Indiana State Sentinel, Indianapolis, Marion County, 30 May 1894 — Page 10

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THE INDIANA STATJä SENTINEL. WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY 30,. 189 i-TWELYE PAGES.

of the metropolitan police law applied to rules. "We also denounce th,e present unfair and unjust law that forbids minorities representation on election boards or Witnesses to count of ballots, as a violation Df the natural rights of the people; the entering wede to the destruction of free government: the very essence of party tyranny and taxation without representation; laws that no honest man can defend. We demand a constitutional convention to revise our state constitution and include therein reform In the methods of taxation and the Initiative and referendum system of legislation, with the veto power ef all the important laws In the hands of the people. We demand such equitable adjustment cf the statute for the listing of property for taxation that will permit the deduction of all bona fide indebtedness from Bum total ll6ted. We demand a reasonable homestead law that r.o process of any court can touch. We demand a law tajrlngr a-11 Inheritances corring to citizens of In.Uaria, both direct

ana collateral, at 5 per cent, above J..0W, for the benefit of the state sinking fund. Ve dema-nd the most liberal educational facilities for the nuutses within the power of the state to provide, and a more efficient administration of the public school fund. We demand that convict labor shall be taken as far as possible away from competiticn with, honest, free labor in conduct of the eta.te prisons, recommeding that counties work their convicts building and Improving' public road?. We demanJ a law at hands of the next legislature that will make it optional with debtors in this state to pay any leg-al obligation in pold. silver or other lawful tnoney of the United States. We demand that our state naturalization iana conform to our national laws Upon the subject. We view with alarm the evil influences of the liquor traffic. We heartily indorse the initiative and referendum system of lgislati'in, believing by this means that the people can suppress this and other evils more effectually than by any other "mode. We demand an effective enforcement cf the laws prohibiting the employment tf child labor. We demand that a system of arbitration be established, whereby serious difBcultles between employer and employes taay be speedily and Impartially adjusted, before either party resort to measures detrimental to one and to both. We favor a reduction of the working hours by law In mlr.es and factories In conformity with the progress of Industry. We demand that cities be specially empowered to assume ownership and control cf public water, transportation and lu?hting plants, in puch manner as to operate wholly in the interest of the peorle, without Imposing burdensome taxation. We are atrainst the giving out of public works under contract to the lowest bidder. The state and tr.e communities should carry out suoa work themselves under the supervision of experienced officers. We favor an efficient employer's liability law and the inspection of mines and factories fcr the protection' of life and Aimb of the workinsrmen. The rlarht to vote i.s inherent in citizen t;hip, Irrespective of sex. The Great Mass .Meeting;. A small knot of people's rarty sympa thizers gathered In the front scats sur-X-oundlnff the steTeoptlcon in Tomlinson Jiall at night. There were about 300 to 400 persona present and it was the occasion of the great mass meeting1 following the populist state convention. Like all the meetings held by the present gathering' of populists It was characterized by useless delays. The announcement was that proceedings should begin at 7:30 o'clock, but it was considerably after S o'clock when Lejoy Templeton called for order and introduced Philip Tiappaport. editor of the Indiana Tribune, who talked for some time. Gen. Van Dervoort of Omaha talked of 'the woman's legion of Colorado, which jrrew, after the enfranchisement of women vy the populist party, from one small Organization In Denver to 100 leagues with 10,000 members. He jollied the farmers as well as the ladies of this state on their strength and told of himself and the ice he cut as a republican several days ago In Indiana politics. AltTESIAX "WELLS. i"he Chances of Striking "Water In Any Given Place. A subject on which there Is still a large tmount of misconception is that of artesian or flowing wells. Usually, a3 we perforate the crust of the earth, we find water at no great depth, but generally the water will rise only to a certain hight In the well, which is known as the water line. This line may vary in wet cr dry weather, or on high or low ground, nnd In the same locality wat?r Is sometimes found only at surprising depths, while near by it may be found much nearer the surface. Hut there are localities In almost every country where a perforation down the rock3 is followed by ftn overflowing fountain of water, sometimes, as in soma portions of the West, with force enough to operate machinery. This outflow can only be accomplished y some kind of pressure. There is generally a higher "head;" that Is, the source JPf pupply has some higher altitude, and. while this may be many miles away, the water has found open material or favoring crevices under a more compact stratum to serve as conduits, and. when this compact cover is penetrated, the water will rise to a height corresponding with Its source, and with a force, light fr heavy, corresponding with Its pressure. Such Is the usual condition that sustains a well of this kind, but there are- also others. A natural gas pressure may at tome point be exerted against a column cf water, which, when exit Is furnished, Will then gush forth. Then, again, there