Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 29, Number 39, Indianapolis, Marion County, 31 October 1883 — Page 6

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THE INDIANA STATE SEN TIN EL WEDJSE&1a. OCTOBER 31, 1883.

0UI1 FARMERS' BUDGET.

Feed SlenirH by Animal. Storij . frweet Potatoes, Ixcrtatlcg Lean Meat in Pige Pre- . serving Salt Meat. )Kwitrtnc; the Tail awd Ita Treatnievia Fine xr. Cheap I'rnrri Farm JSoten lioarhold Hint. The Feanple'. Soor of Peswe. FV 30AQt'!.N MILIXK. The rrass I green on Bnnker Hill, 11 waters sweet in Brandywine: The swerd sleeps in ihe cabbard tili. The former keeps his nocks and Tine; hen wM would mar th cene to-day Willi tsu.ui of battlefield or fray? The brave corn lifts, in reciments, len thousand sabres in the sun ; Tl rks replace the battle tents. The bannered tasslW toss and run. iheneiehinc steed, the bugle's blast TLee be the störte I the past . The -earth has healeil her wounded breast. The cannons plough the fields' no more; The heroes rest: ' O let thlm rest I iv peace along the peaceful bore. The j fought for peace, tor peace they lell; T fccj iiecp in peace und ail is well. I he fields formet the battles foiieW, The trenches wave in golden cram; Mia;) we reflect the lesson tingltt And tear tbe wounds avane amin? J-'wtet Mother Nature, nurse the land. A iiu heal her wouurts with gentle baud ! Lo! petce on earth! Lo! flock and fold, Lo! rich tbundani'C, fat increase, And valieys c'.ad in sheen of gold, O rive and sing the song of pence! r Thweiin roarna tbe Und no more. And Janus rests with rusted door. FomI Repaired by Aniruals. New York Sun.l fc-cient'fk agriculturists, and especially 1lioe connected with "experimental 8tat ions," have for years sought to determine just tow much food was required by the different species and breed of domestic animals. Mar ting oat with the well known fact that a large animal, as a rule, requires more food ttan a small one, they have endeavored to find the relative proportion of food to live weight demanded by each species and breed. The (iermans lrg since established what they term a "nu.mtenance ration," in which u ietinite weight of various suhstances is i.amed as being required per 1,000 lounds of live weight to keep an animal without increase or decrease in its weight These rations have been tested from time to time by breeders of cattle in this country. Lut from difference in cliruate or breed of tattle they do not appear to otter satisfactory results, the amount named being in almost everv instance too large for simple main tenance. At the late meeting of the Society for the Promotion of Agricultural fccience. l.eld at Montreal, several reports of experi ments relating to this subject were read, but none of the experiments seem to have ar rived at any definite conclusion as to just .ow mot h food was required as a main tenance ration. lYofessors Caldwell and Roberts, ef Cornell University, have carried on a penes ofjesper iinents with steers. In the first caeo the ra ticn, upon which the animals gained 2.25 tounds per l.wU pounds of live weight daily, was verv near the sarue as that established as the maintenance ration of the Getmans, and onsen cently had to be abandoned. All sub equent ei; eriinenta with different kinds of food showed not only that the established rations were not correct, but that up to the I recent time none could be named with cer tainty for stock in this country. Another report or paper read at the same jneetingby Professor J. W.Sanborn, Professor A Agriculture in the university of Missouri, recounted various exteriments in the leed ing of cattle; but all s ho weil that the Ger man rations were too high, rroiessor an lorn also reported that the amount of water Irank varies with tbe food consumed The largest proportion of water was drank with small rations. Grain rations require less water than coarse food, rer pound of or yanic iood, but tbe kind of food affected the iisr-nsal of the water drank. Coarse food rations, while requiring more water, were followed by a change in direction of its dis pceal, a very much larger proportion is dis charged with tne solius ratiier than -by tue kidneys, as with heavy grain rations. It may be of otue importance to the scientific agriculturists to know that cattle in - .errcany require more food to keep them in jrood condition than the same breed inAnier xt, but it must be evident to every practi cal farmer. Nothing like an exact Amount f food required per 100 pounds live weight for any animal, eitlier for its support in -. health or for fattening, can be ascertained, . xjwihg to the wide difference in habit or di restive organs of individual animals in al herds. "We have only to examine the cattle .in almost any farmyard to tindone cow wax ing fat upon the saune rations that cause another to grow poor, though one may be Jarcer. giving more and richer milk in fact. leine more work on lees food than her companion. There may be no accounting for thus, but tne fact is juue apparent to the jwner or close observer. , We find the same difference amocg alLani xnals, large or small. Wiio has cot een.a pair of horses, both of which have been fed exactly alike and worked the same, and ntn m great difference in weight, but one of wnicn would seep lat and the other poor on less frequently stimulated with extra food With man we find the same or even a greater hflerence, and it is only necessary to loofcAt the rations or amount i food cooea rued amocg the laborers on an vol our public or private works where a larue number are em ployed to see that size, weight or amount ot work perlormed have really little to do with itanuty of food consumed or actually re luired.to keep a man weighing 150 to 200i Iounde in good health and spirits. . We have; Down individuals working in a gaDg of laborers mo couiu consume at every meal four times as much aa others and still vere no larger and did no more work than their companions. Of ooovse. it is not to be denied that we may Und the approximate quantities of food repaired .lo support animals, but all at- . tempts to. establish rules 'or exact rations will prove futile, owing to Ute individual . haracteriatifs of every breed and species of animais. Ajavorue theme witü ph3'siciann . nas rjcen, "jvJiat snail ana how much should . a man eat auJ remain healthy and live to a ' great age?" But, unfortanately for the ineomts, neany an their rules laid down er our guidance in this matter nave been broken with impunity, and, we might There was profcably s more truthful saying than "what i one man's food is another man's poison," far there are hundred of - wellrkr.ov n instacces of kinds of food which - J . 1 . 0 A are positively uufuai to one person oeing wholecome an nutritious to others. : To talk -and write about what kinds of food are most Lealthful, and howaauch of how little one tould-cat, are excellent themes for one-idea persons to discuss; Lat in practical life they pas for what they axe worth, and that is very Jittle. Storing SwM Fotatoea. I Coiicspondence Farm and Garden. The mot common and most successful way of storing away sweet, potatoes for winter keeping in this latitude as to put them in lust. There are other modes which have their advocates. In the summer when the lnst is very dry I take as many barrels or Loses as I shi.ll want to fill with -potatoes and till them with road dust and pat them away in a dry place to keep until I dig mv . jotatoes. I prefer digging before frost. 1 dig them and let them dry in the sun a day; then they are stored away in a cool place; tLey are spread singly over the floor so a not to heat nor sweat; when cold weather nets in they are taken and stored in the eel lar; cover the bottom of the barrel or box with about three inches of dust, then a layer cl fotatcts close n they can be not to touch;

