Democratic Sentinel, Volume 19, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 May 1895 — Page 3

TIMELY FARM TOPICS.

MANAGEMENT OF THE FARM, . GARDEN AND STABLE. £nstractiona for Making a Good Brooder—Work Done by the Honey Bee —How to Teat a Cow—Dressing of Salt for Potatoes. To Make a Brooder. Make a box 4x3% feet and 6 inches high, cover top with boards and bottom iwith zinc, making a box like the heater of an incubator. Take a piece of old cloth, some heavy materia}, and cut strips 4 Inches wide and long enough sto reach all around the 3x4 box or 14 feet Tack this cloth around bottom edge of the box; it will hang down 4 Inches below the box. Cut the cloth

HOME-MADE BROODER.

(Description: a, brooder pipe and lamp; b, t running up to brooder.) every 4 inches. The box will then be surrounded with pieces of cloth 4 inches square. Put a block 4 inches square under each corner of this box Sand the chicks will get in under easily by pushing between the 4-inch strips ■of cloth. Fix one tin pipe to heat the ■brooder, and one lamp will keep the ibrooder warm. Place a %-inch escape pipe in each corner of the brooder to draw heat over the surface of the zinc evenly. As a lamp cannot be connected In the pipe if. the brooder is on the floor, make a table a little larger than the brooder with legs 6 or 8 inches high. A board from the brooder to the floor .will soon be used by the chicks. Do not set boards around the brooder to keep the ehiGks in, for they will crowd up in the corners and kill many. As the chicks grow put higher blocks under the brooder so they can get under but not high enough so they can get on top of eaeh other.—Farm and Home. ,r, o' The Work of Bees. A writer in the Revue des Sciences des Naturclles makes the following calculations in regard to the work done by the honey bee: When the weather is fine a worker can visit from forty to eighty flowers In six or ten trips, and collect a grain of nectar. If it visits 200 or 400 flowers, it will gather five grains. Under favorable circumstances it will take a fortnight to obtain fifteen grains. It would therefore take it several years to manufacture a pound of honey, which will fill about 3,000 cells. A hive contains from 20,000 to 50,000 bees, half of which prepare the honey, the other half attending to the wants of the hive and the family. On a fine day 16,000 to 20,000 ndividuals will, In six or ten trips, be able to explore from 300,000 to 1,000,000 flowers, say several hundred thousand plants. Again, the locality must be favorable for the preparation of the honey, and the plants that produce the most nectar must flourish near the hive. A hive inhabited by 30,000 bees may, therefore, under favorable conditions, receive about two pounds of honey a day.

Prepare for Haying. Have the mower, the horse rake, tedder and hay fork in order. If the mower needs repairs have such repairs, done at once. If extra bolts and knife blades are wanting, they can be gotten and put in on a wet day. A few extra bolts should always be kept on hand; also, knife blades and rivets. All such tools should be kept in a dry place, out of the rain and free from moisture. A machine that has rusted by exposure is liable to break when put to a severe test. The clover and grass fields should be free of stumps and stones; if such obstructions are in the fields, mark such places by driving a stout stake three feet in length that can be readily seen by the driver at each obstruction. Another Important point is not to lend or hire your mower without you send a trusty man with it A machine will last many years if carefully used on well-prepared fields. If the field is badly prepared and left rough and stony, the machine will be ruined after a few days’ cutting over such fields.—Baltimore American. Keeping the Reins Dry. Drivers are sometimes annoyed by the plunging and splashing the horses make with their noses when driven to the watering trough, wetting the reins iand splashing water over everything in their reach. How this may be prevented is shown in the accompanying (illustration from the American Agriculturist Make a float of any ordi-

DEVICE FOR PROTECTING REINS.

nary board, of just the size and shape to cover the surface of the water in the trough. Into this cut as many holes as you have horses to water at once, of just sufficient size for the horses to drink through. through these they will drink, and if the reins are loose, or a halter strap is hanging down, they will not become wetted in the least The water is kept cleaner by the shield, much of the dust and dirt which would otherwise be dropped in the water being caught on the board. Salt for Potatoes. A dressing of salt on potatoes is good for them while growing as well as when they are cooked. The school boy wrote in his composition about salt that “It is what makes potatoes taste so bad when you do not put any on.” The salt should be sprinkled over the hill after the potatoes come up. The effect of the salt is to make soluble mineral plant food that the crop could ndtotherwise make use of. The salt has" itself no fertilizing properties, but enables this crop, which has to make its growth In a few weeks of hot weather, to get more from the soil than it could If the salt had not been applied. Testing a Cow. The best test of the cow is to weigh the milk and butter she produces. If a cow is well-bred she~will give a good account of herself on the scales, but

