Indiana State Sentinel, Indianapolis, Marion County, 13 November 1889 — Page 5

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THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1889.

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THE HOWARD LITERARY.

AND "FLOSSIE" COMES TOO. She Preaches Quits a Sermon, Bat All Will Indorse Its Teaching. Dear II. L. C. Friends How pleasant it looks to see you collecting again around the cheerful fireside. It waa rather cool out in the forest among the drifting leaves and the waving golden rod and I thought I would enter your circle and if anyone chanced to remember me I would remain and chat a while with you. Yes, it is "Flossie," "Cheerful Invalid," and allow me this seat at your right while I tell yon how I have been longing to hear you all chatting eo pleasantly again. Ye?f I am glad the Howard club is not dead nd I never for a moment thought of :tkJ.ninimimhKiliinfrnm it Although vt i iiiui a n n '"'v -j" - - t several have attempted to persuade me to do so; but all such atUmipta have been met witn my greatest indignation, wiu foxnc one say there had been no tears shed in regard to the matter? If so, let me tell you there were tears and tears ehed at the foot of the forest near "Ferndale," when "Flossie" found she was commanded to keep silent and let others do all the talkintrfbut if you will only have patience she will make up for lost time. I will now say a few words in regard to 'Personal Beauty." We all know a teautiful person is the natural form of a beautiful eouI. o matter how plain the features of a person with a great and generous eoul, the face will become beautiful in the eyes of all who come in contact with it. "While a vacmt mind takes all the meaning out of th fairest face, a sensual li?pon.tion deforns the handsomest features. A cold, selfi h heart shrivels and distorts the best loois. A mean, groveling spirit takes all th dignity out of the figure and all the chartcter out of the countenance. A cherishei hatred transforms the most beautiful face into an image of ugliness. It is impossible to preserve goc-i looks with a number of bad Eassions. i set of low-loves reigning in the eart anl a disdainful, selfish spirit enthroned in the will. Wickedness and beauty till no more keep company a groat while than poison will consort with health. The exerimentof putting them together hasbem tried thousands of years with one uivaryinr result. There is no sculptor lib the mind. There is nothing that f o refues and ennobles face and mien as the constant presence of eood and great thought. The person who lives in the regioa of ideas becomes idealized. There are ro arts which can contribute a tithe fo mich to the loveliness, the dignity, tho ennb!ingof a person's looks a a nolle prirciple, a high determination, a great j.uipose and an a'l-porvadinpr disposition of lindness in the heart. Affection is the orgmizing force in the human constitution. "Woman is fairer than man because eh3 has more affection than man. Lövelings is the outside of love. Kindness, jrood-will and a prevailing deKre to make others happy, make the body s fair dwelling- of the Holy Spirit. The Diil that is full of pure ami generous afT?ction forms the features into its own allelic likened, as the rose, by inherent iii pulse, prows into grace and blossoms jato perfect loveliness, which no art can Ciiual. Now, if we desire to be beautiful, lt us live pure, loving and as near as posB.ble, Christ-like lives; and by so doinsr car soul will not only grow beautiful but also our faces. The Sentinel has long been a welcome visitor at our heme, and now that it has welcomed the H. L. C. to its columns, it has terome dearer than before. "Vashti" and ""obcdy's Darling," your faces are needed at our fireside. "YV. S. Franklin." "Virgie Howell," "Lillio Harlow," "Vernon," "Napoleon," "Edwin Ernest," "Barbara Karle," "Celia Barr," and oh I all of you, dear friends, come trooping in as of old. Do not be backward ; our editor is very kind, or he would cot have allowed me euch a lenpthy visit. Long may the II. I C. live and prosper and may Tue Sentinel ever wave, is the wish of "Flossie Fern-." "Ferndale," Ind., Xov. 9. SOMETHING TO WRITE ABOUT. '.Sappho" Outline a Proposition to Make TbU Department Decidedly Interesting. "Like warp and woof all destinies Art woven fast. Linked in sympathy like the keys Of an organ vast. Pluek one thread, and the web ye mar, Break bat one Of m thousand keys, and the paining far Through all will run." Dear II. L. C. Friends How tru these words seem to me as I think of writing to yoa.U I cannot overcome the strangeness of a new home. The thought that some have gone astray is painful to me, and, yet more painful is the thought that the desertion was so unjust. Only those who were so unfortunate as to attend the Cincinnati reunion can realize the injustice done the II. I C. The little badge that was greeted with pleasure last year was pneered at with contempt this year. Again and acrain the question, "What are you without an Enquirer t' was asked of those who etood fast for the II. I C. I can answer that question now; we are all right with a Sentinel. I cannot help exclaiming, "Oh, fraility! thy name is friendship," when I think that a newspaper company can induce persons to swvrve from that which is right. But let us forgive our wandering brothers and sisters; perhaps they were led astray by the artfulness of mankind. Their wrong need not cause us to do wrong by bearing them malice. I have learned in my brief experience that there is deceit in most all things. "None are without in, no, not one." Thus I am ever more ready to forgive alL When you have forgiven those who wrong you, you have done your part; then you must leave the rest to God to judge, for He eavs, "Vengeance is mine." The II. L. C. has had its hour of darkness, but through all God has brought us RaWy. We must not despair when tL'jfe in whom we have had all confidence; whom we have loved and trusted, betray or forsake us, but learn to stand in our own strength. Adversity ofttimes teaches who the true friends of life are. The friends that forsake ns when shadows darkly gather that know us only when fortune smiles upon us are those who have had few sorrows of their own. Thus it is proven that the best consolers of human hearts ofttimes bear broken hearts in their own bosoms. 'ow that we are ßafely housed let us go to work in earnest. We must do all we can to increase th circulation of our paper. Kvery one has some friend that he or ehe can persuade to take ' the paper and join the club. If all will work with united efforts we can make our organization a errand success. To any one who reads these lines, and thinks kindly of the good he may do, I wul say come with us, "Cast

