Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 March 1892 — Page 3

BY HOMER P. BRANCH

[COPYRIGHTED BY THE AUTHOR, 1830.]

CHAPTER IX—Continued. With this the two forms dissolved back into Invisibility. The young man could have been none other tnan old Ben's master, and if that venerable "black had been on hand he could have had the pleasure »f embracing his real “mnssa” instead of a person who resembled him. I went up stairs, and seeing the door of one of the forbidden rooms ajar, I entered. Upon the floor in the corner of this room stood a small iron safe with its door partly Pulling this door wide upon its hinges, I saw within a bunch of papers. Drawing this forth, a glance satisfied me that it was the last wili and te-tament and other papers of the late Montinni Securing these, I turned to withdraw from the room, when I was startled by a slight rustle of the gauze curtain around the couch, for •the room was a bedchamber. I stood looking at it for a moment, and was turning away again, when tlje curtain was drawn aside by invisible means. There, stretched upon the couch, prone and rigid, the bed for a bier, lay the body of Senor Montinni, in as perfect a state of preservation as if it had been embalmed that morning. The curtain fell back to its natural rest and I walked out of the room. When I reached the hall the door closed, seemingly of its own accord, and I heard the key turn in the rusty old lock.

CHAPTER X. AT THE SICK MAN’S BEDSIDE.. I went down-stairs, after the adventure described in the previous chapter, and stepped into the sick man’s room to give a few words of cheer. He put out his hand feebly to me, and taking it in mine I sat down by his side. His deepsunken eyes and wan, sallow look; the damp upon his lips, scalding and parching the tender skin, and the hot steam that came forth as breath, indicated that dread disease of the South, yellow fever. Friend Burton, thought I, thou art near to the sleep that knows no waking, but which gives to such as thee the everlasting dream of paradise. Thy spirit will break its earthly bounds to wander unrestrained in those celest’al regions which it has heretofore seen but in imagination. Thy fair Zeyna and thyself will end thy unhappy mundane courtship at the altar of the Supreme Thy wedding march will be down the vistas of the Happy Land, where thou needst not seek surcease of sorrow, for naught but joy is there “Hal,” said Burton, “I have been telling mother that you would be a son to her when lam gone. You will cherish her for my sake, won’t you, Hal?” I assured him that, so far as I was ablo, I would help and be a friend to his mother. Then his mind began to wander in delirium, a peculiarity of his disease, and in a rambling way he told how disappointed he was when he came to the spiritual festival, where all the people who have been connected with the proprietorship of the estate were to be, and found that his Zeyna was not of the throng; how he- had many and many times come and dwelt foi* weeks in the old house, alone in its awful dullness, that he might eatch but a glimpse of her, but ail in vain until he had seen her in the library th“ night before; how Montinni had appeared to him when I was sick in the hospital, and told him that I was to work out the problem of the haunted house; how his almost constant habitation among supernatural beings had cast a shade of the supernatural over himself, so that ho seemed unlike his fellow-mortals, and was oft3n the object of wonderment and dismay to superstitious peoplo; how he sometimes questioned himself as to his destiny, as to the nicbe he was to fill in the grand sura of the Creator's handiwork, as to whether he was really a mortal, or a spirit apparently clothed in flesh; how his tastes and thoughts so differed with those of others that he mingled not among men, but sought the grand and beautiful scenes of Nature and smothered in golden reaches of imagination the hankering grief for his loved one. Then his worrying delirium seemed to pass away, and he straightened down upon the couch and laid quite still for several hours, during which time I prepared a letter to Montinni’s heir, to be sent to him to Venice by telegraph and cable.

CHAPTER XI. THE LAWYER’S GHOST. The morning sun smiled placidly through the fast evaporating fog that a light breeze was lifting from its night’s rest upon the bosom of the bayou, and the usual solumn hush reigned about the deserted old house. Four days had elapsed since the arrival of the Senora Arold. These four days were uneventful in interest. Dull monotonous days they were, of watdhing by the sick man’s bedside, and examining legal documents belonging to the estate. Upon the morning in question Old Ben had come noislessly to the door and handed in a sealed envelope directed to me. It contained a telegram from Montinni’s heir, stating that he would most graciously Submit to my demands in behalf of tho Senora Arold, and that he would ship for New Orleans by the steamer Don Juan, due at that pbrt in fourteen days. After absorbing this intelligence I went to Burton’s room, and, after his mother had withdrawn for a moment, laid the whole matter before him. The sick man raised himself to a sitting posture in the bed and extending his hand for a glad shake, said, wftlt a pleasant smile upon his lips: “Hal, I’m the happiest man in 'the world, although I am on my death ;bed. My only trouble was about imother. Now I know that she will be able to live comfortably.” He laid down Again and I called his mother back, so that I could retire and think matters over. I always like to saunter about when in a reflective mood, and upon this occasion I went out and walked around the shade and fruit trees that surround* ed the house. After a half flour of walking and (thinking T turned toward the house when I felt a touch upon my arm, and upon turning around saw a dapper little gentleman, who tipped his bright silk tile to me jauntily and said: •This is Senor Mala, I believe. Well, business is business, whether it’s a wholesale funeral ora chattel mortgage. To be candid with you, I am, a ghost—a downright spook—but you’ve seen plenty of them lately, so you won’t be scared. I was formerly the lawyer who settled all the little legal quibbles arising on this estate The worthy proprietors, prho are in another state —or rather ter-

