Rensselaer Republican, Volume 23, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 February 1891 — Page 2

THE MASTER OF THE MINE.

By Robert Buchanan.

CHAPTER XXll—Continued. nodded assent, end was about to My something more, when there was the rustle of a dress behind him, and with a quick atari, and a sharp pain at the heart, I saw Madeline standing is the room. The sight of her was almost more than I could bear; I shook like a leaf and myeyes filled with tears. The next moment she stepped forward with an eager cry of recognition and both bands outreach. Ing. Then, seeing that 1 was hand, cuffed, she uttered another cry—of grief and pain. "Madeline!” cried her cousin wamingly:butshe paid no attention. I had turned my head away, too ashamed to meet her gaze, but 1 felt, rather than mw. that bhe was gazing tenderly into my face. When she spoke her voice was broken and tearful. ■*Mr. Trelawney, may I speak to you? May I tell you how my heart aches and bleeds for you in your great trouble? May I assure you how deep, ly Lbelieve—as all who know you must believe—in your innocence of such a crime," 1 turned my head and looked at her; my head SA&m. and the tears so blinded me that I could not see her. • God bliss you for saying that.” I murmured; and as I spoae she lifted my two bound hands and held them gently in her own. ....... ' "I could not believe that anyone would think it possible, ” she said. ■•! would have come before, but waited, expecting to see you set at liberty— But now I hear you are to be put upon your trial. Ah, do not fear! Have courage! Your innocence will be proved and you will soon be a free man.” ‘Terhaps,” I answered,‘‘but whether or not. it is something to know that my innocence is believed in by you.” "How could I doubt it? Dear Mr. Trelawney. I know you better even than you know yourself. No proof, however terrible, could shake my faith in one whom I know to be the bravest and best of meh; one incapable of any baseness, one to whom, remember, I owe my life.” She turned to Redruth, who was looking on, 1 thought, rather uneasily. "And my cousin is equally certain’ that you are falsely accused. George, speak to him! Tell him!" I looked at George Redruth; his brow was clouded, and his expression far less cordial than it had previously been. "I have already told Trelawney what I think on the subject. Never. thele>s, the evidence is ugly, as he is aware. ” ••But you know he is innocent?” cried Madeline, "1 hope so. Whoever took poor Johnson’s life was a miserable and ruffianly coward, well deserving the gallows; and I can't fancy that Trelawney, in spite of his violent temper, Is anything of the kind.” There was something in his manner now which aroused all the angry blood within me. His old superciliousness had returned, and the compassion in his eyes had changed to hard dislike and suspicion. I could not trust myself to answer him, but turning to the police officers, who sat by, I cried: •‘How long am I to remain here* Take me away; for God's sake take me away!" I ••All right— the trap's at the door,” replied one of them. I rose to my feet, and then, setting my lips firm to conquer my agitation, i I turned again to Mj4eliue.. ; "Don't mind me. Miss Graham; I shall come through this trouble right enough, perhaps; and, whatever happens. I shan't forget your goodness, i cared for no one's good opinion outy •m, I’m not the tit st innocent can, by many, who has had to face An unjust accusation. and answer it with his life; and what you have said will give mecourage, perhaps, to bear the Sorrow that's to come!” Before I realised what she was doing she had taken my hands again, had raised them to her lips, and kissed them! "Bon’t!jd cn't 1 .” J cried 1 half sobing. "I can’t bear it! Here lads take me away!” "Use him kindly,” she cried, weeping, and addressing the officers. “Remember he is a gentleman, and falsely accused.” ••Don't be afraid, my lady," said the man who previously spoke. "We’ll took after htm.” ~ ‘ ‘And Mr. . Trelawney—dear friend —do not think that, though we part now, 1 sha Ibe idle. lam rich, remember, snl whateve- money can do tor your defense shall be done by me. It is a poor return, indeed, for the life you gave me! Keep a good heart! Think that you have friends working for you! Think that the happy time will soon come when you wid be free again to return to those you love, who love and who will love you the better for a trouble bravely borne!” fn the raptu e of that moment, I -thou d have caught her in my arms, but I was helpless, and perhaps it was better so. Gently.bit firmly, the offied me from the room, and along the Passage to the door where the dogca* was waiting. There was a crowd u.out. the doorsteps. and when I appeared there was a sympathetic murmur. .

