St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 16, Number 30, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 31 January 1891 — Page 3

AGRICULTURAL TOPICS. A FEW SUGGESTIONS FOR OUR RURAL READERS. Some Information of Value to the Farmer, Stork-Breeder, Bee-Keeper, Housewife and Kitchen-Maid. THE HOUSEHOLD. Water at Meals.

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good by washing out the digested food, and by exposing the undigested part more thoroughly to the action of the digestive ferments. Observation has shown that non-irritating liquids pass directly through the "tubular" stomach, and even if fojid be present they only mix with it to a slight extent. Pepsin is catalytic body, and a given quantity will work almost indefinitely as diluted, provided the peptones are removed as they are formed. Water, drunk freely before meals, has another beneficial result—it washes away the mucous secreted during the intervals of repose, and favors peristalsis of the whole alimentary tract. The membrane thus cleansed is in much better condition to receive food and convert it into soluble compounds. The accumulation of mucus is especially well marked in the morning, when the gastric walls e covered with a thick, tenacious layer. Food entering the stomach at this time will become covered with this tenacious coating, which for a time protects it from the action of the gastric ferments, and so retards digestion. The tubular contracted stomach, with its puckered mucous lining and viscid contents, a nomal condition in the morning before breakfast, is not suitable to receive food. A glass of water washes out the mucus, partly distends the stomach, wakes up peristalsis, and prepares the alimentary canal for the morning meal. Exercise before partak- ' ing of a meal stimulates the circulation of the blood and facilitates the flow of blood through the vessels. According to Dr. Leuf. who has made this subject a special study, cold water should be given to persons who have sufficient vitality to react, and hot water ' to the other. In chronic gastric catarrh it is extremely beneficial to drink warm or hot water before meals, and salt is said in most cases to add to the good effect produced. Hints to Housekeeper*. A coarse comb is good to smooth the fringe of towels, napkins, tidies, etc. To restore crushed velvet, hold it over the spout of the teakettle and let it steam well, then comb up the nap. When you find a soap that is pure and suits your skin, continue to use it. Frequent .changes are bad for the coinplexibfe ( Silk drosses should never be brushed with a whisk broom, but should be carewith a velvet mitten kept for ^•’’^xi/r'and water will prevent the hair •from falling out, and cause new hair to grow. Po not use so strong as to leave particles upon the hair when dry. If canned shrimps are used for salad they should be carefully looked over so as not to leave a bit of the shell, rinsed in cold water and mixed with the dressing. Equal parts of bay rum. borax and ammonia make a nice preparation for cleaning the head: apply freely to the scalp with a brush and then wash in clear water. Very many attacks of sick headache can be prevented if those who arc subject to them are careful about their diet

and largely restrict the same to vegetables and fruits easy of digestion. They must forego meat, cheese, pastry, beer, wine, etc.; in fact, neither eat nor drink anything which is stimulating in character and at all likely to tax the digestive organs. A good dressing for shoes is white of egg, or some good oil. olive or sweet oil, applied with a bit of flannel. It keeps the color of the leather, and shoes thus treated do not harden after being thoroughly wet. Oil is the proper dressing for patent leather, linseed oil. some shoemakers say. It is first rubbed on and then polished with a. dry , flannel. Patent leather treated in this way does not crack or become dull after wetting.. The best way to prevent pickles from molding in the cellar is to set the jars upon blocks, so the air can pass under as well as around the Jars. It is a good plan to cut pieces of writing paper the size of the mouth of jars containing preserves, apple-butter, or anything likely to mold. Grease the papers well and place within the jars right on the contents. The mold will form on top of the paper, and can be removed with it without loss of any part of contents of the jar.