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ritory—of existence, want a little business done. It will perhaps be agreeable to you to learn that there are five corpses up stairs that need to be interred down there in the burying ground. They are those ot El Muza and wife, El Zegal and wife, and Montinni. The whole family died of the yellow fever epidemic some years ago, myself among the rest, as I came down with the disease while up here on business. Nearly all of us were buried, but we were dropping off so fast the niggers all got scared and ran away, leaving the persons whose names I have mentioned to pass away in a lonesome sort of style that was very unpleasant to the participants. The bodies ware laid out and embalmed by the spirits that bad inhabited thorn in their original existence. The bodies have been here ever since, and things were left in such a dire state that we have had to stay around here and guard the place and frighten people away and resort to all manner of schemes to preserve the secret of our dead all these years. Until we found you we knew of no medium that we could consult with to the end of getting our dead taken care of and the estate straightened up. As soon as these remains are buried the house ceases to be haunted. Old Ben can dig the gravffs, and with your aid as a medium wo can do everything alf right Dave the graves and caskets ready by to-morrow night at twelve o’clock. We’d have buried these bodies long ago, "but it was impossible for spirits to dig in the ground. Excuse me if I haven’t handled this subject quite so delicately as you mortals customari y do. We of the spirit world attach no romance or sanctity to the matter of death. With us it is something that has Dast, and therefore of little consequence. Good day:”

CHAPTER XII. THE WEIRD FUNERAL. Five rusty-hinged doors swung creaking open on the north side of the old hall up stairs, and shadowy forms in sable covering floated to and fro in the rooms of mystery. In each room a pale corpse lay still and cold upon the beir awaiting to be deposited in the dark casket that sat so grimly beside. fto tear of sorrow came to call for sympathy at this weird funpral. The mourners wore happy smiles and spoke cheerful words; for they wore not the frail beings known as mortals. Each and all had undergone the earthly death, and the spirits of the corpses then under charge were present with the throng. El Zegal and his wife, whom I had not seen before, came forward from the crowd, greeted me kindly, and thanked me for my solicitude in behalf their daughter and her lover. They had done wrong in parting tho two, but earthly judgment is ever apt to err. All sorrow between them would soon be over. El Muza and his wife also came to me and spoke gladly of the means which were bringing about a reconcilliation between them and their eldest daughter, and were pleased at the provisions being made for her maintainancc. Burton and the Senora knew nothing of tho arrangements going on up-stairs, and were both sound asleep when midnight had arrived, Precisely at 13 o’clock the spectral procession filed silently out of the old house, and bearing the coffined dead wended its way to the cemetery in the valley. Old Ben had performed his work well; the five graves were ready. Down into them the caskets wore lowered, and the startling, hollow sound of the falling dirt as the faithful old negro plied the shovel, looking around dazed and scared upon the phantom crowd, awoke the solemn echoes of the night. When all was done, the Senor Montinni stepped forward and warmly thanked us for our help, assuring us that, we would not lack in reward; then bade us good night, and disappeared with all the rest. It had beon dark and cloudy, but as Old Ben and I turned to go from the spot the clouds in the zenith broke away as if cut in twain, and the full round moon and twinkling stars illumined the whole landscape- round, and revealed to us that the new-made graves gave no sign of fresh earth, but were covered with moss and grass growing flowers. Old Ben looked curiously at me when he had noticed this, and said: “Massa, dis am queeah,” I answered: “I like it; it Is well. ” CHAPTER XIII. THE MYSTIC MAHRIAOE. The Villa Montinni was a haunted house no more. Every door and window was open, and tho pleasant air and sunshine wandered through the house as if searching out tho gloomy corners to brighten and cheer them up. There was ono sad shadow though that air and sunshine couldn’t brighten up. The shadow of death was resting on the brow of the widow’s son. Not that he saw it, for he looked beyond to a scene brighter than poor earthly sunshine; but the mother, she saw and felt that cloud. It was in the fore part of the day and I had sat at the head of his couch for some hours keeping the cool, damp cloths upon his brow, that they might fill as much as possible the grateful mission of soothing the fever in the brain. His mother sat upon the couch*by his side holding both his hands in hers and watching every movement of his pale thin lips as each breath went forth upcn its last mission. He had not spoken for some time, and we were almost startled when his feeble voice gently broke silence with the exclamation: “Mother, Hal see!” He had raised his head from the pillow and was pointing toward the large folding doors at the end of the halL We followed his direction and as we gazed the great doors swung abroad, and a breath of flowers floated in; then gentle music, such as we hear in dreams, came whispering along the air as if it were too holy-glad to speak its happiness aloud. A haze of perfumed atmosphere filled the room, lighting it with a phosphorescent glow that rendered delicately throughout the rainbow’s almost inimitable tints. “She comes, mother.” whispered Burton, as he raised still higher, and stepping upon opposite sides of the couch we held the pibows to his head. “Senora," said I, “the hour is here, ‘the spirit and the bride say come.’ ” A bright and happy light came to his eyes as heard me say this, and he stretched out one hand to me He turned his face toward his mother that she might take the farewell kiss, and as he did so the fairy vision floated in that was to bear his soul away upon its upward flight We saw not the death gasp, we heard no moan/for the perfumed, rainbow-tinted vapint settled dense about the couch, and the music of an angel host swelled sweetly in, to charm away the anguish of that last moment We knew the soul had left its earthly house, the body, for there under an archway festooned with roses and hung with dreamy drapery we saw standing, smiling happily upon each other, the Spirit forms of the lovely

