Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 44, Number 51, Jasper, Dubois County, 29 August 1902 — Page 7

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"KING CORN" OF INDIANA.

INDIANA LEADS IN ANNUAL PRODUCTION OF CORN, THE GREAT AMERICAN CEREAL

n ii the si 'Jit American cvr.il Must ,f iiif th r grains thai we prod er i ht from Europe by the early rnlonlsta. snd some of thmi. Mks wrn.it. orlgiimlly from Asia Wh.-at wait n . t cultivated In Hi'- Kuphrap valley I .all'! "f fWn -'S", mid was carried , ,.v r the world from that ancient COSO ti by the migrations f the whlto races. i., however, I lii'llK' nous to Aui rl. a, ml wss unknown In Europe until the ii lards carried home th s d It the food of the ancient "mound faiilMlS" nJ of those niyst.-rluue lost gattons ti.at I ,,ilt the ruined cities of Yucatan fj i.irul A tin rl it. it in th' ' h!'f sub- , i tenet f tin- cm it r- f Montosums nd the Inca. snd th" northern Indians v.rcnced it a a sift of th. Or. at It saved the tlrxt Puritan from I .irvatloii, and from HM Atlantic to the grand prairie It gladdened with Its gold' n smile the hard life of th BgOOSSISa Nor w.ro Its blessings limited 10 the early settlers, for the sons and grandsons of UM pioneers find today our greatest Wi alth producing crop "th backbone of American agriculture." IndlJina has received but little attention In our current literature as a gr.-at corn producing state, yet the farmers of frand old Indiana raise more corn that is produced In any other state of It Ice In the union. The Indiana crop for ;' us shown In the returns of the crnii of 11MJ. amounted to 1X907.(170 bushels, as compared with Itf.lfiff bushels for Ohio, and 44.0S4.13fJ bushels for Michigan, both of which iire larger State than Indiana. This Indiana crop is greater than the crop repurled In the previous census for all the states north of Georgia and

enst of Ohio. Including all of New England fifteen Stets In all. Incidentally. Indians raises as much wheat Pennsylvania snd all the states north and east together. Including New England. TsS W would make eight states the size of Indiana. From 5.01 7.690 acres TtrXSfl raised 1,H' 37" Jio bushels of corn In 189, whll Indtena raised lX907.07d bushels from 4.45" 249 acres. The five states which take precedence over Indiana In th- production of corn Kansas. Nebraska, Missouri. IttWa and Illinois are all much larger stat.s In area. Kansas and Nebraska would each make more than two Inden SS Missouri Is nearly twice as large, while Illinois and Iowa are each about two-t birds larger in area. The Indiana SSO) f'.r the ceMttS year was worth more than the Nebraska crop Indiana products about one-twelfth of the corn cmp of the I'nlt'd States, and about onesixteenth of the world's crop of the golden sort si The fallowing figures are given In th" census for 'J"V on th" hading crops of Indiana: Acres Value. Corn 4.499 .?49 $51.752.41 Wheat 2.s0VJl 22.2-JS.J16 Hnv and f rage 2.442 414 20. r 7 1J7 Oats 1.017.75 7.4i8.6x? The crn crop. It will be observed, was worth mere tfan the three other principal crops combined ''rn was bv far th-' most pre i: il , crop, being valued nt til 50 p. r acre, as compared With tT.fJ per acre for Beat tOt Par hay and 17 33 for Vats. The Indiana corn era? averaged about forty bushi I per acre, while the, average f . r the entire country Is less than thirty bushels, snd th. avrigc. outside of the Saif-dsatn leading corn states. Is not n-.or- than twenty bushels. The crop of

the entire country last year averaged leu than tw.nty bushels. Forty cents a bushtl would be a fair average ptnv fur corn, and at this price the Indiana crop for the census year would have been worth 119 per acre, or s total valuation of 71.M.v, Instead of f&l.7U.94i. the census valuation The price was figured at less than tents In the census, but this was due to the fact that the corn market wan still ispreaaai In 1S99 by the great surplus cp ps carrltd over from previous year On whatever haslb we figure, however, -t Is vi rv ci.-ar that corn Is th'- great wealth producing crop of Indiana, and the de mand Is growing so rapidly for this rr p that It Is llk'ly to prove more profltahl in the future than In the past. How to Make Corn Growing More Profitable. We live In an age of progress, and th fnrmers who make the most money are those who are the mrst progressive u profiting by the experience of others The man who feeds his corn to cattle and hops r illies more money f.r It. In ordinary i ars. than the man who sells and ships his grain The man who feeds his corn to good graded cattle gets more beef from the same amount of feed than the man

