Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 32, Number 10, Indianapolis, Marion County, 7 April 1886 — Page 6

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THE INDIANA BTATE SENTINEL. WEDNESDAY, APKIL 7, 1856.

OUR FARM BUDGET.

Ocru, Its Bctauy and History Bcok-Keeping for Finners. I? no j Bee Dairy Avoiding Lightning PotaWe Fraudulent Importation of Cuttle lofttinrt In Sheep Fruit -Wheat Household Hint and l'.iru Sol, Ktc. Cc.id, It. Kotany ru IltMtory. H'rairie Farmt-r. Indian fern is totanically one of the grasses, and is known to science aszea mays. Tbe first or generic name comes from the ftreek zao, to Jive, ai'uding to its nutritive qualities, ami from tJie secoud or specific term comes its common name of maue. Ihe great family of training, or grasses, em braces hundreds of genera, and from the tiny shoots which clothe the fields to the tall bambocaof which theChinese construct their Looses. Wheat, oat?, barley, rye, rice, sory hum and sugar-cane are also members of this family. Corn varies from most of the graces in baviDg the culm or stalk tillel with pith between the joints, instead of being Lollow. Another variation from the usual type of the class i. that corn is mono-cioas that i, it produces its ttaminate and pistillate flower on different parts of the s.uue plai t. The tassel is tuai'e up of stauiitia.e flower?, which shed the fertilizing pollen ui on the silk, each one of which is a pistil loop enough to protrude from tlie husk. Of the history of Indian corn, nothing it known with certainty. All tne early explorers and first settlers in the New World found it in cultivation amonjr the aborigines. Tbe pre historic mound-builders, who inhabited the cortinent before the Indian tribes found here by 1'uropeans, mast have used corn for food. a is proved fcy finding charred grain aud cobs in some of the mounds which Lave been explored, ilany eminent botanists suppose that Iud:an corn is a native of boutu Amer ica, for the reason it has been found v rowing wild in Paraguay, i et the "Hour corn reer.t!v intioduced fruiu lira zi 1 Jitters so lartely from the Northern t pe, in siruw'h urn thtmieai composition as to uct't doubts of tte latter ssoutu Auer:cui origin. Jlifc " j-oü-toiu oi wiiicü eacii er:iei is wrapped in a husk, is considered by 'he botanists tu ht- the primitive 'yp of the eptcjee, Iroru which the more common forai Las been develOfed by cultivation, Iii.it form is more ncary analogous to the ot'ier rrases. After two or three vear of c"itivation tbe chaily envelopes elisappear fnm the individual kernaN, and the ears are eoYfrni with husns like il.e oruinary curil. Kook-Keeping for Farmer. j -mi van nah News, j Hook-keepiiijr is a science as it is applied in large i nancial and commercial institution, out with most biisin- men it is a simple and oftentimes imperfect system of accounts. Comparatively few farmers make any attempt to keep systematic farm ac counts, aint. tloubr.'ess, not one a in Hi ) uand can tell even approximately what his annual-income and outlay are, or wna". it osts him to produce a pound of cotton, a bushel of corn, or any other artic.e raised on his farm. Tbi is not because m few farmers are com petent to keep an intelligent set of farm aconiits, but because of a negligence or a be lief that they Oo not have time to devote to their journals and ledgers. Therefore, the uece.-sity of keeping anythinc more elabo rate than a memorandum account book, has not len felt bo farmers, and now the older ones are not generally to le expected to to book-keeping and change the habits and idea" of a liutinie. It will pay every young farmer, however, to begin at once to keep a set of accounts. more or less elaborate according to his edu cation, ability and the necessity of his opera tions. Of course the most important account if ill be that devoted to resources and exlenses, in which every item of income and cent paid out should be placed on opposite pages. Then the cash account should be ac curately kept, and the bookkeeper ought always to be certain that he has a little Cirj en hand. Individual and family expenses i-bonld be kept separate from farm expsnses. Kath crop should have a page devoted to it: for instance, cotton, corn, potatoes, sugarcare, peanuts, etc., and so of every other production, as catt.e, hogs, poultry, etc. A half hour's attention to the accounts each tfay will enable any small farmer to keep them slra'ght so they can each be balanced and a Imiance-sheet showing the result on the wto'.e farm made out at the end of the year. Perhaps the accounts will not in all jijtanee be models of neatne.vj and ac curacy, but tht-y will be found both instruc tive and interesting, end no doubt they will Low the farmer just where his profits are made and fcis losses occur, and teach hira inst where to correct his errors or amend his methods. It will certainly pay any far.nr to keep a complete and comprehensive accunt I all Iiis receipts and expenses. The Bout Bee. iliusbcrg Commercial Gazette. J A fw arm of bers contains one irteeu. thousands of workers, and in the simmer eeasoii a limited number of drones. The cneen is the only fully-developed female in the swarm, and usually lives from four to ix years. Tbe queen