THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT.
Aug. 10, 1899
V
Clippings.
COAL TRUSf BENEFICENCE.
7 " Sew York, Aug. 1. All coal dealers in
New York and Brooklyn have received
1 notice that beginning today the whole
sale price on all grades ol coalstove,
tsut, egg and brokenwill be advanced
S5 cento a ton. . The dealers have also
received notice that all orders beyond
the first of the month will be canceled,
and that they must be given from month
to month. Associated Press.
, FUNSTONIA.
f Somebody had better cable to Fun.
'ston that this anti-expansion talk of his
will DBver, never do. He is spoiling all
the ammunition of the political party
I with which he is affiliated. The manag
1 ing editor of the Wichita Eagle is al
ready tearing his incarnadine locks in
grief over the fact that be can no longer
run "Funstonia" and "haul down the
- Sag" in parallel columns. . We think, on
Funston's return, we will give him an
invitation to become one of us. He will
be in much better company than at pres
ent. A man of Funston's disposition
belongs to the common people, and as
the republican press frequently accuses
us of being a lot of scrubs, we must be
the common people, for, of course, all
scrubs arecommon.-Simpson's Bayonet.
STRANGE KIND OF HONOR.
The republican press is trying to make
the people of this country believe now
that Mr. McKinley has got us into this
war there is no way of getting out of it
with honor, until we have utterly subju
gated the , Filipinos. We have often
noticed that the average republican
editor has a very queer notion as to
what constitutes honor and the stand
that they take on the Philippine ques
tion is a confirmation . of the fact that
niut nf tham An tint, know, or At laest
do not com prebend the meaning of that
word, we tail 10 see any extnwirimiirjr
flifflonltT that "would - arise to orevent
the speedy and honorable settlement of
the trouble in the Philippines, if the ad
ministration were disposed to be honor
able and just. All that is necessary to
do is to say to the Filipinos: "We ad
mit that you have a right to govern
irnnvoaliraa . All H RaV flf VOtl that VOQ
preserve order and that you shall respect
r. . . TTT v J : .
the rigms 01 nations. ' uesire w
maintain a force here until your govern
ment is firmly established." If there is
anything in these proposals inconsist
ent with Americanism, then we snail
admit that we do not know what Ameri
canism means. Simpson's Bayonet. .
; THE MONEY POWER.- -
- Del mar in his recent ' work speaks of
the power of money in the following inci
dive wav: . ',' -
" When the principles which underlie it
are thoroughly understood, money is,
perhaps, the mightiest engine to which
man can lend his guidance. Unheard,
nnfelt, almost unseen, it has, the power
to distribute the burdens, gratifications
and ODDortunities of life, that each indi
vidual shall enjoy that share of them to
which his merits entitle him; or, to dis
pense them with so partial a hand as to
violate every principle of justice, and
perpetuate a succession of social slaver.
les to the end of time."
THOUGHTFUL OF CHILDREN.
The Greely Citizen in speaking of the
visit of Mr. Bryan and the great crowds
that assembled there to hear him speak,
said: ' -!
"At about 10 o'clock Mr. Bryan was
escorted to the court house by the band
followed bv the constantly increasing
crowd. He took up his position in the
hallway of the conrt house and spent
almost all the time until noon in shak
ing hands and chatting pleasantly to
those around him. . He was perfectly
free and approachable and his manner
as plain as the humblest ot his admirers.
Particularly was be thoughtful as to the
children taking pains that none escaped
without some recognition from nim.
' GOVERNMENT OWNERSHIP.
After three years in the hands of re
ceivers the Baltimore & Ohio railroad
has again passed into the control of its
stockholders. YY bile under a receiver
shin this great property was well man
aged, and it is turned over to the own
ers again in better condition than when
the court was placed in control. Per
manent improvements have been made
increasing materially the valne of the
road and advancing its earning capacity.
1 During the period of the receivership the
gross receipts were $92,899,646.89, and
the operating expenses, including large
outlays for maintenance of track and
equipment, were $68,162,583 50, leav
ing a balance ot 924,736,963.36. This
is a good showing as to management
under the court's control.
This matter is interesting as indicat
ing to a certain extent the possibilities
of government operation of a railroad
system: for while the Baltimore and
Ohio was controlled by the court it was
as truly operated by the government as
it an official of the executive department
had been directing affairs instead of a
judge. This experience shows that gov
ernment operation may be productive of
as good results as private operation.
