Bloomington Progress, Bloomington, Monroe County, 21 February 1894 — Page 3

A Kstle of Borotatkmaiy Times.

A notable relic of revolutionary times discovered at i.aneaster, ra. lew days ago is tho Held and camp order hook in which General Sullivan made record of his march in tho stunt' mer of 1779 from New York to Wyom ing, and up tho Susquehanna Valley. He was in pursuit of tho toriea and Indian.-; under Brant and Captain Butter, to avenge the massacres at Forty Fort and Wyoming. This expedition resulted in tho breaking- up of the Six Nations. The book was found amoncr some papers that had belonared to ("ant. Meyer, who was Gen. Sullivan '8 orderly m mat campaign. inow lorKSuu. Betrothal Costosn In Spain. A curioua custom obtains in soma portions af attain with regard to betrotha's. A young man wlio looks with lavor upon a nancii?ome young scnoriM and wishes to gain her hand calls on the parents for three successive days at the same hour of the day. At tho last call he leaves his walking stiek, and, if he is to win the desired bride, the cane is handed to him when he calls again. But. if he is not regarded with favor, the cane is thrown into the street, and in this way the young man is made to understand that furthor calls will be useless. The Kanaka Queen. Will tha Queen of the Sandwich Islands again sit on her throne? This Is one of the foremost questions in the public mind. It may depend entirely upon herself for an ewer, as a writer aaja ah is almost a helplees cripple from lumbago. The Intelli gence ought to be conveyed to her hi a dip lomattc way. that there Is no remedy on earth surer rare for it than 8. Jacobs OH, as It la also a specific for sciatica, so prevalent In the tropics. She can easily verify this statement by the use of the remedy. Hate-Boring. An ingenious German, has invented hole-loring contrivance which may be driven either by foot, hand, or steam power. The holes drilled by this dainty instrument aro but onethousandth of an inch in diameter and are the smallest that man has yet been able to pierce. The machine has a ca pacity of 22.000 revolutions per min nte and is intended solely for drilling holes tnrougn diamonds, sapptures, rabies and other precious stones. 1M BVS. WHEAT FROV TWO ACRES. This remarkable yield was reported by Frank Close, Minnesota, on two acres oi .Marvel tspring Wheat. speaKing of this wheat, this new sort takes the cake. Jt is the greatest cropping spring wheat in the world. Farmers who tried it the past season believe seventy-live to one hundred bushels can be grown from one acre, and are going to get this yield for 18. At such yield wheat pays at 30c a bushel. Salzer is the largest grower of vegetable and farm seed in the world. ir Von Will Cnt Thai Ont and Semi It with 7c postage to the John A. Salxer Seed Co., Tji Crosse, Wis., you will get free their mammoth catalogue and a package of above spring wheat. C The Gam. For those who have sentitive gums Inclined to bleed on slight provocation, a mouth wash of salt and cold water used once a (lay will harden tho gums and prevent soreness. As salt is a styptic, any slight bleeding may usually be checked by treating tho part with salt and water. Persons with delicate foet should give them a brisk Tabbing daily with cold salt and water. Abraham IJneota'a Stories. An illustrated book, unmarred by advertising, containing stories an auec- . dotes to'.d by Abraham Lincoln, many heretofore unpublished, will be sent free tj every person sending his or her address to tho Lincoln Tea Co., Fort Wayne, Ind. Timber. Heavy oil on tar. commonly called creosote, and also the chloride of zinc are used for preserving timber. Tho latter process is called "burnettising," and it is claimed that by its use tho life of a hemlock railway sleeper, which ordinarily is three years, can be extended to sixteen years. Asthma Bnffenra Who have in vain tried every other means of relief Bhonld try "SchuTmann's Asthma On." No waiting for results. Jti action immediate, direct and certain, as a single trial proves. Bend to Dr. R. Sehiffmann, St Paul. Minn., for a tree trial package, but ask your druggist first. "A PROPOSAL," mused Van Jenkins, "amounts to a man's saying 'Wilt thou?' interrogatively and a girl's putting it imperatively.'' COCGHH AND HOAH8EXE89. The irritation whk-h induces coughing immediately relieved by uso of "Brown's Branchial Troches." Sold only in boxes. Womex are more religious than men, so they can have an excuse to buy Christmas foolishness. Saa Colcbester Spading Boot ad. thar column. Whilk a woman seldom understands herself, let her alone for seeing clear through any other woman. Shiloh'rt Cumamption Cure la sold on afaaraatae. It - area luciotenl Consumption. It is tfcs hmtCenghttir. a rtntt.se coats and U. A Gikl waists her energy when she hugs another girl. A LIST yon should ior a- Dr. Fiercjrn Pleasant FeBeta. and iwtUas dee in their place .- Because) they're the malum, tan jfifHrflmfTT to Man. casaw they're the easiest in their wnye. Bo disturbance, no rrtton afterward. Their sffacta loaf. They anenliitely and parmanently care Bninmmn , Indigestion, Constipation, Sick Beadache, ami Soar Stomach. Tho moat common cause of Piles is constipation. By remwlag the cause a euro is effected. Montgomery. Orates Co- N. T. Dm. PlKKCa: Dear &ii 1 suffered untold ndaery with bleeding- pile. I could yet do reser nsrnx or oh. iumu a cuinnwnroeq um your "Pleasant Peuets, and now lor yean or mora. I have not been troubled the piles; if my bowels ret in a constii condition-1 take a do or Dr. Pierce's r eat Pellets, aid the trouble is all dispaUea by next day. . la. nacaukn ms inox I equals ens ton work, coating from sM V wajuc iot ibc money i in the world. Name and price tamped on the Ixrttom. Every t pair Wmrraniea. i jute no budsu. .imc stce iocu papers mr niu inscription oi our compfcin .lines for ladies and genu t uernen or sena tot At . gmnjr in. i srxueuoas fcOWtOwW. Vr bv mail- prwtatze ftrr. Ton ran get the beat bargains cf dmlcrs vrhn pnsh ir sjuvs. ! WALL PAPER wo wiu aall peraodborf 1112 for mi.H 12x14 for MIJM f alvfA far 1.711 IfltlK for ttMt h t iii- te antra frnan 5Se to r nlrs. Smtt fc Jar Sahnv t sif aa1 fait DfrrrtMni for HHctnc. krH OVILI.K WALL PAPEK BTFO. CO XW v n iiuiwn sss-na DON'T MARRY artil T"u siwcnmf rt that rr:kaem. Stats roar cub in CONFIDKNCE and set pernl letter In nwanita It from s doctor that beats nothine dae, son who will Ptots is byour friend. Atidraas, Box It, D&bnqor, Is. MTEBTS Thomas p. -tnTma traatninsn. aoatfjarss mamrataataah

