Democratic Sentinel, Volume 19, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 July 1895 — Page 3

wilson BILLAT WORK

EVEN WOOL IS DEFYING PROTECTION ARGUMENT. farmers Beginning to Realize that the Country Is Not Going to the Doga —Political Antics of Sherman and McKinley—The ’96 Campaign. Revival of Prosperity. If that can be called remarkable which has come to pass In pursuance of all reasonable expectations, the present state of the American wool market is the most remarkable thing about the business situation. The tenth legion of the army of the protectionists through all the tariff war has been the American Wool Growers’ Association, with its center of energy in Ohio. The utter ruin of American wool culture was predicted in the event of any lowering of the tariff on foreign wools. In the wool-growing States this feature of the tariff fight was the only feature that protectionism could see at all. and when it became Certain that the Wilson bill was going to admit foreign wool duty free, it was proof in thousands of farmers’ minds that Mr. Cleveland intended deliberately and maliciously to betray his country to perdition. In vain it was pointed out to these men that the manufacturing conditions were such that the increase of the use of

certain coarse foreign wools would involve the increase of the use of domestic wools to mix with them. This reasoning, however, involved two judgments of the mind to get at the conclusion, and the protectionist mind was unable to follow so complicated a mental process. The Wilson free-wool bill was worse than treason, and the country had gone to pot. Among the first of the interests to feel the reviving prosperity have been the Interests of the wool-growers and the wool merchants. The Boston Commercial Bulletin says: “Never has there been such a sustained demand for wool.” This demand of course includes all grades, foreign as well as domestic, but the point is that each shares the activity of the other, just as activity in bread means activity in butter and vice versa. The total sales of wool in the Boston market come within a few thousand pounds of the highest record, and the advance on domestic wools has been, since the revival of trade, fully 20 per cent, in value. Of course it is very naughty for business to play such havoc with venerable theories of economy, but the farmers themselves ought to cherish a forgiving temper in view of the pecuniary good that comes out of the theoretical evil.

Sherman and McKinley. Time out of mind John Sherman of Ohio has struggled for the Republican Presidential nomination. Rutherford B. Hayes, in whose cabinet he sat as Secretary of the Treasury, countenanced and encouraged his ambition to have the nomination of 1880, but Ohio Republican politicians have more than once proven treacherous and false, and Sherman, who has been in every convention since 18S0 as a presidential candidate, has invariably failed, not alone because there was no popular enthusiasm for him, but also because it was known that Ohio was really not at his back. John Sherman now definitely abandons a field he never fully occupied. In what appears to be an authorized interview at Mansfield he says: “If all the people of the United States should join together and offer it to me I would not accept the position. I am too old. No man of 72 has a right to undertake the work and responsibility which come to the chief executive of the United States. It is a position of wear and tear and it should have a younger man.”

John Sherman has invariably proven a cold, selfish, greedy politician. It was not posible that a man of his character should ever attain the Presidency. He appeal's finally to have arrived at that conclusion himself. In speaking of those persons who may look for Republican nomination next year Sherman speaks of Reed, of AUison and of McKinley. He seems careful to abstain from the use of Harrison’s name. He describes McKinley as an able man, who will make a good candidate, adding: “He will, I believe, have the support of Ohio, and I would like to see him nominated.” There is the same old story. No person can rely to a certainty upon any proclamation made by Ohio Republicans as to their support of an Ohio candidate. McKinley seems to be with the Buckeyes in very much worse condition than Sherman ever was. The one danger menacing him is the .known feeling of hostility to him felt by the very persons who profess to support him as the favorite son of Ohio. If McKinley suffer defeat he will be one of those of whom there are numerous examples who were killed in the house of their friends. There is no more sincerity for McKinley on the part of Sherman than there is upon the part of Foraker, and just as easily as Garfield abandoned Sherman in 1880 froraker anc} many a Buckeye will without ceremony quit Ohio’s present favorite and ill-fated son.—Chicago Chronicle. Democratic Campaign of 1896. Chairman William F. Harrity of the Democratic National Committee, says that a meeting of that body will be

