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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-06-06
FREIGHT TRAFFIC In MAY
NEARLY 10000 LOADED CARS HAN.
DIED AT INDIANAPOLIS.
The Pennsylvania's New Passenger
Engine That Will Cover q Mile
I'm Thirty-Ffve Seconds.

The train records show that in May the
railways handled at Indianapolis 112.327 cars.
ss,1S7 being loaded. While this is not as fav-
orable an exhibit as that of May. 1898. ii is
considerably better than in any May of for
mer years. 1888 excepted In May, 1898. there
were handled in indianapolis "a, 40 loaded
cars; in May. 1897. S4.755; May. 1896 ", 7s3:
May, 1895. d.s54; May. 1894. u. 555; May, 1885,
s4.13s; May. 1892. 77.7si May. 1891. 1926. Had
the grain shipments of May compared favor
ably with those of any former years with
which comparisons are made above the traf-
tic Of May. 1899. would have been the heav-
Test in the history of Indianapolis lines. as
in all other classes OF freight. especially local
business. the tonnage was largely in excess
of any former year. AS 1t is he exhibit of
last month is highly satisfactory. as the
freight was carried at much better rates
than those which prevailed in May. 1885.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-06-06

The first OF the new type of express en-
gines the Pennsylvania is building was
completed on Wednesday of last week and
will be put in service this week. In pre-
urinary trial on Saturday the engine de-
veloped remarkable speed. 1t is OF the
Wooten type. with a number of new features
in its construction II will weigh in working
order about 10000 pounds, exclusive of the
tender. The latter Is OF the English style
with six steel wheels one pair at each end
and another In the center. The firebox is
OF mammoth proportions. the boiler capacity
very large and the driving wheels are eighty
four inches In diameter. This engine has
been carefully designed TO meet the require
ments of the Atlantic City Railroad, where
very fast schedule time is demanded. and IL
IS predicted that about the middle OF June,
when limbered up sufficiently the big No.
6e8 will break all the records between Phila-
delphia and the sea The firebox Is designed
for the use OF anthracite coal and has double
doors for firing. and the heating surface is
calculated to supply working pressure of
200 pounds OF steam. There Is a telephone
connection or speaking tube from the cab
where the fireman Is required TO work 10 the
engineers cabin. Taken altogether this
promises TO be one OF the fastest engines
ever built at the Altoona shops and III The
expectations OF the designers are realized IL
ought TO be able TO cover favorable stretches
OF track at the rate OF thirty-five seconds 10
che mile
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-06-06

cover-chcice ss.ss: prime. H.zs: English choice.
F.7s9%; alsike, choice, Hso9s; alfalfa, choice. !
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-11-22
Horse Sense.

1t is peculiarly appropriate that some
cold facts about the horse be laid be-
fore the public at the present time.
These will substantiate the assertion
that the horse is an animal of eXtraor-
binary little sense-using the word as
synonymous with judgment. 1t is quite
natural that the horse should have a
nature so unbalanced mentally;
evolved, as he is, from an ancestor who
was one of the most timid of wild ami
mails, possessing no weapons of offense
or defense, and therefore finding his
only safety in flight. He had ever to
be on the alert, with his keen senses
of perception ever tense; ready to urge
him into a mad gallop at the slightest
movement, or rustling of a leaf, which
perhaps might betray the neighbor-
hood of some lurking beast of prey
about to spring upon him and tear his
life out with decorating claws or teeth.
1t is no wonder therefore that at any
unaccustomed sight, noise, touch, or
motion, the horse of today, in spite of
countless centuries of training In the
service of man, under the ancestral
impulse that dominates his most in
tensely nervous organization, should
still be seized with an ungovernable
terror that expresses itself in mad
onward rush whose frightful power is
fraught with destruction for every
thing about him.-Automobile Maya
zine.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-11-22
Africans and the Locomotive.