no matter what her breeding may be, if she gives a satisfactory yield, keep her. It is much easier to hold on to a good cow than to take the risk of getting one in her place when she becomes dry. Every cow should be tested, and scales should be conveniently placed where the milk can be weighed as soon as it is drawn from the cow. Hints on Poultry. Any building you erect for your poultry should, if you keep one hundred head, have a room in the center for storage of grain and such tools and cooking apparatus as is necessary about a well-ordered henhouse. The building should have wings on either side, with a three-foot passageway In the center, throwing pens say five by ten feet on either side, the number of such pens depending upon the size of the building you erect Hens like green cabbage when it is hung up where they can chip off a bit when so inclined, and in the winter and early spring, when there is little green food growing, nothing Is more convenient and beneficial. Onion-tops In springtime are excellent as a blood stimulant and should be fed with soft food. White Plymouth Rocks make an excellent cross with White Wyandottes for general market fowls or eggs.

The Land Is “Sick of Corn.” Sandy loam soil, heavily dressed with manure from milking cows, yielded increasing crops of ensilage com for seven years, but the yield has fallen oft steadily the past three seasons, and the com Is more liable to smut, Is the complaint of a Massachusetts dairyman. This land is sick of corn, says the Agriculturist, and needs a change. The smut germs have gone into the manure and back to the soil yearly until the earth is charged with them, and the smut thrives if weather permits. The manure probably supplied as much nitrogen, potash and phosphoric acid as a good crop would require, but the soil has evidently got in such a condition that the corn couldn’t avail itself freely of this food. Sow to grass or grain, or put in potatoes or vegetables, applying only a good dose of unbleached wood ashes, and in ’96, or, better, in ’97, it will probably be as good as ever for corn. Shipping Small Frnits. The accompanying cuts represent a picker’s stand and case, used on fruit farms. Fig. lis a 6-quart case and Fig. 2 is cover attachment Fig. 3 is a square tin box into which a quart box fits. It is fastened about the waist with a strap, and is used only for raspberries and blackberries. Ship only to reliable and trusty dealers and commission men. By neglecting proper preparation and careful shipment,

PICKER’S STAND AND CASE.

much small fruit goes on the market in bad condition, bringing low prices and also injury to the reputation of the grower. Observe strict cleanliness. Strawberries especially should be carefully attended to. Mulch with straw or any coarse litter. This keeps the berries from becoming dirty during a shower. When pickers are at work, watch them; allow no bad or dirty fruit to be placed ip the boxes. All imperfect specimens must be thrown out Fill boxes neither too full nor too scant. Leave calyx and stem on strawberries. This gives them a much nicer and cleaner appearance when placed on the market. They also stand a long shipment much better and keep longer. Do not allow them to be pulled off, as much fruit is then smashed. This applies to all small fruits. Never pick raspberries and blackberries with stems on. Instead of pulling off the berry, roll it off. Never expose small fruits to the sun or wind. If stands are used see that they have a cover for protection. Barn Doors on Rollers. If well made and hung the bam door fixed to slide on rollers will last longer and give much better satisfaction than if it is swung on hinges. The swinging door is soon liable to sag or to be broken by the violence of the wind. The doors In basement bams both above and below ought to mn on rollers. One of the important advantages of the roller door is that no more need ever be opened than is necessary, while the swinging door must either be entirely shut or be liable to have a gust of wind take it, and either break the frame work in pieces or wrench it off from its hinges. The saving of labor In handling the two styles of doors will make the rolling door cheapest in the end, and we are not sure that its first cost is now any greater than is that of the other.

To Fight the Cutworm. For the cut worm mix with dry wheat bran sufficient Paris green or London purple to color it faintly, and so completely that every part of bran will carry its particle of arsenic. Mix with sweetened water to make a soft mush. Place a teaspoonful on each hill of plants to be protected, the evening of the day the plants are to be set out Professor Smith, of the New Jersey station, in giving this remedy for the cut worm, says all who have tried his method report it absolutely successful, and claim that they lost no plants after using it Getting the Start of "Weeds. The first cultivation given a crop is the most important for if it is not done thoroughly, and any weeds remain, the hoe may be required to clean them out A little extra care at first and doing the work at the right time, will save labor. Weeds can be destroyed when they are young, and the field easily cleaned. One or two thorough workings will leave but few, If any, to annoy you as the season advances. Sunflower Seeds Are Good. Don’t fail to plant some sunflowers In the spring, for sunflower seeds are the best single grain for laying hens that can be given them, and it is surprising what a quantity can be grown in odd corners.