The officers pusbed me through the groups an-i I mounted to my seat in the trap. Then 1 heard a wild cry. and sa>v my a'.nt, who rushed forward, reaching up her h-uods to touch mine. “Ht sh my po >r Hugh!”she sobbed. ••Don’t cry aunt," I said forcing a •mile. **Thev don’t hang innocent men in England. 1 shall soon come back home!” At that there was a fa'nt hurrah, led by Jahn Rudd. Several rough fellow* - -

from ths mine rushed forward, reaching out their horny hands in honest sympathy. ••vhear up, Mcaster Hugh! None o’ us believe you killed ’un! Cheer up! We’ll ha’ you back in St Gurlott’s soon.” «4m, that we will” echoed John Rudd. The officer had now mounted beside me; and his companionwho was seated by the driver. Cried in a loud voice; ••Clear the way! Let go her head!” The horse freshened by rest and a feed, bounded off, and I left the group of sympathisers behind - my poor aunt half fainting. supported by J ohn Rudd. But on the door step under th> porch stood two figures, on which my eyes were riveted UH the last—George Redruth and Madeline Graham. Madeline waved a white hankerchief. I could make no sign in return, but I watched her with streaming eyes till we entered the avenue, and the boughs of the leafless trees blotted Jher from my view. Of that sad day’s business, only one more vivid memory remains t<f me. Slight and trival as the circumstance seemed at the time. I remembered H afterwards with a wondering thrill. Our way back, like our way coming, lay past the cottage. Quitting the gates of the great house, and leaving the dark avenue behind us, we rattled swiftly. along the country road. The horse, being homeward bound, whirled us along at full speed; indeed, as the poet has it, *• We seemed in running todevour the way.” As we approached the dear old cottage, I craned my neck roupd to look at it; the next moment we dashed past it; but in that moment I caught the glimpse of a ghastly white face lookitrgrout ofrone of the lower-windows. It was the face of my uncle, John Pendragon! As we passed, he seemed to give a wild start of recognition. Then, looking back, I saw, before we were fifty yards away, a figure, wild and half dre sed, running out across the garden to the gate, and looking after us, It was my uncle. He seemed dazed and stupefied. As we disappeared round a turning of the road, I fancied I caught the sound of a sharp cry, and eimiltaneously 1 saw him throw his two. arms wildly up into the air! . CHAPTER XXIII. THE TRIAL. Is Is not my intention to trouble the reader with chapters full of appeals ad miserlcordiam, or to pile up the agony in the manner of the expert manufacturer of sensational fiction; though if I chose to do so, there is plenty of material ready to my hand. I have my doubt, perhaps, whether-1 am personally interested enough to sway the sympathy of the tender-hearted, in the character of a man unjustly accused of the most horrible of human crimes, But the mere fact that I survive to write these lines is proof positive of one thing—that I was not hanged! So, on that score at least, the reader may be perfectly easy in his mind. The Assizes came on some six weeks after the date of the inqnest, and in the interim I found that my darling did not fail to keep her word. A firm of solicitors, instructed by her, undertook my defen ?e; and though I at first out of motives of pride, declined their good offices, I was finally persuaded to accept them. Through their managing clerk. I more than once received kindly messages from Madeline, but not once did she appear upon the scene personally until the day of the trial came, when on entering the dock, I saw her sitting by George Redruth’s side in the crowded court. My aunt and uncle were there, too—~tireriHtter so worn and changed that-f should scarcely have recognized him; so was honest John Rudd, together with other old friends and acquaintances. But before the trial began, all those who were called as witnesses withdrew, George Redruth among the number. My darling remained in her place, close to my counsel and solicitors. in the well beneath the judge’s seat; and more than once, in the course of the proceedings, I saw her whisper words of instructiomaand suggestions to my defended; |

