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The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-02-21
DISHES.
Some Very Practical Suggestions
About Washing Them.


I have an improved plan for washing
dishes which has been practiced in some
households in this city, and which has
been pronounced a great success, says
a correspondent of the Detroit News.
First, have your water boiling hot
This is essential. Provide yourself with
a common painters brush, with han
die about ten inches long. If the bristles
are not found convenient, tie a piece Of
soft rag at the end of a stick of the
same length. Take the plates. and after
removing all the scraps, pile them on
top of each other in the empty dishpan.
Pour enough not water on the tOpmost
dish to fill the dish. Then tipping up
one end of the dish with your finger,
wash front and back with the brush.
In France special brushes trimmed with
thin rope about four inches long. instead
of brushes are used for this purpose.
Remember il is not the heat Of the
plates but the hot water that pains the
hands. When this is completed. the
water will be in the next dish. Lift the
clean dish out and place 1t on its edge
against the wall. Put in more hot
water and perform the same operation on
all the other dishes. and when the work
is finished you will find that the heat
has dried the plates and that they do
not require to be wiped. BY this meth
cd you need not scald or wet your hands,
and you also avoid the trouble of wiping,
which is half the work.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-02-21
Valuable Recipes.

Fruit Pudding-One cupful sugar, half
a cupful Of butter. two eggs, one cupful
sour milk, three cupfuls flour, one cup
full chopped raisins, one teaspoonful
soda, spice TO taste. Steam two hours.
Silver Cake-One-half cup of butter
two cups powdered sugar, three cups of
flour. one cup of cold water. whites Of
four eggs, one scant teaspOonful of soda
and two heaping Of cream tartar or
three rounded teaspoonfuls of baking
powder.
Mig Gravy-one pint of good sweet
milk and two teaspoonfuls of white flour
to each pint of good milk. Dissolve the
flour in a little cold milk. and then stir
this into the hot milk. and mix the
whole together and let it boil up once;
then Immediately remove from the fire
and serve.
Fried Potatoes-Boil some potatoes;
when done. peel them and set them
away to get cold. Then chop them up
fine and add pepper and salt to the
taste. Flour them and fry in hot lard.
They must be brown. Some add little
vinegar just before they are taken out
of the pan.
A Good Milk Soup-Boil whatever
quantity of milk YOU wish to use with a
bay leaf, some salt and a lump of SUI
gar: meantime fry slices OF bread about
three inches by one and half inches;
when they are golden brown place
them in the tureen, thicken the milk
with the yollxs of three eggs. season to
taste. pour over the bread and serve.
Broiled Lobster-A lobster not less
than ten and half inches long should
be selected and split in two lengthwise
which instantly kills it. Remove the
entrail and stomach. Brush a little but
ter over the lobster and brol the
shell side first. then turn and broil the
other Serve with melted butter. The
lobster should never be boiled and then
broiled
If you want TO serve EGGS in a new
way for an Easter breakfast or at
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-02-21
Money fn Feeding Lnmhr.

A large Connecticut feeder, who has
been very successful, gives these points
about his business:
We feed our lambs from three TO five
months before turning them off 10 the
butchers. How 10 keep them in a
healthy, thriving condition upon heavy
grain ration for that length of time has
been a study with us for a good many
years. or course for so many lambs we
are never able TO provide rowen enough
to even give them all a taste for any
length OF time. This year we did not
cut load, owing to the drought. Our
recourse has been in the silo. and you
might as we'll place our success in feed
ing right there. for there is where II be-
longs. We have Deeu feeding ensilage
now for three or four years. and We
think we have only just learned how to
feed it TO the best advantage.
Our method is to feed the grain ration
mixed with the ensilage in certain pro-
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-02-21
TlLLAGE WITHOUT MANURE.
JETBRo TULEs OBSERVATIONS \
CENTURY AND A HALF AGO.

