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THE STARVING AINDoos.
Scarcity of Water Is Now Added to
Lack of Food.

Famine in India continues its deyastat-
ing work and there are now 5,00O,0 GOO
people actually dependent upon Govern
ment relief works, with nearly four times
the number on the verge of starvation,
and nearly 35,000,000 living on insuti1-
cient food. The death rate is so excessive
that large areas will suffer for lack OF
population for years. letter from Cal-
cutta gives a shocking account OF the con-
dition of the people of the ADMINISTRATION
districts, and dismal outlook for the flu
ture.
In Raiputana the villagers before going
on the relief works had been reduced to
eating the leaves OF the pepul tree and
oil cake ordinarily fed to cattle This
diet so Injuries their digestive organs that
when they come on the relief works, the
return to common food disagrees with
them and they die by hundreds. From
that cause and from utter exhaustion
deaths are so numerous on the relief
works that fires are kept burning night
and day without intermission, to burn the
bodies of the victims. In Rajputana, as
in the Bombay presidency and Baroda,
the scarcity Of water is added to the lack
of food. In ordinary times the rainfall
is not too great in these high lands, but
now the country is approaching the as
pect of a desert. The cattle are dying off
like flies, and cannot be sold at one rupee
now as compared with the ordinary price
of so or Is rupees Numbers of people
die on their way to the relief works, and
children arc constantly being picked up
by the sides of their dead mothers. With
the scarcity of food prices have risen;
and where i'll ordinary times life could
be sustained on three rupees or 9G cents
a month, it now requires from one TO two
rupees more The resources at the dis
posal of the Indian Government are total
ly inadequate TO meet the increasing
want of the population, and the contribu-
tons from private sources are so minutes
imal as compared with the needs. that
unless the British Parliament takes some
action complete collapse Of the efforts
to stem the ravages of the famine is
threatened.
What seems remarkable in the midst OF
the misery of the people is that so few Of
the wealthy Indians seem to be doing any
thing worth speaking of to aid their
poorer fellow-eountrymen There are ma
tive mobiles and princes possessed of great
wealth, some even Of colossal fortunes,
yet we hear of no great organized move
ment on their part TO rise to the level Of
the occasion. They seem to be content
to leave everything to official initiative
and official control, which is always slow
and seldom sympathetic. while. unfcrtu-
nately, relief funds administered by relig-
ious bodies are TOO frequently used for
sectarian ends. and so deter the people
with their strong race and caste sreju-
dices from availing themselves Of the gen.
nrnns intentions of the dnnnra
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Rriet stnte nnnncninra.

The 2-year-old child of Edwin Sawley-
of Babcock was killed by train.
William Schneider OF Sturgeon Bay
was fined $40 and costs for having in his
possession Il few rock bass.
Charles Becker Of Kenosha has been
appointed to a position in the census de-
partment at Washington, ID. &. Z
The seeding OF spring grain near MLilla
dore is completed and farmers are busy
preparing grounds for corn and potatoes.
The citizens Of Appleton gave ban
quet in honor Of w $. Wescott OF Law
renee University, who won the interstate
oratorical contest. 4
ExAlderman Robert Oldenburg, 3S
years OF age, respondent over business az
fairs, committed suicide by jumping into
the Milwaukee river
George r. Eddy. one Of the best known
job printers in Milwaukee, hanged hul-
self. He was Respondent because he had
recently lost his position
The new rife range of Company II Of
the National Guard which Is said to be-
the finest range in the State, was for
mally dedicated at Fond du Lac.
A mortgage for 81 100000, given. by The
Winnebago Traction Company TO the
Trust Company Of America. New York
concern, has been filed al Oshkosh
Unless action is prevented by inttiuS-
ton, which will be Immediately apphlsf
for, the Winnebago County insane csg
lum at Oshkosh will be deprived uns
OF FIRE protection. the State board &c con
troll having ordered the water pressure
cut off that date There are 300 patients
In the asylum.
Will Peterson, son OF an cd resident
Of Marinettc, was almost instantly killed
in the paper mills there. His clothes be-
came caught in revolving belt and he
was whlrled around the shaft until life
was extinct. He was about "a years
old.
John Erickson, section foreman on
the Wisconsin Central Railroad. was
ground to pieces under the wheels OF a
freight train on the tracks Of the com
pany near Silver Lake. Erickson had
been in the employ Of the company for
many years and WIS in charge OF some
changes Ia the line which are being made.
Robert MeAipine, former superintend-
ent Of the Marinette and Menominee Pa
per Company. has decided TO start large
pail and dishware factory in Marinette.
George Davidson Of Marinette was
found dead in his barn by his wife. He
had attempted to hang himself. bit the
rope parted and his neck was broken. He
was 60 years old. The cause Of his sui
die was unknown.
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what to Plant.