WHEAT GOES SOARING

GREAT TUMULT ON THE CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE. All the Brokers Wild with Excitement and Fighting for July Options -Price Goes to 82 Cents While 250,000,009 Bushels Are Bought. Record in Trading Smashed. July wheat shot np to 82 cents Thursday on the Chicago Board of Trade. As it ro9e and soared a thousand hands of yelling brokers were stretched to bring it back to earth. It was a long and exciting struggle, but just before the close of the session the furor quieted, the price fluttered awhile and then dropped to 78%, or 1% cents above the closing quotation of Wednesday. But while the wheat was going up and coming down, the Chicago Board of Trade experienced the greatest day in its history. There may have been as much excitement on previous occasions, when big corners were run, but at no time was there such an amount of business transacted, and when the closing gong sounded the brokers dropped their arms, and were glad to escape to their offices. Over 250,000,000 bushels of wheat, it was estimated, were traded in. Margins were called for and put up with astonishing swiftness. The marble steps leading to the banks which do a margin business were blackened with the footprints of messenger boys, who carried checks and notices to and from the banks. At least $1,000,000 in margins was deposited. During the great swirl John C. Schwartz, an erstwhile plunger, was blown out of the market like a bit of chaff. The tremendous boom went on. Everybody was buying, and most of all the farmers. „The failure of Schwartz was an incident; the feature was the farmer.

SENE IN THE WHEAT PIT WHEN THE MARKET WAS AT ITS HEIGHT.

For several weeks now the farmer has persisted in buying wheat. He has calculated the damage done to the crops by the flies and chinch bugs at home, and, migrating to Chicago, he has taken from professional traders what they have been winning from him during the last three years. There were 500 of these farmers Thursday swarming about the Board of Trade. And they continued to buy wheat. The paralyzing feature -'f the market occurred at the opening. Wheat sold Tuesday at 71%. It closed Wednesday at 77%. But Thursday morning the first deals made were at 80 and 81 a bushel, a clear jump of 3%. When the gong sounded at 9:30 o’clock the wheat pit was filled with 400 nervous brokers, who were waiting for tlie .battle to begin. Before the sound had died away every man had his hands in the air, and was shouting like a demon. The noise rose as a babel of sound. Anticipating a lively session, the galleries were packed. Five hundred women were in one, and as many men in another. They leaned over the railing in their eagerness to watch the pandemonium in the pit below. The excitement was so intense that the other pits were almost neglected. At least 1,500 members were on the floor, and their attention was centered in the wheat pit. While the struggle was on a small army of messenger boys was chasing in and out of the building. The 125 telegraph operators on the floor were crowded to death. Every little town in the country wanted to get into direct communication with the board. The price went up to 82. That seemed to cap the climax. About ten minutes before the close every broker seemed to think it was a good time to take profits and began selling. Within three minutes the price dropped from 81% to 78%. It rallied slightly, and closed for the day at 78%. It was a great day. All told a conservative estimate of the business transacted amounted to a quarter of a billion bushels. This is the liveliest market the board has experienced since 1891, when within two months wheat rose from 87'to $1.15 a bushel. The present rise has been under way since last April. In February wheat sold at 52 cents, May 13 it was at 64 cents. Thursday it was nearly 18 cents over that price. Excitement in New York.

In New York the excitement at the opening of the wheat market Thursday exceeded anything seen in the present advance. It was a wild tumult of buying with almost a total disregard of price, so that July opened from 83 to 8314 cents at the same moment. This represented a rise of 3 to 3% cents from the official close of Wednesday. After jumping up to 83% cents, prices lost a cent, and then swung back again, advancing to 84% cents. Transactions went far above any day yet, amounting to 18,000,000 bushels before noon. Most of this great business was done during the first hour. The excitement at the opening was intensified by the reported covering of a big Chicago short. The bulls are killing the erdp off as fast as possible. In the districts west, where wheat has escaped the ravages of chinch bugs, flies and army worms and the blight of frost, the bulls are talking drouth and the bears seem too far gone to set up any opposition.

GOLD AND SILVER OUTPUT.

