Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 33, Number 1, Indianapolis, Marion County, 2 February 1887 — Page 6

THE INDIANA BTATE SENTINEL WEDNESDAY FEURUAHI 2, 1887.

THE FARM BUDGET.

HfrsaTality an Old Breads Breeding Grades fcr Citüa Fittoairg Swise. Seeding the Grass In Early Spring Il'nU on aiilalng Cows Guernsey Cows Danger rrom dander a Farm and House. Horse Talk By An Old Breeder. IFana Journal. There are a treat many troubles with Low a which could be cured without ditliculty If they were looked after in time. For instance a man away out in Colorado writes that hi3 colt has two scabs or sores on its ear, atd they are growing larger all the time. No doubt this ia the beginning of raane, or they may be caused by rubbing the skia o!T. and then the Iiie3 or other iusecta would kep them irritated. The simple and sure remedy for all each tkin diseases. End especially fur mange, is carbolic acid, or its equivalent, found ia the sheep dips. For mange the solution fhoald be made'qaite strong, and it should be well rubbed in so as to penetrate to the very bottom and reach all the vermin at work. There ia nothing better to cure flesh wounds and sores than lard with some salt mixed in iL The lards is healing and the salt cleansing. When there is "proud tiesh," as farmers call granulation, then kerosene ojl should be mixed with the lard, or carbolic acid, both of which contain the same principle, creosote, and it is this whiob. has the antiseptic effect, that is, the eilect to counteract puterescence or decay. All sores and wounds Bhould be treated in this way as soon as discovered, to prevent pus forming and putrifi cation, which may be followed by blood poisoning. Sores should be washed with castile soap or the discharge will take the hair off, and the irritation will extend. Putting on salted grease will keep the skin healthy, acd the hair will generally come in natural, but if not it will come in white and disfigure the animal. When a hone has these spots of white hair cn his breast or back it is a sure sixi he has had hard usage. He has been galled and neglected, and it does not speak well for his owner. Warts and all such excresences may usually be gotten rid of by tying a small cord around them and so cutting oT the circulation into them. This is the best way and the surest. When the bunch drops ofl" the wonnd may be greased over, or if necessary, touched with some sort of caustic. It is better to let warts cr any kind of tumors slough ofl than to cut them after being tied. There is danger of the cord slipping off and bleeding taking place, whereas if the knife is withheld there is no such danger. The teeth of horses often cause them a great deal of trouble, and I have no doubt but that the extra teeth called the "wolf tteth" do sometimes affect the nerves of the eyes, and lead to blindness or dimnes3 of eight. It is the notion of some horsemtn that shjiDg in horses is generally caused by defective eye-sight. In tome cases shying horses have been cured of the habit by removing the woir teeth. It is worth looking after, for a dodger is always dangerous. Driving with blink jrs will sometimes keep a hoi se from shying, especially if he shies from side looks. Some horses always do this, and they are the worse. When they see an object ahead which frightens them the driver ha3 some warning, but a side-shyer takes one unawares uale33, knowing its habit, one Is always prepared, and this is Eeldom the case. The horsa frightened from some object ahead will do as well and very likely better to have his ejes free. A man shoald stuiy his horse's peculiarities and be prepared to meet them Careless driving never is a sife way, for th o.cew ana saiest horse will sometimes gef. ecarid. Stories Hajr With Straw. Where the hay Is put up rather green it may be saved in good condition for feeding by mixing with straw. The surplus moisture of the grass is absorbed, and with it much of the aroma which gives good hay its delicate flavor. It can hardly be said that the nutritive value of the straw has been made eoual to hay by this process, lor it3 constituents have not been changed. Eat in making straw more palatable there is a decided gain in its nutritive value, as whatever is eaten with a relish is digested so much better than that which is not. If straw and hav are to be tored together next summer the straw mast be saved in good condition now. Many .'urmers who well know the benefit from this r racttce scarcely ever try it, far the reason Uiat at having time the old straw is all eone. acd that frcra tLe new grain crop is not yet threshed. Breeding Grade fjr Cattle. Chicago Tribune Farmers generally agree that there is merit n improved breeds of cattle. Yerv niDv are undecided as to what breed will prov" lest for their special purpose and for th?ir ocality. The hrst question should not bs UiScult to determine. The special purpoi letermined, the question i.s simnlv one of Adaptation for this purpose in connection with the price to be paid. Locality, however, has auch to do with the determination pi the breed to be used. In a cold climate pr hill location hardihood and aptitude for 'rastliDg" for food, es ranchers say, are imortant considerations. Devons or GalloKvavs should in this case fairly fill the bill. uut the west is a countrv of hash pastures knd full of winter forace. The Anerus and ed polls for high northern climates. II eraords for the middle region, and short-horn9 or districts further south these and their rades will pretty well supply the fancy of ny breeder of beef. For the dairy, if rich q ilk and butter are desired, the Gnernwv Had Jersey may be selected, and for general f'airjing, when the steers may also be profitiiojy ea&en into account lor neet, the Hoi-tein-ixesiau and Ayrshire will leave little o be desired. The great mistake made by many who ine&i in improved breeds for the first time is n supposing that no greater care need bs aken