Democratic Sentinel, Volume 17, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 February 1893 — Page 3

In Sheep's Clothing.

By Capl. Or mond Steele

CHAPTER YJ—-Continued. In passing through a wood, between his house and the farm, Bqulre Condit heard his name called, and came to a stop, but did not look around to see who was addressing him. Out of the shadows there oame a tall figure, straight as an arrow, with a smooth brown face, long black hair, and dressed in the picturesque costume for which the Montauk chiefs or “kings, * as they were called, were distinguished from the days of the Ugal Wyandauch, to whose sway all “Pan-man-ack-e,” as Long Island was then called, was tributary. The Indian who accosted Squire Condit was the young chief Uncus, a lineal descendant of the great Wyandauch, and now the ruler of the Umnauts, the Montauks, and their ancient masters, the Pequots, “What! you, Uncas!” said the Squire with pretended surprise, and his eyes fixed on the long rifle which the young man held in his right hand like a spear. "Is not the season for hunting over, and has not the corn-planting moon come?” “My white brother speaks truly, but Uncas does not need to watch the cornplanters of his tribe,” said the young chief, drawing himself proudly up, “Then why are you armed —there is no game, neither have we war?" said the Squire, his eyes now on the leaded cross belts that supported his silver powder horn, and.inlaid bullet pouch. “It has ever been the habit of our chiefs to carry arms when paying visits to other chiefs, and the white chiefs do the same. I was not asked to the feast given to your young men, when they returned from sailing over the mighty waters.

“Do not deny that you did not want me,” said Uncas, waving his arm to restrain the Squire, who was about to speak. “You feared Balph Denham, your adopted sou, and I would quarrel again—his heart is not good to me.” “I beg to assure you that you are mistaken. Balph Denham admires you, •and I am sure he has forgotten the hot words that passed between you, when he imagined you were intruding on, and alarming Lea Hedges. Come to the house to see if I do not tell the truth; or if you will go to his ship now, he will give you as royal a welcome as if you were Governor of the province,” said the Squire,watching the strong, expressive face, and seeing in the dark eyes a light that made him feel uneasy. “You would not tell me what you do not believe true, but I have my own thoughts. lam now on my way to the other ship. ” “Captain Fox’s?” “Yes; he has invited me.” “When did you meet Captain Fox?” asked tbe surprised Squire. “Yesterday. He and one of his officers visited us. They came to the Great Field in a boat, and i received them with a feast and games, and Dinah, the priestess, read for them the future.” “I hope she foretold good things.” “Of that I cannot speak; but say* to Balph Denham that my heart is still sore, and that it is better that we should not meet again. ”

Uncas turned and strode away before the squire, who was startled by his manner, could say another word. ! That evening Capt. Fox and his officers gave an entertainment on bop,rd the Wanderer, and to it were invited all the nobles and pretty maidens for miles around, the officers of the Sea Hawk included. The decks were cleared for dancing, and awnings were stretched over the quarterdeck. The rigging was hidden by flags, streamers and clouds of brilliant bunting. The cabins were put in order for the ladies, many of the pictures being removed, and more taste being shown in the arrangement of those that were left. Great quantities of flowers were brought from the shore and displayed with a fine sense of effect, the great gun amidships being transformed into a bank of violets, above which birds in embossed cages sang. The crew were in their best dress, and the boats that were to transport Visitors were roofed with evergreens and lilacs, so that they looked like the flower islands of the Aztecs. There was no need to bring musicians from the shore, for among the crew of the Sea Hawk a band was made up that was something of a marvel, in its excellence,to the simple-minded islanders, to whom the guitar, violin and cello, with the addition on great occasions of a flute or clarionet, were the very perfection of instrumental music. In order to accommodate the large company, Captain Denham, at the polite request of Captain Fox, sent his own boats, all well manned, to aid in carrying the guests to the Wanderer. Many a pleasant race was indulged in by the crews, as they dashed back and forth between the ship and shore. Not a man at oar or helm dreamt that this rivalry could ever deepen into one of hate, when the crews with arms bared would stand at oppos ng guns and hurl the iron bolts of death at each other, or spring, boarding pike or cutlass in hand, into the rigging of the rival, nor leave till valor had given the victory to one or the other. No- wonder that Captain Fox became at once a lion. His presence, his winning manners, his evident eligibility—as a husband—his culture and his taste, as shown in his entertainment on board the Wanderer, were all calculated to win the esteem and admiration of people even less unsophisticated than the gentle-hearted islanders. Every arrangement was perfect. The supper—served on dishes of silver and gold—was fit for the queen and her royal household.

