Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 33, Number 11, Indianapolis, Marion County, 13 April 1887 — Page 6

.THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL WEDNESDAY APRIL 13 1887.

Wonderful Popularity cl the Renowned Medicine.

lie Grtfctett Curative Success of the Age A Voice From the People. No medicine introduced to toe public has ever met with the success accorded to Hop Bittere. It stands to-day the best Known curative article in the world. It3 marvelous renown is not due to the advertising it has received. It is famous by reason of its inherent virtues. It does all that is claimed for it. It is the most powerful, speedy and effective agent known for the building up of debilitated systems. The following witnesses are ofiered to prove this: TT hat It Did for an Old Lady. Ccf-EC Tos Station, X. Y., Pec. 2S, 1SS4. Gents A number of people had been rising your bitters here, and with martei effect. In fact, one case, a lady of over seventy years, had been sick for years, and for the past ten years I have known her she has rot been able to be around half the . time. About six months aero she cot so . feeble she wa3 helpless. Her old remedies or physicians being of no avail, I sent to Deposit, forty -five miles, and got a bottle of Hop Euters. It had such a very beneficial effect on her that one bottle Improved her so she viit able to dress herself and walk aboct the house. When she had taken the ?eond she was able to take care of her own room and walk out to her neighbors. and has improved all the time since. My wife and children also have derived great renef-t from their use. V. B. Hathaway, Arjnt United States Express Company. An KLtbast&ptie Indorsement. oeham, N. II., July 15, 1SSG. Gests 'Whoever von are, I don't know, but I thank the Lord and feel grateful to yen to know that in this world ot adulterated medicines there is one compound that proves ard does ail itadveriises to do and soore. Four years &co I bad a slight shock cf la'.'v, which unnerved nie to such an extent teat the least excitement would make ice stake like tbe ejrtie. Last Mar I was Indr.ced to try Hop Hitters. I used one bottle but did not see any change; another did so chang" my nerves that they are now ae steady as they ever were. It used to take fcoth hands to write, but now my good riebt band writes thi3. ow.il you con tinue to manufacture as honest and pool an article as yon do, you will accumulate an honest fortune, and confer the greatest blessing on your fellow-men that was ever conferred on mankind. Aim 1i r h. A Husband' Testimony. My wife was trouble,! for years with Ho!rhw. riioth patches and pimples on her fate, hich nearly annoyed tbe life out of her. hh pent many dollars on the thoueand infallible!?) cure?.. with nothing but injurious elfects. A lady friend, of Syracuse, N. Y., who had had similar experi ence and had been cured with Hop letters, jtrtuced her to try it. One bottle has rrsc.e her lace as smootn, lair and sott as a child's and given her such health that it teTcs i!ie9t a miracle. A Mem i-er of Cakapiin Parliament. A Klch Ladj's Experience. I traveled all over Karope anl other for eign countries at a cost of thousands of dollars. In search of health and found it net. I returned discouraged and dis heartened, and was restored to real youth ful tealtb ar.d spirits with less than two bcits of Hop Bitters. I hope others may prci.t by my experience and stay at home. A lady, Agusta, .Me. ENFORGING THE FISH LAWS. t'ommlHtoicr Keed Stirs the Statutes Mast be Strictly Luf arced. Mr. Koos B. Keed, Commissioner of btate Fisheries, has issued a circular callirc attention to the tsh laws, a copy of which accompanies the circular. He says it is especially the duty as well as the financial interest of any farmer and dweller rear lakes and streams to aid in protecting tte rsh and enforcing the law. 