Democratic Sentinel, Volume 17, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 February 1893 — Page 3

In Sheep's Clothing.

BY Capt Ormond steele

CHAPTER lll—Continued. “I am Wllllajn Fox, Captain of her Majesty’s cruiser Wanderer, and right honored am I, dear sir, to salute and welcome you,” replied the Captain, grasping the Squire’s hand. “And my friend," said the Squire, ■with another bow and a wave of his left hand, as he turned to the gentleman in the bottle-green coat, “is Dr, Nehemiah Hedges, late representative of this county in her Majesty’s Provincial Assembly, surgeon to the First Suffolk Volunteers, and- our chief physician at this end of the island.’’ “And may heaven long spare him to keep health to the people and to reflect honor on the crown,” said Captain Fox, giving both hands to the doctor, who, being a very modest man, blushed at the complimentary words of his friend, and the almost forgotten titles of which he found himself the possessor.. Captain Fox presented his visitors to the officers not on duty, and then all adjourned to the cabin, where the lamps were lit, and Don, under the directions of Lieutenant Frenauld, had set out crystal flagons of wine, wiih a great array of such glasses as the provincial gentlemen had never put eyes on before. “Gentlemen,” said the Captain, when all the glasses were filled, “permit me and my officers to drink- to your long life and continued prosperity, and to welcome you with all heartiness on board the Wanderer.” “I but seldom drink wine, and never prescribe it,” said Doctor Hedges, lookitver his wineglass at the captain, “not that I object to the fluid in moderate quantities, but that it is so difficult to And on this coast the pure vintage in which our fathers delighted. I drink to you. ”

The glasses were drained, and the captain hastened to say: “You cannot find that fault with,the wine j’ou have just tasted, for it has been twice around the world in the wood, and like sherry, burgundy improves by travel, and unlike some of ourselves, it grows better and purer as the years pass over it ” “Ah, it is rare wine, in truth,” said Squire Condit, smacking his lips, and raising his glass to inhale the aroma. “But though our wines cannot be praised, we feel that our brandy is not inferior, and Governor Dungan, who honored us with a visit not long since, assured me that our spiced rum was superior to anything of the kind he had ever tasted. “I hope to confirm the the governor’s judgment before I sail hence,” said the captain. "You shall have a chance to do so tonight,” said -he squire, with more enthusiasm than he ordinarily manifested, for being a law officer and a deacon, he felt that reserve was essent'al to sustain the dignity of his dual honors. "I am the guardian—or rather I was the guardian—of Captain Kalph Denham, whom I have grown to look on as a son; and Doctor Hedges is the brother of the first officer, and the uncle of the second officer of the Sea Hawk.” “Then let me congratulate you both,” said the captain, again shaking hands with his visitors, “for though I have not the honor of a personal acquaintance with the officers of the Sea Hawk, news of their brave exploits in the West Indies has reached me at the other side of the worlc, where the Wanderer has been cruising till ordered to these waters.” “You must come and dine with them to-night,” said the doctor. “After dinner at my house we adjourn to the squire’s, where there will be music and dancing.” “A concession I make to the brave sailors who have be.m so long away,” exclaimed the “There will be those who, on the morrow, will say, ‘Deacon Goodwill Condit has done that for which he should be disciplined by the congregation.’ But should they do so, I will reply, ‘I danced not, and I was not my own master on the occasion.' ” “An excuse that should exonerate you with the most rigid,” laughed Captain Fox; adding as he waved his hand to Don, “we must try one more glass before you leave.” Both visitors protested that they had had enough. “Then you will honor me by permitting me to send each of you a cask tomorrow. ” The captain said this in a way that gave no chance for refusal, and then he escorted the squire and doctor to the deck; and at his command the sailors sprang into the rigging and cheered as the' little yawl bore the delighted old gentlemen away.

