St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 16, Number 6, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 2 August 1890 — Page 3

hGlil^’TliAb TOPICS. I . few suggestions for our ■ *' RURAL readers. I 01 'ahio to the Farmer, > I sUX*- llre, ‘''‘' r ’ ,u '" Kut 'Po>, Houwwifc THE FARM. Fnrn»«‘ r '* »nd Food A<iulter>ition. s Savs the Farm and Fireside: “VioI 1 e ut opP oßltlod to . V^slation agumst I Jnlteration °t food is, of course, to n e I l^cted from those with whose I nefarious business it interferes. But in ! I This connection it is a surprise to see 3 dhe stand taken by some of the Farm- j I Alliance men of the South m ref- ' I Ince to the Conger compound lard bill ! I jn the ground that it wilt destroy the i I cotton* B®^ industry in the interests ' B -t BW ine-raisers. As before shown, the I ie venue tax imposed by this bill will I fall heavier on lard than on cotton-seed I Ml, aud ltciw not hurt a legitimate in. I dustrv. Hence we have the spectacle of I farmers coming up to the support of the I .cotton-seed oil trust and the Chicago i ■ combine that turns out a product known I aS compound lard. Hither these farmers I <re being made the tools of the trusts I or they are boldly advocating the adul- ; I ^ration or sophistication of loud. If I ■ plotter is the case, what possible I ground can they have for objection to ' ■ the adulteration of numerous articles I they must purchase? If cotton-seed oil I is a good substitute for lard, let it be I I sold under its own name and on its own 1 merits. Its own merits will, in time, M give it its proper place. Feeding lor Lean Pork. By having a proper proportion of protein in the ration, says Professor Henry, and giving ample food, the muscles will then be developed to their normal size, and the pig will be a healthy representative of its kind, with plenty of red lean meat in its carcass. ‘ Jf the’ animal is fed on such a ration it I will grow to a good size, and if slaughtered before it has arrived at a veryheavy weight tber will be found a goodly proportion of ! r-.a to fat in the ’ earenss. After the at..* mis reached maturity, as to size. 1 it. re that any I feed that we may give wiL be utilized almost altogether tn the direction of j increasing the fat in the bodv. In other words, if we feed a well-grow n but not fat hog long enough, even upon protein, he will become a fat hog, with little or no more red meat than at the beginning of the final feeding period. To have meat with .» goodly proportion of lean in it we must begin with the pig and give plenty of protein during the growing period, so that the muscks Shall have their full natural development. This accomplished, we can put him on the final feeding period, supplying the cheaper, more abundant carb-bydrates, as Indian corn and barley. to finish oft with, closing the period before there is too largo a proportion of fat to lean. A Patent Tree Destroyer. ‘ B. W. Vesey, of Idalia, Mo., sends the following clipping from an agricultural i paper, and asks our opinion of the ! patent tree destroyer therein described: “An invention is said to have been patented in New Zealand and in other colonies, which, if it does all that is claimed for it, will revolutionize the settlement of timber lands. It is a com- i position, which when trees are inoculated with it, mingles itself with the sap and circulates through every branch and leaf, etteriy destroying the life and rendering the stand mg tree in three months’ lime dead and rotten, and so highly inflammable that when fired it burns away literally root and branch, for the lire creeps down the roots into the ground consuming them so thoroughly that the land can be plowed afterwards. It is ' available also for did stumps, doing in ' a month what nature takes years to accomplish. The process of inoculation is simple. It is the boring of a hole I about six inches iuio the tree with an inch auger, filling with composition and afterwards plugging with cork, I tough clay or other suitable substances. ■ It is also very inexpensive, costing only a few cents even for a large tree." This is undoubtedly a simon-pure I bumbug, wholly unworthy of serious investigation. It bears internal evidence of its humbug character in the statement that, through the process of circulation, a live, green tree mav be so inoculated with a composition that it will die and i become so highly inflammable within a i few months that it may be tired and burned uproot and branch. Its a yarn, j 1 HE DAIKY. Fraudulent Cheese. In a communication published in the ; Breeders' (iaztlh