of such animals than with tho39 Which too often only get the warm side of ;. strawstack in winter. In improved breeds yoa seek and get early maturity knd an aptitude to fatten. To enable this o be accomplished, ample feeding ani heiter must be provide!. The firmer bo denies good shelter and ample food tD kny farm stock is always on the losing lide. The better the breed the better the heiter and food renuired. Thev hiva een bred for generations to comfort nd full fetdingl from birth to the butchr's block. Their powers of feeding have Seen improved. If this food is defied they suffer more severely than Animals inured to hardship for generation, and which are required to grow for five ir six years to produce the weight of a beter bred animal at two years. This is all there is to the question. It pays better to .belter and feed fully from birth any animal, however inferior his breeding, than to lllow it to lose In winter half or three-quar-ers the weight gained in summer. Hat because you have learned that there is lioney in the superior breeds, it is not, hereore necetaacy that yon select the taifrh-t-priced aire fqrjreeding grade Select t good, ifajcb,tnrpth, meaty bull, bat one x pure blood. Yoa, may buy one good nocghfor $HK)to f-iOO, according to the reed yoa choose. "And these, as aires of , rades, will give fully as good satisfaction as n animal whose price runs into the thontnds. Guernsey Cows fur the Dairy. In a communication to an English live ocx journal, air. Lu f. Allen, of JJufulo, has the following about U&ernseya: 'Within the last five years I have adapted e grade cows of this breed, by the use of 'loroughbred Guernsey bulls to my herd of : gh-gr ad e short horn cows, thus producing ! better class of milkers for butter-making, ie short-horns Bot being always no to the q aired standard for that oBject. Kot that ie short-horns In their original condition ere not eatiafactory dairy cows for many

years after their importation to our country, but running so much and early to fresh, and cultivated more for the latter purpose, the milking quality baa been neglected, and the almost exclusively milking breeds lately introduced here, as the Ayrshire, Jersey ana Holstein, have partly taken their places with dairymen and private families. Thus far, my short experience favor? the Guernsey over either of the others, of perhaps a like origin with the Jerseys in centuries back. I prefer tl em to Jerseys for their great size and hardihood, robust forms, carrying more flesh and equal quality and quantity of milk, according to size. Not that I at all undervalue the Jerseys in the opinions of those who preftr them, but their dirainutive Bize and leanness of tieeh do not suit my fancy. The full square udderp, good sze of their teats, easiness cf milkirg, and lymphatic temperament o: my half and three-quarter grade Guernsey cows equal my expectations. 'I intend, 83 time progresses, with a continuous use cf thoroughbred bulls, to breed the grades still higher, it having been fully proved with these who have long used both GuerEHeys and Jerseys, that well-graded cows cf those bloods give as rich milk and high quality of butter as thoroughbreds, at much lees cost of purchase than they. Ayrshires are valuable for cheese-making; so are lloisteins; but the lessened quality of milk of the latter, compared with the largely superior quantity, give meager weights of butter. Yet for supply of milk for city, village and ordinary family use, they may be superior to some others. I do not wish to depreciate them." Fattening Swine. Kansas City Lire Stock Kecord. We presume that every wide-awake farmer has been pushing bis swine for fattening to the utmost during the warm weather, as the cold weather wiil make them shrink unless you have the best of proper shelter prepared where they can not shiver in the 6now or wind. See that your shelter is divided into apartments where only six or eight hogs can pile together, as by this means they kill esch other and come out steaming hot to catch cold and lay the foundation of diseas?. This is one great cause for want of thrift. So divide your feed that they all may get their proper share. Never throw corn down in a pile for hogs to eat or allow it to be done. If cold and windy, select a sheltered spot in which to feed at that particular ume, and at a warm hour of the day feed s op or water and see that all get their proper jhare. Give your hogs fresh beds at least once a week, -an occasional feed of brfght hay or sorghum, and keep before them accessible at all times the following mixture: Salt, wood ashes, charcoal, sulphur, saltpeter and copperas. One peck of aaies to a pint of fa't, two pounds of copperas to two ounces of saltpeter, one pound of sulphur to a peck f charcoal, mixed thoroughly, and eighty hungry hogs will not leave a morsel ia twenty-four hours, so satisfactory is it to them and such is their want and need cf it If they congb, feed ten drops of carbolic acM in a pint of sweet milk to a 200-pound hog iu the morning, and one teaspoonful of sulphurous acid at nisht, and jou can stop all sneezing and coughing, and you can thus put your

