Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 97, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 August 1899 — Page 3

FARM AND GARDEN

How to Barrel Apples.

There are manufactured barreling presses on the market, but the homemade affair shown In the picture will do as good work, and In some points will do It more conveniently than the commercial press. .A blacksmith, with a few moments’ work, will bend a •tout Iron rod Into the shape shown, the rod passing down one side of the barrel, across under It and up the other •ide, the upper ends being bent as shown. A long lever of wood Is slipped Into the loop and just the right thickness of blocks placed beneath It to spring the cover down Into place. Now draw the lever under the Up of the rod

FOR BARREELING APPLES.

son the other aide, and the whole will remain in place until the head is nailed in. Both ends of the rod should project the same distance above the upupper edge of the barrel. i ———————— The Dinner Horn. I love all the sounds listened to by the farmer, All speak with an eloquent voice Of rural contentment; bnt one ■ is a charmer, Oh, it is the sound of my choice I 1 mean the utensil that hangs in the kitchen And swings by a string to and fro, That peals out its summons, men’s lives to enrichen, Three times ev’ry day as they go. I love the cock-crow at the coming of morning, Lambs’ bleating gives pleasure to me; I hear with delight the crow’s “caw!” when adjourning To where he roosts snug in a tree. There’s music for me in a big wagon’s rattle; The clack of a mowing machine Will set me to dreaming, while bawling of cattle, Or whinny of colts on the green,

its sure not to jar on my peace and contentment, v And even a cackling old hen Or loud squealing porker calls up no resentment, And I’m prone to listen; but when There floats on the air from the treeembowered dwelling, That summons so loud and so sweet, O’er hill, dale and woodland it echoes so swelling, So far-reaching, piercing and fleet, I welcome its message with kindly rejoicing; To all it means surcease of toil; “Refreshment and rest”” is the burden it’s voicing To labor-worn tillers of soil. So, here’s to the trumpet that hangs in the kitchen; It summons men home from the corn. From hayfield and fallow, life’s hour to enrichen The battered old tin dinner horn. Farm Fire Ladder. The constant danger that farm buildings may take Are and have no adequate attention, owing to the lack of lire apparatus and of men, makes it Important that all possible precautions be taken that incipient fires may promptly be put out. A ladder for the

A FIRE LADDER.

roof U of the greatest importance. The eat shows one that can quickly be pot In place. It la In the form of a fruit ladder at the top, and has a small wheel at the end, as shown. It can thus be shoved up over the roof without catching on the shingles. A hook is placed In the position shown, so that the ladder, when shoved up to the ridge, can be turned over, when the hook will hold it firmly in place. Make the ladder long enough for any roof you have, and have another that will reach any roof edge. Alfalfa *, a Honey Plant.

want the alfalfa for the hay, it Is beat to plant an extra strip for the bees Recent Investigation shows plainly that alfalfa should be cut prior to coming into full bloom to make a good hay that will be a safe feed for horses and young stock. If It is allowed to begin to mature the hairy growth on the stalks of the alfalfa plant becomes hard and woody. These hairs gather Into knots or balls in the stomachs of horses. In time these balls may cans* death.—A. H. Gibson, Arizona. Fertility and Mineral Manures. There Is widespread belief among fanners that while stable mantfre increases fertility the application of mineral commercial fertilizers tends to more rapidly exhaust it Really, however, to the extent that manure in any form makes bigger crops than what it suppUes plant, food for, It tends to exhaustion. Applying nothing but stabk manure, which is usually deficient is phosphate and potash, takes those minerals out of the soil faster than they would be drawn were the manure nol used. The loss of the mineral elements is not so easily seen as the waste of vegetable matter in the soil where only the commercial mineral fertilizers are used. Besides, the mineral manure is generally sold in a form to be quickly taken up by crops. It la Impossible to make stable manure so soluble that some of Its elements will not be left in the soil for future crops, crops.

Kerosene Emulsion. To make the emulsion, dissolve one half pound of hard soap in one gallon of soft water, and while, still boiling hot remove from the fire and add two gallons of kerosene. Stir the mixture violently by driving through a force pump back .1119 the vessel until it becomes a creamy mass that will not separate. The emulsion Is then ready to be diluted with water and applied. For the common scale insects and hardbodied insects like the chinch bug, use one part of the emulsion to eight or ten parts of water. For soft-bodied Insects like plant lice, use one part of emulsion to fifteen or twenty ports of water. As the emulsion kills by contact the application should be very thorough.