There are three things a farmer or
gardener should consider before he puts
seed in the ground First, what crops
his soil is best adapted to raise. To
try to grow that which is not adapted
to the soil is a waste of time and labor.
Next what does he understand the care
of best? This is less important because
if he is not very stupid agricultural pa.
pers and books of some kind neighbor
may teach him enough to make him
successful with crop of which he has
had no previous experience. Third,
what crop can he find good market
for without too much expense for trans
portation? Nearly all the farmers crops
are in demand but the weed crop but
not all may sell well in his own neigh
borhood. Think it over before putting
in the seed.
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Chicken Cholera.

l have successfully used this simple
remedy for years. and never failed to
cure sick fowl. il the medicine was
given before the bird was in the last
stage of the disease, when no remedy
will cure. Boil three ounces of green
white ash bark in two quarts of water.
After it cools, mix corn meal with it till
it is of the consistency for proper feed
ing. Then add teaspoonful of cay
enne and a tablespoonful of black pep
per to from one to two quarts of the
feed, and force the fowls to eat it. II
will cure every time. Chicken cholera
is diarrhea, and the bark and pepper
act as astringents. Most of the So
called chicken cholera. and gapes in
little chickens, are caused by drinking
water which stands in the poultry yard
and barnyard. These diseases can be
largely obviated by having the land
we'll drsined and perfectly smooth, SO
that no water can stand on it after
rains, ard by keeping pure, fresh water
where the fowls can drink ct WILL
Martha f. Norris,
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Use of Plaster.

Before the use of artificial fertilizers
became SO general, many farmers made
a practice Of putting a handful of land
plaster or gypsum around each hill of
corn. They claimed that it caused it to
take on brighter color or a darker
gren, and that it grew faster. Then
they were instructed by the agriculture
al papers that chemists said plaster had
no fertillzing property, and that they
should use superphosphate at FIVE or six
times the cost. Perhaps the papers
were right, for few even of the chem
lists know then the power which plaster
has of absorbing and holding ammonia
until it is washed out by the rain, or
know how much ammonia might be in
the air, to be brought down by rain
and dew We think that it would pay
to use plaster in that way now, and we
know of nothing that would do so much
good at so small a cost. 1t would prob
ably be OF most benefit where there
was manure decomposing in the soil to
throw off ammonia not yet converted
into nitrates. -American Cultivator.
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cueA.s Loss IN PEOPLE
Decrease of 5s,5S9 Caused By Civil
War-Tofal Loss 100000.

Decrease of IS, $50 Caused by Civil
War-Tofai Loss 100000.
Gen. j. +. Sanger, in charge al the
census taking in Cuba and Porto Rico,
makes public a bulletin giving the total
population Of Cuba by provinces. muni-
cipal districts, citieg and wards A, COM
harrison of the census taken under Span
iSh authority III 1887 with the result OBJ
tanned by the recent count discicses a
loss in the twelve years Of -. $50, 2ttrib-
utable to the. recent civil war and the re-
concentration policy accompanying it.
These figures, however, express only a
part OF the loss from this cause, and the
direct and indirect losses by the war and
RECOMMENDATION policy are estimated at
200. 900.
The urban population OF all cities Of
more than 600 inhabitants numbers
741 .273. or nearly one-half the entire
population The urban population Of
cities OF 5000 or more inhabitants
amounts to 49g,6S2, a proportion Of 3. 3
per cent Of the total population. Ninety
six Cuban cities have population in ex-
cess OF 1000 inhabitants. in sixteen OF
which the number OF inhabitants is S,0O0
or more, FIVE having a population in "a
cess Of 5000. and one (Hsvanal a pop
ulafioa of 235. 0s1.
The following cities have a population
above 10000. Santiago. 1900; Matan-
zns, 36.3T4: Cienfuegos. 30.03S. Porto
Principe. .. f02; Cardenas. u $40; Man
camilla. 14.464: Guanabacoa, rs Dts:
Santa Clara. 13, T63: Sagua Ia Grande.
IL. It's: Sancti Spiritus, 1906. Regia,
1865: Trinidad. 11.130.
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Senator Quay of pennsylvania is adj
dicted to deep sea fishing. The habit of
angling, contracted in the trout streams
of Pennsylvania, has grown upon him
TO such an extent that ordinary sport
does not satisfy his craving any longer.
lie needs must travel all the way TO
Florida and spend days seeking the fierce
tarpon. He has charming little hunt
ing lodge on the Florida coast, aad when
ever he finds the cares of craftsmanship
or politics expressing him he takes train
ana is away for a week or two of sport.
Senator Geax's Luck.
Senator Gear of Iowa IS known to eE-
cry guide and boatman of the upper Po-
tomac. In fact, there is one famous
spot in the river called Gears Hole, af-
ter the Iowan. 1t is near an exclusive
rod and gun club which the Senator
visits. One day he was being rowed up
TIE river and had tried all the fishing
holes with indifferent success. He d.
rected the guide TO row him to a certain
place which he spied. and after sounding
TIE water. observing the lay OF the land,
the character of the bottom and the drift
OF the current. said there was good fish
ing there. The old guide pooh-poohed
the idea. No ono had ever thought Of
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-05-29

