St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 19, Number 38, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 7 April 1894 — Page 7

DOMESTIC ECONOMY. TOPICS OF INTEREST TO FAF.MER AND HOUSEWIFE. Grading Up Stock—Fancy I’onltry Is Not Profitable—Quality of Maple Sap —Potato Culture —How to Market Stock—General Farm Notes. Pure Breit Stock. The breeds are the result of hundreds of years’ patient work. It was half a century before Bakewell coni- I pleted his experiments with the Cots- ; wold sheep and since h's time that breed has not only been improved but has also been made the founda- ' tion upon which the best mutton breeds of the present day hate been produced. Every farmer knows how rapidly the trotting horses have increased their speed since the days of Hambletonian, and yet Ilambletonian himself was the result of many years’ j breeding. When the great Boston and 1 ashion met for supremacy, the I race horse of that time was considered at its supremacy, and p digrces could ; be traced far beyond Godolphin ! Arabian, yet a son of Boston lowered the record of four miles to a point ? that was marvelous. Lexington, who / performed this feat, became the I source from which the best race ! horses of our time came. These re-, suits were due to the selection of the I best for breeding purposes. "When a farmer has a flock or herd of mongrels it will pay him to grade up his stock by the use of pure-bred : sires, but his aim should always be to procure something better, If he I has pure breeds he must strictly adhere to them. The moment lie at- i tempts to cross one pure-bred lot I with the use of males of soipc other ! breed he makes the first downward step, lie obliterates pedigrees, and the tendency is then back to the mongrels. This may be particularly noticed with those who often attempt to improve the r flocks of poultry by crossing two breeds that are entirely unlike. The result usually ends in two or three seasons, in a flock of mongrels possessing no uni- । formity whatever. The same will happen with animals. If a thorough- ' bred race horse and a trotter are crossed the value of the progeny is less than it would be if its parents were both from the same breed, and from the best strains of that breed. Every breed has been bred on certain lines. The shorthorn is intended to produce beef in preference to milk ana butter. The Holstein is a milk and butter producing animal. ■Cross the two-breeds and the result । will be an animal that is not equal to the shorthorn for beef or to the Holstein for milk and butter. Both breeds have been lost in the experiment, so far as their dominant quail- I f e -^^^^«ncerned. and nothing has long of patient breeding for certain ’ * -'cnS^actenstics have rendered them fixed and inherent in the breed. But breed the mongrel with the use of the pure-bred male, and while the progeny will note iual the pure breed, yet it will far excel its mongrel parent, and by grading still further there is a persistent improvement. The farmer can thusetTect a constant increase in quality, and add to the value of his stock every year.—Philadelphia Record. Fancy Poultry Don't Pay. There is no country where fan y poultry — mostly Asiatic has had such a boom as in New England: and no country, unless it be England,can show such a shortage of home products. And now, after all this trial, seemingly not satisfied witli the-e prolific Asiatics, poultry editors are treating us, says the Vermont Chronicle, with full accounts of the ‘ merits” of many mongrel breeds, “superior to the Asiatics” —as weare •constantly told by the editors them-selves-and apparently better just in proportion as the Asiatic blood diminishes—Plymouth Kocks, Wyandottes, etc. Summing up all the experience of the past forty years, with the present great and increasing shortage of home-laid eggs in New England, necessitating such an immense importation from Canada and the West, he must be a very sanguine poultryman, indeed, who still adheres to the notion that Asiatic fowls have been of i any benefit to America. Take the j good old common hens of New Enpive them the skilled care and attention that itivAn to the i Asiatics—keeping out the Asiatic blood—and the record would be vastly better. Had this been done, we would now be exporting instead of imp orting eggs by the million dozen. And we are sure that for market poultry, as wcl. as for eggs, we should to day be vastly better off if no Asiatic fowl had never appeared on the American Continent. How to Market Sto k. The most successful feeders for profit, are very careful what kind of stock they buy. Nothing can be made cf inferior animals past their prime, and to feed them never so well is very much like throwing money away. If there are a few poor specimens in a flock sell them quickly at whatever price can be got. To try to put them among a lot of good, well-fattened animals will depreciate the whole more than the others will bring. If there can be two classes made in selling be sure and make them, and dispose always of the poorest first. r l lie same causes which made the best animals gain their superiority are likely to continue in operation as long as they live. Yet it is quite common among ’ a certain class of poor farmers to let the butcher take his pick of their flock, thinking that with the reduc- ! tion in number extra feeding will , make the remainder as good as the list* It very rarely results thus- It '

