Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 33, Number 3, Indianapolis, Marion County, 16 February 1887 — Page 6

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THE FARM BUDGET.

Ycarg Toikevs. aiubs -2raina Cora Ahts Poultry Ree p lloaseholil LI tut and Farm Notes. l'utato Culture. H. Ive. of Batavia, N. Y., writes to ,i:?al "Se rj Yorker: I was interested in the the cent articles by Fresldent 'Chf.raberlam on ianure versus Drouth. I spent the past seaon in Douglas County, ivsnssa, where the cr.ditions were similar as regards heat, !rouths and hot winds, to those experienced a Iowa. I was inclined to irive tö tillatre. Vhrch is perhaps iny hu'jby, the credit of ricgir3 oar crop of eih'y acres lent Chamberlain's article mi.kc3 me reember that our best yield, -IvJ bushels per ere, was taken irorn aa eignteencre lot that ha.l been manured and Il-plowed abouttike'the let on the Iowa ollege farm. This ran aboil; ülty bushels etter than other fall-plowed land receiving bout the same tillage bat no manure. Sail lock upon tillage as the sovereign remedy ii case of a drouth, ilanure should be ap ed the year before for tie potato crp, as resident Chamberlain -EUfTests; but vrhea a vere drouth overtakes a nalf-grjrvn pjulo op, the manure remedy la not practical. It just tne time, though, tor the tillage reruy, which, u gives tflte nsht time, n alost sure to produce ccod results. If given tn a noe-toothed, lirot wortin tooL taa lrface will be kept stirred aad all weeds 11 be destroved. The stirred portion will t as a nsclch to help retain the mo' t ire for e growing crop. If the farmer.i of Story ounty, Iowa, pave their potato orops aa relesatuiageasl striven by many firmers hre I was, I am sure that macn of the difrence in yield described by 1 resident .aberlain was due to the careful tillage hieb, he would b -very sure to give to any op. I agree with fcim as to the merits oi the arly Ohio potato. It ia a favorite in IbniCounty, Kansas, brause it is particnrly well adapted to a neb soil, and because its r.utck maturity. We began ui'tr.nz r market la just two months after plantg, J.tu fact should tea:a all punters who :se potatoes in a hot climate to B?ed with rieties which mature quickest. Thea, by anting very early, the coolest and rnoiste3t rt of the growing season cf the iiutnia is tired for the crop. ve planted April 1: ittle later ihan usual, and before Jily had ipped three car loads to Denver. Tae tatoeswere all Barly Ohios. and yielded the rate of 100 bushels per acre. Later the e went up to 1) bushels per acre. Taia Id was belter tnan that at tue LiM.ege ra, for the reason, aa I believe, that the trs were -planted earlier. Had. the po oes in Iowa been planted earlier they uld probably have out -yielded oar.?, for p3idtnt Chamberlain states that those ich ripened first, "mating their grovtu :le the moisture lasted,'' were the best Iders. lie gives the bost advice that cm aiveo to me potato-grower wnea ne stys i pood manure well sivcl and used, is 2 money to potato-growers in every year. i particularly in a dry year. Let m3 aid Vt, by tilling often and well and mannriag rally, I thins the time oi maturity can hastened, cften by a week or two. aiding trely to the prent. The Urlgla of Cattle. rofessor Boyd Hawkins, as the result of investigations as to the origin of British ds of cattle, believes the two principal es from which all the breod3 are de eded are undoubtedly (1) the Urns, an anti wild in the forests of Barope later than cay3 ot Charles the Great, and which is eved to have been extinct ia the Bntisa s: (2) the Bos Ionifrons. or "small Celtic uthorn," an animal which never was aborally wild m Lurope. Both were proba domesticated in Asia, and both made i appearance together in the Neolithic m the possession of those rrho lived on wooden platforms end artiüiial islandi ne SW133 lakes. The remains of the lattre, he says, to be found all over Europe efuse heaps belonging to various periods l iceNeouinic ase aown to wen within historical period. It is the only doine3:ic pica ue nas met wun in ice large nara' or rtlase neaps in the British Is es. rans: rom tae Neo.ithic age down to the tiun e Koglish invasion, and is represented as present il guand catus, ßaiaü Wthh small Irlsn ci'tle. e Sr&t, or the Urns stock, preserved m t Britain almost in Us aborlnai puntv Le so-caiua will cattleor ChiMnirhmi, jrix uue'ic fcu ij aw; Hin .er t'dCK man nvasioa cf Britain by the ICrrlish, and yJacd by the Scandinavians. As the Wnce stands, it was unknown in thesa ills 65 a domesticated animal before this e presest breeds are, in the opinion o? s-sor J awkins, descended from the two and are the result of cros?in and se11 1 111 . .. a TT. i np noi ipn rar T ! A srorftn.i.ioro i in a resultof selection, in which advantage een of a te.n.iencv to Tpvprt tn i oiw. oixless type, prohably as far back as iliocene a?. lie would expect to meet tnern iroai time to time in every , jQi as irom time to time rse is borr with three toes, whic! been derived from hij remot rce ancestor, the Anchiteriam. Oa ttii it ia interesting to note the polled oi me jos etrn8cu3 in tae Floren-: im, belocging to a fossil ecies .1 horned, liviner alon? with rfint!I i . .'. . T anis ana rmnoceroses and othr am En the pUirs of I.