Rensselaer Journal, Volume 10, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 February 1901 — Page 3

ELECTRIC WONDERS

Unparalleled Display a.t the Petn-Americaun Exposition. Progress in Electrical Science Will Be Illustrated in a. Most Comprehensive Manner at the Great Show Next Summer.

Electrical illuminations and electrical exhibits will form conspicuous features at the Pan-American exposition as is eminently fitting in view of the marvelous progress made in electrical science during the past decade and in view of the proximity to the exposition grounds of the great plants at Niagara Falls from which the electric power is generated. The electrical illuminations of the exposition will be achieved in connection with the Electric Tower, the fountains and other hydraulic displays and in the outlining of the different buildings by rows of Incandescent lamps. There will be combined water and electric effects and the central figure of the whole setting will, of course, be the Electric Tower, with its most wonderful and beautiful electrical display. The Electricity Building itself has most appropriately been located adjoining the Electric Tower. From its eastern end an excellent opportunity will be afforded for viewing 'the splendid illuminations of the tow•r during the night displays. The location of the building is also fortunate in view of the fact that just •cross the mall, the broad avenue upon the southern side of the Electricity Building, stands the Machinery and

Transportation building, so that visitors can easily pass from one to the Other and, make comparisons between the closely allied apparatus In the two buildings. In the northwest corner of the Electricity Building will probably be located the 5,000 H. P. transformer plant which will transform the Niagara power polyphase current from 11,000 volts to 1,800 volts for distribution about the grounds.. Smaller stepdown transformers will be used in several hundred transformer pits about the grounds and in the various buildings, where the current will be reduced from 1,800 volts to 104 volts. At this pressure lights and electric motors and other appliances will be operated. The progress in the development and application of the various branches of electrical science and Industry of recent years makes the exhibit at the Pan-American exposition of the utmost importance and interest. At the time of the World’s Fair at Chicago, electric transportation over street car lines of cities was in its infancy. In ten years the electric motor in its application to both transportation and industry has effected well nigh an industrial revolution. In the electric lighting industry, and in the telephone system there has been great progress duringthis decade. Wireless telegraphy has come to the front within a few years and is destined to effect still further radical changes in methods of electric communication. Automobiles electrically propelled have come into use. In all these fields the Pan-American Exposition will have electrical exhibits Illustrating this marvelous progress. There will be a collection of historical matter relating to the subject which will show the gradual development of the apparatus used. An especially interesting exhibit will 'be that illustrating tfie application of electricity to the propulsion of cars and vehicles like the automobiles. Most persons are more familiar with the successful operation of such vehicles by electricity than

QUEER TITLES FOR SERMONS

That eccentric preacher, Lorenzo Dow, once preached to thoughtless young women who with their gorgeous bonnets had taken the highest seats in the room, from the text, “Topknot, Come Down.” One of the most brilliant preachers of a generation ago, now a “castaway,” preached to young people from the text, “Let Her Drive.” Several years ago a bright

with the means to this end. On this account it is hoped to illustrate them at- the Exposition in such a manner that the inter-relation of the various elements will be quite apparent The utilization of electricity in various forms of manufacturing industries will also be illustrated. This utilization of electricity is destined to be one of the greatest of its fields and the Niagara frontier is now an object lesson in this respect, for the development of Niagara power is almost every day drawing new industries to this region because the proximity and the availability of this power render the manufacturing opportunities so exceptional. Exposition Sculpture. No exposition of the past possessed such elaborate sculptural, adornment as will be a leading characteristic of the Pan-American Exposition. The buildings and grounds of the Exposition at Buffalo will be embellished profusely with most artistic creations from the hands of some thirty-five of the best known sculptors on the American continent. Cycling nt Exposition. The Pan-American Exposition will extend a welcoming hand to the mil-

