Democratic Sentinel, Volume 15, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 November 1891 — Page 3

ROYAL RANGER RALPH; The Waif of the Western Prairies.

BY WELDON J. COBE v THAPTER V—Continued. *“I :am giad the poor animal has es■caped,” breathed Inez. “It means danger lo us. ” “Danger to us?” “Yes. Despard will see the horse and think we are hero ” Inez looked distressed. “We dare not return to the main ■canyon, and wj will be found if he and liis men come this way. ” “What shall we do?" Darrel surveyed their situation critically. He observed that across the little 3tr am the canyon seemed to afford a large number of secure hiding-places. “Beyond the quicksands yonder we .iui?ht cross the river,” he said. “Will not Despard follow us there?” ■“No; the river will be a barrier.” '“And he may think we have perished in the quicksands.” “ies: we can at least conceal ourseves for a time.” They traversed the ledge to the verge of the stream. It was shallow at one place, and lifting the girl in his arms Dan el forded it in safety. Just as they reached the opposite .shore an ominous shout echoed down the valley. “Do you hear that?” asked Inez in a terrified tone. “Yes. ” “It is Despard and his men.” “Probably. We will go farther down the Stream. See! there seems to be •some kind of a cave yonder.” A few minutes later they reached a large cavern-like aperture In the rocks. Here they stood silently for some minutes, watching the stream and the quicksands beyond and awaiting developments. They came a few minutes later. Suddenly, some distance away, several forms ■came into view. “Despard and his men,” murmured Darrel. “They will discover us. ” “No. Retreat into the cave where they will not see you. ” Inez did so and Darrel, observing that the outlaws were nearing the spot, followed her. The cave seemed to have been occupied by some human being at some time, for it bore marks of habitation in the ashes of a fire and several broken Indian arrows. Darrel looked back from its shadows toward the quicksands. He could observe the outlaws without being seen, and saw them pause as they reached the quicksands. Despard seemed to converse in an ominous manner with his associates. Then the quartette retreated from the spot. Darrel breathed easier. “We are safe,” he spoke to Inez. “Undiscovered; supposed to be engulfed in the quicksands. 3 A sudden cry of alarm from Inez interrupted him. “We are lost!" she cried, wildly. Darrel Grey turned to face a new and terrible peril. Glowering upon them with ravenous, fiery eyes, there appeared at tho entrance of the cave three ■enormous panthers.

CHAPTER VI. IN THE CAVE. The truth came to the mind of Darrel Grey in a moment of time, as he faced the new foes which so strangely confronted him. “A panther’s den,' ho muttered grimly. “Quick, Inez! Miss Tracey, get behind me. ” With a low cry of dismay and dread the girl glided to the side of the cave. The panthers had advanced so as to cover the entire exit from the cave, and crouching there, they glared ferociously at the startled intruders. Darrel saw that a terrific combat with the infuriated brutes was imminent, and qnickly drew his knife and placed .himself on the defensive. Inez, shuddering and shrinking behind him, stood fascinated at the terrible pose of their new foes. For the next few moments the scene was one of iniense int ;rest and silence, broken only by the low, ominous growling of the panthers. Slowly, steadily they began to circle toward their intended victims, their fangs showing hideously, their eyes glaring with horrible ferocity. Suddenly one of them made a spring. It was only to receive a shot from the revolver which Darrel had drawn. The weapon contained but one cartridge. As he not'ifcfßd that the bullet had barely wounded the beast, but driven it to a temporary retreat, Darrel flung the revolver to tne ground. Then, alone and armed only with the knife, he stood at bay. Again the fierce brutes crouched for a spring. This time one of them sprang boldly upon Darrel The others circled around close at the side of the large animal, while Darrel plied the knife vigorously. v laez had recoiled in terror as she witnessed the attack of the panther. As her foot stumbled over some mbject on the ground she seized it. “An ax,” she murmured, “left here by some hunter or Indian. I can help him now.”

She summoned all her courage as she saw that Darrel Urey was engaged ita a terrible struggle with the panther. The ax in her hand, the intrepid girl hastened to the aid of her imperiled friend. The three panthers now entirely surrounded Darrei, harassing him on every side. Inez lifted the ax. It descended with all the force of her frail arm upon the .head of one of the attacking animals. That strength, however, was sufficient to send the panther to the ground with a howl of pain. She followed up the attack. Onfe of the panthers had already been dispatched by Darrel.and lay dying 6n the floor of the cave. A second blow of the ax killed one of the remaining ones, but the larger animal clung to Darrel, endeavoring to tear his face and hands The knife descended at last in a vital spot of the panther’s frame, and it fell (tying at Darrel’s feet It was all he cou’d do to stagger to the open air, weak with the loss of blood and exhausted from the terrible struggle in the cave. Inez bent over him with anxious, solicitous eyes. “You are not seriously injured?* she asked, in a tremulous tone. “No; only a few trifling bruises. ” Within half an hour Darrel was fully ■recuperated. “We will try to leave the gully,” he said. “By the way we came?” inquired Inez. . “No; I fear onr enemies might be in the vicinity of the canyon." “But there seems to be no outlet this way. ” “Then we will remain here until night.” It *as late in the afternoon when they gained a narrow gulch which they •isuhd led into the main canyon.

