Democratic Sentinel, Volume 19, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 November 1895 — Page 3

SOME NOTED WIDOWS.

WELL-KNOWN WOMEN WHO LIVE AT WASHINGTON. Society Has No Attractions for Mrs. James G. Blaine—Mrs. Nellie GrantSartoris, Mrs. Harriet Lane Jobn•on, and Mrs. Phil Sheridan. Many Who Are Interesting. Washington is not the only Mecca toward which the eyes of all the politicians turn, but it is the goal of the

hopes of many fair women, whose names are known over the Union. Perhaps the best known of the women in Washington ;is Mrs. Blaine, the widow of the late Secretary , of State under President Harrison. Her home is a large

MRS. BLAINE.

brick on a fashionable avenue, and its Interior is furnished in handsome style with warm tli and luxury. Mrs. Beale, who was Hattie Blaine, spends most of her time with her mother, and young James Blaine, who is a law student at

MRS. BLAINE’S RESIDENCE.

the University of Virginia, also manages to pass a great deal of his time at his mother’s home. Mrs. Nellie Grant-Sartoris has a lovely home. It is of white carved stone, and has all the interior work of oak, while tlie polished floors are covered with rich rugs, and the whole house is decorated in the light, cozy modern style. Mrs. Sartoris is believed to be quite wealthy. There have been many rumors of her marriage, but these reports are believed to be without any foundation at all. Mrs. Harriet Lane Johnson’s house is a large brick of yellow tint, it having been remodeled last year when she bought it. A good many years ago Mrs.

WHERE MRS. SHERIDAN LIVES.

Johnson, as Miss Lane, was the fair mistress of the White House under the administration of her uncle, Buchanan. She lives almost alone, having no one with her, except a niece. Perhaps Mrs. Phil Sheridan is one of the prettiest of the young widows at the capital. She is a tall woman with

a slight, graceful figure, dark hair combed back from a high brow, brown eyes, and a small head well poised on a straight pair of shoulders. She isslender and youthful in appearance, being a child when married, about nineteen years ago.

nnd is a woman of fine manners and attractive presence. Her home is a brick standing alone in a square, and the interior is cut up into queer corners and full of interesting souvenirs of her famous husband. There are four children. No one has ever succeeded in winning the heart of the charming widow, and it is likely that she will always be Mrs. Phil Sheridan to the American Nation. Mrs. John A. Logan has a lovely oldfashioned home in the suburbs of the city, and the house is in the center of a

HOME OF MRS. JOHNSON.

big yard full of flowers. In one part of the house is a hall full of medals, flags, and hundreds of other souvenirs of the dead statesman, and it is a veritable treasure house. Mrs. Logan is a handsome woman, with a line, intellectual face, and a wealth of gray hair, which is worn high on her shapely head.

Dyeing the Burglars.

A good story is told by a German paper of the way in which a dyer treated two burglars whom he caught in his establishment, as they were in the act of making off with some valuable dyes. Mr. S., the owner of the color works, is often engaged in experiments late into the evening, and occasionally spends the night in the chemical laboratory, which opens into the room where the great dye vats are. The thieves made their visit, as it chanced, on one of the nights when Mr. S. was sleeping at the laboratory. He is naturally a light sleeper, and a little past midnight he was aroused by the sound of voices in the vat room. He saw the flash of a light, and suspecting thieves, arose quietly from his sofa, took his revolver, and concealed in the darkness, watched the movements of the two men. He saw that each bore a package of new and valuable dyes.

