Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 34, Number 3, Indianapolis, Marion County, 22 February 1888 — Page 5

THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL. WEDNEÖDAST FEBRUARY 22 1888.

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THE HOME AND FARM-

llikitz Wire Buiiü Iadaor Root Griftlag Est Bid Wort Detecting Oleomargerin Corn and Cob Bleat About Onion Honey In Fruit Growing Toifcj Food for Ewm Strawberries Honte and Farm Notes.

Making Wire Hanging llaskats. A correspondent of Gardening Bays win -tar evenings or rparedays among gardeners may b utilized in making hanging baskets, among other things. The following method is siren for common hands: Wire baskets for ferns and flowers are easily made. We make all oars in bad weather, In winter. Two sizes of wire are required ; one, to form the frame work of the baskets, is strong enough to bear considerable pressure when made into a basket. A pair of pliere end a email cutting instrument to cut the wires into lengths 'are all the tools required. A basket it formed of three circular rings, made of the strongest wire. The smallest . -ring is placed at the bottom, the next size 'V in the center of the basket and the largest at the top. Oar baskets are made of different sizes some a foot or more in di-

-- ameter and some quite small, but they ( xre all made on the same principle. The three rings are all made first, and a little practice will soon enable any handy person to make them neatly. A small ring of a If sser-sized wire is to form the center in the bottom, and from this ring pieces of wire just long enough to reach round the sides of the basket and fasten at the top are passed at regular intervals of two inches to three inches all around the basket, until the whole is bound neatly and strongly together. Four pieces of wire are then fastened In the top to hang it up by. The hole is paintea two coats, and when the paint is dry the baskets may be lined with

moss and then filled with anything appropriate; but we always cover the sides of the basket with hanging growth, so that no part of them is seen. Tradessantlas, Sedum carneura variegatum, Panicum vaTiegatum, and one or two of the club mosses are used for filling in. Cleans discolor is an excellent plant for draping a stove basket. Indoor Hoot Grafting. I American Agriculturist Preparations for root graftin? in winter Ehould be made beforehand, by secaring cions and stocks. The stocks, usually 1-year-old seedlings for apples, should be taken up, tied in bundles of twenty or fifty for convenience in counting, and heelei-in In a cellar, or place where they will not freeze. In large nurseries root grafting is done very rapidly by a division of labor. One band prepares the stocks, another inserts the cion, still another waxes it in. "Where there are several varieties it is well to work npon one at a time, to avoid the danger of mixing. In some cases machines to cut and lit stock and cion are employed, and soft cotton twine, prepared by running it through mellow grafting wax and loosely reeling it on a reel, is preferred to strips of waxed cloth. As the grafts are completed, they are set in shallow boxes with soil under and between them, labeled and stored in a cellar, where they must be looked to, espec:ally as spring approaches, and if eetung too ary, sparingly waterM. It a recent settler wishes to plant an orchard. and can not well spare the money to buy the trees.he can buy root grafts at very small outlay. Most of the Western nurseries make a specialty of root grafts. One who Duys a lot oi root grafts bad better bed them toe first year, i. e., dibble them in, in a bed of good soil a foot apart or less. nn placed they can be cared for on a t9&area. The gr aftj should be diboleJ in wfch great care, the soil being firmly packed against the root, and the too bad of the cion just above the surface. Havinar the plants all together in this way, they can be kept free of weeds. If. more than one bud starts from the cion remove all but the strongest. Terms nsed in Hot-Bed Work, f Prairie Farmer. The word hotbed, as used in gardening, Bgßjfies a mass of manure on which is placed a box covered with glass, to create an artificial heat, to bring forward before the natural time, young seedlings of plants of vegetables and flowers, or for growing such vegetables as radishes, lettuce, cucumbers, and the like. The lining to a hot-bed is that part applied In the way of fresh manure to the sides to keep up the desired heat, which is liable to decrease after the bed has been built for some time. Wnen manure Is fresh or green, the first heat is called rank, and is uncongenial to plantgrowth. Later, however, it becomes 'sweet." A hot-bed is spent when no further heat comes from the manure. The frame is the box, and it may be from one to four separate sashes. If of one piece of board, each sash is generally about four feet by six feet, depending upon the "Width of glass. Seven by nine-inch panes are most commonly used, and the . sashes are not made more than rive panes wide. The glass is bedded in putty, fastened securely in position by glaziers' points, with one driven below each separate pane to prevent slipping. No top Eutty need be used, its place being supplied y a coating of thick white lead, which should lap the glass not over a quarter of an Inch. The division of wood to hold the glass is a sash-bar, which is rabbeted out on both sides half an inch deep. The seed bed should consist of about one foot of pood soil, made firm with the rake and line for email seeds- Tbe seeds may be sown in drills, another name for single lines or broadcast, la which they are sea', tered even over the whole surface. The youEg plants from the Beed are often pricked out, which means that as soon as they can be handled they are laxen up and reatL This gives a sturdy growth, and is a sure preventive of damping off, a term used to denote a peculiarity of very young plants when growing in an artificial atmosphere. If the seed has been too freely sown, the plants are said to be thinned out when a portion are taken away and the remainder left for the crop. Money In Frait Growing, I Correspondence Chlco (Cal.) Enterprise. I see in your paper the editor of the Oroville Register wants to know "What are the most profitable fruits" to griw? Now, in my mind, the question la very easily answered. For Instance, a man cf small means and small holimgs wants to embark in the fruit indisiry. Peaches will grow on any of our yalJey soil that is over three feet to pravel or hardpan; will bear some fruit ia the second year on the first yeir's RTcwlnsr from one-year-old trees set. Toe ec -Ed year's growth will bear the third jer from one to ten boxes (and often do; ble that) to tbn tree. The fourth year Will averaere over 300 nctnnr! crpn nr thnnt eevf.nty-five pounds to the ties of dried fru;t. After the fourth year and up to tha tentb, or even the twentieth, 100 pounds of dried p. aches is a very low estimate. .JwtnlT 'ft6t Inches each way allows 190 trees to the acre. Dried peaches have neyer sold for less than 4c, and this year as high as 2iC for pealed peaches. To peel peaches prepare a box with a sbeetlron bottom and wooden aides, set over (a sort of furnace made of brick or etone and mortar, so as to keep a fire under It to keep the water hot, first adding ye or ashes; then dip the peaches In this bot water to the peellag will slip (the exsct time can soon be ascertained by a little practice), Uen dip into ccid water,

