Bloomington Progress, Bloomington, Monroe County, 13 September 1893 — Page 3

Made) Mlaarable tor IM , TMi you aiy easily bo If yoa fill to nrae-ly Um tndla-estlon and non-aeslrotlatlon ot the food, whioa an the attendants and originators of nerrooaness, that tnr present ailment which no narcotic, mineral sedative or nervine an ever do mora than temporarily nllere. Of eotsrae these remedies have no effect upon tha organs of digestion and assimilation, except to disorder and enfeeble them, tnna aggnrdtinit the original difficulty. Among the most alarming and dan ge rone symptoms of ohionio nervousness la insomnia, which la the professional term foe Inability to sleep. Where this exists then is always a tendency to mental overthrow, panstg and eventual Insanity. Begin at the fountain head of all this difficulty with Hoatetter'a Stomach Bitters and avert evil copciewos. No sooner does the stomach resume Its tone, and the system gain in vigor through the aid of this benign tonic, than sleep re. urns and the nerves ro tranquil. Chills and fever, rheumatism, biliousness and constipation yield to tire Bitten.

lost Throng !i BOa Leva far Fan. In one of the old castles of northern Englacd visitors are shown two rooms which are connected with each other by a singular mechanism. Each room is adjoined by an alcove, used as a elcoping apartment, and the floors of the adjoining alcoves turn on a pivot in the center of the partition wall. This ingenious device was th-s invention of one of the ancestors of the present proprietor, who was somewhat of a wag and found great pleasure in frightening1 and mystifying his guests. When one had gone to bed in the green room and the other in the blue the floors were turned on their pivots, and on awakening the visitor found himself in strange quarters, with clothes that were not his own. It is said that this fun-loving, lord lost a rich inheritance hjr thus disturbing the restful moments of a wealthy aunt, who never forgave the trick her nephew played upon her Post-Dispatch. CHEAP EXCUsttSIOJW TO THE WEST. An exceptionally favorable opportunity for visiting the richest and most productive sections of the west and northwest will be afforded by tho series of low rate harvest excursions which have been arranged by the North-western Line. Tickets for tlioso excursions will bo sold on August 22d, September 13th. and October 10th. 1893.to points In Northwestern Iowa. Western Minnesota, North Dakota. South Dakota. Manitoba. Nebraska. Colorado, Wyoming, and Utah, and will be good for return passage within twenty days from date of sale. Stop-over privileges will bo allowed on going trip In territory to which the tickets are sold. For further information, call on or address Ticket Agents of connecting lines. Circulars giving ratos and detailed information will be mailed, free, upon application to TV. A. Throll.Geiicral Passenger and Ticket Agent, Chicago Jt North-Western Railway .Chioago. Not Flattering. - A eertain young poet has achieved rather an unenviable reputation among iis friends for his blunt candor that is forever betraying him into one of the things - one - would - have- pref erred-to-say-differently, as Du Maurier puts it. On his last birthday he was gives a charming dinner by his doting parents, at which he was bitterly disappointed by the regrets of several notables. Thus, when a society girl said to him at the close of the evening: "What a delightful time we have had!" he exclaimed from the fullness of his heart: "I'm glad it hasn't seomed dull to you. "We invited some awfully clover people, but not one of them came!" This Hay Interest You. Students. Teachers (male or female), Clergymen and others in need of change of employment, should not fail to write to B. F. Johnson & Co.. Richmond, To. Their great success shows that they have got the true ideas about making money. They can show you how to employ odd hours profitably. The law handles pugilists without gloves when they fight that way. August k lower 99 "I am ready to testify under oath that if it had not been for August Flower I should have died before this, Cight years ago I was taken sick, and suffered as no one but a dyspeptic can. I employed three of our best doctors and received no benefit. They told me that I had heart, kidney, and liver trouble. Everything I ate distressed me so that I had to throw it up. August Flower cured me. There is no medicine equal to it." Idrknzo F. SuCP8k, Appleton, Maine. S fllCKELgATE. T Ml .EAST RAIRs' WEST PALACE SUPERB BUFFET DINIRG SLEEPERS. GARS. Wo change of ears between New York, Boa) too and Chicago. Tickets told to all points at Lowest Rates. Baggage Checked to Destination. Special Bates for Parties. Ib WIXXXAXB, B. F. HORNER, Gaul Superintendent. Gent Paaa'g'r Agent. Me tfie Dutch Process No Alkalies OR Other Chemicals an nsed In ttio preparation of W. BAKER & COTS reakfastGocoa hMM is nosofHleJs jnuw mnd molubie. I It has morn than three timtM I thettrenftb of Cocoa mixed with Stircb, Arrowroot or " Suear. and is far more econ r ' col, cos 'in less than on cent a cup. It it delicious, ncnrishluc, and SASUS MOISTED. BM by Grenrsererywaara. W. BAXEB & CO., Dorchester. Mm

