Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 28 March 1890 — Page 7

THE INDLiNAPOLIS JOURNAL, FRIDAY, MARCH 28, 1890.

THE MANAGEMENT OF FARMS

Ideas from the Experience and Study of Progressive Tillers of the Soil. Senator Mount Tells What Increases Yield and Profits Mr. Fnrnas Thinks Conditions of Living Were Never Better. THE MORNING SESSION. Series of Papers on IIoyt to Get the Best Oat of Farming. The Farmers' Institute that be?an its session yesterday morning in Agricultural Hall, at the State-house, brought together about two hundred ladies and gentlemen from all parts of the State. Prof. W. C. Latta. of Purdue University, called the institute to order, and introduced asitschairlnan Dr. Kyland T. Brown, of this city Musio was furnished by Mrs. F. A. Meek and Miss Hattie Fraris. After prayer by the Her. Dr. 1L A. Cleveland and a few words by Dr. Brown, Jasper N. Davidson, ex-rresident of tho State Board of Agriculture, read a paper on "Sheep Husbandry," showing the progress in it during the past half century. He suggested that the dog law was well named that it was for the bene tit of the dogs, and not the sheep. He said if every farmer in the State raised fifteen sheep, the clip would supply the homo consumption. The paper was discussed by Fielding Beeler and others. After this came a paper by D. L. Thomas, of Eushville, on "Growing Pigs for the General Market." He spoke particularly of the necessity; of system in computing the cost of raising hogs, and said that as commonly managed the farmer has no accurate idea of the cost to him of the hogs he raises. The tonic of State Senator James A. Mount, of Shannondiile. was, "How to Increase the Profits of Farming." He spoke of the increased facilities of obtaining the Lepjt results of agriculture, and eaid that greater yields of crops will increase profits. Diligeut attention to all the details of the farm, he remarked, will augment the income and curtail the expenses. The secrets of largo yields always, and everywhere, are food seed, rich 6oil and thorough tillage, t is the farmer in the wake of intelligent progress who makes farming par. "There should be on the farm," the Senator continued, "sonnd economy, not the spirit of . parsimony, but & wise outlay of money. Seeing an emergency, the farmer should prepare to meet it, with care as to implements, food aua stock, iiust and rot of winter, do more for the implementmaker, than the wear and tear of summer. J. T. Polk, of the canning establishment at Greenwood, said the waste ou the farms in our State was equal to the net profit of farmers. Professor Henry said the waste of tho corn storer in the Mississippi valley was equal to the mortgage indebtedness of the farms. There should be system on the farms, and the farmer should push his work, and keep full abreast of the season. To fall behind causes imperfect or neglected work and loss in the end. There should be system in keeping account of the cost production and a strict watchfulness to see that the income and outlay are not neglected," As to increased yield of crops the senator said that ten bushels of wheat to the acre gave little or no profit. "Fourteen bushels was the probable average of the State last year," he continued; "they gave to our farmers but small profit. Twenty bushels per acre, an increase of 42 per cent, in the yield, would largely increase profits. This yield can and should be attained. The yield of corn in our State last year was twenty-eight bushels to the acre. If our soil was in tho condition good farming could keep it, then, with good seed and good cultivation, the yield in this staple crop could be almost doubled. During three months of active institnte work in Indiana 1 have been much surprised to find abundant proof that the fertility cf our soil is being rapidly depleted. Much land is so 'worn out' that profitable crops cannot bo grown, and some of it is being abandoned. It is time to call a halt in our unwise, thriftless and improvident methods of farming. An essential in improving tho condition of soil is drainage. Partial, and sometimes total, failures on many farms are occasioned by lack of drainage." The Senator then said that the correct practice in farming should be to market more on the hoof and in the lleecc "The January report from the Department of Agriculture," he continued, "gave to Indiana 1228,000 sheep. Three times this number wonla be the means of largely increasing profits and improving the condition of thesoil. In the speech of Judge William Lawrence, president pf the Ohio Wool - growers' Association, delivered before tho Farmers' Congress at Montgomery, Ala., it was shown' that the total importation of wool and woolens equaled i79.000,0(JO pounds of unwashed wool. To supply this lack would require sixty million more sheep. This would be the means of diversifying farming and curtailing the over-supply of beef and pork. Sheep and clover are the best reenperating factors for worn-out laud and at the same time they yield a profit. More grass and better stock should be the rule. Grass and stock aro