Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 33, Number 35, Indianapolis, Marion County, 5 October 1887 — Page 6

TH.E JND1A.THJL STATE BKKTXNEL. WEDNESDAY. OCTOBERS 1887.

TIMELY FARM TOPICS.

Oh! Bold is th8 Frcst Peptrirg Girdsn S)il Limb i&i Matten Supply. WxUr in Esiter Improvirg Süd Wh;.! Introduction cf tta Briam FqwIh. A Ccnpiri.:n of Und S;ocied With Caws or Used fcr Wkeit. A Bat h of 1'sefnl Household Ilintl Stock Notes A Budget of farm Notes. -Live Ob, Bold is the Frost. Chicago Times. Ch, told is the frost that comes nipping and nipping And d in tine the woodland over. Till the woods are ablaze ia the soft summer haze That harjrs o'er the flistant cover. isd the thin, crispy air to the meadow so fair Clings with the strength of a lover. Oh, told is the frost that comes tipping and Hpping His sohlet of ceres o'er the tree. Till the acorns lall down from the oak's lofty crown At every caress of the breeze, And the woodland perfume and the grape's purple bloom The world-weary scenes appease. Oh, bold is the frost that cimes 6ippins and sip ping The breath cf the summer away. And it kills in its strife that the springtime gave nte In the tender sunshine of May; Andit frights the wild bee in the hollow old tree. And fills every heart with dismay. Oh, told ia the frost that comes dipping and ÜippiDg IU hands in each river and rill. Till it stops their bright smiles and frolicsome wiles And bids their blue wavelets lie still. Then it trails its Here hands o'er the innocent lauds And withers the valley and hill. Ch, bold b the frost that comes gripping and Riipi wg Witn fingers so bitter and cold. Oh, help those, good ixrd, when the frost V abroad Who have neither labor ror cold. For the rich in their stealth they garner their wealth With grimnesa that can not be told. Elizabeth Eases Ban an. Preparing Garden Soil. Chicago Times. If farmers expect to have good gardens next year they should commence to prepare the land this fall. In the spring there will be too much to do in the fields to ad mit cl spending much time In pattin tae garden spot in a condition to plant. If the old site is to be used again, the rnV biEh on it should be cleared oft after the roots are harvested. All the weeds. bea and pea vines, as weil as the stalks ot rweet corn and potate tops should be collected in heaps and burned when tfiweather is favorable. Cattle will eat mo-t of the tops of beets, carrots and turnip , and any that remain can be buried in tn gronnd, which they will enrich. Sacst -lent vegetation, like the vines of cucu cabers, melons and squashes, aud the leavrs of plants raised for their roots, will soon decay when they are covered with soi', bat hard substances are best disposed of by burning. By reducing them to ashes a most valuable fertilizer is obtained, and the coil is freed from substances that would interfere with the use of the spad hoe and rake. Fire will destroy the seeds of many weeds, as well as the eggs of insects, and be of considerable benefit to the soil. If another piece of ground be sslected for a garden, as one on which corn or po tatoes was raised this year, it should be cleared in the same way. A good garden can be made on land now covered with a clover or tame grass sod, and such land has the advantage of being free from the eeeds of weeds. If the sod is covered to the thickness of three inches with well rotted manure, the grass and clover will be killed, and it can be plowed later in the lall. The plow should rua deep so a.3 to cover the sod and manure. Land which has produced two crops of red clover is well adapted to gardening purposes. It is ordinarily free from weeds. The roots, siaiiB, ana leaves or rea ciover soon qecay when they are buried, and make excellent manure. A clover lot that has been med for a hog pasture can be converted into garden with little trouble. Unless a far mer is willing to be at considerable trouble to appiy manure, it is advisable to change the location of the garden every three or ionx years, aost plants raised in a garden are very gross feeders, and suon exhaust the fertility of the soil, thus rendering the liberal application of manure absolutely necessary. Farmer generally fall to have good eardens because they are not sufficiently lib eral in the application ot suitable man are. They think that land which is rich enough to raise a good crop of potatoes will pro duce as nne vegeuDies as they see in ma ket gardens near large cities, and as many of them. In this they are mistaken. Not often can a natural boh be found that i snciciectly rich to produce large crops of Tery fine vegetables. The quality of most garden vegetables will not be good nnlesa iney grow auicxiy, ana rapid growth is only lecured by the liberal application of fertilizers. The same la true in respect to a large yield. A vegetable garden calla for a large amount oi wori, ana most of it will be tpent lor naught if the soil is not very ncn. inequicxer plants in a garden at tain a size to shade the ground, and the more iniunous their growth, the less win oe ise amount oi work reinred to properly tend to the no As manure hastens and stimulates the growth of the plants, it effects a savin; oi laDor. sy applying anitable manure to the coil of the garden in the fall, and in literal quantities, the tfork required ia it next summer may be greatly relieved. The beet general fertilizers for a garden are the dang of hones and cattle and the dreppingi of fowia, the latter bsmz very -valuable for plants that grow In hills. Rank manure, especially that taken from the hog pen, is unsuitable. It is likely to destroy the vitality of seeds and to imnart -wil flavor to roots. Wood aabes are very cesixauie on account or the large amount of potash they contain. More benefit will be derived from bones than from almost any fertilizer that can be applied to tn garden, as they contain the most phospho