VOL. LVHI.
INDIANAPOLIS, APRIL 11, 1903.--TWENTY PAGES.
NO. 15
WAYS OP UNPLANTED CORN.
"It beats all." saiil a Bergen county farmer i'ii an Erie ferryboat yesterday, "what
carious things we liml in nature thai we
can't explain. Y**u kin go over a lot of
■*iii. and there's yet one that yoa can't tell
nn* why it is. That's corn heatiu* up in
the spring.
"Yaau take a lot of corn. I don'l aan* if
it's whole corn or cracked eorn or eorn-
meal. Y'iiii keep it in any kiml of a Btore
honse—the common granary like we have
mt tin* farms, or the atone or brick building like many ,,( tin* grocers and feed
dealers have it in.    When it cornea corn
planting time that turn aa' .viaiirn'll git ain-
tasy. Boon's the blades start out of the
ground, then ye'll have to hustle to save
ver f__rain.
"Seems as when the time comes along
fer corn t*a Ih* planted the eurn iu tha* bags,
no matter what shape it's in. begins to
heat up, and when the planted eorn begins t*i gnaw, what you've got stored up
will git sa. hot it'll fairly smoke. Yaaii've
got to take it out of the bags anal spread
it out so it'll cool off, or you'll lusa* it all.
In a few days it'll cool down again anal
you won't have no more trouble with it
durin' the summer, no matter how hot the
■weather *.'its. It's jest when* the planted
corn starts, that's all.
Curious? Of <sourse it's curious, or I
■wouldn't speak of it. I might understand
Low whole eorn would ait that way. but
when it comes to cracked corn and eorn
meal, then it's too muth fer me. An' I'll
bet yer a quart of applejack yer oan't tell
me why it is. Yopt it's jest nature tryin'
to  assert herself."
of a customer. Many bottlers, saloons
ami drug stores will receive our goods de-
livered in open baskets. It al**es not hurt
their trade for the publio to know that
they use second-hand bottles. Others are
very different, and insist upon their bot-
tl.'s being packed in boxes and crates, as
i1' they ciiine from the glassworks. Formerly we did a large business in beer and
milk bottles, but. these trades have organised an excellent system of co-operative
collecting and distributing which was, of
conrse, at our expense. We *lo not utilize
broken bottles. In Europe (hey are mix-
eal with mortar and laid on the top aaf low
walls, where they make an insiirinaiimiable
barrier. They are also broken finely, mixed  with plaster of l'aris.  and  poured or
rammed into ratholes. When the plaster
sets, no rat will ever gnaw it. Mixed with
cement, broken bottles make a good be-
ton or concrete fair military walls."
A   BOTTLE   ESTABLISHMENT.
Of the millions *.f bottles used every
year, about one half are lost ami the other
half used again. They are collected by
servants, janitors, ragpickers, dump pickers and small boys, and snhl at a half a
tint, a eent. or two rents, to a junk dealer.
who disposes of them taa a bottle dealer,
trom whose place, when they an* cleaned
anal assorted, they go baek again into
tiaile. The dealers used to lie Irish almost
exclusively. At the present time the Italians predominate, the Irish come second
r.nal the Russian Jews third.
"The business." saiil a dealer, ''looks
simpler than- it really is. Collecting Is
easy, and cleaning presents no difficulties.
When a bottle is very alirty, say, where it
contains paint, it oasts mora to a lean it
than it will sell for when cleaned. Such
bottles are never bought. The assorting demands considerable trade knowledge. All
bottles whieh have names blown in the
glass are put by themselves. They are
purchased by their original owners, and
sometimes  by  imitators.
Drug store or prescription bottles make
a class. We alon't care mueh for them,
as they ara' sa> cbeap originally that the
profit is very small. Rhine wine ami Moselle bottles are in larga* deinaml. as they
are nearly all -Sported. Whisky anal gin
bottles make good stock. They go to the
distilleries, bucket shops and cheap saloons. Champagne bottles arc not quite
ro profitable. They are used by American
champagne makers, aider bottlers and mineral water men. Cologne and fancy per-
fnmery latattlos go taa the East Side, where
cheap scents are manufactured. Many
patent medicine liottlcs. especially those
of oald design, are bought by the manufacturers. The same rule applies to ink and
mucilage l*ottles. but only to larga*r sizes.
Magnums and extra ehiantis always find a
leady market.
Another important point is the attitude
PABASOLS TO ORDER.
The woman who is able to estimate ae
curately the co-st of parasols to be made
to order is an invaluable assistant to the
parasol manufacturer iu these days, because tbe cruize for exclusively designed
parasols keeps the makers busy, ami it re-
ipiiies a gaaaaal aleal of technical knowledge
to tell Iaefore!i.-in11 what the cost will be.
