St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 16, Number 7, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 9 August 1890 — Page 7

‘{E\ 3 3 O O‘{ i —e ‘f’OPICS OF INTEREST TO THE FARMER AND HOUSEW|FE, e e 'Tf:‘:‘”O valuable Information for the Plowj:'i man, Stoo‘kman. Pouiterer, Nurseryman, and Everybody Connected with t;lo . Farm. £ g‘fi Eiin ¢ e - THE FARDM. Cutting Oats, :“A With m.a-ny‘ fgrm'er% oats are raiseq St L most entirely for feed and it is Qesipan L touse them in away so as to dm‘ih\l"-dhw L jargest amount of benefit. (yt att o ‘;Zf;{;fight stage the straw contains (‘tm;i {3“ E able nutriment. The difliculty inll.(\““ . ing unthreshed oats is that they will‘ ‘\dL the heads and waste the straw T“i}t‘ . may be obviated to some extent Ly (_h'“ flng,-curm'g and stowing away tho “::‘: f- a8 hay. Yet even then there is a (‘(\‘ _."' | erable waste that is desirable }(‘) ::' “%l' . For this reason it will be best to ~;, (;’} . | cutting box, running the oats througt, e | before feeding. In this way al] will blt - eaten up clean, and the saving in was s . will pay for the cost of vutnt‘in ‘}N'to . the value of the feed is increased %0«"‘;1\1»1}2 | a better opportunity is afforded of ,al . ing combinations. wakIt is_ necessary, if the best quality of f feed is secured, to cut at the pre [ stage. If cut too green thero is g IIUS\,D(.‘I' ~ the grain, while if delayed until the ;1\1’; £+ has matured the straw will lose mn(.l "O(f - its value, turning to wood. ({lltti,“,'.“.l(:t L after the seed has fully formed zln(-i Jb‘\ i fore the grains have hardened is the l)ol-t-; | stage and tho nearer they can be cut is stage the better t} }‘; . ge the better the quality for - Oats, like clover, should if possible be . cut and cured without getting wet | They need to be thoroughly cured boforé . they are stored away, as they will mold | if put in the barn or stack damp. With . the mower, rake, hay fork and carrier £ they can be put away at a low cost, or if stacked in the field the mower, gatherer £ and stacker can be used. They must ~ lay and cure longer than hayv, and thus . the principal objection e e _g, ¢ Jec Ito this plan is i that a shower will seriously damage. If & cut and bound they must be carefully . shocked up and capped, and let stand - three or four days so as to cure it well before bauling in. Then if run through - acutring box and fed in tight mangers ~ they make a very cheap feed, and are of ; a good quality. ' 1t is best to prepare ahead, get the cutv te'rs and arrange a time in which to start. | Where a considerable number of stock is to be fed the power cutters will be found the most economical but for a ‘ small number a heavy hand cutter ecan v be used, and can be made profitable; more profit can be sccured from oats in this way than to thresh and feed the ~grain and let the stock eat what they -~ will of the straw.—Prairie Fariner. : Agricultural Notes, : A xoTED Western cattle breeder savs that “breeders have passed the time '~ when they aim to grow steers first and then fatten them.” They feed to grow . and fatten all along the line. » TALK over the farm management with the boys, and get their opinions. As a rule, parents do a great deal of thinking and planning for the boys that it would be mauch better to let them do themselves. Responsibility should be placed upon them, just in proportion as they are able to bear it. THE advantage of working around some kinds of plants while they are wet with dew, which is thus shaken offt and covered by soil, is very marked. There is no time, says an exchange, so good for hoeing cabbages as Dbefore breakfast, while the dew is on them. We know good farmers who, during hot days in + summer, get the cuitivator at work very early in the morning, and then rest both men and horses during the midday heat. The advantage of this is not merely the cooler weather for working, but the fact that dew condensing from the atmosphere in the cool nights contains a much larger porportion of ammonia than ordinary rainwater. In contact with soil this is absorbed, and is thus saved from wasting when the drop of dew evaporates. DBut beans can not be cultivated with advantage when wet, as it injures the leaves, and we are inclined to place potatoes in the same category. THE reason why butter which has been well churned loses color by much working is because the force applied breaks the globules and exposes the hard, white stearine ard margarine in their centers and hides, in part. the