St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 15, Number 50, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 7 June 1890 — Page 3

DOMESTIC ECONOMY. •TOPICS OF INTE REST TO TUB FARMKR AND HOUSEWIFE, Some Valuable Information for the Plowman, Stockman. Foultemr. Nursery. Dian, and Everybody Connected with the Farm. THE FARM, Sound Doctriro. -- - The Breeder's Gazette thug staleo ita position on the general question of substitutes tor foods: “It believes that every tub should stand on its own bottom; that every wholesome article of food offered on the open market should be sold to the consumer with a knowledge on his part of all its constituent elements. Then if he prefers to purchase butterine, permit him the privilege; if he wants to shorten his piecrust with cotton-seed oil. let him buy it; himself and his own stomach for it as regards these srbstitutes. They are wholesome, and their consumption is merely a matter of taste, concerning which, the Latin has it, there should be no dispute. But this ‘tilled cheese’ abomination stands on a different footing. It is not properly n food substitute unless it be a substitute for hog food. Its unmistakable vileness removes it from the pale of consideration on this ground and imperatively demands the absolute prohibition of its manufacture.” The Value of Clover. The value of clover as food for nearly ..all kinds of stock is attested by chemical analysis, as it had already been discovered by practical experiment. Good .clover hay, well cured, contains more nearly a perfect food ration in proper bulk than «ny other one thing that the farmer grows. Corn is too concentrated, and contains besides an undue proportion of beat-giving and fat-forming nutrition. All grain is too concentrated to be given alone, though tne larger proportion of Lull in oats makes this less likely to be injurious if fed largely than any other grain. Good clover hay, however, contains bulk and nutriment in right proportions for cattle, horses, or sheep. It needs less grain to thoroughly fatten any animal with clover than with any other forage. With such concentrated nutriment as there is in corn, clover should always be added to the ration, even for pigs. It will noL only distend the stomach, but will supplement the deficiencies of corn as a food for making growth of bone and muscle.—A me rican Cultivator. Fann Notes. Thebe has been a very great demand for sugar beet seed at the Agricultural Department. A COATING of varnish thoroughly applied will preserve eggs in any ordinary temperature. The agricultural optimists of Kansas are figuring on a wheat crop of 40,000,000 bushels in that State this year. Plowing by steam in the Walla Walla Valley, Washington, costs only 40 cents per acre. By horse power it lias hereto- j fore cost $2 per aero. Throughout France gardening is ; practically taught in the primary and elementary schools. There are about 28,000 of these schools, each of which has a garden attached to it, and is under the care of a master capable of imparting a knowledge of the first principles of horticulture. Henry Wallace, of the lowa Homestead, preaches the gospel of clover in season and out of season. Ha says: “I regard clover as' absolutely essential to success in the growing of improved stock. Ido not know of a large breed of horses, cattle, sheep or hogs that has ever originated outside or a clover country, nor do I believe they can be kept up to their proper standard or improved on a soil that will not grow’ clover, and for the reason that clover supplies the albuminoids or fleshformers cheaper and better than any other crop. The stockman can do without corn, timothy, or even blue-grass, but he can not do without clover and compete with those who have it. THE AI'IAKY. Ancient Bee Keeping. Now that we have many journals devoted to modern apiculture exclusively, devoting a column or more a week to the same, it would seem as if there was no excuse for manipulating bees on the ancient system. Yet there may be found i at this day so-called bee yards where the I boxes and nail kegs containing their vicious black bees are scattered promiscuously among weeds and brush; some poised on four stakes orona rude bench (supposed to keep the moth from gain- ; ing access to the boxes); others on flat । rocks on the ground and, perhaps, । shaded by a neglected apple tree. The number will vary from six to eight in a j spring following a poor summer and ; severe winter to forty or fifty in a spring ! following a favorable summer and । winter. Here a king is supposed to reign in each hive and to domineer over j every worker in the hive. ‘ The hives (boxes) being of various । sizes there is likely to be great variation . in the time of swarming. (It seems to . me that bees in a strong and healthy condition swann earlier if in small hives than if in larger ones.) Therefore,they are liable to swarm from the middle of ( May until September, if