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The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-09-02
FARM NOTES.

Now that the hens are beginning TO shed
their feathers they require meat and bone
in some form, as the growth of new feat lers
will cause general debility unless the wants
vi the hens are supplied.
The value of the eggs imported into this
country in 1884 was Sc 1877 400. And yet
there are those who fear an overprOductiOn
of eggs in this country. We do not as yet
produce enough to supply our markets.
Nebraska has about 256, 900 acres OF grow
ing forests. In addition to the forest trees
there have been planted over 100000 fruit
trees. 2,5OO,OOO grapevines, besides a great
number of plants and ornamental shruos. q
Geraniums raised from cuttings this spring
should now be rotted in four-inch pots. III
kept in a healthy growing condition they
will make beautiful growing plants for the
house when frost kills our outdoor flowers.
Next month is the proper time for uniting
the ewes aud the rams if early lambs are ex
pected, February being a desirable month
during which they should come, in order to
reach the market not later than the lst of
June.
The American Cultivator says there is un-
dOubtedly natural balance between insects
injurious to man and the paiasites that prey
upon them, but that man is always disturb
ing this balance, and often TO his serious
hurt.
Leo Weltze, an Ohio nurseryman, to procure
in Russia seeds of trees, fruit and forest; also
ornamental shrubs and plants that will be
adapted to the exposed regions of the North
west portions of this country.
Do not fail to move the cOops frequently
In warm weather the ground soon becomes
foul with the excrement and the wasted fool.
A few days sunshine and few showers will
make these spots pure. fresh and green, es-
pecially if a little lime be sprinkled over
them.
On some Western farms the grasshoppers
are doing great damage to some parts of
farms without injuring other portions, and
there are instances in which they have en-
tirely destroyed vegetation in some spots
without touching others only short dis
lance away.
This is the season when the farmer sits
down to his dinner of salt pork and potatoes
and thinks of how many tunes he has eaten
OF the same fare. 1t is good time for him
to figure out how much he has gained by not
keeping up his garden and orchard.-7New
Yorker.
A poultry man near Boulder, Cal, keeps
1000 turkeys Hesows asmall field of wheat
and allows the turkeys TO harvest it them
selves. They also secure grasshOppers md
other insects. He has already received an
offer of S1.50 each for the lot as soon as they
are old enough for market.
Boraeic acid is en- excellent article for
roup or cholera in fowls A solution of a
teaspoonful of the acid in half a glass of
water, with teaspconful of the solution as
dose, is considered an excellent remedy for
both diseases 1t a.so serves a wash for
swollen heads and sores.
The horse that is properly fitted with the
harness used upon him will perform his
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-09-02

of that required to turn them in the wise if
they warp in being split.
For cementing emery on to wood use equal
parts of shellac, white resin and carboiic
acid in crystals; add the acid after the
others are melted.
By strongly heating adulterated red lead
tie pure red lead assumes a yellowish tint,
while the impurities tchiefiy brick-dust and
ferric oxide) retain their red color.
Waterproof paper and pasteboard as strong
as parchment are now made by treating the
ammonia, so as to partially dissolve thin
film of the paper, which is then dried.
Width of key for shafts up to four inches
diameter should be quarter the diameter
or the shaft from shafts from four TO eight
inches diameter, 0ne-iiifth the diameter for
shafts from eight to twelve inches. one-siXth
the diameter. Key square at the thick end
should have One-third of thickness left in
the shafts.
An iron cement which is unaffected by red
heat may be made with four parts by weight
iron filings, two parts clay, one part frag-
ments of Hessian crucible; reduce 10 the
size of rape seed and mix together, working
the whole into a stiff paste with saturated
solution of salt. A piece of firehrick can be
used instead of the Hessian crucible.
To bleach oil pour linseed oil in a shallow
earthern vessel to the depth OF about one
inch then pour in six inches of clear water
and cover with a fine cloth and let the
whole stand for few weeks in the run, until
the liquid become thick, when it should be
poured in a vial and submitted TO a gentle
heat, after which the clear is to be poured off
and strained through flannel cloth.
To glue leather to iron paint the iron with
some kind of lead color-say white lead and
lampblack. When dry cover with a cement
made as follows: Take the best glue, soak it
in cold water till soft, then dissolve in vine
gar with moderate heat, then add One-third
of its bulk of white pine turpentine,
thoroughly mix, and by means of the vine
gar make it of the proper consistency to be
spread with brush and apply it while hot;
draw the leather on quickly and press i
tightly in place. If pully draw. the leathe.
around tightly as possible lap and clamp.
4 letter to the editor of the Iron Trade Re
view gives what is stated to be an original
recipe for making from anthracite ashes a
polishing powder of much value for polish
ing machinery. Sift the ashes, fill pail one
third full of ashes, fill up with water, stir
well, with one-quarter of minute for coarse
grade, One-half minute for medium, three
quarters of minute for fine suitable for fine
metals; then pour off into another vessel to
settle. When settled pour off the clear water
and dry the sediment any way you please, in
a bake pan on the stove, but not too quickly.
1t is, says the writer the best polishing pow
der in use and the cheapest.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-09-02
Ensilage for Which Cows.
american Agriculturist.I


