Indiana State Sentinel, Indianapolis, Marion County, 31 May 1893 — Page 5

THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL,

WEDNESDAY MORNING. MAY 31, 1893-TWELVE PAGES. 5

OFFICERS. President Will E. Strawn, Montpelier, Ind. First Vice-president Xorrence M. Jackson, New Lancaster, In1. Second Vice-president Miss Sue C. Tarter, Kalona, la. Recording Secretary Miss Dora Wenner, Pleassnt-ave., Indianapolis, ln.1. Corresponding Secretary Hiss Emma L. Herker, Kinerr, 111. Treasurer Miss Mary J. Keller, Campbellstown, . Executive Committee Alonzo Fiuley Jacobs, (ireenoastle, Ind.; U'tlliara A. Clark. Anthony, Ind.; V. Kokndolrer. Montarallo, JIo.; j. V. McIonalJ. Medina. Tenn.; Mrs. J. 1. Xiarues, liruceton Mills. V. Va. OBJKCTH. Sec. 2 of Article 1 of Constitution TLe object of the Howard Literary Club is to encourage pure literature, strengthen morality, establish sociability, increase a desire for mind imrrovemsi.t and literary attainments and to extend the work of reformation. MEMiiEKS. Eef. 1 of Article 2 of ConstitutionAll persons of stood moral character who are cterested in the objects of this organization and are willing to work in accordance therewith are eligible to membership. We uiot-t cordially invite every one truly and uncompromisingly interested in our objects to join our club. Letters of inquiry should bo addressed the Corresponding Secretary with stau p. The Howard Literary Las neither salaried ctlicers nor contributors, and depends wholly lipon its raeriw and principles for success. Members only are entitled to the rare benefit of our book catalogue. All letters for publication must be carefully written on one side ot the paper only, accompanied by the writer's real name and address, as well as the uora de plume, and plainly adtlressed ti the editor, C. CJ. Stewart, SENTINEL tftice, IndianapoliH, lnJ. Members in renewing subscription for TlfB ?ENTINEI. will ;lease he sure to send $1 to the doward Literary Treasurer, as the cub is Jlowetl a small commission. Due credit and rompt action guaranteed. Members, in sending their photos to the ditor for reproduction on this page, must send loni ie plume, and also real Dame and addres. fhe latter will rot be published except by request of the sender. "TUbCUMBIA" AGAIN.

3 Employs ;i Wonderful Yomlularj to E-prt-x His TliiMii;lit s. "Dkar I1)uak!-i The mighty earth loutintic to roll htr f-eaaons presenting her rich benetita man. Stern winter's 'cy chains are severed; fron and enow no oner encircle tl'eo alluvial vales, the itorm kind's fierce and plaintive re juieoia no looker rock our puny habitations. Knchanted, ambrosial spring resonant with rainbow, colored liowers laden with eweet perfume ; and merry with coreeoua pluinaed eonüHters we'eoxnisg the advent of the festive btaaon, fragrant with glowing anticipations and the centralization of ardent hoped fcr bountiful ingathering of mother earth's staple productions; of luscious fruits, and jrreat store houses of corn "which rnaketh the youn wen cheerful an 1 wine the maidens." lowing herd, liiiiuiiab.e accessions of ewine immaculate Southiiowns and poultry are invoked and interceded for. I'rolon.ed and excet-riinirly Litter and dismal has beec the march of etern winter; thou hast lingered, rutblea blighter and fell destroyer of our hopes ana schemes for the future, ti.l tho lapse of .May; and fr'.orious "orine, merry eprinj. 'lid sad to retleet, will very soon depart, and yield to th? impressing iLlluencea of summer, when the ana er ceases to venture forth, bent on the extermination of the finny tribe and the fearful decimation of the eoft shell and snapping turtle that iniest our limpid streams of crystal water. Sultry summer's inordinate imbibing of ice water and ice milk will toon engender the varied delights cf congestions, and greatly facilitate) and secure the golden title of divert to mansions in the skie, and ready etrress through the pearly gates into the New Jerusalem todelve in pastures green, duck the rare fruits of the great tree of if and bask in the felicities of perennial fprinz. We will not revert to strawberry lemonade "made in the shade," of saccharine sweetneea, dispensed at fairs and menageries, and abundantly calculated not to mitigate, but to increase thir-t ; for thou, oh ice milk, of the eutlded restaurant's deüzhtexceedef-t them all. Untieing thou sorely art. strawberry presented in guilded platitude, a drink and be happy, unstintedly and often, it id a new departure, a shrewd device to add immensely to the plethoric condition of the portmanteaa of the Tender and to ' rtaterially reduce your own. cummer's sunny months have sought out and brought to lUht many inventions and devices, church fairs, grand socials, rallies, concerts; etc., will soon be in full blast. Eloquent orators and divine will fulminate, hurl their thundering inaiefot denunciation and disapproval against gambling and all pemblances thereof, and yet indorse or wink at a species of gambling little better than card playing for money. Christ is srood authority and might exclaim to our high church dignitaries as lie did to the Jewish perverters of the temple at Jerusalem. Tho stately and magnificent temples which are called of all nations bouses of prayer and worship "ye have converted into houses of merchandise dens of thieves." There la an old saving. I don't know just where. That a an in who is botu rich and lioueu Is rare; But ot men there are plenty, I am sire it Is true, Who know tea full value of a dollar or two. Take the sharp politician, who wants a fat post. Though lor for hi conntry he has none to boast, hat ha tf ats a full pocket to see him safe through. For be a-sews the f-iil worth of a dol.ar or two. Autumn is the grand epoch that the aim on pure, incorruptible aspirant for office ventures forth from his honored obscurity and goes forth upon his tieaveoly mission to pound the tocsin of reform .nd proclaim the year of jubilee from the rostrum of ererjr school district, city and Tillage of his county to the toiling, j oppressed, tax-ridden thousands, clamoring for freedom, immunity from the Uwous touch of the niniens of greed and