THE OKCBAKD. < Suggestions tor the Improvement of Fruits, They need improvement. Thore has been an advance in some respects, but the general movement has been retrograde. Take the strawberry. Thousands enjoy them now, where a hundred could years ago. But for this thank the cuiturist. The fruit has not improved. No variety is better, or yields more abundantly than any that were pop-1 ular a quarter of a- century ago. I know ; it is customary to smile at the retrospee- I five fancies of elder folk. They are told ' that distance lends enchantment to the j view, but I know that we could go to the I strawberry bed without regretting that' we did not bring a pound of sugar with I us. We now have for the table, sugar | flavored with strawberriesiwe had in those days strawberries for their own dear* sakes. Is it not the same with most J fruits? I say most, for in some lines. I notably the grape, there has been a gen-! nine advance, though even here we have not done much better for ourselves than the Catawba did for us in the days of which I write. This reference to the grape brings me tc the point, how best to improve, our fruiss? Shall it be by hybridizing or by selection? And if by selection, what are ■ we to select? We can get new races by hybridizing ox crossing, but it isof little value as uu

improving element. Hybridization or crossing, is the foe of evolution. It is a conservative power, the deadly enemy of progress. In the origination of new races it is, however, invaluable. There was a time when people believed hybrids were sterile. American horticulturalists surely know that hybrids are not necessarily sterile.. Rogers of Salem, over a quarter of a century ago, produced a new race of grapes between two species. We all know this race is not sterile. This is the only case where we know of a certainty that the founders of new races were hybrid. Various raspberries and ; gooseberries have been hybridized, but no new race has sprung from them. ■ But there are races from supposed hy- ; brids, opposed hybrids with good I reason. There can be but little doubt i that the Kieffer pear and its kindred originated as a hybrid between two good species. The race of raspberries of which the purple cane is the type, is evidently between two good species, as also is the type of blackberry of which the Wilson is the representative. It is believed that the Siberian crab and the common apple have given us a hybrid race, and there may be some others. Once we have the new race we must look to selection of seedlings for the improvements we desire. It is by no means clear that environment has anything to do with directing new forms. The introduction of new species for hybridization, or the importation of new varieties from abroad, all have their uses of giving us new lines for starting on. but selection must be the chief weapon in our war against rough nature. It seems to me the duty of nursery men to take into their own hands, more than I they have done, the improvement of fruits, intelligently keeping in view desirable points, and ultimately selecting from seedlings till they accomplish their ends. It will surely pay.— Thomas Meehan. I । The Future Apple District. Sonu* of the States, notably Arkansas. I are rayidly developing into apple grow- i ' ing regions, and that State is now the ' home of promising new varieties, among which may be named the Arkansas Black. ’ Elkhorn, Crawford, Siloam, and Shan- j non. While the Western and South-■' western States will be at a disadvantage [ as regards the foreign trade, they will ; control the market in the great cities of । 1 the interior, ami these with the numer- ; ous towns, will require a constantly in- I' creasing supply. 1 The Niagara Grape. Some growing Niagara grapes have j this season realized an average price of | ten cents per pound. As the variety is I extremely prolitic.this price is very profit- i able. Specimens of this grape sent to j Europe have been pronounced superior | to any other of our native American varieties. It will probably be extensively planted in France and Switzerland next year. THE FARM. Farmer* and the Matin. One reason whv the farmers of the present day are not fully in sympathy ; with the great blooming modern world is that they hold themselves apart from it too much, says a writer in the American | Agriculturist. Some think they must I

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mate post. if they will take half the pains to cultivat* it that i- displayed by townspeople. As for communication. country dwellers do not half employ the facilities for it which our government ami many others have provided at a merely nominal cost. Thousands of ' farmers' families do not semi or go for their mail oftener than once a week. !

