Jasper County Democrat, Volume 5, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 October 1902 — Page 7

Tell your neighbor to, subscribe or the taxpayers’ friend, The Dmeoorat. It gives all the news. FARMS FOB SALE. BY Dalton H inch man REAL ESTATE AGENT, Vernon, Ind. f Wo. 378. Farm of 140 acres, 2 miles of rood railroad town of 400 inhabitants; a twotory frame house of 8 rooms; frame barn 54x00, a|A 4* wood shape; fine orchard: farm rail watered; 40 acres in timber, farm lays lice andnicß roads to town; 70 acres more :an go with the 140 if purchaser wishes it. 'rice *3O per acre. No. 878. -Farm of 342 H acres; frame house >f S rooms, good frame barn, a fine young orchard, 100 acres in timber, balance in good itste of Cultivation, a line stock farm as well isigoodgtain farm, it is a well watered farm ind lays nice: 2*4 miles of railroad town. Price *SO per acre, one-half cash, good time jn balance at 6 per cent, secured by first nortgage. No. 379. Farm of 200 acres; frame house of 5 room*, large frame barn, ice house and oth;r out-buildings; farm is well watered, lays lice, well fenced; 3 miles east or west to ailroad towns on J. M. & 1., B. & O. S. W. or tig Four. Price *2O per acre. NO. 280. "Farm of 700 acres; said farm has breedwellings, two good barns; three good ircbard*: this farm can be put into 3 or 4 rood pad of farm is rolling, but is not >ad, most, of it level and smooth; 3 miles of t good railroad town, 14 miles of Madison, ndiana. Price S2O per acre, two-thirds cash, >alance on good time at 6 per cent, secured ly first mortgage on said farm, N 0.981. Farm of 100 acres; 5 miles of rood R. R. town of population of 400. Nice rame cottage of 0 rooms, large frame barn, Ineorchards of all kinds of fruit, farm lays lice, in good neighborhood. Church and chool close to said farm. Price $2,200. Correspondence Solicited. tEFEREKCEs: Judge Willard New, Ex-Judge T. C. Batchelor, First National Bank. lerchants: S. W. Storey, N. DeVersy, Jacob 'oebel, Thomas & Son, Wagner Bros. & Co., lelson & Son. J. H. Maguire & Co.. W. M. iaur, Herbert (ioff and Wagner's plow facory. Anyone that wishes to look over the county, rould be pleased to show them whether they risked to buy or not. Where to Locate? WHY IN THE TERRITORY TRAVERSED BY THE . . LOUISVILLE ind NASHVILLE RAILROAD —THEIreat Central Southern Trunk Line, IN — :ENTUCKEY, TENNESSEE, ALABAMA, MISSISSIPPI, FLORIDA, WHERE ; armers, Fruit Growers, Stock Raisers, Manufacturers, Investors, Speculators, - and Money Lenders ’ill finu the greatest chances in the United ta'es to make "big money'' by reason of the bundance and cheapness of and and Farms. Timber and Stone, Iron and Coal, Labor—Everything ’ Free sites, financial assistance, and freeom from taxation for the manufacturer. Land and farms at *I,OO per acre and upwards. and 500,000 acres in West Florida that m be taken gratis under the U. S. Horaeead laws. ' Stock raising in the Gulf Coast District "ill make enormous profits. Half fare excursions the firtt and third nesdays of each month. Let us know what you want, and we will til you where and how to get it—but don’t elay, as the country is filling up rapidly. Printed matter, maps and all inhumation ■ee. Address, R. J. WEMYSS eneral Immigration and Industrial Agent, LOUISVILLE. ICY. A»\VWVWWVWVVVVV\\\\\^ ► We promptly obtain U. 8. and Foreign >

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BACK TO THE MINES.

