Indiana State Sentinel, Indianapolis, Marion County, 3 January 1894 — Page 5

THE INDTAN& STATE SENTINEL, "WEDNESDAY MORNING,

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In nn'ty there is strength. In congeniality happiness. To encourage and circulate pure literature is to mutually aifi each other to a higher and leter life. OFFICERS. President W. S. Kokendoffer. Montevallo. Mo. First Vice-Presid-nit William A. Clark, Ynx 95. Danville-. Ind. jjlcond Vice-President Mrs. Sarah Vendor, Arcana, lnd. Recording Sorrtary Miss Dr-ra Wenncr. Pleasant -aw.. Indianapolis. Ind. Corresponding Secretary Miss Mary J. Lom'.enback. box ."..'). Westville, O. Treasurer Miss Jrnnie Rhodos, Ft. Recovery, O. OBJ ECTS. Sec. 2 of Art. 1 of Constitution The objects of thi. club shall be to establish sociability, strengthen km morals in society, incrvase a desire for mind improvement and literal y attainments and to extend iln- vurk f reformation. membership. Sc. 1 of Art. 2 of Constitution All persons of g-M 1 niovil chnra-tr, who are interested in the objects of this organization, a n.i r.re willing to work in accordance th rewith, an elürfMü to memln-rship. Sec. 3, Art. 2 All members cf the II. L. C. in '""1 standing; sb.Hll share eiually in its Ix-neP.ts and privileges, and it shall be the duty of each member to seek, by example, by word and by pen to promote the objects and interests cf the club. Sec. 7 of P.y-Iaws Memlers changing their place of residence shall notify the recording secretary of such change. C, FNE UAL,. Sec. 10 It shall be the duty of all ofmers to report to the president, from time to time, or uoon his request, the progress cf any business before them, or of the condition of their respective offices, and shall advise him of all matters pertaining to the interests or welfare of the club. We urge the host of readers of this page, who are lovers of truth, to acquaint themselves with the objects and merits of the Howard literary, and lend us your aid by joining the club. Address the recording secretary, with stamp, as per above, and any desired information will be cheerfully given. The Howard literary has neither salaried officers or contributors, and depends wholly upon its merits and principles for iuccess. 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 nly. accompanied by the writer's real name and address, as well as the nom de plume, and plainly addressed to the editor. C. G. Stewart, Sentinel office, Indianapolis, Ind. . Members In renewing their subscription for The Sentinel will please be sure to send $1 (the subscription price of the paper) to the Howard literary treasurer, as the club is allowed a small commission for the benefit of the treasury. Prompt action guaranteed. Dues must be paid during January and February. TUB BfSIXESS MKKTING. "Adranre" Was There and Tells All About It. My Highly Esteemed H. L. C. Friends My time has been so completely occupied with other duties for the last six months that I found no spare moments that seemed worthy of devotion to you, hence, please let this feeble excuse süffle for my negligence. I am very grateful for those who have so kindly mentioned my name during my absence. I am happy to say that I was permitted the pleasure of being present at Miss Kenner'3 home on the eve of the 19th inst. and witnessed the counting of the ballots. The result thereof have been heretofore printed. To the new officers I extend congratulations, und may you ever prove worthy of tha horuor that has so reoently been bestowed upon you Is my wish. And now a few words to the retiring officers. Remember my gratitude, which I retain for you, for your services and the interest you have manifested in bfhalf of the IL L. C. Now, for a Flight report of the business meeting. There was fiva members present, viz.: "Marguerite," "Sappho." "Nurse," "Dort Dickens" and "Advance," and as the president was not present the latter was appointed to act as hla substitute. The house was called to order and the ballots counted a cording to the constitution of the club. There was one ballot that was ignored, because no names were eraced from it, denoting the candidates it did not support. Immediately after the ballots were counted rerreehments were ordered by "Dora Dickens," and not a single member refused to Indulge. "Nun" acted as waiter for the occasion and won the wste-ipi of all the member by promptly oU'ing all orders with a pleasant smile. After refreshments were indulged In until our harts content, we then conversed on the subject of when and Vtayre it would be the most suitable Vj hold eur next reunion. And as Indianapolis Is really the headquarters of the H. L. C. and the greatest railroad center in the world, hence it possesses the greatest advantage of quick transportation of any city, and as we calmly reflect over the situation of the same we learned that it is located nearer the center of the present membership of the II. L. C. tlian any other city. Hence we decided in favor of Indianapolis being the place that our next reunion would be held at. As all railroads have reduced rates during the holidays we also decided that it would be the mst appropriate time t.' hold our reunion between Dec. 2.1. 1&94. and Jan. 2, And as a general rule the majority of the iople take the advantages of the holidays, and it seems to me that the majority of the II. L. C. members might be present at our next reunion, providing It is held during the above stated time. We, am members of the II. L. C, need to imbibe more sociability in the future than we have la the past if we expect to succeed a a club under our present objects. Wa also need to exhibit more

charity, for it is one of those amiable qualities of the human breast that imparts pleasure to its possessor and those who receive it. Charity, like the dew from heaven, falls gently on the drooping flower in the stillness cf night. Its refreshing and reviving effects are felt, seen, and admired by each individual that witnes-st-s it. It flows from a good heart, and looks beyond the skies for approval and reward. My friend, 'tis true, it never opens, but seeks to heal the wounds Inflated by misfortune it never harraws up, but strives to calm the troubled mind. Like their Lord and Master, the truly benevolent man and woman go about doing pood for the sake of goodness, and that alone. Xo parade and no trumpet to sound their charities, ik press to chronicle their acts. The gratitude of the donee Is a rich recompense to the donor purity of motive hightens and refines th Joys of each. And me thinks that angels Finite on sin h 1 nevoi,.nce. For surely it is the attribute of deity, the moving cause of every bl.ssin? we enjoy. Hoping that all of you have had a merry Christmas and will enjoy a prosperous New Year, I remain sincerely yours. "ADVANCE." Eaglf town, Ind., Dec. 27.

