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4- THE INDIANAPOLIS NEWS. AX ISDEPESPEXT tlUiHUJ EVEET ArTESJfOOX FXCEKT SrXllkT i JOHX II. HOLUDAt itntersd at the ptf.ofl5r at In'dUnapolis, stconj-ela-a matttr r-errxl by currier la ami surroan'linx towns at ten.cents per week; cork, fwo cent, Jy mail, jyjtTu 1r rr-sU per rtKrrth. or tr year, piyabl hi advance. advert arTneiiti, mk cent 1 uJ fr.r insetion: notiilue Inx thn Vn word cnnnte.1.

IJisplay vary In r1ee, sewdlng to tinie and jvp-itln. Xo aivert-tten'Ji iD'rtel a elitoriil manor. Fprdrirn numbers wrt free on application. on simrle oopie of Thk News, in Trappers, one rent. Virf.tonrtenf-e containing new of Interest id importance i desired from a'l parts of tlje rif, id wW be paid for If uvd.

I will be pa'd to anonrmoti rcn-m'ii'ilrationi. TTiic has a lrtpr average daily eirrn'ation than any other daily newFjapor In Indiana. rvrwras dclrtrn This IUII.T Nkw? sprrexf at rxa m-enre it poaul card or oHk-r thro-isti telephone No. W)u-v delirfry is 'rrecnlar, Inatee complaint to the oSice. Tlie date printed on ie wrapper of each pntr denotes time wbea the subscription exrtrei.

drafi. eheV, arid po-stniSce order aiuuld mnde parab'e to the ordori of JOHN II. Editorial room 673 1 liusiues oSie BATCRPAT, Ma'tIcH If, as reportei ycMenJay, a Turkish em bauy lia-s departed 'for Berlin, Knent tjife Kunso-Turkish alliance, Bismarck tt' nod going to be the most JmjiSHant jtbiug fur England that enn If )enaits the Kuwiaus and Turks to stand in ith eaeh other, Fngland'may a well count oh' a long, bloody and douldful strueale. THE last of Asliiand waa banned in Kentucky Lyesjwday. He left a atatement affirming bis innocence written in Lis own Mood, and to the last iuoment solemnly maintained the same There is enough in auch action nstbat to make general dis" ctinfurt.

It is a frightful thing t' hang an innocent man, not only because of the fact, but became of its tfllcts. Anen'T the mmoreil purjHjse of the Sunday to defy (law by whippiiifr the des-il around tlie etunip to the tuneof a Snuduy it is possible that thfct which has occurred in other cities, and notably1 of late-in occur namely, the organization of a. law and order league. The impudent resolve in advance to aet law aside, will find that there a entiment quite as strong which will resolve that it ahull do no such Secretary Vilas, it is said, visited one floor of the" postotfice department and found snch industry and effieieuejf as to meet bis warm approval, and it is predicted he will other floors in the satne Likely so. The campaign rant atwnt "turn-, ing the rascald out" when squared with the facts, will not prove a very close fit.

The! rascality existed mostly in the conception of! those with hinn the wish was father of the thought. The great government- depart-j nu-nts doubtless conceal some laziness and petty abuses, but.it is the exception to the rifle. As a whole the clerk therein are honest, efficient and industrious, and the ad-rent of democracy will probably find nothing more- profitable jfor justification than the maintenance of tie good order to which It succeeds. Contrary to the' general fdea of the horde of spoils iliunters, government clerks do not draw princely salaries and live lu idleness. It Is an entrap in all the length aaJ depth and its if Secretary l.a-nmr ferifc'trate the like ai'iii.

ho slnjuld.ua lie fteli the withering rebuke of every I'nkm Hurin r. dmi every iuhii, woman and child ho loyal to the crfuse" lor hich these soldiers foin'ut. I The News, paper has been more perrent in as-eertinir the irrespouaibiliiy of the "secretaries" than The Newa. TkYsjr "Secretaries" are. but tlie creatures and ik-rvants of the rreaident.

The Journal. This Li true, and we are correct by tlie book. The pecretaricsi legally, are irresponsible. In the cbntemjilntion of the law they arc bet the agents of the president. So, also, is the Indianapolis postmaster.

If that official disgraces LU office it the president's act, just as Lamar's is, and in 'both case the administration is logically re-' but i there is saving-grace of common sense which makes decrees 'in re- ponsibility, and we fancy Mr. Cleveland's administration will not suffer severely for Sir. Lamar's act, particularly as a cabinet minister hns come be popularly regarded aa the '-constitutional of the president, and-an important entity to the selection of which carries great a'vmifieanec, perse. Dacon or Stakespeare? i Oar readers all were doubtless interested in the exposition of Ignatius Donnelly's pro- posed demonstration of the Baconian authorship of the Shakespearean plays, which we published the other day. He will-give us -two plays, Ilenrlr IV (both parts presumably) aud "Merrj Wives," in which will be shown the which is interwoven with the text telling: consecutively the story of the Baconian authorship.