-mbardy, ia the Na o. Lord .Selkirk's letter to Professor 1-r.s shows how the horns were bred ou1 Galloways, and his Tersion is con it by the independent evidence col by Youatt, The Oolloway, howeyer, r. were not the onlv no!lrl rtfa in o, although tfcey were the ancestors of orioiK ana ouiidik oreeas. rne( caiue. now extinct, hr.tnf h h hr "cimeninthe maseum at JensCol her polled, bin fa oth?r respects al with the ChiHiDsharn. Itiiaovmaller. The (;itonrne polled cattle e extinct in 13.;!), and the skull of th ill Ia in the raiHeum, as elated. I Ilainff Youoc Torkevt hardest task the farmer's wife Is ci.led j'o rerform js to raise the yoni 3. his not ditlljult to hatch thsm inrKeynen la a persistent sitter and ;j uubj iaii.uj.uuy. wuuo las rc.r. are lalwavi fertile. A ?r.c! nnivi tf . and hen will fertilize all the egrjs the iy lay aur-n tne seawn. Jtke th I bem. the turkey is very feeble ider when ycurie. but hardv -whe d. The most important matter Is r allor them to get wet. They must a d auowea oa aimo rronnd. e.? at n-ight. Keep them with the a roomy run. drv. and sheltered ,:nds for a wetk. Then let them oat I 1 cays after the dew is od in the Z, and ret them up early at night. j erouna oau ground oats and milk, cooked to . a 1 a m . . 9 hread, with chopped onioainit. 3 cueiv choppeu meat and bone mal s-oace a day. Peed of ten, and tary to anytuin taey will eat after they e-k oid, bat always feed meat. Alle oat for lies, j that la often the 1 yoatg tarker aylns oil Oive 1 evr-'S Lbe Crjt twj dun. n ..llti'.n her food, but eive nothIn?the flrt x hours. Da not let the hen ramble ir tire the young ones. Watch them 11 they are past danger. I Tare f Yot.dk jLambi, 'amba need close looking after this I they are to be mad to grow fast; I have plenty of meal where they can nd be away from the theep. The -st be well cared for and fed so as to S largest uaoi C mm pble.

Fcr earlv lambs, one lamb to a sheep is

tnocgh. It is important to iave good quarters, not too warm ana irgat, bat dry . . . r L' I, . 1 ana pieniy vi nwu. ou( r.uu lamas ner a few days old need fresh aiv and sunshine; they will rarely sußerwiÄ the cold ii kept a , . 1 . , 4 . . V. . 1 it ary. ll is a iuisiai-c iu erp autcp iu a smaii, close houEe; even in oold weather they natar1 '-y .ennira PTPrf'a in th nnpn urn. should have it In fair weather; but in stormy t . 1 l 1 . I- . L . 1 - - - . wainer mcy tuuuiu 00 t-epi uauer caver where there is plenty ot room and pare aix. Drains spoiled by Frost. The tile at the outlet of a drain expestd to the weather is often more or less cru aib led by the action of frost. A careless observer would naturally conclude that the cutlet is closed and the drain elTectEally sponVid. But by digging in the distance of one tiie it will generally be found that the drain is not minred so much as superhcial examination would lead any one to suppose. The crumbling of the tile is caased by the frees iDg of water absorbed by it, not, the banting caused by the freezing of water in it. Whereever there is a current of water from the out let it can never be fall enoarh to do injury. It will not even freeze for distance of sev eral feet, and often two or"Jiree rods below the outlet, even in the coldest weather. Where watJT rc.us in ucderdrains in mid winter it cornea from springs which brings considerable of the interior warmth of the earth. It is practically impoaaible to freeze up an uuderdrain that has running water ia winter. If ioa could form in cold weather it would speedily dimmish the How of water so that no barsiing of the tile could occur. DillicnUitt Willi .Market KeporO. Tbose who ?mp poultry and ees, expeciirg to receive the prict s given in the market reports and. meet with disappointment, are legion. The reason is plain. Trices tluctuate Ytry rapidly. What may be quoted to-day is liable to be something ele to-aiorrow, and as it always requires time and preparation before the poultry can be gotteu in market, the shipper may receive either more than what he ex jncted or too little. Then there is another difhculty. Kvery shipper labors under the supposition that he 13 to receive the highest price qnoted, but this depends upon the condition and qualitv ot she stocc The commission merchant does not regulate the price, nor can the shipper act as jade In the matter. The great army of experts who pass ludgment on the quality 01 the stocic in market are the purchasers. They carefully inspect whas they bay, and the commission merchaat most tike wnat tney will give, Should a train-load of poultry rench the market, the market may te "broken" in a sirgie dy. B. which are sometimes very hik.'h during a cold speil, will drop 2 or 3 cf nts every day should the weather become warm; yet it h always best to send for qao tations before any shipments are nude. Mi;e la Corn Stooks. "Where corn is left oat in the stook through the winter the rreuter part of the v.dae is los. Rains and rceltir.ir snows 30.1k and drain the stalk? of the.r nutriment, while inside the stook mice pursue their ravageswithout fear of their numerou? eae.Tiv?. A family of mice will easily destroy oae-naa'1 terof the valr.e of thucora in a stook thro larb the winter. Th'.s is a pretty heavy tax to pay lor deiaving work that costs fuPy a? much to do in the -:ricg a it woald to do in its proper time in the fal.. Threthlrg Corn. One of the arguments in favor of threih ing corn is that it also shells it at the same time. Bat it does this very imperfectly, as the corn w usually damp when hu?keJ. aad it is not possible for even the best shel!--to take oil all the gram. But a worse objection than this hes i a the fact where corn is threshed and 6helled as well as husked it does not keep a.