St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 23, Number 12, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 9 October 1897 — Page 3

TOPICS FOR FARMERS A DEPARTMENT PREPARED FOR OUR RURAL FRIENDS. Make Good Entrances to Fields—How Orchards SliouHl He Cultivated— Winter Grain After Potatoes-?mut on Sweet Corn—General Farm Notes.

Washin" Butter. Years ago it was generally supposed ( that in order to make really fine but- . ter one must uot allow a drop of water , to touch it. Os late years, siuee we be- , gun to hear so much about granular ( butter, we have been Instructed to wash it in successive waters until this was drawn oft’ clear, or free from milkiness. It is my opinion that neither one । of these policies is the ri" lit one to fol- < low. I have tested this matter of washing blotter for a number of years, and have come to the conclusion that eitbri extreme is to be avoided. To wash it, even in granular form, will give us a butter that will not decay or turn strong so soon as that uot washed so thoroughly, but it washes out much of the flavor. On the other hand, while the flavor is enhanced by not washing, the buttermilk left in it after working will tend to putritication, for, as we al! know, there is,nothing which more quickly spoils and becomes ill smelling than buttermilk. To work out all the buttermilk breaks the grain, makes the butter salvy. Os course, we do not want to do this, so we will wash it in granular form through two or three waters (depending upon quantity of water used and also upon temperature of the butter), work in the salt until thoroughly incorporated. and call it finished— Jersey Bulletin. ttones Ender Apple Trees. Many windfall apples would be little injured if a velvety sod, free .rem stones were spread out under them. There is no excuse for leaving loose stones where apples must fall on them, as the bruising destroys their market value. Orchards much cultivated are -apt to have most stones on the surface. It is bettor to leave the ground under ’trees in sod. mulching the surface to keep the grass from drawing too much ■of the soil moisture. Winter Grain After Potatoes.

Wherever the potato crop can be got ! ■off in time for seeding with fail grain. ! it makes the very best seed bed. No ■ plowing is needed if the weeds have been kept 4pwn. It is only nec^^^ary ( -tn tho notuln vines in heiifp,. qn a I of potatoes. It is largely^mtro^ na . T&h'nd fa the potato tops. j

Entrances to Fields. In country road making there Is much plowing of roadsides and scraping away of the surface soil. This is almost ulwaysa mistake. But the farmershould see to it that at least the work of road Improvement does not obstruct the entrances to his fields. Making it easy for the farmer to use any part of his farm is for him about the most necessary part of road improvement. Out of this field into the road he will each year draw many loads, besides the loads of manure he will likely draw Into it. If a plowed ridge or ditch obstructs the entrance to the field many wagons will be needlessly broken. If a ditch Is required in the roadside opposite a gate, the path master may be obliged to convert it at that point into a sluiceway, with stone or tile passage for the water. An underdrain beside the road, three feet deep, with good outlet, is the best way to improve most poor roads. But whatever the method adopted, the farmer should see to It that road Improvement does not obstruct gateways that he has to use. Peed Sowing. ’The usual failure in getting seeds to grow is from sowing them too deeply in tiie earth. If it were possible to keep the seeds dark and moist, they would be all the better from being sown absolutely on the surface. Ew ery one familiar with forest growth must have noticed how forest-tree seeds, which simply fall to the earth and are covered by the few leaves or 1 tiie remains of grasses, germinate without difficulty. In cherry trees, es- * peciatly, the stones which have fallen ' fiom the tree, lying on the surface all I

winter. sprout and grow rapidly when spring time comes, and yet cherry seeds from the same tree, collected by the seed sower, sown in the way in whmh seeds are usually sown, frequently fail to grow. In order to have seeds as near the surface as possible and yet protected againM drying up the great prince of American practical gardeners -the late Peter Henderson-recom-mended for planting vegetable seeds that the garden line should first be stretched along in the direction where the vegetables were to grow, sprinkle the seeds along the line entirely on the surface, and then simply tramp them in the ground along the line. In this way no garden seed ever failed to grow if it were good, and garden seeds are generally good, for it has been found that even old seed, if guarded against extreme heat or moisture, will continue to preserve its vital power for an indefinite period. Still every purchaser desires to get seed as fresh as possible. If the suggestions given are borne in mind there will be very, seldom complaints about the failure of garden seeds to grow.—Meehan’s Monthly. Cultivating Orchards. Many people who plow their orchards In spring fail to get the full benefit this cultivation by not continuing

