St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 23, Number 9, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 18 September 1897 — Page 7

THE FARM AND HOME MATTERS OF INTEREST TO FARMER AND HOUSEWIFE. The Old-Fashioned Tread Power Is Coming Into Use Again—The Value of Straw Feed for Farm Herses— Pure Drinking Water. Power for the Farm. A farmer needs a power that Is Ik>Hi cheap and ready for use and one that can be depended upon, lie also wants it to be .safe from fire and explosion, and easily moved to different parts of the farm buildings. There is one power that meets all these requirements quite well, and one that the farmer might use to greater advantage than he does, ami

that is the tread power. It was used exclusively on farms forty years ago for such limited use as any power was applied to, but, for some reason or other, was quite generally abandoned. But the tread power is coming back into use again for such work, as a cheap and inexpensive power is needed. This power can be obtained in almost any size required, from a power intended for a goat or dog up to a power for four horses. The smallest are often used to run baby separators, churns and such things as these, and the largest to run feed cutters and heavy thn'shihg machines. A two-horse tread power will run a circular saw for sawing wood, and a two or three-horse power will run a medium-sized cutter for cutting ensilage. When a farmer has the horses it is the cheapest kind of power that can be obtained upon most farms, and the cost is within the reach of most farmers. The windmill has come into use to a considerable extent, especially for pumping water for stock or family use. With proper attention it does good work, and is, of course, Inexpensive in operation after once established. Another kind of power that has come into use is the gasoline engine, and furnishes one-horse power at only one or two cents an hour. This matter of power seems to be settled among the three forms: The tread power, windmill power and gasoline power. The first Is comparatively inexpensive in the first cost. While the other two powers named are expensive at the start, it costs scarcely anything to operate them, and the gasoline engine can be used for any work upon the farm to which stationary power is ever applied. But, for pumping water alone, nothing will take the place of a good wind power.—Mirror and Farmer. The Value of Straw. It used to be said that no straw should be sold from the farm because It so greatly helped the manure pile. But so many uses for straw came up that its price went far beyond its manurial value. Now straw Is regarded as one of the ^n^nyQ^UCts that can be ' though to the market to be soItT without too great expense for marketing. ^axUMrfS'are learning the same thing about timothy hay. It also sells for more than its manorial value. But this Is not true of clover hay. It takes from the soil and returns to the soil more than any other crop that the Northern farmer grows. But it has the advantage that the nitrogen it takes from the soil is from decomposed air, and that after a clover hay crop has been cut, the sod it has grown in is always richer in nitrogen than it was before.— American Cultivator. Pure Drinking Water. It is well known that alum will remove organic and other matters from water, so as to render it clear and pure; but it is now said that fluoride is superior to alum for this purpose. One ounce of fluoride is used to every 1,000 gallons of water. After all. the best purifier is nature’s own. The minute organisms known as bacteria are the chief causes of the impurity of drinking water. These invisible creatures have to live as well as their larger brethren, and they must eat to live. As soon as they have eaten all in the water that there is to feed on, they die. Dr. Frankland has recently stated, from his recent examination of water stored for two weeks, that it seems as pure and free from bacteria life as if it had been passed through the best of filters; but It seems strange that this should have so recently come under Dr. Frankland’s experience. Every one knows that there is no purer or better water in the world than that which is supplied to seafaring people. Almost any kind of water stored away in a ship’s tank becomes absolutely pure after t'ae vessel ' has been a few weeks at sea. This is usually ascribed in popular language 1 to fermentation, but there is really nothing to ferment; it is simply that the bacteria have eaten everything in the water there is to eat, and then died of starvation. —Meehan's Monthly.

