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The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-03-30
Advantages of soIling.
Western Rural.1


1t has been proved by experience that the
same number of animals may be main
tanned by soiling, in equally good or better
condition. on something less than half the
quantity of land that is required to support
them in pasture.
1t is well known that very considerable
portion of pasture field is rendered unfit
for food by the trampling of the animals and
the effect of their droppings; whereas when
the grass, etc, is cut and consumed by stock
in houses, sheds or yards, all this waste is
prevented, and instead OF wandering over
land soiled by their droppings, etc, they
consume their food quietly in an agreeable
shade where they are safe from the attack
of flies and other annoyances.
When properly soiled, cattle improve very
much more rapidly than when pastured.
This is accounted for by the quietness with
which they enjoy their food and drink
without having to travel long distances in
search OF them.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-03-30
The Drowning Negro and His Pocketbook
fVicksburg (Missl Commercial1

A negro planter came to Vicksburg. sold
his cotton, put his money in his pocketbook,
and started down the river. Leaning too
far over the guards as the boat backed out
he fell overheard. His portemonnaie. which
was in his side pocket, hoated out and rods
with his hat on the surface of the water,
while the current carried the negro away.
The yawl was lowered and assistance at once
started toward the drowning man, who,
perceiving his treasure floating of. kissed
his voice and shouted: Save Dat pocket
bookw His head went under and dsap-
peared: As he rose up again he gsped:
"Dars Sis In dat pocketbookl" Scrcely
had he uttered the words before he sink a
second time. The yawl came withinreach
Just in time to rescue the drowning African
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-03-30

The boy who is we'll shingled by hi.
parent will shed water.
Serious Charges Against a Chicago Deal
err is the headline of dispatch in the daily
papers. He probably had three aces in hi.
boot.-Boston Commercial Bulletin.
In certain counting-room the following
notice is stuck up in conspicuous place
Persons having no business in this Office
will get through with il as soon as possible
and leave"
The night editor Of Nova Scotia journal
wrote the following headline to one of hi,
cable dispatches: The British Lion Shak.
ing his Name" He was unable to eat his
breakfast next morning when he found the
printers version of the matter staring him
in the face thus: THE British Lion Skating
in Maine"
big siX-footer was lifting for all he was
worth on wagon-wheel which was stuck,
when little two-foot mite of humanity,
nearly as broad as he was long, and just out
OF long dresses and into pants, with his
hands in his pockets and staggering air
sang out: Mister, do you want me to heir
you? can grunt while you lift"
docs that little bit of pig eat much
PatY' "Much, Your Honor?' was the
the plain truth about that pigs appetite
He'll eat two whole pals of milk, and vet
when he's got il all slowed away can put
him into one of the pals and he won't more
than half fill 1t. He's wonderful pig, but
not mnch profit to a poor man, Your
Honor"
Bill PITT and Joe Nagel had a s. game oil
billiards in the Gently Dreaming" saloon.
on Galveston avenue. Bill lost the game,
but instead of paying the So he said: ii
haven't got cent of money with me. Joe. -
You haven't? What sort of a way is that
for a gentleman TO do-to come into a saloon
and play without a cent of money in his
pocket? How, now. am l TO pay what !
owe the MISREPRESENTATION News.
There is no more common sight on the
streets of Galveston than moving house
Even two-story frame houses, by the liberia
use of able-bodied mules and rollers. are
moved from their sites TO vacant lots many
blocks distant This explains what Bill
PITT meant when, after the oyster supper
was over, q few nights ago, and he started
for home, Gilhooly found him holding on
to n lamp-post and calculating: whip III
your mules" what do YOU mean, Bill?'
''Whar do yer suppose mean? Are you
sho intossicated yer can't shee? 1 can't
crosh street till house gets pasht. can L
Whip up yer mules" The house that Pit
thought was moving was of brick, -four
stories high, and kept in place bya heavy
mortgage. News.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-03-30
The osage Orange rs n Timber Tree.
lPrairie Farmer.l


