Democratic Sentinel, Volume 17, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 June 1893 — Page 3

In Sheep's Clothing.

BY Capt. Ormond Steele

CHAPTER XXll—Continued. The people of Sag Harbor were never surprised at seeing Dinah. She was in the habit of appearing suddenly on the one street that then constituted the town, and disappearing as mysteriously as she came. The citizens who claimed to be above superstition were very sure that “Dinah was not herself,” meaning thereby not that she was some else, but that her mind was affected. In those days every one supposed to be out of mental balance was said to be mad; but the word has, fortunately, become much more limited in its significance, and now it is applied only to dogs and people who lose their tempers. But the majority of the people in and about Sag Harbor were superstitious, like the people of every other little town, and in this respect the world has not changed much, and they were sure that Dinah possessed supernatural powers. Had she been white they would have called her “a witch,” and it might have gone hard with her; but being black, she was looked upon as a sort of weird pagan priestess, gifted with a wonderful power of looking into the future. She derived no little income from telling fortunes; as she knew every one, and was a remarkably shrewd reader - of human nature, her success as a seeress was not to be wondered at. Untilla, so graceful, beautiful, and consistent, was a favorite with every one. In the cabins of the fisherman, as well as in the more pretentious dwellings of the rich, she had a home, and was always received as an honored guest. Like Dinah, whom, of course, she in no way resembled, her coming and going, though always a matter of interest, was never one of surprise. So, now, as they hastened, side by side, to the town, they had no fear that their coming would create a sensation. » There were two places where they could get information about Lieutenant Hedges and Valentine Dayton; one, and the most certain, was Doctor Hedges’ house, and the other was Squire Condit’s. But Dinah did not like Doctor Hedges; he had sneered at her skill as a dispenser of medicine, and she retorted by saying that she never liked to undertake the cure of a till it had baffled her white brother’s skill. Squire Condit’s was the nearer of the two houses, and seeing a light burning there when they had reached the gate, it decided them to go in. Before entering the house they heard Squire Condit talking in loud, excited tones, while his daughter Ellen and his wife tried to soothe him with milder accents. “It’s an outrage, a high-handed outrage!" shouted the Squire. “Think of it, wife; think of it, Ellen; this man Fox, without any writ or order, but with the high hand that we should expect to see only in a pirate, dares to send his subordinates ashore, and to seize the Governor’s post-rider and carry him a prisoner on board their ship.” “But, father,” said Ellen, “did not Mr. Frenauld say that this post-rider was an impostor, and that he had the authority to arrest him?” “Yes, Ellen, he did say so; but the fellow mistook power for authority. Martial law has not been declared in this province, and so no man can be arrested without due process of law, and on a complaint made by one or more respectable citizens. The post-rider should have been brought before me for examination and committed, if suspicious, to await further examination. If her majesty’s ships are to be transformed into prisons, and her. officers into lawless tyrants, then the sooner they get out of these waters the better it will ’’ The knocking of Untilla at the door stopped the squire in the midst of a speech that promised to be treasonable if he continued. Great was the surprise ‘of the squire and his amiable family at seeing Untilla and her dusky companion. They were always made welcome, but their presence at this particular time caused the sturdy host additional uneasiness. Like all the very old people of her race, Dinah was inclined to be garrulous, but to-night she fully appreciated the importance of coming directly to the point. After getting the squire to examine ,the room in which they were and the rooms adjoining, and the outside of the house, to make sure that what she was about to communicate could not be overheard by ears for which it was not intended, she made them gather about her, and then told Balph Denham’s story, or rather, the story of his extraordinary adventure. During the narrative the squire now and then stopped her to offer an objection or to express incredulity; and at such tqnes Untilla assured him of the perfect accuracy of everything the old woman was saying. Balph Denham was as dear to the squire as if he were his own son; and it can be said that Mrs. Condit and Ellen felt towards him as if he did sustain that relation to the family. Naturally enough they could hardly credit Dinah’s remarkable story, even though Untilla indorsed it. But when Dinah told where Balph then was, and spoke of his anxiety to get in communication with his officers, all the squire’s doubts vanished. “The wildest excitement fills the town, and extends to the adjoining islands," said Squire Condit, raising his hands and feeling, as he let them fall heavily by his side, that his exclamation did not exactly express what was on his mind. It did not take him long to get cooled down, and on occasions the squire could be as cool as an iceberg. “Something must be done, and that at once; let us see what it shall be.” This looked like an Invitation for the others to take part in the consultation that was then going on, but Squire Condit made all the motions, and declared them carried, without waiting for the others to give an opinion. In this conference it was decided that Dinah and Untilla should at once go back to the Captain, carrying with them additional arms and a complete disguise; and, after assuming this disguise, he was to make his way with all speed to the Squire’s house, and take possession of his own old room, where he must await further developments. In the meantime the Squire would find either Lieutenant Hedges or Valentine Dayton, and bring them to the house. The instant this scheme was decided on, all who were to take an active part in its execution started off. Untilla and Dinah went back to where