THE GREAT ANTHRACITE COAL •TRIKE DECLARED OFF. Miners* Convention at Wilkesbarre Adopts President Roosevelt’a Arbitration Plan by Unanimous Vote — Commission Meets at Once. By a unanimous viva voce vote the convention of United Mine Workers at Wilkesbarre, Pa., accepted President Roosevelt’s arbitration plan shortly before noon Tuesday. Great cheers greeted the announcement of the result. The iegolution as adopted carries with it a declaration that the strike is off and provide* for an immediate resumption of work in the coal mines throughout the anthracite region. President Mitchell told the convention that President Roosevelt had informed him that he would call a meeting of the arbitration commission immediately after the convention’s acceptance of his proposal, and Mr. Mitchell gave it as his opinion to the delegates that the findings of the arbitrators would be announced within a month. The end of the convention and of the great strike which has lasted five months suddenly appeared close at hand. President Mitchell, after the convention had given itself over to heated debate for an hour and a half, arose and calmly told the delegates that it must be apparent to all of them that there was no doubt whatever that the President’s proposal would be adopted. There had been a renewal of the serious opposition of the steam men and heated words had passed between delegates. Vote Is Unanimous. Explanations of the President’s proposal had been made in four foreign languages. There seemgdto be more opposition than ever to settlement, when suddenly there was n break in the clouds when a motion was put by a delegate down in front, near the presiding officer. In.a clear voice the strike leader called for a vote on the all-important question and instantly there was a roar of ayes. The next instant messengers were flying in all directions from the convention to give the news to the world through the newspapers. Hundreds of miners who were not delegates filled the sidewalks and streets near the entrance to the Nesbitt Theater, where the convention had met, and the news quickly spread among the men, and the faces of men who had suffered hardships since last May at once became brighter. After the strike had been declared off there was some routine business, including the usual votes of thauks, and then •hortly before 1 o'clock the convention adjourned sine die. It was evident when the delegates assembled that they were in a most hopeful mood. Some said that the arbitration committee would be even of more benefit

PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT.

to future generations in the coni field* I than the present; and anyhow it would put before the public the whole situation In detuil ns between the miners and operators, in a fair and thorough way.Text of Resolutions. We, the Committee on Resolutions, beg leave to recommend that the following communication be adopted and forwarded to Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States of America: The Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, Washington, D. C. Pear Sir—We, the representntlves of the employes of the various coal companies engaged In operating mines In the anthracite coal fields of Pennsylvania In convention assembled, having under consideration your telegram of Oct. 13, 11X12, addressed to John Mitchell, President of the Uulted Mine Workers of America, which reads as follows: "I have appointed as Commissioners Brlg.-fion. John H. Wilson. K. W. Parker, Judge (Jeorge Orny, E. K. Clurk, Thomas K. Watkins, bishop J. L. Spalding, with Car roll D. Wright as recorder. Tnese names were accepted by the operators and I now earnestly ask and urge that the miners likewise accept this Commission. It Is a matter of vital concern to all our people, and especially to those In our great cities who are least well off, that the mining of coal ahould be resumed without a moment's unnecessary delay.” Wc have decided to accept the proposition therein embodied aud submit all questions at Issue liotwecn the operators and mine workers of the anthracite coal region for adjustment to the Commission which you have named. In pursuance of that decision we shall report for work on Thursday morning, Oct. 23, In the positions and working place occupied by us prior to the Inauguration of the strike. We have authorised John Mitchell, President of the United Mine Workers of America, with such assistants as he may select, to represent us In all hearings before the Commission. JOHN MITCHELL. Chairman of Convention. W. 11. WILSON, Secretary of Convention. Statistics of the Strike. Strike began May 12, 1002, duration 182 days Miners aud others thrown out us work 183,000 Number of women affected 106,000 Number of children affected.... 286,000 Capital Invested In coal mines. .$311,0<H),000 Loas to operators lu price of coal 66,100,000 Loss to strikers In wages 28,700,000 Loss to employes other than strikers 0,900,000 Loss to railroads In earnings..., 13,400,000 Loss to business men In the regions 10,800,000 Loss to hutluesk men outside the regions 10,300,000 Cost of maintaining coal ami Iron police 2,300,100

Uncle Sam—‘‘l am mighty glad you came, boys; I was clear down to the bottom of the bln.”

SOFT COAL NEEDS CARE.

