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BL0OMINGT0N, INDIANA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1883,

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. A bgfo faaflawy, but ice cold,particle ad struck iny &eek and 'roused me ftroattei?rrtm into wcb-the dreary

nanonei m scene nad thrown me. I wiped it away, only "to find another settle upon my brow. ' Looking hastily around,! perceired the air filled with rhJrJmg'snow flakes, falling bom the neeoe-like clouds, shutting out tit dim

light of erening, . and whitening the level plain. I was traveling through one-of the far Western Territories then in. a aeaii-ciYilized condition. The

widely separated homes of a few ventotmM whites were often raided and

left desolate by merciless bands of rrtdimH, who made their homes in the

esses of a distant nion:.tain range, tittle fear had I of the Indians. A perplexing;' dilemnS was before

ae. The ord was ry- to It se even in broad davJfciu: how" fernl the

ehanceof galloping away from it in a

waanreg snow-storm, wim night coming on rapidly. What X shook! do was a ponnag question. T go back waa aiadnon, for I had not. seen a cabin aiawe marniDg. Forward waa equally as. bad, for I had no means of. radarim

t to the distance between mvself and

- the next encampment or dwelling of white. To stop where I was, meant

certain death for X was already chilled with the piercing wind, my limbs growinw heavy and numb with the increasing oud. FmaUyL'detiMledaiMlpiit spars to my horse. 1 Itis the only chance,- said I, half to ' myself, and half to my iroble steed; "the only one that gives any promise ' oi aaeiag to-morrow. - That, or death ike prairje, with a winding-sheet of ! mam, and the howlinar of woTvea for a

dirge." The thoaght was terrible and I

reaotutery pat n gom, my mind, it eoald not be mure than Hire miles to dw avv and timber waa plenty there, dl pleased myself with. risioris of the eaaap I would make eoald we baft rea the dense oldvfaresi "Cheer np, Mm." Ihaltoed merrily to my lagging borae. Faster and thicker fell the . aarnHbOaa; daylight faded, and the dark. , nigh eetUecL over everything; BuronM was mtsnae; the blasts swept -aw the wide- prairie with terrifie iwrrmiUBl,na4 te aikinr drifted up like billows tossed. All sorts of- weird aoonda seemed mingled with the blasts, yet stat onward dashed my horse with frantfe speed. ' It seemed as though I had ridden 'alias since nhrhtfall, yet no sheltering wood Imdu; the wiM wind. "May fieeven have merey r I exclaimed, as I tealised vie were still far from the oooV, Lours are nnmbered, rre lost ny way ; I firmly brfiere I have boenndjnf forhourama eard. One aaote trial, Hero, before we yield." vTben l started on my journey in the mondng, I remembered the wind blew diretfromf the north, still it anght havre Veered a 'dosen times daring the' day;aftcUegnidbiitaDIconldtra8t to. I wheeled about until the wind Mew fiercely in my face, then turned utB I thought we faced due west, Now Hero, take yonx own way; go on, where fate laada. we will go.The farthfal ereature seemed conscious of the trust, and galloped oft with renewedwiftnees. A torpor crept over.my fimbe, ay, to my very heart, and tk deadly sleep was fast, stealing ver ae,wl a prolonged Magh from m horse aroused aiMarVitbiaoe love of fife. . Even as I gathered up my failing

strength JHero came to a dead halt. !Tbe hoarse barking of a dog made my heart leap with joy. "Blessed HeaTenT Iexekooed, 1 am near a human habitation, for a dog in snch a place as this a surely the companion of f-f-4, 06110!" I cried, with Dew energy coursing through erery vain, while my horse impatiently pawed the snow. A trappen cabin was dimly denned through the vague flarknosa. The dog's deep growl wac unshed by some one within. A loop-hole in the door waa unclosed and voioe wildly eager cried: ' "Who ? Afriendr Hever - did human voioe sound so s u i; and tbongh my lipe were almost cakued wMi the sold, the hope Oat dawned m my heart, warmed them as with &e wine of life.

K aaa a tzareler, lost on tne prauie,

WMI pertsti II you lease me

wakeL" He raised my heacL "Wake UBiEk. 'if you love life, bestir yourcWmit I mutteredU "1 amr lost on

-the prauie, bat I'wilo find home.

a can umry reuiemDer tnat tne Doy for he seemed nothing but a lad-" forcibly dw me-frem the couch and dragged- me nearer theblazing fire. The action aroused my wandering senses, and in my heart I Messed my young host for his thoughtfoinesa. 8it here, said be, and he drew a rude ehair near tne hearth. I wiU

get you some supper at once, and when.

yen have eaten you may rest and sW He drew ont some glowing coals, on which he laid a alios of vennon, fresh and juicy. The savory odor floated through the room, and, as my nostrils inhaled the aonetranir smelL I realised

a pot or nagtam cosea was soon boiling over -we glowing embers, minghsg its aroma with that of the boiling meat. The youthen-aught forth, a number of eatables tfliVflfeemedTike luxuries in tbJs wild prairie home. . "Now," said he, after be had placed the welcome repast on the rough table, "while you are eating I will attend to your none," and, wrapping himself in a heavy blanket, he unbarred the door. 7No.rI exdaimed, arousing myself; "you must not go out in the storm. Only tell me. where. I will see to the horse.' For the boy looked pale and emaciated, while a hacking cough told me only too plainly that consumption was slowly but surely wearing out the vitality of his slender frame. "No; go back," said he, with gentle firmness. "Ton are not strong enough yet to withstand these blasts. And as the door opened a loud, cheerful neigh from the horse greeted the youth, for my faithful steed stood close to the threshold. I had almost finished the repast prepared for me when my young host returned.