CHAPTER IV. THE PI.AN OUTLINED. After the boat had been gone a few seconds, Captain Fox named the officers he expected to accompany him ashore Uiat night, and then told them to report at once in his cabin. “Gentlemen,” he said, when the officers were gathered about the table, from which Don, the cabin boy, had removed the flagons and glasses, “this is a night to test each man’s power of self-con-trol. I shall expect you all to drink, or to seem to do so; but the man who becomes drunken must take the consequences. I cannot forget that at Merida, Cartagena and Para, some of you so far forgot yourselves as to get drunk and bring on fights with the natives, who drove you to your boats, and who in their just anger, would have seized our ship had I not turned the guns on them. We cannot avail ourselves of such a remedy here. Each man must appear to be what the people believe us, officers and gentlemen in the service of England. At one o’clock I shall expect you to be on board; in the meantime remember —sealed lips and open orders.” Captain Fox waved his right hand,, and the officers, Frenauld excepted, withdrew. “Ha, Frenauld,” said the Captain, wheK he and his chief executive officer had the cabin to themselves; “asof old our good luck follows. By the spirit of Blake, sir! things could not have happened better. ” “I am glad for your sake,” replied Frenauld. “Aye, aye, my lad, and for your own sake, too. Zounds! Lieutenant, are we not to be sharers in the great prize?” “Yes, Captain; but you will not pet without seeing his lordship?” “Do not say ‘lordship;’ say ‘Col. Graham.’ Why, man, if these provincials knew there was a live lord among them they would eat him up with adulation. Remember, we must speak of Col. Graham of the guards; Graham who, under Churchill, led the decisive charge on the French at the battle of Walcourt. Ha, ha, hat This cruise has its eoim-

cal aspects; It is play instead of hard work. Why, I expected to blow yonder ship out of water before this. But the Colonel will come down, as per arrangement from. Boston, and he will be thunderstruck to find us side by side.” “And very naturally sj. I must say you will never have a better chance to get rid of him. ” “To get rid of this Denham, eh, Frenauld?” “I said to get rid of him, Captain.” “But, confound it, I don’t want to get rid of him." “I thought the Colonel wanted, him out of the way?” “So he does, but I don’t. His lord—confound my slippery tongue, I mean the Colonel, wants him disposed of, and we must make him believe that we have earned the money; but Denham, alive and in our power, is worth more to us than the richest galleon that, silverfreighted, ever plowed the sea.” “Ah, but to get him in our power without a fight; that, in truth, would be an exploit worthy of yourself. ” “And it shall be done, Frenauld; it shall be done. Oh, I will court the youth. He is generous, brave, and unsuspicious. I will flatter and dazzle him. If he loves wine, as a good sailor should, may I be shot if I have him not at sea before six tides have flooded this bay." “ My heart beats faster at the thought, ” said Fernauld, with unaffected joy. “Aye, my lad, and it shall leap with perpetual delight after the crowning exploit of our cruise is finished. Now, caution, prudence, patience, and our object masked, like a Dutch battery, with evergreens, roses, and floating swans; eh, Frenauld?” “That is it, Captain.-” “Come; we have no time to spare, The dinner awaits us ashore, and if tonight the officers of the Wanderer make no impress on the hearts of the fair dames of this island, then have they forgotten in works of war the ways of love, and it will be the first time in all my experience that I ever knew ffiich a thing to happen. ’’ Capt. Fox was in high spirits, but Frenauld did not presume on this, for he well knew that the smile could change in the space of a lightning flash to a frown, and that the sentence begun in the softest accents might end in tones of thunder.

CHAPTER V. BT THK SHORE. There were bonfires along the beach, and swarms»of boats passing, with happy crowds aboard, between the ship and the shore. When the Wanderer’s cutter grated on the sand, the people cheered the officers and crew as if they were old friends. And the Squire and the Doctor, with Captain Denham and his officers were there to meet th>m. And after introductions that seemed unnecessary, and salutations full of honest heartiness, a procession was formed and all marched to Doctor Hodges' house,’ which was now illuminated from the door of the summer-kitchen to the highest of the little dormer windows, that looked like single eyes set in the brows of the quaint gables. Mrs. Hedges and Mrs. Condit, with their blooming daughters, welcomed the strangers in the wide hall that ran directly through the comfortable old building, and then led them into the low parlor, the red hangings of which had not yet been removed for the summer. Mrs. Hedges thought this was fortunate, because the evening was cool, and then, with a mother's pride in the beauty of her daughter, she thought the dark crimson curtains reflected something of their warmth on Lea’s cheeks. But a greater master than ever gave color to a fabric had limned the hues of youthful health on the cheeks of Lea Hedges and her friend, Ellen Condit; and Captain Fox thought as.he watched them, without appearing to "do so, that their eyes- were more brilliant and beautiful than the gems -which he and his officers wore when on duty, to excite the cupidity of their sailors. The officers, with the frankness that characterizes sailors the world over, were soon talking as familiarly as if they had been away together for years oh the same ship. Captain Denham had heard of Captain Fox and the cruiser Wanderer, and he wa3 delighted to meet in America a man he had supposed on the east coast of Africa. “I must say that when I first sighted the Wanderer,” said Captain Denham, “that I supposed she was the Adventure Galley, which was sent from New York some time ago to suppress the pirates.” '‘Let me see, the Adventure Galley was commanded by Captain William Kidd,” said Captain Fox, reflectively. “Yes, he took command of her in Bermuda, and there can be no doubt about the loss of the ship. The Sea Hawk went out to take her place. ” “And she did it well, Captain Denham. I heard of many of your exploits against the pirates in the West Indies and I am glad of this opportunity to meet you,” said Captain Fox, whose officers watched him lor their cues. “But how did you happen in here, Captain?” asked Captain Denham. “I simply obeyed the orders received in Jamacia. lam to receive further instructions from Colonel Graham, who should have been here by this time.” “I pray he may not be in a hurry, for I know of no place where you can spend a few days more pleasantly,” said Captain Denham. This was the only conversation, which might be called at all professional, that the young officers had on this occasion. Lea Hedges was the soul of animation that evening, without being at all forward; and Lieutenant Frenauld escorted her to dinner, the Captain having the honor of leading in Mrs. Condit, Balph Denham and Mrs. Hedges brought Up the rear, and Ellen Condit and Lieutenant Hedges preceded tffem, evidently well pleased with the arrangement.

