Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 34, Number 4, Indianapolis, Marion County, 29 February 1888 — Page 5

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THiC INDIANA STAT-' SENTINEL.'. WEDNESDAY FEBItUAKY 9 1Ö88.

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llcat Bliclbjrri Haws PIwü 1 Dyis P t Tf!8 BiTed Gnf liuj Wx. APT Ir Blixht-Naw Apples-Apples la K w ngland Sam Window Pets " Jlansahold Iliata Livestock 1 and Fum Notas. About Itiarkberries. rSammit County (O ) Correspondence Practical Far nur. The fact that the blackberry grows m tiearlv 1 11 parts of toe country and on all soils, is sufficient proof that oar climate and roil are adspted to it. Although it 'flourish es nearly everywhere without rultlTatlon sad care of an? kind, it is well known that many wbo have attempted to Taise it have failed. Patches have been planted end cultivated thoroughly for 3 ear?, and almost no frnit obtained. These same pitches, after having been abandoned .and allowed to coma into grass and weeds, have iroduced abundantly with scarcely ever e failure. I have known people to find steri )r wild varieties and remove them to the garden to improve them by cultivation. In nearly every case this has resulted in disappointment. ' The Lawton, as is well known, Is an excellent variety, but easily winter killed, f et 'fitbin a mile of where I am writing, this viriety bore last season, while tbe Saydir was almost, and the Taylor entirely, killed on my place. I have in mind two cises where wonderful success was had with ;he Lawton. One was on hht, sandy soil aesr Cleveland, O , and tbe other on heavy loam in an adjoining county. In the first case the owner bai a faw ros on one side of his garden. lie had on the came plarre a large amount of snrnbbery.as well as trees and email fruits. Thess were between the rows of Lawtons. Sometimes . this srush would be two or three feet deep, but it settled greatly daring the season. Aside from this mulching with brush, and the fjinual pruning, the patch receive i no care nor was it needed. Such berries and suet quantities of them I have rarely seen flse'fhere. lit the other c&s9 the patch received a tea ry coatin? of chips and rubbish from the wood yard every spring. The few weeds that came up were cat off with the too. All supeifioous suckers were eerved an tbe same way. Ho other care except an anrnal pruning was given. In quit6 a Bumber of years eight, I think there was . mot a single failure. I have known many similar csei, and being greatly interested in this fruit, I ha"'e taken considerable trouble to ascertai i. if possible, the causes of success and fai.ore. My opinion is that deep cultivate i between the rows is the principal cause of failure. It breaks tbe surface roots and leaves the bare ground exposed during the winter. If the blackberry be left to grow in its own way most of its roots will be near the surface, and they extend fa a Ion distance. To cut or break them dtp aives a plant of just so much of its income. A large amount of sap is dried out of the plants all winter, and tbii is sunplied (by the roots. A root in frozen .-.pound, however, can supply no sap, and lcr tnis reason we should endeavor to prevent the frost from extending if a great depth in the soil. It is well known that in fence corners and other places where there is a growth of grass or weeds, the frost never goes to a great depth. These are the places where the blackberry is rarely winter killed. A little litter Battered on tue ground helps to prevent i a freezing. If oats were sown among tbe . tlackbemes early in the fall, they would iaake saificient growth to help in sheltering the sarf ace. I believe, too, that there ii a decided advantage in trimming in the Sail and leaving the brush on the ground. !3hat that is cut off will make no demands on the roots during the winter, and it will help a little, at least, in sheltering them ind holding the snow. We tie up rose rushes in straw in the fall, not to keep them warm, but to prevent the wind from Irying out their sap. If this drying surJfcce could be diminished, as by fall pruning, would it not help so much. Digging out sucker plants from between the rows is an injury. The best way is never to let them grow; the next best way is to cat them off without inj a ring the roots. If plants be needed for a new plantation it iß better to grow them from root cuttings. Many object to the blackberry in the garden because It spreads. Avery practical and observing old gentleman told me that if a ditch one toot deep no matter ' how narrow be made around the patch -liie roota will never crosa it. I sapposs if the ditch were dug and a wide board set in cn edge and the earth put back, it would answer the same purposa for a long time. As the blackberry is among tbe most wholesome of fruits, ia auch a general favorite, and may be used in so many wave, a good supply is a real advantage to any family. Nearly all varieties bear well and are reasonably healthy, but with ordinary care, or what many call good care, they , are apt to get weather killed occasionally. I will give my experience wi;h a number of well-known varieties, planted in the spring of 1354, and well cultivated during the season. I set from 100 to 800 plants each, and all had the same chance, and oaade a fine growth. The winter of 1334-85 was unusually severe. The Early Harvest, Early Cluster, Wilson, Jr., and the