the substitution, but of the good tenn
per and disposition of the Jersey cows
50 often denied to them. The COW is
a pure-bred Jersey only two years old.
There Is one more lesson given in
this picture, which is timely; it teaches
b0w lambs should be locked. These
lambs We're locked when ten days old
ny simply clipping off, with a sharp
pair OF pruning shears. the tail at a
Joint. first drawing back the skin, so
that enough of it was left to cover tie
bone. A little common pine tar was
then applied so as to make plaster
over the wound by the help Of the
wool, which was twisted together
with the tar to exclude the air. The
lambs showed no Inconvenience. and
at chat early age the nervous system
Is so little developed that but little
pain can be felt
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-05-29
The Hand of Esau.

"The voice is the voice of Jacob, but
the hand is the hand of Esau," is the
scriptural quotation brought TO mind
by the declaration in the Ohio Repub-
lican platform against the trusts and
nonopolies which the Republican par
ty has fostered and whose contribu-
tons are expected to re-elect d Repub-
lican President. There is something
funny in the idea of Republican fat
frying agent approaching the financial
man of one of the big monopolies for a
large check for campaign purposes
and winking significantly when the
contributor refers to the war on
trusts" to be inaugurated under the
leadership of that redoubtable anti
monopolist, Mark Hanna.-New York
News
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Cow Iears Two Lambs.

