Rensselaer Republican, Volume 28, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 December 1896 — Page 3

TALMAGE’S SERMON.

THE PREACHER DESCRI&ES EMPLOYMENTS OF THE BLEST. Each Saved Soul, Each Great Painter, Each Great Scientist Laboring in the Great Workshop of Paradise—Grand Sociality—Library of the Universe. Visions of Heaven. Or. Talmage’s sermon Sunday gives a Very- unusual view of. the celestial world and’ is one of the most unique discourses of the great preacher. The text is Ezekiel 1., 1, “Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I wns among the captives by the River Cliebar, that the heavens were opened.” Ezekiel, with? others, had been expatriated, and while in foreign slavery, standing-on the banks of the royal canal which he and other serfs had been con-demned-to dig by the order. of Nebuchadnezzar—this royal canal in the text called the river of Chebar—the illustrious exile had visions of heaven. Indeed it is almost always so—that the brightest visions of heaven come not to those who are on mountain top of prosperity, but to some John on desolate Patmos, or to some Paul in Mamertine dungeon, or to some Ezekiel standing on the banks of a ditch he had been compelled to dig—yea, to the weary, to’ the heartbroken, to'those whom sorrow has banished. The text is very particular to give usUhe exact time of the vision. It was in the thirtieth year and in the fourth month and in the fifth day of the month. So you haVeliri/l visions of earth you shall never forget. You remember the year, you remember the month, you remember the day, you remember the hour. Why may we not huve some sueh vision notv. and it Ke in the twelfth month and in sixth day of the month? What Are They Dointr? The question is often silently asked, though perhaps never audibly propounded, “What are our departed Christian friends doing now?” The question is more easily answered than you might, perhaps suppose.. Though there has come no recent intelligence from the heavenly city, and we seem dependent upon the story of eighteen centuries ago, still I think we may from strongest inference decide what are the present occupations of our transferred ’kinsfolk. After God has made a nature he never eradicates the chief .characteristic of its temperament. You never knew a man phlegmatic in temperament to become sanguine in temperament. You never knew a man sanguine in temperament to become phlegmatic in temperament. Conversion plants new principles in the soul, but Paul and John are just as different from each other after conversion as they were different from each other before conversion. If conversion does not eradicate the prominent characteristics of temperament, neither will death eradicate them. Paul and John are as different from.each other in heaven as they- were different from each other in Asia Mhior. You have, thep, only by a sum in subtraction and a sum in addition to decide what are the employments'of your departed friends in the better world. You are to subtract from them all earthly grossuess and add all earthly- goodness, .and •then you are come to the conclusion that they arc doing now in heaven what in their best moment they did oh earth. The reason why sb many people never start for heaven is because they could not stand it if they got there if it should turn Out to be the rigid and formal place some people photograph it. We like to come to church, but we would not want to stay here till next summer. We like to hear the “Halleluiah Chorus,’ but we would not want to hear it all the time for fifty centuries. It might be on some great occasion it would be possibly comfortable to wear a crown rrf goto weighing several poundsjjiut. it would be an affliction to wear sueh a crown forever. In other words, we run the descriptions of heaven illto the ground while we make that which was intended as especial and celobrative to be the exclusive employment in heaven. Y’ou might as well, if asked to describe the habits of American society, describe a Decoration Day or a Fourth of July or an autumnal Thanksgiving, as ihough it were all the time that way. The Different Employments. I am going to speculate in regard to the future world, but I must, by inevitable laws of inference and deduction and common sense, conclude that in heaven we will be just as different from each other as we are now different, and hence that there will be at least as many different employments in the.-celestial world as there are employments here. Christ is to be the great love, the great joy, the great rapture, the great worship of'heaven, but will that abolish employments? No more J,han love on earth—paternal, filial, fraternal, conjugal love—abolishes earthly occupation. In the first place. I remark that all those of our departed Christian friends who on earth found great joy in. the fine arts are now indulging their tastes in the same direction. On earth they had their gladdest pleasures amid pictures and statuary and in the study of the laws of light and shade and perspective. Have you any idea that the affluence of faculty at death collapsed and perished? * I remark again that all- our departed Christian friends who in this world were passionately fond of mtisia are still regaling that taste in the world celestial. The Bible says so much about the music of heaven that it cannot all be figurative. Why all this talk about halleluiahs, and choirs on the glass and trumpets and harps and oratorios and organs? The . Bible over and fiver again speaks of the songs of heaven, If heaven had no songs of its own. a vast'number of those on earth would have been taken up earthly emigrants. Surely the at death does not lose his memory. In Bloodless Battle. Again, I remark, that those of our departed Christian friends who in this world had very strong military spirit are now in armies celestial and out in bloodless bnttlq. There 1 ' are hundreds of people born' soldiers. They cannot help it. They belong to regiments in times of peace. They cannot hear a drum or a fife without trying'to keep step to the music. They are Christian, and when they fight they fight on the right side. Now, when' these our Christian friends who. had nataral and powerful military spirit entered heaven, they entered tlie celestial army. The door of heaven scarcely opens but you hear a military demonstration. David cried out, “The chariots'of God are 20,000!” Elisha saw the mountains filled With celestial cavalry. St. John said, “The armies which are in heaven followed him mi white horses.” Now, when those who had the military spirit on earth sanctified entered gloty. I suppose they right away enlisted inUfae heavenly campaign. They right away. There must needs be in IMven soldiers with a soldierly spirit. Tljte nre grand parade days, when th 6 King revtatvs the troops. There must be armed escort sent out to bring up from earth to heaven those who • were more than conquerors. There must be crusades ever being fitted , out* for some part of God’s dominion—- ’ battles, bloodless, gtoanless, painless—angelji of evil to be fought down and fought out,mother rebellious worlds to a*

