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The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-05-26
Farmers Raising Trotters.
Rural New Yorker.I


When the colt is three years old it occurs
% our farmer to see what Craftsmanship can
90 for him, and he generally sends him TO
some local trainer to be broken and de
FelOped for speed But usually the most
practical thing about the trainer is his bill,
and bis time Is the least valuable Of anything
which be has % give. Usually before the
trainer begins the farmer thinks that the
colt viii be worth abOnt as
nuCh as Maud s. or DeSt r.,
b15 IS tie time he is through and the
iil's are paid De finds that $3.50 iseilhs So ~
b.irg. or S2j0at the outside ifa flrmer is q
sufficient horseman he wili give no the
idea Of breeding that phenomenal creature
which is Known NOT IS horse. orr as frot-
ter. There are two or three si1ds 0f horses
Ooe is rrotfer, bur that d. no- merely
hoT-e- m is an animal tlar has an aQ elte
o. .earr Is certain rick which IS called .rIl-
tug It II Dot natural especially. any moe
ti.sn 10 s. natural f1r dogs % be born win
srumpy his II tbe roads are sm1o'n
enough, and if the wagon or sulky IS light,
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-05-26
Why Grain Is Cheap.


The extraordinary and unlocked for de-
cline in exports OF grain during the last
eight months explains why prices rema
low, despite the fact that wheat ''in sight
that is, in the markets, elevators, and ia
transportation east of the Rocky Mountains
has fallen materially below the stock II
this time last year. The exports from
the United States and Canada from
September l, 1885, to May l, 1855.
were: Flour, 5.424 5S7 barrels; wheat
3, 967, 345 bushels; corn, AZ, 720.65S
bushels. In same period last year: Flour,
70lS,55S barrels; wheat, 50, 7S0,074 bushels;
corn. 81, 7jS 2l bushels. This shows a bet
ter apprtc ion abroad of our corn, the ex-
ports exceeding those Of last year by ABOUT
six million bushels. Great Britain and Ire
land took 2S, 100000 of the 4, 900, 900 bushels
this year. Reckoning the barrel of flour at
four and half bushels of wheat, the eight
months exports of wheat this year have
been 57.377. 9S7 bushels; same as last year,
1888, 572 bushels; a decrease OF full 10000,
COO bushels. This does not present very
promising outlook for our wheat this year,
1t is, however, to be noted that our area is
not much increased. The reports from
Kansas and some other localities indicate
very poor condition of the wheat crop and
that foreign nations have been consuming
tie surplus lett over from the unprecedented
general wheat crop of 1854.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-05-26
HOUSEHOLD HINTS,

The Dust Question-A hOusekeeper whose
Oms were as nealy speckless as modern
conveniences admit. long ago settle Good
HOUSE keeping says, to her own satisfaction
that damp cloth was the key TO the d ri.
Guilty. Not a wet cloth, for wet is the iaier.
pretaiion that the Celtic mind viii Instantly
put upon damp, but soft cloth, sp-inkled
in slight degree, enough TO make dust
cling till it can ne shaken off VI Jldings,
bsse-bOards and all corners should Ds wiped
Ia this way, and whoever tries the expari-
ment will be amazed to see how the nee IS
sity for what is known as a general
cleaning diminishes- S Sweeping IS far
less a frequent need than is supposed,
and when il must BE- done the damp
cloth system is OF equal avail. Pat a spoon
full Of ammonia in half a pail OF warm wa er,
and vine the carpet with cloth wrungOuL
from this water The dust is removed. the
colors ireshened. and any straw moth
possibility everywhere in these days of 'ur
naces-fnds 2 sudden end Fluff insinC0us
and VI con u rable, forming itself in mvs-
ferrous rolls udder beds and in corners, is
reduced 10 its lowest terms sinks into almost
impalpable unpleasantness before the damp
cloth, instead of sailing triumphantly before
the broom. The broom will still, be an
essential, but as servant, not monarch, and
even where one can not afford a carpet
sweeper need never again involve the amount
of hard work associated with il.
Lemon Cresm.-Put TO soak box of Mel
son gelatne in a Lalf pint OF water, and let
IL az for half an hour. Then add the Juice
and rind Of one lemon, and pour over il a
half pint Of boiling wafer. Add 10 it while
hot one and one quarter pound of sugar and
then strain 70 clear 10 Of the lemon peel.
When cool beat in three pints Of good cream
until ID begins 10 thicken, when pour it into
mOlds and set i'm cool place.
Orange Pudding Rub some Of the lu nps
Of n quarter OF 2 pound of sugar on the peel
OF three or four oranges; dissolve the whole
quantity over the fire with half an ounce OF
Nelson's gelatine which has been soaked in a
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-05-26
STATESMEN AT THE OPERA.
The Two Congressman Who Went to See
ERA DiavoIo.'
Washington Critic. |

