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jSn& if ;- ’ <Lr>^ i& .k&e^O —6^ ' -•^-^KOSS^ Box for Carrying Eggs. Most poultrymen are familiar with the egg carriers used on the market and those who have a considerable quantity of eggs to handle use these carriers; the farmer, however, is m the habit of carrying eggs in a basket and often many of them become broken resulting in considerable loss. The illustration shows one of the boxes which may be made from cheap material and which will answer as weli as the boxes sold for the purpose. Any grocer who handles quantities of ^ shipped,.eggs will give a customer some of the cardboard filler such as are up in the erhtes; then buy some cracker boxes and fashion a neat box like the one shown, cutting the pasteboard tillers with a sharp knife so that they will lit the wooden box. Boxes made to hold one dozen eggs and others to hold two dozen will be large enough. These I oxes ought to have covers with a hasp coming down over a staple so that the box may be locked if need be. These boxes will cost but little if made at home as suggested. and if one has strictly fresh eggs of good size as well as uniform in size they can be marketed in these boxes at a higher price than if marketed in a basket; try it and seo if it is not so. As an extra inducement to the consumer wrap each egg in white tissue paper and twist the ends of the jlly CONVENIENT EGO BOX. paper as they are twisted around oranges and lemons. Have the eggs strictly fresh of good size and clean, and you’ll find that the tissue paper conceit will sell them readily and at good prices.—lndianapolis News. Diseases of Sheep. The diseases which have been found most troublesome and stubborn are -those occasioned by parasites. Os these there are several different specis. Scab Is caused by a parasite, but it is external rather than the most dangerous, which are internal. The latter are: Stomach worms, lung worms, intestinal worms, tape worms and nodular worms. For' tape worm oil of male fern seems to be the favorite remedy, a teaspoonful being a dose. Two teaspoonfuls of powdered areca nut is also a good remedy. One teaspoonful of turpentine given in milk is said to be effectual. Most of these should be given after fasting and followed with a laxative. The latest remedy for stomach worms and nodular worms is what is known as the iron remedy, (rive in grain sulphate of iron (copperas, sometimes called green vitriol ami must not be confounded with blue vitriol>, a dose being ten ounces of the drug to thirty-tive lambs. Give daily two weeks, then stop one week and give again. Mix in water and apply the water to the grain. Gasoline is also considered a good remedy for stomach worms. Some danger accompanies this remedy, as lambs often die after having been given doses of gasoline. A dose consists of one tablespoonful in four ounces of milk. A solution of 1 per cent coal tar is also a good worm remedy given in doses of two to four ounces. Overdone Gardening. One of the misfortunes of garden lovers is that they frequently plan to do more work than can be carried cn successfully. Almost every one who f hulhds a house thinks he would like to have a nice garden, and the nice garden is consequently arranged. But when it is found, as it too often is found, that it requires an expensive wages bill to keep the place in good order, what was expected to be a pleasure becomes an annoyance and a bore. A small place, well cared for, and everything kept up nice and orderly gives far more satisfaction than an overgrown place that is a drag on the means of its ownw. In all our operations we are too apt to think we can do more than we really can. In gardening matters it is especially so. Rapid Sheep Shearing. Some of the wandering sheep shearers of the Western sheep-raising States have acquired wonderful speed. Ther > is a record of one man who sheared 250 sheep in a single day. The average for each man is about one hundred. The men never tie a she^p. j They seize it I y the legs with the left J hand, throw it so that they <an squeez • i it firmly between their legs, and al- ; mo-t I efore the she p has begun to bleat the fleece is falling in great flulTy masses. As soon as th * last olio of the shears has been made the rhoarer kicks the fleece out of his j ■way. the struggling slump is released | and races off, and another one is bun- j died in. Pecan Crop Increasing. The Southwest is the most prominent producer of pecans. Bast season the output was pt ssibly 1,3u0 cars, it

