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The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-11-17
Floors For PouItry Houses.

Various materials have been employed
for constructing floors for poultry houses, as
boards or planks, concrete, asphaltum,
brick and stone The first named are OBJ
jectionable, as they absorb portions of the
manure dropped by fowls, and, in conse-
quence, give off vile and unhealthy odors
when the temperature becomes warm.
Floors made in part of asphaltu are liable
to become sticky during the hot weather of
summer. Floors made of concrete,
brick or stone are very cold
during the winter, and are liable to the
further objection of becoming damp. AT
present most poultry keepers give their
preference to earth floors. They prefer clay,
but are we'll satisfied with any kind of earth
so that it is elevated sufficiently to be out
of the way of surface water. Whatever
kind of earth is employed should be packed
close, so that it may be swept with a stiff
broom occasion requires. 1t is best to
have the floor covered with pulverized peat,
ashes or road scrapings, with which the
droppings of the fowls may be mixed. As
often as once week all this loose material
should be swept up and put in barrels for
use as manure.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-11-17
Back Again.
louisville Post.

The agricultural editor is by slow degrees
creeping back into the columns of the papers
where politics have been making it too
warm for his tender young philosophy to
flourish
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-11-17

The Emperor Napoleon spent the night
after Sedan in reading novel. 1t was THE
Last of the Barons.n
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-11-17
Bonanza Farming i'm Dakota Territory.

The Fargo Argus supplies some interest
ing particulars of the result of this years
operations on the now celebrated Grandin
farm in Dakota: During the season of
1880 the management cultivated 5,92l acres
of wheat, the total yield of which amounted
to 137, 257 bushels, or an average of twenty
three bushels and ten pounds to the acre.
In addition to this there were 304 acres of
oats, which produced Is, 925 bushels, and
141 acres of barley, the crop of which was
$3.50 bushels The Grandins will break
new land for the next crop to
the extent of 1850 acres, giving
a total area for seeding next spring of S,001
acres This splendid estate consists of the
River Wheat Farm. of 10000 acres, on the
Red River of the North, and the stock farm
at Mayville, covering $4,000 acres. Total,
$4,000 acres As slight commentary upon
the question, Does bonanza farming payr it
may be mentioned that $1,000 bushels of
wheat will pay all the expenses of the insti-
tuition for the year; the other product ons-
oats and barley-will feed the stock, and the
proceeds of 100, 900 bushels of North Dakota
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-11-17

II you feel dull, drowsy. deblhtated, have FREE
quent headache, mouth tastes badly, poor appe-
lite, and tongue coated you are suffering from
torpid liver, or "biliousness" and nothing will
cure you so speedily and permanently as 70
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-11-17
Drying Potatoes for Export.

At various times during the past few
years papers in different parts of the cOun-
try J. ave contained accounts of experiments,
more or less successful, in desiccating Sweet
and common potatoes so they would keep
in relation to sweet potatoes it has been
claimed that the dried article could not be
distinguished from that which had never
been subjected to process for removing the
moisture after both were cooked; at least
there was no difference in the taste. As
sweet potatoes are hard to keep in a varying
climate, there seemed to be great adj
vantages in process that would preserve
them. Recently the project of preserv-
ing potatoes has been revived on the Pa
CHIC Coast, and dried potatoes are now sent
to Europe from San Francisco. In COM
menting on the new industry an Eastern pa
per says: Drying potatoes SO as to preserve
them, even for several years, in any climate,
is new industry that has sprung up in
California. The tubers. which are dried
and pressed by a newly-devised machine,
are said to retain to a great extent their
natural taste and original freshness. The
first shipment made by San Francisco mer-
chant to Liverpool brought S160 per ton
over AL expenses of shipment Only about
twenty tons were exported last year, but
these sold at the rate of 50 per sack for green
potatoes and the demand has become much
greater than the supply. California capt.
talists are reported TO be turning their at
tention to the matter, and several COM
panies are being organized to push the in
uuStry."
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-11-17
Brain and Nerve.