Product of American Mineß for 1804 Had Coining Value of $103,500,000. , The director of the mint estimates the production of gold by the mines of the United States during the calendar year 1894 to have been 1,910,800 fine ounces, of the coining value of $39,500,000; an increase over 1893 of $3,500,000, which is the largest amount produced in any year since 1878. The production of silver from the mines of the United States is estimated to have approximated in 1894 49,500,000 ounces, of the coining value of $64,000,000, showing a decrease as compared with 1893 of 10,500,000 ounces. In the production of gold California, leads, with an output of $13,570,000; Colorado is second with $9,491,000; Montana third with $3,651,000,' and South Dakota fourth, $3,299,000. Colorado heads the list in silver by an output of 23,281,400 fine ounces, of the asking value of $30,101,200; Montana

second, with a production of 12,820,000 fine ounces, followed by Utah, with a production of 5,882,000 fine ounces, and Idaho, with 3,248,500. At the average price of silver for the calendar year 1884 the commercial value of the silver product of the mines of the United States is $31,432,500.

MEETING IN MEMPHIS.

Opponents of tbe Free Coinage of Silver Hold a Convention. An audience of 3,000 persons was in attendance at the big Auditorium in Memphis, Tenn., when W. J. Crawford, chairman of the committee of arrangements, called the “sound money and better banking facilities” convention to order. Delegates from all the Southern States were present to the number of about 600 and represented all ranks, from the politician

THE MEMPHIS AUDITORIUM.

to the farmer. In a short speech, which was unmistakable in its indorsement of the gold standard, Mr. Crawford welcomed the delegates to Memphis, and declared the convention ready for business. Ex-Congressman R. H. Clark, of Alabama, in a speech indorsing the policy of the administration in maintaining the credit of the country, nominated for permanent chairman Congressman Thomas C. Catchings, of Mississippi, who was unanimously elected. Mr. Catchings, in accepting, indorsed President Cleveland and Secretary Carlisle, and also took occasion to prophesy that the present silver

craze would soon be stored away in the warehouses at Ocala, Fla., along with the plans that were formulated there a few years ago for a government loan on the products of the country. After the appointment of a committee on resolutions, one from each of the States represented, Secretary Carlisle was escorted to the stage by Congressman Josiah Patterson. Mr. Carlisle spoke for an hour and twenty-five minutes, and at the conclusion of his address an adjournment was taken until 8 o’clock at night. The night session proved of equal interest to that of the afternoon. The report of the committee on resolutions was read by Judge U. M. Rose, of Little Rock, Ark., and was unanimously adopted. Congressman Josiah Patterson, in respone to repented calls, made a speech, in which he appealed to the people of the South not to break away from every tie that had hitherto bound them in the matter of commerce. Ho spoke of the commercial relations that had always existed between the Eastern States and the South and between tho latter section and the States of Illinois, Indiana, Micliignn and lowa, and asked what was to bo gained by breaking with these and joining their fortunes with those of Colorado, Nevada, Wyoming and Nebraska. Resolutions were adopted to have Congressman Patterson’s speech published in pamphlet form, together with that of Secretary Carlisle, and to be distributed throughout the South by a committee of one from each of the Southern States that sent delegation/ to the convention.

The Comic Side of The News

Jack Frost struck New York below the grape belt. The “new woman’s bible” probably will have a postscript added to each chapter. Reuben Rhodes, aged 21, of Vermicelli, 0., was killed by his gun exploding. He was hunting. Advices from the Northwest indicate that the Russian thistle has not been injured by the frost. Having safely passed the crises of a dog show and a cat show, will New York now tackle a rat show ? As we understand it, Champion Corbett is now anxious to fight somebody over in Europe—and no one else. That Ohio editor who wants to take 500 hens on subscription account evidently wants to break into our set. Admiral Meade probably knows now that an ounce of silence is worth more than several pounds of apology. It is announced that “Kate Field will pay a visit to Hawaii.” Col. Kohlsaat will also pay for the same visit. A close reading of the Cuban war news reveals the fact that the results depend entirely upon who controls the cabie. The Cincinnati undertakers have decided to call themselves “morticians.” This looks like running phraseology into the ground. A New York paper says that “the cat now rules the day.” Then we hope Thomas will, be content to work a twelve-hour turn and let us sleep at night. The French Government has decided to ask Parliament for a special credit Ho erect a monument to the soldiers who fell during the last war between France and Germany. Minnie Robinson, who sued the United States Mutual Accident Company at St. Louis, Mo., for insurance on her fiance’s life, was given a verdict, the court deciding she had an insurable interest in his life. Timothy McCarthy, aged 22 years, of Logansport, Ind., committed suicide. He attended a game of baseball in the afternoon and seemed in good spirits. His mind was deranged by a sunstroke four years ago and he was confined at Long Cliff insane hospital ft* 9, time.

NEWS OF OUR STATE.