rubbing the peeling off by hand. One ton to the hand is considered a day's work. Blackberries are another fruit that gives early and large returns, but must have a very rich, moist place, or made so artificially, to produce satisfactorily ; they also bear some the sacond year on canes of the first years growth; the third year they are nearly in full bearing. I have an experimental plot of blackberries set eight feet each way. 630 hills to the acre, of early Wilson, Dorchester and Lawton, that have produced as high as 50 to 75 pounns per bill. Now at 2 pounds per hill G30 times 17,000 pounds at 4c. worta SO; a'lowing one half for picking leaves $310. Enough roots to plant an acre of berries can be bought for $12 or $15. Teach trees ca be bought from 12 J-'c to 20c each. I would advise the planting of the large yellow freestones that ripen in August. They make the highest pticed dried fruit, and then the sun is the best and cheapest evaporator we have found.

Tnrkeys and Tarkey Kalling. I Mrs. Mackay in the Journal of Agricnlture.l As the impression seems to prevail, to some extent at least, that turkeys are troublesome and expensive fowls, and as my customers are asking questions concerning my opinion of them, I have concluded, with your permission, to answer some objections and inquiries through the Journal. It has b?en Baid that a turkey will consume or destroy as much as a hog. No greater mistake has been made. I know just how much my turkeys use after February 1, because at that time I pen them and feed. Fifteen bens and a gobbler will not consume more than three or four hogs would. In fact, if you will put them where they can have plenty of erase, they eat very little grain. Give a turkey, during laying season, plenty of grass, water, lime and gravel and she needs little else. The craze for large turkeys has induced many breeders to injure their flocks for the parpose they are intended, viz-, laying and breeding. In order to meet the demand for heavy weights they overfeed, putting on a surplus of fat, which really is a disadvantage as a breeder. Now, if breeders would just try to increase the bone so as to have a turkey that could be made to weigh a great number of pounds when fattened, and fatten to excess only when to be nsed on the table or in market, I believe there would not be so much complaint of sickly young turkeys. A bronze gDbbler of May hate may be made to weigh from 'twenty-five to twenty-seven pounds in January, but for breeding purpose I would prefer he would weigh only about twenty pounds. The young tuikeys will be stronger and more healthful, besides the egi are more apt to be weh fertilized. Of course where turkeys are intended for market, tbe fatter the better. Now, the idea that turkeys are harder to raise than chickens is amistaken one. In proportion to the number hatched, I raise mote turkeys than chicks. If the turkeys are well taken care of tbe first ten weeks cf their lives, they are, as a rule, out of danger. Give them milk cured with lettuce and onion-tops, chopped very finely, with all fie milk they will drink, until they are two weeks old. Then I find wheat mixed with their food very good. After my tcrkeys are twj months old I let them take care cf themselves, only being sure that they rocst where nothing can cach them. They must be kept dry while they are feathering. Da not allow them cut in the dew or after rain if enough to wet the grass. I am asked when is the best time to get gobbler I prefer Februsry, and would cot make it later than March. By all means put a thoroughbred gobbler with your flock. It will pay. I w. nld change blood every year, as inbreeding m detrimental to turkeys as well as other fowls. In getting turkeys by pairs insist that the breeder furnish ben and gobbler no kin. Nearly if not all. breeders keep several striiris. Something About Onions. iFarin sad Home.) a. meeting of the Boston Market Gardeners' Association was held in the rooms of the Fruit and Produce Exchange recently, President W. W. Kawson in the chair. Af'erthe regular business W. II. Derby, of Severe, read an essay on "Of Onions and Their Culture." lie said that good seed was very essential to a good crop. To grow good seed the best onions must be selected and kept over winter In a cool place, with the tope left off. and in the spring Bet them out in rows, six Inches apart in the row. One barrel of onions will grow ten pounds of seed. The seed will be fit for cutting in September. May 10 is late enough in this vicinity to be sure of a good crop, and thre9 and a half pounds of seed are enough for an acre, leaving out every sixth row for celery. Onions do best on heavv land. Always change after two years on the same piece, and you generally avoid maggots by so doing. He has grown 1,000 busnels per acre, but 700 bushels is a good average. Mr. Derby said he put on a good coat of manure in the fall and did not think any fertilizer ceceEsary, and had not seen any good results from their use. He believed that the fly in onions caused the lice. Mr. Tapley said he had a field where onehalf, had been planted to onions for a number of years and the other half had not, and the half where the onions had been before blighted, while the other half did not. Mr.Teele, of Acton, said he hai the opposite experience. Mr. Kirby asked if potash in some form was not considered good tor onions. Mr. Derby said he had never used it, and did not consider it necessary with a large quantity of manure, and he wished to hear from the pretident, who was a large onion grower. Mr. Rawson said he usually planted about five acres of onions, and, as his land was very old land, he changed around every other year and had not been troubled with maggots. He used set onions in preference ta seed, because he was surer of a crcp, and the crop was off the land three weeks earlier than If he sowed seed. Then the land could be used for the celery crop, which be considered worth considerable. He did not think any fertilizer necessary with an application of twenty five cords of stable manure per acre for the oaiou crop, but, far the crop to follow, sometimes an application of half a ton of good fertilizer Ier acre would be beneficial. Corn and Cob Meat. Philadelphia Eecord. In his experiments in feeding cattle at the Kansas College farm Prof. Shelton says: "A considerable gsneral experience m the use of corn and cob meal as feed for a herd of sixty-odd bead of neat cattie has greatly strengthened, not onlr tha ritr but tnote having the practical managemeu oi too aero, in me conviction of the superior valne of corn and cob meaL The corn and cob meal was, apparently at least, better digested than was clear corn a!onewhen used; it was eaten certainly with as great relish; the cattle were off their feed' less often; while cases of diarrhoea caased by over-feeding all too common when corn-meal was used were practically unknown when the grain feed was the ground ear corn." A Brooklyn horse car company feeding over 1,000 horses gives its metnods, which it claims to be the best in a lone einerrience with feeding horses: "The regular meals of the horse consist of corn and oats in winter one part of the oats to four of corn, and in summer equal parts of each. This feed is bought in the grain and ground on the premises. The average consumption by each animal is fifteen pounds of meal and nine pounds of hay a day." The hay is prepared in a cutting box and mixed with the meal, which Is moistened so as to stick to the bay, and thus fed together. With such feeding the company reports that it has not had a case of colic among its 1,400 horses In a year or more, and that they thrive and otherwise do better on this ration than upon any other it baa tried. The daneer of feeding borsea meal alone is well known to experienced feeders. Thus fel it cakes ia a plastic

