Indiana State Sentinel, Indianapolis, Marion County, 10 January 1894 — Page 7

THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL, WEDNESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 10, 1894 TWELTE PAGES.

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THE FARMERS' INSTITUTE.

ALL IX FILL SWIXG DURIXG THE AVIJiTER MONTHS. Wrong and night View Concerning Them Mach Good May Rmalt-Otbrr Farm Topics When to Sell The Inspection of Meat Irrigation Clean Culture of Corn Dry Murrain How to Drain Roads Indorsing: ntrs TMacatlon Timely Topics Some Kew Recipes. In all th leading agricultural states tho farmers Institutes are now in. full swing. These meetings of farmers are accomplishing a great deal of good far greater than may bo apparent on the surface. Some may have the impression that the chief object of these meetings Is only to let the farmers of a community hear some leading authority lecture upon the subjects that interest farmers mostly, but this view Is wholly wrong. The "foreign talent" at the institute Is for the instruction of the home people, of course, but It is more to draw the farmers together, start the ball of discussion rolling, and draw out from the farmers those many valuable bits of practical experience that are so helpful to others. The Institute Is the farmers meeting. Every man who is studying his work should attend and gather all he can from others. The lecturers are usually practical men who have made a success of heir business, or they are scientists who have experimented and know facts that we want. Then there are many good farmers who have learned much by experience that would be valuable to others if they had the benetit of it. At the institutes these facts are brought out and dis'.;uFsd. and a farmer cannot afford to stay away when his brother fanners are comparing notes on their work. Thr-e practical talks from good farmers are often worth as much as the more scientific lectures. The permanence of the institute work depends upon the iatronas3 given. If farmers show their appreciation of thJ expenditure of pr.Mic money for their benetit by attending the meetings the institute system will remain. Its success will be due r.t only to those who go to hear, but especially to those who are willing to contribute some facts that .will benetit others. All workers have their meetings for conference, and the live farmer in-ls that he needs them fully as much as workers in other occupations. Farmrs should get together ones a month, but if this cannot be then the annual meetings is priced all the more. The unseen good is great. A few men may have to do the most of the talking, but there may be many young farmers in the audience who are a little discouraged, and these gtt inspiration from those vho have succeeded. With the thought that what one has done another should be able to do, they return home determined to put things on a better business basis, till the crops a little better another year, and try to cheapen cost of production by taking advantage of new things learned at the institute. Thousands are annually benefited in this way. They make little noise, but get some help from the meetings. The social side of the institutes should be cultivated. Farmers from various parts of the country" can thus meet and get better acquainted. The isolated conditon of the farmer calls for thse gatherings. The wives and daughters Fhould attend with husbands and brothers, and the program should not fail to have topics touching upon question that especially interst the women on the farm. There farm meetings have a soda.!, and especially an education, value that make them too valuable to b missed by any of our readers. Attend you institutes, and take part in the discussions. Make them a success. Inspection of Ment. Concerning the inspection of hogs, Secretary Morton writes: "All hogs found upon either ante-mortem or post-mortem examination to be diseased or for any reason unfit for human food will be condemned by the inspector in charge of the abattoir, who will see that the carcasses of the same are tanked by the owners of the abattoir. In case the owners of the abattoir refuse to tank such carcasses, then the inspector will tag said animal with tags for condemned meat, whic'j will be furnished by this departn '-.it. Owners of abattoirs will be prosecuted if caught removing the tags. This new plan of ante-mortem examination Is intended to prevent the shipping of cholera hogs to th market. When an inspector says an animal has the cholera of course the packer will not buy it. This fact will prevent the shipper from bringing In diseased hogs, and the result will be that more attention will be paid to the breeding of hni by the farmers and the sanitary conditions of the animals will be looked after more closely. The export of pork and pork products Is a vast industry in this country, continued Mr. Morton. The export of ewlne flesh In 1802 was ",3.000.000 pounds and the export of lard 40,000.900 pounds, making a total of 1,1:5,000,000 pounds of hog products, the cash value of which was JSÖ.OO.OOO. The distribution of this export business was 1 per cent, of meats to Great Britain and Ireland and 27 per cent, cf lard; to Germany and France 3 6-10 per tent, of our exported meat, but 34 per cent, of exported lard. This shows what a small business 13 done with Germany and France, the only two countries which demanded microscopic inspection of our hog product. In the two years that this inspection was Jn vogue, during the former administration, I found that 3,000,000 hog carcasses hal been examined, but only 234.000 carcawn were exported to France and Germany." How to Drain I5ond. The editor of the Drainage Journal, in a public address, said that among those who have given the Fubject of road improvement careful attention there is a nettled conviction that the good condition of any road depends upon a system of thorough drainage a system which embraces not only the removal of the etorm water which falls upon the surface of the road and the land adjoining, but also the water which filters through the ground. The latter, if allowed to percolate into and through the subsoil underlying the road-bed, will render th travel way soft and spongy, often affecting the compacted surface of the road so as to cause it to break up, or, in other words, "the bottom drops out." The remedy is thorough drainage. In fact, the ba-sls of all road improvement is the thorough drainage of the road surface and the foundations of the road embankments. In the experiments which have been made in road drainage by laying one or two lines of tile drains along the sides and parallel with the road, the result has been so satisfactory that some persons have become enthused with this mhod of road improvement, and conclude that in it there is a remedy for all defects which may be encountered. Hut we are convinced that the best improvement of our highways will combine at least three essential featuies, which are: 1. A road embankment of sufficient hlght to be at least above overflow from extraordinary rainfall, and sufficiently crowning to sh-d the water readily, and wide enough to accommodate the travel and not of greater width. 3. That the road shall have open ditches on ea"h side of sufficient capacity to carry all flood water from the roadway and from the land3 adjoining into the nearest water Vourse without hindrance. The surface or open ditchea

