St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 22, Number 1, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 25 July 1896 — Page 7

THE FARM AND HOME MATTERS OF INTEREST TO FARMER AND HOUSEWIFE. Profits from Crops Must Always Include that Which the Soil GainedFarmers as Lawmakers—Room for Dairy Improvement—Odds audLuda.

Relative Cost of CropsAny crop that leaves the soil in good condition will cost less than one which apparently pays better, but which largely draws upon the soil for plant food. Ordinary wheat straw takes more fertility from the soil than po a toes, if compared by weight, ><’»• • the potato is composed more large y . f starch and water. The soil shou 1 be considered as a source of so I plants, but rather as a Ima ion for growth, the food tor the pan * provided by the farmer, aeeoultn. to the requirements of the crop. No crop pays that leaves the soil poorer, unless sold at a price widen will eanble to restore the plant toed snd also receive a fair protit tor h<s time and labor. The soil is the stor • ■ house of the farm < n which is sloied the raw material for future crops, ami the real wealth of a farm is In It* * o| b as it can be drawn upon in the future for crops that may be in demand. Whether a farmer receives a larg ' re turn or fails altogether during an> year, he lias the soil ns a sas lugs bank, representing much of that which has been applied to it previously. Water is a staple article on farms, and is sold more extensively than a." thing else. Milk contains about >7 per cent, of water, and fruits of till kinds are considered more valuable it wnt-r

predominates in their composition. Even a grain crop is not free from water, while grass and vegetables are mostly composed of water. M ater is therefore the cheapest substance procured by good cultivation (for he ontains mor- of It by good cultivation than would be the case otherwise!, and next to water is carbon. When oil. butter, sugar and starch are prodm d on the farm the leaves of the trees :tnd plants derive carbon (carbon dioxidet J from the air and store it in their ells. When the naimals consume plants they convert this carbon Into com pounds familiar to all. but the cost of which so far as the fertility of rhe s oil Is concerned may be very small, an I when the soil can be made to do sen ice without loss ’he gain is com spondingly as great to tl e farmer as from a sale. The real cost of crops on nearly fill farms Is that of labor, but Ulmr is prof (table according t > the us s to which It Is applied, and the labor saving imph'- • meuts must assist the lalwrer. If the farmer continues to grow crops for | Which he knows th"'e will bo low prices his labor will b“ more xpeusi'. than with s<vne better crop, .lust wha: that better 'Top may ’c depends upon the location of the farm, the markets the soil and other conditions. There are seasons when some tops pay bet ter than orders, as was the ease wit’; peaches last year, which gave good re suits. An acre of onions may be mor" profitable than five or ten acres of ■ wheat, and yet tlie cost of the onions may be less than that of the wheat pr< portionatoly. A diversity of crops should be the rule, for no farmer < an , afford to take the risk of depending on ; a single crop. The cost will be a rd ; Ing to the skill and judgment used by the farmer, and the estimate of profits must always include that which the soil has also gained. I’hilad dphm

Record. ______ Fat mor’ a* Lawmaker*. The present personnel of C nigre--shows that there is one farmer to six lawyers, and still the farmer wonders why it is so difficult to secure loglsla tlon on agriculture! matters. While the proportion of representatives tn State Leg'siatures is not quite .- > n.n i in favor o-f the lawyers, neither is there as large a proportion in favor of tlf fanner when the representatives of oth er occupations are considered. The agricultural interests are quite import ant factors, and should be more prominently represented. Not that there s need of more lawn, for we have a surfeit already, but that thos* in whoso Interests the laws are or should be made may have a voice in their construction and enactment. Neither should it be allowed that there are not equally intelligent and able men among the farmers as are to be found m any other vocation. The lawyer, the manufacturer, the capitalist, all have their different Interests. and are supposed to know the needs an-l requirements of b-g <! a•j. m । to protect and foster those utcrere-. It is but natural the they - muIU i;,ik • these Interests paramount in their labors as repr^nnatives of those who e’e : them. They know little of the practical side of ntriculture. and cannot be ex ported to enact laws affecting it with the same wisdom and judgment that those familiar with its practical workings can. Each division of Industry and business should be represented by . careful selection of those best titled to understand and expound i*s nee,ls.

