St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 23, Number 3, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 7 August 1897 — Page 7

TOPICS FOR FARMERS A DEPARTMENT PREPARED FOR OUR RURAL FRIENDS. flie Farmer Should Ue2 Good Implements and Buy Only What Is Needed —Qualities Needed to Make a Good Farmci —General Notes. Tools for the Farmer, That the farmer or gardener may be successful, the next thing to having good, rich soil lying well and well drained naturally or properly undertlrained is to have the best of tools. Some loo's are necessary, and, annual-

ly, more or less tools must he bought: but be careful as to what and how you buy. Plows, harrows, cultivators and most farming implements are now made on wheels that they may be (he more easily list'd and the more easily transferred from field to Held. 1 had often wondered years ago why these tools were not made on wheels harrows especially, as they are so difficult and dangerous to load on a wagon, or even on a sled. I suppose this is the main reason this tool has had more fence-corner protection and exposure in the field than any other. In buying tools my rules are these: *Aly those I need. Tools not ^wtoedod are useless, and to get them nt any price is to throw money away. I get those most needed first, and then the way seems to open somehow to get others as necessity demands. 1 want my own tools do not dei*end on borrowing. Neighbors that have g< od tools do not like to lend them, ami .anyhow I cannot afford to spend time to run after them and return them after waiting, perhaps, some time for their owners first to do their own work. I try to get the very best of the kinds I buy. It pays best in the long run. Second-hand tools tire generally dear at any price. The other day I bought a second-hand buggy to hack about with dirt cheap, as 1 thought, but l>efore I could use it I had to get a new pair of shafts, new this and new tiiat, and repair here and fix there, until it has become a very dear buggy, and is an old one still. Then a lot of old things lying around are an eye-sor", and no recommendation to a farmer's taste, tact or thrift. There are several makes of good plows, good harrows and good eultiv i- ! tors, but 1 think it wise to prove the ' dlfierent makes and then choose the l best. A plow tiiat will not scour in nil soils, that will not run deep ami steady ; and cut and turn nicely and smoothly a good furrow, is a poor tool- >ln ul I । be let alone. I would not now purchase a harrow j or cultivator that was not on j good high wheels. A few years ago I purchased a horse hoe an excellent tool, by the way, but the wheel was so small that to me it was a nuisance. I made a pattern, and got one east fully | three times as large ns the one furni r cd by the company, and it is a success, i Going to and from the Held, running along the rows, at the ends, in turn- j Ing—in short, in all kinds of work, the ■ large wheel is vastly superior to the । small one. So, when I came to buy a hand wheel hoe, I tried to get one that suited me In other respects with wheels from twenty to thirty inches high, but failing to find one at the time to suit me, I concluded against my betc r . judgment to take one with small wheels-about ten inches high and ■ how annoying they were! Every little clod, or stone, or depression was in the way. It was difficult to run across ' Its own markings. So at considerable ; expense I made and attached a wheel broader in the rim and about twenty- ! four inches high, and thus converted the troublesome, provoking tool Into one of pleasure.—Practical Farmer. Success in Farming. To be a thoroughly all-around, successful farmer, a man must be something of a chemist to understand the soil be has to deal witli and the elo- ; meats he must supply, lie must be , something of a botanist to understand the needs of the crops, and the weeds • be must contend against, lie must be considerable of a carpenter, mechanic and blacksmith, in order to keep his i farm buildings and tools in good eondi- ’ tion. He must be something of a vet- ' erinarian, so as to be able to relieve ' the sufferings of the animals under his care. He should have a knowledge of the birds, who are both his friends and enemies. It is necessary tiiat he should keep bis eyes open to the events of the day. In order that he may Intelligently protect himself wh-swi r liis interests are threatened, e must be able to plan his work well ami be possi ssed of ex ecutive ability, so that those who work

under him may have their efforts Hi- I routed to the best advantage He should i be a good business man, s«> as to lus j aide to prepare and sell his products advantageously. Last, but not least, he i should be possessed of a good wife, who ean supplement all his efforts. These are only a few of the qualifications necessary for a successful farmer, and yet there are men who think any "clodhopper" can be a farmer. Los them try it, and they will tind that in farming, as in all business, then? is a bottom, as well as top, to the ladder. Still, there is hardly any business which can be carried on with so little special training as ean farming.— Massachusetts Plowman. Rickins the Grain. If the grain cannot be put into the barn or barrack, it should be ricked. It is a very bad plan to thresh from the shock. There is too much delay in waiting for the machine, and even if the weather is dry, the grain is very liable to bleach from the hot sun, and then it does not go through the usual barn sweat. If the weather is showery, the grain is damaged; the straw is very