-) well as when it is mit in the crib on the ear. There is much dampness in the grain of new corn, and it needs the circulation of air which it gets in the crib when on the cob to dry ft out. Wood Ashes. Pry, clean wood ashes are worth more tban 5 cents a iashel to any farmer who wants manure. You can scarcely use them on any crop without very sensible results. A handful thrown around the corn plants at the hoeing will greatly increase their growth and give them a highly dark green color; scattered in the hill before the potato is covered, or about the hill just before hoeing, will have similar results; sown broadcast on the mowing fields at the rate of as small an amount as five bushels to the acre will greatly increase ihe growth and color of the crop. Besides this, their beneficial results will continue for several years in succession S rewed over young cabbage plants, squabhes, melons or any of the garden vegetables, such s tomatoes, beets, onions, turnips or crrot, wood ashes not only tend to distur'e the lasects that infest th. p!ants, but have a decided inductee on their prowth and q iility. All the ashes made oa the farm should be collected with care, kept dry and applied to the crops. Nothing cotild ba better for the young orchard. Spreading a-shes broadcast over the surface would be more useful ths.n any other kind of manure. The roots will tind it if spread. It is better to use a moderate quantity annually than to apply large amounts at one time. l'OtXTItY I'AItAGU Vl'lH. Never keep more than ten hens and one cock in a pen if you wish plenty of fertile No poultry house should be without a covered run, with a glass window in front to admit the sunshine. A lining of tobacco leaves in a setting-hen's nest will help lo keep lice and parsitea at a respectful distance. "Wire runs are the best for poultry. Thy are light, portable, dnrabie, easily made, and thow poultry to tne best advantage. Dogs can not get into them, aad they are not much more expensive than lath runs. It is time for farmers to study their own interests and take better care of their fowls and keep more of them. The deman d for eggs is increasing daily, and they are besoni ing more and more a staple artic le of food. We must not forget the gravel, the brokn bones, the crushed oyster shelli, the fr-sh water daily, nor the fallen leave or chaff to scatter ovtr the floor to give exercise and warmth by scratching and hunting for the scattered grains. If familiea were coniiJent their grocer would seed ibem strictly fresh egs, they would order three times as many. Farmers, you are responsible for not supplying the market with what ii so much waated in this line, and at the same time largely iucrease your income. If yon want to sell eggs during fhe winter mon ths for 3'J cents to 40 cents per dozon, you must hatch all the chicks yoa can during xdarch and April; feea well doing the entire summer, and with a good winter care and protection you will have your re yard in a large supply of eggs when prices ara highest. KECIFKS. Made Kggs for Terrains. Beat the yelks of three hard-boiled eggs to a line powder, and make it into a paste with the yelk of a raw egg. Roll inta small balls and throw them into boiling water for two minatea to grow firm. Fig redding. 8ix figs chopped fine after boiling them, three cups of bred crumbs, one-fourth pound of suet, one egg, onefourth pound of sugar, one lemon (grate the rind), one nutmeg grated: boil three hours in a tin mold or bag. Fried Herrings. Clean them and scale and dry Jn a towel. Take a piece of letter piper, mo a Utile hot or cold batter on It, fold a herring in it, salt and pepper it and broil. Kat with a little lemon joiceor make a sauce with baiter and vinegar. The mos: delicious chocolate now takes the place of afternoon tea, or is handed at an evening reception, when it is desired to have a simple elegante. It is required to have a tablerpoonful of grated chocolate and the jeloiaafgt9C&;b pint or nUk, ihb

should 11 Ioüt cups. Eoil the milk and add

the paste of the chocolate, which has been mixed smooth with a spoonful of water. Pat in the yelk of the egg, simmer for ten min utes, then add loaf sugar as you think best and boil up once again. At the last moment have the whites of the eggs frothed and stir in about half of them, reserving the other half, frothed w,ith some powdered sugar to pot in a cream pitcber, and add a spoonful of It to tl:e top of each cup as it is served. - S - 1 1.J , iuu can increase tne proportion ot yeizs ana eggs, bat be careful not to bcil any of the white with the chocolate; it must merely be added to the steaming beverage as it comes from the fare. Cocoanut Tudding. One pound of sugar, half a pound of butter, half a pound of grated cccoanut, half a pint of cream, the juice of one lsman, a teaspcenfal of extract of va nilla ana eight epga. Beat all together and bake; cover with meringue, over which sprinkle grated coccanut. Bat without sauce. Fotato Cakea fcr Breakfast. Save from dinner a soup plate of mashed potatoes, add to it half a ealtscoonfal of pepper, the same of autmf". a little salt, and the yelk cf an egg; form lntormall cake, put in a buttered baking pan, brush the top with the white of in egg, and brown in a quick oven. Warm Sltrr. Take the best part of a -cabbage and slice it line; take two eggs wellbeaten, one cup of vinegar, one cup of sweet cream, put the vinegar on the stove, and when boiling hot stir in the cream and eggs. Press it down with a plate, and add a little salt and butter. Erown Bread. One and cnehalf pints of milk, two cups of Indian meal, two cups of rye meal, one enp of graham meat, one large teaspoonful cf saleratus, one-half cup of molass??. Sour milk will answer by usin a little more saleratus, or, if you have neither, warm water will answer. Oyster Soup Take two quarts of water, one tablespconful il silt, two cf butter, half teaspoonful of pepper. Heat to a boiling point. Add pint of oysters, six rolled crackers, one cup of sweed cream. Remove the moment it bolls up, and serve m mediately. Nice Cake One cupful of sugar mixed with two tablespoonfula of butter; add one cupful of Cour with one teaspoonful of baking powder, half a cupful of corn starch, half a cupful of milk and the whites of three eggs, tlavoring with vanilla. Rake in a good oven. HOUSEHOLD HINTS. To prevent drain pipes from stopping up, pour a tot solution of potash into the pips every month cr two. Use treat care when pickling or preserving in a trass kettle. Scour the kettle just beftre using, and never let food stand in it after it is cooked. When whitewashing your cellar add aa ounce of carbolic acid to each gallon of wash before