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The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-09-20
Grain Gambling.

The markets for breadstuffs in our
country and in Europe. says c. Wood
Davis. the Kansas statistician, are now
at lower point than has been known
before within the past century, and with
the knowledge universally conceded that
the incoming harvest will be far below
an average in nearly all grain-growing
countries of the world, especially in
Europe and America, is ii not remark
able that efforts are made to depress
the markets still lower? There must be
some unnatural condition prevailing that
tends to disturb the natural course of
values in so important an article as
bread. which has always heretofore had
value in proportion to cost Of produc-
ton. Large and abundant crops have
usually tended to lower values, while
short crops tend to increase prices, but
at the present time there seems to be a
reverse action. Overproduction has been
during the past few years assigned as a
cause for low prices, but that cannot be
reasonably offered as a cause of depre-
citation at the present time. The wheat
crop og 1891 was probably the largest
ever grown in our country, aggregating
something over six hundred million BUSH
els and yet, with an expectation less
than the last year, the Eastern market
price for export as well as for home
consumption. was fully s127 average per
one hundred million bushels less than
the previous year, and exports have been
greater; and yet prices have declined
regularly without any apparent cause
until reaching the present unprecedented
low figure of 60 cents per bushel, and in
the face Of a still shorter harvest of 1893
The season of 1898 has been unpro-
pitious throughout Europe as well as
America, and prospects are favorable
for a large export demand for all our
food products, and yet prices show a
systematic decadence, though 30 per
cent below values of the previous years.
The present stringency in the money
market renders it necessary-and i'm
peratively so-for the farmer to part
with his grain for twO-thirds its value.
and all for what? Only to keep up a
system Of gambling speculation on the
boards Of trade at our great grain
centers. No one can assign a rational
reason why the bread-making grain of
the world-especially when there is no
excess of production. but rather a short
age-should be depressed far below the
cost Of production.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-09-20
When and How to Prune.

It is the opinion Of Farm and Home
that the time to prune deciduous trees is
when the sap is down and leaves off the
tree. Plums are generally the first ready
and are followed by pears, apricots.
peaches and lastly apples.
Close pruning when the tree is dormant
induces tree growth. Hence if tree is
feeble or has not grown as could be
wished. it should be closely trimmed in
the winter season. always cutting just
above healthy bud. A severe shock to
the winter tree while the sap is flowing
freely causes the tree to throw out fruit
buds and spurs for the next season, and
pruning while the tree Is in blossom will
cause that crop to set. When tree
growth is desired prune while the tree is
dormant. but If fruit is desired prune
either root or top while the sap is how-
ing.
For plums. prunes and apricots leave
all the small spurs growing along the
branches. no matter whether the tree is
young or old, for on them the bulk Of
the fruit is grown. Head in well from
the outside, which tends to develop these
spurs. and also strengthens the tree, and
the fruit will grow where the tree is
best able to bear IL. Apples, peaches
and pears are inclined to bear nearer
the tips and young trees should be well
headed in during the winter season, both
to give the tree symmetry and strength
and also TO induce more vigorous wood
growth and prevent premature bearing
of fruit. fault that fruit growers do not
seem to appreciate, but which is never
thelesS a very serious one.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-09-20

SAVANNAH, Ca, Sept. 17.-Special
to the Morning News from Brunswick.
tonight says: Eleven new cases OF
yellow fever today and an epidemic de-
clared.'' Such was the announcement
made by Col. Goodyear at the board OF
health meeting today sending a thrill
Of horror to the grief-stricken residents
of Brunswick present. With heart
breaking sorrows hundreds hurriedIy
rushed to the trains this afternoon and
it will need no military force to de-
populate the city. There are those in
Brunswick for whom the government
and people of this country must think
They cannot leave for they have no
money and help or we perish" is the
cry that would go up from hundreds of
threats, did they know 1t would be
heard. Dark clouds hanging over the
city add to the gloom.
Surgeon Guiteras left this afternoon
for Philadelphia after doing noble work.
He was called TO the bedside Of a sick
wife. Surgeons Geddings and Eagle ara
here and Surgeon Murray is en- route.
Work will be commenced on the hospital
buildings tomorrow. During the hurry
and hustle of leaving today many
nailed up their stores and then fed.
weeping mothers, wives and children
stood by the train crying as If their
hearts would break as they imprinted
kisses on their loved ones lips. probably
the last they will ever give Strong
men turned aside with tears yelling
from their eyes they viewed the
affecting scene and the prayers that
were offered in that crowd were many.
but silent and sincere. The change in
the weather was unfaforable and the
/ be expected.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-09-20
A TINE TABLE.
How Long TO Bake Meats, Cakes, Pas
try and Vegetables.
IGIaa

