St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 22, Number 8, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 12 September 1896 — Page 7

TOPICS FOR FARMERS A DEPARTMENT PREPARED FOR OUR RURAL FRIENDS. Sugceetions for Brightening Farm Life —How to Secure Regular Salting of Cattle —Thorough Cultivation Will Kill Canada Thistles.

To Make Life Brighter. We want to see more beauty and greater abundance in fruits about the farm house. We want to see more contentment and pleasure there. We urge the cultivation of flowers for the pleasure it affords, and the raising of more fruits and better gardens for the increased vigor and health such things Impart. We have a vineyard that begins to ripen its fruit about the first of August, when there is a certain amount of languor and listlessness in the atmosphere, a time when fevers are apt to take root in the system, and when every one feels more or less run down. But since our vineyard has been bearing, and we can go to it of an early morn, before breakfast, and eat the fresh, sweet, ripe grapes, there comes a revived feeling, breakfast tastes better, and the system is toned up for the day. It is one of the wise provisions of nature to ripen grapes just at the time of the year when they are best suited to the health and appetite. We urge the planting of vineyards and other small fruits. A fruit garden is of greater necessity, in so far as the health and happiness of the family are concerned, than the corn field. The peasants of Spain, it is said, eat fruit more than anything else, yet they are noted for their strength and vigor. Fresh fruit is filled with the very essence of the life-giving principle. It is nature’s storehouse of the most beautiful and pleasant elements of the soil and the air. such as are bound to impart renewed strength to the consumer. It is beauty and vitality combined and condensed. How ranch more of happiness and pleasure there is sure to be in the home that is surrounded by beautiful flowers, and fresh, sweet fruits’ How superior In every respect is such a home tn which to raise our children, conqKirtd to the barren home of the thoughtless and shiftless, that give no hoed to the better and more elevated system of living that comes of cultivating nature in her higher branches. Think this matter over. —Colman's Rural World. Salt Boxes for Cattle, In order to secure a regular salting with a large herd of cattle it is necessary to have salt continually before them for use at their leisure. Many I **ft#mers use rock salt, scattering it ^bout over the pasture, but even with this there is waste in wet wo.iHyr. some cattle will lick out S> lumps in such away as to make rity, which sometimes will till with >r and become brine, and too much lis will produce more or less disor.der. Where barrel salt is used there is inlKh waste in wet times from melting. The ^Denver Field and Farm” suggests a salt box for cattle where barrel salt is used that seems to meet the ease, as follows: “In salt boxes for cattle in pasture the writer likes the kind resembling in appearance an ordinary school desk. It is entirely home-made, and the stock will soon learn to lift the lid and htilp themselves. In order to teach them how it is done cut a semi-circular opening in the top part of the front side, just below the lid. and fill with salt so as it can be licked without raising the lid. They will come and taste the salt and keep helping themselves right along, lifting the lid to get to it. The lid protects the salt from rains and saves from waste and from getting packed in a hard lump. Fasten the box at the height that will be convenient for the stock, making fast to a post or a tree.” A box of this kind is easily made and is worth trying. Astics f«r Sandy Soil. Almost all sandy soils lack potash. Even when it is present, unless there Is also some vegetable matter in the soil to furnish carbonic acid gas, the potash forms a union with the sand, and thenceforward can only be released as it is some way made soluble. The benefit from applications of potash to sandy soil is direct. They supply the kind of plant food in which it is deficient. But the use of potash in the k form of ashes is not restricted to sandy ’ . "oils. Most heavy soils have more or ' P^ash in insoluble form. As the I potash in the asli changes it |fakes the potash and phosphate in the ■soil near it soluble also, and thus potWash will sometimes oblige the soil to ^supply to the plants the phosphates they require to make a grain crop. Rut In such cases the potash does not take the place of the mineral. It simply enables the plant to get phosphate that % was in the soil but not in soluble form. Killing Thistles with Hoed Crops. One year's thorough cultivation will entirely eradicate not merely Canada thistle, but all kinds of perennial i weeds. But the cultivation must not let i . up even for a single week. If any sprout reaches the surface and gets to the daylight, it reinvigorates the root, pud such half cultivation may be kept up for years without greatly lessening the nest. Wherever attempts are made to kill thistles by growing a crop of corn or potatoes on the land, the month Of -August will be found a very critical tiiae. It will be necessary to examine lie hills closely so that no shoot creeps 1 with the corn or potato crop in thß Ils. The cultivator alone cannot be wended upon to do this work. Hand ^bor, either literally with the thumb finger or with the hoe* ’’HU be nec-