Is usually not lack of feed, but lack of digestive power that makes the poorer animals in a flock out of condition. If an attempt is made to force more rich feed into these animals digestion is still further injured, and their condition b comes worse than before. —Americ in Cultivator. Growing Peas With Oats. It has long been a practice with some farmers to grow the oat and pea crop together, sometimes cutt ng both while partly green and using for fodder, and occasionally allowing ; seed of both to ripen. The fact that the oat stalk helped hold up the vine was not the only, nor yet the greatest, advantage of this method of cropping. It lias been always claimed that either for grain or hay these two crops combined produced a larger yield than either would alone. Science has come to the defense of this old-fashion: d belief. It is known' that the pea crop is one of those i ■ leguminous plants which, like clover, I uses the nitrogen of the air to sup- 1 port itself. As this process of de- ! composing the atmosphere takes place i in the soil, it is quite probable that the oat crop finds more nitrogen for its roots during its later growth from ; having the pea crop grown with it. Manure Out Vmler the Eave*. On far too many farms the old custom is still in vogue of throwing the manure out beneath the eaves, though in some instances it is only done because the ownersare not quite ready to build new barns, when all this will be changed. Many people, says Hoard’s Dairyman, forget the fact that plants do not eat, but drink. They can only appropriate I the fertilizing elements in any plant . food while it is in a liquid or dissolved I state. Thus, it is seen not only are ! the liquid excrements lost by passing down through the stable floors, as I they do in many ca-cs, but the rains still further rob the value of the solid portion by washing away the more soluble pertions. Ninety per cent, of the potash—one of the most valuable of the ingredients of stable manure—is voided in the 11 ju ds. Quality of Maple Sap. All experienced maple sugar growers know that sap from some trees is much richer than it is from others, even ot the same spec es. As is well known, soft maple give sap not very ■ sweet and not so easy to gram when making sugar. This may be partly 1 because soft maples usually grow in low, wet grounds We have always noted that maple trees on rich, high ground produced much and sweeter sap. Trees standingapart give more and better sap than those in a den-e forest. This may be also because | such trees are usually m ae branch- ■ mg. The maple tree that give tha ’ best and most sap of any tree we have ever known stood in a pasture where stock rested in its shade every | summer. It was wide branched and extremely thrifty for many years. Farm Note. The harrow and the roller are among the most important of the farm products. Without the liberal use of both the small grain crops can hardly be put in properly. It is better to train grapevim s in cold weather. If such work is post- ; poned until the sap begins to flow ■ the vines mav then be injured by cutting them back severely. lx some classes of farm products over-production has not so much to do with the depression in prices as has poor quality. This applies equally t » products so widely different as cattle and fruit. It is a frequent, but erroneous 'impression that in pMuting strawberries it is necessary to have at least every other row set witli the perfect flowerj ing sorts. One row in six is quite ample for this purpose. Grapevines planted on heavy land arealways the first to be attacked by mildew and rot. The roots cannot penetrate to any considerable depth. . The best soil is a deep, well drained, sandy loam, where the roots can reach permanent moisture. When the old hens begin to lay eggs of unusual size, such as double yolk egg', it indicates that they have been overfed and are too fat. In such cases the grain ration must be reduced, and more green food and meat should be allowed. One of the surest methods of con- ' serving tHe fertility of the farm is to ' observe proper rotation of crops. No । .firmer can afford to neglect this, no iu,< t tor rich his laud may le. Where it has been attempted incTe^ suits have always been disastrous. Wufn sheep are allowed to go on scant teed for a month, or even a shorter time, there will be a weak place in tlie staple easily detected by the wool buyer. This greatly les- ( sons the selling value of the sheep. Keep them in good condition for : some time, but not too tat. Toughest Town in the World. A citizen of this city lately returned from a tour around the world describes Port Said at the Mediterranean enu of the Suez Canal as the wickedest pace he ever visited. ••Curing the five days I was detained there waiting for a steamer,” said he, •T scarcely dared venture in the streets unattended, for assaults and robberies at midday were of the commonest occurrence. All nations are . represented there, and the enmity between the Consuls is such that criminals are rarely brought to justice. The morning that. I finally left the hotel I was horrified to find the body of a Norwegian sailor on the sidewalk th his throat cut from ear to ear ana a rope around his neck, by means of which his assailI ants had evidently been dragging him I about the streets. Nobody mani. । tested sufficient interest in the event ■ to even remove the body.”—Phila- ! delDhD Record.

