Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 33, Number 38, Indianapolis, Marion County, 26 October 1887 — Page 2

THE INDIANA STATE SEHTINEL. "WEDNESDAY1 OCTODElt 16 1887.

FALL FARM TOPICS.

Intelligent Hcissj Harses oa Slippery Roils Oil Fro a Grips Seeis. Fertility of Charcoal Pita High Pricss for SiLsep Faliy PUat?. Crais OA in Bricknuting The Oil Teat for Milk. Washing Batter Eipeiinients in Feeding BanHhold flint Live Stack Inform. tlon Interesting Note for Farmers. Chicago Times. C. A. Clarkson writes: A vicious or stupid colt can never be educated to be a valuable horse. Without intelligence he will always be sluggish, and will never have an attachment to his master, nor manifest any disposition to obey and serve him as a pleasure. Most intelligent horses are naturally docile, or can easily be trained to be kind, reliable, and even affectionate. Breeders of borsea should, look to the cative intellect of the mare and stallion with as clo?e a scrutiny as they examine their pedigrees. Once make an intelligent colt or horse believe that his owner and trainer is his best friend, there will belittle or no trouble in training him, or in trusting him in all emergencies. It is true there are cases where very intelligent horses are vicious and always dangerous. In some cases this is owing to the way they were treated early in life. Others are always vicious and dangerous to trust under any circumstances. In most cases this is inherited and the breeder should investigate the question of disposition as well as intelligence. Never breed to a horse which is vicious, dangerous, or even disagreeable. A horse which is dangerous or treacherous to his groom, no matter how fine his form, how pure his blood, or how great his ancestry, should be taken out to the public commons and shot. Thousands of precious lives are sacrificed to vicious stallions and their descendants. All other good qualities can not redeem a vicious disposition. Nor can a beautiful form overcome a lack of intelligence and sprightliness. Horse-breeding is one of the most prominent questions in Iowa, and farmers and breeders, while selecting a Percheron, a Clyde, a Cleveland bay, an English draft, and especially a French foacher, should select those of a mild, domestic disposition, with an intelligent and sprightly mind. A horse needs intellect as well as a man. Horse oa Slippery Road. The method of shoeing horses for slip pery roads, introduced by Dr. Fleming, the principal veterinarian to the Britisn forces, is as follows : It consists merely of an ordinary shoe, in which four holes are . punched, and in these holes pegs with a pyramidal head can be put in a few seconds. In the machine made shoes, used by the army, round holes are drilled in the process of manufacture, and the pesrs are round ones, made of cast steel. Square pegs are equally effective. The 4th Hussars reported the experiment as a great success. "The cog (pegs) are easily put in and taken out: very few have been lost, and none need be if they are carefully put in. They are also easily sharpened wnen worn down, and they last well." Tne horses so shod traveled on the ice and snow-covered roads nearly every dav without accident and with absolute safety; the men putt in? In the pegs, on leaving the stables and taking them out, on returning to the barracks, without the intervention on the farrier. Tbe method is so inexpensive that for a few pence a horse can travel securely at any pace on ice for a month, and it is so simple and readily applied that the horses of a whole army can be prepared for marching on the most slippery roar's in half an hour. Oil From drape Seeds. Ia Italy oil is made from grape seed. According to the I'eyue Franca.se, the following is the metnoi employed: Oa bein? removed from the wine-press, the marc" is well dried, the seda are seoarated by a fan, and afterward subjected to a cleaning process. When perfectly clean and well dried they are ground like wheat. The finer tbe tlour tau obtained the greater the yield of oil. The milling requires some atten'icn es regards tee arraog-inieut of.tbe nrlhtore?. As soon as the first product ;s wihHrn it is boltfd; that, which Is left on the bohing-c'.o h is again ground, and so on, car biu taken to add a little water to the flour as it passes between the stones. Tüe product from tbe mills is then trowa 5nto boilers, if ten kilogrims, fir example, are to be treated, in the middle of the mass, and into a hole extending to tbe bottom of tie vessel, three liters of water are poura i. The v esse! is then placed over a slow fire, tee flour, little Dy little, ia stirred with the hand or with a spatnla. to mix it well and to prevent the for mation of lump?, and it is left over the lire until the hand can not bear the heat of the mixture. ThU operation is very ioiportanLTbe better regulated thecoakinof thi "oar the greater is the quantity of oil obtained. Tne Hour still hot, is placed in wraDDers and is taten to tha press and treated like other oil-proiuitnjr s: U. At ter the first pressure the mass is broken down by hand and pressed a second time. One hundred kilograms of well ripened grapes give fron ten to twelve kilogram j of oil. Fen iilty Of harcoal Pits. Mr. J. B. Mscomber, of Grand Isle, Vt., writes The Rural New Yorker: My grandfather was one of the first settlers on this island, and, like all pioneers, he had been more or less his own mechanic, and amjnr other work hs did his own blak"j:ii".hiriR and burned bis own charcoal. The spot of ground where he barced the charcoal was, when tbe farm was divided, on my father's side of tbe line. The field in which this spot if, is a gravelly clay not stiff overlaying limestone rock, and is a naturally strong soli. Since my remernbranca it has not been manured oftener than once in three or four years or more, but has been cropped in some way, grain, corn, hay. or pasture, every year, and this spot where the charcoal was burned and none has been burned there for at least seventy years produces now as if it was heavily manured every year, while the rest of the field produces only as much as such a soli would when not often manured. I do not know what the soil got from the smoke ot thebarning wood that keeps it so rich. It can not be potash or phosphoric acid, as these substances are not dispelled by burning. I do know that this spot of ground, where charcoal used to be burned, has for seventy years retained ita virgin fertility, while all around it the soil is more fertile than any similar soil that has sot received frequent applications of manure. To this tne editor adds: We know of several of these old coal-pits that give similar malts. The vegetable growth on thete spots Is always stronger than that on the surrounding field. Charcoal, being Iracst ;ure carbon, has no direct manorial . value. It is frequently applied to heavy soils to "lighten" them to render them more friable. It is probably of sims Talue indirectly in converting the inert nitrogen of tbe soil into ammonia. It i one of the best absorbents of foul gases. ThJ'tntii recognised In d:tiofectlon and in medical practice An interesting experiment in proof of this absorptive power my b conducted by barring the carets i Ot a small animal in powdered chare jal