The experiments and experiences of the
past two years are thoroughly con6rmatOry
of the idea that if i'm the filling, or immedi-
ately thereafter, a high heat can be induced
which shall peryade the mass in the silO, and
then, all tightly closed, the ensilage will re-
main sweet until it is reopened, and an op-
pOrtunity to ferment is offered by exposure
10 the air. These results are attainable by
not to raid filling, nor too much tampering
the temperature being watched, and as soon
rs that of one layer or portion reaches, say
1909 Fab, another layer of three or four
feet in thickness may be added, lev
eled of, packed a little around the
sides, and left for a day or two to heat
in turn Pits filed in this way last year
turned out beautifully, and the cattle, espe-
cially mich cows, have had healthful, excel
lent feed, fragrant and sweet and, of course,
highly relished- When such can become the
general or universal condition of ensilage on
good farms, the objections tn its use will dis
appear. Heating of ensilage is promoted by
cutting, by which the juices are exposed to
the action of ferments, the germs OF which
are almost universally distributed in the at
mosphere near dwellings and farm-yards.
The very fine cutting which used to be rec
commended is probably unnecessary, but
neither corn nor clover. when packed whole,
come into uniform heat, and we presume
the same would be true of other ensiloed
plants
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-09-02
Parasite of the Apple.
Rural New lOrker.l

This parasite of the apple prevails in its
greatest abundance in years having, at the
time of leafing out and poisoning, weather
Just adapted TO Its nature. 1t is best fOs-
tered in termination and development by
cold, wet weather. A snow-stOrm at bios
sOming time makes a year of uncommon
abundance of the seab. No fungus is devel-
Oped on apples during summer, but as soon
patches are seen to start anew at the borders
of the old scabs, and new patches are found
developing. Apples lying in wet grass in
autumn weather abound with fresh growing
clusters; they flourish even under the snow
DIR. PenticOlas states as the result
Of five years observation, that
spots of fungus invariably formed
on young fruit after cold nights, low Their
mOmeter and heavy dews. There is no rea-
son to believe that the weather causes an in
jury TO the fruit, and at gives footing to
the fungus. 1t simply supplies the best con-
dition for the sure developments of every
spOre. Even in years of warm and dry
springs, when no fruit could possibly have
received injury from the weather the para
site abounds, but less plentifully. Many
kinds of apples always subjected TO it.
At the head of the list are Wildings, Early
Harvest, Fall Pippin, Greening Spitzenberg,
Early Joe and Twenty-ounce apples. Nearly
or quite exempt are the Russets, Baldwin,
King, Astrachan, HubbardstOn, Nonsuch
and Seek-NO-Further, and even these, in
some localities and in bad years, are attacked
and seriously damaged. The Seckel pear,
which is usually entirely free, in OCCASIONAL
years is literally strangled.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-09-02

