Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 37, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 March 1905 — Page 7

FARM AND GARDEN

The man "who can improve over his pperations of last year and do this year in and year out is greater than •» man who "takes a city.” liecause sheep will make better use of poor pasture than will any other stock do not undertake to keep them on one that is bare. The time of year is approaching When some over-enthusiastic road worker gets into the roadway to scour bls plow. Such men know the least about road working of anybody and they should be looked after by the grand jury. One lesson of this kind will teach them to take proper care of their plows another year. We want I'o road working of this character. The floor of any poultry bouse should always be slightly higher than the surroundings, says A. V. Meersch Ju Western Poultry Journal. This can be obtained by filling in with soil until the floor is raised sufficiently. If boarded floors are used the surface should be kept covered with about half an inch of silted material, which should be renewed at least once a week in order to keep the floor clean and dry. It is necessary that all the farm machinery to be used now be In perfect order. Every hour lost in making ready after work begins will be equivalent to two lost. There are two times when machinery can be put in repair to advantage; one when the tool was used the last time and just before it is to be used for the first time in tlie season. A person is in a better condition to note repairs when the tool is put away than at any other time. We are prone to neglect things and then we are also liable to forget The farmer doesn’t have to solicit patronage from any one. He doesn’t have to enter into competition and strife with any of his neighbors like a merchant; he doesn’t have to wrangle like a lawyer for a living; he does not have to depend on his collections reluctantly doled out as editors do; in fact, he can be the most independent man on God’s green earth if he manages his business in a businesslike way. He has f wer allurements for corrupting his morals and his morals and his occupation is more conducive to the highest development of his physical powers than any other. The father of a fourteen year-old boy was berating “book-fanning” and the "farm paper” when the son, who was of an inquiring mind wanted to know some more about the business., The son asked his father if he did not know something about farming, to which he was answered that he did. lie asked if “Uncle Dave was not a good fanner?” to which his father replied: “Yes, your Uncle David is an excellent farmer.” “Well,” says the boy, “if what you know and what Uncle David knows were to be written in a book would it not be book farming?” There was nothing for the father to do but to come down and acknowledge tha> the son was right. “Book farming” is all right if the book is right. It depends on the book and the author. Much of the old prejudice against book farming is dying out.

The Creamery for Ice Cream. The creamery industry 'n Maryland is in some respects quite different from that found in the west, inasmuch as most of those in this State do not contine themselves to the making of butter, but make butter only as a means of utilizing surplus and sell most of their products as cream or ice cream. The selling of the products of creameries for cream and ice cream rather Ilian the making of it into butter has enabled the farmer to realize better prices than would be obtained otherwise. Some creameries of the State that have made all of their products Into butter have been run quite successfully, while many have been a disappointment to the farmers and could not hold their patronage because of the low prices paid for milk.—C. T. I tonne. Druiving the Wet Spots. The business man Is constantly going through ills factory or store look* ing for places where there is a leak or where he can utilize space or material to better advantage than before. It seems almost impossible to Induce farmers to work along similar lines, yet there are hundreds of farms through the country that need Just this attention. We are nil familiar with the man who will scatter his operations over many acres fur from his home and barns whtii right close by there may be a few acres which wottid yield him enormous returns if properly prepared. The low spots which might be made exceedingly fertile are most often neglected. Frequently a few furrows struck Just right will provide all the drainage necessary to make n place for celery which would bring in large returns. Instead of reclaiming this valuable strip of ground the average fanner with many acres either pays no attention to it or turns the swine 'ou it to wallow. Possibly such a rtrlp •f ground has remained uncultivated

