Indian Territory Iowa None None None Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Inland and foreign l 5%; outside U. S., 15%. In N. Y. City, 2; in Middle Atlantic States, Dist. of Col., or New England (except Conn.), 3% in N. C., S. C., I., Ind., Ohio, Ga., Ky., Mich., 5%; elsewhere in U. S., 8%. If "beyond seas," 20%. 5% on foreign bills. Outside State, but in U. S., 5%; outside U. S., 10% Same as Georgia. Same as Georgia. Same as Arkansas. If not in State, but in U. S., 3%; outside U. S., 5%. No damage except when drawn on person outside 1% if 75 miles distant; if in N. Y. or any State If in Wis., Ill., Ind., Pa., Ohio, N. Y., 3%; in If in U. S., 6%; outside U. S., 12%. If outside State, but in U. S., 3%; in North America (except N. W. Coast), West India or Bahama Islands, 10%; Europe or South Am., 15%; elsewhere, 20% If in State, 2%; in Neb., Ia., Minn., Wis., Ill., Mo., Mont., S. Da., 3%; elsewhere in U. S., 5%; outside U. S., 10%. Rhode Island.. 3 3 3 3 3 None South Carolina South Dakota None Same as Iowa. Washington None None None | West Virginia. Same as Georgia. Outside the State, but in U. S., 3%; outside U. S., 10%%%% Outside the State, 5%. 3 While the facts contained in this tabulation were obtained from the most reliable sources, the commerclal laws are liable to be amended by legislatures. The State laws themselves should, therefore, be consulted, that any such changes may be noted. Under seal 10 years. Except in case of fraud and breach of trust. $Except in case of fraud. Unless debtor is disposing of or secreting property. Except in cases of fraud and in supplementary proceedings. **Except females. Except to secure person of debtor to answer sult. Except absconding debtor. $$Except absconding debtor: females exempt. (e) And liable to separate action for double usury received. (d) Usury a misdemeanor. (e) Forfeiture of double accrued interest and (f) Treble amount of usurious interest paid. (g) If under seal 10 years. (h)20 years if execution issues within year from judgment; otherwise 10 years. If made outside of State, 2 years. May be revived after becoming dormant. If under seal, 17 years. If under seal, 20 years. If under seal, 12 years. If under Real, 16 years. "If under seal, 14 years. "If under seal, 20 years; 10 years if made outside the State. To sue for debts contracted before residence action must be brought within 2 years from time such residence was obtained. 19 Foreign. 5 years. 11 Between merchants. 20 years. 12 Between merchants, 4 years. 13 In justice court. 10 years; foreign, 5 years. 14In justice court, 10 years. From date of last execution. In Justice court, 6 years; foreign, 10 years. 17Foreign, 10 years. Foreign same as State in which rendered. costs. if not over 10 years. 19 Foreign. 1 year. 20 May be revived within 21 years. 21 Not more than 18% can be collected on loans of less than $1,000. 22 Defendant also forfeits 10% to the school fund. 23The 10% forfeit applies to the school fund. 24On call loans of $5,000 or upward any rate of interest may be collected. Cime of Planting, Quantity of Seed, etc., for Several Regions. The information contained in the following table is from the latest reports of the United States Department of Agriculture: NEW ENGLAND. (1) The standard varieties of seed planted in the several sections of the United States are as follows: Corn: New England, leaming, sanford, flint; Middle States, leaming, white dent, yellow dent: Central and Western States, leaming, sanford, flint, white dent; Southern States, hickory king, goardseed. Cox prolific. Wheat. Middle States, fultz: Central and Western States, fultz, poole, fife: Southern States. fulcaster. Oats: New England, white; Middle States, white, black; Central and Western States, gray Norway, silver mine, Russian: Southern States, Texas rustproof. Barley: Middle States, mansbury: Southern States, Tennessee winter. Rye: New England, white: Middle States, white, winter: Central and Western States, winter; Southern States, excelsior winter. Buckwheat: Middle States, silver hull: Central and Western States, silver hull. White Beans: Middle States, Central and Western States, Southern States, Potatoes: New England, green mountain, carmen 3, rose; Middle States, rose, carmen 3, rural 2; Central and Western States, hebron, rural, early rose, early Ohio. Turnips: New England, yellow; Middle States, purple top: Southern States, purple top. Mangels: New England, Middle States, long red. Tobacco: Central and Western States, yellow prior, Spanish, white burley. Hay, clover: Middle States, medium red. Sweet Potatoes: Middle States, yellow Jersey; Southern States, yellow Jersey. Cabbage: Middle States, Dutch; Southern States, wakefield, flat