Prof. W. A. Henry, of the Wisconsin Experiment Station, j depicts some of the evil results of fraud- j ulent cheese manufacturing in this country: He gavs: If the history of fraudulent cheese , •manufacture could be written up it would be a most interesting but a sad commentary on the weakness of human nature, and a fine illustration of the , inate tendency of the average man to seek immediate gain at any hazzard. Scores of processes have been devised, and patents secured, not one of them ; for giving mankind a better food pro- ; duct. but all tor the single purpose of palming oft' on the, innocent purchaser , an article of less value than its appearance indicates. Years ago we hau VU- I iard and Arnold as great lights in this ; branch of the dairy business. Since their demise no equal successors have | appeared on tne scene to push iorwaid , their work but in their stead came scores of investigators and students ot I fraud cheese-making; every one of them , used bis best powers to dlsco '®[ so “‘® ! seen t process or to secure a patent foi । making shoddy goods, These men aie j about as useful to the community as . counterfeiters of standard currency. , 1 would not be understood as assertin" that fraudulent cheese is the rule u . anv of the States named. lam certain i that the largest part of that made in Wisconsin is from milk out ol which no , fat has been removed at the ’ • the amount of counterieit goods in this । county IB enough to affect seriously the , whole cheese market. on< i in a given community is counteifeatau | the fact becomes Known everybody m suspicions, and justly too, ofeve . H no-Xp j him. For a time we were build ; ottered mm isfactorv cheese trade wdh lP lLV^ decadence dates j S tiX our began to assume large proportions. far , is the demoralization oi market. Hairy Notes. j Keep milking ! from strong odors. Milk i . , absorbent and will take on thei taste ui smell of the barnyard by remainin. i a few minutes in a ioul stable. Cheess-MAKING is one Os the growing

’odustrfes of Ontario ti baß encourage it bv ' ^^ernment “ssomations b y print q b ?, g ‘h® dairy * nd by instruction giv 1 g their reports »*gh THE okc HAKD> Frnii t'l’uit Culture. country hWbe^ like I,u 'ming, in this ■ J be early setUers j^^M'aratively easy. apple, th™^uits, and cherry and the peaJi. ♦ Um ' the Bimill fruits, were 1 r aih/ Ogether Wlt b ! Plentifully in coL i! 1 lnore or ' lands were entered !neS ' As uo " j markets developed P ° U ’ ? nd local i fruit gardens were pHi'f.. ^^bards and icessively each » ed ’ But s«cI " hen extended has fonn? 0 iudustr ^ j numerous enemies in i„ ? UeW aud 1 and especially is thi«+ ° tS aud fuu gi; । facilities have been h/ 1 ” 0 81 “> Ce rai,r °ad transportation and reiulv? ed i, and QUick favored the nlanti^ J markets have The extension of ?° f lar « e areas, increase of fruit Ult Kronnds and the nuTu; I ”;!’Xmh'r; ‘.xixx-xr 1 ' - ! h "' "Worn i Ims been tho h <.ndi eat eue , n, y of this fruit it baffled tb« i'Xuu.Ty 1 '' "T' ‘" r Jsars i an 1 , . e! ‘ rUed hOW t 0 d «al With i extenJiVo o? ltCr ye “ r Beeß the F ra ^»ce : y xle nding of spraying the trees with I puns green when the fruit is just and as a result will have only wormy I nut, which will command a low price । u market. 1 hose who will not take the wHnv’^ Pa n lB secure sound fruit ' ‘ ^cntualjy 1)e driven out of the nnnness.—l iefc K Mauazinc for Juhj. THE STOCK KANCH. IdVo Stock Notes. Many pastures are so run down that a cow ought not to be compelled to run on them. Turn such pastures over to sheen. Exchange. That’s pretty tough on sheep. Better “turn under’’ such pastures and seed anew. 1 f>oi> given to a youiig animal is productive of greater gain, as growth adds to the weight and increase of size. The matured animal does not so readily appropriate the elements of growth, as its wants are less. Ihe younger an animal the greater its increase in proportion to j food consumed. A < okkespomient of the Pittsburgh stockman gives an important remedy for hog cholera, if he is not mistaken m the disease. Finding several ho^s dead, and others dying, he administered kerosene and milk, the result being a : complete recovery of the sick animals, ■ with no further spread of the disease. ; The cures were immediate. Mixed rations are more economical than tlie feeding of nny particular nrtcle ot food exclusively, as some food as- ■ sists in the digestion of others. There ' are growing rations, which are best for growing stock, and there are rations ; that promote fat more than others. The stockman should have an object in