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The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-06-23
Ree-KeeDinQ.

In proportion to the population the num-
Der of persons who keep bees is very small,
yet there IS no branch of farming (tor it
should be connected with farming) more
profitable at certain seasons than the keep
ing of bees. A good, strong colony in the
midst Of the busy season will collect and
store four or five pounds of honey daily; but
the amount of work done by the bees de-
ponds upon the forage and the strength of
the colony. As soon as a colony becomes
weak and incapable of defense it will be at
tackled by the stronger ones and robbed.
Hence, in order to keep each hive up to its
fullest capacity the bee keeper must provide
plenty of comb foundation in order to lessen
the work TO be performed, and SOW such
crops as will afford honey later in the sea-
son, when the flowers have finished bloom
ing.
The swarming process is nothing more
than the departure of the old queen and
her working bees. in order to abandon the
hive 10 the younger queen and bees. By
being on the alert and hiving the swarms as
they alight, the number Of colonies may be
largely increased, but the weak colonies sell
dom swarm. The moth usually attack the
weak colonies, and only the stronger ones
are able to pass safely through the winter.
The common bees may be gradually re-
placed with the Italian or Cyprian bees by
removing the old Queen and substituting a
new fortified Queen of either kind pre-
smsll cage for few days the bees soon rec
ogniZe her and in the course of a few months
the old bees will ali be dead, and the new
ones will be of The desired kind. The Queen
is compelled to Icy large numbers of eggs
daily in order to supply the great loss con
staDtly occurring By the destruction from
birds, storms and other difficulties They
should be left plenty of honey for a winter
supply. and the hives should be well pro-
tecfed from the storms.
What the bee-keeper should aim TO do is
to SOW such crops as will enable the bees to
lay in large supply of honey. and he can
well afford TO do so If he has a number of
hives. At this season the bees find plenty
to do in working on the flowers. but later
the crop of buckwheat affords ample forage
while it is in blossom. Enterprising bee
keepers combine bee-keepIng and poultry
raising, finding that a small piece of ground
may IN that manner return large profit.
How to manage bees can not we'll be ex-
planned in a single article. All who are in
terested should first make themselves,famil
lar with the details before beginning by con-
shifting authorities on the subject That
bee-keepiDg is a profitable occupation, how
ever, has been demonstrated satisfactorily
to all so engaged.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-06-23

ed of sulpbate of potash. with proportions
of magnesia, salt lime and other substances,
all of which are necessary ingredients of
plant food. The value of the kainit does
not consist in its fertilizing ingredients only,
but also to its power of fixing ammonia is
being superior to plaster for that purpose.
1t is alto a very soluble substance, and is
easily appropriated by the plants as soon as
it is applied to the soil.
As kainit is sulphate of potash, it partially
becomes decOmposed in the fermenting
monure Tor cOmpost) heap, and arrests the
escape of the volatile ammonia by changing
it to sulphate of ammonia, while the fat
acids of the soapsuds also form numerous
compounds and hasten the decomposition of
the mass. 1t is not out of place to state that
the most valuable constituent Of such COM
post is the urine, which is very rich in
heterogeneous matter, and which is usually
wasted on many farms. If a pig or few
hens are kept, the manure from them should
be added to the heap daily, before the VIOLA
tile matter begins to escape, which will not
only be an advantage but conduce the health
of the pig and poultry. Not an ounce of
anything should be wasted that may DO
serviceable. On light, sandy locations mari
may be used in place of dog dirt if preferred.
Although this may not be termed ma
nure, yet it will be very rich compost and
contain greater fertilizing value than four
times its bulk of ordinary manure, while
its exceedingly fine condition, the ease with
which it may be applied and its solubility in
water render it the best and most perfect
plant food that can be used, provided bag
OF superphosphate be applied on each acre Of
ground In connection with it. Such a mode
of making manure will at first seem like a
slow one, but at the end of the year surprise
will be excited by the appearance of the
heap, which will contain sufficient fertiliz-
ing matter for farm of five acres, while the
constant daily additions to the heap will in
luce thorough cleaning of the grounds,
pig pen, poultry-hOuse and clubhouse as
often as possible. If horse or COW be kept,
of course the manure will be better, for the
sulphate of potash will effectually prevent
loss In any respect.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-06-23
Live Stock in nIidsummer.

