St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 18, Number 48, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 17 June 1893 — Page 7

REAL RURAL REAPING WILL BE FOUND IN THIS DEPARTMENT. Farmers Should Imitate Market <Jar-deuers-Relative Value of Clover and Timothy — The Housewife Should sit Down B hen Possible—Gardening Notes, Eto. Unprofitable hand. If a storekeeper were to keep his shelves tilled with unsalable goods, using up the larger part of his capital without return, it would be only a question of time when he must shut up shop and discontinue business. If he had no competition his customers would be obliged to buy of him, and he could charge enough on goods sold to make fair interest and profit on the unproductive part of his capital. But just so soon as a competitor appears he must turn all his capital into productive form or goto the wall. This little parable exactly il- । lustrates some of the difficulties of 1 American farmers at the present time. Owing largely to the wide diffusion of cheaper methods of harvesting and cultivating, the competion against Ametiean farm products is now much , ► ©Tore Revere than it ever was before. These improved met hods w re mainly invented here. If it had been possible , for us to monopolize their use we j might also have monopolized rhe food production of the wo Id. It was not possible. The result is that the cheaper labor of Europe and Asia has the same advantages as has our own. Recognizing the fact of the close competition that now exists in farming, the American Cultivator says that the first necessity it imposes is to get lid at once of all unprofitable capital, whether it be in land, stock or implements that do not pay fair interest on their value. Os all these land that does not piy is apt tube clung to most closely, for the reason that it is harder to get rid of it for what its owner may consider it worth What land that does not pay cost of working is really w ith is nothing at all. Any price given for it becomes in the hands ot its seller available capital that can at once I e put to profitable use. Most large farm-, give all the profit of working them from a comparatively small part ot their surface. Here is concentrate I the labor, manure ami the SKiil that win success. Other parts of the farm are left to go as they please, kept perhaps as pasture for farm stock, or if cultivated, the owner is satisfied to to get a fair return for labor wit i little or no profit. The farmer in most cases would I e pra tiei'fy better of! if l.e had not this extra land. Certainly better o f if he sold it ami used the proteeds as working cap tai to make his land more productive. We have known more than one market gardener who heartily wished Jae GuiAid..,Uav£ .a 1 tile extia land to jj^ fpr^grqwing hnv ami gram lor his farmers on cheaper lauda far it >m market are able to do. But h s own land, made rich Uy high manuring, was worth '4OO to Simo per acre Figure a? he might, lie coui l net g t a profit, from growing hav for lis horses on land w rth thi- sum Indeed, the only conclusion lie could arrive at was that if he succeeded in getting a good growth of clover t would probably pay him mu h b’tu r to turn under as green manure for his garden truck and let him buy his hay and grain for working teams as he had long done before. It 0.hooves farmers to imitate market gardeners in the practi e of drop mg crops, selling st ck ami land that they cannot continue to use with protit. Large farms nar cities are never direct!v irofitable. If th ir owners get rich it is less from what the farm produces than from its advance in price for building lots But cut this large farm into five, ten, or twenty small places, put un each of these an energetic man with suHi mu' capital to develop the latent ; o„,. bilities of this unproductive land, and in live or ten years all will l e making money, and the real estate boom will b not only begun, but will have a very substantial found.iti l To develop the capacity of the land for profitable working is the only re - tain and honest way to get rich by its rise in value. It is generally also the onlv way in which this rise in price will not be more than 'offset by the interest account and taxes. The increased value that a farmer puts into land by making it more productive is as leal a manufacture as are the buildings he puts on it, and is far more (ertainly profitable. CJuvur nr Timothy. “Which is considered the more valuable to feed, clover or timothy hay?” To which this answer was given: •The timothy hay is very deficient in albuminoids while the clover is rich in them. These go to make milk and growth in the young animal, and also contain the greatest amount of fertility to be returned to the s >ll. Therefore it is of double value.” The albuminoid elements enter to a considerable extent into the composition of milk, forming neariy one-third of the solid portions. Fat also enters in as an important consideration especially where butter production is sought. Now taking the two kincis of fodder named and the clement ot fat is about the same, but the albuminoids exist in the rate of 7 for •Clover to 5.8 for timothy hay, showing quite a margin in favor f th< clover and in that regard almost equal to Western y ilow corn whici contains only 7.5 per cent, ot al buminoids. But aside from any point ets that may be obtained from tableot analysis, that would indicate a relative value, the judgment of farmer 'of experience ar.d observation regard