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BY MRS. M. CHAPTER X-Contlnued. The old woman addressed as Dame Burden proved to be a stout comfortable-looking person, dressed in a simple brown gown and apron, but with a string of costly pearls clasped around her thick throat. 'Something for me, George?" she repeated. "Yes, something for roit to look after," he said quietly, as he laid his i burden on the mattress, and drew back the cloak. The old woman's fare dropped. "A girll" she exclaimed. i "A lady," answered Count ,lnra, I "and as such yon must treat her, or ! yo i will have to tell me tho reason ' why." "What have you brought her here for?" demanded Dame Burdensullenly. j "That's my business, and not yours. All you have to do if to wait on herand i see that she gct all she wants. Myra ! can help you." Tho old woman said nothing: she only stooped over the girl. "You'vo dragged her:" she exclaimed. Count Jura nodded. 'How long is siH to slay here?" "As long a T find it convenient. Now watch her carefully: I expect she will wake in a few minutes. Give her some water, and put the light out of her eyes: she may go off to sleep again. I must go back to" I'aul, bring in the swag, and close up the entrance. You shall havo something for your pains." 'Diamonds?" whispered the old wo man eagerly. 'You promised me diamonds the next job. (ieorge." "You shall have them. Now, remember, look after her. 1 think 6hc is moving. Where is Myra?"' "Asleep in the next place. ; "Keen her there, for to-nirht." The Count moved out quickly, and mmi) Durawi tuwu a imo looKiug hi Alice. i he man was rigiii. I hero was a sign of returning animation in tho still young form: the small hands trembled slightly: the breast moved softly. Dame Burden ei-eut towards acask and filled a dainty Venetian glass wit i water. Sho was stepping l)ck froui this task when a voice, feilou her ear. "Mother, who is this?" She looked up and saw. just entering a narrow uoorway ironi i ne adjotntng vault, a girl A young fine, splendidly handsome girl, with flashing black eyes, mane of blue-black hair, and skin as brown as a berry The girl was wrapped in a loose garment of brilliant scarlet, and tho contrast of the vivid color with her own dusky beauty would have gratified the soul of an artist. The old woman frowned. "Get back to your bed, Myra," she answered cross! v. "George and Paul are, returned, and they don't seem in tho best of humors neither." "Who is this?" repeated Myrc, still pointing at Alice's form. "That's a girl, as you can see for yourself," retorted Dame Burden, moving the candles as the Count had bidden her. "Answer me at once at once; do you hear?" muttered Myra, grasping the older woman's arm with ji slender brown hand. "Which of them brought her here, and who is she?"' Dame Burden hesitated only one second. "Which of thom brought her?'1 she chuckled. "Why I'aul, of course As to who she is, I don't know more than the babe unborn: she looks like a lady." "She is very beautiful," Myra said gloomily. "You swear you are speaking the truth, mother? It was Paul who brought her?" "Deary deary me: Of course I spoke the truth!" exclaimed tho old woman testily. "What should I toll a lie for?" "For gold or diamonds,"' the girl answered significantly. Dame Burden took no notice of tho remark. Sho was bending over tho white face on the pillows. "She is waking," she whispered. Myra leaned against the stone wall and watched Alice with a dull resentful glow in her black eves. The won derful glory of that golden hair, the delecate whito skin, and graceful limbs tilled her heart with a tumult of mad dening pain and jealousy. naneueeas easily as she drinks." Myra mused moodily , as she glanced at uamo Burden. "She thinks to deceive me-as if my ears were deaf when George returned. She is my own mother, and yet she tortures me and tells meiies. The promise of diamonds is more to her than my peace and happiness. What has he brought this girl hero for, with her white skin and beau tiful face? He is tired of me. Yes, I know it: but i did not think he would nave shown it so plainly or so cruellv. It is like his cold selfish nature to give me pain: but I won't stand it for long. Sho shall be in my power: if he does love her, I will torture her till sho dies.1' Alice was moaning now: her bauds. burning as with a fever, were thrown out on either side, her throat was parched, her head swimming. "Water: water. Davis, water: ' she murmured. "Dame Burden hastily lifted her head, and put the glass to her lips. Alice drank eagerly, and shut her eyes with a sigh of thankfulness. Her senses were returning; she struggled from the old woman's arm, and half raised herself: her eves opened again, and wandered round the room in amazement. "Where am I?" she murmured. "Davis! Davis! Are you there?" Dame Burden drew back quietly: Alico raised herself, and passed her hand over her eyes. "Am I asleep, Daves: What place is this? It is all strange. I must be " Sho turned, and her eyes rested on Myra's figure, drawn up defiantly, resting against the wall: sho uttered a slight shriek. "Who aro you?" she whispered fearfully, tho clouds rollfng from her brain, and a great, terrible dread creeping into her heart, "Where am am I?" "You are with friends," Myra said clearly and quietly. The sound of the girl's voice broke the last sense of dreamland. Alice pressed her hands to her beating heart, and looked round in terror. . What place wu ehe in? Where was her dainty bed, her light airy room? Where whs the window, and Davis? Who was this girl, and ah: who was that woman? Sho crouched down on the bed, trembling in every limb: her Him opened to scream, out tne sound seamed froozen in her tnroat. "Yon arc quite safe, deary; no down and rest again. Myra. go away; don't you sec you frighten her. He will I mean Paul will be angry." "I don't mind Paul's anger. Fright ened, is sho? I'm sorry for her, but that will wear off; she will seo a good deal o? mo, and she'll get used to mo In time, perhaps." Alico was still crushed on the bed; she did not understand tho words, she was in a stnte of bewilderment, but something in tho malignant tone roused her. She realized at once some terrible event had occurred to her; she could not grasp tho lull horror at that moment, bt she vaguely understood that she was in some strange horrible place, separated from all she knew, and tho fear in her breast lashed her almost to madness. She atoggered from the couch and fll at Myra's feel. "Oh. have !ilv - holu mo!" ahamnn. mured pitcously; "I don't know what Its? happened to mo. T can remember -.it ,j coat' to hove been xn re some-tight

