Democratic Sentinel, Volume 20, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 July 1896 — Page 2

CleStmocratit Sentinel Jf. W. MeEWEX I»vit»iJeli«r. RENSSELAER, <• T • • INDIANA.

DIE IN A CLOUDBURST

LARGE LOSS OF LIFE REPORTED FROM KENTUCKY. ▼•• t Damace Also Done to Property —Troable on an American ShipTwo New Counterfeits of Silver Kotes Which Are Easy to Detect. boxen Are Probably Drowned. The severest rainstorm known at .Frankfort, Ky„ in years was that of Monday night, and Joss oP-life has resulted. The Gainey bridge. 2(K) feet long, on the laouisville and Nashville Railway, was washed awr.yjU'SWrpping traffic on that Lcaneii of the foad. Conway’s mills and Louses on Bensofc'Vreek were swept away. Section Boss Blue rtqmrreil that he was unable to get across the creek owing to the bridge being washed away. I‘er-ons Jiving on the other side of the creek threw * rock across with a card tir'd to it, on ■which was written: ‘’Bradley, wife and five children washed away and drowned.’ Mr*. Bryant, the toll gate keci>er, and three children were washed away and drowned. Daniel Moore, late candidate for county judge, is missing. Bridges on ■the short line are washed away. It is believed more lives are lost. CARLISLE FOR THE BENCH. Should Justice Field Retire the Secretary Will Be Given the Place. A Washington correspondent says that there is a cabinet authority for staring that Secretary Carlisle, in the event <if •Bother vacancy on the Supreme Ix-ncii faring the present administration, will , be appointed to till it. This is of especial interest just now in view of the 1 probability of Justice Field being moved | by his present ill-health to take advantage I of iris privilege and retire. It can be further stated on the same authority that I Secretary Carlisle believes the late ill- | come tax law to be constitutional. that | the odministralion is of the same opnion. I end that in the event- of Carlisle’s eievA- . tkxi to the Supreme bench to suc eed I Field a determined attempt would l<e made to bring up the case agt in t" furnish an opportunity for a favorable decision.

COUNTERFEIT SILVER NOTES. JSad Copies of SI and $5 Certificates in Circulation. Two new cdunterfeitsr of United States silver certificates have beo;i discovered by the Treasury Department. The first *• a SI series of 1891. check letter C, signed by J. Fount Tillman. Register, •nd D..N. Morgan, Treasurer, and having • portrait of The second'is ,i R series of W»l. ■’:< k b'ter B. s’gr.ed FouaTTillfniiT. and D. Nr Morgan. Treasurer, and having a portrait of Grant. Those counterfeits are printed from etched plates ami are very poor productions. The portraits, lathe work ami sisa.ll lettering especially are bad. being much blurred and indistinct. The paper Ja also pong, n lew pieces of silk thread having beyn distributed through it. The most careless handler of money, it is said, should readily detect the tviißli rfeit •otes. MURDERED BY MUTINEERS. Captain, Hin Wife, and the Second Mate Slain Tn Their Berths. The barkenfrne Herbert Fuller. Capt. Kaah, from Boston. .Inly for Rosario, put into Halifax Tuesday morning. There had beers mutiny on board. during which the captain, bls wife, and the second mate had been killed in their berths. This eeearred in the uigirt. The first officer waa on watch and knew nothing about the affair. Thu murderer or murderers crawled aft to the cabin and descended, and. with axes, cbopjied their victims to death. Upon the arrival of the barkenttoe all her crew were taken off the •easel and locked up in the police station to await trial.

WAR ON OLEOMARGARINE. MA I* Proposed to- Place Stringent Restrict ions on Trade in England. A select committee of the English Hoose of Common*, whiclj has long been eoomdcriag certain proposed restrictions •f the oleomargarine trade, has presented its report. It recommends that the coloriax of oleomargarine,' either in imitation of batter or otherwise, be prohibited, and that the selling of mixed oleomargarine nd better be held illegal, even if sold as * aaixture. There are other restrictions concerning registration of dealers in oieowonrgarine, labeling, packing, etc. National League. Following is the standing of the clubs •f the National Baseball League: W L. W. L. Cincinnati .. .55 2GBrooklyn ... .35 41 Cleveland ...51 25Philadelphia. 35 41 Holtimore .. .49 . 31 41 Oieogo .... .47 36New Y0rk...31 43 Sooton 42 3481. L0ui5....22 55 Pittsburg ...41 35Louisville ...17 55

