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KST • ‘^A^r PY^ 1 ‘/A »A;V 3, —Ht T® I 1 U? ‘ftv^ k 4*'W . S®g“S. (Lae “fc f /^NT^ ~ .&W> 1 ’ ' — .... , ■ ..r~. -<—■■ —--- Harrow for Rounlt I,and. While the average harrow, such as may be bought at any Implement store, does well enough on the average soil, something of different construction is necessary for stony or rough ground. The tool shown in the illustration is one of the best harrows possible to use on rough ground. The main feature of the tool is that it is hinged in the middle, so that in working around rocks ~ or mumps, -eit-hor side may be lifted and the obstruction easily passed. The lumber used is generally 3x3 material for the portions marked A, which represent all the top pieces, and Ix 3 for the piece marked B, the under portions or- braces. The coupling rod used in the middle is attached with hinges, as shown in the cut. The teeth _। - - \\Z> ' / \ HARROW FOR ROUGH LAND. are of the old style spikes, and the harrow can be easily put together by any one after the iron work is fashioned by the blacksmith. Build in sr Poultry-Houses. That the poultry house must be comfortable and free from drafts are the main essentials, and the word comfortable means that it should be light and free from dampness as well as of a proper temperature. The style of architecture is of little importance, except that it is best that the house be comparatlvelj r low and rather square in form, so that there will be little or no waste space. Whatever seems best as a floor, use, being careful, however, that there is no possibility of its being damp nor opportunity for vermin getting into the house. If of hoards, cover the floor with dmr_gand

—- '” > fll »V|. lliv. X&Vrwl *V iviA *1 I J I*i_f *•* and over that keep a litter of some k!nd~ all the time. Clean out the sand every month’or six weeks and till in with clean material. In lighting the poultry house see that the windows are so placed that the greatest amount of sun may be had and arrange so that they may be covered at night during the winter. Use newspapers freely as lining to the house, tacking them on in double layers, after first filling in all cracks. A house built after this plan, even of the cheapest lumber, will be all that is desirable. Cotswold Breed of Sheep. The illustration furnishes an idea of the Cotswold sheep, which are becoming very popular, as breeders understand that they require good care. As lamb producers they rank very high, while the fleece is heavy and of first grade. Considerable trouble has been experienced in raising the breed in some sections, for seemingly they were not suited to the climate. No trouble will be experienced in SLM' Hi If । 1 THE COTSWI LD SIU LP. this respect if the animals are given suitable quarters, where they may be free from wet and sufficiently warm ro that there is no danger of chilling. In some respects the result of crossing a Cotswold ram with ewes of other breeds, notably South Downs, gives a stronger animal than the pure-bred Cotswold. The length of the fleece, as well as other desirable features of the breed, make it well worth the attention of sheep raisers, at least for crossing purposes. Conditions Indicating Frost. On a still night the colder air, being more dense and consequently heavier, rests on the surface and surrounds the plants, thus increasing their liability to frosts. Owing to this fact a thermometer close to the ground will frequently read from five to eight degrees lower than one eight to ten feet higher. There are three essential conditions favorable to the formation of frosts. A clear sky. dry air and a still night, and when all are present at the critical period the result should not be in Joubt. To these, of course, must be added the proper date with a general air temperature sufficiently low to make frosts within the range of possibility. Winter Feed in a of Sheep. Many sheep raisers have an Idea that sheep should be fed succulent foods and a variety only for a few weeks before the lambs are dropped. This is a mistake, particularly when the economy consists of making the food for the early part of the winter try fodder. Sheep may ttxist on such

