St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 16, Number 32, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 14 February 1891 — Page 2

the forsaken FARMHOUSE. JOHN G. WHITTIER. Against the wooded hills it stands, Ghost of a dead home, s’aring through Its broken lights on wasted lands, Where old-time harvests grew. Unploughed unsown, by schythe unshorn. The poor, forsaken farm-fields Ho, Once rich and rife with golden corn And pais green bread.hs of rye. Os h Ithful herb and flower bereft. Th u garden plot no housewife keeps, Through weeds and tangle only left The snake, its tenant, creeps. A lilac spray, once blossom clad, Sways bare before the empty rooms; Beside the roofless porch a sod, Pathetic red rose blossoms. Bis track, in mould and dust or drouth, On floor and heairh the squirrel leaves, And in the tireless chimney’s mouth His web the spider weaves. The leaning barn, about to fall, Resounds no more on husking eves, Mo cattle low in yard or stall, No thresher beat s his sheaves. x So sad, so drear! it seems alm->st V' Some haunting presence makes its sign; That down yon shadowy lane some ghost / Might drive his spectral kine I Col Tompkins, Journalist. Story of a Newspaper Venture in the __ Ozark Mountains.

IHE genial Col. Tompkins wore the same silk hat that he had been wearing ever since he came to that part of the country. It has been in and out of style

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time and again since the Colonel first got it, sometimes being exactly the wine shape as the hats of the period worn by city swells, and again being sadly different from them. Years had had their effect on the old hat, however, and its gloss had given way to certain bare places that would not shine, let Col. Thompkins rub them as he might. The hat retained something [ 1 of its old-time dignity, in spite of the worn and greasy-looking places on it, and as it was the only one in How r ell 1 County, Col. Thompkins felt himself a 1 distinctive personage. The old fellow said he was a journal- , ist. There were few people in Howell . County who knew what he meant by the word, but they instinctively ielt that he : was a person of unusual importance and : power, because of the hat he wore. Col. Tompkins was tall and as straight as a hickory sapling. His trousers were ' tight, except at the knee, where they . bagged badly. They failed to meet , his shoe tops by an inch or so, and the ' daintiest suggestion of fringe was noticible orpthe inside of the lower edges. The coat that Col. Tompkins had worn ever since he came to Howell County was a plain, square-cut sack, made of eheap cloth that had once been black, but which for as many years as any one could remember was a dirty brown, with traces of the original black still elic gin g about the seams, as if loth to part with an old irieud. -1, The little town-in which Col. ThojiLp- ।

kins had become a central figure at last in need of a newspaper. M amy school house —a three-story bri&L Jr on the north hill—and a court house with a clock in the dome was talked of. The main street had a few good stores on it, there was a big mill nearing completion, lumber interests were thriving and the trade of the town was extending among the Letter classes of northerners who were moving in and buying out the happy-go-lucky natives who would rather tish and hunt than plant corn and cut wood. That was why Col. Thompkins, at a little meeting of citizens, presented the subject of starting a newspaper. “lam a journalist,” said he, “and I can give you what you want. If I do say it myself, gentlemen, there are few men west of the Mississippi who handle ■ a more trenchant pen than your hum- | ble servant. I will write articles of force on any subject from the countv hog law to the proposed archaeological development of Delphi; I will serve the people of Howell with news from the four quarters of the globe fresh every Thursday morning; the busy merchants of this embryonic city will be given a much needed opportunity to place the advantages of this market and I of their respective institutions before i the people of this valley, and altogether, I fellow citizens, I feel that we cannot' fail to appreciate the benefit of such a ; circulating medium in our midst.” The Colonel’s statement vas received with considerable favor. Few of the old-timers knew what he meant by his reference to ancient Delphi, but they all appreciated the necessity of full insormation on the county hog law every week. The dream of their lives was to see the inquisitive brindle razor-back in the hand of the law’s strong arm. “We need er noospaper, gn’ there’s mo gittin’erouu’it,” remarked old Jim Fruitly, the president of the meeting, “but we must know how much she’s *gwine ter cost, fust. How much, Cun^el,” he continued, addressing the jour“will this hyar newspaper cos’?” “It ctm be placed securely on its feet,” responded Col. Thompkins, for about SSOO. With that sum of money it will hardly be necessary to have a single subscriber to start with.” “Five hundred dollars,” repeated the rbairman, absent-mindedly, as Col. Thompkins sat down, “is er heap er money—er mighty heap.” There were numerous ominous head shakings all through the room, and Col. Thompkins slowly rubbed his brown sleeve around his tall silk hat and looked earnestly at the president. Then Bill Cunningham, who owned a half interest in the mill, rose/ n d ad-, dressed th? meeting. ' - ';•’ -’- * pue/dAdij