Western League. Following is the standing of the clubs la the Western League: ‘ L. W. L. Indianapolis. 48 26Detroit 37 37 «L Paul. ....46 39Milwaukee ...37 43 Minneapolis. 44 33G'nd Rapids. 29 48 Kansas City. 42 33Columbus ...23 57 loses His Wife and Child. The wife and baby of W. D. Bassford flied suddenly at Mexico, Mo., Monday -night. Mr. Br.ssford is a prominent news(Mper man ami was secretary of Congress■Hi Champ Clark. His wife was-Miss Charlene Herbert Gibson of Washing<ob. d. c. , . ' Murilerer l’rttelt Im tnDJe.' Jsdge Jacob A. AkFon.X.O;,' Wawed sentence upoit Rpmulps P'rtell, ttrnvicted of the,w jj ideryf tbp .Stone Hy.-: after he denied, .trigL*„ ■wmte executed Frjday Nov,,jb, Cotpil's Indifference did riot tillnV a smile Kooered upon his face. * *r' ! < -■ b-OU;! <■>«■' fd |p,f. " Wm J. E. T<»tfree Sulcidi. ’ftWi Grover « t^nimi^jßjnyisfe at. Mojave, i ■■> 'ISO yin ■,-W.ib' v< .r <„ K ' , KlvwszChiMircn (Are (Poisoned, f • The.fatal ppisotjipg st Santiago, Minn., •f a family of rfine children caused by drinking lemonade, is reported. The lem■naiie contained some poisonous ingredt«»t«. (The. children died one after anaftbet and the pa'rents are still very sick. 3R>e name of the faintly is Allen. _ . ~ * CMta Rica Adopts Gold Basis. ' A special to the New York World Mtobh Vdlon, Colombia, says: ‘‘Costa Rica Mi decided to adopt gold as the basis of Ko curremy'. The. inhabitants of Port I Am— are preparing to celebrate the event ©a a grand scale. The present sib «mt carrcncy Is to be called in.” •

PANIC ENDS IN DEATH. * Score of Ore Handlers Drowned by Capsizing Boat at Cleveland. Over s wore of victims were rimmed Thursday Bight by the Cuyahoga river al Cleveland. A fist boat ferry used by er* handlers eapsiaed at 7o’clock, and of the twenty-five men ami boy* known to have been on board only f<»»r escaped by swimming to the shore. The boat was crowded to a dangerous limit. IV hen part war | across the sfre.no the tng W. Cushing I and the steamer Aragon were seen coming down the river. Nearing the wash of the steamer some of the people at th? bow attempted to turn back ami a panic followed. The' frail shell was capsinxsl and the occupants dumped in n strugg.mg mass into the river. Most of them sank like lead. While the search for the I todies was going on a disgraceful aceixoccurred between njo undertakers. Th -y pounced on to one of the bodies and fought like demons. While the fight was going on the two got near the edge of the dock and were in danger of falling into the water with the body between them. Both thereupon released the corpse and :t rolled back into the river. The indignation of those present was unbounded ami both the undertakers left the sivne.

MANY IMMIGRANTS CAME Over 343,000 Arrived in the United States Last Year. A statement prcjuirej by the Commissioner of Immigration shows the number of immigrants who arrived in this country during the fiscal year ended June 30. 1896. to hare been 343.267. as compared with 255.536 during the fiscal year 3895. Of the whole number 212.466 were male and 130.801 females. The countries from which the immigrants came are given as follows: Austria-Hungary, 65.103: Italy. 65.060: Russia. 52,136; Germany, 31.885: United Kingdom. 64.637; all other countries. 61.446. The v» hole number debjrre.l and returned during the year was 3,037. as follows: UaifpCrs. 2.010; contract laborers. 776; idiot. 1; insane. 10; diseased, 2: returned within one year because o* their having become public charges. 238. The number de- | barred and returned in 1805 was 2,596. ' ANOTHER RIOT AT CLEVELAND. I One Nonunion Man Gets Fifteen Cuts and Three Broken Ribs. Further disorders occurred at the I Brown Hoisting and Conveying Works at | Ceveland. The strikers and their sympathizers attacked the non-union men while the latter were on their way to work. In numerous cases the non-union-ists were beat -n with clubs and felled to the ground. C. W. Jackson, one of the unfortunate mt n. wuo was attacked by a crowd of union men, received no less than fifteen knife cits on the face and body, and had three ribs broken. For a time the police, wh ■ were greatly outnumbered by the rioters, were unable to cope with the mob. The officers on duty around the works were finally reinforced and succeeded in dnv ng the enraged strikers back and res i ing the non-union men. Two companies of militia were ordered under arms. . , - Her Speed Power Increased. Much activity has been observed at the New York Cuban headquarters during the last three days, due to preparations for an expedition which is to fail yjrv soon on the steamer Bermuda’, The steamer’s machinery has all lie Ctr WTrhauled at Philadelphia and her -speed has been increased. The expedition whiyi has been prderel to leave Phifeididphi.i on the Berinuda will be led by Cok‘’Cabrera. a veteran of the ten years' war. Capt. John O’Brien will have charge of the vessfl. Twenty cases of rifles and nearly 2D hermetically sealed 'cans of cartridge! have been sent to Philadelphia within the last three days, but these are not one-quarter of the war materia! which wiil be shipped or has been shipped aboard the steamer. Reports from the the Province of Pinar del Rio assert that yellow fever has attacked the foreigners among the banns of Antonio Maceo am) that the disease has even extended the Cubans, especially those who have been absent for a time from Cuba and have recently returned. The insurgent leader Zayas was encamped only two miles from Guira Melena, in Havana Province. A law will be published soon providing that those in tbe army and navy who die of yellow fever shall have a peni sion conferred upon their orphans ami widows.