mass in the stomach, and frequently causes colic But wet a little and mixed with cut bay the mass when masticated is epongy in the stomach and admits the gastric juices through it, and thus it is well digested. Succulent Feed for Ewas. Our Country Hömel We have known of meriao ewes having lamps in the winter, fine, strong lambs, ana not a drop of milk to nourish them. Five were born one very cold night and all saved by an all night vigil, only to die the next day from starvation. The experience was years ago and before the importance of sncculent food was known. Last winter merino sheep bare half-blooded Oxford-down lambs and had abundance of

milk. It was a question ot food. In the first instance the sheep were well fed and were in fine condition, but their food consisted of hay and grain, probably corn. Afterward other merino sheep were fed bay acd oats, and when their lambs came tbe older ones bad milk enough. Oar experience teaches ns that to rear lambs successfully in winter the sheep should have flenty of bran and roots of same kind, urnips are the cheapest and good enough for tbe purpose. Beets are excellent, and will make more milk than the turnips. If nothing else can be bad, then feed potatoes. There is always more or less of these which are too small for market, and they will insure milk if fed liberally totbeebeep. These suggestions apply to any breed of sheep, but are more of necessity to the merinos. These sheep give ery rich milk, and not so much as the downs or the coarse-wooled kinds. S'ieep should never be stinted in food. Unless well fed tbe lambs will be weak and the fleece light. It is a pleasure to feed aid care for sheep, as they respond so promptly and return a double income for the trouble and outlay. Chicago Fat Stock and Horse Show. It is generally admitted that the lite show at Chicago was a great success. Tue horsq department was a grand affitr, bringing together the cream of the various breeds in a way that the public could readily compare them. The Shire clsss brought out the strongest and finest ring of draft horses ever shown in America; and this year, as formerly, the Champion Sweepstakes' prize for best draft stallion of any breed was awarded a Shire and justly too, for they have more substance, greater natural energy and endurance, as well as better balanced forms, than any other. For two years in succession Geo. E. Brown & Co., of Aurora. 111., have cerried oft" the honors in the Shire ring, and last year were awarded three gold medals and grand sweepstakes. This year they made nearly a clean sweep ia the Cleveland Bay rings, winning first, second ; and third in one class; first, tecond and fourth in another, and firtt in three others. Certainly such a stud as that is worth looking over by those in want of a first-class Btallion. Tbe best are cheapest at any price, and Cleveland Bays and Shires seem to be on top and at the front. See Geo. E. Brown & Co.'s card In our advertising columns. They have been the leading importers for fourteen yeais. lturnicg Strawberry Beds, iPiairle Farmer. C. W. Colby, Montgomery county, Illinois, write: Last spring my strawberry bed became foul with timothy, from seed tbat was in the straw of last winter's mulch. Had no time for hoeing, and it was so dry I thought it would kill the plants to do so, so took my scythe and cut the grass and leaves otf the berries close to the ground. This was immediately after berrypickirjg. In a few days set it on fire, got a clean burn, which effectually killed everything but the berry plants. Did mt get water enough to wet the plants an inch deep until the middle of August, when we got a good rain, I then took my one horse plough and tarew a light larxow c the edgos cf the rows, end tlen harrowed :crcugLlr. That was all the cultivation, except pulling aa occasional weed which started In the fall. Tbe bed made a rapid growth in the fall, so I have covered as nice a bed of plants as I ever had, and with less labor. farm Notes. J. M.Olmsiead, of Hobard, N. Y., who brought a euit for $1,200 for damages inflicted by "vicious bees" owned by S, W. Bich, was awarded six cents damages. A solution made by dissolving a piece of blue vitriol the size of a bean ia a g!a; s of water is aa excellent remedy for caiztr in fowls if the throat be swabbed with it. Professor Arnold states that it costs more to make milk from old cows than it does from young ones having the same milk capacity. As a rule, the best effacts do not last beyond the eighth year of the cow age. It requires about one-sixteenth less food to put an animal in condition in warm than it does in cold weather. If the dairyman expects his cows to be profitable he must look after their comfort both as to food and shelter. There is nothing gained by adding a large amount of coarse litter to the manure heap as it only causes more loads to be drawn. Litter should first be made fine and then covered with manure in the head in order to rot it as much as possible. A Western fruit-grower used seventyfive bushels of wood ashes on his strawberry vines last season, and the crop yielded 250 bushels per acre. He thinks the ashes also counteract the effects of the drought to a considerable extent. Four cows in a Connecticut herd productd 1,270 pounds of butter in one year. This is equal to 323' pounds for each cow, which ia an excellent average for a number together. It demonstrates .the advantages oi good breeding and the use of choice stock. President Smith, of the WieonBin State Agricultural Society, thinks that artificial watering, as ordinarily done, ia of very lit' tie benefit, and has estimated that to water properly an acre of cabbages or strawberries in a dry time ttquires at least 30,000 gallons of water. The farmer who means to keep up with the times, says the Rural New Yorker, will make sure to have a barrel of plaster kept continually in his stable, for use back of the cows. When a farmer begins to "fall in love with manure," he gives one of the bist indications of a well balanced brain. The drought in some States decreased as itxtended toward tbe forests. The impcrtance of preserving the forests as an aid to a EUPolv of rain dnrlr.tr tha armxr n or season cannot be too strongly urged. The farmers in each section should form clubs for the purpose of protecting the forests. Do not use any manure when planting yourg peach trees. Simplv remove the top soil, then dig holes for the roots. Set in the tree firmly, throwing the top soil next to the roots. Firm down the earth i well, cut the trees well back, and stake them if there be danger of their being ivrely shaken by the winds. wives should always have a free circulation of air around tham, aa when placed on the ground not only is dampness induced In the hives, but the bottoms are liable to rot. The hives should be kept in a cool place, also, in order to prevent the accumulation of too much beat inside should the weather become warm. The Supreme Court of North Carolina holds that, it a crop be in actual possession of the tenant, his taking the same would not constitute larceny; but if, after the crop baa been put in actual passesslon of the landlord, though undivided, the tenant, in taking the same, would be guilty of larceny, the legal ownership being in the lessor. The strawberry plants will begin to Sow as soon aa the frost shall be out of e ground, and now ia an excellent time to fertiliee them. A mixture of wood

