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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-11-15

RICHMOND, Va, Nov. 14.--Rev. DR.. j. r.
Mcifett. pastor of the Baptist Church in
North Danville. and the recognized Prohi-
bition leader, who was shot by j. L. Clark.
lawyer and prominent Democratic poll.
ticisn, last Friday, is dead.
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Holman Not to Be in Control of Appro-
priatiOns Again if Crisp IsSpeaker.

Meantime "Sir Stinginess" Must Wrestle with
Pension Deficiency of $50, GOO, ,OOO-Indi-
annapolis to Be Harrison's Future Home.
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An Industry Democracy Would Destroy.
RAPID CRY. Neb.. Nov. 14.-Tin produc-
tlon for commercial purposes began at Hill
City. the location of the Harney Peak Tin
Company's mines to-day.
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SiDgulas Position OF Captain, Who May Be
Punished Twice for the Same Onense.
Special to the Indianapolis ournal
WAsHINGToN, Noy. 1A-The findings Of
tse c0urt-martial In the case OF Captain
Meeker. of the marine corps, have reached
thb Navy Department. Captain Meeker
was charged with neglect Of duty while In
charge of the marine guard of the cruiser
Chicago during her recent cruise in South
American waters. At LaRuayra four of his
men obtained some liquor and got intoxi-
Gated. Captain Meeker was held response
be for their conduct, court-martlaled.
found guild of neglect of duty and sen.
fenced by Admiral Walker to suspension
from duty for one year on half pay. Ad-
miral Walker first caused Captain Meeker
to be publicly reprimanded on the quarter
deck and then court martialed. When the
court met Captain Meeker pleaded as bar
to proceedings that he had already been
punished by reprimand. The court decided
that the Captains right in bar was good,
but Admiral Walker directed the court to
proceed, regardless OF the plea. and it did
So finding the Captain guilty as charged.
The Navy Departments can do nothing in
the matter unless Captain Meeker appeals
from the decision of the court. Should he
estipg question to decide whether or not an
officer can be punished twice for the same
offense.
Well-Treated Indians.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 1.-the attention of
Indian Commissioner Morgan was to-day
called to press dispatch from Guthrie, o.
r.. stating in effect that there were
Awell-gr0unded fears of trouble among the
Cheyenne and Arapahoe Indians In Okla
hona during the approaching winter be-
cause of the reduction IN the food supply
furnished by the government, and stating
that even now they were in q state of great
distress for want of food. For this condi.
ton of affairs. the dispatch stated. the
government is by many persons held
directly responsible. Commissioner Nor
gan. in reply, shows that largo sums OF
money have been paid theee Indians and
that they have 81. O00,000 on deposit In
Washington on which they are drawing
per cent. interest. He says: These
Indians have absolutely no ground W hat
ever for complaint against the govern
ment, and already the white people who
have gone In and settled among them have
complained that the government has
treated the Indians with degree of
lihetality which has been denied to them.
The unrest among the Indians is undoubt-
edly created by those who hope to be
benefited in some way. During the last
campaign unprincipled men stirred up
these Indians for political purposes and if
any frouble occurs they will be largely re-
spoIeible for the results"
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SPRINGER MAY BE STEPPED ON
He Is Not in Accord with Grover Cleve.
lands Plan of Revising the Tariff,

And He Will, Therefore, Probably Give Way
to Nr McMillin ss Chairman of the House
Committee on Ways and Means.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1892-05-14
ARTILLERY PREPARED FOR ACTION.