The dinner might be called provincial in its arrangement and large-handed abundance; certain it is, no other part of the world could have afforded a greater variety of life’s good things, nor could any cooks in the great capitals surpass the black women, who, though slaves themselves, were the complete mistresses of all the Hampton kitohens. Shell fish from the Gieat South Bay, blue fish from the Atlantic, wild fowl from the Great Peconic Bay; wild turkey, grouse and woodcock from the neighboring forests; venison, better than ever royal forest produced, early vegetables, most grateful of all food to the sailors; preserved fruits and nuts, imported and domestic; butter like fanciful gold ingots; these and many other things came on in regular and seemingly endless courses; and the dishes steamed amid masses of flowers gatifored from garden and field; and oldfashioned wax candles of many colors lit up the whole. All were on good terms before the meal began, but during its progress the thin walls of reserve melted away, and when the banquet—for such we call it — was concluded all felt like old friends. Wine and spiced rum were passed around in abundance, and Captain Fox and his men appeared to drink as did the others—and this was a time when it

was thought a man could be neither i good sailor nor a brave soldier If he did -not drink-—but they did not drink, 01 even sip, each time they lifted the silvei goblets to their lips. After dinner, the musicians, who had been playing in the vine-covered porcli outside, struck up a march, and anothei procession was formed; and Squire Condit, with Mrs. Hedges on his arm, led the way to his own house, where the festivities were to be continued. Sailors in the service of the British Government were always sure of a welcome in thb best society of the colonies. Their commissions implied that “officer* and “gentleman” were synonymous; and it can be said that a knightly courtesy ran through the ithis time, for England had entered on that grand career for supremacy of the ocean which was afterwards to leave her for a time its undisputed mistress. The officers of the Wanderer were made as welcome by the people of Sag Harbor as if, like the Sea Hawk’s crew, they were their own sons and neighbors. With the exception of Captain Fox and Lieutenant Frenauld, the offloers of the Wanderer were not, judging from their awkward and constrained manners, much accustomed to ladies’ society, for only the two named could dance, or at least attempted to do so. This, however, only made the nondancers tho more acceptable to such staid citizens as Squire Condit and Doctor Hedges, who were not so strict in church matters as not to enjoy a game of whist. But Captain Fox and Mr. Frenauld more than made up for the deficiency in the others. The former, now that he was in his magnificent uniform, and his expressive face _ and strange blue eyes’ beaming and flashing with animation, was conspicuously line-looking, even in the presence of such men as Captain Denham and Mr. Valentine Dayton. Mr. Frenauld, though dark, and with eyes that a physiognomist would call “sinister," presented a good foil to his light-haired commander, whom he equaled as a brilliant conversationalist. |TO BE CONTINUED.]

Puritan Collections.

In the records of one of the churches of New Haven we read that in 1650 the “deacons informed the court that the wampum which is put into the church treasury is generally so had that the elders to whom they pay it cannot pay it away. ” Money of all kinds was scarce among the New Haven colonists, and the Indian money, wampum, which then circulated as currency, was easily disfigured and broken, being mide of a frail sea-shell.

The colonists, some of them, at least, had a good deal of human nature, and managed to dispose of their worthless currency and at the same time gain a reputation for generosity. In modern days their descendants of the baser sort drop clipped and punched coins into the “pls/te.” The court to whom the New Haven deacons complained, ordered that “no money save silver or bills” should be accepted. Then the deacons found it difficult to get any contributions. The colonists wished to keep their good wampum for trading, as the storekeepers would receive no other. When they found that they must deposit “wampum without break or deforming spots,” or “silver or bills” in tht contribution box, they refused to give anything. But a hundred years later there came a wave of public enthusiasm—the War of the Revolution. Then the people gave of their best, with a willing mind. Contributions were taken in the meeting-houses, after divine service, for the Continental army. Money, finger-rings, earrings, watches, stockings, hats, coats, breeches, shoes, produce and groceries were brought to the meetinghouse to give to the patriotic soldiers.

