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Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1898-09-14
Nu9enfranfhett Ser 2in6er in IN
Diana.
Mtt beitem @ru.
Sol. @o@er,

Hebsr bic urter benz &inbbteb in Snbiana
10 bdufig lfnb IL befttg auftretenoe 4loenz
trant3ei:, bersn @ntitebung uno gsbanb=
lung, ma4t Die Staats=8 eterinGrz8 81 b0rbe
Solgenbes befannt:
Nus ben in ben leBtens @o9en eingelaufez
men 3ablrei3en 8eri9ten geht berpor, buB
Die &rantbeit, elm fe9enbes Qugenleiben, in
btelen Otitricten gang neu lit unb oaB fe an
fol9en Srter, in benen iie i9on friiGer 1t6
aeigte, biesmal gang auBerprbentli9 bDsz
artig aufsetreten tit. Sic 3ie6: Fat INNER
groBe 8erIuite mad fi9. 0as bamit be6afz
tete GinoDie6 perliert bas Nugenli6t uno
tann auf Der Weibe tein Sutter meGr fin
ben. $50 bic 8rantbeit a%uftritt, tperosn Bis
gu so PrO3ent in elmer 6eerbe angeItedt.
Die erTten @1mptome Der a~nTtefenoen
Seu3e beIteben BARN, OaB ems ooer beioe
&u9en arf9nelIen, baB bic Qugenliber ii6
gang Ober t6eiIpeiie iblieBen unb baB Ii9 Elm
rri9li4er SbrdnenfluB ~simTteLt. Der Glugz
apfel lit ent5iinbet unb nit 8lut urterlauFen
unb na9 ~psnigen Sagen tri1t Der mittlere
36eil bes Nuges iiber Der 9upiIe Gerppr.
On @r0Be f9panft Der Dorfte6enoe She'll
3tpif9en elmer @rbIe unb einem Maisforn.
Die &rant6eit lit fir 6as Dumit bc6aftete
8ie6 iebr f9merali9 unb perlG1lft crit in
etpa feds @o4en. SIT ie b%orii6er, 10 fin
bet man, baB man9e Sub an ben @ugen
teinen S9aoen genommen bat, baB tiele anz
bere aber auf einem Ober auf beibsn @ugen
erblinOet itnb,
$50 es III irgenb aneebt, fOlIte has 8ie6
tpGbrenb bes Sages i'm Stad 9e6alten unb
Ii our Na9t3eit ms 6rsie qeEaHen tuerben,
um ouf bieie Mei{e bic Nugen gu idonen.
Sci &ii6en ioGte btes ais 2eget 9elten.
DIS Mittel CUR 8ebanbGung Der 4ugen
nebme man Gatomet~s taub, einmoG i'm Sag.
unb cine, apei MaI in "a Stunben an5uz
tpenbe einproaentige 20iung bon NtrOpin.
Oas Nuspa19en Der 4ugen anti elmer 60
flung bon 8orarfdure bat ii9. ME man ges
funben bot, gut bepGbrt.
@er bic oorgenannten MitteG Bel augen>
franfem 8ie6 unipenbet, tbut po1l baran,
feline 6Gnbe na9ber nit gor6olidure abauz
pa59en; benin es 1T Die M0gli9teit Der
uebertragung Der 8rantbeit pom 8ieh aui
ben MenI@en niAt ausgei9lofien.
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1898-09-14
Cine 9rofe 6~dnfemdfteret.