With the clew. thusr revealed ony one, we are told, can unravel the whole of this hidden story running throughout the plays. Whether Jlr. Donnelly's performance will be worthy of his promise of not, judging by his audacious at-, temp's in Lis previous works by "Atlantis" and "Ttaynarok," it is likely to be entertaining. The cipher -theory, however, it must be said, is nothing new.

It is simply one of about every possible theory that has been tried to demonstrate that Shakespeare didn't write "Shakespeare," since that facinating proposition was first laid down' so "many years nzo. Itjhas been made to iio service on both Mr. Rolfe, the well-known Shakcsperianj editor, of a friend who wasj fascinated kith the "secret cipher" theory juat as Mr. Donnelly is now, but Le being a' firm believer. in the Shakesperian authorship, as Mrj Donnelly is in the Baconian, approached it with that predilection.

And he says that Shakesjieare being mindful of the fact that Bacon's high station ttablisbicg him firmly in the cognizance of the world, and winding for him the recognition of his known -and undoubted intellect-sal power, might taken by posterity aa presumption of othtjr things, and so rob him fShakespeare) of the glory oC the author-hip- of his own work, interwove with bis plays a secret cipher in which he spoke in contmptuas terms of "Bacon," playing uj-nn tlie word as a synonym of "hog," and ii like ShakesperLin denunciation; and wouiid np by setting forth plainly that he (William Shakespeare.) was the author of thee plays; aod that no poreine posterity should attempt to "hog" the honors i I rr a Taa Hn Mti9- iiri wim toe transcen'iaut recognition that l.e Cf.i,W "wantcl the earth," soto speak, Jb all hi', and stooped to meantiess to gjf it. So we may look for Mr. Donnelly's book with the that we liave enioyeil no saeh "cipher" excitement since the reve lation which followed our Unci Sammy's mttbods in the election of 1S76. A Word to Our Headers The change in the form and tyje of The News ha received wanr commendations and advue criticism. Among' printers and there is scarrelv a difference of opinion in favor of the new order, but many cM readers whoUiave become accustomed to the former style do not like the new one.

The reawjr.s given arc as plenty as blacklerries, and such cf ft'rm asjeoVer mechanical will soj'n 1 remedied. They will sr-on'get to the lighter face type, and like it better. In adopting new machinery titiie is required to adjust it and hamion-izJ the conditions so as to produce the best result. The metal fur stereotyping has to bejworked and experimented with; the exact quality and 'shade of ink has to be found; the right sort of rollers made, and the! whole machinery has to be tested and arranged. All this will come riuht in due time.

We have sjent a great deal of money to produce a handsome, sheet, and to give it out with rapidity, and'notliiug will lie allowed to interfere with this But in the arrauzement of matter on tlie several pages, a change was made necessary by the mechanical conditions. In putting the latest news on one pag it is impossible -to-avoid mixing local and general new to some extent. This is done by all the leading papers, the class to which The Xews belongs, and in adopting it, we are simply bringing The Xews up to the level of metropolitan journals, and furnishing a paper which will 'compare favorably in appearance wth any of tlx m. If our. friends ill have a tittle patience we think they wilFsoon -become accustomed to this also, for surely the good people of Indiana want their newspapers Jo keep' up with tlie progress of the day.

i The change has been a revolutionary one aud changes are not popular, especially in a newspaper one has been reading for years. But when" it is obviously in the line of allj iiiu-provement, It ouglit to have a fair chance. Another revolution, which our readers may not have thought of, has been made by 'the change, and that is. the abandonment of the use of much selected matter. an.

tun-usually large editorial force forj'sueh a pnjier, and with the services ot a large numrx-r 01 correspQiiuents at oinis 01 nut r-est, and increased telegrapliie the bulk'bf the matter must be original, and this will be no loss, for there are few matters of general news or interest which are not telegraphed now, and the amount of local information is increased. Nothing will be left undone, our readers may be assured, to in crease the attractiveness of the 'papr and make it a credit to the community andstate in the fullness, accuracy am presentation of the news of the day. 1 1 The Progress of Surgery The Journal's humorous pauegy rie on Dr. Panconst's performance; in cluinghig the in dications of set might have been better ap plied seriously to a better class of surgical operations. 1'aring ami skill have gone.

lian'd in hand to such amazing leutrths of excision, restoration, alteration and substitution, tlfat it need not baa very fantastic dreamer who should conceive the possibility of further and further advances till the Vital principle shall be revealed and Frankenstein's romance made a fact. Mechanical surgery has made shapely and. serviceable limbs of deformed or helpless ones; restored noses and ears that had been lost, or made them new here they had never existed, remodeled scarred or crooked faces into made artificial limbs beyond detection; while general surgery has restored strength to the fkiling and almost life to the dead by a transfusion of blood; opened a way to the vital organs to remove obstruction or disease; extirpated parts of them and made life tolerable; explored the deepest recesses of the body, and the most delicate functions, and kast of all has emptied the whole contents of a man's in! ternal structure on a table and repaired breaks and cuts that have been almost universally thought mortal! hurts, burgeons have cut into a diseased stomach and cut out such a cancer aa Napoleon died of. in St. Helena, leaving a healthy remnant tj perform the functions of the original organ.