“Even the leaden weights were taken out of the window-frames, made into bullets, and brought to meeting,” writes the author of “The Sabbath in Puritan New England.” On one occasion a collection was being made for the army in the Lebanon, Conn., meeting-house. Madam Faith Trumbull was present, and had on a magnificent scarlet cloak, which had been presented her by Count Rocliambeau, the Commander-in-chief of our French allies. She walked from her pew to the deacon’s seat, and taking off her cloak gave it as her offering to the army. It was cut in narrow strips and used as red trimmings for the uniforms of the soldiers. Her example so roused the congregation that an enormous collection of goods and provisions was sent to the suffering men who were fighting the British Almost one hundred years later the descendants of these Puritans were doing similar collecting and packing for the Union soldiers.

Extraction of Perfumes.

Six methods of extracting perfumes are known. The first is expression by means of a special press, which is applicable without too great loss of fruit skins rich in essential oils, such as orange and citron peel, previously grated. Another method is that of distillation, which consists of heating flowers with water in a boiler. The essential oil is volatilized and is condensed with the vapor of water in a worm and Florentine receiver. The water usually goes to the bottom and the oil floats. The, oils of neroli, rose, patchouli, geranium, lavender, caraway, etc., are obtained in this way. The process is not applicable to the delicate perfumes of the mignonette and the violet, and for them recourse is had to maceration of the flowers in animal fat or mineral oils, which have the property of absorbing odorous substances, and are then washed in alcohol. The flowers are usually heated in the fat or the oil for a variable number of hours. For perfumes which cannot endure a high temperature the petals are placed between frames of glass coated with fat This is the process of enfleurage. The pneumatic process, which consists in causing a current of perfumed air or carbonic acid to be absorbed by coatings of lard on glass plates, appears not to have given satisfactory results. Another procj ess consists in dissolving perfumes j in f very volatile liquids, like sulphu'ret of carbon, chloroform, ! naphtha, ether, or chloride of methyl, and volatilizing the solvents, which can be done at a low temperature in ,a; vacuum. The last method has , given very satisfactory results in the extreme delicacy and great accuracy of its returns. Popular Science Monthly.

REAL RURAL READING

WILL BB FOUND IN THIS DEPARTMENT. Churning; with the Aid of the Wind—How to Keep Sweet Potatoes Marketing Crops in Winter—The Way to Brace Fence Posts, Etc. A Windmill Churn, There is no use for churning by hand and allowing the wind to fly past unused. The dairy editor of the Orange Judd Farmer has become convinced of this and he now does his churning by the aid of the wind. He finds it saves labor, and as the device he uses is his own contrivance and not generally known, an illustration and description are given herewith. A common pumping windmill does the work. A drive-wheel turned by the windmill, a clutch or racket and a pulley wheel on the churn are tho machiney used. Our drive-wheel is a silent clutch wheel, but those who have none can use an old mower wheel, as shown in the cut with a racket wheel on the shaft. An old pinion would make a fair substitute for the racket. The catch lever is boxed loosely to the shaft and connected with the pumping rod as shown in the illustration. The speed

THE WINDMILL CHURN.

can be changed by having two or more holes in the lever. The device changes the reciprocal motion into circular by means of old castings which can be found on every farm. It will not do to use a piston on a windmill for such a purpose, as it is liable to stop on tho “dead center,” then when the wind freshens the iesult would be to smash things unless some one were there to start it past the center. But with the racket appliance it needs no watching. The churn always starts when the wind moves the windm'li. The upward stroke alone does the work. The momentum of the heavy iron wheel keeps up motion during the down stroke. We find churning by wind a success. Very rarely is the wind too light to run a pumping mill—especially if the pnmp is detached—and turn a common revolving churn.

Trap for Minks, Skunks, Ruts, Etc. This trap is made 12 inches high and wide, and 20 long, of oak boards, although pine will do. Ais the cord

A is tied, and which rests in notches on the trap, and D which is the bait lever. Eis the lid, and Fis the baitFor mink and skunk, bait with an egg or piece of fowl; for muskrats, with apples; for rats, with a piece of fried meat. For mink and skunk, put a weight on the lid. When game nibbles on bait, C will spring out of notches, which causes the lid to drop down instantly.—Geo. M. Stephen, ih Practical Farmer.

