Indianapolis Journal, Volume 51, Number 234, Indianapolis, Marion County, 22 August 1901 — Page 7

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, Til URS DAY, AUGUST 22, 1901.

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MORTALITY STATISTICS rilKSfcNTI'I) n y tiif: cksscs dlhi:ac. Evidence thnt Ihr l ulled Stale r 3lnrh Ilenlthler I.ant Year Than a Decade Aro. IMPROVEMENT IN THIS CITY IX 1SOO THE It AT 11 WAS 17.7. Willi. K IX 11HXJ IT WAS HJ.7. Total Deaths In Indiana Pat at 3.5.rU Comparison with Other States Percentage of HeltratIon. WASHINGTON. Aug. 21.-Thc Census Bureau to-day made public the mortality itatistlcs for the year 1900. W. A. King, chief of the vital statistics dlvlMon. says: "The most Important feature of the results presented is found in the decrease In the genral death rate In the registration area of 1.8 per l"0 population, a decrease of nearly 18 per cent., and the decrease In the rates from the particular disease? to -which the general decrease is due. The effect of the advances in medical science and sanitation and in the preventive and restrictive measures enforced by the health authorities is s t ill nrnre strikingly shown In the comparative rate for the registration cities of the country taken together.' "In 1S30 the death rate In 271 registration cities of 5,01k) or more people was 21 per l.onO; In 1900 the rate was 18.6 per l.OK). In 341 cities of 8,0u0 population and upward a reduction of 20.4 per 1.000. The average age at death in ISO) was 21.1 years; in l'j"0 It was 35.2 years. The total number of deaths reported in 130, was 1,030.004; in is It was 841.419. The increase was therefore 17,675. or 25.5 per cent. As the percentage of increase in the population was but 20.7 this Indicates a more complete return of deaths than in 1C0. In the nonregistration States no comparisons with 1800 are made." The total deaths in the various States and Territories for 1000 are as follows: Alabama 2o.W Arizona 1.233 Arkinsaa 22. SIS California 22. .'.09 Colorado 7.424 Connecticut 15. Delaware 3.075 Di, of Columbia. .3H Florida .4S2 Georgia 2.?4l Idaho 1.242 Illinois 61.2JJ Indiana 33,.";6 Indian Territory. R.2 Iowa 13.373 Kansas l.26l Kentucky 27.031 IxAjlslana Maine 12.H Maryland 20.422 Massachusetts ... 4J,7 Michigan S3. 573 Minnesota V.Wh Mt?i!sMrpl 2.2M Mlourl 38.0S4 Montana 2.1SS Nebraska 8.204 Nevada AM New Hampshire.. 7.40 New Jersey 3-735 New Mexico L474 Now York 13o.2btf North Carolina .. 21.06 North Dakota . Ohio Oklahoma 2.27 3.1 SI Oregon 3.3M5 Pennsylvania Ilhod Island R.171 outh Carolina... 17.166 South Dakota .... 3.0H Tennessee .... 30.572 .... 34.1H. .... 3.073 .... S.S2J .... 25.202 .... 4.910 Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington .. West Virginia Wisconsin .... Wyoming .... 9,m 24,5)2 707 The registration area includes Connecti cut. District of Columbia. Maine. Massa chusetts. Michigan. New Hampshire, NewJersey, New York. Rhode Island and ermont. with the sitles therein and many cities in other States. In the registration area the death rate is given in figures showing percentages, but such figures are not given for States which make no official registration of deaths. The percentages for the registration States for 100 and 1890, respectively, are ax follows: 1000. 1S0O. f Connecticut 17.0 is.6 Cities 1T.0 'M.O Rural 16.9 17.0 District of Columbia 22.S 23.7 Maine 17.5 .... . Cities 20.5 Rural 16.9 Massachusetts 17.7 10.3 Cities 17.0 10.3 Rural 17.1 17.2 Michigan 13.0 .... Cities 15.3 Rural 15.3 .... New Hampshire 1S.0 Cities 18.8 Rural 17.5 New Jersey 17.4 Cities 1S.S Rural 15.5 New York 17.0 Cities 10.2 Rural 15.2 Rhode Island 10.1 Cities 10.2 Rural 1S.S Varment 17.0 Cities 17.6 Rural 16.9 1S.2 1S.0 17.0 10.7 23.1 15.2 10.6 " O 13.9 20.9 21.4 20.3 15.8 is.6 15.6 The cities with a population above 100.00)

ehow the following death rates for 1000 and 1800, respectively: 1000. 1W). Washington, D. C 22.S 23.7 Boston 30.1 23.4 Fall River, Mass 22.4 23.2 Worcester. Mass 15.5 l.o Detroit 17.1 1S.7 Jersey City 20.7 25.6 Newark. N. J 10.8 1-7.4 Faterson, N. J 10.0 Buffalo 14.8 1S.4 Rochester, N. Y 17.0 17.3 Syracuse 13.8 10.6 Providence 10.9 21.1 Los Angeles. Cal ls.l :.0 Fan Francisco 20.5 22.5 Denver 1S.6 23.0 Chicago I'.'.l New York 20.4 25.3 Indianapolis 15.7 17.3 Louisville 20.0 20.1 New Orleans 2S9 2ti.3 Baltimore 21.0 22.0 Minneapolis 10.x 13.5 St. Paul 0.7 14.0 Kansas City 17.4 17.3 St. Joseph 0.1 Ft. Loul 17.9 17.4 Cincinnati i:.i 2I.0 Cleveland 17.1 yi Columbus 15.8 14.7 Toledo itf.o 1K. Allegheny, Ta is.4 js 2 Philadelphia 21.2 21.3 Pittsburg 20.0 20.1 Scranton 20.7 21. 8 Memphis 25.1 25.3 Milwaukee 15.0 1S.S