AX KS SAY. Ten Minute with Plato by a Student of Iluiivillc Colleger. Th contribution of some lives to the w orld of thought is such that it is scarcely felt beyond their generation; while on the other hand there are those whose names have become an integral part of certain departments of knowledge. Such is Plato to philosophy. Take away Platonism and you shake the philosophical world to its center; know Platonism and you possess the rarest gems of thought. Platonism is immortal for its principles are immortal in the human heart and intellect. So comprehensive were his views that it has been said: "Out of Plato came all things that are still written and debated among men of thought." As it were, he climbed to such a hight that his successors have not yet penetrated the horizon of his views. Plato stands like all great souls, alone. Critics presume to compare him with none but his master, Socrates, whose originality and keenness he lacks, yet far surpasses him in profoundness. When a thinker has so impressed his image upon the subsequent fortunes of the human mind everyone must acknowledge a natural curiosity to know something of his personal history to penetrate to the springs of the mighty river that has spread so widely through every region of thought. He was born of noble parentage in the midst of Grecian culture and received an education in keeping with his surroundings. Growing up under such circumstances it might seem strange that he should choose the secluded life of a philosopher rather than the political career open to him. did we not remember the political corruption of his time and the condition of the Athenian state. Since the ruin of Athens was inevitable he felt to teing no useless offering and neither her struggles against her fate not sympahty with his kind could disturb his meditations. Not even the clash of arms in the fierce Peloponneian war could reach him in the sacred silence of his olive groves. His early w ritings were poetical and into them he wove the wild, imaginative legends of his national history. At the age of twenty he became a hearer of Socrates, and charmed with the vista which his master opened to his ardent and far-seeing mind, he abandoned the outward profession of poetry thenceforth to be used only as the vehicle of philosophical doctrines. Upon the condemnation and death of Socrates he fled for safety, and thus begun a series of travels in various lands which have modified his philosophy both by acquaintance with other systems and a more extensive experience. He visited all the great centers of learning, bringing from Europe the natural sciences and metaphysics, from Asia a religion emanating from a single deity, and from the joint excellencies of these was bom a soul perceptive of the two. Enriched with the spoils of all former philosophries he returned at length to Athens to spend his remaining days In the establishment of his system that was to combine to conciliate and to supersede them all. He adopted many opinions of his predecessors, gave due consideration to the earlier philosophers, was never disturbed by the mass of conflicting theories, but combined the atoms of truth in them, all breathing Into them the life-giving blood of unity. The character above ell others that marks Platonism is Its eminently ethical quality. It is a philosophy for practical purposes only, its ultimate object being the purification of the human soul and science the means to attain the end. Every special science is valuable only so far a it enfranchises the soul for a free flight into the Infinite excellence. The idea of the good is the object of the sublimest science; not knowing this it will avail us nothing to know all the rest. The ideas of the Perfect Good and God are identical, hence to know God is the supreme aim of life. We feel after him through the desire that like feels for like, the divinity within feels Its affinity with the divinity without revealed ir beauty for which the soul longs. This longing he call love, the bond between the human and the divine. By beauty Is not meant that of the pen.se, but truth. Beauty, love these are God. the contemplation of whom is the soul's supreme desire. Since to know the pood Is all of life, how shall it be accomplished? Plato answers through dialectics, by which he means the art of evolving knowledge conversationally. Under dialectics are included the elementary principles of the natural sciences and theology. His conception of tb physical world is embodied in "The Doctrine of Ideas." He regards the visible universe as a colossal system of shadows, beyond which lies the world of eternal truth, Wc ee nothing a It is, but everything as it is given us in a shadow or image of Itself. It is the business of the philosophers to pass from this world of shadows to the world of realities. A world of realities there

Is, for what we see are not sheer illu- i sions; they are true, though imperfect i shadows of the time. For every shadow or object of sense there is somewhere a I

