Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 33, Number 27, Indianapolis, Marion County, 3 August 1887 — Page 3

THE 1NDTANA: STATE SENTINEL. WEDNESDAY. . AUGUST 3;i887.

THE FARM BUDGET. '

Timely Tcpici for tis SjatiaeTa Agricaltaril Friends izi Rsadsrs. Obtaining Good Finn Hmda Rraavirg ths Honia Cinaia Thistles. Select Crcjs rer Profit Poultry Hicl3 Keep Oit ths Witches. Growing Garden Crops la Dry WeatherHoaholl Uinta Live Stock Notes farm Saggestioc, Etc. Obtaining Good Farm Hands. There are many complaints of the scarcity o! good farm help, and of the general worthlessnees of that which is available, and there is mach discaseioa as to the best methods of remedying this state of things. It is scarcely the laborer who la to blame in this matter; much of the fault has been with ourselves. In past times the farmer has been offen pretsed for hands, ana, anxious to grt someone, be has taten the first one that has came along. lie wanted a man and he hd theeiecf wages to give, and tha nan earre and in due time received a nian'a wps. The kind of man hardly ever entf rtd into the calculation. To be sare, we a'l preferred a good man to a bad one, bat we took little steps towards Hading oat, before engaging, whether the man was good or bad. He was hired only tbe mental resolve was that if good for nothing he would not be kept long. At one time farmers were particular about their reputation and character. When they left situations they obtained from tteir employers certificates of character and ability. Eat the anxiety to get a .m or. e led farmers to disregard these protecting agencies, and they hardly cared to reed them. At length they became "out of faehion," and we now rarely hear any more about them. tut tbe result of this in" iTerencj works against the pcod Land and In favor of the bad cne. All can get places equally well, and.li gt the waes precisely alike. The kood one, to be sure, afUr he has worked a year or so and proved himself, can perhaps gt a raise, or he has a better chance of being retained loDger in a aitua'ion than a poor stick; bat year is a good deal in a Iran's life, and basidf.", however good a man will le, his job wJl often come to ai end in ipite of bis good points, and he has to go and 'prove" himself in another place for another vear, and bo on. It Is hardly tote expected that eood men, or women either for tint matter, will be well satisfied to continually compete in this way with the indifierent, and bo not surprising that somehow or another we find the field left nearly all to the latter class. Would not more care on the part of employers in regard to previous character and fcetavior help tiprodace a better class of service? We think so. Of coarse thesa papers can never be wholly reliable. In this irge country, where cne can scarcely know his next neighbor, one would hardly know whether certificates of character were fcrgei or not. People certifying may be hundreds of miles away, or sometimes in the goadnees of their hearts they may give a poor fellow a better character than he d served in order to p;jt rid of him quietly. All these possibilities have to be borne in mind while examining them Cut with all these drawbacks, they would uadcnbtidly be of great value in many instances, while they would not make the case one whit worse than when a man is set at ence to work and "no questions tsked." Bat there .is another way to obtain the necessary information, and this would be by applying privately to the last employer, who in this way could have no motive to give a false character or in withholdirg the truth. In regard to women help on farms, it is chiefly the disregard of these certificates of character that has brought on the domestic difficulties of getting help so many deplore. The inttlllgent, smart girl is hardly to be blamed for not entering into competition with the host of Ignoramuses, all on the same footing as regards wages an I character. If some "inte'ligeoce r.ffi:e" shall evft start in which rkät-class testimonials as to character and ability, both on the part of employer and employed, ara required, it would be well supported; but it would be nself 3i for any one to attempt this until employers ar d employed alike show that ttey valne tbese thiners. Correspondence Geimantovn Telegraph. R xnovlrg the Horns. To take the herns off the calvee a correspondent of an exchange says as follows: "The operation of dianoraing a calf is so ca ily performed that one feels almost ashmed to describe it for publication. In tbe gei.ua boa the horn proper is a hollow apt endage of the skin. In the very young clf th's appendage the merely the matrix of tbe future horn. At the age of ten or fifteen days this matrix is a small, hairless, movable picminence. This matrix, together with a smail band of true hairy si in, Js of an inch wide, can be removed by OLe sweep of a strong, sharp poefcetamie ana lor ever after the animal will be hornless. Throw the calf on its side, let an assistant press the side of the head to the earth. Let the operator now grasp the matrix between the thumb and two fingers cf the left band, place the knife Vr. of an Inch outside the naked matrix and with firm, steady pressure, cut through to the opposite side, the knife passing between the base of tbe matrix and the skull, to that a rim cf hairy skin one eighth of an inch wide remains attached to the base of the matrix now amputated and held in tbe left hard. Torn the calf on the other aide and in lite manner remove the other mat rix. This simple operation causes very lit tie pain the loss of or lj one ouacejof blood, h:A torenesa for only a day or two: the caif ia not injured or stunted, does not lose its appetite, and the wounds heal more oulcklv than those caused bv east nunc. The writer first performed this operation in the spring of lbC3, and bas performed it annually ever since. Iiis observations are teat the dehorned cattle mature eariler. grow largr and never injure each other. He ia of the opinion that more hornless cattle may he shipped in a car. As to the plan working, the writer says it does and that he practices it all the time, lie therefore, ought to know. Tha Cut ad a Thistle. This "evil weed" is the subject of many ciiserutions annually. Here ia the sub stance of the last we have seen : "The Canada thistle while subdued somewhat by m quentara repeated mowings is not of ten destroyed by this means alone. The thistle root has numerous points, each one of which ha power to send np a shoot, consequently while the main sulk and its im mediate rcot connection! are killed it does not follow that the numerous root points re luewue destroyed, la fact, they sei d"m are, and bereis lies tbe secret of the plant's irrepressibill'y. The best resultsare gait ed when the thUtles are but in their early bloom and before the seeds have forn,ed. It is also well to cut during or just te lore a warm ram. felect Crops for Profit. It Is "a first-rate plan to decide ahead . what kind of crops you will raise the next ja what varieties you will select, and ine ceios on the farm that each variety Win oe sure. In deciding what to plant select a variety auad tue yoox best judgment to select crops

