Jasper County Democrat, Volume 5, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 September 1902 — Page 7

your neighbour to subscribe for the taxpayers’ friend, The Dmeocrat. It gives all the news. FARMS FOR SALE. BY Dalton Hinchman REAL ESTATE AGENT, Vernon, Ind. No. 276. Farm of 140 acres, 2 miles of Rood railroad town of 400 inhabitants; atw ostory frame house of 8 rooms; frame barn 64x60, all in good shape; tine orchard; farm well watered; 40 Acres in timber, farm lays nice aud nice roads to town; 70 acres more can ro with the 140 if purchaser wishes it. Price S2O per acre. No. 278. Farm of 848*4 acres: frame house of 5 rooms. Rood frame barn, a fine young orchard, 100 acres in timber, balance in good state of cultivation, a tine stock farm as well as a good grain farm, it is a well watered farm and lays nice; 2 3 i miles of railroad town. Price S2O per acre, one-half cash, good time on balance at 6 per cent, secured by drat mortgage. No. 270. Farm of 200 acres; frame house of 6 rooms, large frame barn, ice house and other out-buildings; farm is well watered, lays nice, well fenced; 3 miles east or west to railroad towns on J. M. & 1., B. & O. S. \V. or Big Four. Price S2O per acre. No. 280. Farm of 700 acres; said farm has three dwt llings. two good barns; three good orchards; this farm can be put into 3 or 4 good farms; part of farm is rolling, but is not bad, most of it level and smooth; 8 miles of a good railroad town, 14 miles of Madison. Indiana. Price S2O per acre, two-thirds cash, balance on good time at 6 per cent, secured by first mortgage on said farm. No. 281. Farm of 100 acres; 5 miles of good K R. town of population of 400. Nice frame cottage of 0 rooms, large frame barn, fine orchards of all kinds of fruit, farm lays nice, in good neighborhood. Church and school close to said farm. Price $2,200. Correspondence Solicited. Referenc es: Judge Willard New, Ex-Judge T. C. Batchelor, First National Bank. Merchants: S. W. Storey. N. DeVersy. Jacob Foebel, Thomas & Son, Wagner Bros. & Co., Nelson & Son. J. H. Maguire & Co., W. M. Naur. Herbert Goff and Wagner's plow factory. Anyone that wishes to look over the county, would be pleased to show them whether they wished to buy or not. Where to Locate? WHY IN THE TERRITORY TRAVERSED ST THE . . LOUISVILLE and NASHVILLE RAILROAD —THE— Great Central Southern Trunk Line, IN KENTUCKEY, TENNESSEE, ALABAMA, MISSISSIPPI, FLORIDA, WHERE Farmers, Fruit Growers, Stock Raisers, Manufacturers, Investors, Speculators, and Money Lenders will find the greatest chances in the United Sta’es to make "big money" by reason of the abundance and cheapness of Land and Forms. Timber and Stone, Iren and Cool, Labor- Everything! Free sitee. financial assistance, and freedom from taxation for the manufacturer. Land and farms at SI.OO per acre and upwards. and 600.000 acres in West Florida that can be taken gratia under the U. S. Homestead laws. Stock raising in the Gulf Coast District will make enormous profits. Half fare rxcurslone the tint and third Tuesdays ol each month. I,et us know what you want and we will tell you where and how to get it—but don't delay, as the country is filling up rapidly. Printed matter, maps and all inhumation free. Address. R. J. WEMYSS Central Immigration and Industrial Agent, LOUISVILLE. ICY. V\. l•• 1 ;l y O a ; ■ SDdJ ... / < 1 Send model, sketch or photo of Invention for * < 1 free report on patentability. For free book, f <> How to Securer Dint IIADIfO write ( j REVIVO I'HHN'OB TEU'—lAm omm »$P produces the above raaalta tn SO days. It acts powerfully and qulokly. Cures when all othan falL xouDf man will reaain their loot manhood, and old man will recover their youthful vigor by using 11F.VI VO. It gelokly andeurely reetoreeNervoasneee. Loot Vitality, Impotency, Nightly Kmtaalnna, LostPowar,Failing Memory, Wasting Plsessec, and all affects of seU sbuao or exceed a • lndiecration, which unßta one fer study, busineas or murlaga. II not only cures by starting at tbo seat of disease, but la a great nmrve ton to and blood builder, bringing book tba pink glow toxmlo cheeks and re Storing tba Arc of youth, ft wards off Insanity and Consumption Insist on having REVIVO, no other. It can be canted In vest pocket. By mall BLOO par panksae, or alx for na.oo. with a pool thre written guarantee to cure or refund the money. Advice and elraular free. Addreee HOYAL MEDICINE CO., ’ For title in liectoelaer by J, A. Larsh druggist. Monte’ English Worm Powder Warranted to oaraaar cam of Worms Id Barms Cattle, Sheep or Don, also Pin Worms In Colts Prlee. Me. per feos. Bold by A. F. Long.

