Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 35, Number 13, Indianapolis, Marion County, 15 May 1889 — Page 5

THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL, WEDNESDAY. MAY 15. 1889.

FOR THE FARMER TORNOW.

PLOWING IN SUMMER ANLj AUTUMN. Protecting the Weeds AnJrlce Sltal Twine Coddl Id jf . Uormi f)wn Tour Farm Among the Poultry -llinti Tor the ITonaewife end Farn Notes. More protection is given thj weed crop (and also the insects than may be supposed owing to improper seasons of preparing the land for cropa Aa the wheat crop will be ready. to cut in six or eight week?, the point next to te considered is how to treat the land afterthe crop is off. The amount of labor to T.e bestowed on the f.eld next jear, and the value of the crop to bo taken off, is largely influenced by this year's treatment ot tho field. If the farmer could prevent Wieds from springing up his item of labor would be greatly reduced, and it is a rtatt?r that not only deserves consideration but must be considered in time to put sone method in practice by which weeds cai le partially prevented und less labor eitailed. The recultition of the weed crop fhould be under the control of the farmer, but to do this some system is required, and the weeds must not be overlooked in order to give the regular crops all the I.ibor. It is not customary to plow ia the summer, just at the busiest time of Harvesting, but when the farmer is bus)' then is the weeds' opportunity. They takeposses8ion and grow. They will not grew as well when the seed is uncovered as when covered, and the opportunity of the farmer t-hould be to induce them to trow. Instead of leaviDg the stubble land idle lor the weeds to grow on, with the uncovered Feeds remaining to be plowed under for a spring crop, the stubble lan 1 should be plowed as soon as the wheat crop is otF. It ehould not be turned under deeper than one or two inches if possible, and if the Foil is light the cultivator may serve to break it up. The seeds of the weeds will then germinate (as also the seeds of any grain that may be on the ground), and when the plants are well up the land fdiould be plowed a little deeper, thus turnine under the weeds as green manure und iriving any remaining seeds an opportunity to sprout and come up. The land should then be left until late in the fall nnl' ss the weeds are nearly matured, as they should never be allowed to seed. bate fall plowinc turns up the insects that have buried themselves and exposes them to the cold. Should any more weed seeds remain, from being deep in the soil, they will also be broncrht to the surface, sprout in the spring, and bo caught by the spring plowing. Farmers ma' complain that this method entails three or four plowing, and costs too much. Consideration will convince them that there will, however, be less w ork to do righting weeds the next season, and that the succeeding year will find fewer plowings necessary and the number of weeds greatly reduced. "With the method practiced ot leaving the stubble land nnplowed until fall or spring the weeds and insects are protected, more labor required, and the following crops robbed of moisture and plant food. .American-Made Sisal Twine. A correspondent writes to the Prnlr'te J'ormtr; "I have read, with deep interest, the different articles in regard to the twine trust, and am glad to see that the farmers are awakening and takinsr hold of it in earnest. This is only one of the many trusts that are organized, and, of course, come the heaviest on the farmer. To commence with, they bought all the raw material, aud, when they had accomplished that, not being sat istlod, they went to work and bought next year's crop of mani 11a, So this is not only for this year, but also for next. As it takes 50,000 tons of twine to harvest our wheat and oats, s-houM we ue trust twine, we will pav about k0.OvX) or ?7,000,OUO profit to this band of pirates. "Farmers, don't you think you had better ttrikr up and knock down the twine tru-t? This course will show far more courage than stacking rain loose in order to spile it. The inanilla corner has not been able to gobble up American-made hemp and sisal twine, which is now 5 rents a pound cheaper than that controlled by the trust. Let us use this twine, and let the trust keep their twine to twist into ropes to hang themselves with."' Protection A grain tt Coddlinj tTortna. Arsenical poisons (paris green and london purple) were used the past season for protection against curculio on pbims and the coddling worm on apples. To elTectnally make the plum and apple culture profitable the fruit-growers in each neighborhood should act in concert. The object should be to prevent the maturity of a single insect, if possible, in order to lespen the work another season. It is believed that by united work these pests may in time be 6ubdued or exterminated, but it cannot be accomplished by the efforts of tingle individuals. Own Your Farm. Never rent a farm if you can own one. The man who rents a farm must necessarily add much to the farm from which he cannot derive any benefit. If he attempts to crop a rented farm without doing justice to the land he will suffer a loss as weil as the owner. There are many improvements of the soil from which the owner receives the benefit, in tho courso of time, at the expense of the renter. All farms should be rented by mutual agreement, and all conditions plainly stipulated. Among the I'oultry. Just at night is the best time to set hem. Halj.hur is not good to give the young chickens. Kerosene and lard make a good ointment for sea! lez. After the chickens are two or three weeks old thej can be fed on cracked hcat If the eears are to be hatched keep a drake for every live ducks in order to be sure. Nerf r keep a slop hole where the poultry ean help themselves if you expect to maintain healrb. One adfantage with ducks is that they do tot harhor lice. They have too much oil. OM pieces of oilcloth can be nsed to good adTantajre as a covering to coops iu rainy weather. One advantage with Pekin docks is that only a low fence is needed to confine or keep them out Milk is a much better food for poultry during the summer thau corn. Corn is heating and fattening, two condition