Jasper County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 August 1901 — Page 7

POLIIS OF THE DAY.

’ Colonial Coat and Cplo«ldF|rade. J %he report thlt. Adjutant -General CoYbiA This tTeueHO Chaffee for a reduction of the army mated that expenses for this branch of the Sfinrtee. may be decreased tjO ppF edit tta a review of the cost of-, Fur wgf? width indlcatee' lhat v re had better stick to its huinanUuyj*nlmport (uni ignore ft us a cash «iiJ«#tiou. / . r)}< ' tjfptuanteftauco ‘vf ourwfiny .caliieto about SC>U,OOO,OO(j annually, riMi gs tjto navy*lnk*bQU]i Tg»j/tal .fcr | y r!W|ot j ftiur year eildijtg —. t<y*‘tlyH ttscal'yeaF just Hose^^anlcLiiwMf'-tOQP 1 *p,tbe oris InJne dither.' <tsUttbe the, army djuripc ttrat period lp.flSCt atw| ht the tft'j-*'&&,lWfM. The exrees§')ettjjjhj» &&& to tlfci>. $02&,006, W>«ff-fas 6b#n ta’Eiifi Trdiir Tbe ircttoK; America ft .p«FpT&>4jy taxation.. \ z - ■ •>_ ■ -b ~ dfeaE -math rooueJrYna'nniii wtßu we have acquired is sovereignty not property. ''The them as of old, and their property ftohtg remain as of old. If We-wish to rfiiftf a njdiMpj ItftMerial gain* t£« shall nave th turd (o fWe quest ioh of trade and commerce, and even then no man can tell what the commercial gain might have been -without sovereignty, since there ts no absolute mtlo affecting politics and commerce. \Ve exported ns much or nearly as much to Cuba in the year ending with June, 1893, as we did during the last fiscal year, when the island was under our control. Looking, however, to the places that haTC been to permanent postesaions we discover 1 that there l|4s bee'll an increase of American experts to them which may properly be attributed to a politically stlmuiated market for American commodities. The figures for the year Juat closed, which are much larger than those for tho previous year, are some $3,000,000 greater for Porto Rico than they were before the war and not quite $4,000,000 greater for the Philippines. But there are two things to note in this connection for the special bearing which they have on the meaning of the figures. Part of the gain in the Philippines is chargeable as an expense to the American people as a whole, since they paid for supplies sent to the islnnds for the maintenance of their army, and, more important still, the gain in Porto Rico was distinctly a gain from tariff concessions. Trade follows low tariffs. But continued large expenditures ou military account would far more than offset all possible gains, even if tariffs were abolished and it were permissible to balance a government debit with* a trade credit. For the ratio of military cost to exports is now about ns 9 to 1, and the latter cannot have any very great expansion because the- im?W>rtJug pappje axe not a people of highly cultivated wants. enltlvoted wants.—ltecoril Herald, Re publican. »] *, That Tariff Wa|». When Republicans gather for the purpose of “pointing with pride” tbefe must be pronouncement favoring the , continuance of the, scheme of protect tiou of our manufacturers. In the gathering of Ohio Repnblleans this feature WoH lidt lacking. i» And now the organs rise to a demonstration of the great benefits flowing from ; tbp Republican ‘policy bis protecting tht» inline Market. The convention declared In favor of _ “lariff-; schedules which will *rotect XmMcair labor nwrfmtSi tll6 wages paid foreign labor.” And the faithful tncrease of ifinfls of manufactured goods as of the; fjalue of the tariff , w»H: It is to protect the laborers of “this country agaiust the low wages paid abroad. j NotV if this is so simple a thing why wHI not borne of tliese organs explain In whni manner a tariff against imports of Iron and steel can boueflt the American laborerc while we are constantly adding to the amount of our Commodities? It Is net j to iFassuuicd that foreigners buy our manufactured because they are hlfher In esat than those made by j! the foreign labor to which lower wages are paid. That is too palpable an absurdity even for a Republican organ. If tvex-en ship our products to England «ud sell them, freight paid, in eompeti tlon wph goods manufactured by English labor Working for‘n less wage, what kind of a tariff is needed to make It Impossible for the English manufactufcr tprajita) hla mrhdlets tjt» t£l» •country, pay tbs frdlgnt and attendant expense and sell them in competition with our goods which are driving the Englishman out Of his own market? And when a sneer Is pointed at whnt 4s termed the academic phrnse of “Chinese wall,” because In spite of the alleged wall we have conquered the foreign market for our goods, it creates a •desire for information as■■to the renl ■effect of thesd Chinese walls. It 18 well known that t Imre watt' * strictly '•Chinese wall” around tba city of Pekin. It Is a matter of recent hlstbry that Americana entered Pekin against the

