Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 31, Number 34, Indianapolis, Marion County, 23 September 1885 — Page 6

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THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1885.

OUR FARM BUDGET.

lSukhirg With Dry Earth Regulating the Xollar. Management of the Churns n Ai!Ihk! by the American Dairymau Honlioll Hint nl farm Note. Miilrhfng With lry Karth. Philadelphia Keord. Mulching tlie ?oil prevents mpitl evaporation of moisture and protects young plants against tire tlirect action of the sun in dry M-aons I;tt while benefits may accrue from the ure of a mulch there are also some lisadvantascs to be considered. The use of unfei men ted manure, or matter that is subject to decay, encourages mildew and fungus jrrowht, as well as serving to protect insects and parasites. Yet there are some plants that thrive Lest when afforded a covering and such protection should be afforded. One of the methods of mulching is to cover the entire plant, removing the covering early in the spring. The object, of a much in winter, however, is not to keep out the cold from the plant, as no amount of covering can effect "uch object. What it desired is to pre vent sudden freezing anil thawing of the soiL which upheaves the plants and causes injury. A mulch should therefore be applied around the roots of the plantsonlv, allowing the plant to receive all the air and light rfcilile. It is claimed that mulching assists in re taining moisture bv preventing evaporation, an! also supplies moisture in iry seasons by cap IIa ry attraction of the soil, which gradually supplies moisture at a time when it is most needed. There are many conrtn-ling opinions and theories regarding the effects of mulching, although many of the ditliculties may be traced to the material used for the purpose. J lie .Massachusetts Horticultural Society has given the subject much atten tion, and the conclusion arrived at is that dry earth is the proper material to use, it being cheap and more easily appFied. If the material Used be manure the labor of spread ing anil removing it is otten greater than the value of the crop. A coating two inches thick upon one acre, amounts to IVO load, whi h will cost from söO to- in laboralone, and this sum is still further increased if the manure is dug into the soil, while coarser material, such as straw, leaves and cornstalks must be applied and afterward entirely re moved in order to allow o: cultivation. It is not necessary to mulch with dry earth by hilling or banking up around the plants, as the earth should he porous, and kept loose. iry earth is an excellent non conductor, and holds between its partiales a larpe volume 01 air, time forming a cushion of earth and air, which not only prevents the attack of frost to a certain extent, but re tards loss of moisture and heat. Kvery rain, however, compacts the covering of earth. forces out the air, and lessens the utility of the earth as a mulch. To avoid this the farmer must resort to frequent cultivation or stirring of the soil. It is due to its servic? as a mulch that dry earth is capable of mit igating the effects of drought by being fre quently loosened with the cultivator, and for a longtime this fact in connection with cultivation was net properly considered; but the value of cultivation is due to the en trance of the air into the soil, which not only is a mulch, but assists in hastening chemical action and the preparation of plant food. while the constant working of the -soil destroy 3 weeds that would deprive the growing plants of food and moisture. Jhoiough ana frequent cultivation is therefore the best mulch for spring, summer and fall, which induces the roots to seek food in every direction, thereby becoming more numerous and deeply embedded, as well as coinsr further bevond the penetration of the cold in winter. In this condition it is only in climates where the cold is severe that a covering of straw will be required. Such covering should be removed as early in the spring as the season will permit and the cultivator used, if the crop is such as to permit vl its use. hven in the fall a thorough stir ring of the soil will admit the air and afford protection in winter. Regulating the Cellar. American Agriculturist-l A great mistake is sometimes made in ventilating cellars and milk-houses. The object of ventilation is to keep the cellars c-ool and dry, but this object often fails of being accomplished by a common mistake, and instead the cellar is made both warm and iamp. A cool place should never be ventilated, unless the air admitted is cooler than the air within, or is at least as cool as that, or a verv little warmer. The warmer the air the more moisture it holds in susension, Necessarily, the cooler .the air the more this moisture is condensed and precipitated. When a cool cellar is aired on a warm day, the entering air being in motion appeals cool; but as it fills the cellar the tooler air with which it becomes mixed chills it, the moisture is condenced. and dew is deposited on the cold walls, and may often be seen running down them in streams. Then the cellar is damp, and soon becomes moldy. To avoid tiiis the windows should only lie opened late at night the last thing before retiring. There is no need to fear that the night air is uDhealthful; it is as pure as the air of midday, and is really dryer. The tool air enters the apartments during the night and circulates through it. The win dows should be closed before sunrise in the morning and kept closed and shaded during the day. If the air of a cellar is damp it may be