Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 32, Number 19, Indianapolis, Marion County, 9 June 1886 — Page 6

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THE INDIANA STATE BEN TIN EL, WEDNESDAY JUNE 9 1886. 6

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Pep nlar Breeds cf Fowls Unthreshed Oats for. Horses Tte Jane Kitchen Girder. rrltTT-Sorehnm Snrar Shorklne Grain Profits in Home ItaUiog Leading Horse Th llowfr Garden and Lawn in June Household Hint Farm Notes Stock Notes. l'opular Breeds of Fowls. The different breeds of fowls are so numerous ttat it would require a volume to describe them all. But those having long maintained a popularity for practical needs may be discussed under a very few heads. No breed has ever held a reputation e-iaal to the Light Brahma. It is one of the oldest, if not the very oldest, pure breed we now Lave, tor winter layinj the treed has a record of having produced a preater average number of epts than any other. It is an excellent table fowl, its meat being of superior quality and the carcass of good s:z. Taking the yearly record into account, the Lethorcs have never been equaled lor ezz production. Although the fowls a-e a little under ske, they furnish larger eggs tnan tome oi the heavier breeds, lheir nesa is not considered of the first quality, and the small size of the carcass renders tbera .juite undersirable for table use. The Cochins have met with considerable favor, and are an excellent breed with proper treatment. They require more care, however, than some other kinai No breed ever came into existence to ga'n in eo short a time such high favor as the Plymouth Kock. It is adapted to the wants of the masses, it is the farmers breed. The largest returns from ordinary care have been realized from fowls of this breed, owing to the fact, perhaps, that they are able, to a preat extent, to take care of themselves. As layers they furnish a great number of eggs of large size; they are early to mature and can not be surpassed for their plump carcas ses and ralatalle Mesh. The Wyandotte is a popular new breed. being very bighly praised at the present time. ery much the same claim j are made in favor of the Wyandotte as for the Plymouth Kock, the former beincr lighter in weight, however, but earlier to mature, and equal as ess producers. The b -eed is a mix ture of Silver Spangled Hamburg, .Haß" Ccchln and Light Brahma, and the fowls are very beautiful and regular in their markings when carefully bred. It will take some years to get the breed established to a uniform type, as it did the Plymouth Kock, but many " poultry raisers believe it to be the coming breed. I'nthretthed Oats for Hordes. Lnthrehhed oats are a better feed for horses than grain alone, or the grain and traw both fed, but separately. The al buminoid ratio of the grain of oats is 1 (11 of the straw of oats, 1 iKrj. The food of horses at ordinary work should have aa al buminoid ratio of 1 70. Hence, the grain of oats should be mixed with food having a lower albuminoid ratio. We might get a ration having the proper ratio by using torn with tne oats. Utit it is well known that for grain to be well digested it must be eaten with some sort of stover to form the necessary bulk in the stomach. For stover we niurht use timothy, which has an albu minoid ratio of 1.81, and would give the necfssary bulk. But It is much better to hive the grain and the stover eaten together. We may cut the hay, mix it and the grain to gether, and moisten the mixture; but we accomplish the same thing more economi cally by feeding unthreshed oats, for then the grain, all the chafl' and a good part of the straw are masticated together. P.ythui . leediDg oata we not only improve the albu minoid ratio of the ration and provide the necessary forage masticated with the grain. but we save the expense of threshing. Oats to be fed in this way should be cut before they are quite ripe, cured thoroughly and then moved away. They areiust the feed for winter, when the horse require carbohydrates: and because of their manner of feedine are so well dieted, and are so well uited to the wants of the horse that he will do a great deal better upon them than be w ould nion almost any other food. KlKhen Garden in June. The main crops should all be sown, and returns tor tne table or the market be comiDg in- Keets, carrota, spinach, lettuce, peas aiid othe early crop", should atlord an abunt?atsuppiy. Do not forget in the enjoy ment of the first sowings to provide for a succession, fcweet corn, ceans, peas, beets, ana a number or otners may be sown to uopiy the.table later in the season. This is the great month for weeds, and in destroying them the plants eet much needed cultivation. There is often a dry ipell this mocth. It is well to avoid watering as long as possible, but when it must be given, apply it copiously. Celery slouju be planted from the middle of this to the middle of next month. Keep tomatoes tied up to their trallisjs. ana cut away supertluous shoots. Sow cucumbers for pickles in well niinur;d rows thickly enough to secure a final at mil of a plant to each foot. Forward eg plmt by irequent Boeings, unions are most Drontable if bunched and sold when half grown or lesH. fcpmach soon runs to seed in warm weather. Try ew Zealand spinach. Leading Horses. The awkward scenes often exhibited In leading horses, both on country roads and city streets, generally evince the obstinate or lazy nature of the animals, though the fault is sometimes attributable to their bad man agement. Accidents occasionally occur from one or the other of these cisses the grooti being unhorsed and sometimes seriously iajared by the holding ba:k of the horse he is attempting to lead. Probably careful traiaing while young would materially remedy this defect, even in animals that are naturally lazy or oosunaie. Often, when a number of horses are being led along a road, one horse hangs back and allows himself to be dragged by the baiter and pulled along, while another trots up ireeiy, aneaa oi me norse his leader rides. ibe öinerence in the disposition of the two animals, so opposite in their nature, is by no means an indication of their respective abil ities, for some of our fastest horses are nat urally lazy and don't lead