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The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1891-01-14
Advice To- Hamlet.

DEAR H. L. C. FRIENDs-If you will al
low me a little space in your page 1 will
write a few lines-not that l expect any
one may derive much good from what l
say, but 1 am q great reader of THE SEMI
MEL, and especially Of that which the
II. L. c.. folks nave to say: so il you will
allow me TO write this time I may join
YOU club, as | see Hamlet" has invited
new members into the circle. and as he
said pupils would be welcome, I come as
one of that number.
Hamlet" / think a tidy wife is what
you most need, if you don't already pos
sess one.
carlton Fyche." | must be the new
conner, for feel very bashful.
viii Miss PARROT please give some re-
q%uirements of the club?
Will some member send me Whittier's
poem entitled "The Captains Well"
SCHOOL Boy"
Vermont, Ind, Jan. Q.
INote-"School Boy must not write on
both sides of the sheet.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1891-01-14
..Trixle,s" Little Letter.

KIND II. L. c.. FR1ENDs-I have at last
mustered up courage enough to write a
few feeble lines to the page. Ny Pa takes
THE SENTINEL, and it has been a welcome
visitor at our home for severalyears. es-
p~ecially the Howard page, which has been
read with much interest | live in the
country and am Twelve years old. "Aunt
Peggy" l agree with you in your opinion
that farmers are the most independent
people in the world. "Gity Chap" where
art thou? "Vae Victus," come again to
a "Sappho," Hamlet" and all the
other members, come again. As this is
my first visit to the page l will write as
short a letter as possible. Maud Maple"
do not entirely forsake the page. L am
waiting patiently for your return. If this
club will receive a little girl of my age L
would like to join your happy circle. Will
any one welcome
''TRIxIE."
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1891-01-14
The New Neighbor.
N. Y. Weekly.

Mrs. DeGadd-"That new neiehbor OF
yours don't go TO any particular church as
l can see. He's an atheist, amt hep"
Mrs. DeGabb-'Not so bad as that, L
assure you. He is what is called a liberal
Christian" o
Mrs. DeGadd-"Well, I'm glad to hear
that, and I'll call on him this very day.
Our church is awfuily in need of a new
organ and a new bell, and we amt got
half enough collected to pay the preacher
yet. Liberal Christians is what we're
sighin' for in this town.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1891-01-14
FARM AND

he did? al. o. Maid, Rambling Jerrv,'
"Busy Kate" and Aunt Sue" why do
YOU not write oftener? "Wyandot Dew
Drop,"I hope you will continue your
notes on foreign cities soon again.
"Elora," l agree with you in saying that
a boy on the farm should not be pushed.
I think that the boy who is hurried ON the
farm causes him to dislike farming.
PILGRIM"
South English, Ia, Jan. 10.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1891-01-14
Atkinson, Ind, Jan. 10.
WHEN THEY WERE NEW.

Pins made, 1850.
Needles used, 1915.
First cast iron, 1914.
Matches made, 1929.
First newspaper, 1874.
Goa used as fuel, 1884.
First gold coin, b. G. 206.
Lead pencils used in 1894.
First steam railroad, 1880.
WIndow-glass used in 6a4.
Kerosene introduced, 1896.
First postage stamps, 1910.
Electric light invented, 1874.
First insurance, marine, "33.
First American express, 1921.
First wheeled carriages, 1879.
First illuminating gas in 1892.
Musical notes introduced, 1888.
Iron found in America in 1915.
Bible translated into Saxon, 637.
Gunpowder used by Chinese, so.
Old testament finished, b. G. 430.
Bible translated into Gothic, SD.
Photographs first produced, 1902.
Paper made by Chinese, b. G. 220.
Bible translated into English, 1884.
Tobacco introduced into England, 15S
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1891-01-14
Some Remedies.