lions of Cyclists and Automobilists of the Americas during the summer of 1901. The automobile exhibit, it is promised, will be the finest ever seen at any exposition. There will also be a large and complete display of bicycles, representing all stages of progress from the heavy and clumsy iron-tired velocipedes to the finest pneumatic-tired modern machines, including the “good old ordinary” or high wheel bicycle fitted with 'small solid rubber tires which was first exhibited in this country twenty-five years ago, at Philadelphia. A grand carnival of cycle races will be held in the magnificent Stadium which is now being erected on the PanAmerican grounds. This vast arena will be in many respects equal the famous old Colosseum at Rome. Horticulture at Exposition. Horticultural exhibits at the PanAmerican Exposition have a beautiful setting in and about an exceedingly handsome building 220 feet square. The height of the building is 236 feet to the top of the lantern, and the general proportions are of commanding grandeur. Fruits of all kinds will be placed on exhibition during the summer. Much of the fruit will be preserved in cold storage, though the exhibit will change as the season advances and the different varieties ripen. A number of states have made arrangements to provide collective exhibits that will properly represent the horticultural products of their particular section. California is arranging for a special exhibit of the wonderfully diversified fruit productions of that state. Other states are taking the matter up with the prospect of making the horticultural exhibit the most complete ever attempted. The same care that characterizes other sections of the Exposition will be given the Horticultural division with the view of making it repre-

preacher advertised to enlighten his people on Sunday morning by “Lessons from Croquet.” Last year it was “Lessons from Golf.” “Born too Late; the World Has the Start of Him,” is the form of an offer of enlightenment to young men. “A Love Song,” “A Love Adventure,” and “Lessons in Courtship,” of course attracted Instant attention.

sentative as to character rather taax exhaustive In detail. Business of the Bees. The busy bee will be in big business at the Pan-American Exposition the coming summer. It has been decided to construct a special building for the proper display of the working colonies of bees and the great variety of bee keepers’ supplies which will constitute this exhibit This will undoubtedly be the most extensive bee exhibit ever prepared in this or any other part of the world. Anyone who is not a student of bee culture little realizes the very great importance of this industry. It is estimated that there are 300,000 persons engaged in bee culture in the United States alone and that the present annual value of honey and wax is in excess of 120,000,000. There are 110 societies devoted to the study and promotion of bee keeping. Eight journals are sustained by this industry. Fifteen steam power factories are producing supplies of various kinds for the use of bee keepers. American honey finds a market in many distant countries, the United States producing more honey than any other nation. .The bee exhibits at the Pan-Ameri-can Exposition will be so arranged that the bees may enter their hives from the exterior of the building and carry on their work of honey collection undisturbed by visitors, yet in full view through the glass sides of their hives. The successful management of an apiary requires a knowledge of botany as well as the habits and requirements of the bees themselves. The little honey bee plays a very important part in the general economy. The failure of fruit crops may be due to the absence of bees whose special function is to fertilize the blossoms by pollen from stamens to pistil. EDWARD HALE BRUSH.

CAN’T BACK OUT.

Question About Snakes Under Debate by Scientific Experts. After the meeting of the Colorado Academy of Science recently, at which President Regis Chauvenet of tl|e School of Mines delivered an address, there was an argument about snakes, says the Denver Republican. It was continued in a desultory way soon after at the state capitol by Curator Will C. Ferril of the Historical society, and Captain Cecil Deane of the war relic department, the men who started it at the meeting on the day previous. Curator Ferril claims that he has proved that a rattlesnake, when pursued, will retreat and go into its hole backward. He says that a month ago he ran across a rattlesnake which slowly went toward its hole. He followed with discretion and a gun and when the rattler reached its home it went in, according to Mr. Ferril, tail first, so that it could protect itself if attacked. Mr. Ferril is aware that this statement is contrary to established records, but says that because it has never before Keen known to the world does not prove that it is not true. He will mention this discovery in his biennial report now being compiled. Captain Cecil A. Deane of the war relic department, says that he never heard of such a thing. He claims that the theory is ridiculous and that it is a well established fact that the rattlers go home head first. In proof of this claim he says that the way in which curio dealers secure rattlers in large numbers for sale is to foljgw the snakes to their holes and cutoff the r tails as they dive into the holes. Captain Deane says he has pursued this method on various occasions and never saw a rattler even attempt to go into its hole tail first. He asserts that scientific experiments have already demonstrated that a rattler cannot “back up” or “back down” and that Mr. Ferril is needlessly exciting the scientific world in bringing up a subject which has already been disposed of.

