Indiana State Sentinel, Indianapolis, Marion County, 24 February 1892 — Page 9

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BY POPULAR VOTE,

Senator Palmeron His Senatorial Amendment. Eloquently Voices the Sentiment of the People. The Senate Receives a Vigorous Shaking Up. A LITTLE TILT IN THE HOUSE Between Bland and Harter on the Silver Question. Harter's Grand Army Circular Strongly Condemned. Farmer Allerton Objects to the Anti-Option Bill. Saj-s It Is a Direct Blow at the Chicago Board of Trade Anti-Free Coinage Men Request a Caucus to Discuss the Time for Consideration of the Silver Ilil.l Porter Backs Down in the Limestone uarry "Ad" MatterOther News from "Washington. Wasiuxotox, Feb. IS. "If tho amendment to the constitution which I propose Is adopted, the member.- of tho senate of the United States will be chosen by the direct vote of the free people of the several states ani it will be, what it never yet has been, the popular branch of tho congress of the United States." These were the words of Senator Talmer of Illinois in his speech in the Eenaie today urging the election of U. S. senators by popular vcte..ind Iiis arraignment of. tho upper house, of congress as a non-popular body was in lanuase not often heard by the venerable members of that dignified assembly. The resolution presented by Senator Palmer and which is now pending In the senate provides lor tho formal submission of a constitutional amendment requiring U. S. senators to be elected by direct vote of the people of the various states, instead of by tho etato legislatures B3 at preeent. Senator Palmer opened his speech by Eaying that in urging this constitutional amendment he only obeyed the instructions civen him in the most impressivo manner by the people of the Etate of Illinois. Ho reviewed brielly tho groat Douglass and Lincoln senatorial contest in Illinois and then detailed the successive steps and declarations that had been made by the democracy of Illinois in regard to this subject and which had finally led to democratic triumph in that state and the election of the representatives of that principle of the U. S. fsenate. The senator insisted that tho constitutional mole of electing senators by the legislatures of the statsa was no longer satisfactory to the American people. He did not mean to make himself responsible for the charges of bribery and undue influence that attended nearly every senatorial election by indorsing or repeating any of them. He referred to them in that slight manner only to emphasize the etatement that the people no longer confided in, but were profoundly distrustful of, tho methods of electing senators by the etat legislatures. None of the reasons which led the framers of the constitution to deprive the people of the direct control of the executive department and of the senate row existed. Experience had long ago demonstrated tho uselessness of electors for the selection of a president and vicepresident. They were but tho John Does and Eichard Boos of the political system. Ii ti.e amendment to the constitution which he proposed should be adopted senators could bo chosen by tho direct vote cf the free people of the several f tates and tho eenate would le what it had never been, the popular branch of congress. The wealth invested in commerce, in manufacture in railways, forests and mines demanded legislation for its protection or its benefit, and it political power whnher employed in congress or the state legislature, rarely failed of eucce-e. Organized as it wan, it wan so related that it could direct its influence to tho attainment of any desirable end. That property had now nothing to fear from the aggressive action of the people or from their direct influence upon the government. All that the people would gain by the proposed amendment would be 'enlarged powers of self-defense ; senators would be the true and exact representatives of the people and would deiend their homes and their property from unequal and excessive burdens They would dignify tha states for the people wero the states. t-euator Mitchell (Ore.) said he hal listened with pleasure to tho very able remarfcs of the senator from Illinois. He (Mr. Mitchell) had had the honor of introducing a similar proposition in 18SS, and one at the present session. Similar amendments had also been introduced by the senators from Indiana and New Hampshite Messrs. Turpie and Chandler. All these propositions had been referred to .the committee on privileges and elections, and byhat committee to a sub-committee, composed of Senators Chandler, Turpie and himself, and he was gratified in beinz able to state that, after a consultation, a majority of that sub-committee Lad agreed to report in favor of euch amendment to the constitution. It was their hope and belief that at a very early day tho full committee on privileges and elections would be able to report favorably an amendment similar in respect to the one introduced by the senator from Illinois. The subject then went over. Mr. Peffer offered resolutions that the senate has heard with profound sorrow the death of Senator Plumb of Kansas, and that as a mark of respect to his memory tho buifinesHcf th senate be euspended to enable the senate to pay proper tribute of respect to hich characterand distinguished public cervices. Mr. Peller then addressad the senate in eulogy of the deceased. Ho