The accompanying picture might
aaVe been thought fancy of some art
list of fertile imagination. were it not
n photograph. a photograph never
lies; It may distort the truth when 1t
Is the work of bungler in the art; hut
di1ere Is none of this in this picture. 1t
goes TO show the good nature of the
Jersey COW, whose kindly expression
sSetokens that she is greatly pleased
with her foster family. These lambs
were unfortunate orphans, resulting
from an accident to the eve. AS a tenn
porary expedient they were neld to
the cow and put to the teat. and imme-
diately accepted the services of the
foster mother, who reared them. as
well as her calf. These lambs, pure
bred Southdowns. are valuable. being
Of superior stock, and the incident
goes to show not only the usefulness of
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as lively and as gamey fish as man
could wish to toy with. A pound-and-a-
half bass in these waters at the end of
100 yards of silk line on a wisp Of split
bamboo rod Will make you think you are
fighting a wildcat.
The big Four" among congressional
fishermen are Senator Frye of Maine, the
president pro tempore of the Senate; SEN
ator Davis of Minnesota, Senator Gear of
Iowa and Senator Quay of Pennsylvania.
What they don't know about fishing is
not worth learning, and what they have
not told about fishing is not worth hear
ing. OF course, each one thinks his par
ticular kind of fishing is superior to all
others, and is loyal to his native streams,
but all will so far afeld in search Of
sport.
Senator Frye is probably the most
consistent sportsman of the quartet. He
goes into camp in the Maine woods every
summer, wears flannel shirt eats bacon
and is glad to get it, and lives the life Of
a woodsman. OF course, he comes back
to Washington all the better for it. He
can cast fly with the best Of them.
A Ski1lfuI Fisherman.
Senator Cushman X. Davis of Mime
sofa is an ardent angler. Let anybody
suggest A fishing trip and he will drop
his cares as a school boy drops his books
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is fond Of bass and trout and is enthusi-
astic upon the subject OF the Potomac
variety of bass.
In the House of Representatives the
chief of the fishing brigade is Represent
alive H2aty.ole of Minnesota. He is a
natural-born fisherman. He will sit in a
boat for half day with never strike"
and yet be happy. and. after all, that is
the supreme test of the fisherman. Heat
wole has iishcd for every kind of game
fish that swarms sea. lake or river, and
if any one should suggest heaven with
out bass stream. it would be no para
disc for him.
Representative Babcock Of Wisconsin,
chairman of the Republican congressional
campaign committee. will be too busy
fishing for votes this summer and fall to
make his usual tour of the Wisconsin
lakes. The records of his catches are
scattered through every notable club book
| in Wisconsin.
How the Speaker Angles.
Speaker Henderson Of the House OF
Representatives is fsherman--after q
fashion. The spirit is willing, but the
flesh is weak He has the instinct, but
his wooden leg interferes, so he sits on
the yeranda Of the club house all day
reading and smoking and taking in the
glorious ozone of the mountains, chatting
with the old guides and boatmen, unit
''the boys" as he calls the others of the
party, come back in the evening Will
their strings. and then NE is as much
interested as any one.
Uncle Joe" Cannon. the chairman OF
the House committee on appropriations
is another rain barl'' fisherman, as the
| guides call the statesmen who stick L
| the club house verandas on hot days ant
let others blister in the sun, Turing thu
willy bass. He IS very fond of a fishing
excursion, and starts off with great en-
.thusiasm, but the next morning. wher
the boat parties are made up, will finc
Uncle joe making Cor a hammock a
| the breezy end of tae veranda with {
handful of cigars and book.
| OF course, the king fisherman amonE
| statesmen OF latter years was Grover
| Cleveland. When he was in the White
House he went frequently to nearby fish
/ ing grounds after small-mouth black bass
| Mr. CleYeland's favorite bait was frog
''That fellow" says Old Man Petty
| john, up at Edwards Ferry. could Sc
on rocl; and cast frog furd'er'n an!
man ever seen" He tells the story OF
| the former President that one day the!
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to go a-swimming, Treaties and conyen-
tons are forgotten by the head of the
committee on foreign relations, for the
time, and he is all impotence to yet a
line. Senator Davis is as skillful as he
is earnest, when fishing. He has had
great experience in the lakes of Mime
sofa, which abounds in game fish. Wheth-
err it is the agile trout which rises to a
fly, or the big pckerel that takes a bait
on a troll, it is all one to him, and every
famous fishing water in his State abounds
with legends of his skin. He is not es-
pecially approachable in his official ca
pacity, but he is another being in camp
and the old boatmen address him with
mpunity as "Cush" A man is fool
who wears a robe of dignity when he
goes fishing. lie will trip up in it sure.
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MEMORIALS BATTLeFleLDs.
Historic Contests Fought at and Neal


Historic Contests Fought at and Near
Fredericksburg, Va.
There is bill before Congress proyid-
ing for the creation in Virginia of ma
tional park, embracing the battle6elds adj
jacent to Fredericksburg. The park is
to embrace the area on which were
fought the great battles of Fredericks-
burg, Charlottesville, the Wilderness
and Spottsylvania Court House, also
Marye's Heights, Hamilton's Crossing,
Salem Church. Laurel Grove, the Bloody
Angle, Tod's Tavern, the Po and Ny riv-
ers.
Troops from every State, North and
South, were here arrayed in battle to the
number of at least 500, 900, and more men
were here engaged than in any battle in
the worlds history. The losses in killed,
wounded and missing on both sides aggre-
gated 129,S3S, to wit: Fredericksburg,
Dec. IS, 1862 Union loss, 1858; Con-
federate loss, 4,576. Charlottesville,
May / to 4, 1863 Union loss. 5000;
Confederate loss, 12,2S1. Wilderness,
May 8 to Z, 1864 Union loss, 81, 1877;
Confederate loss, II 400. Spottsylvania
Court House, May to Is, 1864 Union
loss, 26,461; Confederate loss, 1900. or
the aggregate of 1888 the Union loss
was 81, 5S1, while the Confederates lost
7,257. In the National Cemetery on
Marye's Heights, the largest in the ma
ton, there lie buried 1880 Union sol
diers, and frequent additions are made
from the exhumations on the battlefelds.
Fredericksburg is an historic spot.
Capt. John Smith, within the limits Of
what is now Fredericksburg, fought the
Indians in zoos. Here WashinSton's boy
hood days were spent. and from Freder-
icksburg he went to join the army Of
Braddock. Near the city was opened the
first iron mine ever worked in America,
from the product of which the cannon
and cannon balls used in the revolution
airy war were made
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yorious Netbods Of C;raftiur.