Thinking that matters had progress, ed far enough, he stepped forward, cocked his revolver, and said, quietly, “I have a use for those dyes. You’d; better leave them a 1 one.” The thieves, taken completely by surprise, dropped their plunder and started to run, leaping from the side of one vat to the next. In the darkness one of them miscalculated the distance and fell headlong Into an indigo vat; and his companion, hearing the splash, glanced back to see what had occurred, lost his balance, and toppled into the same vat. “That’s all right,” said Mr. S., half jocosely, as he stepped to the edge of the vat and covered the thieves with his revolver. “I won’t grudge you enough of that indigo to dye your clothes and your skin. You needn’t hurry about getting our. We must give the dye a chance to take effect.” For fifteen minutes or more he kept the two men in the vat, where they several times plunged beneath the surface of the liquid, and came up spluttering and choking, and finally begged for mercy. “Well,” remarked Mr. S., good-natur-edly, “I think you probably are as blue outside as you feel inside, so* I won't detain you longer. And now,” changing his tone to one of stern command. "if you don’t want the police put on your tracks, you'll make yourselves scarce in this town. Out now, and bo off!” Without a word the two men climbed, out of the vat and hastened away. A few days later a friend from an adjoining town called on Mr. S. and mentioned incidentally that two meq came to him and offered him five dollars to tell them what would remove indigo stains from the skin. “They were the bluest looking fellows you ever saw,” he added. “They said they got to fooling in the dye house, and fell into the vat.”

MRS. SHERIDAN.

A RAILROAD MAGNATE

Who Began Life Very Poor in a Lits tie Maine Village. M. E. Ingalls, president of the Big Four Railroad system, which ramifies Indiana, Ohio, and Illinois, began life poor. Harrison, Me., a little Yankee village whose inhabitants are persons of exceedingly simple ways and habits, is his native place, and there, before he entered his teens, he attended the village school sixteen weeks every year. Later his yearly schooling was cut down to six weeks. He had to work the remainder of the time on his father’s farm. But he never stopped studying, whether in school or out, and he never lost sight of a big resolution he made when he was a small boy that he would get away from the farm as soon as he could. At 15 he managed to get a school teacher’s certificate, and then for three winters he boarded ’rQund and wielded the birch, working on tho family farm every summer. When he was 18 he began to study law, and after a heroic struggle was admitted to the bar. Later he tried to teach school and practice law in the town of Gray, Me., but that wouldn’t work. He moved to Boston, where he got on better, was soon admitted to partnership in a prosperous law firm, caught political fever and became a State Senator. He went West in IS7I to become receiver of the Indianapolis, Cincinnati and Lafayette Railroad, now embraced in tho Big Four system.

Exposition at Tokyo.

Some of the enterprising citizens of Tokyo have organized a company to promote the plan of holding an international exposition In that city five years hence. They have selected a site on a low island in the river opposite the foreign concession called Tsukijl (pronounced Skeegee), where most of the missionaries and other foreigners live, and propose to raise it several feet above the high water mark by dredging a deeper channel. Fifty or sixty acres have already been reclaimed, and demonstrate that the scheme is practicable. It Is estimated that 250 acres can be reclaimed and made permanently valuable for a park or manufacturing purposes for about as many dollars. It is expected that the government will take hold of the matter very shortly and lay before the new parliament a detailed plan for the proposed exposition.

The Largest Oak Tree.

The largest oak board ever sawed ijs;as ripped from the body of a mammoth tree which formerly stood near Scottsburg, Ind. The tree was 27 feet in circumference, and was said to be the largest perfectly round oak In the State. It was purchased by H. Hermann, the New York lumber dealer, for the sum of $75, and was cut down and saw r ed into boards. The largest of these boards was 10 inches thick, 5 feet 2 y 2 inches wide at the butt and 5 feet exactly at the top. It was 35 feet long and required the combined strength of two yoke of oxen and eight horses a whole day to remove It one and one-lialf miles on a “broad tread” wagon from the saw mill to the depot. Lumber men say that this was the largest oak board ever sawed In Amefica.

It Was Suspicious.

One of the principal men In the bureau of printing and engraving had a somewhat peculiar experience in New York recently. He had occasion to visit the metropolis on business, and after a stay of several days at one of the principal hotels he called for his bill. When it was given him he tendered in payment a brand new S2O silver certificate. The clerk looked at it and then passed It back. “What’s the matter?” said the official. “I can't take that,” replied the clerk. “I don’t think It’s good.” “Not good!” exclaimed the official. “Not good. Why* man, it’s good; I made it myself.” “Yes,” said the clerk, “so I thought” —■Washington Post.

