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The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-03-10

moves the natural polished exterior, which
by its tough elacticity defends the tender
parts from injury is nearly imperyious to
wster, and permits a little evaporation of IN
terDal moisture, by which it is kept normal
ly pliable and vitalized to the very surface.
He rounds and smooths of the new surface;
leaves it in condition 10 allow the moisture
of the hoof to pass off rapidly, and the hoof
10 dry and crack, and thus he recommends
the application of tar and grease and lamp
bls OK, as if he were trying to render an old
boot pliable and presentable. The greasing
may be well enough-better than nothing
after the mischief is done. Bat why do sem
sible horse owners allow the evil which their
peremptO1y orders, if not their mere Temon-
stranCes, would prevent?
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-03-10
The Wheat Crop.

Wheat is the staple grain food of the civil
lied world, and of all the vegetable foods,
this has the gratest financial influence on
the money market. The glut in wheat means
low prices and hard winter to many farm
ers all through our immense wheat belt,
while shortage and strong market, bring
gladness to multitude of producers. Esti-
mates on the worlds wheat crop for 1885,
embracing twenty countries, are before
us. The estimated cropis l ,979, 200, 600 BUSH
els; average crop for the past five years, 163,
600 600 bushels; net exports of wheat and
-four, 262, 100000 bushels; net imports of
wheat and -four, 2S5,62S0O0 bushels; popu-
lation in all these countries combined, $780,
$50 900. The United States and Canada rank
first in productiveness in 1885, growing 392,-
100000 bushels, while France holds second
place at 304 100000, British India and Russia
coming next in order. The United States
and Canada produce about one-fifth of the
wheat grown by the twenty-seven countries.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-03-10
OUR FARM BUDGET.
Early MiekeDs-A Model Bedding
Sweet Potatoes
Getting Rid of sprouts-Unsalted Butter
Breeding Mules-A Scale for Any
Breed-HOt COrn-HOusehold
and Farm Notes.
Early Chickens.
Massachusetts Ploughman. ]

Massachusetts, Ploughman
To raise early chickens successfully, and
with profit requires not only good lOca-
ton, buta house that is well adapted 10 the
business, and even then a failure Will be the
rule unless the person who is to care for the
hens and chickens is adapted to the bust
ness, and is deeply interested in it. Chicks
that are TO be Matched out as early as Zebra
airy viii not bear the slightest neglect To
have them strong and healthy, the greatest
care must be taken to prevent the eggs, while
in process of Matching, from being chilled.
Sometimes the exposure Of the eggs for ten
minutes to cold atmosphere will effect the
health of the coming chick; therefore it is
important that, during the winter, the hens
be set in a tight building where the tenn
perature Will De very even, and where it
will be very quiet. When more than one
hen is set, IL is ALWAYS best to keep them
separate, for, if permitted to come together,
they will quite frequently both try to set on
one nest, leaving the eggs in the other
neglected; but If each hen has small en-
closure to herself, she is much less likely to
refuse to sit on her eggs than if permitted to
FO2m where SIZE pleaSeS. ana NDere Otncr
hens have been set
In warm, well-arranged house chicks
may be Matched out in winter almost as well
as in warm weather; but the trouble comes
after the chicks are Matched. If they happen
to hatch out in zero weather they must be
very closely looked after or they will get
chilled. II they are kept in building arti-
fcially heated great cure must be taken not
to overhead it, for a chick will die by being
kept in confined, heated air almost as quick
as by very cold air, therefore, while it Is very
important that the room where the young
chicks are kept during the first week should
be warm, IL issequally important that it
should be thoroughly ventilated. After the
chicks are a week old they will endure the
cold better, and If they are to be kept healthy
they must have the fresh air everyday, aud,
above all, plenty OF sunshine. A house that
Is not 50 constructed as to have a covered
yard where the chicks can stand IN the sun
and yet be sheltered from the cold winds, is
not what it should be.
Whatever is fed to chicks that is to be
moistened with water, should be fed while
warm, and what is not eaten at once should
be removed, to be again warmed before given
to the chicks, for even in warm weather it is
not good policy to keep moistened food be-
fore chicks; If any food is to be left it should
be dry, cracked corn or millet seed. When
chicks are several weeks old they should have
whole corn, wheat, barley, oats, etc.
Never try to raise early chicks unless you
ike the business, are we'll located and have
the proper buildings.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-03-10
Unsalted Butter.
I American Agrieulturist. !