Estimated Ft. Joseph. Mo., with a death rate of 9.1 rer l.t0. shows the lowest mortality and fchreveport. La., with 45.5. the highest. In the registration area the tiftecn principal causes of death, with the rate per 100.Ü. was as follows: Imcumonia. 1D1.9, consumption. 100.5; heart diseases, 134; diarrhoeal diseases. S5.1; kidney diseases, 83.7: apoplexy. ; cancer. HO: old age. 64: bronchitis. 43.3; cholera infantum. 47.8; debility. 45.5; inflammation of brain and meningitis. 41.8; diphtheria. 31.4; typhoid. S3., and premature birth. 33.7. Deaths from all the principal diseases show a decrease since 1S0O, the most notable being In consumption, which decreased 54.0 per 100,000. RAMMED AND SUNK. Crowded Ferry Pont on St. Clalr Hirer All Paaaenitera Jnvcd. rORT HCRON. Mich., Aug. 21. The tteam yacht George Stauber, used as a ferryboat on the St. Clair river, was run down and sunk opposite St. Gratiot light to-night by the big steamer George MaeDougall. The. steam yacht was crowded with passengers bound for this city. It was rammed at full speed by the huge ore carrier and sank within a few moments. Ry desperate efforts the passengers clung to the wreckage until rescued by a fleet of rowboats that put out from shore, it Is believed that not a life was lost. The George Statiner -will be a total loss. She whs owned by Captain Dennis Kerrigan, of Fort Huron. Dressed as Armed Iloer. SPRING VALLKY. III.. Aug. 21.-Michael Davltt and John S. Flnerty. of Chicago, spoke here this afternoon to a large gathering of people in Guenther's grove. Their addresses dwlt with Ireland and the Boers. One of the features of the parade was a float containing a company dressed and armed as Hoers. Illtirlehsen Is Slck Asaln. SPRINGFIELD 111.. Aug. 21.-Former Secretary of State and former Conrress jrnn William H Illnrlrhsen. of Jackson vllle, who ha Just recovered from a crit

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ical illness, was a passenger on the cngo & Alton "Hummer which was wrtckrd at I'rentice la?t nicht. The shock has made Mr. Hinrichten 111 again. ISLANDER DISASTER Probably Caimed by n SubmerKed Her First lleport Tiled. VICTORIA, I?. C. Aug. 21. Maie Neroutsos, of the Ill-fated steamer Islander, this morning filed with Captain Gaudina, local agent of the Dominion Marine and Fisheries Department, a formal report of the disaster to his vessel a week ago, on which an Inquiry will be held. The report is probably a request for an Inquiry and contains no new details beyond giving the exact spot theship went down and an estimate of the loss of life and the number saved. He estimates the number of lost at forty-two and th number saved at 14:;. An interesting story Is told by the captain of the Juneau steamer Flossie, which subsequently succored the survivors. He ays the Flossie passed over the same water as that in which the Islander was wrecked early in the afternoon preceding the eatrastrophe. They were looking for large bergs when suddenly they saw right ahead a low-lying one with its surface little more than flush with the surface of the sea. The course of the Flossie was altered Just in time to save her from contact with the submerged mountain. Hardly discernible in the day time, it would be absolutely Invisible at night. It is the opinion of the northern navigators that the berg which caused the destruc tion of the 'Islander was probablv the same as seen by the officers of the Flossie. TEACHERS AT MANILA SIX Hl.DIli: A II II I YK 0 IMTKD STATINS TRANSPORT THOMAS. Typhoon Prevents Their Immediate Lending I'ntll To-Day Work of the Philippine Commission. MANILA, Aug. 21. The United States transport Thomas, having on board &Y teachers, arrived here to-day, but their landing has been delayed by a typhoon. The teachers will probably get ashore tomorrow. Preparations have been made to give them a great reeeptlon. The government has prepared a temporary barracks on the exposition grounds for their accommodation. Catholics here say they have Information from Rome that the Philippines will have nine new bishoprics, seven of which will be presided over by Americans, giving the islands an archbishop and twelve bishoj.3. Governor Taft expresses satisfaction with the results of his recent trip through the northern provinces to establish government there. He thinks the great rivalry between the various political factions speaks well for the Interest felt In the government. Wherever It was possible natives were Invariably appointed governors. The Philippine commission arrived at Laoag, North Luzon, yesterday, and received an unusual reception, some of the delegates welcoming them having traveled forty miles through a mountainous country. There are no signs of hostility to .the Americana in the province. The inhabitants have been struggling with the most tangled politics. The military authorities advocated the appointment of an American for Governor of the province, but they were opposed by a number of the delegates, who urged the appointment of a native. Among those supporting the contention, for a native Governor was a faction led by exBishop Aglipay. The commission appointed the candidate of the military authorities, but all the other officials appointed are natives, with the exception f J.ieut. currie, wno was appointed treasurer. A typhoon Is threatening, and the commission, therefore, shortened Its session. and Is making haste to reach Aparri. prov ince of Cagayan, by sea before the storm breaks. HIS ACCOUNTS SHORT. Ex-Collector of Tnea Accnsed of Appropriating; St lu.soo to Ills Own I'se. NEW BRITAIN, Conn.. Aug. 21. Charles II. Faulkner, ex-collector of city taxes, was arrested to-day on the charge of unlawfully appropriating $16.500 of city money to his own use. He made an unsuccessful effort to escape by jumping from a window. His bond had been tixed at $15,Oi0. Faulkner has been city collector since 1S06, and the experts who examined his accounts say they found errors in them during the whole period. He failed to file a bond and was read out of office by Mayor Uassett a few weeks ago. JACK WINTERS SENTENCED. Selby