Indiana State Sentinel, Indianapolis, Marion County, 20 December 1893 — Page 6

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THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL, WEDNESDAY 3I0KNING, DECEMBER 20, 1893-TWELVE PAGES.

TAI KS WITH THE FARMERS. inLio in i ii int. i niufiunoi ! ;

AGim ilTUilJ DKMANDH HI IESS 3ii:tiiods roit tcri:ss. rapilal Invented In Furming Should II .Mini to I'll- it Fair In(rrft AIoe tout of Production Preparing n Itnlion l!rnn an Poultry Food French AcHculturc (iood Houd . LneL." with Chickens Cement rioori-DrhiirnliiK Calte The Ice frnp Tlio llreeellmr KIocU Use! ul Hints and Vnlnable Itcclpea. The Sentinel repeatedly emphasizes the Tuet that the farmer is engaged In an occupation demanding the same business methods that are found In the factories and stores of our towns. The farm is a factory fitted for the production cf certain articles, and unfitted for the production of others. The capital invested in it and its Improvements find equipments must be made to pay a fair Interest above cost of production, rr else the business is a ioor one. This 13 not an easy thin?? to do just now CTnpetition Is to severe. Half civilized countries, having rich soils and serfs for laborers, ar willing to take a smaller jrlce for grain than wo are able to take. Hut we have to meet competition, and cur only hoje is in using the greater intelligence that we po6sess. Educated labor Is always more productive than Ignorant labor. "We must set our business into the best shape possible. Xearins tha close of the year it Is Well that we sew whether we do not all have some unproductive capital eating up the profits of tho productive. "When anything is not paying and can not be made ta pay, the best policy is to pet rid of it at once. On many farms may re found dock, that brings only loss at the end of the year. Sometimes it is a horse that is r.ot paying Its way one that is not needed, but will bring little If put on the market. It eats up what the other horses produce. Probably $25 er JCO a year Is thus thrown away, besides the interest on the pries of the animal. The unprofitable stock may be a bunch of scrubby line wool sheep, that has been on the farm for nearly a g r.ertlon. It has been neglected some, and now that wool Is low, the Income from the flock does not actually pay the cost cf the food consumed. It is better to sell tit a seemingly very low price than to keep that flock. It is a burden it represents unproductive capital. The fowls on the farm may be notoriously poor layers. The hens are old, or they are not naturally prolific. They eat, (at, scratch and eat unceasingly. Why not market th? whole lot? The Fame money will bay pome choice pullets from b neighbo'' flock that is known to be cf a laying strain. Then if they are kept away from the corn crib:-? and given pome low-priced wheat Instead of the fattening; corn, there should be eggs in abundance. A little matter! Why, yes. It may stem so, and yet a hen should bring in an income of a dollar a year easily enough, letter pot $.".0 from a flock than only 510. It is the old question of productive capital. Everything thould da its share. Put the chief part cf the unproductive capital is usually found in some of the land. How few farmers can say that every acre of their farms is doing its full share. Th swales, the swamps, the knoles, the ridges many acres that do nothing but cut devvn the average yield cf the farm. Other acres are burdened by this unproductive land. How can this be helped? Here is the problem that each must solve for himself. The writer found it possible to tile the swamps first at small cost, and the rich soil soon paid for other tiles. On; can start in a small way, only takln? care to follow a system of drainage that will be suited to all the land. Pet the tidies and knoles rest. Top-dress with the manure and peed to clover. Wh-tt if a strip of uncultivated land is there right in the field. If tillage on it never pays. Soon It will be ready to do Its thare. The problem of the day is: How can we convert our unproductive capital into capital that will pay at least a small lnt-r--st. and cease to, b a charge upon the better investments. Preparing a Itnlion. The first point of irniortane in the preparation of a ration, bulk and essential nutrients being present, is palatability. According to Prof. Voorhees the food must be of such a character as to Induce a maximum consumption of actual nutriets, because profit In feeding for the production of milk flesh or fat, lies in the excess of feed consumed over that necessary t maintain life. Cornstaiks and straw in their original state are not readily and completely eaten by animals. To Insure the minimum waste tliey must be cut, and the coarser and finer portions intimately mixed, and feeds of known relish, added. Jn England, where fcreat progress has been made in feeJmg methods, th Cut hay, Straw and other coarse products are mixed with sliced roots, the feeds Rdded, the whole mass thoroughly mixed and allowed to remain some time before feeding. This m-thod doubtless ndds to both the pdatability and digestibility of the foods, and it is to be recommended where circumstances permit. This matter of preparation, however, gives rise to the question. Will it pay farmers to Invest in machinery for this purpose? For dairy farmers, there can be no question as to the advisability of such a. course, since in feeding cornstalks, whole, In the usual manner, from one-third to one-half of the food contained in them is wasted. Where few animals are kept, and simple maintenance is desired, if this is ever desirable except in the case of work horses In winter, it becomes a question worthy of f ome consideration though an Increase of feed equivalent to two or three tons cf hay at present pric-s would pay for a pood fodder cutter; one good cutter rnlzht serve, too, fr,r several farmers In a neighborhood until the usefulness of the cutter wo3 thoroughly tested. Cement Flnora, A correspondent of the National Stockman writes: "Cement floors can oftn be made much cheaper- than wooden floors. A cement floor well m.ide will be as solid as rock and will last as long as needed. They never rot or break through, do not leak and cannot be rooted up by hogs. The floor can be laid level or in any shape desired. Remove the loose poll from the surface down to solid Rround or hard pan, and till up with pand.'tone a foot or more in depth. Level the top by breaking the stone quite fine with a heavy hammer. Make the first coat of cement thin enough so it will pour down into the stones, thus cementing them firmly together. The finishing coat should b made Just thick enough to level nicely. Make the cement about an Inch deep alove the stone, then If It is properly laid thre will be about six Inches deep of solid cement on the surface. The deeper the loose stone foundation Is under this the better. Use the best cement and sharp sand for this work. It should be mixed thoroughly, about two parts sand to one of cement. Although any firmer can, with a little practice, make a good cement floor. It might be better to hire some one who has had experience In laying euch floor, as much depends upon having the cement and FPrd prop.-rly mixed. The floor must be allowed to dry thoroughly before using or before freezing weather. For box Etalls or stable floors cement has no equal. It will make a watertight floor for th" silo. A cement floor should always be well covered with

