VOL. XXXII.   \§, ]n!)? ^)    INDIANAPOLIS. IND., OOT. 9, 1897. NO. 41
EXPERIENCE DEPARTMENT
Best Answer to Following Qaestions
Thia topio includes fonr questions. The
world drinks 5,456,000,000 gallons of beer
in one yesr.
1st. How many barrels of 31 gallons
each would it require to hold it?
2nd. How many kegs of 7A Sala saoh
would hold UT
3_. It is 25,000 miles around the world,
and a beer keg ls 16 Inches througb, how
many rows of kegs would this make
around the world?
4th. If beer is one dollar a keg how
many loaves of bread would it buy at 5
ot_ a loai?
6th. Write not more than 100 words on
temperanoe.
1st Premium.—1st, 176,000,000 2_, 727,-
466,666%. 3d, VA- 4th. 14,549,333,333%.
Sth, Aloohol is very poisonous to the body
It affects the heart so it cannot send out
blood so well as before. Drinking is a
bad habit. Aloohol affects the mind Just
as much as the heart. It makes a man
feel like he was senseless; so he does not
know what he is doing.
The habit is formed by taking two cr
three teaspoonfuls at a time. Then you
want a little more, and so on till after a
while you become a drunkard.
Central, Ind. C. R. Collins.
•2d Premium.—1st,-176,000,000.- 2d, 727,
466,466%. 31, 7.313.27ths. 4th, 145,493,333%
/ Aloohol Is a poison to the body, because
it deadens the muscles. The man who
drinks alcohol loses control of his
nerves, and half of the time when he is
cursing something or some person he
does not know what he is doing.
If he continues drinking he may die or
become insane; and on account of drinking he may ruin his charaoter and is no
good in the world, so he might as well be
dead. So people should not use it
Central Ind. Ellis Myers.
3d Premium.—1st, 176,000,000. 2i, 727,466
666%. 3_,7 310ths. 4th, 1,980,000,000.5th, Alcohol, hard cider,whiskey, beer and many
other strong drinks are very hard on the
human system.
If a person begins with hard cider and
drinks jast a small amount at first, and
then keeps on wanting something stronger all the time, he will get to be a drunkard after soma time.
A person who drinks beer will begin to
get red in the faoe, and when he gets so
he wants something stronger he will take
Whiskey and will get still redder in the
face, and beoome more careless than before he wa. a drunkard.
Gray. Waldo Patten.
1st, 176,000,000; 2d, 727,466,666%; 3d
7,5; 4th, 145,493,333%; 5'b, The saloon and drunkenness is the way to; ruin.
Alcohol is a narootlb and poisons the
whole system. It is the oause of most of
the crimes. There is a call for boys
from every saloon ln the country. Will
the unfortunate one be your father, or
will lt be your blue-eyed baby brother In
the crib, now so helpless and so sweet?
Alcohl destroys millions of once happy
homes. Bodies, minds, souls, honor and
happiness all must go with it.
Let eveiy boy and girl use his influence against this demon, the saloon.
North Vernon. * F. S.
1st, 176.00O,OC0; 2d, 727,466,666%; 31,99 000,-
000 (question not understood);4th, 145,-
4113,333,333%; Sth, aloohol is a poisonous
liquid, and it is also inflammable.
When one first begins-to drink it he
does not feel the effeot of it as much as
* 'ter he has used it for awhile; but -Jier
"leoomes used to it he says he can't
t.
e times  they say aloohol makes
"arm when they are cold.
Iton Co. Alice Jones.
review.
Our little folks oame out in good colors.
Their figures were mainly correct, eome
variations on Xo. 3, the correct answer is
7 34.   Waldo Patten missed No. 4
But it is interesting to see how well
theae children, 11 and 12 years old, handled these big figures. Since my boy
Clarence furnished copy II had the premiums assigned by a neighbor—Mr. K —
who said F. S. was undoubtedly the best
copy, buthe judged by the style that she
had been greatly helped, and he thought
the competition should lie with those
who had been unassisted.
The similarity of answers shows the
temperanoe lessons that are being given
ln our schools. Allow me to thank onr
sweet, bright young friends for handling
so much beer and bread so nicely, and I
hope you didn't swallow any of the beer,
nor get covered up with the mountain of
bread. May eaoh one enjoy many years
of prosperity and do muoh good by "looking up and lifting up."