owned a section of land in the edge of the town. The old fellow’s heavy subscription was received with cheers. “Mr. President,” interrupted Col, Thompkins, shaking his silk hat toward the chair, “I want another word. I must say that I am pleased with the publicspirited manner in which our people are taking hold of this much-needed enterprise. Now, one more word with regard to myself. I have volunteered my services, as valuable as they are, toward the cause. I consider it worth at least SIOO to put this paper properly on its feet in the public estimation. However, my friends, as the spirit of generosity seems rampant here to-night, 1 will contribute my services for nothing. The secretary will therefore place my name on the books for S.IOO. ws H rAIL THE COLONEL AT WORK. The cheers that went up as Col. Thompkins took his seat were loud enough to be heard over in Oregon County, and the constable got out of bed to run over and see if there wasn’t some kind of trouble. “Thet’s ther speerit,” said the president. “I like ter see an ddikated man like you, Colonel, talk tl iter way.” The subscription lis‘ crawled up slowly. Finally the little offerings, some as small as fifty cents, began to come in. Every few minutes some one would loosen up his purse strings and | add $5 or $lO, but those subscriptions were becoming few and far between. At lenght $390, exclusive of Col. Thomp- i kins’ subscriptions, had been recorded j by the Secretary. It seemed that not ' another cent could be added to the list. ! After ten minutes of silence, in which i Col. Thompkins smoothed his hat, while j the members of the meeting looked ' about at each other to see who would contribute another dollar, the Fre-’dent arose. “Feller cit’zens” he said, “we ai. nyar ter git er noospaper started, an’ not ter fool erlong like er this- We have got SSOO on the books all but ten. I hev waited ten rninits for some feller ter put thet down, but he ain’t done it.” Col. Thompkins slipped nervously from his seat and started to speak. ^“Yes,” continued the President, not noticing the journalist, “an’ now ter setI tie ther thing Jill $lO mom to

make up the) “Mr. President,” ho^pW^ereseex^| to be a mistake. I " -ll “Er mistake?” questioned old ma j Fruitly, raising from his seat. “We've p done raised ther $500.” “But, Mr. President, that includes my subscription,” said the journalist. “Whut er that?” chorused a dozen. “Aint it good?” “But, gentlemen,” continued Col. Thompkins, “my subscription was in services and it will take money to start this newspaper.” “Aint yer services wuth money?” asked the President. “Kaint yer trade ’em off fer er press?” “Well,” slowly continued Col. Thomkins, not caring to depreciate his own worth, “cash is better for immedi- ; • ate me.” “I move,” said old man Hardy, “thet | ther cunnel takes back his offer.” As the old man’s word was about the | law of Howell County, then, many grunts of approval were heard. “An’ I’il make up ther rest er ther money, an’ beedditer m’self.” The cheers broke out anew. When they had ceased, the voice of the wealthy old land owner was still trying I to make itself heard. i “But we need er man with learnin i ter write erbout ther law an’ sich. I’ll ' gin ther job terther cunnel et sls er i * month. Thet’s 50 cents er day fer jest 1 sittin’ eroun’ an’ writin’.” Col. Thompkins bowed low, and at ; the applause that followed old man । Hardy’s remarks died away, the veteran < journalist said: “I thank our esteemed townsman for the trust he has reposed in me. I shall throw my whole soul into the work before us, and the entire world shall be reflected from my trenchant pen. 1 shall be for the right, cost what it may. My energies will be directed to the upbuilding and betterment of this community and my vast experience will serve me as breastworks in battling against State and National evils. Again, gentlemen, let me offer my services in starting this paper to the extent of $100.” The offer wr^ accepted and the meeting broke up. Col. Thompkins and his silk bat were long after' that familiar figures in the county, and when the old man at last died, he was laid away on the side of an Ozark knoll, encased in his faded suit and with bis aged bat in the coffin with him. The whole township was out at the funeral and the Howell County Howitzer turned its column rules and suspended publication for two weeks.— Homer Bassford, in Detroit Free Press. O' i Not I'>s«PP or tanie. । to ride on _ IAO MJ AU’J]