be conquered, worlds to be put to thetorch, worlds to be hoisted. Our departed Christian friends who had the military spirit in them sanctified are in the Celestial army. Whether belonging to the artillery, or the cavalry, or the infantry, I know not. I only know that they have started out for fleet service and courageous service and everlasting service. Perhaps they, may come this way to fight on our side and drive sin and meanness and satan from all our hearts. Yonder they are coming, coming. Did you hear them as they swept by?

Everlasting Metaphysics. But what are our mathematical- friends to do in the next world?. They found their joy and delight in mathematics. There was more poetry to them in Euclid than in John Milton. They were as pas-;, sionately fond of mathematics as Plato, who wrote over his door, “Let no one" enter here who is not acquainted with geometry.” What are theV doing now? They are busy with figures yet. No place in all the universe like heaven for figures. Numbers infinite, distances infinite, calculations infinite; if they want them, arithmetics and algebras and geometries and trigonometries for all eternity. What fields of space to be surveyed! What magnitudes to measure! What diameters, what circumferences, what triangles, what quaternions,’what epicycloids, what parallelograms, what conic sections! What arc.Qur departed friends who found their chief joy in study doing now? Studying yet, but, instead of a few thousand volumes on a few shelves, all the volumes of the universe open before them—geologic, ornithologic, conchologic. botanic, astronomic, philosophic. No more need of Leyden jars or voltaic piles or electric batteries, standing’ as they do face to face with the facts of the universe. What are the historians doing now? Studying history yet, but not the history of a few centuries of our planet only, but the history of the eternities—whole millenniums before Xenophon or Herodotus or Moses or Adam was born. History of one world, of all worlds; What are our departed astonomers doing? Studying astronomy yet, but not through the dull lens of earthly observatory, but with one stroke of wing going right out to Jupiter and mars and Mercury and Saturn and Orion and the Pleiades, overtaking and passing the swiftest comet in their flight. What are our departed Christian chemists doing? Following put their own science, following otit and following out forever. Since they died they have solved 10,000 questions which puzzled the earthly laboratory.

The Men Of the Law. But what are the men of the law who in this world found their chief joy in the legal profession, what are they doing now? Studying law in a universe where everything is controlled by law from the flight of humming bird to flight of world —law, not dry ami hard and drudging, but righteous and magnificent law, before which man ajid cherub and seraph and archangel and God himself bow. The chain of law long enough to wind around the immensities and infinity and eternity. Chain of law. What a place to study law, where all tjie links of the chain are in the hand. What are our departed Christian friends who in this world had their joy in the healing arts doing now? Busy at their old business. No sickness in heaven, but plenty of sickness on earth, plenty of wounds in the different parts of God's dominion to be healed and to be . medicated. Those glorified souls coming down, not in lazy doctor’s gig, but with lightning locomotion,. Those who had their joy in healing the Sickness and the woes of earth, gone up to heaven, are come forth again for benignant medicament. •“