Indeed, in this case the private manage
ment was fast ruining the road, and it
was necessary for the court to tak po-j
( session for a time and manage the prop
- erty in order that its value should not
be still further , impaired. Chicago Rec
ord. RIDICULING THE FIRST. '
The State Journal still keeps ridicul
ing the First and makes of the awful
sufferings that the brave men of that
regiment have endured. In last Friday's
edition it said:
"But when the Hancock arrives there
will, doubtless, .be aa outburst of pop
pathos. It is suspected that the men
will be found with complexions ruined
by the trcpical sun showing that Otis
issued no umbrellasor parasols to shield
his troops from the direct rays of the
sun. Many ot them have lost flesh ac
cording to the best pop opinion, and
have been nnder the weather from'
wounds or disease.
it Is firmly believed that their uni
forms will be more or less worn and per
haps they will have noting on but the
canvas clothes that they wore at Ma
nila." TAXING SUNLIGHT.
It appears the real estate barons of
New York have found a way to tax
God's sunlight and make the poor pay
them a good tribute for it. It will not
be long until some trust will find a way
to put a tax on te air that we breath.
On this subject Jacob A. Rub has been
writing again and of tenement house
life in New York. The literary digest
says: J; .. . .. , . , '
Mr. Riis finds that suniignxi is reconea
!fn tha rant, almiut. Afl if it W6TO it 8 8 Or
electricity; a flat with one ray of sunlight
costs 50 cents a month more than a flat
with none; a front flat " wbere tne sun
comes right in your face," fl7;arear
flat where it doesn't come in at all, 111.
In the depth of last winter Mr. Riis
found a tamiiy ot poor jews p.viuK
eight dollars a month lor the privilege
nf living under a flight of stairs in an
abandoned piece of hallway, and the
youngest first saw tenement uayugui
there.
It also quotes Mr. Bus as saying:
Tn nn rflM f fnnnd. in midwinter, ten
ants living in sheds built of odd boards
and roof tin. and paving a dollar a week
for herding with the rats. .
LANDED SLAVERY.
The terms of that treaty with Spain
bound the United States to perpetuate
and to support with its power the
landed slavery of the Filipinos to the
Spanish friars, against which, more
than anything else, they had been fight
ing lor years, aye, ior generautiim.
ProHidnnt MoKinlev has been violating
the constitution of the United States,
for he is waging war against a peopie.
without action by the congress of the
United States, which alone, has ' the
power to declare war. -
PUBLIC OWNERSHIP
A great many populists thought it all
out for themselves and came to their
conclusions without aid from economists
or book writers. They honestly believed
that their views , were original. Since
then many of them have found that it
was all written in books before they ever
expressed an opinion on the subject in
public, and what was .written in the
books, was exactly what they had rea
soned out for themselves. Long before
any populist convention ever demanded
thf public ownership of . monopolies
John Buskin wrote and published the
following:
"Neither the roads nor the railroads
of any nation should belong to any
private persons. All means of public
transit snoaiaoe proviaea ac puouc ex-
nanan hv nnhii determination wnere
r---, r . . , t..
such means are needed, ana tne puduc
should be its own "shareholder."
Noithur rnaA nnr railroad nor canal
.tinnM aval, niv Hiviffanri'a,' tft Anvbfjdv,
Tney snouia pay mere, working Hpeasw
and nn mnrn. All dividends are simply
a tax on the traveler and the goods.
levied by the persons to whom the road
nr Muiti hnlnncro. for the right of Pass
ing over his property. And this right
should at once be purchased by the na
tion, and the original cost of the ran
wahA it. nf otvI. iron, or adament
at once defrayed by the nation, and
then the whole work of the carriage of
persons or goods done for ascertained
prices, by saianta omcers, as toe car
riage of letters is now done."
NO MONKEY WORK
I would like space for few remarks in re
gard tn the conntv conventions. We
have a few such office seekers or would-be
bellwethers, who select offices as they
can agree upon then run around over
the country trying, to get parties to
plodge themselves their support in the
county conventions, and with a snort
call, not giving the farmers ample time
to get together and consult as to who
they wish to represent them or ample
time to get their work in shape that
they can attend on the day of the call.
In this way they carry . out their wishes
and defeat the people, depriving them of
a true representation and making it
mnrn nnasiblefor the defeat ofourre-
fnrm fni-RfM. But bv giving good and
nfflniant tima tnr tha farmers to get to-
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getber and consult will give us a better
representation ana our ntuuiuaun mou
elated wnnld more closely voice the
wishes of our people. U.T.Duncan.
