Democratic Sentinel, Volume 20, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 August 1896 — Page 3

OHIO CAMPAIGN OPEN

REPUBLICANS FIRE THEIR FIRST G'JN AT COLUMBUS. Fen#tor Sherman. Senator-Eject Foraker and 8, L Wood lord of New York Discuss the Issues of the Political Hattie and Eulogize McKinley. Sherman’s Hot Talk. The Republican campaign in Ohio was formally opened by two monster meetings in Columbus. The orators were Senator John Sherman, Senator-elect J, B. Foraker of Ohio and Stewart L. Woodford of Brooklyn, N. Y. Gov. Bushnell presided at the afternoon meeting, being introduced by Henry C. chairman of the Franklin County Republican Executive Committee. 'The Governor made a brief speech, in which he expressed himself as having too much faith in the people to think they will defeat a Republican candidate this fall, of all times. He reminded his hearers that four years ago the Democrats gave Grover Cleveland .lad promises of tariff reform: now after lour years of suffering they ask the people to accept Bryan and unsound money as a cure for all ills to which flesh is heir to. He, for his part, could not imag- . ine such effrontery. Gov. Bushnell then introduced Senator John Sherman, who prefaced his speech by saying that inasmuch as he wished to discuss questions of vital importance to every citizen in the United States as well i as Ohio he would read his speech, in order to be exact in his statements. Continuing, he said: Mr. Chairman and fellow-citizens: A citizen of Ohio has been selected by the Republican National Convention as their candidate for President of the United States, and we are here to ratify and support his nomlna-

tlon. We take pride In William McKinley, not only for the honor conferred upon Ohio f>y the convention, but because we know him to lie fitted for that great office. It eo happens that at the coming Presidential election there will be submitted to your Judgment two questions, oue of which is whether any holder of silver bullion may deposit it in the mints of the United States and have it coined for his benefit and without cost to him into silver dollars, eacli of the weight of 412% grains of standard silver nine-tenths fine, and may tender them for any debt public or private. The other question is whether in levying duties or taxes on imported goods we should only consider the revenue required, or whether while raising the needed revenue we should seek also to protect and encourage domestic Industries; the oue Is called revenue tariff and the other a protective tariff. Both the silver and tariff are vital questions of domestic policy of equal importance, but I propse on this occasion to confine my remarks mainly to what is known as the free coinage of silver at the ratio of sixteen parts of silver to oue of gold. Wo are brought face to face with a proposition which, if agreed to, will make silver the sole standard of value for all debts and credits, for the wages of labor and the purchase and sale of property. The Democratic party at its recent convention at Chicago adopted a resolution In favor of the free coinage of silver at the ratio of sixteen parts of silver to oue of gold. We know that In the United States and in all countries in the world thirty ounces or more of silver cau be purchased by one ounce of gold. With the free coinage of sliver gold would be demonetized. Nothing can be more certain than that the cheaper money only will circulate. The United States has thus far maintained Its silver coins at parity with gold coins only by its exclusive monopoly of coinage and by limiting the amount, but with free coinage of silver there could be no limitation. Silver bullion in every form w r ill be pressed upon the mints, and with the mandatory duty of free coinage silver dollars will soon fill the channels of circulation, and the gold dollar will be hoarded, or will be quoted and sold as commodity at about 194 cents of the silver coin. Stiver wJU stand as the par value and gold will be quoted at its commercial value. Let us contemplate the ’nevitabie result of the free coinage of silver. It would violate every contract for the p.vyment of money made since Jan. 1, 1879. The resumption act, which went Into operation on that day, provided for the payment in coin on demand of all United States States notes presented for redemption. All forms of money, whether silver or gold or paper, were then maintained at par with each other, and have been so maintained ever since. During all this period gold and silver coins at par with each other have been the standards of value of all loans, Contracts, or purchases, aud the faith of the United States was pledged for their maintenance at parity with each other. Although silver ballioh declined in market value, the coins made from it have been kept at psr with gold coins at the legal ratio of 16 to 1. But if the free coinage of silver is authorized, then the market value of silver bullion becomes the standard for payments on all contracts made in the past, the present, or the future; 412% grains of standard silver bullion, worth now 63 cents, can with free coinage be coined into a dollar upon the demand of any holder of such bullion. This dollar is delivered to the owner of the bullion, and is not supported by the flat of the Government. The Government does not undertake to maintain its relative value with gold. The Government stamps it “This is a dollar.” Its purchasing power Is 53 cents, but its debt-payiug power is one dollar. It is to be « legal tender for one dollar of debt, but in The purchase of any article it is only worth 53 cents, for, the seller of the article can fix ills price according to the kind of money offered. It is the doctrine of the Populist and anarchist, but is In direct opposition to the traditional policy of Thomas Jefferson. Andrew Jackson and the Democratic party. But by far the greatest Injury resulting from the free coinage of sliver will fall upon The workingmen.'Their wages are now based upon money of. the highest value, upon gold coin of standard value. Under free coinage of silver the,Value of the silver dollar will fall to 53 cehts In gold, or, as I have already said, the hundred cents of the gold dollar will be worth 194 cents of the silver dollar. The struggle between workingman and employer will then commence, and no one knows hetter than the workihgman how difficult. it Is to get an advance of pay. We have strikes and strife enough' now, when the workingman gets his pay In gold coin, or Its •equivalent, but what will he the condition when be ds patd In Cheaper money of the same nominal amount, but of leas purcha^lng of cblnage of llTvVr and the degradation of the standard of value Involve not- only questions of money, but of