Hurts American Securities. At the instance of ,1110 agrarian leaders the German reichstiig has enacted a law prohibiting speculation in options and also intended to restrict speculation in stocks. The new law beyond doubt will affect seriously the sale <f American securities in Germany, aside from its effect upon grain markets. Tie announced purpose of the agrarians it passing the law was to increase the pries of grain, and in the debates there were plentiful citations of the so fieely advanced in Congress when the ant-option bill was being pressed a few yeai’s ago. As to stock speculation tut Irastrictions adopted threaten to exclude >fo>m the German exchanges a large clais cf American industrial and mining and railroad properties, and are especially severe upon new projects. In each exchange government inspectors will be stationed. No stock can be placed on the lists, except by direction of a committee at least a majority of whose memhets are not members of the exchange. Any person guilty of deceit in placing or promoting stocks may be fined 15,000 marks, end there are other severe penalties for offenses against the law.

Massachusetts Mourns Russell. William Eustis Russell, ex-Governor of Massachusetts, died Thursday morning at B. F. Dutton’s catrip at St. Adelaide, Pabos. Quebec. He went to bed Wednesday evening as well as ever, so far as is known, and was found dead in bed in the morning. Heart disease is thought to have been the cause. His brother. Col. Harry E. Russell, and Col. Francis Peabody, Jr.. were with him, the only other occupants of the camp. Laughlin to Hang, Robert Laughlin was convicted nt tlrookvjlle, Ky., of murder and sentenced lo'' d&itli. > Laughlin was ir-'fftiMAer ‘neat ' Augusta;' Ky. His riiet-e, aged 12 j-ears, lived* with-him atfd Cared-fore his invalid Wife?Lauglfliii Tt-ame irtMße drim-tedlm-lt’ •wSfftWyt'Whd''murdered boHij-bis wice;> ; and -his-invalid wife. He tlseu’ het-'fife, to thliiouse to hide-Ms- crime.; <q •»< < . . 'i *. w ’ i ■ < A dispatch reports, that .the twho the news to the Khalifa at’ Qmdin»mpn that his army,had been defeat.sd at Firket was immediately put to death by crucifixion. .Khalifa an-. ( uoy nced that the samp fate as that which Xefel the' messenger would be imposed ,<ipon anyone who mentioned Firket-in his Bearing. ' > ' 1 I :'J. e-. . . .-!<! j -I Narrow Escape of PaSßie’nsrere. ' While passing over a high trestle.•Aticarn on the Lookout Mountain incline anduLii ax Lake Railway jumped the track. :4/ii?l e 1 car w.-vs stopped by the automatic bvdk< si in time to prevent its falling on the'rotl si '*•- i Oklahoma Farmer MurderedUa/t o At I>ela. Okla., Allen R* ,Ox>k,-a. jai '- yer and farmer, was. found murdered:»nd buried in a cornfield. „ 5 Spain In 1- Lehienf.* fc ' a -' A dispatch from Madrid to the London Standard says that relations between

