Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 99, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 August 1899 — Page 3

AGRICULTURAL

An Argenttn* Shorthorn. The Shorthorn bull Baa (2355 Argentine Herd Book) Is a roan, calved AuKst, 1894, bred and owned by Mr. onard Pereyra, Estancia Don Juan, Qullmes, Buenos Ayres. At the International Show at Palermo, Buenos Ayres, in September last he was placed second in the class for aged bulls (in which many would have preferred him a first), and be won the 150 gs. challenge cup presented by Mr. D. MacLennan for the best Shorthorn bull born in the Argentine.. His sire was Baron Brideklrk 3d 60302, bred by M. J. Barnes, and his dam Dahlia 22d, descended from a strain imported in 1857, nand full of choice blood. Mr. Mac Le-

ARGENTINE SHORTHORN.

Dan sold to Mr. Pereyra the sire and the grandsire of this bull, and those who have seen him say he would hold his own In any English showyard. Why They Fail. A lot of people rush Into the poultry business without any capital or experience, and the consequence is—failure. They read of the success of others, and imagine they can do as well, without considering for one moment that they are not equipped for the venture. So many people start out on a scale that is nothing short of ridiculous. To the amateur poultryman we have thls«to say: Do not quit your Job and expect to make a living with poultry the first year. The best way to start in the poultry business on a large scale is to start with only a few, learn all you can about chickens, and then try to breed all the good birds you can take care of without crowding the first year. If, at the end of the year you are satisfied to go ahead, and have enough money on hand to get everything ready for a larger breeding flock, as well as to carry you through the year for the necessaries of life, then you might quit your Job and start in; but remember, that this first year Is what counts. You learn whether you have a taste for the business, and get a pretty good idea of raising poultry. The second year you Bhould be able, to produce a flock large enough to enable you to go Into It more heavily, and with ordinary success you should make a good living off of 500 hens. We would strongly advise you, when starting, to be governed by the following rules: First, start with the best to be had; second, decide what you desire to breed for—eggs or meat; third, get one variety, and stay with It. If you breed only one variety you can soon, by advertising a little and exhibiting your birds, make a reputation on them, and sell a good lot at goo(J prices, while the rest can go to market. Do not start with the idea that you can sell all you breed at fancy prices, for you will not be able to do so for some time. To earn a reputation for your fowls, you must advertise for at least 'one year before you can expect much return. The poultryman who succeeds in selling all bis fowls at good prices is the man who has spent years In the poultry business and many dollars In advertising.—Pacific Poultryman. Powerful Poet Puller. I had a lot of posts to pull out, says s correspondent of the Ohio Farmer, and I invented the device shown In sketch—a lever, fulcrum and chainmade of such material as I could find lying around. With this device my hired hand and I pulled out 52 posts in less than an hour. The lever' (B) is made out of an old sulky plow tongue, about nine feet long. A hook, shown at 2, was bolted on top. end of lever,

POST PULLER.

projecting over the end to catch In links of chain. I used an ordinary log phaln with hook on end. I pulled up some old bamshed posts with this device that I could not move with two horses and chain. Killing Late Weeds. 1 have for some years made a practice of going through my corn with the hoe, after the com has been laid

is much easier cut up or gathered. And in the spring when you want to put oats in the field where your corn was it does not make your arms near so tired. The ground dries four or five days sooner, and so It is better all around than if you let all the weeds go to seed, and it looks so much better. .Another good thing to do is to mow all fence comers and waste places, and try to get them seeded down to grass.

