VOL. XXX.
INDIANAPOLIS. IND., JULY 6, 1895.
NO. 27.
%*xo §fipixxtmtnt.
Two farmers A and B own joining farms.
Their dwellings are only :il)0 feet apart,
barns about the same. B builds an a~*s
pen between his barn and A's, and keeps
in it a large Spanish jack, which brays almost incessantly, much to the annoyance
of A and his family. Can A make B remove his Jack M.
The answer depends npon how your
Justice of the Feaoe oan be persuaded to
regard the case If he looks upon it as A
does he would regard the jack pen as a
nuisance, and allowhim damages, if suit is
brought. The law is very clear on the
subject. Seo. 289 reads as follows: "Whatever is injurious to health, or indecent, or
offensive to the senses, or an obstruction
to the free use of property, so as essentially to interfere with the comfortable enjoyment of life or property is a nuisance, and
the subject of an aotion." Tne next seotion provides that "action may be brought
by any person whose property is injuriously affected, or whose personal enjoyment is lessened by the nuisance; and the
s.i*iion following declares that "where a
proper case is made, the nuisance may be
enjoined or abated, and damages recovered therefore."
A undoubtedly has a case, for the braying of the jack is offensive to his sense of
hearing, and the enjoyment of his Ufe is
seriously interfered with.
Sec. 2065 provides that the penalty for
erecting, continuing and maintaining any
public nuiear <■. shall not exceed $100.
CSmeval &>exots.
Georgia's fruit crop this year is estimated to bs worth f3,000,000.
New York city receives 20,000,000 water
melons a year for use and distribution.
A plucky man in Anderson, Kas , sold
the barbed wire off his fence to buy seed
wheat.
It is reported that fully 2.500,000 alligators bave been killed in Florida during the
last 12 years.
Henry Winneka, a farmer of Clay
oounty, despondent over the failure of his
crops, attempted suicide by cutting his
throat.
Two thousand kegs of giant powder exploded at Krebbs's station, Fa., last week.
Thongh the shock was felt 35 miles, nobody was injured.
Daniel Stone, a wealthy farmer, living
near Smlthvllls, Mo , has been murdered
by robbers. The corpse, with the skull
crushed, was found in bed.
Tbis  will  be  a  very   suejessfal  best
sugar year ln Nebraska.   The crop is un
precedentedly large and  fine in quality,
and there are twice the number of growers
there were last year.
A railroad train was recently stopped
near Rheims, France, by the number of
caterpillars that fell on the railway. The
rails grew to pasty and slippery for the
wheels to adhere until cinders were
thrown on them.
Georgia will ship about 6,000 carloads of
watermelons ont of the State this season,
according to information gathered by the
railroad companies in preparation for
handling the <*rop. The quality of the
melons this yeir Is expt* ed to be above
the average. There are 12.000 acres of
melons now ripening ln the southwestern
part of the State.
John Springer, of Connersville, while
fishing in the vicinity of Alpine, was
overoome by the heat and fell dead.
#tafce Huetos.
The heaviest rain for years fell in Fayette oouny last week, and Whitewater
rose almost four feet in three hours' time.
Lightning struck Louis Strumm's residence, near Hagerstown,snd Mrs. Strumm
was rendered unconscious for several
hours.
Mrs. Samuel Allen, near Anderson, was
frightfully burned by an explosion of
natural gas. whioh wrecked her kitchen
stove.
Rolla Marsh, whose home ls at Greens
burg, while  working  on  a  bridge  near
Brewersville, fell a distance of seventy-
five feet, dying instantly.
A wind storm at Loogootee knocked off
the chimneys of the city hotel and did
some damage to the postoffics building,
besides uprooting many shade trees.
Two hundred track layers arrived at Anderson to begin work on the Gas belt
electric road. Fonr hundred and fifty
will be at work by the   first of tie month.
Charles Fee, son of Dr. Charles Fee, of
Kokomo, was drowned while bathing in
Driving; Park lake. Albert'Meek, a farmer boy, near Washington, also went bathing beyond his depth and shared a similar
fate in Daviess county.
In a dispute between father and son, at
the family residence on the farm, near
Cloverland, Lafayette West, an old time
citizen of 70 years of age, inflioted fatal injuries upon his son Chas. West, who was
under the influence of liquor.