Taj lor were killed to the ground. The Bnyder was killed to the enow line, and was so much lnjared below that it produced but a few scattering berries. Stone's Hardy was hurt somewhat, but bore quite a crop. The Agawam was uninjured, and produced a full crop of the most delicious berries I ever tasted. It Is of good size smaller than the Lawton or Xittatinny, and larger than the Snyder or Etone'a Harde. This variety was toand in pasture in Massachusetts. . I have never heard uf an unfavorable report of It from any one who has the genuine. I hear good reports of the Waschusett Thornleasand Ancient Britain, but have riot fruited them. I hope to fruit, this beaaon, a number of new and promising varieties received from Maine, Vermont, Iowa and Ohio. Iloase Plants. Dr. J. M. Anders lectured recently before the atudentaand friends of the MedicoChirurgical College of Philadelphia, his tnbjcct (observes the Public Ledger), being "The Hygiene of House Tlants." It was remarked that notwithstanding j the fact that many of out most valuable .medicinal remedies were long ago extracted from vegetable life, yet growing plants, more particularly when cultivated indoors, had not, prior to the last decade, been regarded as possessing any sanitary ad vantage, and, when kept In the sick chamber or a'eeping rooms, they became positively Lnr ful. Oar ancestors held the notion that plants exe'tfse Injurioua efTecta becauwe they give to tbe air carbonic acid at night and take from the air oxygen during the same time; hut it has been shown conclusively by experiment that the amount of these gaseous fcodiei either given to or taken from the atmosphere la too small to have any appreciable effect, even when the plants are kept i In living and sleeping rooms. Hence there are no valid objections to the practice of .keeping flowers right in the home circle. On the other hand, house plants have a decidedly beneficial influence on the atmosphere of the home. The lecturer pointed out the power of growing plants and ilowers to relax tension of mind, as well as jo give the feetlng of companionship. Bat the most important sanitary effects of which plant are capable are due to two Inactions, viz., transpiration and their Ozone-producing power. The first o ihvs9 luctipai II Important,

owicg to the fast that the moist vapors which plants emit from their leaves increase tbe degree of saturation of the surrounding air, and especially significant is this office on the part of plants when we red set that the air of our dwellings is constantly much too dry to be healthy. The fact that plants generate ozone Is also of tbe utmost Importance from a sanitary point of view, since ozone is regarded by letding scentiats as the one great and natural purifier of the atmosphere which constantly surrounds ns, and which we are ever called upon to take into our lungs. Tbe lecturer gave an interesting array of practical data tending to show tbe efficacy of growing plants to prevent consumption of the lungs. The method advised was to stock the living and sleeping apartments with plants and flowers in winter and to live among plants ont of doors in summer. This he termed a "Home SalUrium," and pointed ont its advantages over ths reputed mountain and seaside resorts. Of course, tbe rooms must be of goodsizs, and should have a southern exposure. Tli9 Wild Orange, äfary&ville (CaL) Appeal.! At a recent meeting of the Executive Committee of the Citizens' Improvement Association of Sacramento there was an interesting talk about shade and ornamental trees, with the object of determining what kind should be selected for adornment of the streets and other public places. The merits of the various eorts of trees were discussed, the general opinion favoring evergreens, especially semi-tropic evergreens of the hardier descriptions, as the best suite! for the purpose an4 most likely to imnresi Eastern visitors with the mildaesi of th climate. An Interesting and valuab'e suggestion came from Robert Williams)!), the veteran nurseryman, who favors the planting of the bitter orange tree, sash as is found growing wild in many portioni of Florida. He thought it the best tree that could be chosen. A Florida gentleman present iniorsai this suggestion, Baying that the will oraa? is being planted very extensively in the towns and cities of Florida for ornamental purposes. He described it as very hardy, growing rapidly to a large size, and" possessing rreater beauty than the sweet orange tree. In 1335, he said, when cold killed all the sweet orange trees on the St. John river, the wild orange trees were unharmed, and specimens are standing in the woods that are known to ba at least one hundred years old. The wild orange, he added, is the prida of Florida cities, and is used very extensively in the State as a stock upon which to graft tbe sweet varieties of the oratge. It is ratber a matter of wonder that the wild orange has not been already introduced for ornamental purposes. A few nurserymen have found out its merits as a stock for grafting, and there have been several importations of orange trees fron Florida grafted upon such stocc. It is to be hoped that the tree will come Into general use In all our towns anl cities for ornamental purposes. Nothing cmld look more beautiful than rows of wild orange trees laden with golden frnit whlca, though unpalatable, would be larger and hanCsomer than the eatable oranges.

