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MANCHESTER, IOWA,
Hell hath no fury like a Frenchman
caught In a lie.
A Now Jersey oat Is reported to have
forty-one toes. Another monopoly, per
chance. -j
Lynching as a cure for crime seems
to be about as effective as it la for
throat troubles.
A parson has been dismissed for kiss
ing young ladles. The navy Is the place
for the gentleman.
Canada claims It has properly sur
veyed that disputed boundary and
wants to be monarch of all It surveys.
Discussions as to a proper name for
the automobile are still on, but no mat
ter how It's called or who calls It It's
going to come.
While gold Is a bright article, so much
of It as Is on that disputed Alaska boun
dary line makes the prospect of settle
ment less bright.
.-The Gerat Salt Lake Is said to be
slowly drying up, but hopeful candi
dates need not fear that the great Salt
lttvcr will ever run dry.
Jay Gould's daughter Anna and her
count have recently overlooked a large
number of fine opportunities to make
spectacles of themselves.
Whatever the case may be with cy
clones It's something that the Weather
Department can't get wind of hurrl
canes before the wind itself arrives.
An English young woman Intends to
start on a journey around the world on
a bicycle. If she sticks to the bicycle
all the way she'll get on swimmingly.
Almost everything has a trust these
days excepting the air, and the uncer
tain way In which hurricanes and cy
clones come up makes It so no trust can
be put In it.
1
The worthless Individual who killed
himself to spite his wife, because she
wanted to have him arrested, didn't
stop to consider that he might be con
ferring a real benefit unawares. He
certainly solved the problem of Incom
patibility in a very thorough way.
Maurice Grau has been decorated
with the Cross of the Legion of Honor
of France. Inasmuch as Mercier, Bil
lot, Cavalgnac, Bolsdeffre, Bertlllon
and the rest of them have been similar
ly decorated it would seem that some
thing better might have been done for
Grau.
The practicability of wireless teleg
raphy seems to have been established
by the latest tests In England. There
is still some danger of misunderstand
ing or overlooking a message, however,
just as there Ib when a man's wife
touches his foot significantly under
neath the dinner table.
There Isn't much of the "la glolre'1
pose in the careless American fighter,
but he's chockful of that stanch loyalty
to his flag and country, to his army
corps, division regiment and company
which rightfully stands to him for
glory. The only phase of his work that
arouses his seuse of honor Is that after
math of battle when he, personally. Is
expected to look pretty and "play hero."
I After disposing of all his property
.holdings in this country, Tod Sloan, the
jockey, has taken his departure for dear
.old London, and his future plans do
not at present signify a return to Amer
ica. In this going, with afalr promise
,to remain away, this country Is to be
icongratulated, for England Is as wel
come to him as to William Waldorf
Astor.
"They toll not, neither do they spin,"
Is often applied reproachfully to the
members of royal families, but not al
ways with Justice. The late Grand
'Duke George of Russia, younger broth
er of the Czar and heir apparent to the
throne, although always of frail health
and much taxed with court ceremonies
and social functions, was an' earnest
iBtudent and a bard worker, and made
an admirable translation from English
Into Russian of Capt. Mahan's book,
"The Influence of Sea-Power Upon His
tory." How many young men in any
walk of life have achieved such a task
as that at so early an age? For he was
only 28 when he died.
Last year 5,200,000 pounds of alumi
num, valued at ?1,710,000, were pro
duced In the United States. The value
per pound was therefore 33 cents. In
1888 19,000 pounds of that metal were
produced, valued at nearly $3.33 a
practically prohibitory cost. Improved
processes of manufacture reduced rap
Idly the market price of a metal that
can be utilized In so many ways, and
ns a consequence there was a great In
crease in the output. The value per
pound in 1880 was about $2.50, In 1800
SI, In 1891 CO cents, in 1804 57'/4 cents,
In 1896 40 cents, and In 1807
57/2
cents.
The cost of production Is being low
ered, but not as rapidly as in earlier
years. The slight reduction In 1898.
as compared with 1897, was accompa
nied, however, by an Increase of 30 per
cent, in the output.
An English girl of good family has
become Infatuated with Prince Loben
gula, the Matabele chief, who has been
on exhibition in London, and, afte"
vainly trying to marry hiui In England,
she has gone to live with him In his
kraal In South Africa. Vhe example
threatens to become contagious, and
London society Is scandalized by the
attention which white women of good
bleeding have been lavishing upon
these black savages in the Earl Court
e.\hlbitlonv The sad case of Desdemo
Jiu and Othello does not seem to have
Impressed these English women. But
perhaps there are not men enough lu
Kngland to go around. The blame for
this state of affairs may be, laid at the
door of the American girl, who has
been poaching so long on the English
girl's preserves. One might write quite
a pathetic story showing how the
haughty American heiress has forced
Hie abandoned and desolate English
maidens to go to the black savages of
South Africa for their husbands.
The tide of travel will set heavily In
toward Europe next spring. Paris nnd
the great French exposition will be the
objective point. Thousands of Ameri
cans will then visit Europe for the first
time, while other thousands will simply
score another annual trip. More and
more Americans visit Europe each
year. They are attracted by those
nameless charms which age alone can
bring and which is a fascination of the
older civilization. But even before the
trip to Europe should come the trip to
America. We have in these United
States a vast and diversified country
which, politically, Is working out the
highest conception of popular govern
ment the world has yet attained. In a
relative seme It Is new and it is crude.
It presents few ruins, venerable or oth
erwise, but it has within its confines
Bome of the noblest scenery the sun
shines upon. The man whose vision Is
limited to Manhattan Island or the
New England States sees the play of
"Hamlet" with llumlet left out. Back
of him for 3,000 miles, clear to the Pa
cific Ocean, stretches a wealthy and
populous country, the people of which
have grappled with and conquered nov
el problems, have made the American
desert blossom like the rose and made
productive the flinty heart of nature.