But a short time ago when a man had been shot through the entrails, his surgeons took them out inclT by tying up or 'patching holes until they had emptied him to a hollow shell, then fhmd the bullet, put Lack the patched bowels, and he gat well, ho shall deckle a limit to such courage and skill as thit Foiky years or so ago it was a common belief ttiat but one man in the United States couM be safely trusted to perform the oeration of and that was Dr. Dudley, of Kentucky, and he had patients from all. over the couutry. It is not held as a very difficult operation now, and a thousand surgedus can do it -as safely asvdid Dr. Dudley.

A wound in-the abdomen that cut one of the entrails held as deadly as a shot through the head or a stab in thebeart, if not worse; but 1 a case that would have been given up as hopeless ten ago has been successfully treated, as described, and we may hope that the' "gut shot" of the back woods vocabulary may not be the irremediable calamity it has so long beeti thought. These be practical and positive gains to human health and hap-piness. They lengthen life, remove pain, enhance happiness, so far as they can be made operative at all, and even more than the beatitude that belongs' to him who "makes two blades of grass grow where one grew before," should follow him who has discovered and led the way to hem. Circumstance I Alter Cases. Brown "1 was snrpriswi to" see you at.

church yesterday, Smith; I understood that you don believe mueih in religious Smith "Well er-f-1 have been something of au infidel all my life, but that cold that caught last week has Settled on my lnngs, ani I leel a little nervous aoout it." Few C.et the Chu urc However. (Iluthvllle The treat man's sic 11 ess is the doctor sop- portuuity to advertise, The Kule atj Washington. lUoMoiq If you see the. office you want, dont ask for it. i A Xew--HxtravaBnc.

Gold-beaded white lace. t'ROS AS A BEAR. Possibly It Is Ix-cause yw have a nenrona headache. TiiuanUof jioiple have jervais liead-Mrhwt, Which generally rooeed fnMu bJ t.ii.'-ti-n. Yoi kiiuw hor ctvss it tn.ikes triern.

and Mr. Q. I fatU'rwai, of Oxi'onl, N. had nervous lieadaclic one dav iu-cacu week. He writes; "I have been uing llrowu'a lniu Bitter, and Bud it aa excellent tonic.

It entirely cured, me." I i ll TITE INDIANAPOLIS NFWS, sItURBAY, Sill Will We Triu-t. I tLli we trust, though earth seom darf and 1 dr-ary, Ani the he fnfnMiCTi-ath Ills cfatnitw; rod. p'Tich and our tiey, cfe uud i fctill wSl wJ tnr in GcvV. Our eve seem till be faith anr'ntd. A iid our blind bmjL's iis fr.i and palri: Through Uim alone who mir w.iy 'itiuux! Wc tindour pt ac.

ayaiiu. Cliote for us. fioii; nor 'let our weak prelt ninii; Ccouau fui uv Thy vfna 1 unerrua: i And we are lixiU auu blind. 'V 1 i i Po from oor sty the snail furl hershailtws. And day jiotsr l.Tjiie.

thrmiqli his'euldou Lates Uur roueh juili k-ad to flow er-enaoielcd meadows, i Where J07 our coming wafts. i Let a press on in pirtlcnt elfKlcnial Aitit the hanlsliip, -hrink noi lroin the loss Our gueriloii liex In yuiid the hiairot trial. Our crow ii beyond the ros. a I' ittiatian l-ue. "SCKAI'S." A book on progressive euchre has come out, One ostcieh egg makes a pancake meal for three men.

Mr. Tilden has already ordered his yacht into service. James Anthony Froude has. arrived in Melbourne, Australia: John Kelly has gone to Virginia for the benefit of his health. 3 A Michigan 'man has invent! a frame to" support roller-skating learnersi A colored man in Atlanta, was frightened to death bv a cat recent! vi Monsinor Capel has no intention of leav ing the nited States this season.

lu Wiiue regions of Africa girls must be six feet high before they art allowed to marry In 'Germany' steam 1 is joften used to extiu-. gulsh llauies. It caasesj much less damage than water. The legislature of Massachusetts refused to pt'rmit a woman preacher at-Nantucket to cpeforin the marriage ceremony. Tlie youngest mem'oeri of the Xew York Cotton, Kxchansre is a youth of fifteen summers, and the oldest a veteran of eighty-two years.