or go freely, requiring the whin or spur to keep them up to their work, while the free and hi$h mettled are nowhere in the race, lee the latter are generally preferred for pleasure and the for mer for prol.t. The horse that leads well, and runs well np to the bit, has the first ele ment of a good and pleasant sadile horse. wiiiie tne onsunate or lazy animal is often a ntmance. Growing Celery. American Agriculturist.! Not many years ago celery was considered as a crop only to be grown in the gardens of tbe wealtby wr.ere the cost of cultivation was not regarded. Thanks to the market garJeners aoout New York the cultivation f celery has been greatly simplified; the old laborious method of planting it In trenches has Leen dl-rarded, and now any one who fan raise cabbazes can grow celery. Tue dwarf varieties of which there are several are to be preferrei to the tall-growinj tiiinig, and as each of the principal see-I nn has Lis favorite teste! sort it is safe to follow Lis ad vice as to the variety. The im porta it point is to secure the eeiery pUnts, an 1 if r-ne Is not to cultivate largely, an I ci r-Ml-ily purchase the plants, it will be the thntit to buy from those who grow them f r ale. Of course, all can not purchase pi nu and the majority must grow tttexn. Inose

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who have not already sown the seeds must purchase plants, as the sowing should have been made two months agf. Market gardeners set their celery on land from which an early crop of cabbies, cauliflowers, onions, etc., has been taken; as the soil has been hitrhly manured for these it remains rich enough for the celery. The soil being plowed and harrowed, it is marked ou in rows three feet apart, and the plants set at everv six inches in the row. After the plants are set. the soil sboum oe pressej very hrnilv aeainst tte roots witn tue loot, ua land not already rich the rows must be mannred : mark out tbe rows four reel apart, ana throw out furrows with the plow. Spread well decomposed manure in tbe furrows, knocking tbe lumps apart, and throw the soil back over the manure. Harrow and roll thoroughly, mark aain, and set the plants at cne foot apart in the rows. Nothing more is to be done to the celery except to culti vate it thoroughly and keep it clear ot weeds until .September, when it is prepared tor talc ing up, as will be directed at tne proper time. Sorghum sugar. I Harpen Magazine Although sorghum is generally considered an upstart thrusting itseii into sugar-cane society, it has claims to be considered the . . . more ancient and aristocratic oi the two. it is said that sorghum, which is the durra of the Kast. was tbe plant originally used by the Chinese in making sugar. The differences between the two plants are many and vital, desi-ite their botanical grouping. The su car cane (Saccharum otlicinarum. Linn.) is a . i V?- IS perennial pjanc, growing in lavorauie localities somt times for fifty j'ears from the same root?, propagated not by seed but from cut tir gs of slow growth, and requiring m the tropics often from fourteen months to two vfars for its development. ine sorghum (Sorghum vulgare. Iers) which is really a cereal, and much more like maize than like wuarar-cane, Is an annual, grown from seed, and matur irg often within three months. The sugar cane is of thick and sturdy growth, witu a great deal of woody fibre in its outer envel ope, and with a tough and dense internal structure. The sorghum is tailer and more slender, of a sottor outer structure, and less dense pith. The sorehum, unlike the sugar cane, is crowned with a cluster of edible seeds, the "seed-bead," used as food for men as well as for cattle. There are a number of species of sugar-cane, although all are sup posed to nave developed by cultivation irom a single progenitor, wnose iiauiiat is uu known : the varieties of the sorghum are less marked, and are all definitely within one specie?. i - , . Sorehum sugar mating is, in tuiscountrv rather a matter of prophecy than of expert encc. vet there seems to be no good ream why the work of the Department of Agn culture, of which this industry is a pet nur ling, should not result in developing an i;u portan interest TLe botanists distinguish only on specie3. but the farmer hnds a good deal of dineretic between the "harly Amber cane, whica is the favorite, the Oransre, also much planted Link's Hybrid, the Honduras, Liberum and other kinds which ripen later than the Karly Amb-r. and are therefore less suited to high latitudes Aftt-r the plant Rets its real start, it grows wonderfully, and with remarkable independence of -eaion ami climate, in wet limes or dry times, whtn Indian corn would be drowned out or burred up, and from Minnesota to Tei as. where it has been known to develjo a st Cond crop from the stubble after the tint has teen cut. Profitable growing for sag i is. however. coLhned to lower latitudes Vim at first supposed, and the isothermal lines of thought by the best authorities to mark the supar limit, though sfrup may be fproritably maue lurtuer nunu. mis lncji.ues .Mis souri, Tennessee, Kentucky. Illinois which led in sirup production in the census year in the order nameJ Kansas, bouthern Indiana, etc., as probable sugar-producing States. TLe crop ripens at the North in September and October, and at its maturity ecnts a line picture, with its deep green eafage, and the red or dark tops of ripening seed. Its great enemies are early frosts and the plant just as it is ready to harvest, top heavy with its cone of seed, and bend it to the ground. In ls:; the storm played sad havoc with the ripened crop, lhe Western tarmers, wno grow mostly Xor sirup, report a yield from 100 gallons of sirup per acre up, costing about per acre to raise, in ail dition to use of land and outfit. At fifty cents per callDii, this would give a profit of about i-'M ieracre; but the trouble is that this sirup must come in competition with other sirups selliLg at scarcely aboye half that price. Tim Flow r (ianleu and l.awu in.lniif, Kun the lawn-mower as otten as once a week, or oftener if the rapid growth of grass requires it. In a dry time mow less fre quently. It is a good plan to have the edge of beds in the lawn cut sloping, as this will allow them to