Evening gazette, Thursday, March 16, 1899 · page 2

 

 

 

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THE TIRE QUESTION.

This VV‘rlter Is at the Opinion That.
the Broad Kind Is Not Always
the More Desirable.

 

 

I have noticed many articles favoring
the use of broad tires on the farm as
well as on the road. Many of these ar-
ticles, I fear, have been written by
people who use narrow tires and give
wide tires the preference. having never
tested both kinds carefully. l have a
neighbor who has made-a fortune farm-
ing, but who is opposed to the use of
broad tires. He says he has used both
for a. long time and has tinally decided
that the narrow tires are the best, all
things considered. The bro-ad tires are
all right. for use on the farm. but when
the ground is so soft that the narrow
tires cannot be used it is not good prac-
tice to- go on the fields with any kind
of wagon. Then, too, when the ground

 

BROAD TIRES ON CURVE’D SURFACE.

is so soft that the broad-tired wagon
sinks into the ground to any consid-
erable extent, the draft. is so heavy
that hauling is almostimpossrible.

On roadbeds which have a curved
surface, as shown in the accompanying
illustration, broad tires are a dis-ad-
?vantage, as only the inner surface
:touches the edge of the road. and the.
leverage produces greater friction at
.3, than would be caused by the use of
"narrow tires. The wider the tire the
' .more friction, and the harder the load
‘pulls. This principle also applies to
:roads that. are full of stones and'upon
roads, which have: frozen ‘and uneven
surfaces. Roads. which slope to one
side or the-‘other cause the same diffi«
culty. This applies to roads about a
farm, land where the land is hilly the
objection is more pronounced. Of
course the increased leverage is not. so
perceptible unless the surface of the
ground is hard. Just» how much differ-

ence in draft therevisbetwe-en wagons '
'with 1

with narrow tires and those
broad on a. curve-d road surface has
never been accurately determined, but-
it- is considerable. — Orange Judd
Farmer.

TRAFFIC HAMPERED.‘

Good Roads Sermons Taken at Ram-
dom from a Number of Illinois
Local Newspapers.

 

That the good roads “fad” has more.
of a foundation than have many of the
roads themselves, is apparent to any-
one who is in a position to read the pa,-
pers of the land. From the local papers
of a single state (Illinois), where roads
are about- as they are in many other
states—we glean the following: At
Chandlerville,‘“The roads are so rough
the doctors are taking the train when
they can to go to nee'their patients, and
when that is not. convenient, they
walk." At Pleasantview “the warm
weather stopped the wood haulers,

owing to bad roads.” At Jacksonville ,
a news agent announces that. “on and- .

after January 15, the delivery of Sun—
day papers will be discontinued on all
streets not paved, until the conditions
of the roads improve.” At Plymouth
“Coal is again in demand by many of
our people. The roads have been so
everlasting muddy. the haulers of coal
from the ridge could not get in with a
load." A Bloomington paper says: “In
most towns of central Illinois, grain
hauling is suspended until the ‘roads
are better.’ " etc. ‘

Nownilof‘thet’oregoingwouldlead one
to infer that the good roads movement.
has more back of it than “a mere hand-
ful of bicyclists, who want farmers to
build good roads, so that. cycling may
be enjoyed by those city fellows."

It. is gratifying to know that even the
farmers are now looking at the question
in the right light. and are showing a dis-
position to work hand in hand with
cyclists for the benefit andhetterment
of all concerned—Good Roads.

How Cupltal I. Wanted.

Capital is by ,no means an unmixed
blessing to the would-be poultry raiser.
My earnest. belief is thatiu the ma-
jority of cases the chief use of capital
is to furnish something to throw away;
for one who is interested is sure to
think of so many hundlred seemingly
desirable things, that capital melt»
away" into thin air at. an. alarmingrate;
whereas. if one is so situated 'that the
fowls must pay their own expenses or
make none, their owner will have
learned to save his money, or to invest
it judiciously. by the time he has any
surplus to handle for anything besides
feed bills and necessary shelter.——.Farm
Poultry.

 

Culture of Cauliflower.

Cauliflower ought to receive-a similar
treatment to cabbage, except thatit re-
quires an extra rich soil, an occasional
application of liquid manure and fre-
quent Watering, especially when heady-
ing. Early sorts in this latitude are
mostly sown in hot beds, transplanted
once before setting in open ground. and
.finally transplanted before the middle
.of April in rich, deeply worked soil, two
,feet by 15 inches apart. Late sorts are

. lawn: and cultivated like late‘ cabbage.

iWhen heading tie the top leaves .to-
ggether to protect from exposure to the
:lsun. ' ,

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Iasr OF THE MIAMIS.