r ing the comparative effects of feeding the two kinds of hay is to receive due i weight,and this points us in the same - direction that the analyses do. Almost all farmers are of the opinion that clover hay well-cured forms a ■- very valuable fodder for cows for milk i production and can be better used for 11 that purpose than for feeding horses. „ But poorly cured clover hay is not . nearly as valuable. Should Sit Down. ’ । Mrs. Whitaker writes in New En- । gland Farmer: Mother’s motto was I “Always sit down when you can. « I Sit to beat eggs, to mix.cake, to peel j ' the vegetables for dinner, and I have ’ j seen mother with a small board in i H her lap sit tranquilly ironing hand- I kerchiefs with her tire 1 feet on a I cricket and near enough the stove to ' obviate the necessity of rising for a | hot iron. Now there arc self-heating , ■ irons so that one may' not be troubled i changing Hats. Ami when attheend ; 'of the day I have said, “It has been ] i a hard day, mother,” she has replied, 1 “Yes but Lam not so tired as I ex- ■ pected to le.” Don’t you suppose the ’ < few moments rest at every chance ~ f was a help in the end? Don’t say it * won’t pay to get a chair just for । ’ ; those few moments, for though you ( ■ may not see it now it will add to j your rears and help to keep Wju . strength in the lohx >no. Kom, vmir ’ ' apron on a nail close to the door and • ly the time you are in the pantry it ‘ is on and you are ready for the rolling । pin and pie-boand. Tips saves time. When doing Die Saturday baking , move the tablo’close to the range in winter, though in summer 1 would keep as cool as possible even at the risk of extra steps. People are tired in summer oven when doing nothing. Have a whisk broom, a button hook, and a pin-cushi n, io every room in the house, th n you need not make a pin-cushion of yourself for the baby to scratch her nose on. Don't maKC your mark that way. Most all hou ekeepers use the half dozen mad* holders to take things from the oven, but I think half an old apr >n hung at. the side or tucked under the apron string i- much mure convenient than the ordinary holder ami more r sy t* keep clean an 1 one does not care if it is covered oifboth sides with apple jiuce. T<» IVim h Tdhh. To properly plant a i>each tree all me lium and large size I tives should have the entire top cut off, leaving only a stock fifteen eighteen Inches ’ above the roots H.ivj all br'ken > or bruise I piecescut o r . When th ip i trimmed p mt in g>o I mallow - > . i about inches deci er than it hil been when growing in nut- ry rows When growth 1 gin-, spimin will [ come out all along up tlm holy All I of thc-e should l»c rubbed off ex cut three or four near th ■ top that must • be allowed to grow t > form the main i branches of the tutu'e tn” Bv > proper selection of sprouts to reserve, > the tree* may be k-rmed <>t any de ■••• ■ <»r head. Th<Wt Hew branches will gr- w f m the t *- v feet th ■ first -<4-on ami make 4 mi: : stronger an I better formed tre lli.ui could have been p >ssible ha 1 not th. 1 top l» e:i ail cut away when j I. ' s Don’t fail t > eit of the c :tir- ’ : - when planting , Whmt Ilir Itis buri risin 'that - > much - ft • fee lis given to y ung chick*ns. and ■ t hat. to >. by t ho--* who o * t ■ know better W h Whl' it wul I readily eaten by chu ks a « ek obi, ’ . and bet'o: *’that, t line the w heat grains p >undrd <r era ked arc latter than anything <1 c. B ■cuip ■ the ch are little it d es nor f ,lbn that the dig. st ion i-* weak. The tlr-t t«'d\ four hours th y liveon the remain- of the yolk of egg. which is extremely hard to digest. 1 nle-s their natur aliy strong digestm'i has so ueth.ng to work <*n. th* chick - ■ n be ■ um-. sickly. "crop txmn.l.” and dies Wheat is at all time^ the l>’-t feed for making liens lay In spring LJ fed to yo’.iug eh ckeiis the hens will thrive so on their wheat that they will often begin egg pr ductim; be fore the chicks are old enough to cart for themselves. Giit 'lvlUm; Mu. nonetti mav be kept a- a ixd plant L r years, provide I no se Is ar* allowed to develop ()\E advantage in using commer J cial fertilizers in the garden is then freed* m from weed se ds. Tur. orchid salpigiossis is a new varietv. It bears immense bb --oui! of rich, velvety purple, exaiisitely vein d and feathered with yellow. I 'I bortleniture is the perpet-mt inn f>; ’bthb’ , gar*tellers be.ng empaoyc.l 1 ■ life. -^r If any plants have failed to grow, se'u new ones in their place at once. 1 A large perentage of labor is oftei., 1 lost by his neglect, and profits foil 1 several seasons reduced. 1 The Horii ultural Times savs that no orchards or gardens should be without toads, as they are great in ! sect killers. They feed on tiles, ants,! ’ snails, caterpillars, moths, beetles, 1 p grubs, worms, etc. 1 I T; lips have been par excellence’ the dinner table decorations lately, i . On one occasion a large round table, J s arranged with twenty-four covers, t had.a central m >und of yellow dalle- • . dils, with four smaller ones round r the outside, each holding a vande-j . lai ra. e The largest, and finest yew in Scot- ’ A land is at Braigends, llcnfrewshire. It h is of a conical shape, ;nd being a 1- comparatively young tree, is in a t- m< st vigorous condition. It covers is an area of a 1 out 220 feet in circum- 1 1- ] ference and rises to a height ot forty rs f-.-t. The hole is eight feet in diam- -- t ter.