theroughly dried by placing in it a i eck of fresh lime in an oien box. A pock of lime will absorb about seven iounds. or . more than three quarts, ot water, and in this way a ceilar or milk room may soon be Ind, even in the hottest weather. A bushel of l:me absorbs twenty-seven pounds of water, and stiu appears as dry as powder. In this condition it will be very useful to spread over the garden or lawn, or around fruit tree, or it may be usen for whitewash. This precaution is often necessary in the lairy, because of the prevalence, where it is damp, of mildews and the various forms of mold. The orange and red kind of mold ?Tecially. which sometimes form upon the cream, nave a most injurious enect upon . me butter. . MjHiagemDt off t Churn l.merian Dairyman. About nine-tenths of the dairymen will build a tire in the morning and start for the maid puts the cream in tfie churn without testing the temperature, except by Utting her lingers in the cream to get out what if icks to the pails. When the man returns with the cows he will put the dog on the power and start the churn, and then go to milking. J'erhaps some cow strayed away, and he was half an hour late before the churn was started, and meanwhile the cream had got three or four degrees warmer than it was when put in the churn. 7 he dog got tired (having the stray cow, and stops the churn every time he gets a chance. The churning is prolonged into the heat of the day, until some one of the family comes along and discovers that "the butter has come." Just at that time the housewife or maid has her "hands in the dough," or something else, and can't attend to the butter until she has that job tlone. So the churn ptands fifteen or twenty minutes longer. When she takes the butter lrom the churn it is w Lite and soft, so she puts it into icewater for an hour or so, and then it is whiter still. To be sure and have it keen, the salts lA . - A I . I ji an ounce or more uj me pounu. That amount suits her taste, oecause she lives inland w here salt is never supplied to the human system except artificially. When her butter xeacLes some large seaboard mar-

kct where the people are not so fresh, it is too salt to suit their tafte, too salt for .their style and too white for the pride of their eye. The result is the butter is sold for cooking

pur?!, and has to compete with oleo for a sale. hen the commission man ami tue railroad get their share there is little left for the dairyman, and no wonder. A chum can not ie lelt to run ltseu any more than a railroad locomotive. Neither can it be left to different members of the family any more than a locomotive can be run by i he conductor, brakeman or what ever trainman haptens to come along, it a do" is used to do tee churning he must be heavy enough to give it the right speed, and trained for the business, and never used tor anvthirc else. He will liave a tired life at th best. A good churn dog is the best ar.iu.al on the farm, and will do the business well if vou have a good wwer. A treadpower with tilting leyer to regulate the mo tion is best. KAUM NOTES. ft i? said that !.V farms in Iowa are owned lv women, and that twenty dairy farms are managed bv women. Vermont furnishes one-third of the maple sugar crop of the country. It produced this year 1 2,1 1,000 pounds. At a recent sale held bv the Springfield Jersey Cattle Club twenty-three females brought $.',125. or a fraction over $135 each. "When cleaning the perches in the poultryhouses it is necessary to apply the mixture 01 Kerosene 011 aim grease 10 wie uuuer sme as well as the top. A large flock of fowls confined in a oneacre yard will manure it to such a degree that enough green food can be grown on it afterward to feed them. "When cattle begin to bloat after eating green teed, or from any other cause, give them promptly from three to four table'pocnsful of common baking soda. Mr. V.. F. Vheeler, Amherst, N. II., sold last season STbO worth of small fruit from four acres of land, most of winch six years go was overgrown with bushes and verv stony. Honey should be kept in the dark or it will granulate. The bees, knowing this, work in dark hives. If light could enter, the honey would become solid and the bees would starve. Celery rust is occasioned by anything that injures the roots either an excess of rain or a drought which kills the working roots, 8nd the yellowing up or rusting of the leaves oon follows. On a farm near JJoston the new mi Lit is subjected at once to the action of a centrifugal "cream-separator, extracted iu a few min utes and served in the city that same morn ing at breakfast. A putrid carcass polluting the air of a pas ture will sioil not only the milk of the cows running there, but also the entire contents of the vat into which the tainted milk is poured at the factory. As a complement to his 4,000-acre vineyard in apa county, California, Oovernor tan ford is to build a wine house :'.') feet long and fiO feet wide. The yield of his vineyard fur this year will be 3"0,oo gallons. Young calves and colts should be kept out of the pasture when Hies are active. It re quires but a few days for very young animals to succumb to such annoyances. A cool dark stable is best for them The bog teii should be alwavs liberally bedded with straw not omy where the pigs leep, but the vard outside where they run Unless this yard is well bedded, much of the l.quid manure will be lost. jjo not attempt to get a milch cow verv fat. A cow can not fatten readily and prodi.ee milk at the same time. Consequently wl en the cow is noticed to be taking on fat she is correspondingly lessening her