entered and carried in his hand the American flag. Commenting on this UrclffOTf TH'fOS SpIFirSTS Republican convention, it would be claimed that the Chinese wall had been scaled! and on Amertctw bThOMy 1 and thab .ihwefore. tfr tyal} AVas «At ah obstacle, but rathe! of the wall the valiant ’ ; \<tosi to fame he might ‘nolF i l %t4b nve pchleved. it; Cfeuld not bave pwn, pealed. Therefore, ib was clearly the Chinese wall that Created the vfiior of tho A Mexican jsailn to* / Xf is a-stodge:s6rtu< I»glb. Iti jiot be •aqeeptedr.ijl Ike cjraty jlßpbgf-a jasjyfiF right wk Repiul)ii- f IF 1 thC Ipurjpjr of^Figh-t'arifrwrgau.—Jqlms-i t f j >i «*», V , i the was pa^sed^ifa^l in 1 - 1 mads to enforeq it tor, a year or mord; ‘frieri Mr. TTbrasofi’s Attorney General .woke up,with a start and,hastily wrotea lettw to - United At-; lapectlng, them H anti trust law and “lay it alongside” of any'<ioiublhe that canao handy and see whether it w fit. The rcsplt was great activity against trusts, bbt it was mostly confined to the news aud editorial columns tis the administration newspapers. Soane alleged combines which were not tariff protected were attacked, and one insignificant little trust which was tariff protected was hit pretty hard. After election the activity subsided. Tl*e only important application of the Shhman’ law was te a railroad combine which was not tariff protected in any degree or manner, and that application was In uo wise due to Republican effort. Now that the discovery has been made that Representative Babcock speaks for great numbers of Republicans in the West, that be cannot be turned down aud that trouble for the party is brewing, it is perceived that something must be done or the Republican party will be in a desperately bad way long before the next Presidential election. If the big combines are de-. prived of protection there will be revolt in New England and Pennsylvania. If they are not deprived of protection there will lie rebellion in the West. In this dilemma the administration, we are told by its organs, has resolved that a searching investigation shall be set on foot to find out “whether certain great corporate combinations are operating in contravention of the Sherman anti-trust law.” In fact, it is asserted that the department of justice, presided over by a great corporation lawyer, is already secretly carrying on this investigation. If tfie, department finds something ! ‘tHe triist question then will resolve itself into a paramount legal issue and be fought to a finish. Against the Federal government will be arrayed vast aggregations of capital,” etc. Just so. This battle royal is to be put up to amuse the people of the West and prevent them from joining Mr. Bibcock lu demanding tbat combines whlch-ean sell in all the markets of the world without protection shall be deprived bf rtiriY' p&tver t&'exfwt higher prices from Americans than they are glad J.O ,get frym foreigners. - r „ The admifiistratfoti grtm'e 18‘tb fool Western people by making a tremeud'oqs bJn»tc/ oyerjtkej e»sqrcemenrt of a law which has been proved wortfiless by more than ten years of experience, it remains to tne'seen whether Western Republicans can be fooled again by a legal sham battle.— Chicago' UUfbnlde. {; V A 4 *' Brief Comment. *“ The Republicans of Kentucky are sayhig nasty tilings abaut each other. Of course t lie row Is a I amt the Federal patronage. They are all patriots there and Want uu office. Perry Heath's hank, the Seventh National of New York, that failed recently will, after the stockholders have been assessed 100 per cent, only pay 80 per cent on the dollar to depositors. Banks with a iiolitical ptifi don't seem to be, desirable lu vestments. The American Protective Tariff League (s threatening to smoke out Speaker Hendewon on the tariff question. Tfeo League will for once be dot lug good work if it will show up how the trusts, through the Republican Speaker and majority of Congress, make or bulk legislation to suit theniselses... I » A x J There would Isoem to lie nnother factional fight in progress among the Republicans about the future of Cuba and the tariff ou her productions. One side represented by the New York Press would repel und Impoverish Culm; the other side, of which the Chicago Inter Ocean is the spokesman, would pave the way for “manifest destiny,” which, lu this case, means annexation. The beet sugar -and totmoco combines may yet disrupt the Republican party, and if they do they will be blessings In the disguise of cormorants. - '"i ' <0

A PLEA FOR THE HOME.

