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The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-02-24
The Tupelo Gum and willow Oak.

Considerable attention has been lately di-
rected to the commercial and Industrial
value, at least prospectiyely. of the tupelO
gum and willow oak timbers of Mississippi.
After various and thorough tests the first
named has been pronounced almost as soft
and light as cork, and the whitest timber in
the valley. 1t is extremely light, can not
be split, while at the same time it is very
tough, tenacious and will bear heavy
strain, its various qualities rendering it spe-
eially valuable for buckets, pitchers, trays or
yokes, and almost all kinds of water vessels,
as well as for many other purposes. The
water or willow oak is said to be second only
TO the live oak is almost as hard when sea
soDed as is the latter, and for the rim and
spokes of wheels Is alleged to have no supe-
nor, While for shipbuilding it will almost
equal the live oak in it's firmness and dura-
biity. Tests have been made of the crush
ing capacity of this wood, and also of its
transverse strength, with remarkably favor
able results, the published data showing that
il is One-third stronger than any white, red
or black oak, and only One-eighteenth less
than 1--we oak.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-02-24
The Cost of Corn.

lCInC1nnaLl NOmlnerCldl
Mr. Bonham, of the Oxford Farmers Club,
said the cost depended much OH the season,
and condition of soil, In favorable seasons
and on good, clean, rich land, the cost per
bushel is not One-third of that on poor land,
stiff clay or in an unfavorable season. The
condition of the soil the farmer can, in a large
measure control, but the weather is a factor
he can not handle.
The crop in general is cheapened by the best
of culture and good implements. The three
horse plOw, the planter and checkrower are
essential TO cheap corn culture as the drill
and binder to wheat raising, or the mower
and horse rake in hay-making. Then, too,
the shape of ones fields is very important.
The field with parallel sides, so as to have
no point rows and with length of not less
than eighty rods, can be Dlowed at less cost
per acre than one where there is more ii me
occupied in turning. His fields are about
1IOx40 rods, and il costs one-half more to
pillow it the short way. 1t takes three days
with the tWO-hOrse cultivatOr to go over his
24-acre fields the longer way, and four and
half days the shorter way.
He advocated the removal of more fences
and study to remove obstruction in the way
of open bitches, gullies, stumps, old trees,
bushes and the like, as a means of economy
and comfort in cultivating all crops. 1t
pays to remove every obstruction to free
use of best implements. The day is past
when We can 90 lodging around among
stumps and brush and stone with one-horse
pillow. Better work and more of it is the road
to lessen the cost per acre and per bushel.
He gave the cost of a corn crop, on twenty
four acre field. 10 rods long:
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-02-24

soiiddbSck short pieeesof wood, two inches
high, for each shelf will suffice. The angle
TINS given. to the books is provided for by
two triangular pieces of wood attached be-
bind the sides. This is new arrangement.
ITO make japanese cement for fancy paper
work, intimately mix the best powdered rice
with cold water and then gradually add boil
ing water until the proper consistency is OBJ
tanned, keeping it well stirred all the time,
then boil. This glue is a beautiful white and
does not discOloT.
Various Hints-There are many dishes
which call for intricate manipulation. In
these even adroit cooks may be pardoned If
they sometimes fail. But many housekeep-
ers seem to lack gumption in preparing some
of the simplest viands. They can not boil
potatoes properly, can not bake bread twice
alike-an advantage possibly when they
never make good bread-and can not pro-
duce tasty and edible milk pudding. In
cooking vegetables, such as carrots, parsnips,
cabbages and turnips many cooks deal
sparsely with the water and are often COM
PEELED TO pour on more after the vegetables
have begun to cook. This is a mistake.
Give plenty of water at the start, and when
the vegetables are cooked thoroughly,
which is an easy matter to decide, stop
cooking them. Water-logged, dark-colored
vegetables are an abomination and present
rlost unpalatable appearance. In the matter
of bread much has already been said in this
department, but the knack for making it
may be wanting even when one has read
volumes on the subject. How many persons
fail in'that fundamental culinary art-mak-
ing bread! Take again the simple matter of
preparing oatmeal. Much of the oatmeal
put upon our tables is like boiled sawdust.
Lumpy or half-cooked, and so dry and taste
less, it is repugnant to many persons: so
much so that the name is disagreeable to
them. One secret of making oatmeal is to
cook it thoroughly. That is the simple,
practical prose of the matter.
Bread when kneaded (first.'made up) should
be thoroughly worked or kneaded; when
light and being moulded should have no
more -four added than just possible TO mould
the lOaves into shape for the baking pans.
Rather small-sized loaves are the best.
1t is more than careless, it is criminal to
leave any poison within the reach of child.
A locked box or cupboard should be the re-
ceptacle of all drugs, especially of all that
are poisonous. Since we do not know when
any particular drug or medicine may be
needed it Is advisable to have all such as the
house possesses in a place at once safe and
handy safe from the children, readily ac-
cessible to the powers that be.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-02-24
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