The children Of the desert were filled
with awe when first the silence of the
primeyal solitude was broken by the
putting Of the steam engine. Down at
the other end Of the Cape to Cairo line
the simple Matabele, when first con.
fronted by locomotive, were certain
TINT the strange machine was worked
by the labor of an indefinite number of
oxen, which they assumed were shut
up inside. Hence, when the engine
stopped, they gathered in curious
crowds waiting TO see the door open
and the oxen come out, nor could they
for many days be persuaded that the
power of the locomotive could come
other than from the strength of the
OK. The Arabs of the Soudan, more
imaginative than the Matabele, saw in
the fire horses of the railway one of the
Djinns Of the Arabian Nights, harness
ed by the magic of the Infidel In the
long trains of cars. The steam engine
was to them living, sentient being.
OF which belief there is curious evil
dence In the fact that on one occasion
Sheik made an impassloned remon-
STRANGE against the cruelty of making
so small an engine draw SO huge
train.-Windsor Magazine.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-11-22
GEN. GUY v. HENRY.

cavalry, and he was always at the fore
front of a charge. AT Cold Harbor he
led brigade across an open bullet
swept field. Midway of the charge he
was wounded and his horse was killed.
He mounted another horse and led on.
His second steed was killed just as, in
obedience to Henry's spur, 1t rose to
jump over the enemy's entrenchment.
The rider fell wounded within the
lines Of the foe. For this Congress
gave him a medal of honor. General
Henry fought the Apaches in the early
'70s. and few years later was shot
through the head in battle with the
Sioux. He recovered, and later on took
the field again against the same Indi-
ans. AS Lieutenant Colonel, General
Henry was in command Of the Ninth
Cavalry in the field against the Sioux
in 1890. His black troopers idolized
him. One day under his leadership
they had made forced march of fifty
miles from beyond the White River.
They had eaten only little bread and
cup Of coffee each. Word came that
lue SeNeAtu SuNuiy was SuTrOuuQeQ.
Henry looked at his jaded men and
asked his junior officers to sound the
temper of the troopers. Would they
follow him to the relief of the Seventh?
When the colored men found out that
Henry wished them to follow they
sprang to their saddles and rode after
him as though, as some one expressed
it, they were going to ball. Henry
and his men rode altogether about
eighty miles that day, and the Seventh
was saved. General Henry wore the
army's medal of honor for conspicuous
gallantry. He never held any bureau
position. He was fighting soldier
pure and simple, being better ac-
quainted with the frontier camp than
with the streets of the city of Wash
ington.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-11-22
KlMBERLRY's VAST WEALTH.
Richness Of the Diamond Fields Almost Be
yond Comprehension.

So y0uu SOmPteueubIOus
The figures representing the wealth
Of the Kimberley diamonds are so
vast as to be hardly within the COM
prehension of the mind.
In two years after the formation of
the De Beers Company by Cecil
Rhodes in 1888 it had paid $4,000, 600 in
20 per cent. dividends and 81, 400, 600 in
interest on the original $40,OOy,OUO
capital, making total of $12, 400, 900,
or $6,200,OO0 per year.
Since then the output has greatly in
creased, SO that the annual product is
about $20,0OO,00O. The total produc-
ton in the eleven years since the con-
solidation is not far from $500, 900, 0OG.
This official output, however, by no
means represents the total product of
the mine. The De Beers Company is
nothing more than vast diamond
trust, which regulates the output of the
mines. There is no intention on the
part of the De Beers Company to make
diamonds SO plentiful that they will
become cheap. On the other hand, the
price of diamonds has been steadily
advanced by the trust until it is now
far in excess of what 1t was at the time
the De Beers combination was formed.
The company meanwhile has been
stocking away great stores of dia-
rtonds until it has reserve fund of
this nature probably amounting to
scores of millions of dollars.
OF course 1t Is impossible to esti-
mate accurately the value of the De
Beers mines, practically oil of which
are at Kimberley. Attempts to do so
have been made and the figures have
ranged all the way from $1,000, OOO, 600
to 1000, 100000.
In 1880 there were 1900 Europeans
and 500 natives employed in the
mines. There are now 1900 Euro
peans and $500 natives or Kaffir ne
groes. The miners get from $25 to $50
per week and the day laborers' wages
range from S4.15 to S. per week.
The Kimberley mines cover more
than twenty-six acres, and are sunk
to depth of from $50 to 500 feet, with
shafts running down from this level
to a deoth Of from 800 to 1900 feet.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-11-22