Why, then, should not our agricultural Interests be movo prominently repn Rented la our State ami national leg;<latures? Then and not till then will those interests be loked after as they ‘ should be, and the legislation so much desired and so obviously needed be secured. Room for Dairy Development. The dairy mdustry is woefully neglected Ip many of our States, Well developed in the North and East, it has long been a notorious fact that many sections well provided by nature with excellent pasturage anl capacity for grain raising import from other States most of the butter and cheese consumed. While Ohio makes an even ton of butter for each square mile of land «ur-

face, and lowa, Pennsylvania, Tort State and Connecticut even more, many of our Southern States turn off an average of less than 200 pounds, and Oregon and Washington only o 0 pounds. With proper safeguards around the purity of dairy products, this country ought not only to raise every pound of butter and cheese used, but send abroad millions each year.

Feeding Corn and B « eta ’ . \n extensive cattle feeder of Nebraska, who feeds 1,000 acres of corn of his own raising and 100 tons of bee s a year, has kept a careful account of his operations for the last ten years I rom , that record the following facts aie (

* given: For the first nine years the cost per ' head tanged from $14.09 to $32.39; but in 15’,13 lie began feeding bTets and corn which had been cut and cured tn the shock and then run through a shredding machine, ear, stalk, bind?. all of which Is by the machine reduced to the condition of coarse hay. The c >st of harvesling, shocking, shredding ami feeding is 3 cent’s per bushel of grain and $1.87 per ton of fodder. The 1.900 acres averaged forty and one-half bush ols of •■m-n and a ton and one half of / fodder per acre. The bets (sugar beets) / yield thirty to fifty tons per acre count lug tops and all, amt are fed whole. Both cattle and logs are fond of them, ami it was found that after cutting them tlic first few days the cattle learn to bite them off as a boy bites an apple. Sim e ad >ptlng this ration the cost of fattening cattle lias never ex ceded $lO per head No cholera has ever occurred among hogs fplowing the • attic while feeling beets. It Is estimated that beet tops from beets use 1 in sugar making are worth an average of $3 per acre for cattle food. Missouri Agriculturist.

l ute Hatches of I hickcnx. While It Is m.t desirable to set hens late, where th« y are allowed a wile range some m-sts will be stolen, ami large broods of young chickens may come off as latr. ns September or O'tO--Ist. We have lad such an Ima le them profitable. The most important thing i with late-hate|;cd chickens Is to feed 1 them liberally with win it. This will I keep them growing and eaiw them t o ’ feather early. Corn should only ■ fed after r« ally cold windier mnk> - it n*' • ssary. If tie young fowls nre in dtted to feather early Ley wdl t • I less corn. The work of feathering ex hnustw their strength very rapidly, and sh mid be Hn t < I!of e . f - Fed’ f o LlHra. Soil for the ‘ lit m .w runi J bi rather heyy and lightened with coarse sind find leaf mold. «»ys ei* Pllil idelphLl Press The secret of Spe C's’s with the aur turn is to have rcb sod below the bulb to in Pic*- r.vc» t grow below. 11l- h * । nb .ve « II f< ■ d bm wdl not . ;oise t'..- t. f ■ o I other season’s Powering • > f«»tm Btido that bloomed ’art cr> r. and an to remain out alt winder, hdl de> n If they become o r.t«r to ilo-d wbih dor* tu ant. (>«ld<s and I n*!*. If clothespins j re b d a f. ■' • no s and qn kh’ c ‘d ow;. f- we. g • It trill cleanse them and make tb. ■ s more durable Plain « >ups, r re s*eik*. fresh i go | tables, light saUds and ripe fruit w | morn easdi d g'-sted t! i:t e id ’ ,k-d or l»oded meats md elaisiratr <b •-> :t« Figs are a|»*Hent and whole- ’me They nre sni I to b-- inhialdr is so. d j for those atlffe ng ftoin .an ■ : • y i are used externally as well cs c, : lv