11ebsr bic groBe @~dniemIferet in Oberz
bru9 Wrsubsn) Fat u%nlGngt Die n8erliner
Marttbaaen3eitung" MittGeilungen gemaAt,
benen mir 5oGgentes entne6mtn: 4uf:inem
Is Or (nt6t gang ] Ncrs) groBen 9Ofraume,
Der nit einem bO6en 8retter3uun umge6en
1T, b%efinOen ft9 "a abgegren3te 8uhten, in
bsnen auIammen iibfr 1000 9GnIe u~nterSu@
bringen iinb, 9rpBe 2aternen er6eltn pdbs
reno Der Nu9t bic 9u9ten, benr Die 8Gnie
fouen Sag unb Nadt frefen, unb Bel Gi4t
tbun 1ie bas beiIer ais i'm Ounteln. SIN Boz
rigen Sabre nurben bier ni9t tpeniger als
$4,000 @GnIs gemGitet. als Gutttr tputben
$4,000 Rilo (etpa $50 Sons) @erte perz
tpenbet. Die 9erite tpiro in grOBen Sottihen
gu 16OQ-1700 &tlp Sn6aGt e%inaemal3t, B.
10. nit @aher ii6eri9iittet. Na3 48 Strn@
ben tperben bic gequoQenen &orner fsraus@
genpmmen unb duf ben BuB5poer gu einem
mdBig groBen 9aufsn ausge6reitst. go bleiz
ben lie 3psi Sage Iisgen unb teimen. 9as
auf bieIe WetIe genDnnene Wal3 toirb grim
perfittert. Die Sans friBt wdbrsnb Der bret
Wo@en bauernben Mait Is &ilp (33 pfo,)
Mal3, Stint Sage in ieber Wo4t ipuroen
bur9l6nittli4 300 9dnie seiGIa6tst unb
abgerupft. 0a bus Nbrupfen elmer Sans
nit 3 IF. 6e3ablt tpurbs, 10 erf or0erten $4,000
@tiid cine Nusgabe BON fl. 204O. Ssben Sag
purben 200 @Gnfe gu 20 Gtiid in einen
aorb berpadt unb uls GiIgGt rad Berlin
an berI9iebene Gambler 9eienbst. ga 100
@Gnf. 20 Slid 5ebern 9eben, fo l%ieferteu Die
$4,000 @tid $500 Slid Seb:rn, 9Qein aus
benz @ertaufe Der POien, Ods iinh Die 5ebern
aus ben 5ligeIn (SIeberpiiden), bate mar
einsn Grtrag BON Fl. 12O. Sine init WauI3
brei MO9en lang sefiitterte Sans ippg i'm
Our9I9nitte IA pfunO, penn Il" oorb:r apf
Der @eibe NOR, Is pfunb. Die 9dnolsr in
Berlin be5ablten bas 8ilo nit 70 Fl. Na5
DaiYer, peldes ben @dnIen augefihrt niro,
er6Glt our 8erbitung BON &raat5eiten einen
3uIab BON Salafdure. Cine Iotde 4n5abG
9Gnfe brau9t natiirli6 audi bel StrOb aGs
11nterftreu; beaablt pirb bafiir ridts, benin
Der 2ieferant besielben nimnt oafiir ben
9iin9er. Gr 6Olts ii4 gum 8eiIpis( i'm beuri=
gen Sriibia6re $40 grpbe breiipdnni9e SUB
rem Oiineer aus ben 8u4tea.
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1898-09-14

biefss 9emdds 70 oer6. paB unisre Niater=
tdlte, felbIt in ben bDberen 8rsitegraS.n, IS
nidt bef9dbigt, unb pa3u Fat es berTDge ltis
uer gefabrli9en StaGeln zen 8orsus zines
unOur9Orinsli9en 9edensaunes bpr alien
onoersn, tpie gum geiipisl bsln DeibbOrn
unb Der rOfags Orange. Dele Gtu9eln
bilbsn iiG b:tGnbig am alten 6olae. Der
Same finbet ii3 in lansea i1tpar5en G6r=
ten, pel4s serne bonn Hinopit9 qefrefen
fperben, 2egt ma Die BARREN 8obnsn i'm
5erbite, 10 treibsn fie 5eitig in Sribling aus
unb 5eigen f9On i'm eriten Sabre 2 big 3
SUB ldnge S4DBlinse, pe(4e man i'm fols
aenoen Sriibidbre b~srtir3t uno in Der Gnt>
fernung BON einem SUB III cine rei6li9 ttef
auf9eporf'ne 5ur9e einpflaaat.
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1898-09-14
Bldtter un6 8IGtben.

