Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 34, Number 2, Indianapolis, Marion County, 15 February 1888 — Page 2

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Tfld WD1AUA STAT SENTINEL', WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 15 '1888.

FARM AND HOME TALK

Haw Thick Shall W Plint 'CaraFajiiag Clv88 Celery Ciltare. r&irjiü; Oa Baill Farm! Simstaing Abaut MimrmtJi Clover. in htereitice Article oa the Proper Cilt.utioa of Swot Patttoei. Honsehold Hints Breakfast DUhei-The Dairy Receipts Decorative Notes Farm Items Poultry Points. Culture of Celery. Practical Farmer. Celery Is one of the moat delicate and wholesome of vegetables. Every farmer's garden ought to hare a bed of celery. Gar denen do not agree aa to the beat methods of culture any more than do wheat farmers agree about the best methods of wheat culture. But there are certain general principles that will apply and need not be discussed. Celery seed does not germinate and grow rapidly. It needs moist soil continuously. And whether one uses boxes or out-door beds, the soil most be old, fine and rich. In Kansas the seed may be sown any time from the 1st of March until the 1st of May. Choose the seediDg time to correspond to the time when the matured plant is to be used. If you want the plant for early use, then now early, if late, then sow late. Be particular about the soil in which the seed is sown. Remember, it mast be old, fine and rich, and If the nut-door bed is used it ought to be deep. For some reasons it is better to use boxes. They will be better cared for probably, and that is the principal reason. If boxes are used, make them about 4 inches deep and 11 with soil as above described, sow the seeds thinly In rows, then press the soil down compactly and cover lightly with rich, fine earth, like leaf mould. The earth must be kept moist. If the seeding is done early the boxes should be exposed to the opsn air every mild day, but taken under shelter at night and kept in a temperature above freezing. If the seeding is not done until there is no further danger of cold weather, the! the seeding ought to be done in an out-door bed. Don't torget to keep the surface moist all the time until after the plants are well set. The seed bei ought to be a sheltered spot, so as to protect ths feed from wind and heat. Dairy ins on Small Farms. f fclle.aelT.hia Record, dairying and pasturing have bean so long: considered as one and the same occupation that bnt few farmers will venture to engage in the former without devoting a lare portion of the farm to grass, upon which the cows may be allowed to graze daring the day. When this method is changed for that of feeding at the barn yard, it is called 'soiling" the cows. Even those who do not believe soiling can be done profitably involuntarily practice the soiling method to a certain extent during the winter sea son, for at that time the snow covers the pasture ground and compels the dairymen to prepare the food for the cows and give them his attention in the barn yard. The principal objection to soiling is that it requires a large outlay for extra labor, yet there is as much profit derived from winter dairjirg as there is during the summer. The real benefit is in the raving of manure, which is the most important occupation oo the arm, and the expense of providing 1 jur, fences is done away with. Practical experiments chow that by the aid of the manure saved when soiling a sufficiency of Sreen food can be grown on a small plat to fted quite a numoer of cows, as well as to provide a better variety of food and secure greater yields of milk and butter. Frof. Stewart, in his book on feeding animal?, mentions how he fed four horses and seven cows for fifteen days on the food grown upon forty rods of ground ; and he has estimated that forty rods of ground will produce enough to equal the summer feeding of one cow, but sets aside half ai acre of clover as the allowance for a cow daring the summer. Tms result is not the experiment for a single seas jn, but the work of fourteen years devoted to soiling, by which method the caws gave 20 per cent, more milk than when kspt on pasture; and rye, clover, orchard grass, timothy, green 'oats and fodder corn, with ground grain when required, composed the daily diet The system is one that permits the gradual accumulation c-f wealth in the annual increased fertility of the soil, and, tbongh extra labor may be necessary, yet it is more effectual in operation, as it is not distributed over a large space, conse quently there is economizing in hauling loads to great distances over the helia. ouiuug iii ay uuk us viuuisuia iu kuunnuv e plenty of pasture and large tracts ol I. but it will enable those navinz lim areas to engage in dairying, when, by s larger proms man inose wno aevoie ana to dairy mg, dqi aanere to tne ge system. About Mammoth Clover. have erot me in trouble bv statine raised Mammoth j clover and might , baaiI va mm i m i r r m rm tai w a I j jws v a, m vv itt unit notice would have been a valuable aiiease auow me space tu puuuciy answer I raised no Mammoth clover seed in 18-37. The extreme drouth and hot weath er of the late summer and (all ol 6h, nearly destroying the whole crop; but the seed shattered off in harvesting the crop of that season made a beautiful stand last spring, and afforded an excellent pasture the hole season, going into winter quarter in great shape. 1 anticipate a good crop the coming season. Now Ui answer a few questions of correspondents as to the character and habits of Mammoth clover. Like common, re J clevsr. It is a biennial, bat from its habi' of heavy seeding, I believe on rich land it will prove eternal, the old plants being replaced by new ones from the sel. It only differs from common red clover, by growing larger and maturing later, start equally early in the spring. From my acquaintance with it I consider it superior aa a fertilizer, and as a pasture. It maturn with timothy, and, therefore, I think is F'rfeiable for mixiog with that standard rsss for hay. I have never had any trouti.e in getting a good stand. Have alwaj a made it a point to buy seed direct of tie producer (several times sending 900 mia for it), unless I had my own raising. It i very important to sow fresh, pure see:. I would not pay half price for seed 1 1 d any misgivings about. r w at the rate of one bushel to six acres. D. t sow with grain. Mow with machine wl en weeds get to be 18 inches or 2 feet high, ar d repeat the operation, if necessary, again during the season. Follow th se directions and yon will succeed, and jr need not worry about it. Sweet Potato Culture. fi" craet County (V. Y.) Correspondence Rural Kew Yorker. ' land best suited for growing sweet p- -'oes is a dry soil three-quarters sand. w i a coarse, open sub soil. The next beat 4 gravelly loam, provided always that f - sub-toil is open. I find it useless to at1 jpt to crow sweet potatoes of good qual i 1 1 on a tf it p soil, no matter how good It ,iiiy b lu other respects. It can scarcely be itoo dry, and the plants are hilled up, so