Two hours later, just at dusk, after traveling cautiously for some miles, they came out on a plateau. A mile beyond them the lights of a village showed plainly. “Miner’s Gulch, at last!” remarked Darrel. They descended toward the settlement, but paused as at the edge of au intervening thicket they heard human voices in the distance. “Remain here for a few minutes,” spoke Darrel. “It may be our enemies yonder. ” He penetrated the thicket by a wide detour and reconnoitered for some time Despard and Banton were conversing near a large tree, while their two comrades were at some distance. Sheltered by the darkness and the dense foliage, Darrel could distinctly overbear their conversation. “We had better leave here at' once, ” Despard was saying. “We lost two of our men at the train, but the girl’s fate is. settled.” “Yes, that is certain.” “We have learned one disastrous fact, however, our worst enemy has escaped. ” “Ranger Ralph?” “Exactly. He is at the village yonder, wounded but ready to give us trouble as soon as he recovers. We will get the horses and leave. Then for the fortune to which I am now sole heir. We are Ranger Rube’s two horses ahead anyway. ” Darrel crept from the spot at these words. He reached a place a minute later where six horses were tied. Two of them he recognized as the same ones that had borne Inez and himself to safety. The bandits had evidently found them in the canyon. Darrel secured them and began to lead them toward the spot where he had left Inez by a circuitous route. Suddenly he started. A wild scream of a’arm echoed through the silence of the scene. “Her voice! She Is in trouble again. Oh, why did I leave her!” ejaculated Darrel, wildly. He urged forward the horses, having lost much time In endeavoring to evade the outlaws. He reached the spot where he lied left Inez. Shfe was gone!

His eye swept the scene beyond the thicket. Some distance away be made out a body of horsemen driving rapidly toward the hills. < From their midst a second scream for help confirmed Darrel’s worst fears. Inez Tracey was again a prisoner in the hands of her enemies. For a moment he determined to start in immediate pursuit. As he realized his unarmed condition, however, he saw the folly of such an undertaking. “I will hasten to the village yonder,” he decided; “secure help, and start in immediate pursuit of those scoundrels.” Leading one horse and riding the other, Darrel Grey hastened towards the settlement. He did not pause until ho had reached a tavern before which stood a dozen men excitedly discussing some event, evidently of recent occurrence. He caught the words “train jvreckers” and “Ranger Ralph” several tiipes. “Hello, there!” he cried, without dismounting. “Can I speak to some of you?” His Intention was to arouse the men to instant pursuit of Despard. Before he could speak, however, one of the men sprang to the head of the horses and seized the bridle. “Where did you get those horses?” he demanded, gruffly. “I found them. ” “You did, eh? Bqfg, our game has come into camp by mistake. ” “What do you mean?” demanded the astonished Darrel. “You know well enough. Down with him, boys. Here’s a case for Judge Lynch, for these are Ranger Ralph’s horses, and this man is one of the train wreckers. ” Without being able to speak a word in defense amid the angry, excited crowd, Darrel Grey was dragged to the nearest tree. “A rope! A rope!” shouted the leader of the throng “One moment! You are making a terrible mistake. lam no thief or train wrecker. ” “Oh, no, of course not!” jeered the crowd. “Send for Ranger Ralph. He is here. Ask him if he knows me.” “He Is wounded—dying, for all we know. He’s one of them, boys. He’s tße very man the depot agent described. ” Amid that mad, unreasonable crowd Darrel Grey struggled vainly. It seemed all some terrible dream as the rope encircled his neck and was thrown over the limb of a tree. “Up with him, boys!” shouted the leader of the men. The next moment with a choking, blinded sensation, Darrel Grey felt himself dangling between heaven and earth. CHAPTER TIC. AT MINERS’ GULCH. , “Hold!” Amid the confusion and horror of his supreme moment of peril, Darrei Grey was dimly conscious that this word was pronounced in a tone that thrilled him with familiar accents. Then, too, In the flare of a torch carried by a man near the tree from which he hung suspended, the form of a newcomer on the scene was vaguely visible. “Cut him down!” “He’s a hoss thief, Ranger Ralph. ” “Cut him down, I say!” “An’ a train-wrecker. He answers the very description ” “Of the depot agent, who thought this one was in with the outlaws. This man wasn’t; I know him.” The rope wa# quickly slacked. Darrel fell in a heap to the ground, living, but insensible. The man who had saved his life spoke peremptorily to the lywchers. “Now get him to my cabin and take carre of him, and don’t make any mistakes next time,” he remarked.