| Spain and the United States are now on a j satisfactory footing. The dispatch adds I that «« final decision will be taken in tbe I easewt the America us captured on board I the filibustering schooner Competitor and I on American claims for various indemniI vies until : he-session tot the cwrtes closes. llt is fun!icr reported that the United I Staii-s vyil! recognize Capt. Gen. Weyler’s I regulations requiring the registration of I foreigners Iwfore be will allow them th- ! privileges of their foreign citizenship, only in so far as they do not elash with tl>» Bpauish-Am«wicaE treaty of 1577. DEAD IN THE RUINS, ' Three Men Pcriob in a Street Car Born Fire. Three men were killed and it is feared that two more perished in a fire Saturday evening which destroyrd the Cottage Grove avenue barn of tbe Chicago City Railway Company. The dead nrer Frank Crosby, towboy: William L. Elwell, gripman; Patrick Martin, conductor. Half a million dollars' worth of cars and buildings and horses were dcstroye-i. When tbe flames had given way to smoke there was only the ruins of tbe great structure, and its contents, shut in by a ragged piece of wall that remained standing here and there. The barns were among the largest owned by the road, covering several acres of ground. The main structure had a 150-foot front on Cottage Grove avenue, extending back 40(1 feet. Running south from the center of this building and making a ’’T" of the whole, was an addition covering 2l>o by 100 feet. This wing was three stories high. and. in the extreme southwest corner. on the second floor; was stored thirty tons of hay. It wns in this hay the blaze starieil. Whether the fire was eaus<-'l by a spark from an employe’s pipe, or on account of the crossing of electric wires has not been ascertained.

MAY' NOT WAIT TILL FALL. Campaign Developments May Harry Bond Investigation. Senator Ha.n-is, chairman of the Senate Committee W investigate recent bond issues. says he has not yet determined whether the committee will wait until fall before going on with its investigation or will complete the work, frame the report and make it public this summer. Tile last meeting adjourned subject to the call of the Chairman, and the present purpose is t,o wait until fall before continuing the inquiry, but Senator Harris says that conditions may arise incident to the campaign that would make it desirable to present all the facts and the report to the public at once. In doing this, he added, n > political motives would be involved, and the only purpose would be to clear up doubts and unfounded charges growing out of she excitement arising from a national contest. JUDGE ISAAC PENDLETON DEAD. Prominent lowa Lawyer and Legislator Passes Away. Judge Isaac Pendleton, the oldest lawyer in western lowa, and one of the oldest residents of the State, died at Sioux City/rom an operation recently performed to relieve him from dropsy. He was noted for his eloquence, and was for years regarded as the brightest lawyer in the State. Meet One Disastrous Repulse. Tbe Turks have massacred a number of Christians in the Cretan provinces of Spbakia, Retimo and Kydoma. They have also destroyed several villages with their vineyards. Under the pretext of recovering the bodies of the Turkish sailors who were killeij on tbe shore near Kalyves a body of Turkish troops tried to advance to Apokoron. They were twice repulsed by the Christians. The military authorities are acting contrary to the wishes of the Vaji and the instructions received from Constantinople. The Mussulman population is working actively with the Turkish army, with the usual vexatious results. Seven men and two women who were engaged as harvesters have been massacred at Kostani. Reports come in giving an account of fighting and pillaging in five other villages. These have rendered the Consuls and the native Christians pessimistic regarding the possibility of making peace. A dispatch from Canea. Island of Crete, reports that the fighting nt Apokoron was severe, lasting until after midnight, when the Turks were defeated.

Died of Fright. Rcsarinn, the 10-year-bld daughter of Mrs. James W. Foutch, of Zanesville. Ohio, died under peculiar circumstances. She was a bright girl, read everything she could find, and after the St Louis hurricane was the victim of nervous prostration. She read everything about that calamity. During the thunderstorms that prevailed Wednesday she said there was a hurricane coming, and suffered another prostration of nervousness, from the effects of which she died. Sought His Sweetheart’s Life. While resisting arrest for the attempted murder of his sweetheart at Tinsley Ridge, Ind., John White shot and instantly killed Thomas Fields. Ship Lost in the Red Sea. The British ship Curfew, from Dundee, has been lost in the Red Sea, with all ob board.

MARKET QUOTATIONS.

