The Syracuse Journal, Volume 1, Number 22, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 24 September 1908 — Page 6

Syracuse Journal WALKER & FANCIL SYRACUSE, - k IND. Busybodies are really riever busy. Keep your own counsel and you’ll peed no lawyer. Money is the golden net in which suckers are caught., The hopeful man usually has the least cause for encouragement. One actress has done her part in elevating the stage by going up ih a balloon. This country should have better roads, with fewer jumping-off places 1 for automobiles. It ta.kes two to make a bargain./and usually one of these has his suspicions about its being one. A Pennsylvania man is going to quit amoklrig at ninety-six. He desires to live to a ripe old age. Two years’ savings his enabled a couple to return to Hungary and settle down for the rest of their lives. Serve them right. Chauncey Depew says over-eating has killed more persons than drinking too much. But even if true, isn’t overeating a slower process? Lovers will never admit that poverty " justifies desertion, firmly believing that two canj live on the same Income that supports ] one in single blessedness. A Los Angeles widow has, by marrying again, given up her chance to inherit $500,000. Think not of her courage but of that which lier new husband must possess. Dr, Wiley, the government chemist, believes better bread would reduce tit? numtier of divorces. If this Is the case better bread will not be welcomed in theatrical circles. New Jersey has an official dog catcher who has been bitten 3,000 times by dogs of different breeds. Nobody seems to have taken the trouble to find out what the effect on the dogs may have been. During the past year a $7,000,000 increase of money order business has been noted in Boston. Evidently the Boston folks who started out to see the world have been writing home for more money. An Indiana judge thinks the people of this, country have no right to be shocked by the directoire gown as long as women continue to lift their skirts when It rains. Another Daniel has corse to judgment. — , Americans are creating the real sensation in the airship line in Europe just now, and everybody is recognizing ft. There are something Intensely practical about an American inventor when be gets busy, which makes allthe world attentive. - The fashionable wedding journey for British Columbia couples is a tour of the coast. The Canadian Pacific railway has just added to its steamship service a “honeymoon boat’’ which has three hundred “honeymoon staterooms.’* There are' only thirty second-class berths on the steamer, since, of course, no bridegroom would accept inferior accommodations. Bachelors may use the cheaper quarters. President G. Stanley Hall, in an article in the American Magazine, gives American fathers something to think about. Writing of “the awkward age’’ of the boy, he says that in the period between twelve and sixteen the boy grows away from his mother, and needs the wise, guiding hand of the father. The father then has great'opportunity to mold the boy’s flexible, undeveloped character. Doctor Hall thinks the American father is not doing this, but Shifts the responsibility to school teachers and others. The proper bringingup of the boy is the finest work a man can do for himself and the state, and President Hall’s comments probe the underpinnings of home and nation, Because some boys in bathing on the Atlantic coast had appealed for help and then laughed at those who came to the rescue, another boy at the same bathing beach, taken with cramps a little while later, called vainly for assistance untl he went down the third time. Then some spectators saw that he was not Joking, and with great difficulty got him out of the water unconscious and saved his life. Other boys In other parts of the country have pot. been so fortunate, and the newspapers have several timejj this summer reported that the bather was drowned, as those who heard the calls for help thought they were only in fun. It Is the old story of the boy who called, “Wolf 1 wolf 1” when there was no wolf. How long will it take the boys, and the jnen, for that matter, to learn the lesion r A great portion of the public domain In poor land, worthless for farming purposes ; but, on the other hand, there are large deposits of coal, oil and other minerals of immense value and vast; forests that will furnish timber for gen-i erations to come. Naturally, such states as Montana, Idaho and Nevada

look upon tho public lands in their borders as the possession of their citizens. They are anxious to have the tracts divided and given to settlers, so that the population may be increased and the resources of the states developed. But the public lands* are peculiarly the possession of the nation and must be safeguarded as ah-. Important national asset. The time is past when they may be given to settlers by the thousand acres, fenced tn by cattle kings and appropriated by railroads. Stricter land laws and strict re-enforcement of them are evidences of the government’s intention to protect its lands and hold them in the interest of all the people.