'Effective protection would." he savs. "m a short time afford great numbers of rood tsh in proper season, beside surround ing our many Beautiful lakes with the cottages of city people, thua increasing the value of real estate and making a market lor labor as well as vegetables, poultry and provisions; work for boatmen, baitmen. etc., for all of which cash is paid at a time when crops are growing and money usually scarce. "When 1 rind a body of men like the Cedar Beach Cinb of Turkey Luke, who cot only obey the laws, but go beyond tbe lawt, and by resolution agree not to take tsh with the hook and line during the itonth ef May, which is the principal rownin? season in that latitude, it is doubly my duty to second their good res lntion and protect the tsh of this beautiful lake without fear or favor. "1 therefore ask for the co-operation of all good citizens, and warn all persons who have been netting, spearinj. seining, or in any way violating the laws by takinz fish out of season, or by unlawful means, that it is my determination to give all such of fenders the full force of the law and break tip all outraeeous and unlawful practices, wten applied to the hnny tribe." MISS SNAVELVS ESCAPADES. Farther Facts Developed Bearing on the Ca ose f Her Disappearance. mha, Neb., April 7. M. ß. Fitzgerald, City Marshal ol Üterlin, III., and a. a. V.'Giberger, a lawyer of the same Dlace. who arrived In Ups city yesterday in seared of the g:rl Lillian bnavely, divulged further facta bearing on the cause of her disiDpearance. Mr. Wolfberger said that Lillian was the daughter of wealthy parents in Sterlirg, and was left $3,000 oa the dea h of her father, bhe was sent to an art school in Chicago, where one met M. H. Ddviisoa, who represented himself to be a wealthy cattle man from Texas. Davidson had learned that the girl had a good deal of money, and entered into a scheme witn two associates, L. C. atson and M. H. Bill, to rain her confidence nd rfcfmn l hrnf it atson was introduced to Miss tiaavelv. and in less than three davs she consented to marry him. The girl's folks heard of it. and to prevent the match telegraphed her to ccme corneal once, as ner mother was very ilL Ehe returned to Sterling accomnanied by Watson. On learning she had b;ei deceived she was very indignant, and wa exortiy afterward surreptitiously married to Watson and went with him t3 Chicazo. He got all tbe money from her he CJU'd. acd when she refused to give him any more left for the Kast, Davidson then we at to Mrs. Watson, told her Watson had a wife in Chicago and another la New York City. and induced her to come to Omaha with bim, where he said they w mid be married. Nothing has been heard of Davidson, Mrs. Vr aron oi cell, who went tv est from here with them, in March. Mr. Fitzgerald and Mr. Wolfnerger to day received a dispttch from the girl's mother urging them to Sad t er at any cost. K. of ;U Elect Their Ticket. Holla. Mo., April 5. A.t the annual xbool election held here today, the Knights of Labor elected their ticket for Ii rectors by a vote of 153 to 81. Thomas JJ. bmith. a armer, and Henry Beddoe. a miller, were elected, defeating Jadga j. u. UJann, circuit Jadge of this district, and V. Millard, a leading merchant. Johl II. Gougtu No man of the present century has ex erted euch a marked influence osbehalfjof me lerajerance cause as the late John is. trough. DuriBg tbe past forty years he de livered nearly 10.000 addresses, and traytied hundreds of thousands of miles. On January 15, l85, he wrote: "For many years I have used Pond'a Extract with great benefit. It has been my companion in my extensive travels. For bruises. rtaCng or irritation I have found It lnvalrabje. J or sore throat, especially when tending to ulceration, I have found it very