honey .n the j fields is not too scarce. At swarming time let us watch our bee keeper awhile. A swarm issues, hikl i after the traditional beating of tin pans, ' blowing of horns and ringing of cow bells, the swarm settles, perhaps in the highest branch of the old apple tree. The branch is sawed off and careful y lowered to the ground, where it is softly laid with its adhering swarm in front of the box, keg or other receptacle that the keeper has hastily picked up somewhere. The bee-maeter now commences to drum on said box or keg and continues to drum and ring the bells until the bees have about all entered. This is a first or prime swarm, accompanied by a tertile queen. If they stay in the improvised I hive and the season is a fair one they : have a chance of lying up sufficient ; stores for winter, besides some surplus [ for their master. In about nine days ' after the first swarm issues come the! after swarms, these may be from two to . four in number, consisting of iiom a : pint to a quart of bees; this leaves the ; parent colony very weak with a virgin | queen, while said swarms are in the same j condition, but the bee master if he happens to be on hand boxes all of them, only to find them the following autumn too weak to stand the coming winter; to these he administers brimstone; from the boxes thus treated the combs, perhaps dead bees, pollen (bee bread) and cocoons from a number of generations of bees, and more or less honey, are cut out and in this shape taken to the nearest grocer and traded, or sold to be afterward offered to the public as comb honey, in competition with pure white comb honev in one pound sections, pro*

choses’to call mauS^^ Al ° X and U 18 put into a snck orcloth traetod honey. But enough of this bm ? , bee "™ aßterJ °"es whom the neighn n™? ÜBlder « iftod with superSr. P ° WCr ° Ver the E. the stockman. Mutton and Wool. coilinr C A UU ta v a v n ° r8 ’ lußtituto in Wisonsm Geo. Mckerrow said, that any nTooUm 0 b “ d bve “ a Bheep r,Ußer nud ltn " tb Os tilno AIJhJ 18 iinancially. Mutton is the first consideration, wool oft . nd: the x "“ r ket is asking for a better c.ass of mutton; I can raise mut.A centß P er pound; that price pays - pauses, and more than that is profit. 7 o »"jmal is more profitable for the farm than the sheep; the Merino is a „ood breed; the Down breed is good, good niuttoni is made bv good foodensilage is one of the best foods, bet- I tor than dry feed; a mixed ration is the I c st iorsheep as for allstock. At Corneil I diversity an experiment was made whicn shows that clover bay, oats bran, | and cotton seed meal is 'the best feed ; both for mutton and wool; the best of । the Western sheep is not gilt! edged; sheep raised in Southern Wis- ! cousin sell for a higher price in Chi- I < ago, the highest profit goes to the I credit of the Southdown. Clover hay is a good feed; so also is bran and oats, these are also a good feed for lambs; ensilage is also good; as a pasture clover is preferable; sheep do not need a warm stable, but a dry one and protected from storms; the poorest land makes a good sheep pasture and they should have clean fresh water.— Farm, Field and Stockman. I'ork Making Profitable. Thos. Convey, Ridgeway. Wis., says that pork making can be made profitable on any farm if rightly pursued. You want a good breed. Corn is not necessary; feed mixed food and you will get pork that is not costly. Make pork of spring pigs; feed milk, whey, roots, slop of all kinds; the fall market is the poorest. Carrying hogs too long is one of the errors of pork raising. Berkshire is one of the best breeds, Poland-China is another Local markets are the best. Poland-China is a down eared hog. I don’t like a long-legged hog. Don’t overfeed the sow; give small pigs milk, peas and oats, and feed by themselves; I object to sour feed; feed | sweet feed and don't let the swill bar- | rel sour; don’t gorge the young pigs: i don’t wean them, the sow will attend to j that; twice to three times a day is j enough to feed. You can’t makb profit- ■ able pork of 18-month hogs; feed costs • too much; the point is to make your I pork at the least expense. Clover is the ! best pasturage for hogs; in Northern I sections depend upon rye, barley, I ground peas and oats, and not corn; I moist feed is the better; 2-year-old | sows are the best beeders; shorts is one ; i of the best pig feeds, wet; clover hay is ! | the best feed for hogs; buckwheat bran i : not worth much; peas leave the land in j । better shape than when they were s put upon it; peas and oats are a good 1 crop to raise in Northern latitudes. THE DAIRY. What About the < ow. The stable has many advantages for j the cow, but there are three essential ( conditions that it must be provided with I to make it of use. It must bo kept i clean, sweet, and thoroughly ventilated. I Without them, the stable is about the : worst place in which a cow can be kept i over night, during