Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 36, Number 125, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 November 1904 — Page 3

FARMERS CORNER

Feeding; Sheep in Tronght. The desigfi of a sheep trough, illustrated herewith, is one which has been found entirely satisfactory, all things -considered: it is but little tronble to make it, but its superiority over the average trough is so great that the labor spent in its construction will be well spent. As shown, the trough is 12 feet long, 1G inches wide, 22 inches high tapered as shown. With the exception of the slats which are %-lnch thick and 2tfc inches wide the trough Is made of 1-inch lumber. The sides, -which are nailed on the edge of the bottom are 6 inches wide. The end pieces or legs are 3 Inches wide and •extend (t Inches below the bottom of the trough as shown. These legs, are, of course, fastened securely to the trough after the latter is built and are independent of the

FEED TROUGH FOR SHEEP.

•rack itself. The rack Is built by nailing the slats one foot apart on pieces 3 inches wide and 12 feet long and iare then hinged to the side of the trough so that they rest on the edgo-a »f the trough when closed. Two hinges ion each side (strap hinges of course) 'will be sufficient. At about the middle of the racks a bent hasp is fastened iso that when the racks are In place they may be held so by turning the 'hasp over to the other side over a staple and holding it in place with a bit of wood. In this arrangement either rack may be let down and the trough thus filled from either side. Keep Chicks Growing. Whether the chickens are being raised for the market or for winter layers, it is essential that they make the best possible growth from birth togoiag into winter quarters or to the market. The range, to a largo extent, solves the question of food and of healthy growth, but It is necessary that the chtcks have some food other than that picked up on the range, or they will wear themselves out trying to get enough to eat. Then, if they roost under cover at night, and they should by all means do this, there is the question of lice which must be given proper consideration, for a few lice will cause the chick to lose more weight in a month than can he made good by two months of feeding. Everything possible must be done to keep the chicks growing during the summer; keep them making a strong, steady gain, and then they will be profitable, and not otherwise.

School for Training Farmers. American farmers are the most intelligent tillers of soil in the world. An example of this Is shown in the Improved agricultural machinery of this country as compared with that of other countries. A large part of this machinery is due to the inventions of the farmers themselves. In selling farm machinery in foreign countries, the greatest drawback to the development of the trade Is the ignorance of the fanner classes. One American firm's trade has been so hindered tuat it has decided'to start a school of training for farmers’ sons Omsk. Russia, where the principles of mechanics as applied to farm machinery will be taught. Feeding Value of Alfalfa. It is within a few years since any special attention has been paid to alfalfa and farmers have been slow Jn testing it. Perhaps the undisputed statement that a ton of alfalfa properly cured has nearly the same feeding value as a ton of wheat bran will convince farmers that the crop is worth their attention. Unlike clover It is not difficult to get a catch of alfalfa and it does not readily winter - ldll. One cannot put to better use n jiortion of the leisure days than In finding out all possible about alfalfa and Its culture. Better Dairymen Needed. A writer says: “When I see a cow with a good, sharp back, a deep body,, a clean head, and prominent bright eyes, two large milk wells and a double extension milk vein, and those about the size of a. linger, I say at once: Wlint a pity that this cow did not have an owner «s well bred as the, in order that her liodlly functions might have been developed and her full powers given play. Her capacity is from 8,000 to 10.000 pounds of milk yearly; her production does not exceed half this amount Corn Long Grown in the Wcat. Corn, which Is one of the staple products of Kansas, has been grown •on the soil of that State for hundreds of years. Perhaps the first mention cf Kansas corn is found In the chronicles of the famous Coronado expedition of 1451. How long It was cultivated there before that time is not •definitely known. i, Corn and other veg n table products were cultivated by the prehistoric Taces of America from a very primitive period, and Knnsas has been oc-