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ened of this gloom ly place it is strange. O, hell) mo to got away! You area woman you will understand. I don't know where 1 am, but let im got out breathe tho air, and 1 shall leel bettor. You will help me'.'' "Come, come." broke in Dame Burden, trying to lift her from her knees; "you must lio down again and go to sleoi. ou will bo ill." Alice clung to Myra; she pushed the ! old woman away with a shudder. "Oh, hove pity.helpmo: I am afraid, j 1 cannot toll what has come to mo; butit ishideous.it is terrible. Tako ( me away, carry me out into the air. j Oh, help help me, fur Heaven's sake!" j Myra stooped, her face softened: this j girl was no willing accomplice. The ! next moment she would have pushed i aside her mother uiul carried Alice ; across the vault to t he other door, had t not sounds of steps outside stopped her. Her expression changed. "Here is someone, coming who can help you, perhaps. 1 can't plead to him." she said roughly. Alice looked round eagerly, while Myra folded her arms and fixed her glance like a hawk on tho form entering through tho curtains. She saw the frown gather on the Count's face as he saw her, but made no sign. He advanced towards Alice with outstretched hands. Sho rose from her kneesj her face was white, her hands clasped to her heart. Sho gazed at tho Count with a look of deadly horror. Ho did not seo it, but placed his hands on her arm. You are ill; rest hero for a while. You will " "Don't touch me," gasped the girl, her brain reeling. "You you Oh. God! what terrible thing has happened to me? I " There was a confused sound in hor throat,shemadeafaiut. movement with her hands, and the next instant Alice would havo fallen to the ground in a swoon, but in two strides Myra left the wall, and had clasped her in her anus before tho Count could touch her. '.Leave her to me. George, "she said softly, yet to a well-toned ear her voice ! sounded stilled; "I will tako her to my room. You don't understand women." "I will carry her," Interjiosed George hastily. But she shook her head, and lifting Alico in her arms moved away as though the inanimate, girl were but a featherweight. The Count stood watching her as sho walked away, and could not repress a feeling of admiration for her graceful muscular figure and wonderful strength and ease. He turned to the old woman as sho disanpeared. "She will bo kind to the other," he muttered quickly. The old woman nodded. "Yes, Myra is a strange one, but she ! ain't cruel. She sho thinks it's Paul's ! girl I told hor so. 1 thought it would bo best." "You did right, though I don't care ; much. She must know it sooner or j later. I mean to make the golden- I haired girl ray wile." "Do you, George?" answered the old woman m surprise, tnen alter a moment's pause sho added cunningly: j But how will you do that? I see sho wears a wedding-ring on her finger." The Count laughed. "Have you lived all those years. Burden, to learn from me that a ring does not make a marriage." "Well, well, it's nothing to me: but what about tho diamonds, George?" the old woman asked eagerly. "Paul Ross entered as be spoke, carrying the case containing the Darren diamonds. "Hallo, mother!" ho said jocularly: "all alone? Where's Myra and Sam?" "Myra's in there." Darnc Burden replied, nodding her head in the direction of the inner chamber. "Sam's out doing his duty. " .Paul laughed. "Where is it asked the Count abruptly. "Scouting round the Grange, a place about five miles from here, belonging to a man named Armistead: vney say j o uw . u( jrmtv nvuu a Titian fortune. "Armistead!" muttered Paul Hot with a dark look: "he must beware. Geoffrey Armistead is dangerous." "Do you know him?" t he Count asked ! as ho opened tho caso and drew out I he ; diamonds. "I hate him!" muttered Paul: "ho j has tracked mo down all my life, curse j him!" "Well, you shall help to rid him of i his plate as a revenge, "laughed Count ; Jura. Paul looked up quickly. "I will not have a finger in that job, George, so I tell you. It would mean danger, perhaps discovery." "1 am not afraid, my dear Paul, if ; you are. Courage, uion ami, and re- i member you join in tho game at tinGrange. I command you." Paul muttered an oath and Dung i himself down on a pile of rugs, and j was silent while the Count spread the ; glittering gems before the eager eyes ! of Dame Burden. "Here," he said, picking out a ring that blazed like a star, "here's your . share, Burden. Paul, what will you ' have?" "Nothing of that lot: give me the cups." The Count glanced at uim. "Paul, you are growing cowardly. Well, take the cups. 1 keep tho dia- ! monds." "What will you do with them, j George?" asked Dame Burden, holding out her hand and watching the jewels flash in the light. "Tako them abroad and dispose of: thorn there,"' the Count answered shortly. Myra was leauing against the rough i plank that formed a door between tho ; two rooms. "Take them abroad!" sho whispered : to herself. "He is going away and ; takes her with him. Coward! He for- i gets me." She moved back to tho bed on which j she had placed Arflco. The fainting-fit i had passed but the poor girl lay in a ' state of coma. Sho knew nothing. "How leautiful sho is!" mused the : unhappy Myra: "fair as a lily. Ho loves her all the lovo I gave him he treads under foot. He remembers nothing now that he fooled me and j won my heart with his pleading. It is j all gone all my pride, my honor, my i peace of mind and my happiness. And sho what will liecomo of nor?', j Her eye caught the gleam of the j ring on the whito finger. j "Married, too. Sho hates him, for j that I could love hor. How would ill be to " Alice stirred, she lifted hor eyes. j "Help mo: Oh help me!" she inui -j mured. j Myra stood upright. "1 will help her," she said to her- I self quietly; "it will be my revenge. ' CHAPTER XI. Valerie Rosa was in her room alone, her face was pale, but her eyes shone triumphantly. Her plan had worked oven bettor than she expected; tho loss of the diamonds and plate, and Alice's disappearance, were now looked noon as an arranged thing. The country rang witu tho news of the young Countess Dar roll's elope ment and robbery. Two days had elapsed, and as yet no trace could bo found of the fugitives. Valerie saw nothing of Roy during this time; he was shut in his own room, hiding his head beneath tho disgrace. His mother was an altered woman; she seemed suddenly aged. The loss oi tne diamonds was a soriw to her, but sho grieved far more

