Indiana State Sentinel, Indianapolis, Marion County, 28 February 1894 — Page 3

THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL, WEDNESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 2S, 1891 TWELVE PAGES.

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THE EXPERIMENT STATIONS

i.ooii AvoiiK iji:i; ddm: fok tiik AURICI'LTIRAL SKCTIOXS. l.urui Tmti Plant for Home rroifr Vlrlorla Swlnr Corn Rt Uorm-amlnR the Fnriu IVerilnt; Xftrn-Kd neat Ion for .. Kn rmrr' sonwPrait (iniMins I'ay IcretmJn.ic the A umber of lees. Agricultural experiment stations have ren establixhed In every state of the rrinn, and ome of them are doing: good work. These stations are ablo to provide conditions for niorv accurate investigation of many things than if possible on the farm. Their investigation of disapos and th neelel remeli has value fur all producers, no matter where located. Feeding tets give ub the relative fading value of various foods, and their adaptability for certain end. We can learn what food is especially adapted to milk production and what to beef. "We can learn the eharaetcriftiof of nw varieties of grains and vegetables. If a id tain nv wheat is largely advertised ly a seedsman and our station reports hat the straw is niuch softer than that "f well-known varieties we are saved from th exiensa and !ss that a trial would bring us. In many resects these stations are able to perform practical experiments for us. Hut there is a class of work that th-s-tati'tns cannot üo for the individual fanner. When muri; depends upon soil and latitude the farmer must test for lifmstlf. Take commercial fertilizers fi r xaiiiple. ft d-cs not follow that oa farm nftils a dressing ct bonemeal fr,r wheat simply b-.t-ause boneiiieal din-swell tit a station. S il ests of ? fertilizer are n!y local. Neither dues it do to take the advi'-o of th.-r ftniners who have a different soil. Nothing is b-linite except a farm tet. Now we ask whether It. is true that a majority of us do not ail to. test commercial fertilizers thoroughly? Have w- triM various classes, such as bonemeal, superphosphates amü'oniated sup -i-phosphats and complet fertilizers? Have v testl thes sile by i-ide in ha field, leaving one strip uidres;sd? Sonie farmers have done this, but it is not th rule. If we would know what pays best we must do this. While it is not wi?e to spend much money uin the novelties of seedsmen, yet there Is pleasure and some profit in a few tests of rew prains and vegtahles every year. Often we find the novelty inferior to standard varieties, but on the other hand occasionally we find one of great merit. It takes as much lalor to produce an acre of corn of inferior quality as one f superior quality. Much corn has so degenerated that It is unfit for svl and is Incapable of producing a maximum yield of grain. Kven if we have an excellent variety it pays occasionally to s-e whether a more productive one can be found. So it Is with outs, wheat, potatoes and garden vegetables. Th.-se t' sts give zest to our work. Many farmers are wasting i.i n;y in the u." of a fertilizer that js not as bm1 for their soil as so::- other, or in planting varieties of grains and vpcetabls that are not mite so productive as some others. This we knew l.y observation i f sonit neighbors, even if w cannot see the failure in ourselves. Kxperinient on the farm influences one to do his l-st. It leads to the adoption of the best varieties and to the best culture. These tests lead out of tlie ruts, and are full of Inspiration. We must push on; competition is severe. The Sentinel urpes continued plat teKts upon the farm both for the pleasure, and the proilt that may be gotten from them. IVt-iliiiK Steer. We oft"n hear it said that there is no money in feeding rattle for th market at the piices that have ruled for several years. A not-d stockman. Mr. M Lain Smith, thinks differently. JJe says: rowing- and feeding steers for the butcher may b- still a profitable industry in this section and th" eastern states, in connection with jrcnrral farming, if conducte, on proper lines. I5ut the conditions of success are limited and Imperative. It is absolutely useless to fool with poor stock. No matter Imw much care Is given in other n-p"t?. if the animal do not respond readily to f"d, if they do not mature quickly and make beef f,f first qua'ity. success is impossible. This is not a matter of opinion. It has been, detnenstratf d over and over again in every carefully conducted experiment reported. Hut in addition to good .stock we must have and feed a properly balanced ration. This is far more Important here and in the Käst than it is in the West, wher corn is so very cheap in comparison with mill feed and oil meal. In any of the eastern or central states anything like an exclusive corn deit in feeding steei-s is an extravagant ration. Porn is a good foundatl n everywhere, but in this section and the East it must be FUpplemented, for best re.-ults and for economical results, with wheat bran, malt sprouts, gluten meal, or some fel rich in nitrogen, and some clover hay for roughness. Which is the test and cheaiest Fupplementary fo will depend on circumstances location, markets, etc. It it not of great importance provided the total ration furnishes a proper proportion of protein. Another essential to success in this section is saving the manure. This Is where the profit is largely found. If we do not ned the manure, as a rule we cannot prow or fee.j steers profitably. Jlut what farmer does not n,ed It? If we do need it. who can afford to waste if? And th' conditions necessary to save It all are. even under the most primitive arrangement ?. very simp!e and Inexpensive. Keep the stock fully bedded. If you have not wat"r-tight floors, and when the manure is thrown out see that It Is so arranged that it will not leach or heat. This is all that is necessary. I'm It l.rhlni( Pajs. I have never seen a. community, pay? Frof. Lazenby, where there were too many horticulturists, while In most sections the numlier might be many times increased, and the profits of each in no wise diminished. The means of transportation and preservation of even the morf perishable fruit and vegetable products are now so excellent that a market can easily be found for all tir-t-tlara articles. The demand for such producta Is constant and ever-Increaslna:, a good supply stimulating and multiplying lt. I have lived In several of the best developed fruit-growing sections of our country, and I have yet to learn of a intrl instance of failure where horticulture an energetically and intelligently pursued, while jn almost every Instance a moderate competence waa secured. I believe there is no vocation that offers a better return for a given amount of Industry and skill than does this. Lt me not be micundemtv. There are risks In horticulture a elsewhere, and fhes ought to bo fully . understood. Frost, hail, drought and flood will Rometimes wipe out th profits of a year or more of well-dlrr ted labor. The hopes of an equally bountiful and profitably harvest may at tinie be blasted by the devastation of Insects and fungus diseases. Some of these disasters are beyond control, but many of them ran be overcome or provided against by Judicious management. Th really skillful flnd thoroughly nci'-ntinc. horticulturist reduces these rUks to th minimum. He carefully studies th adaptability of varieties, he acquaint himself with the characteristic and pecuiia titles of ' soil B.tid climate, he gban all tho information possib)" as to the test methods of warding1 off insect und vegetable para