view, ' 1 and feed in a manner to obtain it at the I least cost. Most every farmer is aware of the ! fact that a sheep must bo fat to make the best mutton, but few conceive the idea that a properly and well fed sheep produces more and better wool than one poorly fed and eared for. Wool is a product from feeding, just the same as i fat or flesh, and the flock should be fed ' aud managed with a view to wool 1 growth, and that pf fine quality. THE I’ol I TKY -YAKD. I’oultry Notes. If a hen will leave her nest when any । one approaches she should not be used ( for setting purposes. She will geni erally prove an unsteady setter and breaker of eggs. A COHIIESFONDENT of the MassaIls Ploughman says that a quart of vinegar in half a pail of water, if thoroughly sprinkled over the interior ot a hen-house, will fre3 it from lice, when whitewashing and other remedies have । failed. 1 The cbiim that pounded oyster shells assist in providing lime ft ■ egg shells is not sust ned. Ihe hens in lime--1 stone sections and along the seashore. I where shells are plentiful, lay eggs with i soft shells as frequently as those elsei Where. The lime, of egg shells is de- ; rived from the food. The experiments of Drs. Koch and i Sutton, according to the Sanitary H/u, I prove that tuberculosis has its origin with fowls, and that the washings from 1 barnvurds carrv the germs into adjoin- ‘ ing wells or brooks, thus contaminating the water use df or drinking. Ihe get ms pass into the blood, and lodge in the lungs t hut are too weak to resist their attack. | Get a hogshead and use it for storing the poultry droppings. By this method it will be found that several hogsheads | can be saved in a short time. The • quantitv of manure made by poultry cannot’be estimated until the experiment of attempting to save it is made, I when those who have not done so before ! will be surprised at the large quantity I derived, which will not include that | which is lost on the range. THE HOUSEHOLD. Canning Fruit. Canning is an improvement upon the | old-fashioned method of preserving ' pound for pound m sugar. It retains 1 Lore of the fresh and natural flavor, is far less trouble to prepare, and more | economical. All fruits may be I with or without sugar, as the sugar i takes no part whatever in the preserva- ' tion Bor flavorin" ice-creams and ' water-ices it is desirable to can the fruits without sugar. Choose only pet- ' fectly sound and fresh fruits. It is false economy to purchase fruits on the veX o f decav ’ eVeU at ' e P' * edUCed ! rate's as thev quickly ferment after can- ! nin"’ and you not only lose fruit, sugar j aiur labor, but very often the jars as ' W AH large fruits, after paring, should i 10 e IU Ti frr its retain their shape more

through filled quickly, | flowing **' & ’ lnout bed tunnel to overbe mifan i 811ver spoon-handle should : to b, u d around Uie inside of the jar ihere an In y i™ bubbles that mayk delay st h??i° PS Burewed on without j folded tol^i d i the 3ars whil ° l ilßu K on a sealing st 1 P rt ; v eiit breakage. After the 1-iDi aUd tb ° 3alß iu a Warlu Part of th! c^v±\ OVe y, m « ht ’ Iu the mornthe pbien h w ß i'i° Uld a ß a *n be tightened, as nut thn * contract after cooling, and dak e h“ a f Way 1 ln COO1 ’ u °t cold, dry, jar oarefna 8 ' I? a Week examine each n - Ai 1 ’ w,tbou t shaking or disturbfree fr > ’“‘^“ted, the contents i settled nu '- bubbl c 8 and the liquid S assured they will I the Pivc i y° u nnd the opposites, open inn J Ti "'“chHately, to prevent burst- I used 118 lruit lu ay be recooked and ' if ^ ce * ’nt it is never satisfactory ' 1 araiinlnt canned. Ise only the best ' sium nf 1 SUg ? r ’ Fruit canned with clear a^i.. 111 t ° riOr qUality is never ' mo / 1 als ° more Hable to fer- I sn T .ir f™, r « PIUS -? ice tbat exudes from berriAc \ ’ i BnCU aS stra Wberries, raspboil * 1 f 1 U,US ’ may bc stiaiuod and i ooiled for jelly. tb^ P °r elaiu ’ line<l ke ttle, rather broad mu -t / e A P ’ ’ 8 besl ’ C O PP e r or brass must be thoroughly cleansed with salt aud vinegar, and even then the articles I are more or less imbued with verdigris hat is produced in them by the action i or the acids. Small oil stoves are most convenient ror canning, preserving or jelly-making, I ie Kettle being immediately over an I t ' en aud intense heat, the contents boil I ‘Pyckly, thus retaining color and flavor. . t the directions are carefully fol- i owed and there is not too large a quantity cooked or scalded at one time । prevent careful management of each jar not one can in a hundred will bo | lost. — Table