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The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1883-02-21
About Celery.

The turnip-root celery, under which name
this variety of celery is generally sold, is
comparatively little known outside of our
large city markets while on the Continent
of Europe it is grown to the almost entire
exclusion IF the stalk kinds. In these two
varieties of the same species IL Is amply
shown how much systematic and persistent
cultivation can accomplish in the develop
ment of special and different characters
tics. While in the one the vital energy Of
plant becomes directed to the development
of the leaves, in the other it is turned to the
enlargement of its roots.
In celeriac the productions of large, ten
der roots is the obi ect TO be attained. These
roots which are irregular round, of the size
of large turnip, white outside and inside
and of texture similar to parsnlps, are
principally used as a salad. They are boiled
like beets, peeled sliced and dressed with
vinegar, olive oil, salt and pepper. A ia
vorite way of serving this salad is TO arrange
it in the center of a dish, and surround il
with broad rim of red coleslaw, edged
with some leaves of corn-salsd, the contrast
ing colors of red, green and white making
ornamental and attractive dish.
The sowing of the seed, transplantiDg and
after management differ but little from thai
of common celery, except that, asst requires
not to be hilled-up, it may be planted closer,
placing the rows two feet apart and setting
the plants foot apart in the rows. To OBJ
rain large and tender roots the soil must be
loose, deep and moderately rich, and in dry
seasons thorough soaking of water should
be given every two or three days. The roots
are not injured by light frosts, but they are
not hardy enough to winter out doors, and
soould therefore be heeled-in in a cool eel
lar or kept in boxescoyered with soil OIL
sand.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1883-02-21

The distress among the refugees is almo
beyond description. but there are some who
impose on the Committee, being able to
take care Of themselves, and have ample
means to do so.
There is one saloon keeper who was driven
out by the high water with his family, who
has retired from business and has four or
five houses of his own, from which he OBJ
tains rent, and has money laid aside for q
rainy day, who is q daily applicant for re-
lief from the Committee.
Another individual, who is q contractor.
President Of two Building Associations, and
has some money laid up, also accepts relief
from the same source. The only difficulty
that he labors under is simply in being
obliged 10 yacate the house he was living in
on account of the food.
Some Of the grocsry-keepers and butchers
have exhibited their heartlesSness by charg-
ing outrageous prices for provisions. IN deal
ing with PEOPLE who are supporting them
selves, and are a the same time contribut-
ing 10 maintenance of the sufferers.
One butcher has the audacity 20 charge
forty cents pound for beefsteak, aud a GER
tain gre Ger sells bread for fifteen cents a loaf
and coal oil Tor eighty cents q gallon. These
individuals ere known, and are being
marked for future reference
Notwithstanding the CffIrts OF the police
and the ci'izsns' patrol, the work OF pilfer-
IuS Is Delbg Carried on peTsistently, and
thus for rot one # the thieves have been
caught s-d pu1isLed.
Early esterday morning The saloon of J
Kahn, on Dane street, which is water bound,
was entered by pirates and thoroughly
Quilted Of everything OF any value.
One individual who was washed out has
been very assiduous in gathering ID all
boating material, whel her IT belongs e. bim
or not and when the flooi subsidies be will
have enough TO fit himself up in business
again, unless the articles he has "prigged''
are taken away from him.
Another man, UhD il IL gOod circum-
s'ances, was detected yes'er la in stealing
1oaiiT plank sidewalks and o'ber lumber.
saving il up and putting it ia bis cellar.
a well-known saloon keeper has been
carrying on a brisk trade in stimulants
while asking aid from The Committee and
it Is proposed by the Committee u shut of
his supply of food and provisions.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1883-02-21

est enough to admit their ignorance,
but the other half hide their ig-
norancs by the assumption of tran
scendental wisdom. The first half, instead
of availing themselves of the services Of
some good veterinary surgeon, call on the
second half to prescribe for their animals
The concoctions administered are appalling.
Strong syrup of tobacco, I've by the quart,
caIbonic acid, turpentine by the pint, etc,
are given to horses for the collie. Their
bellies are rubbed with a chestnut rail;
peck of salt is placed on the ami
mails rump and dissolved with cold
water. The animal is tretted back and forth
over a twenty acre field. While it lies on
its side its belly is kneaned with a number
ten boot. II it dies, as it is very apt {" do,
the doctor is not to blame, for collie is hard
to cure. II 1t gets we'll the doctor gets great
credit, for he has effected wonderful cure.
The doses given horses for collie are equal or
exceed by the mixtures given for other dis
eases or to other beasts. All manner OF
animals are bled and blistered without
mercy. They are given poisons and exposed
to numberless arbarities.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1883-02-21
Financial Results of Education.
New York Graphic.

