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THE EVENING REPUBLICAN.

W. S. MONTGOMERY, Editor and ^Publisher.

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THE state statistician figures out Indiana's wheat crop at 20,000,000 bushels, a decrease of over 30,000,000 bushejs as compared with last year's crop. Based on the prospects in this County that would be about right. If all the crop sold it would bring about two thirds as much money but there will be very little sold as it will take it all for seed and bread. It would however be an excellent idea for the farmers to secure seed wheat from some state or locality where there was an abundant crop this year. Selected seed wheat yields much better and make a man fine returns on his investment.

CHASE MEJIOBIAL FUND.

An Appeal in Behalf of the Widow of tne L.ate Governor of Indiana. The citizens of Indiana are interested in knowing that the late ex-Governor Ira J. Chase died before making adequate provision for the care of his wife, con•cerning which I deem it important to make a brief statement. At the time of Mr. Chase's death numerous and conflcting statements appeared in the public prints concerning his financial affairs, which differing statements have greatly hindered the success of the enterprise inaugurated by Mr. Chas's friends to provide a home and future support for his wife. Having been chosenjby Mrs. Chase to ve charge of her business affairs, I am prepared to state the exact financial situation, to which I ask the careful consideration of a patriotic and generous public.

Mr. Chase left $3,000 life insurance written for his wife's benefit, the proceeds of which, under the most favorable circumstances, would not realize over §200 a year, and I now state that this s'im is the only provision available for the "'ipport of Mrs. Chase. TV.ere is an add.tfonal $1,000 life Insurance, payable to tiie estate of Mr. Chase, which will be wholly absorbed in paying debts.

Mrs. Chase has no home, as stated in several papers, her only property consisting of a lot in Irvington, covered by a mortgage, which she is unable to pay. It will occur to all right-minded people that these statements furnish a sufficient explanation of the memorial fund in behalf of Mrs. Chase. It is proper to state that, thus far, the offerings to the memorial fund have not met the expectations of its promoters.

I now wish to remind the people of our good State that this appeal in behalf of Mrs. Chase rests on the broad basis of patriotism and State pride. Mrs. Chase is the widow of the ex-Governor of Indiana, and the true issue is, shall she be allowed to go through the remainder of her life blind, helpless and without a shelter, to say nothing of her future care? Is it not the fitting and righteous thing to proceed at once to make ample provision for the comfort of this noble woman, ^who so well deserves our best gifts? *Tn conclusion, I feel sure that all will join in this closing statement, that it well becomes the patriotic people of Indiana to make prompt and generous response to the memorial fund in behalf of

Mrs. Chase. All offerings to this fund will be properly acknowledged and devoted to the purpose, first, of procuring a modest home for Mrs. Chase, and as far as possible, securing her future care. The situation calls for prompt action. All communications should be addressed to me at Wabash. A. M. ATKINSON.

Wabash, Ind. June 18.

There is more catarrh in this section of the country than all other diseases put together, and until the last few years was supposed «to be incurable. For a great many years doctors pronounced it a local disease and perscribed local remedies, and by constantly "^failing to cure with local treatment pronounced it Incurable. Science has proven catarrh to be a constitutional disease and therefore requires constitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure manufactured by F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio, is the only constitutional cure on the market. It is taken internally in doses from ten -drops to a teaspoonful. It acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. They offer one hundred dollars for any case it fails to cure. Send for circnlars and testinenials. Address

F. J. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, O. Sold by Druggists, 75c.

Notice to Consumers ot City Water. Notice is hereby given that all persons asing water from the water works of this city are hereby requested that when any alarm of fire is given to stop using water until the fire is extinguished, for the reason that the work of .remodeling the cistern at said water works is in progress, thereby rendering a scarcity of water for fire protection until said work is completed. And it is further requested that in case of a fire alarm all factories in said city are to sound the whistles, as a signal to comply with the above request. 41 tf

By order of Water Works Committee.

Any one desiring livery rigs of any kind can leave their orders, at the hardware store of Thomas & Jeffries and the rigs will be sent around promptly from the Fashion Livery Stable of Jeffries & Son. Good rigs and satisfactory prices guaranteed. 78 tf

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Furniture, Stoves, Dishes, Glassware, Carpets, Baby Cabs, Sewing Machines, Etc., Etc.,

For sale at the lowest living prices. Call and see my stock. I will pay highest prices for all kinds of second hand goods.

