Bloomington Progress, Bloomington, Monroe County, 3 April 1894 — Page 2

Hepublican Progress.

BLOOMINOTON. IND. KEWS IN BRIEF GUSTS BLOWN IN FROM ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD. Vka ftwHant Vetoes tlw Bland SelgnlorMil Terrible Holocaust at the Bam las of a Boom ta West Virginia A PUS. anr Maraaaat of Qnad BapMa SflMeae ae Blawi BUI Tetoed. Th President has vetoed the Bland legnkK-age bill. He accompanies the vetoed bill by a message to which the following is the introduction: "I return without my approval .fiousw bill number 4,955, entitled 'An at directing that the coinage of silver bullion held in the Treasury and tor other purposes.' My strong desire W avoid disagreement wltft those In both Houses or Congress who have supported this bill, would lead mo to approve it If I could believe that the pu ilio good would not be terribly endangered and that men action on my part would be proper discharge of official duty. Inasmuch, however, as I am unable to satisfy myself that the proposed legislation is either wise or opportune, my conception of the obligations and responsibilities attached to the great office I hold, forbids the indulgence of my per tonal desire and inexorably confines me to that course which is dictated by my reason and judgment, and pointed oat by a sincere purpose to protect and promote th general interests of the people." Cany at Cotaabtaaa, Columbiana (Onto) special: Coxey has rejoined his cohorts. The army is amongst the Populists and the Commonweal Is enjoying a big boom. The tanners at Alliance provided throe wagon loads of provisions and two of wood. At Leetonia twenty-three coopers joined the ran lis, and in a speech Cart Brown said he had been misrepresented by forty argns-eyed demons Of hell who followed him around, he meant the reporters ad has given orders to keep ewapaper men out of camp, Three hundred people welcomed 108 soldiers to Columbiana and tae citizens provided Johnson's foundry as a camp. Straw beds were provided. TMrty-six recruits from East Liverpool joined. This town has a Coxey Club with fiftythree members, of which John Harold is Chairman. After seeing the army, Harold said that whlta he sympathizes with Corey's principles, he could not conntenaMe such an array of tramps to enforce legislation. Ntae Boasted. ; When Watchman W; & ilt returned to his home at McKendree, W. Va., he found that his home had been burned down during his absence on duty. H8 at once began to investifrato, assisted by neighbors cat led from a distance. To the horror of tho soarcuers tt was discovered that Wilt's eight children and the hired girl had perished in the flames. One by one their Charred and unnoognizable remains wore drugged tout of the debris until all the Samily xcept the motive? had been accounted for. She was later found alive, wandering about at some distance, crazed with grief. How the terrible casualty occurred is a complete mystery ,ns nothing 'could be discovered throwing lijrlit on how the fire originated) and Wilt's wife is not in a condition to tell anr coherent story of the disaster. - toeapemte Battle. The other day a desperate encounter occurred at Young's Crossing, I. V.. forty-five miles northwest of Gainesville, Texas, between United States Marshals and a ganr of desperate horse thieves. Fully HO shots were fired from Winchesters on both sides. A running fight continued for nearly an hour uid resulted in the wounding and subsequent capture of Dick Warren, a cousin of the Dalton boys, and Will Fletcher, an all-round desperado. This gang is said to number sixteen. Another raid is expected shortly and it is thought the entire gang will be apprehended. Died Tooetken. Miss Sarah Billings and her sister, Miss Linda, who reside alone in their country home, three miles west of Winchester, Ohio, were found dead in bed the other morning. On the table was a letter signed by both of the women, saying that they had taken poison because one of them was going to be married, and they could not bear the thought of parting. One was about forty years of age and the other thirtyfive. They were very well-to-do, but had no relatives living. L. J. Morton, a pioneer merchant of Grand Rapids, Mich., who with his wife has been touring about California for several weeks, was stricken with paralysis as he was walking on the street at San Francisco. The xhovk seemed to affect his eyes only and Mr. Morton became totally blind. Doctors ay the blindness is permanent. Speaker Crisp Appoiated senator. Gov. Northen has appointed Speaker Charles F. Crisp to succeed the late Senator -Alfred H. Colquitt of Georgia. Not a word has passed between the Governor and -Speaker, and the Utters name had not even been preawteu wnnaiiy 10 ine uovernor. Lakeside Nail Mill Closed. The Lakeside Nail Mills at Hammond, Ind., closed on account of lock of orders. Over 203 men and boys arc thrown out of employment. The works had been in operation nve weeks after an idleness of six months. To rectify gimiliaaii, Vancouver (B. C.) special: A detachment of the Roval Marine A nil. lery, fifty-five strong, under the command of Major Lawcon, arrived here from Portsmouth, England, en route to jssquimaiiit, where they will construct fortifications. Mrs. George Meyers, aged 76 years, dropped dead at her home west of Jtoncie. Heart disease was the cause - Vromen oa the Plains. Bobert Baker, a sheep-border, was found from to death on the plains Sto mile) from Laramie, Wya Baker and a nan gamed Small vara la charge of a, 040 sheep. The storm became so severe they decided to abandon tbe sheep and endeavor to reach town. Baker loss bat way and was frozen to death. margin Dies oas Hlggins was banged in tbe Chi cago Jail for the murder of Peter McCboejr cm Sept, 3 last. The drop fell at M:M o'clock p. m. and bis deatb was apparently painless Hlggins showed great serve on tbe scaffold and met death anil Inch In a-ly. displaying a wonderful coolness to tbe end. . Walt tTpsssM. Judge Olyno. in the District Court at Dourer, dismissed the contempt ease and auaahod tbe Injunction against Mayor Van Bon and Fire and Police Commissioners Barnes and Xnliln. and empowered the taster to at once assume the duties to which they bad been appointed by Oov. Watt XJOsd la a netet Bast, At Golden, a mining camp north of Albaqnerqne, 71m CheeTes, Insanely Jealous of hki divorced wife, quarreled with Al Ferry over the voman. Pistols were drawn, and both fired simultaneously, oaetvei wm toot dead sad tutf omao