Wells Health Remover, greatest remedy
on earth for impotence, leanness, sexual de-
bility, etc. 81, at druggists. 80 Washington
street. HHr n
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-11-17
"Buchupaiba.o


New, quick, complete cure, four days,
urinary affections, smarting, frequent or
difficult urination, kidney diseases. 81.
Druggists 80 Washington street.
Don't Die on the Premises.
Ask druggists for Rough on Rats" 1t
clears out rats, mice, bed-bugs, reaches.
Only 15c per box.
Decline of Man.
Impotence of mind, limb or vital func-
ton. nervous weakness, sexual debility, etc,
cured by Wells Health Remover 81 at
druggists. 80 Washington street.
Catarrh of the Bladder.
Singing, smarting, irritation of the urin-
airy passages, diseased discharges, cured by
Buchupaiba. 81. Druggists. 80 Washing
ton street.
Rough Rats.
The thing desired found at last. Ask
druggists for Rough on Rats" 1t clears
out rats, mice, reaches, bed-bugs etc. Fiji
teen cents per box.
SKINNY Men.
Wells Health Remover Absolute cure
for nervous debility and weakness of the
generative functions One dollar at drug
gists, 80 Washington st.
A Sure Thing
Chapin's Buchupaiba-quiek. complete
cure for gravel, stone, kidney, bladder and
all urinary affections. 81. 80 Washington
street.
Terrible Loss of Life.
Millions of rats, mice. cats. bed-bugs,
reaches, lose their lives by collision with
Rough on Rats" Sold by Druggists. 15c
boxes.
= Brain and Nerve. F-
Wells Health Remover, greatest remedy
on earth for impotence, leanness, sexual de-
bility, etc. 81, at druggists. 80 Washington
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-11-17
EarIy Lambs for the Market.

There is nokind of meat for which epicures
will pay as much as for a lamb, provided
it furnished sufficiently early in the season.
A lamb of sufficient size to roast in March
will bring more than the same animal will
il allowed to obtain its full growth. Raising
lambs to supply the demands of the market
in early spring is a very profitable branch OF
the sheep business. 1t is comparatively
easy to fur iii the degree of
heat necessary TO raise lambs during
the winter, but more difficult to obtain the
requisite amount of milk or some suitable
substitute for it, Most ewes give compar-
atively small amount of milk during cold
weather unless special pains are taken to
supply them with suitable food. Lambs,
however may be taught to drink milk as
readily as calves, and they may, without
weaving them. be induced to drink the
warm, sweet milk that is drawn from cows.
At first they will not drink more than gill
at a time, but they will soon take pint,
and then quart, at meal. After they
have learned to drink cows milk readily,
some faxseed meal may be
added to it to good advantage.
In the course of few weeks crushed
oats and corn meal may be added to the
milk. Many farmers declare that it does
not pay to feed new milk to calves. They
declare that there is economy in killing
calves when they are but a few days old, or
in giving them away To persons who will
raise them, and in converting the milk they
will consume into butter. Admitting the
truth of their statement, it does not appear
that there is no profit in feeding new milk
to lambs. Veal is ordinarily drug in the
market during the spring, and the farmer
who obtains five cents per pound for it
thinks that he is doing very well. Lamb,
however if ready for the market sufficiently
early in the season, well sell in most Urge
cities for about the same price as butter.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-11-17
Rough on Rats.

The thing desired found at last As
druggists for Rough on Rats 1t clea
out rats, MICE reaches, bed-bugs, ETC. Fl
teen cents per box.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-11-17

Ask the recovered dyspeptics, bilious sufferers,
victims of fever and ague, the mercurial diseased
patient, how they recovered health, cheerful
spirits and good appette-they will tell you by
taking simmons Liver Regulator,
AN EFFECTUAL SPECIFIC FOR
Malarious Fevers, Bowel Complaints, Dyspepsia,
Mental Depression, RestleSsneSS, Jaundice, Maui
sea. Sick Headache, Collie, Constipation and Bill
iousness.
SIMMONS LIVER REGULATOR
given with safety and the happest results to the
most delicate infant.
Takes the place Of quinine and bitters of every
kind.
1t Is the cheapest, purest and best Family Medi.
cine in the Worldi J. III. ZEIIIN & Co.
Price, 81. Philadelphia, Pa.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-11-17
SKINNY Men.

