Democratic Sentinel, Volume 19, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 June 1895 — Page 3

OUR BOYS AND GIRLS

THIS IS THEIR DEPARTMENT OF THE PAPER. :Quaint Saying! and Cate Doinga of the Little Falk* Everywhere, Gathered and Printed Here for All Other Little Ones to Head. Nellie’s Dolls. Dh, dear! I am nearly distracted to-day. My family worries me so; For sweet Angelina, my very best doll. Has quarreled with Benjamin Joe. Poor Margaret Mabel has torn her best dress, And Jane has cracked three of her toes; Jemima has hart her right arm and been scalped, And Daisy has broken her nose. Then Eleanor Rose has got a sore mouth Just while she was learning to talk; Dear Bessie has lost both shoes and her hat; And so 1 can’t take her to walk.

The twins, Jack and Jill, have got such a bad cold; And Elsie has measles; and I Have sent for the doctor, who hasn’t come yet, And I fear they will certainly die. iMy kitty has scratched; my mamma's asleep; I can’t find my slate when I look; My tea-set is broken and sister is cross, And Johnny has hidden my book. (If papa was here he would sing me a song, Or tell me a story, I know, And if he would ride me downstairs on his back I guess all my troubles would go. !I do feel so bad; do you s’pose it’s my nerves? ' f j And do you know what will relieve? ißut there; I heard somebody open the door; It’s papa—l really believe! 1 i —Presbyterian Journal; ! »» -'•) JLiHow Children Pteyed in Athens., A very learned grofessor has been ! lately telling how children used to play jin old Athens. The ball was a universal plaything. As the children grew older there came the hobby-horse, the game with dice (made of the knuckle bones of animals cut into square pieces), and spinning tops both In the ; house and in the open air. Toys and go-carts and “mud pies” engaged the

interest of Athenian children as of all European nations. Then followed at a somewhat more advanced age a game which consisted in throwing slantingly Into the water small smooth stones, how many leaps they imade before sinking (which we call “skimming” or. “ducks and drakes”), 'blindman’s buff,trundling hoops, and all kinds of games with the ball, walking on stilts, leap-frog, kite-flying, seesawing on logs, swinging, etc. Girls had dolls made of wax or clay and ipainted. Blindman’s buff was played thus; The boy with his eyes bandaged imoved about calling out, “I will catch a brazen fly.” The others answered, “You will hunt it, but you won’t catch it,” all the while striking him with whips till he managed to catch one of them.—Jewish Messenger.

What Can Be Done with a Cent. A few years ago the Episcopal Church of a small Maryland town was in want of an alms basin. The congregation ,was for the most part poor, and few in numbers. The minister in charge appointed a young girl a committee of one to collect subscriptions. The amount needed was $5, for an alms basin costing that much had been heard of for sale by a more prosperous parish that had outgrown the one with which it started io .life. The ydpng woman’s first call was at the store' of a well-to-do merchant Asking something from him for her fund, she received the following reply, spoken in a very gruff voice: “I can * give you nothing;” but as she turned to leave he added: “There, you may have that if If'will do you apy good,” and suiting the action to the word threw down on the counter a cent. Mortified and abashed, her first impulse was to leave it where he had thrown it, but better judgment prevailing she picked it up, thanked him and left. Without going further -she returned home and told her mother that she would not ask for anything more and run the chance of such treatment a second time. “Take the cent, my dear,” ithe mother said, “and show what you can do with it” She followed this advice and bought a small china dolt and, dreeing it la some/ scraps which

she had, sold It to a friend for her QtUe daughter. Having increased her capital 400 per cent, she invested it in a spool of crocheting cotton, with which she worked several small articles, and the sale of these brought her In $1.20. This was, in turn, used to purchase cotton material, out of which were made several dresses for small children that netted, when sold, the desired $5, when the alms basin was duly bought This story was told to a lady of socialistic views, who was constantly complaining that she was not rich, and saying she could lay so little by it was not worth while to save; the answer was: “Yes, she got her $5, but what a lot of work she had to do.”—Kate Field’s Washington. A Problem in Threes. If three little houses stood in a row, With never a fence to divide, And if each little house had three little maids At play in the garden wide, And if each little maid had three cats (Three times three times three), And if each little cat had three little kits, How many kits would there be? And if each little maid had three little friends With whom she loved to play, And if each little friend had three little dolls In dresses and ribbons gay, And if friends and dolls and cats and kits Were all invited to tea. And if none of them should send regrets, How many guests would there be? —Our Boys and Girls.

