Decatur Democrat, Volume 39, Number 25, Decatur, Adams County, 6 September 1895 — Page 8

TWO WARE MM. Factory Boiler at Warsaw Explodes With Disastrous Effects. ACCIDENT IS DUPLICATED. Two Live* Loot at Huntington From the Same Cause—General Wallace Says He Would Not Be Librarian of Congress— Prisoner Makes a Dash for LibertyMinor State Items. Warsaw, Aug. SO. —A boiler explosion at the oar factory yesterday, during the noon hour, killed Quinoy Nebrunner, the fireman, who was the only , employe about the premises, and James Hoffman, a teamster, who was driving • along the street by the building. Sawmill Boiler Explodes. Huntington, Aug. 30.—A terrible accident happened yesterday at the farm of John McCabe, about 12 miles east of this city. A boiler in a sawnull owned by John Flaugh exploded, killing -Jacob Flaugh, son of the proprietor. aad an employe named Frank Fail. The remains of the two men were blown Quite a distance from the mill, which is a total wreck. Both the dead men were married and leave families. The aeei- . dentAvas due to a lack of water in the boiler. ■ WOULDN’T HAVE THE PLACE. | General Wallies Would Not Re Librarian Under Any Clrcum-tauc®. Crawfordsville, Aug. 30.—General ’ Lew Wallace, .who has-been mentioned . as the probable successor of Mr. Spof- • ford as Congressional librarian,' was asked yesterday about the truth of the rumor. In reply the famous author said he was not a candidate and would not accept the place under any consideration. 1 “lam not a place-hunter,’’said he, ; “and Ido not want any office. Nor, indeed, would I accept one; least of all would I accept the position mentioned. The old library as it now stands is a hotbed of disease and pestilence. I regard the incumbent, Mr. Spofford, as the ' only fit man for the place. He is hon-, est and capable, and then his long years of experience have rendered him necessary.” Made a Dash For Liberty. Logansport, Aug. 30. — Charles Adams, who was arrested here some days ago for complicity with Dr. Albert Morey in the sensational Arda Warner case, was discharged after his preliminary hearing, but was immediately re- ; arrested upon a warrant from Miami county, charging him with seduction. He watl permitted to visit his attorneys, and while there made a dash for liberty, but after an exciting chaso. he was recaptured. He will be taken to Peru for J trial. Winona Assembly, Eagle Lake, Aug. 30. —The evangelistic meetings under the auspices of the poted J, Wilbur Chapman, D. D., of Albany, are growing in interest, and the number in attendance is constantly increasing. The singing of Professor . and Mrs. Lowe adds much to the special interest. Mr. Chapman has accepted ’ the management of the Bible school here. This school is to be similar to the one conducted by Dwight L. Moody at Northfield, Mass. Failed to Go With the Balloon. Franklin, Aug. 30.—An amateur ’ aeronaut named Dennis disappointed a , crowd of people yesterday at the fair ■ grounds. He had advertised a balloon j ascension, and was there all right with his airship, but when it was inflated and cast off Dennis forgot to catch hold of ■ the trapeze, and instead of being a star performer in a daring act had to content himself with being a mere spectator. Boglands Burning. Logansport, Aug. 30.—The mucklands near the Twin lakes north of here was accidentally fired last week and | many acres have already been burned over. The late rains have extinguished the blaze upon the surface, but it continues to eat its way under ground, and the farmers have dug trenches and filled them with clay in order to check its progress. Injured Man Was the Aggressor. Franklin.- Aug. 30. —Joel R. White. Death In a Burning Cleveland, Aug. 30.--Th< home of Paul Alonski on Devenny avenue was destroyed by fire last night and his 5-year-old daughter Polly perished in the flames. In attempting to rescue the child, Alonski was severely burned, and while looking for the body in the ruins, ' Captain McKenzie of the fire department was injured by falling into a hole filled with burning debris. Has Aspirations. East Liverpool, 0., Aug. 30.— George Hackathorne, aged 20, ran amuck here yesterday .with two Revolvers. Ite ■ fired at five different persons, none of | whom were hit, then attempted to j swim the Ohio river. Officers pursued . him in a<skiff and finally captured him-1 Hackathorne was not intoxicated, and I his escapade is attributed to a desire tc ‘ figure as a desperado.