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The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-05-19
Seymour.


tColonel Forney In Progress" (Rep)l
Among the public men In the United
States there is not one who has maintained
for so long period stronger hold upon the
general confidence than Horatio Seymour,
of New York. An original Democrat, and
from the beginning of the civil war Demo
cratic leader with an immense following, he
has had the personal respect of his political
adversaries. The brother in-law of Roscoe
Conkling residing with him in the same city
of Utica, N. Y, he is also the blood
relation OF the old Connecticut Seymours
who have been, like himself, Democrats of
the old school, and who. like him, have held
some of the highest Offices in the gift OF the
people. Thus, DAVID. L. Seymour, a Con
nscticut man, but efterward a resident of
New York, was in Congress from New York
from 1913 to 1915 and from 1851 to 1858.
Horatio Seymour, uncle of the Horatio of
Utica, also Connecticut born was Senator
in Congress from Vermont from 1921 to
1888; Origen s. Seymour. of Connecticut,
was a Representative in Congress from that
State from 1851 to 1856; William Seymour,
another Connecticut man, was in
Congress from 1885 to 1887; Thomas
H. Seymour, born and dying in
Connecticut was an editor, law Judge, a
member of Congress. a Colonel in the Next
can war, American Minister to Mexico and
three times re elected Governor of Connecu-
cut. Tbs oldest survivor of this remarkable
race is Horatio, OF Utica. who was born in
Onondago County. n. V, and was Governor
of New York from 1888 to 1885, and again
from 1868 TO 1865, and will be seventy years
of age next year. Through his wife. de-
scendant of one of the old PATRONS of Al
bany, he has become quite wealthy, and
though lawyer of great powers, he hiss
been chiefly occupied in attending TO the real
estate that came to him through her. have
personally known al! the Seymours l have
named, except the two Oldest and the New
York Horatio remember most favorably.
His gentle manner and persuasive eloq uence;
fearless, sslf-assertiug. tolerant and national
character account largely for his marked
popularity az home, and the steady reliance
upon his opinions by his own partisaus else
where; and it has latterly seemed to me
that If he accepted the Democratic nomina-
ton for President this year, he would carry
New York and New Jersey against any other
Republican candidate but General Grant
He pleads old age, but with a healthy Vics
President he could have worse place TO
shuttle off his mortal coil than the White
House.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-05-19
A NARROW ESCAPE.
The Thrilling Experience OF an Engineer at
the sherman House I'm Chicago.
lChicago Tribune

ne experience VI al EnSAhc at
the sherman House in Chicago.
lChicago Tribune
Samuel Chambers, the assistant engineer
at the sherman House, had a very narrow
escape from q most terrible death yesterday
afternoon. After doing some work which
RAD called him to the fifth floor OF the hotel
be desired to go down again by the freight
elevator. He had the key to the elevator
door in his pocket, and when he opened it
and found that the elevator was not resting
at the fifth landing he peered into the
well beneath him to find out where
il was. A sight of the concrete pavement
at the base Of the well, lying some ninety
odd feet beneath him, showed him that
the elevator was above him. and he started TO
quickly draw back, when, before the thought
became action, he felt the bottom of the
elevator softly touch the crown OF his
head. The elevator was moving slowly. yet
there was no time in which to draw she head
from its pressure, and the horrorstricken
man felt the ponderous car very slowly, yet
very surely, pushing him down into the
abyss which yawned beneath him. With
the mad strength of despair he clutched the
side-sill OF the elevator door, his fingers
cinging to the slight tenure with grip of
iron. As the elevator descended he shifted his
hands along the sill and bent his body, not
with any hope of salvation from the
apparently inevitable doom, but with
the instructive desire to put off as long
as possible the agony of the final moment of
surrender. Sill slowly and surely the els-
vator car descended until his body was bent
double and his shifting hands had got within
an inch or two of his feet. His right shoul-
Ger being crushed by the weight upon it, and
his chest was SO contracted that breatAip z
was also an impossi biiity. Finally his hands
and feet met, and then one hand and then
another gave way, and the poor fellows sud-
denly released body fell outward into the
elevator wall 1t did not reach the concrete
basement this trip. as the car in the move.
ment of his falling, caught his left ankle be-
tween itself and the floor, and the obstruc
ton proved sufficient to stay its downward
progress. Dangling thus, by one foot,
Chambers felt hope revive within HIM
and shouted Justify for help, which was
not long in coming. The machinery con-
nected with the elevator was stopped, bars
were secured and the elevetor raised suffi-
GENTLY to allow the unfortunate fellow to be
lowered by a rope to the floor below, where
he was taken in safety. For a man who had
passed through such terrible experience,
Chambers was neither so much hurt nor
frightened as might be expected. His
shoulder was considerably bruised and his
collsr-bone was dislocated, while the ankle
which had borne the weight of the elevator
car, together with that of his pendant body,
was very badly mashed. No bones were
broken, however. and Chambers walked
down stairs to the engine room, where a sur
geon attended to his wounds, and pro.
nounced them serious, but not dangerous.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-05-19