the prime factors in successful agriculture. Too much plowinaand not enough pasturing, is wearing out our land. M. 15. augh.oneof the most successful farmers, said 'a field of good blue-grass was worth as much as a field of grain. Tho man who would plow a good blue-grass sod is a lit subject for the lunatic asylum.' In our State where this grass grows so well we do not have enough good bluegrass past n re. More acres in grass and fewer for the plow, with better tillage of what is cultivated should be emFhasized among our farmers. When Bee a farm with abundant pasture and herds and flocks of good breed grazing thereon. I see the evidenceof thrift and success. When I look again and see the handling and feeding of this stock, conducted with as much concern for enrichiug t the land as in improving the stock, I see in practice that system that will give maximum yields and increased profits.'' In the discussion following tho paper expression was made that the wheat in various parts of the State now looked to be m . .... in uaa couaiiioD, nnu mas no satisiactory explanation could be given. Senator Mount, W. C. Latta, Sylvester Johnson, J. W. Apple and J. W. Kobe were appointed a committee on resolutions. At noon an excellent dinner was served in an adjoining room to all by a committee of ladies. AFTERNOON AND KVENLNO. Variety of Topics In Which 3Iuch Interest Warn Shown In Discussion. The first paper road at tho afternoon session was "Farm Dairying." by E. L. Furnas, of FurnasWlle, who, in concluding his remarks, took note of the cry "that the rich are growing richer and the poor poorer." He held that in spite of low prices the general condition of the people was never better. "Comforts and luxuries abound," said Mr. Furnas, "and are generally distributed. People were uever better fed, or clothed, or housed, or had more Biiperlluities and privileges. Man develops by struggle and grows strong from effort, Depression is followed by elevation as high as that depression was low. Many of us have seen much gloomier times when prices were not only low, but product? would not sell at all. Now everything will pell at some price and bring good monev. There never was a time when it did not .require serions effort to get along comfortably in the world. That the poor are crowing poorer is not true in any sense whatever. We have a large and continuous stream of poor people migrating to this country, and their condition rapidly and radically improvps. The rich and tho poor are both powing richer, to the great benefit of all. 1 bo rich man in this country has no class legislation in his favor. He is a man simply on his merit as a man, and he started in the world poor. By industry, skill and economy he made himself wealthy, and has formed such habits of activity that he continues in action, and puts his money at work building aud operating factories, railroads nnd other large enterprises that give employment to hosts of men. That creates markets for fr.rm products, and general prosperity results. Good times are coining and will surelr overtake us. We have a glorious country, rood government and grand instruction. Vet wo complain czd tesia never satisfied. Wo attribute

our troubles to tarifis, trusts and taxes anything and everything rather than to our own want of skill and energy. A man who keeps a cow that yields only pounds of butter in a year when sho might give 00 pounds has more cause to complain of himself than of anything else, aud can never expect to be prosperous bo long as he maintains such a prohibitory tariff on prosperity." The paper was discussed, most of the speakers agreeing with the author that the Jersey cow was the most profitable for the dairy and al.o for the farmer. Mrs. Meredith took exception to the view that it was profitable for tne farmer, as there was no sale for the calves. Mr. Furnas said that Jersey butter stood up under heat better than any other, because of the quantity of stearine in it. Mr. Kabb said that while two Holsteins ate as much as f ix Jerpeys they would yield less butter than two Jerseys. "It all depends on the quality of the butter," remarked Charles Howland. "My wife makes the bntter, and we don't have to go round to back doors to ask people to buy 'it. If more people made the kind of bntter that Brother Fnrnas and my wife make there would be less talk about getting a good price. John Clore, of Frauklin, thonpht tho dairy folks, in talking of profit, only took account of one side that was the butter. "In short-horns," said Mr. Clore, "there is a great deal of money in the calves, while Jersey calves don't sell.' "I can make more money olF Jersey cows by killing the calves." said Sylvester Johnson, "than 1 can off any other stock." "The person who buys the butter," remarked W. II. Dnngan.of Franklin."doesnt care what kind of an animal wo get it from. What we want is a better quality of butter, and we want better methods of making it. I have found in selling a thing that it is more in the quality than in anything else. Yon can get tho price if you have the quality." "It doesn't