copied by mss from an extremely mote time, as the famous Lansinj skeleton well attests. found the Kunzas Indians, tr6m whojj the State derived its name, ralsfeg corn and other vegetables at their (§[. lages on the Missouri River nearly ty 0 centuries ago. Prof. Thomas Say. the naturalist D f Major Long's expedition, visited t^i s same tribe in their village near tfo e present site of Manhattan in 18|y, Col. Zebttlon M. Pike, in the jouri, a i of his expeditions in ISOG, refers t 0 the Pawnee Indians, who were raising a sufficiency of corn and pumpkins. Their pumpkins were cut Into tlji n slices and dried In the sun. Skim Milk for Plga. Relative to an Inquiry concerning skim milk and pigs, will say that two weeks old the young pig will begin to take skim milk from a sepa rft te trough. Of course, only a little win be consumed at that time, but it should be supplied two .or three times gaily at urst, and twice daily later. At fl rß t skim milk alone may be given, but later cornmeal, barley meal or middlings should be added. Allow the young pig to eat practically all it w m of the combination. Often it is ,be»t to have the trough from whichr the pigs feed in a special inclosure the pigs can reach it, while th{jy ai n is kept away. If this plan is fojptared the pigs will gradually wean SgieEfiselves whCn al>out ten weeks <|«j f or at least there will be no troujjte jp finally separating them from tin, <jam. Carefully conducted experiments at this station have shown that to get the largest returns from both and meal, not over three pounds 4f B kini milk should be given for eacl, pound of cornmeal or other grain. Wi) e re on e has large quantities of milk may feed as much jis from sik to nine pounds (if milk with each l>o J lm q of grain, but in that case the returns arc no so economical as where tl, e milk does not run over three pou n( i s for each pound of grain. There Is no beter single ft»ed for pigs than skim milk. where large numbers of pigs are (handled there are runts or pigs df condlti6n, undersized, etc. Always separate these from the main lot and fed them separately, giving special cJaro. One will be surprised to see hoM|tbp unlikely specimens will itnprojvg with a little care and extra allownqcj» o f j milk grain.—Prof. W. A. Ben*’, In Hoard’s Dairyman. J One-Man Croea-Cnt S«4-, When one man operates the cross cut saw the blade Is apt to wabble more or less, making It dffleult foi one man to get good work from thr tool. An excellent way to strengthen the blade is to take a ht-kory pop about a foot longer than the saw, shav lug down the end rather tat so that It will be about one-half inch thick. Saw a slit In this end cf the pole slip it over the saw blade q o de to th< handle and wire It to the iaudle after making two holes, one on either side of the slit in the pole. Tl e other end may be treated in the sfme manner or a notch may be cut in the hnndli of the saw nud the sliavec end of the pole go up against this n>tcli and be wired to the handle. If the pole is a good ore tikis device will materially stiffen tl e saw blade so that one man can opera t<| the saw with good results. The, {lustration shows the details as so! >w|: Figure

A ONE-MAN SAW

1 shows how tlie end 0 f the pole Is split and slipped over saw blade and wired; figure 2 shows sp nt end with holes ready for win a nd figure 3 shows one of the handles of the saw with a slight notch Cjt in it to receive the end of the lole.—lndianapolis News. - r dl ntß . Young geese are r 0 t good breeders. Goose eggs do not hatch well when shipped quite a dist lnce . As an egg-produeng grain oats has not an equal amon* cereals. Best results are n>t obtained by permitting poultry to roost in trees. Pure refined chaieoal is qne of the best disinfectants f o e the poultry yards. Young ducks sh( U hi' be kept away from swimming until they are well feathered. I Ducks may hi 'advantageously raised on many fmnjs where they have never yet be. n nrled. A goose yields übojut $1 n year it feathers, the marl e t jirice being a bom 40 to 50 cents a JouiAl. Foft-shelled egg) are seldom found where bens are aippiied with cracked bone or small bit! bf oyster shells. Poultry Is raiwfl () n gg.s per cent ol the farms In th. United States. U would be interesting to know what pei cent use high glide fowls. Chicks raised i n late spring and midsummer can be to lay bj’ February if they are given some meai in their dally rn ion Cleanliness is the keynote of health Nothing will breed sickness so quickly as filth, and it Is vety easy to have the henhouse becon ie flthy. Many failure, with incubators are due lately to iJmoia nee in those try lug to ran them,, in this, as in everything else, a pefsor must learn how.

