St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 21, Number 39, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 18 April 1896 — Page 7

TOPICS FOE FARMEES A DEPARTMENT PREPARED FOR OUR RURAL FRIEND& The Tendency la to Force Larger Crops and to Cultivate Cheaper— Animals Select Food from Instinct —Medium Crops Not Profitable.

Medium Crops Not Profitable. Most farmers iu this country only aim at medium crops. This is a mistake. The average crop only pays in the years when prices of farm products arc high, and such years in recent seasons have been few and far between. It was said some years ago by Sir J. Bennett Laws •of England -that be did not find it paid with grain to try for much more than the average crop. But in England the ■conditions are very different than they are here. There the average yield of Wheat is so very near the maximum that it probably wiii not pay to go to any great expense to increase it. The result might well be that the laud will be made too rich, and the crop will fall down and not till well. This danger is less probable here, as our summers are ilrycr aud hotter than those of England, so that the straw will not grow 480 rank. It probably will not pay anywhere here to apply stable manure to grain crops directly with the expectation of profit. But it will nearly always pay to use some kind of mineral fertilizers with all grain crops, and it certainly never pays to plant a hoed crop on land that has not been liberally fertilized with stable manure or other nitrogenous fertilizer. The Hen's Cravings. Instinct implants in all animals ft taste and desire for foods that are suitable for them. A hen will leave any other food at any time for a mess of green bone. In summer, when allowed free range, bugs and worms supply this craving for animal food, and that is one reason why hens lay better in Bummer than in winter. During winter, or when confined, bugs and worms cannot be had. and the hen has to wait days and sometimes even weeks to accumulate from the insufficient food supplied her (insufficient not in quality, but in egg-making element) enough to make an egg. But'when given a daily allowance of green bone rich In every constituent of the egg, the hen no longer has to wait, each organ receives its necessary nourishment, the egg is formed quickly, and the hen has got to lay. It is precisely the same principle as feeding the soil with fertilizer, it does not hurt the soil to enrich it, neither does it hurt the hen to supply her natural cravings; she is healthier, stronger and better in every way for it. ■ ' • Oops of Potatoes. ■ ^l-^ if It did • ion the busiBB^"*^*’^*"***** ,W ^ W,— P"tatog",>w‘ut OAH3[ wI Q b th(? tu v 0 M U-' ‘ Bn(J hsois.o £ jB paw tnnos h? , ' -- ' - -^but left, says a contributor in the New England Farmer. But very few farmers plant more than eight bushels of seed or pay more than $S for digging, and if one should use SBO worth of manure and fertilizer it would be no more than fair to'credit what would bo left more than the crop appropriated to the improvement of the land. And again, the unmerchantable potatoes, of which the article in .question gives no account, would be worth enough to pay for sorting an ordinary crop. Potatoes are grown in this section for an average of about 13 cents per bushel, and—if treated liberally so as to insure a large crop—for much less than that. We rarely expend more than S3O per । acre except for fertilizer, seed, rent and labor included. I grew 1,200 bushels last year on five acres and have done as well before. A neighbor, whose crops I helped harvest and weigh and photograph, raised at the rats of 735 bushels per acre Jast year—on green sward that had been mowed six years without any dressing—and the expense of growing was: Eight loads of manure SB.OO Thirteen hundred pounds of fertilizer 26.00 Plowing 3.00 Harrowing 2.00 Planting 6.00 Cultivating twice 1.00 Hand hoeing twice 6.00 One application of paris green ..., 2.00 Eight bushels of seed at 30 cents.. 4.00 Harvesting 0.00 Interest and taxes 3.20 Total $70.20 Seed Corn.’ A great many farmers who regard themselves as quite careful in the selection of seed content themselves with making the selection at husking time or from the crib, being guided by the appearance of the ear. This is not sufficient, however, to secure the best results. Prof. 11. J. Waters, dean of the Missouri Agricultural College, narrates a direct experiment on lifts point The field was gone through, aud fine ears were selected from the large, thrifty stalks having an abundant leaf growth. Another lot of ears, equal in size, was gathered from stalks smaller and less thrifty. After the seed had been gathered, the one lot could not be distinguished from the other, so far as the appearance of the ears went. The only difference was in the kind of stalk that produced the ears. A field was planted with these two lots of seed. All through the season that portion •which had been grown from seed^a ken from the thrifty stalks could be distinguished from the planting made from the seed taken from the less thrifty stalks. At harvest times the difference in favor of the seed from the large, thrifty stalks with plenty of leaf growth was seven bushels per acre, and Prof. Waters thinks that if this process of selection was carried on for a series of years a variety of corn could be con■fQerably improved on the one hand,

or almw* entirely run oa the oOr. It follows, therefore, that the selection of seed eari from the same crib, being guided by size and general appearance of the ear simply, Is not! sufficient, and that it is quite as important to know the kind of stalk that produced the seed ear as it is to know that the ear itself has the size, form, etc;, which suit the purposes of the farmer. Asparagus from Feed. Asparagus germinates slowly. It is easier and not much more expensive to purchase outright the plants required for a family supply. Those who are going into asparagus planting for market will, however, wish to know how to raise it from seed. 'The seed should be soaked in quite hot water until nearly ready to germinate, and should then be planted closely in a rich seed bed. Here it may be allowed to grow for a year, and if the soil is rich it will produce large roots lit for immediate planting. This plan saves much labor. The asparagus in the bed can be kept free from weeds, while if the seeds are planted where the rows for the crop are to be grown a year’s work in keeping down weeds must be done on an unnecessarily large piece of land. One-year-old plants will be tit for cutting the second year after planting. From seed, therefore. It requires three full year* before anything can be cut from It. Another objection to planting seed where the crop is to be grown is that the seed has to be planted too near the surface, while tin* asparagus roots dobetter to be deeper town, so that the soil above them can be cultivated and oven plowed in spring without disturbing them. A Special Room for Harnesses* A great many farmers continue- ths practice of hanging up the harness on pegs behind the horses, where it Is exposed tq the odors which come- from their excrement, anil is quite often knocked down and trampled In IL This wears out a good harness much faster than will use. It will pay good Interest on frbe cost to have a separate room in which to keep the harness. Nothing destroys leather more quickly than dirt and the ammonia which Is always found in stables. The harness should be frequently sponged to remove dirt, and tlien be oiled, allowing the oil to soak in, and then lightly rubbed with a dry cloth. Kept thus. Instead of becoming rotten after one or two years, a harness may be kept In good condition for from ten to twenty years. We know farmers who have kept harness for this longer time, while other farmers, who did no more work with their teams, had to buy a new harness every two or three years. Pnrchaslne Spraying Outfits. Farmers who have not secured outfits for spraying their orchards should do so early in the season. The first spraying ought always to bo done before the leaves are out,’ especially for fungous di cases. The spray can then be made quite strong without endangering injury to the leaf. Besides, ns the fungus attacks the leaves while they are small and tender, unless Its spores have been killed before, a great deni of damage will be done before the late spraying reaches and destroys it. In spraying orchards as in most other farm work, promptness is an important factor of success. Wrinkled Varieties Best. The wrinkled varieties of peas nr* the best for the table, but are not preferred for canning. Any of the early dwarf peas may he used for a first crop. The dwarf kinds give <-aiy a ..mt , one picking. It is the standard varieties which bear the heaviest <•; ps, b it they require support »and ate la rar than the dwarf kinds. The champion of England is considered one of the best for quality, but is not as prolific as some others, and is also a late variety. Cabbage and Celery in the Henhonae. Hang up a cabbage and celery in the hen-house. 