Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 92, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 July 1899 — Page 3

AGRICULTURAL

Making Hay. In making hay it is always best to begin a few days before the meadow is ‘quite ready to cut. The loss from cutting a week too soon is not to be compared with the loss arising from cut- . ting a week too late. There Is a difference between dried grass and hay made from matured grass, but If the stock is allowed to choose they will take the dried grass. If we do not begin to make hay until it is just right, bad weather or bther untoward circumstances may cause delays that will afford the grass time to get too ripe, and once this happens it is impossible to make good hay of it. There will be a very little clover hay in the West this year, and the main dependence must be on timothy and hay. Timothy cutting should begin by the time the blossoms fall from the heads. We prefer to begin cutting as soon as the dew is off in the morning. If the weather is fair this is left until the next day, when it is raked and allowed to lie in the windrow an hour or two and is then piled into well-built cocks, where it can stand until the next day, or two or three days, if necessary. In these cocks it begins to sweat, and pitching the hay on the wagon and off into the mow airs it out in a way that causes it to cure perfectly in the mow, coming out a bright green and smelling as sweet as new-mown hay. The use of a hay loader hastens the work of havmakinc, but is not oon-

walk on the Washing-1 W. Sjin front of the post, just below the surface of the ground, Is imbedded a long log, or stick of timber. It will be seen at a glance what enormous resisting power these sticks afford the post. The second cut shows how a wire fence may be held taut by carrying the wires from the bottom of the first post up to their several positions on the second post. Short sections of wire are then put between the first and second posts in the position of the dotted lines. This plan causes all the “pull”

on the wires to be exerted on the base of the first post—a position that does not admit of much yielding. Either of these plans will be found of value when building a barbed or smooth wire fence.—New York Tribune. Buff Turkeys. I have raised buff turkeys for three years, and I will say that as a practical farm bird they have no equal in any turkeys that I have ever raised, says a writer In Michigan Farmer. The rich buff does not show dirt as white does, and they are a larger bird than the White Holland; are just aa easy to raise, and do not slay around the bam so close that they do not thrive unless fed all summer, b;:t are between the bronze and White Holland. Never go to the neighbors, but still get a good living in the fields. Then the bronze are so fond of roaming; you never know where the hen is. She lays all over the farm, and visits the fanners all around. And in regard to extra size. I will say that by Christmas my buffs will weigh as much as bronzes, and be fat and fine, while the bronze tom is all lean and lank till the middle of February, and, In fact, at that time the market quotes heavy toms 2 cents per pound less than hens or light toms. Races of Rees. First swarms often fill up their hive In a short time and swarm again; these tie the same as other first swarms and Afmfsin the old queen, being her second

dition as the one formerly left, having queen cells, and second swarms may Issue If the cells are left to mature. The amount of storage room given a colony has much to do in governing swarms, and if the bees are kept confined in the brood chamber of hive exclusively they will swarm more readily than if they have unlimited room to store honey. Some races of bees are more inclined to swarm than others, and even some colonies of the same race are also more Inclined to swarm than other colonies. Th£ Italian bees swarm more than the native black bees, and still other varieties are more persistent in this respect. The Cyprian bees are inveterate swarmers, and will frequently swarm with scarcely any honey in the hive. The Cyprians are very prolific breeders and will produce double the number of young queens that other varieties do at swarming time.—Ex. Another Use for Potash, A writer in Vick’s Monthly says-. I have been using potash, or conceqtrated lye, in a new way lately—at least new to me. I have been using it as an insecticide and have found it most effective, especially for house paints. I use the pulverized sort, put up in small tin boxes. I dissolve two tablespoonfuls of this in three gallons of water and spray the plants thoroughly with the solution. I have never known it to injure even the most delicate plants, and for the greater number it could be used much stronger. For the mealy bug, aphis, red spider and almost all insects infesting plants it is sure death. The use of the potash also keeps the leaves bright and clean, and is useful to remove the black scum which sometimes gathers on the leaves of greenhouse plants. It also acts as a fertilizer, making the plants more vigorous and florlferous. As a spray or wash for fruit trees it is of great value. Trees thoroughly sprayed with a strong solution of potash, applied before the leaves start, will not be troubled with the San .Tose scale.

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Ventilating Farm Buildings. Too little attention is paid to the proper ventilation of farm buildings in summer. To put horses Into a stable where there is no circulation of air and have them come out all wet' with sweat is harder on them than the work they do. Basement stables as a rule are more poorly ventilated than stables above ground, for the reason that there is little chance for air to circulate as only one end of the stable allows air to come in. A cellar stable that is damp and musty does not furnish pure, air for stock and they should not be kept In such a place long at a time. Stables should.be as dark as possible to keep flies from bothering the horses at this time of the year. An animal rests but little at noon or out of harness if it has to keep up a continual switching and stamping to keep the flies from eating It up.