some Remedies.
Santonene is a good remedy for worms
in horses.
A wire muzzle is a good remedy for
wind-sucking horses.
Take off the surface and apply carbolic
acid to remove warts.
Use iodide of lead, one ounce; lard,
eight ounces, for mango in cattle.
Pulverized charcoal and carbolic acid
make one OF the best stable disinfectants.
An ointment of ten parts v~aseline to
one part iodine is a good remedy for grease
heel.
Often an ounce of laudanum will re-
lieve severe collie in a horse give as one
dose.
An ointment of four drachms of iodide OF
lead and four ounces of vaseline is good
for mango.
Spirits OF turpentine is a good remedy
for thump in pigs; a ~teaspoonful once q
day is a dose for a 50-pound pig.
Newly Stacked lime is a good disin-
fectant to use about the ~pig-pens. 1t is
cheap and can be used literally.
Sulphuric acid one-half ounce; water,
one quart; mix thoroughly and apply
with a sponge daily TO destroy lice on
young colts.
Bathing the horses shoulders at noon
and at night with strong sat water will
aid materially TO harden the shoulders and
prevent chatting.
One ounce of tannic acid, glycerine two
ounces, applied with a sponge two or three
times a day. is a good remedy for CALLED
shoulders on horses.
Pulling out the hay with tweezers and
applying daiiy a wash of bisulphate of
soda, one ounce to a quart of water, is q
good cure for rIngworms.
4 mixture of coal oil and soap water ap-
piled with a spraying syringe. is a good
remedy for lice on hogs. Give second
application at the end of ten days from the
first.
Smear the front of the manger and
neckyoke of the wagon with tincture Of
aloes. This will often cur w~indsucking
il commenced before the habit gets too
we'll established.
Ferd ng bran or other soft feeds for a
few DAYS is one OF the best and easiest
cures for Iampas in horses. Though cut
ting is often resorted to, it is not by any
means necessary.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1891-01-14

composition tits not favorably considered
by some, though it contains a larger valu-
alton of chemical substances han its cost
price. One of the best uses for mari is to
make an absorbent of it, adding it to the
manure heap, and carrying it to the fields
in the manure.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1891-01-14
Pl..s,nr sen-e

OF health and strength renewed and OF
ease and comfort follows the use OF Syrup
of Figs, as it acts in harmony with nature
to efiectually cleanse the system when
costive or bilious. For sale in 50-cent and
81 bottles by all leading druggists.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1891-01-14

stirred the salt, fitted on the top carefully,
and put the saucepan on a quick fire of
Goals and went to his other work. In just
twenty minutes Ned returned to his rice
and removed the lid. 1t was done,
but not yet ready for the
table. There was a little water
left, which was carefully poured off; the
rice was thoroughly stirred from the bot
tom; not the top, but q tin plate was
laid lightly or the saucepan, and the
saucepan set one side in the hot ashes,
one hour, or mayhap two, when the rice
was so dry that you might eat it with
your fingers, and at the same time thor
oughly done and soft through and through.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1891-01-14
Among the PouItrr.

among the Fouitrys
Keeping fowls in a dark place to fatten
is unnecessary.
1t is difficult, il not impossible, to cure
the egg-eating habit, once it is acquired.
One danger with the amateur is at
tempting to keep too large number OF
varieties in too close quarters.
1t is a serious mistake TO allow food TO
be kept before the hens all the time; they
are certain to keep too fat to lay well.
In many cases, those who make the
poorest success are the ones that never
try TO improve upon what they are doing.
Wheat can be fed whole, crushed or
cracked, with good results. 1t is one OF
the best materials that car be supplied
for eggs.
Whether early or late turkeys pay the
best is hard to determine. 1t costs more
to raise the late ones, but they generally
bring better prices.
Many prefer to feed a mixture Of bran
and middlings in preference to meal,
using five parts of bran and one of mid
dlings, scalding thoroughly.
Under no conditions should poultry be
allowed to remain out of doors over night
now. If the hens get their combs frozen
they will not lay until they get well.
When it can be done, it will pay to visit
the poultry shows; much can be learned
that will be of benefit, not only as regards
varieties, but also as to the management.
If it pays to raise fowls for market, il
pays to fatten well before selling. Early
in the fall or in the middle or latter part
of winter is the best time to market poul-
try.
Ifpoultry is to be fattened in the winter
it is necessary that they have warm quar-
tiers and be fed plenty of fat-forming food,
giving a good variety to keep up the sp-
petite.
If eggs are frozen when gathered, pour
scalding water over them and let stand
until cool. The eggs will be found to be
uninjured for use. They should be used
at once, however.
The natural condition of the fowls is to
be in the open air. Turkeys and g~uiness,
especially. prefer to roost out OF doors, but
with a little care they can be trained to
roost under shelter.
Ten days after the hen is cooped up
with a rooster the eggs will hatch true to
the mating. When the rooster is changed
the fourth egg laid afterward will be true
to the last mating.
In a majority Of cases it will be better
to feed a little longer and receive a good
growth than to rush the poul ~ on the
market either before they are well grown
or properly fattened.
If you are to use an incubator and wish
early chickens for the market, the sooner
it is set to work the better. 4 very few
DAYS difference in the spring will
often make considerable difference in
prices.
- A.
floor of the h~en-house during the winter.
1t promotes warmth and helps to afford q
means of taking exercise as well as aids
to keep clean. In many localities fruit
and poultry can be raised together 10 adj
vantage, especially tree fruits. The trees
will afford shade and the fowls will aid
in keeping down orchard pests.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-10-17

