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The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-01-28
mistakes of Farmers.

An exchange furnishes us with the follow.
ing list:
1. To think that anyone can farm; that a
aasn who has starved as canvesssr for a
patent tooth-pick or has been unsuccessful as
carpenter, can Jump into a business re-
qufring high intelligence and persevering
efforts, and, being unfamiliar with details,
be able to make money.
2. The idea that large farm, half stocked
and poorly cultivated, pays better than few
acres we'll and carefully TILED.
What Is it bat the worst kind of q mis-
take to pay hundreds of dollars for good
farm machinery, and allow il for want of
proper shelter TO rot and become useless q
Sesf Sr 30 sooner than il shouldR
4. 1t Is O mistake to let year sitter year
pass by with no attempt 10 improve the
quality of the farm stock. Blocded cattle
pay. They make beef quicker, and the
covs give more and richer milk. Better
bloot IN horses pay. A Norman or part
Norman colt is a valuable piece Of property.
3. 10 let foolish pride or narrow minded
jealousy prevent the adoption OF new meth.
DDS when they have been proved by practi-
cal men.
6. To get up after the sun, lean on the
fork handle, speculate FOR an hour or two on
what the weather is going to be, let the weeds
get good start and then wonder why farm
Ing doesn't pay.
2. To leave q lot of unchopped, wet or
halfsplit wood ut the pile. a lot of Old har-
ness hanging in the kitchen and muddy
tracks in the dining room and expect to zee
the women folks good natured.
3. To have lot Of halffed, emsciated,
Lonesome looking fowls roostilg deiectedly
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-01-28
Bath Tubs for Farm Houses.

A correspondent of the Boston Journal
writes: Not many farm ho1ses have con-
venient bathroom, nor is it convenient to
arrange one in many old houses without
more expense than the owner or tenant Is
willing to expend. Shall tell you how
one house is arranged not far from where L
am writing? The house was 30 small for the
family that there was no room to spare Tor
bath room, but il fortunately had good
large kitchen. Upon one side Of this Kitchen
stands the bath tub, cased IN with pine
boards. Above this casing is movable
board six or eight inches wide, and the
whole is covered by a smoothly-planed hard
wood board or boards, hung by hinges
against the wall. When the board is let
down over the tub it forms a kitchen table
about seven feet long ana about four feet
wide, and those not in the secret would not
suspect what is beneath it. When
the table is turned up and the
movable boards taken out the bathing tub is
of convenient height A lead pipe
csrries the alter off through the same chan
mel that takes il fro al the kitchen sink Here,
by the kitchen fire, the members OF the
family can take their bath before retiring
for the night, and the delight OF the younger
children at tub in which they can lie
down and splash TO their hearts content, Is,
SO their mother assures me, something worth
witness ne, and after the children are of to
bed the older members pay their tribute to
cleanliness. The same lady assures me that
the great kitchen table is as handy as two
smaller ones would be. OF course. this is not
as convenient IS the regular bath roo N,
where the latter can be kept at a comfortable
temperature, but We eau not all have new
houses with ell the modern Improvements,
snd il We can afford 10 make oar old ones
more convenient for those who have to do
the work therein let US do 50. Toe making
of the house comfortable for those who spend
their days in it should be Dart OF our every
day work. as much as the fixing up OF EARNS
and other buildings
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-01-28
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

Small walters of polished brass or copper
are used instead of silver.
Decanters of old silver are shown display
ing the colored bottles OF glass beneath.
Among the novelties in brass is q scrap
jar In the shape of an old-fashioned m ortsr
gun.
Tie polished and FURNISHED copper coal
scuttles are now more sought for tn an those
Of brass.
Many OF the newest styles OF upholstered
furniture have all the woodwork which
shows gilded.
Stuffed gray squirrels standing erect and
holding small baskets for cards are among
the novelties.
Old fashioned mirrors over the mantle are
again in style with the addition of bronze or
gsyiy painted frames.
Footstools are OF q Turkish design, aud
are most luxurious. The prevailing style il
a square cushion stuffed hard underneath
and soft on top.
Among new woods used for furniture and
artistic interior finishing Is cocabola wood /:
1t is much darker than mahogany aud very
rich IN appearance
Tiger and fox skins mounted as mats have
very fierce and natural look; as mats for
an invalid chair these are specially desir-
able. being Just the right size, and the fur Is
long and warm about the feet.
Chairs and sofa backs OF various shapes
and sizes are made OF squares of antique lace
combined with bands of cross-stitch embroid-
cry worked in colored hoselle silk on
ground OF cream white scrim canvas
A pretty dish is made by grating large
cocoanut into q glass dish; cover this with
layer Of fruit, and then with whipped cream.
Be careful to reject ell of the brown skin
that covers the cocoanut under the shell: it
can not be eaten, and it spoiIs the looks of
the dish.
Every woman should cultivate "correct
eye" She should know when things are
ont OF line. Fox some people this seems an
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-01-28