require so much food to feed the little Jersey as the largo Holstein," said J. Q. A. Sieg, of Corydon, "and my experience is that I can make more pounds of butter from the Jersey than any breed I have ever tried. There is no record of Holsteins ever equaling the Jersey butter record." J. N. Latta, of Haw Patch, Lagrange county, read a papex on "The Ideal Horse f'-r the Farmer." In concluding his paper lid that the State Board of Agriculture t to be the mouthpiece of improved agtnre. "If we are to have a race of es worthy to bear .the name," said Mr. "x.. ta, I wonld suggest that the State board protect this class with a rigid set of rules, clearly defining their necessary characteristics, and absolutely barring out all bad colors and markings, malformations and unsoundness, even though but one animal should be shown that was entitled to a premium. These rules would have a twofold use, first in tho dissemination of knowledge, second in giving uniformity to the decisions of judges. Could the board be induced to adopt this course it would be safo to predict that within fifteen years we should be ready to issue a stud book, nnd then who would question our right should we name them lndianians!v "I believe," said D. L. Thomas, of Rushville, "that the State board should have a veterinary surgeon to go through and rule out all animals that have constitutional blemishes. That would be a long step m advance." "I have no doubt it would," remarked the presiding officer, drily, "If we had an honest man to go along to watch the veterinarian." . H. Peed, of the Stato board, remarked that the board said they tried to employ an expert, and they have a rule on the premium list that no unsound animal shall receivo a premium; if it happens that one does, it is

not tne fault of tne board. Mrs. u Kachol Swain, M. D., of this city, forward to read a paper on "Food ana came lorwara to read a naner Its Preparation," before beginning which she remarked: "When our ladies and gentlemen get up to the point of improving the human race, I shall b more pleased than ever." She went on to say that Dr. Page, of Boston, found that the Jersey milk was poisoning the children, and she inferred that the richest milk might not be the most healthful. This caused the Jersey advocates to look somewhat dismayed, while the short-horn people who were present beamed their satisfaction. The paper was an excellent one, covering a wide range. In conclusion, after speaking of Mrs. Heminway's cooking-schools in Boston, she said: "It appears to bo one of the greatest and gravest or the needs of the age, to train, and teach, and fit every school-girl in the land to preEare food; how to economize and combine, ow to make appetizing the food of the family and of all the families of the whole country. It is of more value to the Nation than a standing army. Writh this knowledge comes health, happiness and thrift, a trinity not to be despised." "I do not intend to make any criticism," said John B. Conner, during the discussion that followed tho paper. "I know most people have plenty of opinions and not many facts. That is a fault of many criticisms. It has been said that we are becoming a nation of dyspeptics. According to life insurance statistics, however, life is growing longer. I merely desire to call attention to that fact. The announcement of Dr. Page, of Boston, in regard to the use of Jersey milk is accounted for on practical grounds. It is well known that for years tuberculosis has prevailed in the herds that havo supplied the East. These herds are now under quarantine. Of course, the reason is understood. The milk is a fleeted by that disease, and it has affected the health of thoso who used it." "The cow that has tnbreculosis will give tho richer milk," said Mrs. Meredith. "I don't believe in Jersey milk being unhealthy!" exclaimed Peter Kaab. a remark that was followed by a chorus of "Neither o 1!" Tho chairman. Dr. R. T. Brown, then spoke bnellyupon tho subject of hygienic instruction. Eat when you are hungry," said he; "eat what your appetite calls for. nnd quit when yon got done. I have lived that way more than eighty years and am in good health. I have lost but one.day in twentylive years from sickness. Your constitn-" tion may require less exercise, and the last thing you must know is that 3-011 havo a stomach. When you eat don't watch your stomach to see what becomes of your dinner. One thing 1 don't do," the hale octogenarian remarked as he raised the gavel to dismiss tho meeting for the afternoon, "I don't keep late hours; so I will not be here to-night. Professor Latta will preside." The first paper of the evening session, and one that was listened to with marked attention and approval, was by Sylvester Johnson, of Irvington, on "Small Frnits and How to Have Them," This was followed by an especially good paper bv Mrs. J. A. Mount, of Sbannondale, on "How to Better the Intellectual aud Social Condition of Farmers' Families." Milton Trusler, of Bentley, master of the State Grange, and others discussed the paper. President Smart, of Purdue