It Is Neceiwrr for Churacter-Baild-taiart'liaW Station' Potted. /i in' an article in -Wife Woman's l Home Companion Bfstym POtter the, passing bf't'hty m>me,iu ouFfofyF(AtM*i<' ’and jttfnjk Jp.\onr cases children are bjeought up by ’ vants rather than by parents. Here i£' his conclusion: " ' "it .-•!'••' / <■>, .: !j fj 1 'Tfnhere Is no longer lo be ariy'botuellfe, ahy; liome ctrclc ’atid lihfuel^t,rlliMjs WpiVn «akc,ii^, need pot, be >p npy. uncertainty aa to what wcshall liave to autk-iiiato- You cannot make! «-hariu*ter by moans of a governess, rt trifor anri a groom.' ' f '- “And meantime Jet t;lle .vrtlittg fopndsrs of homes make a resolute beginning. Yon are looking forward to marriage and the founding of a family, my young brother, or you, my dear «jirl, whom may >Cod bless aud guidemlwnyial Resolve to lmve sumo law for the (home, and to giye some regular and .?usclent t(mc in it tq.yopf children. ; / If >ve are to reao.vqr out, of its weUriiigli lost es- = tate tlu- lieautiful aunl gracious iufstirtutiori of tJu- homc, we Bimit>makdi | thof business of doing so something M''fl(et 'puriisse/aud:'of'deflnlte • pinin' “Ml tW' way <froib The top ♦» t lie* Wftom 'Of/dur vast landiioqinpleKa social , strurtsiure - ilib tinsoHQßwoC.thf wago-eaiipMr<,pnd in /ithgtAf iim:cit\rik,;l4it »fofessioual ninu, the niei-imnlcj—4kaJ/an-cient andr divj*Yl jljfi.rij'ution must be lifted to its' true place and held in its rightfulij4H)n«r,oj SdHuis., gymnasia, recent ion-piers, libraries, toodelTenements'!' food, fnijir^riicd ! '’sanltni’y •tlons, a till't lie'like.' dre’All df'tatltfe in' tlieir place'; f»tit that which 1 make s' ibeu 1 itmt tvfymctl for itod and humniilty, and tbo hetter service of iheir land and-age. 1 is first of. all the personal bin oil of Some * strong and tender hand in theibotoo. ‘God setteth the solitary in families,' wrote the Psalmist lpug.ago- Let us Respect Hjs order, and His. jsffty. •Home, Sweet Home’ is said ,t<jj have been written by a lifelong wanderer who never lnvi one. It is an iinlnortal witness io the deep and inextinguishable hunger of the human heart.”

THE MARRIED MAN.

How Matrimony Affects Him, According to View* of His Clrnm. However much they may protest to the contrary, all their friends know that, so far as they are concerned, “a yonug man married is a young man marred.” That Is, they can never be the same ur their intimates as they were before tbeir marriage, and In nine cases out of ten confidential intercourse list ween a married aud unmarried person gradually ceases. "I used to enjoy my daily hmcheons with Bobby X," remarked one of bis beat friends; "we were always so sympathetic about everything, aud he had such a keen sense of humor that it made him the most delightful companion. We have tried to keep up lunching together, but I never saw a man so ehangi'd. He Is distant and absentminded. Yesterday, for example, after a long silence, lie suddenly burst forth with ‘I wish you wanted sonic klteheii chairs. I could tell you of a place where you could get the greatest bargain:’ l gave him oue look and rose from my chair. ‘Good-bye, old fellow,’ I said, rive have had some good times together, but I can’t stand this. Perhaps If ever I am a benedict we may In-come congenial more. I dare say then I shall lie very glad to hear nlsnit your kitchen chairs. I feel for my spirits’ sake I must find a single man to lunch with” He looked half angry ami half foolish; but what was I to do? It is of no use to try to mix oil and water!”—Philadelphia Telegraph.