hot weather. A close, I foul stable taints the milk, and en- i feebles the cow. The advantages derived from a good stable are many. It I protects the cows from storms and in- ! sects, and keeps them quiet. With the opening of spring, the needs of the cows require special study if ■ good milkers and good butter-makers ’ are desired. Their diet is changed, and their whole mode of living, which will ’ naturally react upon their system, it is ; well to have a stable for them, if it is i kept clean, sweet, and well-ventilated; | but it is much better to have the stable opening upon the pasture lot. If they are to bo shut up in the stable over night they must be milked very early or they Will be deprived of the early morning bite when the grass is cool and i sweet. If the stable opens on the field j the cows can avail themselves of it or not during the night. Cows, as a rule, do not suffer much from exposure during warm weather, and they would only I go into the stables when they wanted to j rest, or seek protection from the storms i !or insects. A night pasture is a good | j thing, and the air is sweet then, and the I j cows will crop a little grass early and j i late. । j Ido not advocate the plan of shutting < i cows up In the stables or barn-yards I i over night. It is well to have stables, । for them to go into at pleasure, but they ; ; should not be shut up there except duri ing storms or special occasions. As to I ' the barn-yard, it may be safely said that j I not one in ten is tit for the cows to lie down in over night. If it rains over ' ! night the animals get muddy and filthy, ! I which will besmear then, lor weeks, un- ' ■ less cleaned carefully. They will wal- : ■ low in the dirt, no matter how much , ! pains are taken to keep them from it. ( j The air of the barn-yard is not very : I sweet for the cows to breathe, and indi- j ! rectly it affects their health and milk j and butter. If sheds are provided in the barn-yard for their protection, they ; goon become as filthy, and water ire- j quently settles under them after storms. ; The barn-yard is a useless thing in the ’ summer time. It is much better to have , a water-tight stable adjoining the field, | into which the cows can go at will. It i is comparatively easy matter to keep the j stables clean, sweet, and well venti- i lated. Milking cows thrive wonder- | fully under such treatment, and no I taint will be communicated to their milk । from their surroundings.— S. lb. Cham- ) hers, in Ute Practical Farmer. THE HOUSEHOLD. Most people fancy that the moth fly is ! the animal which does the damage. So lit is, but only in an indirect way. The | moth fly lays eggs, from which batch I small worms, and these small worms it | is which do the damage. | The mother fly, with the instinct with i ; which nature has provided her, seeks dark places wherein to deposit her eggs, in the hope that they may not be disturbed until her offspring has come to life. If, therefore, we could keep our winter clothes exposed to the full light of dav, and each morning could beat them and shake them to prevent any lurking insects from making its home in the recesses of a fold or plait we would never be necessitated to put our goods away in camphor, pepper, tobacco, or that invention of modern days (than which nothing can be more detestable,) ; tar-cim phor. I

As we have no time or inclinciicb for such work, we must needs find some I other remedy. If our goods have been carefully examined and brushed, each concealed spot having been carefully exposed to the light, their is really no necessity for anything more than thoroughly covering them with a thickness or paper and old muslin in such away as to prevent the flv from depositing her eggs. * Ihe only purpose which tobacco and other small insecticides can perform is to poison the small worm when he appears and begins to forage for a living upon the knap of our last winter's "best dress. If any housekeeper is troubled with moths and buffalo worms (or buffalo bugs as they are sometimes called) in her carpets, the best way to rid herself of them is to take a wet towel, place it upon the carpet, and iron with an iron sufficiently hot to produce a good steam, mmg careful to protect her hands from burning. The bugs are thus readily billed. These animals rarely appear in carnets, except at the extreme edges, and under the furniture, where it is dark. Hints to Housekeopers. Io cure seed warts rub with baking I soda. It is a sure cure. . Old tablecloths and nankins make i the very best glass cloths. । IOR quinsy use mullen leaves steeped iin milk. Apply hot and often. i For coffee stains put thick glycerine i on the wrong side and wash out in lukewarm water. If one rubs the band, after peeling onions, on a stick of celery, the smell of the onion will be entirely removed. IV HEN cutting a tablecloth before hemming it, always save the pieces, because these ravellings are the best threads to darn all napery. Clean brasses on mahogany or other furniture by ruobing with chamois skin dippied in either powdered whiting or rotton stone mixed with sweet oil. M ILLOW furniture that has not been stained or painted can be washed with salt and water and a brush; dry thoroughly before exposing to the dust. Silver spoons and forks in daily use may be kept bright by leaving them in strong borax water several hours. The water should be boiling when they are put in. 