PRACTICAL POINTS, WHICH CAN BE PUT TO VERY GOOD USE. Some Excellent Information for tbe Farmer, Ilie Housewife, tlie Poulterer, and the Ranchman —Agricultural Notes.

F VERY farmer who raises snmli grains . for market should • have a good fan-ning-mill. Clean grain is always an item, whether to L market or to sow । \ again. It is true I that many of the I seed drills, as now I constructed, will ; sow grain that : is somewhat threshy, but it must be remembered that in sowing trash you are not sowing wheat and when you inl tend sowing five

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or six pecks of wheat to the acre, if very threshy, you are not sowing wheat, and in marketing grain, if it is well cleaned [ up, it will bring a better price in market. |, Often the better price received for one i lot of grain will very nearly, if not quite, I pay for the mill. During the winter, especially, a sled i will bo found verv convenient for haul- I Ing manure ami corn-fodder. One can | be made at small expense, and will save । considerable labor. It should be suf- | ficiently strong to bear up a good load, v and should be made so that the wagon-! box can be fastened on it. Every farmer who raises oats for feed, needs, and can use profitably, a feedcutter. To feed sheaf or unthreshed oats uncut, is, to say the least, a very 1 j wateful practice. With a good feedcutter, running the oaks through this and then adding a sman quantity of bran, you have one of rhe very best feeds H there is and ill waste is avoided, as the ( , stock will eat all up clean. Get a size i in proportion to the amount of stock you keep, and cutup all your sheaf oats at , least. Clover hay and wheat or oat , ’ straw, equal parts, and a small quantity of good wheat bran will make a feed equal to timothy hay, and where clover , and wheat is grown a very cheap food ! . can be secured. Barbed wire has become so common ( that nearly every farmer needs a ■ stretcher. They an-so convenient both 1 ■ in building ami repairing wire fence; ' ! that they are almost indispensable. There are few farms but where a gom J i hand cart will be found very convenient. ' j There are so many things that can bt ; hauled in them and save using the tean | that they can be made to pav well foj 1 their cost. In handling fruit, vegeta 1 bles, wood, and often in keeping tin I stable clean, or in hauling a barrel o.' ' water, a hand cart will not only be us,- ! ful but economical. There will be founl 1 many ways of saving time in using then ' in preference t > hitching up the team They are cheap and very handy, or it least this is my experience. A post hole digger is another usefil implement that costs but little and yd j saves a considerable amount of hart ; work, especially at this season when tig soil is usually too dry to drive posts tu,j an advantage. In some localities ,

i apger eanjm used, in others the diixiW-. ' > MM" . Agriculturist. " ; Substitute for a Cellar. Wherever there is a good well near a I ; house it can readily be made to serve-in i a ; ■ J -fl - _ । j • _ j sr ■ A WELL CEI.I.AE. summer as a substitute for a cellar, and i in some measure take the place of a ieI frigerator. Our illustration shows the ' ' general arrangement of such a well. Os : course there must be sufficient space in ' the xvell for letting down a large tin pail. ; or some other suitable receptacle, ancUL the sides must be securely walled or ; boarded up. Uy merely raising a board j J of the platform a sufficient opening for i letting doxvn a pail may be obtained, but I a much better xx av is to arrange a small , windlass, provided with a catch to hold : the suspended article at any height de- . sired, as shown in the engraving. The ; cover of the pail or bucket should be tit! closely, to prevent the dripping of water ! 1 into it. When it becomes desirable to I j prevent ventilation a receptacle with j perforated sides may be used to advan-1 tage. This plan of utilizing xvells f<»r the ; ' keeping of butter, milk, meat andjtlier । provisions has been extensively adopted | during the past summer along the south ! shore of Long Island where ice could not । be obtained easily. It has proved sojjiQis-1 factory that those xvli? have ajaued ; themselves of this method of refjgera- ' tion will probably continue \ \ ® even in seasons of a plentiful | \\ |ply. — American Agriculturist. Wf THE STOCK It \ \ fUBJf) \ ? liaising Cows I<*. \ On the important question* raising ' cows for profit the Breed——-buzette । says: \ I The Hon. James Wilson, of wa. observed in a public address tht k3twhere men farm for dear life the - js is the, foremost consideration.” Noto—g could be more true, for wherever thW Finer is harassed with debt, or wher^Ar he is struggling to make good a stared life, it , is the cow which comps.l l 'lstance. —■ l ’ mart «t tn ou co

