Indiana State Sentinel, Indianapolis, Marion County, 11 May 1892 — Page 6

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TIIE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL, WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY 11, 1S92 TWELVE PAGES.

FARM AND HOME TOPICS.

NATURE'S METHOD FO RESTORING SOU FERTILITY. aJdVtd'a Second of tUm Series of Farm pers Cwindtan Atrlcaitnrf lep IVowIns; Grnnmlni; Uoroi-G tting Out of ill Itat Jutlin; lYonl Sellins; I - c - " ty Weight Timi of Miearliig &hsp Il.nts For K- inc tha Ilca.tli A Hcdat of Valuable Recipes. When mm in hi ignorance or recklessness robs tie land of its avaiLble plant food and then abandons it, natura begins the work of restoration. From its methods we can learn much. In fact, success in farming corues only in harmonious working with nature, or.r duty bein to assist ana direct the forces. Tiio first effort mad-.? by nature when a field is abandoned is to cover ti.e eumca with so-;. kind of growth. This co.-ering may be triors er buthes. r tome v ild grass that thrives g:i poor eoila. In oar e:'.orts to restore or maintain the fertility of our land., the value of a L-rcitction Lr the oil cannot l.e over-estimated. It promotes the formation of tha nitrates froia the nitrogen cf the air that are most valuable es plant Krous. In this consists one of the 11 '.vantages of a mulch. Farmer are learniug to keep their f.e'ds covered with some growing crop ail the tiie with clover or rye or ether grasses or with regular cr-ps. Bat a covering is not all that ig needed. It helps th-; formation of to-ne riait food, but in insushVeut ;:iaii titles to keep up lerti.it y when we yearly rer:uve a crop. Natu" ieavt-s the crop on the land vhe:i it is aba:: Jon.;, t to her care, and thus hastens t restore fertility. If we remove tho oroy we must i:.eroa-.- ;:aturu's pjv.tr to gather plant foJ. This :s the ;ur;oae ci m.i.'s endowment uiih int'ji.iunc'-. What have we L':r:vd? Sim pi v this: Tha: tl.er :- .1 r. timber c i plan Li that are p- ;;!'. i.-iy i.'. 1 : r ith jri?vr the i-ie-m th-:: ); iure vegetation. Th..y Jiavr !:. ";;i.r p '.ter of gathering th j ritr j"'.. ?-t ;r.:n air. N i trogen i ti.' r. :'-'. .' ! :::id ite-ira:.l- e'-ment ('I pla-.t : id. In th- ro.ts oi a lew phnls, of wii.oh ' r.-er is chl :, th re is a j.ro vision for ::; ': -r:r:i; ir. ?; i the air that rcrn t::-; ii a i.iru" store o nitrogen. A tart o: ties nitr . .n h store i t the tops : ;i.e c! m r, t :: an eiptaiiy large yart i .-: r ;I in t!:- ro -)f. licrf it i.-; oiiie ro:n tivj c.i:;r .i rcu: '."al Ly i:i:.r. !k-'i i ;V'.-r i:- i u" :'ur buy i'ot h:df thr$ Tt aiitiri:il :" the orco i.-i rtxnoved. Ti c iit iev.rv '.nth rr-ot.s ar.'l to;.. but it sjro oi h.if tht lii w rtorc of plant fo"i. The v i:ie of c'.ovtr, hov.ever, does Hot coü'ist '.vhol.y in its oT r to y:ithT liitrii,-i Irs r ot- arj ici.i i-.'d'x!3 and bnr..; to the !"p .I tJu miacral i.ianurs of th ubsc-ii. They are trran-i forage ra in tho iatvieni. oi faturt' crops. It ?. r.l--triio thiit they excit n b.-neti-iai eli'ct oa the i:ii c!i: i::.::!l C'.riülion ci the soil. I r.t we n v nm.-i lo'iri the lity. fccnie ha e ar.i' d that ii t;ri.-;i - iru CO'jHcui to tue irliii:r t)f ü ..tc it could oniy rc::'l r ar: i'ub.e thr i tl e tar tit uirpady i on:::i:ied. Thi.- we kiiow to be ihi-orret't. Ciovi-r, j ?a.-, beans, etc., feed upon the air in :i consi.'erab! dre. and th:3 aid dirertly to the linount of i.-Ttibty. Thor:! 13 in ::;o-t bu'j-ff-i.s a suJIici -tit f.tore of the more coininoa e'ifrerits for pr-t-rt u'.-, at least, and clover bri:;:ii it within r. a.h cf common crop.-3. We hn.il.:i Eniwr i-i ritorinir .'erti.ity !y set,'wi-;j with :.ar!?.-, Ji-win;; this power oi fca'.her.n; Ixoüi the a:r ana subBOÜ. We have already nr'?n of th noehanleal adv.it: ta--a oi jr''-n iüan u 1 m ; imw, th: point ii r:re?scl th .: tl-ivr rna add to fil ier:h:ty not oi.iy reti't-.T.-j avaiiahi ltd r-'t -r.t sn-re. !:ut v-itt.j?r-i aod inCrcaje.? ti:ti fetore lr. w :nh o may d ravin the tiV.ure. it is wise to aid it. u'rowth bj t!:e epp ie iti.-:i of u'. t.'.u ::;a;.:i:e that Cun tnel a rerr.unt-d rl'ior.-, a:i-i ia CoVlTl"! t::;edt', bi.t the rLL-i üeneii'Irnoe of n-ri' .-uiturj i r :,i:ii.itf nanee of soil f.rti'ity he.-i ia a itj us-.: ci .et-n manures. X'nirvtw r-rr.i i r N.. 'i-liy ltvi:i. When iar. 1 is ada:;te I to potato-rowir.i:, and a i.'iarhtt is within reaaoi.aLio iiistr.n:?. I itr..