OF ammonia; use with a soft tooth or nail
brush; when clean, rinse with cold water
and place in the sun TO dry. Do not soak or
scrub sufficiently to destroy the shape. 1t
will look as good as new.
TO Written PORCELAIN SAUcEPANs Have
the pans half filed with hot water, throw in
a tablespoonful of powdered oorax and let il
boil If this does not remove all OF the
stains, soap a cloth and sprinkle on plenty
of powder ed borax. Scour it well
LIGHT PUDDING Put two tablespoonfuls
OF ssge. tapiocs, or rice in pie dish. pour
over pint or pint and a halt Of milk; add
one and half tablespoonfuls of sugar, a
little grated nutmeg. il liked; bake two
hours in e slow oven; IL rice Is used, bake
three hours.
SWEET PoTAroEs To sat with turkey or
any roasted meat: Boil them first in the
skins, and when nearly done take them up.
peel them and put them in the pan in
which the turkey ID roasting; basic them
frequently with the gravy and turn them,
that they may brown all over.
CRACKERS FOR INvALIDs-One Quart of
-four, two eggs, one tablespoonful of sugar.
The eggs aud sugar must be beaten we'll to-
gether. One large spoonful of butter and
lard mixed, to be rubbed well into the -four.
Mix all together, and beat long and well.
Roll out as thin as wafer.
BERKSHIRE RUsKs.-One cup sweet milk
one cup yeast, one cup sugar, one cup flour;
set over night; in the morning add one-half
cup sugar, one-hR emp butter, rubbed to-
gether, two eggs, reserving white of one.
beaten to a froth, with little sugar, to spread
over the top.
BRAN BREAD.-To one quart of bran -four
rub in a teaspoonful of salt, and very
thoroughly two teespoonfuls OF cream of
tartar; then add two scans tsblespoonfuls OF
molssses and mix in sufficient new milk to
make a stiff batter. Dissolve one teaspoon.
full OF soda in two tablespoonfuls OF cold
water, and stir in thoroughly aud quickly.
Bake slowly one hour. This will keep fresh
and moist three days, and is relished by those
who can not eat graham bread"
HOLES IN THE WALL.-Small holes in
white walls can be easily repaired without
sending for the mason. Equal parts OF
plaster of Paris and white sand-such as is
used in most families Cor securing purposes
mixed with water to paste, applied i'm
mediately and smoothed with a knife or a
fiat piece OF wood, will make the broken
place as good as new. As the mixture
hardens very quickly, it is best to prepare
but a small quantity at time.
Picked Pres FEET.-Get a number OF
fresh and nicely cleaned pigs feet and boil
in slightly sailed water until tender While
warm remove the horny tips from the ends
of the toes. Pack in a stone jar. Meanwhile
heat two quarts of cider vinegar, two dc zen
whole peppers, dozen cloves and dozen
blades of mace. Give one boil and pour over
the stlll warm pigs feet. Put a plate over
them, with a weight on top TO keep them
under the vinegar, and set away in cool
place. This dish is very nice for lunch or
supper at this time of year, when one has
become tired of the winter diet. They are
very healthful and excellent for dyspeptlcs.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-05-19
IN GREAT PERIL,
The Narrow Escape of 600 Passengers a
Transatlantic Steamer,