ARTILLERY PREPARED FOR ACTION
tice, but, with this exception, the arma.
ment in the artillery branch consists of
lot of antiquated guns that might bet
ter be sent to a museum of ordnance
antiquities. The idea of training sol.
diers of the present day for future field
service with guns twenty or thirty
years behind the present age is so pre-
posterous that, but for its seriousness,
it would appear ridiculous. With his
Enthusiastically trenchant pen Maj.
Carson condenses the opinion of the
board into the following sentence:
Until the government supplies the
academy with modern guns to take the
place of the antiquities now in position
in the seacoast and siege batteries we
recommend that these two worse than
useless batteries be dismantled and that
wooden guns, fashioned after the latest
approved models and furnished with
modern carriages and cranes, be
mounted instead. Such course would
not avert the ridicule to which the
United States is now being subjected,
but it would furnish confidence that its
military men are cognizant of the fact
that progress has been made in the
fabrication of great guns. In addition
to this, wooden models of modern fash
ion would at least give the cadets an
idea of the kind of guns likely to be
used in warfare and the methods en-
ployed in serving them"
Maj. Carson calls attention to the fact
that military officers from European
nations who come to America care very
little for our great cities and the beauti-
full capital of our nation and the i'm
mensity of our territory. They go to
West Point to see what we know, il
anything, concerning the art of war,
and it is no wonder that they report to
their superior officers upon their return
home that the American republic is
practically defenseless.
In the cavalry service of the academy
the ordnance department limits it's sup
ply of bits to two sizes, so that instead
of adjusting bit to a horses mouth,
the horse must adjust its mouth to the
size of the bit. The saddle cloths fur
nished are as ridiculous and as unseem-
ly as the bits.
The report of the board expresses
qualification that during the past few
years congress has been fairly liberal
in its appropriations for the buildings
and grounds of the academy. When
the buildings now in course of erection
are completed the cadet corps will be
housed with comfort.
The report contains a number of steel
engravings of the grounds and cadets.
SMITH ID. FRY.
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SPECTION.

obtained. in order that scholar and
rhetorician may be appointed to that
position, no matter whether he is or
ever has been an officer in the army or
not. The board would not exclude
army officers from selection to this or
any similar position, but unless man
can be discovered among the commits
stoned officers who is thoroughly
equipped with the knowledge of the
branches to be taught, it might be bet
ter to select for the position professor
from some of our leading universities or
some graduate of high standing from
civil institution.
Throughout the entire report, Maj.
Carson calls attention to the err oneous
practices at the military academy and
deals with them in critical but un-
prejudiced manner. Heretofore reports
from the board Of visitors to the mill
tary academy have been prepared mani
testify with the purpose only of compli-
menting the institution and therefore
such reports have been practically val
ueless:
Concerning the practical instruction
of most value, Maj. Carson calls atten-
tion to the fact that under the present
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strip two and one-half inches wide along
the front This l fsd very convenient
for lambs as well as for old sheep yet
lambs should have the benefit of a
creep and feed corner for them
selves. The opening at the top of the
rack is two feet wide and the width at
bottom one foot.
When such racks are exposed to the
weather they should always be covered
and have folding doors in the roof for
the admission of fodder. In filling the
rack with fresh hay or in emptying it
of refuse it would be well if possible to
back the sheep or remove them into an
other compartment till the work is
completed; otherwise Il careless attend
ant will invariably allow chaff and dirt
to settle on the fleece. have tried racks
with three and three and one-half inch
spaces for the sheep to feed from, but
have found none so satisfactory as
where the distance is but two and one
half inches between the stats. When
you consider that the feed openings are
only twelve inches in height and from
there boarded to the top it is almost inn
possible for dirt to lodge on the wool.
have sheep so fed during the last win
ter and to-day their wool is spotless.
Owing to the convenient height of the
rack the shepherd should turn over the
unconsumed hay at least once day.
This induces the sheep to eat aud adds
freshness to the fodder blown on.
When it is picked over remove the stale
feed and replace it by fresh, taking the
utmost care that the Sleeps backs do
not get soiled.
Rather than be subjected to the re-
proach of being careless wool-grower
it would be well for the owner at shear
ing time to spread every fleece on a
table, turning the shorn side down
ward; then remove by hand all ex-
traneous substances, such as burrs,
hay, dung, etc. never forgetting to
throw aside all kenny and matted
parts. This done each side of the fleece
ought to be folded over toward the mid
die. The neck is then folded toward
the breech and the breech toward the
neck. Now handle the fleece carefully;
place it compactly in the fleece press,
tie and lay it aside in thorough good
fashion, and let every bale or wool
sack receive n temporary mark to indi-
cate the description of wool it contains.
Let the "locks' or ''sllirtings" be placed
in separate bales.-William Watson, in
Breeders Gazette.
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SPRAYING FOR FRUITS.
Valuable Hints on the Proper Use of tho
various Fungicides.