Egypt’s Lovely Khedivah.

The Khedive of Egypt is one of the few Eastern rulers who has lived in a genuine love story, with the heroine for his wife. The lovely Ikbal Hanem is of the Circassian race. She was formerly a slave of the Vididi (Dowager) Khedivah, at whose house the then young ruler of Egypt first saw her. As beauty gives rank in the Orient, the young slave’s condition did not interfere with her advancement. She was courted and won by the dashing young prince and finally formally married to him and raised to the rank of Khedivah. The happy couple model their household after the European fashion. She neither paints nor powders her face, as is the custom of Egyptian women of high rank. She likes European dress and has European servants and governesses for her three daughters. She studies with her children, and has an open, inquiring mind. The Khedivah "has one of the most sumptuous yachts in the world. The saloons are most magnificently upholstered in white satin, brocaded with pink roses, the cornices done in real gold, while the panels are hung with beautiful pictures. Her own room is decorated in pink and white, the bed, with its lace trimmings, looking particularly invit-' ing.

Duty or Orders?

Railroad men in Atchison, Kan., are puzzled over a question of duty or orders. On one of its sections near Atchison a railroad has just two men, the foreman and one hand. The printed rules of the company require that in case a rail should be found broken, one section hand must go in one direction. and another in the other, for the purpose of flagging trains. Now, tirequestion troubling Atchison is, how could the rail be mended with the entire force away flagging trains?

HOLLAND'S QUEEN MARRIED.

Week of Gay Festivities at The Hague. QUEEN IS VERY POPULAR. Sh® Stand* Bareheaded in Bitter Weather to Watch 3,500 Persons March Bv — Makes the Duke a Prince —He Seem* to Be a Shy Young Man. Queen Wilhelmina of Holland was married Thursday at The Hague to the Duke Henry of MecklenburgSchwerin. The civil marriage occurred. In the presence of the nearest relatives. The royal party then proceeded to the church in procession. Religious services were held, followed by the return of the royal party in procession to the palace. Here Queen Wilhelmina held court and received congratulations of others than members of the

QUEEN WILHELMINA AND THE PRINCE CONSORT.

royal families. At 1:30 p. m. a luncheon was served and at 4:15 p. m. the royal couple departed on their honeymoon. The day previous to the wedding was one of festivity throughout the city, Clear but bitterly cold weather favored the popular procession today. People came from all parts of the country to take part in the parade and to extend their felicitations to the royal bride and bridegroom. About 2,500 persons marched in the procession. There were many bands and a perfect forest of banners carried by various public and private societies, which marched, through the principal Streets, finally passing the palace,

THE PALACE IN THE WOODS, NEAR THE HAGUE, WHERE THE ROYAL COUPLE ARE PASSING THEIR HONEYMOON.

where Queen Wilhelmina and Duke Henry reviewed the parade from' the balcony. The Queen stood bareheaded in the frosty air. She wore a blue velvet dress, which was partly covered by a heavy sable cape. Duke Henry, in the uniform of a Vice Admiral, stood by her side. The Queeninother also appeared on the balcony, but for a few moments only. The banner bearers dropped out of the procession in front of the palace and

QUEEN WILHELMINA’S PALACE AT THE HAGUE. THE OFFICIAL RESIDENCE OF THE QUEEN AND THE PRINCE CONSORT.