A WEEK AMONG THE HUSTLING HOOSIERS. Wh»t Our Neighbor! Are Doing - Mutter* •f General and Local Internet—Marriage* and Death* Accident* and CrlmeePolnter* About Our Own People. Indiana Fair*. The following is a list of dates, places and names of associations and secretaries: July as to Aug. 2—Putnam county fair, fiainbridge, A. R. Allison. July so to Aug. 2 Delaware district fair, Middletown, P. K. Hudson. July SO to Aug. 2 —Ripley count}’ fair, Osgood, W.C. Leslie. • Aug. 6to 9—Wayne county fair, Hagerstown, J. M. Hartley. Aug. is to 16—Howard county fair, Kokomo, O. L. Moulder. Aug. is to 15—Grange Jubilee fair, Wirt Station, Thomas Watllngton. Aug. 13 to 16—Jefferson county fair, Madison, D. H. Demarec. Aug. 13 to 16—Henry county fair. New Castle, A. I). Ogbom. Aug. 19 to 23—Boone county fair-, Lebanon, E. G. Darnell. Aug. i$ to 24—Spencer county fair, Roekport, C. M. Partridge. Aug. 20 to 23 Newton county fair, Morocco, A. E. Purkey. Aug. 20 to 23—Maxlnkuckee fair, Mnrmont, J. H. Koontz. Aug. 20 to 28—Delaware county fair, Muncle, M. S. Claypool. Aug. 20 to 21 —Dearborn county fair, Lawrenceburg, J. S. Dorman. Aug. 21 to 24—Watreu country fair. West Lebanon, M. A. Judy. Aug. 20 to so—Hancock county fair, Green field. Elbert Tyner. Aug. 26 to ao—Clinton county fair, Frankfort, Joseph Heavilon. Aug. 26 to so—Johnson county fair, Franklin, W. S. Young. Aug. 26 to so—Harrison eountyfatr, Corydon, Amos Lemon. Aug. 26 to so—Bridgeton union fair, Bridgeton. F. M. Miller. Aug. 26 to si—Oakland City fair, Oakland Clty.R. C. Harbor. Aug. 27 to si—Scott county fair, Scottsburg, Joseph H. Shea. Aug. 27 to 31—Remington fair, Remington, Jasper Guy. Aug. 27 to 31—Grant county fair, Marlon, 11. G. Hamaker. Aug. 28 to 31—Paoll fair. Paoll. A. \V. Bruner, Sent. 2 to 6—District fair, Boswoll, Wm. H. McK night. Sept. 2to 7 —Tippecanoe country fair, Lafayette, Wm. M. Blackstock. _ Sept. 2 to 7—Sjienccr county fair, Chrlsney, P. C. Jolly. Sept, a to C—Washington county fair, Salem, C. W. Morris. Sept. 3 to 7—Shelby county fair, ShelbyvlUe, E. K. Stroup. Sept. 3 t« 7—Pike county fair, Petersburg, W. A. Ollphant. Sept, s to 7—Warren trl-county fair, Warreu, G. Fleming. Sept. 9 to is—Montgomery county fair Crawfordsvllle, W. W. Morgan. Sept. 9 tola—Vigo country fair, Terre Huate, W. H. Dungan. Sept. 9 to til—Daviess county fair, Washington, John Downey. Sept. 9 to 13—Vermillion district fair, Covington, W. T. Ward. Sept. 9 to 14—Gibson county fair, Princeton, W. R. Right. Sept, m to 13—Lake county fair, Crown Point, W. L. Allman. Sept. 10 to 13—Kentland fair, KcntlaDd, 11. Strolnne. Sept. 10 to 13—Kush county fair, ltu.shville, W. L. King. Sent, to to 14—Huntington county fair, Huntington, Adam 1.. Beck. Sept, ll to 14—District fair, Maey, Ira 11. Hurst. Sept. 16 to 20-Tri-State fair, Evansville, It. L. Akin. Sept. 16 to 20—Cayuga fair, Cayuga, J. 8, Groundyke. Sept. if. to 21—Indiana State fair, Indianapolis, Charles F. Kenedy. Sept. 16 to 21—Dubois county fair, Huntingburg, D, Rentoholcr. Sept. 17 to 20 —Lagrange county fair. Lagraugo, L. M. Howe. Sept. 17 to 20—Agricultural and Industrul fair, Plymouth, Chris Fisher. Sept. 17 to 20—Wabash county fair, Wubash, W E. Coate. Sept. 17 to 20—Porter county fair, Valparaiso, E. S. Beach. Sept. 17 to 21—Stark county fair, Knox, H. It. Koffel. Scut. 23 to 27—Jay county fair, Portland, Goo. W. Bergeman. Sept. 23 to 27-Flora fair, Flora, C. K. Nohos. Soot. 23 to 28—Fort Wayne Drlilug Club meeting, Fort Wayne, H. C. ltocklilll. Sept. 24 to 27—Lal'orte county fair, lal’orte, J. Vene Borland, Smit 24 to 27—Fayette county fair, ConnorsvlUa, \V. F. Downes. Sept. 24 to 27—Monroe eoiintj' fair. Bloomington, C. R. Worrell. Sept. 24 to 27—Bremen fair, Bremen, Henry 11. Miller. Sept. 24 to 28—Vermillion county fair, Newport, John Richardson. Sept, 30 to (let. 4—Eastern Indiana fair, Kendallvllle. J. S. Conlogue. Sept. 30 to Oct. 4 —Northern Indiana and Southern Michigan fair. South Bend, Dlxo W. Place. Dot. 1 to6—Bedford lair, Bedford, S. T. /oilman. Oct. 1 to 4—Poplar Grove fair, Poplar Urovo, A. I). Woods. Oct 1 to*4— Randolph county fair, Winchester. I). K. Hoffman. Oct. 2 to 6—Fulton county fair, Rochester, Geo. V. Dawson. Oct, 7 to 11— Northeastern Indiana fair, Waterloo, M Kipllngcr. Oct 8 to 11—Steuben bounty fair. Angola, 11. L. Huston. Oct. 8 to 11—Bourbon District fair, Bourbon, G. D, Estlngbr. Oct. 14 to 10—Knqx county fair, Vlncennos, J. W. Kmlsou.