Zeyna and noble Burton Arold, surrounded by the host of angels and spirits fair that had glided so beautifully through that very room on the night of mystic revelry. Seemingly in obedience to a motion from Burton, the fair Zeyna bent, forward and kissed the brow of the mother, whose saintlike beauty as she gazed upon the happiness of her son was a true representation of her kindness of heart, inexpressible in its holy significance This fond salutation done, tho lovers joined in spiritual marriage floated out with their angel escorts, and ud to the realms that knew no death or shadow. ~ CHAPTER XIV. CONCLUSION. * It Is fit to end this ptory now, as I have foi owed the two chi,ef characters to tho end of my knowledge of them; but there are a few things left in connection with the house of which the reader may demand to know as to the conclusion of affairs concerning my mission there. They can be told in a few words. The legal papers of the estate were in a bad plight. 1 employed an honorable and competent attorney to help me straighten them out and get them In order. At the end of my stipulated time I opened the roll of parchment which had been placed in my charge by the phantom lady, and found that it contained a will bequeathing to Ei Muza or his heirs the disposal of a one-eighth portion of an estate near Madrid, Spain. The Kenora had been disinherited by her father, but the attorney, who was a good Spanish scholar, uron looking the matter up, found that in Spain a man caunot without action o tho Government disinherit the last heir in his legitimate family line, in a matter wherein any considerable real estato is concerned. We communicated with our minister plenipotentiary at Madrid concerning the matter, fully establishing the Sonora’s identity. We received answer that tho property, along with tho whole estate to which it belonged, was held by the crown in default of many years’ taxes due, but if the Senora would throw off forty per cent of her claim she could at any time demand and got the balance, which would yield her an ample competency for life. A settlement was soon effected and tho Senora given her portion. The Don Juan landed in New Orleans near the time expected, and Montinni’s heir came up to see his property. He was a gentleman and a business man, and we soon settled everything satisfactorily. The young man had not been there a week before he had lumber upon tho grounds, and carpenters, masons, and painters fixing over the old house. Somewhere or other he picked up an energetic farmer and installed him as overseer, and in less than two months the erstwhile haunted villa and weed-grown plantation was all bustle and life. The Senora has a fine home at the villa, and kind friends and attendants among whom to spend her declining years Her only care is to attend to two vine-hung graves down in the valley burying ground, and her Joy is to make her presence a pleasure in tirao of health and a comfoit in time of illness to every tenant of the place, and to meditate upon the time in the future life when she will be with her boy and his spirit bride. [the end.]

OSTRICH HATCHING.

