St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 22, Number 3, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 8 August 1896 — Page 7

AGRICULTURAL NEWS THINGS PERTAINING TO THE FARM AND HOME. The Farmer Should Put a Fair Value on His Time and Labor-Be Equal to Any Emergency—Value of Timely Cultivation—Farm Notes.

What Is a Farmer’s Time Worth? What is a farmer’s time worth? That depends upon the farmer, but it is certainly a poor farmer who has no right to pay for his knowledge of the business and his management. The worker in any department of skilled labor is paid for “knowing how.” Purely manual labor rarely gets more than enough for subsistence. This is a wellknown law of wages that leads one to desire that his friends depend upon something more remunerative than mere manual labor only- Then shall the farmer have no credit except for the actual field labor performed, at the rates received by his hands? litis 1s manifestly unfair, and yet on this basis are estimates usually made. A merchant or manufacturer, controlling an amount of capital no greater than is often found in farms, allows himself a fixed salary, and it is charged against the business. This salary, 01 course, varies, but is several times greater than the wage with which the farmer credits himself. It. now requires as much training and good management to run a farm well as it does to run any other ordinary business. A doctor or lawyer, when only a tiro, charges for his time several dollars a day, and very often his education and training has cost less than that of the farmer, who may have learned something in the schools and more by experience that cost dearly. The time ■of the farmer who thinks ami plans to some purpose should be accounted worth as much to him as that of men tn other occupations who use no more skill, education and good judgment. If this is correct, many of the estimates of the cost of production of crops, and of the Interest on ln\e>t meat paid by farmers are inaccurate. Certain qualifications are worth very well determined wages, and their possessors should charge their business with their time at such rates. Only in this way can they tell what their la vested capital is paying. Skilled laborers get from S 2 or $4 a day upward. If farmers credited then farms with house rent, tabic sit; pi es, use of carriage, etc., as they should do, there would be more apparent possibility of allowing themselves a fair wage for their time; but whether any sura exists for paying it or not. the charge for management is a legitimate : one and should be made in ail farm j accounts. If the results of a year s work he made public, it Is unfair to j give an estimate of cost of production, or of the profit in farming, that does not include this item of management at a figure equal to what it would be i worth in other occupations. Such rat- ; Ing of one's time is not only the fair thing to do. but it may help us to realize that farming is not merely a manual pursuit. —Country Gentleman. Equal to Emergency. Perhaps thousands of your readers in nil parts of the country will meet with some kind of an emergency every year, and they will be of all kinds, and no rule can be laid down further than to be ready and quick to decide what to do when anything can be done. I have in mind a friend in a neighboring State, whose wheat field Is now five feet under water. The solution of his difficulty will certainly be very different from mine, when my waeat field has bad but an inch and a quarter of rainfall upon it in two months. While we may not always know what to do, there is one thing not to be done; that Is, fold our hands and sit down and grumbl?. Since I was seventeen, or for thirty-four years, I have managed a. farm in the West, and there has always been a partial way out of every emergency in the crop line that has come before us. Each section, or possibly each farm, must be a law to itself, but if the farmer is wide awake to the opportunity before him, can generally find some crop that can partially or wholly fill the place of the one lost.—J. M. Rice, in Farm News. Value of Timely Cultivation. Now that the growing season is here everyone who has any crop in the ground should endeavor to make the most of it, if It admits of cultivation, as do most garden pr.vdumions «v*ad a ' uuiuber of Held crops. It was Liebig, the German chemist, who said that "tillage is manure." Many do not understand this, thinking that cultivation is for the destruction of weeds, which is true, but of secondary importance.