should have such a perfect grade that no water will find a lodgment along the line of the road on either side. 3. That two lines of the tile drains be placed parallel with the roads, one on each side, at the base of the embankment. Clean Culture of Corn. The noted agricultural experimenter, Henry Stewart, says: "The past year I have made one more of many experiments, tending to show the results of clean and frequent cultivation of corn. It is too commonly considered that the culture of this and other similar crops is needed only to keep down the weeds. And when the weeds are subdued the corn will go on and make a full crop without any more attention. Thus the habit of 'laying by the corn has come Into practice generally when the crop Is so far advanced as to keep ahead of the weeds, if possible, or at least has vigor enough to grow in spite of them. "This I have always contended is a mistake. The corn needs all the food it can get out of the lard, and although there may be no weeds to rob it, yet the frequent culture of the land is indispenslble to the full supply of food for the crop. The feeding roots of corn axe to be found very near the surface. I have seen them exposed by washes, between the rows, after heavy rain, completely filling the ground; and have traced them across three rows on each side of the plant. This gives a spread of roots for at least nine feet on each side the plant, and spreading in a fine network not more than three inches deep in the soil. It was this experience which caused me to contend vigorously against the practice once advised to corn-growvrs, to prune the roots so that new feeders m?ght be forced into growth and thus increase the vigor of the plants. I never could understand how the destruction of these active roots could be otherwise than a serious check and damage to the crop, by arresting its growth at a most critical time, and thus denounced the error as a delusion and a snare. Hut it fortunately had a fhort life, and we hear nothing of it now." Indorsing1 Xotes. There is much good advice in the following, taken from the Stockman and Farmer: "Business requirements often compel men to sek for indorsement on their paper in order to conduct their business, and it becomes a very simple thing for a next-door neighbor to dash off his signature, to make the note negotiable at a banking house only a matter of form! Hut how many there are in every section who know to th'ir great sorrow that it is something more than form! In commercial circles in large cities whore business is done in millions of dollars, to indorse a note for a few hundred, or a few thousand, is perhaps not a great risk. Hut when a man by economy and thrift has managed to lay aside several thousand dollars and commits by a stroke of the pen the entire sum to the destiny of a promissory note, such person is wronging himself and family by imperiling his little fortune. "It requires courage to say 'no' to an imtxirtuning friend who thus seeks pecuniary aid. Better far have that courage than run the risk of being called upon for its payment at maturity. It is infinitely more hazardous than the loaning of smaller sums which too frequently are lost forever, but in learning to refuse sum commercial accommodations a person may be raid to have acquired the fundamental principle of self-protection. "We are taught the necessity of saying 'no when tempted to commit a wrong action, and are constantly cautioned against 'buncoing methods of sharpers and tricksters who are always on the alert for suitable material with which to work. If more chapters were written on the dangers of indorsing commercial paper a large portion of rural and urban residents would be benefited many fold."

Timely Topics. Tut a little soap on that creaking gate or door-hinge and permanently stop that intolerable nuisance of a noise. It will take but a few moments at ea h place to take up the sag and wedge the open joints of every gate and door on the place. How much nicer they will be. A dragging pate or door will vex a saint to profanity. Every crack and hole through which the cold can find ingress means the use of that much more food to keep up the animal heat this winter. UatU.4 the holes and patch the roof this afternoon. The next time you drive to town put a pick and crowbar in the wagon and dig out that rock near where you turn on the main road. You can trot the horsts around this comer afterward without danger of being thrown out if you do. I do not believe, neither do you, that the clothesline keeps much of the cold off the hens roosting on that old wagon in the backyard. I often wonder what the hens would think of such a master, anyway. There are a lot of old broken chairs out in the woodshfd. Why not take four of the legs and a five-by-two-lnch plank anr" make a wash tub stand? Then you will have no more chairs used up by the women making washing-stools out of them. This is where most of th,"se old wrecks came from. Irrigation. The Rural New Yorker calls attention to the fact that while the great irrigation congress in California has attracted public attention, another smaller convention that recently met at Salina, Kas., well deserves mention. This was a convention of farmers who must irrigate, if at all, by means of pumps. The larger convention dealt with vast schemes and enterprises the turning of the waters of rivers upon desert lands. The farmers in the Kansas convention are mostly removed from rivers, and must obtain the water that stands in the ground beneath them. Their work is to find a power that will raise this water so that it will flow back upon the surface of the ground where the plant roots need it. This sort of irrigation appeals to nine out of every ten farnrns in the country from Colorado to Maine. The cheap yet powerful engines now perfected to run with gas, kerosene or ordinary fuel, will enter largely into the fanning of the future, and it is by no mews unlikely that the rivers that How through our farms will supply the electric power m-eded to raie their own water for Irrigation. Iry Murrnln. In answer to an inquiry Dr. Faaren says: w "Unlimited daily feeding upon coarse and indigestible food, such as com stalks, withered grass or coane grass in seed, togetfu-i with insufficient drinking water, is not infrequently followed by disastrous results. If the cattle must go to the corn stalk field, they should not be allowed to remain there more than four hours daily; they should not enter such field when hungry; they should have an ample ration of bran mash or some similar loosening food material before going into the field; common lump or stone salt should be kept before the cattle in their shed; and they should have access to drinking water, morning lng and night, and immediately after biavlng the cornstalk fleM. jjy strict adherence to these rules the danger resulting from eating cornstalks or similar coarse, fibrous and unnutritlous vegetation may be reduced to a minimum." Education. Education is as much a necessity on the farm as anywhere. Education made lawyers, preachers and teachers, and why not farmers? It is so. The farmer must be educated along his line Just as much as any one. There has been In recent years a great awakening In this respect. The schools and colleges have

caught the spirit and have added agriculture to other branches. A cultivated mind can do better things anywhere. An educated girl with a mind well disciplined can no doubt sweep the floor better. The farming Industry is the foundation of the country. The men and women of the farm are to give character to our destinies. The best single thought in education is example. Precepts are most valuable, but they are better when illustrated by consltent example. The farmer should study the literature which pertains to the farm, and also the science. When to Sell. The Mirror and Farmer thinks that marketing produce can never be done by rule until co-operation is brought nearer to perfection than it Is now. Markets which farmers reach do not buy a large amount at once, and many goods must be handled when they are fresh, and if there was any rule, and all tried to follow it, there would be a f carcity at times and then a rush that would create a ruinous competition. There is always a question in the fall whether it is better to sell apples and potatoes at harvest time or hold them for a rise, and it is plain that if all producers in any large section followed the same policy, and all sold at once, they would all lose by the transaction. Therefore, until there can be some agreement by which the goods can be marketed in installments, and the profits divided, it is best for each man to watch his own chances and sell when he thinks best, and can get to market most conveniently. When most people are Belling, In the fall, it Is safe for a few to hold on till spring; but there is no regular way to decide who shall sell and who shall hold, other than individual choice and convenience. For these reasons it is useless to attempt to tell farmers as a whole when to sell.