itraw- better for ,he floor an the stock. This of flocr can be Uld in horse stalls, but If the horses ar to be sharp shod or stand on the floor much of the

time It would be best to cover the cement with plank." I'seful Iltntn. When a glass stopper sticks In the i bottle, 1 .ass a strip of woolen cloth round the neck of the vessel, and seesaw U backward and forward. This ; friction heats and causes the neck -to expand so that the stopper becomes loose. On this principle of expansion by heat a tight screw may be withdrawn from a metal socket by surrounding the socket with a cloth dipped In boiling water. A good paper-hanger's paste is made of four pounds of wheaten flour mixed with a small quanity of cold water, thoroughly stirred. Two ounces of powdered alum are then added, and when dissolved a gallon of boiling water. "When cool it may be thinned as desired with cold water and used. Alum is an Insecticide. Itice water is recommended in which to wash challh'5. lioil one pound of rice In five quarts of water. Cool it to the tepid point, then put In the goixla and wash well, usin? the rice as soap, pour off the water, leaving1 the rice sediment. liub the challie well In this, rinsing In jthe poured-off water. Use no clean water, but hang the material to dry direct from the rice water. Mattings make economical and excellent lloor covering:,. They are kept In order without the back-breaking, which was the accompaniment of th? old Brussels carpets, and in the new and beautiful desings are much more htutiful than most woven goods, but this only refers to the more expensive sorts. In the case of mattings the dearer is the cheaper in the end. Those kinds which may be bought for the traditional song an not worth tacking down. They wear into disreputable shreds directly. Great care should be taken in administering remedies In the form of tinctures which have stood for a long time In small vials In the family modicine clost. "When the bottles happen to be loosely corked the alcohol readily evaporates, leaving1 the drug In the form of a concentrated tincture the pharmacopoelal dose of which might produce very serious if not fatal results. The best way of ti eating a stove that has not been blacked for tome time is to rub It well with a newspaper, adding Just a little clean grease of almost any kind. It will soon take a polish after a few treatments of this sort. "When oiled walnut furniture begins to grow dingy It can be made to look us fresh as new by re-oiling. Ldnyeed, or even olive oil, may be used, but pure, good kerosene oil is much the b.-st. i:ub It well in with a soft woolen rag and polish with clean, dry flannel. The U reed in 3; Flock. A successful flock-master, Stephen Powers, says that a great many of the characteristics of a good ram should also be sought in the ewe. The most obvious point of difference, of cours is determined and accentuated by the sexual functions. Wo seek in a ram a massive and powerful front, thick forequarters, a cluster of voluminous folds about the neck; but the ewe should be, if anything, heavier in the hind-quarters, because these are compelled to carry the burdens and resist the strain cf the great processes of reproduction and lactation. Many excellent practical breeders se-ek what they denominate a "pony sheep," but I have seldom attained the best results with short-legged ewes. It is seldom that the highest beauty of form Is found united to superior breeding qualities unless, inde-ed. long practical training has taught us to regard as the most comely, that ligure which is found to be the best adapted to successfully sustain the arduous labors of maternity. I have succeeded best with moderateiy large, strong, rangy ewes; of a figure typified, to use a homely comparison, by a wedge; with an even taper from the shoulders back to the hind-quarters. A ram in full fleece should have pii almost ix-nudicular drop from the rump to the ground; be thick through the hem: with a girth just back of the shoulders about equal to that just in front of the hind legs. But in the ewe there may be tolerated a slight departure from the perpendicular, caused by a little less fullness in the ham; while the rear girth should be from an eighth to a Mxth greater than the forward. In the beU sucklers, especially when somewhat advanced in yeais, there Is a deep, pendulous fold along the median line of the belly, terminating in the udder an indication of a generous anatomy und a generous milker. Drlinruinic C'nlve. A correspondent of an eastern journal writes: "1 5 farmers wish to got rid of the horns and will begin with the calf, they can do It without cutting at all, as a single application of crude potash over the spot where the horns can be felt under the skin when the calf is three or four weeks old will kill them entirely. I have done thi3 with a liquid preparation of potash, sent out by the Western Rural of Chicago, and found it effectual, but I am told by others that a stick of crude potash rubbed on the spot till the hair is well saturated with it, is just as effectual, and in either case it does not cost more than a cent a horn to kill th-m. If the stick potash will answer, as I have no doubt It will, I would muc h prefer to use it, as there is some danger of the liquid running down the sid a of the head, and should it get into the eye it would put It out. I came very near ruining the first calf I operated on, as by a sudden jerk of the head it caused me to spill a little of the mixture on the side of Its head, missing the eye but a half inch, and it took a strip of skin off an inch or more wide down past the eye. The best way to manage with the stick potash Is to get astride the calf, wet the hair over the embryo horn and rub on the potash until it takes effect, and the job is done, and Ihe horn will never show. I have been surprised to find that when a calf Is dishorned or even a cow. if the horns are cut close enough so as to heal over and leave no stub, that the head takes the shape of a natural mooly." Luck." with Chlrkriix. Fred Grundy