GARDEN AND FARM

BRAN AS A FOOD. Bran is probably the cheapest food that can be purchased and brought on the farm, with the exception of cotton seed and linseed meals. One advantage in favor of bran is that it is rich in mineral matter, and when fed in skim milk to pigs it gives excellent result*. It also adds largely to the value of the manure. THE ASPARAGUS CROP. Just before the asparagus plants produce seed cut them down, leave them on the bed, add straw if necessary and burn the bed over, so as to entirely consume all of the tops. By so doing some of the insects and parasites that attack the plants will be destroyed. Never allow the plants to produce seed, as the maturing of the seed takes plant food from the soil. PROFIT IN PIG-j. The pigs give the largest profit when they are gotten into market as early in their stage of growth as possible. The cost of pork is less if the animal Is sold when it does not exceed 200 pounds, as any excess of that weight will cost more in production than when the pig is growing, the heaviest increase in weight being with young animals. INFERIOR BUTTER. Inferior butter frequently from keeping the cream from one milking too long while saving it to j add more cream for the next churn- ; ing. Ripe and unripe cream should I never be churned together. Bad butter comes mostly from those who j have but one cow, or cows that are not in full flow of milk. The cre.am is | saved until more can be obtained, and the first cream is kept too long, the j result being that the whole supply is injured. WATER FOR SHEEP. The idea that sheep owners used to have, that sheep required no water, or none when in pasture, probably j arese in part from the fact that they will not drink of impure or stale water, unless absolutely obliged to do so. It is true that the habits of sheep to eat early in the morning, when the dew is on the grasses, serves in part j to lessen their desire for water later j in the day, hut when yarded in the winter or when in pasture during the j dry and dswless’ nights there are not many animals that are to be seen at j the brook or the trough of clean cold water more than the sheep, and they j usually prefer the trough to the brook, j possibly because they may have un- j pleasant recollections of the days when , they were washed in it, but more likely i because it is not as pure in some cases j as the water from the well, and we I supposed that it was because the latter ; was either pure or was cooler than the ; pond water. But we do know 1 that if j sheep are given pure and fresh water j they will drink many times a day, : while they will often pass by a tub or j trough that has had water in it all the previous night. The sheep may not be very dainty in its food, eating many things that we call weeds, but it is dainty about its water. —The Cultivator. INCREASING MILK FLOW. Happily we have feed stuffs that are rich in proteine and at the same time of low cost, because they are by-prod-ucts of the manufacturer of other articles of trade. Of these wheat bran, gluten feeds and o.x meals, both from cotton and flaxseed, are the most available. Of all feed rich in proteine it costs less for a pound of proteine when it is bought in the gluten feeds than In any other material available for supplying this element. The proteine in gluten feeds is not only low in price, but it is very palatable and highly digestible. Palatability and digestibility should not he lost sight of, as a feed may be rich in the elements of nutrition and stiy not of the highest value, becauselt is not as palatable as some feeds of lower nutritive value, but so palatable that it will bring better results. Clover is the ideal roughage for dairy cows, as it is almost exactly balanced. Oats are also balanced, and if these two feeds were to be had at a low cost we would not need to worry about balanced rations, because nature has in these done her perfect work. When compounding rations it is sometimes cheapest to feed a wide ration—that is, one rich in carboydrates, because the feed most available may be so cheap that we can better afford to wasts the carbohydrates in order to get enough proteine than to look for proteine from another source. As a rule, however, it is cheapest to use one of the feeds we get from by-prod-ucts than to feed a ration that is very wide. Corn stover, timothy hay, millet or Hungarian grass hay, and straw, are all poor in proteine, and when they are fed one or more of the concentrates should be used in sufficient quantities to bring the ration to the proper proportion. Roughly speaking, to ten pounds of any of these rough feeds two pounds of linseed oil meal or gluten meal should be used. In the various experiment stations this question of supplying proteine has been very thoroughly studied, and the concensus of opinion at this time is that proteine is a very important part of the ration.—Dairy and Creamery. . * ORCHARD COVER CROPS. It Is no longer a question that for the great majority of orchards the beat