avarice, and from the iron despotism and fevering chains of the rushleas Shylocka, who eat out hid substance, the accumulations of unremitting toil for lo! these many years, and privations dire in poverty's vales, and inaugurate the golden era of prosperity instead of constraining them to take up and warble the enchanting Eone, "Uver the Hills to the Poor House." Mid cheers and tremendous applause the noble aepirant, being from time immemorial a disciple of Iilacketone and consequently not enured to falsehood and prevarication, announces to his enraptured audiences his fell design to annihilate the adversary come up to the standard of the transceudant statesmen of the Jetlerponian ana Jccksonian epoch; and give them a feurfeit of reform. Such for instance as immortalized the eminent and world-renowned attorneys that adorned and shed a halo of refulgent glory over the legislative deliberations of Indiana's renowned capitol. Legions of youths are training in the stately seminaries of true statesmanship, their testitnentd (beautiful variegated cards) are abroad promiscuously. Winter's rigors find them in the guilded ealoon, deeply absorbed in the intricaciea of pooL The roey beer, the sparklinsr wine, and the enlivening Monongahela regales their burning thirst, they loom at gorgeous ball-rooms and trip the light fantastic under divers fortifications from the mysterioud black bottle. The lowering clouds of monotony never retard or mitigate their bacchanalian revelries, variety comes to the rescue, reminiscences flow, animal ppiriti are enhanced from the bottled spirits, the combinations have accomplished their perfect work ; bowies clash, revolverd blaze and the grand nuptials end in a row, and a case for administrative adjudication, l'.mbrionic statesmanship, melliiluously recuperated with the ruby, not infrequently harass and seriously annoy church audiences and their misdemeanors engender lawsuits and lend wings to the surplus revenue of their fathers. Nimptuous rural mansion!) in the genial eprinstido are the best quarters for the "brownies" and light-fin gered gentry, and their uncongenial Sab bath hours are enlivened and hilariously enhanced with all the intricacies of euchre and seven up ; the epreading walnut trees, and barn floors, are also musical with the diversions of fair Columbia's future. Statesmen, orators and divines, nd the citv and village sawmills after Sabbathschool raverberate durint? the balance of the day to the sylvan refrains of scholars, teachers and ollicers, at their soul enlivening devotions. "Tixtmbia." FOLK-LORE RELICS. A Glance Through the Superstitious Experiences of the I'oet. To the Howard Cli p. For the student of folk-lore the etudy of traditions and superstitions is not only profitable but verv interesting. Many of the ideas concerning signs and omens held by the ignorant and superstitious may be traced far back into the misty regions of the past and very often the eame ilea but altered in a few particulars is found current among widelv separated people. Tnis leads one to think that there must have been some common ground between the members of mankind, else why this simi larity of tradition handed down by word of mouth. Very many of the readers of the Howard literary club are, no doubt, acquainted with persons who are filled with dread and alarm when an empty cradle is rocked, or when some garden tool is carried through the house bv a carelees person. Or have been told that to dream of death is a eign that you will hear of a wedding. That if you drop a dishcloth a stranger is coming ; if jou raise an umbrella in the hou-o it foretells death ; that it is unlucky to turn back when once started on a journey; and for a rabbit to cross one's path some misfortune is pure to follow. These are but a few of the many superstitious ideas held by those who believe in omens and signs. Here are a fw waifd and strays collected by the writter. In Fornander'a "Polynesian Kace" may be found a version of the superstitions concerning the spider. If the long legged spider dropB down from above or in front of you, it is a good sign foreboding either presents or strangers ; if he drops on either side, or behind you, the e:aa is ominous. In England for a spider to descend upon you from above is an omen that you are to receive a gift from a triend. In the Kmerald Isle if a spider be found running over the dresa or shawl of a woman the sign is a aooI one and the wo uan conG dently expects that she will soon receive a new dress or shawl as the caue may be The Polynesians think a ringing sound in the ears portends that some one is speaking ill of you ; if in the right ear, I y a man, if in the left, by a woman; some times it foretells coming sickness. Tho English version ih somewhat dillerent. If the ruht ear burns some one is speaking well of you; if the left ear, eome one is speaking ill of you. If on leaving his cottage a York fisherman happens to meet a woman he will not pat to sea; and a Hindoo considers the meeting of a I'rahtnin widow as a very vil omen for a journey. In India, when leaving a house, for one to see or meet a hare, it is an evil omen. This same idea is found to exist among the Arabs, the I-aplaoders and other peo ple. I.ven the .Naroaquas, a south African tribe, have the same superstition. An Iri.-h woman with whom the writer is acquainted includes the rat as an unlucky omen to be met with. In Scotland and among the Cornish miners of England, and in almost all parts of Great Britain, it is regarded a a most unfortunate event to either meet a hare or to have one cross your path. In Tyler'a "Early History of Mankind" the iron age man is said to hold to the su perstition that be most not put a knife near the fire, and that to sire it to friend