was followed by Mr. Perkins. After eulogies by Senators Morrill, Allison, Hale, Daniels, DolpU and Turpie the senato adjourned. SIUVER AND THE Q. A. R. Messrs. Tt'and und Harter Compare Watches tn tha Home. The grand army of the republic has not infrequently been accused of being used to subserve partisan ends, but today the grave charge of seeking to divide a party against itself was preferred acainst this great orronization in the house. Mr. Eland, the free coinage leader of Missouri, wa3 tho accuser, and Mr. Harter, tho free trader and anti-free coinage democrat of Ohio, was the gentleman charged with attempting to subvert the G. A. Ii. to tho interest of thecapitalists and monopolists. During the course of general debate whilo the housa was in committee of the wholo Mr. Bynum in the chair Mr. Bland sent to the clerk's desk and had read a circular written by Mr. Harter of Ohio to the various grand army posts in denunciation of the free silver bill and advising the members of tha posts to uriro their congressmen to vote against it, as it would prove detrimental to the interests cf the pensioners. This circular Mr. Bland characterized as a bull-dozing document. It was an effort to intimidate members and was part of the bull-dozing tactics of the millionaire, the tactics which had always been carriod on ia opposition to the measures which would give free silver to the country. He denounced it as unfair and unbecoming the dignity of a member. Mr. Harter admitted the authorship of the letter and asserted that the pasBaee of tho silver bill by a democratic houso would re-elect President Harrison and would cost tho pensioners the loss of "0 cents on every dollar they received. For his part he did not care a picayune for either cold or silver, that was, he had no preference. "This," said he, "is all the gold I possess,1' and with these words, he drew from his pocket a large gold watch. Mr. Bland, who was ser.ted beside him, was not to to outdone and dangled by its chain his silver watch, offering an exchange. But Mr. Harter preferred the gold to the silver time piece, and as the gentlemen compared watches Mr. Buchanan (X. J.) interjecting the query, "when did you pet them out," the house thoroughly enjoyed tho scene and much laughter was indulged in. The consideration of the Indian bill was then resumed and discussed until adjournment. WOULD WORK GREAT HARM.

Till Is Farmer Allerton' Opinion of the Anti-Options Hill. The sub-committee of tho senate committee on the judiciary listened this'morning to an argument rnado ia opposition to tho "Washburn bill by Samuel W. Allerton of Illinois, who stated that ho had been a practical farmer for the past forty years. Tho system of dealing in futures, he said, had not been inaugurated for gambling purposes. It had grown out of tho necessities of the grain trade. The trading was not fictitious but grew out of established opinion based on intelligent thought of what the world would need in the future. Tha prompters of this bill seemed to be tho "mill combine," controlled by English capital. It was designed to destroy the Chicago market, the greatest center market in the world. Senator Washburn inquired what advantage the passage of tho bill would eivo to the miller. Mr. Aiierton replied that if the future trading in Chicago was limited and hampered by laws the market would be destroyed and the millers of Minnesota would buy their wheat cheaper. J. H. Norton, a shipper of Chicago, said the bill was particularly aimed at the Chicago board of trade. It would not prevent tho wealthy miller from selling ilour lor future delivery and it would place the wheat raisers at his mere)'. D. H. B. Smith of Toledo argued that the bill instead of proving beneficial to agriculturists would have the contrary eilect. The future system was a great evener and regulator of the market values and prevented a fall in prices iu times of depression. W. C. Brown, a milter of Fostoria, O., toM the house committee on agriculture that any anti-option bill should be made uniformly operative on all, und should not discriminate. TRAIN STRIKES A STREET CAR. Several Passengers Badly Injured Driver Fatally Hurt. New York, Feb. IS. A train on tho Morris ic Essex railroad dashed into r. Broad-st. horse car containing Boveral passengers ct tho Broad-st. crossing in Newark. John Culligan, the driver, was probably fatally injured. The conductor, John Ketcham, was tossed on tho pavement, receiving an injury to his spine and an ujjlv cut on the fleshy part of his nose. A number of tho passengers disappeared immediately after the accident and the nature of their injuries could not be learned. Tho wounded, as far as can be ascertained, are as follows: Annie Haiici.ay. John Cru.HSAN. Thank Gori.p. KUXK.ST Jlr.RST. Geok'ik YV. Jeralkm. Silas Matthews. John Ketcham. SAWED OPEN HIS THROAT. Terrible Means or Death of a Very Determined Suicide. GnEExsBcnc, Pa., Feb. IS. George Grumbling, a prominent business man of Ninevah, while suffering from grip, arose from hia bed and going to a window broke a pane of glass. Then placing his neck and throat through tho hole he deliberately sawed hia throat over the roughened ends of the glass. A physician was called, who sewed the wounds up, Liiiwhile tho physician's back was turned the apparently dying man placed his head under the covers and tore out the stitches, lacerating the gaping wound afresh. Before anything could be dono for him he was dead. Tlie It. chloride Cure f Success. Dwioht, III., Feb. IG. Tho convention of bichloride of gold clubs today aloptod resolutions declaring that 05 per cent, of thoso treated by tha method for the liquor, opium and tobacco habits are permanently cured, and calling on all auxiliary clubs to enlist the intf-reat of bushies men and religious and philanthropic societies in the work. The remainder of the session was devoted to the consideration of a constitution for the bod.