held in November, immediately after the State elections which are to occur this year. The time and place of holding the Democratic national convention will not be decided at that meeting, but there ’will be a full interchange of views on both points. Afi to the issues of the campaign, Mr. Harrity says that the Democrats will have no apology to make for the silver lgeislation nor for the tariff legislation of the last Congress. He believes that the currency was placed on a stable foundation by the repeal of the Sherman silver act. The reviving industry and trade of the country vindicate the Democratic tariff policy. Mr. Harrity agrees with a recent declaration of Senator David B. Hill that the Democrats never had a better prospect of carrying a presidential election than they have of carrying the election of 1890. With no setback to the growth and development of industry and commerce, the Republicans will be bankrupt of capital in entering the campaign. Protection Killed Ireland’s Industries Seeking to make capital by appeals to race prejudice the American Economist, organ of the tariff trusts and Trade Restriction League, revives the old exploded charge that free trade ruined Ireland’s industries. To prove its unfounded assertion it quotes from < Aeon’s Short History to show that up to 16S8 Ireland had flourishing commerce in linens and woolens, which En-

CONVALESCING.

gland destroyed. That Ireland in the 17th century did have extensive manufacturing industries is beyond dispute. It is also true that the short-sighted English protectionists tried to destroy them. But the method by which Irish commerce and industry were ruined is shown in the passage from the Short History quoted by the Economist: “To protect the Interests of English graziers the import of (Irish) cattle into England was forbidden. To protect the interest of English clothiers and weavers its (Ireland’s) manufactures were loaded with duties.” Here, then, according to the Economist’s own authority, is the proof that it was protection and not free trade which ruined Ireland’s commerce and manufactures. No other result could have been expected from the policy of trade restriction which shut Irish products out of their best markets. But the Economist is forced to admit that while the English policy of protection destroyed Ireland’s industries over one hundred years ago, it is the land system of that unhappy country which is responsible for the misery and poverty w'hich exist there to-day. And It tries to deceive its readers by calling the land policy imposed on Ireland by England “perfect free trade in land,” and quotes from Professor Wallace a picture of the terrible results of what It calls the free trade doctrine of supply and demand. It is true that Professor Wallace has shown that the hopeless degredation of the Irish people comes from the monopoly by a few landlords of the soil on which the peopie must live and work. But it is not true that he traces the evil to free trade doctrines, for, as every one who has read his books knows, he is a free trader, and proves that the evils of landlordism are due to the restrictions of land monopoly. The Economist’s false statements and misrepresentations will convince no intelligent IrishAmerican that trade restriction is better than the policy of free commerce for which the great Daniel O’Connell strove.

Income and Outgo. Oflicial statement of receipts and expenditures for the month of May shows a deficit of 83,280,135 for the month. The average deficit for the preceding ten months of the fiscal year was $4,347,136. The May statement therefore shows an improvement and indicates that Secretary Carlisle’s estimates Would have proved to be about right but for the overthrow of the income tax. The revenue from customs during May was $12,474,558, against $9,798,069 in May last year under the McKinley tariff, an increase of $2,676,489. And yet Republican leaders threaten to restore the McKinley law, substantially in order to increase the revenue. The revenue under the new tariff is still much less than it will be when conditions become more normal, but it is decidedly more than it was before the repeal of the McKiDley law. The amount of internal revenue collected during the month was $10,754.Q 33, or $1,287,897 less than in May last year. When the country is in the full tide of prosperity, as no doubt it will be before the middle of the next fiscal year, the income from internal revenue, even without the income tax, will probably be $15,000,000 monthly, while the income from customs will be at least as much, more. There will then be no serious deficit, even though a Republican Congress may execute the Updegraff threat and offer the president his choice between McKinleyisra and poverty. A moderate surplus would be a good thing to have next year, but the government can survive without it, and iJie country would be better without it than with a relapse into McKinleyism. Good Times Will Kill It. There are still some traces of McKinley enthusiasm, but the outlook is now distinctly unfavorable to his candidacy In 1898; and six months of continued commercial restoration will make it Impassible.—Rochester Herald-