—- r . Indianapolis, Aug. 31^—Late yesterday afternoon the supreme court hand- ' ed down a decision declaring the school law passed by the last legislature to be ■ unconstitutional. The opinion was written by Chief Justice Howard, and declares the law unconstitutional because of a defect in the title. Judge Hackney handed down a concurrent opinion and Judge Jordan a dissenting opinion. The decision, is based upon the fact that the title says the amendment is to the act of 1865, although it closes with a reference to the amendment of 1873, as foand in section 4,42-1 of the revised i i'VWßr*® 3 of 188 L Tfto law changed the time of electing cojßity superintendents from June until \. |#®tember, and had more or less of a

political effect from the fact that the township trustees elected last fall did not take their offices until August, which, had the new law prevailed, would have allowed the new trustees to elect the superintendents. BIBLE STUDY FOR 18»0. Arrongenunits Counuminnted at Winona For o Summer School Next Year. Eagle Lalk, Aug. 31.—The series of evangelistic meetings at Winona Assembly, which were commenced last Sunday under the auspices of the noted evangelist, Rev. J. Wilbur Chapman, are producing the grandest results, attracting many people from a distance. | A new feature for 1896 has just been consummated, the good results of which ; can only as yet bo partially anticipated, | viz.: the establishment of a.conference for Bible study with Dr. Chapman at ; its head. This department is modeled after the Northfield school in charge of Dwight L. Moody, and will be the only thing of the kind in the west. In this j work Dr. Chapman will have associated I with him noted representatives of res- * cue work from Chicago and New York, and will bring here as Bible teachers men known throughout the world, such as Dr. Moorehead of this country and ; Dr. F. B. Myei* of England. Dr. Chap- : man is associated with Mr. Moody at Northfield, and as the sessions of the Winona conference will not be held until after the close of those at Northfield, many of the prominent loaders and workers in that widely and favorably known school for Bible study will follow Mr. Chapman to Winona and assist in the work here. j ' DROWNED IN WAWASE3. Miss Vannatta and Bert Sargent, Both of Ohio, Lose Their Live*. Syracuse. Aug. 31 —Miss Nettie Van-' □atta, aged 20, of Lima, Ol,and Bert Sar-1 | gent-of Tiffin, 0., aged 19, were drowned | in Wawas ■ lake at Black Stump Point I while bathing. yesterday afternoon, i After rowing out in the lake Miss Van- ' natta feared getting into the water. ! , The young man plunged intp the water ; I himself and pulled her out of the boat. , In her fright she grasped him and both ' went down. Wants 810,000 Damages. Wabash, Aug. 31.—Suit was brought ' in tli.e circu’t court here yesterday by ' Kit C. Haworth of Anderson against Solomon Wilson of the Wabash School Furniture company. The complaint . states that early in August Mr. Wilson ■ agreed to transfer 368 shares of the I school furniture company to Mr. Haworth in exchange for the Suiiian block and a tract of laud in Anderson. The consideration was $42,000. It is claimed ! that after the deed was made .and the ' agreement signed, Mr. Wilson refused I to assign the stock, claiming that there i i was a flaw in the title to the Anderson realty. Th,.; Haworth denies and demands $40,000 damages. Investigating the Pietzel Murder. Indianapolis, Aug. 31. —The investiI gation of the murder df the Pietzel boy |is going on before the coroner, and I among other testimony brought out was that Druggist Wright, on East Washington street, identified the photograph of Holmes'as the man to whom he sold large quantities of chloroform and cocaine. The officers are on the trace of . the man who sold Holmes the stove and furniture. Detective Geyer and Inspector I Gary left yesterday afternoon for Philadelphia, leaving the case here in the hands of the local force. Divorced Wife Still Ha. the Child; Elwood, Aug. 31< —Another chapter in the fight for possession of a child that has been waged for the past year bei tween Robert Jones and his divorced : wife has been enacted. Jones had man- * aged to secure possession of the child ’ •»rw»r»'V» t"! vr Vxx-» S V»»ri ■*■»•■£'* L. « Vxx ——— - —4- - on a of attempted assault, ana while he was being held for trial she took possession of tne child. Will Prospect In the Andes. Elwood, Aug. 31.