TWISTING THE LION'S TAIL

BUT THE BEAST DID NOT SEEM TO HEED THE WRENCH. Tlie niimal Failure of Tlarrlson and Blaine In the Hertas; Sea Controversy A qnare Ilo!i Dsno-Xtw Precedent tn Table Etiquette Importation of English Ideas hjr a Cabinet Officer Wife and Hot She Disposed of Little Ben at Uer Dinner Forty. TJcreatt of TnE Sextivel, ) H20N'kw Yoke-aye,, N. V V. Washington-, D. C, Feb. 18. J For an administration that was inaugurated for tho express purpose of twisting tho lion's tail, the present administration of Benjamin Harrison ia doing well. Very well. It will be noted that just now since Secretary Blaine has announced his intention not to bo a candidate that all the officeholders who, by good fortune, run across an interviewer are telling how good, how pure, how everything is and has been the conduct of Mr. Harrison. The ttoriea are all alike and read as follows: "Harrison will bo nominated; he has given the country a clean administration, etc." They aro the samo from cabinet officers down to a cross-roads postmaster. His foreign policy is extolled and all the recipients of Ben's bounty sing the eame song. Howevore there is just a little alloy in all this. It is not many months ago since the president gave tho people, of tho United States to understand that when he dealt with England be would not be gentle; that tho pacilic policy of his predecessors, as regards Bering sea and the Canadian fisheries, would not be his policy; that he, with a firm hand, would sustain American right and would give Victoria and the English premier to understand that whatever former presidents might have dona he woulMolorate no nonsense, that American rights must be respected, and ho would not arbitrato ; that that sort ot a donothing policy would be no longer tho policy of Harrison. His conduct in dealing with Chili it is net now intended to review or criticise, but it is iu marked contrast with his dealings with England. With all his bra? and bluster the fisheries question remains as Cleveland and Bayard left it. Neither he nor Mr. Blaino has made any movement toward settling it. It is in statu quo and apparently he intends to let it remain so. As regards tho Bering sea controversy he has backed squarely down ftoni tho position first taken. Many Sentinel readers will remember how one of his vessels captured a seal pirate and put it in charge of an officer, a some one in authority, ami directed it to be steered to an American port. The captain of the captured vessel however did not seo fit to remain a captive, and when he had the American safely on board his vessel liberally supplied with cigars and other luxuries ho immediately steamed to a British port, where he pafely landed his captor's representative and left Harrison and Blaine the 'laughing stock of tho whole world. That attempt to twist was a decided failure. Then it was announced that the president knew his rights and there would bo no arbitration. No matters stood for a little while, but Harrison and Blaine, like good little boys, climbed down oil their high stools at tho request of Salisbury and meekly and mildly consented to arbitrate. The wnr talk, was all gone. o more lying awake of nLjhts but arbitration became a fixed fact. Arbitration is not wrong. It is right, but it would have come with a better grace had not eo many airs been put on about tho firm stand the president had taken toward England. Encland was not Chili and Harrison knew it. No loud talk would ßcare and he backed down. And he did not make the mistake of sending a warlike message to congress after the necessity for it had passed by. Some day the Chilian controversy may be reviewed. Let it bo sufficient to sav now that President Harrison in the Chilian controversy made or tried to make some cheap capital. When he attempted a similar feat with England history records a dismal failure. But to turn from tho more serious side of life, it is worth while to know that after ail (ten. Harrison is not so mad at Englaud. Indeed, he is very much inclined to are English customs. His son Busscll dined with the queen. Just now, being president, he could not leave home to do that, eo he did the next best thing. The wifo of one of his cabinet offiers found out how royalty was seated at the dinner table, and seated Benny at her table just as royalty was seated. "It is bo English you know." Beading tho eociety columns of the Washington papers is often dreary amusement, but one day last week tho 1'nst had the following which ought to bo read by everybody, and let everybody read it. It may bo tho court organ in your city has already published it. But whether that is so or not hero it is headlines and all: THE PRESIDENT'S PLACE. MKS. SECRETARY NOIJLE SETS A NEW PRECEDENT IS TADLE ETIQUETTE A MOOTED Jt rt-STlOK SETTLED. Fecretiry and Mrs. Noble irave a dinner list night to the presiJentnnd Mr. Harrison which witnessed a departure from tha usual order of ti'jueito observed in soatiuir a company at a table at which the president is the gueit of honor. For years it has been a debated question, the subject of endless discussion, us to whether or not on such an occasion the president, as the otlicinl bead of the nation, should not take precedence of the host and hostess. The usual arrangement has been for the president to sit on the right of the hostess. In order to settle the