Lord Brabazon utters q useful note Of
warning when he points out what has LONG
been patent to many observers, that there i:
deterioration in physique of the inhabit
ants Of the more crowded portions of oul
cities. Want of food, exercise and fresh all
are the causes OF this decline. He point'
out that in this years drill competition oil
School Board scholars il was clearly noticea
bic that those children from the poorest and
most crowded districts were Of shorter stat
ure than the others As a partial remedy
for this lamentable state of things, Lord
Brabazon advocates more variety in the sys
tenn of education, and begs the authoritie.
to remember that the body should be cared
for as well as the brain.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-01-28
Out Worms

The lsrye or csterpillars Of certain moths
have recei we'd the name Of cut.worms from
tn cir habit Of cutting off tender and succu-
lent plants near the base, so that, though
the destructive animal may eat bat little, Ii
kills each plant it nibbles at. The cut.
worms, for the most part, belong to the gem
era Agrostis, Hadena and Msmestrls-genera
the caterpillsrs of which greatly resemble
each other both In appearance aud habits,
though the moths may have striking points
OF difference. The parent moths lay the eggs
during the latter part of summer, sometimes
on the ground about the roots Of grass and
other plants, and sometimes on the leaves
near the ground. In two or three weeks the
eggs hatch, and by autumn the caterDillars
have reached bslf an inch or more in length.
At this STAGE they burrow into the ground
sufficiently deep to escape from severe frost,
and there remain in torpid condition ali
the winter. The warmth Of spring srouses
them to activity, when they seek the sur
face of the ground, feeding at night on al
most any green thing they meet with, eat
ing with almost Unsuitable appstitss as they
approach maturity. and burying themselves
during the day under the surface OF the
ground in the neighborhood Of their depre-
cations When full grown they burrow IN
the earth 70 varying depths. and there
char ge 10 chrysalids from which the mature
inseeIs escape in two or three weeks.
these insects are hurtfnl only while in
the Iarvs1 condition. As remedies, shower
ing the plants with Paris green aud water,
sprinkliDg them with air-slscked lime or
powdered belIebore. or strewing lime or
SCOT or mixtures Of these substances ar ound
the plants OIL the surface Of the ground,
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-01-28
Brute i'm Human shame.

HAzELfOE, Pa, Jan. A.-An abominable out
rsge was committed recently at Stockton, min
ing village neer here. The victim was Mary Jane
Collins. child not five years old. The little girl
was taken sick, and Il was found that she had
BET n subjected to q most brutal assault, and was
suffering from 10athsOme disease. An fnvesti-
cation proved that David Jesyins, miner, was
her assaflant. The miscreant fed. and the father
OF the child kept the matter quiet. but instituted
pefonal search in the surrounding villages for
Jeavins. Being unsuccessful, he has nov. re-
men are out searching the entire Lehigh region.
The popular feeling is such that Jesvfns viii be
shot fjgbEOu II captured.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-01-28

Not only, says Brundenell Carrier, has the
acuteness of vision of civilized man fallen
below the standard common among savage
nations but ct the same time the eyes of civil
ilized men often depart from the Normal or
approximately spherical formation, either
becoming hattened from front to back, so ss
TO bring the retina too near the surface, or
elongated from front to back, 80 as to remove
the retina too far from the surface.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-01-28
Judges OF Election Indicted.