The Value of a Good Spring. A spring of pure water on any farm । adds at least a hundred dollars to its value, and if near a city it is worth much more. Often such springs can be found in hillsides by digging six or eight feet, especially if the soil shows springy places during winter and spring. If the spring is higher than the house it can be conducted into the kitchen by force of gravity, and the water can be turned off or on as the housewife may desire. There are doubtless hundreds, and possibly thousands, of farms in New England where the best pure water can be conducted into the house at slight expense. If the water has to be lifted a hydraulic ram will force the water up hill. This costs somewhat more, but it will generally pay.—American Cultivator. A Few Old Thincs. Have we a hen all in all as good as the old-fashioned Dorking? They were nearly as good layers as the Leghorns, and nearly as good in flesh as the Ply-

! mouth Rock. They were good homekeepers, and were very hardy. They mid late in the fall and early in the spring—if not always in the winter. They did not get out of health easily. I believe in a race of White Leghorns that has come to me at a high figure as ( next best. They lay more, are great pets and are busy scavengers, but have no spare flesh. One more good old thing that I long for is the old-fashioned cow. In central New York forty years ago I

could get a first rate cow easier than I can now. We have now a few splendid high-bred animals, but our common run of cows is nowhere as good as it was. Solomon Hoxie, who has done n vast deal of importing, confirms this. He says that “we had a native breed forming that we should have held on to.” Shall we go back to try it over again?-Orange Judd Farmer.

Nitrate of Soda. Nitrate of soda is seldom used In tho compounding of the fertilizers sold in Ohio, for the reason that a much cheaper source of nitrogen is found m the refuse of the Western slaughter houses. Moreover, nitrat * of soda is an easily soluble salt, and It Is doubtful whether It Is advisable to use it In the fall, a) which time most fertilizers are applied in Ohio. In our experiments It Is applied only In the spring, after growth has begun in tin* case of wheat, or nt the time of planting in the case of spring crops. If sown on wheat about the middle of April ami a timely rain I follows, the effect of the nitrate will be conspicuously manifest In a short time. In effectiveness dried blood stands below nitrate of soda, but It Is probably preferable to nitrate of soda for fall use because Its nitrogen Is in a less easily soluble form than that of nitrate of soda.—Ohio Station Bulletin. The Best Dozen Egga. Which is really* best, the white egg or the brown; the large egg, or that of medium size? There is much argument in the poultry papers of late, try- I ing to prove that the birds which lay । the "iH'st dozens" at the shows are • really the best utility birds. If tho judging were based on uniformity of color and uniformity’ of size, just far enough above the average that the ! breed could be laid up to it, the point might be considered proven. But too j often the eggs are over sized (double yolked, perhaps), merely because the hens are out of condition, too fat or otherwise. Looked nt from the producer’s standpoint, the frequent over- i sized egg Is not desirable. It costs ■ more to produce. It Injures the sale of the average, and as a rule, it brings him no more money. Nevertheless, the breed that always lays good sized eggs —if there are enough of them is a good ; breed to have. The consumer likes such eggs.—Amerlean Gardening. Farm Note*. TsV-XtaimZ ’.’T£jA b an, dby ■’ a again will it be so easily done. Stake, ; if necessary. The root crops are among the most Important grown. So far as actual food value is concerned they do not rank high, but they are always relished by stock in winter because they afford a change of food, tints promoting tho appetite and keeping the animals In condition. The best working animals must coni" from working sires and dams. A volt from a pampered sire may be hand some, but when it comes to hard work he will be "soft" and cannot bo counted on to do his share of the pulling all day. The best sire, if not the prettiest, is one that works in the harness every day. Lumpy jaw in cattle is an annoyance dreaded by dairymen. An Ontario farmer reports that he has used spirits of ammonia for years ami cured every case, no matter how bad It was. He rubs it on the lumps or jaw once or twice a day, and the difficulty gradually disappears. The remedy is a very | simple one and is easily tested. The heat in a hive of bees when the weather is very warm is Increased by the animal heat given off from the . bodies of the insects. Tills should re- > mind those who have bees that tho i hives must be iu the shade or the col- , ony will become reduced by disease. ! The most honey is only secured when ! the colonies are large and healthy. Some of the New York dairymen i who had ben induced to raise their ■ calves and breed for better cows report that they could not easily be Induced I to revert to the former practice of buy- ' ' Ing tbeir dairy cows. By raising good whocould barely retain their farms under the former system are now realizing profits every year.

