Democratic Sentinel, Volume 20, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 June 1896 — Page 3

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A DELUSION: NOT A DOCTRINE.

The chief difficulty in combatting the preposterous claims of the McKinley - ltes lies in the fact that their theories are not based on facts or logic, but are wholly a matter of faith. No amount of reasoning, no statement of facts, can do anything to convince men who worship the high tariff fetish that their idol is a humbug and a fraud. The persistence of the delusion that men can tax themselves aud everybody else rich, is due to the willingness of most people to accept as truth any plausible statement if it only coincides with their prejudices and shortsighted selfish inclinations. The basis for the revival of McKinleyism at this time is the undeniable fact that there are a great many poor people in this country. The high tariff apostles come to these poor men and tell them that if heavier taxes are put on foreign goods, American goods will be dearer and so everybody will be made rich. Without Stopping to ask how giving more of the products of their labor in taxes, and paying higher prices for what they buy, will help those who are now poor, the discontented classes shout "Hurrah for McKinley! Down with cheap goods and up with tariff taxes! We want the man’who promises us prosperity." Charlatans aDd quacks have always existed and probably will always continue tef find credulous dupes who swallow their fairy stories. But surely the history of popular crazes and of successful Impostors has never shown greater gullibility on the part of the people than the present blind worship of McKinleyism.

Why Exports Declined. The McKinley organs are trying to show that the Democrats are responsible for the decline in the export of farm products during the past few yfcars, and are telling the farmers thaf a policy which enables foreign nations to trade more freely with this country' has made them buy less of our agricultural staples than if vre discouraged foreign commerce by prohibitive tariff laws. The real reason for the falling off in our shipments of farm products was the enactment of the McKinley bill. That declaration of hostility against goods made in other countries forced foreign nations to look for other markets for the manufactures they had been sending to the United States. Part of these markets they found in South America. In order to sell to the people of that country it was necessary to take something in exchange. That something has been chiefly meats and wheat, of which great quantities' are now annually shipped to Europe, displacing the same products formerly exported from this country. European imports of meats and grain from Russia, India, Australia and Canada have nlso been increased during the same period. This opening of new sources of supply for food-stuffs has been gradual, but none the less steady, since McKinleyism shut our doors in the face of the people of Europe and said that we did not want to buy from them. Of course It was only natural that they should retort by refusing to buy from us, and by developing trade with other countries. If the American farmers think that putting higher taxes on goods made by foreigners will encourage the latter to buy more of our surplus farm products, they are very much mistaken. IThe Meaning of McKinleyism. Vague promises that if the Ohio Major is elected President the country will in some mysterious way become more prosperous, should not blind the American people to the real nature of McKinleyism. Pour years ago that word was understood to mean a policy of c high taxation, dear goods, and restricted foreign trade. This was the form in which it was embodied in the McKinley tariff, and after a full and fair discussion for over two years the people rejected the policy and ordered the tariff repealed. Nothing has happened since 1892, to' change in the slightest degree the essential nature of McKinleyism. It is now, as then, a demand for special tariff privileges for the benefit of a few trusts and manufacturing monopolists. It is a scheme by which seventy million American consumers are to be taxed on the goods they buy, in order that a small number of millionaires may make greater fortunes. It means class legislation in the interests of men who furnish money to buy votes and corrupt the sources of popular government It Is a bold assertion of the right of some men to get rich at the expense of the masses \yho,produce all wealth. The popular yfrdict in 1892 was that McKinleyism was a fraud and robbery. Theft is always theft, no matter what it may be called. Pour years ago the American people voted against stealing under the form of law. Is there any reason why the, same people should now vote in favor of high tariff robbery, merely because the McKinleyItes are this year calling their leader “prosperity’s advance agent?’* The Tariff Can Wait. Just before he sailed for Europe on Saturday Mr. Andrew Carnegie told a representative of the Iron Age that all other issues must be subordinated to that of honest money; that nothing can be settled till this shall have been settled, and that no general prosperity will be possible without it. Of the tariff he said; “I agree with George B. Roberts, President of the Pennsylvania Railroad, who is a typical man of affairs of (his country, and, indeed, of the world, since he is at the head of the largest organization and gives employment to more labor than any other man. I agree with him when he says that the tariff can wait.” President Roberts and Andrew Carnegie are not politicians; neither are* they doctrinaires. They are intelligent, broad-minded men of affairs who have no Interest apart from the general welfare. When such men speak If Is to the interest of the country to stop and listen; and it is especially the busi-