Do you develop your strength, increase yqur reasoning power, your will power, your power of initiative? . Do you not only elevate yourself and hold yourself up. but also, have strength to help others? Are you a lifter? Or do. you, like the senseless lobster, remain high and dry r on the sand or among the rocks, waiting for someone to carry you to the sea, or for the sea to come to you, when by your own native energy you should boldly plunge in and ride the waves triumphantly? Do you, in considering every undertaking, look hesitatingly to the right or left for some advice, some support, some prop to lean on? It has been said that for every self-made man there are ten self-ruined ones. It is a safe guess that nine of the ten are leaners. The ranks of mediocrity—of the halfsuccessful —are crowded with people of fine natural abilities who never rise above inferior stations because they never act Independently. They are afraid to take the Initiative in anything —to depend upon their own judgment and resources—and so let opportunity after opportunity pass them by. They make fine plans, but leave them to be carried out by others; and then their only consolation is in saying: “I thought of it first.” Half a hundred claim to have been the first to Invent the railway airbrake. Only one had the. nerve to demonstrate its practicability. Thousands talked about an Atlantic cable, until one came forward and laid it. He lost a big fortune by failing at first, but made a bigger one by succeeding at last In every walk of life,are earnest, conscientious people who are disappointed that they do not get on better and who wax eloquent over the injustice that confines them to inferior grades, while others with no more natural ability are constantly advanced over their heads. Analyze these people'and you And their real trouble lies In their lack of independent action. They dare not make the slightest move without help Or advice from some outside source. They lack confidence in themselves. They do not trust their own powers. They have never learned to stand squarely on their own feet,' think their own thoughts and make their own decisions. The price that must be paid for this shifting of responsibility is a heavy one—the loss of a kingdom. We volun tarily abdicate the throne of personality, resign the priceless privilege conferred upon every human being in this civilized land—the right to think and speak and decide and act for himself.

Th« Prayer of Cyrus Brown. "The proper way for a man to pray,” Said Deacon Samuel Keyes, “And the only proper attitude Is down upon his knees.” “Nd, I should say the way to pray,” Said the Rev. Dr. Wise, “Is standing straight, with, outstretched arms, And rapt and upturned eyes.” “Oh, no! no, no,” said Elder Slow, “Such posture is too proud; A man should pray with eyes fast closed And head contritely bowed,” “It seems to me his hands should be Austerely clasped 'tn front, With both, thumbs pointing toward the ground,” ' .<■ Said the Rev, Dr, Blunt. “Last year I fell in Hodgkin’s well Head first,” said Cyrus Brown,— “With both my. heels a-stickin’ up. My head a-pintin’ down. “An’ I prayed a prayer right then and there— Best prayer I ever said, The prayingest prayer I ever prayed, A-standing on my head,” —Quebec Chronicle. Financial Poetry. An unusual album was presented to Willis Clark, brother of Lewis Gaylord Clark, a poet, on one occasion, with a request for “some rhymes.” Mr. Clark was at the house of a farmer, and the man’s daughter had turned an old account book into an autograph album in which were inscribed the names of her various friends and relatives below appropriate sentiments. Mr. Clark saw his opportunity, and after turning over the leaves for a moment or two he took a pen and wrote the following verse: £ s. d. This world’s a scene as dark as Styx, Where hope is scarce worth 2 6 Our joys are born so fleeting hence That they are dear at 18 And yet to stay here many are willing, Although they may not have 1 —London Graphic. Think SoT We know what Sherman said of war. I know a clerk Who claims that saying is by far More true of work. —St. Paul Pioneer Press. Hardly any man is clever enough to know how important be isn’t.

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CAUSES OF INTERNATIONAL DISPUTES. By Baron Takabira.

_ A careful study of the International ; disputes establishes that they arise ' almost as much, if not more, from j the Internal conditions of the coun- ? try affected as they do from the con:lict of outside interests. It is ape- ; collar feature of such questions that ! where they occur there are almost ■ always signs of disorder, retrogresI sion or misgovernment. In this respect political observation B somewhat resembles meteorological observations. The rain comes down

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bakoa takahika. fr oin where there are clouds. International disputes develop where there are undesirable conditions of life. ' I do not, of course, mean to say that the less modern or the less organized States are in the wrong in all international questions. On the contrary, there are cases In which such countries deserve sincere sympathy; but it is an undeniable fact that the leas modern or the less organized States present more frequently a cause of public anxiety on account of international disputes, and it may be reasonably questioned whether the unsettled . condition they present, politically, economically or otherwise, does not frequently lead to such disputes. MAN THE CREATURE OF ENVIRONMENT. By Ada May Krecker.

