ME CITIZEN, FRIDAY, AUGUST 13, 1000.
CRIPS ME CIO.
Department of Agriculture
Reports Increased Yield.
WHEAT AND CORN ABOVE PAK.
North Atlantic States, Including
Now York and Pennsylvania,
Show a Falling Off From
t!ie Ten Year Average.
Washington. Alls. 11. Crop cmitli
tlons In the United States on An;;. 1.
1!MK, wore In tin iifXtfivixnto slightly
higher tlmii on Av.;'. 1. UMiS. mill mod
erately higher tlmn a ton year average
condition of all eroiw on Autr. 1. In
addition to tho higher rendition tin1!
nrreatre of rultlvatod crop Is nl.out
l.ti per rent jrivatcr than last year. So
sa.i.s a general review of crop condi
tions jnst Issued hy the department of
auricultme.
Winter wheat, spring wheat, corn,
oats, rye, llax and grapes were hotter
than la.-t year and the ten year aver
age. I'.arley and initaloes were hotter
than the condition on Alls. 1 last year,
hut slluhlly helow the avcrani mil
lion. Tohacoo and sweet potatoes
were hotter than the average and
lower than last year.
Important crops which wore helow j
iiuiii lasi year mm an average eomli
tlon are cotton, rice. hay. buckwheat
nnd apples. Conditions vary, however,
in different sections of the United
States.
.Summarized the relative condition
of crops in tlie iiureuato In the differ
ent sections of the United States on
Ans. 1 was: North Atlantic states. In
clmlinc New York and Pennsylvania.
7D.7. or 7.5 per cent helow the ten year
average on Aug. 1: north central
states, oast of the Mississippi river,
comprising Ohio. Indiana, Illinois.
Michigan and Wisconsin. 8S... or !.!
per cent hotter than the average; ninth
central states, west of the Mississippi.
SS.S. or S.7 per cent ahove ton year
average: south Atlantic, 80.10. or IS.S
per cent helow the average; south
central. 01.4. or 10 per cent helow. and
the far western states, S:S.-1. or -4.S
above the average.
The following is a summary for the
United States of conditions on Aug. 1.
with comparisons, as estimated hy the
department for crops not previously re
ported: Uice. timothy. S.1.S; clover hay
production. 7S.7: quality. Ml.:,; alfalfa.
'MA: millet. NS.7; kallir corn, S.": pas
tures, Sl.s; sweet potatoes, N !.'..
Apples, Hi.:!; peaches, -I5..I; pears,
5(1.4: grapes, blackberries, 7!.i:
raspberries. Sl.l; watermelons, 75.c:
cantaloupes, 77: oranges, Sti.3; lemons,
87; tomatoes, si.:;.
Cabbage, S.".": onions. SS.S; beans
(dry), S'.t.l; beans (lima), S5.7; peanuts.
M.1; brooiiicorn. s:!..: hemp, !U.7; hops,
82.7: sorghum, 8.1; sugar cane. 88; sug
ar beets. !IU. I.
COLONEL ALBERT A. POPE DEAD
Pioneer Bicycle Manufacturer and
Maker of Automobiles.
Boston. Aug. 11. Colonel Albert A.
I'ope. the pioneer bicycle manufac
turer of the United States and one of
the lirst advocates of the existing good
roads system, died at his summe:
home in C'dmsset.
Colonel l'ope had been In III health
for months, due to the breaking down
of his nervous system, which followed
the llnaikial embarrassment of Ids
bicycle company, which had its head
quarters at Hartford, Conn.
Albert Augustus l'ope was born in
Boston in 1843 and started his husl
uess career as a clerk In a shoe llnd
ings store at ?4 per week.
He served In the civil war with
marked distinction. At the close ot
the great struggle he was hrevettod
lieutenant colonel of the Thirty-lift li
Massachusetts infantry for gallant
conduct.
In lS7i the lirst imported bicycles
hegan to make their appearance In
this country, and Colonel I'ope decided
to start manufacturing wheels in the
United States.
The venture proved a success from
the start. A craze for bicycling swept
over the country, and hi the very tlrst
few years of his business Colonel Pope
amassed n fortune. The sudden drop
in the cycle boom a few years aco,
however, caused him financial embar
rassment. He was also Interested in
the automobile business.
CORRAL FOR PRESIDENT.
Mexicans Believe Diaz It Grooming
Him to Succeed Himself.