The Delaware river is-frozen over both, above and below Trenton, aud fiords a sight said to have never been known in March. The willow of Dr. Pavy, who was lost in the-Greeley exjeilition, is going' to Cape Sabine to see if. she can find any prijH'rsor souvenirs of her husband, buried there. Miss Patloa, whose cooking receipts and cooking schools are attracting so much attention, is said to have fortnerlv lieen a cook at the Appledore of Shoals.

rive German artists are in hattanooga, preparing a jgrand panorama of the battle of C'hicLamuQtra for a Philadelphia company, who will pay tueia -Adalu rorepaugh was a butcher in Cincinnati, and go into the. circus busi-' ness by havinz to foreclose a mortsraiie on a now worth about $1,000,000. Tlie diaries of Gen. Gordon have arrived in London. At the end of the tirst vojuiue Gordon wrote that the diaries should all be long to his fiister, and that if printed they must be carefully pruned.

Although doctors, as a rule, are particular in warnitig Others not to attack too inijiiy large dinnersthere is probably other liody of professional men who find as much hon est pleasure in gathering around the festive Rev. Edward Beeeher. D. who was or dained in lSJt the same vear in whiclrthe American home missionary society was formed is how serving as a home missionary at Pafkville, 1., though, he is past eighty years ot age. Mrs.

Livermore of Boston, savs that out of a once large fortune -Wendell Phillips, left only $25,000, and that the day before lie he burned a small tortune in notes lie held against 'people for whom, as he said, his executors might make trouble. A Bloominirton (111.) vouth of a course of vellow-baek literature wrote to a merchant that unless he immediately re; eeived $100 he would Imrn down the- merchant's store. He confessed afterward that he adopted the scheme frionl a novel. A twentv-doiiar confederate notd) was passed on a Chinese merchant in Portland, Oregon, last week. It was difhVtuIt for the police ustice to make him understand that the note was not a forgery, but simply worth less, lie nau never heard ot tne lost cause, P.

T. Barnuin thinks that Joyce Helh, the spurious nurse of Washington, was the foundation of his fortune. lie was extp-uiely Iioor, hardly able to earn his breads hen. laving bought her for $1,000. borrowed money, he cleared $100,000 from exhibiting Her.

Judge David S. Terry, who killed David Urouencfc in a duel in ban which created such a sensat ion a quarter of a century ago, is now seventy years of age aud still practicing law in Stockton. Cal. He is almost unknown, having killed himself po litically When ne Killed iiroucricK. Little Clara was taken with sudden but not serious illness.

"Mamma," she said, "do vou think I shall get well" Mother "Of course vou will, darling:" Clara "I don't think I shall, mamma, and I iruess it's best I shouldn't. Being under five, perhaps 1'eould get to heaven Jor halt Iare.5 A boy took a walk with hitf father on Washington street, Providence, and as they were passing the Insane 'Ketreat the son asked: "Father, why don't we ever see any faces at the window when we walk by the retreat?" "Because, my son," replied the parent, ''their heads are turned." Good CheftT. I A lesson in Pushtu: Kabool is pronounced Kawble; Merve is pronounced Mabriv; Herat is pronounced Heraht; Kurrachee is pronounced K'raehchy; Peshawur is pronounced Peshower. In such words as Bolan Robat, the accent is on the second sylla de, and the is pronounced broad, like'an." English paper. A young man in East Iladdam, Coi: who assumes to be well posted in literary matters, says that he has but a poor opinion of A averley's works, and.

as for his magazine, it don't amount to He 'claims to have read all of Macbeth's works, and says that he perused Milton's "Paradise Lost" when it was first published. Mr. E. Matthews, of Jackson county, has a eolored man living on his place who was left in the Cherokee nation, in twenty-nine mile stretch, sold twice by John A. Murrell, and shot at three times by the confederate soldiers.

He is now the father of forty-nine children, and is ninetv years old. He can I dough as much in a day as any man. At-anta Constitution. It is reported that F.icbnrd Gird, of San Bernardino county, proposes to donate the Chico ranch to the state, and erect thereon a state. industrial school at his own expense.

The ranch embraces 37,000 acres, -and has upon it 10,000 cattle and 500 mules and horses. The jrift, if made, wijl reach the munificent value of nearly $1,000,000. Visalia (Cal.J, Times, A Moravian missionary has received an appointment as au officer of the signal service burea; and will start next week for Alaska. where; in addition to his offiijiar'duties, he isj to est ubJ a mission of the Moravian church. He will accompanied to Alaska by his wife, Bev.

