Indianapolis Journal, Volume 52, Number 302, Indianapolis, Marion County, 29 October 1902 — Page 7

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1902.

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DEATH FOR COPENHAVER JVIH3K Aurwm phomm m es m:tl( K i RiMi.iL toi nr. Attorney WW ppeal to the Supreme oart other ae in the Lacnl ( 'Min ora Cop-Hhaver was sentenced to be haned by Jude Alford. of the Criminal Court, yesterday morning. The arraignment of Copr-nhaver before the court was on the occasion of the denial of the court of a motion for a new trial submitted by Copenhavers attorneys a few days ago. The Judge sentenced Copenhaver to death by hanging, and fixed the time as between the hoars of 6 p. m. and 5 a. m. of Feb. 12, and the place as the Indiana Penitentiary. miring the sentencing of Copenhaver the convicted man preserved his silent, unconcerned demeanor, and only displayed his Interest in his sentence of death on the way back to the county Jai! to Deputy Sheriff Comer, when he said: "I ought to die. I iPCl't care," speaking of the crime of which he was convicted. During the tiane. when Judge Alford was sentencing him Copenhaver remained silent with his eyes glued to the floor He paid no attention to what was going on in the courtroom, but showed th? effects of the sentence by staggering as he walked to the door of the courtroom with the deputy sheriff who had been ordered to take him back to jail. After the sentence had been pronounced by Judge Alford Henry Seyfried, attorney for Copenhaver, asked that a transcript of tha record of the case be furnished him that he might use it in the appeal to the Supreme Court, whirh will be tiled within the iM-xt two or three days. DIVORCE COMPLAINTS. Tales of Woe Will Be Aired In the Local Courts. Among the divorce cases filed yesterday was that of Warren P. Black against his wife, Minnie B. Black. The complainant alleged that his wif? had been guilty of cruel and inhuman treatment. She has expanded his earnings foolishly and had groceries charged to him that were unnecessary for the household, he says. The complaint avers that Mrs. Black poisoned the mindj of the children against her husband, was profane in her language to him and frequently went out late at night without telling where she was going. Another suit was that of Nattie Strakle against Nicolas Strikte. She accuses her husband of drunkenness and cruelty to her. She asks in the complaint that the costs of the divorce suit be ordered against the defendant. Minerva Purcell sud James Purcell for a divorce and asked that the costs be set against him on the ground of cruelty, drunkenness and failing to provide for her. In the suit of Elisabeth Hedges against Isaac T. lllgs it is alleged that the husband has been guilty of cruel and inhuman treatment of his wife. In addition he has wasted her money, earned by her in daily labor, sold the furniture to provide money for his pleasures, and Is now a prisoner in the In.liana Reformatory at Jefferson ville for forgery, having been sent to the prison on a sentence from the Criminal Court. Alleging that the defendant vt the suit is not fit to care for his children, Mn. Hedges asks the custody of them, and the guardianship of Robert, leven. Harold, six, and Charles, four. Wil l. WW HARIAH 111 ML Um I'robatln Regalia an Interesting; Story of Litigation. The will of Zacharleh Bush, filed yesterjay, was an interesting one because of the awsults that have been in Marlon county ourts as tlic result of the settlement of his estate. Some years ago Mr. Bush divided his property among his children, with the provision that they support him In his old age and give $30 every year toward his maintenance. One of the sons failed to do this and a suit for an annulment of the deed to property given him was filed by Mr. Bush. The suit was amicably adjusted before the trial and the estate has since then been owned by the children. Bush did several months ago, and the probation of his will yesterday recalled the story of the litigation. The will nam s til of the i hildr n as beneficiaries and appoints John Bush, son of the testator, as executor. Another will filed was that of John Wreninger, naming Kmma Collins and Lena Ludlow as heirs. Emma Collins was appointed executor of the instrument. Before the admission to probate of this will an objection was sent to Probate Commissioner Walker, but aft. r the instrument had been filed and the estate found to be worth only &X It was withdrawn. Delay in Gas Case. The decision of Judge Neal, of the Hamilton county Circuit Court, in the case of the City of Indianapolis against the Indianapolis Gas Company will not be rendered until November. In an Interview yesterday. Judge Neal said that he would not decide the case until the middle of November and that the delay was caused by the failure of the