Case of Emergency.

The ..doctor i* charge of the school hail always laughed nt the Idea of our ever making practical use of our “First Aid to the Injured” lessons. He laid niuttered something nbont “shoetnaker* sticking fo'fhWr lasts,” and then had shM: "Yon tench the children - tlijit’rf your Hue—and wait for me to come if anything happens.” ;Therefore, when ow delicate little -Nannie fell dowr. stairs, we had not merely tin? desire to give her immediate relief, hut also a deep-*voted hut unspoken wish to show the man that we could do something. Nunttic lmd murmured, "My ankle— I twisted my before she fainted. To bind it then might help, and certainly could not harm iter. The emergency bandages were produced, and, delighted to see that there was as .vet no appreciable swelling, we IriHtnd tin* leg In most approved style from toes to knee. We bad just finished when the doctor came. Hts snorted at sight of the materials around, then, after an examination of a few minutes, he said: "Very good very good, indeed! But you’ve bandaged the wrong loot.’’New York Times.

Glass Globe Set Curtains Afire.

A singular fire occurred recently at n dri'elllng house in Philadelphia. Undernonlh tie* parlor window wns n dresser upon which was a glass globe, which, it Ik sttppo.sed. became ho heated by the sun’s rays that It ignited the windowcurtains, tho flames extending* to the dresser, w-hlcli, with Its contents and the curt ulus, wore destroyed before tho fire* was extinguished. There was no lire In the parlor grate, nor was any person in the room where the fire originated.

Industry in Honolulu.

Honolulu N keeping up with the trade pr«>ccHxion of the tiny. It in to hare n s2,<ioo,»>oo peeking home eatulv llxhnwnt. Urn # Many a man apenda half hla time anticipating to-morrow And the other half In regretting yoaterdny.

