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The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1888-02-15
Was II q Murder?

MONTPELIER, Ind, February lit was
reported here yesterday morning that two
wood choppers cut down tree, one and
half miles southwest of this place, and that
in the stump they found the skeleton of
man. Clothing was found with the bones.
There was hole in the tree, but it could
only be reached by q ladder or climbing.
About ten years ago shoemaker named
Van Rich ardson worked for l. g. Burris, in
this place, and he suddenly and mysteri'
ously disappeared. Many supposed that
be had money and had been murdered for
il. At the time of his disappearance the
public made search, and man named
Wiley was arrested on suspicion, but was
subsequently released. There is no little
excitement here over the report. Ii 1T
should prove true, as believed by some, the
murdered man must have been cut in
pieces before being put in the hollow Of the
tree, as the hole was two small to admit
the entire body.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1888-02-15
About Mammoth Glover.

have got me in trouble by stating
raised Mamm0th1 clover and might
e seed for sale. If mad seed for sale
3 notice would have been a valuable adj
ertisement for me: out as / have not,
'lease allow me space to publicly answer
correspondents.
raised no Mammoth clover seed in
1887. The extreme drouth and hot wealth.
er of the late summer and fall of Sc, nearly
destroying the whole crop; but the seed
shattered off in harvesting the crop of that
season. made beautiful stand last spring,
and afforded an excellent pasture the
whole season, going into winter quarters
in great shape. l anticipate good crop
the coming season. -
Now IL answer q few questions of CORE
spondents as to the character and habits
OF Mammoth clover. Like common, red
clever, IL lie a biennial. bat from its habit
OF heavy seeding, l believe on rich land il
will prove eternal, the old plants being
replaced by new ones from the seed. Ii
only differs from common red clover, by
growing larger and maturing later, start,
equally early in the spring. From my
acquaintance with it consider it superior
"a q fertilizer, and as q pasture. 1t ma.
lures with timothy, and, therefore, l think
IL peTfer able for mixing with that stand.
ARD rsss for hay. have never had any
trouDie in getting good stand. Have al
ways made it point to buy seed direct
of he producer Several times sending 900
miles for i'll unless had my own raising.
1t j. very important to SOW fresh, pure
seed. would not pay half price for seed
b d any misgivings about.
{ vat the rate Of one bushel to six acres
Do { SOW with grain, Now with machine
WI en- weeds get 70 be IS inches or feet
high, ard repeat the operation, If neces
ssry, again during the season. Follow
these directions and you will succeed, and
you need not worry about it.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1888-02-15
Poultry Points.


Most breeders score failure in trying to
winter too many hens in small quartexs.
Hens that are crowded will not lay.
Every hen house should be kept as warm
as possible. Eggs can not be got when they
sell highest, unless tbs poultry be made
comfortable and fed properly.
If you have q gentle old biddy to get
broody the latter part OF this month.
give her eggs and let her bring you up
clutch of chickens for early broilsrs.
The best food for early Matched chicks is
grsnulated oatmeals, which should be
placed in little troughs, so that the chicks
can get all they wish, and az any time.
Don't be afraid to pluck your geese dur
ing the winter months, If yo7 have them
in good condition and a warm place to
house them, if a severe spell OF winter fol-
lows,
If you haven't turnips or parsnips for
your poultry give them fodder or clover
hsy. You will be surprised to see how
much they will eat If it is kept before
them all the time in a clean, nice cendi-
ton.
There is Just as much in knowing how
to feed hens, as there is in knowing how
to feed any other fam stock. This IS the
next important item - look after as coon
as good houses shall have been pro
vided.
Let your birds have some meat feed &C.
casio2slly, as they need it, and can't get
outdoors to get the "early worm while
the ground is frozen. Butchers scraps and
craoEliDgs ere excellent and can generally
be procured chesply.
Fowls cennot possibly thrive and do well
IL they be compelled to stand around in
tn mud and filth ell day long. They
must have place to scratch and exercise.
fhe horse stable is p most excellent place
for 'hem 10 Tawge in il allowable.
There ara breeds of fowls that fatten
more readily than others, the same ss
among apimslF and m ast be fed cautious
ly, or sbey will become too fat to lay.
AToope them msy be mentioned the
brshmss. eechiDs, plymouth rocks and
laDgshsDo. In fee cling such fowls, corn
should not be made an exclusive diet.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1888-02-15
Farm Items.

