7';
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' of rubbish.
WOOD-CUTTING MACHINE.
Just the Thing for Places Where a.
Lot of Old Boxes and Boards Is
Used for Iiindldng‘.
The following device for a. wood cut-
ting machine adapted to households
where a. great deal of old boards, boxes.
lids-etc, are used for'kindling, is very
prominent in German-American homes
in' the northwest. On a strong, heavy
base is'raised, horizontally, a strong,
IMPROVED \TOOD CUTTER.
thick boar'l about. 40 inches in height,
' with four or more cuts on the one: side,
as the accompanying cut shows. From
the top there is- suspend-ed a heavy,
swordlike, knife-shaped: ax, wit-Ir a ban-
dle, with which the wood is split. The
pieces which are desired to be broken'
crosswise should.i be. laid across the up-
permost “step” and hacked with the ax
a. few times, whereupon they are easily
broken into small pieces.——Christ.ian
Bay, in Ohio Farmer.
POTATO STALK WEEVIL.
{A New Insect l’fhlc‘hmls Said 1‘0 De
More Destructiv e Than Any of
Its Predecessors.
A new insect that has been numerous
'the past 3 car in Kansas, and is at pres-
' eat the most common, is the potato-
stalk weevil, and 1s said to be the most
' destructive that the grower has to con-
tend with. Little is known of this new
apest, as few understand the insect or
its work. The potato-stalk weevil does
not confine its attacks to the potato
plant, but is to be found in weeds of
different denominations. As many as
eight adults have been taken from the
stalk of the ground cherry. The horse
nettle, cockle bur, stick weed and bull
nettle are other weeds which are af-
fected by the insects. Wherever these
plants are permitted to grow wild they:
are a constant menace to potato grow—.
ing, in that. they support in large num-
bers the insect to infect potato fields
in the spring. The efiect of the pest.
upon‘ these weeds is not so noticeable
as upon the potato as their vitality is
so slightly affected. It is showu clear-
ly in the potato by the wilting and
dying of the plant, especially in dry
seasons. The adult, is a small snout‘
beetle, and belongs to the same family
'of insects as the” plum" curculio,‘ and
has the peculiar beak that characterizes
this family of insects. It 1s of an ash3
gray colOr, about ane— fifth of an inch
long, and marked by three black spots
at the base of its wing'covers. Spray-
ing has been successfully tried upon '
this pest by the Kansas state agricul—
tural college, and we advise spraying
the vines either with London purple
or Paris green, taking care that the
stocks and branches are reached by
the poison- As a precautionary meas-
ure. rid the placep'of weeds—Western
Plowman.
FACTS FOR FARMERS.
Mule breeding has been profitable
and will be again ' '
II heat is goon for hogs.
soaked or cou1sel3 ground
The horse has the same diseases and
symptoms that a human being has.
If- the head is immersed it turns the
color of the comb and gives the eyes
a shrunken appt-naiance.
This is a good time to clear the farm
Clean o"t the fence cor-
ners and burn all the trash]
According to an experience in the
L'ussian cavalry. aluminum horseshoes
last longer than steel. Certainly they
are lighter.
Teach .the colt to eat grain before-
taking it from the dam. It will then
be ready to go right along in growing
11 hen it is weaned
It is best to train a colt- to go without
blinders. It is n‘Ot best, to take off the
blinders from a.’ horse that has always
been used to them.
The dry climate of Minnesota and
Montana. which is so beneficial to peo-
ple of weak lungs, produces a. horse
of capital lung power.
As between the two. 3ou ha d better
have plenty of good water for your
stock than plenty of feed and 8. lim-
ited quantity of water and that bad.——-'
Western Plowman.
It should be
Best Timber) to Plant.
Osage orange is‘the best timber on'
this continent. Itis a fast, straight-
grower, protectng itself while young.
O-utlasts all kinds of timber. Resists
all cyclones. .\'o borers touch it. Cat?
tie and other stock dislike it.~ It will
. grow in a city where no other tree
It needs no protection.
Slimmer or winter. It likes rich soil,
but will grow in poor soil. It is a beau-
;tiful tree. It is worth twice as much
for railroad ties as any other wood.
,Ten acres'of it eight or ten years old
in good- soil would be a {crtune No-
3body has ever seen a rotten osage post.