Even in the simpler, even in the simplest, matters, but let a phenomenon recur or persist and its results are foreordained to ramify surprisingly and to waft unforeseen effects into unexpected places. Os this the everyday soot of an everyday city supplies a case in point. Its influences on clothes and complexions and atmosphere and petty ease doubtless have been ventilated more or

less by most dwellers in city tents beyond the belt of anthracite. But if pursued by some of our Parisian psychologists and statisticians who rev.el in infinitesimal analyses and who delight in adding to numbers golden numbers, the results accruing from city smokefulness might acquire gigantic bigness. There might be traced in the several members and organs of our bodies the diseases bred by the grime, wfid there might be discovered a Chicago lung, a Pittsburg skin, a St. Louis eye. From an enforced and prolonged absence of beauty ’tis but a step to the loss of taste and the esthetic sense. But here the psychologists take up the. tale, averring, besides, that somber hues make a somber man. They rate all dark hues as depressing, deadening, enervating, the light and brilliant colors as energizing, vivifying, exalting. To the dark occult .psychologists add the malignance of

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In the old times the thirsty soul—or body—solaced itself with plain water or With lemonade. The chief variation upon tMs was iced tea and once in a while iced coffee. These were the only beverages open to the drinker of temperance habits. We have improved upon that sort of thing and have introduced “soft” punches, in which pur old friend, lemonade, while still serving as a foundation, would not recognize itself. Tea, too, is metamorphosed, although hardly improved, and other mixtures of which we did not dream In earlier days are taken as a matter of course. The house where the pleasantest welcome and the best and most refreshing thirst-quenchings are offered is likely to be the one to which the young people will flock, and we need not fear that our boys and girls will wander off to undesirable associations while they know that good things, both spiritual and physical, await them at home. None of the drinks given below contains liquor of any sort. Iced Tea Punch. Make Iced tea and turn it into a punch bowl, on a big lump of ice. Add to a quart of the strong tea a tablespoonful’ of lemon juice, a bottle of apollinarls water and sugar to taste. Cut thin slices of lemon and let them float on the surface of the punch. When they are in season a few strawberries or cherries or a bit of pineapple may be added. Ladle out and drink in tumblers. . » Orange Sherbet. Peel and squeeze eight large oranges and two lemons. Put the juice of the oranges into a bowl with a small cup of granulated sugar. After it has stood 10 minutes, and the sugar is well melted, add a tablespoonful of minced pineapple, and after standing a few minutes longer pour upon a block of ice in a punch bowl. Just before serving turn in a quart of apollinaris. Fruit Punch. Make a foundation of a good lemonade, allowing five lemons to a quart of water and sweetening to taste. To each quart of the lemonade allow half an orange, sliced, a tablespoonful of pineapple, cut into dice; a small banana, sliced, and a handful of cherries or strawberries or raspberries. Let all stand half an hour before serving, . and tarn into a punch bowl or

hatred, selfishness, suspicion, jealousy, greed, and their nearest of dreadful kin. Those who live always amid sunshine and balmy breezes are readily crushed by the first outburst of storm, whereas the sterner hearts, destined to rise only in face of difficulties dire and dangers, grow a rude, robust obstinacy and forcefulness that stand their success in good stead. Sc the Parisian may conclude that, albeit a sorry blight on our sunless cities, the smoke in divers times and places has blown us some small measure of good. WOMAN’S DISCOVERY OF HERSELF. By Rev. William Bastard.

to influence the world for good or evil. Many young girls have gone into commercial life, and they have gained success through punctuality, being industrious and mindIng their own business. The woman who minds her own business is to be praised and respected. More girls go Into society. The trouble with our American mothers nowadays is that they try to fit their daughter only for her society entrance. It Is all right to be a society woman, but It is better to be a woman In society. We are emphasizing the word society too much and the word woman too little. COLLEGE STUDENTS WASTE TIME. By Chancellor MacCracken.

ation and prayers, and one-third to -work. Many college students, especially in the larger colleges, prefer to amend the third division. Their'allotment would be read thus: One-third to sleep, one-third to meals, recreation and prayers, meaning college prayers, when required, but instead of the one-third for work, substitute one-third for athletics, college societies, college politics, with just enough, attention to the demands of the faculty to keep the name of the student on the coilego roll.