attorneys on both sides to submit written arguments to him. When the arguments an- submitted and considered the decision will be rendered, but the date c.i not be definitely fixed at this time by Juoge Neal. Restaurant Keepers Tried. Judg-? Stubbs was occupied yesterday Hfternon in hearing testimony against restuarant keepers who were alleged to have gold impure milk. The first case was that f rt. Mil. a restaurant man on East Washington street. In his case it is al1. k I that th. milk sold over the counter had been skimmed. The other case was that of J. F. Shelley, another restaurant Hntn on Kast Washington street, who was charged with violating the pure food law by selling skimmed milk for whole ml!k After hearing the testimony Judge Stubbs took th cases under advisement. Heirs I nable to Decide. The partition of real estate in the estate of Beverly Porter, recently willed to his children, was made the object of a si.it tiled yesterday by Susan E. I'orter, Nettie C. Thomas and F-.d-rick D. Port r against Eva C. Porter and Charles E. Coffin, trustees of the property. The heirs are unable to decide some of the questions arising from advancement of money to some of them by the t-?stator. and the suit asks for the appointment of a commissioner to tell the proptity id divide the money. Stored Thirty Times. Josephine Atherton was granted a divorce from Charles IL Atherton yesterday by Judge Carter, in the Superior Court. During th trial the testimony of Mrs. Atherton was that her husband was a believer in the ilea that it is cheaper to move than to pay rent and caused the removal of their household goods thirty times within the last un years. Other evidences of Athe-ton's failure to properly provide for his family caused the granting of the decree of divorce. THE Ol KT K Ki HD, St'PERIOR COURT. Room 5 Vinson Carter. Judge. Carrie McMillen vs. Indianapolis Streetrailway Company; damages. Dismissed and costs paid. CRIMINAL COURT Fremont Alford. Judge. Stats of Indiana vs. Ora Copenhaver; murder in first degree. Motion for new trial overruled. NEW 8UIT8. Minerva Purcell vs. James Purcell; divorce Circuit Court. Elizabeth Hedges vs. Isaac T. Hedges; divorce. Superior Court, Room 2. Ma tlic Streakle vs. Nicholas Streakle; dlvo.es. Superior Court, Room 3. Warren P. Black vs. Minnie B. Black; djvorc. Superior Court, Room i. Arthur Smith vs. Ernest J. Rogce et aL;

complaint to foreclose mechanics lien. ircult Court. f4nan B. Porter et al. vs. Eva C. Porter et al.; partition of real estate. Superior Court, Room 1.

HIGHER COI RTS' RECORD. SUPREME COURT. 13912. Bullock vs. Robertson. Marlon S. C. Affirmed. Monks, J. Where there Is controversy in a habeas corpus proeecdlng for the custody of a child the welfare of the child is paramount to the cisim of either party to the action, and the order of the court should, in all such, be mad. with regard to the best interests of the child. The father is not entitled, as a matter of course, to an order on the return to the writ. In such proceeding, that the mother or other person In possession of the child shall deliver U to him. 2. When an Infant la brought Into court in obedience to such a writ it is in the custody of the court and subject to its disposition. 3. When the custody of a child Is awarded by the court upon the evidence, such Judgment will not be reversed upon the rulings, which merely go to the sufficiency of the return. IttH. Jordan Company vs. Water Company. Marion C. C. Petition for rehearing overruled. ISMS. C, L A E. Ry vs. Gas Company. Grant C. C. Motion to consolidate with No. overruled 1!5!H. Wolf vs. Shelton. Howard 8. C. Oral argument Nov. 19. 1902. 1&722. Water and Light Company vs. Walsh. Lake 8. C. Oral argument Nov. 7, Hat 1S909. Hosran vs. Indianapolis. Marion 8. C. Argument set aside and ordered for Oct. 3, BML Minutes. 19799. State ex rel. John O. Behymer vs. Elizabeth Perry, auditor. Tipton C. C. Appellant's additional authorities S.) VSJ2J. William W. Sefton vs. Board of Commissioners of Howard County et al. Howard C. C. Appellees' brief (8.) l'.'M'T. John P. Haughn et al. vs. the State of Indiana. Franklin C. C. Appellees' petition to file brief granted. Appellant given to .Nov. 3 to nie reply brief. Appellants reply brief (8.) New Cases. 19K9. Lawrence Logsdon vs. Peter Dingg. Clay C. C. Record. Assignment of errors. Joinder. Appellant's brief (8.) 1992U. The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company vs. William R. Mr-Keen ct al. Vigo C. C. Record. Assignment of errors. In term. Bond. 19971. The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company vs. Kate Kidder. Vigo C. C. Record. Assignment of errors. In term. Bond. APPELLATE COURT. C942. Union, etc.. Insurance Company vs. Whetsel. Noble C. C. Affirmed. Robinson, J. 1. Provisions in a life insurance policy which are inconsistent with each other the condition most favorable to the insured will be adopted. 