is eure to cause a severing of friendship between the giver and the recipient. In the early period of the iron age, when

iron waa very rare and of much value, the ladies of Lancashire considered it very lucky to find old iron, and a horse-shoe or ruety nail were carefully taken home and noarded up. Dr. Johnson is said to have adhered to the absurd notion that in entering a house one niunt be careful to place the right foot f, rht. The Malarasv also adnere to this. n leaving a house the same caution must be preserved, and similar ideas are held in England and Polynesia. Camden says that among the Celts of Ireland "when one gets a fall he eorings up, and turning about throe times to the right, digs a hole in the ground with his knife or sword and cuts out a turf, for they imagine there is a spirit in the earth." In English folk-lore it is a most unlucky eitrn to btumble at the threshold. Shakspeare, in "Henry VI," mentions it in the following lines: For many men that stumble at the thrpshold Are eil foretold that danger lurks withto. It is related in a Polynesian story that a boy was sent one day with a meseaee to the chief high priest, IJenuku by name, and the luckleta urchin stumbled and fell down at the very entrance of the house. This beim a most unlucky sign, made Uenuku very angry, and he killed and devoured the child. In China and England a common superstition is current against rocking an empty cradle. In Henderson's "Folk-lore of the Northern Countries," concerning the("toom" or empty cradle, the following linea are given: Oh! rock not the cradle when the t able's not In, For this by old women is counted a ein : It's a crime so inhuman It may na" be forgi'en And they that vi' do it ha' lost sight of hearen. S ich rocking maun brim; on the babie disease, Well mar it grow frettie that none can it pleae ; Its crimson lip pale grows, its clear eje wax dim, Its beautr grow pale, acj it: vbag) wax dim. Its heart flutters fait, it breathes bar J, then is gone To the fair laud of heaven. BlN-ARDYS. Indianapolis, May 24, 1803. VALUE OF FRIENDS. The liest Friend One Kver ITas Is the Mother Some Other Thoughts. To the Howard Cixn How swiftly time does fly! It seems but a few months since we were little children kneeling by our mother's side saying our evening prayers. And perhaps that mother is now sleeping 'neath the cold and silent sod, yet we shall always think of those days. Why should we not? They were by far the happiest we have ever known too happy andjjoyous to last. Not but that we had our troubles, but compared to those we now have, they are nothing. Yes, at the time we did think them great, but we could tell them to that truest and dearest friend our mother and find solace and comfort in her cheering worda. We haJ .not the pride and timidity we now have, for then we told her all, and now our greatest troubles and sorrows are known only to our own hearts. In our childhood days we had no thought of the vast future before us no thought of the time when we should have to face the biting blasts of this cold and cruel world and its wavs. Its ways are so very hard, for we may do what we think is right and best, and in the end we find it was all wrong. We may look for a smile to help us regain the right, and we find cold looks for our ains. We may, in the impenetrable .darkness which surrounds us. reach our hands out blindly for the graep of a warm palm only to find cold finger tips instead. Why is it so? e are all mortals, cot frer from sin, so why not encourage each other? Is life so short we have no time for kind works and smiles? Eife is short, but were it thrice as long we have not one friend to spare, and to keep those friends we shouiu aä "Uncle Tom'' eays: "Forget whar rememberance am pain." "Florence Nightingale," what hare you done with dark-eved "Spanish Cavalier?" Tell him there is one who would like to read another of his letters. "Calico Bill," your letter of Feb. 8 wa good. More like you is needed. "Alzina Erne Winton," I wonder if you Could be someone I once knew. I suppose not, yet your face seems familiar. "Hawkeye," there is something in your letters that I like. "Polaris," "P,en Ardys," "Eone , Tramp," "Happy Joe." "Paul 2aace." J. Mon DUly," and J. J. D.," come often. I will take a new "nom," but am ever vour bister, "Kuadow." May 25, lb'j.'i. Last Words, Yes, oil friend, I am goin fast. And I know that my time is short ; Mjbariue hai struck the shoals at last, !)on I'll enter the Ilcsvcnlj port. Ah! many a time l're lDKvd fur this hour, But my lou,'iu seemed all in vain; Now I doubl welooin j tiie clouds that lower, For my future pathway is plain. I gaze back over the past tonight. And the wild, wicked life I led ; Forgotten was Cariit hell just In slht, All the good la me seemed lit:!. Of so many people, I bad nut a friend Whom I could truit an! claim as my own, The world had mocked me, and in the end I stood by ruTseli stood all alone. Until at last we drifted together and met Me, ia my black despair, and you, Tel ing of iod till your eyes grew wet; Then I yielded and bolieved in Him, too; And I tell you, friend, there are crowns above, TluroW one for you and there is one for me, And then is som one I ustd to love Before I had sunk so 1jw ia my misery. But its all right now, I have no fears. Just give ine your hand, then to sleepWhy, you are rryiog, I feel the tears Fall on my faea! oh, why do you weep? Don't you know we are born but to die. And we die but to live again, Soon we'll tueot in that land beyond the sky. Then thure'il be no parting and no more pala. Hark! bow the winds are raving without, And my stlilening limbs grow toll; There's o many shadows flitting abuut. Look! there is an angel with wings like gold; It must be my blue-eyed darling that's come To take my soul to ihosa court on bih; My ey.s grow dim there's no light in the room, Ani lam go ng II friend ,ood-Ly. May 25, 1-SJ3. J Little Pearl. In the glow of the runlight dancing. Herself, a gtcain of light, While tho shadow gray, of the early day, Grew strangely wondrous bright. As light-wingf.'d birds, now hovering. Mi l the garden's so nted bloom. Or forsootu a.ixlit, ia her airy flight. On thesuuken, inussgrowu tvi.ib. A banner of gold the sunlight streamed, On t e niaobioa rjuaintaud fair, With wondering Klaue-, iu her merry dance, Mie paused at the vision rare. And, give me the sunshine, mamma, Sal I the airy little sprite, As her tiny bands caught the somber bands Of the woman oold and white. Nay, nay, my darling I'carl, Thou must gather thine own sunshine. For never a ray, of the blessed day, lXith euUr this Lrart of mine. Mrs. R. L. 8mith. It Is foolish To tend for the doctor every time you don't feel just right. My doctor's bill for years waa over a hnndred dollars a year, which made a pretty biß bole in my wages, ror the past two yean, 1 only apent ten dollars, with, which I bought a dozen bottlea of bulphur Hitters, and health baa been in my family since using tuim. Kobeut Johnso.v, Machinist,