massed there in a great crescent, so that when the end of the parade reached that point they formed a great splash of color. An interesting feature of the parade was four great floats bearing emblematic representations of the fishing industry. The

A BOSTON PHILANTHROPIST

Frank A. Schirmer, a member of one of the leading business firms in Boston, performed an act of practical philanthrophy recently. On Saturday last he had the police captain in one of the poorer precincts in the Hub instruct his officers to obtain the ad-

crowds, which did not seem to mind the frosty air, cheered the paraders heartily. Later the Queen and her fiance drove to Scheveningen, escorted by a regiment of hussars. Scheveningen gave the couple a most enthusiastic welcome. The Queen is wonderfully popular among the nshermen throughout Holland. Never is one lost but she sends a generous purse to his family. Accordingly they erected in her honor two unique triumphal arches composed of fishing nets, barrels, and other paraphernalia of their trade and bearing appropriate decorations. Wedding Trouaaean Described. The Queen’s wedding gown, woven of the finest silver tissue, waa embroidered at the School of Art Neediewora in Amsterdam and was afterward made up in Paris. It is ornamented with silver-threaded seed pearls. The robe and train are lined with rich white silk. The bodice, which is plain and cut low, is trimmed with antique lace. The trails are covered with embroidery, almost meeting at the waist and broadening over to the hem. The court train is two and a half yards long, the embroidery running around in light trails. The gowns of the Queen’s trosseau are mostly pale greens, grays, blues and whites, these suiting her blonde complexion best. For her public entering into Amsterdam her Majesty has a royal robe of white velvet, with a train trimmed With ermine, and a mantle lined with ermine. At one of the receptions in Amsterdam after the honeymoon she will wear a gown of white satin, embroidered around the hem and bodice with a small tracery of orange leaves, and a court train of rich orange velvet lined with white silk. She has an outdoor gown of delicate gray combined with white and pale blue, scarcely showing embroidered steel and silver sequins. With this goes a large hat She has also a soft hunting costume of dark bottle green, unornamented, and another of trimmed clothe applique. There is a walking dress of dark green with gold threads, and another of green mignonette cloth, combined with white. The Queen has four plain riding habits. Some of the Wedding; Gifts. Amsterdam’s gift to the Queen, th® magnificent gilded chariot originally built for her coronation, was formally presented on Monday. In it she rode to church Thursday. One of the richest presents is a great tapestry representing the garden of the Hesperides. This Is from the French republic. Th® City of Hague gave a porcelain service of 300 pieces. From the women of

Hague the Queen received a silver mirror and a jeweled bracelet, and from her ladies in waiting a silver center piece for flowers. The mother of Duke Henry gave her son a writing table inlaid with pearls, and the mother of the Queen has given her a necklace of brilliants and sapphires with a brooch of the same. Most Noteworthy of AU. The most noteworthy gift is the carpet on which the Queen was married.

It is an immense rug, the handiwork of sixty persons participating in the festivities. Make* the Duke a Prince. Queen Wilhelmina has conferred upon Duke Henry the title of Prines of the Netherlands.

dress of families who were in need of coal. Then going to a dealer he gave his check in payment for 100 tons ot coal to be delivered under the direction of the police captain, whom he had previously consulted. Up to Saturday evening 72 families had been supplied with their winter’s fuel.