ar$ "evidences of a sufficient surface pressure to force the water to and over the surroundings when vent is offered. The phenomenon of gushing forth Is sometimes encountered In unexpected filaces. In the small town of North Lima, en miles south of Youngstown, O., an ordinary well was dug some years ago. and, at a depth of less than thirty feet, a etream was encountered that filled the thole nearly as fast as the one digger could be drawn up, the overflow Issuing forth Li a fair-sized brook. Alarm was taken, the ejecavation was hurriedly filled with stones and dirt, and the flow T,-a3 shut off. In the county of "Williams, In the northwest corner of Ohio, flowing wells can be secured in many localities ry simply driving1 a pipe, often to a depth of only twenty feet. Hardin county, In the same state, also kas districts where the water will overflow, and both the counties mentioned are rather fiat. A most remarkable geyser was struck at Delle Plalne. in the southwest corner of Benton county, Iowa, some years ago, and such was the volume of water that shot forth and impelled with such terrific force that engineers from Chicago were employed to devise a method to get it under control. All flowing oil wells arcs such by reason of gas pressure, and a3 the pressure diminishes the flow abates. While no one may know In advance just where an artesian How may be met with, It is not so hird to determine where FU"h a flow would be impossible. Probably twenty years ago the commissioners of Allen county. Indiana, concluded to have an artesian well in the court hoise yard at Ft. "Wayne. Pole tools were secured for drilling and by the most tedious mithod a hole was made over 2,000 feet deep. Water of a most villianous smell was struck at a depth of forty feet, and was there all through the progress of the work, and J still there. The remarkable feature of tho case that the city mentioned Is right on the divide between the great lakes and the Mississippi basin, and hence called Summit City. Yet here. with, nothing higher for thousands of miles in any direction, a perforation was made 3,000 feet deep In the hope rf securing an overflow against every law known to hydraulics. For years the water was scorned, having a flavor as of decayed eggs, but at length, when an analysis was made. It was declared on high authority to possess extraordinary medical virtues, and mien was the presteura for the once despised fluid that a fountain, operated by steam power, was established to accommodate the public. No artesian well can be possible In such localities. Pittsburg Dispatch. Core Yourself. Don't pay large doctor's bills. The best medical book published. 100 pages, elegant colored plates, will be sent you on receipt cf three 2-cent stamps to pay postage. Address A- P. Ordway & Co., 13 oe ton. Maes.

CULTIVATION OF CORN.

TIIE MOST IMPORTANT CROP RAISED IX THE IXITED STATES. Preparing; the Soli and Cultivation Manor and Fertiliser Advice on Various Matters This la the Time to Destroy the "Weeds Corn Planting; All Around the Farm Carina; for For und Woolens Household Hints Recipes. This is the month when the corn is planted, and as it is the most important crop or this country It receives more at tention from experimenters than any other. Its value does not consist of the grain only, as no other crop on the farm can comiare with it as a forage producer, the value of Its fodder being equal to that of its grain. Corn receives more careless treatment than some crops. The land may be rough and full of lumps, but when nc other crop seems suitable for it corn is planted and made to yield well. One of the advantages connected with corn growing. is that the land receives usually good cultivation, which clears the soil of weeds and prepares it for some succeeding crop that cannot be cultivated. The roughest soil Is reduced to fineness when devoted to corn, and the crop is one of the surest on the farm. Manure jintl Fertilizers. Corn is a gross feeding plant and uses any kind of manure that may be applied. Its roots run in all directions, and form a close netting near the surface. It is also capable of enduring considerable drought, and delights in the warmest days of summer. It is never given to much manure, and it is capable or feeding over every square inch of surface. The manure should be broadcasted' and worked into the soil. When fertilizers are applied they thould be broadcasted instead of applied In the hill. Phosphates always give excellent results with corn, especially in assisting to fill out the seeds when the ears are forming, while potash promotes the growth of the stalks. Xitrogen, in any form, always shows great effect on corn, and this is especially the result when corn is planted on a clover sod. Before planting the seed apply from COO to 600 pounds of mixed fertilizer per acre, harrow It in, and layoff the rows. The increased yield of crop will pay for the fertilizer if the season is In any degree favorable. Preparing; Soil and Cultivation. The corn land phould have been plowed early in the spring, so as to allow the frost to reduce it, and to destroy cut worms in the soil, but it may again be cross-plowed Just before planting the seed, when the fertilizer should be applied. The hairowing cannot be done too thoroughly, as a fine seeding is everything In favor of a good crop. It is a mistake to attempt to work, the rough lajid down by cultivating after planting. The first preparation is important. While the idowing- phould be deep it is best to cultivate shallow, so as to avoid breaking the feeding roots that are near the surface, but the cultivator should be used frequently so as to keep the top soil loose as a protection against weeds and drought. Some farmers follow a regular routine, cultivating the corn three times and "laying it by," which gives grass and weeds a foothold. There is no