HUSTLING H00SIEHS.

ITEMS GATHERED FROM OVER THE STATE4a Interesting; snmmarv of the More Important Doing of Oar Neighbors-Wed-dings and Deaths Crimes, Casualties, and General Indiana Mews Notes, Minor State item, A STOCK comttatly has ieeri organized at Noblesvilha to bnild a canning factory. PAPteRS ha ve been signed locating another large glass factory, employing 100 men, at Redkey. MAWFfcfeD Ellfrs of Miami, wa struck with a flying board in a sawmill and probably fatally hurt. The American Straw board Works, Noblesville, are to resume. The polluted water will be emptied into a large reservoir. RECEIVER KkISReu of the First National Bank of North Manchester, has announced his second dividend of 20 per cent. James Floyd, Elwood, while handling dynamite cartridges, accidentally struck one againsta chair. It exploded-, tearing off his hand. While blasting in a stone quarry, near Bedford, August Eikei' was thrown several feet mto the air. The charge almost dlsem bow led him. The Anderson branch of the American Strawboard Company has been leased to C. W. Fairbanks, President of the Terre Haute Brewing Company. MAjJ named Thomas Edwards, who claims to be a brother of Sir Robert Edwards, the famous London surgeon, is in jail at New Albany charged with begging. A GosheH man loaded some sticks of wood for wood thieves. One of the sticks got into his own stove and he is now having one side of his house repaired. Burglars were detected in the act of robbing a clothing store at Cambridge City. They fled but officers shot at, wounded one of them and captured him. William T. Kelley, a glass worker, was struck by a locomotive on the Cloverleaf at Marlon and killed instantly. He was a married man, 35 years old. His family live In Pittsburgh. A wagon load of fine fish were sold in Goshen, the other day, at four cents a pound. They had the appearance of having been seined, and the owner said tney had been taken Out of the St. Joe river in two haul FntE originating from the smoke stack of a" neighboring sawmill destroyed the barn of John Oswalt, four miles nortn 01 waoasn, togetner wito. three horses, a quantity of grain, hay, agricultural Implements, ana three horsed will have to be shot. Loss. $2,000; ho insurance. Peter Vietege of Valpariso, has received a telegram from Germany announce ng the death of his millionaire uncle, vho owns vast estates in Germany, and who ,is one of the nitrate kings of Chili, and that a commissioner is now in cniu settling up the estate there. Vietege 1b a tailor by trade, and will receive One-fourteenth of the estate. John Martin of St. Paul, an old German, aged 70, jumped seventy-two feet from the Big Four bridge across Flatrock Creek, near St, Paul, and was killed instantly. The old man was deaf, and had no known relatives in the world. The other day he placed himself in front of a train to be killed, but was saved, only to take his life as above. It is said that Eel River, near Clay City, is lined with men who are fishing illegally. They use traps, seines and dynamite. One man has constructed a flood gate at the entrance to a kind ol 8lougo, and when the river rises the fish rush in. The gate prevents them from setting free, so that when the water goes down thousands of pound are caught. A desperate attempt was made by the prisoners in the county jail at Vin: cennes, to escape by murdering Deputy Sheriff Lon Hahn. As Mr. Hahn entered on his usual