Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 31, Number 15, Indianapolis, Marion County, 13 May 1885 — Page 6

THE INDIANA KT ATE HEKTIKEL "WEDNESDAY MAY 13 188C.

OUR FAM BUDGET.

Kcthcdg of Cultivating Corn Tbe Tomato'i II ist or j. Iba Or, ton Tly Hotter and Che Mafctsg L'owklac Spina-h Uooiebold Hint Farm Notes. Method of Cultivating Corn. I Fnil&delphia Record. Cera i cow the meat important crop which will receive tie farmer's consideration until it ia fully matured and harvested. It ia a semi-tropical plant and re-iuirea lentycf heat and moisture. In some sections tbe meet productive Tarieties can not fce r,rown owing to the short aeaon for growth, and consequently every advantage cf quality and yield must be sacrificed in order to obtain early maturity. In the Sooth the white flint varietie8 are preferred, each corn giving the best results on soil that -would he unproductive with the yellow kird?. The fints a'.BO serve a greater numIn cf purposes, being especially adapted to the caking of hominy and a finer quality of meal. The usual method of cultivating corn is to "check" it g3 into rows four feet apart each way, with three stalks of corn at tt e IntersecticDS ot the rows, each bill consequently be ing; four feet ia every direction from tbe next. This syslem is what is known as the level mode cf caltivstun, tbe cultivator enly being u-ed, exespt a? is sometimes done, the harrow ia parted over the field when the plants are very young. No hoeing is required in thus cultivating ccrn, as the work is done in two direction-, and heuce it is considered labor savin?. The mode ii so well known as to require no suggestions here. There is another method of cultivation, however, though not generally practiced ia this section, which deserves attention from faimerp. Itiato plant earn in rows fjur feet spart and from eighteen inches to two fft apert in the rows, according ta disUocs pi-'erred. Three grains of seed are allowei fi the hiil, brjt after the ccm i sis inches h.f tx the two weaker plants are drawn ont, lav:ng tte strenger one only standing. B th's arranreirent the ground will have on stslk of corn crowing every two fest in t'ie rcs, whfreas in th ' chck'' Bjsfem tnere will t three stalks every four f-et It n plain tlat tbe Jatttr ruethot allows of a itTiCh larger number ct stalks to aa aore, while the cultivation is eay. With the stalks two fet r.art, tbe plow (one-hore i is ratEfd clc -eto the cum, throw ins the dirt frc ri the plants, leaving the rows riJceJ up, ith a rLd.e in tbe center, between the rows of ccm. TL:j is (lore to prevent the labor fl tCfinp, 83 U:ejcuDT sn;s is destroyed ty the piflff. After the e:rn has raide iurttT prowth oI the griea hai uaia a?petrr d the j low i3 ones taore used, tas dm ceiz? thrown tick t the corn ro wa. Later in tte Eaacn tbe cultivator is used be-ween the row3. while a single hoeing autKces to dff !rcy tbs jra.is between the rows uniil tbe com ia sale ficra intruding weeds anl sr4335. The r-o:nt to be observed 13 tbat while the "cfcfck" sjstem reipires less labor, and allows ct a greater number cf stalks to gnw on en acre, the pian of allowing each stalk cf corn to be two teet away in one direction atd feer Jeet in the other from its neisnbors, givs it greater feeding room and Ies competition in itsstrucle for plant food, as the wont ecemy a plant can have ia aao'her of the same kind growing by its side. If such a reethed of planting does best oa inferlar soil, there is tc reason why it should not incretse the yield on fertile seil. Trae, the rumberrf plants will be less, bat the corn having greater opportunities for growth, especially when young, will mature earlier, give a heavier yield and be less susceptible to drought. It 29 an experiment worth, trying, aa farmers are often anxious about giving the corn an early start. When the plants are well grown, the roots will cover all the ground, whether the corn ia checked or cot; but when the plants are very young, the advantage cf having each one two feet from the next will give them an opportunity ot making rapid growth at a time when it is rccst desired. Tb Tomato's History. In planting gardens this spring, care should be taken to have a good supply of that healthful vegetable the tomato, both for summer ne and for putting up tor next winter. Tte tomato which is ot the same family with the nightshade, is, like the potato, of South .American origin, and aa introduced into Europe by tba Spaniards in the sixteenth century, who discovered its valuable qualities as an esculent From Spain ita caitlvation extended to Italy and tbe south of France, and finally to this country, where it lirst began to be used as a vegetable in the latter part of the last century. The tomato is mentioned by a wriier on plants, in England, as early as 10TT. Parkineon calls them "love apples" in 106, and fays ' they were regarded a? curiosities " D doer s. a Dutch herbalist, writes in 1"S3 of their nee as a vegetable, "to be eaten with pepper, salt and oil." They were eaten by tbe Malays in 1TV. Arthur Young, the English agriculturist, saw tomatoes in the market at Montteller. in France, in 17:J. The tomato was probably brought from Fan Domingo by the t rench refugees, who also introduced into this country tbe esi plant and the small Chili pepper. Dr. Jauij Tilton.of Delaware, stated that when he returned from Europe, in 10:2, be foand the tomato growing in the gardens of tbe Dupents, Goreeches and other French emigrants from San Domingo, and remarked to his family that it was a vegetable highly esteemed and federally eaten in France, Fcain and Italy, and especially va'ub!o ts a corrector of bile in the erstem. Dr Tilton emigrated to Madison, Ind., in aod raised the tomato in his garden there ft was