Washington Correspondence Philadelphia Press.
''Look in the right-hand pidgeon-hole of
my desk and get too photos. Deliver them
to Miss Bolts" This is an autograph letter
or note of General Grant to Colonel Bowers,
of his staff, while with the army in Virginia.
1t is now in the scrap book of the theatrical
agent of this city, Mr.. John A. Ellinger who
has an admirable collection of autographs.
The lady referred to was daughter of rel
alive of the celebrated Virginia statesman
and Unionist, John Minor Bolts, who had a
plantation near Fairfax, in Virginia. 1t will
be noticed that pigeon is spelt in the old
style, with d. The spelling of too instead
of two may have been a slip of the pen. II
has been said of General Grant that while he
WIS expert at mathematics at school while a
boy, he was deficient in other studies, and il
is a general rule with pupils at school that
the best mathematicians are the poorest
spoilers
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-09-02
The Clangor of an Alarm Bell

close by, in the stiffness of the night, could
scarcely startle the ordinary individual more than
do trifiing noises the nervous invalid. But once
the nerves braced and the system invigorsted
with Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, this Abnormal
sensitiveness is succeeded bya tranquility not to
be disturbed by trivial causes. Impaired diges-
ton is a fertile cause of nerve weakness and I'M
natural mental gloom, and vigorous renewal OF
the action of the stomach is one OF the surest
means of invigorating and quieting the nerves.
Insomnia, or sleeplessness, form of nervous dis
ease. is unquestionably benefited by sedatiyes,
when it is prolonged, of frequent occurrence,
but its permanent removal is more efectually
achieved with the Bitters This medicine is also
signally efficacious for malaria, rheumatism con-
stipation, liver complaint, and torpidity OF the
kidneys and bladder.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-09-02
MoIes in the Garden.

Mr.. II. GibbOn Knox County, o., says the
moles have been very destructive in his gar
off the roots He asks what to do about
them. 1t is unusual for moles to commit
such depredations, and hence we conclude
they must be very numerous. Several kinds
of patent traps for catching them are sold at
the seed stores 1t is said that pieces of cam
phOr gum placed in their runways will drive
them TO other quarters. The moles feed on
worms, grubs, etc, and they are sometimes
gotten rid of by cutting raw beef into strips,
placing in each a small quantity of strych-
nine. and depositing in their holes. Those
having the time and patience to do so may
destroy them by first treading in all the
runs and watching until they attempt to open
up the road again, then dig them out by pass
ing a spade behind them. Great numbers are
thus killed in our city parks.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-09-02
His First womern.

j. W. Riley
/ buried my first wOmern
In the spring; and in the fall
i was married TO my second.
And hain't settled yit at all
For L m allus think in'-thinkin
on the first ones peaceful ways,
A-bllin soap and singin'
OF the Lords amazin' grace
And I'm thinkin' of her, constant,
Dyin caTpet-chain and stuff,
And a-makin' up rag carpets.
When the floor was good enough,
And ] mind her hep a-feedin',
And IrieeOleet her now
A-lrappin' corn and keepin'
Clos I behind me and the pillow.
And I'm allus thinkin' OF her
Reddin' up around the house;
Er coOkin' fer the farm hands,
Er drivin' up the cows:
And there's lays out yender,
BY the lower medder fence,
Where the cows was barely grain,
And they're usin' ever sence.
And when look acrost there
say it's when the clOvers ripe,
And I'm settin' in the evenin.
On the porch here. with my pipe,
And the Other'n hOllers Henry -
Wy, they amt no sadder thing
Than 10 think of my first wOmern
And her funeral last spring
Mas q wear ago
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-09-02

ielly-mixed with warm skim milk. is
enough for calf from one to three weeks
old. As the calf grows older this amount is
increased. If oil meal is used it should be
hnseed meal, for calves. Cottonseed meal is
not so easy OF digestion-is rather constipat-
ing-thus adds to this quality in skim milk.
With the skim milk and fiaxseed we raised
grade Jersey heifer calves to 500 pounds
weight at six and seven months old last sea-
son. II is doubtful if they would have been
better fed on new milk. When the milk be
ably be added.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-09-02
Now Supposinc.
springfield Mass Union.l

springfield tMass.) Union.I
Now, supposing the SS50,000,0OO spent
yearly for drinks that do no good were saved
or spent for articles of use and real comfort.
That vast sum would buy a good suit of
clothes for every man in the land, give every
woman a decent dress and bonnet, and
clothe and shoe every child.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-09-02
HINTS FOR THE WORKSHOP.