says that some men profess to be experts in poultry culture and to have conducted experiments that have settled great questions and solved deep problems, when la fact they don't know as much as you do. Experiments conducted with two or three chickens In the attic or In a 6 by 6 back yard, are not worth a snap to practical poultrymen who raise fowls by the hundred. In nearly every neighborhood lives an old lady who Is everlastingly "lucky" with chickens, and who raises thousands of them as easily as the mlxe3 a dab of biscuit dough. When it comes to practical poultry culture she can give you more practical pointers in five minutes than they can in a year. Usually she has a strain of very fine fowls which she has bred up by careful selection for years. She knows a good bird as soon as she sees it, and she will tell you that you can raise a larger number of good birds from a breed that is kept pure than from any cross cr recross you can name. If you have a flock of good Plymouth Rocks don't mix them with anything, but improve them In every way possible, and In a few years they will be a constant delight to your eye and mony In your pocket. lirnn as Poultry Food. One advantage possessed by bran, says P. II. Jacobs, is that It contains a fair proportion of the phosphates, and for that reason may be used with the- ration In order to render It more complete. 1 We do not approve of feeding It In the j soft condition If It can be used by sprlnk- ; ling it on cut clover that has been scalded, though a mess of scalded bran i and ground oats, early in the morning of I I a cold winter day, 13 very Invigorating J

and nourishing. Even when the food h not varied some advantage may be derived, by way of compensation for omission of certain foods, by the use of bran and llnseed-meal. Two pounds of bran, mixed with one pound of llnseed-meal and a pound of ground meat, fed to the hens onco a day, allowing half a pint of the mixture to ten hens, will greatly add to the egg-producing materials. As a food for chicks, bran should always be scalded and allowed to stand an hour or two In order to soften. As a material on the floor of brooders, to absorb the moisture. It Is excellent, and for packing eggs It serves well as a protection against breakage.

The lee HarTest. Now that the season's crops have been harvested and the rush of work will soon be over, the average farmer, and especially the dairyman, can make no better use of his time than to prepare a room for the storage of ice. If an ice house can be built so much the better, but where the outlay must be small the present 13 a good time to decide in what portion of the farm buildings a place for the storage of this necessity can best be made. The modern dairyman must have ice In connection with the present methods of retting milk for cream. If the Crchardlst is to take advantage of markets he also should have a storage house or store room in which to carry over his fruits until market prices are satisfiutory. If in any of the farm buildings a little room ran be found it should be boarded tip vi;h two thicknesses and the space between filled with sawdust or some dry p Icking material. A. door should be provided at the top of the room through which ta put the ice and a good big pile of clean sawdust should be gotten ready near by for use when the ice cutt!n season sets in. Many farmers besides using this crop on the farm to a great advantage would be able to dispose of same of It to neighboring hotels and thus derive a little additional Income. In most towns a liltle ice, such as is referred to for a private ice house, can be obtained for the cutting, thus the only expense need be the labor of providing the storage room and the harvesting of the crop. While it Is a little early in the season, yet It Is none too early to think of these? things, and we would advise every farmer who wishes the luxury of a good living to consider this as among the necessary season's work. Farm and Home. Good Honda. It Is a mistaken Idea that an underdrain laid in the middle of the road will drain the Furface of the road. The travel and the action of the water falling upon the road will so effectually cover the surface that no water on the road will find Its way down to the drain thus laid. To the contrary, the horse tracks and rut will hold water like earthen vessels until it is removed by evaporation or otherwise. Roads graveled and drained as proposed will cost from $P)d to $000 a mile, but when done they will be good roads for elevenmonths and connnendably passible the remainder of the year with a little timely repair. Where gravel and stone are not to be had at a reasonable cost we know of no improvement so satisfactory in all respects as the roads well graded and sulliclently drained. Where gravel or broken stone can be had It will be found that the thorough drainage of the road as proposed will save half the gravel or stone that would otherwise be required to make a good road. A dry foundation to build upon is the most Important factor in road construction. Tile drains may be used to intercept water percolating through the earth of the higher ground adjacent and likely to interfere with the road, or springs or secret places under the road-bed may be drained out with tile so as not to interfere with the embankment. After a road has been put in good condition and thoroughly underdraincd nothing need be done except to keep the surface of, the travel way smooth and the open ditches free from any drift accumulations. French A ktImiI ( nre. The government has endeavored to afford some little relief to the small farmers by reducing the entry duty imposed, in favor cf the towns, on all kinds of fodder, and r.lso by an appropriation of five million francs, to be placed In the hands of the prefects of those departments where th" greatest disirs has prevailed, for the purpose of aiding, so so far a may be, the farmers vii ai'i e suffered most In this critical period. These measures can. however, afford but little amelioration to the general distress, and while the last month has brought about some very slight improvement in the situation, the outl oo;, so iar as the grass-grower and stock-raiser is concerned, is gloomy in the extreme. In the other departments of agriculture the prospects are that the year will be an exceptionally good one. Fruits and vegetables of all kinds are abundant, nnd the nnt favorable reports are received from the vineyards throughout France. Valnnlile Heolpen. Transparent Dessert Quarter pound of butter, half pound of sugar, twelve eggs, beaten separately. Cottage Pudding One cup of sugar, one cup of milk, two cups of flour, one egg, a smalt piece of butter, two teaspoonfuls of yeast powder. Iiaisin Pie One pound of raisins. Chopped, two