South of the north line of the State of
Missouri there is 10 more valuable tree than
the Usage orange can be planted for timber
or deciduOus tree shelter, yet we seldom
have a word about il from those who per-
sistently advocate timber planting. Why2
We suppoze lOr the reason that those who
are growing seedlings for timber trees no
money for them in the seedlings of it, The
young trees are grown so cheaply by those
who grow IL for hedging, that no one in the
forest tree Seeding business can compete.
This tree is admirably adapted for the pur-
~boses of farm timber and farm fuel over the
West and Southwest not too far North. Ii is
kcheaply obtained in any quantity, trans
kplants successfully without extra care, Is
well suited to a dry climate. grows quite
fast, soon making useful timber for farm
use, is among our strongest and most lasting
of woods, very useful for almost every pur-
pose that hard wood is used for, is most ex-
.cellent fuel either green or dry There is a
question whether there is any timber that
will last longer for fence-posts than it will.
Our experience is that sapling OF Usage
orange, three or five inches in diameter,
= will last longer than any other post of that
size. We have known poles three or four
inches in diameter to lay on the ground
under hedge and remain perfectly sound
for fifteen years-sound enough TO be used
as hand-spikes to roll heavy logs with. A
few that were cut fourteen years ago for
grape stakes are yet sound and in use, while
several hundred each of white oak and
sassafras are gone, and began to become
useless at three years.
The timber of the Usage orange is easily
cut and split when green, but on seasoning
1T becomes very hard. IL is perhaps the best
wagon timber in the world. For the felloe:
of wheels it is said TO last four times as lons
As the best white oak. Thirty years of con
inued observation of this tree shows that il
has fewer faults as tree for general cultiva
tion for the uses of the farm than any other
ii has not been troubled by insects or dis
ease; its foliage is alwayshealthy and beauti
full
- Then why plant the soft wooded, often
siye ailanthus, the soft wooded European
larch, the elms, the naples, the box elders
with woods of very little economic value
,yThen we can have the so much more valua
BILE Usage orange at a much less cost? The
\ Seedlings of II can be obtained at any time
for half what the others can be bought for
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-03-30
Orchards.
Prairie Farmer. |

Our plan for cultivating albearng orchard
and we ask forinone better, only that we
want a better tool than the common pillow to
stir the soil with-is to .plow the ground
between the rows. one way, not trying to
pillow very near the stem of the trees, about
the lst of May, with Ia common turning
pillow, then in ten days harrow thoroughly,
then in ten days again, and then about the
10th of June pillow the orchard the other
way, then harrow three times the other way.
This plan we adopted after great deal OF
study and experiment We reasoned
in this way: IL we should pillow the
the orchard both ways, turning all
the ground possible, we would destroy
so many roots as to give the orchard a
severe check; but by blowing 1t between the
rows only one way at time. we leave at
least half the roots undisturbed, and the
trees are not checked at all. And we cared
not how many roots We plowed up between
the trees one way; we knew the undisturbed
roots would hold the trees in thrift until the
broken roots could put forth new feeding
roots in the fresh mellow, plowed land
This kind of culture is adapted TO high, dry,
rather poor hill land; on richer and more
moist soil il would have TO be modified "a
suit for so long as an orchard of bearing
trees is making a growth of from six
TO fifteen inches yearly it has vigoI
enough. There can be no general plan
for the culture of orchards given. for the
culture of each orchard must be according
10 its soil and requirements The cultiva
ton necessary on thin, dry soil would
cause an orchard on a richer, moister soil tC
run all to wood with none or little fruit
Rich level or prairie soils should be treatee
very differently from thin, dry. hill soils
when planted in orchard they should gen
orally be laid down in grass, and the thrift
of the trees kept up in part by cutting bach
and thinning out the outer branches and by
surface manuriDg, and eventually by pillow
ing narrow strips between the rows.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-03-30
Why Wear Plasters?