The Narrow Escape of 600 Passengers on a
Transatlantic Steamer,
On themorning of April %, at $50 o'clock,
the Cunard steamship Samaris, Captain Mou-
lard, in latitude 43 deg 40 min. N, longi-
tude 40 deg. 9 min. W., sighted a steamship
with TIE Danish ensign flying at half mast.
Captain Moulsrd's vessel bore up to the dis
tressed vessel, which proved to be the Thing
valla, of the Thingva Ia Steamship Company
of Copenhagen, Captain Nielsen. The Danish
vessel had met with an accident to her pro-
peller. The pin bolt, which held one of the
blades of the fan, had slipped, and the enor-
nous mass of iron being loose on the shaft,
had not only rendered the screw useless, but
had disabled her steering gear. In the
neighborhood of the vessels large icehergs
were seen, and the CuDarder's Captain took
charge of the work of helping the distressed
vessel. The propeller was chained to the
fsthom hawsers were sent TO the Thingvalls
by means OF floats, and the Samaria took the
vessel in tow.
For the ext forty hours the weather con-
tinued pleasant, but toward night on Fri.
day last gale, attended with heavy sea,
taxed the best efforts of the two command
ers During the gale the starboard hawser
parted, the chains that bound the propeller
to the rudder post snapped, and the loose
blade OF the fan, again loose upon the shaft,
acted as dangerous ram. The mass OF iron,
four tons in weight, having play of three
feet on the shaft was driven with frightful
violence against the rudder post or, as the
motion of the vessel admitted, sgsinst the
hull The alarm among the 600 passengers
of the Danish steamer was CREST
IL was necessary 10 draw the shaft, which
gradually tapers toward the end into the YES
sci. and allow the mass of iron which had
broken loose to fall into the sea. The Hi
hernia, of the Anchor Line, twelve years sgo
attempted in the same way to rid itself OF a
useless propeller, only a boatload of the 600
souls on board surviving the attempt In
hauling in the tspering shaft large space is
left for the water to enter, and the utmost
care is necessary. II by any chance the shaft
should be withdrawn volume of water
wouldp in sufficient to seal the fate OF
the vessel. After period of intense anx-
iety and careful labor the loose fan dropped
of into the sea, and the Thingvalla, again
safe, in tow of the Samaria, arrived in Bos-
ton on Wednesday.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-05-19
Render Rural Homes Attractive.
lChriStian at Work.

The importance of making country homes
more attractive has already been urged upon
the readers of this journal, but the matter is
one which will bear frequent mention. 1t
is especially In order now, spring is the
seRon in which TO improve country, village
and suburban homes. In recent lecture,
Regent S. NJ. Gregory, OF the Industrial
University of Illinois, sought to stimu-
late the growing disposition to render
country and village homes attractive by
showing that beauty has a decided market
value. For example, of two farms of equal
excellence, the one on which the grounds
about the buildings tastefully planted
with shade trees and ornsmented by flower
beds and well kept lawns, will sell quickest
and for most money, besides contributing
most to the comfort of the daily life of the
owner and his family. These are cogent
reasons-increased value of premises and
comfort of occupsnts-aud should be needed
by all whose homesteads present an attrac
tive appearance.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-05-19
Come and farm.
Chicken Raising.
New York Farmer and DaIryman.l


New York Farmer and Dairyman.l
Don't set too many eggs under your hen.
Give her no more than you are sure she can
cover and keep uniformly warm At the
end of about tive ntJ one days the chicks will
begin to pip the shell. Don't NEEDLE with
them. Wait until you are sure some OF
them are fairly out. dry and strong. Take
these and put them in a box or basket, cover
them with cotton or some soft warm thing
and put them in a warm place. II left under
the hen, she may leave her nest with them
before all are matched. When all are out,
return those you have to the hen
and give her a clean, dry, warm place,
where she will have good air
and the chickens can have a moderate
range. IL you have to coop them, put the
coop in a sheltered sunny place, where they
can be protected from rain. Don't allow
them 10 be out after shutdown, nor to run in
the dew, night or morning. III the hen has
a range, don't allow her to wander of among
tall weeds or through high grass, TO worry or
loose her chicks A good authority says bard
boiled eggs, chopped fine, should constitute
their food the first week. Afterward they
may be fed on cooked wheat or corn, or a
mush of potatoes and Indian meal cooked.
These are good feed for the mother hen. In
mixing feed, add only just water enough to
moisten ii, go it will cr1mble to pieces when
thrown on the ground. From the first the
chicks will pick at such food thrown to the
hen. We have seen hen and chickens do
we'll on wet Indian meal as the principal
part of their diet. But they need green stuff
TO pick. and some animal food-such as
scraps of meat and loppered milk. Give the
hen and chicks a chance at the ground.
They will not only enjoy it. but 1t is
good and even necessary for them. Be
sure that everything is kept clean. and that
at no time lice get on the hen or chicks. If
sulphur or genuine Persian insect powder
has been freely busted in the nest, there will
be little likelihood of trouble from this
source. Green tansy put in and around the
nest IS said TO be a certain preventive OF lice.
A little sulphur in the food occasionally is
gooi-say a half ounce of powdered sulphur
to q dozen fowls, once a fortnight.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-05-19
How to Make Good Coffee.