ashes and superphosphate Is a special fertilizer for strawberries. Hen manore in a fine condition may also be used, aad

atould be scattered over the plants in time M 11. ? to do wasnea aown ny tne rams. Sweet potatoes are grown in sufficient quantitv to be reported in twenty-one Mates, the highest average yield being that of Florida, 120 bushels; Nebraska, curiously enough, following with 117.6 bushels, thongh the latter Slate probably produces not one-tenth the total amount that Florida does. The lowest yield is that of Kentucky, 53 bushels; tbe next highest ia reported from Ohio and Illinois, U3 bushels. A subscriber writes that now is the time to hatch the early chicks. If tbe hen be provided with a good warm box, and the beads of the chicks greased, to prevent lice, the chicks can be raised in the coldest weather. They should be led four times a day on warm meal mixed with water and milk, with an occasional egg added. When feathered give the chicks cracked corn and wheat. Daring clear, dry weather the chicks may run in the yard. Capons bring the highest price in April and May. In order to sell well they should be large, compact and very fat. They are always sold alive if they can be shiDDed to market conveniently, but dressed capons are also in demand when the dealer is known to be reliable, as dressed cockerels of the pea-comb breeds can sometimes be Bold aa slipped capons. Capons can be made to hover chicks aad care fo&them, which service they seem to prefer, and do not leave the chicks until they are half-grown. Mirror. All who have cultivated strawbsrries must have noticed how inconvenient it is to bave the runners extended in all directions. Sometimes they run from one row to another where they are torn up by the cultivator, and sometimes two plants send their runners toward each other, mating some parts of tbe row too thick and leaving others vacant. All this may be avoided by setting the plants in such a position that they will run in a given directioa. It was discovered years ao that the strawberry plant sends out runners la but one direction, and from one side, and that is the side opposite the old runner that produces it. If the side of tbe plant from which the main runner was cut is toward tbe north, that plant will run to the south. Southern Farm. Household Hints. Brown Bread Two cups of sweet milk, one of sour, two cups of Indian meal, one of flour, two eggs, well beaten, two tablespoor fuls molasses, one teaspoonful soda. Steam three hours. Feather Cake Stir one cupful of white sugar and one tabletpoonf ul of butter together very light, then add one eg?, two cupfuls of sifted flour, one teaspoonful of cream tartar and half teaspoonful of soda. Soft Gingerbread Take one egg. one cuoful each of sugar, molasses and milk, half a cupful of bntter, one teaspoonful of ginger, two of Bostoo yeast powder, ooeqaart of flour and a little salt; mix soft and bake in shallow tirs. Cream Tie Stir to a cream half a cup of sugar and one teaapoonful of butter; add two well beaten eggs, two tablespoonfuls ot flour and two cups of milk; mix all well together and flavor with lemon. Bäks as you would cusfard pie. Hop Yeast Steep a good handful of hops; grate eix good sized potatoes, pour boiling water on tbem and stir well, then pour on tbe hop water; add half a upf al of Ealt and the same of white sugar; let it cool and then add some yeast to start it; let it stand in a warm place, but not too warm, till it rices, theo put ia a ti?ht jug and set in the cellar with a imvy weight upon it. Chocolate Marble Cake. Oas aad onehalf cupfuls of eugar, one half cupful of butter, !one egg. one cupful of milk one teaspoonful of cream tartar, oneta'f teaspoonful soda. Flavor with vanilla. When uiixd we1 take half of it into another dish and stir into it one square of melted cbocola'e. Have your tin ready and put in a tpoonful of light fBddark, alternately. Fig Cake-One cupful of anar, one-half! cupful of butter, three-fourth cupful of sweet milk, two cupfuls ot flour, one teaspoonful of soda Bifted with flour. Baat well together and add the whites of three eega beaten etilT. Bike la three tins. Filling: One-half raund of fi'schonnad fine, one cupful ot sugar, one capful of water. Boil until eoit, and when cold spread between layers of cake, Fruit Cake Take two cupfan of dried apples and one of raisins, or another of apples, as is preferred, and put them on the back of the stove to simmer, In one cupful of molasses and bo me water. Let them stew till done, then cool. Take one cupful of sugar, one of shortening, one tablespoonful of butter, one teaspoonful each of cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves; one cupful of strong coffee and two teaspoonfuls of soda; put these with the fruit, and add tbur enough to mix middling stiff. Fried Bread Beat two eggs until light; add one cup ol sweet milk aad one-half teaspoonful of salt. Put your fryine pan on the stove with a tablespooaful of "nice, sweet drippings, aad let it get very hot. Dip Blices of bread into the milk and, egg, and lay them into the pan and fry them a nice brown, but do not let them burn, Serve in a hot dish aa soon as cooked. This Is a nice dish for supper, and may be eaten with maple syrup or sugar, or with jam. It is a good way to use uo bread which has become dry, as the milk and egg will soften it. It is particularly nice in winter. Salt Fish 8ouflle-One pint of finely choppfd Bait fish, eight good sized potatoes, thrte-quarters of a cud of milk oi cream, four eggs, salt and pepper, two generous tableepoonsfulof batter. Pare the potatoes and boil thirty minutes; draia the water from tb em, and mash very fine. Then mix thoroughly with the fish. Add butter, seasoning, and the milk hot. Have two of the eggs well beaten, which stir into the mixture, and heap this in the dish in which it is to be servad. Place in the oven for ten minutes. Beat the whites of the two remaining eggs to a stiff froth; add a quarter of a teaspoonful of salt; then beat into the yolks. Spread this ever the dish of fish; return to the oven; let it brown, and serve hot. For an Italian 8alad Cut some slices of beef an Inch and a half thick, or use the middle rib. Fry it in butter till both Bides are browned; then put it in an earthenware baking dish; fry two sliced onions and a bunch of parsley in butter, pour over the beef, add celery cut into small pieces, six cloves, a teaapoonful of salt, a drachm of cayenne pepper and two pickled gherkins, chopped. Poor over it a pint of broth, a half pint of white wine vinegar; cover up the pan and put it in the oven for tWO hours. Thn Irl a (nrnln inH csrrot whole; let It stew two hours longer; laae n out in a aeep aisn, cut the turnip and carrot into dice and pour over. After straining the gravy, which ia very rich, pour it also over. VTaat the Chinese Shot Out. Washington, February 18. The 1'aclfie coast delegation were before the Sanate Foreign Affairs Committee to-day urging farther legislation to keep out tbe Chinese. Senator Stewart complained of their admission by way of British and Mexican ports, and also raid habeas corpus proceedings ia the Unit ed States courts let in many refused admission by the Collector. He urged that tn Is class of cases be taken out ot the courts and tbat additional power be given the Secretary of the Treasury. Representatives Morrow and Felton and 8enator Mitchell said tbe preeent act admitted many by reason oi its loop-holes, and urged tbe passage of new legislation. Senator Sherman, of the committee, suggested tbat the gentlemen formulate a bill wbicb will not violate the existing, treaty aud remedy tbe existing legislation, alter i some qiscuasioa lue.cuiuuuiteo aujourneo. f

