Democratic Sentinel, Volume 19, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 April 1895 — Page 3

BARN FOR THE STOCK

BUILDING IN WHICH ALL MAY BE HOUSED. Advantages of Haring All Kinds of Stock tinder One Hoof— How to Have a Constant Water Supply—Weather Heporta on the Farm. A Convenient Barn. Some fanners would be glad to build contemplated barns so that all kinds of stock kept on a place devoted to general farming may be gathered under one roof. This plan has its advantages and its disadvantages—more of the former than of the latter, perhaps, if one places

FIG. 1. PERSPECTIVE VIEW OF BARN.

its proper value upon ease in doing one’s work. The illustrations given herewith may afford suggestions for those desiring to build general purpose barns. The barn is of the ordinary shape, with a wing on either end, as seen in Fig. 1, the main or feeding floor being across the middle of the barn proper. The floor plan (Fig. 2) leavefi little to add by way of explanation, except that provision may be made for feeding the young stock from the second floor through chutes at the end of the barn proper. It is intended for the young stock to run loose in the pen provided—which should have a cement floor—and that the manure from the cattle and horse stalls should be wheeled daily into this pen, spread

FIG. 2. GROUND PLAN.

and covered with litter. It will thus be firmly packed and kept in the best of condition. If such a barn could be built where it could have a dry cellar, the manure could be dropped into the cellar > where also could be stored roots, while" the silo could extend down through the cellar, the root room being, of course, partitioned off from the space- devoted to the manure.—American Agriculturist. Improving Meadows and Pastures. In most meadows and pasture fields are patches of greater or less extent that are not nearly as productive as the remainder of the field, though the entire surface is uniformly seeded. These unproductive places are usually knolls or hillsides, from which the fertility of the soil has been exhausted by washing or cropping. During, autumn they can easily be located and brought back to a state of fertility. First apply a good seeding of timothy, or other grass seed, and then cover the entire surface half an inch or more deep with well-rotted barn yard manure, or a heavy sowing of commercial fertilizer, passing over the spots several times with a spring tooth or other harrow. The early fall rains will cause the seed to germinate, and the whole surface should present a healthy,, green appearence before winter sets in. Frequently a field that has been into grass for many years is well set with moss, in which case? scatter seed over the surface, apply some rich manure, and harrow until the surface looks ragged, thus laying the foundation fbr an increased growth of herbage, and all at small expense, without replowing the field. These bare spots are not at all pleasant to look at, and do not speak well for the farmer.—Orange Judd Farmer. & A Wagon Jack. It should be made of seasoned hickory. The lever is Ix 2 in., 44 in. long, the legs Ix 2 in. long, cross bar 30 in. long; bolt legs to lever 7 in. from end, bolt crossbar 22 in. from same end, bolting loosely and using %-ln. bolts. For the pin in the end of the crossbar use %-in. rod bent as at B,

WAGON JACK.

and Insert the bar as at C; it should project 3 in. Give it a coat of paint It is light but powerful, holds a wagon securely, is quickly adjusted, and when not in use will fold up compactly or can be hung up by the pin in the bar C. _ Tree Planting in Autumn. A correspondeut of the Country Gentleman objects to the practice of removing young trees from the nursery rows in autumn before they have completed growth. It is a common practice to strip the leaves off from these trees, which does not hurt if the wood is matured. They will then come off easily, but if this is done while the tree is still growing, it often shrivels, and suffers in consequence. For orchard planting the writer prefers small wellrooted trees. These are cut back low to the ground the next spring, and they will then grow rapidly, need no stalking, and the ample root-system will insure a good crop. Weather Reports on the Farm. To show the need there is for the farmer to be in close communication with the sources of Information, I will give an instance. In my business of farming I early realized how much success depended upon the weather, and made a daily study of the reports sent out by the Weather Bureau. These I arranged to have reach me each morning. One morning that gave promise of being the best day of the year, I sent two teams to cut a clover patch of sixteen acres. As soon as the day’s weather report came I saw by it that a storm was coming from the west, and I hurried to my clover field and stopped the ■ work there, sending the teams to cultivating in the corn field. The men were disgusted, and looked at nie as if they thought I had lost my mind, as there was not an indication of a storm to be seen. I went to a neighbor, who had