How Long to Bake Meats, Cakes, Pas
try and Vegetables.
So many housekeepers, both young and
old, are in doubt as TO the right time to
cook vegetables and meats that the fol-
lowing table is given, with the hope that
it may prove Of value to some one:
Beef sirloin. rare-Eight minutes for
each pound.
Beef sirloin. we'll done-Ten to fifteen
minutes for each pound.
Beef rib or rump-Ten to fifteen min
utes for each pound.
Beef filet-Twenty to twenty-five min
utes
Lamb, well done-Fifteen minutes for
each pound.
Mutton, rare-Ten to twelve minutes
for each pound.
Mutton, well done-Fifteen to eighteen
minutes for each pound.
Pork well done-Twenty-five to thirty
minutes for each pound.
Veal, we'll done-Eighteen to twenty
minutes for each pound.
Braised meat-Three and one-half to
four hours.
Chickens, weighing from three TO five
pounds-One to one and one-half hours.
Turkeys, weighing from nine to twelve
pounds-Three to three and one-half
hours.
Fish, of average thickness. Weighing
from six to eight pounds-One hour.
Cakes and Pastry.
Sponge cake-Forty-fve to ffty-five
minutes.
Plain cake-Twenty to forty-five min
utes.
Cookies-Ten to twelve minutes.
Gingerbread-Twenty to thirty min
utes.
Plum pudding-Two and one-quarter to
three hours.
TapiOca or rice pudding-One hour.
Bread pudding-SiXty-five minutes.
Pies with two crusts-Thirty to forty
minutes.
Graham rolls-Half an hour.
Wheat rolls-Ten to eighteen minutes.
Bread-Forty to sixty minutes.
Biscuit-Ten to eighteen minutes.
Vegetables.
String beans-One and one-half to two
hours.
CauIiflower-Thirty to forty minutes.
Cabbage, new-Thirty to forty-five min
utes.
Corn, young-Five to ten minutes.
Carrots-Fifty TO sixty minutes.
Asparagus-Fifteen to eighteen min
Onions-Thirty-five to forty-five min
utes.
Oyster plant-Forty to sixty minutes.
| Peas-Fffteen to twenty minutes.
Potatoes, boiled-Twenty to thirty min
| utes.
Potatoes, steamed-Thirty to forty-five
| minutes.
Turnips-Thirty-fiv to fifty minutes,
Parsnips- to forty-five min
| utes.-N. Y. Recorder.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-09-20
Valuable Recipes.

Crullers-Half a pound Of butter, three
quarters Of pound Of sugar, two pounds
of -four. one nutmeg grated, half a tea
spoonful of soda dissolved in half tea
cup Of water or milk, six eggs.
Scalloped Corn-Butter a shallow bak-
ing dish and put in alternate layers of
corn, seasoned with salt and pepper, and
cracker crumbs well buttered, until the
dish is full, having crumbs on top. Pour
over enough milk to nearly cover 1t, and
bake three-fourths Of an hour in a good
oven.
Potted Pears-Take ripe pears, wipe
them carefully, place a layer, stem up
ward, in a stone Jar, sprinkle over
sugar, then set in another layer Of pears
more sugar, and on, until the jar is
filled. To every gallon put in pint
and a half of water. Cover the jar
close, and set in a slow oven two hours
1t is a nice dish for the tea table, with
or without Cream.
Coffee Cream Cake-Make a delicate
cup-cake, and bake in three layers. Boil
one pint of milk and add two table
spoonsful of corn-starch dissolved In
cold water. a small cup of sugar, and
three well-beaten eggs, with half cur
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-09-20
Marketing Ttnrkexs.

correspondent of the Country Cen
tleman writes: Il have raised chickens
and turkeys for market for several
years, sometimes selling them alive and
sometimes dressed; sometimes scalded
before picking and sometimes picking
them dry.
"As TO the time Of marketing, / have
sometimes sold before Thanksgiving,
sometimes at Christmas and sometimes
have kept the fowls over until February
or March, and a few years have tried
to raise broilers for the spring and early
summer market. The last, however, /
soon discovered would not pay on a
small scale. If one has incubator and
brooder, with conveniences for extensive
operations, II will undoubtedly pay we'll;
but to the average farmers wife, who
must depend on sitting hens in FebrU
airy and March, with the thermometer
lowering round Zero It is an undertake
ing which is decidedly certain of one
result, and that is a failure Of cash
compensation for time and labor ex-
pended. But to marketing grown
fowls, I have learned several things in
connection with it that I shall profit by
In future.
the hen-house, and select a more ele-
waited perch-a tree or fence or the roof
of some building furnishing a roosting-
place more &c their liking. This is not,
however, conducive to fattening in cold
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-09-20
The Supply of Hay.