time for ceasing cultivation as long as grass or weeds are in the ,row3 if a horse hoe can be used. Good cultivation and a clean surface afford more moisture to plants, increase the yield and leave the land in good condition for next season. Philadelphia Record. Farm Talk In Sen son. It requires time to convert substances Into plant food, but fertilizers are readily soluble and give almost immediate results on nearly all crops. Early cabbage plants and also tomatoes, peppers, egg pl.mts. string beans, melons and okra may be put out now. The ground should be rich, clean and fine. The growing pigs will thrive better at this season on food that is not too rich than to overfeed them on rich food. If they become impaired in digestion they are liable to diarrhoea. Experiments in seeding oats Indicate that eight pecka por acre is about the correct amount of seed to use, the largest yield of grain being derived from that quantity on the land. Always sell stock when there Is a good price offered. When holding back stock for a higher price there may be a greater expense Incurred for food than is gained by any increase in tlvs price. Shropshire sheep have performed great service in improving the common flocks, but the "best mutton breed is conceded to be the Southdown, -though it Is not as large In size ea the Shropshire. Any farmer can improve his crops by selecting seed from the "best specimens every year. Variety largely influences the yields and the best varieties are the results of careful selection of seed from the most perfect plants. Keeping the stable clean in the summer Is as Important as any work on the farm. In the winter the cold seals up the odors, but In summer all substances in the stable decompose very rapidly, gases being formed that are injurious to the health of the stock. Experiments show that when plenty of absorbent material is used In the manure It is not necessary to have the materials under cover, but when only a small amount of absorbent material is used a covering is necessary in order to prevent loss from rains. When the stock 13 infested with lice it Indicates a. low condition. Fat, healthy, well-fed animals are seldom Infested with lice. When lice are found on animals there is a probability also that they may become diseased. Filth, lice and disease are always found together. Even when eggs are fresh the prices are lowered by dirty shells. It will be an advantage to wash the eggs in soap and water. If the stains do not come off place the eggs in vinegar for an hour, and then wash them. Assort them, pla'cing the dark eggs in one lot and white eggs In another. Iiran and linseed meal should be used occasionally, if for no other reason than that of affording a change of diet. Such foods are always rich in mineral elements and serve to supply any deficiency in that direction. Growing animals and milch cows are always benfited by food that contain an abundance of mineral matter. Plant the corn as soon as it can be done. About one inch is the best depth at which to cover the seed. It is better to use too much seed than too little, as allowance should bo made for damage done by cut worms, failure to germinate, etc. It is safer to depend on thinning out plants If too thick than to replant missing hills. An hour's work at this season of the year, when the weeds are Just peeping out of the ground, will be of more service than a day's labor after they have made growth. A rake will destroy them at first, but It may require the plow in a month more. It is In doing the work at the appropriate time that saves cost and pushes the crop ahead. If any portion of the farm Is not under cultivation there may be a crop of weeds. To destroy them use the mower, and Cut them down in the fence corners with the scythe. Never allow one weed to go to seed, as some of them are capable of producing thousands of seeds, each of which may produce a weed next season, thus entailing more work and expense. In the South the Lima bean is known mostly as the "butter bean." the small sewee variety having been mostly used. It Is the same as the small bush kind

and is early and prolific, but requires poles. The large Lima beans are greatly improved in size and quality within recent years, and though poles may be necessary the increased crop pays for the cost. Always broadcast fertilizers if possible. . Plants feed more from their root extremities than at the base of each. A handful of fertilizer placed within the diameter of a few Inches around a plant is not easily utilized. By broadcasting the fertilizer it is seized by hundreds of rootlets as fast as the rains dissolve it. while the proportion of soluble matter is also larger. The value of the garden does not depend on what '.he crops may bring In the market, but upon how much such vegetables would cost for a family If they were bought. The beet market for garden crops is at home, on the farmer's table. The farmer who will buy his vegetables and .mall fruit when he can raise them pays twice as much for his luxuries as he should. It Is more profitable to spread manure thickly th:in to attejnpt to cover a large surface with a limited supply. One of the causes of poo- crops is that the plant food is divided among too many plants instead of giving each a full ration. There should be no hesitation In concentrating the manure on a small