Smelter Robber Given Fifteen Yearn In Stnte's Prison. MARTINEZ, Cal.. Aug. 21. Jack Winters, the man who got away with J320.0O0 In gold bullion from the Selby Smelting works, and afterward confessed, was sentenced to-day to fifteen years at Folfsom. The prisoner asked to be sent to San Quentin, but the request was refused. He was taken to Folsom to-day. The Son of the Natnrallst. Cleveland Plain Dealer. The naturalist was angry at his mischievous son. "Young man," he sharply said, "when I get you in the house I will take great pleasure In giving you a handsome licking." The boy looked around. "You must excuse dad." he said to the assembled guests. "Sometimes he's a little careless in his pronunciation. It's really a lichen that he means to give me. Ain't it, pa?" Torn to Pieces Iy a Hear. PHOENIX. A. T., Aug. 21. The remains of John McCarthy, fish and game commissioner of Arizona, who has been missing for some time, were found In the Mongolian mountains, near Flagstaff, to-day by a Ftarching p irty. Ho had been literally ten to pieces by a bear, presumably -that he bad tried to kill. :t.4MM Feet of SnonsheiN llurned. T1UTKKK. Cal., Aug. 21. Three thousand feet of snowsheds were burned at Laktview to-day. At 3 o'cioc-k the fire was completely under control and by 6 o'clock the timbers had burned out and the roadbed cooled down so that the 400 workmen began clearing the debris and laying new ties and rails. Staicc Ilohbed. ASHLAND. Ore.. Aug. 21. The stage on the Ager-Kiamath Falls route was held up by highwaymen ten miles east of Ager, Cal., this morning. They secured the VellsFargo Company express treasure box and the United States mail. Delta Tan Delta Convention. MILWAUKEE. Wis.. Aug. 21. The national convention of the Delta Tan Delta opened in this city to-day. Forty-one chapters are represented. The opening session was taken up with reports of officers and of various chapters. rinulcr to Wer! Miss Kennn. RALEIGH. N. C. Auer. 21. A telegram received to-night by the News and Observer announces that Miss Mary Kenan and Mr. H. AI. Flagler will be quietly married at Wilmington next Saturday. No further particulars were given. At Mercy of Flames. FILM A. la.. Aug. 21. Fire to-day destroyed a block of business buildings here, causing a loss of $75.0u0. There was no fire protection and the town was at the mercy of the tlames. The fire started in a restaurant. Dynamite Explosion Kills Miners. ISHPKMING. Mich.. Aug. 21.-Adolph Gurtofson. Gust Makki and Frank Koberg miners, were killed in a mine here this evening by h premature explosion of sixty sticks of dynamite. Jumped Into the Lake. CLEVELAND. O.. An ?1 U'iin r j Schroeder. ticket agent at the Union Depot Jumped Into the lake to-day and drowned. '

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LIYLS SACHIFICEIl IX TIIK INTEREST OF 31 KD! CAL. SCIENCE. Health Ofllcer Doty of Opinion lhat Yellotv Fever Experiments at Havana Were cear. SERUM POUND BY DR. CALDAS WHO WILL CONTINUE HIS Fill VAT K INVESTIGATIONS IN Ct'DA, Army SnrReons, However, Will Not Make Farther Experiments with 3IosqnItoe and Unman Oeings. NEW YORK, Aug. 21.-Health Officer Doty, whose experiments in exterminating malaria by slaying mosquitoes have given him an expert knowledge of the diseasebearing Insects, discussing the experiments in Havana, said: "While deeply regretting the loss of two valuable lives in the experiments of the United States authorities In Havana with disease-Infected mosquitoes, I positively know that they have been carried out In the most conservative and scientific wajr, carefully and advisedly, in the best interests of science and for the benefit of mankind generally. The two unfortunate men and all others who have given themselves up to these experiments knev In detail what risk and danger they assumed and what benefit they would derive. It is a well-known fact, based upon long experience, that a person having suffered from yellow fever Is immune from a second attack. The two dead men and others, in order to become immune, preferred to suffer an attack of yellow fever communicated in the experimental manner with mosquitoes than run the risk of catching this disease and take a chance of probable fatal results. A great reason for this desire was that all previous cases of yellow fever communicated by the infected Insects had proved very mild in form. "The knowledge gained from these unfortunate deaths is of inestimable value to the myriads of human beings dwelling In the countries and districts affected by yellow fever. To be of any value to the human race these experiments must be made on human bodies, and accidents will happen. However grievous these may be to the few, great benefits are conferred upon the majority of our fellow-mortals. Vaccination may have killed many, but howmany millions have been saved from smallpox thereby? "The great point is whether the end justifies the means. I say, notwithstanding this lamentable fatality, that It does. To begin with, yellow fever is a most uncertain disease. An eminent physician with great experience of the disorder once said: 'There are two kinds of yellow fever one where the patients die, and the other where they don't.' Now, take the statistics of Havana. Three years ago there were nearly rJ0 cases of yellow fever in the month of August there, and a large proportion proved fatal. This month there were