Rulo, Neb.
The Great Rock Island Route is plac
ing interch an gable books on sale at all
coupon offices west of Missouri river,
These books are good on 87 ' different
railroads and will be a great advantage
to commercial men and travellers. The
net rate is 2c per mile in Kansas, Mis
souri, Nebraska, Oklahoma and Indian
Territory.
DEMOCRATS TO CONVENE
Conntv Convention Will be Held In Lin
' coin Aoguat 10th.
The democratic county convention for
Lancaster county is hereby called to
meet in Bohanan's hall, in the city of
Lincoln on the 10th day of August,
1899, at 10 o clock a. m., lor the pur
pone ot nominating candidates for the
ollowing offices in said county:
Three Jndges ot the District court.
One Clerk of the District Court.
One County Treasurer.
One Sheriff.
One County Clerk.
One County Judge.
One County Superintendent of public
instruction.
One County Commissioner.
One County Surveyor.
One Coroner. .
And to select delegates to represent
said county in the democratic state con
vention. and transact such other bus).
ness as may properly be considered by
the convention.
The basis of representation is one del
egate (or every 15 votes or major frac
tion thereof cast for O. F. Kenower for
regent in the election of 1897.
Delegates from the city ol Lincoln will
meet in separate convention on the con
clusion of tbs work of the county con
vention for tho purpose of nominating
three candidates tor justice of the peace
and three candidates for constable, and
one candidate for assessor for each ward
in the city.
It is recommended that tbs precinct
primaries for the selection of delegates
to this convention be held August 8,
1890; at 8 o'clock p. ra. .
The wards and precincts are entitled
to representation a! follows:
First ward 14, Second ward 12, Third
ward 28, Fourth ward 24, Fifth ward
26. Sixth ward 16. Seventh ward 15,
Buda 7, Centerville 7, Denton 6, Elk 5,
Grant 9, Garfield 3, Highland 4, Lan
caster 22, Little Salt 6, Middle Creek 5,
Mill 7, Nemaha 9, North Bluff 6, Oak 7,
Olive Branch 1, Panama 6, Rock Creek
6, Saltillo 7, South Pass 5, Stevens Creek
5, Stockton 5, Waverly 6, West Oak 5,
West Lincoln 5, Yankee Hill 9.
U. A. THU1S,
Chairman Dem. Co. Cen. Com.
JOHN A. MAGUIRE, Secy.
CALL FOR CONVENTION
The Peoples' Independent Party elec
tors of the state of Nebraska are hereby
requested to send delegates from thei
respective counties, to meet in conven-
tion in tne city ot umana on xueeaay,
August 22, 1899, at 2 o'clock p.m., at
Creighton hall, corner of 15jth and Har
ney streets, for the purpose of placing
in nomination candidates for the follow
ing offices: !
One judge o! the supreme court; two
regents of the state university, and to
transact such other business as may
properly come before the convention.
The representation Is based upon one
delegate at large tor each countyand
and one delegate for each one hundred
votes or major fraction thereof, cast for
Hon. W. A. Poynter for governor at the
election of 1898. ,
Each county is entitled to representa
tion as follows: i v
Adams... ............19
Jefleron.............l7
Johnson 11
Keith 3
Keya Paha 4
Kimball 1
Knox 17
Lancaster.. 46
Antelope 12
Banner 2
131&iD6 X
Boone.,1. .....14
Box Butte 5
Boyd 6S
Brown... 4
Buffalo. 21 ,
Burt ..13
Lincoln... ...10
Logan; 2
Loup....... 2
McPherson 1
Madison 16
Butler 19
Cass .........23
Codar 11
CbftsOs 8
Cherry............... 7
Cheyenne
Clay ..................17
Merrick..............lO
Nance 8
Nemaha 17
Nuckolls :....15
Otoe 21
Pawnee. 11
Colfax 12
Cuming ....16 .
Custer la
Dakota ...
Dawes .............. 7
Dawson .......14 '
Perkins..... 3
Phelps........ 11
Pierce...... 8
Platte 17
Polk 14
Red Willow 9
Richardson ...24
Deuel 3
Dixon ...............10
Dodge ....J..........19
Douglas.. ...89
Rock 3
Dundy............... 4 .
