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OFFICERS. President Will K. fcjirawn. Montpelier. Ind. First Vice-President-Torrence M. Jackson, New Lancaster, Ind. Second Vice-President Miss Sue C. Parker, Kalona, la. Reccing Secretary Miss Dora Wenner. Pleasa.rit-ave., Indianapolis. Ini. Corresponding Secretary iliss Emma L. Herker, Emery, IU. Treasurer-Miss Mary J. Kel'y. Campbellstown. O. Executive Committtee William A. Clark. Danville, Md.. box ?5: W. S. Kokendoffer. Montevallo, Mo.: J. C. McDonald. Medina, renn.; Mrs. J, P. Barnes, Bruceton Mills, ,V. Va. . OBJECTS. Section 2 of Article 1 of Constitution The object of the Howard Literary Club Is to encourage pure literature, strengthen morality establish sociability, increase a desire for mind improvement and literary attainments and to extend the work or reformation. MEMBERS. Section 1 of Article 2 of Constitution All person of pood moral character wno are Interested in the objects of this orRontz.Uion and are willing to work in accordance therewith are eligible to membership. We most cordially invite every one truly and uncompromisingly interested in our objects to join our club. Letters of Inq-iiry should be nddressM to the Corresponding Secretary with stamp. The Howard Literary ha neither salaried officers nor contributors, and depends wholly upon its merits and principles for success. Members only are entitled to the rare benefits of our book catalogue. All letters for publication must be carefully written on one side of the paper only, accompanied bv the writer's real name ami address as well as the nom de plume, and plalnlv addressed to the editor, C. O. Stewart, Sentinel office. Indianapolis. Ind. Members In renewing subscription for The Sentinel win please be sure to send SI to the Howard Literary Treasurer, as the club Is allowed a email commission. Due credit and prompt action guaranteed. Members, on sending their photos to the editor for reproduction on this page, must eend nom de plume and also real name and address. The latter will not be published except by request of the sender. AS IMPORTAXT MKETISG. A business meeting to count ballots Will be held at the residence of the recording secretary Saturday, Dec. 16. AH are cordially Invited to be present. HAPPY 'IVEV.' Vlumkagivini? Tiny anil AVbn a fiool Time He Had. Dear II. L. C. Friends: I cannot refrain from again stepping into your happy circle after the good time I have had today. It is Thanksgiving again and the nation i3 Indulging in general offerings fcf thanks to the allwise Creator. Who lias truly Messed and made happy His pecple. And if the people as a nation B3 greatly show their thanks to God as was shown here, there was one vast yolume that filled the heavens as it ped upward on its flight, carrying the testimonials of a grateful people and a prosperous nation. The day though hazy and chilly seemed to be the last lingering remnant Of the beautiful f;:ll days just past. Soon It will be cold and the world be shut In by ice and snow in fact, today, Dec. 1, though blight and clear, is pearly to zero in temperature and snow covers the ground. Though we much enjoy fall's pleasant hours as they pass, yet do we like to see winter with his winds and snows. "With winter comes our holidays, around which cling much Siweet and pleasant memory, and Jhen the thought of the good times coming which is stored up in hope, that lever Of life's springs. After breakfast I spent an hour or so In study, then at 10 o'clock a friend and X walked around to the methodist episcopal church, where, after a season of Erayer, thanksgiving and song, we listened to an able discourse entitled. "The Good Vineyard, or Our Countries ReSources," delivered by a gentleman who 13 one of the Instructors In the theological department of DePauw university. Services broke about noon, when each tne made way for his or her respective boarding clubs, and for S. Tennesste-st. I went, and of all the good things that make the stomach of the student rejoice they were there In, ready waiting. First was served a generous lowl of oyster soup, which highly entertained ail of the club except myself, having never cared to eat undrosed flesh and always desirous of chewing my food instead of letting it slip down Just so; It was left me the sole pleasure of Boeing the others fish out and swallow those Jnnooent little mollusks. They used to tell me that eating the critters was like sucking an egg, if once down it was sure .to stay, but that the rub came before thls. f After . my friends had finished their Sippetizer or non-appetizer, whichever it may be, we were next served to tirSkey, that .king of .Thanksgiving tables, and plenty of good gravy and dressing, Jwlth mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, piieklee, etc., were had and now I began to get In my hand;-. and. well, I played liny part, don't you forget. After we had done Jnstice to these jthings then came cherry "and pumpkin Iptes. with a large banana' cake and jptewed cranberries for dessert. Then to ftöp out on, and you may be sure It was ('topping out, a large tray of bananas aJid bunch of grapes were passed and 'these soon disappeared along with a large cocoa cake, and dinner ended. About time, wasn't it, friends? That which an hour ago groaned under its heavy burden, was now released, tout on the othr hand, twenty stomachs fcelt taxed to their utmcst, and it seemed troublesome to breathe good for an hour tr so. Each was content, and as one boy said to me, that If her could always be so, he would never want anything fnore. for he was perfectly satisfied. Perhaps you are tired of this kind of talk, many of you having experienced like pleasures. I hope that as many of tyou as can will try and be In the city n the Mth and have a good time. Do c3t know whether I can be there or not, for at that time we will he In the midst of partnership in our actual business work and every hour will be. needed and we have school on Saturdays In the bargain. And Will Carleton lectures on the 15th and I could not miss that for a good On the 20th of last month we listened

