Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 March 1892 — Page 3

A Pair of Jacks.

BYLVIV Jamisen.

.. / CHAPTER V. * "I've found a. New York pap rat last, muoh fomy surprise. I did not believe this place could boast the possession of one.” “But now that you know it can, yonr opinion of us is raised. I dare say. We are slightly civilizod, you see. ” ' Jack made no cotmnent upon Mary’s decidedly sarcastic words, but throwing himself upon the grass beside her, he began to unfold his paper. Presently changing his mind he refolded it and turning toward her said, somewhat irrelevantly: “Do you ever grew lonely here?” She looked at him with some surpriso, and answered with unusual decision: “Never. It is just the life I love. I have grandpa and tho horses. If I were obliged to live in the city I tirmly believe I would lose my mind. But of course you can’t understand such perverted taste. You think New Y'ork heaven.” “The next thing to it,” was the imperturbable answer. “If olio could only have all the money ono could spend.” “Most people -don’t know when they have enough, ” returned the wise Mary. “The more they have the more they want. What is money, anyway? If I have enough to eat and a horse to ride lam satisfied. I don’t care for dressing —not a snap of my linger. I could have as nice dresses as most girls, if I wished for them, but I don’t, and I haven’t met the man or woman yet whom I would take the least trouble for. Now lam going to join grandpa. I see him in the walk over thex - e. You may do a 3 you please.” “Thanks,” said Jack, gravely, rising to his feet; “then I have an ungracious permission to fellow you? Won’t you try to treat me a little more kindly? Make an effort, as Mrs. Chick would say. By-ihe-way, you are not acquainted with Mrs. Chick." “No. I think I should change my name were I in her place “Do you dislike it? To me it is pleasantly suggestive.” . “I dare say, since she is your friend.” “Now that you put it quite plainly, I believe that she is ray friend. I have sometimes considered the advisability of falling in love with her. ” “The love that stops to consider is scarcely worth haying,’’commented Mary. “I suppose Mys. Cilicia is a„ widow. I don’t admire widows; - Dyes she Jive in New York?” > . 1 This question-, put in all sincerity, was rather too much for Jack. Throwing back his head he'laughed uproariously. May watched him with growing' anger. “Why do you laugh?” she asked, as calmly as her feelings would allow. Jack’s only reply was another uncontrollable burst of mirth. “You are laughing at me!” she cried with blazing eyes. “How dare you laugh at me? Tell me, this instant, what I have said or done. Tell me, I say.” Her passion sobered Jack. “Please forgive me,” he said penitently. “I am not laughing at you. Bather at what you said. Not that, either—that is Pshaw! I’ll tell the truth. Mrs. Chick doesn’t really exist, you know. She is a character in one of Dickens’ novels,-and your " “Never mind explaining any more,” she interrupted, biting her lips fiercely. “I may as well tell you ‘now that I never read. I haven’t thf slightest idea who Dickens is, and no curiosity whatever on the subject.” “I hate him!” she cried fiercely to her own reflection in her mirror that night. “I do thoroughly hate him. He thinks me an ignorant little goose, and so I am. 1 never so truly despised myself. But he sha’n’t remind me of my shortcomings; indeed, he sha’n’t. I suppose he thinks I will take anything from him, because I am a country girl and know nothing of city ways qnd .manners. He shall find out his mistake. He sha’n’t patronize me. If it were not for grandpa, I’d make this place too hot to hold him.” With this conclusion she walked to the window, and, looking down upon the line of light from the library window, once more began her self-comments. “Just as I thought. They are together. 2 wonder if grandpa by any possibility could grow to like him better thaD me. If I thought that, I—would hate him in earnest.” She compressed her lips tightly, and leaving the window, she paused in the center of the room with (ti l air of irresolution. Then, growing suddenly determined, she thrust her bare feet into a pair of well-worn slippers, and made her way down a narrow back stairway into the the room where Jeannette was making preparations for bed. “Mercy, 1 save us,” cried the somewhat startled woman, as the flying figure burst rather precipitately' upon her. “You’ve nearly frightened the wits out of me, Miss Mary. Why ain’t you asleep?” “Because I’m too much awake. I want to talk.” Jeannette sighed audibly. For her to go to bed under present circumstances, was out of the question. “You see I grow tired of talking to myself," explained, Mary, seating herself on the bed and dangling.her feet from side to side. “80 I decided to come down and have a chat with you. Do you say you are not sleepy?” “There’d be no use saying I was,” was the answer, with commendable resignation. “True,” returned Mary with a reflective air. “How long;has Mr. Beverly been here, Jeannette?” “Mr. Beverly,” repeated Jeannette, surprised at the unlooked-for question. “A week, I believe. No, more than a week. Ten days.” “Ten days. That all? It seems more like a month! Don’t you think he has considerable —assurance? ” “Assurance, Miss Mary? I don’t know what you mean. I’m. sqre I never met a pleasanter young man.”: “Oh, indeed. I see how It Is. He has gotten around you, just as he has around dear, innocent, unsuspecting grandpa. I dare say you’d both go down on your knees and thank heaven for the privilege of worshiping this superior individual. It is certainly strange how some people can be imposed upon. Thank gracious, my eyes are open.” “Dear me,” commented Jeannette, as she gave Mary a rather curious glance. “No; he can’t deceive me,” pursued Mary, dangling her feet, with a rapidity .that kept time with her thoughts. “I thoroughly detest him. He is always making me angry. And then lam rude, and grandpa is ashamed. He forever puts himself where he isn’t wanted and expects me to dance attendance on him. He’e eternally bringing up his horrible, noisy, dirty New York, as though that were the only vleoe in creation, and the women there toe only onea who know