"How," said he, "if you wish you

may rest. Tne food and are nave given you strength and you can sleep without danger, and he pointed to the couch of skins. . Flinging myself down, my head was scarcely pillowed on the yielding fun before a delicious slumber stole over me, deep and dreamless, and I knew no more until aroused by the voioe of my benefactor, fcr such I considered him. The daylight was stealing in through itie one small ' window of the cabin. The glowing warmth of a crackling fire in the rude fire-place pervaded every nook and corner, while upon the table was spread a tempting meaL Completely restored to health by my sound, sweet sleep and a refreshing ablution, I marvelled that I could ever have been so worn and weak as when I tremblingly knocked at the cabin door. when we were seated at the little table I leisurely surveyed my young friend and his surroundings. I judged him to be about 20 years of sge; tall and slender, black hair and very dark eyes, a face of almost angelic beauty, his eyes .bright and Ins dark cheeks crimsoned with the hectic flush of disease. His "name, he told me, was Edgar Raleigh. "No doubt you wonder," said he, "at finding me away out here, miles from any human habitation, . but tins has been my home for ten years." "Not alone?" I questioned in sur-

Instantly the heavy bars were removed, sod the door swung wide open. But the change from the Maskneas and cold without, fa the light and Warmth within, was too sudden for my benumbed limbs and half-dazed senses. I grew mint and kk. I reeled, and would have fallen, bat for the sustaining arm of -the young man who admitted me. He led jw across the room to a pile of dressed dbJUo skins, bade me im down. I obeyed, passively, only half issllimg that be removed the Jbeavy blanket J bad wrapped about me. the Mr eap and collar that bad done me

sk'igood serriee. He withdrew the Ssfwena front my hands, the heavy ots from Bar Bonn feet All this

tfaae,, with. ianoat, words, Ae .was striv-

; to ronseasexftese ana lethargy mat

mg fc Mil

"Thfe will never do." said he. nso-

Mgr; Myoo are so cold that if you

jmsa W saawp now you wuJ

No: mr father was with.. me. But

since his death, six months ago, I have been alone." "Were you not afraid of the Indians?" I asked. "The Indiana were the best friends we ever had, and since father's death they have vied with each other in their kindness to me." "What could have induced your father to 'nenetrate thus far into the

wilds of the Territory t I asked, in

voluntarily. "Father met with reverses in the

East and lost a great deal of property. Added to this the death of my mother,

quicaiy loiiowea by tnat of an only daughter, oast rueh. a gloom over the mind of my only remaining parent that

with me he sought the solitude of these Western wilds."

"Excuse me for being so inquisitive :

but, now that your father is gone, why do you not return to the East? Have

you no friends or relatives f

Jl nave no relatives in tne wide world," ssid Edgar, after a moments silence. "And, to tell the truth, I do not know where to go." "Well," said I, decisively, "you must not stay here alone. When I go home

you must go with me."

JSOgar looked up .qnloaJy, a glad light Leaping into his dark eyes. - "Will you let me go?" he questioned, eagerly. "Will yea take me home with

youf .

lea, x answered. x am a poor an. but you shall share my home; my

mother wffi be only too glad to welcome you," and X thoughf of the dark-eyed

young fcaotner tOM daad years ago, and for whom her tender heart ever grieved.

a nave some money," said JSdgar; at least $200 or S3Q0. That mav last

my lifetime," and a weary smile flitted over his handsome face. "I fancy I shall not Kve to be very old." "Have you been ailing long?" "I never was very ragged; but this fall X have failed very fast," was his

"A good physician, perhaps, might help yon," I ventured. "res, as you say, he might help, but but could never cure me. My disease, is inherited. My mother died with consumption, and her mother before her." Throughout that day the storm continned without abatement, but toward nightfall the clouds broke away, and tile sun sank behind the distant mountains, leaving a clear sky above us. But the storm would have been more preferable to the clear, intensely cold night that was to follow. Bidding Edgar stay within the cabin, I procured a bountiful supply of wood for the night, gave my hcrse and the little Indian pony belonging to Edgar a full supply of hay from the stack near the Hstie log stable, then went into find a delicious supper awaiting me. At the table Edgar told me whence came his supplies of meat and food. Whenever the Indians, whom bis father had befriended, killed a deer, or any eatihle game they invariably brought him a portion. .. Sometimes he would give them little trinkets, or pieces of cotton cloth; at-other times he would present them with small coins. Though they all treated him, and his father while alive, with kindness, the various tribes frequently had disturbances among themselves that sometimes ended iz bloody contention. - "Hark, some one comes," said Edgar, cutting abort bis sCbry and springing from the table. Even as be reached the door a loud knock resounded through the cabin.

"Who's there?. called.Edgar. -"luakma, the Dovei open! came in the unmistakable tones of a woman's voice.-" - Quickly was the door "unarrba, and a squaw, wrapped in a heavy blanket, entered. She looked at me with a questioning gaze, but only for a moment. "White youth must go. Kiowas come over the river kill-white boy. He got gold," and she laid one hand earnestly on Edgar's arm, with the other she pointed to an iron-bound chest in one corner. . "Who told you to come here and warn me?" questioned Edgar. "Did Deerfoot send you ?" "No, Lalona no sent here; come without. Your father kind to me; save pappoose life. I save your life." All tins she said in such broken English that I could only understand it through Edgar's interpretation. "And when must I go?" asked the

outh, the flush of excitement deepen-

on fits cneeK. - -..-To-nkrht-'-now." was the answer.

"But we will be lost, and will perish oh the prairie." " "Lalona take white boy. No get lost. Get horse, get blankets, now." And,

crossing over to the fire, the squaw

stood with folded arms, immovable as a statue.