Some Xew Recipe. Scalloped Oysters Sprinkle a buttered dish with bread or cracker crumbs, then put In a layer of oysters, lay on bits of butter, sprinkle over a little pepper and salt, and so on until the dish is full, leaving the crumbs on top; moisten with the liquor from the oysters. Bake half an hour in a quick oven. Chicken Pates Line your pate pans with pastry, and bake. Mince your chicken and dressing with one or two hard boiled eggs, if you have them. Add your gravy or chicken j'lly, season with butter, salt and pepper, ard let all heat together. Fill the crusts with this preparation and serve at once. Pickled Oysters Rinse the oysters in their liquor, strain it upon them and let them come to a boil; then take them out of the liquor to cool. Prepare pure cider vinegar by boiling It with poppeis, a little salt, .nace, cloves and nutmeg and when perfectly cold jour it over the oysters and keep them in a covered stone jar. Hickory Nut Macaroons Make frosting as for cake and stir in enough pounded hickory nut meat, with mixed ground spice to taste, to make convenient to handle. Flour the hands and form the mixture into little fanciful shapes. Place on buttered tins, allowing room for the cakes to spread, and bake in a quick oven. Sweetbread Salad Roil the sweetbreads till tender; throw them Into cold water for a few moments. Dry them; cut them Into small pieces. Have ready some crisp celery, about as much as the sweetbreads, cut them into small pieces. Add this to the sweetbread, and over all pour mayonnaise dressing, flavored slightly with a dash of onion. Almond Cake One cupful butter, two cupfuls sugar, one cupful sweet milk, three and one-half cupfuls flour, whites of eight eggs, one teafTpoonful cream tartar, one-half teaspoon soda or two teaspoonfuls baking powder; flavor with almond. Hake In layers, spread each layer with soft frosting and sprinkle split blanched almonds on each layer. Minced Turkey For minced turkey, pick olf all the meat, throwing aside the skin, bone ar.d gristly parts; mince it as fine as possible, season with salt, pepper and grated nutmeg and put into a saucepan with just enough white sauce to moisten it. Stir the mince over a gentle fire until it becomes heated thoroughly through, then serve on a hot dish and garnish with poached eggs. Pressed Chicken Roil two chickens until the raeat leaves the bones easily, then pull to pieces and chop fine, letting the liquor in which they wore cooked boil down until only a cupful remains. Add about one-half as much chopped ham as chicken, roll two soda crackers, pour the stock over, seasoning highly. Mix well together, put in a deep, long pan, pressing down hard with the hand. Fold a cloth several times, put over the top and put on a weight. It will slice nicely if prepared the day before using. Chocolate Biscuits Mix together onefourth pound each of finely grated chocolate and wrll-sifted sugar, then moisten with sufficient well-beaten while of egg to make a soft paste. Mold it into biscuits with a spoon, place a little distance from each other on a sheet of paier; bake in a moderate oven and when sufficiently cooked turn the paper over and slightly damp it with water to loosen the biscuits. To. make chocolate macaroons proceed in the same way, only add about six ounces of tweet almonds blanched and pounded. Marbled Chicken Take a fat. fullgrown chicken, and, after dressing it in the usual ma.n.ir, wash and boil until very tender, using only a small quantity of water, and season with pepper, salt and butter. Cut all the meat from the bones, keeping the breast and darkcolored rm-at separate. With a. sharp knife chop the meat moderately fine, and press in a large bowl, putting the white and dark meat In alternate layers. Strain the liquor in which the fowl was cooked and pour it over the meat. Set on the ice until thoroughly cold; .turn from the bowl, 'cut in thin slices and servo with sliced lemons. Cold Fillets of Chicken with Mayonnaise Sauce Fry some s-ippets of bread about six inches long by two inches broad, spread them Avilh anchovy paste. Take the meat of a cold chicken (the lepra will do as well as the white meat), form into fillets and lay each fillet on the toast. Have ready some thick mayonnaise sauce. Mask the fillets thickly with the sauce and arrange them round mustard and cress, or, better still, dainty bunches of waterci'cs. It is a great mistake to imagine that dishes made with mayonnaise sauce are costly. One or two eggs will make a large quantity of the sauce, and make many dry and tasteless dishes palatable. Supreme Court. lfi.4S4. James C. Craig et al. vs. Noah J. Major, executor, et al. Morgan C. C. Reversed. Hackney, J. 16.440. State cx rel. Miles Starry vs. lard, etc. Warren C. C. Reversed. Howard, C. J. 16,510. Emery E. Dören vs. Stephen A. D. Gillum. sheriff, et al. Jay C. C. Affirmed. Dailey, J. 14,41. Pennsylvania company vs. Margaret Myers, administratrix. Allen C. C. Reversed. McCale, J. 17,098. John Parker et al. vs. state. Marion C. C. Reversed. Coffey, J. lti.434. State ex rel. Mattle J. Coleman vs. William S. Peekham et al. Clinton C. C. Reversed. Howard, C. J. 17.137. William II. Schwier et al. vs. Joseph X. ZItike et al., trustees. Jennings C. C. Affirmed. Coffey. J. 17,073. State vs. Kentucky & Indiana bridge company. Floyd C. C. Affirmed. Hackney, J. 10.308. Li., N. A. & C. railway company vs. James R. Rerkley. Orange C. C. Rehearing denied. 17.003. Phebe Wilson vs. James W. Roone, administrator, et al. Hamilton C. C. Reversed. McCabe, J. The liest Authorities, Such as Dr. Dio Lewis, Prof. Gross and others, agree that catarrh is not a local but a constitutional disease. It therefore requires a constitutional remedy like Hood's Sarsaparilla, which permanently cures catarrh.

MARKET REPORTS.