tAutIltdn
1t is a sound rule that everything should
go to market as soon as it is ready to ship.
This rule applies with particular force to
such perishable article as butter. 1t can
be kept, but it requires some latitude OF Ian
guage to even call such butter sweet. To
make it keep longer than thirty days it
must have liberal allowance Of salt to neu-
tralize the effects of the buttermilk that can
not always be gotten out. The French and
English markets for the highest grades of
butter require that no salt whatever shall De
put in it. The best markets of this country
are tending il the same direction. The high
er the price paid for the butter, the less salt
will be tolerated in it. Such butter is very
hard to make, and must be marketed and
should be eaten within four or five days
from the churn. The compensation for this
haste and extra labor is that more of it is
consumed, and the price Is generally
much above that of the highest
market quotations. We have here
tofore described the process of max
ing granular Dutter." This is simply but
ter which is chilled in the churn when it is
IL the mustard-seed or wheat grain condition,
before it has gathered into larger masses.
The buttermilk is drawn off and cold water,
or even ice water added. Then it is washed
with cold water, removed from the churn to
barrel or stone jar without MASKING the
grains, and the vessel is then filled up with
strong brine. Before shipping, the first brine
should be changed, as it will dissolve con-
siderable casein and look turbid, and Sec
ond brine will probably remain clear While
in the brine, the butter must be covered by
a circular piece of wood, nearly fitting the
barrel, or by plate if in a stone jar, and
weighed so that it will be kept submerged
Such butter will keep for weeks, and when
removed from the brine and rinsed well with
water, becomes virtually ''sweet butter"
and Is easily worked into rolls or prinrs to
suit the market. If worked without wash
ing out the brine, the very slight flavor of
salt is to our taste an improvement.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-03-10
IOur Country lionel


Ifyeu want to make your fowls feel good
and thankful, give them hot corn for sup
per-just as hot as they can eat it. To find
out hew hot it should be, pick up handful
and hold it tightly in your closed hand if it
burns, of course it is too hot, but if after
holding it minute, it makes your hand feel
warm and nice, it is just right To heat the
corn, put it in an iron pan or kettle in the
stove oven, and stir occasionally. II your
wife has biscuits in the oven you had better
put the kettle on the back part of the stove,
and stir the corn often. Mind now. L don't
mean that you are to put water in with the
corn; mean hot dry corn. If some kernels
at the bottom of the kettle should happen to
get scorched, or even Charred, the hens will
eat it, and ii will do them good, too. All
nonsense to fuss warming corn? Well, you
may think so, but think it is inhuman to
give lowls a supper of cold corn in cold
weather. How would you like it?
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-03-10
Not Symptoms. but the Disease.

1t would seem to be truth appreciable by all,
and especially by professors of the healing art,
that to remove the disease, not to alleviate its
symptoms, should be the chief aim OF medication.
Yet, in how many instances do we see this truth,
admitted in theory, ignored in practice. The
reason that Hostetters Stomach Bitters is success
full in so many cases, with which remedies pre-
viously tried inadequate to cope is attribut-
able to the fact that it is medicine which reaches
and removes the causes of the various maladies to
which it is adapted. Indigestion, fever and agne,
liver complaint, govt, rheumati disorder of
the bowels, urinary affections and other maladies
goes TO the fountain head. Ii is really, not nom-
inally, radical remedy, and IL endows the sys-
TEN with an amount of vgor which is its best pro-
lection against disease. -. =
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-03-10
Breeding Mules.

1t has always been one of the most profsa-
BILE of farm occupations to breed mules The
demand tor them on southern plantations,
where they meet their congenial companion,
the negro, has always been steady and re-
munerative- At the North there are large
numbers of mules worked in mines. on street
car lines, and as factory teams. The mines
generally require small mules, plantations
and car lines medium, and for city draft, the
largest size. In breeding, the size of the
'..nie, in great measure, Is regulated by the
size Of the Jack; though OF course the size of
mare has much to do with.the form and
weight of the colt; and as size alone regulates
the price of the animal, it is best to procure
the services of the largest Jack that can be
obtained, and use large, robust mares. Mules
do not vary greatly in FORM and color does
not effect their value. They have no style,
are not rivals Of the horse in the love aud af-
lection Of the owner, until the hard uses Of
handsome dOesp
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-03-10
Check Reina.
LAmerican Ayriculturist lor March.