It through the summer. All fruit growers understand that when the orchard gets into bearing it should not be cropped. But if because there is no crop growing the orchard is allowed to grow up with weeds, these are more apt to rob the soil of what the tree roots require. It is uot, however, fertility that the orchard most needs, it is moisture. The object of cultivation in the orchard is to keep the surface mulched, so that all the rains that fall will sink into the soil and be retained. Very shallow cultivation, repeated after each rain, will keep the soil beneata always moist, for it will prevent the growing of weeds which suck out all the moisture as fast as rains bring it to the soil.

Smut on Sweet Corn. Every one has noticed the fact that smut is much more prevalent, on sweet corn than on that grown in tiie field for feeding. Not only are the stalks of sweet corn more tender and Juicy than those of the ft-'bl grain, but the harvesting of the sweet corn is always done by breaking off the ear when it is in its most succulent condition. Os course a single case of smut propagates rapidly under such conditions, especially if the picker feels of eadi ear to judge whether it is in tit condition tor use. The pressure of tin- ear which this method of judging involves bruises the stalk and gives opportunity for the smut spores to propagate. In too many gardens swwl corn is grown in succession. It is not an exhaustive crop, and were it not for the smut, the practice of growing it in succession would not be a bad one.

Fruit Better than Coke. Used in moderation ami wb a fully ripened fruit will do no harm to anybody. The fitful appetite of children often calls for something between meals. In the city it Is often responded to by the too indulgent parent by giving a piece of pie or cake. A healthy boy will digest almost anything if he has plenty of play to keep him active. But even the healthy boy would fare much better if he were given a ripe apple or pear or peach. It is a matake to suppose, as most people do, that these are hurtful in hot weather. All that is needed is that tiie skin bo removed and that the fruit be fully ripe. Green fruit is acrid and astringent. It often causes colic ami bowel diseases. But well-ripened fruit eaten with moderation is good for everybody.

1 h ' Turn! p I iel<L If farmers would realize how many bushels of turnips can be ra sed from an acre, and their value as substitute fur Lav in wintering sheep and cows, • ’ -Uhnnf nt least uaif harrowed seed-bed. For an acre, mix thoroughly half a pound of seed with 200 pounds commercial fertilizer, ami

I sow with phosphate attachment of n i grain drill. Nothing mere is necessary, , I except, perhaps, to roll the ground’ ■ i Last year, from an acre prepared as I j stated, 1.050 bushels of turnips were [ i taken. rhe Tribune. Sowing Knpe io Com FielUa. An idea which we have lately seen I suggested is that of sowing rape In the cornfield after the last cultivation. A farmer who tried It last year says ‘ that his land was fertile and the season moist. The cost of seed and sowing he estimated at thirty cents per । acre. When the corn was cut the raj>e had reached a height of about eighteen ! inches and the sheep were turned into । the tie.d. He believes it was worth $2 per acre to sheep, in addition to which the rape thoroughly smothered the weeds. As the rape is killed by the winter there is no danger of Its troubling one the next season.—lndiana Ea rm er. at Benn Wanted. With all the abuse that may be heaped upon the fat hen because she does not lay, she brings more in market than any other kind of poultry except the turkey, and at times the difference In favor of the turkey is very little. An the consumers are willing to pay good prices for fat hens, It is best to sell them i;s soon as they cease laying If in a very fat condition, as the time required to get such hens to the proper condition for laying again may be weeks or even months. The best time to sell is when you have the article the consumer requires, and at the present time the fat ben Is in demand.—Portland Transcript.

It Is a mighty poor plan to keep scrub stock upon high priced land. Dorset ewes have been known to produce as many as six lambs at a birth They are enormous miners and good mothers. For raising lambs for marketing at about three months old no bleed is better than the Dorset. The mutton of the older sheep is, however not so good as that of some other breeds.—New York Sun. Timothy on ; amir Soil Timothy grass is often sown on sandy soil, not because it is esjwciallv adapted to it, but because sandy soil is not easily seeded with anything, and timothy, which can be sown late in summer and all through the fall, succeeds rather better than the grasses and clovers sown in spring. All sandy soils are deficient in mineral plant food. Timothy does not require much, either of phosphate or potash, until its seeds begin to form. It does not need oneyuarter ns much of these minerals or of lime as does clover, and as its roots run near the surface, it Is manured chiefly by the ammonia gathered by falling rains in their passage through the air. When once seeded with timothy, the grass will remain in sandy soil until it Is starved out, and mosses take Its place.