Some Window "Pets." ILydia Wood Baldwin, in Kural Naw Yorker. The frosty nights have hurried our lif titg aid pottiDg of our doral treasures. Despite our care, some tenderlings will show a blackened leaf here and there. How desolate the garden looks, with the yellow and dun colored leaves ewirllng a'on? the paths and forming rustling heaps on the bedt! The sound of their dropping from the trees is like a sigh, and so it is a sigh for the vanished summer. If we have been wise during the August and September days, we have taken vigorous cuttings of euch plants as wa cherish in our winter window garden, and their removal to the bouse can be sp?edily accomplished when the first frosts threaten. These we can depend upon for winter blossoms; but the large plants must have needed reet. Tenderly as you may lift them, cart f ally as yoa may guard them from wind and sun, their beauty is sure to fade in the transition. It seems to me that the beauty of foliage plants is not enough appreciated. A few geraniums will persistently.'put forth enormous trusses of brilliant tints. "Remarkable," indeed, is well worthy its name its color, a clear cherry tint, delighttal to behold. But even this does not equal the golden and bronze varieties, whose only claim on our regard is their foliage. All the varieties of color are attractive in a box by themselves brightening the dullest surroundings. How lovely the Anthericum (St. Bruno's lilJy) Is with its long, slender, recurved leaves, broadly edged with white, and its swaying stem of starry-white flowers! I find this grows equally well summer or winter, but it does Jot endure "bedding out." And begonias, an endless list, all good for the window garden, Of the flowering sorts "Kuba," I think, must head the list. Ageratnms are valnaDle where blossoms are required, and if water enough be given, call as are persistent: bloomers. As one flower shows signs of fading, pull up its stalk and another soons appears. Surely we all are provident enough to supply a few bulbs to keep our window cheerful. Roman hyacinths, tulips, crocuses, pots here and there with fuchsias. And I am quite sura that in the care of these gentle treasures almost sentient beings they seem to us who love them so our real selves grow likewise, and expand into virtues which we should not be apt to possess without their silent presence. Apples to Hew England. Newport News. I The apple, taken all in all, said Mr. Hawden at a farmers' meeting, ia the best fruit bod ever gave to man. taw superior varieties were cultivated till wituin sixty years. Our new choice varieties are seedlings selected from the many trees that have come up from seeds scattered by cattle at pasture, ine uaidwin is the most pro fitable apple for the market, but not the beat for other uses. The Riode Island greening ia a better apple and has been proved longer than any other grafted apple. Tbelloxbury russet is a late keener that can not be spared, yet it is not a popu lar market fruit. The uravenstein stands unrivaled among fall apples, and when in bloom it has no superior among flowering trees and shrubs. Numerous varieties of high character have only a local reputation, such aa the Pickman .pippin and Holden pippin, the latter a very desirable apple in Worcester County. The mother apple has more aroma than any other, but it Is not profitable for market. Of the forty varieties which tbe speaker had grown he considered the Falmer greening the best. It Is the only one in use in his family from December to May. The Sutton bids fair to take a high stand for export. It keeps till April. The trees grow upright when young, but spread wider in bearing. The red Astrachan has many friends, but Is not as desirable for cultivation aa the Dachess of Oldenburg. The apple crop ia the most profitable Massachusetts grows for export. Mew Apples, The London Garden, In speaking of the efforts in raising new varieties of apples, very justly remarks that "the proper thing to do is to make a better use of the sorts we already possess," and says that the raising of new varieties has been a' ready overdone. Better management and better cultivation would greatly improve the dozen finest varieties which are most commonly planted. Tbere are doubtless some others among the 2,000 described sorts, which would prove valuable ii they could be properly tested In the localities most suited to them, and there may be a few scattered aorta wnich have never been tried away from the places of their origin ; but nearly all attempts to introduce described and undesenbed apples, other than those commonly known as itaadard variities havt rtiuited ia falling

back on the old standards; and the Dom thing therefore for most cultivators to do is to learn how to grow these to the best advantage, fair and free from diseases and insects. It would be well besides this, if some enterprising or patriotic individuals cor Id procure 100 of tie newer favorites in different places and give them a fair test side by side. .Perhaps trials of the kind might develop something valuable; but if nothing good should coma from the experiment, the owners would have the satisfaction of knowing that we already have in cultivation the best ones of the great list . EE 13 Apple-Tree mibt. l T. T. Lyon, of Michigan, who has given particular attention to the prevalence of the apple-tree blight, has communicated his observations to the Rural Home. After alluding to tbe destruction of orchards by the Intense cold of winter in the regions of the Northwest, he expresses the opinion that in at least a part of those rsgioas the blisht of the trees is proving a more formidable drawback to apple culture of late years; and its fatal effects are extending in the S.ates bordering on the Upuer Mississippi. It is slight in the Atlantic States and in regions near the great lakes. In Michigan it has not been especially injurious beyond thelo88 here and there of a twig of thecurrent year's growth; but west of Lake Michigan the malady first becomes seriously and fatally virulent, increasing in intensity as the influence of the lake diminishes. Central Iowa appears to be near the southern boundary of its fatal attacks; northward it btcowes increasingly prevalent. In Central Wisconsin, the ability of a variety to withstand the blight becomes a important as its hardiness. The opinion that tbe Russian apples are especially liable t blight is thought to require some further investigation. In the Northern Musitipt)i Valley it has become fr more fatal than Ue pear blight, as i s attacks are more frtoueLtor continuous.