Thinking it all over again now, in the quiet of these after-years, I am sure still, as I was sure then, that her face helped to save me. Its pathetic beauty and sympathy, I believe,touched the heart of the jury, and wrought wonders in my behalf. Even the judge, who had what is known as a “hanging” reputation, looked down upon her with eyes of favor. Early in the course of pro-, ceedings, I heard whispers among the crowd surrounding me. They were looking at Madeline, and some one was asking who she might be* A voice replied (how well I remember it, and how my pa’e face went red with proud surprise) that she was “tbe prisoner s sweetheart.” Far away asI knew that idea to be from the simple truth, I looked at my darling with new feelings of love and gratitude, and al> most forgot for a moment the great and impassable barrier between us. After the speech for the prosecution, in which I was painted in vifid colors as a young man of violent habits, having a homicidal hatred to the murdered man, the tirst witness deponed to the finding of the body and to tbe ’ marks of violence upon it Then George Redruth described my last quarrel with Johnson, and my dismissal from the overseership of the mine. On this occasion, I fear, Redruth rather exaggerated than under estimated the extent of my hostility; and when asked if he personally thought that the deceased had any reasun to fear my v.of&nce, hesitated and answered that he **was afraid he had.” I saw Madeline start and look appealingly at the witness while a low murmur ran through the court On the whole Redruth’s evidence, though given with a certain reluctance, was very hostile. I could not help feeling that it was

none the less so beeanee Madeline was Mated there with my defenders, and working so zealously on my behalf. | My aunt next described my doings on the night of my departure from St. Gurlott’s, and again admitted, as at the inquest,'that ! had been at a ’ate hour (n Deighborhood ofthe mine. Then my uncle entered the box. Ghastly and woe begone, clad in his Sabbath clothes of black, he stood like a man, dazed; not-once turning his eyes in nqy direction. His evidence only corroborated that of my aunt; but unimportant as it was, he gave it with extrema reluctance. After the prosecuting OQUMeI was done with him, he was questioned by my own counsel, as follows: ••On the night of the murder, you were at home with the prisoner?” •■lm. sir.” "Did you see him go outP” •*l disremember. I took naw note o’t; and ma memory’s falling me.” "Ah; you have been Hl for some time ?” "Nawt just myself like, sir.” "Had you any reason to imagine that the prisoner bore any animo-ity to the deceased? Did he ever in your hearing utter any threats against him?” . "Never, sir; nawt one ward-" "So far as you know he had no cause to dislike the deceased beyond the fact that he had taken his place as overseer?" I saw my uncle trembling violently; but his answer came clear and firm: "Nawt as I knaws on, sir; and I know this, he ne’er meant to harm ’un.” ••On the night in question, did the prisoner show any agitation?” ••Naw, sir; though he war a bit put out at gawing awa’ fro* home.” “Did he show on his person any signs of violence, as of a struggle?” ••Naw, sir: nawt he.” ••That will Jo. You may stand down.” Still carefully averting his eyes from mine, my uncle left the box. All that could be said was said in my defence. My witnesses to character included John Rudd and other local worthies; but all this testimony would have been of little avail without that which followed. To my intense surprise. Madeline herself entered the box as a witness on my side; and though what she had to say was practically irrelevant, though it concerned chiefly my saving of her life from shipwreck, it worked wonders for me. Never shall I forget the thrill of joy> that went through me as she said, in answer to a question: ‘ *No one who knows the prisoner believes him capable of this or any crime. He is the bravest and truest man I, have ever met.” It was at this point that the prosecuting counsel rose, and said, very suavely: . "Excuse me, Miss Graham—but you have a great interest in the pris oner?” “A very great interest,” replied Madeline, looking him calmly in the face. "A tender interest, perhaps? Am I wrong in believing that there has been an engagement between you?” I could have knocked the fellow down. Madeline went crimson recovering herself in a moment steadily replied: "That is not true. My engagement' with Mr. Trelawney is one of gratitude to the man who saved my life at the risk of his own.” The counsel lo : t something by this , passage of arms, and I gained much. | Madeline’s reply was greeted with the approval of the entire court. For myself, I felt all my being flooded with a great joy, which carried me along in a fearless mood till the end of the proceedings. After my darling’s tender proclamation of her belief in my innocence. I cared not what other man or woman in the world might believe me guilty; or, indeed, what became of my j life. I was justified in her sight, that was enough, After a trial which lasted only the I greater part, of one day, the judge summed up—sternly enough. I thought —and the jury retired to consider their verdict Now, for the first time during the proceedings, I realize my position. My life hung in the balance, and a few minutes would decide whether I was to live or die. The jury returned into the box, and the judge also reappeared in his place. The foreman stood up, and replied, in answer to the clerk of the court’s ques tion whether I was guilty or not guilty: "We are agreed that there is not sufficient evidence to convict the prisoner." ■‘That is no verdict at all." cried the judge sharply. "You must decide one way or another—guilty or not guilty. ” For a moment the foreman seemed dubious, and, stooping to his companions, spoke to them in a whisper. .Thenha Mid: “Not guilty, my lord.” I was acquitted, but the manner of the acquittal was cruel enough, leavit clear that the moral presumption was against me, though the evidence was inadequate. I did not quite realize this at the time, but I had bitter ca"<*e to remember it afterwards. A little later, I was standing, a free in the parlour of a small inn. whither I had been led by John Rudd, and where I found my aunt and uncle waiting for me. I cannot say that It was altogether a joyful meeting. The shadow of dea'h seemed still upon us al’. John Rudd alone was jubilant, and insisted on drinking healths all around. My uncle, us tally an abstemious man. drank eagerly, but the drink, instead of cheerin? him. seemed to make him gloomier than ever. It had been arranged that my aunt and unde were to return in the wagon that evening with John Rudd, who had postponed the hour of his depart-

