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St. Landry democrat., 1885-01-10
BACON.
How 1t Should Be Selected, and How &c
Cure 1t Properly.

I How 1t Should Be Selected, and How to
Cure 1t Properly.
The best bacon is made from pigs
which viii not weigh more than one
hundred and twenty-five pounds when
dressed. The rashers or strips for the
bacon are cut lengthwise off the pig,
and about half of the sides are used.
The portion next to the backbone is
fatter and lacks in muscle, and is not so
good on that account. When bacon is
made from small pigs those weighing
less than one hundred pounds-the
whole of the sides are used. Red and
black Berkshire hogs make the best
bacon, because they have the largest
proportion of lean meat. Six pounds
of salt and two ounces of saltpeter
should be used for one hundred pounds
of meat-too much saltpeter renders
meat dry and hard. Five pounds of
bacon is cured in a barrel the salt, salt
peter and sWeetening should be mixed,
and a portion sprinkled on the bottom
of the barrel, and some also between
the layers of the meat and the top, and
enough water after the meat is packed
closely put on to cover it. In a month
the meat will be ready to smoke. Too
much smoke will color it and give it a
rank taste. Another way to cure bacon
is to rub the above mixture on the flesh
side of the strips, and then pile one
piece above another and let the mixture
penetrate. After three days rub again
and pile up as before. A week after
rub again and pile it up, putting the
flesh side up every time. The mixture
should be divided into three equal parts,
to provide for the several rubbings. At
the end of a month the meat will be
ready for smoking, or before if the salt
has all penetrated and the surface has
become perfectly dry, which is an indi-
cation. After smoking, the rashers
should be sewed up in bags made of
cotton cloth, and hung up in a dry, dark
place. If the bags are white-Washed
on the outside all the better, as this
will keep the worms out.-Ihe Farmer
(Eng. j.
St. Landry democrat., 1885-01-10
HoRsERADlsH.
How to Cultivate 1t, and How to Prepare
It for the Market.

How to Cultivate 1t, and How to Prepare
&c for the Market.
The botanical name of this well
known garden plant and popular condi-
ment is .Arnor0cig radia, native of
Western Europe It is remarkably
tenacious Of life, and spreads itself
without artificial aid, coming up some
times at long distances from the parent
plants in soils adapted to its growth.
The root contains an acrid oil similar
to, if not identical with, that of mus
tard, and to the pungent flavor of this
oil is due the desire for grated horse
radish as condiment. IL considered
medically as harmless stimulant, of
use in dyspepsia, and sirup prepared
from the root is used in colds and rheu-
matism.
In some cities, the horseradish is
grated at the doors of the customers; or
dealers stand at the street corners, and
CRATE from the heaped roots gill, half
pint, or more at the call of the customer.
All this work is done by hand, and is
intended to counterfeit the popular idea
that turnip forms q large part of the
bottled horseradish. This is not so, for
the turnip would turn the horseradish
black, or discolor it, and, besides, it
costs hardly more to raise horseradish
than to raise turnips. The absolute
wilderness of horseradish Except the
color OF the vinegar1 is necessity to
its commercial value. This Whiteness
can not exist in adulterated horseradish.
In the manufacture OF the grated horse
radish in large quantities the graters
must be made of white metal or Of sheet
tin, as the contact of uncovered iron
would blacken the product.
The cultivation of the root is simple.
At the harvest, in the autumn, those
roots which are too small for CONNER
cial purposes LESS than a pipe-stem in
diameter ARE packed away in sa nd in
short lengths Of from four to six inches.
In the spring these are planted in
plowed burrows by means of hand
dibble, making q hole to plant the slip
in, upper end just below the surface.
It grows with the eommonest cult
walton field cultivation and is har-
vested by the ploW and the potato
digger.
In preparation for the market the
roots are freed from sand or soil, and
are scraped by hand until every dis
colored portion is removed. The
cleaned roots are then put into
tumbling barrel with water, and
thoroughly washed. To be ground
they are fed into hopper over cyl
indrical grinder of white mlBal with
its corruga tiorEss9s::l5e those of 4 nutmeg
crater, and held sd1Iee to its surface
by the weight of block tofFaasod fitting,
like a piston, the sides of recSsxalar
box into which the hopper leads Tnes
grated root is mixed with vinegar,
bottled, and sealed Immediately. And
here is the trouble about adu1terated
horseradish Exposed in d grated form
half day, the horseradish is tasteless;
the aroma goes with the air like Whit.
Nor viii dry horseradish retain its
strength. Horseradish is like the rose;
it must be smelled or tasted inn
tnediatelY on its ripening, or it is
..scentless sd dead. y Scientific
Anaeaicag.
St. Landry democrat., 1885-01-10

