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fc^srwyfn OX. ” " i w Feeding Trough for Hogs. There is opportunity for considerable loss of feed unless the trough for the hogs is arranged so that each will get its share and none belonging to the others, and so that the trough cannot be upset One of the best troughs the writer ever saw was a hooded arrangement built on the foilawing plan. For the trough proper one and one-half inch material is used, and the trough is made so that the top can be thrown back, the slop poured in against a sloping board from which it goes into the I^'cr part of the trough. eteats are placed against the sloping board and against the front, and a half-inch board used as a partition; these partitions are placed about tighteen inches apart. In detail the trough is made as shown in the illustration, the upper* portion showing the trough complete. B, in the lower drawing, indicates the slop board; C, the trough opening proper where the food is after being poured in. and D, the parti--3 tion, which is indicated by the outside row of dots. Figures 3, 3 are w Api iiliiiib/h.■ j|IS I lii «?/ i ® j- i ii LjZ/ J : ~~~— IDEAL FEEDING THOUGH. cleats nailed to end of trough to hold the board which is placed between them at A. This trough may be made of any length- desired and will be found a great’saver of feed.—lndianapolis New’s. Effect of Irrigation in the East. —--Q f groa t j.rr<gf»finn. _projects, for- which the secretary of the interior recently set apart $27/jOJ,W)O of the reclamation fund, seven will, according to the estimates of the engineers in charge of the work, reclaim 1,103,000 acres of land, at a total cost -of $12,550,000, an average of $11.37 per acre. When the immense increase in the value of the land effected by irrigation is considered, the cost is by no means great, much similar land selling at S4O and upwards per acre. Agriculturists in the East are already beginning to wonder what will be the effect on the farming industry of that section of the reclamation of the vast acreage which it is expected to render fertile by irrigation. They say that the opening up of the West, the cultivation of the great wheat Helds of the Northwest and the large area in the corn belt has already driven the Eastern farmer to intensive farming. The opening up of the vast irrigated areas must result in the adoption of intensive methods in the West, and they are anxiously waiting to see to what the Eastern farmer will be driven when that change takes place. Those interested in irrigation, however, maintain that the reclamation of the arid sections will no more than keep pace with the increased population, and' consequent demand of the country, and that Eastern farmers will ‘’never know the difference.” Farmers Eive Longest. The life insurance companies have accurate figures of the number of years that the many various trades and professions live and farmers are found first in that list as those who live the longest. Yet farmers are inore liable to accident than the engineer on the railroad or the captain of a steamship on the ocean. He is constantly working among horned beasts that are liable to gore him, or among horses that may kick him, or among imperfect machines which are liable to rend his body. The principal reason why the farmer lives so long is that he takes plenty^of exercise in the fresh out-door air, drinks plenty of water, is generally temperate and his mind is not distressed or unduly excited as are the minds of many professional or business men in large cities. Paris Green on Potatoes. Most potato growers use paris green too strong when spraying potato plants to subdue the beetle. Experiments have shown that one-half pound of the paris green to each barrel of water Is sufficient and will be strong enough for the season through if the spraying is started early enough to destroy the beetles while they are small and comparatively tender. If the paris green is combined with Bordeaux mixture for spraying double the quantity may be used. There can be no injury to the vines if the proportions applied are as indicated. The Beet Sugar Easiness. The amount of sugar made front the beet crop of 1903 was 240,604 tons, as compared with 218,405 tons from the crop of 1902, and 184,605 tons from that of 1901; Within the past few years there has been a remarkaffie lu-।