tillage consists of ciean cultivation until about midsummer, and then the sowing of some cover crop which will assist in ripening the wood in the fall and protect the soil during the winter. This protection is, of course, the great advantage of a cover crop, as it prevents erosion and leaching. If the crop is a leguminous one it will also increase the supply of nitrogen in the soil; and, in any case, when plowed under in the spring it will f.ad to the humus, which is of so much importance. The best plant to use for this cover crop depends to a great extent upon local .conditions, such as soil and climate. A crop which remains green during the winter is of course, superior to one which dies in the fall. Whether or not the crop should be a legume depends upon the supply of nitrogen already in the soil. This is best indicated by the growth of the trees. If. they are making a very heavy growth of wood no more nitrogen is needed. If they do not make a normal growth it certainly is. Some orchards need a leguminous crop grown in them occasionally, some every year and a very few rarely or never. Among the crops most commonly sown for cover are the clovers, cow peas and vetch among the legumes, and rye, oats and buckwheat among the non-leguninous plants. Cow peas are a very valuable crop, but as they are killed by the first frost they are not the ideal one for winter covers; besides they do not mature seed when planted so late except in the south, and are generally more profitable elsewhere. Buckwheat has the same disadvantage of dying in the fall, and is for that reason inferior to rye or oats. Rye is the old stand-by, and where a legume is not needed is probably the best cover crop, all things considered. Where common clover does not winter kill it is almost an ideal crop, but it is often difficult to secure a stand. Red clover is also very valuable in the orchard as anywhere else. Sand vetch is one of the best plants yet offered for this purpose, but unfortunately the price of seed is so high as to be almost prohibitive. Mixtures ot different plants might be made to give good results. The Cornell Station reports favorably on a mixture of alfalfa, turnips and mammoth clover sown together. Whatever crop is sown, and there should surely be one of some kind, it is well to prepare the land thoroughly for it, and then to plow it under early in the spring so as to add to the moisture-holding capacity of the soil. The cover crop is for the benefit of the trees exclusively. and should be so regarded.—E. E. Miller in Agricultural Epitomist.

