Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 74, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 May 1899 — Page 3

FARM AND GARDEN

Handy Wagon Jack. With this jack the heaviest load that can be put on a wagon can be lifted by one man, and thus, if a break occurs with a load on, it need not be unloaded to take a wheel off for repair. It is made with a lever In two joints (A and B), fastened together with straps of iron (0), in such a way that the part A works upon the straps C, which are firmly bolted to the long part of the lever (B) as a hinge. The foundation (D) is a 2x4 plank 6 feet long. At one end bolt on a 2x4 about 4 feet long (E), to prevent it upsetting. Bolt on the foundation, on each side, a 2x4 block (F) for a fulcrum. Bore a three-fourth inch hole through these blocks, 10 Inches from bottom, and also through lever just below the straps. An Iron pin through these holes makes the pivot Great weight sometimes rests on these blocks,

WAGON JACK.

no they should be bolted together at top with a block between. At the other end of foundation plank bolt on a 2x4 (G) so that the lever will work close to It, and bore three-fourth inch holes in G two inches apart Make a pin of hard wood to fit these holes, to hold the lever at any point desired. Make lever of tough wood; flatten where Iron straps are bolted on, and also Where it comes in contact with G. The top of lever (A) is placed under axle. If it •does not reach block up each end of E.—Ohio Farmer. Points About Growing Potatoes. The quantity of seed potatoes required for an acre will depend a great •deal upon the size of the potatoes and the size of the pieces each seed potato is cut into at planting time. As a general rule it requires from ten to twelve bushels planted in rows 3 feet apart and 18 Inches apart in the row. This is supposing that the potatoes are of medium size and are cut so that each piece will have two or three eyes. The land should be rich. Loam well fertilized with stable manure is as good as any soil that can be had. If the potatoes can be planted on clover sod, so much the better. Prairie sod can be well cut up into a mellow seed bed. Ordinarily the second year after breaking the prairie is better than the first Ground which had no crop last year and was covered with weeds will contain a great number of weed seeds and •*uch labor will be required to keep the potatoes clean.—Orange Judd Farmer. A Movable Fence. The illustration, from the American Agriculturist, shows a kind of fence panel with which either small or large yards can be made for pasturing pigs out of doors tn summer—a fence that can be taken up and moved to a new location when tt is desired to move the occupants of the pen to new ground. The posts of each panel of fence extend about twenty Inches below the lowest board, and are sharpened. If desired, hooks and staples can be placed on each end part, so that two panels can be hooked together at the corners. Un-

MOVABLE FENCE FOB PIGS.

less the ground Is very loose, causing the stakes to be insecure, this will, however, hardly be necessary. Handy Water Supply. I have a good wind pump on the north side of the house, about four yards away. It is over a good well which seldom, if ever, goes dry. The water is soft The water is forced through a two-inch piping up into the house tank, which is a large galvanized tank in the kitchen. It has a box frame over it and a large lid to cover it up. When the tank lacks just a few inches from running over in the house it begins to flow out at a standing pipe. It flows through piping under the ground to the cellar. It goes in at a piping to the milk trough. It flows to the lower end of the cement trough, and then when the trough is so full it begins to run out, but still leaves a certain' amount in the trough. After it leaves the cellar It flows through piping under the ground to the lower aide of the • hone lot, where It comes up in the large tank. There are two other tanks on the place that this same pump fills, watw, and you mJj before