that the vines will act aa a muloh as lit

tle as possioie. The ground is plowed and harrowed as for other potatoes. The plot is then marked out with a three-runner sled lengthwise and then crosswise at right angles, the runners being set 30 Inches apart, thus making the crossings 30x30 inches. We now take a one hone plow and strike or opsn a furrow about 6 inches deep one way across the plot. At the crossings we pat about four quarts of rather coarse stable manure (that made from corn-stalks cat with fodder cutter and placed under the horses for bedding, is the very beet) in the farrow and wim a potato fork hill up until the top of the hill is 8 or 10 inches above the level of the ground. The plot is now rea.lv for receiving the sprouts. Sometimes it is desirable to piact in rows. Then we mark with the sled, as previously described, one way only, running the plow through each line, and filling tne furrow with manure, which is covered with the plow by throw ing a furrow on top from each side. tor producing the sprouts, we select a place on the south side of a buildine or a tight board fence, and open a pit. (For sprouting a barrel of potatoes it should be 1 i inches deep, 6 feet wide and 9 feet lone. ) A frame for three sash, 3x6 feet, is fitted on the excavation as for other hotbeds. About April 19. the pit is filled with hot manure that has previously been well worked over and well wet, so that no firefangipg will take place. After the manure has been placed in the pit it must be tramped down solid and smooth. Now sift on sand to the depth of 1 inch and rub It down oth and level, rut on the sash and let the bed warm up a lUtl. One dv's bright sun is generally sufficient. T e potatoes to re sprouttd should be of medium s?zs. Sp'it them through lengthwise, laying he d t sides on the sand, pressing th-m down firm y. Thfy should oe as close t igether as they will lie without touching ch other Tbn sift on sand, just enough to keep them In place, scarcely covering them. Then piace on the sash and Jet them remain In that condition until they have began to sprout freely. A chalk line should be drawn around the inside of the frame, 21 inches above the tops of the potatoes, and the bed should be filled up to the line with sifted Band. Give no water until the sprouts be gin to push through this, the last covering. and then sparingly. Twelve quarts of warm water will be sufficient for the first watering. Care must be taken, for if the bed is made too wet the potatoes are sure to rot. The Bash should be covered at night, and a uniform temperature should be kept of, say, 30" or OO 3 as nearly as possible. If the bed is started and mmaged in this wsy there will be goad, strong plants by the first of Jane, and tms is tne time at wnicn l prefer to begin eetting the sprouts. When they axe to be taken from the bed, wet the sand well with water from a watering pot: place tne lingers 01 one nana on top of the pctato to hold it in place while the sprouts Te pulled oS with the other. If they are planted in hills we set one sprout in the top of each hill, putting in the plant down to about the first leaf, pressing the earth firmly about the roots. If the sprouts are planted in rows set them tn the top of the ridge 15 inches apart. Before the sprouts are set the roots should be puddled in clay about the consistency of cream. If Cire is taken in setting the sprouts and the cut worm does not trouble them, the loss of the sprouts set out will not average oyer 5 per cent. The after cultivation is similar to that of other kinds of potatoes, with the exception that the sweets mast be kept well hilled up or the vines will mulch the ground and retain too much moisture, thus making the potatoes soggy when cooked. Sweet potatoes should be dug with a potato fork, especially those to be kept for winter use. When dug, put them in a dry place, and let them remain there nntil they have dene sweating; then place tlura carefnliy in barrels, scattering a little airslaked lime over them as they are placed in the barrels. Remove the barrels to a dry, warm room in the house. A room nver the kitchen, through the floor of !ilch the stove-pipe runs up, I have found to be one of the very best places in which to keep sweet potatoes. I have kept them in this manner until the following April, with a loss of less than a quart to a barrel. If they are left in the ground until the frost has struck the vines, the latter should be cut oS at once, as the frosted vines are likely to cause rot in the potatoes. Household Hints. Washing In cold water when overheated is a frequent cause of disfiguring pimples. Black veils induce tan and white ones injure the eyes, so gray and blue should be chosen, even if they are not so becoming. A ham for boiling should be soaked over night in tepid water, then trimmed carefully of all rusty fat before putting on the fire." The air of a sick chamber should always be kept so fresh that there will be no perceptible difference upon coming into it from the outer air. By using hot. moderately strong soda water to clean them, the bristles of hair brushes will remain white and still" for a long time. The roughness which arises from exposure to the air may be remedied by epoagicg the fsoe with equal parts of brandy and rote water. For a sore throat there is nothing better than the white of an egg beaten stiff with all the sugar it will hold and the clear juice of a lemon. In ireparing food for the sick the first espen :al :s IreBh and suitable material, next strenuous cleanliness, thorough cook' ing and daintiness of serving. Sunlight is often the very best medicine especially lor children and elderly peo pie and tne more nours oi it tney get tne better are their chances for life and health. For promoting the growth of the hair and evebrows nothing is better than bay rum and qminine in proportion of one pint to cne dram well rubbed into tne roots ones a wet k. Ilonev in a little water is excellent to smooth the hands. For excessive perspira tion in them use a mixture of belladonna and cologne water, one pint of the first to twt. of the last. J velry is never so out of place as upon a bny. Even the necklace and sleeve claj are an abomination a profanation of weetest simplicity and could be sup planted by narrow ribbon with manifestly betnr tasie. To free black silk from dust nothing Is betttrthan rubbing with a black wollen glove. To freshen it, sponge with water in which you have put a few drops of ammoDia, nntil slightly damp, and press with a warm, not hot, iron. The so-called "bargain counters" are re sp or Bible for more bad dressing than al most any other agency of trade hence women who are not entirely sure of their own powers of resistance should avoid them as they would the plague. Fog is an excellent cosmetic To it is due much of the beauty of .oglish complex ions, and those who live in hot and dry climates must be doubly careful to guard against their deslcating effect If they would escape the appearance of mummies. Never put kid gloves on little children. It is simply barbarous, in winter woollen mitts are rood and sensible, with Lisle threat for moderate weather; but in sum mer it is positively slnfal to hide the dim ples and fetter the motion of canning baby fingers. A sewing apron, In whose pockets reposes needle, tnimbie, small scissors ana reels of b'ack bilk and cotton, with one of white cofton as well, if kept handy lor emer

