St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 19, Number 9, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 16 September 1893 — Page 7

Bavliner Boats /L— —— FAY'S MARINA g READING PI^X * '&>// J-~ /f OUR LOCAL ^d^ULTU RISTS. Can Make a Small Farm PayCaring for the Horses Teeth—lmprove, ment of the Soil-Blooded Stock Farm Note 3. A Llvm? from a Small Farm. The following from the New York Tribune is written with an eye to Eastern conditions, but the most of it can be adapted, unchanged, f r ! other parts of the country. The small farm in the West is not the si! ail farm of the East, but the arguments in favor of trying it are even stronger in the West than in the | East: “I freqent.lv receive letters from ' men, and occasionally irom women.

who are very desirous to go on a farm, and who yet fear to do so because of inexperience, lest they should make a failure. I have a deep sympathy tor the man who has tired of working in a factory, or a store, or a dav laborer, and who is anxious for a more indeuendent life. I 1 believe there are many such who might better their condition and lengthen their lives by going on a farm, as a word of encouragement ; to such, I would say that some ot the most systematic and thorough farmers in the country are those.who have had a business training in other call- I । ings, and who carried their methods j . of thoroughness int i their farm work. 1 ( There are thousands of men whose I , "were disabled from work their fami- ! lies would soon suffer, or if through a businessthey were thrown out of employment their savings would soon be swept away. Many such could make a success of farm life if they would begin on a small scale, with a few acres of land, who would be sure to fail if they attempt to manage a large farm and compete with experienced farmers in growing wheat, corn, and stock. “Two points must be observed if the novice would expect success: First, the farm must be so managed as to furnish as far as possible the family supplies, and sec md, until one has learned what income the farm can be depended on to produce, the expenses must be kept at a minimum. The mistake too often made by the beginner in farming is to undertake too much and load himself down with debt My advice is to make it the first object to produce family supplies. Even a small farm will furnish an abundant supply of vegetables for the entire year; small fruits in their season, and enough to can; eggs and poultry, both to use and to sell: pork for hams and lard and dairy products. As the farm furnishes a ' house, one can live well with little cash. As there will be taxes, in-ur- ! ance and some necessary- expenses j that call for cash, there must be some products on which nnn can defend for- - income, and these must be determined by the soil and the market, i On even a farm of ten or fifteen acres I can heartily recommend cows and poultry to furnish the necessary cash. It is quite a moderate esti- : mate that SI per year can be received from each hen kept, and in many localities where good prices can be had this might be doubled. Where con- . tracts can be made by the year to lur- , nish cream or butter, from SSO to as high as SIOO per cow is received from many herds, and this can be none in many places. If the farm is small it will pay to keep the cows up in the stable and a small yard,and carry the feed to them and save all the manure. This will enable one to do without fences and to cultivate all the land. I would grow corn, wheat, potatoes, and clover; wheat to follow the potatoes and corn, clover to be sown with the corn to be grown with reference to furnishing food for the cows, and the wheat not only to furnish a suitable preparation for seeding to clover, ; but also to give breadstuff and straw for bedding. In some localities other - products may prove profitable on a ■ part of the farm. Sweet potatoes, i nutmeg melons, cabbage, and small i fruits are profitable if there is a good f market for tnem, and any one of these will yield from one to three or i more hundred dollars per acre. But ■ the beginner must feel bis way care- j fully before trying any new thing. It 1 ■would be less risk to grow only a few crops as I suggested, and detend largely on cows and poultry for casli products; for, if the small fruits were grown, the poultry would need to be

confined a part of the time. i { “In these days of rapid transit and j i cheap fares men may work eight or ! ( even ten hours a day in town or city , and live out where they can have a , little land to cultivate, or a man may , work by the day for his neighbors ■ more than half the time and keep a cow or two and poultry on a small 1 farm, which will give him profitable . employment every day, when he would otherwise be idle.” Improvement of the Soil, There are various ways in which land may be greatly improved and the careful farmer who wishes to} make a success in his business will ‘ always be on the alert for new methods of culture and will also follow those which he has found from actual trial to be good. Good drainage is essential for land on which cereal crops are to be raised. A farmer may easily obtain information regarding the drainage of a piece of land by digging holes four or five feet deep in July and August and noting where the water stands in these. On corn land this water level should be forty-two inches below the surface. Another method of improving the