be kept in order more easily. Annuals sown now will make a fine display late in the season. Coleuses and similar "foliage plant." may now he planted in heI in the lawn. Carinas and tuberoses should now be planted. "Kverlasting flowers" so called, will be needed at Christmas. and it will be well to provide for the demand by sowing seeds of helichrysums, rhooanthes and others. Weeds, whether in the lawn or on the border, must be kept in subjection. A sharp, still kuife, that will cut tue roots well below the surface, is a most useful implement for weeding in the garden, weennouse plants, as a rule. are set cut of doors, but they should not be given over to neglect. If the pots are set u ion a tavement, provide a layer of coal ashes, tnat worms may not enter. Plants thus placed for the summer must have all needed water; they must not be overrun by insects, nor should their roots be burned by the beating of the sun against the pots. Indeed, plants that are set out require as much, if not rather more care, than if they had been left inside. Guard against injury by dogs. Shocking Grain. American Agriculturist VeryJew farm hands know how to sho'jk grain properly, and yet others shock poorly because of indolence. It is poor policy o have the shocking done by boj s. The u-?e oi the self binder must re nove all excuse for the woik being done by them Surely enough men can now be got to do this work. Tne self binder is usually set to make rather large bundles, and they are at ways compact. Hence not more than twelve of these bandies should be put in a shock. If more are used the grain will not cure properly, and more are cot required to give the shock the needed stability. Two persons should always work togtwier. Let each take two bundles and set the two pairs together. Then let each man set one bundle at tbe end nearest to him, al terraticg with the two already set. Two bundles at each side, alternating with those previously set. and tne two cap stitaves complete this motel shock Each bundle should be driven down solidly into the stubble. All should lean sllghly toward a common center. Do not place the shock in a depression; but this is the only excuse for not placing them in a straight line making the load less inconvenient. For cap sheaves select long, slender bundles. Break them thoroughly, and be careful to place the tops toward the prevain ine winds. After the ten bundles are setgather their tops in your arms and draw them together. When the cap streaf is placed, do not pat it down with a stroke in the mid die, but by bringingan arm down across each end. Spread the cap sheaves to cover the entire shock. Any whisp of grain standing out can be tucked in. I'rotit In Horse Itatnlng. In solving the very Important problem to the farmer of raising that for which he will find ready sale, the many advantages afforded by a little attention to the raising of a serv iceable class of hores should not be forgot ten. There are few farmers who could not. at a really trilling outlay and with compara tively little trouble, raise a couple of goo I coits Jor eaie every year, in tail matter, a

in au otner operations oi crop-prouucing, the character of the product raised must be desirable; the farmer who raises scrub?, and

tbe larmer who raises weed3, are on the same footing. I n questionably, the kind of corses most easilv raised on the farm is the product of a cross between the draught-breeds and our common native mares. As a rule, such an imals are tractable and in such general demand as to be readily sold, when three years old, for $1.')0 to $200. Indeed, the farmer, whose resources are limited and who wishes to dispose of them earlier, can still do so at very remunerative figures. lo those farmers who are ambitious to raise a still iiigber grade oi animal, tbe coach horse offers unusual attractions, while necessarily calling for more skill in the selection of the parents, and greater care in the raising of the product. 1 he demand for well trained, well matched horses for the t qui papes of the wealthy is practically unlimitted and likely to be so for a great many years to come. The dif ficulty of securinji a well matched team of coach horses are not appreciated save by tbo?e who have attempted to do so. A couple of years ago the writer was informed by a gentleman who had a commission Irom no less than three parties, to secure for each of them a team such as we have indicated, that in the course of nine months he had only been able to fulfill one of his commissions, and would think himself very fortunif, after all the traveling he had done and the inquiries he had i nstituted, he should be able to fill the other two within the year. The team be had secured cost their ourchaser $3,000. Of course, as we have already indicated, raising of svfch horses as this requires ex ceptional qualifications in the breeder, bat the raising of good serviceable horses, sivjh as reierred to in tne tormer part ot tins article, is available to every farmer owning eighty or more acres oi land. IIOISEIIOLD HINTS. Sweet Potato Pie, Make a rich pie crust, and fill it with thin slices of apple and of steamed sweet potato; spread thickly with butter and sugar and grated nutmeg. Cover with a thin crust and bake. Advocate Jumbles. One cup of butter, two cups of sugar, one cup good rich milk, four eggs, one teaspoonrul of baking powder, heaped, a little grated nutmeg and Hour to roll. Dust with white of eeir and sift suaar over before baking. Good Filtering Medium. Chamois leather makes an excellent filtering medium. It should be previously washed in a sola solution to remove grease and well washed in water after each usinir. Tinctures, elixirs. sirups and mucilages will run through it in most satisfactory and expeditious manner. Plain Lemon Pie. To the grated rind and juice of two lemons and two cups of cold water, tie beaten yolks of hveeggs. two cups of frUu-nr. and put it over the lire. Ulend two large tablespoonfuls of cornstarch in a very little watiT, and add, when boiling, stirring briskly for a few moments, until it becomes thickened. Pour into a good undercrut. This amount makes two medium-sized pits, and may be enriched by adJing a little butter. Soft Molasses Gingerbread. One and onehalf cups molasses, one cup