most ImprovoSßorts, and maintain them : ifi a manner Wvorable to their thrift, bud that the^^^ie not only an agency to ' which a man Shkresort to save himself i when mTsf ortunc^g?resses and all else fails to sring relie that they are also a sure means of adva-tH^w^he farmer’s prosperity at every stage ^f his progress. But the cows seldom hftve a chance to show what they can do, and to what a degree they are capable of contributing to the fortunes of their owners. Upon a large number of farms they are not maintained in sufficient numbers to fully accomplished their mission, and on a vast majority they are of the common unimproved sorts to whose development no efforts have been given, and which are incapable of realizing for tin ir owners one-half the profit which could be secured from highly improved animals. And this is inexcusable in those days when tlie improved breeds are selling at such reasonable prices that every farmer can afford the means to replace his present inferior stock with that of better character, or at least secure crosses with which to grade up to a higher point the stock he already has. If the average cow in her present estate is worthy the good things said, of her, jWhat words of praise would do her sutliKient honor if all the cows in the country 'were improved to the point where it has | been demonstrated it is easy to bring pthem? I Live Stock Notes. I ^^-oetermine the profit on stock, do 1 ^’ Tw ^^BMM(|||^^>astur;ige as having | 4 share GJ. L, of the poorest stock you raise, keeping the best for breeding hhe - W ? thereby constantly ’-pio'ing I "’'ides on jour fa^T f . * F Hie stoe'- - 4 °" or f° r sa le 1S al- : Ways tir’t-ciass, customers will soon come hunting you and you will find easy selfsale for all you care to raise. Young animals of ail kinds are more easily stunted while being fed on milk, lienee care should be u>ed to supply them with a liberal quantity. By keeping the stock' always in good condition, and always marketable, you can avail yourself of the best prices, and [turn them off at the most advantageous time. It may require extra feed and care, but that expense will be more than covered by the higher price received. Corn is not a proper food for growing pigs, as it is both heating and constipating. two tendencies which should be avoided with young stock, especially in summer time. Filth anil heat combined produce disease germs; it is therefore very necesessary in summer to give all kinds of stock and poultry good, clean quarters, making free use of whitewash or carbolic acid to disinfect all buildings in which they arc sheltered. The real value of sheep on a farm, is not usually known; their ability to live on short pastures or stubble growths, constantly fertilizing the fields and clearing them of weeds, aside from furnishing a most convenient supply of fresh meat, makes their well-known value as wool producers a secondary matter Tin: pvi/niY yard. Lmw Dust for < litrknns. From an exchange wo clip the following cure for gapes in chickens. It is surely a simple remedy and worthy of trial: The lime dust treatment is the best of A]] cures for gapes in chickens, it is cheap, simple and effective. 1 put a

