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The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-07-04
WOMAN AND HER HOME.
SUCCESSES MADE By WOMEN ON
BOARDS OF PUBLIC WORKS.
bringing Up Little 0neS-Life of the
Homeless women Keep Your
Bread Dry-COnsider Our Girls-TO
Do Up HandLerchiefs-HOw He Was
Converted.

When Mrs jacob handles a question
of public health or Mrs Josephine Shaw
Russell of public charity, when Mrs.
Alice Lincoln faces the Boston charity
commissioners and carries the day no.
body complains that these ladies do not
know what they are talking about. The
only criticism is that they know it too
well Once make it plain that the Ques-
ton a issue is one involving the moral
element or the humane element. there is
no complaint made that women do not
interest themselves in it. No matter
where they learned their lessons-it may
have been in the nurseries Of their own
children in that prenursery Of period
devoted to paper dolls-at any rate, they
have learned it somewhere and can hold
their own. One reason is that their life
is necessarily, even in the most limited
sphere, a work Of details.
1t is invariably found thaEwhen wom-
en- are placed on public boards they i'm
mediately begin TO apply the habits they
acquired in housekeeping. Now, mas
much as the functions of public boards
are really a kind of housekeeping on a
large scale, this is undoubtedly the very
best thing they can do. When it comes
to borrowing money on large scale and
mourning a debt-which is sometimes the
very thing that needs to be dOne-WOmen
are doubtless less ready and fearless
than men. When, on the other hand, the
important thing is to find out your pre-
else municipal income and live upon it,
women are greatly aided by the habits
of their whole lives. Their acquired ten
dency will be TO accept the situation, to
distribute fairly among the various de-
partments and in general to cut the coat
according to the cloth.
Instead Of nrOVinP reckless and DrO-
fuse, they turn out TO be prudent and
cautious, dealing with each bill as If it
were their household account with the
family grocer. Every one who has had
occasion to serve with women on public
boards or charity organizations is prob
ably familiar with this trait It is a
quality which. while in some respects
discourag ing as to enterprise, is, on the
whole, a safeguard. Women being I'M
used to risks or bold ventures, such en-
terprises seem a little more intimidatlng,
on the whole, to them than to men.
Their memory for small details, too, is
more formidable than that of men, and
then perhaps they keep diaries.
The late Miss Abby May, when a men,
Der of the Massachusetts board of edu-
cation, could at any time send a thrill
of anxiety through the board by quietly
taking from her pocket a certain mex
orable little red memorandum book. 1t
will be found in almost any American
city, on comparing the lists Of officers
in the charitable societies of fifty years
ago with those of today, that, whereas
they found it necessary to begin with
having men as treasurers, women now
usually keep these financial affairs in
their own hands. ghis results in a de-
tailed accuracy which is heroic and
| sometimes pathetic.-Col. Higginson in
Women and Men.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-07-04
Consider Onr Girls.

what are we to do with our girls p"
distracted parents are asking necessarily.
The answer Is easy enough. Consider
them, respect the needs of their nature,
and do not require them to conform to
the exigencies of the day before yester-
day. Parents who would do their duty
by the modern girl should recognize the
fact that the average intelligence is
higher in her sex than 1t used to be, that
observation is involuntary and that
silence may conceal thought, but does
not stiie it. The reasoning faculty Is
there and will work of its own accord,
but probably all awry if not carefully
directed. There are very few girls who
will not strive after an ideal Of life If only
1t is offered to them early.
Girls are Of a plastic nature. Their in
clinations for the most part tend toward
refining influences, but Influenced they
must be, and if there is an absence Of
that which is noble in the shape into
which they are first nodded then that
which is ignoble is apt to take its place
There is no more difficult or delicate task
in education than the forming Of young
girls character If a well judged touch
will on the one hand produce the most
beautiful results, so on the other one
that is i'll judged will warp and disfigure.
N. Y Advertiser
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-07-04
How He Was Converted.

