St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 19, Number 51, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 7 July 1894 — Page 7

DOMESTIC ECONOMY. TOPICS OF INTEREST TO FARMER AND HOUSEWIFE. Corn too Often Receive. C»re!e„ Treat, roent—Horses for the Market-How to Destroy Cut Worms—The General Furpo«e Con- Household Hints.

Cultivation of Corn. iho h ° Va e °/’ C rn does nnt consist of thA m'r" 1 ° n y ’ as nn other cr °P 011 the larm can compare with it as a forage producer, the value of its rodder being e ,ual to that of its kiam. tom receives more careless t eatment than some crons. The land may be rough and full of lumps, but when no oilier crop seems suitable for it corn is planted and made t > JielJ well. One of the advantages connected with corn growing is that the land receives usually good cult - vat ion, which c ears the soil of weeds and prepares it for some succeeding crop that cannot be cultivated. The roughest soil is reduced to fineness when devoted to corn, and the <rop is one of the surest on the farm. Corn is a gross feeding plant and an Y kind of manure that may be |^M|Jpl:ed. Its mots run in all di rec- ' tirms, and form a close netting near the surface. It is also capable of enduring considerable dro th, and delights in the warmest dais of sum- i men It is never given too much manure, as it is capable of feeding , over every square inch ot surface. , The manure should be broadcasted and worked into the soil. When feitilizers are applied they should I e broadcasted instead of applied in the hill. Phosphates always give excel-

lent results with corn, especially in assisting to till out the seeds when the ears are forming, while potash removes the growth of the stalks. Nitrogen, in any form, always shows good effects on corn, and this is esjecially the result when <o-n is planted on a clover sod. Delore planting the seed apply from 300 to uOU pounds of mixed fertilizer per acre, harrow it in, and lay off the rows. The increased yield of crop will pay for the fertilizer if the season is in any degree favorable. The corn land should have been plowed early in the spring, so as to allow the frost to reduce it, and to destroy cut worms in the soil, but it may again be cross plowed just before planting the seed, when the fertilizer should be applied. The harrowing cannot be done too thoroughly, । as a tine seeding is everything in favor ot a good crop. It is a mistake , to attempt to work the rough land down by cultivating after planting. The first p eparation is impo tant. While the plowing should be deep it is best to cultivate shallow, so as to avoid breaking the feeding roots that _ aie near the surface, but the culti- * vator should be used frequently so as to keep the top soil loose, as a protection against weeds and drouth. Some farmers foaow a regular routine, cultivating the corn three times and "laying it by” which gives grass and weeds a foot-hold. There is no time for ceasing cultivation as long as grass or weeds are in the rows, it a horse hoe can be used. Good cultivation and a clean surface afford more moisture to plants, increase the yield, and have the land in good condition for next season. I’hilade pbia Record. Destroying Cut Worms One of the chief evils which the cultivator ot melons and cucumbers suffers is from the ravages of rut worms. They work chiefly at night or in very early morning, com ng to the surface and travelling above ground until they reach their favorite plant, which they proceed to cut down at the surface of the ground. The best way to destroy these pests is to make small hollows around the. plants it is desired to pr itect, and till them with wheat bran, into whi h a due proportion of Laris green has been mixed. The cut worm is very fond ot wheat b an, and will continue to eat until the poison dees its work. This remedy cannot be used where the fowls have full range, 'or it will poison them as well as the worms. The cut worm prefers wheat bran to any vegetable. It may pay to place wheat bran without the poison near the plants, for the purpose of diverting the attention of the cut worms and feeding them on something less expensive than valuable plants. But ft is best to poison the j ests wherever it is safe to do so. Horses for the Market. These should be fat and sleek, and if there are any 1 umps, scratches, or puffs'that can be removed it will pay to do so: while they may not injure the working vane of the horse, they do affect the sale, especially when sold at auction. Then, the horse should be well broken, which will not cost much on the farm, as a green horse is at great disadvantage. Trim up the rough hair on the legs, and if he is in good condition and can be sold sound a id broke to work, he will command a much le 4 ter prke than when so d in poor condition, which cuts off $lO. green or unbroken $lO, a lump 810, and sometimes double as much as that might be. avoided, and while prices are sc low it pays to take all the precau lions possible to get the I cst prices. —Live Mock Journal. TestinK Berries. In a trial of twenty-live differed varieties of blackberries at the Nev York experiment stat on last year the old Dorchester, which was in troduced forty years ago, yielded tin greatest amount of fruit, of median size, good color, sweet, juicy, and o good flavor and quality, Mncien Briton was next in productiveness followed in order by Early Harvest Agawam, and Kittatinny. Os th Black Caps, Mills No. 7 was the mos

productive variety, followed by Mills No. 15, which was the most produ tive of all the late-fruiting varieties. 1 Carman is noted as a desirable easy sort Os the red rasp' erries, Pomona was the most satisfactory early *ariety, and it also gave good pickings later in the season. Royal Church and Cuthbert are pronounced the best for late picking.—Garden and Forest.