soil is by thorough cultivation. Thia ( is necessary in order to obtain the best results. Opinions differ very ■ widely in regard to deep and shallow I plowing. At the Purdue, Indiana I Experiment Station, experiments > have been made on corn plats plow- j ing four to twelve inches deep. The I first year there was no perceptible ' j difference but the se 'ond year there > was a great gain from deep plowing and subsoiling. The effects of deep plowing and subsoiling are not always apparent the first year but where it has been practiced the crop of wheat I • the second year has teen double that of a field shallow plowed, with the ( same amount of manure applied to each. Subsoiling loosens up more of the earth and furnishes more plant food and moisture than shallow plowing. In clay lands it is desirable to change the conditions in order to j keep it from baking during very dry ; weather. Air-slake I lime is one of the best substances which can be used

for this purpose. The amount to apply varies, ranging from three to twelve tons per acre according to the stiffness of the clay. Application can be made at intervals of seven to ten years. H. A. Huston, Indiana State ; Chemist, advises farmers with heavy clay lands to experiment with a small field in this way, Icing careful that the lime is left in small piles long enough to become well air-slaked and then have it distributed and well mixed with the soil. Using lime in this way makes the land easy to pul- j verize and changes it from a hard i compact mass to one easily broken ; ' into particles which the plant roots ! can penetrate. Salt is also, used I The Teeth of Horses. j A horse’s teeth need as much ati tention as any other part of his body, j The lecognition of this fact is of a ’ very recent date, but all now adi mit the truth. At from two to three i years of age a colt begins to change ' his teeth, and at the age of five years !he is provided with his full set. A ■ horse has forty teeth and a mare j thirty-six. The difference is in the I canine, or as they are sometimes ■ called, bridle teeth, which seldom ; appear in a mare. A horse's molars ! are the organs of mastication and have harder work to perform than . the incisors. The result is that they get worn down so that the animal i cannot eat. When a horse gets thin and refuses his food it is a good plan | t > have his mouth examined to see if ; this is not the case with him. Fill- ! ing the teeth which have worn down , will give immediate relief and the . animal will soon pick up again. Ul- | cerated teeth are quite common ! among horses. The breath has a bad smell, and perhaps there is a swelling of the cheek and tongue. These symptoms should lead to an immedi- 1 ate examination of the mouth. The ' । treatment of such cases is as neces- I i sary to the well-being of the animal 1 as it is for a human being. Many ; young horses have been reduced to a ' , skeleton and died from the iffnorance I . of their owners as to the cause of the , malady. The teeth of a horse can be j I tilled so that it is not necessary to re- i move the offending tooth. In the ' case of the back teeth this is a very j i troublesome task. Amalgam and j bone are the substances generally ■ used for tilling. Wolf teeth are useless and should be extracted if they j become worn by the bit. The idea । i that they affect the sight of the horse, i long ridiculed, h s become an aci knowledged fact. The explanation i is that the nerves of the wolf teeth ■ are connected with the facial nerves, : and pressure on the former reacts on the latter so as to impair the eyei sight. Blooded Stock. There is no question that the person who first introduces blooded | stock into an old, settled farming ; community is a public benefactor. The introducers reap a financial beni eflt therefrom, provided they manage i the work on a strictly business basis. 1 The public know that they have such stock, and if a male, that the ser- } vices may I.e obtained at not too high ; a charge. The charges for a ram I may be $1; for bull about $5, and for • stallion from sls to S3O, or, in most ; cases, just about twice the ruling j terms for common stock, remembering that pure bloods and a reliable pedigree have much to do with the business. With sheep, swine, and 1 cattle, it is best to obtain one of each sex. This will not only enable \ you to increase your stock ol pure moods, but gives others an opportun- : ; ity to see them. Usually, by corre- ! ; sponding with several breeders of the

stock you wish to obtain, better terms can be obtained than by only consulting one breeder. At least you will be better posted regarding thi prices, and if you are able to examine the stock before purchasing, so much the better for you and the seller, as then no cause for dissatisfaction should result. —American Agriculturist. Farm Notes. Ashes will always give good results on light, sandy soils, and lime has been found one of the best fertilizers for such soils. ' Late cabbages can not be neglected. ! The crop thrives only when kept free : from weeds, and it delights in fre- ! quent cultivation of the soil. Too much working among the plants cannot be bestowed on the cabbage crop. Prof. Cook of Vermont, does not ! find any difference in results whether his cows are watered once or twice a , day, provided they get all they want once a day. John Gould says that most of his cows refuse to drink but > once a day and that their performance at the milk pail is quite satis- : 1 actor f.