-riarge pitcher with plenty of ice. Stir up well from the bottom before pouring out. Iced Coffee. Make your coffee clear and strong, and add to it plenty of cream and no milk. The best plan is, to have the

clear coffee in a pitcher and add cream and sugar as it is needed. To those who have never tried it let me say that there are many worse drinks on a hot day than good, clear coffee, served with plenty of ice and without cream or sugar. But the coffee must be of the best and freshly made —not' the leftovers of the breakfast beverage. Pineapple Lemonade. Boil two cups of sugar and a pint of water 10 minutes and then set it aside to cool. When it is cold add to it the juice of three good-sized lemons and a grated pineapple. Let this stand on the ice for two hours. When ready to serve add a quart of water, either plain or “charged,” and pour on a piece of ice in a punch bowl or in a large pitcher. Raspberry Shrub. For a foundation for this beverage one must have the old preparation of raspberry vinegar or raspberry royal. To five teaspoonfuls of this a quart of cold water must be allowed, and the mixture must be served with plenty of ice. If red raspberries to float on the surface of the punch cannot be procured, in their place may be used a cupful of shredded pineapple or a banana cut, into dice. Beads. Apropos of beads, etymologist* tell us the word comes from the rosaries which from time immemorial have been used to keep count of prayers, for “blddan” is to pray in thfe old Angle Saxon tongue, and “beadsman” is One employed to pray for .others. “Beodan,” to proclaim, is a kindred word and has its outcome in the “bidding prayer" of our universities, when pious founders are remembered to the edification of graceless undergraduates and in the “bidding” of an auction room, when one proclaims to what* price one is .willing to go. The tiny balls of wood or pearl or seeds or gems strung together for the purpose of counting prayers are used by Hindoo worshipers of Buddha, by Greeks, by Persians, by Roman Catholics. And from those prayer chaplets the word has passed to mean any pierced round ornament —Modern Society. ' “I don’t believe In that doctor.” “Wihy?" “He didn’t tell me everything I wanted to eat was bad for me!”— London Opinion.

One of the greatest discoveries of the past twenty-five years has been woman’s discovery of herself. She has reached that stage where she knows she Is not a doll, an angel or a slave, but a woman, and claiming her tights and privileges. Once, to be born a girl was to be born a nonentity; in this age to be born a girl means a bundle of possibilities, with a power

Four years of Intelligent, faithful work in the average college gives a young man a decided advantage in the work of the professional school; four years of , college, spent as the worst third of college students, especially In the largest colleges, prefer to spend them, is worse than wasted. Lord Bacon wanted students to allot their time, one-third to sleep, one-third to meals, recre-

CHECKING A BUNDLE. The Way the Tired Man Saved Himself Labor and Trouble. One day a man went Into a very big store. He had a heavy package with him. _ _ —-— —Not ih the sense you mean, smarties, but In the real sense. He had to go two blocks farther down the street and didn’t want to carry the package. So he decided that he would leave it in the check room. He asked a floorwalker who looked like a United States Senator, but who was a perfect gentleman, where the check room was. The. floorwalker said: “Threealslesoverdownstairsandoveron theWabashside.” He went there, wherever that was, and found he had made a mistake. He knew it was himself who had made the mistake, .for as nice a man as a floorwalker with a Prince Albert on couldn’t have made a mistake. Finally after he had, lugged his bundle thirty-two blocks hunting the check room, had found the check room and deposited his bundle, he walked his two blocks to the other place and was through for the day. Then he soliloquized: “How should I ever have got through or stood the wear and* tear of that long two blocks carrying that bundle? If it hadn’t been for the check room system, what could I have done?” —Chicago News. WHICH WAS RIGHT? See if You Can Untangle the Knots in This Problem. A young man named Enathlus desired to learn eloquence and art of pleading, and he bargained with Protagoras, the ancient Greek sophist, for instructions, agreeing to pay one-half of the fee down and the other half on the first day he gained a case. It took the young man so long to learn that his tutor came to the conclusion that he was delaying his start in business to avoid paying the other half of the fee, so Protagoras sued him for the money. When the case came up for trial Protagoras said to the young man: “You act most absurdly, young man, because in either case you must pay me. If the judges decide against you, you must pay, and if they decide for you you must pay, for’you will then have gained your case.” - _ “You are wrong,” replied the young man. “I will win either way. If the judges are for me, I will not have to pay, and if they are against me I will not have to pay, for this last was the very bargain between us—namely, if I did not win my case.” The judges considered the case inexplicable, and as they could not see their way to any decision they adjourned the case to a day that never came for any of the principals. On Protagoras’ side it was a case of losing when he won and on the young student’s side winning when he lost. People have no sympathy with a man who has been out of a job too long.