applying. According to rfcjnt English experiments it is found that a growth of Ivy over a hou3e renders the interior entirely fres from moisture. A pail or tub of fresb, cold water, renewed several times in the course of twenty-foar hoars, will absorb all the evil odor of fresh paint in a day or two. The taste of the water after an hour will prove the thoroughness of its work. Galvanized iron pails for drinking water should not be used. The zinc coating is readily acted upon by water, forming a poisonous oxide of zinc. Cistern water may be purified by charcoal put in a bag and hung in the water. The v.: ,- Ifcctual remedy for slimy and j.itSf. :r!:n pipes is copperas dissolve! aal left to crt gradually through the pipes. Whiting or ammonia in the water is preferable to soap for cleaning windows or paint. You can take oat spots from wash goods ty rubbing them with the yolk of eggs before washing. The lustre of morocco m9y be restored by varnivhing it with the white of an egg. Apply with sponge. In sweeping carpets use wet newspapers wrung nearly dry and torn to pieces. The paper collects the dust, but does not soil the carpet. To drive away ants, scrub ths shelves or drawers that they frequent with strong carbolic soap, after which tprinkle red pepper in every crevice. To xemove stains from marble take ox gall, a wineglassful of turpentine and mix into a paste with pipe clay. Put the pa-:te on the staia and let it remain several days. Ordinary flat embroidery may be pressed with a hot iron on the wrong side, laying the piece on a damp cloth; but as this treatment would ruin raised work, like ribbon embroidery, arraeene work, etc., a bet'er way is K lay a wet towel on the table or the carpet ; spread over this the piece work, right sitle up, and tack tightly to the floor, taking care to draw it tight enough to remove oil wrinkles; let it dry in this position. Ivory may be cleaned by scrubbing with a new soft tooth brush, soap and tepid water, then dry the ivory and brush well, dip the latter in alcohol and polish the ivory until it has regained its former sheen. If the water gives the ivory a yellowish tint dry the objtct in a heated place. If age has yellowed it, place the object tinder a bell jar witi a small vessel containing lime and muriatic acid, set the whole in the sunshine. Lemons are a very cheap luxury for those livitg near cities, or having easy access to rcpid transportation, and can be kept fresh for months by putting thera into a clean tight jar or cask and covering them with cold water. Keen in a cool place out of reach of sunlight and change water often, not later than every third day; every second day is better. Lemons are excellent for winter use, or if one is bilious or inclined to rheumatism. It is customary to use ammonia for the purpose of neutralizing acids that have accidentally or otherwise destroyed the color of fabric. This must be applied Immediately or the color is usually Imperfectly restored. After careful use an application of chloroform will bring out the colors as bright as ever. Plush goods and all articles dyed with analine colors, faded from exposure to light, will look as bright as ever after sponging with chloroform. The commercial chloroform will answer the purpose just aa well. This chloroform will be found very usef ii, as chloroform, which is quite cheap, readily restores the color of faded plush garments that have been consigned. FA KM NOTES, Ycung lambs will begin to come in about this time, and the ewes should be well sheltered. It does not pay to have the lambs born in ths fields. Give them plenty of warmth at first. If farmers have safe storage for wheat and corn, and do not need the money for It, they will do quite as well to hold on for a while. An English gardener advises trapping ants with bones upon which some meat has been loft, and dipping occasionally in hot water. For "slogs and wineworms' he uses pieces of potato or carrot. Keep on gathering and planting nuts. It is the coming industry. The alleged di faculty of transplanting nut trees is nothing more or less than false alarm sounded by the careless operator. It is folly to use poor mares for breeding purposes, mares that are not well developed or have vicious tendencies, or are lacking in commorjsense, as they, as well as tbeir sires, have the power of transmitting such qualities to their offspring. Parker Earle thinks there has been as yet no absolute overproduction of good fruit, but the cause of low prices is defective distribution. When fruit by cheap and rapid transportation, is brought within the reach of everybody, there will be none too much. Bloat in calves is really an acute attack of indigestion, which often proves fatal almost Immediately. Taken in time It may be relieved by a teaspoonful each of baking soda and ground ginger dissolved in a quarterList 9; fclUpg wittx jud pcureci aowa

t&irs throat. To do this a long-necked bot- i 19 mtj be used. Rub the stomach briskly, and make the calf move about, if possible, to get rid of the wind. The Lincoln are the largest breed of Eheep in the world, haying, in wme instances, attained a dressed weight of nearly -i'-K) pounds. They yield a beautiful ileece of lustrous wool about ten inches in length, and weighing liom eight to fifteen pounds. They are not popular in this country, because they require too much care to suit the ordinary farmer. Horses fed on early cut hay will keep in f;ocd condition oa less grain than if fed on ate cut hay. N oil penetrates wool so well as crude petroleum, none is so cheap, and none so effective as a preservative. It has been shown by experience that a pig divests a lsrger percentage of grain, converting it into increase, than a steer, cow or sheep. CloyT hay is one of the best of foods for sheep Sheep that are old and out of condition will improve surprisingly on clover hay, and sometimes become quite Ctshy.