j honor and good faith. When their honor la involved, the people never Tail to respond. They hare compiled with every promise and paid every debt of the national Government as It has become due. They have paid fourfifths of the debts contracted during the civil war. and the prospect was hopeful that all of It would be paid before the close of this eentury, bat this reversing of our standards of value lias, like the fire bell at night, startled and alarmed our people. Let us scr-.l- it by following the actions of Washington, Hamilton. Jefferson, Benton. Hunter. Lincoln and Grant; let us maintain silver and gold at par with each other, at the legal j ratio of 16 to 1, until a conference among nations can prescribe common standards of value, In the meantime, let no act be done, no policy be adopted, no expedient resorted to that will tarnish the honor of this great republic. Senator Shertnan was frequently interrupted by applause. Gov. Bushnell next iutroduced Senator-elect Foraker, who ■mid: We hnve a new question this year. The Democracy has started a new isgue; they made a new issue. 1 will tell you why it is we have a new issue. They have rnn completely out of the old. They were whipped to a standstill before they" started on the tariff, and they were defeated before they started into the tariff, beeanse. unlike 1892, we now, all of us, understand the tariff uestlon. You cannot find a laboring man anywhere in the United States who does not now understanu It without an argument; that If you make a product across the water, In some other country, yon do not have to make It In this country. That if you make ifqver there, there is an increased demand for labor—-over there, and that much less fie tpead for labor over here. That is what the laboring man has learned. Tfie farmer has learned something, too. Times have been pretty hard on him. He Is '(selling his products at the cheapest price ever known since the war. He has found out that to have a good demand and to get good prices for his product he must have a good home market. And. then, there Is Uncle Sam himself. He has found out something. In the twentyseven years the Republican party controlled this country, after the close of the war down to 1892, we paid off and canceled forever more than one'thousand and seven hundred millions of the public debt. During the three years and a fraction of Democratic freetrade rule, thev have paid off nothing, but have Increased the public debt by more than $262,000,000. I would rather follow the leadership of the

SENATOR JOHN SHERMAN.

gallant Gov. McKinley, with all these great representatives of sound money, sound protection, sound patriotism and sound everything else, supporting him, than to take the “boy orator of the Platte” with all of these people controlling him. I rend the speech made by “the orator of the Platte" when he was notified In New York, and when I got done with It I thought I knew why he was called “tne boy orator of the Platte.” Geography tells us that the Platte is a very peculiar river. They say It is 1,000 Imles long and only six Inches deep. I saw mat they were selling Mexican dollars on the streets to-dny, and I thought I would like to see them. I do not want to palm any of them off„on anybody, but I sent down and got a couple of them, and I bought them for one United States silver dollar. There are six grains more of pnre silver In each of these Mexican dollars than there Is In this one United States silver dollar. These Mexican dollars down In Mexico are a legal tender. They are worth down In Mexico, where they are a legal tender, just what they are worth up here In the United States. You can bny lu the City of Mexico with one of our silver dollars two Mexican dollars, or practically tnut— a few cents difference. Why Is It? Is It because the Mexican dollars are legal tender? No. It Is because the Mexican dollar has no redeemer. When you ■get the Mexican dollar you are at the end of your business transaction. That Is money. That is the highest money they have In cir-

