St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 18, Number 40, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 22 April 1893 — Page 7

AGRICULTURAL TOPICS. A FEW SUGGESTIONS FOR OUR RURAL READERS. A Chief Fault of the Farmer Is His Failure to Put a True Value on His TimeSelecting a Cow — Horticultural Notes, Ktc. The Jack of All Trades. Fifty years ago the chief aim of the farmer was to prevent the outgo of money. Currency was hard to obtain. and no effort was too great that prevented the expenditure of cash. This condition of affairs led to the : practice of doing on the farm al! ' possible kinds of work. The farmer felt obliged to keep an alleged kit of shomaker tools, of carpenter tools, of blacksmithing tools, and so on to the end of the list. While we have passed Chis era, says a writer in the Practical Farmer, yel there lingers with us the : idea that the tanner should produce' all he consumes, so far as nature will permit, and that he pay out no money when he can get what he wants through the labor of his own hands. If a farmer is a natural mechanic and likes to work with tools because I he is hand)- tma rapid with may pay such a one to own a good kit and turn mechanic now and then, but the majority of farmers arc very indifferent mechanics, and when they undertake to make repairs of buildings or implements, they can ilgure no profit from the work only by estimating their time as worth nothing. I Even if they pay out good money for j good tools, they are not kept in order. i and the farmer works hard only to accomplish very little. L once thought that a good farmer should have a first-class workshop and a good line of carpenter and other tools. 1 now find that it is far cheaper not to try to be a jack of all trades, but to attend to my business as a farmer, and let mechanics do the work in which they are skilled. If repairs about the house or barn are needed, 1 can hire a carpenter for $2 a day who will come with sharp tools, and every kind needed, and do the work in one day that the average farmer could do in two or three. Good tools are expensive. and it pays to let those buy them who have constant use tor them. One of the chief faults of the farmer is a failure to put a true value upon his time. If he is worth anything in his chosen business, he cannot afford to fool around all day doing some kind of work lie ha* no fitness for, merely to save a half dollar. If his time is worth no more than that, it would be money in his pocket to rent the farm and work by the day. It was the failure to value time

aright that led farmers in the past to plant a patch of everything under the sun that would be used on the farm. All the energy was used to prevent Ilie paying out of money. Nearly all farmers have a natural adaptation for sf- fal products. and their owners have skill and know.edg in special lines. There are certain cash crops that give more than other crops. These are the ones that deserve the lest care and attention of the farmer. An acre of ground may be made t grow a half dozen different kinds supplies lor the farm, thus preventing the necessity of expending m<ncy at the store, but if that acre can - made to produce a cash crop that will buy all these supplies, and require only half as much of the time and lab< i of the farmer, it is ’ u-ine-s tn let the patches go The little side crops take too much valual le time in the busy -eason. and the who gr-w these supplies as field crops on sod and with tools adapted to their culture, can sell us what wc nee 1 far more cheaply than we can grow them. I believe that a very lew kindsol crops are enough fur one farm. 5b dern tillage requires many costly tools, and it is better to push a few paying crops than to fritter away time "ii numberless patches. By so doing there is less danger of neglecting anvthing, and there is more net protit at the end of the year. Some side crops may be raised because they pay in cash, but the planting of everything with the idea that a farmer must pay out no money for anything is a relicof a bygone era that will never return.—Gallia Co.. Ohio. Selecting a Cow. The good points of a good cow are ! not her good looks. She may not Ie and probably is not very good looking except to the eye of an experienced