Simple Remedy for Ants on Trees Last tell I planted a number of shade trees, says a correspondent. This spring the black ants took possession of one of them, and I soon discovered that unless 1 used heroic measures they would destroy the tree. Paris green, camphor, gasoline—all were tried without success. I discovered they deposited their egg on the stem of the leaf upon which the young feed, and In their determination to get up to look after their numerous families, I found the remedies above named of no avail. As a last resort I bought “Tanglefoot fly paper,” tied It securely around the body of the tree and In forty-eight hours every ant was gone.

Cure for f- cratchlngr. „ My hens bothered us some by digging in the garden and flower beds until I fixed what I call a poke and fastened it on their leg. It is made of a piece of white ash about 6 or 7 inches long, flattened at one end and sharpened on the other. The flat end is bent around the hen’s leg and tied with some strong thread. It drags behind when they walk, but when they go to scratch, they sit down, and seem quite surprised. Heavy wire would

ANTI-SCRATCHING DEVICE.

furnish good ones and are more easily made.—C. W. Shorter, in American Agriculturist The Toad in the Garden. To most people a toad is nothing but an unsightly reptile which is to be shunned. The toad is a reptile, to be sure, but it is one that is not only harmless, but is of great use to the gardener, as every worm or insect that comes within reach is devoured greedily. Centipedes, caterpillars, blister beetles and bugs of every kind are equally welcomed by the toad. He uses them all alike. Half a dozen toads in the garden will, keep it free from most of the ordinary garden pests. They are easily tamed and spend the day in some shaded nook along the fence or under a cabbage leaf, coming sedately forth at night to find their food.— Farmers* Voice. i New "'prayina; Device*. Dr. B. T. Galloway, of the Department of Agriculture, has devised a simple hand sprayer (cost not to exceed $2 or $2.60) for people who have only a few, grapevines, fruit trees or garden plants, to treat. Any brass worker can make It from the description and illustrations given in circular No. 17 of the division of vegetable physiology, in which is also described a new . and useful greenhouse nozzle for the application of water.—Rural World.

Plant Whippoorwill Peaa and Millet. Drill the peas one and one-half bushels to the acre, rows 2% feet apart, with corn planter, and fifteen days after broadcast the millet seed and plow in between the rows with small one-horse cultivator. When millet is ready to cut peas wBl be matured. Millet will absorb extra sap of peas. From a * mall Begrlnninar. Admiral Sampson says that the beat training for a naval life is “hard work from the very start.” This waa his own Jot, for his father was a day 1aSsd ***** **

THE HERO OF MANILA IN HIS NEW UNIFORM.

WITH a fine disregard of Admiral Dewey’s possible wishes, the Navy Department, after asking him to prescribe his own unoform, has proceeded to fashion one for him in the interim. Of course the department has not the slightest intention of slighting the admiral, and it has taken the greatest care to forestall his desires, but the fact remains that history may repeat itself and the admiral modify this dress. When Farragut was commissioned an admiral the style of his dress was left to his own choosing, and the modest old gentleman designed something eminently fitting his quiet tastes. So unpretentious was his garb that it left nothing gaudy enough for his immediate junior, and the result was a subsequent order from the department directing him to cover nearly half of his sleeve wtth gold oak leaves. That the old gentleman was indignant is putting it mildly, and, because of his very positive stand, he was allowed to retain his own dress, while his junior gloried in something showier. ‘ The distinctive markings which the department has chosen for Admiral Dewey are, with one minute exception, such as Admiral Farragut chose for himself, and it is thought that this association with his old master of war may be all the more pleasing to Admiral Dewey, whose tastes in such matters are also refined and quiet. It is highly probable that Admiral Dewey will never need but half of the eight uniforms which the new regulations prescribe for him. When calling on the President or some similar dignitary and at general muster on the first Sunday of every month, Admiral Dewey will wear what is termed “special” full dress—the garb, in fact, in which the accompanying cut shows him. This is his very swellest outfit, and consists of a double-breasted coat, with tails lined throughout with white silk serge; trousers, also of navy blue broadcloth, with gold lace down the outer seams, a goldbanded cocked hat, epaulets, sword and full dress sword belt The coat sleeves will be adorned with two two-inch stripes of gold lace with a single oneinch stripe between, and all surmounted by a single star. It is in this star that the distinctive marks differ from Admiral Farragut’s, his star bearing a small frigate embroidered in silver in the center, while Admiral Dewey’s is plain. There will be a broad band of