Invaluable.

Mrs. Witherby—What a great aid Mr. Van Wicket must have been at your reception. Mrs. Von Blumer—lndeed he was. Mrs. Witherby—l understand that he introduced you to most of your guests. —Truth. Watts—“Do you think a man can be a Christian on a dollar a day?” Potts —“I don’t wee how he can afford to be anything else.”—lndianapolis Journal.

FACTS FOR FARMERS.

HELPFUL SUGGESTIONS FOR THE AGRICULTURISTS. Plan for a Frame Farmhonae Which la a Model in Points of Convenience —The Btrawberry Guava—The House Cellar. Modern Farmhonae Plan. The cost of this fivme farmhouse will range anywhere from $1,500 to $3,000, according to location, the kind of interior decoration or finish, and the amount of work the farmer can personally perform in its construction. In this case all the lime, stone for cellar wall, and some of the lumber, were procured on the farm. The excavating for cellar, building of wall and chim-

EXTERIOR OF MODERN FARMHOUSE.

neys, all the plumbing, laying of sewer and water pipes, roofing, painting and laying of stone walks, were all done by myself and sons, hiring skilled labor to frame and inclose the building and to plaster the interior. The house stands on a knoll about 300 yards from the river; the natural drainage is perfect, the ground sloping away from the front and both sides, the rear being nearly level. It is not necessary te rely on natural drainage, as there is a system of underground sewerage which takes all the waste from the roof, laundry, kitchen, bath tub, water closet and washstands to a safe distance from the house, where it is carried away by a small water course. The kitchen, laundry, bath room and lavatory in the lobby at foot of back stairs are all supplied with hot and cold water. The kitchen range is set in a recess of the chimney, the smoke pipe going into one flue, while a second acts as a ventilator for the vegetable cellar. A third central flue is directly over tho range, and serves as ventilator to the kitchen, carrying all the cooking odors,

FIRST FLOOR PLAN.

steam, and in summer the heat from the house away above the roof. In cold weather this flue can be closed by a sheet iron trap door, controlled by means of a small brass chain and pulley. The sink is supplied with an abundance of hot and cold water, perfect drainage and trags. The door leading from the kitchen to the pantry is hung on a double hinge, which aliows it to swing either way. The pantry Is fitted with shelves which are closed in with light panel doors, thus keeping canned fruits, etc., in a cool, dark place. Below are bins and drawers for flour and groceries. The parlor Is connected with the hall by large, folding doors, which can be thrown open, thus forming a large or double parlor. The windows throughout are fitted with weights and pulleys. The parlor and library have slate mantels, the dining room hardwood mantel. The bath room is

SECOND FLOOR PLAN.

furnished with bath tub, inside water closet and stationary washstand, properly trapped and drained. The entire house is heated by a hot water heater, located in the cellar, with radiator in all rooms, but open grates are used in the library and dining room, on account of the cheerfulness. The reservoir which supplies the house, barn and garden with water is situated on a hill about 1,000 feet to the rear, giving a fall of 60 feet, and Is fed by two springs, water being carried to the house in two-inch iron pipes.—Orange Judd Farmer. Soft Corn for Cows. A great deal of soft corn Is given to hogs which might much moro profitably be given to cows that are giving milk. There is considerable nutrition in the succulent cob of soft corn, and this is lost when the pig gets it. Hogs get too much com on most farms. They will fatten better on a more varied ration. Cows rechew all their food, and will waste very little if they are fed soft corn. It is an excellent food to make rich milk, though of course care must be taken not to feed enough to fatten the cow. This rarely happens when the cow is a good milker. Canada Thistles. The argument that the Canada thistle helps to keep the land fertile Is not