■ . SOS- -hr - rations, but they cannot thrive on them. As a rule, timothy hay is not good as a dry fodder for sheep. I have found my flock gave Vouch better re- i suits by using corn stover and feeding I liberally of succulent foods, such as - turnips and mangels mixed with : a little wheat bran. By this feeding . early In the season less grain is re- j quired, even at the time when it Is ; fed more liberally, two months before the lambs are to be dropped. It does not pay to work on the idea that the sheep have gathered on the pasture enough fat and muscle to carry them through several months on starvation rations. Machinery in the Wheat Field. The grower who raises a square mile or more of wheat is constantly looking for machinery that will lessen the expense of harvesting and threshing the crop. For this reason the machine known as the header lias come into favor within a few years. The header clips the stalks of wheat a few Inches i below the head of the grain, and no i binding is necessary. It cuts a swath i twelve feet wide. The four horses i which furnish the power are hitched ! behind, and they push the machine j into the field. A self-binder is drawn j by three or four horses and cuts a ! swath six or seven feet wide. A header will harvest forty acres a day, 1 while the capacity of a binder is fifteen acres a day. The cuttings are carried from the header, by an endless belt, to a header barge, which is driven beside the machine. When one barge is full it is driven to the stack and another takes its place. The advantage of a binder is that the wheat can be cut before it is.thoroughly ripe, as the ripening process will continue in the shock. Harvesting is often begun with a binder and finished with a header. A new machine which is being tested by the farmers is a combination binder and header. A header is indispensable when the wheat is short. It lessens the expense of harvesting, as the wheat goes at once into the stack, instead of being shocked and then stacked. —Review of Reviews. Money from Apples. One of the troubles with fruit-grow-ers who do not keep posted on the demands of the market is the idea they have that any sort of an apple will sell at some price. This is so as far as it goes, provided the fruit is properly graded, but when one packs all grades in the same basket or barrel, the chances are, nine out of ten, that the fruit will bring only the price of the poorest specimens. Tire most successful fruit growers have but two grades, and any fruit, particularly apples, that falls below the second grade, goes to

i• — * If this plan packing is done attractively, the two ! grades of fruit will bring in a greater profit than would be possible if all of the fruit was marketed with little or no sorting. Care should also be taken that the fruit is picked carefully; have each specimen go into the barrel with its stem on, but not with a twig which will injure the other fruit. Pruning Berry Plants. As a rule growers of raspberries and blackberries do their annual pruning in the fall, particularly if they follow the plan of summer pinching back. The idea is in fall pruning to cut back canes that are making a very rapid growth, which is not likely to mature before cold weather. If cut back in the fall, these canes will heal over and are not likely to winter-kill a great deal. In sections where the winters are severe and the canes are likely tc kill back during the winter, the fall pruning may not be desirable, unless, as stated, the growth is not likely to mature before cold weather. Under such conditions, the pruning may be left undone until spring, when one can readily determine how much to cut back by the length of canes that has been winter-knled. Farm Notes. The farms of the United States cover 841.000,000 acres and employ nearly 10,500,000 people. The total income of all American farmers last year was about five and cn?-balf mill! n dollars. ‘ The upper ear on the stalk for seed corn" re ms to 1 e the verdict from seme Rhede Island trials. Golden Bantam sweet corn is spoken of as a comp ara ively new small variety well suited to the home garden. It requires the labor of about ten millions of men and women for n n? months of the year to harvest all the crops of the worth Manitoba is the greatest wheat-rais-ing country in the world. It yields twenty-five bushels to the acre; North Dakota yields only thirteen. Kansas manufactures binding twine at her State penitentiary as a check on the binding twine trust, which has often advanced the price of twine 50 per cent at harvest time. The Minnesota twine plant, at the Stillwater penitentiary, in which half the prisoners are employed, sells twine to the farmers of the State at 2 cents a pound less than the market price of the trust. The seven million pounds that are to be produced this year have all been sold. An egg-laying race is in progress at the Agricultural College of Australia, in which the American Brown Leghorns | and the Australian Silver Laced Wyan- j dottes lead. At the last count the । Americans were five ahead of the Aus- i tralians. The Total number laid up to that date by these and other competing i breeds was 180. South Africa is now buying largely of Imported dairy products. During the six months ending June 1, 1901, 480,000 pounds of butter and cheese were imported into that country, whereas during a corresponding period in 1902 the amount was nearly doubled, and a steady increase Ln the yearly imports < may be expected.