It was Ranger Ralph who thus Interposed in so timely a manner in behalf of his acquaintance of the Ten Spot depot. He had returned to Miners’ Gulch that afternoon, still suffering from the wound in the head the cowardly Dyke Despard had dealt him. Several times its effects had driven him to his couch, and it was only by the meresj accident that, in a moment of temporary recuperation, he had wandered to the scene of the hanging. i Thus it was that, in less than an hour after the recapture of Inez Tracey by the bandits, Darrel Grey awoke to find himself an inmate of Ranger Ralph’s caDin. His senses were bewildered, his brow fevered, his neck and body in pain from his rough experience with the lynchers. Gradually, however, he realized it all,. and recognized the man who sat by his side holding a cup of Hquor in his hand. “Drink it, lad. It’s got some roots and herbs in it that have made a new man of me already. ” Darrel obeyed him, and then sat up on the couch of skins, staring mutely at the scout. “The man I saw at the depot?” “The same. ” “Who teki me about the train wreck-, ers?” “Yes, stranger; Ranger Ralph, that’s me, and lucky for you I strolled down to the tavern a Jittle while ago.” Darrel’s hand went involuntarily to his neck and he shuddered. “They tried to hang me, * he said huskily. “Yes, and almost succeeded.” "And you saved me?” “in the nick of time, lad. There,

r you’re getting back your color already. It was all a miserable mistake. ” “The lynching?" “Yes. The people are so excited over the train robbery that they act impulsively. ” “The train robbery'” ejaculated Darrel. “Tell me about, it” “They beat off the robbers and kil'ed two of the outlaws. They pursued the others to the north, and the vigilantes are after them now. ” “To the north?” repeated Darrel, disappointedly. “They have gone in the wrong direction. ” “How do you know?” “I just left their trail." “You!” exclaimed the scout, In tonss of the deepest amazement and Interest. “Not two hours since. It was to warn the people here to hasten in pursuit of them that I came to the tavern." Ranger Ralph’s face became serious. “It’s too late now,” he muttered. “Which way did they go?” “To the oast. ” “Toward their Indian allies. The trail will be tost among the hills. See here, stranger—let me see; what is your name?” “Darrel Grey." “Well, friend Darrel—for you’ve acted the friend to me in bringing back my horses—l’ve a question to ask you." “What is it?" “Thero was a deep motive for wrecking the railroad train at Ten Spot. ” “I know it" The scout started. “You do?” “Yes. * “What was it?" “First, robbery; next, to secure possession of a beautiful orphan heiress, a distant relativo to the leader of the band, Dyke Despard—lnez Tracey.” Ranger Ralph regarded Darrel in profound bewilderment. His face became intensely anxious and excited. “Then you saw the girl?” he asked. “I did. Let me tell my story, and you will know all about it.” Briefly, graphically, Darrel related all that had happened to him since ho had left the scout at the railroad station. He found an interested listener in Ranger Ralph, and when ho had concluded his recital, tho latter grasped his hand heartily. “Darrel Grey,” he said, in tones husky with emotion, “you have done me a great service in protecting the poor orphan child fate threw in your way. She’was the object of my coming to the depot I am her father’s oldest friend, and her own; while her enemies!—they are numerous and desporate. There’s a fortune beyond it, and Dyke Despard is determined to secure it. ” “He shall not if I can prevent him!” cried Darrel, with flashing, determined' eyes. “Ha!” cried the scout, as he read the enthusiasm of courage and the promptings of love in Darrel’s handsome face. “I think 1 understand you; Inez Tracey has captured your heart as she did mine when she was a baby girl. What is it, friend Darrel? Do wo abandon the fortune and the girl to tnat renegade and assassin, Dyke Despard?" “Never!” “No, never!” cried the ranger, “until his blood has washed out the cowardly blow he gave me last night. T don’t know you, except that you are a true, earnest man; but I’d rather have you aid me in hunting down Despard and recovering the girt Inez than all the vigilantes in the settlement. ” “Then It is a compact?” asked Darrel eagerly “Yes.” [TO BE CONTINUED,]

Rocking the Empty Cradle.

It was a woman’s voice crooning sweetly the old lullaby: “Hush-my-dear-He-still-snd-ihimbev,” And as she sung she rooked an empty cradle with her foot, keeping time with its melancholy refrain. From the nestling of the blankets it looked as if the baby had only just been lifted out. A man passing heard the singing and retraced his steps so that he could look through the open door into the little plainly furnished room. “Excuse me, ma’am,” he said respectfully, “but I noticed that you were rocking an empty oradle. I reok'on you have never heard of the superstition ” “I am not superstitious,” said the woman: • ‘Holy-angeU-guard-thy-bed. ” “Excuse me, ma’am, but folks told my wife that if she didn’t stop rooking the cradle when the h&by wasn’t in it something would happen—an’ it did. The baby died when he was a year old!” “My baby won’t die,” answered the mother; “he’s been an angel these three months, an’ when I feel bo bad that I can’t live another minute I come in here and make believe he’s asleep. It does me good au’ mebbe God lets him know, and it comforts him. Is that superstition?” “No, ma’am, I reckon not, an’ I hope you’ll excuse me.” The man walked on bearing his own burden of sorrow with him, and the desolate mother rocked the empty cradle and resumed her plaintive monody: ‘ 'Heavsnly-bleasings-wi thout-number Gently-fall-upon-thy-hea i. *

Then and Now.