your bread upon the waters." All should seek to exert their influence for good. "W know not when the wed we sow Will stir btneath the od; We know it wiil not die away If in the care of God." Let me tell you what a friend kindly said of our page. She thinks we are like a story she once read, of "Ben I'uzard'a Mill." Ben Buzard was there, but the mill was nowhere. We are inclined to forget we are a literary club. I always enjoy the little social chats, and yet they cannot be of interest to the reading public. Now I have a plan which our editor kindly approves, and I hope all will do their part With the assistance of my friend we have written out the skeleton for a story, which is to be entitled, "All's well that ends well." Now I propose the club shall write the story. The outline contains ten chapters which I wish to assign to ten different members. In our next issue of our paper will be the complete outline for the ßtoryand the chapters assigned to those who are to be the authors. Then I hope each member will do their best, because I know all others will watch easrerly for the story. No one member is to know what the other has written, and the story will turn out like a game of consequences. Each member will kindly send me their chapter when completed, and I will send one by one for publication. It will be necessary to have the story complete before the first chapter goes into print. Since it is a love story all must seek to make it as ridiculous as possible, and not take longer than three week's time. Each page will contain one chanter till the story is finished. I promise all the outline next week. Then watch for consequences. I hope all will approve of this plan, for I am sure it will be interesting to readers and beneficial to the writers. When the story i finished some one can outline a play, and in that way we may be able to keep up a lively interest in the page. In the meantime let us discuss "Books, their influence, and what wo have read." "Sister Minnie." "Randolph," "Only Sister," and "Maud Maple," shall I send the executive committee to find you? Thanks to one and all for remembrance With best wishes, I am ever the same friend to all. 'Sai tho." Indianapolis, Xov. S. A VOICE FROM IOWA.

"Aunt Sue" Send a Cheering Letter From liar Invalid Med. Pear II. I C. Friends With a happy heart I address you through the medium of The Sentinel. Some of my dear friends have been calling for me, but, owing to intense suffering and extreme weakness, I have been unable to respond until now. I am a confirmed invalid, as many of you are aware, and have been confined to my bed over ten years not being able to sit up or even be raised up, and during all this long period have suffered pain daily and got but little rest at night. How long the time seems when all the household are wrapt in slumber; everything seems so still except my own thoughts and the little watch hanging above my head ticking the moments away. Then my mind reverts to the past and also to the future, and often, oh ! so often, to my many friends of the "II. L C," who have been so kind to me and have written me so many cheering letters. I)ea f riends, you can never know how much your good letters have helped to puss away those lone years of Buffering. Two years since I purchased an invalid's rolling chair, thinking I could be rolle. 1 from one room to anot her, but I have only been able to use it a few times, and then in a reclining position, but I am hoping, ever hoping, that I may yet enjoy my treasure. I am not much given to "the blues." SeMora do thev ever enter my room. I think "Cheerful Invalid" would suit me, but would not think of depriving our little sister of her nom. I am pleased to know we have a new home in The Sentinel; as Jezebek says "our new home seems a little strange to us at first," but wherever I tan see "Howard Literary Club'' printed in large golden letters over the door, it is home to ine. I know my friends lire there. Nothing could give me more pleasure than to know that we hive a home in The Sentinel, and are united again. Until the reunion I hardly knew what to believe, as I could learn so little concerning the H. L. C, believing the club to be dead, or so near dead, that it could not exist any longer, but I am pleased to know the H. I C is not dead, as was reported, but in a flourishing condition. Now, dear 11. L. C. brothers and sisters, come to The SENTiNEi.and help build up our new home, as "iAter On" says ; write just such letters as you can write and you will bo welcomed by all. H is true we have lost a few of our old members, but let ns not despair, others will soon take their places. I am pleased to see fo manv of the old members coining "It. Klba llavne," "Incog.," "Evergreen," "Happy Old Maid," "Observant Widower," "Mary of Champaign." "Goldie," "Gresham," "Jacinta," "Beatrice," "Eelyn," "Comet," "Essie" and others, whom I have not space to mention here. I extend to you all a welcome, and hope to read your good letters often. "J looser Boy," I receive my papers now, thanks, and was pleased to t-nd your letter in The Sentinel. I am much pleased with your selection of president, and I congratulate "Howard" upon the honor conferred upon him. I will now extend my hand to each member and retire. Mine is a weak hand, but it is strong in friendship. "Aunt Sce." Kalona, Washington County, Iowa, Nov. 9. ' A FARMER TALKS. U. B. Still" &ujERet Some Valuabe- Hint About Drainage, Ktc. Pear II. L. C. Friends As the wanderers one by one are returning to the fold, I will also answer to roll-call. "Jezebek," I am glad you wrote about the farm, as I feel at home'among farmers. I have had a little experience in tilling land, and will gladly tell all I know about it. There is considerable difference in land, in different localities, but I believe it will pay you to under-drain the kind of soil you mention, if your ground is level and only the surface-water to be carried away. Three-inch tiling will be largo enough. It costs 512 per thousand in this vicinity. It has so often been demonstrated that ground that does not bake and get hard when dry, will withstand the drouth much better. Now tiling keeps the gronnd nice and loose, hence it is obvious that it is also an excellent thing in dry as well as wet seasons. ' Where the ground i t level, it will of course not drain as weli as where the land slopes toward it, and an allowanco will have to be made for thai,. To-day, as it is rainy, I have been looking over the winter apples. We picked them in September, and being somewhat in a hurry, picked little and big, good and bad, and stored them in an out-house. I will sort all defective ones out now, and when cold weather comes, bury them;