essary several times in August and Sep tember, if the work of destroying the thistles is to be completed. A little salt applied to the latest appearing shoots will set them to rotting, and that Is better than cutting them off at the surface of the ground. Early Fattening of Pork. Corn Is not so exclusively the feed of hogs at any age as it used to be. Instead of growing pigs on their swill with pasture, and thus stunting their early growth, it Is the practice of the best farmers to begin the high feeding from birth, keeping the pig always in condition for the butcher, and topping off the last few weeks with a clear corn diet. Many farmers prefer that pork for their own use shall not be thus

topped off. It is sweeter but less firm . in texture, containing more moisture. This, however, only means that the pig , । killed after being fed so as to waste in cooking is by that fact shown to be in healthy condition. All animals in perfect health are composed largely of water. This is evaporated when internal fevers evaporate the internal moisture, and the meat is then said to be firm, solid and will waste little in cooking. Whenever pork of this kind is not wanted, it should bq fattened with boiled vegetables or fruit mixed with wheat, middlings and bran to make the right proportion of nitrogeneous matter. We have often more than half fattened hogs on boiled pumpkins and windfall apples, and never had pork that tasted better than that thus fattened. Even before we knew that it was unwholesome, we never much liked the pork fattened on corn alone.—American Cultivator. Mexican Sheep. The old Mexican sheep are the direct descendants of the original Spanish Merino brought over two hundred years ago by Spaniards to Old Mexico. They have been bred with scarcely any outcross, and are a very distinctly marked breed. They have long legs, a long, thin body, not very deep; small, rather long neck, and a long, thin head, carried high. The wool Is fine and thin. To the eye they appear almost worthless as mutton, and of still less value for wool. Their good points are that they are hardy, excellent travelers, will keep J in good condition on’the poorest and j driest of ranges, are fairly prolific, ami can be herded in bunches of almost any size. They fatten easily, though never getting plump and fat like the Northern sheep. When they reach the Chicago market, If in good condition, they outsell all other sheep, for they shrink zery little In dressing, the meat has an excellent flavor, and the hide is so thin, firm and soft as to command the highest price. The Hairy. A gallon of milk weighs eleven pounds. When <•<•«« nave been i n. in 1 milk, the chwuiuej becomes more ditlicult. Divide the pasture into two or more lots and you will gain in so- 1 and milk. The rate of consumption of cheese in America is about three pounds p>r capita per annum. A good dairy cow should be trained i to stand quiet in milking, so that the milker can readily use both hands. It is less work to wasli the buttermilk out of the butter when in a granular form, and it can be done more effectively. Once in a full year should be conshlered often enough for a milker to bear ; a calf and for younger cows once in i fourteen to sixteen months. I low have you got the best results from your milk—sending to the factory. ' making butter at home or peddling to ; local customers? Let one person do the milking, if pos- I sible. Cows get used to a milker, and I almost invariably “hold up” their milk j when a new milker comes. Too fre- • quent changing of milkers has ruined many a cow. Don't hire ar any price a man who has a bad temper; he will ruin your cows. Don’t hire one who is not a good milker; he will dry off your cows. Don't cm- ; ploy a man or boy who is not willing ' to learn to carry out your instructions, j — " " Odds and Enda. Sandpaper will whiten ivory handled knives which have- become yellow from j age or usage. A person broken out with prickly ' heat will find great relief if the parts ■ affected are dusted over several times j a day with rye flour. If hot meats and soups are covered before they are perfectly cold they will i surely spoil; the hot air must have a ; place to escape or the meat will be as, j fected. Bread