rous. Water io Butter. American AgTicnUnrist While aalt will readily dissolve at fifty degrees. It is not so easy to get the butter fre from the surplus water, and it is by this needless water that much injury is done to batter. Kifty-fiv-e degrees woald be better, trd salt the butter at sixty degrees. Water is a great solvent of caseine and sugar traces of which will be found in all butter, however well worked but the mere water remaining after workirg over, the greater the chemical action, and acting upon the minute particles of curd or cheese, it becomes rancid by weli-known chemical action. Batter should not contain more water than is necessary to dissolve what salt it will re- ' tain in the form of brine, and fourteen per cent, seema to be about the amount. More . water than this dilutes the brine and defeats by so much the object of the use of aalt in butter to preserve ths caseine from chemical change norcan this be accomp-

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degrees. In the usual creamery batter, and all that made by cold setting, the maker often unintentionally leaves more than twenty per cent, of water in batter, not understanding that butter made trom cream slightly acid retains more moisture than that made from sourer cream. Tae touring breaks up the texture of the cream, and the butter separates better from the butter milk. Then all the buttermaker needs to do U to churn the ripened cream at a lower temperature than is needed for sour, to use salt each time in washiig it free from butter mule, ana when the regulation Amount of salt is csed to er ason the butter, let it dissolve, and then by gently working and packing, know that the butter is free from any ex cess of water above fourteen per cent. Then if kept below fifty degrees, and away from the influence of the air, butter made from soured milk must keep well. Cows ts. IVheat. Practical Farmer. A corresnordent in the Rural World makes the following comparison of results from 40 acres stocked with cows or used for growing wheat: Kent of 40 acres at St per acre f 150 00 Interest on the value of twelve cows at U0 each at 8 per cent 3S 40 Cost cf pnttinc In barns 18 tons fat 12 cows at S3 per ton.............. t4 uu Cost of ineal and bian for extra feed. SO per cow .... ii oo Total S 324 00 On this keep we estimate a cow will produce two ana a half pal Ions of milk per day for 250 days, which amounts to t.22 gallons worth 8 cts. $00 each, and the 12 cows S COO CO Net r refit on 40 acres of land by selling milk and cream..... s 'i3 ou Cost of raisin? 40 acres ot wheat: ReDt of land at tl per acre 160 00 ExDense of banklDsr and getting readr lor the drill. 5i per acre nj uu Cost of 0 bufthels of wheat at SI 5J 00 Cost cf sbocktntr. stacklnE and thresh ing at SI per acre ... 40 00 Interest on Investment In the follow ir.e: Binoer, 5?50; drill, CO: harrow 810; three horse riding plow, sio lw) in all at 8 per cent 2S 00 We will allow an average of 12 bushels er acre, or 40 bushels at 90 cents per iiushel S 432 00 Net profit on 40 acres of wheat- S S3 20 "et proilt on selling miik...... - 27 500 Difference in favor of telling milk S l'.U 0 He follows up his figures with the fo! lowing pertintnt interrogations to his brother farmers: "tfow, we ask you a plain question, has the land averaged you in the last five years twelve bushels per acre, or leas? " e will ask you which crop raised for five years will make your lands the most valuable? ' We would k you if the amount of money invest d in self-binders, drills, extra hems, e4c, ere Invested in cows, that would produce a calf each year, in addition to the amount figured for milk, would not be more profitable, and atlord you much moie reaoy money, and a much easier way of farming? "Farmers, do study toe matter, ani begin dairying at once. The profit fs for you, not only in ready money, bat the increased value of your farms. "If you turn your attention to butter rraking. above all make a fine grade, so you can secure the highest market pric, and also see to it that each cow at her bes'. produce 8 one pound of butter per day, for if the doasnot, yoa had better turn her into beef, and her rations furnished ar other that will" Introduction of the Brahma Fowls. f American Agriculturist. In the year 1S4C. a Hartford man, a Mr. Chamberlain, on the docks in New York, on board of an East Indiaman just in from a long voyage, and in possession of a sailor, tome fowls. They were clearly of the Sr.angb.aes, Chlttagones, and Cochin Chi na?, with which he was familiar, oo he bought them and took them home. His business, however, interfered with his bringing them before the public, so he parted with them to ar. Virgil Cornish, then oi Hartford, subsequently of isew Britain, who propagated them successfully until he had a fine stock. They were not brought out until 1552 at a great poultry show in .Boston, where they received the name liraoma rootra, because they had come from a port near the mouth of a river of that name. They were highly appreci ated at once, on account of. their greit beauty, fine form, and large size. They helped greatly to boom the so-called "hen fever," which had been prevalent and was beginning to tins. One ot their distia guishicg peculiarities is the triple comb a central comb rather low set and a mall comb on each Bide of it, and becoming one with it above the base. Somewhat similar combs had been noticed occasionally in other breeds of Asiatic fowls, aud the Malays had a clumsy, irregular triple comb, which had been called a "pea comb," for what reason it is rather hard to tell. The Brahmas all possess the comb described in a small and beautitnl form, almost withont exception, and this is called a pea comb from its triple form. They exhibited from the very first that peculiar thoroughbred look which marks thoroughly well bred, pure-blooded animals of all kinds. Tlie Lamb