Wells Health Remover. Absolute cul
for nervous debility and weakness of Il
generative functions. One dollar at dru
gists, 80 Washington st.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-11-17
A Sure Thina

Chapin's Buchupaiba-quiek. complet
cure for gravel stone, kidney, bladder an,
all urinary affections. 81. 80 Washington
street.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-11-17

Impotence of mind, limb or vital fun
ton. nervous weakness, sexual debility, eft
cured by Wells Health Reviewer. 81
druggists. 80 Washington street.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-11-17
TerribIe Loss of Life,

Millions of rats, mice. cats. bed-bugs,
reaches, lose their lives by collision with
Rough on Rats" Sold by Druggists. 15c
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-11-17

Singing, smarting, irritation of the urin-
airy passages, diseased discharges, cured by
Buchupaiba. 81. Druggists 80 Washing
ton street.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-11-17
Decline of Man.

Ask druggists for Rough on Rats" II
clears out rats, mice, bed-bugs, reaches.
ONLY l5c per box
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-08-12
How Puss Scared the Natives.

A cat in strange garnet usually ex-
periences more fear and bewilderment
than she causes. But here the case
seems to have been reversed. The Gin
cinnati Times says:
An amusing story Is told of q modern
puss which sailed across the sea. A
Polynesian missionary took a cat with
him to the island of Raratonga, but
puss, not liking her new abode, fed to
the mountains.
One of the new converts, n priest who
had destroyed his idol, was one night
sleeping on his mat when his wife who
sat watching beside him, was terribly
alarmed by the sight Of two small fires
cleaning in the doorway, and by the
sound of a plaintive and mysterious
voice. Her blood curdling with fear,
she awoke her husband with wifely re-
proaches on his folly in having burned
his god, who was now come to be
avenged on them.
The husband, opening his eyes, saw
the same glaring lamps, heard the same
dismal sound, and in an agony of fright
began to recite the alphabet, by way OF
an incarnation against the powers of
darkness. The cat, on hearing the loud
voices, felt as much alarm as she had
caused, and fed in the darkness, leaving
the worthy pair much relieved.
A short while aiterward puss took up
her quarters in a retired temple, where
her "mews" struck terror into the
breasts of the priests and worshipers
who came with offerings to the gods.
They fed in all directions, shouting,
"a monster from the deep! A monster
from the deepW to return with large
body of their companions in full war
array, with spears, shields and clubs
and faces blnckened with charcoal.
The cat, however, was too nimble for
them, and escaped through the midst Of
their ranks, sending these brave war;
rIors flying in every direction.
That night, however, puss, tired OF
her lonely life, foolishly entered ma
tive hut, and creeping beneath the COW
erlet under which the whole family
were lying fell asleep. Her purring
awoke the owner of the hut, who pro-
cured the help of some other models of
valor, and with their assistance MUIR
dered poor pussy in her tranquil and
contding slumbcrs.
But cats, though at first misunder-
stood, were afterward welcomed in
Raratonga, which was devastated with
a plague Of rats. The missionaries i'm
ported a cargo consisting OF pigs, cocoa
nuts and cats.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-08-12
A Plea for Sleep.