STILT RACES THE RACE

AND now it Is stilts! So at least say the French, who may be credited with the introduction of this novel sport In Paris regular clubs have been organized and the sport Is evidently enjoyed by all who have given It a trial. The latest event among the upperdom of a fashionable “stilting” club was the arrangement of a race on stilts. In this race there were not less than ninety-one entries. A bugle corps and an enormous crowd of spectators were present to see this novel procession start A few of the more daring of the women have taken up the stilts. Should any enterprising American wish to start a stilting club here are a few practical hints on the use of stilts: The best stilts are made of light but tough wood, and ought to be long enough for the person using them to hold the top when standing on the foot rests. These latter should be nailed at the desired height from the

JAPANESE PRAYER BAGS.

Evidences of Idolatry Found on a Lot of Coolies. The immigration inspectors at Snu Francisco examined a lot of Japanese coolies a few days ago and found that

each one had strung about his neck a kamisama or praying bag. These bags contain prayers written on silk or stout paper and are specially addressed to the possessor’s household god. The Ja p s pay their Buddhist and Shinto priests from 1 to 2 cents for these prayers, which serve the double purpose of being lucky charms as well as prayers, says the San Francisco Call. : The priests bless the charm upon receipt of the cash. The possessor prays by sliding the little pouch up and down the strings and say-

JAPANESE PRAYING BAG.

lng something similar to “These are my sentiments.” He is very particular that these prayer bags and charms shall not be profaned by the touch of a Christian forefinger and resists the deputy’s efforts to find letters near the little sacred ponch which reposes on the stomach of the faithful. For this reason the intelligent Jap does not carry letters near the bag. When the Jap Is particularly anxious to have his god answer his prayer he removes the cover from the top of the pouch and prays with the paper in his hands.

Fees on and Off Shipboard.

On all the large trans-Atlantic steamers the room stewardess is entitled to and expects a fee of ten shillings ($2.50) from each passenger upon whom she waits. The dining room steward receives the same amount. If the passenger is ill most of the Journey, and but seldom at table, then the fee of $2.50 should be given to the deck steward instead of the dining room steward. Where there is a party of ladies, three or four In one stateroom, a smaller

SUMMER FASHIONS FOR SMALL BOYS AND GIRLS.

ground and be of sufficient size and strength to give the foot a firm hold and to bear the weight of the body. When walking on them he must raise each stilt alternately with the hands, lifting the foot at the same time, and continuing the motion alternately with the respective legs and arms as in ordinary walking. Should he feel himself losing his balance the best pliTn is to leap to the ground and avoid as much as possible the. risk ol falling. After a few trials stilting will be found to be n very easy and etijoyable way of locomotion. Many feats may soon be attempted on stilts and they will as a rule be' found to be easy bf accomplishment Barring the risk of falls lft will be found that the higher the stilt walker is from the ground the easier as well ns the more rapid will be his speed. There can be no dOubt that “stilting” will be the rage before many days. So be ready when the callcomes: “Get on your stilts 1”

amount may be given by each to the room servant On land fees are optional, but usual. A sixpence (twelve cents) Is the largest fee expected for actual service: The rattroad guards, who htdd positions similar In rank to our American conductors, will accept and expect a fee if they reserve a compartment for the traveler. One shilling (twenty-five cents) is the usual amount for such service. The railroad porter is given a sixpence.—Ladles’ Home Journal.

A USEFUL INVENTION.