has a sting, yet may le handled with impunitv, for, except iu combat with a rival o.ueen, she will not use it. The working bee is much smaller tban tbe juen. and on it devolves all the labor of the swarm. It po-sesses an instinct which is but very little inferior to the rea son in the human faniilv. Tbe drone is tbe male bee, and swarms should not be per mitted to rear a large number of these nonproducers, as it takes a great deal of honey to support them in idleness for several months, i he natural increase of tne honey bee is very imperfectly understood. The nueen lays all the fertile eetrs in the swarm. A high temperature will forward, while low temperature will retard the maturing of the brood. The controlling of swarming is not rfectly understood, and it is important that the bee-keeper should become ac quainted with the nest method. SaoDalle lalry Information. Journal of Agriculture. Tbe subject of winter dairying and its ad vantages has been very generally and ttiortighly discussed in and through the agri cultural press, and yet it may not be remem bered always bow much may oe done at t bis season of the year in making a change to winter from summer dairying. For the nest re-tilts .n summer we want trooJ pasture.--, plenty oi ice and fresh cows in spring. For the test results in winter we want our cows fresh in the fall: besides a house of even tem-ix-rat tire we want the best of winter fee l. V better this feed shall be ensilage with other food, or a combination of hay or rnillptnfTs, is for us to decide before the change is determined upon, out in either case thecrofs suitable to those products must be cultivated. and at this season of the year those crops nmft be deemed upon. For hay for the dairy nothing is better than clover, provided it be proterly cured, and at this Sfheon clover is sown if at all. T.motby is good, very good, tut the clover will yield a greater abundance and maae the land constantly better, which ought to make it tbe favorite crop. Whether used as ensilare or dry iolder, or cut up and led graen from the field, 3 a substitute for pasturage, pwe et corn is a paying crop for the ouryman; It gives an abundance yield and feeds out to tne beht advantage. While sweet corn m ill do as well as any other crop on thin land, it would do propor tionately better on rood land; and since a crop of fodder is heavy to handle, it is better to Lave it grown on as small an area as

possible, and hence a rich spot of ground

should be chosen A crop of turnips will be fund useful, also, in winter teeding, and a rich piece of ground should be chosen and prepared for that purpose by planting and cultivating early potatoes in it. When a clean, new piece of ground can be had for the i)unose. a small crop, say two ousneis to each cow. of carrots should by all means be raided. Thev are not as valuable for food as some other crops, but as promoters of health and forgiving a rich yellow color to tiie butter thev are valuable, ror these the soil must be rich and deep, and should be very locseand tine. Mow to Avoid Lightning, jrrairie Farmer. The leewftTd fide of a tree or grove is safest in a tbundtr-storm.' Kut keep a little away Irom it. for it yon stand near a tree, and eiectricity comes down through it from a cloud, it may find your moist body a better conductor than tbe tree, and jump ou and go tlown through you. l'emember that a person s body is a lair conductor ot eiectncitj. better than most other substances aside from metals and water itself, which is a good conductor. Therefore: lHirine a thunder storm do not stand near a chimnev from which warm, moist air is ascending; because this moist air together with ycur body may form a roadway sufliciently good to enable the electricity from n passing dond to strike down to the earth. IA cot stand or fit near a stove pipe, or wa ter pie, or any other metal, or near a wall which may nave moist timber in it. In sl.t rt, keep away from any moist air. or hay, or pram, ai-o from metals. Mm ply remenibr that any good or poor conductor of eecnicilv, your body included, all help to form a psssage to invite electricity to leave a cloud and go to the earth, which is a great reser voir. 'I be nervous or fearful persons may be more comfortable -when they understand that electricity will go a long way round be fore it will try to get through glass, wax. feathers, dry wood and the like. If one Mam'. away from tbe wall and chimnev, or stove pipe, on a thick gias, or on a feather pihow or bed, or on wax, or on a dry board supported by tumblers, he or she will be pretty sure against lightning. In such a position it ti i-ostiible for a house to be badly shattered by a lightning stroke and the per son be unharmed. Ibis explains why indr viduaN are often little harmed if standing on a drv wood floor wh?a the house is struck. The simple principal is that the electricity will seek out the best conductors it can lind. It will follow a metal wire or pipe 1.(km feet soon than strike through half an inch of la-s, cir dry air, o: even of dry wood. tirunlu; i'otnt- gu Irrigated Laut). iKural Ni Yorker. Ibd you ever wonder how potatoes were mamtca in a country where the soil hui climate are so dry that from one to four irri gations are iiecesarv to grow any kind farm crop'." I have .