2. The payment of a premium note is the payment of a premium, o. The execution of premium notes is the extension of the time for payment of the premium and the payments of the notes m.ty be extended beyond their maturity. 4. A demand upon a general agent of an insurance company for a paid-up policy is a demand upon the company. Ö. A stipulation in a policy that none of its terms can be modified or changed except in a specified manner can itself be waived by the company, either expressly or impliedly, b. Forfeitures are not favored by the courts. . n Wroon Insurance Company vs. Bank. Marion S. C. Reversed. Comstock, J. In a suit upon a fire insurance policy for a loss an averment of ownership or if fact showing an Insurable interest both at the time of the insurance and of the destruction of the property is necessary to make complaint good. 3989. City of xiwood vs. Laughlin. Madison C. C. Affirmed. Mack, J. 1. In pleading that an Injury was received without fault on the part of the plaintiff a direct averment of such fart is not necessary. 2. A elty Is charged with reasonable care and f.iligence in the construction of culverts that they may be safe for public travel. 3. To render a defendant liable for the proximate and natural result of his wrong, it is not necessary that the particular damage which accrued as a natural and probable consequence should have been actually foreseen. 4. In making an improvem nt in a street the municipal corporation is bound to take notice of such defects therein as by ordinary .kill and diligence may be disovered, although the improvement is made by an independent contractor. 3818. Town of Crown Point vs. Thompson. Porter C. C. Reversed. Henley. V. J. Where a person voluntarily drives a horse under a flag hanging across a street and the horse becomes frightened at the flag and injuries the driver she cannot recover. 4012. Logansport, etc.. Gas Company vs. Ott. Howard C. C. Cause stricken from argument calendar. 4553. Consumers' Gas Trust Company vs. Glas m;. my. Madison C. C. Certiorari granted and Issued. 441t. Thomas vs. Dabblemont. Sullivan C. C. Appellee granted leave to file brief. 4621. United States Express Company vs. Jovce. Gibson C. C. Appellee granted to Dec. 1, 1H02. to file brief. 1471. Goshem f. Bank. Daviess C. C. Appellant granted leave to file reply brief. 461J. Bateman vs. Benn' tt. Warri k C. C. Motion to dismiss postponed until final hearing. 4)2S. Board of Commissioners vs. Marion Trust Company. Marion C. C. Petition to advance granted. Utt. Stnte ex rel. Stuart vs. Holt. Marion C. C Petition to advance denied. Minutes. 4535. David Chaney vs. the Ohio and Indiana Oil Company. Wells C. C. Appellant's Drier (8.) 4471. Noah J. Goshorn vs. the People's National Bank of Washington. Appellant granted leave to file reply brief. Appellant's reply brief (8.) 4416. George A. Thomas vs. Elizabeth Dabblemont. administratrix. Sullivan C. C. Appellee granted leave to file brief. Appellee's brief (8.) 4556. George R. Avery vs. the Nordyke & Marmon Company. Marion S. C. Appellant's brief (8.) 4571. Lincoln School Township. Hendricks county, vs. the American School Furniture Company. Hendricks C. C. Appellees brief (8.) 4428. The Norton-Reed Stone Company vs. Dath Steele, administrator, etc. Orange C. C. Appellee's petition for additional time granted to Feb. 28, 19C3. 7 The P.. C. C & St. L. Ry. Co. vs. William L. Miller. Floyd C. C. Appellee's brief (8.) 4.i6. The Union Trust Company of Indianapolis, receiver, etc.. vs. Peter F. Shilling et al. Clarke C. C. Appellant's petition for certiorari and affidavits (2.) Certiorari granted and issued. , New Cases. 4629. Charles Johnson vs. Silas W. Hale, trustee, etc. Grant 8. C. Record. Assignment of errors. Praecipe. Notice Adams county. 4630. Bessie Marsh vs. Fred Marsh. Wells C. C Record. Assignment of errors. Notices 2 below. 4631. Josephine Eisenbury vs. John Burns, prosecuting attorney, et al. Wells C. C. Record. Assignment of errors. Notices below. Affidavit nor residence coappellee. Two Bishops Consecrated. ST. PAUL. Oct. 28. The consecration of Hishops Stariha and Keane, at St. Paul's cithedral. this morning, was celebrated in the presence of a large assemblage. Admission was. of necessity, limited, and was by card, out tne numocr or people taxed the capacity of the edifice. It was a distinguished audience, as fully four hundred of those present were ecclesiastics of note, wh had come from all parts ot the country. Right Rev. John Stariha. of St. Paul, was consecrated Bishop of Lead, S. D., and Right Rev. James J. Keane, of Minneapolis, as Bishop of Wyoming. Archbishop Ireland celebrated mass. FULLY. Indignant Boarder And you call this ten minutes' .walk from the station? Suburban Lanülord pacifically; Yes, sir; at leaat that.