Washington Critic.l
Two wellknown Congressman - well
known for their eminent morals and correct
living-Colonel X, of Kentucky, and Judge
H., of Indiana, went to Albaugh's Tuesday
night to hear the Winston Opera Company
do FRA Diavolo," set down on the bills as
"the charming masterwork of Auber," but
Greek OF the Greekiest character to our two
Congressional ascetics. They had seats we'll
down toward the danger line, and Just be-
hind them sat Critic man intent upon the
beautiful conmotos, fugues, scherzos and
other things scattered through a popular
opera. Through the first act the two gentle
men sat with the complacent endurance of
old habitues, and when the second was begun
they settled down to enjoy in their feeble
way the full amount of their Investment in
seats.
Louise Searle, pretty and plump, was play
ing "Zerlina, and il was observed that the
Kentuckian looked at the Indianian every
time she showed up. and smiled with sort OF
copper-distilled smile, but in the second act,
when she came out and made a few remarks
about retiring to the snowy couch back near
the flat, both gentlemen betrayed signs OF
alarm and moved about nervously as if anx-
ious to get out OF the wicked theater and
into a safe place.
''She amt going to bed is she, Colonel?
asked the Judge, in evident trepidatiOn.
"Of cou'se not right heah befo' the whole
house" said the Colonel, soothingly.
Then they waited a minute, and she began
to unlsce her bodice.
The Judge nudged the Colonel.
whats she doin that for" he asked.
Reckon it, too tight" replied the Colonel,
with some curiosity.
mo, it amt. Look at her. Shes rippin'
the whole darn thing open!' whispered the
Judge, excitedly.
''Doggone if she amt" said the Colonel
but OF cou'se, she won't daiah TO take Of
anything else
Il most sincerely hope not" replied the
Judge, signing with relief as the pretty Ter
lima ceased operations for a moment.
Then she began to take off the little white
jacket, and the rounded arms and soft white
neck cleaned in the footlights.
Look at that, COLONEL Look at thatl'
gasped the Judge. She's going TO undress
sure as chills on the Wabash Good gracious,
what would our wives say if they were to
see MS here?
"For the Lawd's sake, Judge l don't
know. Maybe it won't be so bad. Let's wait
a while and see, anyhow"
ZerliDa sang and smiled innocently, AID
began TO unfasten her bright red dress.
The Judge was wild
Colonel, Colonel he whispered hoarsely,
she's going to take of the last rag. She's
going to do ii, sure, and here we are, church
men- bers and men of family, setting right
down loOkin' at the whole. disgraceful per-
formancel Let's get out of this! Come onI''
"Dog-gone if she amt" said the Colonel,
and as the Judge dragged him along the aisle
the Colonel kept looking over his shoulders
at the stage and the pretty Zerlina till the
lobby door closed and shut the pious Legis-
lators off from the perilous possibilities Of
the wicked Mace
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-05-26
The Apgora Cont.