dairyman. She certainly is not fat whi'.e Riving milk. and to be a really good cow she should never be long time enough between the times of milk giving to fatten. She will most likely have a large paunch, giving her a >omewhat “pot-bellied" look after she has tilled herself. Some- : thing cannot come from nothing, and we never knew a cow giving large } messes of good milk which was not a ravenous feeder. Hence her digestion must be good. She should have a broad chest, indicating large lungs. There is no good digestion without good lung power. She should be “deep” from the back down to the belly, but with a thin and rather flat neck. The skin of most good cows is of velvety texture, and looks as if it had been groomed for several generations, as in most breeds of the best cows it has. The good cow is, indeed, less an accident than a product. With good material from which to ■breed, the good farmer can make sure of her nearly every heifer calf he

gets. 1 ^is .or Breeding Ewes. It is imp^pi e f O grow good lambs j without a supbt pf succulent feed for ’he breeding"-awes. The oldfashioned practice was w delay serv ce of the ewes, until lat& sc as to have the lambs dropped about the

I time the glass began to start. This ■ j also generally insured warmer i weather for the out-door lambing. ? But late lambs arc often unsalable, and for keeping over are not so good as those dropped earlier, provided the latter have good care. Nor does the colder weather of early Spring make much difference to sheep sheltered in ’ basement barns and with plenty ot roots. For late feeding mangel, wurtzel^and rutabagas arc better than thesmalier beets and turnips, as they keep Letter. Rutabagas give a i strong taste to the milk, probably witii the ewe as they do to the cow, ) but the iamb is not fastidious and takes his mi k. only anxious that its ; amount be not stinted. With a good supply of roots for ewes at yeaning I ) time, their parturition is made easier, I ! as nothing is worse at this time | than constipation, which induces a ’ feverish condition of the system, and । of course, a drying up of milk. Corn Through the Suiiiihci. A little old corn Kept through the . Summer often comes handy. While j corn is plentiful it is the practice of I many farmers to throw it out ex- i travagantly. It is soft and not worth much, as it cannot be ground. But freezing weather soon dries out the ! * softest corn, and wneu dried out it 1 " " <*-•«•-* H nq the i soundest corn. In grinding corn [ with the cob a little dry oats or barley mixed with it is a great help It ' prevents the cob from being broken into lu nps. ami makes the whole into a tine meal that is better for 1 feeding than the corn ground alone j would be. Hcrtirulturai Note* Moss on trees is an evidence of unth riftiness. it is a safe rule to be shy of ranch lauded new fruitx , When a tree is vigorous an 1 healthy the top is luxuriant. Winter fruit keeps Lest when exi eluded from air and kept dry. A feeble grovth in old trees is often the result of starvation. In the fall is a good tirm to < t out raspberry plant' of any kind. Have the so | f. r 'trawl ■ rr’crich and as free from w< ds a* । o-sif.le. A thee that is freshly transplant! 4 in the tall i-> nearly i-rmaiu a., winter. An excess of water ar- an lth« route of trees during winter often kill* them. It is a mistake to plant trees of any kind unlC'S the soil i* th ‘roughly prepared. >I X io; ' w • ■ 1 ' . ‘ . rc than a year old.a* it cannot la relied on to grow. The planting of nuts or -<ed* of fruit trees shou. I bed m* ’.■•‘■■r t:.< . have time to dry.

A nun - like a fattening it.;: m ' need* stoo l feeding t>- m.ik< it pr • dilutive and pt>'!lla' ie S ve tri f s need l ‘ • r ; r ■ - ‘ . the cbtHO’. »•*“-**** , need* but little ff an>. Much of the extra size and vigor nt new varictie' is duo t the extra - .1 i and care given them. I nr th- < -xiK Fried l’<-takh>. -F il -• ,e j ‘ tatnes; w hcti d 1 m . tle :u an J ; set tlieni away t t c. I T; and <alt t the ta-’e l .oin *thc:n. ! and fry in hot lard. Tin y m:;'! I<• j b uwn. Some ..d 1 a i:t - vir • gar j pan. Bxnan \ ITddin-,.- lb" Ivo thru - I fourths ot a 1 x of g- lat’.m- in L . : ) a p ut of c .d w iter for ■ ne hour, i then add Jial: a pint of I ding w.id r, j the juice of two oraugi-' and tw. , leiiH ns. and tw ■ cups >4 'iigar, strain i into aindd an 1 let it siat.d tint.. it ! begins to hard ii then stir in six* thinly sliced Lauai-as. When suflici- nuy haul, turn -ut of tb< m< Id ’ and serxe with wni;qel ’-ream. Squash Pie. —(>ne quart < f stewe i I and strained > [iiash, a scud .uarr 4 boiling milk. two-th:r 1* of a nutm<g. i one and one-half teas; mfu:* of sut, | two cupfulscf sugar. Mix w-y and ; well; xvnen cold add four we l-be.iten I egg*, and, if one ch o-es, tw. tabb - ) spoonfuls of Maderia. Line deep ■ plates with a plain paste, an I after j tilling with the mixture Lake in a 1 modern oven for forty minutes. I’ KTuoi E'ECaki>.—Take butter, eggs, sugar, and flour of equal weight : Beat the butter to a cream, add the eggs, then the sugar, and at la*t the flour. Stir h ilf an hour and drop in little heaps the size of a walnut, on a sheet iron pan, which you have