No man ought to be employed to drive or care for a team that, is not naturally fond of horses. If he does not like them he will not study their wants or habits, and will be likely to neglect and spoil a good team. Such a man ought to drive mules or oxen, or to work out his living with a spade or pick. It does not take a careless or heedless man long to spoil more horseflesh than his wages amount to in a season. A bad-tempered man will spoil the temper of the best horse. There has always been some doubt in regard to the propriety of sowing clover hay very early in the spring. At the Michigan station seed was sown on plots every growing month in the year byway of experiment. That seeded in March did fairly well, but the plots seeded in April, May, June and July did better, the August plants not growing very large. The amount of rain and other conditions -were not stated. The results do not accord with those obtained by farmers in this section, as the March wheat seems to thrive best

STRIKE IS SETTLED. MINERS AT COLUMBUS ACCEPT THE 65-CENT RATE. Recommendation of the Exe cn tive Committee Is Adopted—Time XV anted to Arrange lite Proportionate Scales—Delay of Ten Days N oted.

' — Compromise Agreed Upon. By the action of the national convention of coni miners at Columbus Saturday the groat coal strike was brought io a close. Work will be resumed in all the mines in ten days. Some mines at the principal centers may bo reopened immediately. 'The basis of the settlement is at the i rate of Go cents a ton for the Pittsburg ■ district. A proportionate rate for Illi- ! nois ami Indiana would be 5G cents a I ton. 'The rate is different in the different I districts owing to the greater or less labor required in digging a ton of coal. Where ' the veins are rich and thick ami not deep ■ ly covered the rate is less than where the I veins are lean nnd deep under the soil. The resolution adopted by the convention is as follows:

Z “We, the miners of Ponnsylvn- fl ♦ nia. West Virginia, Ohio, In- X ♦ diann ami Illinois, in convention «► assembled, do hereby agree to *c < ept the proposition rcoommemled o ! J by our national executive commit- ° I 4 tee, viz ,G 5 cents in the Pittsburg | ♦ district, all places in the above <► ' .ere a relative jl ♦ price can be obtained ‘o resume o J work ami contribute liberally to o Z the miners who do not receive the ** ♦ advance, where the tight must be o j continue d to O Z “The national officers, executive JJ i ♦ board ami district presidents arc o 2 to act as an advisory board for the ° ♦ "I ♦ moans fur the carryin : on of the o ♦ ’ ° ♦ “I’lovided, however, that no dis- o T trict resume work for ten days in <► 0, < > ♦ O ■ X orators ami get the price if pos 1 ’ ! Z siblc.” ‘ ’ ♦ ♦♦♦♦>♦♦♦♦* <)♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ There was no arbitration in the settle- j meat. The miners demanded G,* cent* a i ton. Ihe mine owners offered th an <ls I cents a ton pending arbitration. If the Rib T ■ i . I O . . -;‘S would make that up in back pay to the miners. If the arbitrators awarded lc«» than Go cents th.- mine:* sh-mM work at i a rebate until the < v wh -uhl b«- re- ' funded. The miner* agreed tn accept G 5 cents n ton flat without waiting for the notion of the arbitrators rather than accept tho ; i floating scale offered, by the operators I with a chance of a lower rate being ; . awarded. In this they were probably I wise, ns the rate is naid to afford living ; i wages. Their losses nnd suffermgi bare । been great during the strike. | 'l'he coal operator* in the Pittsburg dt*» I trict say they are glnd the strike Is over, but they have a whole lot of grievances. I They claim that the ten-day clatt«” w s* ’ t** * Pittsburg oiwrators will pay no nttcnti"n to the ten day provision, but will start i their mines at once. The operator* are i ! discussing the ndvisabillty of offering ! their men inducements tn withdraw fn.m । the national ns'cmt -n nnd f-rm an or- ' ganixation of the I’iitsl- irg district al ne The operators say they couM satisfy tbeir men if they were not handicapped by la- - terferenco from the outside, mu h of it prompted, they say. by com|>eting t»p< rators. The Pittsburg operators say they could then prevent strik. * tn their district. The miners of the Pittsburg distnet proper to - ontmue the tight aga.nst the New York and < ■vr ■. : < ,as ' -s . < m pany, of wh - h De Armtl is ptesid nt. | and to wage it more fiercely than ever. The working miners will be as-e.svd to ' pay De Armk s strikers full v iges as | the camps and picket- w I be maimaiuesl all winter if m-o s- try. The miners blame De Armit for t . -st • f the r tr- i d- *. ami are determined to defeat him at any cost. A convention will be held t<» arrange the There is considerable confusion as to what will be done in the Indiana mining j field a- a ronit -d the Cdmo'cis ’ ment. The Indiana opera; os have not i been consulted at any time am! have said they will be guided by the result in Illi- | their mines at the 5(5 >- nt prize, whizh is ■ differential on the ik"> f><r the Pittsburg j district, but they ais- say that th.