Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 35, Number 43, Jasper, Dubois County, 8 July 1893 — Page 3

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C. DOAJSJC, I'lihlinher. JASl'ER. INDIANA. THEIß WEDDING DAY. How Brother" Joalousy Causod It to Be Postponod. The village of Tong looked fair enough this June morning. 'Vhv bun was bright, the sky cloudless. From the old gabled, half-timber cottage near the church thu folks had hung colored pocket-handkerchiefs, blue cloth, red flannel and whatnot anything for a gala appearance. There was also a btring set across from the elm by the lich-gate to the house of old tiumm, the sexton; and real bunting, pennons, union-jacks, and so forth, hung from the string and fluttered gently in the summer breeze. Chief decoration of all, however, was the arch of evergreens studded with roses just outside the red-brick house of the Darlings. It i bore the words: "Joy be with thee!" done in white carnations. Eva Darling was the bride. Her mother had occupied the Ketrcat as the red house with the high walls round it was called for about ten years. She was a widow, and Eva was her only child. When first the Darlings came to Tong, the villagers did not half care for the newcomers. Mrs. Darling kept herself to herself a deal too much for their pride's comfort- Hut as Era grew from a girl of ten to a girl of fifteen, sixteen and seventeen, there was no standing againsc her charms. There was a governess for her in those days. Despite the laws of the Retreat, however, on the subject of intercourse with the villagers, the girl went to and fro with a basket, and, in short, played th part of ministering angel extremely well. Thus she won the hearts of the bimple but strongly prejudiced people. It was only with the gentry of the Great house that Mrs. Darling cared to associate. The Great house stood a mile from the church across a spacious reach of undulating park land, with a pond and a rirer in it, and some remarkably One trees. "Great house" was just the phrase for it. There were alnrnt fifty windows in front for the sun to stan; at. It stretched like a white buttress between the green of the park land and the dark wooded hill behind it . No one could say the Great house was a handsome place, but Mrs. Darling was not concerned with mere arch itectural beauties. From the first, j when she knew there were two j'oung masculine Dantins in the family, refcpectively three and four years older than her daughter, this lady was resolved that one of them should marry Eva. Of course the elder son was to be preferred; but as the younger was rich by inheritance from the mother, it would not matter so very much which made the girl Mrs. Dantin. They were young men of very oppoposite characters, these Dantins. It is always the case when there are but two in a family. Nature seems determined that the type shall then be varied as much as possible. Philip, the elder, was studious and fond of scientific pursuits. At Oxford he had kept a menagerie like Frank Buekland. He was a good-looking fellow, but wore spectacles; slow to be angered, but with a temper, that, when roused, was capable of dark deeds. He was slow in other respects also. Thus, for awhile he was sorely distressed when he heard that his brother Jack had wooed and won Eva Darling ere he had settled in his own mind that li? himself was ripe for marriage with the same girl. Anon he seemed to smother the resentment he could hardly help feeling; but it was mere "seeming;" his jealousy burned his heart As for Jack Danton, he was the very fellow to secure a gjrl like Eva. He cared nothing for insects and butterflies, but everything for Athletic pur suits and pretty faces. He was a handsome lad, frank and generous. He knew early in his courtship that he had but to ask Eva to marry him. The girl's dark eyes could not keep their secret; her cheeks, too, told of it with a blush every time they met And so they had plighted their troth, and were duly to be married this June morning. They were liltely to make a very comely couple at the altar, with great tombs of departed Dantins north and south of them. Meanwhile, however, though everything was ready for the bridal piocesbion to leave the Retreat and cross the road, there was delay. It was to be a quiet wedding. A dozen friends of the Darlings were in the drawing-room, talking and smiling and enjoying the perfume of the flowers which lay on the tables. Still, there was clearly a hitch somewhere. The smiles were somewhat forced, and the guests fell silent suddenly now and then. Mrs. Darling made civil forays into their midst at intervals. She was evi dently a strong-minded woman, as was indicated by her composed manner, her hard, incisive tones, and her cold, bcarching blue eyes. Some one was caught whispering: "Will it not