there is an antitype. God made what we see in the world after certain patterns or ideas; the things fashioned after them are images only. Plato does not mean that the apparent world is unreal, but that the unapparent is real. He does not mean that the mountains piled in awful grandeur and the streamlets bathing their feet are unreal, but that they are types of the real. His thought Is the same as the poet's who exclaimed. "O God, I think Thy thoughts after Thee." The object of Plato was to trace all that is offered by the senses throughout this wonderful world down to Its root in a deeper and invisible world. He regards any notion of a perfect science as a delusion, that 'does not penetrate to this profound reality. Critics give much attention to Plato's, views concerning the soul. The soul is immortal and by virtue of its rationality is of divine origin. It was formed for knowledge of the divine and for the pure contemplation of the eternal world. Connection with a material, perishable body is essential to its mission. While in its tenement of clay it participates in movements and changes and is subject to sensuous influences. Hence it sinks from the Godlike to the perishable,, from the divine to the earthly. Further, the soul i3 the ground of perpetual conflict between the higher, nobler principles and the lower perishable ones. On the one hand the soul rules and restrains the body; while on the other hand it is swayed by the body and bound down to it by a lower life) and to forgetfulness of its loftier origin. A dim consciousness of its nobler origin, a longing for its home, does indeed remain within it and manifests itself in love of knowledge, enthusiasm for the beautiful, and the desire of the spirit to dominate the body. The soul that has abandoned Itself to sensualities is condemned to enter other bodies and even lower forms of existence, from which it is set free only when it has returned to its original state of purity. The pure soul that has endured unsullied the test of association with the corporeal world at death immediately returns to its state of enjoyment, and after a brief period of rest resumes its life in the body. Plato believed in a previous existence as well as a future one, and that all earthly knowledge is but the recollection of ideas gained in its former disembodied state. In the Republic is set forth the ideal state, then unrealized and probably forever to remain so. "With him the state is all in all, to whose absolute authority every individual interest must be sacrificed. Education is the main political engine. Social ethics must become universal, sense be restrained and subordinated to intelligence. To accomplish this political authority must undertake the instruction of all in virtue and preservation of good morals. All self-will and selHshness must be subordinated to the common will and common good. The sensuous element in man is so mighty that it can be rendered powerless only by the superior strength of social institutions. Virtue must be realized in the state, then in the individual. The individual may lay claim only to that happiness which belongs to him as a constituent element of the state. After these gen.eral views are discussed, division of la bor, the universal reign of law. the oneness of all knowledge, and the equality of woman with man. Whatever the merits and defects of Plato's philosophy, all must acknowledge that he, indeed, climbed a noble hight and saw afar down the vista of time. A STUDENT. DOX'T HI? IIACKWAHD. Everybody Get to Work, Help the Of- , fleers and Write. Dear H. L. C. Friends It is Christmas and we, like all school3, have a short vacation, and I know of no better way to spend a few hours than with you. I am glad that I am a Howard and have the great pleasure of reading the many good letter that we have from week to week. My friends, do not be timid or afriad to write to the page. Do not think that it is a little thing and not worthy of effort or time, for often the smallest things prove to be the greatest and of vast importance. How know you what good or what lasting influence you may give or lend even in a few words aptly spoken, a few words of consolation or encouragment, of praise or advice. Even the names of many of our members would be of great interest to us, and a happy surprise. I will say, presuming on' authority, let us have a full attendance and a full page. It seems to me none of you could possibly have more work to do than I, still there are those that I have not heard from for some weeks, and others for months. Now, if we aim to crown our work with success we must work. Work is the only means by which life Itself Is attained. There has been vast Improvement in the last few weeks, but I wish to say there is a vast room still left. I would encourage a study and also discussion of our club, its object, its constitution, its by-laws, or any other phase of it. "Maud Maple," your letters on the Religious congress In session were exceedingly interesting, and hope thee is more of it. I see there has been a meeting held and the votes counted and the election of a new ticket, which I suppose will enter upon its duties immediately, and I hope -all will find it possible to serve. I was in hopes that "Bedouin" would succeed in becoming first vice-president, for he is one of our most active members and a man of some ability, and would know how to fill the chair if It was ever necessary that he should do so. I will request our members, as a club, "My Sick Sisters, " Let me tell you something. " I have no motive other than to do you good. " For years I have been almost a constant sufferer from female trouble in all its dreadful v forms: shootmS pains all vj v V- & Ail y body, sick Vi n rl o r- f v 4 v' 9 y spinal weak ness, faintness, dizzikrs. HAKTET wampler ness.depression, and everything that was horrid. I tried many doctors in different parts of the U. S., but Lydia E. Pinkhams Vegetable Compound has done more for me than all the doctors. " I feel it my duty to tell you these facts that you also may be cured. My heart is full ol gratitude to Mrs. Pinkham." Mrs. Harriet Wa?)ipler, jojfuz. sota Block, Minneapolis, Minn. All drugfitta m1 h. Addre in cmifif'rac, Ltpia E. JlNKfiAM Mi. Co., Ltnn, Mui. Mra. ttnJüiAjn's Lir er Fills. 25 cat.