T.J. ORB,

Proprietor Second Hand Store.

West Main St.

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The School Heating Apparatus Bought. Last evening the School Board -bought the heating apparatus for the new school building. The heating and ventilating Smead system of Toledo, Ohio,« was adopted and purchased for $1,750. Five furnaces willjbe used and the air changed six times every hour with a temperature maintained at 70 degrees even in the coldest weather. J. W. Ramsey is the local agent here. There were other systems the Kruse and Dermenter, Indianapolis, $1,758, Park and Williamson, Cincinnati, $2,000, Fuller and Warren, Chicago, $2,196. The Smead system is considered the best and it was also the cheapest. It is a bed rock price too, as the architect had estimated the cost at $2,000.

Deaths.

As reported by C. W. Morrison & Son undertakers. Jacob L. Anderson, age 69 yrs., of heart disease Thursday morning, June 20th, at his late home in Blue river township. Funeral at Blue river Christian Union church Saturday at 11 a. m. by Rev. Z. McNew. Interment at Asbury cemetery.

Fourth of July Excursion Kates via Pennsylvania Lilies. On Wednesday and Thursday, July 3d and 4th, special excursion tickets will be sold from all ticket stations on the Pennsylvania Lines to any station on those nes within two hundred miles from station where ticket is purchased. Return coupon will be good until July 5th, inclusive. Tickets will- not be sold to adults for less than twenty-five cents, nor to children for less than fifteen cents. 25t2&d

GALLAUDET, Ind., Marion Co., April 30, 1895. DEAR SIR:—I have been a sufferer from chronic diarrhoea ever since the war. At times unable to follow my vocation, that of a farmer. Last fall I was so bad with my old trouble that I became very weak which continued until about the first *of December when your special agent Mr. T. D. Cotton called on me and insisted that I give your Liver and Kidney Cure atrial. I had taken in these many years every thing I could hear of and received no benefits. After taking one bottle of your medicine I found myself cured of my old army enemy and have had no symptoms^ of my trouble since. I continued its use for kidney and bladder trouble of which I was also a sufferer and at present believe I am entirely cured. I can heartily recommend your Acme Kidney and Liver Cure to like sufferers. Yours Truly.

G. D. CUMMINS.

ACTON, Ind., Marion County, April 28th, 1895. S. A. D. BECKNEK Greenfield, Ind.

Dear Sir: I want to say to you that I believe you have the best Kidney and Liver cure on earth. I was troubled for 16 years with Kidney and Liver disease, was unable to work a great deal of my time on account of chronic diarrhoea. I had tried several good physicians and could get no cure. About Jan. 19th, 1895, I was induced by your agent, Mr. T. D. Cotton to buy your Acme Kidney and Liver cure and after using the first bottle I found myself greatly improved. I continued the use and find myself entirely cured. In fact have had no trouble since taking the first bottle, This is for the benefit of suffering humanity. with great respect,

T. F. MUSK.

ARCHITECTURAL.

Single stones in the walls surrounding Baalbec weigh 3,000,000 pounds each. A house well built of first class brick will outlast one constructed of granite.

The largest room in the world under a single roof, unbrokon by pillars, is the drillroom at tlio barracks, St. Petersburg. Size, 150 by 020.

The Mormon tabernacle in Salt Lake City is the most perfect whispering gallery in the world. The dropping of a pin into a silk hat at one end of the huge structure is distinctly heard at the other ind.

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HABITS OF THE HORNBILL.

These Little Feathered Folks Have a Great Idea of Home. A curious South African bird is the variety of hornbill known as Tockus melanoleucus, Licht, a paper on which by Dr. Sclionland of the Albany museum was read at a recent meeting of the South African Philosophical society at Cape Town. The nesting habits of this hornbill are so extraordinary that they have been repeatedly referred to by various •writers, but owing to the difficulty of finding the nests of the birds many details of the earlier accounts are not quite correct, while others are not touched upon at all.