lAmeIlChn AgrlCulluTlsL lot MarCn.l
Check reins, as general rule, are of little
use on the road, except in the case of in
yeterate stumblers. These it is necessary to
sometimes check up high, so as TO make
them lift their feet, and besides, if they do
trip, the check rein Furnishes them severely.
Stumbling is chiefly due to bad shoeing,
hence this use of the check savors of need
less cruelty. il horse shows tendency to
stumble, pull off his shoes and drive him
barefoot, being careful not to break his
hoofs. He will soon get over the tendency
in all probability. When the feet wear, If
they do, so as to neeessitate shoeing if it is
summer weather put on toe clips only, and
renew them often. The check rein is used
10 make a naturally dowu-headed horse
carry his head high, or as high as his mate,
and il IS often made an instrument of wan
ton torture by unfeeling grooms and drivers.
The real use of the check is to prevent a
horse Getting his head to the ground when
standing. 1t is of no use at all. except as
above explained, when travelling. Every
horse works better without one, whatever
work he does
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-03-10

From my experience in bedding sweet
potatoes, i think many take more pains
than is really necessary. i have not failed
to have success in nine years Of gardening
as business
About the 1st of April make a frame of
boards, the sides to be about fifteen inches
high, large enough to hold the desired guam
tity of seed or potatoes. This box is to be
filed with forest leaves. Fresh manure is
hauled from the stables, and placed on the
leaves some eight to twelve inches deep
The weight of the manure will press the
leaves down sufficiently. Stamp The ma
nure until il is firm. On this put
two inches of well rotted compost or forest
mold. The potstoes are placed on this. A
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-03-10
A Model Kitchen.
IXesiah Shelt0n.I


A model kitchen can rarely be attained
unless perfection was the aim in it's original
construction. Usually, ingenuity and tact
must make the best of some ones errors.
Primarily a kitchen should be of goodly
dimensions. that clutter may not be ne
cessary evil; as the second aid to cleanliness
ii should be well lighted; if possible it should
bask in the morning sunlight, as the health
of the kitchen labOrers is the foundation
upon which rests the welfare and comfort
of the household.
Let the walls and ceiling be refreshed each
year with a light smOke-tinted lime coat.
Let the fnishings and floor be of hard pine,
labor called cleaning"
STOVES
quick, steady baker should be secured;
then next, think of a warm closet and plenty
of shelves about the pipe. Nothing con-
duces so much to comfort in the kitchen as
TO avoid, as far as possible, smoke and greasy
odOrs- Avoid these by using patent steam
ers or pipe-kettles that conduct the steam
back through the stove. Then fry sausage,
ham, eggs, etc, in the oven. Use soap-stone
gTiddles for batter cakes.
Throw the iron spider at the first impudent
tramp or night-singing cat that annoys. and
invest in sheet-iron frying pan; it heats
more readily and is scarcely heavier than
tin. Sheet-irOn, zinc or granite ware kettles
even pper-bottomed tin kettles should
drive the old heavy boilers into the first
junk cart that stops.
Let the gude-mon complain if he choose
that they will not last like the iron and are
therefore more expensive. Remind him
that lifting sixteen-pound kettles is condu-
Give TO large crop of second wives, which
are not always cheap luxuries, and will sure
ly entail new house-furnishings in the effort
to put out Of sight everything suggestive Of
the first wife.
DO not buy every foolish thing that is Of
feTed at your kitchen door as "the most
convenient thing out" but do get such i'm
pTovements as will aid.
REFRIGERATORs.
The ice-chest should be built into the end
Of the kitchen hall, and its drain should pass
out Of the house. The ice compartment
should open out OF the hall, and it will keep
the ice man and the ice drippings out of the
kitchen; the food compartment ought to
open from the kitchen to save steps. III con-
sidered IN the designing of the building, this
hall can be at the farthest poin. from the
stove.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-03-10
Rasping and Greasing Horses Hoors.

:. The horse is one Of the most superbly per-
feet Of natures works. viewed physically;
and he occupies, besides, an exalted position
among animals as TO his intelligent and
moral qualities. 1t is therefore, most pain
ful to see how, under the handling of intelli-
gent (?) man, he is maltreated and even
abused. He submits his neck to the yoke un-
complainingly; he accepts the iron plating
OF his feet, and he allows the CALLING check
upon the movements OF the head, and yet
gives man his best service even to the death.
The Ignorant smith has his views as TO what
should be the shape OF his feet; so he cuts
anu rasps, and forms them to suit himself.
He has an idea that the hoof is
made on purpose for him to
rasp and shoe, and exercise all
the tools Of his trade upon So he makes
shoe and hts the hoof TO it; he re-
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-03-10
THE STAGE KISS.
As Done First by a Living Firebrand and
Second by Living IcicIe.