The following from the National
Stockman is a conservative view Of the
hay situation: ut is true that the hay
crop of western Europe is short some
millions of tons, and that of America
is also apparently below the yield OF
1892; yet it must be kept in mind that
the demand from foreigners will not
approach in volume this shortage in
their crops. nor will the marketable sup
plies in America be measured wholly
by any falling off in production from
the crop Of 1892. There are influences
which will tend to modify the effect
Of these conditions in several direc-
tions.
I'm the first place in a year Of recog-
nized shortage of any crop greater care
in the use of il is exercised, and a vast
saving made in consumption over what
would be used in years OF plenty. This
disposition to consume a minimum
amount of hay is shown both abr DAD
and at home; in Europe by the heavy
marketing Of live stock, and by the
numerous inquiries in papers for rations
of cheaper forage that will ia meas
ure take the place of hay. Indeed the
French government has already pre-
pared a bulletin giving directions for
the compromising of such rations. And
at home the marketable supplies may
be materially increased by a somewhat
similar process. Those who can secure
remunerative prices for their hay will
as far as possible substitute the cheaper
and more abundant straw and fodder,
and turn their hay into cash Indica-
lions are that less straw has been
burned this year in the West than ever
before. In many sections farmers have
stacked what was usually left TO rot
or consigned to the flames. Another
matter which will tend to limit the con-
sumption abroad is disposition to
slaughter animals now which would
have been marketed later, thus saving
a large amount Of hay. This will great
ly reduce the consumption of hay out
side of the cities.
1.-The above are some of the influences
which stand In the way Of exorbitant
prices for hay in this country. Indica-
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-09-20

weather. I have heard people say that
turkeys will not eat If shut up, but I
know my turkeys do, and fatten nicely.
They should be shut up by themselves
in a stable or other building, and be
pro- ided with plenty Of gravel or
pounded crockery, pure water and corn.
1 think there is nothing better for their
grinding material than pounded crock
cry. Broken dishes are always saved
for this purpose at our house. A fat
stone and a hammer will reduce them
to suita5le-sized pieces in a short time,
and they are greedily eaten by all poul-
try.
Thanksgiving time there is almost al
ways rush Of fowls on the market by
people anxious TO get rid of them be-
fore cold weather, and as the price is
corTespondihgly low, as a general thing,
it is well TO plan to keep your turkeys
and chickens until later. Ducks and
geese are often brought to market in
quantities sufficient to alter prices
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-09-20
THE CRAwFoRDsvILLE RACES.
Close of Successful Week OF the
Montgomery Fair.

CRAwFORDSvILLE, Sept. 14.-Spe-
cial.-Today was the big day of the
Montgomery county fair. An immense
crowd was present. The races were
fine, the track being in excellent condi-
ton. The races resulted as follows:
In the 2:2S trot were seven starters.
Billy F. winning, Rena 2, Matte Scott
3. Time, 2:2SA. 1t took four heats to
win. The purse was $3.50.
In the 2:15 pace. purse $500, John r.
won, Ziglar 2. Five starters and four
heats.
Best time, 2asK.
Running race, one mile and repeat
Jim Mack won. Time, 1:50. Charles
Russell 2. Purse $780,
CRAWFORDSvILLE Sept. 15.-Spe-
cial.-The Montgomery county fair closed
today. The attendance was very large.
the track in the pink Of condition and
the racing fine.
DR.. Hale broke the track record of 2:1S
by pacing a mile in 2:15A. for which a
prize of $50 was given by the associa-
ton, providing he went below PIG.
The most enthusiastic race was the 2:24
pace, which was won by Charlottesville
favovite, Clint Kiff, in three straight
heats without a break. Time, 2:21A. He
is owned by James Freeman of this city
Freeman was taken from his sulky and
lifted high in the air while the band
circled around him and played AFTER
the Ball" The applause was deafening
and lasted fully fifteen minutes. Mr..
Freeman was given a reception tonight
by the leading men of the city.
The rider of Grover b., a young boy
apparently not over sixteen, in the first
heat of the running race lost his saddle
before he rode a quarter. He rode fully
mile on his horses neck. 1t looked
as if he must fall and be killed, but it
was a ride for life. The little fellow was
cheered roundly when he returned in
front Of the grand stand.
The days races resulted as follows:
PA pace, purse S250-Clint Kiff won in
three straight heats, Rolla second, Col
lette third. Best time, 2:21A.
2:40 trot, purse $200-Mattie Scott won,
Glenwood second, Greenwood third. Best
time, 2:27.
2:2O trot, purse SHORTCOMINGS won, Ed
gar second, Nellie P. third. Best time,
2:25A.
Run, half mile and repeat, purse $50
Lizzie X. won, K. Of p. second, Men,
DRY third. Best time, :52%.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-09-20
KING OF TROTTERs.
Dierctum Makes n Mile ut Chicago I'm
2tO6 1-2.