-area, and if the supply is insufficient for the purpose use fertilizers also. A variety of grasses in the pasture affords better materials for the cows, and also induces them to eat a rger proportion of food. In some sections, and on certain kinds of soil, the native grasses crowd out all others, but In making a new pasture the seed should be of as many kinds of grass as possible, in order to secure several kinds permanent ly, as some among them may not be able to hold a place in the pasture. All Around the Farm. The largest hop yard in the world Is said to be in Yakima county. Washing' ton. and contains 6(0 acres. There are several in the state of C00 acres and up ward. It has been suggested that in neighbor hoods where orchards are small, young men with pluck and energy could get a spraying outfit and build up a lucrative business spraying orchards. It is stated that forty-four out of every 100 persons in the United States are agriculturists; fifty-six in- Canada. forty-right in France, seventeen in Ger many and seven in England. It is best not to let more than two or three stems grow from one setting of currant bushes. So many will not inter fere with each other any more than that number of stalks of corn in a hill will prevent it from earing. A distinguished fruit grower, in an ad dress before the agricultural students of the Ohio state university, gave it as his opinion that you can sell 5,000 bushels of pears of one kind more easily than you can dispose of one load of mixed varities. A stockman' says that suli.nur should always be kept in handy reach of the sheep house. It is a preventive of many ills. A few peices of roll brimstone should bo always found in the horse and cow troughs. Insects and vermin do not like sulphur. The value of farmir.g land in this country is greatest in New Jersey. In 1S8S It averaged: New Jersey, Massachusetts, $.".0; Ohio. $46; New York. $44 : Vermont, $"6; Maryland. ?32; Wisconsin, $23, and in some western states less than ?5 per acie. The Maine agricultural station concludes from tests made that tomato plants handled in pots previous to setting in the field are more vigorous and productive than those not so handled a fact which may be of great importance to the commercial grower. If a team pulls unevenly the trouble may be remedied by unhitching the inside traces and crossing them so as to have the same horse attached to the same end of each swingletree. One case Is known where many a heavy load has iK-en pulled by adopting this expedient. . Farmers entertaining the idea of growing peas as a farm crop, either alone or with grain, will bear in mind that they -must be sown early in the se ason. The pea vine thrives well only in the rally part of the summer. It must make its crop before August weather comes on bringing the mildew and the rust. Peas are best adapted to the light, early lands. A curious instance of the neglect of fruit culture in Kngland is shown in the meager area devoted to nurseries, viz., only 12.000 acres. This seems quite insignificant for a country with 38.000,000 people, while some single nurseries in America cover as much as 4,000 acres. There are, however, over 63,000 acres under small fruits, an increase of 3.4Q0 since 1S02. The deduction is obvious. If the bridle is taken off a young horse quietly, so that the bit comes out of his mouth easily. It will not be long before he will assist in taking it off, but if he is hurt by the operation he will throw his head to one side or jerk back every time the bridle is removed. There should not be the slightest hitch about taking the bit from the mouth of a colt. By the process many a colt has been ruined. " A writter in "a foreign publication reports a case of all the cows in a certain village suddenly commencing to give bitter milk. Veterinary skill failed to discover the cause for it in some months, as the cows were perfectly healthy, but it was finally traced to the excessive feeding of Swedish turnips which had been washed in filthy ditch water. When this feed was stopped the milk quickly returned to a natural condition. "An experiment in the depth of planting corn at the Illinois station, beginning with one inch, proved that the shallow planting gave the best results. No doubt general practice corroborates this. Still, kind of soil and time of planting may modify the depth. A sandy, porous soil -calls for a deeper planting. So that crops planted late and after the soil gets heated up should be cuvered deeper than the early planting. Orchard grass roots run near the surface, and it furnishes a rich herbage before clover is ready to cut or feed. If not fed or cut down early the grass soon hardens, sending up a woody stem which is of comparatively little feeding value. Left so long as this vigor of the plant is weakened, and the second growth is less. Ily cutting early orchard grass can be made to furnish three crops in a season, if the soil be rich enough to grow them. A poultry grower says that the fruit grower, can combine fruit growing and poultry raising without occupying more land than would be required for one pursuit, and the results from the orchard and from the hens would be more satisfactory. The fowl3 can be made to assist in protecting the trees by giving them loose soil for dusting near th trunks of the trees, and placing their drinking water under trees and feeding them at the base of each tree. There are a few days at the beginning of the chicken's life when whole grains of wheat are too large for them. We find, however, that after they are ten days old there is no difficulty from whole wheat, though it Is better to give cracked grain some time longer, as it requires longer time to eat a given quantity. Soft food does not tax the digestive organs sufficiently to insure their vigor. It Is tho cause of more .deaths of young chicks than anything else excepting lice. Mr. Campbell of Dwake, New Zealand, eradicates the Canadian thistle thus: "About twelve months ago I had a patch of these thistles on my farm, to which 1 applied a slight dressing of powdered brimstone by sowing broadcast with the hand, somewhat similar to sowing artificial manure. This wholly eradicated the weed. Brimstone is a never-falling cure for the thistle. It destroys all vegetable life, and ground treated as I have s A GUARANTEED CUES. Best egg-producer on earth. Sold by all druggists.