There was not a jar from first to last. Every young lady believed that Captain Fox spoke a little more to her and showed her a little more attention than he did any one else; and this proved that he was gifted in no common way with the very rare faculty of knowing how to entertain. He led the dance with Lea Hedges, and he found frequent occasions to drop a complimentary phrase into her ear afterward, but even the most observant could not construe this into partiality. Under myriads of swinging lamps, the young people danced until midnight, while in the main cabin, about a wellfllled board, the elderly gentlemen discussed wines of rare vintage, or gave their opinions with candor, tempered by courtesy, on the political questions, which were even then causing a ripple of feeling between the colonies and the motherland. Two companion figures at the entertainment —figures that took no part in

the dancing—were Uncas and his sister Untllla, or “The Princess,” as she was generally called. Untllla was a strikingly graceful girl, with a lighter complexion than her brother, for the carmine of youthful health shone through her rounded cheeks. Under the glow of the colored lamps, she looked more radiant than the white girls, who might be called the “daughters of the sun,” while she was the caughter of night, the more brilliant lor the darkness that surrounded her. Nor was Untllla neglected by the officers. Though she did not .dance, she •promenaded with many of them, talking freely, and even gayly, in her simple, unaffected way. Untilla’S love for Captain Balph Denham was an old story in the settlements, a topic on which the gosslpers were always sure to fall back when all others were exhausted. She at first could see no wrong in her preference, and it was only when she began to feel that her love was not returned that she drew back and took on that reserve which distinguishes her race, and which the whites, for the want of a better name, call “stoical.” t To-night, Balph Denham gave more food to the gossips; he prpif)e^&dqd ; with Untllla again and again,' only! yielding her arm to some other when courtesy required. It was he who took her to supper; and when the. time Jor departure oame,all too soon, it was Balph Denham who took the princess home iq his own cutter, and rowed her for six miles to the little cove on whose Southern shore was the dwelling of herself and brother. Untllla bade Balph good-night qnd hurried to the light that marked - %nr abode; and Captain Denham-was about to order the boat from the beach, when the well-known form of Dinah sprang rom theshadows into the moonlight, and called out: “Balph Denham, Balph Denham, have seer. ” “Have care of what, Dinah?” asked Balph, who, since his first knowledge of the old woman, had always treated her with deference, and when, as a boy, other youths showed a disposition to annoy her, he would become her champion, and still his companions by shame, or, failing in that, by force. “Havekeerof de wolf!” croaked the old woman. “Of what wolf, Dinah?" “Of de wolf ez comes in de skin of de sheep. ” “Is there such a one here?” “One, Cap’n Balph? Ha, ha, ha! AVy, dar’s a hull pack of ’em, en don’t you go and tink it’s on’y a flock. Keep a watch ez you does w’en dar’s danjah on de great deep. De wolves is wito en red. I ken ’ear ’em ’owlin’ away fahoff. But dey’ll come nigher en nigher; en dey won’t 'owl; dey’U be gettin’ ready foh to spring, en to fasten dar wite teet in yer wite skin. Have keer, have keer,” and repeating this, the old woman sprang into the shadows from which she had come. “Bather an indefinite warning,” laughed Balph Denham, as he took the tiller and guided the boat from the cove into the bay, where his ship was swung at anchor. ’

CHAPTER VII. A STRANGER VISITS SQUIRE CONDIT. “What are you thinking about Captain?” asked Valentine Dayton, as he and Balph Denham sat in Dr. Hedges’ comfortable front parlor the day after the ball on board the Wanderer. “Well, upon my word,” said the Captain, ceasing to stroko his forehead, whose whiteness was in striking contrast with the rest of his face, “my mind has been to sea. The fact of it is I was looking out at the Wanderer and that set me to wandering." “I am not a bit surprised at that,” said First Lieutenant Hedges, who was smoking in the gallery outside, but who was within sight and hearing through the open windows. “I’ve been to sea, man and boy, for nigh on to thirty year, but may I be swung from a yard arm, if I ever came up with a craft and crew like that out yonder. Now, I’ve seen merchantmen and war-ships from every land that flies a flag from a masthead, and I’ve come up with not a few pirates, and help sink’em, too, but that Wanderer, and them officers, and thoso crew —well, by Neptune, they do puzzle me.” After this, for him, very long speech, Lieut. Hedges knocked the ashes out of his pipe, looked In at the top to see if the tobacco needed replenishing, and satisfied that it was good for a few pulls more, he was about to resume his smoking, when Capt. Denham asked: “What strikes you as strange about the Wanderer?" “Hang me, Cap’n, if I can toll. Everything seems taut and shipshape, and yet I don’t feel satisfied, even though her papers and commissions of her officers seem to be straight from stem to stern. Why, confound it, I’ve heard of Cap’n Fox ever since I was a boy, and I’m two score and five next Guy Fawkes day, apd, lo and behold, here comes Cap’n Fox a cruising into these waters, and he don’t look to be a day over five and thirty. ” “But you know, Uncle George,” said Valentine Dayton, “that in the regular navy it is not at all uncommon for fathers to be succeeded by their sons; and then Capt. Fox may be older than he looks; it is always so with men who have light eyes and fair hair.” “That is true,” added Capt. Denham. “And another thing, Fox is not a rare name; for aught we know there may be a dozen officers named Fox in her majesty’s service.” “There is not a dozen men in any service—no matter what their names are — that lives in the style this Cap’n F<fx does,” said Lieutenant George Hedges, putting away his extinguished pipe. “Why, his ship is a palace, a floating treasure house. If he was a pirate chief instead of an officer •in the service of good Queen Anne, whom may heaven preserve, he could not live in grander style than he does. I’ve noticed the uniforms, the material of the men’s dress, the furniture of the ship, and may I be swung from the nearest yard if I don’t think it excels in richness any vessel afloat, or any vessel that ever floated, and I won’t except the crack galley in which Queen Queen Queen —”