CHICAGO. Jan. 4.-The special county Grand
Jury to-day returned indictments against 2a9
judges of election, serving at the recent national
election. The report declares that the present
registry and election lsws entirely inadequate
for the purpose of large city. and, as they exist
enable unlimited fraud. The report declares that
out of the III precincts into which the city is d.
vided. there were but seven at which there were
not violations of the election laws in mauy clses
perhaps through ignorance, some from Careless
ness and others, doubtless. through criminal
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-01-28
That nm. It ID.

We could use all sorts Of extravsgsnt
words about the effects OF Psrkers's Hair
Balsarn. But the simple truth is enough.
1t Is the best thing Of its kind. Cures fall
ing hair, dsndruf, dryness, restores original
color. is delicious dressing and perfectly
pure and CLEAN 1t will satisfy you. The
only standard 80 cent dressing.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-01-28

Captain Mitchell. of the bark Antoine
Sala, New York and Havana trade, came
home In May, entirely helpless with rheu-
matism. He went to the mountains, but re-
ceiving no benefit, at bis wife's request began
TO take Hoods Sarsaparills. He immedi-
ately began to improve; in two months his
Ssreapsrilla will help you. Sold by all drug
gists
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-01-28
Planting MT Bearing Trees.

Planting Nut Bearing Trees.
1t was stated at q meeting Of farmers re-
Gently held in Massachusetts, that cuttings OF
the black walnut would readily throw out
roots If planted in the same manner that
Crane cuttings are. And now comes cor
respondent of the New Eogland Times, who
makes some valuable suggestions about
planting hickory nuts. He writes: "As /
am q great admirer Of the hickory tree,
either in the field the lawn or the roadside.
l would gladly see itr cultivation extended,
and will an one point to the ideas already
given. The great difficulty to the successful
transplanting OF the hickory is from its long
tap root devoid of all fbers; bat this can be
overcome by making il fibrous root and
thus securing all the advantages that come
therefrom. This can be done by burying a
broad board some ten or twelve inches be-
low the surface of the ground, and planting
the nuts above IL. The first year, the tres,
il it may be go called, will make bat little
growth, from two TO eight inches, but the
second year will, IL favorable, develop it
more fully. The board will check the
growth OF the tap root. and in some in
stances cause il to divide into many. Some,
however, will be simply turned aside. and
carry out their true nature when the Ell &c OF
the board is reached. If q number of nuts
are planted, q sufficient number can be OBJ
tanned that will successfully bear transplant
ing, and fully repay all care besto we'd.
Chestnuts, butternuls and black walnuts can
all be improved in this manner"
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-01-28
Railways READY RELIEF
WILL AFFORD INSTANT EAsA

Inflammation OF the KidneyG Inflammation q
the Bladder, Inflammation OF the Bowels Oonges-
ton of the Lungs, Pslpitation OF the Heart, HYs-
terics, Group. Diphtheris. Cetsrrh. Infuenaa.
Nervousness Sleeplessness Rheum atism, Sciaticzst
sprains, Cold Ohillg and Ague Chills.
The apple of the READY RELIEY -
the part or part wt<1e the difficulty or pain en-.
lists VIII afford ease and comfort
Thirty TO sixty drops In half tumbler Of water
viii in few minutes cure Cramps, cpasms. SouR
Stomach, Heartburn, Sick Headache, DiarrRea-
Dysentery, Collie, Wind IN the Bowels, and all IN
ternsl pains.
Travellers should always carry bottle OF kxo-
w us Ready Relief with them. few drops IN,
water will prevent sickness or pains from change
Of water. 1t Is better than French Brandy or BIZ
tiers IS 8 stimulsnt.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-01-28
white Willow vIud Brakes

A Nebraska correspondent OF the Farmers
Review writes: Three years age | set out
several rows OF white willows, one behind
the other eight, ten, or twelve feet apart, On
the west and north OF where l expected to
build my sheds and hay racks and barn.
spent one dav with team going for the strips
and putting them on, L cultivated them two
years The second winter they formed a
complete snow and wind brake. / set them
ten or twelve inches apart. Now they are
from fifteen to twenty feet high, aud are of
great value in protecting stock from the cold
wind in winter, and make q grand shade in
summer. Besides, they are thing of beauty
"a Joy forever. II l we're going to open 8
new farm one OF the first things l would do
would be to put out a few acres of these will
lows. 1 have q cottonwood grove OF some
thing near 8. 600 trees, but for use aud service
to the farmer think that one acre of willows
is worth more than five acres of cotton wood.
Ten or twelve miles down the river sre will
low hedge-fences set out ten or fifteen years
ago. They are worth from fifty cents TO 81
per rod for firewood. When cut down they
will sprout up again. The farmer can grow
no other timber to equal it for profit. II you
were here to-day and see how comfortable
my cattle and hogs are behind this three
year-old grove you would agree with me.
Too much can not be said in praise OF these
willow groves as wind-brakes on the prairies.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-01-28
Remarkable Yield of Potatoes.