'Pho fowls will eat Just so much and stop, and the benefit in cold weather from this green food -annot be estimated. If you can got lettuce or young onions, you can be assured of plenty of life and a great benefit to the flock. Hang them up in sn h away that the fowls can barely reaen them by jumping up a little. Farm Notes. It is claimed that any land that will produce corn will be suitable for apples, pears, plums or cherries. Fruitgrowing has not yet been overdone In this country, as the demand seems to keep pace with the supply. If old pastures are to be retained sow seed on them early, first applying wood ashes. In the fall cover the field with manure if it can be obtained. In the spring the best thing to start the grass is fifty pounds or more nitrate of soda to the acre, about two weeks after applying wood ashes. Whether the land was plowed in the fall or not, it should be plowed in the spring early in the season, so as to securo the effects of the frost. Fallplowed land may be hard, and if so It will not provide a fine seed bed. It should be cross plowed and harrowed until it is as fine as a garden, and especially if intended for corn. A chestnut grove in Illinois has been In bearing for thirty years, and has failed of a crop but once or twice in that time. The trees often average as much as two bushels of nuts, and are worth from $2 to $5 a bushel. That would make rather rich profits from an acre of them. Does it try our patience too much to grow them? A building with a shed roof, although it does not make so good an appearance, will be cheaper and warmer than one with a gable roof. There will be less space inclosed above the floor. If eight feet high in front and six in rear, fourteen-foot siding and scantling will cut without waste. Cover sides &ml roof with ship lap, well battened, and lined with building paper,

THE SUNDAY SCHOOL THOUGHTS WORTHS OF CAUI* REFLECTiOM A Pleasant, Interesting, anti Instruct* ivc Lenon, and Where It May B* Found-A Learned and. Umoiae Bw* view of the Same. Lesson for April Uh Gulden Text.—There is joy in. the prespeneeof the angels of God over one sinner ■ that repenteth. —Luke 15: 10. Th® Lost Found is die subject of thislesson. I.uke 15: 11-24. Teachers will find this a lesson that readily lends itself to pictorial or optical representation. 'The story of the prodigal son is,. iii itself, so vivid and strong that it fairly acts itself before the eyes* Near by to the writer is a church of. tho disat and dumb. It stirs him, whenever he steps in. to see the lesson expounded, as it is- from Sunday to Sunday, by sign language. The chapter before us <:m b« sketched after this fashion; we have tried it ourselves, much to the apparent entertainment and profit of a certain inner circle of the little ones. Thus; Count os your fingers and theu on the ground. Shake the head, as if something vers lacking, and then move heavily, st reaisomdy off, ns if to find it; come back presently with hands to the shoulder, deposit burden and lift arms ns in rejoicing. The children will all cry at once, “ I.'W sheep which was lost!” Bend over aa with • lighted candle in one hand, a. brush tn the other, and looking, swooping about carefully, at last pi>‘k up something iufeaginary, aad they will all tell yon it la “The Ix>st Coin.” And now just a. stroke or two may represent the story of the Prodigal Ron with new impressiveness for young and old. Strike down with the hand ns if cleaving into parts. Shoulder one part, as it were, covetously, and go *>ff with it. Throw money about, in appearance, lavishly, making signs indicative of ^ncrrU meat. Then, with sad gesture, begin t* be in want, to hunger f >r things benca'A. All at onco a thought, a hope, a far .sway look; tin » a long trudge, toward the place; s^ow, doubtful steps, head, cast down. Suddenly signs of welcdhi^ arms out-thrown, ring on finger, robe, feast, rejoicing. hands aloft. "For this my son was dead, and is alive again; be was loaf, and is found. And they began to be merry." , / Lesson Hints.