In a Prosperous Farmer
Near Peru, Ind.

 

Gabriel Godfroy, the last'lineal de-

est- and most powerful tribe of Indians
that roamed the forests ofthis conti-
nent, is living the life of a prosperous
farmer near Peru, 1nd.

Although more than three scOre years
of age, he is still afine specimen of man-
hood. He is shortand stout, has apierc-
ing black eye, a quick step and is well
edubated. A heavy growth of snow-
white hair covers his head and hangs
to his shoulders and together with his
sivarthy countenance it produces ‘ a
very picturrsquc appearance.

‘ Chief Godfroy. as he is more familiar—
ly known about home, owns one of the

 

GA BRIEL GODFROY. '

(Last Linea] Descendant of the Miami In-
dians.) '

fittest farms in northern Indiana, and
as he looks after it himself it is cared
for in the most successful manner. Sur-
rounding him at home is his wife and
several ‘small children, the youngest
not more than a year old. In the neigh—
borhood are hundreds of Miami Indians,
who very frequently look to Chief God-
troy for all kinds of advice and assist-
ance. lt is said that without any ex-
ception Chief Godfroy is guardian for
more persons than any other individual
in the north central states.

Chief Godfroy has tried to trace his
maternal ancestors, but has failed to
ascertain much concerning them. How—
ever, he has learned that. his grandv
father was a white man who was cap-
tured by the Swanee Indians near
Louisville, Ky., when he was but seven
years of age. The boy grew up among
the red skins and became one of the
most. skillful traders of the tribe. He
was the interpreter at the treaty of
Greenville.

He chose for a wife a woman who was
half French, but she belonged to the
' Miami tribe. To them were born many
children and at a ripe old age the father
: died near the place where he was cap-
I tured when a boy. The mother and her
. children moved to Fort Wayne to live
' among her people, and while there one
i of her daughters married Francis God'-
froy. a Miami chief, whose father wasa
full-blooded Frenchman. Only a. few
‘ children resulted from this union and
‘One of them was Gabriel Godfroy, the

subject of this sketch.

AN ECCENTRIC MAYOR.

Chief Executive of the City of To-
ledro, 0., Is a Musician, Manu-
facturer and Sociallst.

 

 

 

 

 

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Samuel M. Jones is the wealthy and
sometimes eccentric mayor of Toledo.
0. About the time he was nominated
for mayor. two years ago, he composed
a, sOng entitled: “Divide Up the Day,”
which proved a great. campaign hit.
His latest. is “Industrial Freedom,” to
the tune “Marching Through Georgia,"
which will be used during his approach-
ing campaign for a. renomination and
reelection.

Mayor Jones made his money largely
in oil-laying the foundation for his
: present. fortune in the Pennsylvania oil
‘ fields. He. is also the proprietor of abig
' manufacturing concern. He pays goo'd
wages, and at the end of each year
makes each of‘ his employes a. present
Of a check for from five to ten per cent.
of the entire amount he has received
during the year He is not a party ex-

 

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SAMUEL M. JONES.
(Musician, Philanthroplst and Mayor_of
, Toledo, 0.)
tremist, but, in the eyes of his friends.
“an enthusiastic socialist in the true

sense of the word.” .

While little is said about it, he con-
tributes perhaps fivo times his salary
as mayor to the poor of the city, doing
it. in an unostentatious and quiet way.
He is a musician of no mean ability,
and has achieved a reputation as a
speaker upon industrial subjects. He
is continually besought. to speak in va-
rious cities over the country. 'H-e owns
what is known as Golden Rule park,
where open air meetings are held, with
good speaking and good music in sum-
mer, and Golden Rule hall, where the
same programme is observed in winter.

In summer Mayor Jones takes his em-
ployes and their families out. for lake
rides, and in many other ways carries
out his policy regarding the brother-
hood of man, of which idea he is ade-
‘ voat 'atifvocate. I i

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His Name Is Gabriel Godfroy, and Ho

scendant of the M'iamis, once the proud-

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The Miles Inquiry.
CHICAGO, March 15.—-Colonel O. M.

