St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 20, Number 36, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 30 March 1895 — Page 7

N eT A B S T A ST S iR D S RTR eVe LI R REINA REGENTE LOST SPANISH CRUISER WAS SUNK NEAR GIiBRALTAR. Becond Search of the Alfonso XII. Proves Sunccessful-It Is Believed the Whole Crew, 420 in Number, Have Been Lost, Divers to Recover Bodies. The Spanish cruiser Reina Regenta lies at the bottom of the sea. There is no longer any doubt as to her fate or the fate of tha 420 officers and men she carried. Every man on board must have perished when the boat went down near the Straits of Gibraltar, for not one has been found to tell the story of the awfui disaster. Aside from the little wreckage picked up and which first gave a clew to her fate nothing remains above the water but about twenty inches of her masts. It is another one of the terrible wrecks of history in which boat and crew disappeared so completely that it was only after a long search that the scene of the disaster could be located—another that called for the sacrifice of hundreds of human lives. The men must have had absolutely no chance for escape. They must have gone down with the boat almost before they realized their danger or some bodies would have been found. As it is they are all believed to be in the wreck, and divers have been sent to the scene to attempt to recover them. The ship was found by the Alfonso XII, which was sent in search of her after it was reported that wreckage from her had been picked up. She was found near Bajo Aeitanos, not far from the Straits of Gibraltar. The Alfonso XII. and the Isla de Luzon started in scarch of her immediately after she was reported missing on March 13, and they have kept up the search continuously since, but without success until now. The Alfonso XII. returned to Cadiz after locating her, but has started back again with divers and appliances to attempt to recover the bodies of the officers and crew. The Reina Regente was reported missIng on March 13. She had just conveyed from Cadiz to Tangier the reilurning Moorish mission to Spain. The cruiser left Tangier on March 10 for Cadiz, and her whereabouts were not definitely ascertained until to-day. Pieces of one of her boats and semaphore flags were reported to have been picked up along the shore near Ceuta and Tarifa. She carried a crew of 420 officers and men, and all hands are believed to have perished. The Reina Regente, about two years l ago, came to New York as one of the' Spanish squadron which escorted across the Atiantie the Columbus caravels. The l Infanta Isabel, now reported to have sunk an American schooner off the coast of Cuba, and the Nueva llspana were the other ships of the Spanish squadron. The Reina Regente was launched in 1887 and was one of three second-class deckprotected cruisers of the same build, her sister ships being the Alfonso XII. and Lepanto, all of 4,800 tons, 12,000 horse -~ wer, and expected to steam twenty ~iDts. The mmm was 322 a draneht of 20 sect 4 ‘jtndn:: Bha v‘r,:s

terassnisy tower had 5 inches of armor and her gun shields were 3 inches thick. INSULTED NOW BY JOHN BULL No American to Be Consulted inSettlement of Nicaraguan Affairs, " A dispatch from Managua, Nicaragua, | gays: “Through its minister here the | British government has submitted an ul- | timatum to Nicaragua. It demands a | cash indemnity of £15,000 for the ex- ’ pulsion of Mr. Hatch, British consular | agent at Blueficlds, and also the appoint- | ment of a commission to adjudicate the | demages sustained by persons and grop- | erty of British subjects expelled from | the Mosquito reservation about the same | time. By the terms of the ultimatum Great Britain is to name one of the com- | missioners and Niearagua another, and these two are to choose a third, who shall not be a citizen of the United States. It was also made known that a British warship is now on her way to Nicaragna to enforce these demands, which must be complied with in seven weeks from IFeb. | 27 last, the date of the ultimatum.” From all that can be learned in Washfngton, Great Britain's attitude in this matter is regarded as one of great severity. It is said that Mr. Hatch, who