-y are i willing to pay this price at pre« nt be- ! cause the market price of e >al wii! war- । rant them in doing'so. They also believe i that the Illinois miners will make a ; strong fight to bring their operators to i terms and that at least while this effort । is being made Indiana can pay the price, ; but that if the Illinois operators attain I begin mining coal under the Indiana price, Indiana miners will have to accept a re-_ .im-th.n. as they did May. r ' I ers of I i;noi>. All the m. n agreed to give one day's pay to the cause, Iwo representativi s of Illinois miners are here. Tlie most melancholy episode of the | ; strike period was the wanton massacre of . many workingmen in Pennsylvania. War-I ; rants on an accusation of murder have । been served on Sherif!’ Martin and a nvm-1 ber of his deputies. He declares that he 1 did riot give the order to fire. But he had j lost his heml and his descriptions of the i horrible scene differ entirely from those > of cooler men. The I ire and Police Board of Denvei . demanded tlie resignation of Chief O s , 1 Police O’Brien on the ground that he does I not “possess the judgment or discretion requisite to successfully manage the p O . lice department.” 1 The Ocean Steamship Company’ t steamer Gate City was run into off Em, t Harbor light, near New York, by a laro-’ vessel, the identity of which is not known' The Gate City’s starboard side was stov' 1 just above the water line ahatf the ei^ 9 gine. a large section of the deckhouse also f being broken. The almond crop in California will he a larger one than last year, and the nuts ( , will be very large and fine. The warm s weather has cured them nicely a n d t he harvest this season will begin fully a week " or ten days earlier thau heretofore.

TWO TRAINS COLLIDE. ^ANY KILLED AND INJURED IN THE CRASH. F “-t Express and Mtfil Trains on the Santa Fe Komi Come Into Colli•ion Near Umporia-Fire Cor.lumes Coaches—Dry an in the Wreck.

Hanta Ke HimaHter. One of the worst wrecks in the history he bantu Fe Railroad occurred threa J d cast of Emporia, Kan., Wednesday K it. Nine or ten persons were killed h< many more were badly hurt. The I C°>ng east ami the Mexico ij, । ’fi^forjiiu express, west bound, coli h t d head on. '1 ho Mexico and California . Express was pulled by two locomotives, j ^nd wYien they struck the engine drawI "'K the fast mail the boilers of all three Engines exploded and tore a hole in the ground so deep that the smoking ear of Hie west-bound train went in on the I throe engines ami two ruail cars and Imlj km-ed these, w ithout turning over. Tho Lfassei^gvrs iu the smoking ear escaped (•through the wimiowH. Tho front end of

