Indiana State Sentinel, Indianapolis, Marion County, 18 April 1894 — Page 11

THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL. WEDNESDAY MORNING, APRIL 18, 1891 TWELVE PAGES.

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PRACTICAL FARM TOPICS.

A. SEW SYSTEM OP l B-IHHIfJATIOX FOR THE KAfll.Y CROPS. !Vay nt WatfrloK Pinn AVJiy Dairymen Mmnlil Rulie Their Own town Soil I o Ararnnlp for Oypsy Moth nthins Uaineil ly Ovcr-FecdliiK-LaPSP Fa nun Ilutniin Here- nnl 'llierr on the Fur in All ' A ran nil Ihe Farm Hint for llonUeenern Valuable Iteclpc. The amount of moisture required durIng the season rannot be controlled by farmers and gardener unless some method is devised to permit of an unlimited supply of water and to carry It to the plants without involving great expense. The windmill will provide a sufficiency of water for a garden or greenhouse, and the problem has been how to apply moisture without injuring the plants to a certain extent. It is well known that the only way to procure crops is to grow them under shelter, in a greenhouse, "but the difficulty has been that when the moisture was applied directly on the plants the result was rot or mildew, lettuce being attacked severely in some instances, whicii is believed to be due to the frequent application of water to the foliage. Siib-Irriaalioti. If the moisture can be applied to the roots of the plants, as required, the difficulty of too much moisture on the leaves may be avoided. To test th matter the Olio experiment station used what is known i. the sub-irrigation method. According io theory greenhouses should be so construed as to ermit of drainage. but experiments demonstrate that the theories are incurred. Plants of different species, such as roses, violets, carnations, lettuce, radishes, cucumbers, tomatoes and cauliflower were grown on benches with water-tiprht bottoms. The result was that some crops grew wonderfully. lottine escaping th? rot entirely, maturing two weeks earlier, and yblied twice the weight of crp. Torna t'Ks did not give as g"od results as some other kinds, however. The method is simple. The benches should have water-tight bottoms. A few laths are milled on the bottom of th" bench and cement spread over the laths. Drain tile of two and one-half inches diameter is laid on th til- two feet apart in the nrs, and six inches or more of soil is then pbu-ed over the tile, so as to form a seed bed. "Water is then poured quickly into the ends of th tile, which finds its way into the soil the joints of the tile not being tight. 1 vnn Uikc of Snli-lrrluntlnn. By the above method the wnter goes lirectly to the roots, the top soil nt being bnked. and the changes of temperature do not so readily affect planting while the application of the moisture, through the agency of the tile, is done In a neater manner than with the watering pot. Although the green house f-'hould be used for forcing plants in order to secure an early supply of fruits or vegetables, the motho! is also applicable to the paeden to s ure large yields. If drain til-" is laid in rows ami strawberries are grown alongside of the tile, th yield will be mormons if fertilizers are liberally applied, as the strawberry crop is controlled when the moisture can l e applied as desirecl. The system f Fub-irrieation. is here alluded to with the object of attracting attention to the irrigation of garden crops in the same nrcnr.er, as a wind mill and tank will supply all the water that may be required for a large garden. HKKi: AM) T1IKUE 0 Till; FARM. In the liitlrr tf M u'c-n OlnniM-ii Among; Dairy Cat Hi'. The mule is a much better animal than the horse for some purposes, 'in? feet of the mule do not heroine as easily injured a.s those of the horse, and mules are also less liabie to disease, will eat a greater variety of coarse food, and can be worked in closer rows than horses. When disease appears in a herd or r-k there is always a cause, and efforts should b made to discover it. One of the sources of riiase jn dairy herds is the purchasing of fresh cows "to take the place .-.f those that become dry. Jt is not always easy to discover when a cow is affected with some contagious disease ttia.t. may not be. developed, a.s In appearance she may be healthy, but ht-r entrance into the h?nl may result In destruction to the other members. The remedy is for diary men to raise their cows, and avoid buying them as murh as possible. Spreading manure evenly is a very lmrortant matter. "When the manure is left on the fiel! in large lumps it is n it as easily incorporated in the soil as when it is well spread ever the surface in a fine condition. Tha gypsy moth has not yet h-n stamped out of New England, and it is the most formidable foe that has pvr appeared in this country. It is discovered that paris green does not destroy all them, especially the adtdts. A mixture of sodfc arsenate, acetate of lead. --and glucose, has been found better as it adheres to the leaves, is not easily washed off. ami may be used of- sufficient strength to destroy the caterpillars without injury to foilae-. The harrow will be found of trreut benefit to wheat as soon as it can le used. All crops that are harrowed well before the plant are too large will also be benefited The smoothing harrow will r.ot pull up wheat or young corn. In all diiry sections it will pay for the farmers to form clubs and purchase a pire-bred male for improving their dairy herds. The cost will be but a small sum to each, and the expense incurred will b insignificant compared with the increased value and efficiency of the herds. There is nothing saved by overfeeding that is, keeping food where the animals can always have access to it, as such feeding leads to indigestion. Have regular hours for feeding, and give each animal all that it requires, but no more than It will eat up clean. Culling- the stock, by always Sellins from the most unprofitable, and breeding only from the best, will surely lead to improvement, but the true method of Improvement is to use pure-bred sires always. It is safe to say that only about "0 per cent, of seeds can be relied noon to germinate, but this largely deends upon circumstances. The age of the 5ed, Its condition, the fineness of the noil, and the depth at which the seed is covered, affect the germination. Build up the frame of the young animal, so as to secure size before attempting to fatten ft. Fat is an encumbrance to RTowinK animals. When they reao hmaturity is the time to fatten thm. Seed corn is the most important matter to consider in connection with th-j corn crop. If In 're is anything that causes a farmer to becoiav despondent is to b compelled to replant his field, as he will lose valuable time early in the j-eason in the growth of his corn. Much of this Hiinojaiioe may le avoided by being sure of good peed. -Another point in planting is to use plenty of peed. It is much easier, and more satisA GÜABANTEED CUBS. Best epfr-producer on earth. 5?okl bv all drurrcistii.