Why? Well it is a mile, or two or three miles, perhaps farther, to the postoffice: all hands are busy indoors ami out; it is I a long distance to walk, and the horses cannot be spared. But a little thinking ; j and contrivance would easily suggest better arrangements. Does a stage, milk team, or even an occasional neighbor pass the farmhouse daily? Arrange to have the mail carried and I ght every day. Many enjoy this pt ileg< now. and it is easy to note the dill. '■ence in the intelligence of families so served. I and those who only hear from the post - ' office on the dav when the weekly paper ' I A i fe- - - _ ? FIG. 2. FIG. 3. CONVENIENT MAU. BOXES. comes—perhaps not then, but wait for a chance drive that way. In most cities the mail is delivered several times everyday. Some communities send a person daily, or twice a day. to bring and distrib te the mail. In others it is the custom to take turns in regular order. Under any condition it is well to have a bag carried. It greatly diminishes the risk

of losing the letters, change sent for stamps, etc. Tin- iHu-*-itions show some of the conveniences which ar<- in actual use. A substantial post having been erected beside the road, a strong hook is set in it. to catch the family or neighborhood mail bag, without stopping

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mail keg. made by springing over it a short piece of stove pipe or tin. Fig. 3 is roofed by two half-inch boards, one of which has hinges and a leather tag so it can be quickly lifted. In Fig. 4is seen merely an old paint keg thoroughly dried and a part of one head removed, hatever course is adopted, don’t fail to use the mails freely and frequently. li have known several notices of deaths or funerals, and telegrams of importance, disastrously delayed whim forwarded by postoilices to persons who rarely called. Good KoadF Into Fields. A farmer should take care tokeepeasy and safe ways of ingress and egress to his cultivated fields. More wagons are I broken down, by going through deep fur-1 rows or over rs’gcs than bv twice the ( travel on smo -:.. highways. Often in j repairing a n .id the pathmaster will, if I

leave their business and j move into the town or vil- ’ lage to gain free uiter- • course of ideas with their j felloxv-nien: other* de- ! spair, berate Uie farm, and settle down to what , they consider their hard . fain' in life. Hut this Is folly, when the farm is by । far the best place in nil tdi>' world to live. Farm-' ers and their families need not lite without society ■

the team, as seen in Fig. 1, or a permanent receptacle is firmly nailed to it. In Fig. 2 is shown how one end of a : starch box is partly removed and a roof

not prevented, spoil the way in or a Held that the farmer has made, f llO farmer should not allow this to be don o . The Held, if good for anything, ought to load a wagon many times during the year, and will also require a good many heavy loads of manure. This easy 00 " trance to the field may therefore be quite as important to a farmer as to have good roads in the middle of his highway. THE DAIRY. Keeping Up the Flow of Milk. It is an old saying, but, judging from the practice prevailing upon many farms, the American Farmer says, there aie thousands of people who never heardot it, that a cow is simply a machine foi converting food into milk. It is the too common idea that if one owns a cow he should have a constant and liberal supply of milk without reference to the quantity or quality of the feed. Such people realize there is a necessity of feeding something, but they experiment to see how little they can give and keep the cow alive; and once in a while we find a person who is giving his cow what he considers generous keep, in the shape of a free run to a straw-stack in a bleak Held. Such treatment as this will surely bring disappointment at the pail. The cow can not give more than she receives, and if the owner expects a full pail of milk of good quality, he can only hope to secure it by generous keep. And when we say generous keep, wo do not mean pann»ering. There, is such a thing as overdoing in the keep of cows —that is, they may be fed in such away that the feed is worth more than tho milk. But no practical man Will do this, amt there is no necessity for doing it. The cows should have comfortable qtiar-' ters, be fed and watered regularly, ami not stinted in the supply of good wholesome food. Such treatment will lie found not only the most humane, but the most profitable, making the conscience of 100 owner lighter and his pocket heavier. Aside from this consideration of the returns to be realized tit, the time, the cwner should consider that the value of a cow as a milker may be permanently injured or improved by the course of w inter treatment to which she is subccted. An animal reduced to the verge of starvation live or six months in the tear, and shivering through every storm ill the questionable shelter of a fence corner, Is not in condition to do very much at keeping up the How of milk. Once allowed to fail in milk a cow seldom comes back to full How again. Dairy* Notes. Se< i re a good breed for .stock, and then teed am] treat them well. The farmer, not tlw retailer, should have the main profit on milk. I*r<>f. Sanborn says in the Manchester, N. 11.. Mirror: In summer experiments with cows for a small dairy. I found it as cheap to go direct to the grain bin or hay mow for extra food to bridge oxer droughts or to maintain the milk How in the fall as it w. ( s to depend upon thA green foods, dally secured at much trouble. In a large dairy this element of inconxenience would disappear largely. Somi year-ago one of the best dairymen in Herkimer County. N. Y., desiring to ascertain the profit tie was rcalliing f. >m different cows in his herd. Instituted a series of tests. He had found from actual experiment that the average cost of keeping his dairy stock tnrough the year was at the rate of $35 per head, ami thjs sum was embraced 'under th<. following items: Two and tins half ton* of way at t# jw ' *Ai.® - l“a«t uraxo during th" stMMon ... ‘ft Two bnndred pound* ground twsl lu the j spring sh< Interest on cost of <-<>w nt six, amt depreciation ton per com. 4 fl# Mnking. per cow -v g Till API AKA. Mlt'l Kit Hu 11 *. Thi* subjoin* ] IH . beco much discu-s.-d for some years, and while most modern bee-keeper* admit that the Italian- are superior, there are a few who -till insist on hanging to the inferior .in my opinion! black-. To avoid any ambiguitx or um iieee—ary word-, i will proceed at ome