“Cleopatra.” prompted the Captain. “Yes, that’s the woman; the crack galley in which t<ueen Cleopatrick took them Bomiug imp-roars off on frolics, and got ’em into a sight of trouble. Oh, you may both laugh and shake your heads; and this here Wanderer may be all straight, and so on and so forth, but I can’t see through it and I won’t, onless there’s a little more light thrown down on her from aloft.” With this emphatic opinion, Lieutenant Hedges replenished and relit his pipe, and taking up his hat strolled down to the shore, for the hour for his watch was approaching, and the boat was waiting for him on the beach. “Uncle George is usually right,” said Valentine Dayton, after Lieutenant Hedges had gone out of hearing, “but I think he is mistaken here. ” “I think so too; you see, some of these English sailors are very rich, and can afford this kind of thing; they do not depend on their official salaries. But while I am aware of this. I must confess that there *»» -ertain things about

the Wanderer thal impress me as Irregular, according to my ideas of the service. lam willing to concede, however, that I am only a volunteer sailor, and so cannot claim to know everything about the regular service,” said the captain, rising and glancing about the ! room, as if he were expecting some ! one. ' “One thing we can say, Captain," said Valentine, “Captain Fox appears to be a thorough sailor." "There can be no doubt about that." “And he acts as frankly as any man that ever sailed into these waters." “You are right again.” “He is in the same service as ourselves?” “Yes.” “So why speculata about his wealth?" “I don’t speculate about his wealth, Valentine," said Captain Denham, who, when off duty, always called the lieu- * tenant by the name he had used when they were boys together. “But I hold that any stranger who makes himself conspicuous among us becomes an object of legitimate inquiry. I like Fox, and don’t like him." “Jealousy, Captain, jealousy," laughed Valentine Dayton. “Fox has been paying too much attention to my fair cousin Lea and it has not escaped your notice. Ah, my dear fellow, I fear she is a bit ! of a coquette; but, depend upon it, she eares more for one curl of your hair than she does for this man and all his wealth. Lea is dashing, but she is steady; she ripple t over with fun, but .'she is not shallow—” "See here, Valentine,” said Balph Denham, with some sternness. “I hope I have not offended you, Cap- ■ talk? ” “Not at all; but Lea Hedges is not a subject for our light or serious conversation. She and I are simply good friends, and she is free to receive the .attentions of Captain Fox, or of any other man, without cause of complaint ton fny part ” ©a;“Bftlph Denham!” said Valentine, rising- and laying his hands on the shoulders of his friend and commander, “you and I have never kept our hearts locked from each other. ” “Never, Valentine.” “When I first felt that I loved Ellen Condit, to whom did I come and oonfess and ask adviee?” ”To me; and I only wish you could pluck up eourage to tell Ellen the same. I am sure she would give you no reason to regret it,” said the captain, trying to smile. “Perhaps not, but the uncertainty fills me with fear.” “And you a bravo sailor?” “A fight would follow with the equal who dared to doubt my courage; but, between us, I would rather attempt to cut out a pirate single-handed than to tell Ellen how I feel toward her. Here we are steering away from the question.” “And I am glad of it. for the other tack is in the teeth of the wind.” “No, Captain, I am sure you love Lea Hedges, and, so far as I can see the chart of her heart, all its safe sailing soundings are in your direction. Soe, ” said Valentine, leading the Captain to the window, “she and Ellen are down there by the shore, talking to that cracked old Dinah; let us go out and join them.” Captain Denham put on his hat and permitted himself to be led out by his lieutenant. |TO BE CONTINUED ] .

Letter-Carriers Must Not Talk.