for years, and is practically virgin soil, needing only a little time and expense to make it very valuable. Can Yon Grow Good Grain? It may not be generally known that nearly all seedsmen are obliged to have a portion of their seeds grown for them just as many breeders of fancy poultry engage farmers to care for their young stock. A progressive farmer in New York was an expert grower of potatoes, and for many years grew nearly a hundred acres of potatoes for seed on contract for one of the large seedsmen in another State. This man is now in business for himself, making a specialty of seed potatoes. If one is an expert in growing some particular crop it will pay to correspond with some reputable seedsman nearby and see if an arrangement cannot be made to grow some of his seed for him. Generally an arrangement can be made which will be much more profitable than growing the same crop for the open market. Do not, however, make this proposition unless you are prepared to grow the best and deliver it as pure as possible. Choos in is a Dairy Cow. In the year book of the Idaho State Farmers’ Institutes C. L. Smith describes an ideal dairy cow thus: “She should have a big mouth, thick lip, large nostrils, a smooth-dished face, wide forehead, large, prominent eyes, thin on neck and shoulder, but widening down, fore leg’s wide apart, so wide that one might crawl between them, full chest, sharp back wedgelike, backbone rather prominent, ribs to start away from the backbone; that is, to slant away and have two ribs right over small of barrel, far enough apart so that the open flat hand will go In between them. This is a particularly good Indication of a large milker. The swell of ribs, paunch, should be large, with heavy muscle running from hip Joint diagonally down across the abdomen; cow should be broad on hip and well developed over hip; hind legs well apatVwitli good show of udder back of them, extending well up; udder also to begin well in front; but discard a cow that has a meaty’, fleshy udder, the ideal formation being circle shape, with the four teats well apart and square on end, and this indicates an easy milker, while, where the udder is well quartered up and the teats are big at shoulder and pointed, it denotes a hard milker. The vein that runs from the udder to the heart should be large. If this vein is small and straight, look out. On the contrary, if big and crooked, it indicates a heavy milker. Notwithstanding all these ‘good signs,’ the final test is the milk pail and the Babcock test, because there are exceptions to all rules.”

The Watering of Horses. The question as to the best time for watering horses is often asked, and is answered in a number of differen ways according to the individual opinions of the authority consulted. Many feeders believed that horses should be watered before feeding, while others are equally certain that feeding should precede watering. C. F. Langworthy, in a very useful bulletin, entitled ‘‘Principles of Horse Feeding.” summarizes the results of some recent experiments wlflffh he believes have reached the truth of the matter. The rations fed consisted of different mixtures of corn, oats, hay and straw, and a number of experiments were made, in which the only condition that varied was the time of watering. In some of these tests the horses drank before and in some after eating. and in others after the grain portion of the ration was eaten, but before the hay. So far as was observed, the time of drinking had no effect on the digestibility of a ration of grain ami hay. When hay only was fed there seemed n slight advantage in watering before feeding. The general conclusion was drawn that horses may be watered before, during or after meals without Interfering with the digestion and absorption of food. All these methods of watering are equally good for tlie horse, and each of them may bo employed according to circumstances. It Is obvious that certain circumstances may make It necessary to adopt one or the other method. For instance, after severe loss of water, such" ns occurs In consequence of long continued. severe exertion, the animal should always be allowed to drink before ho is fed, as otherwise he will not feed well. It has been found that loss water Is required when the ration consists largely of concentrated feed than when large amounts of couttse fodder are consumed, ami It is a matter of common observation that less water Is consumed when green, succulent feeds form a considerable part of the ration than when it consists of dry feed. That the amount of water taken. even In dry fees!, may be considerable is shown by the fact tlmt a ration of twelve pounds of oats and fifteen pounds of hay furnish some twenty pounds of water. A succulent ration would furnteb much mors.

MANY DIE IN A FIRE.

FACTORY BOILER EXPLODES AND WRECKS BUILDING. Calamity in Mauachusett. Shoe Fac-tory-Flames Break Out and. Spreading with Great Rapidity, Prevent All Attempts at Rescue. The explosion of a boiler in the shoe factory of R. B. Grover & Co. at Brockton, Mass., wrecked the building and killed perhaps fifty persons. Many of the bodies taken from the ruins were so terribly mutilated and burned as to make identification difficult, if not impossible. Upward of 200 persons were at work in the departments near the boiler room at the time. The boiler which exploded was located on the ground floor of an “L” which extended from the main building. In the three stories of the “L” were work rooms. Persons living near heard a dull roar and saw a cloud of smoke rising and the “L” of the factory fating to the ground. Flames burst from the ruins, spreading quickly to the main structure, which in a few minutes was a roaring furnace. Most of the employes in the main part of the plant succeeded in escaping, although in the terrible panic which followed the explosion quite a number were injured. The firemen experienced the greatest difficulty in battling with the flames as the Grover factory was of an extremely inflammable nature and nearly all the floors were saturated with oil. The flames extended to the Dahlburg block, a four-story wooden building on the opposite corner of the street, and to a number of wooden dwellings, half a dozen or more of which were destroyed. The Dahlburg block was also burned. The heat of the fire was so intense that the work of the firemen and police was carried on under great difficulties. Tons of water were poured on to the “L,” but the fire from the main structure became too hot for effective work, and the entire plant, with those who failed to escape, had to be abandoned. Meanwhile news of the accident had reached the homes of the operatives and through the crowds already near the burning factory, men and women were struggling wildly toward the center to get news of relatives. Cries which sounded ■above the roar of the flames were heard as frantic women learned that there was little hope for any one who was caught in the ell of the building. When the flames reached Dahlborg’s block even the firemen were obliged to retreat temporarily.—., The financial loss to R. B. Grover & Co., estimated at about $150,000. is nearly offset by insurance.

