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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-05-28
$2OO,OOO IN TEN FEARS.
/. ID. TEAL, a special representative

of the Ohio Coffee Growing and Trading
Co. in company with Mr.. Roberts, buyer
of the firm of Hard 4 Rand, New York
importers, visited the hacienda of Senior
Felix +. Looez, three miles from Coatepec.
Mexico, comprising four and one-half and
eight-year old coffee trees. Senior Lopez
exhibited the eight-year old trees, which
averaged about eight pounds 10 the tree
yearly, and witt pride pointed TO the four
and one-half-year old coffee trees as pro-
ducing four pounds each. Senior Lopez in
the course of his conversation stated that
he had accumulated over $4,000 in ten
years from his small plantation. He further
stated that raw land in Coatepec is held at
$500 per acre, and he would not sell his
plantation for $1,000 per acre. adding that
IL he sold he would not be able 20 invest his
money to bring MIN such a rate of interest.
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Fear They Will Not Be Able to Meet
the Demands.

From the Inter Ocean, June %. 1893.
1.-The Boston importers of rubber are con-
cerned regarding the future supply, and
see the possibility of a famine. The de-
mand has greatly increased, owing to the
new uses which have been found for it
within the last few years, immense guam
titles being required for bicycle and car
riage tires. insulating purposes, ETC.. On
May l. of last year, the visible supply of
corresponding date this year it was but
1856 tons. The average price for the past
six months has been 93c a pound, against
an average of SEC in 1897. The unfortunate
part of the whole matter is hat no very eff
fective steps are bein., taken by American
terests to keep up TIE supply
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-05-28
Births.

Kate and j.. S. Demaree, 1873 Dearborn
street, boy.
Elizabeth and Louis III. Beermann, 243
Minnesota street, girl.
Mabelie and Albert CT. Snider, lois North
Pennsylvania street, girl
Matte and John Hurd, GA West Court
street. girl.
avenue, girl.
Bertha and 90 Keeper. 1912 UdeTl street.
girl.
street, girl.
Nellie and August Meldnas. s42 Missouri
street, boy.
Viola and William Jacoby, Beville avenue
and Michigan street, boy.
Carrie and Jefferson W. Davidson, 914
West New York street, girl.
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RUBBER IN THE UNITED STATES.

Last year the United States imported over
A 1000, 900 pounds OF India rubber. OF this
amount Mexico furnished something less
than one-twentieth of one per cent, but
it is encouraging TO note that the Mexican
output is increasing. Last year the amount
sent from Mexico to the United States was
$4,000 pounds.
A number of streets of Philadelphia are
paved with blocks of rubber. They are
found to be desirable, noiseless, pliable, easy
on wheels, and non-absorbent. adding ma
terially to the appearance of the thorough
fares on which they are laid.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-05-28
Know Not h

I lift mine eyes against the sky,
The clouds are weeping-so am i:
1 lift mine eyes again on high.
The sun is smifing-so am I.
Why do I smile. Why dc 1 weepf
/ do not know: IL lies 50 deep.
I hear the winds OF autumn sigh.
They break my heart. they make me cry:
1 hear the birds OF lovely spring.
Ny hopes revive. I help them sing.
Why do i sing7 Why do / cry?
1t lies 50 deep. ! know not why
-1Sidney RosenfeIA
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-05-28
VIM. p. WILSON, sc. D., Secretary

Philadelphia Museum: According TO soil
and location trees can be tapped the sixth
CT seventh year, and they yield from one
to three pounds when in full bearing three
10 five pounds should be an average yield,
the latter figure only in deep, loamy vege-
table land. The Tolosa soil Is from five
TO thirty-five feet deep Rubber culture is
probably the safest investment that can be
made, as no reasonable contingency can De
probable TO either discover a substitute or
limit the demand"
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THE LONDON FINANCIAL NEWS SAYS.