anything. I call that assurance. Inde.d it is more than assurance. It is impudence." “Pooh," commented Jeannette, with • some contempt. “Don’t pooh me, Jeannette; I hate It. Y T ou know nothing about it. You don’t know about Mrs. Chick and all the other abominable women he’s always bringing up, just to have me ask about them, and show what an ignoramus I am. I can’t imagine why you or grandpa did not make me read wh n I was young." “It was as much as mortal could do to make you learn your letters. That wore me teiTible.” “I wish,” continued Mary, undisturbed by this explanation, “I wish I knew every took by heart, good and bad alike. Wouldn't I make his hair sfltod on end with some of my quotations. It is well enough for you to look horrified. I don’t care to shock you, but I do literally pine to shock him.” “You are doing .it. Miss; you are doing it fast" enough. I know your grandpa’d bo ashamed enough to hear ycu talk, and I know I’m ashamed the way you treat Mr. Beverly. Having him after them chickens every morning, in ali that mess, spoiling his shoes and his clothes and ” There was an irrepressible burst of merriment from the listening Mary. “If you had been there this morning,” was her only reply to this reproof, “actually, you would have laughed yourself into hysterics. He ran after an old hen and had such a tumble. ” “I seen it,” was the severe reply, “that good-for-nothing thing that ain’t laid an egg this week.” "The very one. She can run, though. He kept screaming that he had caught her, when he really had only a handful of feathers from her tail, and she was out of sight before he could get on his feet.” Mary gave way to another burst of merriment at this remembrance. Jeannette regarded her with a reproving air. “I'm ashamed to see you laugh over such a thing, Miss Mary. A gentleman like him ” “I must have laughed, if it had happened to myself," answered Mary, “and as f'OT him—look here, Jeannette”—she broke off abruptly, skipping from the bed and standing before Jeannette, with a proud air—“can it be possible that you think him better than we are? Because he isn’t. Let me tell you, Ido not consider him my superioj- by any means, and, as for grandpa, his equal lias not been created yet. What is your opinion now?” “My opinion Is, you’d better go to bed, instead of sitting here, talking a pack of nonsense. If you go pn as you’ve been doing, I don’t knqw what Mr. Beverly will think of you. ” “And I don’t care,” rejoined Mary, sharply. “I dare say he doesn’t trouble himself to think of me at all. ” “Most likely not,” was the provoking reply. “He has too many other-girls to think of, let alone you.” “Of course he has. Didn’t I make the same remark a second ago? There’s no necessity for you to repeat it—none at all: I can’t imagine what has put you in such a disagreeable humor. Do sleep it off, for mercy’s sake.” The conclusion of this speech was lost in the noise of the door, which Mary closed with a bang after her. “How provoking Jeannette can, be sometimes!” she soliloquized, hastening along the hall. “I’m afraid her supper disagreed with her.’’ “Whose supper?” inquired a voice from the surrounding darkness. “You,” cried Mary, facing Jack. “What a faculty you have for putting yourself where you are not wanted! ” “Come, Miss Mary, that is very severe. I am going to my room, and there Is no other way, I believe. I overheard your remark. If it is a case of indigestion I have an infallible cure. ” “It is not a case of indigestion—merely a case of being disagreeable.” “Oh. Then I suppose Jeannette Is tho offender. What did she say or do?” “Nothing that,eoncerns you.” “Are you positive of that?” he askeef, trying to see the outlines of her face In the shadow. “I thought possibly my name had been mentioned.” Mary’s face grew warm, but she managed to answer calmly: “We have other subjects of conversation besides you. Good-night, sir." “Good-night, madame.” “Sometimes I wish I were one of the leaders of society,” she cried, throwing herself upon a chair in her own room.