The midsummer season is not trying one
to live stock, except in times OF protracted
drouth. Water must be provided, but the
quantity need not be great, and where it is
low or has to be hauled, animals, except
mich Gown, should be limited as to quanti-
ty. Mich cows should have corn fodder cut
up and fed green daily, if it is an object to
keep up the flow of milk during drouths.
This is also useful for mares with foals run
ming in pasture, and moderate quantity of
grain and bran is always useful for milk Civ
ing stock. Lambs will probably need to be
weaned this months; watch the ewes, and
draw the milk from all full udders every
second or third day; give the lambs a hand
fnl or two of oats or bran daily. Tar the
noses OF all sheep to keep off the fly, and
watch the feet for any indication of foot rot
If suspected, clean ont and dress with solu-
ton of blue vitriol or carbolic acid.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-06-23
OUR FARM BUDGET.
The Farm in July-Ths Kitchen Garden in
SUMMARIZE Keeping.
Saving Manure on Small Farms-Convertfng
Corn Into POrk-Fruit Notes-A Cheap
silo-Live Stock In summer-Buck-
wheat Cakes-Balky Horse
Farm Notes.
The Farm in July.

Our hot sun and dry weather ripen grain
and grass, or at least bring it forward, so that
it is ready for the scythe and the sickle much
earlier in the season than in the climate of
Europe. July is really the first and perhaps
the most important harvest month. The
great grass crop with which 1.-THE early and
later rains has blessed millions of acres, is
to be cut, cured and harvested. Winter
grain, over great part of the country, is to
be cut this month, while at the same time,
when from any cause short crops are antlci-
pated or are to be provided against, it is even
now not too late to get in a crop of millet or
of fodder corn.
July is seed time for plants of the turnip
kind. There are, indeed, cold, heavy soils,
where Swedes need TO be sown in June to
make crop, but generally the former half
OF this month is early enough, while for
those Known as English turnips, if sown the
latter half. and up to the 10th of August
they will give good returns.
There are weedy fields that really need to
be thoroughly summer-fallowed before any
thing is done with them. In these the pillow
must be kept going. and in light lands the
weeds are destroyed at q sacrifice of nearly
ali the organic matter, which must be kept
replaced in some way. Hence, it is almost
always better to fallow with a root crop,
sowing in drills and giving thorough culture.
The fertilizer containing no weed seed, the
cleaning of the land may be very complete,
and the soil will be improved in fertility.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-06-23
saving Manure on Small Farms.

There are hundreds Of small farms upon
which no cattle are kept, and the matter of
making manure is difficult because of lack
of material. But as manure depends for its
value upon its quality rather than upon its
bulk, quite an amount Of fertilizing material
may be prepared and saved at small ex-
pense for labor Fine road dirt should be
used as an absorbent, and it should be placed
where il will be safe from rains or dampness.
The best method is to have an old clubhouse
or a shed constructed for the purpose, aud
about eight inches of dirt should be placed
upon the floor, which nav be of boards, CO.
ment or stiff clay. Upon this layer of road
dirt should be thrown all the urine, night
soil refuse OF all kinds. poultry manure and
scrapines. with another layer of road dirt
upon the materials. After several layers
have been made the heap should be kept
constantly damp with soapsuds. This pro-
cess should be continued until the entire
years accumulation is in one large heap.
In connection with the road dirt bushel
Of kainit should be used with every ten
bushels Of the road dirt. Kainit is compos-
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-06-23
Men and Women

Who are constantly nervous are, in nineteen cases
out of twenty, dyspePtic. The twentieth case will
be found, upon investigation, to be that Of per-
son who is troubled with symptoms of indiges-
ton. Thinness, unnatural anxiety, peevishness,
buzzing in the ears, disposition to start on the
closing of a door, tremulousness of the hands
more particularly of the right-show that the
nerves are weak and unsteady. Hostetters stom-
ach Bitters strengthens and quiets the nerves
This effect is a speedy consequence OF its invlg-
Grating and regulating action upon the organs of
digestion and assimilation. II enriches the blood
conquers chronic tendency to biliousness, re-
heves sick and nervous headaches, aud regulates
the bowels without gripping them. A more trust
worthy defense against fever and ague does not
exist. and il subdues a tendency to rheumatism
kidney and bladder arrangement. Taken before
retiring, 1t induces sound repose
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-06-23
GAmerican Agriculturist.l


Buckwheat is one of the most valuable
grains, both fox human food and for feeding
animals. 1t is only slightly inferior to rye
in nutritious matter, having much the same
character as food, and containing very nearly
as much nutriment as oats. 1t has an unde-
served reputation productive of skin dis
eases in animals, the straw especially being
considered injurious 10 pigs which are lit
tered with it, We have never noticed any
thing of this kind in many years use of it,
but On the contrary have found this grain
most useful one, and one of the easiest and
cheapest to grow. 1t is sown at a convenient
time, will produce a large yield if it has
good ground, and 1t is easily thrashed. When
mixed with corn and rye IN equal parts it is
one of the best feeds for horses, cows and
pigs, and for the popular cakes for the table
in the winter 1t is unsurpassed by any other
grain. For these reasons every farmer
should grow an acre or two, and provide
good piece Of land for IL. We have grown
severt y bushels to the acre on good ground
and in favorable season, but in the usual
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-06-23
His Veto Lost.
Washington Critic