-.v A r.o btt(;r t.tyit: crop thun otuto?. '1 ht-y re jidrc- a rii-h soil, Br. 1 !t s'i'j d !? loamy und wed drained. Clover n a!.cs t i 1 - preparation for the crop, Brf it is vt.ry ri -!i m potas-h, an element potrd-ei r?',r:irc. I bidi've in pretty thoro i;!i Me-a.ation of the ground for p'jTa'.-m-s, as t:. p.ar.t.s corco u icor tv r..y in :i dry rpM.,:, au-i ara Ujcaily pior-ihr;f:r. ' (! ni-- iirrovr a ira;. e:T:i-n; :.r j r ( rin- a fresh turned ciowr M'l fr y.ATiV.wi, although a ccnilliun ; r ; -ur harrow, well Wf4i;fited, docs ery ir .d work. Tho ip live ir.ches of the nho'iM bo thoroughly pulvi-riztr!. Tli-? so-l tm.K-ru : th that tan be torn to biter. One ht-a-s rniicl! 8ru;i:?et arn n j farmers rs tu ti.e ndativv merits of Lire and pm i.i teed. T!ij binail Hoed cojts much end it i- rh-.ii eJ that, ::oc being- true -el r.t a'.i, but only tu'jrs, tie tnali pottU'M are iioo.1 cu in lirir-j; that th.'T ara not iaclitn i.t vitality, but baring been forn-cJ laiij in the s:apo:;, lifkeJ time for f'Jii rowtii. I have one ferious i jection for sniail pdatofi f r eee i : If they are CU". rutht-'irn.iy email to leavw the riht number oi eyi- for n b:il, tli-rn n not enocjrh rtato to n our:-h the talk until they beanie root'-U in the roan l. If p!ar,t-d u:.oie iL-r - are too many eye, an 1 :r.o u.any ttnaii j-ttlk in th- hill. I r.d that wh le t-t-.-ti are best for rue. Mo:.; t aloes :ui be rai.so-t in drills th" n i-h'-rk?, but tl: cultivation requir-d I ure.der. In rkh b;nd I lhi;.k drilhni Uni usually ijt, but the d:.'!'er nce ia net jrof.t js ii'.t jzreat, if the checks ere i;ot over thirty-tsTo mrh"". ( .no advactf in checking pct&te in eou.rart toila ii that thorouirh and dep cnhivation can lo given oa all rid- of a hil', when potatoes rtt ehow a! ove the fcrouml, nd that ii in huporlaut point whtn li-'avy hpr.u, rains have fo lowed the pluntin. After Free, a b-nf-ilTj Etas. tratcd brok, contaio Hail, V'J ' of most important inforn.a'.ion about the aii.ii.-i.tä of woi.icn. AIo a full cede of established ru;'.s cf ctiqi-ette for won.cn ar.ci a pe rue tun I to Ladies laches calc .:!sr. Cont i-ns n-.t a word of objectionable rra'ter, r.:id cronöefi froi: cover to cover with i: lorn : io.i r.l.icii every woman, ''ou.y or o! !, slicu'.d bccoiti-j fa:;.iiiir w.di, a: d a .vice vn;c.i has restored many aisd riany 3 suffering wo-r.r.rj to perfect health a-id r.app.ncss. should live without a should live without a j1' :opy cf " Guile to Health an.i :,.'.'," J , by Lvdia E. I'inkhani. f ' copy Health 1 i Dy l.vaia u. 1 -ink.i.im. i i oena 2 iwacer.t s;.iipi to cover post.ic.c ai.d v. packing when you write. Lydia Ii. 1'iskham d 'J"' HtU. Co., Lynn, Mas. jjtf.-JWiiP

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55 u y i HI u Tho.c v bo have not A Throat used lioshce's Ger.na Lui.g evcrc ar d chr0l2ic Specialty. trouble of tiie Throat and Lungs can hardlyappreciate what a truly .wonderful medicine it is. The 'ieliciou3 sensations of healing, casing, clearing, strength-atherinj and .recovering are unknown joys. For German Syrup ve do not a.-k easy cases. Sugar and water may smooth a throat or stop a tickling for a while. This is as far as the ordinary cough medicine oes. Bcscliee's G-?irnari Syrup is a discover, a great Throat and Lung Specialty. Where for years there have been sensitiveuess, pain, coughing, spitting, hemorrhage, voice failure, weakness, slipping down hill, where doctors and medicine and advice have been swallowed and followed to the gulf of despair, where there is the sickening conviction that ail is over and the end is inevitable, there we place German Syrup. It cures. You are a live mail yet if you take it. ü tha plsniß ara four inches hik-h. I practice eurh.ee cultivation, fdirrine only the top two or three in jhe.s of tho aoih This Iecfe top full acts as mulch, an eatth rnuh'h, and prevents evaporation of the ruo Vtnrd underneath. Atter every rain, eurhice cultivation should be f'iven, not only or cliistly to stop weed urowth, but to incite this mulch. Tho roota underaeath feed tipoa this'pent-up moisture and wit-.afaad the effects of severe drouths. They are much longer than in:iT:y farmers suppose, 3 elimination will g'low a net-v.or;: of them ext?i:din from row to row. loi plowing cutsthe;u oi.' aud ciipplea the '.'ants. iriii. ;i iculttiro. Canada r-roiahes t- becomo nn important riva: cf the I'r.ited States in nipniyins tl.e world with aaricultura1. products. Vi hile much of her territory Ilea too Jar n-'Tth to be productive, yet an immerse area in the southern ha'f is well alaMed to agriculture and stock raising, much of whicis has ni'vc-r been developed. Fiftyfive per ceut. of her inhabitants are. eng.'