only seven cases. This. 1 maintain, in itself ihows the inestimable value of the experiments with infected mosquitoes made by Dr. Reed and his colleagues. In consequence of them ordsrs to provide netting, curtains and screens to keep mosquitoes away nave been enforced In Havana, while r.ew systems of drainage and sewerage have destroyed the breeding places of these death nnd disease carrying pests. Two lives have been lost, unfortunately, but Lew many millions will be saved if tf.ey only follow the lessons derived from these valuaole Investigations?'' OFFICIAL TESTS EXDED. Dr. Oldas, However. Will Continue Experiments with Ills Sernm. NEW YORK, Aug. 21. Dr. Cnldas's experiments with his new yellow fever serum will not be stopped by the death of two mosquito-bitten subjects, says a dispatch to the Journal and Advertiser from Havana, but the official tests under the direction of Major Harvard are at an end. When Dr. Caldas, the Brazilian physician, announced that he had discovered a serum with which he could, as it were, vaccinnate persons and thereby render them immune, or with which he could cure persons having mild attacks of fever, Havana was the spot selected for the proof. Major Harvard's mosquitoes wer? to have their supreme test. This test Is to take place next Thursday, In spite of the deaths of Carro and Campn. Dr. Caldas said: "It will make no difference in our experiments. We have already inoculated live nonimmunes with my serum, and on Thursday we shall test them with infected mosquitoes. The American officials were too rash and reckless in their experiments. One case should have been allowed to develop before another was attempted. Yet It was a natural error." Major Gorgas. chief sanitary officer at Las Animas, said: "We shall cease our experiments. I have already issued orders to that effect. It is to be deplored that such an accident should have occurred at this time. We had made more than thirty inoculations prior to this time, with no fatalities, and 1 cannot understand how it happened. Each of these cases, was of the greatest severity. I hold myself responsible for what occurred, and I cannot sufficiently express my sorrow. We shall aid the widows of the dead men, and insure them positions for life. It Is terrible that this should occur Just as we appeared to have immunity in sight through Dr. Caldas's serum." . It has not developed yet what action the American authorities will take In view of Dr. Caldas's decision to continue his experiments. CIRE FOIl EPILEPSY. Prof. French Confirms Theory that n Parasite Cures the Disense. CARBON DA EE. 111.. Aug. 21. Prof. George H. French, of the State Normal University of this city, announced over one year ago the discovery of a parasite which caused epilepsy. The announcement was generally discredited among medical men, and remained so until several demonstrations of his theory proved the possibility of his discovery. Cases were, brought to the professor's attention from all parts of the United States. A Miss Crane, of Tamara, sister of an alumnus of the school, began a course of treatment under the professor's direction, and is now nearly cured, so much so that a return of the disease is not considered probable. She has been affilcted for over thirteen years, and has long since been pronounced by medical men beyond a cure. Professor French is rapidly developing his treatment, and when completed will give his discovery to the world. He is widely known as an author on zoology, and is a member of several foreign scientific societies. NEGRO BUSINESS LEAGUE. Delegates Addressed by Hooker T. Washington and Others. CHICAGO, Aug. 21.-The second annual session of the National Negro Business League opened in this city to-day and will continue until Friday. The league was organized in Boston a year ago. largely through the efforts of Booker T. Washington, who is the president of the organization. During the year a number of local leagues have been formed throughout the country. Its object Is to bring together for counsel negro men and women who are engaged In some business or industry and to encourage the establishment of new enterprises. Delegates are present from oer thirty States. President Washington, in his opening address, said In part: As a race we must learn more and more that the opinion of the world regarding us is not much influenced by what we may say of ourselves, or by what others says of us, but It Is permanently influenced by actual, tangible.

visible results. The object lesson of one honest negro suceeeding magnificently In each community in some business or industry is worth a hundred abstract speeches In securing opportunity for the race. In the South, as in most parts of the world, the negro who does something and possesses something is respected by both races. Usefulness in the community where we live will constitute our most lasting and potent protection. We want to learn the lesson of small things and small beginnings. We must not feci ourselves above the most humble occupation or the simple humble beginning. If our vision is clear, our will strong, we will use the very obstacles that often seem to beset us as stepping stones to a higher and more useful life." Addresses were also made by Giles D. Jackson ami W. L. Taylor, of Richmond, Va.: J. A. Wilson. Kansas City, Mo., and Theodore W. Jones, of Vhicago. COCKRAN NOT SNUBBED.