WHEAT AND FERTILIZERS. As the time approaches for farmers to consider the purchasing of fertilizers for the wheat crop to be sown in the fall they should carefully review their operations of last season in order to avoid repeating any mistakes that may have been made. Although there are hundreds of farmers who fully understand the requirements of their soil and crops, and who buy intelligently, yet there are many who do not know what should be used on their crops to the best advantage, in consequence of which they do not expend the money appropriated for fertilizers in a manner to secure the best possible results in yields. As a rule many farmers bujr “phosphate." As phosphate is only one kind of plant food, the farmer who relies upon it may be disappointed. The complete fertilizers contain nitrogen, potash and phosphate, the latter being procured for the soluble phosphoric acid contained, as the phosphate rock or bones used for fertilizer are usually put through a process of acidulation in order to render the phosphoric acid available. Where manure and fertilizers are used together the result will always be satisfactory, and at an expense of about two or three dollars per acre for fertilizer the returns in yields of crops will be more than sufficient to pay for the fertilizer, give a larger yield as well and leave the land in better condition. Soma farmers, however, who keep large herds of cattle and have an abundance of manure, prefer to use only phosphates for wheat, as they regard the manure as sufficient for supplying the necessary potash, and If clover enters into the crop rotation the supply of nitrogen may be sufficient; but much depends upon the quality of the manure and how It was kept. Phosphoric add is the best of the fertilizers for the grains, but in growing a crop of wheat it is important to have also a good growth of straw as well as well-filled grains. The drilling of seed wheat is done easily and rapidly with the grain drill, which also has a fertilizer attachment for applying fertilizer at the name time. In addition to phosphate the farmer should use some potash, applying but little nitrogen in the fall, as an application of nitrate of soda in the spring on growing wheat has a wonderful effect. If the nitrogen is applied in the fail there is a liability of some of it being carried off by rains and melting boowb. Farmers who prefer to use a nitrogenous fertilizer In the fall resort to ground dried blood, which is not as readily solub’.o as nitrate of soda.

Rose as an Emblem.

The rose is the emblem of secrecy in Greece, and was formerly hung over the table where guestß were entertained in token that nothing heard there was to be repeated. The dairy schools of Russia have brought that country to the front at one of the foremoat producers of butter, cheese and milk In the world.

TWOHUNDREDPERISH

WIONT PELEE AGAIN HURLS OUT awfol'ldEath. Eruption Destroys Village of Horne Rouge, Martinique—Tidal Wave Adda to Terror and Bwcepa Away Le CarJ >e t~Shipa Bring News. With dense clouds of smoke and ashes, intermittently lit up in a sinister manner by flashes of lire from the subterranean regions, Mount Pelee again broke out the other day fbr the second time, dealing more death and devastation to the unfortunates who still continue to reside in the vicinity. While so far only 200 victims are ;e----ported as having succumbed, the fury of the eruption and the denseness of the clouds of ashes and volcanic substance deposited for miles around exceed, it is thought, those of the former receut occurrence. The village of Morne Ilouge, which was a heavy sufferer before, is now reported to be completely wiped out. Le Carbet. a village on the coast, has been literally destroyed by an immense tidal wave which accompanied the volcanic eruption. Refugees to the number of several hundred have flocked from the unhappy island, and terror and panic prevail among those of the inhabitants who are unable to leave. Doniinca itself was visited with a dense cloud of dust and ashes. These fell for many miles around and carried death and devastation to all living things within the radius of the subterranean fury. As on the former occasion, the outburst was preceded by a series of thundering detonations from the interior of the mountain, which were rendered the more terrifying because of the tragedy of May 8 last, which was still s-o fresh within the minds of the population.' Close on these followed a great eonesliaped cloud of ashes, which was brilliantly lit up with flames which towered into the sky to an incredible height, and which gradually overspread the heavens. Like a great waterspout which breaks when high in the air. this column of dust and flames seemed suddenly to break and descend in an ever widening circle, till even Roseau was deluged with the suffocating cloud of death. Simultaneously with the outburst from the mountain came the terrific tidal wave which swept out of existence the whole village of Le Carbet, destroying the vessels in its small harbor, aud doubtless causing many other casualties mqre or less serious which have not yet been learned. In almost all respects, the details of this last horror were the same as those ex|K‘rienced last May. Cable communication with Martinique was cut off. doubtless owing to the suboceanic eruptions which caused the tidal wave. Cablegrams have been received from other islands in the West Indies and all these report the observance of terrifying phenomena similar to those experienced in Dominica. All show that the volcanic detonations were heard at a greater distance from Martinique than on the morning of May 8, indicating that the force of the eruption was greater than ou that occasion.

$18,000 FROM ONE-THIRD ACRE.