THE SUNDAY SCHOOL. THOUGHTS WORTHY OF CALM REFLECTION. A Pleasant, Interesting, and Instructive Lesson anti Where It May Be found —A K.earnod and Concise Review of the Same. Messiah’s Kingdom (i Missionary Lesson). The lesson for Sunday, June 18, may be found in Mal. 3: 1-12. INTHODUCTOBY. We are given hero a missionary lesson— ’’Messiah’s Kingdom. ’’ What is that kingdom? How largo is it? How sure? Hear the words of Hie second Psalm: “Ask of me and I will give thee the heathen for thine inheritance and the uttermost parts < f the earth for thy possession. ” To whom are these words 6) oken?” To Go I s Son. "Thou art my Son; tills day have I begotten thee —ask of mo.” Freely the son can ask of the father, and none else can ask with theassuianco of a son. But arc not wo the eons of God? So, then, through riches of fret, grace in Christ Jesus, we can come with conti lenceand ela tu the heathen for our Inheritance, the uttermost parts of the earth for our possession. Are we doing it? Are we going forth into all the world with the glad assurance of the children of the most high God? I’erhaps it Is our lack of boldness and .conUdtnce that most retards th.. /, Hnv., faith. Believe that the kingdom^ , ( or * <•* „ .I,] , । become , d<-ms of our i.m 1 » hri«®^ben 1 we all believe it, and act up to mn be- 1 lief, it is done. POINTS IN THE LESSON. "Behold I send." Bo certain of It. Not “will send” (see Revision) —he is already sent. He is already on the way. Bo glad. "My messenger.” There arc many such. Pre-eminently John the Baptist w is God’s messenger, going before the Son. But God has messengers for all i times. Ange’, is another transla'lon of ■ the word. Prophet,; ric -t, also rendets 1 It Anyone - ent, anything sent Who tun tell the numlier' He shall prejnre." The Hebrew word is turn. It ix the picture of one turning tilings about th it an- awry, and i tuining right that wlceh s upsidedown. ; It Is what we mean wh*n we speak of t “readying Up ar* om. There is a good , deal <*f thl* sort of work to be done in i this topoy-turvy word I. " The I ord wh* :n ye seek Th re is ' t. mething aignilicatit in the cry collo- ' < alien ot tin s • u rd# in th<* original. He sh di suddenly c.»mc to his temple — 'he Lot*! w .om y.> -e'-k. That is, ail <tt ore? you w II be conscious of • pr.-* n and t);ere. it la the very one sou have l< n all along anxiously *-. king H* w oft* rdo Lo ngs come at. r i!ii*s fnshi *n Well, only lot me keep * n seeking * *<m> -ay Gul will au-*«cr. “Whom ye delight in." or »h»h ye debght in. r* ferrlng to the covenant. JheH* i rew la indecia ve. "The in**eenger of the covenant, whom or which) ve deligh' in. Here, then, is the way to secure God*# help and moot God's nnge’,« Keep, five God *• law, 'ja'ob went on his way ai d the angels of < r,. ■ 1 that w is the r*; h« m* t G<w|*s n.esaeSg, 1- 4 0 th* hg a big; wty. to me*l j th«» r yal couriers "HS» de’ ght is 11 tire .air f th 1 v* hat th"h ' -VI hrV . * *-f )« i Dy J Uhetj wot keep )• rD ’ j a o W’ V. horn w’.!! < I.