have to be postponed?" The words reached Mrs. Darling's ears. u0h, no," she replied, promptly, with an lev but snarklincr smile. "Dear Eva is quite satisfied that John Dantin will not fail to be present He is a man of his word." Yes; but dear Mrs. Darling it is so very odd, this sudden disappearance objected one of the guests. "Three days airo." added Mrs. Dar ling. "Yes; there's no denying it Hut lack Dantin is an odd fellow, though an excellent one besides." Here Eva herself entered the draw Ing-room, aad all eyes sped towards cr. An audible murmur of satlsfac tion arose, and certain men of the party envied the bridegroom involun tarily. She was a beautiful bride, undeniably. Though pale and disturbed mahUaiia aar alaea would

Have teen there was such sweetness in her expression that for the moment people forgot that she had cause for anxiety. Three or four damsels of her own age crowded about her, voluble with congratulations. "My dear," said her mother, "it is a

quarter to eleven. We had better t start" Eva's eyes asked the question that everyone else was asking: "Has he come?" "Do not fear," was Mrs. Darling's reply. "Of course he will be there. He will not dare" Then she stopped. There had been a momentary flash in her eyes of a very pugnacious kind. And so the processloji formed and walked over the crimson cloth which stretched from the porch to the garden gate, where the motto: "Joy be with thee!" looked down on them. A gust of wind set the pocket-handkerchiefs and bits of ilannel fluttering merrily. A murmur of voices also greeted the bride's appearance. About once in half a century Tong saw a wedding of this kind. It was a spectacle by no means to be lost A certain bedridden villager had been carried into the bit of garden in front of his cottage, bedding and all, to behold the sight Twenty paces brought them to the churchyard gate. The graves were nice and green, and the sheep nibbling amoag them did not seem at all frightened by so much human company. Thus they passed into the church, not without many a furtive glance over the park towards the Great house, which, at Mr. Dantin's bidding, was flying the royal banner in spite of young Jack's absence. Inside, they vere met with almost a caressing tenderness by Mr. Dantin and a sad shake of the head. "I am sorry," he said to Mrs. Darling, "that your resolution was not to be shaken." The lady tossed her head slightly, and seemed disposed to be angry. "It is a most extraordinary thing," she exclaimed, looking at the clock in the west of the church. It wanted cijriit minutes to the time. The old rector put a gay face on the business. Why, in truth, should he not? He had buried and wedded so many people that he had come to view neither ceremony as so very important "You will have to come another day, ray dear Miss Eva," he said, "that is all. You must not mind. It is the linked sweetness of expectation, long drawn out. that is all. "Hut and for once ttiere was a touch of petulance in the girl's voice as her eyes clouded with tears '.'it is so unlike him. I fear something must have happened to him. Philip," she added, making u sudden appeal to the man who was to have been made her brother-in-law "have you anv idea what it means?" "I? How should I?" was the reply, as the elder Dautin shuffled away. Philip's face was unusually pale, there was no candor in his eye even seen through his spectacles. Outside the church and in the body of the building the whispers were of a more emphatic nature. The village gossips claimed to have a very profound knowledge of the iniquity of young men. It was said openly that Master Jack had no doubt played the girl a sad trick, was, as likely as not, at that very moment marrying some one else in London town, and that the best tiling thev could do for Miss Eva was to take her home, put her to bed and treat her for hysterics whether she showed them or not "Poor young crittur! So sweet tern percd and nice looking, to be trickit in sech a way! ' There were comments on Sir. Phil lip's white face, which led on to com parisons between the two brothers. These were not markedly adverse to the elder son; but upon the whole they were in favor of "Master Jack," who was the more free with his money. "He'll marry she, hisself, yo'll see," said one woman very positively. "What now? Instead of his own brother! I do call that" "Oh, you silly," was the intci posed reply "not jest yet, o' coorsc. They'll wait a bit yo'll s-ee." Three minutes to eleven, and still no bridegroom! For an explanation of this unusually dramatic scene in long church we must go hack three days. Philip Dan tin had striven to keep his rage against his brother within due bounds, hut had failed. His stuffed specimens in tho subterranean rooms could not console him; nor could his live beasts either. These