.ced agriculture, and her exports, which ar idready con.si(!erabie, are increar.in?. T.'ie natural product: vent-es of lier wheat area is hardiy txcef 'lcd by ary v. heat tields of ti.e world. Her average crop of t.'d.s crreal ia about forty million bur-ho e. The cfiiei gram crop i.s oats. Sho raises LV..lK,0: 0 to oihOdO.M.'.) bueho'.s of barley aiinu:ii.v. of wlhch tho t'uited .States uses ah Iht rurplue, w hicn average about ten rnilhcn bushw!-. The other principal products r.r peas, corn, hay, potatoes, turr;i;s i'.n t live stock. As the" i.eavily timbere 1 country becomes cleared and openo J up to markets by r.iiiroad.s o may expect to sve our ru.rtüt rn n-ik'!ibors come into more direct co' !teti;ioa with Lt in tho markets cf the old world. 1ti"I l":.wui A fer wef;k3 ajo a correspondent of a leaiinc- farm journal ?;Kke of plowinar hi Iar. i twelve to lifseon inches deep. Tins bt. dement brought out comments from many farmers in o'ihei.ent nctionj of tho country, from which an ilea may b Sained of the avt-rairo depth to wliieh eod land is plowed. The exact depth is not go important, to us as ia the principle reuiatintr it. The lelief in thst ho 1 f.r corn should not bo buried more than live or fix inches, or even lets, as any greater depth place the plant food below part of the feeding root?. It : the experience of The .Sextixei. far::ier thit four-inch plowing ha f'iven. epiendid reauits for corn, but the practice cannot b commended, as it tcatb to leafcen the clortli of the soil, while it is cue of ti e first principles of ood farming that BC-iis should bo deepened rather than permitted to trrow fchallow. Fora single crop ol corn, however, on rnot land a cloveraod live inch-id deep is fally as elTective aa any. tor potatoes tut-so farmer aJvo-c&t-i plowing se ven or eight inches dc-t p, if tlie noil permits, r.nd thij ia the usual dipth. but even with thin croj in many aoiU bis ir.cht.5 is fally a3 jiiod sa a single The writer does not like to advocate any othvrthaa deep p owin;, as a very gradual d-cpenin of the eoil tends to iucrexse fertility and nbility to withstand lroui:ht. Single crops of;n get moro benefit from a sou turned comparatively shallow, but any increase does not alvTays recompense for tho ill et'ects of 6hal!ow plowing. Coatpact. rolling land always detnaada a gradual deepening of the soil to increase the absorption of tha wator, thus helping to '.uihstand drought and to prevent washing. It is safe to ay that the permanent land value of any farm is increased by continued deep f lowing. Thin poilj. cannot be dieteued eafcly mora than a Laif inch each year. (rooming IItr. Tho currycomb and brush are to horse what water for bathing is to man. The millions of pores of the fain are continually throw. nc oJ the waste matter of the system, and if they aro permitted to become clogged the health of an animal will become injured. More food in required to keep it fat and the hair becomes rough, which ii a sure eiirn of unthriftinefrs. The di-comfor. that ungroomed hordes eiperieiire is sufhcier.t to prevent them from thri ving even when fed most liberally. When currying is done reeuiarly verr day tho comb should not bo sharp, nor should it b used fo roughly as i.s common. A ii;:i:t wratcldng of the skin ia surhcient, b::t rubbing cannot be done to excess. It cleans the htir and causes tho oil to flow freely. For the lens of a horse nothing is belter than a corn cob and a wisp of hay. A ctinb is too fevero and may do injur' as well as annoy tho animal. It always pnys to groom w d, and it 13 a epecies of cruelty to leave it undone. C.:iiMg it uf ih linf. A young man recently wrote to The bi: riNKi. farmer, f aying that ho wanted to gtt out of tho rut and build up his farm ft.-t as poesible. Iiis query concerned the prOjV-r rotation of crop for hi3 land, but iucideiuiy ho !ct it be known th.-.t he t'::rew the utablj manure out of dooru in a lh! to be h-cciied by every rain. Just now there u contiderable talk of farming with chemicals, and occasiona.Iv Home one is moved to say that tha Lnu'dngof Etable manure takes all the proüt in it, and that it is mean, laborious work anyway. The scientists analyze f-tablo manuro as found in open nnrnynrds, and show that the plant food it contains can be frottn in commercial fertilizers cheaolr. We do not care to argue tho matter with thofo who bf-o in such fertilizers the easy source of all tha plant-food that their farms may need, but after all the experiments and trAAria hav come to an and