THE FARMERS' EMPLOYES.

HI RED HANDS RECEIVING ATTENTION FROM WRITERS. Spring Work Much Ielaj ! ly tl3 I'nrcnNonnMe Weather Care of Spring Crtting Kid of t!i l'lnntaiu Condition of, the Wlu-at Crop Itye and llarley Prf i:irins Wool for Harkt-t Practical loiut A Collection of Vnluable Itccines "The hirel hand" ia receiving a good deal of attention just now from farm writers. More ceneure than praise is being meted out by many of them, and the feeling appears widespread that neither the farmer, the housewife or the employe ia very well satisfied with prevailing arrangements. The employer complains of lack ot interest, the wife fin is the hoarding of men burdensome when help in the kitchen can scarcely be had, and the men find wages too low to satisfy. The writer has employed and still employs eeveral men on the farm, and while he cannot solve this problem of help in a perfectly satisfactory way, yet some things bare been learned that assist in making ailairs run smoothly. This complaint of lack of interest on the part of the help ia often beard, and there is no doubt that farmers los much by reason of the lack. I'nless a man is interested in the crops and stock he ia eure to caue or permit many little losses, as the nature of the work is such that the employer cannot have his eye on an employe all the time. It is safe to admit that Rome farm bands, etpecially transients, are untrustworthy by nature, and the employer ia justified in all his censure. On the other band, is it not a fact that many can be led to take an interest in their employer's success by a manifestation of honest interest in their own welfare? Some eay that when they pay the promised wages they have a right to the employe's best work, and so they have, but this kind of work on a farm is gotten only by a feeling of mutual interest. If one can help it, it is a poor policy to start into each Eeason with a new hand. Old employes should do the best should know mora about the farm, the teams and implements and his employer's methods. When one finds a fairly good band, it pays to retain him and make him more valuable by assisting him in little waya and trying to help him to save his money. If a man bo the tenant, free use of the team to draw wood in the winter and to cultivate the garden in the summer is a help. Other waya may be found that cost little or nothing in actual cah, but chief of all and back of all there must be an honest interest in the man's welfare. When be sees this his interest in the farm is aroused and grows. The boarding of men is a burden on farmers' wives. No question about that. Whenever possible it is best to have one or two tenant houses near the farmer's home. It may be small and cheap but should be comfortable, and such a house can be built for a email eum. The rent on it will pay a fair interest on the investment, and even if there is some lost of the capital, the advantage of having a steady man near at hand who boards himself is worth much to any farmer. Extra help may have to be boarded in the home, but if the regular hands can be boarded in their own home?, the chief burden of farmer's wives is removed. Unless help in the bouse becomes easier to obtain the tenant system must be more generally adopted, or the lot of farmers' wives will growtoohardto.be borne. ..liven. when house help can be gotten the tenant plan is more satisfactory to the man as well as the farmer. In regard towages, the farmer pays all he ia able to pay, and he can demonstrate this to sensible men. Hands who have been with the writer for years know that the price of farm products justify no higher wages than they receive, and as they are paved many dollars in the year by little turns that really cost nothing in cash, and as the' receive extra pay when they do extra work in pushing seasons, they appear perfectly satisfied that they have no cause for complaint. If farm products were higher in price they know that they would get their due share of the increase in farm profits. It is tru that manufacturing centers can pay greater nominal wastes than farmers, but the cost of living is creator. The farmer is the only one who is expected to run a boarding house in connection with his work. The tenant system encourages young men to marry and make homes. Mutual interest pays both them and their employers, and the home lifo of the farmer is made pleasanter. Some hired men are not profitable, but it lies in our power to increase the number of faithful hands by treating them as we would want to be treated if any reverse of fortune ehould change ua from employer to employe. The Itelated Ncason. Cold rains have delayed farm work this spring to such an extent that the prospect for a full crop is already greatly injured. Oats have been sown on poorly prepared seed beds and the corn planting is much later than usual. Potatoes were planted late, or else the seed ha3 beeu injured somewhat by the water-soaked earth. Still, there is plenty of time for fair crops if the summer be seasonable, and while croakers already predict a drouth after harvest to even up the rainfall of the I ast two years, no one can foretell what is in store for us. The late planted crops may find seasonable conditions to push them to full maturity. The Sentinel desires to urge upon its readers the necessity of cutting down the propoeed acreage rather than allowing themselves to hasten over the fields with only half cultivation. These cold and rainy springs often induce one to omit the usual preparation of the soil in the haste to get the aeed in the ground, and an effort is made to plant and till the usual acreage, when much more net profit could be gotten by concentrating the work on two-thirds the acreage. If a crop be lateplanted it must have extra care. Therein lies the hope of any proiit. At the best, half tillage can only make a crop pay expenses, and it ia always best to concentrate one's work. In this way we can hope to grow a paying crop even if some drouth' or continued rains await us. C ire of Sprinj I'ifJ. The cold mins last spring cauEed the loss of such a larga per cent, of the young pigs that prices have ruled very high. The care of this pprina's crop is a matter of great in t:rt-8t end the ff-'lowine from Farm and Home is worthy of careful reading: The value of a Utter at wranin time depends on the way the sow is fed while suckIid?. Tiie first nont!i of the pic's life is tha most ertticni ; if he passes that time escaping tho ills f pi. -hoo l, Iiis prospects for a safe journey to the pork Imrrel are vtry favorable. , A warn), clear nest plays an important part in the health au J growth of of tne pit and the dry mother -artti makes a better lloor for a be than any artificial ariaageineut, but it un be kept dry. 1 he sow hav use reached full feed at tea days, cnution hliouM be exercise i nut to overfeed, l eed in such a way aha will come an x ioualy to her feed every Unit. Feed for healthy and an abundant now of milk all the eigblor ten weeks the pins follow her. If she baa the ran of a good pature while suckling-, she eu be fed food a richer In carbonaceous matter than If without grass. The f ras will balance