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factory, to pull out the surplus plants, than to be compelled to replant where the seed failed to germinate. flood stock must have abundant pasturage if they are expected to give th best results Turning; the cows out on something that may be considered a pasture only compels them to ramble over the field instead of securing food. Such a course is ruinous, as the yield of milk will be in proportion to the feed consumed. The b'-st cows must have plenty of food in order to "uliiH their purpose. . When black knot appears on the plum or cherry trees th? affected limbs must be cut off, and if the trees are badly affected they might as well be dug up and burnt to ashes at once, as the presence of black knot on a single tree means its rapid spread to others. Heroic remedies must be resorted to. Koot-cutters will be found excellent for reducing roots to a proper t ondition for stock, and will also save the cost of cooking the roots.

I, it rice l'nrm Itiiitioti. Coing front Indianapolis to Paffyette last week, says the editor of the Kushvil!e Jacksonian. our attention was called to the productiveness of the soil in most places, and the scarcity of nice resiliences or comfortable home the entire absence of school houses and churches out of town and cities. There are more good, comfortable hom-s. we beli- ve. between Kushviile and Arlington, or between Hushville and Gleen we!, in siuht of from the railroad, than there are in sight along the railroad for thirty miles this way from Lafayette. For miles and miles this side of lufayette large faims of richest soil lie on each side of the road unrelieved by a sincle nice or comfortable home. Kittle, uttpuinted and uncomfortable houses, rising hut little above the huts of the savase. occupied bypoor tenants, are juite numerous, but no Kood houses. Neither are there school houses or churches to be seen on either side of the road. There is nothing bur wretchedness to be seen, except in the towns, alo:-iir the entire way. What has caused this? Karge land owner.-. The owners of the land live in cities and work their tenants like daves. They care nothing for their farm, their country, society or their tenants. They impoverish the l,ind for money. What care they for their laborers, their wives or children. It matters not to them that children on Their farms grow up without the benefit of schools or churches urow up to till prisons and brothels. All they want is to increase thir farms and wealth. I -et society take care of itself, they say. S'iciety ought to care for these large land owners that blot out schools and churches and civilization. Put a tax on every acre of land that a in in owns above : acres a tax that will make him want to increase the value of his land rather than the number of his acres. In that, and you will have nice churches and school bouses and good .society. Nothing is mote dangerous to a country than large farms. olf. No buttr nuiker should let it be sail of his product that it is inferior to butterine. Fxclusive corn feeding tends to dwarf the growing pig. He needs shorts, bran, skim milk. etc.. to build up a strong muscular Iwidy. Corn is a fattening food. A creamery man at a farming institute said that to hasten the ripening of cream a starter must be used, and that he had found the best method was to use skim milk for this purpose. The high grade butter cow will not only give more and better butter than the cow of no lreeJ. says a writer, but she will convert more of a given amount of feed into butter and less in beef. A horseman says that horses over twelve years old often suffer front toothache, which prevents mastication and causes poor condition. Fvery horse sh uld lie exaniined annually by ii veterinary dentist. Frof. Henry says steers cannot be fattened fully on corn alone with pro'it. tor the concentrated crain soon burns out the digestive tract and the steer comes to make poor use of his food. Oil meal or bran should be fed to lighten the ration. I.ran is cooling and lightens the heay corn meal materially. Dairy farmers are undeniably the most reliably prosperous of those who take up specialties in agriculture. Their land is enriched by their business. Kutter an I cheese of the best qualities never fail to he brisk in demand and at .prices that remain firm when wheat, beef and wool are low in price and slow of sale. Succulence in a presentable, palatable form is a form of food greatly relished by the co a", and good silage from mature corn is grca'.ly relished by the stock, and of no kind or variety of crop can so much food sind of such great food value in succulent form be obtained as In the form of cornfodder, ears and all. preserved in the silo. Why not sell eggs by the pound? A hen laying six eggs weighing