badly Injured for feeding purposes, and in most eases there is a heavy loss. Several farmers In our vicinity tried threshing from the shock last season, and in one or two instances their grain was badly damaged while waiting for the machine. If one has a machine, or can get the grain threshed without delay, of course, it may be the best to have It threshed at once and the grain sold, when the market is up. (.'rain threslnsl right from the shock Is Hable to heat in bulk. If the grain is ricked, make the rick long and narrow, and have the rick bed raised at least one foot above the ground. Have two large canvas covers handy to cover over the rick in ease of a sudden shower. With a force of two wagons ami six men, a large rick can be run up in a day.

It is still lietter to haul the grain di- ‘ reetly into the barn or barrack. The American. The Earnest Farm. The largest farm In this country, and probably in the world, is situated in the southwestern part of Louisiana. It extends 100 miles east and west, it was purchasisl in 1»3 by a syndicate of Northern capitalists, by whom It is still operated. At the time of Its purchase its l.oOd.tMXt acres was a vast pasture for cattle belonging to a few dealers In tiiat country. Now It is divided Into pasture stations or ranches existing <*very six miles. The fencing Is said to have cost about J50.0Q0. Tiie land Is best adapted to rice, sugar, corn and cotton. A tract, say half a mile wide, is taken, Hint an engine Is ptneed on each side. The engines are portable and operate n cable attached to four plows. By this arrangement thirty acres are gone over In a day with the lala»r of only three men. There «s not a single draught horse on the entire ; phu-e, If we except those Used by the | herders of cattle, of whc h there are ■ I*l,ooo head on the place. Tia* Southern j Pacific Kailroad runs for thirty -A ! miles through the farm. The company has three steamls>ats o|H>rat!ng on the waters of the estate, of w I 'eh 3t,0 miles are navigable. It has also an i e house, bank, shipyard and rice mills. Grain for Poultry tn Ftimmer, One reason why the egg supply falls ; off soon after warm weather logins is i iMumuse the hens are exhausted from the labor of producing one egg n day | for several weeks, and they cannot eon ‘ tintie to do It on their diet of Insects ' 1 and grass. I'he hens that are laying . i will not lx* fattened If given a little ■ wheat each dny, vtqirclally if It Is bar j i rownl In loose soil so Hint the tow ■ । have to .cratch for It. The wheat will j | also Improve the quality of the eggs. ! j which, ns all know, arc most palatable j [ln winter, when grain is a mm h I.- .• r , j part of the ir f< . I than it G nn; ot:.. r time of year. Grain may fatten fowls lln winter, when they get lutb ever ’ I else, but they run off fat a fast as tie y make it In summer. TeMlnir herd t orn. | Marv experiments lav I. . n nid iin listing s« cd <■t n, w h the vl> w I ;of learning which |M>rtiun of th. v. u j ion the car Is most nullable The Ohio j ! station conducted experiments , \<t n L i lug over nine years, using butt, middle | j and tip of the ear grains on scpaiau I plots, ami the result was that th^ I yield per acre was the same of w< filled ears l ie- nvrage for the r m > years on the piece where nothing but butt seed had been used was bs U bu^; e‘s per acre; for the middle s. ,-.! Mt 3 ' i bushels, and for the tip seed. f»s 7 bmd I i els. The experiment shows that g»»od > j seed, perfec t in every respect, will give • * the desired n suit without regnnl I.H | the portion of the ear from which it ' lis taken. l.nte Cultivation of I'd*toes. As the method of eul: vaLon changes I to a very light scratching of th- >u: ! face, so as to destroy small weeds and ! k.s'p a mulch on the surfa-'e to prevent e.aiHirnUou, farmers have harm'd ' that they can cultivate potato. ' much I later than use I to l»e thought possible. ; The old plati of "lay.ng by” tbe p-cato । and corn crop Indore harvesting s now | ; rarely followed and never by the best j i farmers. It ladouged to the time wb n i i a plow making deep furrow s Is-tw .. n the rows ami setting potatoes In a hill I was thought to lie the last cultivation 1 m>cd> <l. Better crops are n>w g; ,w . iby level cultivation, w Id- h If t Is t: ide > shallow may b* eontlnmsl almost until I potatoes are grown and w ithoii’ injuring the crop. Foraixe Crope for Feeding Green. Uorn is the best crop to sow for feeding green. Early pea ground or kind from which a first crop of clover has been cut, is the l>est for fodder corn. The greet'd sbeu’d bo plowed barrow- I I lv,g or ( ’HHvating d.e ground is not j i vow it ’•• * u vu \ > to it isiollowj lur i