Sir spenthorne Carnac was kneelinA
beside Merlel's sofa, her thin wasted
hand In his. The girl looked up.
"You want to marry me, now my
looks are all goneT'
II love you'll want you-and don't
care about anything else!"
But a few months after, when,
thanks to a clever German specialist,
young Lady Carnac had lost all traces
of her illness, and Sir Spenthorne was
Unfortunately proud of his beautiful
wife, Rupert declared that he had been
abominately treated, and that Lady
Carnac was the most mercenary and
deceitful of women.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-11-22

At the outbreak of the British Boer
war we find devout Englishmen, as
usual, prostrating themselves before
their affairs, and appealing to their god
Of battles to bless their cause. The
Beers perform the same service. AS
they are both supposedly Christian ma
tions, it follows that they are both APP
pealing to the same divinity, both
claiming the support Of the same ON
impotence. But as even divinity could
not give the victory to both sides stimuli
taneously it follows that one party or
the other is certain to be disappointed.
After the issue shall have been deter
mined the world will probably fall back
to Its materialistic theory, that God is
on the side of the strongest battalions
and those of the greatest staying pow
ers.-Los Angeles Herald.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-11-22
BLUFF WON THE DAY.
GOOD AS a LETTER OF CREDIT
eps IN EUROPE. Il III HqspW
It Wouldn't Have Worked in Ameri-
ca, but in the Little Nice Hotel It
Carried Everything Before 1t-As
surance of Yankee Tourist.
s..s.asakltfl
. 1Ei-1-TIT7TT----I

Here at home bluff doesn't count for
much" said globe trotter, "but I'm
telling you that good, stiff bluff, with
a cheeky American behind it, is worth
lot of money in Europe. When got
around to Nice last year the best hotels
were crowded and had to take up
With small room. On the same floor
was German who was occupying a
suite, though not spending much mon
ey or putting on any great style. One
day there was a great row. The land
lord had asked him as particular IA
vor to yacate for a newcomer, and, Of
course, the man didn't propose to be
turned out. The landlord coaxed and
argued, and the German growled and
muttered, and followed them down to
the office to see how 1t would come out.
AT the desk was an American l had
run across in Venice-a buyer for a
Ch1cago dry-goods house. Mnen the
landlord and the German began to
gable In chorus the buyer pulled a
blank check from his pocket and reach
ed for pen and said:
All this talk is of no use. want
rooms here. l will buy the hotel and
select my suite. Sir, what is your cash
price for this hotel?"
You would buy the hotelv exclaim-
ed the landlord, as he threw up his
hands in surprise.
Grounds and all, and want it to-
day. How much-a million-three or
four? And what name shall / fill in
on the check?'
Say, now," laughed the tourist, "but
you ought to have seen that thing
work! The German had determined to
be ugly about it, but when he bumped
up against man who had as soon pay
four millions as one for what he fan
cied he felt awed and humbled and
ready to quit. The landlord figured
that to turn away such Croesus
would ruin his house, and it wasn't
half an hour before the buffer was
installed In the suite and the German
was chucked out isto dog hole on the
top floor. And that wasn't all, mind
you When they sent the buyer bill
based on his supposed millions he got
up and threatened to buy up the town
and start six soap factories to running,
and they cut every item in two and
begged his pardon to boot. don't be-
lieve that chap had $1,000 in his name,
but he just walked over everything and
everybody for two weeks, and 1t was
current gossip that he owned the whole
of Chicago and good share of st.
N
cold bluff which wouldn't have taken
him into an American dance hall as
dead-head, but it was equal to let
ter of credit for $1,0OO,OOO over there"
Seattle Times.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-11-22

My method of gathering them is a
long way ahead of the common way of
hand picking. Take heavy chain and
fasten on No. 20 Oliver chilled pillow,
or any other heavy plow, in same man
ner as you would IL wishing to turn
under tall growth. Buckle hip straps
on harness SO short as to hold pillow out
Of ground. Take wheel and jointer off
Of plow; let row come between team
and plow, just skim enough surface to
cut pea stalks off. The stalks will be
caught by the chain and dragged until
enough gathers to raise chain, then they
will drop out under chain and chain
will then gather another bunch In like
manner. Size of lunches will be regu-
lated by weight of chain. If gathered
In this way early In the morning while
they are tough none win shatter. This
fix Is superior to any patented pea har-
vester have yet seen. 1 gathered my
last years crop in this manner with
great success.-P. B. Meyer.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-11-22
Has Come to STAY,