A knife or borer moistened with strong
solution of caustic soda or potash will cut
india-rubber quite easily.
A putty of starch and chloride of size
hardens quickly and will last as a stopper of
holes in metals for months.
Piston rings should be turned inside as
well as outside, So that they will not spring
out of true when they split. The time
required to turn them is not one-tenth part
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-09-02

Iility of the soil: and unless the fertility of
the soil is kept up, no matter what the line
of farming. il is only question of time
when farming win be at an end. Nature
Will cease to honor her checks; and you can
prepare 10 so into bankruptcy if you do not
continue to deposit in the soil as much fer
tilizing material as you draw out in the form
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-09-02
DIR. F1etcher's New Departure.
Evening Minute. ]

When DIR. Fletcher, few weeks after be-
coming Superintendent of the Insane Hos
pital, determined to relieve the patients Of
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-09-02
OUR FARM BUDGET.
Ensilags for Mich Cows---ParaSits Of the
Apple.

mOles in the Garden-Chieken Cholera
September Hints for Farm and Gar
den-Hints for the Workshop
-HOusehold Hints
Farm Notes.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-09-02
Chicken Cholera.

The Department of Agriculture publishes
the following remedy, recommended by Dr.
Salmon, for preventing chicken cholera: A
solution made by adding three pounds of
sulphuric acid to forty gollons of water Tor
oEe-fourth pound of sulphuric acid TO three
and half gallons of water mixing evenly
by agitating or stirring. This may be APP
piled TO small surfaces with a small watering
pot, or 10 larger grounds with a barrel
mounted on wheels and arranged like street
sprinkler In disinfecting poultry houses
the manure must first be thoroughly scraped
mp and removed beyond the reach of the
fowls; slight sprinkling is not sufficient
but the floors and roof and grounds must be
thoroughly saturated with the solution. so
that no particle of dust, however small, es-
capes being wet. 1t is impossible to thor
oughly disinfect if the manure is not re-
moved from the roosting places Sulphuric
acid is very cheap, costing at retail not more
than(25 cents pound, and at wholesale but
or cents. The barrel of disinfecting solu-
tioli can therefore be made for less than 81
and should be thoroughly applied. 1t must
be remembered, too, that the sulphuric acid
is dangerous drug to handle, as when I'M
diluted, it destroys clothing ard cauterizes
the flesh wherever it touches.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-09-02

Chronic Rhumstisu, scrofuls. Glandular Swell
ing, Headache, Dry Cough, Cancerous Affections,
Syphilitic Complaints Nenereal Troubles, (see our
treatise Neneresl and It's cure" price . cents
by mail.) Bleeding of the Lungs, Dyspepsia, Water
Brash, White Swelling, Tumors, Skin Diseases,
EruptiOns on the Body and Face, Pimples, BOils,
Blotches, Sores, Ulcers, Hip Diseases, Mercurial
Diseases, Female Complaints Gout, Dropsy, Salt
Rheum Bronchitis CONSUMPTION
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-09-02
LIVER COMPLAINT, ETC.

Not only does the Sarsaparillian Resolvent excel
all remedial agents in the OF Chronic, Scrofu
lous Constitutional and Skin Diseases but il is the
only positive cure for
Kidney and Bladder Complaint,
Urinary and Womb Diseases, Gravel, Diabetes,
DrOpsy, Stoppage OF Water, Incontinenee of Urine,
Bright's Disease, Albuminuria, and in all cases
where there are brickdust deposits, the water is
thick cloudy, mixed with substance like the white
OF an egg. or threads like white silk there is q
morbid, dark, bilious appearance and white bone
dust deposits and when there is pricking, burn
ing sensation when passing water, and pain in the
small of the back along the l0ins.
One bottle contains more of the active principles
of medicines than any other preparation. Taken,
in teaspoonful doses, while others require five or
six times much.
Sold BY Druggists. One Dollar Per Bottle
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-09-02
skim MIX and Flaxseed for Calves.

skim milk and grass alone will raise good
calves, if the milk is abundant anG not al
lowed to get TOO sour. When too sour it
causes calves TO scour, and thus counteracts
Its good effect. Skim milk is well adapted
TO raising heifers for the dairy, it is rich in
albumenoids and phOsphates of lime to give
a strong muscular and bony development. A
little more oil would improve it, and for this
ually replacing the cream skinned off, The
large percentage of oil il contains prevents
constipation as well securing Flaxseed
should be boiled in four times its bulk of
water, and it then forms gelatinous mass
"A little Of this-say tablespoonful Of the
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-09-02
DIR. RAILWAYS
SARSAPARILIAN
RESOLVENT
THE
Great Blood Purifier,
FOR THE CURE OF CHRONIC DISEASES.