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alone what Alice's flight meant to him not disgrace only, but desolation and a broken heart, for Hoy loved now as ho never had or would again. In her bosom lived many hitler thoughts of Alice, and the samo to tho proud honored woman was as a blow almost too heavy to bear. Valerie's simpathy and tenderness were very soothing to her, but brought at t he same time a sigh of sorrow as sho thought of her son's wrecked life, and that Viilcrio could never Iks his wife now but through the shame of a divorce or death, and though she judged Alioc harshly, she was U'O good a woman to pray for her deuth. On the third day Hoy left his room and went down to the library, ho had made up his mind to go ahiniul for a time, and also to persuade his mother to leave the Cattle and sock mental change after all tho trouble sho had endured. Valeric heard him leave, his room, and trod softly after him. "Hoy," she. said us ho was about to enter the library. I to turned. "Vuloric," he said uictly. "forgive me: I did not hear you coming." Sho gazed at his haggard face with a heart that burned from its jealousy. She had not thought .Mice's flight would have tried him so terribly. "How ill vou lookl" she exclaimed. "I feel tirod- sick to death!'' the. Karl answered, passing bis hand over his eyes. "What are you going to do?" sue asked hurriedly. ' I am making arrangements to leave here and go away." "Do you intend to follow them?" The question was asked involuntarily. Roy's lace darkened. "t shall seek him, if I go to the end

of the world." he said quietly "Where shall you go first?' questioned him hurriedly. Roy shook his head. TO BE OONT1XUKD. Valerie They fivc to Talk. Woo be uuto the inhabitant of ; China who scoks to exclude the rest i of the world from the innur secrets ! of his house, says tho 'ew York Re1 corder. Woe be unto him who im- ' agines he cau have secrets: Such a i thing as a "private house" in 'hi mi ' is unknown. Any one can eo any where. The foolish ones shnr, their doo,.s t0 snut the g0SSipS out. "What is going on now?" the old women a ul even the men demand. : "What has he to hldo from his fel-lnw-tnumcfnU.?'' Aa t.hpre :ire no newspapers to furnish the materials for conversation the neighbors must afford the subjects for speculation and to the goEsip flourish: s. A Chinaman who can give an accurate census of his relatives and connections has a freak of a memory. What he lacks Ills wife provides. His children marry early and supply all deficiencies. At sixty he is related to litterally hundreds upon hundreds of persons, and all have active recollections of the relationship, and their relatives in turn feel a family interest in the one great man of the family. There 1$ usually at least one great shininir light somewhere on the domestic horizon, and to this shrine all the curiosity of the enormous community 0f "friends" journeys. Thus the poor man Is watched aad ! scrutinized and criticised and con- ; demncd, or, perhaps, praised, with i subsequent demands upon his purse. j 'ot a movement escapes the eye of i his relatives, and he goes through ! life a slave to gossip and "family ini terest." Rejected Manuscript. Kven popular pools and novelists have felt the pain associated with a rejected manuscript. Miss Alcntt, whose .stories have delighted thousands of young folks, lwd to pass through the experience of having stories "declined with thanks." One winter, while teaching in Boston, she sent a story to the Atlantic. "Tell Louisa," said Mr. Pielas, the editor, to her father, "to stick to her teachinK: she can never succeed as a writer." The father delivered the message with the rejected nianus ript "Tell him" replied the aroused girl, "I will succeed as a writer, and sonic day 1 shall write for the Atlantic:" Subsequent events transformed this remark from petulant conceit into fulfilled prophecy, "Not long after," writes Mrs. Maria K. Porter in her "Recollections," "a story of hers was accepted by the ; Atlantic, and a check for .10 seiit '. her. In telling of this she said: " 'I called it my happy money, for with it I bought a second-har.d carpet - for our parlor, a bonnet for Anna, I some blue ribbon for May. and some ! shoes and stockings for myself." It became smooth sailing after the acceptance of that storr. hie day, as j Mr. Alcott was calling upon l.ong- ! fellow, the poet took up the latest ! Atlantic and said. "1 want to read to I you Emerson's fine poem on Thoreau's flute. " Ashe began to read, Mr. ; Alcott interrupted him, exclaiming : with delight, "My daughter Louisa : wrote that" In those days the j names of contributors were not api pended to their contributions in the ' magazine. Scarlet Kcver. Scarlet fever was first introduced into Boston in ITti.V During that year and lTllfi it was very prevalent. About four thousand persons were sick with it. of whom one in thirlytlvc died. At that time it spread generally through the New England towns, carrying off, in some Instance, whole families. In Kingston, where the uual annual mortality was not above nine or ten, it rose in 17.'l."i to 10-. and this great increase of mortality was not unusual in other places. It is somewhat singular that after a lapse of just about a century, it should have prcvailsd again as one of the most fatal diseases of New Kngland. A singular report was made by a prominent physician of the city in 1801 on the death of a .'-year, old child. The return came in January :u, 1804, stating everything but the cause of death. The blank was sent back to the physician with the request to make good the omission. It came hack with: "Cause of death uncertain. Whether from fried ham, scarlet fever or eating of Cologne sausage, not known: some thirty-six hours probable, duration. " And so the record now stands. Chinese I'aper Weights. The odd little paper weights, cups, seals, Iwwls, teapots, animal figures, idols, and knickknacks in soapstouu of various shades, which travelers bring from China, are made, for tho moBt part, from the output of mines near Wenchow. When the steatite Is taken out it is very soft, but hardons quickly in tho air. As to the colors there found the British Consul at Wenchow enumerates purple, red, mottled red, black, dark blue, light blue, gray, egg-shell white, jade color, beeswax and frozen color. The white, jade color and frozen are considered the finest and bring high prices. There are two thousand miners and carvers employed in these mines.