then unknown in Louisville or the adjacent parts of Kentucky. It 16 also known teat the tomato was planted early m the precent century on tne eeetern shore of Maryland, tbat land of terrapins, soft crabs, ojsters and other epicurean delicacies. Many years elapssd, hawerer, before the tomato brcame a favorite esculent in that region. In 1M1 the Spanish Minister saw the tomato growing in the garden of Iiis. Fhiiip Barton Key, whose husband wrote the "Star Spangled llanner' and he recommended it aa having beea used In pa:n for mtny years. In 11 1, a gentlemtn dioicg with a friend at Harper's Ferry and observing tomatoes on the table, remarked: I see yon eat tomatoes here; the District psople are afraid of them." To me foe a were brought to Massachusetts by Dr. William Goodwin, a son of William Goodwin, cashier of the Bank of Plymouth, Ilm. Dr. Goodwin spent many years of bis early life in Spain, at Cadiz. Ahcant and Valencia, and was American Vice Cuniul at Tarragona during its terrible siege by tbs French troops in the Feninsular War. lie came home to Plymouth in 1S17, and died in Havana in ViSi. He belonged to a family of epicures on his father's side, and his mother, a daughter of Simeon Sampson, ot the armed ship Mercery, on whica Henry Laarens sailed for Holland in 1780, was re nowned for the excellence ot her canine, He planted the seed of the tomu'.o in the bank garden in Fly mouth, whence tbs plant wes disseminated throughout the town and to Clark's island, in Plymouth Harbor. In Mr. Goodwin's- family and that of Mr. Wateon, on the bland, it was used as a vegetable ae early as l.irrjTcmatoes were sold at the markets in New York City in 1820. They were only eatsn. bowever, to a limited extent, being generally cscd fcr the manufacture of catsup. As early as ISl'G tie tomato was served up on tbe table of eood otd Mrs. Halliburton, in Jit-w Hampshire, although she could seldom

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hestaed. Captain Halliburton, had dout lets imbited a taste for i in fj.alo. ? All Cor Growers. We Lave sounded several notes ot warning recemiy. it eluding the first article in laic week's Prairie Farmer, whicü was even gnen an edd heading to attract special atiMiticn to tbe subject. For reaions already etven, and still more important ones if possible, naned below, it stands every farmer in hacd who expects to plant corn this acnth to at once at certain if his seed is go d. Aa previously stated, it is lmposslol tu pcEitivfly tell from the looks ot the corn, o; even from the are tbat has been taken ot it, whether the whole of it, or part of it, nr at y of It w ill grow, without testing it Tj wait to do this in tbe field is the height ct on wisdom. If one kernel in ten falls, aod H ere are so many lets hills or stalks than the eoil can sustain in vigorous growth, 10 pr cent, cf clear loss will result The coot cf Ercund, preparation, seedlcg and culture are tbe i-arxe for nine tentha of a crop or a bait r quarter crop, as for a full one. Every Cf ductton from the btchest yield is rubtout cf tfceclesr prcfitB. If it costs half a crop to produce it. ard yon get but half a crop, yonr mmner will ee wasted, and hard times are ahead. The Union Fly. Tbe onion n is well known for its depredations. Ita natural history can hardly bs of as much concern to tbe farmer as the tried method cf its extirpation. Loth the natural history cf ana tbe remedy tor the test at to be four d in the following eUremeut cf Miss Orrccsd. a weli knowa UclisH ectomolcgisc. fehe6ay: ' The amennt of darrae to onion crocs from the ixageot is fifqu-ntly so tjreaWhdt for son.e ye ms I have been experimenting on theenbject. I found Vict tbe il(:i.u u could) laid it3 eggs on some exposed usrt of the bulb, cfien almost beneith it, "xlmh in common pr&et:ce tie expo-d state of t'e onion bulb allocs. O i noticing thie, abu'it three rears aqo. I covered a plant up tj tbe reck of the bulbs and next morning fcnn.i lly eggs deposited on the onion leaves, and drepptd at haphazzard on tbe ground wlere they perished, and the onions, being saved from attack, did well. The following year I had some part of the crcp in rows earthed up withiuccfff. The onions were firm aud ewtet, and though not aa thoroughly proIcon d by tbe rough earthiog-up as by my own tand dressing, it answered to some ex tent, ana the cniccs in many cases were not injured, cr grew pest attack from beine in favorable conditions. This year I h&l a trench prepared as it for celery, and had the onions sown a!or tre bottom, and as they grew tht sidrs cf tbe trench were tilled in r.n the bulbs. They grew extremely wall, nofably better thau Ihope in the beet alongoiue. and on raiting tL em to day I hod them 6oacd and line bulce, very free from any mart ot insect injury. I venture to submit the p!4.i of grown g to your irspecticn, 3 though it probably f-oniit not be brought to bear in üeld tue, it appears available for garie i growth, acd especially for cottage garden', wkere ttere is euly a sma'.I qnotity cf ground, sr.d vhere th icss of the tittle crcp is a priiocs lejieciü? cf ccinfoxt to tha fanJly." ltunr ilth.ln. If milk is eet at home for cream, the soonir it ran be set after milking and the higher the temperature the better, as cream noes bet and almcst wholly while tbe tsmpEratare is falling. Never reduce the temperatura bflow 4UJ, as a lower temperature nas a teadency to chill- the product and Injara its keeping quality; and it aUo expands the water, rendering its relatively greater density lees instead of increasing it. To so 6 telow 40 would have practica'ly tbe sarce eect as raising the temperature " J, and to tbat extent retard the rising of tbe cream. Skim as soon aa the cream ia all up, or to mtcti ott it as yon wish to take fiom tte m:li. Ke p your cream, if not churned in mediately, tt a temperature ot 61 or be low, but not below 40. Churn at eac'a t mperatcre tetweea 55 and 61- as expe-riencs-shows yen is best. Conditions vary the temperature for churning. 