In washing flannels it is a mistake
TO use very hot water. Wash them in
iukewarm water in which soap has been
dissolved, and rinse in clear water of
the same temperature, stretching them
well in both directions before hanging
on the line. Albany Journal,
St. Landry democrat., 1885-01-10
rFAc-s1MrLR OF TYPE.wRlrEB 1ErTER.1
70 THE PUBLIC, GREETING

TO THE PUBLIC, GREETING
Boards OF Heal tn are now everywhere corr
Tecttng the faul is Of sewerage and advi sing
the people how to prevent future cpl demi cs.
But other precautions necessary, wi th-
out viii ch no amount Of SAM tatton can avail.
Dr.. Koch says that cholera has but little
chance among those who keep the digestive
organs and the liver, skin and kidneys (the
sewers Of the body in heal thful opera t1on.
Warmers SAFE Remedies the best scien-
title Curatives and Prevent1ves, and We cannot
too much emphas1 re the 1mpor lance of using them
now, as safeguard against any future scourge
Much Of the common ailments are caused, not
primarily by bad blood, but by IMPAIRED LIVER
AND KIDNEYS. This result is in blood corruption
and injury to the entire system. Remove this
1mpai red action, and most ordinary ailments will
disappear. Other practi tioners have held that
extreme liver and sidney disorders are incur
able. We, however, by the severest tests, have
unanswerably proved tho contrary. Pl ease note:
FIRST. I'VE DO NOT CURE EVERY KNOWN DISEASE
FROM ONE BOTTLE. Warmers Safe Remedt es are
specifics, which have been successfully put
upon the market ONLY IN OBEDI ENCE TO STRONG
PUBLIC DEMAND. These remedies Warner's
SAFE Cure, for XII dney liver, bl adder and bl God
di sordere, General debility, Impo tency,
gravel, female 1rregul arr ties; Warner Safe
Diabetes Cure, for D1abetes-the only known 4
specific; Warner 8 Safe Rheumatic Cure for
Rheuma II SIN, Neural 81 Warner Safe Pills for
cons ii pa t1on, diarrhoea, btl1ousnesa; Warmers
Safe Nerv1ne for nervous disorders; Warner a
Safe Throatine for Asthma, catarrh; Warner q
II ppecanoe for all stomach arrangements.
SECOND. Warner Safe Remedies, sp1t to OF
all oppost ton, have the victory and are
everywhere recognt zed as leading STANDARDS.
THIRD. after six years OF unequa1led expera
fence, We give these unqualified guarantees:
GUARANTEE I.--That Warmers Safe Remedies
pure, harml esq, effective.
GUARANTEE II. That the Testtmon1 al used
by US, far We know are bona f. de.
wi tn forfeit Of $1,000 for proof to
the contrary.
GUARANTEE III. That Warmers Safe Remedies
NOT MERELY TEMPORARY, BUT PERMANENT,
IN THEIR CURATIVE EFFECTS AND WILL sUs-
TAIN EVERY CLAIM, IF USED SUFFICIENTLY
AND PRECISELY AS DIRECTED.
FOURTH. Especial inquiry among hundreds OF
our oldest patients results in unequiyocal
testimony that the cures wrought six, five,
four and three years ago. PERMANENT. And
most Of these Patti were pronounced INCURA-
BE when they began Warmers Safe Remedies. Z
St. Landry democrat., 1885-01-10

FOURTH. Especial inquiry among hundreds OF
our Oldest patients resu1 ts in unequ1yocal
st1mony that the cures wrought six, five,
four and three years ago, were PERMANENT. And
most Of these Patients were pronounced INcURA-
BILE when they began Warmers Safe Remedies.
Read few Of Thousands Of exampl ea:
St. Landry democrat., 1885-01-10

\ -TbEs evidencess the presence Of
t9eespeieut peeps, The mound builders,
am tCssd everywhere upon the North
AIMS icaE Gefinent, except, perhaps,
upon SpS Atlantic coast. They consist
Of mounts sometimes of imposing size,
and otheI learthworks, so numerous that
in Ohio alone there are, or were till
quite reeS sely, estimated to be not less
than 10, 00Stof the mounds, besides hum
dreds Of enclosures Of earth and sto1e.
w Z. EsSbUne.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-08-26
Hotel Arrivals.