Son einsm 8ienen \ IN a m
tuurbs auf 2unbseaurOfelb in GdIsspig
cine a4t5igiGbrige Sruu in unmittsI6urer
gaGbe hires 9auies iiberfuIIen. Sic ipurbe
bepuBtIos uufgefunOen, Der Sob trat na9
einigen Stunben Elm. 1n5abliss 8isnsnz
ita9el fanben ii9 i'm @efidt unb an ben
9Gnben Der bebauernspertben Srau Dor.
-2aubar6eiter in 2u5ern, G6tusi5, efen
Mu913eiten tdgli@. Die err
ite finbet Morgens 4 ubr itatt, bunn fp!gen
treitere @rfrif9un9en UNI 6, 8, 10, II, 3,
8 unb 7 n6r. Sci ben meiten bieier Ma6lz
aeiten nirb nun 8rob unb NtoTt eenofTen,
ofer Der 8rau9 19reibt Elm GriibIiid, Mits
togz unb Mbenbefen 0 CUTE, na6r6after
Soft Dor.
S9prfeleinf9Gag. Wenn
@ein in Elm frii9 einge6ranntes Sop raid
eingsfiiQt unb bus SAB gang pOl eema6t
tpirO, 70 sntpeidt Elm GROCER 3beiI Der
19psfsIisen Sdure in bic 2uft uub es
tann elm ipl9ss @in6rennen ni1t lsidt
T9Gbli9 nuf ben Wein tpirten. 8sim era
fen 46lafisn neuer 8eine, Die meit nod
niat gun3 oergD9ren iinb, iOusn Die 8dIsr
ni4t eingebrannt peroen, ba bic i6ptfeIlge
GGure bic 8Gbruns perlangiamt. gu far
tes @inbrennen BON &ptbneiaen nit
SnipefeI 3ert0rt in bsnielben Die 5urbe.
54psfsl 1T in Der @eintednit unentbe1r=
li6; uber iibermGBige @erlpenDuns b~eiIelbsn
lam mebr S4uoen briRseH ais 9uBsu.
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1898-09-14
Die Ropfeuernts 0es Jabres 1898.

ginsm 8tridt BON MbOlp6 2e6nann
@a9f. in Niirn6erg iiber bic 6opfenernte
beg Sabres 1898 entnebmen mir oas SOL
genbe:
0as beutf9e Rei9 bat cine Grntez
menge pon 10000 Gentnern gu sr!parten
nnb brdu4t CUR @~r8sugung bon 81 MiIiO=
rsn 9eftoltter Bier ca. 425,OO0 Gentner
6opfeu, iobaB nun 10000 @entner fir Die
@usfu9r ii6rig bIei6en. Die 8eitdn0e in
ben 8rauereien baden gegen bus 8oria9r
um $4,000 Gentner ~u6genonmpn,
Der @rnteertrag in Der 3 terret6ifG d.
ungorif d EN- Monar9ie pirb auf $780,
600 &entner berdn16lagt, Der Gigen6eburi
betrd9t 10000 Gen:ner, Iomit 1T Elm
ue6eri4uB BON $4,000 @entnern fir bic
4usfuhr iibrig. Die grnte srantz
rei3s 1T uuf 10000, Der Sa6res5ebari
duf $4,000 @sntner gu tariren, mas cinem
SmpOrtbeburfniB bon 10000 @entnera emit
fprt9t. 8el9ten nirb bie1es cSa6r nun
) Der Grnte, 10000 Gentuer, ernten, be-
bari absr CUR 5eriteIung BON 10 Minioner
@sftOliter 8ier 10000 gentner Sopfen, bo.
Der mare Der @infubr6ebarf auf 10000
@entnsr gu tagiren. Sn 5oGGanO nirt
DerSahrss6eoarf BON 10000 gentnern aur
grOBten She'll bur9 Support aus 0eutIdlant
9eOedt. llebsr bic an6aufta6s unb grnts
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1898-09-14
Aus uebrasfd.
SubmOtp, Nebr. 4. Sept, 1898.
@eebrter 6err Simon!