I to point out wl it I consider the im rits i amt demerit' of both races. | 1 irsi. ht ns consider the ditl> rem c in ! handling them. In handling Italians, if | you lift on! a comb gently, the Imu s adhering thereto will make no fuss whatI ever, but will goon with their work aj though they had nut been disturbed. If । you get stung wink handling sm-h bees, it is most likely by a bl.e k robber from a I neighboring hive. 1 have taken a comb ' from a hive of Italians witii the trees ad- , hering. and carried it a hundred yards I from the apiary , and after keeping it lout for quite a while, have returned it | With the trees exhibiting blit little e\< ite- ; ment or umasine". No" try th.s on i black bees. ,\s soon as you raise the frame from the hive they will commence dying, running and failing off, and i' , you are looking for a queen among such bees, your chances of seeing her are verypoor. Some of the adsocates of black bees claim that this is an advantage when extracting, and so it is; but taking all things into consideration. I very much prefer to have the bees stay on the comb and.remain quiet until 1 want them off. when 1 can Use a brush. That the Italians are more gentle than the blacks I think no one who has had experience with both can doubt, and the nearer you come to the uniform threi -1 anded worker the gentler you will nmi the bees. \ NN Hib working in tin apiary during ' a scarcity of honey, if you have both* races of bees, you will be apt to have one or two bees buzzing in front of your nose, ready to sting you without cause. Investigation will show that these are almost invariably black bees, even though they are the minority of the apiary. ■ When Italians mi that tlmre are any sweets to be found that they- can use. they are quick to take advantage of the situation, perhaps even more so than the blacks, but they are not everlastingly hanging around on the lookout for any bit of honey that may be spilled, as the blacks are. 1 have seen Italians getting honey ant increasing in numbers, while blacks in the same apiary, were decreasing and did not have a cell full of honey in the hive. This was only last year, when it had got to the survival of the fittest with bees. G. M. Doolittle, in an article on this subject, says that black' bees cap their honey whiter than Italians. This, of course, is an idvantange to the combhoney producer, as such honey will bring a higher price. 1 have taken no observations in this line, but have no doubt that Mr. Doolittle is correct, as his word is almost law among beekeepers. i believe these the only advantages that can be claimed for them. —5. FL Mill’ i . in Fann. Field and