Prof. B. E. Slosson, of the University
of Wyoming, gives some good reasons
in the Independent for the existence
of coeducational colleges. He not only
admits that the throwing together of
young men and women at college en
courages marriage, but he further as
serts that it leads to wiser marriages
than those promoted by the ballroom
and the ordinary society methods. The
statistics of Bryn Mawr, a college for
women, show that only 32 of the 234
graduates up to 1894 have married, or
only 14 per cent. Figures from the Uni
versity of Kansas, a coeducational In
stitution, show that of the 130 women
graduates up to 1894 05 have married,
or 50 per cent. Thirty-one of the sixty
five married fellow students, Indicating
that propinquity is a good match-mak
er. Prof. Slosson sums up the case by
saying: "If you want young people to
marry let them be together if you don't
want them to marry keep them apart."
He is undoubtedly correct In saying
that the enforced isolation of the sexes
during the most impressionable age
tends strongly toward permanent celi
bacy. While one cannot quite approve
of the catalogue of a Western college
that asserted there were more happy
marriages among Its students than In
any other institution In the country,
there is no denying that the healthful
association of yonug men and women
at college Is a normal and desirable
way of educating the sexes to know
and appreciate each other. As the main
object In view Is education, the path to
matrimony Is through platonlc friend
ship Instead of through flirtation. If
the marriages, even in a coeducational
college, are fewer than in outside socie
ty, they are at least founded on the real
ities of mutual knowledge rather than
on the Illusions of Ignorance, and sel
dom lead to divorce.
FOOL TRAIT OF CRABS.
Make Prisoners of Them.elvea by
Crawling Into I.ive Oysters.
An oyster sbucker found In the shell
of the bivalve what he called a baby
crab.
"That's the flrs.t one of that kind I
ever found in a Long Island oyster,"
said the old shucker, "and I've been
shucking along the sound for twenty
years. But such crabs are frequently
found In Virginia oyster shells and are'
considered great delicacies when you'
get enough of them. Last summer I
was shucking while on a visit to VIr*
glnla, and I found enough baby crabs
In oyster shells to fill an ordinary slzft
cofTee pot A young woman saw them
and clapped her hands at the sight.
She asked me what I would take for
them, and I said $2 without thinking.
"She took me up quicker than a mice,
.and off she ran with them as'lf she bad
drawn a prize.
"Why do they go Into oyster shells?"
"I don't know. I asked an old Vir
ginia shucker that same question, and
he said It \vas because they were lone
some and went In for company. But I
don't believe It. That would mean thai
crabs think, and we know they don't
Neither does a lobster. I think the
biggest fool In water Is a lobster. 1
suppose you know how we catch lob
sters In the sound? Take a box, bore
holes In the side of it and sink it Put
out your buoy so you'll know where to
find the box. Leave the box stink all
night and go out the next morning,
haul it up, and you've got a box full of
lobsters. And the funny thing about
It Is that they go into the holes back
ward. Even people will put their
heads into holes where tliey are look
ing, but it takes a lobster to back Into
a hole, and they keep on doing if Fish
are smart, l'ou have to play with
them to bite. But lobsters, they back
right into your arms. Biggest fools
that live."—Philadelphia Inquirer.
ETHER WAVES.
A Remarkable Medium that Fills All
Matter and All Space.
The phenomena of wireless telegra
phy are most marvelous from the pure
ly scientific side. They show us that
this remarkable medium, the ether,
which encompasses us about on every
side, penetrating the densest ns well
as the rarest forms of matter and fill
ing the whole of celestial space, is .In
a state of endless disturbance, crossed
and recrossed by waves In infinite va
riety. In his address on the "Sir Gate
ways of Knowledge" Lord Kelvin has
called attention to "the vast gap be
tween 400 vibrations pel- second, the
sound of a rather high tenor voice,
and 400,000,000,000 per second, the
number of vibrations corresponding to
dull red light, and therefore the lowest
rate in the spectrum." But, now that
Hertz has given us ether waves mil
lions of miles long, how enormously
has this range been widened? With
in this range there Is room for twenty
senses, In place of five, each equal in
range to those we have at present and
If each should reveal to us as much as
does the eye, what an amazing wealth
of knowledge would be ours! Indeed,
Lodge has suggested an electrical the
ory of vision based on coherent action.
But why may not these Hertzian
waves have been already utilized by
our organism? We are told that the
day that General Gordon was killed at
Khartoum the people In the streets and
bazaars of Cairo knew of It, though
the distance iu a direct line is 1,000
miles and no telegraph connects these
cities. And a British officer In Af
ghanistan narrates that Information of
the intended movement of troops dur
ing the war at distances of fifty or 100
miles away was known to the natives
at these points almost immediately,
though no signaling of any sort could
be detected. What worlds of possible
sensation lie ail about us lu these ether
waves and, when these are fully rec
ognized, with what tremendous capa
bilities will the human race be endow
ed! lu the eloquent words of Tyndall,
"The air about us may be full of heav
en's hallelujahs, while we hear only
the feeble whisper of our own pray
ers."— Llpplncott's.
A great many people nre like trot
ting horses: they can't do anything
without pare makers.
After a man reaches 35 he should
stop dreaming and go to work.
How to Feed Euffar Beets.
When sugar beets are fully grown,
which will be as soon as the first frost
occurs, harvest them In this way: Take
a hoe, ground as sharp as a knife, and
go through the rows chopping off the
tops smoothly, and doing so, so that the
tops will fall from two rows into one
space between these rows. Go up and
down so that the right hand can do the
work, throwing the tops to the left
Then, when the beets are topped, take
a blunt hoe, or a prong hoe, and lift the
roots out of the ground, throwing them
Into the empty rows, so that when the
work Is done there will be one row of
roots and one of tops alternately
through the field. Then gather the
roots and put them, after one day's sun
ning to dry them, In pits made in this
A POT OF HOOTS (BND VIEW).
way, dag eighteen inches deep, in dry
soli, and three or four feet wide, and
of any desired length for convenience.
