Jasper County Democrat, Volume 5, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 November 1902 — Page 3

Tell your neighbor to subscribe for the taxpayers’ friend, Thb 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 good railroad town of 400 Inhabitants; a two■tory frame house of 8 rooms; frame barn 64x60, all in good shape; fine orchard: farm well watered; 40 acres in timber, farm lays nice and nice roada to town; 70 acres more can go with the 140 if purchaser wishes it. Price (20 per acre. ! No. 278. Farm of 842V4 acres: frame house of 5 rooms, good frame bartf, a fine young orchard, 106 acres in timber, balance ih good state of cultivation, a tine stock farm as well as a good grain farm, It is a well watered farm and lays nice; 294 miles of railroad town. Price (20 per acre, one-half cash, good time on balance at 6 per cent, secured by first 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. A 1., B. A O. S, W. or Big Four. Price (20 per acre. No. 280. Farm of 700 acres; said farm has three dwellings, 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 (20 per acre, two-thirds cash, balance on good time at 6 per cent, secured by iirst mortgage on said farm. No. 281. Farm of 100 acres; 6 miles of good R. K. town of population of 400. Nice frame cottage of 6 rooms, large frame bsrn, tine orchards of all kinds of fruit, farm lays nice, in good neighborhood. Church and school close to said farm, Price (2,200. Correspondence Solicited. References: Judge Willard New, Ex-J udge T. C. Batchelor, First National Bank. Merchants: S. W. Storey. N. DeVersy, Jacob Foebel, Thomas A Son, Wagner Bros. A Co., Nelsori A Son. J. H. Maguire A Co., W. M. Naur, Herbert Goff and Wagner's plow factory. * Anyone that wishes to look over the county, would be pleased to show tbeui whether they wished to buy or net-. Where to Locate? WHY IN THE TENRITORV TRAVERSED BY THE . . LOUISVILLE and NASHVILLE RAILROAD —THE—dreat 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 States to make "big money" by reason of the abundance and cheapness of Land and Farms, Timber and Stone, Iron and Coal, Labor—Everything! Free site*, 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 gratis under the U. S. Homestead laws. Stock raising in the Gulf Coast District will make enormous profits. Half fare excursions the first ond third Tuesdays of each month. Let 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 Infoimation free. Address, R. J. WEMYSS General Immigration and Industrial Agent, LOUISVILLE, KY. \'f |-r. ini'l'y obtain I * aiM :v, / <' Send model, sketch or photo of invention for * < 1 free report on patentability. For free book, r I* HowtoSecoreTn MnC llft DVO write f / Patents Mid I(l AUC"" HI Ait Aw to # AKj^ n SXIIS? REVIVO lee® RESTORE* VITALITY VJHJDN'UIX RlHlftllii W produces the above roenlte In 30 days, it seta powerfully sod quickly. Cana when all others fall Voong men will regain their loot manhood, sad old ■non will recover their youthful vigor by using REVIVO. It quickly and surely restores Nervousness, Lost Vitality, Impotency. Nightly Emissions. Loot Power. Falling Memory, wasting Plsesssa. and all effects of self-shorn or excess a*' indiscretion, which unfits one for study, business or marrlafe. It not only cures by starting at the seel of disease, but is s greet nerve tonlo and blood builder, bringing back the pink glow to txtlc cheeks and ro storing tbs fire of ynnth. ft-wards off Insanity and Consumption. Insist on hgvlng BEVIVO.no other. It eta bo carried In vast pocket. By mail. •LOO per package, or six foraa.oo. wlthaposl •wo written guarantee to core or refund the money. Advice and drooler free. Address KOYAL MEDICINE CtL, ■‘SsfeiST" For ayte in Rensselaer by J, A. Larsh druggist. Morris’ Bnflbh Worm Powder Bold by ▲. F. Long.