CHAPTER VI. Several mornings later Jack came down expecting to tnke his usual ride with Mary. He found her standing before the stable door, looking slightly disconsolate. “I’m not going to ride this morning,” she called out, when he was some yards off. “Not ride?” he repeated, directing an inquiring glance at her habit. “I dressed to go as usual,” was the response, “and now I discover that Toby took,my saddle to be fixed yesterday, and forgot to get it last night. There’s no other side saddle, and so ” “You can’t go. Too bad,” said Jack. “Never mind, we’ll have a walk instead.” “HoW easily you ’take it,” she answered. “It makes me angry to see people take a disappointment easily. I get raving when I can’t have what I want. You may take a walk if you wish, but I sha’n’t. I intend to go to my room to stay there until breakfast time." “I wish you would change your mind and be more agreeable.” “I can’t, really. When I am disappointed I like to be as disagreeable as possible.” ' “Still you might make an effort,” he suggested with a half-suppressed smile. “You remember my friend, Mrs. Chick ’’ “Look here," she cried,turning sharply upon him, “if you do not wish to make me your everlasting enemy, never mention that abominable Mrs. Chick again. If I were in your place now I should ■ take a ride. If you do not, you’ll have to wander alone until breakfast time, for I positively won’t amuse you.” “I dare say there’s nothing better to do,” commented-Jack, “considering it is just six now. Heavens, what an unearthly hourito'get lip.” “He is going,” mused Mary turning when she had reached the front door, to see him in the act of mounting his horse. “What a piece of good fortune. I’ll just wait to see which road ho takes, and then I’ll have my ride, side saddle or no side saddle.” Two minutes later she was quite satisfied on the desired point,and hastening to the stable she rather surprised Toby by asking him to saddle Prince immediately. “But, Miss Mary ” expostulated the old man. “I know,” she put In with a quick frown. “Beggars can not be choosers. I’ll manage with a man’s saddle this morning. I dare say I -Won’t tumble off. You needn’t speak about it, Toby. Explanations are always tiresome. Is Prince ready? All right, I’m off then. Don\ forget about keeping quiet, like a dear man Oh, 11l be careful; this la

1 * • ■ • ~ ;. ; . really quite line. Well, Prlnoe, my boy, - she added to her horse, "we aha’n’t follow Maje, shall we? And I think you will have to. go a little more carefully than usual, else I may find myself on my head in the road there, with something broken in the bargain. This seat Isn’t the steadiest In creation, or the, most comfortable either. Be&lly It is too bad of Toby to be so forgetful. A little slower, Prince, please. ” Prince appeared to understand, and settled down into an easy canter. But Mary still continued to shift unoasily in her saddle and to make frequent remarks upon its unpleasant qualities. “It is no use, Prince,” she said at last, coming to a standstill after about ten minutes’ riding. “I must either sit on this saddle the proper way or give up riding altogether. I’d like to be a man for about two hours. I will, too, as far as I can. Prince, you don’t see anyone in sight, do you? Neither do I. And there isn’t likely to be, either, on this road. 80 here is for comfort, if not safety, and a good, l.ng gallop.” No sooner had the words passed hor lips, than with a dexterous motion she slipped into the only position intended for the saddle she used. Quite satisfied with this change, she gave Prince the rein and galloped off, serenely unconscious that there had been a silent spectator of her unusual performance. ' Jack had followed the road he had first taken for some little distance, when he came to a broad pathway through a woods. “Wagons have been over this, why not a horse?” he soliloquized. “I’ll try, anyway. It looks promising.” He did try .It, penetrating for some distance through the fresh, eool depths. Presently he came to a clearing, from which the view was unusually fine.. In a seoond he was off his horse, taking a rough sketch of the landscape before him. It was while engaged In this occupation that he heard the sound of an approaching horse, and looking out from the trees, which effectually screened him, he recognized Mary. After her declaration that she could notride, he was slightly surprised, and wisely decided not to let her know of his presence. The next moment her change of position converted his surprise into consternation, and, scarcely able to credit the testimony of his eyes* his glance followed her down the road. “Heavens, what a girl!” he soliloquized, as a vent for his feelings. “She beats anything I ever came across. I wonder what her grandfather would say to see such an exhibition as that. Wouldn’t she lead any poor ohaperon a dance? She believes herself unobserved, and I wouldn’t dare to enlighten her." He endeavored to look unconsolous when he met her in the dining-room an hour later. Fortunately, perhaps, there was no opportunity for conversation before Mr. Millard joined them. [to be continued.l

A Description of Tennyson.