to enter into a hearty co-operation with our new officers and help to increase our work and broaden our influence. I will beg of any of cur members and dear readers who have allowed our past trouble and misunderstanding to cast any coolness or. disregard between them and our true aim and object to cast this aside and forget it and renew their efforts. I extend a hearty welcome to all our membership, and especially any and all of our readers who know of us nd feel an Interest In our work. Join our ranks and become familiar with our objects and work. Cannot each one of us interest some cf our friends whom we know to be worthy of our confidence and best interest? Hopinp you . will feel the importance cf renewing your efforts, each and all. wishing you all a merry Christmas and a happy Njw Year, with abundance of good gifts and a good time, I bid adieu. Danville. "I. W. F."

A Git AX U EVEXT. Comet" Talk Ahont the Illrth of tii" Savior. To the Howard Literary All creatures who enjoy living in the glorious light and liberty of the gispel and religion of Christ who have been touched by the wand of civilization are. during these glorious holidays, celebrating the anniversary of one of the greatest events that has ever taken place during the annals of time. Glancing back through the vista of years, into the dim ages of the past, we find chronicled on the pages of sacred writ an account of one of the greatest gifts from God to nan. Even in this advanced age, we, the people cf the nineteenth century. forward to the time when A-e can celebrate in memory of the advent of the Savior of all mankind. Though the children of men of many ages have been on "the stag of life" and past off, we in the same trend seek to do homage to the same great lxing The shepherds watching their flocks by night; the wise men coming from the east; the babe in the manger, are all familiar to us because of the glorious bearing they have upon the destiny of mankind. No wonder al! creation was stirred by the reception of one of the greatest gifts man could receive; no wonder there was great rejoicing on the earth when the most joyous message ever given from earth to heaven was wafted by angels because of their great joy and love for us. Hear them singing. "Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men." When we are presenting our friends with gifts, thereby porlraying our love, our respect for .h-?nt, let us ever remember that they should be symbolical of the great love of Him-who gave the gift to man, that through the mediation, of Him we might conquer death r.nd the grave, and rob the grejt enemy of our soul of the prtee. Then as there was great joy In heaven when this gift wis presented to ej'.rth even the son of Gl let us evei in memory of His great love, hail the Joyous Christmas time with preat rejoicing. Fut time is fleeting and ere we realize that Christmas is nere. the old year is gone and the n-.v with is. How sublime is the wing of time, too, how solemn. Eife is simply a make-up of days and years; as sure as ve enjoy and hail the dawning of a new year, just that sure we bid farewell to one year of e:c-th"s pilgrimage. And v.hil the merry New Year's bell are piling forth thfir merry chimes, reminding i:s of the dawning of another year, ihey are aifco tolling the death knell of The dead yerr Ere you read this the year 19:;. with all its successes, all its sc vows and joys will be recorded on the tablets of the past. The year 1S?4. with all its iossibilities for great achievements, will be ushered in upon us and what is held in store for us under the seal of 1S94 will be revealed to us. Then, friends, let us 1jv aside life's d'.ary of 1893. with all its failures and achievements, with its joys and sorrows, and take up the realities of another year. In the same trend all that is temporal must pass away, and the passing of time is only a .symbol to remind us that our departure Is drawing upon us. Oh, that we could comprehend this that we could comprehend the meaning of "time is fleeting." When shall we? The future must answer. May the new year bring joy and happiness to all and may we understand the responsibilities of life and may peace unalloyed attend our way through life. I gret vou with the fondest of New Year's greeting's. Dec. 27, 1833. COMET." that i:i:tig. Grndunl IlcvelnMon of the Fnninu TleKet Coontlnar Affair. Those who failed to meet at the secretary's home Dec. 16 will have to draw largeiy on imagiation to make good their loss. In spite of the unfavorable time of year fiw members assembled to transact the business in hand. The result of the election you have already heard. "Advance" was elected president, "Sappho" and "Marguerite" were appointed election committee, and "Nurse" held the very important office of doorkeeper. During the early part of the meeting there war. quite a discussion as to whether "Rover" should be admlted into the sacred precincts of the balloting room. But, fearing he, would be too strongly tempted to secure votes by foul means, the doorkeeper was instructed to keep him out of both the room and temptation. As soon as business was over the members laid aside their offices and. started for home. Those present are agreed that there could not have been a more pleasant gathering, but more should have enjoved it. The 10 o'clr.ck dinner served by the hostess consisted of eleven courses, not including the napkins. It has been reported that during the early part of the day "Dora Dickens" sang a song. If any of the club members would like a copy the words may be found in Webter's dictionary and the air out doors. "Sappho," Marguerite" and "Advance" called on the editor before going home. Before going to Indianapolis "Advance visited "Romping Roee" and "Heliotrope." It is too bad these young ladies could not be present at he reunion. "Margeurlte," who was present at the reunion, is a recently acquired member. If appearances count for anything she will prove valuable to the club. She is spending the holidays with "MARIE." Xot to Illame. Tenant "See here! That house you rented me Is infested with rats. Every night we are waked up by the racket." Agent "That's very strange. The last tenant never said a word about rats." "Well, then, of course you are not to bl?me." "No. The people who lived there before never complained of anything except ghosts." N. Y. Weekly. Familiar irlth Figure. Stranger "You are a native of this town, I presume?" Hoy (in cigir store) "No, I'm from Pennsylvania." "Ah! A manufacturing state." "Yes, sir. Pennsylvania produces more Havana cigars than any other state In the union." Street & Smith's Good News. Ordered on Trial. OAKLAND, Cal. About two years ago I ordered from J. U. Gates & Co., San Francisco, a bottle of Simmons Elver Regulator on trial, and so satisfactory has been Its use in expelling bile from the system and regulating the action of the liver that from an order of one at a time the order has risen to a dozen bottles at once. B. V. Lawrence.