ft sound one. The thistle gets nothing of manurial value except what It take* from-the soil. Clover secures nitrogen from the atmosphere and thus makes the soil more productive. In an Indirect way Canada thistles sometimes keep the farm from becoming poorer. When there are many of them in the hay and straw these products are unsalable and have to be fed on the farm where they are grown. The House Cellar. Whether you conclude to build a large or small cellar, the advice of a contributor to the Country Gentleman is to dig it shallow, and then make the depth by filling up to the walls. If I were building a house, now, on level land, where it would take a long drain to take the water from the cellar, I would only dig two or three feet deep, and would then plow and acrapo and fill up to the wall until I had a uniform grade from a point not more than 100 feet distant, which I would make low enough for an outlet to a drain, up to the house. I doubt if this would cost any more—probably not as much on many soils—than to dig a deep cellar, and it would give the house and yard a much better appearance. It would be best not to fill to tlje top of the wall, but have two or three steps to get down from the level of the house to the ground, except at the rear, where the coal, wood and water are to be carried in, and here the fill could be made higher, so as to have but one step. lam quite sure that by thus digging shallow and grading a cellar could be secured against water entering possibly without a drain at all, and if a drain was required, a short and inexpensive one would answer. The Strawberry Guava. This fruit is one of the best of the guavas and is readily cultivated in Florida, Arizona, New Mexico and

GUAVA FRUIT.

fruit. Produces early, bearing when a year old and an abundance at 2 to 3 years. It is considered hardy in England, but requires protection in the northern United States, where it is gaining in favor as an ornamental greenhouse plant. The fruit is of a dark red or purplish ruby red color in the.common variety, one to two Inches In diameter, of firm texture, will stand transportation well and always meets with a ready sale as a fresh fruit or for Jelly making. Best Bee Food. The very best bee food for winter is pure white honey. That seems to contain the least Indigestible matter, says the Massachusetts Ploughman. Next to this comes pure honey of a darker shade. If artificial food be necessary (do not skimp them to avoid feeding), use pure granulated sugar syrup. This is best at any time, but so much of successful wintering depends upofi good food that one should be especially particular in the fall feeding. One may at times have other material quite as unobjectionable as this; but where ono is in doubt, the advice of an experienced apiarist should be sought before using it. Protecting Rosebushes. While the hardy perpetual roses usually endure our winters pretty well, they do not always do so, especially when the wood is not ripened. It is a good plan, says the Philadelphia Press, to prune the new wood rather severely at this time of the year, and to shelter the bushes by sticking evergreen boughs into the ground around them, so as to shelter them from the wind and sun; this is better than trying to cover with earth, which is not easily done when the bushes are stiff. The same sort of covering is also well adapted to rhodondendrons and other halfhardy shrubs that are sometimes injured by our winters.

Hints on Stock Feeding. Buckwheat should not be fed alone to hogs, but mixed with other foods. Bean vines are rich In nitrogenous substances, says the Massachusetts Ploughman. They are especially valuable for sheep. There is no better way to economize food than to make the quarters of the farm animals comfortable. Don’t get discouraged, and quit raising stock or grain because they sometimes get low. Profits come to those who stick. It requires Just as much care and more feed to make the same weight with comb stock that it does with pure-breds, and the price Is never as high for the first as for the last. The Buff Leghorn. The buff Leghorn is a comparatively new breed, so new, indeed, that a really good specimen is a rara avis. But you Just wait a few years until the breed becomes accustomed to Its characteristics, and It will be one of the most profitable, and, consequently, popular fowls named in the standard. Buff Leghorn breeders, like others of the fraternity, claim untold excellence for the new buffs. We rather like them. Lettuce Under Glass. As briefly stated by Prof. L. H. Bailey, the requisites for growing celery under glass are a low temperature, solid beds, or at least, no bottom heat, a soil free of silt and clay, but liberally supplied with sand, and careful attention to watering. Rot and leaf burn are prevented by a proper soil and temperature and care in watering and ventilation. Land to Subsoil. Whether subsoiling will be profitable or not depends upon the soil and subsoil, and the condition of the land as regards drainage. Subsoiling can be of no possible benefit on land with a porous subsoil, where there Is a free drainage. On the other hand, It will be of but temporary benefit on a piece of flat, stiff clay which Is not underdrained. Feed More Oats. Prof. Plumb, of the Indiana 'experiment station, has Issued a bulletin, in which be advises farmers to feed more oats, rather than sell them at a low price and buy bran at 70 cents per 100 pounds.

