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The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-04-14
Unnecessary Violence,

Forwhich outraged nature exacts heavy penalties,
done to the bowels by persons who, with dras-
tic drenching purgatives make war on those or
gans in order to relieve their construction. Con-
itipation is not one of those desperate diseases
shat require desperate remedies. In fact, it is not
disease at all, but the incomplete discharge OF
function, 20 the healthful removal of which Hos
letters Stomach Bitters is far better adapted than
drugs, whose action is excessive, and consequent
ly facilitating and injurious. Disorder of the
liver contamination OF the blood with bile, sick
headaches and dyspeptic symptoms are the at
tendants OF c0ntiveness. and are likewise rene
died by the Btters. Its action is not limited TO
relieving the bowels naturally aud without pain.
Used with persistence. and as directed ii perpetu-
ates regularity in the habit OF body. and I'm the
operations of the digestive and liver. Fever
and ague. rheumatism aud kidney troubles are
pgeYspted and cured by in
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-04-14

Correspondent OF American Agriculturistl
There is not much that is new to be said as
to how to get peas earliest. + know of no
royal road. We can only plant and cult
vate and wait BY assisting nature at the
start though, we can sometimes hurry her up
a little. / have found two ways of doing
this. One is to ridge the ground in the fall,
before il freezes, 20 make it dry Oft earlier in
the spring, and the other is TO start the seeds
before the ground is dry enough to be work
ed. The first needs no further explanation.
For the second place my seed peas in moist
sand, about the last week in March, and set
the box containing the sand in warm
place until the peas have formed sprouts
about half an inch long. Then, if the soil in
the garden is not yet sufficiently dry for
planting, ! set the box in the cellar, cover it
with a board if mice troublesome, and
leave it there until we can plant. | have left
the sprouted seeds In this condition for
fortnight without any apparent harm re-
sultiDg. When the ground is dry enough to
plant, pick the peas carefully out of the
sand, place them in the drill about two
inches apart, and cover lightly with fine
soil. ] have gained as much as eight days
in earliness by thus starting the seed before
hand, though the difference is usually not so
much. The eaaliness may also be increased
some by planting in a sheltered location,
particularly If it is one that receives reflected
heat from the sun, as the south side OF
building or high, tight board fence.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-04-14
Her MsieSty's FaTOrite Cosmetic GIyctrne
XaIne of Root Crnns.

The director of the Massachusetts agricult-
uIal experimental station saws in his annual
report; The importance quite generally con-
ceded TO the Introduction of a liberal culti-
vation of root crops in a mixed farm man
agement, wherever deep soil and the gen
eTal character of the climate favOrs their
normal development, rests mainly the
following considerations: They furnish, if
properly MANFRED and cultivated, an ex
ceptiOnally large quantity OF valuable yege-
table matter nit for fodder for various kinds
of farm 1--we stock, competing in this direc-
ton favorably with our best green fodder
crops; and they pay well, on account of large
returns Tor the necessary care bestowed upon
them b. thorough, 1eep cultivation to
meet success. The physical conditions of the
soil, however favorable they may have been
for the production OF crops OF similar Char
actsr, will suffer if year after wear the same
system of cultivation is carried out. Divers
lty in the mechanical treatment OF the soil,
and change of season for such treatment,
can not = otherwise but affect advan-
tsgeously its mechanical condition aud
degree of its chemical disintegration, pre-
noting thereby its fitness for retaining inner
ent plant food well as its power of turn
ing to account atmospheric resources of plant
growth. The roots Of the same plants ab-
straet their food, year after year, from the
same layer of soil, while a change of crops
with reference to different root system rem
ders 1t possible TO make all parts of the agri-
cultural soil contribute in desirable success
SION toward an economical production of the
crops to be raised. Deep-rooting plants, like
our prominent root crops, for this reason,
deserve a particular consideration in the
planning Of a rational system of rotation OF
crops. The fodder supplied by roots. although
somewhat peculiar in its composition when
compared with that OBTAINED from many of
our prominent fodder plants, where the up
per part of the plants furnishes the main
bulk, may, nevertheless, serve as a very val
liable constituent in the diet of various kinds
= of farm live stock, when properly supple
mented by oil cakes, grain, bran, hay, etc.
The various kinds of roots usually raised on
farms for feeding purposes differ essentially
in regard to the amount of dry vegetable
matter they contain. Turnips contain from
Z to per cent; ordinary mangolds, from IL
TO u per cent. improved beets, is per cent;
carrots. from 10 to 16 per cent; sugar beets.
from Is to 20 per cent. of solids, or, in other
words, one ton of improved sugar beets is
equal to from two to Two and ene-half tons
Of ordinary turnips, so far as the amount OF
dry matter is concerned.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-04-14
Garden Work for April.