-"iiccessfully grown ci sulera'ule quantities for sorc.e ten y?rs. a-- ', Laving for the greater prt of trie tune I. t control of the nioi.-ture, I have learne I observation and exterieiice the decree .,! I.umidity reouired by the totat.o plant a', us dileicct stags. Oi the.; Infer there are tbrfe 1, from planting to the beg'nniiii; of the formation ot tuber-.; -J. from then until lie growth of the tuber is nearly complete ! ; fiom then n;.t;l the tubers are mturjd. For moisture during the lirst sta-'e we Can safely depend on spring storms, which are iiM.itily not excessive; but suthcient to carry tbe plant along until it begins to blossom. .No matter if tlie plantat this time looks sickly and wilted for want of wafer, let it struggle along until the tucers begin to form. I hen we apply tiie water s-ialttng trior oughly, not by Hooding over the surf.ve, but through trenches between the ro-.vs. 1 u in thepeeond sta? the cround must not be allowed to get dry. Keep it damp three or lour weeks. It ram fa. Is durin thi3 tioie we irrijrate les. After the tubers are grown tne ground will dry gradually till they ripen. .o uanger cn tne son setting too cry men. In tbe ieason of 1S4 tne Uural Blush took the lead. Last year it was an even thing be tween these and the ermont Champion. planted side by side. In quality the latter was a tnre the better. Other varieties on different soils did finely, such as Karlv Keatit aI II) iTa.l.. 'U : r . Lee's Favorite, lirownell's Best, Alexander's Prolific and several others. The verv best. however, for fill and early winter is the i-ariy .uayllowcr, quality considered, Kot we are seldom troubled with, hcaw is the worst in that part of the field that gets the most wa'er, usually the upper end near the ditch, and here only when the gro md has soured and becomes inoldv by excesi of moisture. Longmont, Colorado. t'rauiliilrn Importation of Cattle. Kam. Field aud Stockn.au. 1 he Treasury Department has received a report foru a special agent in regard to the alleged lr&udulent importation of cattle from Mexico. He says that calves are taken in large numbers from Texas into Mexico, where they are kept several years and then returned as beef cattle. In this way, he says, great frauds are perpetrated, which can onlv be prevented by extra vigilance on the part of tne custom orncers on the border, instruc tions have been sent to those officers to guard against any violations of the customs laws in this respect. Wou.d it not be a better thine to abolish the duties and establish a reciprocal trade between the two countries, benehcialtoea'jh? Itwouidbe about as sensible to maintain custom duties between Kentucky and Ten nessee, or between Missouri and Kansas, as ins to Keep up mese bars old-fashioned. slippery and benJable poles at that, which win let ail tne ßreachy cattle through and stop only the honest and well-oehaved be tween the two sister republics. If our mining machinery, saw-mills, agricultural im plements and improved tools of all kinds are wanted by Mexico, who not arrange for our manufacturers to sell them there as free ly as here.' On the other hand, ha old Mexico any tniDg, whether couee, banana. tropical fruits of any kind, cattle, or even silver and gold, that our people want, why noi iei ner mm ner natural maricet nere . Instinct and Intelligence in Sheep. Farm, Field and Stockman. James Hogg, the shepherd poet, has re lated many interesting incidents in his ex perience. Among these is that the sheep's tense of hearing is so acute that she can dis tinguish the cry of her own lamb among a thousand all meating at the same time: and tbe iamb is able to recognize its mother s voice, even though it be in the midst of a large flock. In relation to the mystification of the lambs over their dams alter the latter had been shorn, he savs while the sheep were be ing shorn the iambs would be put into a fold by themselves and the lormer be sent to join their little ones as soon as the operation of shearirw was over. The moment a lamb heard its mother's voice it would hasten from the crowd to meet her. Instead of finding the "rough, well-clad mamma,'' which it had left a short time before, it would meet a strange and most deplorable creature. At the sight of this it would wheel about, uttering a most piteous cry of despair. Soon, however, the sheep's voice was heard again; the lamb would thereupon return, then once more bound away, and sometimes repeat this conduct ten or a dozen tunes before it fully understood that the shorn ewe was in reality its mother. How to Obtain Fruit for New Flare. The American Fruit Culturist. This is an inquiry that often occurs in the minds of many owners of new places, or who have built houses on unimproved spots. We can Inform su n residents that much may be done toward an immediate supply with proper selection and management, and that the assertion which we often hear, that "it will take a lifetime to get fruit" from a new plantation, is an absurd error. '1 be quickest return is from planting strawberries. If set out early in the spring they will tear a moderate crop the same season.

We have repeatedly obtained fine ripe berries seven weeks from the day they were set out.