* p I *ai ')>e letae G-sere: ' Ti. nation that k c. «!h truth ” In or o r t I.- L.'pt of God, keep God’S ’• truth, love God's covensnL Naturally enough, th* wi.’ked rsnOot : hop.* tor a- ch n<o • g It Is folly to e M t it. it i# a to preach it The Ir* > t *'> ■ t t‘ • 1.4 in revival times doe- 1 ot menu ovus'ort for the tran — gressor; it 11 «a: - redner s lire, fuller Mt.-i it 1 mins )U-;^Nexergoto the wo, bl to - their opm on al*»ul sj .-clal meetings. Do vou suppose the g great day the 1 ordG .om.i;Hut it la a happy day fur the op-pres-cd. for th*- hireling n hi. wages. Hie widow an ! tie LitL.-r.e.-." This r1 ri sit” the aftermath of every great a akening. ih*- -tan that God’s voice I. - '■* :; 1 ’ ,h t h- la d. LVery mo-b n i-v that g<** ■. abtoad or that cut ra the m w i at him o goes with gu b. a v is <m * efore him <0 animate and And h.- 4i;.'i. n.e i- got in man. ( ertninly r. lint! p. to wl utn she Servant *1 Gcal e* • - not in his own :.i< ti . * -t: i.i :••*! and discouraged h art, not in the < ften fickle, alwa;.s vhangef A chur. li that -vn : s him out. H - ground of .nee ■» n f od. "U*r I a \ the 1 i !, I ..ha ge not,” Ai: I i. *w 1 etc, i» _• changeless God keeps not on v h :e for the heathen L it life for Israel. I here ore ye sons ofja obar*' 1 .*’cons.imod,’ Thus always Is the mi-< onary ; rosj eet “bright a- the promises i t ‘.o L“ Money. Tithes.’’ m the -upremest practical need today, lor this the singdo . wa.t-. a-- 1; - th* Chr.stian world is rea ’y t v.. oily c ns* crate its wealth, it t :..y j r< pare itself also to see the salvmlon of o irGoi. “Bring ye all the tithe - int" tl * tor,-house an*i j r.ne a^lwr. ~'> * * l'" 11 " f*’!? -.hc lewe • fiscn.en’ - <*f he sto* . . w -rptv W. .. .i ■ ' b O a ■ . g ■ 'l’V Then the way plain ,*>nsecration. Mimi, *oid. b.'dy. t cans given, then heaven is given. Think ( i>l for the mi lion dollars i* 1 missions! But not I* r th*- mi ney h* re. so e ucli as for the open windows up there. Watch for the show. rs. HINTS ANH ILH STHATIONS. Ask about God’s messengers. Have 1 you ever seen one? Have you ever met one? Are you afra d of them? Are there not sudi ministering spirits about us con-tantly? Are not all providences and experiences in a sense messengers , sent of God to prepare his way.' How : ought mon to receive these messengers? । Illustrate from the way in which John ! the Baptist was received. Kcio ution-i of Hist »ry. 1 1822. Brazil declared itself independent of Portugal; Pedro I. was declared ■ Emperor, granted his people a Constl- ! tution, ami Iwo years later secured the ' recognition of his Government by Portugal. 1821. Revolt in Bolivia against Spain; the Spanish expelled and independence secured Hie same year. j IN.’l. Revolution in Brazil; the Emperor, Dom Pedro 1., forced to abdicate; the constitution was reformed and Dom Pedro IL, through a minor, was placed on the throne.