The Spider's Web

The spider is the original telegraph lineman. Indeed, he is something more. After his lines are stretched, he establishes a “central,” to -which he runs as soon as any sort of vibration tells him that prey la entangled anywhere in his web. Once at central, he listens a minute, then having gathered the direction glides away to weave still further netting of silken web about the luckless wasp or fly that has fallen into his clutches. “He” would more properly be written “she.” As in case of so many insects the female spider is ever so much bigger, more powerful and more resourceful than the male. In substance spider web is nearly identical with silk. But the spinners of it are far to wise to reel it up into cocoons, which may be plundered by men to feed the desire of the eyes, and the pride of life. Web spinning is very wonderful work. The workers indeed deserve high rank as civil engineers, and often deal with knotty problems in ways bespeaking almost human intelligence, as for instance wfcen they spin loose threads so deftly and with such nice calculation of wind force that the loose ends are carried exactly to the chosen spot, often a couple of yards away, and there anchor themselves of their own motion. It is thus the fairy cables which net trees and boughs, and stretch across all summer paths, are set in place. They are invisible save where the full sun glints upon them, or else when a misty morning strings them with dewdrops. None the less they hold firm, and serve as aerial passageways along which the spiders run to and fro, safely and swiftly. Or else they serve as guys to brace the main web. In spinning the spider shows architectural genius to match her engineering skill. First she surveys a site, then stretches across it a strong thread. She is not particular about having this first thread very taut—all that can be managed later. She spins another thread from the end of this diagonally to another point, whence she goes to a third anchorage, a fourth, even a fifth. Now she has a clear central inclosed at Irregular angles. The inclosing threads have been spun of pure silk. The next thing is to go over them with a viscid exudation which will make whatever touches them stick. When that is done she spins the web proper, running from side to side, with a thread trailing be-

Tom Jones' Cat

Writing in Donahoe’s Magazine on the situation in China, Rev. Father Joseph M. Gleason, who is with the American forces in Pekin, maintains that the Boxer movement with all its attendant horrors was not a result of the presence of missionaries in China. It was an anti-foreign demonstration rather than anti-Christian. The reverend gentleman takes the newspaper correspondents to task for attributing the trouble to the missionaries and says of them; “A newspaper man rushes into a country of which he hardly knew the* existence before his arrival, takes no trouble to learn a word of the language, corners a few residents, and after a few cigars, and more drinks, closes the interview, and writes for his paper. He Is paid a fancy salary as special correspondent and must write something for his paper, and this something is, as a rule, superficial generalizing of the veriest rubbish. Yet

Armour’s First Baths.

When Phil Armour was a boy living on a farm in Madison, N. Y., he did not take his weekly bath in a marble tub, nor was he rubbed with perfumed soap. Saturday nightSf his mother used to take him and the other boys down to the creek for their weekly scouring. Home made soft soap would be poured

FAST STEAMERS.

Mew Yark Want* Them tor the Benefit of Suburban Reeldente. Steamboats that can go forty miles an hour are soon to make several suburbs a part of all-devouring New York as Greenwich, Woolwich, Gravesend, Hampton Court, Cheleea, Kew, Clacton, Windsor, Margate, Ramsgate, etc., are part of London, says the New York Press. The steamboats on the Thames are perhaps the vilest In the world. Those In New York waters are the most palatial. The St Johns, Sandy Hook and Monmouth have made the approach to the Hook a long stretch of the most delightful summer homes. Similar boats will line Jamaica bay with cottages as soon as Barren Island is cleaned out. The proposed forty-' mile boats on the Hudson will extend New York thirty miles up the shores of the American Rhine tn an incredibly short time. Many thousands of New Yorkers who now refuse to leave the city on account of the crush of morning and afternoon travel on the railroads will joyfully take up a residence in the country when they can go forty miles an hour by boat, with plenty of unconfined air, plenty of elbow room, no smoke, no cinders, no

Almost Human Intelligence Shown by This Insect.