Dutch, Charleston. Flax: Middle States. rega, white blossom, Dutch. Cotton: Southern States, Texas stormproof. Cow peas: Southern States, black, whippoorwill, Watermelons: Southern States, Jones, rattlesnake. Spring wheat is to some extent grown in Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and many other States. It matures in eighteen to twenty weeks. navy. (2) In Texas the black loam is a good soil for cotton, corn, wheat, and most other field crops. What to Do Before the Doctor Comes. By JOHN J. M'MAHON, M. D. Many times lives have been lost in cases of drowning, poisoning, etc., when they might have been saved if assistance had been rendered pending the arrival of a medical man. Keep cool; remember that any help given to be useful must be carefully and quickly rendered, especially in drowning and poisoning cases. Του much attention, turning and moving by a crowd of excited people will probably do as much harm as too little. All cannot do the same thing at the same time. Let one take charge and let the others assist him. Keep the crowd of curious persons that always gather away from the patient. He will get more air and those helping him will be freer to work. Always send for a physician in serious accidents. If one cannot be at hand immediately, as is often the case, help may be given pending his arrival if the suggestions below are remembered. They have been written as simply and concisely as possible, with the hope that they may be remembered and acted upon in time of need. POISONS. In all cases of poisoning there should be no avoidable delay in summoning a physician. The most important thing is the the stomach should be emptied at once. If the patient is able to swallow, this may be accomplished by emetics, such as mustard and water, a teaspoonful of mustard to a glass of water, salt and water, powdered ipecac and copious draughts of luke-warm water, Vomiting may also be induced by tickling the back of the throat with a feather. When the patient begins to vomit care should be taken to support the head in order that the vomited matter may be ejeceed at once, and not swallowed again or drawn into the wind pipe. Acids. When acids have been taken, use alkalies-lime water, magnesia and chalk water-follow with mucilaginous drinks-flour and water, flaxseed tea, etc. Opium and Other Narcotics.-Cold water should be dashed over the face and head, the body flicked with a wet towel and an emetic given such as mustard and water, and the patient must be kept awake. This may be accomplished by walking the patient and giving doses of strong coffee. If necessry artificial respiration as described in the treatment of drowning persons, should be used." Alcoholic Poison.-Use emetics-ipecac, mustard and water, sulphate of zinc and water-after which use strong coffee and keep the body warm. Strychnine. After emetics have been given the patient should be disturbed as little as possible, for the least thing induces a convulsive attack. The most important thing is to keep the person warm and quiet. Bromide of potassium may be given, twenty grains at a dose, repeated every hour. Salts of Mercury and Arsenic.-These are commonly used as bug poisons, and are powerful irritants, very often fatal, and when taken the whites of eggs and milk should be freely given, or flour and water, followed by an emetic. Carbolic Acid.-Oleaginous substances, olive oil, sweet oil, etc., alcohol and water, lime water, sulphate of soda and magnesia, followed by emetics should be administered at once. Stimulants should be given, as there is always shock. Oxalic, Sulphuric, Hydrochloric and Nitric Acids.-Use the oleaginous drinks described for carbolic acid, and follow with flaxseed tea. Chloroform, Chloral and Ether.-Use cold applications on the head and chest and artificial respiration. Iodine and Antimony.-Use flour and water or starch and water, followed by an emetic. Nitrate of Silver.-Use salt and water. DROWNING. Handle the body gently. Loosen any clothing. Carry the body face downward, with the head slightly raised. No time should be lost in following out the instruction given below, which should be continued for hours without ceasing, or until a physician, who should be summoned immediately, shall arrive. The body should be stripped of all clothing, rubbed dry and placed in bed in a warm room. Warmth should be supplied to the body with hot water bottles or some other appliances. Cleanse the mouth of any dirt or mucus that may be in it, and draw the tongue forward with a handkerchief, holding it with the finger and thumb. This is most important. as it opens the windpipe, and should not be neglected. The patient should be placed upon his back, with head and shoulders slightly