Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 January 1902 — Page 3

INDIANA STATE NEWS

Mrs. M. A_ Nance, aged 60 years, died of heart trouble in Marion. Mrs. Nance and her husband, Rev. Nance, came from Kentucky and were among the first to establish the Southern Methodist 'church In this city at the close of the civil war. Chas. S. Bracken ridge, for many years civil engineer and often connected with public work in many of the chief cities, died in St Joseph’s hospital, Fort Wayne, of. dropsy, after an illness of several months’ duration. Gov. Durhln, Attorney General Taylor and Auditor of State Hart started for Washington Sunday night and will spend all of this week at that city in the interest of Indiana’s civil war claim against the government. The diaim amounts to. $700,000, and the state authorities think the outlook for it is bright. A desperate attempt was made at Decatur to assassinate Oliver Sheets, a farmer living nine miles north of that city. The door leading to the sleeping room of Mr. and Mrs. Sheets was battered down with a fence rail and three men forced their way in. Five shots were fired at Sheets, one bullet striking him in the left afm and breaking both bones. When the door was hammered down the wind blew out the light and Sheets and his wife were unable to see the faces or their assailants, who fled. „ To Palmer Nobles, the 7-year-dld son of Col. C. H. Nobles, of the recruiting station, is due the credit of saving "the lives of Theresa Webber and Mattie McCarty, two little girls, who broke through the-ice on the pond in Military Park; Indianapolis. The little fellbw heard the girls scream when they went through the ice, and, without hesitation, went to their assistance. The ice broke with him but he managed to hold himself and the two girls above water until aid arrived. Edson Kidder, a prominent flour mill owner of Terre Haute died sud- • denly of apoplexy. Mrs. Joseph R. Voris received a letter from Andrew Carnegie at Bedford saying he will give Bedford $15,000 for a library. The city already has a fine library and the present site will be used. t-

Information has been received that the promoters of the Muncie-Newcas-tle electric traction road, for which a right-of-way between Muncie and Newcastle has been purchased, have a deal on to transfer the stock. J. p. McGrath of Hartford-City is said to be engineering the deal. Subsidy elections in four townships between the two cities are soon to be held to determine whether each township shall vote $15,000. William Beale of Marion was stricken with paralysis Sunday. The stroke affected his mouth and throat, and he is unable to talk or even open his mouth, and he is slowly starving to death. He has received no nourishment since Saturday night. The affliction has resulted In reuniting him and his wife. They had not lived together for some time. When his wife learned of his condition Sunday she immediately had him removed to her home and Is-doing everything possible for his relief. Jason Willson, owner 'of the Jason Willson Bank, has closed his fortieth year in the banking business in Marion. He is now credited with maintaining one of the most substantial financial institutions in this part of the country. He is about seventy years old but still takes an active interest in the conduct of his business. Hie sons and Bert—however, practically have the management of the banking institution. u* Mark. Hillsamer, who was killed while switching in the Pan-Handle yards at Bradford Junction, O. is the son of Mark Hillsamer of Marion. He was a member of the One Hundred and Sixtieth Indiana regiment. The committee has selected Messrs Vonnegut and Bohn of Indianapolis to draft plans for Fowler Hall at Lafayette. The new structure will be of stone, and will contain an auditorium seating about .1,500 persons. It will also contain the administrative offices of the university. At a social session and smoker in Alexandria Alexandria K. of P.’s began to organize an effort to secure the location in that city of the proposed State Home for Orphan Children of K. P. members. A strong pull will be made to locate the institution. Scottsburg and Columbus are the only other two aspirants, The Republic Iron and Steel Company asserts that, all conditions considered, the Alexandria plant is turn- , ing out the largest output of any factory making bar iron in the United States. The twelve-inch mill i 8 at present shut down. The twenty-two-inch mill is operated continuously. Dr. W. F. Srtfith of Blppus received a threatening letter, In effect that his life was in peril if be did not place S2OO in an envelope 'and leave it on a window sill of the Union church. A letter was placed there, and an armed guard was stationed there, who shot at the would-be blackmailer as he hastened away. Michael Hollis, employed in the Monon roundhouse at Michigan City ' while cleaning an engine, was caught and crushed to death, the engine starting from steam leaking into the cylinders.