A magazine published in Philadelphia in 1818 gave the following as an item of news: “I« the course of the twelve months of 1817, 12,000 wagons passed the Allegheny Mountains from Philadelphia and Baltimore, each with from four to six horses, carrying from thirty-five to forty hundred weight. The cost of carriage was about $7 per hundred-weight, in some cases as high as $lO, to Philadelphia. The aggregate sum paid for the conveyance of goods exceeded $1,500,000.” To move a ton of freight between Pittsburg and Philadelphia, therefore, cost not less than $l4O, and tank probably two weeks’ time. In 1886, the average amount received by the Pennsylvania road for the carriage of freight was three-quarters of one bent per ton per mile. The distanoe from Philadelphia to Pittsburg is 385 miles, so that the ton which cost $l4O in 1817 was carried in 1886 for $2.87. At the former time the workingman in Philadelphia had to pay sl4 for moving a barrel of flour from Pittsbugh, against twenty-eight cents now. The Pittsburg consumer paid $7 freight upon every. 100 pounds of dry goods brought from Philadelphia, while 100 pounds is now hauled in two days at a cost of fourteen cents. —Scientific American. A brown rat with a blue tail made itself visible in the Cincinnati Court House, and an enterprising individual tried to capture it alive, with a view to its exhibition in a museum. Unfortunately, he unintentionally killed it. Then he discovered that it was an ordinary Norway rat, which had been investigating the contents of a pot es blue paint. Irene —Do you mean to say Maud is going to marry that ugly, fat old man who took her out to supper * just now ? Laura-'-That’s what everybody says. “ What a bitter pill he must be I s “No, he’a sugar-coated. Be is a wealthy confectioner.” :,>■

THESE ACTUAL FACTS

ALL FOUND WITHIN THE BORDERS OF INDIANA. An Interesting Summary of tho Mora Important Doing* of Our Mnlghbora Crlinos, Casualties, Ueatlis, Etc. Scarlatina is epidemic at Cartersburg. Diphtheria among adults is reported at Martinsville. Jesse To well, aged 72, of Orange County, Is dead. Burglars are having a harvest in many soctions of the State. Gold, zinc aud silver ores havo been found in Brown County, it is said. Charles Young fell into a ditch at Michigan City and was badly hurt. Kokomo is building a 100-room, $50,000 hotel, to be known as the Columbian. James L. Jones, while working near English, found a Spanish doubloon of 1708. Luther Ward was dragged 300 yards in arunawayai Seymour,and badly hurt. Two freights came together at Marion on the Pan Handle road doing a great deal if damage. John G. Hatfield, a wealthy retired merchant at Greeafieldi dropped dead with heart disease. Isaac GoLt,. a boy 17 years of age, dropped dead of heart disease at Nashville, Brown County. Messrs. McPhke and Houck, of Princeton, claim: to have killed 152 quails in four hours one day last week.. The little daughter of John Ptvyne. of Brown County, sot her clothes on fire playing with matches- and was burned to death. Richard Foster, an Ohio and: Mississippi Railway bridge-mason,, of North Vernon, was killed near Washington*, by a derrick. Mrs. Sarah Justice, of Richmond, took a vial of chloroform with suicidal intent, and it required several hours to revive her. Russell Gilmore lias boon gathered In at Zanesville to answer the charge of a murderous assault on tho Marshal of Miltonsburg. Sherman Cale, of Valparaiso, has sued the Pennsylvania railroad for $lO,900 damages for tho loss of his hand while coupling cars. A parrot beheld a thief enter tho residence of Dr. H. Martin, at Jeffersonville, and set up such a series of shrieks that it frightened away the burglar. John Wyman’s wife and four children have died at Klrklin of a disease called black tongue. Wyman is now insane. Tho disease is beyond medical skill and fatal. T. L. Liter, driving across the Monon tracks, at Crawfordsville, was dumped j into a ravine by a passenger englno that ; struck the tail-end of his wagon. The man escaped serious injury. German carp weighing eight pounds have been captured in the river at Franklin. The fish come to tho surface by hundreds, apparently Intoxicated by tho gas escaping from tho refuse of tho starch factory.