Too Mach of Everything.

It is Professor Nordau who says this old world is brain weary. It Is tired out, and, like the Individual human being, it has hysteria, and is suffering all the anguish of nerve exhaustion, with its attendant depression of spirits. The tension of civilization is breaking down the heart and nervous system. Men fall by the way, and almost before they have crossed the threshold of middle life exhibit a decay that should only come at the appointed three score and ten. Shock follows shock in this modern life, and there is no escaping them. It is as though a child had set some complicated machinery in motion and was incapable of stopping it Professor Nordau does not say it, but the secret of thisi failure of civilized humanity lies in having’ too much of everything; too much of pleasure; too much of maddening work; tod much of emotion, which the moderns

now cultivate as if it were another form of genius and a gift from heaven. And there is also too much wealth, too much poverty. If these crimes of clvlization could be abolished man wouldn’t be so fatigued!—New York Commercial Advertiser.

An Effective Ad.

Strfqngth, beauty, originality and truth are the necessary component parts of an effective advertisement, one that will hold the reader and convince. Without these qualities the advertisement does not fulfill its possibilities. Unattractively arranged advertising, either letterpress or newspaper, cannot bring returns, any more than poor oratorical delivery can carry conviction to a popular audience. The ideas and argument In both cases may be of the best, but the effect is blighted and destroying by halting, monotonous delivery, as illustrated by either poor speaking or printing. The mental waste basket in one case, the commercial in the other, are the tombs of such efforts,—Engraver and Printer.

A Witty Judge.

Mr. Justice Hawkins is one of London’s wittiest judges. He was one day sitting hearing a case, and while the counsel for the plaintiff was addressing him was obviously more intent on giving instructions to the attendants to close a window and try to stop a draught than attending to the arguments put forth. At length, when his lordship was more composed, the learned Q. C., annoyed at his argument going to the winds in such a manner, said: “I am not quite sure whether your lordship caught that point” The judge was all attention again. “I am not quite sure I did,” he said.-. “There’s only one thing I am sure I have caught, and that is a cold.”

Kindness Rewarded.

A young mechanic passed daily over London bridge. Occasionally he tossed a penny to a beggar who held his seat towards the end of the bridge in sunshine and in storm. One day the mendicant stopped the mechanic and said to him, “I’m going into the country. You have been kind to me and I want to make you a present. There is a fortune in this little piece of paper. lam a Waterloo soldier and I got the paper in the army. Follow the instructions faithfully and you will be rich.” That paper was the original receipt for “Day & Martin’s” blacking.

Varieties of Shocks.

If a train, moving at a speed of twen-ty-five miles an hour, were suddenly stopped, the passengers would experience a shock equal to that of falling from a second-floor window; at thirty miles an hour, they might as well fall from a height of three pairs of stairs, and an express train would, in point of fact, make them fall from a fourth story.

Marriages in England.

Marriages in England are on the Increase.

NOW IT BEARS FRUIT.