quan tity of milk. Fiuit Notes cautions its readers against the fcnpfrb raspberry, stating that it is a poor growing bush and a worthless berry, wh ch can not be picked without crumbling. It has no merit and has been too highly praised. A healthy fowl will drink fifteen to twenty times per day, and in a close coop, or in hot' weather, still oftener. Therefore, when fowls are shipped, all possible pains should be taken to property fasten water cups in their cages. "When manure is spread on the surface the roots car. not get it until the rain washes it down, and if a dry time conies the plants n ay starve. The manure should be tine. and incorporated with the soil, in order to bring it in direct contact with the roots. The percentage of nitrogen and carbon are at out as follows: heat straw, U and J-; oat straw, .; and .: millett, 10 and prtrie hav, ? and .l; corn fodder, ? and 30: sorghum, a and ro. These are only approxi mations, ihey are taken from analysis in food rations. o-operative dairying is no longer an ex periment. It has been before the country lorg enough to demonstrate its economy. and to prove that a factory for cheese or but-ter-maxing will be a good investment from the start, in any good dairy region, if it will be well managed. At this season of the year bees use a large quantity of water in preparing the food for the brood, and it the keeper will supply it by feeding one part of sugar or honey to three of water it will save thousands of work ers that would go out on unfavorable trips in search of water never to return. The average weight of milk is eigtit and live-eighths jounds per gallon of four quarts. Ilichness slightly varies it; the more cream the lighter the product, this is. however. the standard usually accepted in this coun try and Kurope. In ordinary calculations, we reckon two ounds to a quart. Nest boxes may be made sixteen to eigh teen inches square, raised two feet above the ground or floor of the house. In front of thfse should be fastened a shelf, say eight ii ches wide, upon which the hen can mount asily to enter the boxes and lay. Keen these 1 oxes always supplied with clean hay or Miort straw. 11 requires irom ten to thirty acres to stipt ort a cow or steer on the range, while one cow is easily supported on two acres on the Island of Jersey. Acceptingthe ten acres as Ihe minimum, it is plain that under a better system 01 caite-raising the ranges can sup port nve animals where one is now main tained. J here is a great ditlerence in the corapo sitions of the solid and liquid excrements of animals. J tic former contains the greater part of the phosphoric acid : the latter usu ally contains more of the nitrogen and totash. J he minimal constituents in the solid excrement are mostly insoluble; those in the urine entirely soluble. The habit of . feeding bran, meal or cut feed in permanent mangers to the cows, and allowing the sharp angles to retain the reluseatiruii it sours, mildews, and in many cases oecomes lniecteu with maggots, says the Jersey Lulletin, is slovenly, and terniciou. They should be thoroughly cleaned ana rinsea with urine every day. Young pigs when very fat often die sud denly when confined in pens. If, however, they are allowed a small yard for exercise, and ieeo upon a meal ot grass daily, in connection with other food, they will thrive well. It Is best to avoid getting them too fat, however, but they should be pushed in growth as raucn as possible. A succesful cultivator says that dashing a handful of dry road dust against rose slugs will kill these depredators; that white helle bore is more ethcient, but that a little Paris Green mixed with water say a teaspoon ful to a twelve-quart pail of water applied with a broom or brush, acts like maJflc and makes short work with them. Even Australia is not exempt from loss in her wool product, and will not be as formid able a competitor against American wool growers as may be supposed. The farmer should not sell his sheep because prices for wool Biay be low. but hold on to the flocks

and grade them up to their full capacity, not onlv for wool, but also for mutton aud

lambs. Grasses dry much more rspidly if cut after the morning dew is off than than they will, if cut whe the dew is on. Rapid drying is an absolute necessity when the best quality of bay is desired. Nothing assists more in quick curing than a good tedder. Farmers who have much grass to harvest win uo wen to provide themselves with so valuable an implement. The manure of the sheep, both solid and liquid, contains less water that the manure of the horse, cow or swine. ith the excep tion of swine, the solid manure is also the richest in nitrogen, while the urine of shep is preeminently ricn in nitrogen and potash. Sheep manure is considered, next to hen manure, the most valuable manure on the farm. Another cow that has died from over pressure is iTincess id. a Jersey cow, with the highest record known (4h pounds lO.'ä ounces of butter in seven days). Mie be longed to Mrs. SS. M. Shoemaker, near Baltimore, and was valued at $25,000. Her last calf was sold for .?! 