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r CHAPTER V. Continued. I waited no longer: hastily packing a few clothes in buntllo that I could carry in my huncl, writing: a note to my lawyer, instructing him to collect tho rents, and remit tho proceeds as I should afterwards direct, and giving him poiTOission to rent my house, I clasped my boy by the hand, and I remember to this moment with what thrilling fervor he returned that grasp, and out into the darkness and storm we went together my boy and I. Cared I not whore I went, nor how fourfutly tho storm raged, how vivid tho' lightning, how swollen the streams, how dangerous the bridges, for the danger ahead, no matter what it might be, even unto death, if death would come to both alike, was sunshine and depthless joy to tho immeasurable horror of the danger which lurked behind. I was by no means poor. I had on my person quite a sum of money. But monoy then was dangerous. It might lure me into tho very jaws I wus fleeing from. To board 'the midnight train simply meant that on tho morrow the telegraph and the law would stay my journey. To procure a conveyance and ride across the country to a railroad station where none know me, or my boy, or my story, would only put pursuers on my track. I need not relate that night's experience. I refer to it now with dread and horror. I found kind friends who aided mo and my boy to flee. One afternoon we reached the village of Sandy Lake, then a quiet little settlement where I felt my boy was safe. I changed my name to Patterson. It was my grandmother's name. I need not excuse that act. Before my God I I felt that I was justified in doing anything not criminal, that would prevent being robbed of ray lioy. My life here is familiar to you and the good people of this neighborhood. I have sought to do good to my fellowmen and fellow-women, and trust that when I am dead some one will have causa to say that the world is a little better for Mrs. Patterson having lived in it. JFour years passed and I was beginning to make myself believe that my hiding place would never be discovered by the father of my lxy. It was not to be so. One evening, just at dusk, my darling Louis came running into the house, all out of breath, and when he could speak, he told me of meeting a stranger who had asked several questions about his mother, and had bade him run home and say that Silas Groundwig, an acquaintance of years ago, would call to see hor at once. Ere the boy had finished his mcssago, tho man came. I remembered too well that name. It was my husband, the father of my boy. JIv heart ceased to throb. At 1 east 1 1 hou ght it did. When tho hot blood ought to have coursed through my veins at lightning speed, it failed to do its work, and I stood before the man transfixed with horror, but fortunately I did not lose my consciousness. " Well, Madamo, this ia rather a cold reception to extend to your husband after the long chase you have given him." His voice brought me to myelf. In a moment I gathered strength, not the puny strength of a won .an, but tho strength of a giant. The blow he gavo me years before on that bed of pain seemed to be inflicted ngain, and again it stung me to tho heart. I looked about me and saw we were alone. I was so thankful my boy had returned to his play. Cool and calmly as I write these words, I gazed at that man. I saw he was a wreck, and that kind of a wreck which is all danger. I looked him straight in tho eye. There was no hope there. His lips were closed though livid with an ashon hue. I saw the color come and go in his face, as if his brain was busy with the past. With the utmost deliberation, and with a boldness that chilled me through, I replied: "Sit down, sir." "jtfo, I prefer to stand." "As you please, " I answered. "Susan Groundwig." At the mentionof that name I started as though he had struck me and my boy another blow. I was subdued in a second. I became meek and weak as a little child. All my great courage had gone from me. I was helpless and powerless. I felt I was again in that man's mercy. A dread of a terrible something about to happen unnerved me, and I waited with breathless anxiety the next step in the drama. Was it to end with a tragedy? 'Susan Groundwig." and I again started at the sound of that name, "You do not answer. Do you not know your name? You may forget it, but you cannot forget you are my wife." "Silas Groundwig," at last I found strength and courage to say, "you have no right, sir, to call mo by that name. When a husband strikes his wife and her itnlwrn bubo a blow with intent to kill both, he has no right to ever again come into that woman's presence and pollute tho air - she breathes with a word from his lips. To save my child from your merciless clutches, I fled from my home. To all I held dear on earth my boy and I bade eternal farewell. Mother's grave, father's memory, tho hovne ol my childhood, all, everything, I fled from, to escape your threat to carry off my child. At last you have found me. And now, Silas Groundwig, what is your wish?" For more than a minute, which seemed an hour, ho stood before me and answered not a word. He was pale and white and still as a dead man right from tho grave. Finally the painful stillness was broken by Groundwig's exclaiming: "Susan Groundwig, tlie business which brought mo here can bo easily arranged, and long before the clock strikes 10 1 can be on my way out of your nresence as my presence seems so hateful to you never again to return. It is for you to say not for me; or before the clock shall strike again, I can signal my comrades, who are hard by, to seize your boy, and tako him forever from your sight." I was stunned for a moment and it took mo several seconds to collect sense and strength to say: "Silas Groundwig, what is it you ask?" 'Madam. I want nothing but you can comply with. I am poor; I em an outcast in the world. I havo been driven to desperate deeds to make the world give me a living. I am at the mercy of worse outlaws than myself. They have come hither at my bidding to obtain money. I know you have it in your house and I want $5,000, I muBt havo it and don't caro to argue the matter. It is unless to say that to comply with V - WVVW -V HMW, .W vwWJf.J nV I