gold lace around the collar. His epaulets, like his shouMdr straps, shown at the bottom of the picture, will bear four silver stars of five points each, the outer two being superposed upon gold fouled anchors, the anchors being the distinctive marks for an admiral as compared with the four plain stare of a general. The full dress uniform Is to be worn on all other occasions of ceremony, such for instance as In-making the first visit to other officers of flag rank and on social occasions to which officers are invited in their official capacity. The coat of this uniform is like the evening dress of the civilian, and with the exception of the collar and the buttons down the front is adorned lust as the “special” full drew coat is—epaulettes, sword and cocked hat being worn also. On occasions of “ordinary ewe-' mony,” such as in boarding ships of war, in making the first visit in port upon commanding officers, en parades of ceremony with enlisted men under

wear the “dress” uniform. This uniform is a frock coat plain blue or white trousers, cocked hat epaulettes, sword and plain leather belt. The admiral’s belt for this dress is the same as that prescribed for all other officers, and is of black grained leather of not more than two inches in width. The belt plate or buckle is of yellow gilt and consists of a wreath of oak leaves surrounding the naval coat of arms of thirteen stars encircling a spread eagle <hi an anchor. When calling on foreign officers ether than commanding officers, aud on social occasions when frock coats are appropriate, the admiral will wear the foregoing uniform with the exception of sword and belt On all service duty on board ship, and at all times not provided for by the regulations for the foregoing uniforms, the admiral will wear the “service dress” uniform. Two uniforms are set for evening wear and are described' as “A” and “B.” “A” will be worn in the evening on occasions of ceremony to which the admiral may be invited in his official capacity, and “B” will be worn on social occasions to which he may also be invited in his official capacity. “A” uniform consists of an evening dress coat and waistcoat laced trousers, cocked hat epaulettes, sword and full-dress belt worn under the waistcoat while “B” is the same with plain trousers and blue cap. By the time Dewey has provided himself with all the adornments which an admiring government prescribes be will have parted with fully $2,000 of hard-won pay. Half of the clothes he will never wear, but he must keep them on hand for the coming of the unexpected—the bugaboo of official life and the bane of the man whose figure will change.

FOR GOVERNOR OF KENTUCKY.

State Senator William Goebel, the Candidate of the Democracy. State Senator William Goebel, the nominee of the Democratic party for Governor of Kentucky; bas taken an active part In politics since he ended bis law studies. He has lived in Covington thirty-three years. Senator Goebel was born in Pennsylvania. and was brought to Covington by bis parents in 1866. He was educated at Gambler College and at the Cincinnati Law School. He bas been a member of the State Senate for eight

SEVATOR WILLIAM GOEBEL

years, and was president pro tem. of that body for one session. He has led hot campaigns to carry through legislation as well as to secure his own election. The present elections aet in Kentucky bears his own name, and was passed through bis efforts a year age.

RECORD OF THE WEEK

INDIANA INCIDENTS TERSELY TOLD. Double Tragedy at Clarksburg—Fetal How at tbs Breakfast Table—Con* victa Escape from Reformatory— Crushed Between Cura.

The village of Clarksburg was thf scene of a double tragedy the other day. During a family quarrel Wesley Bock over was fatally shot by his stepson, William Frondolph, aged 18 years, whs afterward committed suicide by shooting himself. Bockover was shot below tbs left shoulder and died two hours later, bleeding internally. Frondolph shot himself in the right temple, the ball passing entirely through his head. Death Came almost instantly. Frequent family quarrels have existed. - Looks Like a Murder. The coroner’s inquest held at Brazil developed facts which lead to the belief that Robert Currie, who was found on the Yandalia road, had been murdered and robbed and his body placed on the track to hide the crime. No blood was found on the track or on the ground where the remains lay, indicating that circulation had ceased some timd before the body was run over. Quarrel Ends Fatuity. Joseph Bagwell fatally shot Joseph Robinson at Point township. They became involved in an altercation at the breakfast table. Angry words were exchanged, until Robinson drew his revolver and fired at Bagwell, the ballet missing Us mark. Bagwell returned the fire twice, one bullet striking Robinson in the breast and causing his death soon after. Convicts Make Tbeir Escape. William Otterbach and Albert Spall, convicts confined in the Jeffersonville reformatory, escaped recently. The prisoners were employed on the prison farm and took advantage of Keeper Kinkel’s absence during dinner hoar. Otterbach and Spall were sent from Jackson County for burglary and had but a few days to serve. Railroad Clerk Crushed by Cure. Charles Jossick, assistant in the clerical department of the Lake Shore freight offices at Mishawaka, was instantly killed. Jossick was passing between two freight cars while switching was in progress. The bumpers caught him, crushing his body above the hips.