Copt. A. II. Lee Did Not Decline to Shake the Orator's Hnnd. NEW YORK. Aug. 21. Capt. Arthur H. Lee, formerly military attache at the British legation in Washington, who is In the city, having arrived on the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse, when reminded of a story from London that he had refused to shake hands with W. Bourke Cockran when they were introduced, said: "I did not decline to meet Mr. Cockran, as has been reported, but I could not refrain from reminding him that 1 had heard him deliver a very eloquent address in Washington at a pro-Boor meeting. That was all." Captain Lee represented the British army In the war in Cuba, and was present at the battle of Santiago. He resigned from the armv awhile ago and entered Parliament. "So far as the military operations are concerned." said he, "the Boer war i3 ended. The army is simply doing police dutv over there. "Why did I leave the army? Well, I always Intended to go Into politics. I believe that England and America should have closer relations, and I think I can be instrumental in bringing about that desirable result." Captain Lee said he had come to this country purely on a pleasure trip. Mrs. Lee accompanied him. They will go to the former home of Mrs. Lee in Winter Harbor, Me., whence they will go to Washington "to renew old acquaintances." Captain Lee asked several questions about the Shamrock and the Constitution. He expects to return to this city In time to see the yacht races. INDIANA FAIR DATES. Complete List Furnished by the Doard of AKricnltnrc. The appended list of fairs and fair clrcuit3 Is furnished by Charles Downing, secretary cf the Indiana Fair Association: Bridfjeton Aug. 26-30. F. M. Miller. Hoswell Aug. 26-30. W. II. McKnlht. Frankfort Aug. 26-31. Joseph lleavllon. Oakland City Au. 26-31. W. It. Harri?. Munde Aug. 27-3'. M. ti. Claypool. Hushvtlle Aug. 27-20. John Q. Thomas. Franklin Aug. 27-31, 'William S. Young. Newtown Aug. 29-3M. Thomas Schultz. Brazil Sept. 3-6, Chal. McGahey. Cayuga Spt. 4-6. Pan Conoway. Cory don Sept- 2-6, Emery II. L'reeden. Lafavctte-Sept. 2-6. W. M. BUckstock. Poplar Grove iCarrol P. Ü.) Sept. 2-6. A. D. Wood. Princeton Sept. 2-7. S. Vet Rtr&In. Crown I'oint Sept. 3-6. Fre Wheeler. Kentland Sept. 3-6, II. L. Kammons. Anderson Sept. 3-6. C. K. McCullough. Shelby ville Sent. 3-7, C. L Amsden. Liberty Sept. 1. 11. F. McMahan. Salem Sept. 9-13, W. W. Stevens. Boonville Sept. 9-14. J. F. KlohanJuon. Crawfordsville Sept. 9-14, W. F. Hulet. Marlon Driving Association Sept. 10-13. J. H. Bockius. Kast Enterrrise Sept. 10-13, J. R. Elder. Columbus Sept. 10-H. Ed Hedman. Jr. Valparaiso Sept. 10-13, J. W. llalladay. Tiptcn Sept. 11-13. Benjamin F. Ramsay. Indiana State Fair Sept. 16-21, Charle Downing. lluntlngburg Spt. 16-21, II. C. Rothert. Huntington Sept. 16-21, A. L. Beck. Covington Sept. 11-20, William II. Miles. Laporte Sept. 17-20. Bert A. Orr. Vlncennes Sept. 23-26, J. D. Williams. Chrisney Sept. 23-28. J. T. Chrlsney. Richmond Spt. 24-27. Joe Stevenson. Kvansville Sept. 24-2. K. 1. Akin. Rochester Sept. 25-2S, F. F. Moore. Kendallville Sept. 30-Oct. 4. O. P. Alexander. Terre Haute Sept. 30-Oc t. 6. Charles 11. Duffla. Bourbon Oct. 1-4.. B. W. Barks. Portland-Uct. 1-4. C. O. Hardy. Areola Oct. 8-11. E. P. Croxton. Bremen Oct. S-ll, Kvlward lieckarnan. ' Northern Indiana Fair Circuit. F. F. Moore, president. Rochester; Fred Wheeler, Secretary, Crown Bolnt. Crown I'oint Sept. 3-6, Fred Wheeler. Valparaiso Sept. 10-13. J. W, llalladay. Indiana State Fair Sept. 16-21, Charles Down,rfcaporte Sept. 17-20, B. W. Orr. Rochester Sept. 24-27, F. F. Moore. Bourbon Oct. 1-4. B. W. Tarka. Bremen Oct. 8-11, Edward lieckarnan. Southeastern Indiana Fair Circuit. F. II. Naur, president. North Vernon; C. W. Gray, secretary. Opool. Franklin Aug. 27-31, W. S. Young. Slielbyville Sept. 3-7, C. E. Amsden. Columbus (races) Sept. 11-14, Ed Redman. Jr. Indiana Stat Fair Sept. 16-21, Charles Downing. Indiana-Kentucky Fair Circuit. J. Freeman Little, president. Owensburc. Ky.; GeorRe C. Taylor, secretary. New Harmony. Oakland City, Ind. Aug. 26-31. W. R. Harris. Prince ten. Ind. Sept. 2-7. S. Vet Strain. Boonville. Ind. Sept. 9-14. J. H. Richardson. Iluntlngburs. Ind. Sept. 16-21, il. c. Rothert. Indiana State Fair Sept. 16-21, Charles Downing. (in Dclt Rncln: Circuit. J. T. Tomllnsnn. secretary, Lonansport. Ind. Muncie Aug. 27-EO. M. S. Claypool. Anderson Sept. 3-C, C. K. McCullough. Marion Spt. 10-13, J. II. Bockius. Indiana State Fair Sept. 16-21. Charles Downing. Ci rent Western Fair Circuit. Georg H. Madden, secretary. Mendota. Ill E. W. Randall, president, Hamllne, Minn. ' Dubuque Aug. 27-CO. G. T. Hancock, president Columbus Junction Aug. 27-30. R. s. Johnson' secretary. Hamllne Sept. 2-7. E. W. Randall. Milwaukee Sept. 9-13. J. M. True. Indianapolis Sept. 16-21. Charles Downlnc Evansville-Pept. 24-27. R. L. Akin Springfield Sept. S0-Oct. 5, George II. Madden Terre Haute Sept. 30-Oct. 5, Charles R. Duffln' St. Louis-Oct. 4-12. Robert Aull. Eastern Indiana Fnlr Circuit. M. S. Claypool. president. Muncie; F. A. Wisehart, seeretarr, Mlddletow n. Rushvihe An?. 27-31. J. y. Themas. Muncie Aug. 27-31. M. R. Claypool. Indiana State Fair Sept. 16-2i. Charles DownIn?. Richmond-Sept. 2l-:S, J. Stevenson. Portland Oct. 1-5. C. O. Hardy. Central Imllnna Fnlr Circuit. W. F. Hulet. president. Crawfordsvillc; W. M BUckstock, hecretary. Lafayette. Frankfort Aug. 27-30. Joseph Heavüon. iwell-Al:s. 27-M. W. It. MoKnight. Lafayette Sept. 2-6. W. M. Rlaekstnck. CrawfordsvlUe-Sept. 9-R W. F. Unlet Covington Sept. 18-20. William H. Miles. Indiana State Fair Sept. 16-21, Charles Downing. 