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boy beggars, and, in the opinion of your noighbors, yourself a thief. 1 caro nothing for such pleas. Neit her do my comrades outside, whose nuitterings you can hear this moment. There is no time to lose. I must signal them to come in for money or your boy. They have been promised one or the other. When) now was my t;"i that Ho didn't striko that wretch dead as ho stood there, with such words on his lips? I am to rob nvyxeir. rob my boy, rob my friends and go forth to-morrow a beggar and a thief, and for what? Heavens! to save my child! Can I longer hesitate? Mohoy. honor, reputation, everything f have in this world must go if I would have my boy stay, My head grew dizzy. The" room was whirling round. 1 involuntarily led tho way to the bed room. He followed me. I ' took from its hiding placo a key. I unlocked my writing Cesk. I touched a secret si trine in a drawer. 1 pointed to the exposed' money. Not a word is said. He seizes the roll of bank bills, gave me a demoniac look and passed into the dtui.ms without. Then I swooned away. When I cuine to myself I realized what I had done. My God! the thought wp.s killing me. I had violated the trust und now was a thief. Had I not pointed out the money to that man, that monst er? I called upon my Creator to help me in my terrib'o distress. Next day I was watching from tho window for my little boy to return from school. And' when T saw him he. had a IctUT in his hunt! itoiniiig it)) the lane waving it. Another moment and ho bounds into the room, and throwing a sealed envelope into my lap.fairly shouts to me to open it and read it quick, because the postmaster has just received a dispatch asking him to deliver the letter to mo at once and have me telegraph an answer. Thero comes tho postmaster up the lane now. "Open it mother; read it, quick." I looked at tho boy in amazement. A dispatch. A letter. An answer must be telegraghed quick. What does it mean? .More trouble Is not my cup full? Is thore room in this fast throbbing heart for more sorrow? Can there be any more weary tears in I these eyes? Mechanically I tear open j tho envelope. The letter is trom my Hew England home. I care not for the date. "Dear madam" are idle words. A niece of naner droits to the floor. Mv I boy picks it up and holds it before me while 1 read: "Knclosod yon will flu-l a draft on tbc Bank of Commerce. Citv of New York, for the smn of three thousand dollar.', rtiynl'le my yes fail mo. I can road no further. There ia plenty of room for tcara. Tho mist crows thicker. The io3tma&tor hogs rorilon for intruding ou my i privacy at ftuch a tint?, but faysit. isiuif-ortant i that ho telegraph my unaner ut once. 1 hftnd him tho letter ntid abk him to finish reading it. Ho roads :J to your tirder. In rstirgaulzing the i National WoMen'Mill Comr.nny ther is a scramble going on for e!iaro. lit smirching for ! the several nharcholdortt it has been discovered i that the assignment !y your father of the;torty shares owned by him lo your farmer lmsbami ' was not only irregnlnrly entered on tho tranaler books, but was a forgery, Tho company at; once ropaitl the (livitleiiila, fltnnuniing to three thousand dollp.i'4, and thnl amount 1 remit to ' you hr enclosed drnf u To eunhle tbo friends of i yonr lamented father to obtuiu a majority of the shares in order to control t he property ond ; tako it from thofie -who tiro trying to clcprcciate j its valuo by bad matiRgoinent. bo they can buy ; the etock for much lustt than its roui Talue. 1 ; can sell the fr.rty 6haies v?hich tv-ru your rat-her'B for live thonsnnd dollars. As the elcction of directors ia to bo held on the lst in. i Btnnta speedy answer, anil by tehgratih, is necessary. 1 advisu you to ecll. "Voura trnlv, "Sami-el ErtSfONDSosf." It required but a moment for me to conclude what I would do. Mr. Edmondson had p"rove:i himself honest and j faithful to my interests. 1 would trust him now. My answer went quick, "I accept." In a few days another draft came, and my faith iu that divinity which doth all things well was restored, and from tho most miserable of beings I become the happiest. Thus you see, my kind Xriend, that the answer I gave you when you asked mv hand in murria 'e wns tho onlv ono I could give yon, though you thought j me cruel and heartless. I know tho : courts are open to me for a severance ! of the marriage bon l. But I can never consent to do an act that will serve to withdraw from me, in tho least degree, the good opinion and warm regard of my neighbors. Yonr Friend, Matilda Pattkbson. CHAPTER VI. THE DAY OF SADNESS, What more charming and fascinating time and place for lovers than an evening on such a craft -or so beautiful a lake? The month of August has fairly entered on its second week. The slowly lengthening twilight brings with it myriads of objects to see and hear. The long shadows of bluffs and trees, which havo darkened the water in big Spots, seem to have spread until they cover all tha lake, and it is now all shadows, or l o shadows, just as fancy pictures. The tie'dn are full of flowers, and the forests aro full of birds. The katydid is whis:linr its monotonous notes, closing wit h n low trill, attemnting the ditlieult ft at of siugine in a whisper.and perched on distant fenceposts, the mated quails, claiming the weather prophet's skill, are announcing the prospect of "more wet." Tho prairie chicken drums and drums, and fancies the noise a song-while the ceoi ng doves, visiting pairs, make most plaintiff wailings, as though mourning and loving were to them the same. The owl. awakening from his all-day sleep, stretches out his neck from beneath his wingfi, and beats n warning to his prey. The golden-rod, the wild sun-flower, tho broad expanse of prairie blossoms fresh from their smii baths, nod in the gentlest of gentle breezes, and open their invisible mouths lo catch the dews of night. The beautiful daisy and the pretty morning glory have, gone to sleep until the rising sua shall bid them awake. The tvhippoorwill sits on the branch of an old oak treo near the water's edge, and tells all the world within hearing that he is a whipporwill and must bo listened to. The blue bird an 'i tho wren hop from limb to limb, twitter and chatter, and goto sleep chattering. Tho cows with quickened pace move wiWi single lilo along the narrow patch by the side of the blulf, chewingtheir cud. looking so demurely out of their great Drown eyes, bowing familiarly to every bush and shrub, hastening to reach home before night-fall. On the brow of yonder bluff, where the rays of the sun are lingering and departing, it is said an Indian maiden throw herself into the waters below rather than wed against her will. The sky, too, is full of the glory of God, and lovers are both deaf and blind if they find no time for the admiration of such grandeur. Yonder, almost in tho zenith, is jupiter shining so brightly and looking so proud because ho is "king of the heavens even for a brief hour, and now the great, round, red moon breaks the horizon and climbs mysteriously up t he clear sky, the big bright stars, and tho dim little ones, all hide their heads, and evon jupiter himself fades away, and tho shadows come again and cover the borders of tho lake with phantoms of various shapes, affording the imagination an eusy opportunity to fancy any 'imago tho brain can design or desire. Light; breezes sigh mournfnlly through tho trees, und joining high np aliovo the waters of the lake, tho winds that swopt from the distant prairie, seem like dismal murmurings and harsh mutteriuga coming from human voices above tho clouds; or it may be those strange, wierd noises are voices of spirits from tho tombs of the mound-builders holding converse with tho spirits from the graves of the long-buried Indians. These mysterious noises como from tho darknoss, and go only with the jient of tne morning. 'PKft m nnn (a nnnr w 'PKa mnon ia nnur wall rm lla InnprtAV ! .. h- - nmv x - - JW-...wj ;

and lake and farm houses are as plainly visible as at, noon-day. The symmetrical stacks of grain stand out boldly if sa vint? "wo are the start' of lifo for