Cover them with straw laid up and
down the shed water, and then cover
this with'earth—a foot deep finally, as
the winter's cold may make it neces
sary to avoid freezing. But ventilation
must be secured by putting wisps of
straw every four or" five feet to let the
heated air due to the fermentation of
the beets escape, otherwise the roots will
rot The leaves may be saved In the
same way and will keep long enough to
feed them before the roots are touched.
Any kind of roots, potatoes or apples
will keep in the best manner In this
way, until the spring. There is no other
root grown that is so good for cows
kept for milk as the sugar beet And
no other crop gives more actual food to
the acre than this when it la well
grown. rj'v
Value of Hay as Feed.
The hay crop of this country la more
Important to farmers than wheat, as
bay may be baled and sent to market
or be used on the farm but one reason
why hay should not be sold Is because
it contains more of the mineral ele
ments than does grain. More profit is
made from hay than from any other
staple crop, as it is the main reliance
for winter feeding, and the manure
from hay contains plant food that is
more evenly balanced than that from
any other source. To derive the -most
benefit from hay, however, Is to feed
It 111 connection with less valuable
bulky food, using bran or linseed meal
to make the ration better and more
acceptable, and especially should this
course be pursued when there has been
a short hay crop.
Calf Weaoers.
The days of the old-fashioned wean
ers—made of an old boot leg or a strap
full of nails—are numbered. While
these were comparatively satisfactory
as far as weaning the calf was con
cerned, the nails proved a cruelty to the
cows and In many cases resulted In
Injury. The "muzzle" weaner has lor
some time been familiar to those inter
ested, but the "safety" weaner is com
paratively new. It consists of a piece
of galvanized Iron swung from a wire
frame, .which is so constructed as to
fit into the nostrils of the animal. The
ends are made so they will not wear
the nose or make it sore. The device
SAFETY WEAKER. MUZZLE WEANER.
does not Interfere In the least with
feeding, but It Is said to wean the most
obstinate case, as it prevents sucking
sldewise as well.
Buylnir Mill Feed.
At this time of year millers need all
their spare room to hold grain, and
will sell bran and wheat middlings
much cheaper than they can afford to
do later In the season. There is often
a saving of two or three dollars per
ton, eyen though the price of grain
does not advance, if the mill feed need
ed for winter and spring is purchased
now. If farmers have spare room in
their barns that can be kept always
dry they can profitably use It for stor
ing bran, though it Is very bulky in
proportion to its cost, and for that rea
son room for It can not be nfforded
where storage Is expensive,
t-'orchijm Feed ai Food.
It is not generally known that a great
part of the human race In partly civ
ilized countries depends on the seeds of
Kaffir coru and the various varieties of
sorghum for their grain food. The seed
Is easily beaten out, and when ground
into meal and raised with yeast it
makes, as good pancakes as buckwheat.
Some like a mixture of this with Indian
meal better than either alone. Where
the seed is taken from sorghum grown
for making sugar, both the seed and
the sweetness of the stalk nre at their
best Just before the grain hardens.
Figs as f-caveiiirers.
Every family can keep one or two
pigs, using as food refuse from the
table and the parings of potatoes und
other vegetables cooked for food. This
will, perhaps, need to be supplemented
by a little grain, but the expense of this
will be more than made up by the
thriftier growth of the pigs. If one
breeding sow is kept Its pigs will supply
the family with meat for the year, at
much leBS expense than buying it In the
city markets.
Fall Plowing.
There may be disadvantages iu fall
plowing, as it is believed by some that
the plowing of the land in tile fall per
mits of the loss of soluble plant food In
winter by leaching, but wheu the land
is plowed late lu the year and then
cross-plowed early In the spring there is
brought to the surface the larvae of in­
sects, which perish on exposure to cold
at the surface. To prevent leaching of
the soil after plowiug the work should
be done early In the fall and the land
seeded to rye. -V
Cheap and Handy Wheat Blni1
Build a house as large as you may
wish for your wheat, oats and rye. Seal
up tight by tongulng and grooving the
celling draw celling down tight and
nail fast. Separate your bins from each
other, then have a hole in.the floor with
small slip door and fix with a common
sack nearly reaching the lower, floor
when you are ready to sack up just
open the slide and let the wheat come
down through the funnel of sack which
has both ehds open. When the sack is
full shut off the grain, using a lever for
the purpose, it is easy and cheaply
made or. you can have a wooden spout
to use Instead of a sack, which would
be best, and about as cheap 4V&-lncb
wide planks make a spout and have
shut-off plank to fit in spout. It Is a
cheap and easy way to fill sacks.—H. A.
Cooler.
Grooming Farm Horses.'
Farm horses in summer usually show
the effects of neglected grooming more
than the lack of grain feeding. It is
true, If the horse has his run In the
fields, as we think every horse should
do some time every summer, he will
partly groom himself by rolling either
on wet grass or on plowed ground.
Though this does not Improve the
horse's looks, It cleanses the skin, and
If the brush and curry comb are used
after, the animal will clearly show his
appreciation of the service that Is be
ing done to him.
Wintering Stock
The farmer who simply "winters" his
stock until spring loses valuable time,
unless his object is to gain in weight of
product. Many farmers are satisfied
to have the stock come out In the spring
In as good condition as the animals
were In the fall, but something more
Bhould be expected than for the stock
to "keep" over winter. Every animal
that doeB not make again causes a loss,
as labor Is required, nnd the most prof
itable plan Is to feed liberally and en
deavor to gain as much as possible.
