Jasper County Democrat, Volume 6, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 August 1903 — Page 7

Edward P. Honan, ATTORNEY AT LAW. Law, Abstracts, Itil Estate. Lmm Wtß practice in alt the courts. Office arm FanAlp’s Fair. EEKBBELAEB, INDIANA. Judson J. Hunt, lav. ADstrocts, loons m Real m. RENSSELAER, IND. Office np-stairs In Leopold block, flnt etaln west of VanSenaaelaer street. Wm. B. Austin, Lawyer and Investment Broker Attorney For The N. A. AC.By, and Rensselaer W.L. A P.Oo. Cffi>Offioe over Chicago Bargain Store. | Rensselaer. Indiana.

V. M. Baughman. G. A. Williams. Baughman & Williams, ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW. Law. Notary work. Loans. Real Estate and Insarance. Special attention given to collections of all kinds. Office over “Racket Store.” ! ’Phone 890. RgNsexLAKB. Indiana.

f. V, Irwin B. C. Irwin Irwin & Irwin, Real "Estate, Abstracts. Collections, Farm Loans and Fira Insurensa. (Sea In o*l Fellows' Block. RENSSELAER, INDIANA. |R W. Marshall, j ATTORNEY AT LAW. Practices in all courts. Special attention I given to drawing up wtlla and settling deI eedent’s estates. Office in county building, I east side of court house square. I snaas sous. as. inrun. asaav a. swaais Foltz, Spitler & Kurrie, I (Successors to Thompson A Bro.) ATTORNEYS AT LAW. m y I Law, Real Estate, Insurance Absracts and ■Loans. Only set of Abstract Books In the ■County. I RENSSELAER, IND. ■ra W. Yeoman, I ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. Remington, Indiana. I Law. Real Estate, Collections, Insurance ffind Farm Loans. Office upstairs in Durand fcrs. I. B. & I. M. Washburn, I Physicians & Surgeons. ftr. I. B. Washburn will give special attention ■to Diseases of the Eye, Ear, Nose. Throat ■ and Chronio Diseases. He also tests eves ■ for glasses K Orrtca Tiupmoni No. 49. ■ RIItSINOB PMOMffi NO. §7. Kensselaer, - - Indiana. K. C. English, I Physician & Surgeon. gffios over Imes' Millinery store. Rensselaer. B Omea Pnoni 177, B Rsti.ti.ei Pne.il lie.

boctor A. J. Miller, I PHYSICI AN ND SURGEON, kensselaer, Indiana. ■Office np-stalra In Forsythe block. General ■notice of medicine, surgery and X-ray work, ■tils answered promptly, day or night. OfP(l?J^ d kr4 C 3 e st P »e 9 nc% 04 <J “ Per Co ) ‘ W. W. MERRILL, M. D. I Eieaic Ptiysidcn and surgeon, KNSSELAKR, - INDIANA. I Chronic Diseases a Specialty. Ike ’Phone 808. Residence 'Phone 848 H r~ | Francis Turfler. Dr. Anna Turtles. ■ Drs. Turfler & Turfler, I OSTEOPANHIC PHYSICIANS. Braduates American School of Oateopatby. Bee over Harria Bank. Rensselaer, Ind. ■on: 9 to 18m; 1 to 4:80 p. m. 80. Harris, B. T. Harris, J. C. Harris, H President. Vlce-Prea. Cashier. || Rensselaer Bank. Bepoaits received on call, Interest Bearing Btifieates of Deposit issued on time. Ex* Bnge Bought and Sold on principal cities, Bes Discounted at current rates, Farm Bns made at 6 per cent g w* Solicit a Share of Your Business. g L. Brown, K DENTIST. Bee over Larsh’a drug store

urajnr. fe>| Wf /5 *5 Crown, Bar and Bridge i Work. Teeth Without ■J? I SWL Plataa, Without Pain. .. J.W.HORTON .. % ItYIMtIN MNMtUH ■h carefully stopped with cold and otbar Hga. Consultation free. Nitrous Oxide daily. Char res within the KofaU. ■ | (das orresm newer mows*.