they had left Balph Denham, and the Squire made straight for Dr. Hedges’ house, where he exected - to find either the Lieutenant or Valentine Dayton. He was about to enter through the gate that opened on a garden path leading up to the house, when his attention was arrested by hearing voices inside, where there was dense shrubbery. Belibvinr that Sag Harbor was at this time in a state of war, and impressed with the belief that it was fair to take every advantage, looking to one’s safety and the safety of one’s friends, the Squire drew near on tip-toe and stopped to listen. One of the speakers was Doctor Hedges; of that there could be no mistake, and the other was, the Squire thought, Captain Fox; on the latter point ne was soon decided. “And so she refused the jewels,” said Fox; “well, there is no accounting for women’s ways.”

“I’ll account for her ways. Heretofore I have been the kindest and most indulgent parent on Long Island, and I fondly believed that Lea was’ in every way worthy of my confidence ” “Beautiful girls are apt to have whims,” Interrupted Fox, with a low laugh that impressed the Squire as having something fiendish about it. “I am only sorry that you told her who the unfortunate donor was. ” “But I insist that I did not tell her. Why, the moment she saw them—and she didn’t stop to give them a second glance—she turned away her head and said ‘Captain Fox sent them.’ I tried to impress her with their value and beauty; but bless you, she paid no more heed to them than if they were so many of those shells the Indians make wampum of. Oh, she is stiff-necked, but I am determined, and I’ll warrant me she’ll soon be glad to do as I say.” And the Doctor stamped his feet on the ground to give emphasis to his words; ordinarily he was the most mildmannered of men, but to-night he was evidently a.igry and bound to have his own way. “If she could be Induced to come on board again with you and any other friends that you choose to bring along, I think I could convince her that I am all I claim to be, and that I am not unworthy of her regard,” said Fox. “Oh, she does not doubt you; that ain’t it; but she’s got this Denham In her head, and as It’s only a fancy, of course she’ll soon get over it.” “She’d get over it soon enough if I could convince her of what I know.” “What is that, Captain?” asked the Doctor, eagerly. “That this Balph Denham, unknown to your brother, the Lieutenant, and to your nephew, Mr. Dayton, has been in direct communication with the noted Captain Kidd.” “What!” exclaimed the Doctor.

The Squire on hearing this had to bite his lips and shake himself, so much did he yearn to shout at the top of his voice: ** “That is a hideous, a monstrous lie!” Captain Fox repeated his statement in substance, and continued: “I came here to watch Denham, and it was through my influence that he went on my ship to New York; and it is through my influence that he is now a prisoner with his life in danger and his ship under my orders.” Here was a most ingenious presentation of the actual truth put in such a way—for it deceived—as to make it a lie. “You astound me!” said the Doctor, grasping his hat with both hands to keep his hair from throwing it off. “Say nothing about this for the present. If what I told you became generally known It would interfere with my plans,” said Fox. “Oh; of course not. I know what the interests of her most gracious majesty’s service require, and if there is a more loyal man than myself, I don’t know him, and I won’t except Squire Condit.” “Squire Condit has neither your intellect nor your breeding. Pardon me for saying so, but I think Squire Comalt is very much of a conceited ass.” Squire Condit bit his lips again, and mentally invoked heaven to help him in restraining his temper, which threatened to break loose and run away with him.