Some women want parasols made up according to their own ideas. Others simply
want something that will not be duplicated. The makers try to eater to this do-
niand. Of twenty-five or thirty parasols
made by one manufacturer for south-going
tourists lately no two were alike. In some
feature of material or ornament they dif-
fi red. however similar in shape or dimensions.
Tha* head designer ami forewoman in a
parasol factory acquires her knowledge by
steady application and hang apprenticeship.
Although an artist in a way. adapting
many aaf her prettiest conceits from nature,
(todies at no school of either Industrial
or abstract art.
The expert maker of fine parasols is paid
better than any other factory worker in the
eiiy aaf ,\c\v Y'ork. The woman supervisor
of the (all  girls  employed in  a  fine  para-
(sol   factory  has  an  important.   well-paying
place. She  has   botts  aaf   eaastly   chiffon,
silk, satin anal tissue put in her care each
morning to be cut anal apportioned ..tit to
the various workers; blocks aaf fairy rib-
hams anal whole pieces of fine embroidery
■ and eaastly laca- objects faar appliapia* waark.
also rich velvet, chenille and other mater-
pals to choose from so that tisi designer may
be hampered in her waark faar lack of variety of fabrics.
\< with the millinery trade, a few pattern parasols are Imported from Paris anal
I Vienna by tin* manufacturers every s**ason
for   duplication,   but   the   most   exclusive
I anal admired specialties an* designed    by
liaame talent.
The parasol maker aloes her most Interesting work faar weddings. When* the lariale
. an*l  her maids are all  to carry  parasols,
samples of the materials ehi>sen are given
1*i the forewoman and she notifies her liest
, workers that a  prize will he awarded faar
he  cleverest  ab*sign  Submitted.
The girls plan out their designs at home
in the evenings.     The best designs ara* submitted to the customer ordering the parasols anal  the originator of tha* eh..sen  design gets applause ami praise faar her work.
Some very  beautiful  parasols     in   white
and   cream   are   made   to   order   faar   baby
Carriages.       Others   ,,{   gaique   make   art'
worked  out  for    use    in  the  ballets  and
'■a*enie effects iii spectacular operas.—Xew
York Sun.
ONLY A "OOMMON COI.D."
II.* who rea*ls the latest treatises "ii the
acute diseases aaf the upper air pa aaa gas
will observe tin* ta*iialeney everywhere to
abandon the old theory of "colds." In
-pita* of tin* tenacity of old liciiofs, it is
becoming generally recognized ihat tin* so-
called   "eaalals"   an*  not   able  tai  a*.1*1   al   all,
but depend upon tin* activity of pathogenic
micro-organisms. Tin* cliniciaa who observes an epidemic ol these colds permeate a household or a school, attacking almost every member in a varying degree,
i.r whaa wata*ha*s the gradual extension of
the laaaal intlanimatory process from the
DSSOpharynx taa tin* larynx or trachea, can
compare theee phenomena only with a.th.iaa
which have been clearly demonstrated as
produced by bacteria.
Calais ara* centagioiis. It is hard to
conceive how this clinical faet. so easily
demonstrable, has received so littla* att**n-
ti'.n in the literature of the past. In
schools, asylums ami hospitals this fact
is very clearly shown almost annually.
Tn family practice, too, tin* development
of one ease after another, in spite of care
is a very common observation.
A relative immunity follows each nt-
tack. Were i*ai\als merely retla*x congestions these congestions shouhl appear after
i oh exposure. But after an attack the
individual wiil be fret* fraain a caalal for
Mime time.
Tin* great factor whieh makes these *lis-
i ases more prevalent in the winter sa*as..r.
is the same that makes diptheria and
scarlet fever prevail. In* summer gastroenteric diseases prevail becauae the bacteria have a better chance taa reach the alimentary canal in numbers sufficient to
cause aliseasa*. In winter the respiratory
diseases prevail because mora* germs reach
the respiratory tract from one pa*rson to
another, due to iha* commingling a.f people in haauses In which ventilation is im-
pciToa-t; In* summer we live always in
the open air. for the windows ami aloors of
our residences an* open,    in winter these
are   el*asa*al   anal   tin*   air   is   stagnant.     Air
infections  ara*.   therefore,   very  prone  to
aH-eur.
When we alesire taa harden the body
against colds we seek to alter the local and
general slates .so that th.* ir<*aa!s of baater-
ia may Im* prevented, The general nutrition
shouhl   receive   the   first   attention.      The
digestive apparatus shoulil  be examined
A change in diet is often advantagaeoue.