To Rid the Barn of Rata. Take a tight barrel or keg, fill it a foot or so deep with water, tie a stout paper over the barrel and place any bait that will attract them to the place. Place board from floor to top of barrel, let them have free access to bait for a few nights, then cut across It in middle of paper large enough to admit a rat; then suspend a broiled meat, skin, pota»to, or any bait, by a string to within one or two Inches of center of cross. In attempting to get bait the rat wiH fall through and be drowned. To get rid of cut worms, take pieces of newspaper six Inches square, cut slit to center and slip around plants and place dirt or pebbles on corners to hold them down.—Exchange.

Time for Towing Turnips. While occasionally, under favorable conditions, a good crop of turnips may be grown by sowing as late as the middle of August, generally the best results will be secured by sowing not later than the middle of July. Have the soil In a good tilth and reasonably.rich, so that the plants may get a good start to grow before the weather gets too hot and dry. One advantage with turnips is that if they can not be eaten or sold to as advantage they can always be fed to stock profitably.* Government Hog Cholera Remedy. Department of Agriculture’s remedy for the cure off hog cholera: Pulverize and mix thoroughly: One part wood charcoal. One part sulphur. Two parts sodium chloride (salt). Two parts sodium bicarbonate (soda). Two parts sodium hyposulphite. One part sodium sulphate. One part antimony sulphide. ' Dose, one tablespoonful for each 200 pounds weight of hog once a day. Chicken Had Pockets. It was the first time Stewart had seen any very small chickens, and he did not understand that the smooth patches on the sides were wings. When one of the chicks tried to spread bis wings Stewart cried: “See, he’s opening his pockets and there isn’t anything in them.”—Exchange. Russia, with a population of 127,000,000, has only 18,334 physicians. The United States, with about 70,000,000, has 120.000. We should remember that the God of providence it the God of love and if*

CHICAGOAN A FUGITIVE. School Board Secretary Graham la ' About 934,000 short After five years of service as clerk, secretary and school agent for the Chicago Board of Education, W. A. S. Graham has proved faithless to his trust and fled the city, a confessed defaulter. His shortage is believed to amount to $34,500, although in a statement left behind he eltimates it at $23,000. In his flight he left behind to suffer for his misdeeds his wife and three little children. To cover his shortage he left a schedule of his real property in Chicago and Evanston, estimated by himself to be worth $25,000, and which he wished turned over to the School Board or the surety company which was on his bond. With the schedule was a confession of his guilt. The last trace of Graham was his appearance in New Orleans less than a week ago, accompanied by his wife and three children. This was the initial step in his flight, the family having hurried to the Southern city while Graham’s friends thought he was touring westward in search of rest and quiet. It was his intention to keep his family together, but the illness of Mrs. Graham and her baby precluded this and the family returned to Chicago after Graham had written a complete confession, turning over all his property for the benefit of the school fund that had suffered from his peculation and had worded a faltering declaration that he hoped to live to undo the wrong he had accomplished. This done, the defaulter departed. Where he went or what his intentions for the future are no one knows, but the surety companies that are upon his bond and will have to make good the shortage are hot on his trail.

BIG STRIKE SPREADS.

New York Traction Employes Quit Work in Bympathy. Wednesday brought two startling sensations into the great New York traction strike. Brooklyn strikers or their sympathizers destroyed a part of the Fifth avenue elevated road with dynamite, and about half the men on the Second"avenu« line of the Metropolitan system in New York City struck in sympathy with the Brooklyn strikers. The strike on the Metropolitan system was not authorized by the leaders. Some of the more enthusiastic men who attended the Cooper Union meeting got together and decided that the only thing to do was to strike. They formed themselves into a committee and went to the Second avenue car stables early in the morning and asked the men to come out. Every car was stopped as it reached the stables, and each man on the car was asked to quit work. The strike spread to the Sixth avenue line of the Metropolitan company, where a number of motormen quit work. The conductors refused to strike. General Master Workman John M. Parsons of the Knights of Labor, who presided at the meeting in Cooper Union, did not want the men to strike. There were disturbances at several places and four men were arrested. It was said that those who were trying to get the men out were discharged employes. During a conference the men told Mr. Parsons that this was only the gtart of a general strike of all employes of the Metropolitan Railway system. At Cleveland, Ohio, the most serious violence since the street railroad strike was renewed was the blowing up of a switch with dynamite and the burning of a small office and waiting room at Murray Hill Tuesday evening. No one was injured. No clew to the dynamiters could be found.