culatlon. But when you get tne silver dollar of the United States you find It worth a dollar in gold, because, If you want the gold, all you have got to do Is to ask for It. That is all you ever had to do under Republican rule. Now, my fellow-citizens, has it or not been wise that we have pursued thl3 policy? Haven’t you been proud of the currency of the United States during all these past years? Hasn’t it been the pride of every patriotic American that as our gold would travel around the globe, so, too, would every dollar of our paper money, being redeemable In gold, travel everywhere and be everywhere honored at Its face? We have had a stable currency. There has not been any trouble with It until during the last two or three years; until Mr. Cleveland came Into power the second time, yon did not hear any complaint about our money, did you? You did not hear of any trouble with the gold reserve. All this trouble has arisen since then. Why? Simply because, as every Intelligent man knows, they adopted a policy of free trade as contradistinguished to a protective tariff policy, and the first result was the paralysis of business, and the second result was deficient revenues to the Government. Now, my fellow-citizens, the best remedy for this whole trouble Is to put the Republican party back In power; restore the policy of a protective tariff; reinaugurate the policy of reciprocity, and give to the American people an economic administration under which the Government would have enough revenues to live and everybody engaged In business in this country and every laborer in the country find something to do. Lieut. Gov. A. AV. Jones presided at the evening meeting, and made a brief speech, in which he characterized the Democratic national platform as one of nnarchism and bankruptcy. He said the Democrats*stole the Populist platform in order to be admitted to the Populist church, and Characterized Watson as one of the horns

GOVERNOR BUSHNELL.

of the Democrats dilemma. He the* introduced the speaker of the evening, Stewart L. Woodford, who said: The honest fulfillment of Populist pledges would put us on a paper basis, redeemable In paper and In paper alone, and Just where no civilized land Is to-day. It would be a «*nrrency of soap bubbles, redeemable In soap bubbles, affording no basis or foundation for any superstructure of business, farming or labor. Irredeemable paper money always l>egets and compels speedy ami continuous increase. Ann such increase has always ended In repudiation. The world has had fhres

SENATOR-ELECT FORAKER.

experience of I’opulisC finances within the last 200 years. Gen. Woodford then reviewed John Law ns Minister of Finance in France during the reign of the Bourbons in 1720. When the French tried the experiment again in 1789 Talleyrand said: “You can arrange it so that the people shall be forced to take 1.000 francs in paper, instead of 1,000 francs in specie; but you ean never arrange it so that a man shall be obliged to give 1,000 francs in specie for 1,000 francs in paper.” Continuing, he said: Mr. Bryan Is the candidate of the Democratic party and of the Populist party. The Democrats declare. Just as do the Populists, that all paper which Is made a legal tender shall be issued by the Government. Here their agreement with the Populist party stops. The Democracy declare that such legal-tender paper shall he redeemable In coin. By no possible Interpretation of the Populist platform am 1 able to find either purpose or willingness on the part of the Populists to redeem such paper lu coin. The difference, If honest. Is radical. Courtesy requires us to believe that the difference u honest. The flat money Populists trust M-. Bryan, and, therefore. .1 dare upt. They have read the Democratic platform, with Us promise to pay money in coin, and yet they who believe lu constant and Increasing Issues of irredeemable paper believe In Mr. Bryan The fact Is there is couslnshlp between the silver dollar worth 52 cents and the paper dollar worth nothing. Brief speeches were also made by Senator Foraker, Congressman Watson. Judge L. W. .King of Youngstown and Emmett Tompkins of Columbus.

Accidents in the Country.