crease in the percentage of sugar in the beets. A few years ago twelve per cent of sugar was the standard. Last year in many cases the entire crop sold to a factory averaged fifteen per cent. There is a prospect that many new factories will be built in the next year or two. Many improvements are being made in methods and machinery used in the growing and handling of beets. The beet pulp produced by the factories is used by the farmers as feed for their stock ■ more generally than heretofore. Sweet Potato Culture. This important crop deserves much more space and attention than we have been giving it. As a food for man and beast, for home consumption, it deserves consideration! Hogs, cows and horses are fond of sweet potatoes. They contain both starch and sugar in large quantities. This makes them strengthening and fattening, says the Southern Cultivator. There are so many ways of preparing them for the table that few, if any, vegetables can be made so helpful in feeding the family. As a money crop they are very profitable. They seU well all the year, and with a little care can be kept on hand all the year. The best varieties are hard to select. As a rule the yellow-fleshed are sweetest. Bed your land in flat beds. Put some kind of trash or half-rotted manure in and bed on it. This will keep the bed from baking and greatly increase the yield. As soon as the slips are old enough to put out side roots as feeders they should be transplanted. Rows 3 to 3*4 feet and slips 6 inches. Run a furrow with a subsoil plow in the top of the bed and set slips in this furrow and pour half a pint of water and cover with dry soil. Slips set in this way will live even in dry spells, and grow off promptly. It is better to set them in this way than to put them out in wet soil and pack the mud around them. As soon as they have taken root run a light harrow over them so as to kill all the young grass. This makes the cultivation easy. Cultivate shallow and often until the vines cover the groundDo not let the grass get hold. Grass will ruin the crop. They must be kept clean. The back-bending may be avoided, in setting out the clips, by using a forked stick. Place the stick on the roots of the slip and press gently into the earth. Then pour the water and draw the soil with a hoe. Feeding Skim Milk to Hogs. The Utah Experiment Station has from time to time made some very valuable experiments in feeding milk. The testimony on the value of skim milk for hogs, as a food, is convincing. Comparisons are made with like experiments of the Wisconsin. Colorado and New Hampshire Experiment Stations. Hogs, when fed milk and grain, require much less matter to make a pound of gain than hogs fed on milk alone. The average of the Utah experiments showed 100 pounds of milk to be equal to about 24 pounds ol grain. In the Colorado experiments the hogs fed on milk and grain, gained more than twice as much per day and required but little more than half as much matter to each pound of grain as did the hogs fed on grain alone. Not only did the hogs fed on milk and grain, gain more rapidly, but they grew larger and were in much better | condition. The experiments show conclusively the great value of skim milk when fed in combination with grain as contrasted with feeding grain alone. Agricultural Atoms. Dry sawdust makes a good bedding for the stables. Always skim sweet milk; never let cream thicken. Don’t compel the work teams to drink warm water. Cultivating corn and potatoes “early” means before they are up. The amount digested and not the amount eaten gives the horse strength. A pig that is stunted early in life should find no place in the breeding herd. The most profitable beef, pork or mutton is that put on the market early. Cows should be milked with dry bands and the udder should be washed clean. Horses compelled to do hard work are entitled to the best treatment possible. A growing pig that is always full will hardly take the exercise that it needs. The greatest profit lies in bringing the stock to maturity as quickly as possible and at the minimum of expenditure. It does not pay to feed the produce of the farm to ungrowthy stock, neither does it pay to buy feed for them. The health and vigor of the horse depend much upon the regularity, quantity and sufficiency of the supply of nourishment. The more feed that the feeding flock can be got to eat of a flesh-forming character the better, as none of it will be wasted. By selecting the best and discarding the poorest animals on the farm, the stock of itself will rapidly improve in quality. Feed the cow a generous ration of appetizing food every day and she will not shrink in her milk flow until the proper time comes. Butter should be pressed out and worked as little as possible, as much handling injures the grains and gives the butter a greasy, shining appearance. Good machinery and sharp tools, all in good repair, are most necessary to accomplish farm work in the most: effective manner with the least outlay i labor.