University, spoke especially in relation to books children read: "We are interested," ho said, "in the subject of liquor and temptation placed before young people. There are four or five hundred boys at Purdue, and sometimes some of them may tumble into a 6aloon, but more young men aro ruined by bad literature, ten to one, than by liquor. Yon will never get rid of the influence of bad literatnro by personal prohibition to the boy. The only way is to provide a substitute by indirection. Tho boy must have something to read and you must supply that which is good or he may not mind your prohibition. It is a subjectyou onght to study a great deal as to what 3011 furnish your child to read. If yon want a good book make him the owner 01 it. That invests tho bofk with ten times the power of a borrowed one. If I had ten children I should have just ten book-cases in my house, each should have his own library. I think that six months of school in the countrv is enough and all you ought to have. The only reason for giving children in the city ten months . is because they are so preoccupied that they cannot learn enong 1 in six and they cannot be kept out of mischief in any other way. Six months of school and six months of teaching them to do something will make better men than ten months school and two'inontlis of idleness. That is my judgment after twenty-five years' experience." J. N. Latta, of Lagrange county, was not disposed to agreo with President Smart that six months was enough schooling in the country. Tho children there wanted all they could get and the best that could begot. He was very emphatic concerning saloons. "Saloons," he exclaimed, "are the curse of Indiana." Two or three prohibitionists were about to applaud, when he quickly added; "But I'm not a prohibitionist; I'm a temperance man." Prof. F. M. Webster, of Purdue University, unrolled several scrolls upon which were pictured various kinds of worms and bugs, und proceeded to talk upon a subject that immediately had the closest attention of every agriculturist in the room "Injurious Insects and Hdw to Destry Them.". He said ho was not altogether sore that either

ho or his hearers knew what constitutes an injurious insect. "The insect, whether injurious or not," he continued, "varies every day and with every locality. Lv;ry variation in the flora causes chaugo in the insect. The chinch bug, known all over the United States as an injurious insect, does little or no damage in many localities. 1 do no think the bug has ever been destructive in northern Indiana. Yon often speak of these things as though they were dispensations of Providence. You seem to imagine they always have and always will exist: that you cannot control them. The injurious insects of America are precisely wh:it the farmer and the merchant havo made them. We have not an injurious insect here, but it has been made injurious by the agriculturist or the horticulturist, or it has been imported by the merchant. We brought the insects here, and failed to briug their natural enemies. We are just beginning to learn that we may import beneficial Insects. The Hessian lly was brought to this country aud had its beginning near the Hessian camps on Long island. The cabbage worms were introduced in Montreal in a cargo of cabbages and we took no pains to stop them. We have now in Massachusetts a pest that is beginning to be felt. Twenty years ago a man brought some insects over the sea; they got away from him and now they are becoming destructive. The Colorado beetle is called an injurious insect. When found in the Rocky mountains it was not. You placed stepping stones for him and he crossed the continent. The Indians jump upon the Pacific railroad, ride a distance and jump oft. The Colorado beetle did tho same thing, but rode further. "Here," said the Professor, exhibiting tho reed worm in the pupa, worm and beetle stages of existence, "is an insect that we have known to exist from Canada to Texas and from the Atlantic coast to Kansas. But it never did any damage, for it always lived in tho swamps and fed upon worthless weeds. But land became valuable. We have drained tho swamps and planted them in corn. You crowd this fellow to tho wall. He is not going to starve. You kill the reed, in the roots of which it breeds and upon which it feeds. It takes the insect but a little while to destroy the corn on the swamp lands. Yon cannot annihilate it but yon can dodge it by planting some other crop than corn." The Professor cave tho name of this insect as the spnenophorus ochreus. "Here is the corn-root worm," he continued. "The farmers of Indiana and Illinois have made it what it is. Less than fifteen years ago you could not find it in the corn-fields, nowyon cau find millions where the rotation of crops has not been followed un. The original food-nlantof that worm