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explained will not support life for two years afterward, but after that time has elapsed it can again be worked with satisfactory results." " '

HOME AFFAIIIS. The Proper Method of Taking Care of Fnrs and Woolens. The packing away of furs and woolens for the summer comes next in the curriculum cf housewifery after spring housecleajitng. The practical housewife knows that it is not best to do this too soon because of the biting days that come now and again throughout the month of April and sometimes even In the early days of May, but later than that it is unwlfe to have flannels, furs or any of the' wools in common use about the house hanging in closets, on racks or in any of the places wh'-re they are ordinarily kept in winter, If the housewife is a good hygienist she has a great deal of wool in her domain, because she knows better than tongue can tell how necessary all-wool garments are to the preservation of health in cold weather. She religiously superintends the making, washing and mending of these garments in all sizes, from those worn by paterfamilias to the miniature ones affected by the baby, and when " the time of year comes to put them away she neatly darns even the very tiniest holes, folds the garments smoothly and envelopes them entirely in cotton cloth which she snugly ties with string. These tidy mils or bundles are then laid In a trunk or chest, which is carefully closed away from dust. Two or three times during the summer the wools are taken out and hung out in the air, after which they are carefully returned to their cotton wrappings again. This Is the modern method of putting away flannel. The moth never troubles cotton, and the old notion of saturating all woolens with the disagreeable odor of camphor Is entirely exploded. That odor, by the way, is very difficult to eradicate. In fact in some cases it never is effaced, the result being obnoxious in the extreme to some persons absolutely intolerable. It is surprising how long ai time it has taken for housewives to evolve this fact out of the mental rubbish they have always cherished about the necessity for the use of camphor, but those who have proceeded on the new plan could not be induced to change back to the old. All wools must, of course, be perfectly clean when they are put away, and it is an ill wind which hurries a housewife so that she cannot find time to mend her flannels before packing them away for the summer. A light, airy store room is much to be desired in any house, as the packing away of boxes and trunks filled with wearing apparel in dark closets is unhandy as well as unhealthy. A true housewife prizes her clothes store room Just as she does her china closet, and keeps it in equally as good order. The floor should be washed frequently, and dust should not be allowed to collect on doors and windows. Many women imagine that they are not sufficiently wise to take care of their own furs in summer, frequently sending them to furriers, who charge almost as much for keeping them through the heated term as the furs are worth. This is all folly, as by giving a little attention to detail one can preserve her own furs perfectly throughout the summer without going to the expense of employing anybody to do it for them or to the Inconvenience of sending them away. A furrier told me Just how he preserved furs In hot weather. He said that anybody else could do it Just as well as a furrier if they would only get two slender canes and beat a light tattoo on the furs until every particle of dust Is removed. The next step, he said, was to air the furs well, but never in the sunshine, and then to wrap them closely In linen or cotton cloth and inclose them tightly in a box or trunk. In very hot weather they should be beaten and aired once a week. In moderately warm weather 'once a fortnight is sufficient. Jenness Miller Magazine. Hints lo HonseWecpers. Oilcloth is ruined by the application of lye soap, as the lye eats the cloth, and after being washed it should be wiped perfectly dry or the dampness will soon rot it. If laid down where the sun will shine on it much, it will be apt to stick fast to the floor unless paper is laid under it. Matting should never be washed with anything but salt and water a pint of sait to half a pailful of soft water moderately warm. Dry quickly with a soft cloth. Twice during the season will probably be sufficient washing for a bedroom, but a room much used will require it somewhat oftener. To Clean Carpet The carpet being first well shaken and free from dust, tack it down to the flo6r; then mix half a pint of bullock's gall with two gallons of so't water; scrub the carpet well with soap end the gall mixture; when perfectly dryit will look like new, as the colors will be restored to their original brightness. The brush used must not be too hard, but rather long in the hair, or It will rub up the nap and injure the carpet. Velvet requires very careful manipulation, as it loses Its fine appearance if wrung or pressed when It Is wet. To remove dust, strew very fine, dry sand upon the velvet, and brush in the direction of the lines untli all the sand Is removed. The brush must be a new one. To remove dirt, dissolve ox-gall In nearly boiling water, and add some spirits ot wine; dip