that, as a rule, ouzht to he avoided, unless feeding lor market. The mine of the manure should always be considered in keeping poultry properly managed. It in one of the test fertilizers that can be had and U weil worth the trouble of gathering up and storing until ready to use. Care must he taken, thit the nests are kept a free from lice as possible. One way of doing this will be to clean out occasionally and mibftitnte freeb, clean material, burning up the old and using kerosene, carbolic acid or S'jlphor to clean out the nests. A J the weather becomes warmer it will bo r.erevwry to provide good ventilation, and tho more thoroughly this is done th more comforiable the poultry can be kept. Direct drafts should, however, he avoided, and yet at nicht, dnr-in' the uinuitr time, care fchould be takcu to hare as cool as possible. On the farm the laying of five dozen egzs ouzht to pay for keepin? a hen a year. All atve this is profit. On the farm it will nearly always pay to plant a few rows of sunflower eed especially for the poultry. Geese are fond of weeds, especially of purslane, and will often do good service in killing out and destroy

ing weeds." Very often a few drops of turpentine put in the drinking water at this time will prevent the gapes. If the chicks are already affected, a drop or two on a small piece of bread will cure. As a rule guineas should bo. batched under hens near the house. They are naturally rather wild, and this will aid materially in making them gentle, if the young guineas are kept near the house. Farm Notes. Put out more peas. Hate a succession of them until summer. Running roses must be tied to trellises now, or they may be injured. It looks promising for strawberries this s e-tson. The vines in this section are healthy and growing. . . lüght cent per pound is the cost of sending seeds my mail. The package must not exceed four pounds. Do not water your young plants too much. Some tlowinsr plants are easily killed if water gets in the crowns. A few ornamental plants will add more to the value of your home than any other investment that can be made. The spraying bellows and plenty of kerosene is the cheapest and easiest mode oi ridding poultry houses of lice. The amount of lumber used in this country is euorraous. It requires 1.4OO.000 feet for cigar boxes along. Plant more trees. Mix cut straw with the cut hoy. and the straw will be eaten and a portion of the hay saved. Moisten the whole mess and sprinkle bran or meal over it. Although the weather is warmer do not leave vour hot-bed open at nizht. liaise the sash a little, but be on the lookout for sudden changes of temperature. It is poor economy to feed a cow that does not yield largely. Every quart of milk extra is a clear gain over the uual amount, aud ouly the liest cows should be kept. The radish. fly lays ejfgs cloe to the earth, and when hatched tue maggots feed on the root. A mixture of a teaspoontul of carbolic acid in strong soapsuds is said to be the best remedy to prevent the ravages ot the insectKeep your tools sharp, now that the work is pressing. A man with sharp tools can do more work in a day than can two men with dull tools. It may take a little time to sharpen the tools, but it will be labor saved. "When an animal appears to refuse certain foods to which it has been accustomed, change the food and give a variety, which will improve the appetite uud induce the animal to eat more. The young onions must be well worked, or the grass will soon crowd them. Fine weather promotes the crowth of grass and weeds, and they must be kept down from the start. It is claimed that potato rs can be grown and sold for making starch with profit, if starch factories are operated in sections where a plentiful supply of potatoes cau be had. It is now too late in the season to expect to secure a heavy growth of lawn grass, as the dry weather may injure it, but the lawn plot should be well manured, the weeds kept down and the gras seed sown in September. It will grow until frost, die down and coiue out green in the spring. For mildew on gooseberries dust sulphur over the bushes after each rain. Do not allow the bushei to grow very thick. A plentiful supply of sunlight and air is desirable; hence the bushes should be cut out and thinned if too close together. No farm is complete unless it contain orchards. Not only should the apple be given a place but all other varieties of fruit. The small fruits should be grown especially for f imily use, and a larce supply of all kinds should be canned for winter. In every state where experiment stations have been established the farmers have been protected ai'ainst adulterated fertilizers, the quality of the freed is better, and the system of planting and cultivating crops improved.

Hints For the Housewife. Lemon butter One pound of white sugar, whites of six eggs and yelks of two, grated rind and juice of two lemons. Cook twenty minutes over a slow fire, stirring all the time. Ink stains are entirely removed by the immediate application ot" dry salt before the ink has dried. When the salt becomes discolored bv absorbing the ink. brush it oil and apply more: wet slightly. Continue this till the ink is all removed. A Holly Poly Heat together two cupfuls of su?ar, one cupful of butter, one rsrg, two cupfuls of cream, half a gla-s of wine, three cupfuls of Hour, a heaping teaspoonful of baking powder, half a pound of seeded raisins. Pour into a pudding bag and boil for three hours. When done serve hot with a cream sauce. Chocolate Meringue Pudding Holl one pint of rich milk, and a half a teacupful of butter, one teacupful of sugar and three ounces of g-iated chocolate; let it boil and when cool add the whites of four ej;gs; pour this in a pudding dih lined with slices of sponge cake and bake; cover with meringue and let it brown. Eat with lemon sauce. The Stove The taking down and putting away of the parlor or stting-room stove should not be thought of untill the weather is sntficitntly settled. A few warm days, now and then, at this time of year, are no criterion of the kind of weather that is to follow, aud in a climate like ours ought not to be trusted. Owing to this uncertainty it is hard to say when the stove may be taken