ure in order to await the result of tb< trial, and they urged me eagerly toac- | company them. 1 was in no hurry, however, lb hasten back to St. Gurlott'a My plans, as far as I was yet able to shape them, were to leave England, perhaps working out my passage to the Colonies, on some out-ward-bound vessel. While we were sitting together, a waiting-girl beckoned me out; and fol--1 lowing her into another room, I found Madeline waiting to speak to me. Directly our eyes met, she held out both her hands, and I took them eagerly in mine. Then, for the first time, my emotion mastered me; and, fairly sobbing, I almost sank upon my knees before her. "I was right, you see,” she said tenderly. "I knew they would never Condemn you.” “I owe my life to you,” I’answered in a voice choked with tears. She smiled sweetly, and shook her head. "Even if it were so, it is only doing as I have been done by; but no one ever doubted your innocence from the first. And now, tell me, what are you going to do? Of course youre are re--4urntng4»Bfc ’€hirlQtt’B?” -■ . •*1 can not tell. God help me, I can hardly realize it all yet! It will never be the same place to me again.” "Suppose,” she said, looking at me thoughtfully, "suppose I could per-suade-my~cbusln to reinstate you as overseer of the mine?’ “He would never do that,” I replied; “and even were he willing, it would be impossible. It is like you, it is like your heavenly goodness to think of it; but it is out of the question. I think there is but bne course for me to adopt, and that is—to leave England,” (To be continued.)

QUEER PENSION CLAIMS.