The General Furposo Cow. Beef production and milk producf tion in the same animal are often 1 useful to the farmer, but should not 1 be the aim of him who desires to re--1 ceive the greatest amount of p oilt 1 from the dairy. A first-class beef and milk and butter cow, combined in the one animal, is rarely, if ever j seen: either the beef tendency will prevail, or the dairy qualities. All animals require so much food for support, and the balance that they are able to digest goes to keep i.p 1 heat in the body ami to the production of fat. This fat wdl not be evenly distributed, -half In the animal frame and half in the milk-pail. If the animal has been bred long in the line of beef prod ction rather than milk and butter, the greatest amount ot this fat will go to beef, and the reverse. The flrst-c as. dairy cow cannot bo made ve y fat while in good flow or milk. Sho onnot digest enough rich food above the amount re juiced to mainta n support to deposit a large amount of fat on her bones and maintain a heavy flow of milk at the same time. The general purpose cow, then, is not a strict reality, tho gh there may be good milking strains of beef breeds which are useful where Loef is the main object.

Flaming Fotmo l’rd n<». In times of great scarcity of potatoes t is possible to get good crops Iby removing the outside skin, cutting pretty deeply where the growing germs are set, and planting these, while using the m d die of the potato as fool. But It needs rich soil and well-prepared seed tied t- do this The substance of the potato in conmclt m with the germ furnishes the llrM sustenance for the young plant until its roots get hold of the -oil. It is d d ealt to get the light kind of plant fmd for the potato set where it can lie used so easily as in the setting it elf I conomy of seed sh uid o ly extend to care not to plant too many eys or buds in a hill The larger the piece of jiotato attached to each of these the tetter it will grow. Thing* Worth Knftwlnjk • Steep salt fish in sour milk to freshen. S lx ek clasps replace the button and strap-on umbrellas of the period. Rapid giowth of the Dmnr nah is considered to indicate good health. Mkuteo beeswax mixed with sweet oil in the form of a salve is good fur burns. lx beating white of eggs for meringue or frosting do not ad I the sugar until the egg is stiff. A large piece of charcoal • ut In a refrigerator will help tn keep it sweet. It should I e renewed over) week. Is severe paroxysms of coughing a tablespoonful of glyce Ine In hot milk or cream will give speed, rcL*f. IMMKKSE a tea stained table cl th in a strong solut on of s .gar tor a | few minutes, rinsing it afle wards iu ' soft, water. Alwavs keep a jar of cracker dust on hand for breading, or else save up all pieces of bread, and 1 nee a mouth dry them in an o; - n oven, then place them in a bag and p uud until fl e. In preparing fn gs for the table use only the hind quarters. Wash in wa in water; then soak in vinegar and salt for an ho .r. Scald them and then re ove the skim A ipo dry and try in butter. II hl tn to HouM'krrprri. 1 Sprigs of fresh parsley are served ' with boiled onions, not entirely as a • garnish, but to be eaten as a deodor- • her. 1 Worn black cashmere may bo re- । stored by washing it in hot suds, j previously putting a little borax in the water. Rinse in very strong blueing water, and iron while damp. Before buying broadcloth rub tho - piece against the nap. If it “fuzzes” like Canton flannel, you don’t want it. Broadcloth of a good quality does not t. 