away, and, where the room is not wanted, it is much the better plan to keep it standing. Orange Snowballs Take out the nnhusked grains and wash well half a pound of rice; put it into plenty of water ana boil it rather uuickly for ten minutes; drain and let it cool. Pare four large or five sm&il oranges aud clear from them entirely the thick, white inner skin; spread the rice in as many equal portions as there are oranges upon some pudding or dumpling cloths; tie them separately in these, and boil the snowballs for an hour aud a half ; turn them carefully on a dish, and strew plenty of sifted sugar over them. Where to Put the Stove Put the stove away in a dry place, above all things. A cellar is seldom fit for storage, even though of the dryest, and a damp one is never to be used for this purpose. It is much better to let the stove stand all summer in its accustomed place than to run the risk of ruining it If a cellar must be ued, place under and arouud the stove a quantity of coarse bagging and look at it often during the warm weather, so that any sign of rust may be found and remedied. If in a dry place, the lard and lead will keep it as free from rust as when in use. Turees of Peas with Uice Three cans of large peas will be sufficient for a soup for eight persons. After straining oft' all the liquor from the peas put them in a saucepan with two quarts of good stock, a ham bone, an onion and a carrot and let boil for one-half hour. P.eniove ham bone and vepetables, press the peas and stock through a fine sieve, add another quart of stock, and put to boil again. Have ready some boiled rice and put two cupfuls into the soup and let all boil for ten minutes. Heat the yelks of three egsrs with one cupful of sweet cream and stir rapidly in the soup, without boiling, put in four ouaces of butter and stir till dissolved. Season with salt and white pepper to taste, add a spoonful of chopped parsley, and serve. Mrs. Parloa's Baked Indian Pudding Fora large pudding there will be required three quarts of milk, half a pint of yellow corn meal, a generous two-thirds of a cupful of molasses, one teaspoonful ot salt, two tablespoonfula of butter and two eggs. I 'oil one quart of milk and pour it on the meal, beat the mixture until it is smooth, then pour it into the double boiler and place it on the tire. Cook for half an hour, stirring frequently. On taking from the stove at the end of the half-hour, add salt, butter and molasses. JSeat well, and then gradually beat in the two quarts of cold milk and the two eggs, well beaten. Place in a moderate oven and cook for five hours. The oven should not be hot enough to make the pudding bubble. If the heat be too great open the door of the oven if you hare no better way to reduce the heat. If all the directions be carefully followed and the beat be jutt right, the pudding will be dark, with particles of rich jelly through it. Nothing will spoil the pudding so quickly as too hot an oven, and too little cooking will also ruin it ' An Authority on Könnet. N. Y. Weekly. Miss Hoodheart "Well. I declare! You are right. The idea of a man knowing so much more about ladies' hats than a woman I I see, by reference to the Fuhion Journal, that the style of hats you have just described is the very latest from Paris. And to think I didn't know!" Mr. Nicefellow ''I ought to know. I paid $'2 the other evening for the privilege of study ing one at the theater." A t'nm of Pdf-Iefense. Texas Siftins.J "Which do you. love the most, your papa or your mamma?" Little Charlie 4,I love papa roost" Charlie's mother "Why. Charlie, I am surprised at you; I thought you loved me roost." Charlie "Can't help it mamma; we men have to hold together."

WAS A BUXÜLED UP AFFAIR

HANGING OF THE BALD KNOBBERS. The First Tim tho Trap VTae Sprung- the Rope Broke and the Doomed Men Had to be Carried Back on the Scaffold A Second Attempt Successful. Ozark, Mo., May 10. The three Bald Knobbers, Dave Walker, better known in Christian county as "Bull Creek Dave," chief of the Bald Knobbers, his son William Walker and John Matthews, were hanged this morning for the murder of Charles Green and William Edens on March 11, 1&37. The carpenters gave the scaffold its finishing touches last evening and everything was ready by 8 o'clock. William Walker was baptized last evening by immersion in a bath basin carried into the jail. The scene was very affecting. John Matthews made a long prayer, which conld be distinctly heard in the street fronting the jail. The prisoners ate their supper with as much relish as usual and appeared very quiet, except Matthews, who was taking his fate very bard. He passed a restless night, praying at short intervals, asking the Lord to cive him strength to go through the ordeal, and claiming he was a martyr. He did not Bleep over two hours during the night The two Walkers retired about 11 o'clock, went to sleep and did not wake until after 4 o'clock. They stated that they rested welL They were up early and ate their breakfast at the usual hour. The jail-yard was full of guards, armed with Winchesters, shotguns and revolvers, and were in charge of Capt. G. W. Taylor, who was foreman of the grand jury which indicted the Bald Knobbers. Matthews' wife and mother came in last evening and several other of his relatives were here. Divine services were opened in the jail at 7 :."0 o'clock, conducted by the P.evs. Thomas Hanks, I). E. Grajstone and T. B. ITorn, assisted by a few Christian ladies. Matthews took part in the exercises and delivered an earnest prayer in a loud voice. William Walker also led in prayer once. At JS;.VJ o'clock the sheriff entered the jail and read the death warrant to the doomed men, after which Thomas Dclany, one of their attorneys, was admitted, to have an interview and bid them farewell. John Matthews came to the window and had a conversation with a reporter. At 9:10 o'clock the prisoners commenced dressing themselves for the scaffold. They were dressed with white shirts, linen collars, black cravats, low slippers and black coat, vest and pants. Just before leaving his cell, John Matthews proclaimed his innocence, in a loud voice. The sheritt helped Matthews up the steps. Young Walker followed, with a firm