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The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-10-04
The Grain Fly.

Prof. Webster hits us a few hard ticks
that we probably deserve in the follow
ing concerning the great pest of wheat
growers:
1.-The best preventive of the fly that
know of is good farming. If double the
time that is now spent in preparing the
land were to be given IL, the effect of
later sowing would be more than over
come. Much Of the wheat that is sown
each year is put in in such a slack. un-
farmerlike manner that even a slight
attack Of fly does 1t more injury than
will a much more serious attack on a
later but more carefully sown field. A
good, thrifty wheat plant, growing in a
rich, congenial soil will stand considera-
BILE fly without material injury, while a
poorer or half cultivated field would be
ruined by a greater, and, in fact,
even a less serious attack. There is as
much I'm giving young wheat plants a
good start in life as there is in the early
management of young stock. 1t is al
ways the poor colt, calf, pig or lamb that
gets. diseased, and to keep such in a
thrifty condition is to make a profitable
mature animal; otherwise, they ''eat their
heads off" rhe fly is TO field Of poor
wheat what lice are to poor cattle.
again, no successful stock-grower at
tempts to rear animals whose progenitors
have not been selected with care. Few
farmers there are who do not select
their seed corn from the best ears in the
field, and in advance of the huskIng
season. With wheat. good. bad and in
different seed 10 sown together. Now ma
bsre. primarily. intsnds but q single
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-10-04
Preservation of rings.

Don't wear your rings under gloves
unless you remember TO have them thor
oroughly examined twice a year" is the
advice given by a jeweier. The con-
slant friction wears out the tiny gold
points that hold the stones in place, and
unless strict attention is paid TO them
they become loose in a very short time.
Small purses of suede leather are made
on purpose for rings. or any soft pouch
of skin or chamois may be used to place
the rings in wheh desiring to carry them
around with one. They should never be
put into the ordinary pocketbook, as the
rubbing against coins is also bad for
them. Diamonds can be cleaned at home
to look as well as when done by a jew
eler II only little trouble is taken. They
should be thoroughly cleaned in alcohol
and then dried in lockwood sawdust.
Pine sawdust is too oily for this purpose.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-10-04
The Potato Crop,

For two successive years the price Of
potatoes rules high, owing to scarcity.
The average condition of potatoes on
the 1st of September was u.s. as against
IS on the 1st Of August, or a decline OF
over fourteen points in one month. AS
the records show. the September condi-
ton has been lower in the last decade
in but two instances-in 1887 and in 1890
while loss of such magnitude in a
single month is clearly the result Of very
general adverse conditions. The fore
most of these is drought. which has pre-
vailed generally over the country
throughout the month, and even now re-
mains unbroken in much of the West.
The beetle also has proved more destruc-
tive than usual owing to the weakened
vitality Of the plants, and excessive heat
has caused considerable rust. Especially
is this noted in the eastern and middle
states. The decline in condition has
been heavy in the New England and
middle states, and heaviest in the states
ranging down the list from West Vir-
ginia to North Dakota; it has been light
in the South, though this is OF small
commercial importance, while In the
mountain states, generally speaking, ir-
rigation has averted the evil effects or
the drought. On the Pacific coast the
conditions vary.
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Hannines. Expected.

Life has been one day Of brightness
With it's clouds quite small at best,
But all things go down together;
/ must die, too, with the rest.
1 have loved you each with fondness
And shall love you each one still,
And my spirit oft shall linger
With you at the Fathers will.
Here my place will soon be taken
BY others who in life
Have been struggling for a foothold
In this weary road of strife.
Mother who has gone before us ~
Stands with arms extended wide;
She is waiting me to welcome
When l reach. the other side.
Now to each one. live and love Him,
So we all soon shall be
Borne TO Him and all united
In that home soon shall see.
But the time to part now fingers;
Soon from you L take my leave,
So. dear friends and loved companions,
Do not for my body grieve.
Now hear the angels calling
And / feel their presence bright;
They will bear me upward. heavenward
To that home of pure delight,
So ask a special blessing
And a sweet good-by to all
For / now must leave you father
And obey the masters call.
"BABBLING BROOK
Greencastle. Sept. 80.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-10-04
Valuable Receipts.