"A certain man." Thank Gni for the Instance. Our Saviour'* Illustration* are al! rb-h sermon*. We mav \vel) b'.trw nt tho feet of auch a Xastok Everything with him {minted to Abe king! >m. He was the true typo ?>? the proa, her for the people. “Give," snhl she yonng mtn. The overture vjaj on hi* part. so nl«-> tho departure to tho far country. M- n arc im lined to lay nt tho door of Providence the hapleaa lost condition in which roan find* himself. We do not l»egin far •no gb back A wilful, *e|fish spirit npenka the first word and precipitates the situation a* we find it. “Wn*tc<l hi* subs!anre.” Ujtcrailj*. scattered ids substance, living recKh’**lyThe wool for “wasted” i* the same n« thnt trnnslno.l strewed ns of grain, nt Matt. 25: 31. The'expre-'em >■ ng one's wil<l oata" is parallel, if not > ■;..« lent. And yet the living was not m os-nrily riotousness. It was simply careleMmcsrg heisilossm-ss. Tin- etymology of th>- ra id is imt saving. In the New Tentapicnt tiic term com< s. however, to Im prevailingly applied to dissoluteness or w antonne-s, it being the same r<«it that we find nt Eph. 6. 1s "Wherein is ii>• o " "He began to Im in want.” More accurately, to Im behind, ns of one short in hi* account*. No wonder, for “he had sjmnt I squandered) nil” It were well fsrr us to understand it nt thco it-et Whatever may have Iwo-n tcan's origioal condition he found him-elf to-day belli-.<l in h;s uc eoant*. a moral bankrupt. And yet "wc must nil nppe:‘r befor the jedg :.e- S ' .. q" nnd “give our n<e 'urt.” i 2 < >r. 3. 10. Rom. 11: 12 • \\ hnt shall we do? Gem rally w • do ns did thia yottng man S. . k t. _ help where we got onr hurt from the world, ‘’lie went and joined him-elf to a citizen of that country." t. e , fi,. attached himself. fostered bin.self. (Greek ghieth to the man. Ho put himself in such relation* that his only escajm was by a forcible rending of bands. So the world holds us under sin. lu> not ।\peet to make terms with such a master. Break with him. Conversion is in one respect a rebellion. We virtually declare war against Sntan. How can there be anything else than enmity? But another thing ra» can do. That is, if we enme to our right mind, onr reasonable. God instrueted self, we can go back home. And there are two things to turn our faces thus ward; tho sight, of the husks that we loathe even in the midst of our carnal desire, nnd the thought of the home with good bread and to spare that keeps calling to us across the hills. Friend the famine is still on in that land. Ami at home, well, supper is ready. A'ou had bettor return. And now the home coming. He conics back abjectly, expecting reproof, a long confession on liis lips. Observe, he is never permitted to mako tho whole confession. Before lie re.'iiidK-s tho door the father is out on the way to meet him and breaking his penitent speech right in the midst, for lie has caught tht^spirit of it, he throws liis arms about his son, kisses him and calls for ring and robe and fatted calf. Tims does Ihe Heavenly Father receive the penitent. We never tell it all, we could not if we would. Neither can we tell the joys of the Father's house. They are to be experienced to be known. “I only can entreat you To come and taste and see,” Next Lesson—“ The Rich Man and Lazarus.”—Luke 16: 19-31. The astronomer Schiaparelli was excessively near-sighted, and yet lie was the first man to discover the canals of Mars with a very inferior telescope. In reply to a question in what European city he would like to live in, Mascagni, the musical composer, recently replied ‘'From 9to 11, London; from 11 to 5, Paris; from 5 to 7, Buda-Pesth, and after 10, Berlin.” A. Walkerville (Mont.) woman cleaned up $4 worth of gold from tlie craws of three chickens a few days ago. Sha Is undecided whether to kill tho rest of her flock or to try and find out where ihey scrateh up the gold.

FULL TICKET NAMED. THE ILLINOIS PROHIBITIONISTS CHOOSE CANDIDATES. Hale Johnson the Nomine* far Geoernor- Second Plane Goes to Wind!* Alonzo B. XV ilnan^of CW<ngo r Bsc* ret ary of State! A. L Barret t, A»di toe Hectare for R-ree Skiver. The Prohibitionists of Illinois in State invention assembled at Springfield adopted a platform declaring, for the prokibition of the liqif*n traffic; giving th* tight to vote to women and men; extenof the civil service system to ail grades of public receive;. free schools to children; .observance of Sunday; a tariff commission representing a.U. political par*<*3; election of United Saates SenaLrs by direct vote of th*‘ people and freo eoin•ge of silver. A lively fight was precipitated on. the adoption of the ttnimeiikJ plank of the platform. The majority report, W£» iu favor of “issuing, gold, silver and by the Government only isksuflieient inuutity to meet tha domnnd* of busim aud give full opportunity fur the empluyturut of labor and ta.lw full le^nl tender floc all debts, publit and priraCs*" The vuiuority renei l added tho words: “That the <»ovJKnent should not discriminate in f^or of gold oa agniitot silver, a<nd that it* mints should be opea upon eqpol terms to both st. the a&ti<*. sow established by law.” Afte? a hoaMd, (iisenssiotv In which about 100 deli^iie* participated, the nnnority report was finally ui,q»ted by a rote of 212. so- BAA Dr. Esaus, of l iedding College, was selceted'le take charge of tha enrv^aiga fund. asd*s2,<MM) was ftAscribed by the dclegaßs present as a sorter.