Talk. Hints to Housekeepers. IN cleaning small onions for chowchow or other purposes, leave them an hour in hot water, and they will pop out of their jackets like grapes, and will not burn your eyes while doing it. Ie there is any suspicion of carpet bugs, do not have a carpet relaid until you have wet the cracks of the floor for a distance of a foot or m< o from the sides of the room with the solution of | corrosive sublimate, and the edges of the carpets with the benzine and carbolic acid. i<> secure thorough sleep insulate each bed with glass. An Englishman ; who insulated his bedstead by placing Underneath each post a broken-off bottle says that he had not been free from : rheumatism or gout for fifteen years, ■ aud that he began to improve iminej dintely alterthe application of the insuli -dot'S. After removing your shoes put them j in correct position by pulling up the 1 uppers and lapping the flap over and i anil fastening one or two buttons. Then ; pinch the instep down to the toe. bring- ; mg the fullness up instead of allowing I it to sag down into the slovenly breadth lof half worn footgear. A boot that is ; kicked oil and left to lie where it falls, ! or is thrown into the closet, will soon i lose shape and gloss. To avoid the odor which too often | fills the house when cabbage or other | green vegetables are boiling, follow | these simple directions: Put your cab- < bags m a net, and when you have boiled it five minutes in the first pot of water, ; lift it out. drain for a few seconds, and I place carefully m a second pot, which ! you must have full ol fast-boiling water ion the stove. Empty the first water j away, and boil your cabbage till tender I in tlie second. THE KITCHEN. Currant Jelly. Ntom ripe currants, scald them in a : porcelain kettle, do not let boil. Strain through a coarse jelly-bag, aud then through a flannel bag. Allow threequarters of a pound of sugar to a pint of juice. When the juice has boiled ten minutes, add the sugar, and let cook • ten minutes longer. Lake from the fire, i let cool slightly, pour in glasses, and ' set aside to form. Klee Pudding with Berries. Cold boiled rice may be made into a ! very nice pudding with the addition of ; berries. Soften the cold boiled rice I with milk, using two cupfuls milk to one | of rice, and stir until all the lumps are , dissolved; add three well-beaten eggs, । a teaspoonfu' of butter; a small cupful I sugar and i>vo cupfuls blackberries, i raspberries, strawberries, or stoned i cherries. Bake slowly for one hour in i a buttered pudding dish. Snow Pudding. One-half box gelatine, one pint boili ing water, one coffee cup sugar, two eggs, piece of two lemons, Pour the bo?ling water over the gelatine; add the lemons and sugar, and str. in; whip the whites to a stiff froth, and when the jelly is cool, but not cold enough to I stiffen, pour it slowly over the whites, and beat half an hour, or till so stiff ; one can beat it no longer. Serve with it a boiled custard made of the yolks, and a pint of milk, one-half cup sugar, I flavored with vanilla. Pour round the ! sides of the snow, not on the top. • Indian Meal Gruel. i One tablespoonful of fine Indian or ' oatmeal, mixed smooth with cold water I and a saltspoon of salt; pour upon this a pint of boiling water, and turn into a ! saucepan to boil gently for half an I hour; thin it with boiling water if it 1 thickens too much, and stir frequently, i when it is done, a tablespoonful of I cream or a litth new milk may be put in Ito cool it after straining, but if the i patient’s stomach is weak it is best with--1 out either. Some persons like it swect- : ened, and a little nutmeg added, but to many it is more palatable plain. Fruit Custard. j Toone quart of milk that has been 1 brougbtto a boiling point, but not boiled, j add slowly four eggs, well-beaten with three tablespoonfuls of sugar and J I pinch of salt. Io prevent binning ; prepare ibis in a kettle or boiler set in'side of another in which is boiling ’ water. Stir the custard until it thickens, taking care it does not boil, and when done remove from the fire. Have ready ; custard cups into which thinly sliced peaches or bananas have been put, sprinkled with a little sugar and water, ti?rn the custard over the fruit, filling ■ bun _ qet awav until wanted tor I dessert if properly maae. She Fooled Herself. «Did von see what the paper said ab “Xo; "and I don’t want to hear any of tliei r abominable lies “'’,X “Stover may make up your mind thar whatever ti’qq 'sPid was false. *I thought as much. It said you were handsome and clever.”