begun bis cutting that morning, but be looked at the sky and declined to be advised. He “took no stock in weather reports,” and his field would be cut that day. The next morning it was raining, and for five days thereafter it rained. My clover was uncut and saved; my neighbor’s crop was ruined. How many others were misled by the fatal brightness of that morning, or what the loss was I don’t know. A careful study of the weather reports has shown me that over 80 per cent of the prognostications given by the Weather Bureau are correct We farmers have as much right to have this information delivered to us in the day of it as has the merchant in the city.—Correspondence of the Philadelphia Ledger. Farming at the Stations. The work of a station is sometimes best performed in making examinations of the methods and results of practical farmers who have nothing to do with the experimental part of agriculture, and then in publishing these reports. Often the experiments are conducted under such peculiar conditions at the stations that it would hardly be a fair thing to conclude that the same results would happen on the average farm. The Illinois station seems to realize this, and the opinions and methods of feeding sheep, hogs, and cattle of over one hundred practical farmers and breeders are published in Bulletin thir-ty-six, making a most interesting summary of the state of feeding and breeding In Illinois. From this we learn that the majority of farmers or breeders whose opinions are given make corn and pasture the chief reliance for feeding, generally fed unground, and even unshelled by the majority, and stall feeding is only occasionally practiced. Very few foods outside of corn and pasture are given, and ensilage, strange to say, is mentioned by only a few of these breeders of beef. On a few other points there is considerable disagreement, and the question of breed preferred varies, although among sheep Shropshires lead by a small majority, and among pigs the Poland-Chinas are the favorites, and among cattle the short-horns.—Ger-mantown Telegraph. Yield Per Acre. The farmers of the United States produce less per acre than farmers in Europe, and this means at a greater proportionate expense, as double crops can sometimes be grown for the same outlay of labor. It costs no more to plow an acre of land that produces twentyfive bushels of wheat than for twelve, and nearly the same proportion of labor must be bestowed upon harvesting the smaller field as the larger. It is by compelling the land to produce more per acre that the farmer must in the future increase his profits. A Constant Water Supply. A system for furnishing a house and barn with a constant supply of water from a spring at some distance is shown in the accompanying illustration from Farm and Home. The reservoir on the hill is 50 feet above the the buildings and connected with the spring Bby the one-inch pipe E. The distance between spring and reservoir is 1,400 feet. Midway along this line of pipe is the windmill D which pumps the water into the reservoir. In the same drain with pipe E is laid

CONSTANT WATER SUPPLY.

another returning from the reservoir to the buildings. Ui the upper part of each building is a smaller reservoir. These are supplied from the larger one on the hill. Where it is impossible to place the larger reservoir high enough to make use of gravity’ as a means of returning the water to the smaller ones the water can be pumped direct from the spring to the reservoirs in the buildings. In this case it is best that the reservoirs be larger than where they are supplied from one of mammoth size. The Man Who Kicks. A man who has a high temper, says a writer, if it is uncontrollable, has no business with a cow. The man who mercilessly kicks a cow can not possibly succeed, for his rough treatment will more than offset all he builds up by extra feeding. If he would be content to kick the side of the barn, or even himself, it would be more sensible, and his end would be gained just as well. Water Vegetables. In China many of the shallow pools have their bottoms planted with edible lilies, lotus, water chestnuts, water spinach and other vegetables which thrive in marshy lands. These grow rapidly, and in the warmer sections produce more than one crop each year. It might be wise to try some of these water vegetables in this country, as they will furnish a greater variety of food than already exists here. Fai-in Notes. The consumption of mutton has largely increased within the past six years, and it will continue to do so. Here is an excellent field for the farmer to handle the mutton breeds. The Germantown Telegraph says that if a cheese factory is located in a good dairy district and farmers persist in sending only inferior milk to it the closing of that factory is only a question of time. If the cider does not turn to vinegar it is due to the lack of air (oxygen) and it should be poured out into tubs and a few days again poured into the barrel. Any method of admitting oxygen to the cider will answer. A damp roosting place is an abomination, and yet fowls prefer a wet roost free from lice to a dry one covered with vermin which sap their blood and strength. This will explain why some l>eople’s chickens prefer to roost on trees. Some sort of pears, notably the Bartlett, Chapp’s Favorite and Lucrative, never fail of a crop', and by using care varieties may be planted so as to come in one after another. The pear is a sure crop all the time, and the wonder is that more of them are not to be seen about our farrh houses.

