Rensselaer Republican, Volume 26, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 November 1893 — Page 2

TOPICS OF THESE TIMES.

THE ANDERSON FISH AND I GAME CLUB. I The little city of Anderson has an organization that should be imitated la every country town in the State of Indiana. It is styled the “Andersott Fish and Game Club,” and its avowed object is the enforcement of the fish and game laws of the State. Evidently its membership is made ■up of the right kind of materialmen whose patriotic zeal in behalf of the vanishing wealth of our streams and woodlands is not daunted by a false sentiment that would protect a wealthy offender while dealing out the full penalty of the law to less fortunate nimrods whose lack of worldly possessions might be the impelling cause that led to their offending. Proof of this has been recently furnished in the cases of no less a personage than Maj. Charles T. Doxey and Thos. Stillwell, wealthy and well-known citizens of Anderlaon, who felt that they must have “quail on toast" before the lawful date. So they went forth in all the glory of breech-loaders and canvas coats and shot a mess, and on their return were quietly escorted, at the instigation of the Fish and Game Club, to the office of a Justice of the peace, where they “paid the fiddler” to the extent of sls and costs, without protest. Mr. Doxey is a wellknown politician and business man. That he should be an offender against no wise a law is remarkable, but he is not alone by any means in this transgression. From all over the State come reports of “illegal and unmerciful slaughter of poor Bob White." It is a disgrace to the State, a shameful record. The only remedy is in just such organizations as the Anderson Fish and Game Club, that shall be actuated by the same fearless spirit of patriotism to deal with offenders harshly and summarily, and an improved public sentiment that will aid them in such action by a moral support, without which all efforts to preserve what little game is still left in our forests and streams must prove futile.

MORMON POLYGAMY. People have been lead to believe that polygamy among the M irmons of Utah has been practically eliminated if not altogether extinguished, and the sentiment that the Territory of Utah was entitled to admission as a State has rapidly gained ground since the arrest, conviction and imprisonment of prominent Mormon elders some years since for that offense. Rev. Samuel Wishard, superintendent' of the Presbyterian Home Mission of Utah, Montana, Idaho and Wyoming, in an interview in Indianapolis, last week, gave to the public some statements that lead to the conclusion that the crime of polygamy is still firmly rooted in the Mormon creed. He states that the law has for years been enforced only in the most flagrant cases. Not a single Mormon of the old faith has given up his belief in po’ygamy. The spirit of pei secution of other religious sects is only dormant and ready to break out on any pretext as opportunity may offer. The Mormon church is now, as it has always been, a political machine, operated very much like Tammany in New York. The conduct of the Mormon authorities has been such as to give the impression abroad that the church had officially abandoned polygamy, but all this, Mr. Wishard says, was done for effect, and all the objectionable characteristics of the Mormon faith are still adhered to with fanatical zeal.

PHOSPHATE FERTILIZERS. Artificial fertilizers have long been used in various parts of the United States, especially in the East. So important has the industry grown that new sources of supply have from time to time been opened to the market. Previous to 1841 the principal commercial fertilizer was bone dust, but in that year the guano deposits of the Peruvian islands were drawn upon for the first time and the demand for the com modity rapidly increased because of its superior solubility. The supply, however, proved inadequate, and in 1887 the phosphate industry of South Carolina was established. In Florida the phosphate mines were not opened until twenty-one years later. In 1891 the quauntity of phosphate produced in the United States was 757,133 tons. France in the year named produced 400,000 tons, and Belgium 200,000 tons. The phosphate is in good demand throughout the United States, and is considered especially valuable for the cotton crop of the South and the fruit crop throughout the country. South Carolina has twenty-three land mines and seven river mines; North Carolina has one land mine, while Florida has eighty-eight land mines and eighteen river mines. These statistics are gleaned from a