matter, Mrs. Noble, some time since, sent to London to get the English order of precedence, which carried out her ideas on the subject by erring that the president should ocoupy the sent o( the host. The matter was then submitted to the state department, from which the reply came that the matt?r was in this country purely optional. Mrs. Noble thereupon decided to hare the seat for the president placed at the head of the table, she occupying the one to the right. Secretary Noble sat at the opposite eud of the table, with Mrs. Harrisou at his right hand. A great bowl o( roses formed the center, from which in wheel form radiated ribbons of the t shades of paint of the roses composing the fire wreaths which were placed about the handsomely spread board. The truests wore President and Mrs. Harrison, Vice-President and Mrs. Morton, fcecretary and Mrs. illkins, .Secretary Tracy, Mrs. Wilnitrd in g, Secretary and Mrs. ltusk, fcecretary and Mrs. Foster, the post-aster-ganeral, Attorney-General and Mrs. Miller, and Senator and Mrs. Sherman. Mrs. Wanamaker was unable to attend on account of illness, and her place at table was occupied by Mrs. Noble's niece, Miss Foster, of Chicago. From now on until tho 4th of March, 1S'J3, Harrison will know where to sit down when ho takes dinner with his neighbors. And it is well that this great and important matter of etiquetto is at last settled. Mrs. Isoblo deserves great credit for taking the necessary steps to learn when and how Ben ought to sit down when be is away from borne, aud

two much praise cannot be awarded to the state department for lending its assistance to solve so momentous a question. In the weighty affiairs of state, reciprocity, American pork in Germany, dealing with dagos in New Orleans, riding rough-shod over Chili, dallying with our Canadian neighbors, sympathizing with Bussian refugees, it is a comfort to the plain people of Iadiana to know that all these interesting matters were 6et aside and a great department assisted tho w ife of a cabinet officer to learn where England's queen is seated at dinner, and that Benjamin Harrison must be seated just as tho English queen. When Banjamin the first in royal Etate at tho head of the board surveyed the "great bowl of roses" which "formed the center, from which in wheel form radiated ribbons of five shades of paint of tha roses composing the five wreaths," how his head must have swelled with prido as he reflected that the empress of India had tho samo honor end no more. He had dono what none of his predecessors had done; sat as royalty sits, eaten as royalty eats, drunk wine as royalty drinks, and had the honor of being tho fir-t American president, the first president of tho United States, who had so completely reached the placo heretofore reserved to royalty alcne. In tho i'csfof the löth insOlrs. Noble reviews the whols question with a reporter, and is supremely happy that she at last has placed tho crown on Benjamin's head. The review is too long to insert here, anj your readers, unless you clip and publish it, must rest content with the rejection that ail is well. Next week, time and opportunity concurring, you will be given a review of congress. Kepublif tr g here many of them are mad at I'lame for withdrawing. Harrison will be nominated, but never again elected. Less than thirteen months will he stay in the white house. The solemn, march to Indiana will be then begun. "thFpresidency.

Hill's Nomination AVoulil Tic a Dangerous Experiment. Henry Watterson in Louisville Courier-Journal. J That Mr. Cleveland is, outside of tho state of New York, tho choice of an overwhelming majority cf the democrats of the United States is an indisputable fact. It is Cleveland first, the rest nowhere. But, to all appearances, it seems that with the democrats of New York it 13 Hill first, and Cleveland nowhere. The old, old story: two women, and ono houe; two dogs, and one bone ; two statesmen, and ono state. In 1S70, in lSO, in 1SS4 of this modern era timo and again, time-out-oi-mind, during the epoch before the flood tho democratic party had to faco this condition in the Empire state ; rival delegations to the national conventions; warring factions in the convention citice, filling the streets and tho hotels with their outcries, stilling the air with their indecency and odors, and making tho days and nights hideous with their brawls. Through it all, though dissonant, ever-recurring, there has been but ono relrain: You must nominate this Now Yorker, or you must not nominate that Nöw Yorker, nnder threat, in case of refusal, of the loss of tho vote of New York. Yet it may bo doubted whether, excepting the einele instance of Mr. Tilden in ls7f, an outside nomino would not have received more votes in the at.ite of New York than were cast for tho actual nominee. -9 $ t Suppose that Mr. Cleveland is eliminated from the list of possibilities, how far will that mend tho situation and brighten the outlook? . It will, undoubtedly, leave Mr. Hill for the moment master of the scene. Thus far will he have advanced into tho bowels of the democratic necessity ; Now York behind him. But can he, with Cleveland out of the way, transfer the Cleveland mantle of leadership directly to his own ehoulders; and, even if by the aid of his matchless powers of organization, ho does this, can ho assure himself and his party an open way to victory? 