[ is claimed by some that the yield this । • season will approach two thousand j cars. The nuts are suitable for all ; purposes, ami are relatively cheaper than almost any other sort on the mari ket. Repairing Harness. I Most premises have old leather i traces about, and a number of parts of harness, such as breast, pole and holdback straps, can be made of these, by one handy at such work. Select a piece long enough for a breast strap, fasten a snap at one end; 18 or 20 inches from this snap cut away all but ' the best outside ply, rivet a buckle, ‘ punch a number of holos, and there you are. The pole and holdbacks may be made from old light traces. A belly-band for chain harness would ^^kauinni'Hd 1' [ j—- $ - \\ c '\ ^77 \\ J । GOOD HARNESS HORSE. I have a large loop at one end instead of a buckle. A back band for plow harness may be made from old leather or rubber belting. The leather belting, if pretty fair, will make good traces. These hints are not for repairing valuable new harness. One should be very careful about riveting on these. The illustration shows how I made a clamp for sewing harness from two kerosene barrel staves fitted in block so the bolts will draw at least % inch. This makes it damn the work at top. Use two %-inch bolts. This clamp. If properly made, will hold any part of the harness while being sewed.—W. A. Clearwaters, in lowa Homestead. To Move Wire Fences. It often becomes necessary to move a fence from one part of the farm to another. It is a simple matter to move posts, but the wire presents a more difficult problem. The most common method is to slowly and laboriously roll it up on a barrel, haul it to the place where it is wanted and as slowlyunroll it again. A much better and quicker way is to take a couple of old wheels, the larger the better, and fasten them together by nailing pieces of board to the spokes next the axle. The wheels when fastened together should be about two feet apart. Now take two planks and fasten firmly to the sides of the wagon box so they will extend backward about four feet. Mount the wheels on these planks so they will turn easily. Fasten one end of the wire to one of the boards that connect the wheels and drive astrids of the wire. One man turns the wheel while the other drives, and the wire can be relied up as fast as the team FOR MOVING WIRE FENCES. can walk. To unroll fasten wire to one of the corner posts, drive ahead and the wire will unroll itself.—C. V. Gregory, in St. Louis Republic. Na Breed of Black Sheep. A black sheep belongs to no particular breed, though at times he appears in the flocks of nearly all the pure breeds. In England he is more commonly seen in the Suffolk flocks, and it is a noteworthy fact that Ihe suffolk breeders have all they can do to keep the blackish and gray-black tendency from assorting itself both in the skin and fleece. Black sheep frequently appear in pure-bred Leicester flocks, and to some extent in Lined ,i and Devon I.ongwoo'.s. and the tendency is noted in the 1 lack spots on the skin; more frequently seen on the ears of even the best-bred sheep of these longwool families, thus fortifying the belief expressed by Dr. Henry Stewart that the tendency to black in the Leicester owes its origin to the black ram known to have been used by Bakewell in the perfection of the breed 150 years ago. And it is not unreasonable to suppose that the black sheep which now and then appear in the Down and long-wool breeds, nearly all of which have been more or less improved through the use of Bakewell blood, are traceable to that great sheep builder's handiwork.—Sheep Breeder. Wood Ashes for House Plants. It is not generally known that wood ashes, mixed with compost, are very beneficial for most pot plants. Palins are wonderfully benefited, and so > le crotons, dracaenas, marantas. In fact, all foliage plants. In many instances, when the plant has nearly exhausted the soil, if the top be scraped off to a little depth, and a sprinkling of wood ashes and fresh soil be added, the plant will be al! right until time to repot. To many a lover of flowers this hint, to add a little wood ashes to compost, will bring many a brightened flower and much improved foliage. I The mixture should be worked into I the earth immediately or some of the I ammonia in the manure will escape I into the air and be wasted. The Prolific Scale. The total number of descendants from one individual of the San Jose I scale during the time between the mid- | die of June and the last of November 'has been calculated at 3.216,050.4<;0. ! As ail these millions obtain their food I by sucking the sap from the plant they | are on. it. is not to be wondered at that j a tree which in the spring was appar- • onGv In good ccmLtlon may be aeurly , or entirely dean by fall