man and beast." The hay bus been harvested anil the long racks mean that well-fed cattle shall reward the hiisbnndmnn for his labor. Tho liehis and meadows havo been shorn of their wealth of food, except t he broad acres of I ml um corn whose luxuriant growth makes tho farmer smile as he dreams of fat herds and n fat purse. That snapping, crackling, rustling noise which is the only sound that breaks upo-i the stillness of tho ntirht, is tlie arowinsrcorn. it is pusn ing, driving, and crowding itself out ol tho golden tassel into tho ear, return ing to the plowman sixty and even ninety fold of increase, the reward promised him'for his labor and his faith. The lights in the farm houses have lone since been extinguished. The stillness of the nieht ltet omes oppres sive. Strange that the bosom of tho lake should be undisturbed by oven a ripple, while high up in the sky tho elements should lie at war. rne nera man's dog gives out an occasional bark to let his master known that he is an honest dog. Xow and then a dismal howl, t hough in perfect concert, conies from some nrowline monerel. Save these infrequent disturbers of nature s stillness, and the ever present commingling of tlio-e supernal voices in the upper air, all overtho broad surface of tho lake, and all over the fields and through the forest, ns far as an eye can see or ear can hear, there reigns the quiet of the church-yard at the mid-night hour. Some people would think it no time or ltlaeo for youth and maiden of flesh anil blood to'talk of love. Hut. lovers are on the lake- -Louis and Mary are there and they have Wen telling over and over again the story of their love. Of all this chapter recounts not a thing have thov seen or heard. Mary appears unusually melancholly. perhaps because this was their first- meeting on the lake since her father's death. TO BE COXTlNTKn. Iii villi; in the Cities. The increase of cities is a certain tendency of our aee, and is not confined to England, where frantic manfacturing ambition and feudal institutions in the country stimulate that tendency to the utmost. But there is a tendency no less certain at woik the improvement of cities. The present generation has seen an enor mous advance toward the true municipalization of great towns. Muni.i. pal patriotism, art, beauty, health, relaxation, are at, least ideals and possibilities There are even now great towns which are well on the road lo become worthy abodes of civilize 1 man. Edinburgh, IS'ottingban:, Halifax, Huildcrslleld. Oxford, are putting their houses in order, niul may one clay be tit to Dj called the boine of cultured cilizer.s. Mr. William Morris is wrong in dreaming that we are all going to live In tho country. Half of us, 1 trust, will. But the other half will -fere in reasonable, moderate, healthy, fair, and highly organized towns. Our task is to make our towns wholesome, beautiful, pleasant, and convenient It is a tremendous task, but it is not. beyond the resouiccs of civilization in the twentieth century. And as to the increase of city "wens" that will be met by the reducing of population, the cessation of industrial progress," the discipline and self-defence of towns, and the sobering effects of the normal and quiet "stationary" state. Fortnightly Review. Another Klnil ol G. Washinton. Traveling men are just as truthful as any other class," t began the drummer, and every other man in the party coughed siptiiiicautly. 'Well, they are," contented the drummer, "aud notwithstanding you and everyixxly else sceui to think they are liars." The hotel clerk looked sympathetic "Oh, hotel clerks ain't any bctt.rr than the rest." said the drummer. "Only last week I stopped at a hotel in Muskegon and just for fun I registered 'George Washington.' Tho clerk didn't seem to notice anything particular in the name, ana 1 began to talk. ' 'Ever hear of him?' 1 said. "CN'ope,1 In answered liippuntlj'. " 'Never heard ofvJeorge Washington?' "The clerk examined the signature and took a gaze at my sample cases, " 'No, never heard of him.' "What, never heard of George Washington, the man that never told a lie?' " "Oh, him,' and a flash of intelligence came to his face. 'Ves, I've heard ot him. but drummers ain't, that kind. Front, take this gent to 44.' and that's all the satisfaction I got out of it." Free Press. He Knew Something About JH urges. Snapper Garrison is telling a good joke on himself. While driving home the other night he turned down Bath avenue. A victoria came along and pulled in on the same side ot tlie road that he w.is on. The driver of the victoria was evidently a green hand, for when Garrison ptillerl his horse to tb other side the driver of the Victoria also pulled in, so tha-i there wis a clash. The occupant o.' tho victoria, a lady, began to upbraid Garrison for his stupid driving. Garrison tried to explain that it was not his fault, hut the stupidity of her own driver. -My driver Is all right," roared the woman. "You are a stupid fool, and evidently don't know anything about horses. There ought to be a law prohibit ing you from handling horses. I've a mind to have you arrested." AH right," said Snapper, "Ictus drive to the police stat ion. My name is Snapper Garrison, -and I guess the police will differ from you in regard to my not. knowing anything about horses. " A look of astonishmeut passed over the woman's face. She said no more to Garrison, but ordered her coachman to drite on as fast as possible, Js'ew York Commercial Advertiser. A Pious Thought. Little Marjorle is by no means fond of going to church. She has to sit too st ill, and "the man" talks some things she cannot yet understand. "And when you can't understand what the minister means, vou must remember that ho is talking about good and beautiful things, and you must mako up your mind to think of something good yourself." That day Marjorie was very quiet In church, and her mother praised her for it on the way home. "I did just as you told me," said the wee maid. "I thought of something good." "What was it, dearie?" "Apple pie." .Sunshine. Tiiere is one thing you can always depend upon; no one will ever havo good luck any great length of time. No max ever made a fuss about h's wife's dry goods bills that she dtd-BOW ujr ibi wh poiitivejy rmgd,