THE PRISON SOUTH.

Sanitary Condition of tbe Jf fTersonvtlle Peoitantiaay A, Card from tbe Direc tors. To the Kdltorof ThePestineu We bave seen a newspaper statement, purporting to be a part of the report of the State Board of Health, in reference to the sanitary condition of the 8 late Prison South, ia wnica it is stated that in order "to make the prison a place fit to keep human beings in, it will be necessary either to rebuild it entire or to renovate it to such an extent that the ooet would be about the same." The Board is alsi made to say "it is una ble to ünd a single modern sanitary appliance'' in the iri?or. It is true tbe Southern Prison is an old one, but it is in a good state ot preservation. Its buildings and other "sanitary appliances" are not modern, but we think this statement going the rounds of tbe papers is calculated to give a wrong impression concerning the trne fanitary condition of tbe institution. In order to correct this erroneous impression, and to allay the fears of the friends of the prisoners who are confined here, we desire to give tbe people, through tbe columns of your paper, some of the facta in regzxd to the health of the prison, as taken from the monthly report of tbe prison physician fOT the past quarter which has ;ust ended. In the first place, however, w'a desire to premise that at the date of the last aa nasi report made on tbe 31st day of OitDer, löi7, the phytsicisn's report shows that there was not a single person In the prison sick of an accte disease, and only one with a serious chronic ailment. Tne monthly reports for the past quarter, as well as for the etire year of 1SS7. show that no epidemic occurred In tbe prison, and that there was rot a single case of typhoid fever. For the month of Nov?mber, 13S7, there was an aversge los1 of time for each prisoner, on account of sickness, of but one-half of one day for the entire month. In December the loss of time for each prisoner was 7 MOO of one day, and for the month of January. IS33, the average loss amounts to 77-100 of of one day. Tbia Is the exact truth as taken from the physician's reports, and we submit tbat it shows as good results of the "sanitary appliances" used in the Southern Prison as can be shown in any institution in cr out of the State, though they may not be "modern" in tbe sense used by the Board of Health. Theoretically, it may be tbe Southern Prison is not "t to keep hu man beings in," but practically we are sure it is all that need be desired, and we can say to the people of tbe'State th&t the health of the prison lis now, and has been, during our term cf office equal to the best managed institutions ot the kind in our State or country. Tbe reports of the physician show that there was but one death during the quarter, and that there was only a loss oa account of sickness of all kinds to each convict of less than three-quarters of one day for a whole month. Or, in other words, the convicts were able to perform over twantyfive and one-fourth day's labor out of twen-ty-eix, and but one death in three months out of an average number of over 5"0 prisoners. This we submit shows an extremely small amount of disease. Or, in other words, it shows results versus theory. John Horw, ) O. W. Dekko, Director. C. DOAKK, J CONDENSED DISPATCHER Tie starving Bocky Fort railwa graders at Billings, M, T.f are becoming riotous. Tbe contagious pleuro-pneamonia bill has been favorably reported to the Senate. Josef Hofman, the boy pianist, is to bs withdrawn from tbe stage owing to his health. The bill amending the Yellowstone Park act baa been favorably reported to the Senate, MrS. ClfiVAlan nan i IVton Feraabia Circle for the elevation of women 12 India. The Hawaiian Supreme Court has decided that the King's right to veto is strictly personal. Lerch & Bessigne's wholesale liquor bouse at ßioux City, Ia., has been closed under Ihe Clark law. Eev. E. V. Zollara, of Springfield, 111., bss accepted the presidency of Hiram College, Hiram, Ohio. Burglars Saturday night chloroformed Robert Mitchell's family, at Battle Creek, Mich., and stole $1,000. At Ashland, Wis., James CardiiTand Jocn Varlcy fought four ronnds Monday, tbe latter winning on a foul. The öecretary of the Treasury has received $l,;00 for the conscience fund from "a free man" of Cincinnati. Tbe postal conference at Sydney, Australia, does not favor a trans-Atlantic cable between Auckland and San Francisco. James H. Whipple, President of the Pembroke Knitting Mills, of Battle Creek, Michigan, is missing, with $10,000 to $20,(J00. r Reports from fhe Reading colleries show that all but six of those not undergoing repairs are running. Eight are being overhauled. A Union Pacific construction train was Wrecked, Monday, by a washout near Hoiton, Kas. Brakeman Richards was fatally scalded. The bills for a $1.200.000 postoffice at New Orleans and an $850,000 postotfice site at fan Francisco will be favorably reported to lha Senate. The Gantzberg Theatre, of Hoboken, N. Y was bnmed Monday. Loss $15,000. Otto Lobes and t'antzberg's son were fatally burned, H. V. Bernls, a director, has asked for a receiver for the Chicago Horseman Newspaper Company owiDg to the editor's arbitrary action. At Wood war h Harbison's sale of trotting stock, at Lexington, Ky., Monday, seventy-eight head were sold for $i2,JJ0, an average of $503. A Chicago, Kansas and Nebraska freight went through Deep creek bridge, near Manbatten. Kas., Sunday, killing Fireman Foster and Engineer Boyle. The Indictments against J. W. Wilshlre in tbe Fidelity bank cases bave been notlied owing to lack of proof. Similar action will be taken in Miss Holmes' case. The Trade and Labor Assembly meeting in Chicago Sanday resulted in a row between the Socialists and Conservatives, which will make a spile Inevitable. Carrie Fietz, arrested at Bay City, Mich., for burglary, attempted to escape with a rope of bed clothing. It broke and she feel on her head, receiving fatal injuries. The captain and crew of the American Bhip John T. Berry, Philadelphia, for Hiogo, Japan, have reached San Francisco. The Berry was burned at sea January 23. The Colorado roads' representatives met at Kansas City, Monday, to reorganize the Colorado Railway Association, but adjourned for a day, the Missouri Pacific not being represented. Little progress was made Monday in the conference at Chicago to decide on a plan to bring the Northwestern, Western and Southwestern Associations under one supervisory board. A bill has been favorably reported to the Senate requiring a declaration of intention to make final proof In homestead entries, with a description and witnesses' names, shall be made before a final proof is submitted. Senator Blair has reported to the Senate the bill imprisoning man five to ten years for unlawfully knowing a femalo