'lO prevent a felon, take a cup of cold water, put into it a teaspoonful of saleratus, set it on the stove; put the finger threatened with the felon into the cold water and keep it there until । it is so hot you cannot boar it, and the i felon is killed. For cleanliness and softening the ' hair a popular means is a beaten egg ! rubbed well into the hair and on the i scalp, and thoroughly rinsed out with । several warm waters. It does not leave ' the skin harsh and dry,as soap,ammonia, i etc., sometimes do. I In using a rough leather to touch up ! too highly polished surface, it is fre- ! quently observed to scratch the work, j This is caused by particles of dust, and ' even hard rouge, that are left in the ' leather; and if removed by a clean brush ! containing rouge, it will give the brightest and best finish. If stoves are blackened when entirely I cold, the operation does not need repej tition for a long time; and if the zinc i under them is cleaned before it is put I down, instead of afterward, the work is । easier. This is done by washing with a ! hand, mop dipped in diluted sulphuric ; acid, one part of acid to five I£>> parts I water, then rinsing them and polishing ! with polishing powder of most any sort. If the zines are painted, they can bo I wiped off easily, and last much longer j m fresh condition, which is better, and i a deal of work saved. THE KHA HEN. Coursr Dinners. ; It is said that Marion Harland (Mrs. | E. I’. Terhune) gave great offense to some of the’members of her husband's i congregation when he filled a country ; pulpit by having wbnt they called j "course dinners.” They thought that it was following too much m the manner i of the wicked world for a clergyman's family to have their plates changed durj ing a meal. They believed in the good 1 old-fashioned way of having everything I on the table at once, but if you were I very fastidious you might have the different viands spread about your plate in little dishes. This barbarous custom was considered more in keeping with Mr. Terhune's cloth —his broadcloth, not his tablecloth. Hints for Ilie Cuisine. i Oyster Fritters.—Drain the liquor ; from the oysters, boil and skim; then to i each cupful add a cupful of milk, two I eggs, salt and white pepper, and flour | enough to make a thick batter; cut the ! oyster into small pieces and.mix them ‘ with the batter; drop from a spoon into hot lard; serv’d very hot. Quick Pudding.—Two tablespoonfuls of cornstarch, the yolks of four eggs, i well beaten, one-half a cupful of sugar; boil one quart of milk and add to the ‘ mixture, stirring quickly; add a piuch i of salt and any flavoring desired; turn into a pudding dish, whip the whites of the eggs to a stiff froth; place on top, brown delicateL in the oven, serve with ’ cream and sugar, or fancy sauce flavored. I Deviled Mutton.—Tako lean slices of cold mutton; place them in a frying-pan.-witb two tablespooufuls of butter ' and one tablespooulul of currant jelly, ' and half a cupful of hot water; cook slowly about ten minutes, or until the ; slices are all soft; then remove them to । a hot dish; to the gravy in the pan add j two table-spoonfuls of vinegar, a teaI spoonful of made mustard, a little salt j and pepper, a teaspoonful of Worcester--1 shire sauce; stir all well together, and > pour over the meat and serve. Bean Croquets—-Soak one pint of | white beans over night; in the morning '.strain off the water, coverthem with । fresh, cold water, and boil slowly, one j hour; when done run them through a colander, and beat the pulp with a wooden spoon until it is smooth; add half a tablespoonful ot vinegar, a tablespoonful of butter, salt, white pepper, and a little grated nutmeg; place the mixture where it will cool; form into balls; and fry in very hot fat. Bean Soup.—Soak one pint of white beans ovei night; in the morning add ! three quarts of cold water, half a pound 1 of salt pork cut into small pieces, one onion chopped, and half a cupful of chopped celery; cook all slowly three hours; stir frequently to prevent burning. After boiling the required time, pour it through a colander, smashing the beans from the skins; return the soup to the fire, add a tablespoonful of butter and a tablespooulul of flour mixed smooth in milk, a little salt and pepper; simmer for ten minutes longer, slice half a lemon very thin, and place in the tureen; pour the soup on to the slices, ! and serve with crisp crackers or strips of i toast.