Uhls car was cnvvlppcd in a volume of |LtiiUug «iuoke und steam, belching up Wrom the wreck below, and the rear door | was jammed tight in tlie wreck of rite 'car behind. The wreck eaught fire from the en- | gines. The cars in the hole und tho smoki ing car burned to ashes in no time. In i climbing out erf the smoking ear several men fell through the rifts in the wreck below nnd it is not known whether they escaped or were burned to death. The weat-bonnd train carried seven or eight coaches, and its passengers included runny I excursioaisu who had boon to hear W. J. • Bryan speak at the county fair at Burlingame. Mr. Bryan himself was on the i train, but was riding in tho rear Pullman, j 4W feet from the cars which wore wreckI ed. He says nothing but a heavy jolt wub experienced by tlie pauengera in hie i coach. j Mr. Bryan was one of the noblest mon jln the crowd of rescuers. He helped to carry out the dead nnd wounded and gave the greatest attention to their care. I One poor follow, who was badly maimed, j called to Mr. Bryan nml said: “I went . to K-ar yon today: I am dying now and j want to shake your hand nnd say God bless you. If j OH p ssibly can, Mr. Bryan, got me a d«nk of water." Mr. | Bryant into f.i n.J ono I end of which was burning, and came out with n drink of water, w hich ho gave to : the suffering passotagor. Ho brought out ; cushions for others of the injured, and was everywhere pre-nt to m nister to ■ the wants of tho Injured. Tho engineer r»f the west-bonni train had toeeired orders to meet the fast mail at Emporia and was making op lost time. : I hese two arc the fastest trains on tho Sants Fe system and the east-bound train must have been running at n speed of ( f >rtp‘ mres nn hour. Ihe west bound ci press was going around a slight curve and m- t tho fam mail, probaldy within 2**.) Tcct. Us tlie sewn or eight cars making the tn n og express • »’•« or • Wan UMijr •plln 1 here were not more than a doxen pas aengera on the fast mail, all in one coach, । and wh:> pone of tbctn was sermudy Inj jnred their shaking up was terrible. ErI cry scat in the roach torn from the f r and many f or plank* can -smp with the seat*. It Is stated that tho wr.x-k was caused by a miscarriage of orders fr<>m the trainmaster. At Etnp»r’a the oast bound fast mail tr..:n received orders to pass the California express nt Lsu.g. seven milew mst. An-dfr order was sent to Long for the Cahf< Ynia ex press to take the siding there. But this order was not delivered and the eastbound train passed on. the trainmen tt pecting to the fast mail at Emporia, THE WHEAT STATES. Orest Nort h west t <> m toon vrenlth that Produce a>» linoriimtn Yield. The wheat State* are tl se of th* Northwest, and first an. ug them, in an ordinary year, with an average product of G5,(mD*V bushe is Minm-iota. I'ben comes N< rth Dakadja -nt. with an average produ ct <>f tMjHHi.tas), am] South Dakota with 3IXC*)O,O«’O. The average of Kansas is about 25. 1 ihmmhi, and of Nebraska, 1G,000,000. 'These are the group of wheat States, but tln-y are not the only ones, California producing in ordinary years wheat to the amount of 40,iOOO,OOO bushels, and Ohio having an avjernge crop of 33,000,000. Wisconsin, (which adjoins Minni s.ua, pr du 'i, relajtively, very little wheat, but Michigan jhas, when the fanning conditions are {good, a large yield. Ok v n has been inicreasing its wheat av-rage co . - i -rably. Among the wheat States of the East :Pennsylvania stands ■ w -h n av. -- age crop of ’<> 1 ... M..ryland (following with B,< X *O. <um ), anl New York , with'7,ooo,ooo. T; -re :s c- ra'.veiy little wheat rais- 1 In N v 1< ■ nd. nml I teither Indiana or Ulin but Arkansas, ■jßouth of it, yields very little wheat-- Exthange. SIX FIND WATERY GRAVES. Disastrous Ending: of a Detroit Fishinsr Party’s Trip. Six men were drowned in Lake St. i Clair Wednesday. The victims of the ’ disaster were all from Detroit. A party [ of ten young men started for a fishing i trip. When off Wind Mill point they became hilarious, and two who had climbed’to the masthead of the cat rigged yacht began swaying her to and fro. They finally rocked her over, and, being heavily ballasted, she sank like a shot. The two on the masthead and two who aere sitting forward cast, themselves loose, but the six who were sitting in the comptinion way near tlie helmsmen weut down with her nnd were seen no more. News of Minor Note. William Moore, a -deputy sheriff, killed Seymour Spencer, a miner at Bear Creek mines, Kentucky. In Needles, Ariz., a cloudburst did much damage. The water was three feet deep in the business streets. Firebugs have created a reign of terror In Big Lick Township and tlie neighboring village of Van Lue, in Hancock County, Ohio. Barns, with large quantities of wheat, were Bet on fire and burned down, and a house and the wagon factory wsre also destroyed.