Federal Cake-One pound Of flour. one
pound Of sugar, half a pound Of butter
five eggs, one teacup Of cream. one glass
Of brandy, the grated peel of one lemon,
little mace and one pound Of fruit.
Ohio Catsup-Three dozen cucumbers.
eight onions, chopped fine; sprinkle with
half pint Of salt, place them in a CO.
lander and let them drain for eight
hours; add one teaspoonful of mustard
seed, one cup of pepper; put all in a
jar and cover with vinegar
Vermiceili Soup-BoiI a shin of veal in
four quarts of water. Skim il very care
fully, then put in one onion, one carrot
and a turnip, not cut up, and boil three
hours. Add salt, two cups OF vermicelli
and boil an hour and a half longer. Re
move the bone and vegetables and serve.
Hot Sauce-Scald and peel twenty
four ripe tomatoes; add ten peppers. cut
fine: two quarts of vinegar, one onion,
two tablespoonsful of salt. one-half cup
of sugar, one tablespoonful of allspice,
one tablespoonful of cloves, one table
spoonful of cinnamon, and boil three
hours or until the mixture becomes
thick.
Snow Balls-One pint Of milk scalded
and allowed to cool. Add one-half cup
full Of butter, one-quarter of a yeast
cake dissolved in one-half cup Of luke
warm water. a scant one-half cup OF
sugar one teaspoon of salt and -four
rise. Roll it out and cut as biscuit,
spread with melted butter turn two
thirds over to form the roll and bake.
To Keep Cider Sweet-Put in a bar
rel Of cider one quart of mustard seed
in cloth bag. Another way is TO get OF
your druggist a preparation of lime
specially prepared for the purpose. using
one-half ounce TO each ten gallons OF
cider. First mix the lime with a little
cider to the consistency of cream, shake
the barrel well after putting IL in. and
after five days draw of the cider into
another barrel.
Iced Pears.-When there are overrips
pears on hand, which are too soft for
the table but not absolutely decayed.
peel and core them, put them into an ice
cream freezer with an equal measure OF
cold water, the juice OF one lemon or
an even teaspoonful of powdered citric
acid TO a quart Of pears. and over-sweet-
en- the combination: freeze fl like ice
cream and serve II for dessert. Any
which remains unused can be thickened
with a little Eelatine dissolved I'm warm
water and cooled before being added to
The fruit ice: caeaknrs The melted tuit
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-10-04
Shall We Feed CaffIe.

The National Stockman says that the
problem Of filling the feed lots with cattle
this fall is one that is agitating the minds
of more farmers than usual at this sea-
son Of the year. Will it pay TO feed
cattle this winter? is a question that is
hard to answer. 1t is a question that
cannot be answered at this stage of the
game" The answer. among other things
depends upon % the price you have TO
pay for feeders; C2) upon the price you
will get for them when they are fe out;
CD upon the price of the feed; a. upon
the kind Of cattle fed
Present prices for feeders seem low
enough. Good feeders, though, a.. ex-
ceedingly scarce, and considerable ex-
pense must be calculated upon in gather
ing up a lot of good cattle. Prices are
lower than they were at this time last
year. and not out Of proportion TO the
prices for fat cattle.
AS to the price for the stock when fed
out. it is hard to predict. There are in
dications for better prices for fat cattle
in the near future, but as a doubtful
thing is very uncertain ii is best not
to bank too heavily upon such an ad-
vance. The close marketing of cattle
IN the West and the light corn crop of
the Mississippi river should certainly
have q beneficial effect upon values be-
fore the season is over. Close money
will prevent many feeders from filling
their pens as literally as usual This will
have some effect upon the supply later
on. A good many arguments could be
offered in support of the theory of an
advance in cattle prices, but the finest
theories sometimes cannot be demons
trated.
The price of feed is not extravagantly
high now, but the corn crop of the entire
country will undoubtedly be below the
average. and this fact may have a de-
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-10-04
A CommerciaI opportunity.