How to Make Pudding Quick.-Split
few crackers lay the surface over with rails
ms, and place the halves together again, tie
them closely in a cloth and boil fifteen min
utes in milk and water. With rich sauce,
il is elegant.
Mock Cream.-(1.) Beat two eggs, one
ounce of sugar and small piece of butter,
with one pint of warm milk; then put it into
hot water, and stir IT one way until 1t &C
quires the consistency of cream. (2.) In
stead of eggs, as above use spoonful OF ar
rowrOCt, with little cold milk.
Corn Starch Cake.-One cup butter, two
cups sugar, one cup sweet milk, one cup corn
starch, two cups -four, the yolks OF four eggs,
the whites OF five, one tablespoon baking
powder; beat sugar and butter together; add
milk, yolks OF eggs; beat whites OF eggs sepa-
rate and add last; mix the baking powder
with the -four before mixing.
Yorkshire Pudding. - When roasting a
piece of beef, lay it on two sticks in your
baking pan, so that the Juice from the meat
will drop into the pan below. Three-fourths
of an hour before the beef is done mix the
following pudding and pour it into the pan
under the meat, letting the drippings con-
tinue TO fall upon it: One pint of milk, four
eggs well beaten. two cups of flower, one
teaspoonful of salt.
Mock Fried Oysters.-These are made of
eggs, half a cup of sweet milk, and flour
enough to make a thin batter; wash and
scrape the vegetable, then CRATE il in the bat
ter, drop spoonful at time in hot lard,
and fry until brown; serve hot and dry.
Mock stewed oysters are made of satisfy also.
1t should first be boiled for a few minutes in
weak vinegar and water; then cook until
tender in clear water, and lastly put them
in milk and season, and stew in the usual
way.
Fancy Work Hints.-Table and work bas-
kets of wicker-work and curled supports of
the same are made very attractive by inter-
lacing ribbons, tasselled edges, with en-
broided lambrequins beneath, fringed with
beads of colored glass and gold; handles of
corded silk, ornamented with ribbon bows
A pretty lamp-mat may be made by COW
ering aound. oval or hexagonal piece of
cardboard with velvet and giving it border
Of feathers experimenting to flower designs
in sprays.
Tall scrap baskets OF birch bark may be
tastefully decorated by fastening wide band
of satin ribbon through the center and term
mating it in large bow with loops and ends;
in the bow may be caught lunches OF grasses
and thistle balls varying in color.
In making wall book racks the shelves
may be slightly sloping inwards so as to
hold the books more securely. Instead Of q
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-02-24
Cattle in The stalk Field.
american StOckman.l