‘GARDEN AND FARM

SILO ON A SHEEP FARM. The silo has -been employed chiefly on dairy farms, and by many is thought practical or profitable for dairy cattle only. We have fed silage to sheep for six years, feeding it to all classes of animals, including breeding stock of both sexes and all ages, and fattening lambs. We have also fed It to all other kinds of stock upon the farm. We think it just as valuable for sheep as for cows. It is the economical way of harvesting and storing the corn crop, and the form in which stock will moK nearly eat all of it. When cut with a first class cutter sheep leave one basket out of ten or twelve. This horses will clean up if not fed in too large quantities, and it takes the place of an equal amount of hay or dry fodder, so that practically all of the corn plant is made to yield its nutriment. There is always some spoiled ensilage about the sides of the silo, so that there is some loss in the crop, but I know of no other method of harvesting that involves so little loss. I would not advise any one to tear down or abandon cribs, but wherever more storage for the corn crop is needed I think it advisable to build a silo. It is the cheapest form in which storage can be made. Eight acres of average corn will fill the average silo. I I should not want all the corn crop In the silo, as we do not feed from it until all the stock are in winter quarters, and have not yet got to feeding it during the summer. The most serious objection to the silo is that it requires somewhat expensive machinery and a large force of hands to fill it. Co-operation among neighbors is the solution of this problem. One very great advantage of this method of harvesting the crop is that the field is left clear for seeding. All corn growers must learn that some crop should immediately follow the corn crop to catch the nitrogen that would otherwise be lost, even if it is to be turned under the following spring for corn again. So the silo will prove a good factor in the general farm management. I believe that siloing corn is to be the general practice henceforth.—H. P. Miller, in Ohio Farmer. ABOUT FLOWERS. The colors of red and violet flowers are rendered extremely brilliant by covering the earth in their pots with about one-half inch of pulverized charcoal. Charcoal does not affect yellow flowers at all In this way. White flowers are generally more pleasantly fragrant than colors; next yellow, then red, lastly blue. Orange and brown are unpleasant in scent; heliotrope is sometimes caller cherry pie because of its delightful perfume. German or parlor ivy is one of the best room vines we haw, and will grow freely with direct sunlight, and will soon wreath a door or window, and will sometimes bear a profusion of yellow flowers; it is easily propagated from cuttings. For a shaded porch, plant prairie rose, baltimore belle, or tennessee belle. * These roses grow rapidly and are hardy. They are summer blooming, but their season of blooming will extend for several weeks. Peonies and lilies should be disturbed as little as possible. Plant where they are to stand.

Rex begonia will not thrive in the open ground. The wind and rain destroys the leaves. In a warm window with considerable moisture nnd little or no sun, it does well. Don’t fertilize or you will destroy it. Don’t wet the leaves if the sun shines on them; don’t touch the leaves with the hands. It can be grown from a leaf or a cutting stuck in sand. Don’t transplant till it has three or four leaves. Verbena seed germinates in from eleven to fourteen days. Verbenas are easily transplanted; set fifteen inches apart; put where they will be shaded until the dew is off in the morning if possible. They will bloom until frost. Geranium seed will sprout m about two weeks and will continue to appear scatteringly for two or three months. The seedlings w-ill bloom in from six to twelve months after the plants appear. Ivy geranium requires a sandy soli not too rich. Petunias will bloom in four months from seed. — Emily Wooley, In The Epitomlst. WATER - FOR SWINE. ~ The value of clean water for swine cannot be appreciated by one who has not tried both pure and Impure drinking water with them. In swine raising we have come to realize that rapid growth on good, clean, sweet fpod pays much better than raising them Blowly on filthy swill and garbage. The clover and hay fed hogs, topped off with corn and skimmllk, pay better »by far than any of the swine raised In the pen and mire make up their environments and lain all their food. The hog may have a pretty good dlgestidfc. but it is possible to Injure It in time If we continue to feed It with bad food. That is practically what has been done for years past, and we have pioduced swine diseases, and what Is probably less Important, slower growing hogs. To make the animals continue growing In a thrifty condition, we must feed them good, wholesome food under proper sanitary surroundings. Now, water plays a most important part in the health of all animals. We must take a certain amount of liquid Into the stomach to keep It In good condition. The modern elovor-