SCENES IN THE SENATE^ tl _ n SOME OF THE MEN WHO MAKE J SPEECHES. f Leaders Engaged in Parliamentary Duel- i i ng —Debates Bristle with Sharp Kepartee—Conferences that Indicate Silent 1 Warfare. ( { The Great Debate. ( Washington correspondence: 1 ^The scenes in the Senate since the < opening of the extra session have been < x —\ remarkable for ]

(the regular and I steady attend- 1 ance of the San- 1 ators, the sincere intei eit cf each of them in the utterances * of their associates, a ndt h e crowded galler- 1 ies. Each speak- 1 er is given strict < attention of the - Senate. The log- < ic of the speech is followed and ]

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stored away, the data and statistics are • read and analyzed. Seldom has any debate been so carefully followed and studied as that which has been going : on for the past two weeks. These who have lieen fortunate enough to be pres- . ent in the Senate galleries have seen < and heard the men of the nation at < their best. There has been a struggle . on all sides to make for each party the most of the political capital tha£_i^j|i^jj| g t ain t’!,, — twice before he speaks for lie appreciates that should.

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he make a misstep he would be at the mercy of those who are of a different i belief, who are ever lon the alert to i make it embarrassi ing for him. The I debates bristle with j sharp repartee, and I give to the sessions !of the Senate a ! sharpness and brilj liancy that is un- । i usual. | The battle that is ‘ । being waged on the | floor is not appar-^ . ent to the casual 'observer. In every I motion that is made

! there is apt to be a I hidden effort, and it takes the vigilance i and quick insight of the leader to ap- ! predate the meaning of his opponent i and as quickly parry it with a motion i that will benefit his side. The conferences that occur between t hese men are • interesting and at the same time are ' indicative of the silent warfare that is ! eoing on. A potion or suggestion made by the Se’h*tor from Indiana (Mr. i Voorhees i hurriedly cads together Mr. I Teller. Mr. Stewart, Mr. Dubois, ' Mr. Peffer, Mr. Jonos, and the other i silver Senators. On the other hand, a s move on the part of any of these will ’ bring together Mr. Gorman. Mr. Voorhoes an d Mr.

Fau Ikn er, an d with their heads together they will talk hurriedly,and as a result one of i the latter two will 1 make the motion, Iwhich will prob'ably be carried out /by the majority. ■lt is very seldom that Mi 1 . Gorman speaks to the Sen-

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I senator m’pherson. at e. He prefers ' to allow < thers to can-y out his plans. • As a study of the aristocratic ehar- : acters of the different sections of the ' country the Senate even affords better opportunities than the House. It would not be a difficult matter to analyze the temperaments of the Senator from Massachusetts, Mr. Lodge, or those of Mr. Peffer, from Kansas. Two men could hardly be more different in their tastes and habits. In Mr. Lodge there is the cut and dash bf a college-, bred New-Englander. The trim, welldressed figure, erect and athletic in its build, a good strong head well posted on national affairs and a mind clear and independent are seen by his walk. Most closely resembling him in these attributes is Senator Wolcott, of Colorado,

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■who is also Eastern bora, but Western raised. His stay in the West has given him that boldness of speech and directness of manner which is characteristic of the West, while adding a robust constitution ■which allows of a ■powerful voice and 1 force of gesture. For I so young a man he ’ attracts more atten-,— ; I tion to his speechetp

than is usual. I Firmly identified' -l—, with everything in senator su^an. - the Senate that has a silver L ig is ; Mr. Stewart of Nevada. He is known । the world over as being for silver, free , and unlimited as to its coinage, and in this respect he is one of the besGknown- : characters in the Senate. He is one of , the far Western self-made men, ana | though, perhaps, his power of oratory-*' is not as magnetic as some of his fellow members, he is undoubtedly a thorn in the side of those who attempt-, to legislate against the white metals I He has an apparently everlasting fund, of silver knowledge, and is ever pre-* pared to stand for the rights of that metal. Senator Sherman seems to have aged since the last session, but it was apparf 1 ent from his recent speech that he has lost none of the fire and clear-headed#* manner of speech that has marked him 0 as one of the most able men this coun-6 , try has produced. He is one of the 1( ] parliamentarians in Congress, and is. always ready to suggest the prope; method of disposing of any questioiall that comes before the body of whicL he is a member. Though he had a por u tion of his speech written out, he selL. dom referred to the notes, except so), ( statistics or figures, and though h. J talked for nearly three hours he nevc^j * MJ