Maurice Miller has entered suit against Amos White in the Montgomery Circuit Court for $2,500 damages for striking him on the head with a billiard cue, whereby his hearing and eye-sight were permanently injured. Police at Crawfordsville have found in a woodshed some discarded clothing. In the pocket of the vest was a translation of Caesar’s commentaries. The police think they have a clue to the burglar who lias been robbing residences tlicro. Mrs. Charles Williams, two miles west of Monrovia, swallowed a pin a week ago. The pin has worked through from tho Inside, so that tho point is oxposed. The head of the pin prevents- its coming out altogether, and her physicians fear cutting the wind-pipe if they attempt to remove It. A distressing accident of a peculiar nature occurred a half mile from ILuntingburg. William Halsachor, about 31) years old, was engaged in unloading logs at Koerner & Co.’s saw-mill. Ills head taught between two logs, mashing it almost flat. Assi&tance was immediately called, but when he was- released from his awful position ho was, of course, unconscious. By the time medical aid Arrived the man had lost a gallon of blood.. He cannot recover. Hundreds of acres of land' in Pulaski County were purchased, recently by parties from Ohio, purporting to represent the Standard Oil Company. A party of Pennsylvania eapitalsts arc now on the ground endeavoring to. secure an option on valuable oil-producing fields. A large number of wells will be drilled at once, and if a good flow be struck, Jasper County will be the location, of one of tho largest oil plants in. the United States. Citizens of Ripley County are greatly excited over the discovery of a large vein of the finest quality of coal on what is known as Laughley Hill, four and a half miles from Batesvllle. The stratum, according to reports received, Is a thick one, and was discovered by boring through ten feet of limestone, four inches Df granite, two feet one inch of soapstone, four feet of cannelwcoal and six Inches of soapstone. Ripley County, in the opinion of experts, is to be a great mining district. Several companies foe boring are being organized.

Henry McCormack, a farmer residing near Scottsburg, went to Jeffersonville with bis wife to do some shopping. The old gentleman imbibed too freely and became involved in a quarrel which resulted in his being badly beaten up. When the afternoon J., M. &I. train left for Indianapolis Mrs. McCormack returned on it alone, the trainmen refusing to permit the husband to enter the car because he was intoxicated. Next morning, while wandering around drunk, McCormack approached the dinkey track just wwst of the penitentiary as a train was going toward New Albany and was struck before the engineer could put on the brakes. McCormack’s right leg was crushed into a shapeless mass, so that amputation was necessary. Chas. Roab. Treasurer of the town of Clarksville, has in his possession nine honorable discbarssek from the United States Army, which show a consecutive service of thirty years as Sergeant of the Commissary Department Id the United States Array. Free mail delivery for Frankfort, to begin the first of next January, has been ordered by the PostofHce Department. Three carriers will be allowed for the beginning of the service. Frankfort was chosen from the list of cities in Indiana which were eligible for the free delivery services. The others were Michigan City, Valparaiso, Peru, and Huntington. Charles Gbannkman a carpenter employed by the Wabash railroad, at Fort Wayne, was struck by a passenger train and received injuries which will probably cause his death. He is 65 years old, and has been in the employ of the road since it was built. During a severe storm the people residing in the vicinity of the Iron viaduct, on Mulberry street, Jeffersonville, were awakened by what seemed a fusilade of pistol-shots. An investigation revealed the fact that the reports were produced by electric fire-balls, which traveled back and forth on the Iron-work of the bridse, producing thunder and lightning insmali doses. The spectacle was unusual and beautiful.

Several scarlet fern cases at Terr* Haute. The butter dfch factory of Seymour is doing a rousing business.' Delaware County oia settlers have organized an association. Fred Neff stepped into a hotel at Goshen and broke his ankle. Frederick G. Orenflo was badly injured by a traction osgine at Marion. The Graphic Is tho name of a new paper at Whitlock, Montgomery County. The mother of President Lincoln is buried at Lincoln City in Spencer County. A part of Michigan City is called Snarltown. It is there where all the toughs stav. The Princeton Ctyy Council has contracted for water-works, to bo completed by July 1, 1893. Arthur Bradley, a 3-year-old child, at Brazil, fell against a red-hot stove and was badly burned. A new gas company, with capital stock of SBO,OOO, has been organized at Tipton to light tbe old company. David- Smith, aged 15, died at Crawfordsville from a gunshot wound. Several shot penetrated ills brain. The Boowe County Detective Association, which has been prosecuting Hugh M. Bereaw, for alleged purjury, has been beaten. Martiw Firbkl, a well-to-do butcher of Piereeto:v disappeared several weeks ago-and nothing has since been learned of hie whereabouts. James AcrAt of Ati-rora, chased John Cooper and stabbed him with- a knife for having offered an insult to Aera’s 10-year-old daughter. Mrs. George Down, of Columbus, died of heart disease. This recalls the fact that live- other members of the family have died' the same death. A team belbuging to William- Keenan, was struck by a train on the 1., B. <fc W. railroad-, at Pcterboro, tearing the wagon to splinters-and killing both-animals. Two brothers named Bolden qiuwraled and fought near Brazil, ©ho of them chewed-the other’s nose off. Tileboys’ father had his-nose chewed-off In a fight also.