Emma Hartman, in the southern
California White Ribbon, says:
1 once heard a minister tell how he
was converted to woman suffrage. He
was a very resolute. determined. out
spoken man, and his friends tried hard
to keep him from going to the polls at
all. for fear he would be beaten for his
fearless defense of the right But he
went in spite of them, to find a filthy
polling place filled with half drunken,
foul-mouthed men, the air thick with
tobacco smoke and heavy with curses.
One fight after another made the day
hideous. The next year he went again.
The women had been there before him.
The place was clean; flowers stood about
in vases here and there. In one corner
were tables covered with white cloths
ard women, good women, gave out coffee
and cakes to the voters. Il staid all
day" said he. land not a man swore
or smoked or fought. The place was
clean in the morning and clean at night,
and 1 said. If women can do this in one
day. what could they do in a year, in a
lifetime? This is what we need, the
women TO help US in political matters,
and God helping me I'll vote for it from
this day on " And he did.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-07-04
To Do Up HandI<erchiefs.

To have your handkerchiefs always
looking like new ones wash and iron them
after the following directions: After
they have been washed and brought IN
dried from the line, instead of sprinkling
them for ironing as you do the other
clothes, put two quarts Of water in
bowl and squeeze six drops Of bluing
into it from the blue bag; then take
piece Of raw starch the size of a pigeons
egg and dissolve it in the water, being
carefuh that 1t does not settle in the bot
tom Of the bowl.
Take each handkerchief separately, dip
it up and down in the water two or three
times, squeeze il as dry as possible with
the hands, then when they have all been
dipped in lay them out smoothly in
towel and place them in the clothes
basket.
To iron them lay them out fiat on the
ironing table and smooth them on both
sides. After this make a fold two inches
deep across the handkerchief and press
it in lightly with the iron; then make q
fold the other way across the handker-
chief just as they are folded in the boxes
when you buy them. BY laundering
them in this way handkerchiefs viii look
quite new as long as they last.-N. Y.
Mail and Express.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-07-04
Curing Clover HnN.

1 have at last learned how to cure clo-
yer hay so as to be sure of a sweet arti-
Gle free from must and mold. The secret
lies in what l call double curing. In
bright, good hay weather clover will dry
in a single day until one can feel no
moisture with the hand, and no water
can be wrung out of ii by twisting the
stems, but if put in bulk for a night it
will be found damp and clammy. For
several years past l have followed this
rule:
We start the machine in the afternoon,
and, if we wish to cut only one or two
acres, not until after O'Clock supper.
There is no moisture on the clover at this
time and it is so late that it does not
wilt at all that night. and so the dew
does not injure it, The next day at II
O'Clock we turn it, and again at 1. and
an hour later rake it up. and O'Clock
we have it all in cocks The next day.
after the outside Is thoroughly dry, we
open the cocks and invariably find them
damp, but we shake them out so that the
sun and air have access to every part
and when this second moisture has dried
out we know that our hay is so well
cured as to be safe in the NOV. Should
the day prove cloudy or a poor hay day
we do not disturb that cut the night be-
fore, but leave it in the swath, for il
will endure long rain with but little
damage in this shape, but if 1t has been
dried, and then stands out through a
rain, either in the cock or windrOw, ii is
greatly damaged. One Saturday 1 put in
clover hay in good condition which, when
/ had to take it out to feed, came out
as easily as though it had been pitched
off by hand. Usually two men can do
this as fast as II comes, but if necessary
we let the horse fork wait little. for 1
want this job done well even at the sac
rifice of a little time. Timothy hay does
not require this second drying, but in
good hay weather we can begin to draw
in by l O'Clock that. which was cut the
previous evening. 1. have never used a
hay tedder, but know how they work,
and think that by the use or one timothy
hay could be cured in three hours in per-
feet hay weather.-W. f. Brown in Coun-
try Gentleman.
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that 1T pays to raise pork from clean,
sweet pig pens, and from food that is
not disease-breeding. There is sweeter
flavor to pork that comes from clean
pen, and the animals from which it IS
raised show a smaller percentage
raised after the old-fashioned
dirty method 1t is just as much
appies to pigs as to other animals, that
csSan, healthy body must be inclosed
in a 7,lean, healthy skin. If we allowed
our COWS or sheep to wallow in the filth
that surrounds the pig during most Of
his life il would not surprise us at all if
they suffered from lice, ticks and all
sorts of skin diseases.
Most diseases among swine start from
a filthy pen. Hog cholera started there
and oiner hog troubles will find the same
ortgi'G The disease germs live and grow
in the filth, and the sickness of one ami
NAL is communicated to the whole herd
Clean out such a pen twice a week and
disinfect 1t with slaked lime If hog
cholera or plague breaks out this is the
quickest way TO check it. Make the
floor of the pen either of boards or of
earth packed down solidly. Have a
natural drain from it to some place
where manure can be kept. AS the wa
ter collects there il will run, off and
ma terial is thrown into the pen the
hogs will root less than if confined to
dry dirt. 1t is possible by cleaning the
pen out once or twice a week, and dis
injecting it with lime, to keep the place
in a sweet, presentable condition, where
II is possible for hogs to live and grow
fat without contracting disease. Occa-
sionally IL may be necessary TO throw
in fresh dirt as the old bottom is scraped
away.
As for the question of feeding the
swine with food that is at least not in
the putrid state ii seems very necessary
to speak plainly. The notion prevails
too generally that the hogs are general
receptacles for all sorts of waste that is
good for nothing else. Consequently
many hogs are starved into the condi-
ton Of eating old stuff that is actually
poisonous in its character Half-decom-
posed food can do no animal good So
called Stops should be sweet at least.
Two slop pals should be kept ready for
swill. and each one should be drained
every week and then washed out, dried
In the sun, and some lime placed in it
for a day. Then ii is ready to receive
swill for another week, while the other
swill pail goes through a similar stage
Of cleansing Today most swill pals
are not emptied from one years end to
another. and they are actually filthy.
Do not starve the pigs and then say
they will eat anything. Give them good,
nutricious food and clean swill and they
will then leave many unhealthy articles
that they now eat.-Cor. American Gull
tivatOr.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-07-04
Care of Carpets.