do not turn hungry, starved cattle into
fresh stalk field to remain longer than three
hours, and when taken out give them plenty
Of good, clean water and little salt. Every
time you turn them in allow them to remain
from half to an hour longer, giving plenty
Of water and a little salt when taken out.
Continue this until all the corn is gathered
up, or nearly gathered up, to prevent found
ering. Then let them remain in the field,
providing they have plenty of clean water
and salt two or three times a week Expert
ence has taught me this to be the only safe
way Of pasturing stock in fields. If you or
any of the readers of the Rural will follow
this plan your loss of cattle from feeding on
stalk fields will be not one. 1t is the dry
feed taken into the stomach that absorbs all
the moisture of the stomach, and in a short
time the animal becomes feverish and shows
signs of weakness, sometimes in the knees,
sometimes in the loins, and there are various
WAYS the disease manifests itself. Then the
cry goes out that there is a new disease
among the cattle, when it is all caused by
the arrangement of the stomach, which de-
rangement is for the want of pure water aud
salt sufficient to keep the stomach moist and
the digestive organs healthy.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-02-24
What Statesmanship Suggests.

Hon. j. b. Weaver in the Forty-ninth Congress-
All, Mr.. Speaker, a theory that declares
money redundant when millions of pockets
are penniless; that declares country over
populated when hundreds of millions of
acres Of tillable land have never felt the
touch of the plow-share; a theory that &C
cuses labor of the sin of overproduction
when millions OF laboring people are desti-
tute of every comfort of life, is so monstrous
that do not know how to adequately char
acterize it. If all the vigor of all the tongues
of the earth were concentrated into one sim
gle sentence it would not then be sufficient
to properly blast and wither and condemn
such monstrous theory. The nearest can
come TO il is to use the old expression, where
the vigor of the Greek and the Syriac are
said to combine-let it be anathema MARIANA
tina.
Sir, instead of closing our doors on the
downtrodden of the world and turning them
back into darkness, would say to the land
Spectator, to the usurer to the mOnopolist,
to the untaxed bondholder, to the stock
gamblers and 10 the spectators in money,
who now have the power conferred upon
them by law to make money artihcially
scarce; to the cattle syndicates in our West
ern Territories, / would say to all these and
to kindred classes, you must cease forever
your criminal methods in this Republic.
Following the example of the Nazarine, /
would cast out the devils and cast them into
the sea. Then, when you get rid of these
criminal classes, you will find more room for
poor people here. There can be no such
thing as an overpopulation of bona fide citi-
Gems in this country, If you will only give
the safeguard of a humane, economic sys-
tenn.
God has created two hands for every
mouth, and two hands, if they are not mana
cled, can easily feed one mouth and have
plenty left for rainy day. But you can not
stop the growth of our population any more
than you can stop the flight of time. With
in twenty years or less we shall have 100000
of people in this country They are almost
here. If had the power of the old prophet
of Israel l would pray God that he might
open the ears of these his servants that they
might see that the air is full of chariots and
of horsemen. If we will but listen we shall
hear the quiet yet majestic march of forty
millions of additional human beings who are
rushing in upon US like an army to stay for
ever. What preparations are we making for
their reception? In the name of God, what
order of craftsmanship have we fallen upon?
Why, even the lower animals make prepare
ton for the coming of their young but We
stand here with the absolute certainty of
this increase staring us in the face, yet we
are as dumb as beetles and make no kind Of
preparation for the stupendous event.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-02-24
IDrover's Journal. !


A correspondent says: Il wish here to
protest against the prevalent idea that old
meat is tough. Never was there a greater
fallacy. The age of the animal has nothing
to do with it; and the fact is, the toughest
and most tasteless meat is that of two-year-
cid stear, kept fat from birth and then ship
ped to market, where he will arrive in a
Shrinking condition. On the contrary, the
most tender, juicy, highest-favored meat is
that of an old animal, COW, or even work
steer-no matter how old-if fattened rapid
ly and killed when in thriving condition.
All meat is more or less tough when the aui-
NAL is losing flesh, and the opposite tender
and juicy-if the animal is gaining rapidly;
and, as all your (Chicago) meat is killed
when the animal is losing flesh, you never
get any really good meat. The change can
be noticed in the meat before the eye detects
il il the animals condition"
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-02-24
An Army Mule Retired With Honor.
Oakland (Cal.) Times ]