ness of the political gatherings which take charge of the. country's welfare to give heed to their disinterested words of counsel and admonition.—PhiladelI phia Record. ■- • A Protectionist Movement. 1 he movement of shipbuilders to get "discriminating dudes” placed on Imports that come to us in foreign ships is entitled to no popular support. There is already in their interest a prohibition of foreign ships engaging in our epast- " * se commerce. There is al9o a prohibition of Americans owning foreignbuilt ships. Xow they want the consumer to pay extra duties if he c&nnot get an American ship to bring his goods over at a reasonable rate. It is a shameless proposal. It would probably lead to retaliation, and thus defeat the purpose of the greedy protectionist. It takes cargoes both ways to make shipping pay. If we allow no foreign ship to bring goods into our ports, the foreigner will not allow our shipowners to carry goods into his ports. The net result would be a hobbling of commerce and an artificial enhancement of prices. The consumer is “gouged” enough already. Let us have no more artificial restrictions on commerce to his hurt. How to Hit Trusts. Trusts rob the people through high .prices. Protection shuts out the competition of foreign goodsi and enables the trusts to charge more than a fair price for their products. If the American farmers and workers are tired of being robbed by monopolies they should vote for lower tariff taxes on all articles controlled by trusts. If they want to strengthen the power of the combines and monopolies they should vote for McKinleyism and high protection. This is a country in which the majority rules. If the people prefer high taxes and high prices they can have them. They will have no reason to grumble if they elect McKinley and find that they have a President who la willing to aid the trusts by giving them more protection. Everything on Tariff. The Republican nominee for the Presidency will stand for nothing on tha financial question and for everything in sight on the tariff question. The people have twice expressed their opinion of McKinleyism, and we cannot see what object they would have in reviving the odious thing, coupled with a financial straddle —Memphis Commer-cial-Appeal.

SHE WAS EXPANSIVE.

Seats Were Too Crowded When She Was Fully Rigged Out. He looked troubled as he pushed two matinee tickets through the box office window and asked: “Can you give me two more seats next to those?” The ticket seller hastily looked through a bundle of tickets that he took from one of the little pigeon-holes in front of him and shook his head. “I can give you two seats just in front of them,” he said. “Won’t do,” replied the man in front of the window. “Can you take these back and give me four in the row just ahead?” “No; there are only two left there,” answered the ticket seller. “I don’t see how I am going to arrange it,” said the man who wanted the tickets, thoughtfully. “I must have three seats together.” “Three!” exclaimed the ticket seller. “I thought you wanted four together?” “I do,” returned the other, “but that isn’t absolutely necessary. If I can get three together I can sit somewhere else myself.” “I should think It would be pleasanter to divide the party evenly,” suggested the man in the box office. “It would,” admitted the man outside of It, “but it can’t be done. You evidently don’t understand the case. You see, I bought these tickets with the Intention of taking a young lady to the matinee, and it never occurred to me that I would need more than two seats.” “Overlooked the chaperon, I suppose?” . “Chaperon nothing! When I pay for a chaperon there’ll be skating In August. I overlooked the fashions—that’s what I overlooked. I saw her last night in the gown she expects to wear, axid now I am trying to buy a seat for each of the sleeves. That’s why I must have at least three seats in a row. If you can give them to me, trot them out; if you can’t, say so, and Fll send word to her that I .Am and give my tickets to someone else.”— Philadelphia Times.

Advice for Consumptives.