hogs in good health, Horrow money, hold your hrgs until aiter taies are piul, and the first time they come up sell end pay your debt", and we believe you will run no risk from cholera and make money. The great secret of success is, feed and water regularly in amount ard manner, and keep your hogs htalthly. bin Kgg Shells. If the egg shells are thin it is a sign that lime is lacking in the food, or often, if this occurs in winter, that fowls can not get to the ground to nil their gizzards with gravel needed to digest focd properly. Leghorn hens and other persistent layers generally have very thin-shelled eggs despite all precautions in feeding. Many losses of egzi while undergoing incubation occur from this cause. To prevent eggs from being thinshelled it is better to give milk and wheat middlings mixed rather than rely on fowls eating a sufficiency of lime in any form. If erg shells are fed they should be pounded so line that ail appearance of the egg will be destroyed. More fowls learn to eat eggs from having nearly whole shells thrown to them to peck at than from any other cause. The Farmer Workshop. Every farmer should have a small building for keeping tools and the smaller implements used on the farm. Uere, with a comfortable lire in winter, much pleasant and profitable work may be done, making conveniences for barn or house, mending and oiling harness and doing many things that would either bs undone or cost a considerable sum were a tradesmen employed to do them. Except near cities, it is cheaper to buy the materials for bushel boxes or crates for fruit or potatoes and put them together. This will make a good job for many winter days, and may be just the thing to induce some boys who have a mechanical turn of n.ind to remain on the farm. Taneer rrom Glanders. An Illinois farmer, whose 1 orses had the glanders and were killed recently, died a few days aeo from blood poisoning, which was undoubtedly caused by contact with the diseased animals whom he cared for. The glanders is so dangerous and hopeless a disease that when a horse is attacked by it he should be put out of the way at once. It is one of the few animal diseases liable to be communicated to human beings, and wherever it prevails it should be stamped out as quickly as possible. Seeding the Gran in Karly Spring. Philadelphia Rc?od. ome farmers sow their grass seed on the snow, trusting to the even distribution thereof by the downward tendency of water, and the use of the farm roller for coverine after the frost has finished upheaving the soil; but it is doubtful if the practice o! sowing clover and other grass seeds so early in the season is the proper mode. Although such seeds do not easily lose vitality, yet there Is dam aee done by the cold, anil the hungry birds do not miss the opportunity to take their share, while the proper "catch" largely depends upon the condition of the soil. It lias been demonstrated that when the harrow is used over the growing wheat early in the spring, the result is beneficial, and it is when the wheat it harrowed that the grass seed should be sown if grass is to folcw a grain crop. It is important that the seeds be covert d, and if the field be harrowed there will be less loss of seed and greater chances for a Rood stand. As an app.ication of nitrate of soda on wheat in the skiing pushes it forward very rapidly.it scon reaches sufficient height to shield the ycucg clover from the extreme heat of the son, while the clover will at the same time make sufiicient growth better to endure the warm weather. The harrow may also be usefully employed to mix the fertilizer with the 6oil at the same time. 1 he ground upon which the seed is tobe sown deserves more attention than the grain crop, the crass seed or the mode of cultiva tion, for if the grass crop bs Intended as a permanent rastnraira it must not hf over looked that weeds will spring up to compete with the grass, and for that reason ihe ground must be verv clean. It la bear tharefnr that the wheat crop to be grown should be on land that was previously iu corn, as the extra cultivation required for corn better prepares the land not only for wheat but for the grass which is to follow. If, after the corn crop is off, the land is nut in rye, which may be plowed under in the snrint? and mil let or buckwheat sown and plowed under wnen green, or wheat sown in the 'all fol lowing, the ground should be in vt clean condition and fitted for any crop. Hints on Milking Cows. (Correspondence Practical Farmer. There is no part of the work on the farm which causes the proprietor greater trouble and anxiety than in the employment of hired help in the milking of his cows. This applies with increased force to extensive dairies. The great bulk of the hired help of the day con aists of foreignen, few of whomever learned to milk in their native lands, for the reason

that In those foreign countries milking the cows ia done almost entirely by women. Hence, in many cases the American dairy man is forted to break in new hands to the buslneis. Milking demands the exercise of gentleness and patience on the part of the milker. In order that a cow be made fairly profitable to her owner, it is important that she should be made to feel that ner milker is her friend, from whom she has nothing to fear. She should be taught to anticipate nothing but kind treatment each and every time he approaches ber. Under such proper conditions the cow will never get excited, and will be ready to yield her milk freely and without restraint, always presuming the milker's ability and disposition to draw the fluid smoothly and rapidly. Unless this is accomplished the cow will not yield her full quantity of milk. In practice, there are many bad workers among the hired help who are capable of doing well were it not that they are indifferent, work leisurely, stop and talk to one another or with a caller, and finally spend as much time in milking one cow as should be consumed in milking two animals. Far better that the milker should apply his mind and Lands vigorously to the work before him for the needed time to milk the cow, then take a rest if necessary, and time for talk, rather than to allow either to interfere with regular and swift milking. All talking should be omitted while drawing the milk. Even under the most favorable conditions, and with the most capable help that can be secured, dairymen sustain considerable losses in the possible product of their cows. But when tte negligence, temper and passion of hired help intervene, still greater losses must be incurred. Cows should never be vexed or worried by man, boy or dog. The surroundings of a cow should be such as to make her comfortable, and free from any annoyance or excitement.