to the Rev. Dr. Annie Shaw of Washington, D. C, who is one of your muchnoted old maids and a companion of Lucy Stone and Susan B. Anthony, those great voicers of woman's rights. And a grand woman she Is too, well developed and handsome, smart and logical In her conclusions, more than simply Jumping at them. She lectured to us on Sunday evening upon her pet theme, "The Merchandise of the Suls of Men, or the Cursed Liquor Traffic," .and Monday night she spoke on "The Fate of Republics, or Woman's Rights." If any of my readers have ever heard her you know what a treat we had. Hope you all enjoyed Thanksgiving. Success to The Sentinel and that grand old club of ours. "IVENV Danville. Dec. 1. "Tl SCl 'Mill A" - AGAIN, A Serlo-Comle Glance nt Fenlnres of it rnrm Life. Dear Howards On this ausplcous occasion, when 1 see so many before me J who are cultivators of cabbages, onions. turnips, cucumbers and artichokes, it is a particular pleasure to talk congenially to you. for I have a fellow-feeling for every one who ever raised a cabbage. No one has taken agriculture more to heart or made if so . much of a study as I have; I have spent my whole, life in reading agricultural reports anU .have driven out into the country two or three times; I have always fully believed in my own mind that there was nothing like agriculture, and many of you will agree with me. Even when a boy. In climbing over the rear fence of the fair grounds, I said there was never anything like an agricultural fair, and the only objection then which I could raise was the price of admission. Such was my zeal for glorious agriculture that I frequently got myself into trouble in that way. When I look round me and behold the evidences of a farmer's life, I say, Cod bless him. I tell you I would rather borrow $100 of a good, old honest farmer than any other man. I would rather eat at a farmer's table than eat at my own. What better sign of agricultural thrift can be found than those beautiful quilts, always a feature of every fair, each one made of several thousand pieces. I tell you they are the finest products that can be cultivated on a farm. When a good old farmer wraps one of those around him and lies down to pleasant dreams, the mortgages on his farm and the taxes vanish into thin air. The agricultural display even here is unusually large. I am overjoyed to look around and see so many good-lOOklng girls. ..The crop Is splendid. It ; shows that they were raised on good farms, and I think they deserve the premium. I am sure that no one having the products of a farmer's vocation at heart could go to a fair and not be overwhelmed with pleasure at the contemplation of the candy-stands on every hand, and nothing could be more inspiring to the agricultural eye than the wooden horses swinging around in a circle at 5 cents a ride. I Invested a nlckle In that purely rural exercise, but my head got to going around faster than my body, and I was compelled to fall off and take a nap In the grass. Speaking of grass reminds me that I never saw a better display of grass widows than I saw at the last fair. although it might hint at bad husbandry. . I am pleased to see that every year farming becomes more advanced as a profession, the waxed flowers and crocheted ferns show Just how it is improving, and the sewing machines are so. finely adjusted that they will sew anything from a calico dress to a field of oats. When I was a boyish child we did all our sowing by hand, and I may add that some boys were raised by hand, with a switch in It. Perhaps there is nothing that sliows the progress of the agricultural Interests better than the horse races, which are always a feature of every well regulated agricultural show. When I look at those feats of ipeed I want to be a farmer. I once became so enthusiastic that I Invested 10 on the white horse for a purely agricultural purpose but I had forgotten to state that I had bet on the horse that came In last, and the fellow went away with my money and his fingers pulling down his left eye. Nevertheless agriculture as exhibited In a horse race is a good thing. As I was walking through the grounds at the late fair I observed a lonesome fellow tosslag three solitary cards. I paused and asked the reason. He said he was agriculturally Inclined to think I couldn't follow the ace of spades which he showed me. Said I: "My young farmer friend, I have Just tr which savs that I can lust do that I very thing." He said all right, and I put my finger right down cn .It. and it didn't happen to be it. He observed as he rolled up the money and put it in his pocket that the best-farmers sometimes make a mistake. The occupation of a farmer is In my mind one of the most pleasant of recreations. What Is more delightful than to see the patient ox hitched up to the sickle going through a field reaping potatoes from the potato stalks? What is more cheerful than to be in bed and knew that your corn" is coming up, whether you are there or not, or to sit back and drink elder and be aware that every stalk of wh-at is growing without you being compelled to be out there and put a head on it, while the corn put Its ears out and listens to the beakfast bell.. In the occupatio of an honest farmer I can Imagine nothing more noble ' and exhilarating than eating -ham and egg breakfasts. If I were a farmer how delightful It would be to rcjll up my sleeves and go forth when the) sun is warm and effulgent and eat apples, or hitch up my team early to a spanker and go down the road like a breeze with another breeze after it. Farmers are independent. Indeefl, they, are the most independent set ' of ; people I know of; ad when fair' tlme comes around with what pride does the farmer gather together the produce of his farm for exhibition to the astonished world. He brings in his premium thistles which show how much pains have been taken to cultrvs.te them; and hl champion nil nee pies which, only row to perfec-

tlem on a good farm; and his three-