Hyacinths in Water, Prairie Farmer. Tbm practice of growing hyacinths in water is a very old one: but at best the bloom will not equal that which is obtainable under pot culture. The advantage attending the water system is that the glasses look better than pots. One of the principal things to keep in view when hyacinths are grown in this way, is to sa that they are well furnished with roots before the bulbs are removed from ths dark position in which they are first place 1 after putting them in the glasses. If brought under the influence of quite full light, as when placed in a windo w, before they are well furnished with young fibim, they Eeldom make much progress afterward. Another matter of importancs is not to hurry bulbs on grown in this way. A green house temperature is better thai a greater heat. New rixlox, star of iuelUnhiirf. The Germans have succeeded in prodaoingan extraordinary variation In the Palox Drummondii, which is being sent out oy seedmen this year. The following is Henderson's account of it: This novelty is of quite an extraordinary character. The center of each petal runs out into a point onequarter to one-third of an inch beyond the edge, which gives the flowers a regular star like form of a beautiful violet color, which is effectively brought out by the distinct white margin around the edge of each petal. Tbe plant grows ab jut one and onehalf feet in height, is of compact habit, and bears läge umbels of the above flowers in profusion. A (irst-class certifisate of merit has been awarded ta this novelty by the jary of the Society for the Encouragement of Horticulture in the Royal Prussian States at their last meeting in Berlin. To Make ortttung Wax. As the time is approaching w Jen grafting will be in season (observes tbe Orchard and Garden) the following method ot making grafting wax may prove acceptable: A good liquid grafting wax, adapted for painting the wounds made in pruning trees, and to other purposes, mav be made by melting one pound of rosin over a gentle fire and stirring in one ounce of beef t allow. When the mixture, after being removed from tbe fire, has cooled off somewhat, eight ounces of alcoÄol are to be added to it. If too cool for mixing, place over the fire again, carefully guarding the alcohol against taking fire. When cool put it in bottles or cans, and keep well closed. A number of years ago this used to be known as "Lefort's L'quid Grafting Wax." A Dying Pear Tree Saved, An Irgenious plan to save a dying pear tree was adopted in the garden of L. M. Chase, of Boston. The mice had girdled tbe tree so that it seemed bound to die. Mr. Chase planted four small trees arouad it and close to it, cut off the tops, pointed the ends, and, making incisions in the bark of the pear, bent the small trees and grafted them upon the dying trunk. They all lived, and that tree draws its nourish ment from the small ones. List season a bushel of handsome pears were taken from it. LIVE STOCK NOTE3. Cattle prices are stiffening considerably. A sale of 0,000 head of cattle was recently made In Colfax county. New Mexico, for spring delivery at $13 a head, round, calves to be counted. Denver Field and Farm. Ranch owners in the northwest part of the State say that a heavy loss of cattle will occur if the snow does not go off pretty soon, The snow-fall has been very heavy in the North and West Talmage Neb. Tribune. Mr. John Dowdie reports the price of cattle advancing with an ever increasing demand. He recently completed the sale of a bunch of steers at 5 cents, and thinks that within the next ten days they will go up to G. Tucson Citizen. From what we learn very little damage was done to the range cattle from the effects of the late storm. The snow drifted sufficiently so they could rustle and get plenty of grass, and the ice thawed sufficiently for stock to get water before many died from thirst Klowo (Kan.) Journal. Forty thousand bejf steers have been marketed from tbe New Mexico range the past season. The thermometer has repeatedly been down in this place this winter 20 degrees below z?ro. In this dry atmosphere that is only equal in intensity to zero at the Missouri. Northwest New Mexican. Borne of onr near-by farmers who think the prices obtained for horses are too small, should note the following from the Texas Stockman of January 21: Meyer sold last week one car mares at $18; two cars horses and mares, 125 50; forty unbridled colts at $7, and three cars of saddle horses for $37 50. He also shipped a car-load of fl oe stock, consisting of stallions and matched teams to the Gity of Mexico. H. A. Prout, of Severy, Kan., had in a lead ot dehorned cows last week, which told at 10c to 20c. per cwt. above horned cows of same weight, flesh and fat. Tne packers paid more for them than for horned cows, because they were free from bruises. This netted