fed hog and corn-fattened pig does not get. as much liquid in his food as the old swill-fed animal, and It is necessary to supply the creature with water to make up for the deficiency. Clean water purifies the system and washes out the Stomach tending to disintegrate and carry away the solid matter that may accumulate in the stomach. Impure, filthy water clogs the system more and often causes intestinal irritation. The hog will apparently drink filthy water just as readily as pure water, and this has led some to think that it mattered little whether clean or dirty drinking water was supplied. But it is contrary to all teachings of sanitary science, and we have but to examine two hogs raised on clean and filthy water to see the difference. Consumers of pork are becoming more critical each year, and they can readily detect the flavor of inferior, filth-produced pork from clean, sweet, wholesome meat. —E. P. Smith, in American Cultivator. - THE FLAVOR OF MUTTON. The ‘‘sheep taste” in mutton Is generally caused by carelessness in dressing and washing the carcass, or by cooling it too quickly. This taste is undoubtedly stronger in the oily Merinos than in the mutton breeds of sheep and it is also undoubtedly induced by scrub care and scrub feeding of poor animals. The presence of a large amount of yolk in the fleece makes the meat particularly liable to taste sheepy. But wuh careful feeding, even the oily Merinos may be made into very palatable mutton. The best flavor in mutton is due to both breed and feed. It is certain that foods do influence the flavor of mutton. Take for example the sheep fed upon the downs of England, where herbage is short and sweet and where there are great quantities of such plants as wild thyme, etc., and we get a quality of mutton that is famous the world over. So also with the black-faced sheep of Scotland, whare wild grasses and herbs are the principal food the year round. This mutton is particularly delicate in flavor and widely celebrated among epicures. Sheep which have been fed a liberal ration of sound turnips, or even of corn silage, along with full feeding upon such feeds as bran, oats and linseed meal, have a fine quality of ed flesh, and this taste is aggravated when the carcass is badly dressed and too quickly cooled. Where the sheep is dressed in very cold weather, with the thermometer at zero or below, and the carcass is quickly frozen solid after dressing, the flesh has a bad taste. In skinning the animal, use care to keep the wool away from the flesh. Take out the intestines as quicklj as possible and wash the carcass thoroughly with clear water. Keep it at a moderate temperature, where It will not freeze solid, and let it hang for several days to ripen. It should not be allowed to hang until it becomes gamey, although there are some who like such mutton, but the meat improves greatly in tenderness and In quality after being killed several days or a week. —American Agriculturist.

SPRAYING SUCCESS. Recently Professor John B. Smith came to see the apple and peach orchards I sprayed with lime, sulphur and salt wash. I sprayed one block of Ben Davis apples. 1,000 trees ten years old, badly infested with San Jose scale. Nearly every apple as well as the tree was plastered with the scale. The apples looked as If they had the smallpox. They were completely spotted over last year. We sprayed this orchard in March, 1902, thoroughly while the trees were dormant. We sprayed when frees were dry and white. Our wash was warm or nearly hot. The lime and sulphur were boiled one hour and longer, but never less. We then added the salt and boiled fifteen minutes longer. We made this wash in a hog scalder holding 200 gallons. We put In one barrel of water and then added fifty pounds unslacked stone, lime, and fifty pounds flowers of sulphur. We then added fifty pounds of salt, any kind, and boiled fifteen minutes longer stirred well when boiling and then added two more barrels of water, which was then at a nice temperature to spray. We Kept fire under scalder all the time. We sprayed this wash out of 150-gallon cask with a good sprayer, using fifteen to twenty barrels per day. Kept scalder replenished with more water all the time, but not until we had taken out the other. If you do not take out the material and go to make more, your lime will not slake. We were unable to find any scale except on about a half dozen trees. These were spots where the wash did not hit, and one tree that was only half sprayed. On this nearly every apple was covered with red spots, where the scale had infested the frnlt, and the tree was completely plastered with live Beales. This showed clearly that the work must be done thoroughly. Piofessor Smith has been to see me several times atrd has given me pointers about the wash for this orchard. We expected to give the results of success or failure to the public. Our peach orchards are almost entirely free from scale, so far as we are able to judge. They were badly infested. The old orchard, In which we had such good results last year, was sprayed this spring, and it is apparently free from scale. Professor Smith was surprised to find such grand results from the wash. It is entirely safe to put on the most delicate tree or shrub while dormant.—U. P. Creely, In New England Homestead.