GIVE THEM THE ROPE

REPUBLICANS CAN HANG THEMSELVES BEFORE ’9B. G. O. P. Followers May Find the Disagreeable Leaaoua of 1800 and 18011 set Before Them Again Next November—Remarkable Confession*. Success Is Not Sure. Republicans cannot be blamed for saying tbat their recent sweeping victories make their success in the next presidential eleotiou certain. Yet even the most elate of them have a haunting recollection that t4ey felt just as certaiu In 1884 and 181)0. The conservative vote which their Blaine and tarifT and force bill debauch alienated has now no doubt returned to them; but there Is time for it to be alienated again before next November. Let them only give Tanner, Foraker, Chandler and McKinley, to say nothing of l’latt. Quay and Sewell, rope enough, aud the hanging of the party will be among the easy possibilities. Senator Sherman already threatens n duty on Wool and a general and speedy tariff upheaval. lie aud too many other leaders are deceived by the idea that the country wants thorn to "do something.” But that Is precisely what the country Is sick and tired of. Doing something is what has undone one party after the other. As the Antinomluu hymn says: “Doing is a deadly thing, doing ends in death.” The voters of the nation are prepared to hall a party which wil| fruukly say that It proposes to legislate as little as possible; tbat It is not going to Insist upon making everybody rich, wise and virtuous by law. All the Republicans have to do Is to stand still aud see their salvation. If they are too eager to help things aloug by going to war with England, or ripping up the tariff, or Inflating the currency again, they may easily And the disagreeable lessons of 1800 and 1802 set them once more.—New York Evening Post

California. The tree or shrub attains a maximum growth of 15 to 1 20 feet, is of eoinjpaet form, with /dense, glossy, evergreen foliage, which makes it a very *ornamental tree, especially when loaded, with its rich-colored

The Cuuac of Hu*ine** Trouble*. Thinking that the people have such poor memories that they can be easily deceived ns to the origin of the recent trade depression, the New York Tribune revives the old story that it was the l’ear of Democratic legislation which In 1803 closed mills aud factories, and brought ruin and bankruptcy. If that pni>er bad been content with Its bold assertion It might have convinced Its partisan readers that It was telling the truth. But when It proceeds to explain the closing down of many factories In 1892. while the Republican administration was still In power, by saying that the branches of industry affected wore those in which it was expected that the tariff duties would be changed, It becomes ridiculous. The people are not so stupid ns the Tribune imagines. They know that Industry of nil kinds is curried on to supply human wants. They know that the total volume of exchanges which we call trade, depends on the ability of each consumer to 11ml'some one who wants the things made by other men, and has something to offer In exchange. They know that business activity depends on the purchasing power of the masses, and not ou high taxes on foreign goods. These are some of the simple truths on which the common people have got a good hold. With these principles in view the cause of business depression can bo readily seen. If the people who are engaged In producing wealth of all kinds are robbed annually of a large share of their product, us w r as the case under the McKinley tariff, it is evident that they cannot buy ns much of the proceeds of other men’s labor as they need. The loss of a portion of the goods they make means that they will be unable to take less of other goods. While each man’s anniinl loss through high turlff robbery may be small, yet the total means an enormous amount, and the result is a generally decreased demand for goods, and the consequent closing of factories.