a pound does twice the service performed iy one producing eggs that require twelve to weigh a pound, providing they eipial each other in the number of rs laid. Then why should not the first hen tie twice as valuable as the second, and the product of her industry bring twice as much in market? The Ohio experiment station director says that one of the most troublesome plant diseases with which gardeners have to contend is lettuce rot. which attacks the plants in the greenhouse and often decimates the crop. Frequent watering of the foilage is supposed to be the most prolific cause which favors the development of the disease. There is nothing else which pays so well for the nionny and h'bor expended on it as a patch of small fruit well cared for. Th-re is no other imnn-'r in which the farmer can get so much in the way of good, wholesome food from so little ground. An 1 yet there are many who give this important matter no attention, thinkim? that it is not worth while fur them to bother With it. Pops are generally led too much hay and not enough of other things. An a writer says, they eat enough, but the food is not of the right quality: it fevers instead of nourishes: it stunts them instead of giving prnM'th. The reme.l v Is corn a nd more bran. oats, roots, oil cake, linseed meal, ensilage, clover, hay ami a chance at a reserved blue grass pasture or in Ik-id of green wheat or rye. The idea is gaining ground that late planted, somewhat immature potatoes, are best for seed. Following out this theory some of the potato growers of the middle states are growing a late planted crop that will hardly have time p- perfect a growth before the close of the season, expressly for their stock of .seed for the next spring planting, and are claiming as good results from them as from the northern grown seed. A hen that is two years old will fatten more readily than a pullet, hence caution should be exercised in feeling corn to hens. The pullets will continue to grow until they are fifteen months old. but they begin to iay before maturity. A Plymouth Kock or Uraturia, piiibt should lay when eight months old and a beghorn pullet at six months. Much depends on how they are fed. !o not make them too fat. Fat hens are poor layers, and more liable to disease also. Many farmers have found by experience that top dressing is the best method of applying manure under all circumstances. The pimt food is given where it must be the most available, and will reach the roots, which are mostly near the surface, immediately, it comes the nearest to the natural methods, fur in nature all the plant fool that the land receives Is by the annual top dressing with the leaves or the withered herbage that falls on the ground at this season of the year. The first crop of lettuce or cucumbers grown in a new greenhouse, in fresh soil, is generally the best it ever produced. Succeeding crops are more liable to suffer from insects or diseases. This fact suggests the imjiortance of rotating crops. where it is possible to do so. in order to avoid the spores of fungi, which rapidly accumulate in the soil and the surroundings where the same kind of crops are grown in succession. This is difficult to accomplish, but may bo' worth the cost. A horse dealer, who handles over lario horses a year, told an exchange that if he were to offer advice to farmers he would say: Secure mares sixteen hands h!::h, with some warm blood in them, well ribbed out, good qua rters, ohliuue shoulders, deep through the heart, with plenty of room for the lungs, and with, above all things, an intelligent, blood-like, liony head. Breed for levcl-headednes, and. above ail things, forbid the men ami iwiys about the place teastni; the young colts. There is never any necessity for deeply covering seed of any kind. Wherever it is done, either by hand or machinery, the seed is pretty sure to be planted too deeply. A slight covering, well-packed down over the seed. Is better than depending on the amount of soil above it to pack it. In the spring time especially, planting should be shallow, localise now the melting snows and the freeing of the surface soil in winter have left t fo moist that a, very little covering of earth Is suf!lcent. AVith very small seeds, sowing on the surface Is all that Is required. The rains will wash all the soil over them that It needed. A correspondent of the Indiana. Farmer says that an Infallible way to make a ewe own her lamb is to bring n dog in the same tnolosure. The maternal Instinct will lead the ewe to protect the Iamb against the dog. and while she Is guarding it th lamb will suck. After the' lamb has once auckled there nerd be no further difficulty. It is usually because the udder is swollen ami tender that the dam refuses to allow her young to suckle. It Is well, therefore.