Various Reasons for Asking for a Share of the Great Fund. - Washington Post. The oddity of human nature has found an apt illustration in some of the many claims for pension that have been received under the new law. Many men have stretched their imaginations as well as their consciences in their efforts to be placed on Uncle Sam's great and rapidly growing pension roll. They allege every disease and ailment known to the science of medic' ne, and then urge the claims with energetic persistency. Some of the causes alleged are as odd as they are interesting. An ex-soldier in Ohio, wrote: -I don’t exactly know what disease lam suffering from, but I do know that I deserve pension, as I am suffering the pains of death all over my” body.” Another veteran in West Virginia thinks he should receive a pension be- | cause, as he states it, during the war he fell off of a thirty-foot bridge, which resulted in “a general breaking up of his system.” A veteran of the Fourth Wisconsin was salivated by reason of an excessive use of salt pork during I his army career and now he applies 1 for a pension because he “got salvation in the army.” as be puts it. Under the provisions of the recently passed dependent pension lawiVia only necessary for a claimant to show that he is incapacitated from manual labor, whether the causes are due to army service or not, in order to have his name placed on the rolls. To show his inability to perform manual labor, the affidavits of neighbors are necessary reciting that fact. A veteran in Howard county, Md., sent the testimony of a neighbor, who no doubt meant well enough, but did not know how to express himself. The latter aware to the statement that he had known the claimant for ten years and that “he w6u[d* not work unless he was compelled to.” The witness of codrse meant to say that claimant, while really unable to work by reason of bls physical infirmities, was fre--1 quently compelled to attempt labor in , order to sustain himself. ! The widow of a.man who shouldered a musket in the Pennsylvania Reserves wanted a pension, and was asked if her husband was ever wounded. ••Oh, yes,” she replied, “he received an axe wound of the right foot.” Being asked to explain the circumstances surrounding the wounding of her better half, she said he cut his foot while splitting wood. It was not during the war that this occurred, but n 1K79, at their home in Pennsylvana. The pension attorn' y wanted o know what oearing such an occurrence could have upon the pension law, and the widow answered curtly: - air, the-axe he ctat-hisfont with is the same he brought home with him from the war. It was an army axe.” A rather remarkable declaration was made by a Michigan veteran. He stated under oath that he picked up a shell on the battlefield of the Wilderness and took it into his tent While holding the missile between his knees examining it. the shell exploded, “bauly shattering his nervous system,” but miraculously causing.no other injury. An ex-cannonier of one of the regular batteries claims that he stopped a cannon ball with his abdomen,and has since been greatly troubled with stomach disorders, The ball, he says, was aspect one, and came bounding along, striking him squarely on the exterior of the inner man and nearly knocking him into the middle of the following week. One Gioranna, a member of the well known Garabaldi Guard, recites in bis application for a pension that he was “probed” by a rebel bayonet at the Bull Run tight, and a Jersey cavalryman says he was -‘severed” by a rebel gibe - at Spottsylvania Court House. These are only a few of the queer causes for pension that are daily received at the department. There are of others equally quwr. 1

THE DEADLY MIN.

Om Hundred and Seventeen Misers Perteh- J . Am explosion took place at the Spring Hill coal mines, Nova Scotia, in the west side of the e&st slope, lats S&turd&y after* coon. The total number of dead is placed Mll7. To several families the affliction is very great. Reid Carter and his two sons, William and Clarence, are all dead. Three sons of the Carmichael family are dead— John, Andrew and William. Jeeee Armishaw went down No. 2 slope yesterday and found his two sons, Jesse and Herbert, and John Bainbridge, an adopted son, all lying together. The sight sickened and unnerved him so that he had to return to the surface without them. He was frantic with grief. Two sons of Robert MoVey» under fourteen, are laid out side by side* Hugh Bunt loses two boys, Andrew and Alexander. These sorrowful households are only a few of the large number from which the bread winners have been snatched. Some of the bodies taken out werefeaxfully mutJated. Those of the dead who were beyond recognition were identified by their clothes, or marks on their bodies, A carpenter shop has been temporarily converted into a dead house, to which all the corpses are taken, and then washed and prepared for their cofflns.ltisamost gruesome sight. The shop is continually crowded with sorrowing relatives looking for their dead. Clergymen of different denominations are doing what they can for the gnef stricken. The appalling enormity of the accident has stunned the people, and they are just beginning to realize the extent of the dreadful calamity. The injured are progressing most favorably, and are being tenderly cared for. When the explosion took place, doctors were telegraphed for to other places, and appeared on the scene as soon as they _cquld reach town by rail. Eleven miners were serlou slyi nJu red. The explosion, Gilpin says, did very little damage to property in No. 2 slope, having extended but a short distance beyond the tunnel, and all the deaths in that slope were from suffocation by after damp* Manager Swift was at the bottom of No. 1 slope about fifteen minutes before the explosion occurred and intijaated to one of the road men that he was going into the place where the explosion occurred. He has not been seen since. It is probable that his body will be recovered when some of the debris is cleared up. A boy named Beaton heard the explosion and rushed off to the place where he knew his brother was at work and succeeded in carrying b m out badly injured. His heroism is one of the chief topics of conversation. Theie wore plenty of volunteers to search for all bodies. Men who came to the pit as spec' tators divested themselves of their coats and unhesitatingly went to the rescue of their fellow workingmen. Many ghastly scenes were to be seen both on the surface and under ground. Several of the bodies were so fearfully mutilated that they were placed in bags and brought up to the surface. The explosion is more disastrous to life than any other in the history of coal mining on this continent. It is a singular co' incidence that the loss of life equals that of both Ford Pit and Drummond codiery jxplosiona.