They may relieve, but they can't cure that
lame back, for the kidneys are the trouble
and you want remedy 10 act directly on
their secretions, to purify and restore their
healthy condition. KidneyWort has that
specific action, and at the same time il
regulates the bowels perfectly. Don't wait
to get sick, but get a package to-day, and
cure yourself. Liquid and dry sold by all
druggists. Telegraph.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-03-30

drinking water, that horse can subsist for
barely five days without water; and thirdly.
If horse is well fed for ten DAYS, but in.
sufficiently supplied with water throughout
this period, it will not outlive the eleventh
day. A horse which bad received no solid
nourishmeRt for twelve days was neyerthe-
less in condition TO draw a load of GOO
pounds on the twelfth day of its fast
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-03-30
Winter wheat.
Ist. Louis Republican

About the close of the winter or early in
the spring the condition of the winter wheat
crop reasonably becomes a subject of great
interest in this, the principal market for II,
and all information concerning il, when OBJ
tanned from proper and reliable sources, pos
sesses importance and value. Especially is
this so a. this junctuTe, from so exceptional
a winter in duration and severity as is just
closing. To obtain this desired information
Messrs. r. c. Greer & Co., one Of the lead
ing grain commission houses of st. Louis
recently framed a circular embracing the
most essential questions thereon for answer,
and mailed copies TO q great number of int
rior shippers OF grain in the winter wheat
belt These were freely responded to TO the
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-03-30

as he came to the surface for the last time.
As soon as the water was wiped from his
nose and mouth, so that he could see and
speak, he asked: "Did-did you save dat
Pocketbookr' mo" was the response.
"Well, den," said the negro regretfully.
what de debbil was de use OF sayin' me?p6
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-03-30

lrdigestion, Dyspepsia, nervous prostration,
ana ali forms OF general debility relieved by tax.
ing MENsMAN's PEPToNIzED BEEF Tonic, the only
preparation OF beef containing its entire nutritious
properties IL Is not q mere stimulant, like the
extracts OF beef but contains blood making force
generating and DEMONSTRATING properties; Is in-
valuable In all enfeebled conditions, whether the
result OF exhaustion, nervous prostitution, over
Work, or acute disease; particularly II resulting
rom pulmonary complaints. CASwELL, HAZr
All 40, Propnetors, New York.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-03-30
Protection of Plants.
fNhou,fet

If a little chloride of lime be sprinkled on
the soil, rats, mice and insects will soon de-
sert il Plants may be easily protected by
it from insect plaques by simply brushing
over their stems with solution of it. 1t
has often been noticed that a patch which
has been treated in this way remains free
from grubs, while the unprotected beds
round about are literally devastated. Fruit
trees may be guarded from their attack by
attaching to the stems pieces of tow smeared
with mixture of chloride of lime and hog Is
lard. Ants and grubs already in possession
will then rapidly vacate their positions.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-03-30

Elijah 0. Allen Is a very absentminded
man. A friend went to Houston the other
day and when he got back Elijah asked him:
How is old Major Bones coming on? Has
he changed much of later "Changed!
Why, should smilel He has been dead
more than three years. That's factl /
- one of the pall-bearers at his funeral.
81 thinking of old Major Shocks who
died about the same time. Has he changed
much of late. Galveston News.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-03-30

The widespread tame of DR.. Bulls Cough
Syrup is justly won by its own merits, and
the reputation it has gained has been secured
by its universal USE
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-03-30
A Corner I'm Cloyerseed.
New England Farmer, March y

Dealers in field and garden seeds predict
high prices for clover the coming spring. II
is believed that nearly the entire stock,
which is much smaller than usual, is in the
hands of two parties who have bought with
the intention of getting clover "cornered."
Our advice TO farmers is. to endeavor to dis
pense with cloyerseed as far as practicable
this spnng, and let the holders hold IL till
they are willing to SELL at reasonable rates.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-03-30
Importanoe of watering stock.

For the purpose of determining the ca
pacity of a horse to undergo the privations
incident TO a state OF siege series OF expert
ments have been made in Paris. The re-
suits show that horse may hold out for
twenty-five days without any solid nourish-
ment provided 1t is supplied with good
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-03-30

The man who boasts that he never loses
his memory may never have had any men,
DRY TO lose.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-03-30
Lard Cheese.