“I have watched It carefully,” observed a popular physician, “and I think I am safe in saying that very few persons get much, or, indeed, any benefit, especially those who are suffering from lung troubles, by visiting California, Florida, or elsewhere, unless they rough it. The hotels there are like they are everywhere—good and bad—the good ones being In the majority. The food Is about the same as that furnished by hotels in the East, is cooked and served in about the B&tne way. What one needs is a total change, and the only way they can get Itisby rou.-h----ing it. Instead of going to elegant hotels, they should live in the open air as much as they can, and, If possible, sleep In tents. Everything should be done exactly opposite to the way they do things at home.”

Drying Fruit by Electricity.

It is suggested that the drying of fruit, which requires great care and a certain regulation of the temperature, offers a promising field for electrlo heating. Fuel for heating by steam la often expensive, but fruit districts usu-ally-have abundant water power that could be used for driving dynamos. The electric current would prove serviceable in a variety of ways In addition to heating. There can be no joy to-day while w« are worrying about to-morrow.

FARM AND GARDEN.

BRIEF HINTS AS TO THEIR SUCCESSFUL MANAGEMENT. Home-Made Horae Power that Will Give Good Satisfaction—A Fodder Crop for Arid Sections—A Convenient Hob Trough—Unprofitable Stock. Farm Horse Power. Herewith is a sketch of a power erected on barn floor for cutting straw or corufodder. The large wheel Is 12 or 14 feet In diameter, made of wood. The hub of the big wheel Is 4 feet In diameter, made of inch boards nailed to-* gether, with square hole In center to fit post. The spokes, Bin number, are 2x4 Inch scantling, bolted to hub with two %dnch bolts In each. The rim is made of three tiers of inch boards, cut

HOME-MADE HORSE POWER.

the proper circle and about 7 Inches wide. The two outside tiers project over the middle tier 1 inch, In order to make groove for chain to run in. The' post A in diagram Is 6 Inches square, hard wood, rounded off at each end to run in bearings on floor and in overlay. The big wheel is fastened on post high enough for horses to walk underneath. The chain B Is a size heavier than cornman plow chain. The jack In llustration is made from the gearing of an old Buckeye mower. It Is shown fastened to post in barn. Cls a wooden pulley IB inches In diameter, with groove for chain and bolted to ratchet wheel, originally on the main shaft of the old mower. Dis the bevel gearing and Fis a wooden pulley bolted to cog wheel for belt or rope to connect with cutting box. X Is the tightening pulley, hinged at (a) with weight G attached to keep chain taut. Destroying Burdocks. If a burdock at any stage of growth is cut below the surface of the ground and a handful of salt thrown on the cut surface. It completely destroys It. The moisture from the cut dissolved the salt, and this in turn helps to rot the root, so that no sprout from It id possible. The earlier this is done the less trouble It will be to cut the root below the surface. A sharp spade Is best to do this. Very little salt Is needed, as when rotting begins below the ground it Is apt to continue until the entire root Is a mass of pulp. The burdock Is biennial an& not so hard to get rid of as many perennials which have horizontal roots running under ground, which no application of salt can reach. The chief trouble with burdock is its innumerable seeds, one plant seeding making enough to stock an acre, and the seed remaining In the ground for years waiting an opportunity to grow. Black Rice Corn. Black rice com is one of the heavily yielding sorghum fodders and is being advertised in some of the Western papers. Like Kaffir corn, It is a rank growing plant and far better adapted to the arid and semi-arid sections of the country than elsewhere. The Kansas

FODDER CROP FOR ARID SF.CTIONB.