MORMON CONFESSES PERJURY.

President Smith Admits He Didn’t Tell Truth in the Smoot Caae. Joseph F. Smith, president of the Mor mon church, admitted to a large audience in Salt Lake Sunday that he com-

JOSEPH F. SMITH.

strong ever since he was a witness. President Smith explained that he gave the testimony he did in Washington “because they were trying to put him into a trap” and because the Senators could not understand what the revelation meant. He denounced Cannon and Smurthwaite and all his other critics. DRINK HABIT GROWS IN FRANCE. Dr. Duplessy Warns that It Is a Prime Factor in Tuberculosis. Alcoholism is steadily becoming worse in France, while it is disappearing elsewhere. according to assertions made by Dr. Poitou Duplessy in a puldie address, cables the Herald’s correspondent. The Speaker is a widely known physician. “To the drink evil.” he said, "could be traced the gradual disappearance of the family and the deterioration of racial attributes. Gradual degeneracy is sure to result unless alcoholism is checked.” Dr. Duplessy declared that drink is a prime factor in causing tuberculosis and madness, misery ami crime.

The Comis Side OF The News

It is moved and seconded that the Osler joke be' dropped. The busy hen has begun to hatch trouble for the egg trust. Judging from his talk Mr. Roosevelt must have been a baby once himself. Dr. Hillis says public men are broader now than they used to be. Also shorter. Illinois votes to lend Kinsis 100.000 cash plunks to tight the Standard Oil Company. President Castro seems to want to bn his own Supreme Court, as well as his own Congress. Kansas didn't confute its attack upon the Standard Oil octopus to an investigation of its methods. When Senators nre indict-* 1 and found not guilty they are cautioned by the court "not to do it again.” Dr. Osler was clearly unagare of the fact that Cassie was past 40 when she chadwicked the millionaires and bankers. The House of Representatives passed 433 private pension and relief bills ir an hour and a half. It is no wonder th»t they came near putting the names of some dead men on the roll. Somehow or other the dispatches from Oklahoma failed to tell of any mass meeting of the pioneer citizens to expresa their enthusiasm over the prohibition clause of the Stats hood bill.—Colorado Springs Gaietto.

mitted,perjury while testifying at Washington in tlie Smoot case iu saying be did not receive revelations. The doctrine of revelation is one of the cardinal principles of the Mormon faith and the criticism of Smith by the Mormons for denying that doctrine lias been

A SEA[?]EVEL CANAL.

Engineers Favor One as a Solution o» Waterway Problem. The engineering committee of the Isthmian Canal Commission has laid before that body the first definite plans for the construction of the Panama canal. These plans call for a sea-level canal to com $230,500,000 and that will require from ten to. twelve years to complete. The proposed waterway is to have a bottom width of 150 feet and a minimum depth of water of 35 feet; with twin tidal locks at Mirafiores. whose usable dimensions shall be 1,000 feet long and 100 feet wide. The engineering committee recommends that file Chagres river be controlled by a dam at Gamboa. Under no circumstances, according to the committee’s report, should the surface of the canal be more than 60 feet above the sea. and cost at this level being estimated at $178,013,406. A 30-foot level is estimated to cost $192,213,406. “With a sea-level canal across the isthmus,” the committee finds, “there would be a waterway with po restriction to navigation and which could easily be enlarged by widening or deepening at any time in the future, to accommodate an increased traffic, without any inconvenience to the shipping using it. Where*s, a lock canal is in reality a permanent .restriction to the volume of traffic and Size of ships that use it. The additional cost of a sea-level canal over that of a canal with locks with a summit level of flO feet above mean tide is $52,462,000, or $79,742,000 more than the estimated cost of the lock canal with a summit of 85 feet above mean tide, proposed by the former Isthmian Canal Commission, after allowing $6,500,000 for the Colon breakwater and direct entrance not previously estimated. This committee considers this additional expenditure fully justified by the advantages assured.”