0,0i K) during the absence from home ot Mrs, Shoemaker, but she refused to ratify the sale. The largest pork-produces in Massachu setts is Mr. John Cummings, of Woburn. lie has now on his place 2,500 hogs and pies, and generally Kills ,oooeacn vear. lie buys all his feed. He purchases the buttermilk of a Boston firm, who churns fresh milk that has not been skimmed. He buys Western corn, and grinds it on his premises. Boston Culti vator. A soil absolutely destitute of phosphate of lime, however rich otherwise, can not mature a bushel of wheat, says Dr. l'uryear. In the vegetable economy whatever is neces sary must be supplied, and if a plant can not get a single constituent, howsoever small relatively that constituent miv be, its ca pacity to work up other elements into or ganic torms is arrested. After a cow has had a garget and the milk will net pass through the teat or gland, bath in hot water and knead the udder and work at it for some time. After this effort, if the milk will not start, insert a small quill in the teat and crowd it up to remove obstructions. A small tube is also good. Care must be observed in iisin it to avoid iiilury. Farm Journal. The shipment of strawberries from the country adjacent to Nashville for the season just closing amounted to 4.000 stands of two bushels each. The tirst shipments brought $!..() each, which was the highest price realized. The lowest was 2.."0 per stand. The bulk of Ihe crop brought from $4 to $4.."0. Most of them were sent to Cincinnati and distributed from thei.ee to the surrounding towns. Canadian cheese always finds a ready sale. due to the fact that instead of churning the cream into butter the Canadian farmers make cheese of the entire milk, preferring not to skim it. As full cream cheese is in demand the importance of manufacturing a hrst-class article is well known to them, the consequence being that their cheese is in de mand even when the market for the poorer qualities is dull. Timothy is too binding for an animal like the sheep, whose system tends so easily to fever and constipation, savs the Country Gentleman. Fodder is loosening, cooling. and relieves pressure or congestion on the lungs. Sheep fed on fodder in the morning, shelled corn at noon, and good bright wheat straw at night, will keep in as healthy a condition as in midsummer. Horses suffering with heaves have been known to be entirely cured by the exclusive use of corn fodder. All fruits that grow with a pit, a core or with seeds can be made to grow without them, when it is understood, says the Live block Keeord. it is accomplished by reversing the scion rooting the top end of the plant. To do this you bend the scion to sprout down and cover it with dirt. After rooting cut it loose and let the root end be up. Apples are grown without cores, peaches without seed, and grapes and other vines also, by simply reversing the plant. It is true, and can be done to a certainty, says the llecord. in an the good o-uanties that a cow can . perhow have probably the very best is that of sistency in milking. It is amazing much more water the steady little stream will supply than the temporary freshet. It you will compare the larger milkers when fresh with the small milkers when dry, and that comparison be taken by daily weighing the milk, you will be surprised often be sur prised that in the course of the year the medium milker has often nearly doubled the amount given by the "brag cow'' in the herd. The )ueen of England has an annsal sale of blooded cattle at Bushy Park, at which it is usual lor half the nobility in the kingdom to have representative buyers, who run up the prices well, and thus further enrich the already plethoric royal treasury. This year, However, very lew nobility cared for the (Queen's stock, and many yearling Hanibletonians literally went begging for buyers. There were twenty-two sold, for a total of $;,4.'X, or an average of $710 each. . Two years ago the average realized was$l,2l"), and last year $1,034. Winter wheat should be sown early enough. so that it will get a good start before winter sets In. It should get well rooted, and of course will, in doing this, get a very fair growth of top at the same time. This top frowtn is needed as well as the root growth, t help to cover and protects the roots from thawing and freezing not so much by its bulk alone as by its service in catching and holdjng snow. The snow will sift in about the roots where there is even a light growth of top to hold it in place, while the ground would no doubt be swept bare without it. IIOUSKHOLD HINTS. X t 1 "1 " i j'icKieu iauisn rods. Gather the voting seed pousoi tne radish, put them m salt and water for three days, then drain and dry on a cloth, put into jars and cover with boiling spiceu vinegar. torn fritters. Grate twelve ears of corn. scraping the ears with a silver knife so that all the milk may be removed. Mix the pulp witn tnree eggs and one teacuptul of flour, r ry in hot drippings. . To make lemon sirup squeeze the lemons. straining carerully, that no pulp remains. io one pint oi i uicc add two pounds ol su gar; set it away tintil completely dissolved, stirnnifwcasionallv and then bottle it. One or two teaspoonfnls of this syrup in a gla of water makes good lemonade. To Itender Kancid Lard Terfectlv Sweet (By request) Chloride of soda will render rancid lard icrfectly sweet. Put three ounces of chloride of soda into a pailful of hot water, and then put in the lard and bod the two together for an hour or two. When nearly cold the lard is taken off and after ward boiled up. The color is restored to an ababaster white, and the lard will be as sweet as a rose in June. A new way to make an apple-pudding is to make a butter of flour, sweet milk, and one egg, with baking owder, in proper proportion. Tare and core six tart apples, .-tew them in a very little water until they are quite soft: then beat the apples into the batter. This is to he baked in abnttcred earthen pie plate; it should be a deep plate. This is to be eaten with cream and sugar, or if cream is an impossibility, use butter instead. Mixed Pickles. Take all kinds of vegeta bles such ras cauliflowers, radish pods French beans, capsicums, gherkins put all Into an earthen iot, cover them with salt, and let them remain twenty-four hours, then dram them and dry them on a cloth, put uiem in a jar with some thick slices of cu curaoers; iour tue loilowing mixture over them: To one gallon of vinegar put four ounces of bruised ginger, two ounces whole black pepper; two ounces whole all spice, one-half ounce bruised chilies, onehall pound shalo's and one'half nonnd hav salt; boil these ingredients together for half a ncir; oeiore. poanng it over the vegeta