Healthful outdoor exercise,  regular bathing  and   correct   habits  aald   taa   Individual
stn*:* -ih. The chronic deformities and
a.ffeotiian-s of tin* upper air passages  must
he corrected by appropriate means.
Oreat depressions of the body in the
Lessons when raahls are prevalent must be
avoided. In this category belong excessive   fatigue,   mental   worry,   exposure   to
saalal    anal    aiverlll'lltillg.
The infectious cause may Ih* avoialeal by
living as much as possible outdoors.
Crowded, Ill-ventilated raaa.nis should not
be entered. Persians with "colds" should
lie shunned. One shouhl always sleep in
a well ventilated room, regardless of the
terrestrial temperature.—Dr. John Zahor-
sky, in New Y'ork  Medical Journal.
Ush acquaintance a.r his, who "alid not
know how to pronounce tha* beautiful
name of his own college at Oxford."
"Fancy a perfectly sober man sayingmaud-
tln for Magdalen!" Apparently the English c.ik who want abroad abnut the time
*.f Elizabeth dial not  know   that Magalalena*
was  Inscribed  "Maudelayne"  in  its  own
charter in the year  1 I IN.
Further Mr. Aldrich hoi.Is his Englishman up t'* s.oin for saying "Sin .Inn" in-
otead aaf Si. John, as they .all it in Boston. Members of the "Sin' .inn" family
explain  that  the  pronunciation  is  partly
French;   they   also   blame   that    language
lor tin* appearance of tin* monkey in their
.■oat-'.r-.nnis. iia-re is another opening for
.Ur. Alt-rich's pleasantries.   After that he
i an take a turn with the elassi.* eases of
Cholmondelaey anil Marjaaribanks, anal
warn the Rhodes eholan from his State
that they must teach the English (who ar"
unhappily   left   in   England)   to  pronounce
those names as they an* spelt.
There is ao doubt that the injurious epithet "maudlin" is a corruption of "Magdalen." and by this uncomfortable process a name symbolic of tears and penitence has 1 a turned to an expression of
sia-kly sentiment plentifully mixed with
drink. Rut that was not the significance
of "Mauila'layna* Ilalla*" in the charter **t'
1448, nor of Shakespeare's reference in
"All's well that ends well."—London
Chronicle.
BOOMING A RELIGIOUS CATER.
It is doubtful if the most saffron of
American "yellows" ever perpetrated anything niaara* grotesque than the attractions
by whieh the advent of a new English
religious paper is being heralded. The
Sunday Circle makes tin* first chapter of a
particularly lurid detective story the feature of its tirst number, ami promises a
bottle of water from the river Jordan tai
Every pa*rsaan who will see lhat six copies
an*  sail*!.
Tha* detective staary is described as "more
'exciting than Sherlock Holmes." It is from
tin* agile pen of the Kev. Silas Hocking,
and is called the strange aalventures aaf *i
curate." .lust what form these adventures
laks it is impossible yet to say, but that
I'nv are of a thrilling nature may be assumed from the faet that the "three-sheet"
posters by which the Sunday Circle is being advertised am every dead wall in London depict the curate himself standing-—
•nd apparently wickedly listening—just
outside of half-opened ahior. The young
churchman's face wears a bonified expression, his eyes bulge and his hair is
standing  on   end.     At   the   baattann   of   the
picture is the significant won), "Betrayed!"
As for the water from the river Joralan.
which zealous subscription getters are to
receive, the proprietors aaf the Circle state
that they have on hand "hundreds of bottles" aaf the fluid "which was taken from
tin* Jordan by our own agent in the presence of the leading men of Jericho ami
Bethlehem."*—London Letter in Philadelphia  Press.
.TCST  ONE  PRONUNCIATION.
H.   O.   YVa'lls   wants   taa   set   up   a   single
rtandard of pronunciation  for the whole
English speaking race, and T. B. Aldrich
thinks this ought to be the American stan-
alaral. Perhaps the purest English spoken
I* that of the English folk who have re-
sialeal abroad ever since the Elizabethan
periaaal or thereabouts." On their behalf Mr.
Ahlria-h deplores tha* ignorance a.f an Eng-
When Mark Twain and Channcey Depew are met together something, as any
fool can see, is likely to happen. They
met in Depew's office, not long ago, and
the senator took occasion to wash his
hands, soiled by writing. Mr. Clemens
observed that it might lie a gootl thing to
perform a similar operation on his conscience.
"Possibly," said Mr. Depew. "Soap
would dai faar me. but if it was your conscience you'd have ta) use pumice stone."