hind her, until all the web-spokes are in place. Before she weaves the rays together with crossing-threads, she must know that both they and the anchor threads are dependable. So she runs about, stretching, stralninp every one, and if it breaks spinning it over. Where there is pronounced slack she either takes it up by splicing a new thread next the center, and fastening it outside, or by attaching light weights, pebbles, bits of rtlck, and so on, to the web’s lower edge. Now begins the last work —running round and round. The crossing threads are spun double —first very fine, then with a coarser ply. At the middle where the ray threads meet and cross, she either builds herself a snug station, or after everything is done cats away the tangle and leaves a small clear space. This is the parlor into which the traditional fly was invited —with disastrous results —but Madame Spider does not habitually sit la it Instead she lurks out of sight ambushed at the foot of a ray thread. When vibrations tell of prey, she seeks the parlor, locates the disturbance, and straightway goes to see about it. A strong-winged insect, as a wasp or bumblebee, left to himself, will soon 'break out of her flimsy toils, though he may so entangle his wings in doing It that he never files again. So she takes no chances. Nimbly she runs down the nearest ray thread, spinning as she runs. When she is a little beyond her victim she dexterously loops her new cable around him, draws it taut, and fastens it When this bad been repeated half a dozen times, the prey bound wing and foot, is ready for removal. She fastened a new thread at the parlor, loops it around the fly or wasp, carries it back, and pulls It as tight as she can. Sometimes she moves her prey a whole half-inch with one thread. The next thing is to out away all the outer threads that holdJ him. This she does quickly, then spins a new cable from the parlor. Thus spinning and cutting, unless the prey be disproportionately big, she brings It at last to the parlor, or very close about It, and there stuck its juices In leisurely content But if it is too big to be moved, she gnaws off a leg at a time, sucks them, and after awhile attacks the carcass. Sometimes, with fierce-stinging insects, she bites them just back of the neck so as to paralyze them.

Knows as Much About China as Do the Newspaper Men

the public opinion of intelligent nations sometimes hangs on the presumed omniscience of a correspondent who flits in one day and skips the country the next. What did the ordinary correspondent know or find out about the Chinese question? Nothing, and many of them did not try hard to learn that much. Yet these men have told the general public that the missionaries did it all. They caused the whole row, etc., ad nauseam. The ordinary correspondent who has written to the United States on this matter knows no more about it than Tom Jones’ cat. Now I am not writing a diatribe on newspaper men. I have been thrown in quite intimate relations with them for one year and a half, but that does not blind me to the fact that they don’t ‘know it all’ and they can’t ‘know It all* in a week or two, and that much of their inflated verbiage is nonsense written simply to fill the bill for the editor who pays them.”

upon their heads and then rubbed In. Long after Philip said: "Often when the soapsuds were running into my eyes, making them smart like fire, I felt as though I would like to bite my mother’s hand, and I knew better than to do it I felt that her power was supreme, and that I must submit to It, as it was for the best”

dust, no every-day train annoyances. The day will bring two outings of the most delightful and fascinating description, with attendant health. Instead of breathing another man’s contaminating breath In a close and foulsmelling car, the boat commuter on AU his lunge with the pure ozone of heaven. Instead of contracting himself twice dally into the smallest possible space he may expand with an honest, fearless inflation. Even in the most Inclement weather the decks will be free to him should he desire to brave and breathe the elements.

Two Carpets Sold for $8,990.

According to a correspondent, tws magnificent carpets, presented by the Infanta Donna Sancho to the royal convent of St Antonio in 1500, have just been sold by auction at the munlpal chamber in Lisbon to pay for repairs at the convent and church. The sale of the carpets, which were Persian, about eighteen feet square, embroidered with real gold, caused much excitement The most eager blddere were two groups, French and German; and the Frenchmen secured the prize so» $8,990, which is regarded as nearly $5,000 below the real value.