that has been cut in slices and ; become stale may be freshened by lay- ! ing the slices together and folding a damp napkin around them; put the i napkin in a paper bag and place the bag in a hot oven for fifteen minutes. The most wholesome way of cooking a potato, says the New York Sun, is to bake it. A small piece of the skin should be cut from the ends before putting the potatoes in to bake. If a baked potato stands after it is cooked it is likely to become soggy. To avoid this, i when the potato is done fold it in a uapI kin and roll the potato between the j palms of the hands until it cracks open. j Treated in that way, the potato will al- ■ ways be mealy. For a sprain use hot fomentations or i a very hot bandage, and rest the hurt limb until it is knit together well. In all cases of sprains and broken bones the patient should be kept perfectly quiet until a physician arrives. Burns ‘ are painful and hard to heal if not well cared for. If the skin is off, creosote is a good remedy. Do not remove any dressing until a skin is formed under it. If nothing else is available, flour or cornstarch are good, as they keep the air from the skin and allow it to heal,

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SAVED A BOY’S LIFE. Louise Frederick, a pieas-ant-looking girl of 17. livcs at the foot of East Fifty-first street, New York. Within a few yards of her father’s house is one of the tree baths. Louise has patronized this institution with such regularity that she has come to be known as one ot the most daring swimmers in the neighborhood. A few evenings ago Harry Reinsteln, a o-year-old boy. who also lives close at baud, was playing about the outside of the bath when he fell into the river, which at this point is about eighteen feet deep. Miss Frederick was coming home from a shopping tour, when §he 5? at SAVING A DROWNING BOY. heard an alarm raised. Without even taking off her hat she ran down to the spot and sprang in alter the struggling boy. It was a Ipap of live or six feet and when she began swimming toward Harry he was still eight or ton feet ' distant from her. Weighted down by 1 her clothing and shoes, the brave girl was heavily handicapped and by the time she reached Ilie boy he was a foot beneath the surface. She caught him by the hair and lifted his head above the water. She put her left arm around him and witli the disengaged

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• ' Imixl began to swim for the other sole | ! of the ph r, where there is a good land- I i tug place. The girl slowly swam ; forward until two men were able to j ’ seize ami assist her to 11 rm tooting. ; In a f. w m :n mis A ■ ■ was at Irone j changing her cloth, s. Golf the Ganic for Women. A prominent physician s’M the other day that in his ; Kpcriem e golf seemed almost the ideal game fm w.mnn. He is a man who has done much to pro- j mote the movement in favor of more j outdoor life for both men and women. . and whose opinions deserve respect. He | said he had wished for something a ' I little more invigorating and exciting j in the days of archery and croquet, and i • he feared the other extreme had bepn j j reached when tennis was at its height. . Not that lie did not believe in tennis, i , for he did heartily, but he was afraid . j there was too much chance for overex- j ertion and highly strung nerves in the exciting contests wher opposing forces J were strong and evenly matched. That ; ; was not always to be feared, but it was In some cases, Cm in gulf he found the i ; best mixture of general invigorating i ! exercise and Interest without too much i I excitement. 'llie Conservative Woman, One of the most dreadful aspersions i 1 of which we hear in these days is that j ' somebody or other is behind the times, i i On investigation and inquiry this ex- ; pression seems to mean that the person thus labeled or accused is conser- ■ i vaiive in opinion and opposed to the | I latest fads, preferring to stand by old j ! ways, and refusing to accept fashions j I simply because they are new. Novelty । ■ j s very well, but uovelti by itself is not । strong enough to win the support of a J woman not afraid of being styled behind the times, even if undeserving of i the reproach this stigma conveys. Such | a woman declines to give her suffrage ! cither in word or deed to innovations ! which have nothing but caprice to I commend them; she clings to conven- ; tionalitics; she is fastidious in her use of language, reprobating slang, and, perhaps, scorning such abbreviations as don’t or won't. She never sends a postal card except to her tradespeople, and considers the typewriter available only for business purposes. Iler manner of living is simple, elegant and graceful; her expenses are kept strictly within her income, and in charity she does not let her left hand knsw t what her right hand doeth. She m/iy