After De adoption of th**, platform tbo conventjtju adjourned until the following morniiwh.no « full State ticket was nomimted as follow*; Goveyaor . .Hale Johnson Llewtvuanyf Joverimr C. A. Windle Seceetary^of State .. . .Alonso E. Wilson Auditor/ A. J. Bnssett Treasurer E. K. Hays Attorney General Robert 11. Patton University Trustees Miss Lucy I*. Gaston. Mrs. Carrie L. Grout, Mrs. Ella M. Orr. United .States Senator . . . .Dan R. Sheen A resolution was adopted requesting Congress to pa-s n law to prohibit the manufacture, sale or importation of liquor into tlm District of Columbia, the Territories nnd military reservations of tbo United Ssntce and to repeal all tax and license lan*. THE SAILORS’ FRIEND. Samntl FUmaoH, Who Ha® Spent Bia Life for Hcafariiig Men. Simuel ri.ms il, w*.. > :« n *w »*r;e';»ly Hi in L nJ n. has spent most of h a l.fs la trying to help the seafaring unn. For winy years bo has been called the sailors’ friend. He is the L urtb son of L -rn at Bri* In 1824. w hen be was but a email child he removed w.th h:* partn s to Penrub, and it was here ue nas f. ■ n his en/y cd : • -n by rhe curate of rt>«» parish. Ho nas 'a*cr sent t > Sheffield m attend a private s h ■d, at that pia'o. He started out In life a* a clerk In a so- ’.« * a brewery and was pram .-.M to rhe position of manager. In that eapacty he toms ri* cd uutl 1833, when be went to London aud opened a locion f r L msel.*. He suecesofuHy contrasted Dert>y In the lib0. PUMfSOLI,. eral Intereet in 18tS and sat for that tjwn in 18-80, when he gave up his seat to Sir William Vernon Harcourt. This was an act of great unselfishness on the part of the man. He bad gone Into Parliament for the express purpose of helping the*»ailons and gave up hi* seat from the same motive. He was convinced that a cabinet minister would be able to render better service to the cause of rhe sailors than a private member, nnd hence made way for Harcourt. Hi* career in Parliatnent was useful, and he was instrumental in passing nets for rhe amendment Os the whipping laws in 1871, 1873, 1875 and 1876. In 1877 Mr. I’limsoll published “Onr Seamen,” and since then wrote and published a sequel to it* In 1890 he published a work on “Cattle Ships." When the National Amalgamated Sailors* and Firemen's Union of Great Britain mid Ireland was organized in IS9O Mr. PMmsoll accepted the presidency of rhe union, but afterward retired. Sparks from the Wires. Newell Dutehe and Frank Moore were drowned by the capsizing of the oyster boat Mattie.L. Ford at Bridgeton, N. .1 George E. Dowling, aged 56, a wealthy banker and lumberman and past grand master Mason of the State, died at Montague, Mich. All hope of saving the sixty miners who were, entombed in a mine at Brunnerton, New Zealand, by an .explosion of firedamp, which killed five men outright, has been abandoned. Judge Gibbons, at Chicago, declined to appoint a receiver for the National Linseed Oil Company and dismissed for want of equity the bill filed by Louis A. Coquard asking for the receiver. John Mcßoberts and wife and their 7-year-old daughter were run over by a switch engine at Topeka, Kan. Mcßoberts and wife were instantly killed. Tha daughter was severely injured. The grand national steeplechase of 2,500 sovereigns was run over the Alntree course and was won by D. G. M. Campbell's The Soarer; Father O’Flynn was second and Biscuit was third.