bles mix a desertspoonful of turmeric and one of mustard in a basin with cold vinegar, then mix with the hot vinegar and pour over the vegetables. One of the most appetizing ways to warm over cold fowls, particularly ducks or fowls with brownish meat, is to cut them into pieces and let them simmer in gravy. Take a part of a bead of red cabbage, cut it in the thinnest and smallest pieces you can without chopping it, wash it and drain it, and fry it in fat (this maybe part butter and part dripping, or even lard) season with salt and pepper. When it is done, spread it out on a platter, moisten with vinegar, and lay the pieces of fowl upon it. To Stop Nose-Bleed The Scientific American gives the following novel plan: The best rtmedy for bleeding at the nose, as given by lr. Gleason in one of his lectures, is in the vigorous motion of the iaws as if in the act of chewing. In the case of a child a wad of paper should be placed in its mouth, and

the child should be instructed to chew it hard. It is the motion of the jaws that stops the flow of blood. This remedy is so very simple that many will feel inclined to laugh at it, but it has never been known to fail in a single instance, even in very severe cases. Pickled Vegetable Marrow. Choose small young marrows, wash them, exit a section out lengthwise, remove the seeds and inner pulp, and place the marrows in strong salt and water for twelve hours; take them out. drain on a sieve and wie with a cloth ; fill the inside with whole pepper, mustard seed and bruised gingtr; replace the sections which were cut out, and tie the marrows up w ith clean bass or pack-thread. Put them into a jar. Boil vinegar, pepper, mace and bruised ginger till you have a strong, good flavored pukle; pour over the marrows, clcs( ly at oneee. f he third dav the vinegar shi uld be reboiled and again poured over the marrow. Orleans Cake. One liberal lnjund best flour, dried and sifted; one iound powdered sugar; three-quai ters pound butter, rubbed to a cream with the sugar; six eggs, beoten ight, and the yelks strained; one cup cream; one glass best brandy ; one teaspoonful mixed mace and cinnamon; one teaspoonful soda. dissolved in hot water; two teaspoonfuls cream tartar, silted with rlour. Add the strained yelks to the creamed butter and sugar; to this, the cream and soda; then, in alternate supplies, the whites and rlour; finally, spice anil brandy. Heat up hard for three minutes, and bake in two square loaves, The oven should not be tooouick, but steady. Cover with paper if the cake shows signs of crustiness on the top before it has risen to the proper height. It should lake one hour. Cover with lemon frosting when it is cool. It is a good cake and keeps well. Reserved "Watermelon or Ripe Cucumber. Pare off the green skin and the soft, white. inner rind : cut into strips or into fanciful shapes. Allow a pound and a quarter of sugar to each pound of rind. Line your ket tle with vine-leaves and- till with the rind. scattering a little pulverized alum over each laer. ( over with vine-leaves, three thick pour on water enough to reach and wet these. and lay a close lid on the top of the kettle. Let them steam together for three hours, but the water must not actually boil. Take out vour rind, which shouid be well greened by this precess, and throw at once into very cold water. It should lie in soak, changing the water every hour for four hours, ror the sirups allow two ups of water to a pound and quarter of sugar. Boil and skim it until no more scum comes up; put in the rind, and sini mer gently nearlv an hour. Take it out and spread upon dishes in the sun until firm and almost cool: simmer in the sirup foi half an hour; spreail out again, and, when firm, put into a large bowl, and pour over it the scalding sirup. Twelve hours later put the sirup again over the fire, adding the juice of a' lemon and a tiny strip of ginger-root for every pound of rind. Boil down until thick ; pack the rind in jars and pour over it the imp. lie up when cool. An One Woman to Another. One sunny summer afternoon in the year 18i 8, the most royal woman of all the royal lines of women of the nineteenth century, I'rincess Alice and Grand Duchess of Hesse, paid a visit to the Albion House for ienitent fallen women, at Brighton. When the matron or ladv superintendent. Mrs. Murray Vicars, desired to tell the inmates who their visitor was, Alice put up her hand. ay, said she, 'l come as one womaH to another. ' And she went her way among those ienitent Magdalens and spoke with them, not as vir tue forgiving vice; not as the perfect lady patronizing the wicked, imperfect creature of shame, but as one woman jmpeaking to another. There was no hint of superiority in her manner, no condescension. She was but friendly and symphethetic, and no one can doubt that her presence was a blessing in that penitential home. There are many line ladies who have not the blood of princes in their veins, who might well pattern their lives upon that of Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse. If