Valuable Hints on the Proper Use of tho
various Fungicides.
A. c. Hammond, secretary of the Illi-
nois horticultural society," is the pio-
necr in the method of spraying fruit
trees. Much has been written concern
ing this subject, yet it is one which
seems to bear considerable discussion.
Mr.. Hammond says that in spraying
for codling moth and all half-eating in
sccts, London purple is the cheapest
and best material. He uses one pound
to $50 gallons of water for the first ap-
plication, and for the second, ten days
later, adds forty gallons more of water.
II third spraying is done (Which is
seldom necessary he adds forty gallons
more, reducing it to one pound to 26O
gallons of water. H,.
The leaves of the pear trees are less
sensitive to arsenical poisons than the
apple, while those of the peach and
plum are much more so. which makes
spraying for the curculio a different
matter. While no exact rules canC be
laid down, enough is known to warrant
the assertion that this Insects depreda-
ton can be estimated by millions of
oOiiut anu ~ 10 ti-s tiut OiiO
pests can be eradicated with poisons.
For the peach and plum Paris green
should be used, not stronger than one
pound to $50 gallons of water. This
weak solution should be applied fre-
quently during the curculio season.
Some seasons scab causes half the
apple and pear crop to be worthless,
and peach and plum and grape rot of
ten destroys a large portion of these
fruits. That these diseases can be over
come by the use of fungicides no one
who has given the subject careful at
tention for moment doubts, but it re-
quires more intelligence and persever-
ence than the use of insecticides. Scab
and fruit rot is caused by minute par
asitic plant, and the application of cop
per solution kills the growth and of
course prevents the disease. To obtain
the best results with fungicides it is
best to begin early and spray every few
days, as the condition of the weather
may render necessary until the danger
point is past. A fve-acre orchard of
200 trees can be sprayed at a cost of $50,
including pump. p.-Gay Davidson, in st.
st. Louis Republic.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1892-05-14
THE POULTRY YARD.

FRESH eggs sell readily throughout
the year.
SELL spring chickens as soon as they
are large enough.
You've goslings and ducks require
about the same management.
EGGS for market should never be
washed when it can be avoided
YOUNG turkeys must be fed sparing-
ly at first, and care must be taken that
the feed is fresh.
IT is not profitable plan to allow
hen to stroll around six or seven weelss
with four or five chickens.
GUINEAs are noisy, but their noise
often helps to frighten away many of
the enemies of the poultry yard.
DUCKS can be picked much oftener
shan geese because their feathers ripen
faster, but they are not quite SO valu-
able.
THE size of the hen and the season
should largely determine the number
hen when setting them.
AS THE weather gets warmer more
care is necessary to supply good venti-
lation. Lattice or screen doors or win
dows can often be used to a good ad-
vantage.
GENERALLY it is not profitable to
keep hens after they are two years old.
Now is good time to select and mark
such as it is desired to keep and prepare
the rest for market.
FEED the young poultry often If they
are to be kept growing rapidly A lit
tie bonemeal mixed with the feed will
help to impart vigor and strength.
Only feed what they will eat up clean.
DESTROY the materials in the nests as
soon as the hens come off with their
broods, and sprinkle little lime or
copperas about the old nest place be-
fore supplying fresh material. st
Louis Republic
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regulations cadets at West poin. ara

regulations cadets at West Point are
imbued with the idea that soldiers un-
der their command shall be trained to
as high degree Of discipline as is main
tanned at the military academy, and,
with this idea in view, without consid-
ering the limited mental capacity and
educational requirements of enlisted
soldiers, their requirements are such as
to cause no little dissatisfaction in the
ranks and consequent desertions from
the army. The board therefore con-
cludes that whatever instruction NAV
be had at the military academy calcu-
lated to give the cadets an insight into
the methods of stimulating and encour.
aging an enlisted man, tends to elevate
the service, by enhancing the confidence
of the troops in the wisdom and good
intent of the military officers under
whom they serve. Maj. Carson, who
has had great deal of experience in
military affairs, dwells at length upon
this idea and quotes Gen. Philip II.
Sheridan as having said on one occasion
to him: "Show me good captain and
will show you good company. Good
companies make good regiments; good
regiments made good brigades." Mai.
Carson says that Gen. Sheridan regarded
the proper government and care of en-
listed men as a paramount essential in
bringing troops to the highest order OF
perfection.
The armament of the academy is Sc.
verely criticised. Within the last year
a battery of six breech-loading guns
b,s ,eep furnished the cadets for prac.
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fore on top the second car clinging to
the brake wheel.