F ebn™ thneR ’ but she is very never *he)ess, and in some cnnlr 1 partlculars . as in the careful esy ° f ^ er notes and Ike punctilious treatment of her guests and hostess, and f] le knowing what to do and when to do It, she is quite as up-to-date as any new woman in the land. Blind Sisters in Business. There are two blind girls in Oakland, Cal., who do not believe the State owes them a living and will not accept anything in the shape of charity. They prefer to be Independent and earn their own livelihood. Miss Frances Raleigh and her sister Grace, both entirely blind, have gone into business and will endeavor to make their way through life on their own responsibility. These two girls, who are orphans, have opened a general notion store at 813 San Pablo avenue. They wait on their customers and can pick out any article in the store without the slightest Inconvenience. Sometimes the blind girls are imposed upon, but it is not often. When it comes to selling a yard of cloth, a pound of candy or a package of gum they never make a mistake. The sisters have been blind from birth. Early in life their father died and then their mother, leaving the two blind girls to shift for themselves. Waste Baskets on the Lawn. A woman who was distressed by the litter that made her lawn unsightly concluded to put up waste baskets. A big sheet of birch bark made square and slit at the four corners to turn the ends up for sides, which were fastened with thorns, made a suitable basket for such al fresco surroundings, and its mission lias been silent but effective. Into It the children throw the cores of their constantly gnawed apples, which before its advent Invited ant settlements on the grass, and many another stray dropping from their restless and ever filled hands. Bicycling Dancing. A correspondent in London writes: “At Rnnelagh the other afternoon a novel form of entertainment was Introduced with gnat success, dancing on

I bicycles. says awrier in the London i Graphic. Ten Indies .took part in it, < eight of whom danced tor biked) a set jof lancers with ease and grace. They i were all dressed in < ream, with darki red ribbons round their sailor bats. | matching exactly th profusion of line i carnations with which all the stationary 'parts of their b. voles w.re decorated. Two sisters, with big. diamondshaped steel buckles on their waists behind, were ( specially graceful and ex-pm-t. After the lancers they "biked" a | waltz and schottlsehe.” Champion Tennis Flayer. : ,'liss (’hattie Cooper is the champion j lady tennis player of England. She i is said to be very popular socially, i keeping her temper always while pkiyi lug whether she wm s or loses. She is | the picture of health ami strength. |and at a recent tomnament after a i series of hard games in Ireland she ap- ! peared the cheeriest and fittest on the ground. She is an enthusiastic cyclist, swims and plays billiards and golf, and is an accomplished musician. She ! ■' i ! rm MISS C. COOPER. won the Ealing cup at 14, and entered for Hie ladies’ doubles at Brighton three years after. She got the Middlesex, Northumberland, and all English championships in 1895, but was recently defeated for the Irish cup by Miss Martin. Night weddings are better than none, yet they are by no means the best. The bride whom the sunshine otmnot fall upon is sure to experience troublous times. If the have children they will die young. | I

THE SUNDAY SCHOOL. : SERIOUS SUBJECTS CAREFULLY CONSIDERED. A Scholarly Exposition of the Lewon —Thoughts Worthy of Calin Reflec-tion-Half an Hour’s Study of the Scriptures—Time Well Spent. Lesson for September 13. Golden Text.—“ The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer ” —II Sain., 22:2. David’s gratitude to God is the subject of thisjesson, which is found in 11. Sam., —■ • dO-51. Ihe psalm of which the lesson forms a part probably belongs to thq earlier years of David’s reign. The intro-; ductory verse indicates this: “David spake unto the Lord the words of this song in the day that the Lord had delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul.” It may have been written at the time named in 11. Sam., 7: 1: “And it came to pass, when the king sat in his house, and the Lord had given him rest round about from all his enemies,” etc.; 22:51 seems to indicate that the prophecy of Nathan was still fresh in the writer's mind. But though written early in David’s life, the compiler of the book has placed the psalm together with other miscellaneous matter at the close of the book, and hence it comes late in the series of lessons upon David. However, it fitly sums up one side of David's character, and is therefore not inappropriately placed. Just why the committee which selected the lesson began in the middle of a paragraph is not clear. The lesson should have begun at verse 38. Ex planatory. “Thon