cooks in the kitchen hare had a good supply of fresh water, for all the water pumped by the pump first went through the house tank, and It all had to flow through the milk trough, too, so it has been very useful already —the milk and butter are kept cool. Ws have it arranged handy for bathing. The water never gets warm on the house tank, for fresh water is constantly flowing through. The piping is below freezing point—Charles W. Lovelaw, in Practical Farmer. Waste on the Farm. Good management both on the farm and in the household demands that all source of waste be guarded against and that all by-products be utilized to the best advantage. ' That the kitchen and table waste are generally realized. Don’t waste your cold bread; and after each meal take the bread that is left, carefully cut off all the top crust, place these in some sour milk, same as you use for making bread, In time to become thoroughly soaked before making bread for another meal Then when you are ready to make your bread take one or two of the soaked biscuits, crumble them up and mix well with your dough, and your bread will be lighter, and it will not take as much lard as the ordinary way. Those that try it will be pleased with the result, for it Is a great saving and makes a nice delicious biscuit Don’t depend upon the top of your stove for anything. There is nothing like a good oven for-making nice preserves. There is little or no danger of scorching, and the long, slow cooking results in clear, delicious preserves. Don’t waste fuel by keeping fire when not necessary. While ironing on top, do your baking or preserving In the oven. Don’t let the cheese mold. Use it In preparing cooked dishes. Don’t neglect your household duties, but let each one of us make our duties as light as possible. Use judgment in our work. Learn to apply the old saying, “Let your brains save your heels.” To imagine some one else has an easier time than we do does not lighten our tasks, and only results in making us disagreeable and unhappy. Women should realize and with the realization accept the fact that their household duties are something to be taken up and carried on cheerfully and uncomplainingly, making the home hafipy and pleasant for all In it—Mrs. J. R. Brenton. Better Use of Cotton Seed. It seems almost incredible now that the old-time practice with Southern cotton planters was to pile all their cotton seed in heaps after it was separated from the cotton, and after it was rotted down it was used as manure. Now all the oil is pressed out of the cotton seed, and the meal is found to be an excellent feed for stock. This does not lose its material value, however, but probably makes it more effective, as the meal, after it has passed through the animal, can then be rotted down into a much stronger fertilizer than It could while in the seed. It is such economies as this in the use of all parts of the cotton plant that make it possible to grow cotton at much lower prices than anyone could have thought could be done in the old wasteful times.— American Cultivator. Rubber Shoes for Horses. While Improved roads enable a horse to draw a load with less exertion, the Bounding on the hard surface has <

RUBBER SHOE.

animal’s foot and yet a firmer one thaw the ordinary type of metal shoe. Thlf is done, further, without the use ol screws, which have the objection of soon becoming loosened by the constant hammering. The shoe proper, which is fastened to the hoof in the usual way, has an IncHned wall around the outer surface. Inside oT which a rim of rubber is placed which acts as the cushion. The latter is held firmly in place by a securing plate clamped to the shoe by three depending pins, one of which is supplied with a bolt This holds the three parts securely together. Rubber for this purpose is very durable, and lasts a long time, and when finally worn out can be readily replaced without any special knowledge of horseshoeing. The rubber gives a sure footing at all times, and on all characters of road, while such is not the Case with the metal shoe, for the latter sometimes becomes smooth, when a sheet of asphalt presents almost as dangerous a surface as one of inw. Superior Quality in Tobacco. The most Important requisite of the tobaco plant is potash. This can be told by anyone who has noticed the great proportion of ash which tobacco, whether in cigar or pipe, leaves after it has been burned. On the other hand nitrogenous manure, which makes a rampant growth of leaves, do not produce the finest quality. The leaves are thick and do not show the delicate texture of the leaf which indicates high qualities. Of course tobacco land needs to be rich, so as to make a large leaf, but to secure tobacco'that will burn freely there should always be an excess of potash in the soil. Stable manure is objectionable, not only because it generally lacks potash, but because in midsummer when ft beats tt furnishes such an excess o£ nitrogen .that the leaf is gorged with sap. A small amount of nitrate of potash on yjgrausagsag tt very superior quality.

rather serious effect on the joints of the animal’s leg, causing them frequently to go lame f from no other cause whatever. This is to be remedied by the.elastic tread shoe, which offers at all times a soft cushion for the

THE HOME OF TRUSTS.