Jacob Keffer, one of Hamilton county's
oldest and most respected farmers, died in
his buggy from heart disease last
week while driving to his home, east of
the oity. He was 78 years of age and set
tied in this seotion of the State in 1834.
James Ross, who died at Laughery, Ohio
Co., June 13, was the oldest living born
oltizen in the state at the time of his death,
having reached the age of 92 years and 4
months. He played many times with the
little Indian boys and was a life-long far
mer. He had been a Mason for over 50
years
Albert Whetstone, one of the largest
men in the United States, who formerly
traveled with various shows, died i •*■:• itly
in Fortuna, Col. His bight was six,feet
and three inches and he weighed 482
ponnds. It required a casket; six feet and
seven inches long, two and a half feet wide
and two feet deep to hold his body. Whetstone was born and brought up in Atlanta, Hamilton county, He was 28 years
old.
■fi^itcrtj mx& ^usxvstvs.
~A short time ago at Helensville, Wis ,
near Palmyra, a number of crows attacked
a turtle that was basking in the sun, and
suoceeded in killing it.
Editors Indiana Fajuezb:
Is there anything in the "Chinch bug
Cholera?" If there is, what course must
be pursued to get the disease started?
They are appearing en the young oorn by
the millions in this locality.
Fountain Co. I. L. McKnioht.
We sent this query to Prof. Troop, and
here is his reply:
Editobs Indiaka Fakmeb:
According to the experiments of Prof.
Snow, of Lawrence,Kan., and Prof Forbes
of;the Illinois Experimental Station, there
is a good deal in the snbjsot of inoculation
for chinch bugs; while others are not so
enthusiastic over the result to be < btalned.
There have been so many enquiries of late
concerning the chinch bug that we have
secured a supply of the diseased bags, and
hope to be able in a few days to inoculate a sufficient quantity to send out. If
the conditions are all favorable for the
spreadlrg of the disease I am in hopes
that lt will succeed. J. Troop.
June 24,
I. F S. Rosedale, Parke Co.: Read the re-
ply of Prof. Troop to a similar enquiry to
yours, elsewhere.
F. M. C , E'.dorado, Ills: You had best
write to Prof. Forbes, State entomologist
of Illinois, at Champaign, for a supply of
diseased chinch bugs.
Will G. C . who tells how he got so badly used up in Esast Tennessee, please give
us his address again, as one of our readers
wants to correspond with him.
The weed left with us by Wm. Whitson
is one of the Nightshade family, the same
of which the eommon potato is a member.
The leaves and liowers of the weed resemble those of the potato. It is not very dif
tioult to eradicate, but it must no be allow
ed to go to seed.
Please .inform me through your paper
if you know of a reliable company that
loans money on personal property, say
household goods; live Btock, etc
A SBH3CRIBRR.
There are several suoh places in thisci y.
but we would not like to vouch for any of
them.
The Drouth ln Switzerland Oounty.
Editobs Indiana Fabmeb:
I inclose you a clipping taken from our
county papers. It is correct, as far as it
goes, but was published June 5 and sinoe
then things have been rapidly growing
worse Oats will amonnt to scarcely nothing. Wheat will not amount to five bushels
to the acre on an average. Other crops accordingly. Apples and pears are the only
fruit we will have; they look fltatering.
Switzerland Co. C. W. P.
—The item referred to speaks of the dry
winter and sprirg.the great heart, the cutworms and the fly, all of which have been
disastrons in our southern oounties.
Winter oats is a complete failure according to my experience. Sacallne is highly
recommended as a forage plant. My ex
perience has proven it to be a oatch penny
affair. Spurry, the new grass, I am trying
and will tell vou of its success or failure
later on. When do you s >w crimson
olover, and how muoh per acre? How do
you prepare the soil and what is your
opinion in general of it? P. R.
Carroll Co.
Weare glad to have your opinion on the
new plants you are trying. Don't forget
to tell us about spurry. Winter oats did
remarkably well in some of our southern
counties. It failed with us, but we thought
the reason was that it failed to get a start
In the fall on account of the drouth. Oar
clover failed for the same reason. We will
try the winter oats again this fall; also
crimson olover, which we are beginning to
have considerable faith in. Sow about 20
pounds of seed to the acre, broadcast, in
the corn, in August or early September.