Those Who Use Bituminous Fuel Must Learn to Handle It. How many people understand how to burn soft coal? Of course, the problem presents but little difficulty when proper furnaces and specially prepared grates are installed for the purpose, but when one turns hurriedly from one to the other fuel with the determination to make present fixings do, something more than a will is required to find the way. Of course, there is a way and it is simple enough in reality, but it is a very different way from that which must be employed with anthracite. In the feed door of every furnace there is a slide damper to admit air over the fire. When anthracite is used this ia opened only if it is desired to deaden the fire and lower the temperature of the house. With soft coal it must be left open all the time. Too much nir for good combustion can be admitted over the fire, but it is not likely to be the case if the slide damper in the feed door of a furnace built for anthracite is left wide oped all the time. The drafts opening in the ash pit, on the other hand, needs to be less widely and continuously open than for anthracite.

MEN INSTRUMENTAL IN SETTLING THE GREAT COAL STRIKE.

J. FIERPONT MORGAN.

With the same amount of bottom draft which it is customary to give hard coal, soft coal would simulate the combustion in a blast furnace and call for constant stoking. The householder must also remember that the check draft in the smoke pipe, which with anthracite is usially

HOW TO MANIPULATE FURNACE DRAFTS.

kept open In moderate weather, cannot l>«> opened much if any with soft coal, or the house will fill with smoke. The best way is to leave it closed altogether. With the attention to theso details, which reverse the customary practice with anthracite, a furnace may he run on bituminous coal so as to keep a house entirely comfortable. To the novice perhaps the most difficult problem will be in keeping the fire going oil night, but even this Is easy when one knowß how to do It. In this case the first requisite is one or two big lumps of coal, big enough between them to cover completely the entire surface of the fire, then slack must be honped high over this and beaten or pressed down Into ns solid a mass os possible. A fire thus fixed will burn from twelve to fourteen hours In most cases. It may lie necessury also to dampen the top of the fuel. Patronize thoae who advertise.

A WELCOME EVENT.

MISS CLARA BARTON, WHOM PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT HONORED.

Miss Clara Barton, who was given the extraordinary honor of being escorted to her seat on the stage by President Roosevelt at the public gathering iii Detroit, in which the President addressed the veterans of tne Spanish war. has been the president of the American National

Red Cross Association since its organization in 1881. She is one of the most honored philanthropists in the world. Miss Barton is a native of Massachusetts and is now 72 years old.

EX-BANDIT ENDS HIS LIFE.

James Younger Kilts Himself in a Hot 1 nt Ft. Paul. James Younger, the famous ex-bandit, who was paroled a little over a year ago from the penitentiary nt Stillwater, killed

himself in a room in the Reardon Hotel in St. Paul, Minn. He was evidently insane. He was found with a revolver clinched in his right hand. He had used his left hand to steady the revolver when he held it to his temple. Ilis

clothes were neatly folded nnd everything in the room showed he had made careful preparation to end his life. •The police found a package of letters that had passed between Younger and a woman with whom lie is said to have been in love. The woman, who is prominently connected, is said to have reciprocated his affection, and it was reported at one time that they were to be mnrried. Her relatives raised objections, and a further obstacle was tlie fact that it was pointed out that a paroled prisoner could not legally contract a marriage. The couple determined to disregard the objections of relatives nnd an effort was made to overcome the other obstacle to their marriage by securing from the Htnte board of pardons a full pardon nnd restoration to citicenahip. This effort fuifi>d. nnd this, it is thought, had much to do with Younger's determination to end his life. < •

Half-Billion Grocery Combine.

An immense grocery combine, with a capital of 1500,000,000, to include nil ths wholesale grocers in the United States, iW the next great commercial enterprise that will be announced, it Is said. The Interstate Grocer, of St. Ijouis, gives credence to the organization of such a combine and states that George I>. Hanford of New York City is |he moving spirit in the enterprise.

MISS CLARA BARTON,

JOHN MITCHELL.

JIM YOUNGER.