The prices in the coffee market do not
change very materially throughout the
year. Wholesale merchants sometimes sue
coed In producing fiuctuation of a fraction
of a cent but such changes have little or no
effect upon the retail trade. at present the
best Java is selling for thirty five cents per
pound; Mocha, thirty eight cents; Ceylou,
forty cents. and Rio, thirty cents. 1t is
generally supposed by coffee drinkers that
the best COTS is made from a mixture of
Javaand Mocha in proportion of two-thirds
Java to one-third Mocha. The Mocha is
supposed to give a flavor and aroma. while
the Java supplies the strength. The bsst cof-
fee, however, is made from plantation
Ceylon, the flavor of which can not be
surpassed by any coffee in market. The
only objection possible is the fact that ii
takes very much greater quantity to Sc
cure rich color in preparing French coffee,
which is the only way coffee should ever be
cooked. One method OF remedying this
fault is to mix with the dry coffee a very
little hc1rice, and then filter the boiling
water through the whole; say to pint of
ground coffee, licorice the sizs of small
bean. Some of the reciI es for cafe au lait
in our cook books are really amusing; for
instance, when a wise authority tells the
reader TO put spoonful OF coffee into pint
of milk and boil it fifteen minutes. 1t
would be hard to say what sort of beverage
would be the result OF such a performance,
but certainly il would never make the de-
licious coffee served in Paris, and for that
matter throughout France, under the name
of cafe au lait.
The French cook strains q pint or less OF
boiling water slowly through a pint OF
ground coffee. This is done by pouring on
little at time, always being sure that the
water is really boiling, and keeping the pot
covered tightly while the process of flterinR
Is going on. When finished, the coffee will
be very dark and bitter, @ concentrated ex-
tract. The milk should never be allowed TO
remain on the fire after it has boiled up
once. but be served up Immediately in q
separate vessel; 70 three-quarters of cupful
Of boiled milk add quarter OF the coffee,
and sweeten TO taste. Here you have the
full virtue OF the stimulsnt, and q whole
some, nourishing drink ut the same time
which is more than can be said OF the great
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-05-19
Repairs i'm Roads and Paths.
ALBANY Argus.l

1t should be remembered that the worst
spot in a piece of road, whether public or
private way, measures the capacity of the
team for hauling loads over it, or in other
words, a team can draw between two given
points only what 1t can draw over the hard
est spot, whether that be steep hill or a
muddy slough hole, no matter how perfect
the other portions of the way may be. Any
man would be considered fool who should
keep good pair OF horses for hauling loads
and then persist in using them on a one
horse wagon, drawing but half load at a
time, and yet that is just what We are all do
ing, who, year after year, haul manure
farm products and merchandise over roads
that, by the expenditure OF a small amount
of labor, would enable us to haul double the
weight we now draw. April is oftentimes a
good month for making repairs in roads and
paths.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-05-19
The Necessity for Care in Farming.
Iowa State Register 7