Tnrnlps Among Potatoes.
We have always found that turnips
sown broadcast among potatoes suc
ceeded better than among corn. The
leaves of the potato die down earlier
than those of corn, and the roots cease
to draw from the soil the moisture that
the turnip nfeeds. Of course, the pota
toes must be dug by hand, but this
helps the turnips by the stirring of the
soil about them and by the destruction
of the weeds that hinder their growth.
Handling Apples and Potatoes.
One must often handle barrels of ap
ples or potatoes alone. Iu such a case
a device like that shown In the cut will
be of service. An old buggy wheel Is
fastened between the ends of two han
dles, which have a cross-piece and a
"sling" of boards, as shown In the cut.
The frame Is pulled up to the barrel,
A BARBEL WHEELBARROW.
which is tipped up to one side, and the
"sling" slipped under it It can then
be wieeled away wltli euch.—Orange
Judd Farmer.
Weeds Rich in Nitrogen.
The common chlckweed and pigweed,
that start up In gardens In.midsummer
and make remarkable growth within a
short time, are both weeds that rank
very high In nitrogenous compounds.
Not even second-growth clover will fur
nish as much nutrition for their bulk.
Hogs and cows are extremely fond of
both and will eat them greedily. They
are excellent not only for breeding
sows, but for hogs that are being fed
grain and need more succulency In their
ration.
How to X*oad Stock.
To load hogs or sheep easily, quickly
and without Injury, we use a chute 2
feet wide, 10 feet long, 8 feet high on
sides fasten an old horse shoe under
each corner at upper end so the heel
calks will rest on rear end of hog rack.
Have sliding gate to open at corner of
yard. Place slats crosswise iu bottom
of the chute to prevent slipping.—Leslie
Ashcraft.
Location of Orchards.
Wherever forests have been cleared
off, there should be some shelter pro
vided, behind which the fruit trees may
be protected from winds that blow off
the fruit before it Is ripe. Such shel
tered places have generally a moist soil,
as they have received a larger propor
tion of the leaves that, as autumn
frosts loosen them, are blown every
where.
How to Hang a Grindstone.
Where hand power is used, take Irons
from an old fanning-mill, put stone
where fan was, and rest as when on
mill. Use shaft to suit occasion, nnd
hold tool square across stone when
grinding. Don't hollow It out like a
pig trough. If a piece of soft brick is
held on a few times It will make stone
cut faster.
I'slt Bwlll Barrel.
Improvements In methods are some
times due to adversity. A decade ago
the swill barrel, with Its foul mixture,
was considered a necessary adjunct ,on
every farm, but the swill barrel is
passing away, as farmers are being
convinced that clean and wholesome
food is as necessary for hogs as for
other animals. i-"•
Hints for Fruit Growers.
1
Watch a sod orchard. It will begin
to fall before you know It.
Good drainage, natural or artificial,
Is essential to success. Trees are Impa
tient ofr wet feet.
Good tillage Increases the available
food supply of the soil and also con
serves its moisture.
Potash Is the chief fertilizer to be ap
plied to fruit trees, particularly after
tbey come Into bearing.
Only cultivated crops should be al
lowed in orchards early In the season.
Grain and hay should never be grown.
Probably nine-tenths of the apple or
chards are In sod, and many of them
are meadows. Of course they are fail
ing.
Nitrogen can be obtained cheapest by
moons of thorough tillage no promote
nitrification) nnd nitrogenous green
manures.
The remedy for these apple failures
is to cut down many of the orchards.
For the remainder, the treatment is
cultivation, fertilization, spraying—the
trinity of orthodox apple-growing.
Cultivation may be stopped late in
the season, and a crop can then be
sown upou the land. This crop may
servo as a cover or protection to the
soil, and as a green manure.—Prof.
Bailey.
AROUND A BIG STATE
INTERESTING ITEMS OF LATE
IOWA NEWS.
Marble Rock Suffers by Fire—Town
and Lalce Lerally Located—Killed by
a Thrown Stone—Prisoner* Hold Up
Tbelr Captor* and 1'acape
Another disastrous -fire has occurred nt
Marble liock. Niue business houses were
destroyed, entailing a loss of about $20,
000. The following is A list of losses:
Joe Wilotli, loss ou stock $8,000} insur
ance $4,000, loss on buildings $3,500, in
surance $2,000 A. Moore, loss on build
ings and s.tock $4,000, insurance $700
Hob Ramsay, loss $1,500, insured for
$600 or $800 Mrs. Palmer'B loss can
hardly be estimated, but is fully covered
by Insurance John Gates, loss on build
ing $500, no insurance Walster building
$4,000, insurance $1,500 Dick Thome,
building $17800, insurance $800 Al Mc
Cray, loss $800, no Insurance W. Judd,
building $500, no insurance W.~Ij. Nel
son, stock $8,500, insurance $2,000 Odd
Fellows, plate glass $150, no insurance
r. Walster, $150 on furniture J. W.
Martin, plate glass $75, no insurance
Messrs. Schmidt, plate glass $25, no in
surance.
Hold Up Their Captor*.
A Rock Island Railroad train was the
scene of a daring and amusing hold-up
between Commerce and Valley Junction.
Constables Shuler and John Cameron of
Valley Junction were the parties held up.
John Doe and Charles Roe did the work.
The constables were in charge of the un
known, taking them to Des Moines, for
safe keeping. The hold-up men simply
drew their guns on the constables, asked
Shuler and Cameron to hand, over their
tirearms, which the officers of the law
obligingly did, when the prisoners re
quested the conductor to kindly slow np a
little, and they jumped off.
Jump from Train and'Killed.