"Do yon think there is dancer?" I

asked of Edgar, as he turned. "Will

"it.be necessary, do you think, for us to

go?"If we stay here it is either death or captivity. For my part I prefer death on the prairie to death by the Indians. Some of the Kiowas are very blood

thirsty, and 3 they are incensed against Lalona's tribe, who are my friends, they will not hesitate at committing any

crime. "Do you think, then, we had better start at once?" "Yes, there is no time to lose." said

Edgar. "As I said before, I would rather face the Btorm than the Indians. " "Very well. I will get out the horses

while you make your preparations. Dress warmly, for you have along, cold

ride before." And, having equipped myself, I opened the door and went out

into tne nignt. The moon rode high in the heavens,

her rays lighting up the prairie and

stealing: through the trees that grew

near the cabin. Bnt the keen wind

pierced likd a knife. "A ride of ten

miles to-night will be the death of Ed

gar Baleigh. This bitter cold will snap the slender cord that binds him to

earth."

With these thoughts in my mind, I

led my faithful horse and Edgar's sturdy little pony to where Lalona's horse

was tethered to a slender sapling. Returning to the cabin-, I found Edgar en

veloped in a warm fur coat, and a closefitting fur cap covering his head. "Here I am, a veritable Esquimau." And he held up his hands, encased in fur gloves.

"Have you collected what you wish

to take with you?" X asked, as liaiona stood impatiently waiting. "Yes; and here is a small casket I wish you would care for;" and he handed me an oddly-carved box, which I

securely buttoned in my overcoat

pocket, on leaving the cabin. Edgar went to a snow-covered mound, under the drooping branches of a willow, and I knew the lone boy was bidding his father's grave "good-by." Half an hour later, as we galloped swiftly away from the cabin, we came to quite an elevation in the prairie. The squaw, Lalona, turned her horse and looked back over the path we had come. "Aha!" she cried, "white man look. Say Lalona lie, now?" Away toward the south where the cabin stood a bright fire was shining. "My home," said Edgar, "the Indians are destroying it! Thank God, and Lalona, we have escaped !" "Indeed, we have had a narrow escape," and I trembled as I thought what our fate might have been. "Kiowa's come, too. Better go;" and, wheeling her horse, Lalona galloped away, while we sped after, toward the Wichita river. Our destination was about thirty miles distant, where, Edgar informed me, there was quite a settlement of hunters and trappers. "But would we ever reach it?" was the question I asked myself. Already my limbs were growing numb with the cold, and not half the journey traversed. Jf the blasts chilled my healthy, bounding blood so soon, how would Edgar, his system debilitated and weakened by disease, withstand the piercing wind that swept over the prairie? Intent upon these thoughts, I had not noticed that Lalona had changed her course of travel, until Edgar, who Tode before me, halloed joyfully back, "Hurrah! we have reached the woods." Sure enough we were riding on the sheltered side of quite a heavy growth of timber. It broke the force of the wind so effectually that we suffered far less from the intense cold. Only once,

m a sheltered dell, we halted long

enomrh to ffive our tired hnrsm

breathing spell. But Lalona was im

patient and feared pursuit, so we sued

onward. Just as day dawned, we

reached the end of our night's journey. The rough but kindly men who welcomed us made our party as comfortable as possible. When our story was told they were loud in their praise of Lalona, who could only be persuaded to rest her horse for a couple of hours and partake of the substantial breakfast prepared for us in one of the trapper's cabins. When the brave little squaw took her departure she bore with her many a little trinket brought from the depths of thh trapper's chest or hunter's "pack." Nothing of great value, yet dear to the heart of the Indian, whose

love of ornaments and gaudy colors is

proverbial. Jdgar and myself had already given her testimonials of our

gratitude, which she would accept only

as a present, nos as pay lor service rendered. Several offered to accom

pany Lalona as a sort of body gnard against the Kiowas, who might be on the lookout eager to assault the unwary traveler. She scornfully refused the proffered company "Squaw no

fraid. Got fast horse." And she

proudly caressed the beautifully arched neck 01 her impatient steed.

"Whatever made the squaw take suoh

an interest in you chaps?" asked a stalwart hunter, as we stood looking

after Lalona's disappearing figure. "When we first came West," said Ed

gar, ".Lalona's people, the Wichitas,

were encamped just across the river from us; one dav Lalona's-little boy'

wandered down to the river and tum

bled into the water. Being quite vounnr.

he could not swim and would have drowned but for my father. He had been up the river and happened along just in time to rescue the papoose, and win the mother's everlasting gratitude." "Poor George Baleigh,' I thought,

"a -Wanderer and an exile, dying alone in the wildaof the far Went the dusky Indian carried th6 hlemory of your kindly deed in her untutored heart long after the clods of the prairie were' heaped above your, breast; . God bless Lalona, the Wichita dove" !" For three days we lingered at the trappers' settlement, treated with tbe greatest kindness, for these men who live such free, wild lives, never do any? thing by halves. If they start out to revenge a Wrong, woe to the man who has incurred their displeasure, but if a deed is done that merits regard and

gratitude, there is no peril, no sacrifice,

vs.

fatllef might tome day be brought and

nlaoeu uesido hinii I have done as ha asked, and they

sleep, side by side, wher a tail marble fehaft marks their quiet resting place.

ItH&fl I not heeded his lost request, I

fewould never have enjoyed the wealth

lleft mo by tbe generous youth, found in

the wilds of that faf Western 'i'ern-

ttory. Chicago Ledger-

Will CarletoB, the Poet

!h"WiIl Carlcton was horn in Hudson,

ffMich.. Oct, 21, 1845. His parents,

Jolin H. and Celeste E. Carlcton, wero ' . T ? v 3 i. mi .1 A

they will not undergo for your sake.l J iwnawnu w A small company of traders stopped3lchl,?ftn 15me Eaf with the trappes one night fSrit!-&

way to Arkansas City, Edgar and my,

sell accompanied them. As yet .Edgar felt no worse for his ride over the' prairie on the. night of our escape from the Kiowas, but as day after day passed,

and we still journeyed through the

rough mountainous country, the

Bush deepened on his cheeks, the U

ing cough grew more troublesome. I felt almost condemned for bringing the boy through the hardships we were forced to undergo. But I had not the heart to leave him behind araong strangers,1 and I could not tarry with him. 1 had been away from home over three months, bnt my business required my presence, and 1 could delay no longer. At Arkansas City we disposed of our horses and boarded the cars. As we sped eastward the excitement of the ever-changing scene buoyed up Edgar's spirits and kept him from realizing his weakness. It was a new world to him. The ever-changing landscape, the noisy rush of civilization, were like the

flitting pictures of a kaleidoscope that he never tired of. But when, after we

were home and my mother had taken

Edgar into her loving heart to fill the

niche left vacant by m-y brother s death, we could see him failing daily. I had

gone at once into my old place in the great banking house where I had spent

so many years, inuring my absence,

Edgar, so my mother told me, spent the most of his time lying on the couch in our cosy parlor, or lounging in the

easy chair before tbe glowing fire.