SUNDAY SCHOOL | $ LESSON FOR OCTOBER 25. $ । $ EXPOSITION BY KICHAKD M. VAUGHAN. | David’s Joy Oyer Forgiveness. Psalm 32. Memory verses, 5-7. Golden 'Text —Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.—l’s. 32:1. The Happy Man. lie is the forgiven man, for “blessed” means happy. In this instance it is DaI vid. Uis humble and honest confession and plea was heard. God forgave his . dark sin and gave him back the old peace. Forgiveness has its own distinc- । tive revealing of God’s goodness, its ; own peculiar joy. Was it not Augustine who said of his sins, "Beata culpa,” hap- : py faults, because they were the occasion ! of a tender and compassionate manifestation of God? It may be perilous doctrine, but we can at least say what the Master said, “Iler sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she loved much; but to whom little Is forgiven, the same loveth little.” (Luke 7:47.1 'Hie joy of forgiveness stands in vivid contrast to the misery of impenitence. David’s very bones ached. There was no rest night or day. His soul was parched with the hot breath of drouth. There is no burden so terrible as the burden of a sin unrepented. Forgiveness means two things; reconciliation with God and romoval_y>f_£oE sequences. The first follows immediately ! upon penitence. There is nothing beI tween us and him. The penitent self I within us, eager for holiness, with all ! the potentialities of the perfect life, he | graciously accepts as our true self. And I he treats us accordingly. But the con- ! sequences of our sin are seldom romov- | ed at once. 'They require the action of remedial, counteracting laws, it is our i hope that some day the consequences of our evil deeds will be eradicated. We are certain they will be purged from our characters. They will be swallowed up in an infinite resultant. But perhaps they never will bo removed from the fabric of the life of others. David was restored to fellowship with God, but he never ceased to reap as he had sowed. : Nathan’s doctrine of forgiveness was | true. (2 Sam. 12:10,13.) The Condition of Forgiveness, It is acknowledgment, verse 5. To j our own selves we must acknowledge j the facts. There is no hope for any one i until he deals with realities. If need be, there must be acknowledgment to those we have injured. “If therefore | thou art offering thy gift at the altar,” , I said Jesus, “and there rememberest that i ; thy brother hath aught against thee, । j leave there thy gift before the altar, and | go thy way. first be reconciled to thy ; brother, and then come and offer thy j gift.” (Matt. 5:23-24.) Chief of all there . ■ must be acknowledgment to God. Not . I that we need to give him information, . I for he knows all things. The humble । । attitude of soul, the penitent prayer is I acknowledgment. Then? "If we con- ! fess our sins he is faithful and righteous ’ to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us 3 from all unrighteousness.” (1 John 1:9.) ? See also Proverbs 28:13. The Encouragement to Pray. 5 We find it in the loving kindness of God, verses 6-7. If God were stern, , unforgiving no one would pray. The t charter of prayer is the character of God. 3 It is to Helen Gould that appeals for i help are sent, not to Russell Sage. The ! former is known to be kindly and gen-

i- liR Winter is (iTTC-woTd TUTTm"" giness. We make requests to those only from whom we hope for favorable response. Prayer, however, is more than petition. It is also communion with God, abiding in him as a hiding place. There we are safe from the storms. The Premise of Guidance. It is the need which next follows reconciliation with God. verses S, 9. We may stray again into evil ways except God guide us. The energies of our new life need direction. The method of God's guidance is from within, not from without. The horse and the mule, from whom we are exhorted to differ, are guided outwardly by- bit and bridle, but we arc to be guided through instruction and understanding. In intelligent views, in moral impulsions do we receive direction. The eye of God upon us recalls ..some words of Mrs. Ballington Booth: “1 ^as sitting. 1 ’ said she, "in our room with m rf - r baby Hoy playing around mo. and hardly noticed how quickly it was growing dark until the lights were lighted. I found I needed for my work some pins which were on an upper floor, and I said, ‘Willie, darling, mamma does not feel well enough to go upstairs. Run up to her room; you know where the little tray is; there are some pins on it —fetch them to me.’ The child started. Outside the passageway was dark, and the lights were not lighted upstairs. My heart misgave me for a moment, but I thought, if that boy is to be a soldier I do not want him to be frightened by the dark. He came running back and said. ‘I can't go, mamma; it's all dark.’ ‘Willie,’ I said, ‘it isn't very dark; you are not going to be silly; nothing there can harm you.’ Again he started, put his foot on the first step, and then came back and said, ‘No, mamma. I can't go. it’s very dark.’ ‘Go.’ I said, ‘and as I hear your foot on each step I will count.’ I heard his foot on the first step, I counted one; I heard it on the second —two; four, five, six. seven—it was getting darker. I heard the baby voire say, ‘Mamma, are you (renting? TtT very dark.' ‘Yes, i baby,' I called back. 'I am counting.’ Eight' and soon I heard him rush across the hall to the room. Then there was a silence. Ho was such a little boy, suppose something there should frighten him. ‘Baby Willie.' I called, ‘have you foun 1 them?’ and he said faintly. ‘No, mamma.’ Again a pause. ‘Have you found them?' ‘Yes. mamma,' came the glad answer, and there was such a rush, such a hcßerskelter to the stairs, and though be called, ‘Mamma, are you counting?’ his stops came so quick I couldn’t have counted, and he rushed into the safe, light room all excited over his victory. Many a time I have been called to a place where I have said. ‘O Jesus, it is so dark!’ ‘Never mind,’ the answer has come, ‘go on; I will count the steps.’ ” Crescendo. David’s song ends with an outburst of praise. In contrast with the sorrows of the wicked is the joy of tho^o who trust God. Penitence does not mean settled dolefulness. It is a prelude to jubilation. Forget the canceled sin and be glad. Next Losson —David and Absalom. — 2 Sam. 15:1-12. Anticipation Vs, sCxperience. Old Gentleman—Do you think, sir, that you tire able to support my daughter without continually hovering on the verge of bankruptcy? Suitor—Oh, yes, sir; I am sure I can. Old Gentleman—Well, that's more than I can do. Take her and be I haopy.