coloring which is on their outer parts when they are whole, and this displacement of their constituents also changes the flavor, says L. B. Arnold. If we put into our mouths butter composed of globules in their natural and unbroken state, with their flavor as well as their color in their exterior parts, that flavor makes the first and deepest, and, in fact, the only in.pression upon the organs of taste, and getting, as we do, all the good flavor there is in them, we praise the butter for its excellent relish; but if, by much working, the globules are broken up, and the 11;1\"01' mixed with and hid beneath the stearine and margarine which generally constitute about two-thirds of butter, I'nstnud of the flavoring oils, these constituents of tallow come in contact with the organs of taste and give us more the flavor of tallow than of butter, and what might have been first-class butter is suspeeted of being oleomargarine. BN THE STOCK RANCH., Comfort for Cattle. : Comfort for cattle. means more than hay and feed. It meansa good stall, a warm, dry bed, light, plenty of fresh air, and a certain amount of freedom in _tl}u stall, something different from the rigid stanchion. Thus writes John Gouldin the Philadelphia Weekly Press. Two yedrs ago, when he built his new cow barn, he made a study 91 all these matters, and after two winters «\XI)(‘lfl*fll“" he would not change a feature of the plan. The basement plan was discarded, and the barn is all of wood, save 3 low stone foundation wall, that riscs one foot above the ground. The walls are built double, with a six-inch air space. Matched boards were used on the Inside as well as the outside, and tarred paper . was put upon the studding besides. Cull Out Poor Stock. There is no better time than the present for culling out the flocks and selling those animals that it is not d(isxrz}ble to retain another winter, or beginning to fit them for a fall market. The sheep have raised their lambs and have been sheared. and those which did not show prefitable results in either respect, ”?." less the failure resulted from some cause which caa bLe avoided anobhey Dol

[ should be o e along withm:gg;““ed to the butcher Which have sopa that are too old op i them i Me ailments that able to pe % make Wiélter. nprofitable another DO too = ; of the nrl‘ovsitth ;r?)‘f‘]’s This should be ope | dairy, byy nO\lv wlt able months jp the 1 formance s frogp ilxlllet]tho winter's per- | time to select, the inf:e' memory, is the 1 commence gAt tha Crior animals and qu&rts of Bratn o R for beef. A sow Cro: gldlll ‘.‘.\urfl, (\A“l(-h d ¥ % SA%C the quantity anq i oM. Quality of the mik d and improve the and lay the foundati uring the Summer, Bood amonnt of fl:\ ~llon fm.' butting on a P weeks of oy Shand fat by a sow ! ! \tl'u. ffl(‘d“]n‘ next fll . early wintep 5 ICXU Tall or in the 30 Cr, when the milk product has shrunk where it does not ¢ Product has | gm\l]lll given, oL “bay for- the ' | Adl ani rhie ! Sirohi M};g;a:)s‘.lri]l:ul! do not show g good il - g for good k(\(} in o good care s) AT ping and should make rooy £ betters, Continue ) I, [SRE cihelr | the Boultrvvara .w 0 SMne: process in i Y yard. Do not keep fowl over | YWO years old, unless especially val i as breeding stoek cladly valuable hotse g stock. A hen lays more eoes etween the ti g : e 38S .10 time she is six’ months old and the time she is two years old th she ever will again in th o 3 i time, and tho v ¢ same length of i Young stock should be growing now, so that they will soon rel quire all the room. When a hen begi te Lo brood ) LR o R v broody she is fat and heay lif she is not to be kept vy, and 1 is a good ti ‘D another winter that g lme to sell her. There are not many who can make money raisin chickens to be hatcheq out in the s g_ mer or fall, T .\‘“‘_ THE POULTRY-VARD. Money in Poultry, The man who sells eggs when prices are high, says the Homestead, and sets them when prices are low, is generally the man who makes the money. The man that raises pure bred stock, raises broilers and reasters from the culls, and | sells eggs for hatchipg, is the man that has the profit. It is impossible to make |much money from one branch alone. | Broilers, eggs and pure-breds are good | ddjuncts to each other, but should never jberunina single branch alone. The | man th:lt_ personally oversees, or does i the work, is the man who makes money. | Hired men are apt to be careless, and are | and expense. Poultry Lice. | M. S. X, of Onecida, Kan., asks for an