of beef shortening or butter, or half of each, two cuts of sour milk, one-half cup of brown sugar and two tcaspoonfuls of salaratns. Have ready in pan two or three cups ef Hour, with the iucar. a little ginger and cinnamon; and when you have boiled up the molasses, but ter and shortening; pour it upon the ingreditnts in the pan and stir it well. Then add the sour milk and salaratns and Hour enough to make it as thick as a cup cake. Keat thoroughly. Paked Keg Plant. Trim ofT the stem end and boil the egg plant lor twenty minutes in salt water, and then lay m the colander to drain until perfectly cold: peel, open and take out the seed, mash the egg plant smooth, pouring off any water that comes, and add to it half a grated nutmeg, a saltspoonful of white pepper, half a teaspoonful of fait, ateacupful of milk, a tablespoonful of butter, two eggs and bread crumbs enough to make a thick batter of it; bake for twenty minutes in the dish you will serve it in; two tablespoonfuls of minced ham is an improvement. To Make Corn Dread. Kor corn bread. beat two eggs, the whites and yolks sepa rately, take one pint ef sour milk or buttermilk, two tablespoonfuls of sugar, one tablespoonful of butter, warmed so it will mix readily with the other ingredients and a little salt. Mix all these together well with the eicer tion of the whites of tbe eggs. Tut two-thirds of a teaspoonful of soda, abso lutely free from lumps, in a pint of corn meal, and sift and stir them into the milk, etc. ; then alter beating the whites of the eegs, add them also. Kutter a pan thoroughly, and bake in a moderate oven. A Cup of Good Coffee. "It is one of the simplest things in the world," said Miss Carson, in her lecture recently, "to make a cup of pood cotlee, and this can easily be accom plished by applying a little common sense. If you put boiling water on collee, and do not let it boil." she continued, "you have all the good qualities preserved. One reason dyspeptics can not drink coffee is because it is boiled. The style of coffee pot is just a matter of fancy. I have made as good coffee in an old tomato can as I have ever sipped from a cup filled from the finest French coffee urn. We should take lessons in this matter from the Turks and Arabians, who grind their coffee to a fine powder. When the t offee is ground as fine as possible, put it in a little bag of unbleached muslin, which should be tied tightly enough to prevent the escape of the grounds. It you use a cup of unground coflee you can make over a quart of very strong, black coffee. In making coffee many people sacrifice flavor boiling. When boiling water is placed on the bag of ground coffee, it should stand at least three minutes beore serving. KemembeY, the longer it stands the stronger it becomes. Be careful not to allow the watered coflee to boil. 'A favorite mixture of coffee,' said Miss Corson, in answer to a lady in the audience, 'is Mocha and Java, in the proportion of two parts of the latter, which 13 less expensive, to one of the former." FARM NOTES. If coal ashes are placed in one corner of tke fowl-house they will be eagerly use t by fowls to keep themselves free from veruiiu. Do not neglect to He the young growth of grapevines to the poles or trellis Irom time to time, eo that the wind can not whip theai about the stakes or over the wires and in iure them. If ants are to be killed, a sponge saturated with sweetened water, it is said, will be quickly filled with them. The sponge may then be dipped in boiling water from time to time. Never sign a paper for a stranger. There are swindlers abroad obtaining larmer' sig natures under false pretenses to innocent looking documents, which in many casej are twisted into promissory notes. Grass will need attention very soon if we wish to make the best hay. The best time to mow is probably before it has passed its full maturity of growth. The ripening of the seed not only exhausts the plant, bat the soil as well. An Iowa journal aska: "Why do farmers continue to breed col ta when they can see every day noble specimens of grade colts, grand in size and noted for their advantages and capabilities Who should breed them if farmers do not:" Nodaway County, comprising within its boundaries !00 square miles, has long been known as the banner agricultural paper of tbe preat Mate of Missouri, it raijes more corn than any other county in the I'aited States and stands at the head of the 114 counties in Missouri in the production of fco;s and fine cattle. When it Is understood that if allowed to rfr en to seed perfectly, the grass loses all its ri b inice, and becomes mere dry strw wooi'y t re, a little silicate of potash, and a

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matter the importance ot cutting it at tne right time will be apparent. June is the great honey month of the year, and happy is the bee Keeper this year whose "tubs are rieht side up.'"' This is also the great swarming month and great will be the perplexities of the bee Keeper wno nas many bees and no hives, sections, etc., ready. Swarming will certa nly be booming by the middle of the month, and there will be no time to make up hives and do other work that should have teen attended too during the winter. A prominent English horseman traveling in the United States, in a letter to the London Live Stock Journal, says: "I there saw better all-around horses than I've seen since I came to this country. And I could have got for $150 or $200 what I cannot get here at all sound carriage horses to draw a wagon a mile is not much over 3:30. The citizens of the United States have at mucb pains provided themselves with the most useful horses that can be go anywhere " As to our noted trotters, they were pronounced as beautiful and perfect in form as the finest thoroughbreds he has ever seen in England. I sua 11 v the use of blinds cause tne very evil it is intended to remedy shying. Tbe horse shies because he sees something im perfectly, or can not tee at all an object which makes a noise, the nature of which he does not understand. If he has not blinds to interfere with his sight, he will shy less often. If you could not see on either side, only straicht ahead, you would be far more timid, your heart would suddenly begin to beat faster, much