Deputy Sheriff S. E. Smith of Water
loo, returning from Independence on an
Illinois Central passenger, attempted to
jump off to save a long walk home. The
train was traveling at a high rate of
speed and the unfortunate man was
thrown violently to the ground and prob
ably instantly killed. His body was
found a few njinutes later by trainmen
who had donbted his ability to get off
safely. An inquest was deemed unneces
sary.
Struck Dead by a 6tone.
Patrick Winslow was arrested at Des
Moines, charged with the murder of Ed
ward Tilton, a farmer living in the out
skirts of the city. Tilton was driving
home from town, when he was struck by
a stone thrown at him. It hit him square
ly on the side of the head and when
found a few moments later he was dead.
Tilton and Winslow had quarreled and
Winslow is accused of threatening to
"do up" Tilton. Winslow is 23 years old.
Tilton was 55 and leaves a family.
Legal Statua of a Lake.
The Attorney General gays that Man
awa is In Iowa, and isn't a part of the
Missouri river. A local court so held, dis
missing the charges against men who
were caught seining. Council Bluffs ask
ed the Attorney General's opinion about
appealing from such a decision. He says
appeal. He calls attention to the fact
that Congress passed a law granting the
lake to the city of Council Bluffs. This
is doubtful legislation, but it shows that
the lake is in Iowa.
Bold Deed of Highwaymen*
Three masked highwaymen held up and
robbed O. W. Buss the other morniiig
about 10'o'clock while the latter was driv
ing from Denver to Waterloo. The rob
bers secured about $5 in money from the
young man's pocketbook, but overlooked
his watch and a quantity, of pennies
which were in his coat pofcket.
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A Big Cattle Sale.
Simpson Finnell, a farmer living near
Hamburg, recently disposed of 1,000 head
of cattle to Eastman, the great exporter
of New York. The prise paid was 0
cents and averaged $06 per head. This
is the biggest cattle deal ever made in
the State of Iowa. The total receipts of
the sale were $140,000.
Held Up on a Train.
As the fast mail was pulling out of
Waterloo a man by the name of Russell
xf Clarksville was held up and robbed of
$800 In. money and notes amounting to
*1
,200. The thieves jumped the train
and escaped.
Brief State Happenings*
Rural free mail delivery has been or
'dered started at Osceola.
The $25,000 electric light plant at Oor
alville has been completed.
The postofflce at Stillwater has been
discontinued,, mail to go to Orchard.
The contract has been let for the new
German Methodist Church at Denison.
The W. C. T. U. of the Marshall dis
trict held their thirtieth convention at
'Albion.
The receipts of the Story County fair
are said to exceed those of any previous
year by $500.
A. E. Bufkin of Toledo has been ap
pointed engineer at the Sac and Fox
schools at $000 a year.
Five hundred gallons of liquor, for the
sale of which no permit had been taken
out, was seized by the anti-saloon league
at Lenox.
John Miner, farmer, living two miles
east of Waterloo, committed suicide by
setting a barn on tire in which he had
locked himself. It was impossible to res
cue him on account of the intense heat.
While In a demented condition, John
Cunningham committed suicide at Clin
ton by cutting his throat with a largo
butcher knife, making two frightful
wounds from the effects of which he died
about two hours later.
Mayor MacVicar of Des Moines will
veto the bridge levy in that* city, as he'
considers It needless nnd a great burden.
Cyrus Clingman, the oldest citizen of
Des Moines County, died at his home at
Danville, at the age of 00 years and two
months.
J. P. Holz of Dubuque had a piece of
iron lodged in his index finger. Blood
poisoning set in and his hand had to be
amputated.
The city of Dubuque now collects a tax
of $20 each from all slot machines op
erated there and about thirty-five paid up
last month.
B. V. Andrus of Buffalo Center, ac
cused of burglary, has skipped, while
bondsmen were.being found for his ap
pearance.
Stone cutters at Iowa City have or
ganized and formed a lodge of the Jour
neymen Stone Cutters' Association of
North America.
John, son of Nick Gross of Big Grove,
fell off a wagon behind the horses which
kicked him, and the wagon passed over
him, injuring him seriously.
Rev. Jacob Fath of the German Con
gregational Church at Muscatimj-bas re
signed. to take up the position of finan
cial solicitor for the German Congrega
tional Church of the United States.
Frank Dovenspike, a lad of Richland,
had a foot badly bruised while jumping
on and off a moving train in the yards
there.
J. G. McDowell, a machinist of Des
Moines, while working at Fort Dodge,
fell off a high beam and was seriously
in jured.
The employes of the Garrison Canning
Compnny struck for higher wages and
caused the management a loss of several
hundred dollars a day.
The little sou of Mr. and Mrs. John
son of Burlington was burned to death
aud the mother went insaue with grief
and was taken to the hospital at Mt.
^ictiant*
Whooping cough is prevalent at Logan.
Moulton is to have a telephone ex
change.
The new Catholic Church in Carroll
township has been dedicated.
A company may be formed at Maxwell
to put In an electric light plant
Mystic now owns a fire engine, and a
compauy will soou be organized.
The postoffice at Mikesville has been
discontinued mail to Kanawha.
A lodge of the Modern Brotherhood of
America is being organized in Toledo.
There was one case of diphtheria In
Davenport in July, and one in August.
The soldiers' relief commission at At
lantic pays out $8,000 a yeaT to old sol
ders.
Two telephone oxchanges are being put.
in at Ida Grove, and the town Is in a
muddle.
The depot at 5a«y is being torn down,
preparatory to building a new and mod-,
em one.
The 15-year-old son of Matthew Sex
auer of Ankeny was kicked on the head
by a horse.
Max Wallace, a Hebrew peddler, was
killed in attempting to jump from a train
at Dubuque.
During the parade at the street fair
at Waterloo several booths fell, but no
one was hurt.