who wastes his raw mat. rial on 'scrub.' and he also gets t higher price per hunur. d fcr his cattle. The man who us- s rcedern cultivators and plant rs can lalse more corn and thus produce more with his season's labor than th'- man who pikes along with an l Id style onehorse cultivator or drill. The progressive nan makes money an 1 'Iv.-h wll. whll those who lack th" Intelligence arid "nterI rise necessary to keep abreast of the Itogress of the age live In peverty and alwavs have good apparent reasons (Of complaining of "hard times." It ts lesi than twenty-firs years ago since we hd riots on the farm In many parts of Indltn.i In which labor-saving machines-self-binders were destroyed by farm lands who thought the Introduction f these machines meant starvation for the hired man It "emi Incredible to us of the present day thM any ore could have been so lacking In Intelligence as to resist the Introduction of these beneficent machines Our modern Inventions for SSVtlUJ 1 kbST on the farm have made th" farmer a birir.ess man who rides on S

spring seat and utilizes his brains in A manner to do the labor of twenty men. Instead of tolling with his hands, as In the past Since McCormlck Invented the raSfX r in UHL ÜM first labor-saving machine ever used In the field, we have had a revolution In agriculture that has transferred the labor of the field from the aching arms and backs of nv-n to the hors or to stesm po"". Under the old regime (arming was an "occupation'' In which a man could make a living He could raise enough to eat with his hands, und his wife could toll early and late to make his homespun clothes. In addition to her other household duties, going Into the geld with the rest of the family In season to drop, cover or hoe com or to bind after the Blckles or gather the sheaves and shock the grain Perhaps they enjoyed life In those days, because they knew nothing better, but who. among those who have lived to see the methods of the twentieth c ntury. would want to go back to the conditions of a hur. In I roars ago' Who. among our farmers' wives and daughters, would have us return to a system that would compel them to toll In the fields with the men as of old? When the history of the nineteenth century

shall be written by men of the future hi ! "k l.i-k U in the bights "f time to survey the progr s of the Century. It Is possible that one of the moat Important events that they will find to chronicle Is the emancipation of woman from labor In the held, as an Incident In

th transformation "f agriculture from an "occupation" to a "business" by th Introduction of labor-saving macht n s. first snd lorenvst of which was the gnat Invention of Cyrus H Mcformlck. The farmer of today Is a business man who uses mschlnes as the most essential and useful part of his capital, and the most successful farmer Is the man who ues the best machines and makes the best use of them "The man with the ) ' cold raise g4lt ,i f. w acres of corn; the man with nosbrn Implements can take care of forty to slsty acres The man with a B4M UHlM Dfgty make a living; the modern farmer sag make mn y and accumulate a modest fortune, w.'hout any of the back-breaking Uil of the pssasaras The greatest boon to agriculture in the past twenty years Is the Invention of the corn binder and the husking and shredding machine. More than fifty yesrs ago Inventors began to struggle with the problem of building a machine t" harvest corn, but the twine binder had not been perfected at that time Kvcn after binders were Introduced for harvesting wh.at and oats many years elapsed, until when an Illinois farmer discovered the light principle and put It Into practice in the "vertical" corn binder. His machine was crudely constructed, but it worked so well that the leading harvest-

quickly and leaves ths corn In bundles, dropped In windrows by the bundle carrtsi so that the wrk sf hauling Into the silo Is facilitated. There has been a large p. er. ase in the number of silos since these machines lierimt avsjlsble. and the nest f.w v.ars will undoubtedly see a still greater laerraga In th fesdlng of ensilage. Why Shredded Fodder Is More Valu

able then Dry Fodder. Ths remarkable results that have Vxen btSlSli m fesattefl wartkafl have been due to the fact already noted, that the julc s of the grow ing pgM are preserved In the silo in soluble f irm. If com is harvest. . I at the ri lir tune. Ix.fore It g ts too ripe, the change from the soluble to the Insoluble form Is amstcd, and the

I'siibr cures into nutritious fed which wl.r shredded Is superior to hay. while the same fodder, if allowed to stand a week longer, wou.d I much of Its f . d lag. value. Bven farssnr hat 4Jt4Sgrv4l tn . itttof ttaastkV or cio.r that If th . rop Is tak n at Just the right time It mak. s line hay. but If allowed to stand too long Ii becomes dry und we dy and is not BSake g' .si fe.d. The same changes goes on In th rip. mug of crn. If allowed to stand until it has become too rope, the riefe sap turn lata WOOdy, Indigestible t i , ,,.. I-,,, f sld- r bee. ,mes hard, tough gad unpalatal.le to the stock Wb-n green corn Is cut and thrown out on UM grass, cattle will eat it. stalks and all. in preference to the grass and fatten on it.