OTHER NEWS ITEMS.

~~ Francis Murphy is doing temperance s'Marion. Nelson Kellogg, first Mayor of Bluffton, is dead. Wheat is reported in good condition in Hamilton county. The celebrated Hatfield twins, died at the Ft. Wayne museum recently. Fire burned $225, (00 of property at Kan' sas City on the night of the 22nd. Mad dogs are doing considerable damage to the live stock around Columbus. Joseph Trousdale was waylaid and robbed of 51,500 bv negroes at Birmingham, Ala. The People’s Theater at Evansville was destroyed by fire on the 23d inst. Loss wil) reach $200,100. A correspondent at Berlin says that Emperor William decided Sunday to ordei Prince Bismarck to appear before a courtmartial to which he would be amenable as holding rahk in the army, instead of a civil tribunal. The correspondent assert that Bismarck will be summoned to declare on his honor whether he is the author of certain published attacks on th< Government, attributed to him. The following bills have passed both houses and been signed by the Governor Mr. Harrell’s, appropria Ing 1110,000 so. the expenses of the General Assemb y ;Mr Claypool’s, legalizing the sale of oertaii, lands in Fayette county; Mr. Bryants, legalizing the incorporation of the town oi Patoka, Gibson county; Mr. Leyden’s regulating the time of holding court in t e Fifty-second Judical circuit; Mr. Sleeper’s legalizing the acts of the board of trustees of Fowler, Benton county; Mr. Claypool’s legalizing the incorporation of Knightstown, Henry county: Mr. Fippen’s, authorizing the Auditor of State to makes deed of certain lands to Luther H. Mott; Mr. Ebert's legalizing the incorporation ot the town of Hammond, Lake county ; Mr. Oppenhelm’s, amending the act regarding decedents’ estates; Senator Ewing’s legal* izing the incorporation of Westport, Decatur county; Senator Hanley’s, legalizing the incorporation of the town Of Pine Vai* ley, Warren county; Senator Holland's, fixing the time for holding court in the Sixth Judical Circuit: Senator Fulk’s, fixing the time of holding court in the Tenth Judicial Circuit, and Senator Griffith’s, deferring the Fifth and Judical Circuits. The Kaiser of Germany has evidently w reason to stand in dread of public opinion; otherwise he might not have indulged in wine to ttys extent that, according to al l accounts, he did at a dinner in his honor given by the Brandenburg Diet last week The Emperor, it is said, if not drunk, was very near it, and on leaving the banquet hall had to be supported by his chief of staff, Count De Sohlieffen. The Kaiser s Speech was delivered in a maudlin way and was more of a plea than a command, being 1„ this respsot a departure from his usual

IN A QUIET COUNTRY.

The Old Farmer Had ••Clean Forfeit to Warn Bill Agin Frauds.” I had been staying at an Indiana farm house all night, and next morning the farmer said he would five me a lift into town. When he was ready to go he called to his oldest boy: • ‘Bill, is that shotgun loaded with salt for tramps?” ' -Yes." ' : ' "Got the gate shut so that no mad does can get in?” “Yes.” * ’Well. * lookout for windmill, — lightning rod. organ and sexing machine men. Don't have any truck with peddlers and poultry buyers. Don’t let tn any patent gate or wire fence men. Keep clear of patent hay forks, and don’t waste no time on churns, force pumps, ice cieam freezers. bag holders, patent barrels, frull trees, wagon jacks nor owl traps.” “No." "And eay, Bill,” called the old man, after we had driven forty or fifty rods; • ‘don’t buy no cure for the heaves, no fireproof paint, no patent gate hinges, pitchforks nor encyclopedias.” "Na” We had driven about three miles when he suddenly pulled up with an exclamation of disgust ••What is it?” "Hang my hide if I didn’t clean forgit to warn Bill agin Bohemian oats, New Zealand clover and them peaky insurance agents! Well, it’s too late now, but I kin git back afore the mob overpowers him."