and last, but not least, when the thermometer gets down to business "We do our nightly chores. Bring in the wood from oat of doors" It is some satisfaction to bring in a pan of nice rosy apples, to while the long evenings away. The poet Bryant calls fall the "melancholy days, the saddest of the year,' and yet we think they are shall I say tho most beautiful? That would be in the superlative degree, but I will say as beautiful as spring, especially in the country. It is beauty reflected in a more solemn way. The migratory birds have nil Mown, leaving us nothing but the rooks and blue jays, and they are forever cawing and chattering, as if daring old winter to come. Oh ! yes ; I almost forgot. Should any of you perchance, wish to keep cider sweet, put half an ounce of cicylic acid in a barrel ; first mix the acid with a quart of cider and then pour it into the barrel. It is necessary to do this because the acid is very hard to mix with any kind of liquid, and if put in the barrel dry, will simply float on top of the cider. We certainly bhould have printed stationery, but I don't fully agree with "Hoosier Boy." It would make it rather complicated putting so much on, or at least I think so; why not leave it to The Sentinel? It has had experience in such things, and, no doubt, would satisfy the most fastidious. Well, as "short visits make long friends," I close, believing that all those who have said that I need not be still any longer will say with one accord, "IT. B. Still." Gravelton, Ind., Nov. 8. ENCOURAGEMENT UNDER DIFFICULTIES

"Dora" Think a Kind Word TUakes Easy a Slide Into n Ditch. To the II. L. C It is with fear and trembling that my first contribution is sent to the page. I greatly enjoyed the privilege of meeting a number of you at the Indianapolis reunion and am glad to be one of your club. "Fairy Frique" may charge mo with plagairism when she Ends that I have copied her theme, but my thoughts preceded the arrival of The Sentinel. Christ taught by word and deed the wonderful works wrought by charity. Charity may be manifested in so many different ways and to fit so many circumstances in life that it would be" impossible to speak of them all in one evening. It is my purpose to dwell slightly on that manifestation of the divine attribute that may be used by all the sympathetic word. If my memory serves m rightly, a psychologist says that the first cry of the infant is a cry for sympathy, and the sufferings of mankind are largely attributable to the same source. Think how quickly one's sorrows pass away, and even become as jovs, when one feels the sympathy of friends. But two hours ago it wa9 necessary for me to walk half a mile through rain, mud and darkness. The journey was not inviting even when philosophically reasoned about. But when a fellow-traveler expressed his sympathy the road did not seem half so lonely. Even the beginning of a slide down a four-foot ditch did not dampen my spirits, although so much could not be said of the pedestal upon which I stand. Every one does not have a sympathetic nature, but it can be cultivated by imagining oneself in the other's place". Is it not worth while to cultivate charity in speech and action? It is not by gifts of money but bv love that Christ "druwa all men toward llira. Whatever others may trunk about it, no one needs sympathy more than poor, frivolous "Dora Dickens." Pleasant Place, Nov. I). To-31orrow. Oft vain are the pleadings of our hearts mute entreaty, Thickly the dead hope-buds strewn along one way, Replace the inviting pUa-nra for urgent duty. Duty can wait lor to-morrow some other day. Down from our grasp slips many a possession. The purport of which has little meaning now. Hut, oh, when too late hear the passionate confession, Mingled with team of repentance and oft broken TOWS. The lore and friendship we had wont to cherish, Neglected, lie a pitiless, helpless thin;;. All that's best and dearest in our lires wither and perish Through the agency which to-morrow brings. One spoken or written word of cheer to-day-May heal a heart that i ruthlewly breaking, While if we stay our tongue or pen for lore of play. To-morrow, detth will surely be o'ertaklng. W rob ourselves and cheat the world of measures, What's real turns to bubbles in the air; One by one we let pass earth's fondest treasures. Led by the fallacy of to-morrow's care. Ah, friends! dear friends! I beg of you indulgence, (tire me my share of lore and thought to-day. What nerd is there of the sun's genial etl'ulg :nce When the moon and stars are out at play ? Xo, tarn not from duty, the present Is teeming With work to be done let us no time borrow, But awake to the truth, no Iongr be dreaming, Learn only to-day li ours, that the ro is no to-morrow. Elizaukth Ckcillk 1$hvj. MU ltoje, W. Va., 'o. !. A Generous Proposition. Through the kindness of our editor I am permitted to announce that The "Weekly Indiana State Sentinel will be eent to any II. L. C. member, or friend, from now till Jan. 1, 1891, for ?1. I am encouraged to receive a number of subscriptions from persons who aro getting up clubs. Let the good work go on. The editor has kindly granted tho club a small per centaere for each Pubscription, to help us out financially, and all members should send their nubscriptions to my address, "Anna K. (juenthcr, 3ö Halfplace, Indianapolis, Ind." I have received so many letters lately that it will 1)6 impossible to answer them. So have adopted the postal card for receipts. Will promise to write letters after the holidays. "Sapi-iio." Indianapolis, Nov. 11. "Marion County lloy'a' Modest Words. II. I C. Friends As I have never written to tho II. L. C. before, I will not attempt to make my letter lengthy. I will Bay that I am highly pleased with the good letters that this Howard page contains. I should like very much to become a mein ber of the club. I will say to "Jezebek" that it will pay to put tile on upland yes, it will pay big. There ia as much advantage tiling on upland as on tho lowlaud. It- will irrigate and keep tho ground mointer and will stand the drought much better. I could write more on this subject, but as I am a new contributor I will not go too far. The Sentinel is one of tho best papers published. AVUhing the editor and the II. L.C. fucccss I will pass out. "Marion County IVy." Rocklane, Nov. 9. A Flower That Wants to llioom. To the II. L. C. Department Seeing in The Sentinel the H. L. C.'s objects and aims, I thought I would like to become a member. Could you send me the by-laws and constitution? Is it not your object to gather tho "wasted sweetness of the desert air," and brine those "flowers that are born lo blush unseen" to view? Geouge Henry. rieasant, Ind., Nov. 8.