INDIANA STATE NEWS,

OCCURRENCES DURING PAST WEEK. THE An TutrroHtliif; Mumm:iry of tho Mora Important DolngB of Our Neishliors Wt-cl-dinira and ftatlia Crime-, (uatiultic awj General Kcwa Notes of the State. lloosii'r II'iiieuinen DISASTROUS forest lires in Crawford t'ounty. J. F. .V.itJDi.in'ON's lursre barn near Spartans burg burned. Loss $UMKX. Lewis Jf-xkixs had his arm torn off in the tin plate works at Klwood. Attica claims to be the piestiest little city in Indiana. Question? Louis Thompson's large barn near Klkhart was destroyed bv lire. Loss, i:i,0(K). A. -T. rUl.ra's residence, at Dana, was destroyed by lire. Loss. tW.OUO: no insurance. Miss Maud C'iiadwicii had her arm nearly cut oil wit h a mower, near Muee, Montgomery County. Jacob Ksary, charged with white capping, was tried at Cannelton, and was found not guilty. Bert Cupp. -24. a well-known trainman of M uncle, is mysteriously missing, reared he has been killed. John Jackson, aged 1(, residing near Dora, AYabush County, fell into the Salanionic river and was drowned. TWO CASES of small-pox have been reported at Connersville. The disease is said to have been taken thore from Muncie. MUNCiE Council gavo a thirty-five-year franchise to tho Consolidated Street Car Company, and there's tome kicking. Lkk Wihttington, aged 5, of .Teffersonville, while playing with matches, set his clothes on lire, aud was perhaps iatally burned. FlRK broke out in the School of the Feeble-rainded at Fort AVayne. but was extinguished with slight loss that will not exceed $5,000. Miss Minnie Bktjck, a well-known young lady of Peru, was thrown from a ,nlgey by a runaway team und terribly injured. She will die. Two youno men named Hall and Taylor, of Rodkey. were seriouslv in jured at Dunkirk by jumping off a train going foirty miles an hour. THE Eel River Gold and Silver Mining Company has its shaft down sixty feet, and claims to itave recently taken out some very valuable metal. Chari.ks Hotrz, a prominent attorney of Sullivan, was fatally shot by an ex-Sheriff. It is said that' he was intimate with the Sheriff's wife. Masked burglars tried -to rob the Motion station at Haskells, but got nothing more than a sight of the telegraph operator's frightened visage. SIIKLH vviI.f.E palters are in tho midst of a bitter war overtho question: "Was Pi-of. Donley's organ roeit-tl a blooming success or howling failure?'' Wilms out hunting frogs with an old revolver Charles Nuding of Klwood, a H-year-oId boy. accidentally shot himself in the Ueshy part of' the right thigh. The Delphi Manufacturing Company, which has been closed down for several weeks, vrill start up about the middle of September with a reduction of from 10 to 20 per cent, in wages. THE fiimily of William Sagus. living north of Burrows, was poisoned by something in their food. Two children died ant. 'three other members of the faniile are not expecteed to live. The American Tin Plato Factory at Klwood :.s turning out 3,n00 boxes of finished plate per week. It has made the land companies of Klwood an offer to double the capacity of their faetorv. AN lainburg man, afflicted with paralysis and nervous disease has sued the ice aud lieht company for $i,HU0, damage. The company's tooting whistle made his life a screaming farce. Chari.es A. Stewart, a switchman employed in the yards of the Kvansville & Terro Haute Hailro id at Terro Haute, was killed at Kvansville while attempting to cross the track between two moving freight trains. AT Peru, Joel Barn hart, in attempting to savo the lifo of his 8-year-old daughter, jumped with her 'from a buggy b 'hind a runaway team on tho river bridge. Ho was seriously injured and his daughter was instantly killed bv striking against an iron girder. GEOROE CUTSlNGER was arrested near Sh-ilhyvlllc for being drunk and using o iseeno language. As u constable was taking him to Shelbyville they were met by White Caps aiid the prisoner was severely whipped. The constable was made to retreat. Cutsinger was caught again, and lodged in jail. SOME unknown person made an attempt to poison the family of Henry Page, lii ing on a farm near Brooklyn, by niaolne the contents of a box of Rough on Rats wrapped in a piece of newspaper in the pump. As a consequence Mi'.. Page's daughter Rosa is not expected to recover. Other members of the family are sick. Several chickens died from the effects of drinking the poisoned water. A PAE.TY of hunters made a ghastly find in a secluded tart of the woods on the County Poor Farm near Newcastle, it consisted of the remains of an old man who had committed suicide by hanging. The body was so decomposed that the llesh was dropping way ai d the bones protruded In many places. This rendered identification impossi tie. The unfortunate is thought to have been Israel Shinn. a demented old pensioner, who wandered away from his home in Dunreith some week's ago". ARRANOKMRXTS have been perfected for the reopening of the Diamond Plate Glass Works at Kohomo. that have been closed down since May 10. The mills, f.irmerly operating HtH) men, will begin next week with half tho regular force, ; nd increase as fast as conditions justify. A youno man named Bailey was instantly killed at Memphis by the north-lKitmd P. C, C. & St. L. train. He was returning lutme from JelTersonville ir a wagon, wnen his horses became frightened and ran across the truck. He fell out of his wagon iu front of tho train. Mrs. Thomas Jiles. aged 7(. who reside', about three miles west of Hillsdale, diet! suddenly tho other night. She was afflicted "with asthmas and heart i" isease. It is supposed she died about :.'!) p.m., and Mr. .files slept with h: s dead wife all nijrht, not knowing she was u corpse until the next morning. John Byers, a wealthy farmer, residing three miles south of Brazil, mot with a fatal accident, while hauling stone. His team ran oil, aud Mr. Byers was thrown under the wagon and one leg mangled. His breast was also crushed in, and he was injured internally. He is unconscious, and no hope is entertained for his recovery. IN While County tho Monon Railroad has been made defendant in seventeen suits for failure to bulletin the trains, as provided by statute. For failure tt: lift this a railroad company is liable to a lino of $5, one-fourth going to the informer. . . . . . Harry Creaoin was fatally Injured' and Barney Riley instant iy 'killed at Colburn. They were en route to Logtinspo 't and were seated on the top ol u Wabash caboose. The company wkj short o:' cars and run u train of ealiooses. many persons riding on top. Riley ant' Crougi i are supposed to have buei tented on top of the lookout cupola, anc wu'o knocked otf by the water opoup Both risid in LafvHa, '

DOINGS OF CONGRESS.