It seems to be admitted that one can breed for eggs just as one can breed for milk or bxtter. An egg from a good layer will be more likely to produce a good layer than aa egg from a poor layer. An excellent mixture of hay for all classes 01 stock is one-third clover hay with timothy and redtop, which ia much better than either one alone, as the mixture is more complete ia food elements. It should be fed with an allowance of ground grain also. Turkeys are capable of rapid digestion and are always apparently hungry-. Ifal lowed to forage tiey can be kept at a very small expense, but when kept in con tine meet they consume more than hens. When young and growing they produce a carcass equivalent to the lood consumed. Save all the bones. They are valuable for fertiüzfrs in any form, liven when placed whole in the ground the roots of plants will be sure to find them. If broken in small pieces they will afford more food to plants, and if nnely ground or dissolved in moht ened wood ashes or Bulphuric acid, are rendered still more available for the use oi the plants. A Western farmer advises stringing seed corn ty tying the ears together with the husks in some place where the grain can be saturated with coal smoke. The odor, he says, repels squirrels and worms from eating the seed. The seed comes up quicker, the plants grow more vigorously and ripen several days earlier than from teed corn not so treated. It p?ys to clean the snow away for the hens. Locomotion is a very difficult matter for poultry when the snow is deep, and the hens will oflen sutler from hunger rather tnan undergo tne task of traveling in the snow. After 'cleaning away the snow sprinkle ashes on the ground, aud change tne drinking water frequently to prevent it freezing. "GENEVIEVE WARD'S DOG. How Its Loving Owner Carried It Into A as trail a. ILouvIile Courier Journal. Miss Genevieve Ward has a famous dog, and thereby hangs a tale. A tail hangs by most dogs, except bull dogs and Scotch terriers. which have their tails cut oil", probably to keep them from being chewed oil. hat kind of a dog iljss Ward's is the reparier does cot know; but as it has a tail i: is neither a bull-dog nor a Scotch tarrler. As its name is Thekla, and as Miss Ward has been all over ths world, it is probably a Russian dog. It has crown old in her affections and she cliogs to it with uds werv ing devotion. It gives her sympathy and consolation when business is bid, and in these degenerate days of dime museums and "farce-comedies' its services are frequently needed. A gentleman who once journeyed from India to Australia with Thekla and Miss Ward tells the following amusing story of their devotion to each other. It appears that in Australia there is a ridiculously large import duty on degs, and they are also rtquired to go into ouarantine for a certain length cd time in order to make sure that they will not introduce the mange or other low diseases among the high-bred dogs of Australia, which, like other colonists, are particularly careful of their aristocratic belorgiDgs. Miss Ward learned of this state of aflairs cs the ship approached its destination, bne immediately" took alarm, aid her demonstrations of ailection for Thekla increased at the rate of seven knot3 nn hour, the aveaage spetd of the ship. A Mr. Basisto, a member of the Victorian Parliament, telegraphed from Adelaide to M ibourne, trying to have Miss Ward's dog admitted free and at once upon the landing of the ship. Other high political intlueiice was brought to bear, but when the party got Into the harbor of Melbourne the purser, who had beea particularly objectionable during the voyage, said tbat a reply had been received to the efiect that Thekla must submit to the u?ual indignities. Miss Ward rushed up to the captain and. pointing to the parser, said: "This kangaroo pays I caan't get my dog in. Now, if the dog doesn't go in neither will I. 1 Id just st8y with the ship." TLis was rather startling. Miss Ward's arrival was awaited with eager expectancy by a public that heard of her great charm and talent as an actress. Her engagement was to be the event of the Melbourne season, and to have the whole of Australia disappointed because of a dog, however expert the latter might be in standing on bis hind legs, turning f ummersaults, and other canine accoaipliibments, was too much for the captain, lie said: "Miss Ward, you just wrap that dog up in your shawl, put a shawl-strap around him to keen him quiet, and carry him ashore without faying anything about iL" And that is how Thekla entered Melbourne. Whether or not Miss Ward told the forewarned and expectant customs officers that Thekla had died of seasickness the reporter's Informant did not say. He did say, however, that the passengers effected the ditcharge of the disagreeable purser who Miss Ward called a kangaroo. Saved From Salclde. Clay City. Feb. 8. Coal Blutr, a mining village in this county, furnishes as id case ot attempted suicide and insanity, in the person of a Miss Dora, daughter of Albert Jones. She is described as prepossessing La appearance, and, until her misfortue, a member of the best society. fcJoma weeks since she mysteriously disappeared from the Terre Haute Union Depot waiting-room, while in company with b-er sister. She was found by a policeman some hours later wandering distractedly near the river. She was pronounced insane and taken to the asylum at Indianapolis. Thursday she was discharged as cured. She was taken to Terre Haute yesterday, where she called on a sister, remaining but a short time, but promising to return for the night. Shortly after she knocked at the jail door and left a bundle, to which she pinned a note, both beingaddressedtoher