But little If any offensive smell will be given on, and yet the carcass will be entirely decomposed, and tbe charcoal, mixed with soil, will slowly decompose and yield up its fertility, year after year, like woolwaste. Doubtless the charcoal left from these old pits absorbed vast quantities of alnable gases. Worked into the ground it slowly yields up its fertility, besides rendering the soil itself more capable of supporting plant life. There must, too. have been potash and phosphoric acid left from the fires.

High Prices for Sheep. A London paper says: Farmers are of ten heard to complain that nothing in these times pays for producing; yet now and then caaes crop up making it very patent that by raising the very best of its kind, and adopting the best measures to insure success, not only may losses may be avoided, but very good returns secured. Sheep of ordinary market character are at the present period selling at discount, breeders describing the rates at which they can only sell for as ruinously low; yet at Mr. Charles Howard's sale on Wednesday last, the dispersal of the far-famed Biddenham flock of Oxfordshire Downs brought extraordinary good figures. One pen of two shear ewes was bought to go into Norfolk fcrX8 103.per sheep; another was purchased for Gloucestershire at G10a.per bead, at which price also a pen of shearlings was secured for South Wales, and half a dozen of the other pens yielded over 5 per sheep, the majority being bought for Scotland. The total namber of ewe sold was 430, and they realized 1,543 12s. Od., or an average of 3 12i. each. Now, it will, no doabr, be said that this is quite an exceptional case. Such a tlock ai Mr. Howards's is not dispersed every day, for it was established forty years ago. and Mr. Howard has always been considered oae of the best of the Oxfordshire Dowa b-eed-ers. Two pens of we'.hers f "om bis flock at last Smithfield club show won first and second prizes, and tbe Breed cup was also awarded to the first-prize pen. He also gained hi-h honors at the rar is international exhibition of 1H73. and also at the exhibitions of Belgium. Vienna and Bremen. Still, granting all tais, tbere are several others flocks even of the same breed that would realize high prices if sold tomorrow. Mr. John Tread well, who, for soma years past, has made the highest prices 'for rams at the annual sales of the breed, and who made a ciean sweep of tbe royal prizes for shearling rams at Newcas tie, would be sure to realize handsomely if his entire flock were brought to the auction ring, and the flocks of the other leading breeders Mr. F. Milton Druce, Mr. Charles Hobbs, Mr. George Street and Mr. Frederick Street would sell at high figures likewise. The Toddy riant. Baltimore American. There is shown at the exposition of plants at Baltimore a specimen of the "toddy"' plaat, an Eastern production, eight feet high, ironi the Z conservatory of Mr. T. Harrison Garrett. It has grown too large for Mr. Garrett's houss, and he has presented it to the National B)tanic Garden at i ashmgton. A peculiarity of the plant is that during the sap season, about two months in the year, a quart of excellent toddy, with all the delicious intoxicating eflects of the American mixed diink, can be drawn twice a day and enjoyed. When this was known many Inquiries were made as to whether the plant would grow in this latitude with ordinary care. An expert said it required a warm climate, about the temoerature of India, for tbe tree to thrive. Several gentlemen were sure money could be saved by grow ing the plant at home. It is believed It will be attempted by several who looked at the plant. Crude OH in Brickmaking. Crude oil ha3 been applied as fuel by Messrs. P. I. Sword t Son, Cleveland, at their Bessemer avenue brick-works, and with such excellent results that they have already contracted for a one-hundred barrel tank to supply their works. Tbe arches in the monster kiln, containing some 250,000 brick, are heated by twenty-fjur burners. The oil flow is regulated by an ordinary stop cock, and at the point of ig nition is met by a steam blast, supplied by the boiler that furnishes power for the brickmaking machines. bimpla pipe burners are used with good results. Instead of having to heat the brick seven days, as with coal or wood, four dajs' burning with oil makes a lar better quality of material. When the oil is ever so economically fed, there is a surplus of heat. Within fifty minutes of starting the lires the water-smoke was started out of the brick. There isn't s cold spot in the kiln. The arches are evenly heated, and one man attends to the firing and regula ting of the oil now where three stokeis were formarly employed. The firm 5s about to start oil another mammoth kiln.. built on the Morrison plan, and supplied with eight burners in place of twenty-four, one burner heating three arches. By an incenious contrivance the flame is directed against a bridge wall, whence it is distributed with equal force in the three arches. The Oil Test for Milk. It has been but a short time since the nil test of the value of milk was acepted as the only correct method of determining the amount of butter in milk, and though ex certs were sanguine that they had at last found an easy and ready means of detecting adulterated miik, recent experiments oa behalf of the Wisconsin Dairy men's Association have demonstrated that tbe oil test does not give a correct meas urement oi tee vwter cat ia mute. J was found that t'Uf Oil of the same Cr or herd seeme.ic'9pD3ed to self-emuhification on ".itufe days more than on others, and took up water or whey in some cases, so that a four-pound cow seemed to become a sixpound cow In production. Two inches of butter oil would expand to three inches from tbe ruonnt of water it contained, yet gave no sign to tbe rye that it con tained a örgy oi water, Tbere was apparently more batter fat in the meaitlriog tubes than a sample ot gathered cream makes, as the oil and water will emulsify as mu' h and as quickly with the oil of rreau as it will witn the oil of milk. As a surer means of detection tbe plan was adopted of weighing the butter produced with a delicate scale. A table was them compiled which showed the proportion of butter in 100 pounds of milk, the weight of the sample being represented in grains, without reducing ths batter to oil. The method was tried in comparison With tbe oil test, and on several trials the weighing cams nearer to the yield of the regular cburn than did the oil test. At the same time careful chemical aaaly3es were made in order to verify the results, and it was demonstrated that tbe same cows varied In the amount of ij-0CM of a pouLd in 100 pounds of milk in twsttyfour hours. The experiment shows that there if too much variation in each cow's product daily to accept a single test as indicative of its qualifications, and that the oil test, as at present in nse, requires the application of some method by which every drop of water can be driven off before it can be accepted as giving a correct measurement of tbe amount of butter fat In milk. The valne of the experiments cannot be over estimated, as the oil test ii extensively csed to assist in determialog the quality of the milk and butter of certain cows witn high records. After all, however, it seems as it tbe competitors mnstretnrn to the chnmlng and weighing procew, using only the batter itself, until some safe mode shall have been discovered in place of simply pnesslnz it the amount of oil in tbe milk. Philadelphia Record. Washing Dutter. The experience of experts In bntter-mak-tog baa been freely given of late veara. Experiment have not been neglected. Mr. F, D. Curtis, wU knows ia dairy circles,