it li safe to predict that very few w ho do not value stable manuro highly will succeed in budding up the fertility oi thsir lands in a safe and profitable way. There is an availability in the plant food that Btablo manure contains and an effectiveness in every way that cive.s it a value our scientists fail to find by analysis. When our youn friend said that ho wanted to 'Vet out of the rut," it struck us that ha needed to house that manuro pile first, and thon look after crop rotations ailerward. Hauling does cost a good deal when bait tho load ia water and the other half ia coarse ötuirout of which tho be6t plant food has bpen leached. There are two quito practical ways of saving the manure. On many farms it can be drawn out direct to the fields aud saved without any lo?s. Many good iar raers find this a profitable way. All can no: do this way. however, as tho ice in their roliin;r ground during the winter may allow raius to carry the manure oil, or th ground may often be too soft for a team. Then, too, special crops may require that the manure be stored for them. This department of The Skntixel will have been worth thousands of dollars to its readers when it becomes the means of inducing some of thern to build roofs over the 'manure. A stock shed is best, in which the manure can be scattered, covered with litter and tramped by barn stock when exercising in the winter. The tramping prevents heating. Line unon line and precept upon precept are the means that must be used to secure changes. Will you not study this matter out and nrrance to give your eoil the best portion of tho manure the part that is now beir.g lost because it is in tho inept available term; long manuro composed of straw, cornstalks, etc., aro b:ht rotted in pits or bssins, as the rains are needed to hasten decomposition, but the piles of rich manure under the barn eves are losing t our farmers sums of money that can ill bo epared. Jurt iia" Woo!. The following on "How to Judge Wool on Live Sheep" id from IfWi and Country Jourwil oi Australia: Tiie finest and softest of tho wool is always on tho shoulders of the 6heep. An expert in judging sheep alwavs lo.'ks at the wool on tiie tdiouluers iirst. A writer of experience in writing of line-wooled sheep and in handling wool communicates the following Htiggetitioa for selecting a goodwooled sheep: Always assuminir that the wool to be inspected is really line, we first err.mino the tdiottliers as a part where tlio Unfit wool ia to be found. This wo take as sx standard ur.d compare it with woo: from ribs, the thigh, the rump and thonider parts, and the nearer the wool from the various parts of the animal approaches the standard the better, l irnt wo scrutinize the fineness, end if the result is satiefactory we pronounce the lleece, in respect to lincneFS, very "even." Xext, we scrutinize the leiiuth or the staple, aud if wo find that the wool on their rib?-, thigh and back approximates reasonably in lenpth to that oi our tdandard, we again declare tho lleece, as retards the lenjilh of staple, "truo and even." We next satisfy ourselves us to density of the fleece, and we do thi by closing the hand upon a portion of the rump and loin wool, these points bein; usually tha thine?t r.n.i most faulty. If tins again givea natitdactioa we designate all the wool, "even to density." Now to summarize these separate examinations: If the lleece is nearly ali of equal length on the shoulders and serosa the loina, we conclude that we have a perfect sheep for producing valuable wool. Sell'n.t II? by Wfi;hr. Eggs are nearly universally sold by the dozen, but the variation in their weight makes this rule an unfair one. A medinmsied egg weighs two ounces, making tho weight of a dozen cgs one and a half pounds. A dozen of Minorca eggs wt-ih over ona and three-fourths pounds, while an equal number of tha black Hambursrs weigh less than one and one-fourth pounds. When egiis are high a di!h renco oi hali a pound in the amount of food is a considerable item. The bull" Cochins lay a two-ounce ecr, and the dark Brabnia, L-'orkiiig, Houdana, Langsbaiis, whito Leghorns, Plymouth Kocks, Wyandoites, Scotch ireys and ." liuorcas Jay larger eggs. The brown Leghorns lay a smaller eg, aa do also tho MuUyfctuid Ilamburtrs. While the twoouncy e;g is called the average eg, it ia noticeable that more breeds hlightly exceed the weight