ge Lcies, will save the housemother many a

step and considerable strain upon her amiability. Unless you have a long purse, never buy anything because it is cheap, especially gloves and millinery. 8uch purchases are always dear in the long run. A woman who dresses well on $100 a year says: "I am too poor to buy anything but the very beat." To wash lace or fine embroidery without wear, rub white soap on the soiled parts, then cover with soft water and set for twelve hours in sunshiLe, then rinse in clear water, pull out each point with the fingers and pin upon a pillow or sheet upon the carpet to dry. Leigh screens of Tarkey-red calico or unbleached muslin, scantily frilled onto un pain ted wooden frames, are most useful in the sick room either to prevent draughts or moderate the heat of an open fire, which should always bnrn there if possible, as the most efficient ventilator yet devised. New York Commercial Advertiser.

Breakfast Dishes Ham Boles Take one-half a cap of bread crumbs and mix with two'.beaten egji; chop fine a pint of ham bits, mixing all together; form in boles and fry. Sausage Croquettes Take two pounds of sausage, four eggs, one cup of butter, one cap of tweet milk; add sufficient bread crumbs to thicken ; roll in cracker meal and fry brown. Breakfast Sacssge One pound of sausage, one tablespoonful of pounded crackers and three well-beaten eggs; work .d make into cakes; drop each into a plate cf pounded crackers; fry in a hot frymg-pen without lard. Ham Toast Mince the lean of ham, beat the yolks of two eggs with a little cream and a lump of butter mixed with ham. Put in a skillet and stir oatil thick: have ready some slices of battered toast and lay a spoonful of the ham on them. Southern Breakfast Liyer Chop three pounds of hog liver fine, one pound or cold boiled ham, half a poand of fat bacon,, two cups of grated bread crumbs, three eggs, salt and pepper, mix all together and put in a tin mold, set to boil, slice and fry in batter. A Breakfast Relish Cut a cutlet of 7eal in pieces about two inches rquare, and season with salt and pepper; dip first into beaten egg, then in chopped mushrooms f canned). Put two tablespoons of butter in a frying pan, and, when hot, fry the cutlets until brown. Frizzled Ham Cut the lean part of a hem in thin shavings, put a tablespoon of butter in a frying pan, and, when hot, put in the thayed ham, fry five minutes, then sprinkle over it a tablespoonful of flour, fry nntil brown; now ponr one pint of sweet milk over it and let boil one minute. Fepper to taste. baussge Kol is Take puff paste, roll out to an eighth or inch in thickness; then cut in squares of four inches each, lay them on a board ; have sausage meat ready, make in small rolls, and place one on each square of pastry. Wet the edges and bring them together. Work with beaten white of an egg, bake nice and brown. If properly made these rolls are very dainty. Breakfast Bacon Remove the rind and cut up several slices of breakfast bacon, scatter in the frying-pan and fry gently. Beat up six eggs, adding to them salt and pepper, pour over the bacon, let set nicely acd turn over with knife; have ready slices of dried toast on which to lay the bacon and eggs, pour over a little vinegar and egg; serve very hot with capers finely chopped. The Daliy. In this country nearly $3 worth of milk. cream, butter and cheese together are sold and consumed to every dollars' worth of beef. The market for dairy products is practically inexhaustible, Ttj water which dairv rows nrinir trim- I pure, will spread Its impurity totheil milk, and tne quantity and quality of the food also makes its influence felt npon the quan tity and quality of the milk. The cheapest and the best way to get a good cow is to procure a calf from a firstclass dam and raise it. It is like buying tickets in a lottery the majority are blanks, unless one may know what they are. Pumpkins for cows, it is said, have the best effect when fed before very cold weatner, as there is less absorption of animal heat to warm the mas3, forty or fifty pounds, that a cow will take into her stomach. A cross cow in a herd keeps the others always in a perpetual fear, and in that manner lessens the milk from the others in quantity more than may be sufficient to balance) that given by the cross one. Across or domineering cow should be got rid of. Profeesor Robertson, of Canada, claims that cream raised by the deep cold process produces a batter that is less highly flavored when first made, and is, in fact, often in sipid at that time, but its flavor Increases with age, and is at its best when several weeks old. The Improvement of the cow by expert breeding, by which her capacity for profit able production nas been so largely increased, that when formerly an average of 2,000 pounds of milk and 125 pounds of Gutter would do, we are now content with a 000 poands ot milk and 300 pounds of butter per year. Farm Items: The average yield of corn for the United States last year was 20.1 bushsla to the acre, and the wheat 12 1 bushels. It is claimed that if carrots be made a regular diet as a part of the ration for milch cows there will be no neccesaity to use a butter color. The Country Gentleman says: "While the Kiefier may not become a general favori e as an eating pear, it has remarkable qualities for canning." The western portion of Allegan County, Mich., shipped 1,215,545 baskets of poaches duiing the past season. About 100,000 tret 8 were set in 1S87. It is claimed that wet land may be made to produce fire wood by planting willows thereon, and that it may be made pro fi tabs to do so in some sections. If the wood ashes be carefully saved and applied to the canes of blackberries and raspberries early in the spring the result Will be rapid growth and strong canes. Watering the milk in the cow is often a fact, as the quality of the milk Is regulated by the food, and milk may be deficient in solids without having water added to it by the milkman. All vonrff animals onicklv learn to eat ground cats, and there is no ground gram better for them. Thev will erow and thrive upon oats even when drawing milk from the cams. In using eggs for hatching, the largest and strongest chicks will come from eggs laid by the hens or fully matured pullets. Eggs that are small or double yolked are not suitable lor hatching. The Department of Agriculture estimates the corn area harvested for grain in the United States last year at 72.392.720 acres: prodHCt, i(4ou,lti,uuu bushels; value, $tfl(v 1ÜÜ.77Ü. !.Corn should be UBed more freely in win ter. especially curing very cold weather. totn at any other time, ai it is the best gra u for producing warmth of body, hut the quantity anonid be lessened II the ani mala be very fat. Root crops supply succulent food as a help to the dry provender. Mangolds are said to promote the largrst Mow ot milk, creseo the Mow, while turnips make more milk, bat Impart their navor. W- a I.Una a 9 li.nltn. w. . luv lauui vi uiuiui uiubug may ca thrown away if the manure be coarse. Not