eggs, one lemon, one and one-half cup sugar, teapoonful Hour, butter half the size of an egg. Vegetable Soup One pint of milk, one tea cup of lima beans, one of tomatoes, three carrots, sliced; pepper and salt. IJoil for one and a half hours. Graham Rolls One egg, one pint of milk, one tablespoonful of molasses, one half teaspoonful of saleratus, graham enough to make a stiff batter; bake in round tins. White Mountain Cake Three eggs, one cup of sugar, one-half cup of milk, one-half cup butter, flour, one te-aspoon-ful soda, two teaspoonfuls cream tartar; flavor to taste. Cinnamon Cake Take some bread dough when it is just re3dy to bake, work a little fresh lard or butter in it, roll it out, sprinkle well with granulated sugar, butter, and cinnamon. Apple Custard Pis One cup of stewed and sifted apple, cue cup of sugar, one cup of milk, butter the size of a walnut, two well-beaten eggs; bake with one crust and cover with a meringue. Cocoanut Cookies One cup of sugar, one-half cup of butter, two eggs, one cup of cocoanut, one-half teaspoonful roda, one tea?ioonful cream tartar, one tablespoonf milk, flour, to roll. Honey Cake One-haif cup of honey, one-half cup of sugar, one-half cup of butter, one egg, two cups flour, one cup of cold water, two teaspoonfuls of baking powder; flavor with lemon or vanilla. Queen Pudding One pint of bread crumbs, soake-J in one quart of water over night, yolks of four eggs, one cup of sugar. Juice cf three lemons; bake In slow oven, layer of jelly, white of four eggs for frosting. Potatoe Griddle Cakes Four raw potatoes grated, two eggs, yolk and white beaten separately, one-half teaspoonful salt, one-half saltspoon pepper. Flour enough to hold It together, about one tablespoon. Fry In hot butter. Hermits Two eggs, one cup butter, one and one-half cups sugar, one cup stoned raisins, chopped, one tablespoonful of all kinds of spice, one teaspoonful soda dissolved in two tablespoonf uls milk, flour enough to roll. Cut like COOklC3. Drowned Fweet Potatoes Doll some fine sweet potatoes until done, peel and split them; put them In a flat pan and baste them well with some water and melted sugar; put tiny bits of butter over them, and bake until -they are a rich brown. Cocoanut. Creams Pinch off a large piece of the "dough" and knead the grated cocoanut Into It until thoroughly mixed. Roll out . about three-quarters of

an Inch In thickness, and cut In squares or bars. Put on paraffin or buttered paper to dry. Floating Island Doll one pint of milk, beat the yolks of two eggs, three tablespoonfuls sugar, one tablespoonful of corn starch, pour Into the boiling milk. Take the white cf the eggs, beat to a stiff froth and pour on the first, brown in oven, season with lemon. Cream cf Tartar Discult One quart of flour, sift with It two teaspoonfuls of cream tartar; rub in butter the size of an egg; add enough sweet milk (in which has been dissolved one teaspoonful of soda) to make a soft dough. Roll out quite thin, spread melted butter on one half, fold over, cut and bake. Baked Ham Soak a ham In cold water over night. Trim it neatly and cover It all over with a thick crust of flour and water. Bake slowly eight hours. Remove the crust and skin; cover the top with fine cracker crumbs slightly sweetened. Place in the oven till the crumbs are brown. "When cold, cut in very thin slices. Beefsteak Pie Cut a round and a half of beefsteak into small pieces, and put with it a half a cup of water, three tablespoonfuls of catsup, three hardboiled eggs cut In pieces, a pint of oysters, salt, pepper and nutmeg. Butter a baklng-dlsh. fill It with this, cover with a rather rich biscuit dough, and bake to a good brown. Coffee Rolls Work into a quart of bread dough a rounded tablespoon of butter and half a teacup of whit sugar; add some dried currants (well washed and dried in the oven), sift some flour and sugar over them, work into the doutrh thoroughly, make into small, long rolls, dip them Into melted butter, place In the pan, let it rise a short time and bake. Lemon Jelly with Danana Make some lernen jelly, using three lemons, a cupful of sugar to half a box of gelatine. Let it get a little stiff. Peel and slice quite thin some line solid bananas, l'our In a layer of Jelly in a mold, then put In a layer of bananas, then another of Jelly, and so on until the mold is full. Let It stiffen, and serve In a bed of stiflly whipped cream. Cream of Cauliflower Soup Heat one pint o? chicken or veal stock, one pint of mllit, and half a cup of sweet cream. When bolilng thicken with one tablespoon of line, v. hole wheat flour, add salt and white pepper to taste. Cook half a cauliflower In boiling salted water .about twenty minutes. Cut off the little flowerets, ut-ing none of the stalk, put in enough to thicken the broth. Lemon Pudding Half a pound of sugar, a quarter of a pound of butter, five eggs, the gated yellow rind and juice of one lemon. Peat the butter and sugar to a cream. Whisk the eggs and add to it; then stir In the lemon juke ami grated rind. Make a paste, cover your pie plates, jour In the mixture and bake In a moderate oven. Two tablespoonfuls cf brandy may bo added, if preferred, to flavor it. Breakfast Eggs Boil half a dozen eggs from twenty minutes to half an hour. Toast some thin slices of bread, butter them and lay them on a hot platter; make two cupfius of cream sauce, spread a spoonful of the sauce rn each slice of toast; mash the egg-yolks through a sieve and chop the whiles up tine; put the egg on the toast, cover with more cream sauce, put in a hot oven for a moment, and serve garnished with parsley. Cranberry Tarts Nothing makes a mora dainty tart than cranberries. Prepare pastry shells not over two or two and one-half inches in diameter, from puff paste. Prick them on the bottom thoroughly to prevent them from rbdng, as puff paste will If left to its own devices, In an uneven and unseemly manner. The edges, of course, must be left to rise as th-y please. Fill each tart with a tablespoonful of cranberries, after the shvlls tire cold and the cranberries are hot. Set thorn away to get cold. Macc.roons To a quarter of a pound of sweet almonds take four tablespoonfuls of orange flower wate'", the whites of six eggs and on- pound of sifted white sugar. Blanch the almonds (remove the brown skin), and pound them with the orange flower wat-T, or some c f the white of an egg; then whisk the whites of the eggs and add them gently to the almonds. It is important th.it these two ingredients should brt carefully added, or they will " il" or separate. Sift the fugar into the mixture until the whole forms a paste, not too stiff to drop upon white paper, which should be placed in a tm. or on a plate, and the whole baked in a slow oven till done.