ever woman was, she was th3 friend of women ; she belonged to her sex, to the rich and the poor, to those who were immaculate no less than to those who had sinned, fshe went to them as "one woman to another," and none visited forgot the woman in the princess. There are in ;.ew Orleans certain charitable ladies who visit the poor and the outcast, but who are the personifications of duty divorced from love and sympathy when making their mission ary rounds. I hey visit as patrons, not as "one woman going to another." One Hundred Years Old and Still an Actress. London Daily News. At the office of the Adige of Verona ap peared the other dav an a red ladv. still ro bust and gay, w ho offered to recite at per formances proposed to be given in favor ot old actors, reserving a benefit night for her self, the was Kosalinda t aruso, formerly an actress well known in Verona through her career, and lately on account of her ven erable age. She was born August 27, 17S-S, and has, therefore, just completed her looth year. She is still able to read without spectacles. All the savings she had been able to accumulate during sixty years on the stage had been devoured by the troubles she na gone through, principally by the burning of the Monte di I'ieta and the inundations which occurred a few years ago. Autumnal Coolness. Hartford Tost. Of course, on such a bright morning she couldn't resist calling around to see how many of her friends had returned from vaca tion. "Why, Cicely dear," she exclaimed, "so you, too, have returned?" "Ye-es. 1 I that is, I haven't been away." "But you have a beautiful tan on your complexion." "Oh, ves. . That cost me twenty-hve cents while a vacation would have cost $123. I'll have a new c-oak this fall, and 3-ou'll have to fix up your old one." It was cool enough to put cloaks on immediately. Smallest Horse in the World. Philadelphia News. "IT t ii 1 lrV ptct rF IMi II fulfil i,li 1 a nirn 1 iniorted Shetland pony mare G years old, 20 inches high, weight io pounas, measurm;; inches from nose to tail. 12 round stirle. AM round hock, 33 round girth, and 17 inches from wither to couplings. She takes a nineinch collar. Lillian Rnssell's recovery after her severe illness, as related in the New York papers, is explained as follows: New York, May Ii, 1SS5. Pond's Extract Company: Of.nti.kmen Allow me to thank vou on behalf of rav wife (Lillian Ilussell) who has been cured ov 1 ond s Extract, prescribed by her physician, and witt--"t exaggeration let me tell vou that had it not been for your wonderful Pond's Kxtraet she would not have appeared to-day. Yous sincerely, Kdwlrd Solomon. Lillian Russell suffered, agonies from. a painful and swollen face caused, as reported, by poisonous cosmetic.

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Horatio Seymour's Opinion Atcat Civil Ser vice Reform and Politics. The Ireent Civil Service System Crude and Imperfect A Good One Would Have Prevented the Fraud of 1876 The National Administration The New York State Election. fecial Correspondence of the rst-Dipatch: Utu a, N. Y., Sept. 10. Horatio Seymour iJ ves on a farm about three miles from Utica. ihe house commands a magnincant view of the Mohawk Valley. Apart from his lofty character and abilities as Governor of the Empire State and ex-leader of the National Democratic party, Governor Sey mour's views always commanded most respectful attention. Governor Seymour has never swerved from the paths of Democracy. His life has been full of stirring events. lie has reached the summit of a great career. His opinions, therefore, must naturally be free from bias. Living almost in seclusion, surrounded by a few loving friends, New York's distinguished statesman is waiting for the last summons with the calmness born of the knowledge of a duty faithfully performed. To-day the Post-Dispatch correspondent drove out to bis place. In the make-up of the groxinds one is reminded of a Southern plantation : he is only reminded, however. There is too much thrift displayed to keep up the delusion, ihe road through the grounds makes several graceful bends, and then turns abruptly to the entrance. An old-fashioned brass knocker, brightly pol ished, oll'ered its shining handle to the visitor's rap. Governor Seymour was seated in an easy chair, drawn up before a window looking out on the valley, lie was dres-: in a rough cutaway suit of dark mate. ; i . An old-style choker collar circled his neck. held in place by a plain black, tie. His large brown eyes have lost none of their fire, and his face lias a clear, healthful look. Governor Seymour is too well known to need describing. The strong, lower jaw, high, broad lorenead, indicating l.rmness and intelligence, are familiar to all New Yorkers. "You will excuse my rising," said the Governor, holding out his hand. "I am very glad to see you, but a tlittle weak ness in my legs prevents my moving about much. You wish my opinion about civil service-reform? Well, I will gladly tell the Post-Dispatch my opinions. It seems to me in the lirst place that something should be done to remove the temptation of a party in power to commit fraud to secure the continuance of power. Mr. Tilden was de frauded out of the Presidency in 170. and it was the greed tor oniceandlor those in office to stay in that led the Republicans to commit the crime. Everybody is learning the truth about the election of 1 7i; now. If we had had another system I do not say tlfe present i-ivil service system, for 1 believe it to he very crude and imperiect then, perhaps, the fraud of 1870 H i n NEVER HAVE KEEX