The Remarkable Crop of a Michigan Ginseng Farmer. To raise a crop valued at SIB,OOO on one-third of an acre of land is not a common occurrence in Michigan, hut that is what a farmer near Niles has done with hardly more work than the average man will put into the cultivation of an acre of berries. The man is George F. Langworthy of Weaver, a village near Niles. Ginseng is the stuff he has grown. It is six years since Mr. I.angworthy began this work and he now has 50,000 plants on his third of an acre. His annual income from them is far greater than from all other crops on his farm combined, in spite of the fact that his only market is 1?0OO miles away and the ultimate destination of his crop 10,000. For ginseng has no value iu America, save as it" is bought for export into China, where the natives use it for medIclne in every disease from paralysis to paresis. Ginseng grows principally from seed. The part of the plant of commercial importance is the root, which is composed of two parts, the root stulk and the root proper. The. former is slender, seldom one-fourth of an Inch in diameter, and is marked by a number of scars, each representing a year in the life of the plant. As many ns sixty-five of these have been found on a single root stalk. The size and value of the root do not increase with age, however. The root shrinks considerably in drying, losing about two-thirds of its weight. As soon as the fibrous matter is brittle the roots are trimmed uud returned to the dryer to be finished. When thoroughly dry they are carefully packed In boxes to keep them free from dust and vermin, and are shipped to a New York wholesaler, who in turn sells them to the Chinese. The roots bring at their last transfer from $lB to S2O a pound. The amount-shipped from the United States averages more than 300,000 pouuds annually.

Religious News and Notes

Gratiot Park. Port Huron. Mick., has l«id the debt on its Methodist Church. The Rev. Q. F. Arms and family of Concepcion, Chill, will soon return from South America on furlough. The Holy See, at Home, is engaged in rewriting the entechism and wishes to provide a single form for the whole Catholic world. Quetzaltenango, _£he (iuatemsln city recently destroyed by earthquake, was. It now appears, the center of Guatemalan liberalism and impiety. Bishop Potter will attend the religions congress at Bonn, Germany, before returning to the United States. No data has been yet set for his wedding. At London a number of native troops from India attended mass at the chapel of St. Raphael. They were descendants of converts made to the faith by St. Francis' Xavier centuries ago. Their appearance at an early hour excited much curiosity.

WEEKLY SUMMARY OF CROPS.

Dry, Warm Weather Needed in Miasour I Valley for Maturing Corn. Following is the Weekly summary of crop conditions made by the Agricultural Department: The temperature conditions in the northern districts east of the Missouri valley during the week were more favorable for maturing crops than in the previous week, but, as in the two weeks immediately preceding, excessively high temperatures prevailed in the central and 'vest gulf districts, including Oklahoma and Indian territory. Excessive rains have continued in the lower Missouri and Red River of the North valleys to serious detriment to grain in shock and stack, and with temperatures slightly below normal in the Missouri valley the maturity of crops has not advanced rapidly. Continued absence of rain has intensified the drouth in the west gulf districts and rain is generally needed in the Ohio valley and in coast districts from southern New England to the Curolinas. Generally rains have relieved drouth conditions in the east gulf districts. Frost, \yith ice in exposed places, occurred in the northern ltocky Mountain region on the morning of Aug. 29. Generally favorable conditions prevailed on the Pacific coast, although rather cool in the northern districts during the fore part of the week. In the States of the Missouri valley and in portions of the upi>er Mississippi valley corn has made fair progress, but has not matured rapidly owing to low temperatures and excessive moisture. Dry, warm weather is greatly needed in the Missouri valley for the maturity of corn, which will require practically a month in lowa ami eastern Nebraska. In Illinois, Indiana and Ohio the maturity of corn has beep more rapid, but the late crop is in need of rain in portions of Wisconsin. Indiana and Ohio. Early corn is being cut in Missouri and Kansas and is being marketed and fist to stock in the lastnamed State. Rains have greatly interfered with thrashing of spring wheat throughout tile Dakotas, Minnesota. lowa and Nebraska aud sprouting in shock is extensively reported. Harvesting is nearly finished on the North Pacific coast, where thrashing is progressing under favorable conditions, with about average yields. But little rain has fallen over much the greater part of the cotton belt westward of the Mississippi river during the last month, the last three weeks of which have been excessively warm, the w.-ck ending Sept. 1 being practically rainless over the greater part of Louisiana, portions of Arkansas and Oklahoma and throughout Texas, with the exception of a few light showers in tile north, central and northeastern portions, the result of which, with the ravages of insects, has been a steady deterioration in the condition of cotton during the second and third decades. While favorable weather conditions in the near future would cause a marked improvement in the condition in cotton in Texas the reports indicate that under the most favorable eircumstan *es the yield would be much short of an average crop. Cutting and curing of tobacco have progressed under favorable conditions and are largely finished ill the Curolinas and Virginia.