A committee consisting or William Ham
ilton, OF Caledonia, n. y, James s. Grin.
nell of Greenfield, Mass, John r. Russell.
of Boston, and Professor /. p. Roberts OF
Cornell University, appointed by the Brad
ley FertiiIzing Company to award six pre-
mIums offered by that company for the
largest yields from one pound OF Dakota
red" potatoes with the use of their fertil-
izers, have made most remarkable report,
based upon careful examination OF sworn
statements from the competitors. The sue
cesstul competitors and the amounts yieIssoa
are: II. g. Pearson. Pitcairn, N. vs. a'o DO
pounds; A Ross, Penn Ysg r. 9 9'I1s
pounds; O +. Thompso3 ass' a. I o., 1' -
~ noun nf.eS .. " P. Gerard Garth N
Me. 63sI- lands; T.. II. Vicks, Rochester,
NY So201s pounds. These figures are all
rerp4rkable enough, and the largest OF them
Z 55s) fold) is far beyond anything ever
before recorded in the culture Of the potato.
Reduced to bushels, it would be triHe over
forty-two and one-half bushels from single
pound OF seed. Eight bushels of seed is q
fair amount for an acre, by ordinary meth.
DDS Of planting, and If the same rate Of in
crease could be realized from each pound of
the eight bushels, the crop would amount to
20,464 bushels.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-01-28

in some old cottonwood tree, when lev
good, healthy Ply mouth Rock or Brahma
chickens properly housed. would make ths
poultry yard an honor instead OF a disgrace.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-01-28
DIR. RAILWAYS
SarSaparShan ReSOlYent.

Pure blood mako Iound flesh, strong bone ana,
o clear skin. II you would have your nesh 1rnns
your bones sound, without carries, and your com,
RFS0I,VENT the
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-01-28
n was the nrst and IL the only
PAIN REMEDY

That instantly stops the most excrucissing palm,
sllsyB Inflammation and cures CONFESSIONS,
whether Of the Lungs, Stomach, Bowels or o hS
glands or organs. by one application.
In From One to IUenty Minutes!
No matter how violent OF excrucsting the pain,
the Rheumatic, Bed-ridden, Infrm, Crippledf
Nervous. Eenrsleic or prostrated with disesse nay
suffer.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-04-23
How 10 Cook Eggs.

Mrs Lincoln says that eggs with
a dark shell are richer and have
larger yolks. They are always of a
better flavor, and more palatable in
the spring, but they are good and
suitable, if perfectly fresh, at any
season. They are especially nice,
however, in spring, for, as the body
feels the languors of an approaching
warmth, the appetite becomes more
capricious and rejects the more solid
and substantial foods which it has
craved for during The winter, turning
to the lighter but equally satisfying
diet of eggs, fruits, milk, and light
vegetables. The commonest way Of
cooking eggs is to boil them, and there
is no one of ever so limited ability
who does not think that she can cook
eggs perfectly we'll But in the rigid
adherence to the three minutes for
soft boiled. FIVE minutes for hard
boiled eggs" rule, she does not realize
that there is 3 better and more salts
factory way Of boiling eggs than this.
1t takes a little more time, that is all,
and when Que remembers that the re-
suit will be not only more palatable,
but more healthful, as the eggs will be
more easily digested. Mrs. Llncoln's
WAY OF BOILING THEN
is 10 put the eggs into saucepan,
cover ITEM with boiling water and let
them stand for about ten minutes
where the water will keep hot, but
not boiling. The proper temperature
will he about 1907. When they are
opened the whites Will be Of a soft
ielly>like consistency, and the yolk
soft. but not liquid 1t will, in fact,
be uniformly cooked, no part Of the
white appearing raw, as is ordinarily
the case in soft boiled eggs, but all
soft and tender, and yet c0agulated.
If the eggs are TO be hard boiled, cook
them for 20 minutes in water Just be-
low the boiling point And in pre-
pairing eggs for any dish in which
hard boiled eggs are specified, COOK
them in exactly the same way. The
volk Of an egg cooked ten minutes
is tough and indigesjble, twenty
minutes will make the yolk dry and
mealv; then it may be more easily
rubbed smooth for salad and other
mixtures and more easily penetrated
bv the castle fluid. If the shell of an
egg be cracked before boiling, pierce
several small holes in the large end
to keep the contents from bursting
oat at the crack. Another Of the
cemmonest ways Of cooking eggs is
to serve them with fried or brolled
ham. Most people fry them in the
ham or bacon fat, but this is not the
Eicest nor the most delicate way.
You can fry Or broil the ham, AS
pIeases YOU. If you fry it, have it cut
Ia thin slices; remove the outside
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-04-23