• > ■ T"'- ■ y_ . ' „ ■ " v s. ' The M. E. churqh congregation will erect a new house of'worship at Lebanon, costing SIB,OOO. Mrs. Emma Toole of Brazil, while gathering coal, was struck by a switch engine and badly hurt. George H. Moore, case keeper at Bloomfield, has made an assignment. Assets, SI,OOO, with $1,500 liabilities. David Grismore of Washington wants a divorce from Mrs. Grlßmore, alleging she has an ungovernable temper. The Interstate Distilling company has been enjoined from draining Its refuse into the Wabash river at Vincennes. A society event was the marriage of Lewis Wolf and Miss Gertrude Simon at the Jewish synagogue in Wabash. An organized effort is being made at Wabash to have the death penalty Imposed, on Joan Rinkard, the wife murderer, changed to Imprisonment for life.

A thief entered J. H. Staley's case at Linden through an unlocked door and robbed - the cash register of $2.85. Mr. and Mrs. Adam Deitrich, living near Ramsey, Harrison county, have celebrated their golden wedding. They have been residents of this country since 1859. Mr. Deitrich was born in Germany and is the senior of Mrs. Deitrich, who is a native of New York. Thirteen children have resulted from the union, of which four are dead. There are thirty-six grandchildren ahd three great-grandchildren. Louis Kelley of Petersburg shot three times at Edward Catt, a member of the city fire department. Catt entered a saloon and said something to the saloonkeeper and Kelley began shooting. The fireman was not hurt, but one bullet passed through hfs cap, while another cut Harry Coonrod’s trousers leg. Kelley is already under a SSOO bond for shooting his brother, Will Kelley, during the street fair at Petersburg, and he is also under bohd to appear in the Daviess circuit court. Attorneys for the Eastern Indiana Traction company have received the blue prints for the traction line from Richmond to Portland by the way of Winchester, and from Ridgeville to Marion, connecting Dunkirk, Redkey, Gas City, Upland and several other gas belt towns. It enters Winchester on the Lynn pike, proceeds in Main street to Fifth street, and passes out of town by the fair grounds. The final survey is being,made and when it is completed the contract wiH be let. Upon a petition filed by local men, holding notes for $5,000, Gduld, Oliver & Martin of Crawfordsville made an involuntary assignment. The firm claims its assets to be $14,000, with liabilities of SIB,OOO. The firm is one of the best known hardware companies in the county, and the assignment occasioned surprise. James O’Brien, born in England fif-ty-eight years ago, died suddenly at La Porte of neuralgia of the heart He was a prominent lawyer and at one time partner of the late LieutenantGovernor Mortimer Nye, and now associated with D. M.' Nye, son of his former partner. He served two terms as county superintendent of schools and as superintendent of the boys’ state reformatory at Plainfield, and as city councilman. He was a prominent G. A. R. man and Mason. Vandals at Elkhart used a sledge in breaking several hundred dollars’ worth of stone prepared for the Carnegie library building. After the separation of Mr! and Mrs. Asa Mills, and the return of the wife V 3 ker home at Veedersburg, accompanied by her six-year-old son, the father kidnaped the boy. Later the mother secured service on Mills, and the right of custody will be tried in the courts. Clayton and Prentiss Harvey and Ivan Ohmist, little schoolfellows, while returning home* attempted to cross on the ice covering the river at Cambridge City, and when half over they broke through into the water beneath. They were rescued by George Deschell. The street railway company at Terre Haute has advanced the wages of trainmen on the basis of length .of service. The present rate is 16 cents, and that will be the rate for those of less than one year; 18 cents for-from five to ten years, and 20 cents for all over ten years. The plant of the Brazil Miner, recently transferred by ex-County Clerk Mace to his bondsmen, to make good a shortage in his accounts as clerk, has been sold to Mrs. I. V. Haveland’ whose husband is publisher of the Brazil Democrat. Consideration, $750. William Frederick, twenty-six years old, while at the home of his sister, Mrs. George Wrighl of Cicero, committed suicide by blowing out his brains, using a double-barreled shotgun. He was employeu in the Modes-Turner glass factory at Noblesvilje. Several months ago the Logansport city council granted a new telephone company franchise privileges, and notified the Bell company that its franchise, expiring Jan. 3, would pot be renewed. The company has paid no attention to this notification and is still doing business as of yore, - and the ciity council is powerless to prevent its operation. However, it ip the determination of the city council to prohibit extensions. . The Johnson county Prohibitionists have nominated a ticket, headed by J. T. Kimmick for Representative:

Martin Belby, aged 17, son of a prominent merchant, and Miss Victoria® Renn, aged 16. both of New Albany, eloped against their parents’ wishes to Jeffersonville, and with the aid of two tramps who made affidavit to their ages, secured a license and were married. The father of the groom left for Indianapolis to bring the matter before Attorney General Taylor, who caused the matrimonial industry at Jeffersonville to be suppressed last August. Kentucky couples are again flocking to the once famous Gretna Green. The law requires that the female must- be 18 and resident of the county in which the license is issued. In this case Belvy claims the law was violated. .Indiana pensions granted: OriginalTimothy Berran, Medaryville, sl2; James Smith, national military home, Grant, $8; (war with Spain), Lowell H. Long, Freedom, $lO. Increase, restoration, reissue, etc.—Benjamin Yarian, Pappanee, sl7; Asa Tout, Indianapolis, sl2; Henry Seal, Connersville, sl7; Lewis S. Davis, Lafayette, $24; James W. Bowen, Franklin. sl7; Thomas Jennings, Indianapolis, SB. Original, widows, etc. (Mexican war)—Mary A. Liming, Oak, SB. Reisse (widows, etc.) — Minors of Robert Pasco, Sclpio, sl6. I After searching for ten weeks, Mr. and Mrs. dsaiah Inman, grandparents of Maude Inman McLeary, of Dowagiac, Mich., found their granddaughter in South Bend, where she was living under the name of Rose Higgins. Several months before going to South Bend she married John McLeary of Warsaw, this state, who was employed at Dowaglac, but they soon separated, and she returned to her grandparents. Afterward she disappeared, her going away causing much excitement. During the last year Henryville shipped 60,000 railway ties, forty express cars loaded with fruit, 120 cars of live stock, eighty cars loaded with logs and forty filled with corn and wheat. There are now 20,000 ties awaiting shipment, besides immense quantities of telephone poles, logs, timber, etc. Work has been suspended pn the construction of the big steel mill in Kokomo, because of a strike among the hodcarriers and day laborers, who are demanding an advance from 22% to 28% cents an hour. Messrs. Wygant and Livingston, contractors, refuse to pay the price. The contractors say they will fill their places with nonunion men. The action of the striking workmen is indorsed by the other unions.

Not since 1896 has there been so few deaths in any one year In the vicinity of Waterloo as in 1901. The burials in the Waterloo cemetery for the year numbered thirty, of which thirteen were from the town of Waterloo and seventeen from out of town. There were only six children of this number, which is quite remarkable—one from town and five from the country. The electric light plant at Versailles has been completed and the lights have been turned on for the first time. The streets are illuminated at each corner, and all of the business houses and many private residences are patrons of the new investment. While Versailles is not touched by railway, good pikes lead in every direction, making communication easy. The natural gas situation at Hagerstown appears to be better than in many cities and towns in the heart of the gas belt. The pressure remains fairly good, and while there id not sufficient gas to supply all demands for fuel, there is enough to maintain a constant fire, and at night warm up the houses thoroughly. James W. Cockrum of Princeton has been appointed receiver of the Oakland City Agricultural and Industrial Society, August Smith, a well known young man of Mishawaka, slipped and fell, striking his head on a curb. Death resulted. Miss Ethel Snyder of Peru was the only graduate at the commencement exercises of the Training School for Nurses at the Btate Soldiers’ Home, Gen. James R. Carnahan presenting the diploma. Mrs. Levi P. Dolllson, whose death is announced, for sixty years was a resident of Wabash. She was 80 years old. Dr. N. N. Shipman, whose jieath Is reported, practiced medicine at Seymour for a quarter of a century, and was 75 years old. Senator Beveridge has appointed John A. Ligett, son of ex-Sheriff W. H. Liggett of Whitley county, as private stenographer. Ten cases of smallpox are reported at Wheatland and the schools have closed. ’ J The tewn council of Dublin has passed an anti-tobaepo sidewalk-spit-ting ordinance. All bids for $64,300 worth of gravel road bonds were rejected by the county commissioners at Petersburg because the offers were regarded as too low. The best offer was made by P L. Briggs & Co. of Cincinnati. Charles Davis, a merchant at Rosstpn, is seriously ill. For the past ten days he has been unable tp take food, owing to persistent vomiting. Dr. Geo. J. Cpok of Indianapolis and Dr. Thos. O. Redding, the, attending ppysiclan, were in consultation and diagnosed his ailment as disease of ths Jiver.