Robert Coly er recently preached from
the text, "If he sleep he shall do well.
We hope he will keep it near the top ol
his pile, and preach it on every new and
6t occasion. This sunny-herrted
preacher is an embodiment Of the cheer.
lri.hess, the patience, the strength and
tenderness Of teligion, working through
sound body. lie sleebs, eats, and di-
gests well, and Is therefore exempt !rhm
the dyspeptic theology, and from the re-
ligious pCssimisf;i that results from a
state OF chronic nervous irritablli.s.
The necessity of sleep is a well-won
theme, but like the commandments OF
the decaloeue, and the principles Of the
Sermon on the Mount, it must be enforced
with tirtless iteratioh until men cease
from doing evil and leafh to do we'll
Upon it depend the vitality, the clear
medicines, efficiency, good nature, and
happiness of the race, to an extent that
can hardly be overstated. A persistent
sleep -lacker will come to physical or
mental flilure just as sure rs nature is a
true accountant. She postponcs, but
she does not forgive; she waits, but she
cannot forget. There is no bankrupt
law in her code, under which the de-
linquent can pay ten cents on n dollar,
and "go right on"
The necessity OF more sleep in thi,
busting age is coming to be understood,
even lift be not .obeyed. But consider
ing that one third of our lives is passed
in bed, it is strati &c how little attention
is still paid In many families to the con.
ditions of sleeping comfortably and well
The average bedroom Is much too
small, and is not planned with reference
to admitting sunlight and air. One OF
the worst things about the flats and
apartment houses in our cities is that the
bedrooms are so small, as a RUE, and
Gfren dark also. A sleeping room shut
off from the sunshine and direct out
door air is a cell, no matter how richly
it may be furnished. 1--WE were shut in
TO choice we would receive calls in
IN inner room, or display iincly there,
or do anything that did not keep human
beings pent up for more than an hour al
Il time-and use the parlor or dressing
room to sleep in.
The bed itself and its furnishings are
next in Importance. After good deal
Of experience, we have come to the con-
clus;on that the best he'd which our
rivilz ltion has yet produced isnone too
good for q Christian who has a due
respect for himself. How a man can
spend money for gaudy carpets and fine
furniture, and sleep on n lumpy mat
trcss, rlaced on Stats scarely less hard,
we cannot otunderstand but good many
till 90 it. The best mattresses and the
est springs should certainly be ac-
counted among the luxuriCs that one
must have, even at the sacrifice of the
so-called necessities. The coverings o.
the perfect bed should be lightin weight
and open in texture that is to say
nothing but woolen blankets. Neither
the old-lashioned air-tight quilts, nor the
pretty but close count rpanes, are fit to
sleep under.
Ii, with proper conditions, you can
,leep well and don't, it is your fault. Ii
you try 10 and can't, it is case for the
doctor; for only by sleeping well can
YOU be or do your best.--G lden Rule,
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-08-12
A Heavy Sleeper.

The Louisville Courier Journal says:
Alexander Emerson, youth living
in the west end of this city, has for the
past six months been subject to very
peculiar and unusual attacks Of somhia.
The first indication he has of an attack
is a severe nervous headache, coming
IN soon after breakfast. In a short
time, usually by nine o'clock, he gets
drowsy, lies down, and Immediately
goes into a deep sleep, which continues
for seventy-two hours-three days and
nights. He can be aroused with difli-
Guilty, and as soon as left undisturbed
goes to sleep again. On the third morn
ing his sleep is disturbed by severe
nervous chills, and as these pass off in
an hour or two, he relapseS into sound
sleep which continues until the next
morning, when he wakes up very much
exhausted. During his sleep he has no
inclination to eat or drink, but rather
an aversion for either when aroused.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-08-12
Death from a Lucifer Match,

The Medicdl Tunes Cnd Gazette mem
tons the case of young man who,
while travelling from Paris to Lyons, lit
n match by scratching it with his
thumb nail, and n piece Of the incandes-
cent phosphorus penetrated under the
nail and made slight burn, to whicI
he paid no attention. But after an bou,
the pain became intense, the thumb
swelled, then the hand, and next the
orearm. He was obliged to alight at
station on the journey ond send for n
medical man, who declared that imme-
diate amputation of the arm was neces-
sary. The patient insisted in postpon-
ing the operation for q few hours, until
the arrival of his father, for whom he
had telegraphed. Before the latter,
however, could reach his son, 1t was too
late; the poisonous matter had gained
the arm, then the shoulder, and any
operation became impossible. He died
in great agony, in only twenty-sever
hours after the burn. This case shows
the danger Of handling phosphorus in
the manner described.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-08-12
A Singular MOnStrOsity.