The Ostrich Lays tho Egg, the Sun Does the Rest Theory Exploded. It is not true that the ostrich in its native state in Africa leaves its eggs to be hatched by the heat of the sun and the warm sands on which they lie. There is not a word of truth in such a generally believed statement. The ostrich egg from the time it is laid until incubation is complete requires daily attention. The idea that it is hatched in the sand by the heat of the sun is nonsense. That notion comes from the fact that the bird, being very timid, runs away on the approach of any creature it conceives to be a foe, and before going usually rakes the sand up around and over the nest to retain the heat which the eggs have received from its body, and the discovery, by unscientific men, of such deserted nests nearly hatched out has further strengthened the fallacy. But the fact is that. the ostrich egg requires turning daily during incubation, which lasts forty-two days; requires slight moisture, which it receives from contact with the bird’s body, and requires ventilation, which the bird provides for by standing over the nest and turning its body about to shade the eggs from the sun. It has also been found by those in charge of ostrich farms that a gradual decrease in the temperature of the eggs is also imperative. For the first two weeks it is 104 degrees Fahrenheit; for the third week, 102 degrees; fourth, 100 degrees; fifth, 98 degrees; sixth, 96’degrees. This is provided by nature in the steadily falling temperature of the bird’s body, due to the receipt of less nourishment than at other times, and in the incubator it must be looked after by careful attendants. Now, does anybody suppose that all these conditions can be met by simply heaping the eggs with sand? Yet the ostrich watches all these points. The male does most of the hatching—sitting on his nest sixteen hours out of the twenty-four—-and has been known to hold his post for twenty hours when the ben refused to come and relieve him. And when the hen leaves the nest before her turn comes to seek food, the male will at once take her place, although she does not show the same solicitude vyhen by any chance he deserts the eggs. And, stjrangely enough, though the ostrich often resents the Invasion of his corral by strangers at other times than during incubation, he will allow any one to approach the nest while he is on guard without taking the slightest offense. It is a curiosity to watch him assist the hatching-out process. As soon as he sees the beak or toe sticking through the shell he will take the egg up by the protruding bill or foot, lift it two or three feet, ani drop it on the ground until it breaks. He has been seen to release two chicks at once by dropping one egg upon the other in this way. The ostrich as a bird does not stand high in the scale of general intelligence. The ratio of the paroquet’s brain to his entire bulk is as 1 to 48, that of the eagle as 1 to 60, and that of the oStrich as 1 to 1,200. Yet it takes little observation of the male and female ostrich about their nest to see the strength of their propagative instinct, and to be astonished at their care of their eggs. How* such absurd stories as this one of hot-sand hatching can get into general circulation is one of the curiosities. Of human credulity. What s man cannot believe can never at bottom be of true interest to him.— Carlyle.

SPICED AND PICKLED

ARE THE INDIANA NEWS ITEMS IN THIS COLUMN. ''will InteJLlEonco from Every Part ot the State—Rot HI or ot lutbreet to Our Readers Lett Out. Minor State Itenie. Many horses in DeKalb County affected with glanders. Students at Wabash College blow up an onthouse with dynamite. Chicken-pox Is going rounds among children of Oaktown and vicinity. There are 1,800 men on the pay-rolls of tho car works at Jeffersonville. < Near Goshen two Lake Shore trains were telescoped, killing forty hogs. Lewis McGuire of Farmland, had both egs crushed by tho cars at Winchester. Chesterton has a local minstrel troupe preparing to spring old gags on tho town. Charles Palm, aged. 75, was run down by a Monon locomotive at Lafayette. Frankfort kids are mischievous. They are forever tying cans to dogs’ tails. Asa result of a revival in Seymour 150 have been converted and 100 have joined the church. Kokomo has organized a base bail association with 83,000 stock, to enter the Ohio Indiana League. Richmond Is torn up over mesmerism since a traveling professor mosmerized several prominent citizens. William Wilhite of Crawfordsvillo, had a leg cut off falling under a Cloverloaf train, at Now Richmond. Howard Percy, living near Danville, had been suffering from grip and has wandered oft and can’t bo found. Giles Brothf.rs’ factory, that manufactures pots and furnaces for glass-fac-tories, will move from Bellairo to Muncio. Miss Arbie Simkny, a popular young woman of Danville, on her way homo from a dance, fell dead from heart disease.

New Albany sportsmen are having plenty of good shooting at the flocks of ducks now swarming in tho Ohio at Sand Island. Olive Wilson’s 17-months-oid child of Mohawk, Hancock County,-was fatally scalded by overturning a small tub of boiling water. Several arrests, Marion, ot men who have been taking fish from river at night by means of seines, nets and otherwise contrary to law. Silas E. Rinicer, an old settlor near Brooklyn, died of erysipelas, being the fourth out of tivo brothers who have fallen victims to that disease. The safe of Brackett & Barret, lumber merchants at Rochester, was burglarized, but only 813.31 was secured. The burglar-proof safe was demolished. Jeffersonville is believed to bo Infested with a desperate gang of burglars. A robbery has been attempted or committed every night for two weeks, It is said. Horse ran away with Dick Causey, young farmer, nerar Galveston. Ho was thrown and foot caught In stirrup. Dragged some distance, and was nearly dead whon rescued.