New lawns can be seeded all through this
month, says Vick's Magazine, but the earlier
the better. About fo=r bushels of mixed
lawn grass seed to the acre is needed, or the
same quantity of Kentucky blue grass, or
from three to four bushels of red top. As
rule, the best results will follow the use of
the mixed lawn grass seed. Sow the seed
when the soil is dry, having the surface
freshly Iaked mellow and fine taking ad-
vantage of time when there is no wind,
and sowing the seed as evenly as it can be
distributed with the hand; afterward rake
it lightly, and then roll the ground. All
lawns should now have anv bits of rubbish
on them removed, and he raked well to re-
move dead grass and leaves, and be well
rolled as soon as the ground has settled after
the frost is out. From three to six pounds
to the square rod of good superphostate is a
good dressing to give the grass start. This
is the time in all the northern region to
prune roses, which should always be
done while the plants are dormant.
IL grape vines were not pruned last
month, as they should have been, they
should not be longer neglected. Transplant
ing OF all kinds of hardy plants will occupy
much of the gardeners attention this month.
IL should not be done when the soil is wet.
but only when in friable condition. Do
not slight the work in setting plants of any
kind, from Strawberries to apple trees-see
that holes large enough are prepared, aud
the roots spread out, and then fittel in with
fine soil all about them which is firmly
pressed home, with the hands in the case OF
the small plants and larger ones, such as
trees and shrubs. with the foot. Get in peas
early, and make successive paintings of
them. If the ground should freeze after SOW
ing them no harm will be done. Sow seed
Of celery, caulifiower, cabbage, and kohl
Tabi in cold frames or in the open ground in
a warm spot. Sow lettuce, Tadish and onion
seed. Do not delay to SOW tomato and egg
plant seed in cold flame or gentle hot-bed il
il has not already been done. Delay plant
ing beans, corn and melons until the ground
is warm and there is no longer fear of frost.
Sow sweet peas, and start seeds of ANIMALS of
all those kinds that can be transplanted 70
ADVANTAGE
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-04-14
WONDERFUL BOY.
He Sees Through Solid Substances and Talks
Languages He Has Not Been Taught.
Middleport lo.) Special. I

Your correspondent to-day visited the
home of Presley Forrest, son of Burr For
rest, nine miles from this place, who, within
the past two months, has developed such ex-
wonderful sightseeing phenomena, and
which have created the greatest sensation
and astoni shment among those of spiritual
istic belief, and among the entire neighbor-
hood OF that section, the people fi0cking Tor
miles to see, her and witness his talk and
performances while under the influence of
what is commonly known as spirit control.
The young man belongs 10 one of the most
respected families in Rutland Township. is
twenty eight years old, slender build, and is
an Invalid and defOrmed, being crippled in
both hands and feet from his birth; is very
quiet, inofensiye and non-communicative,
except when in trance at which time he
converses with the spirits OF well-known
deceased persons often strangers to himself,
speaking to them in the language and char
acteristlc way in which they were accus-
toned to do either in German or other for
eign languages, and he also, while under the
same influence, gives examples OF their par
tIcular habits and individual actions the
same as they did when alive so that friends
readily distinguish the spirits of those they
were formerly accustomed to see or associate
with. Forrest also reads and translates Ger
man into English and English into German
with great rapidly, which is not the less
strange since he hever studied or was taught
German, being but inferior scholar. and
having few or no advantages of schooling.
Persons who have gone there have been told
a great many things relative to their diseases,
infirmities, ETC., which he readily discovered
by looking at them, and which they
fully believed no one else knew OF,
supposing they were profound Sc
crets to all except themselves.
Instances of this kind have been numerous
and astonishing. He also seems to possess
the power of seeing directly through solid
substances as il they were only glass; and
has many times told the position of the hands
of a watch when shifted purposely to de-
ceive him, apparently being able to see or
divine through metal. Also, it is claimed by
bis relatives, friends, neighbors and many
strangers of the most influential and sub
stantial character that he readily observes
objects through solid wood, walls of house
or other like substances while in the state of
trance. Parties of the highest standing and
unquestioned veracity attest to these facts.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-04-14
StraMberrY Culture.