After the battle of Telissu it became apparent to the Russians in Pert Arthur that they could not hope for relief. When the place should fall the ships then in the harbor must either be surrendered or d 'stroyed. Accordingly the Muscovite admiral determined to make a run for it and either die fighting or escape. Even if he dial fighting he probably would injure the Japanese ships. Togo’s patrol, which doesn't seem to have let many of the Russian movements escape it. reported that on Tuesday last a large part of the Russian fleet had moved into the other entrance of Port Arthur. Togo at once guessed that a sortie would be attempted after nightfall. Then the Japanese commander moved mor? quickly than the Russian. Darkness fell, but before the Russian squadron was under way the Japanese torpedo boats had rushed in, sunk the Peresviet, and disabled the Sevastopol. The Peresviet was one of the finest Russian modern warships, having a displacement of 12,674 tons, a speed of IS knots, and an armament of four 10 inch, eleven 6 inch, and sixteen 3 inch guns. The Sevastopol has a tonnage of 10,OGO tons, a speed of 17.5 knots, and a battei^ of^four 12 inch and .twelve JLU- — Up to date Togo has I^t one battleship, the Hatsuse. and one cruiser, the Yoshino. To offset these losses he has inflicted the following injuries upon the Russians: Two days after the war began his torpedo boats severely injured the battleships Czarevitch and Retvisan and the cruiser Pallada. The following day the Russian fleet went out to battle, but was compelled to return with water line holes in the battleship Poltava and the cruisers Diana, Askold and Novik. The same day the gunboat Korietz and the cruiser Variag were destroyed at Chemulpo by Admiral Uriu. one of Togo’s chief lieutenants. On April 12 Togo sowed the waters

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outside Port Arthur with mines and on the 13th he left an unprotected cruiser as a bait to draw the Russians out. The Russians fell into the trap and came out. but when the full Japanese squadron compelled them to retreat they struck the hidden mines. The battleship Petropavlovsk was sunk with nearly all on board and the Pobieda severely injured. Early in May Togo succeeded in his third Hobson attempt. Nine merchant ships laden with stone were sunk in the entrance to the harbor, preventing the ships from within from coming out. As soon as these obstacles were placed, the second and third Japanese armies rushed upon their transports and were landed, one at Pitsewo above Port Arthur, and the other at Takushan. Later the Russians managed to blow out the obstacles, but their fleet had been neutralized at the critical moment when the transports were on the seas. Future history recording these exploits will enroll the Japanese name of Togo as high as the highest on her short list of great naval captains. In the beginning of the war observers made the mistake of believing that Togo was a Japanese admiral. He is not. He Is a inflftary—gcirius‘"bf the sort which but seldom in the annals of any one country blazes across the pages of history. Japan has only one Togo. The map shows what the Russians know of the Japanese position on land. The Japanese outposts are within a few miles of Kaichou. Behind them somewhere or other lies an army which apparently consists of the forces which Gen. Nodzu landed at Takushan, united with a part of the force whieh Gen. Oku landed above Port Arthur. Most of Oku’s army must still be resting in the environs of Port Arthur. Otherwise the Russians could emerge from that place and retake Nanshan hill. The fact that the reports of the battle of Telissu were signed by Oku does not indicate that that general had withdrawn his force from its objective —Port Arthur. It more likely means that the Japanese staff wants to make the Russians think that this has been done. Probably Gen. Nodzu was in command at the battle of Telissu. Nodzu ranks first among the four Japanese generals, Oku being second, and Kuroki third. Above these three generals are the two field marshals, Yamagata first and Oyama second. It is now announced that Oyama has been sent to take command in person in the field.