Within Our Border*. Howard County has a big apple crop. Kokomo automobile works will be enlarged. Shelby County will have rural mail delivery Within two months. The gypsy pest has again broken out in the vicinity of Terre Haute. Lightning badlj damaged a barn and killed three horses for John Miller, near Scottsburg. Chesterton Council has passed- a bicycle ordinance, with $ 50-cents-a-year and lamp-bell attachments. South Bend labor unions have raised $7,000 for the labor day celebration and are still after more. High school building, Crothersville, struck by lightuing and burned to the ground. Loss $13,000. At Bicknell, William PinkstafFs livery stable was destroyed by fire and horses cremated. No insurance. James Fisher’s threshing machine, Richland, was destroyed by a stick of dynamite hid in a sheaf of wheat. Rev. Joseph Samuel Coffman, known to Mennoniteß throughout the United States, is dead at Elkhart, aged 51 years. James E. M. O’Hair, Greencastle, is dead, aged 95 years. He was the father of twelve children, all of whom are living.

At Logansport, William Stevens and Elmes Garvet were struck by lightning and instantly killed. Abraham Downman was fatally shocked. Business m«n in the northern part of the State arq kicking on seme Chicago salesmen who are supplying their customers with clothing and provisions. Miss Stella Fonts, New Washington, will soon be married to Will Brown, Manson, lowa, the result of answering an advertisement. Her people are wealthy. Lightning struck the farm residence of John Martinarn, near Tracy, and destroyed the building, with all its contents. Loss $6,000, insured for $3,000. John Heatcn, Delaware County, had Benjamin Reese arrested for cutting wheat on Sunday. Heaton was acquitted, as the work was regarded as necessary. Engine I, that runs on the C., I. & E., between Matthews and Swayzee, was buried several months in the sand at the Johnstown flood, and was dug out and refitted.

In bankruptcy proceedings against A. I. Friend, one of the leading clothing merchants of Fort Wayna and Maude, Judge Baker has restrained the Fort Wayne Trust Company, trustee, from disposing of any of the stock until after the hearing. A wagon loaded with sixty gallons of nitroglycerin was driven into Van Buren. The driver dismpunted*to transact some business. The horses became frightened and ran down the principal street of the town, causing a panic. The horses broke loose from the wagon and left it standing in the street. John Wool*, aged 52 years, was found dead hanging at the end of a halter strap in his barn in Jackson township. He had committed suicide by tiring one end of the rope to a pole running across the barn ten feet from the floor. }fr. Wools was one of the wealthiest farmers in the county. The cause of the act is a mystery. ... *

Marion normal college is increasing its facilities. Farmers , are all tickled over the new forestry law. Pern has an organized gang of juvA nils thieves. Methodist Church, Scottsburg, burned by incendiaries. Loss $2,500. Daring a storm near Oliver two men were instantly killed and two fatally Injured by lightning. While Vernon Scheppie, aged 13, was burning stumps near ShelbyviUe, using coal oil, clothing caught fire and tb* child was almost burned to death.

BUSINESS SITUATION.