that such manure if not valuable, but that when not decomposed it may carry with it the seeds of noxious weeds, which double the labor when they begin to sprout. A boed crop should be a part of the rectaler rotation on all fanns, for the reason that euch a crop requires close cultivation, nd when removed leaves the ground clean. Unlets this be done the weeds will at some time take possession of the fields, though much benefit will result from the use of the cultivator if a corn crop is grown. Old fruit cans may be profitably used for starting early plants. Egg shells can also be need, placing the shells in the ground with the plants. As the roots of the plants shall expand they will break in the shells and grow in the ground. In this manner the earth around the young tender plants, such as peppers and egg plants, will not be disturbed.' A mixture of two bushels of ground plaster with thirty bushels of wood ashes is one of the best fertilizers that can be applied to the cloverfield, and It should be put on early, being evenly broadcast. The work should be done on a damp day, and the rains will carry it down. The eflects of the application will be noticed during the whole season. The Weatherford Native Jute Company, ofWeatherford, Tex., request us to say that they will mail, free of cost to all who apply, their neat phamphlet on the cultivation and method of handling jute. Tne pamphlet tells all about the nature and uees of the plant, the beet olimaJe and soil for its growth, when and how to sow, cultivate, harvest and market the product. In preparing the manure, it should be allowed to heat at some st'ga of its progress, for heating is only the process of decomposition. When the center shall have become decomposed, the heap should be turned over, and the coarser materials of the outside thrown to the center, in ordf r to have every portion of the manure tn &s fine and available condition as pcs-iible. Early tomato plants can be started now If preferred, but they should be transfer J to pots containing ody a single plant, nntil the time Ehall have arrived for placing them in open ground. It is a laborious matter where large numbers of plants are to be need, but age is an important factor in inducing early bearing with tomatoplants. If only a few plants be desired it will be an easy matter to thus producethem. Common pine tar is excellent for colds In poultry. Put a tablespoonful of tar in a quart bottle, add twenty drops of carbolic ac d and a teaspoon ful of crude petroleum. Then add hot water and shake well before Ufing, giving a teaspoonful of the tarwater to any fowl that may have hoarse bieathirg or that seems debilitated from coif's. It may be kept constantly on hand, ai d is a very cheap and excellent mixture. Miircr and Farmer. The Poultry Record gives tbia method of liniirg eggs for lone keeping: To one pint et ealt and one pint of fresh lime add four gallons of boiling water. Wken cold, put it in stone jars. Then with a dish let down yonr fresh eggs into it, tipping the dish, after it fills with the liquid, so they will roll out without cracking the shell, for if the thell is cracked the egg will spoil. Put the epgs in whenever you have them fresh. Keep covered in a cool place and they will keep fresh for a year. The increase cf wheat prod" action has been in excels of consumption. The averfee of the ten-year period (1S70-73) was 312.152,723 bushels; of the recent period of eight years. 448.815,G9! bushels, au increase of 41 per cent., while the Increase of population has been only 25. Wheat growing was stimulated greatly between 1S75 aad 1880 by a 86Tit8 of crop failures in Westera Ilurope, causing a demand which never exitled before, has not existed since, and may never again, although the exigency is quite possible. Meantime the world's production has kept up, with little change cr dlmfcution, depressing priceu and furiiisLit.): cl eap t read to censaaera and little pre St to producers. And yet tne Inquiry is made, why are wheat prices so loft? Department Report.