The necessity for agricultural editors to
give earnest advice and counsel about the
better care of houses, fences, tools stock and
land is imperative. Impress upon all the
importance of studying more, and of doing
everything scientifically and systematically.
The cultivation of broad acres and the sale
of the gross crops without condensation is
cessing to be paying business, and the one
who can expect to win must expect to do it
by better cultivation, by wiser care of the
produciiveness of his farm, by a more eco
nomical use OF the products of his industry,
and by better care of the domestic animals.
The farmer must stay more at home, and his
own voice domesticate his stock, and by his
hands aid in preparing SO they will more
profitably assimilate their food. The farmer
must make his farm his paradise, and the
presence of his stock and his family his
principal delight Our people are not do
mestic enough-too much going abroad for
the comforts and eDjoyments of life which
should be found in awell-furnlshed house, a
lovely lawn, a well-arraDged farm and build
ings. and a goodly lot of domestic animals
who love their owners presence. There is
an immense work to be done
TO educate farmers to the true
principles of farming. There is need not
only of editorial but Governmental aid.
Precept and demonstration must be brought
TO bear to induce the people to ornament
their homes by setting out evergreens,
planting and cultivating fruits and flowers.
Ornamenting their lawns, and improving
and more thoroughly DEMONSTRATING their
animals and birds. They should instill into
their children a more abiding love of home
by making it more lovely. They must be
taught the importance OF making every foot
OF their ground more productive, and OF
using that produce so as to yield the largest
returns with the least proportional outlay
The home and farm should be to his heart
and the heart of his family the greenest and
sweetest spot on earth, around which their
affections should cluster, and be the dearest
place of enjoyment for leisure hours.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-05-19

II any trouble lie attendant upon the
baby's teething. don't hesitate to use DIR.
Bulls Baby Syrup. II Is invaluable. Price
25 cents bottle.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-05-19
Get a Home
SOUTHEAST MISSOURI
Or Arkansas.
The st. Louis Iron Mountain and South ern
Railway Company have over
100000 ACRES
100000 ACRES

of. fine farming and agricultural lands, re-
nl<ining unsolp. along its line in Southeast
Missouri and Arkansas. These lands embrace
a general variety of excellent soil and timber,
and are being sold to actual settlers at low
prices and long time. If desired. Some OF the
advantages of this middle country are good
climate, good people, free range, good water,
easy transport, cnolce markets, water power,
people from Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania,
Michigan and other States have purchased
and made for themselves homes on these
lands during the past two years, and all are
well satisfied. This company offer special in
ducements to purchasers and actual settlers.
Parties thinking of immigrating or looking
for new homes will do well to write to the un-
designed and procure maps, pamphlets, etc.,
free OF charge, giving full and detailed infor-
nation concerning these lands aud the South
west generally. HON. THOS. ESSEN. .
Land Commissioner, Little Rock, Ark.
r. COUCH, General Agent,
~ Louisiana st., Indianapolis, Ind.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-05-19
BaIky Horses.
CAmerican Agriculturalist.I


Among the suggestions said to be pub
lished by some Anti-cruelty to Animals
Society are these: II the horse, when he
balks, can have his attention diverted there
is usually no trouble in starting him. This
may be done in various ways, OF which the
following are a few that have been employ
ed: Take the horse out OF the shafts and
turn him around several times quite rapidly.
This will make him entirely dizzy and lead
him to forget that he does not wish to draw
the load. A stout twine twisted around the
foreleg has been used as remedy with good
results. A string tied around the ear has
the same effect. We have seen horses OF the
balklest sort started in a moment by putting
a lump of earth into their mouths. Even a
piece of sugar or a handful of fresh grass
will so divert the attention OF baker that
he will often start without trouble. Some
mild treatment like these that set the ami
NAL to thinking of something foreign to his
work is vastly better than any amount of
whipping, and is much easier OF application.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-05-19

bowlsful OF colored water made pslatsble by
the addition OF few spoonful Of cream or
condensed milk, and drunk by thousands of
Americans every morning throughout the
country.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-05-19
Raising Seed.
Manchester IN. H. Democrat.l

Raising Seed.
Manchester N. H. Democrat.l
Many farmers make an injudicions ex-
penditure of several dollars each year in the
purchase OF their entire lot of garden seed
that might be saved by only a few hours
time In growing saving and putting them
up. This is the time 10 prepare for another
years supply, and in setting out the plants
or roots from which TO grow the crop one
should have each variety of the same
family isolated from others that the
seed produced may be pure. Carrot
onion and parsnip seed, unless
grown and ripened under favorable circum-
stances, thoroughly dried and carefully
stored, will not grminate when more than
year old, but most garden seed will grow
after being kept several years, and some are
much superior for having been kept that
length of time. The intelligent gardener
will take advantage of this last-named fact
and raise several years supply OF long keep
ing seeds IN a single season, and thereby
avoid the annual trouble OF growing chem or
mourning the expense OF purchasing them.