| AFFAIRS IN INDIANA. INTERESTING ITEMS GATHERED | FROM VARIOUS SOURCES. What Our Neighbors Are Doing—Matters of General and Local Interest—Marriages and Deaths—Accidents and Crimes —Personal Pointers. Indiana inventors. Patents have been granted to the foli'lowing Hoosier inventors: Burton H. , Barnes, Muncie, pen-holder; Charles IM. Bennett, Logansport, assignor to | himself, J, J. Turner, of Pittsburgh, ■ Penn., and L. F. Lorie, Cass County, . torpedo; Robert C. Berry, assignor of i one-half to H. W. Comstock, »of La- | fayette, angle piston engine; Sidney E. j Chase, Wolcottville, grain separator; Charles Comstock, Indianapolis, shortturning vehicle; James P. Coulter, Aurora, and T. Hibbett, Cochran, draft j and buffing mechanism for railway cars; John E. Donaldson, Montezuma, die for forming roofing tiles; Augustine Ellis, Bellford, cultivator; Everett Goldthwaite, Elkhart, bolt-cutting machine; ! John Hull, assignor of one-half to Z. ! Robinson, Elkhart, wrench; Elisha Peck, assignor of one-half to W. A. i Stewart, Wawaka, wind-mill; Briton . Poullson, Fort Wayne, cabinet folding bedstead; Summer C. Reiley, Terre ■ Haute, hydrocarbon burner; Harvey । Segur, assignor of one-half to P. W. Smith, Decatur, saw-mill feed; Walter B. Silvers, assignor of one-third to C. W. Baggerty, Indianapolis, spring traceholder; William A. Timberman, Delphi, machine for filing and setting saws; Wiiliam C. Walda, Fort Wayue, safetyvalve. Tilinor .State item*. —A mower cut off George Hunt’s right foot at Watson. —William Dooley’s ankle was crushed 6y a saw-log at English. —A new building was blown down at ■ Logansport, causing a loss of §I,OOO. —The wool clip in Montgomery ; County, this year, amounted to 66,000 pounds. - Martin Detlin, a youth of LaPorte, was fatally injured by the cars. —Charles Neufer was killed by lightning while plowing in Elkhart County. —Clement Robinson, of Nabb Station, Clark County, died of heart prostration. | —Mrs. Fannie Drain fell downa stair- i way at Terre Haute, suffering fatal injuries. —John J. Lenacker, an assistant yardman, was fatally injured by cars at Fort Wayne. -Clever pickpockets relieved Japp ' Morris, a saloon-keeper of .Huntington, i of §l6O. —Mrs. Heywood’s saw-mill, near Mooresville, was burned by an incendiary. Loss, §2,200. —John Fess, of Medaryville, was killed by a stroke of lightning, which broke every bone in his body. —Mr. Leonard's barn was burned by an incendiary near Fort Wayne, aud eight horses perished in the flames. Henry Lilly, aged seventy-four, the oldest native-born citizen of Clark County, is dead at Jeffersonville. ■ The Indiana Live Stock Insurance Company, of Crawfordsville, has over §2,0tK),000 insurance out in Indiana. —Mrs. Julia Grasten, of Sellersburg, was bitten by a spotted adder while picking blackberries. She may die. —Elisha Cuit, a well-known horseman of Charleston, was recently prostrated by heat, and Lis recovery is doubtful. —Daniel Heacock, of Cambridge City, has a horse forty-threeyears old, which he believes io be the oldest in the world. —lsaac Bond, a prominent and wealthy farmer of Miami County, and one of its earliest settlers, died, aged 70, of blood poisoning. —Seven men were injured by the explosion of a can of powder in the grocery of Hern A Carroll, Red Key. The building was wrecked. —Samuel Chrisman, of St. Alary’s, 0., was instantly killed at Frankfort, by a Lake Erie train. A brake-wheel broke, precipitating him under the wheels. —The Postmaster General has ordered a postal station of the Goshen postoffice established at the Elkhart County Fair Ground during the fair week in September. —Elza Davisson was running a traction engine for Lase Murray. On the road one mile west of Lynn the engine fell through "a bridge and Davisson was killed outright. —A man giving his name as William Foster, residing at Lawrenceburg, and having a wife and children at Lansing, Mich., was struck and fatally injured by a ma : l train near Batesville. jilss Belle Doyle, who was with a partv of Indianapolis people going to the Shades of Death resort, had her arm broken near AVaveland by the vehicle in which the party were riding being overturned. —A brakeman on a Monon local freight named William Hilbert became insane on the train near Horseshoe. He made his escape from the conductor, jumped from the train and was dashed to death. —During a storm the barn of James Moffett, in Jackson Township, Fountain County, was struck by lightning, killing the tenant, William Smith, instantly. He was putting up hay at the time. He was about 27 years of age and leaves a wife and two children. —Thaddeus Drummond, a farmer near Sylvan Grove, Clark County, was fatally poisoned by vines while going about his faim barefoot. —At Decatur, in alighting from a train, while yet in motion, Frederick Miller was thrown headlong against a log, breaking a leg and fracturing his skull. He lay until morning, and when found by the section men he was yet unconscious. It seems that his aim in jumping from the train was to reach his residence with little walking. He will ala.