A Kentucky correspondent of the Com
mercial Gazette, Of Cincinnati, writes: For
the matted row system, mark the rows from
three and half 10 four feet apart, and set
the plants one foot apart in the rows and
train the runners along the rows as they
grow out, and let them form thick matted
rows from fourteen TO eighteen inches in
width. Keep the cultivatOr going through
them, narrowing il down as the plants widen.
Cultivate them thoroughly just before they
begin to bloom, and soon as the fruitirg
season is gone by, as soon as they are done
bearing cultivate between the rows and turn
the edges of the rows under, leaving them
only about six inches wide. and remove
some OF the plants-that is, thin them out If
thay are matted too thickly to grow well,
and level the ground down nicely, and
scatter fertilizers amongst them, if needed.
1t is possible to get the ground too rich
(old fruit-growers to contrary notwith-
standing(, or you may use fer
tilizer that is unsuitable, and then,
perchaDce, they will grow all plants
and no berries. If carefully set in straight
rows they will be more easily cultivated. Ii
covered with hay or straw, something light
that will not exclude the air, as soon as the
groun d freezes they will produce finer fruit
and more Of il the following spring than
they will If left bare through the winter, To
find the number OF plants required to set an
acre, multiply the width by the breadth, and
see how many times this number is con-
tanned in Is, O0O-the number of square feet
in an acre. To set acre. two feet by
three, you should have ,260 plants. Twice
three are six, and 80, 800 divided by six gives
the number stated.
| like The hill system mot raised hills)
when ali the circumstances are favorable.
though we can find objections. Some vari-
cites of the plant throw out all their new
roots above the old ones, and also all the
way down the old root, and they will do
better in hills. You can tell the difference
be examining root OF the plant a month or
50 after bearing season.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-04-14


GENERAL.
Colonel Thomas H. Ruger, promoted by
President Cleveland to be Brigadier General,
is a native of Wisconsin, and was made
Cadet from that State in July, 1850. After
graduating with very high honors from West
Point, he was brevetted Second Lieutenant
on July 1854, and resigned April i 1876,
He next practiced law in his native State
When the war broke out he enlisted. and
became Lieutenant Colonel of Third Wiscon-
sin Volunteers, June %, 1861. He was made
Colonel in August of the same year. Briga-
der General of Volunteers November, 1862
and was brevetted Major General for ''gal-
liant and merritorious services at the battle
of franklin, Tenn" General Ruger was
mustered out of the volunteer service
June 10, 1866, made Colonel of the
Thirty-third Infantry in July OF the same
year, and brevetted Brigadier General for
gallant and meritorious services at the bat
tie of Gettysburg" He served in South Car
DINA in 1871. As Superintendent of the
Military Academy and in command of the
School of Application at Fort Leavenworth,
General Ruger added to his reputation.
Brigadier Generals in the Army are linn
tied by law to six. Their pay for toe first
five years of service is 50 800 a year, after
wards periodically increased py a percent
age-10 per cent. after five years service, %
after ten, 80 after fifteen, and 10 per cen.
more than s., 800 year after twenty years
service
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-04-14