Saline 18
Sarpy -11
Saunders 24
Scott's Bluff...... 3
Seward ......17
Sheridan ........... 6
Sherman.... 7
Sioux. 3
Fillmore 18
Franklin 11
Frontier. 9
Furnas...... ...13
Gage 24
Garfield ............ 8
Gosper 6
Grant ... 2
Greeley.............. 7
Hall - ..16
Stanton 8
Thayer ...... ....15
Thomas ............ 2
Hamilton 16
Harlan. ........... ..11
Thurston..
Valley 9
Washington. 13
Hayes - 3
Hooker 1
Holt...:............18
Wayne 8
Webster.... 13
Wheeler 2
Hitchcock ......... 6
Howard ............12
York...... ...18
Total .............;.............:....;.1045
It is recommended that no proxies be
allowed, and that the delegates present
cast the full vote of their respective
delegations. :
It is further recommended :tnat nom
ination for county officers be made at
tie convention, selecting delegates to
the state and judicial conventions.
Where two conventions are held we
would recommend that yon reorganize
the county central committee at your
first convention, and send ns the name
and postoffice aidress 1 of the chairman
and secretary pud committemenat once.
Tne headquarters of tne committee at
the time of the state convention will be
at the Paxton Hotel, corner of Four
teentb and Farnam streets, Omaha, Ne
braska, wbere delegate tickets may be
bad. J. M. Thompson,
J.N. Gaffw, ' . , Secretary.
Chairman.
CALL F0R;C0UNTY CONVENTION
A
Peoples' Independent PartyJCounty Con
vention tor Lancaster County.
The Peoples' Independent Party ot
Lancaster county, Nebraska, will meet
in delegate convention at Bohanan's
ball in Lincoln, Nebraska, on lnursday,
August 10, 1899, at 10 oclock a.m.. for
the purpose of placing in nomination
candidates for the following offices:
' Three jndges of the district court, one
clerk of the district court, one county
treasurer, one county clerk, ono county
judge, one sheriff, one coroner, one coun
ty commissioner, and lor the transaction
ol such other business as may come be
fore said convention. , ,
Each ward and precinct will be entitled
1o one delegate at large, and one dele
pate for each 15 votes or mBjor fraction
thereof of the vote cast for W. A. Poyn
ter in 1898.
The various wards and precincts will
be entitled to representation as follows:
1st ward, 17; 2nd ward, 15; 3rd ward,
29; 4th ward. 28; 5th ward, 27; 6tb
ward, 17; 7th ward 16; Buda, 8; Center
ville, 7; Denton, 6; Elk, 7; Grant, 10;
Garfield, 4; Highland, 6; Lancaster, 18;
Littb Salt, 7; Middle Creek, 6; Mill, 8;
Neraabn, 10; North Bluff, 6; Oak, 8;
Olive Branch, 2; Panama, 7; Rock
Creek, 6; Saltillo, 0; Stevens Creek, 6:
Stockton, 6; South Pass, C; Waverly, 6;
West Oak, 7; West Lincoln, 4: Yankee
Hill, 9
It Is recommended that tbs various
caucuses be held Tuesday evening, Aug.
8, at 8 o'clock P M., and that each cau
cus select a member of the central com
mittee for the comingyear, and make all
prcinct nominations.
Dated this 5th dav of July, 1899.
C. G. Bullock, Robekt Wiikkler,
Secretary. ; Chairman.
The Silver Republican convention wilt
meet at the same time and place. Each
ward and preulnct will be entitled to
one delegate at large and one for tnich
15 votes cast for E. A, Gilbert in 1898.
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FIGHTING HAILSTONES.
"In London, some twenty-live years
ago," says the Roman correspondent of
the Lancet, "a fog of almost unpreced
ented duration and density, inflicted
such damage, notably on a geat cattle
show at Islington, that it was seriously
proposed on future visitations of the
kind to clear the air by artillery, even at
the cost (as then estimated) of 10,000
($50,000). The proposal transferred to
Italy and applied to her hailstorms, has
been quite lately energetically carried
out, mainly on the lines recommended
and practiced in Styria by Signor Stiger.