{It has come to stay.—-—J-os. H. Creighton, .
zip National §tockman.
will grow.
THE FRENCH SENATE.
Clement Armand Fulleres Elected
Its President to Succeed
M. Enille Loubet. .
Clement Armand Fallieres has been
elected president of the senate by a
vote of 151. For M. Constans 85 votes
were cast-.. _
M. Fallieres has been a political fac-
IlOI‘ for nearly 20 years, though he is
not quite 60 years old. He was born
in Mezin November 6, 1841, studied law,
was admitted to the bar at Nerac, and
was elected mayor of Paris May. 25,
1875. At the elections in. the follow-
ing spring he} was elected to the cham-
ber of deputies as a republican by 8,576
votes against 6, 442 cast- for his Bona-
partis't opponent.
In tlhe national legislature Fallieres
joined the group of thqrepublican left.
M. CLEMENT A. FALLIERES.
(Just Elected President of the French
Senate.)
He jumped into prominence at once
as an orator. After. the act of May
16, 1877, he was one of the 363 leftists
who refused a vote of confidence in
the De Broglie cabinet. In the'fall of
the same year he wasreelected deputy
by 8,955 votes against 6,810 cast. for the
candidate of the government.
In the new chamber Fallieres fol-
lowed the same political lines as the
moderate republicans. May 17,1880,
he was appointed under secretary of
state. He- left. the cabinet, together
with the other members of theb Jules
Ferry ministry, November 10,188].
of deputies a few months before.
He returned to power as minister of
the interior in the Duclere cabinet.
and when Duclere resigned as prime
minister on account of ill health Falli-
eres became president of the. cabinet,
taking charge of the portfolio of for-
eign affairs at the same. time. He re-
sign-ed, together with the whole. cab-
ine-t, January 29, 1883. because the sen-
ate refused to accept his bill di1ected
against pretenders to the throne of
France.
instruction, resigned this portfolio to
become minister of foreign afiairs,
Fallieres November 20, 1883, was called
to replace Ferry in the former capacity,
but resigned with the rest of the Ferry
cabinet in 1885. He served again as
member of the cabinet in 1887 in the
Rouvier ministry; was called by Pres-
ident Carnot in 1887 to construct a
cabinet of his own, but did not succeed,
served as minister of public instruc-
tiOn in the Tirard cabinet in 1888, was
1890, and was elected in December,
1891, member of the senate, of which
he is now president. '
EDWARD p. THDMPSON. '
Well-Know‘n CHI-03:01 lildinna an.
Just Been Appointed Postmas-
ter ”at nuvu'no'.‘ Cups.
- Edward Payne Thompson, who has
just. been appointed postmaster atHa-
vana. has a splendid record in the postal
service. and is a' tho’rOugh master of
its details and its requirements. 1111866
he was made assistant postmaster of
Indianapolis, Ind1.,
and held the posi-
EDWARD r. THOMPSON.
'(Recemly' Appointed Postmaster at Ha-
vana, Cubm)
tion continuously until 1885. In 1889
he “was 'i'estored to hisold place, and
for the past: eight years he has himself.
held the position of postmaster, to
which be was appointed) by President
Harrison.'on the death of Postmaster
Wallace. He organized thecarriq serv-
ice of Indianapolis, and no one has been
able to improve upon his work. The
first. routes exist today precisely as-he
planned them. Mr. Thompson was
born in 1841 at Salem, Ind” and was
educated in the college that is now De-
pauw. He served in. the Indiana vol-
unteers during the war, and was after-
ward connected with the army as a
citizen. Mr. Thompson's father was
one of the founders of the state of In-
diana. He served in the war of 1812
and was with William. Henry Harrison
at. Tippecanoe. He held; public office
for nearly 40 years. The son inherits
his, ability. ‘
Where Wine ls Cheap.
Certain classes of wine are so cheap
in Spain that they are used instead of
‘ water in Hares 51.22 Fleeting
having been reelected to the chamber .
When Jules Ferry, minister of public ‘
retained in the Freycinet cabinet in ,
can't Be ' Disproven.