that are best suited to your soil and your

section. . Then, too, it is a safe plan to 'J plant crops that you know best how to I 'ant, cultivate, harvest andmaraet. It is hardly :a safe plan to plant a large acreage of something you do notknow how to manage to secure the best results. Because some one in tour neighborhood has made a success of one variety of crops because his soil was adapted for it and he understood how to manage the soil and the crcp eo as to secure the best remits, is hardly a sufficient reason why if you attempted the same crop you would meet with the saxe result. If yon want to make a change do so gradually. Experiment to some extent, and see what crops succeed best on your soil. If it is something you have cot been in the habit cf raising, commence with a small acreage at first until you learn the most profitable way of managing the crops on year soil. I never believed in very mush changing about from one thing to another. The best success ia Eearly always attained by raising very nearly the same crops every year, planning out a regular system of rotation and folio wit g it up, increasing or decreasing the acreage of the different kinds as dreamstances would best indicate to be the most profitable. If yen think yon can make more money, and at the same time keep up the farm as it should be, make the change gradually, so that before it is too late you can know to a certainty whether the change is advisable or not. Some crops, in order to secure the most profit, require a special kind of soil, and different cultivation than others. Muco, of this can only be learned by experience. So that it will prove much better in the end to try Lev? crops on a small scale firtt. Poultry Uinta. American Poultry Yard.J It is said that the relative cost of raisin; a pound of perk and a pound of chicken i as three is to four, that I?, if a pound of pork cost Cc. a pound of chicken will ccs: fee. But while the pTice of production is so nearly alike, the price realized is about in tbe ratio cf one to three, or, in other words, when pork slls at Gc. a pound chickers n ill bringt ISc. Less "hog and hominy" and more roast chicken for us. It is said that fowls supplied with fiuecut rowen hay never contract the habit of pulling feathers. The hay probably satisfies the craving for a bulky diet, that is not without reason supposed to lead to feather pulling, and also furnishes employment to tbe fowls in the days of enforced idlei ess. It certanly is worth a trial, especially as it cos 8 next to nothing and is a valuable diet. Clover is an excellent "egg food," inpplying many of the elements which are fonnd in the egg. Keep Oat the Witches. IPialrie Farmer.l You ran not be too careful about the kind of water your cows drink, and the kind of atmosphere you do your milking in, if ycu want to keep tbe witches oat of the cheese-vat cr the churn. Stagnant water from any source is injurious to the health cf ( cows, and to the wholesomeness of their milk. This has been demonstrated over and over again, and the warning to dairymen has besn iterated and reiterated through the agricultnriai press and dairy conventions for years. Still it is apparent to any one who rides through the country with his eyes open, that tbe lesson is not learned, or at least is tot heeded. Cows continue to drink stagnant and impure water, and the quality of both butter and cheese is lowered in consequence. So milkirg is still done in filthy quarters, and the odor and flavor of the barnyard continues to offend the nostrils and palates of milk consumers, and to injure the flavor and market value of dairy products. Why do not all dairymen heed tbe admonition of experience and tbe dictates of common sense by giving their cows plenty of pare water to drink and pure air to breatne, and by doiig their milking in clean places, free from b&i odors and innumerable microscopic germs of ferment and decay, which are as insidious and sure as death, and as silent and invisible? These are tbe witches that at times play un-thonght-of pranks in the dairy room, to the great perplexity and dismay of the dairy maid. Garden Crops In Dry Weather. I Philadelphia Record.J If the farmer or gardener could cause rain to fall at certain periods, or prevent long-continued drenchings at times when moisture is not desirable, the result would be larger crops, less labor and an absolute certainty of success; but as this is as yet not potsibie, other methods have been tried, some of which have been very satisfactory. Wtere large field crops are grown, irrigation or some plan of storirjg the water must be practiced, which entails great expense, while on some farms the conditions are unfavorable, compelling the farmer to take his chances of rain or drouth. With a garden, however, large crops can be proportionately grown, and plenty of moisture provided for certain vegetables, if proper preparations be made when planting the seed. It may be of . interest to give the result of tome experiments made by a New Jersey gardener this season which up to the present time promise to be very successful. He procures old scap-boxes, flour-barrels, kegs, or anything that will hold earth or manure, and if the boxes cr barrels te somewhat rickety so much the better. In planting melons, cucumbers, tomatoes, f quashes or lima beaLS be places a box on the middle of the hill, which should be six feet across, tills it ball full cf fresh manure, and over the manure a ha f peck cf a mixture of wood ashes and superphosphate is placed. The feeds of tbe melons are planted around the box, four plants being allowed to the hill. tbe distance of the seed from the box being about two feet, as too close contact with the box is not desirable. When the your g plants are tip soapsuds are poured over the contents cf the box. In a few weeks the roots of the plants will have reached the box, and they are then freely and liberally supplied with all the mois ture and liquid manure they may need, as water ia poured in the box as often as may be desired. In dry weather a bucket of water in the box cau&es the matter in the manure to leach out, and it soaks in the ground around th& box. where the plants appropriate it. In comparison with plants not to treated the difference is very marked, and a halt dozen hills with boxes will clye better results than three times that number without them. The expense is very small, and the method is worthy a trial, as moisture can always be provided as wanted. HOUSEHOLD HINTS. Fried tomatoesSlice Jarge, ripe torn toes, dip in enrnbs of flour, and fry in hot butter and laid or drippings. Green .apple pie Peel tart apples and stew nicely, strain them, and season while hot with butter or sweet craem; navor with nutmeg, and put on Crust that has been baked in a pie-plate. Baked egg plant Wash the plants and bake as you would potatoes. When baked tender remove tbe skins, and while hot mash to a paste ard season with butter and salt. A raw onion, chopped fine, may be added. Mock mince pie Make a paste as for a rr.iDce pie, both upper and lower crusts. Filling: One cup raisins, choppsd, one cracker, rolled, cne cop sugar, one tableipooiifnl vinegar, onetablespoonful batter, cinnamon, clove and nutmeg to taste. Teach pie feel and cut into thin slices the peaches: roll out the paste quite thin lice the plate with it and fill it half full with tbe peaches. Add a cup of sugar tben fill the plate with peaches and add a little more sugar; cover it with a pnS paste and bake it three-quarters of an hour. Corn starch pie Cne pint cf sweet milk.