No. 85, Oot. 16.—What is a good ration
for feeding work-horses? Name a common farm ration. If cost is not considered what is a good ration?
No. 86, Oot. 23.—Name a few very common ailments of live-stock, Give symptoms and treatment. What remedies do
you keep handy?
No. 87, Oot. 30.—What ls the best dog
law we ever had; and what would you
suggest?
No. 88, Nov. 6.—How are you aiming to
store your winter's feed? What does
shredding oost?
No. 89. Nov. 13.—Are lightning rods a
proteotion? How should they be put up?
And how may one avoid being cheated?
No. 90, Nov. 20.—Desoribe a good cistern,
also a good filter.
No. 91, Nov. 27.—How does the compulsory attendanoe law work in yonr
schools?   Give suggestions.
Premiums of $1, 75o and 50o will be
given to 1st, 2d and 3d best articles eaoh
week. Let copy be as praotloal as possible and forward it 10 days before publication to E. H. Collins.
Carmel.
Some   Things  I  Have  Learned   About
Wheat.
Editobs Indiana Fauces:
I see you are discouraged by the drouth
from sowing wheat after September. I
have raised 40 orops of wheat in Tippecanoe county and never missed having a
fair crop. You can't tell what you cando
until you try. The winter and theground
have a great deal to do with success. The
best orops of wheat I ever raised were
sown in Ootober, and more than half of
my 40 crops were sown in October. Some
on 10th to 25th, and I have sown wheat
on the 2d of November, and onoe on the
15th of November, and had a fair crop. It
was about an inch high in March when
snow went off. Sow it late; after frost
has killed the fly and insects, and you
will "beat the bugs." Another thing I
have raised good crops of spring wheat(
where fall wheat has frozen out, or on
fall plowed rich land; had 20 to 30 bnshels per acre, and found that you should
get new, fresh seed spring wbeat from
Chicago or the northwest every time.
Home grown seed wont make more than
a half a crop, and don't you forget that;
and be sure and put it in as soon as possible in spring, and have the ground ready
plowed in fall, in February or Maroh at
latest. If the ground Is left a little rough
seed can be covered as soon as ground is
thawed ont on top, and better if drilled In
soon as ground and weather permit. Don't
be afraid of freezing; that won't hurt
the spring wheat. It only makes it better, and if the ground is clean and rich
and in good condition one bushel per acre
is enongh; sow more If land is ready.
Spring wheat haa more grains in a bushel
than fall wheat, bnt don't stool so mnch
Bearded sorts  preferred.   It should  be
out and stacked as soon as ready, and the
land is good to follow with fall wheat.
Lafayette. A. C. H.
Tone of the Wool Market.
The tendenoy ot prices during the first
half of last month was upward, and the
advance which then took place is shown in
higher quotations of to day, which on the
most grades are considerably above
those of 30 days ago. During the latter
half of the month the demand was halted by the nncertalnty as to the importing point as to the outoome of the London Wool Sales which opened on the
28th ulto. As all doubts as to this importing point under the new tariff aot
would be removed by theso sales, buyers
waited for them. Hereafter, wool values
in foreign markets will largely control
prices here, and so much uncertainty
prevailed ln the last half of September in
this re spect as to lead to tbe exerolse of
considerable caution on the part of those
who heretofore had been keenest buyers. The temporary falling off in the demand ended with the favorable news of
the opening [of the London Sales, and
buyers now want wool at prices which
they have recently declined to pay. The
tone of the market in consequenoe is
stronger tban ever, and again ln sellers'
favor.
WOOL SUPPLY.
The quantity of wool imported previous
to the passage of the tariff act is now definitely known, and, while larger than
most estimates, the supply (owing to the
enormous sudden increase in consump-
tion )promises to be exhausted ia muoh less
time than previous estimates had predicted. The supply of wool carried
by domestio mills is always larger
when orders for goods are plentiful, as
under these circumstances manufacturers deem It unsafe not to be full handed.
The incentive for doing so at this time is
the fact that the supply now held by the
mills cost far below that of replacing under the new tariff act; and until domestio wools are in danger of being underr
sold by fresh importations (now an ex.
tremely remote probability) the inclination to carry heavy stocks will not be
likely to diminish. This accounts for
the disappearance and apparent absorption of a supply greater by over 300 million pounds thau the largest ever oarried in any previous year. What better
evidence oould be shown of the prosperity now prevailing in this great home industry as a result of the tariff and good
orops? The quantity of wool imported
previous to the passage of the tariff aot
at first staggered confidence in the stability of prices, but it was was soon reo-
ognlzed that the imports, although abnormal for only half of a year, were
really intended and necessary for use
during the next two years.—From Justice, Bateman*& Co's. Wool Circular.