THE FARM BUDGET.

Too Rich Cattle Focd Seeiirg Poultry Tree Plxnims. Sellins Cow Batter-Testing See Pre serving Eggs Poultry and Farm Notes Household Mints Etc , Etc. Too Klch Cattle Food. Practical men and food providers have cnteitained an erroneous idea of the ingredients in food that may properly be denemmated rich in the sense oi nein? very nourishing and expensive. How common it was for old housekeepers to speak of grease or sugar in food, as constituting richness, and their absence as leaving food poor. Modern scientists have reversed the meaning of the term, and show that carbon, which is a leading ingre dient in grease cr swee's, is one or the most plentiful and cheapest of elements, and that while it maintains an important place as a Eustainer of animal heat and animal force, in the business of nourishing and building up the muscles and nerves, the machinery of the body, nitrogen per forms a much more important office. At tbe same time it is one of most costly of tbe elements entering into the composition of animal bodies. While writers on stock feeding have dwelt on the importance of increasing tbe nitrogen ratio in stock rations, but little has been said, by way of warning, of the danger of over-feeding nitrogenous compounds. They have generally held tbat one part of albuminoids to five or six parts of carbo-hydrates is a desirable ratio in a good ration, but they have said little or nothing of what the consequence might be should the proportion of albuminoids be increased. The New i oik State Experiment Station received a package of food, the feeding of which has resulted in the death of several cows, and the dairyman was anxious to ascertain whether it contained poison or not. The package contained one of the ref us9 materials of a starch lactory, usually known as "gluten meal." As the proper tests failed to tind poison in the package, the conclusion arrived at was that death was caused by tbe Injudicious feeding of a ration too rich in albuminoids. We copy from the station bulletin: An ordinary feeding ration contains about one and one-balf pounds, or less, of albuminoid. Tbe eiht quarts of this feed under review weighed about eight pounds and contained about one and three-fourths pounds of albuminoid, while tbe hay, meal and bran fed in addition most probably contained at tbe lowest estln-a'e a pound or more. We have hence as a probable amocDt fed regularly end for a long peri id, about three pounds of albuminoid daily, an amount which experience has showa is likely to produce sickness, ana H followed up, death. "The conclusions which may be deduced from experimental feeding may be modilied considerably by the extent of the herd. The constitutional character of cos dißer greatly, and the practice of feeding which may De injudicious for the average row may be apparently not pro ductive of harm when applied to an animal of strong digestive powers. Thus, in my own herd, in which a careful record was kept of tbe amount and character of the food for a seies of years, it was found tbat while some cows could De ltd eiznt quarts daily of cotten-seed meal for a long priod without apparent injury therefrom. yet the average feeding of this material cou'd not be m excess of two quarts daily, with other food, without the appearance in srne emrr.als of ill results, and tne feediLg of four ouarts daily to the herd re suited in the death of two animals with the symptoms as desr.ied by our corre' spondent. The feeding oi gram or of a highly nitrogenous food is always dangerous when carried to excess. Thus we all know that if a cow gets loose in the night and obtains access to the grain bin, injurious effects are very likely to follow, and we never think of calling the meal poisonous in these cases. In like manner the over-feeding of cotton' seed meal, one of the most valuable foods for the dairyman to use (not to abuse) is apt to be followed by miury. This gluten meal that we are examining seems to fall into the same category of being a valuable food in l's proper use. W hen results such as these quoted follow the feeding of these highly nitrogenous foods, we therefore should not be too ready to suspect poison, as it is more reasonable to ascribe the ill effects which follow the feeling to in judicious feeding, and the blame shjuld lay upon the feeder." Seeding. Many experiments have been made in order to determine the proper amount of seed to sow for grain crops, hut results are so variable and opinions are so different that more light can be thrown on the sub ject with benefit, i rench experiments m tbe use of nitrate or soda, phosphates, care ful selection of seed and close cultivation demonstrate that a crop can be made to i eld twice as much seed compared with the average, while the amount of straw is also largely increased. In England, a farmer who made the matter of seeding a study found that by using a two-horse drill two-Lühs of a bushel of seed wheat was renuired in September, one-half more in October, don Die in JNovember and quadruple in December, and, as the ditTeience in the . . . . . quantity oi seed between the periods men tioned is Quite large, he estimates that the amount of seed that might be saved on 20 000,000 acres by early sowing would be sufficient to support a mil ion of pesons tor a year and a hall. L.arly so wing gives the seeds a better opportunity for mak ing growth before winter and the loss in failure to germinate is materially lesseLed. The same farmer found that by givitg each tetd a certain space on which to gro alone the number of stems was increased, while tbe heads were larger and the seeds better. By care fully felectmg bis seds from tie largest heads for four years, be increased the s;ze of tbe wheat heads from four inches In length, containirg forty seven seeds, to eight inches in length, containing 123 seeds, while the number of heads on a plant was increased from ten to eighty heads. A r rench farmer, who tried simi lar xnerimenta. gradually increased his yield of wheat to forty-two bushels per acre, wiih the amount of seed required for sowing very materially reduced. Although these experiments wer conducted on rich sous, and In climates dinerent from ours. yet the lesson is a valuable one, as it teaches not only tbat a saving of seed (and consfouently of exanse) can beeflected by careful selection and consideration ot tbe proper peri ds of planting, but that the nnality of tbe crop grown will be Improved and the yield increased. Tbe larger area of soil to each plant not only gives it greater feeding room, but permits it better to endure drought. With the attempt to improve, however, it should not be overlooked that the plants must be well sup plied with food, and hence the use of fer tilizers should be made liberally in order to push tbe plants forward as rapidly as possible and to afford every opportunity of fully maturing the seed. , 15 Liberal With the Poultry. IPralrle Farmer.l A moderate sized flock of chickens on any farm pays a great per cent, of profit. and gives yery quick returns. Those men who have hindered instead of encouraged this business should pursue a different course. They need not take an interest in the more fancy breeds, but all encourage ment should be given to raising tbe busi ness-purpose fowL Good fowls, consistent ouarten and care are inst as important, in their way. aa is any part of the farm bns!ce!. Loops lor young oroods should be provided in rpring. just as surely as should the corn be planted, or the pasture fenoe