.Norwalk People
to Face with Facts. *
When a. local citizen comes fmwmd
and makes a. public statement, unhesi-
tatingly endmsing the workings of
“The Little Conque1e-1" no better
proof can be had. The timid and doubt-
ful, the scoffer and the skeptic are
blought face to face with facts which
cannot. be disproven. The testimony
of friends and neighbors, cheerfully
given by them, and told here in their
own words, is the positive evidence of
merit that backs every box of Bonn s
Kidney Pills. Read this, a. case in
point:
Mrs. John Grace, of 32 Plattsville
Ave... says.
"I am well up in yeals and f01 quite
along while 1 suffeied with my back
and kidneys. The pain often extended
down into my limbs and was f1equently
So severe that. I supposed that. I had
rheumatism. I was advised to use
Doan’s Kidney Pills and procured a
box at l-lale’ s Drug Store (now Glen-
dening & Co. 5) and began taking
them. I think the pills an; a Good
thing. They cured mc.’
Doun’s Kidney Pills for sale by all
dealers; price 50 cents a. box. Mailed
on receipt of N'piicc b3: Fostei- \Iilbmn
00., Bufi‘alo,l\l Y ., sole agents for the
'U. S.
Remember
take no other.
SULTAN FEARED THE GUN.
the 11111ne—Dou1is~—anrl
The Turkish Monarch \Vzis Greatly
Impressed xvitli the
Maxim Arm.
Hiram Maxim, the inventor 'of the
Maxim gun, tells an amusing story of
an experience with the sultan of Tur-
key. The sultan had" witnessed a test
of the wonderful shooting of thcjrapid-
fire arm and was duly impressed with
seeing the small weapon deliver itself
of 000 shots :1 minute without being
touched b3 human hands save the first
pull of the trigger.
“Wonderful! wonderful!" he ex-
claimed in amazement. “I must have
some of those arms.”
Some time later Mr. Maxim received
an order for an expensive pattern of
small field arm. He made two, beauti-
fully chased in gold and of marvelous
workmanship. What. the sultan could
want of such expensive outside trap-
.pings he did not know, but they were
duly sent to Turkey, where they now
rest in the Toy a1 museum.
“Ah! They shoot too 31 ell, " the sul-
tan is rep01 ted to have said 11 hen asked
why they were not used in the field.
“They are better where they are.”
It was afterward said that the sultan,
having a superstitious regard for their
shooting power, thought they were'bet-
ter ofi' where they could be seen in-
stead of being handled by his troops in’
times of peace. But now, having got-
ten over somewhat. his fear of their
“heathenish devilishness,” he is said to
have arrived at thatt'point where they
may find their way extensively into the
Turkish army whef: the next trouble
comes. ~
BABIES 01" THE WORLD.
Statistician MaLes Unique Calcula-
tion of the Bo ys and Girls
-Born Every Year.
o\
It has been computed- that about
36,000,000 babies are born into the.
world each year, says Woman’s Life.§
The rate of production is, therefore, ;
about 70 per minute, or more than one
for every beat of the clock.
With the one-a-second calculationé
every reader is familiar, but it is not
this means when it comes to a year's 1
supply. It will, therefore, probably
startle a good many persons to find, 011
the authority of a well—knowu statisti-
cian, that could the infants of a year
be ranged in a line in cradles, the cra-
dles would extend around the world.
The same writer looks at the matter
in‘a more picturesque light. He im-
agines the babies being carried past a
' given point in their mothers' arms,.one
by one, and the procession being kept
up night and day until the last hour
in the twelfth mouth had passed by.
A sufficiently liberal rate is allowed,
but even in going past at the rate of
20 a minute, 1,200 an hour during the
entire year, the reviewer at. his post
would have seen only the sixth part of
the infantile host.
In other 11 ords, the babe that had to
be carried when the tramp began
would be able to walk when but a mere
fraction of its comrades had reached
the reviewer’s post, and when the year’s
supply of babies was drawing to a
'close there would be a rear guard,.not
of infants, but of romping six-year.
Old boys and girls.
The Khallta Hard Pressed.
LONDON, March 23.—The Cairo cor-
respondent of The Daily Mail tele—
graphs the substance Of an interview
he has had with Sir William Edmund
Garstin, under secretary of state for
public works in Egypt, who has just
returned from a. Nile tour. Sir William
Garstin says that, according to the lat—
est reports, the khalifa, the dervish
leader in the Sudan, is in great straits
for food 'and mmunition. He has only
6,000 fighting men and 1,000 rebels. while
he is hampered by an enormous follow-
ing of women and children. .