ore egg, one tablespoon corn starch, two

tablespoons sugar, piece of butter size ot an egg; flavor with vanilla. Let the milk boil, beat together the egg. corn starch and a tablespoon milk, and stir into the boileg milk: then add the suar, butter and vanilla; bake with one cruet. As nice as cream pie. To serve tomatoes When taken to table raw the ekln a should not be re moved. When sliced set on ice for a few minutes or put cracked ice on top. May also be sliced with onions and cucumbers. Stewed, they shculd be placed in boiling water to to locsen the skin: remove it; stew in their own juice for an hour. Add butter, pepper and salt to taste; some like the addition of sugar or flee bread crumbs for thickenirg. But a small onion chopped Cne gives a fine relish. Welcome pie-crust Take a cup of sweet cream and stir in flour enough to handle well, mix as little as possible and roll out. A number of these crusts can ba baked on separate tins, and when wanted for the table steam just to soften and fill with the following: One pint milk for watar with a tablespoonfal of batter), let boil, beat the yolks of two eges and one white with two tableepoonfuls flour and two of sugar; add to the boiling milk and stir until thickened; let cool slightly. Mock Apple Pie Make a paste as for apple pie. Holl two small crackers, or break them in crumbs, and soak them in a cup of cold water while making the peste. Grate one lemon, or pare it very tbin and cut the paring into the smallest pieces possible. Add this and the jutce of the lemon to the crackers. Flavor with nutmeg and stir in one cup of sugar. Cover with a plate with paste, fill with this and set in the oven till partly done. Then bar tbe pie with narrow strips or ptste, return to the oven and finish baking. Apple Custard Three cups sweet milk, three cups apple pie, grated or stewed; three lablespoonfula sugar, two eggs, yolks whites separate; one teaspoonful white flonr. Peraie the apple by stewing in as little Kater es will c. ox them; then mash fine acd smooth; they must not be very tart. Beat the yolks and sugar together, and wbia them into the apples; then stir in the flour and add the milk. Slir in also he whites well beaten and pour the cus tard into pie pans lined with cream paste. ake till the custard is set. LIVE SI O CK NOTES. Mares that are expected to foal in the all should not be compelled to perform the heaviest work. They cm be worked well up to the time, but such work should be light. If sheen have free access to salt they will never overeat of it, but if salted occasion ally and given it freely they will eat too much, which provokes unnatural thirst, and possibly injurious effects. About the surest way t epoil a spirited horse is to ure him by frequent taps or words until he finds that he can never satsfy his driver. Then be will always re main a slow-poke, rays the Husbandman. Keports from the American Southdown Association, held at ISpringfield, 111., assert tl at there is an increased demand for good mutton. Soutbdowa rams are in demand forcros-irg on flacks herdtofora kept for wool exclusively. The farmer cannot well get alone without having at least a few cows. He is there fore interested, be it ever bo little, in mak ing them pay, and cannot afford to shut his eyes to an opportunity of acquiring points on pro rata cle dairy nanagemenu Farm and Home recommends the followeg plan to prevent a cow from sacking herself: Smear her teats with molasses and red pepper. Sbe will look better so than with a halter or neck-frame on. xou win be more delighted with the result than the cowls with the experiment. Inbreeding is not necessarily bad, re marks an exchange, but it- is entirely too ait to be bad to be attempted u a less there be very great and most intelligent care exercised. It is not difficult to get a bull outside of our own herds; and if we do that we shall usually take a step in the right direction. Let two neighbors who are so situated that they cannot very well get a pure-bred bull exchange bulls, Then make a careful selection of the best cows for breeding purposes, and keeD it up. The scrubbiest herd in the world can be Improved by following such a course as that. Farm Snsgestlons. Do rot sprinkle aihej too close to'the ten der plants, but scatter around them. The best table fowl is a cross of the game cock and Dorking hen. Kill the white caterpillars, as they lay the eggs which hatch the cabbage worm. During the warm weather lice in the poultry house-will breed with amazing rapidity. In warm weather the hogs should be lib erally supplied with pure clean water, or disease may ce the result. After your fruit shall be off manure the current bushes, trim off the superfluous branches and give the ground around them a thorough cleaning. The summer is the time to repair the roads if good work is to be done. If the reads be repaired late in the season the frost will render them impassable. If the tomatoes be of heavy growth and tbe vines fallen, stake the vines and trim out the dense foliage. The vines blossom and ripen fiuit all the season up to the time f i frost. M.'chican thows a decrease of sheep for several year i past. The loss from 1851 to 1885 was 8,812; from 1883 to 188G it was 232,030, and the number now on hand Is 128,250 lesa than In ISSfj. There 'a no way to prevent toads getting into the well except to cement over the earth around the well for a circumference of six feet, and the cover and top of the well should be close and tight. Gather your cucumbers while they are small and green. There is no advantage in havirg large pickles. Cat them off the yine'' with a kn!fe instead of pulling them, which ia liable to injure the vines. at A report is given in the Rural Tress of the case of a cow which died after eating oleander. The cow got into a front yard where the oleander was growing. It stated it at the prussic acid in the oleander was tie ratue of the death of the cow. The newest remedy for the cabbage worm Is a Ublespoonfnl of taltpeter in a pailful of tepid water. The plants should be sprinkled well two or three times. It is not poisonous, and, if it will kill the worms, ia the safest remedy yet proposed. Where weeds persist In springing up as fast as ttey are cut off kero eoe oil may be used to advantage. If a small quantity be poured on the plants after being cut down the effect will be to destroy them. Dock weeds and dandeiuons are easily destroyed by the use of kero.eie. Prof. Burrlll traced a root of a two-year-old grapevine thirteen feet. Mr. Salterthwaite. of Pennsylvania, has found roots of a twelve-year-old peach-tree fifty feet from the tree. Mr. Thomas baa fonnd suckers from a common locust forty feet high at a distance of sixty-five feet, and the roots of a peach-tree eleven feet high twenty-five feet away, Sheep manure contains from 03 to 05 per cent, of the plant food contained In the ra tions consumed by the sheep. It is,therefore. a very rich fertilizer, as experience bas shown. It ia especially rich in nitro gen In an available form, and for that rea son is excellent for use as a starter in the hill for corn and potatoes. The farmer who considers all matters designed for the improvement cf agricul tnre will not neglect the ahep. In an old weedy pasture or wood lot they will more than ray their keeping by tne service per formed in keeping down the noxious weeds.