CABINET IS MADE UP. SAOASTA’S AIDS IN THE SPANISH MiNIST Rf. One of Its Members Discloses the Poliev of the Liberals Spain’s New Premier Credited with Threats Should Uncle Sam Make Demands. Bold Talk Is Indulged. The new Spanish ministry is constitut''senor's^ President of the Council of Ministers. _ . Senor Gallon, Minister of Foreign • fairs. Senor Groizard, Minister of .lustier. General Coriea, Minister e.f \\ ar. Admiral Bmim jo. Minister of Manno. Senor ruigeerver. Minister of 1 nmnee. Senor Uap'lepim. Mimstm ut ' " 11 "count Nigmma. Minister of Public, Works. Senor Mmet, Minister for the Colonies. The ministers after an informal meeting proceeded to tile palnCC and took the With In Madrid the cabinet is regarded as^ fairly strong, although some disappoint* - men! is felt that Senor Gnmm Senor Maura. Senor Armijo and others who had been looked upon as probable niem-

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hers arc m-t melded. It is understood that Sunot Maura, ulrn (he author of ih.' tn*: Cuban honu mb bill. t.ia* hecmld not net 'GiMa. mrily with Smior Morel, while Senor Gamazo. nho a pre-cm <’ migU imply a leaning towafd thv Maura scheme . f i.-fora;*. (Nmstqtiently At a < I’dm • < .to il it d- ■ ides! to

I it Si i"j Am S..’vndor, mint.trr Vi a.muaaaa: i . A xpe. . I (le.p.. It M.’tA , Cd in London gtv. ■ Ho suUmtee ■ . ■„ [ intel Hew between a ls< m .paper c 0,., new Spanish cai Im t. The latter is qnotM।' d.al M ■’ ■ !r?wo TL-se ihe cram ’ * i - ' J 1 e ) I ’ • .' ■ or the f'libui <!ubt inrhuhp*’ ih* ihr* th. Ui U 4 »l ; » . *r T ’I ' : b<-; v. . . •I , | j s - )( ( j t'uba. and th !■ f >!■ < r r„ r F . . . ' lht n ' - ■ p le-'d to kite .aid t was impossible that ' ' ■ Premiers ■ uld

HUNDRED HO?.4ES burn. •Ki Hundred 1 afor 111 natc I’ctsons Deft M it bout Shelter. A' Au-iim I*, . br)(kp „ nt Monday anenu.m, a; 2:45 in W. cdN n ve ry barn m binii’r .UtM. in five hours’ time miiding m town but live was burn1 T‘"J*I*' 1 *' —'mm!. 1 irm r street was the : residcme street of the town, and probabb 500 ...p, . llv homeless. The ■'■ii dby a lead of hay being run mlo a gas jet. 1g a]). about 1(N) )„p] ( i ings ‘ mostly re-.de:wcs. among Jie m--s b< mg i IC Meth di-t Church. I resby teriau < hm< ii, opera house, Meb.h’s m<at market. Hellwig’s drug dore. Gallups livery ami Weed’s livery. 1 Im hiss is placed by insurance expert! al from Slsu.(HMt to $290,(J00. The towj^ w" ■ pin.-: ■. ally without water supply, th- .. • : ' oi< > ..i .me boon dr-iim’J^ I

SIX KILLED Ai A CROSSING. I’avenger Train X car Willow Springs Mo., Strik-s a Wagon. A Fy ' “"“r t.am on the Kansas Citv ‘ Wf a: > “^ayranS “ , ' * "U am ng seven persons 8t , 'co, ; cut, titre. miles north of Wit. iow Sprm-s. i Mantly killing six anl iu db injuring the seventh. 'The (r . \ “91" d ami the remains of u le brought in. fondm. ’"i Hal!.। way -.ays propt r signals f , r -ios. mgs were given, but they were n ‘ / 1: ' ! ’m crossing is considered < w toe most dangerous m the country -r> 1-- ’‘skilled live 1 in Texas County, ,l!11 '' "b ” "A' l<> Aikansas 5 cotton. Ws Sparks from the Wires. rSS^wu"" The accounts of ex-Postmaster Sim Hamilton, Mich., who recently disM.,,' ed, have been found short. ‘‘HarTwo masked highwaymen held n n Boonville stage near Ukiah, Cal ( > > IL Barnett, a passenger, was shot bv ' ’ of the robbers and instantly killed. ° lle A deal has been closed whereby o negie obtains control of the big Norrie • ore mine owned by the Metropolitan 0 ?* 0 * 1 and Land Company of Milwaukee * r ° u