was the thistle. The worms gradually got into tne corn-ncid and seemed to icarn tney couia breed there as well as in the thistle. It has been the custom to plant corn on new land for twenty years or more in succession. That has made this insect what it is. The adult insect is harmless, it is tho growing worm that has dono more damage to farmers than any insect we have, let a rotation of crops would sweep it out of existence; simply for one year, instead of corn sow small grain: instead of the tender root of the corn give it the woody root of grain and it will starve. It seems to be that farmers have to have something to compel them to rotate their crops." "What is your remedy for tho grubworm!" asked a listener. "I am free to say," said the Professor, "that no people havo yet found a practical remedy for the white grub, though a great deal can bo done by rotation of crops, and by allowing the grass lands to remain without plowing." It was suggested that hogs that did not have rings in their noses would root np the grubs, and destroy them. Others said that their nogs would not eat grubs. This morning Milton Truster, of Bently. will read a paper on "What can Co-operative Eflort Do for Farmers?" and otherpapers will follow. This afternoon Mrs. H. C. Meredith, of Cambridge City, called the Cattle Queen of Indiana, will read a paperon "Privileges and Possibilities of Farm Life." THE MUSICAL FESTIVAL. A Famous New York Opera Orchestra Is to Be a Conspicuous Feature of the Event A called meeting of the directors of the Musical Festival Association was held yesterday afternoon, when it was decided to engage the entire German Opera orchestra of New York. This is more popularly known as Seidl's, and is the regular orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera-house. It is composed of sixty solo players, who recoive the highest salaries paid to any members of the profession. The complete list of soloists is as follows: Mllo. Clementina De Vere, prima donna soprano; Madam Therese Herbert Fcerster, dramatic soprano; Mrs. Zelda Seguin-Wallace, contralto; Jules Perotti, tenor; Emil Fischer, basso: Charles Knorr. oratorio tenor; and Charles Holman-Black, baritone. It was also decided to compile an official "Souvenir Programme Book," with complete programme, biograpical sketches of the soloists and composers, names of the chorus and guarantors, and critical and explanatory notes on the compositions to bo rendered. This book is to bo artistically printed, and will be sold at a nominal sum sufficient to to cover the cost of publication. It will be a valuable and attractive souveuir of the festival. Coopers Out of Work. The cooper-shop of Woods & Smith, No. 84 South West street, has shut down, and about eighty men are thereby thrown out employment. The business of the firm is the manufacture of lard tierces, for the use of the pork-packing establishments, and at the approach of warm weather the demand for the tierces decreases. The men have been paid 5 cents for each tierce made, but as the decreased demand during warm weather forces the storing of large numbers of the tierces the price of their construction is reduced in the8nmraer. The firm proposed paying SO cents, but the men asked for a contract at price, to extend to Sent. 1. The firm did not feel justified in giving a guarantee for the entire period covering the summer months, and thus tho shut-down was brought about. It comes at a time when the demand for tierces is comparatively limited, aud tho firm, therefore, will probably not make extraordinary exertions to resume work at once. lteal-Kstate Transfers. Instruments ttled for record In tho recorder's office of Marion county, Indiana, for the twentyfour Lours ending at 5 p. m., March 27, 1890, as furnished by Elliott & Butler, abstracters cf titles. Hartford Block. No. 84 East Market street: Georpe Maroneto P. W. Ballwesr, the north half of lot 2J,in Wattcra's sub division ot the south half of outlot 101 J. M. Keprer to C. I. Fletcher, the south half of lot 11, in Boatwrlrfit's subdivision of the southwest half of square 10 A. M. Ogle et ai. to T. B. Kemper, lot 83. in OgleetaL's Last Park addition Jell'erson Dillard to Maria Granbough, part of lot 10, In square C8 C. A. Wolfram to John Gramas, lot 2. in Young's subdivision of outlot 181 The Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Company John M. Butler, lot 3, in 6harpe's north addition John Picken, trustee, to II. C. Syerup, lot 00 ami the north half of lot 51), in ricken's East Washington-street addition John Pickcx). trustee, to C. F. Holtmann, lot 50 and the south half of lot 5S in Picken's East Washingtonstreet addition The Connecticut Mutual Lifo Insurance Company to W. M. and K. II. Levey, pare of lots 1 and 2, in square $1,400.00 8,000.00 400.00 1,300.00 1,700.00 17,000.00 4S7.00 487.00 25,000.00 475.00 250.00 20,000.00 2,800.00 2.100.00 600.00 Harry J. Milligan, trustee, to Elizabeth Uertelstnau, lot 17, in Million's IVrk Place John A. Hoebrook to William Robinson, lot 10, in Hosbrook's Hauguville subdiSfion Henry P.. Bond, trustee, et al. to M. II. Spades, part of lot 9, in square F. "iieard "to" Margaret X" ghtifcYton, lot GO, in Young's subdivision of outlot 181 C. F. bayles, administrator, to Patrick Walsh, the north two-thirds of lot 2. in Beaty, commissioner's, subdivision of part of outlot 101 Uenry Aebker to II. C. Aebker. part of lots 41 aud 12. in McCarty's subdivision of outlot 119 Conveyances, 15: consideration SS2.409.00 JSetrnre of Pneumonia. 