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trig machine company In the world t.K-k It up. bought his patents, spent several years and a large amount of money in perf.cüng the mechanical principles of the machine, making of it the successful vertical corn binder, thousands of whlcii are now In use on Indiana farms. The vertical corn binder makes It possible for the farmer to Increase his acreago and thus make more money. A man cannot cut snd shock by hand more than fifteen to twenty acres of corn at the rate of an acre a day. and this limitation In the harvesting limited the acreage that a man could take care of. Just as the amount of grain that a man could reap with the sickle before the Invention Sf the reaper Mmlted the else of the wheat field on the fa- " 'th the corn binder, one man ts able to take caie of a larger field, and this means a great deal to the fa.rm rs of Indiana. A ma-hln.

will harvest and bind seven or eigm acres of corn In a day. and It Is not at all uncommon for one machine to cut lo) acres. The census shows an average sf twenty acres of corn to each farm In Indiana. With corn harvesters In general use It will be possible for each farmer to raise forty to fifty acres, thus doubling the corn crop of the State, and It will be to the Interest of Indiana farmers to do this. In view of the fact that corn .s twice as profitable as any other field crop, as shown by the census.

The Value of the Fodder. Doubling the acreage of corn Is only one of the adva-.tages that the Indiana farmer can derlvs from the use of the corn harvester. This machine and the busker and shredder will almost double the value of the crop from each acre. Nearly half the feeding value of th corn crop Is In the fodder, as shown by scientific analysis. When the fodder ts fed whole. In racks or spread out in the barn yard or on the ground, the cattle can

only eat the blades, husas ar.u vswass tops. They csnnot eat the stalk and yet some of the most Important and valuable of the food elements of the crop are locked up In the sh-ll of the stalk, which . aa l- a i -

cannot be mastlcat l wnen iea wno.r. The husking and shredding machine tears this stalk up Into tine shreds, so that practically the whole of It Is eaten. The cattle relish It and do well on It. actually preferring It tO-ay. Thousands Sf .1 i men testify that It will make more milk than hay. and It makes a perfect substitute for hay for growing cattle and horses. Patent Stock Food Secret In the past few years an enormous business has been built up In trie manufacture and sale of patent stock foods which ar claimed to prevent cholera In hogs and to stimulate the growth and fattening of cattle. One of the most im

portant ingredients of some of these foods." which have been analyzed, is made by grinding the Joints of corn

stalks. Some of the peopl who have discovered this use ,f the humble OSTS stalk have raised a hue and cry over the

discovery of a great fraud, yet thousands of farmers who use these "foods" testify to their value and keep on using them, without knowing what they are made of. The simple fact Is that the Joint contslns food elements which the animals need, and when they get these ekments they grow better and are more healthy. Hut why should the farmer pay fancy prices

for patent stock food when by using s shr-dder he can make It himself .i'id f I It In large quantities Instead of In mere nibbles? This secret of the patent stork fovd trad- eiplalr.S some of the remarkable results that dairymen have obtained from feeding shredded fodder. Chemical analysis also explains these results by showing that the fodder is rich tn certain mineral el ments of food In which the corn Itself Is deficient, and which are also lacking In the blades and husks. The Value of Ensilage. Ensilage Is one of th m -st profitable feeds known Every successful dairyman who cm afford It has a silo snd feeds his cows ensllase during the winter, along with their dry feed. It seems to stimulate

digestion and the secretion of milk. The cow Is a mschlne for converting feed Into milk, and the more f. . d s'..- can convert Into milk fat lirgrr the profit for her owner. The chemists show that while the cm is sttn green the lateen contain la "soluble" form many nutritious elements

which turn Into "Insoluble" BOOT when the fodder has become fully rtpe. Hustings preserves these Juices In soluble f..rm. so that they sre not only sav d and digested into milk, but when th. v reach the cow's stomach they also aid In

the digestion of dry f ed. which is aien j along with the ensilage, j Before the Introduction of the corn hari venter very few farriers could afford to put up ensilage The work of cutting th

corn bv hsnd required so mucn iaoor imi n silo was Impracticable txcept In localities where the necessary hands could be had on short notice, and where the farmer could figure a profit on the large outlay required With the corn harvester, however, all thts expensive work of rutting the crop In a few days by hsnd Is saved. The machine gete over the ground