lief of many, who claim that a rich soil
causes a rank growth which is easily winter
killed. Cultivation late in autumn should
be avoided, and the plants should be allowed
10 rest and mature their wood. A deep and
rich soil is necessary to the production OF
large and luscious fruit. To prevent the
effects of drought, regard heavy mulch OF
leaves or straw as better than cultivation.
The best Wild blackberries are always found
near brush heaps or rotten logs. In plant
ing the rows should be seven or eight feet
apart. The plants should be two feet apart
in the row, and / have found strong sucker
plants TO be quite as satisfactory as those
from root cuttings. I recently pruned some
rows Of the Taylor kind from sucker plants.
tFansplanted sixteen months before; they
were generally three and half feet high,
three feet across the top, and presented the
dense and compact appearance OF well
kept hedge For pruning such line OF
plants grass hook or sickle is the best. To
save time and labor, il has often been my
practice when planting blackberries to plant
strawberries in rows with them and IN rows
midway between them. Some OF my best
rawberries this season were from plants
set last year along with blackberries. All
blackberry plants, when three feet high,
should have their terminal buds nipped, to
force them TO throw out lateral shoots. a
severe nipping is often necessary ( o produce
a compact and sturdy growth capable OF re-
sistlng strong wind. The berries should not
be picked until sweet nor oftener than twice
a week if intended for home market, nor
after being picked should they be ex posed 10
a burning sun, as such exposure will change
their color from black TO red, and give them
bitter flavor. But few varieties of black
berry worthy of general cultivation have yet
been tested. The LawtOn, introduced about
Twenty-Five years ago was the first generally
cultivated. kittatinny followed it, and
proved slightly harder and Of better flavor,
but very liable to rust, and not sufficiently
hardy to be reliable in the West. Snyder,
Taylor and Wallace, all originating in Indi-
ana, and Stone, from Wisconsin, have since
been introduced and found to be the only
sorts that can be proftably planted west Of
the Alleghenies and north of the Ohio River.
They are all remarkably productive, vigOr-
Gus, free from disease, and of the most lus-
ciou> flavor. Snyder is the first to ripen, and
its earliness is strong point in its favor;
when grown on rich ground its berries are
above medium size. The berries of Taylor
and Wallace are larger than those Of Snyder,
and are hardly equaled IN their exquisite
flavor by those of any other variety, and I
can think Of no reason why they should not
prove profitable in the South.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-04-14
Modesty in the Blue Grass Region.

LOUISVILLE COmmerciaI.I
A story that Jacob Twaddle, who has been
blind from birth, can tell the color of horse
by the sense, comes from Steubenville, Ohio,
and is marked reliable by the newspapers
which print it. A blind citizen of Hart
county can tell the color of mans nose by
smelling the cork to the family jug, but a
Kentuckian never thinks of rushing into
print with these little things.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-04-14
Cut Low and Interesting.

$50, Major, your son has gone into the car
pet business, as be? | should think that it
would be an awfully interesting occupation,
and so profitable, too.
''Ob, it's not so profitable as it was once.
You see, Miss Ethel, prices are very much
like your dress-cut away. way down, but
then, of course, as you say, it is very inter
estingH
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-04-14

The healing and soothing properties of
Ponds Extract have met with universal and
unqualified commentator from all Using it.
Ladies who have never used it will find il to
their advantage to try it. Ii they once do so
they will never be without it again. Send to
Ponds Extract Co.. 76 Fifth avenue, New
York, for copy OF our pamphlet,
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-04-14
Young Men About Town in Chicago.
IChicago Herald

Ralph Stanton, but four years old, was
picked up on State street, Wednesday, in a
condition of stupor that at first alarmed the
officer. The child seemed paralyzsd, as if
suffering from epilepsy or exhaustion, and
was taken to the Armory in patrol wagon,
where close examination revealed the
fact that he was in an unconscious state of
drunkenness
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-04-14
No.
lShelbyville Democrat.l

Canada's rule of excluding American fish
ermen from her ports unless they enter for
shelter, repairs or to buy wood or water, may
be found to work both ways. Is there any
reason why Canadian vessels should have
any better privileges in our port?
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-04-14

In an essay published in the transactions Of
the American Pathological Society Mr.. G.
Cowing writes: "a rich and well drained
clay soil is most favorable to the blackberry.
On such soil i have never known some Of
the most hardy sorts to be injured by the
most intense cold, while / have seen them
much injured or killed in more sterile
ground, This does not accord With the be-
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-04-14

A man in Chapinvl-ie is said to have put
in use a crank attachment to one axle of his
wagon so arranged that as he drives along it
works the dasher in a churn in the wagon
and saves no end of hard labor at home.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-04-14