The average yield of corn for the United
States last year was 20.1 bushels to the acre,
and the wheat II bushels.
It is claimed that il carrots be made q
regular diet as part OF the ration for milch
COWS there will be no necessity to use
butter color.
The Country Gentleman says: "Whlle
the K Ieffer may not bscoue general ia
vori'e as an eating pear, it has remarkable
qualities for canning"
The western portion of Allegan County,
Mich, shipped /, 215, 545 baskets OF peaches
during the past season. About 100, 900
trees were set in 1887.
It is claimed that wet land may be made
to produce fire wood by planting willows
thereon, and that it may be made profitable
to do 30 in some sections.
II the wood ashes be carefully saved aud
applied to the canes of blackberries and
rAspberries early in the spring the result
will be rapid growth and strong canes.
Watering the milk in the COW is often
fact, as the quality of the milk is regulated
by the food, and milk may be deficient in
solids without having water added to ii by
the milkman.
Ali young animals quickly learn to eat
ground oats, and there Is no ground grain
better for them. They will grow and thrive
upon oats even when drawing milk from
the dams.
In using eggs for Matching, the largest
and strongest chicks will come from eggs
laid by the hens or fully natured pullets.
Eggs that are small or double yolked are
not suitable for Matching.
The Department of Agriculture estimates
the corn area harvested for grain In the
United States LAST year at ~, 1872, 720 acres;
product, 1, 456, 161 900 bushels; value, $646,-
106,770.
Corn should be used more freely in win
ter, especially during very cold weather,
| then at any other time, as 1t is the best
graiu for producing warmth of body, but
| the q quantity should be lessened if the ami.
mails be very fat.
Root crops supply succulent food as 9
help 70 the dry provender. Mangolds are
| said ~ promote the largest flow of milk,
| and carrots produce butter, but do not in.
| crease the flow, while turnips make more
milk. but impart their flavor.
The labor OF hauling manure may b
thrown away IL the manure be coarse. MOI
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1888-02-15
HouseboId Hints.


Washing in cold water when overheated
is frequent cause of disfguring pimples.
Black wells induce tan and white ones
injure the eyes, so gray and blue should
be chosen, even If they are not so becom-
ing.
A ham for boiling should be soaked over
night in tepid water, then trimmed care.
fully of all rusty fat before putting on the
fire.
The air of sick chamber should always
be kept so fresh that there will be no per-
ceptible difference upon coming into it
from the outer air.
By using hot, moderately strong soda
water to clean them, the bristles OF hair
brushes will remain white and still for
long time.
The roughness which arises from expo
sure to the air may be remedied by spong
ing the face with equal parts OF brandy and
rose water.
than the white of an egg beaten stiff with
all the sugar it will hold and the clear Juice
of q lemon.
In Preparing food for the sick the first
essen al Is fresh and suitable material,
next strenuous cleanliness, thorough cook
ing and daintiness of serving.
Sunlight Is often the very best medicine
especially for children and elderly peo-
ple-snd the more hours Of 1T they get the
better are their chances for life and health.
For promoting the growth of the hair
and eyebrows nothing is better than bay
rum and quinine-in proportion of one pint
to one dram-wen rubbed into the roots
once week.
Honey in a little water is excellent to
smooth the hands. For excessive perspira-
klav. - haII
and cologne water, one pint OF the first to
tive of the last.
J'xelry is never so out of place as upon
q bsAy. Even the necklace and sleeve
clasls are an abomination-a PROCLAMATION
| of t1eetest simplicity-and could be sup
planted by narrow ribbon with manifestly
betiIr TASTE.
To free black silk from dust nothing is
bett, than rubbing with black wollen
/ glove. To freshen it, sponge with water IN
which you have put few drops of am
moDia, until slightly damp, and press With
a warm, not hot, iron.
The so-called bargain counters are re-
| spor sible for more bad dressing than al
| most any other agency of trade-hence
| women who are not entirely sure of their
/ own powers of resistance should avoid them
as they would the plague.
Fog IL an excellent cosmetic. To il is due
much OF the beauty of English complex
ions, and those who live in hot and dry
climates must be doubly careful to guard
against their desicating effect il they would
escape the appearance of mummies.
Never put kid gloves on little children.
II is simply barbsrous. In winter woollen
mitts are good and sensible, with Lisle
threat for moderate weather; but in sum
mer it is positively sinful TO hide the dim
pies and fetter the motion of cunning baby
fingers.
A sewing apron, In whose pockets repose'
| needle, thimble small scissors and reeli
of black silk and cotton, with one of white
cotton a. well, II kept handy for emer
gencies, viii save the housemother many .
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1888-02-15
REVIEW OF TRADE.