—A number of indictments against White Claps have been found by the Orange Couqty grand jury. -—Mrs. E. B. Youmans and three children were seriously poisoned at Jeffersonville by canned sardines. -—Mrs. James Tomlinson, of Plaintiehl, is dead, aged ninety years. She and her husband cam" to this State from North Carolina in 1812, making six hundred miles of the journey on foot. • —According to the late census the population of Montgomery County Las increased 506 in the last ten years. The 1 gain in Crawfordsville lias been 825, and this would make the decrease outside the city 319. —An unknown assassin fired from ambush upon Charles Hargns, a prominent farmer of Vigo Township, Knox County, as he was returning on horseback from a lodge meeting. The bullet made a flesh-wound in his arm. —As the pay train on the I. D. & W. was going west, it struck and killed 1 Talmer Yeoman, section foreman, at Dana. Yeoman and his men were on the hand-car going to work. He leaves a wife and two children. —George Grayson, a farm-hand in Clark County, was attacked by a blacksnake, which wound around his leg, paralyzing him from fright. A companion killed the reptile; which measured eight feet, nine iuefies. —While Jas. Hawkins, a well-known young farmer, was mowing in one of bis fields, near Elkhart, his team became frightened and ran away. Hawkins fell in front of the mower, and was literally cut into pieces aud killed. — Mr. Peter Mills, on the farm of W. L. Lee, in Saluda Township, Jefferson County, raised on eighteen acres 450 bushels of wheat, an average of twentyfive bushels to the acre. This is the ' best yield yet reported in that county. —John Banta, aged 19, whose parents live iu Indianapolis, was drowned while in bathing in the Tippecanoe River i near Springboro. Robert Dent, his I companion, attempted to rescue him I and came near perishing in the attempt. — Charles AVood, a J., AI. & I. conductor, was precipitated from a train crossing the Ohio River by the breaking of a step. He hung on to an iron rod while the rest of the train passed over the bridge, and was later rescued by the । trainmen. —Lewis Halsema, aged 22, and Frank ! Riehle, aged 16, were drowned in AVildcat Creek at Lafayette, while bathing. Neither could swim. A strange coincidence about the fatalities is that they were drowned at the same hour, but two I miles apart. —James H. Decker, who resides about । ten miles east of Tipton, while under 1 the influence of liquor, fell from his ■ buggy and received internal injuries, [ from which he died. He was about I 15 years of age, and leaves a wife and I five children in limited circumstances. —ln Alontgomery County there are [ 2,773 sewing machines, 1,099 organs and ■ 337 pianos. This year there are 57.555 i acres in corn, 11,171 in oats, 23 in barley, I 45 in buckwheat, 158 in rye, 233 in po- ; toes, 12 in watermelons, 9 in tobacco, 10 lin cabbage. Last year 3,839 gallons of ! sorghum molasses was made, and 42,015 rods of rail fence erected, 5,581 rods of board fence aud 10,147 rods of wire fence. —A terrible explosion of a threshing engine occurred on the farm of Jas. Alarrow. near Princeton. Andrew Creti singer was killed outright. Charles j AVhite has since died. Thomas Alehan, j the engineer, had his leg shattered, was I internally injured and scalded. He I cannot recover. Hugh Marrow’s head I was crushed. He cannot recover. Sam Sweeppy was badly scalded. Several ' horses were killed. The wreck is com--1 plete. —The State Encampment, Sons of j A eterans, elected the following officers: • Col. John W. Newton, AVinchester; ' Lieutenant Colonel, AV. G. Young. I Connersville; Alajor, AV. E. Beach, In- । dianapolis; Delegate-at-large, F. J. ; Jackson, Aluncie; delegates, AV. E. j Alales, Evansville; 11. E. Ogden, Dani ville; Geo. H. Pennington, New Albany; ! Joseph G. Leffler, Aluncie; Ralph Perry, j Indianapolis-. The Fifth Annual En- । cam^ment will be held the third week ! in June of next year, at Lafayette. i —A Fortville special says: A few ; weeks ago a small bug made its appear- ■ ance in this section of which the oldest I citizen can give no information. The pest is a small and very slim, dark bug nearly an eighth of an inch in length, has several small and very short legs; crawls in the same manner as a snake, and its outlines are similar to the alligator. The insect seems to be everywhere, iu people’s houses, clothes, and even in their hair. One small girl has 1 been bitten or stung so severely by the ' insects that it necessitated the services 1 of a physician. 