T'ffectlve method of getting rid of chicken | lice. | Eto_rnal vigilance is the price of freei dom from this pest of the poultry yard. An ounce of prevention is better than all | the cures ever invented, And the first essent}al in the way of prevention is cleanliness. Then give the fowls half a | :'hamru and they will keep off the vermin. | They must be liberally supplied with slacked lime, dry ashes, and dust, in ‘| which they can wallow and take their dust-baths. But when the pests have | obtained a stronghold upon the poultry premises there are various methods recommended for their extermination. The writer once upon a time bought a | place, and with it a fine stock of light | Brahma chickens. The discovery was ‘| soon made that the hen-house was ‘ swarming with vermin, and the pests were cleared out in short order. The house was thoroughly cleaned, the inside was whitewashed, and the roosts were | l liberally saturated with Kkerosene oil. ‘ i Then the ground floor was covered with clean, dry sand and gravel, sprinkled { with lime. Shallow boxes were provided, fllled with dry ashes and road | dust. Then each fowl was taken and. treated to an application of kerosene oil, l rubbed on the parts most infested with the insects. That did the business, and there was no repetition of the plague. { Another method said to be effective is to close the house tightly (the hens out- | side, of course) and burn therein a pound or so of the flour of sulphur, placed in an iron vessel. 'The fumes will penetrate.every crevice and destroy all inscct life. I But the free use of kerosene applied to the roosts and plentiful whitewashing [ will destroy the vermin most safely and economically. A little crude carbolic l acid mixed with the whitewash will make it more effective. l When young chicks are found to be ttroublcd. apply a little common grease to the little fellows, and they will soon be happy. . THE APIARY. The Bee Hive, ‘ Spring management of bees is an im- i portant part of the apiarist’s work. As | | soon as the red .bmls of the soft maple have put forth their heads, n‘at‘ural pollen for the bees will be plentiful. This usually occurs in May, and during this | month large quantities of brood are | raised. The soft maple is almost unii versally distributed; but in localities | where it cannot be found, nor the willows either, it is well to place in some | sheltered place, where the wind cannot ] { come, some unbolted rye-flour, nn’xod ] with saw-dust or cut straw. Warm feed shonid be. placed near the hive every i night if there are not enough honey-pro- | ducing plants in the neighborhood. or if I the weather continues cold, wet, and \ damp. The object is to get the stock to | increase rapidly, and the more good food i that the bees aet the faster will the sl.ock | inerease. If rainy and cold weather sets in. and honey is scarce, the bees will })o—- -— oin to destroy their work by throwing {out the hatching brood. The greatest | care is thus required to see that they are | well supplied with :l})])l‘n])'l'l'fl,tl) feed, whether the weather be fair or unyleasant. p1'1“‘11«: time of transference from old box hives to movable frames is when the fruit trees are in bloom. In doing this worlk., however, the 1‘)1‘00('!-1.1«‘%' should not be exposed too long, as it is liable to | , get a chill which would ruin ()vnrytln_pg. | Tt honey is scarce robbers will be flying | around, ready to enter the hive. The { moth miller especially will be prepared | to begin its destructive work. | The care of bees during the spring also | depends on the object for which I_l}o3' s !ept. If they are kept for imcrecase } alone, they should be fed every night | until honey is abundant in thc] woods | and fields. As fast as the combs betcone | filled with the queen, insert new ones | which the queen will begin to fill with ; i cggs. If the combs are full of I'lol‘l\os' S 0 i | much the better. When the dronea"cmq- l " mence to hateh, the colonies should’ue di- ‘ , vided, taking the queen to the new stand. A new gueen will soan be rearcd bv the old colony. In this way the stocks can | be 1t doubled in one season. . bboafb(?(kxgrso, if honey is the main object in keeping the bees, top boxes ghould be | added as soon as the bees begin to hang l out. The full boxes shqnld be 'remlovcid, j and empty ones pl‘_ltv in Vtheu' I*)]{“}?' ! When the boxes are full of honey the | pees will hang out, and frequently bml:i f gueen cells and leave the hive In & body. l ey, Practical Farmer.