RECRUITING IS UNEQUAL.

It Need Not Be Confined, However, Within State Limits. The fact that some regiments are being recruited so much more rapidly than others—the Thirty-first, Fort Thomas, for instance, had nearly 600 men, while the Thirty-fifth, Vancouver Barracks, had but about twenty-five—has been the cause of many inquiries directed to the Adjutant General. The people want to know whether the regiment must he recruited within the State limits originally set forth, or whether the recruiting in the more populous districts will be kept up with a view of furnishing recruits for regiments which have not been so successful, even after the quota for the regiment shall have been obtained. The Adjutant General says that the latter will be the case, and that recruiting will continue everywhere until the total number requisite for the ten new regiments has been raised.

CHINAMEN ARE CANNIBALS.

So Say Laborers at Work on Mexican Central <■ allway. Near Tampico. San Antonio, Texas, advices state that great excitement prevails in the seaport of Tampico, Mexico, over a brutal act of cannibalism which was committed by some of the laborers on the Mexican Central Rajlroad near Tampico Saturday last. The Chinamen who were recently imported to work on the railroad are charged with having murdered a female Mexican child and are said to have eaten its flesh. The child was the daughter of a Mexican section foreman. The affair has incensed the Mexicans against the Chinese, and the celestials are flocking into the city for protection. It is reported that the Mexican rurales have arrested the criminals.

'MID FLAMES AND DEBRIS.

Burning Hotel Collapses, Hurling Firemen Into the Ruins. While Milwaukee firemen were swarming up the walls and over the roof of the burning Hotel Grace, the structure suddenly collapsed and twenty firemen were precipitated into the ruins. Of this number one is dead, eleven are in hospitals and several are so badly injured there is little chtfnce for their recovery. Abont twenty other firemen narrowly escaped being carried down, but saved themselves by jumping from the south wall to an ad« joining building.

HOSPITAL STORES FOUND.

Boxes Intended for Porto Bico Tarn Up at Manila. On Sept. 5 last the ladies of the Army and Navy League of Portsmouth, Ohio, sent to Company H of the Fourth Ohio, then in Porto Rico, two large boxes of hospital stores and other supplies. In the boxes were also some private packages. The boxes never reached the Portsmouth company. A letter from the physician in charge of the hospital ship Relief, now at Manila, says the boxes were found and all except <4e private packages will be used.

SAD SEARCH FOR UNKNOWN PARENTS.

—Philadelphia Press.

REQUESTED NO GIFT OF GOLD.

The fact that the United States has been able to pay the Spanish people $20,000,000 for a deed to the Philippines without withdrawing a single piece of gold from the National Treasury is a great source of pride to the Republican party, for this fact alone demonstrates that so long as the finances of the nation are in the hands of the Republicans our credit is safe, and there is no doubt of our ability to maintain the gold basis. The millions paid Spain were paid on a basis of foreign exchange, our favorable balance as a trader being sufficient for the payment of this sum several times over, and the immense amount was paid without creating the slightest ripple in our financial circles. If the Republican party could always remain in power there would be little need for further tinkering with the money laws, anu the manner in which we have maintained our gold basis and our credit through a year’s war is ample testimony that our finances are sound. We have good sound money now and we must maintain its reputation forever. There are a few reforms that would benefit our system of finance, perhaps, but we want no political experiments with the money of the people of the United States, nor any tinkering therewith. The people -of the United States had a sad experience with the tariff tinkerers, who pushed the nation back ten years in its march of progress, and they will not permit any more tinkering with the money. Make the changes that will tend to strengthen our credit and fortify the gold basis* but no tinkering with the single standard.—Des Moines (Iowa) State Register. Haw We Get Cheap Money. The correspondent of the London Statist, writing from the West, in summing up a general review of the financial situation in that section, said: “Broadly, therefore, I look for cheap money, and the greater prosperity which is now being felt by almost all classes of the community to still further stimulate trade, for the railways to obtain large traffics and large profits, and for prices of securities to remain high.” “Cheap money” was what the West clamored for during the campaign of 1896. The free silverites believed that the way to get cheap money was to have “open mints” for the free coinage of silver. Their wiser brothers, while many of them believed in “open mints,” too, yet agreed with President McKinley thpt the best way to get cheap money—that is, money which would be easily gotten by the mass of the people, money which could be hired at a low rate of interest, was to open the mills for the fullest and freest employment of American workingmen, and thus to put in circulation the great amount of money lying Idle In the country, and, by the sale of American products abroad, to attract foreign money into the country. We have the open mills, thanks to the Dingley law, and we have money which, whether “cheap” or not—for “cheapness” depends on how one defines the word—is quite plentiful enough to make the people of the West as well as the people of all other sections of the country prosperous. That is the main thing, and that is the great thing.