9aDmptp, Webr., 4. Sept. 1898.
9eebrter 9err Simon!
Sic piini4en pielet9t eintse Worte fiber
ben Nusfaa Der Grnte in oieIer 9tgeno gu
bOren; bu min i9 Sbnen mittbeiIsn. mas id
barber peiB. @ei5en lisfert BON 1870
8nf6el per acre unb brinet BON Sc Bis 46
Gents; Safer ernteten mir bon 80 bis 40
8ufbel per Ncre unb er toftet Is Gents;
8erite ptr0 nit 40 Gents 6e3a5lt. Die
Gornernte ptrb auf 30 bis 40 8ulbel per
@cre gei@dbt, b. +. frii6 gspf!an5tss, ipdttr
gepflan3tes pirb ~tpeniger srgs6eu, ba bic
beige Ditterung Der lebtbsrfluieneu Woaen
inn Iebr 9ei6abet bat. GpggsN lpirb cuff
man4en Stelen gar ni4t sebroiatn, neil
Die ROrner gu febr eingeI6rumpft pdren.
ginIiegenb porto fir Sbre 8roI4irs iiber
@batcom @puntp, @aibington. bic Sic mir
gefl. 3uienben pOllen.
Mit ber5li4em 9ruB
Saiob @p9eG.
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1898-09-14