“Squire Condit means to do right;’’ said Doctor Hedges, still feeling some warmth for his old friend, “but I often notice that those who have anything to do with the administration of law become contracted, and perhaps a bit arbitrary in their methods. It is most natural for men who have the power to incarcerate lawbreakers to desire to incarcerate every man, woman, and child that does not happen to agree with them. ” “No doubt you are right. But before I go on board, where, by the way, I should have remained but for my anxiety to see you, I wish to know if you cannot make up a little party, and come on board to lunch to-morrow, and bring Miss Lea with you; she will surely accord me that favor. ” “I pledge you my word of honor as a gentleman and a practicing physician, that Lea and myself, with, perhaps, Mrs. Hedges and some other friends, will give you a call to-morrow. Which shall it be, morning or afternoon?” asked the Doctor. “Afternoon if it suits you as well.” “It will suit me better.” “Then we’ll sav to-morrow afternoon at 3. I will see that a boat is on the shore awaiting your order.” Capt. Fox shook hands with the Doctor, who returned the pressure with, much warmth, and then left. »

He passed so close to the Squire that the latter, without taking a step, could have knocked him down with, the stout hickory stick which he grasped. Capt. Fox went toward the bay, and when he was out of hearing the squire rose and entered Dr. Hedged* garden. The Doctor was in the act of closing the front door, for the family had gone to bed long since, when the squire startled him by giving a double rap with his stick on the strong oak panels. Dr. Hedges opened the door, and, shading the candle with his hand, he let the light fall on the visitor’s face. The instant he recognized the squire he caned out: “What! you, Squire Condit, roaming round at this hour of night?” The Squire confessed his identity, also that he was roaming round then, and hinted that he had no expectations of sleep that night. “Bless me. Squire, is there any more bad news?” “Lots more news, and it’s of the sama kind that has been coming in all day. But my business here is to find your brother, the lieutenant, or Valentine,” eaid the ’Squire, speaking with great precision, lest the doctor might read his secret. “They are very busy on board the Sea Hawk to-night,” said the doctor. “Any idea of what they are doing?” 'Yes; in accordance with Captain Fox’s orders they are taking all the ammunition out of the Sea Hawk, and sending it on board the Wanderer.” “How can I get on board at once?” “Don’t know, Squire, unless you swim,” replied the doctor, who began to think bls neighbor a little cracked. “Then,” said the Squire, “I’ll go on board if I have to swim. ” [to be COSTIKVSD.]

AGRICULTURAL TOPICS.

A FEW SUGGESTIONS FOR OUR RURAL READERS. Points ot Law for Farmers When to Water Horses-Pneumatic Fountain for Poultry—Common Sense in FarmingFertility of Pastures, Etc. Farm Law. There are certain points of law that govern the rights of farmers that should be known to be used as a guard against personal liability, as well as to protect ment of rights. The question of right to fruit growing upon branches of a tree standing upon land ot one and overhanging land of another is liable to arise. It is a settled principle of law that where a tree grows near a boundary line and the roots extend upon the land of another and derive nourishment from such land,' even though the branches extend over the line overhanging a neighbor’s land, the entire tree is the property of him on whose land it stands, together with all the fruit growing thereon, and it has been decided by the courts of Vermont, Connecticut, and New York, that any attempt to prevent the reaching over and picking such fruit on the part ot such neighbor makes an actionable case of assault and battery. In a case in New York where the daughter of the owner of a cherry tree stood upon the division fence and attempted to pick fruit from a limb overhanging a neighbor’s land and on being forbidden by such neighbor persisted, the neighbor in attempting to prevent used force, but did no personal injury. On an action the court awarded, ahd the neighbor was obliged to pay SI,OOO. Regarding the right to enter upon the land of a neighbor to secure fruit fallen from overhanging branches the law does not seem to be fully settled although decisions in Massachusetts and Vermont seem to imply that such a right existed if it could be executed without injury to the neighbor. These points are probably but faintly understood by average farmers. We judge so for the reason that we heard of a case where the fruit from overhanging branches was all picked by means of a ladder. No trouble grew out of the case although the two owners were at variance, but it is quite clear that the fruit being the property of the owner of the tree, the taking of it by another made a clear case of theft. —Germantown Telegraph.