THE SUNDAY SCHOOL : THOUGHTS WORTHY OF CALM ’ REFLECTION. 1 A Pleasant, Interesting, and Instructive Lesson, and Where It May Be Found— A Learned and Concise Review of the Same. Discord in Jacob's Family. The lesson for Sunday, April 8, may be found in Gen. 37: 1-11. INTRODUCTORY. Joseph: A new name in the record of the race, and a new beginning of days. Geikie, in his “Hours with the Bible,” has well said: “The return of Jacob to < anaan was the first great step toward the formation of a Hebrew people. Hitherto there had been only individuals of the race, but with the family of । Jacob it branched into numerous heads ,of the luturo tribes of Israel. The | formal and solemn acceptance of the ; traditional faith of Ab 'aharn by these | at Bethel determined henceforth the । history of Israel as identified with the 1 perpetuation aid spread among man- । kind of the great doctrine of the unity I of Ged and of the high standard of life | which was known as "the way of Jeho-^ vah.” And now in a strange way this people is t > be carried d-Mvn-there to work out the divine behest^' Joseph is, unwittingly, to be the John the Bapt:s. o ■ forerunner of this great movement. For five weeks now wo will I deal with his wonderful life. POINTS IN THE LESSOR. “And Jacob dwelt in the land where- ■ in his father wai a st an er.” The lan- , guago rewards ebser study. Literally, * Jacob took his seat in the land where his father tarried is a sojourner. He 'established himself in Canaan; ho made it his home. In other words, Jacob dwelt as a citizen where hi* father dwelt as a transient—a transient, at least, in the estimation of th s? around about. i “These a e the ger.o-atior.s of Jacob" i is a little ob cure. < hio would i ^turally expect to have ti e num s of Jacoba ' sols follow, instead we have the nar- ’ native of th ir doines. And this is j really what i- meant. Ik o’, gives it, I “the events or occurrences which hap- ‘ p med to ■ acoband his issue.” And he | instances the st: ry of N< ah at Gon. 6: ' 9 “generations” , also of Moses andj ! Aaron at Numb rs 3: 1. Moses here! turns from the account cf Esau's p:s-i i teritv to that of the chosen family.] , The lexicon gives for a icndition of the] ! word here translated “generations,n ■ family-history. | Ano Joseph brought unti his father] their evil report;” better, the evil re-1 port of them iseo Revision', or, eveJ more lit wally, the rumor of their bad 9 । noss. It was ] robably current in thM , places which they frequented .m* i Joseph did not act the part of a merH , tattler or tale-lint er, but* rather of fl rejieatcr of what was the common ta'K ■ arm ng the people. HeSwibiy, 100, lifl i may have been dispatched with thj i spe ial errand to b ing his father Hifl ! ings. The Douay says he accu-ed hiß j br< thers < f “a most wi ked crime.’’ 9 Ti.ey “could not s;h ak peaceably uw! j to him," is, literally, they wore no® ! able to say jamcc salaam unto hiin^ i’< !<•»• was ti e ‘n utation id ! ei.dJjS They - •.JJI'T.VIVII Hwhi t I render him tl e otd nary sab.ta' I goo 1 fellowship and cmirte-y. Sc- far had their anger and jealousy t<ro- ; HINTS ANH ILLUSTRATION!*. ! \\ e have in Joseph's life a powerful । esson < f tli d s piw idvnc . .o-o h is Iti e man of destiny. Who would have j thought that ti e casting of this deU-l | <a e boy into a pit would have worked 1 • . cut su h mighty results. But here । again man's extri mity is Bod's < p;>cr- : tunity; o.' rathe man’s straits are , < ><><! - onia gi.esm 1 ' l.