to carefully milk a little by hand. After thus relieving the pressure the ewe may b held while the lamb suckles, which it will soon do if it has the chance. Hints for Hoimc Weeper. Oil cloth may be improved in appearance by rubbing it with a mixture of a half ounce of tieerwax In a saucerful of turpentine. Set this in a warm place until they can be thoroughly mixed. Apply with a flannel cloth, and then rub with a dry flannel. To make furniture polish, shave very fine three ounces of white was and add to it a gill of turpentine; let it stand for twentyfour hours, then cut into shavings half an ounce of hard soap and boll it in a gill of water, and add thereto the w'ax and turpentine. If the furniture is very dirty let it be cleaned with a little pa ratline before applying the polish, as this will materially lighten the labor. Or, take of linseed oil one gill and a half; turpentine, one gill; ground loaf sugar, one teaspoonful. Shake well together, rub it on the furniture with a piece of flannel, and polish with a soft cloth. A lamp wick has been invented which is made entirely of clay, and claimed to give j per cent, more light than the cotton wick, says the House Furnishing Review. It ss made capillary by incorporating with the clay, while in a plastic slate, filaments of unspun vegetable fibre which are burned out in the process of baking. The object is to provide an indestructible wick, which shall pos-ess all the advantageous qualitic-3 of an ordinary cotton or fibre wick and which shall, in addition, last an indefinite time without renewal or necessity of trimming or care. When the clay is baked the vegetable fibre is burned -out. leaving capillary tubes running longitudinally through the wick, through which the oil from the lamp will le raised to the tiame by capillary attraction. Owing to the perfect combustion of the wick, the tiame is perfectly white in character, devoid cf odor and smokeless. It is found, through a practical test, that oil Is volatilized by the use of this wick and the vaiwnr is consumed, thus giving the above results. The cheapness and plentiful supply of oranges at the moment actuates the need for their use. Kvery housekeeper should see that they are a part of the menu of at least one meal every day. They are better than any sort of drug tonic which the coming of sprig suggests to many persons, am will do away with the necessity for such a thing. It .should be understood, however, that the only rational and healthful way to e-at oranges is to cut them across the grain and scoop out the juice and fine pulp. The tough fibre is not good, is harmful, indeed, to many digestions. It is the eating of this which makes some mothers curtail their children's allowance of oranges, and ttiese and other mothers complain that children won't eat them the proper way. They will if teaching is persevered in. Two or three oranges at breakfast to the woman or man who is convince. that coffee hurts her or hint will be found one of the most reliable and atisi'actory substitutes for that riink. They quench the thirst which craves the coffee, and seem also to alTord in some a relief to the lassitude which seeks the stimulenr of .Mocha to counteract it.

Ilcclpca. Turnips Mashed Pare the turnips and if large quarter them. Roil them in plenty of water, with salt in it. When done drain, and if watery mash in a cloth. Season wth cream, a little butter and salt. Stir over the fire for a moment or two; turn into a hot dish, smooth over with a knife, sprinkle a little pepper here and there over the top and serve. Pressed Chicken Roll two ch'ckens until tender. Remove all bones and skin and chop the meat tine: season with pepper, salt and butter, and add enough of the liquor in which they were bo! ied to make it moist. Pour the chicken mixture into a deep dish, lay a plate over it. put on a weight and set it away in a cool place. Serve it. when cold, cut in slices. Reefsteak with Smothered Onions A steak half an Inch thick requires ten minutes to cook, and one an inch thick requires fifteen minutes. Have ready a hot platter, put the steak upon it. and a little butter, salt ano pepper upon both sides. Put six onions verj fine, put them in a saucepan with a cup of hot water, a piece of butter the sijie of an egg. pepper, salt and a little flour, let it stew until the onions are quite soft. Turn over the steak and serve. Cook the onions first and set where they will keep hot while you broil the steak. Href stewed Without Water-Take three or four pounds of the round of beef. Put three slices of salt pork in a saucepan, and as soon as it is crisped take it out and put in one onion and half a small carrot cut tine. Stir all the while till brown. Then add one cup of canned tomato, two sprigs of parsley, a bay lef, three or four cloves, a teaspoonful of sweet marjoram, one-half teaspoonful celery salt, salt and pepper. Put in the meat and cover tightly, and cook in a moderate oven five hours. When about half done turn the meat. The cover must be perfectly air-tight, and the oven moderate. When done place the meat on a hot platter, strain the gravy; thicken with a little cornstarch wet up in cold Water, add a tablespooiiful of Worcestershire sauce, let it boil up a few minutes and pour around the meat. Any tough pieces of beefsteak may be made very palatable, cooked according to the above directions. Rice Fruit Pake One pound of butter, one and one-half pounds of flour, one-half pint of milk, one teaspoonful each of soda and acid, one-fourth pound of powdered sugar, eight eggs, one-fourth of a pound of whole rice boiled, dried and strained, anil currants to suit. The rice must tie a fourth of a pound before boiling, and must not be boiled until quite soft, say twothirds, then strained and cold water poured on it. then strained again and allowed to well dry. To mix. rub the butter, and suar well together; whisk the eggs and milk together, add it to butter and sugar, give it a stir round, then add the flour; three parts mix that n. then add what currants you choose -but not too many also add the rice and finish