"The supply of raw rubber is at best a
fixed quantity. 1t is really diminishing, bur
for the sake of convenience it may be con-
sidered as stationary. The most strenuous
endeavors on the part of native rubber col
lectors and European and other traders
failed to increase it last year. and expan-
sion in the future is the reverse Of hope
full"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-05-28

Ruth Morris. nee Quigley. the daughter
OF the ~well-known hardware man, has
signed a contract for forty weeks with a
London Belle of New York" Company,
which is TO tour Europe. Mr.. Greets, an
Englishman, is the manager. and all the
principal roles of the play are TO be taken
by Americans.
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CLARENCE w. GANO, writing from

CLARENCE w. GANO, writing from
San Juan Bautisto, Tabasco, to Modern
Mexico" in March, 1899. says: lone planter.
Don FREDERICK Calcanio, a few weeks ago
sold the rubber from 1000 seven-year-old
trees in San Juan, for a profit of 5000. An
excellent return from ten acres of ground"
Taking this statement as a basis for COM
rarison, we call the readers attention to
our estimate IN five shares, in which we
place the return from SIS rubber trees at
1878 net in the seventh year. You will
notice that 625 rubber trees are a little less
than one-third the number of trees from
which Calcanio secured a net profit of 5000
in their seventh year. On the same basis
for the seventh year Of our e2o trees, we
ought to receive 1891. 80, showing that our
tables are based on the most absolute con-
servatism."
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-05-28
Marriage

Joseph l. Ryan and Mabel Inez Fisher.
Leroy Clark and Maggie Smith.
Charles A GATES and Florence Edn,
Burk.
Louis l.. Reasner n Emma Drager.
George Swift and Leora Davis.
William Jester and BERTHE Eva Moore.
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running RUBBER TREES.
Ignorant Natives E~ndnnger the
Worlds Sunply,

(From the New York Worldly
THE increasing demand for rubber Gre
ated by the manufacture of bicycle tires
trust. The supply from India, which only a
few years ago was sufficient for the re-
ouirements OF the world, shows unmistak-
able signs of petering out. The supply from
Brazil, which at one time seemed almost in
exhaustible, is feeling the immense drain
ers are not so far beyond the commercial
instincts Of civilization that they do not
know the value of rubber, but they are so
reckless in gathering IL that they destroy
the rubber plants and cut off the sources
of future supply. In the Congo Free State
region, where the wasteful methods OF the
natives are most apparent, the authorities
have made Ii a criminal offense 10 destroy
the rubber tree"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-05-28

O. c.. Weaver. a wealthy merchant and
stock owner Of Opeiis. Kan. was shot and
killed at Pittsburg, Kan, yesterday by
Charles Baker, a prosperous farmer. the re-
suit of family troubles.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-05-28

American consul at Para, Brazil, In a re-
port prepared for a Mexican coffee and
culture company, says: The key TO sue
cess is to take our good American money
down there, where IL Immediately doubles
in value of their silver, with which one may
employ the cheap labor Of that land TO pro-
cuce those articles, such as coffee, cocoa
ard rubber, which are readily sold for gold
at a high rate. because they can only be
grown in a limited area; there will be no
overproduction, as the demand is con-
stantly increasing"
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-09-22
Walrus WHISPERS.

"Of all the curious articles of COM
merce that you have V G mentioned in
print l have never seen one more
strange thar IL line 1 regularly send
to China. to the Brazils, and in very
large quantities to Russia"
The speaker was IL foreign mer-
chant" and he was addressing a con-
tributor who has made a speciality Of
paragraphs dealing with out-of-the-
way occupations.
"The article l refer to are t%oothpicks
that are made from walrus whiskers.
Vast quantities of the stiff. thick Wills
kers of the walrus are shipped. from
Alaska chiefly. to myself. and to some
others in England. Those who send
them pull them out one by one with
special tweezers. and after the wills
kers have been trimmed and stiffened
here they are made up into bundles and
sent abroad.
The higher class Chinese seem to
use no other kind of toothpicks. and
the more wealthy of the Russians al
ways use them at their clubs and ho-
tells. l send out some thousands of
bundles yearly, and though to the buy
er they are much dearer, as we'll as
more ornamental. they leave plenty of
profit to the dealer. They have begun
to creep into strong favor at West End
clubs, and last year l executed some
scores Of English ORDERS"
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-09-22
Smuy.lcrs Bound Inv On,hs.