<x>k back over t ’ your own livi > Has there not Wen: ' many a Jo-eph expe ieiwe there? Re« ’ । count tiiem. fl vG'ul move i In a my»t 'rl us way His woncer- to perform. i He plants his f, txtop. In the sea — , And rides alovo the storm. - ‘ H’Jn.l unlclief is sure to err • ; Ami sc in his works hi vain: i God Is his own hit rprater, i And he will make it ; lain." j The le-8 m whic’i th ' Int ■. national , Committee have parti ula lv chosen: ; I t o emphasize in this portion of Jo- eph’s I I fe is tha* of coufli t, th > warring of ' < opposite nature.-. lot us find her« i then some suggestions as to how to i the best eon ir.eft-. There is away of | living which, while it necessarily . 1 mean' c inflict with the world, signifies ; alliance witli (Jod and assured triumph i in tiie end —God’s providence with tM ! । Christian warrior. Peloulet sugges" । । lively names the ca-e of Dr. i’arkhursl ■ in New York as a noteworthy instant" of the warfare that must arise whir’ l i private integrity takes its stand agaits^ i public iniquity. So always, as DA. X* ! J. Gordon intimates, the plumb IH® 1 j throws all other lines into open dP* • tortion. And yet “if God be for w B , who is he that is against us?” Unity of sentiment a id the spirit of r ih-otnni forbearance should be euilWT j ted in order to avoid discord. Th“ । is no l etter way to produce this tl*®> , t ■ cave it 'cd aid t' fly. “One is ys- u ’ Mas: !■, e '?n < l ist, and all y- •'d'" brethren." or i <th e-words, "su'^jtting your- Iv - one lo another in fear <f < od." This is undorst od tobe the motive of the Boys' Brigade, whch some have quite naturally suppled j mignt p ssfldy engender tbo belliger- । ent spirit. < n th ' contrary, a< we ■ ourselves k: ox from s me slight-ex-I p'l ienee, the opp -.site is the result. Deming: “We give them military drill not to set them to fighting, but to keep t rent from fighting.” * >1 cJience to authority ought certainly to make for pea e. and it does. The trouble with Joseph and his brethren was that th y had "broken ianks,' and did not knew ho.v to “keep step.” Next Lesson-"Jo-cph Sold Into ’ gypt. —Gen. 27: 22-3 j. Grains of Gold. Culture ncver'made a saint. A stingy man is never contented. Folks who hope are generally folks who help. Noil hung is heavier thanatrouble that is borrowed. (rENJUS may be swift, but perseverence has the surest feet. I here can be no true politeness without the practice of self-denial. To live long for what we can see proves that we are shortsighted. 1

|MbURRY in wheat. ’ P 4 ' ~ ' ?RICE GOES UP THREE CENTS A I i BUSHEL IN CHICAGO. dtartllnj; Crop Damage Talk and a Hardefreeze Coming Create a Panic Among y.Uayers Enormous Business and Great jyxclt ement on the Floor. I’l M »«l Scramble In the Pit. tru here was a waking up of the wheat ing first hour Wednesday mornOn ’ S< y 9 a dispatch from Chi ago. thf * 6ar colder v either over ic belt the May price started ’Prgained in the first half hour, 1TO i offerings ceased, and shorts N , ®-Xcited and. bid prit es up 2c fur-z-r r)n 11 few minutes. May from 581 He Tuesday night went to 61 ic. V 3 m for May wai up fc to 37i(0)37i0 first hour. Oats gained ic to 31i‘o wT'* ’- Pcrk S alnod 10 c in sympathy. k ® th© d&y were light at >24 cars wheat, fiii cn n, 118 oats. were posted at 29,0J0. ter months of weary waiting on ^g»eull side cf wheat, and after deand depression such us never be■jfl recorded in the trade, there was a fMB* 'upli ewvH*innrko t and a Pc in the speculative price in lesap than an hour. The great pit, whauh has been afflicted by that “tired fee King” for weeks and m< nths, at once bemine the scene of great excitement. Ma 9 wheat, which closed 58J(.r5^0 Tu^ lay night, started