Labor Saved by the New Method of Fastening Boxes. Julius J. Wolf, of Kansas City, has devised a box strap which Ims some features of Interest to shippers whoso goods are packed in boxes requiring, a strap strengthening. The inventor

A BOX WITHOUT NAILS.

claims that It combines strength and convenience with a saving of labor. The new box strap is built on the barbed-wire plan and it dispenses with the use of nails. Two wires are twisted together, and at the proper Intervals a wire nail is twisted in the wires. The nail it cut In arrow-headed form, so that the barbs catch in the board like a fish hook and refuse to come out without tearing away a large fragment of the surrounding wood. The best point about the new strap, however, lies In the saving of labor

THE PATENT STRAP.

while putting It on the box. There is no worry with nails- The workman simply drives in the first barb-nail, then, as he wraps the wire around the box, strikes a single blow on the head of the barb-nail and the operation Is complete.

REAL RURAL REAPING

WILL BE FOUND IN THIS DEPARTMENT. New ind Popular Variety of Apple— How to Conatruct a Windmill—A Tile Drain Outlet—Advantage of a Separator in the Dairy. Securing Power Cheaply. secure power at llttje expense, a windmill Is easy, of .construction. To make one for ordinary farm use, build a tower about twenty -feet high with timbers leaning, as dhown In cut, baying the fans facing northwest. The fans can be hewed out of Umber about twelve feet long, leaving each fan six feet long from the axle where they cross each other. The fans are bolted firmly to the wheel of an old mower, the gearing being secured to the top of the tower. On the end of the mower axle, whleh comes back to the center of the tower, fusten a sprocket wheel with an iron wedge, over this put a chain, and In this way the power Is conveyed down to the pump or machinery below. A belt and pulley will not work on the end of the axle unless covered from the weather. Of course this windmill can-

A HOME-MADE WINDMILL.

not revolve to face the wind from different quarters, but as the prevailing winds bldw from the northwest, It will fill the titll most of the time, especially In the Northwestern States, where the winds never grow tired of blowing from the west and northwest A rod should project out about twenty Inches in the center of the fans and wires may be stretched from jpolnt to point over the end of this rod to support the fans in a heavy wind. The fans shown In the Illustration are arranged to give increased power by addlfig extra pieces. This windmill furnishes three horse-tfower and only costs a few dollars. A large pulley behlpd the fans serves for a brake to act upon.—Farm and Home. The Quality of Hon«;y. Honey Is obtained by beqg ifrpm the nectar of flowers, and- Us qolor, taste and character are mainly dependent on the kind of flower which the bees frequent Every experienced bee keepet soon learns to recognize the white and excellenthoney procured from"the white clover blossom. In locallUes where there are numerous basswood, trees, a very choice honey, but darker than that from white clover, is made from their blossoms. It Is to many tastes preferable to the lighter-colored honey from the white clover. The bees do not visit different kinds of flowers on the same trip, nor are different kinds of honey placed In the same cell. Buckwheat honey is that made last in the season, and It Is also the darkest It has a strong flavor, but some prefer It for eating to the more delicately-flavored kinds. But as buckwheat honey does not sell so well on the market, It is usually left for the bees to eat during the winter.

The Vitality of Chickens. Chickens batched in hen houses in hot weather are generally feeble' gild easily succumb to any disease. As the hens approach the moulting period, their eggs contain germs with weaker vitality and many are unable to hatch. This Is In part due to the rapid evaporation of moisture from the egg in hot weather. The hens that haye a run out of doors and make their nests on;the ground, sit and hatch full broods. The moisture In the soil checks the evaporation from the egg and thus preserves the vitality of Its germ. Hens should be allowed to make nests, sit and hatch their chickens on the ground during the summer months. The Outlet of the Tile Drain*. The outlet of a tile drain should not be of tile. A more stable ending to a drain Is needed to resist the action of frost, washing, etc. It Is best to have the outlet constructed of stone or brick, or both, and to have the opening covered with fine wire netting to keep out

TILE DRAIN OUTLET.

