l h 1 Ii K M ltTO KOI. I K. k& BAfteleiMi emaea mhiH of curiam retormi;oa to fuil mn4 Jeer feet aaankux-d. S-impln. efl-cue, clrtit'.j. Mrasa.ai. a4 1"t tri. CnoUii with ptyicia Itrr. MAKSTOX REMEDY CO If.KU 6U S TrU THE BEST IS CHEAPEST." , forjfFowfrs iiiiuwiitiiwr,,r.,.rf Sutflt.inn h-uutik. . Writ -for -: tllu. 1"niphX ai.d Price to l"liAultmaalaj'kr Co.. Mm.in.Uekl. okw. TTCK SALE Matthews' Ta tent Renewable MemP oiendom Rook, tend for sample copT and price list, taij.ple tent postpaid to any addraea OD'occlp; f tv i nt for No. f, or 40 ceniaforNo. Z Ad.1rfcKNllN'FI, 4VMPA.NY. IndiananoUa. ÄSS5TS e:i now crosp a fortune, fl tit worth aiO lrce. A.llr.Ef En;:ri co., ie Bx.iy St.,

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