Smuggling still forms Il regular and
oath-boUnd secret profession i'm the
land of the hidalsos. Its operations
have lately been quite active about
he coast near Gibraltar. Several
murders have been committed recently
on Spanish soil near the British from
tiers by a band of smugglers, the vie
Tins being members of the Com
pania Tabacolera." II sort of customs
detectives for the prevention of tobac-
co smuggling. Upon request of the
Spanish authorities the chief of the
Gibraltar police. accompanied by II
marine police officer and a lieutenant
of the Spanish militia. proceeded i'll IL
launch to the back of the rock to
search some aves. With the aid of
rope ladders they entered Il cave mt the
height of seventy feet from the sea.
where they found a S%paniard. one of ten
murderers. guarding part of the bands
provisions and stock. The bandit gave
considerable trouble to the invaders of
the cave but was finally cornered and
in Il wounded condition lowered to the
boat by means of ropes. In times of
yore these caves of Gibraltar have
been the lurking llaunts OF pirates and
smugglers.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-09-22

Watch a sod orchard. 1t will begin
to fall before you know it.
Good drainage, natural or artificial.
is essential to success. Trees are impa-
tient of wet feet.
Good tillage increases the available
food supply of the soil and also con.
serves its moisture.
Potash is the chief fertilizer to he APP
piled to fruit trees, particularly after
they come into bearing.
Probably nine-tenths of the apple or
chards are in sod, and many Of them
are meadows. OF course they are fall
ing.
The remedy for these apple failures
is to cut down many of the orchards.
For the remainder, the treatment is
cultivation. fertilization, spraying-ths
trinity of orthodox apple-growing.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-09-22
VaIuc of HAY as Fced.

The hay crop of this country is more
important to farmers than wheat, as
hay may be baled and sem to market
or be used on the farm; but one reason
why hay should not be sold is because
it contains more of the mineral ele-
ments than does grain. More profit is
made from hay than from any other
staple crop, as it is the main reliance
for winter feeding. and the manure
from hay contains plant food that is
evenly balanced than that from
any other source. To derive the most
benefit from hay, however, is TO feed
1t in connection with less valuable
bulky food, using bran or linsecd meal
to make the ration better and more
acceptable. and especially should this
course be pursued when there has been
a short hay crop.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-09-22
Winterinr Stock.

The farmer who simply "winters' his
stock until spring loses valuable time,
unless his object is 10 gain in weight of
product. Many farmers are satisfied
to nave the stock come out in the spring
in as good condition as the animals
were in the fall, but something more
should be expected than for the stock
to keep over winter. Every animal
that does not make Il gain causes a loss,
as labor is required, and the most prof
liable plan is to feed literally and en-
deavor to gain as much as possible.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-09-22


When sugar bects are fully grown,
which will be IS soon as the first frost
occurs, harvest them in this way: Take
a hoe, ground us sharp as n knife, and
go through the rows cllopping Off the
tops smoothly, and doing so. so that the
tops will fall from two rows into one
space between these rows. Go up and
down so that the right hand can do the
work. throwing the tops to the left.
Then. when the beets are topped. take
Il blunt hoe, or Il prong hoe, and lift the
roots out of The ground, throwing them
into the empty ows. so that when the
work is done there will be one row of
roots and one of tops alternately
through the field. Then gather the
roots and put them. after one days sun
ming To dry them. in pits made in this
way, dug eighteen inches deep. in dry
soil. and three or four feet wide, and
of any desired lcngt!!: for convenience.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-09-22
Grooming Farm Hor.es.