Political COMMENT

i Money Talks. “Money talks” against a return of emoeraey to the presidency. The makg of it in hard, musical gold and sil;r is a sound- to be considered tkrougbit the land when the choice of the voter to be between good and bad times, ow many know that even in Mr. levehind’s administration there was a eepiug paralysis in the government —ints, and the talk' of coins as they dropped from the dies lessened to a whisper? That is a forgotten incident, but it is a lesson for the voter of to-day, a croon of disaster iu the past that may be repeated in the present. When Mr. Cleveland completed his presidency, beginning 1893, the gold and silver coinage of the country for his four years amounted to $290,003,055. Then Mt. McKinley took his place, business began to hum in the good old style, and the mints “got busy.” In four years (1897 to 1900, both inclusive), there was coined of gold and silver $468,509,455, an increase of $178,505,830 over the mint production of Mt. Cleveland’s term. If that did not indicate a return of good times —a demand and use for hard cash in business —then proofs arc useless. Take another listen to the money talk; coined money needs the metal. How much gold and silver was dug out of the earth during the Democratic (1893 to 1897) administration? The director of the mint made it $464,849,000. Then came the Republicans again, and there were mined during Mr. McKinley’s four years (1896 to 1900, inclusive) gold and silver to the value of $557,410,000. exceeding hy $92,561,000 the output of the preceding four years. That looks like an index of immediate prosperity that could

NOT INCLINED TO TRAVEL THAT ROAD AGAIN.

be rightfully attributable only to the Republicans’ return to power, thereby restoring public confidence and giving an impetus to mining; and mining is an industry of immense importance to many thousands of our citizens of foreign birth. If mining is greater under a Republican than under a Democratic administration, then self-interest should lead them to vote only for a Republican for President. In 3800, Cleveland’s closing year as President, the population of the United States had increased to 71,390,1)00. The stock of gold and silver at that time in the country was placed by the Commissioner pf the Mint at $4,965,610,936. This was close to $lB per head for the population. When McKinley's first four years were ended (1897 to 1900, inclusive) the population was over 5.000,000 greater, and the total coin and bullion of the country was up to $6,113,030,388 —a jumping up of $1,148,319,42, and an increase of the per capita average to within a few cents of $22. If government statistics are good for anything they show in this matter that the Republicans brought out and up the value and amount of mofhey. To this showing of the good results to the country in general of government by the Republicans is added the influence of such government as to the circulation of money of all kinds in the United States. W’jicn the Cleveland administration began, in 1803, there was money in circulation amounting to sl,506,701,245, equivalent to $23.87 per capita for the people; when it went out, in 1896, the country was trying to do business with $1,506,631,026 (a loss of $90,000,000) and a reduction of the per capita to $21.10. No wonder the country’s business men “got white around the gills’’ when the Democratic management of national finances gave them ruin for a dividend. ° It was left for the Republicans to lift the nation out of the Democratic pit. Iu 1897 Mr. McKinley’s administration had $1,646,028,246 in circulation, or $22.57 per capita. Every year afterwards showed an increase, and a great one. until in 1900 the people had for their use $2,062,425,496, or $26.50 per capita for a population of over 76,000,000. In 1903 (to June 30) there was available $2,876,323,210, or $29.39 per capita. That’s the way “money talks” when it comes to a showing of what good the Republican party and what damage the Democratic party has done for the people’# money. The latter party cannot get away from figures* which show that the longer it was in power the Whs the money and the metallic wealth of the country. Another experiment with it forecasts a worse financial collapse than we buve ever had. Republican Leaders. While President Roosevelt should be given full credit for the success of his administration, the leaders of his party should not be forgotten. In discussing this point the Kansas City Journal says: “Not for many years has an administration seeking indorsement of the people encountered such little purposeful opposition. Through causes many of which art* of non-partisan origin, the Republican party stands in a firmer position of strength and popularity than ever before. j

