New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-11-22
TIE TALK or THE DAY.

For thirty years William Johnson, a farmer near
Kokomo. Ind has farm Of six acres and
never had a horse the place He is known
throughout tho section the horseless farmer
He raises corn. potatoes, cabbage. celery melons
and all kinds OF vegetables. all the land being under
cultivation Johnson does all the work himself by
hand. He has hand ploughs. hand cultivators
hand planters and hand harvesters. Even the
marketing is all mono by hand. He trundles his
crops TO town in a wheelbarrow making an av-
erage Of three trips day the year round. In the
thirty years johnson and his wheelbarrow have
travelled l6s 900 mies-neary seven times around
the world. When a boy he was kicked by horse
and since then he has had nothing 10 do with
horses.
Frederick c. Rockwell Is the owner Of a fine set
OF ocean charts published in 1900 and known as the
East India PILOT He picked Il up as sb,g ySar
in 1901. The map Of the Philippines Is In some re.
sSsoT to t hy c OF qS aaes WE TO
war with Spain. and there seem TO have been com
paratively few changes in the lslands in the course
Of a century. Camiguen Island. on the north
coast near which the Charleston was wrecked, Is
s soTG az of the gronp Such collection Of old
charts is both interesting and NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Times.
More than twenty-five thousapd persons were
killed by wild animals and snakes in india last
year Nearly a thousand deaths are ascribed TO
tigers and n large number to man-eating wolves.
Lord Curzon has directed that special measures be
taken 70 extermnate these particular pests.
one tJnmoved Hearer-"The slow but sure decay
NJ the attn races" remarked the lecturer eth
noogy. cannot but awaken the profoundly sympa-
thctic interest OF the student"
~ wish they would decay little faster" NUT
tered one OF the listeners a bullet headed young
man with cropped hair and take their blamed old
Latin language along with them!-tChicago IT'D
une.
Census experts estimate" says The Chicago
Post" that the entire OF population will be found
next year to be in Indiana, close to the Illinois
line al a point not far removed from the town OF
Vincennes The last census showed the popula-
ton centre be between Columbus. Ind. and Gin
cinnau The increase in the population OF Georgia,
Texas the Indian Territory. Oklahoma, New
Mexico and Arizona during the last ten years has
been sufficient II Is thought to Offset any Increase
In the Northwest and 10 possibly pull the centre
somewhat to the south Of the 1850 parallel. The
wealth centre is thought to be In the neghborhood
OF Sandusky. Ohio"
A North Carolinian. on visit to Brooklyn re-
Gently told an Interesting and ludicrous incident
connected with the race in his native State.
only %" question H Of seeing head to hit It
Most Of the g had d 0 to the
one day the gentleman who related the story hap
portions of the swamp when he suddenly spled an
old darby whom he knew pretty well The old
quite certain whether to run or stand his ground.
lie finally came TO the conclusion that there
Te s IF s smile a
Aren't you afraid to come out. Uncle Jim7'
mo. sub" Uncle Jim replied. promptly; mo.
sub, | hain't"
| why not?' questioned tho rider, little
| prlsed at Uncle Jim's positive stand.
m said TnGie Jm In race mo uncertain ns tone
| ORrooklyn Times.
| There are trusts in England also. and moro COM
| ing The London Daily MALI said the other
| day: 1T was yesterday officially reported that tho
great salt combine has been satisfactorily effected
| and that tho Salt Union and every outside firm In
Cheshire Lancashire, Worcestershire Staffordshire
and other districts have signed the necessary agree
| ment Stability in prices. control OF the output
and tho allied interests OF the trade are thus as
| sured for the remainder OF the year and for 1900
| and as a consequence. important revival in
the British salt industry is expected"
| I wandered by the bloemfontein,
said "oh, reemdellng be mine!"
| He said, II can't I'm sure"
Are you outander?" then 7 cried;
! He coldly shook his head.
mo, buitenlander." he replied.
| n burgerwarht instead"
my Dom is rich" I murmured low,
| "A veldheer brave r. he,
Unto tho Raadhuis he doth go,
| There's none so high IA he.
Wen wander by Witwatersrand
| Wen trekken DER the plain,
| BY smiling veldt and vaal wen stand,
| Then trekken on again
The burghsr looked a, me and sighed.
| 81 am tonkheer bold he cried.
! Come. let W onward trekl' -(Life