The second year, if the bed is kept clean. the product will be abundant. Wilson s Albany will safely yield any year a bushel from a equare rod, or about two quarts a day for haif a month. Wuskmelons and watermelons will yiekl de licious products four months after plant ing. (toos hemes, - currants, raspberries and blackberries all bear at about the same period from the time of setting out. Goodsized gooseberry plants, say a foot and a half high, wi', 1 give a good crop tor bushes of their size the second jear. We have had a bushel of cherry currants tbe third summer after setting out ,uite mail plants, from a row thirty feet long. A busia of Brinkle s Or ange raspberry has been known repeatedly to bear about 100 berries the same year that it was transplanted; the fruit, however, was not lull size. Dwarf pears of the rhiht sorts, and under the right management, come quickly into bearing. The mott prolific sorts give some returns in the second year, and more after ward. AmoDg the dwarf peon wbich bear soon are Louise Bonne of Jersey, Doyenne d'Ete, White Ioyenne, (iflard, rontcnay, Jalousie, Josephine de Maliness, etc. The following sorts bear nearly as early on pear stock. viz.: Bartlett, feeckel, Yv inter Nells, Washington, Onondago, Howell, Passe Colmer end Julienne. Orapes afi'ord fruit soon usually begin ning to bear the second and t.htrd year. Tbe Isabella, the Hartford, Ihana and Del aware are particularly recommended for this purpose at the North, and the Catawba maybe added for the Middle .States, wher ever it does not rot. Dwarf upples shonld not be eatirelv over looked in the list of early bearers. Half a eck per tree is often obtained the third year Irom the most productive sorts. A good supply of nil the preceding will be sufficient to furnish a family with the?e wholesome luxuries from within a year or two of occupying entirely new premises, and will not only add greatly to the comforts and attractions of home, but contribute materially to the uniform health of the occu pants. Harrowing Wheat. Journal of Agricultural, 1 A good many farmers have not the nerve to Mai iow their wheat in the spring any more than thev have to run a harrow broadci over Hie corn -field after the corn is up. Ihis spring is a food tune for those who are timid on tiis imt to gam some wisdom by j-ersonal exjerience. If you nave never tried harrowing your wheat, try some of it this spring und institute a comparison by conipaiii g rest Its of one kind of treatment with tbe other. Willi hardly an exception in the whole line of agricultural products, universal ex pend has proven that cultivation is essen tial to i he best possible results. General mittles would be suflieient of itself to susruest i bei Hi:ial results of tillage applied to t, but the matter has not been lelt to ar-ali -ical inference. Many extieriments t ave teen mane by thoroughly cultivating the crop, when so planted, as to make it pos sible and with wonderful results as to increase of product; but in addition to that, the practice of giving wheat a thorough harrowing in the spring Las come to be quite general in pi n.y localities. The best harrow lor the purpose will probably tea "smooth ii)gM one, but any harrow not having too large teeth wi 1 answer. Of course a iew plants will be lerked out by the roots, I ut the smallness of the num ber of such will be remarkable. The los by this will not begin to offset the gain made by loosening the soil, so as to give the ro)ts a chai.ee to i en et rate the greatest sible dUtance. Then, too. the benelit from preserving moisture in the &oil, by this loosen ing of the surface, may be great in case of a drouth about tbe time the grain begins to tu I. lhe packing process by the continual fall of rains for seven months nukes the wheat field a pretty solid surface by the time the plant begins fairly to grow in tbe spring. In addition to the good it does the wheat, this harrowing also very greatly aids In getting a good catch of clover or grass seed. Where the fields are seeded down harrowing for this purpose alone more than pays for the trouble. It is always best, if possible, to time the harrowing just before a rain, and the ground shonld be just right when it is done. FARM NOTES. Wot d ashes atiu piaster make an excellent fertilizer for all kinds of grass crops, and should be freely used. It is estimated that Ohio has 200,000 less sheep and will have l,5ou,ou0 less pounds of wool this spring than two years ago. P.aspberries throw ud a great many suck ers, and these should be thinned out, leaving not over four canes to the hill, so as to a 11 or d plenty of room. A farmer of experience in wool growing says that there is more money in growing wool at 10 cents per pound than in loaning money at 2u per cent, interest. The Keiner pear is poor in qualitv and the tree is more tender than most other sorts, winter killing very commonly in the west and northwest about as hardy as a peach tree. In breeding stock on the farm do not be tempted to sell tbe best, but dispose of the inferior animals first. By carefully selecting and retaining the best every year, the value of the stock will be increased and larger profits secured. Mustard plants used to be the terror and disgust of the California wheat grower. Now they are a source of probt. By ingenious mechanical harvesting both crops are gathered separately, and the mustard is worth more than the'wheai on the same land. To cure a cow of the habit of sucking her self, say a tbe Jersey Bulletin, niakeasatu rated tincture of powdered aloes and alcohol, keep it in a raucile.ee bottle, tizhtly corked, and paint the end of each teat with the mmure, and the cow will soon become disgusted. A few years aco it was the fashion to sneer at the Norman" horses. To-day the lasnion is this io werf ul faiui borse. The lig.it1 imbed, slim bodied, wea'c -constitutioned rarer and trotter is at a discount. Colorado 's breeding the best grade Norman horses in tLe world. If a plow or other steel implement h is be cone very rusty, make a mixture ot half a pint of oil of vitriol poured slowly into a quart of water, an i apply to the rusted metal. Wash off with water, and scour in the usual manner. It is better, ho wet er, net to let any implements get rusty. If farmers who have never tried it will cut their corn fodder and straw finely for their cattle, they will be surprised to notice how much better the stock will eat them, and how much further the same amount of fodder will po than when fed whole. 