0 ' Tho simple truth is that tho conscience, the mind and the heart of tho democratic masses of the people are not yet ready to cast o!f Mr. Cleveland, as their leader, and to tako up Mr. Hill in his place. It may ho that they have made an ideal Cleveland, and that thero is in reality no such person. But facts aro facts, and right or wrong, for good or for evil, Mr. Cleveland stands with vast multitudes of democrats the typo and embodiment of tarilf reform, and Mr. Hill, as the type and embodiment, not merely of machine politics, but as a laggard, if not an obstructive in tarilf reform. Wo repeat, tho popular conception may be equally mistaKen in both cases; but can it bo educated out of both, and brought to-centor its confidence and favor upon Mr. Hiil. betweon' now and the 7th of next November? These aro very serious questions for Mr. Hill, and his friends and advisers, to consider. Upon their wise nnd just determination depends the result of tho coining presidential election. The real question is this: With Mr. Cleveland out of the way, and, by the force of circumstances familiar to us ail, circumstances both in aud out of congress, a great idea dissipated and a great impulse lost with nobody left to hoist the banner of tho true belief even as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness what is to prevent the nomination of Mr. Hill, and his subisquent defeat, through divisions and apathy in our own ranks, and a Btraight-out revenuo reform ticket, which will surely take tho field against him, carrying off thousands and tens of thousands of ardent tarilT reformers in New England, in New York, and in all of the doubtful states. Mr. Hill is a young man nnd has the world before him. He is an able man, and with or without the presidency is sure to make a career, and a great ono. But for tho reasona given we cannot think him the most available nominee at this time, and consequently we must reiterate what we have said so often that, in our opinion, when wo leavo Cleveland we are bound to leavo New York and come West for a candidate. HUNTING FOR HIS FATHER. A Twelve-Year-Old Boy Believed to Have Perished In the Snow. Leadvillh, Col., Feb. 1C. Charles Doublechek started for Horseshoe creek to find employment He was caught in a snow storm and both feet frozen. Ho was found in this condition and taken to the hospital at Fairphy. Ilia wifo not knowing where he was, sent their twelve-year-old boy in search of him. The boy has not yet" returned and is supposed to have perished in tha eaow. Searchers are out after him.

FARM AND HOME TOPICS.

THE TREATMENT TO MAKE YOUR MILCH COWS PAY. Grade Fp the Stock Oaantlty and Quality of SlilU Mistakes In Selecting Ilreeds Lft rebronry Forcing Strawberry Patent's Notes on Gardening Oer and There on the Farm "Iiny Csefal Remedies and lio!pls LItIdc Daintily and In Good Health. The farmer who 6hips milk is more interested in tho yield and quality of the milk than in tho production of butter. In fact, at this ap;o of the creamery system, the farmers in some sections have discarded tho church altogether, preferring to ship their milk or sell it to the nearest creamery, and buy tleir butter for homo use. They require a breed of cows with hardy constitutions, good appetites, deep milking characteristics, and possessing a value ia tho market as beef when their usefulness in the dairy has ended. Such a breed must also be one long-established, with fixed and peculiar characteristics of its own, and which will so strongly transmit its qualities on its ofiaprins as to enable it to predominate when used for improving other breeds or grades. Miik can be watered by the cow as well as by tho dairyman, a fact which is made plain by the dilTerence in the proportions of Eolida in tho milk of various cows. About 13 per cent, of milk consists of solids and S7 per cent, of water, the quality varying according to the kind of foods allowed, even a single cow varying in the quality of her milk one day as compared with the next, but there is a greater uniformity in the quality of the milk from pure brd cows, which have been bred for certain purposes, than in that from cöws bred indiscriminate!) . A cow that excels as a butter producer, but which yields but a small quantity of milk, can only be used by theso farmers who make a specialty oi producing butter, but the largest returns are derived from tboio cow3 which yield largely of milk, and from which a largo amount of butter may bo derived, such cows being adapted to tho requirements cf tho farmer who makes butter, and also for supplying the market with milk which exceeds tho average proportion of solid.. It is diilicult to induce some farmers to improve, or grade up their stock, and some who are really progressive make tho mistake of FeiectiDa; the Jersey for improvirg the stock in the yield of milk. The Holstein not only yields more largely of milk than tho Jersv. but rivals it as a butter producer. One has only to skim the milk of tho Holstein if cream is the object only, for it is rich in that direction, but cream is not the only dtsirable substance in milk, for the nitrogen and mineral matter, tha chief constituents of cheese, aro derived from the skim milk. A Holstein cow will prove but an indiilerent milker if she falls below twenty quarts daily for a yearly average, and