FREE-TRADE ENGLAND THEIR FAVORITE SOIL. To Abolish Protection in the United States as a Means of Throttling the Combines Would Be Fatal to Many American Industries. * Under the caption, “The Growth of Monopoly in English Industry," H. W. Macrosty, in the “Contemporary Review,” furnishes some interesting information respecting trusts in Great Britain which deserves to be attentively studied by those misguided writers who assume that protection is responsible for the movement in the direction of Industrial combination so prevalent in this country at present Mr. Macrosty furnishes abundant evidence that the phenomena is not confined to protective countries, and shows that the movement is as farreaching in free trade England as in the United States. Speaking of the growth of combinations in the United Kingdom he says: “Single amalgamations, while not entirely excluding competition, control the screw, cotton, thread, salt, alkali and India rubber tire industries, In other cases a formal agreement of masters fixes prices; thus, in the hollow ware trade (metal utensils) prices are arranged by an informal ring of a dozen Birmingham firms. Similarly there is no open market in antimony, nickel, mercury, lead pipes, fish supply and petroleum. Steel and iron rails are controlled by an Enlish rail ring, which so manages matters that it is undersold by American, Belgian and German competitors. AU the largest firms in the newspaper-making indus-

A SPECTACLE FOR THE WHOLE COUNTRY.

—St. Paul Pioneer Press.

try have just consolidated their interests into one large combination. In the engineering trades twenty-four firms have a subscribed capital of £14,245,000. In 1897 Armstrong & Co. absorbed Whitworth & Co., raising their capital to £4,210,000 in the process. Vickers & Co., the armor plate manufacturers, are another example of a very large amalgamation. In the spring of 1897 they bought up the Naval •Construction and Armament Company, and later they acquired the Maxim-Nordenfeldt Guns and Ammunition Co. Now they boast of being the only firm capable of turning out 'a battle ship complete In every respect. The most noteworthy examples of combination, however, are to be found in the Birmingham staple trade and in the textile industries.” This condensation is supplemented by extended details showing that slowly but surely the British organizer Is bringing every possible plan of money making within the field of his operations, and that England is rapidly becoming the home of trusts. Here is his summing up: • “We thus see in British industry a steady movement toward combination and monopoly, a movement which is the natural outcome of competition, and therefore not capable of being prevented or undone by law.” The keen critic will not fail to note that this admission is fatal to the assumption that protection is responsible for the creation of trusts. If trusts are the natural outcome of competition, as Mr. Macrosty avers, then the evil cannot be attributed to a policy which has the effect of restraining the area of competition. We may add that this view, that competition is responsible for combinations, has found expression tn the works of such distinguished freetraders as J. Tborold Rogers, and that tt is only the “feather-weight” economists, fighting under the Cobden banner in this country, who have sought to fasten the responsibility for the evil on protection. Not only is protection not responsible for the trust evil, but it may be claimed that it offers the only remedy for its suppression. We venture to say that no protectionist will assent to <he proposition that combination is “not capable of being prevented or undone by law," but tt is natural enough for a free-trader to assume that the evil is irremediable, except by a resort to socialism, as Mr. Macrosty does In .. \ I

hls concluding sentence, in which he says: “Nevertheless, with the weapon of state control in hand, combination may be welcomed, and if control proves insufficient, state purchase and public administration remain behind.** Protectionists, accustomed as they are .to the idea of regulation, will not hesitate to resort to the most drastic measures if they find it necessary to do so in order to stamp out the evil. By carefuUy limiting the area of competition to their own country the statesmen of a protective nation can control trusts, but that will be found an impossible achievement in a free trade country, for the simple reason that the attempt to prohibit combination tn a land with wide-open trade doors wIU prove destructive to domestic industry.—San Francisco Chronicle. Fit Punishment for Atkinson. Don’t send Mr. Atkinson to Jail. Don’t accommodate him in that way. In this matter he isn’t worth feeding at the public expense.—Washington Star. The American punishment for such pubUc enemies is public contempt, as lasting as it is sincere, as earnest in spirit as it is humorously temperate in expression. No fine could be as heavy, no imprisonment could be as enduring. —New York Commercial Advertiser. Edward Atkinson and his crowd are trying to hide behind the Senate documents as a defense for their treasonable utterances. They imply that because certain things were read, or said, or permitted to go in the Record they are all right. That is begging the question. Some of the rankest treason ever heard tn this country has been uttered on the floor of Congress. That was so in 1860-’6l as well as in 1898-’99.—■ Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. Should it eventually be found neoes-