Mexico City, Auk. 11. Following the
report thnt President Dlnz would re
move General Bernardo Reyes as Gov
ernor of the state of Nuovo Leon comes
a report that President Dins after the
election next year may resign the
presidency and for this reason is work
ing so earnestly for the re-election of
Ramon Corral as vice president.
President Dlnz is leaving nothing un
done to aid Corral In his campaign, and
It is believed he Is trying to name his
own successor.
Gendarmes Killed by Robbers.
Novotruvok, Uussla, Aug. 1L Two
gendarmes and two robbers were
killed and. a gendarme captain and,
lieutenant and a robber were wounded
here during a flght with the robbers,
who were endeavoring to loot tho post-otflre.
ifjort termong
For a
Theme:
MATERIALISM
OF THE DAY
By George Clarke Peck, D. D.
..
Text: "Is not the life more than
meat?" Matthew vi., 25.
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Time was when a transatlantic trip
made the event of a lifetime. People
prepared for it with all but fasting and
prayer. When an outgoing passenger
went up the gangplank his friends had
good reason to fear and his enemies
just groiind for hoping that he would
never return to his native shore.
But in our day all is changed. An
ocean voyage now instead of being an
epoch in life Is scarcely an event
Travellers count their voyages as a
commercial man might reckon his
trips to Boston. One's chief anxiety
nowadays is concerning the size and
location of ids stateroom and the ex
cellence of the chef. Few ocean trav
elleis wake In the morning with a
sort of wonder at being alive bo far
from shore, but rather speculating as
to whether the coffee will bo better
than yesterday's.
Nevertheless the voyage itself is
the real tlii.ig. What matters any
thing or everything else as compared
with the safety of the voyage? Who
cared afterward that the salon was
luxurious and the cuisine unexcelled
when the Ill-fated Bourgogne lurched
to her frightful doom? It needed only
the. jar and shudder of steel to declare
that the voyage itself Is the real thing.
Nothing really counts ns against that.
The stewards may gather the tips, but
tho crew deserve them.
So in life, the voyage ought to be
the paramount concern. The real
business of manhood and womanhood
is to make port at length. Yet what
preponderance of emphasis we put
upon things which do not really mat
ter twenty-four hours afterward.
"What we shall eat, and what we shall
drink, and wherewithal we shall be
clothed" these are the considerations
that rouse us. It might almost be
said that we gauge the values of life
in terms of the rtomach.
"What do I think of your cities?"
said a much traveled man in my pres
ence. "I do not think of them. I care
nothing about then. I do not want to
see your famous buildings or your
historic sights. If you can recom
mend mo to a luxurious hotel I shall
call your city good and remember it
with pleasure. It is not sentiment but
beefsteak that counts with me."
Not twenty-four hours later I heard
a prominent American just so describe
his recent visit to Nuremburg. He
went into rapturous reminiscences
over that portion of his trip. Yet the
object of Ids rapture was not the his
toric walls of the city, nor its great
chapters of action, nor the shrine of
its famous church, but rather a little
restaurant where he procured the best
sausago and beer he had ever tasted.
Indeed, ho might have forgotten the
church altogether save that it served
to localize the place where he bought
tho sausage and beer. "Is not the life
more than meat?" It would not seem
so; not much more, at any rate. At
least it is difficult to raise life above
that level.
Such is the condition we are set to
fight. Not in tho interest of asceti
cism, but of manhood; with a gener
ous thought for every creature com
fort, but with supreme concern for
character, we may need to ask our
selves more frequently, "Is not tho
life much more than meat?" Then,
how much more? Life without a
definite port at the end; life unthrill
ed and unfed by the Father; life un
sanctified, however sleek, is the sor
riest failure.
True and Best Humanity.
We in our pride are apt to think
that to humble ourselves is to be
forced to an unwilling surrender, a
hard necessity of submission. But
with our gracious Father, to humble
is not to humiliate. The true and best
humanity is that which love wins from
us as the sunshine and soft berath of
spring woo tho flowers from the
hedgerow. Of old, when God would
humble Israel, He fed them with an
gel's food, or, as It Is rendered in the
margin, "Every one did eat the bread
of the mighty." Psalm 78:25. Mark
O. Pearse.
His Strength Enough.
The answer to prayer may be, as It
was to Paul, not the removal of the
thorn, but instead, a growing Insight
Into its meaning and value. The voico
ot Qod in our soul may show us, aa
we look up to him, that his strength
1b enough to enable us to bear it
James Freeman Clarke.