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Over-ripe fodder, how. VST

Irt-tter than straw. When corn is cut by hand, a man csn-

rw.t e,.ver more tlu.ti a t.-w acres at the

right cutting season. With the vertical corn binder. It is possible to save it all with las same oart thai a practical farmer gives to his timothy or clover. The ears do not shrink when the corn Is cut and shocked at this critical time, as they cure with the fodder in the shock the same as though left standing, and the yl-ld of corn to the acre will be as large as thought It had tood uncut until the ears hsd fatty ripened. This Is the great value of the corn harvester, that It enables the farmer to cut his corn without hand labor, and at the same time It gives htm a crop of fodder which Is equal In feeding value and In tonnage to a crop

of hay from the same Und. It gives two crops Instead of one fro th corn Held, and the eecond crop, the fodder. Is ths most profitable of the two. because It has cost nothing to grow It. The vertical corn binder Is the great triumph of the closing years of ths nineteenth century. It givee the farmer a successful machine with which to SMS q .. r on th. last great battlefield of hant labor on the farm. It completes the , rtain .f inventions which ensble the farmer to rid. on a comfortable spring seat In Nil Ids work, from the first furn sf sattafl to the last corn row In the fall It Is an achievement that has tried ...M,. ,.r bnnilreds of Inventors, for

corn Is S stubborn i roji that seems to . ave taken .b ilKbt In baffling the Inventors who ought to build corn-harvesting machines A do, n raaM ago it was a ommon saying among men who wer x.ei irnentlng with corn harvesters that any one , .old . l!d a machine to rut nli c "Sundai s hoo com'' where the stalks sll Staad ur. straight tn the rows, but that the real tent where Inventors

failed was In trying to handle SOWS oora, so taal tat croa might ss harvested under all the conditions In which it 's found el cnitlng time Tris was th tent In which the verticil C rn land, r proved in mastar tMaraa t p to us w.rw. the SUM nine moves forward, straddling the r.w The long dU Id. r-. win h pr J. t forward at ea h sldi of the row pick up the i vi n stalks and the gathering ch-.lns lift them up Into vertical position. The corn Is not carried back through the machine, strictly ansa king the machine moves forward and gathers the corn In bundles as It goes, much as a man might walk forward a straddle of the row. gathering up

the corn In a bundle In Ids arms and cutting -1 as he went with knlv.-s ,,n his feat In Oils manner the corn Is handled gently yet firmly, and Is bound In compact, square-butted bandies which stand up In solid shocks. This Is the triumph of the vertical corn binder, that It will harvest

the crop In any and all conditions In which it is found at cutting time, harvesting successfully "big corn, little corn, down corn, lodged corn or any other kind of crn that grows In rows." Husking snd Shredding Machines. it is about fort years since lareators becan to dream Of I Oat husking machine, but It Is satf within the past ten 'ars that practical machines have been available for the farmer. So long as the husking of the corn was the only object sousrht. there was no real d. mand for these mschlnes, because the farmer could not save enough labor to warrant their use. Since the discovery of the great value of corn fodder, and the equipment of these B1 chines with shredder heads to shred the fodder tlie demand has giown rapldlv, and one company has sold several housand In the state of Indiana In the nast few years. The first husking and shredding machines that were put out were made by rmall man if' t iters who did not have the facilities to build goad machines. The strains to which a busker and shredder are subjected, especially In handling to. ivy corn, are ry severe, and the strongest snd most scientific construction Is required to make a durable machine It was not until firms having large capital hud taken hold of the problem and brought all of their technical skill and experience to gear that It was possible for the farmers to obtain at a moderate price a machine that would give satisfaction The machines that had former! v been put "it would not shred the fodder fine enough, leaving It in long strips that would roll up in a row's stomach, and often th.se machines were

so mjislaful as to take off the hand or esg of the aaa wt fed it. la the band of mpanles that were amply equipped wt' technical skill and capital to carry ' ate naive ..pertinents, these defect ,r. soon remedied A "safety lever" wm i r vl.led In front of the feeder snd between htm and the machine so thst ho could not get eioae enough, by ncctder' or carelessness, to get his hsnde in di k without Growing the machine ou I gear Thl sutomatln safety davtO put an end to the accldente. eo far n,.. adenine provided with It WSS e r.cerned Another great In . it m a shredder h'ad thst would both d and split the sialks. teai --g ttim up Into finbits so that the gntlrt stalk ill be eaten snd digested. With these end many Improvements in th letalis ef i gahnM

the farmer " r- privme,i wnn a

Philadelphia and th

tion of loi at Ola ago. ffT"rnf Tag band officiated for four seasons at the at.