For the sting of a hornet, apply the common clooryaril weed, plantain, to the wound. Crumple up the weed in your hand until the juice starts and lay it on the smarting spot. When the poison of mosquitoes Is great there is nothing better to bathe the spots with than a weak solution of ammonia. Saif and water or cooking soda’s not strong enough. A person who has meddled with poison Ivy, should, as quickly as possible, wash the bauds in salt and water, and be careful not to touch the face. If the flesh begins to swell, salt or soda and water may relieve it, but sugar of lead surely will. When applying this latter to the face keep the eyes dosed until the solution lias dried into the skin. The blotches caused by poison ivy look like raised burns, and are often bordered with little tiny water blisters, which, if neglected, will run into large blisters and he exceedingly painful When the poisouing is severe, the hands and parts affected will often swell at intervals for many months, without any apparent cause. This swelling will gradually lessen, and at length disappear, without any special rnedieatiou beyond the bathing of the spot 3 with the mentioned remedies. For sprains and bruises there is nothing better than hot water for bathing the places. This should he followed with bandages wet in tincture of arnica or witch hazel, and if you have forgotten to put vials of these iu your trunks the farmer’s wife or the village druggist will give you wormwood. Steep this in vinegar and apply hot, remembering that the poultice is liable to stain, and using old cloths for the bandaging. Bare feet are apt to get stone bruises, which are painful, although the average hoy will prefer them to shoes and stockings. Soaking the sore feet in hot water before going to bed, and bathing the braises with tincture of arnica, are 'the best aids to time itself for this ailment.

Old Standard of the Yard.

Tlie yard is the British and American standard of length. Down to 1824 the original standard of Britain (and from which ours was copied) was a rod, which had been deposited in the court of exchequer, Loudon, in the- time of Queen Elizabeth. In those days all measures Intended for general use were taken to the court of exchequer to be examined by the proper officer. That official took thC proposed measure and placed it parallel with the standard, and if found correct placed certain marks of identification upon it. By an set of Parliament in 1824 the old Elizabethan standard was superseded by which had beep constructed under the directions of the Royal Society sixty-four yeans previous. This act provided that “the straight line or usance between the centers of two points in the gold studs in the brass rod now in the custody of the clerk of the House of Commons shall he genuine standard of the yard measure in Great Britain/’ The. act further provided (fiat the measurements of the rod must be made when, the temperature of the brass rod was at 62 degrees Fahrenheit. ! That standard was destroyed by fire in 1834 and. the commission appointed ;o replace it made'the yard measure now in use; The new standard was deposited in the House of Parliament in 1835 and authenticated copies of it are in the possession of our Govemmeqt officials at Washington.

Duty Before Everything.

How strong the sense o"f duty is in Japanese officials is shown by the following incident of the great earthquake wave: “The director of the Kamaishl telegraph office saw his family swept away before his eyes. In spite of his sad misfortune he at 1 once went lit search of the telegraphic instruments that had been washed away, and as soon as possible restored them to proper order. To his self-sacrificing zeal the public is indebted for the speedy re-establishing of communications.”

FARMS AND FARMERS

Vegetable Forcing Hour. A good plan for securing a maximum sis warmth at the least possible expenditure of internal heat Is shown befow. Such a house is, moreover, cheaply built wherever loose stones arm abundant, whether the stones be Irregularly faced, or simply rounded cobblestones. A cut is made into the bank and the wall laid up In cement, or cement and lime.

BANK FORCING HOUSE.

The rear and end walls should have a tile drain laid just outside of their base, coming out upon the surface at the front The rear wall should rise a little above the ground, which should be graded a trifle higher in tm? middle at the rear than at the ends to turn aside the surface water. The tile drain will take care of all water that soaks down through the ground. The wall in front Is extended a little beyond either end of the building to retain a full hank of earth against the end walls. The interior arrangement will of course bo similar to any single-roofed forcing house. --Farm aud Home. ’ * Right nnd Wrong Way of Feeding. The summer feeding of pigs is an Important matter under present conditions. Doubtless pasture is the most healthful and profitable basis for the feeding, but as time is an element to be considered, it is advisable to feed grain with It to push on the growth as fast as possible. There Is everything in good clover pasture needed for the sustenance of the pigs, but we want something more than this, for the most growth made in the least time is the Indispensable requirement for profit; but whole grain is not a desirable food. A considerable portion of it Is swallowed without mastication, and is voided whole. When waste milk Is to be had, It will pay more value as food for pigs on pasture than used In any other way, and with this some mixed finely ground meal corn and buckwheat will produce more growth of a perfectly healthful character than any other kind of grain food.