THE SUNDAY SCHOOL. INTERESTING AND INSTRUCTIVE LESSON. Reflections of an Elevating Character —Wholesome Food for ThoughtStudying the Scriptural Lesson Intelligently and Profitably. Lesson for Sept. ID. (•olden 1 ext. —“Remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.”—Acts 20: 35. “Paul’s Address to the Ephesian Elders" is the subject of this lesson.—Acts 20: 22 35. After the three months in Corinth, during which Paul wrote the epistles to th Galatians and to the Romans, he journeyed northward through Macedonia, intending to make a last flying visit to some

of his churches before departing for JeruHalem. He passed through Philippi about the time of the passover, this being in April, A. D., 58 (Acts 50: G). A short Btay in Troas was marked by the raising of Entychus (20: 7-12). From Troas Paul ■ traveled by land down the caist to Asos, , thence by sea to Miletus, near Ephesus. He was unwilling to stop at the latter city, knowing that if ho did a multitude of duties would claim his attention and prevent him from hurrying on to Jerusalem. But he desired nevertheless to leave n message with the Ephesian church, so he sent for its elders or presbyters to come to him at Miletus. These elders were the leaders in the church. The early Christian churches often or usually had more than one elder, or, as we should say, pastor. Whore there were several of these officers, iterhapa the duties of all except the lending one resembled most closely those of the deacons in our churches; for the ancient deacons seem to have had charge of ministering to the poor, and prolxibly left the elders some of the spiritual functions which wo assign to the office of deacon. That there was no fixed distinction between presbyters and bisaops appears from the very passage; for in verse seventeen the men who came to visit Paul are called presbyters, in verse twenty eight tho episkopni or overseers, that is, bishops. The term presbyter seems to have boon most used in Jewish Christian churches, episkopos in Gentile churches, and both interchangeable iu such churches as that at Ephesus. Ex plnnatory, Th . matchless farewell address should by no ineana be divided. It should be studied entire. In it Paul shows not only his lofty devotion and humble resignation, but also his quiet self-assurance, based on twenty years’ faithful, unselfish labor; a justifiable pride, if the word may bo used, in his steady adherence through all aiuts of trials to the high purposes w”h which he had begun his missionary iroer. Ac yourselves know:” when a ( hristinn minister can thus app'al with- " liesitntion to tho record of his work nnd the testimony of those for whom he has labored. It is far from true that a faithful minister can hope to receive such confirmation from nil who have been V.’llVFneri wiirnlwnys Ge n select few like these Ephesian elders, between whom and their pastor there :« understanding and affection. If it wore not so, the burdens would often prove too heavy to be borne. “I shrank not from declaring unto you anything that was profitable; few indeed are the public teachers ami pastors that can say this. It is certainly not in easy thing to say. Fewer Christian ministers than is sometimes supposed are guilty of shaping their utterances with regard to the money contributed for their support; but there are many other ways in which they may and do shrink from declaring what their people should hear; because of timidity, or fear of mistmderstimling, or lack of preparation, or some other rea“R pentance toward God ami faith to- I word our D^rd Jesus Christ:” the sum i, 1 substance of the gospel. Paul’s i preaeb'ng always had the true emphasis. | Doubtless he preached many sermons that were not strictly “evangelistic, ’ as we use the term; but the gos>xd was in every one of them. "Bound in the spirit:" a striking phra-e. Did Paul know, did he even suspect, that when he left Jerusalem he would be bound in body as well? If he did, it made no difference to him. The power of the spiritual necessity that w as un >n him was jus; a> (-impelling as chains would have b'on. “Save that the Holy Ghost testifieth unto me in every city:” the one sure thing was this—afflictions and persecutions he* found everywhere. The final parting, as they believed it to be, was bitter indeed. Those words, “no more," had a mournful sound that filled their hearts with gloom. But when these elders returned to Ephesus, they probably took back an account of their interview which inspired the church to action rather than to idle tears and sorrow. Teaching; Hints. Pitt! uas a man of strong affections. He did not spend three years with a chanical dispenser of religi.m, - rvtvs, indifferent to his surroundings; not a traveling evangelist retailing sermons at s much a week. When he said he loved men, he meant it; and it was not a perfunctory, professional affection. It takes years of faithful service to enable one to speak of oneself as Pau) does. In other men. this would be egotism. In Paul it is the highest modesty. Paul’s intensity of conviction comes out all through this address. 'Whatever he does he does because the necessity is laid upon him. It is not so with us all; our consciences do not all so clearly pronounce the imperative of duty. But conscience can be educated in this direction. 'The more strongly one feels duty, the greater is the condemnation if duty remains undone. Next Lesson —“Christian Missions.”— Romans 10: 4-17. No Compromise Possible. No compromise can be made with God. He is unbending in His righteousness. Consequences do not deter Him. He will not annul (lie force of any law that He has enacted because of the awful personal results of transgression. It Is this that gives unshaken stability to Uis government, and forms the basis of absolute confidence in God and His purposes. Weakness on both sides is, as we know, tho trait of all quarrels.