repaired. Uew blood should be infused every year or two by buying settings of

eges or cocks just as certainly as new seed potatoes or new seed corn should be introduced occasionally. The women and children usually make the poultry proiitable, if encouraged instead of hindered. On too many farms tbe poultry busiues is in the old way, because the man of the house will not favor any outlay fcr papers or boots on poultry-raising, or money with which to purchase lumoer lor new poultry buildings and coops. This stinginess and lack of appreciation of a basuiess the wife should have opportunity to develop keeps the enterprise cramped. Tree Planting. IMaES&chusetts Ploughman. 1 This is a work that should not be neg lected. Every farmer shoild plant out a few trees every year, both for Irait ana ornamental purposes. Whatever trees are transplanted should be done in a thorough manner; better not set more than half as many, and do the work well, than to only half do it. In tbe first place good trees should be obtained, not only those that are of good form, but they should be fresh from the sou. Trees that have been out ot the ground several months are, with the best of care, not wort u half as much as those that are taken from the soil and set the same day. So farmers had better pay a little more for trees grown near their farms, if it be necessary ; but as a rule, these can be bought cheaper, because there is no agent a high commissions to pay, and if we buy near home we shall not only get better trees, but be more Jikely to get what we buy, than if we buy of men whj eeeai to have no abiding-place and whom we never saw before and probably shall never see again. To set a poor tree and wait ten years for its fruit, only to find it entirely dinerent from what we bought it for, is not very pleasant. But the majority of people will buy trees of irresponsible persons and pay sometimes twice as much as tbey could get them for grawn near their homes. Selling Cows in Spring. Cows usually sell well at this s?ason, and if a farmer has more than he can keep in good feed all the summer it is much bet ter to dispose of one or more of the poorest and give extra feed and care to the remainder. But it thou la always be the poorest cow that is sold. In most places where the best of fted is plentiful the sale of the poorest cow will increase rather than diminish tne pro tits. Planting Trees In Manure. As the time for planting trees approaches enthusiastic beginners in this business need cautioning acainst mixing manure with the soil on which they are to be planted. The commoa idea is to make tbe trees grow vigorously; but manure in contact with roots torn or broken by transplanting may rot them before they can start the new fibers which alone can take up plant food. F8Ck the clean soil firmly around the roots; leave it loose on top, and as soon as it be comes hot and dry apply manure to the surface around tbe tree, and this rcilnly as a mulch tbe first season. Selling Hotter Promptly. No farm product of equal value is more uneatis'actory to hold for a rise than bnttfT. Its price, when newly made, is nearly alwajs the best It is subject to greater deterioration m quality than any other product, and, no matter how carefully protected, must suffer some in omparisun with that which is freshly made. The oldfashioned dairy butler made in Jane used to be good for a twelve-month if packed in sweet crocks and covered with salt brine to exclude any odors. There is little such butter now. Tbat made by the creamery process is first-class while fresh, but lacks keeping qualities. As nearly all enter prising aairyinen nave creameries, mere is less really good butter made from milk set in the old-fashioned way than formerly. Sweet Potatoes as Stock Feed By most Northern neonle the sweet po tato Is eaten only sparingly, and, as it has to be bought often at a high pri :e, it is regarded as a rather expensive luxury. But it is yery eaily grown, and with equal care and culture will outyield the common potato, especially on poor ground. Its rampant vines choke down weeds, making little culture necessary. In some of the Southern States the sweet potato is planted for stock feed for pigs, which, when the crop is ripe, are turned in and do their own harvesting. The sweet they contain is very fattening, but it does not make very solid pork. The vines ot potatoes are greedily eaten by cows, and have none of the poisonous qualities of our common potato, which is of a family containing many poiaohous plants. VTaMiIng Hatter. It is stated that a tew method of wash ing butter has been patented in Germany. As soon as gathered in the churn in particles of about a tenth of an inch in size it is transferred to a centrifugal machine, whose drum is pierced with holes and lined with a linen sack that is finally taken out with the butter. As soon as tbe maChine is set in raj-id motion the buttermilk begins to escape; a spray of water thrown Into the revolving drum washes out all foreign matter adhering to the bu:ter. This washi i g is kept up till the last drop of water is removed, as clothes are dried in the centra agal wringer. The dry butter is then taken out, molded and packed. It is claimed that the product thus so fully and quickly freed from all impurities, without any working or kneedmg, has a flavor. aroma and grain, and far better keeping qualities than when prepared for market in the ordinary way. Testing Seed. It is always best to test your seed, no mat ter whether you have saved it yourself or not. Many farmers think that when they save their own seed tbey are then safe be yond a doubt, and do not give the matter any further attention, bntexpenence shows that this will not do. to depend on always. for there are so piany causes during the course of a winter, any one of which would destroy tbe vitality of the &eed, that the farmer is not safe in planting any crop of considerable size without hrst testing the seed to ee whether it is perfectly good or not. This can be ea&ilv done by putting a fair sample of the seed in a box of dirt, and placing the box back of the kite ben stove, where it will be kept warm most of the time. If the seed is good it will then quickly sprout, if the dirt is kept warm and moist. In this way the farmer is ena bled to act intelligently, and can easily see ust how good his seed is, and whether it is cafe to plant large crops with it or not. It i3 indeed very risky buslnes to plant large fields with seed tbat has not been tested. The work is trifling and it is but a small job to test it, yet it oftentimes re sults in saving big loss. Preserving Eggs. As the warm season advances and epgi become cheaper, many will be interested in the best modes of preserving them until there ia a rise in prices. We might easily recommend a dozen methods, but which is the best can not safely be answe:d. Al though solutions of lime, salt and alkaline substances have been used, as well as certain acids and antiseptics, yet no single process has met the demand of the poultry man as infallible, lo properly preserve eggs they must be strictly fresh, a rule which must be rigidly enforced, but which is im possible if theyare handled by several persons. This precaution la necessary be cause a single stale egg will cften spoil all. Then, again, they should be from hens not in company with cocks, as Infertile eggs will keep three times as long as will those suitable for hatching. All these precan tions are necessary in the beginning; and next tbey should be stored In cool place, in boxes or on rack, and turned three times a week so as to change the positions

of the yolks, which sometimes stick to tae shells, ilo liquids or other preserving compounds are necessary. Simply seil your roosters, be sure the eggs are fresh, place tbem on racks without anything around the eggs, turn them three tims a week, keep them in a cool cellar, and they will remain fresh for six months.