elevated. The operator, standing behind his head. should grasp the arms just above the elbow and draw them steadily and gently upward until they meet above the head, then bring them down to the side of the chest slowly and persistently at the rate of twenty times to the minute. These movements imitate expiration and inspiration. The trunk and limbs should be rubbed when breathing commences, and brandy and water may then be given. BURNS AND SCALDS. In severe cases the patient will suffer a great deal from shock. A stimulant should be given and the patient kept warm, wrapped in a blanket. The parts burned should be wrapped in common white wadding after an application of lime water and linseed oil, equal parts; castor oil, flour and treacle, baking soda and water or lotion of carbolic, consisting of a teaspoonful of carbolic to a quart of water, has been applied LIME IN THE EYE. Use a lotion of sugar and water or vinegar and water. FAINTING. Lay the person flat upon the back, loosen the clothing, allow plenty of fresh air, apply cold applications to the face and warmth to the feet. FITS AND APOPLEXY. Raise the head, loosen the clothing and apply cold applications to the head. BLEEDING AT THE NOSE. This may usually be arrested by putting a plug of int into each nostril and cold applications to the forehead and nape of the neck. Hot water or powdered alumn may also be used, snuffed up the nostrils, or the vapors of turpentine. BONES IN THE THROAT. If a fish or other bone lodges in the throat insert the fore-finger and press upon the root of the tongue. This will induce vomiting. Another simple method is to get upon all fours and cough, or else take emetic of mustard and water. CONTUSIONS AND BRUISES. Cold is the best application, either an ice bag or a piece of lint soaked in a solution of lead or boracic acid. If of a severe nature keep the lint moistened continuously. Tincture of arnica and witch hazel are also good remedies. CUTS AND WOUNDS. In bleeding from wounds or recent amputations press the finger or hand over the bleeding point, pressing on the main artery supplying blood to the wound. If this is not possible, apply a bandage as tightly as possible above the wound. By tying a handkerchief loosely around the limb, thrusting a short stick through it and twisting it tightly an excellent tourniquet may be improvised. The blood from an artery which has been severed is a bright red, and comes in spurts with each beat of the heart. The color of the blood from an ordinary cut is of a dark purplish shade, and flows in a steady stream. All cuts should be washed out with warm water, to which one or two drops of carbolle acid Las been added. The edges of the wound should then be brought together and held in position by strips of plaster, then bound up tightly with clean bandages. Newspapers in the United States in 1902. 37 77 The papers enumerated in the above table are those quoted in Ayer's American Newspaper Annual. Newspapers in Central and South America, Mexico and the West Indies. (Information furnished by the Bureau of American Republics.) Argentine Republic. 62 58 173 Bolivia. 29 304 10 83 28 50 6 32 11 Honduras 3 12 1 18 Although the exact number of newspapers published in the world is not known statisticians estimate that there are about 50,000, about half of which are printed in the English language. Besides the 22,839 publications printed in the United States and Canada, Great Britain prints about 9,500; Germany, 7,000; France. 4,500; Japan, 2,000; Italy, 1,500; Austria-Hungary, 1,200; Asia, outside of Japan, 1,000; Spain, 850; Australia, 800; Russia, 800; Greece, 600; Switzerland, 450; Belgium, 300; Holland, 300, and all other countries, about 1,000. The World's Fair at St. Louis. By WALTER B. STEVENS, Secretary of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition. The Louisiana Purchase Exposition, which is to be held at St. Louis in 1904, had its beginning assured by an Act of Congress, which on March 3, 1901, not only appropriated $5,000,000 in aid of it, but extended Government national supervision and patronage over it. In the eighteen months that have elapsed since that date organization has been perfected for all branches of the work of preparation. The site, embracing 1,190 acres, has been secured; most of the grading necessary to prepare it has been done; two of the fourteen exhibit buildings are approaching completion; four others are under construction, and contracts for the remaining buildings are being let as rapidly as specifications can be prepared. The expenditures to date exceed $2,000,000; the contracts let exceed $5,000,000, and there is in the treasury of the company $5,500,000. The Government's appropriation