Sir Edwin Arnold giVfes us this striking pen portrait of the poet laureate in the Forum: Everybody knows by photograph the manner of man Lord Tennysonis—surely a beautiful face, if ever the adjective could be applied to masculine features, and never more beautiful in any stage of life than now, when age has fixed all the finer features and lent them a new dignity and majesty. Everybody is familiar with the broad forehead, the clear, deep eyes, the strongly cut nose, and finely chiseled lips, the long hair fringing those temples—shrines of high thought—and the genial, massive and commanding aspect of the poet. Albeit past his eightysecond birthday, Lord Tennyson’s figure is only weakened, not broken, by age. His hair preserves much of its old, dark color, and, excepting in places, is hardly more than “sable-sil-vered.” His spirit is as alert, his glance as keen and alight as ever. Though he does not rise upon our entrance, making no ceremony with friends, he leads at Once an animated conversation. It is a summer day, or rather early autumn, but the weather /has been chilly, and the winds are blowing from that dreadful quarter, the east, so that the poet is wearing a loose wrapper, and around his neck a white silk handkerchief loosely knotted. By the way, on the left side of his neck there lodges a small brown birthmark, very characteristic, as if a drop of dark wine had dropped there and had stained the skin. His hands are manly and powerful in outline, but delicate and finely formed, as those of a poet should be. On his head, as an additional protection from the caprices of the English weather, he wears a small black velvet cap. These precautions are the more necessary, because not long ago he was suffering sadly from rheumatism and bronchitis, which at one time, indeed, filled all his friends with anxiety, and became for weeks together a national concern. And a pertain shadow overhangs the hospitable abode, moreover, from the illness of Lady Tennyson (always a great invalid, but recently and to-day in positive danger), so that our first inquiries are made in an anxious and subdued tone; nor does the conversation fairly commence till we have been a little reassured by the last report of the Doctor. We shall not see the gentle face of the poet’s wife today, she is hopelessly imprisoned in hep room; but upon the wall hangs a charming portrait of her in oils, by Watts, and she is known far and wide in the neighborhood for her kindness of heart and graceful charities.

A Pretty Window Ornament.

Get a piece of sponge—the coarse, cheap kind is the best—and, after wetting it thoroughly with warm water, squeeze it gently so as to wring out most of the water, but not all. Have ready some seeds of rice, oats, millet, barley, grass and red clover, and push them into the holes of the damp sponge. Now hang it up in a window where it will get the sun during part of the day, taking care to sprinkle it with a little water every day for a week, so that it may be kept slightly moist. Soon the littia spear-like leaves will begin to shoot from every part of the sponge, and as they increase in length, a beahtiful green fringe will be seen falling down over this rustic basket and covering it on every side. It will remain green and refreshing to the eye for a long time. If carefully tended and sprinkled the clover will bloom. Secretary Tracy says that the next thing of navy designers to study out Is some device for doing away with coal on cruisers. Perhaps the progress of civilization would be at least equally served if the inventors should let the coal alone and devise some plan lor doipp away with the cruisers

THE WAY THINGS RUN

<IN THE QREATEST OF OREAT STATES, INDIANA. Thing! Which' Save Lately Happened Within Its Borders—Souie rieauul and Some Sad Reading. Minor Stato Items Official statistics show that Indiana has 1,101,703 sheep, valued at $4,398,702. Henry Clay Cabtwf.li.. agod 37, of Mount Vernon, was killed by an L. & N. train. Two-horse team ran into Mrs. Mary Owens, old lady, Noblesville, fatally injuring her. Logansport Council voted to place license of SSOO on agents of all broweries, outside the city. John McNally, a glass-blower, went to sloop near a furnaco at Muncio andwas fatally burned. Mrs. Carrie Grace, wire of Joseph, Grace, of Jeffersonville, committed suicide with strychnine. Miss Clara Paxton of Anderson, ono of Mrs. Woodworth’s deluded converts, has been declared insane. Pastor D. C. Knotts reports that the revfval at the Methodist Church in Salbni, resulted in 219 accessions. Burglars entered .Tack Uavorly’s saloon at Brazil, and came near carrying off all tho liquor and cigars therein. Brazil Tracy of Wnynetowu, is slowly dying ot old ago and inanition, lie is 90 yjrnrs old, and has eaten nothing lor seven weeks. Chris Bolin was almost crushed beyond recognition at tbo Cannelton coal mines, caused by coal falling in on him. It is thought he cannot recover. While tbo Big Four operator at Waynetown was seeing "Under the Gaslight" at the hall the depot was entered and sl3 taken from the money-drawer. On a charge of assault and battory Alva Wlnsor, a teacher In tho Munole schools, had to pay nearly S3O for flogging tho 12-year-oid son of J. F. Shuttloworth. John Miller, a farmer noar Fort Wayne, rescued hfs aged mother and invalid daughter from Ills burning house, but the girt will die and Miller received serious burns. While switching in the yards of tho Michigan division of tho Big Four road at Carthage, Brakeman William Stafford was caught by the wheols of a boxcar and lost both feet. The Salem Town Council has ordered the City Attorney to prepare an ordinance to prohibit boys and girls under tho atfe of sixteen from loitering on the streets or from loafing in the stores after 8 p. m.