°FFICIALS are not surprised. I'all of Spain’s Cabinet Apparently Expected in AVashington. It cannot be said that the fall of the ^Panish cabinet caused surprise among the officials of-the State Department or among the members of the diplomatic forps in Washington. A careful inspection of the cable news for the past few Weeks had left the general impression that the cabinet erected in haste after the assassination of Premier Canovas could not be expected to survive long, there were several reasons for this exP e Ctation, but. perhaps the principal one "as the belief that Ihe dissensions among the supporters of the Government caused by the personal encounter between the Duke of Tetuan, the minister for foreign affairs, and one of the leaders of the dissident conservatives, Senator Comas, had not been healed, but bail been only bridged over temporarily. The dissident con--Berv.atives at the time insisted uinm the r,, signation of the duke as a condition of tt*ir further support of the Goveriunent. As the Government depended not upon a ■ j^niogencous party, but rather upon a Ukion of various elements generally opMsed to liberal ideas for its existence, tji s w n ' > 11 threatening condition, and a averted only through strenuous conservative leaders. ^ll^^etary Sherman does not believe it will materially affect the relations of Spain either to the United States or to Cuba, which seems to indicate an expectation on his part that the new cabinet will bo found to bo still of a conservative tendency. On the other hand, high officials in the administration expect that a liberal cabinet will be erected. If this should be the cnse the future is held to bo full of promise for Cuba, f<»r it is recalled that the liberals have not hesitated to express their opposition to the great expenditure of human life and vast treasure in the effort to carry out the repressive conservative program for the conduct "t the war. It is not b'divved that the liberals are prepared to go to the length of promising freedom to Uni a, but from the expressions of the lea<«»Ts <•( the party is it hoped that they are willing to grant so liberal . measure of home rule and autonomy to the island that of Spanish sovereignty nothing would remain save a shred in the way of a few preferential duties, and jmthups the power < f npp enting some officiali WrresqiomliiiK to the governor general of Canada, named by the British crown.

BIG FIRE AT WASHINGTON. Million Dollar Conflngration Visits tbc Niitional Capital. In Washington, !>re broke out in the central v w r stnvmi of ihe Uapi’al Trnctkn Company a f. w minutes l-efme 11 minutes the magnificent six story etructurv v. as d., im< <L The building occupies the entire Ido. k from ITim'ilvatim avenue to U Mrvvt and from IbirLe.n and One half -tr.. tin Uourb milh street The bi xze started n the -mthw. st c< rncr iwd dXit’ the e« rts of th. entire fire de-

~m . rt oi < w :id through the enormous building. The heat was so in- | tense ’bit the u-U were driven from the I am sfe. ts. When it became evi-’ > ' l /-tr.'n’h street ><• was ur beat tbw* ' •■■i.l n • get nitam rea. h of the burning i buildings. They Were driven back foot by L.ot uu:j ih,- .tr.arns from the hose I pipes eoald not tea-h tin tire. Tim entire • lire department wa- on the none, but so ! In r. «■ n..s the < .i.dak-.item that their ft- j f<>rt. were fa; •. ’| h, power house was ■ built Lur years ..go, l t was six .tories In he ghf. an I besides . „n'aining the power p.ant of the 1 imsylvama avenue lines «»f the • npital 1 rnetmn < mpany was ;

The walls began to fall by 12 o'clock, and who Dr d. ■ ''ing heat the firemen prop. : i». Two hours after the first alarm I was given tie huge bidding was reduced 1 a ‘ ( ' Willes, mid to tm* exte;.: of > . >:|y a million dollars had been done. The I ,s on adjoining buildings will not Ls Urge, as those burned are old and small. At one time the offices of the mtheru Raih, y were threatened.