NEW YEAR FARM TOPICS.

AMMALS RKQlinn MORE FOOD I WIXTEK Til AX IX SIMMER. Ilnnalnjr Fattening Stock Feat her Katfne Anions PowU Feeding: Slraw-The Attention Seeded In . Vobok Orchard Why Ifena Fall to I-a" Kore Stabllnsr Ilalry Covtr CJover an a Sult-Sotlrr Stanchion for Cow Valuable Household Recipes. If The Sentinel should assert that In this year of shortage in the corn crop tens of thousands of bushels of grain was being burned for fuel in Indiana this winter the statement would be challenged by many who may be doing this very thing. Corn, like coal, contains carbon. What matters it whether the corn be burned in a stove to give heat or in the stomachs of our farm animals to furnish to them the heat they must have to withstand the cold of winter? The carbon in the corn, when consumed by fattening animals, cannot be converted into fat until the demands for heat are complied with. Heat must be given first, and then any excess can be 'devoted to the laying on of fat. This la no fanciful statement, but the actual fact. Experiments have proven that It requires much more food to maintain an anjmal when exposed to the cold than It does when well housed. We should have realized this without experiment. The oils in the grain had to go to make heat in the former case, and in the latter less was reeded. We have often heard men say: "This cold weather is fine for our stock. The animals eat so much more heartily than they do in warm weather." Of course they do. They must burn up more corn to make heat- The feeder is losing just that much grain. In warm weather less food is needed by the animal to keep up the same ratio of gain in flesh. On the western prairies, where corn is cheap and lumber is dear, it may be best to furnish the extra corn to animals to make the needed heat when the thermometer is down near zero, but this is certainly not the best way for the average farmer of the central states. Close shelter that prevents much escape of animal heat costs less than the food required to supply the loss from stock standing exposed to the wind and cold rains. Stock barns need not be costly. We have seen comfortable shelter afforded by pens Inclosed with straw. Still, it is better to make a more permanent shelter. Rough lumber will do for siding, heavy paper being used for lining; or even the boards alone with good roof and bedding is fairly good. This winter there is much talk of economical use of the feeding stuff we may have. It is well to supplement the hay with corn fodder, and to use some straw, but first of all let us provide such quarters for all stock that the food will not be wasted in making nothing but heat. This is the first and most important step. Fattening stock needs little exercise. The more shelter, the better, provided ventilation is good. Thn, too, when all farmers are needing greater supplies of manure, it pays to house stock in order to get the manure in a body, so that it can be applied where it will give the best returns. The Sentinel's advice is: Protect all stock from the winter's cold. Clover as Snb-Soller. I am a firm believer in the value of clover as a farm crop, wiites a correspondent of the Practical Farmer. A few years ago the principal forage crop grown on our. farm was timothy. Clover was sown, but was not considered a reliable crop, oh account of lifting so badly by the action of the frost. The land being what is termed white oak, the lower parts having an occasional burr oak and walnut, this latter being the best soil naturally, but for clover as unreliable as the high?r clay points. Timothy grew well and yielded good crops on this land, but wheat was uncertain and the yield of the corn crop was dependent to a great extent on the nature of the season; if a wet season, the crop would be light. We thought to increase our crops by manuring, sub-soiling and making an extra effort to grow clover, being satisfied that the soil would not improve by growing timothy. Manure did not improve the condition of the soil, in fact it appeared to grow heavier and more solid. By an effort at sub-soiling, we had a failure of a corn crop. Clover did not do better than in years gone by. The clover crop we must have, and to secure it we set about to tile drain the land. This has made clover a safe and reliable crop. Its mechanical effect on our land is wonderful; for years the land had been plowed n?t to exceed live inches deep, any effort to plow deeper waa at the expense of horseflesh and the fast wearing of plovs, and a still greater risk of a crop failure on account of sib-soll thrown to the surface. The depth at which the plows had formerly run was clearl3' defined by the appearance of the soil on examination. Two or three good crops of clover in rotation with other crops has changed thq condition of the soil to such an extent as to almost obliterate the clearly defined line between the soil that had been turned by the plow, and the sub-soil. We found it an easy matter, under this condition of the roil, to increase the depth of plowing, and that without danger to the succeeding crop on account of new soil thrown to the surface. Clover Is accomplishing for us a work that It would have been almost impossible to accomplish in any other way. Ry Its continued use we expect to secure a working soil of any depth we may desire. With the knowledge we now have, we would not think of deepening our soil in any other way than by its t;?e; it will do better and safer work in clay land than any sub-soil plow. Attention Xeedetl In Yonnsr Orchards. Prof. Waugh calls notice to the fact that apple orchards In the western prairie states, and especially young ones of two or three years growth, are showing a woeful amount of damage now that the growing season is over and the leaves begin to fall away. Insects of many