Pneumatic Fountain for Poultry. One of the best troughs for supplying fowls with drinking water is made of an empty five-gallon kerosene can as shown in the illustration from the American Agriculturist. A hole two and one-half inches square is cut near the bottom as in Fig. 1. Next cut an empty tin can in two, and about three inches deep as in •fc ig. 2, and bend the edges in at right angles. With a soldering iron, solder this section of can to the five-gallon tin opposite the hole at Fig. 1, so that when the section is fixed on, the hole will file one-half inch lower than the top rim of Fig. 2. The two put together are seen at Fig. 3. , The re-

Fig. 1. Fig.

suit is that chickens cannot tramp through and soil the water. Five gallons will hold enough for a large flock of fowls, and the drinking pan fills as quickly as they drink from it, and by throwing a sack over the fountain it will keep cool in hot weather, which would be a great advantage in warm climates. Lt is easily moved from place to place, and is far prefeiable to open dishes which get so hot in the sun. There must be no holes in the kerosene can, except the one below, or else the water would all rush out, and for the same reason the one hole must be a trifle lower than the top of the tin they drink from. The Inventor has found it to act very well, and sends this description, trusting that other poultry lovers will find the contrivance satisfactory. Common Sense in Farming. There is much talk these days about educating the farmer. The right kind of an education is highly beneficial, but the farmer wants common sense and eyes which will see. If he cannot learn by observation and experience then a collegiate education would be useless If a young man wants to educate himself to be a farmer he must take off his nice clothqs, and roll up his shirt sleeves, and go. to work in earnest He must learn by experience, from books and papers, observe what his neigh--bors are doing; how they manage their farms to make money. He must learn what crop is best adapted to produce the most profitable crops on his farm. This decided, be must use hts best efforts in trtHPrtght direction to develop this crop to its fullest extent, and if successful he is on the way to greater success. Forty-five years ago a young farmer, in looking over his farm in order to decide what would be the best crop to rely on for profit, concluded to set an apple orchard. With this object In view he went to work. He raised trees from the seed, budded or grafted them, and then they were set out on the farm. The natural -trees he renovated and grafted. The result was just as he expected. He now has an orchard which gives more profit for the labor bestowed than any other crdp on the farm, and will without doubt for years to come.

Watering Horses. The digestion of food may be very much interfered with by mistakes in watering. This should always be done before feeding and never soon after. The water is absorbed by the intestines with great rapidity. A few minutes will suffice to absorb three or four gallons of water, and this dilutes the salivary secretion so as to supply all the water needed for the digestion of the food, and no water will then be needed soon after feeding. This avoids the washing of undigested food from the stomach into the intestines, where it ferments and produces much gas and causes those frequent colics that on the whole re-

2. Fig. 3.

Milk With pry Hands. The practice of wetting the hands with milk is a nasty one,and is, mdre- ' over, much more likely to make cows teats sore than is milking dry. Both bag and teats should be brushed or wiped clean with a rag used for the i purpose, and this will remove the small bits of dirt or other offensive matter that are usually found on a cow after she has laid down all night. If any of these get into the milk pail no after straining will make the milk what it ought to be.

Crowding Young Chicks. 1 Do not try to make one hen raise the number of chicks that two hens : should care for. Giving the broods l of several hens to one hen, in order to make the one hen do what the others should do, may save the work i of the hens, but It will be at the cost of a loss of chicks, especially in cold : weather, as a dozen chicks are all that [ a single hen can properly hover.

Odds and Ends. An oiled floor is excellent for the i kitchen, because the grease never shows. Towels will give better wear if overcast' between the fringe before they are washed. MignoneTte may be kept as a pot plant for years, provided no seeds are allowed to develop. Never put patent fasteners on shoes until they have been worn and stretched for a couple, of weeks. The toughest fowl can be made j eatable if put in cold water, plenty ot it, and cooked very slowly from five to six hours.