communicates the following to the Rural New Yorker on the subject: Many things about butter-making have been learned within the last few years. One thing is how to wash and handle batter. Henceforth there will be no theories or practices about washing batter. Some used to think it injured the butter by washing the sugar out of it, and they would actually add sugar to make up for the loss. Some do this even now. But sugar is not wanted in butter. It is too unstable a compound, and soon decomposes, to enter into new combinations and play the mischief. The first change is for the sugar to change to lactic acid, and one of the strongest arguments in favor of sour-cream butter is the fact that this change occurs, and the sugar is largely disposed of before churning. Washing takes out the buttermilk and the lactic acid composed of the sugar with it, as It does other materials that will not keep like the pure butter fat. This improves the flavor and keeping quality of the butter. This is true now, and will always remain true. But before this, washing or not washing was merely empirical and controlled by whim or prejudice, the dairymen not knowing precisely the effect produced by washing any more than he did the effect of sugar upon the butter. It is not difficult to establish general rules when the facts are known and the principles are understood. But there are certain things depending upon conditions which cannot be governed by specific rules, and which, theiefore, call lor the exercise of judgment on the part of the dairyman. Wnen we can dispense with the use of brains we can dispense with the dairyman.

experiments in Feeding. Trof. Arnold, in eome experiments in feeding milch cows, and also fattening cattle with meal and chopped straw, ear coro, and even with a wisp of hay tied around each ear, details his experience in tbe Home Farm as follows: In feeding meal he says: As the difference was evidently due to the manner of feeding the meal, I determined to be positive as to where it was lodged when eaten, coDjectunngthat it failed of perfect digestion from not being carried to the rumen where it would receive the necemry preparation for complete digestion. With this intent I followed to the slaughter house a pair of four-year-old bullocks sold to the village butcher, and just before killing fed them a peck of corn meal. As soon as the stomachs could be reached they were examined and the meal was found deposited in the fourth stomach. Not a particle could be found in the first, second or third divisions. Sioce then I have made similar tests with cattle slaughtered oa the farm with like results. Whether the meal took this direction by the will of tha aalmal, or wiether the papillae which lfne the rumen and lower part of the gullet, were too large to grasp and work along into the rumen such fine food, as they are supposed to do with tbe coarser food, I cannot say. It must suffice for the present to know where it went. But I "will say on this point that finer goods goes into the rumen or paunch of young cattle than into that of older ones. When I fed corn in the ear to cattle, 1, 2 or even .'! years old, just before killing them, I found nearly all ot it in the paunch, but when I fed full-grown cows in the eame way, especially old caws, I found nearly all the corn in tlie fourth stomach. Nothing but the whole kernels or large pieces went into the first stomach. But I found all of it there when the ears were fed with a wisp of ereen hav wrapped around them. In this wav corn may be fed with very little loss from having it pass through the cattle whole. The masticated corn mingles with and adheres to the hay, and goes along with it to the first stomach, the natural reservoir for coarse food, while it passes through all the digestive apparatus and receives the most thorough digestion. So when straw or hay, cut or whole, is well wetted, and finally ground meal is sprinkled on and mixed with it, the whole goes, in like manner, to the first stomach, and tbe action of every part of the stomach is made available for complete digestion. Not only can the dairymen derive better results from the meal when fed in this way, DUi more or it can be consumed in a given time, because more of it can be fed with out producing scouring. Meal produces scouring wnen more is led than can be digested. It is imperfectly digested meal. more than anything else, that disturbs the bowels in this way. Less meal will produce scouring in cattle when fed alone than when mixed; evidently because, when mixed by having the action of the first three stomachs upon it, tbe work is well along by the time it reaches the hut division, and hence will be done not onl v more thoroughly, but also more easily and rapidly. Ilowiehold Hist. For children there is nothing better than 8aflron tea for teething and fever. Some dainty sandwiches are made of cold boiled ham, grated and spread with a thin layer of current jelly. Raw Tomatoes Skin the tomatoes by putting them in scalding water for a minute, allow to cool, cut into slices and squeesa a good lemon over them. Equal parts of ammonia and turpentine will take paint out of clothing, no matter how dry or hard it tu ay be. Saturate the spot two or three tiues, then wash oat in soapsuds. X'eath 'stains may be removed by patUfl the article in boiling water befora