species have been at work during the summer, but during the growing months foliage was rapidly replaced by new growth. Since the renewal has ceased the Insect work has become more apparent; and I have to say that I never saw so much of It in any other year. With many young trees it amounts to absolute defoliation. In some cases the same statement would apply to whole orchards. Leaf rollers have been chiefly responsible for the damage. The apple leaf crumpler, mlneola indlgenella, and the apple leaf webber and tyer are the most prominent trespassers. Their pupae are now the largest burden of the young apple branches. The webs and crumpled leaves which show their work present a very unsightly appearance where healthy leaves and clean twigs ought to be. What ought to be done? This Is always the practical question. First and most evidently, the pupae ought to be destroyed. Great numbers of them can be gathered by hand as they hang now to the trees rolled up in the crumpled leaves and tied in the webs. Those which are not so destroyed remain to augment the army of depredators next year. Though It might not be economical to

hire men at regular wages to do this work, it need not be neglected. There are on most farms small boys whose time Is not so valuable but that it may be well spent in doing this work. Secondly, we may take notice that next year these orchards which have suffered so will need to be sprayed. An occasional spraying with London purple during the summer will prevent all such damage, and no work on the farm will better pay for itself. Stablln: Dairy Cows. John Gould, the noted dairyman, keeps his cows in the stable continuously during the wint?r. He says: The men who are so strenuously opposed to tho keeping of cows In the stable for four months of the winter, do not seem to have any valid testimony to offer against it, and so Imagine a lot of supposed testimony and to the effect that the cow thus confined for the winter is thrust into a dark. damp, unven-

tnated stable, "reeking with fetid air, filth and effluvia, and thick with the germs of disease," an. what is more "no stable can be made so erfect that forty cows can stand in it through the winter and not have the air charged with disease." In all candor who that practices continuous stabling o cows, outside of the city swill milk stables, does tie his cows in stables like the above, and If no stabling is perfect, how long do the advocates of exercise let their cows stay out days, so to avoid the germs of disease; for to turn the cows out just long enough to drink would be or no value to ward oil disease for the next twenty-three and one-half hours. One editor would see a sort of subterranaeous animal evolved that neither sees, smells, walks and crawls. Just gives milk, and yet forgets to mention that the beast is not otherwise than healthy, a strange omission, when these cows, tied up for only a few weeks of the year at the most, are on the awful verge of tuberculosis to start with. Not an advance dairyman who claims for continuous stabling in the winter, talks for the underground stable. That is an abandoned place for the cow, and they do talk of an all above ground stable, with hollow walls, a dry floor, windows in abundance, halter ties, and stables not only cleaned out every day, but a good bed, and ventilation so fixed that there is no inhaling and reinhaling of the reeking filth of the stable for six months. Give the facts as they are and the "humanitarian" sentiment of the thing disappears, and resolves itself into good, practical, common sense, that needs no manufactured testimony to give it standing. Why Hens Fall to Lay. Farm and Fireside says that one of the mistakes made is in not culling the flock so as to retain only the profitable hens. Many persons have become disgusted with poultry as a business because they kept, at an expense, a lot of hens that were not worth the room they occupied, and which served only as an Incumbrance to those that were producers, and this .mistake is a very- common one with those who buy a largo number of hens with which to begin, ss they are sure to receive some that are uselss along with the best. Any rystem of feeding is expensive if the hens do not lay, and the greater the number of non-productive hens the more cost is added to the eggs received. The fact that there are many flocks from which no eggs at all are recived is well known, and this condition is one that should receive attention. When a few hens prove their svpericrity as layers they should not be discarded, even if aged. The annual stlling of the hens, and keeping untried pullets, is at the bottom of the difficulty. All pullets that are to be used for replacing old hens should be hatched from eggs laid by the best hens, and the tire of the pullets should not only be a male from a prolific breed, but also from a family of good layers. Even with this precaution there will be worthless pullets, but they should be gotten rid of just as soon as their characteristics ere known. Delays are dangerou.s in such cases. Hens may fail to lay also because of improper feeding. An egg is very complete in its composition, as it will pioduce a chick, and the food rs.ust necessarily correspond. The safest and best course to pursue Is to feed a variety. When this is done, and some of the hens lay regularly, and others not, it is time to save food, shelter and labor by getting rid of those that are unprofitable. "Feather Eutin" Anions Fowls. During the winter the vice of feather eating made its appearnce in the flock of chickens at the New York experiment station, and at first only two of the fowls were inclined tc do this. As the ration was such as has not appeared to be unfavorable to other fowls, and contained one-fourth of an ounce of fresh cut bone and