Unique New Violin.

The Stroh violin made its first appearance at a special concert given at the Prince’s Restaurant, London, by J. E. Muddock, who has furnished the following description of the violin’s construction. The vibrations of the strings are conducted by means of >an ordinary violin bridge, which rests upon a rocking lever to the diaphragm and resonaitor. The lever supporting the bridge oscillates laterally upon the body of the instrument, the end being attached to a diaphragm of aluminum by a Small connecting link. The diaphragm is held in position between two India rubber cushions by paeans of a specially designed holder flXed upon the body of the violin by tVro brackets. Attached.to this holder is the trumpet or resonator. The body or main support of the instrument is is no way employed for -sound purposes; it simply holds the various parts of the violin together and sustains the enormous pressure of the strings when tuned. The disk or diaphragm which represents the belly of an ordinary violin is perfectly free to vibrate, the result being that when the strings are set in motion by the bow, the bridge and rocking-lever vibrate

accordingly, and thus every vibration is transmitted to the diaphragm. The diaphragm sets in motion the air contained in the resonator, the resonator augmenting and distributing the tame to the surrounding atmosphere.

Lesson to Bankers.

The Jewell County (Kansas) Republican tells a little story in illustration of the circumspection with which country bankers must handle their customers. A Kansas banker lost patience with the “dribble-drabble” business of a man who caused the bank a lot of trouble in bookkeeping, and the cashier told the man that his account was not desirable. In a little while the man died, leaving a large sum in life insurance, which was deposited by the wife in a rival bank. And a little later still she married the best customer the first bank had, and induced him to remove his deposit. And the lesson is that all banks should treat us kindly, for there is no telling how soon we may leave a lot of vengeful widows to deposit the l.fe Insurance elsewhere marry away the bank's best customers.

New Bahamas Stamp.

t)f interest to philatolists will be the announcement that a new postage stamp has been issued. It is specially designed for the mail service on the Bahama Islands and has been manufac-

tured for the British government by Whitfield, King & Co. of Ipswich, England. The issue is of the 1 penny series, and jvhile not remarkably ornate, is still. In a sense, artistic. The view in the center of the stamp is of a place locally known as the'"Queen’s Staircase.” The picture shows the new stamp considerably enlarged.

Mixed Relationships.

Lord Chesham, who kept his fiftyfirst birthday last Week, was doubly connected,_gnd in a curious way, with the late-Duke-of Westminster, who was not only his brother-in-law, but also his father-in-law, as Chesham married his Grace’s daughter by his first wife. Lady Chesham. was, in consequence of this double alliance, sis-ter-in-taw to her own father, while the PuChess of Westminster became moth-er-ln- law to her own brother. The duke ( was,,' furl^hpr,"' grandfather and also n qncie. by marriage to Lord Chesham’s children, while his own children by ,’hls secopd wife were at the same time his great-nephews and nieces.

Florida’s Orange Crop.

The time is. close at.band when Florida will, ship as many boxes of orangea as she <did before the great freeze of 1885. T -namely, 2*003.000 bpxcs. if it bad not been for that disaster she. would be shipping more than 8,000,000 now. ,

OF INTEREST TO WOMEN

What llrl<lea Art Wearlug. Mot* favored than the diamond sunburst, the traditional gift of the bridegroom to the bride. Is a heart-shaped trinket so large as the purse permits, set with the gems preferred by tbe bride. The bijou Is worn on a abort chain close under the chin, at the end es a long chain or pendant from a brooch. White furry felt and black velvet hats lead In popularity with bridesmaids. Whichever color is chosen, long Amazon plumes are ÜBed for trimming, the more plctorlally, the better. Black velvet, with long baby blue plumes, was the color plan for the cavalier hat of one maid of honor. Her gown was of blue brocaded satin, made In Louis XVI. style. The mode of limiting a bride’s attendants to one maid jnakes the matter of choosing a costume for her far less troublesome. She has only the bride’s taste, her own taste and purse to consult One autumn maid of honor, whose gowp was of white glace silk, carried tor her flowers white chrysanthemums, ablaze with autumn foliage. Roses and heather are a popular floral combination for tbe brlge's bouquet

New Styles In rurs.