sary to admonish Mr. Edward Atkinson as to bls duty to his country by some form of punishment, it might be advisable to string him up by the thumbs with his toes just touching the floor while relays of talking machines grind out to him renditions of aU bls statistical essays and economical treatises. Thus would a long-suffering reading public be avenged for the millions of words and figures with which this prolific compiler has deluged the presses during the last forty yeara— Washington Star. _ Brigadier General Funston. The promotion of Colonel Frederick Funston, of the Kansas Volunteers, to be a brigadier general, will meet with the general approval of the people, who are bound to say that the President has done exactly right Colonel Funston is deserving of the honor that has been conferred upon him, for he has proved in a dozen engagements in the Philippine Islands that he is a fighter of great courage and a natural leader of men. Not only has be taken a conspicuous part in nearly all the battles, but he has distinguished himself by rare bravery upon special occasions.—Cleveland Leader. Brief Comment. OoL Bryan’s idea that “an idea, once turned loose in the world can never again be chained” is quite an idea. The last New York spread might have been appropriately labeled: “The man who is working the workingmen’s dinner.” The attempt to make President Mo Kinley appear as a usurper and dlo tator and as a sort of modern Caesar will probably not succeed. Most of the anti-expansion writers have lost temper and are tearing passion to tatters. This frequently-hap-pens under disappointment and a growing sense of being in the wrong. There have been traitors in all wars, says a contemporary. They have never yet prevented the rightful settlement of an American war, though they are more of a nuisance than if they fought their country openly. Admiral Dewey says that the government of Aguinaldo is a “severe military despotism.” It takes a man’s head off when be does not come to time. Who knows better, the professors in Mr. Rockefeller’s college In Chicago or Admiral Dewey in the Ptillippinfia ?