and briar?, while nothing equal them for restoring fertility to a worn out fisld. Bees are claimed as depredators, by eating or carrying off the palp of grapes. They bave been known to destroy peaches also. Tbe bees do not puncture frait, bat after making tbe puncture they then begin woik on the fruit. The real enemy is the wasp, which cuts the fruit, being followed by the bees. A puddle of water for the hog to wallow in is something beneficial. At this season it is cooling, while the drying of the dirt on the body is of aesistence in cleaning the skin, as the hog will run it off. Tue only objection to such paddies ia that they will soon ' become filthy and disagreeable if there be no running water near them. As soon as the runner of the strawberries begin to grow out pot them by filling small pots with earth, sinking them to the brims in the ground near the parent plants. Then place a young plant over each pot, lay a small stone on it, and allow it to root in the pot. The pots can then be liftad and the plants transferred to permanent beds. Hungarian grass proper has black seed mainly. The millets have yellow seed. Hungarian grass has less head aad more stalk and leaf, and is less liable to rust, and hence ia a better hay crop, and not so good a grain or seed crop. In selecting seed for a hay crop buy of a reliable seedman, and take that which has the largest possible proportion of black seed. After the fowls begin to molt they should be given ground bone once every day and a meal of meat at least three times a week, as the shedding of the new feathers is n severe tax on them. If the hens be well cared for whde molting they will begin to lay before winter. Sell off the surplus cocker Is and do not retain tbe late hatched pullets as they will not lay before spring. Farmers lose much by letting clover and orchard grass, two fodders that can be cut together, stand after they are fit for the mower. Both of these soon turn to woody fibre, which is about as digestible as splinters from a chestnut rail, i'lan ahead so as to drop everything and attack the orchard grass es soon as the bloom tills and the clover when half the heads begin to brown. Good, fat wethers are always marketable where there is transportatioa to a market 8nd that is the country we ara talking atout end we are quite sure that no produce of the farm can find a more readier sale or a better value than this. Bat, bs it nndentood, we mean good Bheep. It needs not that they be unnecessarily fat, Fat is not wanted in excess in mutton, bat meat, solid food, a pound of which will serve two or three for a meal. We have times out of number paid 15 cents per pound for mutton sacps, one-third of which was only fit for food, either because there was too little meat or too much tiin, sinewy stringy stuff, in whfch was no taste and which it was impossible to niaeticate. This latter is what is usually ftund in the maiket, and has made the very name of mutton a word of CDntempt in the United States. Rural World. We sometimes bear complaints from our correspondents that the clover and grass seeds they buy are not good. The best way to guard against this sort of opposition is for the fanner to grow his own grass and dover seeds. By so doing he not only secures teed that will certainly germinate, bet what is just as Important indeed mere eo he secures Immunity from tbe introduction of noxious weeds. Those who grew seeds for sale are not, of coarse, very particular about getting mere or less weed seed in the grass eeed, and they are thus scattered over the whole country. Whereas, if one sat es his own seed he cau be careful to avoid weeds. Many meadows are actuary ruined with weeds. If it is not convenient lo get the clover and timothy threshed with a thresher, it can be done with flails, and will answer the purpose jostaswell. Try it. A dollar Baved is a dollar made, and the farmer who saves and doea not buy his eeed will be apt to use it