sites; In sh rt. the aid he receives from science, together with his own .well-directed energy and Intelligence, makes him master of the situation.

.. IurreHine the umber of Ileea. A veteran bee-keeper, Mr. K. S. Mead, gives good advice in the following: The time of the year is about here when beek?epers begin to think and plan for the coming season. Perhaps some who are beginners, or who have only a few colonies, have found. them quite profitable during the past season, and are thinking of Increasing them largely. Now it will be best for the most of iia to go xloVV. The. past season has been a good one in most place, and I have just such thoughts as the above in my head. But J have never known more than one or two beekeepers to be successful who have gone into the business on a large scale at first. Nearly every one falls and gives It up sooner or later. There Is no more sure foundation for success in any business than to let it increase witii ono's experience. I have kept bees for several years. Tn fact, all my life nearly, and have "fizzled" clear out several times. But of late years we have made them quite profliable. T do not think the seasons have been any better than they used to l and the hee journals claim they have been growing worse until last year. lSut by adopting the improved methods of leekeeping combined with considerable experience we have been able to make them pay. We have never allowed them to increase very miuh. It is up-hill business to have a lot of colonies to feed in the fall, but I don't leli';ve there was ever a much better time to increase, largely than at the present. Should we have to feed largely, we can buy sugar very cheap, and bee fixtures are seemingly ns low as they can be made. Iut should the next j:easoii be a failure, everything will combine to heap up a big expense to i;et them in good shape for the winter, and alter all one may lose a large per cent, before the following spring. So I think it best, for the majority of us at least, to go slow. t ii'torlii Sninr. This breed of swine, says a writer in the National .Stockman, like the PolandChina breed, originated in "the United States about the year ls7. Mr. Curtis of New York claimed the honor of originating the Victorias and he wrote several articles on the subject, some of which were published in the live toek puiiers. It appears from the statements contained in these articles that Mr. Curtis experimented by crossing the l?v field hops with the natives, to which he added crosses of th Yorkshire and Suffolk and raised a family of white hogs which he named Victorias. About this time Mr. Davis of Indiana was experimenting in swine breeding. He took four distinct breeds, viz Poiand-Phir.a, Chester white, Berkshire and Suffolk, and by these crosses he brought out a breed which he also gave the name of Victoria. Mr. Cuttis's strain of hogs having long afro . passed out of sight are in no way related to the Victorias as originated by Mr. Davis. In 1Sj the Iowa state agricultural society provided a full c lass . for the Victorias, and since then they have been proviikd a class the same as all other distinct breeds by all state agricultural s-ieties. Tie- Victorias are white with occasional dark blue simUs in th" skin. Th-y have a good strong coat of soft hair frequently wavy, small head, face medium, dished, bone fine ar.d strong, ba-k hrotid. straight and level. They are unsurpassed as breeders. "I.eing excellent mothers and great milkers, hardly ever losing a pig thv bre ed. They are easily kept, fatten readily at any age, quality of meat excellent and much sought after for block pork. The Victoria.s an a registered breed, there being two Victoria records, one known as the Indian i and the other as the Michigan association and record, both of which are in a nourishing condition. I :1 Mention of I-'n r mem Son. "Is rudimentary education sufficient for a farnr r?" was th question raised at on.- farm, rs institute. The c ounty superintendent of schools answered that for the farmer of the past with a virgin soil and little competition it might b. but the fanm-r of the future must know a gnat deal of a great many things, and a higher education will ay him in dollars and cents, if,, must meet nun of all professions and in all conditions of life, both for business purp'Ses and in a social way, le-nce the need of studies that give polish, flexibility and selfpossession. Many a farmer is a heavy loser because h.- is not able to impress upon his customers the merits of his productions. He has duties as a citizen; a considerable majority of the voters of our country are farmers, therefore a great responsibility rests upon theni as a (lass. The farmer, should be well represented in the management of our government. but h - is chiefly conspicuous for his absence. Farming is the basis of all business and it is not unreasonable to say that one-half of all the money spent in public Improvement should be in th interest of the farmer. It is bad farming that drives so many young men to the cities. That the forms of the country should be worked at reasonable profit is a question of national imr-rtan -e. Kv. ry oth.fr (lass of men desire to be represented in gover tment by some of their own number, but the farmer is usually represented by the la w or or doctor and the reason usually Is because they are letter talkers. Farmers will not fill these position until they have as much edution. polish and self-assertion as any other class of men. But the highest reason of all for educating the fanner is because he is a human being, with capabilities and povvtrs that his Maker intended should find opportunity for development. Pliintn for Home firower. Only comparatively few home growers raise their own early plants, by far the larger number prefer to buy what tomato, cabbage and eggplants, etc., they will need when the time comes for setting them out in open ground. Mr. Greiner, the veteran gardener, thinks that this is poor policy. He says that the hulk of plants offered for sale in grocery stores and by professional growers are not first-class, simply because having to be sold cheap, they are grown in crowded quarters, and therefore crippled and p'Kr. Their quality corresponds with their price. Painstaking home growers usually raise the best plants. Their vegetables, consequently, are early, and their gardening Is satisfactory. People who buy their plants can seldom compete with those who grow their own and take pains with them. Their plants are poor, their vegetables are late, and their garden operations' do not give them the full pleasure and satisfaction that might be found in then. Yet good plants are always appreciated. People who do not grow plants themselves usually turn first to some neighbor, known to have good success with early vegetable, for their supply of plants. They would rather buy of him than of the professional plant-grower. Theneighbor, therefore, has a llrrt-rate chance to make a little pocket money by extending his operations beyond the limits of his own needs and catering Pi the needs of his nelghlors. In short, a' good horn gardener will usually find it profitable to ral.ie a few surplus plants and supply his neighbors at a fair piioe. This s an e.icoial!y promising field for older and younger women. They pre just tb fines to take pains with plants and to rale giod ones. t orn Hoot Worm. According to Prof. Webster this insect ha destroyed two million dollars' worth of corn In Indiana In me year. It is traveling eastward. It is first found on the thistlo and golden rod. The beetle Is shaped like the cucumber beetle and Is green in color. They feed on the silk

and polk-n and may txs found In great numbers dropping from there when the corn Is coming into ear. They are also found between the sheath pf the car and the atalk. The. beetle goo to the ground and lays its eggs. Jn, June-they hatch. The young worm is vwy active and at once hunts the tender roots of the corn, consuming these until it comes to the heavier roots, burrowing in these up to the stalk, when, if It Is not ready to assume the pupal stage, it burrows into the speer roots destroying them. The color of the worm Is white, length onehalf inch, thickness that of a horse hair. Crawling out of the roots they seek a covering of earth where they assume the pupal stage to emerge in the spring as the beetle which lays the eggs that hatch In June. The adult does not fly far, but deTKslts the eggs near where she emerges from the .ground. The whole brood can be destroyed by rotation of crops. The evidence of it work is manifested by the stalks toppling over In various directions. Sometimes the yield is reduced ?0 to 93 per cent.