the ration, unless she is feed so huh as not to crave Kraas. The pigs will sound the alarm of a poor ration or poor nest tnucn. quicker than the dams by attacks of rheumatism or scours. The pur a will first be-:n to eat at the trough or oil the lloor at about three weeks old, and when they onoo bein to eat they are apt to overfeed, causing scours. These attacks cannot be gotten over in less than a week. When a pig; is attacked, feed ahouM be at once changed or out down in quantity. When the food is known to be riht the quantity should be cut down till the pins recover and the return to full ration should be low. In serious cases of scours slopping should be stopped, and the sow fed scorched Hour and other foods calculated to absorb (be acids of the stomach. (icttuit; Kid of I'lHiit.iin. Agkicl'ltlt.al Editor Sentinel Sir: Plantain is inking my clover field and meadows. It is a creat pesi on my farms. How ean it be killed? Will salt do? IstjtriKKK. Thorough drainage is the best remedy. Plantain thrives best in cold, wet land. If the water is removed from the land and the warm air is permitted to enter it, plantain can be eradicated. If this is not done the task is diliicult. Pasturing ia probably the easiest way and sorao stock eat it realily. It can bo killed by heavy liming we presume, but salt is a failure as the quantity required to kill it will destroy other vegetation. Plantain ripens in mid-summer, and clover field? oü'er it a good opportunity to ripen and fill the soil with seed. The seed will stay in the ground for years. It often pays to turn tho clover sod before the plantain ripens and sow rye and cow peas to be turned under in the spring. ucha course helps to root out this pest, but grass seeda are often so filthy that new