GARDEN AND FARM

CROPS NEED ATTENTION. Tillage and manure seem to go together or are Intimately connected. Complete success cannot be looked for without both. However strong the tendency on the part of mankind to avoid labor, it must be remembered that it has proved that, as a rule, crops will not perfect themselves without attention. CHARCOAL FOR HOGS. Every hog house should contain a box full of charcoal. This may be secured by digging a pit in the ground starting the fire at the bottom and as is progresses throwing in„ cobs and wood until it is full. When the Are is well started, cover the whole with a piece of sheet iron. The mass will be thoroughly charred in a day or two and can be taken oift and used. Some feeders make a solution of 12 pounds of salt and two pounds of coperas in a pail of water and sprinkle over the charcoal until it is pretty well satur ated. Hogs will remain healthy and in good condition if they are given good feed and plenty of charcoal. CHEAP IRRIGAI lON. As an illustration of the value of a little inventive genius in utilizing all possible advantages of one's surroundings, there Is a small grower of strawberries and other small fruit who makes every rain store water for irrigating his plants in dry weather. In his section of the country dry weather at the critical fruit-growing period makes his crop some years very uncertain, blit if he can mature and ripen a full crop he realizes a good deal of profit., Consequently he has been led to protect his interest by means of an invention of his own. All the water which falls on his barn and house is conducted by leaders to a huge tank made of wood and cemented inside to make water tight. This tank holds enough water to irrigate his plot of five acres through almost any ordinary drought. As an artificial water gatherer he has arranged a series of slanting wooden frames which he covers with canvas in the spring season to catch the rain water. By means of these he is enabled to store the water which fails over a considerable area. The canvas covering is put up only prior to the dry period of early summer, and taken down when the crops have been harvested. They are sort of emergency water-gatherers. The water running down the sides of these canvas slopes Is caught in a gutter and conducted to the storage tank where it is kept until needed. The construction of this tank, with Its capacity of 50,000 gallons, was the most expensive part of the work, and it required a good deal of work and planning to locate It so that it would have a slight elevation above the flat garden. As it stands today it supplies a very slight pressure to the water and the pipes and hose which tap the tank can carry the water to any part of the five acres. During long periods of dry weather the man keeps his crops supplied with sufficient moisture to make them grow continously. There has never been a tiiW-in the past five years when he lost anything from drought, although farmers all around repeatedly lost a part or all of their small berry crops. The invention and work certainly pays big interest in the investment, and should serve to encourage others to make some provision against destructive dry weather, where so much depends upon the results. —Professor S. N. Doty, in American Cultivator.

BREEDING FOR THE DAIRY

The measure of the profitableness of the dairy business is our ability to increase the productiveness of the soil and the yield of the cow. The two go together, and the former is in large degree gauged by the latter. While it is stating a self-evident fact that only the cow of medium to large producing capacity pays a profit on her keeping, the other fact is just as evident, that a large part of the dairymen come short of the full measure of success in their vocation because they fail to practice on that line so evident. While the disparity in the appreciation of the farm Incident to keeping upon it good or poor dairy cows may not vary greatly in favor of one or the other, the business as a whole is one-sided, and hence is not a success. In these days of low prices and competition with frauds in dairy products, It is only with cows of the highest producing capacity that we can meet the situation and score a positive gain or profit. There are but few dairies where the best cows are not carrying a lot of poor ones, or rather, a lot of poor cows are dragging down the net income of the best producers. In the majority of dairies In the country today, if we could strike a balance we should find that the -Ayqpffge butter production of the herds Is nearer the standard of the poorest than of the best. This should be reversed. Thera is no reason why this happier condition cannot be brought about. It lies with the dairyman and farmers themselves. A large item in the current expenses of keeping a cow Is in the food Rhe wastes. The consumption of food is her legitimate and proper business, and her rating In the dairy Is based upon her rapacity to consume and turn into good milk large quantities of food. But the qualifying circumstance is the amount of food wasted — diverted to the production of fat or failing to appropriate aU the elements