mixiiiT, mixing fully, but being careful not to break up the rice more than can be avoided. Hake in flat, shallow tin, same as for pound cake, in a solid heat. Note if niore milk is ret nil reel to make the batter the same size as pound cake, add it. The rartwinate of so.ta should le dissolves! n milk and the cream tartar sifted in -the flour. Hood Housekeeping. Crystal Run Three-epiarters of a pound of butter, three eggs, one-quarter of an ounce each of soda, acid and ammonia, one pound of powdered sugar, one pint of milk, more or less, one-quarter of a pound of grafe.l cocoa nut. "and three punds of flour. To mix. cream the butter, sugar and eggs together; then add the milk with the soda und ammonia dissolved in it: stir it; th-ui add the fimir with the cream tartar sifted in it; also add the cocoa nut: mix all thoroughly, making it as tough as possible, adding more flour or milk, as the case may be, to form a medium dough. Then, with spoon, drop the mixture on to level baking pans, thtee inches apart; make them as rough and rock-like as possible; then wash them with egg. using the brush with an un-stroke from the bottom of the bun toward the top, to keep them high; put a little crushed sugar on each: also some crystal sugar, and a Utile pink sugar. Rake In a quick heat, to give them as much color as you can. so you can bake them without burning. If you see fit to keep out the cocoanut and "substitute sultana raisins, do so: in which case they should be flavored with lemon. Rake theiii in a slower heat. Good Housekeeping. THE STATU fllCSS. Senator Hill will be known as the Judas of tariff reform. Logansport Pharos. If David 15. Hill stands for anything that is democratic, he should anchor a whistling buoy over it. Otherwise it will never be found. Kokomo Dispatch. Tom Reed's reason for opposing the tariff bill is that a low tariff will promote manufacturing in the West. And tatiffite newspapers expect a republican revival among western farmers. Connersville Kxaminer. Secretary Gresham ought to write David 11. Hill a card of thanks. The enmity of a gangrened and malignant traitor, such as Hill has proved to be, is the very best testimonial of the uprightness and ability of the secretary of state. Lafayette .lournal. What the plain democrats of the several states of the union now ask of those senators who are not true to the pledges of the party is that they force an open aye and nay vote on the Wilson bill as a whole and on the several items of it. bet us know who favor and who oppose an Income tax; who favor and who oppose paying tribute to the sugar trust; who favor and who oppose taxing whisky for the benefit of the trust; who favor and who oppose free Jroq ore; who favor and who oppose each and every attempt to tax the many for the benetit of the few. Torre Haute Gazette. Kverybody I.lkca To be called handsome, especially the young ladles. Hut that is simply impossible as long as their face is covered with pimples, blotches and sores. Hut wait, there is no oeeel of this, one or two bottles of. Sulphur Hitters will remcive all such disfigurations, and make your far fair and rosy. Fannie Reil, F.dit ress.

OF THE WORLD'S END.

tilt! ECTOR OF TIIK VIFAVA OBSERV. A TORY DOF.S MIT DKHKVK IX IT. Irlcor Mnrf DatiKprnti Tl Comet of IS'. Mny .! Info IMfllo-iIfy I elf If It rnnirn Too rali Sonir O'oinetnry Catantropros. The Vienna correspondent of the N. Y. Herald says: Professor Falb, the famous astronomer and predictor of earthquakes, has caused a terrible amount of uneasiness and excitement hereabouts by his last predictions of "critical days" for 1S04 that is to say. days when violent storm.? and other serious forms of atmospheric or terrestrial disturbances may be expected. Tiie critical .days given by Prof. Falb for are stated in the order of maximum disturbance as follows: Aug. JO. Sept. 2I, Feb. 20, March I'l. Aug. 1. April 6, Jan. 21. May 5. and Oct. L'S. The the most serious disturbance may be looked for on Aug. CO. and the slightest on Oct. 25. Rut the most serious disturbance or rather, according1 to Trof. Falb, "calamity" will be some six years hence, when the earth will come into collision with the comet, which was first discovered in 1S66, and which has been moving about in space ever since in an uncertain way. Dr. Falb has calculated that this comet will collide w.th the earth on or about Nov. 13. 1SH9. Prof. Fa lb has been roundly abu vd by the Austrian papers for making this prediction. Unfortunately Prof. Falb's prophecies have a habit of turning out to be astonishingly correct, that is to say. his "critical days" have had disastrous records from seismic convulsions in various parts of the world. An Ocean of Molten KIr. The professor's theory is that the interior of the earth is a vast ocean of molten fire, which, like the sea. is subject to the influence of the moon, and which rises to dan porous storms on tip conjunction of certain planetary influences, causing earthquakes and other form? of terrestrial disturbances. The Vienna journals have not much to say of the Falbian critical days. These generally pas over without touching central Europe, while for the southern portion of the continent Vesuvius and Etna form the great escape valves lessening the danger from the seismic convulsions, though not excluding terrible disasters. Rut the prediction of the dangerous collision between the comet and the earth will have the direst consequences among the general peasant population of Austria and Italy, not the least of which will be the attempt to beat the lotteries by playing numbers based on Prof. Falbe's prophecy. M. Camille Flammarion in his wonderful hook "Ia Fin du Monde." just published in Paris, devotes, it will be remembered, a long chapter to the fearful scares that have been caused in the past by predictions relating to the end of the world. Prof. Weiss Tooli-Pooh It. Prof. Weiss, the director of the Vienna observatory at V.'aehring. has been Interviewed by a ccrrespondont of the Heutsche Zeitung in relation to the Falb predictions, to the effeot that the collision between the comet of lt;t and mother earth will take place between -and 5 o'cloc k on the morning of Nov. IS. 1 when the destruction of the world will result, adding the proviso, however, that in case the collision is avoided, the inhabitants of the earth will have the opportunity of witnessing such a shower of falling stars as never before. "That which is correct in this prediction." says Prof. Weiss, "is the shower of meteors which will be observed in the period between Nov. 14 and 16. 