Chicago Correspondence: Conditions underlying the business situation are generally of a favorable* MMI acter. The two undetermined factor* a*f crops and money. As to the former, fwj cent reports have been of a most tTtrriiH aging character, and so far as money II concerned, bankers and merchants naif ■eem agreed that at least the pTSSSdjfI level of rates will be maintained for BOOM time longer; there is a fair prospect of if temporary slight advance as soon as Dm3 demands for crop-moving purposes : ; ;|M come more urgent. The rise in intetSH rates seems a legitimate one. Thai growth of business has necessarily <nH casioned a larger use of money, and ifefl the last year there has been a gradiud£| increasing flow into the regular traM channels. Never in the history of this country |mjj activity been more universal at this pel riod of the year. Production la all lhs<B Is at high-water mark, and still stocks dm not seem to be accumulating. The cm| sumption of merchandise continues to keep pace with the increased supply, fmjj besides the domestic demand new foreign markets are opening. In all departmeamj recent advances in prices are maintateifl and in special lines further appreciation in values has been recorded. Bank clearings for July indicate than general business is active. Returns from the whole country show that the aggtoi gate 9f payments through the banka waßf in excess of 17,000,000,000, a record fo*f that month which has never before bsafl equaled. The clearings of the Chicago banks showed a gain of over $lOO,OOOJ)O0i| as compared with the corresponding] month last year. The stock markets havH been less' active, and prices as a rulej •how some recession from the figures | reached last week. Money continues fin be the principal faetbr in the and the fear of an advance In rates In tended to hold bull speculation in chedtfj The industrial stocks have lately commanded a greater share of attention, and] in some fair advances have been shoim| Hope of a great corn crop comes neoriH and nearer to realization as the seaiSH progresses. The warm weather of tM| last week was just what was needed til make up for the delay at the staMjiH geting the seed in the ground. In plscsfil the heat was excessive, and fear of damage on that account was immediately ex-l pressed in the usual exaggerated forfif! bnt it was clear to those having practte|9 experience in raising corn that for even! acre that suffered from the beat Ml were benefited. The course of the maM ket during the week was a reflex of »hdfß opinion. Gradually receding prtegH evinced the faith of the the generally beneficial effect of thm| warm weather, a decline of half a cent h bushel being submitted to in face export demand of unusual dimensions! A heavy corn crop promises to more tfiigH compensate for a deficiency of wintefl wheat, and the failnre of the foddi! crops of Europe insures a eontinnatfaji! throughout the season of the preaeto-jjffl tivity in the foreign demand. 1 Spring wheat made rapid progress djf! ing the week, so that South Dakota aMg Minnesota are now busy with theirl|H gathering. The crop is already bdjiK sold for delivery within the next ti(M weeks in the Minneapolis market, .|§H notwithstanding some drawbacks yield promises to be generally BatisfagH tory. The agricultural returns for the labor of the growers give every lndkifl tion of being, on the whole, fully as re-1 munerative as those of the previous sail son. The wheat market was somewfß irregular, without material alteration lal prices. Europe will again be on America for so large a proportion M its supplies that prices much lower thjM at present seem improbable. I

The Political Pot

Congressman Ketcham of New has served thirteen terms, and has nal er made a speech. 9 Numerous newspapers in Georgia4*'? vocate the nomination of Gen. Joseffi Wheeler for Governor by the DemocnMß 'J John Steele Sweeney, Repabikaisiea9|| didate for Auditor of Kentucky, Is a gy man and one of the most cetefasaHli wits in the State. ill Judge Archibald A. Glenn, torwEffijm State Senator and Lieutenant Gored Kit of Illinois, has been elected city tnß urer of Wichita, Kan. 8 Kansas City thinks it has a the next national Democratic convpntt|Eßß The town puts up the stuff, and th*H||| more than half the battle. §H| The present Governor of liidsS||| James A. Mount, whose success®*! lK§i be elected at the presidential conteafßgi 1000, has announced recently that ImC|| not a candidate for the office of.-JB President or any other. He declare* Vm ' at the close of his present term be retire to his farm. JBi Tammany Hall is not to continue ttmßl joy a monopoly of sachems, sagamoS wiskinkies. seasons of fruit and and oracles of the harvest moon. If I : Mohawks of Buffalo, an m|i ii committed to Bryan, can help have a national chief, a chief of scribe, a medicine man, an outside gd ■ and tribal scribes in abundance, thSflUg hawks being in favor of silver, and~|fl ty of it. flu A great discovery has been BuH Chicago through some tional testimony given by the CoiSsHI sionor of Public Works before ter investigating committee. TheliJlßßlS mony showed that during the hugg < one contractor had received repairs to streets, all of which wgfl . in lots of SSOO or less, to evade tht9