Minor Statn N««i, Fkost flayed fruit badly in northern Indiana. CiiAWFonnsvii.LK’s city treasury contains a surplus of over SIO,OOO. James 11. Rosenntock, at Richmond, has sued the Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad Company for $35,000 damages for getting a hand crushed while employed as a brakeman. A special train containing Vandalia railroad officials run down William Artkright at a crossing near Uringhurst. Artkright was thrown high in the air but escaped without injury. The wagon in which the fanner was riding was demolished and the engine slightly damaged. Dominic MoWooley an employe in one of the Excelsior Coal Company’s mines at Brazil, was frightfully mangled by an explosion of a keg of powder. Another man, who was near McWooley, narrowly escaped death. The jiowder was ignited by aspark from the injured man’s lamp. He was blown to the royf of the mine, and his clothing was completely burned from his body. A meeting of County Treasurers was held at the Grand Hotel, Indianapolis, at which it was decided 1o bring suit to attempt to revive the law of 1879 so far as it relates to the settlement of County Treasurers with the Slate Treasurer. The various laws passed in recent years and other varied litigation have had the effect to involve the affairs of county officers, and especially Treasurer and Sheriffs in almost Inextricable confusion. The suit is to be brought by John E. Lamb in the name of the Treasurer of Vijco County. Patents have been issued to the following residents of Indiana: Michael J. Cadden, assignor of one-half to R. M. Suratt, Terre Haute, cushioned horseshoe; Thomas C. Cadwgan, Anderson, assignor of onehalf of three patents to the C. S. Kelley Company, Springfield, Ohio, machine for washing and preparing paper stock and beating engine for paper stock; Joseph 11. Colvin, Richmond, snow or ice remover for railways; Edgar Henley and J. H. Luken, Richmond, veterinary device; Lucian R. Oaks, Bloomington, support for incubator thermometers; Britton Poulson, Fort Wayne, assignor to i 1". C. Austin, Chicago, 111., reversible road roller, Della Milleb, of near Sedalia, was found dead in her room shot through the heart. The naturo of the wound would indicate suicide, but the young lady’s sister Margary says that Della had taken up her father’s revolver and playfully remarked that she was going to shoot it. Margary belli raid then hurriedly rushed from the njem, and after the report returned to find her sister dying. The dead girl was a general favorite in the community , cheerful disposition and, so far as known, had no troubles of any kind. Jacob Hutchings, aged eighteen, fell while running through a field near Muncie. His head struck a thorn, which penetrated the skull at tbe top of the ear. He is dying of bjood poisoning.