The first consideration. is the benefit derived from the turning of tbo soil, weeds or no weeds. This should be done frequently, and besides, nfter every rain as soon as the ground becomes dry enough. In addition to the cultivator and shovel plow and hoe there are a number of implements that tend to make the work more convenient. For hand labor, the garden rake is valuable, and for more intricate work close to growing planks the little tool with five bent fingers—a kind of iron hand—is excellent. Tlio cost at the implement stores is but a trifle, or it could be made by a handy blacksmith. The instruction given to the student of oratory in ancient times was “action, action, action.” With the good gardener this is transformed into “Cultivate! Cultivate!'. Cultivate!!!”—The National Stockman. Kaffir Corn as a Feed. As many of the readers of the Breeder w 11 raise their own grain feed for

their poultry, they must be Interested in knowing the worth of Kaffir corn as a poultry feed. We have had two years’ experience with it and find It par excellence. It is good for little chicks or old fowls. The grain Is smaller than wheat, and little chicks will begin to eat it by the time they are a week old, and will grow like magic. They arc very fond of It, and the music they make while devouring it is enough to gladden the heart of any chicken crank. Their little crops will stick out till you will almost think there are two chicks instead of one—a sort of Siamese twins, as it wore. But don’t worry about them; they will not be crop bound, for the Kaffir corn does not swell in their crops. It has this rare quality to such a degree that, even though it be soaked in water over night, it does not swell. As a feed for laying lions we have found It as good as the best of grains. And for moulting season, we have never fed anything that Is near its equal/ We never have had hens lay so well during this period as when fed on Kaffir corn.

We think so much of this grain as a poultry food that, were we living in the city, where we could not raise It, wo would hire some one to raise it for us, if we could not buy it at the feed store. The Ist of May Is the time to plant It, and it should be planted and cultivated like our common everyday corn. It is capable of yielding from twentyfive to fifty bushels of grain per acre, according to the season and culture. Give it a trial this year. If your seed dealer asks you too much for the seed, most any friend you may have in Oklahoma will send you all the seed you will need if you will pay the trans-portation.—-C. F. Mulkey, lu Westerr Poultry Journal. Old Apple Tree*. The theory is quite prevalent among many farmers that apple trees should be cut down when they cease to be productive In consequence of the decry of the branches. Oftentimes and in most cases such trees can be restored to a vigorous growth and healthy bearing condition by cutting away the old decayed portion and allowing n^w branches to take their place. This will nearly always follow when the trees are well cared for and a liberal supply of potash be given them. I saw an apple tree recently on Orchard Hill In the town of Kensington, in this State, that was the last remaining tree of an orchard set out ninety years ago. All of the other trees were cut down thirty-five years ago. This one, bearing a favorite apple, by the pleading of a large family of children, was allowed to remain. Os late years the ground around It has been culti* ! rated and it Is a constant bearer. It Is j now covered with a dense green foilage | and the limbs have made a growth this | year of over a foot. Its condition toj day shows the folly of cutting down I trees as soon as they cease to grow and I bear fruit. Blow around them, nr where this can- ( : not be done use a spring tooth harrow. ' Mulch them well and put on a rxhl supply of muriate of potash. cut off the old, decaying, moss-covered branches, grow out a new top of smooth wood, and you will soon have the pleasure of seeing largo smooth fruit growing, where once were only small inferior apples. Age has but little to do with causing a tree to decay. One of the apple trees set out by the Arcadians more than 150 years ago Is still standing near their Old home at Gram! Pre. N S . and in •VM was loaded with fruit. Grange Homes. Farm Notes. To remove tar from any kind of cloth saturate the spot and rub it well with turpentine. This will be found speed Ry effectual. People who scrape and scour their trees Just for the looks of it, and leave the loose bark on the ground where it falls, are aiding the enemy. If there are any insects among the bark they are there still and out of sight of birds. It Is a common belief of farmers working small areas, and who can only make ends meet, that If they had more land they could make more money. The facts In the case do not bear them out. If a small farm hi not made a success, the same management given a larger one will but increase the buses as a general rule. Burn everything on the farm that serves as harboring places for insects. By so doing there will be fewer insects next year and less wo A to do. Canes of blackberries should always be cons’>gned to the flames in order to destroy I the borer, and all dlsenscd limbs and branches of trees should be treated In the same manner.