ly. Tomatoes arc a powerful nj* t err ' >r ) the liver, a sotoniga rem-dy for dy' i ;»d sin and nd'.? - !.>u am! at ■ . w. : ■ j able In all ccndithms i which the use of calomel is nd at< d , Bl- nut or bread dough . ■ r. - d ! with dry yoattt will keep in a ref- g- ra i tor several days if cb>sely covered wit!) j !an earthen bawl. For breakfast rolls jin warm weather it - more byg n • i than baking |H>wder, cream ur b.f • milk biscuit. | Lime water will sweeten jars and i Jugs which soap and water fail to • cleanse. It’s admirable for correcting I acidity of the stomach, and for cleans j Ing milk vessels and nursing bottles A j tracupful added to bread sponge will , prevent souring.* The fact that youngsters ruin the api pearam'e of their digits by the exercise ' which Is known ns "cracking the joints,” is well founded. This habit stretches and weakens the ligaments and so enlarges the joints that the en- , tire hand becomes knotty in conse- i quenoe. Currants g . e an sir • - ’ • cakes and 1 minings that s very app- I tizing. A quick uav to clean them. | I after picking out Flicks and stem s, is i j to add to every pound ab -ut a ’camp ■ ful of tlotir, rub thoroughly with the 1 , hands and separate them em roly, then t ; rub through a siere. wb; h will remove most of the stems.

The great annoyance of people who are baking fruit pics conics from the loss of the rich syrup of Juicy pies. To prevent this take a strip of muslin one inch wide and long enough to go around the pie, and lap. Wet the cloth in cold water and lay it around tin' edge, half upon the pie and half ujmn the [date, pressing it on either side Wh» n the pie is taken from the oven remove the cloth. This will be found a success. Thore is no better tonic Ilian seasonable and wholesome fowl. When appetite Hags, and the system weakens from excessive labor and oppressive heat, nutritive (but easily digested) food is required. Heavy dishes, containing animal fats or irritating condimeuts, like suet puddings, lard pastry, etc., or rich meats—pork, beef and mutton—may be eaten with impunity when snow is flying, but not when the thermometer is in the eighties.

HOSTS OF BAPTISTS. YOUNG PEOPLE'S UNION MEETS IN MILWAUKEE. Ten Thousand Members of the Denominational Society from All Ports O1 the Continent-Sunriee Devotional Bervlcee-Membership Over 100,000 Prominent Workers Present. The sixth international convention of the Baptists' Young Peoples 1 n, ^ n ® America—the Christian Endeavor of tin great and powerful denomination was held in Milwaukee. Delegations and scattering visitors from every State m Um' Union, as well us from Canada, were in

attendance. Illinois sent fully 5,000; Wisconsin 3,000 outside of Milwaukee; Indiana. 2.000; lowa, 1,000; Ohio, ' 2,000; Michigan, 2,- I DOO, and Other States in proportion to their I distance. Canada . sent from 2,(MM) to 3.- I isMi visitors and del- I

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fgntes The event bnweht t«» -MU'*ntilo-o , probably the largest number of dtstm- J guished Baptist divines and representa । tive members of the denomination, male I and female, that has ever been brought ; together in any one city. Promptly nt 10 o'chs’k on the opening dny the International convention was calks! to order in the groat Exposition B I X । 1/ rt’.F«i!<' x r • tt vrw vv building, next to the l.'- »eum in th: cago the larg.*' o nvMinoa auditor’um in Am< --a It has a capo 'y of IS’S*' an t wn* fi -1 to th- do«r« h»T an ho«r iseforr President John II Chapman rap tied for order ! o:» was spre Ily sei-tirod and de« iii. nsl »■ roro *•■*, rotis st-,ng of the r« s hog •' a kapt.-r ft mt’ •r pt iro*.

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Her Bln klmrn. ■ f ' ambridge, Mass., and Kev. W. W. Landrum, of Richmond, Va.. and whs carried ununimousiy. Some idea <>f what tin- lenders of the assembly undertook may L* gathered from the fact that each day's work iH'gan at 15:30 in the morning and ended about I<> o’clock at night, with almost continuous session* throughout the day. When the convention was not in session at the exposition hall the various churches of the city were utilised for meetings, each one of which was in charge of some prominent minister or layman, and transacted business of importance to the lx>dy of Baptist Unionists. Even when the convention was occupying the great hall then > side meetings were kept up. The subjects treated of embraced every religious and •octal and moral theory of lifo. The men