Celestial soldiers fleeing from the outer works through the western gate of the City of Ping Yang when chlsad from the Soto forts by the Japanese. —From a sketch by the New York Herald’s special artist.

MARKED BY A TREE.

The Lightning Blasted Hickory that Stands by Jas. G. Blaine’s Grave. The graves of Walker Blaine and his sister, Mrs. Alice Stanwood Coppinger, in Oak Hill Cemetery, are marked by plain monuments, the first a roundtopped slab of marble, without a line of ornamentation except the inscription, says the Washington Post. This neads: “Walker Blaine, born Augusta, Me., May 18, 1855. Died Washington, Jan. 15,1890.” The grave of Mrs. Coppinger is marked by a Celtic cross about four feet high, inscribed as follows: “Alice Stanwood, daughter of James G. Blaine and wife of Col. J. J. Coppinger, U. S. A. Born Augusta, Me., March 18, 1860. Died Washington, Feb. 2, 1890. Erected by her sorrowing husband.” Over the grave of James G. Blaine there is neither monument nor inscription, save a small footstone with the initials: “J. G. B.” At the head of the gyave stands a blasted tree, which is, •a accordance with the dead statesman's wish, his only monument. The tree was a magnificent hickory, one of the many of its kind that divide the honors of the hillside with the magnificent oaks that give the cemetery its name.

The absence of a monument is not a sign of neglect, but was his own request. Upon the death of his favorite son, Walker Blaine, the then Secretary of State selected a lot in Oak Hill Cemetery, one down the hill from the red sandstone chapel and overlooking the waters of Rock Creek. Here Walker Blaine was buried, and when, not long afterward, Mr. Blaine’s daughter, Mrs. Coppinger, died, he bought the adjoining lot, where she >was interred. On

JAMES G. BLAINE’S GRAVE.

this lot there stood an old hickory tree. It had been struck by lightning some years before and had died at the top. but it was trimmed and revived and how bids fair to reach as green an old age as any other tree in the cemetery. Mr. Blaine requested when he. bought the second lot that this tree should never be destroyed, and that on his death he should be buried beneath it.

PROFESSIONAL BULLIES.

Scoundrels Who Hire Themselves for Criminal Purposes. A peculiar feature of modern Japan is an organization known as the Soshi, bullies who are ever ready to sell themselves for aiPf dirty or dangerojs work to the highest bidder. Every politician has a number of them connected with him, and every political meeting is filled with them. They hire themselves out to break up political meetings, Intimidate nervous statesmen, dominate the voting booths and sometimes even to commit assault or murder. They carry sword canes, and during elections the papers are full of the attacks of one band of Soshi upon another, and of statements as to how one prominent man, accompanied by his Soshi. was met by another statesman, with his Soshi, and how the two fought the matter out on the street. These Soshi come from the student class. Thousands of young Japanese

have been studying professions, and there are hundreds upon hundreds of lawyers and doctors more than are needed. The government places all are overcrowded, and the universities have been turning out their graduates by the hundreds a year. The brightest students have been picked out by the government and sent abroad to finish their

TYPICAL SOSHI, OR PROFESSIONAL BULLIES OF JAPAN.

educations. When they have come back they have been given positions, and those who were not so fortunate have had to stay out. The “outs” have banded together, and thqy have formed these organizations which are, to a certain extent, insurrectionary in their tendencies. They would be a bad element in case of a revolution, and they form one of the worst features of the new Japan.