ISI.OODV HIOT .tmtOAIl. Soldier! Fire Into 11 Mtth Killing a limit er Tux Collector's I'nle. RO.MK, Dec. 13. The additional details of the riots at Girardencllo have been received. The mob began their demonstrations by marching through the streets shouting "Down with ta:;es" an! "Long live socialism," and Intermingling their cries with cheers fir the king and quepp..' Lato in ih da j- sur-l,ieutcnant I'iniino arrived with lifteen soldiery. He ordered his men to flx bayonets. Either his order was misunderstood cr the soldiers were exasperated beyond control. One of the soldiers raised his rifle and tired. His example was followed by six others. Kiht of the rioters fell dead and fourteen others were wounded. The explanation of this great havoc i that the ritles were loaded with buckshot. A scene of the wildest confusion ensued. The moh, which had scattered after the firing, gathered asain, and directed their fury against the tax collector. They forced the doors and attacked the colleetor and his Wite, both of whom wore killed with axes. Their bodies, still warm and bleed-in-.r, were dragged into the street and terribly mutilated I y the peasants, who acted like mad. The head3 o their victims were cut off and stuck on pikes and carried through the streets, followed by the crowd, drasrelng with them the bodies of the murdered couple. The village is now in charge of a detachment of cavalry. T1IK fsfX VAPOR COMPANY. Receiver Appointed for the Street Lighting Concern. CANTON', O.. Pec. 1C Jud A. Wann was today appointed receiver of the Sun vapor street light company. The application was made by Mrs. Alice N. Chance, who holds JS7.000 of the company's stock. The liabilities of the company are something over $:!0o,'jK). The assets consist of lighting contracts in various cities, considered very valuable if completed, but on which little would be realized If forced to a sale. The real estate, machines, etc., of the company are estimated at $f.0,0i0 and the bills receivable, amount due on contracts fioo.uoo. The company has a plant here, where its lamps are manufacture!, and has beside seventy-two branches in fifteen different states and cities, where lighting contracts are carried. The principal branches are In Cleveland Cincinnati. I'ansas City, Oma- I na, jnaianapous, moux Jity. Columbus and Tnpeka. It is intended that the business shall be kept in operation, as a shut-down would undoubtedly cause a ruinous shrlnkSge In the principal item of assets. The leading stockholders of the company are prominent members of the firm of C. Aultman A Co. The petition for a iecelver asks for a sale of the plant. THE COUNCIL ÜRIBED. Arrest of Prominent Parties at Sprlngrtleld, Mo. SPRINGFIELD, Mo.. Pec. 13. Rumors have been flying thick and fast for the past few days of bribery in the city council over the award of a contract for H2E.00O for city electric "lighting. These rumors were confirmed tonight by the arrest of Iteed M. Puv&ll, representing the OzArk and Ft. Wayne electric light companies, for giving a bribe, and Councilman Wllburn for accepting the F.ame. Duvall is charged with having given Wilhurn sums of money on two different occasions. Both men were arraigned and plead not guilty and were released on bond to appear Saturday for trial. O. Wonder, the representative of the Ft. Wayne electric company, who is also charged with giving Wllburn money for his Influence, Is out of the city, but will be arrested upon his return. The affair has caused a sensation. I Cure Mervonne and Constipation. Dr. Shoop's Restorative Nerve Pills sent free with Medical Book to prove merit, for 2c stamp. Druggists, 25c. Dr. Shoop, Box X, Racine, Wis.

A SENSATIONAL TRAGEDY.