than fall below it. Tha produeere of email t'kigs can afford to market by the dozen, but the owners of Brahmas. Plymouth Ilocka, Micorcas and some others uhould demand a change in our custom. T.ra nl Sheftrlng- 8t.ep. Farmers who have small flocks of sheep, with comfortable quarters for them, would often lind it prolitable to shear early. Morias will dissent from this opinion, and the reasons that induced the writer to begin ea-!y ehearin will be iven. No animal thrive3 in discomfort, and hot May days bring only discomfort to the poor sheep. It is much better to keep them in sheds during-cold raias than to "let them sutler as they often do. Then there is the saving in wool when shearing is done before tho eheep jo on t;ras3, un'.eai they are carefully tagged .something that Bhould ba done, but that the owner of small bunches too ofttn neglect. But the chief gain is in the thrift of th lämbs. The mothers eat more, stay in the hade much less, and nourish tho larrbs much better. With the long-wooled breeds 1 bad much trouble with the iambs until they were two or ihren days old, on

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',v'A 'SAX PR. ,T. A. ITAillLTON, Usldont PhTsicItn, 8? Vi". ih.o-t., Indianapolis, in 1. ( rwenty-ouo years a Practical Ffiyieian and Surgeon.) portattl. Dlieiws of tho Heart, Blood an4 Sein, NertoUsnM!. pnic(:d f-eriodj and irregularitins of wu...en.ilitaf tin kidn-y, lilad ir and Ornerttiro Orgtr.s, iovltidip Syphilis, lionorrhiea. Gleet, rinaiorrhin, Inifotncr, Vai Iroeel an1 Hydroct;lr. I'i&OAKes succ-sst ullT treated and me.licine. gnt, eeurely islxl, by n;all. Constiitstion fre and ciiargej moderate. Office 33 West Ohio streets account of their failure to find their nourishment. When the dams were sheared early the lamb did much better. The objection is that there is a loss of weitrht in the lleece.s. So far as growth of wool is concerned, what is lost this year will be gained noxt year, and it is only a matter of oil. Sheep well housed have aa much oil in April as those running in storms have in .May. Then, too, there is less filth and a moro attractive lot for the ! buver. In the case of largo flocks, when warm quarters cannot be provided, it does not do to shear nntil permanently warm weather comes. But a trial for two Teure will convince those who make lambs a prominent source of income, that early she '.ring is desirable. It rids the fheep of ticks, makes cl- aner wool, causes no loss in weight of actual wool, and promotes the well-being of t!io lamb". The writer is glad to lind that this practica is indorsed by Col. F. D. Curtis, who shears even earlier than the writer, and sav3 that he hns been able to break down the old rule of one-third shrink tige for unwashed wool, on account of tho cleanliness of his fleeces. His shrinkage is put by tho buyer at a merely nominal amount, hid ciip-e'lin, practically, us washed wool. lie c: !. Beef Fitters Cut some thin slices from the undercut of the sirloin and dip each slieo into a good batter made of eirgs, flour and milk, seasoned with allspice, pepper and nutmeg; have a nan of very hot lard or butter ready and place each slice well covered with the batter into it; fry a good brown; serve wit mustard and mashed potatoes. Baked Bermuda Onions Wash the onions, but do not remove the skins ; put them into boiling water with a little salt; boil them rapidly for one hour, then take the:n out; wipe them dry ; roll each one separately in a thin piece oi paper and bake slowly about one hour; remove the skins; place them in a vegetable dish and serve with a white sauce, with pepper added. Lomon Battieg To one quart bowl of bread crumbs add half a pint of boidna n.ilk; let it become cold and then add the grated rind of two lemons, one-quarter of a pound of butter beaten to a cream, three eggs well beaten and oneVapful of Eugar. Butter some cup a well and pour in tho mixtuie and bake about twenty minutes. When done turn them out and serve with mint sauce. I'ot Ilcat Take a good porterhouse roast und put it in a pot w itn a small chopped onion. Cover it with hot water and let it himmer slowly for three or four hours. lx-t it boil down gradually, and after cooking a cuupio of hours add salt and pepper. Let the water all boil away, and let the ro?at fry on both sides. Take the roast cut of the pot, pour in r?ore hot water for uravy, thicken with flour and pour on the platter with the meat. Iemon Cake Two cups of sugar, onehalf cup of butter, one cup of cold water, the w