Os a fat ox about GO per cent., of a sheep 58 per cent., of a fat pig (porker) ' S 3 per cent, of the live weight will be ' ba tcher's carcass, so if the live weight be ascertained, the dead weight can be obtained with certainty. These figures vary slightly, according ns an animal Is very fat, when they will be higher, or not very fat, when they will be lo wer. There are hundreds of crops now growing on two acres, which should have been seeded on an acre only. Poor crops are sometime due to the attempt to spread the manure over a wide surface, causing a loss on two acres, instoad of a profit on one, because less plant food and more labor had to be given the crop that was grown on a larger area than was required. Buckwheat is a summer crop and may be sown in July. It grows rapidly and will produce a crop if frost docs not appear too soon. It will not thrive if the weather Is very warm and dry, but with good land and frequent showers it should produce as much as forty bushels to the acre. Bees will work on the blossoms, as it comes at a time when bee forage Is not plentiful.

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A GREAT MATCHMAKER. THE houce of Wilson, the social head of which is Mrs. Richard T. Wilson, has, like the house of Hapsburg, achieved greatness riage. The sons and daughters anti Mrs. Richard T. Wilsonliava®’ 1 11^ 1 themselves with the richest fatul^^ ° Ihe world. Miss May Wikson. Tmvlf eldest daughter, gained the fli^t great victory in tin* social career of her family. Site married Ogden Goelet, whose wealth Is estimated at $He and his brother Robert have nearly equal fortunes. The Goelets are, next to the Astors, the greatest owners of real property in Xmv York. Marshall Orme Wtl -on. oldest s »n of the family, married Mies Caroline Astor, youngest daughter of the late William Astor, and sister of John Jacob Astor. Iler for-i tun- 1 amounts to w Belle 4’MKS UH It V Kt> T MU 'OV Wilson, th" s>-m l dvuhhT, married the Hon M.b.tl H-nry H übert, s of Lord Herbert of I ■ a. md hrotimrof the Tail of IVu.br k ' H ■ was a mtime II xt s rotary <f the Hi ‘*s I ■ gallon at \\ .tsh a^’ou Mr. Her'^rt * contribution to the Wie n family great Hom cannot In re< kone-1 n I dlar«, al though hi- wife Luo a iffie n.y The grvabM of aU the W Ishi all’ anees is only an engagetncal at present It is that of Miss <; a. o W;lwn. the youngest daughter, an 4 f’oruolltts Vap 'lerbdt Jr His C-. —.-! Xtn I det but. is ie»w worth over $1- M* l *! ' Therefore, to say that the * hi will In kerlt SI UM” o.iMtu. ,t no , 4 'nt occurs. Is a m<»d ate .♦o.mab'. L has lately l>ecn iepor'ed t'utt • ae - rigag'HHcUt wa^ nl»o it to I <■ anti »un- - I of Richard T M Ison, youngest - -a 4 th" ihiii*'. to Miss Gerry, la filter of Mr and Mrs Elhr.dge I G-rry. She will uiher'.! a? lens; so,t lH>.i • ■> Th s, narrutg'S an! -ngagemeuf* represent th" .uatgag of .5!7.'./«nnu into the Wils >n family I s total J not in-dude the fortune of U.< ird 1 Wilson himself, which a- large. He cst niated : > h" w .:*h >;.i Hsi I? also takes 11" a Him of the v-eibh >f the broth, rs «strb and other Imine dlate reltrive- of many of !!.•'*.' who ba\e enleto! Iha W ’.son family. To I Mrs. Richard T. W.lson s ch "fly da-* | the re: i.irkable series of s wall tri ! umphs described She is a eousuinmate j strategist ami is uml-mble.lly the most influt nt.al p"t^ :i .:i X w 'i :k - ety to <!ay. i'liis fact has not ’s-et, generally recogni -1. Ine late Mrs. Paran Slotens was m< e regarded as the most ; powerful woman in sadety but any-j bodj ,an see now that Mrs. \\ Ison was always i crater power. Her work can be judged by its results. By her matchmaking sk 11 Mrs. Wilson has brought into the family more money than the original John Jacob Asfor or Commodore Vanderbilt galmsl. That shows what may be accomplished by a woman without resorting to the business occupations of men. Xo financier in the wwld controls as much money as Mrs. Wilson and her sons and daughters. No American matron has e^er approached her record as a matchmaker. Only Queen Victoria and A Queen of Denmark "an be contptNtl} 0 her. Xew York Journal.