8top churning when tbe butter is in grannies about the ' s:ze of wheat kernels. Draw off the buttermilk and wash in clean water until the water runs clear, before gathering the butter. 8lt to suit customers, nsiog none but refined dairy salt. The best American salt is good as any. Put up in such packages as are demanded by your market Chccxe-naklDg. Milk for cheese-making whether wbola, skimmed or partly skimmed should be perfecily :sweet. Set your milk at a temperature cf 8 1 or above. Kennet is more active at iJ'", or blood heat, above which the temperature should not be much raised. A temperature of 14tt will kill the rennet Add rennet enough to make-, a good carl in thirl y minutes, Cat the curd as sooa as it can be done without waste, and cut fine and finish at once. Keep tbe temperature as eyenly at ic as possible nntil the curd is lit to dip and salt. Cheddar, or cook in tbe whey, as preferred. Practice alone can teach when to dip, something depending on whether a EOlt or firm cheese ia dsired. The cheesing process depends a gocd deal on the relative percentage of water to casein e. If there is too little water, the cheeee will cure slowly and be dry, crumbly, and have little flavor. If there is teorüueh water destructive fermentation will set in, und the cheese rapidly dtcay, if it does not sour and break. An even temperature is indispensable for curing as low as V to 70J for whole-milk chow, us high as 7f; to frO for skimmed according to degree cf richness. Cooklg Spinach. Mis. Hoed. Will some one of you tell me how to cock spinach? When at home my mother always boiled it with a little fut pork. But this gave to tbe spinach ;i somewhat greesy taste which some of ns never liked. Mrs. Koss. The addition of pork was never agreeable to me. After carefully picking over the spinach to remove any wiltd leaves, I simply boil it in slightly ealted water until it is tender; bn drain and press ia carefally in a co ander until all tbe w.i r iaout. After this, it is chopped very fine, returned lo the kettle, or placed in a spider, and whtls Loiting on the lire a seasoning of butter, pepper and iitt are well stirred in. When served in adnhtwoor three hard-boiled egg, cut in thin lices, are used as a garnish on the top, giving it a pret'y look. The reason tbat jpir ii h psed to be cooked with salt pork was probably this: Salt water rans to a higher temperature than fresh water water bef are it boils, and comeqeently tbe vegetable was moie thoroughly c:oked. Mrs. Ross, vey sensibly, put the ea.t in the water without the pork, and added butter and flavoring after tte boiling. Kd HOUSEHOLD HINTS. Eand Cake.-A German cake which isve-y good and has tbe merit of a novel name, ts called sand cake. To make it 'take elx ounces of blanched and pounded almonds, three-quarters of a pound of butter, nine ounces of Coor, three tableapoonfuls of pol verizrd sugar, six eggs and the grated rind of a small lemon. Stir tbe butter to a cream, mix with it the yelk of the eggs aod the grated lemon - peel, then gradually add the flour and sugar, and mix thoroughly; after this add the whites of the eggs, whipped nntil quite white and stiff. Work all these well together into a paste, then roll it out and make it into three round cakes, standing them one on top ot the other with a layer of marmalade between each. They must bake in a slow oven. When about half baked penr an icing over the top. and pat it at once back in tbe oven to finish baking. The white of one of the eggs used in the cake may be reserved for the icing; it most cot be bat-n, but it must be vigorously mixed with as much icing-sugar as will make it into a paste about the consistency of thick cream, when It will easily pour over the SOT fare of the cake, and will form a thin coat of Icing oyer it. Mnebrooms in C rist. For the emit A little extra batter is added to the dough for

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rri.r: it ? mace rouna, icren locnesin diau.eUr and two inebe hieb, instead ot a i' oval roll share. When freshly biked a sct ia cct from tbe top cf each one, tbe crumb removed, and tbe shells are buttered aVjd h!id with niuthrcorva cooked as If for grrihlrs, mixet wih a becbamel sauce. Finally mir. ted parsley hi sprinkled over tbo tops. Ttey should be served quite hot Fmb mr.shrcoms are required for this dish. Si icacb. Well wash four pounds spi lanh ; have a raucepan of boiling watsr and a handf ol cf salt, and to every Kalion of water a sirall teaepoonful of carbonate of aron'cmis; when coiled tender drain thoroughly erri Lot very tine; put into a atucepaa wi h a little butter, pepper and salt Serye in a hot cish with six poached eggs. Frg Pie. Hard boiled eggs' taaie good at plv time, but never so well as when, like tbe fatratd twenty blackbirds, they are in a pie. Foil a dczen eggs hard, and, whea cold, (bell and slice them and put th?m in laytrs in a buttered pie duh, alternating with butter, breadcrumbs, pepper and salt and covering tberu with this mixture Add axopfulof cream and bake to a brown. Lace Bed Furniture. Lace coverlets and pillow covers should not be rins?d m "blue watet" when washed, bot dipped in very weak cold coffee. They should be made very wet, wrung very dry in a patent wringer, and dried with the greatest Quickness, as otherwise the coffee will settle, and they will loot like a symphony in yellows. Salt Fish Souffle. Mash e'ght boiled potatoes atd mix with a pint of finely chopped eait fish, and add three fourths of a cup of hot milk, te tableepooufuis of butter, a