1S90. Hut such meteoric showers are not new. They have been observed every thirtythree years, and they will do no injury to the world at all. "The comet to which Prof. Falb refers will have nothing to do with the meteoric showers. It is a telescopic comet, and was discovered in lStiS. It is an insignificant comet that has got separated from the parent comet, is erratic in its flight, and we have not yet been able to place its precise course. It was discovered in ISfitJ. about eleven months liefore the last shower of meteors wa.s observed. We cannot predict in what year, to say nothing of the day or the hour when it will return. Probably, however, It will cross the earth's orbit in the year 1 S?f. It is also possible that this may occur a year earlier or a year later. Certainly Falb is not able at the present time" to predict the date with any degree of accuracy.". ot I in poHi ble lint Improbable. "Is It possible that ths comet will collide with the earth?" "It is not impossible, but in the highest degree improbable. Many accidental phenomena must occur to bring about such a collision. The last time the comet neared the sun it approached the earth to abiut the tenth part of the distance of the sun to the earth, that is to say almt fifteen million kilometres. It Is not probable that it will get any nearer to the earth on its next visit. In fact it is probable that its distance from the earth will be greater in 1S99 than it was in 1SGÖ." "Can the approach of the comet exert such an influence as to cause disastrous earthquakes?" "No. It has been proven that the moon exerts an influence upon the earth, but only to a slight degree. The natural phenomena connected with our globe are regulated exclusively by the sun. Everv day there are earthquakes somewhere In the world, and as Falb does not give the place of his convulsions, his predictions have no special significance." Hoir n Cnllininn Might Occur. "Hut since you allow the possibility of a collision between the comet .and the earth at some time, what results would follow?" "The comet is an insignificant affair, and if the collision were to take place it might happen in two ways. Jf only the gaseous mass of the comet came into collision with the earth, there would be no catastrophe. But if the kernel of the comet, a firm, glowing mass, should strike the earth directly, then, in consideration of the fact that the elliptical courses of the comet and the earth are directly opposed, and their velocity is about seventy-five kilometers per second, a. catastrophe would result, the extent of which we can most assuredly not define. Hut as I have said, this possibility of a collision is almost entirely excluded.. And I repeat that, according to all human calculations, the collision will not take place." "Then it is inexcusable for Herr Falb to make such prophecies, since the results of such predictions can be very harmful?" "Certainly. The end of the world bycollision with a comet has often been prophesied the last time in 1872. I remember It well. In the Tyrol the peasants refused to cultivate the land. 'What is th good?' they said. 'Next year conies the comet, and the world will be destroyed. ' " Armed forces had to be sent to compel the peasants to till the soil. "I know Falb very well. I made his acquaintance many years ago. He Is a very sympathetic and Intelligent man. Hut he Is not a capitalist, and has to earn his living by lecturing. He Is not a scientist, but a well-read auto-dldactlc, and understands how to make his lectures amusing and interesting. For that reason he is a great success with the general public, who find scientific men tedious, but enjoy Falb' lecture hugely.

Such fables about meteoric collisions and the end of the world please audiences. Falb, however, knows very well that what he says is not true." added Prof. Weiss, with an ironical smile. The writer to whom we are Indebted for this interview with Prof. Weiss thus concludes his essay: "From the utterances of Prof. Weiss, therefore, we have the argument that Fall knows very well that the comet of lStf, and the meteoric shower have no possible connection, but he exploits the probable accidental coincidence of the passing of the comet with the meteoric shower in oiik and the same year for his own purposes, in order to predict a critical day of sensational interest." Danger From Falling Meteor. Some Vienna scientists think, indeed, that the inhabitants of the world may possibly be in more danger in 1S09 from the falling of meteors than from the cometary collision, and that a collision with the earth would be bad for the comet, just in th? way that the- comet Lexell. when it went too near to Jupiter, was thrown off its course and sent flying off out of our planetary system, never to be seen again by us. Leo Brenner calls to mind that onJan. 14. 161'". ten people were killed in China by the fall of a meteor. In the year 1 S2:l thirty-five villages in Saxony were destroyed by the fall of a meteor, and many men and animals killed. On Sept. 4. 1511. one man and four animals were destroyed by falling meteors near Crema. On Nov. 4. 3749. a meteor struck the mast of a ship that was crossing the Atlantic, killing five seamen. Each of these cases can be regarded as the fall of a small comet upon our world. Rut, concludes Leo Brenner and this conclusion brings comfort to the heart of every lottery-playing Austrian, the probability of a meteor striking the earth on Nov. b". 1W9, is for every human being a hundred thousand times smaller than that of his winning the big prize in the Turkish lottery ami getting the money paid in full.