meat per day per fowl, the habit was allowed to develop, and no atempt was made for some time to check its spread, until, after a few weeks, every fowl In the pen had acquired the habit or was suffering very conspicuously from it. Then vaseline or lard and powdered aloes was applied to the feathers near the spots which had been picked bare, and on the new feathers which appeared. Under this treatment the habit apparently disappeared, and the birds grew a full coat of new feathers. No change of any consequence was made In the food, and the suppression of the habit was probably -lue to the bitter taste of the aloes. An extract of aloes would probably be bet'er where grease on the feathers is objectionable. This method necessitated frequent handling of the fowls, and would not pay with ordinary stock. It would be more economical to kill the birds first affected. It does not .seem probable that a ration especially deficient in some constituent is always the cause of this trouble, for in this case four pens of fowls were fed alike, and the habit developed in only one, and was afterward suppressed in this pen without any radical change in the food. Feedlne Straw. C. E. Chapman, a good eastern farmer, says : "Stock will eat more straw and there will be less waste when it Is chopped and moistened with water and sprinkled with meal. Whether this would be profitable to the farmer would depend upon his supply of other feed and the amount of labor at his command. Where it is necessary to economize straw and feed more grain It would undoubtedly pay to steam and moisten the straw. I have never practiced the chopping of any kind of straw except that of wheat, although the power and cutter are always ready f In the barn for this purpose. This wheat straw was fed to horses moistened and mixed with a grain ration of ground oats, corn and rye. "The best oat straw is fed to the horses when not working hard in the winter. A good-sized forkful is fed three times a day. The grain ration is from four to six quarts of oats or rye meal. Much depends on the horses, but the aim is to give enough grain to keep them in good, thriving condition. The mangers are cleaned out before feeding at night, and the waste used for bedding. My horses are kept in large boxstalls. The cows are fed a large forkf'il of barley or buckwheat straw each, twice a day. This H supplemented by a ration of chopped stalks and mixed grain meal. The waste is used for bedding. The sheep are fed straw at noon; either oat, barley or buckwheat. Plenty is put in the racks, and what Is not eaten is used to litter the sheds at night." Horses. The Breeders' Gazette says that there H no better time to engage in any branch of farming than when others are going out of It. A few years hence will probably see the horse market back again to Its former position. The demand for young horses will be good five years hence; then it will be a lucky (?) man

who has some good ones to selL N"o every one can afford t go Irto this business on a large scale, and It is no desirable that tiey should, but every farmer can, If he chooses, raise on cif more colts each year, and they z.eed not be scrubs either. , ' -f!::. Manrhlons for Com, ' There are many ways of tleing thH cows, says Farm and Home, but first oi all comfort- must be kept steadily in view, for if any of the cow's surroundings are constraining to operate to de prlve her of ease and fair liberty of movement the effect is dlsquietlrg and her yield will show unfavorable results. The simrl?st tie, the cheapest and that affording the greatest amount of liberty and comfort, is pehaps a light chain around the neck secured to the side o the stall or manger. Various rlans are In use as to the frm of the chain and methods of attaching, and sometimes a neck strap is used, and again the head halter is used, but this involves greater expense. For the average dairyman tb simple chain fills all requirements and if most popular. The best arranged stables ar constructed with the rows of cattle facing each other, with a feeding entry between and watering devices placed in this passage-way. Some of the advantagea gained from this position are better facilities and economy in feeding, the ventilation can be arranged with less danger from drafts, the light from the windows being behind is better for the eyes, and the whole Interior is more generally arransred. Every well-ordered cow barn should have several open boxes for cows due to calve, and for the young calves, and the cews should occupy these soma weeks before parturition is expected. There is no object connected with the winter management of a herd of dairy cows of more vital interest to the milk farmer than the consideration of plans for dairy stables that are cheap and convenient. Valuable Recipes. ""r Mashed Potatoes (Browned) Fill th dish you intend to serve the potatoes in with mashed potatoes, and after smoothing the top and besprinkling with good butter, put on the shelf of a hot oven until browned, and then serve. Roast Spare Ribs Take a nice spar rib with part of the tenderloin left In it; season with salt and a little pepper; sprinkle with summer savory; put in a pan with a little water; baste open and roast until nicely browned and thoroughly well done. Cold Slaw Shave cabbage Into shreds mix one well-beaten raw egg in a half teacupful of condensed mils; add a teacup full of vinegar; boil till It thickens. Pour this mixture over the cabbages. Sprinkle with salt. Some merely erv the shredded cabbage. Cranberry Sauce Look over find was&i one quart of cranberries; cook until tender in a closely-covered graxtlt ta.no pan. with half a pint of water; add a scant pint of white sugar, mix well, and pour Into an earthen mold and et in a cool place to harden. Prepare this tha tlay before using.