underground rooms were quite a remarkable feature of the Great house. Thev dated from the sixteenth century, if not earlier. For a hundred years or more thev were disused. Philip, how ever, persuaded his father to expend money in making them tolerably habitable, and very suitable for the kind of museum he had accumulated. The farthermost of them was the very ""sanctum sanctorum" of his operations. At its extreme end there was an ancient doorway of chiseled stono several inches in thickness, and beyond that, utter darkness and the beginning of a labyrinth which had not Wen explored for ages, and was left to itself. It was believed to have no issue. On this third evening before the day that was to make him a happy fellow, Jack Dantin found his way into his brother's den to hare a chat with him. For a time Philip bore with his high spirits uncomplainingly, though Jack's praises of Eva were like so many thorns in hisside. Eventually, however, his patience gave way. He uttered an exclamation which made his brother start in surprise. "Why, old fellow, what is the mat ter? You surely don't' He stopped There was that in Philip's face wnich told him inucli. "Yes; vou have guessed it," sale Philip with a shrug of the shoulder. "It is rather ham; but the less sah about it the better. Twenty years hence, it will not matter a straw." Jack was silent He sympathized with his brother more than he could tell in words. Thea it was that, like a lightning flash, the dreadful suggestion rushed iata Philip's mind. "Oh, by the way,"

he said casually, "1 veisn you would oblige me hy giving hand to thh skinned thing. I want it out of my road for a time " "Certainly, Phil. Where shall we cart it?" was the reply, us .lack sun veyedthe grewsome body of a flayed ah ligator, upon which the elder Dantin

hud been operating. "The passage is just the place for it '11 find the key." 1 he key was found; the heavy stone door was swung open; they carried their disgusting burden into the dark corridor; and then Philip, who was nearest the room, slipped back, banged the door, and locked it, and had sped upstairs and into the park is a remarkably short space of time. II threw tho key into one of the ponds and then fell to congratulating himself ' upon his dialolical conduct. Since then, ho had not visited his museum. llie doors wero all last locked. No one could get access to them. If Jack Dantin shouted till his ungs burst, no one would hear him. It may be imagined what a wretched yet fearfully glad time this interval before the wedding to-day was for Philip Dantin. He professed to be en tirely ignorant of his brother's whereihouts, but hinted at having seen him striding across the country towards a certain large town whence there was constant train connection with London. The elder Dantin and the sen-ants had every confidence in Jack's reappear ance in time for the wedding, and that , until the eve of the day itself. Philip, too, expressed his agreement with this view of the matter. In fact, however, poor Jack, when he realized what had befallen him, gave himself up for lost It was terrible to remember where he was, under such woeful circcu instances; and stunning to recall that it was his own brother who had incarcerated him. As the hours sped by, he saw clearly that he was destined to die, and that Philip meant to profit by his death. Like most habitual smokers, he carried matches with him. For a time he was lavish with them; then he husbanded them. The hours passed. His watch told him that it was night. He wound it up, slept, reawakened, and struck more matches. In the meantime he had thought of many things, but in one thing only did he take an interest The passion of self preservation was strong in him, foi his own sake and for Eva's. He resolved to try the passages to see il haply he might prove the truth of the old legend which made then a sort of arterial connection between the church and the Great house. The first day waj spent in these grim gropings, which seemed likely to be only too futile. Their only result was to make him lose himself in the stifling maze. That night he slept he knew not where, with a block of chiseled stone for a pillow. A match-light had shown him that he was in a sort of cul-de-sac-apile ol stone fragments, earth, and bits of iron barring the way, as it seemed, to future progress in that direction. This second night was a sorrowful one indeed. There were times when the poor fellow felt he should lose his senses. At last, however, he slept: and when he awoke he struck one more match, and then, as Providence willed it, espied on the ground a morsel of colored glass, as if it had fallen at sonic time from a window. The sight in stantly made him forget his maddening hunger and despair, and he set to work upon the barrier that was before him. How he