If cleanliness and economy are to be
observed in the household, it is neces-
sary to give special care TO carpets. At
least twice a year they should be taken
up and treated to sun and wind bath
and a general all-around beating. A car
pet lining is a necessity. 1t may be Of
newspaper or felt. Before sweeping
throw some tea leaves on the floor. A
coarse broom is apt to cut a carpet,
especially one with a velvet pile. Use
an ordinary elothesbrush instead. Then
there are spots of grease on the carpet
They may be removed by covering them
with curd soap which has been dissolved
in boiling water. Rub thoroughly over
the spot with a brush. To remove a
tallow stain try alcohol. For vegetable.
wine and. fruit stains and red ink wash
with warm soap and water or ammonia.
When the stain is of tar, rub with pumice
stone. then soap. Let IL stand awhile
and then wash alternately with turpen-
tine and water.-Upholsterer
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-07-04
Our Agricultural Exports.

There are some instructive lessons on
the subject Of hard times prices to be
found in the late bulletin of the national
bureau of statistics. showing the prin-
cipal domestic exports for the
month of May. 1894. 1t shows that the
value Of breadstuffs exported for the
eleven months ending May 81. 1894, was
$l53907 500 while the figures for the
eleven months ending May 81 1898 were
SlH,413,S9l, thus showing an actual falling
off of So. $50. $50. This would be a bad
showing if one failed 10 take into account
the low prices as compared with a year
ago. A further examination of the table
shows that i'm many things there was
decided and gratifying increase. Thus
IL may he seen for the eleven months
ending May 81 Of this year there was an
actual increase in the exports as COM
pared with the cOTrespOn ling period of
last year of 217S,9Sl bushels Of barley,
20 5S6.S55 bushels Of corn, 1892 barrels
Of cOrnmeal, 4,0i1 .974 bushels of oats, g.
S3S,O45 pounds Of oatmeal. and 225.JS2
barrels of flour. The actual decrease in
bulk was q 973,174 bushels of wheat and
LOAF bushels of rye. But the unfaVorable
showing is chiefly in the matter Of values.
Thus. although there was an increase Of
225.0S barrels Of -four there was an
actual decrease in values of $5,1l3.076, or
about one-ffth Of the total falling off
So, too, in the case OF cOrnmeal. which
shows an increased export of f4.3l2
bushels, with a decrease in value Of $780,
445 Corn exports jumped from 10000, 900
to 60,0O0.000 bushels, an increase of 80
per cent. while the value of the corn eX-
ported increased only from 81, 000, 900 to
SOS, OO0, 900, or about 50 per cent In other
words. while there was a falling off of
900 in the value of our bread
stuffs exported for the eleven months as
compared with the previous period of the
same length of time. there was an actual
net increase Of 1851, 3S4 bushels of grain,
besides the meal and flour The increase
in the export movement OF oatmeal is
especially noticeable, the figures giving
1888. 466 pounds, valued at $214.516, for
1894 against 4,595.421 pounds, valued at
$125,747, for 1898. The exports of pro-
visions for the eleven months show an
increase in value of 50 1S4.73S yet there
was falling off as compared with the
corresponding period ending May 81, 1893,
of 1874, 743 pounds Of cheese, ASH, S2S
pounds of tallow. Il 927, 167 pounds of
fresh beef and 21,65304S of canned beef
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-07-04
Dehornins Cattle.