and Mutton Supply. The lambs oCered in the eastern markets arrive first from Virginia, shortly after the nocks of Kentucky send forward their quota, then occasional drafts are received from Tennessee. One and all of these sonrces of supply are abundantly increased by enorts to produce excellent early lamb. but the Hocks show in the east to small ad vantage. The breeds most valuable for mutton are. first, the Snthdown, then the Cheviot and the BiaUfaced Scottish sheep TheSouttidown will thrive in lower lands than either of the others, but all sheep do best on a rolling country flanked by hills. Perfect I drainage and clear running water are nrc essary for success in sheep growing. Cloie herbage is most desirabl e, but can be dis pensed with in small farming when roots and 6ome grain form a part of the daily ration In winter, and when the nimmer pasture is not over luxuriant. Thick I grases are oßensiye to the sheep, whereas I the short but sweet herbage cropped from I the hillside, suffices to keep the flocks ia I health, and a small extra allowance puts cp the lush which brine? in the extra 1 grain. The largest number of sheep and Jambs yet offered for sale this current vnar in one week has been 50,000 odd. Were the flocks offered as promising as they reasonably should be from the first of My to autumn, the local markets of New York wonld not be OTerstrained by the arrival of 70,000 In even days. Sheep of pood quality since the first of January last have been scarce, and io variably proved to be in steady demand, and were firm in value. Improving; Seed Wheat. A promlnet fieed firm in England 13 rfr ported to be making "important expert men in in crostine varieties of wheat. Tnia is doi e with a view to obtain kinds which shall he better suited to the particular conditions of oil and climats ef various sectiocs of England, than any varieties now grown. Tee most experienced wheat growers of this country have long been convinced that our varieties are better than our culture, and that our farmers need bet ter preparation of the soil rather than new varieties o wheat. Every farmer can greatly improve the variety he is growing by giving proper attentioa to his seed. Let him devote a patch or a part of a field to raising seed. This should have special fertilizing, and the seed should be in rows far enough apart to allow of cultivating between them. Thin the plants In the rows so' as to give each one abnndant room and pull out all inferior and badly devel oped plants, Cef pre harvesting go through

and remove all that have short and poor ears. Thrash this wheat by itself, and in

winnowing take pains to Dlow the light grains away from the heavier ones. Br fe) lowing the course for several years, allowing each plant to do its part, great improvement will result, and a valuable strain, II not variety, will be established. Household Uinta. A Good Soup. A knuckle of veal stewed in milk, with rice, very delicately tlivored with lemon peel, makes a nourishing broth when beef tea is disliked. A Simple Batter Padding. Mix smooth ly one table8poonfal each of Hour and sugar, with a pint of milk and a pinch of salt. Tour it into a well buttered pie dish and leave it in a slow oven till set. It must not boiL Sweet Pickle That Will Keep. Crab ap ples or reaches: 8ven pounds fruit, four pounds 6Ugar, one qaart vinegar, unground spices each enclosed in a bag, allspice and cloves, one ounce each, cinnamon one-half ounce, Heat vinegar and spices, then sca.d fruit in it until done. 1 our remaining syrup over the fruit in common crock and cover it. A cloth or paper tied over the crock will do. Cocoanut Biscuit. Remove the shell and dark skin from a fresh cocoanut and crate It. bimmer it slowly for half an hour in a Quart of milk and then squeeze all the milk from the nut in a strong toweu Add to the milk one gill of compressad yeast, or one gill of liquid yeast, a taaspoonful of salt, and flour enough to make a soft dough: let it rise until lieht and then knead and bake in form of small loaves or biscuits. Yellow tomatoes are the best Tor pre serving, and are juät beginning to come in profusion, but the really green tomatoes may De utinzea ny converting them into a very palatable preserve or jam. To every pound of fruit half a pouud of white sugar should be added, and the peel of a small lemon, together with a little cf the ja ice, and, if available, a few kernels of plums will form a pleasant addition; cook and cut up as ordinary preserves. uam loast for üreakiast urate about a pound of cold boiled ham, twice as much lean as fat Season it slightly will pepper and a little powdered nutmeg or mice. Beat the yolks only of three eggs, and mix with them the ham. Spread the mixture thickly over slices of delicately browned toast, with the crusts pared off and the toast buttered while hot. Urns hit slightly on the surface with white of egg, and theo brown it wi;h a red-hot shovel or salaman der. A Delicious Dish A pair of not very yourg fowls should be cut up and fried in a saucepan, with butter and a little lard. when brown remove the pieces. Add twj finely chopped onions to the same gravy and Jet them brown. Also seed and sxin eicht or nine tomatoes, cut them in slices and added to the fowls: alao half a greaa pepper, finely chopped; two cuifuls of bot water or beef stock; season and let all Don slowly for bail an hour, and serve with plain boiled rice in a separate dish. Milans Stir to cream one quarter pound oi Dutier wun one-quarter pouaa ot sagir, add the yoik of two eggs, stir into this oat quarter pound or silted Hour and twa tablespoonsful of white wine. Work it quick ly onto a Emooth cough, riace in a cold place on ice if possible for an hour, then roll it out to one-quarter of an inch la thickness, cut into fancy shapes, bruU them over with beaten up egg, and bake in a moderately heated oven. The cakes remain fresh a