FIRED FOUR SHOTS AT IIIS AVI FE AXD TI1E5 KILLED HIMSELF. John Jacobs of Ft. Wayne the Principal lu the Affair Other $tnte Xews Sentenced to the Penitentiary for Life star Woolen MIM Horn mt AVabaah Car Thieves Apprehended Knlgbtntown's Mysterious Suicide An Old Hornau Cries Herself to Death. FT. WAYNE, Pec. 16. Special. A sensational tragedy occurred In the central portion of the city late this afternoon. John Jacobs, an unemployed baker, while standing In his front door, rulled his wife into the hall of the house and fired four shots from a revolver at her head. One of the bullets grazed the scalp and another was Imbedded In th;j jawbone. Jacobs, half Intoxicated and raving in a Jealous rage, left his wife prostrate In the hallway and rushed to the outhouse, where he held the gun. to his left breast and pulle-d the trigger. The bullet entered Just below the heart and his clothing was burning slowly when he was found by the police. He was conscious, although weak from loss of blood, when carried to the jail. Surgeons at once probed for the bullet, but failed to locate It. Copious internal hemorrhages lnterferred with he search. He lingered between life aul death for six hours before the wound proved fatal. Mrs. Jacobs hastily recovered from the effects of the wounds and Is considered out of danger. The bullet which struck her jaw plowed an ugly furrow. The preliminaries which led to the shooting were sensational. Mrs. Jacobs is a pretty young woman with a shapely figure- and a dashing way, although strictly proper in her behaviour. Her husband was of a jealous temperament and watched her closely. He refused to permit her to go down town and she said she would go If ihe was compelled to get a divorce. Just as she uttered these words he fired the first shot. LIFETIME IMPRISONMENT. The End of the Price-Storms Trial at Winchester. WINCHESTER. Dec. 11. Special The argument in the Price-Storms case closed last night at 9 o'clock. Judge Rhinhard gave the charge to the j.'.ry and it retired. It returned this morning at 9 o'clock finding the defendants. Samuel Trice and LIzzlo Storms, guilty of murder in the first degree and sente-nclng each to lifetime imprisonment. The former goes to the prison north and the latter to the woman's reformatory at Indianapolis. James E. Enele at once made a motion for a new trial. The judge overruled the motion. Engle then made another motion fur a newtrial. nitx Fire nt AVnhush. WABASH, Dec. 13. Special. At 6 o'clock this evening fire started in the spinning room of the Star woolen mills and in an hour and a half the entire building, 197 feet fronting on Canal-st., was a mass of ruins. How the fire started is not known, as that room had not been operated during the day. The fire department soon had seven streams playing on the lire, but the water seemed only to add fury to the flames. Hyman & Marks, owners and operators of this splendid plant, have operated it for thirty years, and the loss falls heavily on them. The proierty was worth not less than $05,000 and was insured for $40.000 in companies represented by James M. Amos and Newhouse & Hammond, local underwriters. The main building was 137 by 60 feet, five stories high, and there was a threestory extension 50 by CO feet. Both buildings were of brick, very substantially built and fitted 'up with the very best machinery. The mills were not running full force, this being the dull season of the year, but nearly cne hundred operatives are thrown out of employment. Following are the companies holding risks on building and machinery: North British. Mercantile, Hartford, North America, Phoenix of Brooklyn. Pennsylvania fire company. Royal fire association and Traders' of Chicago, $2,500 each. Etna, Germania, Lancashire, Springfield, Manchester and National of Hartford, $1,500 each. Ijondon assurance and Phoenix of Hartford, $2,200 each. Niagara of New York and German of Freeport, $1,2"0 each. American of New York. $2,000. Franklin of Evansvllle, Hamburg of Bremen, $1,000 each. Evansville of Evansvllle, $500. Car Robbers Arrested. ANDERSON, Dec. 13. Special. Herbert Jones, AI Lowe and Charles Harris were arrested this morning on the charge of larceny. For some time the railroads leading Into Anderson have been complaining of the frequency of car robberies. Last Saturday a gang of car thieves which have been operating for two years were broken up by the arrest of their leaders. Last night another equally formidable and successful gang was broken up by Chief Welker searching Herbert Jones's home in the south part of the city and causing the arrest of the above-named men today. They all made a clean breast of their guilt today and stated that they had been operating for some months, ' but were in no way connected with the Clapper gang arrested last week. With in the past two weeks no less than a half dozen gangs of robbers have been broken up by arrests and confessions. Killed by a FnlllnR Tree. NOBLESVILLE. Dee. 14. Special. Tuesday, while John Badgely was assisting several companions to cut down a huge tree on the farm of Levi De Slaughter, two miles south of Lapel, a large limb fell and struck him on the back part of the head, crushing his skull and killing him Instantly. The victim of the accident was thirty-three years of nge and leaves a widow and one child. His funeral occurred at the methodist ViFT'S SPECIFIC For renovatiDg ttao entire system, ' eliminating ail Poisons from the Klood. -whether of scrofulous or malarw.1 origin, this preparation has do equal, rv . "rvrciiiUWTU inuuua a uauaq WJll eating sore en mv tongue. I was VjrrSr' trestrd bv best local phyiciaiut 1 .tVt. Mnnttl. T tt A bat obtsinsd no relief ; the sore gradually grew worse. I llnlly took 6. S. 8-, and was entirely cured after using a few bottles." 