Feeding Too Much Ilay. Horses hard at work, especially if quick motion is desired, should not be fed mainly on hay. It is too bulky in proportion to nutritive value, and ■with most kinds of hay the nutrition is not of the right sort. It produces warmth rather than muscle and strength. Good clover hay is more strength-giving than most other hays, but is too palatable to be fed all horses will eat. They gorge themselves so that the digestive organs require most of the animal energy. With a partly grain ration, less work is put upon the digestive apparatus, and what strengtD is thus Baved is worth more for other parts of the system. Barns Too Near Buildings. The farm barns ought to be convenient to the house, but not too near. If one or the other burns there ought not to be any necessity for both to go. It is hard getting a valid insurance for barns or houses near each other except at exorbitant rates. The insurance companies are in the right about this. The convenience sought should be by geod walks, not by a dangerous nearness. Storing: Sweet Potatoes. In common with many farmers who save their own seed sweet potatoes, I have had more or less trouble in carrying the tubers through the winter in good condition, writes a farmer. All of the usual methods have been employed with varying success. The tubers have been wrapped in tissue paper, and stored in dark closets opening out of warm rooms; yet many rotted, or started so much that they would have been useless for bedding. I have laid them in rows about a chimney which was in daily use during the cold weather, and often have lost half of them. A piau of handling and a place of storage, used last winter, gave me great satisfaction. The potatoes intended Jor wintering

were selected for their good formjand soundness, not one which had the slightest bruise being retained. They were laid as carefully as possible in baskets, from which they were taken one by one, and laid carefully away in a closet under a stairway, within three feet of the kitchen range. Having had more than were needed for seed in the spring, we used what we wanted for the table up to April, and the last ones were as good and well-flavored as they were in October. All were as plump as when put away, and not a single tuber went to waste. The closet was dark and the temperature was quite uniform at about sixty-five degrees. Bracing: Fence Hosts. Many wire fences have tall and large corner posts with braces reaching to their tops. When the wire of such a fence is drawn taut, the tall corner posts will be lifted up on its

steep braces. This lifting process is sometimes aggravated by a wire stretched from the bottom of the corner post, to the top of the nearest fence post. To keep such a post in the ground, it is often made of a heavy log, or is weighted down by huge rocks which frighten young horses. Sometimes a stout cablo of twisted wire is guyed from the top of the corner post to a stake driven Itito the roadbed, just where the highway should be widest. These methods of bracing a fence post are wrong. The proper wav to brace a fence post is shown in the illustration from a sketch sent the American Agriculturist by J. Whilden of Kaftsas. The corner post should be planted at least four feet deep, and, if possible, the lower,end should bo larger. If round and of hardwood, it need not be larger than the hole bored by an ordinary post auger. As tho lower end must not be the smaller, it should not be pointed for driving in. If of tho same size throughout, the lower end may be scolloped, as shown. The earth around the post should be thoroughly tamped from bottom to top. If set in an augur hole, the earth may be tamped by pouring water around the post, and slowly dropping in fine subsoil, which dissolves ana settles until the- ground line' is reached. Do not brace or stretch the wire until the water is absorbed. As the strain of the wire is horizontal, the braces should be as nearly horizontal as possible. Notch ‘the corner post eighteen inches from the ground, and place a stout brace reaching thence to the ground line of the nearest fence post.

Self-Feeder lor Young Chicks. A self-feeder, for feeding cracked corn and wheat to young chicks, is given in Farm and Fireside. It can be made of half-inch boards. Fig. 1 s'.ows the feeder ready for use. II is the hopper, 2 feet long, 5 inches deep, 4 inches wideatthetop andonc-fourth of an inch wide at the bottom. It holds from two to three quarts of feed. It may be wider at the bottom, however, and an opening of one

which holds the lid; B is an old thread spool, to act as pulley; C is the trigger, to which the cord

quarter of an Inch made in the bottom, so as to allow the feed to fall through. I) D are the ends of the hopper, and C C are two pieces, each 5 Inches long and 2$ inches wide, nailed fast to the end pieces, DD. They hold the hopper up half an Inch from the bottom of the trough, to allow the feed to run down, as shown in Fig. 1. Eis tho trough where the chicks eat. It is 25 Inches long and 2£ Inches wide, Inside measure, and 11 inches deep, outside measure. The sides of the trough are beveled