long time, it kept in a dry, ccoi place. Green Tomato Sweet Pickle Seven pounds sliced tomatoes; soak over niit la salt water and drain: one pouad saar, one quart vinegar. Het sugar and vinegar. and pour over the fruit. Lst it stand twenty-four hours; drain off and heat again, and pour on. Let it stand as before: do this three times, then boil the whole fifteen minutes: then add one-half ounce each uneround allspice, cloves and cinna mon. Put up in common crock, weizh down to keep fruit uader the syrap, and it win Keep through the year. Omlette au Confiture Mix four eegs, pinch of sugar, one of salt, three taolespoonef uls of flour, and one quart of milk, to very smooth batter. Melt a piece of butter, the size of a large hickory nut, in am omelette pan, and bake one very thin cake on one side only, when of a nice yel low on the under side, put it on a heated plate, and spread it on the unbaked side, which has to be thorooghly cooked, with currant or raspberry jelly, roll it and place on the dish, keep it quite hot, continue until all are baked, then powder them with fine sugar and serve. Grape Leaves for Pickles I wonder, says a lady in an exchange, if housewives generally use fresh green grape leaves to put on top of their pickles to keep them sharp and free from mould. I used to coyer them with a flannel cloth, and rinse it out everv other day. Two years aeo a friend of mine told me that grape leaves were much nicer, bo I tried them, and I ehall never try a cloth again. Grape leaves keep pickles the best of anything I hava ever found. I change them once a week, and the vinegar keeps sharp and clear, and imparts a nice flavor to the pickles. I rinse the leaves in pure water and let them drain quite dry, then lay them over every place in the jar. They exclude the air perfectly and are better and cause less work than anything else. Lire Stock Kotes. Ground oats make excellent food for all kinds of young stock. If scalded, such food is also excellent for sows with litters of pigs. The terms "Durham" and "Alderney." are no longer applied to cattle. The Dar bam Is now known as the shorthorn, and the Alderney ii now the Jersey and Guernsey. Young pigs full fed np to this time may make 100 pounds more growth by continued full feeding. The next three months is the most profitable period of their lives, if it ia made the most of and they are the right kind. Where only two pigs are kept they will quickly Bhow the beneficial eliecta of a good scrubbing and washing with soapsuds, especially if carbolic acid soap be used. It should be done on a warm day, the pen cleaned out and new beds provided. There is nothing that will fatten a pig as quickly as sweet potatoes. They are superior to corn for that purpose. Pick oat those that are marketable and boll tae culls for the pigs. 1 hey may be eiven to steers also, and can be led raw or cooked. The black-top H pan iah merino ia now being bred extensively iu West Virginia and Pennsylvania, They yield delaine wool, and the carcass weighs about 150 pounds. Breeders who have stuck to the Spanish merino for years are now going pell mell into breeding biack-tops. Water, pure and fresh, is Indispensable for the welfare of hoes. The common, but mistaken, belief that swine are filthy ani mals operates greatly to their disadvantige by excusiDg the filthy ways in which they sie kept and fed, and the worst of it all is tfce unwholesome water provided U any provision at all is made for them. Do not wean the late ptgs too soon, but feed the bow more, so as to give the pigs a good start. They can safely remain with the sow until they are eiaht weeks old, but as a large litter win soon cause her to be come thin In flesh, she should be fei early and often, while the p'es should also be elven all the skim milk they wish as soon as they are old enough to eat. Many farmers neglect their colts when at the proper age for training. It has been well said that colts intended for farm use should be well trained to all kinds of work when two years old, and to light driving before. Of course, they should not be re quired' to do much work.for it is enoughjto be taught now to oo it, wita occasional

light tasks to keep them proficient, heavy and regular work to be given when they have attained fall strength.

The kind of sheen to keep depends on the soil and pasturage. The Sjathdowa is the best breed to cross with native yews that are made to forage a great portion of the time. Merinos do better in large Socks than do the heavy mutton sheep. Heavy breeds can not range as easily as the small sheep, and therefore require more atten tion, using the improved breeds for crossing, means that a larger allowance of food must be given if success ia expected. The young shorthorn breeder who will take one good family and breed it in its purity with the best sires will attain a saccess and reputation not to be equaled by the miscellaneous hreeder of a dozen fa-ai. lies. The young breeder who takes one family of good breeding and of the very b st individual merit, and with the riglt kind of bull to stamp a uniform tvo?. will attain fame and fortune if he will sttck to his one family for ten or twenty years, Errors in feeding are orolifis saurem of trouble with horses. Fall feedia? after long fasting or severe work U injurious and productive of indigestion; so is copious watering soon after feeding. AU ths9 mistakes are to be especially avoided at this time, when hard work, hot weather and the weariness of the driver all tend to negligence. As the fall plowing is dane this month, every wise attention and pre caution for the welfare of the teams Bhould be taken. igj The practice of tarninj? horses out on to a poor, hard pasture, aftsr a hrd day'a work, to pick up what feed they can, without rest, is both cruel and injurious. The feed is now poor, and the second growth is prodnctive of a profuse and weakening