At Muncle, Daniel Keefe, Intoxicated, laid down too close to a brush-pile fire on the banks of White Iliver and his clothing was soon blazing. When found ho was unconscious, and one leg was burned to a crisp, A largely-signed potition was presented to the Miami County Commissoncrs and a special election ordered on the, strength of It for April 18 to decide on the purchasing of tho remaining throe toll pikos in the cbuuty. One year ago Susan Moran brought divorce proceedings against hor husband Aaron, at Columbus, but was defeated. Then they lived together again. Now Moran files suit for ((ivorce from his wife. Both are well up in soeioty circles. George Crawford, an old Irish stonemason, died at Madison In poverty. When tbo undertaker was laying him out he tossed his ragged vest to one corner of tho hovel. A peculiar sound caused him to examine the vest, and $1,595 was found in it. The Cannelton pottery works wore transferred from tbo firm of Clark & Bros, to A. D. Clark, Curtis Clark and Lucinda H. Clark retiring. It means a big help to Cannelton, as It is now thought the works will bo enlargod to work their full capacity. At Marion, County Clerk Wilson Addington, County Treasurer Joseph H. Par Ker, E. L. Goldthwait of tho Marlon Chronicle, W. J. Houck of tho Marion Leader, and J. Stivers of tho Falrinount News, have been appointed a county world’s fair board to co-operate with tho State Hoard. Articles manufactured by tho uso of natural gas for fuel will bo given special attention. William Winchester, who owns a plant for manufacturing nltro-glycorine, located about a mile from Greonsburg, met with a serious accident by which 110 lost his left hand and a portion of his nose. While some of tho compound was going through a chemical process Winchester agitated it a little, causing tho explosion. Being alone he tied his arm with a rope to prevent bleeding to death and drove to town where his shattered hand was amputated at the wrist He is a son of Rev. John 8. Winchoster. At Wabash, Charles O’Brien, Bert Fefguson and Clarence Craft, threo young lads, were run over and quite seriously injured by a traction engine, owiied by Samuel Hoover. Tho accident occurred in the western part of the city and was caused by a sudden jerk of tho engine, which threw the boys to tbo ground, O’Brien had a rib torn loose, his shoulder blade dislocated and he was hurt internally. Craft was Injured about the abdomen, and Ferguson about tbe limbs. The wounds of O'Brien It is feared will prove fatal. Two months ago Mertie Summers, a young woman of 18, residing at North Manchester, Wabash County, was stricken dumb so suddenly that she could not finish a sentence she was uttering. Since then she has been able to talk only with the greatest effort and. no loudpr than a whisper. *A fortnight' since she was taken seriously ill, and upon her recovery last week she was rejpiced to discover that she had regained the power of speech,, clear and distinct. Years ago she bad a similar experience and the physicians say they arc unable to understand the case. The family of T. H. Koenig of Evansville, was increased by tbe advent Of triplets, all boys. This is the fjrst casje ever reported from that city. The newcomers are said to be healthy, with a combined weight of sixteen pounds. At Maples, a" few miles east of Fort Wayne, Charles Branning, of Millersburg, who was stealing a ride on a freight train, was horribly mangled by falling beneath the wheels. A few miles further east brakeman Knohfelt, while setting a brake, was thrown to the ground by the brake wheel coming off, and he tolled under tho wheels, being crushed to death. The largo “regulator" on tho highpressure lines of tbe gas company at Farmland exploded, burning the regu-lator-house and tearing the regulator to pieces. Gas from ten wells was at once ignited, and displayed a blaze of about forty feet. About S3OO damage, with no Insurance. t The Sons of Veterans’ lodge rocm at Union City was .burg'arized the other night, {3O Intruders entered the lodge roopi-from a window in the roar. They smashed some lamps, broke open tbe desks and drawers which cobtained tbe rituals and key to the secret work. What their object was 00 one can tell, but it Is evident that they wanted to invoice the workings of tho order.