| For some time the , Japanese have been endeavoring to co, avey the impression that Kuroki inti ends,to swing around to the north*', therefore it is probable that he nev< any time entertained such an in/ n>Lon. JOIN FOR BIG FIGHT. Kuroki and Oku Readj to Spring at Kuropatkin’s ' hroat. Lieut. Gen. Sakharoff’* s dispatch confirms the belief that * me B rca t decisive battle of the campaign fetween Gen. Ku ropatkin’s main army a bl the armies of Gens. Kuroki and Oku s imminent. The three armies probably Jgregate 300,000 men ami their outpost ale 111 tench all along the line. The J >anese evidently tried to draw Kuropat 111 aa lar south as possible, holding out a » an incentive a check to the ad vane. of Oku’s main army. Meantime Oku : «ung sharply to the eastward to join K ,roki toward the Chapan pass, Kuroki r 1 the s ame time moving a strong force b J the right flank toward Haieheng. | The main Japanese acl l Y auee continues along the main Feng-Wa. ’’K-Cheng-Liao-Yang road, avoiding the Mao-Tien pass by a detour to the norths( al ’d. The advance in all points is b«>;. I attended by constant skirmishing. NqJ ting is known of the exact point at wht4 Kuropatkin’s main force is concentra^ though it is believed that a large p the Liaoto . T^lut between Kin-Chau and T 12°! According to a dispy’- ’ ir °m la-Tche-Kiao a large force hm* shed southward from that place agains iu * M hile Kuropatkin is thus extend himself, the Japanese, with great n biiity, seem to be trying to concentrate ’ or the Purpose of striking the Russiaiy 1 th® flank and rear. v £ A iceroy Alexieff’s hi Ige, with the brief dispatch from Rea imirtal W ithoft, naval commander ajo । or l" Arthur, throws little additional lit nt 011 Bea fight off Port Arthur. admiralty and the Emperor are awai 3g further details with the same eagen as * ke Seneral public. The loss of t vessels of the Port Arthur fleet,/!' ‘'j’^'itted to Isi a severe blow, especially 'L purchased by greater loss to the ", ’’E?’ Pse , iau reported by Vice Admir 1

meagemess of the reports ' s gi'eatiy mystifying the authorities, n ho continue io believe that there has be. '» a la ti-r fight which has not yet been iteported. There is a belief that t| ie ladivostok squadron put to sea Satuip a J an 'l i s likely to be next heard of j iu tlie Korean straits. According to latest ad P ces Kuropatkin is at Ta-Tche-Kiao, Personally in command. The presence the military, attaches and newspaper correspondents is also considered signifit an h The outposts are in touch all aloi fl ,e line. War News in I r »e f . It is reported that Edw af d I' Knight, the correspondent of th’tT London Morning Post with the Japanese army, was killed at AVafangtien. IL J. Middleton, the Press correspondent with the ; Hk>sian headquarters near Liaoyang, in Manchuria, died Sunday from enteric dysentery. Count Tolstoi,’jin a ter -column article in the London Tinies, sco, - es the Russian government for bringing on the war and characterizes the Czar as a weak ruler, who is being deceived constantly. Later details of the r aval battle off Port Arthur show that ti; i Japanese torpedo boats defied the br ladsides of the Russian fleet, sailing boldly up to the battleships and launching their torpedoes axiXU-deadly effect.^^^ ’ A <1 isphi tch from^ToliitK sa . vs it is reported that another Rusten battleship has been discovered stranded °fl Tiger Rock. It is presumed she v’as wrecked while returning to Port Arr'^ur after the recent naval engagement. Defeat of the Russia: 1 army near Tatchekiao is reported in Petersburg, but confirmation cannot ^e obtained. Gen. Oku's forces are sl i(1 t* l be withdrawing from tlie position they have held, but military experts thinl : tbis may conceal a movement in anoth er direction. The St. Petersburg N ovoe A remya, calling attention to the statement that Don Jaime de Bourbon v as an eye witness to the killing of Russian wounded at A’afangow, declares hat something must be done quickly to prevent the war degenerating into the sen Se less brutality which the Japanese pract!cesrandicate. Admiral Ohtomsky an^ Russian officers and sailors are retried drowned bi the sinking of the Rii^um battleship off Port Ai’tliur in the 'light with the Japanese. Admiral T< Reports that the Russians were preparing’f° r a dash for liberty when his torpedo boats went in and torpedoed and sank, oae battleship ami disabled another and a cruiser. The greatest land baffle ln the far eastern war is about to be fought, according to the reports fjnm the front. Generals Oku and Kuriki are advancing with 130,0011 men i$ battle formation toward Kuropatkin s forces, seeking to force action beforf the rainy season begins. The advanc? guards of the Russians are contesting every step and have scored several succ® 8863 ln Checking the Japanese advanc^-

PERDICARIS IS SET FREE. Now England and America Demand Capture of Bandit Raisuli. lon Perdk'aris and Cromwell Varley, who were captured by the notorious Moroccan bandit chief Raisuli, have been

released on payI ment of the ransom A demanded and gre D now in Tangier. 0 AA’ith the release of bj Perdicaris com e s \j the beginning of the 4 most serious crisis t Morocco has ever ' experienced. The I American and British ministers, on be- - half of their respect i v e governments, demand the

