Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 22, Number 67, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 May 1901 — Page 2

AGRICULTURE

Pruning the Orchard in Summer. Besides the thinning out and shortening of fresh growth in summer, such as has been referred to several times in these columns, it would often be work well done to thin out branches which •re too close together, branches which should have been cut out in winter, but which were neglected. It is often a good deal easier to see when to cut ip summer than it is in winter, as the requirements of the tree can be better understood. But few fruit growers keep their trees open enough. The trees are so dense that the branches cannot perfect themselves and neither flowers nor fruit can be looked for. When branches are but small one is apt to forget the future and permit too man; of them to form. It is well to keep in mind that a lot of inside branches to which the sun never gets will not bear fruit. They are useless and should come out, that the sun may reach what are left. In summer time it is easy to see at once when enough :hm been thinned out. Besides this advantage, there is another, viz., the scars quickly heal when cut while the sap is active. Besides the thinning out and ahapening of the tree, summer pruning o t cherries, plums, pears and like fruits ham the effect of making them fruit bearing in a short time. A young shoot •of a cherry cnt back within a few eyes •of Its base, will form fruit buds on the -spur left. A pear shoot shortened in •one-half will often form a fruit bud at the point where cut off. Very often a tree which has not fruited will be made to do so for the first time by these means. There is always much pleasure In having a tree of good outline, and for this and the reason already given, pay attention to the pruning—St. Louis •Globe-Democrat A Double Stave Silo. These silos are 12 feet in diameter by pO feet high and are set 6 feet apart ■nd inclosed as shown. The doors of the silos face each other in the inclosed aßuy. They are filled from the windows shown in the gables. They are

DOUBLE SILO.

built of 2 by 6 Norway bill stuff dressed on a bevel to fit al2 foot radius. It 80 pieces of 2 by G, 12 feet long, and 80 2 by 6, 18 feet long, a total of 2,400 feet of Norway bill stuff, to build one of these silos. It also takes about 100 pounds of No. 9 steel wire, which will make about 50 hoops, put on in groups; shingled roof; the silos painted three coats on outside and a coat of raw linseed oil on the inside.—Ohio Farmer. LiminK Foil. If we thought we had soil that needed more lime in it to sweeten it, we would prefer the phosphate of lime either as an acid phosphate or 4n the very fine ground phosphatic rock, or basic slag, such as are usually called floats. In any strong soil, rich in humus or decaying vegetable matter, or where a green crop had been plowed under, we think either of these would dissolve quickly, while the cost is not much greater than that of sulphate of lime or common Is ml plaster. Then we should get the benefit of the phosphoric acid as well as of the lime. But to get the full advantage of the lime we would put the flaw in cabbages, cauliflowers, turnips, wheat or other small grains, or in grass. Lime is of little advantage for earn, and on potatoes it is said to Increase the scab and decrease the value of the crops if not the quantity. With a strip of litmus paper it Is easy to ascertain if the soil needs lime, as the paper pot in wet soil will turn red If there la too much acid, but if It Is still blue 4he soil 1b sweet or has lime enough. Wood ashes also contain lime, mixed with potash, in some soils this is the beat form to apply lime, as potash is often needed, but it Is not easy here to boy good wood ashes.—American Cultl-Kaay-Hunninsc Ptows. We are not sure but that a plow maid be better if it had one handle InOtaad of two. The plow jpffiich requires a to exert both hands to use It la tiresome to both man and the team, ■ven in atony ground we <bave guided she plow with one hand not put got aa much strength on It asVe did on she reins that guided the pair of horses ffuU were not used to working together.