rover thtw wilh dust, then' potatoes, ami so m nntil Urn Karrnl cr box rreArlv füll.- th3

fill up with dust. In this way potatoes will aeep mruugii mos any winter, i hu - the best way to keep sweei poiaioes ,ur wintpr Another war 1 have tried with Very rood rucce3 is to pile tbe potatoes in a large cone-tnapeu pue. iuirty to xonj o' keep better man less. xueu take straw iu small handfuls and pack around, commencing at tbe bottom, building it firm, eight or ten inches thick, until near the top, then insert a flue near the top and ....... ... . r . i bund tignt around tne nuc. in a iew uys Iii luifatsiM will liprin to awe&t and emit a steam; after they go through the heat and cold weather sets m this nue can De sroppeu ttHU Mniw, .mir iuia o Li , 13 tuicicu 1 1 dirt thirk rnnnrh to suit the weather I have very good success with potatoes stored in tuts way, out preier putting up in uim. When 1 nut un with straw I rut tin in the garden, putting a shelter over theui. Inert-iluj; hran Meat in Fi. National Live Stock Journal. J We niav well suppose that the haoit of the pig in laying on an excessive quantity of fat has been caused by long and excessive feoding of fat-producing food, and it is not likely that airy sudden transformation could be brought about; but it is well known that the pigs of different countries differ in regard to fat. We have only to contrast fattened pics of this country with those in Canada. There pork is fat tened partly upon barley, but largely upon 1 as, a highly nitrogenous food, yielding a large proportion of muscle, and our pigs are fattened almost wholly upon corn, an exces sively start-h and fattening food. Ihe Can a dian pork lias a much larger projortion ot lean meat and less lard. The ditlcrence is very marked, so much so that in a market supplied with both kinds, purchasers easily feket the one or the other asucsirea. wild hoirs do not have such excess ot fat, and the Southern hog, which is grown much slower than those in the Northern and Western States, and fed much less corn, is compara tivelv lean. There can. therefore, be little doubt that the habit of depositing this excess of fat is caused by Ion continued feeding adapted to that end. The hog is naturally a grass and root-eating animal, and in its domestication is fed almost wholly upon concentrated food. Hogs fed ution skimmed milk have a less proportion of fat than those fed upon corn. If young pigs are kept upon food that will grow tbe muscles and bones and develop the rancry frame, they will possess so much muscle when half grown that a moderate length of time in fattening, even on corn, will not pile on an excessive amount ot lat. Preserving Salt Meat, llowa Uomeatead. Much of the corned beef and salt pork put up by farmers becomes tainted or completely spoiled during the summer and fall. The injury is not caused by using too small amount of salt. As a rule much more salt is employed than is necessary to preserve the meat. Sometimes it contains impurities that cause tlie meat to contract a bad flavor. Pure salt should be employed for preserving meat and dairy products. It costs but little more than that which is impure, and it is more satisfactory in all rcspccK Meat packed in a barrel and covered with brine becomes tainted or spoiled in con sequence of small portions of it or some of the fat or blood it contains coming to the top of the brioe. The air comes in contact with it there ond decomposition takes place. The products of the decomposition of an una substances always have an unpleasant taste and smell, and these in the case of meat in a barrel are communicated to the brine am from thence to the meat. Meat packed in brine should be cut in pieces with a very sharp knife. This will leave ihe edges smooth After it has been for a few lays in the brine the latter (hould be poured olf and boiled. The boil ing will cause nil the impurities to rise to the surface while the Mood will be coagu lated. These substances should then be skimmed off, and when the brine is cold it can be returned to the barrel. If the brine does not continue pure, the operation of boiling should be repeated. Social pains should be taken to keep the meat under the brine at all times. A perforated top or false cover, or a frame work, should rest on the meat and be weighed down by a clean stone. If these precautions are employed the liability of spoiling will be very slight. Jlitbbing vTail. National Live Stock Journal, Chiceo Kubbing tlx tail is frequently induced by the presence within the anus of a species of intestinal parasite known as ascarides, w hich are a source of irritation. A simple and efficient remedy for these is salt and water, which may be thrown into the rectum with a syringe, or one ounce of spirits of turpentine, ruined with one pint of linseed oil, may be administered in a similar manner High feeding, the accumulation of tilth, danlru.t, -vermin, etc . is often the cause cf the horse rubbing his tail. The treatment consists in the free use of soap and water, a change of diet to green food and the application of a wash made of bi carbonate soda, one ounce, water two pints, prussic acid two-drs.; mix. Fine Stock. Never before in the history of the State Fair was there -es much fine 'stock shown as at the last one. ' This was especially so in tbe cattle department. Kvery stall on the ground was full, and the displays consisted of splendid herds of Jerseys, Shorthorns, Holsteins, Ileiefords, Aldexnys, Ayrshires, Devons and Black Polled ' Avuru. It ought to be very gratifying to the breeders of Indiana to be able to make such, a show, and above all it ought to be very gratifying to the farmers of Indiana to know that the cattle of this locality are Improving o rapidly in blood and value. Cheap Fences. TAgrieuUural Freak. 1 With a constant decrease of timber, and its consequent enhancciuent in. value, a demand for cheap material for .fences is constantly increasing We saw .at Martinsville a few days ago a novelty .in tbe fbape ot a cheap lence composed entirely of old fence rails and wire It is m "stake and rider'' .fence, and is so constructed that no part of it except the lewer ends .of the stakes icsts upon the ground. The ends of the rails are placed between the stakes and bound together at the ends, rue upon another, with strong wires fastened about and around the stakes where they cross ach other, holding the rails clear of the ground, the entire weight resting upon the stakes. Then riders are put on above the crass sUkes. In this wy a Tery solid and lasting fence is made. Constructed of old material', its costs only from ten to fifteen cents ner rod,;and of .new from fifteen to thirty cents Ter .rod. A very intelligent farmer and large land owner of Morgan County, is so well. pleased with it that he has bought large rights for its use in Morgan County and will soon Surround all his land with this cheap fenee. florSLTIOLD HINTS. : ' " AKOCT OVKTEBS. . iem the Caterer lor Outober. I It proves the infinite popularity of the oyster that all classes Jtnd ages hunger for it. notwithstanding its tine native qualities are almost entirely sacrificed by crude and clumsy rootles of cooking. Jt sound strange to eay it after .all the vidence before us of how great a favorite it is, but, still this is a positive Jact, that there are not many persons who ever ate a cooked oyster in a style wh'uh did full justice to its hbh native flavor. The Chines3, who are very fond of the oyster, and who have leen using it nolKxly knows how long, attempt to preserve it in a way which leaves but little of the oyster to be eaten. They plunge the oysters in boiling water, and then expose them to the rays of the sun until every particle of moisture is evaporated. These they call "dried oysters." As cured by this proiew they are. in fart, oysters with all of the real oyster extracted. Jt is not (he drying