This is exactly what happened in 181)2 and 1893. The consumers of goods needed just as much of everything as they did a year or two years before. But they had been annually giving so large a share of their products to protected monopolies aud trusts that they were, unable to buy back the things they wanted. Factories therefore found that they had too many goods on hand, and were forced to close down and to discharge their employes. There is no mystery about hard times. Factories cannot run if goods cannot be sold. The people cannot buy goods If their money is taken in high tariff taxes, and in profits of protected trusts. Under natural conditions each man’s purchasing power would exactly equal his’ power to produce goods, and panics and over-production would be impossible. When Democratic principles are fully carried out, the prosperity which has followed their partial application will be perpetual. Fat Fryers and 6all Manufacturers, A calamity organ asserts that the reason ex-Congressman Tom Johnson wants no protection for his steel rails Is that they are “protected by numerous patents.” If this be so, there are other manufacturers of steel rails who have no such protection. Mr. Andrew Carnegie is not crying for more protection, as the present duty on steel rails, small as It is, is in effect prohibitory In its operation. At the ruling prices for steel rails the manufacturers have no need of any protection at all, patents or no patents. But that is not the question. What the manufacturers desire above all is to be let alone, in order that they may extend the markets for their industries at home and abroad. The only yelps for more protection come from the professional tariff agitators and tne politicians who wish to fry more “fat” out of the manufacturers. It Is perfectly safe to predict that not a manufacturer of steel will be found in the lobbies of the next Congress, begging for higher duties.—-Philadelphia Itecord. *'• Ohio’s Busy Mills. Five hundred tons more to England? The bats and owls do not appear to be nesting in the chimneys, for if they try to find one that is not sending out fire and smoke they fail. Neither are the cows browsing around the furnaces, as they told us would surely happen. There is no use denying the facts any

longer. When Youngstown situated hundreds of miles from tha shore, can send their products by rallj underheavy freight rates, to the ocean’ and then across the deep to the Old World. It proves conclusively what tariff reformers have always claimed. The era of trade Is Just begun.—Youngstown (O.) A'lndicator. How Protection Ha* Robbed Farmer*. In spite of the warnings of the Demi ocrats that the protective tariff was steadily crushing the farming Industry of the country, the farmers continued to vote for the party which was plundering them by Indirect taxation. For thirty years previous to 1804 a high tariff policy has been in force, and during all that time the Republicans have been telling the farmers that the “home markets" built up by protection was making them rich. The farmers themselves knew better, but allowed their partisan bias to prevent them overthrowing the system which was responsible for their condition. Finally they revolted, aud in 1802 elected an administration and Congress pledged to establish a tariff for revenue only. With the repeal of the McKinley tariff the eyes of even' the most bigoted protectionists were opened to the truth about the farming industry. It was then no longer necessary to conceal the facts, aud instead of'picturing the prosperity of the farmer, Republican papers began to talk of his poverty. A eousplcuous instance of this ehnugo Is found In the Manufacturer, the organ of the Manufacturers’ Club of Philadelphia, a body which Includes about one thbusand prominent Pennsylvania protectionists. The Manufacturer is an ardent advocate of the most extreme McKlnleytsm, and favors practically the prohibition of foreign goods. Yet in its Issue of Nov. 2 that paper makes the following editorial statement in regard to the American farmers: “The prices of farm stuff have been falling, almost without Interruption, for twenty years. Bui taxes have been advancing and the Indebtedness of the agriculturists has not been decreasing. What Is to be the conclusion of this remarkable movement? Is it not plainly indicated by the fact that between 1880 aud 1800, In this one State of Pennsylvania, the number of men working their own farms decreased by 11,000, while the number of tenant farmers Increased by 0,000? The Americans who cultivate the earth arc becoming hirelings Instead of owners. The laud Is passing from the hands of the men who till It. Prices for farms are now quoted within thirty miles of this city, in localities nearly In touch with fallroads, ns low ns s2o nil acre, and even sls. This does not represent the value of the buildings and other Improvements. The lnnd itself Is given away more cheaply than In the'patents of William Penn, or even the deeds of conveyance to him, signed by the Indian chiefs." This is the deliberate assertion of a protectionist organ. If It had been made by a Democratic paper two'or three years ago, the Republican prefcs would have called It a free trade slander. But coming from one of themselves, how can the Republicans answer It? They cannot say that the state of affairs described by the Manufacturer is due to the Wilson tariff, for the record of increasing tenant fanners Is taken from ten years In which protection was In full operation. And the decline In prices of farm products is stated to have been going on for (he past twenty years. Certainly tariff reform bad nothing to do with what occurred under a high tariff.