"I am afraid, Koy, that you have

only brought &dear home to bury nun,

said mother, one evening after he had retired. "Dr. Marlin dropped in to

day, as you asked him to, and ho says the boy will never see the spring open."

Her words made my heait ache, for

I had learned to love the gentle boy, who watched with eager eye for my home coming. One morning just before the Holidays, he handed me the

little casket I had carried from the

cabin that night.

"I wish, Roy, you would get a key to open this," said lie. "I am curious to

see what it contains,

"Have you never opened it?" I asked

in surprise. "No, after father died I could find no key and did not like to break it." So I carried the little box with me, had a key fitted in the tiny lock, and gave it to him that evening after we were gathered around the tea-table. Ho nnlocked the box with nervous

fingers and took out a folded paper tied

with red tape,

"Not much after all," said he, with a

disappointed air.

"Examine it, my boy," said L "It

mav be worth more than you think for? Even as I spoke, the boy grew pale. He reached the paper across to me, "Bead it, Roy; i cannot." It was a deed of boqnest. "The last will and testament of George Raleigh," was

written across the back, "to my only

and beloved son .Edgar, 11 ne lives to

reach the age of 21, I give and be

queath the following described estate." Then came a dojely-written page describing certain real estate in one of our most important cities. The whole was legally signed and witnessed to before a well-known lawyer of the city mentioned. A letter was inclosed explaining all; the property had been leased for a term of years, to satisfy a claim held against it. The term expired on the day that Edgar reached his majority, which would be in a few weeks. "I am so glad," said Edgar, when he recovered from his surprise; "for now I need not be a burden to you." But he was not destined to be a burden to anyone long. He failed so rapidly that when the anniversary of his birthday dawned, he was unable to leave his room. He requested me to write and find out if Mr. Hartwell, the lawyer, who held the property in trust, was still living. "Yes Edgar, I know that without inquiring. At least, he was alive less than a week ago," was the answer I I gave him, "Well, I want him, write him to come at once." A few days later Mr. Hartwell arrived, and was very much surprised at the story I told him. "The boy is in luck," said he, as we rode to my home. I had written for him to come to my place of employment, that I might enlighten him as to the business on which he was called. "The property is very valuable," he continued. "Very little good it will do Edgar," I rejoined, "consumption has too strong hold on him," "Ah, inherited from his mother, "said the lawyer; "she was a lovely woman. I knew her well. George Raleigh waa a noble man, but an unfortunate one." When taken to Edgar's bedside, tbe cool man of business was startled out of his usual steady demeanor. "No proofs of your identity is needed, my boy. I remember Helen Lester, later Helen Raleigh, too well to doubt you. You are the very image of your mother." Softly I withdrew and' left them together. . An hour later my mother called me from the library, "Edgar wants you, Roy." 1 went to his room. "Mr. Hartwell will tell you," said Edgar, pointingto the lawyer, who (at by a tabid busily writing. "Sit by mo, and listen." With his hand clasped in mine, the invalid motioned for him to proceed. "Mr. Hilton," boKon the lawyer.

"Edgar Raleigh, realizing that he has

not long to live, wishes to make yon his heir. I have, therefore, drawn up a will, in which he bequeaths vou prop

erty to the amount of several thousand dollars; also a gift of $3,000- to your

mother, as there aro no other heirs, the young man is at liberty to leave the property to whom he chooses." With falling tears, I kissed the boy.' One slender arm he threw about my neck, murmuring: "Roy; my brother." From that time he sank rapidly, and when the new year was being ushered

in with ringing .bells .and. joyous greetings, Edgar closed his eyes to -earth,

only to open them m that other world. To him it was the beginning of a new

life in the celestial city.

We laid his remains m tho beautiful

noon which he afterward lived for forty

tirs. He was a man of great natural ce of character, with a talent for ex

temporaneous speaking, and he soon

! became a man of influence, filling many

apices ot trust in the community, and

uuh puweriuuy w utn rupiu

is of the Methodist clrarob in

Southern Michigan, of which he was a devoted member. He died in 1872. Tho mother is still living, and resides with her son in Brooklyn, N. Y. She is a womrn of decided force of character and sweetness of heart, and is beloved by all who know her. Her only other son having died on his way home, after a long imprisonment in the South during the late war, and her daughters being dead, the subject of this sketch is the only one of her five children now surviving. The boyhood of Will Carleton was passed in farm labor and study. At the district school he was particularly fond of grammar, and manifested a spirit of criticism that at times got him into discussions with his teachers which disturbed their serenity of temper. Frequently, when the day for "speaking pieces" came around, he would surprise his fellow pupils with original bite of humor, which, although intended for good-natured satires, ended more than once in schoolboy fights. Later he walked five miles daily to attend high school in town. At 16 he taught a country school of fifty-two pupils, and any allusions he makes to "boarding 'round" are born of experience. He graduated at Hillsdale college in 1869 with the degree of A

B., and for two years devoted himself

to editorial work, being during the lost of the two editor of the Detroit Weekly Tribune. He then returned to Hillsdale to reside, while giving more time to preparations for a literary life, and occasionally filling lecturing and reading engagements. Inter Ocean. Congo Vegetation. The vegetation that clothes the precipitous shores on the south side of Stanley Fool, near the entrance from the Upper river, is one of the most magnificent spectacles that the Congo offers. Rising nearly perpendicularly from the water, the forest climbs the hillsides higher than the eye can reach, without a single break in its luxuriance. The variety of colors, too, at this season, when most of the trees are in blossom, is particularly striking. One

tree-top will be covered with scarlet

flowers scattered with a liberal hand, another has pendulous flowers of a pinky-white hanging gracefully by their long stalks amid the somber masses of foliage, while errant creepers in exuberant growth trail their yellow

.blossoms over the victims they entwine.