Grander Sociality. But what are our friends .who found their chief joy in conversation and in sociality doing now? In brighter con■cersntion there and in grander sociality. What a place to visit in, where your next door neighbors'are kings and queens, you yourselves kingly and queenly! If they want to know more particularly about the first paradise, they have only to go over and ask Adam. If they want to know how the sun and the moon halted, they have only to go over and ask Joshua. If they want to know how the storm pelted Sodom, they have only to go over and ask Lot. If they want to know more about the -arrogance ofHaman, they have only to go over and ask Mordecai. If they' want to know how the Red Sea boiled when it was cloven, they have only to go over and ask Moses. If they want to know the particulars about the Bethlehem advent, they have only to go over and ask the serenading angels who stood that Christmas night in the balconies of crystal. If they want to know more of the particulars of the crucifixion, they have only to t go over and ask who were personal spectators while the mountains crouched and'’the heavens got black in the face at the spectacle. If they want to know more about the sufferings of the Scotch covenanters, they have only to go over and ask Andrew Melville. If they want to know more about the old time revivals, they have only to go over to ask Whitefield and Wesley and Livingston and Fletcher and Nettleton and Finney. What are our departed Christian friends who found their chief joy in studying God doing now? Studying God yet. No need of revelation now, for, unblanched, they are face to face. Now they can handle the omnipotent thunderbolts just as a child handles the sword of a father come back from victorious battle. They have no sin; no fear, consequently. Studying Christ, not through a revelation save the revelation of the sears —that deep lettering which brings it all up quick enough. Studying the Christ of the Bethlehem caravansary; the Christ of the ■ awful massacre, with its hemorrhage of head and hand and foot and side; the Christ oi the shattered mausoleum; Christ the sacrifice, the Star the Son, the Man, the God, the God-Man, the ManGod.

But hark! The bell of the cathedral rings—the cathedral bell of heaven. What is the matter now? There is going to be a great meeting in the temple. Worshipers all coming through the aisles. Make room for the Conqueror. Christ standing in the temple. All heaven gathering around him. Those who loved the beautiful come to look at the Rose of Sharon. Those who loved music come to listen to his voice. Those who' Were mathematicians come to count the years of his reign. Those who were explorers come to discover the height nnd the depth and rhe length and breadth of his love. Those who had the military spirit in heaven come to look at the Captain of their salvation. The astronomers oome to look at the Morning Star. The men of the law come to look at him who is the judge of qniek and dead. The meh who healed the sick come to look at him who was wounded for our transgressions.,, All different and different forever in many respects, yet all alike in admiration for Christ, in worship for Christ, and all alike jn join- ' ihft in the doxology, “Unto him who washed us from our sins in his own blood nnd made us kings and priests unto God, to him be glory in the church throughout all ages, world without end.” Amen.

To show you that your departed friends are more alive than they ever were, to make you homesick for heaven, to give you an enlarged view of the glories to be revealed, I have preached this sermon.

FREE TRADERS’ PLANS

WOULD OBSTRUCT RESTORATION OF PROTECTIVE DUTIES. Measures Proposed with No Other Object than to Excuse Further Resistance to the Restoration of Protective Duties. Catching Up. The return of prosperity involves a process of catching up. We have been going backward for nearly four years: we eaimot recover our lost ground in a week, nor in a month, nor in several jnonths. The measure of our progress must be from the nadir of our depression; every step upward is an approach toward the zenith of prosperity that was regnant in 1892. By way of illustration we quote the reports of 1,388 manufacturing establishments in forty-six States and territories, as made in response to circulars issued by the American Economist: No. of hands employed. No. of July, July, Industry. reports. 1892. 1896. Lumber 537..... 41,243 25,698 Woolen and worsted .... 108 22,085 11,673 Iron and steel .... 27 9,395 5,207 Pottery and glass. 15 1,735 633 Tfig iron and iron - - Jore ...., 6 3,391 1,401 Agricultural implements ...... —9 2,383 1.514 Cotton ’2l 17,805 13,974 Amount of wages paid. Industry— July, 1892. July, 1896. Lumber 51,442,011.56 $768,613.79 Woolen and worsted .... 599,417.37 278,665.17 Iron and steel . 407,535.99 214,173.35 Pottery and glass 64,469.11 14,670.84 Pig iron and iron ore .... 145,313.39 49,412.21 Agricultural implements ... 96,614.98 61,136.44 Cotton 484,680.75 349,377.96 Going into further detail we find that 63-establishments in Illinois employed 13,236 persons at a wage rate of $551,844 in July, 1892, and 9,228 person’s at a wage rate of $335,324 in July, 1896. In Ohio 139 firms employed 21,941 persons in July, 1892, and paid them $843,153, but in July, 1896, they employed only 16,416 at a wage rate of $499,427. This is a shrinkage of nearly one-third In the number of persons employed, and of nearly 27 per cent in the wage fund paid by 1,388 firms. lit July of this year 52,448 men were idle who in July, 1892, were at work in 1,388 mills and factories. If this be'the shrinkage in a fractional number of the Industrial enterprises of tire country what is the shrinkage in the sum total of the mills, mines and factories? The wage list of 1,388 industries is less by $19,214,448 a year in 1896 than in 1892; what must it be in all the industries of the country? , Thirty years of wise Republican legis-* lation had built up our industries till an apex of prosperity was reached in 1892; less than four years of foolish Democratic policy have sufficed to lower the pyramid well nigh to its base. That which was built -so. slowly -and has been pulled down so quickly cannot be restored to its old-time altitude in. a day ; but the work of reconstruction is begun and will progress rapidly. We are “catching up.”—Chicago Inter Ocean.