■ i » i .... . t”' ~ . whoh* bro^d-ui । I lie ken.- in a peck measpH? A—A-r ’il, ■ as powder, was term'd on its side, and! thelime was stirred xvith a stick until the whole barrel xvas tilled with lim^' floating in the air. The chickens were put into this, xvith the bag over the mouth of the barrel. They were put into the dust three times, not more than a minute each time. They should be kept in tlie measure all the time. We let one brood slay in too long and lost five out of seven. The windpipes of the dead chickens were found nere than; half filled 'xitb gape worms, which made it more difficult for them Jto breathe. My little ’on, 7 years old. treats his chickens in this way successfully. The lime can be slacked xvith xvater ami then allowed to dry so as to powder. A lot of lime thus prepared will last for years for this purpose, Poultry Notes. The sure wav to break a hen from ! egg-eating is to cut off her head. "John, did you find any eggs in the old hen s nest this morning? “No sir: if the hen laid any. Mie has mislaid them." Chickens and hogs kept together, won’t work: you will find you have raised very (tear perk.* It don’t work to keen old and young stock together—keep them separate. To make hens lay will give them plenty of Wire watjyt. It is more necessary than Tqod. Water < iters largely composition of a" u and you therefore see tie need . ving u them plenty of it —pure and clean. i Every persen keeping poultry should 1 keep an accurate account xvith his ' stock, placing all the expenditures in- ■ carred and the amount of receipts on ■ the proper sides of the sheet. The losses I should, of course, be charged to the exI pense account. 1 An orchard that is at the same time ( the poultry-yard, will produce 100 per i cent, more fruit, of better quality, than ; one receiving the ordinary culture of the । average farmer. The constant scratch-

! ing about the roots^the gobbling up of ail'the iiix <ts, The constant droppings” 1 which the rains make soluble, and the ! continual supply, is marked by a dark I green verdure and a large, fair fruit; ' the large runs make the fouls healthier 1 and the egg product greater. Some ducks of a line breed at Norwich, Conn., had away of diving and | Stayingdown. This led to an invest!- I cation. The water was drained off and j a colony of seventeen snapping turtles । found and made soup of. The ducks I | now come up again when they dive. Tilt: HOUSEHOLD. What Mothers Should Ito. As the boys grow up, make companions ■of them; then they will not seek ; I companionship elsewhere. ; i Lrt the children make a noise some- - - times; their happiness is as important as , I your'nerves. > j ' Iles met their little secrets: if they > have concealments, worrying them will ; I never make them tell, and patience will 3 probably do their work. i Allow them, as they grow older, to - have opinions of their own; make them individuals and not mere echoes. 1 Remember thvt without physical health mental attainment is worthless; 'pt them lead free, happy lives, which ’ll strengthen both mind and body. r ‘.

Bear In mind that you are las^Mv r^si ponsible for your child’s her Red • character, and have patience with faults I and failings. ; Talk hopefully to your ■chilren of \ifo . and its possibilitiasuYou have no righi to * depress them because ycjii have suffered. I leach boys and girls iho actual facts ,of life as soon as \ they are old enough to understand \hem, and give them the sense of responsibility without saddening them. ’ lind out what their special tastes aiv and develope them, instead of spending time, money and patience in forcing them into studies that are repugnant to ’ them. As long as it is^pbssiblc, kiss them good night after they, are in bed; they do like it so, and it keeps them very close. If you have lost a child, remember that foi the one that is gone there is no more to do: for those remaining, everything; hide your grief for their sakes. Impress upon them from early infancy that actions have results, and that they cannot escape consequences even by being sorry when they have acted wrongly. As your daughters grow up, teach, them at least the true merits of housekeeping and cookery; they will thank you for it in later life a great deal more than for accomplishments. Try and sympathize with girlish flights of fancy, even if they seem absurd to you; by so doing you will retain your influence over your daughters and not teach them to seek sympathy elsewhere. Remember that, although they are all jour children, each one, has an individual character and that tastes and qualities vary indefinitely. Cultivate them separately, and not as if you were turning them out by machinery. Encourage them to take good walking exercise. Young ladies in this country are rarely good walkers. They can dance all night, but are tired out if they walk a mile. Girls ought to bo able to walk as easily as boys. Half the nervous diseases which affiict young ladies would disap- j pear if the habit of regular exersises was I encouraged. Keep up a high standard of principles; your children will be your keenest judges in the future. Do be honest with them in small things as well as in great. If you cannot tell them what they wish to •know, say so rather than deceive them. Reprove your children for tale-bear-ing; a child taught to carry reports from the kitchen to the parlor is detestable. Send the youngster to bed early; decide upon the proper time and adhere to it. Remember that visitors praise the children as much to please you as because they deserve it, and that their presence is oftener than not an infliction. Hints to Housekeepers. Salt will remove the stain caused bv eggs from silver. It must be applied dry. kiting and benzine mixed to a paste will remove grease spots from marble. Plaster of Paris figures may be made to look like alabaster by dipping them in a strong solution of alum water. A pretty bangle-board is made in the shape of a crescent. It is covered with pale blue satin and has a design of daises painted on it. The color of most fabrics, when it lias been destroved by an acid, may be restored by dipping in ammonia and then applying chloroform.