John Killaick, a Cherokee Indian and wife, and Hans Totgersen.a Norwegian, and-a lady missionary. Thus far the Presbyteriau missions bare been alone in that territory. Mrs. Phelps, wife of the new minister to England," is a very handsome woman, a little above medium height. She is quite fond of society, and has a small frtnue of about $30,000, Which was paid to her by one of her husband's clients, who knew Sir.

Phelps's faculty of spending money, and so, with Mr. Phelps's consent paid the money ov rto her. Mr. and Mrs. Phelps are at present in mourning for an only sou, who died last summer in Michigan, here he was engaged in hi pre ressiou, uiat 01 a civil engineer, juts was about thirtv-five year of amll Kn was meeting with trreat success in his business.

Soke men are lorn creat, oticrs achieve 1 witness, and'still others have gteaMics thrsn ij-mki theui. The tnie Rrvutneis of Misiile'r. ileib rtn-. ters Cttnsisu lu the fact that ic la a and solute cure fordn-r( i. lieart-turi.

lr.disijon, kidney and liver disorders of a nervous character, paiu lu the aide and chct. cramp and neuralzia. and a aeon? of other distressing Ills. Mrs. John Cleeyer.

Merion. wa cured of a lone-standing ptun in th chest, for which she had txiud many remedies without effect. ANTE-EASTER LAY. SOMKTIIIXG CflXC KItMNG 1 -i. Tlie Tlieory and Pjrmcttce of Trannnuttns .1 i Crockery Into Xutitieut.

I -t- "I have J-isuarpj-e Vni blooil in nian or animal," (aid the but Jf you caafhow me atuan ahochn; eitibit a better record with high-bred than I can-with my two dozen commoiil lowls, I Would like to swap yarns withjhinbj' g. "What do you, mean by common "Likely chickens, picked jup anii there, wit hout reference to purity blood, enough of the Leirhorn in tliem'to; endow them with sprightliuess and, flill wing-musf cles that is, eatable breast-meat an' Asiatic strain to give them size, withjsunH'ient na-t live blood to furnish the requslte liariliness selected on their personal merit-j, with-1 oiit regard to joiuts, markiugs color! or pre-i viius conditiiui." 'i "Well, whit does the reconf show? And; how do you manage to brAig illup to high The Colonel cazed loiig iind; Radlv at the questioner. "I have lured a 'hundred suspicious and refiling trout at aisingU sitting from the -amber' eddiei of 'a bntoki th'at contributed to the volume of the pt. Croix, and have. charmed a dun catfish fluppil the beam at two hundred, from the channel of the Ohio, and know how sweet and pleasant a thing it is to overestimate but I niu: aware tluit "eggs is eggs," and wlu-jn hat fruit is under discussion, nothing? but un-varnishel and veruiilioiirOrtlied truth shall be.

wrung from Butioo? strong a straiii on your not.dvj r-rolm-i credulity, I had better answer thej last rlajise of your question first though Jl may'rcHrnark, in passing, not stint jputelve when fresh eggs were in were ofien happy to soothe the paldte conva-'lescing friend or two. with soinetliimi that did 'not taste musty brar) ami cii'tic lime. A hen is much of a machine; iiew press you are printing The News qn is a wonderful piece of mechanism. 1 Your pressman, I understand, can put ipto its fingers (excuse the pun) the end of ahuge rolL of white paper, puJl lever, lock up the office ml off and umpire a game of biise ball, and come back (if he survive!) at; the end of an hour to find (barring possible accident) 15,000 or 20,000 papers an4 folded, and the thing only getting fairly warmed up to its work. But it wouldn't do; 'if he should feed it old rags and wrapping' paper, chimney-soot and cude sir; thes( things have to be given to it jin projicr shape and combination.

Neither, will one of my chickens scratch out au egg a day from a frozen dunghill after a night of iueubus on the sharp edge of a board in; a' breezy idled. nor if it has to support a colony of hungry parasites. But given good: quarters and intelligent care, chickens will shell out about what you-put into their hopper, ing wnli 111 reasonable bounds. 1 I hatch out smie uhickens earl in the new year, but that is more for the upvelty of the thing than for any advantage. clucks I hatched in February last returned ihe com pliment by dropping me eggs in the latter part of the 'Summer, but chicks) that to cheep when the spring has airly coute to stay, ought to begin to give a good ai-eoUut of themselves by the time the pricv of 'eggs has .1...