RECORD 01 '’THE WEEK INDIANA INCIt lENTS TERSELY TC >LD. Find Keii<-s_of F 'ast Age —Expect to Make from Kindling—Bereaved SC n Hurry to Wed — Mother Is O\e ed. I ID ~~ — Relics ebistorie town inhabited by mound :rs have been discovered in Mootgoi ’ohnty. State Geologist Blatcheley ceeived samples of various articles c e says the collection is superior to in the world. It comes from the far" f T. H. Allen, which he and Wintonerbaek have been years in exploring, b’- i the course of their research, withew opening the mound tc any consider; ^ extent, they have dis* covered an a fifteen arrowheads, a ceremonial sto® and utensils for making bowstrings. TW, ax is a big one, much too large and tielding for use in war. This specimen ( almost perfect. The ceremonial story H* c relic that has taken the fancy ( ’ h e State geologist. It is a smooth pie \ of stone resembling a double-bladed a# with two grooves cut in the blades, but. »n uninitiated observer might take the sto 'ne for the petrified vertebra of some monster fish Mr. Blatcheley says he believes this to be the finest of the ■» the W0"ld. < _ Fortune of Kindling. " 'tteinTJ-ViWe4m_l Lietory of its kind in ’ 14 ant has been put in T n ? a ‘ chinerv is the inv 1 J’ 1 * " son. The kindlb » made into tubes, each <>f which „ to kindle a lire. Sawdust i USe * ln tl,e manufacture, with pine t. r a ° d oth l er substances. The plant emplo, ' abou * ! " rry meu aud is capable of tun. 600 gross daily. The owners of G, plant ex l’ wt “‘ike a fortune. Weds, Dei- "? fC Unbnrictl - Before the ch’* remains of his wife were interred n 9 Durensey, a farmer living near Heie se «ured a license to mnrrv Miss Mi_ Jnn ^ s ' Ih T "edding took place the ri V l61 ’ d , a - v - Guernsey s matrimonial e> ■' el,C 1 e las l ’ ecn unnsual. lie was '< la ^ ^’•eh, his wife charging 0 ;lty .’ she went bi,d < to him. Rec] ’’ slle lelt , a « !Un with W. W. Potter* " ant ( edl!r Loke - There she wa:} ,rUed to dealh 111 a ho ‘ tel fire. y Bereaved Kil,a Yardnmste^ ,rne ; tl,e ^^» ; ville and Terre 11° ? at lerre «as laid out bv a’f h ' va ]>»an and is unable to report foi^ J lls ' b ’; ; " lm-h had been in the U of , s Pending the day with him at . P yard 2 iCC ’ W:ls ,nalli ' festlv worrit by " s a hsen 7\ aild 1; ‘t« in the dav. J ,e J u, “i ,ed ~lto :l ™t of boiling p ‘J’ the ra . ,lroad ln ‘' n "“re convinced thg hecomimtte.l suicide. Halt- bedding in Vain. While' Ri' M1 - , Tayl " r " as nii ; '’THR: Charles I.a: •’ ’‘T ^ ar .' I-ocke m !<■> : kon^ the mri'Mftlm bride stopped the rcing| the bride, aged 17 to ceremony, tut ’’ l her room aj dl ; the guests and minister. 1 ^tHiowever the gnl es- . eapc.l bv a l ! f ddt J .' Vltl ' ,a,t *^r hat. - and the interiW.f Y V,>d( ‘“/t ' ized at a neighbF s ’ "h llO the mother ’ supposed the girl a 'J'"””' Finds LoYi k.ng Costly s A brem h s, "t "’as film by Miss i>h<* y- 'r-4-