Every prisoner in the Massachusetts, Re-
formatory at Concord has had his allowance
of tobacco cut OFF. This is the beginning of
a crusade against the weed.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-04-14
Captain, the Honorable
ALISTAIR HAY,
Sd BATTALION BLACK WATCH
Royal Highlanders
SECOND SON OF THE EARL or EINNOULL.
DUPPLIN CASTLE.
PERTH, SCOTLAND. !
Captain, the Honorable
SECOND SON OF THE EARL OF EISxorLL.
DUPPLIN CASTLE. !
PERTH. SCOILAND. {

To TIE L1EBG COMPANY:
81 was in a condition of great debility, conse-
sequent upon bToken-dOwn stomach, dyspepsia
and malaria complicated with kidney irritation,
when my medical attendant directed me 70 take
ysuT Incompatible Coca Beef Tonic. Its effect was
simply marvellous. The power of digestion
quickly restored, the kidney irritation vanished,
and rapid restoration to health followed.
''Other preparations of Coca had been tried
without the slightest effect
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-04-14
ptnersnt Kinds of Partisans.
New York SUM-

The country perfectly understand shat an
offensive offensive partisan is Republican.
The Democrats are all inofensiEe offensive
partisans.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-04-14

This is the best season in which to purify
the blood, and Hoods Sarsaparilla is the best
blood purifier, One hundred doses 81,
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-04-14
The Great Blood Purifier!

Pure blood makes sound flesh, strong bone, ana
o clear skin. If you would have your flesh firm,
your bones sound, and your complexion fair, use
DR. RAILWAYS SARSAPARlLLIAN RES0Lr
VENT.
A remedy composed OF ingredients Of extrsor-
binary medical properties essential to purify,
heal, repair and invigorate the broken down and
wasted body-Quick, Pleasant Sale and Perms-
nant in its Treatment and Cure.
No matter by what name the complaint may
be designated, whether it be scrofula, consump-
ton, syphilis, ulcers, Sores tumors bois, erysip-
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bladder, womb, skin, liver, stomach or bowels,
either chronic constitutional, the virus is In
he Blood, which supplies the waste and builds
nd repairs these organs and wasted tissues Of the
ystem. II the blood is unhealthy the process OF
epair must be unsound
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-04-14
PROF. CHS. LUDWIG Won SEEiER,

Professor of Medicine at the Royal University,
Knight of the Royal Austrian Order OF the Icon
Crown, knight Commander OF the Royal Spanish
order OF Isabella, Knight OF the Royal PrusSian
Order OF the Red Eagle, ChevalieT of the Legion OF
Honor, etc., etc, says:
"LIEBIG CO.'S COCA BEEF TONIC sh )uld
not be COMPOUNDED with the horde OF trashy cure
ais u is in sense OF the word a patent
edy. am thoroughly conveTsant with its mode
OF preparation. and know il to be not only legit
innate pharmaceutical product, but also worthy OF
the high Communications il has received in all
parts of the world. II contains essence OF Beef,
Coca. Quiuine, Iron and Calisaya, which are dis
solved in pure genuine spanish Imperial Crown
Sherry"
Invaluable 10 all who Run Down. Nervous,
Dyspeptic, Bilious, MalariOus or afflicted with
weak Kidneys
Beware of limitations.
Her Msjesty's FaTOritt Cosmetic GIyctrine,
Used by HeI Royal HighneSs the Princess of Wales
and the Nobility. For the skin, Complexion, Erup-
tiOns, Chapping, ROughness. 81. OF druggists.
LIEBIG CO.'S Genuine Syrup of Sarsapa-
rilla is guaranteed the best Sarsapsrila in the
market.
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The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-04-14
Railways Ready Relief
INTERNALLY.

Thirty to sixty drops IN half tumbler Of wttsx
will in few minutes cure Cramps, Spasms, Sour
Stomach, Heartburn, Sick Headache, Nervous
ness sleepleSsness, Disrrhea, DySentery Coics
Wind in the Bowels and all internal pains.
1t Is Highly Important that Every Family
Keep a supply OF