them which destroys them, but it is the plunp- 1 ing them Jn the bot water. This hot water drinks up all the native flavor of . the fish.

J he same m. stake is made by many cooks in our own country and elsewhere, who fdur.ge oysters in hot water to make them ook larger and more inviting. This certainly swells them, but all this additional "ize s purchased at the expense of flavor Most of the fine relish of the oyster has been ap propriated by tbe water. Many ol the very rouEd, plump and extra large oysters which are so much admired are made s- by thus soi:sing them in very hot water; but it will be found, if you criticise them, that just in iroportion as they bare been artificially narged in this way they are destitute of the native oyster aroma. Tbe first thing which every housekeeper ought to do in the matter of oysters is t: dis card at once and forever the use in any lorra of any but the highest priced article. Driven by a blind and irrational passion on the part of many of onr people for low prices for everything, and aware that most of their customers only know enoucn about oysters to count them, the stew makers by trade are apt to furnish a larger number of oysters for a stew than for a fry, even though they sell their fries and stews for the same price, it will be seen at once that the explanation is that their 6tewing oysters must cost them less than their frying oysters. If they are cheaper in price you may rely upon it as a certainty that they are inferior in quality. It is very true that there are species of oysters which are smaller by nature than other species, and yet are very excellent as to quality. Yet this docs not alter the general fact, as customs go. that the smaller oysters which are furnished in stews are very much inferior in quality to the larger oysters which are furnished for fries. The general rule still holds good, that just in proportion as oysters are smaller they are poorer in Quality. These small oysters all shrink and slirivel more in cookins than the larger ones do, they have much less flavor, they are not i so easy of digestion, and they are lar leas nutritiou?. ALL KHOITD EE REJECTED ECT THE BEST. The prevailing ignorance, effrontery and fraud on tbe subject of oysters reach their climax when you have got down to the miserable little "cullons," out of which the cheaper stews and soups are made, and which hucksters announce as "prime oysters, only a quarter dollar a hundred!" And yet so strong and general is the appetite for oysters that this unmerchantable, innutritious and indigestible refuse is bought and eaten by thousands and tens of thousands of gallons every season. No culinary artist can make a first-rate dish out of even second-rate materials. It is just as impossible to make a first-rate stew out of inferior oysters as it is to make a firstrate fry. Stewing will, of course, reduce the size of all oysters more than trying; but those which are usea in stews should he as large originally as those which are fried. Equally for stews as for fries, seek only those real extra pume oysters which are large, fresh and firm fleshed, and which, though they will be made smaller by stewing, still remain plump and solid. More gratification and more nourishment will be obtained from three or four of the very best quality of large oysters than from thirty or forty of the smaller and inferior quality which - are generally served. Sometimes these first-class primes cost two, three, and we have known them to cost even four cents apiece. Well, suppose they cost five cents apiece. Whether the object in eating them is to get strength or only pleasure, a dollar laid oat on the best, even at this price, will yield ten times better returns than the same amount expended on tenth, fifth or even second-rate qualities. OYSTEliK TANNED IN THEIR OWN J I K E, Select a dozen of the freshest, largest' and most highly flavored oysters, such as you wou!d for a fry. Have a small pan about one inch deep, with a handle to it. Open into this pan your dozen oysteis, also the juice of the same and the juice of a do.en others. In this dish you are to put no water and no milk, only oyster juice, pure and simple. Add one ounce of Chester County gilt-edged butter, a little of the best (for there are grades and adulterations even here) vf black pepper and a pinch of salt. Sprinkle on the tep a small quantity of cracker dust. Place on a quick tire. When the oysters begin to swell they are done. To cook to this stage will require about five minutes. Do not turn out these eysters into any other dish, hut eat directly from the pan, and while they are steaming hot. . OYSTERS TANSED IN THEIR SHELLS. It is a mystery unknown to most oyster caterers, and whisb is a secret known to only a few experts in epicurianiem, that there is such a thing as heightening the oyster flavor proper by imparting to it some of the faste of the shell just as we may enrich the flavor ot a reach by abstracting a very Jittle of the bitter flavor of the peach-pit. We will add the oyster-shell flavor to the native flavor of tbe oyster meat by pursuing tue lonowing course: beiect a dozen , ot the largest, freshest and most highly flavored oysters, snch as yon would for a fry. .' Both shells beim washed perfectly clean, place shell and all, one by one, in the pan. with tbe round shell down. Now place in an oven. Pretty soon yon will see the shells slightly open. When this takes place retire the oysters from the fire. Kamove the top shell very carefully, and see to it es pecially that you retain as much as possible of the oyster juice. Deposit on each ovster a very small piece of the freshest and sweetest of table butter all of the vile stuff which is called "cooking butter" to be thrown to the dogs. Also, a little cracker dust and a pinch of salt. Now return again to the oven in tbe lower shell for from fifteen to twenty minutes. When cooked to taste lo not empty into any dish or even pan, hat eat directly from the oyster shell, sjuecting on each a few drops of the juice of a fresh, yellow, bright lemon FA MM NOTES. : Tilloge operations tend to increase plant iood m me sou. ; Strength is imparted to tbe strawberry plants by taking off the 'runners, especially the late ones. j ii suiuu countries a larmer can sue his neighbor for damages if the latter allows weeds to grow and seed. Mr. St. John, of Newton, Iowa, trains Iiis grape vines on elm trees, and claims that he secures line fruit every year and free from rot. Hardiness is the most essential requisite in fruit trees. No matter how beautiful the fruit and foliage, they will prove unprofitable unless able to stand severe winters. If cornstalks are passed through a cutter and crushed during the operation of cutting, the stock will eat the whole up clean. Preparation saves waste and renders the stalk more palatable. ' " I There is no occasion forderiding,'scientifie farming," as is sometimes done It s only common sense practically applied, and" it is only to the extent that it is scientific that any farming is successfuLFarm, Herd and Home. , i . , . : j There is a kind of clorer called fierman clover 'Which" was introduced in Virginia several years ago. Itlhrives best when sown in the fall. It is ready tobe cut by- tbe 1st of May.- grows high, yields heavily, and is relished by all classes of atockv ; Mutton, to be good and devoid of rank flavor, must be prepared quickly, says the Western KuraU The food eaten by the animal imparts flavor to the meat to a certain extent, and this difficulty is increased when sheep are slaughtered just after being fed. The power exercised by beets and annual roots is exceedingly great. At the New York Experiment Station a long blood beet was planted in an inch drain tile, set upon end and buried in the soil. The tile was split lengthwise as the root outgreiv its accommodations ; Sheep can le made profitable on some soils that are too poor for cultivation, and, as a prcof of this an Alabama sheep breeder made