but prompt work by the firemen checked the dames. FEW LEADERS PRESENT. X cry Slim A t tendance at the Chicago Labor Convention. The much-advertised national labor convention in Chicago was not as well attended a gathering as had been expected, as the original call for the convention had been rescinded and many big labor organizations that had been expected to be represented were not in evidence. Among the labor men present were Frank Egger, national secretary and organizer of tin- Hotel ami Restaurant National Alliance ami Bartenders’ National League; J. A. Ferguson, D. M. MacDonald ami E. Role of Butte, .Mont.; M. I’. f.’wr’i<k and W. A. Klinger, Pittsburg; B. It. Creeden, Wallace, Ida., and many wpresentatives of local reform organizations. Many of those present said that President Gompers of the American Federation

of Labor was to blame for the interfer- j once of the arrangements of the original j call for a monster convention. They said i the statement issued by Gompers advis;ng all labor organizations to keep away . from the convention was the result of - Jealousy, Gompers feeling aggrieved bet cause iiis name was not signed to the call. 1 | Notea of Current Events. । Eive men met death from “black damp’’ i in the Jermyn No. 1 mine, near Rendham, l’a. Great alarm is felt, at Havana over

Minister Woodford's notes to Spain, and the Spaniards there are very indignant. A telegram was received qt Omaha from Muster in Chancery Cornish, fixing Nov. 1 as the date for the sale of the Union Pacific. The bronze monument that is to be erected in’Portsmouth Square to the memory of Robert Louis Stevenson, the novelist, has been successfully cast in San Francisco. The statue will represent a Spanish galleon under full sail. The Dawes and Creek commissioners have. concluded a treaty whereby the Creek Indians agree to allotment and a change in the form of their government Town sites are to be laid off where towns now exist and residents can secure title to their town property by the payment of 50 per cent of an assessed valuation of their lots, exclusive of improvement.

THE SUNDAY SCHOOL. INTERESTING AND INSTRUCTIVE LESSON. Reflections of an Elevating Character —Wholesome Food for TbougUtStndyins the Scriptural Lesson Intelligently ami Profitably. Lesson for October 10. Golden Text. "If any man suffers as a Christian, let him not be ashamed. — 1 Peter -1: I<>. Paul a I’r -om r at Jerusalem is ihejmbjeet treated in this lesion Acts 22: 1 7-30. The story of Paul's arrival at .leru<alem and the events preceding his arrest should be covered before taking up ihe lesson, melnding Acts 21: 17 22; 17. The apostle was kindly received by 1 leading members of the church, James . I the elders, who glorified God when they heard how great things had been accomplished in foreign lands. But they immediately proceeded to spoil the warmth of the welcome by bringing up the obi question of conformity to the Jewish ceremonial law. They represented to him that tlx news of his arrival would certainly stir up afresh this old controversy, supposed to have been settled at the council eight years be-

fore. In older to quiet these persons, the elder* suggested to Paul a means by which be might restore himself to a position of public confidence. This was to assume the expenses of completing the ceremonies connected with a Nazarite vow taken by four men who happened to be in the city. The purification of the four men who ■ had taken vows, At which ceremony Paul. ■j as their patron, participated, occupied i j seven days. Toward the close of that ■ ; period. Jews from Asin raised an outcry . ; against him in the temple on the charge ! ' of bringing a Gentile within the sacred f enclosure; the foundation tor this being - merely that an Ephesian had been with - hin in the city. The charge was one 1 adapted to excite the populace more than > almost any other could have done. In the r ’ riot that followed Paul would probably i’ ! have far. d badly had not the chiliarch, or • j colom l, of the Itoman cohort stationed at

the Bastß. of Antonin appeared on the seem', with a force of soldiers. He ar- [ rest. 1 I’aul, as the cause of tin* disturb- : an. .-, and took him to the castle for proI lection. On the stairs of the castle, overlooking the corner of the temple enclosure, ran! addle—, d the a— -mbled crowd. I Hi' nddt. v', an outline of it. is found i in Acts 22: 1 21. This was imleed a de- | f ii'c. but : f"i' i'i’ - purpose of restrainI ing the people from committing personal i vol* > ■ for Ua':l was alieady secure, for I the time nt least, against that d inger; j but it wax a plain narrative of his coni versi.'n, intended to explnin the reason I for hi, complete change of attitude since I the ..hl dav» of persecution, twenty years i ■ teaching the lesson, the first I part of Paul’- speech will of course be re-