The last time that the beautiful Adelaide
Neillson played Juliet in New York she had
babe Romeo a lingering farewell and was
turning away from the balcony when a sud-
den within seemed to seize her, and wheeling
about swiftly, she caught his face in both
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-03-10

Do not forget it when you are suffering
with pain, infammations or hemorrhages of
any kind do not forget that Ponds Extract
for more than forty years has been curing
Just such cases as your own, and it can cure
you quicker than anything else. Be sure to
get the genuine.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-03-10

BY the January count there were 100, 900
paupers in London, and still they wonder at
such crimes as riots.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-03-10
The Great Blood Purifier!

Pure blood makes SOUND mesh, strong bone, ana
q clear skin. II you would have your flesh firm,
your bones sound, and your complexion fair, uss
DIR. RAILWAYS SARSAPARlLLIAN RES0L-
VENT
A remedy composed OF ingredients OF extraors
binary medical properties essential TO purify,
heal, repair and invigorate the broken down and
wasted body-Quick, Pleasant, Safe and Perma.
nant in its Treatment and Cure.
No matter by what name the complaint may
be designated, whether it be scrofula, consump-
tion syphilis, ulcers, sores, tumors bos, erysip-
elas or salt rheum, diseases Of the lungs, kidneys
bladder, womb, skin, liver, stomach or bowels
either chronic or constitutional the virus is In
the Blood, which supplies the waste and builds
and repairs these organs and wasted tissues of the
system. II the blood is unhealthy the process Of
repair must be unsound
Wichita eagle., 1886-09-11
Botanic Garden, and William Saunders
of the Agricultural Department are
the controlling minds.

Botanic Garden, and William Saunders
of the Agricultural Department are
the controlling minds.
The commission are at work on the
construction of az avenue which occu-
pies the site of the old canal, now
filled In. It is located between the
Capitol and the Potomac River, and
is about three quarters of mile in
length, and ever 200 feet IN width.
There will be two rows Of eucaiyptus
trees on each sidewalk, and in the
centre of the street park with two
rows of trees on .the outer edges,
and foot walk through the centre,
overshadowed by tail, graceful cypress
es. That Will make eight rows of trees
altogether, and SO arranged that the
general effect viii be excellent
The commissioners have chosen the
eucalyptus tree for this boulevard be-
cause of its well-known qualities for
preventing malaria
TIE commissioners will set out
large number of trees of various spec
les all over the city. For instance, on
the Boundary, east of Seventh Street,
there will be Oriental sycamores, and
west of Seventh Street, Occidental
sycamores.
Around the little park in front of the
National Theatre will be Norway
naples, trees that, while giving good
shade, viii not obstruct the view from
the buildings on E Street.
The- viii also set cut great many
American lindens, and by the time they
get through they'll have about nine
miles of linden trees. The american
linden is far superior to the German,
and, in fact, the German could not
live in Washington on account of the
insects.
It is the object of the commissioners
to introduce as many of our own Am
erican trees as possible, especially oaks.
Along the streets bordering the river
end the malayial districts viii be
planted trees whose purifying qualities
will tend 10 keep away malaria.
They have offered to give TO every
man who desires it tree 70 plant N his
yard, just as q sanitary measure.
Wichita eagle., 1886-09-11
THE "STAR SPANGLED BANNER