oftener than if does now. So with a horse; blinds make him timid. If you have ahorse addicted to shying, remove the blinds and he more kind to him lor a lew dava. until he has gained confidence in him' self and in vou. This will effect a radical cure. STOCK NOES. One of the surest causes of disease among horses is poorly ventilated stables. Their luarters should be made as warm and com fortable as possible, and At the same time the matter of ventilation should not be overlooked. Better let them feel the cold a little than to süßer from disease. It has been the experience of one of Iowa's successful hog-raisers that the best market for hogs in the past ten years has been in the months of July and August as a rule. Would it not be advisable for some of the farmers to delay the corn, now, a litth?, and give the hogs grass and try a later market l büould not all sell at o-ce No farm animal chills sooner when ex poted to the cold than a hog, and no animal works more industrionsly to protect itself against cold than it. But we think hogs suf fer more from wet than cold. A cold rain chills the body, drives thecold inward, opens the pores of the skin, and makes an animal dcubiy liable to contract distale. When the srrouml around the nier-nen is Ihorauphlv drained, as it should he, bare earth makes the best and certainly the most desirable noor. farmers Keview. In the days of pen-feeding to hog?, hy cholora, thumps and pork which people would not use because they could not eat it. w ere things not heard of. These are all the outgrowth and natural result of rearing ani mals on one kind of food, and that food corn, not adapted to make a healty body or good, palatable meat. We shall have less troubles more and more until we progress backward to the more rational and natural way of the fathers who studied economy with clote construction, and reared hogs which had the elements of food in them, and fortd suited to the hard labor of the pioneers. We want more peas and less corn more rouble and tissue and less fat. Buch crops arc alio eh aper grown than corn. Groom the horses outside the stables. The horse is rather fastidious, and detects auy bad odor or any fiith about his food. He is not apt to relish his bay and oats if the ma nure, etc.. from his body, removed and con verted into dust by the comb and brush, has settled in the feed trough. Kesldes, part oi the matter removed from his body is the deadjuatter thrown off by the glands, and talking this into the stomacn ana lungs, as he will be compelled to do if the grooming is done in the stabies, win poison his blood. Groom thoroughly. Tbe comb is a good in strument iu its place, but the brush should be used more than the comb. Clean the hide as well as the hair. Grooming is to preserve the health of horses even more than to give him a decent appearance. The well being of both the ewe and the lamb requires that the latter be weaned at a certain time. Weaning before this time will stunt the lamb. If delayed too long, the ewe is unnecessarily injuied, and the lamb is coaxed to depend upon the dam for part oi its sustenance when it should subsist entire ly upon other food, and would be more thrifty if it did. Lambs need not run with the ews longer than four months, if they are as thri'ty as they should be, if there is water in the field, they are usually disposed to help themselves; though it nhould be seen to that they get sufficient drink. The same is true offchade. If they persist in wandering aim lessly around in the hot mid day sun. pen tbem up in the shade. They should have a f asture of short, tender anil nutntous grass, n addition to this, ive them wheat "sran enriched by tbe addition of a little shorts or oil cake meal. ; Why should a hog be allowed to wallow? This is a pertinent question at this season. A Log should be allowed to wallow, first, because it reduces the bodily temperature. The ncse of tbe bog is near the ground; his body is compact, and is composed largely of fat compared with muscle; hence he gets hot. ar.d needs a cool wallow. Another reason for allowing the hog to wallow is that in this way he gets rid of any vermin which may be upon his body. The lice. etc., are iiu prisoned in the mud, and scratched off with it. But the best reason of all is that this is the hog's way of cleansing his hide and keeping the millions of glands open. The mud and water loosens the filth, and the hog scratches himself clean. As these glands opening on the surface of the skin throw off more dead, poisonous matter than the lungs and kidneys combined, preventing their ciosirjg is of the highest importance, and this the hog accomplishes by wallowing. W stern Plowman. Pack The Lang; With Air. Herald of Health. Deep breathing and holding of the breath is an item of importance. Persons of weak vitality find an uninterrupted succession of deep and rapid respiration so distressing that they are discouraged from persevering in the exercise. Let such persons take into the lungs as much air as they can at a breath, and hold it as lone as they can. and they will find a grateful sense of relief in the whole abdominal recion. Tracuce will in crease ability to bold the breath and the capacity of the lungs. After a time the art may be learned of packing the luners. This is done by taking and holding the long breath, and then forcing more air down the trachie by swallows of air. The operation may be described by that of a fish's mouth in water. To those who have never learned it, it will be surprising to what extent the lungs may be packed. Caution at first Is needful, but later practice will warrant large use of the treatment. The whole thoracic and abdominal cavities will receive immedi ate benefit, and continuance and temperance in eating, and right exercise will bring wel come improvement. i ne New York .Method ist Conference, iecently held at Fulton, adopted a sesolution asking the bishop not to appoint any person as presiding elder who used tobacco in any iorm. "roml'i Extract, The world-renowned remedy, la still In the field and successfully used by millions, while other preparations claiming to have similar merits have gone into oblivion after a short time." This f bows how a good thing is appreciated m both hemispheres. orld Travel Ufuette.