MERIT FOR POSTMASTERS.

Civil Service la Extended to Cover the Mail Handlers. President Roosevelt is making sweeping extensions of the operations of civil service. A Washington correspondent says it is learned definitely on the authority of the Postmaster General that the policy of the new administration with reference to postmasters of all classes, from presidential down to fourth class, is that changes are to be made only for cause. It was announced after a recent cabinet meeting that eight years of postofflee service would riot be a barrier to continuance, but .until—new it was not-4»nown and, it might be added, not dreamed by the politicians that the policy would be so radical as to demand the filing of charges susceptible of investigation and proof to accomplish a change of postmasters of the presidential class. Congressmen are just beginning to learn of the broad scope of the new’ rule and of the fact that their recommendations for postmasters will no longer “go” unless supported by charges that will meet the test of a searching investigation. Naturally instances are few in which a Congressman would be willing to jeopardize his political influence by filing charges or countenancing the filing of them. Some of them are saying that the rule is too impracticable to be rigidly enforced.

FROM FOREIGN LANDS

An American negro murdered a policeman at Colon. Peasants in south Russia are burning and looting estates. Revolutions are threatened in Nicaragua and Guatemala. Vast quantities of hand bombs are being imported into Russia. Russian Liberals accuse the Czar of disregarding his own laws. The Chief of Police at Bialystock, Russia, has been assassinated. Twenf.y-six miners were killed by an explosion in a colliery in Wales. More than half of the "workmen in St. Petersburg are again on a strike. A Spanish anarchist attempted to blow up the Mexican legation in Paris. Lord Rosebery, in a speech in London. strongly opposed home rule for Ireland. The powers have rejected the proposition of Greece to annex the Island of Crete. Enemies of President Castro are preparing to launch a revolution in Venezuela. The Norwegian cabinet crisis has been settled by the formation of a coalition ministry. Men and women were herdod like sheep and shot and slashed by Russian soldiers at Tomsk. Five miners were killed and fifteen wounded in a fight with soldiers at Ekaftrinoslav, Russia. Bubonic plague is spreading rapidly in India. There were 34,<XMJ deaths in Calcutta last week. Influential French politicians mid newspapers are urging the Czar of Russia to sue for peace. Prominent lawyers and doctors were arrested nt Lodz. Russia, for stirring up the Polish language agitation. Four men wore killed ami fourteen injured by an explosion on a British submarine boat nt Queenstown. Englund. The Russian committee of ministers decided in favor of repealing nil religious regulations of a vexatious character. The heavy crop of American cotton has caused increased activity in mill building at Manchester, England. Four new mills are in course of erection. The Industrial Commission created by the Czar of Russia to investigate the strike troubles has been dissolved because the workmen refuted to appoint the membera allotted to H-md. Workmen and clerical employes of the Panama Canal and Raihoad are leaving, owing to general dissatisfaction over poor pay. overwork and bad treatment. In some case* agreements to send them home have not been kept.

RECORD OF THE WEEK

INDIANA INCIDENTS TERSELY ——_ TOLD. Shot in Fight Over His Child—Muncie Schoolboy Draws Color Line Husband Slain By Wife’s Lawyer Cannery Swindler Has Many Victims. George B. Thurston of Shelbyville was probably fatally shot at the home of his father-in-law. George Dippie. five miles west of that city. Thurston was divorced from his wife two years ago, the court decreeing that their 10-year-old child should spend half of each year with each parent. The other day was the date for the child to go to her father, .bi't the mother recently wrote asking that lie allow the girl to complete the school year, which ( loses in ten days. Insterad of replying Thurston drove to the school, got the child and then proceeded to the Dippie home after her clothes. Ou his arrival there -George Dippie. Jr., a brother of Mrs. Thurston, appeared with a gun and fired three shots at Thurston, all takiijg effect. Need Nat March with Negro. James Ward, a 9-year-old white boy whose parents recently moved to Muncie from Virginia, refused to march in line with a colored boy when requested to do so by a teacher in the Roosevelt school. The teacher tried to force the boy to march beside the negro, ami lie quit school. The boy’s parents refused to compel him to return, and Mr. Ward was arrested under the law which requires parents to keep their children in school a certain number of days each year. At a jtirj- trial Ward was acquitted, the jury deciding the teacher had no right to force upon a child associates that are distasteful to him. Killed by Wife’s Attorney. A. J. Taylor, former Vincennes councilman. was shot and killed by Louis A. Meyer, an attorney, during a fight in front of tlie postofflee. The shooting was witnessed by many persons. Meyer had acted as attorney in a suit brought by Mrs. Taylor against a woman on the ground of alleged misconduct of Taylor. When the two men met on the crowded street a tight followed a brief argument, and Meyer was roughly handled. Freeing himself from Taylor, lie drew a revolver and fired three times, two bullets taking effect. Meyer is~ulfiler arrest. Leaves String of Victims. O. F. Bowman of Carthage. who pretended to operate a canning plant in Indianapolis, has disappeared after swindling several farmers and others. It.' 11. Hill & Co. will lose over $6,600 and R. E. Ileliley over $5,000. Altogether the loss in one township will foot up over $20,000. Bowman had plants at Berne, and others in Alabama. One of his,victims had to sell ills farm to meet, a security note in favor of Bowman, who has been indicted.