B, Or hadjx) change his style of led ' 3, 18'seldom absent from Esta v»h 3 : and is regarded as one of . men that ' there are on th e s h^ e of the chamber for thM to Senator Voorhees, pi-ty“^eerat who is taking the most hkA P ai ‘t in the financial discussion ato? McPherson of New Jersey, ift = to his own statement he apA A? f s that his party is now in conqer the legislative branches of the that it is responsible for is given to this country from !: u «—<ss during this Congress at least. Co ^2® come forward as a strong friend lt administration in the present f e an d on account of his ex- . ' ,^ ?e aQ d long service on the Committee is one of Mr. Clevej,y A3 S ^ost helpful lieutenants on the — floot coRN CROP IS COOKED. Maize Belt of the Country Much Affected by the Drought. Grej ‘g|e September report of the statiss^ 1 °f the Department of Agricult’^hows a decline in the condition i IC ! a n 11 ’*6-" from 87 in the month of ture t st and 93.2 in July, being a deot co] moro than 10 points from the Augij s t and.over 16 from the July recline, The change is marked in near- > of the surplus corn States. l>orl., p reg e n t condition is 75 in Kenmh a ’ i n Ohio, 65 in Michigan, 59 J- ® ndiana, 64 in Illinois, 96 in 92 Missouri, 74 in an< ^ * n Nebraska, In Gjl^^Wson with the September reports covr^T - st teu y eai 3 three were of tht‘^L in t lß ^ 72 - 3 in 1887 ’ and lower» IB • tho samo month in 76.6 I? LU' to u 1 *j' nr ’ -few** th, . a SBS against 85.3 in 1892. niv ( E^ral 'WWrage is the lowest since it 72. iniT -3reP ort ®d conditions from correvr i Wmts in the&rincipal wheat-grow-Twi’^Sfttes are Shfollows: Ohio, 98; ~1 ^yan. 80: Indftna, 88; Illinois, 60: 55- £0; Minnesota, 65: Iowa; 67* fiK^onfir 64: Kan&as, 42: Nebraska, the fißPth Dakota, 66: North Dakota. vania®h>rado, 89, and Oregon, 93. In and T»t. New York has 76; PennsylEastew 4<, 3; Maryland, 98; Virginia. 96, Statesßit^f 68. In the New England, conditw 1 - and most < f the Southern The <the crop was harvested in good Indianlon an( l the yield averaged well, light, fame can be said of Ohio. In Kansal* the quality is good, but crop smalrti while in Illinois. Missouri, of it g«> and Nebraska the yield is some IB 111 * °f an inferior quality, much less, tailing No. 3 and under, while in while jpgtees it is reported to be worthIn low* the Dakotas the yield is light, variet^lie quality is generally good, qualitltfa and Wisconsin tho winter poor CJ i yielded well and was of good Minna: , while the spring yield was not it* nd of an inferior quality. In geuei- >ata the yield has been poor and plaint^ > to expectations, the quality nia ai-i lly being good, with some eomis goo 1 if shriveled grain. In ( aliforhas b®Oregon the quality of the grain where Sap to an avm age. and the yield ku got d except on lowlands, pcWt was greatly damaged. JiearlypPLE OF MANY CREEDS. the<*rei< Religions Krpresunt« <k Bud^J^ at aboi^BSiians aril Jews. Mohammedans. lize^H ats. Brahman.-, and followers of in tH %Wy religi u- creed in tl.v civ imonßs>n 4 met in one grand !h>fmbly tory^K Chicago Art l’alae ■ Monday grea^pg bW the first time in th< ’ni—pac^fthe *Korld. Time and again the its ^»9t audience which has ever tionß the Art l’alae- thundc'ed sibl« proval of the spirit of toleraionsWfd liberality which made posskinßjhe parliament of the religeourß^of the world. The darkrobßlfl sectarians of the Oriental the * n their white and yellow of tM md turbans sat side by side with and K rk-gowned and hatted prelates RonWjGreek Church and a red cloaked BapC pped cardinal of the Church of laid^ Methodists, Presbyterians, eten fts, Camphellites and Unitarians । the ui their differences on baptism, hands 1 punishment, forordination and Maho icarious atonement and joined sect, with the followers of Confucius, was / met, Buddha and those of every havi Nov was woman forgotten. She ago. iven such recognition as would Lc: been impossible a few decades ingjl crow ig before the hour for the opennevi 1 the session Columbus Hall was staiwd with such an audience as was fillefr within its doors before. Up wayjs and down the aisles wore DacftTvith people and the passageX r( #s around the seats were Ba®ed with people five deep. । othfbbishop Feehan, the Rev. John H. and rows, President Higinbotham and OC( . fi-s addresses of welcome ga L^^onses, and addresses to the delivered by Cardinal A A^hbishop Redwood, of