Every lady In Roanoke and vicinity
IS cordially invited to attend, as we will
make displayof the fnest goods of the
lSind over shown to tho ladies, and at
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-10-17
LOCAL eREviTIEs.

There were sixteen deeds recorded in
the clerks office yesterday.
Mrs. Kate Riley and daughter, Mrs
McSherry, have returned from Kansas
City, Kan, where they have been at.
tending the bedside of her sister, Mrs.
d. j. Collins, who died while they were
there.
Cards are out announcing the mar
riage of Mr.. John Ranigan to Miss
Annie McSherry, both OF Lynchburg.
J. p. Thompson, of Thompson & Co :,
left last night for the North to lay in
his holiday and winter stock. Since
this firm opened hero some six months
ago their store and business enterprise
have been not only a credit to them.
selves, but to the city as we'll. Mr..
Thompson has been in the business
twelve or fifteen years in tho larger
cities and Is master Of his line. The
stock he is soon to display will be
marvel.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-10-17
An Invitation. to tho SYNOD.

THE visiting members of the Presby-
terrain Synod are cordially invited to
call at our Office and give us an oppor-
tunity to drive them over the city.
Simmons, Carpenter & Tinsley, real
estate agents, los Jefferson street.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-10-17
Returned with His Bride.

Samuel Christian, who was married
in Altoona last Monday, returned 10
Roanoke yesterday afternoon with his
bride. Mr.. Christian is employed in the
machine shops as a pattern maker.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-10-17

SPECIAL auction sale of i, $50 ladies'
misses and children's cloaks, wraps and
jackets, etc Saturday, at 10 O'Clock, OF
D. Brock, 144 Salem avenue.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-10-17

To Play Ball.
The Roanoke baseball club will play
game in Salem this afternoon.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-10-17

SPECIAL auction sale OF 1880 ladies'
misses and children's cloaks, wraps
and jackets, etc., Saturday, at 10 O'Clock,
at j. Brook. 144 Salem avenue.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-10-17
Loaf.

BuEcH of keys. Suitabl, reward IL
returned to j. W. Coon. Commercial
National Bank.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-10-17
Y0UMAN HATS.
New Fall Shapes Just Arrived.
Respectfully.
JOS. COHN.

Fall Sutings and Trouserngs, also Compete Line of
Madeup Garments all the shelves and ready the
inspection of the public If you have decided have your
Fall Suit made please call your earliest
place your order to be delivered any time in the you
wish it. By doing will greatly help avoid
the rush during the height of the besides will
be able to make your selection of the entire line
purchased before any Of the patterns sold.
JOS. COHN,
Clothier, Tailor and Halter
ROANOKE, VA
=. M. Dawson, MGR.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1891-07-16
Why Men-of-War's Men FIobt

1T is curious thing, and one which
could never satisfactorily account
Tor, said an old navy man the other
day to n N. Y. Times writer, "but if
the crews of an American and British
man of-war are givenieave at the same
time in a foreign port, the result of
broken heads and noses is no more n
matter of speculation than the calcu-
iation OF the next eclipse. As soon as
they meet a row is started, which ran-
orally ends in all hands being disabled
or arrested, sometimes both.
:. 1T frequently happens that the DO
lice interfere with the contestants.
The unwritten law in this case is for
the belligerents to join forces against
the common enemy. | have often
seen them come out victorious in their
contests with the officers of the law.
and after adjourning to a neiehborine
saloon for refreshments, begin again
Their interrupted hostilities.
But it is only on neutral ground
that these general engagements take
place, 1t they meet on English or
American soil each tries to outvie the
other iii hospitality"
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1891-07-16
East Indian Barb ers.