POULTRY PARAGRAPHS, Do cot make, the mistake of choosing nothing but the largest fowls for sitters. Medium-sized hens r re, as a rule, better for this purpose, is ther are not de Seien t in feathers. There is less danger of hens leaving their egs if they are always set in the evening. They are much more apt to "stock." Be very careful about disturbing them for the f rst two or three days. Many poultry raisers ' fall into the too common error of using for breeding stock ordinary or even poor fowls. No one can ever hope to produce anything but very ordinary or inferior stock from such a method. Use only the best for breeding. The result will be none too good then. A man having ears, nose, fingers and toes all frozen would not be expected, by an ordinary community, to continue his usefulness for' some considerable time. Those who are now suffering from lack of thoughtfulness in not providing comfortable winter shelter for their fowls must not expect those that are badly frost bitten to continue the laying process as if nothing had happened. The best month in tbe year for bringing out chickers in the Northern States ia April, and next, in point of desirability, come March and May. Very little should be done in that line in June, and nothing whatever during July. During the last week in August, and from then on to the 20th of September, a few chickens pullets for laying the next season during the time when the otber fowls are moulting may be raised with profit. Tobacco, in its raw state, or previous to sweatirg in bulk, is very powerful in its effect, and will certainly drive vermin Irom the hen s nest. I he whole leaves may be thoroughly dried so as to crumble easily, and put in the nest of the sitting hen aa a lining under the eggs. With this precaution she will not be driven from her Lest by vermin before the time of hatching arrives. Tobacco is often erroneously aaDposed to be difficult to cultivate, but it is really as easily raise! as corn or potatoes A few plants only will give the poulterer . l r T -. pienty oi leaves ior use in nis lowi-no'ise. HOUSEHOLD HINTS. Never have a sink under a window if you can avoid it. Keep lemons in a jar of water, to be re newed every few days. Moisture is the greater enemy of the piano, and it can cot be too carefully guarded against. Hard soap should be kept in a dry plae several weeks before nsing. It will last much longer. Never have dark furniture for the kitch en: it shows dust much more than light ana requires double tbe care. Do not use cracked dishes: they absorb oils or fats from different kinds of food which renders tbem unwholesome. Ingra'n carpets need to be 6haken oftener than Erussels, as from their more open weave the dust percolates through them. Orange Pie. Take the juice and pulp ot two large sour oranges and the grated rind of one, a cud of sugar, one egg, a cof fee cup or water and two spooof als of rice Hour; mix these ingredients and bake with two crusts, making the paste very rich. Lemon Pie Express the juice from two lemons, then chop tbe peel and pulp fine, after removing the seeds; beat an egg well, and two thirds of a cud of flour stirred into three cups of water, two and one-half cups of sugar; mix all together, and lill three pies. Bake with twa crusts. Lemon Cheese Cakes. Put into a stewpan one-half a cup of butter, three-quar ters of a pound of loaf sugar, the yolks of six eggs whisked and strained, and whites of four, the juice of two lemons and the rind of one grated. Keep the whole stirred over a gentle fire until it is as thick as good cream; pour into small jars, and when cold cover with paper before putting on the lid. To be kept in a cool, dry place. Lemon Dron Cakes Rub together six spoonfuls of fresh butter and little more than a pound of Hour; powder three-fourths of a pound of loaf sugar and mix with an ounce of grated lemon peel; when the ingredients mentioned are stirred together add four eggs well beaten, also two desertspoonfuls of lemon juice. Beat the mix ture, then drop from a spoon on a warm buttered tin, leaving space between the cakes; bake twenty minutes. FA KM SOTES. Charred wood from the stove, or charcoal in any shape, is excellent for hogs. It is best to keep charcoal in the pens where the hogs can always have free access to it. Rot ten wood Is also relished by hogs, and they are very fond of burnt bread or other charred substances. An Eastern farmer says he does not know of anything finer than a good ox team, and that wherever you see ooe you see gjod crops. Whenever it is noticed that the hogs eat gravel, it is a sign tbat something they med Is lacking. A few pieces of coal, or charcoal, will prooably be a cure, while the food at the same time should be varied. Squash, encumbers, egg plants, melons and beans should not be planted until all danger of frost is over and the ground well warmed. Nothing is gained by at tempting to force tbem In cool weather. Divide your rhubarb plants at the roots and make a new location for them. This should be done very early in the spring or in the fall. Put them on very rich ground with the buds about one or two inches be low the surface. In using seed potatoes select such as are fresh and plump. The supposition that it is best to use spronted potatoes ia an error, as the sprouting of tbe seed potato before it is planted causes a lack of nutrit'on to the plants after tbe seed is planted. Every sprout draws nourishment from the jeed. The fruit jellies ot commerce are tttingly called horticultural oleomargarine by Or chard and Gardener, because tbey re such a compound of adulterations. For instance, alleged "i unant lelly" is composed of wa ter glucose, tartaric acid, gelatine, analine red and dried cores and skins of apples, the refuse of evaporating establishments, often sour and decayed before drying. The feeding of sour slop or fermented grains may cause disease. Yet such food is fed regularly, though there is always a risk in feeding any kind of food that is not sound or in the best condition. It has been demonstrated that calves pay better when kept until ten or twelve weeks old than when sold aa soon aa born. They will give a return for all the milk they con sume, as well as lessen the supply of mile marketed. The milk from sick or diseased cows should always be thrown away. Nothing spreads contagion sooner than impure or filthy milk; yet, as a rule, all the milk ia poured into cans together without regard to the condition oi the cow. The best tnrkeya for breeding purposes are those two years old. If yearling stock be used tbe earnest hatched males and females should be selected. It will be of no advantage to have tbem begin to hatch nntu the weather snail become warmer. a Virginian who has had some difficulty in keep. ng cabbages over winter says that by tbe following method of packing he has Deen successful. v e Ute the heads only, and placing tarre'i m the comer of an