Scrofulous or Constitutional, Hereditary,
or Contagious, be it seated IN the Lungs
or Stomach, Skin or Bones, Flesh or
Nerves, Corrupting the Solids and Vitiat-
ing the Fluids,
St. Paul daily globe., 1885-03-19
CRIMES OF A DAY,
lind WhGt Became of the Perpetrators-An
I5ltereRting Batch.

lind WhGt Became of the PerpetrGtors-44l
Interesting Batch.
The routine of the municipal court devel-
oped nothing of an especial important char
acter yesterday. Eugene Riley. Henry Gregs,
Frank Barnum, Frank Carl and George
Dunn had INDUCED their appetites for that
which at last biteth like serpent and sting
eth like an adder, and not having the requi-
site So each they went to jail for as many
days.
Jerry Callighan and A. Hall ha6 been on a
spree and they paid fine of So each for the
diversion.
Daniel Hurley is an immoral fellow. He
was found in house devoted to deeds of
shame, and he will find a ten days home with
Sheriff Bracket
Henry Oates is a newsboy, who made
raid on the Tribune, stealing package. He
pleaded guilty to the charge of larceny, and
the court withheld sentence until to-day.
c. A. Reynolds ordered an obstreperous
visitor to evacuate Mr.. Reynolds office, in
the Tribune building. The visitor refusing
to comply with the request, forcible eject
ment was effected, and Mr.. Reynolds arrest
upon the charge of assault followed, but the
court held that man has right to put out
| obnoxious visitors, and the defendant was
discharged
Michael Leonard pleaded guilty to the lar
ceny of a box of soap from George r. New
elPs store, and took twenty days as the
penalty.
Burglars found an entrance into James
Giles store on Plymouth avenue, tapped the
till for 81, and helped themselves freely to
the stock of cigars, and decamped. No
St. Paul daily globe., 1885-03-19
To Cost a Round 0uarter MUTTON.

Wilkes NcDermott, the contractor, SAYS
that by the close of the week the walls of the
old Academy of Music will be entirely down
and the rubbish cleared out of the way The
work has been stopped several times because
OF the delay in adjusting the insurance, so
that the actual time employed in tearing
down the huge building has been less than
thirty DAYS. The work has been carefully
managed and not a single accident has oc-
CURED, contrary TO numerous predictions.
The brick, stone and considerable of the
debris was in sufficiently good condition TO
permit its being used again Tue plans for
the new building TO be erected are not fully
decided upon. out it IS at least certain that it
will be from eight to ten stories high and viii
bc one of the largest and most complete
Office buildings in the country.
St. Paul daily globe., 1885-03-19
MUSCULAR DEVELOPMENT.
Il Highly Pleasing Entertainment by the
minneapolis Athletic Club
p,S~

n Highly Pleasing Entertainment by the
Minneapolis Athletic Club
The Prices.
A very creditable gymnastic entertain ment
was given last night by the Minneapolis
Athletic club at Duplessis' gymnasium,
where the following program was carried
out: Horizontal bars, Charles Shibley, w.
H. Bach, Oscar Nesheim, c. 0. Duplessis;
dumb-bell lifting, I. Fl. Connors; sparring,
c. o. Duplessis and P. Fallon; parallel bars,
w. 81. Bach, Oscar Nesheim, Charles Shibley,
7. FL. O'Connors; club swinging, Samuel
Plum; flying rings, Oscar Nesheim, Charles
shibley, W. H. Bach, c. 0. Du-
plessis; balancing ladder pyramids,
George Hanson, j. D. Garvey, 0.
Nesheim, John Martin, A. j. Brown; double
trapeze, George Hanson and w. H. Bach;
sparring, T. Fl. O'Connors and T: H. Gala
CHER; tumbling, Charles Shibley, w. II.
Bach, John Martin; sparring, c. o. Duplessis
and J. c. Harper.
The prizes, handsome silver cups, for gen
eral excellence were awarded as follows: First
prize, Charles Shibley, average 119; second
prize, W. FL. Bach, average 80. Oscar Mes
helm, who participated in two exercises, was
prize for the best tumbling.
large audience of ladies and gentlemen
witnessed the entertainment and cnthusi-
astically applauded the different exercises.
Music was rendered by string band, and
the excellent program was very successfully
carried out