Bec!pes. Steamed Cabbage Shred half cf a firm cabbege, with which fill a spider. Add no water, bnt cover it with a plate and let it steep in its own juices till perfectly tender. Baked Cabbage Fill a pudding dish with boiled, Bliced or minced cabbage, and pour over it two well-beaten eggs added to milk enough to cover it; sprinkle with cracker dust and bhke. Vinegar Pie I.y in a p!e plite a crust as for cu tard pie. then put In one cup of sugar and three tablespoonfuls of oar, ose half enp of vinegar, one teaspoonful of butter and a little nutmeg. At ourettes Sreep some neatly shaped slicef cf bread without crust in a custsrd of e?g. milk and a little sugar well beaten togMLer. Fry o golden brown and Berveverv hot, with sifted sugar acd a rqueezs of emon. Stewed Potatoes Cct in small pieces enough cold boiled potatoes to till a vegetable dish, put with them one pint of milk, half a cup of butter, salt and pepper to taste; tfiicken with one teaspoonful of flcur, (tew nve minutes and serve. Baked Meat Dumplings Take any cold veal, beef or tongue, csop very fine, slice some potatoes tmn end add, mix a rich pfeste as for pics, make into dumplings, adding a large tablespoonful of the meat ani potatoes to each, pat ia a pan and cover with gravy oi flour, water and butter, bake until a rich brown, ta&tmg occasionallv. Rait in Cake One cup ot white sugar, fcur tablcspoomuls of butter stirred to gether, eight tablespoon fuls of sweet milk, one cup of nour, one taoiespoonfal ol bakitgpowder; flavor with lemon, and stir in last the beaten whites of four eggs. Bake in layers. Filling: add a little water to a cm.lul of sugar, put it on the stove to boil, chop one cup cf raisins, beat the white of one egg, take the sugar off, stir the egg acd raisins in, and spread between each Isjfr. Cooking Apples Baked apples served with or without flavored milk are always delicious. 8erved In a glace made by boilire the Honor. In which whole large ap plea have been partially cocked before being placed in the even to bake, and sugar (wMte) is an extremely delicate and attractive way of servirg epples. Let the liquor and sugar boil until ihey will form a st,f: car.dv when cooL Arrange the ap ples rn a dish from which they will be eervd at the table, acd poor the liquor hot over them. When cold an amber coa'ire of soft candy will have formed about ach apple, adding to its appearance and taste. Decorat ive Votes. To make brass appear antique, dissolve An mine t&l ammoniac, three ounces p. m r.r tarter and six nnnces common salt in one pint hot water; then add two ounces nitrate of copper, dissolved in a half pint water: mix well and apply it repeated iy to the article by means of a brcsb. For dining rooms a square of iagrain carpet over a siainea noor is very rnmnTiiant nd nirM tonkin?. Conven ient because the carpot being smooth and light, it can be frequently lifted and cleared, thereby getting rid of dust, which is an abomination in any room, but more especially so in a dining room. A novelty in table scarfs is the folliwInn. Tt la imrla nf ffrT llnfln nf finnalttv llvht in color, frlneed oat on each end, tl.e fringe having three rows of knots making a wiele beading. Above the fringe i.i attn band sewed to the linen by a flatt er stitch in white silk. On the band at one end is painted in water colors m Mnafnl tafirn of whita dajatea and battercupe. On the other a rich pattern of ...ak.niMltk r.ala vrinn fnlilcra. "

Poultry rotate.