row out ai d sow four hundred pounds of phosphaie ami one bushel of corn to the .-wre. Cover the corn w ith the harrow, tn d tie n drag the around to make i it. smooth. It is too late to sow millet I or Hungarian grass, unless the ground is made very tine and heavily dressed with fine, well-rotted manure. At least twelve two horse cartloads should be spread to tin? acre. Cr iiMon Cover and Turnips. At tiie last cultivation of the corn if the ground is not wanted for grain, crimson clover and turnips may be sown. Sow one pound of turnips and fifteen pounds of cloverseed to the acre; the seed should be fresh. The one-horse harrow should bo run through the rows before sowing the seed. To bring turnips bp pounds of dressed bones should be sown to the acre. Making Cheap Corn Fay. It. does not pay to raise corn at 8 cents a bushel if you have to market it as corn; but turn 8-cent corn into cent beef or 6-cent pork and Lt yields a good per cent, on the investment after aIL

: STRIKE IS SOON WON. 1 ; QUARRYMEN AT JOLIET AND LEMONT GAIN A FIGHT. OcmiindH Conceded by Fmployerw n Few Honrs I.liter Wngea Are Rained from $1,25 to the Old Figure of $1.50 n l>uy. I'bin Strike n Snceean, Worknu a in all the stone ipuirries nt Joliet and Lemont, 111., went on strike Monday morning tor an increase in w ages of h.‘> cents a dny. They Won before the <un went down. Twelve hundred men who have been hewing lime-; stone t m hoin a day tor 51.25 will here- ! after : eceive S | .*>o. So w ell limbi he see) ot plans for the joint ; uprising been laid that within halt an ' hour ft >m the time the first intimation of ■ the pr-He, ted movement was piven the j companies, at P oh lock, the suspension (1 f i quarry opeiations in Lemont ami Joliet | was complete. Ihe demands of the men i were tn.ide know n to the otlh ials and one । by one the uttarries w< re emplwd of the ! men who Inui been working for two hours as if they w ere w ell content. A ImmL'd m< n quit work at quarry No. 1 of the Western Stone ('ompany at Le , mont and imntgmated the strike. They I march.-d to (he five other quarries of the I cwinpuny ami their nnivni nt each was n j aignnl f«<r the workmen to join them. I \\ hen th. augmented army reache>l the j qmtrry ot the lltlrmls Sum, Company it | numbered fifO men. and here it was .join ed b. the venn five >mi»!« ies. It pa i raded “hrntigh the tillage with little dem- ; mi«trnH »n and d -bamh d, the majority I going home to )W > t the r. «mlt of what it J V. "ex .. t. -V ■ld b. ) hmg < ~n!h< t In J diet ,<s m. wes doplo-at. d. | Ihe cm -ha ~ . ■ tM. W. st. rn St< t - t'-m j pany, » gainst whr h tin men were most | bitter, - tnrted the tmeetm ut and <rt therJ