STATE LIFE AS IT IS. p en pictures of the events OF ONE WEEK. disastrous Explosion— Practical Patriotism—New Editor of tbe Indiana Baptist —Suicide of a I' armor Dynamiting a Saloon. Greensburg is pestered to death with tramps. —-New Albany is going to start a jeans factory. •Michigan City is putting up a bam- j boo factory. —Evansville promises itself rapid trail- I Sit before ’92. —Martinsville spent slot),000 in build- I iog improvements in 181)0. —Railroad property in Indiana is said I to bo valued at $250,000,000, —At Terre Haute Ethel Towne was acquitted of the charge of forgery. —A movement is on foot for an ■ ctric road from Brazil to Knightsvillo. —John Byers, Jr.. Shelbyville, .-hothis foot full of bird shot while out hunting —The J. A L. Bridge Company did not accept Jeffersonville's $75,000 to locate there, ■ —M. Brunkman & Son's tih' factory at .M^iint Vernon, was burned, with a loss k^noo. The Clipper is the name of a paper jlLst started at Hillsboro, by Hie Crayton , jlothers. James Doren, < ne of the old pioneers of Peru, and a veteran of the late war, died, aged 83. —A syndicate has been formed in Louisville to hunt for gold among the Silver hills in Scott County. —Jonathan Spencer died from strychnine poisoning, the result of a blunder by an Owensboro druggist. — Frank Huntsman'- large saw mil burned down at Rolling Prairie. Loss, $10,000; no insurance. Marion is wild with excitement over the discovery of a supposed rich oil field lour ml’es south of the city. — Evan Mitchell, of Seymour, a brakeman on the (>. a AL, crushed to death while making a coupling. —M illiam Squad, a farmer residing near Hillsboro, is in jail charged with attempting to pois< n his family. —'l he citizens of Franklin, bx a majority of 145, have decided to keep the > cows off the street- of that town. — Some one stole ex-Mavor Hen'-' docket nt Brazil, and he hasn't settled 1 with the State vet: Here'- a nice fix! —The four railroad- running into ! Greencastle haveall been sued for failure to comply with the railway blackboard ! law. —Louis Sauer of the J., M. a 1. was I badly hurt at Sevmour w hile making a ! car coupling lb- wa- taken to hi- home : at Henryville. —lt has boon ascertained that thevlay I on the Coleman farm, near Crawfords-; ville, will make the finest quality of I paint, as well as pottery. H - William Watson overturned a tank i water a T<tm Ha >t. aloon J 1 *nd was badly scalded. Three days , Jater h<* died of lockjaw. —Jarnos McDaniels' son, is years old. wa* accidentally -hot in the leg by a • companion while hunting near Lebanon. I The leg had to be amputated. -John Mu-s«'iman. of Raysville, shot I tho left -ide of his face off w hile out hunting. In climbing a fence hi* gun was di-i harged accidentally \ Panhandle pa-seng«T and Erie ' freight eolliifc d at the junction near Tipton. demolishing a freight ear and cans- '

ingln.nv Nobodx was hurt. .lamest’. Stanfield. of Henryville, a brakeman mi the J.. M. A 1., fell be- , tween the wheels while making a coupling at Columbus, and was cut in i two. -Just as the fun was about to begin at a Crawfordsville prize light, the mother of one of the lighters appeared on tin* scene w Ith the marshal and deliberatcly w altzed her son home. The body of Peter Sheets wa* found , in a swamp about eight miles from Plymouth. He was a well-to-do fanner, but became demented, and about six weeks ago wandered aw ay. — A dog belonging to Farmer Elliott, Kn<>x County, went mad last week and bit several other dogs. Mr. Elliot had 1 to kill a span of valuable mules, and cows, hogs and horses which had become : afflicted. Alarm i- widespread. — Bert Lewallen, who ha' lain in the jail at Crawfordsville -ince last fall charged w ith stealing a pair of boots at |Ncw market, has pleaded guilty and the .Judge released him on good behavior on ‘ account of hi- having already been in , p.< il so long. || —Details of the explosion in the Aulora brewery show that a cask, into which new pitch was being poured, exploded. John Swift was instantly killed, William Goddard was seriously injured, and about twenty other employes were sprinkled and burned more or less with ■ hot pitch. —An attempt was made to blow up j with dynamite the saloon of Charles I Cox at Saline City, the only one in the j place. The fuse burned out. but for \ some reason the dynamite did not ex- ; plode. The saloon has been run regard- > less of law and order, and the people of ; Saline City say it must go. —Benjamin Dilger is the John L. Sul-[ livan of Jeffersonville. The other night | three footpads collided with him, much to their sorrow. One was knocked down and the other two escaped virtue of their abilities as sprinters. —A child was born to Lewis and Delilah Bailey, who reside in the northwest part ; of Morgan County, which has but one hand. Where the other hand should be, appears a perfect mole's head and one forepaw. The child is in healthy condition. and otherwise well formed.