FOOT BALL Contests

At Marshall field—Michigan 0, Wisconsin 0. At Marshall field (forenoon) —Chicago 18, Beloit 0. At Champaign, lll.—lllinois 47, Indiana 0. At West I’oint—West Point (5, Yale 0. At Cambridge—Harvard 123, Carlisle Indians 0. At Princeton—Princeton 10, Cornell 0. At Philadelphia—University of Pennsylvania 17, Columbia 0. At Annapolis—Pennsylvania State (5, Navy 0. At Easton, Pa.—-Lafayette 0, Brown 5. At Washington- -Georgetown 5. University of West Virginia 0. At Schenectady—Lehigh 40, Union 0. At Amherst—Amherst 6, Bowdoin <>. At Syracuse, N. Y.—Syracuse 20, Williams 17. At Swathmore, Pa.—Swatbmore 11, New York University 0. At lowa City—lowa 12, Ames 0. At Dos Moines—West High 0, Grinnell 6. At Indinnola—Simpson 0, Drake 5. At Omaha—Nebraska 28, Haskell Indians 0. At Cedar Fulls—Coe IS, State Normal 12. At Des Moines—Highland Park 42, Amity 0. Before a crowd of 20,000 Michigan took tlie measure of Wisconsin, 0 to 0, in the most desperately contested game ever played in Chicago. Wisconsin put up the most beautiful uphill game that a team ever played, but it was no use. Michigan's giants, powerful in offense and sturdy iu defense, were in command all the way. With big Maddock and Palmer pulled back from tackle positions and the fleet backs, Heston and Hernstein, n score was made in six minutes, Wisconsin’s team being bowed down. Another touchdown was in sight when a fumble stopped Michigan. After that the great defense of the Badgers appeared, and although Michigan tried for place kicks in the second half, they could not score. It was the greatest and most bitterly fought contest ever waged on a western gridiron. It practically settles the western championship, as only Chicago and Minnesota are left to debate the point with Michigan and neither now seems to have a look in. Michigan won the toss and selected the north goal. The teams lined up for the kick-off at 2:40. Maddock made first down through Wisconsin’s right tackle and Johnson put the ball on Wisconsin’s ten yard line. Palmer gained six yards through Wisconsin's west side. On the next play Heston went over for a touchdown nft?r six minutes of play. Hernstein made a fair catch of Weeks’ punt out. Kweeley kicked goal. Score, 'Michigan 0, Wisconsin O. Time for the first half was call'd with the ball in Wisconsin’s possession on their own 15-yard line. At the opening of the second half Y'es-t sent Lawrence in as full in place of Jones. The game was called with the ball in Michigan’s possession on their own 50yard line. Final score, Michigan 0, Wisconsin 0.