salivation. By whatever cause, In this second growtb, this effect is produced, it should be avoided, and only good nutritions food should be given. If for any reason this salivation occurs, it may be quickly stopped by feedine a quart of dry bran or ground food. This subject is worthy of investigation, because horses are undoubtedly injured by something in ths sscond growth of meadows. Farm Notes. When there is a sorghum-susr factory in every Bchool district, Kansas expects to be the BWeetest state in the union. One hop-rai3er In Kent county, England, had over one thousand picken in hi employ this season for nearly three weeks. Ellwanger & Barry, the noted nurserymen, of Kochester, N. Y., have over a hundred varieties of grapes growing on their grounds. Northern farmers need not be at much pains to fatten their hoes this fall, for the supply of "genuine, pure, kettle rendered"' cotton-seed oil in the south is simply immense. The North American Be-Kpers' society and the Northwestern Bea-Keepars' a -ciety will meet ia joiat ooventlia at tvi Commercial Hotel, corner Lik and Di:born streets, in Cnicaz. on Wednes ity. Thursday and Friday, November 10 17anl 18, 1887. An attempt is bein? wiade to establish a co-operative milk association in every parish in Great Britain. The plan ii to dispense with midiilemed entirely. Firmer are to get more for tbe!r milk than they now do, while cinsiraers will pay leas aal receive a better article. A large crop of apples, it is mi 3, will b grown if a colony of bees is placed ia th orchard. The pollen is rabbed from thai r bodies against the pistils of thousand of flowers, which thus becom fertilized. Many of the strange freaks of hybridizing varieties are due to the agency of bees. Sows that have farrowed can easily wean off the pigs and get in good condition to be fatted for slaughter by Christmas. It is too late in the season to us them as breeders, as no more litters should come ia before spring, and it will not pay to keep the sows oer so loDg. Where a sow is an exceptionally good mother, however, she should be trained. Several farmers in Kent Cjunty, Eigland, have this season set up jam manufastories, and are now turaing oat hundred i of tons of jam, the grocers in the towns and coautry places taklag their supplies from them instead of from London hoaaes. An East Kent agriculturist who iaitiated the new industry last seas in ia stated to have found it a most profitable business, paying better than farming. At the British Association, Canon Tristrom read an interesting paper on the va rious herds of wild cattle which still exist in Great Brltian. The Lyme park herd has cea-ed to exist, bat there are now six heidsof these picturesque white cattle viz , one at Chillirghara, Northumberland; atCedzow, Lanarkshire; Lickling, Norfolk ; Chsrtley, Stafibnlsbir ; Vaynor, Carnarvonshire, and Somerford, Cheshire. A sudden death, under singular circum stances! has occurred at Crosby, Eoglani. on Wednesday. September 14. William Massam. aged 73, a shoemaker, of Little Crosby, went into his garden, accompanied by hia eon, to attend to a bee-hive. Masearn was strung three times on. the nose. He immediately complained of being ni well, and commenced to shake violently. In a few minutes he fainted and died. In a certain periodical it is stated the Jews in Moldavia have a method of making honey into a nara wmte aupar, which la employed by the distillers of Dantzlc to make their liquors. Tiie process consists in exposing the honey to the frost durin three weeks, theltered from the sun an! the snow, m a vase of some material, whicu is a bad conductor of heat. The hooey does not freeze, b ut becomes hard as sugar, transparen and whits. The late Mr. Staniforth'a hard of short horns was sold at Storrs, England, recently, and excellent prioes were obtained, the average for thirty-seyen head being $78 10. Beveral of the best lota were bought by Mr. Jacob Wilson, but it was not known f ir whom he was bidding, and there was a commissioner bidding for the queen, but none of the animals went to Windsor, as the limit was passed in every case. Only one lot was purchased to go abroad. The flock of St. Kilda sheep also sold very well. The only reason advanced agalast aha la trees in pastures is that cows are incline J to spend too much of their timt md-?r them, and consequently Rive less milk than they would if no shade existed. Tiis is not the case. Cows that rest a portion of the time nnder trees feed more at nig'it than do those that hava no shade in their pastures. The more comfortably aid quietly we kf ep onr cowr, the more milk they will produce, and we contend that cows that have a shady groap of trees to lie under will produce as much milk as cows do without shade. In many places oflimited extent it is often desirable to extend the plantation beyond the garden portion of the gronr.d& and one is glii to see that it may be dene without injury to the grazing interests. M. Taste nr has a rival who Is 8Jid to have cured many rases of hydrophobia. This person, hitherto "to fame unknown," is one Philip McGovern.of Bawnboy, County Cavan, His Beeret remedy, it appears, ha3 been handed down to him from a long line of illustrioas progenitors for, like many Irishmen, his ancestry is of the most re spectable and remote antiquity and he has never failed to effect a cure in the most perious cases. Letters published in tbe Dublin pspers, from highly respectable people, cite many instances, well authenticated, of hia successful treatment of infected persons. Moreover, Mr. McQovern'i treatment is said to last only three days, and to consist of the administration of a decoction of "herbs and simples', and a regulated dietary. A London paper says: In reference to the correspondence upon the inhumanity the live cattle trafic across the Atlantic, it may be of interest to stat? that last year,