STATE OF THE CROPS

if v/iai i,t i.ovo pm/ri v'olT ./‘.bond! * WEEKLY REPORT OIS TWC AGRI--1 F CULTURAL DEPARTMENT. “ ».« ).! >eiln«ttie.O' ii) i'lll 1 'll!) Hfilll ** rI * j b bohi.'/ v• r?I ,puitmtu bur. ' •Weather Karnpabie for Growth Uaat “ 'of Rocky Mountains, wlt'h; Beneficial Rain* Over a Large Portion of the Drought Area. | T’lic weekly Crdp’report'isewwi ■ l»j’ the weather bureau shows that late corn bits experienced material improvement in thb States of i tbvi slis>issip|)i and Missouri! Valleys and in Kentucky and Tennessm With favorable temperature rtindltioas iu , September the yield ,iu, tiut Alissonri Valley will be larger than indicated by previous reports. In Ohio, Indiana arid Pen- 1 trnl and Southern Illinois the ertnditjon of the crop has further deteriorated, Cspecialty in Southwestern Ohio, /iln'ilnjj Atlantic coast districts poru bus made,, excellent progress. Ruins have interrupted the spring wheat harvest*. whii4, libweGA, bi neurri finished over tiie simthern portidli of <He spring wheat region, ,uni|| ( lprigliik 1 - io portions ,of North wkcw.the grain is reported us shrunken and heads not well tftfetl yitV hcuf. f iTn J 'wh(dir ii;(rV«<sV mV |ltc north Pacific coast is in active pfiigrids with yields exceeding'oxpevtatiojiib Farther- impnovoßient iilbrh.v cirndhion of cotton is generally reported frOuin the ( aivljeasri-pya/rt'ouy of the yOtioii belt,,^'tijipu'gb, rftsj! itpfl are, more or less itidilytpri. ',fj W§m\ ,*«,!<, I* lornla ami portions of Alamiuin, wh<*V(‘ •too rtiiich vara'-Iras ' f4lWri' ifi lo»4lities, Over iliiich of* the WeMdl'lV-'ptCrt Of tIHH cotton helt'-fi'hil 'l4 porfidnlt VVf flic central districts ctirtoUi.jsjsujlfHriaii.fv l ' nrin, and in the drought ffigi/nv (if TJtftXrtafXs Carilug lapitlly. Picking iis in gOUegalf Wngri'-s in Texas, except in the northern counths. 1 iii the Mdridijn, tic States and New England tobacco lias made favoruble progress, except in 'piiilion**' of Mftlkdaini, where tlu- crop on Ipi'lunri* iuis bjjen iui'lred by too, mayh i*ain. In and in portions of Tennessee the crop is greatly imprimst. Imf in' soritliwestern Ohio it lias been seriously damaged by drought. *' “ ■ i All reports from districts tast of the Rocky .Mountains iilliicate an extremely light and inferior apple crop, although the outlook is slightly improved in Kansas an Missouri. The week has I icon one of very favorable temperature .conditions in the districts east of the Rocky Mountains, with beneficial rains over a large part of the drought area. Drought, however, continues in tlu- Ohio Valley and in portions of Tennessee and the upper lake region, while excessive rains have caused destructive freshets la the Carolinns amt proved injurious in portions ~f Georgia, Florida and Alabama. Ext remedy hot -weather in the interior of California caused rapid ripening of fruit and serious injury to grapes in some places. Keporti from ft 'tes. Illinois-. Light rains iu northern and parts of central ami southern districts improved conditions somewhat: Corn improved la northern portion toil deterloratsst In mitral and southern districts: stalk better than eur: yield of oats continues fair to good; pas tares, gardens, potatoes poor, but improved in north portion; fruit prospects poor; apple* good In somo localities; pens not doing well. Indiana—-Very dry; little rainfall; deterioration of late crons continues, except In some districts of northern portion, where corn Is