To Treat a Sprain.
Most successful treatment ia use of hot
foot baths for 15 minutes three times a
day; follow each bath with massage for
15 minutes, then apply snugly a rubber
bandage from toes up as high as ankle
and have patient walk. Ballet dancers
use this method with such success that
they are seldom incapacitated for work
longer than a week.—Medical Record.
Manure well after the seoond cutting
of clover; this, with the decaying clover
roots, when turned nnder, will so store
the soil with plant food that it will take
very untoward conditions to prevent a
large orop of corn next season.
On too many farms the straw stacks
are largely wasted becanse of insufficient
oare in staoking, and this is one reason
why wheat ls not a paying orop; we do
not take enough care to make the most
of it
United States Wheat For Eastern Asia.
Owing to the rapid development during
the last few years of new wheat producing areas ln other parts of the world and
the increasing competition the United
States is thus compelled to meet ln the
markets of Kurope, the future disposal
of our surplus wheat is becoming a problem of no little importance. As a solution of this dlfliculty it has been suggested that the ohanges now taking
place ln tho civilizations of Japan and
China may result in tbe opening there of
markets for our wheat that will to some
extent compensate us for possible losses
to be incurred through the growing competition of other countries ln the European markots we were formerly able to
oontrol, There are certainly some very
encouraging indications as to the plausibility of this suggestion.
Chief among these indications is the
remarkable manner in which our exportation of wheat to eastern Asia have
inoreased during the decade jast closing.
Most of this wheat is shipped in the form
of flour, the exports of grain being comparatively small. The total shipment of
wheat flour from the United Slates to
Japan and China (including Hongkong)
during tbe ten years ended Juno 30,1896,
aocordlng to the ollicial trade returns
published by the Bureau of Statistics of
the Treasury Department, amounted to
fully 6,000,000 barrels, and by far the larger part of this quantity was exported in
the latter half of the decade. The amount
exported during the fiscal year 1887, the
opening year of the decade, was returned
at 409,147 barrels. In 1S96, ten years later,
onr shipments reached as high as 943,073 -
barrels, showing a gain for the decennial
period of more than 100 percent. Still
further gains are indicated by the figures
thus far available for the current fiscal
year. According to these figures our total
shipments to Japanese and Chinese ports
during the nine months ended March 31,
1897, amounted to 882,204 barrels. With
proportionately large exportations for
the three remaining months, the total
amonnt of wheat flour shipped to these
countries during the entire fiscal year
1897 shonld leach above a million barrels,
which would be equivalent to more than
four and one-half million bushels of
wheat.
Of tbe American flour sent across the
Pacific the major portion goes to Hongkong and is thence largely distributed to
other ports in China. Our shipments to
Hongkong in the fiscal year 1887 were
returned at 371056 barrels. For the present fiscal year (1897) they promise to be
still larger, the nine months ended with
March showing an exportation of 698.992
barrels. The quantity of flour we ship
directly to ports in China other than
Hongkong is comparatively small, the
largest yearly export to these ports ever
recorded, that for 1895, being returned at
only 36,244 barrels. There has been a
large increase sinoe 1887, however, the
shipments during that year amounting
to only 7,714 barrels,
Although our exports of flour to Japan
are considerably smaller than those to
Hongkong and Chins, they show an inorease during the last few years that ia
proportionately even greater, having advanced from 30,377 barrels ln the fiscal
year 1887 to 103,582 barrels ln the fiscal
year 1896. The growth in this export
trade, whioh was particularly rapid during the last two or three years, continues
to an even greater degree in the present
fiscal year, our exports to Japan during
the six months ended December 31 reaching nojless a figure than 151, 349 barrels,
or more than was ever before exported
in an entire year. According to there-
turns for tbe nine months ended March
31, placing the shipments for that period
at 171,434 barrels, ii may be estimated that
the total exports of wheat flour from this
oountry to Japan during the year ending
June 30,1897. will amount to about 200.COO
barrels,—United States Department ot
' Agrioulture.