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ITEMS GATHERED FROM OVER THE STATEAn liilorMUiiR HumiDory of tile Mora tin. portant Doings of Our Neighbors Wed. dings and Deaths rlmea. Casualties, nit General Indiana ews Notes, Minor Stulr Hoiuk. I hi; Klwood Hent-wood works havo been purchased by Clem Gaar of Richmond, and C. K. I). Ross of Klwood. At Michigan City children who aro wfilictod with whooping cough aro laaeii to me gas worics. It is said mat by inhaling the fumes the cough is relieved. A YOL'xc scholar told bis school teacher at Valparaiso, when the latter asked him if he didn't want to be smart and be president, that ho wanted to bo a big pugilist. Jon Timmax of Roann. liled a $10,000 damage suit against the abash Railroad, claiming that a spark from an engine on the road was the cause of bis sawmill biii-niug down. Jamks Nohth, prominent resident of Howard County, was killed bv u Pan handle freight six miles south of Kokomo. while walking alonr the track. He was very deaf and did not hear the warning whistle. He was a wealthy farmer, aged 7o. Mahtixsviij.k is soon to have anew bank called the- Citizens' National liank, with a capital of IOU.iKMl. Some moneyed men of Hamilton, Ohio, are prime movers in the scheme, but local stockholders will have supervision of affairs in order to give continence. Thk workmen whodug the grave for Walter Wiggins, at Ilagerstown, made a ghastlv discovery. After having dug down about four feet they found a barrel which contained the tones, hair. and portions of the dress of some wo man, wliicli had evidently Deen uuiued a number of years. Whose they were and how they came the re is shrouded in mystery. Gkoui;k ..n .Iokijax Brittov, two desperate characters, went into a saloon at Knigbtsville and provoked Thomas Gulliver into a light. Tliey assaulted him, knocking him senseless with a liar of iron. Friends came to his relief and a general tight ensued, in which many were more or less injured. A mail uumed Evans was almost scalped by a kiek'from a hobnail boot. Demity'Marshal Barney Martin attempted to' arrest the Brit-tons when they assaulted him, beating him into insensibility. Martin is seriously wounded ahd will not recover. The Brit tons escaped. Thk annual election of the directors of the Commercial Club at liidiauajiolis developed the most spirited contro versy la its history. A total ot 4WI votes was cast, the greatest number ever polled. Proxies were barred. The regular ticket, headed by Kli Lilly, was elected by totals ranging from 317 to :i.V. A. P. Heudrickson led the independent ticket, receiving 205, while the votes lor his associates ranged from 142 to I7H. The result means tho retention of Col. Lilly as President and the indorsement of the President's action in the disposition of the surplus of the finds raised for the entertainment of the National G. . R. Lnjhtni.nouod swindlers have been operating in the vicinity of New Ross and Darlington. Some lime ago a man claiming to be from the Kast called on the farmers and offered to put a lightning rod on their houses for $1" each. This low price was made in order to introduce this pai-ticular make of rod. Payment was not required until the rod was up, but they signed an agreement to pay. The rods were put in place, and then tie farmers found that they had signed an agreement to ay rents a foot for tho. rod. Among the farmers thus swindled were John (.'. liowmuii. for $:HKl: Henrv Ragsel, for .125. and Johii Deau. for $115. The contracts for the lightning-rod company arc signed; "J. W. Reynolds, V. II. Boston, agents." Thk Democratic. Editorial Assoeiaiif t he State met at Imliunauolis and elected the following oflicors for the ensuing year: President, C. W. Wellman. Sullivan Times: First Vice President, S. P. Boyd. Washington Democrat: Second Vice President, A. A. Sparks, Mount Vernon. Democrat: Recording Secretary. P. I). Haiiihaugh, Muncie Herald: Corresponding Secretary, .1. W. Keeney. Crawfordsville Star: Treasurer. W. Ilent Wilson. Lafayette Journal: Executive Committee, Louis Holtmun. Brazil Oemocrat, A. S. Chapman, Madison Democrat; J. B. Stoll, South Bend Times; J. Rothrook, WhiteConnty Democrat; Ben A. Eaton, IndiauaiKilis sentinel. Delegates to the National Convention, J. E, McDonald. Ligonier Banner; P. A.Arnold, Orccncastle Star-Press: D. A. Jennings. Salem Democrat: J. J. Gorrell, Pulaski Democrat: L. S. KUingham, Winchester Democrat. Patkxts have been granted to Indiana inventors as follows: Charles F. Bane. Lalayette, device for automatically opening valves in airbrake couplings: Kufua C. Ueardsley, Lafayette, conduit electric railway; Nathaniel H. Bledsoe, assignor of one-half to G. A. Raima, Fort Wayne, identifying check: Sidney M. Ferguson, assignor of onehalf to himself and J. M. Well, Elwood, mail bag fastener: Charles C. liilmore, IndianajKriis, gas-making apparatuK John M. Kailor and M. T. Reeves, assignors to Reeves & Co., Columbus, clover duller feeder. Elwood W. McGuire. Richmond, adjustable journal bearing: Thomas E. Phillips, assignor of one-half to B. A. MctJee. G. W. Boleiihaoher, P. K. Buskirk, and .1. Karsoll, Bloomington, and J. H. Dunn. Louisville, Ky., separating libers of reed cane: Griffith W. Willlams, Greensburg, fence wire ratchet; Edward T. Wires, assignor of one-half to A. ( haney, Terro Haute, eap and draw pin for foundry use: .fames J. Wood, alternating dynamo. Thk .Montgomery County Orphans' Homo Association has elected tho following officer for the ensuing year: President, S. H. Ristino: Vice President. Mrs. J. XI. Luue: Secretary, O. M. Gregg: Corresponding Secretary, Mrs. 1- A. Footo: Treasurer, Mrs. S. S. McCain. Thk citizens of Ijafayette are making elaborate preparations for the entertainment of the State G. A. R. encampment, to bo held in that city on April 4 and 5. The reports of the order show that there are 530 posts in tho Stale, with a slight increase iu the membership. A 2-VKAK-ui.Dson of David aud Mrs. Shenk, six miles north ot Kokoiuo.met a sad death. While t he family was out in the yard the child opened the stove door "and threw paper in the fire. Its clothing ignitoJ and soon it was enveloped in Haines. Death resulted after four hours of agony. 'I'll k other night some one broke into the homo of a Mrs Smith, a widow with two small children, living in the mil t hern suburlis of Kokomo, and criminally assaulted her. Sho is prostrated by the long struggle with the ruffian, Wm fled at the approach of assistance. Oflicers aro in pursuit, and if captured the brute will be roughly handled. Wmi.i: iilayiii" in tho yard the two children of (f. W. Collins, Ettio, aged 5. and Harry, aged 3. of Albany, found u bottle of some kind of fluid. They played doctor, and the little girl gave her brother two tcaspoonluls and took one herself. It proved to bo ooison, and they arc both in a dangerous condition. A iu'im.i.ai: was discovered in Rich ards Bros.' hardware store, at lloanoko. a small town east of Huntington. . posse nion gathered, and when tin burjilar climbed out a window thej opened lire iqion him. One mat . i.i,., ...tv n 4 .