Francis Scott Key the author OF the
"Star Spangled Banner and the father
of Philip Barton Key, who was assas-
sinated by General Sickles. WAS a prom
inent citizen of the Dis rict Of Columbia
when l can first remember it.
He belonged to an old Maryland fam
lily. and was quite noted lawyer,
serving for some years as United States
District Attorney. During this period
he closed the haUnts of vice at the met
ropolis. and there was less crime than
before or afterwards.
Mr.. Keys mind was inventive, mag
at We and We. logical. He rec soned with
great ingenuity, and, though his reason
ing was not abtruse or very pr-found,
it never wanted vigor. FEASIBILITY and
effectiveness. He addressed himself t.
the good sense and discrimination Of the
Judge and jury, and, though in a high
degree poetical, he seldom or never In
dulged in the mere ornaments of i'm
agination or the dazzling fence OF
argument.
In early life he lad devoted him
self to the muses., and threw out from
time to time poetical illusions when
indicated no common talent Like all
ardent and ina ginative II nds he loved
to battle in the Pieria1 fountains, and
to repose by the waterfalls Of ieiic n.
The w. however, is min cal to poetry
or tl'e Indulgence Of poetic ieciirr. end,
like Blackstone and Sorry, lie ah0ndDned
the muses. and devoted hiln5e to the
arid study and laborious practice Of the
law, which he T carried With re' erence
as science. and believed. with Hooker,
that g her seat was tie bosom OF God,
her voice the harmony Of the worlIi.'
His poetical pre- Elections, however.
did not altogether forsak him, and his
beautiful lyric, the - Star Spangled Ban
ner," written in the meridian Of life,
showed that he could not wholly aban-
don his first love.
And yet it Will appear strange that,
with all his poetical fervor. his speeches
at the bar and elsewhere displayed
nothing Of a poetical temperament, and
were distinguished only by great sim
piicity Of style, with scarcely any at
tempt at ornament. He believed that
good sense and argument. not embel-
lshment at the bar were the p,-inctpiunn
ct jons Of his good speaking as well as
writing
Mi Key died in January. 1913. and
was buried, with other members CT his
family in picturesque cemetery at
Frederick City. Maryland. from which
can De seen the Sugarloaf and the Catoc-
tin mountains. In 1857 his brCther-in-
law Chief-Justice fancy published Keys
poems III New York.
Taney says, in his introduction. speak
ing Of the Star Spangle1 Banner
" lie song is becoming a national one,
and will. think, from its great merit.
continue to be so. especially in Mary
land
Like all men. Mr.. Key had his faults.
but tney were overshadowed ty the splen-
dor Of his virtues. Il vas ardent in
his attachments, but bitter n his enmi-
ties, benevolent. but preiGc.ced, useful
as a citizen, and alike 80 5ueat for his
philanthropy, his poe,ica ability, and
his legal talents Boston Budget.
Wichita eagle., 1886-09-11
Simple Cure for a Dangerous Disease.

Dr.. T. c. Smith. writing in the Medi-
cal and Surgical Reporter, June II. 1886.
mentions the fact Of his having cured
a case Of chronic diarrhpa, which had
lasted for nearly forty years, by the
administration Of saturated solution
OF salt and cider vinegar, a drachm
being taken three or four times q
day.
He also states that since the first
instance where he recommended this
homely remedy without supposing that
it would actually do any good, he has
employed it several times in more or
less severe cases of chronic diarrhoea,
in which i. produced great improvement,
and. in some cases. cure.
Where relapses followed the suspen-
sion OF the remedy. its renewed admin
istration was again followed by i'm
proye.uelt
Wichita eagle., 1886-09-11
|. M. HOSKlNS, Nj. o

Physician and surgeon. ONCE n Hartwin block.
corner Fourth and Douglas avenue over SaUi drug
store, ofce hours to II a. N, 10 p m. and al
night d1l-lm'
Wichita eagle., 1886-09-11
e HAMILTON "A. D.

SpectMties Dtseasl~ 81 the Dye. nar Scee and
Throat Catarrh ard rrtin. glasses Ortce Dutt Wcst
eorner Douglas and Market up stairs WtA1ns 8Ans-
Wichita eagle., 1886-09-11
Counting under Difficulties.

A queer pair were married in Lowell
recently. the aroon being Yankee,
unable 10 speak any tongue bus his
own. and the bride French Girl, who
could no. speak English.
Their c5Grtship, as described. con-
sisted OF each staring the other in the
face and laug ling Lowell Courier.
Wichita eagle., 1886-09-11
e. q. N-stv

Say" called old Mr.. Crochet to
the new boy "bring me my boot
jack"
my namc amt Jack. responded the
bov. quickly. can I ain't go. ycu1
boot. neither [Harper's Bazaz.
Wichita eagle., 1886-09-11
Tree-P,anting In Washington.

Washington City has now growing
in its small parks, avenues and streets
over 65,OOO forest trees, which have
been planted under the direction Of
the Parking Commission, OF which
william T. Smith. the rurs.or of fie