INDI ANA HAPPENINGS. events and incidents that have LATELY OCCURRED. Au Interesting Summary of the More Important Doings ot Our Neighbors—Weddings ami Deaths—Crimes, Cusualtles unit General News Notes. Minor State Items. —A sorghum factory is to be started at Mooresville. —Charles Bell, a boy of 14 was bitten by a copperhead snake, near NewProvidonce, and is not expected to live. —There is a dog at Crawfordsville that chows tobacco like a man, and even j hunts in the gutters for cigar-stubs. —Five car-loads of poplar and walnut I logs have been shipped to Germany from I Bedford. —James Walker was kicked in the ) head by a horse at Shelby ville and dan- j gerously injured. —Mrs. NVm. Hooper, ot Rngelsvillo, [ was crushed under the falling limb of a i tree and seriously injured. --Dunkirk has a glass-bottle and j fruit-jar factory, to employ 200 men, ; and to begin operation September 1. ! —John Gilman, an insurance agent of I Greencastle, fell backwards out of a road-cart, striking on his head. He is in a precarious condition. —Mrs. Frank R. Darrows, the wife of ; the well-known photographer, of Fort AVuyne, was seriously injured in a run- ' away. She is in a critical condition. —A J., M. I. train, near Edinburg, | struck a wagon containing two sons of Albert Durbin, fatally injuring one of ; them. One of the horses was killed. —Will Cramer fell eighteen feet from : a scaffold on the new Christian Church j at Muncie, receiving probably fatal in- : juries. —Curtis Vestal, of Putnam County, ; was appointed to the Naval Academy at Annapolis, Md., but, failing to pass an i examination in mathematics, has re- । turned homo. — William Wagner and wife, of Terre i Haute, were thrown out of a carriage in a runaway, near Clinton, and Mr. Wag- : ner s skull was fractured, while his wife was painfully injured. ■ —A 3-year-old son of Ezra Little- I john, Lewis Township, Clay Count ”, ! fell into a till) of boiling water and was scalded to death, while his mother was hanging out clothes. Daniel AI. l avender, a wealthy and well-educated resident of Versailles, ' formerly suveyor ot Ripley County, has been received at the Prison South to serve a two-years' term for burglary. - Nirs. Kose Monroe, of Muncie, took a dose of poison with suicidal intent, but was found by her husband before life was extinct arid revived. No cause was given other than despondency. — Spencer County will this year turn out forty gruduntes from her public schools, ns follows: Rockport, Ui; Grandview, 3; Carter Township, 3; C^y, 2; Grass, I; .Jackson. 2; Luce, 7; Ohio. 3. —?.t Muncie an incendiary set tire to tho barn of Mr. Ed. Templer, which was consumed, witii a family horse, harness and other things, making a loss of $10(1. During the fire ram was pouring ; down. Mrs. Otto Hyden, of Rosedale, recently extracted from her breast a needle-point which had entered her j thumb twenty years ago and had been peregrinating through her anatomy ever since. 1 hree men of Crawfordsville, Aaron S. Hughes, Judge T. F. Davidson, and IL S. Matson, have been completely cured of smoking by having the grip. Now they cannot bear the smell of a pipe or cigar. A a-year-old daughter of Thomas : Troxell, of Muncie, was precipitated to the ground from a second-story window । by the giving way of a wire screen. ; She fell upon the screen and was not 1 seriously hurt. The 5-year-old child of Frank Cal- i lawny, of NV abash, took a quantity of , concentrated lye, horribly burning its | mouth and throat. Its recovery is doubtful. The inotller of the infant set a ! can containing the lye down while wash- ' ing, and did not see the child swallow it. —A two-year-old child of James Best, at Hamrick’s Station, Putnam County, ! met with a sudden and singular death. I It was in ‘he act of vomiting, from j which hernia ensued, and in the effort ' to reduce it a blood vessel was ruptured, ; and death followed, all inside of two 1 minutes. —Fred Lockenour, an employe of , Thomas’ mill, at Scottsburg, was seriously injured while at work by the bursting of a wheel, a largo piece of which struck him ou the forehead and inflictedl a deep cut. He also received ' several painful bruises from the flying fragments. —Four valuable horses belonging to Mrs. Johanna Hamilton, near Fort Wayne, escaped from their pasture and ran upon the track of the Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad. A freight train , ran the animals down ou a bridge and hurled them to the ground below. All four were killed. —A horrible accident is reported from Mexico, Miama County, in which the : 6-year-old daughter of Victor Haney was ( caught in a revolving saw-mill shaft, ' dragged in and revolved mound, completely shattering one leg and both arms and breaking almost every bone in her body. She cannot live. —Patents have been granted Indiana inventors as follows: Harrison T. | Briggs, assignor of one-half to A. Meyers, South Bend, pulley; Christian D. Cowgill, assignor of one-half to C. A. Lowry, Terre Haute, permutation padlock; Calvin T. Darnell, Indianapolis, assignor to Indianapolis Fence Com pany, of Indiana, gate; Henry Hollensbe, Kingston, wire fence; Phillip B. Langraf South Bend, mechanism for; reversing motion and overcoming dead centers; William N. Rumley, La Porte, friction clutch.