CHICAGO, Jan. 8. It was a whipsaw market today. After opening strong and advancing about Vic today on strotig cables, light receipts nd the expectation of a big decrease in the visible supply, wheat weakened and slid down l!ic on free selling, induced by the disappointingly small decrease in the visible. May wheat closed Vic lower and May corn 'ac lower. Oats were unchanged, provisions considerably higher all around. Wheat b?gan the day with the conditions favorable for the holders. The crowd was eager to buy, and for the first half hour offerings were scarce. May opened Ysc higher at 674c and soon climbed to 67sC. The cold weather, which, was supposed to be doing deadly work in the unprotected winter wheat fields, was one of the causes cf the early firmness. Receipts were light. Chicago recived but 58 cars, against 414 a year ago. and Minneapolis and Duluth reported but 372 cars, compared with 620 on the corresponding day' last year. Foreign markets were also playing In the bull band. Cables were higher all round, but the main cause of the firm feeling was the expectation of a marked decrease in today's visible supply report. Until that was posted, the bulls were jubilant. When the returns wer complete, the report showed that the risible decreased 275,000 bushels. Then the bears' inning came. August Brosseau, Nat Jones. Frank Dun and ohers buying turned sellers. "Billy" Lim threw 250,000 bushels of long wheat onto the market and prices went down with dizzy rapidity. The export clearances were rather small. Baltimore, which was expected to show liberal exports, clearing none. This added to the weakness, and May continued to decline until it had lost lVsC. At the low figures, however, a good demand was developed, causing a reaction, but the uncertainty regarding the government report to be issued during the afternoon caused more selling and May closed but 'e above the bottom figures of the day. May open-d at 67Uc, advanced c, declined l'sc, rallied J;c, lost '4c, and reacted c. to close at C05.sC. Corn receipts were under the estimate, and that, combined with the early firmness of wheat, caused a firm opening in the corn pit. The visible increased 1,04,0"0 bushels however, and with the slump in wher.t, prices declined with but a slight rally at the close. May opened unchanged at 3Sa4c, advanced Ue, dropped ' jc, and reacted 'rgc, to close at 3Sssc, but Isd above the bottom figures of the day. Oats opened firmer, influenced by th early strength of wheat and corn, but under the depressing influence of the latter weakness in wheat and an increase of 39,0'K bushels in the visible supply, the gain was lost. May opened Jic higher at 31c, sold off c and rallied 'c, to close at yesterday's closing figures, 30ic. Provisions were strong with packers buying and on hog receipts less than the estimate and an advance of 10c in prices. Baldwin, Farnum, Armour fc Co. and Swift Co. bought freely, and shorts did considerable covering. Free offerings caused temporary reactions, but closing prices were not far from the day's too prices. Compared with last night May pork is ViVc higher. May lard 17 .c higher and May ribs 20c higher. Estimated receipts for tomorrow: Wheat. 135 ears: corn, 730 cars; oats, Z'10 cars; hogs. 27.000 head. The leading futures ranga.ns follows: At tides. Open. High. Low. Close. Wheat. Xo. 2--Jan $ $ r.2'i tj $ ni May ti753 &" t.i m July . öS j CS" 6iT ' 65 Corn. ,'o. 2 Jan sr.'i 3.-14 ?-, nr. .;b. . 3"7 :-rV'i Oats, .No. 2 Jan 23 Aiay 31 31 :;0" ;:, July 2rji 29 2"j'. Mess Pork Jan 12 ?0 13 10 12 ?0 13 0"', May U S5 13 V;Z 12 65 13 0T'3 Lard Jan 7 5 7 ?T 7 P0 7 l'i F 7 7 75 7 75 7 ?: May 7 CVa 7 Si) 7 GT'i 7 73 Short Kibs Jan 6 CC, ,6 70 6 C5 C 70 Feb C 70 6 80 C t5 6 75 Cash quotations were as follows: Flour, unchanged: No. J spring whe.it, 'l,ic; No. 3 spring wh.at, Cl';f.2c; No. 2 rel. Hl'4c; No. 2 corn, Zc; No. 2 oats, 2Sc; No. 2 white, Vj-c; Xo. 3 white. 2xUf'30c; No. 2 rve, 4"1-.-e; No. 2 barley, nominal; No. 3, 42'51cNo. 4, 40il4c; No. 1 tlax seed, lZ2c; prime timothy seed. $1.20; mess p.'rk, per bti, $1.02 VJ13.07',: lard, per 100 lbs. S.y(-rS: short rib sides, (looset. Jti.T'T Ö. 75 ; dry salted shoulders (boxe,!). Sti.2ö'(e,.."0; hort clear sides (boxed), $7.'i''i7.2i; whisky, distillers' finished goods, per gal, $1.15; sugars, cut loaf, unchanged Articles. Receipt. Shipment. Flour, brls 31. 00 y.ßf) Wheat, bu 4".t"K) In.tKM Corn, bu 42S,,J 22.oj Oats, 270. om) ltil.ojO Bye, bu 4.m) 6,0 Barley, bu 3o,ou0 S5,0o0 On the produce exchsr.js today the butter market was weak; creameries, 21Tr2.",i..,c; dairy. 17'22c. Uggs Weak; strictly Irish, 2'X(21c. INDIANAPOLIS, IND.. MONDAY, Jan. 8. J. E. Berry's Chicago advices report: Of late disappcuftmtnt has been quite an important factor in our wheat market. Karly this morning everything pointed to a good sized decrease in the visible supply, which enthused bulls and induced scalpers to buy, causing a steady advance to 67"flc. This upturn, however, was met with resistance, as several large floor traders began to sell liberally and when figures began to arrive pointing to a much smaller decrease than expected early buyers and holders joined tills crowd, depressing the price to fi7c. The final fianires showed a decrease on only 27.",, "00 bushels. This added new fuel to the fire and after a few signs of resistance the market broke again, this time to eti'Ae. Tnis small decrease is explained perhaps by the fact that the flour grinding up in the northwest the past week has been very liarht, and should this continue it will probably give eastern concerns a chance of disposing of their stocks readily, as it is seen that shipments of flour for the past week front the seaboard has been eiuite large. Baltimore reported on Saturday a shipment of 105.000 bushels of wheat from that port. We can't understand why this does not show up in today's clearances from there, inasmuch as the stoiks show it. Indian shipments were somewhat larger than last we-ek and the amount on passage decreased but slightly. Total clearances about 270.000 bushels. Close easy at C!r,ii Corn and oats ranged highe-r early in sympathy with wheat, but later became weak on the visible supply statement, which showed increase in corn of 1,204,O'O bushels and an increase in oats of 39.000. Hog products were bid up this morning by the local talent. Hogs were 10c higher at the yards with shippers and packers reported as active buyers. Later The government report published from Washington this evening on the final summing up on the wheat crop of 18!3 shows a yield of 395,131,725 bushels. This is considered very bullish and the market is up vie to lc on the curb. LOCJL CIIAIX 3IARKET. INDIANAPOLIS. IND.. MONDAY -EVENING. Jan. 8. Wheat Firmer; No. 2 red, B7?ic; No. 3 red, klc; rejected, 4'KJ(0')c. Corn Firm; No. 1 white. 3Gc: No. 2 white. 30c; No. 3 white, 35'ic for one color, 352 graie; No. 4 white, 30c; No. 2 white mixed. 351äc; No. 3 white mixed, 3"c; No. 4 white mixed, 3ic; No. 2 yellow, 34',2c; No. 3 vellow. 34',-ic; No. 4 yellow, 30c; No. 2 mix Sfic; No. 3 mixed. 3v.c; No. 4 mixed. 30c; rund ear, 3ic for yellow. Oats SteaOy; No. 2 white. 31Vsc bid; No.