legged chickens, and his muly cows. and his persimmons, and crab cider, and his pawpaws, and ginseng, and his ripe luscious cucumbers, and his cane fish poles with ; corn, blades stuck on them, and smearkase, and cooked gourds, and . his ' girls and boys and the old folks. Oh, there is nothing: half like it. "' And now to show that I am in earnest I will consent to receive any of the products of the farm of which farmers may desire my opinion, apples, elder, mince pies, sausages, baked beans, butter, eggs, chickens, tenderloin and spare ribs, ham, socks and bed quilts; and if they will send them in with their daughter's compliments I will return my autograph album for their contributions to it. My photographs are to be had at the photographic gallery three for 5 cents, which proves how popular are my sentiments on all moral, social and intellectual questions. When next we meet I trust it will be beneath the tent of the fair, where refreshments are served free to honored guests. I will be there and sample all j your provender, not even slighting the i luscious smearkase that. Josh Billings i has made forever rellshable and savory by once filling up thereon and pro nouncing it "a darned queer kind of a case." "TUSCUMBIA." KIXD WORDS. An Essay Contributed to the Club by "Mountain Pink." " Dear Howard Friends As I know of nothing else to write I will contribute an essay which I read at school a few days ago, subject: "Kind Words." The verses at the close were written a few weeks ago 'by "Itez,' but as they were so beautiful and appropriate I used them. In this cold, unfeeling world let us endeavor to speak kindly to every one. A kind, word is Just as easily spoken' as an unkind word. An unkind word once spoken can never be unspoken, although we may be sorry for It. Kind words are never regretted. Words have been compared to arrows flying about in the air. As the arrow darts through the air so 'words fly to the heart, either to wound or to bless. An unkind word, though spoken in "a caieless way. may wound the heart of some one and cause them much pain and sorrow and they can never again think of us as kindly as they did before we uttered it. A klndiword may bring sunshine to some weary heart and help to lighten Its burdens. Words, though seemingly very little things, are very great. One bitter, unkind word has power to part the best of friends, but, by kind words we may cause even our enemies to love us. Let us speak kindly to everyone. Speak kindly to brothers and sisters. They will not bo with us always and when they go out into the world let them carry with them the memory of loving words from our lips. And to the parents who have guarded and cared for us from Infancy, let us speak kindly. We have been the source of much care and anxiety to them, so let us not add to It by speaking unkindly, yneak kindly to the erring. They have been sorely tempted or they would not have wandered from the paths of rectitude. Their conscience is enough to punish them without our adding cold, bitter words. We should remember the words, "forgive as ye would be forgiven," and forget the faults of others for we are not without our share. Speak kindly to the stranger far from home and friends. A kind word will sound as plainly In his heart In years to come as when it first fell from our lips. Let us speak kindly to the children. Almost every ,day we see children, some with sweet, happ faces, wearing neat clean clothes, live in luxury, while others with dirty faces, clad in soiled, ragged clothes, have never known anything but poverty. As a general thing when we meet one of the former class we bestow upon it an. abundance of smiles and pleasant words, while on the other hand should we meet one with a pitiful, dirty little face, clad in ragged clothes, we would be apt to pass without even noticing It and not as much as give it a smile, while perhaps beneath those ragged garments there is a little heart longing for a smile or a kind word from some one. One kind word might bring a ray of happiness to its heart. O, then let us speak kindly to the children when kind words are so cheap and so easily spoken. Let us speak kindly to both friends and foes. There must come partings for all. Some are parted in one way and some in " another, and many are . parted by death. Let us speak kindly while we are . together, for if death should claim one of our dearest friends or even our enemy for his victim, how much lighter our hearts would be as we look upon hia face for the last time If we could say, "I never gave him an unkind word." In our school work let us speak kindly to our teacher and schoolmates, and remember that he who sows kindness reaps love. Kind words are easily spoken and the heart soon grows to feel what the Hps let fall. Let us speak kindly, ever and the echo of those words will come to our own soul, making 'a beautiful melody there. Have you ever thought of the weight of a word. That falls on the heart like the song of a bird. That gladdens the springtime of memory's , youth. And garlands with cedar the banner of truth, That moistens the harvesting-spots of the brain, ' Like dewdrops that fall on a meadow of grain. Or , shrivels the germ and destroys the fruit. And lies like a worm at the lifeless root? Words! Words! they are little yet mighty and brave; They can rescue a nation, an emp'r? can They can close up a gap In a fresh-bleeding heart That sickness and Borrow have severed apart; They.fall on the path like a ray of the sun Wrhere shadows of death lay so heavy . upon: They . lighten the earth o'er our blessed dead. A word that hath comfort ah! leave not - unsaid. - "MOUNTAIN PINK." DRINK FOH T1IK MILLION'S. t What Was Seen at the Great World's Exposition. Drink, drink, drink for the millions! These were the words that esceped my Hps as I first entered the south pavilion of the horticultural building and beheld the colossal displays of the manufac1 tuners of wines and brandies from every vintage producing country of the globe. Bottled goods shown in profusion by elaborate design and artistic taste, demonstrating the modern skill of the approved methods for supplying the thirsty tipplers of the wine cup. Spectacular exhibits of wine "Incased in ornamental fountains; grottos, booths and an endless range of style, pleasing and attractive to the eye and tastes of the usceptjble, where lurks the danger of poor, weak humanity being tempted to partake of the fiery fluid. Upon reaching the galleries I stand amazed and wonder what temperance hath done for the world, far below Is gathered together the representative foes to their cause from many parts of the earth, and that for effectiveness in the display of their goods are not surpassed by any other department within the great Columbian exhibition. Bottles, barrels, hogsheads of various design and unique proportions are raised in pyramids and alcoves that be