- THE HOUSHIOLD, 5 Coffec-Pots, ; ‘ Aokt tho et boo o e 10 end.” Prob, blg Co 53‘e-pots there ig Foglsn ANy there is no country, ugland possibly claiming the honor of b caa n the s isnkebl country where \‘e:n?]' i th(fre e s gl"l,nt\d St YSO many patents anted for coffee-pots. = All the (:OfTCG-DotS patented in the last de(f“e"“‘l’e 0(1\‘33:(‘)131 .I'9l' their success, }V_ith of $46. #e s, on the recognition 16 fact that there is but one way to make perfect coffee—that is by percola|tloll, 2 method which has been used in Iflf(*lli-ll kitchens since coffec was introduced. There is not the slightest complex mechanism needed for dripping coffee. Any tin cup holding a pint, with & pi‘rf(.)rated bottom, which can be set down in a porcelain or faience coffee pot s all that is needed. The coftee, powdered fine, should be laid in a bag or Square of cheese cloth, fitted into the cup. Fresh boiling water is now voured slowly on and allowed to drip through. Tin or any other metal is unfit for a coffee ' pot. Even the beautiful silver cafetl.ere, decorated in niello work, is a delusion and snare. Porcelain or pottery is the only material that can be kept clean, as the acid of coffee readily unites ?Vlth' any metal and forms a coating on its sides that is unwholesome and unclcz}n. A pretty blue and white Owarl i coflee-ppt. which differs in shape from a | tea-pot in Leing tall and slender, will not | cost half what is charged for patent tin ones. The cup with aperforated bottom is sold at 16 cents in the heaviest qualIty of tin, so igisa smallitem. Very i pretty coffee-pots are made of Carlsbad | ware, decorated with shieflis and guil- ‘ loches in color on a creamy ground. | The Berlin and Dresden factories make | the most beautiful coffee-pots from I models of a hundred years ago; theseare l imported into this country as chocolate- l pots, porcelain dealers not daring to risk the absurdity of offering such -dainty coffee-pots to a nation that bdlls its coffee. The double section in French | “biggin” may also be found in brown‘ stoneware and in blue and white ware in | house-furnishing stores in the city.— N. Y. Tribune. Eat Before Going to Bed: Most students and women who are troubled with insomania are dyspetic, and they should therefore eat before going to bed, having put agide work entirely at least an hour before. If they | are not hungry they should simply be | instructed to eat, and if they are hungry l they should eattwhatever they want. A | glass of milk and a biscuit is sometimes | all that can be taken at first, or*mashed ! potato buttered. If possible, the night' meal should be taken in another room | than the sleeping apartment, and for | men in the city it will be found advan- | tageous to go out to a restaurant. Be- | fore eating, however, a bath should be | taken, preferably cold or cool, which | should be given with a sponge or stiff brush, and the body thoroughly rubbed | off with a coarse towel afterward. The | bath need not be more than five minutes | in duration. Further then this, the | patient should go to bed at the same | hour every morning. There is a popular superstition, that grown people should | not eat immediately before going to | sleep: that it will give them indigestion | nightmare, or both. The writer can not | see why adults should beso very different | in this respect from babies, The average | person should be in bed seven or cight | hours, which is time enough for the di- | gestion of almost anything cdible. In | our American life, he thinks, the diges- | tion carried on through slecp probably | has the better chance for thoroughness.— | Journal of the American Medical As- | SOoClUtion. i i THE KITCHEN, S Tested Recipes. ! NEw PorarTors.—These should be | thrown into very hot water, with a little | salt, and boiled quickly—from fifteen to | twenty minutes. l Roast HiNxD QUARTER OF LAMD.— | Have ypeady a clear, brisk fire, put down '; the joint at a little-distance to keep the | fat from scorching and keep it well | basted all the time it is cooking. Allow | one hour and a half for a small quarter, | two hours for a large one. Serve with mint sauce. I MiNT SAUCE.—Wash the mint, which | should be young and quite fresh, strip | the leaves from the stalks, chop the former very finely: there should be four i tablespoonfuls when chopped. Tut into | a dish, and add two dessertspoonfuls of | white sugar and quarter of a pint of | vinegar. This sauce is better for being | made two or three hours before wanted | {for table. ; BoIiLED ASPARAGUS.—Scrape the white | part of the stems, beginning from the | heads, and throw into cold water, then ‘ tie in bundles of about twenty each, | keeping the heads all one way, and cut | the stalks evenly: keep boiling qnicklyf until tender, with the sauce-pan uncov- | ered. When done, dish it on toast, leayv- | ing the white ends outside and the points l in the middle. Serve with melted butter. ; Baxep Aryoxp Pupping.—Blanche | quarter of a pound of sweet alm(mds,i and four bitter ones, and pound thém to | a smooth paste, with a little rose water. | Mix with these three ounces of butter, ‘ which should be melted; beat up four} ecggs, grate the rind, and strain the i juice of half a lemon; add these, with a } pint of cream, one glass of sherry wine, i and two tablespoonfuls of sugar, to the | other ingredients, and stir them well to- { gether. When well mixed put in a piei dish, lined with puff paste, and bake half | an hour. DrEsSED CucUMßEßS.——Pare the cucumbers; cut into the thinnest possible slices, and lay in ice water slighted salted, for two hours; drain, put into a dish | which has been rubbed with onion, and serve with a simple French dressing. Take oil, pepper, and salt, and add to this vinegar. Have a large proportion of oil, and by adding the vinegar, too | much can not be used; for, from the specific gravity of the vinegar compared | with oil, what is more than useful will | fall to the bottom of the bowl. The salt i should not be dissolved in the vinegar, but in the oil, by which means it is more equally distributed throughout the whole. The Spanish proverb says: ¢A spendathrift for oil, a niggard for vinegar, a wise man for salt, and a madman to mix the whole together.” So vou want to know where the flies come from, do you, Lucullus? Well, the cyclone makes the house fly, the blacksmith maires the fire-fly, the carpenter makes the saw {fly, the driver makes the horse-fly, the grocer makes sand fly; the boarder makes the butter fly, and if that is not enough for you | you will have to pursne your future | studies in etomology alone. '