Rural free delivery is now in success.
full operation in every State and terri.
tory In the Union, and the $500, 600 ap-
propriated for the current year has been
nearly all expended. Quoting Special
Agent A. B. Smith, In charge Of this
branch of the Postal Department: zone
remarkable fact in connection with the
service is that not single complaint In
misdoing or failure to perform duty has
been lodged at the department against
any of the carriers. The service has
been discontinued in but two or three
instances, and then against the earnest
protest of patrons An offset to the
expense Of the delivery is the abolition
of some very small postofaces, which
are no longer needed where the carrier
makes his rounds. Rural delivery has
come to stay.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-11-22
THE CUMULATIVE EFFECT.

Just little every day,
That's the way!
Seeds In darkness, swell and grow,
Tiny blndes push through the snow,
Never any flower Of May
Leaps to blossom in n burst;
slowly-slowly, Mt the first,
That's the way!
Just a little every day.
Just a little every day,
That's the way!
Children learn to read and write
Bit by bit and mite by mite;
Never any one. l say,
Leaps to knowledge and Its power;
slowly-slowly-ho by nour,
That's the way!
Just little every day.
ELLA Wheeler Wilcox.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-11-22
in place by wooden pins, as shown in
Fig. 1. A simple contrivance. but moth
ing could be stronger.

A SIMPLY MADE BENcH.


Another years experience confirms
my statement made year ago that one
can control potato scab by the use of
rye sod, IL this is done in the right
way. This is the fifth year of an ex-
pertinent on two acres of land that had
become so Infested with scab that a
decent crop of potatoes could not be
grown. Five successive crops of pota-
toes have been grown In this land, turn
Ing rye sod under each spring, and
the seed used n portion of the time has
not been wholly free from scab and has
been untreated with any solution to kill
the germs. but the crop is above the
average In smoothness. The seed last
spring, coming from Northern Ohio, had
more scab than seemed safe, but so far
as examination of the hills now indi-
Gates. the crop will be all right. If the
rye can be turned during a hot spell
In the spring, 1t makes the soil little
acid, and that is fatal to the scab germs.
Two years of that treatment practically
cleaned the tield."-Alva Agu, in Ohio
Farmer,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-11-22
Handy Chicken Roost.


In many poultry houses the manner
In which the roosts are placed in posi-
ton is source of annoyance when
time comes to clean out the house. In
order to avoid the difficulty of getting
around under the roosts. b. they should
be placed crosswise frame made Of
about 2x4-inch material, six feet wide
and nearly as long as the building in
which they are to be placed. Hang the
frame, a, at one side to the wall by
heavy strap or T-hinges and support
the other side by props, d, placed under
1t or a couple of pieces of stout wire
rope, c, hung from the roof. The
roosts can then be let down out of the
way when the house is being cleaned,
and they also can be scraped off and
washed with lime, either with brush
or spray pump. If both house and
roosts are whitewashed frequently the
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-11-22
American Girls in Germany

A woman travelling through noun
famous part of Germany recently came
upon a small party of young women
pedestrians who had just started out
on days journey, each of whom car
rled a long alpenstock with long black
streamers flying from the uplifted end.
The floating pennons indicated mourn
ing or woe of some kind, but the joy
Gus demeanor of the sightseers did not
carry out the impression. On coming
nearer the observer noticed that the
streamers We're black stockings. Every
evening the walkers arriving at stop
ping place for the night did small
amount of laundry work, and as the
stockings never seemed to get perfect
ly dry, each morning saw the damsels
starting out with black stockings float
ing on the breezes. OF course, they
We're American girls.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-11-22

Republican papers, with customary
Republican idiocy, are asking: Sup
pose the Filipinos are subjugated be-
fore the next Presidential election,
where, then, will be your issue?" 1t
will be here. If in the next year those
harried Asiatics are oyerborne by SUI
perior numbers. the murder and rob-
berry Of them will not be in any less
wrong. 1t is the duty of the Demo
cratic party to see that this country is
governed along the lines Of justice and
right, and the Democratic party, back
ed by decent Republicans, will SO see.-
The Iconoclast.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-11-22
No Wonder.