hites of four egprs, beaten stiir, one large spoonful of baking powder and two cups of Hour. Bake in threa layers. For filling take the prated rind and juice of a laree lemon, one cup of eujrar, a epoonful of latter and cne cup of water. Spread very thickly between the cakes and cover the top of all with the yolk of two egs, beaten very creamy with confectioners' BULrar. Hreant of T.amb with Macaroni Ttroast of lamb, quarter of a pound of macaroni, ono lemon, half a pint of water. Tiace a layer of thin dices of bacon in a braising pan ; lay the breast of lamb on them ; peel the lemon and cut in thin slices and place the slices on the meat ; cover these with a few more slices of bacon, add an onion cut fine aud half a pint cf water; also salt and a little pepper; cover closelv and let it simmer slowly about two hours ; prepare the macaroni and piece it on a platter and the breast of lamb on it; make a rich gravy from the drippings and paur it on the whole. I3rain Cakes Soak Jthe brains in cold silted water for an hour; then boil for five minutes in water with ealt and vinetar. They may then be sliced and stewed or fried in gravy. For brain cakes they should be beaten to a smooth paste anil mixed withegga to a soft batter; this is to be seasoned highly with suit, pepper and powdered herbs, and then fried either oa a greased griddle as cakes, or in plenty of emoking-hot fat as fritters. If cooked as fritters they must be taken up on skimmer when brown and laid on coarse paper for a moment to free them from fat. Serve either plain or with brown sauce or gravy. Brains are a very nutritious and delicate article of food. Mutton ia h'wed-sh Style Remove all the fat from a loin of mutton, and the outside alsoii too fat; remove the skin; joint it at every bone. Mix half a email nutmeg with a little pepper, salt and bread crumbs; dip the steaks into the yelks of throe well beaten c?gs, and tpriukle the crumb mixture ail over thtm. Then placo them together es they wero before cut apart, tie them and fasten them cn a small spit und place them on a plata in a deep baking pan. Baste well with butter and the drippings in the pan. When done place on a hot dish ; add half a pint of water or gravy to thf.t in the pan, one tabie?poonful of tomato catsup, ono tablespooufu! of dropped capers; thicken with Hour. After summing oil 'the fat, let it boil up once after the thickening is added and pour over the meat ; serve very hot. How to Treat "Bio Plant" The abundance of rhubarb now in market from the Houth calls fresh attention to the value of thks herb, both aa a pie-plant and for stew ing, as well as for rhubarb wine. The best way of cooking rhubarb is to wash the stalks, cut them in small pieces without peeling thorn and tiirow them in an earthern pipkin with about two tablespoonfuls of water to every bunch of rhubarb. Let them cook slowly in the pipkin after also adding about a cup of sugar to a buuch of rhubarb. The sugar will draw the juice out of tho rhubarb, and when this is accomplished tho pot should be l ulled forward gradually and the rhubarb fctew eJ till tender. Taste of it and add more sugar if it is needed. This makes a rich red sauce and it is far richer than when tho rhubarb ia peeled. For pies, line a platter with rich crust, egg it with the white of an egg. fill it with fresh pie-plant, cut in pieces, add a coo of sue&r

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and a half teappoonful of butter. Cover it with a very thin, rich crust and bake it for about nn hour. When tho pics aro done sprinkle them with powdered sucrar. Leave the oven door opn PTiu'teen minutes aficr the pies are sprinkled with su:;ar and bofore they aro taken out. Ilsnlth lints. Cold Baths for Typhoid The Lon-lm L'incet says: "The system of cold baths in the treatment of typhoid fever as employed in Glrmany has been pul to the teat by Dr. Josias, and he reported to the Societe des liospitaux that during the years l!vSS and iSM) he treated thirty-eix cases of typhoid fever by cold baths; that ia to eay, with water at 4S C, repeating these every three hours. Of thirty-six cases the experimenter obtained thirtythree recoveries. Irs. Ilency and Kichards. who on their aide bai followed this method, obtained 103 recoveries out of 1U8 cases." How to Keep Eyes Bright We gratefully hail any suggestion so harmless aa this one ottered by a French woman: Kevcr rub your eyes, ror allow your children to do so irom their cradle?. Veils are bad for the sight, especially thoae