litt'e salt and pepscr, and two beaten egzs. Itake for ten minutes, aod then add two tu ore beaten ecs with which a litt' s't hie teen mixed; brown in ths oven aod s?rve at crce. A cbicxen omelet, which i a fine entree. isiii.de by beat'ng four ei'gs vrvliiht; tl cnedd two tsblespconfuN of milk and ore ft butter and a teaepoonful o' sait ; thn. jr,ft tefcre putting it intstbe r-sa.st ri;i a U curfol ol chicken meat, cut in sztail bits. Iersof brown brad should huve a tin made on puroose for it. round and ta'.l, with a closely litticg cover; in thia genuioe brown biesd should be baked slowly for four hours. Delicious fritters may have stale bread for the foundation ; A care ia taken ia removing any cr all of the crest that is dark brown, the fritters will be light colored and very inviricj: In apperat'Ce. Ks are a good addition in th;e proportion of foor ees to oce onart of swe ef n.i:k ; a sultspnonful of ?alt, r.td four or live slices cf bread are also required. The bread f-bcnld lis soakiae in tbe milk for two hoars. It can bs broken into snibll bits, and then it will not be icmpy. An old-fashlonf d pnidin.1 sauce tbat cn be rscde in an in:-tant ie birar-iy ml bsw-et-eccd and Usvored wi:Ji j'itcd nutmp. Tai is really palatable witn cern starch bianc-H-'Snfe. If the bread, cf which you ere to cite sttiiing Ja tose zeddry tfUr it has eankfd in hct wattr, it will be isucti nicer. Jt will rot be ho likely to be of.:y, but will be liebt l"or vf al or for lamb i:ie ttutf.n-; ehoald be leader fö b:lil J ; ttlitt' cuion and parsley with tbe pepper and talt are decidedly appeti.icg. Sour cream cockics are made of one cup of Four crt&m, ope cup of snpir, two e!g3, one testpconfal (not heaping) of toct, a live talt end tloor enough to make a soft doah; flavor with cinnaruoa. Breaet of Lsrub Filleted. Skewer two clean breasts cf lamb together, Btew theat very gently in a quart cf water wp.h toroe onions, one carrot and a bunch of herbs nntil tender; take oat the bones, place th meat bftweea tbe two dishes tog9tco!d; when cold cut into slices about an inch thfck, dip tberu in eggs, then sprinkle wiih chopped parsley and breast crumbs; fry a nice brown and serve on mathed potatoes. FARM NOTES. ("cratches in horses are caused by keeping the tnimal in a damp stable, or in one that is vf ly filthy. Fertilizers will give quicker results than rrancre, but the erfests of manure are, as a rule, rx ore lasting and durable. In cperating a home-made incubator let it be remembered that the higher the heat the greater the amount of moisture required. Young chick", turned in the garden, w 11 eat np ail tbe bugs and Insects; but keep the eld fowls out, as they will do more damage tr an gocd. Don't forget the dust-bafh. Have a box in vovr poultry-house filled with sieved ccal sLhfp. The fowls enjoy it, and it clean its them of vermin. Save the manure. Poultry manure ia a very valuable fertilizer and can readily be disposal of. It alwaja pays to carefully gather it together. It is too often the case that tbe garden is neglected on the farm. The luxuries ot tbe garden should be enjoyed by the farmer, and the fruits should also be given their proper place on tbe farm. Sheep like a little clean straw scattered on the shed every day. Stir cp the soiled bedding, aud then spread evenly half an inch or to of freeh straw on top. The sheep will lie down, and you will see how much they enjoy it ' The winter pork packing season in Chicago closed on Feurcarv 23, and since its c amercement, on November 1. the parsers have slaughtered and salted 2.421,000 ho. against 2,011, 24 for the corresponding period a year ago. Thoroughbred stock is not necessarily superior. "Lven in the moat valuable b-ee.i says tte National Stcckman. "occafloaal animals are produced which, though their veins contain ouly royal D:ooJ, are practically worthless." All the profit derived is froa the labr. Bare land, unstocked aod go worked, una productive. Farmers should remenour 'in fact, aDd they will be less likely to dts'. .r ibetr chances of proiit by unwise ecnu jiy In farm labor. Don't feed ycur chickens only corn. Kemember that yon can help them to lv gs by 'ceding them ground booe, ground eggshells, etc. See that tbey have a consttut supply of fresh water. Feed only whea ttiey teem to be hungry. There is no animal tbat has bsen so gr itly improved in price and breeding as oe Western mustang. Fifteen years one co i d buy unbroken nags in California for &i nd $7 apiece. To day a good native saddle h, " on that western slope is worth $100. Dr. Voelker found that the average weicht of clover-roots on an acre to be About three tons, and fiat I his furnished aboat 100 ponrds of available nitrogen, and for that re aton the clover-fod, when turned under, makes an exzellent fertilizer for wheat A potato to be in the best condition for seed should be kept where the temperature does not fall below 40 degrees nor rise ab;ve fifty degrees, and also where no light will come to it. The air should not be too dry or nroist, and when cut for seed the pieces should be allowed to dry slightly before planting. Paris green has now been used as a preventive of the borer which destroys sq aash vines. The vines, for a distance from tbe roots, are wet with water in which Paris gnen has been stirred. It is worthy of a trial, as no damage can ensue from tbe poison; none of it reaches anything that is eaten. Fruit trees require careful attention when recently set out The first two or three years are important ones in the life of a tree. It can then be sparingly pruned at any time of tbe year. The knife should then bs applied whenever required, in order to avoid catting sway large branches when the tree becomes more fully developed and matured. ' The Hondans are profitable .chickens to keep, as they are continual layers, are es!iy fattened, and the esh fine and good- They are the tardiest of all the kinds, and escape