Hena in the Orchnrd. Many farmers and orchardlsts would like to have liens in the orchard for the good their presence would do to the trees, were it not that the fowls must be kept confined because of the damage they would do the adjacent garden and flower beds. The sketch shows a way to keep one or more flocks of hens In an prcliard. A light, low house, made of half-inch matched stuff, has a wire run attached to the end, as shown In the Illustration. The house has no floor. The eggs are gathered by opening the hinged board in the end. Low trucks are attached to the comers so that the whole can be moved occasionally to a new location. It can thus he moved up

MOVABLE POULTRY HOUSE.

and down beside the rows of trees, stopping for a day or two under each tree, scratching, fertilizing the ground and destroying insects. The fowls all do well under such conditions, and their presence will be of great value to the orchard. The lower sill of the sides of the house should continue out and form the base of the sides of the run. The Control of Swarming. To control swarming bees, remove one of the "prime factors. Brood is the only factor we can remove and not defeat our object—honey. The removal of brood, instead of decreasing the honey yield, rather Increases It. We. may remove the brood by direct confiscation, or we can do it more gradually. This method would be better where the flow Is very short and profuse, the second better where the flow lasts forty to sixty or more days. The cause of swarming Is Instinct; Its control, broodlessness. Other methods at times seem effective, but the only method of com trolling swarming that Is at all times a success, Is broodlessness.

Bite of a Hog. i The bite of the licg Is more apt to be serious than that of any other domestic animal. No one who has n' sore oiri his hand should be called on to butcher> hogs, as he may be Infected from contact with the saliva without being bitten. In all cases of bite or cut, a wash of some antiseptic should be applied. Diluted carbolic acid In the proportion of one to fifty of water is good, as Is a" weak dilution of corrosive sublimate' In proportion of one of the poison to 2,000 parts of water. These poisons thus diluted do no harm, and they will prevent poisons from working in cuts and bruises of any kind. tat Esnentnls to* Success. Farming is not a business where the failure of one adds to the success of Another; on the contrary, the success

of each Individual is largely dependent upon the prosperity ofhfl. The product from poorly fanned farms is of an Inferior quality, soy which it Is dUßeult to , find , buyers. Thft best Is cheap enough, aud anything of an inferior quality is not only a drug on the market but interferes with the sale of better goods. When buyers are looking for farm produce, they go where they know they can get the best. The better the quality of the goods produced, the more buyers you will have for your product, and the competition upon the part of buyers will enable you to get good prices within easy distance of your own doors. Every help which tends in an economical manner to lm'nfovp the quality of our productions ; hou|d be eagerly sought. A well conducted Institute, receiving support from the farming community In which It is held, will furnish more practical Information from the practical experience of others, aud which practical farmers can make use of, than perhaps any other method yet adopted. It Is unfortunate that farmers as a class lake so little interest In them. Education Is just as essential for the farmer as for the lawyer, doctor or business man. Oood farming does not consist wholly of manual labor; It requires the exercise cf good intellectual powers. There is also a vast difference between scientific and theoretical fanning. Thu theorist Is In luck when he cun pay the interest on his mortgage. But practical farming, backed by good judgment, pays well when prices are fair, and always will.

A Pretty Lann Table. Stumps of old trees that lmve outlived their usefulness and been relegated to the wood pile are not. uncommonly seen upon lawns, and many attempts are made to turn them to artistic and useful account. The simplicity of the plan Illustrated In Farm and Home commends Itself, The stump Is first sawed to a fiat surface and then fitted with a top of thick boards of the desired dimensions. Four rustic supports or brackets are placed underneath at . the four cornel's. These should be ns much as possible In their natural state, with any little crookedness or knots allowed to show, ns they add iritichjto the pretty effect on the whole. The edges, tod, of the top board ,mny be given a rustic tone by

RUSTIC PLANT STAND.