'A little sprinkling of meal does not injure it in tbe leist. Eastern fruit-n isers who packed apples in flour barrels last fall found the contents of the pat kages to be in bad condition. The Hour between the staves of the barrels absosbep moisture, and, becoming mouldv. conveyedja disagreeable smell and taste to the apples, and in some cases caused them to rot. An Indiana farmer finds that it is an ad vantage to mix bluegrass seed and other light grass seed with moist sawdust before sowing, He says the grass seed adheres to the sawdust and enables the sower to spread it evenly. He uses about three bushels of saw-dust to one of grass seed. The chief advantage of incubators consists in the circumstance that e:gs may be batch ed in them before fowls show a disposition to sit on eggs. The eggs of ducks can be hatched in incubators to the most advantage. as early ducks of improved varieties sell at high prices in large towns. An experienced beekeeper states that colonies do not suffer from having the hives located star a railway station ox machine-

shops, where there is much noise and smoke. Tbe bees, if brought to the place when queit prevails, soon become accustomed to their peculiar surroundings, and "gather honey all the day," notwithstanding the noise, jar, and emoke. The Russians haveap efficient way of managingrunaway horses. They'take a cord made into a slip-noose, which is . passe I aronnd the animal's neck. The other end is placed where the driver can easily reach it. Any attempt to run away results iu tightening this cord, which soon brings the animal to terms. MaDy diseases of swine Bre contagious, an i when an animal is observed to be sick it should be removed from tbe pen and placed by itself. It would be just as well to keep a w atchf ul eye on tlie balance. Clean out the pens and troughs, scrape out all decaying matter from under and around them and use some disinfectant. In the horse, a good width between the

eyes, the eyes prominent but placid, with a good height from the eye to the ear, are indications of intelligence. If the forehead is prominent and smooth, it indicates a mild. equable temper. A round barrel indicates good digestion; a double loin strength- an oblioue shoulder, -sure-footedness. With Jat, hard bones, long in the arms, speed is indicated. For early maturity the yearling Shortborn steer Cleveland has the best record at the Chicago fat stock shows yet made. He was slaughtered at 4G7 days old, with a gain per day of 2X). pounds from birth; live weight, 1,'J05 pounds; dressed carcass. 81J pounds; per cent, dressed of live weight, 70; weight of carcass, hide and tallow, ; pounds; weight of forequarters, 21G and 213 pounds, and hindquarters, 210 pounds each. In the reports of several 'dairy farmes of Denmark in the vicinity of Copenhagen, we note that tbe vield of each cow is regularly weighed, and the excellent average of '90J gallons per cow is quite general. When a cow falls below ) gallons per annum she is is If d oil at once for the butcher. A liberal system of feeding pi evails, and the amount of milk lequired for a pound of butter varies from 24 to 27 pounds, or about 2Ö0 to 3U0 pounds of butter per cow. Ponds are not (rood for vounir ducks. Wet grass, dampness, and cold sleeping places will kill yonng ducks as quickly as such iniluences will destroy young chieks. Feed the ducks on bulky food. Cooked turnips or potatoes thickened with oatmeal make a cheap and pood food for them. Give them plenty of water to drink, but not to bathe in until the down is off and the feathers cover the body. Then you may let them enjoy themselves iu the water as much as they desire. v Asa Woodbury, of Lansville, Mass.. gives the following as his experience with fortysi i Brahma hens: They laid during the year, to-wit: In January o.i eggs, February March ;s.",, April 712. May G0J, June 701, July 2U, August 512. September -2, Octor.er '-".Mi, ovcniber .oS, December 84 ; total. 7,410 c:gs. The total receipts and stock fur the j tar out of tbe forty-six bens amounted to !j.';i7..r.(, and deductiug the cost of feedinc V.14.4S leaves a net profit of $223.02. To have a fine crop of large, rich currants, enrich the ground, make it clan and mel low, and thin out the brush. Cut away the old, stunted wood, and leave the vigorous young shoots. Let them occupy cuual dis tances from each other, and give the bushes in some degree a regular form. No fruit is more neglected than the currant, the Lushes bing allowed to become enveloped in weeds and grass, and the enfeebled bushes al lowed to grow into a mass of brush. The difference in the size of the berries raised by tbe two modes is about as one to four. Ne arlv all gardeners transnlant carthae plants, but a successful grower writes that he sews the seed in row3 tweniy-one Inches apart, in order lo allow of cultivating the plants with a harrow. After they reach the size at which trausplanting is done he transplants all of those in every alternate row until the plants stand two 'feet apar. 1 he rows a re three and one-half feet apart. He claims that they do as ell as those transplanted from seed sown in the ordinary way. The hog is the onlv animal kept on tbe farm without some provision for a regular supply of pure water. And when this is considered it seems strange that there is not more disease among swine than there is. A drink of clear water has the effect to cleanse tbe system of many impurities and pass them off