'e on a fluffvlook when brushed the wrong wav. Housekeepers are learning the value ot charcoal as a preservative and purifier and absorbent of nuisture. Many keep a shallow vessel filled with it, broken quite fine, in the ice-chest and food cupboards throughout the summer. Creaking shoe soles may le cured by the use of linseed oil. Turn a ‘ small quantity of the oil upon a plate I and let the sole rest in it Not only t will the creaking be stopped, but the leather will, from absorption of the oi , be made waterproof. I No woman ever has enough lamp i shades. ' v he home manufacture of r these things has become such a wide- . spread fad that flouncing of various . widths for this purpose is now for . 1 sale It comes in white and colored t, iace, in tinted silk covered with lace, 0 and in embroidered silk mull with [. scalloped edge-. 1. ! To clean gilt frames rub them with a little sal volatile mixed with cold water, or, alter dusting the frames well, paint the gilding with a it camel’s hair brush dipped in the folw I jwing mixture: One gill of water r, in which one ounce ot common salt, 1- one ounce of alum and two ounces of >e purified niter have been dissolved. m I yf I The masters who inaugurate time it ' in music, should also have estabs, I lished a proper time in which to play t, i ie I If mankind were not blind they st | could see Heaven right here.

■ TORN BY THE WINDS. r 1 FIERCE CYCLONE DOES DAMAGE IN MINNESOTA. * I 1 Several People Killed and Many Badly Hurt by the Twister—Houses Wrecked and Growing; Crops Destroyed—Worst Storm TICs Year. Were Three Storms. Southwestern Minnesota and Eastern i South Dakota suffered Wednesday se- I verely from a series of wind storm 1 of cyclonic tendencies. They traveled from southwest to northea t, and there were three of unusual severity. Tho westernmost arose in South Dakota and tiaversed tho e. st end of the State, striking Al e.ia, Mellette, St. Lawrence, and Abudeen. This storm did no damage to life or limb, but considerablo to j roperty and eiojs. The central s onn was first heard es at Pipestone, in the southwest corner of tho State, before 6p. rn. Its record i there was one killed, <nx injured and serious damage to proj erty in its course. It passed Tracy and Echo without serious effects and was next heard of at Kenvil e, where it was forty rials wide and of conespondlng I intensity of ac ion. There was another i victim here b esides many injured and a record (ft devastation lor buildings j and pr<>|<orty. Idtchtmid was the next : line, but apparently tho cyclone there ' developed nev< ral hours later. Two were kilb-d arid many injured. The northornmo t }x>inl in the ventral part of the storm’s path was Collegeville, in Stoat ns County. Tho east rn end starts I in Win lom, Minn., about half-past even. It reacho 1 l Sleepy Evo shortly U»foro s o’clocn. I Its intensity was incalcula >le. At least one was killed and a number injure!. It next s'ruck G1 -new. where its work was death-de ling. Minneapffi- caught tho tad end o! Its blow, and it was still twLting. It swept across the city, dipping down ' to tho ground r.e ir I.ake Harriet, 1 Where barns and windmills were i wrecked and the dcbvL tumbled int» I the boulevard. Tho vyclm o did not dip down to th « gn un I again until it reached tho outskirts of Northea t Minneapolis, where the house of a gar- j dener named I etnko *a» lifted com-I plctelv from its f mndations and un-1 ro -fed Mrc Letnke and he daughter | wore bad!.* brul«>-d. lortttra ely tho I cyclone did not d p to the s :rfa< c, ev- j cept in th>» oniskirts of tho city Had the e dips <M-eiirre<! in the more thick | ly popula’c I p »rt <>ns gr at lo** of life would hi.vo resulted. INCOME TAX STANDS. Renal# Drfrat. ItlU * 'totlnn in Strike <1 it ll«4* The Income tax - Uon • f the tariff bill wa* cemph ted by the Se- ab>ut 12:3o on Thut day A* the end was neared, Senators N est and J arris grew nervously anxious. Senator I rice was in the c *alr. ind Senator Harr s quietly g ided up to hhn and adm n ‘hed him t- ha ’-u th” 4# cis. < of quvHi n* ac fat a pc’s-, wible. Senator Hill enu* rd a mottos to' Mtrike o t the Stsouii.-r lax pr< % ro *». 