Mrs. Jane .Meldrum, pronamy the oldest person in Shelby. County, is dead. She was born in Scott County, Kentucky, May 1, 1795, and was in her 96th year. Her father lived to be 10? years old. Iler mind was vigorous to the last, and she remembered and could describe many things that took place during the war of 1812, ami even before. M Idle Henry Reese was tearing down an old log stable on his farm, west of Connersville about, four miles, he found stowed away a jewelry case containing a I lady’s gold watch and chain, pair ot : bracelets, breastpin and ear-rings, all in I good state of preservation. They were j ot an old style and costly, and had probI ably been there for years. —Alexander Ramsey, a well-to-do farI mer living five miles west, of Danville, was found dead, hanging in his barn. He i had looped a trace chain around his neck, til'd a rope to the chain, t ied the rope to a beam, and jumped down from the loft. He had lately said that ho feared he would become insamv The coroner's verdict was that he was temporarily insane. —Spontaneous combustion in the oilroom of E. R. Moore's grocery at, Laporte caused a very destructive tir<‘. The building was badly damaged, and the hea, y smoke from tho burning oil blackened and ruined the entire stock of goods which was valued at, $5,000. The damage to the building is covered by insurance, and the stock of goods is insured for 53,000. —The wife and infant son of the Rev. I J. M. Bolton, pastor of the i’resbyterian < hureh of Covington, were alone and the child attempted to obtain a box of matches from a small table on which were two lamps, both lighted. He overturned the table, breaking one of the lamps. The oil ignited, and the room was soon filled with Hames and suffocating smoke. Fortunately the mother and child escaped from the room before the Hames reached their garments. —The Crawfordsville Land and Improvement company has secured $6,000, and word has been sent to the officers of the American Wheel company to come and sign tho necessary papers for the removal of the Newmarket hub and spoke faetorv to Crawfordsville. The officers of the improvement company are < . M. Crawford, president: Louis Bireh- । off, vice-president: 11. R. Tinsley, treasi urer; B. Russell, secretary. A- Griffith M illiams, one of the proprietor- of Wi liams Brothers' foundry ami machine-shop at Greensburg, was near a barrel of oil he let a torch or lamp he was bearing ignite the oil. An explosion followed, and he was badly ; burned about the face and limbs. A very I disastrous tire occurred, and the large building was almost gutted. In-urance, Sl.tMMi in the North British, cm building, ; and *750, in the Westchester, on eoni tents, which may cover the actual loss. The Postal Telegraph Company, I w hieh ha- recently extended its lines from Imlianapoli- to Terre Haute, and is ! nearly into St. Louis, i- having eonsider- ! able trouble in Clay County, owing to a , spirit of opposition on the part of a few । farm this side of Brazil, wh se land ( fronts 011 the National road, along which • the Company has strung its wires. The i farmers claimed the Company’s men cut I limb* from trees whim they were build- ! ing tho line, and retaliated by cutting down telegraph poles. Mr. and Mrs. Vestal Beeler, who i reside in the north part of Morgan t’ountv, near the Marion County line, have succeeded in rearing one of the largest families on record. The) are the