in tbe secretions, and if hog is deprived of water entirely, or limited to what he can extract from the slops, which aie already saturated with ilth. and obliged to wallow in filth and sleep :o dust, how can his system be health y or his flesh fit food? The comfort of the animal should not be overlooked, and no animal is comfortable that is suffering with thirst; and sour milk and greasy dishwater and salt slops are not drink. UÜl'SKHOLD UIXTS. Brown Bread. One pint ot Indiau meal, one pint of rye meal, one-half cup of molas ses, one teaspoonful of soda, one-half teaspoonful of salt, one and one half pints of cold water. Mix and steam three hours, and bake one-half hour. Chicken Soup. To a chicken, oi any equal quantity of fresh meat, add one gallon of water, an onion, a slice of bacon, one tablespoonful of Hour, a tablespoonful of pepper, a ttblespoonful of salt and a bunch oi thyme or parsley. leat up in a tureen the yolks of two eggs, with a cup of milk and a small lump ot butter. Pour the soup, when done, in the turren ou this boiling bot. Lemon Jelly Cake. Two large eggs, well boiten, one-third cup of melted butter, one cup of sugar, one-half cup of sweet milk, one and ot e-half cups of flour, a little salt, and two teaspoonful of baking powder or one teaipoonful of soda. Bake in jelly cake tins. Wh n done spread the following mixture, after it has been coolei: Grate the yellow rind of one lemon; add tbe juice, one tablespoonful of water, one half cup of sugar, one egg, and a lump ot butter the size of a wal nut. Let it boil two minutes. To Make a BedroomlStand Cover. Get a piece oi brown linen one yard square. Turn the edges as if for a hem four or five inches deep. Herring-bone stitch it around, then cut ihe edge and ravel it up to the line of work. At short intervals fasten a for threads of red worsted. Ktch a pretty pattern in the corners with red. This makes a good ser viceable cover that will do up well and wear a long time. It may be used in the sittingroom with good eflVct. A Summer Lap Kobe is Male Thus. Get two shades of heavy brown Hannel. Cse the darker of the two for the border. Calculate it for a depth of a quarter of a yard. Cut it on the edge into scollops and then pint them around. I'pon each side outline horsewhips with horseshoes in the corner. Or put a lanre pattern of this kind in the center of the light cloth. If the border is worked, cut out of tbe dark cloth a large monogram and fasten it to the center of the lijrht cloth with fancy stitches. The border is hemmed upon the center aud then finished around with fancy stitchef. Signs of ItefttleMnefts in the South. Mobile Register (Dem.)l It will not do to try public patience too far. If the Democratic party wishes or expects to retain the South it must make no distinction between the sections, but extend to all alike liberality and justice, and it must also bear in mind that half the Democracy at the South are followers of Henry Clay. Children are always getting into trouble of some sort or other. Ihey cut or burn their hands, sprain their ankles, crush or hurt themselves in many ways, iney nave sudden attacks of cramps, diarrhoea or dysentery. A physician is sent for, delay ensues, and frequently the consequences are serious. This could all e avoided by navireasupolv of Pond's Extract at hand. NotbiDg will relieve pain, stop bleeding or heal wounds or bruises, so quickly. Be sure to gettieenuJne. -

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-PA RNKLX'S MOTHER, KES. DELIA S. TAKKELL, MOTHER OF e'HARLIS STEW AKT FAKKELL, PANCiSKOI'SLY ILL 1!? NKW YORK The struggle of Ireland for legislative inde pendence is watched with friendly interest on this side of the Atlantic Myriads of our naturalized citizens are sons of the Emerald Isle, and the astute statesmon who is at the head of the compact parliamentary party which is sitting in Westminster waiting for material concessions by the ad ministration, on bebaU of Ireland, has fani'y 1 ;'-s in the United States. His venerable mother now lies in New York, her place of residence, suffering from the weakness of advanced age and disease of the heart. Her son George, whose home is in Georgia, has been seat for to attend at her bedside. She is a daughter of Admiral Stewart, who commanded the United States frigate Constitution during the war of 1812. Her hus band was a country gentleman, living on bis own estate of Avoudale. in the County of Wicklow, Ireland. There her illustrious son, Charles Stewart, was born, and he is i'.s present proprietor. I P to recently Mrs. I'aixen nas enioyeu good health and has frequently appeared in public at meetirgs beld in this country on behalf of Ireland. Occasionally her voice has been heard in advocacy of its deaiand for a larger share of self-government. of late the heart trouble to which reierence nas been macV, has rendered her condition a subject of great anxiety to her friends, and She is now on what will probably prove to be her deathbed. Kindly interest in her condition is geneial. An Indian Council. ICominunicatc-d.l Indian Councils, such as were in old times quite common in the State of Indiana, are held in our territories once in a while in this day and generation, with quite as much pomp and ceremony as was used at Vincennes in lbiu, when oovernor Harrison made his famous treaty with the wily savages under the celebrated Tecumsch, who may be regarded as the most remarkab e of a m i m i the savage warriors oi America, me inuians of the far West know the value of their lands, and are as capable of driving a jrood bargain as any people under the sun. This is especially true ot tne crow, or Absaraca, Indians, who own an immense reservation in Montana, and have always been good friends of the whites. They like white men's ways, and a bond of friendship stronger than anything else was their mutual fear of the Sioux or I akotas. The annuity goods were always looked for with interest, and a council was considered a necessary