GuBIanb's Iinb amtli9e 0aten niGt
6sfannt, bod ipirb Die biesidbri8e @rric
ais reid aenug be5ei9net, UNI elm 5etrG9tz
li6es Qudntum dusfiibren gu t0nnen.
@roBbrttonnien tpiro cine grnte
BON etlpu 100000 Gentnern baden, mas
einsm SmpprtbeciirfniB BON 100000 lis
$4,000 Gsntnern entfprt9t. Wie bic
Grnte in ben Ser. Stadten au5fallen
pirb, bariiber peiB Der gsri9t ui4ts Sc
pifes. gs beiBt ba:
lle6er Die MnbuuflG9e Norbamcrita's
tonnten mir amtIi9e Oaten ni9t er6aIten.
Nd4 Mittbeilungeu %unIeres, Ionit gut urs
terri6teten Nep Yorter &prreiponoenten
gi6t IS in ben 0Itli9sn Staatsn $1,000 unb
in BEN peitIi6en 81 1000 Qcres 9opfenlanb.
@ine uns Dprltegenbe Stutiitit bonn Sabre
1895 brin9t fplgenbe 3iffern BON Der pus
cifictiite:
California $500 Icres, $1,000 Bales;
8ritif9z@Olum6ia 300 Ncres, 700 8alss;
8uibington $500 4cres, 28,80O GaIss;
Oregon 16,5OO Ncres, $4,000 8ales; 3uz
iammen $1,000 Ncres, $4,000 Bales.
Die ameritanii9en @rnten nerben msiit
unteri9Gbt, uno pdbrenb inn bpri9en Sabre
allgcntein angenommen tpurbe, baB Ti8 Die
@rntemenge nit bsmGigenperbrau9s beden
peroe, tonnten dlein na6 @rpBbritannien
145,00O @entner ausgefibrt iperben! Die
lebten 8eri9te msGben mittlereu Stdno i'm
Often unb fe6r euten inrgDeftsn Der l1nipn.
Gs unterlie9t teinem 3peifel, bab grDBere
Wsngen fir ben @rport eriibrigen unb hen
Wetf6eperb nit eontinentulen 8epdbTen
uuf ben engGtI9enMGrtten nit Grfolg aufz
nebmen tperoen. Na uns, pie erpdbnt,
bsrldBli9e 9a:en febleu, 10 unterIaKen
mir, 3~iffermGbi9e @9dbungen bei3uf19ea.
Mir iinb gu Gnbe Aunb retupituGiren, baB
Die 9eTommternte bes @eltaQeS unqefG9r
bic Mengs bes bori9en S9abres Itefera
burfte; es tpirb tpeoer Elm Mangel an !6pz
pfen etntreten, nod cine Misrepresentation al
tpnfatiren Fetn; pdbrenb Der 8ierfonTum
itetig 5unimmt, bat fi9 bic 6op~fenanbauz
fld4e in @ngtanb iopobl ais auf benz Gonz
tinente nit Nusna6ms bon &uBGanb psrz
f~leinert; bic biesidbrige Grntemsnge pirb
9tnter benz Sa6res6ebarfe 3uriid6lei6en,
uno es tpirb pieber elm gut Sbeil alter
8Orrdt6e nit perarbsitet perben, pie es
AUDI in Der laufenben Champagne Der San
mar. Die. fir SntsreHsnten pi9tiQite
5rage: n0as pirb Der 1898er 6opTen tpz
item" miifeu mir leiber unbsanttpOrtet Iaiz
len. Nt9t bic @rntemenge alein 1T Is, bic
ben Preis Der 8dare be1timmt; tritt crit
elm Wtal Der 9unbel in fein Re9t, bann lit
bas e6erne 8eisb bon @ngebOt un6 NaGz
frage aQein maBgebeno, unb bierbei tDaren
5attoren in 8stra9t fommen, bic 6euts abz
iolut nidt borber5uTeben Iinb.
9ier m0ge beigefigt perben, bab 3iemz
lt3 5uberldfiigen S9Gbungen ~5ufolge Die
9ppfenernte in unfsrem 2anbe etpa
$4,000 8alen ober 1850 Sons betra=
gen tptrb. Man glaubt @runb gu Ser 4nz
nabme gu baben, buB bic @eItz6opfenz
ernte 5pii9en $4,000 unb 100000 8aGlen
g%eringer iein tpirb, als bic boriG6riqe, ND
Der @usfu6rtper:b bes Sopfens ii9 auf 153
Gents per Pfunb i%tel1te, auf so pro3ent
me5r, als in 1896 unb na6e3u boppelt 10
btel, uls in 1895. @s 59eint bemna9 nibt,
aIs Ob bic biesidbrigen 9reiie binter ben
b0rid6rigen 3uriid blet6en perben.
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1898-09-14
Qus Gsras.

Goman9e, Ser, 4. Sept. 1898.
Mertber Serr &ebatteur!
Mittel= unb WeIts9eras fat bteies Sa6r
einen totalen Seblf9lag fe,ner Sru4te@rnte
gu per5ei8nen; es 1T nid)t genug er5ielt tpors
ben, Inn einen pie baraus 81 MAIDEN. So
gar uniere 1rauben iinb buriges Griibiabr
%erfroren unb mas ni6t erfroren lit. lit am
black rot gu @runbe ge9aneen. Die
Gornz unb @ottonernte 1T gut.
Mit 9ruB !
6. $. Biefenbdnger
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1898-09-14
2lus Dem fa0meitliden maihinoton.
Nsate, 2elpis 60, Maib,, i'm 4usuf 1898
@ee6rter 6err Simon.