FARM AND GARDEN

DROUTH IN SUMMER. The lack of rain in summer is more severely felt 'than at any other period, as it Is then that the seeds for the various crops are being planted. The rainfall cannot be anticipated, the farmer being in a state of uncertainty until the rain comes. It is useless so put seed In the ground, to be followed by a prolonged dry spell, as It may never germinate, while the delay in planting may throw the work over Into July only to be met by another dry period, the season for growing the various crops being shortened in proportion to the days lost earlier. Fortunately the lack of rain exists only in certain sections, as some regions are more favored at times than others, but In this section there are localities upon which no rain had fallen unitl recently for several weeks; and the farmers are therefore greatly delayed with corn. Such a condition at this season Is not unusual, but the danger is that the dry period may be extended. There is a limited period for growing corn, as It may be overtaken by frost in October, or even as early as September, and no farmer feels that his crop is safe from fall frosts until it is cut down in the fields and ready for storage. To plant corn in June is not too late, but there may be more dry weather delay in growth, good rains being worth many dollars to the farmer. An early start is desirable, although corn will make rapid growth if favored with warm nights during the summer, but there must be plenty of moisture or the yield will be short. The remedy is to take care of the moisture in the soiL There is such a thing as holding on to what is already in possession and preventing its escape, and it is important to apply all the labor necessary for the accomplishment of that object rather than lose the crop, as it is better to incur a little more expense than sacrifice the labor already performed in the fields. If the land is ready it should be kept smooth and loose with the harrow or weeder until the seed is in the ground. Weeds will start, as some kinds seem to thrive in dry weather, and the harrowing will destroy them In advance of planting. No doubt the farmers have everything now ready for the seed, but if the ground is hard on the surface there will be a loss of moisture. One of the greatest sources of loss of moisture is through the weeds. Wherever they exist they take water and evaporate it. It is customary to wait until the corn is put in and destroy the weeds at the same time —after the first rain that falls — but the weeds are not so easily killed then as when the ground is dry, while every day that they remain means a loss of moisture and plant food. After the corn is plantedjt should be cultivated in a manner to have the surface always loose, not a weed to be allowed, and there should be no “laying by” of the crop as long as grass and weeds can be seen in the rows. It is better to give more room between the rows, so as to cultivate late in the season, than to be crowded out by having the rows too close and allow the horse hoe at a time when weeds and grass get ahead. No farmer should depend on a particular crop. As soon as the opportunity is gone of securing a good yield of the preferred crop take a later one. It is not difficult to secure a crop of millet or buckwheat after the season is late for corn, and it is never too late to grow a green crop for the land. Late potatoes and cabbage may be planted late, and as turnips need not be planted until July (or even August), there are crops that can compensate for corn. One point in favor of corn, however, is that It is almost sure to produce fodder if not grain, as the fodder may be cut at any stage of growth, and if the hay crop should be short the fodder will be valuable. But there is too much dependence on corn. Some farmers omit other valuable crops, making corn their specialty, and if the corn crop fails they are compelled to reduce their stock. They should grow more root crops, and not omit other grains than corn. Hungarian grass and millet are quick growing crops, and will provide against loss should there be a shortage of grass. It may be that the summer will be very warm, and the rains frequent, and if so there will be an abundance; but the farmer will make no mistake by preventing the weeds from robbing him of soil moisture; any stirring of the ground while waiting for an opportunity to plant will be so much saved, and will also be of advantage, whether rains are frequent or the season dry.—Philadelphia Record.

WHAT SOILS NEED. Professor C. 0. Hopkins, of the Illinois Experiment Station, in a bulletin Just issued, emphasises the importance of feeding the different soils the kind of fertilizer they require. He says: “Preserve good physical conditions and then put back upon the landfall of the fertility that is taken off—not some of It, not most of it, bnt all of It —and not only that which is removed by cropping, bet also that which is removed by blowing, washing and teaching of the soil.”