was expelled from Nicaragua last July, was not the British consular agent at Bluefields. It is authoritatively stated that he had received no exequator from the Nicaraguan government and was not recognized by them in any official capac- | ity. He was a merchant at Bluefields and is represented as having been active | in fomenting troubles in the Mosquito | reservation between the Indian residents | there and the Nicaraguan goverument. He was expelled for this reason, and | with himi“went a number of other for- | eigners, several of whom were Amer- | scans. ! The United States made no complaint ' of the expulsion of its own ecitizens, be- |

lieving that they merited the punishment '? they received. Apparently the British government is not disposed to take that view of the matter, so far, at least, as | Mr. Hatch is concerned. 1t is said here that Mr. Hatch was fortuuate to escape g 0 easily. There are people in Washing- | ton who are familiar with the occurrence in the Mosquito reservation. They be- ) lieve that Mr. Hatch should have l:“-\n‘ hanged for his complicity in the revolu- \ tion, and it is for this reason that great surprise is expressed at the radical position taken by the British government with reference to him. SAIL FOR THE PROMISED LAND. Two Hundred Georgia Negroes Beg n Their Voyage to Liberia. Tuesday afternoon the steamer Horsa sailed from Savannah, Ga., for Liberia. Those on board sung a farewell song, of which the refrain was taken up by thousands of negroes on the wharves. Great crowds followed the steamship to the end of the wharves, nearly two miles away. The emigrants continued to sing until the steamer had been lost to view. "The vessel carries 200 negroes, who go to make their home in Liberia. This will be an occasion of much importance to the negroes of the South. After all the requirements of the United States laws on carriage of passengers to gea were complied with the officers of the Emigration Society began to arrange for the embarkation of the colonists. Ilarly in the morning negroes from all sections of the country begam to gatber near the

I IIRRRARAAAAAAmAA—————— e st Y| dock to see their brethren start for Ase | rica. By 10 o’clock upward of 5,000 had assembled, but none were admitted within the inclosure of the ship at the dock. The scene was pathetic. Men and women | of all ages, children from 4 years of age upward and one or two cripples, all joined in prayer and hymns, making a scene never to be forgotten by those present to see the colonists depart. SHE WAS A HEROINE. A 15-Year-Old Girl Gives Up Her Liss for Two Children, \ Somewhere under the ice of Peconie Bay is the dead body of a heroine--Lil-lian McMullen, says a Sag Harbor, L. I, dispatch. She was only 15 years old, but - she sacrificed her life to save two children who were under her care. With two little daughters of George Gordon in her charge, and accompanied by a big dog, | she set out to cross the ice. They were half way across when Lillian, who was slightly in advance, suddenly sank out of sight. She had stepped in a hole nearly | covered with snow. The children set up | a shriek, as they looked in terror at the gap in the ice. When the girl came to the surface she was quite near the ragged edge, and she grasped it firmly. The children started to her assistance, “Keep back!” she said, firmly. *“I think I can get out all right.” But her warning was &unhooded. “Keep back! Keep back!” she repeated, but too late. The children tried to grasp her, the ice gave way unf der them and they went into the water. ' The elder of the children grasped Lillian's dress and sustained herself, and Lillian, still holding to the edge of the ice with one hand, grasped the younger child | with the other, and held her head above | the water. The children were screaming all the time, and the dog ran barking around the spot. Lillian gathered herself for an effort. She pushed the anmller! of the Gordons to the edge of the ice and attempted to lift her upon it. The little one grasped the ice and the dog seized her by the clothing. Reover tried to pull the IpY R 4 | (5" . A ! AT Q& al | ‘ @"r‘ R * } i @“ T eLY - S R\ BR, S ! ee e | T . e o NN W =ma e we | LILLIAN