gho may also produce ten pounds cf butter daily from the milk. It is unnecessary to point to the fact that such a cow is moro valuable than one yielding less milk and an equal amount of butter. What tho farmer should do is to grade up his stock to tho average of tho pure breeds, or what is better, resort to the use of tho pure breeds without tho loss of timo incidental to crossing, though any system of improvement is better than none. EARLY PLANTS. Hotbeds Ca I ting IJarly riowing Garden nntl Farm Notes. The hotbed and cold frame should be made objects of special attention at this season. Tha plants require warmth, and air must also be permitted. Giving them fresh air at tho proper time, and without injury, is something that reqnires good judgment and close attention. To raise the sash too early in the morning, or closo it too late in tho'afternoon, may check the plants. Tho outaido temperature, the temperature of the hotbed itself when closed, and tho degree of erowth of tho plants, are all to be considered. For cucumber forcing tho eido shoots at tho second joint piust bo stopped and the proper fertilization of the fruit blossoms must be looked alter. Air must bo given, but care must bo taken that too much cold does not enter. From (10 to 70 decrees at niiiht and from 70 to f0 degrees during tho day. is the temperature required. Vhon using manure for hotbeds discard all littor. Fresh horse mauure is bot and it should bo we'd tramped down in the bed. To hasten tho heat moisten the mamifl with lime water. It is a laborious task to apply liquid manuro to a strawberry patch, but it will be to an advantage, especially in a garden patch, to select ono row of tho plants for forcing. This is done by applying liquid manuro two cr three times each week around tne plants. Such plants should bo grown in stools rather than in matted rows. Liquid manuro can b made by using the urino from tho stalls, adding fresh horse manuro and diluting with water, if necessary. For early plants a fertilizer solution may be prepared which will bo almost a complete food for pot plants, or those requiring special attention outside. It may be mixed with earth, and used around the roots also. Take one pound each of phosphate of potash, nitrate of soda, and sulphate of limo. mix well and add a tablespoonful to one quart of w ater. Badishes aro very hardy, and crow quickly from seod. For an early supply cow the peed in a hothed or cold frame. They will bo out of the way in a short time, when something else, such a9 early cabbage, may follow. The beautiiul coleus plants, which are used for ornamental borders and for bedding, are produced from slips, but they are also easily raised from seed. Sow tho seed early, in prepared boxes, in tha same manner as for other plants. For cuttings, in order to have them root early, use burnt clay. This may ceera inappropriate, but in England the clay is found superior to sand or loam, as it is Faid to poesess tho property of absorbing ammonia from the atmosphere. Freezing does not injure onions or onicn sets, provided they are not disturbed. If kept in the garret thero is less liability of tho odor being perceptible in the houso, which is not the same with the cellar. Keep them ia thin layers and cover them with an old carpet. Ueo wire for fastening grape vines to posts or ona stfip.iuetead of usiug strings, as the strings mar rot before tho crop matures and the fruit bo injured. Subsoiting is of advantage to some Boils, especially when the drainage is used. Experiments made for the purpose of comparing subsoiling with a plot that was plowed but not subsoiled, using sorghum aa a crop, demonstrated that tho crojo waa

largely increased on the subsoiled plot, the subsoiled land yielding eighteen tons and the other ten tons. Beach trees sometimes die after yielding only one or two crops, due to the yellows or the borer. The use of fertilizers, and guarding against infected trees, may prevent the disease, but the borer can only bo warded otif by constant vigilance in examining the trees. Blow the land early and work it over again with tho pulverizer later in tha season. It is as necessary to make tha seed bed for field crops line as it is for a garden. Even corn will give better results when planted on land that has been well harrowed. Salt will not kill cut worms unless it is used in a manner to damage the plants aa well as the worms. Carrots, beets and parsnips should go in the ground early, but not when tho soil is too cold, as euch seeds aro slow in germinating, and tho youne plants may be crowded out by tho early weeds. Make the see 1 bed as fino a3 an .nshheap, and sow radish seed in the rows with the root crops, as tho radish seeds certain ato quickly, como through and define tho rows, thus permitting of tlie use oi the hoe until the seeds of tho root crop3 appear, w hen the young radishes may be removed. Although parsley grows from the seed, yet many failures occur. The seed is slow making its appearanco throueh the ground, but this difficulty is increased when the covering is too deep. Tho sliüht sprinklinc of earth is eullicient for all light seed. While tomato plants should be grown in the hotbeds, it is well to gradually accustom them to exposure, which should be done with care, however, and they will thrive bettor when transplanted in open ground. THE HOUSEHOLD.