THE LOCAL ELECTIONS TOWNS AND CITIES'IN SEVERAL STATES ELECT OFFICERS. Line* Drawn on Local laanes—Ra* publicans Carry Milwaukee by Ra* dneed Majority-License Men Win. in Many Wiaconsiu Towns. Battle of Little Ballots. Municipal elections vrere held Tueodag' In Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Ohlo^ Kansas, Nebraska and .‘Missouri. la ths city of Chicago about 50 per cent of th* total vote was polled. la the aldermanio elections party lines were generally disregarded. A bitter fight was waged to prevent the re-elect: ai of boodle 6ade;> men, and regardless of party the Givie Federation and tha Municipal Voters’ League indorsed thlsty-three men, candidates in twenty-sev »a wards. O/ these, twenty-two were elected. There now remain in the Council, of men who are known to be thieves and boodl^ra, only ; twenty-seven, of rh<>m all but five sr* hold-overs. Trie entire Coun<*il numbere sixty-eight, so fes-the first tiraa-in. many years Chicago has a Board of Aldermen the majority of -ahotn are bel-iaved to be honest. SpringSjeld Republicans elected eix out of sev;-j» aidermen, and in the township elect Las througho*L Saa&imoa County the Republicans retained their majority in Gkanty Boards of eerieora la Milwaukee all of tho camlidatss on th« Republican city ticket were elected, but the Democrats made large gskas. The most notio&ble feature of the election, whidh passed off quiet'y, was th^ heavy Populist vote which was cast Eightyseven paecinets show 6,010 rotes for Henry Smith, the Pepulist candidate for Mayos. This is double the total vote cast by the party two yeirs ago. In the Stat* st Isjtfe R. D. Marshal is re-elected a*ioc!it> justice of the Supreme Court. Contests in M anesota towns in most Coses wore purely local, with little politics in them. However, there were in some eases other interests. Fairbault elected P. F. Huge, Democrat, Mayor, and nearly the entire Dem erratic ticket, being the first time they have done so for many years. Ai Anoka, C. T. Woodbury, without bis own knowledge or consent, was put up to run Independently against the regular Rcpublb-an nominee and Woodbury was elected. In the Long Island town elections there was great interest in the liquor question, as all 6J the town* voted on the optional ds'tse In tiio Raines Dw. The parry re- ' Sult was even up. Queens County was carried by the Democrats; Suffolk County by Republicans. There are no 1 nger town elections in Kings, all being merged la Brooklyn. License carried ^he day ev- ; erywhere. Tie pew ILqirLaf Supervisors In Queens County will five pemocra's to two RepubL an*. The Democratic ticket was sm- essful at Newtown, the yots completely reversing the order of tbi-gs of die elect i m last year. Returns from tiie elections in dries of the and se.'ond class in Kansas show | ihrle of general political Interest Repub- । 1. an t; kets were put up generally and carried w.:h little oppisiti m, but citizens’ i tickets, based solely on municipal quest! ns. were ably supported and won in a j d >r-n cn- s. In most of the cities and towns of Colors 1 >, ns. !e from Denver an 1 Pueblo, elects ms wre held. The contests were enLrely »n Le al Issues, In many of ths arnaHer t>wns the liquor question was the one at issue, and aim >st invariably ths temperan *e element won. Tho women were w . represented at the p/l* everywhere. Tnra ./h e’ Missouri party lines were not cl '- ly drawn, but in a majority of cities where such was he case the Democrat* e." ted Cho whole or the grea'er part of their ti ke'.s. *j\ie I> :nocrats errrie i < ?