FARM KOTES. The darkness of comb in fowls is the re sult of congestion of some kind. The colder the climate In which sheep prosper the finer texture and better quality the wool. A common hoe, straightened out by a blacksmith, makes a cheap and excellent implement for chopping roots for slock. A teaspoonful of spirits of turpentine in a pint and a half of cornmeal is considered one of the best remedies for gapes when fed to young chicks. Never set trees in sod or among wheat or other sowed grain. Clover is the worst of all. The whole surface of the ground should be ciean anu wen surrea. In giving water that has been warmed to cows they will drink too much if meal or shorts be added to it, and the quantity süjuia, tLereiare, be regulated. The asparagus bed must be atten ied to early. Fork in a plentiful supply of fine, well-rotted manure, bo as to allow the rains to carry down the soluble portions to the rcots of the plants. As a result of the wholesale destruction of birds for ormmental purposes, reports from South Carolina state that ravages of Insects in that State last season were greater than ever ceiore known. A remedy fcr garget is said to be e:j;ht drops tincture of aconite dropped on a pit-ce of bread and mixed with the food at nilit, the next morning giving four more drops in the same manner. Si read out your manure on the onion ratch now, and, if the frost will permit, plow or spade up the ground. Onions go in the ground very early, and the best crops are secured only cn rich and well-prepared soil. If a colony become queenlexs and you do not wish to unite it with another, s;ive them a frame of brood from another colony containing brood in its first stage, and they will convert a portion of said brood into queens, wnicn would otnerwise all be hatched into worker bees. Save' all the wood ashes carefullv. and after the orchards are ploughed, -jcatter the ashes over the ploughed ground liberally and barrow the ground well. This incorporates me asneswnn toe soil and assists in inducing food. There is a large portion of lime in wood ashes as well as potash. There is no advantage in lumping the manure in heaps over the fields. The rains reach the manure and enrich the spots upon which the heap stand more than other portions of the field, the effect of which will be noticed in the uneven growth of the crop which follows. The better plan is to spread evenly the manure as fast as it is hauled to the field. An apiarist of considerable experience says that Le is fully convinced that bacteria or foul breed never attacks the larv;e of the honey bee except when the larv;e are weakened or ill from eome other caue, and that there is no remedy known that will benefit a colony of bees alliicted with this disease, unless it be accompanied by good healthy food. In fact, the food is all that is necessary. Too long feeding is a common mistake in fattening fowls for market. It takes off the profits when a shorter time will answer. It kept in a dark place and stu fled with all they can eat they will fatten in twelve days or two weeks, and if this be continued much longer they will begin to grow poor again. Those to be kept over should not be subjected to this fattening, or, rather, Stöffling process. The location of the poultry-house is always best when the bnilding can face east and south. Tbat rs to eay, have the glazed end fronting the east and one long side the south. Thus, in our Northern climate particularly, ycur birds when confined to their beuse quarters in cold weather have the benefit of the early morning and genial afternoon sun's rays within the house, a very desirable thing for their comfort and health. Eotatmg crops and turning under vegetable matter is manuring in itseif, and is the best manuring we can do; it is permanent if re cularly kept up. We see land that has been annually heavily and expensively fertilized with commercial fertilizers that is getting more exhausted every year. I account for it in this way, tbat the land lacks humui (decayed vegetation), and without humus matures do but little good. Georgia correspondence Dixie Farmer. Every bec-keeper should have a swarmingbox. This is a box abont OxftxU inches Inside, one end closed ar.d a number of holes bcredineach side. A handle ten eftwelve feet long skould be put through one side, at center of box. When the swarm is partially settled, push the box in to the cluster of beei and they will go right iu to it, and can be cairied anywhere to a hive. This is much easier than cutting limbs, and saves th destruction of your valuable fruit trees. Discussing the question of the conveniences for dairying, the American Cultivator eays that the advantage of the creamery system is in its greater economy and the fact that it gets a much larger proportion of cream and butter from miik than is possible by any other method. The saving by the increased amount of butter made from their milk will for a very few cows, it thinks, pay the expenses of a creamery within a vear or two. One of the necessary adjuncts of improved dairying is the ice-house, and especially where creameries are used, Clean seed Is something not always easily obtainable. More pastures or grass crops are injured by foal seed than from any other mistake that can be made. It Is not a pleasant task to clean grass seed, and there are bat few crops grown for seed that are free from, weeds or undesirable grasses. The same may be true of the-wheat crop, the ground occupied by which ia to be devoted to grass. The risk is, therefore, greater, for if the farmer be so fortunate as to secure clean grass seed he may not have been so successful with his wheat seed. That is one reason for using the harrow on wheat in the spring, as it sometimes destroys early sprouting weeds without injuring the wnsat. In sowing grass seed for permanent p'isture, use the varieties best suited to tho climate and soil, and give preference to artificial fertilizers

rafher than to stable manure, as the latter may contain seeds of weeds. The best soils for wool are also the best for mutton, and it is necessary that the land be dry, for damp soils are fruitful causes of such diseases as liver rot, fluke and foot rot. A correspondent of the English Farmers' Gazette asserts that five pounds of common white beans ground fine and fed in halfpound doses with bran twice daily, will cure the worst cases of bloody milk. The nse of chloride of potasium is recommended in Germany as a means of increasing the growth of wool on sheep, as German chemista have found it beneficial for that purpose. It is administered in the proportion of one part chloride to nine parts salt. All fowls that feather slowly are usually hardy. For instance, the Brahmas. It is owing to the fact thtt the drain on the system occasioned by quick feathering does not weaken them. Slow feathering while growing is indicative of hardness. A Western farmer advises stringing seedcorn by tying the ears together with husks in seme place where the erain can be saturated with coal smoke. The odor, he says, repels pquirrels and worms from eating the seed. The seed comes up quicker, the plants grow more vigorously, and ripen several days earlier than from Beed not so treated.