Wheat Prices at Chicago. Cash prices of No. 2 wheat at Chicago and months of lowest and highest prices, compiled by the Cincinnati Price Current: vw Months of Yr’ly range Months of 1 ra ~ lowest price of prices, highest prloe, 1868.. February..... 68 @ 97 August 1860.. July and Aug. 60 @ll6 May 1860.. December.... 66 @llß April 1861.. June and July 66 @1 25 May 1868.. January 64 @ 92*4 August 1863.. August 80 @1 12*4 December 1864. March 107 @8 86 June 1866 . December.,.. 86 @1 66 January 1866.. February 77 @8 OS November 1867.. August 155 @2 85 May 1868.. November.... 1 04*4<p 20 July 1860.. December.... 76*4®1 46 August 1870 . April 73*4®1 31*4 July [Sept 1871.. August 98*4®1 82 Feb.. April and 1872.. November.... 101 @1 61 August 1878.. September.... 89 @1 46 July 1874.. October 81*4®l 28 April 1875.. February .... 83*4@1 30*4 August 1876.. July 83 ®I 2634 December 1877.. August 1 01 *4® 1 76*4 May 1878.. October 77 @1 14 April 1879.. January 81 J4@l 88*4 December 1880.. August 86*4@1 32 January 1881.. January 9634@1 48*4 October 1882.. December.... 91*4@1 40 April and Maj 1883.. October 90 @1 18*4 June 1884.. De-ember.... 60*£® 96 February 1885.. March 73*4® 9134 April 1886.. October 09%& 8434 January 1887.. August 6694@ 9434 June 1888.. April 71*4@2 00 September 1889.. June 75*4®1 0834 February 1890.. February .... 74*4@1 08*4 August 1891.. July 85 @1 16 April 1892.. i ictober 69H® 9134 February 1898.. July 5434® 88 April 1894.. September.... 50 ® 65*4 April 1895.. January 4834® 86* May 1896.. June 6t94@ 94J4 November 1897.. April 64*s@l 09 December 1898.. October 62 @1 85 May Salt Kills Canada Thistles. Two years ago I had a patch of Canada thistles about 100 feet long and half that wide, says a correspondent From the time they made their appearance in May until none would come forth, a period of about seven weeks, I applied salt once a week to each and every sprout that made its appearance. I scooped up the plant and about two inches of ground with a shovel. I placed a handful of salt in the hollow and then put the ground back, after grasping the thistle at its top, pulling it out of the ground on the shovel and putting it into a basket As many as 175 thistles were thus treated in one week, while the season was at its height During the decline less than 100 a week came forth. Last year they were attended to in like manner. The highest number I got in one week was about twelve. This year I searched carefully and I failed to find one. The tops we gathered were destroyed.— Orange Judd Farmer. Out-of-Door* Feed Trough. Where several hogs are quartered in an orchard or other pasture they must be fed out-of-doors. To keep each

FEED TROUGH.

one from crowding and fighting his neighbor when eating, make such a trough as is shown in the illustration. The bottom part of a barrel is sawed I off ff|d two narrow strips of board are j fittdP together and nailed firmly into the trough, as in the drawing. A flour barrel can be made to answer this temporary purpose, but a trough from a stouter barrel will prove more lasting. —American Agriculturist. Stacking Hay. Let me give you a better way of putting up your hay than those two old plans, which have their faults. Shocking the hay and bringing it In with ropes Is too slow, and in bull-raking it in you are liable to begin stacking too soon, or your hay is liable to get bleached, besides you can not stack so evenly and well on account of the hay being too loose. Here is my plan: Make two sleds out of poles or scantling, 'something light. Get two poles to run under shocks, to lift on sled with; have hay shocked. Working force of five men, one man to stack, two men to pitch the hay, one man to bring hay In from field, one man to stay in field to assist in loading. Rnn your small poles under shock, load on sled until full, drive to stack, hook to other sled for another load. Leave load, first on one side and then on the other. Your stack will then go up evenly, quickly, and be made from well-cured, bright hay, and will contain more hay on account of being well settled.—Practical In good company you need not ask who is the master of the feast. The man who sits in the lowest place, and

VIEW OF PONCE, PORTO RICO, DESTROYED BY THE HURRICANE.

TRY TO SLAY LABORI.

Dreyfus’ Counsel Shot in the Back by Hidden Assassin*. At Rennes, France, two men ambushed Attorney Labori, counsel for Dreyfus, and one shot was fired, hitting Labori in

FERNAND LABORI.

ed at his side the victim cried cheerfully: “Not a tragedy this time.” He told Demange to proceed with the trial, and that he hoped to be present and assist him in a week. M. Labori left his home accompanied by his wife at 6:25 o’clock on Monday morning and started on foot for the Lycee to attend the day’s session of the court-martial. The lawyer and his wife had reached the Quay on the edge of the city, when a man who had been concealed near by leaped out and fired a revolver at Labori. The lawyer staggered, but soon regained control of himself. His wife screamed for help. The shooting caused tremendous excitement. The spot chosen for assassination was suitable for such a deed. The wouldbe murderer could not be seen by the victim until close upon him. Fernand Laboxi, the wounded attorney, is 40 years of age. He has attained fame as a> brilliant lawyer, and has been prominent in the Dreyfus case, seeking for information in behalf of the prisoner. Excitement scarcely equaled sinfce the assassination of President Carnot reigned in Paris on the announcement of the attempted assassination of M. Labori. Crowds gathered in the hotels and.cafes and on the street corners. The latter were dispersed by the police. The very' calmness of the people seemed ominous. Men seem to feel the matter too grave for anything as trivial as denunciation.