SUNDAY CLOSERS WIN. JUDGES S AY THE FAIR MUST BE SHUT. fncle Sata Held to Bo In Complete Control of Jackson Park -The Local Directory and Uommlig’on Cannot Repeal Federal Law. The Act. of Congress Still Stands. Judges W oods and Jenkins, constituting a ma ority of the l nited States lourt considering the case of the United States against the World’s Columbian Exposition, rendered decisions in favor tof granting an injunction compel! ng the local directory to , °? e r * e World’s Fair on Sundays. Judge G rosscuD dissented from this 11mli?®’ a ?f $-dwin Walker, counsel for the Lkposit lon con.puny, prays for an aprC 03 decision 01 the 1 ajorlty o * 11 !ourt - 'ibis appeal is based on 1 a ’hat the decisions of ^.^oods and Jenkins, especially Jud *° J enXins, go far bes “ W mere matter of Sun lay open--1;m J OBi ng. establishes new liabilibe cou*W^° local directory ami should Appea! at OIICO Court of , । 1 'the judges took their seats on .. .Bbh it was evident, according to ’ 4 ‘ correspondent, that they were dßvlaed in opinion. Judge Woods ®aueh when he announced-. ‘ *F.\< wil l give his decision r.epRfld thvls proceeded to dells r kludge Woods held In favor of H ’“Jenctl n on the ground Government is ”I*.- 1 'W .In-V... I, u ;, aC*T«* right tn pnsv any lawn gardlng the conduct of the Fair it ni&Ai' think best. He thought that the «®t of Hii i establishing the I air made Jit a national institut .un, and that when! the State Legislature of Illinois and X' e I‘ark Commissioners afterward legislate I so ns to allow the use of/Jackson Park, they did it with a full k^ow>eJge of this fact. The people olTthe Statoo’ Illinois Fall-lied the । legis athc action by voting to allow Chic wo to issue bonds mi a d of the Fair so that the Legislature, the Park Com nalssloners, nud the pt < pie themselvi « ail united to give the use of Jnckson I ark to the I mr after the General Gov< imment had established that Fair as a national enterprise. On th* ae grounds Judge Woods held that when the Local Directory last fall tendered Ja-knon Park to the' National t othmissioners as th** r. pr'-r* ntatives ot the I nited Stn es G< \< rnment it tendered the actual |osm-siou of the park, and the present tempora y title to the park I* now in the I ni ed States. ! Having this title < or.. r*’s- has th right to pa-* nny hiw It pl a e- regarding Fundny ep- nlng. ami uls< . an go Into a coart of equi yto enter*- it.** rights. FA..CO LAID IN WASTE. FV* Sweep* th«> Snot', Dik,t* City. < irtying tH-Mh »n I t» t -nrtlon. later ditpaf.-bes fully con um the firat report* a- to the cxu> t © th<» diaa^tttms conflagra < n nt 1 ergo. Nort 1 Dakota ( ver ha f 'h- i’y « 1 la din *a»U hy the <je-tr ti*. v|'* n ent. The Carnes w*-re no! g t under rontr *! untd aPer ) o eb ek the fo’lowtng morning. ! Thirty -Il e Sion-, an I Lualn- s- tIo ke * and 2;* residences were burned, rnta la l*m ©f fully - iO. * 0. Three theu an I people are L*r n*-le«s, an I all jbe rhon-b-., -a-h..oi h 1 *•-and pnblm le t »‘an am ■ Ing u -id o" shelter The good women of the town Wh*«e !• u • esrn; o t tea*l out In lit.* b” n1 • rganu* ito ft -i! the unfnrtr ns e >; .*< i« j the fit® wa* atnitel by hot aeh«a fl >m the t-em r* .t.ni*nnl thr wu out b bind, ignltt g s**rne : • *•* j»; er ba k , (g Hv«. m,n . rj g - ♦*' n , 8u e--1 bdy left th* fr"-.t 1 r In. .» , e thr©-> m ■ ;t* t w.n 1 ha I .r-.ven tf* fia- <- th ~h t '..dog an 1 - binit out of thereof. During the n*xt , ®cen mtn 4- > I! *• fame.* ra-. two . tsK>ka west, faking L 1.-k t Rd ngs and । then junq d sr* th- street to 1 abg n . ■ -ry W h oni« nh.g UJ.* worth of tw ne an 1 > 0 utachUo ry 'orh an .. >f th. for lea block* <a hwa are the big r a- , rttnery e; 1..0. .. 