ucused (table, put in a good quantity cf

dry leaves, then bury a head and stuff" leaves around it; another head or two, it small, more leaves and so on. Three barrels hold all we . need. We pile and pack thoroughly in and around these barrels all

the leaves we have patience to carry, and ley old boards over them. Although the strawberry plants thrive best when the season is not very dry, yet the subsoil snould be ploughed deeply, and also nnderdrained if possible. Too much water la nq ininrinn na inn little A fina mellow soil is the best. German eggs reach the Eastern markets sooner than those from some Western points. The cheapness of German eggs is due to the fact that the dealers rate tbem as "limed eg?s," and not because they dif fer irom the American product in any other manner. If plants be crushed when frozen the leaves will wilt and turn dark. This is also applicable to grass when it is covered with frost, and stock should not be turned upon pasture until the sun shall be well up, as the tramping of the frozen plants is in jurious. In buying young trees it is best to select i Ti oc f hut. li Qvo a 1 a rtrtk tnnnlv rtf r.viti long and branching. The roots may be shortened before putting the trees in the ground. Trees with tops not too heavy, with large roots, seldom require staking. If you have a spare piece of ground, sow oats and pease together as food for the cows. It makes excellent green material, grows quickly and can be cut at any time when higbenough. Do not turn stock npon it to graze, but cut and carry it to the barnyard for them. Grass may be seeded upon oats this spring, and it should be done as early as possible, in rrder to allow the young plants a gcod start before dry weather. The mam diriiculty in the way of securing a stand is the failure to put in the seed properly. Itshouldbe lightly harrowed or brushed in. In feeding ensilage at this season it must not be overlooked that the best results have been obtained ij'ben it is fed in connection with other food. It aids digestion and promotes health, because it provides succulent material, but, being bulky, ground grain should be used also as a part of the ration. Eggs are used largely in the arts. Albu men is made from the white and egg oil from the yelks. Tbe egg oil is used for oiling egg leather and wool in the woolenmills. Then there are egg pomade, desiccated eggs and preserved eggs (for tanners' use). Egg albumen sells in France at the rate of 5 cents per pound. Gardeners are frequently advised to grow unions on tbe same location every season, but this can be done wiih success only when the ground is well supplied With ma nure. Unions are gross feeders, andean not M injured by heavy manuring. They must be given good cultivation, and grass and weeds kept down from the beginning. Temperature has more to do with pre serving butter than anything else. If ex posed te variable temperature no amount of salt will helo it. If kept from contam iration of odors, and in a cool place, it will retain f.avor and keep much better than when preserved in brine. Brine. however, assists in many respect, but should not be depended upon entirely. In a majority of cases the orchard is the last location to be given cultivation, while very often the supposition is that it should receive but little care. The best results are only obtained from the orchard when it is kept in as good condition as possible, not only by b Ing trimmed and sucters re moved, but a liberal application of fertil izers made to the ground. The Massachusetts Board of Agriculture, which has made experiments in that direc tion, decides that whole potatoes, as seed will produce a crop at least a week earlier than will potatoes that are cut, and that small potatoes will produce better results than will large potatoes cut into pieces. The seed end of the potato starts with more vigor and produces better than the stem end. bpront potatoes are not so good for seed as those with the eyes just started. A Sonnet to Washington. ISew York Herald.l Mrs. Cleveland has a great admiration for the national monument in this city to George ashington, and says its simplicity especially commends it to her, as she pre fers simplicity always, whether in matter of dress or public structures, and so takes great delight in the constant view she has has from the southern windows ot the White House of this the tallest siru :ture on the globe, and is very glad that its form was not changed, as orce proposed, to a triumphal arch or any other etyle of monument. bhe was therefore much pleased when recently shown a sonnet addressed bv Dr. Aiken, an En dish man, in 1701, to "His Excellency George v ashington. President of the United States," published in the George town Weekly Ledger in 191, whose open ing lii.es give so accurate a description of the monument erected to Washington nearly a century later as to prove its form to have been tbe most appropriate that could nave been chosen, tor, as well-known, its roof is a pyramid fafty-hve feet high whose apex is an aluminum point, which is ööö feet above the level of the base below. The sonnet reads: Point of that pyramid whose solid bsc k'oi to T-rr r - Liiinian An a si T iATl a rr ltr Which, while the gorgeous palace fcinks in Shall stand sublime and fill its ample space. Elected chief of freemen: ereeter far Zhao kings, whohe glittering parts are fcxea by birth, Named by thy country's voice for long-tried worth : Eer crown in peace, as once her shield In war, Dpien. Washington, to hear a British lyre mat, araent, greets tnee wim apriausiYe ;njs And to the patriot hero homaee Dar. On, would thee. Muse, immortal s'ratns inspire, That hieh tevena all Oreek ana Komnn iume, Might soar to times unborn tnj purer, nobler name: Mrs. Cleveland, in common with others, both gentlemen and ladies in this city, who are well read in literature, had never seen or heard of this sonnet, and thought its prophetic description of tbe most strik lüg leaiures ui me utuuuai uiuuuiucul very wonderful, and that it ehonld be re ! ... t 4 1 4 . 1 M.nnmsm published for tne benent oi modern readers. KILLED HIM IN SELF-DEFENSE. Indian Agent E. C. Osborne Shoots One of His Employes. Washington. April C. Indian Commis sioner Atkins has received the following letter from Indian Agent E. C. Osborne, at tbe Ponca, Fawnee and Otoe Agency, In dian Territory, under date of A pril 2 18S7 'With a profound sense of regret, I have to report that in discharging yesterday iu. M. Smith, a farmer at the Otoe Agency, for general baa conduct upon the agency, but chieliy because of hia ungovernaoie temper, which was continually being turned loose upon both employes and Indians, I had to kill him in self-defense. He had repeatedly threatened to kill the clerk in charge, Mr. ioung, wno reportea nis con duct and asked that he be discharged. 1 went to Otoe to explain to him my reasons for discharging him, to hear hia defense, l he had any, to pay him hia salary for the past quarter and to dis miss him; while very quietly and calmly performing the duty he made a violent attack upon the clerk in charge, whom he wounded in the arm and. doubtless, thought he had killed, and then turned up n Mr. justice, tne agency D'.acasmim, and myself with a cocked and leveled re volver, and with the manner of a maniac, when I shot him dead. I am thoroughly convinced that I saved threft lives in tak ing his, and when it is considered that one of those three was my own, and the only one I Lave. I trust I may be exonerated.' Mr. Osborne is from Gallatin, Tenn,, and has been in charge cf the agency since August, 1885. Emith was one cf hia own appointees.