slightly dusted over with hour. Take * mo pro^orvo I cherries and place one in the center ot each cake, pre-,*-inz it down to steady it. Bake m a ; moderately hot oven. How to t.ui'AA a XX Oman’- Age. A volume of memoirs ha* b -en published giving the experiences of a French president of the assize. It • Lears curious testimony to the in- ) accuracy of women on the subject of their own ages. As the writer’s information is from the calendar, he speaks only of the criminal classes. The only instances in which he finds i correct dates given by women are i when they are under twenty-five or ■ over eighty-flve. At these periods of ' life, he says, they are to be trusted. At all other periods the sure con- ; trolling tendency is to understate, i The magistrate has been able to give a rule for guidance. He finds that i female prisoners invariably state < their ages as twenty-nine, thirty- ' nine, forty-nine, or fifty-nine, and ! from this remarkable circumstance

Ihe deduces his rule. If their ages ; are in the forties they boldly set them । down in the thirties, but conscience as-erting itself, they keep as near the ' truth as they can and fix them at i thirty-nine. Whether male criminals I do the same the magistrate does not I state.

LEFT RUIN IN ITS WAKE SECTION OF THE WEST VISITED BY A CYCLONE. Moves from the Northeast to Southwest and Leaves a Train of Desolation—Akron, lowa, Nearly Wiped Out by the V Isitatlon —Page, Neb., Also Suffers Severely. Wiped Out by Wind. A fearful cyclone passed over parts of Western lowa and Eastern Nebraska Tuesday afternoon, between 3 and • > o’clock. It struck at Akron and Westfield, in Plymouth County, lowa, at 3 o’clock. At 4:10 o'clock it struck at Page, Neb., about 100 miles west of the other places. At Akron the sky became ; dark about 2 o’clock, so that lamps had i to be lighted. The storm came down I suddenly from the northeast, and In a ’ few minutes Akron was almost in ruins. The storm covered a wide । ath—the iron wagon bridge across the Sioux was torn to pieces, the great iron trusses being twisted and broken; houses were unroofed or carried from their foundations and destroyed. The grain elevator was torn to pieces, and the whirlwind carried Ite debris across the street, do!>oeitlng it where a lumber yard had )een. A good part of the lumber yard ) was left where the elevator had been. Several cars loaded with stone standing ' on a side track were picked up and carried several rods. Several stone l uild- ' in«» were partly wrecked and unroofed. Th<» Mor™ follow.•<! the Sioux valior COUth to W ent field, Km । ath waa mm m»<| by demolished houses and barns. Two persons, a man and his w fe, were killed at one farm-house. The names are not ; yet known. Several otic ■« were imdly i injured and many horses and cattle ' were killed. No report* are received .f : any devastation I e we-n these pl..<• si and I’age. Neb , w! er< the storm demoG ' ished the Padth 1 Short Line depot and several houses, bb w cars off the track, i and in ured a woman an I a U y. Thnames are not known. The woman’s ■ Injuries are serious. Tie only reports) are from the railroad. Th • storm progressed a distance of ice miles In an b ur and forty minutes. At Pag- City, Mm. th y. lone -tru k about 6 o'clock with fearful results. Many buildings were wrecked, an I nearly all suffered no re - re“ damage. It is known that thr e Ifve- hav- been lost and at least a score o' j orsvns have , been injures!. Meng r dispatch** rocoiv.-d from the southern part of Knn»a» state that a cyclon- passed < v w that part of the State, and that the thr» town* of Willis. Everest, and I. whatUn were laid in ruins. Hail Urok< hundred* of windows, an !. It I* f< an d. up-died pro*i • e’s of a fruit < r p thG v-ar. Near iJoh!n»on the 14-year-old *--n -f E I*. Pelton, a wealthy merchant — ss nttuek ly lightning and instantly killed. A terrific rain, wind a* d hall Form struck BurHngt> n. Lw . Ti.o de trelights went out. and 1 gy; t|*n darkness reigned. Torrent* o' rain fed. A storm la*tfng thirty minu'es did thoy. * nis of dollars' w. r ; of Ur ago I arts. Teja*. Several *tor.# were unroofed and »!«**!. j. TO HEAD OFF CHOLERA.