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AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS Tli Associations IVlll Be Consolidated. The interviews published in the Journal of Monday last, with officers of the Order of Railway Conductors, regarding the dropping from their ritual of tho clause regarding strikes, has' created considerable commotion in railroad circles, and it is believed that even more will be accomplished at the annual meeting than the eliminating from the ritual of the clause not to strike under any circumstances. It is believed that it will result in the consolidation of the Order of Railway Conductors and thd Brotherhood of Railway Conductors. George Howard, grand chief of the Brotherhood of Railway Conductors, who, for some days past, has been in Terre Haute, when interviewed by a reporter of the Terre Haute News said that at first he doubted the truthfulness of the statement published in the Journal, but later information convinced him that such action would bo taken. He had no longer any doubt that the O. R. C. would become a striking order within the next ninety days, and gKve as his reason that the railroads had ta);e:i advantage of the order on account of the non-strike clause. In cases of trouble the conductors had been called before the officials and told to take the places of brakemen, switchmen, and sometimes engineers and firemen, and when they refused they were discharged. They had had no recourse, and were comnelled to accept the situation. There has never been any. Eersonal disagreement between the memera of the two orders, and the only point of difference amounting to anything in their rituals was on a quest ion of strikes the O. R. C. refusing to strike under any consideration and the B. R. C. favoring a strike as the. last resort in case a settlement of differences on any other terms is refused. Mr. Howard said that if the non-strike clause is dropped by tho O. R. C. ho will stop organizing lodges of the B. R. C.v that in his opinion the two orders wonld be merged into one; that the B. R. C. was composed of members who were for the most part former members of the O. R. C, who had become dissatisfied ou account of the non-strike clause; that it was upon the latter subject that tho two orders differed; that there were none but the Triendliest feelings existing between the orders, and that . he saw no reason why the orders should not combine. Mr. Howard copcluded by saying that if the O. R. C. dropped the non-strike clause the B. R. 0. wonld mako more concessions than the O. R. C. would ask in order to effect a consolidation and a more harmonious feeling between the conductors, and that he would step down ana out in order to bring such a result about. Will Accept Actual Weights. The local freight agents and the general' live-stock agents got together, yesterday, to tako action as regards the complaints of shippers of live stock to this market over the weight question. Tho roads, recently, have charged maximum rates on all stock shipped in here, regardless of the actual weight. As a result of yesterday's meeting the roads have all agreed to take the rates as certified by the commission men on stock arriving at the yards, as formerly.' This leaves no room for complaint on tho part of the shipper. Tuesday next the live-stock agents and local freight agents will have a conference with W. P. I jams, superintendent of the stockyards, when an arrangement will, doubtless, be made to have the stockyards company look after tho weigh ing of in-coming stock and report the actual weight of the stock shipped. This will settle a question which has been more or less damaging to the Indianapolis yards for months past, and will tend to largely increase shipments of stock to this market. The shippers say that they are perfectly willing to pay for the stock they ship hero at actual weight, bnt did object to paying for several hundred pounds more freight than they forwarded, no consideration being given the weight as shown on the bill of, lading given the shipper at the shipping point. ' Personal, Tocal and General Notas. 'The Western lines here were yesterday selling tickets to Denver at 16. The regular fare is $32. George A. Hurd, late superintendent of transportation of the Mac-key lines, will, probably, go into mercantile pursuits, having an excellent opening at Chicago. The Big Four people expect the Ohio Tivcr will go down before this evening to admit of running passenger trains into the Grand Central station at Cincinnati. The terminals of the Peoria division (the old I., B. & W.) at this point have been placed nnder the supervision of J. Q. Van Winkle, division superintendent of the Big Four. Tho Toledo & Ohio Central will be in the market in a few days for a couple of thousand cars. The great trouble now is for the car-works to fill orders as fast as tho purchasers desire. The