a soft brush in this solution and brush the dirt out of the velvet. It may require repeated brushing. After this, hang the velvet up carefully to dry. For finishing, apply a weak solution of gum by. means of a sponge, to the reverse side of the velvet. To Wash Lace or Muslin Curtains Before the curtains are put in the wash tack all around them narrow strips of white cotton cloth an Inch or two wide. Dissolve a little soda, in milk-warm water, and put in the curtains. Let them remain for half an hour, stirring and pressing them occasionally. Wring them very carefully rather squeezing than wringing whenever this- process is to be formed. Place them In cold water for an hour, then wash them with soap and warm water. Wash again in clear water, rather warmer than the last. Iilnse them in blueing water (only slightly blue, unless the curtains are very yellow.) Wring caiefully in clean towels. They are now ready for starching. Make the starch according to the usual process, but be sure to have it very thin for lace. Thick starch Is utterly destructive to the line, soft appearance of Ihi lace. Stir a few times round in the starch, while boiling, a wax or sperm candle, or put into it a small piece of white wax. If the later is used it should be melted and poured In. When the starch Is ready, pour half of It into one pan and half Into another. Dip the curtains In one, wring them out in towels, then dip into the second, and wring again. Over the floor of an unoccupied room spread a couple of sheets, one under the other, for each curtain; shake the curtain and lay It down smoothly, the tdges of the cotton cloth to the edges of the sheet. Pin down the top and back. The other sides will then come perfectly tAraight without Tinning. Leave the curtains to dry. When dry they should not be folded, but put up at once, or If you wish to put them away for awhile roll them lightly In a loose, soft roll, and wrap in blue paper or cotton (the former Is preferable) and lay them where no weight will press against them. Vnnnlile It eel pea. Boiled Custard One quart of milk, four eggs, two tablespoonfuls of sugar. Scald the milk, beat the eggs and sugar together, add to the milk, boil five minutes and flavor with lemon or vanilla. Cream Pie Put one-half pint of milk and one-half cupful of sugar in frying pan, and let It come to a boll, then dissolve one tablespoonful of corn-starch In a little milk reserved from the half pint; add to it the beaten yelk of one egg. stir into the boiling milk, and then thicken and smooth; remove and add a little salt and lemon flavoring. Pour

Into a flaky crust that has been just baked, and frost with the white of one

egg and one tablespoonful of sugar; place in a hot oven till a delicate brown. Eagle Cake One cupful of brown su gar, one half cupful of butter, one cup ful of sour milk, one cupful of chopped raisins, two cupfuls cf flour, one tea Fpoonful of soda, one half teaspoonful of cinnamon, one quarter teaspoonful of cloves, half a nutmeg grated. Bake in a moderate oven. Sugar Cakes One pound of supar, three eggs, half a pound of butter or lard, two tablespoonfuls of ground mace, one table spoonful of soda, one gill of sour milk; flavor with lemon. Use flour enough to make a very soft dough, and roll as thin as possible. The last direction is the secret of excellence with this kind of cake, Good Housekeeping. Floating Island Put one quart cf milk in a double boiler, beat the yolks of Fix eggs and add one teacupful of sugar. Add all to the boiling milk. Flavor with lemon. Beat the whites of six eggs to a stiff froth, add two tablespoonfuls of su gar; pour the custard into a dish, placing the beaten egg on top of it. Set in the even until it browns slightly. Old Maid Cake One pound of flour. one-half pound of sugar, a quarter pound of butter or lard, four wineglassfuls of sweet milk, one- tablespoonful of molasses one tablespoonful of soda, half a pound of raisins (seeded), a quarter pound each of currants and citron or candied orange peel the latter is better than citron. Add spice to taste. Good Housekeeping. An Easy Icing An icing that is the least troublesome of any I know is made by using the uncooked Juice of a lemon. Squeeze the lemon and strain the juice; stir In gradually enough sugar to enable you to spread it. Cover the cake with this and set in a cool place an hour or more: if you wish a thick icing apply a second coating after the cake has stood a quarter of an hour. Orange Custards The juice of ten large oranges, a teacupful of sifted sugar, the yolks of twelve eggs and a pint of cream. Sweeten the orange juice with the sugar and set over the fire. Stir constantly until hot. skim and set aside to cool. When nearly cold add the yolks of the eggs beaten very light and the cream. Put all into a saucepan and stir over a very slow fire until thick. Pour into cups and serve cold with a meringue made of the whites of the eggs beaten stiff, with a cup of pounded sugar. Lemon Pie The juice and grated rind of two lemons, one coffee cup of sugar. three eggs (reserving the whites of two for a meringue), half a cup of sweet cream, put in the last thing, one tablespoonful cornstarch mixed with the cream, half a teaspoonful of mace, quarter of a teaspoonful of salt. Line a-pie plate with nice paste, pour in the mixture