STETT 9 The body is fed
fill ER by the blood.
I :LEBRATED 'Poor blood means
_, poor food.
Poor food means
weakness and
disease.
'HHostetter s Bitters
1 enrich the blood,
dmake rich
' . .. x _.
1 STOMACTEH- foody for the
1.3” MS . Strength
an ghealth r_esutl
1
Are Face -
everyone who stops to calculate what I . .
JAMES C. HOLDEN
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OF_1\TEW YOR‘K.
311111.131: A. Mcouanr, President.
ailmentforthelearllndillgDec. 31,’98;
According to the Standard of the Insurance Department of the State of New York.
. menial.
Received for Premiums . i. “-1 . . $42,3I&74g 51
From all other Sources . . p _ . .. . 12,687,880 92
$55,006,629 43
BISBUESEMENTSE
To Policy-holders for Claims by Death 1' . . . $13,265,908 00
To Policy-holders for Endowments, Dividends, etc. 11,485,751 35
For all other Accounts . . . . . 10,493,379 53
$35,245.038 88
assume. .
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 10
$277,517,325 36
LIABILITIES.
Pollcly Reserves, etc., . . ' . ' . ’ 233,058, 640 68
. Contingent Guarantee Fund, ' . . . . . . 42. 238,684 68
Divisible Surplus . . . . .- , . 232,220,000 00
i Q r7032 6
Insurance and Annuities in Force . . . $971,711,997 79
\
Ihavo carefully examined the foregoing Statement and find the same to be correct.
liabilities calculated by the Insurance Department. CHARkES A. PRELLER, AuditOr
s
From the Surplus a, dividend willrbe apportioned as am
‘ i Board of Trustees- ' '
HENRY'H. Romans
JNO. W Auomivonoss
THEODORE Monroan
WILLIAM BABCOOK
STUYVESANT FISH
AUGUSTUS D. J UILLIARD
~ CHARLES E. MILLER
WALTER R Gm'rrr
H. WALTER W 1188
ADRIAN Isnnm J 1.
GEORGE S. Bowoors
WILLIAM C. WHITNE’I.
WILLIAM RooxErELLEa
JAMES N. JAnvm
CHAS D. Dream J a
ELBRIDGE T. GERRY
J AMEs SPEYEB;
SAMUEL D. 15111300011
‘ I
FBEDERIC CROMWELL i
RICHARD A MoCnnor
J ULIEN T. DAVIES
A. N. WATERHOUSE
CHARLES R. HENDEBsON _
RUFUS W. PECKHAM l
!
WILLIAM J. SEWELL
OLIVER HARRIMAN
ROBERT OLYPHANT
GmRGE F. BAKEE
DUDLEY OLCOTT
J. HOBART HERRICK
WM.” _ . Drxos
- ROBERT A. GRANNIss
i
HEBMANN C. VON Pom~ . I
I GEORGE G. HAVEN
ROBERT A. GRANISS, Vice-President.
\
WALTER R. GILLETTE, General Manager.
lSAAC F. LLOYD, 2d Vice-President. -' DUES du-P. BEECH, Correspoa ling Secretary
WILLIAM 'J. EASTUN, Secretaiy. ALBERT KLAMR—OT'H, Assistau Secretary.
'FREDE RIC CROMWELL, Treasurer.
JOHN A. FUNDA, Assistant Treasurer. ‘ ~ JAMES TIMI-‘SON. 2d Assistant Treasurer.
WILLIAM F. SANDS, Cashier. EDWARD 1’. HOLDEN, Assistant Cashier.
EMORY MoCLlNTOGK, Actuary.
' - . dOHN TATLOCK, Ja. ., Assistant Actuary.
CHARLES A, PRELLER, Auditor. WILLIAM W. RICHARDS, Comptroller.
G. CLI E}! 0111) GRETSINHE it, Assistant Auditor. HENRY S. BROWN, Assistant Comptroller 2%
JOHN C. ELLIOI‘, Superintendent of Domestic Agencies.
E )W ARD LYMAN SHORT, General Solicitor.
MEDICAL DIRECTORS: '
Shins J. MARSH, M. D' GRANVILLE M WHITE, M D
. U1. S. WINSTON M. .1). Consulting. '
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