Daniel" said the President sternly, as he
looked up from an unofficial paper he had
found on his desk?
Eyes, sire" responded the secretary with
some trepidation.
what il this?'
at is BILL sire, tor some articles Mrs. C.
has been purchasing"
"Um-um," hesitated the President; "is it2
Well, it's the first thing of the kind that has
ever come before my notice"
Eyes, sire, said DANIEL, because he had
nothing else to say just then.
Then the hard look came into the Presi-
dents face again and his voice was cold.
Daniel" he said, laying the bill down in
front of him.
Eyes, SIRE"
Where is my veto?"
"Your wife has it, SIRE"
"Um-um. Daniel, will you be kind enough
to fill up check for the amount?'
And Daniel took the bill.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-06-23
A Political Riot at Ellington.

LoSDoS. June ia meeting held in Ellington,
q northern suburb Of London, last night, to sup
port the Conservative candidate for seat in the
House of Commons, ended in riot. The furni-
ture of the room in which the meeting was held
was smashed By the turbulent mob. Several
women were badly frightened By the uproar
that they tainted. One lady had an arm broken
and was conveyed 70 q hospital The speakers
platform was stoned by the crowd. The Dufe Of
platform. was roughly seized By the neck jaumed
mp against a wall and rushed of the stage. A
number OF aristOcratic companions who were
with the Duke were badly handled. The police
were summoned and succeeded in stopping tue
riotrg.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-06-23

Recently in Brooklyn, a scholar at one Of
the large public schools met with a serious
geon was called in. He asked, Immediately,
what had been done. ssI have bound up the
wound and saturated it with Ponds Ex-
tract" said the principal, an excellent and
intelligent lady. Every well" said the doe
tor, 1.-The boy is doing nicely. could have
prescribed nothing better" Ponds Extract,
for over two generations has been the great
specific for Wounds. Sprains, Bruises, Burns
and all kinds of Infammaticns and Hem
orrhages. Genuine in bottles only.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-06-23

careless way in which this crop is treated,
twenty-five bushels is rarely exceeded. The
land should be well plowed late in June; in
the South, August is early enough; and
peck of seed to the acre is sufficient. This
is sewn on the plowed ground, and one good
narrowing to cover the seed is sufficient
The crop natures in about ten weeks, and
should be harvested as soon as all the grain
is set; although some may be green at time
of cutting, it will ripen in the shock.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-06-23

A Baptist missionary in China writes
home that what an American family throws
away in a year would keep a dozen Chinese
families, and what Chinese family throws
away in the same time would not feed a
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-06-23

ARCHIBALD FORBES is described as tall, an
gular and thin, with a high, sloping FORE
head, straight nose, dark gray eyes, and a
grayish blonde mustache aud imperial.
Owing to the exposures and fatigues he has
undergone while in the field as a war CORE
spondent, bis health has suffered and be is
much troubled with rheumatism.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-06-23
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The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-06-23

The President of the Cambridge, Mass +,
Fire ms. Co. recommends Hoods Sarsa
parilla as building up and strengthening
remedy
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-06-23
Z. s. GOVERNMENT
PRINTING OFFICE,
WA SHINGON, ID. G..

One Of our ladies here was taken out on a cot,
and wholly insensible. from a relapse of bilious
fever Hardly any pulse and the extremittes icy
cold. The physicians said she would not live.
They applied stimulsnts, and got up the eircula-
ton, and then, on my suggestion, gave her COCA
BEEF TONIC. Neither the medical gentlemen
nor any others OF US had the least hope. and you
may, therefore, imagine our surprise to find q
decided and immediate i'm provement developing.
In the course Of time she began to sit up, and
now the doctors, the patient, and all of us bless
COCA BEEF TONIC as her savior. The physicians
confessed to being dumfOunded.
Yours truly,
F. MUNSON,
Asst superintendent
am the mother Of the young lady referred to
by bon. F. MunsO1, and take great pleasure in
vOuchiDg for the truth of the above.
MRS. NJ. RENEHAN.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-06-23
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The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-06-23

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lished X. r X. REMEDIES than the base and
worthless limitations Of them, as there are false
Resolvents, Relefs, and Pills. Be and ask for
Railways and see that the name Railway" is on
what you have.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-06-23

The American Bible society printed l, 4S7, :
440 bibles and New Testaments last year.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-06-23
The very best Tonic in the Market
SOUTHERN MEDICAL RECORD.
"LEIBIG CO.
Coca Beef Tonic

Has won for itself a splendid reputation for just
what it is claimed to be-a superior tonie"-THE
INDEPENDENT.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-06-23
Coca Beef Tonic
Deserves all the praise it is receiving.
FROM
Hon. HIRAM CALKINS,
Editor New York World.