COUNTRY BECOMES PROSPEROUS UNDER WILSON LAW. Good Times and Increased Wages Everywhere—Republican CalamityHowlers in a Bad Way—An Old Superstition Gets Some Hard Rapa. The Income Tax Decision. The organs of tariff protected monopoly are jubilant over the decision of the Supreme Court declaring the income tax unconstitutional. They foolishly think that the movement away from high tariffs toward direct taxation can be checked by the failure of the first crude attempt to tax the wealthy classes in proportion to the benefits they receive from the Government And they boast that the decision means that protective tariffs are to be the settled policy of this country. Never was there a greater mistake. The sentiment which put the income tax through Congress is stronger to-day than ever before. It is perhaps better that since in its first form the income tax was far from satisfactory to its friends, it should have been wiped out altogether. But the widespread demand for direct taxation which will reach the fruits of monopoly and special privilege, is growing every day, and will sweep away the party which dares oppose it. Far better had it been for the privileged classes had the patehed-up tax been allowed to stand. The next direct tax bill, introduced by a majority party in Congress, will be far more radical, and It will be enforced by a popular sentiment which will Insist on the Constitutional amendments necessary to make it the law of the land. Oh, no, short-sighted protectionist editors. Don’t fool your readers with any such nonsense as “high tariff our settled policy.” The people 9/ America have a good deal to say about settling things, and little obstructions like Constitutions won’t stand long in their way when they make up their minds to settle them right.

“Home Market’’ Delusions. Almost the only argument on which the trade restrictionists have relied to catch the farmer’s votes has been been the pretense that high tariff taxation would create “home markets” which would make the farmer prosperous. And In spite of the fact that the prices of farm products are fixed in foreign markets, farmers have been found foolish enough to believe that some time, far off, protection would give them a home market for all their produce. At the same time that they have been crediting high taxation with the development of thi-j country, the protectionist press has been steadily harping on the alleged decline of agriculture In Great Britain, under a low tariff. “It Is true, they say, “that by abolishing restrictions on commerce, England has vastly benefited her manufacturers and workingmen. But look at the farmers. Within forty miles of London there are thousands of idle acres, and foreign competition In all kinds of food stuffs has greatly reduced the rents of Londoners throughout Great Britain.” Admitting that the farmers in the neighborhood of London are not prosperous, the natural question is: What is the matter with their “home market?” With a city of over four millions of people almost at their doors, why aro they not rich? Come, Messrs. High Tariffltes, explain how It happens that with enormously Increased population In the cities, the British farmer has not received the benefits which are so glowingly promised, but never bestowed on, the American farmer! Keep Together, Tribune! It is too much to expect that the “no traders” will agree among themselves as to the real purpose of protective tariffs. Neither do we hope to find the utterances of any one protectionist agree from w r eek to week. But we certainly believe that a daily tariff organ should at least be consistent with itself In each issue. Under the heading “Some Startling Facts,” the New York Tribune recently published an article from its Washington correspondent, based on the Government summary of exports and imports. From that report the Tribune showed that while the value of the imports of articles of food and live animals imported free of duty in the month of March, 1894, amounted to $32,000,000; in March, 1895, it amounted to only $13,000,000. The same issue of the Tribune contained the usual original remarks about the “flood of foreign gods” which tariff reform is pouring on the country. Did any of the paper’s readers think to ask the editor why, if foreign goods are things to be avoided and shut out, the McKinley bill permitted $32,000,000 worth of them to come in free in one month? Perhaps they did ask and perhaps the editor did not know.

Why Republicans Weep. The calamity howlers of Republican press are just now using blue ink, and an extra width of mourning border for their wails. The cause of their sorow is no longer the terrible evil of unrestricted trade, but the fact that, in spite of their doing all in their power to hinder the revival of business, the country is entering on one of the most prosperous periods in its history. Factories are running on extra time to full orders; new industries are starting up all over the country; wages are being increased from ten to fifteen per cent; and railroad business is steadily growing. And in the sight of this prosperity, which should gladden the heart of every American, the high-tariffite sits him down and weeps, and weeps. Because: he said that the hard times brought on by a dose of McKinleyism would last until we get more of the same mixture. He thought that people would step using food, clothes, furniture or steel, just because the high taxation policy had been knocked out But strange to say, the people are going right on to produce and buy and sell things as usual. Hence these Rpublican tears. Duty on Silks. The voice of McKinley is to be invoked in favor of higher duties on silks. Cheap silks have become one of the few luxuries of the thrifty poor, and a little group of manufacturers demand the right to tax them more for the indulgence. That there is no reason for it the record shows. Under all tariffs raw silk has been free. The present duty on manufactures of silks is 50 per cent This Is exactly what it was under the Republican commission tariff of 1883-