lamm .ertr anent exposition, and

the star musics, attraction st the

ern !' nnsvlvanla exposition st mtsliisasi

for flvi years It has been played st tas food fairs and the Merchants snd staawfeel irert exposition at Boston, ss well aa nt Ihi Texas ami Indiana state fairs. heitig also to Its credit seven summers at Manhattan beach and two long nf gern, nts at Willow drove park. In the choice of supporting soloists Mr. Soiiisa has niw.,s n. ,n particularly fortunate, ai d many of the leading- artists

el to sei ids have figured upon the programs of the bind s concerts

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farm or three or P lug farms could clu machine which the In the wintir. thus profitably when no I done. The "clu very generally folio trs and has enabb their fodder and tW

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The future plans of the gousa band In Bind 4 return to the Pitt bürg exposition Ir. September, a third engagement at the Indiana state fair and snother grsnd transcontinental tour, ending in New York on Dec. II Ten days later the hand

f adjoin- wlu "a" f"r K"rf,l"- '"r i' ihlrd foreign

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189216 Weeka of Concerts.

comes from their fs -r.s. The purchase of th' se machines requires rood judgment on t pt of thi f irmer Success is always Ii tated, and many people with limited fneimis for manufacturing, or noae a all. are undertaking ,. put machines on irket tl I have rot stood the asee tests I't all the conditions thst - In practical orb ine of th'-se tried I M thai

w. hMuflfully t ' under c

conditions, will fall tomorrow tind.r different condlt A few f tbese failures bring dlW" to the manufacturer who haa under ' ik n on limited capital to do what reqi ires enormous capital and a great organization of expert nd experienced machln ind when the factory goes out of "Ineei the '.rmcrs r irt with bines sre unable to

. r.n.lra op exntrt attention So

as the farmer ie cc n I K. w.v. r. all these difficulties a- easill I kg dtallng only with those companies thai have the cspttnl snd the organisation to make good their c . ind auaraBti s the "ompanlf I it I ive Mfl 'S business long enour' ' i ssUsfy n.e prudent farmer thst he Is safe ln trusting to their long snd hon rabis career as s guaranty of the fut ;re

Organised In S rt. ruber under the name Sf tones 'n New Marine Hand." und gave Its ftn-' concert at Plalnflei.i. N J . on leat 26 at Stllhnan music hall. The tour continued through the middle suttcs to

Chicago, where the hand, by special engaaaent. took prominent part tn th i dedication of the world's fair buildings ! in October The return trip Included the New Bngtand states, closing Dec II. The new organisation played In marly on hundred different cities, promptly estsb-

ltthltig a popularity tli.it has since tn 'Train - . ...w . v. .

creased with the years

1893 32 Weeks of Concerts.

How ths Indians Fair Will Observe Its Anniversary. The golden Jubil f thi t a state

fair wdll be ceiUira'.-d tn. wees 01 nep-.. 15, by the dlstrlbutl n of m. r. premtUSM than the state boa- i of agriculture ever offered before, by several thousand dollars. The tot! awards will amount to about $3o.00O. agali-t $41" whl. h was awarded at the first fair fifty .nrs ngo. The horse show premluma arn unt to $3.150. an Increase of H.M ever last year The purses for the races will nach 114.600. or If MM more than last year. The awards In the cattle show wdll amount to $1.300. The prize sheep will receive $1.500. an latreaae over last ..ear of $500. in the ewlr.. department the pre mlums amount to J OB, an Increase of $iw. The poultry awards am. unt to $1.V. an Increase rf $."00. The premiums on art will reach II ,4m, and there Is an Increase of $200 ln ths awards of the corn show.

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TEN YEARS OF SOUSA CONCERTS.

(By George Frederick Hinton.) Ten years atro. or. to be exact, on Sept. 26. 1:. was b .rn the greatest military concert band the world has ever known, the organisation that hns since become so famous under the title of "Sousa and His Iland." This was not the creation of a moment to flash Into ephemeral popularity, but the inspiration of a master managerial mind, prompted by the genius of a gr-at SSnalrtSB It was a triumph of business Erutn'ti. allied to lofty artistic Ideals, that failed not. at the same tim, to appreciate the love of music ln the mass s as well as their popular predellctlons. The history of such an enterprise Is therefore well worth detailing. The milltarv band is conducted In America under different conditions from those