Commissioner COlman, of the United
States Department of Agriculture, in an
sweT 20 s. Simmons, Esq, of st, Louis, in
regard TO Angora goats, writes:
In reply to your inquiries of the Goth
inst. relative to the AngOra goat, you are in
formed that the species has been success.
fully acelimated in many of the States, a
cool, dry, mountainous region being well
adapted 20 them. They were first intro
duced into South Carolina in 1870 into
Georgia IN 1854, and subsequently spread to
the west and southwest. AT present the two
largest ranches in the country are in Texas
one, that of Joseph p. Devine, near Sa1 An
tonic. in Bexar County; the other that of
Arnold Brothers in Nueces Canyon, Uvaide
COunty-anG they have from p, 600 to 5000
head each.
There is little doubt that The mohair in lus-
try viii. in the near future, be very I'M port
ant one IN our mountainous districts. The
mistake generally made has been to utilize
the breed only for crossing with onr native
stock This has proven to be a bad method,
as the valuable peculiarities OF the mOhair
deteriOrate with the smallest admixture Of
other blood; and repeated trials have proved
that we must limit ourselves to preserving
the species in its entire purity.
There is no great difficulty in raising the
pure breed where the natare of the ground
and the climate conditions are suitable. Its
native country extends from the Black sea
on the north 10 the plains of Mesonpotamia
on the south, the Caspian sea on the cas- and
the Mediterranean on the west. But its pc
culiaT domain is between thirty nine degrees
twenty minutes and forty degrees and thirty
minutes north latitude. and between thirty
three degrees twenty minutes and thirty-fye
degrees east longitude, where it is priced as
an eating. milking, cheese and butter-m ak
ing and clothes making animal The flesh
is finely developed, and considered whOe
some and nutritious; but in this country the
chief value will be in Its hair which, when
from pure blood, is of dazzling white, curlai
in locks eight OF nine inches long, and as ia !.
as silk.
In too moist an atmosphere they are sab
Ject 10 maladiss, but are MOI affected in a dry
one. Except Immediately after shear ng,
they are as tolerant of both heat and cold as
cur native goats.
The pure breed could probably be obtained
from he Texas ranches, or you could import
them through the New York houses At An
CORA they can be bought at from 81 to So
each, but in this country they are much
dearer, and sales have been reported high
Pc 800 or over 81 900 each for exceptionally
fine animals.
VII le feel that this industry is destined
10 be an important one, should not advise
you 20 invest in it. without first thoroughly
informing yourself a. TO its details, and what
difficulties you would be likely to encounter,
which you could do by conference with the
owners OF the ranches in Texas.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-05-26
Old Friend..

II you have friend who has been constant
TO YOU and stuck to you through good and
had fortune would you soon forget him?
No, you would not. Well, Ponds Extract
your OLD friend, has served you many, many
Years. Rely on the old remedy, it well never
fail you. 10 is your constant, steady, faithful
friend tried and true, always uniform, never
misleading by false pretences. 1t goes right
along more firmly settled every year as the
Great Family Remedy of the country. In
valuable FOR all Pain and Inflammations.
When you ask for it always see and be sure
that you get Ponds Extract.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-05-26

woman for years made her pin money by
weekly brewing of yeast for her neighbors.
She has gone out of the business now, her
husband obiecting, and the women are left
lamenting the lost convenience. Yeast in
plenty at the grocery-patent yeast: but
they all prefer the homemade when they
can get it. So, could they once get it, they
would prefer the neighborhood member.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-05-26

DAVENPORT, Iowa, May 23.-DetleT Kohl, a
well-known saloon-keePer and for years
chief OF the volunteer Fire Department, was
found dead IN his room yesterday evening
with a bullet-hOle in his left temple and an
empty pistol near by. Yesterday morning
a domestic charged Kohl with her betrayal
in the presence OF his wife, and the latter
at once applied for a divorce. An attach
nent was ordered served on Koll's property,
which was found locked. An entrance was
effected after eight hours and Kohl found as
described
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-05-26

and if the weights on the feet are properly
adjusted, and if the animal at the other end
of the lreins has got the right sort of hand
and won't give ii away to somebody else, the
horse may make phenomenal record. But
this is not one of the pursuits of the farm,
and any farmer or farmers boy that links
himself in any way with the business has
deviated from the true and straight course
that belongs to legitimate agriculture or hus-
baQdrV.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-05-26
The New Harmony Register says:

Joseph B. Cox has been appointed Collector OF
Customs at Evansville. Joe was our Major during
the ''unpleasantness," and we therefore feel like
congratulating him on his appointment IL is
the places of stay at-home Republican politicians.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-05-26

Purify your blood, tone up the system, and
the digestive organs by taking
Hoods sarsapariIla. Sold by all druggists
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-05-26

GEORGE w. CABLE will be the Memorial
Day orator at Pittsfeld. Mass.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-05-26
The Great Blood Purifleri