Chicago—Cattle, common to prime, ?3JSO to 84.75; hogs, shipping grades, $3.00 to $3.75; sheep, fair to choice, $2.50 to $4.00; wheat, No. 2 red, 55c to 57c; corn. No. 2,27 cto 28c; oats, No. 2,17 c to 19c,; rye, No. 2,30 cto 32e; butter, ChbTce' creamery. 14c to 15c; eggs, fresh, 9c to 10c; new potatoes, per bushel, 25e to 40g; broom corn, common to choice, $25 to SSO per ton. Indianapolis—Cattle, shipping, $3.00 to $4.75; hogs, choice light, $3.00 to $3.75; sheep, common to prime, $2.00 tq.53;75; W^o?irb/?\ 0- to coni? No. 1 whirA to 28c; oats, No. 2 white, 18e t 0 Catt !e. $3.50 to $4.50; hogs, wheat. No. 2 red, 56c to ’corn, No. 2 yellow. 25c to 26c; oats, 2 .,'Ybite, lie.to 19c; rye, No. 2,28 c tp„ 30c. . ■ “ 53-o0 to $4.50; hogs, to ,$3. sheCp, $2.50 to $4.25; 59c; corn, No; 2 No- 2 mixed, 19c , - $2.50 to $4.75; hogs. sheep, $2.00 to $3.75; ,jy;heat, No. 2 red, 60c to 61c; corn. No. 2 yellow, 28c to 29c; oats, No. 2 white, 20c to 21c; rye. 31c to 32c. Tolpilo-rWhgat,. No. 2 red. 60c to 61c; corn, .No. 2 yellow, 27c to 29c; oats, No.' 2 white, 17c to 18c; rye, No. 2,31 cto 32c; H 35, •' ■ - ■ >-uiM^ l »lKee- 7 -'Wheat, No. 2 spring, 56c t0.57c; ,eorfl„N'9H 3,,26c to 28c;. oat#, No. 2 white,, Ide to 21cj barley, No. 2, 2tJc to' ,RLc; :,$6.00 to $6.50. ‘ ■ ~, Buffalo—Gattie, $2.50 to $4.75; hogs. .J 3.00 to* sheep, $3.25 tq $4.50; ~yvheat, No. 2 red, 65c to 66c; corn, iNb. 2 yellow, 30c to 32c; oats, No. 2 white. 22c to 23c. New $ll.OO to $4.25;' sheep, $2.00 to $4.00; wheat, No. 2 rml, 64c to 65c; qorii, Nq. 2, 33c to 34c; oats. No. 2 white,'2lc te 23c; butter, creamery, 11c to 16c; eggs, Western, 11c to 14c. ‘

FARMS AND FARMERS

To Regulate Water Flow. Regulating the flow of water into troughs and tanks is something which causes farmers more or less anxiety and trouble, for tbe reason that many of the patent regulators now in the market fall to work satisfactorily for any length of time. Many simple homemade devices, however, can be made to work. The one shown in the illustration, which is from the American Agriculturist, has a number of strong points.

REGULATOR FOR WATER TROUGHS.

The water pipe enters near the top of the tank, which places the valve out of water, thus relieving it of all danger from rust or the collection of sediment. Hqjijvever, where necessary, the pipe , ipqy. enter nearer the bottom of the tank, and if the valve is kept clear the device will still serve its purpose. Another point in its favor is that, if desired, the valve can be closed just as effectually’ when the tank Is one-fourth full as when filled to the brim. The lower half of the long, jointed lever connecting the valve and float has a shorter one attached to it, the upper end of the latter having a number of holes In it. By having a hole In the upper half of the jointed lever and using a pin, the angle at the joint can be changed at will. Making it as large as possible will necessitate the float being lifted near the top of the tank before the valve is entirely closed, but by decreasing the angle the valve will be closed while the float is still near the bottom. A sealed can or bottle makes a good float. A board or block of wood soon becomes soaked, and in consequence its lifting power is greatly diminished. Dry Lima Beane for the Table. Few of who like the succulent green Lima know that they are. if not good, at least superior to common Held beans when dried for wiiter use. We used always when 4 ro "’i n S Limas to put up those that wit could not use green, and the winter supply was usually exhausted before spring. We think a profitable market for Lima beans in their dried state can be found in most cities or villages if farmers will tell their city’ friends how good they are. beans have, even when dried, much of the rich, nutty taste that makes them popular when eaten green. There is another reason also for saving the late beans left at the end of the season for use in winter. They | re quite often used for seed, with the result of making the Lima bean crop each year a little later, so that in some places very few would be fit for use ultil frost came and nipped the vines. Tjie first fruits of anything in which earliness is important should always be used for seed. A Movable Chicken House. A chicken house that can easily be moved about is shown herewith. In size it is convenient for a hen and her chickens. Slats are vertical in front and far enough apart to allow chicks to run in and out. In front is a base board, nailed to a bottom strip extended from each side, on which chicks may be’fed. It is well to provide shade or shed rain by a board awning as shown.

MOVABLE CHICKEN HOUSE.