nmliiK the 1'iirni. While there may not be much in a ramo the Stockman an 1 Farmer thinks the idea of giving an appropriate iiama to a farm is of considerable importance. To strangers a catchy name for a farmer's home has often a great deal of weight. It indicates that the owner of a place at least takes some pride In his calling and surroundings. Breeders have found that appropriate names for their herds and flocks have great value, the namts thus adopted becoming a sort of trade mark which is recognized by the public as indicating character and standing. It is true that sometimes inappropriate names are applied and fals impressions are made by adopting names that Indicate the opposite from what they should, but this should not tcndemn the system. As to naming the homes of those who make no pretension toward breeding tine stock or farming out of the ordinary way there is much to recommend it. In the first place it costs nothing. No harm is done if no good should come from it. Names may be chosen that aptly express some condition or surrounding. Pride in a home may be encouraged and attachments for a place may be strengthened by this means that might leave a lasting impression on all who are interested. It may bo an incentive to more thorough work and greater advancement in the line of progrvsu. i.ooii nni:ti). A Prncticnl Chuoter fin the Art of linking; Ilreatl. There are several kinds of coarse bread which were in use in pioneer times, when every farmer took his own grain to tho gristmill to be made into flour, that are seldom seen now. In spite of all the fancy brown flours in market there is none that has the g?neral pastoral flavor of that sweet, brown loaf which was made of wh?at ground at the ordinary gristmill. We have given our white loaves a superior color and starchy lightness, but we hav lost something of wheaten sweetnes by our more refined and superior processes of milling a sweetness that none of the patent graham or whole wheat flours seems to give us. Then there Is the old-time rye loaf, which seems to have almost disappeared from use, for It is really very difficult to get a trustworthy brand of bolted rye flour, though excellent rye meal or unbolted rye flour may be always found in the New Kngland markets. This is because unlMilted flour is a component part of the famous Boston brown bread, the one excellent rye and Indian meal bread that still survives. Besides this "rye and Indian loaf" there was an Indian nival and wheat bread, and there were sweet, coarse bread, and there were sweet, coarse loaves me.de of one part wheat, on? part Indian meal and one iart graham. The i ld-time "salt-risings"' bread, a bf of bolted wheat flour, when properly made, i.s an excellent bread and worthy of its southern name of "lig'it bread." in contradistinction to some other bread, which, though light and well-ral.-'ed. were jmsstssed of a certain moistness of texiure quite different from the lightness and delicacy of this white loaf. It is true that "salt risings" were responsible for a great deal of sour, unwholesome bread, but this was because It was not properly handled and Was allowed to rise too long or to b chilled. No process of bread-making requires such reif-ntifie eactness, but none is better when it Is properly made. So often is it. neglected by indifferent housekeepers, that the entire piocess has fallen into disrepute, and some persons firmly believe that su.-h bread always has an unpleasant odor. Nothing could be further from the truth. Fvr the sake of varieties, it is well to Iry souk of these breads. Even a loaf or two of the despised "salt risinet" may be welcome if it is properly made. A variety In the simple wheaten loaf of bolted flour is raisin bread. This is simple a wheat loaf, to which a cup of stoned raisins are added when It is moulded up and put In the pan to rise the lat time. It Is nice hot for supper. Swedish bread Is made by rolling out light bread dough to about the thickness of half an inch, rubbing it well with softened butter, sprinkling it with sugar, grating nutmeg over the whole and ad 1ing about a cupful t"f well-cleaned currants to a large loaf. Roll up the sheet of dough after spi inkling these ingredients over it. Let it rlso for half an hour In a well-buttered pan, rubbing a little softened batter on the outside of the loaf. Bake it in a quick oven for about half an hour. Serve it hot for tea. It is hardly necessary to draw attention to the exeellent apple kouchen of the Cermans. which is really a kind of cake, or the delightful hot apple bread of Baltimore, which Is made with a layer of apple- sauce between layers of dough. N. Y. Tribune. Household Hints. To remov e the odor of onions from kettles and saucepans, put some weiod ashes into the utensil, add boiling water and let it stand for a short tume on the back of the stove. After the juice has been squeezed from lemons the peel can be used for rubbing Itrasx. Diji them in common salt, rub the brass thoroughly, then brush with dry bath-brick. Nerve strain can be greatly lessened by a sandwich or a glass of milk when one feels a little done up or even when you feel idle and disinclined to apply to household duties. Owe of the simplest methods to remove stains from linen or cambric Is to plare the stained baft over a bowl and continue pouring boiling water through until the stain disappears. A simple way to remove grease spots from wall paper is to hold a piece of cleau'"lotting paper over the spot and press a warm flatiron over it. Repeat the operation until the grease is out. A good remedy for chapped lips is made by mixing together two spoonfuls of clarified honey with a few -drops f lavender water. Anoint the lips with the mixture frequently. Very little, if any. water should b drunk at meal time, but if one feels tlm need of some liquid let him take one cup cf tea or coffee, as heat aids digestion, while cold retards it. No matter how large the spot of oil. any earpct or woolen stuff cart be cleaned by applying buckwheat plentifully, brushing it In a dust pan after a short time and putting on fresh until th oil hHH disappeared. When It is required to use carbolic arjd as a disinfectant, It should be mixed with boiling water. Thl promptly overcomes the usual antagonism between the acid and the water, and converts thm Into a permanent solution, which will keep thm for weeks. To prevent moldy cheese, the housekeeper should leave the cover a little open when th cheese is in the pintry. A revolving cheese di?h la a capital ar