The natives of India are very
ingenious workmen, but their tools
are OF the most primitive kind
strange to say, a sword made by the
native workmen will not rust under
ordinary circumstances, and the
material is infinitely superior to the
best that Sheffield or Birmingham can
turn out. / have often been shaved
by an East Indian in Jamaica, to
which place they are brought to work
the sugar plantations, and have never
had it so well and comfortable done
either IN America or England; yet his
razor, to look at, seemed like one
purchased at a 1O-cent store. These
BARRIERS carry with them alittle brass
cup or miniature basin filed with
PLAIN cold water. Dipping one finger
III the water from time to time. he
rubs IN the water all over the part to
De shaven; no soap or substitute
Is used: then he applies his razor, and
IL ,glldes over your skin evenly
and smoothly, and though he goes
over each part but once heleaves Your
SKIN smooth as an infants cheek.
Each batch that comes over to
Jamaica has it's own barber, as none
but one OF their caste may cut their
hair.-Cincinnati Commercial Gazette
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1891-07-16
Hints for the Cook

-'Yn CAKES. -Four tablesnoonf,,,s
OF rye. flour, one pint of milk two coos
Bake in gempans. '"o eggs
GRAHAM GEMs.-One cunful ofeo,n
two cupfuls of Graham aour it'll
molasses; soften with water. throo
oeaspoonfuls of baking powder
GRAHAM PUFFs.-One pint Of mill
one egg stir in the flour gradually 70
form q smooth batter. a l;ttIo s,,4
Bake In gem pans. o ''''V'
MUFFrNs.-Three cupfuls If aor-
Two cupfuls of sugar, one tablesnoon-
s su, Oh outter, one egg, three TEASPOON.
nus oil yeast powder. Bake in cen,
pans. III gem
DAT MEAL ClKEs.-Scald one MKT
OF meal; add two eggs, one tablespoon.
iul OF -four, milk enough for thin hat
ter. Bake in gempans.
INDIAN CAKE.-One cupful of aour
two cupfuls of Indian meal one-boli
cupful of molasses, small niece of
butter, Mix with cold water one and
one-half teaspoonfuls ofyeast powder
BERRY CAKE.-One egg, one.hnlf
cupful OF sugar, three teaspoonfuls .
yeast powder, small piece OF huttor
one quart Of -four, salt, ons ,,;nt
VI psrriss' Mix with milk
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1891-07-16

IT is no doubt natural that we Amer
leans should be u nation of arm,
haters, but it is pity that for the scru
pie of thanks our little regular army
ever gets there should be so many
ounces of grumbling. Uncle Sam has
no public servants who work so faith
fully and endure such hard hips anC
danger. Why should we sixty-five
million Americans still harbor an in
herited rancor against thirty thousand
OF our own countrymen because they
professionally :. ear uniform?
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1891-07-16
Filling a Particular Order.

1t was in the dog days, so, ordering
dinner, he made it a special stipulation
that one dish should be an ice pudding
The waiter answered, Eyes, sir" and
disappeared. In due course the
dinner disappeared also, at least as
the roasts and entrees were concerned
"Now," said the host. as he wiped the
perspiration from his brow, "brinp in
he ice pudding" The waiter
vanished, and presently returned
bearing triumphantly n noble plum
pudding, surrounded by sea OF
blazing sauce. "Why, what is this?r
asked the dismayed master of the
feast; "Doyouwant to burn us all up?"
We'll, sir, was the agerieved reply.
you asked for a nice pudding, and
this is the incest pudding we could
make; "-London Truth.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1891-07-16
The Young Wives.