washing it. Once tbe suds bave touched them tbe stains are tot and can not afterward be removed. Stewed Totatoes Fare and cat into lengthwise strips, cover with boiling water, and stew twenty minutes. Tarn olT nearly all the water, put in a cnpi'ul coM milk with salt. Fried Chicken Cut up the chicken and salt and dip in flour; bave a dripping pan with plenty of boiling lard, into which lay the chicken; put in a well-heated oven; fry brown on both sides, To ciean bottles, put into them some kernels ot corn and atablespoonfulof ashes; half fill them with water, and, after a vigorous shaking and rinsing, you will find the bottles as good as new. To set the black in borne colored woolen goods bo it will not smut, soak the colored goods or wool oyer night in sweet milk, wring it out and dry, then rinse it well in water, and then the color will be as fast as it can be. Roas'.ed Quails Hack, draw and s'nge them ; wrap them in vine leaves and si ices of bc;n, wrap in buttered paper; if tbe paper bemi put on more, roast tbem until well brownea, and serve them on pieces of tcasted bread. Tomato Preserves Scald and peal perfectly ripe tomatoes, prick with a needle, add equal weight of sugar, and let stand over Dient ; then pour off the juice and boil thick; add the toma'oes and lime lemon peel, and cook until transparent. Bread Fritters Cut thin, round slices'of bread, butter them very lightly, spread with jam and stick together in pairs. Fry in boiling lard, after dipping in a batter of one egg, one pint of milk, a pinch of salt, and tlour enough to make a pancake batter. Cook lamb shops on skewers that contain each the chop, a lamp of kidney, one Ot liver, all powdered over with finelychopped garlic; salt and pepper when smokiog hot, and you will hT tha dainty kabob. The ikewer should be bright as silver. Scet ruddlng Chop fine three ounces of beef suet, eome q&intlly of bread crumb?, small pint of floor, pinch of salt. Mix well, then add one teacup of preserves ana enough water to make It sott; then pat in Ujaxci biz d4 boil tMtJ Iwj, Aoj

fruit can be used instead of preserves if de aired. A nice accessory to a closet without drawers, suitable for laying in a nice dress, is to make one or more bags to cover oyer a nice dress, and thus protect it from dust. These bags are made longer than the dress skirt and button up and are hung np by the loops. Mock Mince Meat One and one-half