31r. Leiter Cnlfiilntlon. W. G. Nicholas. In a recent clubroom conversation "Joe" Leiter amused himself making u calculation how he would stand if h had held a line of stocks he accumulated just after his fir?t successful wheat speculations. He had run $l,o.nor into VNHi.ono, and went Into stocks. That was when HurlinRton was down in the eighties, and the whole list at a corresponding level. Hp had a. line of C2"nx shares, which he subsequently sold out at a small prolit and emploved the proceeds in taking care of the wheat deal in which the $". and another JIk.iVni ooj vanished. He figured that if he had stood pat on his stocks and sold out at the extreme top vanpo (a frat thooreticallv. but not practically, possible) he would have been $ro,Oix).fn ahead. There are moments when Mr. Leiter almost wishes he had forgotten the location of the Chicago wheat pit after his initial coup. The 4li,nk,r firnveynrd. Fmir straight brick walls, severely plain, A quiet city square urruun 1; A' love! space of nameless graves The Quakers' buritl ground. "In gown of gray or coat of drab. They trod the eemm-n ways nf life. With passions hM in sternest leah. And h'-atts thit knew not Mrife. "To n grim meeting h--u?e they fared. With thoughts as s'ber as the ir tr-eech, T wlceless prayer, to singles praise, To hear the elders preach. Through quiet lenths of days they came. With scarce a hange, to this repose; Of all life's loveliness they t,k The. thorn without the rose. "But in the porch and oer the graves Gilt ring th .southward robin's glee. And narrows fill the autu:nn air With merry mutiny. "While on the graves o' Crab and gray The red and gold of au 'inn lie. And willful nature deks the sod In gentlest mockery. -S. Weir MxtchtlL

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, FARM AND GARDEN INTERESTS

Capitalistic Farming. Country Gentleman. The Kansas City Journal, discussing the question whether farming does not yield Its best profits when conducted by small operators, quotes S. W. Allerton, the Chicago millionaire, as asserting that a capitalist may farm on a large Fcale and make big money. Mr.' Allerton has a right to talk about agriculture and its profits, as he has been engaged in it for forty years and has made a large fortune from the products of his lands. He owns over seventy independent farms, about 80,000 acres, of which 40,000 are in cultivation. "My own experience," says Mr. Allerton, "is that farming pays and pays well. In one year, from a farm of 3.G00 acres, I have made a net profit of $37,000. This tract of land cost me $70,000. It was bought at a time when faith in farm values was low, and when the young men of that region were In a hurry to get away from the farms Into the cities, where they would have a fair chance to make their fortunes. The question of whether farming pays Is well answered by the fact that quite recently three farmers In central Illinois left, at their death, fortunes of mort than three millions each, all of which was made In farming. In the same general region, I can find scores of farmers who are worth from $100,000 to $T00.000. These straws showthat farming can be made to pay on a big as well as on a small scale. "The secret of successful farming lies in the application of an intelligent system. Lack of system is the curse of the average farmer. He may, and generally does, practice all manner of petty and exacting economies, but he will never do things on a large scale until he syt-iematlzes his entire scheme cf operations. Whenever the question of crop distribution comes up betöre a lot of farmers, there Is always a good deal of wise talk about 'crop rotation. Sift this down to the bottom and It will be found, in most cases, that farmers understand this term to mean sowing a Held with oats one year and wheat the next alternating these crops indeflnitelv year after year. Here is where' the chief mistake is made. They do not make provision for giving the ground a chance for rest and enrichment. They d not plan to return anything to the soil. Kvery field used for wheat, corn and oats should have a season's rest every three or four years. Give every field a chance to serve as pasture land as frequently as this, and it will pay big returns in rich and heavy yields. About thirty years ago I began farming on a tract of 100 acres in New York. In three years I paved $3.-00 from the farm, and had a good living besides. It was there that 1 demonstrated the principle of the rotation plan which I have since followed on a large scale. From that time until the present I have been constantly buying farms and operating them, and I have yet to make the first unprofitable investment. This is why I have little patience with the man who, under average conditions, declares there is 'nothing in farming. Men who talk in this strain are those who are satisfied to get a yield of thirty-five bushels of corn or oats to the acre, when lhc' should know that their management Is at fault If they rail to produce an average of seventy bushels of either to the acre." Mr. Allerton lays great stress on managing the farm in such a way that it will be attractive to the women folk and the young people. On every one of his farms, he says, especial attention Is given to the kitchen, "where everything within human reason is done to make it .convenient for the wife of the farmer." On every farm Mr. Allerton keeps from one to three fine top buggies In which the young fellows are privileged to ride around and make as good a showing as the sons of independent farmers in the neighborhood. The convenient kitchens and the top buggies, be thinks, have been wonderfully successful in securing for him cheerful and contented help, and it Is a natural deduction that if these things have proved of value to the capitalistic farmer, thev must be equally so to the small proprietor. y Mr. Allerton says he has foremen on some of his farms who are worth JlG.CKi) each, and who are living in a degree' of comfort that some city men, who make almost that much in a year, cannot provide for. If there is no orchard on a farm he plants one. If there is no schoolhouso within a convenient distance he builds one. "The district-school system." says Mr. Allerton. "is the salvation of thi country, and the land that gives the children of f.he common people a chance for an education will keep at the front among nations." Mr. Allerton has strung most of hifarms together with telephone lines, and they all center in his office at Chicago He notes the curious fact that these t Ie-phone-? have saved and made him manv mousanus or uonars. ne Keeps in toueii with the weather bureau and has daily a talk over the lines with his distant farm foremen. "In a climate subject to sudden and radical changes," he says, "the chances of rain or drought or storm if known