COMMITTED. Twenty-five years fom now we will have a population in this country of IfjO.OiO.OoO people. A population of I00,000,0o0 does not mean simply a doubling of the number of office-seekers, but a tripling and quadru pling of them. A vast army will te holding otlice. It would be easy to subvert the will of the people with such an army corruptly used. Ihe question can not be treated in the way it has been in the past. Safety to our lives and to our institutions demands the project should be handled intelligently and to the best interests of the people. J-rom what I can judge, shut up as 1 am, 1 should say that there was a grave danger of the Civil ccrvice ommission becoming a greater abuse than the spoils system. I think a much simpler and more direct method could be found than that under the present law, and one which would meet with the approval of the people. There can be no question that so long as we have a Civil Setvice' Commission, its members, the niaiontv of them at least, being in sympathy with the prevailing administration. As a business man I should not employ a book keeper who was working against my interests and praying I should fail. The same rule applies to administering the affairs of the Government. In the important olhces where Cleveland must have aid and sympathy in the execution of his policy to bring it to a successful issue, none but good and tried Democrats should be appointed. It is surprising that active Republican partisans should expect to remain in after their defeat last fall. Then again as to the departments at Washington : How can fraud be detected in the records without making removals and nutting new men in to look over the books? 1 think there should be a checking up of ac counts." "Governor, what is vour opinion of Presi dent Cleveland, personally?" '1 do not know him. 1 only met him once, and that was at a dinner in Utica. just after he had been elected Governor. I can not recall the conversation, but I don't think it was about politics. I don't, therefore, pass judgment upon him." "Jjut have you not lormed some opinion of the man from his record?" 'The time is too short. I never form hasty judgments. It might be set down almost as an axiom that you can never judge a new President until after the first year. Mr. Cleveland has a very difficult dnty to fill. I believe he is trying to do his best. I've been somewhat interested in THE TERM "OFFENSIVE PARTISAN." An offensive partisan is a very good sort of fellow. He is generally more inclined to De a fair than cold-blooded style of politician. It is a good thing to have strong opinions. If 1 should have to be tried by a jury of my opponents I should prefer the strongest kind of partisans 1 could find to the indifferent Republican, who votes witn ins party irom conviction, without really knowing what that conviction is. The chances are that he would vote without listening to the evidence. The strong parly man would never do that. 1 will relate an incident: When I was Governor of this State during the war, I had a hostile Assembly to face during my term. 1 believe I was called almost everything in debate, from . rebel and traitor dowc. let tue very men who took so much pleasure in denouncing me would leave the Capitol, come over to my office and enter into a frinillv rem vernation. 1 hev opposed me politically, hut recognized wnai i was trying to do for the htate Vlien politics was not involved. The Assembly always voted me as much monev as I wanted, and often more. One of the greatest outrages com mitted during the war was the arrest of the New York agents. It was not Lincoln's fault. He was much better than the men who surrounded him. I a'ked President Lincoln to investigate my action in regard to the draft act and he refused. I then asked that a commission be appointed to inquire into the matter two to be appointed i i i t rri 1 . . ry mm ana one ny me. i uis was agrecu iu. lie named two army officers and I appointed a civilian. lhis investigation exonerated me fully. The trial of the New York agents who had been taken to w asmngton and locked up was before a court-martial appointed by tjtanton. The proceedings were secret, but after the court adjourned it was allowed to leak out that these men had been convicted, and yet, when the truth be came known, after Lincoln's assassination, it was found that they had been acquitted When that fact was announced the Repub lican Legislature at Albany passed me a vote of thanks. I only mention these incidents to show that a strong party man is not as dangerous as he is presented, and we have much more to fear from the other class. "What is your opinion of the campaign in this State?" . ....... "I should say that it was rather uncertain, replied the Governor. There is a tradition

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one party carries the National THEY WILL USE THE STATE ELECTIONS generally the next year. "I don't know as I can account for it. Possibly it is brought about by a reaction ; and then, less interest is taken in the State elections." "Do you regard this coming e lection as an important one, signifying anything for the future?" "No, not at all. Of course it is important for the Democrats to win, but it will not signify much if we lose the State this year. It will not necessarily imply a rebuke to the administration, for there are so many things that enter into the situation as 1 have indicated. Understand me; I do not counsel indifference on the part of Democrats. They should leave no point uncovered, but simply we say, can lose the fight and still be ail right for 1S8S. The Republicans