plantain peds are put on tho land with each seeding done. Thorough drainage ia the best remedy known. Condition of the Wheat Crop. The May returns of the U. S. deoartment of agriculture on the condition of winter wheat shows a reduction of 2.1 points from the April average, being 75.3 acrainet 77.4 laßt month, and 84.0 in Mav, 1S'.)2. The average of the principal wheat states are: Ohio, NS; Michigan, 71; Indiana, 7!; Illinois, V'2; Missouri, 72; Kansas, 51. The average of these six states is G8.M, against 73.2 in April, being a decline of 5.;) points Bince the first of last month. It is 8S in New York ami Pennsylvania, against 87 and 8S, respectively, last month, 7; in Maryland, and 85 in Virginia. In the southern states the average rane from 74 in Texas to 00 in North Carolina. The conditions have been favorable to the growth and development of wheat in New England, southern and Pacific states, lc California tho condition has advanced ten points, while in the principal wheatproducing states there has been considerable deterioration. In Kansas, Colorado, and Nebraska, where planting was backward and germination slow, owing to continued drought, and much of the plant being winter-killed, largo areas have been plowed up and devoted to other crops. The same has been done in Missouri, Indiana and Illinois, where the plant was badly winter-killed and creatly damaged since by the continued wet weather. In Michigan the serverity of the winter greatly damaged the plant, and the weather eince has not been too cold and backward to admit of recuperation. Damage from the Hessisn ily in some of the counties of the latter state, Indiana, and Ohio is reported, and from the chintz bug in Kansas. In somo of.the principal wheat states the plant on the uplands is reported in good condition, while on low and undrained lands the conditions are poor and much of the crop destroyed by drowning. ltjr mil llnrley. "Winter rye, like wheat, hai suffered a decline in condition since last month, it-) average for May 1 being 82.7, against 83.7 for eame data in April. The percentage in New York is 17 ; Pennsvlvania, 'J'2; Michigan, 80; Illinois, 72; Kansas, 50. The conditions have been favorable to germination and growth in the eastern states, but have been tba reverse in the western and northwestern. Th average condition of barley is 83.0, against 92.8 last year. In the states of principal production the averages are: New York, 1)5, Ohio, 14, and California, 87. The lowest conditions are in Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska and Colorado. In California the crop has been damaged by overflows and wet weather. Preparing Wool for Market. A noted Ohio wool grower writes in the Fanner as follows: ISoih grower and manufacturer recognixa that the methods of preparing wool for market that prevail in the central states are not the best. I regret to note that the condition of the entire woolen industry, from grower to manufacturer, enforces upon an observer the impression that the golden rule is not carefully observed. As one of the growers I have to admit that quantity is considered far more thau quality, liut this condition of ailairs seems justitied when the quality and careful handling receive so little attention at the hands of buyers. One of the radically wrong practices of the present time it that of washing the ileece on the sheep's back. Yet we in the central states, where the practice is in voirne, cannot abandon it without too great loss. Last year we made a trial of it, resulting in a heavy loss. Practically the same Hock that in former years averaged nearly seven pounds of washed wool gave only about eight pound unwashed, that brought in tha Boston market only 23 cents, when the same wool ( 75 to bO per cent, delaine) would Lave brought 00 or 31 cents. The small increase from not washing was in part accounted for by the fact that several flocks were partially washed by the heavy rains duriDg May. Were manufacturers to buy on a scoured basis an unwashed lleece ought to bring as much as a washed one. Hut in our expcrienci of last year there was an average loss of 2j cents per fleece. The only fair way for both parties in a wool deal is to have it sorted and f ooured. The scouring mills ought to be at this end of the line. 1'rnctlra.l Pointers. Practical Farmer. One point in favor of greon manuring is that it distributes the fertility through the soil more evenly than can be done by any other method. The scab of potatoes is a fungus growth. Scabby tubers should not be used for seed, nor should they be fed unless first boiled to destroy the spores. The better education a man has the better he is fitted for Lis business, whatever that may be. Tho agricultural collego will help your boy to that end. No man can claim to be a good farmer if ho does not at least maintain the original fertility of bis soil. If be depletes it at all be is a very poor farmer. ' As a rule, clover, wherever it can be made to grow, affords the best nnd cheapest means of giving fertility to land. But it should not be relied on to the neglect of animal manures. Endeavor to have your cultivated fields of even quality throughout. This can be done if you will use due judgment in placing the manure. Try especially to bring up the weak places. The prevention of waste and the stoppage of small leaks are two of the ways in which farming can be mad to pay better. The mechanical separator in the dairy is one of the means to this end. A good farm usually -bears visible evidence of the fact that it is s-uch. It will be very diliicult to impress a purchaser that your land is very productive, if every thing about the place is at loose ends. There are two sides to the matter of western farmers burning corn lor fuel. If coal and wood are ncaro and high, and corn the cheaper fuel, why not burn it? There is no complaint that it is not good fuel. One cannot cultivate land intelligently unless they know how much and what aort of plant food is removed with each crop and how much is returned by tho