A WEEK IN INDIANA

RECORD OF HAPPENINGS FOR SEVEN DAYS. HoiaMlck J« 11 breaker from Mew York State Give* Himself Up at LoganaporS—* Saloon Smashing Crnsada Ha« KeaehMl Indiana—Girt Starts for Ejypt. Arrance Fain In Indians. The annual meeting of the members of the eastern Indiana fair circuit was held at New Castle. M. S. Claypool of Muncie was re-elected president and Frank A. Wisehart of Middletown reelected secretary. The dates for holding fairs this year and the secretaries were set as follows: Middltown, July 30 to Aug. 2, Frank A. Wisehart. Hagerstown ,Aug. 6 to 10, I* 8. Bowman. New Castle, Aug. 13 to 17, William Risk. Elwood, Aug. 20 to 23, Frank De Harity. Greenfield, Aug. 20 to 22, Charles Downing. Rushville, Aug. 27 to 30, ——. ■Muncie, Sept 2 to 6, M. 6. Claypool. Anderson, Sept 10 to 13, MoCullom. Indianapolis, Sept 16 to 22, Charlee Downing. Richmond, Sept 24 to 27, Joseph Stephenson. Portland, Oct. 4 to 8. C. 0. Hardy. Anderson district fair was admitted Into the circuit

Homaalck JaUbreaker Gltw Vp. Frank Freeman Loomis walked into police headquarters at Logansport and said he wanted to surrender himself as a fugitive from justice. He claims he is wanted in Warsaw, Wyoming county, New York, on six indictments for forgery, and that Sheriff Gage es that place has offered 31,000 for his capture. Loomis says he broke jail, and that whisky and homesickness cause him to give up. His mother, Mrs. Jane Loomis, whom be has not seen for nine years, he says, lives at Leroy, Genesee county, New York, and that to see her again is partly the cause of his surrender. He asked that she be sent for. The man is a ventriloquist and musician. The officers placed him in jail awaiting word from Warsaw. Salle Alone for Krypt. Miss Maude Case of the village of South Lyons has set out on the steamship Columbia for a 5,000-mlle journey after a husband. She is on her way to Alexandria, Egypt, to become the brids of Warren H. Thompson, a University of Michigan graduate, who formerly resided at Worden, but who for several years has been engaged as mechanical engineer in the employ of a Cleveland firm. Finding that he could not desert his duties in Egypt for two years, he secured the necessary passports and tickets for his betrothed, and Miss Case, equal to the emergency, started on her long journey with only the love for her affianced to bear her up on ths long and wearisome journey. Mr. Thompson Near Deatk. Maurice Thompson, the Crawfordsville novelist, grows much worse, owing to the fact that his thoroughly enfeebled condition has caused his already weak lungs to fail in the performance of their functions. Acuta pneumonia symptoms were manifested, and it is now conceded by. his physicians that his death is only a question of a few days, and possibly hours. He lies in a semi-comatose condition and can be aroused only with difficulty. His relatives have been summoned and all hopes of his recovery abandoned. Smashes an Indian Saloon. The Mrs. Nation saloon-«mashing crusade has reached Indiana, and one little woman, Mrs. Tom Creal, whom husband is foreman in the Baltimore & Ohio railroad shops at Garrett, completely demolished the handsome new plate-glass front ot Peter Beider's saloon, located in Main street A hatchet was used to do the work, and after breaking in the front she entered and secured a beer bottle, which was the last weapon used. Syie had repeatedly warned Mr. Behler not to sell to her husband, who was in jail at the time. Balllet to Co*eh Purdna Elevon. The board of control of Purdue Athletlc association has decided to deviate from the graduate system of football coaching which has been in vogue during the last few years. The association has therefore engaged Balllet of Princeton to coach next year's eleven. He will be assisted by Jamison, who coached the Purdue team last season. Maakad Bur<lar Wound* Woman. A burglar wearing a mask entered-. the dwelling of J. E. Hoßowell at Marlon. Mrs. Hollowell was alone. The man struck her on the head with some instrument rendering her unconscious. He then bound her and searched the house. He secured only |2 and a gold watch. Bluffton Man in Oil Deal. The Landeck Oil company has sold its holdings to G. W. Kimball of Chicago and C. M. Miller of Bluffton for the sum of $12,000. After the purchase had been made J. M. Bostwick of Chicago purchased a half Interest for $6,000. The property consists of eighty acres of leases in Nottingham township, Wells county, on which are located three producing wells with a dally output of twenty-five barrels. The company expects to further develop ths lease by drilling more wells,