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cd Ihr v ”i Mut n in Uh* ~ ■»: r?r«, s* ht» I s, »rj I W.-urs sv.t <- <' up v . I■ •• • i». j t w. t-, - ■< ,o , t i , ;v I W. . t Xtw,. f" . CV. J . t . ) So Uh r q rtox* •*> I The lelwllh n at th. Joliet .piarru * wTw I th<’ ■.. *m! <4 th, - smtm-r. mid th.- -m-. -- ’ tills tl* •• W-- d e 1.. th.’ «•■-•>- T it. > f the I • ••ti’ w i. t. is L ■ bb-w wa* ■ which 1 ' ILtMly refiiw^l t«» p»* I a day. < "* , ■ , . . - | wu . |„, n pay m. i 81 2’.. i . ■ ' t ■ I -U an coed f c i with th. \\ -»■ ■ . Si-1.- Compatty. 'i h. : Joli, t Sy । > Company guinhal an in* r t-e j ( .f 25 ■ ■ ■ M tic iin : . . the .1 c ,<• I strike, but last w< k notified its nun that j its big cmt :■< Li .r. "1 he W illmgm-- of | the other • •.mpanii- to treat their men | fairly imlm ■ 1 the quinry w, rk« rs to unite j I’ blic -ym thy was all with the strik • crs. The thizins of Joliet ami Lemont I have not' d that ’he wage- paid the quarry ! laborers have been , tit from year to y nr until they are insutiieient tn live on. In 1592 th woikmen were receiving 51.75 a day. Nd year this was ent tv 81.50. ’ibis year th. further reduction to Sl.?’ x. . . > ‘..1 '...| the V < .u io St-.ne (Lin ! I :'!>e xv,. nlii. iuiii to < empty with the . ishes nt the other firms and re establish the IMhl scale. The pressure brought from nil sides on the W' shrn Stone Company impelled its after a short consultation, to grant Tie deinnmls »f the strikers. As soon as the other stone companies learned of the in iion they announced that they would grant th.' new scale. Tlie orderly conduct of the strike was gratifying b th- men who projected it. The <pi i ry population is pea. cable. Most of the i, cu are Poles and the remainder ate Swedes and Irish. They rear families and maintain homes , n a maximiim wage of XL.M day which has Leon for some . time 5i.25 .nd which means an average for the year of Lei ween pt and 90 cents a ‘ day. 1 he first copies of the tarift act jq hiw . form for cireida I ion have Leon received * at the document rooms of (he Senate and • House. TLe law makes a pamphlet, of . seventy pages. The members of the House will have 25.<100, the Senators lb. <Milt and tile Senate Committee on Finance 1.i.0d0 copies for distribution, making 50,--l 1)00 in all to be circulated by Congress, t One of the Largest manufacturers yiefdcd to the striking knee pants makers of t Now Ym-k ami the strikers seem likely to win. Twenty-three hundred hands went but-

fielief station opened. Appeal front Starving Miner* Is Heeded by Chicago People. lloadquarters for the reception of subHi riptions of mom'y, provisions and elothmg for the stnrving coal miners sf Illinois have neen opined at 3G North Desphtincs stieet, t hicago, by the committee a]>pointed by tl>e Federation of Labor. All contil nitions will be received and distributed through that point. । 'ados unions throughout the city have tusordod libctal response to the appeals llUldo by Hie relief eommitlee. Meetings ot the various organizations were visited and the needs of the miners were laid belote the members. Many of the unions gave substantial sums. Others appoint- I ; ed committees to enlist sympathy ami ns sistanee. Tiie majority of the eontribu- ■ tiolis so fat n'ceived have been in cash, I but the headquarters has been opened in । order to give those a < hatwe to demotidrnte their sympathy for tin 1 struggling ; miners who ini’ in a position to give provisions but mu money. The citizens of t hieago tire tmtnin -sting a disposition to i be libel al. In Illinois the mine operators have prac* i tically com i ded the victory of the minera ill the greet suspension. Os the oIUHH) miners and mine lalmrers employed in the State fully oiIJHMI have already laid dew n their tools. Only two mines are reported ito Ih» nt work north of Ihiquoin. One of | these is nt Iteealur and the other at LinI CqA The <udy mine .-f mqwi tarn v m the sqalhern dbtriet now being operatesl Is in n < minty, hi t .vry vim where ;l»<mhierH continued work the owners {<"l wiL*h»nt lone materially im reaMxl the n>itheir employe*. i The pie >i of campaign of the c«».il strikers in the l‘itf>;hnrg district Ims r<snltcd in i»ar , i.d victory, for th< Armit •-ompatiy pcoturlly admit that the Furtltt t’feek mines eanitot be operated nt pres ! mt. and have decid**! to close down. Thtt» far the striking miners hmr broken all r<-eoH'M, both its to nnmlw rs attend- > n« th । r .... g.eet mgs ,d tin i-v cllft,C I