The following statements with regard 10
the use of lard in cheese-making were made
recently at Albany, n. Y, by Assemblyman
Crapser, of ST. Lawrence County, before the
Assembly Committee on Public Health:
The main elements in cheese manufac-
tured from milk are caseine and fat. Rem
net Is used TO coagulate. IL is necessary to
add oil il q richer cheese is wanted. We
have never been able To do il in this coun-
try until recently Lard is now substituted
in place Of cream or butter oil. To 100
pounds of milk we add one and a half
pounds of lard, and have to buy the best
lard we can. We get il at Chicago or else
where, and il has to be deoderized by heat
in the usual way. Steam-rendered lard is
better than kettle-rendered. BY the new
process it requires six to eight hours 10
render il. One would get four pounds OF
cream from 100 pounds Of milk, and this
four pounds is one.third caseine, so that
about two pounds out OF "A 100 is real oil.
Therefore, 100 pounds Of skim milk and
one and a half pounds of lard will make ten
pounds Of cheese. 1t makes q good quality
of cheese. We have been able to sell all we
could make. We make salable cheese out
of skim milk, an so benefit farmers.
This new cheese is made from sweet milk,
from which ere an has been removed at 400
Fahrenheit after sanding twelve hours No
chemicals are used in this process, except
some coloring matter, which we make.
have twenty-one factories, and have put
them to making lard cheese rs fast rs posi-
BILE. We have TO work on the sly, but the
honest farmer would not take any advantage
We got along with them by paying more foi
their milk than il is worth. Seven OF my
factories are now making the lard cheese
which goes to Chicago, Boston, New York
and Baltimore. The fact that il was made
OF lard sold the goods. The skin cheese fac.
tories in st. Lawrence use chemicals.
skinned mine so close for butter that il
could not make salable cheese. This kind
OF cheese we can sell TO the middle classes
but not 10 the millionaires. Lard can bC
treated by difference of temperature anC
not be injured like butter. To deodorize thu
lard we blow hot steam through il. w,
manufactured twenty-five hundred boxes o
sixty pounds each last year.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-03-30

extent on Saturday last, Of upward OF 200
statements, and the result, as condensed oy
Messrs Greer & Co., in a circular for distr-
button throughout the winter wheat section,
has been furnished TO the Republican Tor the
benefit of the grain receivers OF the city ana
the farmers and shippers that the circular
may not otherwise reach.
The summary is as follows:
The stock of wheat at shipping points is
liberal, and the farmers hold from Is per
cent to % per cent more than at the same
time last year Farmers are generally hold-
ing for 81 per bushel, but will meet the mar
ket freely if spring weather develops no
serious injury to the growing wheat
Condition-Forty-fi per cent. report the
condition excellent. and the growing crop OF
wheat uninjured yet; 20 per cent report
slight injury to "late sown," broadcast
sown," "sown on wet lands" ''sown on old
old lands" etc; 5 per cent report growing
wheat badly damaged; IA per cent. report
only late sown badly damaged; 10 per cent.
report 10 to % per cent. winter killed; . per
cent. report from 25 to so per cent winter
killed All agree that the freezing, thawing
aad winds of the next thirty days may do
much damage to the growing wheat Acre
aye sown in wheat is from 10 TO % per cent
greater than one year ago.
Corn-Stocks com paratively light. At
many points, usually shipping points, corn
is being imported TO supply home demand.
From these replies is alse deduced the fol-
lowing information:
Drouth last fall caused late seeding in
many sections. One party in Illinois re-
ports that the farmers in his neighborhood
expect to pillow up their wheat fields and
plant them in corn. Some report Fultz
wheat suffering more than other varieties
Some report the corn still in the field badly
| injured by the wet weather this winter
The following is an account furnished
Messrs. Greer 4 Co. by Messrs. Parrish q
| Bro, shippers at Miami, Saline County,
Missouri, of test OF the crop in that County
made by a reliable farmer: "In January,
after the severe cold and hard freeze, he
chopped out three or four inches OF a
drilled row, put il in a box, and when il
/ thawed out every stalk was alive, and green,
and while frozen it had green appearance.
Subsequently he made two more tests, and
| in each case not a stalk in a box containing
three drilled rows at least eighteen inches
long. taken out of as good looking wheat as
! there is in the country, was found to be
alive, but when thoroughly warmed the bud
in few DAYS was found TO be black and rot
ten" The letter continues: "There is a
difference of opinion among farmers. Most
I of them think wheat is all right, but il is too
soon to tell, as it freezes green. Yet, when
warm weather comes il disappoints. There
was sale of the new crop of wheat here to-
day 600 bushels to be delivered in ware
house, September !, ut one dollar per
| bushel."
1t is the opinion in the country that the
roads Will be bad and farmers deliveries
light until after corn planting.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-03-30
EXPRESSIONS.