No PerceptfbIe Change in its General
Course-Tke Iron Furnaces.
NEw YoRx, February 10-R. G. Dan &
Co., in their weekly review of trade, ssy:
SIN the general course of business there
has been no perceptible change. The
volume of payments, including paper ma
turing February l, was over Is per cent
larger than last year, outside of New York;
evidently the gain in volume of new trans
actions is much smaller. Railroad tom
mage is enlarged by wars OF rates. and the
ratio of expenses to earnings grows less
satisfactory. At nearly all interior points
reporting, trade is dull o. inactive, though
perceptible improvement within the last
ten days is noted at s.. Paul and Omaha.
But collections are slow at st. Paul, Mil
waukee, Detroit and Cleveland, and the
Dun Der of failures in the Northwest be-
yord tie Mississippi seems larger than
usu' }. The cold weather evidently has
rets ding influence in many quarters. A
YES amount Of capital has been locked up,
and q vast body of indebtedness created in
con- ection with the real estate, grain and
OF T speculations of the past year. In
debiedress based on 8 fictitious valuation
of property or commodities, in not few
cases Will have to iquidats at a loss. On
the chance of war IN Europe, wheat has
suddenly advanced so far that peace pros.
poets involve disaster to many.
1.-THE capacity of iron furnaces in blast
February LIST, was 16 406 tons weekly less
than January 1st. and contrary to ex pecta-
ton, much more than halt the decrease
was in other than anthracite furnaces.
The effects of the strike in tee coal regions
increase from day to day, but are not as
great as the depression due to shrink
ing in demand. OF the latter, part Is at.
tributable to tariff uncertainties, and part
to the excess of railroad building in the
West, and the consequent wer Of rates. In
Guiding so 900 tons deferred from last yesr,
contracts for steel rails so far reach about
100000 tons, without any lifting of the
price-$31 so at mill. Pig ircn is weaker at
Pittsburg, but stiff at the East for the better
grades, on account of their scarcity. In
manufactured iron slackened demand still
causes weakness.
Nearly all the markets are lower;
stocks about 80 cents per share Tor the
week; wheat about cent per bu.; corn
sc; oats, &c; coffee, &c per pound, and
sugar, both re fined and crushsd, an eighth;
hogs, l0c per hundred pounds, and tin
&c per pound. Cotton has been held
steady by the report of a large consump-
ton abroad. The dry goods trade contin-
ues good for cottons, which are steady in
price, and slightly improved for woolens.
In groceries there has been some improve
ment in tone and in distribution; the tea
trade shows more activity and hopefQlness,
but the demand for butter and cheese is
hardly satisfactory and meats are very
dull and weak,
1.-THE business failures during the last
seven days number for the United States,
237; for Canada, 50; total, 289, compared
with 279 last week, and 2CT for the CORE
spending week last year. The festure this
week Is the unusual number of failures in
Canals, being nearly double the usual
weekly average"
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1888-02-15
Isit ANY wonder?

The New York Star publishes letter
from one who it says is "a political obser-
yer of unsurpassed experien oe and pollti.
Cal judgment" giving his o bseIvations Of
the sci tim, Mt and views that he found
among the farmers Of the Western States.
This Is what the writer says:
have been travelling pretty steadily in
the v est for the eight months last past. l
have been among the PEG pie who viii
elect the next President. / have talked to
thousands of farmers, and know what
they are thinking abo ut. Mr.. Cleveland
has n ade the platform on which the Demo-
cracy must fight. The tariff is being dis
cussed at every country store, 1t is the only
issue talked about. The people are abso-
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1888-02-15
A nIastodon Discovered.