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immediate capttfre and punishment of the bandit Raisuli. All along both governments have promptly rejected the suggestion that they guarantee immunity, which not only Raisuli but the Morocco government put forward, the latter foreseeing the awkward position the Sultan woedd be placed in if punishment were demanded. The situation differs extraordinarily from that which usually follows such an act of brigandage. Raisuli is now a prominent govert ment official, holding what, in the present lawless condition of Morocco amounts to absolute sovereignty over the numerous provinces by the warlike hillsmen. There is little doubt that the Sultan, with an easy conscience, will break ’his promises and revoke the patents of gov-, ernorship granted to Ite<suli and replace the roltrei-- with nndthe? '** l ^^A-r'»ShuuTiT the hillsmen decide that Raisuli has been badly treated they will resist the appointment of a nets - governor and. aided by the tremendous prestige of the exploit given him. Raisuli with the desperation of a doomed man, will hold the provinces at the point of the rifle. Should the Fez government refuse the demand of Great Britain and the United States the action will be an affront to the powers and the outcome is obvious. Mr. Perdicaris is an American by birth, having been born in Trenton, N. J., of Greek ancestry. His father was wealthy, having accumulated a large fortune in gas stock, and the son inherited PEItDICARIS’ CHATEAU. all of this wealth. Thirty years ago he visited Europe and married an English lady, whose son, Varley, has shared his captivity. Si me years ago while visiting in Morocco. Tangier so captivated Perdicaris’ aristocratic and artistic tastes that he determin?l on living there and he acquired a hands >me castle four miles outside the city. Here he lived like a king. His home was the social center of Tangier and there diplomats and foreign residents often gatrered to enjoy his sumptuous hospitality. His abduction created a profound sensation. SINK ANOTHER SHIP. Naval Fight at Port Arthur la Won by the Japanese. Admiral Togo reports an engagement at Port Arthur last Thursday in which n-®t...’vrTr >l, .o —Tmro<vi,,t E'OQ ^W3S sunk and a battleship of the Sevastopol type and a first class cruiser of the Diana type were damaged. The Japanese fleet was practically undamaged. Admiral Togo sends no details, but it is reported that the Port Arthur fleet came out of the harbor on Thursday and engaged the Japanese fleet. Russia has had seven battleships at Port Arthur since the destruction of the Petrovpavlovsk. Two of the seven—the Czarevitch and the Retvizan —were tor-pedoi-d during Togo's first attack, on the night of Feb. 8. Another, the I’obeida, 1 was torpedoed the day after the Petropavlovsk was sunk. This left Russia four effective battleships, the Peresviet, the Sevastopol, the Poltava and the Osliabia. The Peresviet and the Osliabia are sister ships, both being built from the same plans. They both differ notably from the others, and it may be assumed that the battleship sunk by Admiral Togo’s fleet last Thursday’ was either the Peresviet or the Osliabia. The injured battleship must either have been the Poltava or the Sevastopol. These battleships formed another type in the Russian navy, and, with the Petropavlovsk. were built from the same designs. Unless the cruiser I’allada has been repaired, the erpiser Diana must have been the one referred to in Admiral Togo's dispatch. The Diana and Pallada were the only cruisers of that type at Port Arthur. The Diana was a first class cruiser with a displacement of 6,300 tons. Both the Peresviet and the Osliabia were built in 1898. Each had a displacement of 12,674 tons. Each was 434 feet long ami each carried thirty-two officers and men. The Russian army is reported in full retreat from Kaichou (Kai-ping). The two Japanese armies under Oku and Kuroki hr“ ’ rmed a junction at Kaichou and are advancing northward. This retreat marks the collapse of Kuropatkin’s effort to hamper the siege of Port Arthur and to prevent Oku and Kuroki from uniting their armies. Kuropatkin was forced to hurry south to save Stackelberg’s shattered army’ from annihilation, after its defeat at Vafangow. Now Kuropatkin’s position is almost as desperate as was Stackelberg’s a week ago. He can only save his army by retreat which will be almost as demoralizing as a defeat. Sparks from the Wire*. Manuel Quintana has been elected President of Argentine Republic and Figueroa Alcorta vice president. George AV. Johnson, trainmaster of the Toledo division of the Lake Shore Road, was killed by a train near Port Clinton, Ohio. Hattie M. Johnson, known on the stage as Marie Jensen, filed a voluntary petition in bankruptcy in Boston. Liabilities, $1,325; assets, sl< i. State Senator Hogg, of Ohio, is in receipt of word from Marion. Kan., that his ward. Miss Margaret Martin, has killed herself there by taking strychnine. Lord Dundonald is to be dismissed as general commanding officer of the militia at Montreal for statements that members of the Cabinet interfered with his work. Kogoro Kanokogi, director of the communication department for Formosa, and Meatomo Isoda inspected the various offices of the AA’ashington Postoffice Department to secure ideas of American methods. The Northern Pacific Railroad has brought suit for $20,000 against bondsmen of "Peter Powers” for damages said to have been caused by the latter’s proceedings to prevent the Northern Securities merger.