more freely than if he paid his bardearned money for it Journal of Agri culture. STORY OF A REMARKABLE QIRL. She Had a Large llastoess Head and Mar ried Well. Chicago Heraldl Leonard Swett, the famous Chicago law yer, waa married last evening to Miss Marie Decker, one of his law partners, at the pal ace of Archbishop leehan. it was a pri vate wedding. Besides the contracting parties, there were present only Miss Rose Skillints, niece of Mr. Swett, Mr. and Mrs. Gerb art Decker, parents of the bride; her two bro there, Lewis and Oeorge. and her thiee sisters. Gertrude, Elise, and Katie. Mr. Swett is a widower of Bixty-one, his wife having died in March, 18S0. His bride is a lady of remarkable talents, born in CologEe, on the Rhine, thirty years ago. She came to this city with her parents in 18C9. Her fatter had been well to do in Germany, and brought to Chicago consid erable means, which be invested in business and property. All was swept away In tbe great fire, and the faaally was left atmest entirely without means of support. Fortunately, however, Miss Decker had been well educated at Catholic convents in Germany and Belgium while yet but little more tban a child, so that she brought to America with her the ability to write and speak fluently the German, French and English languages, besides many other accomplishments, efpecially music When tbe crash came in 1871, and Mr. and Mrs. Decker were left homeless and without money, their eldest daughter, Marie, at once became tbe source of inspiration and hope of the family. Sbe threw aide her much-loved music amid the smoke and ashes and chaos of the fire, and struck out into the world of bimne?s. Her knowledge of bookkeeping, and command of mathematics, ber familiarity with foreign languages, and her energetic spirit were irrefchtable. She had from the start a choice of positions, and from tbe humble position of bookkeeper in a small firm, she has, by her wonderful skill, energy and abilities, rlen step by step, first to an Important position in the postoffice under Postmaster Palmer, tben to the chief clerkship of MrSweet's law firm, later to a partnership interest in the firm, and finally, to become the bilde of the great lawyer, at whose hands she sought a modest clerkship seven years ego. For fifteen years she has served either in the capacity of clerk, bookkeeper, caehier, or manager, and during that time bas turned over to her parents to assist in the support of the family, in addition to clothing herself, the handsome sum of $10,000. It waa with great feeling that her father, whose scanty bair bas become well whitened with age, expressed in broken English to the Herald reported last even ing his great joy on the one the hand and deep sorrow on the other at parting with his daughter. "She sprang up like a light out of our darkness," he said, "and we had learned to forget misfortunes under her inspira tions. Bot sbe is going and her place can never be filled. I do not complain. She is going where she will still be mora use ful." It would te Impossible to tell the story of the life of Leonard Swett's bride in a tin gle newtpaper article. Her first decided success was achieved in the post office, where, in the management of foreign mail matter, her knowledge of tbe languages came Into service, and her accuracy and absolute reliability were recognized by alL She had already established a valuable came In Chicago business circles, when she precented herself, seven years ago, to Leonard Swett for a position in his law offices. Her application was at once accepted, and In a short time she became practically In dispel) sable to the business. Starting out as bookkeeper, she was soon placed in chgrge cf the vaults, pd. wr t-C cjnly one

connected with the firm who knew where to place hands upon papers connected with all the varied legal interests intrusted with the firm. In two years she became cashier in addition to the other trusts, and has for four years handled every dollar of the firm's imicense law business. Three years ago she waff admitted as a partner, her interest the first year yielding her $2,500, the second year $3,5C0, and the last year over f 5,000. This growth is representative of the increase of Mr. Sweet's business since he regained his health, which he claims is largely due to her abilities. "She keeps books," said a member of the firm, "in double entry, and renders a balance sheet every month that for neatness and accuracy cannot bs surpassed in tbe largest banking house in Chicago." During Mr. Swett's illness, when for two or three years he was travelling in the South and other parts for his health, Miss Decker the bride of to-day was the mainstay of the business. She it was who looked after the collection of fees and kept the business intact, remitting funds to the sick man abroad and to the late invalid wife at iiome, proving herself equal to the most serious emergency. These were days when Leonard Swett's law business was on the decline, when, through sickness, he was losing clients, but Miss Decker held on to the reins of the financial side and weathered the storm.