John Moore, toll-gate keeper, near Muncio, pulled down the pole on Henry Cochdru, who tried to drive past without payitie. The latter had Moore arrested for assault and battery. Rev. William Wyatt Reed, pastor of tho Rockport M. E. Church, died on Thursday after a painful illness of six months. Rev. Reed was ono of the ablest young ministers in tho State. It is claimed that 800 oil wells will bo drilled around Montpelier ihts year, and the peoplo are said to be flocking to the town so rapidly that many have to hive in barns until houses can be builldod. John Mote, a boy 9 years old, fell into a wheat bin in Elward & Adams’ elevator at Lagro, Wabash County, and was smothered to death before he [could be taken out. No blame attaches to any one connected with the blevator. Jacob Bicknell shot himself in his blacksmith shop at Greeneastle, but whether, by accident or design is unknown. The load entered his abdomen, and death ensued within half an hour. He was about fifty years old, and leaves a wife. Myra E. Rogers got a verdict of 83,500 in a Jeffersonville court against Charles P. Rogers, her former husband, whom she sued for breach of promise to I marrv her a second time, it having beon I discovered that their first marriage ocj curred while her supposod dead husband was yet alive. The 820,000 damage siMb of Charles Griffin against Charles Doxey and tho Lebanon Heat and Light Company, on trial at Frankfort, for tho past week, terminated in a verdict of 80,000 for the plaintiff. In September, 1890, young Griffin, with another lad, was seriously injured by a gas explosion from the defendants’ mains. The pipo had been loft on the top of the ground, and tho boys, playing about, ignited the accumulated gas from a leak. Tho other boy received a like verdict in Hamilton County a few months ago. Patents have been granted Indiana inventors as follows: George W. Abell, Indianapolis, composition of matter for covering walls or othetLsurfaces; Thomas W. Carmichael, Bellmore, fence machine; James L. Carrs, Henryvilie, car-coup-lings; Chester W. Clark, Mishawaka, cultivator; William Curtis, assignor of one-third to R. S. Engle, Sullivan gate; Amasa P. Hay, Goshen, windmill governor; George W. Kelley, Goshen, carpetsweeper; James R. Kendall, Terre Haute, apparatus for the manufacture of gas; YViiliam Lamb, assignor to J. C. Lamb, Covington, tax-calculator; Nate H. Roberts. Indianapolis, saw-swage; William M. Skelton, Lebanon, stay for wire fences; Victor Thompson, Russiavilie, sliding gate. Homer Hays, the 31-year-olfl son of Joel Hays, residing near SDiceland, committed sulciae by hanging in his brother’s barn, near Raleigh. He was dead when found, and no cause is known. A note was found in his pocket requesting that his body be not taken home. Hiram Russell, a farmer near Lafayette, has sued the President and Veterinary Surgeon of the State Live Stock Commission for 8300 damages for killing two dogs belonging to him. There was a mad-dog scare and the dogs of Russell were killed because they had been in contact with the dog presumed to be mad. Frank Miller began abusing his nephew, Gustavus Reubelt in Doyle’s saloon, at Brazil, when the boy seized a beer mallet, felled his uncle, and it is thought inflicted fatal injuries. Gov. Chase has granted a pardon to George Cassady, sent to the Jeffersonville Penitentiary in June, 1890, for three years and a half, for .robbery. Two other men had been arrested for the robbery, and one of them, after his incarceration, charged Cassady was also Implicated. This caused hi* arrest and sentence. The man afterwards acknowledged that he had testified to an ontruth, hence the movement and ultimate pardon of Cassady. The robbery was committed in Morgan Coantv.

Till-tappers at work in Brazil. Fort Wayne expects a building boots this summer. The Edinburg Council has adopted th< screen ordinance. Otto Hoffenbertii of Peru, was found dead in bed. Big company organized to opon stone quarries, near Mitchell. Charijcs A. Richards, Wabash, oldest printer in Indiana, died. Charles •; Baldwin, insane, has escaped from Richmond asylumClay County people are "yellin’” for better roads, and they want ’em bad. Connersvii.i.e, takeu as a whole, needs a fresh coat of paint —so say the citizens. .Tack Wagner, miner, Brazil, badly Injured by being caught in a cattle guard. Two highwaymen, Torre Haute, hold up aud robbed Fred Ernest of ail his money. Farmer Joseph Prutzman of Delaware County, struck gas on his farm south of Muncte. Thieves have been raiding the villages of Jolllotvillo and Eagletown.ln Hamilton County, recently. | William Mooney, Tipton, attempted suicide with arsenic. In serious condition and will probably die. Harry Lyon, near Delphi, knocked down and gored by angry bull. Seriously wounded but will recover. A gang of leisurolv, happy-go-lucky, take-what-you-can-get tramps aro making a grand tour of Indiana In a body. The Old Bachelors’ Club of New Albany has takon extra precautions to prevent being ambushed during the proseut year The Thornburg mills, of Martinsville, shipped a consignment of flour to New York to bo sent to tho famine districts of Russia. Family named Culp, Porter County, filed a petition in Clerk’s offico, Valparaiso, asking that their name be changed to Culvorn Jacob Robinson, tho old life convict at Jeffersonville, was parolod long enough to attend his daughter’s funeral at Charleston. TnK Connersvillo Woman’s Rellof Cqrps presented the local Q. A. R. Post, of that city, with a now flag for tho soldiers’ lot In tho cemetery. Two hundred structural iron-workers at New Albany,.aro on a strike because of a misunderstanding concerning how certain work should bo done.