L l . ■ ■ i.r--special report of Carroll D. Wright, Commissioner of Labor, and from this document we learn that the quantity of this valuable fertilizer in sight in South Carolina is estimated at 14,000,600 tons, and at the present rate of production the visible supply will extend over twenty-eight years from 1891. Florida is credited with the enormous visible supply of 133,056,116 tons. The total average number of persons employed in this industry is estimated at 9,175, but this does not include the skilled labor employed in connection with the industry, for which no estimate is reported. A HOLY WAR The holy wars of past ages are matters of history. The crusades of Peter the Hermit and the later military movements of the Mahdi at Khartoum have all gone glimmering into the silence of the past. But fanaticism still survives and its erratic movements have broken forth on the very outskirts of civilization in exhibitions of desperate courage and deeds of heroism seldom witnessed unless inspired by hope of a future reward in the land beyond the shadows. The Spaniards at Mellila in Morocco have been amazed at the courage of the Moors in battle. Repeated and bloody repulse of the savage hordes of Northern Africa only seems to increase their valor and determination. Death has no terrors for them. • Led by their chiefs and holy men they marched to certain destruction. The reason for this extraordinary exhibition has been developed through the capture of Moorish prisoners, who have informed their captors that the Moors did not fear defeat or death, and that they were shielded by a supernatural power in their efforts to drive the Spanish invaders from their soil. Such fanaticism is marvelous in this day and enlightened age.

The Chilly Banker. Warmed Up.

Washington Post A well-known contractor walked into a bank in this city the other day to cash a check for S4O. The paying teller looked at the check a few minutes, then counted out S4OO, and handed it to the contractor, who although he noticed the error, s<*id not a word, but rolled up the bills and wadded them down into his pocket. This happened in the morning, and about 2 o’clock the some afternoon, before the officials of the bank had an opportunity to discover the error, the contractor walked into the office of the President of the bank. “Is this bank responsible for the errors of i’ts clerks?” he asked the President. “If it can be proved that any of our clerks have erred,” replied the President in a very chilly manner, “we will make fie correction.” “Well, nobody saw this error made but myself,” continued the contractor, “and my word ought to be sufficient proof, I think ” “lam sorry, sir,” said the bank President, “but we shall have to have additional proof. We require this in order to protect ourselves; that’s all.” “Very well, sir,” replied the contractor, rising to go, “I am sorry I cannot furnish what you demand. The error I referred to was the payment of S4OO for a check that called for only S4O; but, as no one saw me receive the extra S3OO, I suppose you will not want to correct the mistake. Good day, sir.” “Hold on! C.omeback!” shouted the bank President, who by this time was very wide awake to the abyss to which be had been led. The matter was soon adjusted satisfactorily, and now when any person reports an error at that bank the first question asked is: “In whose favor?"

Can You Gobble?

“I think I have discovered an error,” writes a correspondent of the Critic, “in ‘The Century Dictionary’, in the definition of ‘Turkey-call—an instrument producing a sound which resumbles the gobbling of the tur-key-cock, used as a decoy.’ I have hunted wild turkeys, and decoded many a strutting gobbler and foolish hen to death, but always bv imitating the ‘yelp’ of the female, and I have never seen a hunter who could imitate the ‘gobble.’ Perhaps Bettina. in ‘The Mascotte,’ might do it, but I have heard old hunters say it is an impossibility.” Bernhardt’s crazy lover, Benatre, has just died in an insane asylum. He was a minor official of the municpality of Paris, and became enamored of the actress from seeing her on the stage. Neglect of business and imploring letters resulted, but they did not affect her. He endured her contempt, however, until she married M. Damala. He then had to be taken to Bicetre and there he died, having never recovered from his hopeless passion. Mrs. Gladstone’s regular attendance at the House of Commons is said to be due less to her interest in the government of her country than to anxiety for her husband’s health. Unless she is on hand to see that he is properly muffled up when he leaves the House, the Grand Old Man is likely to return home invuffloiently wrapped.

FARMS AND FARMERS.