3Iany Useful Remedies and Recipes for the Farmer's Wife. Quaking Pudding Beat four eggs with two tablespoonfuls of sugar, two tableepoonfuls of corn starch and a small piuch of salt. Stir the mixture into a quart of milk, pour over one teacupful of grated bread crumbs, put in a greased pudding mold and steam ono hour. Servo with lemon sauce. Fried Chicken Wash, your chickens, cut them in pieces, season them with pepper and salt. Have in a pan eorao hot butter and lard mixed; dust some flour over each piece and fry them slowly tili of a bright brown on both sides; take them up, put a little water in pan, add some butter rolled in flour to thicken the gravy, add moro pepper nnd salt if required. Young spring chickens are only suitable for frying, l'otato Soup Boil six larse pared potatoes in tmliicieni water. Meantime put a quart of milk in a double kettle to boil, wiih one stalk of celery and an onion. When the potatoes are cooked turn oil" tho water and mash lino and lieht, then add tho boiling milk and a tablespoouful of butter and salt to taste. Bub through a strainer and add a cup of whipped cream. A good substitute lor cream is a batter of coin starch and milk. A fair and cheap substitute is found by covering tables with tho marble cloth sold sometimes for washstands and children's bifca. It was Mepliistojiheles himself w ho designed kitchen tables out of soft pine boards. With their absorbent and spreading qualities a tiny drop of grease is quickly converted into an unsightly blotch, and a pot handle or kettle eeara its indelible mark ac ross their surface. They were made, certainiy to be covered. Another good use ot marbled cloth is for tho lloor of closets. It is easily put down and fitted. Many closets aro seldom stepped into, and as there is hardly any or at least but trilling wear, its durable qualities are not tested. Closet floors so covered may bo easily wiped over with a damp cloth every morning, thus securing all loose dust and preventing any injury from it to clothes that may bo piled or hanging within. Good Housekeeping. Kitchen Tables Covered with Tin Housekeepers who have never had a tincovered table for kitchen uso are still unacquainted with one of tho most valuable articles of domestic economy. It is never too lato to get one, however, as an ordinary kitchen table takes kindly to tho metal cover. (let tho tinsmith to lit a Eheet of tin on the table and perforate tho edges for tacking. Tho tin should cover the thickness of tho board top, that it may be tacked on tho under eido of the table. Whipped Cream Budding Cover half an ounce of gelatine with cold water and eoik one hour. Whip a pint of cream, boil a pint ot milk, add tho gelatine to and struin. Beat the yolks of four egss and a cupful of sugar together, and stir in the milk while boiling. Tako from the lire, liavor (either lemon, vanilla cr strawberry is nice) and pour in a bowl to cool, l'lac'e on ice and 6tir until thick, then add the whipped cream. Mix well, set in a cool place to harden. When cold turn out of tho bowl and serve with whipped cream. Cream Meringuo Beat tho whites of six eggs very stiff, add threo cr four drops of vauilla and mix in nine ounces of pulverized euirar. Sprinkle a tin platter with sugar and drop the mixture on it, a tablespoonful at a tinii, taking care that they do not touch. Flace in a moderate oven. Leave the door open for live minutes. When a caust is formed scrape out the soft center, let tho shells cool, then fill with whipped cream. Fill tho center of a larj-o dish with whipped cream and arrange the meringues over and around it. Boston Baked Beans Pick over and wash the beans and soak them overnight; in the morning parboil them, then put them in a bean-pot oranysmail necked earthen jar, with sufficient cold water to cover them; add two tablespoonfuls of molasses and salt end pepper to taste. Have ready half a pound for a quart of beans of pickled pork, parboiled and scored ; put it in the center-of the dish and bake in a moderate oven for twelve hours; add water as often as necessary. If tho pork ia objectionable, omit and use a littlo butter instead. Royal Budding Cover one boxfull of gelantino with water and let it dissolve, then pour over it a pint and a half of boiling water, add one pound of suzar, the juice of four orages and three lemons. Stir until the sugar is dissolved. Strain and set 6et in a cool place. lip a large mould in ice water, cover the bottom and sides with canned cherries, cover w ith the liquid gelatine, let harden, fid up the space with more of the gelatine and set to cool. When cold take out the center with spoon and fill the space with whipped cream, flavored with orange. Let it get cold, and serve with vanilla sauce. A table so covered needs no scrubbing, is impervious to hot kettles, sheds grease as the proverbial duck's backdoe3 water, and in fact cheers the heart oPthe kitchen maid moro than anything on earth except her waga and her compauy. The woman who does her own work should not let another dawn find her without one if she is not at present rejoicing in it, Said a wise family man the other day: "Anything which eimpiifiea the doinestio

labor of the household should be regarded as ot dpitinet benefit to mankind," nnd he was speaking of a tin-covered kitchen tablo upon whoso virtues Lis wilo was dilating. HEALTH HINT3