g«top of Livtas, I Sweden;“‘l^o ^>7°? Dharmapala andP.’c. ’ the Hon. Fung Quano- - Principal Grant. Canada: ifbi Ormiston Chant. Rabbi E. ^llnn B ’ W - Arnett, Miss Jejune Sorabji, Khersidji Laurasava, B^B^bay^ and Airs. Chat in. 11 — : — \| Wheels Betolvv Again. T jONTE woolen mills. West Rochester j BH., resumed Monday. : Ibernethy factory. Leavenworth, | M resumed, employing 300 men. / awtucket Valley Print Works, i, ide Island, resumed on full time. H OCHECO Manufacturing Company ■ , Sawyer woolen mills, Dover, N. H., , | fumed.

r®. Meric AN Curled Hair Company, ptral Falls, R. 1., resumed with re—y’tion of wages. g OUrtree ore mine and Russellville I I mine, Russellville, Ala., resumed $ bday, employing 2,000 men. J A. GODCHARLES’ nail works and J y Nail Works, Milton, Pa., resumed. Is msylvania Paper Company, Lock } ven, Pa., resumed. ■ HE Peabody mills, at Newburyport. I ss., which have been shut down for ( Past five weeks, have started up. j je corporation employs about 400 ' fids. |

THE StJNDAY SCHOOL. I AN INTERESTING AND INSTRUCTIVE LESSON. Reflections of an Elevating CharacterWholesome Food for Thought—Studying the Scriptural Lesson Intelligently and Profitably. Personal Resnonslbility. The lesson for Sunday. Sept. 17, may be found in Romans 14; 12-23. POINTS IN THE LESSON. Paid has just been saying, “Put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ.” The garment of Christ-likeness here appropriated is charity, consideration, condescension. The apostle begins this chapter with an appeal for the weak brother. Receive him. “but not to doubtful disputations.” Do not bewilder him with the raising of fine points, eases of conscience. Do not spend time in judging. Love God and love one another. “No man liveth to himself,” Paul gees on to say: that is plain. “And no man dieth unto himself;” that is not so plain. But turn over to John 12: 24, ‘Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone (it stays just as it is!, but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit.” So, then, we aie not our own. Living or dying^ we are the Lord’s—and our brother’s. “Let us, therefore, not judge one anany more. U Why? because we shall find plenty to do in judging ourselves. And have you ever thought of it? he who rightly judges himself here chall.ft^cane. hulgment UP there before