at 58Jc, and in r A M ” aJU ■ CHICAGO BOARO OF IHAbE ■ a few minutes moved up to 59c, with ■no indication of the panic which |i followed. The Signal Service l| Agent put the touche* on the II weather map. The chart showed || milder weather only in certain 10-'al-while the Northwest, lowa, liKnn-as, and other great States of the 11 Wheat belt had freezing weather, 'i'his not all. The prediction was Ura nnore Beverc freeze than on M< ndav ■®vor the whole wheat bdt. I hi, was mlng. At the Lame b.our ovory Jyy**® 0,1 th® floor with c mntrv e. n- ■ nwtions had dispatches telling of ^Heat alreadi kilhM by the cold wa o ’Tirado »a-< Is a' Uh on the thoor, that • wheat wa- not injured <atoa nd SL L-J^ouls parties after ^ending out are its Irenortcd half the rr p in Southern Llllinois. TenneS'oo and K n' i'kyki led ris yond doubt, it wn. jointed b. • Hirevinu* warm weather. A’fl this camo Bn the trade, which v as nea i’y sh rt. jut wa. not the sh rtnge of <»• b;r Ijthe Ve7r"plmK ( 'r, ii,. r e \hm t. \ 'e’-y Kg ■ : . r In the face of th j weather map fcnd the u t crop <.. a . • there was no ore to sell it Ito th m. Then* was nothin” b-ft but. ’ *lO bid for it. T is -ta-to i "th. • , a .ic , ' among shorts. Then earn • am th " ele- ! ’ ment of danger, th stop I-s ord ru । ■ Gotomo s wth ten. tw n’y o f; ty ’ ! thousand wheat short aionud ■>' c or । 65*0 hail pr t< < ting orders a ottnd 5 > c : or <Uc. Wi en stop o d -rs w-o reached commission men we:e v. i i. J On c th » ma ket got by the 'tops r ■■ r ■ n print the I >s* was on tin- ho ; o Kg j houses had ufl thei - broke s b ;y ng like fury. It wa-a wild sc ne an I a . groat, b ■ mding, Udi ma ket, \ ith Lbscs for shorts, big and li tie, right and left. The May price start! d 58;c, went to 5 e gradi: thy, went to 6c with shorts dim ing over' ea w h other to got whe it sol 1 e I wo •, i went from tUe t > 61c with c mnnUi >n houses buying on a tremendous s. a'o I to eave their oust mers and thems ev. s, and the panic which was on car i d ’he price to Glic, < r “c over the close on Tuesday. July sdd • 0;c a: d up to 63c. I’aiUr dg * brokers s. H wheat on , the big advance, and the Mav price went back to CO c. <)n a second flurry lief >re midd iy the Maj’ sold ' lie anil was stopped by enormous selling by ■ Baldwin Farnum and others. The market became steady at COic, 2-eover i Tuesday night. The light ears, 166 ; Minneapolis and Duluth, against .’l6O a year ago, added to the force of the buying. O’illlons of Bushels Handled. Hundred* of brokers and speculators were wildly clawing the air and ! screaming for wheat, says the dispatch. ! They bid the market up on themselves • furiously, and in less than five minutes ■ the price was 61 j, ami July was 63. ; From s'Jt to 61 hardly' a trade was made. Everybody wanted to buy wheat, and nobody had any for sale. I The fountains cf supply were suddenly j exhausted. The bears were thrown into a hopeless panic By their inability I to get wheat. Nothing so frightens a speculator as to discover that he can । neither buy nor sell, and when thor- I oughly panic-stricken nobody can skip j fractions in his bids like a trappea ' short seller. At such ] eriods he wants I the property and price cuts no figure. • Telegraphic Clicks. At Barberton, Pa., Andro Bartell! ( threw his baby into the stove because , it cried. i The Populists of North Dakota will hold a State Convention iu June at i Jamestown. Burglars carried away everything portable from the Gen. Grant cottage < at Elberon, N. J. It is probable that the street car strike in Toledo, Ohio, will be settled I by arbitration.