1 AFFAIRS IN INDIANA. ki e S T %INTERESTING ITEMS GATHERED ~ FROM VARIOUS SOURCES. l 4 sra eg e ?‘“’hat Our Neighbors Arve Doing-—Matters - | of General and Local Interest—Mar--3 riages and Deaths—Accidents and Crimes . —Personal Pointers. e ; ‘ White Caps Arrested. | Four prominent farmers of Adams Township, Madison County, were arwsted by Detective Charles Page, of | Richmond, and placed in the Conntyl Jail, and more arrests are to follow. The charge is White-Capism. Within l tle past year the property of certain firmers have been destroyed by a band l White Caps. About one year ago ! Load Supervisor James Cox attempted | b enforce the Stock law, whereupon he ' vas visited by twenty mounted men ' vearing paper caps, about midnight, and 5 rotified if he persisted in enforcing the | law, his death would be the result. The l vork of this band has become bold and ' outrageous. Geo. Kirby was first arrested, and on his way to Anderson con- | { fessed his guilt, and gave the names of i the others implicated. The names of i | those arrested are Geo. Kirby, Strangman Stinson, Isaac Hoppes and Heron l Richardson. The latter was a candidate | . on the Democratic ticket for the nomina- ‘ i tion of County Recorder in April last. | The arrests have ereated the most in- l | tense excitement. Detective Page has i } been working on the case six months. ! Minor State Items. —Logansport is suffering from a multiplicity of tramps. { —The old settlers and soldicrs of Owen l ‘("m‘mty will hold their fifteenth annual | reunion near Quince, August 14. ‘ —The Sunday-schools of Montgomery County will hold a union counvention at t the Shades of Death on August 22. | —dJohn Candes, of Indian Creek Town- : ; ship, Monroe County, fell in front of a | { mower he was driving and was fatally | E mangled. i i —At South Whitley, Mrs. A. Bunce | and her young son were seriously injured ‘ : by being thrown from a buggy in which 1 !‘ they were driving. | ! —Solon Young, a wealthy farmer nf? { Charlestown, died there at the age ui’} |5. He was worth §150,000. He was a | [ native of Vermont. ! } —Two men were killed and others in- ‘ jured by the bursting of a boiler at the | | Sand Creek Lime Stone Quarry, two | miles south of Greensburg. | : —A movement is on foot to establish a | ereamery at Crawfordsville. It will take | 8108,000 worth of ¢cream per annum to | supply the capacity of the works. { —Joseph Gable, of Columbus, crippled for life by the collapse of the J., M. & 1. fwatertank at Jeffersonville, has com- ? promised with the company for £7.600. [ —William McClelland, who had resided | in Montgomery County sinee 1823, died {at the ageof B¢. e was a native of ¢ Pennsylvania and was a Universalist. % —The T-year-old son of William Stewi art. living south of DBrazil, fell from a | tree, breaking an arm and injuring him [ internally, which may result seriously. ! —Abram Cahn, aged 50. was releasell i from the Prison South recently, after t serving two years for horse-stealing, and | was immediately re-arrested on a similar E charge. | —Robert Mitchell, aged 72, was found t dead in a corn-crib on his premises, abont | three miles beyond Canan, Jefferson | County. Apoplexy is supposed to have been the cause of death. i —John Settle, of Muncie, was sandZ bagged by a couple of strangers who i asked him for a ride as he was returning | home. He was found unconscious by ‘ the roadside. He had no money about i Lhim at the time. { —dJohn Gaw, a veteran soldier, who | enlisted at the age of 17 and lost an eye | in the service, was killed near La Porte, | by being crushed under a thresher en- | gine, which he was running, as it fell ; through a highway bridge. | —During a storm lightning struck the ! barn of B. A. Kinzie, six miles ecast of | Logansport, sctting fire to it. The l building and contents, consisting of ? wheat, corn, hay., agricultural imple-1-mvnts and stock, were destroyed. Loss, | £2,000. | —As an express train East on the ‘ Fort Wayne road was leaving the sta- } tion at Fort Wayne, Richard Horn, a | traveling salesman from Cleveland, tried { to get on the train, but was thrown uni der the wheels, and so badly injured that i he will die, | —Royal Tyler, employed at: Tyler’s | planing-mill, in Muncie, in doing some figuring, leaned his right arm on a little circular saw, on a table, and in an instant & gash over an inch deep and fif- | teen inches long was torn from his elbow to the hand, making a horrible wound. —During the progress of an Indian show at Bloomington a crowd of boys | got into a quarrel, in which B. A. Shaw and a colored boy named White were the | principal participants. Some words folx lowed, when Shaw drew a revolver and shot White, inflicting what will likely prove a fatal wound. Shaw has left. —The directors of the Crawfordsville Y. M. C. A. have secured the. services of W. C. McCay, of Appleton, Wis., as secretary. He graduated this year at the training school at Springfield, Mass., is 27 years old and is a Presbyterian. —A team belonging to James Baker, of Jamestown, got frightened at a thresh-ing-machine, near New Ross, and ran away, throwing Baker out and into a barbed-wire fence. Three of the wires | were broken, and he was badly cut in ! the neck and on the hand.