Frank H. Mason, the United States
consul general at Frankfort, Germany,
in recent report to the department. of
state, calls the attention of American
producers to the opportunity that has
been suddenly opened to products from
this country by the tariff war between
Germany and Russia. On Aug. / tariff
rates were increased so per cent. on all
products coming from either country
into the other. Under the most favorable
circumstances, he says, the German EN-
barge cannot be modified until parlia-
ment meets in November, and by that
time navigation will be closed, and the
high freight rates of the railroads will
be prohibitory for grain and coarse pro-
ducts of all kinds. The effect of this
embargo, and the extent of the oppor-
tunity it presents to this country, can
be estimated by looking at the statistics
of trade between these important coun-
tries of Europe.
In 1892 Russia sold to Germany SOL
100000 worth of rye alone. In 1891 she
sent 9.504. S9S worth of cereals to Ger
many, $14, 1852 worth of fax and other
fbres, So, 800 900 worth of lumber and
slaves, nearly $4,000 worth of hides
and skins, over s., 000, 900 of cattle and
horses. $2,0500 900 of oil and petroleum,
and over s165,OO0,O 900 altogether. Russia
imported half as much from Germany.
The deficiency in the German rye crop
is. greater this year than last, and Rus
STA has always been her principal source
OF supply to make up the deficiency.
With this source cut off Mr. Mason says
that every busheI of rye the United
States can spare will find a ready mar
ket. Last year we sent Germany 1885,
191 bushels of this cereal, Is, 9O1, 239 bush
els of corn, and 7,635.926 bushels Of wheat.
The ordinary duty on rye and wheat
imported into Germany is 80 cents
bushel. The increase of so per cent.
makes it 4S cents, which is Is cents per
bushel in favor of any other country
than Russia.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-10-04
Clover seed.

The price of clover seed promises to
be as high as it was last winter. when
$40 bushel was paid by many farmers.
The area from which clover seed will
be harvested is nearly 10 per cent. less
than last year, the figures deduced
from the returns on this point being
903 In eleven states. including YER
mont. New Jersey. Delaware. Georgia,
Mississippi, Louisiana, Wisconsin. Mon
tana, Nevada, Washington and Oregon.
the area is equal to or greater than that
of last year, aud it is equal to that or
last year in the territory of New Mex
leo. II falls below so per cent. only in
Maryland, Illinois and Nebraska One
cause of. the reduced area is winter kill
ing, but a more common one is that IL
has been necessary to use as pasture
or cut for feed many areas which under
more favorable conditions would have
been saved for seed.
The general average for condition is
1873 per cent. This low figure, taken in
connection with the reduced area, in
dicates a scanty crop. In all except
two states, namely, Louisiana and Cal
ifornia, the figures on condition fall be-
low 100. Those for Pennsylvania, Mary
land. Mississippi Texas, Illinois and
Nebraska are below 90.
The most general cause Of reduced con-
dition is drought, which has been severe
and prolonged in many localities. In a
considerable number Of counties scat
tered through different western states
from Ohio 70 Kansas inclusive, the grass
hopper has been more or less destructive
The most numerous complaints on this
point are, however, from Illinois. In
some places the crop has been damaged
by the clover nudge.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-10-04
THE CHEROKEE STRIP.
An Actual Experience as Described
by "Sunnower."