BAVING THE CHILDREN wrm% THE DOG'S AID, f { child from her position, but the nnhio% ’brme slipped on the uncertain surface, i He, however, hung on, and at last lifted ! | his charge so far from the water that she ! { was able to clamber out on firm ice, g The other two girls in the water, mean- | time, were having a desperate struggle. : Lillian tried to raise her companion upon | the ice. Once, twice, thrice, she made | the effort, and every time the ice broke ]‘ under the strain. Her breath became la- | bored and her movements feebler. The | water chilled her through and through | and her hands were bruised and numbed, but still she clung to the ice and the girl to her. Ngw she was beyond further exertion. I

girl. “You climb up over me. Hurry up! I can't last much longer.” And the other attempted to reach safety in that way. The ice broke under the double weight repeatedly, and each time the heroic MeMullen girl grasped where it was firm and held desperately to it. “Now make one more trial,” she said, weakly. This l | time the Gordon girl raised her shoulders i | above the water. Rover seized her and | tugged gamefully. Lillian added \\'hnt! ‘ littie strength she had remaining, and at § | last the second child was in safety. % “Keep away!” again cauntioned the little i heroine. She made & feeble effort to draw ! herself up. She slipped back. Her numb | | ed hands grasped the edge of the ice fer i ‘g an instant and then released their hold. | | Sie went under the water and under the | | fee, for there was no sign of her after that. x 1 The children reached home almost pros- E § trated by their experience. Between sobs | | they toid the story to their parents, and | i Rover crouched in a corner and whined i i piteously. ] :REVENUE FOR EIGHT MONTHS. - 1 ) The Comparative Increase Isßeported ; { to Have Been 85,180,622, ! A statement prepared by the Commis- | { sioner of Internal Revenue shows re- | { ceipts during the eight months of !hol { present fiseal year to have been as fol- ‘ | lTows: Spirits, $59,005,538, increase over i ‘ the same period last year, $4,085,763; to- J [ baceo, $10.761,7T41, increase. $1,006,000; f formented liguors, $20,118,708; decrease, ‘ l.‘?l‘_’”,fl‘.)‘.': oleomargarine, $1,108,276, decrease, $228.184; income tax, $11.S818; | miscellaneous, $336,320, increase, $343,- | | 824 1 ! The total receipts for the eight months | were $100.532,466, increase, $5,150.622, ' }l)m‘in;: February, 1805, there was an | aggregate comparative decrease in the | receipts of $1,701,445. The statement of I the condition of the Treasury shows: !Avnilahle cash balance, $184,000,300; i gold reserves, SOO 445 052, |

- i SPAIN FIRES AGAIN. ‘, One of Here Gunboats Dismaststhe Lit- 1 tile American Schooner lrenc, | A Key West special says: “The latest | | report is to the effect that the schooner \ | Irene was fired into and dismantled by | l the Spanish cruiser Infanta Isabel. The news was brought to this city by a vessel \ engaged in the cattle trade between Hns\ | port and the mainland. The Irene is a \slxmll schooner owned in this port by ‘ Canary Islanders. She has been employt ed in the fish trade all winter, but within “ \ the past few days returned with a party ‘of court ofhicials from IFort Meyers, | swhere an important murder trial has : ; been held. She afterward sailed for the ¢ fish ranch at Punta Gorda, whence, it is | reported, an expedition sailed for Cuba. | This point has been under surveillance " | by the Spanish cruiser and the schooner - | was followed from here and fired into. . | This is the report given by fishermen at | the ranch to a vessel which has just ar- } | rived. The family and owner and the | erew of the Irenc live here. ; “No further particulars have beenlearny | ed about the American schooner reported to have been sunk off Puerta del Padre, - | Cuba, by the Spanish cruiser Arcedo. .| No denial is made here by the Spanish | | agents as to the corectness of the report, ) | but it is said the vessel was not flying y | the American flag. The reason advanced -} for the sinking was that she would not - | answer signals. Diligent inquiry among 3 | ship owners fails to show any vessel be- | longing to this port missing.”