hast also given me the necks of mine enemies:’’ read as in revised version, “thou hast also made mine enemies turn their backs unto me.” "Even unto the Lord:” the heathen nat?!Y’S in their perplexity are represented as trying for help to Jehovah, the God of the Hebrews. “From the strivings of my people:” thesehad not been less harassing to David than his foreign wars. “Thou hast kept me to be head of the heathen;" how dimly the dominion of David over unbelieving nations round about him foreshadows the universal rule of Christ; yet how truly. The future tenses in this and the fol-: lowing verses should be past tenses, as in the preceding; “served me,” “submitted themselves,” “faded away," etc. David is still speaking of what has already happened, as a cause for gratitude. “And they shall be afraid out of their close places;” rather, as in revised version, "and shall come trembling out of their close places.” “The God of the rock of my salvation:” by n slight change of the pointing of the • riginal r< .< i . ••\t v <; ,q the rock of my salvation." which s. oms better. "To David ami to his s< ed, for cverm -re:" api ireiitly a reference to tho promise given l>y Nathan. b-nggt stion « for btmly. Os course r#> one will think of studying the b . on v. itbont the rest of the psalm. To aid in following the progress <ff thought we giv<> :i division of the chapter, quoted fr-un Kirkpatrick: \ erses 2-4, intro.lne: >•', invoc;: . -n of Jehovah; 5-7, tho psalmist's perfi.-., his cry for help: S-I<l, the manifestation of Jehovah, for the ’iscoir.tb uro of David's enemies; 17-21. Jehovah's di liv cram-o of his servant for his faithfulness: 22-25, the integrity of David's life and its reward; 211 28, the law o' G l's dealings with men; 211-51, God's ‘ lithfulness attested by the psalmist’s 'Xperience; 32-57, the praise of Jehovah the giver of victory; 5s 13, David’s destruction <>f his enemies; 44-UG, the eslablishrncnt of David's dominion; 47 51, concluding thanksgiving and doxology. Teaching Hints. It will be helpful to recall some of the particular instames of deliverance of which David speaks. He probably refers i-> Saul as well as other enemies of his earlier years. Look up the story of Saul's persecution of David and notice how God's providence is shown in it all. Gratitude to God for help in war is not peculiar to the Hebrew people. It is found in many am it tit nations. The Assyrian kings, in narrating the victories of a campaign, nearly always begin “by the help of Asshur my lord, of Ishtar my lady, (etc.), I subdued my enemies.” etc. But how different is the spirit of David from that of the fierce warriors of Nineveh. The difference appears more clearly in the earlier verses of the chapter. Notice the personal nature of David's gratitude (vs. 5-7. 17-21): its reference to its own charaett r. "thy gciolem-ss Lath made me great,” (vs. 3G). David's God was very much more than a m re military exp rt wk —• aid was to be invoked before going into battle, and who was to be thanked tor victories.' The effect of gratitude upon character. This is a topic that can be brought homo to all. The habit of recalling at frequent intervals tho things which we owe to God is one of the comlitions of a happy life. The picture of David presented in the Scriptures is that of a man who thanked God as naturally as he breathed. In the morning there was praise for the morning sun and fresh air and refreshed body; at noon, gratitude for sustaining power; at evening, thanks for guidance during tho day. Not only the great events of lite seem divinely ordered, but all things. How one-sided is the life of a Christian who is always asking and never returning thanks. Yet the proportion of thanksgiving to petition in ordinary public prayers in religious meetings is very small. It is to be feared that most of us i are inclined to take to ourselves 1 he credit i for the ordinary results of our labors, for- I getting that for the original endowment of I talents and for all development of them | we are indebted to God. David was a- - lighter, ami di I many things by his | own prowess; but he says: “Ihou hast | girded me with strength to battle.” He । was in his earlier years an able states- ! man. and established a large kingdom; but I he says, “Thou hast kept me to lie the j head of the nations.” This matter of- - is too often left out of the religious education of children and young ; people. ’They' learn naturally enough to i ask, but not to return thanks. This must j be duo to a defect in the example of older ; people. This lesson should be used to ' call attention to the privilege of prayer, and the duty of gratitude. Next Lesson —"Destructive Vices.”-— ■ Frov. 1G: 22-33. On the death of a person in Madrid : it is the general custom to close for nine : days one of the outer doors of that person’s late residence.