FROM FOREIGG LANDS

An exact census recently completed in the Chinese empire gives the population of that country as 420,000,000. Gen. Jesse M. Lee reports from the Philippines that the ladroncs are again on the warpath in tlie province of Leyte. At the engine trial of the British armored cruiser Drake a speed of 24.10 knots Mas developed, proving her to Ik* the fastest war vessel in the world. Returns from tlie recent elections iu Japan indicate that for the first time Marquis Ito, leader of tlie friends of tlie constitution, has a majority in the lower house of the Legislature. The recent elections in Copenhagen resulted in the defeat of the old Conservative majority which hindered the ratification of the sale of the Danish West Indies to the United States. The sale is now assured. American naval forces have continued to police the railroad across tlie Isthmus of Panama, threatened by Gen. llerrara’s victorious revolutionary army, while Colombia is making strenuous efforts to re-enforce Gen. Soiaznr. Five hundred Porto Ricans, who emigrated to Hilo, Hawaii, in 1901, have sent an appeal to Ban Juan asking relief from cruelties of Hawaiian sugar planters. Overseers are accused of whipping them and sending them to prison w hen ill. After Inspecting the Canndian-Atuori-rnn frontier on behalf of the British war office. Col. Ferrers Townsliend report'd that the British fortifications are inefficient, while the American forts are well equipped. Tlie iKNldon Express stales tlint there is hut one cartridge and shell factory in the dominion, nnd that in case of war between Great Britain and tlie United States the Yunkees could easily march over the border and seize Canada. The French ministry lias just published n statement showing that French investments in Russia are nearly n billion and a half mid In Spain over half a billion. out of a total foreign Investment of six billions. This constitutes n powerful tic between France, Spain and Russia. I’ixley Ka Isakn Heme, a royal Zulu, from the Natal, South Africa, has entered Columbia University, New York,. for a seven years’ course, four in the regular college course and three in the medical school, after which he will return to Africa prepared to educate and uplift bis people.

FANATICS IN A FRENZY.

Religious Sect in a Crazy Search for tlie Messiah. The Russian religious sect known aa Doukhobors; or “spirit wrestlers, who have been marching through Manitoba in search of the Messiah, are reported to be in a terrible plight. The pilgrims are falling from exhaustion and lilinger, but the religious frenzy that lias kept them up has not abated with tlie majority. No action has yet been taken by the government lo stay the progress of the wild march. This fanatical sect originated in Russia in the middle of the eighteenth cenutry. It was borne in on the crest of a wave of reaction from sumptuous Greek formalism toward Russian puritanism. In 1894 all privileges were withdrawn on the ground that the fanatics had become disturbers of tlie peace. With the aid of the Empress they procured leave to emigrate. A colony 8,000 strong, accompanied by Sergius Tolstoi, son of the novelist, emigrated to Manitoba. The novelist contributed materially to their

TYPES OF DOUKHOBORS.

emigration. The Canadian government gave them a bonus of $5 per head and an additional $1.50 for settlement. To each family was allotted a farm of 100 acres. Shelter was provided for them at public cost until their houses were built. For a time their pacific disposition. simplicity and thrift combined to make them prosperous mid content. Their creed is austere. They use neither flesh meat, wine nor tobacco. They recognize no authority in church or state except <%rist as they interpret his teachings. Not more than 5 pir cent of tin- colony could read or write cn arrival. But they have given elementary instruction to all their children, whom they rear to manual labor. Their communal system broke down last \car under tlie test of the novel conditions of new world life. Their opposition to any but a vegetarian diet rendered them poor cattle raisers. They fell into poverty. which became aggravated by a revival of fanaticism whose avowed purpose is to convert the world to their ideas. They are now on their way to Winnipeg, levying vegetarian subsistence as they go. With curious inhumanly, after the fashion of the pagan Greeks, they have abandoned the aged, the infant and the decrepit and left them a butden to the villages on their route. As scurvy lias frequently attacked the Doukhobors, whether in community or on the road, the towns which they have entered are in dread of epidemics. Insanity has seized a number of the most zealous of tlie migrant fanatics and their companions resist every attempt to detach the maniacs from the multitude.

TWELVE KILLED BY BOMBS.