Bnle*w<Hnen H<« x • .* M ini I lie average age of <• ir saleswomen' Is but 22 years, and it is rarely the case that a woman finds employment in any establishment for many years. In one New York store it was rumored that a recently retired partner was to give ?50 to all employes who bad served him for ten years, and by actual count li was found that out of 2.000 employes but forty-seven bad served that length of time. As a rule employes are seldom retained for more than five years, and length of service is often made area son for dismissal, it being feared that they may acquire the idea that thej have a claim upon the firm. Those then, who enter mercantile establish ments with the idea that they may rise to superior positions usually meet will disappointment. Under the severe dis clpline enforced only the strongest car endure this life for any length of time Altogether, the position of the sales woman is not an enviable one, and th< wise young woman will give time t( learn a trade. Defy the Ravages of Tiose. The English woman is greatly to b admired for her utter refusal to worn or to be worried, and the consequenc is that she looks young at 50, says : medical authority. She undertakes n

I more than she can comfortably carry 1 lout, aud thoroughly believes in the coming of another day, not that she , prociasdn iteH, but sho shnply will not , lot the domestic mnchluory yrlnd hoi down to lit health mid early old nue She Is a frequent bather, and regard* health as the prime factor of Mfe, to bt ! looked after before anything else. She sleeps nine hours nud takes naps dur Ing the day at that. She arranges het day’s work in the most systematic man nor and her little memorandum slip , always shows two vacant hours; they , are for rest, ^he cats Imartily, but ol i the most digestible food. There an< some things about the Englishwoman ' which would make our American worn ' en happier and healthier if they !ml tated. ' ———. I I>i(l Not Kill It Etinuuh. An amusing Incident happened yesterday morning on t!u> Indiana avenue <’nr. At 22d street a well know n young i : bride of a few months boarded 'he car ' an.l walked demurely down to the ' । center and took the only vuiunt seat. She in h-d a neatly wrapped package and after bow Ing and smiling m several aequalntan es she leaned back In her seat and wns apparently quite comfortable until the car reached 2<ith Mr'sH. Here sho suddenly thnisi the pn. kage from her lap to the fl>»>r an 1 started nt running jipoed toward the back door. i out to ihe conductor and grasping him by she arm. said: "It's alive! I 's alive! mte!) it quick!” Iho • inductor, n an n looking young man, i -• 1 in. < r g'.'.t P package and p!;v Ift upon the seat Gie woman >i l t;ii i: d The ps-y ngers in the meantime t- gan to edge • I ".er and •’ " r - s’. • d b-a- It n!J:t b.> an Infernal machine of some kind The ’ mng ma • a fin div summon"'! up on »wgh courage to return to her sent, but sho gate the package n wide berth. After a few m u of awkward si- < fx'S a ’ 19 "it’s m tm ' it’s ml. » !!" • manner; "1 liought a ehick on Eieryb'wly sm l" I an 1 In t . * same breath sho coni nue *. "And the bun her didn’t kill It enough." at whh h every man and woman <>n the ,ar sc o.nm-1 with laughter. - Chicago Chronicle. )Joy« of Motherhoo.l. Isabel A. Mallon writes of "For His Royal Highness, the Baby," in Ladies’ Home Journal and discusses the infantile wardrol>e, bed and all belongings, concluding her practical article with this pretty thought: "I wonder if those women to whom comes the great . blessing of motherhoo.l ever realize what it means not to have a chill of j one's own? At the mere hint of a baby's going from her the loving mother draws him closer and closer, and while his eyes cluse she dreams out what life i is to him, and what he is to be to her. It may never be as she thinks but «b. i "ro nn.r hour* »<» imoc.'. •- 11 • •■' • ft»n of t>iiss as yy lieu a ruotiier liolus n< r child in her arms and knows that she | makes sunshine or shade for it, and I that it is to her a Joy forever?” Women Try Too Much. Many women seem to have gone daft . over wheeling. They go into all sorts j of excesses, scorning the advice of the ' experienced. They seem to think the day of reckoning, which is inevitable, j will never come to them. Many women , seem to think they have as much i strength and endurance as their lius- ■ bands and brothers and can withstand ! the same physical strains. They par- . ticipate in clu'» runs, for which they are in nowise fitted. ■ : Every woman who rides a wheel ! should understand that she ran do so . | in moderation only, and that if she at- ( j tempts more she will pay for it doari I ly. The penalties may not be inflicted . this year or next, but tiny are bound i to come. Then, not only her desire I for bicycle riding will be gone, but lief . I health as well. j Hair mattresses should be taken apart and picked over and aired every two or three years. This is not only necessary for comfort, but for cleanliness as 3 well, f — a It Is estimated that the drouth in 11 New South Wales has caused a loss of a ! I),500,000 sheep.