part of the ceiemonial on their arrival. In December, 18(10, Major General Han cock, commanding the Department of Dakota, directed Colonel Albert G. Brackett to go to the Yellowstone -river and there wit ness the deliverv of the goods to the red men. The Colonel had but a small escort with him, and was personally acquainted with many of the Indians, who had partafcen ef his hospitality, and had been kindly treated by bim on more than one occasion on their journeys to the settlements of the white men. The Colonel knew he would meet the chiefs and head men, among whom were Iron Bull. inking hyes, Big ringers, an 1 The Coat, who had been strong friends of the whites and stood by them when they bad the war with the Sioux, There were a few houses at the agency, and the goods were there in advance of his arrival. When the goods were opened the Indians did not think the clothes given to them were oi me Desi quality, Dut, as thev cut them up as soon as received, this made but very little difference. A few days before his arrival a party of the Crows had been engaged in a battle with some Cheyennes in the country belonging to the bioux, in which six adult Cheyennes and four children had been killed." One Crow warrier was brought in mortally wounded, in conse quence of which there was great mourning in the village, where thirty-hve hundred ot them were congregated, the squaws wailing and pulling out their batr, while tbe men cut on the joints of their fingers in the ex cess of their grief. The red men like their white brethren are fond of meeting and smoking in council. where they behave with the utmost decorum. Two days after Colonel Bra:kett's arrival the Indians assembled in a council house, the weather being quite cold, and there stated their views and wishes. Iron Bull did not attend as he was too much smitten with grief at the death of his daughter, who was acknowledged to have been a comiort to the old man. The peace pipe was duly prepared by a medicine man, and passed around, all of the whites and Indians in succession taking a pnff. W inking Lyes arose and said: "lne Great Father at Washington has sent you to us to see that we cet the goods which are due us. Yve earned his good will by being true friends of the whites add helping them in their war against tne Sioux, who have now been driven to the .hastward, where their lodsre hres are scattered over tbe prairies. We wish to be friends wuh the white men, who for many years past have stood by us and taught us many things. 1 bey nave given us tools to work with, and plows to cultivate the soil. Our horses are numerous, and we are a wefJihy nation of red men. e know who are our friends and the dangers we would meet were the white men to become our enemies." Peter Shane was tbe interpreter, who after ward !ost his life at the time of the Custer massacre, having in some way got mixed tip with the Sioux. The Coat, who prided himself upon being something of an orator, arose, and holding bis bufl'alo robe around him, said: "We are f lad to have the white man with us, and giad ie has brouebt the presents from the Great l ather in Washington. Yve want to stand well with the men in power among the whites. We are no beggars. All that we get is due us for the friendship we have given tbe white men in their troubles with the warriors of Bed Cloud. We all remember the terrible massacre of Fetterman and his command in lSiJfi, when no red men helped the whites but the Crows. You would not have had any mail that winter if we ha I not brought it in through the deep snows on our backs, and Uie slaughter would have been still more dreadful if we had not helped you. i on have found our people in mourn ing. We have been fighting the Cheyennes. A good warrior has been killed and our hearts are on the ground. Iron Hull's daugh

ter is dead, and he has killed his horees and burnt his lodges in the misery of his grief. You have found us bowed down. We have have had a hard time so far this winter, though our people were lucky in getting a great many buffaloes on the buffalo grounds. The Great Spirit has been good to us, but at the same time Las sent aillictions upon us. We are willing to follow the white soldiers anywhere and assist them in conquering the Sioux, who have always been our enemies as well as yours. We thank the great Father

in Y ashmeton ior tbe many things he has sent us, and for the food he has stored up here. We all want to help him and show bow much we thank him for the presents he has sent us. We know it i3 a long ways to his home. The path is dreary and it is beset with many dangers." B;g ingers followed in much the same strain, and said his people wanted plenty of guns with powder and lead to be used on the war path as well as in hunting. He did not want so much white man's clothing sent to them, but wanted more knives and warlike weapons. He did not believe the Sionx could be put down without a great war; and he was ready for it at any time. In this way the red men went on until they bad made all their wants known, had aired their grievances, thanked those who had sent them presents, and calmed their minds down ufhciently to look after their horse3 and other property. Appearance of prominent Senators. ' (Washington Correspondent Boston Herald,! The finest looking man in the Senate is unqufstionably Butler, of South Carolina. He has a noble figure, and though he wears a wooden leg. he bears himself gracefully. His face, too, is intellectual, dignified aud with few marks of age. Wade Hampton, his colleague, is chifiy noticeable for his heavy and carefully cultivated gray moustache, which does not really add to his dignity. He, too, has but one leg. Morgan, of Alabama, is tall slender, with a face that indicates refinement and culture. I fin 1 that the correspon-' dent agree with me in my estimate of his power. They rate him as the best informed man in the Senate, and all unite in saying that the sentences that constitute his speeches are