I SUNDAY SCHOOL I ❖ X *F 4- ❖ LESSON FOR JULY 3. X ❖ Kingdom Divided. 1 Kings 12:12-20. Memory verses, 12-14. Golden Text. —Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.—Prov. 16:18. AVe take up again the threads of the Old Testament story. AVe dropped them six months ago at the dedication of the temple by Solomon. After that notable event Solomon reigned for over a quarter of a century. At his death he was succeeded by his son, Rehoboam. Heritage. It was on the whole a splendid heritage which awaited Rehoboam. Never had the territory of Israel been so extensive. The twelve tribes, in number about 6,000,000, occupied a land about the size of Massachusetts and Connecticut. AA’ith subject states the realm was larger in area than Holland, Belgium, ■Denmark and Switzerland combined. By American standards this domain may seem small, but by the standards of the petty kingdoms of western Asia it was large. It was a kingdom which yielded a fabulous royal revenue, according to the chronicler, $20,000,000 a .year. Silver and gold were in Jerusalem “plenteous as stones” (2 Chron. 1:15). There was a still more gloYions spiritual • heritage. However overlaid by -vffobi Irtt-s, ’ludov^.’fr r; nd_ th ere was in Israel the true religion to ^kh belonged the future of thig world. All that David and Samuel arid Moses had wrought was part of the IHfe of the nation. / / But in the heritage of Rehoboam there were elements of weakness. The policy of Solomon had in many vvavs weakened the real strength of the kingdom and invited the disasters which followed. His splendid public buildings were erected at the expense of the cottages of the land. Israel was an agricultural cominusity and the revenues of Solomon must have meant a tax rate ruinously high. Ihe old liberties of the people were being more and more engulfed in an oriental despotism. Especially hateful to the people was the system of forced labor, by which public works were erected through vholosale and unpaid compulsion (1 Kings 5:13-14i. The plural luariin^cs of Soiomon, aiso, were atteuded av ith unfortunate consequences. Many of his wive: wore non-Israelites and marriage win them, according to ancient custom, moait a recognition of their gods. In fac'Solomon cluttered up Jerusalem with lirines to heathen divinities. So intolerate had conditions become that the pro-het Ahijah. sometime before Solomon’s dath, had foretold a disruption of the ingdom (1 Kings 11:31). At the vry beginning of his reign the people o’ nrthern Israel determined to obtain guarntees of reform. A separate coronal ws planned at Sechem. Jeroboam h^ reitued from his exile in Egypt to bccom the leader of the popu-

lar movement. Ihe people requested Rehoboam to listen their taxes and assured him if hewould do so that they would loyally ac>pt him as king. He /2 r - thrte US’S in which to consider the matter. T Then he began to s k advice, an admir^ble prp^dure. Il went, first of all to the old men who id been the associates of his father Uomon. From the wisdom of long experi e they counseled him to speak “good v.’ds” unto the people; thus would he evot pr-’i-lai; i,l l surely. 111 pr.lcy 10l ll'JUbbb:ffiri!6 pufSTTer— A

had simply promised to make a special examination of the national finances and to effect any possible reforms he would have won their hearts. A man like Rehoboam usually hunts around until he finds the kind of advice he wants. The fact is, when we have some doubtful matter to decide we go too frequently to those whom we know to be in sympathy with the thing we secretly want to do, rather than to those who will faithfully cut across our de- ♦ sir.es. Ami so Rehoboam repaired to the young men who had been his boon companions at court. They bade him deny the people’s request with insolent and uncompromising words. They probably considered such a reply “spirited.” On the appointed day Rehoboam made his “rough” reply. His foolish words immediately disrupted the kingdom which L>avid had compacted at such cost. But it startles us to be told that it was “a tiling brought about by Jehovah.” And so it was, under the conditions that existed. Had conditions been different then division could have been no part of God’s plan. God