The garments this season are quite elaborate. The same cut. the Bame beauty in line that mark the handsome creations are gtven in cloth and velvet. The fur coats and boleros are superb. Large sleeves, odd collars, embroidered vests and lace are used with good effect. The very smartest thing 1n a fur garment is a long coat in Persian lamb. It is really modeled on the Russian moujlk blouse. It falls to the knees and is belted in at the waist with a narrow girdle, studded with imitation Jewels. The cuffs and collar are of chinchilla, with chiffon underneath: The Russian blouses. In furs, blouse very little at the waist or they would look clumsy. Miniver is having considerable vogue. It Ib much used

Evening Dress Trimmed with Ermine. Evening Dress Trimmed with Edelwelss.

as a trimming, but many smart little capes and short Jackets are made of it. It is to many a new fur, but It will figure extensively at the coming coronation ceremonies. Short' velvet Jackets, elaborately trimmed In lace and chiffon, are high In fashion’s favor. Neiv Eton .Inukot Mnrtnl. A novel eton jacket model has the cloth collar shaped in five circular layers, each bbrdered with a narrow stitched band of the same fabric, edged with a tiny line of black and gold braid. The white satin vest is trimmed with llnee of this braid, arranged directly down, the front of the vest In V-pointß, each V being finished with tiny loops and a small gold button. • llsn(|*nm<i Hull flown. A magnificent ball gown la of heavy

A Beautiful Evening Gown.

gold-colored satin, pi&de princess, opened in the back, and having an

extremely long train. The bodice la cut low and is sleeveless, narrow strips of embroidery passing over the shoulderu. The entire gown Is covered with most elaborate hand-embroidery of silver and pearls worked on an applique of gold-spangled chiffon. All the applique work Is done with gold-col-ored Corttcelll embroidery waßh silk. The gown clings to the figure and fits perfectly. f

Nan; fall Coat.

This Jaunty little fall coat of black lady's cloth Is trimmed with straps of the same material running from back

Fall Coat of Black Lady's Cloth.

to front and ending In tabs which form the lapels of the revcrß. The bishop sleeves are also trimmed with the straps. The Atglon collar Is of purple velvet lined with while satin, this material also lining the cout and facing the revera. On tbe rovers and flaps

of the collar is elaborate hand-em-broidery of purple flowers, worked with CorMcellt embroidery silk. The Mew Silk*. 1 Time Was, not so long ago, When the cost of a gown could be plainly discerned by glancing at It but now It Is to a certain extent different. The new silks are so beautifully finished and so prettily figured that one Is really deceived In them, and might easily be mistaken In thinking them much more expensive than they are. f There are Loulslne silks, of which one never tires In praise, and then* are the empire stuffs, that are so pretty with their bouquets and their floral baskets, their wreaths and their little market bunches; and there are the Persian silks, which really grow more and more wonderful as the world goes by. But besides these there have recently been manufactured many handsome silks that for beauty of coloring and' delicacy of design will probably never be excelled. These are sold for small; prices, some of them well within- a dollar a yard, and are so good In color and texture that they can be made up very simple, often without any trimming but .their own figures. , White Evening Bodice. A charming evening bodice is that' which is made In white .accordionplaited chiffon with a bolero and elbow sleeves of fine white mousseline de sole, embroidered with silk spots in black and white and trimmed* with strappings of black velvet ribbon brought down to a point on either side both back and front and secured with tiny diamond studs. This bolero is edged throughout with a Vandyke applique Insertion of fine black Chantilly lace, the same lace appearing also on the sleeves, which are finished at the elbows with soft frills qf white chiffon. In the center of the front there Is a rosette bow of black velvet ribbon fastened with four small diamond studs. Onljl a cowardly painter would desert his colors.

CURIOUS CHIMNEYS.