Most breeders score a failure in trying to winter too many bens in small quarter?. Hens that are crowded will not lay. Every hen house should be kept as warm as possible. Eggs can not be got when they Bell highest, unless ths poultry be made comfortable and fed properly. If voa have a gentle old biddy to get broody tne latter part of this month, give her eggs and let her bring you up a clntch of chickens for early broilers. The best food for early hatched chicks Is granulated oatmeals, which should be placed in little troughs, so that the ctuczs can get all they wish, and at any time. Don't be afraid to pluck your geese dur ing the winter months, if yoi have them in good condition and a warm place to house them, if a Bevere spell of winter follows. If you haven't turnips or parsnips for your poultry give them fodder or clover hay. You will be surprised to see how much they will at if it is kept' before them all the time in a clean, nice condi tion. There Is iust as much in knowing how to feed hens, a3 tbre is In knowing-how to feed any other fa stock. This is the next important iteu . j look after as coon as good houses shall have been provided. Let your birds have some meat feed oc casionally, as they need it, and can't gst out-doors" to get the "early worm" while the ground is frozen. Batchers' scraps and cr-tcfclists ere excellent and can generally be procured cheaply. Kowis cfiiiiot possibly thrive and do well if U.ey be compelled to stand around in tu- uif.d and filth all day long, Tney urn". l.j-.Te a place to scratch and exercise. f tie hore atiole is a most excellent place for 1 'f ra xo uxga in it allowable. Ti.-ra rs breed of fowls that fatten more ra.'iy tran others, the same es among minials. and mast be fed cautious ly, nrrrey will birvime too fat to lay. Aionr tbei my be mentioned the brahman, cochins, Plymouth rocks and Iargshanx In fetching such fowls, corn should not be mads an exclusive diet. DR. M'GLYNN'S BREAK. The Keaeon tor His Sudden Estrangement Fro ui Heitry George Kzplained. New Yeas, February 10. The Times says the speech of Dr. McGlynn, at Pythagoras Hall Thursday evening, declaring that he no longer wanted Henry George as a Presidential candidate, has caused great excitement in the United Labor party, and it is not improbable that a split will take place. Socialists are delighted over the quarrel betweea the prophet and priest of the United Labor party. Mr. Jonas, of the Yolks Zeitung, said he hoped the different labor elements would now unite in politics. The friends of Henry George seemed to have been prepared for a split between the leaders. Generally they ky the blame upon Gay bert Barnes, Secretary of the Land and Labor party. Barnes, they say. is itching to get into the service of the Blaine crowd. He wants to make the United Labor patty a tail to the Blaine Reoubiiracs. He knew that he could not use Henry t.eorge, because tne latter s iree trade prin ciples were in direct opposition to the high protective tana cocmnes or the named Knight. He had done some work for Henry George in reading the proofs of his work "Protection and Free Trade," and he knew wU his post; ive nature. Bet v.ith Dr. McGlyrn it was different. Sotenadeup- his mind to causa an estrangement between the two leaders, and to get Henry George thrown out of the party. He insinuated himself into the graces of Dr. McGlynn and gradually instilled subtle poison into him. Mr. Birnes intends to deliver over the United Labor party to the II&ice crowd by drawing away workifigmen's votes from the Democratic pcrty in coabtfal tales. Only a short time ago he said the United Labor party must make the greatest Eght in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and Indiana, which be regarded as doubtful States. He has been urgirg the holding of a national Convention to roeiinate a candidate for president. What induced Dr. McGlynn to break so suddenly with Henry George, the gentleman thought, was that only a few days ago a circular was sent out from the headquarters in this citv to all Land and Labor clubs In the country proposing a anion with the Union Lbor party in the West end nominating Dr. McGlynn as candidate for President. Mr. ueorpe declined to be seen, end sent out to sy that he would express his views in the next issue of his paper. A Mastodon Discovered. Cisco, Texas, February 11 A. O. McRoane, an Eastland County farmer, came into town yesterday, and brought two petrified teeth and portions of the skull of a skeleton that was discovered by Archie Brown a few days ago. The teeth weigh eight and sixteen pounds respectively. Archie Brown was traveling through the woods near a creek, when he discovered a horn sticking out of the side of the bank. He commerced digging, and finally reached the head of the bl i mal, and found the horn to be six feet long and twelve inches in diameter, two feet from tee head. He exhnmedthe other horn, the head, some of the ribs and the left fore leg of the animal which was seven feet under hard clay. Its under jawbone measured two and one-half feet across and three feet long. The head frcm tcp to tip of nose, is five faet, and is tbjre feet between the eyes. Its left fore leg hone from the knee joint to the shoulder blade joint Is five feet, and measures e'ght Icche8in diameter at the knee joint Tbe remaining part of the skeleton has not been nnearthed yet. borne suggest that it is the tkeletcn of a mastodon and lived durirg the Carboniferous age; but its s;ze at d shape does not bear out that idea. Its hrrs and head resemble a goat's. The whole skeleton will be exhumed. Wai It a Nutder? Mompklier, Ind., February 11. It was reported here yesterday morning that two wood-choppers cut down a tree, one and a half miles southwest of this place, and that in the stamp they found the skeleton of a man. Clothing was found with the bones. There was a hole In the tree, but it could only be reached by a ladder or climbing. About ten years ago a shoemaker named Yen Richardson worked for I. G. Burris, in this place, and he suddenly and mysteri ously disappeared. Many supposed that be had money and had been muraeiea xor It. At the time of his disappearance the .public made a search, and a man name! Wiley was arrested on upicion, but was Bubreanently released. There Is no little " . a excitement here over the report. If it should prove true, as believed by some, the muidered man must have been cut in pieces before being put la the hollow of the tree, as tbe bole was two small to admit the entire body. Is it Any Wondet? The New York 8tar publishes a letter from one who it Bays is "a political obser ver of unsurpassed experience andpolitl cal judgment," giving his o bseivations of thfc tei tim nt ani views that he rouna aveng the farmers of the Western States. This is what the writer says: X have been traveling pretty Bteadily in the VN est lor the eight months last past. . have been among the people who wil elect the next President. I have talked to thousands of farmers, and I know what they are thinking about Mr. Cleveland has n ade the platform on wnicntne uemo cracy must fight Tbe tariff Is being dis cussed at every country store, it is the only taia talked about, Ths people are abao-