REVIEW OF INDIANA

The Wabash river at Huntington is the lowest it has been known to be in twelve years. W. G. Kist and T. W. Hess, of Warsaw, will establish a daily newspaper at Garrett. It will be called the Daily Press. It is announced that the chair factory recently moved to Evansville from Boyd, Wis., will start operations on November 1, with a force of 100 men.. The postoffice at Collins,, Whitley County, has been discontinued, and patrons are now served with their mail by rural carrier from Columbia City. The Warrick County Tobacco Growers’ Association has agreed to erect its warehouse at Tennyson, a small town in the eastern part,of the county, instead of at Boonville. Mrs. W. A. Jones, aged 70 years, the widow of W. A. Jones, deceased, a former well-known grocer of Bedford, fell from a stepladder at her home and received very serious injuries. . Docia Skaggs’, who lives south of Martinsville, took two doses of morphine with suicidal intent. She was saved by a stomach pump. A quarrel with her lover was the cause. Ligonier is suffering from an epidemic of diphtheria, and the schools have been closed temporarily. It is said that more than a score of cases of the disease exist in the little city. Special Judge Watkins, of the Huntington County Circuit Court, has set the third trial of. Charles Dunn, charged with the murder of Alice Cothrell at Wallen six years ago, for the 7th of December. The aged prisoner is now out. on bail. Steps are being taken, for the incorporation of a company to construct a trolley line from Kendallville to Ligonier and Goshen, with spurs to Albion and Rome City. Chicago and St. Louis capitalists, with the assistance of Kendallville men, are behind the project. After snapping a revolver at a dog several times and finallj' resorting to an ax to despatch the canine, August Smith, of New Albany, while examining the weapon to ascertain what was the matter with it, accidentally shot his cousin, Chester Lewis, in the shoulder. , ■'« W. F. Spangler, of Greenfield, has received a patent on an air lift pump that has been in successful operation at the waterworks plant in Greenfield for several months. The old Harris pump would lift 650 gallons a minute, but the Spangler pump easily lifts 1,200 gallons. A big rattlesnake den was found in an abandoned well on a farm near Grayville, 111., across, the river from Evansville. A posse of men attacked the snakes with clubs and guns, and, after killing sever'al hundred qf 'the reptiles, it was decided to “shoot” the hole with nitroglycerin, with the result that a fine flow of found, and the field will be more fully developed. ’ | The first load of new corn of the season has arrived in . Sullivan. It was grown by James Rouse, and sojld fori 76 cents a bushel. The .cornl was white and of fine quality: Thp corn breaks the record of the last twelve years for early corn and breaks the record -of price paid during the last twelve years for the first load ot corn. The price of wheat was. advanced to 91 cents a bushel —the highest level for years in this market. There is little wheat to be had, owing Ito the fact that farmers are holding for higher prices. ? Spring chicken is cheaper than beefsteak in Warsaw. Prices for I young dressed fowls are as low as 101 cents a pound. As a result of this poultry packers and large dealers are folding their stock. Many of them are fattening the chickens for the Thanksgiving trade. Beyer Brothers & Co.; who have packinghouses in various cities in Northern Indiana, are shipping thousands of young chickens, to t£he company’s pens at Rochester, to be fed and fattened until the market shows improvement. There is a prospect of plenty of turkeys this fall. Wilson Collins, former, cashier of a bank at Elkhart, was released from the Federal prison at Leavenworth, Kas., after a six-year sentence for ’violation of the national banking law. dbllins was sentenced at the same time with A. N. Brodrick, president of the bank, and Walter Brown, a financier, who borrowed heavily from the bank. The three men are brothers-in-law. Collins became a witness for the Government and testified that the bank lent Brown three times the legal amount. Brown and Brodrick have not spoken to‘Collins since, although they live in close quarters in the prison. Collins’ associates have yet several years to serve. Farmers in the vicinity of Princeton have practically finished plowing for wheat, the crop being late ip the planting, owing to the drought. The wheat acreage is larger this year than usual. An operation performed on Mrs. Philip Kratz, of Evansville, disclosed that the woman’s heart is on the right side, her liver on the left side, and tier spleen on the right side. The physicians who operated say her heart is H perfect condition.