A floor to ths coop Is not’necessary; as hens prefer to dust at will. ~ Ridding Lamb* of Ticks. •■’‘Fter r-some time after shearing the ■fclofthun the new shorn sheep will Dot MHWtf ticks. They consequently all congregate on the young lambs, whose wool has been growing .since birth -and ni-ikes a convenient, hiding place. Our wfly- when we kept sheep was to get a Quantity of tobaeco stems and boll them, making a strong decoction of the tobacco. This would kill the ticks on till the lambs Immersed in it nnd/tre never knew the lambs to be injured thereby. If a careless plunge immersed the nose of the lamb Into the liquid it would be sickened thereby for a Utt’s while, but would soon recover. Cow Peas for SoiHhu. As Northern farmers become better acquainted with the cow pea and its advantages, they are likely to largely use it in conjunction with and partial for corn as a fodder crop. T£' Js much richer than corn In nitrogenous nutrition, and that is always the kind that Is most costly and hard to procure. Besides, the cow pea gets its nitrogen as clover does, from air in the soil. It Is one of the leguminous order of plants, all of which have this power. The*chief objection to growing cow peas in the North Is the difficulty in ripening their seed. One or two kinds will ripen in New England In a favorable season and If put In early. But we

can procure the seed cheaply from the South, and if farmers found they could never ripen its seed, they could still afford to grow some every year to need in alternation with fodder corn or to put in the silo. It is not, however; so good for the silo as corn, as'the nitrogenous material of which it is composed heats too rapidly, making it as hard to save sweet as clover ensilage is. A Costly’job, but It Pays. The cost of applying paris green as a protection against potato bugs has been estimated by Prof. Fernaids at a sum equal to about two cents per bushed of the crop. At this rate it costs about $5,000,000 a year to insure against potato bugs throughout the country! That may be a little high, but what’a saving if the Colorado beetle had been stamped out upon its first appearance twenty years ago! A concerted campaign at that time, at state and national expense, would have done the business. Just so we advocate Congress providing the money to help Massachusetts stamp out the gypsy moth—a pest which that State alone has held In check for some years at a cost of half a million. If allowed to spread over the country, the gypsy moth, would do more damage each year than potato bugs, rose bugs, grasshoppers and chinch hugs put together. Here is a chance for government work to good purpose and in a way that would benefit the whole country.—Farm and Home.

Take Care of the Forests. • Fortunes are being made in the lumber business by those who understand it. Where there is reasonable assurance that wood and timber land will not be destroyed by fire, its purchase at a reasonable price is almost always a profitable investment. Improvements in handling and manufacturing are such that “a log can now be brought from the pineries by railway, put Into the boom, sawed, kiln dried, matched and be ready for use in the construction of a building in sixty hours.” Destructive methods of lumbering still prevail and only in a few cases is care taken to preserve the undergrowth and young trees. It is probable that the State of Maine will soon enact a law’ restricting the cutting of timber to trees above a certain size. ■ Protect Haystacks from Rain. Where hay Is stacked out of doors for several mouths, it will pay to secure large sheets of old canvas and stretch over the stack, pinning the corners by driving a peg in the stack. The plan Is a modification of the smaller hay

A PROFITABLE HAT CAP TO USE.

caps used extensively in the field, during the hay harvest, when rainy weather suddenly comes on. Such a cap will effectually keep rain and snow from the hay, thus rendering it far more nutritious and palatable to stock,— Farm and Home. Sweet Corn in Succession. By planting some of the very earliest sweet corn on rich land the last of April it is possible to have it on the table from the middle of July until long after frost has nipped the leaves. It is the late varieties of corn like Evergreen that are in order for late use, and there should be at least two plantings of these, one for early and to ripen seed, and the other late and not intended to ripen at all. If the corn is cut before frost and the green ears are plucked from the stalk and put in a cool cellar, the corn will be nearly as good most of the winter as it was in the fall. We know some farmers who only can or dry corn for late winter and spring use, as they keep green ears of their latest planting fit for use until January or later. If the ears are left on the stalks they will ripen too much to be in good condition, but if plucked off and kept very near down to freezing temperature and in a dry place to prevent mold, late Evergreen corn can be kept in condition long after frost and snow have come.—American Cultivator. Pinching Back Grape Shoots. Grape vines left unpruned during the summer exhaust themselves by producing an enormous amount of useless wood. In the fall most of the new roots are cut out, and those that remain are allowed very few buds. Into these all the strength of the vine is thrown. Some strong-growing varieties, like the Rogers Hybrid, have been known to make eighteen to twenty feet of long, slim., cane. If pinched back when the vine Itad jjlioQtjsttirpe dr fouj- fee ( t long, the; new ca.neg will be thfcker and much better prepared to bear a crop the folowing year. Carlas for Sprinc Planted Tree*. If half the trees planted each spring lived through their first season the demand for nursery stock would not bo so' large as it now is. Yet we doubt wheth« er the lack of care in planting and keeping the tree In condition after planting is in any way beneficial to the nurseryman. The cost of the tree and all the labor bestowed upon it becomes a total loss if it dies. This is very dis-, couraglng. and after a few such experiments the planter concludes that fruit growing don't pay, which for him is probably a proper enough conclusion. There is some difference of opinion among onion growers as to thenecessity for breaking down the tops before harvesting. If the stand Is uneven and of varied degrees of ripeness, the tops will die down so that the crop can be gathered without breaking them down. But most onion crops are not uniform in growth or ripeness, and for such the old-time practice is a necessity.