small animals. The stones or brick should be laid In cement The Illustration gives a suggestion of how the worj£ may well be done. In warm climates earthenware gratings attached to a vitrified or glazed tile may be used instead of iron netting. * ' Wild Plums and Their Seedlings* There are many wild plum trees whose blossom Is not perfect, and which never bear unless they are near cultivated plums. These wild plums are, when grown, not equal tb the best cultivated sorts, but some of their seedlings are seuiqout as great acquisitions, because they are exempt from attacks by the curculio. This only proves true where the little turk has better fruit to feed on. It is not hard to find the curcullo, and to do this saving the best fruit costs on an average in an orchard not more than 10 cents per tree. This is better than giving.up the best plums. Blasted Grain. Every year at harvest there will be some heads of grain that,)Mlve turned black and not a kernel of grain can bs

found as them. It Is possible that accidental Injury to the straw from hall or heavy rain jnay cause this blasting of the heads. It la more common on rich land, but that la probably because there the grain growe most La most tender and most susceptible to Injury. The neighboring heads are no* affected. This shows that no bacterial disease causes the Injury, and that confirms the belief that It Is due only to 1 accidental Injuries, which cannot always be prayefued. , - Clover and Poultry. The cows and pigs are allowed on the clover field with profit, and If one will estimate the space thus given over to such stock It will be found that, In comparison with weight, the poultry will give better returns, with the same privileges, as the larger stock. We know of no place more appropriate for poultry than a clover field, says Mirror and Farmer. The fowls will not only find the best kind of green food, but also Insects. Thetf, again, dover Is rich In the mineral elements, and contains many times more lime than does grain. If not too fat, the hens that are privileged to pick the leaves of clover will never eggs that have soft shells. They will cost nothing for food, and will give as good returns In proportion as any stock, and with less outlay for labor, doing no damage whatever to the clover, and being less liable to disease. Clover Is excellent food also for geese, ducks, turkeys nnd guineas, and provides au abundance of food at a low cost Killing Canada Thistles. The first thing to be done to get rid of these pests, says the Rural New Yorker, Is to plow the land just after the crop Is off, with a good set of gang plows, turning It about three Inches deep; then In three or four days dig or harrow it with a harrow like the Thomas. Leave It alone for a week or so and plow It over with au ordinary plow, about five or six inches deep, as It had formerly been plowed. Then harrow well, and prepare for fall wheat and seed down to clover and timothy, and you will find very ffew thistles. If the land is In good shape for wheat, or If you Intend to sow a spring crop, do not give the second plowing until late In the fall, and where spring plowing will answer, It is a good plan to cultivate or harrow the land, then plow and harrow and pfepare*the ground as usual for whatever crop you wish to sow. '() The Banana Apple. • At the’ recent annual meeting of the New Jersey State Horticultural Society, an apple called by the exhibitor the banana tipple was shown. This variety sq ,a needling, originating on the farm Of, CL B. Blackwell, of Titusville, Merced County, N. J., about twenty years a£o, and It has in the meantime become qulto < well known In that section. It Is thus df&brlbed: Large, roundish conical with a deep calyx' basin, which Is somewhat Irregular, calyx closed, some russet patches in basin. In color when ripe It Is a yellowish green, a pale copperish blush on sunny side and fainter splashlngs of the same color, and sparsely marked over the surface with minute dots. Stem a half Inch, some-

THE BANANA APPLE.

times a little more in length, In a basin of average size, rather deep and a little Irregular. Sweet, good for family or market, season January to March. The trees are said to be excellent bearers. Tying, Up Karly Cabbage. The heading of early cabbage may be hastened by binding a string around the head so as to press the outer leaves together. It will moke a difference of ten days to two weeks over cabbage not so treated, and this increased easiness secures a much better and higher market Where the cabbage leaves are tied up there are fewer of the outer leaves to be thrown away In preparing for cooking. A Good Butter Herd. The man who has a specially good butter herd cannot afford to furnish milk to a cheese factory, nor to ship his product to a city to be sold with low grade milk from all sources. Find out what you want to do before you begin to build your herd, and then follow that purpose steadily, and you will be apt to come out all right. What Separators Would Save. The Cornell, N. Y., experiment station has discovered that butter fat can be extracted from whey by running It through * separator. The general adoption of the process, it is estimated, would save the dairy Interest In New York $1,000,000 a year. The entire expense of cheesemaking would be saved from this waste product