1 Hr gave notice in a very emphatic j manner that if the Inc me tax *hould ; bi'eom” a law fl- validity w uid be | teste 1 in the court to HUI s motion wa» defeato 1 I y a V da of to 40. Hiß. Smith, an I Murt>hv t fa i.o crats vi ted to strlk < it Mel hor^-n. who a v • v a- pa>< d t • v vex Six Republicans v< t-1 ngain-t ‘.e m«Can. Th w rc b.m-b <> gt . Mitch- I elt. <»f < ‘re ,oti; f’- t igrww. Dim-r Nh n ■ m.d Teller. N’asfor NL rriil an;.”’inerj that hr was p»;r d w th ' < * n. but loth nt i*l v to lr- me way, in favor of strlkicz * t th' tax, ho would v-to avc S inh then trann c- <- I <p■ r w .t 1 iv ■ t » Mel’lpm-n uc: rrc.u.'i vtt -I ,vvo Tl.o Iteinncrats av they uro n- t a'.irp: i-e 1. us E. Im f'• ;> ;r.v: ■■ a ■ of for "the tax. REPUBLICAN LEAGGu MEETS. Annu 1 < ot, v - 11 n Hl! 1 > Hr-,, - - Will N r , t M ,'«• t l-l <l.-1 > - ,1. Broadway Tlioater in I enver wa< crowded <n’ the vbTmg f the Republican Nati <n i cug ;n convention. The tho iter wa- iuuid-omelv dt co. ated. Flags und bunt -ig w ro drained trim the gallery, with portraits of fin- In and i.rant at the rear oft ■> stage, and b-t ween the;,i a i opi eseum: i>n of an immemo silver dollar. The onten tion was ca led to order by President Tracy. After p.aver, l’re-idont I’. C. Goudy, if the Colorado Republican League, welcomed the delegates; t e Nebraska Glee Club sang a taking new campaign song, after wnich National President W. W. Th acy. of Springfield, 111., delivered his annual address. Ho : devote I agno l deal of his sp^eeh to' the tariff and the financial nue tion. Tho r >’’ call, which follow- d the president s a idress, showed that forty I .-states and Territories were represented, the largest in tho bi tore of the i rganization. Some of t ..e delegations j worn very la: go. lowa reported fiftyfour: Kansas,tif y-one; Minnesota forty- i four; Mississippi, fifty; Wyoming, fifty delegates and sixty visitors. When Oregon was called the chairman answered: “Hero with IC.coO nm ority.” ' Ve; mont answeio 1: “Here with LOp UJ, majo- itv.” In the afternoon the do^rs were thrown open to the public after the i delegates were seated. The venerable i H, nry B. Bi.c kwell, of Massachu-etts, ' offered a woman suffrage resolution, i which went to the < 'ommittee on Reso- ! lutions. Delegate Herrington, of Ari- j zona, introduced a free coinage resolution and ex-Gov. ITince, of New ; Mexico, submitt -d r solutions demand- : ing the admission of New Mexico to I Statehood and favo:i: g a bimetallic j monetary system. A number of other ! ri solut on- on various topics were offered and refo red. Hon. Jolin M. Thurston was called tempora ily to the chair and was i obliged to yie’d to a demand for a ' steech. Letters of regret were then 1 read from Senators Lodge and Cam- ! i eron, Hon. Thomas B. Raed, Hon. ) Robert T. Lincoln and others. J. S. i ( la ’kaon sent a telegram saying that imperative business matters alone pre- j vented his attendance. Alter an extended address by ex- ; Congressman Moore on “Repub’ican- . ; ism in the South,” the convention ad-jou-ned for the day. The third session of the convention . I of the National Republican League was I attended by a larger crowd than the ' opening meeting. A platform was

adopted denouncing the Wilson bill 1 and recommending the use of both gold 811 vor as n »oney metals. Mr. Ti-acy, president, and Mr. Hum- i phroy, secretarv, were unanimously re- : e.eeted, One vice president from each State league and un executive coxnmitteo’i. o no member from each Sl. te league, were elected, and to | the executive committee was left the i th * 8e * e u a tr ®asurer and the for holding the next convon- । tion The committee appointed to se- I lect the place at which th, ne\t < onvention shall be hold submitted a report retommending 1), s Moines. This asha, D skirmish. Ihe rc|or. of the committee was ig- I nored and a number of eitiui were pr> po ied. Mnaily a v >t, was taken, tho r?ui the ch oiee of Cleveland, Ohio, hj- a vote o f 813 to 781. The convention then adjourned sine die. CAREER OF CRIME. Mn. !.;■*<« Halliday Sentenrad to m e | n the Kleetrlo <‘hair. The xmviclion and sentence to death by ole tricity of Mrs. LizMe Hallida at Moi ticsllo, N. Y., ends one of the