HOSTS OF BAPTISTS.

YOUNG PEOPLE’S UNION MEETS IN MILWAUKEE. Ten Thousand Member* of the Denominational Society from All Parts of the Continent-Snnrine Devotional Services—Membership Over 100,000 Prominent Workers Present. The sixth international convention of the Baptists’ Young People’s Union of America—the Christian Endeavor of that great and powerful denomination—was held in Milwaukee. Delegations and scattering visitors from every State in the Union, as well as from Canada, were in

SECT. WILKINS.

egates. The event brought to Milwaukee probably the largest number of distinguished Baptist divines and representative members of the denomination, Ynale and female, that has ever been brought together in any one city. 1 romptly at 10 o'clock on the opening day the international convention was called to order in the great Exposition

PRESIDENT CHAPMAN.

building, next to the Coliseum in Chicago the largest convention auditorium in America.. It has a capacity of 15,000 and was filled to the doors half an hour before President John H. Chapman rapped for order. Tins was speedily secured and devotional exercises, consisting of the reading of a chapter from the scriptures,

EXPOSITION BUILDING, WHERE THE CONVENTION WAS HELD.

prayer and sing.ng, led by a chorus of 700 voices, were conducted by Rev. E. W. White of the Tabernacle Church. The services condoled, A. W. Drake, presi-

dent of the Mi waukee Union, delivered the address of welcome in behalf of the local organizations and j addresses were »lso made in behalf of the municipality; A response for the board of managers of the international

union and the delegates came from Rev. E. M. Poteat, of "New Haven, Conn. The preliminaries over. General Secretary Dr. Frank L. Wilkins, of Chicago, presented the annual report of the board of managers. In it he referred to the fact that the total membership of the organization exceeded 100,000, one and all young people enthusiastic in the work of the church. He pointed out that the Baptists allowed great liberty. Every church was left to its own discretion as to how its young people should be organized. There were over - 3,500 Christian Endeavor societies in the denomination; but ■the fact that the Baptists were largely enlisted in the interdenominational fellowship of Christian Endeavor did not preclude their having a young people’s denominational society of their own, and the fact was that a denomination that numbered 4.000,000 adherents in America had, perhaps, more reason than other denominations for maintaining such an organization. He went back to the first

organization of the union in Chicago in 1891, when 3,000 delegates were present, and commented upon the phenomenal growth of the society. The address was lengthy and repeatedly applauded. Its adoption was moved and seconded by Rev. Dr. Alexan-

J. F. TYRRELL.

der Blackburn, of Cambridge, Mass., and Rev. W. W. Landrum, of Richmond, Va.. and was carried unanimously. Some idea' of what the leaders of the assembly undertook may be gathered from the fact that each day's work began at ti:3O in tlig.-uionpiiig. and ended about 10 o’clock nf. jvith almost continuous sessions throughput the .day. When the convention,was'not in session at the exposition hall tlib' various churches of the city were utilized for meetings, each one of which was in charge of some prominent minister or layman, and transacted business o's importance to the body of Baptist Unionists. Even when the convention was occupying the great hall these side meetings were kept up. The subjects treated of embraced every religious and social and moral theory of life. The men who spoke were known throughout the length and breadth of the land as deep thinkers' and fearless exponents of wh-it they deem the right. The addresses delivered and the subjects discussed comprised nil that is worth study and reflection in theology, sociology and metaphysics. * After the work of the convention was over the delegates and visitors made excursions to Lake Winnebago. Devil's lake, Dells df the W isconsin. Epworth League Grove at Ludington, Mich.; Racine, Wis., and Chicago. In ancient times bones were collected from the battlefields,•ground to powler aud used to ferldize th a had.

attendance. Illinois sent fully 5,000; Wisconsin 3,000 outside of Milwaukee; Indiana, 2,000; lowa, 1,000; Ohio, 2,000; Michigan, 2,000, and other States in proportion to their distance. CAhada sent from 2,000 to 3, 000 visitors and tlel-

There are nearly 2,000,000 of Germans residing in the Czar’s dominions. Their condition during the reign of Alexander 111. was anything but enviable. His Pan-Slavic policy purposed their complete Russification and the suppression of all German institutions, privileges and religious worship. The Teutonic element of the Baltic

provinces. which by education and wealth preponderated in commercial and political relations, with sorrow and resentment awaited its doom. Schools and academies where for centuries only German had been the language of instruction were Russified. Preaching in the tongue of the Fatherland was prohibited, or at least more or less restricted. Dorpat, the famous German university, received Russian professors who were not fit to teach in any language, and a slmular status threatened the colleges.