IlSfTU VJ IU1I fi, "men you thiuK there la nothing in jv "I didn't say Whatever conduces to a good frame and robust health is to be de sired; but a pin-feather that or one more than the regular number of serra tions or convolutions iu the coinb of afowl, don't disqualify. The Leghofti- is; -tlie egg machine; par excellence, but aa au. early broiler its size is against it; and, as half your chickens are liable to be of th(crowing sex, and so die young, tharmitterof Size and early development is an item. Hero a heavy Asi atic cross comes in to reinforce weak point, and if there! is a' st mi it of dunghill ttlood to give hardiiOss aud shiftiness, all the better. Your high-bred, aristocratic families ase apt to be short ot children, and those who.

appear are of the thin-shanked sturdy old Irish or Scotch blood crossed in helps out amazingly in number and stamina, LSo with chickens. Fine feathers are th cost liest of millinery." t- "Ah, yes," siched the matt of graphite and experience. "Go on, jilease, and tell )ue of your methodl-and results." "Well, to lcgin with, Ifget healthy-, active and Nturtlv fowls -mid I KWi. tlim mo ttn s-e I have but a fair-sized city lot, with a limited run 01 common. 1 keep my chickens growing from the time they crack the shell, and I see that they have only themselves to scratch for, and no summer boarders in the way of parasites.

They get careful attention in 'their yellow and callow and I continue to maintain an intimateocquaintanee with them till our final meeting at the', festive board. Yon would hardjy guess what my main dependence is in theiway of food. Bran. That seeminirlv innutritious' sub stance, thoroughly. Cooked, with; the refuse of the table, the clear-water rinsings of (hed inner plates and cooking utensils with a little of this red pepperabu-shel of which I bought for a song hist summer and struug on string to dry for very a pinch i of sulphur, and.

a spoojiful of salt and powdered chiircoalL, iwith occasionally a little1 coraa meal and sliorts stirred in this is the usual'range of the; bill of fare. At night, just before roosting time, I give a little whole corn to keep their griud-ing apparatus at work whil4, thejr sleep. But no'hihg goes to waste arouiid this ltotisc. Even the shells of the bgsbef of hickory nuts I gyt for winter cracking Vere crnsbed to the siiejof corn, and every vestige of them went into i the crops of these chickecs. the cily bit of the kernels left in' corners; being considered particularly chaice.

Abd what do you think of an article If diet? If yo4 have afiy futore use for brokeu delf, don't yfou crusli it aint leave it within the reach of fowls. 1 throw aw ay no refuse of fish, liesh' fowl. The heads, tails and fins of fish, the heads aud feet of fowls, the bones of larger ani mils that' come from the butcher's are out and crushed to eatable size, and go into thepot or art fed infa raw state. 1 also get jr a snjall consideration refuse bones and odliertng ft frota- the butcher. Old bones calcine" in thoove and pulverize.

1 got a wagoc load of refuse but vigorous cabbage in for about the cost of hauling from the field. Thesj? 1 put in a pit, and have doled out dailV dujriiigthe winter, minciue the stumps. thopjeiii turnips are greedily devoured, ami ouicbs are fed sparingly and generally woksed. Clover hay will be culled over by fowls, and the nutritious part appropriated, liven timothy and red-top, if chopped tine, will disappear. leanlmess 1 on everywhere, particularly iu food and water.

ib fooft is allowed to sour, and in winter I give -wanned water half a dozeu timci a "day. Iu the fill I cot a I barrel of fine gravel from the creek, andiseveral barrels of fiie roadJdust. They hate consumed the gravel supply the place if that kern, out in the gi7.z1.rJ liy attrition. I keep a heap id' dry road-dust with a Rifting of wood ashes and a little sulphur and lime in it, where it is always dry and accessible, and it Is a cold day when it gets lett undturbed In- fluttering win? or trenchant claw. This is the maio de- I pemience to keep the birds free fnim parasites.

thougn 1 make the thing deuciy isurf by washing the roosts weekly with a mixture of two juu-i kerosene one part carbolic, arid ami one pa-t ruin water. In sunimcr I clean' under the roosts daily. In winter I sciiUer nshea and clii when- tcnnVr-tilfint. Three kinds of parasites 1 havo notidT-a louse that nitiui resembles i.fy old artny n.f f.ll lit flr-A Klf.rriuli rft nti.llim 1 ww.u-ll(l and greedy iriscct, and a little black lVUw, that disappears amoiiir the feathers with (Treat celerity. Carbolic acid, coal oil.

lime and road-dust impair the appetite and ruin the digestion, of the most robust of them, but be- I MARCIT 28, 1SS5. jenre how yntt nncnr the with this cpm- i-ncihl, if yot tfii'ie f'l'tiret wbuld rciUli vnnr niB-lit r-r three. thee! iara-r paruitc would blight the a in the tare. Vlrc iio these woTsderful fowls lay all evt-s you are goiiig to tc 11 cie erd the listener. "I have jilenty of net.

high one to who have wild Ieghom bliwl in tieni, low ones for the heavier arid more No l.ca caa find excuse for inaitention to in want of opp ortunity. I have almost a many nwvtj hens 111 baskets, boxes, where, Jo suit the most capricious "VVhatltind of palace, lifting to the eternal seasons jits marble walls, do these pampered creatnres restide in" i "Come and s-. Ait ordinary with cracks bnt'ened to keep out the coarsest td the cold, iliat is all. fancy ornaments. no superfluous glazing.