FILIPINO OFFICERS MEETING AMERICANS.

From a drawing made in Manila.

Honest supporters of the military party were speechless. They have stood by the army in crisis after crisis in public sentiment. Through scandal, blackmail, dishonor and astounding tales of prison malfeasance, they have bravely stood their ground. But they were not prepared to defend a cowardly and brutal assassination. Saturday’s session of the Dreyfus trial was extremely dramatic. The chief interest centered in the testimoiiy of Gen. Mercier, former Minister of War. His evidence was expected by the antiDreyfusards to prove conclusively the guilt of the prisoner. In this it failed. Gen. Mercier in concluding his statement said that if he had not been convinced of the guilt of Dreyfus he would admit that he had been mistaken. Then the most senastional event* of the day took place. Dreyfus, stung to the quick, sprang to his feet and shouted, “You ought to say so now.” The courtroom was in an uproar. Cheer after cheer rang out for Dreyfus, while Mercier was cursed and hissed. Mr. Casimir - Perier, former President of France, told of his connection with the case and demanded the right to confront and refute the assertions of Mercier. The testimony given by the other witnesses was in the main favorable to Dreyfus. Upon the arrival of M. Labor! with his family in Rennes, just prior to the opening of the Dreyfus trial, he was forced to pay exorbitant prices for apartments, so strong were the sentiments in Rennes against the prisoner. He had been warned that it was dangerous to have his family there, as they might be sabject to attack, bnt he said he was of. tte opinion ®ore care man ordinary, unuer vac oD*

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the back. After the attack he was able to walk to a doctor’s house, and climbed the stairs to his office. The physician found the wound was under the left shoulderblade and had been made by a small ball. The wound is not deep. When M. Demange, Labori’s colleague in the defense, arriv-

PATH OF THE STORM IN THE WEST INDIES.

PENSION ROLL IS DECREASING.

Commissioner Evans Files His Keport for the Fiscal Year. The report of Commissioner of Pensions Evans for the fiscal year ended June 30 last shows total disbursements of $138,253,923, leaving a balance of sl,857,188 in the treasury out of the $140,000,000 appropriated. The total number of pensioners on the roll Jane 30 was 991,519, a decrease of 2,195. There were 40,991 names added to the roll and 43,186 dropped. The report shows that the pension roll is decreasing. Of those dropped 34,345 were because of death and 8,841 because of remarriage, minors attaining their majority, failure to claim pension and other causes. Under the general law there were 1,412 claims filed and 3,624 allowed. There were 6,184 original widows’ claims filed and 4,246 allowed. The war with Spain brought a total of 16,986 claims, of which number but 295 have been allowed. Under the act of June 27,1890, original invalid pensions to the number of 6,860 were filed* and 20,641 allowed. There w.erc’13,845 original widows’ claims under this act filed and 12,185 granted. Out of 34,330 for increases under the general law, 22,460 were granted, and out of 31,770 applications for increases under the act of 1890, 25,603 were granted. A recapitulation shows that out of a total of 111,387 claims filed 89,054 certificates were issued. During the year sixty-three attorneys were disbarred, ten suspended, two dropped and one application for admission to

practice revoked. The total number of attorneys standing disbarred July 1,1899, is 1,163.

IT PREYED ON HIS MIND.

Indianian Confesses to a Virginia Murder Committed in 1864 John T. Rogers, who served in Company A, Eighteenth Indiana Infantry, in the civil war, went to the Soldiers’ Home at Marion, Ind., and stated that he wished to confess a crime that had been a continual strain on his mind for thirtyfive years. He said that he bad killed a man named Humphreys in Virginia in 1864. The crime was fastened on an innocent man, who suffered the death penalty.

COLLECT MAIL AT THE DOOR.