MEASURES CONSIDERED AND ACTED UPON. At tho Nation's Capital Wlmt In Utslng Done by the Seuato nut! Iluuse Old Matters Dhiuused Of and Now Ones Considered. The Semite und House. Air. V;il-ot:, tf t'oloru.lo, n(1ltG.--oi tlit Senato Tliur.idity, ui':r c.itl" the re: eul of tli Sherman urt; tie was nppodorl tiy Mr. i;uflry, of T.t.mlsiitnii. Tlie resolution of the Il'uiso on iImi rtuilth of Hepreseniutivo Mut.-lilfi-, of I'ennsylvaiiln, vero iultl boforo the S--into nnd resolutions ex,roslvo of On sorrow of the St-nutn were off.Tod by Mr. Oimflron and irjteed to, und t He Scnutit. ;ts it further ovldence of rospoct to Ih rneni'.ry of Out de. onscd. liiljourued. Tlie ll u0 was occupied ait the Any with iff rutos. Friday, uftcr some twenty minutes spent In the ordinary routino morning bushier of tho ntite tnone of uhk'h uas of public Importance) the House bill to ropeal part of tho Sherman art. was taken up. Tho lionsti ro-unted tha consideration of ffio ; ow code of ru!o, t'to pending question bein; on the amendment offered Tlniisdny by Mr. Itorttner (lleni. , of Louisiana, whieb would practically put It In the poworof a-iy member who is in charge of any proposition on tlie Horn lo propose cloiuro ill any time that he llilnks It nrtvlmihle to do sa The amendment was rejected. In tho H use the debate on rttlc3 was continued In the r'cn-ito tho Homo deficiency bill v. as reported and passed with soma emu t amendments. A bill was Introduced by Mi. Polph appropriating $100,000 to enable the f?o retory of the Treasury to enforce tho Chinese- c-xcluslun act. A iarRi) batch of nominations was received from tho President, and a si ill larger one, confirmed. It is likely the Settate: will devo'e three- weeks to silver talk Monday tho r'enate continued discussion of tho silver question, Mr. C'ullom speaking for repeal. Feme unimportant, business was done In both h' usea, but tho Hou-o was chlofly rrcupted In consideration of its rule. Substantially tho entlro day. in the Sonate, Tuesday, wrb consumed by Mr. Plowart, who took positive around against the repeal of the Hiortuan aci until silver wbs tomoneltred. Tho vote of the Sonato 35 yea9 to 2S nays to proce.ed to tha consideration of executive business wns ths frst, set-hack tho repeal men have thus fur sustained In the b'enate. Among the bills introduced vta ono by .Mr. I'offer creatine : der-avtiuent of education, under the !;u:crvl.ion of a r.ocrctary o education, v.h'"i. within threo years after the passage of tho bill, shall cattso to be Constructed a college of scientific learning, In which Khali bo taught all the classics and professional studies, arts, etc., to be known as the Scientific 1'nlverslt v of the I'ed, White and lllno Cross. Tho House was lnact've, awaiting committees' reports. In the Senate Wednesday the House's repeal bill was referred ti a joint select eoumttto on I'niinco and wont lo tho calendar, v hence it can be taken only by :i majority vote. Anton? the blils introduced and referred were tho following: My Mr. Cttllom To repeal nil acts providing for tho creation or maintenance of sliiklcit funds. Hy Mr. Vorheos That the sum of fio.050 be paid to Cant. John B. Dowd of tho Stuto of Indiana on sc-ouut of injuries reeolvod while In the performancfl of hisdutlosns cleric of the Record and Pension Ofliee of the War Docarlmont by tbc collapse of the building wherein he was employed its such clerk. know.n as the i-Old Ford Thi-nter." Tho House fctill awaited committee's report. Jews in the World's Work. A representative of tho Menorah recently made a visit to Baron Hirseh, the Jewish millionaire, in Paris. "You tell me," said tho baron, "that there are many poor Jewish peddlers and tailors in New York, and that thero is a Ghetto as bad as the old Ghetto of Rome, except that the inhabitants of the New York Jews' quarter ate not confined to it but by their own inclination. This is only "the result of their newly acquired rights, tho exorcise of their liberty to dwell where they please. But a now race of Jows will grow up; the huckster and chapman will bo forgotten; the usurer looked upon as a myth, and the wide hori'on offered by the beautiful Western hemisphere will briner its all, when wo reach it, not only nearer to heaven but nearer to Theo, O God, " As to .lows in finance, here ara some interesting remarks of Ruboi Isaac M. Wise: "The Jews of tho United States tire a very insignificant factor in large financial operations. In the control of tho national banks they are unknown; they have no voico in tho management of railway and steamship liuos; they do not own the mines of coal or iron or regulate their output; of all tho trusts whoso oppressions are complained of they are conspicuous in but ono, tho whisky trust, the one which concerned the general public least and was about the first to get into financial straits. An money lenders they play a small part in these United States. Their operations aro largely confined to brokerage and petty lending on collaterals. A considerable portion of them are well to do, a few aro rich, scarcely any very rich, and among tho plutocrats there is not one. " Conviction by Ballot. In some villages in Japan robbers are tried and convicted by ballot. Whenever a robbery is committed, tho rulor of the hamlet'summons tiie entiro male Kpulation and requests them to write on'a slip of paper the name of tho worsen they suspect as having committed the crime. The one receiving the largitst number of ballots ia declared duly "elected" and is accordingly hung. This system, like all others, has its peculiar iu! vantages. It insures the punishment of somebody for every robbery 5 imimtted. whereas under the system in vogue in most civilized countries in nine cases out of ten no punishment, is inflicted on anybody for the crime. Of course, they may not- "elect" tho guilty person, but dispose of some other character equally as bad. There is much in the system to commend it to other uaiicii-; Overflow of News. Tayi-OK Bros., New York pawn broken, failed. Titk model of the city of Jerusalem it. Chautauqua was demolished by a -torm. The loss is $25,000. Jas. Skiumore shot Marion -Spriggs with an old army musket at Waveriy. Ohio, and he will die. Family trouble was the cause. Aneiiew Jehjjsen, clothing, Great Falls, Mont., assigned, with Columbia National Bunk of Minneapolis as a prof erred creditor. The trial of John Wagner at San Francisco, charged with the murder of Trobert Ojiilvio, ended in the acquittal of the defendant. The shipment of gold coin from San Francisco has arrived at the New York sub-treasury. Tho consignment consisted of S4XM),i;0i. Anthony Vanderslye and an unknown Italian wore killed at Philadelphia by touching live electric wires. A mrtlE landslide en the Pittsburg afid Western Railroad tracks Newcastle Junction caused an engine nnd fi urteen freight cars to bo derailed. Two negroes wore killed. A I'f.AN to administer 100 lashes each to the nine Choctaw Indians j.istead of earring out the death penalty was objected to by th Indian Territory authorities as illoeal. Prksiiient Van Hokne and other Canadian Pacific, eflicers indicted at Tacoma, Wa-h., have surrendered and will stand trial on a charge of having violated the interstate commerce law. Pbivate advices from San Francisco say that Piiymuster KulUvnn, I'. S. N., recently tried there on the charge of embezzlement, has ltoon acquittvd. James K. Hoi!.iKTTK was in-rested in the posto11!ea at Wichita, Kan., tvhilo lying in wnit.to assa-sinate Postmaster' I'M .Teweft." Hourgotte wus. a mailing clerk until about throe months ago, when lie was dismissed. Cnij. William H. Davis, a wealthy ei'lzon of Man-hall County, Ky.. committed suicide by shooting "himself. He was wi years old, and a widow recently got il judgment against him for JGOO in a suit for breach of promise, whioh lg iuppued to hav lad him ta, th Mb i