; viewed. I "When 1 had return'd to Jerusalem": ’ th,-, e- the first ▼ i! to the city after his <‘onverxi*■ a, the one mentioned in Acts | i 2»>. The attempt to identifv h^s tr t \p-’ with not-d in » I • nothing to supper' ••"rrfs.it x.-von years .if.er I’auUs eonv. I'lon; and ih -f is m. !( 'embla'ice in Ln- • haracler of the two v isjoiis. Lor.l. they themselves know”: Paul I felt that to* ought to remain in the city where lie was so well km>wn as an enemy . of i brist, in order that the bad influence I of his former example might be counteraepsl. But the divine direction forbade this apparently reasonable plan. "Gentiles" was the word for which the crowd was waiting. Paul's Dtpposed ofteiisc Wa . defiling the temple by bringing into it a Gentile; and the word was the signal lor a renewal of the uproar.

' : throw ~f| tleir g-arments," rather, tosss’ . ed them about in their rage. ‘ I Ly>:as (the "chi< f captain’s" name was f.laudius Lysias, see 23: 2G) may have ’ j had to pay a great sum for his eitizen- , ship. Hat it was sometimes cheaply ’ i bought, under the Emperor Claudius anil - | some ot his successors. The priv/leges atj tacho ! to citizenship were important, es- > । pci i:;l!y as a protection against unlawful I arrest or punishment. Few were the | courts or governors who dared to disre- • gard this plea when made by a prisoner I held without cause. \ erres, the notorious [governor of Sicily against whom Cicero ' directed one of his most powerful orations, was one of those few. Paul's hearing before the .Sanhedrim, narrated in the following chapter, is properly a part of the lesson; and his courteous apology to the high priest, and shrewd device for setting Pharisees and Sadducees at cross purfioses, are very interesting indications of character. Several reasons have been offered to explain why Paul did not recognize (he high priest When he first spoke—his long absence from Jerusalem, his short-sightedness, the confusion of the crowd, etc. At any 1

rate, he made full apology for his disrespect when he learned of it. Paul could respect an office even when he was unable to respect the man who filled it. Teaching Bints. A diagram of the temple will be useful j in explaining the position of the castle to | which Paul was taken; also that of the I barrier -eparating the Court of the Gentiles from the main temple structure, which it was forbidden for Gentiles to cross under penally of death. Paul’s obedience to heavenly visions is j shown in tills address as well as in that delivered before Agrippa. He was a practical men with the spiritual insight of a mystic- a rare combination. Paul claimed his righls >m-h as that of citizenship when it seemed proper for him so to do. M e cannot say why he did not always so protect himself .against vio-

I lienee. Doubtless suffering was sometimes i his best service to the cause which he i preached. i Next Lesson -“Paul Before the Roman Governor.” Acts 21: lo 25. This and That. There are now four times as many wire nails made as cut nails. Two sexton beetles will bury a mole in an hour, a feat equivalent to two men interring a whale In the same length of time. A form of clothing known as knee cuffs is said to be used quite generally in France by alt classes during the winter. It is a woolen cuff for the knees, much the same as in England yi Fom around the wrists.

INDIANA INCIDENTS. RECORD OF EVENTS Or THE PAST WEEK. An Important Document RecoveredBurned the Editor’s New House— Grew Corn from Old Seed - Suicide at M uncle. Sustains the Glass-Cutters. Ten years ago the original articles of amalgamation of the blowers, gatherers, cutters and flatteners into the Window Glass Workers' National Association were Stolen and have been missing ever since. The present division, which has resulted in tiie cutters and flatteners withdrawing from the original organization and asking for a receiver, is on the question of the equalization of wages, th** blowers demanding 15 ]ht cent more increase than they will allow the cutters and flatteners. By strategy the eutt. rs secured the articles of agrectnent and they are now held in Anderson. Section 1 stm tains them, as it states all agree to profit . or lose equally in advance and reduction. । This paper will place the $200,000 in the > treasury in their hands. All window glass plants are tied up by tins complication.