Our Prosperous Woolen Trudc. Not only have there been large exportations of wool from .the United States under the new tariff—an unprecedented circumstance—but the exportations of woolen goods have greatly Increased. In 1892 our exports of woolen goods amounted to about S3O7,(XX); In 1895 they reached $070,000. The exports of carpets have risen from $9,000 in 1892 to $101,(XX) in 1895, while those of-flannels have doubled, and those of other woolens have likewise Increased. Statistician Ford declares that the woolen industry of the United States Is now more prosperous than ever before. —Buffalo Courier. The Shelving of McKlnleyUiu. ’The efforts of Mr. Harrison's friends to acquit him of complicity in the McKinley tariff Indicate a realizing sense upon their part of the enormity of that monumental blunder. It Is quite safe to say, In view of the present tendencies of trade, that no party will dare to advocate a return to McKinleyism. The attempt to make the tariff again a campaign issue ‘has signally failed, and the anxiety of the more level-head-ed partisans to drop the subject is simply a recognition of evident truth.— Philadelphia Times. Business Stendily Improving. The McKinley law found the country prosperous and left it prostrate. The present law found the country prostrate and helped it to its feet. To say that full prosperity returned at once would be to talk nonsense, for business, when so grievously wounded, cannot recover In a day. But It Is not too much to say that business has been improving steadily &ver since.—Louisville Cou-rier-Journal.

Lived Under Every President.

An event of great interest was celebrated in the village of Fayetteville on Friday, when Peter Johnson readied the hundredth anniversary of his birth. Mr. Johnson has lived under all the Presidents of the United States, being born when Washington had served six years in that office. His first vote was cast for James Monroe, and be has voted for every President since then. Mr. Johnson's mind is clear, and he is in good health. Sixty descendants assembled on Aug. 10 in his honor. His wife is 87 years of age, and they have been married 04 years. Mr. Johnson’s first wife died, and in 1831 he married Eliza A. Perry of Rome, who was born in 1809. There are five children living and the grandchildren are twenty-two in number, and the great-grandchildren twenty-five in number, the eldest being 24 years old. Mr. Johnson Is able to walk supported by two canes. His recollections of early times are very interesting, and he remembers historical events of eighty years ago easily.— Pittsburg Commercial Gazette.

Worst One of the Year.

Sir Lionel should pull down his West. —Philadelphia Record.

RECORD OF THE WEEK

INDIANA INCIDENTS TERSELY TOLD. 'Row Over a School Teacher in Shelby County--Fearful Typhoid Epidemic at Decatnr—Live* of Twin* Singularly Alike—Historic Relic* at Andcraon* Stares for Week* at Empty Benchea. Brandywine Township, Shelby Coun* ty, is at war with Frank Holmes, a. teacher selected for District No. 4 by Trustee Elmer Lee. The parents of tha pupils said Holmes was not a fit teacher and decided to boycott him. For the first fire weeks of the school term Holmes taught to empty benches. Three children have attended during the last three weeks. Lee refused to remove Holmes or to transfer his pupils to another district, in spite of the protests of the residents of the district. The indignant parents have made preparations to enjoin Lee from paying Holmes his salary, and the courts will be asked to settle the matter. Harvesting Honey by the Ton. Uncle Jacob Bnrringer, dear Rushville, has been making honey over sixty years, and he is still actively engaged in tho business. He estimates that he has in his day, with his swarms of bees, produced honey more easily calculated by the ton thau in pounds. Ho is 80 years old, and the strongest man of his age in Rush County. Ho was born in Pennsylvania. He engaged in honey making and farming near Rushville over half a century ago. Barringer never used tobacco In any form, and lie was never "groggy," as ho terms it. He claims that no person living ever heard him make use of an oath. He has not an enemy that he knows of. He served as assessor for twelve years. Peculiar History of Twin BUtera. There are visiting In Terre Haute twin sisters whose lives have been singularly Identical. Their maiden name wus McCormick, and they were bom In Connersville, this State, Feb. 27, 1810, and they say their father built the first log cabin In Indianapolis, where he moved when they were but 4 years of age. The sisters were married on tho 27th of the month to twin brothers named Isaac and Moses Marts, who were also born on the 27th of the month. This double marriage was in 1834. Tho twins were of a family of twelve children nnd each has had twelve children. They nru now living In Arcadia, Hamilton County, Ind. Gigantic Skeleton* Dug Up. Excavutors at work in Anderson made a startling discovery. They were nt work when a imrtion of the earth gave in, and they found a sealed cave. Investigation and further excavations opened it. There were a dozen skeletons in a sitting position, all facing the west, ou the inside. The scene was a strange one and caused a decided sensation, 'l’he skeletons seemed to he holding a council of war. All were erect. By their sides wero the remains of what had once been their trinkets. Most of thu skeletons wore of abnormal proportions, indicating that tho race thus buried was a mighty one physically. It is but a short distance from the celebrated Indian mounds. Trampled Down in u C hurch Punic. During a stereopticon lecture at the Methodist cirurch at Farmland a panic was caused by tho bursting of u rubber hose attached 8) the gus generator. In Ihe stampede women ana children were thrown down and trampled on. Tho greatest crush was at tho doors, which opened inward. The furniture in the building was utterly ruined. Several were In danger of asphyxiation by the gas, but outsiders burst in the windows and rescued them. All Over the Stutc. E«1 Moore, the 17-year-ohl son of Harvey A. Moore, of Logausport, was accidentally killed while hunting quail. Clark Vnnlco, livingwncar Crawfordsvllle, left home to milk the cows. His continued absence was noted, nnd he was found to have fallen dead of heart trouble. Ed Itiley, alias “Cocky" Riley, of Terre Haute, whose reputation is that of a thug, has been sentenced to four years’ imprisonment. After ids arrest he attempted suicide in jail by cutting his throat, hut careful nursing restored him.