“The President and the most prominent Republicans in the cabinet. Congress and the departments are men with exceptionally clean records. They are broad-gauged statesmen, educated and experienced. They have high ideals as to wbat the public service should be, and they are imbued with a lofty and intelligent patriotism which makes them thoroughly to understand the power of the United States and to dare to use it when the occasion justifies. “These men encouraged and assisted during the more important crises by certain Democrats who rose superior to party ambitions have been directing the policies of the government for the past few yearv In action they haTe worked with admirable harmony. The change of leadership, caused by the assassin’s bullet at Buffalo, caused no change in the policy they had adopted. The course been frankly direct and persistently onward without any baitings through mistakes of judgment, uncertainty of purpose, jealousies or bickerings over ways and means. They have all (lone well and, except for the pre-eminence of the President’s position, you could not tell which of them was the greatest. “There are more big men and at the same time less personal factions and ambitions in the Republican party to-day than has been the case for many years.” The Rock of Protection. The foreign commerce of the United States in the fiscal year 1902 was larger than in any year of its history except 1901—both of them Republican years. Compared with 1901 there was a reduction in 1902 of $106,045,590 in exports, and an increase of $80,148,783 in exports. The redaction in exports was chiefly due to the shortage in the corn

crop of 1901, the reduction in the price of cotton, and an unusual home demand for iron ai.d steel/©anufaetures. The shortage in//ne corn crop of 1901, due to/ drought,/reduced the corn exportetlona in 190f' 151,181,413 bushels below those of 1901, and caused a reduction of $06,342,310 in the value of corn exportations. The exports of cotton fell off $23,021,624 in 1902 over 1901, and those of Iron and steel fell off $18,766,758, owing to the home demand. But these unfavorable items, due to causes easily understood, were more than compensated by increased exports in other items and by largely increased imports of raw materials for manufacturing. 34ie latter item amounted to $415,151,974. This is largely in excess of similar importations in any preceding year in our history, and shows that even a failure of the corn crop cannot affect prosperity that is founded on the solid rock of Republican protection. ,Facing Three Ways. The npister trimmer before Judge Parker —to give the latter the classification awarded him by that eminent Democrat, Mr. Bryan’s running mate, Thomas Watson of Georgia—was President Jaijjes Buchanan. He was so judicial la his executive character that he got -the name of “James-Faclng-Both-Ways.” We have improved on his achivaments in thest days. Democracy and its candidates face three ways now. Example, on the tariff. The St. Louis platform says: “We denounce protection as robbery.” Judge Parker accepts that as bis creed an<J says it Is partly robbery. “Some of the schedules are wrong.” He will fix those —slowly. Senator Davis, his running mate, says: “Incidental protection is all right” Think iff that —incidental larceny, according to the party creed, all right! But it Is the most candid statement of the three.—Buffalo News. A Business Appeal. “Unfurl the Flag.’” is the admirable title of a Republican campaign leaflet prepared and Issued by three merchants and business men of national distinction, Messrs. William F. King, Seth M. Mllllken and Charles H.Webb. Says the leaflet, among other things: “If you favor sound currency, protection to American industries, national Integrity, and national greatness, make your sentiments known and aid the cause of unfurling the flag in behalf of a continuance of our present national policy.” Tho Issues of the campaign could not be more briefly or more effectively stated. The appeal is one which will find a tremendous affirmative response. Parker va. Circaa Man. A* has been frequently remarked of ‘bite, the difference between Parker and a circus proprietor is that the circus man has a show.

INDIANA INCIDENTS.