Nevada’s Musical Mountain.

In the old Truckee mining district, down the Truckee River, near Pyramid Lake, is situated Nevada’s musical mountain. This mountain was first discovered by the white settlers in 1863, at which time there was some excitement in regard to the mines found in the neighborhood. The discoverers were a party of prospectors from Cornstock. They had pitched their tent at the foot of the mountain, and for a few evenings thought themselves bewitched, says the Virginia City Enterprise. Each evening a little after dark, when the air was calm and all was quiet, a mysterious concert began. Out from the face of the big mountain were wafted soft strains that seemed to cause the whole atmosphere to quiver as they floated over the camp. The music then appeared to pass over until it was far, far away, and almost lost in the distance, when, beginning with a twinkling as of many little silver bells, there would be a fresh gust of sweet notes from the mountain.

Story of the Attack on Nicholas II.

L. A. Ribas, the interpreter who is employed by the Burlington people, and who recently returned from a trip to Japan, where he accompanied the Corean minister, tells a story about the attempt made upon the life of the present Czar of Russia in Japan a couple of years ago which materially differs from the reports hitherto published in this country. The attempt, it will be remembered, was made while the then Czarowitz was riding in a jinricksha, and the report then published stated that his life had been saved only through the prompt action of his cousin, Prince George. Mr. Ribas met one of the carriers of the cart in which the Czarowitz was seated, and who was in reality the man who saved the life of his royal patron. For this action the carrier was presented with 10,000 rubles by the Russian government, and the Japanese government also handsomely remembered the brave act by giving the man a fine house in Tbkio. The credit of the action was given to Prince George, it is supposed for political effect.—San Francisco Call. Ahnost everyone eats the skin on apples except when there is company.

A CHINESE RETREAT.

SPOKE AFTER FIVE YEARS.

A Young Woman Regains Her Speech After a Long IlliicHH. For live years Miss Nellie Fuller, a young woman living in Plainville, 11. 1., could not articulate a single word. She was a teacher in a primary school and one Friday night in September, 1889, on reaching home'she lay down on the sofa and said: “Mother, I'm going to be sick.” She suffered from the grip for several weeks, and since that Friday night, lias not been able to speak until Nov. SO, when, without warning, she spoke aloud. During these years she has tried every imaginable treatment which promised relief. Sixteen doctors were consulted. None of them could account for her peculiar malady. All of them agreed that some day she would talk; when, they did not know, and what would bring about a cure they were at a loss to say. “You do not know how strange It seemed to be not to be able to talk," said Miss Fuller. “Try us hard as 1 might I couldn't make a sound above a whisper. All the doctors supposed it, was owing to my severe illness. They told me that when 1 got strong, perhaps, I would be able to talk, but none of them gave me any encouragement or much assistance. I went to Boston and stayed seven months in an institution for the treatment of nervous diseases. When I went there I could walk and was getting along nicely from a physical standpoint, but when I came home everybody said I couldn't live three months, Last Tuesday as I lay on the lounge I opened my mouth and tried to groan aloud. It was a long time before I succeeded. Finally a lump in my throat seemed to break and the first thing I knew I was down on my knees beside the sofa. ‘Thank God! Thank God!' were the first words I uttered and the first that had passed my lips for five years. What do I lay my cure to? God’s interposition. What else could it have been ?” “We all think it a miracle," spoke old Mrs. Fuller. “It was a miracle from God. and no mistake.” Miss Fuller said her latest medical advisers advanced as a reason for the loss of voice the supposition that the arteries around the vocal cord were compressed. The blood in these arteries got a start and this enabled the Invalid to speak aloud.