-SB To Prevent Protection.: More than thirty years ago the Republicans abolished the duties "ohtea and coffee on the ground that these articles of universal consumption, of which the wealthiest consume even less per capita than the poorest, ought not to be burdened with* duties in preference to other articles which tills country is able to produce, so that duties thereon operate as encouragement to home industry. At that point was drawn the distinctive line of separation between the free-trader,« who would put taxes on the workingman’s breakfast table in order to avoid stimulating a home Industry, and the protectionist, who prefers duties that help home industry and do not render articles of general consumption more costly. About the rates to be imposed on different articles, or the choice between different objects of duty belonging to the same class, protectionists may differ from Other protectionists, and freetraders from other free-traders. But there has been no time when the whole body of free-traders was not disposed to tax the poor man's breakfast table in order to avoid imposing duties on manufactured goods imported. Exactly the same principle was involved In the removal of duties on sugar in 1890, and in their imposition by the free-traders in 1894 in order to make jiosslble a redtictlori of $72,000,000 in duties on manufactured products. Whether the sugar duty may hereafter be considered protective in character, in view of the considerable development and great promise of the beet-sugar industry, is a different question; but in 1890 the encouragement of home production by a direct bounty was preferred, while in 1894 the duty on sugar was imposed avowedly because it was considered not protective in character. This brief statement or the principles which have governed the two opiwsing parties for twenty years will swtltce to show why men of Republican convictions cannot be expected to approve duties on tea and coffee while many important Industries languish because inadequately protected.

v The increase of the tax oij has been..long advocated by free ’traders for the same reason. It would take away. a reason for part of the duty on manufactured products. But it has never been proposed by free trade statesmen or politlcihns, nor have they dared to attempt it wjien in power, because they would not affront a large body of voters to •whom the brewery and the sellers wpuld readily make shell a tax appear most obnoxious. It does not matter that the increased duty would" in fact be paid by the brewers and the sellers, and need not advanoe the selling price of beer by a single half cent. The organized fortes interested to make such an increase of tax appear In the last degree offensive are well known. The fact that the voters who would be likely to be thus Influenced are numerous enough to turn the scale In several great States, whjch no party desires to abandon, is also well known. It is now about thirty-two years since

the tax on beer was fixed at its present figure, and in all the changes of taxation since attempted, sometimes by one party and sometimes by the other, neither has made a serious effort to alter this particular, tax. It is safe to say thpt it will not be changed this year or. next, and would ndtj-be If the question were left exclusively to the Congressmen of either party. These measures are not proposed with any other object than to excuse further resistance to the restoration of protective duties. For that restoration, not in detail but in principle, the people have decided by the greatest majority ever given on any issue. The measures proposed in order to avoid duties on manufactured products are distinctly hostile to protection in principle, and are urged for that reason and no other by the free traders'. Every one of them would enhance the cost of living for the working millions throughout the land, whereas protective duties would directly help them by encouraging the establishment of new industrial works, and Increasing the demand for labor. It is not for a moment to be doubted what the decision of intelligent advocates of protection will be, and the vote lately-cast shows plainly what decision the people, and especially the working millions, demand,—New York Tribune."

Politics and the Offices. There is one point in connection with the late presidential campaign which should not be overlooked by thought- ' fuT people. For many years we have had it dinned into our ears by the professional politicians that there is great danger to the Republic, in the adoption of civil service reform. It has been solemnly affirmed again and again that unless there were offices at stake the “people” would take no interest in politics. In fact, it has been upon this ground that most of the spoilsmen in Congress have based their opposition to the extension of the civil service laws. They have affected to regard inclvlsm as the greatest evil which can overtake democracy; and unless there were offices to fight for they have been unable to see how neglect of political duties by the citizens could fall in the end to disrupt the Government. Like the free silver doctrine, however, which was vigorously contradicted during the campaign by the rise in the price of wheat, this theory has been completely demolished by the history of the past four months. Never within the memory of the present generation has so much interest been taken in politics as during the late campaign. Even the oldest Inhabitants regard the fight for sound money as more interesting than the fights that were made in the 60’s for the preservation of the Union. Certainly, if one were to judge from •the noise that accompanied the contest, it was the most stupendous known to our history.