WARTVVOMONTHSOLD PROGRESS OF THE CONFLICT BETWEEN RUSSIA AND JAPAN. — Strict Censorship Makes It a Difficult Matter for Correspondents to Get Accurate News to Outside World - Dispatches Received Are Contradictory. The world knows about as little of what has been done or is going on in the war area of the far East as if the telegraph were not yet invented. The war corr •spondenls seem to have been bottled up and do not know what the belligerents arc doing, and they are not permitted tell the little they may happen to find out. Therefore they amuse themselves and confuse the readers of newspapers with rumors and guesses. In place of nows and facts, the newspaper readers of all the world are fed with idle gossip and the more or less absurd theories of self-advertised experts on the conduct of operations of which they are absolutely ignora at. Tuesday morning, we are toll, at vast expense of cable tolls. Admiral Togo's fleet, consisting of fifteen big ships and eight torpedo boats, advanced upon Bort Arthur, which the admiral had captured on tb< % previous Sunday, and bombarded it. Why Admiral Togo did this is not explained. Nor are we informed how it was that the Russians regained possession of the city. Yet they must have recaptured it. for we are notified that on Monday they evacuated Port Arthur, first having surrounded it with land and sea mines and kerosened all the buildings, coal and stores. At the same time the Russians, as is stated by the correspondents, are rushing large quantities of supplies to I‘ort Arthur, As the Japanese have captured the town it is certainly very polite of the Russians to supply them so bountifully with food. Meanwhile, the Russians, having evacuated Port Arthur after having recaptured it and driven out the Japs, have Lad tin/ 1 . in mining the harbor, to recover fifteen Japanese torpedoes from which the Japanese, in their pardonable excitement, forgot to withdraw the safety plugs. This nevertheless, has not prevented the Japanese. as wo learn from the London Times’ correspondent at Tokio, from blockading the entrance to Port Arthur. The tidings from Vladivostok are no less interesting. The harbor is blocked with ice. and the Russian squadron, which left the other day for the purpose of effecting a junction with the Russian fleet blocked at Port Arthur, is frozen up there. This seems peculiar, in view of the fact that the Vladivostok fleet has sailed to intercept at a certain point in the Pacific the battleship ami two cruisers bought by Japan from Chili, which reached Japan two weeks ago and participated in the bombardment of I'ort Arthur on Tuesday morning. But we are getting used to these little things. Two Months of War. The Russo-Japanese war has been in progress for two months. So far as can be gathered from the meager dispatches the operations of the war have been limited to the naval attacks on Port Arthur and Vladivostok. Ou land there has been no engagement more serious than picket skirmish. There have been no reconnoissances in force, no maneuvers of the opposing armies; there has been no urfmasking on either side. In eight weeks there has been no war on land. In the several bombardments of Port Arthur Russia has met with ■ ■o:isidiirable loss, but the naval operations have had little influence in shaping the course of the campaign on land. Undoubtedly Russia has been put at a disadvantage on the sen front of the theater of war by the crippling of her fleet, but this has nor prevented the massing of troops on strategic linos, nnd it is now reported that the mobilization of the Manchurian army is complete. On the Japanese side there must be the same degree of completeness in preparations for advance. Tliis does not mean that a general en

V■ ■ , : v y. -V * x ■ y •sCLEVER RUSE OF THE JAPS. Ingenious li'tle islanders rig up dummy lights and draw the fire of Russian forts.