—dJohn Fitzgib“{_“;., A L old ana wel known Irish citizen of Greencastle, was run over and killed by the west-bound 1. & St. L. express. He was leading a couple of cows across the track, near the depot, and to save the cows lost his own life. ; ~—The family of William Reed, & promineny farmer living ten miles north of New Castle, started to church in a spring wagon, when the horse hitched to the wagon became unmanageable, and, kicking over the dash-board, struck and instantly killed the 11-year-old daughter of | I Mr. Reed, who was scated in front of the : I wagon. —Muskrats have become so numerous | in the vicinity of what is known as ' Nagle’s ice-pond, a mile north of Jeffer- | sonville, and have become so destructive i to growing corn that William Frank and | others have emploved a man to shoot the ‘ animals. They invade a field of growing . corn and carry off the tender cars. The | | little pests are quite vicious, and will | !slmw fight when their houses are at- | I tacked by man. —Some’ twenty carpenters were en- . gazed in putting in large girders at the | Atlas Engine Works, Indianapolis, when ; the supports gave way and three girders i ! fell to the ground, carrying the men ! ‘ with them. E. 1. Long was badly ! crushed about the shoulders and breast, | {nml is fatally: hurt. . Caleb Ernest l'«*-i | ceived fatal internal injuries, and I’Ml‘l‘; !Allm. Allen Harris and a colored man | ' were seriously injured. ‘ I —l'red Butler, a young clerk in a | clothing store at Garrett, has got into | trouble for inducing a 15-year-old girl, i named Edith Young, to go to Adrian, ‘ Mich., with him and get married. ’J‘hul youthful's bride’s parents have now taken | lzl hand in the atter, and have Miss | Young sccurely locked in her room :wl Garrett. while her husband, young But-, ’ ler, languisheth in the city bastile, ar-| rested for swearing falsely about her | ‘ age. g —A Lake Shore freight train was at- { tacked by tramps the other night near | South Bend. Brakeman Charles .\lilh\r‘ | was killed, but not until he had slain his ’ f assailant. The name of the latter is un- | i known. The Lake Shore is ]l;l\'ing! { trouble with an apparently organized | f band of tramps. Os late several tminsl %h:n'v been attacked and several of Ihu' i trainmen seriously injured. It is pmh-' f able that an effort will be made to break | i up the gang. I ¥ Jerry Oakley, a Constable of Hnw-’ ard Township, Howard County, was ac- { cidentally shot by his hmthn-r-in-l:lw.whui : wis trying to extract the bullets from an | i old revolver The ball entered Oakley's ! back near the shoulder-blade, and lodged Lin the left breast. Oakley was holding ’ Lis infant child in his arms at the time, { its head Iying over the spot where the | bullet lodged. Oakley Hes in o precariL ous condition and will probably die. The i family is distracted over the sad occur- , rence. ‘ | i Liborty, & barn belonging to M. Gleason was discovered in flames, and i the building was almost consumed be- { for it was noticed that little Louie Glea{son, aged 4 yvears, was missing. A hasty | scarch failed to reveal his whereabouts, {and anxions workers at once began to { pull out the burning timbers on the sup- ‘ position that the child had met death in | the fire. The horrible truth was re- | vealed when the charred and blackened remains were discovered near one corner {of the building. It is supposed that he ’ started the fire himself and was then too | frightened too make his escape. He was a beautiful curly-headed child, the idol cos his parents, who are grief-stricken and almost distracted. | —A notorious desperate character, | Jesse Trublood, in jail at Sullivan for larceny and wife-beating, escaped the other day. Deputy Sherift Mills went in to clean the cells in the morning, and { came out leaving the door to Trublood’s [ ¢ell unlocked so he could walk out into the corridor of the jail. Trublood made | 2 dummy by stufling a suit of his clothes E with bed-clothes, laid it on the bed, ; threw a paper over the head of it, and | went out into the corridor and hid. { When Mills went in to take the prisoners | water in the afternoon he went into TruI blood’s cell, and seeing him, as he l thought, lying on the bed asleep, went | out and locked the door to Trublood’s i cell, but left the main entrance door to | the corridor of the jail unlocked, and i Trublood quietly gave them the slip. A l reward of 8100 is offered for his capture. | t —A novel cure for a poisonous bite has / ! just been discovered by an old lady re- | siding