Pure blood makes sound mesh, strong bone, ana
q clear skin. II you would have your flesh 6rnns
your bones sound, and your complexion fair, usa
DR. RAILWAYS sARSAPAR1LLIAN RES0Lr
VENT,
remedy composed OF ingredients OF extraofi
binary medical properties essential TO purify,
heal repair and invigorate the broken down ane
wasted body-Quick, Pleasant safe and Permss
nant in its Treatment and Cure.
No matter by whist name the complaint may
be designated, whether il be scrotula, cOnsump-
ton, syphilis, ulcers sores, tum0rs b0s, erysips
elias salt rheum diseases of the lungs, kidneys,
bladder, womb, skin, liver, stomach or bowels
either chronic or constitutional, the virus is In
he Blood which supplies the waste and builda
nd repairs these organs and wasted tissues Of the
ystem. If the blood is unhealthy tbs process of
epajr must be unsound
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-05-26

Be sure and ask for RAILWAYS. and see THAI
the name Railway" is on what you buy.d
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1886-10-15
VICIOUS LITERATURE.

Bad books and vicious literature are
to be found everywhere. The first
leaves of the most atrOciouS and senti-
mental fiction published are scattered
broadcast in the vicinity of our school
houses. These sheets are distributed
purely in the business interest of those
who reap profit by engendering NOR
bid and depraved appetites for the pc
rusal of murderous adventures, pistol
and fainting episodes, monstrous and
impossible incidents of love, lust. vice.
and so-callcd virtue. The demoralizing
influence of bad literature is difficult to
exaggeratc. Its effects upon the young
mind are disastrous in the extreme, de-
stroying all relish for the business of
the school, and sapping and weakening
the purpose or energy required to per-
form the most common duties of life.
How often teachers point out to mo in
efficient and ambitionless boys or girls,
with the sad explanation, .hc or she is
novel reader" The remark simply
but significantly explains the listless-
ness and stupidity of youths who have
become so unfortunate as to fall into
this horrible net. The ability to read,
rs one says. is the tree of knowledge of
good and evil. The child who plucks
from this tree only to partake of the
knowledge of evil, is lost indeed. - Wm
Il. anderson, SWpt. MitDaukec, Wis.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1886-10-15

al papers. 1t Is as necessary to keep
posted in school work as in any other
business. The worthy teacher, the ono
preparing to do this better work, is not
without his educational papers. Nor
NAL School Instructor.
With view to sclf-support, if VIC
look no further, woman needs the high
or education more than man. She is
physically weaker; so much the more
need of intellectual strength. He can
earn his living by brute force; she must
depend on brain rather than Drawn,
mind rather than muscle, delicacy
rather than drudgery. the finger rather
than the fist, the pen rather than the
spade. the tongue rather than the arm,
the pencil rather than the sledge-ham-
mer. A highly educated woman is al
most always capable of gaining sub
stantial livelihood. She knows better
how to take care of her health. She
knows better how to take care of her
property. She is more fertile in re-
sources. There are many fields of use
full labor open to her from which her
less educated sister is shut out.-HOn:eT
u. SprGgue.
by prcccpt and by example we should
endeavor to lead our pupils to the hab-
itual observance of known and accepted
laws, whereby they may secure and re-
tain physical health, vigor, and endur-
ance. We should labor earnestly to
make them intelligent, to furnish their
minds with rich stores of useful knOwl-
edge, to develop mental power. and to
promote intellectual culture. But our
work for them is but partially and i'm
perfectly performed if, in consequence
of our instruction and influence they
are not stronger to resist evil, iirmer of
purpose to pursue the right and the
true, and if in all their future they have
not more exalted aims and deeper rev.
erence of heart for whatever is sacred
and pure. Our pupils may well forego
the renown that accompanies brilliant
scholarship and superior intellectual at
tainments, if they can pass through life
with firm moral principal and unsul-
lied characters; if, under all circum-
stances, they ''hold fast to the venera-
BILE landmarks of morality, and OBJ
stinately cling to moral goods. H.
DaUis, !Supt. of Schools. SomerU,lie,
Mass
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1886-10-15
WEAK TEACHERS.