Then he lays down some deflinlte propositions as to the needs of certain soils in the five paragraphs fol : lowing: Rule 1. If the soil is acid sour, apply lime to It to make it sweet. Rule 2. If the soil is poor in nitrogen only, grow clover or some other legume which has the power to secure nitrogen from the air. Rule 3. If the soil is poor in phosphorus only, apply bone meal or some other form of phosphorus. Rule 4. If the soil Is poor in potassium only, apply potassium chloride or some other form of potassium. Rule 5. Always save and use all the barnyard manure you have, and also all you can economically obtain from others, and make liberal use of green manure when necessary to maintain the supply of organic matter in the soil. With a large appropriation from the Illinois Legislature for that purpose, very complete analyses of the various soils are being made, in order to enable the farmers to determine what each section of the State needs for its soils. This Is a very important work, and it would be of immense benefit if the same kind of work could be done in Indiana.

METHODS OF PRESERVING EGGS. Having last year given a careful trial to both water glass and lime water as egg preservatives, the conclusion arrived at is undoubtedly in favor of the former; in fact, I am convinced it will, when generally known, supersede all other methods of egg keeping. Apart from the fact that eggs preserved in a solution of water glass retains the flavor of a fresh egg (I do not say a new laid egg, by which I understand one not twentyfour hours old), there are two most important points to be considered. Firstly, the shells after months of immersion do not become thin, as those in the case of lime water, therefore, they can be packed for sale as easily as fresh eggs. Secondly, should one become cracked or broken in the jar, it imparts no flavor to the surrounding eggs. In fact, the contents of the shell seem perfectly preserved from any taint whatsoever. With those preserved in lime water, on the contrary, every egg in the immediate neighborhood is rendered unfit for use, and hundreds are often wasted in this way. For cooking purposes I find yolks separate quite easily from the whites which is certainly not the case when the eggs are preserved by other methods. The eggs do not differ in appearance from fresh eggs. I doubt any person being able to distinguish a glass preserved egg from one, two or three days old When poached or boiled for breakfast. If boiled, it is well to prick the shell of the wide end before cooking to prevent the shell from cracking. Last year I found some difficulty in procuring water glass of the right quality, but as the demand increases this will not be the case. Seventeen pounds weight to the gallon is, I believe, the right strength, and this is diluted with sixteen parts of boiled water, viz., sixteen gallons to one gallon of glass. The same proportion should be used in all quantities, the solution being used cold. —S. M. C., in American Cultivator. SMALL FARMS. The man with only a small farm is often discouraged. He is inclined to think that there is no opportunity for him to accumulate. This is a great mistake. There are many men owning small farms who are comparatively rich, and there will be many more in the future, as people become better educated in all department of agriculture. It matters not bow much land a man may own, he has no more time to study and manage his complicated affairs than the man owning but a few acres; and there are few business enterprises that are successful nnless the owner has time to study, manage and oversee details. The man with a small farm his time to devote to some specialty. His small farm is easy to keep and improve; tgxes are light, and not much hired labor required; hence, he does not need so much money a 3 the owner of a large farm, as his expenses are so much less. Quite often the net income of email farms is greater than that of larger ones. The work is much pleasanter and easier, as there is not so much on the mind, there is more leisure time and less confusion. Those who are not able to own large farms should not feel discouraged, but should study local surroundings to find special things to raise for quick money returns, and make the head assist the‘hands.—Cora Wright, in The Epttomist.

Man’s Fearful Machanism.

Every time a man eats he has to masticate, insalivate, chymify, chylify and sanguify. No wonder his system is out oF order so often.—St. Louis Post-Dispatch. There la quite a difference between the man who knows an opportunity when he sees it and those who seize an opportunity when they know it. ...

DONDITION OF CROPS.