cups powdered crackers, one cup each molasses, chopped raisina and vinegar, two cups sugar, one-half cup warm water, same of melted butter, one cup currants if desired, one teaspoon each of cloves, cinnamon and nutmeg. Potato Salad One quart of small pota toes, two tablespoonfuls chopped onions. two of chopped parsley, four of beets and enough ot any of the salad dressings orclear vinegar to make it slightly moist; to the latter, if used, add a little butter. Keep in a cool place until ready to serve. To clean black dress goods, take an old black kid glove, cut into small pieces and let stand over night in a pint of soft water. In the morning add as much more warm water as will be needed, also a few drops of ammonia. Have the goods well brushed, then with a sponge wet then on the right side with the water and rub quite hard; smooth with the hand and hang out of doors in the shade; when nearly dry iron on the wrong side. Live Stock. Altogether there are 21.000 milch cow3 in the United States, and yet wirn the water supply the people fail to have their thirst satisfied. An exchange suggests that we Lave fewer distilleries and more cows. It may not be known that sheep left in the pasture all night with other cattle are seldom injured by dogs. They will be friendly with any animal that is kind to them, so that the cattle serve as a protection. The best' result from hogs are oMaincd by feeding them to the highest limit and ge'ting greatest wiht in the shortest possible time, and as long as the hogs shall be increasing rapidly in weight they should be given all they can eat, so as to get them into market as soon as posaible. A New Mexico ranchman says: "From twenty-six black muley bulls put on the range two years ago only twenty calves showed up, and a polled angus used in another herd three years has given only eight calves." He will use Ddvonsinfuiare as combining the most good qualities. Chiqa hogs are used in England to tone down and improve the native breeds. Toe Chinese swine have little or no hair, are short and chunky in the body, with short legs and a rather long snout; The Suffolk, small Essex and a small Yorkshire are quite similar to them, as they are of the tame kin. The best thoroughbred stock is now in this country. Formerly Furo pe, and especially Kogland supplied us with oar choicest animals; but cur enterprising etockmen have secured the best specimens to be found. Our Jerseys yield more butUr than tbe cows of the Channel islandi, our swine produce more meat at the same ae, and the heaviest fleeces of wool have been sheared in this country. The breeds of cows which have for so many years past been and still are the most satisfactory for the general purpose of the farmer, are the short-horn and ita cognates, the Yorkshire of England, the Devon, the polled Norfolk and SuSolk, and the Guernsey also to some extent. The grades of tbe above often es eel in this respect, especially when as high as threefourths or sevf n-eightbsbred. The breeds of dairy cows which generally excel in the richness of the quality of their milk are the Guernsey and the Jersey. Next comes the Devon and the redpolled Norfolk and Suffolk. The Ayrshires and Holstein-Friesians yield milk of a fair quality bountiiully, the latter, chiefly on account of their larger size, much excelling. Indeed, they yield in our country beyond all precedent known in any other. The beef cow ought to be of the best possible form, round and s-mooth, an i fine in all her points. The chest should be broad and deep, with a good projection of the brieket; the crop fuller than in a dairy cow, and the foreribs particularly well sprung, wide at rosa the loin and hip3, with a low let-down of the twist, flat thighs and clean limbs; the body thus presenting the shape, as nearly as possible, of a rightaDgled parallelogram. She should hate a moderate sized udder and teats, the latter set square. If she gives milk enough to bring up her calf this is all that ousht to be required of her. Tbe breeds of cattle most sought after for beef are the Xyloe, the Aberdeen-Angus and the Calloway, tie shorthorn, the Hereford, th Devon aid the Susstx. 1'arm Sfotej. All s our g animals need roosi for exercise. Calves should not be too closely confined when being fed by hind. Colts require even more room, as they are fond of galloping around an inclo3ure. The milking should be- done at regular periods. The cows would soon become accustomed to the regularity. They could in that manner be taught to come up from the pasture at certain hours. Whenever a tree i3 transplanted and the roots are short and apparently Insufficient, cut back the top and the trea (or vine)will thrive much better than if the branches should remain. The roots are more imrortant than the portion above ground. Spinach 5- a winter plant and provides early greens. The seed may be sown as late as November if the soil be warm. The groucd should be rich and the seed sown rather thickly. A covering of leavei or straw during the wistsi would prove beneficial. Tbe best time to plough under a clover sod ia in the fall, and at least ten bushels Of Ilms per acre should be broadcasted over it after ploughing. By fall ploughing the sod is more easily decomposed and becomes plant food, while the cutworms will be destroyed by the f.ost, Kvergnens can be propagated from cuttings, if given exrra care for the first three months. They require over three months to form roots, and grow slowly. The cuttings are placed in boxes of sand and kept somewhat warm, but shculd have sunlight and moderate moisture. "Stripping" the cow of the last milk in the udder is better than to allow her to retain a portion. She remains in service ionser, while the last milk is said to be the lijtest, It frequently happt-na that a cow dries eft sooner Whtn not completely milked than would have beta the case had it been stripped. Select tbe firmest and best heads of cabbage if you wish to save your own seed. Bury the heads or keep them in a place of tven temperature. In the spring cut off the stalk to within two inches of the bead, cut a silt in the head, and put the head in the ground with the top barely exposed, and it will then shoot up to seed. Cranberry bogs should be supplied only with clear, running water. Many failures have occured in attempting to grow cranberries on damp locations, or where the water did not 11 jw through the bog. In clearing tbe bog it is not necessary to remove the mounds or decaying s tu mos, as tbe plants will secure a hold wherever it is damp. Fill small vials two-thirds with water, and add sweet oil to tloat on the water to within Laif an Inch of the top. flange these upright in the ground, leaving only half an inch standing oat, near tha nests or runs of tbe ants: The ants wilt come for a sip and go borne to die. No insect can exist with oil stopping np his spiracles or breathinr pores. It should be the aim to increase ths yield ot tbe crops every year. There shonld be no "averaga" yield oa a farm, bat the farmer mwt keep up the fertility 9 to

secure more. When tha yield increases the value of the manure is also increased. Too much manure or fertilizing cannot be applied on land that does not increase its yield of crops every year. Dorset horn sheep have been crossed with few breeds, but among those that have been tried none have done so well as that between a horn ewe and a good down ram,prcdacing, as it does, a sheep well adapted for giazing and much prized by butchers, as it carries a large amount of lean flesh, with fine quality, and weighing, from grass, from twenty to twentyfive pounds per quarter at eighteen mouths old. Henry Stewart says that when sheep are kept for wool and mutton, and the latter last, the lambs should not come until May or June, when the ewes on fresh grass will have abundant milk, and will raise larger lambs at less expense than those that come earlier. So that while for market lambs, ewes may be coupled in August or September for the Sock the ewes and rams should not run together until December or January. A sick horse is as on fit to work a3 is a sick man, and animals that are kept housed most of the time are easily injured by exposure to storms. It is not advisable