THE FARM AND HOME, MATTERS OF INTEREST TO FARNE ER AND HOUSEWIFE, & e L Value of Rye as a Fel‘flllzel"j—ng.' i Farm House Should Have a QO‘l‘; b f lar - Clubs for Farmers' "\‘\'(h-eum"" ricultural Notes, : w E Rye as a Fertilizer. ‘ Most of our old fields lack humullé and the cheapest and quickest way (i restore it is to plow under green ryf Rye may not have the power to abse ' 4 nitrogen from the air, as clover doogs yet it enriches the soil, or at least prog vents it from getting poorer. Take twil bare cornfields in the fail, for examp : Sow rye in one, plow it under in th spring, and it will vield a better crof in the following summer than the oné ox which nothing was growing. On man , farms there is actually more fertility washed off than is removed by the crops. Nowing rye in the fall prevenisy this waste for that part of the yeap Even in fields called level there is | i great deal of washing., The soil mg not aitogether be carrvied off the fieke but the richer part of it is conveyed ¢ the lower spots, Some farmers object to rye as a green manure on account of the difficulty of getting the ground into good shape for planting and after cultivation. If the rye is turned under perfectly there is very little trouble, no more than with timothy sod. Last May I turned under some rye that was tive feet (all and very heavy on the ground by using a chain and circular cutter. Neither did 1 use a four-horse team, only an ordinary plow and two horses. On this field 1 planted nutmeyg melons and sugar corn. Never had 1 ground in better condition for plaanting and after cultivation. which consisted of shallow, level enl ture; there was plenty of moisture ia this plet all summer, while the adJoining fields were literally dried up. r\ few weeks ago a farmer told me, “These farmers may haul manure from ! town, I am going to sow plenty of ryve” , I have nsed ryve for a nnmber of vears, ! and with cach vear become more favor L ably impressed with ([t great value as K a fertilizer. Every bare spot in the fall s sown to rye. Not only does rye add L hitmus to the soll, but it is also a great } | retainer of moisture. The more hnm!m; A soil containg the better it ean endure | adr gt e past summer demon ; strated again, bevond a doubt, that | fields where rye was plowed uder re | sisted the drought 1o a greater extent, while those not so treatidd falled to "f“ duce paving . Vs Uraige J!H’i} ‘ Maonthly i The Farm House Uellar, i § There I 8 ao ecarthly renson wby 8 ;tm‘m hotise shouldn't bave ns good i o " " - ‘ék?v«

be dry. frost proof, Wbt thougly lof | vegetables a dark cellar is prefosable= | and casy of access. To secure dryness, | the fonudation should have under It all round, a good drain, with an al-§ ways open outlet. A drain round the | outside i= also 2 good fdea where t Is likely to be any water soaking in. & The surface shonld slope away from | the house in every direction, ‘Wfli these precautions and a good wall Jakd in cement, the cellar should be as dey as need be.o The bottom shonld be ce- § mented, and a little gutter formed in § the cement all round the fushde and a § short distance from the wall will col § leet any water that wmay get in by acel- | dent. Such a floor may be scrabbed } and thoroughly cleaned, A good whitewash for the walls is wade of the best § i cement instead of lime. 1 have seen ! several cellars bullt near the seashore where high tides might rise above the | level of their bottoms, that had a layer of asphait laid between the two h\,\‘vl‘li ;ot’ cement, to prevent the seepage of | witter through the seil, affecting the cellar, In the North, precaations against frost are necessary, The deeper the ecclar in the ground the less dapger. The wall above ground inay be made holiow, or the inside may be lathed and plastered, or eciled, so as to form a dead-air space. Nothing keeps out cold or heat like ‘he latter. i'l'hu windows, of which there should be several, should bave double sashes, fitting as tightly as possible, with a dead-air space between, A good way to ventilate a cellar is by weans of & chimney extending down inte it. The contents of the cellar are of the greatest importance. It seems a necessity, in our cold northern climate, that so!fiH fruits and vegetablos shonld be Kept

there: but only a temporary supply ; should be. The bulk should be stored | in a cellar in the barn, or in an outdoor ir.mx cellar. Under no circtunstances | | should any decaying vegetable matter ! ln!’ any kind be suffered to remain an % Linstant, More sickness results fromthis | cause, and from the iilth allowed to ae- | cumuiate, than most people imagine, ! ‘The cellar should be Kept just as clean and sweet as the parlor.—Country Gentleman. ‘ Celery as a Farm Crop. 3 It is a mark of enterprise in any far- | raer to learn what his land is fitted for,. and tc put it to the use that pays best. 1f this were more generally done farning would pay better than it now dnos The owners of some low, wet lalld near Kalamazoo, found that they were: just adapted to growing celery, Be+ tere this discovery was made the land was aceounted nearly worthless. Nowi it brings high prices, because the profit: from celery makes it pay the interest. on large sums. The farmers of Cnnus-g tota, in Central New York, have found that they also have land that will grow - celery profmably. It requires a mueky soil, naturally nioist, but with enough | drainage so that there is no stagnant | water about the plants. There are now | several farmers in Canastota who shlpf celery to all the large llastern citles.)