inspection John Hill, by preconcerted arrangement, sprung up from behind the jail door, where hi had been crouched awaiting the Oppbr1 tunity, and dealt the officer a blow with a club, knocking him down. I) happened that Mr. Hahn fell ajrainst the door and slammed it shut, thin stopping all the prisoners who were in position to make a dash for liberty, Mr. Hahn was carried out and two, physicians called to attend him. He it in a critical condition. A sensation was created at Bloomington, recently, by the confession o) Mrs. Hulda H. Hicks, 'living near thai city, in which she stated that her hitsDana, james K. Micks, killed her 10day -old child two years ago last January and threatened her life If she revealed the secret. She alleges that one night about 11 o'clock she was awakened and found that Hicks bad choked the infant and broken its neck, alleging as the reason that it was not his own child, Hicks heard of the confession and made, his escape. He was indicted by the grand jury for murder in the first degree. He is 30 years old ana his wife is about twenty-four. An atrocious murder was committed at Tolleston recently. The victims are James onroy ana William deary, who were employed, as watchmen in tha Tolleston,Shooting Club grounds. The men in some way became involved in a quarrel with Albert Tooker; and werq getting tne oest 01 tne argument when the latter drew a big navy pistol and fired six shots, kilE ing both men. After the murder: Tooker took to the woods. A visrilanoa committee was immediately organized, and ten minutes later about seventhfive farmers, armed with shotguns, rifles, clubs, and hayforks, began scouring the woods and swamps. A deaf mute was killed by a train on the Michigan division of the Bi g Four near Sodus. He was walking directly toward the engine and paid no attention to the bell and warning whistle. Mrs. Lewis Hyman, wife of a prominent farmer near Poplar Grove, became mentally unbalanced through religious enthusiasm and made a desperate attempt to commit suicide. She rose from her bed at midnight and, in her night clothes, walked a mile and threw herself into Deer Creek. When found life was almost extinct, but she will recover. The Diamond Plate-Glass Works, with a capacity of eight hundred men, and tho American Strawboard Mill, working 125 operators at Kokomo, are preparing to reopen after being closed ten months. John H. Perkins of Lebanon, received a letter the other day containing $26 and a note, saying, "I send this for Jesus Christ's saice." There was no signature to the note. About eight years ago Mr. ferkin's store was robbed and about twenty dollars worth of goods taken. The supposition is that the money he receive 1 was sent by the robber, who has prohably been converted since, The letter bears the Chicago postmark. At Fort Wavne the jury in the case of Martin Howley, charged with the murder of his mother, after being out sixteen hours, brought in a verdict of guilty, placing his punishment at life imprisonment. The farmers in Washington Township, Grant County, are somewhat mystified and considerably excited by the mystery surrounding an oil well sunk on the farm of H. M. Creviston recently. Guards are stationed at the place and no one else is permitted tc approach within a hundred feet 01 the well. An unusual effort is made by tho ooerators to lease land in the neighborhood, ana htcher opines ana 6-Str td ths. vtf before.