4 ryu*--len J Wildings, ar, l at '.h. v f the y*-ar i ale Li -I ' * ' r 2 with a * /car’s Fup| ly ' f fur: , r a hin* ry [ ^ur North Dal ta lor perha ( a y; ar ter of an Lur U.c firemen hpt the Hour, s fr*> . y; ..p.i.g th* railt«o ! track, then fir : n- r- of, th n at riher, tongm - «>. ; time bro .e out as ( whirling ' r a- U1 on the shlngl*. L.sido ha f an hour *.h« whole 1 Mace for four bi cks wa- » whirlwind , of flame. lie only 1 . hi;.e;y hous 4 Mved are the Waits r A. W 00 ! anti Monitor Press Drill. Both w. :o on lire sevem! times, but th- lirem n m d a stubUrn fight and n.imaged to ar;cat the ft es, so preventing them F|iv,,.ing east to Moorhea 1. ih firemen n w tried to ■ '..Hr; . - sor’.li of Northern I'n .!:*■ m no •, lut th" wind was carrying e i;.:* '. a * uple of bi ,-k-. Cole’s eta’de caught -ire ..o 1 U.e,' ; ahcusc block sm>n 1 il w 1, whi;. the Grand hotel was burning * n the east. An eddy ot wind sent the Ila :ies r toward Fiont street, carrying everything In their path. The flames then took a Bbo >t north toward the Great Northern •freight depot, burning the new Method- - .gA***' ■■ !. and a large ■^we Mueoue, Templars, Kmghte or ^-rf/thlas, Knights of Honor, Udd-Fei-MowS, Cantons, Rebekahs. Grand Army, United Workmen, an i M oodmen all lost the r halls, with nearly all the r property. Every . pen space is fi led with confused collections of household goods, buggies, merchandise, legal libraries, etc., hurriedly carried there. The militia was called out . nd placed on duty to guard 1 roperty as mu h as possible. All night the people were in a panic. ' as the flames seemed not to diminish, while the sky was lit by the grearilames ' making the night almost as light as 1 day. The relief corps organized received many repoits of people who are ' missing, and without d* übt it will de--1 velop that a number of lives haVe been ; lost. Six persons are reported killed. Overflow of >ow.~. ■ 1 The Palouse City Bank of Palouse, I Wash., has suspended. ' : Knox College voted the degree of ’ master of arts to Eugene Field. ' I A finback whale forty feet long was . ; killed by iishern en off Sandwich, Mass. ! 1 An earthquake shock was experienced in San Francisco an i Oakland, Cal. Wakbants for payment of tho Choclaw and Chickasaw lain! claim, amounting to $3,000,000, Wf») cashed by the treasury.

SOMETHING FOR NOTHING. How PcnutlcsH Men Work ;the Trick in North Dakota. “I have noted a good many cases of signal success attained by penniless ! strangers at farming in the Red River Valley,” said Max Bass, ot St Paul, “but one of the most notable of those came under my observation in the last month. The successful fellow of whom I shall speak is an Englishman named Rogers, who came to this country eight years ago with his wife and live children, lie had iarmed it in England, so he told me, for twelve years, and had never been

able to get enough ahead to buy him a small house tor the shelter of his loved ones. He had even to borrow the money that paid his passage across the ocean. 1 wish 1 could re- ; produce the tale he poured into my ears of privation and suffering while one child after the other was being born. The outlook must indeed have 1 etm a dreary one for him. But one ! day the inspiration seized him, and he packed up his few belongings, se- 1 iu ed the ne’essary money from his wife's brother who lived in the States, i bade a tearful adieu to his country— ! every Englishman will do that, you know, i>o matter how badly he has t ren treateil at home—and took steamer for this side. j ”It was a mystery to himself, he ( -ai ', how he managed to tlmi his way to. North Dakota, but he did it. EuUum i*xm MKtny: Tie worked

; on a farm up to live years ago, when ■ ! he purchased his present farm of 250 ■ icres entirely on time.agreeing to pay t 4,000 for it. He made the last pavm nt this spring, and has all of his Hie! wheat, worth 81,">00 more, on hand, together with a good-sized one and one-hal -story farm house.a large bun, six head of cattle, an I two . hors- s and a complete equipment ol farming implements — all his own' . propertv His debt t > his brother-in- ' 1 law is paid, every one of h’s children is healthy and strong, and Rogers ia- h ippy as a clam at high-tide. He-weai- by tin- country. And why -houidn't he? WLI you show j me am ther dist i t on earth in which this can be q me' Australia and > nth Africa are not in it at all.” A 4 unary Who lUtle* a Rat. Mr-. Bert Atherton of the Fulton lb’Use, San Francisca, has a canary ’'r i in l a white rat which afford ? ■ at .amusement for her-elf and othet -■‘ie-d-of thgitiouse. The bird pos- ••- eon-s- rable talent as a song--t*-r u. i ©w ntimes wl en Mrs. Athe - n has ifcipany Dick's cage has tc • Hark nv 1 in order that theeonver--it.m :: av pr* *■ •*■ 1. D ck’s great jov, wer, - t > ride upon the back of the white rat, and when they arc turn* 4 ' o>. in ttie r om he imuiediate v t ik'S hl- p - ti n U|wm Femy’s 1 -a it. I in-i-ts upon Being carried al out the room. ■'? m i th*' rat sto- to eat a peanut th; \n ’ .Itni I v hi- mi-iress Dick v » 'ap h;-w:*igs, -.