Tms is the way furs are cleaned in that land of furs. Russia: Rye flour is hand can bear tno heat. ihe Hower is then spread over the fur ahd rubbed into it. After tins the fur is brushed with a veiy clean brush, or, better, is gently beaten until all the Hour is removed. The fur thus treated resumes its natural lustre and appears as if absolutely new. In an intelligent treatment of different fabrics a large part of the art oi washing consists. Fine laces, for exam- ; pie, must be treated by themselves. Very line lace may be cleansed and xvhitened by folding it smoothly, and sewing it into a clean linen bag. It is then immersed for txvelve hours in pure olive oil. A little tine soap is shaven into xvater. and the lace put into this and boiled for fifteen minutes. It must be well rinsed, dipped into starch water, and taken from the bag and stretched and pinned to dry.

Agricultural Notes. Australia exported 10,000,000 rabbits last year. A shipment of 6,022 sacks of oil-cake was made to Antwerp. Il ai.y is enforcing laxvs xvhieh practically prohibit American patent medi- ; cincs. I ^The largest steamer shipment of : Fuyrida oranges for the season, 13,830 : btutes. I . The rise in the price of meat in Ger- ; many has increased the general con1 I sumption of horse flesh. 1 i The Cincinnati packing of hogs for j last week was 625,000. against 475,000 the same week last year. ’ Large quantics of salmon have re- ( . cently been shipped to France and black . bass xvill soon be sent to England. F. G. Umracii, of Athens, Ga., has recently invented an improved harrow , which is attached to an ordinary plow . stock. i An English railxvay company xvas fined i £IOO and costs for transporting thirty- - six pigs by means of xvhieh sxvine fever

was spread. "TA Cargo of 2,500 bales of cotton from Alexandria. Egypt, said to be the largest j cargo ever received, arrived last week. It was valued at §350,000. A Shetland pony at Cincinnati made a mile in 5:49^ and was presented to the man making the best guess as to his j time. The guess was 5:49*4. I Two Belgians were arrested at Pat- । erson, N. J., for manufacturing sausages from dead horses. The sausages were ■ said to be entirely for export. A Connecticut creamery shows in its annual report 210,870 pounds of butter made during the year. Average gross sales per pound, 27.87 cents; average net sales, 24.06 cents. j An English coffee-house keeper was l lined £lO and costs for selling oleomarI garine. This was his second conviction for a similar offense, the same penalty having been inflicted upon his previous conviction. — Rural New Yorker. A battle-headed Frenchman advises /Americans to import a pigmy owl ( found in that country for the purpose of exterminating the English sparrows. He shows as little wisdon on the subject as did the man who imported the spar- .. rows. _ 1 Extinguishing a. lamp ia like a small supper—it w a small blow-out