•». B:s:b irok, Marshfield, Higg usv .e, Monrao ( ty and Nevada. The result was mixed at Wellsville, Golden City and Cl :;'on. N i partisan tickets | w- re in .he ficl-.i at. S’iter and Holden. In Fayette the . iz ticket was victorious. Carthage was carried by the Republicans. The Democrats were one. essfu! In ail township* in Arkansas save Newp rt and Jonesboro, where the Republicans elected their tickets A TEXAS GIRL’S PLIGHT. Hhe Has a Grafted Ear that Will Not Ptop Growing. There Is In Chicago at the present time a young lady being treated by a surgeon whose case is one of the strangest, as it fa the only one of Iri kind on record. The young lady is Miss Zury Knox, and she is the daughter of a prominent citizen of Yoakum County, Texas. Sho is a most b-autiful girl iri perfect figure, a brilliant conversationalist, a proficient musician and an artist of noinoan ability. When 7 years of ago Miss Kn x was thrown from a pony in so h a manner as to pull off the upper portion of her right ear. The remainder of the ear was so badly lacerated that most of it was cut away by a surgeon In Dallas. She had only a small amount of her ear left, which soon healed up, and she was able to cover the disfigurement with her hair. She paid no particular attention to tho organ, ar the hearing was but slightly affected, up to one year ago. Then she met a young lady from Chicago who advised her to consult a surgeon, who, she believed, could replace the missing ear by a grafting process. Miss Knox accepted her friend's advice, went to Chicago and returned home with an ear wbidh, while no< nearfy eo pink and dainty as its mate, served the purpose well enough. Shortly after she got home the ear began to grow and it has been growing ever since. It does not grow in any one particular way, but shoots out in every conceivable manner. One who saw it a few days ago says it looks like a slice of dried apple about as big as John L. Sullivan’s hand. A peculiar feature of the ear Is that she can hear sounds with it that are totally undsstinguishable to other persons. There is a continual roar in the ear “like the screeching of a thousand steamboat Whistles,” as she describes it, and the young lady was obliged to have her room |n her Texas home padded in order to keep out the slightest noise, which wa» magnified 1,000 tmes through the grafted ear. At last »he could stand it no longer and set out for Chicago to have It either repaired or cut off. Charges have been preferred with Gov. Halcomb, of Nebraska, against Dr, J. H. Mackay, superintendent of ths Norfolk hospital tot the InaaaMh

INDIANA INCIDENTS. RECORD OF e/ENTS OF THE PAST WEEK. Mine: Operator Arres+etl for laanins Mct^l Checks in Lien of Money— Snctessful Mcetiou of Somthera Indiana Teachers. ‘*Straw Money’’ Mert Arrester!. Un red States Marshal ELrwkins, of la* diamtpolis, went down into the block coal mining district the other day itnd contisented SBO,OOO of “straw money.” Seven mine operators and mine merchants were araas-ted for seeing, these- tokea coins as muney. The men under arrest are Nathwci Y. Dixon of the Semmit Goal Company, Finney Strong of the Linton SupDijf Company, Frank Ma-rtin es the Lantou Coal Company, John W. Wolford, a jlbthing mershant at Linton, and Wolford’s three ions. Far some time it has been the custom of mine- operators to issue to romers before yM-y day metal rfteeks, wljch were- ma*iv to represent money val *c. Merchants; also issued the ehecks an J they passeri into general circulation ia the mining iistrict as money or its eqtjvalent. The-ebecks were known in the district as “straw money." They circulat ed at a Ithper cent discount usually. but* always breught their full face value when presented to the company that issued them. The coins range in denomination freoi 5 cents to sl. When times were “barif' in the mining district it tras the custom to do business almost vx Jusively with these checks. No effort was ever made to pass them outside the mining district. So scarce is money in the district that John W. Wolford, one of the mea arrested, had to borrow money to pay car fare. There were several thousand dollars of cheeks in his office. The men have been p]:w. 1 under bond of SSOO each. Tho Government recently sent an inspector into the district who reported to Il a*hingt<>n the facts oa which the prosecntlons were ordered. Indiana Teachers Adjourn. Tho Sour he n Indiana Teachers' Association. which closed its session at Washington Friday night, was generally credited with being the most interesting amt best managed ever held. There was an enrollment of nearly 700. An interesting program was carried out. Resolutions were adopted far..ring the building of an “Abrqhnm Li\ uln Art Institute" and .1 committee ..ns appointed to draft and ■ <"«•! a memorial to Congress urging the । : tt:er forward. Officers as follows were elected: I‘re<ident, W. H. Sonour. Brook; ville; vice-president, Mrs. A. R. Hornbrook. Evansville; Mrs. Hattie Head, Washing on; secretary. jTenni^ Joying, Shelbyville; treasurer J. A. CarnagayH ”]»'•. '.