CISCO, Texas, February IL "A. o. Nc
Roane, an Eastland County farmer, came
into town yesterday, and brought two pet
rified teeth and portions of the skull of q
skeleton that was discovered by Archie
Brown few days ago. The teeth weigh
eight and sixteen pounds respectively.
Archie Brown was travelling through the
woods near a creek. when he discovered a
horn sticking out of the side of the bank.
BE commenced digging, and finally reached
the head of the animal, and found the
horn to he six feet long and twelve inches
in diameter, two feet from the head. He
exhumed the other horn, the head, some of
the ribs and the left fore leg of the animal
which was seven feet under hard clay. It's
under jawboDe measured two and one.half
feet across and three feet long. The head
from top to tip of nose, is five feet, and is
THREE feet between the eyes. Its left fore
leg bone from the knee Joint to the shout
der blade Joint is FIVE feet, and measures
eight inches in diameter at the knee joint
The remaining part of the skeleton has not
been unearthed yet. Some suggest that it
is the skeleton of q mastodon and lived
during the Carboniferous age; but its size
ard shape does not bear out that idea. Its
horns and head resemble a goats. The
whole skeleton will be eXhumed.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1888-02-15
Breakfast Disheg,


Ham Boles-Take one-half q cup of bread
crumbs and mix with two'beaten eggs; chop
fine pint of ham bits, mixing ell together;
form in boles and fry.
Sausage Croquettes-Tske two pounds OF
sausage, four eggs, enc cup OF butter, one
cup of sweet milk; add sufficient bread
crumbs to thicken roll in cracker meal and
fry brown.
Breakfast Ssussge-0ne pound OF sau-
ssge, one tablespoonful of pounded crack
ers and three well-beat eggs; work aDd
make into cakes; drop each into a plate Of
pounded crackers; fry in hot frylng-psn
without lard.
Ham Toast-Mince the lean of ham, beat
and lump of butter mixed with ham.
Put in skillet and stir until thick: have
ready some slices of buttere6 toast and lay
q spoonful OF the ham on them.
Southern Breakfast LiYer-Chop three
pounds of hog liver fine, one pound OF cold
boiled ham, half pound of fat bacon, two
cups OF grated bread crumbs, three eggs,
salt and pepper, mix all together and put
in tin mold, set to boil, slice and fry in
butter.
A Breakfast Relish-Cut a outlet OF veal
in pieces about two inches nauare, and sea-
son with salt and pepper; dip first into
beaten egg, then in chopped mushrooms
fcanned). Put two tablespoons OF butter
in frying pan, and, when hot, fry the
outlets until brown.
Frizzled HAIRCUT the lean part OF q
ham in thin shavings, put a tablespoon of
butter in frying pan, and, when hot, put
in the shaved ham, fry five minutes, then
sprinkle over it tablespoonful of -four, fry
until brown; now pour one pint of sweet
milk over it and let boil one minute. Pep
per to taste.
Sausage Rolls-Take puff paste, roll out
to an eighth or inch in thickness; then
cut in squares of four inches each, lay
them on board have sausage meat ready,
make in small rolls, and place one on each
square of pastry. Wet the edges and bring
them together. Work with beaten white of
an egg, bake nice and brown. II properly
made these rolls are very dainty.
Breakfast Bscon-Remove the rind end
cut up several slices of breakfast bacon,
scatter in the frying pan and fry gently.
Beat up six eggs, adding to then salt and
pepper. pour over the bacon, let set nicely
aud turn over with knife; have ready
slices Of dried toast on which TO lay the ba-
con and eggs, pour over a little vinegar
and eggs; serve very hot with capsrs finely
chopped.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1888-02-15
Decorative Notes.

To make brass appear antique, dissolve
one ounce sal ammonisc, three ounces
cra am OF tarter and six ounces common
salt in one pint hot water; then add two
ounces nitrate of copper, dissolved in a
half pint water: mix well and apply it re-
peatedly to the article by means OF a
brush.
For dining rooms a square OF in
grain carpet over a stained floor Is very
convenient and nice looking. Conven-
lent because the carpet being smooth and
light, il can be frequently lifted and
cleaned, thereby getting rid OF dust,
which is an abominstion in any room, but
more especially so in dining room.
A novelty in table scaris is the follou q
ing: 1t is made OF gray linen of fine quail
ity and light in color, fringed out on each
end, the fringe having three rows OF knots
making q wide heading. Above the fringe
is wide satin band sewed TO the linen by
a feather stitch in white silk. On the
band at one end is painted in water colors
A graceful design of white daisies and but
tercups. On the other q rich pattern of
snow balls with pale gresn foliage. -
Rs- ~,
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1888-02-15
H orses Strangely Afflicted.