At Turin a member of Parliament largely
interested in agriculture, Signor Ottavl,
has shown that the mortar used in Sty
ria, and still more the 'Unger cannon,'
also in use there, may be constructed in
any well appointed Italian foundry, so
simple are they in construction and
operation. The mortar, for example,
with a cnarge of from 80 to luu grams
of gunpowder, rammed in not very tight
ly and plugged at the mouth with a
stopper of unseasoned wood, can, when
Area off in repeated volleys, keep a ball
cloud at bay and even break it up and
disperse it. Throughout Italy, but more
particularly in the more robust, wealth
ier, more enterprising North, one reads
of experiments ti led with most gratify
ing results in this new method of dis
persion of bail. Let me quote an in
stance just communicated to me. In
varions districts of Monierrato, in the
Alta Italia, a violent thunderstorm ac
companied by hail was devastating a
series of upland farms at TrinoVercelles,
Camino, Pontestura and Quart!, The
storm was signalled to the people of
San Giorgio Monierrato as "terrible,"
so they lost no time in preparing to give
it a warm reception. They had quite a
pork ol artillery prepared, the cannon,
as described by Signor pttavi, being in
great force. On came the storm cloud
and out flashed the volleys in rapid suc
cession, till, alter two hours of bombard
ment, the cloud revealed to the eye-witnesses
a large rent through which the
blue sky was visible. It thereafter drift
ed away, leaving the 'colles apertos'
(open hills) of which, according to Virgil
'Bacchus' (the grapevine) is so enam
ored, in full possession of all their men
aced riches and smiling at the destruc
tion tbey.had escaped. Not a hailstone
fell, but from the ragged edges of the r
treating cloud there .dropped a gentle
and not unwelcome dew, hardly amount
ing to rain. The vinedressers turned ar
tillerymen for the nonce, find the prac
tice more amusing and less costly than
insurance. Of the two 'charges' they
prefer that of the 'Unger' cannon." Lit
erary Digest. ;
In view of the great destrnction
wrought in varions parts of our country
by terrific hailstorms, would it not be
well for someone to look into the matter
of their prevention. The governments of
Austria and Italy have experimented
successfully in the matter and we can
do better if we try. The loss last week
ot the wheat crops ot Minnesota and
Dakota wonld justify the government or
any state in expending a large amount
of money in experiments. It such dire
destrnction can be prevented it is noth
ing more nor less than criminal negli
gence when such facts are known as
cited above, not to take advantage of
the knowledge. Whsn man and -beast
throughout the country an going hun
gry, we can't afford to lose wheat crops,
if it can be prevented. If cannon will do
this beniflcent work, let all tbs old ones
that are stored away be hunted up and
put where they will do some good. Bet
ter shoot hail and tornado clouds than
our fellow men.
IN NEBRASKA
The following rhymes were part of a
letter which awaited a soldier of the
fighting First at San Francisco:
What's a stirrin in the breeze
In Nebraska?
Sort o'chucklin through the trees
In Nebraska?
Everything is on the hum, ,
Joy can't make Nebraska dura,
And too soon you cannot come
To Nebraska;
For our hearts are 'bout to burst
In Nebraska,
Longing for our fighting First
In Nebraska.
And we want to tell you true
That the long night watch is through,
We have kept them all with you
In Nebraska.
Every banner's on the wave
, In Nebraska
As we welcome home the brave
In Nebraska.
You have done your duty well v
Have a glorious tale to tell
And we hope you'll stay a spell
' In Nebraska.
There are roasting ears galore
In Nebraska
And spring cbfc;kns by the score
In Nebrsska.
And unless you're all quite blind,
We predict that you will find
All the girls you left behind
In Nebraska.
Two Cheap Rate August Excur
sions to Hot Springs and Re
turn. August is the hardest month of tbs
year to endure. Why not spend it in
Hot Springs, S. D., enjoying tne health
giving waters, picturesqae scenery, in
teres ting surroundings and cool nights
for sleeping? A few weeks sojonrn there
at this season will renew your life and
prepare you for another year oftcil.
To enable all to go at small cost, the
hi k horn line will run excursions from
Lincoln Tuesdsv, August 8th at 115.50,
and Tuesday Aug. 22d at $17.50 for
the round trio, limit 80 davs.
A Hot Springs sleeper is run from Nor
folk, la wbica space will be reserved on
application.
(Jo op over the Elkborn, through the
magnificent Elkhorn valley, and see the
finest agricultural picture in the west.
Get descriptive matter, tickets, etc.,
rom A. 8. Fielding, city ticket agent,
ii booth iuid vireei.
, Losdoic, Aug. 1. It was offiotally
announced to-day that Kir Julian
Pauncefote, the British ambassador to
the United Wtstes, who was head of
the British delegation to the interna
tional peace conference at The Hague,
bad been elevated to tbe peerage.