—Robert Frost, John Mines and Charles Miner will leave here next week in charge of an exploring party for South America, where they will take charge of a large ■ party of 400 miners for an exploring i company of New York city to explore the Andes mountains for gold mines. They expect to be gone at least two years. Burglars In Mr. Shively’s House. Wabash, Aug. 31. — Judge H. B. ; Shively, department commander of the G. A. R., on hfe return from Ohio found that his residence had been entered by I j burglars and property to the value of i J £3OO stolen. Nearly all of'it is jewelry I r ‘ cut twolSHiß oT clothes are included ill ;he list. ; Danville, Sept. 2.—Wednesday morn- , ing, in the Hendricks circuit court, will i be called for trial what promises to be the most sensational case ever tried in Hendricks county—that of William E. Hinshaw, charged with the murder of his wife. The interest in the case, ■ which was so manifest at the time of the tragedy, has been revived and is i now the one absorbing topic of conver- : sation. | Hinshaw is in the county jail resting as easy, apparently, as one could who is iso soon to be tried for his life. He has ’many faithful friends who have never j faltered in their loyalty to him, and they are constantly visiting him in his cell. These friends believe him in upcent and are positive of his acquittal. I The family of Mrs. Hinshaw are friend- | : iy toward nis Case and. think Him an in- ] ! nodent man, with possibly the exception I of the father, Mr. Oyler, and he refuses to talk upon the subject. The attorneys for the defanse are Enoch G. Hogate, James L. Clark and James A. Parker of this place and John S. Duncan of Indianapolis. The state’s interests will be looked after by Otis E. Gulley, prosecuting attorney; Thomas X-.Cofer and Cash C. Hadley of this place and Henry N. Spann of Indianapolis. KILLED A TRAMP. , Man About Nineteen Years Old Shot While Taking Watermelons. I Sept. 2.—Yesterday an I unknown tramp about 19 years old, was shot and killed by Jack Carr, an old

• man. Carr is now ih jail, haiing given himself up immediately after the shootj ing, claiming the act was in self defense, and that the murdered man was a tramp and stealing watermelons. Carr thot a boy for the same offense about two weeks ago, but as the wound was not serious nothing was dono. j BOTTLE TRUST. — Fln.k Mnk«r« Form n Combination and Hope to Get Better Price.. I Ingalls, Sept. 2.—Another combine ! in the glass trade is reported to have been effected. The bottle and flask fao-; j tories of the west have perfected an organization similar to the combine of the ■ windowglass factories. The combine is I said to include every bottle and flask 1 factory in the west. The headquarters of the organization will be in Indiana, and all of the bottle and flask men of the gas belt, Illinois and in eastern states have pledged themselves to not make quotations on stopk to buyers until Sept. 16 next. The combine includes practically all of the factories. A big. fall trade and demand in bottles is expected and glass men say this move means a big boost in prices. Fight to the Fini»h« Wabash, Sept. 2.—A desperate fight between a horse and a boar, which resulted in the death of both animals, is reported from County Light, 18 miles north of this city. The animals were on the farm of Arthur Manson, and got together in a field, when the combat begun. At the end of 20 minutes the horse , was torn and bleeding, bad Wound.- be- ■ ing inflicted by the tusks of the angry ■ hog, which was also in a dying condition, its head and legs being broken by i kicks administered by the horse, Tho I animals survived the fight only a short ■ time. ■ Became Infatuated With Bach Other. i Frankton, Sept. lias a i first-class summer' 1 ■ sensation in the ■ elopement of two leading married peoi pie. Janies Creanger came here from ' St. Louis several weeks ago, bringing ; his four children. His wile had died, I They were neighbors of George Call and wife, the latter very pretty, aged 21. : The St. Louis man and the wife be- ; came infatuated and skipped out, to- ; gether, going first to Elwood, and