Iiis fiotk net CO per cent, on his -investment. He claims that any oid sage grass field, interspersed with shrubbery, mokes the best of pasture for sheep Eggs are beginn ing to be very high, because the matured fowls have been sent to market to make room for early pullets, which do not begin to lay till somewhat later. After the remaining old fowls have finished mounting they will begin to lay as oon as they again become foil in plumage. Tbe Pittsbarg Stockman suggests that too many farmers are inclined to put off many necessary jobs until the time comes when the necessity is made most apparent Thus many leave off their draining and ditching until spring, when the ground is full of water, tbe worst and most inconvenient time for such work. Near Beet on, Ontario, Can., is a bee farm consisting of four bee yards, situated at the anales of a square mile of country. The owner had at the end of July secured 50,000 pounds of honey from fJO colonies of bees. The proprietor -atimates that the yield will be 70.003 pounds, and the net profit about $7,000 The number of bees is estimated at PJ.000,000. Many farmers who secure for themselves all the labor-saving improvements are slow in arranging similar helps for their wives A reaper or mower is used, at tbe most, only a few days in the year. A creamer, to make butter-making easier, will be in use nearly or quite every day in the year, and the butter product will bring enough more to pay heavy interest on the first cost, besides the saving in labor. A writer in Farmer and Fruit Grower says: "If the Agricultural Colleges and ex periroent stations would make disinterested trials of the new fruits and give the public unbiased opinions of the character and merits of each frnit, it might prove of as much

value in their bulletins as some of their lengthy accounts about the albuminoids and carbohydrates. Nurserymen s circulars are generaily made to puff those plants in which their pecuniary interest predominates." The cost of storing ensilage is stated by a Wisconsin farmer as follows: "My ensilage last year, made of grass, cost me eighty cents a ten to put it in the sua i his season, in three and a half days. I put 12Ö tons of grass id my silo at a cost ot l o, or a traction less than fifty-seven cents per ton. At the rate of four tons of ensilage as au equivalent of a ton of bav, this would be equal to $ 2.28 per ton of hay. I doubt if hay can be put up for less than this, and no doubt well-pre served ensilage is better than hay." Overcrowding of fowls is the cause of nearly all diseases that occur among them. There is too much strife and competition among them when kept in larire numbers. and the same is true of animals. The largest breeder of fowls in the world. Hawkins, of Lancaster. Mass.. divides his large flock into many smaller ones. He keeps ever 2,000 hens on the same larm and finds them profitable. In addition to this number of hens thousands of chicks are annually hatched and sent to the large cities. The pumpkin contains six or seven times as much water as either corn or oats; in a word, it is a food in a state of much greater dilution. Analysis proves that even if the pumpkin should be freed from its large percentage of water, corn aud oats remain much more valuable as feeding stuffs. While pumpkins cannot be recommended as fatproducing material, tuey possess excellent milk-producing qualities, and being cheaply raised, may be counted as valuable food for milch cows. New York World. One acre of good meadow gras properly cured into hay will furnish food for a cow or steer during the five or six months of winter. It will be found that three or four acres are devoted to pasturing one cow or steer through the warm season. Every stock feeder knows that it takes more food to keep an animal in cold than in warm weather. This statement shows the great waste incident to pasturing and the value of tbe soiling system where one acre of land may be easily made to feed as much stock as will four acres of pasture. Southern World. The American Cultivator thinks that from recent experience the pear seems likely to take tbe place of the apple as the fruit mosteasily grown. It has been the past three years a more certain bearer than the apple, is less affected by insect?, and has no disease excepting blight, which "may be kept in check by cutting away the affected parts." The Cultivator is correct la its supposition that the pear will supersede the apple, but that the blight can be kept in check by cutting away the affected parts is not indorsed by leading fruit growers. How much pork will a bushel of corn make is thus answered by a correspondent of the Farm, Herd and Home: "We have fully satisfied ourselves by experiments that good stock, well cared for, on a short feed, will make ten pounds to the bushel in large lots; but we are quite satisfied that the great majority of hogs fed make from one to three pounds less. Out of this has come the rule claimed by breeders that they can buy at seven cents and sell at seven cents; hut it will certainly result in loss, as no allowance is made for shrinkage, sickness, etc. Good stock that has been summered on clover, without corn, if then fed plenty of clover, will make twelve to fourteen pounds to the bushel for a short feed. The Scientific American gives tbe following waterproof branding ink, good for marking sheep: Shellac, two ounces; borax, two ounces; water, twenty-four ounces; gum arabic, two ounces; lampblack sufficient. Boil the borax and shellac in water till they are dissolved, and withdraw from the fire. When the solution becomes cold complete twenty-five ounces with water, and add lampblack enough to bring the preparation to a suitable consistency. When it is to be used with a stencil it must be made thicker than when it is applied with a brush. The above gives a black ink; for red ink substitute Venetian red for lampblack; for blue, ultramarine, and for green, a mixture ot' ultramarine and chrome yellow. We have time and again written against the folly of dairymen trying to fatten their old cows at a profit. It cannot be done, and if any farmer wishes to try it let him have them at any price. If a man has more gl ass or other feed than he knows what to do with let him buy some likely young steers and make money with them instead of wasting his time and fred on the remains of an old cow. The Trov isioner, of England, on this subject says: "Old animals can seldom be fattened at a profit, even if their flesh was as valuable as that of younger ones, be causo it requires so much more time and feed to do it." -What we particularly object to in old cows for fattening is the immense proportion of offal in them. A pot belly makes no beef. American Dairyman. Freaks and varieties in vegetables have been numerous at the New York Experimental Station. One of the beets planted for teed, instead of throwing up a seed shoot, omitted branches from the root, and these branches, coming to the surface, threw out leaves, thus forming a cluster of roots, which have grown as annuals, showing no tendency to seeding. A potatoe plant developed tubers in abundance in tbe axilsof its leaves. -An onion of the white globe variety sprouted into a top onion, the cluster of small bulb) replacing the top formation. Bi-annuals became annuals, for rows of sorghum and salsify grown from seeds from plants which were bi-annuals last year, are furnishing annual plants tliis year, thus showing how easily and quickly the habits of some plants can be changed by selection. Keaolittion on Death of Jndger Overman. At a meeting of the members of the Bar of the Counties of Tipton, Howard, Clinton,' Hamilton, and Madison, held at the Court House in Tipton October 20, 1883, at 9:30 o'clock a. m. Judge Green was elected Chairman, with W. It. Oglebay, of Tipton; John W. Kern, of Howard; Judge Palmer, of Clinton; IL J. Stephenson, of Hamilton and jr. A. Chipman, of Madison, as Secretaries. On taking the Chair Judge Green in a few well chosen and appropriate remarks. announced the tad occasion of our coming