Seeks to Poison Husband. Mrs. Jennie Rood, a comely woman of 35. is iii jail in Marion on the charge of attempting to poison her husband, John K. Rood. 78 years old. a wealthy retired business man. Mrs. Rood admitted the attempt- to take the life of the old man to a detective before arrested and made a full confession to Bert White, superintendent of police, and Captain Anthony George. Minor State Matter*. John Duncan, aged til. dropped dead while at work in the machine shops at Princeton. Ephraim Smith. G 8 years old. prominent Indiana farmer, was killed while unloading logs. Congressman E. S. Holliday announces that he will recommend John Gregg for the postoffice in Brazil. Larkin Barnett, a wealthy Warrick county farmer, living near Elberfeld, was fatally injured by a hay knife failing on him. Andrew Carnegie sent a letter to the trustees of tyrlham college at Richmond. announcing a gift of $30,000 for the college. A 3-year-obl daughter of Mr. ami Mrs. Klemeuz Klass, near Spencer, fell into a kettle of boiling maple syrup and was scalded to death. “Bess” Morley stabbed, perhaps fatally. "Curley” Walker in a Terre Haute saloon because he struck her for speaking to another man. Dr. Horace Wardner died at La Porte from blood poisoning, due, it is saiil. to running a sliver under his thumb nail fourteen years ago. Charles Watterson, a brakeman on the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, with headquarters nt Garrett, was instantly killed by falling under his train at Mark Center. Ohio. Thomas Telley. who died in Fort Wayne, hail been for fifty years an engineer on the Pennsylvania railroad, with a record of never having had a fatal iic<-ideuT. Joseph Jobst, 44 years old, a driver of a brewery wagon in Fort Wayne, shot his wife and then committed suicide. The woman will live. She had applied for a divorce from Jobst. While attempting to arrest “Red” Jacobs. an old-time outlaw. Officer John Valle was seriously stabbed in South Bend. Jacobs cutting a gosh in his left side with a butcher knifs. Jacobs has a record of six stabbing affairs. Indianapolis ministers have started a movement to have churches supported by a direct tax upon the membership, according to the amount of worldly goods they possess. The idea of the ministers is that the ability of a member to pay should be ganged by'his property, as represented by the tax assessment books. Rev. O. V. Wheeler of the Baptist church at Elkhart has been selected for appointment as chaplain of the regular army. Former Policeman Henry Barnett was shot in the abdomen and fatally wound* ed on the street in Mount Vernon by ( Officer John Williams. There had been laid feeling between the men for some time. Williams surrendered. Nettie Smith of Wabash secured a verdict of damages against bar nephew, Myrtle Roucli, who a year ago playfully tipped over her chair, permanently injuring U«u.