3 white. 30c: No. 2 mixed. 29'sc bid; No. 3 mixed, 2V; rejected, 2e52S -. Bran 12. Hay Choice timothy. $11.50; No. 1. 511.25; No. 2, $3; No. 1 prairie, Jü.75; mixed, $S; clover, JS. Rye No. 2. 45c for car lots. 40c for wagon rye. Wagon Wheat 5Cc bid. Insiectlons Wheat, 4 cars; corn, 10 cars; hay, 3 cars. FKODICE MARKETS.

Quotation front Nw York, Cincinnati and KUewhere. NEW YORK, Jan. 8. Flour Receipts, 30,400 bbls.; exports. 11,900 bbls.; sales, 11,000 packages; steady with better demand for winter; southern flour dull; rye flour steady; buckwheat Hour neglected. Buckwheat Nominal. Cornmeal Steady. Rye Nominal. Barley Firm; No. 2 Milwaukee, C5f 6Gc Barley malt-i-Dull. Wheat Receipts, 39,000; exports. C44.4O0; sales, 1,070.000 futures; 109,000 spot. Spot market, dull; No. 2 red. store and elevator, 67',; afioat, "c; f. o. b., fixe; No. 1 northern, 727sc Options opened firm, advancing on covering and expectation of large decrease in visible; broke on small decrease and disappointing cables. dosing weak at Vac net decline; No. 2 red Jan. closed 67sic; Feb. closed Wir; March, fäOe; May, 71si$i725sC, closed 71Tsc; June c losed 72"ic; July 73rg Jj 74tÄc, c losed 73rsc; Aug., 74,2,r' 75e. closed 74'oc; Dec, l&li'ä c.c; closed 7S'.. Corn Receipts, 378,300; exports, 4;,20O; sales. SSG.OOO futures, SG.OOO spot; spot market quit, closing easy; No. 2. 42U'542V:C elevator; 43Vi743i,1.c afloat; yellow, 43c; ungraded mixed. 43fi-43l2c; steamer mixed. 42c; options firm at the opening, but weakened later on the big increase in the visible supply and closed weak at '.Si'jC nt decline; Jan. closed 42vsc; Feb., 43-? 4300. closed 43c; May, 44"(iff.; 45vt,c, closed 45c, Oats Receipts, 97.900; exports, 100 bu; sal. 90,000 futures. G9,000 spot; spot, 'ie lower; No. 2, 34c; No. 2 delivered. 25c; No. 3, 33'4c; No. 2 white, 35f35"ic; No. 3 white, 33' 2c; track mixed western. 3IC?35ljc; track white western, 35f'40c; track white state, 25"7 10c; options dull within a narrow range cf prices and closed weak at 'v'-c net declines; Jan., closed 34c; Feb.. ?A'i 34V.C, closed 34-c; March. 34"ifi;'5c. closed 347ic; May. S3 1-H.T35V.C, closed 33c. HayQuiet. Hons Quiet. Hides Steady. Leather Steady, licet Steady; family, 12.-15c; extra mess, S15; beef hams, J13.30; city extra Inriia mess. 19723c. (Jut meats Firm; pickb-d bellies, ltfi f-c; pickled shoulders. i'd;fftU4c; pickled hams, 9,4?'9'if Lard Firmer; western steam, ci'W'M at ?s.40; sales. 300 tierces at J. M0; options sales, none; Jan., closed fS.30 asked; Feb., JS.25, nominal; May, J.05, nominal; refinel firm; continent, JS.75; S. A., J9.55; compound, CCVjC. Pork Demand good and market firmer; new mess, $14 14.50; extra prime, 13-?? 14c; family, 515.501 17.50. Butter Unsettled; western dairy, 1 5 1 ' 'fl 19c; do creamery, 192012e; clo factory. HU'alSc: Elgins, 25'Le; state dairy, lS24c; do creamery, l,jt23c. Chees' Qufet; state large. S'yll-'ic; small, lK:12"4c: part skims, 4ri) 10c; full skims, 2"?;3e. Eggs -Steady; ice house, 12ul7e; western fresh. 20ii2112c; southern, 19"r;21c; receipts, 3.71S pkgs. Tallow Firmer; city ($2 per pkg). 5 3-lCc, Rye Steady. Molasses Easy; New Orleans ooen kettle, good to choice, 30 :.. 7,sc. Pig Iron Dull; American, $1215. Copper Dull; lake, $10.25. Lead Quiet; domestic, $10. Tin Easy; straits, S20'T33 asked; spelter, dull; domestic, nominal. Cuttonseed Oil Shade easier on apprehensions of diminished production; local demand more active; better western inquiry reported; exporters still holding off; prime crude, 291 5 30c; office, 25 27c; yellow butter grades, 29c; -hoice yellow, 37$? 39c; prime yellow. 34T;3r.e; yellow off grades, 309 33c; prime white, 331?40c. Coffee Options opened dull; September bids 3 points higher and others unchanged to 10 points lower; no sales till about noon and only 7,000 bags all day; closed dull, unchanged to 10 ixints decline; salts none, including Feb. at 1.75c; March at l.45c; April at lG.30e, and Sept. at 13.35 f 13.40c; j-pot coffee, Rio quiet, but steady; No. 7, lS:lic; mild, quiet; Cordova. L'0T(20'ie; sales, none; Santos market firm, good average 15?, ?900; receipts two days, 20,00; stock, 133.00O. Hambursr. quiet and unchanged to 4f lower; Rio firm: No. 7, I5c, $100; exchange, l3sc; receipts, two days, 22,000 bacs; stock, 134,000 bags; London, quiet, 3d "to 1? decline. Sug.ir Raw lirm;saies, I, 000 bags. Molasses sugar, S9 test, 2Uc to Can." da; 1,300 bags centrifugal, 9G test, at 2 l-30c and 5u0 bags; molasses sugar, 8ft test, at 2Uc to New York; retined strong and higher; X". 6. 3 5-lfic; No. 7. 3r'if' 13-lGc: No. S, 3 O-lS'uZc; No. 9, ZWA 11-K.c; No 10, Zl-V'MZ'ic; Xo. II, 3)3 9-lCc; No. 12, 2 5-1(51; 3Uc; No. 13, 314c; off A. 3:-i4c; mould A, 4 1-16 4'L.e; standard A. 3 15-10'??4sc; confectioners' A. 3 15-lCf4Vic; cut loaf, 4 13-1G ji5e; crushed. 4 13-1 5c; powdered, 4 13-161 4 ic: granulated. 4 1-lCa4Uc; cubes, 4 15 l'"f?4,,ic. BALTIMORE. Jan. S.-Flour More active; receipts. l'.i0: shipments, ?0; western superfine. S1.7r.'-"2; western extra, $2.2." D 2.C: fancy. $2.7."';;3.15; winter patents, t(3.50. Wheat Strong and nominally high THE BEST Your wife will n rawing Anticipating the demand, special arrangements to supply