gagement will be fought until the Japanese commander feels that his army is strong enough to force a battle. Then will come the real test of strength. It is not known to what extent the Russian fleet has been crippled, but the Japanese admit that it is still strong enough to give them great uneasiness. Japan, with nearly all of its available military force in Korea, must retain control of the sea to win, or in case of defeat to save its army from doiruction. whereas Russia can conduct great land campaigns nnd permit its fleet to remain on the defensive. As the main issue of the war turns on the occupation and control of territory, whatever the fleets may do, the decisive battle or battles will be fought on the land, not on the sea. The strict news censorship is painful to press associations aud publishers, who have sent squads of high-salaried correspondents to the war, and very annoying to the public, yet it must be owned that the Japanese have shown rare good judgment in keeping their military movements concealed from the reporters and from their enemy. A censorship that cannot be beaten by the ingenuity of a whole battalion of American newspaper men is a corruscating triumph of administrative efficiency and executive ability. Humor of the War. Admiral Makaroff at least must be credited with infusing a lot of ginger into the war. It is a mistake to suppose that the Japanese are a grammarless people. Witness their active verb Togo. It costs nearly a dollar a word to got war news from the East, but considering the size of the words the cost isn't so much. Should the war in the East last any length of time there will surely be a demand for Missouri mules for artillery purposes. Just to imagine a Missouri mule trying to obey some of the Russian find Japanese drivers. He could not tell geesky from hawsky, or getuparinsky from whoawosky.

RUSSIAN TROOPS IN MANCHURIA. 5 z ' SHK3 ■ I VW'S y '■ /Ififf fix--*' Iho < zars forces have had weary marching in their advance towards Korea King Winter has been almost as formidable a foe as the Japs.

THE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEf OF THE RUSSIAN ARMY. I, m » I . - \vJZ -Soha roff It is likely that when Russia gets all her troops concentrated in Koren, Gen. Snharoff, coniinandor-iti-chief of the Russian army, will direct thjtr / opcrations against the Japs. FLAGS WILL FLY GAIN. Protest o< Consul Miller 1 Heeded by Russian OilieiaK a^ Nc' vhwang. Under a strong rCprosOTtation made by United States Consul lliAtry B. Miller that the civil administrator at Newchwang had invadtsl neutral rights when he ordered the lowering of the American flag from buildings belonging to American citizens, even though it was done through the apprehension that the flag was illegally used by Chinese for the

purpose of resisting police inspection, the civil administrator has promised to duly and iu proper form through the military authorities raise the flag over the building from which it was removed. The British flag, which was ordered taken down, will also be allowed to remain. M. I’rotasieff. Viceroy Alex’eff's financial agent, says that it is not Russia's intention to strangle the shining trade at Newchwang and he conset^s to negotiate terms which will facilitfiT the trade. Sir Ernest Satow, the ininister at Pekin, lias informed th' residents of that nationality in ’hwang that Great Britain will not interfere to keep a warship here and he advises them to accept the situation as it is. The British residents regard Minister Satow’s letter as inadequate to the situation and severely criticise him. V ceroy Alexieff has approved a plan permitting cargoes to leave Newchwang. JAPS LANDING IN KOREA. Nineteen Transports Are Discharging Troops at Chinnampo. The ice is broken in the harbor at Chinnampo, permitting the entry of a large fleet of Japanese transports chieflyloaded with supplies. Immediately five boat bridges were thrown over the shallow water from the harbor's edge and the landing of the second division, otherwise the imperial guard, the cream of the Japanese army, was commenced. Hitherto comparatively few troops have reached Chinnamhpo, hut preparations point to the early landing of a great force. Some of the imperial guard have set out for Anju and others for PingYang. where the troops are massing. All houses in Chinnampo have been com mandoored. The telegraphs, previously in nominal control of the Koreans, now have been taken by the Japanese, whose strict censorship results in mutilation, delay and refusal of messages. All correspondents were warned not to proceed north, where the cavalry had been ordered to stop them.