Royal Buckwheat. For generations it has been the custom to mix tho batter for buckwheat oakos with yeast or emptyings, retaining a portion of the batter left over from one morning to raise tho cakes for the following day. If kept too warm, or not used promptly, this batter Incomes excessively sour and objectionable. Buckwheat cakes raised by this means are more often sour or heavy than light and sweet. If e-iten daily they distress the stomach and cause skin eruptions and itching. instead of the eld-fashioned way we, have Ihjoii making buckwheat cakes this winter with Royal Baking Powder, mixing the batter fresh daily, and liml the rwsiilt wonderfully satisfactory. They are uniformly light and sweet, more palatable mi l wholesome, and can bo eaten continuously without the slightest digestive inconvenient1:-. Besides they are mixed and baked iu a moment, requiring no time to rise. Following is the receipt used: Two cup of pure buckwheat Hour (not "prepared'' or mixed,: n cup of wheat flour, two tablespoons of Royal Baking Powder, and one-half teasuoonful of salt, all sifted well together. Mix with milk into a thin hatter ami bake at onee on a hot griddle. luce properly test ;d from this receipt, no other buckwheat, will liml it; way to your table. -Domestic Cookev.v.

l-:a4ieHt Way Oui. The shortest ami most intelligible chancery suit on record was probably one recorded by Mr. Croake .lames -betweeu Lord Eiiniskillcn and a lady litigant. It was alxnit a piece of waste land that promi.-ed little harvest except to the lawyers, and his lordship called uiKin his opponent ami proposed, instead of lighting it out. to to-s for it. "Come." he said, producing a sovereign, "heads or tails, ma'am?-' This very sensible lady at once fell into his humor, and cried "Tails!" which it wa.-. What rather spoils lhe story was that she had afterwards misgivings about the respectability of this way of settling matters, and. selling the land iu question, bestowed it. on a charity. Tub Quaker una the Cuw. The silent meditations of some worthy Quakers, in a tiny country meeting-house assembled, were much disturbed one recent Sablinth morn by the loud buzzing of an angry wasp. At hist an elder solemnly rose, and stalking to the window ho succeeded in killing the noisy intruder. Silence once more reigned supreme. A few minutes later, however, the loud bellowing of a cow in closer proximity to the door again disturbed the congregation. The elder rose, frowning at this second interruption, and a child who had watched with interest the killing of the wasp, demanded, in a whisper loud enough to be heard by all "Is he going to kill the cow?" Walnuts. Bordeaux is one of tho largest exporting ports in the world, perhaps the largest, for ivaliu.ts: aud small quantities are now sent from Chili to Europe. The eulturo of the so-called English walnut - which, by-the-way, is not an English trie at alf. but a native of the Orient and of Central and Eastern Asia, whence it was early introduced into Europe is now disperi-ed over Italy, from the Alps to the .valleys of Sicily. It is thought however that the number of cultivated walnut trees in Italy is diminishing as the demand foi timber is increasing, being in great request by the cabinet-makers. NumlHTliiff Postage .Stamp. Post Office Inspector Stuart will indorse to the Department at Washington that iostage stamps bo numbered. The frequency with which jiost office robberies have occurred lately, has revived the idea of the uuniherin,; of stamps as Treasury notes and Government bills are numbered. "Theru is absolutely no way of ident ifying stamps when they are stolen.'" says Inspector Stuart. "Thieves can disjiose of stamps with little danger. It would cost the Government less than it loses annually through robberies to number the stamps .-o as to make identification easy.""--Chicago Heruld. -Nurin tit I i rave. Iu oM ase inflrutitles sod weakuess hasten 1 1 close the cap betweeu us and the grave. Happily st-ientiHc renearch aud pharmacsl skill have allied themselves hi fitriiidiiim 111 a reliable means of auiellnratiutf the ailment iurideut to rfectiniutf years, and of reuewhn: vuiug physical enemy. It" name in llosU'U'-t'j Stomach Hitters, a widely compi-eheti(v, remedy in disease, and au lneidhnalilit btesins to the elderly, the feeble, aud the convalescent. Rheumatic ailments, trouble with the kidneys and lumbago are among the more common -diluents of the aired. These are effectually counters!