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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-23
INDIANAPOLIS, COLUMBUS a SOUTH
ERN TRACTION COMPANY.

Through passenger leave Pennsylvania
and washington streets for Southport Green
Wool W1hiteland. Franklin Amity. Edinburg.
Tavlorsviile and Columbus First car al s a. m
and every hour thereafter until D. m. The
last car leaves at II rs d m Al and 10 p.
cars leave for Franklin and intermediate points
only.
Georgia and Meridian streets FOR Greenwood
only al $50 a. m and $50 p.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-23
MARIONS WON SIX
FROM THE COLUMBIAS

The postponed games between the Marions
and Columbus of the 1. B. l.. were played
last night at the Pastime alleys. The Mar
ions won all six games. The first division
of the Marions rolled very high scores. the
totals being above 800. They also rolled
five double centuries. The scores follow:
MARION VS.. COLUMBIA.
CPastinle
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-23
Pastime AueysJ
Division
Kieferettes Won Five Games.

The Y. B. bowling team won only one of
the six games played with the Kieferettes
last evening. 1t was postponed series of
games in the Druggists League. The
scores:
Y. B. VS.. KIEFERETTES.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-23

7 the undersigned auditor o. state OF the
state of Indiana, hereby certify that the
above is a correct copy of the statement OF
the condition of the aforementioned COM
pany on the Slst-day OF December, lsOS, as
the said original statement is now on file in
this office.
In testimony whereof, L hereunto sub
scribe my name and affix my Of
fsEAL.l fetal seal. this 11th day OF Febru-
airy, 1904
d. +. SHERRICK.
Auditor OF State
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-23
Druggists League Standing.
w. O. w. TEAM EASILY
WON THREE GAMES

The F1orodoras were again in poor form
last night and lost three games to the W.
o. WIS. The series between the Regular
and X. 3. clubs was battle royal, and
resulted in two winnings for the Regulars
Three doubles Were scored Brinkman. of
the X. BIS, was high In the individual
column, with a 219 score. McAllan was
second with 21O. and Harry Olds was third
with 200. The score follows:
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-23
The Assets of the Company are as follows

Cash on hand and in the hands
of agents or other perSons....... 1885, 30
Real estate unincumbered. ........ 1852. 50
Bonds owned by the company.
bearing interest at the rate OF
5 TO per cent, secured as fol-
lows:
State, county and municipal
bonds -. ..................... 81. 4O2 50
Des Moines National Bank stock. 100000
Policy loans and premium notes is s02. az
Loans secured by collateral....... $4,000
ances 80. .................... 1878. 46
Loans on bonds and mortgages of
real estate, worth double the
amount for which the same is
mortgaged and free from any
prior incumbrance ............... S.O72, 1904
Debts otherwise secured, secured
loans -. -. 1858. s5
Debts for premiums due and de-
ferred. less loading ............... 67,1SO6s
All other securities-interest due
and accrued and value OF real
estate over costs ................ a.195. 10
Total assets ....................ss SO. ss4 s5S. Al
LIABILITIES.
Losses unadjusted .................. Sll,27S.00
further proof ..................... 10000
All other claims against the COM
pany, premiums paid In ad-
vance, etc.-..-.....-..--..-.---- l2,bo6.oS
and 4 per cent. interest ........ 1906, 526. 43
Total liabilities ...............Ss 50. O62, 49O. 81
The greatest amount on any one
life -S@O.VVo.U
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-23

The amount of it's capital is...... 100000
The amount of its capital paid up
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-23

F. NJ HUBBELL, President.
]. G CUMMINS, Secretar
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-23
Trains Run by Central Time

TICKET OFFICES Station and at corner Illinois anc
Washington streets.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-23

1t is located at Fifth and Mulberry Streets,
Des Moines, Iowa.
The Cook County herald., 1904-12-24
When to Begin Grain Feedinu.

good many steers are annually
fitted TO be slaughter ed in the winter.
The time Of beginning the feeding of
grain to such animals must be deter
mined by the condition of the pas
lures. One of the causes of poor re-
suits with such cattle is the begin
ming Of the feeding Of grain some
weeks after it should have been be-
gun. AS soon as the pastures begin
to fail the owner of the cattle should
begin giving them grain. The fall
pasture needs to be watched in this
respect, as it frequently occurs that
1t begins to fail long before the owner
suspects it. In some cases it is the
practice to keep the steers on pasture
all through November and part of
December. Frost after frost has re-
duced the amount of food and deterio-
rated what was left. No exact time
can be set for the beginning of the
feeding of grain, for the reason that
pastures in different sections differ
greatly as we'll as the time of the COM
ing Of killing frosts But this thing
may be set down as certain, that if the
steers are allowed to be but partially
filed for a week or two it will check
growth, and this growth once checked
is very slow to be resumed.
The Cook County herald., 1904-12-24
Mucilaqinous Coat of the Equ.