In Germany every man must serve
in the army from IS to %. Just think
what 1t means. Seven of the best years
of life taken at a time when the char.
acter is being formed and the founda-
ton being laid for a life career. No
wonder that the German-Americans
are opposed to the Presidents policy,
for 1T will certainly bring us to the
same conditions us that which exists in
Germany.-Toledo Commercial.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-11-22
A Novel Race.

Anglo-Indians are passionately fond
of sports, and have originated some
clever and unusual outdoor entertain
ments. Not long ago race was got
up in which camel, an elephant, a
horse, bicycle and an automobile cart
We're the entries. The camel and the
elephant We're ridden by their keepers
and the horse, bicycle and automobile
We're managed by experts. The course
was three miles, and the race was a
handicap, the elephant and camel being
given half mile and the automobile
an eighth of a mile. The elephant won
the race, the bicycle and the automo,
bile finishing second and third.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-11-22
latest Is tho "pathometer..

OF the inventlng of long-felt cycling
wants there seems to be no end. The
latest of these is an instrument by
which it is easy to record automatical-
ly not only the distance Travelled by a
bicycle. but also the various directions
followed during the journey and the
hills assembled and descended. The rec
ord of directions is obtained by means
Of compass. The needle is suspend
ed at the top of the "pathometer," as
apparatus is called, directly above
the tape on which the records are
taken.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-11-22

There is salutary lesson to be
drawn by Americans from the Trans
vaal war. The power of great nation
is being used to murder the people, dew
astate their homes and spread carnage
and desolation in South Africa to en-
nance the fortunes of few powerful
men in England who are able to infiu-
ence action of the government
Washington National Waterman.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-11-22
crustv curmudpeon,s Last Rector,

OvuSty VuEmuug6oHs CaSt H6t6Ft
"Oh! Good morning!" cheerily cried
the Good-Natured Man, II hope 1 see
you well.'
"If you don't" the Crusty Curmud-
geon tartly retorted, you'd better con.
suit an oculist." CATHOLIC Standard
and Times,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-11-22
Borers in Apple Trees.

If the trees nave already been infest-
ed the borers must be taken out with a
sharp knife or killed in their holes by
inserting a sharp wire. After the trees
have been freed from them, prevent
their further attacks by scrubbing the
trunks once or twice year with
strong soapsuds. If the trunks are COW
cred with rough bark, remove this by
scraping. 1t is very difficult to rid an
orchard Of borers after they are once
established.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-11-22

Poultry Insect Killers.
The lard and sulphur mixture has to
be used on young chicks with discre-
ton. Insect powder, especially buhach,
is far safer and will surely kill every
louise with which it comes in contact.
Tobacco dust freely scattered through
the feathers of the old bird, as for in
stance when sitting, and a few days
before the eggs are expected to hatch.
will clear the lice out in n hurry Some
times use tobacco dust in place Of the
insect powder. If applied freely, it
will also kill these lice. For chicken
mites, use the clear kerosene, soaking
perches, nests and cracks and crevices
very thoroughly, and It is sure cure
every time.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-11-22
FIGHTING GUY HENRY.

Was One of the Bravest Soldiers Who
Ever Wore the Hue.
Death mustered out of the service in
the country in Gen. Guy V. Henry one
Of the bravest soldiers and most pic
turesque characters who ever wore the
blue. General Henry more than any
other army officer perhaps, filled the
romance writer's idea of a "beau
sabreur." During his long army career
he was almost constantly with the
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-11-22
Animal Food for Young TURKEYS,

u
AS long as the supply of insect food
lasts the young turkeys will make rap
i'd growth, but as soon as you notice
the grass disappearing and insects less
abundant, begin feeding small guam
tity of meat to the young turkeys at
night, SO as to promote and continue
the growth. You should not aim to get
them very fat What you should de-
sire is to secure as large frames and
bone as possible, SO as to have some
where to crowd on the meat and fat
later on. Hence do not allow them to
cease growing, but push them until
ready for market, putting them up for
the purpose of being fattened about ten
days before selling. Exchange.