RECORD OF THE WEEK

INDIANA INCIDENTS TERSELY TOLD. Gm Explosion Startle* a Town—End of a Hpnnted House in Peru—Shot on Hie Own Doorstep- One Wreck Quickly Follows Another. A break in the main line of the Chicago Gas Pipe Line Company near Logansport caused an explosion which shook the city and startled the citizens from their homes. A flaw in an eight-inch main caused the explosion and threw dirt and rock high in the air. The gas continued to escape with a roar and rush that could be heard for miles around. The break was repaired after several hours’ hard work. Tears Down a Haunted House. Charles H. Brownell, one of Peru's wealthiest citizens, is tearing down a brick residence in the eastern part of the town because the belief prevails that the dwelling is haunted. He has vainly endeavored for several years to rent the property, but in every instance has gone up against the superstition, until in disgust he is tearing the building down and will use the brick in another structure. Second Wreck in Two Days. A wreck on the Bedford branch of the Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern branch was followed by a collision about six miles east of the main line, the wrecking crew which was at work on the branch being called there before getting its first wreck cleared. No lives were lost, the engineer and fireman jumping to save their lives. Called to His Door and Shot. John Boohr of Kokomo was fatally shot at his door the other night by George Chamberlin. The men had quarreled regarding Boohr’s wife, and Chamberlin, while intoxicated, went to the Boohr home and without saying a word fired a bullet into Boohr’s left breast, near the heart. He was arrested. Within Our Borderu. Alamo will have a horse show June- 3. Crawfordsville has organized a zouave company. Culver military academy will have new barracks. U. W. Breeden, Columbus, appointed County Clerk. Over 500 Lagrange County farmers have telephones. Anderson Telephone Company will put its wires under ground. Lebanon saloons will drop out the free lunch with each schooner. -James Davy, 65, Company O, Forty-sev-enth Indiana, Spiceland, dead. Unknown baby left on the doorstep of Thomas Abrams, Gwynneville. Mitchell district medical society meets at West Baden June 29 and 30. Building in Muncie has been suspended on account of»a hod carriers’ strike. W. T. Rusk, Waveland, found a Spanish coin, while plowing, dated 1775. Two glas splants have been added to Daleville within a week. Good gas supply. Seneca white lime company, Fostoria, with capital of SIOO,OOO, will be incorporated. Rev. J. W. Mellender, pioneer Methodist preacher, Glenwood, stricken with paralysis. Charles Adams, Muncie, found dead beside the Lake Erie tracks. Foul play suspected. McKinley has been invited to atteraLthe blue and gray reunion at Evansville, Oct. 11 to 18. Capt. Will Stott, Franklin, of the- 161st, wiH return to Cuba to manage a coffee plantation. Clubs in Louisville, Jeffersonville and New Albany have formed an anti-siang organization. .George C. McAuliffe, St. Louis insurance man, went violently insane on the streets of Bedford. William Hunt; Washington, shot hin> self in the food receptacle with a revolver that wasn’t loaded. Commissioners are having difficulty in districting their counties for the appointment of a county council. Benjamin Keelum, the colored man who rescued fifty-nine out of sixty-eight botses from a Logansport livery stable fire, is dead. Three tramp umbrella menders got into a scrap near Hartsdale, and Ed Wagner was stabbed seven times. The other two escaped. An average 12 per cent increase in wages has gone into effect at the Pittsburg plate glass works, Kokomo. It benefits 600 men. Franchises for an electric railway in Henry County from Knightstown to Greenfield, and from New Castle to Knightstown, granted. A new gas well drilled at Kokomo, the first in eight years, was a failure. Gas men claimed that if a field is rested a few years it can again be worked. This well was a test. At Elkhart, Mrs. James Allen Cook has begun an action against her father-in-law, John Cook, for $50,000 damages for alienating the affections of her husband, who is now in Fargo, N. D M for the purpose of obtaining a divorce. The death of Miss Rosa Storker In Evansville is said to have been due to excessive cake walking. The young woman was regarded as one of the most graceful cake walkers in the city and spent almost every night in the pastime. Thomas J. Murphy and wife, Hartford City, agreed to divide the property and children, he to take the two older ones, and she to retain the 11-monthsold baby. Later Murphy disagreed with this agreement and, kidnaping the baby, hied out with all three. The mother is wild with grief. » , Miss Blanche Riggs, Rushville, went to Indianapolis to visit her aunt. Guy Abercrombie went to attend a theatrical entertainment. The old folks were notified after the ceremony. A bottle found in the Ohio rivet contained a note written by William Casey, saying that he intended to drown himself because of his poverty. The note was dated Dec. 29,1882. Patrolman Jacob Kiefer. Evansville, at- I tempted to arrest two negroes and was I b tta k« Wl d y cT A 1 their With