The man nowadays who wants to learn the address of a friend need never ask the letter-carrier who serves his friend’s mail. If he does he will receive scant satisfaction, for the letter-carrier is not allowed to tell, .even should he be inclined to oblige. “Do you know John Blank?” asked a stranger out in Tacony one day last week, as he met one of Uncle Sam’s custodians of the mail. The lettercarrier replied that he did. “Where does he live?” next asked the stranger. “I cannot tell you,” said the lettercarrier, as he moved on. “It’s against orders. ” The stranger looked incredulous, swore a little at what he considered a a lack of courtesy, and, after considerable trouble and inquiry, reached his destination. But the letter-carrier was only following out his instructions. Inquiry at the postoffice yesterday disclosed the fact that such an order really does exist. “No letter-carrier,” said an official of the department, “is permitted to give any information whatever about any person upon his route, either as to the place of residence, business, or any other matter. The rule is yery strictly enforced, and probably has some connection with the law prohibiting the dunning of a creditor by mall. The let-ter-carriers are not permitted to disclose the residence of a man any more than the clerks in the office are allowed to tell who rents the various boxes.”— Philadelphia ltecord.

An Awkward Question.

How a man shall salute his women servants when he meets them in publio is an awkward little question of etiquette. An English magazine suggests that the way out of the difficulty is for the master to take off his hat to the maid, just as he would do to a duchess. Old-fashioned persons may murmur at the notion of carrying equality a 3 far as that, and it must be remembered that the girls’ mistresses might have something to say about it. On the whole, it is more probable that our present shame-faced method will endure than that “capping” will come in. Many men are almost as much embarrassed when they accidentally meet their wives in the street as when they meet the house-maia. They do not quite know whether they ought to take off their hats or to presume upon their close relationship to make no salutation beyond “hallo!” and at once fall upon conversation. “Hats off” whenever man meets woman, whatever hqr relation toward him may be, is a safe rule for all men to follow.

Had Never Seen a Fire.

The inhabitants of the Marian Islands, which were discovered as late as 1551, had no idea of fire or its uses. Their astonishment know no bounds when they saw it applied to wood, most of them supposing it to be some kind of an animal which the sailors had brought with them and which must be fed on wood. To this day they designate it by a term which signifies “wood eater.”

Travel In Hungary.

Hungary is stated to be the country where railway traveling is the cheapest. It is said to be possible to journey from Buda Festh to Kronstadt, a distance of 500 miles, for 6 shillings 8 pence, being at the rate of six miles a penny. Low as this prioe is it is liable to a reduction of one-half in the case of laborers journeying in parties of not fewer than ten.

Important, If True.

A confectioner, being curious as to the weight of 600 pennies, placed them in a paper bag on a confectioner’s scales and found that they weighed three pounds five and a quarter ounces. “Briggs a good business man?” ‘I should say he was. He was born with a fortune,*you know.* “Well?" “He’s got it yet.”—New York Recorder. Truth should be tempered by expediency.

AGRICULTURAL TOPICS.

k FEW SUGGESTIONS FOR OUR rural readers. With Proper Manaifemeiit Hens Will Lay Nearly all Winter—A Plea lor Central Schools—Device lor Teaching a Calf to Drink—Storing Ice. Winter Management of Poultry. If young and vigorous hens are provided with a nice, dry, comfortable house in winter, and not crowded too much, tney will lay almost as well as in summer, writes Fred Grundy In the American Agriculturist. This fact I have demonstrated time and

IMPROVED FEEDING TROUGH FOR POULTRY.

again. Futhermore, I have learned that if pullets are induced to lay steadily during their first winter, they will sit early, moult early, and, with a little encouragement, lay steadily every winter for at least three years. I have kq'pt pure Plymouth Hocks, pure Light Brahmas, and u cross between Plymouth. Rocks and Leghorns, and each lot averaged the same number of eggs for the winter, beginning with November and ending with February. I fed them twice a day regularly. In the morning they had cracked corn, wheat bran, and oats, in equal quantities, mixed and dampened with boiling hot water. In this mixture were thrown the potato and apple parings and scraps from the table, all chopped with a common chopping knife. Twice a week a pint of animal meal for each twenty hens was added. In the evening they were fed corn on the ear. I feed it on the ear to make them work for their supper. When it is shelled for them, they gobble down all their crops will hold, or all that is supplied them, almost without taking breath. To get a meal oil the ear they are obliged to scratch and dig for about an hour, and it not only gives them beneficial exercise, but also prevents wholesale gulping. A hen not used to shelling corn does not feast very sumptuously at first, but she soon learns the trick, and*gets the grains off the cob quite rapidly. I have learned that when housed or varded hens get plenty of exercise they lay well. When they have nothing to do but stand and mope, they lay irregularly and are constantly getting Into such mischief as feather pulling and egg eating. My hens have the run of the place In winter, but when a snowstorm occurs they never come out of tne house until the snow is thawed. At such times I get a quantity of tough, gristly scraps from the butcher, a nd d rop one or