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years for forcibly ravishing a female, with life imprisonment if drugs are used. The bill applies to all place j under Federal jurisdiction. Which Horse and TRiy? At tkia season hundreds, yes, thousaads of farmers all over our land are laving their plans and decidirg what breel ot patronize tbe coming year. Some havetbeir minds already made up, while others are haltin? betweea two or more opinions. Same will decide to use a certain breed because it la being b jo med and because his neighbors are usin it. Others will take a different breed for the same reason they want to show their independence. Bat the level-headed practical breeder will lock carefully over the different breeds and take- the one possessing the most desirable characteristics, and will also assure himself that the characteristics are fixed in the breed and can be transmitted to the grade off-spring, and will not be content with one simply because be is popular to-day. The horse that can show the largest namber of desirable quelities is tbe horse that will win ia tne loDgrace, and will be the horse for the future; and so is the one to pm our faith to now. Every hone should be bred for a particular pupose. If for heavy work he should be a model of atrensth in every part. If for carriage purposes his proportions should be such as to propel him over iüe ground with an easy, graceful ma:iou; aud he should cot need a pound of surplus flesh to cover defects in form, for c-vary ounce put on for tbat purpDse is a detriment to him. The writer of this has been familiar with the different t iglisa breeds of bces for many years, and he said whea tjo. E. Erown it Co., Aurora. III., commenced tne introduction of the Cleveland 3iy aad Sbire something over a dozen years ago, it would be only a question of time when th y would be recognized as the best types f.r their rf srjective purposes, and to day they staDd without a peer the Cleveland Bay for bi3 grand style, commanding appearance and fitness for general purposes, as well as for fancy match! carriage aad coach teams; the Shy res for their massive proportions, great, flinty bone, strong muscle and sinew; they ars not only heavy enough for any purpose but have strength of constitution, pluck nnd endurance, far superior to any other breed, and this is what has brought thm to the front and these qualities insure them the Li ad for all time. Cleveland Bays and Shirca have the cf anv ot the lejge breeds, and have ts- 7 h nd th?m a longer line of pure brceil! then any other. That English breeders have Eh.world the way, in ecienidc breej a the every claps of domestic animaX ' -ngs of by the fact that all th world r proved procure femdation stock.' Jes there to but particularly ia twjr every class, brtf d of Improved he' .a every known EngliEh stock as its, r ie traces back to ondation. SCAL7., ITCHY SKIN all Scaly Itching and Skia and Scalp Diseases Cured by Lutic-cra. P5-LA8' 5;W3na- T?p- Rineworm. Liyv" ''ua. ecaia Head. Milk (,'rust Dandruff. Esrhor' ü.lw erwnmn;E T - ,i overs auaasncrwoman s Itcb. sua eveiy species of Itchin Burning, Scaly, Pimply Humoraof th? slin i' rrl"rvodW .nM f i?air' are Instantly Kosp.au exqnihite Skin iipanti.;., tJt, lr?.r vU " oent. the new B!ot Pari 3 inU'rUHliy, when nhrs!r,'a.i..,i 11 .i . dies fail - r-.-..v.a,um au uuo PSORIASIS, OK SU.tLY SKIN. di.ntf.7ri iV.K7T-r.-il- Daff Practised i. jnnn .1. 1 oca n n l- . .. aJd bclnVweii . years with a view tn huT '1"u""u "outa. hure hpon ruu "re "iciea a I ßye.peen ior the past twelve years, testify that the CTicrr.i "Eme-mes cured me of Psor iasis, or Hcaiy bin, lu eiRnt days, alter the doctors with whom I consulted gave mf? no help or encour8geneEt. JOHN J. CAüK, D. 1. s. DISTRESSING KRCITION. Your Cuticura Remedies performed a wonderIUI flire lt tllTnmernn rtä r,t . an old get tleman of seventy years oi ae who siiffead wltna fearfully distressing eruption on "is uiau buu iave. ana wno naa iriea ail remeuivs nuu uuc.ors to no purpose. Tcxarkana rk SMITH A co. JUSTPANICL SCALES. OF H. E. Carpenter, Henderson, N. Y., cure 1 oi psoriapis or .Leprosy of twenty years' standing, by Cuticnra Remedies. The most wonderful cure on record. A dnstnanful of scales fell f.-om him dally. Physicians and his frienda laougm ue must die. ECZEM V RADICALLY CURED. For the radi al rtiri nt an nhstinata Eczema of loEg standin?, I give entire credit to tue cuticura xtemeaies. E. B. RICHARDSON, hew Baven, Cona. 001a every wnere. rrices. uuticura. 50c. : Snn 25c; Re60lveit. 1. Prepared by the PorrtR VRvn and iiiKMicii, vo., Boston. Maas. 8end for -How to Care 8tin Disease," CI I iges, ou illustrations, ana liw testimonials. piPL3, bl ark-heads, chapped, and oily skin Old Folks' Pains. Fi.ll of Cdtofort for all Pain. Inflammatioa, and Weakness of the Agca is the cuticura Antl-Pln Plaster, tbe first and only pain-kil-ling, Strengthening Plaster. Hew, insi&aianuous ana mumble. Sheriffs Sale. By virtue of t v. o executions to me airected hv the C lerk oi the Superior Court 01 Marion Coun ty, Indiana, 01 e in cause o. 21,14!, wherein Georce JackoD s plaintiff and IUnaridge H. Oliverand Geo.e Bruce are defendants; the other in: cause . Ho. 21.50. wherein Alfrad Harrison etal. are plaintiffs and George Bruce ei ai. are aeiencnis; ana also, Dy virtue of a decree in cans No. 37.61, wherein Mason J. Osgood is plaint! .T and John W. Bruce et al. are defendants, reviving said judgments, requiring me to make the teveial lumi of money named in said executions, for tbe nse of said Osgood, I will expose to sale to the highest bidder, on SATURDAY, TIlE 17TE D1Y OF MARCH, 1333, between the hours of 10 o'clock a, m. and 4 o'clock p. m. cd ftiid dav, at the door of the Coun-faouse of Marion County. Inditna, the reuts and profits for a term not exceeding seven ytara of the following real estate, sitcate in the county of Marion, Slate of Icdlana, described and bounded as follows, to wit: Beginning at the ceuter of Meiiilan street, in the touth line of the northwest quarter, of tbe northwest quarter, of section twenty-five (2.S) la township sixteen (16), north cf range tnree (;) east, runniDg thence east ten chains and twenty six hundredths of a chain (10 Jti-i(K0; thence south eight halns and Rixty-t wo hundreth s ot a chain (S 62-100), more or less to the center of Fall Creek: thence north sixty -five dgreesan 1 tkirty minutes (65;), west two (2) chains: thence north forty-six degrees and forty-five minutes (46 4.", west two chains and forty-throe hundredths of a chain (2 4;M0U); thence north fourteen degrees and fifteen minu es (U. 15). west three chains and eighty two hundredths of a chain (3 82-100); thence north lifiy-five degrees (55), west one chain and lixty hundredths of a chain (I CO-100); thence south seveaty four degrees and fifteen minutes (74.1M, wen two chains and forty-five hundredths of a chain (2 46-100): thence south fifty-four degrees and fif een minutes (51.15) west to the center of said Meild'an street; thence north along the center of said street to the place of beginning. And, on failure to realize the fall amount of said judgments. Interest and cost, I will, at the same time and place, expose at public salo the fee simple ot said real estate. Takeu as the propertyof George Bnv, at the suit of Mason J. Osjood, reviviaj Bald iu Jemen t. Said sale will be made without relief whatever from valuation or appraisement laws. HA AO KING, . Sheriff of Marion County. February 22, A. D. lst. John 8. TAaaiKGTON. Attorney for Plaintiff.