experiment station at Manhattan has tested this corn on a small scale. Agriculturist C. C. Georgeson writes Farm and Home saying the test was sufficient to satisfy him that the plant Is not as profitable to raise as Kaffir corn for general culture and Its further culture at the station was therefore dropped. The Spring Pigs Need Extra Feed. Most young Pigs make very rapid growth the first two or three weeks of their life from suckling the sow But after that time as the pigs grow larger they require more, while tha probability will be that the sow gives less milk than at first. If there are as many cows in the dairy as there are litters of pigs to be fed the dairy butter maker can do a profitable business making pork. The skim milk will not be of itself enough to keep pigs In good thrift, but that with wheat middlings and enough linseed meal to make up for the loss of butter fats in the cream will keep pigs growing at five and six months old quite as fast as they did while at the teat. In fact, when feeding pigs we often thought that the growth of this pig frojn 50 to 150 pounds was more rapid than his growth before' he had learned to eat and digest all kinds of food. Sap Sprouts Around Apple Trees. If the sap sprouts that start out from severely pruned trees during the spring are broken off when they get fully into leaf, It will save a great deal of after trouble. This, of course, is some check on the tree, but quite possibly the tree needs it, for severe pruning while the buds are dormant induces a great wood growth the following season, to the prejudice of fruit production. It is certainly much less labor to rub off these sprouts when they have just started than after they Jiave hardened. so that a knife or saw has to be taken in hand to rid the tree of them. Shrunken Wheat for Poultry, The very best use of shrunken wheat, some of which will be found in every crop, is as food for poultry. The gralu being shrunken Is deficient in starch, but it lias all the greater proportion of gluten, which is the chief element of the egg, while the outside husk or bran is rich in phosphate, which helps to make

the egg shell. The poultry dealer caa usually buy shrunkea wheat at a lower price than tha perfect grain, while for feeding fowl It is really better for being shrunken. Unprofitable Stock. It Is very common to hear farmers say that their stock does not pay. This is really the severest possible reflection on their own management. Some kinds of stock cannot be kept in certain localities, because the land Is too valuable to make It profitable to grow thd feed for them. What should be aimed at is stock good enough to pay for the feed they require when bought at market rates. Then It will not make any difference how dear the land Is, for the stock will pay anyway. The stock that Is most often kept on purchase food is poultry. But with this some land Is necessary, not so much to grow food on as to furnish range for thd fowls and keep them in healthy condition. If the owner of fowls does not find them profitable, instead of complaining of his hard luck he should study the defects In his management and remedy them* Watering Horae* at Work. Horses hard at work need water between the morning and noon meal, and also between noon and time for closing the day’s work. If a handful of oatmeal Is thrown In the pail of water, it will prevent any danger of injury, and It will also give strength as well as refreshment. This stimulation has ntf bad after effects, and the horses watered thus in the middle of the forenoon and afternoon will be less likely to Injure themselves by drinking at noon or night of cold water while tjiey are heated and exhausted by the labors they have performed. It pays to give the horse good care, for the more 1 ' he can be made to do, the more effective will be the hired help that works with him. A Hog-Feeding Convenience. The usual hog’s trough and the usual method of getting food into it, are conducive to a perturbed state of mind on the part of the feeder, because the hog Is accustomed to get bodily Into the trough, where he is likely to receive a goodly portion of, his%srenkfast or din-

IMPROVED HOG TROUGH.