parents of twelve suns and seven daughters. but one daughter of whom is dead. Both are native Hoosiers, and have resided almost all their lives in Marion and Morgan counties. Neither of the parents ' is more than tifty-five years old. nor are they broken in health. A remarkable feature is the fact that there are no twins among t he children. Rev. C. M. Carter, pastor of the Eirst Baptist Church at Mitchel), was elected . to tin editorship of the Indiana liaptist, at Indianapolis, the leading Baptist journal of thi' State, and also one of their first papers in thi.' Motion of the , country. This is indeed a high honor to Rev. Carter, lie being a young man under thirty years of age. He is a graduate of Franklin (Ind.) College, In 1887, of the Union Seminary, of New York, j and the Southern Baptist Seminary, of i Louisville, Ky. For the past two or three years he has been pa-tor in charge at this place, and ha' been one of the ; most successful pastors ever here. - —An explosion occurred at the build- । ing which protects the gas regulation at Russiaville. Mr. Wishart, of Lafayette, , superintendent of the R. and W. M. Nat-ural-gas Company, was there to have a “burn-out" repaired, and went to the building to ascertain if all was right before retiring for the night. He had just opened the door, when the explosion, with terrible force, blew him thirty feet j across the street. The flame ignited his clothing and burned his right hand and his । entire face and neck in a frightful mani ner. The brave-hearted man, after I such a painful experience, fought the J fire at the building until he got it under I control. He was then carried to his room and his wounds dressed. The ' building was not totally destroyed, but j considerably damaged. —Sheriff Win. C. Smith. Bartholomew ! County, offers $4,000 for a wife. He is , given to spreeing, and says nothing will ever save him but a good wife. —Of the twenty children taken to Crawfordsville, from the Boston Orphans’ Home, seven have been returned and tho others have found good homes. i —While Tom Bowers, of Waynetown, was changing his revolver from ono pocket to another, it was discharged, the bullet going through t'&s arm of Andrew i Maitsbarger above the elbow

INDIANA LEGISLATURE. A resolution passed both Houses Jan. 15, calling on Congress to amend the constitution so as to provide for the election of United States Senators by pouplar ballot. They passed a resolution favoring the corporation of the States of Indiana, Illinois. Michigan. AVisconsin, lowa, Kansas, Ohio, Kentucky, Pennsylvania in an inquiry as to how much foreign capital is loaned in these States, witli a viexv to taxing same. A bill was introdu lin the House providing that, illegitimate children shall bear the father's name. The speaker announced the Standing Committees. The following are a few of the principal ones: Ways and Means—Messrs. Oppenheim, Curtis, Harrell. Beasley. Nolan, Work. Hess, Claypool, and Haggard. Judiciary—Messrs. Beasley, Oppenheim. Ader. Harrell, A’oight. Pippen, Adams, (ilessner, Morris of Henry, Hess, and Haggard. t Printing—Messrs. Piekhardt, Short. Kern, Bowman, Gill, Smith of Owen. Parker of Hendricks. Morris of Henry, and McDowell. Labor—Messrs. Kelley, Ebert. Carroll. Robbins, Inman, Thienes, McDowell, Latta, and Haggard. , Elections—Messrs. Fippcn. Kern, Mack. Kyle. Kilgore, Johnson of Dearborn, Aikman. Doll, and Bryant. Military Affairs—Messrs. Robbins. Curtis. Higgins, Teal, Leyden; Calvert, Officer. Stone, and Doll. Feesand Salaries—Messrs. Barra 11. Kester. Ader. Moon. Moss. Piekhardt,Morris of Henry, Claypool, and AVilson. Apportionment—Messrs. Curtis, Seventh District; Nolan. First District; Piekhardt, Second District: Callicutt. Third District; Johnson, of Dearborn, Fourth District; Short, Fifth Distrii't: Guthrie, Sixth District; Morris of Parke, Eighth District: Sleeper^ Ninth District: Parker of Newton and Jasper,Tenth District; Branstetter,Eleventh District; Adams, Twelfth District; Fowler, Thirteenth District. In the Senate, a number of bills were in trodueed, and a resolution passed asking the Indiana delegation in Congress to endeavor to secure in the next river and harbor bill an appropriation for the extension of the improvements in the Grand CalumetRiver. A communication from the Governor charging Warden Mprdoekofthe Northern Prison with converting to his own use the revenue derived from the sale ot slops was referred to the Committee on Prisons after lengthy discussion. In the House there was a prolonged discussion over charges made by the Governor against Warden .Murdock of the Prison North; SIOS,INK) appropriated to defray expenses of uie legislature. The Senate met in the afternoon of January 19. The following bills were introduced: Providing for a scheme of fire insurance to be conducted by tin' State; fqr tlie appointment of a mine inspector and prescribing his duties; to enable cities to issue bonds for street improvements, and prescribing how the business shall be transacted. The special order of business for the hour was the House bill appropriating $105,000 for the current expenses of the General Assembly during this session. The act divided the sum into three portions. The first part, $60,000, was to be devoted to tlie expenses of the House: the second part. $42,000. to tlie Senate, and tlie third part. $3,000, to the joint expenses of both houses. The attempt of the House to dictate how much money the Senate should expend was resented and voted down overwhelmingly in the House. The regular order of business was the report of committees, but they evidently had not had time enough to do anything delinitely. Mr. Claypool introduced a res hition authorizing the appointment of a committee of threeto investigate the present condition <>f the Constitutional Amendments of last -e->ion. ami to present the same to the House for consideration. It was adopted. Mr. Troy offered a resolution authorizing the Standing Committees of the House to act as Special Committees in making negotiations for the management of State im stitutions. etc., and giving them power to examine witnesses and send for persons ami papers, etc. It was adopted without opposition. v The House spent tlie afternoon of January 26. in considering majority and minority reports from the Judiciary Committee concerning grand jury powers, The majority favored an indefinite postponement of the bill to restrict investigations to felony eases. The minority favored the bill. The latter was finally substituted for the majority report, but so many amendments proposed that the bill was recommitted to tlie Judiciary Committee. The House cominittee on affairs of the Prison North was formally authorized to make a full and complete investigation of the affairs of that institution, and will go to Michigan City on Monday for that purpose. They xvill have a stenographer to take the evidence, and xvill