-old, and peek the l ack o: Ferny until -he make' ■“•"‘a : *.! •. : ,f the ’dom. Miss B*' ' -ft iwav- take kindly tc * - .inner 4 trial ment, ihhl on one a < -a:*i -- • angrv that -e bit f the little yellow fellows Dlek. ;:i imsequem-e of the • ' thl- a' inikirtant member, «a- • :'n 1 t hi-cage for a numlici f * -1, like aI) man invalid, •a •- ' i q n’lie da itii -t i-hes the .. irk* t coll! ! a. ord. !' ’ ir !*-. ged i uip.inion -ecmed t■ .. -• him \ •gr ath in her morn- . ..; : •; - -.1. wiieu the warbler was ag ■ : ' to ' e a’ out. showed every e . !< n-- ot a 4 -ir" to renew friend- ■ -.Hi w th the bird Iha -he had -0 w . y wronged. Di k granted her In- piiilon, an.l ye-terdav afterm wn thev gav on. of their old-t ime t n-. • :'a u. at- * a n .mocr of adNo Hi Wel>-ter'*» i’iau i \ g ,1 -tory is told by Mr. IT. S. 1 ;i- n- in regur 1 to the Yankee ■ ai . -. of N ah Wcb-ter. Mr. Bur- ns in his you'll was a resident of N< \v Haven, who e he 1 .came ac- ■ , , 1 Ted with Webster, and he can v- m h f* r the authenticity of the -• gy When Meb-t r pubhshe I his , .. ’ miry the *ri an labii-hers of Waikt lict. nary then the most I a mar lexicon of the English lanemue m.io a det rmiued tight amtin-t it. < oon after its anpearance tii". i—•!< q a pamphlet, in which it? *rr 1- were pointed out. There were m iiivof th -e errors, an 1 the pamphlet ma !" a f< rmida’ule showing against Web-t a’s works. However, the American lexicographer was not in the least perturbed. He got a copy of the pamphlet as soon as t came . • ■ the nress, and immedi itely cor-: . it jm.nica *»,... , . , -. , I out a second edit on ol iils uie-lu.. 1 a ry. I>cf<,re the re was mneh of a sale for the pamphlet Webster’s revised edition was in the market. The! pamphlet fell flat and Webster had the satisfaction of using the labors of: his rivals in revising his dictionary.— | St. L< ui- Globe-Democrat. Alphabetical. Authors have been known to say । that it is easier to write a book than , ■ to find a title for it, and one man ' goes -0 far as to declare that a happy j tit eis given only by inspiration. Si ; it seems to have been in this case. A i gentleman living near Plymouth had a valuable ami handsome horse which j lie had named Ajax Last season, by : great good luck, he came across an i excellent mate for it, and purchased lit at once. Then the question arose what to call it. There was some de- । lay in finding a name in every re--1 spect satisfactory till, after a day or j two, on going to the stable, the gen- ,; tieman found that his groom had I solved. Over the stall of the old ' family favorite was painted his name, • Ajax; ar.d over that of the newcomer ’ the hostler had printed in big chalk letters, “Bjax.”

INDIANA STATE NEWS. i OCCURRENCES DURING THE PAST WEEK. An Interesting Summary of the More Important Doings of Our Neighbors—XVeddiugs and Deaths—Crimes, Casualties and I General News Notes. — Hoosier Happenings. I Bedford has been named the "Stone City.” 1 Richmond is pleased with a new police system. i Murphy, the Lafayette rioter, is at

work in the tailor shop of the Northern Prison. The new manufacturing town of Ingalls is reviving the boom which she recently had. ■ The Democratic State Editorial Association meets in Warsaw, June 21. and 22, and the Republican State Editorial Association will meet in July at the same place. Mrs. Baker has allowed $1,640 damages against the Richmond Gas Com- ! pany. Iler daughter, Mrs. Crabb, was injured in a gas explosion in Richmond last January. i The Sheriff of Montgomery County was squirrel hunting the other day and took the jail keys with him. The cases in court had to be postponed because the prisoners could not be had. "Kid" Mii.i.kr and his chum went • from Fairmont to Hl wood to work in a f bottle tiutorr. They roomed together i but it was finally discovered that the | chum was a girl. Disappeared now.