In q motherless family the eldest
daughter of the house had betaken
herself to home of her own and The
second sister confidently took up the
relgns OF government, and quite snre
OF herself and her ability to regulate
the menage. "What q capital thino
1t is, said a visitor few DAYS LATER
THAT your grandmother brought Won
all up so practically; there will be no
lear OF your giving your self away like
a young. friend of mine who was recent
~ married, and wrote down in her
order to the butcher one mock tnr-
The fair neophyte, quite at o. loss as
TO the point of the anecdote, for II
seemed to her inexperienced mind n
very natural order for the materials
OF the well-known soup, but at the
same time feeling it was incumbent
upon her reputation for good sense to
give an appropriate answer. droDned
her eyes-considered-then looked ~,
and SAID brightly, "Surely not a who'll
onel-Home and Society.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1891-07-16

wealth snugly slowed in collar box
under his arm; but the little shifts OF
womans poverty are never 30
romantic. There was q general who
started for India with only a cake OF
soap for luggage and a special cores
pondent who went to the Soudan
burdened with a comb. But suppose
a newspaper woman were to be dis
patched tomorrow to Alaska to
study the condition of the Sitka
Indians what would be said of her if
she boosted. ~ set out with only
the half-wora dress l had on, one
small pocket handkerchief and
broken pince-nez?" A wardrobe is a
good deal of a handicap in time, in
mental energy ana in money, but
without it woman is hardly admit
ted to any competition. 1t is her
sine qua non ofrespectability. What
ever else goes by the board she must
dress well.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1891-07-16
The Kind of Men That Command
Great Ocean Steamers.

Clear-headed, brainy driving men,
are these master mariners, bearing
patiently responsibility that needs
an IRON will and a courage faltering at
nothing. There is no royal road to
their station, nor can willing hands
make them what they must be. They
cannot crawl through cabin win
dows, nor, for that matter, come fly-
ing in n pier head jump through the
gangway with one leg forward and the
other aft. They have to fight their
way over the bows, and struggle out
OF the ruck and smother in the 10 ks lie.
by sturdy butfeting and hard knocks.
oy the persistent edging of stout
shoulders backed by strong hearts
and steady brains. If it is in them
they will make their way in the end
surely, and may set the course and
stump to windward as they please.
while others haul the weather ear.
rings, and drink their grog persistinc-
iy. No; master mariners are made.
not born, and, unlike many of their
brothers in the Government service
have to rise by energy, pluck, merit
why enumerate them?-by n hundred
qualities the world is better for own
ing.-Scribner.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1891-07-16

HE love of money will destroy the
tic OF blood; any reprobate passion
will do it, and brothers and sisters
Will quarrel for ever about the division
OF little property, and form new al.
llances OF spirit and feeling with non
relatives, to vex and to ruin their own
blood relations. Bad as this seems,
1t is demonstration upon large
scale OF fact that we ought all to
know, that the permanent tie OF love
and friendship is not material, but
spiritual and moral and that there is
no security whatever for the former
unless 1t be confirmed and supported
by the latter.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1891-07-16
They Sort the Type,

About twenty-five women, SAYS Mr..
Charles j. Dumar in the Ladies Home
journal, now have pleasant, lucrative
employment on daily newspapers in
New York, as distributors is.
they are employed during the dav. at
the same rate paid for night work, dis.
trl6utet type for compositors who thus
prefer to reduce their working hours.
The "lady distributor" is compare
lively a recent innotation, but all
think that she is most agreeable one
Her earnings depend upon the amount
OF work she receives, but will average
about fifty cents for every hour en-
ployed. | have known some women
to thus earn twenty dollars per week.
from about 10 A. NJ, until 5 P. M
These positions, however, are in the
MAN greatly priced and eagerly sought
alter by women. While there is no
reason why men should not perform
this work under the same circum-
stances, 1T has by tacit consent be-
come the undisputed privilege of wom-
en-.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1891-07-16

IT is true that the farmer and the
farmers family should have right tc
all the conveniences and many of the
luxuries enjoyed by the successful
merchant but neither have a clear title
to them unless successful, and neither
can attain high grade of success il
he does not have sufficient capital il
his business to conduct it properly.
and each should have u reserve fund
in the bank for emergencies when he
can. But he should use it when it will
pay in the business an interest four
fold that paid by the bank.