Smith, purchasing agent of the govern-
ment at Chicago since 1895, testified yes—
. terday before the government court of
inquiry that the stores of canned roast
beef bought by him during the Spanish
war were all‘upon the direct order of
General Eagan, the commissary gener-
al. He also stated that some purchases
of canned beef were made without his
knowledge by‘the commissary general.
Another of the day’s important wit—
nesses was Gustavus F. Swift, head of
the packing house of Swift & Co. Good
progress was made by the court, but the
end of the list of witnesses to be eXam-
ined in Chicago is not yet in sight,

'l‘o Aid Slnull Owners.
LONDON, March 15,—Mr. Joseph
Chamberlain,.secretary of state for the
colonies, introduced a bill empowering
local authorities to advance money to

small houses on the principle of the
Irish land act and the small holdings
act. He said he believed such a meas-
ure would make better citizens and pro-
vide a popular form of thrift. The bill
proposes that $1,200 may be advanced
on houses of the value of $1,500. I

War Veterans Organize.

ALBANY, March 15.—The Spanish-
American War Veteran association has
been incorporated, with its principal-of—
fice in New York city. Its objects are
“to assist our comrades in sickness and
distress and to provide desirable burial
with military honors, to keep alive the
memories of the Spanish-American war
and to promote the best interests of all
who served in that war.”

Bering Sea Patrol.

WASHINGTON, March 15.—Arrange£
ments are now being perfected at the
treasury department to restore the pa—
trol of the Bering sea by four ships of
the revenue cutter service. The vessels
to be assigned to this duty are the Rush,
the 'Corwin, the Perry and the Grant,
all of which are now on the Pacific
coast. Thé‘ fleet will sail north about
May 1 and remain on duty until Sept. 15.

Advance In Silk.

NEW YORK, March 15.—The Silk As-
sociation of America has sent out the
following notice: “In consequence .of
the continued advance in the price of
raw silk and the scarcity of stock both
in this market and all other silk mar-
kets of the world the machine twist
manufacturers voted afurther advance
of 10 per cent in the prices of their
products.”

Belgian King Has a. Grandson.

VIENNA, March 15.—Princess Louise
of Coburg, daughter of the king of Bel-
gium, who in January of last. year left
her husband, Prince Philip of Saxe-Co-
burg-Gotha, and eloped with an-Aus-
trian hussar officer, Lieutenant Mat-
tachic’h—Ke‘glevitch, has been delivered
of a son at a sanitarium near Purkers-
dorf, about ten miles west of Vienna.

Specimen of. Cnrlist intrigue.

MADRID, March 15.—The presence of
300 soldiers repatriated from Cuba at a
Te Deum celebrated in memory of the
Carlists who were killed in the colonial
wars exemplifies the intrigues of the
Carlists to gain the support of the dis-
banded troops. An investigation shows
that the Carlists paid five pesetas‘ to
each soldier attending the service.

Must Furnish Revenue Stumps.

CHICAGO, March 15.—-The appellate
court has unanimously sustained the
decision rendered by Judge Tuley last
summer that express companies are
obliged to furnish war revenue stamps
to all shippers.

 

Clioked on Pork' Chop.

LEROY, N. Y., March 15,—Thomgs
Mooney, aged about 40 years, choked to
death yeSterday in 'a restaurant here
while eating a pork chop.

Commander sexton’s success-um

CINCINNATI, March 14___w, C. John-
son, senior vice commander in chief of
the Grand Army of the Republic, has
issued a. call ,for the executive commit-
tee of the national board of administra-
tion of the Grand Army to meet at the
Continental hotel in Philadelphia or:
Wednesday, April 12, to select a, comd
mander in chief to succeed the late
General James A. Sexton. Senior Vice
Commander Johnson has been indorsed
by the department of Ohio as well as by
the local posts of this city and will be
a candidate for election as the suc-
cessor of Sexton.

,Whisky Trust Breaking Up.
LOUISVILLE, March 14.——Sixty dis-
tilleries have broken away from the
whisky combine, and their managers
declare that they will fight the trust to

the trust finds itself confronted with
competition, and some of the largest
plants in the state are in the hands of
its competitors. G. B. Shaw of Chicago,
who, with C. H. Stohl, is managing the
combine for the New York syndicate.
was telegraphed for yesterday. i.

\Vheeljnen In Conference.

NEW YORK, 'March 14.——An impor-
tant meeting of the executive commit-
tee of the League of American Wheel.
men was held at the Astor House in
this city yesterday. It was the first
meeting of the new ofl'lcers of the L. A.
W., and several important questions
came up for discussion. After a. gen-
eral conference of the committee it was
decided that the league should organize
a. national touring department, to be
conducted on lines similar to that of
the Touring plub of France.

Scott Acqulite'ci bi‘Mu'fiéqughter.

BOSTON, March 14.-In the superior
criminal court yesterday Robert Scott,
on 'English sailor and a. fireman on
board the British steamer Cook, was ac-
quitted of a. charge of manslaughter in
having caused the death of Thomas
French, a. coal passer on board of the
same vessel.