During the last four years Dr. Schonland has examined, he said, no fewer than seven nests altogether, with the birds belonging to most of them. The birds are often seen in winter in large numbers in the gardens at Graham's Town, but in the summer they are only to be met with in proximity to closely wooded kyloofs, and this is due to the fact that they nest in places where hollow trees are to be found. All observers agree that during incubation the female is a prisoner in a kind of cage, the entrance to which is closed to such an extent that ft has to be broken open before the female can leave the nest. In all the cases he had seen the nests were built in hollow trees. Mrs. Barber had said that they sometimes made the nest between the crowded stems of the tall euphorbia, but that could not be reconciled with some of her other statements. The birds had apparently no preference for any particular trees so long as it suited their purpose. The essential point for them was that thei hollow stem should be sufficiently large for the female to move about in the nest, and, whether there is one or more entrances, all must be of such nature that they can be partially or wholly closed up. The female, once inside, is fed by the male through the narrow slit left in the material with which the entrance is closed or through a natural cleft in the wood. In the latter case the main entrance is closed up completely. This may be a precautionary measure to protect the female during the season of incubation.

He questioned the statement whether the male built or the female, as Livingstone stated he had been told by a native. The female took an essential part in the plastering up of the entrance. Having described the nests which he had seen, he proceeded to state that the female, after going into the nest, usually began to molt, and was sometimes almost naked. She was usually very fat while in prison, as the male bird brought her food every few minutes. As soon as danger approached, the female bird climbed up the nest as far as possible away from the entrance and kept perfectly quiet until the danger had passed. The young behaved in the same manner, the birds relying for protection on the fact that the nest is not easily recognize^, as such. No doubt if attacked the hornbill could give a good account of itself. The female is imprisoned for seven or eight weeks, certainly for not less than six weeks. The eggs are laid about the end of December or beginning of January, and are usually three or foi$fin number and vary in size. He felt certain from minute observation that the female constructed her own prison, and left it some time before the young were fully developed. On her leaving it was plastered up again in the same manner, and the female helped the male feed the young. He concluded by stating that there was plenty of scope for further investigation into the nesting habits of the hornbill. —St. James Gazette.

Lemons In Southern Italy.

The damp, soft air of Sorrento is perfect for the cultivation of the orange, but Massa-Lubrense, which is dry and more sheltered, is given up to the produce of lemons, which yield an enormous percentage to the fortunate possessors of land that can be used for that purpose. Orange trees axe here and there mingled with the lemons, just as lemon trees will be seen in the midst of the orange groves of Sorrento, though in neither case are they the chief produce of the place.

Massa-Lubrense is largely indebted for its salubrious air to its lemon plantations. Three years must pass before a newly planted lemon tree begins to bear fruit, and in order to bring it to perfection it must be freely watered. A hollow is dug. round the base of the tree to receive the water as in a basin, so that it may slowly penetrate to the roots. Poles are planted at intervals in the 'ground, somewhat higher than the trees, and smaller poles or canes are placed cross ways above them, which are covered with matting when the winter approaches. It is not removed till the spring is well advanced, for lemon trees must be most carefully sheltered from wind or frost. The fruit is gathered chiefly during the summer months, especially in May, July and September, though there are lemons on the trees all the year round.—Chambers' Journal.

Tolstoi and the Censorship. It appears that the Russian censors stand in much greater fear of Tolstoi than he does of them. They begin to tremble as soon as they learn that he is meditating a new book. In making up their minds whether the work of the greatest Russian writer is to be placed under their ban, they have now to consider, not only what people will say in Russia, but also what people will think in Europe. When the "Kreutzer Sonata" was prohibited, Tolstoi's wife, it is said, went in person to the czar and lodged a complaint. Alexander HI received the countess very graciously, removed the ban and declared that in future he would himself act as censor of Tolstoi's books, adding, with a smile, that he would be "very lenient." On the completion of "The Kingdom of God,'' however, it was resolved to publish the book abroad, doubtless from a sense that its contents were much too strong for any leniency to tolerate. How things will go on under the new regime remains to be seen.—Westminster Gaeette.

SILVER FOR THE CELESTIALS.

American Capitalists Keady to Furnish the €hinese War Indemnity. WASHINGTON, June 21.—Negotiations have recently been opened through agents in China of American interests with a view to having China secure from American capitalists the amount of silver requisite to pay the Chinese war indemnity of 200,000,000 taels to Japan. The indemnity is payable in Chinese taels, equal to the Mexican dollar, which is now worth about 53 cents in American money.