; I The nt e iioetmg „f miners at the M C»rr» *• ' .»>! h» was the greute.-t during [ tbv SUP., t d probably th- Urg-M gath- • - ring »»f th w 1 ew r -s u in \! ! gh-ny r IM -1 O ■_ RELIEF UE MUyt A RTI Jts TV (tncAGO. were gathered for till all-day session, ami lab if lead. : - Imt.ingm .i them in various tongues, while L.amls of mitsm served to stir tip tin enthusiasm to the highest pitch. Note:' <’f Current Invents. Still, it must be admitted that Herr Andree is quite up to date. Il j s o.ticmelv doubtful whether the fr. st this year will kid off the yellow fevt r in Klondy ke. John Jone . a \' t York insurance broker, ha changed bis name to Arthur Sovinonr, to avoid confusion owing to the grmit number of John Joneses in the city. Two thousand thiee hundred garment workers went on strike Momht'. in New One hundred and twenty ’ire shops in that city ami Brooklyn are affected. In view of the universal unrest among Classes and political parties in Spain, the Carlist leaders have decided to begin an active political program throughout the whole < mintry. Frank IL Stockton, the author, am! Mrs. Stox kton arc at Berryville, \ a., to examine Anncfield, the old < after with a view to purchasing. Anuetield a> a a fine old colouial intinsiou.

TIIE SUNDAY SCHOOL. INTERESTING AND INSTRUCTIVE LESSON. Reflectiona of an Ele vat ing Character —Wholesome Food for Thought— Studying tiie Scriptural Lesson Intelligently and Profitably. Lesson for Ang. H. Golden Text. "If I go ami prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye mny be also.”- John 14: 3. Working and writing for Christ is the subject of this lesson. I. Thess. 4:9 IS; 5: 1 2. While Pnnl was in Corinth he was in communication with the church in Thessnloniea, so dear to him and so nearly a model in ninny ways. He had sent Timothy on a mission to the Thessalonians while still nt Athens, and when he reached Corinth tceeived a further report from Thessalonica ami the other Maemlonian churches by Silas and Timothy. This report indicated that the Thessalonians were abounding in Christian earnestness in an encouraging degree, yet subject to some grave faults which needed to bo corrected. A few of them were somewhat inclined to the gross sins which Paul also found in Corinth. The majority, while upright mid devout, held uns.mml and extreme views as to the second coming of Christ, which nffei ted their daily living. They looked for a speedy end of the world, and neglected the ordinary concerns of life in their zeal for prayer m<H'tings and devout meditation. They also felt great anxiety eoneerning the righteous dead, fearing that only those who were alive at Christ's seeomi coming would enter Into the fullest fellowship w ith liin. This anxiety ami grief prevented them from living in the abiding pence m. l j>-y whit h belong t<> all Christian beIL' V'-rs. I'. ul sought to ( 'i>rrect these errors by two letters, which were the first to be written of his epistles now extant. i In th> :n more is b-arrwd of his view of ' oschsit 'h gy. that is. of the events aeeotnI pnnying the coming of Christ, the resuri reetion. th» judgment, ami the final state i | >f mankind, than in any other of his writ- j :tigs. Ibe Thessalonian epistles are just ; [ g It< fi ling to dny a* they were then. . for the tribe of vvotihl be prophets has not : M'rts.sl. The w hole first opiatic should be i read by tM., her* ami pupils preparing thia I* i pin nA tor V* I ’Hrtl « ri', love:” m the Greek, "philai It w M a g- O o W boll, unkn-.-A n ! • ■:••g ’-i t'l nght this love >f imn. not for I their own g—*l qualities but for the sake t i < in n divine m ister. It was this quality of the . rly Christian* that so । sharply mark<s| them off from Jew ami • G> Y- .w.'irdf. « are taught of G sj - that s the only source from which b. h ■ is It m oxer. :se in a community has I no other altrmattve but to attribute it to I 4 ttn? *^HhsritiG