spotted or covered with a pattern; so eschew veils when you can, or wear the softest, clearest net when obliged to do so. Never rend in bed or w hen lying on a sofa. Sit with your back to the light when engaged in reading or working. Bale blues or greens are the most restfal wall papers for the eyes, whereas red is exceedingly fatiguing. Do not read, write or work longer than two hours together without resting your eyes and closing them fully five minutes. lie mo-t careful to live in a dry house on dry soil. Attend to the digestion, for did not Milton declare his blindness to proceed from tlio efTects of dyspepsia? If the eyes be weak bathe thorn in a basin of soft water, which should be as hot as could be borne. Tired, red and Hwollen-lookiiig eyes and eyelids are rested and relieved by frequent swabbing with hot water. For Slight Bleeding. When minute bleeding points, such as sometimes occur unon tho face after the uo of the razor, are neither checked spontaneously nor by the usual means, a drop of tincture of iron, applied on a pledget of cotton cr the end of a match, will at once put an end to the bleeding. Sometimes ottinato and even alarming hemorrhage follows the extraction of a tooth. In such a case a bit of cotton saturated with p.Ium solution, or sprinkled with alum powder and applied to the cavity wiil usually have the desired effect, but should these means fail to a!Iord relief a pledget of cotton saturated with tincture of iron pressed into the cavity will promptly staunch the llow, unless the cae be an exceptional one. In case of the bursting of a varicose vein, the ensuing hemorrhage may bo at once checked by pressing a linger upon the bleeding part, and laying tho person down Hat, either on the ground or on a bed. A pad is then applied over the injured part and bound down tightly with a roller bandage. Bleeding from the nose is a common, though seldom serious form of hemorrhage. It is often checked spontaneously by such simple mean as bathing the face and nasal cavities with cold water. Sometimes, however, when more persistent, some styptic application may be needed. Alum water or a solution of tannic acid may be snuded up the nose from the palm of the hand, or some powdered styptic may be blown into the nasal cavities by means of a quill, roll of paper or other tube. But the most unique, eimple and emcient way to check an obstinate nasal hemorrhage is the old-fashioned one of pressing an ordinary clothespin lirmly over the cartilaginous portion of tho nose from above downward. Head Covering At Night Persons who sleep with heads uncovered, with the register clo?ed and the beat turned off and also have the window open, commit the earne folly as one would who leit his dwelling open on a cold day and rerna'ned out of doors bareheaded for seven or eight hours. As to this practice tho New York LcJjer says: It is a curious fact that people who would under no circumstances venture out of doors in the daytime bareheaded will open the windows and retire at night and expect to sleep with the theomometer eight degrees or t;-n degrees lower than they could tolerato in the daytime. Delicate women twist their hair in crimps, which uncovers the forehead, and then entirely without protection for the bead, expect to sleep and enjoy reasonable health. One of the ablest physicians in the country and ona who has been uniformly successful in the treatment of nervous diseases, recommends a bandage of very thin woolen rraterial or of t. silk, to be bound around the foreheai and worn at night. If you imagine that you have tauen a heavy cold wrap the bead, throat, neck and shoulders in a light, soft shawl or scarf of silk and wear it for two or three nights. See that a fold of the silk comes over the forehead low enough to meet the eyebrows, then bricg it around in front, covering the sides of tho face after the fashion cf a sister of charity. This is recommended as an almost unfailing cure for insomnia and diseases of the head and throat. Jf the face, the sides or the throat and ears are thoroughly rubbed with tine oil or vaseline a cold will usually disappear within two or three nights. It is safe to eay that one-half of the colds and consequently a great many of tho more severe il'a of life would vanish if people realized that it is as necessary to protect the head at night as it is in the daytime. To Keep the Baby Warm Many mothers are vexed and tried to the utmost w hen the question arises, how to keep tho baby from kicking orf the bed clothes? What means has she not tried? And in spite of all b er efforts the little hands and arms are invariably out in tho cold. In warmed sleeping rooms this makes no perceptible difference in the child's condition of health. The nightgown is usually sufiiriuntly thick to keep the child comfortable if he were awake and sitting ud