Mineral water was struck at Martinsville recently,at a.dopth of 530 feet, making the fourth well. Tho company will spend several thousand dollars on a saiih tarium. James Carter, dressed as an Indian at a Fort Wayne masquerade ball, snapped a supposed-to-be unloaded revolver of Albert Roth, who fell with a bullet In his brain. A complaint has boon filed In the Circuit Court, Logansport, alleging that the Indiana Natural Gas and Pipe Lino is heavily In debt, and asking tjiat a receiver bo appointed. Many years ago Potor Trimble fell against a stove, slightly burning one of 4iis logs. Slnto then he has been a constant sufferer, and tho other day, at Muncle, ho had tho limb amputated. William Van Arsdei, found guilty of manslaughter, Montieello, and given two years in Prison North. Ho is tho saloon keeper who killed Dora Throp, Motion, by striking her on tho hoad with a beer glass. C. C. Richardson died at Tipton, eight years ago, from broken heart and business failure. Ills sou left homo nineteen years ago, and could not bo found until last week, when ho was located iu Buona Vista, Cal., where ho is a prosperous ranch-owner. Six Hundred volumes of literature, consisting of history, fiction and miscellaneous matter, have been received at the Prison South and added to the library. l'he money paid for tho books Is dorived from tho sale of tickets to visitors shown through the Penitentiary. The city of Crawfordsville has begun suit against H. S. Braden and his bondsman, John S. Brown, for SO,OOO. This grows out of an injunction suit against the city to prevent tho city doing commercial lighting, tho Supreme Court having hold that tho city could do this class of lighting. At a meeting of officers of various fair associations held at Gosport, the Southwestern Indiana Fair Circuit was formed. Uniform rules of entry were adopted and a circuit purse agreed on for racos. Fairs will be hold on the following dates: Spencer, Aug. 15-20;Gosport, Aug. 23-37; Linton, Aug. 29 to Sept. 3; Sullivan, Sept. 5-10; Bloomfield, Sept. 12-17; Bloomington, Sept. 20 to Oct. 1; Bedford, Oct, 3-8.

In a box-car, standing on a lonely side-track on the O. & M- railway, five miles west of Vincennes, a man was found confined recently, he having lain there for eight days without food, water or fire. Ills feet were so badly frozen that he could neither stand nor walk, while ho was almost famished from hunger. He proved to bo Frank C, Bairlo, a farm-hand, who had been working for a farmer near Vincennes. In attempting to steal a ride ho had been locked up and side-tracked in an out of way place.

A deed was placed on record in Lake County recently, from Josephus 11. Collett to Edgar A. Lyon, convoying 883 acres of land for the consideration of 8330,750. This Is the largest sale of real estate made in that locality this year, and comprises a tract of nearly two miles frontage on the Grand Calumet River, and lies near the Michigan Central Railroad. It is understood that Lyon bought this property for a Massachusetts syndicate which will erect a large manufacturing plant and locate a town similar to Pullman, 111., though what the nature of the plant will be can not be learned, as the sale has been kept rather quiet. That the sale is bona fide car. not bo questioned, as Lyon is one of the persons who helped secure the large stockyards tract two years ago. Andrew Westebvklt, one of the wealthiest property owners in La Porte, has been adjudged insane and application made for his admission to a Cincinnati private insane asylum. Fear of robbery is the feature of his insanity. He dwelt on that subject until his reason was.shaken. A Dunkirk reporter has taken the weight of the nineteen heaviest mon In that place and finds that the total avoirdupois is 5,250 pounds, or an average of 270Jj pounds to a man. Tho weights ranged from 265 pound up to 310. The nineteen fat men of Portland tipped the scales 8t 5,014. Aijikrt Poffenbaroer of Union City, had his hand cut off with a Saw at the Union City furniture factory. Marion Hedspath, now In lall at St. Louis for the Glendale express robbery, was formerly a resident of Gibson County, Ind., aud lived on a farm: In January, 1808, he and his father had a quarrel over seme farm work. After tho quarrel Marion went to the house, and, procuring a shotgun, started for his father. He met him in the yard, and Taising the gun, fired both barrels. The shot missed his father, but killed his mother. At the time he was 16 years old. He was arrestod. tried, and sentenced to the Indiana Reform School for . five yeai%

FIRST EPISCOPAL CHURCH

In America Was Built in Virginia In 1037. Virginia,' the home of the Presidents, has yet other honors, and many are the historical memories that cling to the picturesque scenery of that sleepy old State. Among the many important events for which she is famous is the founding of the first temple of worship built in America by the Church of England.* This was built in Norfolk in 1637. The first minister in this parish, which was called the “Elizabeth River Parish,” was John Wilson. At that time tobacco being the chief currency, the minister’s salary /was fixed by law at 1,500 pounds of tobacco and .16 barrels of corn. This was subsequently increased, however, until in 1701 the minister of this parish, which then contained three chapels, received 20,000 pounds of tobacco per year. The congregation of this old church