We will lurnish the Famous SENTINEL SEWING MACHINE (No. 4) and the STATE SENTINEL for one year lor

iJ JL .LlJ This Machine is fullv warranted and money will be refunded 3. same as No. 4, except with two drawers instead of four, will SENTINEL one year icr $16.00.

POINTS OF SUPERIORITY. INDIANAPOLIS SENTINEL SEMING MRCH1NE Has the latest dcpijjn of bent woodwork, with skeleton drawer eascB, maeio in both walnut and oak, highly finished and the iaot-t durable made. , The stand is ritid and Btronjr, having brace from OTer each end of treadle rod to table, Jias a large balance wheel with bolt replace!-, a verv eaev motion of treadle. The head is free of plate teneiorm, the machine Is 60 set lhat without any change of upner or lower tension you can ew trom No. 40 to No. 150 thread and by a very slight change of disc tension on face plate, you can sew from the coarsest to the finest thread. It Las a self-eetting needle and loose pulley device on hand wheel for winding bobbins without running the machine. It is adjustable in all its bearines and has lees springs than eny other eewing machine on the market. It is the quickest to thread, being eelf-threading, except tne eye of needle. It is the easiest machine in changing length of stitch, and ia very quiet and easy running.

Address all orders to THE SENTINEL, Indianapolis, Ind. P. S. This Machine is shipped direct from the manufactory to the purchaser, saving tij ciddle men's profits.

er: receipts, 20.000; shipments. 105,000; stock. I.ö95,0mj: No. 2 red. spot, C?iC0:sc; steamer No. 2. 62lv'wC23c; southern, by sample, fit'r 1