rangement for' keeping cheese - fresh. It has ,a cover that doe.s not require to be. lifted, off when, the cheese is en the table. . . 4 . Kitchen mineral isuap or pumice f.tone may be used freely on all disheK. Itrwill remove stains from white-handle knives, the brown substance that adheres to earthen or tin baking dishes, and the soot which colle--ts on pans or kettles used over a wood or kerosene lire. Here is a reciie for eleaning delicate laces?, which an old lace-maker who has woven many a gossamer web fer the great connolseur and lover of laces, Mme. Modjeska, gave to her pupil and patron. Spread the lace out on paper, cover with calcined magnesia, place another paper over it, and put It away between the leaves of a book for two or three days. Then all it needs is a skillful little shake to scatter the powder, and its delicate . little threads are as fresh and clean as when first woven. Mme. Modjeska is quite an adept at the art eif lace-making, and fashions many dainty patterns with her deft fingers.

Vnlanhle It eel pea. Honey Candy One pint of white sugar, water encugh to dissolve it, and four tablespoonfuLs of honey, boil until it becomes brittle on being dropped Into cold water; pull when cooling. Rye Cup Cakes Three eggs, half a cup of milk, a small teacupful of rye flour, a large teaspxmful of wheat flour, a little salt, half a teajspoonful if soda and milk enough t mak a batter. Bake in gem pans fifteen minutes i:i a quick oven. O-eam Biscuit Two eggs beaten verylight, half a pint ef sweet cream, one ouart of flour, one teaspoonful of salt. To mix them, beat in a little flour and cream alternately. Work them for ten minutes, roll very thin and cut with a glass. Stewed Prüms Wash the prunes in cold water. Soak them in tepid wat t about two hours, and set. the whole on the fire and boil gently. When half done add sugar to taste, and a gill of claret wine, to half a pound of prunes. If tha water boils away too much add more. Hickorynut Candy One cup hickorynut meats, two cups sugar, half cup water; boil Fitgar. and water without stirring until thick enough to spin to a thread; flavor with good extract of vanilla; set in cold water; stir quickly until white, then stir In the nuts; turn into flat tin; when e-old cut into squares. Tongue Toa-st Take a cold lioiled tongue and grate it with a coarse grater, or mince it fine. Mix it with cream and the leaten yolk of egg. and let it get thoroughly hot. Cut oft the crust of some slices of bread and toast them nicely, butter them, lay them on a hot platter, and cover each slice thickly with the tongue mixture. Serve at once. Molasses Candy One cup of molasses (common or New Orleans), one cup sugar, an egg-sized piece of butter, sweet and not salt, and a tablespoonful vinegar; boil, but do not stir until it hardens when dropped into cold water; when done, stir in a teaspoonful of soda and beat well; rour Into buttered pans, and when" cool pull until white; cut into sticks; flavor if desired just before pouring out to cool. To Make Milk Toast Put one pint of milk into a double boiler, rub three tablespoonfuls of butter and ene tablesietnful of flour to a cream; add to the scalded milk, and stir until it thickens. Season with salt. Toast six slices of bread a light brown, slightly butter each slice and dip it, while It Is hot, Into the scalded milk. Lay them in a dish, and over each slice put a large si-oonful of the milk, ami serve at once. Bread Pudding Boiled Take a iound of stale bread and pour over it a quart of boiling milk and let it soak one or two hours, then -rub it quite line with the hands. Add five well-beaten eggs, two cups of sugar, half a cup of molasses, a wineglass of brandy, half a nutmeg grated, half a teaspoonful of ground clovts, ihe grateyl, rind of one lenv-.n, half a jound of wuet chopped fine and a pound and half of raisins. Boil it four hours. Serve with rich brandy sauce. Marshmallows One pint of white gum Arabie in one pint of water, strain and add cne-half pound tine sugar and place over the tire, stirring constantly until the syrup is dissolved, and all of the consistency of