tacking to them Btrips of wood with tho bark on them. When the little table Is finished and “set" with Its dishes and pots of plants, the owner of It Is epre to stand a 11/jile way off and admire it audibly. Poultry ISoten. Scrub chickens are out of date. They don’t pay. Clean the nests regularly, to keep them free from vermin. Persons who do not take a natural pleasure in fancy poultry are not likely to succeed with them. The possibility of profit In raising turnkeys comes from their ability to pick up a good part of their living. Rubbing the heads and thighs of fowls'with a rag dipped In oil is an excellent thing to keep off vermin. From five geese can be picked a pound of feathers every six weeks. These will sell for 40 cents or more. When the cockerels begin to pull the pullets about and worry them, tho sexes should at once be separated. When incubator chicks are put with a hen, always be sure that she has no lice. A little lard and sulphur applied under the wings and about tho head will got away with any louse in two or three days. Any attempt through the use of stimulants or any unnatural methods to increase the number or fertility of the egg, always brings disastrous results to the breeder, whether fancier or market man.

Horticultural Hints. Cultivate a home-town market.' There is a form of blight working upon apple, cherry and quince trees, which Is quite destructive. Are the young trees In the orchard starting in’ the right position—leaning a little to the southwest? The cultivation of the growing crops should be the principal occupation of the horticulturist In mid-summer. Do you assort and grade your produce as well as you know how? You may bo losing money because you dpn’t do so. In making up the selections of Varieties of apples far a now family orchard, include a good number of sweet kinds! ’ ■ ; ; If weeds have ljeen kept down in the early part of the summer, it is usually sufficient to go over.garden and flower beds dace a week after the first of August; u '-" With all grafted stock some attention is neccessary the first summer to keep down the prouts which will start freely, and which, if allowed to grow, wlli rob the grafts. Celery Is usually planted In July. The soli should be moist and very rich. It needs good cultivation to make It grow rapidly, but it must not be hoed when wet with dew or rain.

HOUSEHOLD DEPARTMENT

Summer Screen Easily Made. Even the hottest days may develop a drafr. In every family there Is r.pt to he one member at least who is susceptible to currents of air that sweep around corners and enter through open doorways; therefore, a screen Is desirable quite as much during the long summer days as when closed windows and steam make the winter home into a hothouse. The design shown in this illnsiration Is intended for homomakiug and is peculiarly well suited to the pop-

GIVES SAFETY FROM DRAFT.

ulnr blue and white room. The erase for delft and delft decorations Is still an active one aud for warm weather nse, no la tter, cooler scheme of color tan be devised. The model from which the drawing was made was a threefold frame of bamboo. The material used for the I winds is heavy, unbleached cotton cloth or muslin, but cotton shectlug or any heavier stuff of warm, cream color can be used If preferred. To make the panels first cut the necessary size, with a margin to allow for making the edges secure and possible fraying during the work. On each piark the exact size of the panel and stretch it out on a fiat hoard. For both the border and the delft scenes use oil color In delft blue, thinned with turpentine. The stylo of ♦he border, Is known ns waves and Is only a combination of curves and lines. Freezlinr Ice Cream. Do not draw any water from the Ice while freezing unless water raises to top of can. The can should be only two-thirds full of milk, as It will raise one-third while freezing. After the milk has pppu placed into the can, put the freezer-together ready for operation, mash the lee and sprinkle coarse salt «u until It stops (‘racking. (The ice may be previously prepared!. Then put the lee around the can and add more salt. When tilt freezing is completed, Hunovo-tli'.' heaters and cover the freezer with carpet or woolen cloth and let the Ice cream harden one-half lionr before serving. After frozen, beating tho cream with a• large hikmui or wooden paddle wllklmprove It. After standing several hours it should be beaten before serving. Dipping a spoon In lukewarm water before serving each plow (>;’ cream aud turn once around, will rut a very nice form.—Philadelphia Inquirer.