Qsute, 2etpis Co., Mofb,, i'm 4uguF 1898,
Geebrter 9err Simon.
Sn go. 80 Der gef6dBten u8eilage" las
i1 einen aus Dem r@efligelaii6ter" absez
hrudten artitels i6er nf4le6te Soften"
8enn IS nun erlaubt 1T, mD9te i9 bier 9erRe
elm @ort mitiprs9en uno sttpas iber Die
bieiige @egenb mitt6eilen.
Oils t9 por a4t Sa6ren aus MiLipautee,
Mis., 9ier6er fam uno bas Sarmen anfing
(0or6sr mar i9 MDbeltif6ler), freute i'd
mid oftmals, menn ib fir meme Butter 80
bis 70 Gents Die Rp1e e pfunb) er6iel::.
0e1c Sreube bielt a6er ni6t LANCE an, benn
f9on mad 2 Sabren tonnte man fait gar
feline Butter ~bertaufen. Der ertpG6mte @rtiz
tel aus benz u9efliigelai4ter" fogt unter
Nnberem: rSrobbem tann Der Mann, Der
@ier, Butter ober 9eftiigel gu berfaufen bat,
niAt fagen, baB er feline 8aare ni9t los
tperDen tann." Wenn es nun 10 mare, baB
Der Sarmer biefe So4en gu ben in ienem
ArtiteI angegebenen preifen los tperben
tOnnte, 10 tpdre bds ia febr biibi9, aber leiz
Der trifft bas nibt iiberoll gu. Sier in ben
'StaOten 3upurineo G9ebulis, gentralia,
Tam mar Butter fuft gar ni9t Dsrtaufen, bic
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1898-09-14

Sir GiItrlrseu9 uub 8aderlade .......... sac. 800
Elr Gbemttalien -. 9l8, 100
Gteuern 49,. ...,.... L,725. 600
@erftberuma :. ......,.. 800, 600
Reporaturen in ben Sobriteu. ........ 1900. 0e0
Sc ftnb sqn3 betrGdtlihe 3aben, Die bier
5u @unfen Der @rpanfiOn elmer nsuen elm
teimif9en Snbuitrie unr gegea Die Grpan@
iionsgeliiit s DIR nSingoS" ing Selo ssfiibrt
finb, unb lit es aus DisIsm 9runoe ni8t
Wunoer gu nebmsn, tpaHa Bpm Dielen Ssiten
auf sriinbli6e grtpdgung Der Srage g,brun=
gen ipirO, OF es ssrat9sn erI4eint, fir Elm
pbantOm9:biloe% ein5utreten, lpsnn cine groBe
i'm @srb;n b:griffere SaOatrie baburA psrz
ni9tet pirb,
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1898-09-14
6efabr fir uniere Rdbensuder= 5n.
ouitrte.
Caus ber y2Os Auseles Simes".)

MG6renb fern i'm Often erTt i9pa9e Ser
IuGs NIT Der &ultur Ger 3uderrii6e porgez
nommen DOrosn ftnb, bat man in ben pa
cificz Staten bereits er6sbtide SortI9ritte
bies6e3igli4 gema9t, unh bic 3ii6enSuderz
SnOuItrie beripra6 bier einsn groBen Nufz
T6tpung 81 nebmen. @s lit be3bal5 f.br nas
tiirli4, buB in bieien Staataa bic Nnnerions>
plane nit groBem geosnfea aufgenommen
tperben, neil Der freie 3ud>rimport aug neuen
ameritanif4sn @ebietstbsiIsu bic neue &I=
ben8uderz Sn0nItrie in Diefsm 2anOe bouz
Itdnbig brad ksen piiro'.
Nebmen mir bas So1r 1894 aGs 8ais an,
10 betrug in bemfelbs1 Der GOnIum ben
3uder in ben 8ereinigtsn Stautsn 2,024,694
Sonnen, tpoDon nur 305.800 Sonnen i'm
2anhe felbit prpbnsirt, 0agessn 1,718,894
importirt nurbsn, unb 5tuur in Sonnen ausz
gebriidt aus DEN fuleenb:n Qdnb:rn ME fcl9t:
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1898-09-14
Sel69urfen-S au in Saomdbren.