90. The McKlnleyitea raised it to 00 per cent A call for more than 50 per cent taxation on any article of clothing will never again be popular In this country.—New York World. Hard Rapa for an Old Superstition. Secretary Morton is doing good service in combating foolish notions about International trade. In the preface to the valuable pamphlet just issued by the Department of Agriculture, entitled “The World’s Markets for American Products,” he gives the dear old superstition about a “favorable balance of trade,” and the need of selling more than we buy, some particularly hard raps. He maintains that the nation, like the individual, that'does not take in more than it puts out is in a bad way, and gives a conclusive point to the argument by citing the case of England’s exports and imports for the past five years. During that period her imports exceeded her exports by some $3,000,000,000, and she ought to have suffered several kinds of blue ruin, according to tbe Tribune’s favorite doctrine. On the contrary, she has accumulated so much wealth that she has had raiiioQs aud millions to throw away in Argentina and the United States, and not even yet shows any signs of applying for a receivership.—New York Evening Post. Good Times and Increased Wages. All such reports as that of the advances in wages grouped by the evening edition of the World recently are gratifying. It Is most gratifying, however, to see that among the advances now so frequently reported nearly all are made voluntarily by the manufacturers. Prices and wages are advancing together. In wheat, corn, cotton, coffee, provisions and various metals there has been a marked advance, showing an increase of demand and of general activity. It is only fair to add, however, that business has never been as depressed as some people would have it thought—New York World.

“Humbug at a Premium.’’ A calamity organ sententlously observes that “humbug Is at a premium these days;” and It then proceeds to emit a yawp over the terrible frauds in valuations of imports under the ad valorem duties on woolens in the new tariff. It is assumed in this specimen of humbug that the public Is liot aware that the ad valorem duties were much higher under the McKinley tariff, aud the profits of frauds In valuations consequently much greater^ Why England Has Cheap Meat. A writer In the Frankfurter Zeitung calls attention to the fact that Australian i#eat can be bought In English towns almost as cheaply as in Melbourne—from 6 to 10 cents per pound—and attributes to this and similar blessings of free trade the fact that In spito of hard times, there has been so little actual suffering In England. Just Watch Them Squirm! The McKinley brethren are now saying that Improvement In business Is only in those branches not touched by the new tariff. Of course tills is not true, but it is Interesting to sec the McKinleyites wriggle, just the same.

The Finest Toboggan Slide.

In Perak, a state in the Straits Settlements, the Malays have one form of amusement which is probably not to be enjoyed anywhere else In the world. There Is a huge granite slope In the course of a mountain river, down which the water trickles about two inches deep, the main stream haying carved out a bed by the side of the bowlder. This rock, the face of which has been rendered as smooth as glass by the constant flow of water during the hundreds of years, the Malays—men, women and child ren—have turned into a toboggan slide. Climbing to the top of the rock, they sit in the shallow water with their feet straight out, and a hand on each side for steering, and then slide straight down the sixty feet Into a pool of water. This Is a favorite sport on sunny mornings, as many as two hundred folk being engaged at a time, and sliding down so quickly one after another, or forming rows of two, four, and even eight persons, that they tumble Into a pool a confused mass of scrambling creatures. There is little danger in the game, and though some choose to sit on a piece of plantain most of the tobogganers are content to squat on their haunches.

The Whippoorwill’s Song.