LIVE STOCK NOTia. It is recommended that to prevent cows or steers from lumping over fences a horseshoe be nailed to one of the fore feet, which prevents the hoof from epreoding, and consequently renders the animal unable to spring. To train a flock of sheep take a lamb to the house and teach it to come at the call of a certain sound, and then put it with a flock. As sleep follow the leader the whole Hock may be called by the obedience shown on the rart of the petted sheep. An excellent mixture of hay for all classes of ttock is one-third clover hay with timothy and red top, which is much better than either one alone, as the mixture is more complete in food elements, it should be fed with an allowance of ground grain also. How to induce cattle to eat cornstalks is a diiliculty that has been overcome by a Maine farmer, who sprinkled hot brine over the stalks. The cornstalks are fed, with the fodder and husks, without cutting, and if well cured, he says the stock will leave but little uneaten. It is more economical, however, to pa.s them through a fodder-cutter. Estimating the value of the beg as a pro ducer cl manure, a practical swine-breeder states that a hog, if kepi to the age of twelve months, will convert a cart-load of material per month into an excellent fertilizer for corn. He thinks that with twelve loads of manure a year from each hog on the farm, the hogs should provide enough fertilizer to pay for the corn they consume, and that by estimating the value of the manne the log is kept at a less cost than he is credited. To indicate the influence of the food UDon tte growth of bones In animals, IVofessor Lehman fed a joung pig 12J days upon potatoes alone, tte restft b3ing rickets or softening of the bon. Other pigs, from the same litter, fed upon potatoes, black oatmeal and additional phosphates for the same length of time, had normal skeletons, yet there was a difference according to the phosphate added. Two that were fed on phesphate of potash had porous bones that were specifically lighter than others that had been fed upon phosphate and carbonate of lime. The experiment demonstrates the importance of feeding a variety of food. HOUSEHOLD HINTS. Layer Cake Two cups of lgar, half cup butter, one cup of milk, three eggs, three cups flour, three teaspoons baking powder, one teaspoon vanilla extract. Bake in a good oven about twenty minutes In three layers. Banana Charlotte The sides of a quart mold ATe to be lined with sponge cake, and the bottom of the mold with thin slices of bananas. Fill the mold with stiff whipped cream. Set it aside in an ice-box till wanted. Remove carefully from the mold and serve. I Doughnuts Two eggs, one cupful of sugar, one cupful of sour milk, half a teaspoonful of soda, four tablespooufuls of melted lard; and flour enough to make the dough rather soft. Fry them in hot lard and sprinkle pulverized sugar over them while still hot. Totatoes a la Neige These are nicely cashed potatoes pressed through a sieve or colander into the dish in which they are to te sent to the table. As they are apt to cool somewhat during the process, place them in a very not oven for two or three minutes before sending them to the table. Lemon Cakes. Hub together in a dry state three qua rters of a pound of tlour, two ounces ol butter, then add th:ce-quarters of a pound of powdered sugar, the juice and rind of one lemon snd two eggs; mix well together with half a wineglaesful of brandy, and make int5 mall cakes; bake in tins (previously buttered) for about twenty minutes, Cottage Pudding. One cupful sugar, two eggs, two cupfuls cream, one pint tlour, one and one-half teaspoonfuls baking powder. Beat the eggs and sugar together, add cream, tlour, with the powder sifted in, and pinch of salt. Mix into Emooth batter as for cup cake; put into leng, narrow or oval buttered mold, bake in hot oven over thirty minutes. Lemon Cake. One and a half cups of sugar, one-half cup of butter, one-half cup of milk, two cups of flour, two eg s, juice and grate the rind of one lemon, one-half teaspoonful of srdi; bake in small square tins and ice on sides and top. A favorite entree at a luncheon is served of the large French chestnut?, first boiled snd then neat ed in the oven at the last minute. They are wrapped iu a napkm and set fcelore each guest with a tiny pat of butter, some salt and a knife. Ginger Cakes. Beat to a cream half a pound cf butter with four eggs, and half a round of flour, half a pound of powdered leaf sugar, two ounces powdered ginger; mix these in by degrees; roll out acd to the thickness of a quarter of an inch cut into biscuits witn a tin cutter; bake in a rather tool oven fbr twenty minutes. Bump Steak a la Mode. Tut the steak in a saucepan with a sliced onion, a little whole alhplc, two bay leaves pepper, salt, a tsaspconful of browned breau crumbs or grated crusts and sufficient vinegar diluted with wafer to cover it; stew gently for twa or three hours, according to the weight of the meat. This dish is excellent cold. Boiled Itiee. After carefully looking over and washing, put the rice into the cookingbatln of the double boiler and cover with water to tbe cepth of Ibree inches, and boil two hours. A double boiler lacking, placs the rice in a bean pot or deep earthen dish, and put it uncovered in a kettle containing boiling water, coverlog the kettle. The kernalsare soft but distinct cooked in thW. way . v Wee Croquettes. Soften the cold boiled rice by warming it in a little milk, then add a well beaten egg to each pint, also