But to do this one must know how to attach the team to have the line of draft just right. We remember seeing a farmer using a new plow, which he condemned as being the meanest that he ever saw. Yet a little change in the hitch from plow clevis to whlffletree, and a little adjustment of the harness, proved it to be a good plow, while the horses were doing better work and not expending one-half as much strength. Yet he had probably plowed more acres in his time than we have square rods, and with his old plow could have turned as good a furrow as any man in town —American Cultivator. Harvest ng Kaffir-Corn. In the recent quarterly report of the Kansas Department of Agriculture is a most excellent article on Kaffir corn, prepared by J. G. Haney of the State Agricultural College, upon request ol Secretary Coburn. Concerning the har vesting of the crop he says: Kaffir com remains green until frost and the seed does not shatter; so, if grain Is the only consideration, there is no great hurry to harvest; it can stand until after frost and the stalk is dry. But generally the fodder is a consideration, as well as the grain, and then the problem is to cut when the best results from both may be obtained. The longer the fodder stands the harder and less palatable it becomes, while if cut too early the best yield of grain is not secured. After the grain is hardened so that it is difficult to mash between the thumb and finger, and there is little moisture apparently in the seed, there will be very little shrinkage in the grain. This would perhaps be called “just past the hard dough stage.” If cut earlier the fodder will be better feed, but there will be considerable shrinkage in the grain. One thing that has kept this crop from being more generally raised is the problem of harvesting. There are a number of methods and they all have their merits. If the fodder is desired for feed it is perhaps best to cut stalk and all and leave in the shock until dry. The best machine for accomplishing this is the corn binder, which leaves it in bundles of convenient size for handling, and the fodder is held together. The common method, however, is to cut with a mower, and the crop should be left to cure well before raking. Ordinarily it is put into large shocks or small ricks containing from a ton to three tons each. This is done wit& a hay gatherer, “buck rake,” or “go-devil,” and saves a great deal of handling. It keeps in excellent condition when treated this way and can be hauled when needed. It is ready to harvest in about 105 days after planting, and this should be before frost, as freezing while green is detrimental; besides, the hay will not cure as well in cool weather, and it is essential that it be as perfectly cured as possible.

Make Pastures for Renters, I notice that farms which are rented are not kept in as good condition as farms which are cultivated by owners, says a correspondent of The Prairie Farmer. What is the cause of the rundown condition of these rented farms? In the first place, there is very little provision made for keeping stock. **There Is usually one small pasture fenced off for a few cows and the horses necessary for work on the farm. The sheds that should shelter the cows in the winter are conspicuous by their absence, and the horse barns are generally very poor. But the most serious omission Is a hog pasture, which every farm should have. A good hog pasture would enable the tenant to raise hogs at a profit, which cannot be done in a dry lot. He could feed his corn crop in the fall to a nice bunch of thrifty hogs and realize more for It than if he had sold it off the farm and at the same time return to the soil In the form of manure what the soil would be robbed of If the grain had been sold. Every landowner should make provision for keeping stock enough on his farm or farms to consume all the grain that is raised on them.

Notes from the Pijrsery. Salt and ashes aid digestion in swine. A clean feeding place for swine is a prime necessity. Lice rarely Infest hogs that have plenty of sulphur. Rusty old straw Is one of the worst materials for bedding swine. Cholera in the herd travels swiftly from one animal to another. The healthy hog’s stomach Is as regular as clockwork in demanding food. When feeding for fattening always watch for signs of Indigestion. Obey the first sign by reducing rations. Cholera will be prevented If sulphur be mixed with the salt and ashes. Tho sulphur may be mixed with slop also. When a pig refuses to eat and thumps and has his hair turned the wrong way, trot him out and give him a dose of ax. Make the dose a big one. Remember that slutting and cramming and jamming food Into a pig to fatten it In a short time Is a wholly abnormal, unnatural performance. Wo must expect It to wreck some of the forced animals.—Rural W T orld. Experiments made some time ago at the Michigan Agricultural College showed that the bees were altogether the earliest insects out; that at the tlmo the average fruit tree is In bloom It !• too early in the spring for other Insects to be of any value for fralt pollination

INDIANA INCIDENTS.

RECORD OF EVENTS OF THE PAST WEEK. Beginning; of the End of Natural GasMan Keturns After Having Been Thought Eeid—Aged Woman Left Destitute—Fire in Marion. J. C. Leach, the State gas inspector, said that the rapid decrease in pressure that has been noted on all the pipe lines the past winter is a certain indication that the days of natural gas ave numbered. Scores of wells drilled the past winter in the midst of the belt, which at first showed strong pressures, were practically useless within ninety days. Mr. Leach says that his only work now is directed toward keeping down the waste of the fuel in order that the State’s resources in this respect may be preserved as long as possible. Many factories will still be able to use gas for some time, but there are many others that already are experimenting with fuel gas, and excellent results have been obtained. Mr. Leach does not think that, the manufacturing interests of the State will be affected seriously, as the change is coming gradually. Left Mother in Poverty. The courts have decided against Mrs. Lucinda Ware of Windfall in her suit to recover from her son Morton property transferred to him. Mrs. Ware some time after the death of her husband, Jesse Ware, became engaged to George Cruson, and on objection by her children, who said Cruson simply wanted her property, transferred the same to her son. Cruson then broke off the match, and she sued to recover the property again. The decision of the court leaves the 05-year-old lady practically without support.