THE PEOPLE’S PARTY. Brief History of Ite Inception and ^ubaeqnent Growth. The recent events at St Louis i~ake or interest some account of the growtli and origin of the People’s party. in^t e i5 arty had its "“-'option at a meetiXw? bouis ia Decem bcr, ISB9. . farmers' movement began in c-nn U!1 ry " lth th<? organization of the grange, or patrons of husbandry. This “ Ot , a u Po !it ‘c«l organization, but it th™> W w h th ° ni ° 3t ast o n i«l>‘n? rapidity t/rouga the western and smC'-ra porthis’n? the Countr y- popul iity of of a I iX' eln, n i eaus ’'' , the organization «1! J ,i g nHmbcr ° f similar Pieties and an of them grew numerically and acquired some political power. An effort was made to unite nil those -ir.ous organizations, and at the meeting » in S>t. Louis in 1889 a consolidation was effected and the name of the "Farmers Alliance and Industrial Union” was adopted. This was followed bv a convention calle,! to met at Ocala, Fla., on Dec. 2, 1890. The convention‘was hold, composed of 1(1.3 delegates, representing tliirty-flve States and territories, and independent political action was decided upon. A platform was adopted which enr bodied the following principles: ill Tb« nlMilition of national banks and the «- tabhshmont of sub-treasuries to loan money to the people at 2 per cent interest, with an increase of the circulation to ?50 per capita; (2) lawg^to suppress gambling in agricultural products; (3) unlimited coinage of silver; id) prohibiting the alien ownership of land and restricting owner•hip to actual use; <5) restricting tha tariff; (B) government control of railroads .in i telegraph lines, and (7) direct vote of the people for President, X'ice-President and I nited Stales Senators. I lus convention was followed by another. hel i in Uincinnati on May 19, 1891, at which were 1.118 delegates from thirty States and territories. At thia meeting the Ocala platform wag reaffirmed and the name of the "People's party” wag given to the organization. A third national convention was held in St. Ixiuls on the 224 of February, 1892, at which little of nn important character was done. I'hc first nominating convention was held at Omaha July I, 1892. composed of 1.21*4 deb gates. No great change wns made la the platform, but the income tax and p isial savings banks were <lemanded. In the ebs" m that followed the Peop!"’s party polled for Gen, Weaver, itg candidate f -r President, 1.0*5.421 rotes . ■ ! he r> 22 electoral votes. Ho c -r "4 the States of Colorado, Idaho, Kan- is. Xi" i U. X rth Dakota and ong vote in Oregon. The party received aln ><t rot- s enough to carry Nebraska, s rith Dakota, Washington an l Wromg T! ■-e bare b<-en nn eld ■’.••ns since then to test the voting sTength of tne pef r n « x national organization, but In the corgrecs-mn! «'l<'e’:-<n in 1894 the t-»tal v ’i- agt for the congressional candidates of the poriy aggregated 1.310.397, which sh- ns a g i n ■ • 251.973 In two years.