Mr. Front something like $2 per head more for his experiment. Besides this they reqmired leu feed and far less shed room. Mr. Front is convinced of the merits of hornless cattle. Kansas City Telegram, Hoof and Horn says that reports from all over Arizona describe the weather as mild and beautiful, and the cattle are nowhere any the worse for the recent cold snap. In the southern part of the territory the cattle drifted a good deal, but It will require very little riding to drive them back. The principal loss occurs in cases where large numbers ot beef cattle were gathered for shipment and were scattered, and before being gathered up became unfit for shipment. Ma). Wm. Gentry, of Sedalla Mo in com5 any with G. G. Berry, W. C. Bowman and . 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the l'Uh ult., for the purpose of looking at some cf the choice lire Btock for which Sangamon county is noted. Before leaving they bought of Sterioker Bros, one of the most promising 3 year-old Cleveland bay s'alllons that evir left orkshlre England. Be weighs 1 240 pounds and measures 16 hacds. He is known as Duke of Clarence. Breeders Gezette. "Hogsare the most unprofitable stock we keep as now maneged.that is, when fed for fourteen months;" so says Prof. Sanborn of tbe Missouri Agricultural College. He further remarks; -Ihe growth and y- eight atialred by hog9 in fifteen to eighteen months can be obtained at much less cost in teven or fight months. Those who feed hog for fourteen months actually wateby unnecessary maintenance 45 per cent, of the food given after the bog is 8 or ' months old. This is an f xtravaeance no farmer can afiord." As hogs near maturity the cost of their dead weight rapidlv advat ce s. The old belief that hogs of 150 or 200 pennds and upwards will make growth more cheaply than smaller animals is a false one. The 3."u pound hog takes nearly twice as much food for a pound of gain as does a CO pound pig. These figures ought to banish from tbe farm every shoat over 8 or 9 months old. St, Louis Journal of Agriculture. One of my neighbors who came to see me while doing tome logging work, said gutter seeing the coltV performance): "TV here their strength lies is more than I can see, for I had no idea they could move luth logs as they were hitched to" which they did with apparent ease. Another neighboa, whose farm joined mine, ard who saw them workine almost daily for yea rr, said of them: Mlhey are tbe best farm team I ever saw," and then went on to tell me of a horse he once owned, sired by tbe i ame horse as mine, but his colt kad been trained on the whipping system and spoi'ed; he also called mv attention to number of co'.ts fired by the same horte, that were spoiled by the same treatment, say id j : "You have tbe only team of those colts that are worth anything, and your kindness to them as colts must be the cause of their kindness to you and their excellent working qualities." Since that time I have had no use for a whip for a spirited horse. We are now driving a high-spirited mare, that a whip is never used to, and she will go as well without binders as with, or without a check-rein ; her head never goes down, hr heels up but with whip treatment I would not like to arive her or ride bfhird her. Jonathan Talcott, in the CcUDtry Gentleman. OEJfEKAL FARM TOPICS. In Vermont they ubs rollers twelve feet long and from live to seven feet in diameter, weighing 2 COO pounds, and drawn by six horses, to break the roads after heavy enew storms. Tbe roads are thus kept open t half the cost of shoveling. O. W.Cheever, In the N, E. Farmer, says no building on the farm will pay better interest on ita cost than a deep shed for storing dry earth or other absorbents for uee in stables. We have no need to send to Germany for minerals to use for this purpose. The American Cultivator thinks an occasional short crop of potatoes is no greai detriment to the conntry. It says we are in the habit of eating too many potatoes, which have less of strength-giving elements and those imparting nervous force and mental vigor than the cereal. A Minnesota newspaper reports one of the quicket and cleanest corn husking jobs on record. JAJ prairie fire went through aix seres of corn in fixe minutes, completely burning away every husk, leaving the corn on the stalks clean and bright, and in no way injured by the fire and smoke. An Illinois horticultural society decides that the deterioration ot orchards noticeable everywhere Is due principally to double cropping the land and starving the trees; and that tae secret ot tbell restora

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Dr. Sage'S Catarrh Remedy, and I am now a well man. I believe it to be tbe only sure remedy for catarrh now manufactured, and one has only to give it a lair trial to experience astounding results and a permanent cure."