honey; add gradually the whites of four eggs well beaten; stir the mixture until it becomes somewhat thin and does not adhere to the finper; flavor to taste with pure extract tf vanilla anl pour Into a tin slightly dusted with ptwdered starch, and when cool divide into small squares. Tongue Soiij Put a small tongue into a. siew pan with trimmings and bones of fowl or veal and stew gently -for four hours; pkim carefully. Take out tlv tongue, skim and clean it and leave it to cool, put hack the trimmings and the roof, with a carrot, a turnip, a head of celery, an onion 'and a half 'teaspoonful of red pepper and let It cook one hour longer. Then strain the soup, and when cold remove the fat and set it on to heat with a turnip and carrot cut In dice and two tablespHnfuli of grated tongue. Iet it simmer slowly for an hour and serve with boiled rice. Pork Steaks To fry pork steaks requires from twenty-five to thirty-five minutes. Turn them often. If they are quite fat pour on" all that fries out when they are half done and reserve it for some other use. Then dip the steaks in fine bread crumb, mixed with a little powdered sage and pepper and lay them back into the frying pan. When thoroughly cooked take them up and lay upon a hot platter. Mix a little browned flour in a little water and add to it the gravy In the frying pan. pour in a gill of boiling water, a little salt and turn it instantly, as it boils up, over the steaks. Fried Hasty Pudding rut one quart of water on to boil. Mix one pint of corn meal, one heaping tablespoonful of flour and one teaspoonful of salt with one pint of cold milk, fcstir this gradually Into the boiling water and boil threequarters eif an hour, stirring often. Fill a bread pan with cold water and let it stand a few minutes. Throw out the water and iour in the mush. When cold turn out on a platter, cut in slices threequarters of an inch thick, roll them in flour and brown each side in hot fat in a frying pan. Or roll the slices in crumbs, dip in egg, roll in crumbs and fry in deep fat. Nectar One half-dozen large oranges, two small pineapples, two California pears, four winesip apples, two pounds Malaga grapes, one half-dozen lemons, eaxh passed through a fruit press, onehalf gallon plain sirup, one-half gallon claret, one-half gallcn old whisky, one quart old sherry, one pint Jamaica rum. two drachms of pounded mace, "steeped for half an hour in a pint of hot water; one ounce of tea, steeped in a quart of hot water for one hour; add a sufficient quantity of cold water to make' live gallons. It should be carefully mljteel in the order in which the various ingredients are named and allowed to stand for twenty-four hours before serving. Louisville Courier-Journal. Almond Macaroons With three-quarters of a pound of powdered sugar and three-quarters of a pound of A sugar, GOOOOOCOOOOÖ O Worth a Guinea a Box. O Q . 0 q A trifling dose from Q q a 25-cent box of Q Beecham's Pills Q (TAstelcse.) O O 'will frequently prove O O as effective as a doc- O g tor's prescription. 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and two ounces of flour, put one pound of almondine. and mix all together in a bowl for five minutes. Then add four whites of gg and mix for five minutes longer, and again three .or more whites of eggs and mix three' minutes more. Then with a lady-finger bag or a jumble machine, drop them on sheets of brown paper; or, if poured on sheet tins, grease theni very light and dust well with bread flour. Sprinkle the macaroons with the wash brush before lokincr. Bake from fifteen to twenty minutes in a moderate oven. A difference of opinion exists as t what kind of sugar Is best to use "n making macaroons. One baker writes he "prefers fine granulated;" another says "powdeied sugar only;" r till another "lakes "balf ami half of granulated and pulverized." Some fewbakers adhere to the good old way of blanching almonds and pounding them with mortar and pestle; but the use of ready-made preparations, almond past and almondine. Is far preferable on account of tha saving of time and labor and the reduction of the risk of spoiling.