Poultry Pointer*. Chi cage Inter-Ocean The trouble usually met with upon large poultry farms is that the fowls run together in too large Socks. In this way oftentimes the fodS lS monopolized by the stronger birds to the exclusion of the weaker. Theoretically there is no reason why 1,000 hens*should not yield the same proportional profit as fifteen, yet in practice such has never been the result so far, from the simple cause that the conditions which surround the 1,000 are not so favorable as those affecting the fifteen. The care per individual is not equal when large numbers are kept. The hygienic influences are not so healthful. Crowding and lack of cleanliness are too frequently comcomitants of the large poultry farms. All that can be done, or is necessary to do, is to make conditions that prevail where large numbers of fowls are bred conform as closely as may be to those that exist with small flocks. Divide up the hens into colonies not exceeding twenty-five birds each. Then use each twenty-five lot of fowls as carefully and wisely as if but that number were owned. Abnormal Eggs—Large, doubleyolked or abnormal eggs are usually produced by hens that are too fat. Soft-shelled eggs are generally laid by hens in like obese condition. The remedy is to cut short the feed and force the fowls to take more exercise. Feed more wheat, bran and oats and less corn; mix grain with litter and oblige the hens to scratch vigorously to obtain the coveted kernels. Exercise is a great boon to all animal life and to no species is it more beneficial than to domestic poultry. Wheat for Food —Wheat is very cheap now, far cheaper for the nutrients contained than corn. Therefore let the poultry farmer put in a supply of 'wheat to Teed now as well as for winter use. Prices are destined soon to rise, it seems probable, so perhaps it would be a better investment of funds to place them in wheat than to lock them up in banks or stocks.

Change Drinking Water Often.— The water in the drinking vessels should be frequently changed this weather, as it soon becomes foul. It must not be left in the sun, but placed under some sort of shade. Trees should be plentifully scattered through the poultry runs, and beneath their branches the drinking water may be placed, so as to remain cool and fresh. Keep Chicken-house Clean —Decomposition is much more active in summer than in cooler weather. Therefore it is well to clean out the droppings quite often, and thus keep the fowlhouse sweet and wholesome for its occupants. Sprinkle dry earth or land plaster freely abou t to absorb moisture and poisonous gases. Separate Pullets and Cockerels. — Separate the pullets and cockerels. The latter are continually worrying and annoying the former, and by so doing run off their own flesh very fast. The surplus cockerels may as well be dressed and marketed at once. Prices generally rule higher now than later, so reckoning the expense of further keep, it is very doubtful if anything is gained by waiting. Food for Moulting Season. —The fowls have begun to moult. This is an exhaustive process, so extra feed and care are in order. Give an abundance of oats, bran, and wheat, and a small amount of linseed meal and sunflower seeds. The two last named are of an oily nature and assist the shedding and reproduction of feathers. M. S. Pebkins. Danvers, Mass.

Good Roads. The heavy part of the year’s work on the farm is nearly over, and the farmers can now feel like looking about to see what are the fruits of his labors. While he is getting over the hard service of the spring and summer, let him anticipate some things. The good road question is old and yet ever new. The time put in the foundations for good roads is in the less busy season. If there is a quarry near by the road to be improved and stone is to be the foundation for the road, the time is coming when that stone can be hauled and placed ready for the gravel. Let road commissioners be on the lookout for these matters. In some communities where there are gravel pits public-spirited owners of the gravel are glad to furnish that material if the town will make the foundations, and the farmers along the road to be improved will invariably, when the subject is properly presented, furnish the teams to haul the stone or gravel and put it on the road.

A favorite camping ground seven miles below Indianapolis. Ford has been abandoned since the construction of a bridge a mile below.

In regard to roads Hon. Edward Burroughs, President of the New Jersey Board of Agriculture, says: “Before the building ol vhe New Jersey turnpikes twenty-five baskets of potatoes were considered a fair load from the farm I now occupy tc i market. After the turnpike was built, fifty to sixty baskets were considered no more of a load than were the twenfy-fiye a few year§.previous. And now, since the stone road has ; been built, our load Is eighty-five or one hundred baskets; and during the | past winter our team has carted over ninety loads of manure from : Philadelphia, several of which I I weighed and found 6,869 and 7,300 fpounds clear of the wagon, which j weighed alone 2,200 pounds, a combined weight of 4i tons. Many of [ these loads were drawn from the city ,to the point of leaving the stone • road with only two horses, and the i result has been a saving of over SIOO ' in my manure bill.