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Back and if your grocer sends hont wrfiV Me. church in Lapel at 10 o'clock this morning. The remains were buried In the Woodward cemetery. Badgely had relatives living in Anderson. An Unexplained Suicide. KNIOI1TSTOWN, Dec. 13. Special. This morning about 2 o'clock at bis residence, before a cheerful lire and In a comfortable home, J. M. Woods put a revolver to his right temple and sent a bullet into his brain. There seems to be no cause assigned for the deed. He had all the surroundings calculated to make life desirable, and while he was some little embarrassed in his business, yet it is not thought sufficient to have caused the deed. He was a memler of the red men and a prominent and Zealous odd fellow, was in the prime of life and in the midst of a seemingly useful career. The funeral will occur Friday morning and will be under the direction of the orders to which he was so much attached. f linnet l.jr III AVIfe. SULLIVAN. Dec. 14. Special. A man named Day, who left his wife some time ago, came in town one idght lately and going to the house where his wife and children live, lie shot through the window at his wife. A glass was sitting in the window and the ball hit the gia?s and glanced, tints missing her. She supposed it was her husband and being prepared for the occasion, grabbed lu-r revolver, ran out of the house after him, shooting at him as he ran, hut without good aim. The officers searched all nicht for him, but he gave them a good chaso and got away. Crletl Herself to Death. EVANSVILLE, Pec. 15. Special. This morning Mrs. Jettie Eitel, an old woman, aged seventy-four years, staggered into th? township truste-e's oflu-e crying as If her heart would break. She said she had bee-rt turned out of the houie by her son-in-law and she had no place to go to. She further said the intended crying herself to death. She was very nervous and excited. She was sent to the deaconess' home and about mn word was received by the trustee that she was dead. She never cea.e-d crying up to the moment of her death. A Tie Vote for Postmaster. NOBLESVILLE, Dec. 13. Special. At the Arcadia election for postmaster T. J. Carter and Joseph Groves received exactly the same number of votes. Mr. Carter, who was once appointed by the government to fill the position but failed to receive his commission, has agreed not to contest with Mr. Groves for the place and has ouietly withdrawn from the field. The indications are that Mr. Groves will be Arcadia's next postmaster. A evely Horn Child Fouud Dead. REDKEY, Dec. 13. Special. This morning as Elba Hall was walking to town on the P., C, C. & St. L. railroad tracks he discovered the dead body of a newly-born boy baby about a mile from this city. The officers were notified and brought the remains here and buried them this afternoon. It is supposed that the unnatural mother threw the little one from a passing sleeper last night. No investigation was made. Armstrong- Found Jnilty. NOBLESVILLE, Dec. 15. Special. The jury in the Armstrong case returned a verdict at 10 o'clock this morning, finding the defendant guilty and fixing his punishment at one year in the state's prison. This is the lowest penalty that could have been given Mr. Armstrong if be was guilty at all. From the time the first few ballots were cast a majority of the jurymen stool for conviction. It is probable that no new trial will be asked for. Cnntello Must (o to Prison. CROWN POINT, De?c. 13. It comes to light now that Martin Costello will have to go to the northern prison and remain there until the prize fight is decided by the supreme court, which will take at least three months. There is no chance for his keeping his freedom by giving bond under the Indiana law. The balance of the cases will rest until the supreme court's decision. Found Dead hy Ills Wife. PERU, Dec. 16. Special. diaries Gifford. local collector for the artificial gas company, was found dead this morning by his wife, who went to the office to call him to breakfast. He left the house a few minutes before in his usual health and his sudden death Is supposed to have been the result of heart failure. He will be buried by the Sons of Veterans cf this city, of which he was treasurer. Killed Djr the Cars. LAFAYETTE. Dec, 10. Special. Late this afternoon Dr. Joseph H. Baker of this city, while crossing the Big Four tracks south of the city, was run over by a locomotive on the Big Four road and so badly injured that he died a couple of hours later. He was the only son of the late Dr. Moses Baker, one of the b?st known surgeons in Indiana. Morrtnon IIa Seven "Wives. MARTINSVILLE, Dec. 15.-pccial. Lake B. Morrison of Indianapolis has seven living wives. He sued Leander Cosner, a brother-in-law, for Jo.000 for alienating h's last wife's affections and for J20.0Ü0 that she was worth in her own name, and the jury, after ten minutes mature deliteration, returned a verdict for the defendant. His Horse Came Home Riderless. ANDERSON, Dec. 14. Special. Chas. Lawson, a young farmer living three miles south of this city, came to town last Tuesday. That night he failed to return home. The next day his horse tame home without him. lie has not been seen since, and it is feared either that he has committed suicide or he has been the victim of foul play. Glass Factory flamed. ELWOOD, Dec. 14. The Frankton wdndow glass factory was nearly all destroyed by fire this afternoon, the losses aggregatirg $20,000. The fire originated through a defective tank and was well under way before discovered. The factory recently moved from FIndlay, O. to Frankton, and had just started up with 100 employes. A Farmrr Arrested for Vnrary. HUNTINGTON, Dec. 15. - Special. Phillip T. Williams Is In Jail here charged with forgery. A note for $21 fi, bearing the signature of Williams. Daniel, McClarnon and Levi Arnold, ves given