DOWN ON OTIS
Soldiori Ueclaro lhat Be Violated the
HaDcitj of the Mall and Held
Their lettera.
New Orleans, July 27. A special from
San Antonio, Tex., says:
"San Antonio yesterday welcomed
home with a public ovation, three dis
charged soldiers of the Eighteenth regi
ment United States Infantry. The
three men were Emll Riley, W. F. 3teig-
ler and W.'R. Burrier, bohs of wealthy
citizens of , Fredericksburg, Texas, who
joined the regulars for active service in
nhe Philippines in preference to garri
son duty with the volunteers in Cuba.
"The men are of excellent character,
and have good education. They have
made careful observations of affairs
while in the campaign, and are bitter
against the military commander ol the
islands.
"'The half hasn't been told' said W.
R . Burrier. 'I know it is a fact that
there were at one time as many as three
thousand men in the hospitals at Manila
and Hollo.' v
"While I feel that I did not get all
my mail, I would not charge that our
mail has been withheld from us, or that
the mail home has been tampered with.
It is common talk in camp, however,
that our mail was being tampered with.
I knew that, however, as soon as i
reached home. v
" 'Otis is the most thoroughly disliked
man in Manila, the volunteers and regu?
lars alike have no love tor him whatever.
Lawton, Wheaton and MacArthnr are
the officers who are looked up to by tne
men on the island. 1 , -
" 'The worst feature ot the whole thing,
as it appeared to ns, was the brutal
treatment of the volunteer regiments.
We regulars were well treated, and in no
instance overworked, while the Nebras
kan and Kansas troops were mads to
bear the brunt of almost every action.
The hospital figures will bear out this
charge. Our regiment for instance, has
bad only two men killed and twenty in
capacitated for future service in ail ot
the time that we have been on the island,
while in the Nebraska regiment there are
about twenty able bodied and fit , men
left to a company.
"'A remark that has filled the rank
and file with disgust was the statement
accredited to one of the surgeons that it
was a whole lot cheaper to plant fifty
soldiers in the Philippines than to send
one invalid home on a transport." '
Municipal Owaershlp,
Municipal ownership Is one of the
evolutions of the Industrial changes
that have taken plnce within the last
half of the nineteenth century In every
civilized country on the globe. With
the enlarged necessities occasioned by
the new agencies of civilisation there
comes a demand for their control by
the people acting through their agents
In control of the municipal govern
ment The colossal fortunes amassed
by corporations operating gas works,
electric lighting- plants, waterworks
and street railways and the methods
pursued by them in securing valuable
franchises, evading taxation and ma
nipulation of legislative bodies, and the
fact that many of the largest cities ot
the world have successfully demon
strated Its feasibility are an almost
unanswerable argument In Its favor.
Bow these francblsed corporations are
to be supplanted and their plants ac
quired Is a problem with which each
community must wrestle for Itself.
The underlying principle of American
institutions Is that nobody shall be
deprived of his property for public
use without due compensation. 'The
condition precedent to municipal own
ership must be the purchase either by
mutual agreement, arbitration or con
demnation process. Which of tbeso
modes of procedure shall be resorted
to depends upon existing contracts
and conditions under which the rights
and privileges of the respective corpo
rations were acquired and the restric
tions under which the municipality K
obliged to conclude Its purchase.
Omaha Bee.
TWENTY-NINE LOSE LIVES.
xtnt of tha Catnaltlca Attendant Fpon
Street Car Accident.
BRIDGEPORT. Conn., Aug. 8.
rwenty-nlrie persons were killed In the
trolley accident at Oronoque. Of the
dozen Injured only three are seriously
io. An examination of the wrecked
trestle and the. wreck by tne coronr
and engineer experts today snowea
that the structure was perfectly sound,
but that the wooden sli lagers ouis:se
the rails were too low to serve as
guardrails; that the uanges of the car
wheels were unbroken and the brakes
tut. The crank was turned to snut
off the current
George Hamilton, the motorman,
has been arrested charged wltn man
ilaughter. The generally accepted the-
Idlv when it reached tne trestle ana
was swaying and that when it came
upon the nonelastlc rails of the brio"
It Jumped the track and there wer "
....) .oil risnunta tn ltfpn th uu
from going over. The ,ororp.g itT
has not yet concluded ks 'VestlfJ
$10nrieward, $100.