SOUTHERN SENTIMENTS

Jeff Dayis Pilgrimage an Unexpected Result for the New South. Atlanta and Birniinghaiu Their wonderful Development Politics Oar Own MoDonald Considered the Coming Man Florida's Indiana Colony Personal Notes and Gossip. (Special Correspondence Indianapolis Soniiiiel. Altamokte Spris;s, Fla., June 1. The recent pilgrimage of Jefferson Davis has had an effect he little anticipated. The question able taste or practicability of awakening the discussion of issues closed by the verdict of war has demonstrated that by far the ma jority of thinking men in the South are averse to any but the live issues of the day. This is not only true of business men, but citizens generally, even among those who wore the gray. Hon. Thomas J. Davis, a wellknown politician and railroad king of Avken, P. C. , said to me: "You nave no mea, sir, how we welcome Northern energy and capital in our midst. Our wants, now were our wants, in a different sense, during the war men and money.' eay to your people to come among us without fear for the future. Those, of us who fought against you accepted the arbitrament of the sword, and long to see our land devel oped by your energy and your money." bpeakingof the Northern cities, he added: It makes my heart sick to go North and see your dash, your enterprise and evidence of real prosperity, even in times of such depression, and in my very soul I thank God the problem of slavery is solved, and that tbe issue of war was after all foueht with real good to our section." He did not think it would take another generation to overcome the prejudices of the past, but pointed to the already too apparent fact that the North was Eeopling the iSouth alongside the generation orn since the war, bringing to the surface of business and politics those who turn their backs on dead issues and think only of a united land, with its wonderful resources common to all its people. lheJellerson Davis episode in unearthing the past has by that will known principle of opposites iu mental science called greater attention to the present and future. Instead of being unfortunate in any sense, except tor the few octogenarian participant?, it has brought into clearer view the real decided change of sentimedt and infusion of new biood into that bruised land. Nor were Davis' sentiments rightly understood in every instance. An ex Governor, who desired his name should not be used, told your correspondent that Davis himself accepted the situation, and quoted tbe exchief assaying in his terse way: "This is perhaps less than a nation, but certainly more than a union: ' demonstrating clearly that in his view war had closed tne weak points of confederation, and left us an integ ral whole, stronger than ever, and vastly to our advantage, considering the enormous speed and development of the nation since the dajs oi Jenerson. Atlanta and Kirmmgham are striking ex amples of the new South ; the latter with aa unparalleled growth bids fair to rival the great cities of the Northwest, and outstrip tbe manufacturing towns oi Pennsylvania, 11 has substantial blocks, well-paved streets and a hotel the "Florence" the equal of anything in the West. No idle mil's are rotting here, but furnaces light the sky for miles around; every branch of trade and commerce shows thrift and prosperity. If our townsmen needed anything further to convince them of the suicidal folly of even discussing such a thing as the rebuild lng of our Union Passenger Station elsewhere than in the heart of the city, they should look in upon Atlanta by way of contract. Here is a new depot, already in adequate to tue wants ot the public; trains are constantly pouring in and out, landing their passengers in the very center of busi ness activity. As a result there is no sec tional controversy of the ".North Bide" against the "South Side." r vice versa, as with us. but magnificent blocks and hotels are spring ing up on an sides oi tbe local point, ine hotels of Atlanta are widely known for the excellence, tne two leading ones being ex actly opposite the station at either end. Said a passenger as he took the tram: "What magnificent hotels. I have stepped at both of them and pledge you my word, no western city can show better; at midnight sick and weary the other day, my family and I trudged inlo that one over there the well known "Markham and though perfect strangers were received into a crowded house with an attention to our wants and suffer ings that was positively touching. How they made room for us, I doiot Know, but it was done somehow, and I for one want it to go on record, that the diamond-pin burdened hotel clerk has not yet invaded Atlanta, to lord it over the weary tourists." The hos pitality of the old South and the sincerity of the new, untainted by the icy conceit of seashore hostelnes. distinguishes the Southern hotel of to-day ; may it continue. The Markbams are the Lelands of the South, with this difference, that the Lelands were brothers and cousins, while the Markham talent has for several generations descended from sire to son. l be anti-bellum habit of making the hotel the rendezvous for political gatherings in formally and discussion of public issues, continues. One can not fail to hear public sentiment well reflected who will but ob serve and listen; and in this connection it may not be amiss to state that the name most frequently mentioned in the hearing of your correspondent, even when his domicile was unknown, was that of Senator McDonald. That this gentleman has a following In the South not at all appreciated by us is evident to even a casual observer. "Go home and tell your folks," said a railroad man of promt nence, "that we rely upon New York and In dian to keep our party in power; without them the Democrats must retire. Tell them that we of the South are tired of New ork domination in our counsels,as are the Ilepub licans in theirs, and that everything on both sides points to an Indiana man as the next President." Upon being asked whom they regarded as the coming man, he quickly replied: "Joseph K. McDonald, the man of force and brain, with a record available in every section." Little or nothing was said favorable to the re-election of Cleveland I snoke above of the influx of Northern people. Take