SAVED BY A DREAM: An Army Bargeon' s Remarkable Experience. IFroin the Chicago New. Galesel kg. 111. Letter In the Daily News is an account oi the solving of an intricate problem In mathematici, which had posed several experts by one of tbe parties "dreaming it oat." The statement recalling an incident in my army exoerienccs induced me to ofler the Daily News a parallel case. Being my own, I can vcuch for its correctness. It was on Grant's expedition, essaying to flank Vicksurg by Grene.da late in Dieember, 1S02. The army had pissed Oxford, Miss., and was encamped along the Tokonapotalfa, arreste l in its progress by its large store of supplies having been destroy ed at Holly Springs, the principal base. There was a delay of several days while a heavy detail, with teams and army wagons, should proceed to Memphis, Tenn., the nearest point and return ,with r elief. Nearirg tbe close of the year, elaborate annual reports were to be made, in addition to the daily, monthly, quarterly and special ones. Allowed all necessary details from the ranks for clerical and otber service, this was a barren field from which to glean for the medical department. Before the sargeans had joined their regiments they had all been culled cvea, fyr clerks in the field efficera' offices of the rpgimeats brigides cd divisions, leaving none competent for that duty. Consequently, in addition to their strictly professional duties, the "papjr business'5 of the surgeon's office made its rervlce multifarious and Bevere; often forced, by want of time, to pass over soma things wh'ch seemed least e33sati&l. While preparing my medical and surg"cal reports, to finish ud the year, a circular order to all medical officers of tbe corps "in charge of regiment, detachments and batteries" was received to report ia parson at corps headquarters at a certain hour and day. All surmises among us as to what tbe whole school was "called up" for were vain. None knew. Shortly before, however and this we guessed it meant we bad all teen notihed that if a certain mysterious mathematical calculation required to be worked out in each of those reports were not properly rendered (they had been univert ally omitted before), medical officers so failing would be premptorily dismissed the service for Incompetency, "with loai of accrued pay and al lowances BS the phrase went. Lvery one of us had been bitten by the saake. And vet at that early day of thewar.be fore tbe searching examinations as to qual. ifications of surgeons had been dissoa. tinned on account of the rapid depletion' in that department, there was a large proportion of liberally educated men on the medical staff. Each of us had coo raited with the - others about this perplexing question: the more disgusting, seeing we were an overwhelmed witn tne essen tial affairs of the ber vice. With all it was e otsally inexplicable. There were several highly accomplished officers and men in cur regiment, tb.9 b Uty -Third Illinois infantry, to whom algebra and the problems of Luclid were but sources of pastime, among the number Col. Daniel F. Hitt, of Ottawa, Sarveyor of LaSalle County, civil engineer by profession; in his early days eneaged in the Government surveys of Illinois and Iowa. 1 submitted the subject to him and others. They labored over it lopg and faithfully, but gave it up in de spair. It is not pleasant to oe required to ao an impossibility on pain of deep and lasting die grace to yourself, and to family and friends secondarily. And I was the more troubled in that 1 feared I never should be able fully to satisfy them of the actual reason of tbe impending dismissal. To say I was in dispair on the night before that meeting fails to express it. I never so loDged for anything as that a tremendous battle might at once ensue, that I might bave a chance to perish from the earth and leave behind a record without dishonor. Strange result: While my whole being was saturated with what had become a horror I slept, and in the dreams attendant my good genins whispered softly in my ear a clear revelation of the mystery. I suddenly awoke with a great Bense of relief. KnowiDg that however vivid may have been a dream on thus awakening, and however you may charge the memory with its details, it will soon mysteriously glide out of it, I instantly lighted mv candle and wrote it out. It was exceedingly simple, as is every mystery when solved. Tbe difficulty bad been in some obscurity of statement in the proposition. As I had expected, there was a great ci ncourse of doctors at corps headquarters. It was a bedlam of discordant voices, arguing and haggling and protesting against beirg called to account on a mere mathematical Question when they had entered the service as rradical men only; and, as a veracious chronicler. I fear that I must ad mit that a good many crooked words drop. ped out there (for some of those doctors could swear), aitnougn tne army regulations prescribed a penalty of $1 an oath for a commissioned officer, while enlistee men cet off for lG34c. When the medical director had got the turbulent assemblages quieted he announced as the special business the recon cilirgof the doubtful proposition. Nu merous solutions were offered. Ail were unsatisfactory. At length, retting his private ear, I whispered mine. He instantly saw its correctness, explained and declared its correctness officially, and terminated all discussion by order ing all future reports to be made out according to it; and. bringing down his official fist! on the rude table before him, declared that d d thing had cost him more trouble than all else connected with the medical reports of the corns, and he was glad it was finally set tied. All voted it had been a mighty "mean ratio." all were happy, and the surgeons of that corps at least were es sentlally relieved of an unpleasant burden from thenceforward, all through the agen cy of that dream. for sure In sleep 1 he ho nl hath enlarged eapacity Unknown to waking hours. Wm. W. Wxlch, M- D , Late Surgeon 53d Illinois Veteran Yolua tetr Infantry. . How to Improve a Politician. I Burlington Free .Press. Blobson Don't yon think Slmpklns is a very bricht young man? Dumpsey Well yes; be would be if his cheek wm polished,