WAS THIS MAM A COWARD? PATHETIC IXPH1HXT IX THE VOl'XfJ like op ;i:. i iii.c;ri:. A Slorj- of Cinrrisoit Life in tli" I'np Wot ho el Ilic Complete White Feather In lire Fnrc of the Enemy Mini Then Itrcnmr l'jiinoim n n During Soldier. There was an air of activity and halfsuppressed excitement in Ft. Blake to which the officers and men .hud been strangers for many months. A long period of quiet had succeeded the last Indian outbreak, and the troop of United States cavalry stationed at this little post had found it hard work killing time with the dull routine of garrison duty. One morning in May. however, a scout from the plains came in reporting that a band of marauding Indians bad attacked and burned a little settlement ten miles south of the fort the night lefore and butchered the inhabitants. They had found a lot of whisky at th settlement, so the scout said, and after a wild carousal had gone off to the south about daybreak. Their band numbered twenty-five or thirty, he thought. Capt. Pahlgrcn. the commandant of the fort, made iminediiite preparations for pursuit. The officers wtre all in the captain's quarters at the time, and turning to the senior lieutenant, he said:' "Davis, take a detachment of twentyfive men and start as soon a.s you can get them into saddle. By sharp riding you can overtake the red fiends before they reach the rocks. After that you may be guided by circumstances. I wi'l only say that I don't ask you to take any prisoners you understand'.'" "All right, sir," replied the lieutenant; within half an hour I'll be after them." As he saluted his superior officer and turned to leave the quarters, a manlylooking young fellow of about seventeen, who had been standing near Capt. Dahlgren, stepped forward and said: "One moment, Mr. Davis, please. I want to go with you. Father," he continued, turning to the captain, "you promised that I should go on the next trail. I eouh.'n"s have a better chance than this. Mr. Davis knows me and wil) vouch for my good behavior. Don't refuse me, father; you know how anxious I am to go." As he stood looking eagerly at his father he was as handsome a picture of young manhood as you would care to see. His eyes, even as they implored the captain for his consent, flashed with the spirit of the soldier, his form was proudly erect, and for the moment the boy seemed transformed into a man. He came from a race of soldiers on both sides of his house, and he looked forward to the glory of war, the clash and danger of battle, with an enthusiasm that would not be controlled. "The spirit's in him, captain, and he gets it fairly," said Lieut. Davis. "Let him go with me he'll bear himself bravely." "Very well. Ralph, you may go." said Capt. Dahlgren at last, looking at his son with both a soldier's and a father's pride. "Do your duty, but be prudent." Thirty minutes later twenty-five wellmounted troopers, under the command of Lieut. Davis, left Ft. Blake at a trot. On one side of the officer rode the scout that had brought the news of the massacre, and on the other young Kalph Dahlgren. who was that day to receive his "baptism of fire." The boy had shared his father's frontier army life for more than a year ever since his mother died and though he had not been without adventures, and had faced clanger in various forms, he had never yet been in battle. His father had encouraged his military tastes and provided him with an outfit of which Ralph was naturally very proud. He had a handsome mustang pony called Firefly, as black as a raven and as fleet as an antelope, which he had trained to obey every movement of his hand and every pressure of his knee. His horsemanship was superb, even in that region where superb horsemanship was the rule, and where not to ride well was a mark of Inferiority. His arms consisted of a small breech-loading rifle, made to order for him. two silver-mounted revolvers in the holsters of bis MeClellan saddle and a Ions hunting knife, which hung from his belt. His clothing was made of buckskin, after a fancy of his own half military, half scout and it set off his muscular young figure admirably. As the detachment left the fort ami struck out over the plain, the pace was quickened from a trot to a canter, for Lieut. Davis proposed to run down the enemy liefore they had time to reach the rocks some miles to the south, where they would be able to tiefend themselves and defy any attack that his force might make. Ever; n,an in the troop was eager for the fight, and none more so than Kalph. Very little was said as the party -rode on. Lieut. Davis asked the scout a question occasionally, and now and then spoke a word of advice to Kalph. whose. Iiery, impetuous spirit he feared would carry him into the hottest part of the battle. About noon they halted near a little clump of trees for a brief rest; for the lieutenant wanted both men and horses to be fresh to meet the enemy, who could not now be far away. Twenty minutes later they were off again at a sharp pace. At the end of an hour's ride they were approaching a rise in the plain, beyond the summit of which they could not see. Suddenly the lieutenant called out "Halt!" at the same time raising his right hand above his head a signal i f caution that his men understood. The