ner upon the top of his head. The ordinary trough, too, is difficult to clean out for a similar reason—the pig usually standing In it. The diagram shown herewith gives a suggestion for a trough that overcomes some of the difficulties mentioned, as It Is easily accessible from the outside, both for pouring In food and for removing any dirt or litter that may be In it. The accompanying sketch so plainly shows the construction that detailed description does not appear to be necessary. Trees as Grape Trellises. We very often see trees of various kinds used as supports for grape vines. It Is usually done as the result of neglect, for the tree trellis In the end costs more than one built of wood and wire. There Is no advantage In having a trellis more than seven or eight feet In height. This will enable the grower to gather the grapes easily, and will also make the necessary pruning less difficult. On a high tree the extra cost of pruning the vine more than offsets any' advantage it may have for the grape vine trained on It. Besides, a tree cov* ereO continuously in summer with a growing vine Is soon so smothered by the foliage that its own top will die and become unsightly. Pruning in the Bud. Successful pruning requires some calculation and Imagination. The branches that grow out of shape or run Into others and so spoil the tree were originally only buds that could be brushed off with the thumb and finger. It Is far better to do this work early than to wait until the bud has developed Into a large limb, which leaves an ugly scar on the tree when It is removed. Farm Notes. Calico print works use forty million dozen eggs per year, wine clarifiers use ten million dozen, photographers and' other Industries use many millions, and these demands Increase more rap--Illy than table demands. A short, compact body In a sow Indicates a tendency to fatten, and not to bring large litters and furnish them with milk. Select those with long bodies, well-rounded ribs and ten to' twelve teats, well spread apart. If the soil requires nitrogen the cheapest mode of securing it Is to gisqv, clover, but a farmer should not wait before supplying nitrogen to the soil. The clover may be ready next season, but It will pay to use nitrate of soda or sulphate of ammonia to get the desired results this season. About two ounces of linseed meal added to the food of a horse ©ncecA day wIU cost but little and greatly add to the condition of the aiflmal In assisting to regulate the bowels and improve the coat. It Is considered the best of all remedies for “hide bound,” and {a highly relished by all classes of stock. An old cow/ giving as gdod results as one that is ypunger, and If so she should be retained, as long as she can continue profitable, as she will not bring as good a price for beef as a heifer. Old cows are also more maa-’ ageable, and that is a very Important, matter In considering the merits of a. cow. While the horses are young make it a constant effort to teach them to be rapid walkers. There is no better way* to Increase their capacity for work. See that they have a change of food occasionally. They should not have an exclusive corn diet after they get at the heavy spring work, and give them something better than a hard floor to sleep upon. The science of feeding is much better understood than it was a generation ago, but there is still room for a considerable improvement. Ten head of young cattle, well fed and comfortably kept, will bring a better return than twenty left to shift for themselves, but there must be caution against the other extreme, lest we interfere with digestion.

DRAGGED TO DEATH.

Horrible Punishment Visited on a French Soldier in A fries. An Instance of horrible barbarity has come to light in the French colony of Algiers. - The military stationed there are not bound strictly by the regulations of the service and have Introduced punishments according to their own ideas. Recently a soldier named Cheymol was found guilty of a minor breach of discipline and was sentenced to what Is known as the “Maseppa ride.” . -! An unshod stallion was brought into a ring, as was the prisoner. They stripped the man and tied his hands. With a strap they fastened his bound hands to the stallion’s tall. The sentence read “to be dragged three times” round the ring. The colonel of the legion, who was present with bis staff, gave the word and the fierce horse was loosed. He immediately began to lash out and plunge, but with whips they got him started. Terrified

at being unable to free, himself from the thing on his tall, he dashed off frantic. Before the third circuit Cheymol was Insensible and covered with blood. The horse wore neither halter nor bridle, and it took a long while to catch him. When he caught the animal was dragging a corpse. This most brutal scene was not only witnessed by officers and men, but many “ladies" were also In attendance, mucb the same as Spanish senorltas attend a bull fight.

COLLECTING RENT.

The Old Lady Took Her Knitting and Waited on the Doorstep. Commend me to the old lady In Rochester wbosougbtnovel and successful means In collecting her house rent laßt week. She was an old lady of Ideas and a knowledge of human nature gleaned from a lifetime of experience with the world. She owned a house and a lot in Rochester, and the Income from it was the substance upon which she depended for life’s necessities. It was rather an ostentatious house and lot, and the tenants were persons with a reputation to sustain, although apparently embarrassed for ready money! Two months’ rent was due, and the agent was not able to collect. The old lady said it was simple enough. She would collect It herself. Now, she wasn’t a stylish nor an artistic old In'dy, but she was sturdy and Imperturbable, and her proportions were ample and her spirit unfaltering. She rang the door hell at an early hour the other morning and Inquired for the head of the family. The servant glowed at her and said be was not to be seen yet for two hours, because the family had pot yet risen. The early caller was cheerful, and said she’d sit on the doorsteps and wait. Finally she was granted an audience Vith her tenant, who put her oft with smooth promises. “I’ll Just sit here and wait till you can pay it,” replied the righteous collector, and wlie settled herself once more on the doorstep, took some knitting from her basket and prepared to spend the day. She made a qualnt-looking picture, and all the neighbors wondered. When anyone came within conversing distance and stnred rudely at her she explained In a friendly way that she was waiting till the tenants paid their bent. She looked truthful, and ho one doubted her, and her plan worked like a charm. Tjjie rent was paid long before sundown, and home morp than ever convinced that nothing Is Impossible.—Philadelphia Press.