New fyitem in New York Will Boon Be Extended. Within sixty days the letter carriers of New York will begin collecting valuable mail matter direct from private residences. The method to be employed was originated by Edward C. Ijadden, third assistant postmaster general, and the carriers will carry a receipt book from which they will issue receipts for parcels or letters sent as registered mail. This system will soon be extended to all postofflces having carriers.

GREAT CANAL IS OPENED.

Expansive German Waterway Superior to Any in Europe. Formal opening of the Dortmund and I North 'Canal took place recently at BerI lin. The canal connects the Westphalian coal and iron district with Emden, using the River Ems for a distance of 12(1 kilometers. The city of Dortmnnd has I spent $2,000,000 for a harbor covering 200 acres in size, with an equal area re-

BUSINESS SITUATION.

Chicago Correspondence:

the last two years, was on an extensive scale, and values for many of these rose to a materially higher level. In only a few instances were there any signs of manipulation on the part of “insiders” or cliques of market operators. The buying came for the most part from the commission houses, and seems to have been largely for the account of people well posted as to the condition, earnings and prospects of these corporations. Reports from the principal trade and manufacturing centers ore of a favorable character and furnish abundant explanation for this revival of interest in the securities included in the “industrial” group. From all sides a steadily, increasing activity in the leading lines is reported. The capacity of the mills is being tested, and prices are being well maintained. Goods are going into actual consumpeion, and still there is no slackening of the demand. The tendency of the money market has been toward an easier condition, but the approach of the crop-moving season seems to make it doubtful if there will be any material decline in rates from the present level in the next few months. Foreign exchange, however, is showing marked weakness. The Government report on the condition of cropß, issued Thursday afternoon, created a diversion in favor of bulls in the wheat market. Prices previous to its publication had been inclined downward, but the present condition of spring wheat being interpreted to indicate a deficiency compared with last year of about 00,000,000 bushels, speculators took a different view of the situation, and in thirty minutes Friday afternoon the price of wheat recovered all it had lost in two weeks. The Government estimates of the yield of winter and spring wheat make their combined shortage, compared with the official figures of the previous year, 175,000,000 bushels. There is no suggestion of low prices for wheat In these figures. While comparatively high prices for wheat are almost a foregone conclusion, therefore, bearing in mind the failure of the crops in southeastern Europe, the size of this year’s corn crop seems to point to a wholly different prospect for the price of that most important cereal. When the enormous aggregate of promised production, however, is taken into account, the sum it represents at even 20 cents a bushel is a splendid object lesson of the huge capacity of the American farmers for drawing wealth from the generous soil they cultivate. The estimated production of corn for the season, with present condition maintained till harvested, as indicated by the Government report, is 2,150,000,000 bushels. At 20 cents a bushel that represents the vast sum of $430,000,000.

News of Minor Note.

The village of Quehello, France,- was destroyed by fire. During July there were 672 deaths in Havana, against 2,083 in 1898. Andrew Carnegie will establish a new library at Keighley, Yorkshire. Mrs. Janies Roosevelt was elected • school trustee of Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Section men on the B. & O. in West Virginia want $1.25 instead of $1.15 a day. Believed that Thomas Salisbury, found drowned at Mt. Vernon, Ohio, was murdered. Mrs. Catharine Casa and 16-months-old child, Detroit, were burned to death by the explosion of kerosene. Injunctions were served on the municipal officers of Toledo, Ohio, prohibiting them from taking a trip to Syracuse, N. Mers’ expense. Mich . nolicc. Ift 9 CODA-

i N the stock markets last week further evidence was given of confidence on the part of the people at large in continued advances. Trading in what are | known as the “in- | dustrials,” the sei, entities of the large t manufacturing com- ' binations which have been formed in

INDIANA INCIDENTS.