THE OLD CHURCH IN NORFOLK.

was bound by severe and peculiar enactments of the Church of England to properly observe the Lord’s day, and other religious duties. Ono of these laws was to the effect that “every person of the age of 21 years and upward who should willfully be absent from parish church for ono month, or, being there, should not remain until the service was ended, should, on conviction, bo fined, and, on failure to pay the fine, should be whipped." The original grant of the land upon which this church was built is on record in the land offico at Richmond, Va. Samuel Roush, the first Muyor of Norfolk, who was prominently connected with the church, was burled In the old cemetery that surrounds the quaint old structure. In that samo cemetery may be noticed a stone, yellow with ago and of ancient lettering, erected to tho memory of the wife of Nathaniel Bacon, who lives

THE CHUR HYARD OF ST. PAUL'S

in history as the first British rebel. It bears the date'of 1691, and, though two centuries have elapsed, the English coat of arms may still be plainly seen. Jan. 1, 1778, a heavy cannonado from the British fleet opened tire on Norfolk and destroyed nearly ninetenths of the town, tho church being one of tho few biddings that escaped entire destruction. It was aftorward restored, but again In 1820, during a violent thunder-storm, the front wall of the church was forced in, which was soon, however, repaired, and it stands to-day as then a simple structure.

A Goa’s Thanksgiving Guest.

-A story comes from Milo which, although a little hito, is good enough to tell. On Thanksgiving day, after F. W. Porrigo’s family had enjoyed dinner, a platter was filled and placed in the entry Way for the family (log, the outside door being left open. After eating part of his dinner he was seen ito go to a neighbor’s a short distance away, hold a conversation with that neighbor’s dog, and turn and lead tho way back, conducting the dog into the entry to where the platter of food was, and to which the invited dog helped himself, while the first dog went out and sat down upon the doorstep and waited until ills guest had finished his dinner, aftor which the two went and had a good play together.—Bangor Commercial.

Juvenile Ideas.

A famous Brooklyn clergyman was once addressing a Sunday-school on the lesson of the day, which hapoened to be “Jacob's Ladder.” He got along swimmingly until a little urchin in one of tile back seats squeaked Out: “Why did the angels have to have a ladder when they had wings?” After the inevitable laugh had subsided, the clergyman said: “Well, that is a fair question, who can answer it?” There was a pause, and then up w%nt a pudgy list. “Well, my little man," asked the clergyman, why was it?” “I guess, mebbe they was a moultin’,” was the astonishing reply, and the address was concluded right there.

How We Grow.

In the first eight months of last year 115,160 immigrants arrived at Rio, Brazil. Of these 58,478 were Italians, 22,036 Portuguese 12,806 Spaniards, 10,984 Russians, 2.157 Austrians, 2,351 Germans, 1,789 English, 1,702 Swedes, 900 French, 334 Belgians, 264 Poles, 139 Swiss, 30 Americans, 17 Dutch, and 1,100 Asiatics.

His Accident.

A German nobleman, while visiting England, was invited to join in a fox-hunt. He accepted and met with a slight accident, which he thus described: “I mount upon de horse;, he gallop avay ver veil. We arrive at, what you call?—Oh! a fence. De horse go up, and den, and den—l do not remain!”

Deadly Flowers.

There are few flowers whose perfume is actually deadly. The flowers of the kali mujah, or death plant, found in the islauds of Java and * Sumatra. emit a perfume so powerful as to overcome, if inhaled for any length of time, a full-grown man, and killing all forms of insect life approaching it.

GREAT PARTY OF LABOR

IS THE NEW POLITICAL COMBINATION. Ontcomo of the Industrial Conference Jut Concluded— Blending of tho Blue the Gray— Prohibition Not In put. lorin—Will Meet July 4. Born at Bt. Louie. 1 ' * ' A mammoth now political comblna(ion is in oxistence for the coming Pres-

identiai campaign. So, at least, the delegates to the big National Industrial Conference, which was held in St. Louis, say. A new '■political party has been bom. That tho Joint conference of the People’s and the Independent party in-

PRESIDENT POLK.