RECORD OF EVENTS OF THE PABT WEEK. Hymen Depletes Y. W. C. T. U. — La Cross Murder Mystery to Be Probed— Plucky Woman Drives Masber Away Girl Saved by Tramp. Matrimony is playing havoc with the active membership of the Young Wom-en’s-Christian Temperance Union in Indiana, acording to an official report made by Miss Clara M. Sears of Anderson, State secretary, when the Indiana organization assembled for its annual meeting at Columbus. The secretary complains that during the last year four “Y” unions disbanded,. Ttvo were organized, one at Fredericksburg and the other at Evansville, leaving a net loss of two unions. The loss or withdrawal of forty-two young women from the work of : the organization is ascribed to marriage. In proportion to their number, young men, who are also admitted to the organization, have not been so fortunate, 6r thf have continued active after marriage, for there was only a loss of four young men during the year. Woman Fires on Masher. Mrs. Louise Glover of Crawfordsville has set a fearless example which may result in abating the “masher” nuisance in that city. While returning home alone the other night she met a stranger who jostled against her rudely, at the same time addressing her in an Impudent manner. Thinking he might have made a mistake, Mrs. Glover stepped aside for. him to pass, but the Would-be “masher” blocked her .way, and made another impudent remark, whereupon she drew a, revolver from her hand satchel and fired at the ground, at the same time assuring him that the second shot would be to kill. The fellow took her at her word, and beat a hasty retreat. Court Takes Up Mystery. judge Richter of La Porte has issued an order for the convening of a special grand jury to make a rigid investigation of the La Crosse murder mystery. Startling evidence has been unearthed and with the returning of indictments and the making of arrests it is believed the mystery will be cleared up. The officers believe that the murdered man was lured from his home in Chicago by an ex-con-vict and after being taken to a dugout was murdered and his body thrown into a deep ditch. The only marks found on the clothes worn by the victim were the initials, “J. H. E„” and the marks of two Chicago retail houses. Tramp Saves Young Woman. Miss Ella Sherman, the young daughter of Henry Sherman, living south of South Bend, was found alone in her home by a ruffian and before she could call for help she was grasped by the throat and a handkerchief saturated with chloroform was forced to her nose. She was losing consciousness when someone appeared at the door and with an oath started toward her assailant, who fled. The stranger said that he was passing the house and had stopped to ask for something to eat, when he heard the girl’s outcry. He went away without giving his name. Russian Deserters Coming. A. Derowski, claiming to be a deserter from the Russian army, Is seeking a location for a Russian colony, which will be established in western Indiana or eastern Illinois. The man claims that there are hundreds of deserters from the army ranks of the Czar and the majority are seeking homes in America. Derowski claims that many of the desertions are due to the threatened calling out of the reserves, who, in many cases, object to entering the field of battle. Many of the soldiers have small fortunes and will not come to America beggars. Miner State Matters. Frankfort Elks will build a new ball. George S. Adams of Sheibyville is dead. Roshville Masons will build a new temple. S. C. Sells will build a crematory at Anderson. Richmond police will give their benefit ball Nov. 14. People at Clinton pay out SIO,OOO a month for beer. The spiritualists have erected a new hall at Waldron. A legal row is on at New Castle over he hog ordinance. Seventeen persons left New Castle for homes in Montana. The Hartford City Commercial Club has been incorporated. Dr. Reagan is building a new brick business block in Mooresville. A patriotic citizen at Milton painted his home red, white and blue. Bell telephone people are stretching some new lines in Tipton county. Edward Maxwell of Crawfordsville fell from a tree and was seriously injured. Mrs. John loeHaven, 43, of Conneraville, died of catarrh of the stomach. Garrison Fayne of Brazil is said to be in the Japanese ranks fighting the Russians. Richard Hollingshead of Parke county has gone to England to claim a large estate. J. R. Milligan pf Blountsville was fined $42.80 for killing two squirrels out of season. John Pillman, aged 53, a business man of Porter, was struck and instantly killed by a Lake Shore train. The Bedford Democrat says that the repairs on the roads in Lawrence county cost the taxpayers SOO a mile. Jefferson Kendall of Shelby county lias lived continuously on the same farm since his birth, 72 years ago. Two prisoners at the Michigan City penitentiary attempted to escape and (tabbed Guard Joseph Allen in the hand. Nathaniel Kissinger, traveling evangelist, Evansville, has been declared insane. He imagine* that be is King David. John Carney, a farmer 54 years old, committed suicide by shooting himself in the temple. His mind had been affected for some years. Florence Becknel, 10 years old, who eloped from the borne of her parents in Albany to wed Edward Gibson of Mancie, has been taken borne by her father.