The Waltz.

An earnest attempt lias lately been made by French musical writers to prove that the waltz originated In their own country, that it was danced In Provence as early as the fifteenth century, that It spread all over France In the sixteenth and seventeenth, and was Introduced Into Germany, where It became popular, during the eighteenth, while It died out in France and was reintroduced from Germany in the present century. The historic evidence for these statements does not appear to be satisfactory, for, from time immemorial, the walts under the handler, Schliefer and others, has been danced In Bavaria, Bohemia, Tyrol and various parts of Australia, where, in its original form, it may still be seen any Sunday afternoon in summer in the pleasure grounds of the rural villages. It was originally a slow, graceful, turning dance, but when brougbt into the cities its character soon changed and It, became very rapid. It was forbidden by ah imperial edict in 1785, but spread even faster afterward than before, and. two years later was danced on the; stage of the Imperial Opera House In Vlentfa, in a scene of Martini openi, “Una Caaa Bara."' The early waltz melodies are all Slow. Those written by Mozart and Betboven for the earfy days of this dance are very different in tempo from the,brisk, sjylngihg strains of .Strauss.

; An Ape’s Strategy for a Meal.

in the Tr&nsyital some of the fruit gardens are much exposed tb the ravages of large synocephalic apes, and a good guard has to be kept, or the results of long labor would be lost. In some of those gardens grow certain shrubs which are much affected by wasps, the insects liklug to attach thereto their nests. These wasps, though small, have a very venomous Baboons have often been noticed eying with envious glances the fast ripening fruit in one certain garden, but feared to gather for fear of attracting the assaults of wasps, One morning the farmer heard terrible cries, and with the aid of a good field glass/’ he witnessed the following tragedy: A large, venerable baboon, chief of the band, was catching the younger apes au<i Bitching thW” into the shrbbs whereon :*-* • • - , 1

hung the wasps' nests. This he pea ted again and again. In spits of the most piteous cries from his victims. Of course the -wasp* assumed the defensive in swarms. During this part of the performance the old brute quietly fed on the fruit, deigning occasionally tQ. throw fragmentary remains to some female and young baboons a little further off.—Westminster Budget.

BRUTAL ABYSSINIANSL

They Are u Cruel add Barbarous aa Anjr People in Africa. A great-deal of stuff has been published during the past few weeks about !Abyssinian civilisation, writes Frank O. Carpenter. The truth is - that the Abysalnlans are almost as barbarous and fully ai brutal as any people of Africa. They are more intelligent, perhaps, than some other nations, but they are the personification of cruelty and brutality. The first great fight which the Egyptians had with the Abysslnlans was with an army under Col.

DBAOOKD TO DEATH.

Arendrup. This man was a Danish lieutenant. • He had come to Egypt Abd had been glyen charge of the army at Massowah, on tho Red Sea. From here he marched with 2,500 men against the Abyssinian capital. Ills men were armed with Remington rifles. They had two six-gun batteries. After a fpw days’ march from the sea they came to the mountains, and they got within ten hours of the King’s capital before they saw anything of their foes. At this point, however, tens of thousands of Abysalnlans sprang out of the hills. They rode their homes right up to the cannon and cut the Egyptians down almost to a man. Of tho 2,500 men 1,800 were massacred. Those who were wounded were brutally mutilated. Their bodies were not burled, and a French consul who visited the battlefield a few days afterward tells how he saw the bones of 1,000 men piled up together In one place, and In another jackals, wolves and hyenas eating at the corpses. Arendrup was killed. The horrors of an Abyssinian battlefield cannot be described. They mutilate thQ dead as well as the living, and their fighting is accompanied by all sorts of unnecessary cruelty. The

AN ABYSSINIAN YOUTH.

scalping done by the Indians Is a refined and gentle custom In comparison with that of the Abyssinlans in their wars. They cut up different parts of the body and carry away pieces as trophies. Gen. Dye says that In going through the battlefield he saw one mass of mangled human remains. The bodies looked as though they had been chewed up by wild beasts. There were hundreds of heads, which had been cut off, and hundreds of naked and bleeding bodies, the faces of which were distorted with pain and fear, and the eyes of which were protruding and glaring. Borne of the bodies were burned. Borne had been clubbed and hacked with fcwords, and all were mutilated In such a way as cannot be described.