No mule is better known or more ''re-
vered" than "Old Goose" of Leavenworth
who is now at the Shell Mound farm, near
Alameda, where Government horses are
taken care Of She is now over forty years
old and has not yet given up her mulishness.
"Old Goose was brought to this coast in
1S43 by General Kearney. She has been
through flood and field and has borne some
of the bravest our heroes on the war path.
Captain Moore was mounted on "Old Goose"
when he was killed at San Pasquale. She
has done good service at most of the military
posts on the Coast and is well known by all
the old army officers who served on the Pa
cific Slope. General Sherman, on a recent
visit 10 the farm, recognized this old pack
mule and said that this faithful servant
should be pensioned. She is now retired
from service and draws her regular rations.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-02-24

many cases, that their importance is meas
urably comprehended, and the want
of them is felt, but the labor and attention
they require are somewhat different from
that Of the farm crops, and also the garden
interferes to some extent with the farm work
when it is not properly planned and man
aeed. as for the most part it might be, 50 as
to cause little or no inconvenience in the
performance OF the regular work. And for
this purpose we now ask our country and
village readers who are directly interested 70
give the necessary thought for the prepare
ton of good garden at This season of con-
parative rest. What shall the garden consist
Of? How and when shall it be prepared?
Who shall have the direct supervision of it?
These and other questions can be considered
and decided upon, and when the time Of ac-
ton comes there need be no delay.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-02-24
Roads and Thing.
IColeman's Rural World


The Illinois State Board of Agriculture is
about to hold meeting of the Road Super
Visors of that State, and will bring together
at the same time a large number OF the tile
makers with a view to determining some
means by which by the combined efforts of
the two the farmers OF the State may be pro-
vided with better roads. Colonel Mills Sec
rotary of the Board, met with the tilemakers
at their recent annual meeting in the capt.
tai and submitted the plan to them, and not
only secured their Endorsement, but enlisted
teeir hearty cooperation. There are three
Road Commissioners to every township in
the State, and if but a goodly number of
these are able to attend. and to jointly dis
cuss road making with the tilemakers, they
will be able 70 reach 'some plan by which
the road adjoining every mans farm shall be
so made and tile drained al to give them
good roads all the year round, and as well
demonstrate TO certainty the value of tile
drainage to every farmer
The undertaking Is one promising i'm
measurable advantage to all concerned, for
the farmer wants good roads as much as he
wants any other one thing, and the tile
makers will find in such a call demand
upon their resources that will very largely
stimulate their just now suffering industry.
There are 3, 800 Road Commissioners in the
State, and more than 600 tile-makers; and it
is but reasonable TO suppose that such a
body of men will be able to suggest a means
by which their present bottomless roads may
be drained and graded and thus made pass
able at every season of the year.
No State needs good roads more than does
the State OF Illinois, unless, indeed, it be
that Of Missouri, and here is an example set
worthy OF imitation. What do the farmers
Of this State think of il?
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-02-24
A Word to Workers.

II your avocations are mentally or physically
laborious, if they subject you to exposure in in
clement weather, if they confne you TO the desk,
and are of nature to involve wear and tear OF
brain, and nervous strain, you may occasionally
require some renovating tonic. Hostetter stom-
ach Biters is the article for you, it stimulates the
falling energies invigorates the body and cheers
the mind. 1t enables the system to throw of the
facilitating effects OF undue fatigue, gives renew.
ed vigor to the organs of digestion, arouses the
liver when inactive, which it very often is with
people whose pursuits are sedentary. renews the
jaded appetite, and encourages healthful repose.
Its ingredients are safe and its credentials, which
consist in the hearty Endorsement OF persons OF
mirabiy is il adapted 20 the medical wants OF
workers.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-02-24
Farmers as Gardeners.
Ifick'g Magazine for February