Still good; upland and early planted earn practically ruined, lowland aud late planted corn, with timely raliis, would still yield well; condition of potatoes, tomatoes aud field and garden vegetables discouraging: fairly good apple prospects, but much fruit withering; some farmers feeding sto«k; plowing proceeding With difficulty. Ohio—Moderate rain In southeast, drought greatly Intensified elsewhere; corn benefited In southeast, earing amt growing fairly well In northeast, but damage by drought gr.,vying more serious iu sou in west and spreading over most of west; potato**, truck and gatden crops mill deteriorating: tobacco much damaged in southwest; peaches ripening, of uferlor sire and quality u south; apple prospert less favorable; ground too drv for plowing. Michigan—Too dry iu southern counties for com. pastures and late potatoes; lit other section* conditions have been favorable: generally corn, beans, buck wheat and sugar beets contiuue promising; late potatoes poor lu extreme southern comities luit promising In northern ami central. Plowing for fall wheat becoming general: oat It irvest well advanced In upper peninsula. Missouri—latte corn continues to Improve in southwest, central, and portion of northern section, but yield will be light; apples and peachew improving. Wisconsin - Week cool, with copious rains In central and nor,hern sections; dry weather continues lu southern counties; corn making excellent progress except In southern counties, where badly Injured by drought; grain in stack and thrashing under way; wheat aud barley yielding woll, oats light; potatoes good rxr*«ptlii dry sections: tobacco improving, but crop generally light. Minnesota— Favorable for work in graliitill rains of night of Ktli: Imrvtwtlng of early wheat, oats and barley well advanced i« Kell River Valley, ami ail editing, except flax. finished 1 elsewhere; etaVklhg an i shack thrashing progresring well; |xw>r to f-itr tlix crop being liarvospeti; rain gave temporary benefit to corn, potatoes, pastures and gardens; plowing begun la south. lowa—Temperature seasonable, with moderate showers, htdl ilslrdiutisl. except In portions of eastern dlstrlels: crop condillou ronerally materially Improved; bite corn «ar lug and fllllug fairly well aud yield will lie larger than anticipated If September Is warm and frostlpss: thrashing reports showyield and quality of oats and wheat well iqi to average; pastures Imprevcd and plowing begun. North Dakotn Hanes; lug and haying Mopped tij- rain, aeoompan ih| by high winds, which Imlgcd heavy gralu badly; wheat rutting In progress, general')- shrunken ns ( rule-and heads not well filled! cats, rye and barley mostly all cut; finx. stilt poor; corn Improving; latgc amomit of h.tv already put up. South Dakota —Copious general rains; sensouable tcsni>erature->; corn, especially the late, which comprises umetl of the crop, considerably Improved; wheal, oats, barley aud rye practically harvested and nicely secured; stacking and shock thrashing advanced, some ytohle excelling expectations; baying far advanced, mootly good crop; pastures, millet, flax and late potatoes Improved; apple prospect poor. Nebraska—Week-warm, with general showers; late planted corn has Improved somewhat In e.iatern counties; some corn being out for fodder; haying has progressed nicely, with crop ulmivc average In northern counties: fall plowing general; fruit prospects very poor; garden vegetahl.s very scarce.