‘ommitjee. Superintendent Feathergill. Profs. R. A. Ogg, T. A. Mott. W. 11. Hershman and F. D. Churchell. Franklin was selected as the | next meeting place. - _2s. Miss Garbison Is Arrested. * At South Bend. Miss Harriet Garbi- - >n was arrested, charged with the theft of a horse and buggy from a man name I Garwood, living near Laporte. The young woman is 18 years old and came fropi s-ark.- County, Ind. She had been workinu' on the Garwood farm for eleven weeks whi n she made up her mind to leave, taking with her a horse and buggy and Mrs.- • •;irwo‘d s gold watch. Two girls went v. ith her, but the trio got into a tight anj Miss Garbison left the others. They had driven in all over 100 miles, driving by night. Tiring of the trip. Miss Garbison .- •id the buggy to a farmer for $35, and as she could not find sale for the horse; gave it away. Miss Garbison is said to h ive made i conL -si >n to Chief Cassidy. All Over the State. Frank Brown, a pr >miaent Terre Haute citizen, ami treasurer for the loval lodges of Red Men, has been missing for several days. His accounts are said to lie correct, and it is feared that he Las lieen driven to suicide by continued ill health. At Portland, Ida Tullis brought suit, against Valentine Flauding, Jr., for $5,(Xmi damages, alleging breach of pct tn iso. She asserts that on two occasions they had arranged to be married, hut that both times Valentine failed to appear. T. 1.. Coons, a druggist of Edinburg, committed suicide by swallowing prussic acid. After swallowing the poison ire claimed that it was taken by mistake. The deceased was married five years ago, ami leaves a wife and child. Quite recently he dissipated to excess. Dr. A. C. Jones, commander of Williams Post. G. A. IL, of Muncie. b >s decided to be a candidate for department commander at the coming Stat^ encampment at South Bend. Dr. Jones entered the war as drummer boy iu Colorado ar the age of 12 years. William Smelz, a farmer, residing north of Mishawaka, was hitching up a team, when a calf ran out of the barn and kicked him in the face, severely injuring him. j At the same time one of tho horses kicked him in the side near the lower ribs. He is in a precarious condition. At Elkhart, fire completely destroyed the residence and contents belonging to Jacob Geiser. Loss, $2,500; insured in the Concordia, of New York, for SI,OOO. Geiser had $3,000 iu gold and SI,OOO in greenbacks hidden away in the cellar, which was found safe in tho debris. The village of Bristol, in the upper edgo i of Elkhart County, is excited over tho ! developments following the finding of a counterfeiters’ plant in subterranean apartments on an island in the St. Joo ; river. Tho outfit included tools, molds, i dies, milling machines, etc., besides a pilo of bogus gold and silver coin in al! stages of development. Among the spoils was an old pocketbook, identified as belonging to Jonathan Crumpacker, who was asj sassinatcri near Bristol a year ago, as well । as papers and other documents taken at the time of the robbery of the Bristol postoffice nearly two years ago. The wife of William M. Hampton, of Indianapolis, was prostrated by fright by the presence of a burglar in her sleeping room, and she died of exhaustion. The Ministerial Association of Terre Houte has asked the police board that the Sunday closing law be enforced. The board is in favor of a liberal interpret^-: tion of the law. , At Greensburg, Mrs. Bryant Beeson’a death resulted from a peculiar accident. A few days ago she was gaffed in the hand by a rooster. Bone rheumatism ^et in and blood poison resulted, causing; her death three days later, *