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Bantam fowls. t ' Country Gentleman. A subscriber asked a bhort time since for an article on bantam fowls. We must conclude from his letter that he is not aware of the fact that there are thirty odd va rieties of these miniature fowls we say miniature, because all these varieties of bantams are miniatured of the large fowls whose names they bpar. For instance, there is a variety cajled game bantams, which are named and; colored to conform to all varieties of gam' s. Including the Indian game and the Malay game. All of these beautiful game; bantams have the form and graceful carriage equal to the games themselves, and they rival them in color and markings. All have been perfected within the past fty years. The Sebright bantarrjs originated In England almost 100 years ago. Sir John Sebright created them frJ-m a uniou of other bantams. They have iombs like the Hamburg, and their plumaye is laced about like the Laced WyandotteS. The Golden Sebright has a golden-fellow grouna color laced about with bla(k. The Silver Sebright has a white groand laced about with black. The male has ; tail like a hen, with no sickles. They have an elegance of carriage seldom equaled in any, with the exception of the Rose-ccjmb. The Rose-comb bantams are of two varieties, one black, the )ther white in fact, they are beautiful little Hamburgs, and might well be called? Hamburg bantams. Their beautiful comb,' head and white earlobes add elegance t i their graceful carriage, as does the long, full-flowing tall of the male. The black bantam is one of our eldest fowls, and while those that we have at present far excel those of former days, they come in line from the early-day black bantam. These are among the smallest bantams, and the b acks are the most favored of the two. Some of the blacks j-hnwn in the past yetjr have an elegance of finish seldom seen even in a Hamburg. Booted bantams of several colors are bred. Seldom do we .oe any but the whitebooted. They are a white bantam that stands quite erect. Th"?y have heavy or vulture hocks and long foot feathering. In Brahma bantar.js we have the two varieties, light and dark, which are the fame in color and nlarkings as the large Brahmas of same nahie. These were originally bred in England, but to-day we have ;i strain of dark braomas which surpasses those bred in England, and some of these have gone from thi.- side to our English cousins to improve Cheir stock. We much prefer the Brahma buntams of both kinds as bred In this co'intry. We have the Brahma shape; they 'have too much of the Cochin bantum shap- in those they breed. Cochin bantams a e the most common with us, and of this jareed the buff variety is most kept. In Cot nin bantams there are the buff, black, whit-; and partridge. They are true to Cochin ,hape. and are of the same color as the lar!;e Cochin fowls. These bantams are hardyi are prolific layers, and they will live and thrive where other fowls could not. Th. re has been wonderful advancement made lu these bantams within the past few years, especially in the partridge variety, which.1 has been greatly Improved in both shapei and color. One strain of this variety whicl' has been produced In this country, show better quality than those that come frt m the other side. In addition to these, th're is a cuckoo Cochin b;:ntam. which is .olored like a barred Plymouth Rock. In the little short' legged Japanese bantams there are numerous varieties and colors; among theso are solid black, solid white, black-tailed hite, gray-blue, brown and speckled. Of these, but three are standard varieties. The others are not In the standard, but a-e as beautiful as any. Frizzed bantams n ight be classed with the Japanese, as tKe best of them come from the same locality. All of these little beauties are a fad r fancy, which might be extended to an almost endless collection. With these might aso go the rumpless, as they also are in tnc fancy class. The Nankin was the original Buff bantam in England priör to the coming of the Cochin bantam from Peking in 1850 or about that time. The Nankin, like the Cuckoo bantam, is but seldom seen, the former having beew pushed aside by the more popular Cochin bantam. Some Cuckoo or Scotch gray bahtams are bred about Boston as Plymouth Rock bantams. Their color and shape favor the Plymouth Rook. There are also b;-ntams like the black Spanish fowls and he buff Brahma. Polish bantams, white, also buff, are just like the large Polish fowls In every respect. There are also th Sultan and the Silky, which are bred to wonderful perfection. All the best of the Polish bantams are white and originated in New York State. Penciled and spangled Hamburg bantams, Minorca, Andalusian and Leghorn bantams, Centurian bantamH like white wonders and Burmese batltams, that look like Japanese bantams "with crests, are among the novelties in th 9 line. All these varieties make an aggregation of dwarf fowls from which a selection might be made to phase any fancy. Bantam breeding ;has become quite popular, and th- classes' of bantams at the fall fairs and winter shows are quite as large or larger than are the same classes in the larger fowls of th- same name. It is not unusual to see from 500 to 600 of them at the Boston or Neir York shows; and the value of these ban'ams frequently exceeds $50 to $10u each. 