mo. s t remarkable eases on record in t ho matter of numbo»- of Crimea eomby tho oon- * vic tod woman, i There are many , who be leve her ^insane and in fact htjis was the de- ( or.se. It is almost [ Inci nceivable that ! any human Icing could have cumiiiittel the crimes Mrs. Ila .i lay is

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charged with, crimes so brutal an j ai> I>arently committed for the ,no pur-p-m «f satiating her lust for bio d. 1 Mdcrsof this paji- r wil recollect tho main detail* of Mr*. Hal ida> s life, and the crimesof wh ch she isaccus- d, hew *he I* said t> have kil od one husband, a;m<wt po;s ned an >th<T and married a third after he had driven hi* wife to »u cido; how >he committed w.sod, causing the burning of Dearly a dozen people for a few hundred dollar* w en sho wa* not more I t«« muJlur run Hor«a than SO year* eld and M.C’.y how «he n a-ried old » aid Halliday She t> kod hi« ie»n in a bar v an I • t Ore to th-’ gilding, h rn<ng it to the gro md • H h-’ lirr, t>'-«: afterwaM t-1 -r dv-' at «be did this to get ri I of Uie man Them camo th** crim,** *ho him been r nvlrfoi In thowttor jMirt . ’ lant \.,i- pa is HaKl xy d! ai^oa -d .. > r , •ear -bitig or h! i m*! g? h , f<-,1 th« murdCrwd bewiie* of Mr« N’ - ,ull an and ber daugbtor in the Hal l iny I arn. Thi* in NCt Umber, a d a irw dn . * l«t r the remain* of old Hal 1 lay wore found foarfvslL m iti'aU I, am! :t w.vx charged hb wife »a« . lilt, of iu» death. For A lonr tl”.- after 1*- ! ; r onment Mr* H* H lay r»*f . du, • a', an i H «» nre-’XG f T the nil rhy-v ;Hi U,Mh*r»:thli r1 f« H 1 w-t N--vcnsl’er *ho tri,-1 to strange sheriff B« e ho -* wife. Th-n *h<* -t tire t> her beiclotho* and inis- omtwri i- d : > h!11 b«TMj’f by c -tti: g her th-- ut w Ith broken gin-" It h*-> L*er. u • ry t v keep her chained to the fi « r for several mont'.-. In-ult <l. Recently in Paris a pers n who 1# clasAod as a |-o«'t was s i.t : pri-on !< r an assault with inV ut t-> comm t murder, am! hi- case re u ® that of another poet, ( : Ui-on by name, who about the middle of th<s p e- • .t century end-.'d his davs .l pt linn forth- ft. i LaiJ-*n was, indeel, an inveterate the . and was apprehen led m -re than once. At the prison of Saint Pelagie, during his incarceration, Chapon once met helix Ryat. evolutionist and communist, who was generally in prison for some political offense. A* political prisoners were g neral y sent to Saint Feiagie, a:.d as Chapon was a so&ewl at pretentious and woll-edu-cated p -rson. Pyat supposed that he, too. 'had been sentenced for .some revolis'An- ry attempt. So, stepping up to Mm, he cordia ly extend ’d I o h his I an< ^ with a friendly smile: g. f e, sir, politic d offenders- —” | I*oo your pardon, citizen,” said Chap n, straighioning himse f up and looking down very coldly on Pyat, “I m in for stealing, if you please/ I Have Karrings Come to Stay? Earrings are again fashionable, and jewelers are showing hoops, pendants, screw-solitaires, and every form known. The conservative woman is waiting to see whether tho fashion ; will be generally adopted before she spoils her pretty e u s with th * relic < f savagery, or, worse still, calls attention to her unshapely ones. Diamonds 1 are the favorite gems, but the woman i who cannot afford these can comfort j herself with Sarah Bernhardt’s verdict against the d amond: “Mon Dieu! they are horrible, killing the best expression of the face, i putting out the fire of the eyes, paling the ear tint-, and making the best teeth like porcelain and the others like chalk. I might wear gl tss beads or Fgypltan coins, but diamonds—ne, er!” Dcgend