William Sparks,, employed- in a- tunnel at Brady’s cement-mills, nearSellersburg, was probably fatally iniurod by a heavy rock falling and striking him-on-tho head,, crushing It into the earth. William Brooks, a f armor, of Jefferson County, who was being sued by Miss Carrio Hibbetts for SO,OOO in a breach-of-promlse suit, effectually put a quietus ontho case by taking out a license andmarrying the woman. Tiie ColumbusClty Couuoil'hasgranted: Henry C. Bayltng a ten-year franchise for an incandescent electric-light' plant. Bayling has associated with hint some Chicago capitalists, and the plant will'ho in operation in thirty days. Some time ago Rev. S. D. Miller felldow» stairs at Fort Wayne and-washurfc, lie held an accident policy and- collected tor his injuries. Ho died and his wife brought suit against the company for SB,OOO. An autqpsy was held on the body and a-compromise was made for $4,000. Mart Ei.i.iott, a prominent business man .of Logansport, well known In. blooded-horse circles, was accidentallyshot by County Commissioner Gwinn,. while tho two were hunting quail: About twenty shot wero lodged in the side and: neck of Mr. Elliott at short range. His injuries are serious, but not necessarily fatal. A very peculiar bargain has just been agreed on between Dr. G. Q. Orvis- and Hon. W. H. Shields, of Seymour, whero-, in Dr. Orvis sells the latter a cow, Mr. Shields agreeing to pay the Doctor 90 impound for all tho butter tho cow produces in seven days in full payment for the milker. Tfr. Orvis Is-to-keep- her the seven £ays.

Among the guests at the reunloiv of the-Twenty-third Indiana Infantry at New Albany, was old “Aunt Luney,” an old colored woman, who hold the position of cook to one of the messes during: the war time, nearly thirty years ago, and who now lives in Washington County, near Haedlnsbtirg. Miss Mattie Henderson, ot Now Castle, met witli an accident which will leave her blind and sadly disfigured for life. She placed a lighted match In the family cook-stove to light the gas;, the gas had been escaping and the result was an explosion. Miss Henderson was terribly burned about the head,shoulders and arms, and sustained the loss of the sight of both eyes. The village of Hobart was aroused the other morning by the explosion of twenty tons of powdeir at M liter’4 Star tion, five mites distant. The inhabitants of the village' ran. into the street clad innothing but their night clothes. Heveral houses were totally wrecked, and thousands of panes of window glass were broke* into the smallest bits. At Miller’s nothing was visible of the powder plant, the buildings having been totally wrecked The loss entailed lis #75.,000, No. one injured. Emery Moon, living near Bowllug Green, while out hunting met with a serious accident. He treed a squirrel, and after he had used all the ammunition he had with him for his shotgun, climbed the tree and began shooting at the squirrel with a thirty-two calibre revolver without success. He then concluded to vacate the premises, and proceeded to descend from the tree. The revolver was accidentally discharged, sending a bullet through his left cheek, coming out Just below his right eye. He is in a critical condition.

WirxiAM Zuuschmiedk, aged 12, was shot and instantly kilted by one of ills companions near New Albany. The boys were bunting in a field east of the city and several began scuttling for the possession of a small rilie. which was not thought to be loaded. Young Ztirachmiede was standing sixteen feet away from the others, and one of the boys slipped a cartridge into the guu, intending to frighten the otiiers. The weapon was discharged and the ball struck Znrscbmicde in the corner of the right eye, penetrating the brain, and causing Instant death. The Western Indiana Poultry Association will have an exhibition in tbc K. of P. Armory, at Crawfordsville, December 14 to 19. The terrible disease resembling Asiatic “black tongue” has appeared in Jasper County. The victims are taken with a fever, the tongue becoming inflamed and at last swollen to such an extent that it protrudes from the mouth. In the last stages the organ becomes inky black and actually decomposes before death ensues. The physicians are treating several eases in, the vicinity of Wheatland, and people are taking raeasures_to prevent dpidexic of the plague. A man giving his name as Karl Rcraansky, and hailing from St. Louis, has been swindling Catholics near Hanover by celebrating mass in places where there are no resident priests, and collecting money in large sums for alleged charitable objects. John Johnson, a bridge builder, fell from the J., M. Jb I. bridge at Jeffersonville, and was dashed to pieces on the rocas eighty feet below. He was engaged with others in putting new. stringers in the floor of the bridge, when ha lost his balance and fell, la his descent he caught at one of the iron rods, but could not check his fall, and the next Instant he was bruised and crushed on the rocks

ON THE CORNISH COAST.