An Actual Experience rs Described
by "Sunhower."
Dear Howard Friends--I will give you
a short sketch Of my trip to the Chero-
kee strip.
l presume there was not quite as much
excitement i'm the eastern states in re-
gard to the opening of the Cherokee strip
as in the western states. seemingly peo-
pie in kansas were almost wild over the
matter.
A crowd Of young people, just eight
Of us in number. went in a covered
sport and certainly to see the great race
for the promised land.
We started on Thursday, Sept. IA, at
10 o'clock: we only drove about twenty
miles that day and by the next evening,
Friday, we camped within five miles Of
Arkansas City. We did not care to
camp any nearer than that, for Arkan-
sas City was crowded with all manner
OF excited people and we were no boom
ers" so thought we had better keep at
certain distance that evening. So
Saturday morning about o'clock we
ventured to drive through the city. which
was all excitement with boomers. The
covered wagons DlOckaQed the streets
and of course our wagon was with the
rest We pretended like we were boomers.
if we were not. We followed the long
procession of wagons and drove straight
south of Arkansas City, through the
Chillocco reservation, and we arrived a
the Cherokee line just at IL o'clock. We
found good position TO see the race.
As far as our eyes could see along the
line least and wesO was people horse
back. in wagons buggies, on bicycles,
and all kinds of conveyances imaginable.
There was not a house, tree or even a
brush of any kind in sight, nothing but
prairie. And at u o'clock, when the
signal was given, they all made the mad
rush. We could see them for miles over
the rolling prairie.
About an hour after the opening we
drove down into the territory to one of
the county seats and we were astonished
to see so many people a. that town.
They were estimated at 5000 just in that
short time. OF course the town con-
sisted only of people and teams. but it
did look strange to see a woman standing
on a lot with an umbrella over her, the
only protection from the broiling hot sun.
L was glad to get back to where / could
see a house or even a tree. 1 could tell
you great deal more; perhaps it would
not interest you.
1 would like to tell you all of our trip
coming home, but it will take too much
time, I will not attempt It,
We were on the road five days only.
tt was my first experience at camping
and how ] did enjoy it.
Morning Glory" welcome, and all
other new members come to the page
did. tell us more about the fair.
With best wishes to all the members.
1 am as ever ''SUNFLOWER."
Derby, Kas., Sept. %.
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Nutritirc Mater i'm yariou. Foods.

A pound OF rice contains Sc. o9 per cent
of untritive matter, against 1884 per
cent. for wheat S2.7s per cent. for rye,
74.02 per cent for oats. S2.97 per cent
for corn, 1905 per cent. for fat beef and
1858 per cent. for lean beef. Bnt its
nutritive qualities differ widely from
most of the other foods In comparison.
1t is essentially heat producing, fatten-
ing food. Lean beef contains about Fl
per cent. of albuminoids, which produce
bone muscle and blood, and less than
one-half of 1 per cent. of the heat pro-
ducing carbohydrates. OF the former
rice contains only 6.73 per cent, but rs AS
per cent. of the latter. 1t is thus seen
that these two food products admirably
supplement- each other
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-10-04

its music and beer. Here also is old
Vienna where you pay Is cents for a
cup of coffee and 5 cents for a mug of
beer, and as we look from one point to
another we can, only gaze In wonder
at the yastness of 1t all There are no
words left us, not one by which to ex-
press ourselves, and so We sit like one
dazed until recalled by the stentorian
voice OF the guard saying, Passengers
will leave the car by rear door" And
as we mingle with the throng we can
but feel thankful that we have gained
terra fir1na, There is a peculiar sensa-
ton over one as we find ourselves rising,
even so gradually to such a. height that
we cannot explain A sensation such as
we would not care, to invite or risk
again. But think Why, We have had a
view Of every country on the globe In
less than sixty minutes. That is better
time than was made by Nellie Bly, in
her famous trip of eighty days.
WIDOW -BEDOTT."
Frankfort Ind Sent 26
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-10-04

Horse Talk.

Don't ask me to back" with blinds on.
I am afraid to-
Don't lend me to some block-head that
has less sense than have.
Don't think because am horse that
iron weeds and briars won't hurt my
hay. ~ sd III an
Don't run me down a steep hin, for it
anything should give way might break
your neck
to find a great sore on me before you at
tend to it.
Don't put my blind bride so that it
irritates my eye or so leave my fore-lock
that it will be in my eyes.
Don't think because I go free under
the whip 1 don't get tired. You would
move up if under the whip.
Don't hitch me to an iron post or rail-
ing when the mercury is below freezing.
1 need the skin on my tongue.
Don't whip me when I get frightened
along the road or / will expect IL next
time and may be make trouble.
Don't keep my stable very dark, for
when go into the light my eyes are in
iured, especially if snow is on the ground.
Don't make me drink ice cold water
nor put frosty bit in my mouth. Warm
the bit by holding a half-minute against
my body.
Don't forget to file my teeth when they
get jagged and 1 cannot chew my food.
When I get lean 1t is a sign my teeth
want filing
Don't compel me to eat more salt than
1 want by mixing it with my oats.
know better than any other animal how
much / need.
Don't leave me hitched in my stall at
night with a big cob right where must
lie down. am tired and can't select
smooth place.
Don't forget he old book that is
friend OF all the oppressed, that says
The righteous man is mercifuI to his
beast"-Exchange
Don't trot me UP hin. for I have to
carry you and the buggy and myself.
too. Try it yourself some time. Run up
hill with big load.
Don't say whoa unless you mean Il.
Teach me to stop at the word. It may
check me If the lines break and save .
runaway and smashup.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-10-04
PRUDENT WORDS.
"CamilIR's" Letter AbOut Love, Wis
dom aud Appearance.