WOMi AGAINST WOMflfl.

BY MRS. M. CHArTKB XVM. Cimtinumh "Lawks, there's those two, ybiihg women!" htt tfxcluimbd, breaking off his conversation, "t maun juSt go arid wako thorn, to be sure." The farmers nodded, and slouched away, all but ono man, who was rubbing down his pony with some hay. "Hi, landlord!" ho cried, stopping the inn-keeper. l,l want vou?" "What is it?" asked tho other gruffly. "Did you say t wo young women were here?" demanded the man in a low voice. "ldid," The stranger nodded. "What like?" "Well, one's a poor, pale, weak thing, and the other's a bold, blackeyed wench, good to look at." Count Jura's brow's met; he thought for one second. "The palo thin One is my wife," he said, boldly, at last, "and the other Is her maid: she has enticed her mistress to run away." "Lawks, you don't say!" ejaculated the man in astonishment. "Where did thoy say they were going to, my good man?" "Lunnon by the first train." "Ah, I thought so. Now listen to me. Go up and wake thorn, Let them get to the station. Seo here is live pounds; it shall be yours ii you do as I ask. 1 hiitst gfet my wife back, but she is in the power of that other woman. When tho train is just going to start, call the maid back about some mistake in the bills, and I shall got my wife safely away. You understand?" "Aye, sir, quite. I ll help you, and most willing. Lawks, to think I let such a bold hussy into my house!" "Be quick. I shall be at the station." Count Jura led his pony across the road to the station. It was empty. He beckoned to a porter. "Gei me a carriage, "he said, authoritatively, carrying the diamonds ia his hand, the cloak Hung over his arm; "and look here, a pale, thin, yellowhaired lady is coming: bring her to the same carriage. She is my Wife." "All right, sir." Theporter touched his hat and pocketed the fee, Count Jura put the diamonds safely under the scat and sat down peering behind the curtain to see the two womon enter. He saw Alice's slender form, the hood drawn over her golden hair, and behind her Myr'a's pale, retbngeful face; the landlord following them, detaining them in arguing. Alice shrank back frightened. The engine whistled; Myra motioned her to go; the porter hftod hor into the carriage; Myra, white with anger, followed; but an arm was thrust out against her, she heard Alice's scream of terror; she saw Jura's triumphant face; there was a rush of shouting in her ears; then came the sound of a loud report, the sensation of sharp and awful paid, and Myra sank to the platform insensible, as the train with her betrayer and his victim steamed away. chapter xviil As the train moved away, Alice started to her feet and screamed wildly. All that had passed had been so swift, she scarcely realized what happened; but the sight of Count Jura's dark lace, ana tho revolver in his hand, roused her fear to its utmost. "Let me go!" she cried wildly, struggling against his hold. "You have shot her! Coward! Let me go! I will " "Be silent!" hissed the man fiercely, pushing her down into a corner, and drawing her cloak across her mouth. "Another word, and I servo you as I served her!" Alice shrank back, cowed by his brutal words and grew faint, and her eyes closnd, "Good!" muttered Jura as ho watched her. "Now let us understand one another. You are in my power. I intend to take you abroad. You cannot resist me. 1 shall proclaim you as my wife, no one can deny it Vou wear a ring. If you attempt to escape I shall say you are mad. No one will gainsay that. You comprehend me?" Alice made no" sigh. He bent forward, and took her hand. It was limp and still. Her fear was lost in a dead faint. "So much the better," he muttered. "That was cleanly done. Myra will not trouble me much more, I think. Will they stop me at Uxton?" Ho bit his lip suddenly. "Great Heavens! I never thought of that. They will trap me like a dog! What shall 1 do what shall I do?" He gazed out of the window as they whirled along swiftly. He saw they were approaching a small village. In an instant his determination was taken. He touched the signal to stop tbe train again: then again. In a few seconds the train came to a full stop just beyound tho few scattered cottages, and in another instant the guard was at the door in alarm. "My wife is taken suddenly ill," explained Count Jura, abruptly. "We must lift her out." "What is it?" domauded the guard excitedly. "She suffers from heart disease. This is a sort of faint. The action of the train will kill hor. Help me to lift her. There, that's right. We have no luggage." The guard bore away Alice's motionless form, and placed hor on tho incline of ground beside tho lines, while tho Count grasped tho diamonds firmly, put thorn down, carefully covered with the cloak, then knelt beside tho girl, and began to try and restore her. "Do not let me keep you," he said to the guard. "She will be better directly. I will get help from the- village. " "One instant, sir. Your name and address; I must take that." "Frank Meredith," said Count Jura, glibly, "Lincoln's Inn Fields. London." He spoke the first name that rushed to his mind, and not until it was written did he remember that he had read it on the cards taken from Alice's pocket. He frowned at first, then dismissed his vexation quickly. Much was yet at hazard. "Where do you stop next?" ho asked hurriedly. "Not until wo roach Uxton a good hour's journey on, sir. Sorry I can't stay to help you. Hope yourgood lady will soon be all right. Good-ilav, sir.'1 The guard blew the whistle, jumped into his compartment, and onco more the train was in motion, and speedily lost to sight. Count Jura watched it oagorly. "That was a bold move," he muttered, "but it was the only thing. Now. what to do next? Let her faint on; it is the safest thing that could happen. She will scream, perhaps; if so, I must gag her." An ugly look passod over his face, then, after bending over Alice onco again, he stood upright, and scanned the road. The village seemed deserted, but while he wasdobating whether it would be wise to l?ave tho senseless girl alone with tho diamonds while be made inquiries, his eye caught sight of a cart coming leisurely along. It was a miller s dray, drawn by three stout horses, going in the same direction as the train had gona. Count Jura hailed it, anil in a very few minutes the driver was beside him. By dint of much eloquence he poruuded tho man tobolievo his talo, and looonaent to tho t traveling in tho oart bb Hp Ait mo nearest town, and Una lifting Alloa eaaity betwaio