tbe cholera aitneet invariably. They atootd be mere largely sett than they are, for abK leUly there aie none better. A crose of the Leghorn and Houdan ia one of the best A cow owred by (ieorgs 8tatner, of Booteye Prairie, 111-, gave birth to three Here 'or 1 calves last week. One died, the others a e thriviDg. In all the testa of the new grapes it should be rtmemoered that tbe tt for mildew is rot ctnc.usive unless tbe vine has acquired sge. Meat every young vines are exempt It would seem that after a few years the antnal pruning destroys the proper proportion between branches and root If this be the tree cause, root pruning should bs a remedy. Fcr raising good pigs you should so feed the sow aa to enable her to give as much milk aapcfsible. Slops and soft food, very rieb, are the best Fcr the first few days nature will call but little upon the stoaach of the row, assbe will be more thirsty tbao hungry. Begin to feed the pigs as early as possible, so s to If seen their depending entirely npen ibe sow. The Massachusetts Board of Aericul'.ure cites a ogpefctive instance that of a livervrran who spread the stable nfus3 from fifteen horses on ose and a half acres of mtadow several successive years, and harvested three crops each season, aggregating seven and a half tona of good hay "aa much as he wen d have secured had the manure been scattered over three times as much land. According to Frcfes?or Taylor, of the Dapsrtment cf Agriculture, the simplest test of jure butter is tulphuric acid. A few drops combined with the butter will turn it lirst' a whitish jelJow atd in ten minutes a brick xd. OltcrjQaigarice. treated in the same w&y, turijs at ürbt to a clear amber and ia ttmty minute9 a des crimson. Ute ag:a8 red in niixirg the acid with the butter. Lt'nneEota has adopted a law prohibiting

the minufectnre or &!e of adulterated dairy picdurta. and the Governor has appointed Kev. W. C. Rice Dairy Commissioner, whoe duty H will be to tee ibst the law is enforced. He will find plenty of work to do in St Faol end Minneapolis, and especially in the latter city, where tonsof adulterated butter are sold annually as genuine creamery or dairy. When a cow is approaching her time of calving do not feed fur the purpose of increasing the milk production, but if passible reduce it by redacicg the food in quantity or nutritive quality, and if the milk is there draw it cffif you wish to avoid garget milt fever, and such other disease an ruy rome fron an overloaded udder and railk g'ftida or from a too sudden change in th whole svstem cf the animaU A Girl Tries to I'mlerat.md Politics. Woman's Eeulm In i'itisburg Commercial Gazettal Pap pays there's co occasion Jor being alarmed, tbat w'll tak9 to voting es naturally as ducks take to water; that he thinks women are born politicises, and lis is in Uvor of thsir voticg first l&t and all the time, which enly goes to 6how that pap's early education was neglected, poor maul He eajs ako ' that we'll never know the fua we've misd all these years, nnt 1 we've vot9d f r a BüCccsilQl cejoaida'.e, belonged to a tony upper crest club.' aud attended, a primary meeting," but Billy Maginnis says "we mr.fct attend a first-class Democratic banquet a?d aninaguraiion ball,' march with tne militia nntil our feet are sore and our throats parched and dine on bouquets and five-dollar bills bf I ere we reach the climex of earthly hsppiceco. Sam t58 that when Catholicism, and IVcteetantisDi, and llepublicism,and Democracy, and arUtccracy, and orthodoxy, are all daad and buried with theisms and oxy's of the past; when Woman SniVragists and Prohibitionists; Woman's Christian Temperance Uniora, UniversalisU, and Spiritualisia rule the world, not only will "lions and lambs dwell tcgether in unity, but bulls and bears. Prohibitionists acd Republicans; monopo lists and communis: and pscple, and other people, rilly Alaginms etys, ' ne hopes to be translated before everything comes to pais, as be thinks that when a'l the crooked places ere made straight, and all the rough places plain," this may be a very pretty country to lock at, but be is afraid it would be a mighty Ion t soul e one to live in, especially during a campaign. Aunt Maria eays she hopes all this will come about without women voting, or men having to give up their little pleasures, or anybody meddling with anything, just let the Falcons close gradually of themselves, and the dear men cease drinking because they discover that it really, in time, is apt to become somewhat injurious if indulged in to excess, and if the dear communists will only be patient and industrious and eoonomcal they will no doubt in time be in a position to monopolize, if they desire to do so; but of course, when one of them becomes a millionaire he will soon shame of the sap er-abundant riches, and Bee that his poorer neighbors have a strawberry short-cake for tea. Oar relations and neighbors are of every denomination and shade of belief, from Episcopalians to Infidels, and do yon wonder that a susceptible person like myself grows bewildered by the time the scraps are all gathered np and each one fitted to its sur roundings, I hardly know what to think or believe or how l would vote if l had a cbacce, after Pap has held forth all evening on this "great and glorious" country under Republican rule aud has assured ns, over and over again, that "all the religion, and morals, intelligence, wealth, prosperity, good clolhee, railroads, telephones, patent medi cines, dynamite aud skating rinks, are the reso.lt cf Republican principles and Republi can ruf. ' 1 say, "L.a me! is that so. Pap?" and he