Orchard Grass for Permanent Pasture Orchard grass Is excellent for perma* nent pasture. Timothy lasts but a few years, and clover less. A good mixture Is five pounds red clover, four pounds timothy, fourteen pounds Kentucky blue grass and five pounds orchard grass. The first two make the good pasture in the start. *t EuaUagc for Economy. In point'of economy, ensilage excels fori feeding Cows, as more pounds of nutriment can be grown to the acre ihali df almost any crop; and with the silo for preserving it we are able to keep more stock with greater profit than by the old methods. Fancy Butter Making. The great; secret In fancy butter making, says a dairy writer, Is a studied purpose to keep all foreign substances and flavors out of the milk, cream and butter, and have only original material from start to finish, and fancy butter results. Preventive for Potato Bcab. Potato scab can be largely prevented by treating the seed planted rbr- three hours In a solution of two oupces of corrosive sublimate in sixteen gaUeas of water.

NEWS OF OUR STATE.

A WEEK AMONG THE HUSTLING a ' HOOSIERS. Whmt Oar Neighbor* Are Dotag—Hatter* Of General and Loral Internet—Marriages and Deaths Accidents and Crimea— Pointer* About Oar Own People. Minor State New*. John Brady, a school teacher or Kockport, was drowned while bathing in the Ohio River. John C. Rei ser of Seymour, shot himself in the head with a 88-caliber revolver. Financial troubles. Hendrickson Bros’, stock barns at Kewanna burned, together With a famous stallion. Lass $15,000. Dh. S. W. Edwins of Elwood, has been appointed iucdical examiner of the Indiana militia for Sladison County. Miss Clara B. Kelly, of Ft. Wayne, was burned severely. Her clothing caught fire from a flying bit of burning paper. Mrs Patrick Duffy of Wabash, was fatally burned by her clothing catching fire from a gas stove. She is 75 years old. Three valuable horses belonging to Jesse Beard, near Needham’s Station, Were poisoned one night recently by unknown persons. R. J. Collins, colored, of Indianapolis, was killed by an Erie train near Noblesville. He is supposed to havo fallen from the train. Counterfeit silver dollars of unusally good finish are circulating in several towns in Montgomery County, and there is much complaint. L. I). Kkptinuku, employed in a sawmill at Loogootee, was dangerously hurt by a flying fragment of wood thrown off a circular saw. The work of erecting the North Baltimore glass factory buildings at Albany has commenced. There will be eight buildings and two smelters. Burglars enteral William Sumption’s residence at Munoie while the family were seated in front, and stole diamonds and jewelry valued at S4OO. Fred Wei dell, aged 13, was killed in a Michigan City saw-mill, by a pleoeof timber which rebounded from a circular saw and struck him on thfe breast. The orchards in Washington Township, Harrison County, are bending and breaking so heavily are the fruit trees loaded. The estimated vnluo of the fruit crop is placed at $60,000. Allis, Thomas Lewis, wife of a coal miner of Brazil, has been notified that she Is hgiress to SIOO,OOO by the death of au uncle ut San Franoltoo, from whom she had not heurd for 80 years. Capt. J. F. Fee of (Ireencastle, has been appointed by (iov. Matthews Major of the First liattallion, First Regiment Infantry, I. N. CL, to the vacancy caused by the resignation of Major 11. P. Corniok. Mki,l Boone, Jr., aged 22, a brakeman on the middle division of the Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern railroad, was struck by the spout of the water tank at Brownstown, knocked from the car, and his skull fractured. He will die. Henry Emmei.man, a dork at J. L. Moore’s wholesale grooery, In Indianapolis, was literally scalped by a freight elevator, lie was leaning over the shaft when the elevator descended. Ills skull was laid bare from his forehead to the back of his head.