Always put through the eye qf the needle first the end of thread which copies off the spool, and the thread will be less apt to knot and snarl, If one wishes to cool a, hot dish in a hurry, it will be found that if the dish be placed in a vessel full of cold, salty water, it will cool for more rap■idiy than if it stood in water free of salt. Instead of putting food into the oven to keep hot for late comers, try covering it closely with a tin and setting it over a basin of hot water. This plan will keep the food hot, and at the Same time prevent it from drying. Have the table at which one sews at night spread with a light color, or, if it must have a dark one, a sheet of white paper may be used over it A needle can be threaded with much greater ease if held over a white surface.

duce the usefulness of our workhorses fully one-half. For every attack of disease cuts off so much of the thread of Life, and there are very few horses that are not affected injuriously with colic—the result of mistakes in feeding, but more in watering—sufficiently to have an appreciable result on the duration of life. Depth ot Corn Roots. Tlie following experiment was made by the North Dakota Agricultural College for the purpose of ascertaining the length of roots of corn and wheat: An iron frame was constructed in the shape of a cube five or six feet in each of its dimensions.' The frame was tilled with shelves of wire netting, placed one above the ot':er, withan intervening space of about two inches. These frames were then sunk in the ground entirely beneath the surface. Corn and wheat were then planted on the ground, and as the plants grew the roots were not obstructed bv the layers of wire netting imbedded in the soil beneath, but forced their way readily through the meshes. In the fall the frames were carefully dug out and the soil washed away with water. The netting held the roots in the very position in which they grew, and a valuable object lesson for the study of root growth was thus presented. The roots of the corn plant had gone beyond its six-foot Limit, and some of the roots were broken off in removing the frame. In the case of the wheat plants some of the roots had gone downward to a depth of between three and four feet What a lesson this experiment gives in regard to the manuring of the soil for wheat, so commonly considered as a shallow-rooted crop, and how it shows that farm practice must be based on a correct growth ot plants. I have seen corn roots eight feet long in a wash on a hillside, and the top soil completely filled with a mat of shorter roots.—Colman’s Rural World.

Huir-Sllls for Bahn Basements. In the construction of barn basements, walls of stone are dispensed with, only in places where the building is located on a steep side hill, and the discarding of a wall necessitates the use of many strong basement posts, if these are framed into the lower side of sills in the usual manner, they are greatly weakened by the cutting away of so "much tlAber. Tl ■—J 1 r

MANNER OF APPLYING HALF-SILLS.

By the use ot the false or half sill, shown in the engraving, the main sill is actually strengthened. This short sill may be of sawed stuff, and for a common barn should not be less than 4x12 inches. The ends may be spiked, If the whole building is raised when empty, and a false sill placed below, the structure will be made more firm find durable.

Salting the Cowl. We used to know careful farmers who made it a practice to salt cows every Sunday afternoon, after return from church. Once a week is better than leaving the malting to accident, but if salt is placed cows can get it all the time they will not eat too much o( it. Ro?k salt is best. Leave large lumps of It where the cows can lick them, ana you will find that they will soon learn tovisitthem daily, taking a small amount at each time. Thus fed there is no temptation to get more salt than is for the animal’s good. Salt in quantity cannot be digested, and, of course, operates as a powerful purgative, besides injuring digestion. Eaten in moderate amounts it makes the digestion better.—Exchange. • c/

FUTURE KING AND QUEEN OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE.