toiled at his task! At first he burrowed with his fingers; latterly he used a sharp-edged piece of stone shaped like a chisel. AH day he worked. The wall diminished in tluek-ne.ss. A sudden breath of air in his face told him he had made a clean breach somewhere, though 4ie could not feci where. He worked on through the night His wedding day dawned above, and he was still boring in this noisome hole for dear life and his bride. Gradually the current of air increased in volume, and at length he had made a passage through which he could worm his way. He looked at his watch by the light of his last match but one; it was nine o'clock of his wedding morning. Though ready to faint from fatignc and exposure he went on in this new passage, groping like a mole. It seemed to him that he had lived all his days in darkness. Ten o'clock! half-past ten! a quarter to eleven! At a quarter to eleven he was suddenly dazzled by a faint streak of blessed daylight It was far in front of him, or seemed so. He ran towards it on hands anil knees, touched a wooden door with his fingers, uttered a cry of joy, pushed the door, which yielded, and saw before him a thick red curtain, which he recog nized in a moment as belonging to tho vestry of Tong church. Three minutes to eleven, and still no bridegroom! A second later, however, Jack Dantin staggered from the ves try door into the church, and saw and was seen by tho wedding party, a sorry spectacle of mud and mire, bruised and bleeding and with his clothes torn in all directions. "I am not too late after all," he cried, and then down he fell by tho altar railings. Some one also fell at the same instant Philip Dantln went pale as a corpse when he saw his brother. He made a step towards Eva, whispered "forgive" in a hoarse voice and reeled upon tho pavement Philip Dantin's mind was unhinged by his crime and its consequences. Ho lived several weeks and then died. Before his death, however, Jack freely forgave him the cruel deed which he had wrought in a moment of jcalonsy that was cIcmj kin to insanity. The secret of it stayed in his own breast, though others had inklings of it Eva Darling was a bride in good cvtrnest three days after her bridegroom's startling entrance Into the church. Chambers' Journal. New Reiiortcr "Do we say tin 'Chicago fair' or tho 'world's fair?" Eastern Edltor "1 am Hot sure yet If it turns out well It is the wtorld' fair; but If it. is a fizzle we shall credit it to Chicago." ladianapolis Jouraal

A RECORD OF INFAMY. tin I'cntloB roller of thm Harris AwlflUtnitloa. The letter addressed to the president of tho United States by a former employe of the pension bureau gives a clearer view than auything before published of the infamous record of our pension administration under Commisbioners Tanner aud Raum. The outcry against Tanner's recklessness was due to his outspoken candor, and it led to his withdrawal from ofllcc, but his successor was even more reckless and unscrupulous, and tho new law of 18SM) gavo him greater scope. The main difference was that where Tanner was open and brazen in declaring his policy, Raum was crafty and secretive in carrying out the same policy with increased opportunities. Tho value of Mr. llurnctt's testimony lies in his citing actual cases and testifying from absolute personal knowledge. After having been years in the service of the pension bureau as clerk, special examiner, supervising exxuniner, and reviewer of field work, he finally gavo up his place rather than be longer a party to tho fraud and extravagance that saturated the administration of the bureau. Hcfore taking this course he gathered facts sufficient to justify it and to enable him to reveal what had been going on about him whenever the administration might become friendly to efforts at reform. It appears very clearly from this revelation that the policy of the last administration was to put as many names as possible upon the pension rolls, and

to scatter from the treasury of the United States as much money as possible among claimants for pensions. This seems to have been tho deliberate purpose of Gen. Raum, and it must have been in pursuance of an understood policy of his superiors. It was evidently part and parcel of a parly policy, which included at once the buying up of the "soldier vote" and the dissipation of the revenues of the country so that a reform tariff would be difficult if not impossible. It was in keeping with the whole spirit of the Fifty-first congress, which passed the McKinley tariff, the Sherman silver purchase act, and the disability pension act Mr. Burnett's cases arc merely samples, und represent thousands upon thousands. They show that pensions were granted for disability where no proof of disability was furnished and in the face of adverse reports from the examiners. Disabilities