Benjamin Dooi.ino, of Vlnoennos, fooled with a revolver, and there was an accidental discharge of the weapon, the bullet lodging in the shoulder of Richardson Davidson. Davidson was dangerously hurt and he was removed to Keensburg, 111., whore his people live. Charles Tiiknnks of Michigan City, wflio operated a saloon In his hotel with the door opening on a small alley, and who was arrested under the Nioholson law, i has been acquitted, the jury holding that the ulloy was a highway sufficiently within the meaning of the law. W. F. Biiown, of Rochester, and Lyman Evans, “trusties” In the prison South, upon being sent to the prison gallon for vegetables, took advantage oftheoppoitunity to escape. They were accompanied to the garden by Cal Armstrong, the defaulting County Treasurer of Tipton, but ho refused to Join In the flight. The Board of Directors of the Northern Indiana Prison have made the following appointments: Chaplain, the Rev. A. L. Curry of Noblesvllle; physician, Dr. Spinning, Covington; steward, D. S. Durbin, Indianapolis. Warden Harley is authority for the statement that United States convicts will not bo removed to Leavenworth prison. Pateni.h havo been issued to the following. Indiana inventors: Russel W. Guilford, assignor to Auburn Iron works, Auburn, Ind., steamer engino; Harvey R. Harris, Michigan City, moistaner and paper weight; Frederick T. Wright Fort Wayne, assignor of one-half to J. N. Neal, Cold Water,, Mich., wire fence; John F. Snapp, Frlchton, fire alarm device; Wm.S. Taylor, Rensselaer, hog ringer; John A. Wright, Indianapolis, tack catcher for bicycles. Isaac Goodman, leader of the notorious Goodman gang, was released from the* Prison North on a pardon by Gov. Matthews, nnd returned to Anderson. He is now’ 68 years of age. He received his training under the guerrilla Quantrel.l, In Kansas. In 1860 he came to Indiana and organized a gang. He educated hl:i son Dick in this line, and they headed the gang, which made nlghlly raids, and plundered everything within fifty miles. His house was made a depository. He entertained no one, and his house, which set back off of the roads, was not Invaded by callers of any kind. His fortune continued to grow, until he was worth SIOO,OOO. The gang was rounded up at Summittville two years ago, and in the fight that followed Dick Goodman was shot and all wore taken prisoners. The gang was sent up for nine years. Isaac’s years and failing health, and the fact that his wife was rapidly sinking, secured the pardon. He cannot last long. Dick, who was shot several times in the Suniiuittvillo fight, is in the hospital, dying. There is a hermit living in the Patoka River bottoms, near Heyden, who calls himself Bill Cox. Die tells a story in effect that years ago his family died until none was left but himself, and then a mysterious voice whispered In his ear that his life was In danger, and that he must leave the State at once. Thereupon he returned to Indiana, and finding this Secluded spot in the Patoka River bottoms, lie erected a rude little cabin, and there he has remained, in seclusion ever Since, subsisting on roots, berries and small game. He belives that his hermit way of living is au atonement for crime, of whioh he refuses to speak. On the farm of Adam Lortz, in Bartholomew County, a boiling' well has been struck at a depth of forty-'ejgnt feet. The well was drilled, and is ten or more feet into hard limestone. There Is about one and,,ft half feet of water in the well, and this cannot be reduced with a force pump. The boiling noise is constant, and can be heard several hundred feet from the top of the well. Sunlightfrom a mirror has been thrown upon the water in this well, and it appears as water In a large kettle when at a high heat. The water has a temperature of 48 degrees. At an election in Jennings County on the question of building eleven miles of pike, the proposition was carried by 664 malorlty. The pike will be built at once.