JAPANESE WIN FIGHT. A ictorious in First Serious Land Battle of the War. A serious battle was fought Monday at Chong-Fu, in northwestern Korea, in which the Russian forces were defeated and forced to retreat, with what loss cannot be ascertained, though the official report says only three men were killed and twelve wounded. It is believed that the Japanese, though victorious, lost heavily. Cavalry nnd infantry on both sides were engaged. Tin 1 Japanese fought gallantly, but were so exhausted that they were unable to follow up the retreating Russians, w ho fell back in good order on Kasan. The battle oe.me as the climax of three days of skirmishing between the outposts of the hostile armies confronting each other between the Yalu nnd Ping-Yang. News of the engagement came in the form of a report from Gen. Kuropatkin to the Czar, transmitting Gen. Mishtchenko’s report of the action. This report. as given out, is exceedingly vague on the matter of the Russian retreat and the reasons for it if the loss was no larger than he admits. It is entirely within the range of possibility that Gen. Mishtchenko's report was edited before given to the press. It thus happens that the first report sent by Geh. Kuropatkin after l.is an rival in the field accords a Russia!, defeat on the sixth anniversary of the Russian occupation of Port Arthur. The operations took the form of a cavalry attack by six companies of (Jossacks, led personally by Gen. Mishtchenko. against four squadrons of Japanese cavalry, which the general believed to be beyond Chong-Ju, but which he found to be in occupation of that town. Despite a erose tire which Gen. Mishtchenko cleverly directed against the enemy he pays a tribute to their tenacity and brnvery. the Japanese only ceasing to tire after a combat which lasted for half an hour. Before the Rus-Jans could follow tip their advantage three Japanese squadrons galloped towini the town, which two of them succeeded in entering, while the third was driven back in disorder, men and horses falling. The tire maintained on the town was so destructive that the Japanese were unable to make an effective return. Further Japanese re enforcements arrived an hour later and Gen. Mishtchenko was forced to retire. WAR NEWS IN BRIEF, jj Al! foreign consuls in Newchwang have been notified officially that martial law is in force. Irkoff. the Russian government official convicted of selling' secrets to the Japm ese, was hanged. Hie A ladivostok squadron is reported to have captured several prizes, including a Japanese warship. The government is ordering the construction of an immense dock for Port Arthur, to be completed in four months. The Russian armored cruiser Dmitri Donskoi and three torpedo boats left Bizerta, Tunis. Their destination is not known. At Newchwang American and British flags were rcmuied by the Russian military from the property of citizens of those countries. The Japanese infantry won a fight Anju and Chong Ju. Fifty Japanese were killed. The Russian loss is unknown. An attempt was made near Tatarskya to wreck a train bearing troops. The attempt failed. It is not known whether Japanese agents were responsible. The Japanese squadron made another unsuccessful attempt to block Port Arthur harbor. Their four fire ships were sunk and three of the crews were lost. The Czar has telegraphed to Vice Admiral Makaroff an order decorating the officers and men of-the torpedo-boat destroyer Silui with the St. George’s cross for their valor in the repulse of the Japanese attempt to block Port Arthur. Lieut. Gen. Stoessel, in command at Port Arthur, has issued an order forbidding civilian functionaries to desert their offices and seek places of safety during bombardments. Gen. Stoessel sarcastically observes that he has not seen them at the batteries when the enemy was attacking. Both Russians and Japanese claim a victory at Chongjn, the former declaring that the latter lost ten times as many men as did the troops of the Czar, while the Japanese assert that the Russians were not only driven back from < ’hongju but also from Yong ('him. to which place the Mikado's forces followed them. The under foreign secretary. Earl Percy. announced in the House of Commons that despite the British consul's request that the gunboat Espiegle remain at Newchwang it had been decided, after consultation with the commander in chief of the China station, that it wouPJ be inadvisable to keep the vessel there.