Gooseberry Pudding. To one pint of ripe gooseberries mid (.lx slices, of stale bread, oik* cupful of milk, lialf a cupful of sugar, one tablespoonful of butter, melted. Stew tho froosi'lierrlcs slowly ton minutes, cut the slices of bread to lit tlio dish and toast j. light brown; dip each piece, while hot, In milk and spread with the melted butter. Cover tlie bottom of the dish ino toast, next put on a layer of gooseberries, sprinkle thickly with sugar, another layer of toast, then ber’Hos, alternating until your dish Is full. Cover Closely and steam In the oven thirty minutes. Turn out upon a hot dish and j>our over It a rich pudding sauce. Raspberry Shortcake. To one quart of flour add two teaspoonfuls of larking powder and ono teaspoon!ul of salt; rub thoroughly Into 'Jits two tablespoon f tils of butter; add milk enough to make a soft dough; roll out about to one inch In thickness; put in your pans and bake in a quick ofen twenty minutes. While hot cut the edge and break apart, butter tho under crust and cover with berries that have been lying in sugar half an hour, put oil tho upper crust, and put plenty of berries over it. Picnic liiMcuitx. Dissolve a half cake of compressed yeast iu one cupful of thin cream, add two cupfuls of warmed flour and beat very thoroughly. Put in a warm place until well risen, then add sufficient flour to make a very soft dough; divide Into two tortious; roll each portion to about one-rialf-lneh thickness. Spread one sheet of dough with chopped figs or nilslns, cover with tho other; cut into biscuits of fancy shapes; allow them to rise until very* light, and bake. Hints to Housewives. Paint upon window glass may bo easily removed by rublug with a cloth wet in hot strong vinegar. To remove tar from any kind of cloth, saturate the spot and rub it well with turpintloe and every trace of the tar may be removed. If brooms are dipped in a pail of hot siids for a minute or two once a week it, will make them tough and pliable, and they last much longer. It Is said that if camphor gumds put in the drawers in which silver is kept that is but seldom used that the camphor ~*lll prevent the sliver from becoming tarnished. 1 n making green apple sa nee pi t a few da!te& cut tiieiu Ihto quarters, and add them to the sauce just before removing from,the fire. They will be a great improvement to the sauce. . An idea evolved by ,an ingenious woman; whose dainty tete-a-tete set lost both its saucers was to tie the two matchless (‘nips'together witii a bow of fancy ribbon, and convert them to the service of used apd unused matches, Home-tried lard is better and firmer than that which cari bt bought and does not require, a great deal of time. To prevent laid from becoming raheld add «jome table salt to the lard when it ifl’hot, in proportion of one teaspoonful of salt to each quart of liquid lard, and cook a few moments after the salt £» added. ,

RECORD OF THE WEEK

NDIANA INCIDENTS TERSELY i.-MI-i ' defalcation and Suicide by Bunker Kelley Amazes South gea^Fantlljr Near Anderson Who BaVc So FearNor Use for a Dentist South Bend la Puzzled, When .l-vsiah E. Kellcv tired a bullet into his heart, in the basement of his I onic, in South Bend. Thursday evening, he made full confession that he was a defaulter of the fnuds of the First National Bunk, Of which he wds assistant cashier, and with which he had been connected since boyhood. South Bend haa had more than its share of sensations concerning its hunks, but the discovery that Kelley was a defaulter, and his act of selfdestruction following the discovery of his guilt by the National Bank Examiner. John L. Vance, shook the business ns well as the social foundations of the community as they Had not been shaken before. If there was anybody in the honking business in South Bend in whom the people generally had entire confidence.'it was .losiah K. Kelley. The hank with which he had been connected since 1888 is one of the oldest and soundest institutions in the State. It was founded in IJW.T as "The State Bank of Indiana" and became a national bank in 1 Still, a short time before Kelley entered it a* nn office hoy. The only feature of the lameutablo incident, from which the owners of the hank and the business public generally can derive any gratification is that the defalcation, amounting in round numbers to $24,100, will in no wise cripple the bank nr even impair its credit. Have No Use for Teeth. A family of freaks was unearthed near Lapel, west of Anderson, Saturday. It consists of several people withonf a tboth. .tames Leonard is the father, He is past HO years of age, and has passed this much < f his life sound aud healthy without tbn assistance of u molar or even a baby tooth None never grew. Twenty years ago he married a woman who hud as firm a set of teeth as could be found. She Rtlll possesses them. They had four children, all of whom are full grown and perfect in regard to health, but who. like their father, never had a tooth in their heads. Their gums, however, came down much further than is ordinarily the ease and are hard and as firm ns bone. Mr. Leonard is able to crack nuts in his jaws without pain ami seems io get along fully na well u.< though he were possessed of a full set of teeth. The children’s jaws are quite as firm and strong. All are perfectly eontcifted, have no use for deutists and no aches or pains iu their jaws. They live on a farm and seldom go a wav from home. They are fairly well to do.