— Harry Pressler, living three miles southwest of Tipton, accidentally shot himself through the left arm, near the left shoulder. The wound was not a fatal but painful one. —A savage sow attacked Mrs. Samuel Miunus, of Elkhart County, while sho was crossing a field, and lacerated her arm. Sho was rescued by a cow in the same field, which took in the situation and charged upon the hog. —The new Police Commissioners, of Fort Wayne, who were recently appointed, have started in to purge the police force of some inefficient officers. Lieut. Fuchshuber was discharged for drunkenness, and Officer Richter was ; suspended for thirty days for drinking j while ou duty. Officer Lapp was ap- ‘ pointed Lieutenant to succeed Nir. Nuchshuber. j — Nettleton Davis, a son of Mr. B. T. j Davis, of New Washington,was drowned i in the river near Dean’s peach orchard. I This family seemsj to lie unfortunate, i The oldest brother was killed several j years ago on the L. & N. Railroad, and ! another, George, who married Argus ' Dean’s daughter, is in a critical coudiI tion from a blow on the head caused by a rock thrown by a rough character. ! —Mrs. Ethan Flahvin and a lady friend j were out driving at Anderson with a nevi’ phieton and a spirited horse, and when in the vicinity of the Second ' ward school building the horse became j frightened and started to run, overturning the vehicle and throwing the ladies : violently to the ground. Bc‘h were 1 picked up unconscious and very seri- ! ously hurt. The horse ran over a mile before being captured. ! —The Lake Shore passenger train, i No. G, struck Paul Opfelt, a well-known young man of Elkhart ami killed him. i He and three companions saw what they supposed was No. G approaching, took I the hand-car upon which they were ridj ing from the track and replaced it when the train, which was a special, had J passed. But a short time had elapsed I when they saw No. G almost upon them, I and three of them escaped by jumping, ! but Opfelt, in his efforts to get the ImuU- . car off, was killed. —Mrs. Gregori, wife of tho distinguished artist, Signor L. Gregori, i died nt St. Mary’s Academy at South ! Bend. She had for the past seven years been a victim of rheumatism and j other troubles. Mrs. Gregori was , bor.j in Rome, Italy, in 1817, and was. 'be sere Iter marriage to the Artist Gregori, Mario Louisa Persaeh. Constantino Gregori, one sou, is a distinguished artist of Rome, and Vice , Gregori is professor of one of the universities at Bologna.*| Hurry Doughten hired a horse and buggy at a New Albany livery stable for the purpose of conveying ’ is May Russell to Jeffersonville, when the intention was for the two to be married. When he arrived at Miss Russell’s home ho was informed by her that her wed-ding-dress w s not completed, and that therefore the wedding mdst be postponed. Doughten left, ami a half hour later Miss Russell mid a former lover — John Sweeney—left for Jeffersonville, where they were married. 1 he new officers of the Montgomery I County Sunday-School I'nion are ns ! follows; President James A. Mount; Secretary and Treasurer, T. N. Myers; N icu Presidents, L. J. Coppage, A. T. Shanklin, Geor^- Seybold, Franklin Cox. The Township Nico Presi- ; dents are NN illinm Stiles, Veza I Westfall, Charles Rountree, J. B. Evans, NV. B. Childers, A. M. Scott, William Dice, NV. D. Peebles, Mrs. Milton Holi lowcll, James Wilson, and Mrs. B. L. Ornbaun. The next meeting will be held nt the Shades of Death on Friday, : Aug- -L 'the Steel and Iron Association of Brazil ran an excursion to Momence, 111. > Thej” had been but a short time on the : ground when J. M. Pullen, who had i secured a skill and was rowing it alone, I was drawn over the dam, capsizing his ( frail bark, and was drowned. S me ! hours elapsed ere his b" ly was recovered. ; The sad accident east a gloom over the ! excursionists, and seriously marred : their festivities. The deceased was about thirty-six years old, a jeweler, i well known and respected by all. A“ ; wife .n d two little girls are left to f mourn. —A singular and fatal accident oci cuired at Urbana, Wabash County. Mrs. ' Lucy Berger and her sister-in-law, Mrs. : Berger, were out driving, each with her . two children. The horse, heretofore a ! gentle one, suddenly began kicking, i and its hoof, striking one of the chil- ! dren who sat just behind the dashboard, ’ on the skull, crushed it in, causing fatal injuries. The second kick of the