wilder the brain ir.d Invites the unwary to enter within the cave of terpentine iniquities ere he knows his presence therein was a manifestation of respectful recognition and as an honor to the exhibitor. But Why tarry here and dilate upon the gorgeousness of similitude when go where one may, inside or out, they were exposed to the real temptations of different kinds of beverages on tap. Eighty-five places, 'twas said, dispensed drinks to the thirsty fair visitors, and from the clinking of glasses and the rattle of Uncle Sam's subsidiary coin, the "rake-off" each afternoon amounted to a considerable sum. Men, wometi and children boys and girls lb thein teens patronized these places frequently thatj would .not be caught drinking such beverages at home for fear of censure, and it was to be observed many drank Until they felt the effects and carried flushed faces for some time afterward. Time will; probably reveal what the reaping will : be from the seed sown during the fair by them who choose to partake of the miserable decoctions sold from numerous, places. "M." Upland, Ind., Dee. J.' i DC KI.D.

The World Woold lie Better It All Were So. Dear H. L. C. Friends "Saprho's" reference In the last paper "Nurse's" illness reminds me that since I became a member of the II. L. C. I have done nothing to further its Interests. With the 'grateful remembrance of many kindnesses shown I believe that we might all leave the world the better for our having lived If we would but learn how to be klnd.f "Love active," Drummond says, but how often we bury kind thoughts deep in our hearts when the simple expression mischt lighten a heavy burden, I enjoyed "Sappho's" letter today and "Ben Ardy's" selections. I liked that one especially from Mackey: The old thoughts never die. Immortal dreams Outlive their dreamers, and are ours for aye; No thought once formed and uttered can expire. - I have learned to love many of the H. L. C. members, but some of those whose writings I most enjoyed have en- ! tlrely disappeared from the page. I trust that an Interest in H. L. C. affairs may be aroused and the club be again what It once was and more.. Your of the II. L. C. "NURSE." Indianapolis, Nov. 29. The Rlble. What wondrous thing To us Is given, That yields to us hope Of a home in heaven? What wondroun light Is that which shines . LiprhtinpT our pathway To brighter climes? The bible. In what book do we see That story divine Of Jesus of Nazareth, The Light of all time? Who taupht us "our Father" And suffered and died That we might in heaven Forever abl d e ? The bible. 4 Oh, wondrous book, Oh. beautiful light. That fills the heart Of the Christian knight With wonderful truths Of joy and love And gives him a horn In heaven above! The bible. . Oh. wondrous word. Oh. wondrous light, , That give to the Christian Pleasure and delight; , That guides his feet By road and rod And brings Mm at last1 To heaven and God. The bible. "PASIIING NICK." Riley, Ind.. Dec. 1. ' 'Mother to INuiI." (A bible was found upon the person of a young burglar killed In Chicago recently with the words that head this poem written on the fly leaf.) In sooth, 'tis a dainty bookClad in vellum and gold; What are the secrets rare The pages fair unfold? A line on the clear white leaf, "From Mother to Paul," we seel A simple story, tender as brief, It tells to you and me. A talisman to guard Her boy in the coming years. And the shapely form of the delicate lines Are marred by the falling tears, i The Mlspeh softly breathed As the boyish lips are kissed; ' Then out In the broad, broad world Vanished like morning mist. Shall we tell how his bark went down In the swirl of the angry wave. Learning naught of the bright young life Save a dark, dishonored grave. God grant to the sheltered life In the calm of the iear home nest. May come, no note of the fearful strife As he sunk to his nameless rest. MRS. R. E. SMITH. Information Wantril. Dear Howard Friends Recently I was the recipient of a dainty little envelope containing a ticket, upon which was printed a number of names Jhat we often see upon the page. Sometime ago we were favored In the same way. Now would it be In order to ask an explanation? The ballot has always been like the cup of Tantalus to us women, and to be called to vote twice with no one to molest- or make us afraid, can you wonder that we sat holding the little mlssiva in a state of bewilderment? To be sure we had noticed some signs of dissatisfaction', but .appreciating thoroughly the discomfort of being an officeholder, we only felt pity for those we supposed elected, but now after being "clothed with a little brief authority" that Is set aside and, presto, another set appears. I would write to "Incog." for Information, but my last letter remains unanswered. If juiy of the Howard friends are Chautauquans, we would be glad to hear from them. We are in the class of 'S7. second year. Find it well worth the study required. MRS. R. E. SMITH. "Comet's" Rennest. Will some member of the club or reader of The Sentinel please tell me where I can procure a hymn book entitled "The Christian Psalmist?" Or If some one has a copy who will sell it? Please address me, W. S. Kokendoffer, Montevallo, Ma, and I will send the money to pay postage and also the price of the book. "COMET." Montevallo Ma, Nov. 30. Trouble Threatening the Kidneys, Although they are grievous and very often fatal If disregarded, may be prevented by a timely resort to that admirable safeguard of health. Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, a genial promoter ' of activity In the renal organs, th tornach and the liver. Ere inaction of the kidneys develops Into Bright's disease, diabetes or other dangerous disorders,' recourse should be had to the Bitters. Jf this suggestion is followed the happiest outcome of the earlier pymptoms may be anticipated with confidence. Check a development of these maladies at the outset by the means Indicated, since at their maturity they are hard indeed to conquer. Dyipepsia rheumatism, insomnia, nervouHiiesa, constipation, malarial complaints are eradicated by the Bitters, a medicine of comprehensive use and prompt effects. . . ' .