HOUSE AND COVERED RUN FOR EARLY

CHICKS. two in the house as 1 pass occasionally during the day. The hens get as much exercise, chasing and rushing about with these, as lots of boys can get out of a game of foot-ball. When I first began feeding soft foods in the mornings I used troughs, but the hens would persist in jumping into them and soiling the food. I put covers on them, raised so the hens could get their heads under, but they would grab a few mouthfuls, jerk their heads out and spill a third of it on the floor. After experimenting some time I devised the trough shown in the sketch, and it to be just the thing. The box is twelve inches high in front, nine inches at the back, seven inche§ wide, and as long as desired. The top is hinged so that it can be raised. In the front, wires are fastened two and one-half inches apart, as shown In the sketch. The trough for the feed is four inches wide and is placed along the farther side of the box. In front Is a platform eight inches wide. The hens get their heads between, the wires, and stand there eating. All that drops from their bills falls on the clean floor of the box and is picked up afterward, There is less food wasted about this trough than any I have ever seen, while both box and trough are easily kept perfectly clean. For making a poultry house warm and comfortable l know of nothing equal to newspapers, two or three thicknesses, pasted all over the inside walls. Add a little glue and a few drops of carbolic acid to the paste, and lay the papers smoothly. Batten the cracks outside to keep out rain and snow, and the house will be as comfortable as a dwelling. A house with no drafts in it is the best preventive of roup and kindred diseases.

- Prl<le In Farm Work. One of the surest signs of decay In good farming is the growing lack pf pride in whatever pertains to' the' farm. There are very few now who boast either of large day’s works or of the skill and neatness of the completed job. The kinds of work that involve extra labor often now do not get done at all. When all mowing was done with the scythe the corners of fences were cut out as a matter of course. Now that th£ horse labor does the bulk of the work, fence corners are left to grow up to weeds and bushes, which are the first symptoms of neglect Wastes In Hutchertng. These little wastes at the farm butcherings become items of imporance in the hands of large packers. In establishments for killing and preparing meats, that which is usually allowed to lie where it falls at a larm killing is all saved in the most careful manner. In dressing a hog the blood, hair, bristles, and hoofs, together with contents of stomach and entrails —everything, except the squeal, is utilized to the fullest extent. Who is there among us farmers that can testify to a$ close economy as the millionaire practices? Central Schools In Country Towns. Which would be the harder, to get into a nice covered vehicle with plenty

I • P • V of robes and blankets to wrap around them and ride that distance to school, or walk half a mile to school with such roads as there generally are in the winter in country districts. I have yet to see the children who would willingly go back to the old plan of going to the out-disirlct school. Instead of taking away the schools, this system gives the scholars all the advantage of the center school longer terms and better teachers. For more than sixty years, I have heard how much better the center schools were than those of the out-districts. When i was 13 years old my father sent me from home to work for my board and attend the center school; he hired a man to work at home. I believe I learned more in those two terms than all I ever learned before or after at the school in the out-district —A. D. Hubbard, in Farm and Home. To Teach a Calf to Drink. A correspondent has adopted an ingenious and effective method to teach a calf to drink. Ho has a frame made something liko that to shoe oxen in, but adapted to the size of a young calf. In front is a raised box just large enough to place in it a milk bucket The calf is ushered into this narrow “stall,” his head pressed down so his nose will nearly roach the milk, and the head is secured there by a sliding pin which works in the frame just over the calf's neck The opening for the animal’s nock, both vertical and horizontal, is so

“IN THE STOCKS.”

narrow that It can not move its head much, only in a downward direction, and that forces its noso into the milk. The stall is so narrow that the calf can move only a little from side to side, and the closed gate behind it prevents any backward movement. Tho animal is literally “in the stock,” and any considerable effort to move only causes it to poke its noso into the milk. It soon gets a taste of it, and then sins away until all is gone. Thus far every calf has learned to drink the first time placed in this novel “box.” Well Repairing. A bit of experience in repairing a well may *be suggestive to some reader: Through some cause a well curbed with boards began to fill up with silt. The well being about eighty feet deep, and having plenty of water, tho pipe was shortened onco or twice, in hopes that the trouble would cease when the source of tho silt was reached. As this did not settle the difficulty a new plan had to be adopted. The well was cleaned out. and after filling it a foot deep with coarse gravel, a six-inch iron pipe was let down. The space between the wooden curve and iron pipe was filled with gravel to the depth of thirty or more feet. The water now leachos through this gravel —which, by the way. is of varying coarsenesc—and no trouble has since appeared.