HOW THE PRESIDENT IS ELECTED Mcmbrr* of the Fleet oral College n« t hoocti bv the tntca. While th.- jxnplo elect a President by their v.»t.«« they do not vote direct for ths .’fCvhTiThe work i< done through no eb-uoral c xb'ge I : otiu-r n each State p",‘s -p a ticket of pr-' lential elector* i I tl •, - K a»t the cot- which hnnliy de h v i»' ill be Pre--, h-nt and VieePm*: lent. I’ -i • .-t Is mad- np so as to give one ■ r f r each TiiJol States Senator and o- f<>r ea -h nu mber of Congress. The c.db go. th- refore. this year will con- ■ a 117 elect r*. The an-cessful candilates for i’r- - lent and Vice President will l-e r»xj r.r-- ! to secure not less than __l 1-e -■■ .go by Slates is ns follows: St ite. Elector* State. Electors. Number. Number. Alab.inm H Nebraska S X rk r - is S Nevada .’J । Gforaci V New Hampshire 4 < , r do 4 New Jersey. ... 10 C -■■.■it .... G N w York 30 D-! । ’ are 3 North Carolina. 11 1 r. i t 4 North Dakota. . 3 Georg i Lt Ohm 23 Idaho 3 Oregon 4 L , 21 Ib-nnsylvania ... 32 Iml. ina 15 Rhode Island. .. 4 I. a t 13 S- -th Carolina. H Kans is H» < uh Dakota. . 4 Kentucky 13 Tennessee 12 Dmisiaua * Texas 15 Maine 0 Utah 3 M try! ind s Vermont ...... 4 M a-s lehr.setts . 15 Virgin a 12 M. ogan 11 Washing’ -n ... 4 Mi:in—--i l> West Virginia.. 6 M >:->:ppi !• Wi--.c^in 12 M >- mri IWyoming 3 Montana 3 Total 447 Necessary tn choi-e. 221 While t' e territori, - took part in the nomination of candid res they have no vote in the electoral college. Gold nnd Silver of the I nitrd State*. j 4 Cf . or ,jp - »o the st at -tics of the United <- /.i/ninn the ‘iota: pr- Met -f silver in I 1 States m XSGO w ts ?lo0,00), white the value of s -M produced that. year was $45,000,0W. In INTO the silver product increased to $16,000,000, and gold product to SSO,W<U>OO. In 1573, when the coinage law was repealed, the product of gobi was $36,000,(MX), while the pro duct of silver reached .537.750,000. The following statement shows the comparative product of the metals for subsequent Year. Gobi. Silver. i ^so .. S36jXM),OOO S39jXNUXX) ; sSS .... 31.N00,tXM) 51.6<)0,0<X) ! s -h ’. . . 32. * 15.000 70.453.000 IS P» 33,011.000 52.101.000 Isi >4 iiii .. . . 3'J.sih),(H)o 64jMM),000 j s p- 47,i>b'». , XM) 60.766,300 .1 Israel Tarte, the new minister of public works, whose exposure of the fraudulent way in which government contracts were manipulated in Canada led to the retirement of Sir Hector Langevin from the Dominion cabinet and the imprisonment of Thomas MeGreoiy, is now making a thorough investigation of th-- evidence Sir Uh tries Tupper and his ’ate ministers left behind them when they vacates! the treasury benches. Gen. Josiah Siegfried died at Pottsonville Ta., aged 00, from kidney trouble ami nervous prostration. Gen. Siegfried whs one of the prominent military men am! philanthropists in tl’.e State He was the leading Republican politician of Schuylkill County. Rev. Dr. Halsey W. Knapn, wellknown Baptist, died at his Lome in Brooklyn, aged 77 years.

RECORD OF THE-WEEK INDIANA INCIDENTS TERSELY TOLD. Indiana Man Enlisting Colored Troops to Aid Cuban Insurgents—Expired Suddenly at a Spiritualistic Meetins —Fight Over a Love Affair.

M ill Take Negroes to Cuba. T ruman Stewart, of Muncie, will sail in October from Key West, Fla., for Cuba with over I.(MH) colored recruits for the Cuban army from the States )f Georgia and Florida. Mr. Stewart has personally interested himself in the cause of the Cuban insurgents, and has made nil necessary arrangements for transportation of his soldiers to that island, and spent a great deal of time in the South the past winter mid spring perfecting his plans, lor the benefit of his cause he will have a grand Cuban festival and band concert at Selma Aug. 22. Charles L. Henry, Major C. T. Doxey, Theodore Shoekney, Joseph <}. Leffler and Ezra N. Cranor will address the meeting. I nc ristol and Hrickltat*. John Krupp and Charles Ilalfenberger, two well-known south aide young men of Indianapolis, have been enemies for several months past, owing, it is claimed, to rivalry in a love affair. Sunday afternoon Ilalfenberger was passing along the street when Krupp applied several epithets to him and when Ilalfenberger did not respond Krupp calkil him a thief. A fight ensued, in which both of thb young mon were more or less bruised with fists and brickbats. Ilalfenberger went home, but soon returned, and the fight was renewed. After passing a few rocks at each other. Halfenberger drew a pistol and fired at Krupp, the ball taking effect in the right shoulder anil ranging downward and producing a dangerous wound. Halfenberger wns struck in the head with a brick and sustained a fracture of the skull.