Under the terms of the China-Japa-nese treaty, which have not heretofore been stated, the payments are to be made as follows: The first 50,000,000 taels payable six months from the ratification of the treaty 50,000,000 taels one year from that date, and the remaining 100,000,000 taels payable in six annual installments. The first payment of 50,000,000 taels fall due next November.

The names of the Americans interested in the negotiations could not be learned at the Chinese or Japanese legations. If American silver was used to meet the indemnity the amount would be equal to the silver coinage for two years w"hile the Sherman law was in operation.

It was reported some time ago that China had raised the war indemnity in Paris by securing the guaranty of Russia and France. This has not been confirmed, however, and the loan has not yet been made. The present negotiations with Russia and France refer mostly to the extra indemnity to be given because of the renunciation of the Liao-Tung peninsula by Japan, and do not refer to the main loan, which the Americans wish to secure.

Ecuador's New Cabinet.

NEW YORK, June 21.—General Elov Alfaro, according to a dispatch from Guayaquil, Ecuador, announces the organization of the following cabinet:

Luis Felipe Carbo, minister of the interior and exterior. Lizardo Garcia, minister of agriculture and public works.

Cornelio Vernaza, minister of war and of the navy. Jose Lapierra, Luis Lamayo, Aurelio Naboa, Serafin Wither, Miguel Carlea and Wilfred Venegas, under secretaries of state.

Sickness in the liland Family. DENVER, June 21.—Ex-Congressman Richard P. Bland received a telegram yesterday informing him that his wife was quite ill and he left at once for his home in Missouri. He said before his departure that his health was improving.

Twenty-Round Glovo Contest. BRADFORD. Pa., June 21.—Articles were signed last night, for a 20-round glove contest between Dick Moore of Boston and Joseph Dnufee of Syracuse for a purse of $1,000, under the auspices of the Central Athletic club of this city June 27.

Copper in Indiana.

FRANKFORT, Ind., June 21.—There is great excitement, at Moran, a small town four miles north of this city, over the discovery of what promises to be a bed of copper of incalculable richness.

Gold Reserve Increasing.

WASHINGTON, June 21.—Yesterday's statement of the condition of the treasury shows: Available cash balance, $183,051,534 gold reserve, $99,727,478.

Indications,

Showers, followSl by fair weather warmer northerly winds.

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AT BOSTON— P. E

Boston 01 1 1 0002 0— 5 8 2 Brooklyn 2 1 0 3 0 0 1 0 1— 8 13 2 Batteries—Sullivan, Stivetts and Ganzel Lucid, Gumbcrt and Grim. Umpire— McDonald.

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Pittsburg 36014 3 00 x—17 22 3 Louisville 1 2 0 0 2 2 1 1 0— 9 13 3 Batteries—Gardner and Sugden JlcDermott, Cunningham and Zahner. Umpire—Jevne.

AT PHILADELPHIA— II E

Philadelphia 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2— 4 10 7 Baltimore 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1— 5 10 2 Batteries—Carsoy and Clements Clarkson and Clarke. Umpire—Murray.

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Now York 1 0020804 x—15 15 5 Washington ... .2 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0— (3 97 Batteries—Clarke and Schriver Stockdale and McGuire. Umpire—Emslie.

THE MARKETS.

Wheat —Wheat, No. 1 hard, 77j^c No. 1 northern, 76%c No. 2 i*od, cash, 76^ 79£c. Corn—No. 2 yellow, 53jc No. 3 yellow, 53J4c No. 2 corn, 52%o No. 3 corn, o2^c. Oats—No. 2 white, 3ac No. 3 white, 34 Wo No. 2 mixed, 32c. Cattle— General outlook unfavorable. Hogs—Good mediums, $4 9a@5 00 common to good heavy ends, $4 15@4 50 roughs, $3 75@ 4 50 pigs, |4 75(g4 85 stags, $3 00@3 76. Sheep and lambs—Export ewes and wethers, $3 75@4 25 good to prime handy wethers, $3 50@3 75 fair to good mixed, $2 75@3 25 common to fair, $2 35@2 50 clipped yearlings, good to choice, $4 00@ 4 25 fair to good, $3 40@3 65 spring lambs, common to choice, $3 50@6 00.