saps, "Of course it is; don't yon know that yourself?" And lie ally believe every single word of it Ihen we go over to spend the evening with hosan, and liilly Maginnls. and Uiity eayr, "This country la utterly ruined by Republican rule, cr mis-rule; the bank i are ctyiog in, the mills shutting down, businest dull, farms raorqrtged. the country filling np with Chioamen, Hungarina, Nihilist, trasnps, fee-tbinkers, and free voters; riots, communists, strikes, cigarettes and civil sirice rMorm. to say nothing of signal service bad weather." And I aay, "La, me, ia that so, Billy ?' And be says. "Of conrse it is; don't you see that yourself? There'll be a change now. Give ns twenty-four years at a stretch, and you'll see every man under his own Tine aud tree, and money in his pocket" And I think to myself how very nice tbat will bs. I'll just wait and see. Sam says, "All tlis lolly, immorality, wickedness in high places bard times and dull tioues. are the rt .lc too much orthodoxy, politically as wc M s relieiouslv: reznlar Kilkenny cat fih'.in; going on all the time, because everybody a sore he's right, and nobody else is. Jus-, wait till the - great third party comes into power tte outgrowth of the best parts of all the old parties when all men and women hall have equal rights, and equl las That will be the true republic. No more immorality, but perfect laws, truly adornisteted." And I say, 'L me, 8am, I thoccht you couldn't legislate morals into men." and Sam says, "Wait and see it tried once." - Aunt Maria says "I wouldn't be compelled te enter politics for all the honors in the world ; we women have our own daces: and we should stay where Providence so evident ly intended cs to stay; anywhere that we happened to be at the time, dnu't you know tbat if we vote we'll have to light, in case there's war with China or anywhere? And we'll have te go to tbe dreadful polls on election day and hear wicked men swear; and see drunken men intoxicated; and be one of mob. I don't know what polls are, I'm sure, but all the dear men say they are something dreadfully, awfully demoralizing. I think, peihapa, it's what they call the 'tariff,' and we can't avoid it e'ther, it seems, for you either require a tariff before you caa go to the polls, or a "poll" before you caa go to the "tariff," I can't remember which, but of course the voters will know; and I say. "La, Maria I is that to t That's what troubles rxe-ttfre! bo rxacy things I can't ncder stand."

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An Entertaining ltadgel From tho At tloual Captital. Pr! urea and Sketches of Prof eeeor McDon ald, Congressman L)maa and Flan. Comuoifftlooer Balrd. Washifgtox, May 8. Fish culture has been a subject of a gocd deal cf attention in Washington this week. The town has been lull of fish enthusiasts, net fish catchers, but those who look with much broader and more philanthropic views npon and into the subject It is a band of men who have by their efforts and untiring persistence and study added millions of dollars cf value to the food supply of the country each year for the past decade, and developed a system which ia to furnish, to the people cf the country, the masses, a great fcod supply which was heretofore lost, simply because the natural advantages were allowed to go to waste for want of intelligent attention. The United States Fish Cultural Association is the name of this society which numbers among its members the most earnest and valuable advocates of this important enterprise which has added so much to the value cf tbe fisheries r file United State in the past few years. Us o'gshizaticn was, singularly enough, coincident with the first national etlorts fcr tbe cultivation and r rotte tion of the fish interest) cf C ' '. -V:" . 'V VJS' J 7 v rp.OFKSsop. Bur.rt. the country. It is but little oyer a decade ticce the work of systematic and intelligent protection of the fish and fisheries of tha country and the cultivation of th8 important feature of natural food supply berau. Tbe work has in the metntime enlisted the active snppcrt cf many men of prominence and intellec(ual activity, who ste in it great possibilities in the way of food suoplvfor the masses at Eina!l ccst. Not only is' this the case with such men as Professor Baitd, o! the Smithsonian Institute, who has been place i In tepecial charge of the work, Major Ferguson, the Assistant Commissioner, and Po-tees-or McDonald, who ia in especial chargs cf the Division ef Propagation, but it has been warmly and intelligently Bupparted by private citizen b, ec!entldc raen and students of tbcee subjects which relate to the practical development of the physical resources cf tr.e Nation. Thia is the explanation of the presence in Washirgton thia week of the United Stetea Fish Cultural Association aod the surprising revelations in regard to lUh and fhh culture that ita meetings have brought to the surlace. The association coatains among its n emb&iS scmecf the most distinguished men of the countiy. statesmen and scientists. Hon. Thecdore Lyman, member of Congress from Msssachusetts, who is an eminent naturalist ard student of political economy, is the President of the association, end has remained here since the close of the session of Congress, enjoying the delights of springtime in Washington aud waiting for the annual meeting of thia society. Nearly all mercbers of the Fish Commission are also members of this society, and the two associations work in entire accord and prove mutually advantageous and of great benefit to the country. Professor Baird, the head of the Fish Commission, Professor McDonald, and indeed, all those taking part in the work here, have watched the proceedings with great interest "The fact is," said Professor McDonald, talking