hvered and the fubioc??m a<lllreSSes de * Prised all that «. 8 discU3Be d common In theoloav ° r ? nn *i refleesies. gy ' “Oology and metaphyover the t del('gatoa° f . c ? nven Oon was ciirsions to Lake . Vlsito ! B made p «- D “lla Os he W ' ^nebago. Devil’s lake. Grove at i 8 Epworth League EX-OOV. RUSSELu DEAD. “’."u.-.'S'.'!. "T Pires Suddenly of Heart Disease. chuJeM>VV I,ia ?‘ E ‘ K l ’* Boll of ^«88a--1 F II n at the camp of L 1 ' at St. Adelaide, Pubos, burbrother' 7’ - /tt 88 ** 11 ’ fi^onipaided by hi. Fro.> i >“ \ H .“ rry E K, "““'ll, and Col. th? i IculHX, y- Jr -. arrival there only the day previous in »<mrdi of rout. He had run down in health after the trying scenes at the Chicago'convention, and his frienda urged upon him the neecHsity of a ' roat in the backwoods, and he accepted invitation of Mr. Hulton to go to hi ß tt-nutifu) Canadian camp. ijfon reaching St. Adelaide the ex Gov I >r appeared in good health and spirits, >lpd the evening was sixuit in n social way and in preparation for a fishing trip the next day. He and his companions retired early. Col. Russell was the first to arise, and when he called his brother he ; received no answer. He then attempted to arouse him by shaking him. whereupon he discoverrl that life bad flown. The position of the body and the expres- : akin on the dead man’s face showed that !his death was painless. William Eusilce Russell was born in Cambridge on Jan. <>. 1557, within the shadow of the university from which he was gradnati'd in 1N77. He rceehusi his early training in the public s hools of Cambridge, in which he prepnroi! tor liarran! College, entering that institution in 1*73 Mr. Russeir* political aflications j hi I always I-en l*e:i - re. ’. In lx*d Mr. Russell nu eh te I Mayor of CamNr igr by a large majority. H held the reins of government in the Mayor's chair for throe term*. Mr li >«*- 11 was marrh*l to M .« M ; Li ch'- r of •he !t< v J -a So formerly of Cambriige. on J X I*< K They had I C.'- ch > . • ’ e 'a igh5 ter. Ir |kks w,, r i " for Gotcr r>. r. but W f n,.| by Gov V. ■ < He n « nor. i-."! a.- ,n I^' » . I was Reefed ete- Mr Brackett l r a plural -y f>t s «♦ , 1n 1 *1 I<■ ar' f 'll nr t Charle* H M'. . cf Ixiwott by , r ■ - rai ty -f 7 ^i K I"-*!. ’- •* ?r, - k c q. year, be d. tkved W am H live by * ph: r>. ty of 2 t. ai„> Ben;*tn -•

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Jones A I. :gh! : .... | . d st^el wale w.*h the Am. c * r-1 A- attou at ;a: 1 . t ;i pvra tion. Tbey.mjdq L>»> m-n There arrived in N. w Orleans thirty ' H K a Piwbyteriaa nu^.r, who has -harge tx \ . goto Iw placed in »chwd, a: ! aft. - recewing a preliminary education will enter college. They ar - -as fpr mu • and w> altby c; Milton L. Eiv. s.dd to ’< ■ of th.* most note! b*- H-s of •’ ■ W. has ! Hr ur-d Ht Mms riy, Mo„ by William qßk< rton’s detective. Ely is wanted m*ialty because of his connection with ’he express car rob’ "”y at Ottumwa. la.. Jan. I’d. 1 s!•.’». . * go. Burlington ar.d Qu:: y Ko iroid. Th. re is danger of a v. r. r fam no .. Boston and ,• modern b’e alarm > f. ■ i » Wat* r C .mm.-i-c .-r M irp v i; . t ( o T Engineer Jack- n U ..f • ~* i. r .^ and umieeo-m-a! h m re. •. :r . j... ..f ■ ’ : very •mall, and 'he water . •> t ~.s issued orders to the p, >;de of m- to cut down their consumption. According to what is e.. di.rd reliable authority, a controlling interest in the Detroit Railway, a system operat d under I h> 3-cent-fare ordinances. has b on sold by Henry A. Everett, proprietor of the system, to R. T. W ilson, of X'e v lock. Mr. Wilson now owns most of the stock of the Citizens' Railway Company, and a (smsolidation of the roads under are management is now anticipated. The latter part of a wise man's life is taken up in curing the follies, prejudices and false opinions he had contracted in the former. In amdent times bent's were collected from the battlefields, ground to powder and used to fertilize the land.