*?’ j * ..X .g BbMNX)dam*T lor of Owe.. - me; . , . ages. Miss Gris- , ’ 2° o< ’ ^ nnl ’ V and has filed « “' t ' ters as pan oQ/ v,dcnce ‘ . a Briefs 8 ^ daPPeriin^ The conveiX .. of Imlinna Baptist churc hes at ' ing, " n ,P : ‘ tmns denouncing! »ator >mom ot I t .h. Fire at Indian/ 11. Armstrong C. m-h^.l.. dealers in surgical im nunents.to the amount of $40,000. * "Doc'' Martini “ Wi ' s . gadtv in Evans ot 1,1 Ju ‘y last.’ The jure ' ' as ~nlv ,IWI- - The pemrl y!s from tw ” ,en stars in the Stat l>rtSun ' The grand juA at ' >' “T’ , , cigarette smoking by m j to break up , ■. J , - . , , cured testimony trom b< ys and has st , , ~ , , , .■ , I will eat to the im ictth rtv lads which ■ . tobacco dealers. ’ent ot prommei ' •„ Levi Mover, colored. At Evansville, „ • • . . , ... of rioting bv a jurv m was found guilty „„ . ... , ~ . Ihe punishment is the < iremt ( or ' . ~ ... vears. Mover is the i from two to Is • , • , , . . । , , >k part m the Julv riot । third man win 1 1 • to l>e conviete , P , o 91 da is planning to mo' e 1 he Pennsy ‘ , m Marshfield. Ihe r - its water tanlc , . ~ , • tank is not generady . inova! of a u . , • if pers, but this parte unoticed in neu . , . , « nark ot unusual m;crlar one is a * t , ~ , . , , . the Marshfield water est. It was , , . , tank that th^ f r ° bbery "* the United State J m i < । ... t t against Wilbur S. Ilie mdic. '1 . , , , , , ~ , with having choked to Sherwell. cha ". , . , . p. ,er, was nolhed in r.vdeath Lena , ■ „ ... veil was tried a year ago ansville. Slier . . > . mi the charge >t h nvl ng strangled (mngia Railev and Fannie Butler but was ... j i oth charges. He was a acquitted on t , . police force when arre-st-member ot rhe 1 . . . , ed. He came f rom Kock IslanJ - IH ‘ Total destrut ^j 0 ' 1 ° v f “lining town ... . has been threatened, in of Montgomery , x , a letter recern b >’ a Prommeut busmess man. JD.e n with "mt^ many of the giti>.f’“ns are terror stricken?^

Montgomery has^ been fired, dynamited and citizens assaulted during the last year. Numeroijis threatening letters have been received! and last April one was received demalnding $2,5(M) or the town would be buri ied and wrecked with dvnamite. Benjamin € I- Hudnut of Terre Haute has sold his 1 incennes street railway to the E. M. De; n syndicate of Grand Rapids. Mich., so : SIOO,OOO. The citizen ! of I,a Porte have a;,meed to pay a bom s of $50,000 to the Hobart M. Gable Pia >’O Company if the plant is removed therF from Chicago. The com- I pany has not! .Vet decided to move. Lera Raynjmnd. the 15-year-old daugh- j ter of Henry Raymond, a coal operator, ' of Washington, eloped with John Snider. They went tc some point in Illinois. Sni-

der is a teaP^ter and has been driving a wagon for bis bride’s father. Daura Majbugh, 11 years of age, died at Marion cf lockjaw as the result of vaccination. Physicians say the tetanus b.iecilus wa^ot in the virus, but gained entrance thr’Wh the open wound on the arm. Markpinnaker, 14 years of age, died as the fault of gangrene caused by vaccination.l The Indiap'State board of health has adopted nev rules and regulations, the most importpt of which relates to teachers in the ppe schools who are victims of tubereukK According to the investigations ca’od on by the board, 250 teachers fir afflicted with tuberculosis. The board ders that they must sot be re-employed