On the outside of every newly laid
egg is an albuminOus coat or mucila
ginous coat, according to the term
used to designate it. This is sticky
when the egg is dropped, but quickly
hardens. It's purpose is evidently to
keep out the air or to keep in the air
that is in one end of the egg. At any
rate it helps to keep the egg from
spelling. 1t is doubtless efficacicus in
keeping out the germs that are every
where present in the outer air. The
egg that has this coat keeps longer
than the egg that has had this coat
ing removed. A good many people
wash their eggs as soon as they come
from the nests on account OF stains on
the eggs or for other reasons. This
washing removes the mucilaginuus
coat. 1t is evident therefore that
eggs should be so prepared for that
they will be clean when taken from
the nests and not need washing. This
means that the nests should be kept
clean and also the yards that the feet
of the fowls may also remain clean.
Where yards are allowed to become
muddy the feet of the hens will soil
the nests and this will necessitate the
washing of all eggs.
The Cook County herald., 1904-12-24

y, FOR marine use a complete revolu-
ton will occur in all steamers abaft
the bulkheadI forward of the boilers.
The new construction will allow for
great economy of space in boiler room,
bunker room, engine room. In gen
eral:: hull construction there can and
must be. new allowance in lines for
speed. The weight of steel intended
to resist vibration can be lessened to
meet the exigencies of other strains,
for vibration will no longer be fea-
ture. When the screw flies out of
water the ship will not be shaken.
"A liner fitted with my engines
should cross the Atlantic in a. little
more than two days.
For stationary use slight founda-
tions are needed, and five hundred
horse power engine could be put on
top OF the Flat Iron building with alb
solute safety. There is no vibration
The transportation and installation of
a power plant for mines difficult of
access is nicely facilitated.
''Power cost will be reduced 40 per
cent. Electric currents will be cheap.
ened SO per cent. There will be a
great saving in gear for speed. There
are dozens of other things I need not
point out. .'-Boston Herald.
The Cook County herald., 1904-12-24

ocv of the unmechanical the fasci-
mating story of his wrestle with the
archimedean problem and his victory.
Across the room sat two massive,
bearded men, glum and silent over
their coffee They we're two Russian
naval officers who had that afternoon
received his refusal Of dizzy figure
for five years complete and secret
control of his engine for their navy.
They wished to exclude the United
States, as well as all other nations,
from the benefit of that engine, and
William NJ. Hoffman, the man who has
given the best years of his life to
build it, told them they did not have
enough money in all Russia to induce
him to cripple his native. country in
any way for one minute. That is the
sort of man he is.
Telling his own story over that ta'
BILE, MIR. Hoffman said:
THE object of any engine or motor
which is used for the purpose of de-
veloping power is to secure the great
est power with the least consumption
of fuel and lowest possible cost for
maintenance, together with a mini
mum space occupied by the engine or
motor. Great progress has been made
in the past few years in the develop
| ment of high speed reciprocating en-.
gines. Invention hss greatly reduced
the foof space occupied tor given
| horse power.
THE reciprocating engine must
The Cook County herald., 1904-12-24
Then He Sat Down.