BLAND BILL VETOED.’ "RESIDENT DECLINES TO INDORSE THE MEASURE. Bill Is Returned to ths House Without His Approval — Seigniorage Might Be Coined on an Issue of Low Interest Bearing Bonds. Would Rob Vs of Our Gold. President Cleve and has vetoed the Bland bill. Long before the House was called to order Thursday morning I ■ the news had spread over the floor ■ ■ that the seigniorage bill had lean vo- । toed, and later, according to a WashI ington dispatch, whan the positive announcement was made it caused, lit le I excitement. The President’s objections to the bill, in brief, are that the ' bill is loosely drawn and would rob us ।of our gold. He rays he believes the I coinage of the bullion seigniorage : might ba saf ly and advantageously . done provided authority were given | the Secretary of the Treasury to issue bonds at a low rate of interest. He expresses a h< pe for a comprehensive , j adjustment of cur monetary affairs in a short time in away t > a-cord to sil- ‘ I ter Its proper place in our currency. ’ j In his veto mes-age the President * says: “My strong desiie to avoid dis- ; agreement with these in both houses of Congress who have tupported this bill would lead me to approve it if I I could believe that the pufilic good woui 1 not te thereby endangered, and , that such action on my part would be a proper discharge of official duty. I “Inasmuch, however, as lam unable i to satisfy myself that the proposed leg- ■ islation is either wise or opportune, ' my c ne option of the obligations and responsibilities attached to the grea* office I hold forbids the indulgence o) my personal desire ami inexorably conI fines me to that course which is dictated by my reason and judgment and point d out by a sincere purpose tc protect and promote t e general interests of our j eople. i The financial Uis:urhance which swept over the country durin? the last year was i unparalleled in its severity and disastroui ! consequences. There seemed to be almost . an entire displacement ot faith in out financial ability and a less of confidence in , our fiscal policy. Arnone those who attempted to assign causes f r our distress it | was very generally conceded that the op- , eratlon of a provision of law then in force I । which required th.> Govem nent to pur- ! Chase monthly a large amount ot sllvei | bullion and Is-u j its notes tn payment I therefor was eit :er entirely or to a large i extent respousib e for our ootid.ti u. This led to tbo repeal, on Nov. 1, 1593, j of this statutory provision. We had, how- 1 ever, fuhen so I >w la the depths of de- । presston and timidity, and apprehension ; had so comp, < t sly galnel control tn financial circles. that our rapid teruperatlon ■ couM not bo rea-onaldy expected. Our recovery has neviTthcioss, steadily progressed, and though lest than five months have elapse I si ce the repeal of the mischievous silver purchase requirement a v holes me Improvement is unmistakably apparent. I out donee in our absolute solvency is to such an extent reinstated, ami faith in our deposition to adhere to sound financial met vis Is so far res.i red as to produce tbo most encouraging results both at homo unit abroavl. Th” wheels ■■* drm-sttc Industry have been slowly st t In tn >tion. .nd the tide ot foreign investment hi' again started In our direction Our re every being so well under way n thing -.r0n.l bo done to check our c invalv'Ceace. nor sin ul i we j f rget that a reiap-e at this time would almost suteiy reduce us in a lower stage of ' tluan al vll-tro.- than that from which we i are just emerging. I be!le vo that if the bill under c msidornt on -h ul 1 I .-o :, ■ , ' ,w it wouid bo re- I garded as a retrogression fr ni the linan- j Clal Intent: ns .- Ju ged by our recent re- . p al of the j revision forcing silver bullion p.ircha- s; th vt it w< uhl weaken If It did I not destroy returning faith and confidence in nr -■ ui I financial tendencies, and that i as a . n-e iuence our pr< g:e-s to renewed I bvslnt -s health would be unfortunately j checked and a return to our recent dis- I tressing pltgiit mt.< u-Iy threatened. 