1 —A west-bound freight train on the i Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne & Chicago Railroad broke in two While passing through I East AVarsaw, a suburb of AVarsaw. The 1 train was descending quite a steep * grade and the forward end had slowed ' up, when the rear portion, which was 1 running at a high rate of speed, crashed into it. About a dozen cars were rei duced to splinters and piled up in a i confused mass, and the merchandise • with which they were loaded is almost a . total loss. A couple of the trainmen > ' were badly shaken up, but not seriously ; j injured. The loss to the railroad com- । pany is estimated at §B,OOO to §IO,OOO. r! —Governor Hovey appointed Henry • * C. Duncan to be Judge of the Tenth ; 1 Judicial Circuit, vice Judge E. D. Pier- ‘ son, who recently died. The circuit is i, composed of Alonroe and Lawrence - counties. t —Otis, the 4-year-old son of Charles 5 Caldwell, of Greensburg, fell out of the t swing, striking his head on a rock, thus t causing concussion of the brain. AVhen ! found his feet were hanging in the s swing chair, and his head dangling on I a rock. The child cannot possibly r«-

THE SUNDAY SCHOOL. SERIOUS SUBJECTS CAREFULLY CONSIDERED. A Scholarly Exposition of tho Lesson— Thoughts Worthy of Calm Reflection— Half an Jiour’s Study of tho Scriptures —Time ’Veil Spent. The iesjon lor Sunday, Aug. 3, may b® (found in Luke 15: 11--4. INTRODUCTION. 'I bis parable, witn its setting, is peculiar |to Luke. What a blessed addition it is to the oospel narratives ot Matthew. Mark, :au 1 Jonn! How berelt wo should feel Without it! Doubtless, up to date, more •men can trace their conversion to the solicitation of this parable than to any other single Scripture. Up to date, wo bay; for in the.progress of doctrine and the general growth of mankind other of the (piegnant similitudes of our Lord may (come into larger prominence and effi‘ciency; the parable ot the great price, for (example, or the utterance of Christ regarding the little children. Enough tor us to know, however, that this arrow from our 'Lord’s quiver when sped on its way readi,ly finds lodgment in the heart of humanity. May Its use in many Sunday schools today bring new trophies to the Muster! WHAT THE LESSON SAYS, And be said. An added illustration of the great truth of God’s love that Christ is teaching. Like a skillful lawyer ho watches ;his auditors and piles argume ituponarguiment until he has made conviction certain. I A certain man. The final application is (evidently to bod in his dealings with the •race. Two sons. Either Pharisee and sinner, or Jew and Gentile or both. It is broadly descriptive of two classes of the Ihuman family, or of angels and men. The youngest. As perhaps the most iheadstrong, certainly, iu the custom of tho day, the least entitled to property concessions. Father, give me. His withdrawal, in this case, though within his power, willfully derogatory to the home. Portion of goods. Or, property. See Variations. This was about one-thud, the eldest having two-thirds. See Deut. 21: 15-17. Cf. Gen. !25: 31.——Ho divided. It is interesting to [note that the only other use of this word is to be found in 1. Cor. 12, where it occurs four times in succession. Vs. 4. 5,6, 11. I Not many days. The swift course of selfish independence. Took his journey. Literally, went abroal, i. e., became a foreigner. The same word u^ed at^lath 21: 33, where the husbandman "went into a far country.” Afar country. Suggestive of the distance that tho sinner has put between himself and God. Wasted. Literally, scattered. It is translated strewed at Matt. 25: 24. Riotous living. More accurately, living recKlessly. The word rendered riotous signifies unwillingness to save, the negative of the verb to save (sozo). Spent all. The same word is to be ound in James 4: 3: “That ye may connsums it upon your lusts.”