| The culture as celery at Canastota wag | Jeßun eleven years ago by David Dra. :. °F, Who is' now the head of the Cana- | Bot Celery Company, Two hundroed ACres are now planted every year. Good | €elery land rents from sls to S3O per | sere and sells at from $125 to $175 per | A¢re. At Chittenango, N. Y., is another | elery point, and pearly as much celery | 8 grown there ay in Canastota.—Amer- | fean Cultivator., "‘ - The Daiyy Type of Cow. _ The lesson which farmers are now ;,,"]eafning about the spread of tubaop- | culous diseases ought to show the nec. | esßity of breeding only from healthy, | vigorous animals., A broad deep chest { With broad nostrils indicates with anj- | mals good lungs, for few of them have | learned the bad human habit of breathi Ing through the mouth, A pretty heavy heck is also indicative of strong vital Powers. I'or producing milk it has been the habit or dairymen to select cows | With slender necks. But there is such A thing as too thin a neck for a cow. - The bull ought to have a pretty dhick neck. Nobody expects him to give milk, and his only way to ¢ome in na 9@ factor In dalrying is the back door of fraud, by supplying after death the Jfats from which bogus butters are made, FUnless we have extra vigor in breeding ?!s‘ulh. the dairy herd will sooner or dater become the victim of microbes that only vigorous animals can resist, —Exchange, A Home-Made Starter. | L A new method of vipening cream Is to fill & quart enrthenware jam pot or jar with sweet separated or skim milk, It | should be as free from cream as possible and quite sweet. Ntand the jar of milk | N hot water up to 100 degrees Fahren ; fieit, not more, till the milk is up to | 90 or 05 degrees; remove the jar, wipe | dry, and stand in a warm room, cover- j ed with an ordinary tea cosy, well , ressed down so as to exclude the aic, | it should remain in this position for | wenty-four hours, when it will be | Mudy for use. Remove an ineh of the op. as that is not it for use. Strain | ithe remalnder through a clean, fine feve., For every eight quarts of crean 0 be ripened, use one gill of the soursd k. The vessel containing the eream should be placed In water :e:;' 0 degrees Pahrenheit, and allowod | - remain till the eream reaches -l'-% fm 0 degrees Pahrenheit Stirring should be kept up through the warn g process, Remove the cream vessel, | i“’l;w dry, and leave ecovered with a clézn blanket for twoenty four houra, wWhen it will he fust right for churn ing Danger in the Jumping Hean. The fumping bean is the seod of a Mexican plant of the natural orde r| l‘:t!g;hnt‘hi:!:‘! fne, FThe sovdds, of which there are three in the bersy or 1 tit, are Rabitually infested with the larva of small moth (Carpocapsa saltitans, ! i‘hh‘h. in some anknown way, is shuat | D bbbt L L WBecond stage of development ents its

‘ k January or Pebruary. When | sharmed, the lmprisoned Inrva causes | e soed to jump or roll about. Thou- ! LBBuds of these beans having been sent ‘ S euriositios to all paris of the world, | P has been suggestod that a new pest | o farmers is perbaps being introduced,; ; » Prof. 1. E. Sayre replies that, swhile | Bhe larva of this genus of nsects :1:-~? 'fl“)’ destructive to apples and other | Frult, this particular species doea not mttack plants of economic valoe, | I SUIL” be adds, it might be wise to l‘ g b puand, fearing this specles nilght | : ium:v its hnbits " : % Farm Notes, i R The addition of one poamd of well | Frooked oatmeal to 100 pomsds of but i l ermilk greatly fnereases its value as | i Cood for swine, | ; Those who profess to Know ;-I'-‘=‘u~l§ ißhatpork will be high this vear. Wheth- | E rit will or pot, the pigs can be made B 0 utllize many waste substances that | ihare of no value except as food for them, | ; Diffienlties teach much that was “"ti ; known before. armers have now dis- | ' bovered that wheat was just what they | aEbhonuld have fed years ago, and that | v hieat can be profitably grown as food fWor stock only. f E he sheep is not as hardy as may be | u“l“"‘“"L lis wool Is given as a pro- é [Wection, but wool will not keep the rain | {®rom chilling the sheep. They should | be sheltered and given straw for bed- | Sing, which will also Keep thew clean. i 2 Four-hundred pound Logs are un- ? Brofitable because the last 200 pounds | & more than the first 200, and the | n: of the big, coarse, heavy :lni:z:;xl\'i flobsine 10:s per pound than the {" all hams. Swmall hams are al\\':\ysl RN SRS R RGIR R S VG Tl SIS IR W TR DR TRT F 0 5