beforehand may be the salvation of a crop either at planting or harvesting." For Farmers nt Ilnffalo. Exposition Bulletin. An illustration of the beet sugar industry of the United States is given. A large map shows by shaded areas the parts of the country best suited to the growth of sugar beets with a high content of sugar. This map also shows the locations of existing sugar factories, as well as the locations of those which are in process of building or projected. The- exhibit consists of samples of products from the various factories of the United State?, showing all produets. from the perfect beet to rerined simar. An illustration is also given of the by-products used for cattle food and the various forms In which the refuse of the beet factories is employed for that purpose. In conjunction with this exhibit Is a complete representation of all the apparatus employed for the analysis of beets for determining their richness in sugar and for the control of the factory operations. This exhibit is. to a certain extent, retrospective, showing the different forms of appatatus which nave been employed rrom time to time. It also contains all the latest improvements in forms of laboratory apparatus and appliances for the study of the sugar beet. Statistics in a convenient tabular form are shown representing the possibilities of the industry and its present magnitude. Photographs of all the leading beet sugar factories are exhibited. Illustrating th methods of construction, field operations and factory progress. There are at the present time forty beet sugar factories In the United States, representing $15.000.nu of capital, and the output of sugar annually Is about 100.000 tons, worth $10.f0.oi. The third section of the exhibit of the chemistry division U illustrative of the

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phylcal and chemical constitution of the materials used In the construction of roads. The Importance of good roads to the progress of agriculture is universally admitted and the secretary of agriculture has lately astabllshed in the division of chemistry a road material laboratory. The object of this work Is to determine, by careful chemical and physical tests, the compositions of the materials best suited to the manufacture of good roads. The exhibit consists of the road material en bloc, together with the results of artificial attrition. The fine dust obtained by this process Is modeled Into cubes under great pressure, and then subjected to the blows of a small hammer until disintegrated. The cubes of these materials are exhibited together with the fragments obtained by their disaggregation under blows of a given magnitude. The chemical composition of these materials is also carefully studied and shown In appropriate tables. From all these experiments the coefficient of wear is calculated, thus showing the utility of the material In question for the construction of a durable road. It Is believed that this exhibit Is unique In character, and not only of great Interest to those who believe in good roads, but also attractive and instructive to the public at large. This division is under the general direction of Dr. Harvey V. Wiley, a scientist of international reputation. Farmer Stneklne Whent. Minneapolis Journal. Traffic men have advices that the farmers of the Northwest will stack their wheat to a greater extent this year and thresh from the shock les. This means, they believe, that the early movement of wheat will not be so great, making the transportation problem easier than In other years when the Northwest has been favored with a reasonably large crop of wheat. It is the experience of railroad men that as a community grows more prosperous and independent Its farmers do less of the early 1 hurrying of wheat to market th.it char acterizes the newer countries. Minnesota wheat raisers for the past few years have gone about getting their wheat to market in a leisurely way. Some of the Northwestern roads for several years have had their first large receipts from North Dakota. Hut It is expected that North Dakota will do less early threshing than usual this year. The collector heretofore has been one of the most urgent factors in the early threshing habit since the Northwest began to be largely peopled. He has wanted his money early, and the farmer, to accommodate him. has put the thresher to work and sent the grain to market at the earliest possible moment. Most of the roads have new equipment ordered, which will be delivered in September and October, to aid in handling the crop. All of the roads have been "nursing" their cars back into this territory for several weeks past. General Freight Agent Martin, of the Soo. looks for a lively business this fall, but does not think the danger of a car famine is worth considering. Several of the roads during the past few weeks have broucrht considerable old wheat to Minneapolis. Many of the farmers, now that a good crop is in sight, are shipping the odd lots of old wheat they have had on hand. The numerous shipment? show the frugality of the Northwestern farmer. He holds to enough old wheat to furnish bread and seed until he sees the new crop assured. Cholera Cure for Ilngn and Fonltry. A correspondent of the Farm Journal sends that paper what he claims Is a sure cholera cure, whether In bogs or poultry. Considering the importance of the matter we reprint it, and hope it will prove as valuable to our readers as is claimed it has for others: "Take two ounces pulverized capsicum; two ounces'pulverized asafetida; one ounce pulverized rhubarh; four ounces carbonate of iron; six ounces Spanish brown; two ounces flour of sulphur, mix thoroughly and put up in air-tight packages or vessels, and keep for use. "For hog cholera, put half a pound In twenty quarts of meal or bran and feed twice a day until all symptoms of cholera disa pptar. "For chickens, put one tablespoonful in two quarts of moal and feed twice a day until all symptoms of the disease disappear. "A cure soon results with every fowl or bog that Is abl to swallow the" remedy; but when a chicken will not eat. make a bill of the remedy about the size of a small pea and force it down the patient's throat inte the crop and a cure