WINTER WHEAT SHOWS A GAIN 'Veather Bureau Crop Report Notes Improvement in Condition. I he crop report issued by the weather bureau says: From the upper Mississippi valley to the middle Atlantic coast the season is generally reported back ward, althougli the average temperature for the month in these districts was generally in excess of the norm: 1 !. In the Southern States the month has been mild and favorable for farming operations. The northern portion of the central Gulf States, however, the central valleys and the greater part of the lake region suffered from excessive rains-and western Texas and the southern plateau region from drought. From northern Wisconsin westward to the Rocky Mountains, the ground is still frozen deeply ami no farm work has been done. On the Pacific coast the month has been cold and wet. Over the western portion of the win l tor wheat bolt the reports imlu-ate an impiovement in the condition of winter u heat, and in some of the more easterly sections a slight improvement is also indicated. In Indiana the crop has been badly washed on high lands and much injured by floods on low lauds, but where not thus damaged it is healthy and growing. In Nebraska and Kansas the crop suffered from drought. Good progress has been made at oat seeding in the southern districts, with the exception of western Texas, where it has been too dry. and the general outlook for this crop is promising. Seeding is ill progroKH ps far north ns southern Missouri and Kansas. In t!ie Gulf States much corn has been planted and good stands are reported. Some planting has been done in the southern portions of Kansas and Missouri. Section summaries were received from the following Middle States: Illinois- Excessive rainfall in southern districts, lowlands inundated; wheat shows decided improvement, and in northern and central districts is uniformly promising, while in southern districts plant begins to show nearly average development; rye in thrifty stage; season backward: soil too wet for plowing; much corn spoiling in cribs and reliable seed will be scarce; peach buds generally killed, but other fruits unscathed; stock in good condition. Indiana Rainfall excessive; rolling and hill land badly washed; streams flooded and severely damaged fall-sown crops on bottoms, otherwise weather not unfavorable; where not washed or flooded wheat, although small and in many fields thin or spotted, is healthy and growing; rye and clover are in fair condition and improving. Ohio Season backward; ground very wet; some damage by floods; early sown wheat better than late sown, but all very poor; some damage by freezing; peaches, plums nnd berries damaged in places; pears and apples in good condition. Michigan Winter wheat and rye tops somewhat brown, but roots are apparently healthy; bi th crops seem to have wintered well; considerable frost stifi in ground and field work not begun. Wis onsin Fields generally free from snow, but ground frozen except In few localities in extreme southern counties: winter wheat, rye and clover generally winter' d In good condition. M - . Monthly temperature seme- ” -low normal; minimum below freezing dally anil below zero once early In m n'a: maximum above freezing on many da; . not much snow on ground after 23d. bet ^round still wet and no work done in soil. lowa Moderate temperature: less than usual precipitation and severe storms; soil generally not In good condition for field work; but little seeding done, ami that on dry uplands; fall wheat and rye show conshb table winter killing. North Dakota Ground deeply frozen nnd covered with snow; no farm work possible. South Dakota —Because of cold, frosty ground and considerable high wind, little seeding or preparatory field work has been done; soil, ns a ntle. favorably moist; condition of winter grain considered favorable except In few localities. Nebraska—Dry. windy month: winter wheat starting and In good condition, except tn extreme western portion of wheat belt, where it has been damaged somewhat by dry weather: preparation of ground for seeding begun and some oats and spring wheat sown. Kansas Wheat In good condition In south half of east portion, but much damaged In northwest portion: oats sown in south nnd coming up; sowing progressing hi central ami northern counties; much corn ground plowed in south and some planted. PREDICTIONS SAVE MILLIONS. River and Floor! Service, Whose Head Is Dr. Frankenfeld. With the menace of the spring floods upon them, hundreds of thousands of people living in the territories likely to be affected are