French Wheat Crop Is Short.

Conmil General Skinner at AlarseUies, in a re|H»rt to the Department of State, ways there is no longer any doubt that there will Is* a serious shortage in the wheat crop of France. The harvest commenced June 211. iind on July 12 threefourths of the entire yield had been cut. The opinion of experts, based upon the resntta obtained, place* France dependent upon the world for about 0t1.000.000 bushels. Oofifttl Gineral Skinner says that France will took to the United Statea to supply most of this shortage.

PULSE of the PRESS

irwlortna 1 Mitfla'J- ihViribl’ IbOk sip tlifl Ueucrully acceiitcd iJetUitkwi of the word ‘‘boumerahg.’’-4-pe'nVer Post. • > M Senator, Ifnpna’s soq has < fomul. sofuctbittg ItuH blot) made iw-e-liib-nt of a soft coal eompafly. — Paul li>i»-"X-b'c : V Admiral ( ervot-a says he never mot Admirnl Btiln[i'hlil. This comes I'nun the fa'Ct thiii lie- callril • tv*hbrt tlii- laftt'er wiia qilri- .Gloy.ch>ttcl) IJlnjftjppt»lf»r. I .it .ocaios afodtr all tinti the Biter wrtiiiefr' and children are treated - fttlly* as weH as tjie, Brjtjsty .sqltlieijS, , (except in the , wift rivi'i p K ip^nifioi^^rpif»*^ l ! ' ' The princi[val occuftatiou juktnbw <>f a .lot pf peqjile with, checkered ui;Uripiohinl fitrecrs is tlpit, of ,kidnfii)Jitng! tiieiy .Ava '|»c.L Ne»y'^rl^ ( Sau. \\ itli the unions fixing the pr«p of labor and, tilt; tj'usts trip ( prico <>t| ' riiAririfnCtut-cif rai'i (louh tfie 'cMlsMtv'cv 'rib'triri' InjT--^’ylh' Tqltt jthi. j ; ' n r W®F flttnHjpriy itig heaven to tliWiaHfßfißciSWMßieir r#4»rt' —most all women, with a very slim sprin kling of men:—Cleveland Plain Deafen' There -:tV4> ill exist 1 - 1 - ttiux'Winikinifuieuidf rid coktntrv at present that it is ftot oniins dirtltltfit ttr kdefi fiMfik 6f riu'Wt.'r 't’ljppiijh .Joj^yifaii' If our national profiperjfy. can stifuil uivstuiketi dytiinkf 1 qf| strike an*i ririgrtt' ld 'lie h<» fHWJifi'jn qfitei/jMU'-fiMiuetftfjr. .-»r Toledo News. | . it t gisj.il tJiitig ijlHmvtfw,; flrotajrlit la t&e corn hes t Ifrf £ I*ll late , hue thousands of people who had been iijeglectink? tlrciv pnirO'fs. <- Oetroif I’n-c Press. ' .' ; ! 1 The itrice of coal in Ottnxrn. ('anadn, has ht*eii rednctsl from $7 to The ways of, Pierpont Morgan irs well aw Providence are inscrutable. Detroit News. j/ Can it he couridcrcd another invasion of American ideas when the 'stockholders of a London financial institution talk about lynching the promoters?—-Cleveland Plain Denier, Epworth League girls of Illinois have offered to give part of their skin to restore the beauty of two sisters injured in a railway accident. Christianity grows. Buffalo News. Maclay, alleged historian and distorter of facts, says he Is nfit afraid of a stilt against him by Admiral Schley. This is the way in which irresponsible people always talk.—Baltimore News, The American public will require better authority than English publication* before it believes that Boers arc “half savages,” and ,-delight in murdering wounded tnen. —Buffalo Times. The newspapers of ,this city are publishing earnest appeals to "the hottest voter. The far more effective dishonest voter will he approached ill another way, —San Ffutrciseo Evening Post. fit dry regions there is a great ileal of talk about meeting the drought problem by irrigation. There is only oue drawback to irrigation, nnd that is the absence of water. —Bt. Louis Globe-Democrat. Onpt. Mtrong and May Volte Hope sailed for Japan Httder the name of Smith. For those who saw May when she was here a few weeks ago it is diincnlt lo understand why Smith left home. -Chicago Journal. It appears that the Sultan of Turkey has determined to buy no more warships in Germany unless that country will cease its outrageous practice of asking to 1m- paid for them. Philadelphia Bulletin. An upright judge, learned in the law, y» respected, whether in- is in gown or shirt sleeves, whether he grows whiskers or a mustache, or lias a smooth-shaven face; whether Ik* wears n wig or goes bald-headed - -St. Louis Pftst-I»lspAt< h. Dr. Parker, of Detroit, states that men grow bald because they d<< not breathe deeply enough. This accounts for Hie short-winded gentlemen who are seeu in tho front row at the theater when-the ballot conics to town. Baltimore- American. Tlte nature of the Texas mules is so p**orly understood in England Hint native negroes will chaperone the intth-s hereafter. There is a sirnin of imh'poHilenoe in tin* America* mule that cannot be cottquo red It) English drivers, r Buffalo News. A resident of Texas devised a shotgun trap for thieves, The trap worked all right, Imf the* inventor was a trifle nh-sent-miuded, ninl now tin* corotier Is searching tin* dictionary for suitable words in whit-h to frame the verdict.--Omaha News. The increase, in nhe price cents per ton on account of drought and excessively hos weather is eei-tainly something new under iho kmu. It hits not been generally known that the cowl crop, too. lias been injured by the drought— Bt. Louis < Tronicjc. . A New York magistrate allowed a woman to fix .the penalty for her litisbuiid, who had been arrested for beating her, and site made it three mouth* on the rock pile. In n few days site will no doubt be holding an umbrella over him while lie is nf work.--Denver Pont. Admiral Schley seems to have a dosen or so “bureau" enemies, while the mil* lions of tin* coilntry’* population lirntiy believe him a hero-arid yet tho Utth? eliquo teems able to blight his career If not ltis fame. Tits tail certainly doc* wag the dog at times -and u pretty stubby, sertihby tail at that,* San Francisco Bulletin. Tito Bum|>nnn-Schley controversy i* in* 'cresting its showing how small smite great men really are.-Toledo News. The Pnris Figaro publishes an inlets view with M. Jules Gambon in which iho French ambassador to the United States expresses gratification at the sympathy manifested In America with everything French. E. O.- Hollos rtf Klin Francisco has Istcn arrested in Berlin charged with complicity in the robbery of the American Exprest Company’s office in I’,-trl* last April