Yet the offices were practically not at stake- at all. By President Cleveland’s last civil service order practically all the public plunder left was brought under the law, and thus the only offices at issue were the cabinet portfolios, the first-class postoffices and the heads of the various departments of the Government. The “people” could not have had, and did not have any interest in these offices. The 90,000 “places” which used to excite the energy of- the masses are now under the competitive system' securely protected from intimidation and assessment. Moreover, McKinley Ls expressly - pledged to extend the service further-titan-Clevelands He is a civil service reformer of the bluest description. In voting for him the people could not have had any idea that he would reopen the public crib. The fact is—*and the late contest proves it—lively politics do not depend on the offices.— San Francisco Post.

West Not for Silver. That portion of the country which the Popocrats called the “silver West” before the election, but hot since, which includes the free silver producing States, voted as follows this year: McKinley. Bryan. The Central & Western States—Ohio, f* Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wiscon- , sin 1,953,241 1,605,346 The Northwest —Min- '•* nesotn. lowa, Kansas, Nebraska, N. Dakota,S.. Dakota, Wyoming 820,580 709,939 The silver mining eanip States —Ne- • - •• vada, Colorado, Montana, Idaho, Utah 53,133 280,601 The Pacific States — Washington, *Oregon, California ... 234,928 240,955 Totals 3,091,882 2,836,841 McKinley’s majority in the West 235,947 - Thus it appears that if the election had been held only in the so-called silver West Mr. Bryan would have received a smaller proportion of the total Electoral vote than he did by the voting of the whole country—McKinley's Electoral vote in the above States being 125 and Bryan’s 41. The South was of silver movement in 1896. Will it be so hereafter?

Money Is Easier. In New York, Friday afternoon;$2,000,000 was loaned on call at tlie rate of 2 per cent, per annum. A few days ago, say* the Tribute, a single loan of a small amount was made at 1 per cent., and it adds that not for montlufhas money inanj- amount been loanell as low as 2 per cent. Money on time was easy to obtain at 3 per cent, for sixty days, and per cent, for ninety days. And yet there are those who spend their days hi declaring that the volume of money Is not sufficient to do the business of the country. These facts show that such claims are absurd. Those Who can furnish goqd security can obtain money at very low rates. It is probable that there is a scarcity of security on the part of many who would Iwrrow. Consequently they should deplore the scarcity of collaterlalsand Implore the Government to furnish them to tfe people In sufficient quantity to them to borrow money at 4 or 6 per eent. Lotta is deemed one of the wealthiest women In the dramatic profession. In spite of her vast Income, she lives with her mother In a style that is humble | rather than pretentious.

DEATH’S MANY FORMS

SINGULAR CHAPTER OF ACCIDENTS IN DECATUR COUNTYGunpowder and Boys Are Responsible for Two Fatalities— Changes to Be Made at the Resting Place of William Henry Harrison. Death Reaps a Harvest. Reports from various points in Decatur County show that on Thursday two people were killed, tWo fatally injured and several others seriously hurt. At St. Paul Roy Favors, aged 13 years, was killed while at work in Adams’ stone quarry. Young Favors manipulated machinery about the derrick, several yards from the other Workmen. They had not noticed him for some time and suddenly a piece of the boy’s clothing was seen to ,go around on a chain. They rushed to the spot and found a mangled mass of human flesh on the ground.. The boy’s clothing .had caught and he was thrown about the shafting, every thread of his clothing being tern Off, except his left sock. His skull was crushed and the brains oozed out. His heart was piereed and several bones were broken. A fatal shooting took place at Cliffy. A crowd of boys began shooting‘,at marks, bantering each other as to who could shoot the heaviest charge and stand the resulting “kick.” Carl Right, aged 17, loaded his g}in, an old single-barreled army musket, with an extra-heavy charge and handed it to Charlie Jones, aged 13. Jones fired and the weapon exploded, parts of it stinking the boy, killing him almost instantly. At Versailles several boys were shooting a toy cannon made out of gas pipe. This exploded, crushing Jesse Yarnell’s skull. His eyes were destroyed by the burning and he will die. Several other boys were seriously burned. - The 7-year-old daughter of Phil Hays, of Marion Township, was mortally wounded by a discharge from 'Roscoe Roberts’ shotgun. Roberts shot at a bird and the charge struck the girl in the breast as she sat in the barn window. In Greensburg, at a football game, Frank Bell and Fred Thomas were seriously hurt. Bell received internal injuries about the abdomen and an injured leg. Thomas was injured in the stomach. Bronson, of Shelbyville, was also badly injured. A prize fight was pulled off at Moscow between a tramp and Charles Smith, a local pugilist. Smith was struck in the stomach and may die. The tramp escaped.