Chicken Pie Prepare a larga chicken as directed, cut it in neat Joint, lay them in a stewpan cover close and cook for half an hour very gently In Just enough water to cover, put with It a sprig of parsley, a pinch (between thumb and finger) of thyme leaves, half a bay leaf and a thin slle of boiled ham, noC more than half an ounce. Christmas Black Cake Cream threa pounds of brown sugar and three pounds of butter together; sift in three pounds of flour; lw?at twenty-eight eggs separately, and add, with live pounds o seeded raisins, four pounds of dried currants, one pound of sliced citron, one ounce each of cinnamon and nutmeg, half an ounce each of maoe, cloves and allspice. Mix and beat welL Turn Into a very large cake mold and baka fur six hours. This cake will keeß tot years. Good Housekeeping. Creamed Turnips P.vre ihm turnips and cut in slices one-fourth of an Inch in thickness, then cut the slices In etrips like a match. Boil thet--e in salted water half an hour. Drain them, place them in a dish and cover with cream Eauc made by melting in a small frying pan, one tablespoonful of butter, adding ta it one tablespoonful of flour; Btir until smooth, and then add one pint of milk; stir it constantly until It boils, then season it with cne teaspoonful of salt and a little pepper, and pour it over th turnips. Boast Goose A young goose, not mors than four months old. is nice cooked In this way: After dressing and singete? it carefully, sprinkle pepper and salt and a little sage in the inside; pat a lump of butter in also, to moisten It then put into a pan, and then In tha oven; baste it frequently with water in which you have put some butter arul pepper and salt. Serve with nloe browa gravy and with gooseberry jam or apple butter. Cover the platter with thiw slices of buttered toast moisbsned With the drippings in the pan, then lay tha g'xse upon it. Goose is tsxi&lly better to be parboiled ojm steamed before baking as thisprocess extracts the oil. The usual poultry dressing and sauca may ba served with it. Roast Turkey Select a younar turkey. Singe, and with a sharp knife pick out the pin-feathers: a dull knife haggles the flesh. Cut the skin a little below the knee J'Mnt. but not deep enough ta cut the tendon; break the bones, pull out the tendons, one by one; by doing this a turkey's or chicken's leg is greatly Improved. Push the skin of the neck down and cut eff most of the neclc. Do not cut the skin to lake out tha crop, but with the thumb and finger pull it out through the n-ck. Avoid breaking it, rub a little soda In tha cavity to destroy any unpleasant smell. Place the turkey on its back, make an incision Just above the vent, Insert tha fingers, keeping them dose to the breastbone; lend them like a hook; take out e erythir.g possible. The lungs He between the Tibs, and th ki l.ieys are la the hollow of the backn-. Cut tha oil-bag out of the tail, pour water through the fowl and w::sh thoroughly; wipe dry. rub salt inside, wrap in a towel and keep in a good place until ready to use. Wash the heart, - liver and gizzard; cut. open th- heart, cut through the thick part of the gizzard and remove the pencil, which will peel out smoothly. Cook in a littla water until tender. They may ba chopped line and added to the gravy. Use pieces of stale bread for stuffins. Cut off the crusts and dip in cold water; squeeze dry, season with salt, sifted sage, und pepper; add a beaten egg. hif a cupful of melted butter and mix weil together. Stand the turkey up in a pan; with a spoon fill the breast so It is plump, and sew the skin over tha neck; fill, not stuff, the body, as ths, dressing needs space to swell and be come light. Draw the eclpes together ( and sew with coarse white thread, Place the legs and wings close to thabody and tie with a cord. To keep tho legs from drying win J then with at strip of cloth, and take oft a:i hour before th turkey is taken out of tha oven. The turkey may be prepared Lha day before cooking and kept In a cool place. Bub the fowl with a cloth soaked ire butter, place it in r laree dripping pan in a hot oven; melt three tablespoonfuls of butter in a cup cf hot water, add a little salt, and pour it into the dripping pan; baste often, and after the turkey is browned lessen the heac so it will cook slowly. A large turkey will reejuird baking three and a half to four hours. When done remove it to a large platte and take out the stitches; pour off tha prease from the gravy, set the pan on the stove, add a little hot water and thicken with flour rubbed smooth in cold water: stir until it boils, and if it Lg lumpy strain before serving. J Does Protection Protect I ' I Certainly, In one Instance, it doest Hood's Sarsaparilla is the great protection against the dangers of Impura blood, and it will cure, or prevent all diseases cf this class. It has well wea its name of the best blood ruriier.