from there to Chicago. She leaves one child and he the four. Awning Firm Fail. ‘Terre Haute, Sept. 2. —The John Hanley Manufacturing company made .an assignment because N. Boynton & Co., Bostoii creditors, declined to extend the time on a $2,500 note. The assignment carries with it the plants in ; Indianapolis and Louisville. The oomi pany manufactured upholstered furnij ture, tents, awnings, canvas goods and ■ mattresses, and was doing a large and profitable business. Mr. Hanley says thy assets are $40,000 and the liabilities $30,000., i Quart -Shop Not Wanted. Kokomo, Sept. 2; —The saloon at. Burlington Las been demolished again, making its seventh trip up the flume in j the cast six vears. The buildins has been vacant for some time, and the temperance people heard that it was to be occupied again with a ’quart shop. The building was completely wrecked, j Chase Memorial Fund. Wabash, Sept. 2.—Captain A. M. Atkinson, trustee of the Chase memorial fund, corrected the impression that sufficient money had been subscribed to provide Mrs. Chase with a home. The subscriptions to date amount to $1,725, ‘ or $275 less than the lowest amount which it was the intention to raise. Now a Raving Maniac. Tipton. Sept. 2.—Scott Magnett, a young farmer, was jailed here from Jefferson township, where he had been fined for assault and battery. Although he is well to do, he refused to pay the fine. Shortly after being jailed he became violently insane, ahd is How a raving maniac. Indianapolis, Sept. 3.—The weather yesterday was all that could be'asked. ~ The morning was cool and at no time . was a good breeze lacking. With fine weather and a big crowd the celebration of Labor day in this city was big success. Xho day was generally observed as a holiday all over the state, and thousands of people from outside the city visj ited the capital. All the incoming trains ' had extra cars, .and' they were packed , from the engine to the erid of the bell ■ rope. j Many thousands of people watched the I paradfefrom,the streets and sidewalks, i and Monument place was simply a solid j maSH of spectators in that part in front of which the parade passed. I At,10:05 the parade began to move, headed by a platoon of police. The first division was composed of trip buildI ing trades. Then came the bakers and cigarmakers, the latter organization making a large turnout. The coopers, . retail clerks and furniture workers followed. Preceded by the Indianapolis Military band, next in line came 140 members of Typographical union, with plug hats and cream colored dusters, ■ the pressmen and bookbinders following. The sawmaking trade was next represented, and then came over 200 iron molders, which was the most members turned out by any one trade. Big, jolly brewers closed the parade. There were 60 of them, and it is needless to say they were all against the Nicholson j law. The parade was over an hour in 1 passing, and was the best ever given • here, as there was a notable absence of I wagons, the line being nearly all marching representatives of trades. After the parade the crowd went to the fair grounds, to which admission was free, and a most enjoyable day was spent. In the afternoon John Mcßride, president of tho American Federation of Labor, and Carey L. Smith delivered addresses. A programme of sports dosed the afternoon. Fittingly Celebrated at Loulsvlll®. Louisville, Sept. 3.—Labor day was fittingly celebrated by a monster picnic at Phoenix Hill park, over 35,000 Hckets being issued for the occasion. The fesj tivities commenced at .3 o’clock in Die [afternoon and lasted until after midnight. Addresses were delivered by Walter Darby and other well known

local men. The parade which usually marks the occurrence was suspended. Aooldnu* at Bloomington. Bloomington, Ills., Sept. 3.—-During the Labor day exercises here, j ist after the speakers had finished their addresses, tho stand on which they stood gave way. Thirty persons went down to the ground with a crash and were struggling to get out of the broken I timbers and boards. Three young ladies were seriously injured. Tho others escaped with painful cute and bruises. Toronto Observed the Day. Toronto, Sept. 3.