Good Cowi Essential. It is still customary to place cream i in the old-time dash churn and work lon until the “butter comes,” which may require a Ions? or a short time, according to circumstances. It was well known to all farmers that the temperature must be “just right,” or there would be difficulty, and churning was more or less operated “in the dark” until some enterprising person conceived the idea of using a thermometer in the churn in order to know the correct temperature required, and also to regulate the churning accordingly. The tests of dairy cows at Chicago show that there is no temperature for churning that may be relied upon as “fixed.” At the oeginning i the temperature of the cream from i the milk of the Jersey cows varied from 44 to 52 degrees, that from the ' Guernseys varied from 42 to 46 dei grees, and that from the Shorthorns i from 40 to 44 degrees. At the endj ing of the week the cream from the ! Jersey herd varied from 51 to 58 de- ■ grees, that from the Guernseys from 47 to 54 degrees, and that from the Shorthorns from to 52 degrees. The average rise in temperature l during churning, of the Jersey cream, was 7.5 degrees, with an average of 6 degrees for the Guerni seys, and 4.5 degrees for the Shorthorns. The shortest time in churning Jersey cream was 60 minutes and the longest 120 minutes. The shortest time in churning the Guernsey cream was 50 minutes and the longest 130 minutes, while the shortest for the Shorthorns was 40 minutes ! and the longest 95 minutes. It will | be noticed »that the temperature of the cream varied during churning, : and that the time required for “mak- . ing the butter come” varied widelyj The three breeds varied greatly in ‘ the amount of cream contained in i the milk, and the individual cows of ■ the breeds differed also in quantity and qualitv of product. As no two cows are alike in any respect, and as the milk and butter differ not only in quality, but also in the time required for churning, no fixed rules can be settled upon in the matter of churning. All depends on the cow | herself, and the requirements in the herd. It is incumbent upon farmers, in the face of these tests, to give greater attention to the kind of cows i they use, for not only is the care and attention, as well as the feed, potent factors with the breed, but the labor of churning is also dependent on the cows more than on the kind of churn. Dairying is a science, and the more it is investigated the greater is it made apparent that the heaviest loss on the farm comes from the use of scrubcows.

Note*. Two New York women have asked Governor Flower for permission to wear garments of the sterner sex while engaged in farm labors. The pasture is the foundation of the dairy business in America, and must continue to be so for generations yet to come. To his pasture the dairyman must give his first attention in preparing to succeed. They need to be as rich as the nature of his land and bis means at command will allow. They should be seeded down to a large variety of grasses —grasses of different habits of growth, time of ripening seed, of good flavor, and nutritious. To the man just beginning to lay down his land to pasture, the one thing essential above all things else is a thorough preparation of the land. But there are but few now in the business who are just preparing to seed down; their pastures arealready set. To this class the one thing needful is regular top dressing with some well decomposed manures.

ON WHITE RIVER.

DOLLARHIDE'S FORD,

PICTURES OF MATABELES.

Types of the People "Who Have Just Had Some Bitter Experiences. New York Sun. The pictures of Matabeles that are printed here show types of a people whom the Zulus regard as degenerate because the Zulu blood of the Matabeles has been so largely mixed with that of tribes living far north of Zulu Land.

MATABELE WAREIOR.

Intermarriage with the mild and timid Mashona women and other slaves began to undermine the Matabele Zulu stock over a half century ago. Still the men do not seem to have grown less warlike. Even if their mothers were taken from tribes that dread war, the boys were taught from infancy to regard war as their trade and cowardice as a crime. The sons of Mashona mothers have stood up in the present war, to be shot down by the improved guns of their white enemies, as the Mashonas themselves never would have done.

MATABELE SORCERER.

The Matabele warrior, shown here, is a fine, specimen of physical manhood. On one arm is his bullhide shield, on which he catches, unharmed, the assegais or arrows of his enemies. In one hand he grasps two assegais, the weapon which the Zulus have made sb terribly effective at short range. In the other hand he holds a sort of knob kerry. It is a stone fastened securely to a handle. This rude weapon figures prominently in Matabele warfare. It is used both as a throwing and a striking weapon, and many a skull has been cracked, by it. One of the cable dispatches the other <say mentioned it as figuring in the present war.

MATABELE WOMAN.

Another picture shows one of the sorcerers or medicine men, a class of impostors who have great influence in Matabele Land. Even the intelligent old king always consults the medicine men when he engages in important enterprises. It has hitherto been perfectly safe to proclaim success for the Matabeles when they went on the war path, and you may be sure that before the Matabeles had the temerity to force a war upon the whites, a little while ago, the medicinemen had consulted their infallible omens and solemnly assured the king that he would wipe the hated British off the face of the earth.

MATABELE TRUMPETER.