CHICAGO, Sept. 15-The stallion trot-
ting record broken to 2.0s1s, the worlds
pacing record of 2:04 equaled and four
heats desperately fought from wire to
wire in the greatest race ever trotted,
was the sport witnessed by $4,000 peo-
pie at Washington park today. The day
was not one for speed. the track itself
was lightning fast, but the wind blew
fiercely In the horses faces all the way
down the home stretch. 1t was a day
when strength stood a horse in better
stead than a great flight of speed.
The little black son of Director, who
two weeks ago snatched the stallion
record from Kremlin. made a new rec
ord for himself today, and all things
considered, it was a phenomenal mile.
Before Directum was brought out it
was announced that owing to the high
wind he would be sent against his own
record Of 2:O7 instead Of against that
of Nancy Hanks. 2sO4. it being conceded
that to equal the latter's time on such
a day as this was an impossibility for
any horse. 1t was after o'clock when
Kelly's red cap and jacket came around
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-09-20

CHICAGO, Sept. 1.-THE greatest field
of trotters that ever faced a starter went
at Washington park today for the Co
lumbar stake, valued at $4,000. 1t was
the first time that the great race mares
Hulda and Alix had ever come together
and the crowd of 1900 looked for a
great battle between them, and they were
not disappointed. AS the unfinished
race stands tonight its four heats show
the fastest average of any four heats
ever made in race and the worlds trot-
ting race record was cut to 2:O72 in the
first heat.
The scoring for all the heats was pro-
tracted and hard on the horses. They
went away for the first heat on the thir-
teenth attempt and Alix, who had drawn
the outside position, Immediately shot to
the front and followed closely by Lord
Clinton, Hulda and Pixley, went to the
FIRST quarter in S21s seconds. Hulda
made a strong bid for the lead in the
back stretch, but the little bay mare was
going at too hot a pace and Hulda fell
back. On the lower turn she came again
and pressed Alix hard, but the daughter
of Patronage was going at rate that
quickly carried Hulda to break and she
fell back for good. Pixley made a rush
for the heat in the last eighth and came
IN at pace that was too fast even for
Alix, but the distance to the wire was
too short and Alix won by head. The
crowd simply went frantic when the time
was hung out and it continued to yell
for ten minutes after the heat was over.
The fractional time for the heat was:
Quarter. S21k; half. 1904; three-quarters.
1854 mile, 2:OT21.
Alix actually trotted the mile from
wire to wire in 2:O7 or better. for she was
over two lengths back when the word
was given. In the second and third
heats Alix made nervous breaks just af
ter leaving the wire and she never had
a chance to win, Hulda beating every
thing without being pressed. In the
fourth she was steadier and she. Lord
Clinton and Hulda went IN a bunch to
the three-quarters pole. where the pace
became too hot and Hulda went into the
air, Pixley also falling back. Alix came
very fast the last quarter and finished
six lengths ahead Of Pixley, who took it
into her head to trot again and moved
down everything between her and sec
ond place. Hulda never regained her
feet, ran the last three-eighths OF the
mile and finished two lengths behind the
distance flag, which, however, was not
dropped In her face. Nightingale in this
heat. who finished third, was set back
10 fifth, but the judges were apparently
not looking at Hulda and she was given
last place. She was as fairly distanced
as any horse that was ever shut out.
She carried a world of money, too, and
before the heat sold at $50 to SIS for the
field. it being the general opinion that the
great first mile Of Alix had used up that
little mare. The race will be called at
8 O'Clock tomorrow and later Directum
goes against the record Of Nancy Hanks
and Flying Jib against the pacing rec
ord of Mascot-2:O4. Following are sum-
maries:
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-09-20