I THE MIDDLEMAN'S PROFIT.

FARMERS SHOULD IXFORM THEMSELVES OX FIRST COST, Then Take the Money and Pay Cash for What He Wants to Buy Grindingr Grain for Horm Deepening the IMovrlng-ClenrinK tp Fields vrlth Sheen How to Regln rrlth Ponltry Founder in Horses Pncklüyr'Hntter Seme "Don' for Fathers Recipes. The agent and retail dealer take goods and distribute them among consumers, and for this work they add to the first cost of supplies just as much as the business will bear. In some cases the profits are large and In others they are small, but at all times they represent a part of the price consumers have to pay. The work in which they are engaged Is an honorable and to some extent a necessary one, and yet they are not In good and regular standing with the farmers as a class. Now, it does not pay to criticise a man for making all he can. We do not blame men for forming trusts, but blame ourselves for creating the conditions that make trusts profitable. The agent or retail dealer does Just what the most of us would do were we In his place get all he can for his services in distributing producers' goods. lie is a necessity so long as no other means of distribution are employed, and if his profits are unduly large the buyer in most instances has only himself to blame. The buyer rarely knows what the first cost producers' price on any article is, and cannot tell what pay he may be giving his dealer for the work of distribution. It is the privilege of the farmer to learn the fist cost of all important items among his supplies. If he cannot learn it in one way he can in another. Anything that is known to thousands cannot be a state secret, kept under a seal and bound with red tape. Having gained this knowledge in reference to any machine or other needed article it is very easy to buy it without giving the retail dealer any larger compensation than is just. Suppose that one wishes to buy a self-binder that costs the dealer $103. If he pays cash with the order and knows how to run a binder without the dealer's instruction, and if he orders It without requiring the dealer to spend a day talking him into the purchase, he treats the agent well when he tenders him $115. If a farmer knows what he wants and pays cash for it, 10 per cent, is enough for the agent. If he does not pay cash and requires a course of instruction regarding what, he wants and how to run his business, thus taking the agent's time, he should add what the agent asks for tuition. It Is the same way with mowers, wagons, buggies, plows, harrows, etc. The first cost of any make can be learned by any energetic farmer who detei mines what he wants before he needs It and makes a little Investigation, and then if he goes to the nearest dealer and tenders cash with the order a 10 per cent, advance In price is sufficient to make almost any agent glad to do business. It is the time wasted in selling and collecting the pay for goods that makes prices unnecessarily high. So long as many buy on time and pay after time dealers may be unwilling to make cut prices public, and one should respect and confidence.. Hut it Is my observation that no customer Is more heartily welcomed by dealers than the one who knows Just what he wants to buy, what he should pay, tenders the money and takes the goods. CirlndlnK (irnln for IIok". In an experiment made by Dr. Lehman of Saxony he found that 50 per cent of whole grain fed to hogs was undigested, and says that food should be reduced to a condition more or less fine before being given to such animals. S. H. Clay -of Bourbon county, Ky., made several experiments in feeding hogs with the following results: Other conditions being equal, and similar, one bushel of dry corn made five pounds and ten ounces of pork; one bushel of ground corn boiled, made at one trial, fourteen pounds and seven ounces of pork; at another trial sixteen pounds and seven ounces,' and In another nearly eighteen pounds. In the report of the department of agriculture for 1S71, it is stated that an Iowa farmer fed twenty one-year-old hogs with this result: Fed on whole corn, one bushel made ten pounds of pork. Fed on meal ground line and mixed with water, one bushel made thirteen and a half pounds of pork. ' Experiments made at the Maine agricultural college in 1S69 proved that the feeding value of corn meal was 19.4 per cent, greater than that of corn fed whole. In the report of the department of agriculture for 1S70 it is stated that the result of many experiments made in feeding hogs by Joseph Sullivant proved that corn ground Into meal increases the value 33 per cent, over that fed in the ear. Mr. A. Sellie. a successful hog feeder at Mequon, Wis., says: "On account or the rapid digestion, hogs cannot assimilate from the dry food (whole grain) and It should therefore be prepared in such a manner as to make the loss as small as possible. I would prefer all grain ground line. Only for a change I give it whole, but well ssoaked." Prof. Mapes of New Jersey found it required thirty pounds of whole corn to make as much pork as thirteen pounds of cooked meal would produce. Deepening the Plowing;. The best time to deepen the plowing Is during the fall plowing, says N. J. Shephard, as the new soil will be greatly benefited by the action of freezing and thawing, rain and enow, during the winter. The character of , the subsoil should, however, In a great measure, determine the depth of plowing. A hard-pan sub-soil had best be left if it be deep. With clay a sub-soil plow can be used to a good advantage as this