A. W. DRAKE.

The Czar and Czarina have returned to St. Petersburg. Mrs. John IV. Mackey has been summoned from London to Rome on account of the critical illness of her father. Li Hung Chang, special envoy of the Emperor of China, arrived in Paris and was welcomed with military honors. It is rumored on the Paris bourse thnt the Rothschilds will issue in Paris a Russian loan for 1,000,000,000 francs (S2OO - 000,000). Harry Askin, a manager of theatrical enterprises of wide reputation, has filed a petition in insolvency. No schedules are given. Jones & Laughlin signed a special steel scale with the Amalgamated Association at Pittsburg and will continue in operation. They employ 4,500 men. There arrived in New Orleans thirty Chinese boys in charge of Rev. Hide Kin, a Presbyterian minister, who has charge of a mission in New York, where they go to be placed in school, and after receiving a preliminary education will enter college. They are sons of prominent and wealthy Chinamen. Milton L. Ely, said to be one of the most noted bandits of the West, has been captured at Moberly, Mo., by William Pinkerton s detectives. Ely is wanted especially because of his connection with the express car robbery at Ottumwa. In., Jan. 12, 1895. on the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad, There is danger of a water’famine in Boston and considerable alarm is felt by Water Commissioner Murphy ami (Sty Engineer -Jackson because of t ie large and unaccountable increase in ttie use of water during the last three youths. . The rainfall iji the last "six very small, and the water commission has issued orders to the people of the-city to cut down their consumption. According to what is considered reliable authority, a controlling interest in the Detroit Railway, a system opepited under the 3-ceiit-fare ordinances, has been sold by Henry A. Everett, proprietor of the system, to R. T. Wilson, of New York. Mr. Wilson now owns' most of the stock of the Citizens’■ Railway Comp tnv, a.id a consolidation of the ro‘tds 'under are management is now anticipated.

The apparently mysterious way in which newly formed lakes,- ponds, canals, etc., become populated with fish was discussed by some of the members assembled at a recent reunion of the Piscatorial Society at the Holbora restaurant. London. More than one of them considered that this was effected by birds which had been feeding on fish spawn elsewhere, and which, alighting on these new waters, dropped gome of the spawn from their bills

EX-GOV. RUSSELL DEAD.

DistitiKniahed Son of Massachusetts Expire* Suddenly of Heart Disease. Ex-Gov. William E. Russell of Massachusetts died suddenly at the camp of B. F. Dutton at St. Adelaide, Pabos, Quebec. Gov. Russell, accompanied by his brother, CoL Harry E. Russell, and Coh Francis Peabody, Jr., arrived there only the day previous in search of rest. He had run down in health after the trying scenes at the Chicago convention, and his friends urged upon him the necessity of a rest in the and he accepted the invitation of Mr. Dutton to go to his beautiful Canadian camp. On reaching St. Adelaide the ex-Gov-ernor appeared in good health and spirits, and the evening was spent in a social way and in preparation for a fishing trip the next day. He and his companions retired early. Col. Russell was the first to arise, and when he called his brother he received ng answer. He then attempted to arouse him by shaking him, whereupon he discovered that life had flown. The position of the body and the expression on the dead man’s face showed that his death was painless. William Eustice Russell was born in Cambridge on Jan. 6, 1857, within the shadow of the university from which bo was graduated in 1877. He received his early training in the public schools of Cambridge, in which he prepared for Harvard College, entering that institution in 1873. Mr. Russell’s poljtioa! affiliations had always been Democratic. In 1886 Mr. Russell was elected Mayor of Cambridge by a large majority. ' He held the reins of government in the Mayor’s chair for three terms. Mr. Russell was married to Miss Margaret Swan, daughter of the late Rev. Joshua Swann, formerly of Cambridge, on June 3, 1885. They had three children—two. sons and one daughter. In 1888 he was nominated for Governor, but was defeated by Gov. Arnes. He was nominated again in 1889 and ’..••as elected over Mr. Brackett by a plurality of 8,000. In 1891 he was successful over Charles H. Allen, of Lowell, by a plurality of 7,500. In 1892, the presidential year, he defeated William H. Haile by a plurality of 2,500 votes, while Benjamin Harrison carried the State by a plurality of 30,000. He retired from office at the end of his third term and resumed the practice of law.

Germans in Russia.

Notes of Current Events.

Fish.