PREPARING FOR WINTER.

THE DULL SEASON ON THE FARM. An Indiana Farmer RrmarkaMe Career-Keeping-Sweet Potatoes The Hnaking of the Coro Onion in the Fall Home Keciprs. Daniel Frederick, who lives 6n a farm four miles east of Vincennes, was onehundred years old Oct. 16, and his family commemorated , the event by tendering him a splendid repast. He walks with a rustic cane, and was not bowed down with age. He steps with a surprising alacrity, and hears with distinctness, and answers with a promptness that is remarkable. His face is not full, nor is his body burdened with the corpulency of age, but in every movement he manifested the will and endurance of his physical organization. His mind has always been clear, and his life has been comparatively quiet and uneventful. Indeed, he has been perfectly contented with tho quiet life of a farmer, which, perhaps, accounts largely for his longevity.' His short whiskers beneath his chin are quite gray, if not white, but his hair is still nearly blacfe, and thick upon his head. It was with no little astonishment we heard he had never worn spectacles and that his eyesight had never failed him. He said he never had what many people call their "second eyesight" His appetite is as good as it ever was, and hesleeps ns peacefully yet as a child. His health has always been good, except on two occasions, the last one of t hich was nineteen years ago, when he had what the physicians called a fever. His father's name was Louis Frederick, and his mother's name was Mary. They came from Tennessee to Knox county when the Indians etill skulked through tho country and killed unsuspecting farmers as they followed their plows. He was born in Knox county October IG, 1780, the very year that Washington took the reins of government under the present constitution ; therefore he has lived under ever' president this country has had since the beinninjr. He was born and raised on the Louis Marchino place, in Johnson township, and has always lived in the country. "Youngsters now," said he "don't know w hat hard work is. In my young days I worked hard, minded nobody's business but my own, and maintained my mother and grandmother with these hands for forty years. Tho best of farm laborers then only got o' per month, and in harvest times, when extra pav was given, we only got 50 cents a day. We used reap-hooks then, and plowed with wooden mold-boards. We raised just as good corn then as now, but not so much of it. Corn then was onlv 10 cents a bushel, and potatoes the same?' Mr. Frederick had but lew school advantages in those days, but he learned to read and write. Last June fiftv-one years ago he was married to Miss llhoda Farmer. She was then but eighteen years old, and on the '2th of next December she will be sixty-nine years old. .She is the mother of sixteen children. Six of them wito twins. Four of the twins are dead. Onions lu the Fall." IThe Itepuulia There are two kinds of onions that can bo cCt out late in the fall and by mulching will not be injured during the winter and will be ready to use much earlier in the ppring than if the planting is delayed until spring. One is the winter onion. If it is tfiven a start in some corner of the garden, a good supply can be readily kept up. The other is the potato or multiplier onion. One of the essential requisites is a rich Eoil thoroughly prepared. It is ditlicult to get the soil for onions too rich. The manure or fertilizer should be applied close to the surface, and this can be done after the ground is ploughed or Fpaded up; the work of binning will incorporate it sulliciently into the soil. If the cultivation is to be given with a hoe, a f oot a part is close enough to mark out the rows. Make tho rows straight and the labor of keeping clean can be greatly reduced by using tho garden wheel boo or cultivator. Set the plants, but closer than three inches in tho rows, and cover well. It always pays to take pains in Betting out the bulbs .bo as to press them well into the soil. Iate in the fall before the weather gets too cold, a good mulch of manure should be given, taking pains to ppread ns evenly as possible over the surface. This protects the plants and induces an earlier fLart to grow in the spring, and at tho Fame time keeps tho soil from thawing out after freezing. In the spring if the mulch is too heavy so that it interferes with the work of cultivation, it is taken oir. If not it is worked into tho soil. The Untieing of the Corn. The golden daj of lunnuer tinio hare swiftly glided ty. And autumn's subtle witchery Is changing earth and sky. The Ira vis have lost the emerald green they wore in ernal darn. The frost is kissing forest boughs into a scarlet blaze. The grapes are purpling in the sun upon the woodland vine. The air's invigorating a a draught of rich, red wine. The earth is fair as cloTer fields bedecked with dew at morn. And autumn welcomes with a smile the husking of tho corn. My mind eoes back to other days, and better if you please, When boys and girls were wont to meet at Jolly hulking bcn Girls who it really seemed to tne were handsomer by far . , Than