The Things We Prize Most are not the gewgaws and girrcracks we gather about us. Eery life, of course, his its sacred tinbekd treasures, but in this practical work-a-day wot Id man is prone to value most tho';e iLir.-s which serve him best. Net much sentiment in this, perhaps, but some sense all the same. The McCormick Machine of Steel takes first rank the world over. Hundreds of thousands of grain growers call it the best harvester and binder that ever went into a gTain field, and they prize it accordingly. It isn't scntincnt with them it's just plain, old-fashioned common sense. They like it best because it serves them best. It costs more money than some harvesters, but that's because it's more valuable. Its advantages more than offset the added cost. The "Machine of Steel" is built to harvest the grain crop of the world, and to do it better than any other machine. Perhaps you may care to know wore about this harvester. Our catalogue wi'.l interest you. McCormick Harvesting Machine Co. chicago, ill. J. 11. IIKYV !, General Agent, IiitiinnnpoliM, Ind. 4 1 '4 J" manure applied. These things are easy enough to know if one takes the pains to Btudy. Attend tho icstitue, the club and every social gathering thai will help to break no the monotony of farm life. Closer acquaintance in neighborhoods is of advantage, too, in that it leads to a better "pulling together." The only thing that justifies an increase in general land values is a like increase in the value of products. Then when we eee the prices of farm lands improving it may be regarded as a sign of the betterment of the agricultural outlook. Whenever you can get a load of manure given to you, or exchange a load of straw for the same with some village resident, by all means take the time to haul it. A good deal of time may be profitably spent upon such work through the winter. Itoad improvement is bound to occupy a large share of public attention. It may be true that the agitation is largely in the interest of wheelmen, but farmers will profit from better roads quite as much as anyone else. Let us all lend a hand. There are two ways in w hich it pays the farmer to "fir up." If you want to sell, trim fences, buildings painted and in good repair, clean fields, abundant fruit, etc., enable you to secure a good price. And if you have all these in shape, the farm is a vastly more desirable place to stay. lleclpes. Rumbled Eggs Beat three eggs with two ounces of butter and a teaspoonful of cream; put into a saucepan and keep stirring on the fire nearly live minutes, until it has risen ut like little wallies. erve hot on buttered toast. Little butter cakes Make a paste with one pound of tlour, one ounce of butter, a lull tuaipoonful of baking powder, a little salt and half a pint of buttermilk. Holl this past out three-quarters of an inch thick, cut it into rounds with a tumbler, bake, tear the cakes apart, butter them while hot, and serve at once. Thin Biscuits Make a paste with half a pound of Hour, four ounces of butter and some salt, moistenea with a whole wellbeaten egg or two tablespoonsfuls of beer. Holl this paste out very tbin, cut it into rounds with either a tumbler or a claret glass, and bake in a quick oven. If liked, a little grated cheese and some cayenne can be used to flavor these biscuits. Chocolate Custard. Add a teacup evenly full of grated chocolate to a quart of fresh milk not ekimmed. Boil together, then aet aside to cool. Beat well four eggs, reserving three of the whites, bowever, for a meringue. Sweeten with a ttacupful of sugar and season with a teaspoonful of extract of vanila. Mix chocolate and eggB together. Bake in a pudding dish slowly, and only until set like custard. But the meringue on when the custard is cold. Charlotte Kusse Whip one quart of rich cream to a stiu froth. To one scant pint of milk add six eggs beaten very light ; make very sweet and fiavor highly with vanilla. Cook over hot water till it is a thick custard. Soak one full ounce of Cox's gelatine in a very little water, and warm over hot water. When the custard is quite cold beat in lightly the gelatine and the whipped cream.' Line the bottom of your mold with buttered paper, the sides with sponge cake or lady fingers. Fill the mold with the cream, and set in the ice house or refrigerator. To turn out of mold, dip in hot water for a moment. This will be found delicious. A Botpie Have a neck of lamb or mutton broken by the butcher into small bits. But it on to boil with only enough water to cover it. After it has boiled two or three hours makea crust by mixing a pint of prepared Hour into a still' dough with milk or water. Instead of boiling the crust in the ordinary way upon the top of the meat, make it into ilattened balls ana drop them into a large saucepan of Baited boiling water. The crust is lighter and far more palataMe when well surrounded by fluid, as it cannot be when cooked with the meat. After dishing the meat lay the crust on top of it and pour the gravy first thickened with little Hour, over both crust and meat. Calf's Foot Je'ly. Boil well four calf's feet in plenty of water, and keep up the quantity from the tea kettle. When the meat separates from the bones ptain the liquor into an eartbern crock .nd let it stand until cold. When the jelly is cold take oil all tbe oil ; ecrape oil the ee iitnent from tha bottom. Add three-quarters pound loaf sutrar, five eggs whites only, beaten slightly, four lemons, sdced, one pint of wine, one-half ounce of cinnamon, one-half ounce of mace. Mix well, set it on tbe fire and let it boil five or tea minutes, and then pour it into a white llannel bag with a wide mouth, and tapering toward the bottom. Dip the bag in hot water just before straining the jelly. Do not squeeze the ba&r, as that will make the jelly muddy and dull. If it is not clear, strain again. Chicken Batties The recipe for this delightful entree is triven as follows in Fvod Tnke tl.roo or four old chickens; alter having cleaned them well put them in three or four quarts of cold water, well seasoned with salt, pepper, thyme, celery, parsley, etc., and weil garnished with carrots nnd onions. When it commences to boil take them out and let them get cold. Take oLr all the moat and then let the carCannes rchoil in the eame stock; cut tha meat in small, sauare pieces (one part). Let tiie btock boil down until it is reduced to about one and a half qnarts, then strain through a towel. In a small saucepan put about three spoonfuls of floor with two spoonfuls of butter, then mix well until it is almost brown (but not darx); then add the stock in which you have boiled the chickens, and stir constantly until itcomes to a boil, then take the yolks of four egga mixed with a little cream, and about one ounce of buttor; then bind the whole to

gether; strain this sauce, adding the juice of a lemon and a little butter, as required; th?n mix with this sauce the chickens which you have already cut up. When ready to terve you must Eee that tho patties are warm. Scolloped Fish Cold fish that has been lelt from the table is as good as any for this dish. To a pound of fish, nicely tnned and llaked into pieces, take a quarter of a pound of butter, one teaspoonful oi Hour, the yolks of two ecgt, a large pinch of salt, u dash of caveate pepper, little grated nutmeg and a good half pint of milk. Let tne milk come to a boil, rub the butter and liour till smooth; soften with a little of the milk, then mix together and stir tiil it thickens. Taae oil tne lire, mix into it the beaten yolks and the seasoning. Have your pudding dish buttered; put in a layer of tieh, then one ol dressing, till it is full. Sprinkle plentifully with bread crumbs, and bake in a moderate oven. It will take about half an hour. Six Ways of Making Cream Cake 0n cup of 6ugar and two egzs creamed together, one-half cupful of thick, aweet cream, one heaping cup of Hour, one heaping spoonful of baking powder. Fla, vor to tate. Bake in four layers. For filling, take one-half cup of sweet cream, whipped; then add one-half cup of sugar, and beat some more and ilavor with eame llavoring as used in the cake. No. L' Break two eg'9 into a teacup and fill with fcour cream. One teacup of sugar, one teaspoonful of 6da, one and three-quarters teacups of Hour; eeason to tastii. Beat the eggs and cream together, tben add sugar, Hour and soda. No. Four eg,9, one-half pound of granulated sugar, one pint of oweet cream. Hour to make a stilf batter. Beat the Biliar and eggs together until light, .then add the cream, then the Hour with two teaspoonfuls of baking powder. Flavor to taste. You must be sure to hav pure cream, or your cake will not be rich enough. I have fine success with this cake, and we all like it better than any I make. It is very nice baked in layers with icine between and on top. No. 4 I me cup of sour cream, one cup