E. HOLMES.

thentj they placed her on sdme sacking at the bottom of the cart. Count Jura placed his pro ious diamonds besido hor, jumped in himself, and very soon they wore lumbering along neaviiy. " Ho watched Alice liko a lynx: the I jolting motion soon began to rouse her, i and he answered the driver's quos- ; tions brifly whilo he kojit his eyo on her. At the first look of returned con sciousness, under pretense of mukiug her comfortable, he bent over her. "Scream or utter one word," he muttered fiercely, ' and I shoot you liko a dog." Alice shrank away from his flashing eyes: all that she had undergone had undermined her strength; the fatij; uo and walking of tho night boforc tac.de every limb ache, she could not make any resistanco ttt .lis cowardly threats; Mib liad grown as weak as a child, but her brain worked wil My. What was happening? Where was she going? Would no one come to hor aid? Sho sent up a prayer for holp and releaso if need be, for death, rather than bo longer in this man's power. Seeing her lie so quiet, Count Jura put it down to fright, and wag well satisfied. This girl Was ao spitfire, like Myra; he should he able td rhandge her woll. He talked to the driver loisurely.aud managed to extract the knowledge be required. The town they were approaching was some forty miles from More town, and branched 'off the lino that led to Uxton. There he could get a train that would take him to one of the big manufacturing towns, lie hidden there for a day or two, then creep cautiously to London, and from there abroad, He reckoned at the rate they were going it would be quite mid-day' before thoy reached the town, but he was well content. If thestationmasterat Moretown had telegraphed at once to Uxton to stop him there it would bj an hour and a ha.f or nearly two hours before the hews that he had escaped Would reach Moretown, and as, ho thought contemptuously, there would bo only oao Or two policemen handy, the chances were the wnole thing would get into a good muddle, and he would get coinlortably awav. Not one shred of pity was in bis heart for the girl ho was carrying awdy. He was lost to everything but love and desire. No woman had ever inflamed his beaut as this fair, lovely, siender creature did, and he swore she should be his. As for Myra, the woman he had ruined, a sense of gratification that sho was, perchance, dead was all her memory brought. Ho had long wearied of her, and sought to be rid of her. He sat smoking comfortably as the cart jogged along, making his plans with calm minuteness, while Alice lay in ah agony of fear, shame, and weakness. Her mihd was peopled wbh many visions. She seemed to go back to her childhood, and saw once again the face of that lovely woman she had spoken of when Koy's mother had questioned her. Then all the cruelty, the harshnoss of Aunt Martha, then that dark night, the ghastly murder in the woods, the memory of Hoy's palo. handsome face, and then her hurried marriage. Then her mind went over all tho uahappiness that followed, and yet strangely through it all ran tho picture of her hu.--buna's tender face as he looked at her the last night they were together. A faint thrill of happiness went through her heart us she recalled his gentle words: even Valerie's revengeful form melted away, naught remained but him: and he was lost now lost to her forever! sho should never see him again. Though he raight not have Cared for5 her, though be had been cold and unjust, she loved him, and would love him on through all time. She was awakened from her dreams by Count Jura shaking her roughly. "Get up," he muttered: "wo are here. Now, remember what I have said. Give me your hand. One word a murmur, and you are dead!" Alice staggered to her feet, and he drew her cloak and hood carelully round her. She was in the maze of fear and weakness again: the driver, catching a ! glimpse of her white face, exclaimed j sympathetically: j "Laws, be she so bad as that, poor 1 lass?" ; "She'll be better directly. Many i thanks, my good man; this way to the i station, you sav?" The driver nodded, and the cart moved slowly away. I The passors-by stared at tho strange ! couple standing at the entrance to the j town, and seeing .this and feeling ; Alice's weight grow heavier on his i arm, he turned round and addressed a j policeman. "Is there a hotel handv?" ho asked, ! grasping the diamonds tightly. "My : wife is ill." i "Ono just here, sir," tho man an- j swered kindly. "Hhall I give you a i hand? It's only a step. " ! Tho hotel proved to bo up a quiet court, and Count Jura slipped asbillinir ; i into tho man's hand, put Alice into a j I chair while he ordered a room. J "Wo are going to BorncheRter," ho ; said decisively; "shall only require it for an hour or so for my wife to rest. 1 Sho is not strong." ! I Tho landlady and two sympathetic i I mnids helpod Alice upstairs, and he j j followed closely in case sho .should j , speak to thcin. ' the made no effort to do this indeed, she had lost all knowledge of what was passing. The landlady was loud in her pity. "You can't move her, sir," she declared; "she is just done she is very ill." "Pooh, nonsense! She is often like that; in fact he hesitated an instant, then said boldly, "in fact, sho is not quite right in her head, so, of course, she looks strange." "Lor', sir! you do astonish me!" exclaimed the woman. "So sweet and pretty, too!" "Yes yes. Bring mo something to eat, and a 'Bradshaw. ' We must get to Bornchester by to-night." "I'll send you ono at once, but the next train, sir, 1 know doesn't start till nigh evening." Count ,)ur.t suppressed the oath he was uttering till sho was gone. "That's devilish unlucky, but it strikes me she's just about right in one thing my Lady Alice is going to bo ill. Havo 1 frightened her too much? It will bo a fix if she can't be moved. Anyway, we aro safe here until to-morrow morning, and then, ill or well, sho must go." Valerie paced hor room like a caged tigress. Sho could have torn her tongue out for tho wild, foolish words she had uttered before Gooflrev Armistead, and now all was lost. Her revenge had failed: shame, disgrace, discovery, lay before her. Paul, her brother, was bolow a thiof, a convict an eternal humiliation. Sho came suddenly to a standstill. Two of the gang had been taken; who was the other? Had Jura been caught? If so, what had become of Alice? She must know all. She rang her bell, and her maid appeared. "Bring mo some coffee," she commanded, sinking in a languid attitude on to a chair as tho woman came in; 'my nerves aro quite ujisot. "I'll tiring it If once, miss." an- ' werod the u:ni4. "i aUo; k think yo 1 ; , w-B upguti nils'. Tho custie seems I luruefi topgtwry ad it'u just fawrti i