Denison House: George D. Sabin, George E.
Kenyon, j. A. Ballard. J. H. Poor, L. N. Ross,
New York; j. l.. Wilson. Muncie; John NJ.
Burke, U. S. A; o. G. Kemp, Chicago; Robert
J. Loveland. Peru; H. M Dickson. Boston; E.
w. AFFORD, Miss Clara NJ. AFFORD, Odon.
Grand Hotel: {. Montrose, d. Brubaker,
New York; w. Fl. Russ. Chicago; A. j. Tying,
jr., Peoria; M. H. Brown. Malta, Ohio; VIM.
Cause, Fort Wayne: A. M, Atkinson and wife,
H. M. Atkinson, Wabash; j. B. Marvin, Frank.
fort; Ell. E. Hadley. New Ross; E. c. Miller,
Lafayette; A. F.. Norton and wife, Paramount
Ell Hicks. North Vernon; r. V. Ditmore,
Franklin; E NJ. Kemp, Wabash.
Bates House: s.. F. Major, Marion; Frank
Sine. Mr.. and Mrs. J. j. Brown. d. d Blanch-
ard. New Albany: P. S. Anderson, E. W. Mon
roe, Misses j. Fl. Wilson, Payton, Campbell and
Arnold, Clinton; Dave B. Earhart, john Rosser,
Lafayette; Chas. R. ODona!d, Loeansport; F.
NJ. Alexander. Brookville; James M. Starr. Ben
L. Smith. S. c. Morris, Rushville: T. F. Palmer,
Monticello; ". A. Cullop, Vincennes; John NJ.
Sadler, O.. T. Dickerson, Spencer: R. T. Pinnell,
Charles Wilson. Lebanon.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-08-26
The President in the Woods.
Adirondack Letter.

Standing out on the piazza fronting the lake,
this ruler of fifty millions of freemen is a rebuke
to the spleqdor of kings. He does not shave on
weekdays. On his head is a well-worn black
Derby. No choking stand up collar tightens
about his throat, as in the library of the White
House. Instead. a faded blue flannel shirt. with
its rumpled, rolling collar, opens on his bosom.
Over this he wears an ancient Prince Albert
frock coat. Loose trousers and stout boots COM
plete his wilderness attire. 1t is not an ideal
hunting costume. The blue shirt. however. gives
it a freedom which the Prince Albert corrects
with a trace of dignity. while the Derby hat adds
a certain jauutiness that in turn tones down the
coat. Ward, who came here as his friend and
guide, he obviously regards good nataredly as
a bore. No sooner has the President
stood up from the table than Ward
is off arranging the programme for
the day. The President is gazing at Marcy when
up pops Ward and reels off his arrangements:
"Well go down the lake after bass, and bring
the guns along in case we should see a deer or a
bird; then We'll go after trout up a stream |
know something about. Then we'll come back
to lunch. After lunch we'll run over TO Round
Lake and take in some of the ponds. and then
run across to Blacks and back again to the
Prospect" The President hears and bears all
this. or something like it, and the proceeds
slowly to cut down the programme. Let us go
up after trout" he says In his high key, you'll
do the fishing, Ward" At last they start on a
stage or a blackboard. stealthily followed by
guests, whose principal occupation appears to be
that of marking the rocks on which the Presi-
dent rests himself by the way and giving them
appropriate names. Ward and the guide fish,
and the President sits on rocks. Nearly two
hundred rocks around Upper Saranac lake have
already been named after him.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-08-26
COMMISSIONER THOMAN.
A Couple of Incidents of His Visits to the Cap
ital City of Indiana.