hastily: Forgive me; tell nae about
yourself now"
eff you care to hear, Mr.. Bennett,
you won't be bored. Not Well, /
studied hard, night and day, as you
may suppose. My debut was wonder
fully Successful. may tell yoH that
without conceit. They said | was a
full hedged artist, and the house fairly
rocked with applause. You canhot
imagine the triumph, the bliss. To
know that you have the power to eX-
press to others what music says to
you, and that you sway them with
your emotions; to feel-feel to your
highest and deepest capacity, and
leave it all here She neld out her
hands with a quaint foreign gesture.
Il am happy. Then Philippe -she
paused a moment and went on
music gave us to each other. His
first composition was dedicated 10 me,
and never played anything so vel as
what he writes. We were married
three years ago, and-he is half of my
soul, as | am Of his. Don't smile,
Harry. You cannot feel the divine
ness OF music, ana cannot tell you;
but the universe is IN it, and when
words are too feeble we play t.gether
he and l.
She had risen, ami stood before
them with loosely clasped hands and
far-away eyes. Frank, in his well
fed, placid, domestic life; Harry, IN
his Tranquil engagements; could not
follow her if they tried, and they did
not try. They vaguely felt that she
lived in an atmosphere too rare for
them that poets write of but never
find. Then Noel came back and they
rose to go.
God bless you. Clara, wherever
you may go, p" said her brother in fares
well.
God bless you, Clara, said Harry,
clasping her hands.
But when they were gone she leaned
her head against her husbands arm,
with the light still in ner face, and as
she bent his face above her hair, in
her heart she blessed Max Heldman,
who had given her to Art and to
Love.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-04-23
What Made Him Weep.
New York Mail and Express.

Apropos of one of the portraits in
the Academy of Music the following
story circulates: A Hungarian peas
ant went to Munich painter and ask
ed him to paint the portrait of his
mother.
Certainly" said the painter; "send
her to me.
but she is dead if she were alive /
wouldn't want her portrait.
well, have you any picture of
herln
NO; If had l wouldn't want one. "
"Weu, my friend, describe her to
me; what sort of eyes, hair, etc.
He secured that, and appealing TO
his artist friends who had some HUI
garian studies, he painted head.
Secreting his friends about the room
he sent for the peasant. The man
came, looked at the picture, his eyes
filled with tears, he put up his hand
to wipe them away.
Poor fellow said the artist, pat
ting him on the back. Tt is a good
picture, then, 1t affects you so much. "
"No, said the man. Poor moth
er, to think she has been only dead
six months, and looks like that.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-04-23
ANECDOTES OF PUBLIC PEOPLE.
Ex-senator Green, eff Missouri.
Boston Budget.

James Green, of Missouri, was, be-
fore the war, one of the leading men
in the United States Senate, aud he
saved the south ia tho debate on the
Lecompton He was the only MAX
who, by common consent, got the
upper hand of Douglas in that mem
oraole discussion, and but for him the
southerners would have made a poor
showing just then. There seemed to
be bright future opening for him,
but like too many others similarly
situated, he thought no man could
rise in the word politically withou.
passing a good deal of time in the bar.
rooms Of Washington. Six years later
he was often to be seen on Pennsyl-
vania avenue in state Of beastly in
toxication, his clothes covered wish
mud, and with his once intelligent
features swolleA and dsfg1red.