Tomb to Be Remodeled. The drawings and plans for theremodeling of the tomb of William Henry Harrison, whose remaihs now rest near North Bend ■within a few rods of the Ohio River, have been completed and are now in the hands of ex-President Harrison for approval. They were sent to him from the Cincinnati architects some two months ago, but his time has been so fully occupied that he has not yet passed upon them. The plans provide for an expenditure of about $5,000, and the structure is to be built of Indiana stone quarried from the Bedford quarries. The interior proper is not to be touched, but the outer part will present a complete change, as at the front will be a concave excavation into, the knoll some fifty feet wide and about the same depth, with a stone wall leading to the entrance. The door is to be made of bronze lattice, that a glance at the interior may be had from the outside. The old tomb, which was built in the latter part of the forties, has for some years been the subject of much comment. It is on the crown of a beautifully sloping knoll, overlooked by the Kentucky hills, from which they are separated by the Ohio river a few hundred feet below. The site of the tomb is an excellent one, and when completed none in the country wiil ; fpresent a more attractive appearance. Minor State News. At an early hour Sunday morning five perate attempt to- gain their liberty, and but for the timely discovery of their scheme by Sheriff Holmes not only themselves but the family of the Sheriff would have burned to death. Kokomo has, a wooden-legged burglar that is a puzzle to the police. Every night for a week the mysterious individual visited from one to half a dozen residences, wrecking larders anil carrying off articles of clothing. His tracks clearly showed that he has one wooden leg and, as bloodhounds refuse to follow his trail, it is supposed that both legg are artificial. He has been sighted several times, but each time disappears so suddenly that those superstitiously inclined declare that he goes either straight up or straight down. Mark McTigue has completed his thirtieth continuous year as sexton of Crown Point Cemetery, Kokomo. Before that Mr. McTigue was sexton of the old cemetery. During this period the Veteran sexton has buried 4,000 dead, digging all the graves with his own hands. He knows every grave in the cemetery, marked and unmarked, including the potter’s field, and can without reference to his books tell whose bones repose therein and" the time of interment? Mr. McTigue, though upward of 80 years old, is remarkably well preserved, and digs the graves with the same vigor he did thirty years ago. The Wabash jail burned at 11 o'clock Monday night, the flames originating in the basement of the structure and proceeding from the furnace up through the chimney shaft. Twelve prisoners set up wild yells, attracting the attention of Sheriff McMahan and outsiders. It was some time before the prisoners could be relascd, and they became almost insane with fright before they were all transferred, without mishap, to the city prison. The cellroom was of stone and the Sheriff’s residence of brick, and both are in ruins, water finishing what the’ fire did not destroy. The edifice was built fifteen years ago at a cost of sl-7,000. Insurance to the amount of $12,000 was carried on building and contents.

The Osgood high school and Mooreshill College football teams played at Osgood, but the game was not finished, being broken np by a number of skunks. Th® first half was ended when some boys just outside of the line, in the edge of the wood,' drove a pack of skunks out of a hollow log. They ran through the field hi all directions, two of them getting mixed up with boys in a scrimmage. The players weakened in their work and finally were forced to give up the game. Several hundred spectators were present, a large number of whom were victims of the skunks. • Masked men entered the house of L. Hartman, near Kendallville, and by threats to kill forced Mr. to give up his mofidy, which was in the safe. Mrs. Hartman may die of the shock re-' ceived by the threatening robbers. Benjamin G. Jones, living near Columbia City, is circulating a petition asking each citizen of the United States to give him the sum of 1 cent per annum for servicek rendered during the war, said sum to continue during the remainder of his life. When told that this would amount to $750,000 annually Jones seemed greatly surprised, but none the less pleased, as hq feels confident tha( he will succeed tn securing it

THE USE OF BURRS.

They Carry the Seeds of Plants Away from the Parent Stem. After a stroll afield, in the fall, one is apt to wonder, as he works away at the burrs that cover-his clothes, what use they can possibly be. Burrs are a great nuisance to men and animals; but the plants they grew on find thdm very serviceable, for they are simple fruits covered with spines or prickles; and this is only another way plants have to distribute their seeds. That it is a scheme that works well any One can see who has a hunting dog, and keeps it in hiq ward. In the spring fine crops of Spanish needles and clot-burrs come up as if by magic, where there Were none before. They have grown from the burrs the dog brought home in his coat the autumn before. Around woolen mills in ’New' England plants from the West spring up ifi a mysterious way, and nearly always these have burr fruits. They have grown from the burrs taken from the fleece of sheep; In cleaning, and thrown out as waste. Some troublesome weeds have been introduced in this manner. On the prairies there are many plants with this kind of fruit. In former days, when great herds of buffalo roamed the plains, their hair caught up these burrs, which thus stole long rides, like the tramps they are. Even now, In old buffalo wallows plants ace/£ound that do not grow elsewhere In the country round. , /