His series of Experiments 10 SO Gull
tiyate Land as to Do Without Man
ure-WhatfIs the Matter with the
Dniry-Thes Feeding value of skim
Milk and Whey-Hov to Malse-a Soil
FertiIe-Turning to the Country
Ducks for Narkef-Noney in Feeding
Lambs-1Fhe Farmers Institutes
How to Cook Beef and POrk-W ash
ing DisheS-vuIuabIeR Recipes.
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i Cnre nrrnen.In. constinntion

and Chronic Nervous diseases. DR..
Shops Restorative. the great Nerve
Tonic, by a newly discovered principle,
also. cures stomach. liver and kidney
diseases, through the nerves that govern
these organs. Book and samples free
for &c stamp.
DIR. SHOOP. Box X. Racine, wis.
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value of skim MIX and whey.

At Wisconsin farmers institute
Charles Eastman spoke OF the feeding
value Of skim milk and whey. He said it
depended upon the conditions Of the
foods. the age and condition OF the ami
mails and the degree OF intelligence ex-
ercised in feeding. He had made ex-
peTiments in feeding pigs with skim
milk and grain. II cost him $3.50 I'm
grain TO produce 100 pounds Of pork. and
at the market price for hogs he realized
16 cents per 100 pounds for the skim
milk fed In another feeding expert
nent, with pork at "a he realized IS
cents per 100 pounds for the milk fed.
He had fed calves ON skim milk after
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-02-21

If you visited the Fair You Magnificent Panorama
and Illustrated Record of what you saw If you did
go you want Accurate Pictures of what there and
what all your friends who did go talking about Both
ohese wants met by the splendid bound book of 500
massive oblong pages with $50 fupage copyrighted
photographs, 6xS inches known as
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-02-21
Turning to the Country.

The prevailing industrial depression
has had a very unfavorable influence on
prices for live stock and farm produce.
This has been especially noticeable in
the market for meats and poultry during
the current winter. There are. however
some things in connection with the de-
preston in our industrial centers, ac-
cording to the National Stockman. that
contain no little encouragement TO the
farming interest Those who are i'm posi-
ton to know say there is likely to be a
drift of labor toward the country
whence during the past decade SO much
of IT has been attracted by the appar-
emily higher wages of the city. Should
this prophecy prove true it will be felt
in the cheapening Of farm labor. which
has been abnormally high when COM
pared with selling prices Of farm pro-
ducts. 1t has been difficult indeed for
the agricultural producer to prOfitably
compete in the labor market with the
manufacturer and other employees.
Should the tendency of recent years be
reversed the agriculturist would be ben
Gifted, cheaper wages allowing him to
reduce the cost of his products. Another
outcome of the depression in the cities
will probably be the attraction of capt.
tai toward rural investments. Much of
the money now lying idle in the great
monetary centers OF the country may be
safely and profitably invested in farm
lands or securities. This flow of money
to the country would naturally result
in some appreciation Of farm values and
lower interest rates. which would be a
benefit to those who have the load of
farm mortgages to carry. There are no
signs of any radical change in the direc-
tons mentioned above. and should these
indications be fulfilled it will probably
be so gradual as to be scarcely notice
able. The signs of the times indicate,
however, that both capital and labor are
seeking a market in the country.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-02-21
A Fine Team.

Tom Taggart was reelected chairman
of the democratic state central commit
tee, Thursday. and Joe Reilly, secretary.
No better team Of camDaigners ever
worked Observation-Disclosures Era.
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Ducks for Market.