!B a premium, as Is taat bacon with i psirable alternate streaks of lean and [ fat . § Some dairymen affirm that there is | snore money in seliing cream to the i'rvuu*u-r_v and feeding the skira milk i;o pigs than by any other plan of making a profit frout cows. The manure is t {Rlso a large item, and the hest portions % the milk are not taken from xhni farm, as cream does not deprive the uil of its fertility. ’ ~ A writer in Indiana IMarmer recom g iends a novel plan of making a cwe )\\‘u her lamb. PPut a dog in the stable 2\'11,11 her. llf the ewe is not entirely A llevoid of maternal Instincts she will diefend her lamb. If she is, she will so ntnnll_v watch the dog that she will Hiet the lamb suck. A neighbor of the f priter says that of several trials it § yoved n suecess every time, All kinds of small fruits and vegeta- ~§ les can be grown under glass, It is hnuch cheaper to fit up two acres of figround for the erowing of carly fruits sand vegetables than to stock a large Hfarm and engage in general farming, ‘hile the profits from the small area ¥'ill be fully as great, or perhaps great¢r, if skill and judgment are exercised n managing the plot of early produce. 'iTThcn) is a large ficld open for such en- | terprises. :

e————— 1! . THE AGE OF PAPER. | Bome of the Marvels of Our Modern - Xnvention, | If any one had prophesied fift I ago that eann il v : on, car wheels, boats, pen- | ¢ils and clothing were to be'made of the : fiame substance on which the Bible and | “Hamlet” were printed, he would have | been laughed out of countenance. Yet to-day the manufacturers of paper are reaching out and inventing new processes whereby hundreds of iron and | Wooden commodities are made of the | Pulp from their mills at a price which threatens to drive all competition out of the market. | An Eastern manufacturer is adveetisIng paper stockings, paper gloves and | baper mittens, and he warrants them | to be more durable and much less ex- | pensive than woolen or cotton goods, | The articles are light and alry and very comfortable for summer wear. They | are woven from paper yarns which ( come from the manufactory all prepared for the purpose. Ordinary. paper { cord, with which everyone is fanitliar, 118 too smooth for knitting, and it (¥ | therefore given a nap by passing { through a specinlly constructed gigging | machine. After the knitting is finishied | the goods are placed in a sizing-bath | made from fallow and potato starch, | which imparts strength and solidity to the texture. After drying, the socks or gloves are dyed in varions colors, and look so soft and woolly when they come from the store that it is hard to tell them from the ordinary goods. And they are so cheap that when they begin to give out or become soiled they can be thrown into the fire and new ones { purchased. The laundryman has not l Yet expressed his opinion as to this ex- | ceedingly convenient arrangement, ! A caunon recently made of paper pulp ‘ i stood the most severe tests without ’ bursting, and it may not be many vears I! | before the armaments of the world will | éc'nlm‘ from the paper factory rn:hvr‘i i than the steel works, The chief points : { In favor of the pulp guns are their elas- | ! ticity and lightness. Instead of having | | to be dragged tediously over the cour- ‘ | try by six or eight horses a eannon of | | paper ean be loaded Into a light wagon g and pulled along at a tfot by a span of | gnmhw. The body of a paper gun is | § mide of pulp and the core is of steel. ‘ } About five layers of copper, brass and | - steel wire are wound about the exter- | for surface, thus binding the paper and 5 ;.s.fm'l firtnly together. The outside is - braced and held together longitudinalIy by means of long rods fastened to | - bolts, which extend upward from thelr | bed among the wire bands, A special | grade of paper pulp with long fibers is | selocted, mixed and combined with the | ustial hardening Ingredients, consisting of litharge, wax, tallow, white lead and | blue lead. Then pulp is run into molds | and cast to the proper shape, ztftcrg which the steel core I 8 inserted. The paper, although exceedingly hard and durable, will give wav enotigh when fim} explasion of the ‘M~f vent a break. é Nince the cannon was tested with | such great