THE DECLINE IN SILVER. Many Planta In Colorado Are Sbufllnar Do yt n DKNVFR. Col.. Feb. 23 The Denver smelter men. when asked today for an explanation of the cause of the sensational fall In the price of silver, were disinclined to talk. Since the panic of last July they have lost heavily from the constant depreciation, in the value of their stocks. This has caused thim to blow out many furnaces. Cen. A. J. Warner, president of the National bi-metallio league, who is in Denver, said today: "I look for the gold combine to continue forcing down the price of silver until its members have forced India, to an absolute gold basis." lie says that he has information which makes it clear to him that the combination is, well organized and Jjust as determined a3 ever to continue the warfare to th very farthest possible limit of human endurance. APKN. Col.. Feb. 23. It is reported on good authority that the Durnat this week notified the Roaring Fork electric power company, from which it procures its operating power, that upon silver going to 6 cents it would cancel its contracts and would close down at once. It is feared the Aspen, Smuggler, Mollie Gibson and Delia S. will discontinue. It is reported this afternoon that several leases have been thrown up In Tourtellette pirk since Monday and that the number will be doubled tomorrow unless silver takes a decided advance. THE NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS. Ofllcer Elected at the err York Meeting; of the Association. NEW YORK, Feb. 23. At the meeting of the newspaper publishers' association this afternoon the following officers were elected: President, J. W. Scott of the Chicago Herald; vice-president, F. II. Woods of the Boston Herald; secretary, W. C. Bryant of the Brooklyn Times; treasurer. H. F. Gunnison of the Bnxiklyn Eagle: executive committee. C. W. Knapp of the Ft. Louis Republic, N. A. McRae of the Cincinnati Post and the St. Louis Chronicle and F. Driseoll of the St. Paul Pioneer Press. The principal topic of discussion at the meeting was the introduction fo the new typesetting machines, which was ably discussed by Mr. McKenny of the N. W. Ayer advertising company nf Philadelphia, and Mr. Vic tor F. Dawson of the Chicago News and the Chicago Record. SEVEN MILLS ON THE DOLLAR. Firm Which Fit lied for If-OO.tMH) IIa ANMct for IM.qoo. MINNEAPOLIS, Feb. 23. The affairs of the St. Paul real estate firm of Bushnoll Ä: Bushneil, which failed for $200,000 about two years ago. are b?ing settled up by the St. Taul trust company, which is the assignee. Out of the wreck of the firm's aftalrs only a little over ?l,r,fiO have been saved, netting each creditor a fraction over 7 mills on the dollar. One Minneapolis creditor has just received a one-cent postage stamp in full for his claim. Most of the victims wer eastern clients. The Bushnell brothers are supposed to be In Mexico, whither they fled after the collapse. I Cure rvoanes nnil ConMlpntion. Dr. Shoop's Restorative Nene Pills sent free with Medical book to prove merit, for 2c stamp. Druggists, 25c. Dr. Shoop, Box X, Racine, Wis. THE BEST Your wife will n t r n n rvi i Anticipating the demand, epecial arrangements to supply