A lawyer was examining a witness
in a case where the question involved
was as to the mental condition of the
testatrix. The witness under examina-
ticn, herself an aged woman, had testi
fed to finding the testatrix failing,
childish, and that when she spoke to
her she looked as though she did not
understand.
The cross examining attorney tried
to get her to describe this look, but
she didn't succeed very we'll in doing
so. At last, getting little impatient
he asked:
"Well, how did she look? Did she
look at you as I am looking at you
now, for instance?"
We'll. yes," replied the Witness
softly; kind Of vacant like"
The Cook County herald., 1904-12-24
Alfalfa for Hous,

There is 10 doubt that alfalfa is one
of the best foods that can be raised
FOR hogs. The cattle man has come
% appreciate the value of alfalfa, and
wherever he has been able to raise
alfalfa he has done SO. He has recog,
lized 1t as cheap source of protein
The hog raiser on the other hand is
coming to realize only slowly that
The hOS needs protein at all. He has
come to think of the hog as an animal
hat needs food that will make fat,
and, as result. we see little alfalfa
growing on the farm of the man that
makes hos raising one of the principal
,eatures OF his agriculture.
Alfalfa can be fed in the same way
as clover is fed, with the exception
that it is not so readily pastured.
Alfalfa may be pastured so close that
it will only slowly revive from such
treatment, while clover can be pas
tured close and still come uD quickly.
But alfalfa is a good green food and
is good when dry, if it is cut up and
mixed with soft food or steamed.
1t has been charged that too much
alfalfa makes soft pork, but this is
he case only when the hogs are not
properly finished on grain. No one
believes that a feed like alfalfa should
)e fed almost exclusively. 1t is a
good thing to build up the frame of
the animals; but it does not provide
enough carbohydrates to make it
serve the double purpose of a devel.
oper and finisher.
The Cook County herald., 1904-12-24
Sour Milk an Elixir.

For centuries men hunted for
fountain of perpetual youth. Failing
in that quest, they have turned to
hunting for some thing that will
lengthen life. We doubt if they have
been able to discover anything that
will have that effect, or if they will
be able to find it. 1t is interesting
however, to note that sour milk is de-
clared by a professor of the Pasteur
institute to have the power of length
ening life. "Sour milk" says this pro-
fessor, contains large bacillus re-
mapkable for the great quantity of lac
tic acid it is capable of producing.
This microbe does not exist normally
in the body and can be introduced with
great benefit to the health, as it preys.
on the hundreds Of thousands Of mi
crobes that infest the intestines." He
claims that the Bulgarians are long
lived because they are great consum.
ers of sour milk. . s.g;gz. :s5 s*.5 (.
The Cook County herald., 1904-12-24
A, WVOlVING (YllNDER
B. FIRST SlGt1fhLN HASE
G SF(ON
p HOUSING
( HOLLOW sHAf1 kNu710k s1EA1
T }, UT WfS
6 leANKs 10 sldtKk1AL NANS

have a flywheel of great weight in
order to carry the crank over the dead
centers, and this f1ywheel causes in
creased friction on account of its
great weight, and requires the power
necessary to keep such weight in
motion.
''The eighth principle used in the
building of the tenth and eleventh en-
giues is simple in the extreme. The
steam is introduced through a hollow
shaft, which is stationary and en-
closed in a steel jacket of elliptical
form, whose greatest diametrical di-
mension it fraction less than the
diameter Of the steel enclosing cylin-
der; so in repose the cylinder is sup
ported on the ellipse.
1.-THE hollow steel shaft rs not in
the center of the elliptical jacket, but
The Cook County herald., 1904-12-24
TEEN7 l0<oHpyM

of the long, low, auto touTg cars
than anything else, with conical
boiler, on the apex of whichas it is
turned to cut the air, would } a no.
bile headlight. One of the .mbina-
ton carriages and engines fe single
car propulsion would be poirhd like
a cowcatcher in front, and c roof
would shape backward and Upward
to utilize the air pressure in solding
the car more steadily on the i'll.
"Travel at the rate Of one Indred
miles an hour would be just safe
and practicable as an ordinary l!rney
to-day at forty-mile rate.
"A man in hurry can go frol New
York to San Francisco in a feWhours
more than day. There is an nlim-
tied field for speculative thou,t in
this feature.
The Cook County herald., 1904-12-24
Cheese Boxes.

In the handling of cheese, boxes are
found necessary to protect the cheese
from injury in transportation and to
facilitate their handling generally
Without boxes they could not be piled
one on the other to a considerable
height, as is done now, as the cheese
would then be crushed out of shape.
Were it not for the boxes cheese could
not be sent across the water and ap-
pear in foreign country in market
able condition. This object is partly
lost by having some of the boxes SO
slimsy and poorly made that they are
not able to bear the strains put upon
them in various ways. The general
weight of the cheese has been in
creased, but the boxes are not cor
respondingly strong. In some locsli-
ties they tend to become lighter and
lighter. The increasing cost of ma
terial for the boxes and the constant
demand of the cheesemakers for a
cheaper box have resulted in the max
ing of boxes so thin that they fail
to serve the purpose for which they
are made except under favorable cir
cumstances. The cheesemakers should
think this matter over; for it should
be evident to them that they may lose
far more by having poor box than
they save in the iessened cost. .
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The Cook County herald., 1904-12-24
Watching Butter in Transit.