The reunion of the soldiers and sailors
of Hamilton County at Williams waB a
great success.
School has begun at the Home for
Feeble-Minded Children at Glenwood,
and 825 are enrolled.
The Red Men of Iowa will hold their
annual conclave at Des Moines the sec
ond week in October.
Henry Wise, a farmer living near Post
ville, fell from hls barn, breaking his
neck and dying instantly.
George Woodworth, a married man liv
ing in Savanna,-has eloped with a 17
year-old girl of that place.
The grain elevator at Nichols, together
with its contents, 8,000 bushels of com,
was totally destroyed by fire.
Burglars are getting in their work at
Des Moines. At one place they secured
about $43 and a valuable gold watch.
The body of an unknown man was
found floating in the river at Burlington
and was buried without being identified.
The new wagon bridge across the Wap
sie, built jointly by Clinton and Scott
counties, has been completed, and the
farmers in that vicinity met and dedicat
edit
The grange or co-operative store at
Grinnell, which has been established for
twenty-five years, and has been prosper
ous during all that time, is to go out of
business.
Jerry Potts, an employe at
a
a
brakeman on the
Rock Island, lost his foot some months
ago while In the performance of his duty,
and has now aued the company for $50,
000 damages.
The Mutual Telephone Company of Des
Moines has been sued for $10,000 dam
ages, by reason of the death of John I.
MacDonald, who was killed by coming in
contact with a fallen live wire.
The American Book Company threat
ens to enjoin the Board of Education at
Belle Plalne from using books of other
publishers In the schools where they
claim they have a contract for the books.
A gift of £400" has been received from
James Woodward of Dubuque by the
Wesleyan chapel of Kirby-Stephen, Lon
dou, England, out of gratitude for Sun
day school teaching received there forty
years ago.
William H. Bailey, a lawyer of Des
Moines, has sued the street railway com?
pany for $25,000 damages for injuries
sustained by a car running into him
through the negligence of the company's
employes.
An epidemic of a very virulent type has
appeared among the swine in the central
portion of'Woodbury County and hogs
are dying by hundreds. Two seasons ago
that section was badly scourged with the
same disease.
Mrs. Anna N. Jacobsen of Des Moines
has brought suit against the Great West
ern Coal Company for $20,000 damages
for the loss of her husband, whom she al
leges was killed through the negligence
of the company.
Marshalltown has a torpedo mine which
was taken from the harbor of Guanta
namo, Cuba, during the war, by the cruis
er Eagle. The vessel was in command
.of Lieutenant Commander Fletcher, who
halls from Marshalltown.
The third fatality in as many weeks ta
the railroad yards of Marshalltown has
occurred. A stranger giving his name as
Neal Murphy and his home as auywJtere,
was struck by the fast mail on the North
western and received injuries from whic
he' died.
George R. Smith committed suicide
the Mason City driving park, choosing
morphine as the lethal drug. He had
been an industrious and successful busi
ness man until the drink habit settled
upon him. Of late he has been despou
dent. He left several letters addressed
to friends, In each case statiug that he
was tired of life.
1
Three convicts escaped from Anamosa.
prison. They were released from their
cells and taken to the kitchen to prepare
breakfast. It is the custom to lock them
in the kitchen while preparing breakfast.
This was done, but it appears that they
bad' made previous arrangements for
their escape. Au investigation shows the
fact that they had sawed the hinges from
the north door in the basement of the
kitchen, 8nd all that was uecessary for
them to do was to remove the door, scale
the walls and hie themselves away to
liberty. Nohe of the wall guards are on
duty at that hour. Those escaping are
Howard, Smith and Jones. The latter
is a colored man.
L. R. Brown of Epworth, the wealthi
est resident of that township, and who
had lived alone for over forty years, has
just died from an apoplectic fit
President William R. Harper of the
University of Chicago has had a con
ference with the trustees of Burlingtou
Institute College. He told them if they
would guarantee $2,000 a year for three
years to the college the University of
Chicago would take charge of It, put in
three new professors and put it on a pay
ing basis. The proposition was accepted.
Dr. Harper was elected a trustee and a
member of the-executive committee.
It is practically certain that Des
Moines and Eastern capitalists will erect
a beet sugar factory next year.
Mrs. Mary Hammer was murderously
attacked by her husband, Joseph, In Des
Moiries. The man is missing, and there
are reasons to believe he has committed
suicide. Jealousy was the cause.
A thresher engine belonging to Hlssou
Bros, blew up near Newton. Will Ben
jamin was scalded and thrown into the
wagon. The team ran away, upset the
wagon, and he was badly burned and in
jured. Another Benjamin boy was in
jured to some exteut. The engine was
thrown twenty-five feet. The straw and
part of the separator were burned.
Four dollars has been placed' as the
legal value of a kiss in Fort Dodge, a
taan being fined $10 for four kisses.
M. A. Selby of Des Moines has com
menced suit against the Rock Island for
$5,000 damages, which lie alleges he has
suffered by being struck by a train.
Samuel Ifest, water supply man of the
Iowa Central near Winfield, had just
thrown a shovelful of coal uuder the boil
er and stepped to the door, when the
boiler exploded. He was thrown quite a
distance and oue side of his body was
severely scalded by escaping 'steam. The
engine house was almost totally wrecked,
the engine being thrown entirely outside
th* building.
HOME OF HARRISON.
HISTORIC HOUSE AT VINCEN
NES, IND.
Where Harrison T.lved When He GOT*
erned Indiana Territory—Used a.
Fort In 1804-Eceue of the Famous
Conference with Tecnmseh.
William Henry Harrison's old home
stead at Vlnceiiues, Ind., lias just been
sold to E. 8. Shepard for $2,000. The
building was erected by Gen. Harrison
In 1804 at a cost of $20,000, nearly 400
acres of land being exchanged for the
bricks alone. Here John Scott Harri
son, father of former President Benja
min Harrison, was born, and here Qen.