The Orange Judd Farmer gives the
following detailed directions for the oper-
alton, now so generally used Of removing
the horns Of cattle. The writer says:
"This operation should be done in as
merciful a manner as possible, when the
animal Is young. as then there is no pain.
All that Is needed is a pair of sharp,
curved scissors, a stick of caustic potash,
a cup Of clean water and a rope. Catch
the calf, fix the rope so that the calf
is cast and tied secure. trim the hair off
as close to the skin as possible around
the button or knob where the horn will
come out. and then dip the stick Of
caustic in the cup of water and rub IL
all around and over the button. When
this is done, turn the calf again and re-
peat the application. II this Is we'll done,
the calf will never know what horn Is.
For removing matured horn, the
operation is best performed with a fine
!. tenoning saw. taking the horn off close
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-07-04
neh,,,,,,iur Hot Rnths.

Don't take hot bath an the morning,
girls. 1t is the very worst thing you
can do to the complexion, digestion and
interior departments generally. Instead
of stimulating the digestive organs they
are debilitated by the exhaustive hot
water. A big breakfast taken soon after
is an added injury and step in the
direction of dyspepsia. Cold water, that
is what you want before breakfast Pull
on an oiled silk cap, turn on the shower,
stand in the tub and take the shock
one or two minutes. Never mind the
soap or sponge. Then dry up and drink
a cup of hot milk, water or clear tea or
coffee. That's the way to tone up the
nervous system and send the blood
cnursinG through the veins That's the
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-07-04

The Brooklyn woman is Mrs. Lille
Meyer. Five years ago she began to feel
sharp pains in her abdomen. with the
bearing-down feeling and pains in her
back. She tried doctors and got no relief.
A friend told her of Mrs Pinkham's Com
pound, and after usingit the pain left her,
and menstruation now comes without suf-
fering.
The Riverside. Cal. woman is Mrs. J.
E. Dewey, who says. - have used three
bottles of your Vegetable Compound for
painful transformations.
Every month my suffering was terri
bic, and was obliged TO go 10 bed
After using the first bottle. my general
health was muchimproved, and now. after
using three bottles. all pain has left me,
and l am a well woman. Lydia f. Pink
hams Vegetable COMPOUND is as unfailing
as the SUM- Get it from your druggist.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-07-04

such vines will come through the winter
uninjured, when those in the garden
vineyard are seriously damaged.
The clover hay harvest should begin as
soon as the field is well IN bloom, and
every care possible exercised in curing and
takings are uncertain in which the weather
takes such an important part, much may
be done to offset the uncertainties by ex-
IRENE watchfulness and care and no diary
man can afford to withhold these in such
a case.
Kerosene emulsion can most easily be ap-
piled to stock TO destroy lice and prevent
the attacks of the horn fly by using the
sprayer. which is designed originally for
applying spraying mixtures to fruit trees.
A hanG sprayer Is most convenient. and
with fine nozzle very small quantity
will be sufficient, whereas by hand and
sponge application the work will require
much more liquid and take much more
time.
Many mistakes are made in setting out
be set near the house. They are useful as
windbrakes at the north and west, at some
distance from the house, where they NAV
be set in clumps or hedges, but never on a
lawn. Grass does not Go well under
them Is under deciduOus trees, ard SO
tire year that they are unsightly and inter
fere with the mower.
Stirring the soil in warm weather makes
II warmer by admitting more outside air
1t also stimulates decomposition of any
vegetable matter that the soil contains
supply of fertility The more manure that
the farmer applies the more thorough
should be the cultivation Of the crop. Only
thus can its full value be secured. Be
sides, unless the cultivator is kept busy
the manure makes weeds grow as well as
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-07-04