GOVERNMENT FIQUREB BHOW HEAVY DECLINE. . * Wheat and Coarae Grata Crops Mach Balow Tan Yeara Arei-age Hys and Buckwheat Maintain n High Condi* tlon—Potato and Hay Yield Good. The monthly report of the chief of the bureau of statistics of the Department of Agriculture shows the condition of corn on Aug. 1 to have been 78.7, aa compared with 70.4 on July 1, 1903 ; 86.5 son Aug. 1, 1902 ; 54 at the corresponding date in 1901 and a ten-year average of 84.8. The following table shows for each of the twenty principal corn States the condition on Aug. Los the last three yeara and that on July 1, 1903, with ten-year averages: Aug.l, Julyl, Aug.l, Aug.l, 10-yr. 1903. 1903. 1902. 1901. Aver. Illinois .... 74 78 99 01 67 lowa 72 74 93 97 86 Nebraska ..70 79 101 88 79 Kansas .... 67 78 108 19 77 Missouri ... 71 74 100 29 87 Texas 95 88 88 48 74 Indiana 75 76 97 57 90 Georgia .... 88 85 76 81 89 Tennessee ..85 89 78 57 87 Kentucky ..79 82 88 53 87 Ohio 73 75 91 73 88 Alabama ... 99 92 53 77 81 N. Carolina. 83 82 87 74 91 Arkansas ..80 77 91 37 81 Mississippi .92 94 55 66 79 Virginia ... 85 84 84 92 89 8. Carolina. 78 79 82 06 83 8. Dakota .. 89 87 88 65 81 Oklahoma .71 85 90 25 66 Penns 80 84 92 92 89 U. 8 78.7 79.4 86.5 54.0 84.4 Preliminary returns indicate a winter wheat crop of about 410,000,000 bushels, or an average of 12.4 bushels per acre, as compared with 13.8 bushels lant year. The following table shows the estimated average yield per acre in the twelve principal winter wheat States in 1903 and 1902: 1908. 1902. Kansas 14.0 8.7 Missouri 8.1 18.2 California 12.8 15.0 Indiana 10.0 15.0

Farmer Sam —The durned twister is going by without touching me this trip.

Nebraska 16.4 22.0 Ohio 18.7 16.0 Illinois 8.4 16.6 Pennsylvania 15.6 15.0 Oklahoma 14.6 11.6 Texas 13.4 9.0 Tennessee 7.1 6.0 Michigan 15.5 17.4 United States 12.4 13.3 The average condition of spring wheat on Aug. 1 w T as 77.1, as compared with 82.5 last month, 80.7 on Aug. 1, 1902; 80.3 on Aug. 1, 1901, and a ten-year average of 80.2. The following table shows for each of the five principal spring wheat States the condition on Aug. 1 in each of the last three years and that on July 1, 1903, with the ten-year August averages: Aug.l, Julyl, Aug.l, Aug.l, 10-yr. 1903. 1903. 1902. 1001. aver. Minnesota ..77 84 88 83 83 N. Dakota.. 69 73 03 93 80 8. Dakota .. 87 86 66 68 73 lowa «2 87 80 85 80 Washington. 74 80 98 90 91 U. 8. 77.1 82.5 89.7 80.3 80.2 The average condition of the oats crop on Aug. 1 was 79.5. as compared with 84.3 one month ago, 89.4 on Aug. 1, 1902; 73J) on Aug. 1, 1901, and a ten-year average of 82.6. The following table shows for each of the ten principal oats States the condition on Aug. 1 in each of the last three years and that on July 1, 1903, with the ten-year averages: Ang.l, Julyl. Aug.l, Ang.l, 10-yr. 1960. 1903. 1902. 1901. aver. Illinois .... 72 76 88 78 81 lowa 73 88 85 81 84 Wisconsin .. 87 90 97 79 88 Minnesota ..88 87 94 89 87 Nebraska ... 89 90 86 44 72 Indiana ... 78 73 96 78 86 New York .. 94 87 108 79 89 Peqpa 98 91 97 69 87 Ohio '. 84 84 96 89 89 Michigan ... 89 87 98 84 88 U. 8 79.5 84.3 80.4 73.6 82.6 The proportion of the oata crop of laat year still in the hande of farmers is estimated at 7.4 per cent, as compared with 4.2 per cent of the crop of 1901 in farmers’ hands one year «go and 5.9 per cent of the crop of 1900 in farmers’ hands two years ago and an eight-year average of 7.4 per cent. The average condition of flax on Aug. 1 was 80.3, as compared with 86.2 one month ago. The average condition of barley on Aug. 1 was 83.4, against 86.8 one month ago, 90.2 on Aug. 1, 1902, 86.9 at the corresponding date in 1901 and a ten-year average of 83.4. The average condition of spring rye on Aug. 1 was 8722, as compared with 88.? one month age, 90.5 on Aug. 1, 1902, 83.6 at the corresponding data in 1901 and a ten-year average of 86.3. \ The average condition of potatoes on Aug. 1 was 87.2, as compared with 88.1 ans month ago. 94.7 on Aug. 1, 1902, 62.8 at the corresponding day in 1901 and a itQ-rtir average of S 4 & i.