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you somcth.r.j in t'.aee cf t'earline. Le r.' J.W' s ni.K. V- York. Mrs. Bertha pflorm-t. a widow, for a I loan. MoCl-rno.n and Anvhl deny tha note, uiiliams 15 a preu-ous f Shot Hin Miff 11 'il lllniaelf. Ft. WAYNE. Iee. 1,). Fj.e jal. John Jacobs, an uie-mployl h.tke-r livir.g in E. Washington-st.. at 2 oVlm-k this afterncM n lir--! two builds l:.p his wife's face, and th-n pat a third into his own body. Th w.-man wo! probably reooveT, but Jhc, ;s wi!i :i 1 . pendancy was the ea:i.'-' Mortally Injured by Iii Wife. RICHMOND. P'c. 11. Special. William Milton is King in the hospital hers entirely tin r.?i us-, an 1 will probably j ui-. Hi- condition Is s:iid t " 1.. due to I a blow givn him by his wife in a, do mestic illtlt-'. at: 1 1!1 -:ise of l;isd'Hth she will be aiTiM-d and held f-r murder. Found futility of Murder. CO LP MEL'S, 1). i.il.-The jury found e-y.-us 3:i-. wn puiity t willful murder in the sh- -tirir of his wife, and impcf-l .th" ü.-ath t". naltv. Sen- ' ll'll.'A w i'l 1 ..- T. .- I t .1 .. .. ,V,, date of execution will -- m-i f. r Match C, in the privoi, s..tuh. Dropped Dead in n Itrleli lard. ANDERSON. 1 e p. Special. Mrs. Smith, wife cf Asa Smith, a well known farmer, dropped d-.-ad best nirht while standing in th- b.o !c yard. She has been sick with grip f.,r s-?:) tim-- and it Is th' tight that the disease weakened tha actioii of the h. art. POLITIC II, AS!SVli:T CE Civil Service Com :u I Inn Ilecommriid Prosecution. WASHINGTON, I i. e. P. The rivil service commission 1 ;.s i:r.b- pu'iic its ivport aa to the inve-Minati-.il i t the nn-u.-l political as--ve'.ts ar Tel-"o. In th case of F. W. Rlckcr.tauch of the republican central c mmlttee of Toi - lo. the commisMcm recoir.m--nd thr.t Rick bauch b prosecuted uU'lr s"cs. 12 aivl 15 for having s 'liciu-d subsc-riT-ti.uis fr :n employ. in the p M :i!.'ue. It is further recommenced hat J. C. Wright, s'-cretary of th board cf e xuinin- i j, l- pr .-e. -ct-l under the same ff-ct;un.. Wricl.t's case will 1brought to the fitnti'ii of t. p.-.sv'-lice oeprtmeut with the recomnvn Nation that he he distnls,-.i from the. 'i'. l. i . hoard erf ex iminTs. an-l the c immissi' n will a.-k the postmaster-i,rt ier'd to put Scott Gibt s in Wright's p-.siti n. The r.-port shows trat Si'Jire, secretary of the local republican committee, r.tii Kod. screttry of th local democratic committee, si--. solicited ev.prrihie j,."s ,ut in such a way th a they cannot be held. Hood's Sarsaparfll 1. the kit.g of tn'-di-cines, conquers scrofula, catarrh, rheumatism and all i-ther Hood diseases. Hood's and only Hood's. "Mrs. Wiiwl, "s Scmthlng Sj rnp'' Has lx-en used over Fifty Years by millions f.f mothers for their children vhil Teething with perfect sucr.-ss. It soothes the child, SJl'tei.s the Gums, allays Pain, cures Wind Colic, regulates t!.e bowel., and is the best remedy for Diarrhoea, whether arising from lecthir.g or other causes. For sale by Druggists in every part of th world. Re sure and ask fvr Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup, 25c a bottle. 14 KARAT AT5Ux UiJLLl (TV TrTvv , lT T,1,s orT " ', rrl u 10 J f.it . ir Willi jpur nar.ip ni mi Ire rfl w .j :i i ; i it : - jikufper In u,r H o: Id 1 " th - Janre to a fc-enulre Soii4 P. ttlii offer wia nut tub ; V k I H JV J NATIONAL SI Fl ;V'W-Vi.s laiFOHTINQ CO. UFO. 004 DEARBORN ST., CHICAGO. ILL. EPILEPSY GR FITS. Canthiad:!??a.ohe erred? M-it physicians (s? Ko esy, I n ; alfor.us anä th nomt coci. A't?r 50 year- a'uJy and cipe: arant I Lsve f ota.d tt remedy. lipüoFT is cured tj it; cxtrrl, not B-j1-duei by opiau-s the old, trrac heroes, juack treatment. Io n-xt di'Uj.a r. i'crgvt j :.t :rr !oouiou ca your purse, past ei.tr.vc en your cnSJrtxe, paft failures. Look forward, tiottmc-K ward. My rcaif-dy Is of tonTay. Vu'ualila werk on the nibjert, and large botie of ti e rea.cdy sect free lor tri&L Mention rest-OtTo aid Li;.rcs address. Prof. W. H. FEÜÜE, f. IX, 4 Cedar St., Kew Tork. 0. aa c& is cunaBLE. Out In a few d)-nJ n romd M blo.-J pnruSri, re pMitaumt. t kllife nor CSUMlen. N" Ii ' yrt r?.-.4 Iba W. r. fobeck IMifsl Institute. SV) LuSit'ie A v.. Chicago. Writ i.-r U:t-m Uli o f-- free "öiWM U ELECTRO - HOMEOPATHY Pnor. G. BIRKHOLZ, 3. ion, Maonic Tempi CHICAGO. DT3rKP6I Us Katar "aue. ITer . lin si4 Care. What food to rat ; what ioni to aritd. Bf John iL AieA.lv. n. Lcweil, M M..ed ire. POLITICAL aoi: cum i:ts. Foil eo:nnsioM:n. SAMUEL FFEtWLER, Candilrete for Countv Commissioner, First Pistrict, subject to the Democratic Countr Convt,tlon. FOR SI.K-MIrKLLIUJ. U "s! " P VT E XTFO li'X LU A K LE PI ECEJ cf machinerv. or will trn le for pood farra Jtnd in In liar. or aijolning states. J. Thlckstun. Pelm on t, lnd. A OlACK M KT. 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