Explosion of Fireworks in Hew York Proves Fatal to Many. In New York twelve persons were killed and more than fifty injured shortly after 10 o’clock Tuesday niglit, when many hundred pounds of high explosives, composing the magazine of tireworks for the pyrotechnic display in Madison square, exploded with a terrific crash. Thousands of people were massed about the s[HJt in Madison avenue, between 24th and 25th streets, where the explosion took place. Tlie explosion was heard r mile away. Windows were shattered in the Fifth Avenue Hotel, Hoffman House and in the Bartholdi, as well ns in residences on Madison avenue facing the park .and stores iu Broadway and 23d street. The fireworks which exploded were of tlie most dangerous sorts, consisting of hig’ipower bombs, rockets and “flower pots.” There were several tons of these, which had been placed iu the middle of tlie street directly in front of the four-story brown stone house of David Bishop, 11 Madison avenue. Tlie premature explosion of one of the bombs caused tlie disaster. Inspector Brooks, who was plai.H-d in charge of tlie police immediately aft >r the news of the explosion was sent to police headquarters, arrested tlie employes of the fire works company in charge of the pyrotechnics. After the first shock of (lie exploshm hundreds pressed forward to tlie work of rescue. Many were unable to view tlie scene and turned back. The dead were carried to secluded places to await tlie coining of tlie patrol wagons. Many of the injured were unconscious when picked up. Tlie injuries of som*> were of the most terrible description.

PUIPIT AND PREACHER

The two hundredth anniversary of the birth of John Wesley will be celebrated by Methodists throughout the world in June, IiKL'J. It is said that Tolstoi intends to make liis liome in Bucharest, for the reason that lie cannot expect a Christian burial in Russia. The Rev. JanieHNSlirigley of l’hilgdolphin has been in tlii\Unitariiin ministry sixty-seven years, having been ordained Oct. 15, 1835. The Catholic Woman’s Union of France Is appealing to capable young women of that country to obtain certificates and take the places of the nuns recently expelled. Tufts College has Is-gun its second half century with great possessions and promise. The largest entering class iu itit history is recorded. ’ The trustees of the hamlet of North Bend, Ohio, have passed all ordinance making the carrying of beer home through the streets in a pail subject to SSO fine, without privilege of jury trial. Mr. I). E. Osborn of the Methodist Episcopal African missions, who hus tiei-n home on furlough for three years, has been appointed superintendent of th« mechanical department of the Aligarh Industrial School, Aligarh, India.

INDIANA INCIDENTS.