to think of them awful robbers beibg kept hero!" "Kept hero, Janet! What do you moan? Valerie started with wellfoigncd surprise. "Why, tboy are in tho treasurefooins. miss, with twopolicemon guarding them." Hiring ine the coffee .at once." Valerie stood upright as tne girl withdrew. "In the treasure-rooms!" she reueated. "1 must get down. Paul must escape. I cannot I ear tho degradation. Miserable wretch, he has drugged 1110 deep enough into the mire! And Jura, I must see if he is there." She 11111 cil thought fully till the maid returned with the coffee. "Where is everybody, Janet?" she asked, indifferently. "My lady is in her room with a strange gontloman, and tho Karl, with two others and a policeman, has just ridden away -to Moretown, I think I hoard say." "You may go. .lanot. Don't come to me hefoiv dinner. My bond aches. I shall try and rest." Sho put down the coffee when alone, aild with swift trembling bauds changed her long gown for a black walking Ono She wound some black lace round her head and neck, then, unfastening fier door, stole out. The corridor was silent. She turnod toward the wing in which poor Alice had lived in t-olitary grandeur. She conjectured that in all probability tho staircaso and door down which Alice had been carried that night would b-j unlocked: she could creep down and in some way got Paul to speak with hor. . She was right. Tho door was unlockedthe whoe of the wing was deserted. Since Alice had gone no ono had been near her apartments. She stole down tho steps', the treasure-rooms wore to t he right. A door leading into them stood at t he I ottoin of the steps, and here she paused. Outsido in the grounds sho could hear the two policemen chatting together, then the prisoners were alone in tho room. TO BE CONTINUED.

Lincoln's Place in History. J. CL Adams in February Century: The abolition of slavery was only au Incident of the war. It was an involved issue, and not the main one. Lincoln saw, from the moment that he became convinced of tlio Intentions of the South, the one imperative, absolute aim be must keep la tlcw. He seized the one transcendent issue bf the hour, and, disentangling it from all that could confuse or deceive, held it Up for his own guidance, and kept it continually before the nation. It was tho preeervatlon of the Union. It was the vindication of the great principle of the pacific federation of States fur the cultivation of a larger life of order an I fraternity. Of co.irse Lincoln never reasoned about the matter at all as we have done. He had no time for that He had no facilities for entering upon the subject from this side. So much the more is his wonderful genius approved, if thus, instinctively, and by tbe innate good sense and political sagacity of lii.i nature, he came straight at the truth and t ok bold of his real work. He had the Instinct of the highest statesmanship, tho sense of what things are essential, pre-eminent absolutely needful to be done. And for th s high qualitlcaf.on for tbe work set before him bis fame will grow with every century. ith this conviction firm and foremost in his mind, nothing in all those four years no difficulty, hardship, peril, ciiticlsm at home or hostility abroad, persuasion of friend or threat of foe. trial to patience or test of courage nothing could swerve or turn him from the central aim of his mind. To preserve the Union was his purpose; whatever would effect that end he would try. Ho would listen to none who had that at heart. He would listen to none who bad not. He would sacrifice anytbing.any man, all the resources at his command, tears, treasure, troops, the blood of the bravest men, his own strength, pride, ambitions: but he would uot sacrifice the Urion. Sources or Ivory. The chief source of ivory is that obtained from tbe elephants of Africa and Asia. Ivory so obtained may be distinguished, owing to tbe African, when first cut, exhibiting hardly any grain, being first of a tiansparent tint, afterward occomini; lighter in color. Asiatic, when first cut is like African which has been cut for some time, but becomes yellow by exposure to light The African has a closer texture, and is cai ablo of being more highly polished tbau the Asiatic variety. Besides elephant ivory, other substances have be'n largely used in the carving of the middle ages, notably walrus, narwhal, and hippopotamus Ivory. It is interesting to note that King Ohtere of Norway visited King ALred the Great in 8. 0 A. 1)., utter a walrus hunt in the North Sea, one of the objects of which was the obtaining of walrus ivory. Another very important source of ivory is that obtained from the mammoth, the extinct Klephas priniigenlus. Large quantities of this ivory havo been found iu the frozen soils of Liberia, it being said that nearly all the turned ivory work of Hussia has been made from this so-called fossil Ivory. These extinct elephants, lrom which it is obtained, have been immured in the frozen soil for countless centuries. In prehistoric times herds of these animals roamed over Western Europe. Chamber's Journal Longevity Among Federal Employes The longevity statistics of Government employes gathered by the Dockery commission are interesting. It. seems that there are 1 , 4 1 c erks ((i years old and over, 741 between '.( and 5 years of age, :i7i between 6i. aud 70, 182 between 70and 7.", ti between 7." and 80, between 80 and 8. t between 8f and !K), and one who is post !0. There a.e ,57H clerks between 25 and -'lo, tbe nuuire-ous-age class; 2, 3-t between .'U and .16, L',033 between 35 and 40. Of the 17,070 clerks in the departmental service f, 7 1 1 are under 40 jeais of age. Some of the older people have ueen many years in the Government service; r, 938 clerks have served for ten years, 1,380 from twenty-live to forty years and thirty for forty years or more, while one has worked at his desk sixty years. Good Government How "Tommy Atkins' Got His Name I am much otilig d to the many correspondents who from time to time enlighten me as to the orgin of tho name -Tommy Atkins." To save further trouble, however, I may as well mention once for all that I am in possession of what I believe to be all the Information accessible on this Important matter of history, I have always understood that "Thomas Atkins, private," was the fancy signature appended to a specimen from a soldier's account issued by tbe war office many years ago. and more than this 1 doubt whether anybody can tell London Truth. 1' ! ea-y to iir iw back a stone thrown with force from the hand u to rocitU 9 word onto spoKoci.