near Rockfort. Some time ago i Henderson Griftith, a colored farmer,was | bitten by something, he does not know | what, while plowing in a field, where he reached in the weeds for a jug of water. | In a short time his hand began to swell, ‘ | and continued until it had nearly doubled |in size. All efforts to reduce the swellA ing and alleviate his sufferings proved of ' ! no avail, and for some time his life was { almost despaired of. One day a neigh- ! bor proposed to cure it by cutting open 1 a live chicken and binding it to the ; l swollen member. This was done, and in | o remarkably short time it had almost -, i ceased to pain him and the swelling be- : i gan to disappear. This remedy was re- | peated and he is now getting along 'inivu]y. and shouts aloud his praise of the old lady and her novel cure. s l —The District Convention of the Good } Templars of the counties of Benton, s\\']lll,(-,, Tippecanoe, Clinton, Montgomlm‘,\'. Fountain, Vermillion and Putnam | will be held at Lafayette on August 19 and 20. —Nannie, the young daughter of | Joseph Young, a farmer near Windfall, was very seriously if not fatally injured ~by being thrown from a buggy. Her | shoulder and arm were broken, the latter lin two places. She was otherwise seri- ! ously hurt.

| 4 ; ’THE SUNDAY SCHOOL. el D S T AN INTERESTING AND INSTRUIC-~ TIVE LESSON. Refloctions of an Xlevating Character— Wholesome Food for Thought — Study« ing the Scriplural Lessc~ Intelligently and Profitably. - The lesson for Sunday, Aug. 10, may be found in Luke 16: 19-31. INTRODUCTORY. This lesson calls a halt in men’s accus- ' tomed ways of thjnking and doing. The ' impression seems to have prevailed then, as : it does mnow, that to have all that taste or fancy could suggest is the summum bonum lnf existence, the highest ideal of living. And so club-life is in full swing and sway. | To feed the appetite, to clothe the body, to | please the carnal sense, is all some men ap- | bear to care for. Those who look bheyond | are rogarded as a little unpractical and noiti«mul, to say the least. Weil, this lesson | helps us to readjust our conception of ) things. It lets in a flood of light upon the . long, long life that man has before him; i and now how wvain and insignificant seem ' the petty blandishments of earth-life! { Sumptuous fare, purple, fine linen! What ,of them all a hundred years hence? But } faith in God—that abides. Thank God for the timely revelation. Shall we use it? WHAT THE LESSON SAYS. ' A certain rich man. His riches did nothing for him, even his name forgot.——Pur- ' ple and fine linen. Symbol of magnificence. l The end of such is to be read at Rev. 18: 11-114.—~——-F:nwl. The word originally means, j to be made glad; hence, to feast.——Sumpttuously, splendidly. It is from the Greek { word here (lampros) that our lamp comes. i ——Every day. Other men might have oc- ! casional banquets, his were of daily occurP rence. Ile was, to use an expressive world- | phrase, “at the top of the heap.” l Named Lazarus. A beggar, but his name is recalled. It was written in the Lamb’s i book of Life.——Was laid. And not very | tenderly. The first meaning of the word { (Ballo) is to cast or toss.——At his gate. It I may have been an added source of compla~ ! cency that the mendicants should count his ! very gate a choice spot to be.——Full of ! sores. Suggestive of bodily discomfort, in . contrast with the soft and luxurious condit tions of the rich man. i Desiring, Looking with longing, never else than hungry.——To be fed. Or, to be i filled. The word signifies to satisfy the ap- | petite. There was probably never more | than enough to take away the edge of hun-~ ger.——Crumbs. Or morsuis, fragments of bread and food in general (Matt. 15: 27), { ——Rich man’s table. The splendid feasts . 1 of the day were more or less open and coni spicuous.——Moreover, the dogs. Literally, { but even the dogs. Running wild and !m\::lwtul in the streets. Thus significant ¢ of his helplessness and degradation. ' Persuaded. i. . So as to repent.