AN INFANT PRINCESS.

The Bonanza King's Daughter Gives lilrth to an Heiress to the Colonnaa. Philadelphia Prera.J The infant daughter which has just arrived to the house of Colonna Is born with the right of entrance to the pages of that tiny little red book, the "Almanac de Gotha," devoted to the genealogy of royal and princely houses of Europe. Only En glish nobles of the rank of itle are ad mitted, and but a sprinkling of the cream of tbe higher nobility of Europe are recorded within its covers. To be in "the almanac" is equivalent to a tabouret when royalty is seated, and no privilege is more anxiously hoped for or more jealously guarded when attained. There are Duks and Princes and Counts with high-sounding double titles around in plenty, but their nobility is nothing more than thin veneer unless the red volume tell of their pedigree, relatives, ages and residences. lo this illustrious body of highnesses royal and serene, hereditary excellencies and most noble graces enters the little granddaughter of Mrs. Mackay, the wife of the once lowly Irish laborer. The touch ol the mighty wizard, gold, made the adopted daughter of that laborer a mate fit tor a noble of a hundred quarterings. Tbe name which the Princess Galatro Colonna wears in the "Almanac de Gotha" for ehe also gets in in right of her hus band is 'lJonoa' i.velyn-Julie-Bryant Mackay, and the man who bestowed that name "on his w ii'a child is described as traveling between the West and New York attired in a $12 suit, wearing a $2 50 nickel watch, and acting entirely as though he were unconscious of the fact that he possesses something like $50.000.000: yet it takes very little imagina tion to picture a Prince of Colonna twenty years ago traveling in America and being casually aware of the presence between the wind and his nobility of a laboring man, working as navvies work, and seeming nothing more to the Prince than "one of those canaille." What a le3son to pretentions of high birth and lofty lineage ! Nor could the wildest dreams ot the wretched, struggling woman, righting against grinding poverty and a drunken husband, and eventually finding solace in the arms of an honest miner, ever have presented visions of queenly magnificence, of banquets to royal personage and of luxury unconceived even by Monte Cristo, such as Mrs. John Mackay now regards as daily occurrences. This, at least, can be said: I'henomenal fortune has done but little harm to the heart of John Mackay, the bonanza king. On the contrary, it has proved him to be close in resemblance to one of nature's gentlemen, and it is to be doubted if the descendant of myriads of haughty ancestors, the impoverished and princely Colonna, could have borne the sudden accession of riches witn more dignity than the eensible Irish-American Mackay. The late Victor Hogo was very much charmed with Mrs. Mackay. who was one of his last American visitors. The poet remarked: "I should like to live long enough to arrange a marriage between my granddaughter Jeanne and Mrs. Mackay'a eldest son, especially if he resembles his mother." An American gentleman who baa been spending the season In London described one of Mrs. Mackay's enterta;uruents designated as the rose dinner. The table was transformed into a bed of roses, with just margin enough left for the plates and glasses of the guests. Tbe flowers were all half blown and of a delicate pale pink. Light was supplied by wax candles, placed in large silver candelabra, each candle rising out of the heart of a rose. The menus were painted upon pale pink satin. Tbe entertainment cost 20,000 francs. Twenty years ago the hostess lived in a shingled house, and took as boarders half a dozen miners in Virginia City, Ney. PAYMENT OF ACCRUED PENSION. Settlement of a Vexed Question by the Second Comptroller. Washington, April 7. A diflerence