The remark is often made that farmers are
poor gardeners, and il is too true in most
cases. Farmers families, as a rule. are far
more poorly supplied with vegetables than
city residents. Not more than a quarter of
the farms Of this region show anything bet
ter in the way OF garden produce than a lit
tie sweet corn and some bush beans and
few tomato plants, and, possibly, even these
last are wanting. The field crop is depended
upon to supply the potatoes that are wanted,
and, perhaps, some turnips will be raised in
the fall, some years, as a second crop. What
a miserable showing is this for those who are
situated so that the choicest vegetables of
the garden, the various kinds in their sea-
son, might appear in abundance on their
tables. provided the necessary care and labor
should be given 10 produce them. But this
picture is not overdrawn; it is, unfortunate
ly, too true, and it is not less true that il we
inquire about the family fruit supply for
country tables we shall find this quite as de-
fcient. or even more so. There is no neces-
sity for this condition OF things, and it is OPP
posed both TO the physical and financial in
terests of these families. No part Of the
farm can make greater returns for the labor
and other expenditures than the vegetables
and the fruit garden. II we inquire into
The cause Of their neglect we shall find, in
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-02-24
A Physicians Confession.


You frequently see funny expressions in
print about doctors killing their patients.
Well, the thing is often true. /, myself ac-
knowledge to having killed two patients.
killed them outright and make no bones of
confessing the fact. One man L killed by
prescribing morphine at time when his
system was not strong enough to stand
the drug. He left an estate, and there
was some excitement about devld-
ing the estate. His wife was
charged with having poisoned him, and the
remains were exhumed, and there was great
TODD about about the matter, but pulled
through it all right. The other man was
suffering from prolonged spree, and gave
him chloral, which killed qim.. 1t was an
out an out murder, but the Coroner held an
inquest and attributed his death 10 jimjams.
These two people know killed., and, as
am yet young, and there are more active
poisonous agents than those I have so far ex-
perimented with, j expect TO kill more peo-
pie before die.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-02-24
The woman of Influence.

Colonel T. w. Higginson in Hsrper's Bazar.J
In these days one is certainly impressed
with the prominence of literature as sphere
for the Woman of Influence. When we
think of the thousands of high schools and
academies throughout the land in which,
next graduation-day, some maiden in white
will read an essay on THE Genius of George
Elliott" we may well say, with Rufus
Choate, after all, a book is the only inn
mortality" And surely the reader is inn
pressed with the way in which young wo-
mans genius, even II not Of the very highest
order, may retain its hold after her death,
on seeing the Late statements Of Mr., Rout-
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-02-24
What Would They Think of a Blizzard?
PHILADELPHIA telegraph

Paris was surprised the other morning by
the fiercest snow storm that has occurred
there for several years. II only lasted for
two or three hours, but the snow came down
the life OF the capital. The flakes, which
were driven by violent wind, were quite
binding. The horses refused TO move, be-
cause they could not see, and the few cab
men who had accepted fares were obliged to
lead their steeds. In short time all the
animation Of the boulevards vanished, and
the picture became strangely fantastic and
pictDreSoue.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-02-24

Estimating the crop by the wagOn-load,
when husking, there were 1,440 bushels,
worth at the time OF husking 1850; worth
per acre. So; average bushels per acre, 60
cents. He said the ground broke up very
mellow, and the cost OF preparing for plant
ing was the least possible. In average sea-
sons he finds it necessary to roll and harrow
before the planter, but it was not necessary
to roll this year.
His stand was excellent, and when laid by
he anticipated large crop, but drouth set
in and fired the corn before the rains fol-
lowed The satter part of the season was too
wet. In fact, the season was wrong end fore
most. There was a rank growth OF blade and
stalk, many barren stalks, an unusual
amount of smut or black fungus, and much
rotten corn. None OF his corn was as well
filed out as it was last year, and the feeding
value of the crop is not nearly so good as
that of last year. In fact, he considers his
crop not fair average. Nor can he see how
he could have prevented this. He planted
May and 10. If he had planted two weeks
later his crop would rot have been so in
jured by the drOuth. As a general rule,
however, early planting does best here.
Mr.. Mccullough said he had corn on both
rich bottom lands and thin upland. The
latter is far the best this year. Usually the
crop on his bottom land is the best. He had
a well-prepared estimate of the csst of his
crop, which your correspondent regrets he
forgot to ask him for.
Mr.. Otstot gave his estimate of his crop