—Labor day was generally observed as a holiday throughout tho cities in Ontario yesterday. Over 4,000 workmen inarched through the principal streets of this city and wound up with a programme of games at the island. Lieutenant Governor Kirkpatrick and Secretary of State Montague were among the speakers. Parade at Washington. Washington, Sept. 3.—Labor day parade here yesterday was the most im- ; posing display ever made by organized J labor in the district of Columb.a. There ‘ we.o over 5,000 men in lino, all neatly ■ uniformed and each division headed by j a band of music. Columbia Tvpographical Union had 1,200 men in line. Large Crowd at- Terre Haute. Terre Haute, Sept. 3.—Labor day | was celebrated here with a parade in ! the morning and amusements at the fair ; ground in the afternoon. Addresses [ were made by Senator Voorhees and Colonel McLean. Cincinnati’!* Barge Ttirnouta Cincinnati, Sept. 3.—Labor day was 1 celebrated by a parade id which 5,000 men marched. MAY HAVE CHANGED HIS MIND. Henry MulviU’s Mup Showing Where He Buried Ills Treasure. Newark, N. J., Sept. 3.—There is $25,000 in gold hidden away somewhere in Vailsburg, near the old Demorest farm, and the silver question has given way to a discussion of the particular whereabouts of the fortune. Thomas Hefferma’n and Harold and Benjamin Simpson, while passing an old stump on the farm yesterday found a piece of parchment, yellow with age and the action of the weather, protruding from the stump. When unfolded the parchment was seen to contain the followings* Being chased from place to tilace bv the confederates, I, John Henry Mulvillof Essex county, N. J., have decided to bury my fortune, $25,000 in gold, where the map shows. If I ever dig it up, which is “wrapped” in an iron trunk, 1 will destroy this map, which L place in this tree. John H enkv M ig.viLL. Tho parchment contains also "a chart with directions bow to find the treas-. ure. It sqys that the gold is buried in • Elizabeth b ook, near the South Orange lino. All day yesterday scores of men were throwing up the bottom of the brook for a distance of half a mile east ' and west of the village line, but failed to unearth the trunk alluded to in Muiwill's, strange message. Fireman Hilled at New Albany. New Albany, Sept. 3.—Neal Sloan, fireman on the Monon, was killed last night in t e roundhouse. He was coupling tv > tenders and was caught i across the al domen and crushed. Sloan’s I parents reside in Marengo, Ind. j.' —, Excursion to Put-m-Bay, Sunday’ Aug. 25 th. On above date the Clover Leaf will issue special excursion tickets from principal Indiana and Ohio stations east of Frankfort, where “Fast Line” No. 6 is scheduled to stop, to Put-in Bay and return at extremely low rate of $2 50 for the round trip. Tickets good returning from Toledo, Train No. 1. 8:05 a. m., Aug. 26th . C. C. JENKIFS. Gen. Pass. Agt., Toledo, Ohio. A fine present should always be se--lected from the best goods in the city. When you want to make a present to anyone, there is nicelis the fine chinaware you can buy so cheap at Woodward & Ball’s. 21wtf If you want good foot-wear at old knock-down prices, go early and attend tbejreat clearance sale at Holthouses’ shoe store. 21 w 2 We can now furnish parties with pickles and tomatoes in any quantities desired, Pickles 25c per hundred, delivered to any part of the city. ' 22wtf Ed. Johnson. Harness is way up. but we are not on our prices. All hand made, pure oak stock or no sale. 19-4 Ellsworth, Myers & Co. We have sold the Superior Drill, both plain and fertilizer, for the last three years, and they have given the very best of satisfaction. Call and see. They are the only force teeddrill made. We are selling the fluted feed for S4O 00. ,We can save you money. 19-4 Ellsworth, Myers & Co. Woodward &Ball, the leading furniture dealers of the city, carry a fine line of queensware, glassware, and in fact they are the only dealers incut glassware Call and see them and the finest display of chinaware ever in the city.2lwtf Free Delivery.—Leave your orders for chop, bran, midlings, ear orshelled corn, oats and screening. The best flour on earth. at your door. A. Vancamp. 466d12 18w8 Phone No 15. While it Is very unpleasant to have to part with our friends, yet it is the case in life. But it is a real pleasure to have gentlemanly undertakers to assist you in the .performance of this sad duty. You will find Woodward & Ball very pleasant gentlemen.- 21wtf Dr. Price’s Cream Baking Powder - . .