Florida, for instance. Dr. 1 Ü. C. Hunt lives at Longwood, twelve miles from Orlando, in the orange belt, and In gram Fletcher at the latter place. I was told by a resident of Altaraonte, midway between those points, that there were actually in that space or twelve miles more Indian ians than Florid ians, all harmoniously cul tivating the golden apple of fortune, the Florid ia orange. Driving out to "Hoosier Spring" a wonderful freak of nature on In gram rletcher s larra your correspondent passed two country stores, in one oi which was an Indianapolis boy. a cousin of Auditor Jesse Adams, as proprietor, and in the other two clerks, who lately served on the South Side at home in like capacity. Mr. Fletcher himself is at a most thriving county seat do- . i . . i ing a kooo uusiness in reai estate, cneenui occupied and contented. He calls his home "Hoosier Nest," and Hooslers are royally welcome. George inayer has a farm at Gat lin, ner Orlando. Mrs. Sam Frazee lives near there also. The Mayor of Orlando is Mr. Reed, fownerly of Vinccnnes, lud. The Superintendent of Public Schools is Pro fessor Pjeks, once an Indianapolis bw Charles il Ferguson, son-in-law of Judtre 11 N. 1-ariib, is also in business there and doing well. Mr. Draper, of the Cedar Beach Hotel, Tur Key uie, is running me iuagnoua, at Uf lando. Charley Phlpps and youns Wheat ley. and Will Townsend, are near Altamonte The President of the South Florida Railroad, the trunk line to Tampa and Kev WVsL i no less a person than young Ingraham, whose

father was formerly Rector of Christ Church; and so on the list might be multiplied indefinitely. That this is the garden spot of Florida is evinced by the taste and discrimination of others besides Indiani&ns. Altamonte claims to be the highest point in Florida; quite hilly, studded with innumerable lakes and forests, rather above the average in density and beauty. It offers peculiar attractions for winter residence and orange raising. A party of Roston capitalists have bought large tracts

of land here and erected a tasteful hotel here, urrounding it with their own cottages and those of their friends. The hotel is not operated for prori, hut pleasure, and though open to the traveling puolic, is for the special accommodation of the "colony." One of the best landlords of the White Mountains, so justly celebrated the world over for its hotels, has had charge of the 'Altamonte" tha past winter, and in the munificence of table provision, comfort generally, Hon. Georgj Frost, of the '-Hub," fancies himself at the Iwin Mountain House aqain. refreshed with the balmy odor laden air of Florida, for Mr. and Mrs. Coffran easily made "Tbe Altamonte" the counterpart of the "Twin." Mr. Frost is a wellknown capitalist of Boston : he and his asso ciates are operating their plant much after the design of "Woodruff Place." But it must not be supposed that the lands about this mecca of health are such as the "New Hoosierdom" shows. In other parts of the State much of it is not worth cultivating, or entirely past reclamation. I thought the truth about a large part ot rlorida was well illustrated by the remark of a so-called farmer near Pensacola. During a wait for passing trains, the passengers strolled about the sta tion and points of interest near bv. A typ ical "greaser," calling himself a farmer, was tilted "bark on a bench in the shade whit tling, in curious emulation of his Yankee brother. Disscussing affairs generally, vour correspondent remarked the apparent excel lence of the rolling land thereabouts as com pared with the sand waste and barren pine region just passed, and asked what it was was worth in, say eighty-acre tracts. "Stran ger," drawled the whutler, "the land ain't worth a d n, but the atmosphere is worth a hundred and tilty dollars an acre. INPIAXA. NAPOLEON'S PUTATIVE SON. A San Francicu-o Watchmaker Who Looked Like the Emperor. New London (Conn.) Day. "A sen of Louis Napoleon born in St. Hel ena Island and buried in Lone Mountain Cemetery" is the beading of an article pub lished in the ban Francisco world that will cause many a New Londoner t open his eyes and wonder he did not euess it oefore. lhe article accredits Napoleon Bonapart with being the father of the late John Gordon, the watchmaker, who formerly resided here and a notice of whose death at -in k rancisco appeared in these columns somu weeks since. The resemblance Mr. Gordon bore to his putative father, the Kraperor, was often the subject of comment, but regarded only as a coincident. The story, however, is best told by the orld as follows: "lhe matron of Napoleon s prison or per haps it would be more correct to speak of her as the housekeeper appointed by the British Government to attend to the com forts of the exiled monarch, was a comely woman in early middle life, and doubtless she, in common with the rest of his attend ants, could never quite forget that her charge bad once worn an imperial crown. apoleon, like Jove in Dryden's immortal poem, 'stamped an image of himself on the nearest approach to a "fair Olympia" ' that the somewhat straitened resources of St. Hel ena's Isle could fumish. The result was the birth of a boy, who, albeit with the barsinister of the Bonapartes on his escutcheon, could yet, it is believed, claim more kindred, as he certainly bore a much closer resem blance of feature and figure to the race than Napoleon III. ever could. "After the death of the exiled emperor the housekeeper left bt. Helena and went to Lon don, taking her boy with her. There she married a watchmaker of the name of Gor don, who adopted tbe boy and bestowed on him his own nam. e By and by the young fellow grew to manhood, learned his adopted lather s trade, and in the course of years wandered to New London, Conn., where he soon established himsef, in a large and thriv ing business as a watchmaker and jeweler. He became a man of influence in that part of the country, mixing much in politics. He even took quite a prominent part in journalism, especially during the contest which preceded the selection of league Is land as the site of a navy yard. New London was the rival of that point for the posession of the yard, and a long and animated discus sion on the relative claims of tbe two points was carried on between