takes things as they are and makes the best of them. If the twelve tribes had been going forward in the way of the true religion the terrible discipline through which they were to pass would have been unnecessary. \A'e look back to-day ami we see that the disruption of the kingdom was necessary to the later development of the Jehovistic religion in Judah. It takes the ages to justify the years. “To your tents, O Israel!” was the declaration of revolution of the northern tribes. It was a method of speech which was a survival of the old nomadic life in the desert. Henceforth the name “Israel” signifies the northern kingdom. It was twice the size of Judah and many times more fertile. AA’ithin its borders were many of the places sacred in the national history. Great prophets like Elijah and Elisha were to rise among its people. But its proximity to the powerful peoples to the north meant the corruption of its religion and the final obliteration of its life. So successful was the revolt that there remained to the Davidic house only a part of Benjamin and the whole of Judah, into whose life the southern tribe of Simeon had already become absorbed. The separation was utter and irrevocable. The Causes of Disruption. 1. Political. There was a long standing jealousy between the two powerful tribes, Judah and Ephraim (Isaiah 11:13). It needed only an occasion to flame out. The reign of the house of David meant the supremacy of Judah and was, doubtless, irksome to the north. A more immediate political cause of disruption was the economic follies of Solomon. The splendor of his reign was the splendor of the reign of Louis XIA'., who impoverished France and after: whose successors came the deluge. 2. Religious. ’The prophets had much to do with the dismemberment of the realm. They advised it and helped to perpetuate it. Doubtless they did so because they believed that the interests of religion were safer in the hands of the northern tribes tiian in the hands of idolaters like Rehoboam. Feared Nothing. Caller —So your papa and mamma are going to take you to Europe with them ? AVillie —Yes’ni.. Caller —Aren’t you afraid to go on the ocean? AA'iilie —No’m; I aint’ afraid o’ nothin’; I’m been vaccinated. —Coast Seamen’s Journal.

INDIANA INCIDENTS. RECORD OF EVENTS OF THE PAST WEEK. i ruel Sort of Practical Joke —Fireworks Cause $15,000 Loss—Fortune Found in Old Bible-St. Paul Bank ClosesEive Wire Kills Two. There was sorrow in the home of Fred Westbrook, a Laporte veteran, when a telegram arrived from Chicago telling of the death in a hospital of his son Will, and stating that die body would be shipped to the old home for burial. The family pastor was notified, word was sent the relatives, an undertaker was engaged, pall-bearers secured, flowers purchased, and a grave dug, but when the undertaker and the relatives went to the train to meet the body none arrived. Telegrams sent to Chicago brought a reply, alleged to have been signed by the supposed dead man, that he was a lively corpse, and that he had wired his parents that he was dead “just for fun.” The funeral was postponed. Efforts since made by the parents to locate their son in Chicago have failed, and the records of the hospital where he was supposed to have, died do not show he was ever there. xThe parent.’ believe they are the victims of a practical joker. Fireworks Start Blaze. The usual conflagrations resulting from the use of fireworks had their beginning in Michigan Cjp'—ijje other en -»«. .to bavins procured a supply of firecrackers, went into a barn owned by Joseph Bates, and after setting off part of their fireworks, discovered that the building was burning, fanned by a stiff breeze, the flames raplll.v spread to five other barns and to the residences of Mr. Bates and Airs Henriette Jencz. All of the buildings and .heir contents were totally destroyed entailing in all a loss of $15,000. Old Bible Hides Fortune. Mrs. John Wheeler found SI,OOO of old money hidden in an old family Bible that was hidden away by her husband thirtyfour years ago. When John Wheeler a young> farmer of Shelby County, was married thirty-four years ago, he had •saved SI,OOO. On his wedding day he told his wife that he would put the money away until they needed it. The husband died a year ago. Mrs. Wheeler had hunted for the monev, but failed to find it. St. Paul Bank Closes Doors. The Home Bank of St. Paul closed its doors the other day. It refused to pay depositors until its affairs are settled in the courts. Fred Gillman, president of i bank ’ whieh faiied f ° r 8-00,000, had drawn extensively on this bank, of which he was also president, although he only held s£,ooo of its stock. Deposits to the amount of $61,000 are tied up. Sunday Schools Election. C. AA. Hall of Indianapolis will again head the Indiana Sunday School Asso-