-! ed by the Bluer, which Is likewise a prevention and curative of inalarial complaints, dyspepsia, coitHtlpuliou, and biltou.v ncH. It Is iiiirttly promotive of apiietite, sleep, and lite acquisition of viu.u'. Anelent Kuglneerluc. One of tho sights of China is the antique bridge of Sueii-tchon-fow, !2,..0.l feet long and il feet wide. It ha on each side fifty-two piers, upon which huge stones are laid, Nome of them i feet lonjr. Many t housand tons of stone were used iu the erection of this wonderful bridge, which is regarded uy engineers as indicating constructive talent as wonderful us that which raised the Egyptian, pyramids. Moapslone. In C hina soanstone is largely used iu preserving structures luiilt, of sandstone and-other stones liable to crumble from tho effect of the atmosphere: and the covering with owdered soapstone in tho form of paint on some of tho obelisks in that couutey composed of stone liable to atmospheric deterioration has been the means of preservingthem intact for hundreds of years. Itte or Ohio, Citt ot Tolido, i 1.0CAS COOKTT. i Fusi J. t'BENisr maksi oath that lis li tbs ssnior partrer of thsanuotl'. J. Chenet Co., doing bullosas in the City of Toledo, County ana Stats aloreaatd, and that (aid firm will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each aad aysry case ot Catarrh that cannot be cured by tbs uis cf Hall's CiTaRna Cube. FRANK J. CHENEY. Sworn to bsfors us aud subtoribed in my presence, this 6th day of December, A. D. lSSs. , , A. W. ULEASON. j KEAL. J- XttUiry Public. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken Internally aud acts directly upon the blood and mucous sur faces of the rstew. Band for testimonials, free. F. J. CHENEY CO., Toledo, Q air Sold by Druggists, IS cents, Brown And so Susan is to marry young Tenuous? Does ho inherit any thing? Black Nothing, I believe be; you nd a squint from his mother and a slight suggestion of tho grout from his father. peitrt-llke purity of rolnr.i'lOfcalT rsorabliU tile oui-hatltmtiot l cjrlv twiligtjt; tlm was hor .wmploilou niad radiant by tilenn's Sulphur Soap. Tin: toper's nose provos him to bo an artist In Htill-li!o.'! The Past Guarantees The Future The tact that Hood's Barsapai r. la has cured thousands of otheru Is certainly sufficient reason for belief that it will cure you. It is the greatest blood purifier, the beat nerve tonic, and quickest strength builder. Rerasmber Hood'sCures Hood s Srauarllla is solu liy all ili ilgKlats. ,.T . Pr.ve,, by c. I. Hood Co., - . Mass. a tnllit oat hart lo.

n:fTa.lo Jairllectnal Kqnlnev The driver of a delivery wagon found out recently that ho had been driving an animal that knew almost as much as most men. The calks on the horse's shoes had !e!:i worn so smoothly that when he struck the icy asphalt ho floundered around like a pig. He was urged on, however, but finally fell. The driver placed n blanket on the pavement to giv e the horse a firm footing in arising. AVhen the animal got on all fours he felt so safe that the driver could not budge him from the spot. lie had to unhitch him and get another blanket, and keeping one before him, the driver managed to got the animal to he blacksmith. iiulfalo Enquirer. ltelrtlkes from ltinc-ll. The remark made on a prolix Scotch counsel, when some one observed that he was 'vurely. wasting a gre.it deal of time." isniiun g t he wittiest c f bar anecdotes: "Time! He has long .exhausted time, ami has encroached upon eternity!" il is seldom. do tho judges justice, that they encourage this failine iu coimschbtit in Cickb,irn's 'Memoirs" we nn told bow a dull and commonplace, advocate wnf alumst frightened out of his wits h an observation of Lord Meadowbaiik who thought bis style undignified': '-Declaim, sir: why don't you declaim? Speak to me as if I were a popular as. sembly." Till'.' MOIll.ilN 1NVAI.II

l ; Ha- tastes itte.iieiiiatly, in k-? unp with : ,.l!i,-i' iiiMiri.?!'. A iviiiiiily lulls! pleasantly ! it,-e'tHl,t.; in I'wrm. purely wlu-lem'- iu ' 'ii"-iiii(ii. truly hourli' liil in eflTee! ami j ftiilii'i'ly !r-r from evry ohjei-tionitbl" ipisl- ; ity. II ifislly ill ho -. tlt a pliynieian: if I e',iisiiiate. he the yen l Is U.uily lavai tivo Syttip of i'i;i. Cm1! of t'ttiimift.v In Knglttml. Prior to I he year 1200 A, 0 , t here ; was scarcely a si ore of chimneys in all ! Kngluiid. A q ieer law which regu- : latcd the matter allowed hut one in ' each relijr'ous house visited on the Sabbath day by over 500 people, and one iu each g;vat hall of lord jrduke." hi the houses of all others tbp smoke escaped through holes cut in the roofs for that ur)s.. -St. i.ouis Republic. SI to I'Hlllornla. Tin- is rio- siceping ear rata oa tha 1'hll-lips-i'oek 1-lanil 'iVurist Kxeur-ions from I 'ltii-ugo to I.ns Angeles or San I'ran.'isi-o. ia the -i-etii.