out of 230.011 animals (cattle and sheep, with a very few pies) imported from the United States and Canada, C,467 were either thrown overboard, otherwise lost on the passage, or so badly injured as to require to be slaughtered at the place of landing. This fatality, however, conveys no idea of the sufferings of the wretched animals which survived the ordeal. The carcass traffic is so much safer and more economical, as well as more humane, that it is only to benefit the pockets of a few large dealers on this eide of the ocean that the live stock business Is kept going. On several occasions we have called attention to the cruelty of this unnecessary trade. The Kansas crop and weather bulletins just published says of the corn production of the state: "In view of the very general demand for definite information relating to this crop the board has, for the purpose of this report, extended its inquiries much beyond its regular list ot corresporfdents, nd after a careful compilation and thorough analysis of the information re

ceived from all sources, finds the area nlanted to be C.520.40S acres, or eleven per cent, in excess of any.former year. Of this area. 2.520 332 acres, or 40 per cent., while valuable for fodder, will not be worth huskine. leaving 4.000.0,6 acres from which a product may be expectea. ine acreage, we estimate, will yield 82,557,2öS or 4'J per cent, of the average annual product for five vears. which, together with old corn now on hand (which we estimate at 12.000,0u0 bushels), will, we think, when prenerlv distributed, about meet the re quirements of the state. THE PACIFIC INQUIRY, Hoiitintton's Treacherous Memory IMays Ilim Sad Tiicks All Forgotten, Now Yoek, September 30. Auditor Minke, of the Union Facißc, was before the Pacific Investigation Committee this moraine and submitted copies of the records of the company called for at dif ferent stages of the inquiry by the com mission. Among them the contracts with the Western Union Telecranh Company. Pacific Express, etc The commis&ion called on Coh en. Attor ney for the Central Pacific, to produce the cbeck stubs drawn by Huntington from 1872 to 18S0. and the letter press books ot the New York office of the Union Pacific for the same. Cohen declined, saying he did not propose to recommend any farther expenditures to accommodate the commission. as that body had already run np nearly $1,500, 0C0 for transportation food, wine, etc. Cohen W83 told to present an itemized account, which was explained by the commission. There were various items of individual expenses which the members proposed to pay out of their own pockets. Commissioner littler, fcfor instance, had taken his wife along, and proposed to pay for ber transportation. Henry Day testified that he was counsel for tbe Atchison and Pike's Peak railway, row kown as the central branch of the Union Pacific. The witness had a thirtythird intereet in the road, which was sold tbe Kansas Pacific. The witness did not know of any money raised for legislation, cor any resolutions pasted providing for the issuance of bonds to influence legisia lion in W&ebmgton. C. P. Huntington was then recalled. "To your knowledge was any mooey or other article of value ever given by you t any member of Conjrresa to lnlluence leg islation in behalf ot the company . "To mv knowledge there was not." "Do vou remember that during the in vPBtigation of the Pollard Committee the UDited States was greatly excited?" "No. I never saw the United States ex cited." "Was vonr money better then than now?" "I don't know." "Why was it you then testified that you owed Sl.OOO.OOO of etock and that von te f CO 000?" "I can't say how it was. Hopkins at tended to the business in the West at the time." "Is that the only explanation! you can make?" "ThatisalL" "Did yon employ Norwood, of Georgia, io farther the interests of the Soathern Pacifb?" "I did." "How is it the retainer paid Norwood was charged to the Central instead of the Southern Pacific?.1 The witness could not explain. "Do you remember any person coming to von to sell the Coitoa letter? ' "Yes, four persons came to meto sell the letters, but I had nothing to do with them." "Do von know who they were?" "One of them was from Well3 & Fargo. The others I do not know." "What became ot the stub check book from 1S72 to 1860?" "I suppose they were destroyed. We generally destroyed our check books once in four years. They are destroyed by my direction. I suppose the blotters of those years were also destroyed." 'Did von ever eive Mr. Chittenden money to distribute for illegal purposes' "1 never did." This ended the inquiry. Then Cohen presented the folio wine bill of the Central Pacific against the Commission: "For the Commission proper, $lil,778; for engineer's proper. $583.722." Governor Pattison said when the bills were passed upon, the money wo' lid be paid. Then tbe Commission adjourned, fcubject to the call of the chair. INDIAN CIVILIZATION. Diicnsslng the Work Done and to be Done in fh&t Direction. Laki Mo hob k, N. Y., September 29. At to day'a conference of the Friends of the India'ns, a resolution was reported by Dr. Lyman Abott to the effect that, hereafter, the Indian bureau ought to be considered a merely temporary; that the Indians should at once be made subject to the laws and protected in the rights of citizenship. Bishop HuntlBgton made a rather gloomy report as to the barbarous condition and slow progress of the Indians on tbe eight reservations In the State of New York. He advocated the Abolition of the reservations and of the treaties. This was followed by a discussion on tbe recent order of the Indian bureau prohibiting toe use of the Indian language in reservation schools. Tbe general opinion was that it was impracticable and injurious; that it would greatly retard tbe christianizing of the Indiana, especially the adults, and that the Indian tongu wta neceesarv in teaching to