ani- ; mal struck the 2-year-old child of Mrs. । Berger op the temple, and it also is mortally wounded. Both are now lying at the point of death. The viciousness of the animal is inexplicable. — A wild engine was passing down the Sixth street track, Jeffersonville, when j the 4-year-old daughter of William । Kratz, which was returning to its home on Michigan Avenue from the house of Jacob Pitlers, its grandfather, was struck and thrown violently in the air, coming down on a pile of jagged rocks. It was ; immediately picked up in an unconscious ! condition and taken to its home. Drs. I Hancock and Beckwith were summoned, who examined the wounds and found, to the astonishment of all who saw the accident, that the child had escaped with only slight injuries about the head. —The child of Jones Reed, of Paw- | paw Township, Wabash County, while playing on the bank of Pawpaw Creek, fell into the stream and was drowned. The body was not found for several hours, and was then discovered lodged among roots. —Rev. James Stewart Ainslie, of Ogdensburr. N. Y., who some months ago declined to accept a call tendered by ;^he Congregational Church of Fort Wayne, has reconsidered and will accept the call. He will take charge in July at a salary of $2,000.

THE SUNDAY SCHOOL., AN INTERESTING AND INSTRUCTIVE LESSON CONSIDERED. Reflections of an Elevating; Character — Wholesome Food for Thought—Studying the Scriptural Lossons Intelligently anil Profitably. Tim lessee ‘or Sunday, June 8, may b» found in Lui.a '1: 1-13. IXTBOnuCTOIIY. Wo come to-uay to th • study of “th® Lord’s Prayer," though that designation, might more pioperly apply to our Lord ® own prayer at John i7. This is r ither th® senanl’s p'ayer, as taught by his Lord. There are two u-es that wo make of it. first, we may treat it according to the name that has been rightly applied to it as "Tne f'earl of 1 myo s." As such we accept it as a gem of Heaven's granting, and uso it just as it stands, a perfect and finished word o. supplication. So. indeed, we have been taught to use it from our earliest childhood,and. though often uuintelligently. we ean n«v> r say am ss. Seoond.it ma.' be looked upon in acco dance with its designation ns “The Model Prayer,” that is, the pattern mid mold of ail petitions. As such, especinllv. we study it to-dav, as long ago in its 11. st application we learned it by I eart. Now m,y God enable us to take it more fully to heart th t all our praying may hmiceio'th be more lovereut, more lervcut. in Cmist's name more effectual! WHAT THE LESSON SATS. It cam* 1 to pass. The ordinary transitional inti oductory (of 10: 38). This particular incident seems to bo thrust in hero along with other tvents narrated in this connection as not belonging to the journey through Perea, of which wo have been studying, but to some other time. Luke is not studiously chronological in any of his accounts, though more so than John, As he was ] raying. As often. Cf, Luke a; 16; 6: 12: V: 28. NVe do not know how often. See Luke 22: 32.——In a certain place. Not known. Bible Union: "Ina certain place praving." When he oeas'd. They seem to have been watching him in a sort of reverent wonderment.——Teach us to pray. And yet they had doubtless prayed in their own way before. As Jolin also taught. A lost rubric. Dally. Literally, for the coming days, or tho recurring days. NVhen we pray. Implying a habit. Say. Os express speech (lego).——Our Father which art in heaven. Rather. Father (Tisohendor’). Tne fuller form is found in Matt. 5: 9 sq., alon t with the sermon on the Mount. Hallowed. First meaning, set apart, hence, counted holy. WHAT THE LESSON TEACHES. Lord, teach us to pray. Mon had well nigh forgotten how. Christ came, and one great lesson he taught humanity was th® lesson of effectual prayer. NVhen Ulysses returned he found the long bow unbent. Grasping it he proved his masterful identity by the arrow he let fly. So came the Lord of the skies. The bow of supplication he drew to its lull tension. The arrow of petition sped cl ran over t io battlements of heaven. It was not strange that as he turned from the saer-d ordeal his disciples should say to him, wit i subdued and reverent mean: "Lord, teach us to pray.” Amen. So. come we. “Lord, to whom shall wo go? thou hast the words of eternal life.” Blessed Master, teach us eternity's words—heaven’s every-day thoughts. '■Teach us to pray.” Hallowed be thy name. Reveience is itselt a grace, a fiuitlul