sister. The letter read: "When yoa receive this I shall be dead. I inUd to kill myself. I have threatened to ao so before, but was too cowardly. Yoa can have my clothes, which I left at the Jail. Good-bye forever. Dora Joses." The Sheriff read the note, overtook the young lady, and locked her up till her father could call and take her in chargr. She gives a brief story one of inhuman outrage as reason for wanting to take her life. The affair will be investigated. Judge Igleh art's Fnaerat. d:vAK8viiXK, Feb. 8. A largely attended meeting of members of the local bar met this morning to take action on Jndge Asa Iglehart's death, Judge Dyer presiding. After dtafting a memorial expaesslve of the esteem and regard in which he was held, the members attended the funeral in a body. Many distinguished members of the bar from different parts of the State attended the funeral, which was one of the largest

BELIEF IN THE SUPERNATURAL.

A Token for Perpetual Generation! -Marlrlan and Sorcerers. I Albany Sunday Express. A belief in siens and omecs has existed. In a greater or less degree, among all the people since the day the bow was set io the cloud as a token for perpetual generations. In the very early ages omens were regaraea as divine s gns, and at the present day it is hard to distinguish between the religious and the superstitious views 01 many practices. The ancient Romans had a college of auf urs, the members of which held otce for ife, to interpret according to the books ia Which the science of divination was laid down, the signs of approval or disapproval sent by Jupiter on the day cf any public transaction. As Jupiter was the chief of all gods his will was supposed to be shown from the sky, and the lightning and Sight of birds were looked upon as being directed by him as counsel to men. Lightning from left to right was considered a favorable omen, while from right to left was unfavorable. The appearance of lightning was looked upon as the disapproval of Jupiter of any public business Bet down for that day. The flight, the singing, the manner of feeding of birds, were among the omens of the Itomans in trie days Cicero. If the bird, on feeding, let fall from its mouth a portion of its food, the gods favored the enterprise for which the observation was made. To see a hawk meant victory ; but to hear an owl hoot was unlucky; to see a beast or bird oa the right hand wa3 considered a good omen. S'gns were frequently sought from the sounds uttered by animals. The entrails of animals slain for sacrifice were also employed as a means of obtaining the will of the gods. Cicero makes his Stoic say: If frogs by croak ing and oxen by snuffing the air can give us signs to foretell the? weather, why should there not be omens in the fibers of a victim's entrails, or in thunder-storms? The mr giciacs or sorcerers, with their mysterious power, worked upon the superstitions 01 the Pacific Islanders to a degree almost beyond belief. In Australia, the socerer, it was believed, could creep near to his victim while asleep and bewitch him to death by pointing at him with the leg-bone of a kan garco; and that he could steal awey the kid ney fat of the victim, in which the natives believe a man's power resides. Another superstition of these people was tbat a man could not die unless shorn or bewitched. With them the cry of a hawk at night por tends the death 01 a cmid, whose soul the bird is carrying oil. If a man's flnger-j omts crack he stretches out his arm, for in that direction some one is doing him a kindness. These are only a few cf tbe many super stitiocs of this people. The protection which these sorcerers profess to give again3t incantation is quite as erfvctlve and fully as quaint as are the devices used to produce the pe!J3. It is not alone the ignorant that are suoerstitious. Paul told the men of Athens that they were in all things too superstitious. It is no test of calture or refinement that one believe or disbelieve in omens. Indeed, it is rare to hnd a person who has not some su perstitious delusion. If charged with being superstitious all would alike deny the allegation, yet secretly cherish a belief in some omen, for which no reason can be given. inaeea, tne agency dv wmcn an ei:e:t is prednced is not considered, for should it be the mist of superstition would vanish as does darkness before the rising sita. A be lief In superstition does not arise from lack of education, but subsists upon tbe failuie of a proper application of knowledge pos sessed. The en'Ightened mariner who commun is the finest vessel that floats tbe seas will tell you that sailors as a rub ara superstition. but that he is not ; yet he would not let his brother j-hip with him because te beueves that but one would return alive. Dreams have ever played an important part with those who believe in signs. The married man is extremely anxious to dream of his mothtr-in-law, as to so dream is a sign that she will do the dreamer some great favor. The superstitions of the nineteenth century partake very much of the character of those prevalent centuries ago, when soothsayers, fortnne-tÄlers, astrologers, interpreters of dreams, palmisters, magicians, sorcerers and witches were believed in. Take up a metropolitan paper of to day and yoa will find the advertisements of these same classes. The fortune-teller, generally a woman, will tell you that her custom does not come from giddy girls and worthless women ; that the stately matron and the steady man of Wusines, are her best customers. The former coasults her as to the prospects of her marriageable daughters and as to the habits of her husband, while the latter invokes the supposed knowledge of the prognosticator