CANFIELD IS IN PRISON. MERITED DOOM OF NELLIE GRIFFIN’S SLAYER. I , Pleafling Guilty for . ,ar of Mob Vengeance, He Is Sent so Lite to tlie Jackson Penitentiary—Speed. Justice for an Inhuman Wretch. [Charlotte (Mich.) dispatch.] Russell C. Canfield, the inhuman murderer of little Nellie Griffin, escaped the lynche; ’ rope by pleading guilty and receiving the sentence of life imprisonment. Less than twenty-four hours ago he was captured, and to-night he is in the State Penitentiary at Jackson. Justice has been swift in his case, but in the opinion of the enraged people here she has been far too merciful. Horrified and maddened by the fearful crime of the monster, the people demanded blood and had Canfield been still in the jail uere this night would have been his last. It was his fear of mob vengeance that caused him to confess, and dread of the vigilantes rope drove him to plead guilty and seek safety behind the solid walls of the State’s prison. Sheriff Pollock saw the prisoner in his cell this morning and told him of the danger he was in from the enraged neonlc seemed to feel this by intuition, and seemed to bo willing to do anything to save his miserable neck. When the Sheriff asked him if he desired to piead guilty as he had confessed he replied, “Y^?s, I«’H plead guilty to murdering tho girl at anytime.” The prosecuting attorney was seen and Judge Hooker notified. Early in the afternoon Canfield, the Sheriff and the prosecutor slipped quietly into the court-room by a side door, and the charge was read to Canfield. His dull, sleepy eyes looked unI easily at the windows as if fearing a bulI let. He hardly understood the reading I or the importance of the charge as it was read to him. When it was finished he was asked: “Do you plead guilty or not guilty?” “I am guilty,” said the wretch, and he shivered as if with an ague chill. Judge Hocker then sentenced him to imprisonment for life, and at once the Sheriff hustled him on a Michigan Central train, and he was taken to the State’s prison to undergo his lifelong punishment. The story as told by the murderer and taken down is substantially this: Canfield went from Dimondale to Jonesville on Tuesday morning, Jan. 27, by rail, from the latter place going to Coldwater. After spending some time in this town, he vis'ted tha State School and had.a talk with Superintendent Newkirk. He told the latter that he wanted to adopt a girl from the institution, saying he would provide a good home for her and alleging, as was ‘ true, that he was possessed of a comfortable property. He gave his name to the Superintendent as G. Hendershott, and finally made arrangements to take Nellie Griffin with him to his alleged home. In company with the girl he returned to Jonesville and thence to Dimondale. After getting off the train at the latter place Canfield, with his victim, took the road leading to Mr. Harrison’s farm. Before reaching it he struck off the traveled highway,"grrjng through several tra ts of wood until jie, with his charge, reached the piece ! timber by the river where the- body

i xvas found. They talked for a fexv I m mepts ~ynd,.,lSeJl'C. .manifested great “““ --lIIK Cuuiieia to take her back to tho institution at Coldwaer. Turning a deaf ear to Hih irM’s pleadings, Canfield struck her doxvn and choked her to death. He then denuded her body of clothing, and, taking the corpse in his . arms, threw it headlong into the river. , The clothes he took to Harrison’s farm and hid them under the floor of the cow stable. Ca field mainta’ .ed stubbornly to the last that he had not abused his victim. When Canfield had signed this confession of his guilt he was at once locked ; up and a guard placed over him. Sheriff i Pollock, after taking precautions to > guard the jail in case of an attack, 1 started for Harrison's farm, near j Dimondale, to search for the girl's , clothes. Under the floor of the cow I stable on Mr. Harrison’s farm the clothes were found wrapped in a bundle.

To the people who read Canfield's confession, his admissions concerning the crime seem incredible. Very naturally the r< ader would picture him to be a bloodthirsty-looking villain, with brutality stamped on every feature, but this is not the ease. He is a mild-man-nered, inoffensive-looking man of slender build, and rather beloxv the average height. He says that he is 55 years old, and his appearance indicates this to be the truth. He has regular features, a full beard, mild, honest-looking blue eyes, and is as far from looking the villain he acknowledges himself to be as can be imagined. The Harrison family, for whom he drove a milk wagon daily to Lansing, refused to believe him guilty until his oxvn confession forced them to admit it. They state that he was a quiet, unobtrusive man who never had much to say and did his wor well. He is understood to be fairly well fixed, and has an income from a small farm that he rents, preferring to drive a milk wagon for Mr. Harrison rather than tonduct his own farm and do his own cooking and housework. The other convicts in the penitentiaryjjKsay they xvill knock him on the head

when he gets to work. A suggestion has been made that oil might with advantage be used at tha most exposed lighthouses to reduce the force of the waves. It is thought that this end' might be attained by placing, say, a couple of small steel buovs in the most exposed direction at a distance from the lighthouse of some 150 feet. There should be a pulley on the buoy and a slight rope, so that the bag or appliance for distributing the oil could be hauled in when required. The me.hod is most simple, and can be tested without great expense. The English papers report among the “overdue” vessels a brig which sailed from Liverpool for New Orleans, “in a leaky condition, overloaded, and three men short of her complement.” If there is any good reason why the brig should not be at the bottom.of the Atlantic we should like _® hear it. Never speak ill of anybody; you can do just akmuch execution with a shrug of the shoulders or a significant look. Are women born contrary, or is it acquired ? •