toDianxet noreesjm staoies except lor a little while when brought in after working and when wet either from sweat or rain. The change to a horse blanketed in the stable when taken out in cold or stormy weather, makes the animal especially liable to take cold. In a barn the natural covering of hair over a horse Is sutVicient. Animals exposed to tbe storms and changes of weather incident to farm work should not be clipped. Mr. C. Shearer, before the Pennsylvania State Horticultural A-tocliion, correctly sajs: The perfect winter ayj-le bos jet to come. Tbe same may be sid even more emphatically of i he tear. Tri wihed for apple ini:.-.'. t laree and red ; f thu finest flavor; iutiihg: :t ruo-e than good, but not an enrri- bearer; a vigorous, healthy and r.r'ht grower; hardy to withstand the cMest winters, and must keep in an ordii - 7 cllar until a new croj' has matu These qualities are partly possessed 4y many diflerrnt varieties of the spp'. , but not until they all shall be united ia one shall we have the ne plus ultra, seek no further apple. A Waiherwo'iKin Tat. I'hilaJelphia Call. One of the most complete and meanest monopolies nourished by tari3 taxation is the sheet-zinc monopoly, which is in the hands of a wealthy com p:iny established at La Salle, 111. This combination dominates the shf et-zinc trade of the country. Its method, which is disclosed in an article printed elsewhere, is a very simple one. It breaks down competition by udderselling the market, knowing that if it should lose half a million dollars in one year it could, with tbe aesistanca of the tariff duty of l' cents per pound, secure a million dollars the next year. Sheet-zinc is of al'iiost universal use, but is mainly used by people of moderate means. It is pat under stoves to protect the floor, and as a security against damage by fire; it is the material out of which the cheaper bath-tabs are made; and it is of almost universal use for waiö-boards on which clothes are rubbed in the process of washing them. It is cheaper and better for these aDd for other like'purposea than any other material; but if it should cast lfss it would enter largelv into other uses. Butwby should the householders ard washer women of the country be unnecessarily taxed on a necessary article in order to maintain this impudent Illinois macooly, which refuses to share its tariff advantage with other manufacturers and dictates prices to its customers with the indolent indifference of mastery ? Fossiblj it may pay its employes good wages; but it is doubthil if they get a penny more than they might earn at other employment Wage-earners throughout the country are t&ied and defrauded to the extent of this tax on heet zinc, for the importations are vary trifling and bring hardly any revenue to ie National Treasury. The tariff is for the benefit o; a single monopoly, and not toi any other purpose. An Apology, Minneapolis Tribute. I eiceedingly regret every word that appeared in the Tribune oa that day so far a related to Mrs. Cleveland, and had I sees the article before its publication no wo?d with reference to tbat lady would have been published unless oi a complinuotary character. Tbe publication, so far as it related to Mrs. Cleveland, was erroneous for two important reason s. Though the President and his wife had planned this Western tour, which undoubtedly bad a political significance, yet before their visit they bad been formally inviteitocome to Minnesota ami the c:.ty of Minneapolis by the Governor and other State otliciaW and the local government ot the city. Therefore, tbey were for the time beiDg guests of the city and Stats, and were entitled to ail ths courtesy and hospitality of guests. Again, no gentleman and no newspaper can afford to make any reference to a lady not ot a complimentary character. Now that the storm has passed: that the statement elsewhere made is not the result of force, cf violence, nor of public opinion, but the calm and candid conclusion after mature consideration oa the part of Mr. Hastell, who passed the article, to shoulder its responsibility, I destra to say that the proprietorsof the Tribune feel that a gro3S error was committed ; tba. the publicsens8 of tbe city was outrad, and the whole matter is most sincTely and deeply regretted, Ai.des J. Klethen. Tractive. Texas SUtiags. A Texas parent had a son who took piano lessons at i'rof. Z-veibeer's house, but was supposed to to his practising on tbfi Iano a home. 'Ihe parent had a suspicion that the youth did not practise much. One day he said : 'Tommy, do you practise regularly on the piano when I am down town?" "Yee, pa." "Every day?" 'Yes, pa.'; 'How long did you practise yesterday?" "Two hours." "And to-day?" "Three hours." "I am glad to hear that you practise to regularly." "Yee, pa." "Aad next time you practise be sare you unlock the piano. Jdere is the key. I locked the piano and put the key in my pocket a week ago." Ina Kansas Drus More. Lincoln Journal. Stranger 1 want to get fifty cents worth of calomel. , Proprietor Fifty cents worth f what? Calomel." What is calomel?" "Pon't you know? What kind of place are you keeping, anyhow?" 'This is a drugstore, and If you want anything don't aling around any fancy names. Is it a pint or a half pint you're after?" A Valualil Uemedj. Omaha World. Omaha Prohibitionist My friend, I bote we will have your help in oar prohibition caniD&iza. Way back Native No airee. There ain't no antidote ferä rattlesnake bites except whitkey, an' I ain't ROin' to rote whisker out of reach in cases of emergency, I tell you. 'But, sir, there are no rattlesnakes in your section." "No, bat we're gout' to import sane

ATLANTA'S FAIR.