the best formed that come from any Senator. He is a very able lawyer, too, Plumb, of Kansas, is the most rapid talker. He is a bright man, but altogether careless as regard hia style, in which he is a marked contrast to his colleague, IngaL's, who is the most careful and ambitious rhetorician at the Senate Board. Zeb Vance, the North Carolina humorist, is a tall, heavy man, with thick white hair and thick white mustache, who walks much as the Japanese girls do in "The Mikado," through a weakness about his feet. His stories do not take in the Senate so much as they would in a more susceptible boJy of menJones, of Nevada, looks like Bob Ingersoll, but is a little fatter. The millionaire Stan, ford, from California, is large and easy going, too. is an original character and personally popular. Palmer, of Michigan, another rich Senator, has a particularly attractive face, and is much liked. He is good company. John Sherman I -have described. Mr. Edmunds grows more bild if possible, and does not look younger than his years by any means. The most unpleasant looking man iu the Senate is Mahone. He dresses Tery carefully and has an enormous expanse of shirtbosom, as if just got up for an evening party, but his peculiar hair and long beard, of alnot attractive gray color, with his singular form and cast of countenance, are suggestive of a spider. Vest, of Missouri, is the next homlicst man in the Senate. He, too, is email enough to make his name appropriate. His voice, too, is bad, yet be is generally considered the most interesting speaker of that body. This because what be says is aimost sure to be pungent. He gets the attention of his own side, who were almost all in their seats when he spoke two hours and a half on the Dakota bill the other day. lie strikes me as a smart and specious, rather than a strong man, however. If We Want to Work We Must Sleep. Fortnightly Review. The restoration of energy, which sleep alone can afford, is necessary for the maintenance of nervous vigor, and whereas the muscular system, if overtaxed, at last refuses to work, the brain under similar circumstances too frequently refuses to rest. The sufferer, instead of trying to remove or lessen the cause of his sleeplessness, comforts himself with the hope that it will soon disappear, or else has recourse to alcohol, morphia, the bromides, chloral, etc. Valuable and necessary as these remedies often are (I refer especially to the drugs,) there can be no question as to the mischief which attends their frequent use, and there is much reason to fear that their employment in the absence of any medical authority is largely on the increase. Many of the proprietary articles' sold by druggists, find in great demand at the present day, owe their efficacy to one or more of these powerful drugs. Not a few deaths have been caused by their use. and in a still larger number of cases they have helped to produce the fatal result. Sleeplessness is almost always accompanied by indigestion in some one or other of its protean forms, and the two conditions react upon and aggravate each other, if rest can not be obtained, and if the vital machine can not be supplied with a due amount of fuel, and, moreover, fails to utilize that which is supplied, mental and bodily collapse can not be far distant. The details of the downward process vary, but the result is much the same in all cases. - Sleeplessness and loss of appetite are followed by loss of flesh aud strength, nervous irritability alternating with depression, palpitation and ' other derangements of the heart, especially at night, and many of those symptoms grouped together under the old term "hypochondriasis." When this stage has been reached "the borderlands of insanity" are within measurable distance, even if they have not already been reached. Louisville' Republican Postmistress. Louisville Times. A gentleman who is now in business in this city, and who is a man of integrity, went to Mrs. Thompson seven years ago and asked ber for a position in the Postotfice. After talking to him very pleasantly for a time she said. "I presume, of course, yon are a Republican." He replied, ' Xo, madame, I am a Democrat." Her entire planner changed, and she said, "Your indorseraeHts are the best I ever saw, but I can't think of appointing any one but Republicans to office." Your system is now more susceptible to the benefits of a reliable medicine than at aDy other season. Take Hood's Sarsaparilla. In his amusing book, "Music in Fogland," M.Eemo tells the following: "The butler of a great lady of fashion was overheard by her one dav discussing the vicissitudes of life with a fellow servant. 'My dear feller,' be ejaculated, l am afraid that our people are going in for economy. Only fancy, at the party yesterday evening I see with my own eyes my lady and Miss Hisabel a playin' on one piano at the same time !' " When Not in Positive Agony. The rheutt.atic are seldem free from a certain soreness and stiffness in the joints and mnscles, wbich serve as a constant reminder that the virus only waits an unfavorable change of weather, or the aid of a cold, to emphasize its presence with excruciating twinges. To prevent the recurrence and mitigate tte pain, there Is no finer or fafer source oi relief than Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, a medicine every way preferable to the poisons, repeated infinitesimal doses of which are taken, to the prejudice of health and the jeopardy of lite, and without a permanently remedial effect, eieen bandisbed by rheumatic and neuralgic pain at night, ii restored by this beneficent soother of the nervous rystem. and the slumber which it superinduces is far more refreshing and beneficial than the stupor into which the brain la thrown by a narcotic. Appetite and digestion, as well as sleep, are improved bv it. and it ia an admirable regulator and tonio for the bowels and kidncym VwiUoxyUBKUubeiorvrvUrmg

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