Some buns, like Spanish needles, have only three or four slend&r spines, or awns, as they are called, at the summit of the fruit. If we look at them through a magnifying glass, we find them bearing sharp, downward pointing barbs, like that of a fish hook. The sand spur, an ill weed that grows on sea beaches and sandy river banks, has burrs covered with such spines. The boy who has stepped on sand spurs with his bare feet knows tthls to his sorrow. The tiny barbs go in easily, but every attempt to draw them out makes them tear into the flesh. Often the spines or bristles are hooked instead of being barbed. The clotburr, or cockle-burr, that grows abundantly in waste ground, and the agrimony of our woods, are examples. Burdock has such hooked prickles on its fruits, and they stick so fast together that children make of them neat little baskets, handles and all. The ticktrefoil has jointed pods, covered thickly with small hooked hairs that can hardly be seen without a magnifying glass. These are the small, flat, brown bums that cover the clothing after a walk through the woods in September. They are most burrs, worse than clot-burrs, they are so small and stick so fast—“ How Plants Spread,” St Nicholas.

Needles.

The needle is one of the most ancient instruments of which we have any record. The first account that history gives of the manufacture of needles Is that they were made at Nuremburg In 1730; and, while the date of their first manufacture In England is in doubt, ft is said to have commenced in that country about 1543 or 1545, and it Is asserted that the art was practiced by a Spanish negro or native of India, who died without disclosing the secret of his process. During the reign of Queen Elizabeth this Industry was revived, and has been continued ever since. Christopher Greening and a Mr. Darner established needle factories at Long Crendon. near Redditch, in England, in 1650, and these were soon followed by other London needle makers, y Redditch is still the center of English needle manufacture. The eyes of the earliest needles were square. Many unsuccessful attempts were made to ■bring out the so-called “drill-eyed” needles before they were finally introduced in 1826. Two years later the burnishing machine in which the eyes of needles are polished was completed. In this machine the needles are strung on a steel wire which is caused to revolve rapidly, and thereby impart a beautiful finish to the eye.

Fashionable Corn Husking.

For several winters the National Society of New England Women has been reviving one old custom from the land of steady habits, and it is under the auspices of the members of this organization that the “corn huskingß” will take place. Last wiater an oldfashioned “quilting bee” was given by the society at the Hotel Majestic, and the great success of that affair led the members to hit upon the idea of imi-, taring the “husklngs” of their grandfathers and grandmothers* time. All of the plans for this unique entertainment have not yet been completed, but enough is known to warrant the statement that the Waldorf “husking bee” will exhibit a curious admixture of the backwoods and the highest refinements of society.—New York Letter.

Bridesmaids in Alpaca.

White alpaca gowns, the material of exquisite fineness and' pliability, but still alpaca, were worn by the bridesmaids at a recent wedding. The frocks were softened with fichus of white chiffon, and the toilets completed by black tulle picture hats that had white satin crowns and were trimmed with ostrich feathers. Another group of al-paca-clad bridesmaids had their chiffon fichus caught down with violets, and wore large violet trimmed picture hats of white chiffon. They carried tall white sticks, trimmed with ribbon and violeta

A Rare Dollar.

There are two stories regarding the rarity of the silver dollar of 1804, the most generally accepted being the one which accounts for the scarcity by saying that they were sent to Africa to pay; the soldiers engaged In war between this country and Tripoli. There were only 19,570 of them coined. Another versloa of the story which accounts for their rarity I *!# that a vessel bound to China with almost the entire mintage of that year was lost The former story appears to be the most likely explanation. * Pruyn-rHow did the Fat Woman and Living Skeleton come to marry? Phreques—Well, you ye, he said that he just doted on Junoesque women, and she declared that her affinity must be splrituelle.—Puck. We are all equally gnilty of putting our largest gifts in the places where they .will attract most attention.

INDIANA INCIDENNTS.