Gordon and Gideon Welles, then Secretary of the Navy. The literary contrioutions of the former to this controversy, though unsuccessful in attainirg their end, were marked with great ability and earned for him the rospect and gratitude of the people of ew Ixmdon. le cbielly contributed to the Norwich Bulletin and the New London Star, most of his arti cles on the navy-yard question appearing in the latter pap r. "Soon afterward he came to this city, haying been probably seized with the California fever, then epidemic in the East. He entered into business with Mr. Tncker, on the corner of Geary and Kearney streets, and was en gaged with him for about sixteen years. Afterward he was for a time with Mr. Durkin. and later set up in a small way for him self at 231 Kearny street, where he remained until he died. He was a man ot very con siderable business ability, but somewhat re served and only sociable with a select circle of friends, n ''Gordon'a face and figure bore a remarkably strikine resemblance to those of his im perial father, and strangers who knew noth ing of the romantic story of his birth fre quently noticed it He was very reticent on the subject himself, but, when mellowed by the social cup, be would open his mind very freely, and was by no means unwilling to admit his relationship to the 'Corsican Con queror.' At such moments he, apparently unconsciously, assumed the very attitude and expression of the picture of his an:estor alluded to above. "Born at St. Helena, he lie buried m Lone Mountain a proof that notwithstanding philosophic aphorisms to the contrary, there r, i J 1 .L.. 1 is orten a gooa ueai more tuau a sjjiu tween the cradle and the grave." beNearly one-fourth of the entire population ot Kansas are members of some Christian church. Included in thia are 40,430 Mäthodists. "I have no appetite," complains many a sufferer. Hood's Sarsaparilla gives an appetite, and enables the stomach to perform its duty. Ilurned at the Dock. Kf.w York, June5. The hin Chloua, lying at the foot of Kent street, oreen foint, loaaea witn 50.COO cases of kerosene oil, took fire about 11 o'clock to nicht She was towed Into the stream and Is still burning, and liable to prove a total loss. Estimated loss, 1160,000. Our Worst Enemies, next to our vices, are our follies. Among tbem is the imperilling of future bodily comfort, and the average tenure of life to which persons of moderately good constitutions are presumably entitled, by impru dence in eating and drinking, and the reck less use of drugs. It is one of the hap py capabilities of Hostetter's Stomach Bittera tbat it can repair damage thus inflicted. When the blood is thin and watery, the bow els out of order, the complexion and tongue both giving evidence ef biliousness, there is a necessity for repairs upon the human tenement obvious enoueh to startle its possessor. A course of the Bitters, tbe abandonment of "druceine" for relief, and a common senso diet and mode of life these will speedily i , . ii i. . . i ll'k. . ; prouuee a cnange lur uie utctw-r. i uat im nine for fever and aire, and mercury for bil ionsness and constipation, won't do, the Bitters will. It also relieves rheumatism and neuralgia, and inactivity oi the kidneys,

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glowing language of some miraculous cures made by some largely puffed up doctor or patent medicine has hastened thousands to their graves; the readers having almost insane faith that the same miracle will be per formed on them, that these testimonials mention, while the so-called medicine is all the time hastening them to their graves. Although we have Thousands I'pon Thousand! Of testimonials of the most wonderful cures', voluntarily sent us, we do not publish them, as they do not make the cures. It is our medicine, Hop Bitters, that make the cures. It has never failed and never can. We will give reference to any one for any disease similar to their own if desired, or will refer to any neighbor, as there is not a neighbor hood in tbe Known world but can s'iow its cures by Hop Bitters. Lohiii Joke. A prominent physician cf Pittsburg said to S lady patient who was complaining of her contin ued IU health and of his Inability to cure her. Jokingly said: "Try Hop Bitters!" Tbe lady toot It in earnest and used the Bitters, from which she Obtained permanent health. She now laughed at the doctor for his joke, but he is not so weil pleas ed with it, aa it out him a good patient. Fees of Ioctors. The fee of doctors at $3 a visit wo.;'d;tax man for a year, and in need of a daily visit, over 11,000 a vear for medical attendance alone. And one single bottle of H-; Bitters taken in time would save the $1,000 iud all the year a sickness. Given Up by the Doctors. "Is it possible that Mr. Godfrey is an and at work, and cured by so simple a remedy?" "I assure you it is true that he is entirely cured, and with nothing but Hop Citters, and only ten days ago his doctors gave him up, and said he must cue, from Kidney and Liver trouble." VKone rennlna without a tmnth of rreea Sops on the white label. Bhnn all tbe vile, polssnous stuff witn "Hop" or "Hods" in their nam. FREE TRIAL! 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Hundreds of subtle malty, dies are floating around us ready to attack where ever there is a weak point. We may escape many K iauu tnait dv Keeping ourselves wen torunea with pure blood ana a properly nourished frame. Civil Service Gazette. Made simply with boiling water or mV.t. So!3 only In half-pound tint by Grocers, labelled thus J AHES EPFS 4 CO., Htneapttkie Cievlsf. lCDdol, LElaii. ÄF MA For Baking Purposes. BestmtKco'rTJ. ef?iiVt-ti:' Atktcg Circular. Crosscut, Band, Gang, Ifoly aSd'iJrag Saws and Saw Tools. awAll work fully warranted. Special attention riven to repairing. . K. C ATKIK3 Sk CO.. Indianapoll. In. TAPE WORM 1ST ALLIBLT CURED with 1 spoons cf medicine.'1 In 2 to S hours. For particulars and references addretx, with stamp, a..XlCKU0&N, 6k Mark f Plaoe N. Y. RESTORED. Ri Free. A uL.in nf vonthfr.t intprudenc ommiu l'rema If lllllllllllll ur nervous utaiim trledlnvatn every known remedy, has dlnonveraU simple a If -euro, which ho wul send FUZZ ta big iaUow-mirTerer. 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