'Some of the most expert breeders are now handling these miniature fowls, awd the elegance of finish of some of them is most surprising. In most cases those -who breed bantams to perfection do It for the love of the fancy, and not for any profit that may come from so doing. Young or three 'fourths-grown bantams are most excellen broilers. They are a d licacy for the si 'k room: and for small. .ailing children or or persons who are ill. there is nothing njore delicate for the apB4 tite than a bantam egg. A few bantams can be kept in the most confined quarters on a ci,y lot and do well by providing a few fresh-laid eggs each day for breakfast, or to make more delightful our cup of coffee. Cochin bantams are the very best of mothers for banta;ns. other fowls or pheasants. They can be kept in almost any place, with but fe'r restrictions. They are also good layers 5iave been known to produce UK) eggs in Ji year; and for general purposes they are 'hard to excel. But there is no more general favorite than the black-red game bantam, which is among Un fancy fowls .,r bantams, and cannot withstand the h-irdships that the little Cochin bantam cah withstand. Of all Um bantams, none lays bettar than the dark-Brahma bantam, and we shall not be surprised to tse them become general favorites, for thoir beautiful combination of colors, their haoly constitutions and prolific egg product --on must count in their favor; and they Wive the Brahma qualities of growing fawt.: maturing early, laying well and being hue table poultry, all of which good traits must count in favor of bantams as well as of other fowls. An Agricultural Exhibit. Washington Letter in New York Post. The Department of Agriculture is to have a model farm situated just across the Potomac river. It will embrace that part of the Arlington estate not used for the National Cemetery, amounting to about 400 acres to the south of the carriage road that leads to the She-idan entrance, and bordering the river. Jt is to be known as "The Arlington Farms,!' and it is the purpose of Secretary Wilson to make it a Mecca for farmers, not only of the United States, but from all over the: world. In May, IMa, vhe first move was made toward reclaiming this part of the Arlington estate. The tproperty up to that time had been in charge of the War Department, but It was not usNi. and had received practically no care. At the suggestion of Secretary Wilson it. was turned over to the Department of Agriculture for experimental purposes.. L. C. Corbett. the horticulturist of the p.ant-breeding division, was chosen to w irk yutt the plans, and under the direction of fhe secretary and of Prof. B. T. Qalloway he began. The land had been used only for a mule pasture. So for two years the be'n thing Mr. Corbett could do was to restore the soil. He had it plowed up and sown to cow peas, soy beans and coarse fodder, which, when It matured, was promptly plowed under again This year he put in a crop of rye, as an experimen, and found that it yielded twenty-five bushels to the acre, which is much better than the average. Mr. Corbett his had the land carefully sun-eyed, and has drawn plans just as an architect would for a house. There will be a modl farmhouse, a model orchard with the finest American fruit thar can be grown and all sorts of crops, standard and new. There wi: lie also a large collection of shade trees wrought together for comparison, and all marked plainly with both tb ir popular and their scientific names, mo that a t armer, visiting the place and seeing

a tree or a shrub which he would like in his own home, will be able to make a memorandum and order from it intelligently. There will bo foliage plans and shrubs also, arranged in the most artistic and useful way. furnishing object lessons In their use and adaptability. Already the work of buildlnr a model barn has begun, and many of the trees have been started. "We intend," said Mr. Corbett, "to make it the finest and moat complete collection of apple, pearch and pear trees In the country, and the first object will be o complete the list of American varieties. We are particularly well situated here for the growing of all these fruits, in a zone where the flora of the North and South overlap; we can grow apples which flourish in the northern part of Minnesota or the Dakotas, and at the same time can grow the varieties which do well In the Carolinas and the northern part of Florida. So It will be with peaches, pears and. to some extent rv. sil.lv nrr.nCM In muUin? this Collec tion we' shall grow each tree ourselves, j grartlng tne stock on a young tree u4 known character and health. The cutting will be taken from a tree which is in fruit. and which we know to be true to us name. This will insure accuracy of nomenclature. The tree will be very valuable for propagation purposes, and in the work of breeding and cross-br. edin? they will be convenient to the exp?rimenters of the department. "The arboretum will be a very practical thing. There are a great many native trees in Washington now, but they are not assembled, as they will be here, for purposes of comparison. Every native tree which thrives in this climate will be grown on the four acres which have been set apart for this purpose. The shrubs and perennial grasses will be grown in such daces, screening buildings and beautifyng the landscape, as to make them object essons in what may easily be done on any farm. We shall not go in for the fancy or foreign things, except as they are brought for experimentation. The main object will be to show what can be done by an enterprising farmer with the material at hand." F. J3. L. Examples of Intensive Farming. Indiana Farmer. Last week we gave some Illustrations and definitions of intensive farming and what is meant by that term. Statistical information from European countries shows some examples of intensive farming that we have not yet approached In this country, but toward which we are tending as population increases here. These facts illustrate what may be done under pressing conditions of agriculture where population has become dense. For instance, Belgium feeds a population of 490 people to the square mile, a single section of land, and besides exports farm products to Great Britain valued at 15,0000,000. With such farming in the United States the State of New York would feed nearly 25,000.000 people and have a surplus besides, and Texas could at the same rate of intensive farming feed the 70.000,000 population of the United States and have a surplus to feed 50,000.000 more. ws know a farmer residing in Marion county, Indiana, not many miles from Indianapolis, who grows from five to six tons of timothy hay per acre, while the average In the State Is not two tons. And yet statistical information shows that sections of Belgium more than double this largest yield in Indiana. In the United States 200 to 300 bushels of Irish potatoes are grown per acre at best, while abroad more than 1,500 bushels per acre is the yield by intensive agricultural methods. These Illustrations and