y»as!se<l ft-bm dentil unto 1 iTe. ” Bo says • Jesus (John 5: 24-. So echoes Paul m this same epistle (8: 1): “There is, . therefore, now, no condemnation to I them which are in Christ Jesus.” “But judge this rather that no man | put a stumbling block.” It is the ■ pivotal passage. Pivotal here, and ; pivotal in all Christian conduct. It is, ■ in fact, Christianity in actual life, i Love is its name. " There are two ’ stronar words here: proskomma, “stumbling block,” and skandalon, “occasion to fall.” The first had orig- । inal reference to tripping, the second j I to trapptSg. Be careful. What wo [ do or say may be a stone or a snare in some one’s path. Think twice before i ' you speak, or act. Let the second I thought be for the sake of the brother. ■ Conscience. Here it is. “All things ‘ ' indeed are pure, but it is evil for that i man who eateth with offense" (stum- j blingk That is the neighbor's con- I 1 science. “It is good neither to eat । - flesh, nor to drink wine, nor anything I ; whereby thy brother stumbleth, or is i offended (made to fall), or is made j i weak. ” There is your, my conscience. ■ So then there are two consciences at ■ • work, two with which wo have to do; two. yes, three: (1) My own conscience regarding a matter, itself wholly unj affected. (2) My neighbor's conscience i seriously affected. (3) My conscience of rhe matter now in vitw of my neighbor's attitude. This is the Christian conscience. And here is true temperance to-day —the minding of this sequential conscience. It shuts away from me many things that would otherwise be innocent and very acceptable. Certain placps of i esort, certain amusements ! und recreations, certain appetites and i indulgences, these are counted out by ! this third conscience. On this ground there is no place for wine or strong drink of any sort on the Christian's table or in his cellar. Keep conscience pure, and hand and lip will be clean, pure. And here is the Christian's spur ; to such self-denial: “Destroy not him ' with thy meat, for whom Christ died. ” l Do you love Christ? you will love the ! ' one for whom Christ died. And you will sacrifice for him. Yes, if with Christ, you died to self. HINTS AND ILLUSTRATIONS. Glance, at the outset, at the epistles of Paul as a whole. The journeys of Paul intimate them. Take them up ‘ severally. On which journey was this ! epistle written? when that one? Where ! was Paul when he put pen to scroll for | Romans? Galatians, etc? What is the 1 nexus of the epistles, the connecting ] link? Take the name of Jesus as the ( thread or cord that joins them all. In ! Christ. Romans, what is it but justi- । fled in Christ? 1 Corinthians: Ap- - . i proved in Christ. 2 Corinthians: ' | Strengthened in Christ. Galatians: - I Free in Christ (5: 1.) Ephesians: Pur- i ' posed in Christ. Philippians: Rejoic- ; ’ ing in Christ. (4: 4) Colossians: Com- i ’ plete in Christ. (2:*10) Ist and 2d Thes- ! ( salonians; Brethren in Christ. Ist and i 2d Timothy, Titus, Philemon: Serv- ( ( I ing in Christ—ministering. “Hast thou faith? have it to thyself before God.” We are saved one by one. • [ Each man stands alone before God at the last. Bishop Newman has just , ’ , been speaking in the writer’s hearing । J’ on national progress and reform. But f I here finally, he says, is the key to it: u i Christ’s Kingship in individual hearts, i T As paeh Is truA 'ho Christ. Yip is trnA to

। as eacn is true w vunst, ne is true uo I his brother. I liel P tKo feebler brother. I , Condescend to men of low estate. But we are all weak, therefore let us help each other. Ip here in the north woods in attendance upon the Adironj dack summer school we are talkincr about ho,, t<> get <h„ ehlhlL-f'^ hate themselves Sunday afternoon, | that trying time. \\ e men are doin<r most of the talking. Then Mrs. J. AL i Terhune, of the Brooklyn Primary In- ' stitute, comes to the front. “We must shG sa T s - “Mother j am, father. Ihe man can not go aside i to his papers or something else and i v-r? ail to the wife. Keep with the i children. Let father, mother and the 1 ' boys and girls spend a part of every ; < Sunday afternoon together over God’s ‘ word. ; j

’ Language of the Hand. Grant had medium hands, with a , j strong head line and powerful thumb. j A damp, warm palm indicates a ! | feverish condition: often lung trouble. I Short nails on a soft hand betoken ’ a teasing, sarcastic, fault-finding per- I son. A straight line of Saturn indi- I cates long life and happiness in old age. I j A palm cool, soft to the touch i shows a healthy condition of the system. * j (

NEWS OF OUR STATE. — A WEEK AMONG THE HUSTLING HOOSIERS. What Our Neighbors Are Doing—blatters of General and Local Interest—Marriages and Deaths — Accidents and Crimes— Pointers About Our Own Peopie. Indiana Incidents. Franklin County reports the best clover yield this season. Geo. Fossee, alleged counterfeiter, j nabbed in Jeffersonville. The forged check worker found several easy marks in Marion. Belle Potts suicided with a razor at Washington. 11l health. Attica claims to be the prestiest 1 little city in Indiana. Question? j _ Lewis Jenkins had his arm torn ofl i in the tin plate works at Elwood. I J. F. Middleton's large barn near i Spartansburg burned. Loss §IO,OOO. Joseph Eisle of Elston, was kicked in the stomach by a horse and died. Miss Maud Chadwich had her arm nearly cut off with a mower, near Mace, Montgomery County. Jacob Esary, charged with white : capping, was tried at Cannelton, and was found not guilty. Ferdinand Kegley of Peru, who attempted suicide and tried to kill his entire family, is insane. Bert Cupp, 24, a >vell-known trainman of Muncie, is mysteriously missing. Feared he has been killed. John Jackson, a^ed