In^p»ctk>a »f Itnii-lcr u.t < fey thr < hlr«»« j Hr»Hh DrpartmrtH. i I ortho lad lw» w--A* a strl • li,»ro> - ....... . th-n of potv । .v- . ■ a* t Hr, 1 Into < bt. aco'h^* t tho city I UwfeMUUVUt, I ... - ; I ( I partntont l-.nr-L .t h nromlng ' train and carafuliv * ruliaUvd ail mi- 1 migrant* and n ry other j»r»on aho l<-k.-d ^pldou. ft., .a If migrant* wb . ar- not x.. -ofI r.ated arc lti;m- .ntv y r: a !o L in. brg i ha* a bl-’teh i.p n his -b«• k. a ’. ad j l-reath or avi r. r- I m m 1 |3-.*ad fur.'. ,Uhen th ;mn.. r ru:.t* I go out forty or fifty mile*, over in la- | hn\ i- • • o •- b ’-x •* , ' or-' Oi»r* * Health C<>mmteMnn*r Dr. John D. i War- think* the t-y*t- in i- verv n- ar i I perfect. Ho Un’ oo cholera ’ |I an rra h Ch.- ago fi ;ur .pe, .*■ • per- ‘ feet a*e th.- sy-teu.' ot i;,-pe t. u 'Wo have t. en m-q-ecting trains for ab-mt I • half a year, smd Dr. Ware, but our, i u'o .t two weeks. W e na-e now e-ght 1 1 it.spe tor* under Chief Inspector i r IH. B. Wlborg. They ar.- all young : | gr.idm.’-s i-f n;. dicai cod. g. *, and > i hard. The railn .i s all s< n : u-tele-gram* inforum.g r.s h. w u any Immigrants each .rain will have on t-oard, i and we prepare to meet them. The ; telegrams always tell us how many 1 {I e qle are oom n. or. the trains, and w. I ) go out far cum gh - - that xve can handle 1 ■ n.l of them. XX hen xve I >nrd a train ■ we immediate! ■■ L-ok out for tie- immi-i grants. We make them all show their ! New York qimrant.n certifi ates. These certificate* ar- imi e out by the Government surgeon* at Ellis island, j an 1 state that the bearer has been examined and found free from c- ntagious * diseases, and also that he has been vac- i cinated. You see, all the immigrants are now vaccinated on the boats wh--n they come oxer. Their baggage is j thoroughly fumigated and disinfected i at Ellis island, so we don’t hax'e to looe t after St. Thu eortlo-.u- « name of fl o bearer nn 1 h’s destination. J I : Chicago we take up I his certificate, which is registered at the office, and the man is kept in view. It’ the immigrant has no certificate and has not been vaccinated, we vaccinate I him, but such cases ar rare. We can | easily tell a sick man. If any of the Im- i migrants looks sick or has marks or sores | upon his face, we inspect him thoroughly. If he proves to have only sores, but nothing that is contagious, we let him go. It he has any contagious disease xve stop him it the railroad sta-1 tions and telephone the office for in- , structions. Most all of such patients ' are taken to the pest house, at 26th ' street and California avenue. We look | only for cholera, small-pox, measles! and such dangerous contagious dis- ) t eases. You can see that our system is i nearly perfect No train reaches Chi- , cago without such inspection. “Aside from an inspection there is the i quarantine in New York. It is practi- ) cally impossible for any person suffer- ? ing from a contagious disease to get through there. Then if he comes by : way of Detroit, Pittsburg or Buffalo he meets other inspectors. We don’t get much of a chance at the really sDR people." CONDITIONS FAV 0 " CR OPs, jUp.'H» “«■ s-iie Grain States Sent to th* Agricultural Department. The Washington crop bulletin sayg. The week has beon unusually Warm over the Southern States, the cental

The week was R u u antio »ou and U» east portion of th., wi,‘^ lon and the gion. while there U an ex±’ W ^ at reuro Id tho snrin excess of moist* week ha ß beT ng ’ Wheat re S l «n- The farm i d favorable for ing is progressing C ^ tton »’lantspedal tXi-iphlcrepSu Qg th ° Indiana— Weath. r c„.. farm work; wheat clovT? tO all crops an '’ fairly wefl. aad bit Ibtu J * raß '«s wintered promising conditio,, t Vj s ' l j nia « , ‘l; fruit in work far advanced- ' p i farm Obio-Wheat^mv.. , Uearly all 8o " nslightly IniuA-d bv hiL-h' ? Ver northern section; mainderofthe stat? lL' lrv ".