James Rankin. an extensive producer
OF ducks for the eastern market. read
a paper at a poultry institute from which
we take the following:
The breeder should exercise the most
careful handling and feeding OF his birds
and when necessary handle gently. al
ways taking the bird by the neck. This
is essential, as the bones of 4 well-bred,
well-fatted duck seem wholly dis
proportional TO the size and weight Of
his body and the limbs may be broken
i'm an attempt TO escape when being
caught Move quietly among the layers
If you would have them thrive. l have
known d pair of heavy exhibition birds
10 lose a pound per day during their
confinement the first four days of eX-
hibition and TO be eight pounds lighter
than they were ten days before they
were started for the show. Their recu-
perative powers are equally wonderful.
The majority of people believe water is
necessary TO battle in to secure fertility
OF duck eggs. Ny ducks never see water
except to drink the year round. They
are confined in these yards for nine
months or until Aug. /. when they are
removed in order that the land may be
disinfected. This is done by blowing
and growing a crop Of barley or rye
when the land is ready for the ducks
again. During autumn and early win
ter months feed twice each day about
equal quantities of cornmeal. wheat bran
and boiled tuTnips and potatoes. with
about ! per cent of ground beef scrap
thrown in At noon give a small amount
of dry food. composed of equal quanu-
ties of cracked corn, oats and wheat.
When the birds commence laying.
they will about Jan. /, gradually increase
the quantity of meal and animal food.
proportionally decreasing the amount of
bran / like the Pekin duck as il lays
earliest and will grow the largest num-
Der of pounds Of flesh in the shortest
time. 1t also natures earlier, is more
hardy and domestic in its habits,
never wandering far and always re-
turning TO the coops at night They
are not mischievous and require less
water than either of the other breeds
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-02-21
what Is the Matter with the Dairy:

Nearly my whole life, says DR.. ". L.
Chamberlain. has been lived in the west
ern reserve dairy regions. and l now de-
clare my deliberate and profound con-
viction that the factory system as there
conducted has been a great and we'll
nigh irreparable damage to the dairy
farmers. That system has taken from
our farmers the profits of manufacture
and sale of a finished product ready for
the final consumer, and these profits are
always large. Second ii has universally
bought milk by gross weight and not bv
tests OF butter-fat and total solids. and
has thus failed 10 recognize or reward
individual excellence Of COW, dairy. care.
feeding or breeding Third, it has dis
honestly SKINNED with the results noted.
Fourth, it has practically prevented Sc
lecuOn, teedlng and raising best heiferS
from best COWS and sires. Fifth. it has
slowly destroyed from every farm the
individual means Of making cheese and
even butter. and has then put down the
price OF milk to about 90 cents per cwt
during the busy months of the heaviest
milk now With a quickly perishable
product milk in the hot weather of
'hOeing. haying and harvest" the farm
ers have been practically at the mercy
OF the factory owners. In "Gulliver's
Travels" We read that the Lilliputian
asleep
prone upon the ground. Then they ran
countless little thread ropes over his
huge form and fastened them TO innum-
cradle tiny stakes-and ne was in their
power Thus have the dairy farmers
been asleep and bound thread by thread
by the cheese factory system | do not
mean that the factory owners have been
consciously bad men. They have Ezften
been excellent men otherwise Butt do
think time has shown that they were
at least very unwise in not seeing that
Swimming. as practiced. has been dis
honest. and hence Tuinous i'm the long
run. first to the farmers and then to the
factorymen themselves; and so scores of
cheese factories all over northern Ohio
have gone into 'innocuOus desuetude'
and the farmers have gone to shipping
milk or cream TO the cities, to making
butter. or have gone out of dairying al
together. Before the cheese factories
came the farmers We're reasonably pros
porous. Since then they have been en-
the down grade financially. The COM
bined butter and skinned cheese fac
tories have never brought permanent
prosperity 10 any dairy region.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-02-21
How 4. Make a soil Fertile.