——A mighty lamine. Literally, strong famine, of great compass and severity, such dearths were common and are still in the East. To be in want. Curiously enough, this word means originally to be short or m arrears. The best robe or first robe. A flowing garment indicating distinction. See Alark 12: 38; 16:5; Rev. 6: 11. Ring. Indicating adoption, as the robe indicated acceptance. Shoes, or sandals, for entrance T'Uted calf. Kept lor great occasion*,. —A-AnM-Aid it, or sacrifice it. A religious least. Lost. It was as life out of death, for “th» wages of sin is death.” WHAT THE LESSON TEACHES. A certain man had two sons. There art but two. Al any have tried to prove that more than two sons are to be found. But if we can judge from the data given in Bible truth and the fields ot etnology there is no third sou. There is a twofold order of created intelligence, angelic and human. And all save the angelic are prodigals in a nv country. Alen may try as they will to ccnvlgee us that they are still by nature in the father’s house. That nature betray^ tnem every time. They are bond-slaves to sin. They are feeding swine in a far country. The millionaire on the avenue, tha man with his bucket from the back street, the cultured European, the benighted Hottentot all alike show the features of this oae son. the prodigal. “All we like sheep nave gone astray, we have turned every one to his own way.” With riotous living. Avery out-break-ing sinner we take him to be. and so we excuse ourselves from the comparison. But wo mistake. His life is a fair reflection of our own. as wanderers from the Father’s house. The word literally means to bo unpaving, to fail to husband resources. It is not necessary to indulge in midnight orgies. to openly and Ldatantly profane His name and His day, to run amuck upon the streets in order to come under the scope of this tell-tale Scripture. Just to fail to 3se life’s moments aright is to be a farcountry sinner. The prodigal’s c Tense was useless waste of his substance upon himself. This young man of very genteel conduct, this young woman ot delicate ■rearing may still be guilty of the prodigal’s offense; may be Wasting substances in riotous living. All selfishness is riotous in God’s sight. Joined himself to a citizen of that country. AVe join ourselves to one or the otlier. Satan or Christ. AVe go under bonds to tkc lord of one kingdom or the other. In the Acts we read that “of the rest durst no man join himself to them,” the disciples and the disciples’ Lord. Then they join themselves to the other party and to the prince of the powers of darkness. There is no neutral grequd. “His servants ye are to whom ye obey.” Presently this young-man is speaking of “hired servants.” He is not thinking altogether of debasing himself by becoming a hired hand in his father’s house. He is a hired servant already to sin, yea. more, a bond slave to Satan. Which will you join yourself unto, Christ or Satan ? “For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life.” He came to himself. So we all recall it. That hour of conviction was like a new vision ot self, that hour of conversion likQ an uncovering of our better nature. All sin is a sort of dementia: rebellion against God is arrant folly, wretched madness. What more insane than to contend with him who fashions and who feeds us! What more demoniacal than to go on one’s way, when our ovrn way leads to the pit and God’s way to Paradise! O. this poor, mad world flattering itself with empty vanities, stultifying itself with paltry excuses! It is beside itself, gone clean daft! Lord bring us to ourselves that we may see what we are by nature, what we may be by grace! Bring forth the best robe. A blessed interruption. Tim young man had learned his speech well: "Father. I have sinned against heaven and in thy sight.” True, indeed, all sin reaches heaven high and smites at the foot of the throne its»lf. "And am no more worthy to be called thv son.” True again, sin severs us from all worthiness in God’s sight. But do you notice. according to our common readings which are probably correct, that is as far as the prodigal got in his prayer. “Alake me as one of thv hired servants.” he was going to say in abieetness ot soul. But he does not say it. His words are smothered in h s father’s embrace. Kisses stay tho speech upon his lips, and it is the father who speaks instead, saying. “Bring forth the best robe.” And now with that best robe upon us are any of us still counting ourselves merely “hired servants?” Next Lesson—“ The Rich Alan and Lazarus." Luke 16: 19-31. A woman went recently into a Bookseller’s shop to purchase a present for her husband. She hovered round and manifested the usual indecision, whereupon the assistant in charge, to help her out of the difficulty, suggested a set of Shakspeare. The would-be purchasei net this proposal, however, with the prompt remark : “Oh, he read that ■when it first came out.” Mark Twain’s friends wish to contest the claim that Edwin Booth is the lazi-. ast man in the world. i