The President anl Party the Gasats of &s Piedmont EiposiUai. City Crowded With Visitors The Formal Welcome at tha Exposition Grounds Reception Very Pleasant. A7LAKTA, 0a., October R The moralnj Iscloudy, showing the possibility of rain. Trains are still bringing in thousands of strangers, yet it is estimated that six or seven thousand of those here last night failed to find beds. The corridors and stairs of the Kimball house where the President is quartered had the appearance of a hastily made bivouac. Sleeping forms were lying In all direjtions upon the door and stairs. Atlanta is a prohibition town and despite tbe crowd and enthusiasm there is very little drunkenness. Tne Presidential party did not retire until '2 o'clock this morning, it having been found impossible to get their baggage through the crowds and to their rooms earlier. As a consequence they breakfasted late this morning. At 11 o'clock President Collins and Yice-President Grady, of the Exposition, called at the fmident'a rooms and esorted the President, Mrs. Cleveland and Postmaster General Vilas to the capitol, where they entered the Governor's room, and were received by Governor Gordon. The visiting Governor's, the Si3-ir"h8 court of the State, thenaembersof the Governor's sts3, the United States ollicials, the municipal authorities and the members of tbe legislature were presented to the city's guestf. This ceremony over, the distinguished visitors escorted by Governor Gordon, Senator Brown and Colquitt, and accompanied by the visiting Governors and many other people of distinction, proces ied to Piedmont park, which is the Exposition grounds, A National salute was fired as the procession entered the gate? of the enclosure and proceeded to the speaker's stand. The formalities of welcome to the President began with a prayer by Rev. Dr. Partie, of the Presbyterian church, after which Mr. H. W. Gra iy. vice president of the exposition, in a brief but eloquent speech extended a welcome to the President. THE I'RESIPF.NT'S AM P. ESS. The President replied as folllowa: Wnen in 1M3 a convention waa hel l at Memphis in the State of Tennessee, having for its ofject tbe deveiopement of the resource of tne Son them states, one of the most prominent and farseein? statesmen of the country loretld the future greatuess and importance ot a point in UeKalb county in the State of (ieorgria" called Atlanta, not far from the Village of Decatur. Tbe p'ace was then prop?rly called "a point" for Atlanta was then rneiely a name given to the railroad station here bavin? no fair pretension to being either a village or a city. It was two ysars after this tbat tbe name was adopted by the people of the little vtliaga of Jfartha's Tille, when they proudly acquired a city charter. Experiencing all the im Identu and sUtirIcs common to inunclpal growth, It had in lsU, population of about 13.Xh Soon therafter the thunders of war sounded all about her and a beslfged army occupied her streets snd plac es. Her buildings and property were dedtioyed by both armies thf Laslecred and the besiegers .to; such an extent that hea the inhabitant, in December lsSl returned to the city from which they had teen drikjn, they found their homes wrecked and burned, and their city asceae or charred and desolata Tuin. Thus it is that the Atlanta of to-day may well be said to date from IS il. I ha e late seen evidences of the activity and perfeverance of the people of the I'nited States in the creation of prosperous and bustling cities, and in overcoming Ji:li :ulties that are inseparable from new settlements and the srowtliol new cities. But It seems tome th-it an e'ement ot heroism Is added bv a peoplo-wv) Tiew without despair, the destruction they h-ave wrought who begin again to build thair waste places and who, iu spite of the gr ; itest disvouraeernents, evince a determiaanou to reach their destiny. In tweuty-two years, the second Atlanta has een built, incomparably larger, more prosperous, aad fairer-ti-an the destroyed Atlanta. Uer place is firs: amoiw the cities of a great State: her consi-tutly increasing business. aad hor lanje lanuacturing jaterests are evidences oi the courage and enterprise of h?r people. Thev m'" weil be pro. d of the wor of their hands. Nor shall the glo y of tlieir achievements le left to taeir site gra'.ineatioa. All tneirrountr, men may congratulate themselves that what has here beon dona is tne result of Ameriiai courage and Aji;ei fr'an euterrrUe. Kurelt nothing shoul stau'j ia the way ii such tou'iratulation. and the c;tix-a who s thee aJüitious to weaiih and progress oi the nation aad caonct fri?n hU heart proul'y say cf the people who na.j ret'.rea Atlanta. "Thse are .uv countrymen, fors. is h's fealty to Ai.ieii.eufchip. i he e33;ts of At'aataia the lärectioa of au 'mj-ro-ssd condition of irsdj axd business hire not bceD .e.hsh and circunwribed. The ictrNatioaaJ Cotton Expotit'on of lssl, and toe Nati&aal Commercial Convention of lss vth important events, vkh'h originated with her people 8 ud w ere held here were of great direct adraatage'to a larg sect iou. au 1 of great iuetit ta the country To-iiav AtlsnM holds auoäher exposition to which tbe peoi''e of leirj'.j am r'ghboriiig Stales are invite 1 here to disp ay their products aad their mauufactuiw an l to Bive nroofof their resources The o;jssia ran not Tail to lead to the best results. Evary man at all concerned iu whit is here ethl!i!ed will return to his heme with uer pls.is aad purposes which will result in hi.-, increased prosperity; and the aggregate oi this will make arkhaiid prosperous ueisnkoihood ; iä couteicn roaki-s rich and prosperous states. We often rear of a state noted tor its exceil?at prodiicts. This is not always the result oi fertility of soil or its ndapUbi'ity, but of t:e enterprise of its people inf uguaratiug such expositions as this, where they may meet ad taie coiuiael and IcArn of each other. All of ..'or-ia's neighboring states still feel the impn'se of tne couon exposition oflsM and the commercial convention cf and 1 trust that the Piedmont exhibition may prove of as great benefit as thoie to the material wfifare of tli; large section of country which has coatributel to itsuccess. At the corclusion oi the President's speech, repeated calls were made for Govercor Corden. In response the Gavernor arose and propose! "three cheers for Mrs. Cleveland," which were given with wild enthusiasm. The multitude were determined, however, to have a s-eech froai the Governor, and in response to prolorged calls he came forward and said: My fellow-countrymen: I will do nothing more than join you ia the loud acclaim that trembles upon this Southern air and thrills our very beiag fn welcome to a Democratic President. Prolonged and enthusiastic c heerin I join ctcb and all cf you in the proclama tion which vour hearts utter that we have in our midst the 'man of destiny without a Waterloo in the past or tha future." rOreat rbeerins 1 Tbe public reception althe Fair grounds was a pieasant auair. A Cautious a ual.vni. Tid Hits. "I have aleUerof introduction to Mr. Samuel .Slump." Bald a stranger in a wes'ern town to a citizen. "Can you tell me ;f he is a man of drinking habits? "Wall, stranger," replied the citizen, ex lectoratine copiously. I would not go so fnraatnsav that Sam ii a hard dri ker, but I reckon if you ask him to eo a-' take attain', you won t have to ouiia a nre un der ciru to git him started." Waited Snsttntll, New Yoiköua. Miss Clara Aad so your enamen with Mr. Featherly is at an end, Ethei? Miss Kthel Yes, for evermore. Miss Clara Will you return the presents he ctavA TOT!? Miss Ethel No. I cannot do that He never cave me anything but caramels and ice crtsm. Two Opiifna, ruck. Moriar!tT-,'Sare aa' I wada't wank oa that echaliold, Slevin, an' sit kilt, for a farruml" Slavln "Yez wada't. eh? faith and I'd faith and I'd do tha same, Uorarity: and w I'd bare the X arrun to Zarl back

VITIATED BLOOB. Scrofolous, Inherited and Contagious Humors Cured by Cuticura.