- mute ami Ibrdon. Yon can g with Phillips, tlifl best of all excursion nmnaears, lor lis ha- each patty Hc-om-paiiii'it by a specinl agent who goes the ontire trip with patron. These personally conducted excursions leave ('hie igo twice a weak. Tuesday i nd Thursday. We have :iNi a daily tourist 01 r service, via our Siiiilbe.'ii route, llirotiph llifl beautiful Indian Territory and 1'ortWcrth. tol.os At'geles anil San Vntiielseo. Tl:o tourist cat rain via this route, tho same. Applv at Ito-k I-lmid ticket office. lOK'li :k street. John Sebastian, (i. 1'. A.. C 11. L & P. By., f hk-Hgo. Mks. Ghi'BBS i'at the theaterl I think it's perfectly disgraceful the fervent way these two lovers kiss on the stage. Mr. Grubbs They don't really kiss, they only pro:end to. They're married. liltCHJM's Pili.8. are a wonderful medi i-ine. Cures any biiioin ot nerious disordfi. fever, sick headUiehe, ete, 2a cents a box. 11'tCA i?ni-:- St i 11 following l he races. eh? Have any lin k picking the win- j ners? Oklsport -t ant not trying to i pick the winner. I've got asure thing i on plm-kin-f the losers. I m book-! mukinsr. I.I XIi I'OVPI-AISTS. llBONCHITIM. AsTHM I . ,V.. are speedily relieved, nndl taken in time, permanently eureU by Dr. 1). .IsTne'.s i:pivlornnt. Von n-ill liml in it also a eer -t.itu remedy for t'ouglia and (.'olds. I'KOl'r.K who are always wishing for some other kind of weather are get ting it this your. ; Hatch's irniven;sl Cough Syrup will euro j that cough surpriiingly quick. U5& i IT secerns odil .should cross the hill-owes. that a fly in? debtor j ocean to avoid the j UTS! Alltit-. tuiiiiml fr e by Dr. K.I e'a (irsit Nerrs !;?io e". N- tit-nir.- -1'i-rf-. 'Isi'h in. Wsrvet, in eure. TrM ; f hit t $mm! triu! v t .'r.M t) Fit ot. Ssiut t,i lit. Kline. 3d Arb fk.. 1'liiis.. 1'. Tiierk aro not many things those duvs that esva ic setting: into mince ' p'ti or plum pudding. Those

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SWAMP-ROOT CURED CL INTENSE PAIN IN THE KIDNEYS AND BACK. Urinary Disorder Instantly Relieve!. Mnraviia. N. T. Sept. T. MM. Dr. Kilmer CO.. Binghaaiton, H. V. Gentlemen;- Last winter I was taken with

severe pains through nc in the rfflon of m y kldnaya; the pains were so severe I could hardly endure it; my face and eyes were as real aa blood; tho sweat stood in ana drops alt over met I was as cold ast lea aud was in terrible pain while otdtng nrlne. I purchased one bottle of Dr. Kilmer's vamp-Root, also one bottle of bis i; & O Anointment. They Gave me immediate relief. I heated the Anointment in with a flat-iron. In four day i hue the pains had all disappeared. F think Swamp-Root one of tho greatest medicines ever offered to eufferlnsT humanity. Any one wishing; to write mo may do so und t will tdaillv answer. Yours tri ly, Frank B. Reynolds. At Druse'"'", -0 eent and 1 .OO Staaw 'ItivnlMs' oulile to Health" free-OODHuluUlon bes. Dr. Kilmer & Co.. - Uinghamton, N. T. WALTER BAKER & GO. COCOA and CHOCOLATE Highest Awards (Miosis ss4 Dials sas WoridCohmtUaa On tbs foiloviac arttds bsmelj: KKlaMSl CtCM, mniii . i cMciun, mun sweet amnm, virnu dwtiire, GMtitumi, roe "parity of Bmfsrlsl." "AvnellfinL flsTftr.1 siidnsi. form evea eonposrasa. OLD BY OltOCCHe. KYKBYWtlKUmi WALTER BAKER & CO., 0ORCHE8TEB. MSt ELY'S CATA CREAM BALM Cleanses tho Nasal Passages, Allaya Pain and Inflammation, Heals the Sores. Restores the Senses of Taste and Smell. a wr TRY THE CUKE. MAY-FEVtSli A panicle 1 upplted imo oftcli ntwcrrl todii ftjtroenhle, Pr ce ;0 cent ut Druggist. orbrmaU. ELY BROTHERS, ,fi Warrenfct.. JS9W FortDO YOU LIKE TO TBATEL1 READ THIS ABOUT CALIFORNIA! The WABASH RAILROAD has placed on sale low rate single and round trip tickets to all principal Pacific coast points, glvtng a wide choice of routes both going and returning, with an extreme return limit of Nine Months. Stop-overs are granted at pleasure oa round trip tickets west of Su Louis and the Missouri lilver, and by taking the WABASH but one change of cars is necessary to reach Los Angelas, San Fran-els-.'o, San Diego, Sacramento and Portland, Ore. Remember the WABASH Is the peoples favorite route and Is the only line running magnificent free Reclining Chair Cars and Palace Sleepers tn all through fast trains to St Louis, Kansas City and Omaha. For Rates, routes, maps, and general information, call upon or adi re9s any of the undermentioned Passenger Agents of the Wabash System. 0. 0. BUTLER, I) P. A., Detroit, Mich. F. H. TRISTRAM. C. P. A., Pittsburg, Pa. P. E. DOMBAUGtr. P. & X. A., Toledo. Ohio. R. G. THOMPSON P. ft T. A., Fsrt Wayne, Ind. J. HALOERMMI. M. P. A., 301 Clark St., Chicago, til. 6. 0. MMCFIELD. I. P. A., Indluspolis, Ind F. CHANDLER, G. P. & T. A. Bt. Lonis, Mo. ana smooth as it anouia oc appetite and feel like running a foot race, all S. S. utltiled Out SWIFT SPECIFIC CO, JUatta.l ssasjMPTasttasiiiB e.w3tek-0Stl.O(iBRX. SOLID THROUflH TMIIS BUFFALO-CH1CAGB. LOWESTssiRATES. THROUGH P.4XACK BUFFET SUOSnSNI CAHS bHwMn Chioaao. Buffalo. Kew xk sa4 BoMoo. For raise or othr iatormstUn, call oa aesmt TtM Agent, ir ,Mtv A. V. JOHNSTON, B. F. MOBNBB, (lsu'l SttiK-rliurmitm. (ieu'l rasaaafsr iaeat. UXCINNATl. 8ar relief aMsaasa KIDDER'S PA3TILLf&;r.f,S faHM0ajsjasajafaaggBHaaJiuima.atBBSi frwUOa r. w. n. v. Ho. 7-. When Writing to Advertisers, aajryssaastw tha Advertisement in this s)M -

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