were credited to service which were proved to have had their origin before enlistment or long after discharge. The record of "desertion" was changed to "honorable discharge" in thousands of cases and pensions were granted to "bounty jumpers" and sneaks. Evidence shown to be forged or fraudulent was accepted, and the proviso of the law regarding disabilities caused by the applicants' own vicious habits was practically ignored. The pension rolls arc befouled with the names of hundreds of men who receive the bounty of the government on account of loathsome diseases due to their own vices. In short, it was impressed upon the force of the pension bureau from the commissioner through all the grades that the object was not careful scrutiny, a strict compliance with the law, and the protection of tho public treasury from fraud and extravagance, but the passing of as many claims as possible in the speediest fashion. If examiners were disposed to be scrupulous they were overruled, but for the most part they were iuduced to conform to the expectations and requirements of their superior officers. Tho action of congress in providing for pensions has been lavish, but the conduct of the pension bureau under Commissioner Raum was infamous in its recklessness, and it Is costing the government probably not less than fifty million dollars a year. All this will doubtless be stopped under the present administration, but that is not enough. The mischief should be undone so far as it is now possible. The service of the pension bureau should bo completely reformed, and the pension rolls should be purged. Mr. Hurnctt makes some practical suggestions on this subject, which may be of value to the government lie thinks that within a year the whole ono million claims could be overhauled and those eliminated which are founded in fraud, false representations, and disregard of legal requirements. The national administration is overburdened with the heritage of the iniquities of the four years of Saturnalia that pre ceded it at Washington. N. . Times. M'KINLEY'S MISTAKES. Aa Erroneous Statement Coaceralng the Gold Itenerve. McKinley touched high-water mark for combined ignorance and effrontery when he said in his speech at Columbus that "Sir. Cleveland in his first administration set apart as a sacred fund to redeem the greenbacks tho one hundred million dollar gold reserve." He varied the phrase several times, saying that "Mr. Cleveland fixed that sum," "he himself established tho hundred million line," etc. The simple truth is that tho secretary of tho treasury began tho practice of maintaining at least one hundred million dollars, "reserved for tho redemption of United States notes," under the act of July 12, 1882. It was a republican congress that passed it, and the particular section creating the gold reserve was the subject of special debate when it came back to the house from the senate. Messrs. Randall, Holman, Huckncr and other democrats objected to it, but the republicans generally sustained It, and tmong those who voted for it was McKinley himself (Congressional Record, Forty-seventh congress, first session, volume 3, page 5,852). We therefore trust that the governor will not again attempt to make this little addition to tils dear old speech which every man, woman and child in Ohio now knows by heart X. Y. Post It is too early to hold the democrats responsible for the ills of the rountry arising under conditions unchanged since the republicans surrendered power. Philadelphia Leader Und, Rco.1.

MaMMBalaiaMaMaiaM THE PLUTOCRATIC RALLY. Ineffectual Efforts MIUIeaalrM tm Cmtrel thm Democratic ljwtj. The question in this country which involves all other questions is whether it shall be governed by its 65,000,000 people or by the few thousand plutocrats who own the bulk of its wealth and who, by virtue of such ownership, claim the right to rule. That was the question ia 1890 sad again In 1892, when the people rose, aud, as they thought,shook off tho yoke. That is the question sow when the plutocracy has rallied and has massed its forces to snatch victory from defeat That will bo the question until the sovereignty of the people is vindicated and democracy is asserted against plutocracy. The millionaires of America are