lately Indifferent s to who hold the otfices. They want more of the money which tlrey earn to remain in their pockets. And the talk about tbe Southern outrages begins to fall on impatient ears. The workings of the teria are but Im perfectly understood in the West The farmers know that they are frowlrsg poorer, but they do not know why. fthe Democratic speaksrs will confine themselves to the Issues of the tariff, and know what they are talking about, there is not in my opinio", a sure Republican State in tie Mississippi Yalley. The distress among these farmers, a larger portion of them are Republicans, is very great. More than half the farms are mortgaged, and they are on the downward coarse from freeholders to tenants, and from tenants to peasants. If the speakers can show these men that their financial straits are the result of tbe tariff, they will smash the Republican party to flinders, and this can be so clearly shown that every farmer can see It.

REVIEW OF TRADE. No Perceptible Chans; la its Oener' Course The Iron Furnaces. New Ycitx, February 10 R. G. Dan & Co., in their weekly review of trade, say: "In the general course of business there has been no perceptible change. The volume of payments, rn eluding paper maturing February 1, waa over 13 per cent larger than last year, outside of New fork; evidently the gain In volume of new transections is much smaller. Railroad tonnage is enlarged by wars of rates, and tbe ratio of expenses to earnings grows less satisfactory. At nearly all interior points reporting, trade is dull or inactive, though perceptible improvement within the latt ten days is noted at St Paul and Omaha. But collections are slow at Su Paul, Milwaukee, Detroit and Cleveland, and tbe nuri ber of failures in the Northwest beyord the Mississippi seems larger than u&ci l. The cold weather evidently has a reta.dirjg influence in many Quarters. A ves: f mount of capital hs9 been locked up, and a vast body cf indebtedness created in correction with the real oetate, grain and ot. -r speculations of the past year. Indebtedrf as based on a fictitious valuation of property or commodities, in not a few cases will have to liquidats at a loss. Oa the chance of war in Europe, wheat has suddenly advanced so far that peace prospects involve disaster to mzny. "The capacity of iron furnaces in blaU February 1st, was 1G,40G ton3 weekly less tban J ai. nary 1st, and contrary to expectation, much more than half the decrea;o was in other than anthracite furnaces. The effects of the strike in the coal regions increase frcm day today, but are not as great as the depression due to shrinking in demand. Of the latter, part is attributable to tariff uncertainties, and part to the excess of railroad building in ths West, and the consequent war of rates. Including 50,000 tons deferred from last year, contracts for Bteel rails so far reach about 500,000 tons, without any lifting of the price $'J1.50 at mill. Pig-iron is weaker at Pittsburg, bat stiff at the East for the better grades, on account of their scarcity. In manufactured iron slackened demand still canoes weakness. "Nearly all the markets are lower; stocks about 50 cents per share for the week; wheat about 1 cent per bu. ; corn ?ic; oats, Jc; coffee, ,'c per poand, and soger, both re lined and crnshsd, aa eighth; hogs, 10c per hundred pounds, and tin 'c per pound. Cotton ha3 been held steady by tbe report of a large consumption abroad. Tbe dry goods trade contin ues good for cottons, which are steady in price, and slightly improved for woolens. In groceries there has been some improvement in tone and in distribution; tbe tea trade shows more activity and hopt-fulcess, bat the demand for butter and cheese is hardly catisfac;ory and meats are very dull and weak. 'The business failures during the last seven days number for the United States, 237; for Canada, 52; total, 29, compared with 2.9 last week, and 2. 