There Is a howl for bettor roads around Brazil. Lively war against saloonkeepers of Wabash County. Martinsville Is to have a new hotel costing 525,000. Schools closed at Hall, Morgan Countv. on account of measles. Bartholomew County Is to have orphans’ home to cost 510,000. Joseph Frutzman’s brick-yard at Munclo was damaged 81,500 by Are. John Carr of Charlestown, one of tho pioueors of Clark County, died, aged 80. Sneak thief took a wallet containing 8120 from overcoat of J. B. Bruce, Wabash. Dr. David Allen, Jil’s residence, at Vevav, was burned with a loss of 81,000. The Montgomery County declamatory contest will bo hold at CrawfordSvlllo April 16. The New Albany police force Is beginning to feel the serious neod of a patrol wagon. Clovkrdalk citizens arc groat prohibitionists. Merchants closo stores to attend temperance talks. Fortvillk has no streot lamps and open barn doors are a terror ip the path of pedestrians dark nights. Twelve business men of Sheridan have organized a military band, to come in handy during the coming campaign. The 4-year-old son of George Snvdor, of Snyder’s Milts, Montgomery County, fell into the mill-race and was drowned. Ben Harbknson of Montgomery County, claims that he killed four wild ducks at one shot, at a uistanco of soventy-five rods. William Wood, a young married man of Elkhart, was kicked on the head by a colt a few days ago and died. His skull had been fractured. A. J. Vaniuruku, ten years In tho regular army, and who went through both the Mexican and civil wars, died, aged 87, at his homo near Columbus. Joseph Williams, aged 32, a contractor in the employ of the Jeffersonville Silver Creek Cement Company, was struck by a freight train and instantly killed. Mb. W. W. Roberts, late editor and proprietor of tho Richmond Telegram, will re-enter the Methodist ministry. He wants admission to the North Indiana Conference. Mrs. Blankenship, who wandered away from her homo in Columbus whUo demented, was found nearly frozen, barefoot and nearly nuked, twolve miles from town.

Mrs. Phillifb of Mancie, wont Into- » trance during a revival in tho Nowlight Church at Yorktown, standing erect as a pillar for two hours, with arms extended and rigid above her head. Amqno society notes recently appeared the following: Sheriff David, of Nashville, Ind., visiting in Edenburg, is the tsventy-liftli child in a family of twenty-nine, ail of one maternity. Miss Lydia Bowki.l of Memphis, had a narrow escape frdm burning to death. Her clothes caught tiro from a stove, and she was ablaze from head to foot when Mrs. Bownll ran to tier rescue. Both woro sevoroly burnod, Mrs. Thomas and her babe died within a few days of each other at Montpelier, at the home of Phoebo Sloan. A day Inter Mrs. Sloan’s brother, Elijah Finch, died sitting in his chair. lie had blood poisoning from erysipelas. An explosion of molton Iron In a flask at ibo American foundry, in Now Albany, caused a lively blaze. Tho metal ’was nine tons in weight. The explosion set fire to the frames of tho skylight in the molding Shop, and a big fire threatened for a time. George Cavolt, Frank Walton, George Brepso and William Swolgert of Mnncio, expect to take a river trip down the White, Ohio and Mississippi streams, to the mouth of Red River and thence to Big Springs, Tex., hunting and fishing on the way, to bo gone two years. Four tramps boarded an L. E. & W., freight train noar Hillsdale and took possession of a car. Conductor Roster attempted to ojact them, but they attacked him and might, have killed him had lie not snatched a coupling-pin and brained one, wheroupon tho others fled, leaving their dying pal upon the field. B. M. Wadkins of Goodview, has invented a machlno for the manufacture of binder-twine out of straw or prattle grass. Mr. Wadkins has boon experimenting with this machine for several years, and thlnks'bo has completed an apparatus that will save farmers thousands of dollars. M. Wadkins says when liis machine is once in operation the “twine trust” won’t be “in it.” He has had hundreds of offers from Eastern capitalists wanting to take stock. Steps will bo taken to organize a stock company and have tho plant located at ■Farmland. Patents have been granted Indiana inventors as follows: John H. Barth, Batesvllle, head-rest; Chas. A. Bluhm, Michigan City, ventilated water-closet; St. John V. Day, Terre Haute, and C. D. Moody, Webster Groves, Mo., elevated railway plant; Steel F. Gllmoro, Princeton, assignor to S, S. YVlilto Dental Manufacturing Company, Philadelphia. dental disk holder; Edwin J. Green, Valparaiso, hand purse; Flora Long, Fort Wayne, dress-maker’s square and rule; Wm. Relffel, Indianapolis, paper jogger; Chester f>V Thompson, Lafayette, Dlank book for type-writers. The most disastrous fire in the history of Bedford occurred reeenj.lv, when cloven business blocks cffthpoSting half of the south side of the public square and three residences adjoining, were burned to the ground. Of the fourteen buildings there was insurauce on but three and on these for small amounts. The fire was discovered in the chickenhouse of W. A. Jones, a grocorynlan and poultry-dealer, and was evidently the work of an incendiary. Before the fire company could roach tho scene tho flames had communicated to the frame store buildings near and in a few minutes the whole block was in a blaze. A gas well was recently sunk at Pendloton, a few hundred yards from the first well drilled in 1886, and abundance of gas socured. Pendleton now has six wells and none of them has exhibited any decrease in pressure. At a numerously attended meeting called by the leaders of the People's party at Fort Wayne,' a hot debate resulted over the question of a fusion between the Prohibitionists and the People’s party in Indiana. Finally resolutions were adopted by a big diajorlty denouncing the proposition to fuse, and refusing to support a fusion ticket if nominated. As the north-bound express on the Louisville division of the Pennsylvania road approached Joncsville recently aud was slowing down to make the stop, James Davis, aged 80. and a wcH-re-spected citizen, was struck by it and killed. He was attempting to cross the track. Tazr champion egg-eater of Indiana lives near HenryVllle, Clark County. His name is Lewman Morrill, ana he has issued a challenge that he can eat a greater number of eggs In a shorter space of time than any other man In Indiana. The other dav he ate six dozen eggs, while George Miller devoured five dozen and Mose Brairnnon stored away five and one-half dozen.