all the artificial ones the tailors make us are. Those were de'lehtful evenlncs when we taixed our toil witH hi as For every red car which we found eeeured the eher. Wh.nl kiss. It isn't strange that now I feet so lonesome and for' lorn, Since all my friends are absent At I ie husking of the corn. ' Keening Sweet Potatoes. FN. V. World. . Many persons find difficulty in keeping sweet potatoes, although several different ways aro recoinmendol, some of which aro successful in eouthern states that are not at all suitable in other places. I have seen sound sweet potatoes taken out in tho spring in the South from piles out of doors, covered with straw and earth, as we often bank up Irish potatoes here in the North, but such treatment with ug would result in nothing but a mans of rotten potatoes. Persons who raise them in largo quantities, and who have houses for the purpose or dry cellars, find no difficulty in keeping them, although they will rot worse in some seasons than in others. One of the main things is to have them ripe when they are lifted out of the ground, and have them dry and without any brui.ses when they aro stored away. It seems as though the larger the bulk of them in a cellar the better they will keep. But it is with small quantities that people have the most trouble, and on that account many do not try to preserve them in the winter at all. One ot the best ways 1 have found is to pack them in barrels in alternate layers of potatoes and perfectly dry leaves, and then set them away in a dry room where it docs not freeze or get too

cold. The leaves seem to absorb the moisture from the potatoes, and they keep well and are handy to take out as you want to use them. They ought not to touch one another, and should be perfectly dry and without a cut or scratch when they are put down, else they will soon rot. Iveaves are always plentiful at the timo they are wanted for this purpose and if they are thoroughly sunAiricd make excellent packing material. Household Uinta. Winter Succotash This can be made of dry lima beans and canned corn, which may be left from former dinners. Warm them over together with a little milk and butter, and thicken the milk with a little Hour. Hazel Pudding Beat two eegs very well, add to them one Kill of new milk, two ounces of castor sugar, one ounce of finely shred oranjre peel, and enough pouuded nut to form a atilF paste. Pake in a bn.'tered dish for an hour. Hazelnut Toffee Put one-half pound of butter into a lare saucepan and let it melt over the fire; then add one pound of treacle and one pound of moist sugar; let it boil till it will set and bear pulling when dropped into cold water; stir in two dozen chopped hazelnuts, and pour into a shallow tin to cool; then pull or cut into squares, as liked. Hazel Cakes Take half pound of blanched hazel nuts and four bitter almonds. Mix the white of an eirg with them, and pound together in a mortar: then add one pound of fine 6Ugar, a few drops of orange flower water, and cream enough to mix the whole to a paste. Make a good, pull paste, cut into shapes the thickness of a crown piece, cover with the mixture and bake in a hot oven. To Color Frosting Pink A little red jelly or i reserve juice, cranberry sirup or cochineal, stirred into ordinary frosting, colors a pretty pink. Yellow Cut an orange in halves, and soak the yellow part of the rind in the juice. Putin a thin muslin bag, aDd squeeze it through the mnslin. The juice will be colored by the rind. tir it into ordinary frosting. The whitest icing is made by adding lemon juice to the egg, and sugar. Stewed Potatoes With Milk Pare raw potatoes; cut into thick slices; soak in cold water half an hour; stew in enough cold water to cover them till tender (about fifteen minute). Do not let them boil fast enough to break. Drain off all the water. Pour on milk enough to nearly cover them; add salt, and when it boils again a large lump of butter (rubbed with an equal quantity of flour) and a little pepper. Let boil till it thickens, erve in a covered dish. Baltimore Apple Bread Make a nice doueh for sweet rusks, as they are known in New England, or buns, as they are known elsewhere. When this dough is very light, roll it out into two good-sized cakes about half an inch thick, and spread one with Etewed apples, place the other over it, and let it rise for half an hour, then bnke it in a pood oven. As soon ns it is done spread some stewed apples over the top, add plenty of sugar, hits of butter and nutmeg, and set the cake back in the oven for the sugar to form a coating. Serve hot or cold. Sugared Nuts Put one pound of thoroughly ripe nuts and one pound of sugar into a stewpan with half a pint of water. Boil over a clear fire till the nuts show signs of cracking in halves; then drain them and leave on the rack till thoroughly dry. Then sift all the sunar from them through a wire sieve. Put this back into the pan with two tab'espoonfuls of water and enough cochineal to give a pretty pink color. Boil it up, put the nuts in, and keep stirring over the fire till they are dry and crystallized. Then store in dry bottles.