A.-Rich cattle king Attended school in
his ooyhood about n year. Able to add and
multiply but not 70 parse. Somewhat misty
in history and geography. Thinks the Eas;
lnoles JOIN Siberia somewhere, and thai
William the Fourth and William the Con
queror are identical Bnt is worth two mil.
lions, and will be worth third in two years
Understands his business snd has under him
three or four collegiates helping to keep hi:
accounts.
B.-Father and mother ''scrimped and
cheese pared" TO give their only son and
darling by b. an education Went through
College and graduated with honors. l. now
forty years of age and laboring in rich pub
lisher's office al sl5 per week. making school,
books.
C-Picked mp the fragments of an educa
ton at a New England red country school
house at the Corners" Was always prompt
in the dollars and cents arithmetical depart
ment, and but little else. Went 10 CalifOr-
fOrnia at an early date bought city lots fol
taxes and is now one Of the millionaire oil.
lars OF society and he Church in San Fran
cisco. His opinions on The literary merits
of 'our ministers" sermons are quoted and
feared-and in private laughed at.
DAT an early age showed strong in
clination to study. Observing friends sent
him to school and from thence to College.
During his four years collegiate course he
lived ON 81 week Starved his stomach
permanently into dyspepsia. Wore his
clothes threadbare until they ceased to pro-
tect him from cold, whereby he left Dlleg
with honors and the consumption. Wei
into the ministry and preached to a rur
congregation for $3.50 per year. Died in tn
Poor House.
E-Stout hearty, beef eating boy. Nevt
could be made 20 60 to school regularly o
apply himself to his books. Bully among
MS fellows and the terror of all the quiet
people in the village. Ran away from home
at sixteen, leaving a bad name behind him.
Was not heard from for fifteen years, but
turned up at last as q rich Western railroad
contractor. Came home and gave his
studious elder brother mo had been
through College and knew all about IL a
situation at 1900 per arnum, which he
was thankful to get i still spells pork
'p-i-r-k"
F.-College graduate People well off but
not millionsires. F. graduated six years ago.
Doctor. Has done nothing since but live at
home. Never earned q cent in hiss life.
Probably never will.
Clicked into the street at six years of
age. Became q newsboy. Then q cabin
boy on q California bound ship. a bG--
tender in San Francisco. Thence saloon
proprietor, and is now a leading politi-
clan" No schooling at all.
H-Went through College. Came out.
Went into his uncle's countlng-house, IN
learned great deal taught him by his Pro-
fessors. Learned in its place, linen. things.
affairs and human nature" Observed
closely. Saw which way the cat jumped.
Cut his financial eye-:eeh, and is now q
wealthy Wall street man.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1883-02-21
THE PIONEER.

FIJI mp your glass, o comrade true.
With sparkling wine that cheers.
And let US drink bumper TO
The sturdy pioneers
The honest men. the women fair,
Who, years and years ago,
Had steady hearts and heads TO dare
Deeds we may never know,
Nor page in history show.
They had their uses then, and now
They have their uses. too
For, oh. they live to tell us how,
In eighteen sixty-two,
The summer was the hottest time
That ever scorched out State,
And then, with earnestness sublime,
They hasten TO relate
Tales vast to contemplated
And speak of bitter wintry wool
Why. mercy cakes alive.
There fell fifteen foot of snow
In eighteen sixty fivel
Three foot of water IN the Platte
Was frozen ten foot thick.
And, seeming not content with that,
Each man and wife and chick
With rheumaiiZ took sick
And should we smile? The years gone by
With martyr lives are strewn:
We're gally treading-you and L
The path which they have hewn-
Hewn from the desert and the mine,
Posterity to cheer;
Let's toast them in the sparkling wine
Drink to the mem'ries dearl
Drink 10 the pioneeri
Denver Tribune.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1883-02-21
Marketable Honey.