| Ll.. Vhittington, aged 5, of Jeffersonviile, while playing with matches, . set his clothes on fire, and was perhaps j fatally burned. I Firs broke out in the School of the ■ Feeble-pjinded at Fort Wayne, but was . extinguished with slight loss that will ' not exceed $5,000. Miss Minnie Bruck, a well-known young lady of Peru, was thrown from a buggy b f a runaway team nnd terribly injured. She will die. CHARLES Holtz, a prominent attorney cf Sullivan, was fat-illy shot by an ex-Sheriff. It is said that he was intimate, with the Sheriff's wife. Vermillion County School Trustees are experiencing trouble in securing enough teachers to handle the schools of that county. They fail tc pass the examinations. Twelve miners were furiously’ injured in a gas explosion in a coal mine at Shelburn. Pid Hayes. S. Elwick, Levi Bardsley. Charles Lloyd, and George Brown may die. At Elwood, the McCloy lamp chimney factory, employing 300 hands, has resumed operations in part. The MeButs factory will endeavor to put on a night force after next week. The family of William Sagus, living north of Burrows, was poisoned by something in their food. Two children died and three other n.embers of the famile are not expecteed to live. The American Tin Plate Factory at Elwood is turning out 3,000 boxes ol finished plate per week. It has made the land companies of Elwood an offer to double the capacity of their factory. An Edinbure - man. afflicted wifb paralysis and nervous disease Has sued the ice and light company for SI,OOO, damages. The company's tooting whistle made his • life a screaming farce. Charles A. Stewart, a switchman employed in the yards of the Evansville & Terre Haute Railroad at Terre Haute, was killed at Evansville while attempting to cross the track between twe moving freight u Mns. Indiana furnished for the war a grand total of 208,367 men, 175,776 formed 129 infantry regiment, 21.605 formed thirteen regiments of cavalry, and 10,986 were light and heavy artillery. Her soldiers participated in 308 battles, during which 24,416 of her brave men gave up their lives. George Cutsinger was arrested near Shelbyville for being drunk and ’ using obscene language. As a con- ' stable was taking him to Shelbyville ' they were met by White Caps and the i prisoner was severely whipped. The 1 constable was made to retreat. CutI singer was caught again, and lodged I in jail- | Harry’ Creagin was fatally injured i and Barney Riley instantly killed at i Colburn. They were en route to Logansport and were seated on the top of a Wabash caboose. The company was ; short of cars and run a train of cabooses, many persons riding on top. Riley and j Creagin are supposed to have been seated on top of the lookout cupola, and were knocked off by the water spout. Both reside in Lafayette. I SOME unknown person made an attempt to poison the family of Henry ; Page, living on a farm near Brooklyn, by placing the contents of a box of

; Rough on Rats wrapped in a piece of ■ newspaper in the pump. As a consequence Mr. Page’s daughter Rosa is . not expected to recover. Other item- । oers of the family are sick. Several ; chickens died from the effects of drinkI mg the poisoned water. I 4 PARTY of hunters made a ghastly find in a secluded part of the woods I on Lie County Poor Farm near Newi i “ consisted of the remains , of dn old man who had committed sui- , cide by hanging. The bodv was so deI composed that the flesh was dropping nllci an tV 1 ' 0 l )r ? truded in many imnosdb’ l ti ldent i«cation impossible. The unfortunate is thought to have been Israel Shinn, a demented o.d pensioner, who wandered away from his home in Dunreith some weeks

Jldge Briggs of Terre Haute on complaint ot the Sullivan Countv R a ’n“ ! appointed George J. (frammm i ’ ’ of the Evansville A Temre r'V ;S;i,J h 0 roa<l X Jbration in Lo^mn^Girt ml • Cel ’ out on the Joo,- ir'X r e dence that they had tmt n L evieaten some -Rmagh on RatsJ’ d ° f a " d