The whippoorwill’s best singing is coincident with that hour of agricultural enchantment—corn-planting time. That used to come “when the leaves of the white oak were as big as rats’ ears;” but this year the hot weather succeeded in hurrying up even the oaks, which usually are not to be beguiled with any such blandishments, and already their leaves are as big as cats’ ears, and the corn—if the agriculturist was wise and foresaw the cold wave—is not yet planted In Massachusetts. But corn-planting time Is the time of keenness and vividness of life in all things. The mere sight of nature is a stimulus and a string to the dullest and laziest nature; for once in their lives the farmer’s boy and the hired man spring to their hoes like madmen, eager to be at work—to have a sort of growing part in the exuberant springing forth of all things. It is an intoxication to smell the fragrant earth. The birds are all wild with joy in the blossoming orchards and the intensely green woods. Corn-plaiiting time! It is the summit of the earth’s creative ecstades—the maddest, if not the most spiritual, of naturaLmoments.— Boston Transcript.

His Reason.

Charles the Second was altogether In favor of extempore preaching. On one occasion he asked the famous Stillingfleet, “How it was that he always read his sermons before him, when he was informed that be always preached without a book elsewhere?” Stillingfleet answered something about the awe of so noble. a congregation, the presence of so great and wise a prince, with which the king himself was very well contented. “But, pray,” continued Stillingfleet, “will your majesty give me leave to ask you a question? Why do you read your speeches when you can have none of the same reasons?” “Why, truly, doctor,” replied the king, “your question is a very pertinent one, and so will be my answer. I have asked the two houses so often and for so much money that I am ashamed to look them in the face.”

FACTS FOR FARMERS.

HELPFUL SUGGESTIONS FOR THE AGRICULTURISTS. , Hints on the Cultivation of the CastorOil Bean—A Convenient Butter-Slak-ing Devic^—How to Fight Weeds— To Prevent Smut in Oats. Castor-Oil Bean Cnlture. Light, sandy loam soil, with a substratum of clay, is the best land for castor beans, says a writer in the American Agriculturist The ground is broken well, as for corn, and rows laid off six feet apart Between every seventh row an Interval of six feet is left, to admit the passage of a horse and slide when the beans are being gathered. Before planting, the seeds are soaked over night In lukewarm water. _ The

CASTOR-OIL PLANT.

hills are six feet apart, and six seeds are dropped in every hill. When the young plants have become too largo for the cutworm, which is their deadliest enemy* they are thinned out until only two are left in each hill. It is necessary to keep the crop clean, first with the plow, then with the cultivator, and now and then the hoe is used to draw a little soli around them. No work Is necessary after the plants have attained a height of two feet, unless after a long rain the earth is loosened with a cultivator. The beans ripen in late July and early August. After the ripening a horse and slide are brought into play and driven between the rows, when the pod-bearing spikes are clipped off. They are gathered when the pods turn a chocolate color, lest the beans pop from the pods and be lost, and hauled to the bean shed. This Is much liko the oldtime threshing floor, twenty or thirty feet square, well exposed to the sun. On this well-cleaned floor the spike# are spread and turned over Until all the beans have dropped out Theft the husks are scraped away, the beans fanned and winnowed of chaff, and bagged. A new supply is then gathered, since the plants continue to bear and mature their seeds until frost, a period of several months. An open shed is better than an unprotected floor, as the beans would be ruined by getting wet. The average yield is twenty to thirty-five bushels per acre, and ono bushel of seed yields from six quarts to a gallon of castor oil. The crop U fairly profitable in Missouri and Kansas, and has brought good returns wherever raised. While It may do well over a large portion of the Central West, the market for the beans is comparatively limited, the crop going largely to the castor-oil factory at St. Louis. Home-Made Wagon Jacks. Two wagon Jacks are shown In the cut, Fig. 1 being made of two threeinch oak boards (A) bolted together at the top with a small piece for a filler at the top (B) of about two or three inches. The lever (C) is two feet long and two and one-half wide and extends about six Inches through the upright A. Put a bolt through the boards A and lever C; then take any kind of smooth wire and mako tho rod D and

WAGON AND BUGGY JACKS.