Pennsylvania Company has distributed orders among its shops for the building of 3,000 gondola cars anu a large number of passenger coaches, the work to be pushed as fast as possible. N. H. Moire, the well-known general traveling passenger agent bf the Kansas City & Fort Scott road, has resigned, and has purchased a half interest in one of the best hotels at Beatrice, Neb. 8. B. Brittian has been appointed special agent of the accounting department of the Pennsylvania Company. This position was made vacant several months ago by tho death of R. R, Morris. Georce A. Coe, who for some years has been chief train-dispatcher of tho Lake Shore road, has resigned and accepted tho Iiosition of special agent of the New York, Pennsylvania fc Ohio road, with headquarters at Pittsburg, Pa. B. N. Austin, assistant general passenger ageutof tho Northern Pacific road, spent yesterday in the city. He states that nearly all of the through trains are run in two sccti6ns through to Portland, Ore., so heavy is travel on their lines. This has been a red-letter weok with the Indianapolis car-works. They have closed contracts to build l.fXX) coal cars, and furnish over 2,000 wheels, and expect, before the week closes, to have contracts to build poo box and 200 coal cars for an Eastern line. Engine No. 129 on the Cincinnati, Hamilton vV Dayton lines (Schenectady build) will be taken into the shops for light repairs, to-day, after running two years aud one month, covering 174.840 miles, hauling the fastest nnd heaviest trains over the C, 11. & I. division. The rate situation at Chicaco is daily becoming more complicated and rates going lower. It is.tated that one road yesterday sold i first-lasts ticket from Chicaeo to Kansas City for 84.50. The

scalpers are still purchasing large blocks of tickets to disturb rates with long after tho differences between the roads have been ad justed. The general manager of the Terre Haute & Peoria road has already commenced to turn the business of tho road on to the Indianapolis, Decatur & Western, where it will benefit the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton. The Vandalia was notified on Wednesday that the T. H. & P. would receive no more Union line cars for loading on their line. F. G. Darlington, superintendent of the eastern division of the Chicago, St. Louis & Pittsburg, has been at his office but little as y't, as he has been obliged to look after the affairs of the Cincinnati A- Muskingnm Valley road more or less. He was secretary of tho C. it M. V. company, as well as superintendent of the road operated by the Pennsylvania Company. The question of coal rates from Pittsbnrjr and Ohio coal districts to lake ports is still unsettled, nothing being accomplished at the meeting in Columbus on Wednesday. Another meeting will be held in Cleveland to-morrow to adjust the matter, if possible. Heretofore the rate from Ohio coal district points have been 25 cents a ton lower than from Pittsburg. Pittsburg now demands the same rates. In 1S87 the Legislature of Massachusetts passed an act requiring all railroads in that State to pay their employes once a week. It has not proved so much of a success, it is stated, as it was expected, or at least the savings of the employes have not been as great as when they were paid monthly. At first it was quite an inconvenience for the roads to make weekly payments, but now the paymasters say it makes but little difference with them. On the Old Colony road a large per cent, of the employes preferred to be paid at the end of each mouth, consequently the company appointed art

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- . . L . . NO TEARS OF REGRET. All the Delicacies of the Season Demanded and Furnished. Tne Divorce Was Granted, and I Am Now Happy, for the Best of Companions Must Part, and I Have No Regrets of This Separation from This Horrible Monster. ' 'I have come to bring you my trouble, and Til give it to you, for I have had it long enough. I have fed it for the past six years, and now you can keep it, and welcome," was what Mrs. told Gun Wa, at the same time producing a larse bottle containing over forty feet of tapeworm. "You remember I called last Saturday and got your remedies to remove tapeworms. 1 took them just according to directions, and you see I have the results. I havo been Buttering with this for tlie last six years, and in all that time I have had to feed it as well as myself, and It kept me so poor in flesh that I looked like a shadow. I havo Buffered with this so much that no one could explain my feelings. I could not, at times, get enough to eat: then the least little thing I would eat would make me sick, so I have been the slave of this monster for years, ami I'll tell you when It did have a good appetite it demanded all the delicacies of the season, and I had to get them, but the best of friends must part, and while it and myself hare never been the best ot friends that is, so far as I am concerned we have been constant companions for a long time, and I have no tears of regret to shed at our parting." Mrs. said that