Destroy the Destroyer. As a check to prosperity war cannot hold a candle to the Democratic party. It is the most successful prosperity destroyer the nation has ever known, but it will not have an opportunity to do any more damage along that line within the next quarter of a century. The people have it within their power to destroy the great prosperity destroyer. They gave it a severe set-back in 1896 and will complete the job In 1900. Springfield (Mo.) Republican. Mere Howling Won’t Do. Mr. Bryan is against trusts, but be hasn’t said yet wbat he would do to throttle them were he elected President And It may be necessary for him to outline a policy before the people place their undivided confidence in his ability. Mere howling isn’t popular any more. The voters are too busy with the new McKinley prosperity to listen to declamation.—Sioux Falls (S. D.) Argus-Leader. Cobden Idol* in Danger. The London Daily Mail, which claims to have the largest circulation of any English newspaper, w armly advocates the imposition of sugar duties for the benefit of the British West Indies, and f*

other English newspapers urge the granting of a preferential tariff to the colonies. The interesting part of this is that notwithstanding that the adoption of either plan would be a wide departure from the policy of free trade no such opposition as might have been expected has been aroused. England’s Cobden idols are In great danger of partial, if not total, demolition. Trade Gates Swing Outward. The fiscal year of 1898 was the banner year of the foreign trade of the United States, our exports being the largest ever recorded for a like period and our Imports exceptionally small.— Washington dispatch, in Detroit Free Press. The Free Press is one of those pa pers that want free trade so as to reach out. for the “markets of the world.” Ex-President Harrison said, “The gates of Castle Garden swing inward, never outward.” The gateways of trade seem to be different and, under our protective policy, swing outward, seldom inward.—Paw Paw (Mich.) True Northerner. An Agreeable Surprise. The wave of prosperity that struck this country with the Induction into office of President McKinley, and which has grown to mammoth proportions since, has not only had a beneficent influence upon our workingmen, but upon our working women as well. The latest instance where the latter have been benefited is the increase of 10 per cent, in the wags of 300 women In the employ of the United States Wrapper Company of Terre Haute, Ind., last Tuesday. The raise was a surprise, but nevertheless appreciated. —Clayton (Mo.) Watchman.

Better Make It Unanimous. . The nomination and re-election of President McKinley is assured, and If there be any other Republican who cherished hopes that lightning might strike him he may as well take in his lightning rod at once and Join the McKinley procession. Next year is going to be a McKinley year that will far eclipse 1896, and there will be so little oposltion to the President that he will be practically elected unanimously. The leaders are for him, and the rank and file have always been for him, and what more could he ask of the American people?—Harrisburg (Pa.) Telegraph.

A Verjr Futile lan ne. Absolutely the only subject left in sight for the Democrats to howl abont is trusts. The tariff issue has been dead with them for several years, returned prosperity has wiped out the financial issue, and Aguinaldo’s flight or suppression will soon make imperialism a back number, so that at present nothing seems more available than the trusts. When it comes to logical discussion of the subject it will be seen how lltle, how very little, of an issue the Democrats can make out of trusts. —Oswego (N. Y.) Times. A National Policy. The tariff should not be made a matter of politics in any case. The Republican theory has been found by practical experience to be the best for the country, and it should now be adopted as a national policy, irrespective of party and politics—Peoria (111-) Journal. AMnraace of Stability. The assurance that McKinley and Hobart will be renominated gives stability to business. There will be no attacks upon the business or finances of the people for more than fot* years.-* Jersey City (N. J.) Journal. Hoist with His Own Petard.