William H. Harrison, afterward Presi
dent, held his celebrated conference
with the Indian chief, Tecumseh. The
purchaser of the historic bome.has be
gun to repair .the damage caused by
years of neglect, and expects to restore
It to Its original appearance and pre
serve It as a memento of American
history.
The old home remained In the hands
of the Harrison family until 1840,
when It passed to WIUIam Pigeon, who
handed It down with his estate to
Flavlus Pigeon, who In turn was forced
to sell It to E~ S. Sbepard. Since It
passed out of the hands of the Harri
son family It .has Berved a multitude
of purposes, ranging from a hotel to a
fold for sheep in the winter.
Around this building, erected In 1804
and then claiming the distinction of
being the most pretentious structure
west of the present State of Ohio, cen
ters most of the territorial history of
Indiana, Michigan, Illinois, and Wis­
OLD DOME OF W. U. HAKRISON.
consin, when all of that great area was
Included In what was known as "In
diana Territory," presided over by Gov.
Harrison. For several years It was not
only the official residence and building
of the Territory, but the ammunition
storehouse as well. It was In this house
that the territorial representatives met
Here were entertained Thomas Jeffer
son, Commodore Ferry and other Illus
trious lights of American history. In
the northwest room John Scott Harri
son, father of ex-President Benjamin
Harrison, was born, and In a shutter
In this room Is a hole made by a bul
let fired at William Henry Harrison
by a hostile Indian that night while
he was pacing the floor with a new
born babe.
Des
Moines brick yard, had his spine broken
by
a
fall of brick. Strange to
Bay,
he Is
still alive and there is some hope of his
recovery.
F. Sankex of Avoca,
In 1801, when William Henry Harri
son came to Vlncennes, he recognized
the necessity of an official residence,
which would also serve as a territorial
"White House," an Indian fort, and an
ammunition warehouse. The Indian
troubles were becoming serious. It was
the beginning of that crisis which Te
cumseh brought about, and which
closed with the battle of Tippecanoe.
'The bouse was erected to meet all of
these requirements.
Though It has stood for almost a
century It Is probably the most sub
stantial building In Vlncennes to-day.
It Is by no means antedated In archi
tecture. Every bit of tbe material en
tering Into the construction was made
or finished by hand. The rafters are
of walnut and the finishing is In the
finest black walnut that could be found
In the forests of Indiana. The sashes,
doors, shades, casings, wainscoting and
finishing In this highly polished wood
looks as bright to-day as when they
were put In place. The work was done
by the best workmen be could bring
In from the East There are big old
fashioned fireplaces In every room,
and even In the cellar. The building
was made as nearly fireproof as possi
ble by packing clay between the ceil
ings and the floors and between tbe
walls.
The building overlooked the Wabash
river, and was In one corner of Ilarr*
son's plantation of 1,000 acres, which
he named "My Plantation Grouseland."
Tbe yard was surrounded by high pal
isades, making the Interior an Indian
fort The house Itself was originally
surrounded by a colonial veranda. Wil
liam Henry Harrison was seated on
this when Tecumseh arrived on that
memorable mission, in 1800. Mr. Har
rison bad taken precautionary steps
to bead off trouble. The council cham
ber faced the window. He secreted
two full companies of territorial mi
litia in the chamber. As Tecumseh
and his warriors came up the path,
they had little Idea tbey were in range
of 200'muskets, with only a thin wood
en shutter between them. Harrison
had evidently studied his bearing. He
was seated on the porch. In his shirt
sleeves, leisurely smoking and reading.
He did not see Tecumseh until he
reached the porcli, and then he went
down, shook bands, and Invited him
to tbe hospitality of tbe house. Tecum
seh maintained the dignified reserve
of a representative of an offended peo
ple, and declined the Invitation, in
forming Harrison that he hud brought
his retinue, his tents aud his provender,
that he came not to usk favors or ac
cept them, but he came to demand the
rights of his people. He said he would
pitch his tent "over under that elm
tree." This he did, and under Its
branches from August 10 to 20 a dra
matic aud historic conference lasted.
It was within hearing distance of the
house, and Mrs. Harrison viewed most
of tbe proceedings from the porch.
It was during tltls conference that
Tecumseh called Harrison a liar and
pushed blm backward off tbe bunch.
Harrison drew his Baberand demanded
an explanation. Tecumseh then drew
that striking- simile between bis act
and tbat of the white man pushing his
people off their lands. Here, too, Te
cumseh thew himself to the ground
and embracing it avowed that tbe sun
was bis father, the earth his mother
and he would rather repose In her
bosom than to make concessions und
betray his people.
The Harrisons left for Fort Harrison,
Terre Haute, In 1811. Gen. Harrison
was then en route to meet Tecumseh
In battle^ The climax of this move waB
Tippecanoe, wblcli shattered the great
Tecumseh conspiracy. The organiza
tion oi' Illinois and Michigan reduced
Indiana Territory to its present limits,
and the Harrisons went to Corydon,
then made tbe seat of government
Our Idea of a clever woman Is one
who can write a letter without begin
ning it with an apology.