The women in Matabele Land who are thought to be the handsomest are those who are fattest. The wives of the king and chief men are fed and cared for with' a particular view to rapid increase in advoirdupois.

WHO WIIX SCBUB THE DIRTY DOOS STEPS, BY AMD BYJ; In the years that swift are eostlaff In the ages yet to be When mankind are freed from error And from sin and sorrow free— And the longing, fretful yearning That to-day fills woman's eye Has fruition'! full rewardin?—” Who will scrub the dirty door steps In that glorious by and by. _ _ When the girls are all professors Of the stenographic art. And no more ztand as confessors To the tales from swelling heart— When the snowy fingers linger On the business caligraph And on fame's high roll of honor Woman fair shall fix her eye— Who shall scrub the dirty door steps In that glorious by and bv? When the feminine usu rj Have ascended to the nA And have cast the rightfu. prinoes Down, as outcasts far to roam— When fair woman fills man's station. Draws his pay, or works tor less. And deprives him of his ration Li aves him hopeless—in distress— When man's future thus is fettered And he 11 fail howo'er he try— Who will scrub the dirty door steps In that glorious by and by? Ah, the sad times that are coming. When proud man must humbly kneel And bo doctored or defended By a dame with heart of steel— When no more man holds the scepter Of the realm of law and love And the Past seems like a specter That has long >iuce pone above— When to fate and won a£s notions He yi Ids all without a sigh— Will he then scrub off the door steps In that awful by and by?

MISCELLANEOUS NOTES. There are paper teeth. , Calcutta has a snake laboratory. Russia leads the world in horses. The skin of a black fox is worth ♦I,OOO. No unvaccinated man is permitted to vote in Norway. At each breath a grown person inhales one pint of air. Mustard is added to the spurious champagne to imitate the sting of the genuine article. Worsted is so named from the place where it was extensively made, the parish of Worsted, Norfolk county, England. Savage, Sharp, Smart, formerly Smert, Witty, Cute and Quick were once complimentary titles added to the first names. Ivy growing on houses protects them from dampness, as the plant extracts every particle of moisture from wo id, brick or stone. Into the Chautauquan curriculum this season two new branches were introduced. One is the art of setting a table, and the other the art of letter-writing. The tail of the kangaroo is the fleshiest part of the animal. It is considered dainty food when boiled in its own skin, which afterward may be drawn off like a glove. Holland excels the world in its average yield of potatoes. That country produces 177 bushels to the acre; Italy comes next withl64;Germany, 121; France, 102; the United States, 76. Lightning struck a large oak tree near Salisbury, N. C., one night last week,and ripped the bark completely off the trunk, not a vestige of bark remaining for a distance of nearly ten yards.

A valise containing the manuscript of forty sermons was lost by an express company, and the owner, a Chicago clergyman, made claim for the value of the sermons and he received $417. When a bank fails in China the mrnagers and clerks are the chief sufferers. They have their heads taken off. In five hundred years there has not been a bank failure in that country. A Paris inventor believes that he can calm ocean waves around a vessel by spreading over them a thin cotton or silk net, made unsubmersible by being dipped in a certain chemical solution. Mark Twain's “Tom Sawyer Abroad” began in the November St. Nicholas. In this story, Tom Sawyer, Huchkleberry Finn,, and the negro Jim start on a long voyage in a flying-machine. The names of delinquent taxpay, ers in Saxony are conspicuously displayed in restaurants and saloonsand any person who serves them with food or drink are liable to have their licenses revoked. ‘ When once filled in, a Moslem grave is never reopened on any account. To remove the least chance of its being thus defiled a cypress tree is planted at every interment, so that the cemeteries resemble forests more than anything else. There are at present something like seventy thousand public gas jets in London, and their average power is that of sixteen candles —that is to say, the total is equal to 11,400,000. Were these all clustered together and placed at a bight of two thousand feet the resulting light could be seen for a distance of more than a hundred miles. •• J* / A curious mistake, which may re : suit in a suit for damages, occurred in New York a few days ago. A painter had been engaged by Mrs. Murphy to paint the door o* her house, but by accident the door of her next door neighbor was painted instead. The neighbor, who did not want his door painted, threatens tc sue for damages. “Jaggs is looking terribly blue. His wife is threatened with the lockjaw.” “Can’t the doctors cure her?" “Jerusalem, yes."