now watching anxiously lot warnings from the river and Hood st n ice of the United States weather I ureau. They recall, with feelings of appreIqi sion. the appalling floods of last year, when the Ohio, the Kansas, the upper nml lower Mississippi, the lower Misrouri am! their tributaries swept away In mighty rushes $40,000,000 worth of property. They recall how the vast plains of southwestern Arkansas, northwestern Louisiana and the great tract of c mntry through which the Mississippi passes were covered for 9,o<)i> square miles with a mighty body of turbulent water carrying all before it. Yet despite all the losses, millions of dollars in property ami thousands of lives were saved by the timely warnings of the weather bureau, whose river and flood service is directed by Dr. H. C. Fir.pkenfeld. There are 375 places of observation from which reports are sent to him, and upon the information submitted he bases his predictions. The amount of rainfall and the extent of the watershed, together with the capacity of the streams to carry off the flood water are the factors entering into the prophecy. As soon as it appears that a flood is imminent in any particular district the forecaster in charge immediately issues warnings to all who are interested, gives the stage of water expected, and the time for its arrival in various places. Warnings are also distributed by telephones and telegraph. Fortune in an Old Picture. While changing the frame of an old portrait of her mother. Mrs. Sophie Mattern of Brooklyn, found behind the canvas a deed to land eepupied by the present town of Carrollton, Mo., which lawyers assure her entitles her to the ownership of property worth over 5500.000. The deed, signed by President Monroe. Feb. 4. 1819. and granting to James Darden, a veteran of the War of 1812. the Missouri land, is in a perfect state of preservation. Darden gave the deed to Mrs. Mattern's mother, who hid it behind the canvas and forgot it. The land covered bv the old deed is now occupied ns part of the business ami residential portion of the towns of Carrollton and Hale, and has grown to be very valuable. Foreign Born Criminals. According to statistics collected by Chicago officials in twelve of the principal cities of the United States, foreignborn residents constitute 2G.1 per cent of the urban population, and they furnish 29.3 per cent of the prisoners arrested for all causes. In view of the fact that aiany foreigners offend against the law through ignorance, the common assumption that there are more criminals among Lhe foreign-born than among the nativeborn population is difficult of proof. Cigar Caused Baltimore Fire. The General Loss Committee which is adjusting the losses incurred in the great Baltimore fire says the fire was caused by someone dropping a lighted cigar or cigarette through a broken deadlight in the sidewalk.

INDIANA INCIDENTS. RECORD OF EVENTS OF THE PAST WEEK. Driven from Homes by Flood Shoot at South Bend Man Through Window .Minister Puts Up House for Himself —Fatal Freight Wreck. Heavy rains increased the flood danger in the southwestern part of Indiana. Vincennes, Mount Carmel, New Harmony. Grayville, Princeton, Evansville, \\ estport and al! of Lawrence County, Illinois, suffered from the high water. \\ estport was completely abandoned. Humlreds of refugees were living in school houses am! barns. Live stock was quartered in hay lofts and railroad traffic was at a standstill. It is believed that Mary Fessler was drowned near Vincennes. The Belgrade levee broke in another place. The great fill at Hazleton, which was constructed at a cost of $1500.000, was swept away. At Mount Car mel the Wabash reached the highest stage since 1575. The Wabash river was eight miles wide west of Princeton. One hundred and sixty people were rescued and are camped in the fair grounds. Forty thousand acres of wheat will be lost in southwestern Indiana. Try' to Kill Sleeping Man. \\ illiam Horn narrowly escaped death by assassination in South Bend. Two meu shot at him through a window of his House. One shot passed through the mattress and one through the bed clothing over him. Horn was awakened by the first shot and, aided by the light of the moon, recognized one of the men. Horn says the motive for the shooting lies in a divorce suit which has been filed by his wife, who has abandoned him. Horn told City Judge Feldman that Mrs. Horn had several friends among the young men of .Madison township and was seeking a divorce that she might marry one of them. Pastor Builds His Own House. Rev. George