step, his father following close behind, as tirm as ever. At the trap a short prayer was delivered by the liev. T. B. Horn, after which all joined in singing. The Kcv. T. B. Horn rendered a selection trom the book of Job. The P.ev. Thomas Hanks delivered a beautiful prayer. The noose was adjusted at f :4. Matthews called on all who were willing to help his little ones to bold up their hands. Nearly every one in his sight held up their hands. The black caps were adjusted at 9:.1. At 9:")3 the drop fell. John Matthews fell praying. The stretch of the rope let all fall to the ground. The rope broke and William Walker fell loose and lay there struggling and croaning. He talked for three minutes, when he was taken up by the sheriff and deputies on the scaffold. Dave Walker was drawn up ami died in about fifteen minutes. Matthews lived about thirteen minuies, and died with his feet on the ground. The scene was horrible in the extreme. Matthews and Dave Walker were cut down at 10:10. The trap wis again adjusted, and William Walker lifted, helpless and groaning and gurgling and almost insensible, and the rope again adjusted and the trap again sprung. This time the descent came to a sudden stop with his feet fully thirty inches from the ground, and he died without a struggle. RECALLING A FORGOTTEN DUEL. A Preacher and a Doctor Who Fought For a Girl That Neither Got. San Francisco Chronicle.l Something like fifty years ago two young men, one a lawyer and the other a doctor, loved the same girl in the town of Grand Gulf, Miss. Both could not have her, and neither could live without her. They decided to fight for her. It was to be a duel to the death. There was no insult to be avenged by a discharge of firearms; no stain on a reputation to be wied out by a few drops of blood. The death of the one was demanded by the other. The lawyer aid it was to be a duel a l'outrance. The arrangements for a massacre were complete. The principals were armed with rifles, revolvers and bowie knives. They had more confidence in their hate than in the accuracy of their aim. The rifles were to be discharged first at twenty paces; if neither combatant was killed they were to advance, firing their revolvers at will, and if they still lived the battle was to be continued with the knives. It was early morning when the party of four men, principals and seconds, left the little town of Grand Gulf, and sought a grove a few miles distant. No effort at reconciliation was made; no time was lost in the preliminaries. The men were placed, the word was eiven to fire, and the rifles echoed the signal. The lawyer stumbled forward and fell, the blood streaming from his mouth. He was unconscious when his second raised him, and it was found that the bullet had entered one cheek, torn away a section of the jaw, and had made its exit through the other side of the face. There was no more lighting, although the doctor gave his opponent more than the time allowed by the marquis of Queensberry rules. The marksmanship of the physician did not win the young lady. Some talk was made about the light, and she was removed to another part of the state. The lawver recovered and went to Holly Springs, where he became an episcopal minister. The physician came to ISan Francisco, and three weeks ago, after fiftythree years, appeared in the office of Dr. Vorliies, the well-known oculist. He is Dr. S. M. Tib-bits, who for many years was one of the Lest known physicians in the state. He gave up a large and lucrative practice some time ago, as the burdens ot his years proved too much for him. A cataract on his eye rendered him sightless, and his visit to l)r. Vorbics was that of a patient to a physician. With the assistance of Drs. Taylor and Lane, Dr. Vorhies removed the opaque substance, and the hero of the duel in Grand Gulf, Miss., had his sight completely restored, and, although now eighty-eight years of age, sees remarkably well. While in the operating room Dr. Tibbitts was asked how he had lived for many years in Mississippi and retained his selfrespect without fighting a duel. Then he said he had engaged in a battle, but had forgotten the name of his opponent. Through the mist of sixty years, he said, the cause of the duel was nothing, but it seemed a right worthy cause when he accepted the lawyer's challenge. A few days later S. Todd of Stanislaus visited Dr. Vorhies' office to be treated professionally, and w bile there, said he had lived at Grand Gulf for a number of years, long before the war. He was asked if he knew a doctor of the name of S. M. Tibbitts. "Yes; many, many years ago. I was his second in a duel once " was the answer. "With whom did he fight?" he was asked. The old man studied tor a moment and said: "ln?rahara; Joe Ingraham; afterward the Bev. Joseph If. Ingraham of Holly Springs, lie was Joe, then, a lawyer and a good man." T knew him well," exclaimed Dr. Vorhies. "I saw him die." "Well, well," said Mr. Todd, "had he an affection of the eyes?" "I was at Holly Springs in lfi&J when Grant had occupied the territory down there. One Sunday I went to the episcopal church. I knew no one there and went to service to pass the time. The llev. Mr. Ingraham was preaching, and his subject was the war. The times were stormy, and a man then had to back up his sentiments with deeds. The sermon was a powerful one, and stirred up the people. The Ereacher finished it and sat down. As he took is seat ft report was heard, a cry followed, and the minister pitched forward on his face in the pulpit, and was dead almost before any one could reach him. He had a revolver in his pocket, aud when he eat down it was accidentally discharged. By that discharge darkness fell on the intellect of a bright and brave man. The Jtev. Mr. Ingraham was a scholar and a writer of note. His religions works have been widely read, and his "Pillar of Fire." "Prince of the House of David" and "The Throne of David" have had as great circulation in Great Britain as here. His other writings included "lAfitte" and "Burton; or, the öiges." The biographies of famous men have little of the life or death of

the author, whose only duel with a citizen of an Francisco was recalled in the strange manner related. MARK TWAIN ON WARTS.