For 1.1 ring Daintily, Comfortably nad Keeping; la bead Ilealtn. To Curo Wart? AceorJin? to the JeiU cal llec r l castor oil has not failed in any case to remove warts to which it was applied onco a day for from two to six weeks. Three Don'ts Don't forgot that painted walls aro best for aU living rooms, as they are non-absorbent. Paper can be mada so, however, by varnishing. - Don's, forget that pitchers, jars or bottles holdinz milk, put into aa ico-cliet or outaida of it. should be covered. Uruinarv cotton batting, after being baked, makes Kood stoppers. - Don't formet that wood wool sheet? are comfortable, healthy, antiseptic and cheaper than India rubber sheets. They absorb discharge completely, and are Eimply burned titer use. Nervous Headache In tha shops every imaginable remedy for aches and pains is olfered for eala. Prominent above all others "Headache Cures" tako the lead. Behold tho tempting array! red labeled, green labeled, in email " boxes, in Li bottles; sizes to suit each distressed creature, proportioned, no d- ubt, to the size cl the ache to bo cured. We ail know tha misery of headache never know its cause; never care to. Nine times out of ten the causo is "nervousness," and no better cure) can be tried than the following Bostoo Herald cure : The Milk Diet The need for nutritious food is rarely realized, especially b those who do the most work. Among thti masses of workers tome have indeed begun to appreciate this need, but for tha benefit of those who do not think, wa again suggest the useful milk. The Health Journal says: "In the list of foods, whethe for strength or beauty, milk comes first, af it furnishes all tho elements necessary foi life and growth. A bottle oi sweet milk every da' is the best and cheapest lunch a woman cr.a have at home, in school, in tho business otlice or workroom; it is all that a child needs, and thero aro thousands! of scholars, business men and other brain workers who depend upon it every day cl their busy lives." "Slip off your bodice and baro your neck Twist your hair into a loosa knot on tha top of your head. Then tako a sponge, and a basin of hot water j Iii-1 as hot e you can bear it. Pas tho hoi wet spongo slowly and Eteadily over tho fad and forehead for eicht or ten times,keeping the spongo as hot as it can b4 borne. By that timo your faco wilj look and feel as if it wero par boiled. But don't worry. Then bathe tho hack of tho neck as yoa have dono the face, carrying the sponi each timo well up tho back ed tho head, Keep this up for tho same length of timej then, without looking at yourself in tin glass, because that would bo euro to di quiet you, dry your faco and neck softl, and go and lie down ilat on your back, Close your eyes and think of just this ona thing. How heavy you aro on the couch and how easily it euppoits you. That u really an important part of the cure. Lia thero for hc'f an hour, if you don't fall asleep, as you probably will. Then gel up and tako tho deferred lock in the glass. Tho tired look is gone; the muscles have regained their tone; the wrinkles havo disappeared. You look liko your younger sister. Best of all, tho dartina pain im tho head and tho pessimism of tho soul have gone, too." To Prevent Baldness Dr. Rudolph. Lessuer of Vienna positively asserts that tho prevalent baldness among men in th cities is duo to too frequent visits to the barber shops. That baldness is not hereditary ho proves by tho fact that womea in families where masculine baldness crovails are seldom alilicted like their brothers. He observes thr.t peasants, farm laborers and gypsies who rarely have their haircut and comb it with their fineers ara seldom bald and the same is tlie case with actors, singers and artists who wear theii hair long. He objects even more strenuously to singeing tho hair, which has lon been in vogue on the continent and is now practiced to some extent in the United States. This practice, he says, makes tha hair dry, brittle and weak! As for tha close cropping of tho hair, he says it exposes the scalp to the sharp air and chills and loosens the roots. It may be mentioned that Henry Ward Beccher, the greatest of the long-hair representatives, reached the aze of seventy-four years without becoming bald. If Dr. Leesuer's words are heeded combs no doubt will go out cf style, and the manufacture of miniature rakes prove a profitable business, for who docs not envy the gypsy his ravea locks? Tossibly long hair may bring lonij years to the wearer too, if not Sarasociaa strength. Baby's Bath It is advisable to keep a thermometer in tho nursery by which to test tho tcmperaturo of tho baby's bath. An ignorant attendant will often co oa tho principle formulated by that nursa who, when asked how 6ho regulated tha warmth of the bath, replied: "Wheal puts the baby in it if ho turns bluo X knows it's too cold, and if he turns red I knows it's too hot." Tho thermometer renders regulation an easy matter. About ninety degrees will bo found the bests temperature. The baby should not ba left in the tub more than a few moments. All necessary soaping should have beea cone before he goes in, so that a good rinsing is all he really needs. When ho comes out thera should bo a big flannel apron or blanket ready to roll him in and he may be dried piecemeal, as it were, without being exposed to the chill air. A gentle rubbing with the hand should follow tho drying, and after this should come the powdering. Tho best time for the baby's bath is in tha morning, an hour cr so after his first meal. Generally ho will be both hungry and sleepy after his toilet is concluded and quite contented to be fed and placed ia his cradie. When tho little one hai a cold, fhe plungo bath is more honored in tha breach than in the observance. I a its place should be th9 sponge bath, which, properly applied, cleanses" tba child ouito as ellectively with less exposure Wrapped in a blanket the baby may be washed and dried little by little and each poition clothed as fast as it is dried and powdered. The best of everything should bo provided for tha baby's bath. No cheap soaps or powders should be tolerated. The bath tub should be soitened for a young baby uy an oii cloth or towel laid in tho bottom. A fins sponge should be used and soft old towels devoted to his service. The room should be warm enough to spare him too great a shock when he emerges from the bath, and tho mother's gown should not only le free from ornaments that might scratch or irritate him, but should bo loosely made and of a material that will not be injured by an occasional splath of water. AVw Fori Recorder. What folly 1 Fills. To be without lcchaa'f