ital City of Indiana.
Washington Special to Cleveland leader.
A story is told about the late visit of Gem
missioner Thoman and Chief Examiner Lyman
to Indianapolis to investigate the charges
against Postmaster Jones for alleged violations
of the clvil-servke. law. Of course there was
considerable excitement in the city because of
the investigation. and Democrats of all shades
and opinions gathered at the familiar lounging-
places to discuss the errand of the officials
Just come in from the country, and visited
the State Treasurer's Office, Joined in the con-
versatiOn.
WALL" said he. after listening a few min
utes, what is this civil service business, any
way! I've heern a good deal about it since
l come to town this morning; what is it, any
way2"
This story is excelled, however, by one re-
lating a former experience of Commissioner
Thoman at the Indiana capital. 1t Was just
after his appointment in March. 1883, as a mem
Der of the commission. Judge Thoman was on
his way to Logansport, Ind, to pay a visit to his
mother. who resided there. He went by way of
Columbus. and there fell in with Messrs. Nc
Crory, of Richland county, and Negley. of Darke
county, both members of the Legislature. An
adjournment had been taken from Friday over
Sunday, and the two members proposed to
Thoman to 90 with him as far as indianapolis,
just for a visit to some of the members OF the
Indiana Legislature, which was at that time in
session. At indianapolis Judge Thoman was
introduced right and left, and of course excited
some interest because of the fact that he was a
Democrat and bad been appointed to high Office
by a Republican administration. Among others
to whom he was presented was a member of the
local staff of the Sentinel, the Democratic organ.
This is Judge Thoman. who has just been
appointed a member of the United States Civil
service Commission" said one of the Judges
companions in introducing him.
"Ah, indeed" was the scribe's rejoinder. and
whipping out his note book he put down the
name and office in order to write a little personal
notice in his paper of the coming of so important
a parsonage to the capital of Hoosierdom.
United States Civil service Commission" he
wrote, but he wanted to be more explicit, and,
looking up, inquired: What county are you
commissioners of, Judgef"
Whenever Negley or McCrory meet Thoman
now they ask him the first thing, 'Wha. county
are you commissioner of, Judge2'
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-08-26
Racing at Monmouth Park.

NEW YORK. Aug. 25.-There was a heavy rain
at nmo Park to-day. making the track a
long black ribbon of mud. The attendance was
light.
First Race-Free handicap, one mile. Herbert
won by two lengths; frankie B. second, Duplex
third. Time, 1494.
Second Race-Handicap sweepstakes, one and
q quarter mile. Tornado won by six lengths;
Elgin second, Sam Brown third. Time, 2:15.
Third Race-Free handicap for three-year-
olds, three-quarters of a mile. Brambleton won
by three lengths; Strategy second, Waitawhile
third. Time. 1:18a.
Fourth Race Handicap for threeyearolds,
one mile and a furlone. S~sltpetre won by three
lengths; Unrest second. Lenox third. Time. 2:02.
Fifth Race-Handicap, one and three-quarters
mile. Louisette won by three lengths; Barnum
second, Bob Miles third. Time, 3:l12.
Sixth Race-For thre eyearolds and upwards,
The winner to be sold for So. 900: threequarters
Of a mile. Lizzie Mack won by two lengths;
Audacity second, Lady Loud third. Time, 1:20.
Seventh Race-Handicap steeple chase, over
the short course. Rory OMoore won by two
lengths; Puritan second, Ecuador third. Time.
2:19
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-08-26
n Irish National League of America.

OMAHA, Neb., Aug. fitzpatrick Egan,
president of the Irish National League of
America, in an interview to-day regarding the
charge that the League has degenerated into a
mere political machine, and is therefore virtually
dead, says: while l was in New York l
accepted the presidency of the League. and
thenceforth, while holding that position. l was
prevented from taking part in politics. whatever
my political opinion may have been. | main
tanned that position throughout the last presi-
Dental campaign. and intend to maintain the
same attitude so long as | am president of the
League. That the League is dead altogether is
a mistaken idea. We have nearly 600 branches
scattered over the country. and all of them will
be in active working condition at the time of the
national convention. to be held in Chicago next
January, which will be the largest ever held in
America, possibly with the exception of that of
1881, which was also held in Chicago Mr..
Parnell will probably be in attendance. He has
promised to come if possible. Il. d. Sullivan,
Of Dublin, is also expected. Sullivan will take
MS seat as mayor of Dublin on Jan. l. Two
or three other prominent members of the Irish
National party are expected"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-08-26
PERSONAL