THE INCORRIGIBLE CASTRO

May Yet Succeed In Getting Uncle Bans Into Trouble. The French cable complications ta Venezuela have reached a crisisapd,MJft» ister Bowen has informed the State Department that the French minister at Caracas, by instructions of his government, has notified the Venezuelan government that there must be no further proceedings on its part toward the cancellation of the company’s franchise or interference with its property. Further, Mr. Bowen reports that two French warships have been ordered post haste to Venezuela to act in accordance with the instructions of the French minister. Apparently, in the opinion of the Chicago Daily News, this country will be most fortunate if the incorrigible Castro does not succeed soon in creating an international situation even more embarrassing than that which culminated in the Anglo-German blockade of Venezuelan ports. The latest developments at Caracas suggest that if he is not actually seeking complications with foreign powers he is not restrained by any fear of them. Through his control of the Venezuelan courts, which are absolutely subservient to his will, he seems to have succeeded in putting the American asphalt company out of business and confiscating its property. Following the same high-handed policy he is now proceeding against property interests belonging to citizens of European nations. To appreciate the broad possibilities of the situation which may result from those repeated attacks on foreign property, it should be remembered that ths granting of concessions to foreign firms is one of the most characteristic features of Venezuelan industry. Like the asphalt lakes, many of the mines are worked by these concessionnaires. An American company operates the country’s telephone service. A German company is exploiting its sulphur deposits. The French Cable company has a contract giving it terminal facilities and the use of overland telegraph lines, the contract providing that all disputes shall be settled “by the courts of the republic and shall in no case give rise to international claims.” Tlie French company’s contract and the concession of an Italian coal mining company have now been annulled by the order of Castro, who threatens to seize the properties of these concerns. That this is no new proceeding may be gathered from the fact that last February he annulled nearly 300 concessions “for lack of fulfillment of, the legal provisions?” The Daily News says that so long as a large part of Venezuela’s industrial enterprise is of this character the possibilities for international complications will remain almost unlimited. The facts tend to emphasize tlie argument that if the United States is to maintain the Monroe doctrine it must adopt some fixed, practical policy upon which to proceed when foreign property interests are injured by the acts of any irresponsible government on this hemisphere.

CITY ATTACKS GRANTS.

Chicago Council Revokes City Railway Permits and Starts Suit. War has heap renewed by the city of Chicago on the Chicago City railway. Mayor Harrison had Corporation Counsel Tolman prepare an ordinance, which the Council passed, repealing Hie extension permit, good until June 1. That done, assistants of the corporation counsel rushed into Judge Mack’s court, where the judge, who had been asked to hold special court, was waiting, and filed a bill to determine the value of the 99year aet and the rights of the city. The action was taken, it was announced, to forestall any legal obstruction in the shape of an injunction in the federal court. Not only the Council members, but the chairman of the local transportation committee, were taken absolutely by surprise when the clerk of the Council began reading the message of the Mayor. Mayor Harrison in his message recommending this course asserted that the present owners of the City Railway Company in his opinion had purchased it to prevent a satisfactory, settlement between it and the city. They had persistently declined to say whether or not they woujd accept the tentative ordinance in case that measure was approved by the people and the City Council. Further, the company had shown a desire to test its rights in the federal courts rather than in the State courts. As the processes of the former were slower than the latter it would be to the advantage of the city to take the initiative by beginninfig suit in the State courts. Realizing that the Mayor’s recommendation would be likely to precipitate* action by the company, the Council hastened to carry out bis suggestions.

ROBBERS DITCH LIMITED.

Raila Removed in lowa and Cara Go Down Embankment. Rock Island officials in Dt-s Mornes say that the wrecking of the Rocky Mountain limited near Homestead, lowa, was the work of robbers, who succeeded in escaping. Seven persons were injured, three of them dangerously. An examination of the track showed that the epikes for nearly the length of a rail had been removed. The wreck occurred on a high embankment. The Denver and Colorado Springs sleepers landed in the ditch, on end. the embankment at that point being about thirty-five feet high. The engine, mail ear and composite car also went down the embankment. The wreck, it is reported, was caused by an unknown person who removed spikes, bars and anglebare and misplaced the rail. Spikes were removed from two rails on the south side of the track. The engine and first four cars were thrown 'down a 45-foot embankment. The engine was completely stripped, the mail car destroyed, the buffet car thrown on its side and two sleepers Iwtdly damaged.

Immense Loss of Sugar.

The total production of sugar throughout the world is about 2.0U0.000 tons per annum. Of this quantity nine-tenths is afforded by the sugar-cane, 25.000,000 tons of which are required to produce the above quantity ot cane sugar. Tho total value of the sugar in the cane, if ft could be extracted, would be about $200,IXIO,OOO, but one-half is lost in the process of manufacture. The cowboys who attended the Rteooovelt inaugural presented Theodora,' Jr., With a pony.