tccether ' and the object for which were

convened. On motion a Committee of, three from Tipton and one each from the other Counties, w ere appointed todraftand report resolutions on tbe life and services ot him who we are called to mourn. . On motion it was resolved that the pro ceedings of this meeting be presented to the Circuit Court of Tipton County with tne request that they be spread on the record of the Court. The Committee on resolutions reported the following: "Whereas. It hss pleased theJo.lre of that final tribunal, from whose finding there is no appeal to remove from life, our reapevued fellow citizen, our learned brother in tbe profession, and our honored Judce of the Circuit Court Naibtn K Overman. and we the members of tbe Ear of the Counties of Tipton, Howard. Hamilton. Clinton and Madisou desiring to off er a tribute of respect to his memory ; therefore Ee it resolved. That we regard bu death with lerhnps of deep and sincere sorrow, and we feel that by bis removal tbe Bench of this estate has !of t an eminent and able jurist, tbe bar a ulented and learned law) er, science an earnest and faithstudent, an ornament to his profession and society a kind hearted, ceucrous aud enterprising citizen. Keeolved, That as a Judge he was inn partial and Io st, and his decisions were characterized iy tbat broad, common sense and love of natural justice, for which he was justly noted, and if he erred it was upon tbe side of humanity and mercy. Resolved, That as a citizen he has been earnestly devoted to the best interest of the commuuity iu which be lived, always considering iu prosperity identical with his own; tbat the earnings of a long and successful business life have been devoted to the improvement of the town within wn ich he 'resided, he haviug built within the limits of the town of Tipton more dwellings and business houses than any other citizen. That, as a neighbor he was liberal and obliRine, and in him the poor always fouud a kind and wiilinc benefactor; that in his death his wife has lost the most devoted of husband, his children the kindest aud mobt indulgent of fathers, and to tbe family and friends of the deceased we extend our profound sympathy in this, their sad bereavement." R & Bkalchamp, (ibOROE fl. OlKFOP.D, Tipton County. William Carver, Hamilton County. J. N. bi!S, Clinton County. Milton Bejj, Howard County. M. A. Chipman, Madison County. The resolutions having been read, short addresses were delivered by Judge Garver, of Hamilton: Judge Pollard, of Howard; General XIobs, of Hamilton; Judge Palmer, of Clinton; Judge O'Brien, of Howard; M. A. Chipman, Esq., of Madison; Judge Sim. oi Clinton, and the Chairman of the meeting, each bearing testimony to his many good qualities of mind and heart, that endeared him to his friends and forced acknowledgment from Iiis enemies. On motion, it was resolved that the Secre tary of this meeting be instructed to furnish to (he family of the deceased, a copy, of the proceedings of this meeting, and that he be further directed to furnish to the papers of the Counties here represented and the In dianapolis daily Sentinel and Indianapolis daily Journal copies of these proceedings tor publication. The hour for the funeral obsequies having arrived the meeting adjourned. John Green, Chairman. W. 11. Oglebay, Secretary. The Butler campaign in Massachusetts is attracting tbe attention of the country as election day draws. A recent Boston special says: The latest accusation asainst Governor Butler is that he tent a man befure the United States Senate Committee to testify to the tanning of human skins. Governor butler knew nomine of the man of his tettiniony until he read the report in the tilotie the next morninc. alt the other papers in the city haviDg ?uppre?