There is something more than the mere perfunctory adulation of hereditary rules in the general good will and good wishes which the English people have expressed in connection with the announcement of the betrothal of the Duke of York and the Princess May. Besides the fact that their union will put farther away the possibility of a scion of the unpopular Tecks coming to the throne,.it la also true that Prince George has made a warm place for himself in the British heart by his sturdy, manly character and his democratic ways. He has, too, the true Briton’s love for the sea. From his earliest days, when in his Sandringham home he eagerly limned to the nautical tales told by his tutor, he hadui passionate longing for a sailor’s life, and he entered the navy at the early|age of 12 as a cadet. In June, 1884, after seven years’ service, he was made a sub-lieutenant, and then, having passed the necessary examinations with distinction—he secured three flrst-class passes—he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant Subsequently he served on the Thunderer, the Dreadnaught, the Alexandra, the Northumberland, the Thrush and the Melampus. His naval career has not been child’s play. Once on deck his exalted rank was forgotten. He had to undergo the same training and discipline as others. He never shirked work, whether as a midshipman or commanding officer. He has achieved success by reason of his ability, his Industry and his strength of character. As to whether there is any ground for the element of romance With which the coming royal wedding has been invested there, may be good reason to doubt; it is said, however, that Prince George and Princess May were very much attached to each other during the lifetime of the Duke of Clarence, but that for reasons of state she was obliged to transfer her allegiance if not her affection to the elder brother and heir apparent

MEMORIALS OF THE PAST.

The Fantbus Structures ot Delhi and Agra, India. The city of Delhi, India, has been called the Rome of India, and its memorials of the past dot all the years from 300 B. U. till the begin-

THE KUTUB MINAR.

height by an earthquake has still an altitude of 250 feet Its architecture is Imposing, and the work is worthy of any age or country. In the city of Agra, 115 miles from Delhi, is the most famous mausoleum in the world. It is called the Taj Mahal. It was built by the monarch Jehan in memory of his wife, Noor Mahal, whose death he deeply mourned. It is said that 20,000 men were engaged for twenty-two years in its construction, and that upward of $4,000,000 was expended in the work. It is erf white marble, 100 feet in diameter and 200

TAJ MAHAL. AGRA.

feet high, built in the form of an irregular octagon, and rising from a high marble terrace which rests upon a terrace of red sandstone. From the corners of the marble terrace rise minarets and in the center rises a dome flanked by cupolas. Inside and without it is decorated with mosaics of precious stones. The whole of the Koran is inlaid in b;ack ; marble and precious stones on the walls within.

WRITE WORSE THAN EVER.

Author)) Progrc *b»K Backward Steadily In the Matter of Chlrography. It is true that handwriting is growing worse and worse all the world over. This is the statement of Mr. Jackson in his “Theory and Practice of Handwriting.” Official reports seem to confirm Mr. Jackson’s belief. On the other hand, as pointed out by the Boston News, persons of considerable experience in reading literary manuscripts and examination papers of the higher orders can hardly agree with him. As a rule, the manuscripts of novels and examination papers are legible and even rather pleasing. The exceptions are scarcely 4 per cent, in examinations; in novels an author foolishly sends in a mere rough draft, with erasions and additions tacked on by pins or waste ends of postage-stamp paper. But these examples of handwriting are the work, except as regards many novels, of rather highly educated persons, and they throw no light on the hands of people far from literacy. The letters of servant girls and of other people without aspirations to culture are often penned in excellent and characteristic hands, and, on the whole, we do not think that the age writes ill, as a general rule. Naturally people who have to write great quantities of “copy” for the press or for other purposes find their hands, if Boman and fine at first, gradually

ning of the present century, when it became a British, possession. Scattered through the city are upward of forty mosques and the tombs of Mussulman saints and emperors. A pillar (known as Kutub Mlnar or column of victory was ( built 700 years ago, and though shorn of some of its

disappearing in a scrawl due to fatigue. A number of popular and prolific authors are suffering from “writers’ cramp,” and their hands must have been degenerating in the progress of the malady. To do the work with the minimum of fatlgufj Is the author’s object, and certainly it seems as if the men and women with the most slovenly hands suffer least from writers’ cramp. Mr. Jackson, however, thinks that writ Ing IsftryW, M is due to bad teaching, promiscuous!, Selected models (he prefers examples on the blackboard to the headlines), and, above all, the error Is in sloping as opposed to perpendicular or vertical writing. The natural man, he thinks, sits upright to his work, and would write perpendicular but for the prevalence of sloping copies. From these comes the habit of sprawling sideways at the desk, and that habit is bad for the eyes, bad for the spine, bad for discipline in the school (as it facilitates tattling), and, finally, bad for the handwriting. The slope keeps on running down hill till it loses itself In an indecipherable scrawl.