The HnraorUt Belatea How Kven a Ta tto Mark Can He Itenioved. Mark Twain Is, as his signature shows, re sponsible for the following in the New York Sun: Sir I find .the inclosed derelict wandering about the ocean of journalism: - - "I'd give a thousand dollars," said a well-to-do New Yorker the other day, "to have that mark removed," and he held out a well-shaped and well-cared-for htnd, on the back of which, between the thumb and first finger was tattooed a bis blue anehor. "When I was a little fool at school, with my head full of stories of adventure, my highest ambition was to go to sea. An Xld sailor who lived in the village tattooed about a dozen of us on the sly, and 1 remember the lies I told my mother, as I kept my hand done up in a rag, pretending I had cut it, till the sore healed. Then she gave me such a thrashing as broke up my plan, fortunately, to have a fine red and blue heart done on the back of the other. The disfigurement has caused me no end of annoyance and since has cost me considerable money for gloves, which I always wear winter and summer, though I detest them in warm weather. But a man can't wear gloves at the table, and often at restaurants I catch people staring at my hand, and I wonder if they think I have served my term in the fo'castle of some oyster scow or lumber schooner." A tattoo mark is easily removed. May I drop into personal history? When I was a small boy I had my share of warts. I tried in turn the 'M$ ways of removing them, but without results; indeed, I seemed to get wartier aud wartier right along. But at last somebody re lated to me the ;i'.'th way, and 1 tried it. Thus: I drove a needle down into the basement of the wart; then held the other end of the needle to the flame of a candle some little time; the needle became red hot throughout its length and proceeded to cook the wart. Presently I drew the needle out; if it had white atoms like nits sticking about its point that wart was done; if the point was clear I drove it in agaiu and cooked till I got those white things. They were the roots of the wart. Twenty-four hours later the wart would become soft amt tiabby, and 1 removed it with a single wipe of my hand. Where it had been was a smooth surface now, which quickty healed and left no scar. Within two days I w as w artless aud have so remained until this day. Well, a long time afterward, when I was sixteen years old, a sailor tattooed an anchor and rope on the back of my left hand with India ink. The color was a deep, dark blue, and extravagantly conspicuous. ( was proud of it for awhile, hut by the time I had worn it nine years I was tired of it and ashamed of it. I could find nobody who could tell me how to get rid of it ; hut at last my wart experience of r.ear half a generation before occurred to me, and I got mo several needles and a candle straightway. I drove the needles along just under the surface of the skin, and tolerably close together, and made them include the whole tatoo mark; them I fired up on them and cooked the whole device thoroughly. Next day I wiped the device off with my hand. The place quickly healed and left no scar. A faint, bluish tint remained, but I was minded to le;;in again and cook that out; but as it was hardly detectable and not noticeable, it did not seem worth the fuel, and so I left it there, aud there it is yei, though i suppose I am the ouly member of my tribe that knows it. I was in London a good many years ago, when the Tichborne claimant s case was being tried, and a batch of learned experts testified that an Innia ink tatoo mark could not be removed; but I was not asked to testify, and so those people don't know any better to this day. lt the "well-to-do New Yorker" fetch me some needles and a candle and name bis bet. I will take him up. M.vr.K Twain. ANOLD-YOUNG BEING. A Queer Specimen of IJtinianlty Found fly n Sentinel Corre;onlent in Kentucky. Corydox, Ky., May 10. Special. There is a singular specimen ot humanity now in the poor-house near here. Edward Coleman was born in Henderson twenty-seven years ago. Tue Sentinkl correspondent found the twenty-seven-year-old man to resemble, in his head and face features except the. eyes, a boy of eleven or twelve years. The head and face are well thaped with a full set of teeth, but there is no sign of a beard; the eyes, though bright, indicate his age more than anything else. He sat, or rather reclined, in a rocker, with his lower limbs drawn up to his body. When straightened he would probably measure not more than tnirty inches, but his legs are so feeble that he never could use them. If he can understand words he gives no sign of recognition. When patfed in a friendly manner, or approached with a tinkling bell, he shows signs ot pleasure, and laughs as intelligently as any one, though child-like, at which times he utters gibberish such as a Borneoan would utter. Judge John I.obkett of Henderson is the authority for Kdward's age, but can gire no explanation of why he should be thus aillicted, and unless we can trace it to a fright during the fearful war days of 'C2 in Kentucky, where the child was born, we can surmise no cause. He has two sisters somewhere in the state, but Mr. Gibson could give no clew to their names or residences, and 1 know nothiug of Edward's life prior to six months ago, when he was brought to the poor-farm and put in charge of the matron, Mrs. (iibson, who received $1"0 per annum for taking care of him. Her contract expires on the fourth Monday of next October. He is an immense trouble, having to be cared for like a child washed and dressed twice a day, swathed in flannel, and humored in various ways. He has shown no signs of ill health since his arrival at his present home. He sleeps in a small crib at night, and rests in a rocker during the day. He never sleeps during daylight and ia always awake when his nurse arises in the morning. Delaware County Pension Kxaminers. To THE EPITOR .S'tV: The Washington correspondent of the Journal explains the recent removals of democratio pension examiners in Delaware county bv saying that they were partisans. In the same article, to be consistent, he says that the citizen-appointee, Dr. Bowles, wa? chosen for the spirit and activity he displayed in the last campaign. The act condemned in one is prained in the other. But Dr. Bowles, who was not a soldier, is far preferable to Dr. Kemper, a barnacle of the most pronounced type, who, by the most detestable methods, has gained control of the so-called O. A. B: post of this city, although he is a man of mediocre attainments, and a physician of ordinary ability. Applying for the position which he had held for thirteen years were a large number of doctors, almost all of whom are as good practitioners, but the mortgage held over Williams post was binding and Dr. Kemper was appointed. If re-appointment is a vindication of Dr. Kemper, then two wrongs make one right. No appointment in years has caused such universal disappointment and dissatisfaction. Delaware. Muncie, May 7. Some of the Ages of Man. The Epoch. Old Homeboy "There, there, my love, we shall not quarrel. You and Nellie go ahead to the opera and excuse me to-night; I ara such a foolish old homebody ; but somehow I cannot enjoy anything half so much of late years as stopping quietly right in the house nights. I dare say it is the 'lean and slipper'd pantaloon' age creeping over me. I shall wait up for yon, however." Old Homeboy (once more, but'half an hour later) "Ho, ho, boys, so clad you came so promptly. Did you fetch the bones, Jerry? (iood, lad ! Just scoop the traps otf that round table and drag up the chairs. Why, I actually feel like a school-boy. Divide up those chips and select a banker, while I away to the cellar to look for labeled cobwebs!" Two Mysteries. N Y. Weekly. Winks "Why is it that men are so willing to marry widows?'' Minks (an art dealer) "I don't know. I have noticed, too, that it is always easier to sell an old picture from a private collection than a new one by the same artist." Hard to please. Tex a Sifting Mistress "So you are going to go?" Servant "Yes; I don't like it here." . "You have had no cause to complain. You have had an easy time of it, for I havedone most of your work for you." "Yes, but you did not doit to my satisfaction.' A Moment of Agony. truck. Fird. Tramp "Murder! Help! Help!" .Second Tramp "What's the matter, Denny?" First Tramp "I dreamt I was wur-r-r-kiii!"