RECORD OF EVENTS OF THE PABT WEEK. Twentjr-flve Indicted at Indianapolis for Grave Robbery Sherwell Acquitted at Evansville—Woman Dropa Dead When Charged with Patricide. The medical profession of Indianapolis is greatly wrought up over the return of twenty-five indictments l\y the grand jury in what is known as thv grave robbing cases. The jury lias been investigating the traffic in bodies for two weeks and has only partially completed its labors. It is intimated that many lor whom bench warrants will be immediately issued have not been under suspicion. This is construed to mean that some of the demonstrators of the colleges have been indicted and that the indictments reach back for a period of two years or more. It was developed in tlie grand jury room that some of the Indianapolis doctors did not content themselves with obtaining subjects for dissection in the local colleges, but that bodies wore bought aud shipped to cities outside of tlie State. Five physicians are among the number indicted, but no names were given out except to parties now under arrest. Dies When Accused of Patricide, Mrs. Nettie Hail of Lid on died suddenly just after being told that she was under arrest, charged with tlie murder of her father, George Niehol. Her father was found dead at tlie bottom of the steps leading to the cellar, wheff it was supposed he had accidentally fallen. But the manner of his fall aroused-the suspicion of foul play, which pointed to the daughter, his only heir, anil her husband. A brother of Niehol had sworn out warrants for Hall nnd his Wife, and a constable had just placed them under nrrest, when Mrs. Hall fell backward aud ex pired. Finds Sherwell Innocent. The jury in the Thomas Sherwell case returned a verdict of not guilty at Evansville. On the first ballot the jury stood eight for acquittal and four for conviction. On the second ballot they stood ten for acquittal nnd two for conviction. Mrs. Sherwell, who sat by the side of her husband when tlie verdict was read, clapped her hands for' joy and the several hundred spectators joined in tlie applause. Sherwell is charged with the murder of two other women and was taken back to Jail from the court room. He will be tried in December. Attacked by Unknown Man. Miss Ida Welmer, employed as an t perator at tlie telephone exchange, was brought to the point of death because of an assault by an unknown man as che was crossing tlie college campus at Bloomington. When half way through the campus she was struck down by a chib. She remembered nothing more of the attack until an hour later, when she entered a house a quarter of a mile distant, barely able to tell her name. Her head was crushed and her feet wore wet from wading a branch. Two Whipped by White Caps. Another whitecap outrage has been added to the loug list of Brown and Monroe County whitecappiuga. In Polk township, adjoining the Brown County line, Mr. aud Mrs. Joseph Lawson were taken from their log cabin home by thirty masked men and whipped in a horrible manner. Both victims are still confined to their home. There is no clew to the perpetrators. Found Dead in the Woods. The mystery surrounding the disappearance of Mrs. Lydia Amos of South Bend has been solved. Her body was found in the woods seven miles northwest of town by Prof. George Reeder, who was out limiting. Mrs. Amos was 05 years old. She disappeared from tier home four weeks ngo. Suspicions of murder are entertained. Dtapondeacy Causes Suicide. John Church, of tiie firm of Church Brothers’ Milling Company, which went into insolvency several years ago, killed himself at the home of a brotlier-in-law, Thomas E. Dean, at Ben Davis. Despondency over ill health nnd worry over business ventures is given ns the probable cause by relatives. - State Items of Interest. J. A. Kelly of Eldorado found n (icarl in the Wabash river near Grayville that is estimated to be worth SI,OOO. Jap Miller of Brooklyn, the subject i t James Whitcomb Riley’s poem, hus warned newspapers and theaters against the further use of his name in connection with Ezra Kendall and his new comedy, “The Vinegar Buyer.” The county health officer. Dr. Lyman M. Beokes of Vincennes, lias tiled three separate complaints against Thomas Watson, faith curist, whose child died. Watsoh is charged with practicing medicine without a license, criminal neglect uud failure to secure n burial permit. George Secrist, aged 85, walked from his country home fifteen miles to Maude and petitioned tlie Circuit Court judge to hear his plea for divorce. Judge loftier stopped other proceedings and heard Sccrist’s plea and granted the decree, after which the old map started for home. Secrist claimed his third wife left hid after he deeded four extensive farms to tier children by a former husband. Secrist, was was recently one of tlie county’s wealthiest men, is now penniless. Mrs. Richard Sanders of Linden, daughter of George D. Nichols, who wus instantly killed nt his daughter’s house a few days age. by fnllitig into the cellar, dropped dead immediately nfter an officer from Crawfordsville had served a smmnoits upon her to testify at tlie inquest. immediately nfter the death of Nichols became known there were suspicious that he iuul met with foul pluy. It was alleged that Nichols had considerable money upon his person when lio h-ft to visit his son-in-law uud none was found upon the body. The biggest potato of tlie season is n two pmjtid monster brought to Craw* fordsvillu by Dr. D. W. Sheldon of Walnut Hills. The farm of C. E. Wiley, one-half mil* north of Bethel, is the highest' point in the State of Indiaun. It is 1,188 feet above sea level. * Tim body of Robert Vennemnn, the 4y ear-old boy of Dr. R. T. Vennetaan of Troy, uho hus been missing from iiouia for over a week, was found in the river within a block of the Yeiiueinan home. It was first reported that he had betn 1 kidnaped.