that obtain abroad. Her. it Is almost a

matter of privat enterprise, while In

P. 8. GILMORE. i

Kurope Us connection with the military establishment Is of paramount Important e The wind band ln America Is therefore a concert band first and a military band afterward, and as most organisations of this kind are dependent upon public favor for support, the mcesslty for oonttaued exertion has brought about a high degree of excellence arrong our bards Th.- superiority Of the Am. rlcan band Is due practically to the genius of two men. Patrick Sarsfl- Id ;ilmore and John Philip Sousa Oilman was the father of the American military concert band as tt exists today, and Sous has refined and exalt, d it to the commanding position of artistic eminence in this field of music the world over Ths concert band as we know It today

ts the result of thirty year oeveiopm. m

end had Its genesis In the great p jwlill rganlsed by Mr. Oil more In Boa. ton ln lTJ. when we gave a m ouster musical festival, the greatest the world has ever known, with an orchestra of 2.000 a chorus of 10.000 and nn ens. mble of 2W) rolotsts. 1'orelgn government sent their representative military bands, which included the Orenadler Ouards of Kngland. the Oarde Hepubllc.ilne of France and the Prussian Ouards At the conclusion of this jubilee Oil more removes' to NewYork and organli'.l the sand which became so widely known under his name for .,v v.ars. utilizing all th- m- st desir

able ' characteristics of IBS foreign bands and adding such Improvements as his . tpcrioicc and Judgment dictated Ft

tw.nt years tue uwmore uni rnj'ijm continuous prosperity and popularity; Its t iura Stendal all over the country, anri th.. financial nr-.d artistic Status of the band musician Increased materially. When In the baton fell from th lifeless hand of Ollmore tt was grasi d by .1 din Philip Sousa Although origtnaily an orchestral p rfortner. Sousa had Iren brought up In a military band atmosphere, and. when nt the age of twenty-four he assumed the direction Of the 1 'nlted States Marine band he possessed en Intimate knowledge nf the limitations nnd possibilities Of reed and percussion Instruments which etood him In good stead when he rearranged the Instrumentstton to further develop the scope of the wind orchestra. Sousa anon raised the Marine band to the front rsak of the

military bands of the world, nnd during the twelve years he remained the prssl dent's bandmaster he won recognition as composer nnd conductor His entry Ipto the wider fields of general concert work was brought about In this manner. David Rlakely, one time editor and sccretary of state Of afiaaosota, became In 1W4 the active manager of the Ollmore band. He was a man of cultivated musical tastes and fine literary capacity an 1 had earned managerial experience In the direction of several tours of the Theodore Thomas orchestra. After six prosperous '.irs. In which the Ollmore band attaln.d the zenith of Its popularity. Sllmore and BlSkely dissolved their business relations and the latt-r, having been attracted bv the rising star Of John Philip Sousa. succeed. I Iii obtaining the permission of the k ivernreetll to take the t'n'tfd Slates Marine band and Its brilliant conductor upon two concert tours, which practically covered the entire United States. Sousa proved a SrnSSttoS with his magnetic petronallty, forceful conducting and the fiery swing and swerve of his marches, and it was a foregone conclusion that he must be brought permanently Into a c.uisplc jous public position A proposition from g syndicate, head d by Dsvid Wakeiy, In

volving th. Organisation of tow- band to bear the nnm Sf SOUSS, decided the 5 onng American conductor, nnd In Auj.'ist IM Ma resignation as bandmaster

of the I nlted Stat.s murine corps wis reluctantly accepted by the government. S. 'isa nt once l.-gan the task of selecting his new band The best musicians

from every city were summoned to his standard and the new organization speedily began tS take form So:n weeks were spent In Incessant v hears-ils. In which the band acquired those peculiar 8011saesque characteristics that have always distinguished d from all other bands The first concert of the new band was given at PlalnfV id. N J . on Sept r. 1W2.

nnd two dsys before that time rjumore died suddenly at St Louta It Is an Inter, sting fact to note thai the nrst number ever plavrd In public by the Sousa band was (lllmore s own hymn. "Death's at the Poor." In mom' ry of the dead bandmaster. The story nf the Sousa band since that date is stready mnslcal history Kfo other Organization In the world can boHst of .1 record of accomplishments so Imposing, and of a success s enormous and so en

during. Purlng the ten years of its 'XIstence the gOUSS band will hav. glv n 5.0OO concerts In T91 we. ks. playing In more than M different cities In the United States. Canada. Kngland Scotland. France, Ormany. H'dgium and Holland, necessitating travel equal to twelve times the circumference of the earth Sousa hns made his oatne and his music famous In every quarter of the globe, and he hns advanced his particular form of musical art to the htghrst state of development It hns ever known. Sousa has always encouraged the American musician. The nursery of the great concert bands of America ts the village band, composed of lustv -lunged country boys with more vigor than technique, more ambition than temperament The American youth le naturally musical, and to his virile nature the brass band app.als with singular potency. There are about thlrtv thousand brass bands In the Fnlted States, nnd th. v are developing n new school of performers that bids fair to dominate the rrtlltary must.- of the country, for th? Anierl an boy Is being nttracted to the ,.ss conspicuous but equally Importnnt In