DEATH OF A NOTED GUARD.

Captain Jordan S. McBae, Who was a Terror to the Prison Convicts. ICourler Journal. J Captain Jordan S. McRae, the most noted guard at the Indiana State Prison South, died at the guard quarters at the Institution, Tuesday, July 191h. He was born in Harrison county, Indiana, in 1327. In the early part of his life he engaged in steamboat iug, .and ia known to all old river men from Pittsburg to New Orleans, havirg acted in the capacity of mate on a large number of vessels plying the waters of the Ohio and Mississippi and their tributaries. His wife, who before her marriage was a Miss Tnley, of New Albany, sister of Col. W. W. Tnley and Floyd Tnley, died twelve years, since, leaving him an only daughter. Miss Lizzie McRae, new a young lady of twenty years, who, with the only surviving brother, Capt. John McRae, of Harrison county, Indiana, were with him at the time of his death. To his daughter, Capt. McRae was most devotedly attached, and a splenid education was given her at the D-iPauw Seminary at New Albany. Säe afterwards attended the State Normal School, and adapted herself as a teacher.' Daring the past school year she had charge of a school at Elkhart, Ind. A short time after the death of his wife he secured TBK TOSH IOS OF GCAKD at the prison, and It was here that he made a name that brought huai into prominence all over the country. His build was of extraordinary large proportions, and his heart was proportionately equal to his form. In demnenor ne was mcdest, but always had a kind word for any one he was on terms of acquaintance with. While bis social life win of so easy a going tarn, his bosiness life iwn exactly the reverse, and this had the effect of making him the terror of every convict within tbe prison walls. For five years after becoming a guard he was stationed in the cell-house, and during the time it was developed that he was an extraordinary fine shot with the rifle or pistoL The west side of tbe prison grounds is inclosed with a rickety plank wall, and was considered the weakest place about the prison for escapes, aad was often taken advantage of by the prisoners. After learnirg bis qualifications. Warden Howard plscedhim in charge of what is known as the north-west tower, and but a few attempts to ecale that wall were afterward made. At 12:40 o'clock on the afternoon of May 21, 1S81, Thomas Joseph, a life-time convict from Salem, Washington county, who, when he committed his crime came so near being lynched that he had to be guarded by the State milita, and even be brought to the prison door by them, climbed over the wall and reached tbe outside. While running around a small cottage in the vicinity he was seen by McRae and ordered to stop several times, but paid no attention to the command. When Joseph reached a point 180 yards from the tower Airllae leveled his gun on the fleeing convict and SHOT HIM DEAD. A 4 o'clock on the afternoon of November 7, 1881, John Crawford, a four-year man from Vanderburg County, accompanied by a companion, Joseph Barchel, made an attempt to escape, and was shot at by McRae, which bad the eßect of stoppirg Borchel. Crawford took the ssme course as Joseph, and when at nearly the identical spot where he had been brought to the ground, Crawford fell mortally wounded by a baill Irom AicKae s gun. On one -or two occasions mutinies occurred inside thewalls that were gaining serious aspects. McRae was sent for, and his mere presence among tne revolting convicts had the effect of driving them back to their work. His marksmanship was eo correct that it is related by him that wbile the brick-yard was m operation near his station he would have a convict step off two hundred yards and place a tin p8n on a pott, and would indicate the exact spot where he intended placing a ball, and would never miss his calculation. In this manner he gained such a reputation among tbe convicts that his name was enough to terrify them. He was always reticent about his exploits, and would very seldom talk about them, looking at them in the 1 ght that his duty required him to take tbese extreme measures when cecestary. His illness was of short duration, having only been sick since last Wednesday, when he was suddenly taken with a vomiting spell, (which developed in an aggrevated case of cholera morbus, which caused his death. PUBLIC : SALE By Trustees of John Q A. Xewsom, la assign ment, oi tne iieoraicu Mineral Springs Farm InFandereek TornshIp, Bartholomew County, Indiana, which will täte place at tne uoun Houhe Door, in Columbus, Indiana, on Thursday, the ist Day of Sep tember, 1887. Sale to commence at the hour of 1 o'clock p.m. SAID FARM, ore of the most productive and valuable in Bartholomew County, wnich is celebrated for its rich farm land?, is described asndlows: Fractions Xos 5 and 6 of section 20, tne 6W 4 oi ice iw y. tne e yt oi me uw 74, w yt of be . tire ne H of tbe ne tbe nw the sw Ji. litty-three (5G) acres of the north ol the w ot the 6e and (53) acres orl tbe 6w 4 of the sw . the e yt 01 tne nw)j, tne , me uw y4 in ena nflT tho roitb end of the e of the sw yA, twenty-seven (27) acres on tbe south end of w y of se twenty-eTen (27) cresof the south end of the e of the sw (all except that of section 20), being in section 21, townshlo 8, north of range 6, eaat, and that in section JO being in the same town hip and range, and ail containing 511 acres more or less. Haid lands will be first divided into four lots andofleredat follows: 1. TiieeJ.'.oinw, the nejiof sw thenw Mcfthefcw. and iracttona IriDR west of the last quarter, cod tain fog -200 acres more or less. 2. The e of sw , tbe sw yA oi the and fraction west of the lastquarter, containing 144 acres more or less. . The w J-i of se M. containing 80 acres, more or iof-s. 4. ThewofneJi and ne of ne containing 120 acres, more or less. After oflerlng as . above tne lands will again be divided into two lots snd offered as follows: 1. All of said farm lying west of the north and south center line of said section 21, containing 314 acres, more or lew. 2. Ah of the farm lying east of said line, containing 200 acres, more or less. Then the farm as a whole, as first described, will be one red, and If the best bid on the whole shall equal or exceed the highest segregate of bids on seperate lots, then tbe bidder for the whole shall be the purchaser, but if not, tben the bidders on separate parcels producing the largest aggregate snm shall be the purchasers, whether or not their bids were on the parcels as first or second AlTtAcA ttnii nflprpd nr md( tin of both. If sold In parcels, the right ol way for a pri- I vaie roaa. twenty ieet wiuo vu tu iwtui uu Fouth line of said section 21 will be reserved In the deeds. lhere is a mortgage for I12.C00.00 en the farm, which the Trustees will pay and satisfy out of tbe Uiist fund. All the taxes to and including those due in 1S87 will be paid by tbe Trustees, and they reserve the erowing crops on the farm. TERM3 OF SALE: ' One-half of the purchase money to be r quired on or before December autb, 16K7, without Interest, but with 8 per cent, interest lrom date of note, if not paid at maturity. The other half will be divided inta two equal payments at twelve and eiphteen months, with 6 per cent, interest, from date. The purchaser or purchasers wilL in addition to mortgage, be required to give note, or notes, with approved security, for the first payment, and for the other payments their Individual notes, tttl notea to be secured by mortgage on their purchase premise, and provide for payment without relief from valuation or appraisement law a, and for attorney's fees. Purchasers bave the right to low wheat on any or all of the land thisls.1). For further information arp'T tu the Trustees or 8. Btarulfer, their attorney, Columbus, Ind., or J. Q. A. Kewsom, Peymour, Ind. John Q A, Kewsom and wife will join in deed to purchasers. JAMES MAHR, NATHAN flEWSON, jDijl5.1S7, Trastcss.

KASKINE (THE NEWQUININE.)