Don't Blame the Cook If a baking powder is not uniform in strength, so that the same quantity will always do the same work, no one can know how to use it, and uniformly good, light food cannot be produced with it All baking powders except Royal, because improperly compounded and made from inferior materials, lose their strength quickly when the can is opened for use. At subsequent bakings there will be noticed a falling off in strengdi. The food is heavy, and the flour, eggs and butter wasted. It is always the case that the consumer suffers in pocket, if not in health, by accepting any substitute for the Royal Baking Powder. The Royal is the embodiment of all the excellence that it is possible to attain in an absolutely pure powder. It is always strictly reliable. It is not only more economical because of its greater strength, but will retain its full leavening power, which no other powder will, until used, and make more wholesome food.

Animal ami Earthquake. Visiting Bellano after the earthquake we were taken by our guide to a handsome palazzo belonging to one of tho patrician families of the place. It was built in the Venetian style, with marble pillars and staircases, and a central hall from which the living rooms opened. The house still stood, although In a ruinous condition. Beneath one side of the hall ran a range of stables, tenanted by some fine horses, of which the owner was extremely fond. On the night before the earthquake these animals kept up a constant stamping and pawing, the noise echoing through the corridors. More than once the head groom and once the master himself went into the stables to see what might be amiss. The horses wero in a strange and unaccountablo state of agitation, but they could discover nothing else. In what way the coming convulsion was conveyed to their senses, who can say? For these dumb beast evidently had a knowledge of it, denied to man. T. O. Trollope's Reminiscences. Continents and Oceans. Of all the sciences that of geology is Serhaps the least advanced. This is ue, not to a lack of students or earnest and persistent investigation, but to tho restricted field of observation, Muoh of the study of geology, therefore, is necessarily of a theological character. Frequently about the time these theories became accepted as facts they were over-turned, or-apparently so, by some new discovery. Until a few years ago, for instance, it was generally accepted by geologists that the continents and oceans of the earth occasionally changed places; that islands of the oceans wore summits of submerged mountains or ranges of mountains. But recently, in view of eertain discoveries, many students in geology havo been compelled to change their bslief, and hold that the great continental masses and deep ocean floors are permanent features of the earth's crust. llamas' Plaj'larlsin' on Wilde. An amttrting- wiiwtalre "irttB' wcsrtr mode by a certain French critic who is usually accounted clever. A waggish Englishman, after the recent perlormanceof Dumas' "Donise" in London, wrote to a newspaper, uravely explain ing that there were epigrams in "Denise" which were obviously parodiod and sometimes lifted from a play ntl,.t T wl,r IttTinlnmMb'a WtLn "'Who is this Dumas." the writer in dignantly demanded, "that he should calmly taico possession oi someooay else's phrases?" Th.e Frenchman, strange to say, did not perceive the irony nor investigate the dates of production of the two plays. He was struck with amazement at British ignorance and proceeded to preach a severe sermon in the Debate on the subject. Effect of Music on renn. Walter Savage Landor introduces Peterborough in conversation with William Penn, and makes him applaud Penn cynically, when the latter declares that there is something in a violin, if played discreetly, that appeareth to make hot weather cool, and cold weather warm and temperate; not, however, when its chords have young maidens tied invisibly to the end of them, jerking them up and down in a strange fashion before one's eyes, and unless one taketh duo caution, wafting their hair upon one's face and bosom, and their very breath, too, between one's lips, if peradventuro one omitteth to shut them bitterly and hold tight. Musical Courier. Value of .Varmlng Lands. The valuo of farming land in this eountry is greatest in Now Jersey. In 18S8 it averaged: New Jersey, $65; Massachusetts, .0; Ohio, $46; New York, $44: Vermont, 36; Maryland,$32; Wisconsin, $23, and in some Western States less than $5 per acre. The Copious Kennebec The people of Maine contend that the Kennebec pours into the sea a greater volume of water than any other river Sn tho Atlantic or Oulf Coast, from the St. John to the Mississippi. New York Times. E. B. WALTHA1X A Co., Druggists, Horse Cave, say "Hull's Catarrh Cure cures vary one that takes it," Bold by Drucgiits, 760. Aiomeatlo Advertising. Mrs. George Ashton,5 Victoria street, Westminister, takes this opportunity of thanking her numerous friends for their kind Tetters of sympathy on the dissolution of her marriage. London Times. For wnalc and Inflamed eyes nso Dr. Isaao Thompson's Eyo-ttrater. It Is a carefully prepared physician's prescription. Ministers exchange pulpits sometimes, but they never pay any boot. While in the War Z wan taken ill with spinal disease aud rbaumatUm. I went home and wit confined to my bed, n&ablo to help myaelt for 23 months. Aft r rears ot misery a companion marhiuitt advUea me to take Hood's tsaraapurllla, 1 not a bottle and could Quickly note a change for the better. After taking 8rv-u bottles I was well, and have not ttlnce been ttvubled witu Mr. Wlte-oler. A- Whesueb, 1900 DlYl.iion t-.tr t. Baltimore, Ud. my oia complaint." jas. HpodVCures Hood's Pills on re liver ills, toe per box. Cenwtaamlve soil people wbo bsre wMtk I -loss or Asthma, ihoulj use Pise's Cure (er ConHuupttou. It ties enred theusAitids. It hss not Injur, ed one. It Is titt bed to lose. U is the belt couch imp. Bold everrwhore. tpSe.