DECISION AGAINST DEBS.

tncle Bam Is Sovereign Over Every Individual and Every Foot of Hoff, The United State* Supreme Court has denied the application of Eugene V. DelHt the atrike leader, for a writ of ha be corpus. This is a victory for the Government. No more important question, with the single exception of the income tax, has come before the Supreme Court during the past year than the attempt of Eugene V. Debs and the other officers of the American Railway Union to secure a reversal of the sentences to jail by Judge Woods for interfering with interstate commerce and the running of the mails in the railway strike of last summer. The history of the ease is still fresh in the public Memory, but it has importance beyond the question of imprisonment of the American Railway Union officers because there is largely involved the principle of the right of judges having jurisdiction of large interests by virtue of receiverships created by them to prevent labor troubles through the instrumentality of injunctions. The Supreme Court takes the ground that the relations of the Federal Government toward interstate commerce and the mails are those of "direct supervision, control and management,” and that the Federal arm has sovereign power to do. « - ni " -•#

EUGENE V. DEBS.

fend and protect interstate traffic without resorting to the intermediate agency of nuy given State. Following this declaration is an explicit and forcible statement of the right of the Federal Government, to exercise its power in any State, the expression being ono which will serve nb « new definition of the doctrine of State's rights. The supremacy of nntionhl authbrity over local authority is maintained and the statement is accompanied by a significant hint Hint the Federal Government will not hesilnte to interpose and send troops in the defense of its constitutional privilege* whenever it may consider that those privileges are tlirentQUCd.

ODD FELLOWS’ TEMPLE.

Massive and Costly Structure Dedicated in Plilludclphlu. The great? Odd Fellows’ Temple in Philadelphia, which cost $050,000, was dedicated the other day with imposing ceremonies. This magnificent monument

THE NEW TUMPLE.

to Odd Fellowship is nine stories high, and is the largest and costliest secret society building ill the world. It Is situutod on Broad street. Offices for the grand officers of the State nre on the ground floor, also an auditorium 08 feet by (15 feet, and 40 feet high, with a seating capacity of 1,200. Directly beneath is a drill hall of the suino size, except In height. On the second, third, fourth and fifth floors are 105 offices for rent. The remaining stories will be devoted entirely to the order. Four lodge rooms are upon each floor. On the ninth floor there nre two encampment rooms, which contain many new and novel features for conferring degrees. A roof promenade commanding an excellent view of the city and surrounding country is provided; Delegations of Odd Fellows from ull over the United States attended the dedicatory ceremonies. It is estimated there wero 20,000 in the parade.

FROM FOREIGN LANDS.

Heavy frost throughout Switzerland caused great dumuge to crops. The Catholic bishops of Davenport, la., and Omaha, Neb., have arrived in Rome. Baron Dzanowicz has shot and killed Count Ostrorog, a rich land owner of Minsk, Russia. A. W. Terrell, American minister to Turkey, has left Constantinople for Cairo, Egypt. He intends to make u tour of Syria. The Spanish steamer Gravina, with her cargo, has been lost off Capones in a typhoon. Only two of her crew were saved. ' uThe Government of Uruguay lins given notice to Great Brituin of the termination of the Anglo-Uruguayan treaty of commerce. William Brown, the Baptist minister Who pleaded guilty to the charge of bigamy, was sentenced to seven years’ imprisonment. At the Velodrome d’lSet, Paris, the kilometre bicycle race was won by Houben. Banker, the American, who started at the scratch, was second by a second. It is officially announced that Mr. Ernest M. Satow, British minister to Morocco, has been appointed minister to Japan in place of the Hon. P. lo Poor Trench. United States Vice-Consul Droier was tendered a banquet at Copenhagen by the members of the Royal Danish Commission aud the Danish exhibitors at the World’s Columbian Exposition. Much regret is expressed in England at the failure of the negotiations for the federation of Newfoundland with the Dominion of Canada. Canada, it is thought, has behaved most liberally. Jabez Balfour, the Liberator Society swindler, was rearrnigned in London. The magistrate declined to discuss the question of the prisoner’s extradition, contending it was sufficient for all purposes that Balfqur was there under a magistral warrant. s •> >1 oi'l ,

OUR BUDGET OF FUN.