FIRST AMERICAN CARDINAL TO VOTE FOR POPE

CARDINAL GIBBONS.

Cardinal Gibbons is the first American cardinal to take part in the election of a Pope, and but for the delicate position he had to occupy daring the Span-ish-American, war, which incurred the hostility of Spanish cardinals, he would probably have been a favorite for the papal crown, in apits of the fact that two-thirds of the cardinals are Italians. He is a man of such learning, broad Christian spirit and conservative judgment that he is as highly respected on the continent as he is in the United States, where hia popularity ia great among men of all classes. The cardinal took a leading part in the conclave held to choose Leo’s successor, as he was the representative of the new order of things.

AWFUL DIRASTER VISITS PARIS.

Many Passengers of Underground Railway Lose Their Lives. An awful catastrophe occurred in Paris the other evening on the Metropolitan electric railway, which runs mostly under ground. Three trains were consumed by fire and passengers were burned or suffocated. The total number of victims is estimated at nearly one hundred. « One of die trains broke down at Menilmontant station, which is in a poor and

populous section of the city. This train was promptly emptied and the train which followed was ordered to push it to the repairing sheds. On the way these two trains caught fire, but the employes succeeded in escaping. Meanwhile a crowded train reached LesCharonnes, the preceding station, and the officials, seeing smoke pouring out of the tunnel, gave the alarm. Amid the increasing smoke many attempted to return along the line toward Belleville, and they were suffocated. The officials teem to have lost their heads and arc unable to say bow many passengers went out. The firemen for several hours were unable to enter the station or the tunnel owing to the dense smoke which poured out in black clouds. Meanwhile tens of thousands of anxious people gathered about the station. All the police and fire authorities were on the spot and the excitement was intense. Finally the firemen succeeded in flooding the burning mass and shortly afterward they were able to enter the tunnel.

SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES

Columbia University in New York City ie to lose Prof. William B. Ware, for the last twenty-two years head of its school of architecture, and the trustees have voted to make him emeritua professor. Dr. John Huston Fearey will be inaugurated president of the College of the City of New York on Oct. 1, at which ceremony President Roosevelt and former President Cleveland will make addresses. President Cyrus Northrop of the University of Minnesota threatens to resign because of the non-payment of his salary, which is long overdue. The university appropriation made at the last session of the legislature was wholly inadequate to meet the expenses of the institution. Brander Matthews, head of the department Of dramatic literature at Columbia University, has been elected to succeed the late Prof. Thomas Randolph Price as bead of the department of English. —Prof. W. L. Carlyle of the Wisconsin Agricultural College has accepted the chair of agricultural and animal husbandry at the Colorado State Agricultural deMege and will assume his new duties is September next, A. 9. Gault, Canada’s cotton king, is

RECORD OF THE WEEK

INDIANA INCIDENTS TERSELY TOLD. Ghoul Rufus Cantrell Confesses Complicity in Several Murders in Indianapolis —Lafayette Police Investigating Mysterious Death. .¶ Rufus Cantrell, known as “King of the Colored Ghouls,” who is serving a sentence in the Indiana reformatory for grave robbing, has made a sworn confession that he had a part in several murders in Indianapolis. He goes into details, giving names and dates. For prudential reasons the authorities refuse to give the names of those accused. Cantrell first refers to the killing of Policeman Watterson, the mystery of which crime has never been solved by the detectives. He also tells of the murder of Walter Johnson, a negro, who came from Newark, N. J. He says the body was taken to an Indianapolis medical college. Cantrell says a man from Pennsylvania named Claude, who had a gold watch, a check for $300 on the Englewood Bank of Chicago, and $250 in cash, was another victim. He gives in detail the story of the murder of Carrie Selvage, who escaped from a hospital in a demented condition and has never been heard from. She was kept in a house for several weeks, Cantrell says, and then murdered and the body buried in a grave that had been robbed. There are so many circumstances in connection with these murders that Cantrell alone appears to know that the police superintendent is very much impressed by the confession.