of the Daisy. I Thore is a pretty legend connected with the daisy, whieh is an old world flower Amorii anized. When tho early | Christians of Britain were persecuted ' and put to death St. Bruon persuaded i his sister, St. Olle, to flee with her ! maiden companions. After the persej cution ceased the Bishop searched I fruitlessly for his sistu* until ho no- : ticed that there sprung i p in his path- | Way little tufts of flowers with golden । heart! and starry rays of white. He I took them for bis guides, and follow- : ing their mute beckoning after many | days they led him to a desert place | where, in a rocky hiding place, he | found his sister.

HIS FIRST OF THE KIND, A Hunter Tells How He Got His Initial Rhinoceros. A hunter in Africa tells how he snot bls first rhinoceros near KiiimaN aro He crawled along the giass • t . 1 , Wlt hln fifty yardi of the big beast. ' “1 hen, ’ he says, “I raised my head, saw that some twenty yards farther on there was a tutt of slightly longer grass,and determined to getup to this ; betore tiring. However, just before | we reached it some half dozen birds । caiue from the direction of the other : two rhinos and settled on our cow’s back, but we eventually succeeded in reaching the tuft. The difficulty now was to get into a sitting position and ready to shoot without being seen bv the bird& To do this 1 worked mv i legs toward the rhino as I lay on my i side and gradually raised myself into a sitting position, but at that instant the birds saw me and flew up I with their usual cry ot alarm. At the same moment the rhino raised herself on her forelegs like a huge pig. and 1 then reali cd that 1 was nearer than 1 intended to get—only about twenty yards separating us—but sho d.il not appear to see me. As she lemaltieil silting In this i ositton, without moving iuy imdy, which I knew might attract attention, I stretched out my arm behind me for the 4-bore, but did not feel it at first, and thought that for once my faithful Ramazan had receive! rather a shock to his nerves on finding himself at such close quarters. However, he put it in my hand at last, after adeiay of perhap- two s conds, which appeared to me much longer, and 1 quickly planted a bullet on the point of her left shoulder, which knocked her over. Reloading t>efore 1 moved, 1 saw she was st.ll down, tut making desperate efforts to get up; but as she was lying on her left side, with her broken shoulder under her, she was unable to do and I ran up and dispatched her with a shot in the neck.” TIMEPIECE IN A SHIRT STUD. A W<ai<!rrfal lilt of Mechanism Turned Out by h Pcnnaylvnnla Genius. Tnc dnrel’. Rohrer of Newcastle, l‘x. who constructed a wonderful automatic does a numbe’ of years ago. o otainlng many figures, and which attracted great attention all c-v^r the country when placed on exhibition. has nearly completed an- < ’.her limepie e which displays marvelous mechanism, sajs Hie Guar dian. Ihis ■ lock exhib ts scenes in the rvroluti >nary war ami Mr. Rohrer con® deri it even a m re remark able t !c< »• of work than bis former effort, in addition to these docks Mr R hrer. a numkr of years ago, constructed one of the most ingenious piece* of miniature mechanism to he found in the world. This con xGts -d three g- 1 ! studs in one of whb ;i t* a diminutive watch which keeps m st excellent Imu The > mb n- d w, ght of tho thscc studs w■ cil ar-' .1 . c u iccleu together t v a strip of si ver metul which pane-- ti ’.be ins ! ■ of the shirt ! < * :n -is ( nly one, u .me and a half. The *tu I in whi b s contau ed the watch has a base as large as a '-’ent piece, and with its surroundings o' g - I, i re- nis m ch the apjiearakce ot a very diminutive mariner’s compasA When the studs arc on tho -li rt I —m tl.ey are a’out two Inches apart By revolving the upper one -in much t e same manner as a <■ in winding watch is wound—the little timepiece