Farm Notes. It is not too late yet to set out asparagus plants. Coarse manure makes a good mulch for rhubarb plants. Are the garden toolM cleaned up and stored away properly. Allowing the seed to get too dry is a lending cau?e of failure with trre seed. Carrots, beets and parsnips will be better without a layer of straw in putting away. In setting out trees er plants, be sure that the soil is pressed close around the roots. A frost-proof cellar that is somewhat damp and has a littie light ii a good place in which to store be J Jing plants. Young trees are often seriously injured by allowing stock to have tho run of the orchard duriu? the fall aud winter. It does not pny to undertake too many things at one time. Finish one tnsk before comineucinz another, especially in the garden Newly-set trees should be banked up now to prevent mice from gnawing the bark. Th work should be done before the ground freezes. Grape-vines can be pruned iu the autumn any time after the leaves fall, and the work can be done with less risk of damage than in the spring. Kverything that can be done in the fall to les-en the work in the spring will be profitable, as work is far more pressing in the spring than at this time. The cleaner the orchard or garden can be made in the fall before cold weather sets in, the less danger there will be from insect pests next season. Celery should be stored now. Cabbage and turnip should also be harvested and stored. After this time a cold snap may injure them if they are left out. Plants, shrubs and Tines that need protection during the winter should have the material applied before the ground freezes. A very good material is wheat or rye straw. One of the principal advantages in ploughing the garden in the fall is that, with good drainage, the 'soil can be in good condition for work much earlier in the spring. When trees are set out in the fall it will be found a rood plan to set a good, stout stake by them and tie them, as the hard winds we so often have may do serious injury. As soon as the ground freezes hard an additional covering should be given to the fruit and vegetable pits. Soil, coarse litter, straw or corn fodder can be used for this purpose. Fall settiiigof onions should be inade now. After the ground freezes they should be carefully mulched. Treated in this way, they will come into the market earlier next spring. With the generality of fruit trees the better plan is to keep in cultivation for six or ten years after setting out, taking care during this time to build up the fertility as much as possible. If apples or pears are be shipped any distance it will be found much better to wrap euch specimen iu paper before parking away. The rink ot freezing may be considerably reduced in this way. Apples to be stored away for long keeping must be handled very carefully. In sorting over, all speckled or bruised fruit should be taken out and only those that are perfectly sound be stored away. Then, if kept at low, even temperature, there is little risk but that they will keep in good condition. At the Metropolitan Museum, 1'uck. Attendant "Are you looking for anything in particular?" Uncle lleub "Yis, sah, I is. T heered tell dat dey wuz some ob d ole mastahs a-stoppin' beah, in 1 fought wb&d I'd look in en see 1 ole Mars Ogletho'p, plahntation. Georgy? bed arrived in town. I ain't sqt eyes on him sence ixty-fo'." Look out for clever imitations of Salvation Oil. Its unprecedented success provokes counterfeits. Not an exuberant Trip. ruck. Mrs. Upthar "Have a good time down to York, my son?" Hiram "No! ! ! !" "Mrs. Upthar "Thought your cousin Ben promised t' take you 'round the city?" Hiram "So he did; four times. He's drivin a belt line car." "It's only question of time," and a short time, too, as to when your rheumatism will yield to Hood's arsapanihu Try it. A laltr of Necessity. ruck. "What do you think of champagne at $4 a bottle, Do wnes" inquired Mr. Madison Squeer. "I don't think of ehampae at 4 a bottle," replied Mr. L'pson Downes, saidly. "I think of beer." These are the days when the man with the hot-gun goes ont hunting and gets back with a bad cold. Theu Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup is in order.

for Infants "Castor! is so wen adapted to children that I recommend it u superior to any prescription known to me.' IL A. Akcztxr, jl d.. Ill Bo Oxford St., Brooklyn, x. y "I J1ST GOT DUX LOSTED." A COLORED BOY'S WAR ADVENTURE. Other Stories For the Young Folks Tom mj'i Scheme -Knotty Problems Fur Solution Winners of Jack Ilowline's Prizes. AVhcn wo of the cavalry wore falling back before Lee as he was headed for Chantilly and Bull Run, says a writer in the Detroit Free I'rcts, a squadron of us which had been detailed to bring a wounded officer away from a house which would eoon be in possession of the advancing Confederates, found ourselves shut in front and rear. We numbered about thirty men and had a two-horse ambulance, in which the wounded man had boon made as comfortable as possible. "We had, indeed advanced a quarter of a mile before we discovered the box we Aere in. The Confederates who had come in behind us were cavalry, and owing to a turn iu the mad and a bit of woods had not yet feeii us. The lieutenant in command consulted with the major whom we were bringing away and explained the situation. "Prepare me as well as you can for the ride, give me a revolver, and then form your men by fours and ride right down on the Robs and cut your way through," was the order of the major. I