Mata Eelle\edtoKe Dead Returns. William Carroll, whose body was supposed to have been found in the river near Brandenburg, Ivy., eight years ago and was buried with, honors by his relatives near English, returned to that place, having been in Denver, Colo., ever since his departure from Crawford County. Cgrroll left three daughters and a son upon his farm. They are all married now, and, believing him dead, sold the farm and divided the proceeds. Who the buried man was is a mystery. Damages for Kissing-Bug Bite. Judge McMasters of the Circuit Court at Indianapolis found for the plaintiff, Prank Carson, in his suit against the Phoenix Accident Insurance Company for $30.20 for damages caused by the bite of a kissing bug. The court held that the bite of any insect which incapacitates a man from following his vocation is an accident under the policy. Marion Has $25,000 Fire. Fire destroyed three buildings at Washington and Thirtieth streets, Marion. They were occupied by Arthur Wright’s hardware store, George Dignal’s saloon and Frank Kern’s grocery. The buildings were owned by J. W. Baugher, William Sloderback and William Wiley. The loss is $25,000. •

Found Innocent of Murder. At Muncie the jury returned a verdict of not guilty in the case of Dr. Garret Leech, charged with killing Mary Farwig of Richmond by a criminal operation a year ago, at the instigation of John Diehl of Anderson, who is now in State’s prison. The jury deliberated all night. Dies in a Fit of Pique. Essie May Nelson, aged 16 years, committed suicide in Muncie by swallowing morphine because her sweetheart, Ora Applegate, would not call every night. The girl left a note asking forgiveness and requesting Applegate to wear her picture on a photo button. —* Within Our Borders. Revival at Salem Christian Church with 85 additions.

Nine postoffice clerks at Muncie are SIOO a year happier. Milan postofflce robbed of S3O in stamps and S2O cash. No clue. Kokomo business men have organized to get interurban lines. Hartford City is bidding on factories that will employ 1,000 men. Wm. M. Moffett, Madison merchant, married Miss Abbie E. Sering.

Windfall tile factory has shipped 124 carloads during the last 124 days. Cincinnati Oil Company has another 200-barrel well near Hartford City. Morristown Business Men’s Association offers free sites for factories. Real estate boom on.

Mrs. William Boltenhouse, 37, Elkhart, drank carbolic acid. Died, leaving seven small children. A 3,000- foot well will be sunk on the Thos. A. Hendricks farm, south of Shelbyville. Water wanted.

Mrs. Thos. Britton’s house, Evansville, burned. Fireman Fitzwilliams’ leg broken by a falling wall. Frankfort gives the Hussey Mower Company SIO,OOO and 245 acres of land ns a bonus; 200 employes.

Logansport and Peru are banking on an electric road on the old tow path line. Work may begin in 30 days. Henry L. Thomas appeared before the Pike County grand jury drunk. Was indicted, and convicted in two hours. Chas. Penny, 25, Greenville, Ohio, fell from a Panhandle train at Union City. Leg cut off. Crawled 80 rods for help. Heaviest personal damage suit ever in block coal district is in Clay Circuit Court, Hugh Culbertson against the Diamond Coal Company for $25,000. Alonzo Glanton, a well-known citizen of Columbus, fled to escape arrest on many chargesof forgery. Glanton is well connected and heretofore has borne an excellent reputation. Willie Surber, aged 3, Logansport, threw a half flask of powder Into the atoTe. The explosion threw him into the nert room and burned him badly. Jonas Dipert, wealthy farmer near Hamlet, gored to death by a ball. Third victim In that county in two years. A widow and five children survive.

W. J. Dawson, 20, a farm hand, had both legs cat off below the knees at Lebanon bx a Big Four freight train. He waa walking along the side of the track and. the suction of the train threw him off his feet and under the wheels. Ho will live. "

LIVING ON HIS WIFE'S GRAVE.

Qneer Abode that a Georgia Man H Recently Built.i,. Col. Elijah De Board, of GUmer County, Georgia, is probably the only men in the United States whose home is over a grave. This unusual habitation is not due to eccentricity or for the purpose of attracting notoriety, but Is simply a case of loyal devotion shown in a visible way to the memory of his wife. The recent loss of his partner in life affected him deeply, since which time he has become a recluse. His devotion has been carried to an extreme, it is thought by bis neighbors, as be has given up living in bis large home and has just built a house on the spot where his beloved wife rests, on the beautiful mountain side near bis home. The structure is a small but substantial octagon of stone, and on the iron opening into the single room is the following inscription: “One In life, and one in death.” In the right-hand corner is the grave of his Wife, while a secondary space near by lie has reserved for himself, where at the end he can find repose. Around the windows flowers have been planted, and the venerable patriarch spends the days in beautifying the surroundings of his strange home. On the anniversary of her death, with the assistance of a local pastor, the funeral ceremony is repeated. The Colonel has turned a deaf ear to numerous entreaties of his friends to give up his solitary abode, as he has expressed the desire to spend the remainder of his days in this tomblike structure.