Philadelphia Is a good place to observe the oblivion of the rest of the human race by the select few. At the time of the Willlng-Astor wedding Walnut street was filled by the curious, vulgar crowd that a mueh-talked-of function brings together. The long line of carriages filled the street, and to reach them young girls in their sumptuous costumes walked bareheaded down the street, talking and laughing loudly and apparently unconscious that there was a stray creature in the streets except themselves. To mention Philadelphia is to recall the late George 11. Boker. A young man who had been writing up the literary society of.* the different

Philadelphia Complacency

A GROUP OF ST. BERNARDS.

YOU MIGHT BUY THE QUARTET FOR $4,50

cities went to Philadelphia on the same quest. Having a letter of introduction to Mr. Boker, he asked him who constituted the literary society of Philadelphia. After a moment's hesitation Mr. Boker replied: “I." New York Commercial Advertiser.

IS EUROPE AHEAD OF US?

Tills Mudline Docs Not Rcem to Have Maile Its Appearance Yet. Several weeks ngo the cycle imnsom made its appearance in Ixmdon. The occupant of the vehicle had the appearance of being a foreigner, but In Ids movements lie seemed to know the city well. Ills vehicle was a hansom body on three pneumatie tire wheels, propelled by two hickeys, one in front and one behind. The front, man, of course, steered, but both helped the pro-

THE NEW HANSOM.

pulsion, and they pedaled away over the rough pavement at a pace of nearly eight miles an hour. Others of these vehicles have since been noticed on tlie street, and it is learned that a large manufactory in the suburbs lias been started to rush them on the market.

Bismarck’s Retort.

Berlin newspapers publish an anecdote of the late Duke Ernst of Saxe-Co-burg-Gotha and Prince Bismarck. One evening when the German troops were before Paris the Duke began grumbling in Bismarck’s presence because the iron cross of the first class, given for bravery on the field of battle, had been distributed too Indiscriminately. Bismarck replied that the distribution of such decorations was always a delicate and difficult task, “for," said he, “conspicuous merit has to be reworded, but in some cases, conspicuous position, with or without merit, cannot well be overlooked. See, now,” he added, “Moltke has it, Roon inis it, Blumenthal has it. Excellent! But then—your Highness and I have it, too, and surely It is not for us to grumble.”

Striking the Balance.

At the end of the year each farmer should survey his work, and compare his expense's with his receipts. Credit that which was purchased for the family, and also the proportion of product of the farm that was consumed, as jvell as estimating the value of the manure and increase of stock. The result may show that the farmer has made a fair profit. Keep account next season, and learn what has been done.

HUSTLING HOOSIERS.

ITEMS GATHERED FROM OVER THE STATE4n Interesting Summary or the More Im. portent Doing* of Our Neighbor*— Wed. dlnje and Deaths—Crimes, Casualties, and General Indiana News Notes. Charles E. Everett. Among the rising politicians of this State is Mr. Charles E. Everett, of Fort Wayne, Chairman of the Allen County Republican Central Committee, a young man whose indomitable enery, indefatiguable zeal and practical intelligence have attracted tlie attention of leaders all over the State. Mr. Everett belongs to an entirely new jiolitical school. He brings ,to the work of ids office as party chairman, the same 'methods that have crowned his business career with marked success. He is a broad-minded, astute, far-seeing, iirtreped but scrupulously honest leader. He is a strong and relentless enemy to the {Democratic party as an organization, while lie holds Hie warm jiersonal esteem and friendship of thousands of individual Democrats who know him as a man of bis .wont, and always worthy of confidence. >He is absolutely above little j>etty bickerings in iiis own party, and he counsels and secures harmony in the ranks by di-

CHA RLES E. EVERETT.