Forgiveness Is Divine.

It is easy to take offense at words carelessly spoken, where no offense id Intended. It Is natural to feel resentment at words Intended to wound, or at injuries deliberately Inflicted. But even In such cases there Is a more excellent way. - Sir Eardly Wllmot was an English baronet, widely known as a'leader in smfial life, and a„ man of greAt .personal dignity and force of character, i Having been a 'distinguished chief justice* of the court of common pleas, he wad often consulted by friends as to perplexing social questions. Oft (me occasion a statesman came to him in great excitement over an Injury Just inflicted on him by a political leader. He told the story with warmth, and used strong epithets In describing the malice which had Inflicted the wrong. .r i “Is not my indignation righteous?” he asked, 'lmpetuously. “Will It not bp manly to resent such an Injury?” ‘Tfes,” was the c/ilm reply. “It will be manly to resent It, but it' will be God-llke to forgive it.” The answer was so unexpected anu so convincing, that the statesman had not another word to say. He afterwards confessed to a friend that Sir Eardley’s words caused Ills auger to suddenly depart, leaving him a different and a better man. 7 She—Every time one of us girls gets married father plants a tree on his estate. He—A much better plan would bo for him'to plant a house there:—Life.

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INDIANA INCIDENTS TERSELY TOLD. An Old Battle Ground Bachelor Confesses His Mistaks Contemptible Blackmail at Shelbyrille—Thievea Make It Lively for Toland. Composes Hi* Own Epitaph. One of the most eccentric characters of the State la Allison Dewitt, of Battle Ground, an old bachelor who has lived alone in a little cabin for nearly half a century, and Is now an octogenarian, enfeebled by disease and near death’s door. Over one year ago he began digging hla own grave, which progressed slowly because of his feebleness, and after reaching the required depth he spent several weeks in walling it up, using brick and mortar. Then he contracted with a Logansport firm for a suitable monument, bearing bis own epitaph, and this stone has just been placed in position. He prescribed what should be carved on the tombstone, stipulating that no capital letter must be used save in the word God A literal copy is as follows: a bachelor lies beneath this sod who disobeyed the laws of God—advice to others thus i give: don’t live u batch as 1 did live—regret. Deacon Nicely in a Bad Fix. Zuchariah Nicely, a wealthy resident and a deacon in tho Methodist Church, wus arrested at Hhelbyvllle on a grand Jury warrunt. He gave bond In the sum of 91,000. Xteely came in 1800 from Lawrence County, Ohio, where he was married in 1840. A few weeks after marriage hla wife abandoned him, going to Virginia. After coming to this county he was taken sick, and wrote for his wife, thinking she would come. Instead a letter canto stating that she was dead. He recovered and married Sarah Bales, who proved a good and devoted wife, and who nNaistcd him In accumulating a nice fortune. This fact seems to have reached Virginia parties, who, he says, recently wrote informing hint that unless he would send them f 1,200 they would expose him, stnting that his first wife was living, which Is trite. Nicely refused to do this and his arrest is the result. Had to Fight for Hla Gama, Frank J. Tolnnd, of La Crosse, Wis., on Sunday morning entered an Indianapolis restaurant and met John Sheridan, * Mort Woods and Richard Taylor, alias “High-Card Dick.” Several drinks passed, and the party decided to break up. Then Toluml’s 9250 jeweled Masonic wnteh charm was missing. He demanded its return, mid got it. Then a quarrel began, and Woods caned Toland across the face and head. Taylor interfered as a peacemaker. When things had quieted down Tolund’s 9800 diamond stud was gone from his shirt front. Toland went back to liis hotel and notified the police. Woods, who is a gambler, wns arrested at his home, and was released under 92,000 bonds. Sheridan and Taylor were captured ill tlteir lodgings. The dintnond stud was recovered from a saloon porter iiumed Stelgelmolr.