GOOD MEN AND TRUE.

INDIANA STATE OFFICIALS ARE POPULAR. Their Srrrleee Hare Been Invaluable, and They Will Be Renominated by tho Democratic Convention Wliat They Have Done lor the State. May Be Governor. Indianapolis correspondence: Time out of mind in Indiana it has been customary to reward with a second mminatiou tho falthfuf public servant who has borne the heat and burden of one campaign for office, and the present Democratic State officers are therefore looking with a good deal of oomplaeenoy upon the approaching State convention, for they feel that their culling by the party, whatever may be the result of the olection, Is sure. In the present instance custom has been doubly strengthened by the personal popularity of the men who will ask rcnoniiuations at the hands of the party, and tho doubt Is not whethor each will be nominated for his present, position by acclamation, but whether the Secretary

of State, who headed the ticket two years ago, will not be tuken from the list and nominated for the governorship. Tills would be to break the custom, but it. would bo suoh an innovation as the party would deem it .wise to make, undone, certainly, to which the bone-

SEC. MATTHEWS.

floiary could not In conscience objeot. As it is,. Claude Matthews is a candidate for Secretary of State, and 1o him tho Domination is conceded to belong. He was chosen two years ago as a representative farmer, and in obedience to the demands of his class, who have long olaimed that their interests have suffered by reason of tho fact that Stato positions of honor and emolument were not open to tho farming classes. Matthews is not only a farmer but Is one of the very, best in tho State. A Capable* Au<lltor. J. O. Henderson, Auditor of the State, is a native Hoosler, having born born in

Howard County fortytwo years ngo, and lived there continuously till he was elootod to his present position. His father founded the Kokomo Dispatch, In 1870 the son entered upon an active oureer of Jour-' nalism that has made him ono of the hostknown newspaper, men in the .State,

About the mime time ho entered Into politics, and for ton years past has boon regarded as one of the brightest young loaders of the Indiana Democracy. For sovoral years he was Chairman of the County Committee of Howard County, and in IHBS was appointed by President Cleveland os Internal Revenue Collector for the Eleventh Indiana District. Mr. Henderson possesses in a rare degree those qualles which muko men favorites with all they moot; Abundantly QuiiIIIImI. State Treasurer Albert Gall Is a Gor-man-American citizen, and for a number of years haft been known throughout the State as a business man of tnoro than ordinary popularity. Ho was educated

in tho public schools of this city, and in 1864 engaged in the carp, t and drapery business, which he still carries ou (j having been remarkably successful , and having made a ’■large number of friends throughout the State. He novor aspired to office till some of his

TREASURER GALL.