"CamiIIa's" Letter AbOut Love, Wis
dom and Appearance.
Dear H. L. c. Friends-"Three things
govern the world" says Goethe: love,
wisdom, and appearance" Love is cor
rect sentiment. There is nothing holier
in this life than the first fluttering of
loves silken wings. The heart that has
never been touched by the flame of love
is like an unlighted torch all is darkness.
nothing to guide the footsteps in the
right way. No one is right and just
Judge of the works of another unless
his heart is aglow with human love.
The heart that truly loves never for
gets. What end are we aiming at? Do
we truly love the cause in which we are
enlisted? If so let us hearken to nothing
that does not keep step to the music of
which We are forever a united Howard
band
Some OF our leaders seemingly have
wandered little way off the track. Be
il so or not let us harbOr no unfriendly
feeling toward them on account of II,
their motives could not have been other
than pure.
Wisdom is correct insight And wis
dom will allow US to stand on an I'M
friendly footing with no one. IT points
to the fact chat nothing would be gained
by nourishing a cause until ii puts forth
the tender leaves of hope, buds and bios
SONS and bears honors thick upon it;
then send a killing frost TO nip the fruit
as IL is about to ripen into greatness.
Appearance is the seeming of being and
whether false or true seeming will fur
nish the foundation for all practical ac-
tion. False appearance will lead to lame.
impotent deeds. True appearance alone
will furnish a basis alone for positive
rational deeds. Love and wisdom will
not diffuse themselves for the blessings
of mankind unless the manner of their
appearance is understood. 1t is hard
to penetrate the disguise of appearance
and see the true reality. This makes it
all the more necessary to see that the
appearance of what is true and good is
not mistaken and the false and evil
adopted, because it has put on the guise
of the true and good and is masquerad-
ing under its appearance. We must do
right and also make it seem to be right.
He who teaches the people to know the
right by its appearance does as good
service as he who discovers the right.
"Gano," / read your interesting letter
and now respond to your call.
Prosperity and success to the club is
the wish of CAMILLA"
Bruceton Mills, w. Va, Sept %.
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AT THE FAIR.
The "WidOw BedOtt" Describes Some
of the Great Sights.

The "WidOw BedOtt" Describes Some
of the Great Sights.
or course we have all been to the
worlds fair. So much has been said on
the subject, descriptive of the fair in
general, that we stand abashed when we
think of attempting anything on that
line.
All our words, every adjective that we
could use to express ourselves, have been
used times innumerable. Without adj
jectlves how can we express either ad-
miration or amazement; yet man is in
dividual, each sees with his own eyes
and no two sees alike, therefore we dare
not be too critical
The worlds fair is another edition,
the latest and most complete, and by
far the best illustrated, ecumenical en-
cyclopedia, published in one enormous
volume. But no ordinary visitor can
hope to produce any adequate paper of
this encyclopedia a whole, and to at
tempt such paper would be unwise.
Little. however. has been said of the
great Ferris wheel, or of the advan-
tage0us views gained from the top of
this wheel. Imagine. IL you will, rising
so gradually as TO be almost impercepti-
BILE until you reach a height of over two
hundred and sixty-four feet, and there
suspended between heaven and earth you
may contemplate the whole extent of
the Plaisance. You have before you the
civilized, the half civilized and the say
age worlds 10 study one after the other.
You will see the one hand the wild
arabs In their native dress and swathed
heads. the little Javanese In shirts and
Jackets as they stroll through their
village, the huts Of which look very much
like so many huge baskets upturned.
Further on II the street in Cairo. with
its camels and donkeys. its narrowness
and dirt.
On the other side you can see the Ger
man village, with its old German castle.