GENERAL SPORTING NOTES.

Hartford, by Harold, trotte i a mile at Glenville Thursday in 2 :25. . Mike Daly of Bangor! Me., and Dutch Neal of t Louis are matched to fight ten rounds. ' Jack Havlin intends to challenge Ike Weir to battle for $1,000 and the championship belt : Slavin, the Australian, wants to meet Jackson in the California athletio club roorLs for 5,000 a side. Carney will meet Jack MeAuliffe at the California club for a purse of $500 and the championship belt The proceeds of the Leland Stanford sale in New York were 77,370. Prices ranged from $300 to $1,500. ' Frank Donovan Is down to 104 pounds for his contest with Chappie Moran for the bantam championship. Betting in San Francisco on the Lees and McAulifle battle for $2,500 is $100 to $75, and Lees is the favorite. Fred Carlton, New York lllutfrated Xeics boy champion of New York, and S. E. Davis, Saratoga, N. ., will rnn ten miles for $1"0 a side at Ballston (N. Y.) driving park May 25. Jack Gallagher of Chicago and Jack Ilanley of Indianapolis are matched to fight eight rounds, marquis of Queensberry rules, May 20, for $500 a side. The fight will take place iu Indianapolis. Ten admirers of Peter Jackson are willing to bet $1,000 each that the colored champion can knock out John L. Sullivan inside of one hour. The affair can come off in the California athletic club-rooms. Gus Lambert has been trying to get on a match with Jim Fell for some time. Fell, who is now keeping a saloon in Milwaukee, says he is willing and Lambert has given Arthur Lumley power to fix things for him. A rainbow trout was recently caught in the Columbia river, in Oregon, w hich measured twenty-six-and-a-half inches in length and weighed six pounds. The fish is said to be the iargest of its kind ever caught. Dennis Kelleher, the Salem heavyweight, has withdrawn his '250 posted with a challenge to fight Joe Lannon for $1,000 a side and the heavyweight championship of New England, Lannon's backer having failed to cover the money. Jake Kilrain says he will weigh lf5 pounds when he enters the ring on July 8 to meet tsnllivan. One advantage Kilrain will have over Sullivan when they meet is when it comes to a clinch, for he is oue of the best wrestlers that ever entered the ring. Greek George and J. B. McClellan of Syracuse met at the Police Gazette ottice Thursday and arranged a match to wrestle Ga:eco-Boman style, best two in three falls, for $250 a side. The contest will be decided within two weeks, either at Koehester or .Syracuse. Paddy Smith now claims the title of the lightweight champion, and says he will be glad to arrange a match with McAuliSe at any time. Smith's claim rests upon the ground that no one took up Charley Johnson's challenge, backed by a deposit of $250, for him to fight any one. Jack MeAuliffe preferred, for the championship. Oarsmen O'Conuor, Lee, Gaudaur, Hamm and Peterson will row the Great Salt lake on June 2, a single scull race, three miles with turn for apurse of l,5o0,$8(X to winner, $10 to second, S'itO to third, $100 to fourth. The man who breaks the world's record will get $250. William O'Connor and his trainer, Georee Lee, have arrived at Tacoma, Washington Territory, where they will take part in a regatta to be held there May IS. They will then go to Victoria, British Columbia, and take part in a regatta to be held on the 24th. On their way east they expect to stop at Salt Lake City. At the class game of the Yale seniors and juniors Friday two records were broken. Shearman, in the running broad jump cleared twenty-two feet, which is four ami one-halt inches better than the intercollegiate record male by Mieannan in 1SS7. In the half-mile run Hinckley, 'S'J, broke the Yale record by four-fifths of a second. The offer of 10,000. which Henry Maynard of San Francisco came east to make on behalf of the El Paso (Tex. ) sporting men to have the Sullivan-Kilrain fight to occur there, still remains unaccepted. The Sullivan party is willing to change or amend the articles of agreement so that they can fight there instead of near New Orleans, but the other people have not beeu heard from. Necessity the Mother ot Invention. ruck. "I don't see," said the lady with literary tastes, "where you get all the beautiful ideas for your poems, Mr. Hondo. What do you lind your greatest intellectual stimulus?" "Plain hunger, madam," replied the Bard, somewhat sadly, "did much for William of Avon, and has at times materially accelerated my own muse. May 1 have the pleasure of taking you in to supper?" r.heumatism is caused by an acid in the blood, therefore, external treatment afiorrts no permanent relief. To eliminate the poison and make a thorough cure of the disease, nothing else is so efficient as AVer's Sarsaparilla. Give it a trial. Price $1. Worth $5 a bottle. Consumption Surely Cured. Tr TTTK Editor riease inform your readers that I have a positive remedy for the above named disease. By its timely use thousands of hopeless cases have been permanently cured. I shall be glad to send two bottles of ray remedy FREE to any of your readers who have consumption if thewill send me their express and P. ). address. Bespectfully, T. A. SLOCVM, M.C.,161 Pearl-st.,New York. The same firm which 31 years ago completely revolutionized the Threshing Machine trade by inventing a new Threshing Machine, much, better than any machine before known, so that all builders of the oldstyle Threshing Machines stopped making them and copied the new machine as closely as they dared have now made another advance, and in their Kew Vibrator present a Threshing Machine containing entirely new features in separation and cleaning, which place it as far ahead of any other as the old Vibrator was ahead of tho "Endless Apron" machines. Every Farmer fcnd Thresherman should at once get full information regarding the fiEYi VIBRATOR, whicb will be sent Free on application to THE NEW VIBRATOR. THE NEW THE MEW VIBRATOR. THE NEW VIBRATOR. THE NEW VIBRATOR. THE NEW VIBRATOR. THE NEW VIBRATOR.