Three Bonus Cure Catarrh. a permanent CUTC. and bearty." tion lies in plowing under green crops, or fow'rg clover to remain uocat for the double purpose of mulch and manure. A forehanded husbandman of Western New York, whose land is level, or only rollingjdraws'.manure in winter aa fist as made and broadcasts It upon bare ground or not more than six inches of saow in fields intended for hoed crops next season He hss persisted in this practice for year atd Kates tbe remarkable statement in Ferm Life that "ODe load so aoplied is equal in effect to three, at least, spread in string. Moreover, he gets just as much work out of tbe way during a comparitivt'y slack time, HOI SKHOLD HINTS. To make excellent oyster fritters, a rich dish, but one that may be partaken of occasionally at the noontide meal: Drain tbe liqucr from the oysters; to a cup of liquor ard a cup of milk, three beaten' eggs, a little salt, and Hour enough to make a thin batter. Chop the oysters and add to tbe batter. Have ready in a frying-pan a mixture of beef-drippings and batter;' heat very hot, and drop the oyster batter in by the spoonful. 8kim out as soon as tbey are delicately browned, and send to the table at once. An oyster omelet is a very nice breakfast dien. To make it. beat six eggs, whites and yelks separately; to the yelks add a half cup of thin cream or rich milk, a little Bait, and twenty-foor small cysters cbepped fine. Put two spoonfuls of butter into a frying-pan, and heat while mixing tbe omelet. Add the whipped whites to the other ingredients, m'x lightly, and when tbe butter is hot turn into the pan. Shake to prevent burning. When "set" in the middle, turn one-half over the other, and turn onto a hot platter. Writers upon housekeeping frequently mention the pot-roist as a good method of disposing of tbe round of beef, but not all of our readers, perhaps, know bow this is msde. The following are the directions to prepare and cook it : Take a round of roast beef (cost from fifteen to twenty fife cents) and sprinkle salt acd pepper on it, after whirh roll it up and wind enongh twine treoarße thread around to keep it in shape. Put a lump of butter or beef fat in a hot stew-pan with one or two sliced onions. When tbe onions turn brown DUt in the meat, and turn from side to side until it hss changed color, then pour on fnough eld water to rover, but not to drowa. Wben tbe water bolls down add alittle hot water, and thicken and season tbe gravy to tas e. If nut on to cook swn after breakfast, it will melt in your mouth by dinnertiae. Chicken crcouettea make a favorite principal dish for luncheon. This is tbe recipe, tbe proportion being for a whole chicken : Put into a sauce-pan butter the size of a small t gg, and wben it is melted, a small chopped onion. Stir for a minnte or two, and turn in a small half cup of rlxr; when this takes a light brown color, add a cupful of tbe stock in which the chicken was boiled and a gill of milk or cream; both should be boiling hot. Stir to a smooth paste, Beason with pepper, salt and a quarter of grated nutmeg, a tablespoonf al of sherry or port, a tablespoonful of lemon juice and a dash of cayenne. For those wbo like it a taklespoonful of chopped parsley is an improvement, Now, add the chicken chopped fine, stir and mix until very hot, and when nearly cold mold into sausage or pear shaped croquettes: roll first in crumbs, and then in beaten egg, again In the crumbs and fry in boiling drippings. Rice waffles make a good plain dessert, especially for the children. Mash one cupful of boiled rioe smoothly, moistening it gradually with a cupful of luke-warm water; stir In one third of a cake of comIiressed yeast that has been dissolved in nke-warm water and two cupsot door. Add enoogh water to make a batter rather Btlffc tau (or cuke, ud set Uat.lt la per

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fick neaaaeuc. neu i ieei u v-oium on. Pellets, and am relieved of the headache."