There is every note struck in the gamut of green, and the trees that form this mass of foliage may vary in tone from blue-green to greenish-yellow, and from greenish-white to russet red, and they will differ equally in form and aspect. While some are compactly

marked in their leafage, others grow

erratically and in disordered tufts. Beautiful mimosas dominate their fellows, clothed in foliage of dark green velvet, dracoenas ra:se their spiky heads here and there from out of the soft,

verdant mass. The large, flat leaves of

a ng alternate with the feathery palm fronds, while many stems are com

pletely disguised by tho network of graceful creepers, which mask them like a veritable cobweb. A climbing

palm makes a sort of lattice-work fence, rising straight up from the water's edge, and seems effectually to forbid trespassing in the fairy forests, while along tho river's brim, lines of white lilies stand like sentinels to see the barrier is not passed. Cor, London Telegraph. The Immortal Tenth at Prayer. Herbert is a. born orator, and when he first began to say his "Now I lay me" he stood up in bed and declaimed it as if he were delivering an oration. This was before he was 4 years old,

and, although very serious about it

himself, the exercise was provocative of so much mirth to those who chanced to be within hearing distance that his mamma discontinued it for a time. When she removed it she had the little boy kneel at her sido, and, after repeating "Now I lay me," she told him to pray for all his friends. So he began : "God bless grandma, dear ma, Uncle Still, mamma, papa any more? big Mary, littlo Mary any more?" and, after mentioning all the immediate relatives, he wound up with a sigh: "Oh, mamma, won't you please give me a drink of water ? I'm awful thirsty prayin for so many folks!" Harper's Bazar.

Stage Immorality, The people must have amusement, and if denied a healthy, innocent, home growth, they take what they can get from other sources. Mind you, I don't mean to say that French plays performed in France are immoral. They are only suoh when presented to us. This sounds strange, but it is. true, all the same. Woes growing out of evils peculiar to a community make material for literature either in novels or the drama. Their exhibit has a tendency to correct the ill. On this account wo consider Lady Macbeth, a murderess, highly proper to look upon, while Lucrezia Borgia, an adulteress, is regarded with horror. And why? Mhrder is our crime, adultery that of France. Dorm I'ialU

Ongpicneus Absence. "Isyer gwine on de 'skursion nex' Sunday?" inquired an Austin colored woman of another who worked out by tho week. "No, I reckon I can't make the connection next Sabbath. I doan think I kin git tbar." "No! Why don't ycr think yer kin tend de excursion? We'a gwino to hab

a scrumptious time."

1 spects yer will, nut 1 done prom

ised missus dat if, she'd 'have herself during the week, I'd give her de nex' Sunday out, so I 'spects de 'scursion will hab to be rendered quite 'spiouous by my absence."- -Texas Sifting 8.

Prove vonrfcelvAs oratifnl A m-ato.

cemetery, where ho had asked that his f u heart can never be a wicked heart

HUMOB. Sacred hims-Monks. TH prince of walls A baby. A dmeam of fair wome-"Rioh men, A ci(KAN record The laundry bill . Oacbiagk builders make the livery men's coupe, and ohicken-thieves make their neighbors' coop pay. Pittsburgh Telegraplu Thkbe's a show ahowin' in nearly every corner of the country, bnt it a only on tho Northern Pacific that the Shoshone falls. Pittsburgh Telegraph. A MAN in the central office of the

telephone company says that the noftpJ

there is dinerent from a young lady at a party, for one is a ball-room bell and the other is a bell-room bawl. The fat Pittsburgher who sat down iinon and flattened out a lot of tin

measures at a grocery store, has goneH

to Colorado to accept a position as a quarts-crusher. Pittsburgh Telegraplu "Which is the most delicate sense feeling or sight?" inquired the Professor. "Feeling," waii the ready response. "Give me a proof of it." "Well, my chum can feel his mustache, but nobody can see it." "Good; give mo another." "Well, you said the other day that you could feel for my poverty, but you could not see your way to lend me the $1 I wanted to borrow." "Ha! That will do." Texas Sitings. "Doh't you think Waffles is a terribly disagreeable fellow?" inquired Sid Arbuckle. "Yes, I am inclined to agree with you," replied Dobson, who rooms with him. "He's always nervous and excited about something." "Yes." "Never takes things easy." "I don't know about that. He seems to take my cuffs, collars and socks just as easy as any sneak thief in the world. Texas Hiftimjs. In Boston: "Ma, I really think I shall marry Mr. Perkins." "Well, my dear, if you must, you must, I suppose." "I can't see, ma, why you should object. Mr. Perkins is rich; he is actually a narobert, ma." "A what, my dear?" "A narobert, ma; you wouldn't have me make use of that vulgar word, nabob, would you, ma?" Louisville Courier-Journal. NOT At WAYS WHAT THEY SEEM, Only the leaf of a roaebal Tbat fell to tbe ball-room floorFell from the tinted olasnera Of the Uk bouquet she wore. Quickly he stooped and eetzed it: " "Tis the leaf of a rose," said he, "Tinted with summer's blushes, And dearer than gold to me. "liovelv and frazrant petal, Some sweet summer night who knows? I mav have a chance to toll her I treasured the leaf of the rose." But, when to his lips he pressed it. He muttered, in accent wroth, "Tbe blamed thing is artificial. And made cut of cotton clothl" - Somercille Journal. Murphy heard cows in h's orchard one night, and, slipping out the back way, appeared suddenly near the front steps, and veiled, "He-uh, Tige ! He-afa, Tige! He-ah, Tige!" Just then a figure rushed past, cleared two fences, and vanished in the gloom.. "Take 'im, take Um !" screamed the old man; bnt his daughter Miranda, who had unaccountably arrived on the scone, secured the dog by the collar, and refused to let go. "What ye doin'," yelled the old man, "don't ye know them cows has been in here three or four times?" "Oh, pa," was the answer, "but this was only a calf." The old man was paoitled, but Adolphus, who was standing ont in the rood waiting for developments, wasn't; and Miranda will never understand the coldness that has sprung up between them. Peck's Sun.