was in the advance Pet of fours, and the man on my right was next to the highway ditch. All of a sudden, just as we were waiting the order to advance, a little negro boy, not over three years old and as black as the blackest tar ever made, appeared in the ditch alongside of Parker, lie seemed to have been hiding in the weeds, and I think he must have fallen out of a cart or got parted from the family as they were hurrying into the Union lines before Lee's advance. At any rate he was there and alone, and aa we saw him Parker said : "Good land! but here's a nigger baby right under foot and all alone. What shall we do with him?" At that moment we got the word to go ahead, and Parker leaned over, picked the child up and placed him in front on the saddle. Two or three of us called to him to drop the boy, but he didn't do it. As we moved, forward 'Iick" was there and hanging on for dear life, his eyes as white as raw onions and every tooth plain to bo counted. We were riiht on the K bcls before they saw us, and it was bit ! bang ! clash ! and we opened a lane and went through, every horne on the keen run and the wounded major firing away whenever he found a target for his bullets. When we finally pot throuph "Piek" was with u.s ami all right, and he had seen his rirst battle of the war. One would have said that he liked it, for his prin was broader than before and he did not seem a bit scared. Duriii the bloody day that followed the little fellow was with a company wagon, and I did not see him for a week. Then Parker took him down to Alexandria and left him with a colored woman, but a few months later bcinz made company commissary, and havinp the use of a wagon, he brought "Pick" back to the army, got a tailor to make him a suit of clothes, and then the boy was a fixture with us. He took to army life and every one of the company took to him, and had any one misused "IMck" it would have gone hard with him. He was with us to the very last, and I paw him munching: a hardtack and looking on while Lee's ragged old veterans laid down their arms at Appomatox. He clung to Parker above all others, and although the trooper was a rough fellow and unmarried the oiler of $100 for "his ' little nigger," which was made over and over, was no temptation. When the war closed "Pick" was taken north to Ohio, sent to Fchool, and then put to a trade, and it was onlv a month atro that I walked in on him in the Cincinnati cooper-shop and found hira a lusty, big fellow with a home and a wife and two children. He had never been back to Virginia, and, although he had made many elForts to find his father and mother, not a trace of them had ever been secured. "I reckon I jist dun got losfed in do hurry," he explained, "an de family had so many odder ch'll'en dat dey didn't fink it worf while to stop an' look fur me." Tommy' Hcliem. "If I were a darling, big momma, like rou," Said Tommy, one day, "do you know what I'd do? I'd take out a dime ami I'd say: 'Tommy, dmr, Jut hold up your two Utile hands to mo, here.' I'd put the ciiuio tn them, anil Ihm I rhnultl ay: 'You're been a itrol Ikit, little Tommy, to-.1ay ; fci ruton your hat and "go riht down the Mrect And buy some nice rhootilate randy t eat.' You'd run and come back, and you'd jump, and fon'd laugh, kiss me and bug me and (ire me a half. "So now, mamma dear, don't you thitk 'twould lie fun To giT me a dime and jmt see how I'd run?" Chrittin I'uien. KNOTTY PROBLEMS. Our readers ar tnrlt-)d to furnish orltnl enigmas, charades, riddles, rebuses, and other "Knotty Problems," addressing all communications relativ t this department to E. It. Cbadbourn, Lew is too. Mo. 'o. 2939 A I'oor Wenpon. E. W. Hakris. No. 2940 A Tl'ord of Many Abbreviation. Entered for priaso. In usinic words 'tis oft' convenient found To nam a long one by a single sound. And lest our wordk should be In length profuse .Abbreviations have their prijer n. tit can you find a word whov form cotuplet I Are eyllabic tones you often tueet, Fuoh one of which, apnrt from all the rtt, Is an abbreviation manifest? A clven name of man or boy ; a state; A hazing, pompous uuderpraduatr: An island next; another state tue last;

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and Children. -" Castorf cores Colic. CooHpatl. Pour fclomach. Diarrhoea, Exuctauoo, Kills V.'orrns, ivcs tlecp, bad promote CI ration. WitLoui injurious medication. Tas CcxT-tca Cox pa.vt, 77 Murray Street, N. Y." 3 The five are with abbreviations classed. And when in order thse ar- ail combined. How good a thousht they r;ni? before the mlnfl! 'Tin "cool,"' r "calm,"ör "temperate." or "witm,With you, my friends, I leave this eerrie. Mbimcs. No. 2941 Inversely Read, Entered for prize. Take one of a certain rt-lizious sect. In biiMnesi said to be wnnd; When the two are combined tn a nnio-n rompert You've a musical instrument reckoned. IW. VTrtsow. No. 2!M3 Iniitt! AcroMio. , Entered for prize. 1. A kind of pir on. 2. Having a rounded pro jecti.in. 3. fapa'tilf of bein? saved. 4. Light earriaaes. S. The honito. 6. Kini of thin-bladed ssw. 7. A rutaneous eruption. 8. A sbrub or tree. 9. 'etliiiff (B .t.i Initials, obscurity. Finals, a plant. No. 2913 Metatrram. Entered for prize. Vhat we aH wish to do who obey natore's lsws, Or if not, then tranpoe mi, and find out the cause I am reck nnd a curv, but transposed I'm no better. Though I'm part of a church if vou drop tbo Drst letter; Transfer, I'm a print that once flourished In ?hiloi Mis aain sn 1 you'll find rai as ralre as Delilah; Hehesd and curtail and I'll stand ail alow, So I'll bid you gooj-b;e till the answer be fhowu. S. Moons. No. 1 l.