facts might be extended, showing what intensive farming is abroad. Scientific farming. If you please, by a people who have not passed through scientific education, but where, under dint of pressure of population, and long experimentation and observation, scientific principles have been acquired and are now practiced. By these facts it is seen how idle the fear is that we are rapidly approaching the time when we cannot feed our own population, as some alarmists have said. We can and will, when there is necessity for it, more than quadruple the production of our wheat and corn crops, and indeed all other crops. The agricultural colleges ant experiment stations of America are laying the foundations for all this, and will save us the long years of patient, individual experiments to learn It, which were required abroad. The Priee of Egca. Huntington Farmers' Guide. It may seem strange for a poultryman to interpose any objection to the high prices that prevailed throughout the past year for eggs, and yet, in one respect at least, it has not been an unalloyed blessing. Last spring very many of us yielded to the temptation of turning our eggs into ready cash instead of putting them in an Incubator, or under hens. The result is a very perceptible shortage of fowls this fall. The indications are that eggs will be still higher this winter than last year. The storage houses are short and all provisions rule high. The wise poultryman. therefore, will make an extra effort to produce eggs this winter. He can do this most successfully by careful attention to his feeding rations. Eggs are largely a question of diet. Feed the hen the right kind of food, and she cannot help but lay. It is a pretty well established fact that fresh cut green bone is the cheapest of all poultry foods, and at the same time, the greatest egg producer. The man who wants to produce eggs cannot do better than to get a green bone and vegetable cutter, and give his hens the food that makes them lay. Farm Notes. Every farm should have at least a small flock of sheep as scavengers. There are so many things that sheep will consume that they are considered necessary adjuncts to farming, if waste materials are to be utilized. A well-managed flock will pay a large dividend on the capital invested the first year. Some farmers prefer to spread their manure in the fall before the ground becomes frozen. If this is dono the ground should bo plowed and the manure spread on the surface, following with a roller. The matter of spring or fall plowing depends, however, upon the soil and the liability of loss by washings from rains. Churning is not agreeable work, but considerable time can be saved by the use of a thermometer. Butter comes rapidly or slowly, according to the temperature, and a thermometer saves labor and costs but little. But few use the thermometer when churning, yet it Is almost indispensable in the making of choice butter. The small and unsalable sweet potatoes are just as valuable for the fattening of hogs as those that are of marketable size. Sweet potatoes contain a large proportion of sugar, and are, therefore, very suitable for the fattening of stock. They should be cooked and bran added. Being very wholesome, they may be fed liberally. As the weather becomes cooler It will cost more to fatten the pigs. Corn will be largely used, but the pigs will fatten more readily if the food is varied. As an addition to the corn It is conceded that a mess of finely cut clover hay. scalded and sprinkled with bran. Is excellent as a noon meal. Early In the morning a warm mess of skim milk and bran will be highly relished. Peach trees of the present day do not last as long as those of half a century ago. The trees are also subject to more diseases, and are shorter lived. It is claimed that trees growing from the pits and not transplanted are hardier than those removed from one location to another. Some growers prefer to plant the seeds where the trees are to grow, budding them with a preferred variety after the young trees are of proper size. The difficulty ith the plan is that many of the pits may fall to germinate. Wool Is affected by breed, climate and food. Sheep will thrive in pome sections much better than in others, and wool from some flocks will bring higher prices than other wools. To produce good wool I a sheep must be well fed. but not too much so. ir tne ioon is not sumcientiy nutritious the wool will lack In strength, be dry. harsh, flabby and rough to the touch. Wool from sheep that are kept on pastures which provide sn sbundant herbage Is long in fiber, soft, white and strong. It is claimed that all nutritious foods produce fine wool, but it Is not necessary to make a selection of foods if the sheep have a variety. Which Is the richest milk? Experiments plainly show that the last milk from the udder the "Strippings" is much richer in fat than that first drawn. 8everal tests in this country have demonstrated that fact, and in an experiment a cow was milked until the udder was completely empty, all milk being weighed. The milk was divided Into three lots and tested for butter fst. The first milk contained only .9 per cent, of the fat. the second 2.0s per cent, and th third lot 4.06 per cent. At the New York station an experiment was made, the first milk containing only threetenths of 1 per cent, of fat and th second

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The Merchants9 Association of Indianapolis will refund the round trip fare to persons living within a radius of forty miles from Indianapolis upon the purchase of $25.00 worth of merchandise from one member of the Association or from all combined, and One Per Cent. Additional Cash Rebate will be allowed on all purchases in excess of twentyfive dollars (J25.00). Ask For a Merchants9 Association Rebate Book iv the first store you enter of those named above a.; members ; insist on having each purchase entered in the rebate book in every member's store you trade, and when through buying, present book, at the Columbia National Bank any time between 8 a. m and 6 p. m. and get your rebate. It's all very simple no extra trouble. Application for reb&te book must be made at the time purchase is made.