Farm horses in summe usually show
the effects of neglected grooming more
than the lack of grain feeding. 1t is
true, if the horse has his run in the
helds, as we think every horse should
do some time every summer, he will
partly groom himself by rolling either
on wet grass or on plowed ground.
Though this does not improve the
horses looks, it cleanses the skin, and
IL the brush and curry comb are used
after, the animal will clearly show his
appreciation of the service that is be-
ing done to him.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-09-22

Cover them with straw laid up and
down the shed water, and then cover
this with eartli-a foot deep finally, as
the winters cold may make it ncces-
sary to avoid freezing. But ventilation
II be secured by putting wisps of
straw every -four or five feet to let tie
heated air due II the fermentation of
the beets escape, otherwise the roots will
rot. The leaves may he saved in the
am way and will keep long enough to
feed them before the roots are touched.
ANY kind of roots. potatoes or apples
will keep in the best manner in this
way, until the spring. There is no other
root grown that is so good for COWS
kept for milk as the sugar beet. And
no other crop gives more actual food to
the acre than this when it is we'll
grown.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-09-22
Cheap and Handy Wheat Bin.


Build a house as large as you may
wish for your wheat. oats and rye. Seal
up tight by tonguing and growing the
ceiling; draw ceiling down tight and
nail fast. Separate your bins from each
other, then have Il hole in the floor with
small slip door and fix with u common
sack nearly reaching the lower floor;
when you are ready to sack up just
open the slide and let the wheat come
down through the funnel of sack which
Il both ends open. When the sack is
full shut off the grain, using a lever for
the purpose. 1t is easy and cheaply
made; or you al have a wooden spout
to use instead of a sack, which would
be best. and about as cheap; 4H-inch
wide planks make IL spout and have
shut-of plank to fit in spout. 1t is a
cheap and easy way to fill sacks.-H. A.
Cooley.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-09-22

compelled him to adopt them. Five
times since he was a boy he has been
overcome by heat and he also suffers
from chronic rheumatism. He has
found by painful experience that a
for him comfort, and consequently he
has adopted Il modified form of the
Mother Hubbard. He lives in Il pretty
little cottage. surrounded by big cotton
wood trees, and, because of his pecu-
lar appearance, rarely goes outside the
door,
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-09-22
sor-hu,n seed a. Food.

1t is not generally known that n great
part of the human race in partly civ
iliZed countries depends ON the seeds of
Kaffir corn and the various varieties of
sorghum for Their grain food. The seed
is easily beaten out. and when ground
into meal and raised with yeast it
makes as good pancakes as buckwheat.
Some like n mixture of this with Indian
meal better than either alone. Where
the seed is taken from sorghum grown
for making sugar. both the seed and
the sweetness of the stalk are at their
best just before the grain hardens.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-09-22
Weeds Rich in NITROGEN.

The common chickweed and pigweed.
that start up in gardens in midsummer
and make remarkable growth within a
short time. are both weeds that rank
very high in heterogeneous compounds.
Not even second-growth clover will fur
nish as much nutrition for their bulk.
Hogs and cows are extremely fond of
10th and will .at them greedily. They
are excellent not only for breeding
SONS, but for hogs that are being fed
grain and need more succulency in their
ration.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-09-22
How to Lnnd Stock.

To load hogs or sheep easily, quickly
and without injury, we use a chute 2
feet wide, 10 feet long, 3 feet high on
sides; fasten an old horse shoe under
each corner ut upper end SO the heel
calks will rest on rear end Of hog rack.
Have sliding gate to open at corner of
yard. Place Stats crosswise in bottom
of the chute to prevent slipping.-Leslie
Ashcraft.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-09-22
Cnlf Mcancrs,

The days of the old-fashioned wean-
ers-made of an old boot leg or a strap
full of nails-are numbered. While
these were comparatively satisfactory
as far az weaving the calf was con-
cerncd. the nails proved Il cruelty to the
COWS IL i'll many cases resulted in
injury. The "muZzle' weaner has for
some time been familiar to those inter-
ested. but the Safety weaver is COM
paratively new. 1t consists of a piece
of galvanized iron swung from a wire
frame, which is so constructed as to
fit into the nostrils of the animal. The
ends are made so they will not wear
the nose OF make it sore. The device
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-09-22
Pigs as -scnxenrers.

Every family can keep one or two
pigs, using as food refuse from the
table and the parings OF potatoes and
other vegetables cooked for food. This
will, perhaps. need to be supplemented
by a little grain, but the expense Of this
will be more than made up by the
thriftier growth of the pigs. If n
breeding SOW is kept its pigs will supply
the family with meat for the year, ut
much less expense than buying it in the
city markets,
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-09-22
ALL FoR HIS HEALTH.