as to certain business transactions and commercial ventures. In the Scottish act, 157H, under tbe designation, of "vagabond," were included all who went about pretending to tell fortunes. The punishment was scourging and burning on the ear; but of course our b'gher civilization would not permit of stx.h hirbarous chastisement, but does allow the plying of such questionable vocations, while the study and practice of what waa supposed to be an effete art, or at least relegated to the tent of tke vagabond gypsy pnlmistry ia being revived, and is one of the fashionable fads of the metropolis. It might be a profitable, and it would certainly be a tiresome task to endeavor to go to the origin of all these freaks of the human mind. Folk lore of all countries is filled with these fancies of the mind. While we smile at the superstitions of the ancient Roman.1, the Pacific islanders, and the negroes of the South we should remember the chapter on the witches of Salem. The moon nas been held responsible for macy disordered brain?, and the moonstruck are not scarce in this enlightened age. Why to see the new moon over the right shoulder should be particularly lucky sign, or over the left an unlucky cne, as is hard to explain as is the further belief that to see it shining fall in the face portcads hard work to the moon-gazer. The believers in lucky and unlucky numbers are far more numerous than almost any other of the present popular superstitions. When so cultured a woman as the actresj Janauschek is a victim of the "13" superstition who will say fchat only the ignorant believe in Eigns and omens? Daring her recent engsgement at Indianapolis, according to newspaper reports, 6he refused to occupy a room having the number 13 ovrr the door, exclaiming, "Mein Got' You w nt to kill me!" And she could not be induced to accept the room. Beleiving in lucky and ui4ucky days is to be numbered among the popular superstitions. Friday has received a very bard name in this connection. Notwithstanding that Friday has been an eventful and most fortunate day in American history Friday, Columbus sailed on his voyage of discovery and on Friday discovered America. Friday, the Pilgrims arrived. Friday, George Washington was born. Friday, St. Augustine, the oldest town in the United States, was founded. Friday, Cornwallis surrendered there are many who will not embark in any enterprise, start on a journey, or make a purchase of any kind on Friday. Tbe breaking of a mirror with its seven years of misfortune; the ill luck following the raising of an umbrella over your head in the house; the belief tbat to drop a dishcloth is a sign of coming company; that to spill salt portends a quarrel, but which may be averted by burning a portion of the saline seasoning: tbat a red yarn worn around the neck will prevent nose bleeding; that a horse -shoe will bring good luck, all these are current superstitions, and, perhaps, enough to show that, while we may not prosecute Baptists and Quakers or hang witches, we are quite as superstitious, considering the enlightened age in which we live, as were the witch-burners. They lived up to the light they possessed. Do we? Terhaps von are not superstitious. Few people will admit that they are. - We smile at the belief in the mysterious or supernatural held by others, but are careful not to tell of the sure signs we know of and believe JJftAUifl kve come, dowa $9 pa faeix-

looms from great-grandfather to grandfather, to father, aad finally to us, and'which have never failed in their signification. You do cot believe ia signs; then why look to the goose-bone for indications as to the weather? Why so anxious to pass your hand over the face of a deceased friend? Why so alarmed il yoa hear a dog howl at night? No, yoa are not superstitious, and as you are not, I would advise you to take that horsechestnut out of your poccket.

Horace Greeley's Boy. ICoznmerclal Gazette. Sunday night, Amos Cummings, the New York Sun's Congressman, told a couple ot stories about the late Horace Greeley which I do not remember to have previously heard. Cummings was Greeley's night editor on the old Tribune when Sidney Howard Gay was managing editor. He probably remembers more interesting and original tales concerning the old gentleman thaa are recollected by all the rest of the early Tribune force put together. i4Greeley used to have great trouble in securing otlice boys who were satisfactory to him. If a boy was bright and smart there was probably something wron with him in some other direction, ana so there was frequent changes In this department of the staff. One day Greeley came in with a great big, long-legged, thick-lipped, big-nosed fellow, who had a voice like a bull, and who looked as though he had been knocked down and run over by a beer truck. This boyhe was about twenty had beea to Nicaragua with Walker, and had been left. Greeley bjovght him up to my def k and said: 'Amos, I can't stand these boys you have been employing. So I have engaged one for myeell. 'ub, this is Mr. Cummings. He will tell ycuwtat jouaretodo.' Then the old gentleman disappeared in his private office, and I gave the toy his instructions. He seemed a good-hearted sort of fellow, but he was a big chump, who really knew nothing at all. One night, about a week later, Greeley came in and said to the lad, who sat on guard by the door. 'Cub, I have got a lot of writing to do, and at 8 o'clock I have promised to make a speech toaFr. Mathew society. Don't let anybody into myeßlee. I don't want to see anyd d bums to-night,' The boy said all right, and went to reading a newspaper. Pretty soon a man came in who had been stumping the State in the Republican interest, and who had always previously found his way to Greeley's private office entirely unbarred. The boy caught him just as he was opening the door. Said he: " 'Say, young feller, what do ye want ." "'I want to see Mr. Greeley.' "'Well.