Drug Store Resources.

In a drug store not many hundred yards from the capltol Is employed a clerk who on to-morrow night will have been just three weeks learning how to mix soda, In anticipation of the summer rush of business In that particular line.' He is an apt student of things pertaining to the drug business, and according to his employer he does just as he is told. His employer told him when he came to work that if anybody ever asked for anything that he didn’t keep he was to say, “We’re just out of , but we have something just as good.” The young man caught on exactly. The other afternoon a young woman entered the store and Inquired of the new clerk: “Have you any postage stamps?” “No, ma’am, we’re just out of postage stamps, but we have something Just as good.”—Albany Journal.

Largest of Stone Arch Bridges.

The longest stone arch bridge in the world is under construction at Luxembourg over the valley of Petruffe. This arch will have a span of 277 feet and a rise of 102 feet. The total width of the available roadway is fifty-two feet; and this width is divided into two parts by a space nineteen feet wide, covered by slabs of armored concrete and carrying the footways. In comparison the longest existing stone arch is that of Cabin John Creek, on the aqueduct near Washington; this has a span of 220 feet and a rise of fifty-seven and a half feet, and Is 101 feet above the water level in the creek.

A Temperance Story.

Once upon a time there was a young man who took to drink. Parental admonitions, the warnings of friends, were alike unavailing. The young man laughed them all to scorn. “Ha, ha!” laughed he, to be more explicit. So he went on from bad to worse until finally a girl married him to reform him. “Alas!” he cried, now that It was too late. “Would that I had never drunk the first drop!” Oh, boys, think of his sad fate when the cup tempts you!—Detroit Journal.

Too Strong to Saw Wood.

Lady—Now that you have partaken of a good dinner, are you equal to the task of sawing some tfood? Tramp—Madam, equal is not the proper word; I am superior to it.—New York Herald. Strange to Say, Turkey and Greece are without telephones.

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Ready to Instruct.

It’s one of the curious things in life that the persons who know the least are generally the most ready to instruct others. There was a little Old lady in the dining room of a hotel lately, who called the waiter “Sir” when she spoke to him, and who greatly scandalized the smartly dressed persons with her by cutting her lettuce into inch bits and tilting her soup to get the last drop of the liquid It contained. No one noticed her particularly until just after the meal ended, when a remark she made attracted the general attention. It was a very innocent remark, too, for surely we ought all to be allowed to have our preferences, but her voice was so clear that it rang out over the dining room. “Sir,” she said, with dignity, to the waiter, “Sir, please bring me a spoon for my custard pie. I always eat custard pie with a spoon; it’s mince that you eat Tvith a knife,” she added, explanatorily to the woman next her, and then she finished her meal calmly and apparently entirely oblivious of the shocked faces at her own table and the amused ones at those near by.

From Death’s Door.

Hillsdale, 111., April 29th.—Much in terest has been aroused here over tincase of William Marks, who has beei in a dying condition for several monthwith an apparently incurable Kidne; Disease. * The leading physicians of this plae< had pronounced his case a hopeless one and others from Port Byron, Geneseo and Davenport, la., had attended him and in a consultation decided that he could not live. N In desperation, his nephew inquirer of Mr. L. F. Giles, a local druggist, as to a last resort. Mr. Giles suggested Dodd’s Kidney Pills, a remedy which had just been Introduced here. The results were marvelous. Mr. Marks immediately began to Improve, and within a few weeks was able to be up and about, completely cured. His cure is the talk of the neighborhood, and is considered nothing short of a miracle. There appears to be no doubt that this new remedy, Dodd’s Kidney Pills, will cure any case of Kidney Disease, for the more\malignant forms, such as Bright’s Disease, Diabetes, and Dropsy yield readily to Its remarkable influence. These forms of Chronic Kidney Disease have hitherto been considered incurable, and have bafHed all medical skill, and yet, this new remedy has cured- every single case In which it has been used, In this neighborhood. The doctors themselves are amazed at the wonderful work Dodd’s Kidney Pills are accomplishing in Rock Island County.

“Streetdust.”

“Ouida’s latest story -is called ‘Streetdust.’ ” “Must be dry.” “I'll bet it isn’t to be sneezed at.” “It will surely meet with sweeping criticisms.” “And be lucky if it isn’t carried off in the refuse cart.” “But I can see, of course, why she named it that.” “Why?” “Because it will be something to blow about.” —Cleveland Plain Deale’r.