jBWAMWTM Searchers In the Holmes Crematory Find Many Ghastly Relics. DEADLY POISON WAS USED. Port of the Bon«» of Doth Feet Wore Found Buried In the Cellar, Together With Some Porte of a Leg and a FiveGallon Ooaloll Can—Mr*. Pietzel May Not Be Brought Here. Indianapolis, Aug. 30.—Searchers at the Holmes house in Irvington yesterday made several additional finds. In that part of the cellar which is pot cemented a mass of charred bones was found about 18 inohes below tho surface. I There were the heel bones of one foot I and the front part of tho other foot, less the toes, which had been burned off. I There was also part of the bones of a ’ lower leg. In the same grave where ■ these things were found' was a five- ! quart coaleil can with some of the oil I yet in it. Further digging brought to light more bones, including a part of the back , bone, a piece of the skull and other : small pieces, together with some large buttoris which looked like those used on girls’ cloaks. Several more teeth wore found. The search will be continued, as it is , probable that more evidence will be found, as tho stable is yet to bo examined and the yard has not been sounded for soft places. Dr. D. J. Toitell found a bottle of cyanide of potassium in the barn. It was in a box buried under some cobs arid - trash; it Tg~v>ire of tho deadliest of poisons, and might be used either hypodermically or in coffee. “It is the drug to kill with, if you want to kill quick,” said the coroner upon receiving the poison. A hat that is supposed to have belonged to Holmes has been found. It will be held at Irvington for identification by the detectives. The coroner has not yet decided whether he will send lor Mrs. Pietzel to come here for the purpose of identifying the things that have been found. Inspector Gary says he feats a visit hero and the sight of her boy’s bones might prostrate her and she could not appear against Holmes in Philadelphia when that worthy is tried for murdering her husband. Prosecutor W:ltsie will make a close examination of testimony before tho coroner, and if there is any possibility of getting Holmes here tho authorities will endeavor to do so. WILD MAN IN CONNECTICUT. With an Armed Former In Pursuit He Easily Leaps a High Fence. Winsted, Conn,; Aug. 30.—George Hotchkiss, a farmbr of Colebrook, has seen the wild man whom 200 hunters vainly pursued with more or less eagerness. Mr. Hotchkiss is a truthful man and temperate. He says he was walking toward his low house, when the door of the henhouse flew open and out jumped the wild man, with a fine pullet under each arm. Mr. Hotchkiss acknowledges he was startled. Recovering himself, he tan to his farmhouse, seized his shotgun and pursued the wild man, who was running swiftly in the direction of the Colebrook woods. The wild man leaped a 5-bar fence. Seeing that he was being outfooted, Hotchkiss dropped on one knee, hurriedly aimed and pulled the trigger, discharging both barrels. Hearing the report the wild man stopped, waved the pullets over his head and then fleiv on to the woods, but the most surprising thing is that Mr. Hotchkiss insists that the wild man’s only article of dress was a skirt—a woman’s skirt, tattered and stained, but still a woman’s skirt. It is probable that another expedition will be organized to hunt the wild man. Those who were inclined to doubt Selectman R. W. Smith now firmly believe in the strange creature’s existence. — iREPUBLICAN PROCLAMATION. — President McAlpin Issues an Address Advising Early Organization. Chicago, Aug. 30. —The National Republican league issued a proclamation yesterday to all state leagues, league clubs and the Republican party at large. The proclamatidi says that in view of the probable shortening of the next presidential campaign, it is important that all work K organization shall be started at pnee tnd pushed in the most • energetie-maßniws— It is further stated that danger threatens the republic from within, and it cites what it calls the un-American blunders of the present administration as an incentive to active work on the part of the Republican party. SAYS HE IS A WINNER. Coxey Claim* Hie Contest Is Between Hina and General Bushnell.' Zanesville, 0., Aug. 30.—J. S. Coxey, Populist Candidate for governor, passed through here yesterday on his way to Fairview to address the Penroyal reunion; Two car seats were filled with his published addresses. He said that the contest had narrowed down to himseli’ and General Bushnell. Campbell is n>t in it. He thinks he will win. who stabbed 'James Sandifur some weeks ago, and who has been in jail charged with aygault with intent to kill, being unable to give bond, has been discharged. It .is inderstood that Sandifur acknowledged icfore Uhe grand jury that he was the aggressor. . — Fine Apple* In Harrison County. & Corydon, Aug. 30.—The Corydon fair, which has been the best ever held here, closes tod y. The display of fruits and vegetables is very fine. It would seem fmppssibl) to get together a better collection ,<f apples. Some of the apples will measure 20 inches in circumference. Not Gulity of the Crime. Crown Point, Aug. 30.—Mrs. Charles Williams, Mrs. Jiightatadtandebn John, charged with pitting strychnine into a waterpail at Minford park, had their trial and were all acquitted. c ■