Giving the Drunkard His Choice.

The Michigan Senate passed a bill, says the Chicago Tribune, which ought to have become a law. It provides that the man who gets drunk and is arrested for that offense may either pay the ordinary fine and be locked up if he cannot pay it, or give a satisfactory bond that he will go to some good place where men are treated for the liquor habit and be cured of his disease. I{ a man says he wants to be cured, Cut Is'too poor to foot the bill, then the expense may be paid by the county. In such cases Justices of the Peace and Police Magistrates are empowered to sentence drunkards to some institution. It will be impossible to tell how this plan will work until it has been tested thoroughly. It may be a great success or may amount to very little, owing to unforeseen causes. Therefore it is better that the experiment should be tried thoroughly in one State. If it succeeds there the example of Michigan will be followed speedily by other States.

There is not a county in Michigan but has its common drunkards, who generally gravitate with their families to the poorhouse and become a county charge. Looking at the matter from a business point of view it would be economy often for the county to pay the expenses of freeing these men of the drink habit and converting them from paupers and breede sos paupers into self-supporting members of the community, assisting others in bearing the burden of taxation. There is no more economi; and profitable expenditure of money than for the sobering of drunkards and for keeping the young from acquiring criminal habits. If a man needs a doctor or medicine and is too poor to employ the one or buy the other, the community attends to his needs. There is no reason why a man who has the drink disease and wants to tie cured of it, but has not the money, should not be helped to emancipate himself. It may be that when a drunkard makes his appearance in the polled court sick all over, disgusted with and ashamed of himself, he will be more likely to think favorably of going to a gold cure institution than at any other time. After his headache is over and he is at work again he feels more confidence in his ability to resist temptation. He makes those promises -which drunkards are in the habit of making, and keeps them for a week or a month. If he is caught when in his most abject and dejected state he may be glad to avail himself of the alternative of getting some one to go his bond that he will get cured. The experiment , is worth trying.

INDIANA STATE NEWS.

OCCURRENCES THB PAST WEEK. An Interesting Summary of the More Important Doings of Our Neighbors—Weddings and Deaths—Crimes, Casualties and General News Notes. Hoosier Happenings. Bedford has been named the "Stone City.” .Richmond is pleased with a new police system. Murphy, the Lafayette rioter, is at work In the tailor shop of the Northern Prison. The new manufacturing town of Ingalls is reviving the boom which she recently had. The Democratic State Editorial Association meets in Warsaw. June 21, and 22, and the Republican State Editorial Association will meet tn July at the same place. Mrs. Baker has allowed 84,000 damages against the Richmond Gas Company. Her daughter, Mrs. Crabb, was Injured in a gas explosion in Richmond last January. The Sheriff of Montgomery County was squirrel hunting the other day and took the jail keys with him. The cases in court had to be postponed because the prisoners could not bo had. . "Kid” Miller and his chum went from Fairmont to Elwood to work in a bottle factory.- They rpqmed but it was finally discovered that the chum was a girl. Disappeared now.

Charles Marvin, brakeman on the Clover Leaf, was knocked from a side ladder on his train at Clark's Hill and, falling under the wheels, was decapitated. He leaves a wife and five little children. Bert Underhill, G. W. Noble, H. J. Smith, Martin Waldoogle, and James Cullen have been arrested in Lafayette on charges of perjury growing out of their affidavits in the Opera House riot cases. The 3-yoar-old girl of Edward Livengood, living seven miles east of Lebanon, was choked to death by a coffee grain lodging in her windpipe. The operation of trachivotomy was performed, but too late to save her life. Adolphus Minton, a prominent contractor, fell from the top of a three-story building under course of construction at French Lick Springs, and was almost instantly killed. He lived only twenty minutes. He loaves a wife and two children. Simon Bloch, with his wife and daughter, and Edward Emanuel of Marlon, were injured in a runaway. They wore on thole way to Gas City, when an accident to the carriage frightened the team. Mr. Bloch was injured internally. James W. Hartley, an employe on the Lake Shore construction train, was killed at Laporte. He was intoxicated and deliberately stepped on the track in front of an incoming freight train. His body was mangled to such an extent that immediate Interment was necessary. Ho was about 40 years old and leaves a widow.