The State Board Of Health received a
communication yesterday from l.. f. Low
der, of Harrodsburg, Monroe County,
stating that q strange disease is affecting the
horses in that vicinity, and asking that the
State Veterinary Surgeon investigate it.
Mr.. LoHder says that the horses have to be
propped up in the stalls because of weak
ness, but at the same time do not lose any
flesh. DR.. PIitcbard thinks that the dis
ease, from the symptoms described, is
either rheumatic influenza or spinal
meningitis,
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1888-02-15
"MAY GOD BLESS YOU."
A Boston Paper hangers Trouble ava How
He Got Out of it-Plai1 NoFc- i4Om
Ia

the sunny South.
When we are in troubew we cry for help. When
we are relieved We often forget to be thankful.
But not always. Mr.. W. w. Griffin, OF Trout
Greek. ST. Clair County, Ala, writes: 81 had a
bad stack OF chills and fever. My system was
full of malaria. For two years | was Scarcely
able to work ut all. Sometimes my heart would
palpitate for two bou at time. Ny legs
would get cold to the knees, and l fully ex-
pected to die. In September. 1881, bought
bottle of Shaker Extract of Roots, or Seigefs
Curative Syrup, of your AGENT, Mr.. r. III. King,
and before had taken the first bottle l felt
better, and in short time was able TO 60 70
work. May God bless you for the good you
have DONE"
Mr.. VIM. J. McCann. 90 Randall street, Boston,
writes: 'Six months ago / began to throw up
my food after eating. thought was going IN
10 eOnsum ption. 1 soon began to have pain In
the chest, stomach and sides. got little SLEEP
and woxe ali firec out 1 once lost i've pounds
in four days. ] began using Shaker Extract OF
Roott, or Seigeis Syrup, and when had hn-
ished the sixth bottle could est three square
meals day, and 20 to sleep the minute lstruck
the bed. lam paper-haneer bv trade. and
have work ed every day since took the second
bottle and gained eighteen pounds. l ought
to be thankful, and am"
This remedy opens all the natural passages Of
the body, expels the poison from the blood aud
enables nature to rebuild what disease has de-
stroyed.
sold by all druggists. Or send to the proprietor,
A. J. White b Warren stresHhew York.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1888-02-15
swaa, Pota,o Culture.

p erset County N. ~ Correspondence Rural
New Yorker.
e land best suited for growing sweet
= -'oes Is q dry soil three-quarters sand,
" "a coarse, open sub-soil. The next best
j, grayelly loan, provided always that
sub-soil Is open. / find Ii useless to at
1. apt 70 grow sweet potatoes Of good quail
ify on dan p soil. no matter how good IL
may De in other respects. II can scarcely be
TOO dry, and the plants are hilled up, 80
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1888-02-15
Well Up i'm Grammar.
New York Sau.

Pretty School Teacher-James, is Ito
kiss' an active or passive verb?
Jsmes (Oldest boy in the clssS)-B0.h.
Pretty School Teacher-How is that,
James.
Jsmes-Aciive on the part OF the feller
and passive on the part of the girl.
Petty School Teacher bushes AID marks
lar. es 'perFect' in grammar.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1888-02-15

Among the people of to-day, there ere
few indeed, who have not heard Of the
merits of Prickly Ash Bark and Berries, es
a household remeoy. Teas and drinks
have been made of them for centuries, and
in hundreds OF families have formed the
cole reliance in rheumatic and kidney
diseases. Prickly ash Bitters now take
the place OF the old system, and is more
beneficial in all troubles of this nature.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1888-02-15
RAILWAYS
READY RELIEF

WILL AFFORD INSTANT EASE.
Inflammation OF the kidneys. Inflammation
of bladder. Inflammation of the bowels con-
gestion of the lungs, sore throat, difacuh
breathing, palpitation OF the heart, Mysteries
Group, diphtheria, catarrh, influenza, head
ache, toothsche, neuralgia, rheumatism, cold
chils, chilblAlns, trost-bites nervousness, sleep
lessness.
The application OF the READY Rel IEF to the
part or parts where the difficulty or pain ex.
lists will afferd ease and comfort.
Thirty to sixty drops in half q tumbler OF
water viii IN few minutes cure cramps. sour
stomach heart. burn, headache, diarrnOea, dys-
EMERY, collie. wind in the bowels and internal
pains,
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1888-02-15

II is not always convenient to call ply
sicisn for every little silment, and in May
csses it Is not only inconvenient, but impos-
s,ble to resch one promptly. Having
Pords Extract in the house, you have q
physician always at hand. 1t is easy of
application, safe and reliable. For sore
throat stiff neck, chapped hands and face,
il is of inestimable value. Frosted limbs
and chilblsins are promptly relieved by
Ponds Extract. For sale every where. Be
sure to get the genuine,