OF late years the tendency among bee
keepers has been to neglect comb-honey, and
work almost exclusively for extracted. The
latter is more rapidly secured, and it re-
Quires less skill TO succeed in obtaining a
good return in extracted honey. The ex-
perience of practical men, however, may
well induce beekeepers to consider the ad-
visibility of working tor comb-hopey. This
always. II properly secured, finds ready sale
at the highest prices.
One man in Illinois, with la colonies by
spring count, and 206 in the fall, secured
over 16 600 pounds of honey, which he sold
So. 600.
At present the market demands honey in
sections. Even the so-eslled prize section,
which is five and a quarter by six and a
quarter inches, is found too large, and our
wide-awake apiarists have used generally
the one pound section, which is four and a
quarter inches square. This season, the
experience in the Boston, Chicago and
Indianapolis shows tina even smaller
half pound sections to take the lead. 1t
will be advisable for bee keepers TO ar
range to secure this years money, in
part at least. in sections of this smaller size.
Tin or wooden scparators, which have
! been used between the sections 10 secure
straight combs, that could be shipped easily,
are expensive. Some of our best apiarlsts
| find their use unnecessary. The secret OF
| this seems to rest with the depth of the sec
ton. The usual depth has been two inches.
By making the sections from one and three
| eighth to one and three-fourth inches deep,
so that the comb shall not be thick, the
even combs are secured without separators
especially il use is made OF comb founda
/ ton.
In arranging to change the form of sec
tons. If any thus decide, let it be remem
bered that the square form is not essential
Even the prize section is not square. Many
contend that a rectangular section, longer
up and down, is worked in better by the
bees. and more quickly capped over and
filled TO the edge, than is one that is square.
Il is worth while to think of this plan fol
| the next harvest. 1t is hardly necess airy tC
say that sections can not be too neat and
clean.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1883-02-21
Profitable Paftnnfs

The most wonderful and marvellous sue cess
in cases where persons are sick OF wasting
away from a condition of misera bleness, that
10 one knows what ails them profitable
patients for doctors, is obtained by The use
of Hop Bitters. They begin to cure from
the first dose, aud keep it mp until perfect
health and strength is restored. Whoever
is afflicted in this way need not suffer. when
they can get Hop Bit,ers.-Cincin matt Star.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1883-02-21
Flood Incidents at Cincinnati on Friday

IoaluIudE 3 OOnlsLeItlAI G3zette.I
There wss some complaint that the pro-
visions were wasted BIZ parties to whom they
were disbursed, but the Committee say that
such is not the fact. Even the SCRAPS OF
bread, OF which there appears to be large
quantity, are used over in making soups for
dinner. In the two public school buildin rs
there are housed and fed about 325 refugees,
men, women and children Of all ages.
There are also several families provided for
at the German Catholic school-house and St
Bonifacius Church, all Of whom are fed and
clothed under the direction of the General
Relief Committee. The entire number who
sre being fed. including those who still re-
main shut up in their own houser, is about
1900 more than One-thire of the ward being
surrounded by water.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1883-02-21

Mrs. Langtry is saying a good many foolish
things 10 the young men who interview her for
papers IN the South. Hal she known how to hold
her tongue, content to be talked of and written
about she might have left more favorable i'm
preston Of herself In this country.-Chicago Inter
Ocean.
Your newspaper reporters would not lei
her alone. She did her level best 10 ''snub''
them, but they forced themselves upon her
went around the back stairways of the
hotels and interviewed her servants; nosed
into the private letter bags of the hotels to
find out who she was corresponding with,
etc. Chicago papers should be very quie,
concerning Mrs. Langtry.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1883-02-21
The sitution of Llwrenc aburs and its citi-
zens is thus described in yesterdays Com
mercial Gazette. Il saws:

leDs Is tuus described IN yesterday COm
mercial Gazette. II says:
city with population Of 5000 inhabitants,
situsted but twenty miles from the cs pital of the
great valley of the Ohio. surrounded by water
ranging IN depth from sixty-fve TO twenty feet,
and at The highest possible point within the linn
its the water is az least five feet deep AID the
current Il the streets Is almost swift it Is in
the channel of the great river.
The citizens have been compelled 20 seek safety
10 the Court House, churches, factories and such
/ other places as could be found
Hour by hour aud minute by minute danger of
being swept away accumulate. a number of
the buildings are but irsil fabric. The rushing
waters are wave by save eating out the fOunda-
tons Cries for mercy and helD have ali day
/ gone up IN chorus The bright skies which yes
| terday Oyerhung the inundated city sent no hope
of relief to the panic AID griet slIicsen people.
With the waters rapidly swelling ar q the situa-
| ton growing more hazardous. hope must almost
| be abandoned.
Unless relief is taken 10 them hundreds oil
them viii certainly expire from stel Walton II
the rise continues for The next Twelve. as IL hal
for the psst Twelve hours. there s. 70 telling what
is 20 become CT the city and The people.
At this hour q a. m the Wster still rising
| and from calculations based upan the crD diJion
I of the water here. II must be least feet
deep on the Court House tqnafe. the ingheSi
/ point in the i'll -fated city.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1883-02-21
Mr.. Jay Gould sid in a recen. interview

Every one has! his special tastes- II. Wander
bilt has cultivated love for fast kcrses because
they give him pleasure snd heslfh. T TO. like a.
good hCise. but I do not carry ibe HklEg ID ex
Irenes find pleasure in other WAYS. IrC TO
enjoy my business / enjoy my D. rae ahi nay
farily the bfSt OF ans hi, in The woyh. think
l have nay share # the pleasant tningS IN IN Ia.
world. ] lece We 2 gIest many kitks AID Gu Is,
but they make tae sTe--s the swe9ler
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1883-02-21

The recent audiences OF Count Kslnokey,
the Imperial Minister of FJreig Affairs.
and Count Andrsssv, The former Minister
with Emp aror Francis jose ph have given
rise 10 rumor of changes in ice Ministry.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1883-02-21
Quack Doctorsag of Fam Stock
fE.-,,a~ss Uox,,a Torr,aI


Half of the people in this world consider
themselves fully capable of prescribing for
every i'll that the flesh of beast is heir to;
and just in proportion to the Ettleness OF
Their knowledge of other subjects their own
estimation of their abilities as che as and COW
doctors" rises. Men who have no more
idea ct what anatomy is than q mule has os
, revealed religion, and who would imagine
pig sioiogy some new tangled remedy for
Sh0ss collie are certain that by surveying 8
sick animal. with one eye closed, they can
locate il disease without q single failure.
These people kill more animals thaz they
cure ft Is simply awful to seriously con-
slider some OF the doses they force dowz the
Threats OF helpless brutes. IL the patient
were perfectly healthy to start with, in half
the cases the treatment would cause death
in twenty-four hours. 1t is q wonder that
people will allow such disgusting medi-
cines to be administered. They as
surecly can not fail to perceive that
such concoctions must work more harm
than good. When a domestic animal takes
. sick they seem 20 BID adieu to sense and
intelligence and place their whole trust in
Eome quack-the more ignorant the better.
they do not know anything about the brute
conomy; have 10 idea what organs are
ected o. how they are affected, nor have
~ tbs rs,aotest inkiing OF the proper
pedics. Half are willing and hon.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1883-02-21
The Shelby Democrat is satisfied with the
work of the Legislature, and says:

The Legislature Is taxing the bull by the horns,
They have knocked the amendments into a
cooked hat. zThey have taken the appointment of
the Benevolent Institutions out of the hands of
the Governor and have made them Democratic.
They will pass a metropolitan police bill and
should reapportioE the State. They should bounce
0verstreet, pass the revenue bills and adjourn.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1883-02-21
"savin' Mother"
Ain ms easY chain