A Place Replete wltl* RomaitNe and Flat* iiroHque Surseundlng*. On the western coast of Cornwall, washed by the Atlantic's waters, are some of the finest prospects of sea, sky and shore to be met with anywhere In England. In the vicinity of Newguay are caves and fissures of most peculiar formation, linked with the memory of the times when smug-

QUEEN BESS ROCK.

gling was followed by tho hardy natives. But tho people now live by honest means, and the pilchard, a fish peculiar to the Cornish engages the attention of a large number of daring" boatmen. This fish when pickled and sold in the neighboring minty of Devon is known as bite Cornish duck. From a station commanding the shore a man, known as tbe “huer,” is constantly stationed In season to watch the approach of a migratory shoal of these peculiar fish. When sighted a “hue and cry" is raised, and the fishermen man their boats and prepare their nets for tho capture. A short distance from Newguay to the northeast are tho Bedruthen steps, where the sea is constantly chopping and hewing huge masses of granite into weird and picturesque shapes. A notable example of this is

THE HUER'S HOUSE.

"Queen Boss Rock,” which Is not unlike tbe figure of the “virgin” Queen of England, with her crown, high ruff and stomacher. A visit to the Cornish coast will prove Interesting to those lp search of the picturesque undi romantic.

French Afraid of Water.

Much has h*en said in a facetious way about th 6 difficulty travelers havo In. France getting a simple drink of water, and some personal experience of the kind is one of the stock anecdotes of every tourist. And yet, as a matter of fact, this difficulty can hardly be exaggerated, writes a traveler. Im Normandy and Brittany Normandy cider, with a taste like poor Rhine wine but a complexion a shade darker, is the exclusive beverage of the people; wine is a luxury, as it is not made so far north; tea is practically unknown: coffee is taken solely In the morning, and chocolate likewise; milk is rarely found at all, and absolutely unprocurable after noon; and water, to end the list, would never be thought of in this connection. Wc stopped at a fine by the roadside, and a native passing by hesitated in curiosity and surprise and hastened to warn us that water was injurious and it would make us sick; and every time wo inquired! for water at a wayside cottage madame would refuse to givfe it to us and would resjxind with the inevitabl cider. We had been about two days-on our road to Paris when we began, to get desperate at this treatment, for we had forgotten how water tasted; and as we passed a well and saw a woman appear at a door with a bucket one ol us rushed upon her and unceremoniously seized it, and In anothen minute'we were drinking defiantly of the interdicted liquid. The woman was still standing in her tracks dazed and dumfounded as we returned her the bucket full to the brim, and in her absence of mind she refused the sous we offered her—the first case on record.

The Dismal Swamp.

A correspondent for a New York paper, describing a trip, to the Dismal Swamp of Virginia, says ©be can look for miles down the canal which passes through It, and the scene suggests.the heart of Africa. A sottd wall of verdure on either side—gam trees, wild magnolias, occasionally a juniper or a cypress—and always the burning sun above and the strange black water below. Now and then a shrill bird cry, now and then a water snake, always the most beautiful shadows and reflections. Negro cabins occasionally, and glimpse!* of wide clearings, and at one of the locks a group of little darkies with great bunches of water lilies, making a most effective combination.

Jewish Immigration.

The Jewish Messenger, in referring to Jewishjmmigration to the United s&ys: “If Baron Hirsch would establish place* of refuge in Europe, where the Jewish refugees might be prepared for a new life and new lomos, • lie would be rendering the nest service, Totransport povertystricken thousands whtvare unable to •ope with new conditions is no char,ty, and yet that seenis the highest ambition of: European oomuttees.*

ST. LOUIS SCORCHED.

WITH TWO MILLIONS LOSS. SHE OUTDOES CHICAGO. Her Gallant Firemen Gaffer from Bltlnr Cold and Stifling Smoke— List of tbe Loitera— Minneapolis Also Greet* the Cold Snap Warmly. Work of Fierce Flame*. Two million dollars went up h» smoke at St. Louis, and three of the largest business houses in the city and a half dozen smaller buildings are a mass of ruins. The fire started in the mll-ltnery •tore of Penny & Gentles, corner of Franklin avenue and Broadway. A second and third alarm were sounded within fifteen minutes, and the almost complete force of the fire department responded. The flames spread at a rapid iat\ the material which thoy fed npon being of a highly inflammab.echaracter. A strong west wind wi» blowing at tho time, which madetho work of the firemen perilous and for a time fruitless. Within half an hour tho large dry goods store of Connenfe-ds, which adjoined Penny & Gentles’, was aliro, and the flames were working their way to- the Famous mammoth shoe house oiv the corner of Broadway and Morgan street Four firomen were caught bn, the Famous Building and were o\ ergomo by smoke. They we. rescued by their companions. The weali. r was bitterly cold ana the firemen, hose, wagon and. aHi- matter not in the 1 mediate vicinity of the flames was covered with-100-Within- an hour theentlre block on the west side of Broadway, between Franklin avenue' and Morgan street, was a mass of flames, which wero being fanned by a strong wind, and, being carried across the street, threatened destruction to tho- immense dry-goods house of D. Crawfcnd A Co, and the furniture store of Koppietnan ifclC'Oi The firemen poured their streams of wator into the fire blindly, as tho smoke was so dense and tho odor of burning ribbons, feathers, clotii uud'shoos so strong that they could not remain on> the windward side. The lire raged for two hours, and it was only by the almost superhuman work of the firemen that a tremendous conflagration was- averted. During one qf the many collapses of burning floors in the different buildings two ilremon- named Lynch and Simon wero caught by the falling of looso bricks and' timbers. Both men were badly hurt,, and wore corrled to the hospital in an ambulance. The watchman at Sonnenfelds 1 establishment Is miss-' Ing. and It is feared that he may he in the rnins.