M. S. Bright, of Madison. is at the Bates
House.
N. K. Elliott, of Terre Haute. is at the Deni-
son House.
Hon. G. G. Matson. of Greencastle, is at the
Bates House.
Prosecuting Attorney Harding and wife are at
Niagara Falls.
Gen. Dan Macauley was in the city for a few
hours yesterday.
Acting Receiver 7. B. Atkins. of the l., .. &
S. railway, is at the Denison House.
Addison Bybee was yesterday reappointed a
trustee of Purdue University for a term of three
years by the Governor.
Rev. G. w. Martz, pastor of the Sixth Christian
Church, leaves today for St. Thomas, Ont,
where he will spend two weeks.
George Elbrey. of the tile works, died at the
Hotel English this morning, at 1870 o'clock, of
consumption. He leaves a wife and one child.
Mr.. Joseph L. Wepsley and Miss Anna E..
Coffman were married last evening, in the
presence of a few friends and relatives, at No.
40 Stephen street, by Elder C. W. Martz, of the
Sixth Christian Church.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-08-26
WHEAT AND CORN.
What the Farmers Review Says Concerning
These Two Great Staple Crops.

CHICAGO, Aug. 25.-The Farmers Review
will publish the following summary of its crop
returns up to Aug. "a: With the exception OF
the country tributary to the Red river valley.
during the last fourteen days harvest has not
been seriously delayed. Much of the spring
wheat to be handled this fall and winter will be
of inferior quality. The intense hot weather of
July has been the main cause of this state of
affalrG. the effect of which was to more or less
shrievel the grain and produce a
quality below that of last year.
The spring wheat crop of 1884 was exception
ally fine in quality, and northern Dakota prmises
now to be the only area from which any large
supply of No. 2 hard wheat may be looked for.
The price of wheat has declined II cents within
the last sixty days, and even at present prices
of wheat the export demand is very small. The
great accumulation of stocks at shipping points,
and the prospect of a still further increase. has
also been an element which has gone far toward
producing the present decline. The very cool
nights which prevailed more or less during Au-
gust have made farmers considerably anxious.
for fear of early frost. While the appearance of
corn is encouraging, that crop, like wheat. is
late, and we must get well into September with
out an early frost. or, with it, at least 90 per
cent. would be soft. The general impression is
that we are to gather the largest crop of corn
ever grown; still, the corn crop Is very uneven,
and we think that the yield will not come up to
the general expectations.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-08-26
A Big swindle in Railroad Tickets.

Boston, Aug. 25.-It has been discovered by
detectives that the various railroads leading out
of Boston, and many of their Western connec-
tons. have been extensively swindled by Pat
rick Fitzgerald. The work of printing railroad
tickets in tins vicinity has been controlled by
one firm. A number of tickets were found de-
fective in some particulars after printing. and
were thrown aside and sold as waste paper. Fitz
gerald wasin the empty of the paper making firm
to which the tickets were sold. and it was his
duty to sort ont the various qualities of waste
paper, Railroad tickets only slightly defective
were distracted by him and sold to pawn-brok-
ers and others, and then, through various chan
nels, disposed of to travellers who would not
notice the slight defects, nor would the railroad
officials. FITZGERALD has decamped. The extent
of the swindle is not known, but it is thought it
has been carried on for a long time, and that
large quantities II bogus tickets have been dis
posed of
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-08-26
Mr.. Tilden About to Die.
Washington Critic.

A Critic reporter met a gentleman occupying
one of the most responsible positions under the
government, and who has been identified with
Democratic politics in New York for the past
fifteen years, and asked his opinion of the re-
port.
1T is absurd, he replied. ''and highly ridicu-
lous to any one who is at all acquainted with the
real facts in the case, admitting that the case
exists. In the first place Mr.. Tilden took rot
the slightest interest in last years campaign. and
he cares no more now for New York or national
politics than a child four years old. He is. |
am sorry to say, and l know what / am talking
abont, absolutely incapacitated mentally from
giving any attention to the policy of the Presi-
dent, and so far as naming any persons for the port
appointments in New York there is no truth in
the charge. He has one thought. and that is
that he Is soon going to die, and this idea com.
pletely controls him to the exclusion of all
others"