-sed it. Mr. Chance, the wituet-s, avers that he aid not intend to say any thing about it when be went before tne Commit tee, but tbat it was broucht out of him in an uncuarded moment. He refused to he interviewed after the hearing, for fear it might ciuse trouble to him. This did not save him. lie was prompt Is disrhort-ed by his employer. "The news-papers have lately been making inquiries as to what Colonel French thinks of 'Butler's Picture book.' As a picture book 1 don't think much of it; as a campaign document it is tbe most enective we nave ever issued, it is mating nandreas of votes for liutler. The moment the Repub lican press calicd attention to it, and afer the i;e publican Committee had backed out of iu offer to circulate it. the demand for ft from Republicans was immense. The papers ssid it was unfit to put into any family, but all the Republicans are eager for it, so 1 believe it does not shock their families as much as tbe Republican managers expected. Tbe document simply portrays the condition of mines ana tne atrocities rommmeu at tue icwusbnry Alms Honte, for which tbe Republican party is ret ponsible." Prevent sickness by taking occasionally one ot Emory's Little Cathartic Pills, a won derful appetizer, an absolute cure of bilious ness. Jo cents. It -Iva After Teller. Washington Special. Belva Lockwood, the female lawyer, who has been suspended by Secretary Teller for alleged irregularities in pension cases, was at the Department litis morning early. She made it warm for Mr. Teller, who told her kindly but firmly that he could not discuss tbe matter with her, but she could apply for a hearing, prepare her evidence m an swer to the charges, and be heard in the regu lar way. This did not suit her, and she left in Ingo dudgeon, saying she would pillory tbe secretary through the press. he was furious, but the Secretary withstood the f ueilade with the coolness of a veteran. Belva thought better of the matter later in the day. and returned and filed an application in due form. She is charged with assessing one pensioner about 300 for obtaining his arrears. Anotlier she seems to have bled to about one third that amount, and another about 51. She claims in at least two of the cases that the' apparent evercharge was for fees in other matters. She declared when first at the Department this morning that she did not care to be restored, that' she did not want the Department practice anyway, but only wanted to vindicate her character through the press. ; . ; ; , Hon. Jonepli K. McUouaM. " The American Register of the 20th insL says: The following tribute to the deserts of a d istintuished minis entitled to a place in its columns: coLiMBts, o.. Oct. 16, lssn. To the American Register, Wasbtacton, D. C. : Permit me to say through the columns of your excellent National Democrat ic journal, that iu (be late struggle to redeem the State of Ohio from the domination of the pfeeudo Republican party, exSenator Joseph E. McDouald, of Iudiana, enne into the State and in bis dijrnir'.ed and masterly style gave us a helping hand in the great and gool -work. And in hss speeches before the Conventions of the people, he showed himself to be a statesman of profound and comprehensive views, and bis arguments were dignified, convincing and unanswerable. And permit us to add as a just tribute to this eminent public man, that he is not only a juristand statesman, but a Democrat of tOJQd judgment, whose fidelity has been teste!, and wbo can be relied on In tbe dark hour tbat tries men's Fouls. With my best wishes for the success bl the Register, permit me to subscribe myself Au old-line Ohio Democrat, - S. K. J. If you have failed to receive benefit from other preparations, try Hood's Sarsaparil la; it's the strongest, the purest, the best, the cheapest. - Jieal IKiw Wt-ite a Fostal Card. . I'orlland (Me.) Argus. General Dow seems tobe puttinghisopinion of the position of tbe Kepublican party on tbe liquorquestion on record very freely. Toagentleman in Maine he recently vyrot,e the following: roETLANP, Sept. 26, 1SS3. Dear Sir: I used a postal card on purpose that what we mean may Le known to all whom it may concern. Tbe Republican party in this Stale, as in Ohio, New York. Massachusetts, Connecticut, Michigan, Minnesota, Pennsylvania. North Carolina? Rhode Island and other States, occupies tie position openly confessedly of protection to the grog shops, and must go. Kobie maaea no concealment of it, and rc'.ks on tbe rummies. He thinks the Democrats will support him. Very well, we shall see w hen the votes are counted. The temperance men are three fourths of the Rcpuhlicjn pany. - - Nem. Dow. llorford'a Arid lhophate. EXCELLENT RES I' LTP. Dr. JL. Willis, Eliot,' Me, says: "Horsfotd's Acid Phosphate gives most excellent reeulte."