would deepen the soil without bringing the unproductive sub-soil Co the surface. A soil that has an unproductive soil underneath, yet reasonably near the surface, can be benefited more by deep stirring than deep plowing, while a loamy soil of sufficient depth to admit of deep plowing without bringing to the surface unproductive soil, will be greatly benefited by deep plowing. The character of the soil must always be considered in determining the manner of plowing. Often there will be plenty of latent fertility in the sub-soil that needs only the action of the air and other elements to make it available. The deeper the soil and the larger the available supply of plant food, the better will the soli retain moisture and the more -surely will It grow good crops. By plowing this kind of soil deep in the fall considerable benefit may be derived. But even then it may not be best to plow too deep at one time, and especially the case when shallow plowing has been followed for somq years and the fertility of the surface soil has in & measure been exhausted. With this class of soils the better plan in nearly all cases is to deepen gradually, a little at each plowing. Better results will be secured In plowland deeper for the first time If it Is

left reasonably rough, as this exposes it more fully to the action of the different elements through the winter. A soil that is stirred deep is in a much better condltionj grow a good crop than if only the surface is worked, but the character of the soil mtist determine whether it shall be plowed deep or the surface plowed and the under soil simply stirred or loosened up. But in either case the fall is a good time for doing the work.

Parking Bntter. It Is a mistake to suppose that the quality of butter or the ability to keep it in good condition a long time depends upon the method of packing altogether. The packing is of course important, but no method of packing butter will keep that in good order which is not of first quality to start with. So that In replying to this question it is necessary to begin at the beginning and state how the butter should be made, and then describe the best mode of packing it for keei ing. The butter should be made from the milk of well-fed, clean cows, set either in deep pails in water of a temperature of 45 degrees or In shallow pans at 60 degrees, and skimmed of the cream before it is the least sour. The air of the dairy should be pure and free from all germs of mold or unpleasant smells. The cream is ripened either by mixture with a proper proportion of buttermilk from the previous churning kept sealed from the air, or by exposure to the air in the dairy at a temperature of CO degrees until It Is of a mild, pleasant acid only. It is then churned in a perfectly clean sweet churn in not less than twenty-five or thirty minutes and the butter is perfectly freed from every taint of the milk by thorough washing in cold water or brine. It is then salted with pure, finely ground salt, one ounce to the pound being used. After standing for the salt to be perfectly dissolved it is worked over only enough to mix the salt all through it quite evenly. It Is then ready for the packing. Of course this depends on what use Is to be made of the butter. If firkins, which are best for large quantities to be sold In the general market for common use, or otherwise in tubs or pails holding fifty pounds, these are to be made of white oak and should be new. They are first soaked in cold water for twelve hours while the butter is waiting for the final working, then they are soaked in boiling water, then rinsed and rubbed with fine salt on the inside; the butter is then packed in layers of three Inches with salt lightly sprinkled over each. This is a convenience to the store-keeper who can then cut the butter easily in convenient pieces, as the layers separate and come out of the tub without breaking. The pail or tub is then filled to a quarter of an inch of the top and a clean, new cover of cheese cloth is laid on the butter. This cover should be an Inch larger each way than the tub, leaving a margin to be turned over. The cloth Is covered with fine salt and the edge of the cloth is turned over it. The pail Is then even full and no air space is left. The cover, previously treated as the tub has been, is laid on and fastened down securely. Butter well made and thus packed as soon as it is made and kept in a cool, clean place, will keep six months or even a year and come out as good, or to some tastes, better than when it was packed. Country Gentleman. How to Renin with Ponltry. The beginner with poultry is likely to make mistakes, and one of the worst is In attempting to do too much at first. Reading of the phenomenal success of some one growing poultry on a large scale he attempts to discount it by doing still more. Waldo Brown tells of a man who started one fall with a thousand hens. He located at the edge of a woods with a brook running through it. This was handy for the owls, minks, raccoons, hawks, etc., but the owner did not thing of that. He wanted to save lumber in building his house, and so dug Into a hillside and the water oozed out and made the house damp. He began in the fall, so as to have highpriced winter eggs, and figured out on paper what 500 eggs would come to at 20 cents a dozen and how many chickens he would have to sell when each hen raised a brood of twelve. He could see, like "Col. Sellers." that there was millions in it," and for a few weoks he was one of the happiest men I ever met. A