'That ye tneren*- more and more:’’ Paul <r eomm' uded ehureh' s <>r imli- [ x d i lls in sq< h away as to reb a*- them If■ ' r> 'tie-r • r«. Il- showed ippr"<-ta |•> ; if that who h was g ~>d, ami stimu- | il’td i: at" do t!o»ir li' xl. X . when he I wrote to Timothy he «lmw<sl tho truest ] •jmpothy and love for the yming man I by In itmg him b> undertake gr-nter bur"dfs. V wm 1 the ... r,. f of (•!„„, hf... j \ f sc that ought to t>e prmte.l in j :-g. .et'ors nt p.. ( . , where Christian j ' ■ ,ie ■ I gl-g,’lte lo Ih- qul. t. to attend I t orn-’s i.w n affairs. t«» du holiest work with a hamH. ire thr— virtues that •v Ly - > imans universally practn-d am mg Christians. They are in fact hnrdiy th.eight of as Christian duties, but rather us ti ings to be done in iu eordnm - with the d-mands of good sense and good i anti- :s. It d<“ > not always daw n upon is early in our Christian experience th.it g ..>d s-nse and g ■ >d manners are both in- * hid' d in religion. Paul never drew a In- L' tw - n th-tn. The Christian must I be i g ■ I citizen, a g "-! workman, a good | Imme-m!'ker or h'>me keeper, ns well as a, I g • 1 church goer. "Honestly” Imre nmaua I honorably. Teaching Hints. This i an ideal lesson foj teaching the relation of the spiritual to the practical: .f theoiogy to conduct; of the future to the present. Logically, perhaps this det ■ h. d passage should be shifted around by the 5* m her in hi.s presentation so as to brit g the heavenly hope first, and its ■ irthly Consequence following as in I. Cor. 15, wlmre the argument for resurrection < uds with a plain ami homely admonition to tlm living. This is not a lesson for visionaries, but it is a lesion to cause the Christian wholly blind to the things above to look up and forward. It would be a misfortune indeed if the time w 're wasted in discussing the very problem rgainst which Paul warns bis readers the details and the date of the । advent of Christ. Let rather the great . truth itself be pressed, that tlm kingdom I is surely and irresistibly advancing towards eonsumnmtion; and that all believers shall share in the final joy. Next Lesson—" Abstaining for the Sako of Others.”—l. Cor. S: 1-13. I’ower Against Sin. We have no power against a sin until we are able to see that it is forbidden by one of the commandments of the word of tied. But having realized that it is forbidden, we at once have great power against it. the Lord’s own omnipotent power which He gives in His commandments. It could not be that in the letter of the word there should be forbidden every sin of love, thought .and deed to which man is heir, but when the light is allowed to shine forth out of the earthen cover- i Ing, then it will be seen tliat there is not one sin we are ever tempted to do, bnt has its warning commandment. ‘•Thou shalt not,” in the word. The production of tea in ISSS, by countries, according to Mulhall, was: China, 29(1,000,001) pounds; India, 90,000,000; Japan, 40,000,000; Ceylon, 19,000,000; Paraguay, 10,000,000, and Java, 7,000,000. Argentina's n«'W census gives a total popuhilion of about 4,092,000, of whom 1,646,000 live in the cities. The leading city, Buenos Ayres, has a population of 663,854, making it the largest in South America.

RECORD OF THE WEEK INDIANA INCIDENTS TERSELY TOLD. Sticccasfi'i Em ploy meat of Machine* to Make Fruit Jara Will Throw Many Out of Work—Alaska’s Ilardahlpa Do Not Deter Gold-Seekera. Throws Men Out of Work. Bull Blethers, of Muncie, the world's most extensive fruit jar manufacturers, ate soon to ojuip their factories with machines io blow jars, and notices have been .sent to 2'lo blow <-is that t heir services will not be led during the season that, begins Sept. 1. Frank <'. Ball, president of the company, stated that tin- introduction of the machine was not tor the purpose ot culling oti the heads of the men, but that it would make a mm-li better jar and at such a cheap cost that jars could take the plm e of the tin can ami earthenware jar ami that the firm could spread out to all parts of the worbl ami in a short time more than double the number of employes, end that this jar would find many' new fields lot usage. Tim machine is to glass blow ing the same as was the sewing machine, spinning jenny, the self harvester iiinl other revolutionizing machines, ami promises to disrupt one of the strongest ini* r 1.1. i,izatmus in the country. After the Money. Twenty business men of Indiana poll* have formed a srm-k company, each con- » trilmting M.tHm, and will select .an equal number of enterprising young men for the Klomlyke region, the compact running for five years ami the entire forty t<> share equally in all gold mined. An instiruime of SlO.OtMl will he placed upon < neh man going there and in ease of death this insttram e money will be added to the pool. A general manager will be sent nlong, who will keep an accurate account if rccipis ai d expenditures, ami. whether a m i l mim > little or much, he will shaie oqually in the common pool. The company < ah iilates that a sufficient number will die eiit of which the remainder n rein bur-• themselves for the insurance m m y. whether any gold is found or not. Crnzed by The r Hr.r lnhiuH. Joi । Welch, i forim r employe in an In- : di m ipol.s iron lotimlry. has written to his mother from < ireh- City, saying he has been in the Alaskan gold tields for fifte. n nio'iijm and could come homo nt any time wnii a f< w thousand dollars, but he ptefem to remain a while longer and re'ntn rich. lie says that gold nuggets worth 1 o;n S2U to ,SSO are being found daily. Hot n any men have become insane ti ’’ b u<l hips ;ml from disappaintment. Su, e^sfui uiim rs are squandering for--1 me- 1 If Ide S I \trav agam e. Welch warns poopfi against trying to get to the gold eini. v before spring. He hna writ- '• i: t • bi- t .> brothers. Patrick and David. to i: it for Alaska in February.