OO't.c; Feb., S.c asked; May. io'ic. CVrn Firm anJ active; receipts. 127.0.0: shipments. 1S,0: stock. l,153t: No. 2 white. Hot. 41$4m.c; Fb.. 41s"4!Sc; March. 42 Vf t2c ; May. 43Vj44c OatsMarket shows more ambition; receipts, ll.enO; shipments. 9.79$: western white, r.'a :Xc; western mixed. MSSVc; No. 2 white. :.,':351c. Butter Fancy separator, 2T.c; fancy creamery. 27c: eastern, 27c; western dairy. 21"!?22c. Cheese Unchanged. Eercs Iull; Maryland and Pennsylvania. lSrj.tc; Eastern Shore. 21c; western, 21c. Other articles unchanged. CINCINNATI. Jan. 8. Flour Barely steady; fancy, $2.60) 2.70; family, $2.0"'iz2.!3. Wheat Easy: No. 2 red, 5'.c; receipts. j..Vw; shipments. 1.000. Corn Quiet and firm; No. 2 mixed. 37V3c. Oats Stronger: No. 2 mixe l, ."2c. Rye Heavy; No. 2. 52,.ic PorkFirmer at $13.25. Lard Firmer at 7.80. Bulk Meats Quiet at SS'r.-aSfcT'z. Bacon In light demand at SS. WhiskySteady: sales of 7S4 brls at 51-13. Butter Easy; fancy Elgin creamery. 2Sj29c: Ohio, 23c; dairy, 14il5c. Linseed oil Barely stevidv at 44'?4ic. Sugar Stronger; hard refined. 3V'f ic; New Orleans. 3Vi4,c. Etfgs Heavy at 16r Cheese In fnir demand; prime to choice Ohio flat, lVaW.c. DETROIT, Jan. 8. Market closed tame. Wheat No. 1 white, Col;c; No. 2 red, cash. C2'4c: May. ;e; No. 3 red, 39'4c. CornNo. 2. cash. 372c. Oats No. 2 whit, K2'c: No. 2 mixed, 31 c. Rye No. 2, cash. r04c. Ckv?r Seed Prime, Sö.50. Receipts Wheat, 15,A); com, 3,700; oats, 1.600. live: stock biaiiket. union stock yards. INDIANAPOLIS. Ind.. Jan. 8. Cattle Receipts, 60 head; shipment?, none. Market as usually on Monday, very quiet; good cattle selling steady; common and inferior stuff baaely teady. We quote: Extra choice export grades, 1.4&0 to 1.650 lbs S 4 50 5 00 Good to choice shipping, 1,200 to 1,460 lbs 4 000 4 50 Fair to good shipping:, LO0O to 1.200 lbs S 500 4 00 Common to fair shipping, 900 to 1.000 lbs 2 TTSgj 3 23 Choice feeders, 1,000 to 1,200 lbs.. 3 232 3 7 Fair to medium feeders, 800 to 1.000 lbs 2 60S) 3 00 Common to good stockers, 600 to 800 lbs 1 75 2 50 Good to choice heifers 3 OCKa) 3 51 Fair to medium heifers 2 i.'5tf 2 75 Common to iiprht heifers 1 5vr 2 tö Good to choice cows 2 50 3 0 1 Fair to medium cows 2 OOtf 2 50 ! Common old cows l 00. 1 e5 i Choice export bulls 3 00-i 3 SO j Good to choice bulls 2 50 3 00 1 Good to choice cows and calves. 25 OOu.tf 00 Common to fair cows and calves- 15 O'dCä 00 j Veal calves 2 50 5 00 Sheep and Lambs-Receipts. (V) head; j shipments, none. The sheep and lamb mar- j ket was nominally unchanged. We quote: I Good to choice lambs $3 Soft 4 23 I Common to medium lambs 1 2",;':'. 'S Good to choice cheep 2 17Ai j ' Fair to medium sheep 2 ("i2 5) Common sheep 1 25 'a 2 ) Bucks, per head 2 wj'S 50 Hogs Receipts, 1.50ft head: shipments. C.-.e) head. The hojr market was active and steady; closed hrm. We quote: ; e'hoice medium and heavy S5 2:.'f5 35 i Mixed and heavy packing f if, 'a 5 3T. Good to choice lights 5 -ji .'.,-, ;c. j Common lights 5 ok,;J -jo j laps 4 75'-) 3 20 ; Roughs 4 eti. 00 REPRESENTATIVE SALES. No. Average. Prlce. 107 13 5 15 no 13; r, 9! 172 5 ?. 67 24.) 5 35 r,t 5 35 '0 ............................. lu!i 5 3. NEW YORK. .Tan. 8.-Beeves Receipts for two days. 4,333 head, including 45 cars on sale; market active and 15c higher; all grades closed dull but steady: native steers, good to fairly prime, $5i5.25 per 100 lbs; medium to fair. $4.4"j4.&5; common to ordinary, $3.S''Ki 4. 25; stagrs and oxen, $2.65;? 4.25; bulls, $-i3; dry cows, $1.15 'y 3.15; exports today, 0 exittle: tomorrow, Cö cattle and 2.220 quarters of beef. Calves Receipts for two days, 530 head; market firm; veals, poor to choice, $5'i'S.50 per 100 lbs; grassers, $2.4eVci2.tJ5; western calves. $2.&o. Shep and Lambs-Receipts for two days. 13.H22 head; demand stronp; sheep steady: lambs a shade, firmer; sheep, common to prime, 2'j3.75; lambs, inferior to choice, J4.4o'((.U-2U. Hot: Receipts for two days. 17,40: 2 cars on sale: .steady at $T,.S5'i.25 per lew lbs. BUFFALO. Jan. 8. Cattle Receipts, light; 14 cars on sale; market fairly active at 13'25c advance; extra steers, J5.4e-'i5.C; choice, $I.Smi5.30; medium to sood. $4.j5 5.25; liffiit and others, $40 4.30; cows and heifers." $2.75'3.fi5; bulls, 52.25: extra export. S:.5i''e)3.75: stoekers dull at i2.4t't'2.f.5; feelers, sf3.2oni3.tiu: veals lower nt $3'i 7. ."'. Hons Receipts liberal; 15o on sale; market lower; Yorkers. $5.:i0't;5.55, mostly $5.35; fancy li,-ht and pis. $5.40; mixed puckers, !V.35; choice heavy, $5.35r3.40; pigs, $5.35'.i 5.40. Sheep and Lambs Receipts heavy; Kd j cars on sale; steady: best native lambs, j $t.7."o5; fair to Kood, 4.2:Ai4.C5; fair to kkh1 ; sheep. $2.'ij 3.2o : chouv wether 3, n1.oü'''4; Canada lainhs. ?4.9o,,5.15. CHICAGO, Jan. 8. The Evening Journal reports: Cattle Receipts. 18,000; shipments, 1,000; in good demand and strong; top sales for steers. $1.75 :5.:,0; no extra line steers here; medium. $4.?i 4.G3: others, $3.5t;'j4.1; stoekers. $2.!'i3.5j; cows. $1.75iji3.20. Hogs Receipts, ."t',.000; shipments. 10.W: active and 10c higher; heavy rough, J5i 5.10; packers and mixed, $5.15f5.30; prirrc heavy and butcher weights, $5.30'' 1 5.40; prime liht. $5 4'-"l'5.45. Sheep Receipts, 16.000; shipments, 2.ovi; steady and In pood demand; westerns, J2.75 (t350: natives. $2.25f 3.25 ; lambs. J-I'-M.. FAST LIBERTY. Jan. S.-Catt:e Receipts, 6.4 W: shipments, 1, 120; market very MACHINE be in want of a THE SENTINEL has made your wants.

One Rattler, with Shirrer Plate, One Set of 4 I'lato Heinmera, One Hinder, One Prester Foot, One Hemmer and Feller,

One Braider Foot, One Tucker, One Quilter, One Plate G autre, One Slide for Braider, One Oil Can (with Oil), One Thread Cutter,

dull; a shafle lowr than lat week; 29cari of rattle shirr i to N. w T ; today. H---s:s Kee ipts. 7.5 : ...;-meuts 4.V0; market fairly active: all grads. J.5.3'r:5.4.",: 12 cars ot hoes hi;;ed to New York today. iSh.-f-p Recoipts. 0.7'O; f-hipments. market very s'ow. 2', cars en talc; price strong; Jc off from last ek. CINCINNATI. Jan. S. Hoirs-Strorg at $4. 77. "'16.30; n-ceipts. t'.L""'': sl.iptii'-nts. 2,l0. e'attle Firmer at J1.7.' 4.5; receipts, shipments, 4. Sheep Str-'!ig at $1.75' 4; receipts, LluO, shipments, 2.', lambs iiin at $2.754.26.