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POINTS OF SUPERIORITY. INDIANAPOLIS SENTINEL SEEING MKCHINE Haa the latest desifrn of bnt woodwork, with akeleton drawer caees, made ia both walnut and oak, highly finished and th cuost durable made. The aUnd is rijrid and strong, hating brace from orer each nd of treadle rod to table, has a large balance wheel with belt replactr, very easy motion of treadle. The head is free of plate tensions, the machine ia ao set that without any change of upuer or lower tenaion you can gew Irom No. 40 to No. 150 thread, and by a rery alifht change of diac tension on face plate, you can eew from the coarsest to the finest thread. It baa a self-petting needle aod loose pulley device on hand wheel for winding bobbinB withoot running the machine. It ia adjustable in all ita bearinsa and haa leaa spring than any other aewing machine on the market. It is the quickest to thread, being pelf-threading, except tue eye of needle. It ia the easiest machine in cnanging length of stitch, and ia very quiet and easy runniujr.

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BRITISH OFFICERS-. AMU SAILORS KILLED HV SLAVE TRADERS. The Blue Jackets from tbe FlKbip RnlelKh nad m iinubon t Deertel on the March Inland and iirirle,l by Their Enemies. . . .. LONDON,. Feb. 24.-Dispatches received here from the western coast of Africa yesterday announced that there was a rumor in circulation to the effect that a number of British officers and sailors had been killed in an encounter with the slave dealers on the west coast of that country A dispatch to the Times from Plymouth today said .that it was feared that a disaster had occurred to the gunboat Widgeon, or her crew. It was added that a private telegram had been received by the wife of an officer of the Widgeon, which indicated that either the vessel or the new had met with an accident, or that the latter had been engaged in a light with the natives on the west eoat of Africa and that there had been loss of life. Inquiries made at the admirality last night resulted in the statement being made that nothing was known there of any disaster to the Widgeon or to her crew. The dispatches of this morning, however, said that the cruiser Raleigh, twenty-four guns. 5,200 tons, the flagship of the British squadron on that eoas-r, commanded bv Rear Admiral Frederick C. D. Bedford, and the flrstclais screw gunboat Widgeon, six guns, 805 tons, commanded by Lieut. Commander William J. Scullard. arrived yesterday at Bat hurst, capital of the British African colony of Gambia, and the rumor soon spread that the sailors had been Imdly handled in an encounter with the slavers. Bxact details of the affair are not obtainable owing to the refusal of the admiralty officials to make public their dispatches at present. But it is not denied that the British sailors had been defeated ashore. Later it was stated that landing parties from the ships had been sent ashore in order to punish Chief Fodlsilah, a notorious slave dealer, who has been carrying off into bondage and severely ill-treating the helpless natives of a number of villages along that iart of the coast whi'h he rules over. Thw British sailors are said to have landed in force and to have marched inland, where they met with a severe reverse, losing three officers, and ten men killed and forty wounded. Further details of the disaster to the sailors leaked out this afternoon. It appears that the ferce of British blue-jackets which landed near Bathurst was composed of men from the flagship Raleigh and from the gunboat Widgeon. The landing parties went ashore fully equlpped for marching inland and for remaining ashore for some time. Several machine-guns wet a taken ashore In tha boats, and the landing parties carried provisions for four days and an ample supply of ammunition. The March Inland. A reserve force was left ashore at the landing place which was thoroughly protected by the guns of the cruiser and the gunboat. After the blue-jackets and marines had landed the column began its march inland, but owing to the nature of the country, which the naval detachments had to pass through, swampy land, thick bush and forest land, the advance party and the flanking parties were soon compelled to practically fall back upon the main column, which pushed forward in this manner for the interior. For a long time after landing and commencing the march inland little or no idgns of natives were to be seen; in fact, the coast in the neighborhood seemed to have been deserted. But when the British force had advanced well inland and were surrounded by a thickly wooded country, with rising lands on both sides, the natives, who had been hired to carry the ammunition, provisions and water, began to desert, and eventually the whole lot of them disappeared. The British force, however, seems to have continued its march inland, and to have been eventually led into ambush, for Are was suddenly opened upon it from all sides and the sailors were routed before they were able to make any effective use of the machine guns. Chief Fodisilah is a notorious and desperate slave-owner, well known on the west coast of Africa. His force was reported to have been small in num1ers and to have been only armed with primitive rifles. Consequently the British landing parties were thought to le amply able to cope with the force of the slaver. Admiral Bedford' Report. Later this afternoon the admiralty department admitted that they had re MACHINE be in want of a r r n i wfc" J & U FRS THE SENTINEL has made your wants.