of opinion and of practice has for some time existed between the Tension OtTice and the ofEce of the Third Auditor of the Treasury as to when the payment of an accrued pension actually becomes consummated. The question was referred to the Second Comptroller for final decision and he has given his conclusions.thereon, as follows: 1. Where the pension has become due and payable in the lifetime of the pensioner, and he has executed the usual voucher, acknowledging receipt of payment, but dies before the agent has executed and mailed him a check for its payment, it is clear that there has been, in law, no payment of the pension, but the same still remaios outstanding, and must be disposed of in accordance with the proVision of section 4.71S. 2. Where tr e voucher has been executed and delivered to the agent, and the check has been transmitted to and received by the pensioner in his lifetime, the payment has become complete, and the subsequent death of the pensioner, either before or after indorsing tbe check, will not defeat such payment The check has become his property in his lifetime, and falls into and becomes a part of his estate, to be disposed of in due course of aaministratl on. 3. Where the voucher has been executed by the pensioner and delivered to the agent, and tbe check has been mailed by the agent to the pensioner in his lifetime, but was not received by him, I do not think that, as a matter of law, the a;t of payment has been bo far consummated as to dtfeat the rights of the widow or minor children or claims for re-imbursemeat, under Section 4,718, and the check can not in such cases be properly deemed as p -rt of the assets of the estate of the decease i pensioner. To make a complete paymen t, two ihirjgs must occur, the receipt "f the check ef the Government by the pernioner and the execution by him of an ajuittance in proper form. BEECHER MEMORIAL, MEETING. The Committee Invite Dr. Parker, of Lindon, to Deliver the Oration. New York, April 8. The Beecuer Memorial Committee held a meeting last evening at No. 44 Court street, Brooklyn, and after receiving a letter from Dr. Parker, of London, extended an invitation to him to come ever to Brooklyn and deliver an oration at a Beechtr memorial meeting. No date was fixed for the oration, but it is expected that it will occur on June 21, the anniversary of Mr. Beecher's birthday. The following is a copy of Dr. Tarker's letter: No. 21 Daleham Gardens, Fitz John Ayes is, N. V., March 21, 1S". j My Dear Sib Aa Invitation such as yeu refer to would certainly cause me to think much before declining it. yet I dare not answer an informal and unofficial inquiry. Such an oration as you indicate would take a long time ti prepare, but 1 would make the time if other things concurred. Let events shape themselves as God wills. Whatever 1 can do toward our sainted friend's memory shall be done with my whole heart, my undivided love and wilL Ever yours, JosErH Parker. Dr. I. K. Funk. Io Town and Hamlet The seeds of Intermittent and bilious remittent fever germinate and bear evil fruit. No community has altogether escaped It. In populous wards of large cities bad sewage causes it, and In their suburbs stagnant pools In sunken lota breeds it. There is at once a remedy and a means of prevention. Its name is Resetter's Stomach Bitters, which is, without peradventure, the most potent antidote In existence to the malarial virus. Fortified with this incomparable, saving specific, miasmatic influences maybe encountered with absolute Impunity. Dis orders ol the stomach, liver and bowels, begot ten by miasma-tainted water, or any other cause, succumb to the bencflclent corrective named, and rheumatic, kidneys and bladder troubles are surely removable by Its use wicn It In given a pertittcnt trial,

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