Dr. C. N. Metcalf, Secretary of the State Board of Health, was In Elwood, Investigating the smallpox cases in that vicinity. Ho expressed himself perfectly satisfied with the precautions taken by the local Board of Health to prevent the spreay jf the djgease and prepared a isj.Uious. 1 '' Jawsjsli V? clarol the daiTgcror aTT epidemic Is decreasing and he afflictpates no such result from the present situation. He commends the efficient manner in which the matter has boon looked aftor and speaks reassuringly of the future. A serious accident, which will probably prove fatal, happened to Harry Quick, aged Hi, near Jeffersonville. Some companions wore swimming in a pond through which runs a wire fence. One of the boys bantered Quick to leap over the wire fence. Quick accepted, and was In the act of leaping, when his foot slipped cn the grass, and instead of clearing the fence, he landed a-straddle of the sharp barbs, and was horribly cut, his entire abdomen being torn open and the Intestines partly laid bare. He was carried homo and Dr. Zuerner was called, who was compelled to take nineteen stitches to sew up the cut. The |boy Is In a precarious condition. Mrs. Amos Thompson, widow, residing with her son Cyrus, near Crawfordsville, was killed by a horse. She went to the barn to feed the animal, and entered the stall where the horse was tied. She had a shawl over her head, and It Is supposed the horse became frightened at her appearance, and knocking her against tho partition stunned nor' so that she fell down under the animal's feet It then V a )Y. e 4 her head and breast into a mass. A hired hand, on coming Into the barn, ffSHced the hors 6 pawljig, and qj examination found tli3 remains of Mrs?Thompson. He attempted to enter the stall, and was kicked against the barn. Calling for Cvrus Thompson, he came, and after pacifying the beast carried out the body of his mother. The horse had always been a gentle animal.

A mo burly tramp stopped at Patrick Murphy’s home, east of Brazei, and asked for a drink of wator. There was no one at home except Mrs Murphy and her 10-year-old daughter. However, the woman went to the well to get the stranger a cup of cold water. She had been gone only a minute when she heard her daughter utter a piercing scream. Snatching up a large stone she ran back to the house, where she found her child in the tramp’s arms, lying on the floor. She threw the stone, striking the tramp in the bead, then called her large dog and set him on the fellow. The vicious canine chewed him badly in several places, and almost tore the clothing from bis back before he could get away. Mrs. Murphy at once went to a neighbor’s and reported the outrage. Marshal Louderbock was informed, and he sent a message to Greencastle to watch for the brute, who had started In that direction. He was arrested at that place and returned to Brazei where he now lies in jail Neil Ford, a tough colored citizen, residing in Calvin Township, Cass Conntv, Michigan, came to South Bend to visit his sister, Mrs. Adam Powell. The other day he got drunk and shot her because she threatened to punish her son. Ford said he would shoot her if she did, whereon she bared her breast and cried to him to shoot... He pulled out a 32-calibre weapon ana fired, the ball entering above her breast, passing out her back and lodging in the wall. Ford started to run, but was captured and jailed. Mrs. Powell was removed to St Joseph’s Hospital. There is a possibility of her recovery. Sydney Barton, the 13-year-old son of Roadmaster M. F. Barton of the L>, E. snd St L. Railway of New Albany, was drowned tn Silver Creek. He had been attending a picnic, and with a crowd of boys went in bathing. He was seized with cramps, and went down before help could reach him. The body was recovered. Eugene Hammon, employed in the Indianapolis Basket Factory, fell into a vat filled with boiling water, being submerged to his neck. He was dragged out instantly, but the skin fell in rolls as his clothing was stripped off, and he was parched from head to foot Every known remedy to relieve him was tried without effect. Be died in horrible^““ M ’.