Charles Marvin, brakeman on the Clover Leaf, was knocked from a side ladder on his train at Clark’s Hill and, falling under tho wheels, was decapitated. He leaves a wife and five little children. Bert Underhill, G. W. Noble, 11. J. Smith. Martin Waldoogle, and James Cullen have Deen arrested in Lafayette on charges ot perjury growing out of their affidavits in the Opera House riot cases. The 3-year-old girl of Edward Livengood, living seven miles cast of Lebanon, was choked to death by a coffee grain lodging in her windpipe. The operation of trach.eotomy was performed, but too late to save her life. Adolphus Minton, a prominent contractor, fell from the top of a three-story budding under course of construction at French Lick Springs, and was almost instantly killed. He lived only twenty minutes. Ue leaves a wife and two children. Simon Bloch, with his wife and daughter, and Edward Emanuel of Marion, were injured in a runaway. Tt.ev were on their way to Gas City, when an accident to tho carriage frightened tho team. Mr. Bloch was injured internally. James W. Haktity, an employe or. the Lake Shore c* ■ -truettoa train, was kiiied at Laporte, lie was intoxicated and deliberately stepped on the track in front of an incoming freight train. His body was mangled to such an extent that immediate interment wa- necessary. He was about 40 years old and leaves a widow. Dn. C. N. Metcale. Secretary of the State Board of Health, was in Elwood, inve-tiguting the >malip"x eases iu that vicinity. He expressed nimself perfectly satisfied with the precautions taken by the local Board of Health to prevent tho spread of the disease and prepared a statement for the press, in which he de-e'.-ire- the danger of an epidemic is decreasing a:.J he antii ipatc^ no such rr—suit from the present situation, liecommend- th*- »•;!;< lent manner in which the matter has been looked after and speaks reassuringly of the future. A serious accident, »vliich will proba iv prove fatai. happened to Harry Quick, aged p; near Jeffersonville. Some companions were swimming in a pond through which runs a wire fence. One of the. lovs bantered Quick to leap over the wire fence. Quick accepted, an 1 was in the act of leaping, when his foot -lipped cn the grass, and instead of ch aring the fence, he Jamied a-straddle of 'ln- sharp barbs, and was horribly cut, his entire n!>domen Icing torn open and the intestine- partly laid tare. He was carrie 1 horn*- and Dr. Zuerner was called, who was compelled to take nineteen stitches to sew up the cut. The .toy is in a precarious condition. Mrs. Amo-Thompson,widow, residing with In r son Cvm-, ,near Crawfordsville, wa- killed by a horse. She went to the 1 arn to iced the anima’, and entered ths stall where the horse was tied. She had a shawl over her head, and itis supposed the horse t.ecame frightened at her an pearance, and knocking her against the pamtion stunned her so that she fell , down under the animal’s feet. It then pawed her Lead and breast into a mass. A hired hand, on coming into the barn, noticed the horse pawing, and on examination found the remains of Mrs. Thompson. He attempted to enter the stall, ami was kicked against the barn. Calling for Cyrus 7 hompson, he came, and after pacifying the least carried out the body of his mother. The horse had always been a gentle animal. A bio burly tramp stopped at Patrick Murphy's home, east of Brazek and asked for a drink of water. There was no one at home except Mrs. Murphy and her 10-year-old daughter. However, the 1 woman went to the well to get the a cl| D co ^ water. She had Snatching up a to the house, whore s¥tP77?”© in the tramp's arms, lying on the heoi. She threw the stone, striking the tramp i in the head, then called her large dog ' and set him on the fellow. The vicious j canine chewed him badly in several ! places, and almost tore the clothing from bis lack before he could get away. I Mrs. Murphy at once went to a neighI 1 or’s and reported the outrage. Mar- : shai Louderbock was informed, and he : sent a message to Greencastle to watch I for the brute, who had started in that ; direction. He was arrested at that place and returned to Brazel where he now Jies in jail. Neil Ford, a tough colored citizen, residing in Calvin Township, Cass Countv, Michigan, came to South Bend to visit his sister. Mrs. Adam Powell. The other day he got drunk and shot her because she threatened to punish her son. Ford said fie would shoot her if she did, whereor. she bared her breast and cried to him to shoot. He. pulled out a 32-calibre weapon and fired, the ball entering above her breast, passing out hd?- back and lodging in the wall. Ford started to run, but wa? captured and jailed. Mrs. Powell was removed to St. Joseph’s Hospital. Tfivre is a possibility of her recovery.