Washington Postl
The farmer sat in his easy chair
Be wteen the fire and the lamplight's glare;
His face was rudy and fun and fair;
His three small boys in the chimney nook
Conned the lines OF picture book;
his wife. the pride Of his home and heart,
Baked the biscuit and made the tart.
Laid the table and drew the tea,
Deity. swiftly, silently:
Tired and weary. weak and faint,
She bore her trials without complaints,
Like MANY another household saint
Content all selfish bliss above
In the patient ministry of love.
At last, between the clouds OF smoke
That wrea;bed his lips the farmer spoke:
There's taxes to raise and int'rest to pay,
AMI IL there should come a rsinv day
'Twould be mighty handy, I'm bonnd " say,
T. have something put by For folks must die:
An there's funeral bills, and grave stones e
Enough to swamp a man. pretty nigh;
Besides there's Edward and Dick and Joe
To be provided for when we go;
So. If were you. I'll tell you what I'd do:
I'D be savin' Of wood as ever could
Extra fires don't do any good;
I'd be s4vin' of s0sp. and savin' OF lie.
ia rather he sparin' Of coffee and tea,
For sugar is HIGH
An all to buy.
I'd he kind a. careful about my c'o'es
And look out sharp how the money goes
GeWgaws is useless mater KNOWS,
Extra trimmin'
y the bane of women
I'd sell the best of my cheese an honey.
An eggs is as good, nigh bout, as money,
An as tn the carpet you wanted new
guess we can make the old one du:
And as for the washer an sewfn' machine.
Them sTnoth-tongued agents, so pesky mean,
You'd better git nd of em slick an clean.
What do they know bout women's work?
Do they calkilate women ssmade 10 shirk?"
Dick and Edward and little Joe
Sat in TIE corner in a row;
They saw their patient mother go
On ceaseless errands to and fro;
They saw that her form was bent and thin,
Her temples gray, her cheeks sunk In.
They the qulver of ZIP and chin
Aud then with a wrath he could not smother,
OuSpOke the youngest, frsilest brother:
''YOu talk OF sayin' wood an lie
An tea an sugar all the while,
. But you never talk of savin' motherr'
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1883-02-21
OUR FARM FRIENDS.
Growing OniOns-Quack DOctoring OF
Farm Stock.
About OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Honey
-Scraping Trees.

CrOssiug Apples - Curing Corn Fodder
The Useful Hen-Farm Notes, Etc.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1883-02-21
seraping Trees.
american Agriculturist. I

DO we approve of scraping trees? asks a
friend of ours. Certainly we do. provided
they need il, and one can rarely find an old
tree that does not. Aside from the fact
that the removal of the old bark scales
breaks up refuge for various insects, in
clnding the Woolly-aphis, the increased
beauty of the tree repsys the trouble. There
are scrapers made for the purpose; one of
these chad triangular blade. another long
blade, with one fiat and another slightly
coDcave edge. An old hoe is quite as good
a tool as any; cut off the handle TO about
eighteen inches, and do not grind the blade
too sharp as cutting implement is not
nee6ed-only a scrapec. ON a very old
trunk some force may be needed to
detaeh the scales that are partly loose.
bat on the yoHng trees be careful not to
wou I'd the healthy bark. The scraping may
be done now, next month, or later. When
there comes a moist drizzly spell, go over
the scraped bark with good soft soap. made
thin enough with wster to apply with a
brush Paint over thick coat of this soap
and leazethe rest 10 the rains. Later in the
season the trees will appear as il furnished
with mahogany trunks.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1883-02-21
Experiments in Crossing Apples.

Professor w. ]. Beal writes as follows
upon crossing apples in the American Agri-
culturist for February:
Will the pollen, or flower dust, from one
variety of apple change the appearance of
another variety? 1t is not uncommon to
see apples of variety which is usually
smooth bearing strips of resset from the
stem To the blossom end. These russell
strips have often, even by good botsnist-
been consider ed evidence of cross or a
partial cross, by pollen from q russell varie-
ty. On examining several such apples,
can not now remember to have seen a single
one where the russell stripe corresponde2 to
cell or carpet Of the fruit. This we should
expect in case the russell stripe was due to
russell pollen. few years AGO | crossed
come smooth variety with pollen from a rus
set tree. No effect was produced on any Of
the apples. In 1854. the experiment was re-
peated, using pollen of Golden Russell on
the stigmas of the Northern Spy Ia no case
was there any indication of russet on the
skin of the Spy apples. think the russell
stripes found on apples, which are usually
smooth, are to be attributed to what we call
sport" have seen q white p@ony and
pink one coming from the same root;
yellow sweet potato coming from a stalk
which bore the rest of the crop of red
color. 1t Is not very uncommon to find a
similar change in color in common potatoes.
These are slight changes or sports, the cause
of which is not known.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1883-02-21

Q2e week in your own town. Terms and 81 ont.
yvv htfree. Address h. Hailett d Co., Portland,
Maine
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Curing Corn Fodder.
.Phiisdelphia Record.l
In reading your remarks on silos and