in bed. But it is the little ones in cold houses that sutler. All day they are warmly clad and in a warmed room ; at night their clothing may be just as thick, but the temperature of the room being so much less than that of the day room, a chil l cannot escape catching cold if be is allowed to become uncovered. While lying down the force of the circulation of the Mood is much less, and less boat is generated and propelled through the bodr. So with less beat fur nished within the child, and none in the bod chamber, more warmth should be placed around it in the form of coverings. Much beat is lost from the body by radiation. Clothing of various thickness prevents lot of beat from the body. There is no warmth in the material. The heat from the body is retained because it cannot readily pa3 through it. A very effectual mode ot protection is taucht by an old puree, who asks: "Do you ever put your babies to sleep in bags? If not I will give yo'j a point that you may sometime rind Useful. 1 had one time, in my charge a very delicate infant. It seemed to have little vitality and very poor circulation, aud it was impossible to keep the little thing warm. It was aiso very nervous and restless, and needed constant watching, eNe it would kick itself out of all its wrappings. I taxed my brain for a long time to think of some way to keep it thoroughly protected, until finally I hit upon an idctt. I bought a yard and a half of moderately thick felt, folded it over, leaving the folded portion for the foot of the bag, then shaped out the top in a sort Pitcher's Cactorla;

of nightcown fashion. I sowed 6tror.e tapes on the edges, put the little one ir.to the bag an i drew up the strings. The felt cante close to the throat, but not, kj close as to be at all annoying. A little cap of soft, thick wool was" provilcd, and you would have boon surprised at the child's improvement. I kept the little thing in the bag tho creuter part of the time for three months, night and day. Then it came on very warm weather, and I gradually left open one tape alter another until I could leave it olf altogether. I ued to say that the child eain-l a pound a week, and I really thmk ehe did."

(oc I'p Ili-nd. Street .V Smith' (iooi Nawv Mother (proudly) "And so you got to the heal of the so. Hing class today?" Little Son "Yes'm. The wlio'le cla?s missed onspe'.iin' a word 'cept me." 'And you didn't?" "No'm. There was only one way left to epeil it." Now is the time to take a good tonic medicine. Hood's Sarsaparilla possesses the greatest merit, and is a popujar favorite.! NIAGARA FALLS EXCURSION! ThnradAT, Jaly 28, 1802, Tlit th LU Krlt & VV.nrern H. H "Natural Itoutr." On Thursday, Julv 28, 1 S02. the Lake Erie fc Western railroad will run thir popular annual excursion to Cleveland, Chautauqua Lake. Butfalo and Niagara Falls at following very low rates, Tiz: P-or:n 17.50 Fort Wayne $0.00 Blooraington 7.00 Muncie .. ö.OO Lafayette 6.00 I'onnersvill r.üü Michigan City C.OO Ituahvili? ö.oo Indianapolis 5.00 New Castle ö.OO Tipton 5.00 Cambrics City.... 5.00 Lima. 4.00 Fremout 4.00 Sandusky, ?4.00. With corresponding reductions from intermediate points. In addition to the above, the purchase! s of these tickets will be given privilege of special excursion side trips to Lewiston-on-the-Lake, including a steamboat ride, on Lake Ontario, for "Jo cents. To Toronto and return by Lake from Lewiston. Sl.hO; to Thousand Islands, S".0;. Tickets for the above side trips can be had when purchasing Niagara Falls ticl:et, or at any timo on train. Beside the above privileges, with that of spending Sunday at the Falle, we will furnish c 1 those who desire a side trip from Brocton Junction to Chautauqua Lake and return Fit EC UF CHARGE. Tickets of admission to places of ppeeial interest at or near Niagara Falls, but outside the reservation, including toil over the International Bridtre to the Canadian side, elevafors to the water's edge at Whirlpool Bapids on the Canadian 6ide, will be ofTered oa train at a reduction from prices charged after reaching the Falls. Do not t;iiw this oprortunityjto spend Sunday at Niagara Falls. 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