while it would give her great pleasure to tell anyone that might inquire of her in person that this was a fact, sho did not wish her name in tho papers. She further described what she had to pass through in her endeavors to rid herself of this parasite, and that she had taken all kinds of remedies, aud that more than a dozen doctors had attempted to remove it, aud that all tho medicines she had taken had made her sick for from onoriayto three weeks each, but at no time did auy of them get more than three feet of the worm, and one doctor got that length some time ago. She also Bald that she had made up her mtnd to be sick when she took the Chinese remedies, but wuh overjoyed to find that in less than two hours she was rid of the mon&ter and was not sick for one moment. "Why, I tell you my food tastes like something to me now, and I enjoy life again." "Well, just you give anyone my naino who don't believe this is right, but don't put my name to this statement." "You cau keep the worm, for it is out of tho house, and I don't want to take it back with me; 1 have no more desire for its companionship." Gun Wa will give the lady's name and address to anyone who wishes to call on her, if they will call at his parlors. GUN WA 1 a Chinese physician, who cannot, under the American laws, practice medicine, so he sells prepared Chinese Vegetable Remedies for various diseases, lie has been In Indianapolis several mouths, during which time he has effected so many remarkable cures that his natuo will soon be a household word in Indiana. Ills suite of parlors are in the second story of 25 West Washington street. Kvery patient will see Gun Wa privately. No charge for consultation, examination or advice. A friendly chat with Gun Wa costs nothing. If you cannot call on him, send- for his circular on cancer, tapeworm, rheumatism, piles, female weakness, catarrh, or his book on nervous diseases. Cure guaranteed. Oflice hours 9 to 12 a. m., 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 p. m. daily. Sunday 9 to 12 a. m. and 1 to 4 p. m. In writing always inclose four cents in stamps. Call on or address Q-TJ2ST VA, 25 West Washington St, INDIANAPOLIS. IND. agent to receivo their pay weekly and at the end of the month to turn it over to them. It was moving day at tho Union Station yesterday. D. J. Whitcomb, superintendent of the Union Railway Company and Belt road, and his force of clerks moved from the second story of the station to the third story. Superindent Mansfield, of the I. & V., will take the rooms ho vacated. The Pennsylvania Company will then occupy all tho rooms on tho second floor, east side, and the Big Four all the rooms on tho west sido, both in the second and third stories of the building. An elevator is to bo put in at once. It is stated that the now directors of tho Louisville, New Albany & Chicago road are seriously considering the repudiation of the guarantee of tho bonds of tho Louisville Southern lines, on tho same grounds that the bridge contract was repudiated. This will insure the building of a first-class road from New Albany to Indianapolis, and the Louisville Southern lines would be great feeders to such a road. On reaching here the new road could establish a Chicago line over the Lake Erie & Western and the Chicago Sc. Atlantic, which would be second to no one now in operation in distance or physical condition. Superintendent Mounts, of tho I). & M. division of tho Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton lines, will, to-day, in behalf of tho company, present John banders, of Tippecanoe. 0., with a gold watch and chain, as a testimonial of the company's appreciation of his heroic act, at 3 a. m. on the 25th of February, when he forded a stream where a bridge had been swept out and signaled train No. 1 in season to prevent what probably would have been a serious accident. General Manager Woodford and Superintendent Neilson, also, complimented him by letter for his praiseworthy act. Since undergoing slight changes at the shops of the Cincinnati. Hamilton & Dayton company, the Strong engiue now hauling the vestilmlo trains between Indianapolis and Cincinnati has been doing some remarkable running. Yesterday this engine ran fourteen and a half miles at an average speed of a mile in fifty seconds. Tho quickest mile was mado in forty-six seconds, and the, slowest mile was covered in fifty-nine seconds. (Since run on the C, II. & D. the best otiicial record the engine has shown is eighty-four miles in sixty minutes, hauling four coaches. As soon as the C, II. & D. can spare it the engine is to bo tested ou the Indianapolis division of the Pennsylvania lines in hauling the fast trains between Indianapolis aud Columbus, O. Articles of Incorporation. The Delaware-street Savings and Investment Company, of Indianapolis, was incorporated yesterday, with a capital stock of 81,000,000, in shares of from 8100 to S-VX). Tho directors are Benjamin A. Richardson, A. Richardson, George W. Miller. Abraham Harner, James 11. Outland, William W. 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