Layton, pastor of the Baptist Church at Waldron, has been trying unsuccessfully for several years to get his people to build a parsonage. He got permission at last to erect a dwelling on the church lot, and has undertaken the work with his own hands. He has laid the foundation, and has now b* gun to put up the frame work. He spends two hours each morning on his Sunday sermons, and then puts in the remainder of the day in carpenter work. He says he intends to do all the work on the house himself, and expects to have it completed by July. Killed in a Freight Wreck. East-bound freight train No. 74 and west-bound freight No. 75 collided on the Vandalia five miles west of Brazil, killing W. I*. Lumberlan. fireman on the west-bound freight, and severely injuring Paul Noller. engineer. Two tramps, Richard Simonds and Frank Hickey, both of Cincinnati, were buried in the ruins. The engine and ten cars of the west-bound train and the engine and three cal’s of the east-bound freight were completely mined. Killed by a Traction Car. Anderson Gore, aged 70. was struck and instantly killed in Shelbyville by the Indianapolis and Cincinnati traction car. The road is out of repair by reason of the flood and the ear was running backward. The old man had signaled <» stop ami the motorman could not see him. All Over the State. Porter reports that the demand for houses is very great. A company will be formed to bore for oil in and about Elizabethtown. Mulberry is to have a new school bouse, which will cost about $20,000. At a Poland-China hog sale, at Laketon. prices ranged from $lO to SIOO. Some rural districts report that wheat lias Deen looking better for the past few days. ■Many Indiana towns report that thoie aren't enough houses to supply the dem.ind. George Conlin, while hunting near Mount Vernon, was accidentally killed by his horse. Mitchell is to have a new rubber-tire hoarse which will be iho handsomest iuneral car in that section. Farmers who refused to sol! their wheat at the high prices which recently prevailed now wish they hadn't held on to it. The wife of Moody Rose of Sorento and IL IL Cmthis, alias Aline, were arrested on a charge of elopement. Cmthis is also wanted for violation of the saloon laws. Francis Cook. 7. son of Jo,in E. Cook, lied from the effects of injuries infiiett d by schoohnaies at St. Joseph's parochial school in Princeton. He was playfully bumped against a po.-t. dragged about and otherwise "initiated'' by the boys of his own age. His spine was injured, causing brain fever and death. Willis 11. Wilson, until recently a resident of La Porte, has been arrested in Boston. Mass., charged with the murder of his mother and his step-father, Frank A. Brown and his wife, former residents of La Porte. Brown was alleged to have shot and killed his wife iu a fit of jealousy and then to have turned the weapon on himself, inflicting a fatal wound. The police found that the flesh around the bullet hole on the left side .if Brown's head was not powder scorched, which indicated that the revolver had been held far from the head. It was also shown to have been impossible for any person except a left-handed man to have inflicted a wound on the left side of his own head. Brown, it has been proved, was not left-handed. The theory is that Wilson committed the deed in a moment of frenzy, having previously made threats. Taylorsville, with 1.000 inhabitants, is deserted, the houses standing in eight feet of water. Charitable organizations are caring for the people. Twelve lives have been lost, and the total property loss in the State lias been estimated at 'Tom $8,000,000 to SI<OXLOOO. I. N. Lagrange. Franklin, who recently purchased a new safe to replace one blown up by burglars a few weeks ago. has pasted the combination of the safe in a conspicuous place on the door, so that if the previous nocturnal callers should return, they will not be compelled to resort to the use of dynamite. An intemrban road may be built from Vincennes, through Washington and I.oogootee. to Shoals, and fs'em there, by way of Trinity Springs, to Bedford and Bloomington, to connect with the Mnr-tinsville-Imiianapolis line, thus giving aeess to Indianapolis; another branch to go to West Baden and French Lick. Emerson Booth was carrying an unv breila during the rain on Tuesday that uas purchased more than seventy years ago in Pennsylvania, and has been in use in the Booth family ever since. The material is heavy and but little faded nnd the umbrella is in good condition, and has never been repaired but once.—Vumbridge City Tribune.