Mrs. C. W. TiROWN, of TTapakomta. Ohio, gays: "Your 'Pleasant Iurtrative Pellets' are without question the best cathartic ever sold. They are also a roost eflicient remedy for torpor of the liver. We have used them for yeara in our family, and keep them in

NOT CURE. Frof. W. Hacsxer, the famous mesmerist, of Ithaca, N. Y., writes: "Some ten yeara ago I suffered untold apony from chronic nasal catarrh. My family physician gave me up aa incurable, and said I must die. My case was such a bad one. Thomas J. Rushing. Esn., too; Pine Street, St. Louis, Mo., writes: "1 was a great sufferer from catarrh for three years. At times I could hardly breathe, and was constantly hawking and spitting, and for the last eight months could not breathe through the nostrils. I thought nothing could be done for me. Luckily. I was advised to trv Eli Robbins, Hunyan P. O., Columbia Co., Pa., says : "My daughter had catarrh when she was five yeara old, very badly. I saw Dr. Sag-e's Catarrh Remedy advertised, and procured a bottle for her, and soon saw that it helped her; a third bottle, effected She is now eighteen years old and 6ound fectly free from lumps. Let it stand in a warm piece for three hours; add three beaten eggs, a teaspoonfu) of salt and a very little fUjrar. anout two tablespoonfuls, and. bake in well greased wsiHe irons. Kit with butter and honey or silver drips. To make glossy starch for linens and muslins, take two ounce of white gnm erabic powder, put into a pitcher, and pour on it a pint of boiling water, according to the degree of strength you desire, and then, haviDg covered it, let it stand all night. In the mornirg pour It carefully from the dregs into a clean bottle keep it for use. A tablespoonful cf gum water stirred into a pint cf starch that has been made m the utnal manner will give lawns, either black or printed, a look of newness, when nothing el: e can restore them after washing. It isalfo good, much diluted, for thin white niutlin and boblnet. TURKItH BATH PARTIES. Chicago Ladt s Patronizing These Health Resorts. I Chicago Herald. I Bathing is a social fad in Chicago now. This is not to say that Chicego ladies have not always bathed. But the truth is, and remains to ab:de, that the true social caper Of the day is tbe Turkish bath party. How do they arrange it in Chicago? Tbe Herald has no objection to letting the world into the secret. A half-dozen ladies membe rs of the same set, of course having previously made arrangements wiih the Turk who is the presiding genius of tbe bath, come down town and spent tbe entire afternoon in the enjoyment of the oriental lare. There are no horrid men around save the stalwart sentinel at the door. Those who wait upon the fair bathers are of their own sex. Tne afternoon is always tbe tii e selected as more conducive to the true appreciation of the luxurious Janpior of the pastime. Lunch is served and ti.e maidens recline and loll about the rooiLs in great abandon and enjoyment. Bath-house keepers are very reticent when questioD-d. They ssy nothing for tear of frightning their patrons awey. '-If I should eay even a single word," said one of tbem to a Herald correspondent,"! would lose my custom." "Why are the ladies so anxious to keep this harmless amusement a secret?" "Because they don't want the dudes acd mashera to besiege tbe bath houses. It wouldn't be very pleasant for the ladies to be compelled to rnn the gauntlet of a lot of guys every time they wanted to take a bath." How was it inaugurated ?" "I wouldn't dare to give the lady's name, but it ia sufficient to say that she is a leader in her sex.' No: I would not tell you wbo she was for a thousand dollars. One day she came to me and said she had an idea, 8he said she wanted to give a Turkish bath social, and asked me if I would let her have my rooms. She was willing to pay any price." What did you say?" "I agreed, of course. She wanted to have lunch served, so I agreed It should be as the wished. I engaged a lot of young lady waiters, and at 5 o'clock there was as dainty a lunch as yo.u ever eaw served in the rooms, and the guests lolled around, and-" "How do yon know?" Tbe bath-house man blushed to the roots of his hair. "I was told that the young ladies had a good time." he replied. "In fact, the young lady who gave the party or social told me so herself after aha came ont. And you never saw such a rosy set of girls in yoar life. They came oat with a rush, just ab if they had been children let out of school laughing and chatting and aa merry aa larks. They said they'd never had auch a good time before. They bless my soul, you ain't taking notes, are you? Do yon want to rain me?" "Never 1 No ont could bt so base aa to violate a cou&isaw so childlike a years."

A WHITE HOUSE RECEPTION.