For farther information address J. 6.88 per cent., two lots only being used, the whole milk averaging per cent. "CHRISTIAN SCIENCE METHODS Compared to Those In Uae in Equatorial Africa." To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal: In your issue of last Saturday is copied an attack upon Christian Science under the headlines above from the New York Evening Post. That paper, in its issue of the 22d inst., courteously published an answer to the attack, and inasmuch as the answer states certain facts, etc., which may be useful to your readers who wish to have the data for a Just opinion in the matter, I venture to respectfully ask of you to permit me to make some important excerpts from the answer for your columns. The answer is from the pen of Mr. W. D. McCracken. of New York citj-, who is at the head of the Christian Science publication committee for the State of New York. I quote as follows: "I invite your readers to consider dispassionately the bare facts connected with the Christian Science case in White Plains. Four years ago the Christian Science practitioner referred to in your editorial healed the mother of the child in question of heart disease, complicated with dropsy. The case had defied the most conscientious efforts of medical practitioners for years. The child had been frail and sickly until her mother's recovery, but, under the latter's care as a Chr'stian Scientist, she had grown to be a hearty and healthy looking child. An older child in the same family is at present fast recovering, under Christian Science practice, from the disease to which the younger child has sucoumbed. Thousands of grateful parents testify to the recovery of their children under Christian Science treatment, often after their cases have been abandoned as hopeless under material remedies. During six months of the past year 12,113 deaths have occurred among young children In Greater New York alone, under medical practice, according to statistics of the Health Department. 1.145 of them having been cases of diphtheria. Under the circumstances are not the terms neglect' and homicide to be used with greater caution than appears in your editorial? "Whoever has been privileged to heal the sick by Christian Science methods, or is familiar with the blessed peace and Influence of such methods, must be amazed at their comparison to the practices of negro savages in equatorial Africa. For a proper counterpart on must turn to the pages of the Old and New '"'estament and to the writings of the Christian fathers. "The principal difficulty experienced by those who are not students of Christian Science in understanding its modus operandi proceeds from a misunderstanding of the word 'mind.' as used in Christian Science. When Christian Scientists speak of disease as a 'claim' or 'error' of mind the general human consciousness is meant by thai term. Disease does, indeed, seem real to general human consciousness, which Mrs. Eddy has denominated as mortal mind, disease is net an entity, enjoying power and permaner.ee in the Divine Mind, or. as the Scriptures define it. in that mind 'which was In Chriat Jesus." We have a record of St. Paul's experience, who said that 'the law of the Spirit of life In Christ Jesus hath made mt- free from the law of sin and death.' iRon. vili:2.) "Christian Scientists welcome any public inquiry into their faith, for a day of great rejoicing is in store for the sick as well as the sinful and sorrowing when the beneficial results it has accomplished ai.d is accomplishing, day by day. are as well known to the public at large as they are to those ho have enjoyed their benefits. "In Judging of the work accomplished by Christian Science th public should remember that the Christian Science denomination is recruited in a great measure by persons who were once what an insurance company would call rejected risks. 1. e.. persons who were sick and despondent, not a few among them having been pronounced incurable After absorbing thi? material, upon which no insurance company would have written policies. Christian Science has brought Its membership to such a condition of health that the clerk of the First Church of Christ. Scientist, in Boston, could report last June that the mortality rate of that church of over 22.000 members was only 2.32 per thousand for 1901, being 17. per thousand less than the rate for the city of Boston during the same year." CLARENCE A. BUSKIRK. Princeton, Ind., Ot t. 27. Fast Trip Across the Part Sie. SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. .The Pacific Mail Company's new steamer Korea arrived at noon to-dav from Yokohama breaking the record across the Pacific The si--araer roaae no stop between the coast

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CHARLES L. HARTMANN, Furniture, Carpets and Stoves. ISkfc BROS., Furniture and Upholstery. PAUL H. KRAUSS, Men's Furnishings and Bhlrtmaker. KAHN TAILORING CO., Tailors. GEORGE J. MAROTT, Shoes. CHARLES MAYER k CO., (Retail Department) Silverware and China. W. H MESSENGER, Furniture and Carpets. L E. MORRISON & CO., Trunks, Traveling Bags and Rubber Goods. THE NEW YORK STORE, Dry Goods, Carpets and Furniture. PEOPLE'S OUTFITTING CO., Furniture and House Furnishings. THE PLAN: Every tine of X SAULTER, Business Manager, JEWEL STOVES And RANGES UUrT Sc STAINAK15R 114-116 Bast Washington St of Japan and her home port and proceeded with the average rate of 470 miles a day from Yokohama by direct line to San Francisco, a distance of 4,000 miles. The Korea sailed from the Japanese port on the 18th and made the passage in ten days. i"aaMaasBSMaMaaaaBpi JACKDAW OP THE ANGEL IXlf. He Would Ride About London oa the Buses and the Street Cars. London Telegraph. Though by no means aged as jackdaws go, the remarkab)e4ird which has just died at the Angel, Brixton, had made a considerable reputation during the nearly eleven years of its association with mankind, and the original purchase price of 18d which was paid by Its owner. Thomas Beck, some ten years ago, was but a fraction of its value at the time of its death. Wonderful Intelligence and no less surprising originality of behavior were the characteristics of Jack, who was a favorite with all in the Brixton district, though his roaming habits had made him not unfamiliar In other parts of the metropolis. In his very early an irresponsible