ask the Governor and State Board of Charities to furnish what information they have. The vote for United States Senator resulted: IbV, Voorhees, 74; Hovey, 25; .Senate, Voorhees. 74; Hovey. 16. The following bills were introduced: Fix- ' ing the penalty for an assault with intent to • commit felony at not more than fourteen , years, nor less than one year; providing that after June 1. 1891. each county shall > constitute a judicial circuit; authorizing the Superior, Circuit and Criminal Courts to pay short-hand reporters for transcribing - the short-hand notes of evidence taken by | t hem in certain cases: an act requiring employers to provide suitable seats for female employes in mercantile establishments, to !>e used by the employes when their duties * do not require them to stand. A barge number of bills ware reported in the Senate January 21, bv committees. > The joint convention of the two houses da- . clared D. W. Voorhees elected United States Senator by 69 majority. Vote stood—- ■ Voorhees. 109; Hover, 40. Resolution adopted to investigate State Treasurer Lemcke. How to Make Boils. A v hole family of dolls may be made in afe moments from sticks of pine wood; make hair, eyes, nose and mouth, with ink, and dress in calico aprons or towel. Wooden building and alphabet blocks may be saxved from a thick box cover, and large letters cut from newspapers or posters and pasted oii -ihem. A cart can be contrived (if one does a^t wish to buy one or is too far from th^ store) from a wooden box answering'jg for the body, while the “axle” am|? “pole” can easily be evolved from an old broom handle. The button box, too, holds a wealth of treasure |for the little ones; they will [often spend hours assorting or stringing them. Transparent slates are always anotner source of pleasure, and by saving pictures of uniform size and purchasing a small piece’ of ground glass a home made one can be produced which will give just as much satisfaction as the “boughten” ones. The little ones can also be taught to make picture scrapbooks for themselves and their friends from newspaper prints. As a Reminder. A friend reports the following conversation between himself and a rich but miserly old customer: Jeweler—This is a fair watch, but I can hardly guarantee it. The Customer—Oh, that's just what I want. lam going to give it to my nephew as a keepsake. The poorer it runs the oftener he will think of me. — Jewelers' Weekly. The man who never talks about his neighbor is usually a splendid listinor, — Elmira Gazette.