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YOU? L2 Do ynu fori dull, larg-uid, low-spirited, lifeless, and indescribably, miserable, Aoth physically and mentally; experience a ent ot fullnesa or bloating aftr eating, or ot "jronenes8," or emptiness of etomaeu in the morninc. tonjrue eoaU-d, bitter or bad taste ia mouth. :rrerular appetite, drz.i'WHa, frequent headaches, blurred eyesight, " noaünjr Bpecfc " before the eye, ner-rous procuration or exhaustion, irrital-ility of temper, hot flushes, alceraatinir with chilly sensations, sharp, bvüripr, transient pains here wid there, col l ft'ct, drowsiness alter meals, wakefulness, or disturlied and uurefreshinir sleep, constant, indescribable feeling of drveJ. or of impendin? calamity? If you have all, or any corsiderablo number of these BymrUms, you are suflvrinir trota that most common of Arierieaii mtradies llilious Dyspepsia, or Torj id Liver, assiiciated with Dyspcpä'.a, or Indigestion. Tto mom complicated your disear-o has become, tho Breater the number ai. diversity of srtnptoms. No matter what stasr it has reac hed. Dr. Pierre's Golden ."ted leal Discovery will subdue it, if tak a actirdin to directions for a reasonable length of ti;ue. If not cured, c-implications niultiplv and. Consumption of the Lunsrs, kic Diseases, llfart Disease, Uheumatistn. Kidney Disease, or other crave malad are quite boMo to set in and, sooner or later, induce a fatal termination. Dr. Tierce's Goldcti Medical Discovery acta powerfully upon tho Liver, and through that preat blooft-pdnfrinir ortraa, cleaoA-sthe eystetaof all blood-taint and impurities, from w-jatever cause arising. It 19 eijuully ellicacios in actia upon th Kidneys, and other excretory orgnns, (-Icniisuitr. strengthening;. and hen!in their disea.-s. A an appetizing,, restorative tonic, it iTomotes digestion an i nutrition, thereby building uu bv.th nesh arl 6tren(rth. In malarial district ' mit uiiuniui iiietiifiiiu I1H3 Ktunea (TTW et ieiinry in eiinnu r ever and Asrne, CW Fever. Dumb Atruc, uiki kindred ;sea.- - . an! Dr. l'lercc'a Ouldcu JHcd,!- .4Vi. covery - Uli CUHES ALL Iurnn3 from a common ltiotch, o ."''' won?.: .Scrofula. SaiwtK . Erupt 101, to tue Scaly or Kougb Sk'u. .urn, l e-er-flores.-caused by bad blxJ in ehort, ail diA-a-" powerful, purifyinr are conquered by this c-ne. (ireat Ea'.w and invigorating mediit benign maw .g I'lcers rapiJty Leal under rested its ;v.r -nce. Esicvially has it mainEry6ipe'asF ncy in curing Tetter. LCZC'IV. uloiitf jigjv joils. Carbuncles, frc Eyes. :Scrof'Vb;fl a and Swellings, Hip-joint Disearw, and Swelling," Goitre, or Thick Neck, .nlargcd Glands. :Send ten cent? in JX" .ps for a large Treatise, with colore.! ' .tes. on Skin Diseases, or the name aniouat .or a Treatise on Scrofulous Affections. "FOR THE BLOOD IS THE LIFE." Thoroughly cleans it by using Dr. Pierce Molden Medical Discovery, and good digestion, a fair skin, buoyant spirits, vital strength and bodily health will be cstaulis-tied. CONSUMPTION, which is Scrofula or the Lung, is arrested and cured by this remedy, jf taken in th earlier stages of the disease. From its marvelous power over this terribly fatl disease, when first offering this now world-famed remedy to the public. Dr. Pierce thought seriously of calling it his "Consumption CrRK." but abandoned that name as too restrictive far a medicine which, from its wonderful combination of tonic, or strengthening, alterative, or blood-cleansing, anti-bilious, pectoral, and nutritive properties, is unequaled, not onlv as a reine.lv for Consumption, but for all Chronic Disease of tho r. ri """v. Liver, Blood, and Lungs. For Weak Lunsrs. Spitting of Ttlood. Shortness of Breath, Chronic Nasal Catarrh, llronchitis. Asthma, Severe Coughs, and kindred affections, it is an ctlicient p'inedv. Sold bv Druggists, at $ l.OO, or Six IJottl.