and bake half an hour. When baked cover the top with the whites of the two eggs, beaten to a stiff froth, smooth it over with a knife and set it in the oven to brown. Cocoanut Cake One pound of sugar, half a pound of butter, one cocoanut grated, one-half pound of flour, six eggs, pinch of mace, half a teaspoonful of baking powder. T.oat the butter and sugar to a cream, add the mace, the beaten yolks and the whites of the eggs beaten to a stiff froth, then the flour (into which the baking powder has been stirred) and lastly stir in the cocoanut. Bake in loaves. This recipe makes the most delicious cake, and if once tried successfully I feel sure it will be Kiven a place of honor In the family recipe book. White Fiih Turbot Four pounds of fine white fish steamed and boned. Take one quart of milk, one-quarter pound of flour, a little thyme or sage, salt and popper to taste, and three slices of a large onion. Cook over a kettle of water until a thick cream dressing is made, then add one-half cupful of butter and two beaten eggs. Put in a large baking dish a layer of fish; salt and pepper, then a layer of the dressing until the dish is fuil. putting the cream dressing on top. Sprinkle with bread crumbs dotted over with bits of butter. Bake in a moderate oven one-half hour. One large dish will serve fifteen or twenty persons. Mrs. Marshall's Ginger Snaps One pint of molasses, half pound each of laru and brown sugar, two tablespoonfuls each of ginger, cloves, cinnamon and soda dissolved in the molass?s, one cupful of sweet milk, enough flour for a soft dough. Use as much flour as you wish in rolling them out. Holl very thin. In cutting out these cakes, do not use the scraps or corners of dough until all are cut out. Some persons roll them with the original dough, but that makes the dough too stiff, and the cakes are not crisp. Keep the scraps until the last, and then roll together and use. They will make quite good cakes, but inferior to the first. Good Housekeeping. In hot weather a lemon sherbet or water Ice is refreshing and wholesome. The Juice of an orange is a great addition to this ice and the proportions may be varied. Four large, juicy lemons make quite a quantity when an orange 1s used. Peel the yellow rind of the lemons very thin, and from the orange also and put to boil in a porcelain saucepan with a pound and a quarter of sugar and one quart of water. Boil five minutes, set away to cool; when cold strain into the lemon and orange juice; stiain the whole into the freezer and freeze until stiff, then take out the beater and the whites of three eggs beaten to a stiff froth, beat well together, cover closely or put into a mold, repack and set away to harden. A Roman Use of Lemon Did you ever hear of the Roman cure for malaria? I would advise a judicious preparation for anathema maranatha, when about to administer the dose; it will give the marble Venus a wry face, but Is claimed to have cured stubborn cases. Allow one pint of water to one lemon four lemons make sufficient for many a dose; cut up the lemons, rind, pulp and all, in the water and boil until the whole is reduced to one pint; a teaspoonful before each meal Is the dose. On hot mornings when appetite fails and the sight of food disgusts one try sliced lemons for breakfast. Peel carefully, remove every particle of pith, slice down instead of across into a deep glass saucer and strew liberally with sugar. Do not, I pray, be Induced at this season of the year to save your lemons. apo1con' Way vrith Inventor. The in'cnv!cn of a bnl'et-p-ooi coat by Dowe, the German tailor, and his standing up to let the Russian embassador shoot at him, recalls a similar circumstance In which the great Bonaparte figured. Just before Napoleon set out for the court of Belgium he sent to the cleverest artisan of his Mass In Paris and demanded of him whether he would engage to make a coat of mail, to be absolutely bullet-proof, and that if so he might name his own price for such a work. The man- engaged to make the desired object, if allowed proper time, and he named 1S.000 francs as the price of It. The bargain was concluded, and In due time the work was produced and its maker honored with a second audience of the emperor. "Now," said his imperial majesty, "put it on." The man did so. "As I am to stake my life on its efficacy, you will, I suppose, have no objections to do the same." And he took a brace of pistols and prepared to discharge one of them at the breast of the astonished artisan. There was no retreating, however, and, half dead with fear, he stood the fire, arid to the infinite credit of his work with perfect Impunity. But the emperor was not con tent with on trial; he fired the second pistol at the back of the trembling artisan, and afterward discharged a fowling-piece at another part r nlm, with similar - effect. "Well." said the emperor, "you have produced a capital work, undoubtedly what is the price of it?" Eighteen thousand francs was named as the agreed sum. "There is an order for them," said the emperor, "and .here is another for an equal sum for the fright that I Jbave given you." Philadelphia Times. Compensation. "Well, I don't care; there's one advantage In having low ceilings," said Mrs. Oldhouse to Mrs.-Newhouse, "you can elap mosquitoes better." Boston Courier.