I notice in a late issue of your paper a
caution to farmers regarding the Canada
thistle, reminding them of the penalty
tbat the law imposes for letting them
grow, and how hard it is to kill them ont,
and s'ating that when a ro *,t is broken a
new shoot for each piece wlll soon appear.
Now, as there was no remedy or method
given by which they may be eradicated, I
wish you would kindly give the best that
is known, and oblige a subscriber and ad
mlrer of your paper. W. T. McC.
Marion Co.
It will take two and perhaps three years
to thoroughly root out this most noxious
weed. By all means prevent the seeding
of the thistles now growing. Cut them
down with scythe or hoe, even with the
ground, and let no shoots remain to make
seed later. Sow the ground to rye early
in September and cut it early next spring.
Then break up the ground deeply and
plant in corn, potatoes cr some other cultivated crop. A second year of this kind
of treatment will be apt to eradicate the
thistles entirely. If you have but a few
of them you may be able to destroy them
by persistent hoeing, and applying salt to
the loots.
Sliver by the Ton.
From Peaoh Springs, Ar zona, comes
the story of the finding of a nugget, or
bowlder of pure silver, such as there bas
been no record of in the history of mining in the West. The bowlder weighed
about half a ton, and it is valued anywhere from |8,000 to 110.000. It was found
by William Tucker and John Doyle, both
prospectors, and they have kept the facts
to themselves heretofore, because of the
chance that there was more silver where
this lump came from, and they desired to
get the best lccatlon for themselves before
letting the rest of the world in to theseoret.
Farming ln China.
In China the farmers may be all said to
be gardeners, nearly all the farms having
an extent of from five to ten acres only.
In a way that would surprise the British
horticulturist they are able to produoe
marvelous results from the most unpromising material, and to bring the poorest
soli into a state of productiveness. Agriculture is considered an occupation salt-
able even to the noble and learned men,
and on the occasion of the great annual
festival of husbandry the emperor himself condescends to handle a plow. The
result of this universal respect, acting in
conjunction with the untiring industry
of the people, is that the agriculture of
China bv. siUlned a stats nearer perfection than that of any other country. Not
a patch of land is considered waste. Even
should there be no soil upon it, tho assiduity of the laborers is able to remedy
the deficiency by bringing the soil from
neighboring districts. Every yard of
ground ls made to produce something, so
that the aspect of tbe oountry is that of a
garden, and from the brilliant flowers
which are everywhere seen it has rightly
received the title of "The Flowery Land."
Horticnltnre is carried on everywhere.
Etch sheet of still water ia studded with
water lilies, and on it are constructed artificial islands, floating gardens radiant with
flowers. As is to be expected from the
economy of the Chinese nearly all the
sewerage and refuse of the towns and
cities are used as manure, and with tbe
very best results. The method of carrying them through the streets, however, in
large open vessels, supported on. poles,
must be a little trying to tie foreigner
who possesses sensitive olfactory nerves.
The chief contrast between British and
Chinese agrioulture is in the amount of
labor applied to the soil. Machinery is
unknown, and a'l the implements are of
the rudest, so that in China everything is
done by mannal labor, and as a consequence any area of land will support ten
time the number of people who derive
their sustenance from any equal area in
England. The system of land tenure differs radically from ours, the land being
nationalized in so far as the whole otitis
vested in the emperor, to whom rent is
paid in the shape of a land tax. This tax,
however, is small, amounting in inferior
districts to two or three shillings an aore,
while for the very best land in the neighborhood of Canton it is only 10 or 12 shillings, including the exactions whioh the
collectors extort as a matter of course.
Should financial assistance be necessary
for the development of still unproductive land, this will often te provided by
tbe government, which, moreover, never
exacts a payment for the use of such lands
It is evident that we have a few lessons to
learn from the Chinese, and if our methods of cultivation and system of land tenure were more like theirs muoh of the depression under which we now suffer
would be unknown—Horticultural Review.
A portion of Grayson oounty, Texas was
devastated by aoyclote. Thousandsof acres
of crops wore destroyed and many houses
blown down.