INDIANA INCIDENTS.' RECORD OF EVENTS OF THE PAST WEEK. Indianapolis Man Rescues His Child from a Rat--Sensational Suicide of a Gambler at Huntington — Cra wforde- ▼ ille Bank Paid Some Stolen Drafts. Battles with a Rat. O. It. Ilippeto, of Indianapolis, was awakened Friday morning by the heavy breathing of his 2-year-old son. He arose and went to the couch upon which the infant was sleeping, when he noticed something upon the child’s breast. As he drew closer he saw it was a large rat. The rodent did not leave the body of the child when the father approached, ami when knocked off jumped back again. Mr. Itippeto had nothing but his hand to use upon the rat, and knocked it off the child two or three times, but th. l animal peraisted in getting back, lie tinall in stamping the Hfd out of it."" • child was unconscious. A physw^n was called and tho child was soon restored. Arrested Man Destroys Himself. The Huntington County fair was brought to a close Saturday with a sensational suicide, the victim being Frank Broce, who came with a crowd of "sports” when the fair opened. Thus far all efforts to fully identify the man have proven fruitless. During the afternoon Broce was accompanied by a woman, with whom he engaged in a quarrel, claiming she had robbed him. After some hot words he struck her in the face. Broce was arrested, and while on the way to jail drew a bottle of prussic acid from his pocket and drank the contents. Aid was summoned, but the prisoner died in half an hour. Broce claimed to belong to Montpelier, this State, but officers there knew nothing of him. The authorities believe that Broce destroyed himself for the reason that he was wanted in some city for a serious crime and feared his arrest would disclose his identity. Will Sue on Lost Drafts. E. E. Schroeder, of Ames, lowa, started for Germany July 1, 1895, and purchased drafts for 8175 on the Chicago Atlas Bank. When he reached Chicago the drafts were gone. July 9. 1895, the drafts were paid by the Citizens' National Bank in Crawfordsville. Schroeder will enter suit for recovery. The drafts had his name signed on the back and also the names of A. J. Rogers and G. W. Paul. Paul lives iu Crawfordsville and says he procured the drafts from a man purporting to be Rogers. Schroeder thinks he dropped the drafts in Chicago on the street. All Over the State. At Indianar>oli= Niivhwcl Foßzenlogle. .lohn M, Laughlin and Edward Seifert fell with a scaffold and were terribly crushed. George Ireland, living in the northern part of Indiana, rode on a railroad train I c-day for the first time in his life, when he attended the county fair at Waterloo. Lob:>ei broke into the station at Wells- : boro and carried away a small safe belonging to the American Express Company, wn'.ch font, im-d considerable cash. I ho sate was mov^d to a neighboring field, when- an attempt was made to blow , it open, but the men were frightened away before accomplishing their purpose. Thev left their entire kit of tools m.) thus far have eluded pursuit. About ten miles southeast of Bbxr.uington Friday morning William .1. Hall shot his daughter, Mrs. Jacob Hooshowsei, and tln ii fatally wounded himself. His daughter is only 18 years old and married a short time ago agains*? her father's will, lie begged 1 or to stay at home, but she refused to do so a: 1 ^riday morning he I went to her house and again asked her to return with him. Sho refused. He drew a revolver and shot her and when she fell to the floor he pressed the muzzle to his ■ own breast and fired. The girl will recover. I The town of Middlqbury, one of tho ! pioneers of Northern Indiana, celebrated its sixtieth anniversary Wednesday. It was also made the occasion of a reunion of the old settlers, many of whom were among the first citizens of Middlebury. The celebration took the form of a public demonstration, the unique feature of which was a parade typi; al of IS?,-;. The old-time farming implements were carried ! in lino and following the obl-G^j^^s a a Gern para-b . wiL: a i ng line ofl^S ' cultural implr-ments sliowing the improv- ■ smuts in tile last sixty years. There was jal -i mu- ' by several bamG and an ora|li< nby A. F. Wilden, of Goshen. The atl tendance was 3,000. German Township, Marshall County, has a remarkable family. They are the j Heckamans, the pioneers of that family ! being Mr. and Mrs. .isaob Hi ekamnns Sr., ! who < anie from Starke County, Ohio, in ' the early ’3os. and are the oldest settlers I of Marsb.all County, the husband now being 8”> years old. the wife 81. Neither had seen an electric light until last winter, though both were near towns that use them. The wife never rode on a railroad until about a y< ar ago. Both are well preserved, and are tae parents of ten sons' and two daughters, all living in that vicimty. except one daughter, with seven children, who resides in Kansas. Four of the sons are the parents of twelve children each. There are 157 Heckamans, none more distantly related than first cousins, w’ao reside within a distance of ! two miles in that locality. So numerous- ; are the Heckamans in that neighborhood I that the advent of a new infantile aspiI rant for a name different from that of some neighboring Ileckaman is a matter ! of grave concern, and names are now ' foul’d duplicated, causing considerable I confusion. The senior Heckamans are ' great-great-grand parents, and the fam- | ily is noted for its longevity—one, a Mrs. | Wyrough, living to be 103 years old. Be- ’ sides those mentioned, quite a number ! of the Heckamans live in localities a litj tie more distant. Thirteen cases of diphtheria are report- ; ed at Mentone, Kosciusko County. There have been several deathsand the most rigid I quarantine measures have been establishI ed to prevent a spread of the malady. I At Muncie Lurane Bartlett, aged 7, daughter of Albert Bartlett, found a cou- ' pie of headache powders in the yard Saturday' and swallowed them. Since then she has been at the point of death. Last week, at Rockville, a man swallowed a powder found in a yard and died as a result. The police are searching + '| agent who distributed th£cTto ter. ones the care they need I