-ycucan'tdoit That's all there is about it. You can't do it.' "'I can't, hey? Well, we'll sec about that.' "'All right. I'll just about, go yer.' And the long-legged Nicaragua boy caught the stump. speaker by the neck, swept up the llc-or with him for a few minutes, rushed him out into the entry and chucked him down the spiral staircase. A few minutes later an old compositor who used to set type with Greelf y, and who had made that excuse fcr many a borrowed fiver, sailed into the room. The boy didn't wait for him to speak at all. He just seized the intruder, whirled him around the cilice, over the file-table and against most of the desks, and sent him booming down the stair-case, heels over head. After that there was a period of peace, which was brought to a termination by the entrance of Mr. ilenry Wüson, who subsequently became Ylcerrfsident of the United States. Mr. Wilson had been stumping the State of Indiana, and was eoiig through New York on his way to Bos'.oa. lie wore tbe worst looking doster I had ever seen. It looked as if he had ridden with it in the tetder just back of the engine, and the fireman bad been shoveling coal all over him. As some of you may remember, Mr. Wilson wts rather tall and rather slender, and when tired or heated his face grew very red. As he approached Mr. Greely's door, that Nicaragua boy rose up before him and said: 'Well, what in h 1 do yon want?" "Mr. Wilson looked slightly surprised, bnt stared the boy fixedly in the eye and said quietly, '1 should like to see Mr. Greeley.' 4 'Mr. Greeley won't Bee nobody. You understand ? He won't see nobody.' " 'Bat,' said Mr. Wilson, quietly, still eyeing the Jioy with firmness, 'I think he desires to see me. You will please take my name to him.' "Over at my desk I could hear every word that passed, and I was nearly in a paroxysm of internal laughter. Mr. Wilson's manner and his steady glare made the boy weaken, and, after surveying Mr. Wilson from head to foot for a second or two, he said : 'Well, what is jour bloody name? I will take it In, but I don't believe he will see you, just the same.' "Mr. Wilson told the messenger who he was, and that raw-boned functionary disappeared into the private office. I could bear ä lorg talk between Greeley and the boy. It was impossible to distinguish their word?, bnt Greeley's high falsetto and the boy's low, hoarse growl could be distinctly heard, and from the length of the talk I could see that there wasn't much of a show for Wilson. Presently the boy came out and Biid : " 'I told yoa so. He won't see yer. Now out.1 "Mr. Wilson happened at this juncture to see me, and came over to my desk. He said there must be some mistake, and, as he was obliged to go to Boston on the 10 o'clock train, he felt it very necessary to see Greeley at once. So, hardly able to contain my laughter. I led him in to the old gentleman's Erivate ouice. There sat Mr. Greeley, with is nose close down to the paper, in the customary attitude, scratching away for dear life. "Said I: 'Mr. Greeley, here is Mr. tVilson, who eays that it is very important that he should see you, and he has some difiicuity in gaining an audience.' "Mr. Greeley went right on with his work, and said, as he pegged away, 'What Wilsja did you say ?' ''Henry Wilson." " 'Humph ! The boy said there was a d d old bum named Wilson out there, and I gave him orders to throw the bum out.' "Then Mr. Greeley turned around with a broad smile on his placid face, and everything was all right in a minute." A Woman S air id es. MorsT Ytnsos, Feb. 11. La9t night about 10 o'clock Mrs. B. Shode, wife of a sectionhand on the L. and X. Railroad, committed Euiclde by cutting her throat with a ca'jeknife. This was her second attempt, she having taken a large dose of morphine yesf erday morning, but was saved by prompt meuicai assisiiuice. i.u came is aasjgucu. The Remains of Miss llabbltt. Lafavf.tte, Feb. 11. The remains of Luella Mabbitt will be sent to her friends tomorrow for burial. This ends the history of this tragedy until her murderer is brought to justice, for which purpose a reward will probably be offered jointly by Cass, Carroll, Clinton and Tippecanoe Counties. The Jietlruilirg-of tbVEnd. The beginning of a disease is a slight debility or disorder of some of the vital organs, the stomach, the liver or the bowels usually. There are dyspeptic Symptoms, the liver te troublesome, the skia grows tawny and unhealthy looking, thero arc pains in the right side or through the right shoulder blade. The climax is often an utter prostration of the pnvsital energies, perhaps a fatal lsae. But If the difliculty is met in time with Hostetter's sstomach Bitters, which ia always effective as a remedy, and it should be resorted to at an early eUgc, there will be no reason to apprehend the Injurious subsequent effects upon the systnn often entailed by entirely cured diseases. Far better is ft, also, to employ this safe remedial agent in Uver and ague ana other malarial compiaint, than quinine an4 other Toient druint, which, even when they do prove eifectaal for a time, ruin the stomach and impair the general health. Iron, poU sb and the best vegetable alteratives render Ayer's Sarsaparllla unequaied as a blood medicine. " If you euffer pricking pains on moving the epes, or can not bear bright light, and find your sieht weak and failing, yon should promptly use Dr. J. H. McLean's EtreDgthtningf jefrayt, SdCcntagbezj

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