HEAD OF IHE POTTAWATOMIES. cilag ■ nwmri 11 4 ■ -»■ y Chief Seaton, head of the Fottawutomie tribe of Indians, with one of his young bucks, as they appeared at the Chicago centennial encampment in Lincoln Park. TILLMAN GOES FREE. Acquitted by Jury of the Crime of Killintx Editor Rnnznlez, James H. Tillman, who nine months ago slew N. G. Gonzalez, editor of the State, on the street nt Columbia, S. C.» no miiiishnient^^.M.iß-’.ted^, After long deliberation, in which there was danger that the. twelve men would fail to agree, a verdict of not guilty was announced, and the former Lieutenant Governor and nephew of the pitchfork senator was released amid a demonstration of approval by his friends. Counsel for the defense moved the defendant’s discharge from the sheriff’s custody. No objections being made by the State, the court entered the order. Die defendant shook hands with the judge and members of the jury and left the court room accompanied by his friends and counsel. The jury was out twenty-four hours. 3he cause of the shooting was that during the previous primary election Gonzalez bitterly opposed Tillman in his race for (.overnor. The trouble between the men first grew out of the fight between Senator Tillman and Senator McLaurin on the floor of the Senate. Major Micah Jenkins, who had served with Roosevelt’s Rough Riders in Cuba, was to have been presented with a sword by the people of South Carolina, and the presentation was to have been made by I resident Roosevelt. When the President withdrew his invitation to a State dinner in \\ ashington, which he had sent to Senator Tillman, Lieut. Gov. Tillman withdrew the invitation to the President to present the sword. Gonzalez took up the matter in his paper and denounced Lieut. Gov. I’iHman. He repeated the denunciations made on many occasions and dared Mr. 1 i!lman to deny them. 1 ihman once challenged Gonzalez to a duel, but was ignored. l.onzalez was a member of a famous I fighting family, being the son of Ambrose Jose Gonzalez, who, with Narcisso Lopez, began the struggle for Cuban independence in 1848. ANOTHER MORMON TRIAL. Senator-elect Smoot, of Utah, to Undergo an Investigation. Remarks made by Senator Burrows, the chairman of the committee on privileges and elections, indicate that the 'X. country^^^^hf^-

/ \ Mormonism at A* \ coming session Congress. Sena--1 ’ | tor burrows is to ' s /Ihave charge of the ‘ ‘ ' ^investigation which -A? ft . j>s to be made into charges against WMSHAf! Senator-elect Smoot Utah, and he announces that all of /W-. the charges are to be investigated thorHEED SMOOT. Ollgllly. These accusations are of varied character, including the allegation that the ) Senator-elect has rhore wives than Brigham Roberts, who was elected to the House of Representatives, but who was not allowed to take his seat because of his polygamous practices. Senator Burrows says he has received a great number of letters protesting against the admission of Smoot. As to the scope of the investigation, the Senator 6a:d he would take a moral and not n religious view of the case. I This position is to be assumed because I the fact that Senator-elect Smoot is a । Mormon would not, in itself, have any i standing in the case. The committee is ' to decide whether the accused has lived ; a polygamous life, either openly or se- ' (Telly. It is also to find out whether or nor the Sen itor < lect lire taken any vows, as an apostle of the Mormon Church, which are antagonistic to the United States. Told in a Few Lincs. A busimes block in Smith Haven. I Kan., was destroyed by fire of incendiary i origin. The loss is placed at $35,003. j Great damage has been done to cotton : in Texas by the boll weevil, the boil j worm, the sharp ihooter and dry weather. Catherine O. Hoskins, one of the last survivors of Massachusetts Indians, died in Massachusetts, at the age of 104 j years. A company has been incorporated to publish a new daily’ and weekly paper ke named the Herald.

The C-omptroHer of five Currency has ; authorized the First National Bank, Gaylord, Kan., to begin business with a ' capital of $25,000. Eleven hundred omnibus drivers and conductors of Berlin, Germany, struck fm twelve hours’ work, instead of twelve to seventeen hours. The Comptroller of the. Currency has author-ured the Humboldt National Bank of IB mboJdt Kan., to begin business m itih a capital of $30,000. „ I ? me G ’ ,nrdia “s of America and j the Bankers’ Union of the World have aeen merged and headquarters will be I I maintained at Omaha, Neb. Kansas has made a gain of 106 banks exchisn-e of national banks, since March

1 IQA! !• ‘J ClHlt ■‘’AalrCfl 1. 130 , according to the records in the btate bank commissioner’s office. A crusher plant is to be put in to pulverize the glass sand rock discovered near I redonia and Caney, Kan. The glass factories in southwestern Kansas win use the product. A runaway horse attached to a delivery wagon smashed three vehicles in Gallatin, lean., seriously injuring fi ve persons, three fatally. The horses became frightened at a toy balloon. A Havana dispatch says T. J. Ander son, general passenger agent of the Southern Pacific Railroad, announces that bo has come to Cuba with the idea of arranging for t'he immigration of American farmers to TOt tle on Cuban 8011.