gi t. To hallow God's name and wo ship instinctively before him is not simply for Jehovah’s sake, but tor cur own. It builds us up: it makes us strong. In Acts 9: 31 we read that the chinches of all Judea, Galilee and Samaria had rest (p“ace) and “were edified; and walking in the fear of tho Lord, and in the comfort of the Holy Gh st, were multiplied.” In what way wore they edified: how multiplied? From two especial causes intimated here. They were walking (1) in tho fear of God an 1 (2) in the comfort and eneomagemunt, tho cheering influence ot the Holy Ghost. That wes no slavish fear ■ or paralyzing affright, else they would not have been “walking,” making progress. It was a fear that gave growth to lalth and . hope to love, a spirit in which all the Christian virtues flourish©L Ah, we realize littb how gracious a thing we ask lor when for the church at large and for ourselves, in pa»titular, wo pray, “Hallowed be thy name.” g Thy kingdom come. It has boon th * hop® ot the Christian church and tho Christian heart in all centuries. Prophots looked forward to it; priests typified it. Thore on the banks ot' the Jordan John announced it: "l,ci ent ye; for the kingdom of heaven j is at hand!” his new nearness of God to man and man to God here tokened, “the rule of heaven and tho kingship of Jehoi vah.” was, as Edersheim has discriminatingly characterized it; “tne whole Ok. Testament sublimate 1, and the whole New Testament lealized.” That kingdom we । realize to-day in new power every time we come into closer intimacy with God. It is this pi ayer that is answered every time the church is newly awakened, every time a । human soul is converted to God—yea, every time u new grace is realized in Christian experience. God’s kingdom, it is not i man’s. Open to Psalm 20 and re-read the fifth verse: “NVe will triumph in tiiv victory (See R. V. amt margin), anl in th® name of our God we will set up our bani ners." No. not "our banners.” just “banners;" God’s ensigns, not ours.” NVhere he leads we will follow, NN e will follow all the war. i Knock and it shall be opened unto you. । Holy boldness is what it means, a righteous insistence and zeal. NVhen one knocks at 1 the door, it is a plain and pointed indication that he wants to come in. No place » there for hesitancy. Knocking at the door means a mind made up. The other dav we ' were in the home of a godly Swedish family. NVe coul 1 not understand each other very well, but wo knew that we were trusting in the same Christ. And there was one place where we could meet and in a real sense rejoice together; that was over God's word—one truth to us all. One of the number trie I to set over into our language the [ text of Scripture on which she was pondering, and this was the way she put it: "Pray and you will vet; hunt and you will find; round on and it will be opened," NVe understood: and somehow in the new. blunt phrasing, understood better than ever be- ' fore. God means us to “come boldly (it moans also to come non ) unto the throne of grace that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.” 1 How much shall your Heavenly Father , give the Holy Spirit? He doos not say here, ns above, "good gilts.” He throws in a ' word and name that comprehends all gifts —the Holy Spirit. If earthly fathers know , howto give good gilts, much more your Heavenly Father not only knows how to. but will give—the Holy Spiiit. 't here is th® । measure of heaven's giving, the supremest bestowment of God's grace. The gift of his Only Berott«n—who ean compass it? But the gilt of the Holy Spirit, the Comlorter. Christ himself counts this as great- , er! God himself can go no farther. NVhen he wishes to tell his love for sinners he । grants his Son. and, as th« little chill said. “the only son he ever had." NV en Ire wishes to speak his love for saints he sends his Spirit. It is the best he can do—God’s very best. Now have you received that g’ft? Has tho Heavenly Father sent his Holy Spirit to you in vain ? Next lesson: Luke 12: 13-21, “The Rich Man’s Folly." “What have you got?” asked the minister of the coachman who rang his door bell. “One pair,” replied the coachman, as he opened the carriage door for the eloping couple. Spabronvs for the table sell at twenty-five cents a dozen at Albany, , N. Y. Richmond would like to sparrow few at u less price.— Richmond Dispatch. A teakettle can sing when it is merely filled with water. But man, ! proud man, is no teakettle. 1