‘P 118 over the re * planttng nearlv . * ’ ? Rt se cdtng and pota'o In general progr “'mph te,!; plowing for com I andeem. increased acreage of oats I'lowtn'g’E?,. n favorable for crops; In sym^nf^uon. 3llll Mt S ' W ’ n “ ln prOKre "'* at.'lt hnv2 a o'?wheat, rye. elover, and nroJr. wintered better; plowing is 1 an ’ *eeding done. wher- in»nn i t >yla “ ln , n °rtbwest portion. .. n 4 r c । with snow; seeding so-ithe,n tn,.!' c€u ! ral PV«ton. general in B °. ata * ,n I or rt”ti; winter wheat looks w ell. 1-1; , tw , » «eek» earlier than las. tear, small grain neariv all sown; coudiUuU Os winter wheat variable, North Ph>wtua Malina in weat •* fairly »tart«'<l; itround too wel in ca^t portjf j^th !><du>tn -Wheat sud oat sowing begun in * nt l general in aoutb; season from ten | uG^een days lat j; seeding and general crop i "Klatts excellent. \v .-ek ravornt ir to -prtng work and , t except in « st. where much wheat ! , oat* and barlev arc not sprouted i ; com planting m • aatern . onntiv-. ; MLsevuri Work being ruahed; grass looking 1 j fin.-; wheat j'romiae- poorly; plea tn* *nr corn I f cotunirtK-, d; oat-sow-lug progr. «>; frutt I prospects excel., nt. Illinois -Wheat bmlly damag- ■!; considerable ! j being plowed under for oat <; cent and oat seed- i Ing mpleted tn centra! and southern j>or- | U’-ns. and nearly cotuplvte i in northern por- ; lion; fruit prosj-ects g « I, some •rn and , peat-j ’art-It m- idow* -.rdptstur--* good. ' WHEAT MARKET BOBBING. The Su, UI F.-y 'Hike.l by the i'hl< :igo Expert*. May wheat bounce 1 up 3> cents Tuesday tn < hi -a^o. and then dropped Lack '3 cent*. uiy alvauce 1 24 and decline ’ 1 ccnL Fhe g vernment report I 77.1) Is tiie lowest \prll cot. lit.-m aUh one exception sr.eo 1" . Cables were • x -oi-Unglr str-ng. «| ot r« -l winter wheat b-iag up i d In Livercooi, equal j I to 3 cents -. bu*hel - ver night. < ouneelman A Bay and Lester I I the May ' price up. evidently n aking ->r trying to make the pace rat; er hot for 1 ardrtd«-» or oth r ajoiL- The de-line wa* on the Idea that Muy bulls were free sellers f July taken on during th.. . past f. w days at a lower price Corn 1 opened sb ad , b.t eased oil inter in j »»mpklhy Wilh wheal and oats. May 1 start.'i j cent higher, at 41* . onto, an I ,de In* !tov*to ;t cents o»’s were * • ak. with a big trade I: rrogn ** The iitm . a e! the anxiety yV>ut the - at* cro s- 1 tbor was a feeling that a coat deal ?' a ! । ow.-d up f- r wheat will g hiU> oat* I e s is., of th.' failure jof wbesu Th" decline amounted to I cent from la-l night a figure*. l‘rovision* w to caa.er on the liberal ro-

Trlr C n,.-hlr < ll« k». S:xt; in < ? . LB n» ar-‘ rej • rt«'d • f y £ S 4 Jt! i t«»n ! i ; Mr< H pk-n* S.-arle? :1m ■ •.'*> Vab- . th- Sm-V e.gbth treet p e sta- ■ Bniaseis'durtD4 the o b-bm:. r. o' King ! L- v|o!d » I irthday. Tiu Ja.ly r-mq * it the r. stvffioe I ‘ -i *** e f - • f •• ■ office- aQi.iunt to . 0 , was Ja -ngei 5’ ly fire. Oc upants Eleven Mex ■an a'tle ihb res were , J ursued by a pos-e from Mon Ctova, Thu New Y- rk A- m ly has passej a bill al*'l.*h;n <• b t;o- uti-jn end all forms of capital । um*hment. Mini. I .. aN -w York Chinaman, su s Chi; Sue Blain, a ' rother Celestial, f-r : u,"""-la ..ige* I r-kinder. * The S. uth- rn Califi rni i fruit exhibit for the Worl-I s Fair wa* d»-r oimhed in a wreck near All uquerquv, N. M. The case of I'r. I rggs will come up at the m- • ting . i 1 resbytenan Assembly at Wu*hington on M iy 3. , J, Jeffeoat*. a farmer of Plckene, Miss., w s lyn- hed : y a nob aft-r he had confessed to having murdered his wife. A registered letter containing $4,000 । was stolen from the mail between New । York ami Babylon, L. I. There is no clue to the thief. fc^Jr-BEMiAH O’Rih kku. of New Jersey, L'epartiuvnt. vico ^J. W. Edbrovke, " i M. Touet, the French aeronaut, and ) his two companions, who fell into the j sea in a balloon voyage from Brussels, j were rescued by a fishing smack. j John Moriartty, of Anderson, Ind., I suspected Col. Struts of being one of a party who stoned his h- use. Meeting Struts, Morlarity drew a pistol