generally lost the State elections following their national victories, and yet it made no difference, for they always succeeded in rallying for the National election that is, up to last year. Still the Democrats ought to carry the State. Our next difficulty," said the" Governor, "will be a conflict between the East and "West. The North and South have finished their quarrels, but the Last and West are growing more and more antagonistic. It would have come up before this but for the relationship owing to emigration from the Kast to West, and now that is dying out. All people are fond of their native State. We have St. George Societies, St. Llnio, and others all over the country, just to keep the different nationalities together. The great majority of the Western eople, so-called, were born in the Last, and so long retained their affection for their native States and have legislated in Congress almost exclusively from an Eastern standpoint. 'A change is coming. The native Western man is on top, and will assert his rights as he understands them. I have heard mutterings of discontent and discord from the West for the last ten years. It is increasing and will soon blow a gale. What aids to keep tip the feeling of discontent is transiortation rates and the tariff' laws. I should not say that ! '"U-a of protecting our manufactures is i i Jl'cly wrong, but when a tariff was thought t uy our loreiathcrs they only took into consideration the requirements of the coast b'ates. It has been enlarged since, but it is chiefly adapted to the needs of Lastern States. it is rxr.Qi AL, and therefore is not fair to all parts of the country. The country is prosperous and will become more prosierous with the accuulation of years. I look fora great future for the Democratic party. I can not but l'el that we are entering upon a long lease of Iower. It is highly important for that reason that no mistakes are made now at the start. With a wise Administration at Washington the return again of the Democracj' in lss.S will be only the return of an election." "OLD PETE" IN NEW YORK How a Veteran Got the liest of a Young Sharper at an Old Game. Philadelphia Times. Enveloped in a long linen duster and wearing a dingy broad-brimmed straw hat, "Old Pete" a veteran gambler of this city, landed in New Yoik about dusk yesterday. His unshaved face and general make-up gave him the appearance of a typical countryman . "Pete" had hardly crossed West street and started up Cortlandt wben a nicelooking, well-diessed young man accosted him with: "Why, how do you do, Mr. Hamilton; when did you come to town?" "Pete" raised his head quickly, eyed the man a moment, and, recognizing a young disciple of his own profession, was about to retoit: "I'm working this side myself, young man." On second thought, however, he concluded to have some fun. Feigning the twang of a Jerseyman he replied: "How d' v dew, stranger, how d'e dew; but my name is not Hamilton it be Deuster, of "Middlesex." The young man apologized profusely for the mistake and Pete passed on. As he expected, just before he reached Broadway another young man, very much like the first, rushed up to him, and, shaking him vigorously by the hand, expressed his great pleasure at meeting Mr. Deuster. The latter was glad, too, but could not remember where he liad met the' young man. The young stranger quickly explained the matter in a general way, and the twain proceeded up Rroadway. "What brought you to town?" carelessly asked the young man as the two stood at a bar. "Wall, stranger, since you ask I don't mind telling you. I be going to swap farni3 with Jenkins, and I'm ter give nira a bonus of $.500. I come up ter draw ther money from ther bank." This remark fairly took the young man's breath away, and lie ordered another round of drinks. Tllen Pete.the pseudo-Jeiseyman, said: "I be powerful hungry, stranger, but I aint got no small bills." "I can let you have $.3 or $10," volunteered the young man, pulling out a roll of bills. ''Make it a tenner," said Fete, and the young man did. Dinner over the young man took Tcte in tow, and, steering him up the Bowery, anchored him in one of the many low dives with which that place abounds. After numberless drinks, which the young man always paid for, cards were produced and the young man started in to licece the greenhorn. The Jerseyman played pokes a "leetle," and didn't mind a small game. They started "with a 50-cent limit, but before long it was doubled, and finally the restriction was removed altogether. Presently the young man dealt Pete an ace full and himself four jacks, but the latter only called. Then Tete took a hand and dealt his opponent four kings and himself four aces. "Stranger," said Tete, "here be a hand I'd put S.'HX) od ef 1 had it." "I've got something of a hand myself. If you lote you can give me a check for it." "Wal, now, stranger, that be kind of you, 'cause yer money is as good as lost." The young man smiled, and laid down a $100 raise to Tete's bet of $10. "Jerusalem! I'll raise you a hundred." The young man laid down his last hundred and called. "Tew par," said Tete, as his face broke into a smile. "Four kings," said the j'oung man, as he reached for the pot. "Hold up! I can beat that mir.e are two pars aces."' And the pot disappeared quickly into his trousers pocket. "Now, no funny business, my young friend," said Pete sternly. "Only the next time you try your little game don't try it on a man who knew how to stack cards when you were wearing long dresses. There's my card." And Pete smiled and withdrew. 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