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(HEIUFFS SALL. By Tirtue ff a rcrtifie.l enpv of a dpcr to me ilire:ted from tho clork of Ui rux?riir t ourt of Marion counir, Indiana, in caits No. :;, II.'. wh'"in the ltl-ke Street S-avini; and 1inn Association No. :; is pl.iintiir ad Lucrotia Montgomery tt al. are tit fendauh), requiring iue to make the cum of live hundred and twnty-fiur dollari and twocents 'i'fiZ), with interest and i-osts, 1 will expne at public sale to the hiphest hidder. on SATURDAY, THE 2'th DAY OF MAY, A. I). belweeeu the hour of 10 o'clock h. iu. and 4 o'clock ii. m. of fiiUi day, at the door of the eouri-hou-e of .Marion eouutf , IiKdunH. tlie rent and protit lor a term not excelling seven years, of the folowing real t;ite, to-wit: The north half of lot number t went woven (27) ia John Caveu'i sulxlivisinu of a part of onlioi number one hundred and riftr in the city ot lndiannpolit, Marion county, Indiana. li ouch rents and profits will notH'U fort sufficient Mini to salisfv sait decree, interet and cot I will, at the !arne time and place. expoe to ! public ale the fee ciniple of aaid real estate, or o ! much thereof as mav be sufficient to di-cliarge said decree, interests and coMn. Said kale will 1 made , without any relief l'roui valuation or appraisement ISAAC KING, Sheriff of Marion County. May 1, A. l. Keiling A Hug?, Attorneys for PiaintiflT. l-:t N T0TICi: TO HEIR1, CREDITORS. Etc. In the matter of the etat of Cliarlotta Huso. deceased. In the Marion Circuit Court, May term, liS'. Notice is hereby given that llios. V. Hrnwn and Win. J. lluk-'o, aaexeeutors of the estate of Ciiarlolta Huso, deceased, have presented and fil-d their account and vouchers in final settlement ot aald estate, and that the aniue will come up for examination and action of said Circuit Court on tiie -'7tu day of May, Ipsy, at which time ail hetrs, creditors or legatee of said fatale are required to apear in s.iid court aud show cause, if any there be, whr said account and vouchers hould nut be approve. 1. And the heirs of said etate arc also hereby required at the tiiua and place aforesaid, to appear and make proof of their heirship. TliOMA Y. BROWS, WILLIAM J. HI ;o, P-2t Executors. JOTICK OF APPOINTMENT. Notice i hereby given that the undersigned has duly qualified as administrator of the estate of Francisco Weias. tat of Marion county, Indiana, deceased, fnid estate is upptwed be solvent. ritLl) ILO. Administrator. O. Adolph Wurgler. Attorney. S-:;t GRATEFUL COMFORTING. EPPS'S COCOA. BREAKFAST. "By a thorough LnoK-d of the natural laws wbich govern the operations of diction and nutrition, and by a careful application of lue fine projerties of welleloeted Cocoa, Mr. Epps has provided our brenkfast tabloa with a delicately flavored bever8)fe which may a?e ui insny heavy doctors' bills. It i br the judicious use ot" such article of diet that a constitution may be gradually built up until stroti enough to resist every tendency to disease. Hundreds of subtle maladies are floating arouud us ready to attack wherever there ii a weak point. We mar escape luany a fatal shaft by keeping ourselves well j lortilied with pure blood and a properly nourished frame." Civil Service uazetia. Made aimply with boiling water or milk. Sold only in half-pound tins, by Grocers, labelled thus: JAMEa tri'd 4 CO., Homoeopathic Chemists, London, fc-u-rland. Catarrh ELY'S For 15 years f was annoyed with catarrh, dii-ciiarges Into my throat, nnplcasan breath and seTere pain in my head. My sense of imcll was ranch impaired. I have overcome these troubles with Ely'iCrestu Palm. J. P.. Ca-e, M. iK-nia Hotel, N. Y. HAY-FEVER A particle is applied into each nostril and Is agreeable. Prioe CO oenis at LrupisU; by mail, registered, 6u cent. ELY fcivOTULfci. M Warren atroet, Nsw York. SECRETS OF T1 FREE. V A Private Adriwr for those onternFlatln marriage and lor men eufferin rom Private. Norvous or Chronic Diaeaes. cV'Dd 6c. for sealed oopv. Consult tne old Doctor confideniaf. L. R. WILL1AV.S, M. D., S RaxUlpk St., Calcet-.