on the side and outside of the hopper at the bottom, to allow the chicks to feed. Ais the cover to the hopper. By this arrangement the food can be kept where the chicks can help themselves at any time. Hints lor the Cook. Ham should be broiled very quickly and just enough to cook through. To retain the color of any vegetable, plunge it into cold water after boiling. Orange peel dried and grated makes yellow powder that is delicious for flavoring cakes and puddings. Dark brown sugar slowly dissolved in a little water on the stove furnishes a syrup scarcely inferior tO|tbo| product of the maple Potatoes, any time of the year,, may be made mealy if boiled in salt and water and drained, and then covered vyith a thick towel and left on back of stove five minutes. I want to give a hint to housewives who find it difficult to raise their bread during cold weather. Set spoonge in deep pan, then wrap tightly the sides and bottom of pan in a thick cloth, to keep cold air from it Cover top tightly’. It has been a success with me. Before cooking onions soak a little while in salt water, «nd while they are cooking place in the pot a piece of bretd the size of an egg 01 larger, tied in a linen bag. This will iremove the odor. Cabbage and other vegetables with penetrating odors may be treated In the same way.

A PROPERLY BRACED POST.

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INDIANA LEGISLATURE.

Without a dissenting voice fho Senate Monday passed the bill placing the appointive power of Trustees of benevolent institutions in tho bandsof tho Governor. Previous to tho final, passage tho Senate accepted amendments' placing the appointment of Metropolitan Police Commissioners in all oities where tbeliiw is operative also under control of the Governor. There was a lively whirl In the House over Mr. Hord's bill making it a misdemeanor to discharge a man or refuse toomploy one because he was a non-unionist. It was called on a motion to reconsider the vote by which it had previously failed of engrossment. The reconsideration was ordered hv a vote of 53 to 22. During the aftornoon, however, after another lengthv debato the Unionists were successful in defeating tho engrossment of the bill by a vote of 44 to 42. Governor Matthews to-day vetoed tho bill (his first veto message) Introduced by Representative McMullen, requiring courts to continue cases where it is shown that an attorney on either side was a member of the Legislature and in attendance upon his duties as a legislator. Tho Governor took tho ground that this bill was intended to meet tho convenience of lawyers rather than that of their clients or tho public, and that it might result in great inconvenionee to witnesses and the courts if it was suffered to become a law. A vote taken on the Governor’s message resulted In the veto being sustained—s 4 to 22. Chairman Deery, of the Labor Committee, who visited tho Prison North, has returned, strongly advocating radical reforms. He found that harness was manufactured in the prison which was taken out and labeled with tho narao of tho Columbus (Ohio) Buggy Company, and the shoes made in tho prison were labslod as If made by a firm in Chicago. He also found that a firm running a cooperage shop inside tho prison walls has nno on tho outside whore discharged convicts are employed at $1.25 per day, while other shops, not so fortunate aro paying $2 and $2.25 for honest labor. f The House, Tuesday, sat down hard on tho Stato Liquor League by killing its pot measure, the “Speak-Easy" bill, designed to compcll all druggists and others handling liquors, to pay the State saloon license of SIOO. New bills were introduced as follows: To roguiate paving and sower building in towns; to amend road laws; to regulate casing and plugging of gas and oil wells; to abolish capital punishment; to provide for grading streets In unincorporated towns; providing for recording of town ordinances; to exempt farm lands in cities from city taxation; to prohibit overcharges on freight; providing for monthly reports from State Prisons. Mr. insurance bill, requiring companies to pay tho full fuco value of policies when property la destroyed, or full pro rata on the loss sustained, cumo up on third reading and was passed. The Populists and Prohibitionists aro to have no watohors at tho polls In Indiana. Tho Senate argued an amendment to tho ballot law providing for this, all day, but It was finally laid on the table. Senator McGreggor's bill providing for the payment of tho homo guard, who to-day are the creditors of the State for $15,000 was taken up. The bill passed on a voto of 28 to 13.

The House Wodnosduy passed tho Common Carriers bill, making the company originally receiving a consignment responsible for tho safe delivery. Among tho Important bills parised by tho Senate was one making it a misdemeanor punished by lino and imprisonment to sell tobacco to be Hmokod or chewed. *,o any person under 14 years old. A bill also passed making it unlawful to kill quail between Now-Your and November 10. The first thing that engaged the Senato Thursday, was the postponement ot Houso Bill 90, reported by tho committee on agriculture. This bill provides that seining cun be done with solnes having meshes not less than one and one-half inch, and passed tho House by a majority of three to one. Sonutor MoCutuheon,introduod a bill for the enumeration of deaf mutes over five nnd under twenty-six yoars;alHo,a hill concerning flic incorporation of certain citios. Senator Barnes Introduced a hill to place a S6OO monument over the grave of ox-Governor Jennings. Senator Barnes moved that tho rulos be suspended for (lie hills passage, which prevailed. A short memorial on the deceased was presented by tho Senator from Clark County. In the Houso tho following bills woro engrossed without debate; McMullen’s concerning civil proceedings, Hlgboe's to lei; delinquent tax lists to lowest bidder, Barnes' first lloby bill, Cravens’ tax amendment. Hench's concerning civil proceedings, Ador’s concerning change of venue before justices of tho peace, Askron's authorizing the county commissioners to gnni'antflo turnpike Bonds, Brown's township trustoes to accept donations of ground for cemeteries. Rlelitor's so legalize tho agreements of certain railroads. Hoagy's fixing Intorcst on school funds, Ador’s reqiilrlng the recording of bills of sale, Torhuno's to pcevout the adulteration of sorghum. and Teal's utTeoting roul estate transactions. Senator Gifford’s bridge bill nnd Sonutor Morgan’s township trustees bill were advanced to third reading.