THE SUNDAY SCHOOL. J INTERESTING AND INSTRUCTIVE । LESSON. Reflections of an Elevating Character —NX holcsomc Food for ThoughtStudying the Scriptural Lesson Intelligently and Profitably. Leason for July 20. Golden Text.—“ln thee, O Lord, do I put my trust. '- Ps. 71; 1. God’s Promises to David is the subject of this lesson—2 Sam. 7: 4-10. David became settled in his palace, repulsed his I enemies, and after a period of time, the ' limits of which are not definitely fixed, he desired to budd a permanent house for the Lord, in place of the tent in which he had placed the ark (2 Sum. 7; 1-3). He communicated this desire to the prophet Nathan, who gave his endorsement to the plan. 1 his, however, was upon the prophet's own juuginvnt. solely, for he roceived a contrary revelation from the Lord, as narrated in the k-saon. 4 i'h’* woio of th.* Eor*! enmo unto Nathnn; notice how c'j-«rly the w riter dlstinguiirties between Nathan's personal opinion, expresswl during the day, and the divine message that came to him by night. Nathan is here mentioned for the first time. Though comparatively small space is given to his life in the books of Samu< I and Kings, he status to have occupied a position nearly as important ns that of the prophet Samuel. During tiie reigns >f David and Solomon be sto*xl near the throne and wm a trusted counselor. Few men would have ventured to r luike the kmg ns Nathan did (12: 1 141. He wa.i probably eutrust<*i with the ’"lucivion d Solomon, and was prominent in the events which proceded the coronati n of Solomon <1 Kings chap. 1). It appears fn>m 1 CLron. 21*: 29, and 2 Chron. 9: 2'.*, tnat Nathan wrote a history of David's r c i and part of Solomon's, and this was undoubtedly one of the - > :r' . - f tii j . .;, . .f Samuel, Kings and Chrom es \s statesman, prophet, and historian, he the.-efore deserves to rank among the foremost monos his time. Among 'hose who are called prophe:» in the old Testament, there were I a n e u 1 -a ■ f servi ■ w is n»: I'rod in ndi * .c a:; I warning kings an i rulers; o'l“'* ' >W. <• pr- eiinrien’ly pr< ’ehers to to ; ■■ * Nr.tlmi lielongod to the first r a. 1. t- s-'.'i.nd, while I»a. th co:.I. ned U>tii these functions. *> “Mv smut Do M.” a title cf disti ■ >i p e I only t • .1 few leaders <f ; M a .i . tc. - | > (It ' ; i b ill i:C i house “ the ques- । • ■ . « a . ;I' oe iho parallel ; vero in 1 t’hr>»n hits "ihon shnlt not." .. x\ . . . t \ • '• ’ ih - - pt> . I ns dwelling j in h.< • i i-v in t*. - nue sense. ni>paroutly. th it the king dw- is in his pali .. ;-v .q <j in the p- ■■ '• “ h <•’ "’■•u .it :he-lodi. dt.->n ■r t- • ,C. n i hron (’. W: “R it w.q t;. q -i i. --.- b-’-q iw? with men on th« e »r •» i I. b> tv n an I the heaven ' a 4 . 1 .• ■ ..i ■' .<u -. 1.-. iv much ko t’. sh ■ -«O < V.I I have hmlt” F.r|. ' > s. .ittr>Hitei to Soke j•- ’< • I ’ T->' MD’* ‘ 'Ab;*' »»t ■ -■< ih.-T’^'t?, p -wx- ’ilv lh*' iib'.i.M nf • • e i >. s . s c »mp. «*!

T ''spsk.’ Ia«. 1 v 'uy <»f the j ’ j » -U t • £ 1 r. -'. - . : to the folloWI f a - . t । nj-va, • • - which Vo re chosen to I Imd the r<s! of th.- •» q<e, ns Ephraim, i 11-mm J.d>> 1i- .let ..f the v,rM. i is. tli.it up • , < ’mu- Jehovah had pur- | pwiy kc ’ his w rship in a state appro- ’ pr'>'<- to 1 w 0.1. t, ■. g ;;?:•>!>, because Isj rt.' ha I t ’«■ u ready for a uiure permaI*l 'i' A‘h I * 1*! I ' l ' «Vh ’ * »n. s ■» "N >w tnvrefurv ” The connection • ’ < ' • t .,q in ,he I>esson i ’io . - > . i»av. t his offen d to । ! I .-• vn i r' , mly» -.i.ih lx» i entabhshed. • 1 t<-»k thee from the ,-p co ' I » ( s w h ’b. ■ and K i • | b • : <. <-• ' c i ’..lie to id- thee a great , nin.c” ,b io .1 the f.s ire • -nse. not