moved by a strange Infatuation to be-1 licvo that their money is omnipotent I .They had no sooner seen that they were i routed by the onslaught or the masses i of the democratic party than they set to I woric in me ucuiocrauc party iieu iu capture control of j the organization ! which had been soused against them as to show how formidable it is to anjust privilege. They will never succeed and they are only making it worse for themselves at the final settlement, but they are now in high feather at their imagined success. After the magnificent work which carried Illinois and Wisconsin for the democratic party and wrenched the entire west loose from its subjection to the plutocracy, the democratic party had within easy reach a half century of power as it had after the defeat of the federalists under Adams. Seciug this, the plutocrats set to work to undo what had been done by assuming control as democratic leaders. The country then learned for the first time that Mr. Henry Villard was a democrat, and the democrats of the country were humiliated to the dust by the spectacle of Pacific railroad lobbyists, attorneys aad other dependents taking charge of the party in the northwest and pushing forward for recognition as cabinet officers and dispensers of patronage. And with this came the still more bitter humiliation of the capture of the Wisconsin scnatorship by a nobody, a mere millionaire who had never demonstrated capacity except for getting unearned money." When this person was elected against a democrat of national reputation, who is honest enough and brave enough to be poor, there was not a democrat who saw what was done but felt his cheek crimson with indignant shame and his hand clinch with resentment. And from that day to this these people, in their blind fatuity, have gone od believing that because, by their roonei and their influence, they can control at ambitious and unscrupulous man here and there and make him betray the trust the people have put in him, thej can control the people and check the forward movement of the mighty democracy. They will never do it They are foolish in attempting iu The people have made up their minds that they will restore a government of equal rights. In which the rights of persons and the rights of property shall be guarded with all the power of the people; in which the right of a man to hold and to enjoy his own earnings shall not be impaired by laws which take the earnings of a million to make a millionaire of one. The people have set tbeir minds on that and nothing will deter theaa. St Louis Republic POINTED PARAGRAPHS. Tho republicans now claim that tho tiriff lowers prices. Is that why they want farm products "protected" by the tariff? St Louis Republic As the republicans will "stand by their record," ths campaign badgo will perhaps be a clothespin, worn on the nose. Cleveland Plain Dealer. It is said Mr. Harrison is laying plans for the presidency in 1S90. Ho laid a few plans in 1S9--, but up to date they have not been carried out Kansas City Times. The republican critics of the democratic administration arc emulating the example of the individuals who set fire to a building and then hoot tho firemen. N. Y. World. Ex-Czar Reed is enjoying the somewhat doubtful honor of being "mentioned" for Üvs next presidential nomination of his party. Thomas, however, knows enough to keep from getting wet during a shower if shelter is at hand, and, like b'rer rabbit, he "ain't a-sayin' nothin'." Chicago Herald. The great trouble in respect of reforming the pension office is that honest and patriotic soldiers are unwilling to believe that any man who fought for the union can be such a rascal as Rauns was. Rut they wUl know the truth soon, and then there will be music ia the camp of the grand army. 2f. Y. World. McKinley cannot win this year, nor at any time in the future, with his face to the past He must turn right about and get abreast of the times. Tho republican party of to-day needs earnest, intelligent, aggressive and courageous leadership. It cannot afford to sit around tho idols of former days, mumbling the shibboleth of departed leaders. PhiladclphiaTclegraph (Rep.) McKinley talked flnai.ee, though he did not know enough about the subject to keep a fortune when he had one, and the only other man prominently considered for'the governorship, before the convention acted, was ex-Secretary Foster, who made a mess of his 'duties at Washington and signally failed la tho management of his own affairs. Ohio is a forest state. Detroit Fret Press. Let's see, wasn't it Gov. McKinley who two or three weeks ago strongly rebuked those people who sought to make political capital out of the exist ing financial situation? And wasn't It this samo Gov. McKinley who oa his rcnominatlon last week devoted about half of his speech to as attempt to make political capital oat et the exist ing financial altaattear LeaJariUs Cearler- Jou mal

FRUIT EVAPORATOR. Sjlkeach llouiMd It WH1 Ie M