— { From the dead. Proven a little while later {in connection with Christ’s own life. WHAT THE LESSON TEACHES. Sumptuously every day. Luxury has its : { perils. Rome found it so, all great empires ' have realized it. Andindividuals are taught ! the same important truth—to have riches is | to have burdens, temptations, trials. We | sympathize with the poor and pity them, we | pity also the rich. Great grace is necessary [ that the one who livesin sumptuous surround-~ ; ings may keep himself from cleaving to the | things that perish with the using. Here also { are the ‘‘neglected classes,”” here on the ‘ avenues and in the club houses. O, to reach the sumptuously clad and sumptuously fed with the gospcl! For assuredly they need it. In this prosperous age, this luxurious period in our nation’s history, there ought to be a | specialstirring up of the conscience regard- | ing spiritual realities, a new crusade into the homes of wealth and ease. Much we fear ! that, for many, to fare sumptuously every I day means to fare wretchedly through eternity. Died and was buried. That was the end of it all. No man, however gréat or power= ful, can render a different finale for his life. | “Buried.” That finishes the life, whether it be a great life or an insignificant one, The important thing is to have treasure he-- ‘ yond, He who has all his riches in this life i is a poor fool, at the best. What wretched { folly is displayed by men to-day, coming t und going from God’s house, hearing the message of salvation and yet paying no i heed, laying up no treasure in heaven. That [ is a stern but searching word spoken by the I preacher in Ecclesiastes: “And so I saw ! the wicked buried, who had come and gone l irom the place of the holy, and they were | forgotten in the city where they had so { done.” Surely, this is to die ‘‘as the fool i dieth.” | Being in torments. Enough said. We ' care not whether it be torment of literal ] flame, or the horror of deep darkness and { remorse of soul. We know it is fearful i enough to shun., All the language of earth I and heaven is called into requisition to i impress upon man the direfulness of sin ’ when it has reached its fruitage. The soul has an infinite capacity for joy or misery—i that we know. And that is enough for us te i know for the present. * Said Omar Khayyam: i “I gent my soul through the invisible, © BSome letters of the after-life to spell; And by-and-by my soul returned to me, o AndHalxlls"yered,“l myself am Heaven and | 0i1:2.7 ' Very well. Put more of Heaven into the . soul. Let Heaven’s Son in. { A great gulf. Greater than some ever | | seem to think. They are getting a sort of i bridge ready for this gulf. In certain ini stitutions of the East the workmen 'are { hammering away at its beams and girders. I Some time they expect to cast it across the | chasm. And down it will go to the bottom. | Too short, too short by far. The gulf is l greater than mortals ken. We are willing | to take God’s word for it. But this we ! know, there is no impassable gulf here. In this probation of grace the hearts once | severed by sin are made one by the blood of | Christ. Jesus is for us the way—an open | way that all who believe may tread. No | bridgeless gulf to separate us here. But what shall they do who, despising in this life the way, find themselves in the next life confronted alone by the gulf fixed? Cannot. O, that final **‘cannot.” It is a can now. We may cross, if we will, Alas, that any should put it off until too late. We had a dream not long since. It seemed to us that we were standing on a high platform waiting for a train. At last it came up and stopped. It was time to leap abeard. But | the cars did not suit. The accommodations were not of a sort to please us. There were seats, but we wanted better. But the conductor had given the signal, and we were l about to accept the situation and take the { train, when we thought of some things it would be.desirable to take along, lying back there in the office. O, well, the train was a slow one; we could easily board it at the farther end of the platform. The things were gotten. Now for the moving train. But, there, it has already passed the edge—of the staging. Very well, wo will run down the side of the road and swing on. Now thoroughly eager to embark, we make a dash, but here the way is suddenly steep. We turn to go round the spot, when, 10, as we run, a mighty gulf widens and widens ! between, and we are undone! That dream ! was a lesson to us. 1t may be to you. ‘ Next Lesson—‘The Ten Lepers.”’ Luke 17: 11-19. : Ir men are what they should be, the nation will be right; and if the old insti- ! tutions—the home, the school, the church—do their part well, men will { be what they should be. * | Famwune after long perseverance is | much grander than never to have a striving good enough to be called a failure. —(George Lliot. ’ TuE scientific experiments of a Par- { isian have proved that daylight entire- ! 1y ceases in the waters of the Mediter. i ranean at a depth of 1,518 feet.