fore on top the second car clinging to
the brake wheel.
After hard work they pulled the actor
out of the mass of wreckage, his face
made up by grim death for the minor
role in the game of "Masks and Faces"
Blood makes a sorry pigment son
Hand" wasn't quite finished. He
couldn't respond to an encore, but he
managed to whisper something to
rough, fearful switchman who was
holding his battered head in his lap.
What DO you suppose it was?
On, no, not a prayer. I'm afraid old
"On Hand" had left that out of his
repertoire so long that he wasn't up in
the lines. Something about his family?
You are right.
When the blood-stained lips were
tenderly wiped and his parched throat
revived by swallow of cool water, he
softly, and with extreme difficulty,
said:
l-Mollie-please = that - that
the printing and programmes-are-a
right. Up-by express-to-day." IL,
w. Buckley, in Banner of Gold
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POTATO CULTURE
The Soil Must He Worried Deep to Secur
Good Results. .


Good Results.
Two of the most important items in
the growing of good crop of potatoes
is to have the soil fine and mellow
when the seed is planted and to keep
1t in this condition during growth, y
To secure the best results with all
root crops, it is an important item to
work the soil deep and thorough, and
usually the more fully this is done the
better will be the growth and yield of
the crop. In nearly all cases, the more
fully the soil is prepared before the
seed is planted, the easier the work
will be of keeping in proper condition
afterward. The harrow can nearly al
ways be used to good advantage in a
few days after planting the seed and
then once again as the plants show well
above ground; this will aid materially
in killing the weeds and keeping the
soil fine and mellow. r,, rtr elmo.
In using the cultivator the first time,
care should be taken to work reason
ably deep and us close to the plants as
possible, and at each subsequent culti-
vation work a little shallower and a
little farther from the plants. A five-
shovel cultivator, using one horse, is
one of the very best implements for
cultivating potatoes; another is a two
horse spring cultivator, working suffi-
GENTLY to keep the soil loose and mel
low. ".'2
After the plants make good growth,
care must be taken not to disturb the
roots, and especially So after The tubers
begin to form. 1t is often best 20 give
4 thorough cultivation when the plants
Are in bloom, taking pains to thor
oughly stir the surface, and following
with hoe, to kill the weeds between
;he plants in the row. Keep the soil
cvel; there is no advantage in hilling
up, and in n dry season it. is adisad-
vantage, as the soil will dry out much
more thoroughly than if left level, and
his often seriously aHects the growth
and yield of the crops.
Potatoes require considerable mois-
lure to make the best growth and
yield, and by keeping the surface level
and in good tilth, you aid materially to
retain moisture in the soil. Another
advantage in keeping the soil level is
that the cultivation can be repeated as
often as may be considered necessary
for the best growth and thrift of the
crop, and when the soil is weedy this is
often quite an item.-N. j. Shepherd,'
in Farm, Field and Stockman.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1892-05-14
THE SUCCESSFUL REPORTER.
dc Must Remain Perfectly Cool Under
Trying circumstances.


dc Must Remain Perfectly Cool Undes
Trying Circumstances.
Many people will no doubt be shoe lSed
at the idea that anyone should wish tc
witness the sufferings of their fellow.
creatures. Yet there are numerous re.
porters whose strong point is being able
to write thrilling description of ter
rible calamity, say railway collision,
q colliery explosion or some otheS
equally appalling catastrophe. For ex.
ample, there is n clever press man on
one OF the important dailies who does
his best work on such occasions. / do
not say he positively revels in the work,
but long experience in such matters
has hardened his nerves and blunted his
feelings. He will write an account OF
great accident in SO graphic manner
that his readers will almost recoil With
horror from the awful scene he has dc,
picted, while he himself will go through
the work without turning hair" to
use sporting expression.
He will talk about calamity involv.
ing the loss of many human lives in the
most matter-cf-fact way. But that he
has still some feelings left apart from
his duty was shown by the fact that he
severely chastised costermonger for
ill-using his donkey and was in conse-
quence summoned before the magis-
trates for assault. Such are the vaga-
ries OF human nature.-London lid.
BitA
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1892-05-14
FARM AND GARDEN.
FOR SHEEP RAlsERs.