success paper manufactur- | ers have been experimenting in the con- | struetion of paper fly-wheels for great | engines, They hope to produce a wheel | which will not burst when the load is suiddenly taken off the engine and the speed runs to a high veloeity. The process of manufacture I 8 extremely simmple The wooden skeleton of a big whee!l i put io a revolving frame and sheets of manilia paper from a great spool are woumnd around it, with appliations of glue between., This thick layer of paper 15 o elastic that the possibility of breakage in case of accident is exceedingly small. Paper is also rapidly taking the place of rubber as an Insulator of electrie wires A cable so ]»l'nlv'c'h'll has been | laid recently under the IHudson River at New York, and it works admirably. Each separate wire is bound with a | strip of paper wound spirally, and the avhole Is covered with a thick lead pipe. ' When it is known that a paper-insu- | inted, lead-povered cable ean be bought for 50 cents a foot, while the rubber-in- | sinlated eable would cost not less than $3 a foot, the future of paper insulation t for electrical wires can be easily lmmag- | ined. It is a matter for surprise that | its use for this purpose has not been more extended in the past. ! An enterprising paper manufacturer is advertising paper table-cloeths beaui tifully figured and so soft and smooth | ?-E;;H they can hardly be distinguished | from the best linen., They have one disadvantage, however. If hot water is spitlled on them, they wilt and bag in a | most proveking way. | Besides these articles barrels, lead | ‘ pencils, tubs, pails, bhorseshoes, car 1 ! rails, armor plates for men-of-war and 1 ‘ hundreds of other things are now mada , ‘ of paper. | :l New Ailments, | “Rtrange, ain't it, the new kinds of !; ailments folks has?’ remarked Mr. Sim- | ri Smith, after reading his newspaper. | “Now I've been a-reading an adver- | tisement in here of a new medicine, and | it says it's dreadful good for a slnggish t liver.” ‘ “{.iver trouble ain't no new disease, i pa,” responded Mrs. Smith. “I remem- | ber grandfather having liver trouble ' when [ wasn’t more'n ten year old.” | “I was a saying that this medicine ’ was good for sluggish liver, Martha § Ann, and what beats me Is how them slugs gets inside the liver, anyhow.” Meteorological Station in Greenland. At Augmagsalie, on the east coast of | Greenland, in latitude 65 11".‘-:?"“‘*.::7 minutes north, a meteorological station has just been established by the Danish government. It is provided with selfrecording instruments as well as the usunal ones. Holm, who spent a year there ten years ago, found the mean temperature for the year to be five de- : orees below the freezing point, \\'hile:fi :hn minimum was 13 degrees beluwi zero. :

'HUSTLING HOOSIERS. | Gk LLae o ‘TEMS GATHERED FROM OVER ’ THE STATEe ——————— | An Interesting Summary of the More [m. | portant Doings of Our Neighhors—Wed. dings and Deaths—Urimes, Casualties and General Indiana News Notes. P 4 . Minor State News, 3 COLUMBUs is to have a market house. Forr Wavne curling elub is to build 4 club house. Dod poisoners at Greensburg are doing deadly work. VINCENNES 08 enforcing the Sunday liquor law. JAMEs Fienps, prominent citizen of , Fort Wayne, dropped dead, INvFANT child of Michael TKremp was 1 found dead in bed at Brookville, ; Wi AM NANCE, a blind hermit, near " | Marion, was burited to death in his cabin.o | T Tor contract has beéir signed for a fouril omill tin-plate plant south of Ilwood, near | Frankton. 3 Hannry Hannis, a Vandalia brakeman, 1| fell under the cars at South Bend, and lost 1 | both legs, < Orllo Boxn, a Farmland carpenter, fel y | thirty feet from a buiiding and is probably | fatally hurt. | A Farwr from the second story of a build--8 ing crushed the skull of Charles Sluss, at | Bloomington. i : ’ AN eagle, measuring seven feet ten inches | from tip to tip, was killed by I. S. Marks, ‘ Marion, recently. { Maxwerr,asmall town near Greenfield, i wants the Globe tin-plate plant. It will | employ 250 hands. ; JonnsoN county fruit. growers prognosi ticate a total failure of the crap. Hasn’t i this prediction been heard before? [ James Hurrorp, a contractor, and [ George Koob, a carpenter, both dropped g dead at Evansville. Heart disease was the | cause, [ Mus. Heces Mitien, living north of { Vaiparaiso, committed suicide by jumping (into Bull's