-s for 5.tM. C"5!l'i ten cents in stamps for Dr. IVrce'j book on c"nj3umption. Address, World's DispfiiOT Medical Assaciatisa,"" CC3 Iflalu Si.t JiTlTJaLO N. Y. No'ice to Heirs, Creditors, Etc. In the matter of tho rctt nf (aenh ceased, in the Marlon Circuit Court, February Term. lhS. NnLleA i i rr. V. V .icAn that tt'tMI.M TT tr Sharpeand William A.Scott, as Administrator o' the estate of Jacob sertt,; deceased, hava irt?uiea ana niea ineir accmnt and vnuehAr. in fi 11a 1 küttiAmunt . that tne tame wiil come up for examination acd action of said Circuit Court ou the 1st day - - ' ' - ' . ...V. a., I " V II - , . l.VJ.UJI , or legatees of aid estate are required to appear in said Court aud show cause, if any there t, any said account and vouchers ehouli not be approved. And the heirs of said estate are als hereby n quired at the tine and place aforesaid, to appear and make proof of their oeirho W. U. H 8'UKPK, wm. a oorr. A.luliiis'.rator. AvkeSjUrows JL Hihvey, Attorneys. Notice to Heirs, Creditors, Etc, In the matter of the eita'e of James F. ITelier. deceased. In the Marion Circuit Court, Febru ary term, .Notice is hereby given that Annie. R. Helier, aa administratrix of the estate of James K. Heller, deceased, has presenttd and filed her ac.ouat and vouchers in final settlement of ld estate, and that the same will come up for for examination and action oi said Circuit court on the 5ih day of March. IMS, at which time ail heirs, creditors or legates of said estate are required to appear in said Court and show cause, if any there be, why said account and vouchers shou'd not be approved. Aud the heirs of said estate are also hereby required at the time, and flare aforesaid, to arpear and make proof of their heirship. AMh K.UELLLK, Administratrix. CtATrooL &. Kfkhaw, Attorney a. Notice to Heirs, Creditors, Etc. In the matter of tbe estate oi Catherine Koehler, deceased. In the Marion Circuit Court, February term, 1S85. Notice hereby given that Florence K.Grieb, as administratrix oi the estate ot Kstne-tn Kot hier, deceased, has pn sen ted anl filed ber account aud vouchers in final settlement of said estate, and that the same will corse up for examination and action oi said circuit Cot.rt on the 2d dav of March, lvvi, at which time all heirs, creditors er legatees of said estate are required to appear ia said court aud show cause, if aar theie be, why said account and Touch ers bouid not be approved, and the heirs of said estate are also hereby reiuired at tho tirre and place aforesaid to appear and maaa prooi oi their neir&nip LORI'SCK K. GRiKS, Administrator. Dryer, Attorney. Charles A. Notice to Heirs, Creditors, Etc. in the matter of the estate of Margaret M. Celltier, ueceaxed. In the Marion Circuit Court, February Term, lSitt. Kctice ia hcrebv invtu that John Kelieher, aa adm nlsttaior ot the estate ot Margaret M. Kelieher. deceased. baa preaentod ana filed his account and vouchers in final settlement of said estate, and that the saaie will force up for examination and action of said Circuit Court on the 7ih day ol February. 1818, at wfcicÄ time all heirs, creditors or legatees ol s&ld esta: are required to appear in said Court acd shew came, if any there be, why said account and vouchers should not be approved. And the heirs of said estate are also hereby required, at thetime and place aforesaid, to appear and maka proof ot their heirship. jUU.i ftr.LLr.nr.-i Admlnistratix. Notice of Appoint jaent. Notireis hereby given that the undersigned has duly qualified as administrator of the eatavs of Jamta C. l'enny. late ot Mation County, Indiana, deceased. Said estate 1 supposed to ba BOlveDt. GLENN G. HOWE, adm'r. H. J. Iverett, Atty. February 8, iJ. Notice of Appointment. Notice is hereby aiven that the an) era lg nod basdalv Qualified aa administratrix of tbe tat c I Charles E. Judson, late of Marion county. Indiana, deceased, bald estate is supposea to to d solvent, ABB Y C . J Ü D.HON.

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