Storing Ice, The great secret of successful ice keeping is to put it In the ice-house in good condition, and In excluding all air from It by compacting sawdust so closely that no air can penetrate it. Even snow covored with sawdust where the winter’s wood has been cut in huge quantities is of ton found unmelted long after all the snow and lee of the fields has gone. Tho Ice blocks should be regular in shape, and as closely compacted with sawdust in their interstices as It can be worked. Notes About Boos. Unprofitable colonics should be done away with. * The best time to transfer bees Is before the frames become too heavy with honey. Wiien combs of honey are to be given to bees, cracking of the comb does co harm, for the bees will fix it up during the next season. The raspberry is one of the best honey producing plants, and the only one on which bees are known to work in dull weather or Immediately after a rain storm or heavy showers. The blossoms are drooping and the rain cannot wash out the honey as it does from flowers that are upright Its period of bloom Is brief, lasting only a few days, but yielding an excellent quality of pure, white honey, which is quite valuable

Hints) to Housekeeper*. A teaspoonful of borax added to cold starch will make clothes very stiff. In packing gowns they will bo found to crease very little if paper is placed between the folds. Put fresh fish in salted water for half an hour before cooking it It hardens the llsh and improves the flavor,. . . Coffee grounds can be used to fill pin cushion*. They should be put In a bag and hung up back of the stove until they are perfectly dry. When threading a needle, always put through the eye of the needle first the end which came off the spool first. You will wonder why the thread doesn’t knot To clean carpets, go over them once a week with a broom dipped in hot water, to which a little turpentine has been added. Wring a cloth in the hot water and wipe under pieces of furniture too heavy to be moved. Hot alum water is the best insect destrover known. Put alum into hot water and boil until dissolved, then apply the water with a brusn to all cracks, closets, bedsteads, and other places where insects may be found. Ants, cockroaches, fleas, and other creeping things are killed. There is nothing that proves such an economizer of strength ana time in the cleaning of windows as the us< of alcohol instead of water. Il cleanses with magic Vapidity, and it not an extravagant substitute, as I prudent person is able to wash agreal many windows with a small bottle o: alcohol.

INDIANA LEGISLATURE.

The only business transacted in the Leg. isiature Monday was the passage of two constitutional amendments by the House. The first provides that hereafter corporations shall pay taxes on the gross receipts. The socond amendment provides tor extending the legislative session from sixty to 100 days, making extra sessions when called to be of forty days’ duration. Tha amendment providing for the extension of terms of all county officers to for years was defeated. The House, Tuesday, ordered the co-em-ployes’ liability bill engrossed. Among itho Committee reports was one from tho Committee on oitles and towns, recommending Mr. Hodabaugh's charter bill for Fort Wayne and another favoring his annexation bill Both reports were approved. Thore will be tewer long-winded speeches In the House hereafter. Mr, Ader offered a resolution, which was adoptod. limiting all spooohes on committee reports to flvo minutes, and on engrossment and third reading to ten minutes. Tho Senate killed a number of unimportant bills that oame up on Committee reports, and spent thb balance of tho day discussing the Building and Loan Association bill, which was finally ordered engrossed with afow minor amendments. Important aotton was taken hy tho Senato, Wednesday, in engrossing tho bill incorporating loun. trust, and surety deposit eompunies and enabling them to act as trustees of the estatos of deceased persons and as guardians of persons of unsound mind, etc. Tho Senate also took approving action on the bill giving minority partios tho right ol representation on eloction boards. Tho House approved a resolution looking to ;ho appointment of a speotal committee to investigate and report on' fees and salaries. The House struggled for sovoral hours over tno Senato bill providing for elections but onoe every four years in cities and towns and making present offices hold over till 1896. By a olose shave tho bill reached engrossment.

The gonoral appropriation bill was introduced in tho House by tho Ways and Means Committee, and was made the special ordoi for Friday at 9 p. m. Tho House called up tho majority and minority reports of tho commlttoo on the bill appropriating S6O,(XX) in aid of tho National Encampment. G. A. 8,, and tho majority roport, recommending an indoflnate postponement, was approved hy & vote of 61 to 4ft. This settles the question of State aid in the negative. A bill lias pasaml the House, hqwevor. empowering tho City Coun ■ cil to levy a speolal tax of $75,000 in aid ol the proposed encampment. The House passed tho bill creating the office'of-Boiler Inspector and .calling for the inspeotion of all steam boilers in tho State In tho Senate. Thursday. Magee's bill, making it unlawful for Warden's of prisons to let the labor cf convicts to contractors at less than Oft oonts a day was ordered on* grossed without division. Among tho bills passed in the Senate was one making it ifhlawful to practice pharmacy without « certificate to bo issued by the Cfiroult Court Clerk on diploma from a college or school ol pharmacy; increasing tho jurisdiction of the Appelate court to cover cuses involving $8,500 and enlarging tte jurisdiction In misdouiounor cases, and fixing the ralo of interest on Congrostional and common school fund loans at 0 per cent. A bill was introduced and pushed to engrossment in the Honato whioh is approved by tho State Board of Charities, and looks to tho abolition of corporal punishment in tho prisons, except in extreme cases. Thb bill extending tho time of all oflioers of cities, towns, and corporations to 1804, and making the terms four years thereafter, was called up and pusbod to its passage In tho House. Evansville and lndlanupolls oi the cities of tho State are alone exempt. The Speaker laid before tho House the majority and minority reports, the first suggesting amendments which exempted the librarian, ongineor, and custodian of the Capitol Building from appointment by the Governor, whllo tho other recomended an indefinite postponement of the whole business. Debate was out oft under the previous question, and on an yon and nay vote the Governor won by a majority of 01 to 113, Two important amendments wore made to tho school-book law in tho Sonate, Friday. Ono amendment permits tho placing of school books contracted for in tha hands of the local dealers instead of being furnished directly to tho County Superintendent or Township Trustee. The dealer Is prohibited from selling in advaneo of the contract priao. Another amendment gives school commissioners the right to make changos in books, so as to bring them up td the required standard.