explain the meaning of English words. A letter from Commissioner Atkins was read, saying that tbe order was not intended to interfere with the missionary work among the adults, but only to apply to the teaching of the Indian youth in the schools. This was absolutely necessary for tbe efficient work of the schools-and would be strictly enforced. This ex planaton was not aocepted by the conference'as satisfactory, because it takes away ail chance of bringing np native preachers who can preach in the native tongue and deprives tbe missionaries of one of the mcst powerful aids to evangelization. This talk was followed by addresses by reprerentatives of associations, including Mrs. 0. J. Uaines, of Milwaukee, and Mrs. Owen, of Michigan, The work of the de partment for providing civilized homes for young Indian couples was commended as doing excellent work. The next question was: "After the Dawes' bUl, what?" President Magill, of Bwarthmore College, answered: "Christlanization." Senator Dawes pointed oat some of the difficulties to be overcome. One ot these was the non-taxability of lands allotted in severalty and a state, therefore, as shown in the case of Nebraska, will not willingly accept jurisdiction over them bees use tbey cannot be taxed. In regard to this the Senator said that noth-

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that was exempt before allotment, while by the same means thousands of acres of land, previously exempt, are thrown open to settlement and taxation. Some method must be devised for meeting the coet of public works and it would not be diflicult to find a method. Another difficulty, found to exist in Xebraua since the Omaha reservation was allotted, is that of aliowirsg the Indians to vote. This, difficulty will be met by the liberal, common cecce of the people, as it has been in the case of the negro. The City Boy's Letter. One of the leading insurance men, says the Hartford Courant, sent hia boy into the country thissammer,and among other provisions for his enjoyment gave him a wooccbuck trap. hen the boy started away bis tatner urgea mm to enjoy nimceii, and to rx sure to go to church on Sunday. The following is the first letter re ceived: Deab Pata: I've caught a woodohuck. It was a tkunk. I did not go to church, Yours affectionately. A Mortifying Flake. Caller (to Mr?. Wabash of Chicago) Were you at the dinner party given by Mrs. Brezy last week? Mrs. Wabash Yes. Caller It was a success, of course? Her dinners always are. Mrs. Wabash l e-es. Everything was very nice, but there were only nine kinds of pie. Mrs. Breezy explained that the baker had disappointed her. A Critical View. New York Snn.l Mr. Wabash Did you rea 1 the book that I tent yon lst w ek, Miss Breezy? Miss Breezy es. I tn'shed it to-nay. Mr. Wabash Were you pleased with the storv? Miss Breezy Well, it opened nicely, but I didn't quite like the way it shut. The MrCormiek Exhibition, Under the personal direction of their gen eral agent, Mr. J. B. Haywood, assisted by an able corps of McCormick men, is one well worth the attention it has received durine the Fair. Tbe harvesting machin ery, exhibited by this well known firm, are of the bf st on tbe ground. I heir 2o. 3 mower has obtained a world wide reputation for light draft and dura bility, also tbe Improved new knotter, which cannot be duplicated for s'molicity and durability. In fact they do not stand back for any one when it comes to compe tition. Tbe first McCormick reaper works were m a leg hut in lrginia, where they com menced to manufecture them as early as 1831. Their present works at Chicago are the largest of the kind in the world, and np to the present time the company have added everv posnble improvement to their machines, that will add to their perfection and durability. CATAliKU CURED. A clergyman, after years of suflerinjr, from that loathsome disease, Catarrh, and vainly trjiDg ever known remedy, at last fonnd a prescription which completely cured and saved him from death. Any suffer from this dreadful disease sending a self addrf ssed stamped envelope to Frof. J. A. Lawrence. 212 East 9th St., Jsew xork. Will receive the recipe free of charge. Advice to Mothers, Mrs. WInslow's Soothing Syrup should always be used when children are cutting teeth. It relieves the little suflerer at once: it produces natural, quiet sleep by relieving tbe chill from pain, and the little cherub awakes as "bright as a button." Ic is very pleasant to taste. It soothes the child, softens tne earns, allays all pain, relieves wind, reeulates the bowels, and is tbe best known remedy for diarrhea, wnetner arising from teething or other causes. Twentyfive cents a bottle. A bottle of Angostura Bitters to flavor ynnr lemonade or any other cold driok will keep you free from dyspepsia, colic, diarrhoea and all diseases originating from tbe digestive organs. Be sure to get the genuine Angostura, Manufactured by Dr. I. u. JJ. Biegert's Sons. I was troubled with catarrh to an annoying extent for three years. After using one bottle of Ely's Cream Bilm I wa? completely cured. Wm. J. Cline, Victor, N. Y. Catarrh ELY'S CREAM BALM For three week I vas tu (Ter iasr from severe cold in bead and pain io em pies. After mly tix BDplica tiona of Ely's ream Bilm I w9 relieved. Every trace of mv cnld was removed. II. C. Clark, 1st Dir. X. Y. Appraiser's HAY-FEVER office (iE EAßr, Baltimore, Hi. Br. Walker's California Only Temperanco Bitters Known. Old Style, Hitter Taste. New Style, ricasant Taste. VInejrar Hitters comes nearer to taking tbe place of a reliable physician than any other remedy in the known world. It purifies the blood, Invigorates the system, feeds the nerves and brain, curing headache, nei ralsria and rheumatism. It promotes digestion, repulates tbe bowels, expels worms, stimulates tbe liveri and brings youthful viffor r j the ajred. Vineerar Hitters has a record of over twenty yeara of marvellous success in curing aliuobt every known disease. Purely vegetable and free from alcohol. Try it and verify the truth of what we Ray. rric $1.00 per bottle. Sold by all TJrugKists. Mcdonald drug co,, Cor. lYiLshlnstoa and Charlton Streets, J. I. HUMPHREYS tCU2QPAT2I3V2TE2imYSP2CI?E2 For Horses, Cattle, Sheep, Dcgs, Hogs, Poultry. 