In Behalf or lie Crank. No other epithet is flung about so freely, so "promiscuously and so Unthinkingly among us self-complacent Americans as that little sentence, "Oh, he is a crank 1" It is applied to anybody and everybody who has intelligence enough to conceive an idea a little ont of tbe common way and earnestness enough to advocate it. It makes no difference whether the idea is destined to-morrow to revolutionize the whole country, or has not vitality enough to impress ar.y one else than the author. All th 3 same, the man who speaks a new word and gives evidence that he believes it a true one may be prepared for the semi-amused, semi-con temp tuous reception which is waiting for all "cranks." We pride ourselves on our tolerance, and Rlory in the personal liberty of be

lief and action which we give to all our

Hut for everything

CAiJA 4N EGYPT. . A: tt v.. r ' Three HbdiiI Thoasand Fierce . . Fanatics Pall Upon Hicks ,tf" . ' 1 . 1 Tewf ik'i Forcii Entrapped ' and Absolutely Annihilated. Cable Dispatch from Cairo, Egypt the army Of Sicks Pasha has been annihilated by the 'forces of El Mahdi, the False prophet. Ifearfjr MO Egyptian oidJera were slaughtered, and the correspondent of evorttl European newspapers are among- the deed. -The ffghtrag- lasted three days and Blghtii, The forces- of 1 Mahdi comprised about 800,000 men, mcluding dervishes, BecV ouais,mulMtorflSno regulars, while the forces oT Hicks Pasha nriinborel i000 men, according to one accoifat and 10,500 hy another. According to we first account as brought

to Ktoarjtoum su Coptic omclal, toe xorme of El Mahdi and Siekg 1'asha came together near 151 Oboid ouJhe morning-of Nov. 8. XI Mahtfii first aeDg forwartl his dervishes, declaring tbat they would vanquish the 'enemy by divine aid. These xanatlca were armed with e words and spears, and, despite the immense carnage, they threw themselves reek-' lessly upon the Egyptians. The False Prophet, sceinc they wero being slaughtered without achieving any result, ordered his regulars up and soon the engagement became genera). The forces of Hicks Pasha were divided into two bodies, but by almost superhuman exertions the sect Ions fought their way over masses of dead bodies and were reunited about noon of the Brat day. The Egyptians then formed a square and ro slated the infidels for two days, Finally, on the third day, the False Prophet's, troops broke the square, and began mnssaoreimr the Egyptians by wholesale, sparing none. Hicks Pasha had divided his army, sending half to El Obied to demand the surrender of that place, and with the remainder he awaited tbe arrival of El Mahdi, who was advancing from the southeast. Mahdi, however, met the half of Hioks Pasha's army advancing to El Obied and attacked it. Hearing the firing, Hicks Pasha came up with his whole force and formed a hollow square. Mahdi broug-ht up his fresh regulars. These numbered 8,000. The square of Hicks Pasha was broken, and his army was annihilated. The Engliiih officers with the Egyptian, army fought gallantly, Another report of the fight says that Mahdi sent his dervishes to treat with Hioks Pasha's native officers, saving to the Egyptians: "We like you. You are Mussulmans. Why fight? Surrender." Tbe dervishes were receive by a volley, and then tho battle commenced. The 4,000 soldiers now scattered among the small forts on the Nile will be concentrate at Khartoum, where there are already 8,009 troops. The catastrophe seems to have wholly paralyzed the Egyptian Government. Unless very speedy action is taken, it Is feared Suakim will faU into the hands of the tribes In revolt acting- in conoert with Madbi. Tbe latter is thought to be near Khartoum. If that place should be captured there would be no good defensible position between Madhl and Cairo except Minich, which is only six hours distant from Cairo. No one believes Madhi will rest content with the conquest of Soudan. It is feared Turkey will to tori etc and insist on reconquering- the tost province. Neither English nor Freneh wish this. The prospect thus bristles with serious complications. Evelyn Baring has advised the Government to abandon the Soudan and establish a strong frontier line from Khartoum to Saukim. It Is also reported that the recent orders for Htm evacuation of Egypt, by the British troops have been countermanded, and that several new regiments will be sent here. A TERRIBLE CHIME.

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Four Persons Murdered in Their Beds at a Farm-House Near Jackson, Mich.

One of tbe Victims a Hut Worth tons The Crime Yetted la Mystery.