to ycur correspondent, as he sat in hia cczy library at his home, "we are just approaching the time when we are to tee sou e of the frnita of the work that we have been doing. Thia subject of fish culture was practically new when we began it, so far as its practical application to national systems was concerned. It is something over a decade since the work was begun, but ne ce f sarily much of the earlier work was in tbe way of experiment, and some of our time and COXGRI8S.YAB LYMAN. mcny and labor was entirely lost in makiag theee experiments not lost as to tioal re8Hlt8, but it did not bring immediate returns. For Instance, when we began our study of tbe batching of fish by artificial methods, it cost 000 to prcduce a million young white fish; now we prcduce them for$öO. And this is only an instance of what the study of the subject by our commission, with the aid of tbis association and the täte commissions, has accomplished." "Do most of the States have fish commission f, also, then?" "Oh, yes. The people throughout the country aie beginning to realize tb.9 importance of this subject and see how valuable a fcod supply was being lost heretofore, nd are taking an interest In the master. Yes, meet of the States have their fish commissions now, and are giving more or less attention to the protection and cultivation cf fih." "Aid are you seeing any practical results yet?" "Oh, yes. The production of streams where the work has been carried on has been doubled, and tbe fishermen of tbe great lakes say that but for the work of our system onehalf of them would have been obliged to seek other employment. Of course the mere fact of furnishing employment to a large number of people is something, but tse greater feature is that tvhils dome so we have so greatly increased the natural food supply of the country' "But wasn't that being supplied by natural methods ?" "No. The growth of business and population was destroying the fish very fast Tne establishment of dams along the streams prevented the fish from coming in from the sea to icach their spawning: grounds, and enable persons to catch them in enormous quantities as they gathered below the dams in toeir vain elTorts to reach those places. 8o they were not only prevented from reaching their customary processes bot wer being actually destroyed by the wholesale, swept out ct exLMecce. Take the Connecticut Kit er, fur

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instance. Tb catch of salmon there used to be something enormous, and was the best strf sm fcr tbe production as well as the catchir g of fish. Well, somedams were built aero -s it the fish gathered below at the time they were accustomed to go to the spawning grounds, and were caught in immense numbers, acd tbe result was that in a few yers there was not a single salmon in thia which had teen tbe finest salmon stream in the country. Another cause of the destruction of tbe fish was the establishment of manufacturing establishments on the streams, which polluted the waters and either killed cr drove out the fish. Without intelligent trotection and assistance by artificial culture, tbe magnificent opportunities of this country to produce million 8 and millions of dollars worth of rich, nutritive meat food for themselves would be lest" "To what part of the country are you sendire fish?". "To all paris. There is cct a Congressional District cr Territory in the country, and but very few counties, into which we have cot sent moie or less." "And do these fish thrive when they are transported to new waters and new Cliitate?" "Yes," in mcst cases. We lost some in tbe attempt to trans f er the west coast salmon to the eastern rivers. The climate and water were too severe: but as a rule our lish thrive. The most remarkable instances of the adaptability of lisb. to new climate and new surroundings is in the case of the German carp. There were a few years ago none cf these lish in tbis country; cow there is tot a Congressional District or Territory that hani't scree cf them. We have distr.butf d tberu to thousands ot parties in the different parts cf tbe country. Their tenacity cf life is wonderfnl. People receiving tbtiu write us, even when neglected greatly, they thrive and increase very rapidly. Only a few years ago we imported thirty ii a German carp to this country tostock it. Now I presume there are hundreds of millions of them. Not that we have sent out so many as that but they thrive and increase wonderfully. They eem to do well everywhere, no aalt er what tb.9 climate or surroundings. The most wonderfnl thirg about them is tbat they will live and thrive in tbe alkali waters of Arizona and that country where heretofore not a liah existed. The people who are experimenting with them write us very enthusiastically of their success. They are yery much gratified over the prospect of providing the tibhless country with fish. Then, tco, fake Texas and tbe other sections where there is a scarcity of waier. They Leye a habit in those countries of constructing a hnge dam across the ravines to cat(h tbe water tbat gather after a storm ard keep it for stock." These tank, as tliey are called, are very large, covering many acres and snlliciently large to keep themselves purified. The carp ard other fisa are bang put into them, and ara doing wc-'l there, eo that this section, where there w-re no fish heretofore, is row producing tire large fish acd an excellent food supply for a country that had heretofore been depenitt cpon beef and porx for meat food." "How many fish fcas tbe conimifsion d stiibnied since its wors: was btgan in l72?" "Between oOO.iX-O.OHO end COO (mix -0. Then there will be about 150.oaV-.00 to add to this year's work:. Tb-.s of course only frhows a small proportion of tbe result for whlk G0O.OC0 tlOJ are a prod many the number mar. be maniplied many times to give any estimate of the number of fish there are now in tbe 6treat!8 as compared with what there would have