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ceived cable message from Admiral Bedford on board the flagship Raleigh at Bathurst. dated yesterday, and practically confirming all stories circulated in regard to tbe disaster to the British force. Admiral Bedford, in his dispat-h. said that the landing force was under th command of Capt. Edward 11. Gambia and that the carriers, by their desertion, caused the loss of all the spare ammunition, taken ashore for the use of ih' landing parties, and in addition the loss of all the water surply which had beer taken inland. Continuing, Admiral Bedford rejjorted that the sailors, upon reaching signs of a native habitation, pushed forward and eapuired two villages which were defended by stockades. The sailors occupied these two village throughout the following night, placing the machine guns at points of vantage, and thus making themselves practicallysecure from attack. But the loss cf tn water supply and spare ammunition made Capt. Gamble decide to return to the shore with the intention of re-embarking his force. This movement vraa commenced early the next morning1 and the column was on Its way back when the sailors were tuddeiUy attacked on all sldes; BATTLE WITH A TRAMP.

AVho Had Inanlted Three Dauubter of a Parmer. DALLAS, Tex.. Feb. 23. A farmer named Joseph Bibb, living north of Katt Fork, has three daughters who keej house for him, his wife being dead. On Wednesday a tramp came along, and, seeing no men about, insulted them, who nrtiiied their father, who was at work in the- field. Mr. Bi 1 1 mounted hi horse and w nt to Crandalbfor the constable. This officer and Mr. Bibb overtook the tramp, who opened fire upon them, and a battle ensued. In ill seventy-live shots were fired. The tramp fell mortally wounded. Mr. Rihfr re. reived a flesh wound and the constat) lost a finger. Positive economy, peculiar merit and wonderful medicinal jower ara all combined in Hood's Sarsaparilla. Try lt. Hood's curs. In ilia Mi Cays 1 of cod-liver was limited "CSj to casinfrthose far 'y" advanced in consumption." Science soon discovered in it the prevention and cure of consumption. Scotts Emulsion of cod-liver oil with Hypophosphites of lime and soda has rendered the oil more effective, easy of digestion and pleasant to the taste. Prepared by Sco't Bon, N. T. AH drnrriiu. CHOICE 60c. Im: K-luLoveirCarDHivn Pink. ii 10 Pute CbrTsnctbfniuras, foo M 4 Superb rrencti Ctncfci, foe .l-n KWfict Ko: e. - - - ftuo M-J4 r'ln.iadKll Bulb. - - Cuo I e l'.rdy OTnamrnitleUrut).; K-OChoiee Grre Vin. - - Heacu t f inr two et. - UM o No two plants aliko la tüee aei. Any 3 Scls, $1,25; 5 for $2. t - Kifo Arrival and paoefanioa guaranteed. Order l tha U-tter Irora Uiei aiivt. NOW a tiie ara Introductory mta noi in raiaiosu. elefraot annnnl r-f 1' pre. fre. .TrrvlhlDKul tbebe f otowhard, Ylnevitrri. Lawn and Garden. 0Ul year, acre, 26 greeunousea. STOHRS I HARRISON CO.. PAINESVILLE, OHIO, Box 271 nusixcss orroitTUXiTY. Jan. Uptrcpat. Feb. 1. II per nh W TS 10 - " IM TOT L per eenl. We have (aid to our cuslomrra In i dara. Profltupaid twiofl eacli monlh; mon7 can be w';t drawn any tim; 20 to fl,00 cun be Inverted; wr!H . for ioforifiation. FISHER A C 1. . I ackert ad Erokere. IS and 2) I'ro idy, . Yo.B. Member Consolidated ctock Excbaag'e. ON EARTH A J.. - "... J, --''cL -.r' " No. 4. if it is not as advertised. No be furnished with the STATS

ATTACHMENTS Accompanying; Each Machino ARE AS FOLLOWS:

1 Attarhmenta ia bracket are all interchangeable into hub on presset bar. Fix Bobbins, Feren Needles, One Large Screw Dnrer, One Small Screw Driver, One Wrench, One Instruction Book,

WARRANTY. Etery Machine ia fullr warranted for fire yeara. Any part proring defective will be replaced free of charge, except ing needles, bobbins and ahuttlea.