-Anngrami. Entered for prize.) 1. "F. Cvuir," in the eardm. Looking very fresh and fair. Quietly susfstiuj coolno s In the sultry summer air. II. "C na'inp" tbmush tbeolopy Easily a man mar go, While in a puzzle knowledge b I eebiy answers, 4,I don't know." G. H. H. No. 2945 Th Drummer's Price-Harlu STATED IS L0NG-DIVI5I05. FYM)C AWPIES(M8MIM F Y' M wsy p W F. I S 8 W I Y Y M Y M W E y r c i Two-Foett. No. 204G Decapitations, Entered for prize. My O 'lors st- n i for state, or clique, 6r crew, for 1 am ca'.b-d "an ensign." false or true; lUniove in.- bead, a nombril, by the way, I like tho d-ed so well, aisin'1 1 say, Then take another h- ai. 'twill brlnp no tear, Kor storic ut-eative'' is now my inhere. Once more to ekillful surgery resort. And I am one of the a therinj;" sort, Acaln decapitate tu and 'tis plain That I'm a "liquid 'fouud in sober Ma 'tis. LM irres. No. 2,01T.-Kerai. Entered for priz. One hundred and nttv-oeven. If Toil aricht trrnspo'e, Will' eho lt you fh"ul1 ilriyj to To all your lrieuds aud foc. . S. Moobs. The Trize List. Thcw prizAK are tn b given fr the bet lots t three origin:ü puzzles of the pilied kinds received be'on the clow of the year. 1. I'uziies of any kind, SiV 2. Illutratd puzzle, a larpe atlas of th world, a. "I rm" of ny kind, $ . 4. TranspoeitioDS or aoacrams, 6. uinf ricalu, $2. 7. Letter migrans. 5-'. P. Tcrapitation, i K Curtailments, ti 10. Ii.inonds, S2. 11. Squares, ?2. 1Z. Mars, $1. Vi. Double or triple arroftira, ?l. 14. Half squares, (1. 1 1. Fllioroboids, (1. In addition, ten fine bo'kj will bo awarded as fpecial prizes, Answers. 2I31. "One to-day Is worth two to-morrow." JKiM.-Pan-dowdv. 33. l. iv 2. a t r VI 6 fir, 341. Whiskey. 2. Turnkey. 1 Tr-aW. 4 Monkey. 5. Turkey. . Darkev. :A 1. I'.ul-bul. 2. lium-hiim. 3. Tsr-tir. 4. Taw-paw. t. Tom-tom. . .Moi-mot. 7. Hiw-biw, 8. Ivin-hon. 21 Type-writer. 2a37. T B T S T 5 n A N C It o 1 N VAIL s c A li F. r T II I K V E b U L Ii L li Educator. Winners of Jack J?owltre' Xriz. Thk SüNTtNKi r a Im have been more snccessiul In wor.t-makine tbaii Jack Bowline's ship-tustes. Alter careful c.rrt ctin oi the lists ronipeticg for tb priars the bet ha In -en found to cuntnin eiphty words and the second mv nty-eeven words. Th bracket-saw outfit is accordingly awarded James F. Hood. Point Isah!, Ind., and the knife Frank Rur ton, Indianapolis. The larp-M list is hero given: IV, below, bnt bile, bin, bine, Mow, bhn, blow, blowsn, blown, bo, ImiiI, bole, boln. boil. bone, bow, bowel, bowl, elon, eltow, eloin, nt . enow, eon, I, lie, In, lo, Ion, lo, lew, li, lib, lie, lien, lin, line, lion, lo, lob, lbo, lotn, lone, low, lown, Tie n'b, new, nih, nil, Niobe, no, nob, noble, oivl, aoie, now, now el, now 1, O, ob, obi. oil, on, one, owe. owl, own, woe, we!, wen, wile, win, wine, wo, woe, won, wone. The "roll of honor" of other senders of particu larly food lists is as follow. : Jack, tieetincsvill. In I. ; George Uarllett, Chicago, III.; Linma Barrett, lUlen, Ind.; M. ('. I'., lndiannpoii.s, Ini. ; Halph, Cross, Fre'town, lud.: i. F. li-iymond, Columbus, O. ; Mary A. Thale, Indianapolis, Ind. It. II. Carpenter, Indianapolis, Ind.; telegraph oper atoV, Terre Hntite, Ind.; H.A. Mirover. Miller, Ind.; W. F.. I'ntton, Livonis, Ind.; Frank riCith. Indianapolis, Ii.d.; , Indianapolls, Ind.; Thorn. Carroll. Aydelone, Ind.; claret'. Cameron, Indian apolis, Ind.; J. IVans, I'.ocb'ster, N. Y. ; ieerw F. Lrufi-stv, Mitw, Ind.; 1 F. McQuiddy, Indianapolis. Ind.; lOV. Cadv. Itransfx-ri, Ind.; Elizabeth, Tompktns, Indianapolis, Ind.; I mms Ham, lod.an apolis, Ind. ; Max Lucas (aired thirteen. Ind nnr lis; I. ii. HleM-r, Itmndry, Ind.; F.tbel House, Mooresville, In1.; P.oral ii. Gardner, Sewbutjb, Ind. ; WiMie Eryan. Sörth Indianapolis, Ind.; Helen Clout;h, Minneapolis. Minn.;.am Offutt, Greenfield, Ind.; Henry Hinke, Sanborn, Ind. All of whom did much better than the crew of tb Bounding- B;llow. A Society Woman's Rebuke. Ladiea Homo Journal. A few years a?o ft strance mistake was mavia in New York society. Two ladirs of the tais nnuie pave an entertainment within a few door of each other'a houses. Many persona got into the vronff house. The hostet-s who gained that dny the admiring comments of all Xew York, was the one who received perfect atr&nKers at if they were her best friends, aud made thera her friends by that gracious rereption. Ph knew how awkwardly they would feel when they found out their mitdnke; she did all cäa could to prevent their feeling awkwardly whii with her. The other lady, lea well-bred, aaid to a persoa who bad come into ber bouse, under a mistake. "1 think you hare trot into the wrontr boute "Yes. niadame, I have," aid he. "I thought before I entered it, that thiswa.salady'ahous,' It was a terrible revence, but, ander th circumstances, an entirely justifiable one. An Inqntrtna; Mind. X. Y". Weekly. r?anR8-"From the TVest, eh!" "Yes, air from Chicago." . "Ah! Indeed! 1 'spent several months ir Chicago. Ik-en there Ion??' "Yea, sir. I am a member of the city coon eil." "You don't say eo? 'What etrcet is your salcoa on?" The first successful blood-purifier everoffered to the public wss Ayer'a JSarsaparilla. Imita tors have hnd their dey, but soon abandonel the field, while the demand for tbia incomparable medicine increases year by rear, antf, was never to great as at preeont,

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