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Telegram from Jackson, IBehJ Jacob D. Crouch, 7t yean of age, one of the wealthiest farmers in Michigan, Us daughter, Mrs. Eunice White, 83 years of age, his son-in-law, Henry D. White, 88 years of age, and Moebs Polley, a stranger from Pennsylvania, were shot and killed in their beds ill Crouch's home, in the township of Spring Arbor, Jackson county, some time Wednesday night. Besides the four persons murdered, there were in the house at the time of tho tragedy a colored boy, name George Boles, who worked on tho farm, an Mrs. Julia Beeee, a domestic. The lad slept in a room un-stairs and Mrs. Reese In a back bedroom down-stairs. Mr. and Mrs. White occupied a front bed-room off the parlor, Polley a bedroom in the rear of this one, an Crouch an alcove between the parlor and sitting-room. Mrs. Reese heard no noise during tho night, but Boles says when the. wind was blowing very strong-, which is thought to have been about t o'clock In the morning, ho heard pistol shots below, and being frightened he secreted himself in a box in his room, where he remained until morning. Ho then discovered the urimo which had been committed and alarmed tho neighbors. The rooms emelle strongly of chloroform. Mainly-deflne tracks were found outside the house, indicating tbat some one had stood guard there while the murders were committed. When found, Crouch lay on the bed, his face to the wall, with a gunshot wound in the back of his neck. White was shot under the right ear and

in the head, and there were marks on the aeaip

INDIANA STATE NEWS.

Tm Vmsldjtnt haa aiMsnAnted

arm Pnatmaaftiw ac Tina itnr $ '

Ths Brewer family, oolorad, of Vhicesiias. ire about tomezpeetedly fall heir to aJrt ane of 876,000. -.- John Cottkrai Of Henry county, aaa beeat sleeted President of the Freshman class of aver 200 students at Aon Arbor njflWSstt.

Ths eUAtene of Terre Haute are

tag because they have to ma to the

louse and wake the firemen when area oenrr at night. Bishop Foes wurbs the visiting Bishop at the spring conference o the Northern InrHina Methodist church, which takes plaas as Pern, April: , A-vtAR-ou daughter of John War was rightfully burned at Lafayette, her eMUaa? taking fire from a match which as. oieVar lister had ignited. . ..' O means la dredgm-a creek afesW Albany for the remains of a boy, ftmad the body .of an infant sewed up. to a sack with a heavy; rock tied to it,'. J Fatbons of telephone at Lafayette want a reduction in rates. The present prleea ace lUper quarter for bpsmeas houses, aod$S ror private residences. Ouvsa BarowMb, In trying to save Ms ton, who was caught on the railway Mflf

north of Sullivan, was MteraUy onttoirisees,'

the bo la dangerously Hurt.

" WhsU the 'Supreme Court

were appointed the court

months behind the docket. They are eatt to

be only six months behind now and

rapidly. Jobs Ridckodb, one of the

ersof Wabash county. Is to be remove to the insane hospital. Eleven months ago ha buried his wife, and aince then his lain has been deranged. Jonas Htm-, of Lafayette, suSered frooaa etroke of paralysis, hot ha almost recoveresT. A remarkable feature m the ease ls that Us right hand, which tor the past eight years lacked the power of, action, ts cooiplitory restore. - TBsaa is a suit in piugiesa at Laatauc . buiTfoTcoDeorJoaof the rent of" a jielWI during the high water of last winter, ihsi defendant says that on account of this Soot he waa unable to occupy the buUdiag, wane the owner claims that the high water nisss through ho fault -of Us. . ,. . ... Jambs 8. VosB, an old Looisvale pollnaaua, who was arrested at Jefferson ville on a charge of being drunk, and committed to the city jail, wants (be city to pay hhn ISMM damages for false inrpriaoamenti Hia. attorney has brought the suit .for the above amount. ' ,

WmjAM Four, a Washington

countered a 'potrhole," Which hurst sson him, repelling- his n pllfted pick ao forcibly as to drive the point in his forehead just over the eye. He was thrown down by the rush of slate and coal, an one rib waadWeeato and his side badly urrjised. A Mas named Sorngga, anas Lindsay, to swindling Floyd county farmers by solas to them and, representing that be Is uoutcai rtatinv nurehaahur a fan. livinaroC theat

several days. He leaves and falta. to earry out his promise to return tftM audto ejcdMer

jTminfitfmt of the nramlmui V

. fT- A .

fellow-citizens. But for

that in novel, from a machine to a moral

reform, it is the tolerance of contempt ! showing that another bullet had gniMtt. and a personal liberty that goes no T&JS &2Z

farther than bodily safety. It is more intolerant and narrow to put a man in prison for preaching a belief that he solemnly believes will better the world than it is to jeer at everything he says, call him a crank and bring ridioule upon him and his belief on every possible occasion. It is the cranks who movo the world, after all, and it is the people who laugh

at the crank and indulge in a good-

' Joseph Hoovkb and his entire iaaattr, JMbjs

persons, are lying dangerously atok tnOeavnersville with malignant typheM tevw aa are cared for by the public. There are no other cases of the disease In the nahjhhov hood, and the physicians attribute the phenomenal attack to lmpurirJee in the wellwater used by the family. .t Jobs G. Hoblak, who Is reported to have, died in the Lawrence County pbor-fcouee, aeax Bedford, a few days ago, was atoaetbaMai book-keeper In a prominent dry awed es tabUchment of New Albany. He was a graduate from tbe State university in .the mm class with Postmaster General Greaaaas, and inherited a large fortune from hls ntther. sA tbrkibu accident happened at the fans of John Flora, between Bob Hoy and Newton, Fountain county. While engaged ta tearhsa

down an old barn a portion or ft ,tnva war falling en a tenant name Banks, atrfidaar Mmonthe body, partly severing hist frost tbe waist down. The legs of Mr. Ftora's son wei-e broken, Both are very severely, Is believed, fatally hurt. The-wife or Enoch Wood, of Waahtatoav was standing near the grate, playing with the baby, when her skirts caught Ire,' and to a instant her clothing was in a bhaae. In bar terror she started for the door, hut her daughter, a girl of la, forced her Deck, threw tbe baby on the bed out of harm's way, and, aeb.in.ff a blanket, pushed her mother on a lounge an smothered the Same. Mr. Wood was very painfully hut not fatally

right arm, one in the neck and another In the

hoed. She had evidently, rroa nor w ordc red appearance, made a struggle for life. Moses Polley was shotin the back of the neck. Tho shooting was apparently done with one revolver, as a number of empty cartridges of the same caliber wero found oa the floor. j The motive for tho crime was undoubtedly plunder. Crouoh was believed to have a lurno sum of money in his possession, and Policy, who formerly worked for Crouoh, had come to Michigan for the purpose of buying stock, and bad $1,700 with him. One rumor is to the effect that Crouoh had recently received 856,000 in payment tor the