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StomachLiver Cure Th Most Astonishing Medteal Discovery of the Last One Hundred Years. It is Pleasant to the Taste as the Sweetest Nectaf It is Safe and Harmless as the Purest Milk. This wonderful Nervine Tonic has only recently been introduced Into thla country by the proprietory and manufacturers of tho Great South Americau Nervine Tonic, and yet its great value as a curative agent has long been known by a few of the most learned physicians, who have not brought its merits and value to the knowledge of tho general public. This medicine has completely solved the problem of the cure of indigestion, dyspepsia, and diseases of the general nervous system. It is also of the greatest value in the cure of all forms of failing health from whatever cause. It performs this by tho great nervi ne tonic qualities which it possesses, and by its gr'".t curative powers upon the digestive organs, the stomach, the liver and the bowels. No remedy compares with this wonderfully valuable Nervine Tonic as ft builder and etrengthener of the life forces of the human body, and a3 a great renewer of a broken-down constitution. It is also of more real permanent value in the treatment and cure of diseases of the lungs than any consumption remedy ever used on this continent. It is a marvelous cure for nervousness of females of all ages. Ladies who are approaching the critical period known as change in life, should not fail to use this great Nervine Tonic, almost constantly, for the space of two or three years. It will carry them safely over the danger. This great strengthener and curative is of inestimable value to the aged and infirm, because its great energizing properties will givo them a new hold on life. It will add ten or fifteen years to the lives of many of those who trill use a half dozen bottles of the remedy each year.

IT IS A GREAT REMEDY FOR THE CURE OF

Nervousness, Nervous Prostration, Nervous Headache, Sick Headache, Female Weakness, Nervous Chills, Paralysis, Nervous Paroxysms and Nervous Choking, Hot Flashes, Palpitation of the Heart, Mental Despondency, Sleeplessness, St. Vitus' Dance, Nervousness of Females, Nervousness of Old Age, Neuralgia, Pains in the Heart, i'ains in the Back, Failing Health,

Summer Complaint of inlants. All these and many other complaints cured by this wonderful Nervine Tonic. NERVOUS DISEASES. As a cure for every class of Nervous Diseases, no remedy has been able to compare with the Nervine Tonic, which is very pleasant and

harmless in all its effects upon the youngest child or the oldest and most delicate individual. Nine tenths of all the ailments to which the human

family is heir arc dependent on nervous exhaustion and impaired diges

tion. When there is an insufficient supply of nerve food in the blood, a general state of debility of tho brain, spinal marrow, and nerves is the result. Starved nerves, like starved muscles, become strong when the right kind of food is supplied; and a thousand weaknesses and ailments disappear as the nerves recover. As the nervous system must supply all the power by which the vital forces of the body are carried on, it is the

first to suffer for want or periect nutrition, urmnary 100a aoes not con

tain a sufficient quantity of the kind of nutriment necessary to repair

the wear our present mode ot lmng ana labor imposes upon tne nerves. For this reason it becomes necessary that a nerve food be supplied,

This South American Nervine has

essential elements out of which nervo tissue is lormed. 'I his accounts for its universal adaptability to tha euro of all forms of nervous de

rangement, CBiWOBBSVn,LE, IND., Aug. SO, '88. To the Qrttit South A mtrtatu Medicine Co. : Iiear Gents: 1 desire to say to you tbat I hare sullerwl lor many years with a wry serious disease ot tho itotnactt and nerws. I tried every medidno I could hear of, but notblujr done ine auy appreciable fcnod until I was advised to try your Great South American Nervine Tonic and'siomaoh and Liver Cure, and since uslns several bottles ol It I must say that 1 am surprised at Its wonderful powers to cure the stontaeh and general nervous system. It everyone knew the value ot this remedy as I do you would not be able to supply the demand. J. A. Habdee, Ex-Treas. MontROtaery Co.