Ail Over the State. William Jones, aged 17, of Bourbon, WHS drowned while bathing in Gilbert Lake. John McGreevy, of Richmond, wus assaulted in the rear of a saloon at Richmond by a man whom he pronounces a lifelong friend, but. whoso mime ho will not divulge. McGroevy wiih l>enten into insensibility. His assailant, thinking him (lead, then drugged him to a dark plaee in an adjoining alley, where he was found. Ho will recover. Judge F. E. Glvitn, of Osgood, died Friday very auddenly and under peculiar circumstances. He attended a church convention and took active part. At the close of the service he offered supplication, beseeching the Lord to make hint better and to help him lead a better life. Ho then went home In his usual spirits and health, but as- Ik* reached his doorstep ho foil dead. Judge Givau was (15 years old, a member of the G. A. R. and wns well known, having held several pnblic positions, being judge of the Circuit Court for several years. Thomas Chaffee, of Bhelbyvillc, is the owner of a very large female Daue dog which is the mother of six pups. A horse entered the stall where tho pups were sleeping, stepping on one of the animals, which commenced howling. The mother, who wns out, made a dnsh for tne barn, followed by Chaffee. The dog sprang upon the horse's back and drove her teeth into it. Chaffee knocked her off with a ritke, but she sprang back. This wns repeated four times, when the horse fell und the Dane turned her attention to her muster. The anltnnl was knocked down again and nguin, but would arise and make for Chaffee, who finally fell from exhaustion, and when the animal was shot she was ready to tear her master to pieces. Chaffee may recover. A fatal shooting affray occurred at Birds, Lawrence County, 111., Monday morning, between Dr. J. H. Daily and Prof. Sampson T. Mickey, two of the leading citizens of that county. , Prof. Mickey walked Into Dr. Daily’s office and asked Mrs. Daily to retire, as he wished to baye a private interview with the doctor. She had gone but a few steps when firing began. She called for help, and, accompanied by others, entered the office. Dr. Daily lay dying before hip desk, with a revolver clutched in his right hand, and Prof. Mickey stood near with a smoking revolver In his hand. It was empty, while the doctor’s was fully loaded. Five shots were fired by Prof. Mickey, three of which took effect. He at once gave himself up, and said he in self-de-fense. The trouble occurred ovfer a girl named Emma Smiley, who made her home with Dr. Daily’s family, and who was betrothed to Prof. Mickey. It is reported that his visit to the doctoY was to demand an explanation of certain stories. Others say Dr. Daily had’ Ordered Hi/ta nos to conle about his hyhse. jf ' 1 The body ol Ffed Friedley, drowned Saturday near Aurora, has been recovered and taken to his home at Scottsburg for burial. Scull, a fellow student, who nearly lost his life in attempting Friedley’s rescue, is out of danger. Mrs. Jacob Pickett, of Greensburg, is dead, the result of a fright Mr. and Mrs. Pickett moved a few days ago into an old cottage which had been vacant for some time. On the first night some fishermen, not knowing the hut was occupied, tried to get in. The woman, hnving heard that the house was haunted, went into hysterics, from which she never recovered. At Green’s Fork, a small place northwest of Richmond, Dr. Charles Fear and Edward Wright quarreled, as a result of which the latter- shot the former four times, each ball taking effect, but not producing fatal wounds. Wright gave himself up. Lase Camming, a noted insurance worker, arrested at Kokomo three months ago for burping a house for the insurance, broke jail Saturday night and escSped. He wnS supplied with saws by one of two women, who say they are his wives, one from Millersville, the other from Indianapolis. His trial was set for Monday, several insurance companies being prepared to testify against hiss.