you have a very strong jack. Fig 2is a very handy buggy Jack and easily made. Cut a board tho desired height from the ground a little belpw the axle of the buggy, as shown above.—Farm and Home. Gooseberry Mildew. The mildew which attacks the gooseberry flourishes best in hot, dry weather. It is best therefore to plant this crop in a shaded place on land naturally moist and mulch it well. But the mildew is destroyed by spraying with the Bordeaux mixture, so that after other precautions have failed it can easilybe gotten rid of. But the habit of the gooseberry requires cool and moist ground mulched every summer to preserve greater moisture. It is a saying in Europe that the gooseberry" succeeds only where the vine falls, but by selecting warm and dry locations for the vino and the opposite for the gooseberry both, may be successfully grown in this country. Harrowing Pastures. There are many old pastures which can be much improved by harrowing with a forty-tooth drag that will cut into the surface soil. This will admit air to places covered by moss, and enable the grass to grow more vigorously. Of course some of the roots of the grass will lie destroyed; but the stirring of Die soil will make more grow in their place. If there Is much moss on the surface it will require underdraining to remove surplus water to make a permanent improvement. Keep Ahead of the Weeds. There is only one economical way to fight weeds that Is, to keep ahead of them. When they are just breaking through the ground, says the Agriculturist, they can be slaughtered with less labor than at any other time. That is the time to take them In hand. A little later and the work will be doubled. Too many overlook thlg fact In many

towns 5 per cent off Is snowed on wn taxes paid before a certain date, and men hustle to pay their tax and that five per cent A much larger p/h cent off is secured by the man who takes the weeds in season. One can go over a garden with an iron rake when the weeds are Just breaking ground, and in an hour's time accomplish wonders. A week later he will have to take his hoe and laboriously cut, cut cut Aud even then he doesn't destroy half as many of the roots of weeds aa he would have done a week before with the rake. Neglecting the weeds is somthlng one simply cannot afford. Preventing Smut in Oats. It Is now considered as a settled fact that the smut of oats may be absolutely prevented by treating the seed according to the Jensen plan, says Hoar’s D&lrypmn. This is simply to immerse the seed oats in hot water for a short time, by which every smut sporo is destroyed and a crop free from disease is insured. No expense Is involved and but slight labor. All ttuU is to be done is to soak the seed oats about ten minutes in water at a temperature of nearly 115 degrees—not much more or less —and then spread them where they can drain and dry as rapidly as possible. Use a thermometer to lnsuro the right temperature, which may be regulated by adding hot or cold water, as is re qulred. An Economical Engine. Tho experience and observation oi the writer enables him to recommend the hydraulic ram, where conditions are suitable, os one of themosteconomlcol aud efficient and durable engines ever Invented, says tho Economist At an original cost of $75 water may be brought to the house from a spring 150 yards distant up an elevation of miiny foot. If there Is a spring which wllj keep an Inch and a half drlvo pipe full, and a fall of from six to ten foot) can bo bad, a reliable and practically permanent water Bupply may be carried a distance of from 150 to 800 yards and elevated fifty to 100 feet There Is a ram which can bo driven by branch water and pumps tho spring water, and in that case practically the whole spring supply can bo utilized.— Exchange. Tha.'.'Jereejr Baby.” This illustration represents an ordinary Jersey milk Jug converted into a churp. It Is fitted with a view-glass arid m'Ado nlr-tlght by a simple arrangement of the lid. When suspended, us shoprn In the cut it will swing with a range of Bovcral inches, and although it has no Internal beaters or dashers It will make butter In from five to ten

AN IMPROVISED CHURN.

minutes. Of course, a device so small ns this Is not Intended for making butter In great quantity, but as much us five pounds may be made In It readily. The Illustration is taken from Cassell's Magazine. Oat Meal for Young Chickens. Whole oats are not the best feed for hens that are laying. They are not concentrated enough, tod wheat, which contains much tho same elements of food as does the grain of the oat, Is much better. But for young chicks there Is no better food than ground oats sifted so as to take out the coarser chaff, and made Into a cake. This will be eaten readily, and It wil rimke tho young fowls grow thriftily, even while producing feathers, which is always the most critical period of their growth. # —————— Cayenne Pepper for Sparrows. To kill sparrows, put cayenne pepper In the crevices of buildings they Infest. Or support a long and wide plonk by a stake,' scatter grain under It, and when the sparrows are busily eating pull the stake away by mean# of a string, and tho heavy plank deadfall will kill the sparrows. Other# will quickly return to take their place. Many believe the English sparrow does more good than harm.