is wound up f>r a ' ; >n. In setting the hands the lower sl id is levuivcd. I'nutty French. Lor sonic time after her marriage with Napoleon, the Liny ess Marie Lo ise wa* extremely ignorant of the 1 rench language. On one occasion, seeing h r husband look vexe 1 over a letter be tad receive I from the Court of Austria, she nquired of him what was the matter. “Oh, nothing,’ rc lied Napule n, “your father is an old ganache, that is all.” Marie Louise di 1 not know thut this w..s 1 reneb for fool, and took the first opport mity of asking a courtier what it ii.eant, saying that the Em eror had applied the expression to her father. "It means some one very learned and wise.” stammered the unfortunate courtier. The Em press was perfectly satisfle t with this explanation aud ; leased to learn a new word. A day or two alter, she received the ArchchanceLor Caiubaceres in a crowded salon. Some question was being wa mly discussed in the circle, an I her opinion was asked. Wishing to b ■ very gracious, Marie Louise turned to Cambaceres an I said “We will re er that point to the archbishop, for we ail know he is the greatest ganache in l’aris. They Lacked Fire. While Thomas Campbell was prosecuting his studies at the University of Glasgow, he occup ed apartments with an elder brother, who, though no poet himself, was a most admirable critic, but a severe one. Mr. Campbell had gone down t) the breakfast-room one morning, leaving the poet to follow at his leisure. He had nearly finished breaKta-t when his brother entc ed with a copy of verses in his hand, which he laid on the table as an excuse for his delay, at the same time requesting Mr. Campbell’s opinion of the merit. “Your lines are admirable. Toin, my boy,’’ said the elder Campbell, after calmly ] erusing the verses; “but they appear to me to want lire.’' and the merciless critic committed the paper to the flames. The poet barely suci cecded in rescuing his effusion: but after a little reflection ho threw it into the fire for the second time, acknowledging the justice of his brother’s bon-mot. Good work has no time to be jealous.

HUSTLING HOOSIERS.’ fTEMS GATHERED FROM OVER THE STATE- —- An Interesting Summary of the More Important Doings of Our Neighbors—Wed. dings and Deaths—Crimes, Casualties, and General Indiana News Notes. Our Charitable Institutions. _ The report of tho Board of State Charities for the six months ending May 1 is out. It shows that during that time 430 patients have been received at the four insane hospitals and that the increase in the daily average enrollment o er that of a year ago is 70.79. The total expenditure formainj tenanee and construction at all the charitable institutions of the State was 8433,1)02.01. while the receipts and earnings were $3,955.58. The Northern Prison came near supporting itself : during the six months, its total expenses being ss’ . 1L0.0.' and its receipts and earnings >.55,144.0), leaving only expended on its account. The Southern Irisons earnings were sl4,"til.(hi and its expenses •t44.47K.05. IThe tot al expenditures for correctional institutions were and tho receipts and earning $71,735.1^, leaving net expenses of $94,12.74. The grand net expenses for all the institutions of the State loth charitable and correctional were, during this period, *523,172.25, as against $454,051.51 for the same t mo last year, an increase in expenses of $89.0 M.7J. Ihe total salaries paid officers and employes of the charitable institutions for the six months amounted to $150,f1D.4.) and tho e of the correctional institutions *4>,M7.50. There was an average number of 315 officers, teachers. attendants, and employes at the Central Insane Hospital. Minor Mute Item*. Franklin canning factory is in full blast. Richmond will have two new mail carriers. Mrs. John Young, North Manchester, fell dead in her doorway. Ruth Steele. 7. Greenfield, fell from a hi r.