May Prove to Be Murder. .¶ M. W. Scheibl, a tourist cigarmaker, was found dead at the side of the Monon tracks half a mile south of Lafayette. He had apparently been killed by the cars, for he was frightfully mangled. His body was brought to the city and placed in charge of an undertaker and an hour later Thomas Brant, a local character, was lodged in jail pending an investigation of the causes which led to Scheibl's death. Scheibl belonged in Louisville and carried a union card from that place. He had worked at Logansport for a month and went to Lafayette only a few days ago. He was without money and secured a loan of $4 from the local union. He met Brant and a number of other men and disappeared from the places usually visited by them. Half an hour after the body had been brought to the city, Brant displayed the union book of Scheibl. It was torn and covered with blood. Not a cent of money had been found on the body. Brant had been drinking and suspicion at once pointed toward him as knowing something more than he would tell of Scheibl’s movements after getting the money from ths union. Three Men Marry Sisters. .¶ The marriage of three brothers to three sisters was completed at Columbus, by the marriage of Rev. Herman Steege of Dundee to Miss Ida Bruning of Columbus. Previously Rev. Theodore Steege of Lyons. Neb., and L. J. Steege of Chicago married sisters of Miss Bruning. Wealthy Contractor Killed. .¶ David Tegmyer, a wealthy contractor of Fort Wayne, was run down and killed by a Nickel Plate train. He helped build the Wabash Railroad. All Over the State. .¶ Hammond papers are rejoicing over a prospective boom in manufacturing industries. .¶ Dr. A. M. Cooper, a colored man, is applicant for the position as health officer at Normal City. .¶ West Reddington nutmeg growers are now busy raising a crop and it is said the harvest will be quite good. .¶ W. T. McBride has purchased a valuable piece of real estate in Frankfort and will erect a new $10,000 elevator. .¶ Huntington County Commissioners have appropriated $260,000 for a new court house to be erected there soon. .¶ J. Ambrose Dunkel, an Elwood minister, has received and accepted a call to a Presbyterian church in Saginaw, Mich. .¶ Paoli papers are kicking because they say there is not a good enough water supply at the Orange County court house. .¶ Theodore Trier of Fort Wayne fell from a building in Denver and was instantly killed. He was a cornice maker. .¶ Mrs. Laura Anderson, the free thought writer, was cremated at Cincinnati. Her ashes are to cover rose beds at her home in Oakville. .¶ John Thompson of Peru, who was severely injured in the Durand, Mich., railway wreck, died. This makes the total deaths twenty-four. .¶ The corner stone of the new $20,000 Carnegie library at Brazil was laid under the auspices of the local lodge of Masons. The event was a holiday for the town.

Her. W. H. J. Dargent, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Hammond, has accepted a call to the pastorate of the First Presbyterian Church of Sullsburg, Wis. Just after ronndiog a sharp curve a freight train and passenger train collided ht the Twelfth street crossing of the Big Four Railway in Anderson, injuring seven persons. Dan Dolton of Hammond, the section foreman of the Chicago and Western Indiana tracks, was struck and fatally hurt by the Indianapolis train on the Monon. Dolton was giving orders to some of his men and absent-mindedly stepped on the track as the train approached. Indiana is having a wave of temperance reform. It is announced that during the last year 800 saloons have been put out of business and that about 250 townships in the State have no saloons. Mnch of this has been accomplished through the blanket remonstrance feature of the Nicholson liquor law. Garry Barker, while sleeping on the Wabash tracks at Lafayette, wan run ever and instantly killed by a patsengst train. He was working nights at tha Lafayette Hominy mills and spent bit midnight hour out of doors. He Ml down an the tracks and fell asleep. The Western Rawhide and Betting Company of Hammond has instituted damage proceedings against Henry Schrage of Whiting in the Lake County Superior Court for 1125,000. His-pi an I was destroyed by fire, tha complaint a>