A woman's pocket book is nearly al
ways worth more than the money In It
iwwwru
The Fifty-first Iowa Is now on the
bounding billow, steaming for bome. The
record of this regiment's service in the
Philippines Is without a blemish, sayli
the Sioux City Journal. During the ear
lier days of hostilities the boys were as
signed to the most wearing and tedious
kind of garrison duty. The work wns
hard and not without danger, but was
attended with none of the chances for
distinction afforded by service on the fir
ing line. The regiment did Its duty with
out a murmur. Later came the eagerly
hoped for opportunity to face the Mau
sers of the rebels and take part In tho
active operations at the front. The regi
ment met every emergency without quail
ing and rendered as effective service as
any regiment In the army. The record
of thirty-nine wounded tells the story of
the near acquaintance of the Iowa boys
with the flying bullets. The fact that not
a single Iowa volunteer met his death on
the battlefield or died from the effects of
a wound is simply an exemplification of
Iowa luck. The death rolls contain the
names of nine members of the regiment
who died from disease. In this respect,
also, the Iowa soldiers have escaped
much more lightly than most of the other
regiments, and the fact furnishes a fine
compliment to the vigorous constitutions
and splendid health of the men from the
Hawkeye State. According to recent re
ports a large proportion of the regiment
Is now unlit for service, but there is rea
son to believe that this Is owing more to
exhaustion from the long service on the
firing line than to the prevalence of any
serious disease. Of the members of the
regiment 800 embarked for home while
75 remained for future service in the
Luzon campaign. The remainder have
already been discharged or Bent home on
the hospital ships.
For several weeks a committee has
been soliciting signatures from members
of the Legislature to a pledge, in which
the signers agree to vote for an appro
priation of $40,000 to pay the transpor
tation of the Fifty-first Iowa volunteers
from San Francisco to. the State. The
committee announces that success is now
assured. Not a single refusal has been
met with, the Democrats, Republicans,
hold-overs and candidates all signing the
pledge freely. The appropriation will
cover the expense of giving a reception to
the soldiers.
It costs the people of Iowa, indirectly,
a good bit of money every year to get
their oils Inspected. Last year the in
spectors rejected one barrel in every 20S
submitted to them for examlnatioiV-M
it cost $39,305 to get it done. Fourteen
Inspectors of oils divided among them
selves $15,281.50 for performing this task
In behalf of the safety of life and prop
erty In Iowa and particularly for the
protection of tbe hired girls of the State.
They used, In addition to this $14,456.51
In paying expenses incident to the per
formance of their task.
The Iowa Teachers' Association will
hold its next annual session in the new
auditorium In Des Moines Wednesday,
Thursday and Friday, Dec. 27-20, 1800.
An unusually strong program is in pro
cess of preparation. Among the speakers
promised are Hon. Murnt Haistead ot
Cincinnati, President James B. Angeli,
late minister to Turkey Prof. Paul Sho
rey of the University of Chicago, Judge
H. F. Deemer. of tbe Iowa Supreme
Court, Hon. Henry Sabin and others
prominent in and out of the State.
The State Board of Health has inau
gurated a movement to secure legislation'
establishing a national board of health.
It purposes the introduction in the next
CongresB of a biirto this end, and pro
viding that the national board shall be
under the jurisdiction of the Treasury
Department. A committee of the State
board visited Congressman Henderson
and Senator Allison at Dubuque and se
cured their support In the movement.
The members of tho board of control
of State institutions recently took a trip
to Stillwater, Minn., where they investi
gated the binding twine factory which the
State operates in the penitentiary. The
board was disappointed in finding that It
would require about $250,000 to establish
the factory. The board, however, will
probably recommend to the next Legisla
ture the installation of such a plant at
the Anamosa penitentiary.
Auditor Merriam has appointed B. T.
Gunderson of Decorah to the position of
chief clerk of the Tevenue department to
fill the vacancy left'by the promotion of
Mr. Camp. Mr. Gunderson is at present
deputy auditor of Winneshiek County.
He Is only 23 years' of age.
The annual report of the auditor of the
Interior Department at Washington for
the fiscal year shows that the amount dis
bursed for pensions at Des Moines pen
sion agency was -$8,333,500.13, and the
expenses of the agency were $49,877.78.
Brief State Happening..
The old rolling mill at Muscatine is
being torn down.
It is proposed at Des Moines to hold a
river carnival this fall.
It Is estimated that there are 8,518
skilled images earners In Clinton.
Mrs. Bertha Bishop of Moorhead re
ceived $8,000 damages from H. H. Yamb
for slander.
The Northwestern Is double tracking
at Denison and will build two new
bridges near there.
Fred Hauser, who broke jail over a
year ago at Hudson, Wis., has been ar
rested at Marshalltown.
Mrs. Wiley WhitehearBt of Youngs
town has twice attempted suicide end It
is believed she is insane.
Judge Caswell of Marshalltown was
run down by a street car and severely
but not seriously injured.
The 18-months-old child of John
Standt, living near Marble Rock, fell into
a water tank and was drowned.
The temperance people of Des Moines
are organizing to fight the establishment
of a big brewery In that city.
The State Auditor has authorized the
establishment of banks at Kalona, Ring
sted, Bldridge and Grundy Center.
.The big race meet at Dubuque was a
success financially. Tbe promoters are
said to have netted a gain of $20,000.
The banking deposits of the farming
community in a single township in Buena
Vista County aggregate $115,000.
A civil service examination will be held
at Oskaloosa Oct. 4 for the position of
postofflce clerk and carriers there.
The -wife of President Bcardshear of
Ames was terribly burned about the face
and neck by a gasoline store explosion.
The farm residence of W. F. Selbold,
near Daubury, caught fire from an over
heated stove pipe and was entirely de
stroyed no insurance.
Morton Deebe of Iowa Fails has been
sentenced to one year in the penitentiary
for breaking and entering an Illinois Cen
tral car last spring.
Fire broke out in the Evans creamery
at Whitten and together with contents
was totally destroyed. Cause unknown
thought to be incendiary.
Mrs. Ruthroff of Dallas Center at
tempted to commit suicide by taking chlo
roform, but tbe dose was too small and by
prompt aid she was saved.
Sixteen churches is tho result of the
year's work by the Iowa Christian organ
ization. For the number of them In the
State It is said no other denomination has
done well.