Does Not Always Pay to Clear Land*. A great deal of time has been spent digging and blasting rock from which labor the farmer has not received ten cents a day, says the New England Farmer. Sometimes It pays to clear off the very rocky fields, but more often it doesn’t pay. Better leave them to pasture, or plant them with apple or Improved chestnut trees and turn hens. Rough land, orchards and poultry make a very good trio. Watering Horses. Hundreds of horses are ruined every year because they are not given water when they require it There may bo regular times for watering, but rule# cafi uot safely be made to govern the duty. On warm days, when the horse# perspire freely, they give off from their bodies large quantities of moisture, and should be watered frequently, even If allowed! but a small quantity at a time. ' £rop« Oat of the Usual Order. These questions should be asked and answered: Can’t I grow something this year out of the usual line of crop# that will pay me? Can’t I find a better system of marketing what I produce, as shipping direct; supplying the consumer direct, etc. Scratches on Horses. For scratches nothing Is better than a real physic, followed by two days of rest. At the same time, clip the hair from the heels of the horse and apply sulphur one part to crude petroleum two parts. Sell Hogs for the Market. Sell hogs when the market is best and they are ready. There is no wisdom in keeping hogs until they weigh Just so many pounds. Changing the Seed. A change of seed is often beneficial, Seed from a distance can be substituted for home growth with marked profit

NEWS OF OUR STATE.

A WEEK AMONG THE HUSTLING HOOSIERS. What Oar Neighbor* Are Doing— Hatter* of General and toad Interest— Harriogoe and Deaths Accidents and Crimes— Pointers About Oar Own People, Mrs. Chase In Need. Just after Rev. Z. T. Sweeney, of the Tabernacle Christian Church, Columbus, had concluded his sermon last Sunday he read the following statement concerning the life of the late Governor Ira J. Chase: “Notwithstanding his long and valuable service to his State, the country at large and the ohurch, ex-Governor Chase left hi# family in actual need. This information will be most distressing to thousands of friends and admirers of the late Governor. For more than twenty-five years his wife has hfpn a confirmed invalid, confined nearly all of the time to her lied, and for fifteen years has been totally blind. Governor Chase was a man of large and warm heart, and in his time gave away thousands in charity. In his young manhood, when the Nation called for defenders, he offered himself and boro, liis full share of the great conflict. Although he was a party man, he had many friends In both parties. There are hundreds of large* heated men in Indiana who doubtless would be happy to give to help create a fuud to make the last days of his window oomfortable. To let her remain destitute would be a shame on the good name of the State he served so long and well. On next Sunday night, June 2,1 will preach a memorial sermon on Governor Chase, how he lived and how he died, and start a fund for the support of his widow.”