the best essays treating on the subject of
restoring the fertility of the farm. The
first prize was awarded to the essay from
which the following extract is taken:
Many things are necessary to make
fertile soil Some soils need water;
some need drainage; some need what
the French call 'amendments'-sub
stances which chiefly affect the texture
Of soil: some need better tillage. But
the most OF our soils need plant food.
and it has been my misfortune always
TO dwell upon this kind Among intel
ligent farmers the method of fertilizing.
or supplying plant food To soil, has made
great improvement within the last
few years. When / first began farming
stable manure was piled out of doors to
leach away in the rain; clover was rarely
found and rotation Of crops seldom prac-
ticed. Now we find covered yards for
manure. or at least il is placed so
that its valuable elements will not
leach away with every rainfall; one
quarter TO one-thiTd of our best farms
are continually in clover, and regu-
lar rotation OF crops is the rule.
Farming in Ohio. 1 found by actual eX-
perience that the best way To supply
plant food to the soil was to grow clover
and turn it under. BY using gypsum to
start clover on very poor land; by keep
and applying it to the clover, then using
the clover first for hay and the second
growth 10 enrich the land. my crops
grew better every year and | never had
TO buy any commercial fertilizer.
1t may do for the rich man to agitate
the question whether he shall get his
nitrogen from dried blood ground bone
or nitrate Of soda: his phosphoric acid
from bones or South Carolina rock; his
potash from wood ashes or kainit. But
the poor man in Ohio and neighboring
states must depend upon clover for his
supply of plant food. After he gets
clover started he can raise grain; then
he can get stock and have manure TO
grow more clover and more grain. And
If he is industrious, allows nothing to go
10 waste. and follows the advice given
weekly in the p. f. he will not only
have a soil we'll supplied with plant food
and humus. but he will have money TO
buy anything he wants.
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they were one month old. when they had
new milk. The skim milk was FED with
some grain, and he realized - cents
per 100 pounds for IT, The fact that
these calves had been given a good start
on new milk and had been
fed ration well balanced.
with grain with the skim milk.
Mr. Eastman regarded an essential fac
tor in obtaining the good results. In
some whey feeding. balancing the ra-
ton, properly with grain. he had real
lied 8 cents per 100 pounds for sweet
whey. He did not think. however that
his feeding gave the whey a fair test
In all of his experiments accurate ac-
count was kept of the value Of the ami
male at the start. also all other foods
So that the returns for the skim milk
and whey fed were accurate. He
wanted 10 fully impress upon all the inn
portanCe Of having the condition of ami
mails right and feeding other foods i'm
proper proportion TO get the best results
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-02-21
A WONDERFUL BOOK

The making Sleeps Worlds Photographer
head hand publishers
the best results that human The
would the seal Of their approval anything
think the good for The photographs the
book stand clear the Every detail of
clearly visible Almost of the chse reveals itself clear
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If you want TO serve EGGS in a new
~ for an Easter breakfast or at
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1894-12-19
Respectfully yours,
6A, alag
TO6kcCO.

Iron tobacco pipes arc popular in CEN
trail Asia.
Tho tobacco plant is from three to six
feet high.
The tobacco leaf Is said to require about
l2 weeks TO cure.
oculists say that one form of blindness
Is caused by smoking.
The genus nicutiana contains about sc
species, mostly American.
or late years Florida tobacco has nc.
quircd n reputation us an excellent variety
for cigars.
Europe produces every year about 500.
600, 600 pounds, OF which Austria grows
about onc-third.
The name tobacco comes from that of the
pipe used by the West India islanders. II
was originally tohago.
Dry snuffs are prepared from Tobacco that
has been subjected TO "a high temperature
before the leaf Is ground.
For some time after its discovery by the
Europeans tobacco was called petum. the
name given it 10y the Indians OF the IVES,
Indies, Central and South America.
The carly use of tobacco in Europe pro
vokcd much controversy. King James
wrote stupid book on the subject in
order TO discourage his people from smok'
ing.
The dried leaf has little of the aroma OF
the manufactured tobacco This Is de
vclopcd by kind Of fermentation. tC
which 1t is subjected in tho warehouses OF
tho manufacturers.
Snuff taking is still largely practiccd in
Grcat Britain. France End Germany
| though by rn means to the extent that II
was in the last century. when. whether III
| used it or NOT, every gentleman carried 1
box-St l.nniS Gis'I'' n.,nNrrat
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1894-12-19
Removal of Garbage.