Watching Butter in Transit.
The Russians and Siberians may
yet teach us a few things about the
making and handling of butter. Rus
sia is fostering, her export butter
trade, as she doubtless realizes that
the export of butter-fat brings in
money without sending fertility out
of the country. When butter is trans
ported in refrigerator cars in this
country it frequently happens that
lack of attention results in the tenn
perature of the cars becoming too high
for the best good of the butter, as at
certain temperatures the undesirable
ferments begin their work. The Rus
sian government has taken steps to
prevent such conditions arising and
has ordered that special agent ac-
company each train conveying butter.
He has several things to look after,
one of which is to see that the train
is not side-tracked and that the time
of transit be not unnecessarily long.
He must see that the cars are kept in
the best of condition and that no dirt
OF any kind be in the cars at the time
they are loaded. He will see that the
'utter casks are not slung about like
some baggage, but that they are han
lied carefully. He will see that the
ce in the cars is in small pieces and
cot in large pieces, as in the case of
1nely broken ice the temperature is
lower than in the case of large pieces
u ice being used. He will also look
the drawing off of the water around
ne melting ice and the renewal OF
he ice whenever necessary. The tenn
perature of the cars will be kept watch
OF at all times. Under such super
vision the export butter trade of the
Slberlans should thrive. The Rus
slams doubtless see in this not only
the profit that is accruing to the max
ers of the butter, but the addition to
the circulating medium of the country
of a considerable volume of currency
that will affect trade for the better in
l thousand ways.
The Cook County herald., 1904-12-24

/ Invention Will Render Obsolete NJ
u Present Day Type Of Engines


in the geometrical center of the cylin-
der, and. the distance from the center
OF the shaft to- the dissection at right
angles of. the line of the ecircumfer-
ence of the throw of the ellipse is
equal to the radius. of the cylindrical
cavity, so that the ellipse on the
throw side is in flush contact with
tho cylinder and on the other side
there is a space or chamber, into
which protrudes the first segmental
blade fitted to a housing in the cylin-
der and guided by crank. 'Diamet-
.rically opposite is a duplicate blade,
but the throw Of the ellipse presses
it back into it's housing.
'The elllpse is practically the steam
chest. Steam is admitted at the end
of the hollow shaft into the ellipse,
and by port into the part Of the
chamber on the convex face of the
segmented blade. The steam expands
against three faces of resistance, the
outer surface Of the ellipse, the inner
surface of the cylinder, and the con-
vex surface of the blade. Two are un-
responsive; the third and last, the
blade, recedes before the pressure
and pushes the cylinder into revolu-
tion
Now, the first segmental blade, ap.
preaching the greater dimension of
the el]ipse, is forced back into it's
housing, and the second segmental
blade, relieved of the pressure OF the
greater dimension of the ellipse, comes
steam again issues from the part in
in the ellipse into the newly formed
| chamber, the first segmental blade
now acting as an abutment, and the
| cylinder is driven on until the first
blade comes out again, and SO on the
alternating process goes.
/ Steam is admitted only during two
separate sixths of the revolution, and
the control is centered in device
which is also my invention and whose
purpose and effect only need be de-
| scribed. No free steam engine is eco
nomical. The exhaust part of my
engine is constantly open to the at
mosphere in an uncompounded type
In compromising l can get results
that are more marvellous to the en-
gineer than the engine itself will be
to the public.
'An engine must run according tC
the work it has to do. I can auO
matically control my engine 50 that il
it makes one more revolution a mn
ute than given number steam will
be cut off until the engine drops tC
it's desired pace. There are few e
ciprocating engines but can do the
same thing, but there is none that )y
the same device can cause an engile
overcoming friction load of one HIN
dred horse power to drop almost n
stantly to one-half or less horse pow.
er. My rotary engine will do it.
''In railway use the center of grfy-
ity can be lowered one-half and tie
| long dreamed of single car rrCpulsiol
is within reach. A freight hauling en-
CINE would be in shape more like one
The Cook County herald., 1904-12-24
The Poultry Crop:

The reports received this year from
our numerous correspondents indicate
material increase in the supply ro1
chickens, fair increase in the supply
OF turkeys and ducks and a falling of
IN the supply of geese. The weather
conditions have been rather more
favorable than for the past two or
three years. The season was rather
COOL Dut on the whole quite season
able, but in some sections of the
southwest, the far West and the
North, the heavy rainfall caused a
rather heavy loss in the early hatch
lngs, especially of turkeys, many c,
the young birds dying of wet and
cold. The fertility OF the early eggs
! also was somewhat affected by the
very cold weather during the winter
| leaving the stock not in as good con-
dltion as when the winters were no,
SO severe, but this was overcome later
by more favorable conditions From
Iowa a number of reports stated tha,
rats had killed off good share of the
early hatchings.
Turkeys.-The crop of turkeys is es
timated to be about Is per cent heav
ier than last year. Our reports /,
most instances claim large. increase>
in the flocl1s of turkeys, but somt
| points which raised a good many tul
keys last year report a material
shrinkage this year. On the whole
however, we look for more turkeys tt,
come to market during the winter
The season is unusually late, ant.
where in other seasons good man!
! turkeys have been shipped in up t.
this time, so far this year but few
turkeys have been received The,
| too, farmers are being blessed with
good crops, and in no need for imme
diate money, can afford to allow theil
| turkeys to run until fall.
Chickens.-The reports generally
indicate a very material increase in
the crop of chickens, and it is fail
to state that the crop at least is abou,
20 per cent larger than last year. Th;
weather conditions were general!
| favorable. Farmers being in gooc
condition financially, and receiving
good prices for their eggs, have per
haps not marketed their stock a.:
early, nor as freely as usual, and in
dications are that there is a large
quantity to come forward.
Ducks.-Everything points to large
crop Of ducks-such at least are the
conclusions derived from the reports
received. The indications are for al
increase of about 10 per cent over last
year. Late prices have been more en-
couraging to farmers to raise ducks
Geese.-The crop of geese is esti
mated to be about the same as las;
year, possibly 10 per cent less. O;
late the raising of geese has fallen OF
considerably, with perhaps the larg
est shrinkage in Illinois, where the
enactment of law prohibiting geese
from running at large has made very
marked difference in the number o.
geese raised.-Sprague Commission
Company
The Cook County herald., 1904-12-24

The man who has built a steam en-
CINE which will render obsolete all ex-
listing steam power plants railway
and marine engines, sat on the other
side of a table from me in the Hotel
Lafayette in Buffalo the other night.
Triumphant at. the end of a thirty
years struggle with crushing defeats
and wretched failures, standing on the
threshold of millions in wealth and of
such fame as is Stevenson:s, Edison's
or Ma-coni's, yet he merely chatted
in an eas1,lkommonplace way of his
invention, hl9Ging into the terminol-
The Cook County herald., 1904-12-24
Fairly Warned.

One of the inhabitants of the city OF
Posen found himself a. few days age
in delicate situation, as is shown by
the following signed advertisement,
which appeared in the columns of the
local paper: KNOWN! The name OF
the gentleman who, on Tuesday even.
ing, as l was walking with my bride
in the gardens in the Wilhelmsplatz,
gave me box on the ears is known
to me. Unless before Sunday even.
ing next he has called upon me and
apologized I shall place the matter in
the hands of the police. He is well
aware Of my address. My bride also
knows him, as he formerly annoyed
her with proposals of marriage and
met with q rebuff. That is why he
gave me the box on the ear He is
knowni'
Japanese Are Apt Scholars.
Tho 10 houor ~
The Cook County herald., 1904-12-24
Wind Favors the Methodist

. Recently the Methodists of Essa.
quah, Washington. state, .founGthat
they had inadvertently built / heir
church on lot that did not beh, to
them. The owners of the lot listed
on the removal of the building The
Methodists could not afford the Soney
to move it. But w;ndstorm owed
the church on its own lot and the
Methodists had to do was to pu]acl-
screws under the building an(con-
struct, q foundation Il ~ ~