Professor Davis Faits Dead. A gloom was cast Sunday on the Indiana spiritualists' State camp meeting at Anderson by the death of Prof. F. M. Davis of New York, one of the best -known spiritualist workers and musical directors in the cause. His death was tragic. He had just closed his day's work and gone to his cottage. The friend staying with him followed, and saw him fall across the bed deed. Heart failure was the cause. Prof. Davis was well known among all spiritualists. He was at the time ->f his death making a circuit of the different State meetings, doing the work to which he had been assigned. His people in Now York were notified and came to take charge of the body. All Over the State. T'm Globe clothing house at Warsaw wax robbed of twenty suits of clothes, valued at S2OO. Abraham Cortclyow, 72 years of age, wh i has been erratic since the death of !>:s wife, wandered away from his home in Shelbyville Monday, and relatives fear he has died from exposure, as he was very feeble. J-w Rowe and Elmer Kemp of Brown Point, two schoolmates and fast chums, b-uim- involved in a quarrel over some trivial subject and young Rowe struck the Kemp lad a vicious blow, breaking one of his ribs and otherwise seriously injuring him. । Edward Small, proprietor of a news <b’pot in Shelbyville, gave a dinner to his four married sons Wilber. Charles, Frank and George. On turning over their plates each son found a thousand dollar cheek, a present from their parent. Mr. Small has handled the metropolitan papers there for thirty years and has accumulated a snug fortune. While a searching party was arranging to drag Blue river in au effort to find the lx sly of Landlord James Payne, who suddenly disappeanxl from Shelbyville Thursday morning. Payne was seen crawling through a clump of busing ami waa captured. He was placed in jail in default of Sid*”’ bonds on the charge of receiving money under false pretenses. He will make a ph-a of insanity and threatens suicide. Indianapolis workmen engaged in removing an old frame house on Illinois street, near Third, uncovered an old tin bucket early Saturday morning which was full of glistening coin. There was a rush for the treasure, ami after a contention of an hour or two it was deoidixl to divide it equally among them. The money was taken to a bank and was there pronouncf«l to tie spurious. Major Carter of the United States secret service was notified, and recognized the coin as very similar to - ounterfeit money made by George Johnson, who is now in prison, and who onca occupied the house that is being torn away. A que-r story comes from Windfall, to । I' e pff.-.-t that when the autopsy was held over the txxlv Os James .Metcalf, a fanner. who was' killed by lijfhtnins: there a few davs ago, it was found that every bone in his body had been shattered into small pieces. The horse that was hitched to a hey rake and was killed at the same time, it i^ said, was left standing rigidly on its feet after death, its muscles apparently being left stiffened or paralyzed by the awful shock. Some of the superstitious are greatly exercised over the remarkable affair, and it is causing considerable comment. Within the last few weeks a number of burglaries have been committed near Richmond, and one of the most successful - f these was that Sun-lay at the country home of Charles Savage. The Savage family went to church and did not return until late in the afternoon, when they found that the house had been completely ransacked. Everything of value that could well be carried away was taken ant! the plunder included worth of negotiable paper, 530 in money, a gold watch and other jewelry. As soon as the theft became known a posse of men began a search, but the search was fruitless. Harry Leffel and Maud Doan eloped in a buggy from their homes near Logansport. The couple were followed to Logansport, but all trace was lost after they entered the city. The girl is 12 years old. A freight train on the Vandalia Railway ran through a bridge near Crawfordsville Wednesday morning, killing Conductor Fowler, Brakeman McKenzie and Fireman John Herber, and seriously injuring Roadmaster J. S. Brothers anil Engineer Bowman. The wreck was caused by a washout. The train was demolished.