a spoonful of butter, a little salt, and a teaspoonful of chopped celery or parsley If desired. Shape into small cakes, roll in crumbs, then In egg, and crumbs again, and fry in hot fat. Vary the entree or morning relish by adding a spoonful of sugar. A pretty way to serve fish at a luncheon or dinner fa to have thin cut slices of rock fish, overlapping, placed down tbe center of the platter; on one aide is arranged a pink sauce, made with anchovies, on the other a green sauce, colored with cucumber or spinach. This makes a perfect harmony in color of the r rosaic fish-dish. The dish is handed to each guest, who is served from the pink or the green aide as preferred. Lemon Turnovers. Threeldessertspoonfuls of flour, one of powdered sugar, rind ot one lemon, two ounces of butter, two eggs, and a little milk. Mix the flour, sugar and grated rind of lemon with the milk to the consistency of butter, then add the eggs well-beaten

and the butter melted. Butter some tin saucers, pour in the mixture and bake them in a rather quick Tovsn. When done take them out of the tins, cut them '. across, fold them together and place them on a napkin with sifted sugar sp5nli led over them. Chocolate Tarts. A quarter of a pound of chocolate, one small stick of . cinnamon, peel one lemon, two spoonfuls of Hour. 6ix eggs, two spoonfuls of milk, sugar to taste, a pinch of salt, puff paste. Rasp a quarter of a pound of chocolate, the cinnamon, and add half the lemon peel crated, then the Ealt and sugar. Well beat the yolk of eggs with two spoonfuls of milk, add it to the

other ingrediens and set them over the nre in a stew-pan for about ten minutes, add peel of half a lemon cut small, and then set it to cool. Put the mixture into a tart dish lined with puff paste, cover with the whisked whites of eggs and bake it. When done sift suga rover it. The "iJeTll Extractor" and Ills Fees. ITimes, of India. 1 The last census in India revealel the fact that there are more occupations engaged in by the people of the country than the ordinary public is cognizant of ; but, as far as we remember, it has been left to the Madras Small Cause Court to bring to light a gentleman who gains his living by devil extracting. This novel and, if we may judge by the fees charged, highly lucrative employment; appears to be recognized as a perfectly legitimate profession. The cause of action, it i.i true, was put down in the plaint as a refusal to pay the plaintifl for the cure of the defendant's brother "of a mental disorder of mania attended by physical distress, inseusibihty and pains;" but there was no disguise in court as to the exact nature of the claim. In fact, tbe Judge, a native gentleman, appeared to resent the skepticism of the defendant's pleader as to the possibility of casting out devils, aad his jocularity at tbe expense of the plaintiff's profession. "What, if a doctor does not cure, he can not recover? His Honor exclaimed on one occasion ; and on another, when the defendant's pleader expressed his disbelief in devil extracting, he inconsequently observed: "But you believe in haunted houses?" To this remark the pleader replied : "There may be a spiritual manifestation;" from which it would appear that he is not altogether free from tbe superstition which he ridicules. The plaintiff's cross-examination was very diverting. Diseases, he said, were ofthree kinds mental, spiritual and physical. Some physical sicknesses he could cure by his art, but not every case. Asked if he could cure love pains, he replied: "That is a very hard pain to be cured; even my father could not cure that." Later on he stated that he could not cure a person unless he were a negative. Other witnesses called described the nature of the plaintifl's treatment and its success. It was inferred that the evil spirit of the patient in this case was of the female kind, and as he, poor man, had only just been married, perhapä the presumption was not far from the truth. At tbe conclusion of the evidence the worthy Jodge dismissed the suit, not because he was of opinion that there was no cause of action, but because tbere was no evidence to support the contract Sued upon. KnglUh, Sparrows Mast Co. At the recent annual meeting of the Indiana State Horticultural Society, some one mentioned the English sparrow, and discusB'on was precipitated. Mr. Warder, of North Bend, Ohio, had found them both fruit and grain eaters. They had been very destructive to his grapes. They seldom eat insect?, but will feed them to the youDg birds in the nest. Professor Proop, of Purdue University, said that a member of the senior class of that institution had killed one or more sparrows daily during a considerable portion of the past summer, and examined the contents of then stomachs. In only one bird had he found the remains of an insect. J. C. Ratcliif, of Wayne County, had seen flocks of several hundred alight on his wheat-field, five miles from any town or city, and eat and waste the grain from largs areas. They beat the ripened grain from' the stalk with their wings. They were still more destructive to grain in shock. Mr. Folger said that they had entirely driven away 200 martens that formerly sheltered in his barn. Mr. Ohmer formerly had plenty of song-birds on his place. Now there was only the sparrow and iobin. Ihe time had come when something must be done. Mr. Webster had recently made an extended visit through the agricultural sections of Europe. Found that sparrows were everywhere regarded as a nuisance. In Germany he saw