WASHINGTON GOSSIP

The commissioner of the general land office has issued the following statement Intended for the protection of old soldiers contemplating settling on public lands: “Information ban been received at the general land office that designing persons are circn* la ting reports through Indiana and perhaps elsewhere, to the effect that old sojdiers are entitled to enter pnblic lands, particularly In western Nebraska, and receive patent therefor without residing upon or enltlvatinw the lands, as other persons are required to do. This report is false. The only favor given to old soldiers by the homestead laws which is not granted to other persons, is that of being permitted to make his first filing through an agent and to have the time of his service deducted from the five years which homestead entrymen are required to reside upon the land. This latter privilege is enjoyed by ail soldiers who served for ninety days in the war of the rebellion, after they have actually resided upon the land for one year. The only soldiers who are permitted to acquire title to lands without establishing a bona fide residence and having a home thereon, are those who made entry of less than 160 acres under the homestead laws prior to June 22, 1874. Any soldier having made entry prior to that date of less than 160 acres, is now entitled to enter so much lands as would, when added to the lands already entered, make a total of 100 acres, and upon making such an entry he receives patent without having to reside upon the land.” Next to the Presidency, the control of the House of Representatives in the next Congress is the most important result at issue in the approaching national election. The Republican majority In the Senate Is too large to be imperiled by the election. But in the present House the Republicans have a Majority of only 84, Tile membership, exclusive o- 4 vacancies, is: Republicans, 208; Democrats, 172; Union Labor Democrats, 2. There are 30 Democrats and 26 Republicans who hold their seats by pluralities of less than 2,000 votes. These districts ore generally regarded as debatable. It Is the expectation that whichever party elects its candidate for President will elect also a majority of the House. This hag been true in every Presidential election since 1872, with the exception of 1876. Agents who have been gathering information for the Department of Commerce and Labor in regard to the beef trust lave about completed their work. Among the complaints is one that agents of the trust, at certain seasons, offer farmers the trust prices for cattle. If refused, the trust, it is charged, by means of its power with the railroads, holds up the farmers’ supply of cattle feed, compelling sales at whatever figures the combine desires. “We have found,” says the report, “that the buyers of the packers nee speculating, cornering markets, and doing other things that border on the illegal. So far, however, we have been unable to convict any one of controlling the prices for the whole country or manipulating them for the benefit of the so-called trust.” The officials of the United States Department of Agriculture were recently much amused by a letter sent the department by an occasional correspondent In Virginia. Among othw things, the writer hastened to advise Secretary Wilson to this effect: “My wife has a Tame cat that dyd. Being a Torturesbell and a Grate faverit, we had the same berred in the Gardln, and for the enrichment of the soil I had the Carkis deposited under the rotos of a Gooseberry Bash. (The Prate being up to then of the smooth varriety.) But the next Season’s Frute, after the Cat was berred. the Gooseberryg was all Hairy—and more Remarkable, the Caterpllers cf the Same Bush was All of said Hairy description.” When the cutom house at Bltka was cleaned recently, the first official document Issued there after the United States took possession of what had been Russian America was brought to light. It was the registration of the steamer Fideliter. dated “New Archangel,” the former name of Sitka, October 28, 1867." It has been framed and hung in the custom house. With It was a passport signed by Prince Maksutoff, the last Russian governor, who wrote himself, “His Imperial Majesty's Naval Post Captain and Knight. Acting Governor of the Russian Colonies In America.” The National Spiritualists' Association at St. Louis declined the challenge of the National Anti-Mediums’ Association for a demonstration by a medium before a committee from each organization. Walter S. Keene, leather merchant of Stoneham, Mass., has filed a petition in bankruptcy, with liabilities at $252,782 and assets at $11,615. Gov. Chamberlain and a distinguished party from Connecticut assisted in the dedication of the Connecticut monument on the Chattanooga battlefield. Ralph Rogers, a member of the junior class of Wofford College, Bpartanaburg, 8. C.. was accidentally killefi white playing with a revolver.