tecting attention to the common enemy in front. So wise, skillful, and altogether effective was the campaign conducted in Allen County by Mr. Everett, that the usual Democratic majority of nearly 5,000 was reduced to a few hundred and. there was such a general feeling of panic among the Democratic nominees, that some of them actually conceded their defeat, although the country districts, the last to be heard from, pulled all the ticket through by safe majorities. Mr. Everett is by ail odds the most systematic in his methods of any leader the Republicans of Allen County have ever iiad. He knew, before, election, the name of every voter in the county, the place of resilience, his usual political affiliations, and as near as human knowledge eould, he knew how everv num would vote. He predicted the election of Congressman Lelghty by over 2,<mki plurality, at a time when old prognosticators for the metropolitan press were conceding the district to McNagny by a reduced majority. Members of tlie .State Central Committee refused to believe that the Twelfth district could possibly be carried, when Mr. Everett was assuring them from data carefully compiled by him that the district was absolutely safe. The poll iooks in his office, compilled under his direction, are characterized by tlie most perfect system ever employed for the purpose, and the revelations they made of democratic defection before the vote was taken were, amply borne otit by the returns. It is not surprising, in view of his record, here merely outlined, that attention should be attracted toward Mr. Everett as a .State leader, mid hardly hud the returns been received and their analysis been commenced, before suggestions were heard from all over tlie State that this young man embodied the qualification essentia] to lead the party to victory in IHM. 11 Is name is now frequently spoken of in connection with the gubernatorial nomination, and the man who defeats him in the next State Convention, will need to be active and strong.

Allnor State item*. McoTTsnvim is clamoring for a creamery. Gohiikn will hold a grand carnival neit month. Ohleakk authorities are having a tussle with crap-shooters. Frankfort has secured a big tin plate factory employing 5100 hands. Hop cholera is seriously interfering with tiie pork crop in Fountain County. Diamond plate glass company, Kokomo, have drilled in five monster gas wells the past week. A cemetery Company has been organized at Vincennes with I,OQO shares of stock at SSO each. The poor asylum at South Bond will lie enlarged as the number Of paupers is on the increase. Fulton County Commissioners have decided to build a new $75,000 court-house at Rochester. Goshen people are petitioning for vaults to be built in the court-house in which to place county records. Montgomery, Davies County, isenjoying a good sized boom, owing to the opening of several new coal mines. At Boston, Ind., Miss Eva Dooley had both legs amputated at the knee. The amputation was made necessary by a poisoned condition of her limbs, which resulted from wearing red stockings. Her recovery is doubtful. The Western Indiana Fair Association met in Frankfort, to arrange dates for the different meetings next season. Josepk Heavilan of Frankfort, was elected President, and W. W. Morgan of Crawfordsville, Secretary. Each of the associations were represented in the convention, and following are the dates: Frankfort fair begins Aug. 26; Bainbridge, July 29; New Ross, Aug. 4; Sheridan, Aug. 12; Lebanon Aug. 19; Lafayette, Sept. 2; Crawfordsville’ Sept. 9; Boswell, Sept. 2; Kokomo, Aug; 12; Covington, Aug. 9. • The contract for the brick and stone work on the large car shops to be built at Dunkirk has been given to Alexander Owens & Co., of Muncie, and work will proceed at once. There are to be thirteen large buildings. It will be one of the largest manufacturing plants in the gas belt. Now South Bend and Goshen are at war, and the following, which appeared in the Goshen Times, is the cause: “It is fortunate for South Bend that the Pittsburgh Railway does not pass tlirough that city. This railway has made a rule to not carry a passenger under the influence of liquor.” Eugene Allison, who was sent from Owen County for burglary to serve two years in'the Prison South, was released recently on a conditional pardon. Should he use alcoholic liquors or drugs as a stimulant or in any way violate the law, he. is to be remanded for the full term. at Indianapolis, George Davis held up a number of men in a saloon and robbed the place, taking with him two revolvers. Later he was fotind in a saloon, and when the officers arrested him he tried to blow up the place with dynamite. The.dangers>us explosive was taken away from him before he accomplished his purpose. Davis admitted that he and a number of companions were in a plot to blowup thellom» Brewery and rob the safe