Designer* and Bullderi Who Ha* VItM Imagination*. In the neighborhood of Stamford! street, in the southeast of London, there is a chimney shaped after tbe likeness of a huge coffin. It Is made up of dark-colored bricks, and presents an appearance which Is gloomy to the point of depression. This quaint erection, curiously enough, is well nigb unnoticed by the inhabitants of the district, many of whom are quite unaware of Us presence In their midst. A small music hall In a southern city of France is decorated with a chimney shaped to resemble a man. The figure Is attired In frock coat and silk hat, while a huge metal tube, painted brown and representing a cigar, reposes in the Ups of the queer apparatus. From this "cigar” the smoke Issues in great black clouds, and so realistic Is the whole contrivance when regarded from the street below that at first sight the spectator is led to believe that a fashionably attired gentleman Is enjoying a weed on the theater roof. Curious chimneys abound In all quarters of the globe, in several American cities it Is no uncommon occurrence to encounter wine flasks, the base of the erections being swathed In straw-col-ored woodwork to resemble the baskets wherein such flasks usually recline. Perhaps, however, one of the most peculiar chimneys in the world is that which Is to bo seen In a Roumanian township, and which Is known by the name "Death Funnel.” It represents a skeleton some fifty feet In height, and Is built throughout of gun metal. The shaft Is conveyed upward through the spine of the figure and the smoke Issues from the apex of the skull. Veritably, a ghastly chimney, and one would- have Imagined that the eccentric millionaire who thus adorned his roof top might have hit upon some less gruesome means of enhancing his reputation for extravagant whimsicality.

ORIGIN OF "TALK TURKEY."

Retort of *n In<ll»n Whom n Whit* M*n Wit* Trying to Overreach. A man who listened to some ‘‘spellbinder" every evening for three weeks during the recent municipal campaign, according to tho New York Times, said the other day: “Cnmpalgn orators do not always have time or occasion to explain expressions used In ‘driving home’ argugunients. They must necessarily depend upon their audiences to ‘see the point' through apt applications of such expressions. I have in mind one—‘to talk turkey’—repeatedly used. The story of its origin Is as follows: “Two men, an Indian and a white man, agreed to hunt together for a day and to divide the spoils. When the Ume enrne there was no difficulty In apportioning the smaller birds and animals —one of a kind to each. At last they reached tbe last pair, a crow and a turkey. "‘Now,’ says the white man, with a great show of fairness, ‘you may have the crow and I*ll take tbe turkey, or I’ll take the turkey and you may have the crow.' * “‘Hub!’ says the Indian, ‘why you no talk turkey to mo?’ *’

She Read the Signal.

A romantic story Is told in London about Lord Kevlln’s second marriage. In the early 70s, ho, then Sir William Thomson, was In West India waters on board his schooner yScbt, the Lalla Kookh. As a recreation he took up the question of simplifying the method of signals at sea. He had been talking of It at the dinner table of a friend in Mudelra and the only apprehension that seemed able to grasp It was that of his hoot's daughter, a lady he greatly but silently admired. “I quite understand it. Sir William,’' she said. 4 “Are you sure?” ho questioned, halt doubtfully. "If I sent you a signal from ray yacht do you think you could read It and could answer me?’’ ’’Well, 1 would try,” she responded. "I believe *1 cbuld succeed In making It out," Tho signal was sent, nnd she did succeed In making It out*and In transmitting ttje fe()ly. The question was: “Will ytjVi marry mo ( ?’’ and .the gn- - ewer was ’’Yes.’’

Adventure with Rattlesnakes.

Fred Harris, an express messenger on the Illinois,j£eutraj, u ai j an experience whU Jk he does ,nq£ care to repeat He was on train, No. 22, and Just after leaving Ccntralla, 111., settled back Into his chair and dropped Into a doze. He was awakened shortly by a tickling under his chin and drowsily opened hls eyes to discovered the colls of an enormous snake lying across hls Breast, Its restless head wavtng under hls chin. It is hardly necessary to state that Mr. Harris made all former records for instantaneous and lightning moves In that car look like six counterfeit nickels. He also awoke to the fget that while one snake is bad, several are worse In a geometrical proportion, and he was soon on a pile of baggage surveying a den of rattlesnakes. The reptiles were a consignment from Tampa. Fla., to Chicago, and had made their escape while Mr. Harris slept.

Spread by Ships.

; The common .cockroach has, spsSad throughout the . civilized world ,’by means of ships. This disagreeable bug eoxnes and ,gqes on ships almost as freely as the rats. The two live -together amicably and -they monopolize the holds' of the ships wlfich carry foodstuffs. ~ . . . . pecoratjon ojf ■ well be largely left to tho youthful occupant