How to Bald Combination Hay and
Grain Feed Rack.
The rack have had made is ten feet
long, although it need not necessarily
be so. l make it ten feet as it suits the
dividing of the burlington sheep pens.
Yards divided by combination hay
and feed rack are very convenient.
Suppose the pens are thirteen feet in
width, as they are ut burlington, in ad-
aition to the rack you can have three
foot gate between the rack and wall to
admit of passageway from fold to fold,
either for yourself or sheep.
The rack is set on blocks one foot
from the ground, but i would much pre-
fer wheels. The measurement from
top of block to top of rack is thirty
inches. The rack is boarded downward
from the top eighteen inches; the re-
naming twelve inches is divided by
Stats into two and one-half inch spaces
for the sheep to extract the hay. The
Stats are simply strong plaster laths;
fence boards one inch thick complete
the rest of the work. 1t is wise to
round the sharp corners of the lath so
as to prevent the sheep when feeding
from disfiguring their ''side whiskers,"
which our charming Downs are apt to
do; indeed, the correct system would be
10 have smooth revolving rollers instead
Of permanent fixed Stats.
Attached to the rack is feed trough,
making it a combined hay and grain
feeder. The grain trough on both sides
Of the rack is on level with the blocks
standing ten inches from the ground
The trough is eight inches wide, with a
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PUSSY WANTS A CORNER.

This life is like monstrous plank
Out in mid-ocean sailing,
All crowded full of living men,
And ne'er o foot OF railing.
There, all are struggling for the bcst
And each one to his notion;
In this great struggle often some
Are pushed on in the ocean.
And some will find the lucky plum,
Like little Jackey Horner;
Some always struggle fer q place;
"For pussy wants u corner"
Some have the claws to hold or tight,
However rough the sailing;
And hold the plank through all the fight
With ne'er u foot Of railing.
Some things are very light to bear,
AS light as ocean bubbles,
To bear with greatest fortitude:
'Tis other peoples troubles.
Some get very liberal streak;
Though you may deem 1t funny
'Iis very easy to be free
With other peoples money,
We often get the lucky plum,
Through some poor brothers sorrow;
The failure he endures to-day
Brings you success tomorrow.
'Tis such complicated world,
Where you and are staying,
We feel inclined to think bit:
Now, brethren, let's be praying.
Oh, you, who've found the lucky plum
Like little Jackey Horner,
Make room for some poor starving one:
Poor pussy wants q corner"
M. A. Sutfin, in N. Y. Sun.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1892-05-14
NESTING-PLACE DEVICE.

A Plan That VIII Commend Itself to
Thoughtful Poultry Raisers.
The nearer hens can have their sur
roundings approximate toward nature,
the better will be the results from
them. This is specially true in the
matter of providing dark Westinghouse
out of the light and out OF the liability
of annoyance from the other fowls in
the flock. The device shown in the
illustration is admirably adapted to Sc
cure both these advantages, and in ad.
dition the advantages of convenience in
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"ON HAND" THOMPSON.
The Last Tragic Scene in an
Actors Life.

U R l o U S a p
pellation for a
citizen of this
great common
w e a | t ION
Hand" Thomp-
son. 1t came
to him quite
naturally. His
mother called
him John away
back in t h e
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The Kind of Belle She Is.-Hunler
-''Miss Bond is quite a belle" Goslin
Yes, but can't say admire her ex-
eessively. She told me to go home at
1880 last night" Hunker-'Then she
is fire belle. e."-Detroit Free Press.
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-Fussy-"Sir, the bowling of your
dog annoys me dreadfully." McGuff-
"It do, do it? Maybe yez want me to
get trained baste thot can play ON tn
fute!"-Truth.