Harry Francis, cf the Michigan City dispatch. Las been ou a recent trip to Tenneesee, lie writes to his home paper as follows:. Xfeetinf ex Governor Marks, we found a most eieacnt and approachable gentleman, wbo was ready and willing to give his views political. Said the Governor: "No man lives whom I would rather support for the Presidency than oremor Hendricks of your Elate. He is a Democrat of democrats and tbe nobfeat Roman ol them all. but I accept the general situation ai it now acrears. Should I be a delegate to

the National Convention next year, 1 snail tire my earnest support and vote to the eld ticket. I nave traveled extensively in tne !nin m iaie, ana there is but one sentiment among the Democracy, and that is for the renominauon of Tildea and Uendrick." In r&lline virion Governor Bates, he aimolv reiteiated the statement ef ex-Governor Marks. Said he: "Tennesee and the South is for the old ticket, and there is do chrystalued sentiment for any other combination.Major Hciss, editor of the American, as well as many other prominent gentlemen interviewed, expressed the fame aemimeuls. and to use Major lleiss' words: "If Tilden and Hendricks will consent to make the race, they can depend upon a solid houtb al the Convention and a bolid South at the election." The only known specific remedy for epilep tic fits is Samaritan Nervine. "I had epileptic fits for sixteen years," rites John Keitbly, of Principio, Md. Saaritan Nervine cured me." fl.öO at Drugwrites niari gists. "Turn the rascals out." Read this. The New York Sun says: Before the civil War Congress usually appropria ted every fourth year a sum of $10,000 or tli.00J to refurnish the white House for an incoming resi dent, buch pans of the old furniture as had been injured were sold, and the proceeds of the sale were added to the fund for the new equipment Put since the accession of Grant the appropriations have increase! enormously, asthefollowiugshow: 1ST0, 2."),000: mi, $15.000; 172, '.000: 1&73, 12,000; lfeTl. 110,000; 1875, 11 0.0C0: 1K7Ü, liO.000; 77, 117,(X0: 1S7S. nv.000: 1S79. S25.000; 18b0. r.3.000; ISM. S-J0.CC0: isf-J. $30,000; is?, $2',ooo: ism. srj.000 total. -J2,0U0. It will be noticed thatSS5,000 were voted for furniture during the term of tne frauJu lent President, and more than half of this total in the years 179 and l&fcO. If this mono? was honesüv applied to the objects for which it was granted, tbe w bite House must nave been inorougmy equipped in everr respect when General Garfield entered it as President. But it is an open secret that scarcely any ol tee articles ot ordinary household use were found in the Executive Mansion on the 4th ot March. 181. They had mysteriously disappeared with tbe exodus. Did Hayes and the Ohio cider and hickory nut gang get that furniture? Enterprising local agents wanted in this town for an article that is sure to sell; live drucjrists and grocers preferred. Address Humiston Food Preservative Co., 72 Kilby street, Besten. Congressman Frank Ilurd was interviewed in Chicago, Thursday. He says: We have cot Ohio and are going to keen it: Re publicans might as well make the best of it. Do 1 think-ibe Scott law will be repealed? I can't say, but 1 would not be surprised to see another test casecoine up and the law declared uoconstitu tion- ... . . . , ..... 1 - . 1 1 V ai." Mr. iiura is convinced tuai tanism win ua ihe next Sneaker, and in no event, he says, can Rsndail be elected. The tariff will be reopened to a certainty, heclaims. and be is in fuvorof handling it without gloves He says it is absurd to claim tbat the wool-growers voted the Democratic ticket in all his speeches he told them he would advocate sbolishing the doty entirely, and putting wool ou the iree list. A Voice From the I'ress. I take this opportunity to bear testimony to the efficacy of your "Hop Bitters " Ex pecting to find them nauseous and bitter and composed of bad whisky, we were agreeably surprised at their mild taste, just like a cup of tea. A Mrs Cresswell and a Mrs Connor. friends, have likewise tried and pronounce them tbe best medicine they have ever taten for building up strength and toning up the system. I was troubled with costiveness. headache and want of appetite. My ailments are now all gone. I have a yearly contract with a doctor to look after the health of my self and family, but I need him not now. S. G ILM LAND, People's Advocate, Pittsburg, Ta. July 25, 1878. FATAL, COLLISION. A Pasnenger and Freight Traiu Wrecked ar Joliet Two Men Killed and an Fugineer Goes Insane. Chicago, Oct 28. A passenger train, bound north, on tbe Pan-Handle Iload, and an outgoing freight on the Michigan Centra collided this morning at the Joliet crossing, thirty uulcs southeast of the city. Both en gines were thrown from the track and wrecked, falling upon and setting fire to the flagman's box, into which tbe flagman, Peter Collier, retreated upon seeing a collision in evitable, and was burned to death. William Morris, of Logansport, engineer of the Pan Handle train, and John Kellogg, of Michigan City, headbrakeman on the Michi gan Central train, were killed. JobnDengan engineer of the Michigan Central train, was severely injured and crazed by hurts and inght. lie ran lour miles, to Uyer, Ind., where he arrived a lunatic John Gorman, the Michigan Central fireman, was also hurt. The passengers were badly shaken up by the shock, but 110 one seriously hurt. It is impossible to locate tbe responsibility for the accident In extracting Iruit flavors, Dr. Price deals directly with nature and leaves the use of artificial extracts to those who have cot the chemical knowledge to extract from the true fruits. Dr. Price's Special Flavoring Extracts are conceded to have no peers in tbe market, and thus the demand for (hem is constantly increasing. THE G3EAT ' Man 'REM CORES Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Sciatica, tu-nbaco. Cucl-ache. tUadalhe. Toothache, Sore Tbifint. sn-l5liic. fcpraln, ISruiaea, llarn.. V-jt lal-.. 1 '-.. t IUI-. avi all oiiuh itomi.v rii m -his. Seid 1J brvfcstru ami licilen rrr4wT. lif j Ccrnat borU, prvlil. I II LkilcMlCM. TitEtiiAiM.ru a. otiis:n . iMA.ivutlU4tu.l llalilai-r. .. IT. S.A. HALL': latarrh fja Recommended by Physicians! 3 ICO MaffMffl I -JÄssÄMsÄ'WS,',,Äll,i, TJenanufscture and sellitwitba positlVOl rrjarantco that It will euro any r-133, and we väil forfeit the above amount tru fads in a ein&l3 instance. . It is unliko r.uy o!h.-r Catarrh remedy, ES it ii taken Internally, acting upon; th LlOOCi. H yo ' troubled Uli this cUtrcfsing disease, yourDrufgistforit,and Accxrr no imitatio ob srcniTUTB. If h9 las not got it, t-cd to us and we will forward; immediately. Pru-e, Söcrvts per bottle. , F. J. CHEKEV d. T.G., Toledo. OWc ! raVTTV UrW wto wlh to learn Steam llUilU iUtil Eptzineerlng.sendyourwarae withlOc In stamps to F. HWtY, Engineer, Bridgeport, Ccnn. AHf) a week. 112 a Cay at home easily made 15Z Costly outt tne. addrefa True A Cr., Accueta, Kalne.