-e, an i was probably fatally injured. The 4-year o d daughter of James H. Rosenstoek. fell in a cistern at Logansport, and was drowned. AT Goshen William Hatfield was crashed under a load of brick and sustained injuries from which he died. Fire-< ihee Kennedy, Terre Haute, was -o rious v injured. Wagon broke down while he was running to a fire. The little child of Al:en Gartner, four miles from Wabash, died from tho effects of gulling over on it a pot of hot tea The EatHern Indiana Oil and Gas Company, at Union City, has begun work on its pine line to that city. Gas will be ready oy Sept. 1. William L. Wagneh, aged 24, was drowned in Salt Creek five miles north of libation, while bathing. He leaves a wife and twoUttlochildren. He was a “Red Man.’’ A i I afontaine. Wabash County, tho handle works of Met "ord A Co. burned. Lo- - on building an ! machinery. *lO,- <•". Insurance. +3,2<3». Twenty-fire men are thrown out of employment. Si rER.--.Ti: lors farmers near Peru are wild with excitement over the finding of a lett-r "B” on the leaves of growing outs. 'They claim in stands for “blood,” and think it is an ill omen. Herman Seitz, saloon keener, of Anderson, was killed at Pendleton, whi e attempting to Imard a freight train. He missed his footing and was thrown between the cars. The deceased leaves a wife and five small children. The State Board of Health has ordered the quarantine lifted from all the benevolent anil penal institutions with the exceptions of those located in the counties still infested by smallpox. The quarantine against visitors from Chicago was continued at the Prison North. Omer Knotts, the 7-year-old son of Christopher Knotts of Elwood, was thrown from a horse, his hea l striking a stone, crushing his skull. He lived nearly two hours, but never regained consciousness. A section of the skull four inches in diameter was forced into the brain. The two days’ session of the Northern Indiana Editorial Association, ueld at Warsaw, closed by electing the follow ing officers for the ensuing year: President, J. B. Stoll, South Bend; First Vice President, Mrs. Daniel McDonald, Plymouth: Second Vice President, John 11. Baker, Columbia City: Secretary, Mrs. J. F. Sutton, Logansport: Corresponding Secretary, Louis McDonald, Plymouth: Treasurer, Major Bitters, Rochester. Executive Committee. General Reuben Williams, Warsaw. John W. Adams, Doumbia City; and Ed. S. Erooke, Plymouth. Logansport was selected as the next place of meeting, and the second Thursday and Friday of June, 1895 as the date. A MAN himg in the woods by the New York, Chicago and S. Louis |railway t'-acks, one mile westtof Edgerton, Allen County. Ind., committed a brutal assault on the wife of Robert McConnel, and left her insensible by the track while he lied to the woods. Mr. and Mrs. McConnell were married the day before, and she was walking to her mother's house. She says the man was James Hobbs, a young man recently 'returned from the Reform School, and who last week attempted to assault the 12-year-old daughter of a prominent farmer, but failing, robbed her of 20 cents A posse, headed by the newly married man and his wife's father, after searching for a long time, found him. Sheriff Clatismier went to Edgerton ca a special train to prevent a lynching, and it was with difficulty the prisoner was saved ! from the crowd. Two immense catfish were caught in the Wabash River at Logasport. one of them weighed seventy-two pounds. Workmen, while excavating a ditch in St. Joseph County, uncovered “ne well-preserved teeth, bones, and tusk Jof an immense mastodon. Two of the teeth weigh five and one-half and six and one-half pounds respectively, and Fere sold for 815. The tusk measured twenty-two inches in circumference two feet from the end. The piece taken out measured four feet long and weighed seventy pounds. Its size indicates a length of fifteen feet.