trampling of the horses' hoofs and the clanking of sabers immediately ceased, and the troops rested quietly in their places. The. lieutenant disnv-untod. and. bidding the scout to do the same and follow him, he wont forward to reconnoiter. Iiis quick and practiced eye had detected a wreath of smoke faintly outlined against the sky as it curled above the crest of the hill. It told l.im that the Indians were near, and that they either did not expect pursuit or were recklessly indifferent to it. Moving cautiously forward, the officer and the scout ascended the elevated ground until near the summit, when they crouched down and concealing themselves in the long grass looked into thplain below. The lieutenant was right : the Indians were there, not ;.00 yards away, taking their noon meal near a little thicket of stunted trees and undergrowth, the appearance of which indicated that a spring of water bubbled out of the ground there. Nearby were their horses, thirty-five in number, cropping the grass under guard of three or four of the band. The thicket was the center of a sort of basin, the sides of which sloped g-nt-ly down from a semicircular ridge, on part of which Lieut. Davis and the scout were crouching. Off to th south stretched a broad plateau which ended abruptly three or four miles away in the wild, rocky formation spoken of by Capt. Dahlgren." The two men took in the whole situation with a rapid glance, and after a brief consultation turned to rejoin the wailing troop. In the meantime Ralph's impatience alriost broke lounds. He dared not disobey order and join the lieutenant, but he felt that he could not wait to hear what had been discovered. "Well, sergeant." he cried in a low tone, turning to Sergt. Wilson, a veteran of manv Indian wars, "what do you think?" "We've got 'em. sir." replied the old trooper, with a Hash of his eye. "The smoke betrayed 'em. That settlement whisky must be in "em yet, or they wouldn't have been so Jiold with their cookin. and no lookout either. 'Taint often we catch 'em nappin like this. But here comes the leftenant. There's work before us. Master I'.alph; you'll have a redskin for your target today." "I'm ready!" cried th excited boy. "and the sooner the better." At this moment Lieut. Davis and the scout rejoined the party, and the officer, mounting his horse, turned to his men and said: "Men. the Indians are over there "00 yards from the crest of the rid-tc. There are thirty-five of them, but they are not expecting an attack ami I in'end to crush them at a blow. They seem to be well armed, but they are now dismounted, cooking and e::ti:ig. As s khi as yen reach the top of the hill you will deploy in open order and rush on them like an avalanche. Reserve your fire until you arc, at close range ami then each man pick out his mark. I want no prisoners the Viand must be wiped out; it will be a good lesson to the rest of the tribe. And now, Ralph." continued the officer, turning to his companion, "ride near me and keep your pony well in hand. Don't fire until you can do so with effect, and at short range use your pistols." Without waiting for Ralph to reply the lieutenant wheeled his horse and gave the command: "Forward, men trot!" and the troop moved steadily up the ridge. As they reached the summit a sudden commotion among the Indians told that they had been seen. Now was the tiniv for action, and the lieutenant, raising n his stirrups and riding to the he;pj of the men. with Ralph on one side of him and the scout on the other, cried: "Forward! Open order: Charge!" At the command to charge Ralph put the spurs to his gallant pony and dashed along by the lieutenant's side in a funmlt of ciithusiiiHii little short of will. Not more than half the distance to the point of attack had been passed, however, when a sudden nnd remarkable change came over the boy. The pallor of uncontrollable fear spread over his face, and turning quickly to the otficer he uttered a cry that sounded as if his young heart were breaking: "Oh, I cannot I cannot!'' As the words left his lips he turned his pony obliquely to the right and galloped away out of the track of the rushing troop. Fifteen minutes later thirty-five dea l Indians, thirty-five captured horses and two dead Hoopers told the story of that short but terrific struggle. Leaving Sergt. Wilson in command of his men, Lieut. Davis nxle rapidly back up the hill in search of Ralph. Just beyond its crest he saw Firetly standing motionless under an empty saddle, and beside the well-known trained pony, lying prone upon the grass, where he had thrown himself, with bis face buried in his hands, was the poor boy who. thirty minutes before, was burning with the fire of battle. Convulsive sobs shook his young form as he gave way to an agony of grief and shame. The lieutenant needed no explanation. Every soldier knows that some of the bravest men have; been the victims of sudden and overjMwering fear the first time they were exposed to fire and the ollicer felt bis heart warm with pity for the boy whoee mortification he witnessed. Many years have passed since then, and the dauntless courage and brilliant deeds of Ralph Dahlgren have added to the glory of a score of battlefields. General orders ;iave become familiar with his name, and it now stands high on the roll of the regular army. If he ha i been a soldie-r under the great Napoleon, he would have worn all the brilliant decorations of that warlike age, and perhaps the insigna of a marshal of France. Those who have seen him, tpul. fearless, intrepid, even in the hottest Masts of battle, can hardly Udieve the story of his "baptism of tire." Philadelphia Times.

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