Die @urfen perben in mariner. sef9iibter,
~innniser Gage unb in einem in gutter Dung
trait itsbenben, gut bearbeiteten 8open arge=
baut, Dns SelS pirb fhOn ppr Dem 8intsr
umgepfliigt unb in rauber Surde Iiesea os@
Iafen. SIN tOmmenben Griibiabr: iuirb Der
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1898-09-14

lin ben importirten 3uder in ben 8ers
einigten Staten fel6it 81 p~robu5iran, todren
400 Sabrifen nit elmer Gapacitdt bon il $50
Sonnen &ii6sn ben Sag n0t6ig, ipas 1920
Nrbeitern 8ei9dftigunJ in ben 5abrif:n sez
BIN niirbe. sSS:be ~einselne 6abrit piirb: bas
prooutt bon 1000 Ncrss .3uderrii6snlanb
dufdrbsiten.
Die grfabrung bat gelebct. baB Elm Mann
nit einem 9eipam fir Die &uItur oon as9n
Ncres &iibenlanb ~npt6ipenbiJ lit, !pc6bdl6
fir bic aiiben3uderz8ultur $4,000 GsIb=
arbeiter nDtbtg pGren. Der SDtaltperto uno
be 9rotuftionsfoften bon 18,400.O0O Som
men 3uferriiten tpiirben fi9, bic Sonne gu ie
1920 bere9net, auf $77.230,000 bslaufen.
Die 6erItenungsfoiten elmer 5abrit bpn
$50 Sonnen tdgli9:r Gap1citdt bslaufsn fi9
auf $35O,OO0, unb fir 460 5lb:iten
$161, 10000 cine Sun'm', biz OOrns1mli@
ben 6anbperfern in Den Mai@inentpertfdt=
ten, Maureru, 3immerleuten II, /. lp. 5u9ute
fommen piirba. Der Sa3resDerbtsnlt, mel
der ben @inpD6nern bteIes 2anbss 5utGme,
tpenn bic 1,718,894 Sonnsn 3uder, bic id6r4
li6 eingefiibrt tpsrben, in ben @ereinigten
Staatem p~robu3irt tpiirben. pirb ipis fol9t
bsre4n.t:
Din ME Tormer fir l8. 1000, 600 Eounen gii.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1898-03-19
Industrial suicide.

II is but NATURAL says the casual
observer OF human happenings. that
an employer should profit by the
cheapest labor" Yes? Is the casual
observer sure that II is ''but natural?"
A student OF economy would find but
little difficulty In demonstrating even
to the casual observer, that cheap labor
In the United States is destroyer OF
profits OF employers. Upon whom does
the American manufacturer depend for
his sales. and. therefore. his profitsl
Is 1t the cheap laborers or the well
paid laborers Of this eountry-or 81
any country. for that matter-that con.
sumo the products of the manufacture
err Does 1t profit mine owner when
he can employ miners at starvation
wages? When wages have sunk so low
that the working people must Of neces-
sity subsist on half OF what they were
once accustomed to consume Is II
profitable to the farmer who supplies
the food Of the nation7
A reduction of % per cent In wages
in any community means that the
ffNAhAHS PSoPhC Vi tAAae
must expend for the necessities OF life
% per cent less: II means that the
merchants business, and therefore his
profits. decrease one-fourth: that the
consumption by that community OF the
products OF the manufacturers and
farmers Of the country has decreased In
like proportion.
What profit is 1t to the employers OF
the United States that wages be reduc-
ed one-half? Why. that they may sell
their products In China cheaper than
the Chinese can make them. In the
end such course would establish
Chinese conditions in the United
States. Shall the employers be per-
mitted to assassinate the prosperity Of
their own land by such suicidal
policy Locomotive Firemen's Maya
zine.
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POPULAR SCIENCE.