and shot the Colonel dead. Constable M< D.tyre, of Louisxille, j Col., received a notice, on which was । marked a skull and crossbones, warni ing him to leave the city or he would be । dealt sev rely with. The Gox’ernor of trench Cochin j China telegraphs that the French troops | took possession of Knone Island, in the Mekong River. The Siamese withdrew | without offering any resistance. An unknown sneak thief stole from a ) suite of rooms in the Windsor Hotel, ( : New York, while the occupants were ! at dinner, jewelry and cash said to represent at least §5,000. Mrs. Wm. 11. Burnet and daughter, of Chicago, are the victims. Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria is devoting his time and money' to prep- ) arations for maintaining a magnificent court in Sofia after his marriage to ■ Princess Marie Louise, daughter of the Duke of Parma. He has bought 700 gala liveries for lackeys, several gala ) coaches, eighty horses, and many valu- ! । able paintings.

SMILES. Only On th c Btage Does the Villain Always Look Pleasant. Lhe stage villain, from lago down, । always wears a smile; it is an integral ' part of his character; but real rogues do not indulge themselves in this amusement to a great extent. Looking over the rogue'’ gallery it may be seen that hardly any of the faces are lighted up witii smiles. Most of ' them look sullen. Either life has not shown them its funny aspect, or they lack the aplomb which enables them to “murder while they smile.” There dre all kinds of smiles: the uenial ' smile, the idiotic smile, the humorous smile, the cordial smile, the drunken ) smile, the hypocritical smile, and I last, that expression which can only ‘ be aptly described as the grin. [ I sually the smile is the prelude to : the laugh—or the giggle. Some smiles, you know, will b,- followed by a hearty “Haw, haw.” others by an almost idiotic “He, he.” The laugh that starts and 'proads all over the face is the mo-t contagious, and no one can resist it Next to tile hypocritical, the leas o pleasing is the grudgingly-given smile. It seems fairly forced from the person, and it could well be spared, for it does n d j cause an aU'wering expression and its character can readily' be - divined. ! The person indulges in this kind of a smile as a matter of form. He feel' I b und to smile. It is expected and | he fulfills a disagreeable task to the i br't of liis ability. But there iI something so selfish and mean ab- ut thr i-xi re-sion that its appearanr - is to be regretted. You ga/e into the I eyes and those is no answering sympathy there The owner of those , eyes has no thought that is not centered in self. Hi' hand clasp is md hearty, and alth' mg I; he sais am , very glad to 'ee vou.” you know he is uttering mere w r i'. He is followI mg out an established form of grect- । ing. lb- never fails to be i -lite, but you would feel r lievrd if lie would tell the truth and greet y u w;th: *1 am n- tglui t - 'ee pm. I in: 't stop I and shake hands with vou, but it is a nuisance. 1 have to smile when I say the'.- word*, but realiv v ur existence is n dhing t--. me " f; ea \-a would rally like the nan and almireh:m b-r hS truthful nature, la flic same wav he inquires about v ur it is nothing t > him if you w-r ■ s-jf. ferine ail the dis fle-h is heir t . The s;; ilc whi- h c- me* voluntarily is p easant to experience md to >ee: a . jrvtal face is a bit of s inllght in ; everyday life. Hut imagine a man 1 eing • bilged to smile ill ■ f the t m •’ It ;* 'ikl that 'ertain persons m tnv I years ago wer- < ; erat.-d u> on In skillful 'Urgvons and thr face drawn into a horrib-c grm. Such wa* the “Man W i I. nubs" N m-m- t ith tic I case ornld te imagine I. A ’*mile is > u- and without tl:i' ^alltv it is : : V ■ i; - >1 W।- li uis i;s, | t- r d win a that was nete" in, : .it •-'.\ • v ' . ui» to th-- [-.under, wis ,;n in-oia-f. it ■ -th.