A little more littht would be desirable. Boosts of various heiirhts the' hiirh-rlvers, iro to the top. while the heavier dowagers bestow themselves comfort ably cm the first round." "Fnt 11 they lav all the tjroe a you are eoiotr to tell me won't they wear out?" ej teas the cold-brooded reply, "bat tfuru )da-es are with young stock, and tucy to m.i before they get tough, Tnerc arc few trrnudmothers in my rhx isn't there danger that these pamp ered children of luxury wul get overfat, and refuse to lay? I remeiulter among my varied readme a sweet pastoral in which it re corded that "Julia had some Cochin Clii- Na fowls of niot sii'rior breeding. Every one tw fat to nv And constanth- she kept them "With the menu'l have giveu you there is no fear of that. Thev will convert it alt luto eirir.

And as to roosters?" 'One yiirorons fellow to a dozen hens will do, and when the breeding season is over he can be dispensed with, and only one trnmtet- er for the whole nock be retained. -Jt is cheaper to buy fresh blood bite iu-' the fall than keep a lot ot useless rooster six or eight months, and the liens do much better without them during the moultiug season, and lay better at all times, but ot -course the eggs 1 won't hatch." i "It seems to me you take a heap of trouble for a few eggs," chipped iu the impatient listener. "Now I have cot you iud. where I want S'ou," triumphantly returned the colonel. "If 1 had told you, before informing you of the trouble aud attention it had cost, that iny twenty-four hens furnished me during the four months ending -March 1 with, one thousand four hundred and forty egsrs, you would have thought me'a romancer hoiu it were base flattery to call a fisherman." Powder Tramps.

The dancer to the, public health from the indiscriminate use of the many lime and aud alum baking powders of commerce has been so fully exposed that everybody desires to avoid them. As "forewarned is forearmed," housekeepers ill thank us for ap- firizinc them of the special efforts at present, teing made to dispose of such pow ders in this vicinity. The proprietors of some of the wort of these powders ure, now going from house to" house, trying by means of a trick, a so-called test, with heat and water, to show that their article is as good as the Royal Baking Powder, making the comparison with this brand because everybody reeoenizes it to be absolutely pure and wholesome, the' object, of course, being to supply their own goods in place of the Royal, which housekeepers have for so many years relied upon to puff up the morning biscuit, aniLto make the light, palatable and whotesonre roll, cake and pastry for which it is famous. I ne nousckeeper win ao wen to be on ner guard against these baking powder tramps. Every intellicent person knows that any goods peddled from house to house in this manner, or that are given away in samples, or sought to be introduced by secretly truducin? the character of other goods well known to be pare aud reliable, have no merits of their own, and have tailed to find purchasers through, legitimate means We are informed, as a matter of fact, that one of these tramps is trying to introduce a powder that has ieen found by the government chemist to be 11.85 per cent, lime, while the other peddles a powder that is 20 per cent, alum one a powerlul caustic, the ot her a corrosive poison.

No such tricks or jugglery will be apt to aecetye any intelligent person. 1 he house-, keepor ho has used her Boval Rakin? Powder ever since she discarded cream of tartar and soda, knows more about its quali ties tnan au tue tramps in tne country can teach her. The crucial test to which she has put the Roval Baking Powder the test of actual and successful work in the preparation of pure aud wholesome food, -under which it has never failed is entirely satisfactory to her. She has always had "good luck" with it in making light, sweet, and de licious bread, biscuit and cake; and has placed it, to stay, at the head of her house keeping favorites. 1 She knows that it lias been officially approved by the government chemists as the best, and imagine the baking powder tramp who attenipts to supplant its place in her confidence will find tius a uaa year lor uis ousiurss.

Ryan, The Hatter, 21 and 23 South Illinois street! Newest spring- style hats, all qualities, at opular prices, aee me.noooy cioui iiais. nyau, tne xiatter, -j The annual' statement of the Equitable Life, printed in the advertising columns today, is in all respects a remarkable showing. Iu common parlance, it is a poser to the craft. The achievements of the company put into ngures read like nction. As stated and sworn to, the amount ot new assurance written by the Equitable in exceeded the largest business ever transacted by the society or by any other company in a-sincle yean the society's business of 1S3 was eigh teen millions over that of 1SS2, and its busi ness ot 15M three millions over that of 1833.