Z: Pf' win be
. tvaru wai mere lis at least
one dreadful disease that science has
.in. hj curs in an its stages and
that Is Catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Cure is
the 1 only positive cure now known to the
uiruicm Iraiernuy. catarrh , being a
constitutional disease, requires a consti
tutional treatment Hall's Catarrh Cure
taaeuHiiernaiiy, acting directly upon
Mi.uiwung mucous surfaces of the
n.teui. luervDj uesiroymg tbefounda-
uu ui tuv uisease, ana giving tbe pa
tient strength by building np the consti
tution and assisting nature In doing its
T.h P'oP'wtora have so much
faith In Its curative powers, that they
fT .9e1?1ndred Dol'a 'or any cass
that it tails to enra. Konrf fo.
timonlals.
Address, F. J. CHENEY 1 CO. Toledo,
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Tbs Care nf tha Working Team,
In our management of teams in tho
hard work of spring, I have always
had more trouble to keep the shoulders '
sound than in any other respect, writes
contributor to Country Gentleman. -
Much of this no doubt due to the fact
that I have never followed the plow
very closely, but have left this to the
employed help. For a few years I have
aimed to lighten the harnesa as much
as possible, for every 5 unnecessary .
pound a horse carries takes that muck
off his strength against the collar. At
wagon work, where only one team is
used, I use hip-straps, as they assist
in keeping the traces in place. But
In plowing or other work, where the
center of draft is low, I discard them,
for the reason that they add to the
weight of the harness. Besides, if an
outfit oi harness is kept with hip
straps for all teams used at the busiest
seasons, they are hanging up most of
the year, and when wanted, are found"
to be injured by rats and mice. When
hip-straps with cruppers are' used In
hot weather, the straps are objection
able, on account of keeping the harness
too much in Uie same place on the
horses. Particularly Is this true as re
gards the collars on top of the neck; J
this constant bearing of the weight of
collar, names and traces on the top ,
of the nflck causes galls and sores, that
are the hardest to manage when the
farmer is in a hurry. Sometimes I am
compelled to use the hip-straps to en
able me to keep heads up. At present
one of my best work horses has head
down when anything to eat la m
reach.
Some years ago I tried pads as a
preventive of shoulder sores, ana to
lengthen the use of old collars. Event
ually I discarded the pads entirely, and -bought
a better class of collars. The
great objection to the pads w extra
weight and heat A collar that wm
fit a horse right at the beginning oi
the plowing season too often gets too 1
large before the season la out, on ac
count of the reduced' flesh of the horse. '
This can be remedied to a great ex
tent by the use of a clnk pad under tha
top bf the collar. This pad should be
large enough to prevent tne eages
chafing the neck. f I find it aavisaoie
to use them most ot the year, and make
it a point to put them on where there
la any ; weight to be carried on the
necks. There li more or less of this
in using a wagon, or any other imple
ment with a tongue. ,;.
( Another practice that I have found
satisfactory la to tak water to tne
fields for the horses when the weather .
is excessively warm, and the work
heavy, ef "daily at .harvest time. This
la but little trouble, and la a wonder-'
tul : help to the teams. A barrel la
put on a low one-horse sled, driven
to the well, and filled, and as the team
goes out to work In the morning, or
after dinner, is drawn to a convenient
point in the field. Once or twice dur
ing the half day the horses are watered
with a bucket By wrapping the barrel
with gunny sacking, and keeping It
wet, the water can be kept from getting
too warm to be relished. Whether there
la much in the. practice or not, there
Is the feeling that an effort in the way
of kindness has been made to help tha
horses endure more easily the heat and
heavy work.
Scours In Horses. Scours in horses
is occasioned sometimes by faulty con
dition of the system and presence of
too many worms. Constipating foods
are jnot the remedy. Give a pint of
raw oil as a drench and for two weeka
follow it with this tonic: In the feed.
night and morning, put oil meal, four
ounces, salt, two ounces, powdered
gentian, a dessertspoonful, and dried
sulphate of Iron a small teaspoonfuL
The use of ground bone in the -poul
try yard should be encouraged. Wltn
ground bone In reach ot the poultry,
there is no danger of the egg-eating
habit assuming large prop"ioiis, ar
it is doubtful ir tnat nai.it win
practiced at all, where ground bo e
accessible. , We have noticed tha' wEen
the fowls are thus supplied tv Yen
lose their liking for broken caenB
which is certainly ftn lnd"- tba ;
ground bone is effective.-
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