-'g was st'den from the ■ irt lu the J isture the dog was al- •' - .i:' u g .iron;; I the ho’se was delighted us when the bone which it often did, anparenlv to pl- a'P the d u. wnich v. u 4 ;ump ; ai -ut in every direction and i irk for l ure joy. At night when the horse was pr.t in the barn the dog always riitere.l with it' friend and slept on the ammar.s to ly. (me day the nc.ghbors lu nd the mot lisi. al how - coming from the pa-dure. and found that the old horse had died. There was the terrier on the dead bo |y howling out its som-w and mis-T . The dog remained with the lx iy until it was removed for burial. —New Y< rk Tribune. Milk for invalids. The use of milk anil eggs as a diet j or an aid in building up a patient is often a trial to the nurse. Many patients will take milk slightly warm, or even hot, and digest it readily, when cold milk causes distress. It is I an excellent plan,suggests The Nurse, to rinse the mouth with cold, cool, or hot water, as preferred, before an I after drinking milk. The taste left in the inoutl? of many ; ers :.s after a . iiiink of milk, especially a small - u causes the r to rHM i ti* - JLue&ccicL ul sua’i'S"* iy giving milk and eggs to those who would rather not take take them is to prepare them in different ways. 1-or a delicate stomach the white of i the egg, well beaten, added to hot or cold milk, sweetened to taste, will i often prove tempting when even the i sight of the yelk with milk is un- ) ; pleasant. After a time a little of ' the yelk may be used, the white of ! the egg being added last and not ! ) stirred into the milk, but left at the | top of the glass for ornament. Zuhilaiid. A Zulu chief, when you enter his ' hovel, remains silent for some mo- ! merits and seems quite unconscious I of your presence At length he sa_.s, I in a tone of grave dignity, “Ge saku ; bona” (I sec you), to which you reply i in the same way. The longer he I takes to “see you,” the greater man I you are supposed to be: and until you are thus “seen,” you must keep silence, and appear as much as possible not to be there at all. That was a sort of boomerang fate which recently fell upon the canvasser of the accidental insurance eompauy wnu wis killed in a railroad eollision.

IF YOU ARE IN QUEST OF FRESH INDIANA NEWS, PERUSE THE FOLLOWING: Important Happenings or the W«M>k— Crimes aud t.aaualties — suicide*— Deaths— It edd.ngs, tic. Minor State News Mr?. 1. C. Pim-E was found dead in her Led at Itii limond. Owen Coun’y has paid Siu as a bounty for nawk scalps within a period of six mouths. 1 in-. Albany Land Company, with a capital stock of Suo.ou-, Las filed articles ; of incorporation. Tue 1-ort Wayne City Comici: has 1 voteil to raise the city saloon license ! from SSO to Sioa 1 he new 529.01 K) Methodist Church recently completed at Noblesville, wili be dedicated April ?o. James Shockeey. who escaped from the Northern Prison last October, was captured at Noblesville. The infant child of John Snapp and wife ot Marietta, Shelby County, was ! found di ad in Led, with its parents. The saw mill at Kieh Vaiil-y, XVabash ■ । County, owned Ly John Kellev, was I burned. Loss. 52,500; no insurance. ; I J ames I’owfi.i^ who weighs 380 ; j pounds, rolled down a Hight of thirty t steps at Muncie and was badly hurt. Ji'seph W'h.son, a stockman of Portland. was struck by the nortli-tound express at Bryant and one Ipg was cut off. Kate Harbin, the wonderful u-year-old preacher, is meeting with great success in her meetings at New Washing- ! ton. The Rev. Thomas Parry of Michigan City, will probaoly resign and accept a call to a Presbyterian pulpit in Terre Haute. At Cambridge City thieves broke into the drug store of ShuhsA. Beard. They : blew open the safe and secured over SIIO in cash. Owen<b<h:o capitalists have purchr.sed ten acres of land adjoining Rockport, and will begin the erection of s canning factory at once. A barn belonging to George Boots near Potato Creek, Montgomery County, was set <n tire and burned with tho contents. Loss, SI,200; no insurance. Andrew Wruhe., one of Morgan County's oldest and most successful farmers, died at