Love and Truth.
O Truth who art Eternity, and
Love who art Truth, and Eternity
who art Love! Thou art my God: to
Thee do I cry night and day! Saint
Augustine.
Christianity.
God and one man could make any
other religion, but it takes God nnd
two men to make Christianity. Jo
seph Parker.
The Tvo Powers.
The two powers which In ray opin
ion constitute a wise man are those
of bearing and forbearing. Eptctetui.
THE SPORTING WOULD
Ball's Big Improvement.
It has often been said that a change
of scene uftens beuetits a ball player.
This seems to be so lu the case of Noli
Ball, the former Now Yorker, now a
member of the Clevelund Americans.
When with the Highlanders Ball play
ed nu inconsistent game, hut since
Joining the Naps he lias put up a rat
tling good game at short, lu a recent
game against Bostou Ball made a
triple play unassisted.
Ball's great achievement probably
saved the game for his team. Wagner
and Stabl of the Bostons opened tho
NEIL BALI, OF THE CLEVELAND AMERICANS
second inning with clean singles. On
the hit and run Ball went over to cov
er second, and so was in a position to
spear McConnell's vicious liner, al
most directly over the bag. He had
but to step on the cushion to double
up Wagner, who had left with the
pitch. Stahl had such n lead off first
that be was unable to stop until he
was within a step or two of Bail.
Neal had then but to tag him before
he could recover to complete the triple
put out. Ball has the distinction of
making the first play of this kind that
has ever been seen in the major
leagues. Only six times previously in
the history ot baseball has the play oc
curred. To Boom Horse Racing.
Ausu.it IJelmnnt's announcement
that he will race almost exclusively In
America in future is regarded as ex
cellent proof that the turf in tills
country will not bo obliterated. Mr.
Belmont has paid an unusual amount
of attention to racing here this season.
visiting the tracks almost daily, and
says ho is convinced that tho public
will support the game with enough
liberality to keep it alive, even If it
may be several years before the old
popularity returns. Mr. Belmont's de
termination to have thirty nursery j station. Ilrecdor's Gazette.
bred yearlings turned over to Trainers '
John Whalcn and Thomas Welsh to l Care of Chickens,
be prepared for next season's cam- Above all. the most important thing
paign on the metropolitan tracks Is the In poultry raisiug is to keep the chicks
result of careful observation and, it free from lice. Hut it is just as lul
ls thought, will result in other big portaut to give plenty of fresh air.
turfmen following the example of the Of course chickens cannot grow with
Joekey club's chairman. Mr. Belmont , out feed. This should be supplied In
will send three yearlings to England
more as a compliment to Trainer Wat
son than for any other reason. Hut
superb breeding establishments In
Kentucky will be shown on the Now
York race courses.
steadv 2:10 Trotters Scarce.
The two minute trotter appeared six
years ago. and the trotters that have
, beaten 2:05 number sixteen, but the
person who can breed or develop a
' horse so that he can trot three succes
1 slve heats in 2:10 can get a price for
him that will pay well for the effort,
and he can also earn money enough
1 in one year with such a horse to keep
the owner In good condition the fol
lowing year. While the list of 2:10
: trotters Is a long one, filling over two
! pages in the year book, the fact re-
mains that a 2:10 trotter Is good
i enough to win In any country If ho
lean trot three successive heats that
, fast, and the people who go to harness
1 races will always enthuse over any
I trotter that can do It.
Changes In Athletic Rules.
At the last meeting of the Amateur
1 Athletic Union of the United States
, steps were taken for important
changes in tho rules governing cham
! pionsblps of the A. A. U. and the
(legislation committee was Instructed
at that time to prepare new rules pro
viding for several new events namely,
tho hop, step and jump and throwing
the Javelin. These have been added to
I the championship list, as has also the
1 ten mile run. The ten milo run has
I not been given for several years past,
! but it Is now made one of tho annual
' fixtures.
Vanderbllt Heads Winning List
W. K. Vanderbllt beads the list of
dinners on tho French turf slnco the
season opened on March 12 last, his
horses having won $100,400 up to
July 15. Maurice Rothschild comes
next, with a total of $12L200. Daron
de Rothschild's horse Verdum was tho
greatest single winner. $110,(500, In
cluding the $70,000 Grand Prix. Mr.