(Htm Good ippetifc, New Strength, Quiet Xerrcs, Hsppy Days, - I Sweet Sleep. A POWERFUL TONIC That tbe most delicate stomach will bear. A SPECIFIC FOR MALARIA, RHEUMATISM, NERVOUS PROSTRATION, and all Germ Diseases. THE MOST SCIENTIFIC AND SOCC SFCT BLOOD JPUR1F1EK. Superior to quin. a . Mr. F. A. Miller. C30 East One Hual. 3 1 and rv a"renxh street. New York, was j( ed by Xasxine or extreme malarial proetra t n after i-even years' suflerlng. He had run I 'ifroia 175 pounds to 97, began on Kaskine i Jane, 188G, went to work in one month, ran ed hie full weight in six months Quinine d him no poort whatever. Mr. Gideon Thompton, the oldest ani oneol the ccbt resrected citizens oi Bridgeport, Conn., my ' 1 am ninety Tears of age, aunt for the last three years kave suffered from malaria and tbe etJects ol qnlnine poisoning. 1 recently began with Ksskiue. which broke np tne malaria and increased icy weight 21 pounds." Mrs. T. A. fcoiornots, cf 159 HaUiday street, Jeney City, writes: "Uy sod Harry, eleven resrs, was cared of roalnr'a by Kaskine. after fiftfeu monUn ülnes&. when we bad given up all fcoje." Leutra f rorn the above persons, giving f all details, will be lent on cppllcatlon. Kafk'ae can be taken without anv special inedical adTlce. Sl.fO per botUe. Bold by or tent by rail on receipt of price, iKASlKit CO.. M Warren reet. New York. .a fei tos Fcrrs years a: 37 Co::rt I lace, now at cttSXarietStrc let. Third nd Four! ' rtlMf.rd acid kguilr c ':'.: del rbruciaa aad ltd tjc-reifjl, as tla practice will ro. Cnres all forms cf PRIVATE, CHRONIC and SEXUAL UlSEAbES. Spermatorrhea end Impcteney, Mtierea)t of e!f-ftbn.a in .touth. fxii&l eiceM is oifK tarrr rear,, or other causes, tfu4 troduciDff S"tn s f ihr fofc fr)wiai; ttcU: Nrrvcusaew, tifuiluil Kaiitoai. fciht em is. liocj Ijt drftu). P:m:f of hiM, Defective tlemrry. Pby i"aiIeraT, PioiJeion Kar, aitrsjon to Society of Fta-aiea, CocfunoD of I J., l-ras of feerui P. er. kc, reiilfrmj laarrisge irupro -r or nii;iT,, -9 heronphlT and f-rms-MIÜT carel. g YPH1L IS iuTe,J n - fcrelT era-licitej froui me t,u Gonorrhea. GLT, Smuure, lirch.ui, Hernia, (jt kup'juttt Pltt-s sad utü?r privat diea.H;S qnicslT euro It is seif-Tkiet:t iLjLt a phj sicUu who special attectloa to a certsio ciass -f di-eawr. and trer.tir.g iboaMds ,Dea ally, cquirei frt-it eiiJU ritroieiaai knr aicf this fart oft recon, mm J p-rvn ta m cans. V'htn it 1 iBconrer ieot ta nm.i ta- city ftr treatment, tuedlrires eaa ba aet f" tl and sa.fs!r bj m.il or nprm sot where. Cures Guaranteed in all Coses undertaken. Ct.9uiu:iuu. -ii(Ba'.!T or t letter fre ana loTitea, CLarges reaacDsoto aud corTv;H'n1eDoe atricUj ooafcOMitnii PRIVATE COUNSELOR Of MO rares, eot to iv i-S.'re-s, lerun! oealed, tor tiHTd? ISO -.-TU. SbouH b.: r sd or all. Aiima as abora, loo bt.rs trwm A. !. to j P. W. SuaUajo. a oa aCUBE C0NSTIPATI01T. To enjoy health one should have rec nlar cvaenationn every twen y four lionrs. Tbe evils. botU mental and physical, resulting- from - HABITUAL CONSTIPATION 1 are many and serious. For the enre or this common trouble. Tutt's Liver Fills have trained a popularity nupar alleled. Elegantly sugar coated, SOLD EVERYWHERE. IT an m 1 T i yb mt??'.?&-.rarvrLT.H?l.' EO may end a perfect hiiu 1" m ' FRENCH HOSP?f AL REMEDIaaS rttSiSted by iW. J 1. CI 1 AtX, of Van. rajij AducteO br U rYencta !Tiyv?ian and rapidly and QO-wefnlly Introduced here. A il w- k.-rx.-e loowe an iroo'o'T'ae ce mail) with hit minert doctors li t; äe Lfc I-1 M- - r Tiln SHEPAED'3 NEW 60 Screw Catting Foct Latii Foot and Power Lathes, Drill Presses, Scroll Saw Attachmeuts. Chuck a. Mandrels. Twist Drill. Täni. nalirtAr. eta. T-sthes1 or trial. Lathes on paymerts Send for catalogue . T-v art na rtf ftnt ats frtr imitpun fl artiFsn- Addreps H. L. EBBPHARD, Agent, ltd Fist 2d Et- Cincinnati, O. What's SCZODONT! 'Tis this you ask To fcnswer ia an easy task It i a liquid soft and sweet which krfps teeth healthy, white and neat. Which tr akf a the rosv gums endure And renders breath, like roses, pura. TO WEAK MEN BufierlEg from the eSects of youthful error, early decay, wasting weakness, lost manhood, etc., 1 will send a valuable treaties (sealed) containing lull particulars for home cure, mna of charge. A splendid medical work; should oefread ty every man who la nervous and debilitated. Address Prf.. U. FOWLEB, Mootfaa. Ocu rt A "TT IS TT1 0 THOS. P. SIMPSON, r A I h N 1 Slngton,D. C. No pay "Wash anted for patents until obtained. Write tor Inventor's Got da. WESIEEHFEHilESEMiET.W On the M t. Holyeke Tlsn. Healthy and bean, tif ul location. Tl S.".rl annual tion will pen fpt. Tili. lv7. Ilonrd anJ tuition tlTU.Wt For cataloKut-a, appW 'o Miss Ueliu Peabouv. Prin. WANTED. 1250 a vnVTn. Imli wasted. DB 1 ug article ia wnria. nopal II aa. WAS J ED Three honest, pushing men la your vicinity; special inducements now; fast-selling specialties. Don't delay. Salary lrom start. Brown Brothers, Nurserymen, Chicago, lil 81 IMSTED MAW To take the agency of out safes; size 2Sxl8xl8 inches; weight WO lb.; retail price 1 35; a rare chanre to create a permanent business in his own city or locality. Thete safes meet a demand never before supplied by other safe companies, as we are not governed lj the Bale Pool. Address Alpin Safe Company, Cincinnati, Ohio. r WANTED Farms of all sizes for 6ile and exchange. I have made the selling and excharging of farms special by advertising. I waa twenty-five years located at Washington. Daviess and Knox Counties, Ind., in the real estate and loan business, I have permanently located at the capital of our 8tate. a belter center to advertise from. Persona wishing to sell, or exchange, or secure loans on im proved farms will find it to their interest te call on or address the nnderlgned. Room, 14 In palls Block, or the Model Clothing store. Noah Cook. AGENTS WANTED 10.000. at once: entirely ner? undergarment; outfit free, condi tionally. Agents average iu to CD dallv o can von. au about it rau Kx & 1, Ums, C. 849, Cbictiro, IU,

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