Work m a CetJi MacalM. The illustration shows a cheap as4 food evaporator that will do more thaa twice the work of some high-priced machines. It Is built of wood. The frame is made of .2x iach posts and 2x iacli horizontal drawer rests. The drawer rests are placed flat-whs bet ween tha aosts, rabbeted X iach oa either aide to receive the drawers. The sides and backs of the drawers are IK inch wide; the front Is 2 inch cswide.wijth a X inch rabbet above aad below on the inside and there are corresponding rabbets oa the siding of the house so that whea the drawers are pushed in the outside surface will be smooth. The bottoms of the drawers are made of galvaaizcd wire cloth. There ia a false front tm ach drawer, 3 inches back. The upright posts are 2K feet spart. The drawers arc Z( feet apart, with a false front 3 inches back; this gives a 3 inch space at each end of the drawers for free circulation of air. The end drawers are 4 inches deep and 5 feetlong.and are used to finish on. Have four extra drawers,and have some extra front pieces to put in and close up the openings when thedrawers are out. The sheet-iron fenders, A R, extend tho whole length, to distribute the hot and cold air. The cold air enters the ventilators below A, and Is divided by B. The arch C is sheet-iron, with a 2 inch flange resting on the wall of the furnace, which Ls 2 feethighand2 feet vlde, laid in mortar. The top course of brick is laid in mortar on the flange to prevent the escape of smoke. The building is 10X feet long, 7 feet high and 4 feet wide. D D are connecting rods attached to the ventilators. The furnace can be built below the surface on sloping ground. The amount of heat is great, and the thing to be observed closely ia to admit plenty of cold air through the ventilators. Farm and Home. WORMS AND BUGS. How to Conqssr Everr Variety of lasect Depredator. The experience of fruit growers during the past few years is that successful fruit growing depends largely upon the various methods by which insect depredators arc destroyed. By close attention in the application of the various insecticides the inroads upon the fruits and the fruit-bearing plants and trees have been greatly lessened. A writer, in speaking of currants and cHcumbers, says: In spite of the currant worm we have succeeded in having a fair crop of this excellent fruit almost every year, while many of our neighbors have allowed their bushes to be yearly stripped f leaves and ia many cases killed. As soon as the first worms of the season appear we dust the leaves upon which they are woi king with powdered white hellebore, sifting it from an ordinary tin pepper box while the dew is on. We go over the bushes every few mornings, examining them closely, especially at the bottom of the bushes where the worms first appear. Plant cucumbers near the house and it won't be so much trouble to fight the striped bug. We have a regular battle every year and come out ahead with early ones for table, and half a barrel of pickles la cellar. This is our way: Fill an old pail half full of cow manure, then fill up with water, stir well, let settle, then with an old tin cup pour on the young plants; cover them entirely: it will dry on, but never fear, it will not harm them. It not only keeps off bugs but enriches and wets them in a dry time. Just stand sentinel, run out and look for them, 'watch and doc tor with thus for your motto: "I will fight it out on this line if it takes al summer," and you'll conquer. West era Rural. America's Champion Cham. In the march of invention through every field of industry, household aa well as manufacturing, tho churn has aot been overlooked, and the old "dasher" type of that useful article has been improved upon in manifold ways. Hut the claim which Clermont county, O., makes of possessing the champion churn is nevertheless a sound one, so far as can be judged. It Ls an old-fashioned churn, made of red cedar and bound with iron hoops, and has beea used by its owner, Mrs. Sarah A. Slade, for fifty-five years. With three churnings per week its total output is computed to have been 63,040 pounds of butter, worth on an average 15 cents a pound, making its gross earnings 110,296. The poundings and polishlngs of fifty-five years have made the woodwork of the churn as thin as cardboard, its inside as white as snow and its iros hoops as bright as silver. Thm Tain of Mean. The cultivation of beans on all heavily-soiled farms soon works a beneficial change to all other crops, compared with which it will give thirty per eent. more return than white straw cereals, tho only extra expense being horsch oeing in the spring, which is a trifling outlay. Spring beans, 'drilled from eighteen inches to two feet between the rows, caa be cleaned with horsehoes corresponding to the width of tha drill used In depositing the seed. Fron tea to twelve acres can be hoed daily, the work being done easily and thoroughly. Beans rive an abundant yield, are free from tdight and generally maintain a sUady price. Ax exchange says that if a cow gets choked with aa apple or potato, holding up its head aad breaking an egg la its mouth is a sure cure. The sassa remedy Is recommended far honst siatilar ircaaMtascaa