struments of the band thst have until re

cently been played soieiv ny foreigner, nnd bv reason of his Intelligence, energy gBd ambition he speedily outstrips his competitors. And now fcr ten years hns Sousa preached the gospel of melodv throughout the length ami breadth of the land. Twmty semi-annual concert tours had he gag da. five of which took his band Into every state and territory In the union, until there Is hardly a town of more than 10.000 Inhabitants where Sousa hne not been a visitor No other musical organisation In the world has gtven pleasure to so many music-lovers st horns snd abroad, snd no other conductor haa so large and enthusiastic s following. In ikM death deprived the organist tlon of the valued services of Ita ntanager, DasM Itlakeiv. and the buelneeS dir. ctlon of the band Is now vested In Frank Christianer. who baa been associate! wltk

the Ollmore and .c usa tours for eignteer years. The ever-lnereasl! g popularity sf John Philip Sousa. soon made his appsgianoa in F.urope with his band a foregone conclusion, end It was not long before negotiations were opened for the appearance

FRtf CHRISTIANER.

of the rprecntatl 1 SJBartoan band on the other side o' tl S iter As early as IS nrrangemenU Were impeetei for an extended European tour, hut the out

break of the Spanish war necessitated a postponement of the trip and it was not until 1900 that Souea finally took his mm across the water. MttStcal history does not chronicle an achievement approach

ing this first triumphal tour of 8usa through Europe. The nccomi llshm-nt rose to the dignity of Internat: mal Importance and It was nothing l M than an Anertcan triumph. With a month of concerts In Paris, three weeks In Berlin snd is., months divided among some thirtyfly, of the leading continental dies, the Sousn. band won an unparallel. l triumph. Tn - a. cond tour, a year later c vered on ilr.at Mrttaln. but was If possible, even tnc successful ths- th. continental trip, and h: established the Kurop.sn season as nn annual featur I the Sousa Itiner

ary. Verv esrly In Its ..r. r the Sousa hand became the gr it ex;. tlon hand of the world, the tremend 'rawtng power of the organlzatl 1 Si d tie overwhelming

popularity of the c nductor demonstrating Its valnr as en attraction The flret engagement of the Kind wa at the dedl-

aoeempaaled by a quintette of famous pora lingers, Including Fursch-Msdl nnd f'an'.p.inlnl. ' Sousa's Concert Hand' made a spring tour from New York to Chicago, which Included a great musical festival under Sousa's direction In Boston. Thla mtm followed ov a alic weeks' enBTg-

far 1 ... , 1. ,'i.i, v. .rid x fair In Mav

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and June, where the hand and Its popular conductor created a popular furore. Following this came the two great engagers nts forinsrty held by the ciimore bnnd. the twelv rammer aaakS at Manhattan BeacB and six autumn we. ks at the st Louh otdtlon The fall tour oil yi ir included two reeka In CWcags and was r.mde notable by the first per-forman-.s of S is-i's great march "The Liberty Bell." 1394 42 Weeks of Concerts. Sousa's "IVirivaled Hand ' opened Ita s-nson In Februarv with a ok at the atadlaon squire gardea, Hear York city. 1 nd tlon made Its first trip tO the Paclfi e ast. where It was he principal musical f. ttnre Of the Midwinter fair for five we. Ks A quick return Journey

brought th- band back to the Madlsonaqut re garden tm iupptementarit s-sson f Rv Weeks The Manhattan Peach and

at inula envacrements followed, and

en I, .or thr, uirh the middle and

Bngtand states extended up to the middle of December. caaa'a "Manhattan Beach" and the "Mrectorate ' marches were ptayod for the flret time. 1895 42 Weeka of Concerts. Ti.e spring tesjt of "Sousa's Peerless Concert Hand." from March 8 to June 11. covered the middle, southern and middle western stabs thence through Canada aa far east as Halifax June 15 to Sept. 3. Manhattan Bsaeh; Sept. 4 to Oct 19. St. Louta exposition: Oct 21 to .Nov 3. DaOM, Tex state fair; thence through the South: Nov 18 to Dec. 15. Cotton State exposltlan. Atlanta. Oa . thence to New York King Cotton" march was nrst played at Atlanta 1896 35 Weeka of Concerts. After a rest of but three weeka ..a....... nand" resumed Its travels on

Jan I. making another complete tour of the fnlted States. Including tne Tarifln ooati June 13 to Sept 7. Manhattan Boack followed by v week In Newport City Sousa's opera. "K1 Capltan. was produced m the spring of this vear Tavld jgtakely. manager of the band, died auddenly Nov. 7 1897 40 Weeks of Concerts. Management reverted to Frank Chrlstlsner. for many years ssslstant to Mr. .......1.. ti,., tr.nr ore ned Iec H, iei.