youth Jack was a mischievous daw, but after his first owner, a little schoolboy, had sold him to Mr. Beck his manners became more sedate, though they never lacked variety, the consequence being that scores of well-authenticated stories are extant of the bird's feats and his remarkable intelligence and memory. His first home was a private house at Clapham, but after he became an inmate seven years ago of the Angel, at the corner of Loughborough road, he took a more extended view of life, until his exploits became of almost world-wide fame, for among those who have been to pay him a visit have been a large number of Americans and Australians, who, seeing, have coveted this sprightly bird. Jack's first flight from home was when he sailed to the roof of a house opposite the Angel. He returned safely to the call of his master, but this excursion evidently gave him confidence, and thenceforward it was his practice to leave and return to his home whenever the spirit moved him. In his restless moods it was his habit to alight on the tramcars and 'buses which passed his door and Journey with the conductors to such places as the Elephant and Castle. Westminster, Blackfriars Bridge and Streatham. Another favorite resort of this strange bird was the police station, whence, after favoring the constables with his company for an hour or two. he would leave for home on a tramcar. like the independent citizen he was. These habits and the general friendliness he displayed toward those who treated him kindly made the jackdaw an immense favorite in the neighborhood, and the news of his sudden death brought great sorrow to his master and mistress as well as to his many admirers. At home Jack led a very systematic life. First and foremost he was the confidante and personal friend of his owner, whom he followed about the house and regarded with remarkable fidelity. An original genius. Jack scorned the roosting places of ordinary members of his species and chose as his perch the neck of a wine bottle rt sting in a hasket on the bar counter. Settled here at bedtime, he aleepilv said "Good night'' in hla own bird language to his master, but he was the first up in the morning, and signified the same by regularly rapping at Mr. Beck's bedroom door Having superintended his master's tubbing operations. Jack invariably hopped down to the bar. and. standing on the basin under the water tap. waited til! he received a refreshing shower. This waa his daily batTi which he never neglected. At the time of hla death Jack was molting, and the day before he died he took two baths, the suggestion being that he waa trying to alleviate the tiresome irritation which accompanied his annual feather shedding. Whether this had anything to do with his death is not known, but the next morning Jack was found dead underneath his extemporised perch. This sharpwitted jackdaw, who was frlendlv with all who behaved properly toward him. never forgot a foe, and would unerringlv recognise and attack persons who had lli-treated him. He was a clever trickster, and a joke he sometimes enjoyed was flying off with the small change of unobservant customers. StilU he never made an enemy Jaek HU Ha .tiifrpd mnA K rn...t - - I .vwi-rnini nercning cm the bottle, his grasp of which he reuuuiiitc wiren ucain took mm.

F. H. RUPERT. Furniture and Stoves. SAKS & CO. (The Model). Men's and Boys' Outfitters, SANDER & RECKER, Furniture. THE STAR STORE, Dry Goods, Carpets, Clocks, eta. ADOLF SCHLEICHER CO. Carpets, Wall Paper and Draperies. TAYLOR CARPET CO., Carpets and Upholstery. VONNEGUT HARDWARE CO., (Retal .Dept.) hardware JULIUS C. VVALK & SON Diamonds, Jewelry and Silverwers. M. P. WASsON & CO., Dry Goods. Cloaks and Millinery. WHEN CLOTHING STORED Clothing and Men's Furnishings.

Merchandise Is Represented.

The Merchants Association ot maianapou includes ALL of the representative retad stores of the city, and covers practically every iiueof merchandise needed for personal or home use. You mav spend $3.00 it one store, $10.00 it another, $8.00 at another and $4.00 in miscelUneous purchasesthere are $25.00 expended, fot which your round trip fare will be refunded. Persons Living at a Greater Distrnce Than Forty Miles May Have Their Fare Rebated. To illustrate : If you live 60 miles away the Association refunds you 4(1 mik's of it both ways, leaving the cost of only 20 miles to yon, Internrhnn passenger ARE GIVEY ENTIRE FARE FOR ESTIRE DISTANCE, but should ask conductors for cash receipt, and the receipt must be shown at stores where purchases are made. The Merchants' Association Cuarantees to each customer the fuluUment ot the above proposition.

CORDOVA BUILDING, ir D1ANAPOLIS Gold Medal At Pan-American Exposition. Unlike Any Other! The full flavor, the delicious quality, the absolute Purity of Ivowney's Breakfast Cocoa distinguish it from all others. No "treatment" with alkalies; no adulteration -with flour, starch or ground cocca shells; nothing but the nutritive and digestible product of the choicest Cocoa Beans. Ask Your Dealer for it. THE W0NDEK OF THE AGE The "Omega" Odorless Gas Stove Marks a revolution; in gas heating and household sanitation Perfect combustion Is secured by the generation of intense heat and the thorough mixing progressively of the gas supply t ith air. by which It is possible to use at le uit forty-five cubic feet of air to every cubJ foot of gas. Its operation combines three important and Indispensable factors economy In fuel, perfect combustion: sterilization. In the "OMEGA" they arc the result of mechanical combinations produced as the result of extensive scientific research. On exh'.btion and for aal by The Indianapolis Gas Company 49 South Pennsylvania Street. EDt'CATIOSAL. MECHANIC Air DRAWING Free Hand, Xewprpr Illutratinr Rnflivo, Phurihand. Telexraphv. rnmnsiip. lt.kk-'? Modern office Method. tc Iaj or N ;at. iri particulars of SO offer. B Indianapolis USiNESS UNIVERSITY When Bui td in t. J. lib fe.B, rriia:. Bvories's EBUSINESS COLLEGHPfcoaes 1254. Mm cat Place. Only school hare us tnc the Laboratory Mttaoda, Only aehoo.i here uai bins touch lor piano) typewriting and English. Tnee methods enJU tha learner to go from the school into the t)f) without Intermediate experience. Position secured. Call cn. 'phove or write H D VÖRIES x-riaie mip?rmi-ni:nt i'uwic instruction. THE SUNDAY JOJftNtL, S2.50 per year