Xhe President's Iuieretiug ConvernaMvu V. ith the Crowds That Call Upon. Him. T'ie range of conversation between the President and thote who shake hands witn hin at crowded receptions, says a correspoi dent, is limited. I stood near thotnr day and listened as they shook hands anl slid on: First caller (looking up) How dj you do. sir? President (cordiallv) How do yoa do, sir? Second caller (looking down) Goal morning, sir. President (smiling) Good morning. And so on to the iifth caller (shaking hands and ianzhing) Helped to elect you, and going to da it again. (Exit.) Pre sfdeDt Thank you! Sitii caller (looking straight out of the door) Glad to see you, sir! President How do you da? Acd so on to the Fifteenth caller (a little boy in frock, waddling on, seeing only the Chief Executive's feet, and not noticicg whose they are), Piesident (reaching for him) Her! you little fellow. Here! This way! Give us a shake! Little fellow is shaken and waddles on, solemnly wondering what it is all about. Sixteenth caller (whispers in Executive ear). President (with surprised and congratulatory look) Ah. indeed! Hope they are all well. Response smothered by Seventemth caller How do yoa do, sir ! President How do you do, Bir? Tide sweeps on till it reaches Trenty jeventh caller (in loud voice) Mr. Presulf nt, I was born within tvo nnles of your birthplace, and only three years later, up on Caldwell hill. Subdued giggle of crowd u President Ah, indeed! I'd like tint rata to go up there fur a day or two this sumer. Twenty-eeventk caller (resumes) Come on: fishing He is itgulfed in the tide and, the sentence dies unfinished, while the President cordially shakes bands with a partj of ttree with umbrellas, evidently from the rural districts. Thirty-sixth caller (lady shakes hands blithely ) That shake is for Mrs. Cleveland. Gin her my love. President Thank you. Thirty-seventh caller Good e7?nij5, sir. President (autorcaticallj) Good moraIrg. About one in a thousand is known to the President, but. on the whole, it is a dresry Cfrfmoiy to him, and entered into wiih a real sensible earnestness and a sort of contagious generality. Jarred His Spin. I Texas Sii'tings I Kind old lady (to little boy who has just fallen c'own): " Where did you hurt yourself little boy ?" L'ttle boy (erjing): "Where d'ye s'pose a f-f -feller hurts hisself when he sits dowu kerflant?" Lived On One Another. New York 6un.I Bobby Ma, wasn't there anybody left in the Garden of Eden after Adam and Eve were turned out? Mother No, Bobby. Bobby (after thozgMV Well, who fed the animals? A Frotitabie Season's Work. Boston Globe.l The two McNeally brothers of Sica have Glade a good season's work. Frank got $V.X for stealing the bond?, and now Harry is liable to receive $5,000 for their recovery, which is over $1 000 apiece. This is better than working for $0 a week. Everybody needs a spring medicine. By using Ayer's 8arap&rilla, the blool is thoroughly clear sed and invigorated, the appetite stimulated, and the system prepared to resist the diseases peculiar to the summer months. Ask for Ayer's Sarsaparille. Take no other. Why work for another or on small Balary ? Why continue working on " a worn-out farm? Why try to secure a living from high piicf d or neavily mortgaged farms? Why work on rented land? Why not start for yourself? Why not secure at once some of the low priced but very fertile and well located lands adjacent to railroads, now to be obtained by those going to Northern Dakota and Minnesota, where you cen make a iarger net profit per acre than on the high priced or worn out land you now occupy ? Why not go and look the situ ation over and see for yourself, or at least obtain further information, which, will be sent free if you will address C. H. Warre j, General Passenger Agent, 8L Paul, Minn. "Eest cure for consumption is the old Boston Vegetable Pulmonary Balsam." Tallapoosa, Georgia, This progressive young city of the New South is fast coming into prominence. Unlike many of the older cities in that section it was started on the "ground tioor," and the Tallapoosa of to-day, with its nearly 2,000 inhabitents, hotels, builtiugs, factories and hundreds of residences, is the outcome of only about six months of energetic eflort by a large company. Property is still selling there at very low prices, and it is without doubt one of the most favorable sections of the South lor investment at this time. Tbe advertisement of the Tallapoosa Lend, Mining and Manufacturing Company, who has been largely instrumental in making its remarkable growth, will be found elsewhere in this paper. 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HOWE. dm'r. H. J. Everett, Atty. February 8. lss. Ik PARKER'S CINCER TONIC without dHjr. A rftre tuvu-uutl iin(uu.l that cur h-n II rtae fajbu Han rarodtho wont waofCouK-h.WeAk Lurur. Aathiua. ludifc-Mtion, Inward I'airu, Exhaustion, toe al Oruvtcuta. H I IM DER COR NS.' , Th af. sure and bent purforl'onw, Bunlon, . Stop all pain- Knmiren comfort to tl fU fiLl to cure, la obdU at Uruggista. HifeouX A Co.. K. I.' MUSIC 8 ANTPF.R30N CAN PLA.Y THE ANO and Oßu AN without tbe aid ot a reicher ty nsint Saper'a Instantaneous tiuide to the keys. No previous knowledge of music wbatsver required. Snd for took of testimonials, free -Miras SOPER MUSIC CO., Box 14S7, New York, N. Y. Noti.e of Appointment, laNoUce is herebv riven that the undcrs!ge4 has duly qualified as Administrator ot the estate of William Slaughter, late of Mariem County, Indiana, deceased. Said estate is auppoaed to be solvent C M. C. WILLIS. AdaijLUtraiar. February ,15,