I' Duroc-Jersey*. IFaper read by Ell S. Jessup, of Rldge- | vllle, Ind., at the Portland, Ind., Farmj er's Institute.] In looking up the history of this breed of hogs the origin of them is not positively known. They can be traced 1 back to over anm century but earlier than that little is known. Some claim , them to be descendants of the Jersey P red and red Berkshire. The Duroc are . claimed to resemble the old fashioned r berkshire and possess many of thwr I qualities which made them so The name Duroc wns given bv Isaac Frink, a prominent farmer living at ’ Milton, Saratoga, county, New York, 1 in the year 1823 Many have been the chances since that time in the breeding J of them, until today they are taking the place at the top of tit* ladder, and as a ' new breed they are gaining ground faster than any other breed we have any acl count of, and there are ji|st reasons for ( making this assertion. In going back to our subject, I will i refer to volume 1, page 19of the American Duroc-Jersey record Tne Duroc i in New York and the red hogs of Connectieut were foamed after a medium standard and no doubt those also of 1 Vermont. At the first meeting of the present Duroc-Jersey Association the bre ders of the d fferent families agreed upon a coiriuion standard of characteristic to represent their breed. The Duroc are claimed tq be purely an American breed and are justly entitled the name of American Duroc-Jersey , and they are being scattered over almost all of the world, and most generally where they take np their abode they are welcome guests, for Jwhich we will try and give a few reasons. I doubt if there is another breed of hogs as docile and as easy managed.. They are doubtless the most prolific of any breed of swine in existence. Young sows will farrow from eight to twelve pigs, whi’e old sows will farrow from ten to eighteen at a litter The young chaps are large and strong at birth and are able to hold their own all the way through. They are ‘ better sticklers and can raise more pigs at a litter and are the kindest of mothers. You can got. in the pen and play with or handle the little fellows like so many kittens. They are better feeders, always ready for his meals and never grumbles at what is set befo&L him. They can live in elover, or confined to the feeding pen he can grow, gap, stretch and fatten to beat any of his brother hogs of different color. For health they excel ail other breeds. They have a stronger constitut ion and are better able to stand hardships than their companions. They do r overload their stomach and never have gout or dyspepsia. ’ I will give you a test made at the experiment station of the Agricultural College of Michigan. The breeds represented were the Duroc-Jersey, the Berkshire and the Poland-China, two of each and all barrows. The pigs were ' weighed every fourteen days during the experiment, and the gains and losses noted and compared with the food tor the period, viz: from July 16, 1889, to January si, 1890, being 168 days. It was seen that the two Duroc-Jer-seys gained in weight from the beginihg. Though as fleshy as any of the specimens, they were still making excellent gains, and were feeding well at the time of slaughter. Their average gain was 36 25 pounds per period, or 259 pounds per day, secured at a cost of 465 pounds of grain for each pound of gain in live weight. The average gain made by the two Berkshires was 2916 pounds per period or 211 pounds per day, secured at a cost of 5.22 pounds of feed for each pound of gain. The average gain per period of the PolandChina was 25 91 or 1.85 pounds per day, secured at a cost of 5 87 pounds of feed for one pound of gain. And so it is with us brother farmers. We ca ( n take tlieDurnc-Jerseys and coma it over t-ha blackies, if you can bear 'the color. Ix ow, if the red hog will weigh more when ready for market, he is the bog J that will bring the farmer the most ’’ money, and the money is what we are after. In conclusion, will quote the of Thomas Bennett, who is and extensive breeder of Duroc-Jerseys, Tarnworths and Po’and-Chinas He claims the Duroc-Jerseys as a breed today, are the best general purpose hog we have in the United States, and they are the only hog today that will make their own bed, grind their own food and when fat carry their own carcass to market. - . ■ ■■—- I Naptha for Scouring. The employment of naphtha as a cleansing substance in the scouring of wool is a new method favorably commented upon by the scientific papers. By the use of a pump the naphtha W f forced through and through the woog j extracting all the natural oil, it being also claimed that the naphtha does not Injure the fibre of the wool, as does' alkali cleansing, hut leaves the fleece In an actually better condition than when cleansed by any other process. A further valuable feature mentioned of this method is that the greece that is extracted from the wool in a pure state, thereby becoming valuable as a medicinal agent or for a saponification into the purest of soaps. A plant following thli method is said to have scoured 500,000 pounds of wool and had saved a product of 80,000 pounds in pure wool — — u. , ■ ■.■ ' ■ H