DR.. Sabouraud. In the AnnaIes dc
Dire natologie. firmly believes that
badness Is contagious. and that barb.
ers' Instruments are most common car.
riers OF the contagion: but az Gus.
toners come and go from one barber
shop to another. II Is difficult 10 trace
each case to its source.
The steamer warrimoo. from Anstra.
liza. brings advices as follows. II. NJ
8. Penguin has just returned to Fiji
after surveying the proposed Pacific
cable route from Suva to Honolulu
The bottom OF the ocean was found "a
De very uneven. One or two uncharted
patches near Honolulu were discover.
ed. but. as they have seven or eight
fathoms OF water over them. they arc
not dangerous 70 navigation.
Kites sent up on Oct. rs. from ,he
Blue Hill Observatory. surpassed the
record OF Sept. 10 by more than h0o
Feet. They carried the meteorologicaI
Instruments to height OF 10. 900 foo,
above the hill top, or ii 500 feet above
sea level. The kites were sent nm !,
$3.50 o'clock in the afternoon ana
reached the highest point at six o'clock
Al that altitude the temperature was
forty-three degrees. while It was seven.
ty-threc degrees ut the ground ahow.
Ing as much difference as one might
expect.
On the approach of a thunder storrn
French peasants often make nm a verv
smoky fire. says Industries and Iron
In the belief that safety from lightning
ID thus assured. Ey some this IA deem.
ed superstition. but Schuster shows
that the custom Is based on reason. in
asmuch as the smoke acts as a good
conductor for carrying away the cleo
tricity slowly and safely. He points
out that In one thousand cases OF dam
age by lightning, 90 churches and az
mills have been struck, while the mum.
Der of factory chinnoys has only been
0.3.
Glaciers vary In length from year 10
year, aid apparently in cycles OF years
also, those of the Alps having shown
general diminution since 1850. An
investigation Of the changes OF arctic
glaciers has now been made by M CHI
Habot. There is no sign Of a general
retreat corresponding to that Of tha
Alps, bet In Greenland the Ice ia NJ
present at a maximum. and stationary
In Iceland there was general in
crease in the eighteenth century. in.
terrupted by partial decrease. Then
came very extensive advance duylng
most Of the present century, a sllgbt
retreat--not comparable with thai ~
the Alps--haying begun in the north 4
the island about 1S55-tse0, and twenty
years later In the south.
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wages In north Carolina.

The following statistics will certain
ly furnish an inkling as to why the
cotton mills of the south are able to
undersell those Of New England. They
will also furnish an illustration OF the
great need existing for a more thor
ough organization of all workers in
that part OF the country. In the tex
tile mills Of North Carolina, Of which
1853 manufacture cotton and IL wooden
goods, there were 23,435 employees dur
ing the year 1896, OF which 1O,567 were
women, 6,S22 were men and 6,04e were
children. OF the latter 1879 were un-
der fourteen years OF age, of whom
6s.5 per cent could read and write.
which indicates that more than third
OF such employees will grow up Hitter
ate. The length OF a days work was
from ten to twelve hours and wages
were as follows: Machinists, 81 $751;.
engineers, $1.46; firemen. So cents;
skilled labor fmen), 80 cents; unskiIled
labor tmen), 81 cents; skilled women,
e6 cents; unskilled women, AIN cents;
children, 81 cents.
In tho '-e stats there were but
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1898-03-19

Good and healthy girls are almos,
always cheerful. No novelist would
consider his youthful heroine completes
IL , ringing laugh" were omitted from,
the list of her charms; and in real iifa
the girls who do not laugh now and
then are seldom trusted or liked by
their companions. Even beauty will
not save them. A belle who fails to
understand the Jest of her admirers
and smiles in amiable bewilderment
white other people are laughing is soon
left with no consolation save to won
der what anybody can see In her rival
"A girl with "tip-tiited" nose perhaps,
and large mouth and freckles. but
the happy possessor OF pair of merry
eyes and cheerful mind. The gift of
gayety 10 indeed of great value; but
1t must be gayety which originates in
a kind and CHEEKY heart, not that
which is born OF mere excitement or
gratlfsd vanity.