RECORD OF THE WEEK

TERSELY •« -i* 'TOLD, j * I -i iXh»i«..ii*l lm»i lmitf : , i: I I t.l " - ! ' , m * Ktumior iirpr, Jfour Years; Has fteeii L’nnb'e to Eat—Banker Key Thrcatene I Swlcide Hoy* Are Held for Hob- . bin« the Mali,

Thomas Arbttckle, aged 24, of Scott Cotrafy, lias not Caten a partiele of food in four years, hut sfifl triilntain* a hold on by.U)r\as; Uqpid food through an artificial opening Tjil* manner of procedure is caused by his cardiac orifice behig I completely closed. Seven years ago Arlmikle hftd a severe* attack of typhoid freer. When im recovered it was. found bis cardiao oriiU'a was closed un,cj an operation was performed. The side , (jf hi* stomach wak securely' tb the wft/t of hi* abilomen. An opening was then made through the aridotuen, thrmrgh dhiclt ho* takes his food. Arbuckdo' lm* -fairly gohil health und accomplishes tiie work of tho average*man each day oa the fynu. : Bciltl for liilAifitj Hit'irnf, George Moore and Ulysses Snyder, aeaused of Ividhtlg the mail «t 41reoUcastle, .were imhnd: over ti> the •Uttiteji' ifitates grand jury l*y Goimnissiumd- iiiggins at Terre, on, J licit- pletj.* ,y,C guilty. Stjydc;; says. at the Motion depot and gome of the contents. He also gave Moi*-e fchhfkff jr’n'l dVrfrisi I hiritMi(/t! ii” t<s several th’drihAnii ; (i/dl.-H-*: 1 Thes'iy lniVf*' prrfi recovered. and property ’Wrivv'Jtrill'd. The boy mi got wly -od Ccii(s,i»,vaj<#i «nd a dol- * lar-’s* worth ,»*f, ststSpo. ■ Msutme.i tva» out of the State Uofonn School on parole, but will now he turned oyer to the Unitnight Cf Btinker Key. Whet* Ba'vkey J. M. Key. Andrews, ,VYtts , tmsU'-i . for alleged forgeries, he reached to his pqcket und drew a revolver. Wlicn overpowered hu said. “Thqre is one of trio thittgs j/or me to do, and that is either to go to Michigan City or commit suicide.*’ When placed iu jail he begged for it knife, and naked that his family be not informed of hi* plight. He wus arrested at the instance of O. M* Packard, vicq president, of the Capital National Bank, Indianapolis, with which he had deposited several thousand dollars' worth of bad notes. Boy Attacked by a Carp. The son of Spencer Bentidtim, Muncie. was fishing in Buck Creek, aud a large carp pulled him into the stream. He I*came entangled in his line. The fish started down stream, returned and attacked the boy. A huge gash was cut in his body by the fish. It was captured by a farut hand, after it had almost drowned the youngster. # State News in Brief. Ivokotuo needs I'Ht new houses. Fowler will *o:u pave her principal streets. Boone County telphers' institute will be held Aug. 2U to 30. The liquor war at ltussyiville is ended. Applicant's petition denied. The Wabash Valley powwow of Redmen was held at Iyigansport. The Lebanon Elks witl give a street fair and carnival in October. A new well in Randolph County yields a heavy flow of both gas an I oil. John Himltmaii, Oldest and wealthiest negro in Howard County, is dead. George Lineherry, despondent, took strychnine arid died at Khvi.od. Jeffersonville Elks will invite Gov. Durbin to their carnival. Sept. lt’> to 21. Gov. Durbin reviewed company M, Second Regiment, at the Greenfiel 1 Fair. Frank Coburn, Spt necrvillv, had his intestines almost shot away while hunting. Ilenry Heasley, Gti, nu Elkhart gro or since 18»KJ, shot himself. Despondency. GreetteasUe Commercial Club ha* bought OR acres and will go after factories. The threatened strike of Anderson typos lias lieett averted by a mutual compromise. Charles .Myers, a bridegroom of three weeks, wus instantly killed in the Anderson Panhandle yard*. Charles Hammond. 30. a deaf mute, was run down and instantly killed by an E. A T. H. train at Viacenu- s. The Lake. Erie and Western has 1,000 men making Improvement.* to make tho roadbed equal to the Lake Shore. Robert Ferguson. Terre Haute miner, who broke his bark, ha* ret over.ed. hut will be helpless the rest of hi* life. 31. T. Shi el. weil-known ElwooJ stock buyer, was kicked vn loth kuivs by u vicious pony and is crippled for life. Jaini s Jacks was killed by an accidental explosion iu a Giinton mine. . Hi* soil. William, was badly limited ami may die. A 1 Cooley, it large grocer tit Elwood. has closed Iti* store Httd will reopen when the steel strike i* over and business is Hgain worth while. Mayor Thomas Taggart, three time* Mayor of Indianapolis, lias written the Democratic city committee declining to accept a fourth nomination. Mrs. Denny Duster, Converse, cooled herself by bathing her neck and brenat with ice water. Lockjaw mysteriously developed and Mrs. Hosier is dead. The Harrison monument* fund nt Indianapolis flow amounts to s3t>,ooo. The commission hopes to raise ?I 50,000 to $250,000. A memorial arch to cost $200,000 is favored. •The 2-ycar-old child of Mr. anj Mrs. John Rigby. Muncie, was bitten on the hand und face by a black spider, an I was critically iii Air it .'short time. It is better mid will recover. Trump William Thompson, Evansville, was sentenced to the reformatory. He induced boys to steal for him, after which he would tattoo them. Dr. Port F. Askrrtx Terre Haute, was found dead beneath u window of his lodging house. He is suppusini to have gone to sleep in the window and fallen out. Jerome Parson, n farmer near Frank foft. told ( hi* son Sunday morning as he left home that be would find his father dead. The father did not return that night and no truce* of him have been found.