HUMOROUS SAYINGS AND DOINGS HERE AND THERE. Jokea and Jokeleta that Are Supposed to Have Been Recently Born-laying* and Doing* that Are Odd, Cnriaua and Laughable—The Week’s Humor. Let Ua All Langh. The statesman’s brave who singly dares To fight a clique or ring. But braver far Is he who wears The first straw hat of spring. —Boston Courier. Hobson—What do you suppose a dog's pants are made of? Wigwag— Probably of a sort of very light bark.— Philadelphia Record. “In my business, lady, It’s Impossible to get a day’s work.” “You don't sayl What’s your business?" “I'm a night watchman."—Scribner's. Green Gates—ls your son doing well at college? Halsey Putnam—Not as well as I expected; he is only playing center field.—Brooklyn Eagle. “All,” said the magazine reader, contemplating his friend's new baby. “Fine child. Is it a Napoleon or a Trilby?"—Cincinnati Tribune. She—There's no use In talking, It’s the small things that annoy one most. He—Yes. Even a little mosquito bores mo frightfully.—Philadelphia Record. "Why was the bee selected as a model of Industry?" asked TUllnghast “Because business with him is always humming,” replied Glldersleeve.— Judge. Trolley car conductor—Settle now, or get off. Dignified citizen—What do you tako mo for, sir? Conductor—Fl’ cents, same as anybody else.—lndianapolis Journal. Mrs. Norris—ln this book I have written down most of the little Incidents of our married life. Old Bonder—Ah! Sort of fumily scrap-book, eh?—Brooklyn Life. Sad-faced tramp—Madam, I am a homeless man. Patient housewife— Well, If you are home less than ray husband Is, I pity your poor wife.—Tammany Times.

Judge—And you are accused of throwing a mug of beer at tho plaintiff. Plaintiff—Anybody who knows mo will tell you tliut that Is lueoaceiveable.— Fllegendo Blaetter. Gaggs- Self-made Is a man who thoroughly believes In himself. Waggs— Then ho must ho next to an Infidel, for nti lulldcl believes In nothing.— New York Trlbuno. Hobson—Don't you think that Martin girl Is frightfully dull? Jobson—Well, hardly. You should lmvo seen the way she cut mo on tho avenuo yesterday.— Philadelphia Record. Wigwag—There is at least ono time of tho day when I am sure of my standing. llobson—When’s that? "When I go homo at (J o'clock In the trolley car.” —Philadelphia Record. First wall flowor—How gracefully Miss \Vostern holds up her train. Second wall flower—lt ought to come natural, for they say her father started life as a road agent—Truth. Mrs. Bellefleld—Mrs. Oakland has a great secret. Mrs. Bloomfield—Oh, no! She can’t have. "Why not?” “If she had sho would havo told It to me.”— Pittsburg Chronlclo-Telegraph. Mr. Fosdlck—l want good tea. Is that genuine Boliea? Honest, now?” Mr. Peck (as ho weighs It out)—Yes, sir; I will guarauteo it. I believe that honest tea is tho best policy.—Judge.

“Emily, If William to-day asks you to marry him you must toll him to speak to me.” “Yes, mamma; but If ho does not?” "Then tell him I want to speak to him!”—Fllegende Blaetter. Gent—Mademoiselle looks more beautiful every dayl Lady—You have been telling mo so for a good many years; what a horrid fright I must have been to start with.—L’Hlustratlon. “I understand that your son went West, Intending to rise with the community,’ said the neighbor. “Yes. An* ho did what he started out lor.” “How?” “Ho hadn't been there a week before a cyclone struck tho town.”—Washington Star. Adam Dunn—Good morning, Mr. Wunt; I have called to collect that little bill. Willy Wunt—And so you are a collector, too! I have no doubt I have one of yours among my collection. What do you care to pay for It?—Boston Transcript Bello—Why on earth Is Bess going to marry Mr. Lostalle now that he Is ruined financially? Della—lt’s all her bargain-counter mania. As soon as she heard that he was terribly reduced she felt that she must take him.—New York World. “Pa,” said a small boy, “what are the penalties of greatness?” “Well,” replied tho eminent officeholder, with a sigh, “one of them is having the Income tax collector know, off hand, just how much money you get a year.”— Washington Star. Mrs. Gadd—“Oh, have you heard the news? Miss de Ledger and her father’s bookkeeper were secretly married six months ago.” Mrs. Gabb—“Dearie me! How did It leak out?” Mrs. Gadd—“Some one overheard them quarreling.” —New York Weekly. Wick wire—What a beautiful whine you use in asking for adime. You really ought to have that voice cultivated. Dismal Dawson—Well, I don’t know but I might be willin’ to hev it cultivated—say, under the Irrigation system.—lndianapolis Journal.

The Vinegar Habit Hard to Cure.

“One of the most difficult habits to cure Is that of drinking vinegar,” said Dr. L. C. Aiken, at the Emery. “A good many women drink vinegar for the complexion, and In some cases It creates a craving for it even more Insatiate than that for liquor. As the habit grows the victim is no longer contented with ordinary vinegar, but demands it stronger until they drink acetic acid with very little dilution. It burns out the stomach within a very few years, and It Is seldom that a vinegar fiend lives even until middle age. It can be detected by the peculiar pallor of the countenance, but no antidote has ever been discovered by which the habit can be cured.”—Cincinnati Enquirer. .