RECORD OF EVENTS OF THM PAST WEEK, ||fn Conductor Mistakes Order* with Fatal Effect-Decides Against Faith Cur is ts -Fatal Ending of a Neighbor** rel—Prevent* a Lynching. One man was instantly killed and an-'; other fatally injured in a collision of freight trains on the Wabash at La Otta* A second section of freight train going east, pulled by two engines, bad order* to meet a west-bound train at La OttiLf but it seems the conductor misunderstood the aitustion and started the train. At a point three miles east of La Otta tha--train ran at full 'speed into the west- 4 bound train, also palled by two engines..* The fonr locomotives telescoped aam piled together and not one of the twefaa men on them would have escaped attvt; had they not jumped. In jumping Elmer - Replogle, who was learning the road mi fireman, fell against a companion and; waa thrown nnder the wreckage and crushed to death. The cars were piled up in heaps and some stock was killed. ; Interprets the Medical Lew. |j Attorney General Taylor, at the quest of the State Medical Board, han| decided that it is a violation of the law! for an unlicensed person assuming th* title of a “doctor” to prescribe or pursue any practices for the cure or relief of | diseases. Injury or deformity, especially fj where any fee is charged for such aer* s , vice. He also holds that faith'curists, - mental healers and metaphysical medF : cators, who advertise themselves as physicians and accept fees for treating diseases by silent or other form of practice, by moral advice or by profound thought or by absolute non-action, unquestionably] violate the law. Quarrel Ends In Shoe ting. A fatal shooting affray occurred neafl Capron. The victim is George Quack- J enbush, one of the wealthiest farmers, i»:| that community. The shooting was dlrira by J. W. Lockwood, another substantial! citizen. The men had not been on friend! ly terms for several months, the trooblai originating over a quarrel between their] children at school. Qnackenbush yAut passing the Lockwood place, and it tiff alleged that Lockwood came out, revolver 1 in hand, and called him a thief. Quackenbush made a reply and Lockwood ' opened fire with his revolver, emptying | the weapon. Fonr of the five shots took effect.

Sheriff Heads Off Lrschiag, Plans laid for the lynching of Clyde! Jones, confined in jail in Pent for the! abduction of Nellie Berger, were fra**! trated by the energetic measures takenli hy Sheriff Dunn and the knowledge that l he and his deputies would shoot to JetjS| any mob attempting it. Within Our Border*. | Mishawaka Board of Health has madel vaccination obligatory. Increase in prices of iron pipe is rill tarding work in the oil field. John Cary, 22, Lagrange, shot himseijl because he couldn’t go to college. Honey Creek township will ship 000 quarts of blackberries this season. William llurray left Crawford County! when he found a bundle of switches all his door. Commissioners of Crawford County reii fused to order an examination of county! records. Estus Roberts, Shelbyville, became imm tangled in the net while seining »wA| drowned. . John Wyler, 10, was drowned mVuSk swimming in the St. Joseph river, neajgl Fort Wayne. The Government has stocked seveMaH ponds in the southern part of the Stattfl with black bass. A kissing bug kissed a rooster on thel side of the neck at Goshen the other dayfl and it died instantly. | Rev. F. H. GWynne, Oregon, wj|m preach in the Presbyterian Church 19 Elkhart for $1,300 a year.

The Vincennes Street Railway, Gfijfl zens’ Gas Light plant and Vincenaaj|| Electric Light plant have been conkfjlg dated and sold to Hambleton & Co. 'tima Baltimore, Md. At Franklin, Night Policeman oH Myers, while making his rounds, wall struck and seriously injured by some pe§|§ son unknown. Myers was an important factor in recent poker room raids. Marion Kephart of Kokomo was kQhfl in a Panhandle wreck a mile south tM there. Five wheat cars were ill mnllsUjiM and the track obstructed. The wre4g| was caused by the train breaking in two. Oscar Milly and George Evans, fmnjjll boys, were killed by lightning souttulM Washington. Milly’s body was torn omS from the back of his head to the sole£:fH his feet and his breast was burned and! cut into shreads. 1 A serious fire occurred at the 1 rfijM camp meeting grounds near IndianapiiaH Five cottages were destroyed and the fiS was prevented from spreading by iS razing of adjoining buildings. With aB cottages pulled down, eight were wrecked. Men, women and rf»a«ftwdi were forced to run from the cottas»| within reach of the fire in their nigh s i clothes. !|| Engineer Ensley of the Cleveland dßf vision of the Big Four was dangerowap injured, the result of a fight in as engina j cab while the train was running. NhjHf Farmland a brakemah got into a fighj with the fireman. The fireman waffflßg ing worsted and was about to be throws from the engine when the engineer JH a hand. The fierce three-cornered figfl raged until the brakeman seized Sham mer and felled both his opponents. then ran back to the caboose. The fim man rallied sufficiently to take the lipß into Farmland. jj Heat has killed considerable staff! around Thorntown. Goshen is fishing for a large printiH which will employ 300. >■; Fairroount glass works has for a third bottle factory. t A new electric railway for the southafl part of the State is being agitated. Pil