A teacher of n weak and yielding dis
position, and tolerant of disrespect, does
not secure the love or admiration of
pupils, nor does brusque severity secure
Difference or good behavior. From the
child of six years, IN the lowest primary
class, to the young man and woman in
the high school about TO graduate, the
principles that insure good government
are the same. Mild pcrsistcncy on the
part of the teacher. Il gracious yielding
of what mdy be allowed and kind
denial. not admitting second appeal,
of what must be refused. secure from
pupils both confidence and respect
Children, too, delight in securing the
confidence of their teachers, and so
powerful an influence for good should
never he lost or impaired. In the high
or grades this influence is no less potent
than in the lower Through this mu-
tual interchange OF confidence and re-
gard, the influence of the teacher,
whether present or absent, becomes
all-cOntrolling. A school under such
Influences becomes sclf-governing.-
IHOS. 7ash. Supt, Portland. Me.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1886-10-15
l Youthful Leader.

Lord Randolph Churchill will be the
youngest leader that the house of com
mons has had since the days of Pitt, who
first accepted the post at the age of 90
Peel was called to the same responsible.
ty ut tho age of 40, Russell ut AZ, Dlsraeli
at AZ, Palmcrston at 20. Happily the
nation is unfettered by any hard-and-
fast rule of age in respect of such APP
pointments. Had Lord Randolph
been citizen of republican Rome, he
must have waited another six years to
be legally eligible for the consulship.
Under the French constitution of 1875
he could not be chosen q senator for
three years to come. On the other hand,
he has added two years to the thirty five
which an American must have lived be-
fore he can hold the presidency of the
United States. No doubt a majority OF
the men who have made history had
shown the measure of their capacity at
81. Bismark was just sc when he be-
came minister at Frankfort, and his ag-
gressive personality began to assert it.
self. Gambetta entered on his SD year
the acknowledged dictator of France
outside of Paris. Gordon had just CON-
pletcd the third decade of his life when
he assumed the command of the sever.
victorious" army.-St. James'S Gazette.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1886-10-15

Man was not made for inccssant toll,
physically or mentally. Far down in
the vista of time, over lcaping centuries
and antedating man. God made tho
diurnal cycle of day and night And
no vain ambition of man can abrOgato
the law. and turn day into night or
night into day. or make continuous day.
Yet rs sclf-evident and impossible rs
this fact is to every rational mind, the
imbecility is apparent in the efforts
among the living; and wrecks are
traceable in every generation of man,
among the worthy and laudablc pur-
suits, us well us in the nightly revcls
and feasts of Bacchus.
The incentives urged upon students
Mt the high schools and colleges to have
their lessons bear the marks of the con-
suming of midnight oil, will do for the
few, but not for the many. 1t is prob
able that not more than one in hun
dred is able to endure the heavy night
and day work. for the term required TO
finish classical education, without
cnervating their physical and mental
condition. Many stimulated with 4
laudablc desire for distinction in their
class, allow themselves less than the
needed amount of rep0se, and Mt first
feel il difficult to resist the demands of
sleep. But some outraged nature gives
the alarm, that the brain is being over
taxed, and sleep which was so hard to
resist, becomes more difficult to OBJ
tain. The state of general restlessness
and fcverish excitement should be suf-
ficient warning; and they that heed
these premonitory symptoms do. we'll,
and save themselves from the possible
chance of living through an attack of
inflammation of the brain, apoplexy,
| paralysis or insanity.
The student that retircs from school,
us soon as he feels his bodily health
crippling under his long hours of study.
and allows the system to regain its for
mer vlgor, is almost always capable of
accomplishing more in the end. Should
the convicts in the penitentiaries be re-
quired to work rs many hours in the
"a as the young and growing student
i'm many of the public school is tasked,
| it would be financial loss to the state,
and the people would call il inhnman
and barbarOus.
There are examples in every avOca-
ton of life. where the brain has been
robbed of its proper repose, and the sad
result marked by failing strength and
alteration of mind 1t is beyond doubt,
that there is in the human organism, a
periodical tendency to sleep. When
person are kept actively engaged for a
considerable proportion of the "a
hours, n sense of fatigue is usually ex-
pericnccd. which indicates that the
brain requires rest; and 1t is only un-
der some very strong physical or moral
stimulus, that mental energy can be
sustained through the whole cycle
Justin Hayes, H. d., IN Health Jour-
nal