•n th l ' put. "at; i 1 will muko th' o a great mvme.” ■K. \ < b’ ' \ . l u . ; ’ ihemi” a frequent figure f >r the »-tablishme;:! of a nation; sc- m-,n tic pr->ph>->. “Neiihcr shall the • I t v: le lr. -; atili.-t them any mire, s -f..r. in.•.” Ilie nation is to have pe .re an I pr : ity. which will ! b-i 1 * the ‘me . : I'ivi'l'- plan for a I divine habitati..n may Is 1 realized. 11. 'AI a* suf-.- the tunc:” Notice the- ■ s - part Os the pi. .sling verse. "A: 1 h ive . ans. 1 thee to rest:" “and I will e r— the. to rest" (R.V.! - rimt the 1.,,. | will make th.^ a house:” Da -, . ! I. ! VV is',., i -O I for :ae Lord a ! ■ . . J | . J _ • .>4 -| I» j ,t _s, . liiLuns, a r, ? al i nuiiy. I'here s a double sense of the word • v "Use” in Hebrew just as in E: E -h. This is not a wholly new D 1; seel S 25 28 B t tile f •/ »wii g ■. .. <■ s add premises that were new. 12 "I ■ ’ :p !by seed after thee:” r f.-rrc.g to S • tnon the first instance, :P.t ban . w hole line ..f David's t ,r, - :hr c.e down to the Bab- >' c And in th ultimate h i'. .'. . f :h:i';m Ct .u' this propi.e.-y is r.-f. rr 1 to in 1 ak.- I hl i:.t; \ -ts 2: 29.'“.l, II . , 1.• 1; \at;;.m and David un-der.-trel .1' tie fall meaning of this propio, v wo hn .e no means of knowing: but assuredly the whole plan was in the mind of i fiom the beginning. Next lesson "David’s Kindness." 2 Sam. 9: l-10. A Christian’s Mission. In this world of evil, where so many unholy in fluences breathe about us. It Is the Christians' mission to be pure: to keep themselves "unspotted from the world." Do you ask. how is this possible? Christ can keep you. If God can make a little plant so that no dust can stain its whiteness, can He not by His grace so transform your heart that, no sin shall stain its purity? Be ye therefore perfect, even as yous Father which is in Heaven Is perfect

RECORD OF THE WEEK INDIANA INCIDENTS TERSELY TOLD. Anderson Children Play with a Pet Poisonous Snake—Live Reptiles Embedded in Rock —Notable Aquatic Event—Miser Starves Himself. Childish Snake Charmers. Florence, aged 5, and Helen, aged 2, children of A. L. Stone, of Anderson, had a most extraordinary experience. The children are allowed to play around ia the yard. The other way they began telling their parents about a nice worm they had found out in the front of the house. Ihr-y said it would curl around and was such a nice thing. When they measured off alxmt three feet, when asked how big it was, the parents were startled. They went out to the spot where the snake always came to the children. They could find nothing there. ’Hve children were called out and n moment later the snake came out and began to play with them. It was Uill^-d. It was a little over tliree feet long and poisonous. Little Helen said that at first it would oix'n its mouth reitl wide and stick out its tongue, but would not do it after a day or so. It was very evident that they were domesticating it. The children cried when their strange pet was laid out before them dead. Big Rowing Event. I’he regatta of the Mississippi Valley Rowing Association is one of the prizes which the hustling town of Holland, Mica., has captured for this season, aaid the thousands of visitors at the summer resorts there will witness one of the greatest events of the aquatic world. Holland was aided in her efforts to get the regatta, which will be held Aug. 6,7, by Manager Owen of the Holland-Chicago steamer line; and that gentleman is already reaping the reward for his aid, in Invoking a very largely increased business. The Mississippi Valley Association in-clmb-s the Catlin and Delaware Boat Clubs of Chicago, the Modocs and Westerns of St. Louis, the Detroit Boat Club, and Mutuals of Detroit, the Wyandotte Bolt I’hih of Wyandotte, Mich., the Minin - is of St. Paul, the Luriines of Minr.tuptl s. tlie Toronto Boat Club of Toronto, Ont., the I»ndon Boat Club of I-ondon, Ont., the Grand River Boat Chib । of Ijinsing, Mich., and the Grand Rapids . Boat and Canoe Club of Grand Rapids, i I: i' probable thru all these organizations I i." .-iq.’r <t«".vs. Tlie course will be the 1 r .al’’ ci Ob,* nnd one-half mile, with ■ turn, on B! ck lake. Live Lizard* in the Rock. Live | unis were found in the rock of i tin- Lux A Talbott limestone quarries m>rtl. of Anderson. While the men were ■ cutting ut the solid rock they hi' a series of ;s" kvts. In each one of these was j toiinl a live i z.ard. They were taken or, lor died t few minutes after being '’Kp'-ol to the air. They were of a pe<nl r . »p: -r color. Although there were pin -a f t .j, s, there were no orbs. Zoo’sis sin'o, nod it is an evident fact, that ' , t Ir-ir-Is were living thousamls ar. I ’ tlousands of years ago. and that they I v ---■ cii'..mb. d w hen the rocks were • f< rn ■d. There were no air passages into • sr nr ! 'Hies, an,] m> way in wshicsi | the- <■ -Id get any nourishment.