SO goOd-by TO all dreams Of Vesuvius and
the bay of Naples in connection with our
I bonnets Thus are most Of our idols
and idyls-shattered. We dress our salad
with olive oil, nominally the product of
sunny Tuscany, only TO discover later
that Il is made from the domestic pea
nut We eat Mediterranean sardines,
ascertaining by and by that they were
caught Off the coast Of Maine. Our Brte
cheese is made in Orange county; our
French wines come from California: ouI
spaghetti never came near salt water
until it was cooked. Since, as X appears
we must use our own products, why noi
announce TO the world in general that
we really are sufficient to ourselves and
honestly call American goods by AmerfS
can names. thus avoiding the payment
of duty on imported titles?
Black hats. neapolitan and others, are
mush worn this year and are often pro-
fusely trimmed with ostrich plufnes,
which are again in full vogue. They are
q perishable sort of decoration although
very beautiful, for the least dampness
in the air destroys the lovely curl that Is
their chief charm and make them srif
and fat, and recurring never restores
them TO their prestine beauty. The
spangled plumes are especially sensitive
to moisture. their frost vanishing before
a fog as natural frost does before the
sun.
Moire ribbon shows no decline Of popu-
larity as a trimming for hat and bon4
nets. 1t combines we'll with Jet and
spangles and has the glitter which is this
season conceived necessary TO a fashion,
able effect. Yellow and black is a. popu-
lar combination. and a very pretty gold
colored straw braid has been brought
out, wide and glossy, but light. 1t is
fragile in spite of its coarse weave and
will not bear rough usage.
A sketch is given of a large round
hat made of black lace shirred on wires.
1t is edged with jet spangles and trims
med with chantilly lace which forms two
large wings in front. These serve as a
background to two jet wings fastened
together in the middle by a knot OF rib
bon from which springs jet aigret.
JUDO CHOLLET.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-07-04
Housework and Health.

Refined woman finds much satisfaction
in performing certain tasks in her own
way, and there is no healthier employ
ment than common homework Even
physical culture teachers have to admit
that If there is requisite strength for the
steady pull there Is nothing like the
ordinary tasks of homework for develop
ing full chest, strong back and good
lungs. However much domestic science
and new implements may simplify old
methods of housekeeping, the more the
better. the happlest and most economical
ly managed home will still be the one
where the mistress is content TO give her
energies and accomplishments to the sue
cessful running of the domestic ma
chinery rather than TO numerous outside
enterprises.-Brookly Eagle.
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She Rose 10 the Occasion.

Columbus has a number Of women OF
original bent of mind and occupation.
Mrs Wormley. wife of the worldwide
authority on poisons, illustrated her nus
bands work on "Posons" So delicate
were her drawings that no engraver
could be found not even in the United
States mint, 10 undertake the work.
Undaunted. Mrs. Wormley mastered the
engraver's art to such a degree Of pro-
ficiency that she engraved her own draw
ings, which remain tandard.-Columbu
Disuatch.
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Social Obligations.

Women make a great mistake in try
ing TO pay off all their social obligations
in bulk. Nothing is more fatiguing than
the preliminary work to a grand dinner
or great reception. 1t is a great deal
better, and 1t will certainly be found
more acceptable 10 one's guests II the
social obligations be paid gradually, and
II 1t be to dinner let there be no more
than the table can accommodate or the
usual help attend TO. In issuing invita-
tons to such dinner parties care should
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-07-04
The NIndcrn Girl.

Novel-reading is not as popular as II
was some years ago with the girl whose
time hung heavy on her hands. Prob-
ably the reason may be found In The
greater devotion 10 athletic sports which
prompts a girl to go out for walk,
tennis game or a bicycle ride rather than
Toll with a sensational love story, OF
perhaps the girls are steadily growing
more sensible-who s?-ChicagO