Friday, the Houso passed the bill muking the terms of all officers in cities not operating undor special charter, of four years duration and extending the terms of those now in office until aftor the election of 18!4. Mr. Honch offered a resolution which put at; rest the incipient talk about an extra session. The resolution declared it to lie the sense of the Houso that no exlra session Is neoossary. It was adopted without dcbnto'and with nodlssontlng votes. The following bills were introduced: To appropriate a small sum to pay a judgment luruinst the Htate; providing for Indexing records of Supremo Court: concerning tho paving of street-ear tracks; to amend the tax law; to amend the railroad waiting-room act; to appropriate money for a small claim; to amend school law. The following bills woro lntroduecod in tho Senate: An act concerning books; Concerning the papors of the Indiana Academy of Science; Concerning fair or encampment grounds: providing for tho examination of tho records of county officers; fixing the number of districts into which a town may bo divided for the election of officers: regulating the consumption of natural gas.

A method of preventing pitting in small-pox is given in the Gazette dee Hoepitaiix: A mask is made of very, pliable linen cloth, leaving apertures for the eyes, nose and mouth; and the inside of this is smeared with a certain liniment prepared in either of the three following ways: One of these consists of carbolic acid, four to ten parts, forty parts olive oil and sixty parts prepared chalk; another, five parts carbolic acid, and forty parts each of olive oil and pure starch; and a third, two parts thymol, forty of linseed oil and sixty of chalk in powder. The mask shonld be renewed every twelve hours, and compresses impregnated with one of these mixtures may also be placed on the hands, and on any parts of the face which the mask does not directly touch.

t Economy is wealth. It takes a child six or seven years to learn to read or spell intelligently. But an English gentleman says his little boy of 4 years will read any phonetic book without the i slighest hesitation, not even balking at the hard names in the Bible. His father taught him to read after this method in eight hours. Another gentleman says that he lias taught poor children in Glasgow to read the Sermon on the Mount, phonetically, in the course of six hours’ study. Time is money. “So you have found hotel-keeping t> source of great profit?" queried a New Yorker of a Colorado man whom he met in Chicago. “Well, I suppose the hotel has met expenses, though I ain’t sure,” was the reply. “But they tell me you have made $300,000.” “Yes, but you see I have a saloon attached to the hotel, and a silver mine attached to the saloon, and a faro-room attached to the mine, and I act as judge at all horse-races and as umpire at. all prize-fights. Oh, we don’t expect t Western hotel to make a dollar.”.

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Minor State Items. The young people of Boonvllle demand ■a, public library. Diphtheria has disappeared at Tipton and the quarantine has been lifted. Waterworks carried at the Fairmount election by a voto of 423 to 120. The plant will cost $30,000. Cory L. Briggs, who was injured by a bursting emery whoel at Mouth Bend, has died from the resulting inflammation. There are 4,103 physicians in lridlana a who are actually engaged in the practic* of medicine. It is stated that the narrow guage division of the Monon, between Bedfotd and Bloomfield, Is to bo widened to the standard width, work to commence about March 10. J. N. Wkstren, a farmer of Winchester Township, Porter County, has filed suit for $5, 000 damages against A. J. Bowser, editor of the Charleston Tribune, for libel. Wu.t.iAM S. Craix, Sr., a retired groeor of Lafayette, died of the' Infirmities of ago. Ho was boVn in Greene County, Ohio, In 1812,. and moved to Tippecanoe County In 1820. James Garrett, aged 23, a young farmer of Adams Township, living a few miles south ot Anderson, fell dead while working in a corn field. Ho had been subjoct to heart disease. Near Wheatland, Miss Fannie Kensler, while crossing Flat Creek on a log, slipped off into the water and was drowned. Miss Kensler was 17 years old and was soon to have been married. The barn of Judge B. F. Parks at Valparaiso, was sot on fire and entiroly destroyed. Sparks set fire to the barn of Mrs. Uoorgo Pearce, which was badly damaged. Loss, $1,200; partially Insured. Joe McGrannaiian, aged 17, was on a bill coasting in Anderson and his sled struck Mrs. Thomas Barnett, knocking her a distance of twenty foot. She'struck on her head and was insensible whou taken homo. A freight train broke through a bridge on the Chleagc and Eastern Illinois road at Atherton. Eighteen ears, loaded with coal and merchandise, filled the ditch. The trainmen jumped and escaped with severe bruises. The Executive Committee of tho Seventieth Iteglment, at Martinsville, decided to change the place of holding tho reunion next summer from Bethany Park to Indianapolis. The dato fixed was Wednesday, Sept. (S, the weok of tho National Encampment. Papers have been signed and now Quick City, tho latest Indiana boom town, has n new factory. It is a mammoth glass concern, which will, when in full operation, employ upwards of 200 skilled workmen. The now company will make a specialty of fancy glassware and bottles.