The assurance written by the society dur ing the twenty-five years and a half of its history, is. $5 7,000,000 more than any other Company in the world has written during khe same period. i The amount of Indiana business begun up on the year I8S0 thus; far exceeds even jtiie amount for the same period of last year. i It is curious to note the chances that cdme over a city like Indianapolis, as it grows into the ways of laree cities. In the matter of the noon-day meal, until very recently busi ness men went trooping borne lor lunch perhaps fori the- lack of something.

ootn paiaianie and reliable. the stream of comers and goers at "Sherman's" from 12 till 2 o'clock is something stupendous, and the method and dispatch as well, as the menu is up to the standard of any city in the luion. ne average numoer candied in the two middle hours of the day is about 800. The prioes and excellence of the fare are such ftiiit many business men have their wives jon them for dinner. 1 i J.

j. IRWIN. Ostrich Feather -Works, 2i South Illinois street, is prepared to do all- the latest Khadesin two 1 days notice, for 25 cents, tips, 15 cents. The best work done in the United States and at one-third, the price charged elsewhere. Creiics redressed as No one can detect they have been worked over.

-Kids cleaned And colored. Traces cleaned ner- Tect.no shrinkage. The only first-class feather and lace cleaning establishment in the state. Respectfully, i I J. J.flawix AN EXCKLXt.NT IX'NCH.

1 As excellent lunch will be served at the Ft Charles hotel Saturday evening, at the grand optlulng of sample-room. Those who have taken a look at those spring suits at Arcade, 10 West Wash, pronounce them prettier and much cheaper than anything ever before produced. Emcgasit fiat Scarf 2Ua JFamoui Eagle One Price, and 7 W.Wash st T'or tho rest of this month we will sell bur "Sun Flour Brand" of flour for St.60 per barrel; 50 pound sscs: at .25 pound sack at 5bc, 12 pound sack, 30c. Vfe warrant this flour to give perfect satlsfac-tfou iii all cases. Eoote and 22 N.

Meridian st, i i BROWNING SLOAN. bRCfiCISTS, Fine perfumery, toilet arrjclas, Lubin'i Colgate's, Lnadboric's and Kit ki-i line extracts, imported Farina and German cologne, Florida and Laveudar waters, fine toilet soaps, sponges, tooth, hair, cloth, nail brushes, articles lor the toilet at lowest nsures. I .1 U' OF TI-IE STATE. Sole Agents for Patelc, and Vaclieron and Con- stantiii "Watches, THE FINEST IN THE WORLD. Our stock of Gold.

Watches, jFrench Clocks, Brchzcs andl.Gorhams, Sterling Silver doods, is the finest ever displayed In not be duplicated. I In the way of. Cheap Goods, we can offer a variety tlfan- any house in the West. Half dozen Double-plated poon Half dozen Double-plated Table Half dozen Triple-plated Medium Dinner Half dozen Solid Silver Tea Half dozen Solid Silver Table Spoons. The best Quadruple Plate-' 5-Bottle Caster' lever shown.

The best Quadruple Plate 6-Bottle Caster iever Large size Butter Dish ever A genuine Silver $tem-winding Wolthaia' Watch A genuine Nickel Sy-tn-Winding Opera A Gold-pointed .4. i Before you parcliasc' elsewhere please call and see us. ADAMS and WESTLAKE Oil and Gasoline Stores, EABXY BREAKFAST STOVES AND BANGES. Best in the World. A.

V. McOU AT, Cl and 63 West Washington St. IT It 1 i BEST OQUETTEiCARPETS, -BEST ELVET CAliPETS, I -LARGE LINE BOtiY i I TAPESTRY BRUSS ELS, EX. SUPER IXGIUX, (-2-PLY IK- Indiana, and qur prijees can greater 1J0 3.00 2.00 5.00 15.00 3.25 4.50 3.50 10.00 34.00 i face .15 WILL $133 1-3 SL0 .95 -CO 2,6 South Illinois; St CO, El 1 mm Wa boll, 30; 3 and 34 CRAFT 24 East Are selling Watches, Diamonds, Jewelry, Silverware and Clocks, at prices so lowJr' that competition is defied. See our gooods and prices before buying.

FIXE WATCH REPAIEJXGr WILL TO VISIT THE "BjEE-HTVE" CAKPET STOKE, "SVlicre, fur example, you can buy Best Jloquette Carpets for Body Brussels hirgeline at Tajcstry CarpeVs an elegant line All-wool Extra Super Carpeta at WALL Brown Bbnks, "Wliite Blanks, Flats, Gilt Papers a rich Tariety, at PAPEES. 15 to $1.35 1.00 .60 8c 20 "WIZLSTD SHADES. "Window Shades, witlx fixtures, complete, r- 30o Dado Shades, with CTirirfe fixturea, I 60 i EtcV, Etc Etc, Etc Etc The "Bee Hivo" Carpet Store A 0KT11 WLSTTOK. WASHLNGTON AND MERIDIAN STS..