of the food. Every dairyman should study *nd know the capacity of his cows, and, acting upon this knowledge, eliminate the poorer animals from his herd, and fill their places with cows of higher producing capacity, flow to get such cows is the question. An economical and practical way is to raise them from the best cows of the herd. Sires of the best butter producing strains are cheap at their call. A little more thought and wise calculation in these matters may be turned to good account. —New York Tribune Farmer. COVERING FOR THE SOIL. Farmers cannot control the rainfall, but they can at least mitigate the effects of drought to a certain extent by the proper preparations and cultivation of the soil. It is a well-known fact that when the soil is kept In a loose, fine friable condition it not only absorbs moisture from the atmosphere especially at night, but allows of the downward course of the water during showers instead of a loss by flowing off, as is the case when the surface is hard. A loose, deep soil also permits an upward tendency of water by capillary attraction, the loose soil thus storing moisture by its greater power of absorption when rains are abundant. We, therefore, find, in time of severe drought that the frequent use of the cultivator even when the soil apparently does not require working, is very beneficial, the green tinge of the growing corn giving evidence that the constant stirring of the soil enables the crop to derive a certain proportion of moisture that It would not otherwise obtain. The leaves of plants give off moisture very rapidly. When we sprinkle a plant with water the moisture is not absorbed by the leaves, as many suppose, but it arrests, temporarily the rapid evaporation that constantly takes place, which is greatest when the season is very warm. We may safely compare a growing plant to a pump, which brings the moisture from below and discharges it from the leaves. The moisture is collected by the roots, which spread in every direction, and the amount of moisture given off in a day by a plant, as corn, for instance, is very great. We cannot, of course, water a field of corn, but we can at least lessen the amount of water which it gives off. The warmer the soil the more active the plant in search of moisture. Among the agencies used for assisting to retain moisture is plaster, which absorbs moisture to a certain degree from the atmosphere. Any material that serves as a mulch will impart great benefit to a growing crop, not only by preventing the evaporation of moisture from the soil, but also by keeping the earth cool. The only method known, however, for securing the largest proportion of moisture is, as stated, the deep, constant thorough pulverization of the soil. There is another fact to be considered. Weeds and grass also give off moisture, and every weed that grows by the side of a plant intended for cropping deprives the desired plant of moisture. Sometimes the weed or blade of grass requires more moisture than the plant, and flourishes, while the plant dies. Clean cultivation, therefore, prevents the robbery of the plant of moisture by destroying weeds and grass. As two plants of the same kind growing together are rivals, the one struggling against the other for supremacy, in procuring food and moisture, we should be cautious not to have too many plants to the hill. When danger occurs during drought, as happens nearly every summer, the rules should be to thin out every plant that can be spared in order that the stronger and more thrifty may have better opportunities to mature. A clean surface and deep tillage will often save a crop that otherwise might be lost during a dry season —Philadelphia Record.

That Creepy Feeling.

“There is an old saying that ‘the boy is father to the man,’ ” said a well known local character. “That this rather trite saying is true is evidenced every day of our lives. A man s recollections of his childhood are the clearest and brightest. I can distinctly recall the fact that as a boy I had a perfect horror of flying roaches. The kind that were satisfied with crawling over the floor did not worry me much, for I could easily put them out of existence by stepping upon them. But those that flew through the air, striking with explosive force against the walls or object In the room, always gave me a creepy feeling. I have had little experience with roaches the past ten or twelve years, but a few days ago I had occasion to spend some time in an old warehouse. Well, sir, you may find it hard to believe, but I saw a roach flying about the place, and in nn instant I was in a cold perspiration and was absolutely cowed. I was compelled to remain in the building and transact the business which had called me there, but it. was a terrible experience to me, and I cannot really say that 1 am afraid of them, for I know perfectly well that they cannot harm me. But the sight of them unnerves me, and I frankly acknowledge that I believe that If one of them was to strike me during ita peregrinations through the atmosphere, I would have convulsions. It Is peculiar horror they give me. but one I cannot overcome. I suppose It is about the same feeling women have when they see a mouse about them.”—New Orleans TimesDemocrat.

Foreign Town Names.

There are in the United States 30 Berlins, 21 Hamburgs, and 23 towns bearing the ntmi of ParW. .