"0h, where Is my boy tonight
Where is my tender youth a roamingT'
A mother sang In anxious tones
At the twilighrs yellow cleaning.
Well, that fragile youth was a mile away.
Quite comfortably fixed. you see,
With bouncing CIR of 200 pounds
A lowering on his knee.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-03-30

Invalids who have lost but are recovering,
vital stamina, declare I'm grateful terms their
appreciation OF the merits as tonic OF H0stetters
Stomach Bitters. Not only does IL impart strength
20 the weak IL corrects an irregular acid state OF
the stomach makes the bowels act al proper In
tervals, gives ease 10 those who suffer from rheu.
matte and kidney troubles, and conquers as well
prevents fever and ague.
For sale by all Druggists and Dealers generally.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-03-30

The boy who is well shingled by his
parent will shed water.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-03-30

Every one, 1t is said, has a mission, but il
seems 10 be the mission of very few people
70 mind their own business alone.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1881-05-26
United States Marshal's Notice

ITE,, STATE OF AMERICA. DI-.
u trict OF Nevada, s.: In Admiralty Where
the United States, for the District Of Nevada, on
the seventh day OF May, d. Isl, by David W.
very, against the Steamboa Governor stanford and
her boilers, machinery, boats, tackle, appa re and
furniture, and against Loyet Hawthorne. nd
whereas the substance of the said libel IL, that
while he said David w. avery, the libelant was
entitled to tue possession Of said steambo boat,
Governor Stamford on, or aboni, the 2 st day OF
prii, A D. ~ the said Loyrt Hawthorne, f0rci
bly, and fraudulently and without warrant Z
authority OF law, entered upon, seized and took
possession of said steamboat, Governor Stanford,
and her boilers, mac hnery, boats tackle. apparel
and furniture; and though requested by the libel
ant. David W. Avery, to surrender the same, he
has ever since failed and refused to do to tiIo
damage of the ibelant, David ". Avery, In the
sum OF seven hundred and fifty dollars, ,s7JD),
ach and every day of the further detention q.
said property And praying u decree OF this
Court. In = cause of posse sion civil. and mari
time, for the delivery of the possession OF said
steamboat. Gosersor stanford, her boilers, machin-
cry. boats, tackle, apparel and furniture, to tho
libelant, avid very; and for damages for the
unlawful taking and detention of said property,
as the same may be assessed; and Tor his costs;
and for general relief. Now, therefore, in pur.
suance Of the InOnitOn under the seal OF the said
ourt, to me directed and delivered, do hereby
gtve public notice to all persons claiming the
said vessel, her boilers machinery, boats, tackles
apparel anu furniture, or in any manner inter-
es!ed therein, that they be and appear before The
said District Court to be held at arson city Me-
vada, in aud fur the said District of Nevada, ON
the twenty fourth day Of May. A; ID 1881, at y
O'Clock A. n of that day, provided the same
next DAY of Jurisdiction thereafter,) then xn1
there to lnterpOse their claims and to make their
allegations in that behalf
Dated this s'h day OF A AGsyI .r z "a Ash
United Ssates narshal. District of Nevada
I. W. W y .tlno. Proetos Tor Lbelsnt.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1881-05-26

In another colu mn will be found q
communication on the recent attack
made by little morning newspaper on
the State officials. The letter is a clear
and logical answer to a QuiXOtic raid
upon the action of the State COmmission-
ers in lOaning a portion Of the fund to
the state at interest. We opine that
there is no person SO stupid as a man
who will not understand, simply be-
cause it is against his time honored
policy to do SO. The plainest statement
of fact and and the most unans Werable
proofs have no weight with people
whose skulls are as thick as Ilanks and
whose ideas are only controlled by
sense of personal ambition combined
with unreasoning disappointment. In
the first place, these charges are inef-
fective because not true. In the second
place the person making them is only
regarded in the light Of a visionary
storm breeder who snarls and snaps and
growls during the entire twelvemonths
as matter of recreation, having prob
ably little else to demand his time and
attention. Furthermore, the plain let
ter of the law is against him, and even
were it in his favor, his ability to recog-
nize the fact and take advantage of it
would be seriously questioned.