111-Advised and Dangerous. I am convln •■■ 1 that this scheme Is 11!advl.ed and dangerous. As an ultimate result of its operation, treasury notes which are legal tender tor all debts, public ami private, and which are redeemable In gold or silver, at lie option of the holder, ; will to replaced by silver certificates which, whatever may be their character and description, will h ive none of these qu i ties. In anti ipatlon of this result, and as an immediate effect, the treasury notes will naturally ap- ' predate in value and desirability, i The fa t that gold can be realized up >n , them, and th • further fact that their de- j , struction has been decreed when they ■ reach the Treasury, must tend to their 1 withdrawal from general circulation, to ba Immediately presented for gold redetnp- i j tion or to be hoarded for presentation at a 1 more convenient s-asom The sequel of । both operations will lio a large addition to I the sliver currency In our circulation and a corresponding reduction of gold in tha i Treasury. I The argument has tesn ma le that these things will not occur at one?, because a long time must elapse before the coinage of anything but the seigniorage ca>* be entered upon. If the physical effects of the execution of the second section of this bill are not. to be realized until far in the future this may furni-h a strong reason why it should not be passed s> much in ad- , vance: but the postponement of Its • . actual operation cannot prevent I the fear and loss of confidence and I nerx’ous prostration which would imme- i I diately follow its passage and bring about ' . its worst consequences. Overflow of News. Prof. Jones, of Portage la Prairie, ' was frozen to death in a snow -torm. Dr. O'Reilly, of Detroit, has been i summoned t > Paris to testify in tho | Parnell fund contest:. George Miller, a New York sa-loon-keeper, is under arrest charged i i with poisoning his wife. ; Fire wiped out the villa-re of Money ■ Point, Va . causing a loss of S2O ', 00. ; i Onfly six houses are left. | By the explosion of a paraffine lamp, i In a I.ondon dwelling-house five per- ' : sons were burned to death. Milt Johnson was murdered at ' Joliet on the Chicago canal. He is the tenth victim in two weeks. ! Lillian Willis killed her father at i Homer, Ga., in defense of her mother, । and was acquitted by a jury. R. C. Brickel has been appointed ■ Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme j Court, vice Stone, deceased. Rev. James G. Ryan, a pioneer Catholic priest, of Nebraska, died very suddenly at his residence iu Omaha.

INDIANA STATE NEWS. OCCURRENCES DURING THE PAST WEEK. An Interesting Summary of the More Important Doings of Our Neighbors—Weddings and Deaths—Crimes, Casualties and General News Notes of the Sta.to. Hoosier Happenings Joseph Henderson was badly injured at Muncie by falling timbers , while his house was burning. Lottie Ellis, the 7-year old daugh- | ter of George Ellis of Eaton, fatally shot herself with an old revolver. ' RE ^ n 'ER Krisher of the First National Bank or North Manchester, has announced his second dividend ot °0 per cent. Mrs. Joseph Works of Muncie, was badly injured by a team of horses attached to tire engine No. 2 ruminof away after attending a fire. I M HILE blasting in a stone quarry, near Bedford, August Eiker was thrown several feet into the air. The charge almost di-embowled him. । j The Anderson branch of the Amerii ' can Strawboard Company has been | leased to C. W. Fairbanks, President of the Terre Haute Brewing Company. ' I At Redkey, the 18-year-old son of | Eli Hobbs, of Muncie, fell from a build1 । ing and was instantly killed. The 1 j young man was a car. enter by occu--1 pation. I Man named Thomas Edwards, who I claims to be a brother of Sir Robert Edwards, the famous London surgeon, is in jail at New Albany charged with begging. Burglars were detected in the act of robbing a clothing store al Cambridge City. They tied but officers shot at, wounded one of them and captured him. Peaches in Southern Indiana were entirely killed before the recent cold spell. It has killed cherries, blackberries, early apples, and early vegetables. s The mails at South Bend have been systematically robbed for the past few months. Large