Work was begun on 'the Huntingburg and Ferdinand line of railroad * last week. The contract to build the road was let to a Tei're Haute firm. Oscar Huber, aged 10 years, of Evansville, climbed a, tree to get a pet raccoon. The limb broke, and the boy broke his collar bone and sustained 1 internal injuries. Wheat Kern, aged 17 years, of Bed- r ford, while returning from a call on a young lady was waylaid at 4 foot crossing by Falmage Fender and! some companions, who intended to' play whitecap with him. Kern, however, shot into the ■ crowd and severely wounded r ender on the shinbope, Charles Small, when arraigned in Police Court in Evansville on the charge of wife desertion, said he had lost several jobs lately because of the fact that his wife insisted upon callingkj him up over the telephone every hair* hour while he was working and making love to him. He was discharged. Leslie Brown, of Hortinville, recently perfected and patented a magazine shotgun that will shoot fourteen, times without, reloading, at the rate of 150 shots a minute. The Remington Arms Company has offered Mr. Brown $5,000 for his patent, but he values it at several times that amount and will not accept the offer. In a divorce complaint filed in the Circuit Court at Anderson by Julia Lawson, 54 years old, against William Lawson, a well-known farmer near Anderson, she alleged that she tyas the sixth wife of Lawson; that they were married last January and separated last week. She charged him with elty. Mrs. Lawson returned to Tipton where she is well known. The Hartford City dairymen have increased the price of milk to 7 cents a quart, and cream 16 cents a quart. This is the second advance in price in six weeks, and it is now retailing at a higher price than ever before ih the history of the county. The advance is due to lack of pasture. Farmers say that unless a rain comes in a few days the potato crop, in the-County will be only half the average. But for his pleading that the woman desist Judge George G. Feldman, of South Bend, would certainly have been kissed in open court. Anna Bii- m chloz, the woman who attempted show her respect, not to say tion, for the judge, has been the charge of stealing a shoe from Three I railroad, st shoe is a piece oSH iron used on the brakes of a car, and the woman had taken the one in question to sell as scran iron. TJie judge dismissed the charge, and after expressing her thanks for saving her from jail the woman tried to kiss him. Arthur Ruffing, the 22-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Ruffing, was instantly killed at the interurban station at Delphi. The young man, in company with Harry Eldridge, who is ah electrician, was Inspecting the different wires in the power-house, and the latter, leaving the a few minutes, heard his companion cry out as if in pain. He returned in company with the agent, to find young Ruffing dead near the lightning arrester. A physician w ! as called and every effort made to revive the young man to no avail. It is supposed death was caused by contact with a live wire. The almost complete skeleton of a mastodon was. unearthed in Perry Township, Miami County, last week by ditchers working’ for John McClain. ' The huge head was discovered first,, and the workmen afterward proceeded to uncover the remainder cautioiisly in order to get the other bones without destroying them. Fred Fite, postmaster at Denver, whe is a taxidermist,, was sent for and he superintended the work of uncovering the skeleton. The bones, filled a big farm wagon and were taken to Mr. Fite’s home, where he will mount them. Twelve fivepound teeth were found and five of them in the jaws. This makes five mastodon skeletons found in Miami County within the last twenty years. C. M. Honey, a well-to-do farmer living in Fox Township, in Newton County, narrowly escaped death in an encounter with a bull recently, and had it not been for the timely action of hjs wife the man would haVe been either killed or bad y injured. Mr. Honey was in the feed lot, when the animal made a lunge .at him, knocked him down and attempted to gore him. Mr. Honey’s wife, who was standing near, saw the predicament of her husband, and, grabbing *a sharp hay ,fork, Tan to his assistance. She ran the,prongs of the fork into the animal so far that the bull bellowed for mercy. Honey ’Succeeded in arising, only to have the bull make another attempt upon him. Mrs. Honey was again effective With her fork, and finally, after a hard struggle, vanquished the animal. Arthur Palmer, aged 59 years, and for many years editor of the Worthington Times, and he oldest printer in the county, lost a finger while clean ing a job press at the office of the Lin ton Record. While cutting corn near Owensville Henry Kelsomer encountered a black snake measuring several feet in length The snake was in a fighting mood, but Kelsomer struck at it with his corn saber and severer, its head witlt the first stroke.