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rROFESSOK l'r05ALP. been but for tbis work. When the fishers fu'rly established in the streams they increase in numbers by the natural proces with wonderful rapidity. Take the New Itiver in Virginia for instance. A few yearj ago ttere wasn't a bass in this stream. Nobody thought of fishing there for bsss. There were a few cattish and suckers, but that was all. He began to stock it with a few bs3s, and the people outside, the sportsmen, began to find out that it was a good fiahin ground. The result is tbat it is visited every year now by large numbers of the;e sportsmen, who spend their money freely among the people living in that section, and who unite in pronouncing New River the bsst bass fishing grounds in tbe entire oountry. It was quite funny, too, the way we caught the fish with which we Blocked thia river. Tbey were in a habit of congregating below a certain dam in the stream where we caught them, trying to make their way to the spawning grounds. Efforts were made to catch them with a net, but without success. They were very smart They would alwaja jump over the net as it gathered about them. They got so they knew the shadow cf a net aa soon as it appeared closing about them, and away they would jump over it So we concluded to try stratagem. W took a tow-boat and rowed quietly alontr with the side of the boat toward tbe shoal of fish, ard they, mistaking its shadow for that cf a net coming over them, began to jump to try to jump over the net, and jumping over the edge of tbe boat landed inside of it, and were picked up. It is the progeny of these who jumped over into the boat that ara making New river the beet fishing grounds in the ceuntry." "What is the value of tbe annual fish proauction cf this country now?" Pretty nearly 130,000,000, and constantly increasing." "It is true," said a lady. "I scarcely know a girl who wants to marry. Tbey are learning something in the way of a profession, something that will interest them as well u support tbem two roles in which husbands jest now fail. The truth is, we are all scared away from any desire to marry by seeing bow wretched those who do marry are. Where should we look for husbands? Among the 'snips' aDd 's porta' and characterless young men that fill our drawing-rooms? Tbey are insufferable as mere acquaintances or beaux; who could contemplate them as husbanda? I have always thought that if I could find a young man at all like my father I cculd love and marry him; but that school of men has vanished from the younger raBks." - The pain and misery suffered by those who are afflicted with dyspepsia are indescribable. The distress of tbe body is equalled or surpassed by the confusion and tortures of the mind, thus making its victims suffer double affliction. Tbe relief which is given by Hood's Sarsaparilla has caused thousands to be thankful for this great medicine. It dispels the causes of dyspepsia, and tones up the digestive organs. Try Hood's Saraaparilla. An Englishman has lately married hii aunt Being now his own uncle he will probably wear his own watch pretty regularly. 'm When Trlt Alwaye Preferred. "When thiy ones become acquainted with it ladies invariably prefer Parker's Hair Balsam to any similar preparation. It makes tbe hair soft und glossy, arrests its falling off, promotes new growth, restores tbo original color, and baa no rival as a dressing. Not a dye, not oily, highly per 1 cnied. Only SO cents at drcpg

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The Cheapest and Best üedidne FOR FAMILY ÖSE II THE B9BLI CURES ASD PRETEN rS Ccughs, Colds, Soro Threat, Hsarsensss, Inflammation, Rheumatism, Keura'ul Headache, Toothache, Diphtheria, (nfluanza, DiOcait Breathlns, It was the first ard ia the enly rAIN KE3IEDY Tbat Instantly stops tne most exeruciattni rlnt allays Infi&minauon and cures Congetttona, wbcther of the Lungs, Stomach, towels IhJ glands or organs, ty one application, In From One to Twenty Jdinutetl o matter now violent or excruciaung the pairs the ühenmatlo. Bad-ridden, InCm, Crippled Kervoua,.Ksuralslc, or prostrated wiu Ctseasa Bay suffer. EADWAY'S READY BELIE? wax ArroKs rs staut zae. InSiramaticn cf the Kidneys, inn&mmatlea tx the Bladder, IuCacmatlou of ia Coweta, Genres tion ot the Lungs, Palpitation of the Heart, Hrs terlcsr Croup, diphtheria. Catarrh, Inäoenss Nervousness, Sleeplessness. EhecmaMm, Frtattc Paüns In the Chest Eack or Linbs, Bruliett epralna, Cold Chilis and Ague Chill. 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It porseesea tbe same wonderful power in carina the worst forms of strumous and eruptive Ci Charges, syphiloid Ulcers, sores ot tee eyes, ears, nose, mouth, throat glands, exterminating thS Virus ol these carocic forms of diseaee from the blood, bones, Joints, and in every part ol the ho man body where there exist dieoated ieposita, ulcerations, tumors, hard lumps or scrofulous Inflammation, this great and powerfcl remedy Will exterminate rapidly ana permanently. One bottle contains more ct tne active prtnet rice of medicine than any other T reparation. Taken in teafito-nrul dooea, whl'e otliem requir five or six tlm-t as mccn. CXI DC IX AH IXJ SOTT.ua. Ecld ty dmnAf-. DR RADWAY'S REGULATING PiLLS Iks CrwtLiTcr and Stomch Rtntij. rertectly tasteless, elegantly oxwdi rtir rTwaWilla.11. e oVH2 erders of tbe Btomach, Liver. Bowels, Kidney Bladder, Uervous ülaeasee. Lose et appetite, Headache, Constipation. Oostivenee. Indigestion Dyspepela, Biliousness, rever. 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