Across from Penny <fc Gentles’ on Franklin avenue wero the establishments of Grierson & Co , hattors, Ed F. Boh I and a drug storo on the corner of Broadway and Kranklln avenue. Theso places were badly damaged by snjoko and water. The wind had died away considerably and tho linemen woro ablo to do battle with greater success The whole block on the east side of Broadway, between- Franklin- ave»uo and Morgan street, Including, the establishment of I). Crawford & Co . was damaged by fire and smoke It took hard and active work to prevent tho flames from going down Morgan street to Fourth, as all the buildings- wero old and inflammable. When control was gained, the block of buildings, which before was filled with holiday goods, was a mass of charred timber, and tho main part of the walls had fallen. The stores of Boononfelds, Penny & Gontlos and tho Famous Shoo House (the largest shoe house in tho West) wore wiped out by flames. O* Franklin avenue, opposite I’otiny <fc Gentles’ establishment, was a block of retail stores. Those woro seriously damaged. Tho occupant* wore O. W. Heyer, dry goods; Grierson & Co., hattors* Ed F. Bohl, hatter; P. 11. Goulkamp&Go, clothiers; St. I.ouls Tailoring Company; C. Beemer & Co., clothing; CharlesT. Laage, clothing; L. Voiklng, boots and shoes; Geo. R. Stamper, dry goods; Franklin saloon and Halser & Co , dry goods. A doseestimate places the-hum of tho Famous Company as follows; On stock, 9(100,000; insurance, 8400,000. Penny <fc Gontlos’ loss, $176,000; insurance, SIOO,000. Bonnonfold’s loss, 8125,000: Insurance, $75,000. The other losses will make tho aggregate losses, ranch nearly two millions of dollars. On the oast side of Broadway the Weinman House, a four-story brick hotel. was completely destroyed. The “Square Doal Clothing Company,” E. B. Stow & Co/, grocors; M. Toblln, millinery,; G. Thai <fe Co. . clotfiilng; tho New York Millinery Company, and the Koppolman Furniture (om-pany were so badiy damagod by smoke asid water that their loss will be total. Tho origin of the fin lo unknown, but it is supposedito-have boon- caused by an ovorlicated stove or a defective flue. Four firomnn were compelled to slide down tho hose-plpo from the fourth story of the “Famous”'store-during the fire, but ail esca-pedlunlnjurod.

BIG BLAZE IN MINNEAPOLIS.

Llmlrtiiy Hro». and the 3Han*s|wllii UllM Company Burned Oat. At Minneapolis the wholesale house of the Minneapolis Glass Company and Lindsay Bros., agricultural implements, were burned. The total lo s will be nearly #200,1)00. The losses and insurance are: Minneapolis Glass Company #110,000,. insunance #111.500; Jjindsay Bros. #75.000, Insurance #21,500; Barclay Cooper; on building, #15,000, insurance 817,200.. _

Wise Sayings.

Tiie love of nsooey is the root of* ail evil.—Paul. The best hearts are ever the bravest —Laurence Sterne. Night brings, out stars, as sorrow shows us truths.—P. J. Bailey. A prince who ialleth out with laws breoketb with his best friends—Seville. A single grateful thought towardi heaven is a most effective prayer.—Lessing. The gem cannot be polfsned without* friction, not the man perfected without totals. He who has not a good memory should! never take upon him the trade of lying! —Mental gee The true danger Is when liberty is nibbled awav for expedients andi by parts—Burke Moderation is the silken string; cuening through the pearl chains of all virtues—Fuller. The sufficiency of my merit is to know that my me: it Is not suffiaieuk — Saint Augustine. I never knew a man who could not boar the misfortunes of another perfectly like a Christian —swift. No cord or cable can draw s® forcibly or b nd so fast as love cam do with only a single thread—Burton. As the fire-fly only shines when oo the wing, so it is with the human mind —when at rest it darkens A miser grows rich by seeming poor; an extravagant nan grows poor by seeming rich —SUeu&toae. Mirth should be the embroidery of conversation, not th ; web and wtt the ornament of th ■ mind, not the fu*»iture. SiNGi i.Authat the word misery so o f te% expressive es one who is rich, bhou’d, in, its origin, signify one that h