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U VX Ut i 9. mis C44tS OHACClMIVTEa WITH THE CEOGBOPHV Or TM COUST WIIV OBTAIN MUCH INFORMATION FROM A STyOfOf THIS ACF TV REAT ROCK ISLAM D ROUTE. (C, E. I. & r. and C, K. A K. K'ys.) Wwt, Northwect and Southwest. It Inetucte' CHICAGO, JCLXET. KOCK ISLA KT1, DA Vi J-. pof.t, de? Honn:s, cotJKCir. ELxrrrs. --aTTlRTOWli. SICT7X KAX.LR, MTNNJ APOT.1?. ET. PAUL. ET. J03EFH. ATCHIf ON. LSAVTVWOPTH, ELANS V3 CITY, TOFEKA, COLORADO BPRINGS, DENVER, FUZELO. und hundreds of , prosperous cittaa and totme traversiaß- vast P-rea of the richest farm in? lands in the west. SOLID VESTIBULE EXPRESS THAWS Leadlaeall competitors la ruetdor and Juxirw of accommodations a&!.lr betve?!! CHXCAG3 nd COi.OHAXIO SPRINGS. 13 T TTW.R and PCT . EBIA. 8imilrj mamili-cnt MSTiPlLI". THAIH service fdaiir) between CHICAGO and COTTNCU. JJTS (OZIAHAi. and between CHICAGO im KANSAS CITY. Ködern Hay Cochse, elopant DiniuK Cars (sprvinf? delicious mealn it rredera.? prlcer.l, re at fill Rcclinirur Chair Cars SAta aud Palace Bleeping: Cars. Tre direct bne to KELSON'. HOE.TON. TTTJTCHTNSOIS, V7TCZUTA. ABILENE. CAi.nwfT.T. sjod til roists in South . era Nebraska. Kansas. Colorado, tne Xnal&n Tr; r it or j- end Texas. C&lilomla Zxcurfeo&s daliy. Cboice cf routes to the Paclc ccust. Tho Famous Albort Lea Route Run superbly ejuippd Eirpress Trains, dailw. between Cblcogo, ßt. Joseph, Att'.son, lueaverv. worth. Kansas City, and IirceapoLs and St. Iaul. The popular tourist I Inetsti: 9 eccnic resorts and hunting and fcehisir FTOunrte cf tic tortiiwsst. Jta Watcrtown nad tsioux Falls t-Tnch tre verses the p-roat "V7TIF.AT AND I? A. TRY EXT ol Northern Iowa, Soutu western JCinsota a&ä E&st Central Dakota. Th Short Line via Seneca cni Knnkakm oera facilities to trsvl to find fron Indiana poll 3, Cm eiai.au and otber Eouttnra roints. Fcr Tickets, Hart, Fol; n. er cWircd lnfnrrr tioc. cpjly at ru Coupon Cicket CClce, oraJdrsa C.ST. J OH?.', C.A.HOLSFIOCK, G;a'l STacfiger. Ocnl Zkt. & Pass. Act CH3CAG0. Iii.. STATE OF INM AN A. M ARIOV COUNTY, 8. Iu tlie Superior t'ourt of Marion county, in ths j'tate of ludiiU.i. 'o. j'.t.WJ. iloota -. omplaint in loreclosurc, etc. Ellen C. Wright vs. John H. Tut'on and tLe tin j known beirs Hubert L. iuitii, cle-eii.i. I5e it known tlmt n -J t l.iy of April, lr, the above-named plsiniitl. by her attorney, filed ia iheortu-eof the CK r of tb Superior Court of Mario comity, ia the Siate of lnlinna. her romplaint TJil-t thj a'ove-naiiieil d-fendants, and the said plaintiS having a!o lii d iu ini 1 Clerk's oi'uo th afti'lsvit of a co?ii'tetit person, hnwin; that tb r"iden-es of si.il dM'cnri:ints, .lohn II. iiuttoti and the unknown Leirs, Koix-rt E. fmitb. d-asod, ar unknown and cannot l ascertained though diligent search and inquiry therefor has beeu made, and that said defendants are bilieved to le Don-reHenta oi the state of Indiana, and that said action is t foreclose a mortgage on real ctate and for other relief, and that said deiendnnta are nectary parti's thereto, and, herea, aid plaintif. havinp by indorsement on s-sid comolair.l re-;uird aid defendant to appear iu S3id court and . ns scr or demur ttereto, on the lTth day oi .!un. 1 Now, therefore, by order of said court, said defendants last ahove named sre h-rfly notiti'vj of Ihm filing and pendency oi said complaint airainst them, and that unless tlieranjvar and answer or demur thereto, at the calling of said cause on the 17th dsy ot .in tic, lis:; tho same hoine the thirteenth judicial day of a term of said court, to be baun and held at the court houe in the City of Indianapolis on ths first Monday in .luiie, ivsi, said complaint and the matters and thins therein onlainod and alleged, will be heard and determined in their abwnee. JOHN R. WIlXiN, Clerk. A. Seidenst kcr, Attorney for Haintiff. I-ot bTEEL FENCE! 'Silkv .ySfcv IS CtS. per Foot, Material S feet wide, adapted fc Residences. Churches, Cemeteries, Farms, Carder?. Ac. Aft needin- tVnees, Gate. Art, Window OosMs. ?rllie. etc.. writ fcrour ill as. fine lint, nnulw! tr THE NEWEST THINC AND THE BEST. Pittsburgh. I Chicago. t- Lotts Expavdc Hetal (M f-U Los is. YOUNG rlEfj muum" qn;:bfcl Ct ofl.-arn-i.ir. I" WANTED to Wrn Trler ib. iiirnisni .ou mm Address V ALCMl.NL Ii UO .Unt MÜic,

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