Doctor Philip Leidy, OF Tnis city, has
presented to the Wistar and Horner
museum of the University of Pennsyl-
vania rare and valuable contribution
to medical science. 1t is q monstrosity
in the shape of two perfectly develop ed
children, joined together from the
shoulders to the hips, and known in
medical literature as OmphGl0pagsts
castro hOrGco didymt4S, meaning com.
bination of the anatomical parts con-
nected, in the light of which the
Siamese twins are cast far into the
shade. The twins, if they may be
called such, are females, weighing four
teen pounds, and were still born, hav-
ing been removed by the Cesarian
operation, the mother surviving twenty
two hours. Doctor Leidy says there is
no record in American medical lit In
ture of such another case, and it is
claimed that there is but one case of
the kind ever reported, that mentioned
by Doctor Voorman, a German physi-
clan, in an exhaustive treatise on
monstrosities. There are five different
species of this form of monstrosity, OF
Ahich the above is regarded as the
crowning specimen, the one of most
rare occurrence. The Siamese twins be-
longed to one of the series. First, &C
cording to medical men, two bodies
may be Joined at the thorax; next at
the sternlm; next at the typhoid car
tilage; fourth, at the abomen, and
fifth, at all four places combined, and
OF this kind is the specimen in the
possession of DR.. Leidy.-Riladelphia
Times.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-08-12
Immaculate.

AHlnlaCufdtte
Clothed in white-a happy child at play,
Her lace all radiant as the hues oi morning.
With iairy stcp she trod;
creature lovely as the flowers OF May,
Who could bewitoh us with her childish
scorning,
Or rule us with nod.
Clothed in white-with blossoms in her ha.r
A maiden whom TO love appeared duty
A spell around her hungi
sense Of all that nature makes most iair,
That filled with rapture all who watch
her beauty,
Or heard her silver tongue
Clothed in whte-she heard the wedding.
chime,
Blushing benz ath her crown of orange nowero,
AS her soft answer flows
Like music, with no prcscience OF the time
When DER her lie, which love SO iondly
doWers,
Tho shadowy grave will close.
Clothed IN white--hor form VIC seem to SOC
Shine in the glory of new existence,
Delying time and night,
And from all earth-born memories set free;
While We, like travellers toiling in the din
tancc,
Yearn for the coming light,
-TTasiey's MGgasinG
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-08-12
ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST.

Alabama farmers complain Of scar
city Of labor.
Emancipation day was generally cele-
brsted throughout Texas.
Base ball is the favorite game of the
girls at Atkins, Alabama.
The cattle driven from Texas this year
will reach nearly million head.
Memphis is growing 80 healthy that
she is being advertised as q summer re.
sort.
What surprised Noah more than
aught else was that he received no ap-
plicstions for free rasses. And what
astonished the public after the food
was that the veteran navigator never
tried to get up complimentary benefit
for himself.
Andy Smith is a Chicago burglar
who pays his exclusive attention TO
drug stores. II he robs them at their
selling price, one or two breaks will
make him q millionaire. Boston ROSt.
In a recent railway accident near San
Francisco, a runaway cot pie escaped I'm.
injured, while the stern unc who had
caught up with them, and was watching
their cooling from Il seat in the rear,
broke his leg.
Bees have been conveyed from Pales-
tine to England, and forwarded TO
Canada. They were placed in num-
Der of small boxes, peculiarly con-
structed, so that they could obtain food,
air and water, and were let out and re-
pack, d in England previous to their re-
shipment for Quebec.
General Kaufman has presented to the
geological garden of Moscow hairless
horse of Central Asia. TIE animal ce-
longs to the hybrid species, and is con-
sidered a great rarity; it is well formed,
but its skin is led and without the
slightest trace of hair, and in cold Mos
COW it has to be covered with blankets.
No secret sin oughtto have a might
key" TO its doors. No wicked practice
should have access atits back windows.
Many and many sly temptation will
present itself at the door decently clad
in the white rob-" and with smooth
word on its tongue. The dangerous
sins are those which are "genteelly
dressed"
1t is estimated that there will be a
production of about $3.50 900 tons of
steel rails in Europe in 1880, which
would suffice to lay 25, 56s miles of track
with fifty-six pound rails. Of this pro-
duction 775,OOO tons are credited to
England, more than 100000 to Ger
many, 275,OOO to France, 100000 to
Austria-hungary, 10000 to Belgium,
and 10000 TO Sweden and Russia.