7 for the corre sponding week last year. The feature this week tsthe unusual number of failures in Canada, beleg nearly double the uual weekly average." Well Cp tn Grammar. New York oaa. rretty Srbocl Tencher James, Is "to kico" an tciive or passive verb? Jsmes (oldest boy in tbe ciis) Ur.h. Pretty School Teacher How is that, James. James Active on the part ofthefel'er ar,d pt ssive on the part of the girl. Riftty School Tcacber blushes and marks Jan.es "perfect" in grammar. Among the people of to-day, thrra ere few indeed, who have not heard of the merits cf Prickly Ash Bark and Bsrries.as a household rtmecy. Teas and drinks have been made of tbem for centuries, and in hundreds of families have formed the sole reliance in rheumatic acd kidney diseases. Prickly Ash Bitters now take the place of the old system, and is more beneficial in all troubles of this nature. II orres Strangely AJHicted. The 8tate Board of Health receive! a communication yesterday from L. F. Lowder, of Harroflsburg, Monroe County, stating that a strange disease is atilicting the bom a in that vicinity, and asking that tbe State Veterinary Surpeon investigate it Mr. Lowder says that the horses have to be propped np in the stalls because of weakness, bnt at tbe same time do not lose any hehh. Dr. Piitchard thinks that the div ea?e, from the symptoms described, is either theumatic influenza or spinal menisgitiB. It is not always convenient to call a phyeicisn for every little ailment, and in masy ceses it is not only inconvenient, but impossible to reach one promptly. Having Poi d's Extract in the house, you havs a physician always at hand. It is eay of application, safe and reliable. For sore thioat stiff neck, chappc-d bauds and face, it is of inestimable value. Frosted limbs and chilblains are promptly relieved by Por-d'a Extract For aale every where. Be sare to get the genuine. "Best cure for consumption is the old" Bostrn Vegetable Pulmonary Balsam." 'MAY GOD BLESS YOU." A Ioton Faiper-rTauaer'sTron''! How lie Out Out of it V lat . tfn - i.uot tlie runny South. When we are in trouble we cry for help. When we are relieved we often forget to be tianktuL But not always. Mr. W. W. (iriiSn, ot Trout Cretk. St. Clair Couuty, Ala., writes: "I hada bad at'atkoi chills and fever. My system was full of malaria. For two years I was scarcely able to work ata.ll. Sometimea my heart woald palpitate lor tiro tou a at a time. My lci would get cold to the knees, ani I fu;ly expected to die. In Pppumber. 1W, I r-onght a bottle ol 8aker Attract of Rots. or Spinel's Curative Syrup, ot your apent, Mr. K. M. kins, and before I had taken the first bod e I felt better, and In a fhort time was able to n to work. May God bless tou for the good you have doDe." Mr. Wni. J. McCann, 99 Randall street, BoUn, writes: "Six months ago 1 besan to throw np my food after eating. I thought 1 was going lato consumption. 1 aoon began to havepaiu ia the chest, stomach and Bides. I got little sltep aud note ail tired uut. 1 once lost Cvo pounds in font üys. 1 bcyau usliift aaaker Extract of Koo't, orSf ipcl's Sjrup, aud wheu 1 hail linl&lied the sixth bouie I could eat three square tnea'a a day. and ro to Bleep the minute I struck the bed. I am a paper-banger bv tra-t anil have worked every dy alnce 1 took tae cond bt'tt!e,nd Rained eighteen pounds. I oiw.t to be thankful, acd 1 am." Tbia remedy opena all the natural passage" the body, expels tbe poison from tue Diood aud enables natuie to rebuild whst disease has doatroyed. febaker extract of Roots, or Severe Syrup, la sold by all drugeiata, ftr aeud to tbe proprietor, A. J. White 6t Wureastreaew York,

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I Lave tiled variou Kind of bath a. manlpu. latic n, outward application of liniments too nuxcerous to mention, and prescriptions of t-e moat emlcentlpby&iciana, all of which tailed to give ane rellet. Last September, at tbe urgent requeat of a rlcr J (who had been aStcted as myself). I wu ndeced to try your remedy. I was ttien actrer Iks faarrully wr.h one of my old turns. To my surprise and delight the first application gars metase, aiter Datnineand rubbing toe partaaffected, leavlrg the limb in a warm giovr, created by the Relief. In a a?ort time ths tala passed entirely away. Although I have alight ptriodjcal attacks approaching a change of weather. I know now how to cure mymjd, ani feel qui' taa-ter of the situation. KA.DWAY'3 RKAD7 KKLJEF la my friend. I never traval without a bottle In ray valise. Yours truly, GEO. STARR. Tbe Fattowlre wu Received by Mall Tteowzh AY". H. Bljth. Urugfciat, Mount Flanat. Ttxu. Ks. 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