The believers in Christian science are giving the health authorities much trouble at Anderson. A child in John Bennett’s family died, and inquiry showed that the patient lmd been trented by a Dr. Woolman, of Pendleton, who finally made a return, giving as cause of demise, "fear of death and sin.” A post-mortem developed that the child had died of malignant diphtheria. Last July the family of Henry Hiatt, of Madison County, together with four hired men, were poisoned by using water from the well, and the youngest member of the family Is 1 a hopeless invalid. The well was dredged and two cans were fished up, one containing paris green and the other half filled with arsenic. Both were covered with fine wire, la which were scraps of paper which at last have given the detectives a clew to the possible prisoner. This would-be murderer is said to be under surveillance and an early arrest is not improbable. Ira Hallenbaugh, 17 years old, of Anderson, started on a Pan-Handle train for Frankfort, but was put off at Florida for non-payment of fare. This angered him, nnd he proceeded to pile ties on the rnils. The approach of a train, however, frightened him, and he rushed down the track signaling the and an accident was prevented. Hallenbaugh claimed that tramps piled the ties, and the trainmen gave him enthusiastic greeting because so his kindly act. Detective Matt Moore, of the Pan-Handle Company, after investigating the matter, however, concluded that Hallenbaugh was guilty, and he arrested the young man and secured a full confession. Hallenbaugh has been committed to jail to await trial. Alonzo Powers, the youthful Chesterton murderer, is feigning insantiy. To all outward appearances he is suffering from mental derangement, but the officers believe that he is attempting a clever ruse to escape the. gallows. While W. F. Brewer, a well-known Bedford jeweler, was going homeward the other night, he was rushed upon by some one whom he did not recognize, and was knocked down and beaten. His assailant then escaped by running up the alley. The assault was doubtless actuated by revenge, as there was no attempt at robbery. John Emslewiller, a well-to-do druggist, of Montpelier, who suddenly disappeared, taking with him SI,OOO, has been located at Dayton, Ohio. The missing man mailed a letter at Winchester to his family, saying that thty might have all his property conditioned that they bothei him no more. At Corydon, the grand jury returned an indictment against “Tete” Bryant foi giving liquor to a minor. The sheriff went to arrest the defendant, but finding him to be old, infirm and blind, he refused to bring him into court. Bryant is 89 years old. He has been married seven times, and he is the father of twenty--1 seven children.