Vanderbllt's Oversight comes next,
with $01,000 to his credit.
HINTS FOR FARMERS
Conquering the Weeds.
A valuable means of keeping under
control If not completely exterminat
ing nny form of noxious growth is
the following of a rational system of
rotating crops. It will have becu ob
served that the different farm crops
appear to have a sort of afllnity for
certaiu kinds of weeds. For instance,
spring grains are congenial to mus
tard, wild oats and foxtail; fall wheat
aud rye to cockle, pigeon weed and
chess, while meadows aud pastures
encourage the growth of curled dock,
oxeyo daisy and plantain.
1 These facts suggest a rearrange
I meat of crops, such as sowing spring
' grains on lands infested with weeds
, common to fall grains, aud vice versa.
, In the former case the cultivation re
' quired in connection with the seeding
; operations will destroy any weeds that
, may have started to grow the previous
' fall. In the latter instance the crops
1 will bo harvested and Incidentally any
foul growth kept from maturing. On
pastures nnd meadows where the
growth of grass is fairly dense an
nuals are pretty likely to be smother
, ed out. The trouble will be from bl
1 enuials and perennials. If a short
rotation of. say, three or four years
is practiced, which includes a hoed
i crop following soil, these may be held
' in check so as to give very little trou
! ble. Farm and Fireside.
i
Tho Poultry Yard.
Lack of business brings on liver
complaint In hens. Just ns It does in
men.
Poultry brings returns ns quickly ns
any Investment that can be made.
It is not enough to clean out under
the roosts and think you have done
a good Job. Take out everything mov
able, and don't bring anything back
till you have made it as clean as you
possibly can.
Laying hens should not be too fat
Think of this when making up your
rations.
Crop corn from your ration while
the weather is hot.
Skip feeding at noon while the hens
are out on good range in summer.
Feed sparingly of buckwheat In
warm weather. It is a hearty, fatten
ing feed.
Sloppy mashes are not half as good
as those which are a bit crumbly.
Don't got them too wet. Farm Jour
nal. Soil Problems,
i In experiments with soils and fer
, tllizers by the Wisconsin experiment
station it lias been found that on heav
I lly manured lands there Is excessive
1 leaching of fertilizing materials, par
ticularly phosphates, which were for
merly supposed to have been retained
In the soil In a form available for
, future crops. Examination of the
drainage waters shows that if large
, amounts of these materials are added
there are heavy losses which cannot
be regained. At some thirty-live points
j,i the state co-operative experiments
on soil problems are being made on
' the use of phosphates on clay lands
supplemented by manure and other
fertilizers. Most of tills work is belug
done entirely by the farmers upon
plans furnished by the experiment
abundance, with plenty of pure water.
If always supplied with plenty of each
there is little danger of their gorging
themselves, provided they are on free
range. Ilul there is no reason why
they should run tho entire farm. Exer
cise makes the flesh hard and con-
I uuemeni tuaues it soir. anu a nappy
medium should be struck between
these two extremes. Give a variety
of feed, including milk and other ani
mal products. American Agriculturist.
The Self Running Farm.
Just as sure as one settles back and
lets things on the farm run themselves
they will do it, and the peculiar thing
about it is that they always run one
way, downhill, and they run faster
than a horse can trot too. The day for
that kind of farming has gone by. It
is clear out of sight, in fact. It bad to
go, because there so many bright, up
to date farmers who are pressing
things sharply every day that there
Is no chance whatever for the man
who is satisfied to go along in an easy,
slipshod way. Up and at it must be
the watchword of every farmer who
expects to win at the present time.
Furin Journal.
The Age to Breed Ewes.
Probably the most Important time
In flock management is the breeding
season, says American Agriculturist
After a ram Is chosen the ewes that
be breeds should not be less than one
year old, or never breed any lambs.
It docs not pay financially, as It de
creases tho size and runs tho flock
to scrubby, small and Inferior animals.
Tho breeding season will begin In Oc
tober nnd probably last to Dec. 1, ac
cording to tho lambing accommoda
tions. Holding Juices In a Silo.
It is not well to hold the silage Juices
In tho silo. They become as add almost
as vlny,'ar. Therefore a silo should
not havo a concrete floor, but the silago
Bhould rest on the earth, and It will
bo found in much better condition
than If there is a concrete floor. Doubt
less tho retention of tho Juices would
add to the side pressure upon the
walls. Breeder's Gazette,
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