RECORD OE EVENTS OF THE PAST WEEK. Probable Defeat of the Plan to Erect a $1,000,000 Centennial Building Indianapolis— Outlaw Bill Wood May Recover—Nursery in a Church. Indiana’s Centennial Project. The scheme to expend $1,000,000 in the erection of a centennial building in Indianapolis in connection with the celebration of the one hundredth anniversary of Indiana’s organization as a territory is, meeting with bitter opposition in alt parts of the State, and there now seem® little doubt that the coming Legislature! will refuse to give the project encouragement. The objection urged by the out counties is that Indianapolis is seeking to secure- a permanent museum at the expense Of.the other counties, and, that., the State being already some $8,000,000 in debt, if would be folly to add to this debt by holding an pxhibition that would place an additional burden upon the people, The subject was canvassed by the last Legislature and an act passed for the appointment of a commission by the Governor to consider the feasibility of a cen-' tennial exposition and report to the coming session some plan or plans for the same. The commission was appointed' and will meet in a few days to prepare its report. The members of the commission are awat| of the feeling that has' developed agonist the project, but they propose to submit a plan that would be creditable to the State on such an occasion,regardless of the fate that may overtake it. They say that anything that does not involve a large expenditure of money would not be creditable to. the people, and it would be better to abandon' the matter entirely than to have such an exhibit as would detract from rather thani add, tp the good name of the State. It is, proposed to have 0 the exposition open from 1 three to six months, and, in order to meet' the plans designed by the commission, a 1 permanent building should be erected. At the close Of the exposition it is proposed, to seek donations of the exhibits and convert the building into a permanent museum. The proposed exposition wotild be confined to Indiana, but would embrace l displays showing every stage of her progH ress from heir organization as a territory in 1800. The present temper of the people outside of the capital city, does not' promise well for the project, however, and the chances are that it will be coldly, treated by the Legislature. All Over the State. George E. Encock has been appointed receiver for the Spring & Emerson Stationery and Printing Company of La-‘ fayette. Liabilities, $30,000; assets less. The new temple of the Indiana consistory, Scottish Rite Masons, costing $140,000, was dedicated at Indianapolis, The beautiful nine-story temple just com- ■ pl eted has been erected on the site of the old temple that burned over a year ago, the ground being worth SBO,OOO. From the middle of the auditorium rises a dome of art glass which js lighted by incandescent electric lights. There are in the building 1,400 of these lights, 450 of which are in this scenic hall, the columns, capitals and all decorations of which are in pure Corinthian style. Chicago Tribune: A domestic tragedy is reported from Lebanon, Ind., which may be classed as an elopement or a kidnaping. as subsequent events may indicate. The one indisputable fact is that a woman weighing 350 pounds has gone, from her home With her husband’s hired man, who weighs 100 pounds. It would be folly to assert that the hired man ran away with this woman, or that he carried her away, or that he even led her away. The weight of the evidence and the woman proves that wherever she went and however she went no hired man weighing only J.OO pounds could have been of material assistance to her movement#. The possibility on the other baud of the hired man having been “carried away by the woman” is plausible. If she had made up her mind to elope and take the hired man with her it is not apparent how he could evade the adventure without sumoning a prodigious amount of assistance. A remarkable wedding took place in Shelbyville Sunday, the principal being Alois Raith, aged 60 years, and Mary Kaiser, ajred 24, who had jiist arrived fresh from the fatherland, and whose healthy appearance and rosy cheeks presented a strong contrast to that of her .aged husband, whose gray hair almost touched his shoulders.. They were granted a license to marry by Clerk Power, who learned the romantic story from the old man. Raith was a suitor for the ha ml of Mary Pfenger, of Baden, Germany, many years ago, but it was the wish of Mary’s father that she marry another man, which she did. This caused young Raith to’ leave for America. He was a wanderer through the States, but managed to accumulate a small fortune. Two years ago he settled at Shelbyville, purchasing a farm. He lived a secluded life, but was highly respected by his neighbors, who were not acquainted with his love affair. Several weeks ago Raith. learned- that his rival for Mary’s hand had passed to the great beyond and he determined to write and again ask for her heart and hand. The letter was answered by the widow, who stated were it not for breaking a promise made to her husband on his deathbed not to remarry she would accept the offer, but to atono for the treatment of Raith by'her father she would sacrifice at the matrimonial altar her daughter, Mary, whose* photograph was inclosed In the'letter. The picture was more than the ok! man could stand, for while it was of another person It was a perfect one of the maiden he had; learned to love at school, and he wept for days, and many feared that Raith would. Jpse his mind. Friends persuaded him to ■«ea?p his ravings add to cable for his future wife, which was done and now the old man is the happiest person on earth. Ligonier dispatch: Indiana saloonkeepers are preparing to fight an amendment to the Nicholson law, which prac- 1 tically places the power to abolish saloons in the hands of the voters. An amendment has been drafted which provides that the people of a township or ward shall, express by secret ballot their wish in regard to the issuance of a license to sell intoxicating liquors in such township or ward, instead of by petition to the County Commissioners as the law is now. It is stated that an attempt will also be made to secure the passage of an act abolishing the quart-shop in this State. At Elkhart William J. Morrow, proprietor of one of the largest wall paper and paint establishments in Northern Indiana, made an assignment to Christopher Gillette. The continuous hard times caused the assignment The assets and liabilities have not been made known. Clara Fisher, a beautiful nbvice in « convent, temporarily at home in Hamburg convalescing from an attack of /typhoid fever, whictr'tiad unbalanced her mind, hanged herself Sunday. By crawling over the haymow she entered an unused) apartment of the barn, the door of which was frozen shut, and hanged herself. She was not found until after an all-dag; search.