At tho Indiana Iron Works, Muncle, John Smith, a roller on the ton-inch mill, had Ills loft arm torn off bv getting caught in tho coupling. Ho was otherwise Injured and cannot recover. Jack Nu/.on, Smith’s helper, by a superhuman effort, pulled him out and prevented the man from being torn to pieces. Nf.au Lakeville, St, Joseph County, Edward Flkentschor waft found lying in tho snow. In bis hand was a revolver and in his head a bullet-hole, He was under arrest somo yoars ago for the murder of his brother, but was released. This, togothor with money troubles, was probably the causo of tho suicide, Jitdgr Taylor, of the Circuit Court at Torre Haute, has rendered an Important decision affecting the State tax law. The First National Bank had asked for an order restraining tho countv and city treasurers from proceeding to cplloct taxes on tho assessment made by tho State Board of Tax Commissioners.’ Tho Judgo held that tho Stato Board did not have original Jurisdiction to altQ£ the assessment mado by the County Board. Under this construction of the law, unless thero lo an appeal from the action of tho County Board, the State Board cannot change tbe assessment Tho bank’s assessment was increased more than SIOO,OOO. The Terre Haute browory had also asked for a restraining order on similar ground. The formal opening of tho now clubhouse of the Fort Wayne Club,which has just been completed, occurred recently, and was tho most notable event in Fort Wayne society for years. Over 1,500 invitations were sent out and a large number of guests from the surrounding cities of this and adjacent States were present The new home of the Fort Wayne Club, Is without doubt the finest clubhouse In Indiana, and there are few cities which can boast a liner one. At present it has a membership of 400 and Is rapidly growing. Tho site, which was purchased Immediately after the formation of the club, cost $1(5,000, tho building $20,000, and the furnishings and decorations $lO,000 more, making tbe total value ot tho property acqulrod by the club about $48,000. »

A tramp called at the kitchen-door of Joseph Hardesty's residence at Munce, and the generous elderly housewife invited him In to supper. After the fellow had gorged hlmselt on Mrs. Hardesty’B good things ho Insisted that he had brought an overcoat In the room. Mrs. Hardesty said tnat he had not, and ordered him out. The fellow then grabbed Mrs. Hardesty and pulled her out the door, just as her aged husband appeared. The latter snatched up an old-fashion shoe-hammer, and was badly worsting the tramp until be got hold of a juk with which he dealt Mr. Hardesty a severe blow, knocking him down. The tramp then fled, but was arrested later, and Is now serving a sentence on the stone-pfle, with a very sore head. The tramp gave the name of John McCarty. J. H. Wkigan, a farmer in Bartholomew County, the other day delivered in Columbus fifty head of hogs which averaged 450 pounds and which brought the handsome price of 31,600. This is the best average lot of hogs that has beep sold In that county since 1865, and the price Is the largest paid since that date. Miss Tude Stafford of ShelbyvHie, with her brother attempted to replace a leg of a stove, when it upset and pinned her down until one whole side of her body was burned. The brother was able to lift the hot stove off and she was unconscious and In a dangerous condition when released. A company has been formed at Logansport, with a capital stock of $500,000, ior the purpose of piping natural gas there from the fields. The Converse Land and Gas Company was organized at Converse with a capital stock of $250,000 for the purpose of locating factories there an,d building up the town. At the head of it appear such well-known men as Monjroe Seiberlingoi Kokomo; Russell B. Harrison of New York, and W. G. Howe, of Franklin, Pa. The following have been elected directors: Monrde , Selberllng, Russell Harrison, W. CL Howe, Herbert J. McDonald, Eugene M. Wither, M. J. Gottschalk, Q. H. Trppk, Boscoe Kimple, M. F. Baldwin.