Sealed proposals for the removal of gar
base and offal from the City of Waterbury,
in accordance with the conditions con-
tanned in an ordinance of said City relating
thereto. for the year commencing February
|. 1895. also for three years commencing
February /. 1898. will be received by the
Board of Health At the Mayors office,
City Hall building. until IL m. January >
1895.
Each proposal must be signed by the
bidder and the person or persons he intends
TO offer as sureties on his bond for the
faithful performance of the contract for
such removal of garbage and offal.
4 careful perusal of tina ordinance of
the City of Waterbury regulating the re-
moval of garbage and offal is recommended
TO intending bidders.
Tie Board reserves the right TO reject
any and all proposals.
RICHARD F. GRADY, City Clerk.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1894-12-19
THE TATTL6R.

Mis- S;Is II. AutlIHry wants to start 8
big daily IL, wSla.scr exclusively for wom-
en-
Mis- Amy r Acton. who has just bcvn
admitted IL tie, boston har. was born i'll
Aust .t!ia-
Miss Ba'f,.;.r. Arthur Balfour's sister.
who has j;~E rCturuCl from a visit &c
SUuth -NiriCI. j. now visiting in Scotland.
Mrs. Whit Il Ashland, Ky. who Is Ce
years Of aga. L, lC!I..'t' the rcccnt election
by giving t'irih L" "a >'In. who will be call
cd William u, Kinney White
Mrs. Hcsckiuh Watson Of Oquawka,
Ills. hI' r,,vuIIy CCl> bratcd her ono hun
drCCith birthday. She j. n cousin Of Henry
Ward E,CciCr and Harriet Bccchcr Stowe.
Mrs Blair. wife of Representative Blair
Of New HamP>I.irc. has written story OF
New England life entitled ''Lisbcth Will
son. n Daughter Of the New Hampshire
Hills
Misses .ud<on and I.amson Of wealthy
Cleveland families. the former tho daugh-
ter Of n judge. have Joined the salvation
Army and arc living in the army barracks
in that city.
Mrs Cleveland wore at the opera the
other night n dainty little hat in black,
which was not moro than nm inch In height
at the summit. and there were no pom
pons or other flubdubs on IL.
Miss Grace French. Sunday school
teacher and social favorite in Brooklyn
| who married n Chinese laundryman q
couple of years ago against the wishes ol
her parents. has returned to the latter.
| Mrs. Charlotte c. Holt, one OF the prom
incnt women of Chicago. is n supporter o.
| anarchy. Recently she led with success
| crusade to secure better treatment fol
women prisoners tried in the local courts
| Mrs. Hermann Oelrichs, who wears
4B. with very high heels, Is said to hay'
the prctticst foot of any woman IN New
York Mrs. John Bloodgood wears a corl
in the heel OF her shoe an inch thick Il
make her taller.
Miss Dora Wells Is owner and purser o
the Puget sound steamboat Delta, whicl
runs from Whatcom TO the San Juan Is
lands and Victoria, b. c., three times
week. She collects fares, makes contract
for freight and takes hand In navigating
| the steamer,
Minerva Eversoll, young italian girl
| is the mail carrier Of Burrough Valley
which lies SO miles northeast of Fresno
| Cal. The valley is somewhat shut oi
from the outer world. and the only mean
Of communication is by wagon or horsa
back over IA narrow road.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1894-12-19

NEW YORK. Dec. 10. - FIX Inspector
Steers talked freely about the charges made
against him by John !. Taylor nj the Lex
ow investigation. said he:
II deny most cmphatically that l am
implicated in any way in the taking Of
money illegally while on the police force.
What made John Taylor say what he
did do not know. He came TO my house
Saturday night under the influence Of liq-
uor and asked me to see some members
Of the Lcxow committee or their counsel
TO keep him off the stand He said he was
called to testify, and he did not want TO
do il. I told him could not help him. l
had not enough influence. even II wished
tn dU 1t. and said, All you have To do,
John. Is TO ~ up there and tell the truth.
and you II IA all right.
Then he Swnrc great deal and told
me that 'nigEt do him a favor: that |
had hcCn up thcrr hciUr' the committee
and had got through all right, and that l
could ta,i!y save him from going n
fused him again. and thea he said, You
Lave two days Ia do il in. and il you don I,
why. You wvr,' nSpCtnr in that district
and Ill hriui: your name in Then he
went away.