WASHINGTON GOSSIP

Later developments in the arrest of M dangerous gang of counterfeiters at Phil*delphia and Lancaster by officers the direction of Chief Wilkie of the secnß||| tervice show that the gang was abort put into operation one of the boldest aMHgI most daring schemes ever contemplated by criminals. The plan was to manofac- MM ture $10,000,000 in S2O, S3O and SIOO MM notes. Jacobs, the leader, worked OU theory that every man could be purcbSMK| ed, and it was his intention after making this large amount of money to buy a tBWM ceiving teller in a subtreasury, deposit counterfeits in sums of not less than 000, take a certificate of deposit, draw against them, receiving genninejsM money in return. This daring scheme W«iMH being worked out, and when Mr. WilkieMM and his assistants interrupted it found a SSO plate completed which waijMM even better than the plate from which tiMHH SIOO counterfeits were printed and whichfEl baffled the skill of experts. These men had the machinery for making paper|M| which is almost an exact counterpart of MH that used by the Government. It is mated by the commissioner of internalMH revenue that the Government lost about MM $240,000 as a result of the work of Counts '; 1 terfeiter Jacobs and his gang. Four mM wornout plates were found in the possea-HM »ion of these men, each of which is capablgM of printing 40,000 sheets of ten stamaJMl each. This made 1.600,000 stamps, of which could be used for stamping a bogM|| containing fifty cigars, making 80,000,000®'-.‘ which have perhaps been sold under terfeit stamps at $1 per thousand less thauM. 3 the market price, thus making a tremanfl dous profit since they escaped paying revenue tax of $3.65 per thousand. aH The payment of the $20,000,000 Spain in return for the Philippines coimH|| pletes the sixth great land purchase wl|| which the United States has been a parts|jM|| Just ninety-six years ago President Jrt-fflH ferson began the thrifty practice by pajfiHH ing $15,000,000 for Louisiana, thus motyS...* than doubling the national domain. assuming claims of American citizowK against Spain to the amount of $5,000,000 ■ President Monroe secured Florida, and a part of the same deal Spain relinqmahafli S all claim to territory north of CaliforaiilH President Polk gave $18,250,000 for NeU®'--'-’ Mexico and California in 1848 and in 1858f|i| President Pierce paid $10,000,000 for thatHpart of Arizona and New Mexico south the Gila river. President Johnson $7,200,000 for Alaska in 1867. In assailing the national debt of Hawaii the ed States has practically paid cash <o|9|| those islands. Porto Rico is the only poariK& session which has not been directly pUgjMp chased. The Department of Agriculture has ett-| couraging reports as to the condition « i winter grain in Europe. From points in Russia there have been MwJI plaints of insufficient rainfall, but on .thgjMig whole the condition of the wheat crop i*ff & represented as being satisfactory. Geml’Oj many appears to be the only country in Europe where there is a doutifl as to the condition of the cereal cropaM | There considerable damage seems to havi® •'.'i been done and the crop may be short Tbra outlook for India is for considerably than a normal crop. The harvesting 1899 is practically concluded in IndiaA! The Department of Agriculture to the apparent authenticity of an esti-li ' mate of 70,000,000 bushels of wheat fo|9 Argentina, of which between 45.000.00WaHj and 55,000,000 bushels will be available | for export. ;M| Up to June 30, 1898, the had expended $2,610,921 in printing th*fl official records of the Union and erate armies, and it is estimated by PugHS lie Printer Palmer that before the wofllMfej is completed the total expenditure wHMt probably exceed $3,000,000. Thia it flaw 000,000 more than the total amount preprinted by Congress for the of a new Government printing office, worfiMjH on which will begin within a few fiayatilM The “Rebellion Records,” as the work IjM called, is probably the most publication ever attempted, the comprising 111 volumes, averaging I,OOQM pages each, and the final edition will fl* 1,298,700 separate volumes. The first copy M was sent to the public printer Aug. 1880, and it is doubtful if the work wfflM||| be entirely completed by the same draHS next year. President McKinley is becoming as veterate a smoker as Gen. U. S. To this is attributed the development (gM his nervous condition. The Presideaj-BM smokes almost continuously from the tinketb-w he goes into his office in the morning atl 9 o’clock until he retires, about During the reception of official callers tflgK President smokes. At the cabinet mat® '<l ings smoking is also indulged in, ano9 whenever the door of the cabinet room WTM opened to admit a visitor a blue haze oraS| tobacco smoke is visible. The is a believer in the theory that tohacaiMM smoke is efficacious in stopping the gic pains from which he had been a I er for the last few months. ’ |||| Comptroller Dawes has announced thiM'result of his call issued April 5, Whi«l shows the condition of the 3,583 natianaitWl banks in the United States. An abstract of the reports which come from the 3,581 national banks of the country, briefly giw| ■:< en, shows the total resources to be 63&.138.160. loans and discounts ing to $2,403,410,895, and reserve of law®<C ful money $494,217,975, of which the goMffi<-i holdings were $133,190,652. The depositgM aggregated and the age of the reserve held is shown to been 30.89 per cent. The expenditures of the Government the last ten months were against $313,763,882 in the ten months ended April 30, 1897. X The