DOWIE IN NEW YORK. OPENS CRUSADE WITH HIS BAND OF 3,000 ZIONIJES. ! Great Host Charges Gotham in Battle Against Sin and Snt an Man Who Has Risen from a I’enniless Freacher to a Millionaire Prophet. The great crusade of .John Alexander ' Ddwie against "sin ami Saian in Greater | New York" opened on Sunday. The hosts I of Zion, to the number of fIJMH), swooped I down on Gotham early I'tiday morning In their special trains from Zion City. I From the opening serve cs in Madison j Square Garden until the closing exercises in Carnegie Hall, this great host, i who believe that Dowie is the reincarna- j । tion of the prophet Elijah, have been ; carrying on a house-to-house and office-to-oftlce campaign from one end of New s York to the other. Overflow meetings ; have been held in Brooklyn, Staten Island and some of the nearby cities in New Jersey. It is said by Dowie and his modern crusaders that as a result of the trip 0,000,090 persons have been ajipealed to in the interest of the new faith, of which John Alexander Dowie is the head and exemplar. The cost of the . wonderful movement is estimated at $250,000, all of which has been defrayed by the Christian Catholic Church in — - — j i ’ > 9 ! ; 'i ' 11 - OMlwiMk \ X JOHN ALEXANDER DOWIE. Zion—that marvelous creation of his genius and his energy which he has established on the shore of Lake Michigan midway between Chicago and Milwaui kee. Ihe program for the Zion crusade in New York City was simple, yet thorough. Every morning the members of the invading army attended the morning services, conducted by Dowie, after which they separated into bands of ten, each band led by a captain, and spread themselves over the city. Every house and office in the city was visited. While exhorting was done, the members had j Instructions not to enter into discussions. Invitations were extended to attend the Dowie meetings at Madison Square Garden, or Carnegie Hall, and literature, consisting chiefly of Leaves of Healing, the official organ of the church, was distributed. Dowie believes that he will make 100,000 converts to his faith, which really means the acceptance of Dowie as Elijah, the messenger of God and the only true and authentic revealer of the divine will. Dowie’s Wonderful Career,

of the B 100,000 persons of almost ail races and creeds to believe him. In Zion City, on the shore of Lake Michigan, there are seventy distinct nationalities represented among his believers, and throughout the world there are 100,000 adherents of the new dispensation as announced by Dowie. The growth of his cult is truly astonishing. Dowie is Scotch by birth and at one time was a member of the Methodist Church. Much of his life was spent in Australia, where stories differ as to his success in the ministry. Shortly before the World’s Fair in Chicago he appeared in that city, a penniless preacher, without a church. He posed as a divine healer and naturally attracted considerable notoriety. He rented a small building on the South Side and soon had a small following. His discourses, being of the sensational order, brought him a good deal of newspaper advertising, and every attack leveled at his pretensions added to bis prominence. One of the cardinal doctrines of his creed is that i each member must contribute one-tenth portion of his property and income to the church. It was not long under the application of this rule before Dowie began erecting Zion schools and stores and tabernacles along Michigan avenue. He leased the Auditorium, the largest hall in Chicago, and soon the building was too small to accommodate the crowds which ' thronged to hear him. Despite a thin, i squeaky voice and a slight lisp. Dowie is I a most effective speaker. His personal ‘ magnetism i.-, great, and in the Audi- ; torium he was aldo to hold vast crowds ; for hours, listening to his pleading and j I more often to his fierce denunciations. ' Being a faith bealer. ho was savage in ! his denunciation of doctors an i druggists. He was equally severe upon the newspapers. «n!l of which he classed under the general head of the “reptile press.’’ and he often pitched into the I churches. Modesty is a word not known in Dowie vocabulary. Alternately he talked of God ami Dowie with equal fam’diarity. But no matter what his subject and no matter how coarse its treat--t. his wonderful eloquence thrilled.

j and mon and women of rrene!®&J!^®B , education were attracted by him. 1 ? years a ^o Dowie announced from the Platform of the Auditorium that io was Elijah and that this was his third reincarnation the second having been in the person of John the Baptist, the immediate precursor of Christ. The announcement shocked some of his hearers who abandoned him. But it attracted others and it has been attracting men and women from all quarters of the world ever since. Owns Zion City. Soon after the announcement Dowie moved his followers to Zion Citv, which he established on Lake Michigan, fortvtwo miles distant from Chicago and Mi]-

waukee. V hen the hegira to Zion City began the place was a barren waste and the Zionists lived in tents. Now there f ity of stone and brick, with l_,ooo inhabitants, evey, one of whom is a firm belie*' e <p Dowie Several manufacturing plants have been established, flourishing banks exist and the community is exceedingly prosperous. °- 1 . promts', valued at $10,000,000, is in the hands of John Alexander Dowie. Jie still exacts from his followers a tenth portion of their income and is especially severe upon the backsliders. Dowie is a man of remarkable energv He often works eighteen hours or more a day and often has worked fortv hours I with scarcely a stop, even for meals. His library is filled with works in various oriental languages, of many of which he Is master.