A SWORN CURE FOR ST. VITAS' DANCE OR CHOREA. fin.ivsnnevMTE) Tvn TitnA 7 1O07

My daughter, eleven years old, was severely afflicted with St. Vitus' Dance or Chorea. We pave her three and one-half bottles of South American Ner-

Vitus' Diince. I have kept it in my

the greatest rented v in ine wonu ir iuuikcbiiuu uu x t-jitrpaia, uuu wi u forms of Nervous Disorders and Failing Health, from whatever cause. . John T. Misn. State of Indiana, . Montgomery County, ' Subscribed and sworn to before me this June 2, 1887. Chas. W. Wbkiht, Notary Public.

INDIGESTION AND DYSPEPSIA.

The Great South American Nervine Tonic

Which we now offer you, is the only absolutely unfailing remedy ever

discovered for the cure of indigestion, Dyspepsia, ana tne vast, train 01

svmntoms and horrors which are the human stomach. No person can

culable value who is affected by disease ot the stomach, because the ex

uerience and testimony of many so only one great cure in the world is no case of anmalignant disease wonderful curative powers of the IUbbiet E. BihL, of Waynetown, Ind., says : 1 owe my life to the Great South American Nervine. 1 had been in bed for five months from tbe effects of an exhausted stomach. Indigestion, Nervous Prostration, and a general shattered eondlUon of my whole system. Had given up all hopes of getting well. Had tried three doctors, with no relief. The flrBt bottle ol the Nervine Tonic improved meso much that Iwasableto walk about, and a few bottles cured me entirely. I believe It Is tbe best medicine In the world. I can not recommend it too highly, Mr, rAmoric- M,mnmwi with firtUTS Avehhuw N

unrni wlm Hniith American Nervine as & wondrous cure for the Stomach. No remedy will at all

compare with South American Nervine as a cure for all forms of failing health. It never falls to care Indigestion and Dyspepsia. It never fails to cure Chorea or St. Vims' Dance. Its powers to build up lbs whole system are wonderful in the extreme. It cures tho old. the young, and the mid

dle aged. It is a great friend to the aged ana lnnrm. vo not neglect vo ue iius precious noon; If you do, you may neglect the only remedy which wW restore you to health. South American Nervine Is perfectly saf. and very pleasant to the taste. IH-licato luii!en, do not fall to use this great cure, because it will put the bloom of freshness and beauty upon yo -ir lips and in your cheeks, and quickly drive away your disabilities and weaknesses. Price, Large 18 ounce Bottles, $1.25 ; Triali Size, 15 Cents. EVERY BOTTLE WARRANTED. Every person purchasing sb: large bottles from our advertised agent at SI. 25 each is entitled to one bottle free. If not kept by druggists order direct fT . , , Dr. . DETCH0N, Crawifordsville, Ind. Six Bottlaa for $6.00 ' ' FARIS BROS.

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Broken Constitution, Debility of Old Age, Indigestion and Eiyspepsia, Heartburn and Sour Stomach, Weight and Tenderness in Stomach, Loss of Appetite, Frightful Dreams, Dizziness and Rit.ging in the Ears, Weakness of Extremities and Fainting, Impure and Impoverished Blood, Boils and Carbuncles, Scrofula, Scrofulous Swellings and Ulcers, Consumption of the Lungs, Catarrh of the Lungs, Bronchitis and Chronic Cough, Liver Complaint, Chronic Diarrhoea, Delicate and Scrofulous Children, been found by analysis to contain the Rkbecc Wilkinson, of Brownsvalley. Ind. says : I had been In distressed condition tor tlireo years from Nervousness. Weakness ot the Stomach. Dyspepsia, sjid Indigestion, until my health was gone. I had been doctoring con stantly, with no relief I bought one bottle of South American Nervine, which dons ma mora good than auy $50 worth of doctoring I ever d'-d in my life. I would, advise every weakly person to use this valuaHe and lovely remedy ; a few bottles of it has oured me completely. I consider It the grandest medicine in the world.' family for two years, and am sure it is the result 01 disease ana aeointy 01 afford to pass by this jewel of incal to prove that this is the one and for this universal, destroyer. There of t he stomach wiiich can resist the South American Nervine Ionic. Mas. Ella A. Bbittos, of New Ross, Indiana, savs : "I cannot expnns how much 1 o ffl to the Nervine Tonic. My syntem was completely shat tered, appetite gone, vias coughing and spitting up blood; am sure t was In the first stages of consumption, an Inheritance handed down through several gene-ations. I begun taking the Nervine Tonic, a jd continued Its use for about six months, and am entirely cured. II Is the grandest reined;- for nerves, stomach and lungs 1 nave everseei: SB vine as a cure for the Nerves. No remedy con:Retail Agents . CQUNTyJ

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