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mwureu, easv-gomg comp.acency, . mterogt ot a deceased son in a Texas cattle grown fat and tluok-headed on self-sat- ranch. isfaction, that laughs indiscriminately A search of the house by the officers shows at cranks and derides new ideas as tht; a bur ha ransacked In the .,. ,1 ; riii,--- ; .,: pookots of Polley, who was known to have a cranky theories, lhero is something 8um of monoy tho day before, there alarming to lovers of progress in this wero only a few cents, growing tendency of .Americans to jeer One theory is that rolley was followed to the down every novel proposition as cranky huso by professional burglars an and to aply the epithet "crank" to ttm of"" money? Ather every man or woman with an out-of-the- I that desperadoes, who knew that Crouoh way idea. It shows that we aro grow- ! hd received money from Texas, and who inn- inaccessible to new ideas, narrow u th h w" wealthy, wore the

and bigoted; that we soon will not

have, if this continues, a healthy, brood, generous tolerance for whatever is labeled "progress." It is not necessary that we should take up whatever scheme comes along, but if we would justify our pride in cur tolerance and freedom from bigotry we should give a respectful hearing to new soherhei, and new ideas and be willing to admit the possibility of their soundness even though our individual judgment does not commend thorn. Boston Globe. How to Bun. "Can you give me any directions for running ?" was asked of a well-known athlete. "Yes. Keep youi: head well up, breathe through the nose and not the mouth, keep the chost out, shoulders thrown back, body bent forward slightly from tho hips, and elbows in. The trouble with most people is that they breathe through the mouth and thus exhaust their wind. If a man un-

aooii8tomGd to runuii g keeps his mouth shut in a little while ho will feel a pressure upon his chest as though a weight were placed upon it, but if ho keeps going ho will soon Uvea t'ao freer and get what is called 'second wind;' then ho can run as long m liw uiTiftflo holds out,"

perpetrators. A third conneots the boy Bole with the crime. His story was very inco

herent, and an examination of tho box, in whioh he claimed to have hid himself, shows that tho contents were not disturbed in tbe slightest, and it would bo a physical Impossibility for him to get into it. A r rothcrof the boy was discharged by Croud a fow days since. Tbe boy has been lodge in Jail, and the domestic, Mrs. Heese, is dot. incd in custody of tho Sheriff pending the Investigation. Crouch was worth about 82,000,000 of property, located in Jackson county, and sheep rauohrs in Texas, near Fort Worth.- He leaves f- o sons and ond daughter. A pockotbook ci ntuinlng $10." and a certificate of deposit for $500 wero found on tho window-sin

in wnuoe

POLITICS AND POLITICIAm

Five Territories will probably ask the noxt Congress for admission as States. Gen. SHKHiDA.vand Secretary ot War Lincoln threaten to havo a falling out. Mayor Low, of Bi osklyu, is already thrust forward as a candidate for Governor of New Yoiffci Tub Waco (Tex.) firomtner says the time has come whon publlo meu must atop drinking. The Springfield (Mass.) RttpuMiam calls the tndependont voter tho best npltccman tho country has. Every politician n afraid ot him. Gov. Rcti.br cstin-atos that there are 1,000,000 grangeis. Grcoubackere and trade union men in tho coun'ry wh,o want- h.m for Pvost-tlcu

job BncKTsaxun. a German earpaator. ot Madison, age IS, who married' his fnvrth wife, aa old Mrs. Butler, already thraateaa to sue for a divorce. He lived wtth W tret wife sixteen years, when she died, fleoauy lived with his second wife a few month. Then he went to the poor-bonae, waste h fell In love with a widow innate. . Thay Uved together four years, when she died. New comes his fourth marriage. No. 4 left aha aftr a two days' honeymoon, and ha aot ra turned. GasaKsanaoH has a sensational salt, in 1817 a 75-year-old widower catered into a marriage contract with a maiden lady of SB summers. The ante-nuptial contraot agreed that tbe ma Men should have a certain rarsa known a the " Willtamsport farm." Th contract was signed and toe marriage consummated. The aged groom die, and it ts found teat, instead of " Wllliamsport farm "Wullamsportlot" Is written ta toe eon. tract. The lota are of no value, while tha tana la worth several thousand dollar. She wld)w sues for the farm, alleging fraud In the contract. W. B. Baowsuia and A. J. Brunt were oanchlhtes for State Senator at Andnraon in tha summer of 1880. Now comes 001. Mlttoa Black, who says that during that oampahja Robert Hannah, a very wealthy friend of Mr, BrSnt, entered hate a contract wtth Btaok, to Which he agreed. If Black would use htstoflttonoo against Mr. Brownlee, he would dead him a house and tot In the city of Alexandria, valued at $1,300- Btaok compiled wtth his part of the contract, but Hannah hat ever since, "failed and refused" to malm toe deed, and Black now brings suit in court to ooatpst Hannah to comply with Us part of tt contract. During the latter part of October the bones or an unknown murdered woman were found at a place about three mile nortfcweat

or Terra Haute, ueioctive save now aacer-. tained that they were those or 8qsaana Nelson, who kept a disreputable house at Anderaon, and was on her way to Kansas City with

wiin ner noaeesaiou. wnco sue waa buus

derod. She waa a' member." an oM and wealthy family. Vive of her brother raoMa in Madison county, and tllr wealth laeatltuated at ?50,0O. Their nam is Braadaa burg, and they will spare ao means r $tes thA murderer to justice