Here's a Man Who Has Worn wom-
ans Clothes for Twelve Years.
Henry Smell. of sol North Twenty
eighth street. Omaha, has worn Il wom-
ans dress for the last twelve years. He
is a large man, with whiskers, and he
did not put on skirts because he object
ed to trousers. 1t was necessity which
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-09-22
A BARREL wuEEInARRow.
"A device like that shown i'm the cut y

a device like that shown in the cut will
be of service. An old buggy wheel is
fastened between the ends of two han
dies, which have IL cross-piece and a
sizing" of boards. as shown in the cut.
The frame is pulled up to the barrel,
which is tipped up to one side, and the
sling" slipped under it. 1t can then
De wheeled away with each.-Orange
Judd Farmer.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-09-22
Fail Flowing.

There may be disadvantages in fall
plow ng, rs it is believed by some that
the blowing Of the land in the fall per-
mits of the loss of soluble plant food in
winter by teaching, but when the land
is plowed late in the year and then
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-09-22

cross-plowed early in the spring there is
brought to the surface the larvae of in
sects, which perish on exposure to cold
at the surface. To prevent teaching of
the soil after blowing the work should
he lone early in the fall and the land
seeded to rye.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-09-22
He Wasted His Breath.

1 happened into one of the railway
stations yesterday morning, and while
I was waiting for n train to come in, 1
sat down beside a grave and dignified
little girl of perhaps 4 or 5. Presently
a a in the uniform of the railway
company came in and bawled out a
long list of perfectly unintelligible
names. The little girl looked ut him
disapprovingly. Then she looked up
at me.
"Ain't that a awful silly wav for a
great big man to TALK" she said.
Verify. out of the mouths Of babes
and suckiings cometh wisdom.-Wash-
ing il Post.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-09-22

Small kindnesses. small courtesies.
small considerations. hahitually prac-
ticed in our social intercourse, give 81
greater charm to the character than
the display of great talents and accom-
plishmcnts.-M. A. Kelly.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-09-22

Yes" she answered, in a dull. low
voice; Il o you, Cyril; l see it all now
i did not understand it before. !
Thought 1 loved Austin. and when lie ask
ed me to marry him l said YES mis-
took pity for love-"
But, my darling, why despond? Aus
tin Is the most generous man ever
knew; when he understands that it was
Il Misunderstanding more thar n terrible
m~istakr-he will release you from YOUR
promise. L am sure of it, as | am of nv
wv life"
Neither do / doubt it. il l asked him."
she said; but l can never ask him. He
gave up all his hopes. he gave I'M every.
thing for me. 1 can never ask him to
release me: hut for me he would have
been Sir .Ioycclyn's heir. not you. Cyril"
Illey stood in silence that neither car
cd I" break. each feeling that it was for
the last time they were togctlcr-and
alone; then Sir Cyril said. suddenly:
II cannot stay in England, Lcnore: 1
shall go far away. to the utmost end of
the earth. ] can sacrifice my hopes and
happiness. but l could not remain hero
to sec YOU the wife of another: | must
Co.,
Yes, quite agree with YOU: you are
quite right-it is we'll that YOU should
go. ! shall do my duty" she said. "Thc
grandcst of men have died with a smile.
Doing that, l shall live with a smile ON
my face. and that will he, perhaps. all
the more difficult: but. Cyril. you must
not waste Your life in loving me-"
"lDo YOU call it wasted. Lcnorcy 1
would rather love you and he miserable
in my love than blessed in the dearest
love of another. Lenorc. YOU are my
fate. you are my twin soul. you arc the
other half of my life aud my heart:
Something tells me that we shall not al
ways be parted
"Eu' in the mcantimc:' she said slow
ly.
There are other worlds besides this,
my darling. If | do not find YOU here /
shall find You in another life: | shall live
in that hope. if i'll no other"
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-09-22

He that %overvalues himself will I'M
dervalue others, and lie that UNDER
values others will Cypress them.--John.
son.