will surely result. It is j-afe to repeat the dose two or three times in a day. "This remedy given about once or twice every fortnight will prevent cholera irorn ever appearing amongst hog? or fowls. I gave the reeeipe to one of my neighbors, and he is now making money compounding the remedy, putting it up in packages and selling it. He guarantees it to cure in every instance, and although he has been selling it two years he says that he has never yet received a complaint. He will buy a fiock of fowls or . n of hogs infected with cholera, and will cure every one of them." Sou More Turnlpn. Indiana Farmer. Seeing that potatoes are almost a failure and are bringing from tl to V, a bushel in this market alre4ly. we concluded It would be wise to put in an extra lot of turnips, and accordingly have bought two pounds of seed, intending to plant an acre after the next ram. W. V. Hrown says it is a mistake to sow turnip seed before a shower. The sun bakes a crust over the ground and the little plants cannot break through, and If they ni they will have a mass of weeds to contend with, whereas if pUnted after the rain they come up without hindrance and get the start of the weeds. The ground, if it has been in some other crop during the earily summt r months, does not need to be broken again with the plow; only a light sli:rii;g up with th harrow or cultivator Is nee ssary. The turnip netds a linn surface to grow on. but a sprinkling of stable minore will help It very mich. Mr. Krown. by the way. has made the turnip one of his most profitable crps some seasons, considering the small amount of labor involved. He has grown as many as .W" bushels per acre, at a cost of less than ; cents t lushel. He says he would b glad to contract them at cents a bushd ordinary years. This year they will undoubtedly ! vd ut cents or more. iVoj.le will t then Instead of potatoes at $2 a .)u.-h 1. At any rate they are Rood tock feed. They are not fattening in themselves, but they Increase the appetite, promote oigesMion fkJ, thus aid in making milk or DuiU.12 on

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Sheep nntl "Weed. t Massachusetts Ploughman. Some one who claims to know ay that of about six hundred varieties of weed that are common in our fields, theep ar known to eat 515 varieties, while horses, cattle and hogs cat but a few each. If we do not vouch for this hs being exactly correct, we know that sheep destroy many weeds that our other farm animals do not care for or will not eat unless starved to it, and this is why we claim that from four to six sheep enn be kept in a pasture wltlx each cow, and they will eat what the cow leaves, and by the destruction of we 1 andl the fertilizer they leave in the field will enable the pasture to furnish better feed for the cowh than they would hae If th sheep were not there, nt least after the sheep have run with them one year. Farm otr. Verv manv more cows can be kept on the productions of the same amount of land If von have a silo filled with green corn Just as it is maturing. That Is dairy gospel, and not gosip, for it has beea tested over and ovtr. When black knot makes It apperan on cherry trees there Is but one remedy for eradicating it. and that i. to cut off the affect d pirts and burn th:n. ro as te prevent spreading of the sports. Spraying is exeelknt to assist in prevent In.; black: knot, but lire Is the surest remedy To kill weeds on lawns or other places where it is not dcirable to ;l'g them ut Fcvtial methods are used. J'lacln alt op the crown has viven good rtsults.' and to has pouring a little k rc--pe on them. The surest remedy for their destruction, however, is to pour about a fMP'.Hnf ul of frulp'nnic acid on each plant. When using Insect remedies k?en in view that th Hordeaux. mixture should be reortto to acalnst fungus diseases, the kerosene emulsion for insects that suck Jul ea uch as plar.t llce. and pari green for those that gnaw or bite qutat j beetle ) Kerosene emulsion will inJute some pUntf, however, unless weil diluted. Turnips, carrots and potatoes are excellent in the rotation of farm crops. A very successful farmer grow wheat, clover, corn. oats, clover, and turnips. crrota or potatoes, beginning with wheat again. By this system clover Is the main crop, and the land Is benefited, while corn ani the root crops demand cultivation, thus keeping the land clean and making a fixyear rotation. Ited raspberries propagate by sending out numerous shoots or su k rs. which may be taken up and transplanted, hut the black cap raspberries are proptwated by tipping the ends of the canes in the ground. hen the tips take root, which wid they do, they are cut aprt from the parent plants, the latter resuming the upricht position, while the young plants from the tips be come new and Independent plants. The bodies of dead animals arc convene into fertilizer by some farmers, but tome thintt depends upon circumstances n to the advisability of so doing. If an animal dies of some nnt.ii;io'js disease :ind is l i.rii d the earthworms will brine to th surface the erm of the disease. Tbl fact w.ts demonstrated by I'asteur, the famou- Kreuch chemist, who mad- testa In that till ect ion. IMsease was com in um J ted) to animals that ate grass which griw over the body of h buried animal. Thv tetter plan Is to consume th twtdie of dleat) animals or subject them to a bath of sulphuric acid after death. In order to destroy the perms of disease. A ureat many crop could be grown to ad vantage on farms where large numbers cf fowls are kept, and which create a home demand for the articles produced. Seeds of sunflower, millet, rape, kale, Kafhr corn, popcorn and even sorghum could be utilized, th cattle and sheep consuming tha bulky portions and the fowls the eeds. Where any of such foods become too woody for stock they may te made to do ervlc as bedding. Cow pens sr hlglilv rellahed by fowls, and o Is white clover, while crimsoo clover will supply green food late in the fall and very etrly In prtng. th same as rye. The regulation diet of corn and wheat In winter i not conducive to egg production, but when the fowia have & variety they will largely Increase the CC3 croUuct.

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