quantities of money have been stolen and there is not the slightest clue to the criminals. William T. Kelley, a glass worker, was struck by a locomotive on the t loverleaf at Marlon and killed instant- ; ly. He was a married man, 35years old. j His family lives in Pittsburgh. Daniel Keys of Crawfordsville, was I badly injured by a stallion taking him i up by an arm and throwing him to the | ground. The horse in attempting to I stamp him fell and the man escaped, j A wagon load of fine fish were sold ■ in Goshen, the other day. at four cents ; a pound. They had the appearance of I having been seined, and* the owner : said t hey had been taken out of the St. Joe river in two hauls. The Madison County Agricultural Association was recently organized at Alexandria with a capital stock of s2<\(MM divided into 800 shares of $25 each. Eleven directors have been i hosen and. the work on the grounds will be rapidly pushed. AT Goshen, Thomas H. Daily died suddenly in a dentist's operating chair after an applicat ion of cocaine preparatory to the extraction of a tenth- Ra. I was ea.'hier of the < ity National Hank . and pieminent in politics and the citv's j business interests. AX unknown man was struck and । killed by a suburban train at New Al- ; bany. Nothing was found on him that I would disclose his identity except an I old • ance ticket and a pair of iron : *'knucks. " He was about. 25 years old and weighed about I’s pounds. At the residence of Kelly Dixon, two I miles south of Union City, Goldie i Dixon, a 6-year-old daughter, lost her I life. The child’s clothing caught fire | from the kitchen stove and blazed up I around her almost in-tantly. She sufI sered until next morning, when death came. A house belonging to Albert Y’ouell burned and Youell had gone over to the place to see that the fire did not communicate to his barn. While standing by the ruins the brick chimney suddenly collapsed, burying Y’ouell in the debris. His skull was fractured, and death resulted in a few moments. It is said that Fei River, near Clay I City, is lined with men who are fishing ’ illegally. They use traps, seines and ' dynamite. One man has constructed a j flood gate at the entrance to a kind of ’ slougn. and when the river rises the fish ruth in. The gate prevents them I from netting free, so that when the i water goes down thousands of pounds are caught. • A DESPUtATt attempt was made by : the prisoners in the county jail at Vincennes. toescape by murdering Deputy : Sheriff Lon Halin. As Mr. Hahn en- ! tered on his usual inspection John Hill, by preconcerted arrangement, sprung i up from behind the jail door, where he ! had been crouched awaiting the oppor- ' tunity. and dealt the officer a blow with a club, knocking him down. It happened that Mr. Halm fell against , the door and slammed it shut, thus I stopping all the prisoners who were in : p sit ion to make a da b for liberty, j Mr. Halm was carried out and two ' physicians called to attend him. He is ; in a critical condition. A sensation was created at Bloomington, recently, by the confession of Mrs. Hulda H. Hicks, living near that city, in which she stated that her hus--1 band, James R. Hicks, killed her 10-day-old child two years ago last January and threatened her life if she revealed the secret. She alleges that one night about 11 o clo -k she was awakened and found that Hicks had choked the infant and broken its neck, alleging as the reason that it was not his own child. . Hicks heard of the confession and made ; his escape. He was indicted by the | grand jury for murder in the first de- ‘ gree. He is "0 years old ana his wife is about twenty-four. A deaf mute was killed by a train on the Michigan division of the Big Four near Sodus. He was walking directly toward the engine and paid no attention to the bell and warning whistle. Mrs. Lewis Hyman, wife of a prominent farmer near Poplar Grove, became mentally unbalanced through religious enthusiasm and made a desperate attempt to commit suicide. She rose from her bed at midnight and, iu her night clothes, walked a mile and threw herself into Deer Creek. When found life was almost extinct, but sho will recover.