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fnlted States. ana.m

June 19 to Ropi. .vianirnii tour Included first

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year .Name 01 nifmi......' w--'Su.sn and His Band " 189831 Weeks of Concerts. Jan r s March IT. concert tour of all ,h. t.rrlt .rv east of the Mississippi river The rgi.nizat.on WSS to have made Its nrst European tour but the outbreak of ,he Spanish-American war caused postponement. Orwnd festival tour o M patriotic musical spectacle The iroop. . f,r th. Color," with large chorus. Älerv. etc . April 12 to May 30. to unprecedented enthusiasm and enormous receipts. K.P. to n. Pittsburg expos ion

11 t, Oct SJ. !Sl I'.H!.

and

entire

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and tour back c,ew 1 . -"""-. " 4 SnusH's operas. "The Brlde-Klect and

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189936 Weeka of Concerts. Jan 16 to June 1. tour to California and return; June 17 to Sept 4. Manhattan Ttesch S. pt I to 19. Pittsburg exposition; Sept "0 bo tt first appearance at Indiana state fair Indianapolis; Sept. 25 to 30 and Oct .10 to Nov 4, Mattonal atxaort exposi

tion. Philadelphia; Oct 16 to .1. ...v

Boston Hand paraded tm seresss. y bend of the procession In honor of AJ-

n.lrnl DOWey, New Torn ny.

msrehes. "Hands Across me r

Man H. hind the Oun. nrst nearu 190030 Weeka of Concerts.

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Ten

DAVID B.AKELY.

eatlon of the wr 1 s fair buildings at Chicago with s'x wtka of concerta the following eprlng Kf-n the fair opened. It wss ths band of tl vild-Winter fair at an Frsn-lseo. the Hon States esposttloa st Atlanta, tr t'arla expoaitlon of lfcOO. ths Pan-Antsel exposition at Buffalo, tas National Export sxposlttoo at

SI to April 8: farewell concert. Metropolitan onera house. New York City. April II

sailed per f S M S St. Paul on nrst Kuropesn tour having been appolntedl ofnclal Am rlcan hand" at the Paris exposition, opened In Paris May 5. achieving enormous success; Kuropesn tour of fif

teen weeks, embracing principal cities or Krance Heigtum. Oermany nnö Holland; returned to New York Sept. 8: two week at Pittsburg exposition and two weeks at Merchants' and M.nvfstturere' tlon Bostna. iouaa'a march, Hall to the Spirit of Liberty." first ployed at

Paris. July 4. g(H47 Weeks of Concerts. Another grand transcontinental tour. Jan 3 to Mav M followed by first engagement at willow Grove park. Pa . Msy 26 to June 9. season of four week at Psngjgerteaa exposition. June 10 to July : return to Manhattan Bench. July 7 to Sept. 2: Pittsburg exposition. Sept 4 t IT Indian state fair. Sept. U to ! and return to New York: sailed Sept, 36 for sen nd Kuropesn tour of ten weeks in Orent Britain, opening St Royal Albert hall London Ort four week nt tho oiasgnw eshtbltlon anda complete tour or the British provincemrgraai concert hefore King Edwara VII and royal family. He,, l; Sous 1 deoafatsi with acndenilo palms by ffyench. ajlarament and Victorian Order bj King I dward VII. March. "Invincible E..kIc th' Souea musical ottering of the year. 190242 Weeka of Consorts. Winter toi.r commencing Jan. 11. ea tended throe si Iks Houth and mlddls Weat and ch vprl' eprlng tour of

imttnrtnnt no nd tansann ,owT

May It to ; - lnar firnv tlBi

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engagement gt Pit! , ?. 15. and t bietete fair. IM tou- to Psclfl aall for thlrc Sous' nw written for s mission to Ki

ngagement t Wil

li tn June IS: alxty-

. Ity. K. J . regular rg exposition. Sept. arnnce at Indlsaa 1, Sept. 17 and S; nd return, Deo. 1; n tour Doc. tt.

Imperial Bdwara,

ed by special d VII.