The House for the Next Ton Years

Chicago Tribune, The following table shows in parallel columns the number of Representatives allowed each State under the present and new apportionment: Pres't Newi Pres’t NeW Btates. basis. b<uis Stites, basis, basis] Alaban a. 8 9 Mis 0uri....... 18 - 1 Is Arkansas...... 5 6 Montana 1 1 iCalifor ua .... 6 7 Nebraska 8 , Colorado 1 2 Nevada 1 1 Connecticut. 4 4 N nam'sb're 2 1 N 1 J New Jersey... 7 i rt. Dakota 2 1 <ew >ork... 84 8i Delaware 1 3 N. Carolina.. 9 t Florida 2 '» Jhio 21 21 Oeo'gia 10 11 Oreg n 1 1 Idaho 1 1 Peu'sylvania 28 80 Illinois 20 27 ih'de Island 2 | Indiana ........ 13 1, o. Carolina.. 7 I<.wa 11 1 .'ennessee 10 10 Kansas 7 8 lexas....! 11 18 Kentucky.... 11 11 Vermont —-SLouislana.... 6 6 Virginia. .10 10 Maine 4 4 Vashing on . 1 i Maryland 6 < V VI ginia.. 4 4 MaMach’setts 12 1 Visco sin...; 9 10 Michigan 11 12 -Vyoming..... 1 1 Mfnne- ta.... 5 7 - Mississippi... 7 7 332 8M At the next election the number of presidential electors will be: ‘ _ By districts By States 8S Total 444 Necessary to a choice 229 At last election tbe whole number was Nt'cessary to a choice .......... 201 Six new States since then have been admitted, adding twelve electors to the college on account of their senatorial repre entation, and eight new electors for their House members; and the House has added twenty three other new members to its roll, making a total increase in the Electoral College of forty-three.

The more fully that a farmer can combine the business of a manufacturer with the woric of growing crops from the soil, the more certainly will he be able to retain within his own hands the ultimate profit that acrues between the raw products and the finished product as it reaches the hand ot the consumer. This, of course, de.mands the use of capital to an extent not always within the reach ot the farmer, but it is almost always within reach of an association or combination of farmers. We have before pointed out in these columns how the business features of buying, selling and manufacturing maybe'combined wlttTagrK" culture, and we are glad to see that such journals as the American Agriculturist are now urging farmers to this course. By the application ofsuch aids a market may be controlled' or an outlet made that would not otherwise have been available. As an indication of what one man can do by being a business man as well as a farmer, we cite the case of a dairyman in central New York. His milk not bringing satisfactory prices when shipped to the factory, he decided to buijd a small creamery and work up his milk into the most satisfactory products ati home. With an outlav of only SI,OOOI a building was erected and equipped; which was sufficient for the working up the milk produced on a farm of 900 acres, carrying 115 cows. Winter d drying is mainly practiced, and when the entire amount of ore.tm is used for that purpose about 600 pounds of but ter a week are made and shipped. The average price obtained last year was 25 cents. Whenever the cream can be shipped and sold for a price which, would equal 25 cents a pound for butter, that is done, and the expense of butter making saved. Having the whole matter in his own hands, he i» able to vafy the product in whatever manner may be best at the time. The enterprise has proved very successful) from a financial standpoint, and it is cited as one of the methods by which farmers may be able to save for them-s-lves, legitimately, a better share of} the profits the whole of which are directly or indirectly the result of the labor of the tiller of the soil. Sam Jones announces that he is “still in the ring*’ in spite of the fracas 1 in which he was engaged in a Texas* town the other day. It is to be hoped! that Sam’s religion is of a higher order than his taste. The use of vulgar) slang disgraces the cause to which! this erratic person professes to be de-! voted and lowers it in the minds of] the very ones whom it is most desira-4 ble to reach. In all ages the simple have been moved in religious matters by dignity surrounding the church. Make it as simple as you please and no hnr ™ is 'One, but vulgarity is ruinous to its work. 1