All Over the State. < I .rgc 1 isher. 29 years of age, fell from •i ’ <>f liny upon a pitchfork at Swan v~b nd was kilh*d. Samuel D. Bnaer, a merchant tailor of Huntington, is dead. He was a thirty--1 degree Mason. Mrs Jonathan It. Mather, aged C»B years, promim ut in church circles at Elkhart, di.-i on her birthday. \\ :yue Wilkinson, aged 22, of Ply- : -u’h, was drowmsl while bathing in I'retty Lake, near Bourbon. G. >rge Cramlals. of Gravelton, conI f..—.si on his deathbed to the murder of : J ’m D. Farnhein. The murder was com- । mined ten years ago and has always been a mystery. i Jonas Joseph, a clothing merchant of Shelbyville, was shooting at a target in his back yard, when a bullet went astray d a;!. ;red the I ody of Miss Flora Slifer, who was passing. Philip Bl ><>m, a Lafayette letter carrier. ~ d David R senzweig, a ticket broker, wen- arrested by secret service officials oa a charge of robbing rhe mails. Bloom is accuse 1 of rifling letters containing railroad mileage and selling the mileage to Rosenzweig. The malleable iron works of Marion, owm-d by Sweet & Clark, made an assignment to John C. Tibbets. The company has $15.91 *» in paper that it is unable to meet, and there will fall due within the next tw . w. .-ks ?10,<XM) more. The liibilities are nlMut $70,000. The capital .-•ock is sl<Hi.tMjO, over $95,000 of which is paid in. A man calling himself Christopher I’eterson. of 310 State street, Chicago, en- ! • :.-d rhe :li--e of the Singer Sewing Ma r apaay at Shelbyville and wanted to disp-,se of sloo in counterfeit paper money to Frank Bender for $lO. Bender asked" him to wait, there until he went to the bank to get $lO. Instead of doing so he returned with an officer, when Peter- - »n jumped through a window and escaped. leaving the "green goods." The c cjnterfeit was of the denomination of $5 an I was almost iwrfect. J a ob Dennman, who has always been considered a pauper, died at Crawfordsville. A search of his house revealed over So<MM» hidden away in the family Bible, under the earitet. and in an old tin can in the cellar. Before Dennman died he tried to divulge the hiding jdaee of $5,000 in gold, but died before he could make himself understood. He spoke of a walnut tree, and all day his relatives have been searching for the buried treasure. Dennman starved himself to death. Where he accumulated his fortune no one knows. In a brawl at a picnic at Leopold, in whicu he was not a participant, Charles Gamble of Taswell was fatally ii.fttred. He was struck on tne bend with a s®ttle an J his skull crushed. 1-A?e Tuesday night broke out on the second floor of the great Lieber brewery plant at Indianapolis. Frank Hoffinger, night watchman, was badly burned by an explosion of a barrel of shellac. Twenty thousand barrels of beer were ruined by destruction of the ice plant. The entire loss may reach SIOO,OOO, The syndicate. which operates three plant*, carries over $600,000 insurance.