HIM nt <lllll IlHiJIj lilt* I'ldMOrill uUOpicUi was Ihe first‘thing deolded on after Representative Tnubeneek, of Illinois, had been made chairman. Then it was agroed that a committee should he appointed to issue an address to the voters of the country calling on them to meet in their respective localities on some specific date to organize nnd elect delegates to the national convention. Ex-Senator Van Wyek of Nebraska, C. C. Post of Georgia, T. B. McGuire, Ignatluf) Donnelly of Minnesota, and lien Terrell of Texas were named as such committee. Then came up (ho question as to the day for the naming and christening, and July 4 was tho day finally agrood upon. This was decided by a committee from the convention having full authority to act with tho national committee of tho People's party. The place for holding tho convention was left to be chosen by a sub-coiiimittoo of ten to bo appointed by Mr. Taubonock. Omaha, Indianapolis,and Kansas (.Tty, Kcs., were favorably mentioned. By delaying the convention to July 4 (he parties interested will be given an opportunity to soo what the conventions of the lb publican nnd Democratic parties are disponed to do. A “blue nnd gray" mass meeting, into which the convention resolved itself

before grapp 11 ng with the platform temporarily, was a pretty feature of tho conference. Commodore Vande- , voort of, Nebraska, I for (he Union vet- I mans present in tho convention, pledged President Polk, for

the old Confederate soldiers in attendance, 1 lmt they would j< in hands to Lury sectional hate, and tho treaty, If such it might to termed,was ratified in speeches by ex-Bonator Van Wyek of Nebraska ami Ben Torriil of Texas. The efforts of Miss Francos Willard to offset a juncture with the Proli bitlo.i-

lets were unavallli g. and tho platform wus adopted only aftor the prohibition plank had been stricken out. The preamble was read by Ignatlm Donnelly, of Minnesota, as an oxpri ssion of the Industrial League, and the platform proper

INNATIUS DONNELLY.

was presented by Chairman Kavun.igh, of tho Committee on Plat'oral. Platform of Principle*. In order to roNtraiu the extortion” of aggregated capital, to drlvo tho money* changers out of tho templo, to form a perfect union, estubll h Justice, insure domestic tranquillity, irovlde for the common defense, promote tho gonerul welfare and secure the blessings of liberty for ourselves and our posterity, wo do ordain and establish tho following platform of principles: 1. Wo declare'the union of labor forces of tho United States this day accomplished I ormnnent- and porpotuul. May Its spirit enter lnt - all hearts for the salvation of the republic and the uplifting of mankind. 2. Wealth belongs to him who creates it Every dollar tikon from Industry without mi equivalent Is robbory,, If any will not work, neither shall ho out. The In tores • of rural and urhun labor are the same; their onemleH are ldentli at. a Wo demand a national currency, safe, eound, and floxlble. Issued by the general government only, u full logsl lender for all dobts, public and private, uqd that without the use of bun king'corporations, a Just equitable means of circulation at a tax not to exceed 2 por cent,, as set forth in tho •üb-trensury plan of the Farmers’ Alliance or some better system; also by payments In discharge of its obligation fJr public Improvements. 4. Wo domand free and unllmltod coinage of sliver. It. We demand that the amount of circulating medium be speedily Increased to not lets than SSO per capita. 6. We demand a graduated Income tax. 1. We believe that the money of the country should be kept as much as possible In tho hands of tho people, and hence we demand that all national and State revenues shall he limited to the necessary expenses of the Government economically end honestly administered. 8. We domand that postal savings banka be established by the Government for the safe deposit of the earnings of the people, and to facilitate .exchange. 9. Your sub-committee upon land plank bog to submit to your approval the foilowr lng: The land. Including all the natural resources of wealth. Is the heritage of all people, and should not he monopolized for speculative purposes, and alien ownership of land should be prohibited. All lands now held by railroads and other corporations In excess of their actual needs and all lands now owned by aliens should be reclaimed by tho Government and held for actual settlers only. 10. Transportation being a means of exchange and a public necessity, the Government should own and operate the railroad* in the Interest of the people. It The telegraph and telephone, like the postofflee system, being a necessity for the transmission of news, should be owned and operated by tho Government in the interest of the people. 12. We demand that the Government Issue legal-tender notes and pay the Union soldier the difference bet veen the price oj the depreciated money in which he wad paid and gold. Resolved. That we hall this conference as the consummation of the perfect union of the hearts and bands of all sections of our common country; the men who wore the gray and the men who wore the blue meet bore to extinguish the last smoldering embers of civil war In the tears of Joy of a united and happy people, and we agree to carry the stars and stripes forward forever to the highest point of national greatnea*. The purchase of St Blaistf for a cool SIOO,OOO by one patron of the turf, and the willingness of another to add $26,000 to the already colossal price, indicates that the price of horseflesh is rising. The artist who finds it difficult to get SI,OQO for hia painting, and the novelist who discovers that SIO,OOO is hlgh-wate* mark for his best effort, will be inclined to sneer aud grumble a little* But men do not pay laige sums tot horses because they wish to express their admiration for their beauty of | speed. They buy them because during their brief career they can earn such vast amounts. The earnings of a race horse of first rank foot up totals which make the prices paid for them seem small.

MISS WILLARD.