boys carrying hundreds of theru strung on sticks. They were taken to the V'llae authorities, and the boys received a half cent for each one killed. They wre paying for their destruction everywhere. Iheywere becoming very destructive in his locality. He had fcui d their ravages on his green peas particularly annoying. After further discussion in similar strain, and some words in their defense by President Johnson and one other member, J. C. Stevens, of Wayne County, introduced a resolution declaring tbem a nuisance and urging extermination, which was passed with but one dissenting voice. Child Labor. IXew Vora Mail and Kxprcss. Professor Adler, in an interesting lecture on the evils of child labor, presents figures that are interesting, but do not seem to make out a very bad case against the evil in this city. He says tbat there are at work in factories in this city ,000 children of both sexes, ranging in ages frcm eight to fifteen years. He does not state what proportion is nearer to fifteen or what to eight, and, as the difference is important, this is a significant omission. If there are many children aged eight, or the years" near that figure, working all day in factories, then tbere is a cruelty and an evil practiced that is worth attention from the soe'ety for the prevention of such things. Our laws for the prevention of child labor are, the professor holds, inadequate, and the attempts to enforce the Jaw for compulsory education "are ridiculous." If the laws in existence can not be enforced tbere is not much encouragement for the enactment of others, and the Legislature may therefore be regarded as beyond the censure of what the Professor says. But the executive authorities and the minor courts would, perhaps, excuse themselves upon the ground of the very gTeat difficulties in the way of laws that are restraints npon the rights commonly held by the people to be exempt from official supervieion. In such a case vague denunciation dees not help. Specific details are necessary for the intervention of the law, which acts upon cases acd not upon statistics. The Ideal Marriage Relation. IWashington CriticJ "My dear," said the husband to the wife before the glass, "I am ashamed to see you put all that red stuff on your cheeks." "Oh, don't worry about that," she replied, sweetly. "It matches the color of your nose admirably, and harmony is what makes the marriage relation ideal." Great Larki. lOmaha World. 1 Omaha MAn Sn von SDent Christmas in San Francisco. Did you have a good time? Stranger Jo, but my brother did. Omiht Man Vnnr hrnther did? Stranger Yes; I'm traveling home with ma Douy. It has renuired about half a century to bring Pond's Extract up to its present perfection. Tested and proved by time and use, it is recognized as a standard preparation of the highest character. Those who try it for any kind of pain, inflammation or hemorrhage will be pleased and auTprissd at its emcacy. ne sure ana get me genuine. Difficulty of breathing, tightness of the chest or throat, quickly relieved by a few doses of Dr. J. H. McLean's Tax Wine Ling Balm. 25 cents a bottle.

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Their Saperiority Over Other Breads Asserted ly Prominent Breeders of Indima. Points or the Address or BIr. Mitchell, President ot the Association Color and Pedigree of Animals. There was an attendance of about 150 farmers at the opening session yesterday afternoon in the rooms of the State Board of Agriculture, of the Indiana Short-horn Cattle-Breeders' Association. The meeting was larger than any heretofore held by the asFOCiation. The president, Mr. Robert Mitchell, of rrkiceton, delivered an interesting address, dealing largely in statistics to show the advantages of short horns over all other breeds of cattle. lie devoted considerable time to an effort to prove that if short-horns were raised exclusively in Indiana in the place of "scrubs" the wealth of the State would be materially increased. lie took the position that short-horns were not only the best beef cattle, but they were valuable as milk producers and pre-eminently superior to other breeds in all respects. Mr. Mitchell related some of his observations at the fat stock show at Chicago, and made a number of suggestions touching the preparation of cattle for the blcck. He called special attention to the necessary legislation to prevent the spread of contagious diseases among cattle. He spoke of the monopolies in the slaughtering business, and urged tbat it was high time that the beef producers cf tie Ohio Valley be organized for the protection of their mutual interests. Not the least interesting point of the address was the statement that shorthorns, properly fed, increase in weight 500 pounds annuallv, while other breeds average about 40 pounds increase. Tne secretary of the association, Mr. W.J. Quick, of Columbus, in his annual report, stated that the membership had increased from Ci in January, 1S3, to 154 at the present time. Of the 151 members, however, only 31 have paid their dues, all the others being delinquent. The receipts during the year amounted to $o22.S5, and the disbursements to $105.80, leaving a balance of $157.05. These figures include transactions connected with the publishing of the short-horn breeders' directory and the necessary printing and advertising. The report of the treasurer, Mr. E. S. Frazee, of Rushville, corresponded with that of the secretary, and both were referred to the Committee on Finance, consisting of Messrs. Christian, Sankey and