his home near Brooklyn. tie was *•> years old and wealthy. William M. Woodworth of Kokomo City, began a Slo.coo damage suit against the Panhandle Railway, for injuries received in the w wreck at Union Ci tv, March 0. The Tipton City Council has ordered a special election held May 2. submitting , the proposition for issuing bonds for the construction of water works to the legal voters ot the city. Rt doli'H Reif, an old and prominent farmer of Wai ash County, fell off a load of hay near Wabash, and was badiv hurt int- rnally, "hrec ribs being fractured, ifi- is 73 years old. The .' and l-year-old daughters of Albert F. Nelsen were poisoned by milk at their home in Anderson. Marie, the youngest, died after four hours' suffering. Ida will recover. A boy, supposed to be from Ohio, jumped off a passenger train near Greenr i '_y Mirtiusvin^^ md th ight he had passed Indianapolis, where he was to change ears. A ri'i;iii‘N of the embankment between the St Joseph River and the race at South Bend was broken the other night, causing a loss of about $2,000 and mpe! ;ng ail the South Bend factories using water power to shut down. Henry Allison, charged with the murder of Alva Williams at PlainiieldJn November last, has surrendered himself t-i the authorities, and was lodged in jail at Danville. He ha? been in hiding in Arkansas since the crime was committed. While Mrs. John A. Riggsby of Huntingburg, was crossing the Jasper branch of the Air Line railroad, she was struck by a loose freight car, the car being suddenly moved bv a switch engine. The unfortunate woman was run over bv two cars and almost instantly - killed. A plait to manufacture ornamental pottery from the kaolin products mined near Sh ials has been established at that place, with 515.000 capital stock. Following are the directors: ?.I. Shirlcv, John M. Sherfick, B. C. Johnsen. J. T. Rogers, J. T. Albaugh, S. P. Yemie, and John Hawkins. The Governor has resolved to pardon McDonald Cheek, “a lifer” in the Prison South, who, jointly with Owen T. Bailey, wa? convicted of the murder of Cheek's father-in-law in Dearborn County in ■ I*7l. Bailey was pardoned by the late Gov. Hovey, but Cheek's application was rejected. He has served twenty-one years. Calvin Mulvane, an 1., I. & I. brakeman, met death under the wheels of an engine at Wheatland. His right foot caught in a frog and he was killed almost instantly. His right leg was cut off at the body, his right arm cut in three pieces, and his left one severed below the elbow. In addition to all this his body , in . tWt ! through the abdomen. It i ,i taise< i his head and , looked with open eyes at those about him He was twenty-one years old and resided with his parents near Sanpierre. The records at the office of the Secretary of State show that large sums of ) money are being invested in the State at present by local and foreign capitalists. The number of new companies that have I been organized and incorporated in Indiana since January 1, has been the iargi est in the history of the Secretary’s ; office. The total amount of capital the ; companies and associations represent :is about $15,000,000. The investment of the capital is principally in the gas belt. ) Indianapolis is also the home office of ! many of the r w and larger incorpora- ' tions. Evansville has a number of new ones, and other cities and towns of the I state have been favored. W hile the children of R. N. Taylor and his brother, Charles Taylor, were | playing near their house, at Brazil, they i became possessors of a dynamite cart--1 ridge, which evidently had' been lost by one of the stone quarrymen. The bovs thought it was great fun, and, procuring a hatchet, they gave the dangerous machine a xvhack, causing an immediate explosion. One of the children was seriously injured about the face, its ri^ht eye being almost torn out. The other child was also hurt, but not dangerously. The report of the explosion was heard at a considerable distance, and caused much excitement for a time