of $5,000,000 has not yet been drawn upon and will not be until the company has expended $10,000,000. In addition to its general appropriation in aid of the Exposition, the Government has up to date appropriated $1,308,000 for its building and exhibits. The site for this government building has already been graded, and the contract for its construction will be let at once. This building is to be twice the length of the United States Treasury Department at Washington. The fourteen exhibit palaces have an average width of about 550 feet, and vary in length from 750 feet to 1,500 feet. The Agricultural Building will be the largest erected up to this time for a single exposition department. The exhibit palaces will provide 200,000 acres of covered space for exhibits and will be located in a semi-circle a mile and one-half long, fronting upon terraces and cascades. An intramural system of transportation will have a length of between seven and eight miles. The World's Fair site at St. Louis is twice as large as that of the Columbian Exposition, and four times the space occupied by the Paris Exposition of 1900. Up to the present time the legislatures of eighteen States and Territories have appropriated over $2.622.500 for their participation. Twelve other States and Territories have World's Fair organizations formed and popular funds started which will aggregate $1,450,500, which assures a total of $4,073,000 for buildings and exhibits of States and Territories alone. Twenty-five legislatures will meet in the Winter of 1902-3, and in all of them bills providing for World's Fair appropriations will be introduced. The best information obtainable from the States which have not yet had opportunity to act indicates that the fund for State and Territorial participation will reach $7,500,000, a sum about 50 per cent greater than the amount similarly expended at Chicago. Thirty-one States and Territories now have commissions appointed and organized to represent them at the fair, and in five other States legislation has been enacted authorizing cominissions which have not yet been appointed. The participation by the possessions of the United States will constitute an entirely new feature of International expositions. The Philippines, Porto Rico, Hawaii, Guam and Samoa have already under way preparations for representation. The Governor of Alaska is asking for $40,000 to properly exhibit the reSources of that Territory; Porto Rico has made her appropriation: Hawaii has an organization: the Governors of Guam and of the Samoan Islands under the American Flag are preparing to send exhibits, and Governor Taft, of the Philippines, recently visited St. Louis and developed plans which will be carried out at once for partielpation by the Archipelago. Foreign nations have acted even more promptly, and in nearly every instance on a more elaborate scale than in 1893. The Commissioners General of these countries have visited St. Louis, have held conferences with the officers and have asked for their building sites. France has received her site, and her representative has announced that the six acres will be utilized by the reproduction of the historic Petit Trianon, of Versailles, in the midst of a typical French garden. Mexico, Canada and Japan have asked for sites to be reserved for buildings, and Japan's appropriation alone will be twice that expended at Chicago. The plans of Siam for exhibits have been submitted. China has accepted and the Government has issued instructions to the provinces to prepare exhibits. Cuba has also accepted, as have all the Central and South American Republics, with four exceptions, and from these favorable action is anticipated when Congresses meet during the coming Winter. Through diplomatic channels, Great Britain and Germany have informed the Government of the United States that in short time their commissioners will be prepared to take charge of their participation. Greece has already accepted, and in Italy, Switzerland and Belgium movements have been inaugurated which look to favorable government action. Declinations by other nations have been very few, and in most instances have been based on the shortness of time for preparation. This reason has been removed through the postponement of the Exposition by Congress to 1904, and reconsideration is now promised in nearly every case of early declination. The dedication of buildings, however, will take place under the auspices of the National Commission on April 30, 1903, on which occasion the President of the United States, the Cabinet, Senators and Representatives, the Diplomatic Corps and Governors of States, as well as the foreign and State and Territorial Commissioners will be present. |