Breaks His Silence. A revord-breaking fake was exploded at Anderson when John Shipley was convicted in the Circuit Court and sentenced to a year in the penitentiary for highway robbery. He pretended to he deaf ami dumb and did not speak a word during hi> fight with the officers. When his ease eamt* to trial he appealed to the Epworth League to help a poor deaf and dumb man. who was falsely accused. Ihe league did so. At the trial Shipley gave his testimony in writing. Up to the time the jury returned a verdiet, twenty-nine days from the time of his arrest. Shipley had not betrayed himself. When sentence was pronounced and he had read it, Th* nodded his head, smiled ami left the court room. When ho reached the court house steps lie opened his mouth, and in English. Erem-h, German. Si>ani>h and a half-dozen oilier languages swore at ev-

eryone in sight. Five Years for Attempted Murder. Ai Rochester. Elijah Campbell was found guilty of attempting to murder William Blackburn and wife, and was sentenced for five years in the penitentiary. The Blackburns are over 70 years of age and hold a life estate in a farm owned by Campbell. Ibe night of July «»1 Campbell went to ihe old peoples home ami built a lire against the house, and when they were awakened he tired a load of buckshot into the bedroom. Enlarging Their Capacity. The American tin plate factory at El- ‘ wood has begun the construction of two ji w hot mills, which makes twenty nulls all told. An additional bar mill and an-

nealing room are also being erected. he NL-Cloy lamp chimney factory. Elwoods last idle industry, has resumed operations aiwdsc^nTr’ST^^TrT'T, a rTesTo 1 ???^*^, L_i-,n >ome of the I r.-hi. t-.icy corn found in a mound in Arizona a couI ''■* .'' ars ago. she ears of corn ra>»y: are ~t ordinary size and the grains a duty brown color. The stalks average about two cars each. Takes His Own Life. Samuel J. Atkins, .me of the best known and highly respected men in Muncie, committed Stueide by sending a bullet through firn brain while seated in a ehair He was B 2 ytars old. Killed by a Friendly Blow. David Wurth was killed at Indianapolis by a friendly blow on the chin bv his

friemL Robert Covle. Incendiary Fire at Warsaw. Imi ndiaries burned the new resideme oi Logan \\ ilhams of the Times, at Warsaw. Loss. X2.P00. All Over the State. 1 he last crop bulletin of the season announces that the Indiana corn crop will fall below that of last year. William McMath. Thomas Dill, John < avitt, Jr., and George King, all of Rushville, expect to start for the Klondike in the spring. J hieves have carried away almost all the foundation of the Mcßride school house at Jeffersonville, and it is in such a condition as to be unsafe. Henry Louden, a farmer living near Melbern, committed suicide by taking p.iison.^ His body was found in the barn by his i-j ear-old son. No cause is given. Nearly 400 members of the Porter-Lake County Veterans’ Association attended the fourteenth annual reunion at Valparaiso of the association, which numbers about 700 members.

The State Auditor has completed the footings of the assessment of all classes of property in Indiana this year. There are 22.435,182 acres of land* assessed at $453.457.733. as against 22.401.<113 acr -s assessed at $453,125,550 lasi year. The average valuation an acre is $20.21, as against $20.22 last year. The improvements on the land are assessed at ?83,‘'98.5G1. as against $82,705,721 last year. The Jots of the State arc valued at $150,218,220, as against $150,101,305 last year and the improvements on the lots are asessed at $1G2,8!»2.38!>, as against SISG,282.730 last year. The personal property is valued at $278.324,;183. as against $277,083,905 last year. The total value of lands, lots, improvements and personal property is $1,128,G21.88G. as against sl.120.302.020 last year. Tile State Board of Tax Commissioners assessed the pr0p- ..... *• r. i . j. i a. i

? erty of railroads, wh-graph and telephone , I companies, sleeping ear companies and express companies at $1G0,3G9.827. making a total value of property for the purposes of taxation $1.289,191.713. The valuation is the highest in the history of the State. Many farmers in the vicinity of Hagerstown, v, ho p anted their wheat at the usual seeding time, find that there was sutlieient moisture to cause the germ to sprout, but not enough to sustain the life of the plant, and in consequence the wheat will have to be planted over. John M. Sellers, aged 7G. was found dead in bed at Darlington by neighbors who were attracted by the odor from the house. The body was swollen to twica its size. I here was a red hot gas stove burning in the room. Mr. Sellers lived alone ami had mq been seen for several days.