The scions should be cut while the
sluds are dormant, and the grating
done during the spring. Bailey says
the best time to top graft is when the
leaves are pushing out, as wounds
made then heal quickly and the scions
are most apt to live" Others graft
just as the buds on the stock are about
60 swell When much Of this work is
10 be done. it is often begun month
ur two before the leaves may be ex-
pected to start and is continued even
after they are full grown.
Cleft grating, the first Illustrated
is particularly adapted to large stocks
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Blood CureII;nr.

Secretary Ret wants to fight and
kin somebody anybody. He shakes
his fist and waves the star spangled
banner, and dares somebody to vio-
late the Monroe doctrine. If it wasn't
election year. the country might be
seriously alarmed, but the Mckinley
tactics of glorious diplomacy and
aggression towards air. are too well
known to fool the people much.-Bur-
lington Iowa) Democrat-Journal
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There are many points OF resem-
blance between the Japanese Mikado
and our OWE Mckinley. Both Of them
came ont or a war won hands down.
Japan had fun treasury from the Chi
nese Indemnity. Our own is full TO re-
pleti0n from the pockets OF the tax
payers. Both are progressing and have
entered into the Oriental open dosr.
But more than all Is the adoption OF
the gold standard. The japanese royal
treasurer published beautifully bound
volume containing lurid accounts Of
the blessings OF the gold standard. and
Immediately al of the Republican or
gans controlled b. Lombard and Wall
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Not tn Popular Favor.

1t would be more conclusive perhaps
were the report that the Mckinley adj
ministration's policies are received
with popular favor to have its origin
outside of Washington. AS a baron
eter of popular favor the national
capital is about as reliable in indicat-
ing the public pulse as a straw vote in
a prohibition convention would be in
showing public sentiment on the Ii
cense. question: Milwaukee News.
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swirl for Pigs.

/ sec that some one says that swill is
not good for pigs. l am sorry of this
fer several reasons; first, it ruins the
old poet who spoke of the swine
squeaiing for swill. He will now be
compelled to say they Were squeaking
for more balance rations," etc. Then
it docs away with mother taking that
poor little scrubby pig and washing
him nice in soap suds and then feeding
him swill for nine months and then
selling him for 1886 more than we got
for the best in the litter that we had
fed at the same time the very best OF
feed ! Sad. isn't it?-B. j. A., in Farm
ers' Voice.
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Parasitic Insects.

A certain authority has stated that a
single female leusc may become the
grandmother of 10000 in eight weeks
time. Some other parasitic insects are
said TO breed even more rapidly. There
is but one way TO exterminate them,
and that is TO Kill the first one as quick
ly as possible before il has an oppertu-
nifty OF breeding. This is not SO Diff
cult II one pays attention to the matter.
and IS soon as their presence is sus-
pested use any good reliable remedy
fos them. OF which there are many. al
though we know of none more efficient
than kerosene emulsion. or q mixture
Of kerosene one pint in four plnts of
skimmilk. In that proportion IL may be
ussd safely by sponge or cloth. rub
hiog it In to reach the skin We re-
Suember when it was IS unusual % see
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shoulti BE Enumerated.

An enumeration of the widows and
orphans of the Philippine Islands
should be included in the next census
widows and orphans whose condition
is directly attributable to the war of
criminal aggression" Mckinley is
waging against theIh.-Helena tAIonti
Independent
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Now that the gold basis has, accord
ing to Republican authority, been so
firmly established by law that it can
not be shaken. at least till after 1904,
the gold standard organs are trying to
find a new explanation for the gold
exports which are now being daily an
nounced. Heretofore their stock expla-
nation has been fear of free silver
coinage. Grand Rapids Afich.) Dem
as.,.of