Alt Over the (Mate. A had wreck happened on the Lake Shore Road In the depot at Ohe*tert< o. A sand train run into n find stock train. All ♦ lie milmnon jumped, one being slightly hurt. One engine and a dozen cars were derholinlied and twenty bend of blooded cattle killed- Sand was piled up ten feet deep. v A serious epidemic of typhoid fever is prevailing in the vicinity of Oxford. Nine oi' the family of William Hibhs were stricken at one time, and the mother and one child died. Two other families were also stricken, and two case* are reported at Oxford, springing from impure water. For scvprnl weeks the Hibhs family wero unattended save hj/ the father BUd one >;ou, no great was the fear of. contagion by the neighbors. , , . Miss Sarah Blinn, the Terre Haute elderly spinster, lit whose ease a jury disagreed on a charge of insanity preferred hy her sister iu order to prevent her marriage with Widower Frank Combs, took Combs to Paris. 111., the other day and paid a preacher for marrying them. They had been refused a marriage lleenes at T< rre Dilute. On their return the boys in ‘he neighborhood of tho house gathered and gave the couple a noisy serenade. Once they left the house aud went to a hotel to spend the night. Combs objected lo the amount the clerk proposed to charge them and they left the hotel, ulthough Mrs. Surah stood ready, pocketbook ii* hand, to pay the hill. A strange case of poverty was disclosed in a Muncle justice court, the subject being n former well-known Chicago woman. Mrs. Alma Southgate recently purchased some second-hand furniture. She was the defendant in a replevin suit for failing to meet the payments. Her husimind was connected with the Philadelphia Record until he assumed charge of the Chicago TelegWrK and later established the Chicago Herald. Six year* ago tlie husband and wife had some trivial difference and separated. The woman went to Ottawa, 111., and then to Munele a year ago. She has worked at different occupations to support her children. She says she put in type the first word (“the") ever set in type for the Chicago Herald.

The County Commissioners of Adams (fount y have been* holding a special session in their office in Decatur. The purpose of the meeting was for examining and accepting the report of the officer* of the* county, including trustees, auditor, clerk and treasurer. The report* were all carefully examined' and found to lie correct and satisfactory, until they* came to the report of the treasurer* Daniel I’. Holds. His report was found to be wrong. He had, as alleged, charged the county with his per cent on rood taxes, and also other taxes, which the commissioners claim ho had no right to do. The' amount of the shortage may ran into the thousands. Mr. Bolds is one of the wealthiest and most prominent men in the county. He has been quite a large oil speculator. It is claimed by Bolds” friends that the shortage, which they say is only a misunderstanding, it due to. the fee and salary k»w which has been in force in this State the past year. Thieves robbed the postofficc at Wheatliehl Mondiiy morning, taking several hundred dollars' worth of stamps and a sum of money., Robberies, have been commitled at Demotte and Wheatfi(*ld .ajmost nightly for several weeks past.. WlHiam. Dfivis was shof by liis wife, l+izxle. Davis, at Red Cloud. Mrs. Davh* was a teacher jn a Sunday school, and. her .husband became jealous and declared that she only wefit to Sabbath school to meet the superintendent, with whom becharged she was intimate. The wife resented the charge and in the row she shot him. Pretty 18-year-old Maud Dusenbnry, of Ramona, was arrested at Brazil for stealing a team of horses and a buggy, which, she had with her. She was taken back to Ramona. This is said to be the third lime she has been implicated tn horse* stealing. . , , - , Ex-Secretary of the Navy “Undo Dick” Thompson, of Terre, Haute, ham entirely recovered from heat prostration; and feels as Weil as he has for several years and is ftiscuAsing the political utidH aiid questions 1 tff the- campaign with! us much vigor as he did half* a century jwo. His friends say it’ is out of. question that he coMjfl suheumb in a ye**i