"a member Of nay family was very i'll with
typhoid malarial fever. The stomach was so
irrtated that it retained nothing and the patient
was rapidlylOsing ground. Finally the attending
physician prescribed
IIFRIG co.'s
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-06-23
Coca Beef Tonic

The vomiting ceased Immediately with the first
dose, the food was again retained and digested
and rapid improvement and recovery followed"
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-02-12
Cannibaii.m Among Rats.


Mr. W. Matthew Williams believes
that rats are. upon occasion. voracious
cannibals, devouring one another by
wholesale and without mercy. Being
troubled beyond endurance by thesf
pests. and getting no relief from dogs,
ferrets, and cats. and fearing poison, he
tried the effects of stufling the holes with
broken glass. This was successful and
some curious results accompanied the
clearance. At first there were stresks of
blood ON the kitchen floor in considers
Bile quantity. and distributed over It
These appeared on several morninga AT
about the same time and subsequently,
much scampering aud screaming was
heard beneath This was followed by
rapid reduction of the number OF the
enemy. My theory. says MIR. Williams.
lis, that when any one rat was wounded
by the glass the scent of blood excited
the voracity of the others. and cannibal
struggle occurred. that this continued
till extirpatioD followed-the more tight
ing the more bloodshed and the more
cannibali>m
Mr. r. H. Hslfpenny partly confirms
this view in Science Gossip. where he
says that the black rat Is still 10 be met
with at most of the London docks; thai
the Norway or sewer rat not only kills its
victim, but devours it He describes
skins of freshly killed black rats turned
inside out, aud found in various drawers
boxes, etc and states that this treatment
of their victims is usual with rats As az
experiment. Mr. Halfpenny gave the car
cass of a white rat TO one of the black
and white variety II was eaten. only Q
few bones of the head remaining attached
TO the everted skin
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-02-12
A SAh Death.

Seldom, if ever, has the GLoBE-REPUBLLc
recorded a tale appealing so strongly for
sympathy as the present one. Quite num-
Der of years ago there arrived in this city an
individual in the prime of life and Of robust
and pleasing appearance. He was adopted
into the family of one of Springfield's most
respected citizens, and by them treated as
one of the household. Years sped, and
time, which makes sad havoc in many a
home circle, passed not lightly over this one
Those of the family who had been prattling
infants at the time of the adoption of the
stranger some were sleeping silently in the
churchyard, whilst Others had removed and
made their homes in far distant states,
whilst new and timer lives had also been
added Amidst and through all these charges
passed the hero of our story, sometimes joy
fui. often sad. as one after another of the
home circle disappeared, and was seen no
more Finally the whole family determined
toremove one of their number who had set
tied and made home for himself in dis
tant Oregon. and here comes in the saddest
part of the story. The stranger vino had
been taken in and cared for, and made to feel
at home and welcome all these years, was
forgotten and left behind. He, however,
sought no other home than the house in
which he had been reared. and in which he
had passed so many happy hours, so that
when strangers came after time
to occupy once again the old
and long deserted dwelling they found there,
this once young, but now old and gray and
nearly blind one. still in faithful possession.
The joy depicted on the countenance Of this
aged one was sublime, as for a moment in
his blindness. he mistOOk the new cOmers
for his long absent friends. But his joy
was short lived, since when, nOtwithstand-
ing everything was done that could be to
make him forget and to draw
him out of his sadness. He pined away,
anI on last night in gloom and darkness he
breathed his last. Kindly hands performed
the last rites for his body and he was
quietly laid away, the general verdict being
that he died of a broken heart. His age
and place of birth is not known, but all
unite in calling Jack" q faithful dog.
A MoURNIs.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-02-12
Forgetfui to Entertain Strangers
London Cor. Philsdslphia Telegraph


The shabby manner in which foreign
princes other than Teutons. who come
here. are treated has long been q manner
of scandal The nation pays for any
number of pala ,es. several of which
notably Buckingham palace-are never
used, and yet when distinguished for
eign visitor arrives here it is ten to one
that he is lodged in hotel and has to pay
his own bill We nave here now q
japanese prince who reioices in the name
Of Fouschimabring. This dignitary ranks
next TO the mikado himself. but scarcely
any notice has been taken Of him. He is
little fellow about 20 years of age and
dresses in the conventional frock-coat and
stovepipe hat of Europe
About two years ago another distin.
guished Jap. Prince Arissugawa. wa.
here He was sent to Claridges hotel
and left to pay his own bill One day Re
went to Windsor to pay his respects 10
the queen All he gotin the way of trsy-
cling accommodation was a reserved com
partment in an ordinary railway car.
riage. and next day q representative OF
the Great Western Railway company
called to remind the prince that he had
not paid his fare This is fair example
of the shabby manner in which for
eigners of distinction are often treated IN
the wealtbiest city of the world