1 11 i:n.icr. ELGIN. 111.. Jan. s.-Butter Aetlrej sales, 10,730 lbs at 21c: 2.3vJ lbs at 24C. WUCLLSAIi: MARKETS. INDIANAPOLIS. IND., MONDAY HYKNINCr, Jan. 1 Thre is a better fe-du':; in the whoksa!? district today and business is reported as improving in all branch" of trade. Tha feature of today's quotations is an ad vance on all grades .f s:;?ir, For mora than a wec-k prices have li- on declining an 1 the raise was not uut-xpeep-d, although il treated some y.irprise i:nr.g jobbers. All grades are 4c higher an 1 an advance of la on freight rates makes today's pr;es 2'"c a hundred higher than those oa Saturday. Coffees are t.nn at quotations, but s-houll the war troubl 'S at Rio assume a morserious aspect an advonc.- is looked for et any time. There is a i-niax.d for dryei fruits and e;innl goods. Taken as a whole, business anions; th whoU-aaJti gro errs is reported as satisfactory. There is a better feelim; in poultry and the market has an : ward tendency. Chickens F.dvnm-ol lc toi.ty. Butter ndl eet;s remain the s;ur.e a Saturday, but tn m trket is stroii- r ;:id prices may a 1vanoe. The market has b-n rath-r wk. Apples are scarce .-ml in demand anl hieb-, r prices pre quoted. Lemons are firm, and higher. Thr' is a I i-tter f-?flins: In oranger, and the Indication are that prices will advance. Tne s'r;pm-nt luis been chec'.o'd on account ot ti.e low prices and the market Is njt overstocked at present. Some new crop of California cabbares arrived In the market this morning uiter being seven days cn the roa i. Oroferlf. Canned Good Blackberries, 2 lb, Kc; cove oysters, 1 lb, lull weight. 85c; 1 lo, lliiht weight. 65c; 2 lb. lull weight. $U7ä; lijht weight. tl.itil.3J; peaches, standard. 3 lb. $l.S5'.-2.'0-. seconds. 3 Ib. J1.20'. i.:'.U; p.e. HrqSäc; pintay.ple. pinn lard. 2 lb. 1.4ul.75; teconds, 3 ib, tl.0otl.lo; string beans. 7o'J 5c; salmon. 1 1!, 51.432.20; pineipoied. standard. 51.251.35; peaa. uiftwl, Jl.ti i2.2ö; early jun, S1.25j1.5o: marrow, Ji. . i.z; fcaked, 75:bS5c; tomatoes. 3 lb. Sl.il-m 1.55; corn, etandard. $1.1. 1.15; cream, L'IJ Spice reppr, tS13-: nllfplee. 125i5e: cloves, Zc-tjJJc; cassia, ioi-o; nutmeg, sjj IÖC. Sncr.rs Hard. 4.27'; '.'.) v ; confectioners. A. Tkc; oft A. 4.1.'.'j4.:-1'.-: white extra C. 3.77'''3.:ic; ood y-l!ow. r. 41 3.50. faalt in cur lots, Kte; ia small lots. Starch Refined pearl. S'iSHc per lb; champion Kloss. cne an 1 three-pound packr.jes. 5'.'.Vc; champion frioss, lump, SJ 4c; one "and trree-p.ound lockages, Sgoc; Improved com. A'-'i5-c. Co ft.' e Common to pood. 20Ji20,4c; prim 19 choice, 22i;-3o; fancy, 2' 'i2,c; golden R:o, IS i 2u3.4c: Java. 2:;ixc; i'.anner packages, I4'4c; Arbucklc's 2i.ilc; LioU, 24.44c; Jersey, 24.4 Miscellaneous Rice, Louisiana, t'i'S&kci coal oil. tVL' '-o-: bep.ns, navy, 51-bJ; tadium. $1.h; marrowfat. t2.Ji. Fruit and Vegetable. Onions J2.25 per brl; S'e per bu. Potatoes 5 to 73c per bu. li'.ans l'ea beans, ii.'j) per bu. Oranse-s Florida. 52.2. 10 12.50 per box. Apples Fancy, t:j:-L. Cabbage Northern. ?l.ü;i 1.75 per brl. Cranberries JCiCil per vru Celery2j a J-'C ver suncn. Lemons i"ancy, J4.75. Bananas 51 25ij per tunc a. 1'on Corn I'earl. ''eZc. Coroanuts S3 per bunürel. New Honey loe-. Grapes Ca taw aba. five-pound baskets, 1(9 per basket. rtweet l'otatoes -IHinols, 53.75 per brl; Jersey. $i4.ii. Seeds. j Dealer yrtces la Btedä are a follow: Fey liuaheL Clever, medium. rectMnod. fair to dme. 5 ii " 4J Red ton English blue grass Cntter, Egjrs and Poultry. Futter Fresh grass, mixed country, 10 He. FiTfrs Fresh, per dz, 15c. Live l'omiry Hens, f.c pr lb: Fprini; chiei.ens. t5e: cocks. 3c; turkey hens. 7c; toms, 5c: young turtseys. fancy, large, fc:.-c: small, poor. 4c; Picks. c: ge:. full feathered. S4.S0 per doz for fancy large; Qi'ail. $1.2511.50 per dz. Wool. Unwashed medium wool. 18c; enwashrt coarse or braid, 12rl4c; unwashed f.ne merino. lCri3c; tut washed. 1Sj23c. Lurry of cotted wool. SCc ltiS than it'uovt price. Floor. Straight grade, 52.7,73 00; fancy rrafle. J2.9'or;3.15; patent flour, $3.50;j4; low grade, Oli Ca'kP. Oil cake, 525.23 per ton: oil meal. 525.25. ON EARTH r:o. 4. if it is not as advertised. No. be lurntshed with the STATE

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ATTACHMENTS Accompanying Each FvJachina ARE AS FOLLOWS:

1 Att-ohments la bncVel are all interchangeable iiito hub oa presisr biz. Ri Bobbins Feven Needles, One Large Screw Driver, One Small Screw Driver, One Wrench, One Instruction Book.

WARRANTY. Every Machine is fully warranted for five years. Any part proving defective will be replaced free of charge, except ing needles, bobbins and shuttles.