RECORD OF THE WEE^ INDIANA INCIDENTS TERSELY* TOLD. Kokomo Minister Pitts Schrader to a Crucial .Teat—Brown County White Cappers Indicted—Mineral Spring# Haven’t Run Dry —A Fiendish Deed, Fails to Cure Cripples. 1 he Kokomo preachers are after Schrader, the “divine healer." Schrader has been blessing the people attending the county fair. To test the powers of the healer, the Rev. 'l'. H. Kuhn, pastor of Main Street Christian Church, took a hackload of cripples to Schrader’s quarters and watched the proceedings. The atllieted ones received the usual blessing, Gut were not cured, and were carried out again by Mr. Kuhn, who then roundly (b-nC'lun-i-d Sehrader as a framl an 1 on-

vs• :• • • iiLi< ♦<i r as a irawi ah 1 huMr. Kuhn went to Schrader again. The "iK aler” said his faith was so ‘ strong that lie could drink poison and r.ot : । be affected. The minister pulled from his > pocket a vial labeled "strychnine,” and * asked Schrader to swallow the stuff. The • hettler refused to swallow the stuff. The • potion was Epsom salts. Nearly all the preachers in the city denounced Schrader ' iu tbeir pulpits. Springs at West Baden. The report recently published that the mineral springs at West Baden ami I rench Lick had been made to run dry by the striking of a new gusher at West Baden is incorrect. The ,r-v strike is a sweet-water artesian well, flowing at the rate of 500 gallons a minute. Two springs at French Lick, “Pluto” and 1 reserpine, declined several inches on account of leakage, but they have been reeased and are now running as strong as ci er. Jhe springs at M est Baden within a few hundred rods of the new well have not teen affected. Hinshaw Visits His Old Home< Ihe Rev. William E. Hinshaw, under guard, reappeared amid the scenes of his termer church labors, to convince the Hendricks County grand jury, if possible. that he is not guilty of the murder ot his wife, although the Circuit Court, tlie court of the county and the Supreme Court of the State have said that he is. and that he shall spend the remainder of his days in prison. Murders His Victim. In Warrick County George Slaughter, :t Dean . assaulted Mrs. Wil! .lones. .Ta-. Robinson, a colored deputy sheriff, arrested Slaughter and took him to Mrs. Jones for idcntilication. When Mrs. Jones recognized him Slaughter pulled ins revolver and killed her ami her husband and e- ipcd before Robinson could interfere. Sons of Veterans Commander, The Sons of Veterans at Indianapoi s elected Charles K. Darling of Boston coinmancer in chief and d J eid?d to lin'd Ilie next year's encampment in Omaha. I he new commander was for many ye -- a newspaper reporter in Bosto ~the State. . A " rs visited by a disastrous e! ’' Tii < > we st sideof the Us im-iinil -troet^, • Aldrich, of Terre Haute, has brought suit against the Chicago ami Eastern Illinois Road for SIO,OOO damages for blacklisting. O. W. Rowe, a traveling salesman, was found dead in his room at an Indianapolis hotel. He committed suicide by cutting the arteries in his left arm. At Duff Ed Stuttsman and William Soloman became involved in a quarrel and Soloman shot Stutsman through the abdomen, killing him instantly. Th" Indiana conference of the African Methodist Episcopal Church .at Terre Haute selected Marion as the pla.-e for the holding the conferences next year. William Reagan's drug store in North Sa ein was completely wrecked by dyna- ! miters. The temperance men believed I that whisky was being sold in the store. Jacob McVey, a prominent farmer near Greencastle, was killed by falling into a clover huller which he operating. A plank gave way, throwing him into the wheels, crushing his life out. Brigandage prevails in a portion of Spice Valley Township. Lawrence County. and Jtigbe Martin of the Circuit Court lias called upon the Grand Jury for a rigid investigation and an unsparing enforcement of the law. Robberies are reported to be frequently committed in daylight, the victims fearing to prosecute because their property will be laid low with the torch. Cattle are slaughtered openly in the fields, and the carcasses carted away for food or the market, and it is alleged that incendiarism is so rife that insur- , ance companies will no longer carry risks I in that section. The will of the late George Harwood, ' ! a wealthy farmer of Clear Springs Townj ship, has been admitted to probate and a j number of its provisions are very unique. , ! The will bequeathed to his hired man. I Frane, the use of sixty acres of tine land. on which Harwood resided and in considj। i iC'.n of which Fra.lß is to provide for a steer and black horse which he owned and which have been inhabitants of the place for some time. Harwood's last desire before passing away was that the burial services be omitted, he be placed in an ordinary cheap coffin and hauled to the grave in a lumber wagon. 'The Thompson bottle faciorv of Gas City, a suburb of Marion, recently started with a force of nonnn’on men. As ; one of the men was leaving t'ne works, a i crowd of men, women and children surI rounded him and endeavored to explain to him that he should not worn in the Thompson factory. He was badly irigh'ened and thought they meant to :io him bodily harm, so he hurled a brick at the crowd striking a woman a:i-l seriously injuring her. He then took to his heels, folowed by tho now infuriated mob, which closed in on him, driving him into a private residence, where the police came to his rescue. Henry Hjalm. aged GO. of Chestertown, attacked his wife with a club and then shot her twice. Hjalm shot himself afterward and will die. His wife will probably Mrs. Sarah Oliphant was recently divorce 1 from Henry Oliphant. She married Charles Marsh. Oliphant, accompanied by several friends, went to Marsh’s home near Patoka and hurled an ax through a window into the room where Mr. and Mrs. Marsh were sleeping. Theax struck the bride. Marsh rushed into the road and met hi.; foe. A fight followed. »