Senator Boord, the youngest man In the Senato. Introduced a bill to prevent the manufacture and salo of “hoop-skirts" In tho Btato. Tho bill declares that tho fashion of wearing “hoop-skirts" was revived by a combination of fashion producers and drese goods manufacturers, tho hoops roqulrinit moro dross goods and creating an unnatural demand, ana that women wero oompollod tc wear them for fear of being ostracised bj sooloty in gonoral. Tho penalty of violating tho law was fixed at a maximum ol SI,OOO fine with thirty days’ imprisonment. The House took another whack at the bill wiping out tho Pennsylvania Central Insurance business, and it undid tho work bj which the question of insuring with the company was left optional with tho employe. This is tho second timo tho bill hai been reconsidorod, ouch time with different roHiilts. The co-omployos liability bill was passed by tho House, (i!) to 17. without discussion. Consideration of the gonoral appropriations has gone over until Monday. Minor State Items. Charles Koiilmkyer, a young farmoi of Knox County, was killed by being kicked in the breast by a Texas pony. Thk, Wabash Hospital at Peru, hai about thirty patients, the largest number that has been confined therefor somt time. An old maid at Martinsville presents the following argument in favor of hoopskirts: “It koeps the men at a distance.” A league of young ladies has been fortupd In Shelbyville with thirty-one signers up to date, who say they will not wear hoopsklrts. John lleisiiman, near Corydon, had his left leg so badly ernshed in a hay press that amputation was necessary, and he died from the effects of the operation. Most of tho negroes along the Mississippi river are grossly ignorant. It is said that not one in tmfesty "faoirbbjr practical knowledge of reading or writing. Many of them get in arithmetic no farther than the single record —as a memorandum—of a number which they usually put down exactly as r6p<skea'; thus, 200502 for 262. Inconsequence some of tlieir prety cotton accounts look as big as a national debt statement.

A Stupendous Bridge.

4 bridge across the Firtli-of-Forth, Scotland, is projected, and, indeed, is already under way, which, if flashed, will be one of the most remarkable bridges in the world. The main girder will be within a few feet of a mile in length, and will rest upon cylindrical piers, each of which will weigh 16,000 tons. It will, of course, be high enough for all vessels to pass underneath, and about 42,000 tons of steel will be required in its construction. The estimated cost will be $7,500,000. The Asiatic breeds and also the Plymouth Rocks are too large and coarse to fry after they attain tbeii growth. The Leghorn family, however, are different, they being better when pretty well grown than earlier. Tbe Mioorcas, Black Spanish, and Leghorns are the best breeds sot egg SThe goose lays about twenty eggs, but at times they will reach as many as forty. Four weeks are about the time for incubation, or, rather thirty days, and the mar-ket is more favorable to geese under one year of age

THE WAY THINGS RUN

IN THE GREATEST OP GREAT STATES, INDIANA. Things Which Hava Lately Happened Within Its Borders—Some Pleasant mmt* Some Sad Beading. White Cappers Get It. The first White Cap case ever tried In Perrv County terminated very hard for tho defendants at Cannelton. It will be remembered that about a year ago Lewi9 and Otto Faulkenboruugh, Ed O’Keitb, and Hinton Carr visited the house of John Underhill, about midnight, with the avowod Intention of whipping Underhill. Otto broko down the door with a rail, then the four men rushed in on Underhill and gave him a terrible beating. At the last November term of court Carr confessed to tho Prosecuting Attorney, therefore he was made a State witness and allowed to go free, and, in consequence tho defendants’ bond was increased from 8500 each to SI,OOO. The other day the two Faulkenborough9 pleaded guilty in open court. Otto tried to implicate a man by thejnameof Marsh Land, but the other two defendants said Land was not in the crowd. Otto got five years and a S2OO hoe. Sentence was suspended as to Lewis on account of he being a minor at the time of the offense, but he was ordered to pay the fine. Otto Is considered one of tho hardest men in Perry County. Ho bad many enemies, few friends, and his friends Only consisted of men llko himself, or men who feared him.