RECORD OF THE WEEK

INDIANA INCIDENTS TERS£la| Attempts to Kill His Fasib-Tcfl Woman Drinks Phosphorus Pointing —Fort Wayne Street Sallwaj’to ■ Sold —Epworth LeagueLectsnTriil 'r James B. Crosby, a wealthy manual turer of Marion, attempted to shobjjfHi wife and family. Mr. and Mrs. Cm 3 had domestic trouble and January. Previous to the separaJß Crosby had transferred to bis wife StS* in the Crosby paper mills and the Ma|fl strawboard mills, which are both otgj by him, that he might better tight 9 American Strawboard trust. feating the trust he demanded the iet9 of his stock, but his wife refused to iB render it. He visited his wife’s n w hile she and her six children were ijm ing their dinner and again demanded 9 stock. She refused, and be pointeqn revolver at ber and palled the trqcjß The cartridge failed to explode and* tried the second. Mrs. Crosby ran fnl the house. A son about 18 years oldjß tempted to strike his father with a chs9 and the father attempted to shoot hfifl but the revolver was a center fire andll cartridges were rim fire, preventtflfjH tragedy. Wiah for Death Gratified. Jjj Miss Emma McCarty, the Rasbvjn young woman who a few days ago b|l a dose of water in which match had been soaked for two weeks, for purpose of killing herself, had her wm gratified. She died of soning after suffering terrible agoaH Miss McCarty opposed the marriagjj her father, John McCarty, to his nUM Miss Katie Cohee, who Is thirty yearsj junior. The girl decided on self-deatjM tion. ‘1 Btreet Railway to Be fold. j j A decree was handed down in the G| cuit Court of Allen County for the JH of the Fort Wayne Consolidated StH Railway and its holdings to satislH mortgage to the Guaranty Trust u 9 pany of New York for $724,829 aigflj mortgage to the Guardian Trust UH pany of Cleveland for $2,085,821. JoH claims and attorneys’ fees aggM^m Lecturers’ Trust la Victor. •! J The Indiana lecture field has been nered as by a trust by the Ep«i|H League, which has tied up the egS eastern section by entering all dti&jtM importance into an agreement againseH lecture bureaus. While the leaguejH aot book all of its own attractions, It 9 mands a 25 to 50 per cent last year’s prices from the bureaus, J I Engineer Mysteriously KilledJSi W. W. Howard, a Lake Shore enfl neer, left his train at Pine StatiohdH failing to return, the fireman weo|H search and found him dead besid||H| track with a deep gash in his head, jH posed to have been caused by a coupM pin. The murder is as yet a mysteiSM 1 1 ——— Within Our Borders. 9 Evansville has registered a kick seiners. ’.9 Indiana Adventists meet near EIM|H .Mrs. Della Holler, Saltillo, tired of® toot strychnine. 9 J. E. Hall, Anderson, sneezed shoulder out of place. * |9 9 J. L. Aroson passed a forged $72.70 on a Valparaiso bank. 9 Sylvester Freeze can’t run a salooiSj Centerville, the people declare. 3 9 William Bridgett’s baby was sms9| by a kissing bug at Hagerstown. J 9 John Brown, 28, Paoli, killed ing in a drunken sleep on the Girl baby born to Ed Davis andliH Travisville, weighs a pound and a htfH Not a “drap” bf firewater is Ck'verdale, not even for medical fnmH[ B. & O. S. W. railroad tracks in Rl County torn up by a baby cydoM^9 cloud burst. |9 Brazil miners want their pay *9| week, and are going to make the afll tors crack down. |9 It is estimated that Wabash farmers will make from $75 to SU|9E acre on tomatoes. WM Opening of DePauw University |w9h postponed until Sept. 27 on account Methodist conference. 99 Goods that were swiped from * <9§l Munc-ie during the Elks’ carairw9H found under a culvert. 99 A demented Shelbyville boy hag9|| firing buildings and turning in al&nfjHl to see the department run. |9| Body of Breidenstein, Fort J|99 who disappeared a few days ago9|9 found in the canal. Supposed snidtflflf Christian Church of Indiana has b9|| assembly grounds at MaxinkucknHH will later establish a thcologi«lfii(9|9 nary. 99 William Wilsey, Fort Wayne,.jigHH divorce because his wife smasbe<99 with kitchen utensils and dow)dH9 with a bucket of slop. 99 Hugh McMahan, a Vincennes stIJHIE motorman, was shot and fatally weMSm by Peter Saeger, who mistook hiigiHjfl burglar trying to break into the haH9 Albert Wheeler, a mail carrier, wbmßm next door. 99j Miss Anna Mack, aged 17, d*fl9 of the proprietor of the St. JaffiiiM|||f at Pana, UL, who eloped With H E. Peek, a traveling salesman, § j his arrest in Anderson for a bicycle from a Munc-ie dealer. "1 Frank Leech of Arlington had lu9||| cut by the fins of a black bass Jb9 handling. Blood poisoning develop® the arm was amputated in saving his life. The effort however, and Leech died in greats Martin Crnpp was bitten on in three places, the hamstring 99§lf tally severed, during a tight at near Sodom. Death from gangren* -"j ticipated. 'll HI