T'HROUCtH the medium of on? of yourhoi received through Mr. Frank T. Wray. Druggut, Apollo, l'a , I became acquainted with vour Cuticura Hemedies, and take this opportunity to testify to you that their use has permanently cured me of one of the worst cases of bloo-I poisoning, in connect :ou with erysipelas, that I Lave ever seen, and this after having been pronounced incurable DyeoTaeot the best physician t iu our county. 1 take gr?at pleasure in forwar 1ingtoyou this testimonial, unsolicited as it is by you. in order that others suflering from similsr nialad:ramaybeencouras-?d to give your Cuticura Remedies a trial V. S. WHITTLING ÄR, Leechburg. Pa. Reference: Frank T.W ray, Druggist, Apollo, Pa. scorrfLou tjxcers. James E. Richardson, Cutm-house. New Orleans, oa oath says: 'In s7U Scrofulous Ulcers broke out on my body until I was a mass of corruption. Everything known t the medicat faculty was tried in vaiD. 1 became a mere wreck. At times could not lift my hauls to my heal, could not turn in bed: was in constant pain, ant loored upon life as a curse. Xo relief or cure la ten years. In 1S0 1 heard of the Cuticura Remedies, used them, and was perfectly cured." Swora to before U. S. Com. J. D. Crawi oaa. ONE OF TIIK WORST C We have been selllDg your CutiTira Remedies for years, aifd have tha first complaint yet to receive from a purchaser. One of the worst cases of Scrola'.a 1 ever saw was cuied by the use of Ave bottles of Cuticura Resolvent, Cu.icuia, aad Cvi-ttcu-a So,p. Tne Soap takes ihe caa.e" here as a medicinal snap. Taylor it Taylor. Druggists. Frankfort, Kas. SCROFULOUS. INHERITED. And Contrglous Humors, with Los of Hair, ni Kruptitiiio f t!iw Skin, are positively cured by C'nti uramid t'v.tic urs Soapexteruaüy. an I Urticur Itfsoivfiii internally, when all other medi-CuttijT-.raRtmedi s are sold everyrhere. Trice! c S ii.. R i. f.,:rs t ifautitn-r. -eut : Cut icur tv Nrw KUni rurl'ii-r. l. 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As a powerful, luv icoratlng tonic,, it imjarts strength to the whole system, and tj the womb and its appendages in particular. For overworked, worn -out," 'run-down," debilitated teachers, milliners,. Ires.amakers, seamarresg-, "ehop-girls," housekeepers, nursing mothers, and feeblo women gen rally. Dr. Pierce's Favonto Prescription is t'e greatest earthly boon, being unequaled aa rrfi appetizing cordial and restorative tonic. 5. a sooiniug ana sireaginenini nervine, "Favorite I'rcscriptijn" is uneTiiHled and is mvaiuaDi' in allaying ana Juing nervous excitability, irritability, exlaustion, prostration, nyetena,. spasms ara other distiting, nervous symptoms commonly attendant upon functional and orjanicJisease of the womb. It induces refreshing eep and relieves mental anxiety and Uepnndeney. . lir. l'teree's tavorue rrcunpuon a a legitimate medicine, carefully ompounded by an experienced and skillful phrsimn. and adapted to woman s delicate rtianization. It ia purely vegetable in it, composition and perfectly harmless in tf etiect in any condition oi tne system. ior moruLnjar sickness, or nausea, from whatevei causo arisinir. weak stomach, indigestion, dyspepsia and kindred gyraptoms, its use, in gmall do. will prove very beneficial. Favorite Prescription " is a posl. live cure for tho most complicated and objtiuatt? cases of leueorrhea. excessive flowing, painful menstruatvon, unnatural suppressions, prolapsus, or falling of the womb, weak bac k. leuinie weaKnesti, anteversion. retroversion, bearing-down Evnsations, chronic congestion, inuitmmation and ulceration of the womb, intlauiination. pa'ri and tenderness ia ovaries, accompanied with " internal heat." As a reeuiator and promoter or ruactional action, at that critical period of change from erirlhood to womanhood, Favorite 1'ivriptiou 19 a perfectly eafe remedial agnt. anl can produco only pood results, it is equally f-flicaciou and valuable m its effects when "taken for those disorders and derangun nta incident to that later and most critical pcrio !, known as The t hange of Life. I avonie rresrripuon," wnr n tauen in connection with tho use of Dr. 1'ierce'j (ioldi-n Medical Discovery, and email larativa doses of Dr. Fierce 4 Purtrat ive relicts L.trj. Liver Pills, cures Liver. Kidney and H;a lie:-d:sca-''9. Their combined use als remove" blood taints, and abolish cancerous and scrofulous humors from the system. 'Favorite lrecrlption is th only m ' in inc for women, sold by druggists, under a positive guarantee, from the uiauuf.uturcrs, that it will give satisfaction in every mv, or money will be refunded. 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