SOUTH BEND, Sept. IA. = Special
The races postponed on account Of the
heavy rain yesterday afternoon were
taken up this afternoon and continued
until dark The track was in good con-
dition and the races all holly contested.
The three-year-old pace, purse $500. was
won easily in three straight heats by
Genius. Best time. 2:291z. The PAS trot
purse $500. was won in straight heats
by Edgar P. Best time, 2:29. The 2:35
pace will be finished tomorrow. Much
interest is being manifested in the races
Henry c. Wheeler OF this city is acting
as starter.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-09-20
Pig Pork.

Waldo Brown writes to an eastern
journal as follows:
For several years past I have been
impressed with the fact that to the
man who would manage intelligently,
a money making business could be eS-
tablished in the production Of pig pork.
The best success would be attained by
keeping a dairy and selling butter or
cream, and feeding the milk TO the
pigs, but I have proved by repeated
experiments that fine thrifty pigs can
be put on the market at six months
old without milk by feeding on slop
made of bran and oilmeal. l sold pigs
in 1892 at four and one-half months old
averaging 10 pounds, that had been
through the pasture is an advantage,
providing it does not become a source
Of contagion, but if cholera prevails in
the locality the virus is likely to be
carried by the water to farms below.
AS to breeds, / have been familiar
with most of the leading kinds, and have
lived for forty-five years in the Miami
valley where the famous Poland China
hogs originated, and probably no other
station in Ohio has shipped so many
breeding hogs as Oxford. believe that
as now perfected there is no better breed
of hogs than this in Ohio or the United
States, and if 1 was starting in the
business Of pig pork production | should
certainly use thoroughbred Poland China
sows, but would use a Berkshire sire.
These cross-bred pigs must not, however,
be used as breeders, as their offspring
will not be uniform in character; but
brood sows can be kept for five years or
more, and thus a new lot procured.
Teach the pigs to eat by the time they
are four weeks old and wean at eight
weeks. by which time they will be eating
so that they will not miss the mother S
milk. Breed the sows for two filters a
year, and feed them we'll so to keep
them in good flesh, but never winter
brood soWs on corn. Feed roots largely
if you can grow them Beets are best,
but turnips will anSwSr.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-09-20
The Drought RroLen.

PAOLI. Sept 1s.-SpeciaL-The extreme
drought that this section has suffered from
since the middle Of June has been par
TALLY broken by refreshing showers this
week. but the cry is still for rain. we
have not yet had a 1.-THE Of what we need
The rains that have fallen have been fol-
lowed by extreme heat, the mercury yes
terday and today reaching 102 in the shade
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-09-20
The BEDFORD Races.

BEDFORD, Sept 14-Special.-
opening of the fail races held here was
favored with fair weather today, though
the attendance was not very large. The
races were interesting. Summaries:
800 pace, purse SCOT. n. b. 1, Red
Penn 2, Crawfton 3, Henry Cloud 4.
Best time, 2:33.
2:24 trot, purse S3OO-Kitty Greenland
er 1, Gen. Bartholomew 2, Nuncio 3, In
glenOok 1, Bright Mark D.
Best time, 2:271s.
2:9O pace, purss S2OO-Richard B. /,
]. K. 2. Silver SprsN 3, Spencer King 4,
Jack the Ripper 5.
Best time, 2:2512
The fourth race was postponed on ac-
count Of getting dark and could not be
finished.
BEDFORD, Sept. 15.-Special.-There
was large attendance at the races here
today and the track in better shape con-
seQuently better time was made.
Summaries:
The fourth race of yesterday. 800 trot.
purse $500, which owing to darkness re
NAMED unfinished was finished today.
FANNIE Mark. .-.........-...-........... l
Greenwood .................-.........
Afterus ................-.........
Baroness ............................ 4
Jack o'Dreams.. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 6
Best time-2:29%.
Free-for-alI pace, purse 500
Bessie, M.......................-..I al
""''H T f;iE1;-2:aa '2IS, 2:ao, 2:25A.
2.30 trot, purse $3.50
Star Prince.
BelladO OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
Annie Wilkes.
Rolly Ryan. ..............................
Gertrude ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
Glor1ne 8
Rdllake ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Z
Best time-2:22
2:23 pace. purse 800
lOid
Little Harry. ............................
f(OCkQOWn OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. :
Best time-2.251k