 

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Bitters is an appetite-
maker, and helps the
right. It. is the great blood cleanser,
flesh-builder and nerve tonic. Best
down, weak and debilitated.
Tr a bottle .’~.
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lHungry Hostetter’s Stomach

stomach do its work

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12eran A. MGGURDY, President.

 

Statement for the l Bfll‘ Ending Dec...3l,’98. _

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According to the Standard of the Insurance Department of the State of New York.

 

INCOMEg

Received for Premiums . . ' . a . .
From all other Sources . . ' . . .

$42.3 18.748 51
12,687,880 92

355.006.6211 43

nisn'onsnm Ira-Nos. ,

To Policy-holders for Claims by Death . . . $13,265,908 00
To Policy-holders for Endowments, Dividends, etc. .' 11,485,751 35
For all other Accounts . . . . V . 10,493,379 53

53592459035 88

ASSETSQ

United States Bonds and other Securities . , . $160,956,141 33
First Lien Loans on Bond and Mortgage . . ., 68,503,580 90
Loans on Bonds and other Securities, . - 9,396,619 00
Real Estate, appraised by Insurance Superintendents '

at $23,534,826.88 : Book Value . . . . 20,604,649 61'
Cash in Banks and Trust Companies . . ‘ —. 11,621,377 36
Accrued Interest, Net Deferred Premiums, etc. . . . 6,434,957 .0

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LIABILITIES. \

° 333,058,640 68

Policiy Reserves, etc.,

Conti'u e'nt Guarantee Fund . , . . . . . . .

Divis'lbgle Surplus . .’ . . . . 3,3333: 3:
3279517633§~ 36

Insurance and Annuities in Force ' . , . . $971,711,997 79

 

I have carefully examined the foregoing Statement and find the Same to be correct.
liabilities calculated by the Insurance Department. CHARLES A. PRELLER, Auditor;

 

From the Surplus a. dividend will be‘apportioned as usua

 

Board. of Trustees.

ADRIAN IsELIx .l h
GEORGE S BOWDOIIN
WILLIAM 0. Warrant
WILLIAM ROCKEEELLLI
JAMES N. JARVIE

CHAS D. DICKEY J3
ELRRIDGE T GERRY
JAMES SPEYERJ

HENRY H. ROGERS
J no. W AncnIncLoss
THEODORE MORFORD

‘ WILLIAM BABOOOR
STUYVESANT FISH
AUGUSTUS D. JUILLIARD
CHARLES E. MILLER
WALTER B GILLETTE
H. WALTER WEBB

FREDEBIO CROMWELL
JULIEN T. DAVIES

A. N. \VATERHOUSE
CHARLES R. HENDERSON

SAMUEL I). BAucoch i
Burns W. PEOKHAM ’

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RICHARD A MOCURDY
JAMES C. HOLDEN
HERMAN}: C. VON Poem-
WILLIAM J. SEWELL
OLIVER HARRIMAn
ROBERT OLYPHAN’I‘
GEORGE F. BAKER
DUDLEY OLOOTT

J. HOBART HERRIOK
Wu. P. DIXON
ROBERT A. GRANNIBS
GEORGE G. HAVEN

 

ROBERT A. GRANISS, Vice-President.

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‘ p . » WALTER R. GILLETTE, General Manager. .
:‘SAAC I". LLOYD, 26 Vice—President. ' L DUEH du—P. BRECK, Correspon ‘ing Secretary
w lLLIAM J. EAS'I ON, Secretary. ALBERTiKLAMROTH, Assistan Secretary
.. FREDERIG CROMWELL, Treasurer. ' '
JOHN A. FONDA, Assistant Treasurer. JAMES TIll'I-‘I’SON. 26. Assistant Treasurer.
WILLIAM P. SANDS, Cashier. - EDWARD P. HOLDEN, Assistant Cashier.
EMORY MOULINTOCK, Actuary.
_ . JOHN TATLOCK, JR, Assistant. Actuary. ' '
CHARLES A, PRELLER, Auditor. WILLIAM W. RICHARDS, Comptroller.
C. CLIb‘FOItD GRE'I‘SIIV GER, Aegistaat Auditor. HENRY S.» BROWN, Assistant Comptrollel
J UHN C. ELLIOT, Superintendent; of Domestic Agencies. ' ’
E ') W ARD LYMAN SHORT, General Solicitor.
MEDICAL DIRECTORS: _
lifilJAS J. MARSH, )1 D' GRANVILLE MI“WHITE. M I) .
' G. S. WINSTON M. D. Consulting. ’

 

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A. E. @AMP, hocal Agent.