A Tramp’s Work.

“Hello, Walker! What y’ up to now’days?” \ “Well, Lazy, I’m lookin’ fer a chance t’ work ” “Aw, come off! You don’t expect me to believe that?” “Cert It’s de truth. I’m lookin’ fer a chance t’ work some soft guy fer the price of a drink.” —Philadelphia Bulletin. The people who live in Charleston, S. C., are located over five and one-third square miles of ground.

A Poor Woman has Just as much tight to good health as a rich woman. Dr. Greene offers free of charge to every woman, the advice that leads to health and strength. Write to him at 35 W. 14th St., New York City, and tell him all about your weakness, the speolal advice of the discoverer of Dr. Greene’s Nervura cannot be bought for money, but it will be given to you free If you will write.

The “Habit” of Fruit-Bearing.

Fruit bearing in trees is merely a habit, for a young tree, taken in hand at the commencement, need only be pruned during the first three or four years, after which it will continue to produce fruit spurs of itself. For it must be re* membered that fruit bearing is a habit wMch-m&y be encoupraged in trees, and when once they are well trained to do it they will not vary, except fa untoward * circumstances. Therefore, the aim of all pruning, whether of root or branch, of young trees or old, is to induce Che fruitbearing habit, —Profitable Farm and Garden.

The People of Porto Rico.

Porto Rico is only a thirteenth of the size of Cuba in area, but it has more than half as many inhabitants. It is the most densely populated of all the West India islands, and a larger proportion of this population is white than is found in any of the other islands in its part of the world. There is a higher grade of intelligence among the Porto Ricans than among the Cubans.

$100 Reward $100.

The reader of this paper will be pleased to learn that there Is at feast one dreaded disease that science has been able to cure in all Its stages, and that Is Catarrh. Hall’s Catarrh Cure Is the only positive cure known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh being a constitutional disease, requires a constitutional treatment. Hall’s Catarrh Cure Is taken Internally, acting directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the system, thereby destroying the foundation of the disease, and giving the patient strength by building up the constitution and assisting nature In doing Its work. The proprietors have so much faith In Its curative powers that theypffer One Hundred Dollars for any case that It falls-to cure. Send for list Of testimonials. Address, F. J. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo, O. by Druggists, 76c.

Mandarins Never Seen to Walk.

Most Chinese mandarins pass the whole of their lives without taking a single yard of exercise. The late Nanking viceroy (father of the Marquis Tsene) was considered a remarkable character because he always walked 1,000 steps a day in his private garden. Under no circumstances whatever is a mandarin ever seen on foot in his own jurisdiction.

If Coffee Poisons You.

ruins yonr digestion, makes you nervous and sallow complexioned, keeps yon awake nights and acts against your system generally, try Grain-O, the new food drink. It is made of pure selected grain and is healthful,* nourishing and appetising. It has none of the bad effects of coffee, yet it is just as pleasant to the taste, and when properly prepared can’t be told from the finest coffees. Costs about %as much, l’t is a healthful table drink for the children and adults. Ask your grocer for Grain-O. 15 and 25c.

Sobriety Among Railroad Men.

The number of railroad men discharged for excessive use of liquor during the past twenty-two years has decreased from 20 to 1 per cent, and during the past twenty-five years the proportion of men owning their homes has increased tenfold.

You Can Get Allen’s Foot-Base FREE.

Write to-day tb Allen 8. Olmsted, Le Roy, N. Y., for a FREE sample of Allen’s FootEase, a powder to shake Into your shoes. It cures tired, sweating, damp, swollen, aching feet. It makes new or tight shoes easy. A certain cure for Corns and Bunions. All druggists and shoe stores sell It. 25c.

Spain’s Coast Line.

The coast line of Spain extends 1,317 miles—-712 on the Mediterranean and 605 on the Atlantic. I am sure Piso’s Cure for Consumption saved my life three years ago.—Mrs. Thos. Robbins, Maple street, Norwich, N. Y., Feb. 17, 1900. Washington, “the City of Magnificent Distances,” is laid out over sixty-nine and one-fourth square miles.

A Month’s Test Free.

If ron here Dyipep«l». writ# Dr. Shoop. Racine,Wis., Box 149, for six bottles of Dr. Shoop's Restorative. Express paid. Send no moner. Far *6.60 if oared. Fifty thousand tons of oysters are eaten in London during the season. Mrs. Winslow's Bootmiko Sybuv for Children teethlna; softens the some, reduces inflammation, allays pun. cures wind collo. 3S cents a bottle.