month later he began to look worried. "Why on earth didn't them hens begin to lay?" and when winter set In his hens became roupy and began to die. and finally he found millions they were not dollars, but chicken lice, and by the time spring came there were few hens left, and they were sorry they were alive. In short, he retired from the poultry business with a large fund of experience and absolutely no other assets. Then another man began by an outlay of about $1,000, put into fine houses. He has taken good care of his fowls, knows lots about the business, and may yet make a success of it. but his Investment Is too large for his experience, and In slang phrase he may discover that he has "bit off more than he can chew." How, then, would I advise a farmer to begin with poultry? I would say, start with fifty or one hundred hens; if the latter number, make two colonies of them. Put up a house eight feet wide and twenty-five feet long for a colony of this size, with roosts at one end and nests at the other. These houses should be built warm, lined with paper impervious to air. and may be cheap structures, but should have some large windows at the south. I build them with a front to the south and the roof with but a single slope to the north. Make them ten feet high at the south and six feet at the rear. denning lp Fields with Sheep. A correspondent of the American Farmer well says that the clearing of land of weeds by means of sheep is a very expensive method of accomplishing a desirable result. It Is a good deal like a man using his raior for pruning his young fruit trees and small fruit plants. The razor could be used, but it would be a great deal more profitable to do the work with a cheaper instrument. So with clearing land of weeds." Something of this kind can be done by means of sheep. But what Is gained on the land is lost on the sheep. These animals can be compelled to eat weeds, but they do a great deal better when supplied with grass and grain. The idea that sheep like weeds as well as or even better than they do grass. Is incorrect. If turned into a pasture in which there is plenty of grass and but few weeds and bushes they will seldom disturb .the latter, but will eat and thrive upon the giass. If there is little grass and plenty of weeds they will eat tho latter rather than go hungry, but they will not thrive on such' a diet. The fine flocks of sheep which are exhibited at our agricultural fairs are not kept in weedy pastures, and the men who make money on sheep are not the ones who use them for the extermination of weeds. Founder In Horaes. A veterinary surgeon. Dr. Paaren, gives the following advice in case of founder: In the beginning of the disease, remove the shoes and rasp down the heels and edges around the hoofs, so that the bearing of the animal's weight comes entirely on the sole and frog. Then place the fore feet in a roomy, strong tub, with warm water, during half an hour, and repeat this three to four times daily during two days. Thereafter apply hog's lard, or some softening ointment to the hoof dally. Leave the, horse without shoes in a roomy box stall or comfortable shed with plenty of dry bedding. To keep such an animal tied tip in a single stall is objectionable; he must have liberty to frequently changj his position, which cannot be afforded in a single stall. As soon as the shoes have been removed and the feet pared a. directed, the horse should be given

a purgative dose of medicine, such as six drachms of aloes, half a drachm of calomel, one drachm of cayenne pepper, air In powder, and made Into a bail with, a little powdered marshmallow root and molasses. Then give every hour, during six hours, ten to fifteen drops Df tlnetun of aconite, by placing it on the tongue. Afterward, during two to three days, give morning, noon and evening, each time four ounces of solution of acetate of ammonia, with an ounce of sweet spirit of nitre, in half a pint of cold water. If. after three to four days, much palu and tenderness should yet remain, a fly blister may b applied around the cor onet, to a space of three inches width The hairs should first be clipped short. The blister should be applied in the morning, and the horse tied so as to pre-

k vent his Interfering with the blister with. Ms mouth.. After six to tight hours he may be lot loose. From the beginning he should be kept quiet, in a comfortable, wll-ventilated place without draft. The food,' - which should only be given in limited quantity, should le of loosening nature, suc h. as a mixture of steamed oats, bran and flaxseed meal, and limited rations of hay, which should not be timothy. When the urgent symptoms have disappeared, the horse should have liberty out-doors, with access to proper shelter. ' Some Don't for Fnthem. From the Prairie Farmer we taka these "don'ts" for parents: Don't lean down too hard when the boy is turning the grindstone; this is one of the causes of boys leaving the farm. Don't expect the boy to keep up with you and the hired men, and run errands or carry water at the same time. Don't expect the boy to maintain an angelic disposition if, after working hard all day. he Is obliged to eat at the second table. Don't give the boy a lamb or calf to ralse whic h "would have died if he had not attended to it and let it grow up to be dad's sheep or cow. Don't continue to treat the C-r2 if he had no sense, but consult with him occasionally; he may possibly know more than you do. Don't rave and storm because th boy wants some time to..iinker; he may astonish