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HE BLEW A POLICEMAN'S WHISTLE 1VHILE PREACIIIXG. Heard Mysterious Whisper Wore an Enchanted Ring: and Gave Sliced Lemon to HI Mare Is Adjudged to De Insane. ' An extraordinary lunacy case has lately been attracting much attention in London. It originated in a demand made by the Rev. Clement Tollemache and Capt. Anastasius Tollemache that an investigation should be made Into the mental condtion of their brother, the Rev. Augustus Tollemache, vicar of "Whltwick, Leicestershire. Mr. Tollemache is a bachelor a.bout fifty-four years of age, and has held the Whirwick living for seventeen yeirs. Twelve months ago he began to show signs of eccentricity. lie had a policeman's whstle and used to blow it during service in church. On April 12. when the bishop of Peterborough arrived to perform he ceremony of confirmation. Tollemache was found sitting among the girl candidates and refused to leave them. Throughout the sendee he held an umbrella up. and turned a large ring he wore toward the bishop "to keep off the evil one!" He attached great importance in his large ring. He wore it on his thumb, and usually held it up in front of him for guidance and assistance. It enabled hirr. he said, to hear whispers at a distance. At one time he walked round and round a horse trying to mesmerize it with this ring. He used to dress in a policeman's coat, and with a bull's-eye lantern fixed in his belt went "searching for ghosts" at his church. At the funeral of a. very old and well-to-do parishioner Mr. Tollemache refused to read the service, and after another clergyman had been got to do so he struck the grave three times with a pickaxe, and. blowing his whistle all the tme. declared that he was communicating with the dead. A witness said that Tollemache. on Dc. 3. preached a sermon from the text "Take the helmet." "He began as fallows: 'Last Sunday I gave notice that there would be divine service in this church on St. Andrew's day at 9 o'clock. but I was not able to get here until in I will tell you now how it was that I was not able to be there. On Tuesday morn ing I had to go away on business, and It may Interest you to know what I had for breakfast. (Laughter.) I had a cup of strong coffee and some buttered toast. (Laughter.) He said he went to various places In Leicestershire on a little mare which was like a daughter to him. (Laughter.) He said that he had had a lemon sliced, and he gave half of it to the mare. (Lansrliter.) He further said that the mare squeezed Vne lemon a little and then pushed it away. (Laughter.) "Did he say anything of the object of his ride?" "He said. 'You know the olden days' people used to ride round the roads to keep them open. That is what I was doing. I was knlght-rlding my mare. and I, they tell me, went 200 miles. " "How did the congregation receive the sermon?" "Almost all of them were laughing. I was myself. I couldn't help it." (Laughter.) Mr. CI. Underwood, the vicar's warden, deposed that on one occasion he noticed the respondent blowing a whistle during service. He blew the whistle in order to emphasize a statement he was making. Inspector Kirtchin of the Leicester con stabulary detailed incidents in connection with the funeral of Mr. Burton in De cember last. When they reached the church Tollemache was standing outside the gate in his robes. As the funeral cortege approached Mr. Tollemache loud ly blew his whistle and then proceeded at a rapid rate to Xha cemetery, running round a lamp rost on the way. (Laughter.) Dr. G. H. Savage, lately senior surgeon at Bethlehem hoppital for the insane said that he had asked Mr. Tollemache for an explanation of the so-called fu neral scandal. He told witness the rea son he acted as he did was in con.se quence of the "whisper" ho had re ceived from the bishop, and that personally he had wished to have conducted the service. At one time he was on the point of yielding, when the bishop again whispered "Stick to it." (Laughter.) He further said that his whole life had been conducted by the whispers, which were more fruitful than other voices. (Laugh ter.) He gave witness to understand that, having business at Highleigh, a parish in Yorkshire, he got something into his eye, when a whisper told him to go to Nottingham. He at once went to the doctor named by the whisper. He also spoke of blood poisoning, suggesting that a certain' scent used in church ceremonies had been given him. He spoke of his education having been given in whispers, that by going to the belfry and listening to the bells he had made his hearing very acute. Now he underStood what the bells said. He said that he had a gaslight in his dressing-room near his bed-room, but the shade of it was a shade which collected and concen trated all the answers to the whispers. (Laughter.) During the whole of the conversation Mr. Tollemache moved his right thumb about in such a fashion that witness attention was drawn to the fact that he wore a very large ring upon It. He deliberately held the ring toward witness. Mr. Tollemache also asked witness if he had a strait waistcoat in his pocket. (Laughter.) In the result this very eccentric parson was adjudged a lunatic and Incapable of taking care of himself or of his affairs. Mistake In Dotes. It Is curious to note the. mistakes of writers of experience and supposed infor mation, notably anachronisms, which seem inexcusable. In a half-column article published in Harper's Weekly (date. May 12). on the old Pt. Charles hotel of New Orleans, John Gilmer Speed says, speaking of the architectural .pre tentions of the famous old hostelry, that "Lady Wort ley Moi.iagu, with an en thusiasm that overleaped discrimination, compared this building, with its immense dome and Corinthian portico, to St. Peter's at Pome." Mr. Sneed then roes on to state -Jiat the St. Charles hotel was completed In 1K37. According to this Lady Wortley Montagu must have had the gife of foresight in an unusual degree, for she was born in 10S9, more than 200 year x go, dying in 17G1. Washington Star. A Natural Food. Conditions o f the system arise when ordinary foods cease to build flesfi there is urgent need of arrest till t'3J v ing .waste assistance must come quickly, from natural food source. Sooft' s Emulsion is a condensation of the life cf all foods it is cod-liver oil reinforced, made easy of digestion, and almost as palatable as milk. Prepared br Soott k Botra. N. V. AH drnrr.

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