Bals. Mr. Thomas NtNon, of Bloomington, read a paper on "The Difficulties to be Surmounted by a New Beginner, and How to Do It," which was a somewhat humorous deecripticnof the experiences of a would-be ehcrt-horn breeder who knows nothing about families or tribes or pedigrees in cattle, ana makes no inquiries of old breeders lest he should expose his ignorance. Mr. Nelson'B advice to beginners was to seek enlightenment from old breeders. Mr. Folsom, of this city, iu discussing the paper, spoke in favor of roan and white shorthorns, saying that the best cattle ever br-d had been of those colors. He thought the craze for red animals was not justified by facts: it was simply a folly of fasbion. A'lo blood could be concealed in a red-colored ani mal better than in all ethers. Messrs. Sedgwick, Howard, Mellett and Thomas and others also disenssed the psper. Mr. Frazee, of Rush County, said that a beginner should buy of ncne but reliable breeders; he should ascertain the facts with regard to pedigree. Mr. Frazee remarked that the fashion for red short-horns was started by the Kentuckian, who imported the first shorthorns (in 1817) tbat were brought west of the Allegheny Mountains. Mr. Ihomas Cotton, of bhelby County, thought the red short-horn was preferable when the peditrree was pood: red animals would command better prices. He urged that it was not necessary for a beginner to go out side of Indiana to bny good breeding cattlte. Mr. Wilhite and Mr. Seward, the latter of Howard County, spoke with reference to the most desirable color in short-horn breeds urging that the red w ss by no means a sale sign of fine pedigree. "Milk and Btef Qualities Combined in Short-horns" was the subject of a paper by Mr. S. D. Buttz, of Columbus, who made a strong argument to prove the superiority of short-horns over other breeds. Hartal Before Death. Your editorial on "Burial Before Death," writes "A Subscriber" to the New York Tribune, called to my mind a case which may be of interest to your readers. It appears much like a ghost story, but my wife assures me it is true, and, of course, I be lie ve her. Some fifty years ago the late (?) Lady Mount Edgcumbe fell sick, and afterward into a trance. Suppoeing she was dead, they buried her with due honors; her jewelry with her. The sexton of the place, as had probably been his custom, went to relieve the dead body of any valuables the night after the funeral. FindiDg some difficulty in getting off a valuable diamondstudded ring, he proceeded to cui off her finger. Finding blood issuing from the cuts he made, he was startled, and immediately tbe trance was broken and Her Ladyship returned to consciousness. She knew at once what had happened, and begged of tbe sexton to assist her out of the colli n, offering him pardon and a handsome reward, too. The fear of punishment (perhaps more than the shock) was too much for him; he ran away, and nothing more was ever known cf him. Her Ladyship managed to get home, and so affrighted were the inmates that it was a long time before any one could be induced to let her in. This was finally done by my wife's aunt, who had been lady's-maid. Not long afterward a son was born to Lsdy Mount Edgcum-be, and another later. Her Ladyship was alive in 1870. "Is an interesting memoir of the late Archdeacon Allen," says the London World, "printed in the Guardian as an extract rrom a local parish magazine, it is stated that as a matter of notoriety, and so well known as to only require to be stated en parenthese, that the late archdeacon was the original of Thackeray's Major Dobbin. It would be interesting upon what authority this statement rests. To most lovers of Thackeray and collectors of Thackerayana it will, I think, be new. The first number of 'Vanity Fair' was published in 1S4'J, when 'John Allen' was in his thirty-fourth year. He was certainly neither at school nor at college with its author. Thackeray being, of course, Carthusian and Oxonian; Allen was of Westminster and Trinity, Cambridge." An Old Citizen or Madison County Head. Andebson, Jan. 28. Daniel Ifgrigg, an old and well known citizen of Fall Creek Township, this county, died yesterday, aged seventy-three years. He was quite a prominent citizen of tbe southern part of the county. Interment will take place Saturday at 12 o'clock in the Falls Cemetery at F?ndleton. . The Effects of Mental Kxhamtion. Many diseases, especially those of the nervous system, are the products of dally renewed mental exhaustion. Business avocations often invole an amount of meutal wear and tear very prejudicial to physical health, and the professions, if arduously pursued, are no less destructive to brain and nerve tissue. It is one ot the most Important attributes of Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, that It compensates for this Jundue floss ot tissue, and that it Imparts new energy to the brain and nervea. Tbe rapidity with which it renews weakened menial energy and physical vitality is re-, mar kable, and shows that its invigorating properties are of the highest order. Besides increasing vital stamina, and counteracting the effects of mental exhaustion, this potential medicine cures and prevents fever and aijue, rheumatism, chronic dyspepsia and constipation, kidney and uterine weakness and other complaints. Physicians also commend it as a medicated stimulant and remedy. Iron, potash and the ibest vegetable alteratives render Ayer's Sarsaparllla unequal ed aaa Hood xcediclne

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