Gibber Was Cool. Colley Cibber was playing cards one night. As tho gome went on he did not follow suit, wherenpon a testy old general eried out: "What, have you not a spade, Mr. Cibber?" The poetlaureate, nothing abashed, looked at his cards and answered: "Oh, yes, a thousand," a reply which drew forth a very short and peevish comment from the general. Colley. who was a very cool customer, and was, besides, "shockingly addicted to swearing," as the narrative says, retorted with "Don't be angry. General, for, damme, I can play ten times worse if I like." LOW RATE HARVEST EXCURSIOXS to Iowa, Minnesota.. Kansas, Nebraska. Colorado, Wyoming, Utah. North and Bouth Dakota. HaniloTi.i. Tennessee. Mississippi. Alabama. Louisiana. Arkansas. Indian Territory. CJklahoma Texas, and Arizonia. will leave from nil stations of the Wabxh Itailroad on October 10th, at very low rata. Tiekots good roturnin:- ttronty days from datoof sale. For particulars apply to tho nearest agent ot the "iV-ibish liailroai

The euchre player puts on a knave look when he plays the right bower. Who woci.ii be free from earthly lilt mast buy a bo ot Beo ham's l'ilis. Si ccau a box. Worth a guinea. It is the brave girl that passeth the ice-cream parlor and stoppeth not Whv so hoarse? T7b8 Hatch's Universal Cough Syrup. All druggists. SOo. When Time deals the cards, the majority are sure to got tho deuce KNOWLEDGE Brings comfort and improvement and tends to personal enjoyment when rightly used. The many, "who live better than others and enjoy life more, with less expenditure, by more promptly adapting the world's best products to the'needs of physical being, will attest the value to health of tlie pure liquid laxative principles embraced ia tha remedy, Syrup of Figs. Its excellence is due to its presenting in the form most acceptable and pleasant to the taste, the refreshing and truly beneficial properties of a perfect laxative ; effectually cleansing the system, dispelling colds, headaches and fevers and permanently curing eonstipirtjjaf' It has given satisfaction to millint1md met with tho approval of the medical profession, becaune it acts on the Kidneys, Liver and Bowels without weakening them and it is perfectly free from every objectionable substance. Syrop of Figs is for sale by all druggists in 50c and $1 bottles, bnt it is manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co. only, whose name is printed on every package, also the name, Syrup of Figs, and being well informed, you will not accept any substitute if offered. HARVEST EXCURSIONS Will be run from CHICAGO, PEORIA atM 8T. LOUIS via ttie BURLINGTON ROUTE AUGUST 22, SEPTEMBER 12, OCTOBER 10, On theM dates ROUND-TMs TICKETS will be SOLO at LOW IVTJBl& To all points In NEBRASKA, KANSAS, COLORADO, WYOMING, UTAH, NEW MEXICO, INDIAN TERRITORY, TEXAS, MONTANA. Tickets skxxI twenty day, with atop ever on soTng trip. Pa Men get In that Cast should purchase through ttoKetat via the BURLINGTON ROUTE ol theftnearest ticket agent. For desertptttn) land pamphlet and further Information, write to P. 8. EUSTIS, Con 'I Passsnasr Agent, Chicago, III. rm u nit s COLLARS oVCUFFg. The best ami most ecoDomteal Collars aad Cuffs roru. Try tliem. Vou will like then:. l.ook wrll. Vlt well. Wear well. Sol 1 fur MO woti for u box of Tea rollnrs or PlTi. Earner cuffs. A umt le collar ami atrof cuff a sent v mall fur Six (!. Adilrnu. clvta else and style wautcq. "Aut tn deaurtjorTtrm. Kvrwiait i-eiiar a n. . CT aTtlln-St. ttastota. IEWIS' 98 A LYE I i'owili-red nnd ('effsunakd. JLs iiavd. The 5"rnpt(7wf nd nretT.yetatsxlsk Unlike other l.ye, It being m fine nowdor ami packed 111 a can vita 'remov lt lid. tha euiife-tifcs ere elwavs ready lor t;te. Will make the m( perfumed Hard Soap in SO minutes iritno:! tinlino- lalstske) be't for cleansing waste-pipes, disiufeetlnjj sinks closets, washIrs bottles, paints, trees, etc. 1-K.NK . S i.l' w. CO Gen. Agts.. Pulls.. Pa. 1,000.000 i ACRES OF UND tor sale by theSaiSTFact. DutOTH RaiiboaB Odmpsmt la MlDneseta. Send 1st Mapa and Curst. tars. They will b sent to yon HOPEWELL CLARKE, Land CtHsaiisiloBer, St. Paul, Miaa, r. w, n. c. go. 8 03 TThn Writing to AdTurlturr. rf yen Hff

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