Pittsburg.

Cattle—Prime, $5 25@5 50 good, $4 70@ 5 00 good butchers, $4 00@4 30 bulls, stags and cows. $2 00@3 25 rough fat, $3 5U@4 25 fresh cows and springers, $15 @40. Hogs—Best Philadolphias, $4 85@ 4 90 mixed and best Yorkers, $1 80@4 85 common to fair Yorkers, $4 60@4 70 roughs, $3 00@4 00. Sheep—Extra, S3 10 @3 40 good, #2 S0@3 00 fair, $1 8002 20 common to fair, 50c@l 25 best lambs, $3 60@3 80 good, $2 80@3 10 common to fair, $1 50@2 50 spring lambs, $3 00fe£a 00 veal calves, $5 50(a!t5 25.

Cincinnati.

Wheat 75@81e. Corn—50@52. Cattle—Select butchers, $4 40@5 OU fair to medium, $3 40($4 25 common, $2 2b(dt '6 00. Hogs—Selected and prime butchers, $4 75@4 85 packing, #4 50(g!4 70 common to rough, $4 25@4 45. Sheep—$1 50@3 00. Spring lambs—$2 50@(i 65.

Cincinnati Tobacco.

The range of prices on the 825 lihds offered was as follows: 40, $1 90@3 95 130, |4@5 95 144, f6@ 7 95 93, $8^) 63, $10(^11 75 121, *12($ 14 75 161. $15019 75 49, #20024 50 4, 125026 75.

Chicago.

Hogs—Selected butchers, $4 7004 82 packers, $1 6004 75. Cattle—Prime steers, $5 650 5 85 others, 13 25@4 75 cows and bulls, $1 7504 75. Sheep $1 5004 50. Spring lambs—$2 5006 00.

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Cattle—$1 7506 00. Sheep—$2 2504 50 lambs, $4 OJ07 00 {X*

PAINE'S CELERY COMPOUND:

Charles MacDonald, a Prominent Chicago Business Man, Is Restored to Health.

Within a few steps of the intersection of two of the busiest through fares in Chicago, if not in the entire country, is a store through the portal of which more people pass in the course of a day than enter into and depart from any other establishment of its size in the West. Men and women whose faces bear the stamp of intelligence and culture: women who lead in society, art, and letters: men who are prominent it the professions: lawyers, physicians, artists, judges,» and journalists. The exterior of the place gives immediate evidence of its character, which is that of a center of current news and information. It is the news and periodical depot of Charles MacDonald at 55 Washington street, who waites the followiug letter:

CHICAGO, Feb. 20, 1895—Messrs. Wells, Richardson & Co., Burlington, yt— Gentlemen: It is clearly the duty of every person to acknowledge a service rendered, no matter what its nature. When, however, the character of the benefit bestowed is such that it lightens the daily burdens of our lives, and changes our nights from dreary watches to periods of tranquil and refreshing repose, the dt esolves itself into a pleasure A few .months ago, owing to the confining nature of my business, I be

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A\re invite all the citizens of Hancock and adjoing counties to call in and inspect our new store.

New Fixtures, New Drugs, New Sundries, New Stock of all Kinds.

The store will be in charge ofE. II..

gan to feel at first a sort of languor and listlessness, to disguise which I was compelled to bring into play all the strength of will I could command. The feeling grew upon me, however, and in a short time it took such posse sio:i of me that: it affected my appetite and 1 insom-: nia. I approached my meals with a feeling amounting almost to nausea, and my bed without horror at the res Ursa night that I was nearly certaiu was before me. It was only "by the strongest efforts that I was enabled to hide the change from people who came into my place of business, but my intimate acquaintances were quicker to notice it. I had arrived at a point where I could no longer keep silent upon the subject, and speaking of it to one of my friends one day he suggested that I try Paiue's celery compound. I purchased a bottle, and before I had taken a dozen doses I knew that the suggestion was a good one, for I felt an improvement. I continued to use it, and feel entirely restored. My appetite is good. I sleep well, and. instead of an irksome grind, my business has again become a pleasure to me. You may put me down as a strng advocate of Paiue's celery compound.

Yours respectfully, CIIAS. MACDONALD.

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