500 PAGE BOOKm Treat ntf Aiia.l.tit ., Chart Sent Free, ' cures Ferers. Congestions, fnflammatieau A.A. Spiral Menma-iti Milk Fever. Ii.lt. Kt mint. l.ami'Driiii.Klieiiiiiha, '. ". Di.leinprr, Naaal It imhargea. ) I).-15ot or (rnb, orms, K. K.-Coutkm Heaves, Pneumonia K. F. Colic or 4irpeo, llellyx-he. H. 4J.-llrrriagf, Ilrmorrhtira, I'. IK I rinary and Kitluey Diseases J I, -Kruptive Unease; Mange . K.-Dieasc of Digestion. Hti !. Car, with Spertflc. Manual. Witch Uaael OU and lletUoator, 87.0C Price, Single Bottle (over 50 dose? X - .61 , Hold by Drn?Blt9 or Sent Prepaid an Receipt of Priee. Humphreys Med. Co., 109 Fulton St., H. T. SPECIFIC Ho.i In uae äi) yeara. 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The wonderful efficacy of Swift's Spreize as 8 remedy and euro for rheumatism and all blood diseases, has never had a more conspicuous Illustration than thla ease affords. The candid, unsolicited and emphatic testimony given by the venerable gentleman must be accepted as convincing and conclusive.' Ttewrln prominent citizen of JUsslsslrpl. Tbe gentlemc ivhora Mr. Mania refers, and to whom he is lnd. tjr the advice to which he owes hla final rclli m years of suffering, Is Mr. King, for many years the popular night clerk of the Lawrence -House, at Jackson. Jacxso, Miss., Ar-ril 29, 1SSX i Thx Swift Sircrnc Cosfast, Atlanta, Oa.: Gentlemen l have been aa Invalid pensioner fot forty years, having contracted pulmonary and other diseases ia the Mexican War, bnt not till the 1st ot March, 1S73, did I feel any symptoms of rheumatism. On that day I was suddenly stricken with thct disease In both hips and ankles. For twenty days I. walked on crutch i. Then the pain was lees violent, . but it shifted f rcn joint to joint. For weeks I would 1 totally dial.Wl, either on one side of my body orthe other. The vaiu never lett me a moment foceleven year and seven month that Is fiuru March 1 when I was first attacked, to October 1, 1-, when I was cured. . During these eleven years of intense suffering I tried iunumer&ble prescription from various physicians, ani tried everything sug--pested hy frienda but if I ever received the lra6 teueilt Irom uir medicine taken Internally or ex U rnally, I am mot aware of It. Finally, about tho-fln-t of September, I made arrangements to go to the Hot Sprlups of Arkansas, having despaired of every, other remedy, when I accidentally met an oldaoquaintanee, Mr. King, now of theAawrence House of this city. He had once, been a great suflerer front. rhcuniatiMii, ansl, as I sapiosel. had been cured! by a visit to HoJ S;rlugs. lint when I met him ha tld me that hla visit to the Hot Springs was invaint he found no relief. On hia return from Hot Springs he heard, for thS first time, of the S. S. S. a a remedyfor rheumatism. He tried it and six bottles made complete cure. Several years have passed since, but be has had no re;urn of the dlüease. I Immediately return l to try it. in September l took four bottle, and by the first of October I wa eil as far as rie rheumatism w as concerned. All pain had disappeared, and I havs ot fklt a twimjb OF IT fclSCK. I have no intersn in making this statement other than the hope that It mav direct some other suderer to a sure source of relief, and if it has this result! am well reward ad for my trouble. I am very ae spectf ully aud truly your friend. J J. M. H. Habt, f For sale by all druggists. Treatise on Elood and' Stui Diaea&es mailed free. Ths Swift Specitic CO trawer 3. Atlanta, Ca. , . A horse that is not blanketed eats more tOJkecp vzm than one Uut is. This farmer saved bushels of corn by buying one of the following s Horse Blankets: isa Five Mile. 5A Six Mile, Giant. Boss Stable. F. Kerseyr Electric. sa No. 306. There are ma.17 other styles. IX these doa't luit you, ask o see them. A.$pCN3 EyUtKET IS JrlACE LIKE f 13. 2, Fi er ! j&wwaVfov Buxarr M fKTWtAB. wax. TItaiwi Wui. twy Euex Vuap piiTV Op WUW f aiu-aos. tf yraVnt arCTgth IssKfor this Trae f rK None genuine wiihout this 5 Trade Mads acwsd iaäde, Copyrighted xZSj.J 8axnplet rrea, CROWN BmI)le rrM MEDICATED COMPLEXION POWDR3 Highly Indorsed by the theatrical pro! Kit; Contain, valuable medicinal properties. wMskv quldly remove all blemishes oi the (kin. ii efiecta a Complete Transformation, and canaea the moet ordinary person to become tri kingly beautiful. It la put up in Pearl and Flesh tint lr large toilet boxus, and ia lor aaie by ail drujrtfsti, or sent ecretlT tealed to inj address 03 receipt of price, FIFTY CENTS, in stamp, or currency. Ladies can obtain elegant nmpla FKEK by Inclosing 10 cents in stamps to pay tor pet tag. and pacllaf. AadreeB, naming th CROWN CHEMICAL COMPANY. 1 01a Aron Street. Philadelphia, Fa, IHackford Block, Indianapolis, Ind. Offen unprecedented facilities and terms I thorough practical In.truetion in Bosinesa, Ebort-faand, Penmanship and EdkIIiS Brancas cither day or evenliw. Call on or adnrew, timer u, BRYANT & MIDDL2T0N WINN BOILER COMPOUNDPurely vepetAhle and non-lajurioa. Ke moves scales and prevents lormaiioa of B&mo Correspondence olicited. BÄK KK. COBB & CO. Agents, Lima, Ohio. TAB OSLY CCRRECT LIKEN Fä MRS. CLEVELAND. A MapriHecut rand Tortralt, eight hy twclrC Inches, fac-rimile of Hand fainted Fhotofraph, mailed on receipt cf fifty cents. Seven ether, promlrent ladies; the eisht lor tJ.00. W. J. DOUEKTY & CO., Chicago. 6t Vr.lV rCR ALU ISO AWKCRand II VjlI expenses raid. Outfit worin $5 and pa:ticu.ars free, l 0, Ylciery, Acgnjsu

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