of euar, two cups of Hour, two eggs, on teaspoonful of soda. Bake in a ioaf or patty tins. No. 5 One and a half cups of sugar, two eggs, one and a half cups of aweet cream', three cups of Hour, two teaspoonfuls of baking powder. Flavor with lemon. But sugar in tbe mixing bowl, break the eggs on the sugar and beat until well mixed, then add cream, etc. Bake one hour in a moderate oven. Sour cream and soda mav be used, but does not make so fine a cake. No. G. One cup of sugar, two eggs, one cup of thick sour cream, one teaspoonful of soda and Hour to thicken. I vary this by usinx four yolks to make gold cake, or iour whites to make a silver take; or by using sweet cream and baking powder, or a cup of maple sugar and a heaping teaspoonful of mixed spice. I alBo make cookie from this recipe by adding a half cup more of sugar; roll aa soft as can be handled. Cniididute fur Supreme .fudge. AxPEnoN, May 2S. Special. The democrats of this city have decided to present Judge K.i B. Ooodykoontz of the Madison county bar as a candidate for the vacancy on the supreme court bench of this state foou to occur through the resignation of Judge Olds. If you have over-indulged in eating or drinking take a dose of Simmons Liver Begulator. 'S l ? n slV a children For over to years my little girl's life was made miserable bv a case of Catarrh. The discharge from tV.e rose was large, constant and very ofTe ive. Her eyes became intlamd, the mis swollen and very painful. After trying various remedies, I gave her jPjTS The first bottle seemed to ;!!? aggravate the disease, but the symptoms soon abated, and in a short time she was cured. D.i. L. B. R ire hey, lackey, Ind. Our book rn T.lood and Fkin Divise rrniled fve. SwiiT Jpecu-io Co.. Atlanta.. Ga. PERFEGT flMHOSO! ITow nttnined how rcFtorod Low preserved, X k Ordinarv wor!;.? on ThyiT'i fi.vlouv will nra tell you : '' A y t,ie doctors ran t or Jlfr fr w.'.rt: but all the fimo j ou wiili to know. Your ...K'-7 - -'r Uv it . TT J Tf" J . 1,1 , . A''l m A IL. ill its reproduction. Our book lavs har.T tho truth. K.very man v. no won 1 1 ri'rrain sexuul iu:r lot tl.rciurli 'oily, or d-'wlup non:! wak by liturc vt wasted bv flNoii-re, should write for our sealed hook, lVrfL''t Manhood." 2so charge Address (iu lunlidence), ERIE föESIGft!. PCL SijffcJn, H.Y. ;3and low price fä A P.SFMv f NO BT HERN S A vlN 1 PACIFIC R. R. töHaa5; Lj4 Int. I"fi to M-ItlMT .Hfl "ttU Acidrr llli. B. l-i-Sl I-""1 :' !"- '! fill)oürj5RiiuJ V k For full particulars ad Irr-M Electric Spark Pub.Co. Bort Bldg Chicago. A!KNTS W.tXTKI). ; (ilU I ULr.u-':hL.!:',.,.T,;N!F:l.'EIi rXL i BV I' " .TTJ -5 J A .... . ... ... . h : T .......... I. V Ak!jfcT.A toi: sal t Mist i.LLAMi:ors. UQ PATENT FOK VALUABLE PIECE OP Ö machinery, or will trado for g-ood farm Una in inJ:unor adjoining slates. L J itikiBian, Belmont, lnd. LADY ACI.NTS WANTI'O. WJ ANTED AGENTS FOR NEW- SANITARY If article u cd in every borne and o.Tice; eicluMv territory , b jf proiit. oiuab a Chemical Co., 3w7 C-edffwick-it., ili.caco, III. 21 iti'siNi.ss orroitTT N IT Y. BOl il blXsi.H TilKEE Hr.Sr SiiLLlNti HOL" ho d articles in the world. Inclose stamp for circulars to A. J. Idar., Milwaukee, Wis. 17 SALKSMKN WANTED. SALESMEN WAHTED-UOOD PAY FROM Tri start. Address the liawka Nursery Co, Hoohler, N. V. AXNOr.MKMKXTS. A" POME THINo' PRACTICAL Til 8 17 proved Daisy Fence Machine and the New 1'i.isy Wire Keel. Address Ziegler & liarnon, Aederson. Ind. IS W nriso'i Homed y for Catarrh Is th TJo'., EaMet to le, and Cheapest. Bold by Prwc-lfts or sent by tnadl. 60c t. T. lltucltlnc. Warren, ft,

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