WRIGHT REPORTS ON STRIKE.

Labor Cora m issioner Urircs Joint Committee on Conciliation. The report of Carroll I). Wright, the commissioner of labor, on the anthracite coal strike was made public Wednesday.

Commissi oner Wright finds that there is no confidence existing lietween the employes and their employers. This, he believes. is one of the chief causes of the difficulties between the operators and the miners. He suggests that it would bo reasonable and just for

C. D. WRIGHT.

the operators to concede a nine-hour day for a |>eriod of six months as an experiment. He thinks there should be organized a joint committee on conciliation con»i»osed of representatives of the operators and of a new union of anthracite employes, to which nil grievances should bo referred for investigation, and i# t their decision should be final and binding upon all parties and that there should he no interference with the non union men.

FACTS ABOUT : : : : : : THE CENSUS.

Export* of merchandise have increased more than 50 per cent. Ex|x>rts of agricultural products have increased more than 25 per cent. Exports of manufactures have more than quadrupled. Imports of all merchandise have increased 30 per cent, but imisirts |>er capit t have fallen from $12.51 to SIO.BB. That the farmers of the country have shared iu this wonderful increase of wealth is clearly shown by further comparisons of 1880 with 1000. The value of farms aud farm property has grown from $12,000,000,000 to $20,500,000,000. The value of yearly products of farms has increased from $2,212,000,000 to $3,704.900,000, Thc valnc of farm animals has increased from $1,882,000,000 to $2,982,000.000. The number of manufacturing establishments in the United States has doubled—from 253,000 to 513,000. The value of the output of those establishments has increased two and one-half times—from $5,309,000,000 to more than $18,000,000,000. The number of employes in these establishments has more than d0ub1ed—2.732.000 to 5,719,000. The wages of these employes has almost trebled- $048,000,000 to $2,783,000,000. The production of coal has almost quadrupled—<l4,ooo,ooo tons compared with 241,000,000. Tlie production of steel has multiplied eight times 1,247,OtHI tons to 10,188,000. The production of copper has increased tenfold—27,ooo ton* to 270,000. The production of won! lias increased 25 per cent, of wheat 5 js-r cent, of Corn 40 per Cent. Rose Coghlan, the actress, was severely Injured nt Helena, Mont., because ahe mistook a bottle of carbolic arid for n face lotion. She applied the acid to her face in a dark room and barely escaped destroying her.eyesight

INDIANA INCIDENTS.