Sllnor State News. Tnrc New Richmond bank has decided to discontinue its deposit department and has paid its depositors. Watchman Dun of tho Lake Erie road, at Frankfort, at tho risk of his own life, saved little Cecil Jones from being crushed by an engine. Young men of Cowan, near Muncie. lmvo threatened to tar and feathor Dep-uty-prosecutor Klger unless he ceases prosecuting them. Anderson has a policeman who Is so conscientious that lm will not utteud the ball games for fear that lie will become infatuutod with the sport and neglect his duty. Alits. Isaac Humus, Ingalls, confessed that she had cut her own throat and then given out the ro|iort that she was assaulted A suspected tramp was nearly lynched for the supposed crime. Mas. George Fueshour, of Marlon, died in great agony at the liOirie of tier mother in Goshen, as u direct result of a large dose of patent headaohe euro bought In Marion a week ago. Thki:k was a desperate running battle between officers and burglars, at the Pittsburg yards, In the eastern portion of Fort Wayne. One trump and a Deputy Sheriff are probably fatally wounded. Ex-Rkimikhuntativk Dii. L. 8. Nirur, and Juntos Bllderbaok was thrown from a buggy at Now' llaven, Allen county. Dr. Null was injured Internally, und It Is feared Ids injuries will prove fatal, liildcrback’s skull is fractured and fuoe badly lacerated. Wiiir.u digging a well on tlioplaooof D. H. llemly, In Montgomery county, the diggers found a block of wood, weighing several pound#, at tho depth of sixty-live feet. The wood resembles walnut, but It is not, and no portion has been found to tell what kind It |n. , Mas. James Htiiangiin and daughter, Cora, of Alto, were fatally hurt in a runaway at Kokomo. They were going into town when an advertising man tried to throw a circus poster iuto the buggy. Tho paper fell under tho horse’s feet, causing the runaway. Both will die. Farmers from various portions of Clinton county report that there Is absolutely little left of the wheat crop and of them will plow it up and put the ground In eoru. In addition to the Hessian tly they claim that there is a new pest in Ihc form of a peculiar looking white worm embedded in tho roots and working disastrous results. A numiikr of fanners who are considered good authority on tho fruit subjeot were discussing tho fruit problem at Hagerstown, and were unanimous in the conclusion that though there lias been the most unfavorable fruit weather thiq spring, and especially In May, that they have over experienced, apples promise tho largest yield in many years. The trees arc loaded. Fraud orifers have been Issued against the following persons and corporations In Indiana debarring them from the use of the mails: Charles Adams and Ella Moore, of Mishawaka, Iml., for alleged fraudulent patent medicine circulars; the Central American Fur and Wool Company, Benjamin Bernard, manager, Indianapolis, for obtaining money under false pretenses. The firm advertises for bides, skins, &c., and then, It is alleged, does not pay for them. , Granville Cowing of Muncio, who Is a recognized authority, says: “There will be no raspberries or blackberries, and the crop of strawberries will not be 10 per cent. Apples and pears are badly injured, but not as many killed as some people believe. There will be some late cherries, but very few grapes. Tho drought is killing the meadows, and some wheat is being plowed up, while much corn is being replanted. Rye was badly injured during tho lato cold snap.” Tue Grand Lodge of Masons of Indiana met at Indianapolis, in annual session, with about five hundred delegates in attendance. The annual report of Grand Secretary Smythe shows the order to bo in a prosperous and growing condition. The following officers were elected: Grand Master, Edward O’Rourke, of Fort Wayne; Deputy Grand Master, Simeon P. Gillette, of Evansville; Senior Grand Warder,, Mason J. Niblaek, of Vincennes; Junior Grand|Warden, George A. Macomber, of South Bend; Grand Treasurer, Martin H. Rice, of Indianapolis; Grand Secretary, William H. Smythe, of Indianapolis. One week ago the house of Mrs. Hewitt at Parker City was blown to pieces with dynamite. Since then, it is claimed, that 11,029 people have visited the scene. The injured women will recover. Gov. Matthews has pardoned Harry M. Hodson of Evansville, who shot and killed his father, William T. Hodson, in August, 1892. The pardon was asked by the Judge that tried the case, the twelve jurors who returned the verdict, and numerous citizens of Evansville. The showing was made that the father had assaulted the boy first with a steel rod and then with a pitcher, and that the latter had shot in self-defense. Within the past few months two monster eagles have been annoying farmers in Clay Township, Wayne County, by stealing chickens. Not long ago a farm hand came across one of the eagles and fired upon it with a shot-gun. The bird showed fight, and after a desperate encounter the man came out victorious. The bird is a golden eagle, and is now in the possession of Prof. Joseph Outland of Greensfork, who has had it mounted. From tip to tip of its wings it measures over six feet. Minnie Tamer, 20, hung herself at Oakland City, because her parents objected to her marrying. She left a note stating that, as they had said they would rather bury her than have her marry, they would bow have their wish.