ciation, having been rechosen to that place. The other officers are: E. W. Fell of Greenfield, Josiah Morris of Rockville. 22? E- A> of Fort Wayne, vice presidents; C. M. Lemon, Indianapolis, secretary- ^nd W. 11. Elvin, Indianapolis, treasurer, Electrocuted by Live Wire. ” , Frank Valentine and W. K. Stacy, electricians at the power station of the Indianapolis Northern electric line in Kokomo, came in contact with a live wire.

passed through their bodies. All Over the State. Frank Becker, 14 years old, was drowned in the lake at Whiting when landing fish he had caught. Despondent because of ill health, due to a sunstroke which he suffered several years ago. John Hatt, a business man of Robertsdale, committed suicide by cutting his throat with a razor. Antone Kloza of La Porte was given a verdict against the Haskell & Barker Car Company for §7^loo damages for loss of a leg while in the employ of the company. He sued for SIO,OOO. The Supreme Court has dismissed the appeal taken in the name of Moses Fowler Chase, the young Lafayette millionaire. from the decision appointing his father, F. S. Chase, as his guardian. The Western Telephone Manufacturing Company of Chicago has begun suit in Fort Wayne for infringement of patents against the Chicago Telephone Supply Company and George Briggs of Elkhart. George Dewald was killed and a carpenter named Lowman perhaps fatally injured in two accidents at Denver, remarkable for their similarity, in that each fell from roofs on which they were working. Wallace Moore's children in Waveland tried to use a lawn mower for a perambulator. The little boy that was riding got bis hau l mixed up with the knives. One finger was entirely cut off and the others badly bruised. One of the graduates of the Indiana State normal who received his diploma a few days ago is John Stahl, 53 y< ars old, who has been taking the prescribed course, irregularly. for twenty-seven years. Stahl entered the normal in April, 1877. Thomas Wiley. 21 years old. was shot while driving to his home south of St. I'aul. He and Frank Fagil. a young friend, were driving home together, and when they had covered abohl half the distance Wiley decided to ride the rest of the distance with his brother, who was in a buggy just behind him. As he was in the act of getting into his brother’s buggy Fagil drew a revolver and shot him in the abdomen, after which he whipped up his horse and disappeared. No cause is known for the act. Believing that the only cure for the drink habit was confinement in a cell. Mathias J. Eiche of Toledo, Ohio, deliberately committed theft, confessed to the crime and is now awaiting a long sentence in the jail at LaPorte. A gas explosion and fire in the store of John Baumbauer in Wabash wrecked the building and destroyed the stock. Fortunately no one was hurt, though Jacob Baumbauer, son of the proprietor, had a narrow escape. A ran of powder in the room was exploded by the fire, which burned the stock up. The loss is SIO,OOO. With his bride of less than a week standing not twenty feet away Ora Musi T Haute. Mi', and Mrs. Musser were on ■ hunting expedition and Musser’s dog knocked over a shotgun which was leaning against a tree. As the gun fell it was discharged and Musser received the charges from both barrels in his body. The town of Hope will ha\e no saloon for some time at least. Petitions have been circulated and the names of GOO people have been secured, and this remonstrance has been placed before the County Commissioners to prevent them from issuing a liquor license to Joseph Henry, who resides in Shelbyville.