you with some of his work. Don't tell the boy he can go hunting or fishing Saturday and then hitch on a day's work before, he goes. It Is not fair. Recipes. Waterproof Footwear Almost any mixture for making boots, and shoes waterproof Is effective if linseed oil bo used as a base to build irprv" Graham Tea Cake One. cupful of sugar, one-half cupful of sur cream (till the cup with milk), one rgcr. onehalf of a tablespoonful of soda, graham flour enough to thicken it so that it will drop from the Fpnon. May b baked In a loaf or In cupcake tins. Vanities One unbeaten epg mixed quite hard (about the consistency of pastry), with flour and a little Fait added. Roll quite thin, cut into small shapes as desired. ant fry in deep lard for a minute. While Jilt sprinkle with powdered sugar. These will be found delicious 6?rved with the above mentioned dissert. Lemon Sauce One cupful of granulated sujar, a large tablespoonful of butter, one egg. the grated rind and juice of one lemon, six tablespoonfula of boiling water. Mix butter and sugar, add the beaten egg, rest tho lemon and boiling water, leatlng briskly for a moment. Set the bowl containing sauce in boiling water and coolc until the consistency of houey. Lady Fingers Separate the whites and yolks of six eggs and rat them thoroughly. Add to the yolks two ounces each of sifted flour and sugar. Beat in the whisked whites and two gills of rose water; beat the mixture five minutes. Butter the baking tin, put the mixture In a funnel-shaped bag and squeeze It out on tin In the form of fingers, dust a little sugar over them, let them Stand a few minutes to absorb the sugar and bake twenty minutes. Chicken Jelly Cut a chicken as for a frlcasse. Put It in a double boiler with an even teaspoonfnl of celery seed, cover closely and let It cook for five hours. Strain it through an ordinary strainer, and leave it to stiffen. Kemove all the fat. melt the jelly, add salt to taste, and strain it through two thicknesses of cheese cloth. The quantity will be about half a pint. An excellent broth Is made by adding three tablespoonfuls of boiling water to one of Jelly. Chicken en Coqullle To every pint of cold chopied chicken allow one tablespoonful of butter, one tablespoonful of fiour. one tablesp'xinful of chopped parsley, ne cup of milk or cream, two hardboiled eggs, salt and pepper to taste; melt tho butter without browning, add the flour, stir until smooth; add the cream.'stir continually until it thickens; then add the chicken, the hard-boiled eggs, mashed fine, and the seasoning. Mix well, till the shells, brush over the, top with the beaten yolk of an egg, sprinkle with bread crumbs and brown in a Quk'k oven. Fig Cake Chop fine on pound of figs. Beat the whites of five eggs to a stiff, dry froth. Beat ore cup of butter and two cups of sugar to a rroam. adding one cup of milk, throe cups of flour and stir until smooth. Add one-half of the whites, then one-half f the figs, then the remainder of the whites andj onj teaspnonful of baking powder. Stir quickly and gently together. Bake in layers. For the filling mix one egg beaten licht, without separating, with three tahlespoonfuls of sucar. Add the remainder of the figs and spread between th layers. Frost the top. Chocolate Bavarian Cream One pint of cream, one cupful of milk, hilf cupful of sugar, half box of gelatine, one souare of chocolate. Soak gelatine In half cupful of milk. Whip the cream to a stiff froth. Grate the chocolate and add two teaspoonl'uls of sugar. Iut it In a small basin with one tablespoon ful of hot water. Stir over a hot fire until smooth and glossy. Have the remainder of the milk boiling. Stir th chocolate into it and add the gelatine. Strain carefully and add the remainder of the sugar. Place In a pan of Iced water and beat it till it begins to thicken. Add then the whipped cream. and when well mixed turn into a mold. Serve with wMpied cream. Lemon Custard Cheesecakes Ingredi ents: One-half pound of puff paste. four ounces of butter, four ounces of powdered white sugar, four lemons. els;ht eggs, and one drop of essence of lemon. How to u-i them: Put the butter, sugar, the Juice of four lemons. and nJjMng one lemon into a stewpan; ait' the eggs, then stand the stewpan in a pan of boiling water on the fire, and continue stirring until the Ingredients become quite a thick custard; take off the fire ar.d stand In a pan of cold water, and stir i r.til quite cold. Boll the pulp-paste out the thickness of a quarter of an Inch; now cut sony round pieces and lay thm In tartl.-t pans, press out the paste from" the center with the thumb and finger, then place In each a tablesjoonful of the mixture. Then put them on a baking ti. In a moderate oven, and bake a pale brown. When baked take out of th pans and let them get cold, then dish thorn on lace papers in glas or silver dishes. The llest'for the Family-. f MACON, O.a. I have found Simmons Liver Regulator the best family medicine. I have used it In Indigestion ani Biliousness and found it to relieve Immediately. After eating a hearty supper, if on g"ing to bed. I take a dose of it I never feel any bad effects of the supper. Ovid G. Sparks, Ex-Mayor. Inder Fire for Hie Flrt Time" Is ah article by Gen. John Gibbon, U. R. A., who in the Civil War was usually where the hardest fighting was going on," to appear in The Youth's Companion. It belongs to an Interesting series of sketches mi The Companion called "Military Life Described by American Generals."

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