ITHEWEL ! HlSTokua> v-. .^-1 &. W Gr -A. ■lTfil J — 7^=0255^-^ One Hundred Years Ago. The French Agricultural Society recommended the planting of Italian lombardy poplars around grain fields to keep away insects. The city of Funchal, Madeira, was swept into the sea by a cloudburst, and all the inhabitants but one infant were drowned. Over 200 business houses failed in aded the coast. Thomas Jefferson advised his country, men to follow the pursuit of agriculture, instead of commerce, and that it was time to ‘ plow the ocean” when there was no more land to be plowed. Seventy-five Years Ago. John Downing of Lexington, Ky made affidavit that he had often met Henry Clay. Secretary of State, on the stairs leading to the attic of John Jordan s house, where Aaron Burr was concealed. ■ Ex-1 resident James Monroe was given 5i,200 by an unknown friend in New York to pay the interest on his mortgaged home in Virginia, which he was in danger of losing. Jhe New York City postofflee had | twenty four employes, who handled 150 I mails daily. Henry Clay, Secretary of State, was accused by a Pennsylvania campaign circular with having kidnaped a free negro of tnat State into slavery in the South. Fifty Years Ago. Thomas Childs, a distinguished officer of the American army, died at Tampa Bay, Florida. M illiam Lloyd Garrison’s nose was pulled at a Cleveland (Ohio) woman’s rights convention because he refused to retract statements concerning a delegate named Nevins. The New York clearing house began business with a membership of fifty-two banks. France began negotiations with Sweden and Denmark for an alliance - Fnst Russia in the event of war with ’x^Aey. Buenos Ayres seceded and formed an independent State, with Dr. 0. P. Obligato as governor. Forty Years Ago. Gen. Meade decided he had been too hasty in ordering the army of the Potomac to retreat across the Rappahannock, and ordered the return of three corps to

r ’ju. R. E. Lee. ■ ny of the Potomac retreated gmia, Gvhr-Jfet^aluiiimick river in Vir- ' ing discovered that the rebels under Gem~ R. E. Lee had secretly turned his flank. The army of the Potomac under Gen. Meade and the rebel army of northern Virginia under Gen. R. E. Lee began a race northward from the Rappahannock, the latter trying to cut off Gen. Meade’s line of retreat. The battle of Blue Springs, Tenn., waa fought between the rebels under Gen. Sam Jones and federate under Shackelford, the former retreating next day. Gen. Robert E. Lee outwitted Gen. Meade, commander of the army of the Potomac, and marched his rebel army across the Rapidan river around Meade’» flank. Thirty Years Ago. A meeting was held in Chicago to promote a through railroad line to Charleston, S. C., to be called the Chicago and South Atlantic. The Chicago City Council, being unable to decide on a plan for the present city hall, voted to hang the designs in the lake front exposition building and give the public a chance to choose. Ex-President Andrew Johnson, who was supposed to be seeking a place on the Supreme bench, arrived in Washington to clear his record in connection with the execution of Mrs. Surratt. The President of Mexico issued a proclamation separating church and state, making marriage a civil contract, and barring religious institutions from possessing property. President U. S. Grant declared that the Black Friday panic, then just subsiding, was due to a senseless stampede among the “money corporations,” which had in turn stampeded the business interests of the country. Twenty Years Ago. Rumors were circulated that William K. Vanderbilt had “gone under" as the result of an attempt to “bull” Lake Shore and other stocks. The State ot Arkansas laid claim to a share of the national treasury surplus

-- p bv President divided । i Andrew Jackson in 1636. t The pacing record for one mile was 1 lowered 1% seconds, to 2:10, by Johnson i at the Chicago Driving Club. Fifty divorces were granted bv the Chicago courts, and the newspapers called attention to the alarming growth of the “habit.” W Ten Years Ago. President Grover Cleveland's plans for the country’s financial relief were finally upset by the adjournment of the Senate and the announcement that unconditional repeal of the silver purchase law was

. impossible. । A movement was started in Chicago to , purchase the cyclorama of the great fire of ’7l as a nucleus for the Field ColumI bian museum. Fifty thousand visitors to the Chicago world's fair siept in the streets becausa of the lack of hotel accommodations. Chicago day was celebrated at the World's Columbian Exposition. 713,646 persons buying admittance to the grounds. • The American yacht Vigilant defeated Lord Dunraven’s boat, Valkyrie, in the third and deciding race for the America cup at New York. I A - Breese, a prominent Chase County politician, committed suicide in his office in Cottonwood Falls, Kan., on account of ill health. He blew his head off with a shotgun.