Eye Lake. 11l health was the L Cause, | Om~invs Bany of Holman & Reeves and [ livery stable of Middleton & Simeon, ‘ Marion, burned. Five horses and four ' sacks of mail burned. l FrepeEßlCk Brices, a young Greensburg , man, jumped on a fright train for a free (ride, bus fell and had his foot crushed, | necessitating amputation, - StrßarTmvore, famous stallion nwned by Fort Wayue parties, fell on the frozen ground some days ago sustaining such - severe injuries that he had to be shot. - Wuine attending the funeral of Mrs. - Frank Lanich, at Dublin, Mrs. Ora Fisher ~opened the cellar door by mistake, and fell to the bottom, sustaining fatal injuries C Marcrerite TENNANT, of the Bixby- ‘ Huntly comedy company, while playing at - Shelbyville, was struck in the eye by a wad fired from a revolver and will lose her 1 sight. % Carviy Ross, Shelbyville, set a gun trap for meat thieves in his celler. His wife was the first to_entes hegellapand reveived the load_of uckstialabiidiiiF-toor f fimbs, : WaiLe sitting in a ehair immediately after eating a hearty meal, Mrs. T. 5. Peck, of Jackson Township, Cass County, feil dead. Heart disease is supposed to have been the cause. - Parexts of Ama Speakman, Marion, who was killed ina gas explosion, last summer, have sued the Marion natural gas company for 310,000, elaiming that rotten pipe was used. Hox. Josepin JACKsoN, a prominent politician and ex-member of the Indiana Legislature, committed suicide at Laporte, by shooting himself in the head with a revolver. Despondeney over defeat at the laxt election is the cause assigned. A vear azo a small colored lad of Franklin “shinued ™ up a pole and grabbed an electric light wire. He was picked up dead several feet away and his father now sues for damages, elaiming that the wires were not far enough from the ground. Joux Corrier, an employe ofthe oil well sucker-rod factory, four miles east of Farmland, while runing a cut-oft saw was struck by a piece of timber hurled from the Csaw, causing internal injuries which resulted in death. Ile was 33 years old, L and h:l only been working in the factory | a few davs. He leaves a wife and two children. | Errswonrtn LUKeNBILL, brother of Dr. 0. (. Lukenbill, of Indianapolis, was { aceidentally shot while duck hunting near { osport. e went hunting about noon, and not returning at night the town was alarmed. A search was made throagh the | country. and Lukenbill's body was found alongside a wire fence, with a large hole in the abdomen. Ilis gun was doubtless discharced while he was climbing the fence. i Tux State Insurance Commissioner i 3 tryvine to run down twoswindlers who represented themselves as agents of the Farmers and Mechanies” Insurance Comany. of Milwaukee, and did a rushing business among the credulous farmers in | Lawrence and Dubois Counties by selling 5 polices at fabulous premiums and p(’cketing } the proceeds. There is no such ‘ msur_':mce | company in existence. The State Com- | missioner has written fto the gran}d juries | of the counties named that indictments ‘ may be returned. l A SURGICAT, operation was performed % recently on John Dehority, an umpl()ye_})f | the North Anderson Box Company. at St. | John’s Hospital, Anderson. A strip of the [ skull two inches long was removed from i the top of his head and a builet that has been imbedded in his brain for fen years was secured. The case is considered most | remarkable. At the time the gun shot | wound was received it was supposed by | Dehority that the leaden missile had been r\;mu\«‘-d. The wound healed and gave him no trouble until within the past two | weeks, during which time he has xufi'nr"'-! | two epileptic fits and much violent pain. { The bullet was flattened and had become seenrely imbedded in the bone. ' A nassing bugey struck the b indle of a | eross-cut saw which George Anderson, | L.ocansport, was cairying on his shoulder. | He \\,;|; thrown down and is ;m_w in i ‘ desperate condition with coneussion of { the brain. » j PriysiClANs in several towns in this g‘\m“- have recently been worked to the | extent of $5 by a man who ('luil'mwl to have a recipe for an ;L(l.ill~t:ll);t> splint. It was | supposed to be made of a number (‘;f fine [ splints and between 4vzu'h layer a klu'«l 4)[ | plaster of paris solution. He got their $5 { and set a day on which he was to explain * the make-up of the solution but when the | day came he didn’t.