A 11 Over th • State. Mi -. 1’ Law. wife of a prominent te-:.b at. was thrown from her carri..k'e in a runaway ami killed. James McLaughlin, a well-known char- ■ -I of Hill- bile, -Imi ami killed .loco ii"bin-*m, an iii"ffen-n - citizen of Monto zuma, while ftcuzied with madness. \t ItieLe ■ rd. the Cbampiou M nnfac* m ■ । ’ failed, with liabilities • - ,T.,ui xyojaio. The i ! -t N.n • .M Hauk i- th- principal creditor. to the m.uiit of manly X4OJMX). ILtrrv Li-ler. sou of the purchasing a- 'tit it- the ’'lotion, wa- murdered near \\ a-htns'!' ti. He was pushed from a Cain ! y John Williams, of Trenton, Mo. : - h"tm wa- Bedford. Williams is in jail. An (tigineer named (leijige Welch -ay * h< saw the murder. \li the i. . i ans- at. the I’erre Haute jail wiilmgly w>ht to work <»n the rock pile Friday taor; ing. The mutineers who were str inu ' ‘ b; the wrists for two days say tluy will -ive Terre Haute a wide berth h-t' atl-r. a rid the authorities hope they will -pier 1 the news among their fellow’ tramps. Thi'ie was a report that women prisoners also would be put on the rock pile, but Sheriff Seeberger says he lias no : mtertion of doing so. Anderson operators who are developing the new Indiana oil Held were arrested by’ State (Li- Inspector Lynch for alleged < rimmnl waste of gas. At the trial the I < ourt ruled that g.is allowed to blow off to ^et oil was not wasted, us it was utilized in i iisina the oil to the surfa e. Thia i -iabli-ia-s a precedent for oil fields. I’pon orders from Gov. M "int the eases will ■ I" taken to the Supremo Court at once. Gas In--.,tor L'-adi claims XI.UOOjM»O i worth o' lts i n., been, wa-r.d in the new I tield. , Judge Woods of the United States Cir- ! cuit Court at Indianapolis issued a decree oideiiug the -ale ol the Terre Haute and I.ojunsport Railroad, a branch of the Vandalia. The suit to foreclose an extension Im itcaue was brought by Benjamin H.irri-ou a trustee. The complainant is to re.-eive s! ;:.(»::<> with interest at 6 per < ent fmia r.ite of th. decre. ai d the road is to l oir tlm c. sts of the suit. If the i amount of judgmi itt is not met by the road within sixty days the master in chancery is to sell the entire line, which is 165 miles in length. Nichola- Watrisse ami Marie Kromm were sweethearts ten years ago in Alsace, ' Uraneo. Warrisse came to this country’ : and promised to -end lor ali-s Kronne ' when lie hn lma L'a f"rtu:o. H started hi bakery in N> w Albany .-ml has been I very pro-pero';- I our weeks ago lie sent 1 for Mi<- Krouiie. She arrived a few days : later, m l they- were to have been marri< d Tm - lay at St. Mary’s Catholic : Chtireh. Many of their friends had assembled It the e’mreh when the prospee- , tive brid.e ehanm I her mind and refused ।to marrv Warrisse. She had become homesick and di-satistied v.ilh the situation. and Warrisse, almost heartbroken over Ilie turn of affairs, con'd not dissuade her from her purpose. She started on her return to Fiance Thursday. Myrtle Sparks I’erttuie, a Terre Haute bride of a few months, died Wednesday (Tom arsenical poisoning, self-administer-ed, although not with serious purpose to commit suicide. She took the preparation, she said.«to frighten her mother, who ha,, scolded her for spending money too freely. Her stepfather, who died less than a year ago, left her S2,(MX) life insurame. It was this money she had been spending. She took the poison Tuesday afternoon and at supper time told her husband what she had done. Soon afterward she became very ill and physicians trietjl in valu t? save her li£e. -■ -