RECORD OF EVENTS OF THE PAST WEEK. Engineer Claims Heavy Hum a neoFort uue for Convict Upon Hln Re-lease-Women Will Work for Suffrage—Snatched from Gallows. Robert Melroise of Battle Creek, Mich., engineer of the midnight Grand Trunk Western passenger train which was wrecked near Haskells on the night of April 25, lias tiled suit against the railroad company for SBOJHX) damages. Melrose was pinioned under the engine for two hours mid liis injuries necessitated amputation of the right leg at the hip, while the left leg is crippled, his back sprained and he lias sustained other in’uries which it is claimed will make him a cripple for life. He war ,'!4 years old and was earning a salary of SI,BOO a year. The amount of damages claimed is based on the amount of wages he would have earned during his probable lifetime. Fortune A waits a Convict. John Slatton. a former convict in the Chester, 111., penitentiary, now serving a term in Michigan City for attempted murder, will, when be is released 'rom custody, come into possession of a fortune left him by his grandfather which is valued at $4:5.000 and which is in land, bonds, stocks and cash. Slatton comes from one of the best known and wealthiest families in Davies County. It was while Slatton was in prison that his grandfatherd died, leaving an estate valued at more than $2511.090. The bonds and stocks are paying handsome returns and the fortune promises to he nearly double when Slatton terminates his sentence of fourteen years. The term Inis now serving is the second in this State. Women Want f-uffraire. The Woman's Christian Temperance Union organizations of tile State have determined to make another fight before the Legislature which will he elected in November for the enactment of legislation which will give Indiana women the suffrage. The plan of agitation will be the placing of petitions in circulation in e l 'ex r county of the State, and it is iiope-1 to obtain several thousand signatures. When the petitions arc ready for presentation to the Legislature a lobby will be organized composed of the most influential women in the State and a determined fight waged for the pa sage of a suffrage law. Save 1 from the Gallows. M ardeq Read of the Michigan City penitentiary receive!] a message from the Governor commuting the sentence of Lewis Russell, a murderer, who was to have been hanged within a few hours. All arrangements had been perfected for the hanging and the death warrant had been read to the prisoner. When the warden informed Russell of the communication from the Governor the prisoner stared blankly. Presently his face brightened and he said quietly: “I thought I was gone sure.” Tonng Woman Drowned. Miss Mary Ilinkle, 25, who lived on a farm four miles south of Lafayette, was drowned in a spring. She went to the pasture to water cattle from a walled spring six feet deep. As she did not return a sister went in search of her aud found her body in the water. It is supposed she lost her balance amj fell in head foremost. Orphans Are Heirs. M. C. Whitehead, superintendent of the Boone County Orphans’ Home at Lebanon, has been notified that the five Pqies children who are inmates of the home are heirs to valuable land in West Virginia. Oil has been found on the land, and the children now have s4,."i<)o coming to them, besides further royalties from the oil taken from the land. Brief State Happenings. President Roosevelt has been asked to lay the corner stone of the new court house at Hammond on his western trip. Veterans of the ltKltli Indiana infantry will hold a reunion at Wabash on Sept. 17, when Senator Beveridge will he the principal speaker. Fred Kinle.v. a fireman on the Chicago division of the Big Four Railway, fell from an electric ear and was instantly killed near Anderson. Clinton Pierce, an iron puddler, was killed in a tight with five policemen at Terre Haute, and one of the officers was so badly injured that he may die. Piel Brothers, who have withdrawn from tlie starch trust, will establish an independent starch factory on thirty-six acres of land on the west side of the river at Indianapolis. The total investment in the new plant will he over $500,000. Oil has ben struck near Bird's Eye on the Southern Railroad. The flow is about twelve barrels a day, and the drillers say it cuu he brought up to fifty barrels a day. Other wells will he drilled. The company is composed of Evansville capitalists. John B. Beds sued Hartsville Lodge, No. 1(52, Knights of Pythias, for damages, demon-ding SSOO. Heels alleges that while he was being initiated into the lodge, April 10. he was roughly handled and fell to the floor. Then, he says, four able-bodied men fell upon him and he was Injured so seriously that lie was confined to his bed for three weeks. Mrs. Victoria Hnrthel of El wood has filed action in the Circuit Court to Contest the will of Michael Buhl, who died at Elwood July 17. Buhl was survived by two daughters, the only heirs andt the law, hut in the drawing of the will one of them. Mrs. Bartbel. was cut off from any share in the estate. She alleges that Buhl was of unsound mind at the time the will was drawu, which was on the day that lie died. The estate is valued at $25,000. Chnrlea Nunn, aged 14, had hi* oy» shot out and wan mortally wounded by William Kramer in Warrick County. The Imy was in a thicket with a rod Handkerchief about his neck. Kramer, mistaking him for a squirrel, fired the fatal shot. Kramer is prostrated. Lieut. G. E. Thorne, l', 8. A., brother of Muyor Thorne of Kokomo, is visiting in that city with his bride, who crossed the Pacific to become his wife. She was a school teacher in the Philippines and they became acquaint,si while Lieut. Thorne’*..regiment was stationed in th*Ulanda.