Minor State News. Columrus Is to have a now hotel with IQO rooms. William C. Leonard, a manufacturer of Elkhart, was found doad In bed by hi 9 wife. The barn of John Hogue, near Vlnoonno9, was burned. Five head of horses were lost. Loss, $2,000; Insurance,sl,ooo. Andrew Losh, fireman on the Big Four, rcciived a fractured skull by a broken drlvlngrodiioarMoorelaud. May dlo. At Munclo, Jainos Williams was accidently shot In the loft log by Androw Catering, who was recklessly handling a revolver. Edwin Stuart, manager of tho Opera House, a prominent Elk and a wellknown actor, dlod at his homo In Logansport of paresis. A saloon is about to bo opened at Dublin. Tho place never had ono before, and about tnree-fourtus of the pcop c are against it. Muncik'h now city directory, which has Just boon completed, contains 10,722 names. Tho last census gives tho city 10,703 population. ; Bedford has received positive assurancos that tho O. & M. Company will build a branch road from Mltchoii to that city to tap the stone quarries. M. 8. LitTlich, Evansvillo, has bought 000 acres of the finest coal lands in Southern Indiana, near Petersburg. 110 will put 300 men to work in the spring. Asian has boon fined in tho Carroll County Circuit Court for violating the law requiring tho owners of traction engines to send a man ahead to warn the public of its approach.

Elwood Is excited over what Is alleged to bo a big oil well. Ono year ago a gas well was drilled thcro, but afow days ago It gave out. Now it lias developed Itself Into an oil gusher. The hoavlest verdict ovor roturned in Madison Countv for porsoual damages was given by a lury at Andorson in the caso of Joseph Beck, of Lebanon, against the Big Four Hallway Company. It amounted to $5,500. Alfred L. Richardson, district manager tor tho Singer Sewing Machine Company at Martinsville for many years, dlod of cancer ol tho stomach, and was burled under tho auspices of the Odd Fellows, at Mooresvllle. Henry Nelson, a workman at tho Stlner chilled-plow works, in South Bond, was fatally Injured by the fragments of a broken emery whoel, One cheek was crushed and the right eye will have to be romoved. Morton Jonkb, a young farmer, six miles north of Frankfort, met with a fatal accident His horses ran away, throwing him against a tree, in which position the rear wheel of the wagon struck him, crushing him to death. As a result of the recent gas explosion at Lebanon the Lebanon Light Heat and Power Company is mado defendant In a suit by Martin Hohl for $25,000 damages; $15,000 for personal injuries and SIO,OOO tor damage to fits property. An Infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Weesner of Sumerset, was burned to death. The little one was playing about the house, and grasping a lamp on a stand, pulled it over. The oil took fire, and, flaming up, burned the face and breast of the child. She died. Miss Maggie Dugan, daughter of John Dugan of Plainfield, who, with her sister, was Injured last summer by a Vandalla train east of this place, is losing her mind. It is thougnt that the constant brooding over her injuries, which destroyed her handsome appearance, is the cause of her dementia. Miss Dugan was a bright, intelligent woman, and her pregent pitiable condition is deplored by bor hosts of friends. The other morning the dead bodies of John Osterman, a farmer living ten miles east of Fort Wayne, and his wife were found in bed at tbeir home. At first it was supposed to be a double suicide, but on investigation br Prosecutor |Colerick and Coroner Kessler it developed that Osterman poisoned his wife and himself. A week ago he went to Fort Wayne and stole a steam guage, and it was found in bis house. It is supposed he feared arrest, and put arsenic In the coffee at supper. The old folks, both being over seventy, were destitute. The house they lived In was a hovel and barren of furniture. During the past winter they suffered, not for fuel, but because the only stove they had was almost worthless.

Thebe are two lawyers and two preachers among the convicts at the Northern Prison. The other night a gang of thieves failed in an attempt at robbery at the home of Farmer John Lindsay, near Mancie. A wagon was driven to Lindsay’s barn, and over SIOO worth clover and timothy-seed loaded in ready to be carted away. As the men drove off the rear axle of the wagoD broke in two. The thieves were badly scared by tbe noise made, hurriedly unhitched the team of horses, and left the wagon and contents. Mr. Lindsay is now searching for the owner of that wagon. Rebecca Riser, the widow of the late Hon. Peter Kiser, died at Fort Wayne, aged 73. Patents have been granted Indiana inventors as follows: Reece H. Alexander, Fort Wayne, steam generating boiler furnace; Hiram L. Craig, Wayne, sash balance; Amos C. Fell, Newvilio, churn; Carl Helnemann, Hammond, device for suspending scaffolding; Israel Levy, Koutz, heel pad; Montgomery C. Megls, Lafayette, excavator; William R. Mercer, Terre Haute, tilting seat for bicycles; Britton Poolson, Fort Wayne, combined chaif and table; Evert M. Thompson, Indianapolis, ice • cream freezer; David N. Weathers, Leaven* worth, vegetable cutter,