PLAIN TRUTHS

The Hood is the foundation of äfe, it circulates through every part ' i.." the body, and unless it is pure and rich, good health is impossible. If disease lus entered the system be cnly sure and quick way to drive it out is to purify and enrich the blood. Thrse simple facts are well . known, and the hihert medical i. jthoritics orec tlzi nothing 1 iron will rcMcre t!i-3 blood to its natural condition; and also that all tbe irop preparations hitherto rude Llackcn the teeth, cause beadj die, and are otherwise injuricus. I.ko an'sIkon BiTTLRSwillthor"?!thlv ami .uitkly sindldte with t!:e b!t?od, j t!r;fi;:gtnd strengthen:i, ami tluis tliive disease from ?!y jrt of the sjstem, end it uil ii. . l.l.xkeii the lectli, ccuse head, .-he ii r:r.siiHili -jn, aud is posi V -' ut injurious. ;avcd , vi ild. 17 ?!. I'm 1 St., E..ltitncT. M4. leb. 12, ifeSo. Ger.t: Upon t-e recommendation cf fi . i: J I tried Ehown'S lttoM PuTCKs as a tonic and r -.craiivc Urr my daughter, bcn 1 wan thoroughly convinced was waiting avviy With Consumpticn. Uavi ig l.-..t three daughters by the territlc d'-ease, under the CJ re ct eminent physicuns, I was loth to relieve t!;at anything cculd ai."t ihe progress c-f the disease. 1-ut, my grrt urprise, before my daugK. Hr had takca one bottle of Bacww'" Iron Bitters, she began to tnenti and now is quite restored to former health. A fifth daughter bega .- show si;os of Consumption, ana when the phys'cian was consulted be quickly said Tonic were required ; and when informed that the elder sister was uVing Brown's lo ErrrzRS, responded "that is (ood tonic, talce it." Aooajtw Phslts. BaowrN's Iron Bmxas effectually cures Dyspepsia, Indigestion and Weakness, and rtnders the greatest relief and benefit to persons suffering from such wasting diseases as Consumption, Kidney Complaints, etc. LOG-ROLLING. While Wrestling With a Falleu Tree a Lumberman Kerrives Consequential Dum ages. While on a hunting excursion in the great coal and wood I region ot Carbon dale. Ta., the writer met William Coil, a lumberman. Accustomed to life and labor in tbe forests from early manhood, he was a true Knight of the Axe. Many a tree had fallen before his ringing strokes, and fleets of rafts have borne away to market the sawed products. Coil is a character, andif Oscar Wilde is right in saying all movements in unblndred labor are graceful, our friend William, stripped for his work, and attacking a tree as Richard L assaulted the heavy doors of Front de BoeuPs Castle, must have presented an admirable picture. One day, however but let him tell the story himself aa he told it to me: "I was out in the woods, you know, trying to start a loz down a hilL Thinking I could get a better purchase on it from the lower side, I tackled It there with my log-rolling hook And threw my weight on the lever. She started, she did, betas luck would have it, before I could get out of the w ay she rolled right over me. If It hadn't been for alotef small limbs aud brush lyinz in tbe road, which lifted her up, she'd 'a crushed we fat. As it was I got up without a. broken, bone, but with some mighty bad bruises." "Then you were all right," said the tarter. Not by a blamed sight, stranger. I took cold", rheumatism set in, and if I hadn't heard of BENEON'S CAI'CINE POROUS PLASTEES and used ' 'em, it's my opinion I should never have made another chip fly. But the Ca peine took hold quick, and I'm about as good as new. But there's on thing you kin calculate on I shall never wrastle with another log unless I have tbe adrantrge of the ground; fur, as 1 told you before, if it hadn't been for them brushes I'd been smashed so voi could 'a sold me for a door mat. TheCapcineis tbe thing for rheumatism. II doesn't keep you waiting. The word CAPC1NE la Cntitttl.t center of the genuine, price twenty fire cents. Seabnry & Johnson. Chemists. New tork. f rLKf JULDVPOWZSCtTBES. mZnUMPHREYS' II ZT lOMEOPATIIIC LUJ SRECIFJCS. la aae SO year. Each nambar tbe pertal t crlpOon 0f B eminent phyaietaa. Tbe only ,Hlmple,&afeanctturc Hediclae forth people Jin raniOTAi not, cuaxis - . raica. 1 . Fryer. Congestion, laflamations V 9. Werna, Worn fever. Worm colle... . S. Oyina Coric, orTeethina of lafasta 4. Diarrhea of Children cr Adulu A. Dvseatary, Griping. BUUousCoUc,.. t'sohre Merbne. Vomiting. i .3 V. Coast. CoM.-ttronchitla. .'.JS M. KeareJela, Toothache, leceerhe ?a9. Heaaecbe. sic, lieadacbe, VertlfO .X 10. Hytpepaia, Bullous b torn ach.. 11. tinppceeerd er Painful Fertocs... It. White, toe ProfuM rtode, a I.V. ( roan. Cough. Difflealt breathing.... .3 .3S .3 .3 .3 .AO .0 ao 14. Kail Rhema, Eryslpelaa, r motions. If 1 IT. 1. a Kaeumamni, Kheumatw rales... . Fever ana Acne, Chill, Fevr, Ague File, bünd or Bleeding. Catarrh, acute or chronic; IsCnewaa Whoopinc I OTieh, violent cougna. AO 31 General Orblütv. Physical Weakaess.AO 37. KUney Iieeae AO 34. Pkerveo Debility 1 OO SO. IWnary W e knee. Wetting tbe bed .6 Ü. Dlaease ef the Heart. Palpitation. 1 CXI hold by druggists, or sent by tbe Case, or start Vial, free ( charge, on receipt of prtc. (let rcesLalo lliutrale ( ateloeate FHLK. r-ena lor lr. Himnknyi l -ena lor ur.llamMrryi Hoot I ! dae Co.. 10 Faltoa Street. Aew Vera. Address, rttirnr-hrevs' llomeopaime ie " A r. L rtves tnttant at inSaltiM rr for file. Price $1, at druggista, or t j rni prrpnu i'i iiiwii. rniite nilrree. Ad. AKAKEMS Lm takers. UoX zllftNcwkork. U F F E RE R from Y outbid lronradrncA e"B0f Nmnu ltobilit;. Mental and l'h)eal Wea,kiaa. Vlub! informmDoa fi-rhnm rnrr free. I!d23rata cesafalte lr.A.U.OUa.boi vüChtc A B TS Mit! All th w bum tottMrrrloet. kiiim er etlwr nun ar wk, amBcrr. low piri'4. pbriicttl; dratera. aae imM te prrforni Ufr 'a aallra rTaprrlT, can a crria a ' t ad Mraeatlr earrd, a-iiaaui tiaaiack aiedirlaM. adorare r Aceton, alaiairrt aa the pma. r Vrditml k( Tb l tlaa ofuratioc Kerr Ie-M!r?T. Fayale! Wrey. 4-e 1 a-Baltr aaprrawloa by Til K M AKKTON KOLl KV feepelea raar awrl of ernaia ramoraiM la fail aad ay flit aaaaaeod. Siaiple. rft-rtire, eiraair, aaaw la for ti. C-nlitin with pbrwdaa trr. ttAUnTQI REMEDY CA, 4 W.Uta SC K Tarfc. ' FOR BALE; TjX)R SALE Matthews' Pa teat Renewable MemX1 orandnm Book. Send for sample copy aud price list Bam pies tent postpaid to anyaddresa OD,reeelptof fiOcenU for No. 1, or 40 cents for No. X AddrCsENTlNL COXPJLNY, IodiaaapolU.