friends brought him out as a oundidato for State Treasurer in 1890. Thougli there were several candidates beforo tho convention, lie was nominated on tho i second ballot, and proved as popular as | a candidate us ho hud beeu as a business man. A. G. Smith, Attorney General, is ' possibly tho best known of the several ' State officers, for the reason that he has I been beforo the State more prominently than any of tho others. In 1884 he was ' elected Senator from Jennings and ! Jackson Counties, and was one of the most energetic members of the Judi-

ciary Committee during that sosslon. Before tho Senate adjourned he was chosen President pro tem. of the body. This opened up an entirely unexpected field, and led lo some of the most sensa-J tional scenes that were over enacted In a legislative body. In 1886 Lieut. Gov. Manson * ■resigned to accept a

government appointment, fund In the election that year R. S. Robortson was chosen to succeed him. Tho Democrats denied that a lieutenant governor could be elected to fill a vacancy, and whon Robertson appeared to preside over the Senate hts claims were ignored and he was ejected from the Senate chamber by order of Smith, who was presiding. The case was carried into the courts, but the Senate refused to surrender its prerogative of Judging of the qualifications'of its own members, and Robertson never had the honor of (residing over the body. Mr. Smith has done more, perhaps, than any other man In the. State to unearth the taxables of cor* porations, and is now engaged In alegal fight to prevent the law from being declared unconstitutional. Other Office, in LI tlgutlon. William A. Peelle, Jr., Chief of the Indiana Bureau of Statistics, is a native of Wayne County and has lived in this city since 1874. When Neff was elected

Secretary of State Id that yoar Peelle came here as his deputy and served two terms under J. G. Shanklin, who succeeded Neff in 1878. In 1883 Peelle was-elected Chief of .the Statistical Bureau by the Legislature, anil re-elected in 1885, 1887, and 1889. In the latter year Gov.

W. A. FEELLE, JR.

Hovey denied the right of the Legislature to elect the Statistician, and suit was brought by his appointee for the office. The litigation thus inaugurated dragged on for two years, when the Supreme Court decided that the office should be filled by popular election. Peelle was nominated in 1890 and elected in November of that year. In a criminal lately beheaded in France the beats of the heart were noted during more than six minutes, and experiments were made, to demonstrate the independence of the ventricular and articular contractions; this is the first time such observations were ever made on man. Statisticians estimate that there are over 3,000,000 women in this country who are engaged in work which is not domestic. Of this number 275 are ministers and 75 lawyers.

SOUNDING HIS OWN AND DEMOCRACY’S PRAISES. Old Virginia Accord* Him a Generous Welcome and He Addre*ae* tbe People of Roanoke—Large Crowds Greet Him Everywhere. David B. In Dixie. At Roanoke, Va., Senator HfU was givon a warm welcome. His train was met twenty miles out from Roanoke by a delegation of citizens, who urged him to make a speech during the ten minntes whioli the train was to stop. Several thousand persons gathered about the depot and loudly cheered the noted New York politician upon his appearance. Senator Hill was Introduced to the citizens of Roanoke by the Hon. H. 8. Trout, tho chairman of the delegation, and, after the cheers had somewhat Bubsided, the Senator spoke.

A committee representing the capital of Mississippi met Senator Hill at Ijlpridlan and escorted him to Jackson. The members of this committee were R. H. Henry, editor pf the State Ledger; Senators Fox, Stephens, and Harrison, and Representatives Street and Vardanian. At Jackson an immense crowd was assembled, and Gov. Stone met tho Benator and wolcomed him to the Stato amid tho chi ors of 5,000 Mlsslssippiana. Senator Hill became the guest of Gov. Stone during his stay in Jaokson, and a reception was held at tho Exeoutivo Mansion, where the Senator shook hands with tlio stream of visitors for over an hour. The Legislature mot in Joint session in tho hall of the House of Representatives, with Liout. Gov. Evans and Speakor Street as tho Joint presiding officers. The galleries and lobbies were orowdod to tho utmost and loud cheers greeted tho appearance of the guest of Mississippi as Senator Hill entorod the hall in company with Gov. Stone. Here the Senator spoke for nearly one hour. At Birmingham, Ala,, incoming trains brought enthusiastic Democrats. An escort, oonsjstlug of prominent Democrats, hail mot Senator Hill at JaoksoA, and aacompunled him over tho State lino to Birmingham. It was 3:30 a. m. when tho train rolled into tho Birmingham station, but a large crowd had already assembled, and the Senator was loudly cheered as he and his party passed to the carriages which conveyed tho visitors to the hotels. The visiting party became the guests of the Hill Club of Birmingham, and were the objeot of true Southern hospltaUty. The streets of Birmingham were crowded when, at 11:30 in the forenoon, a oommlttoe of 900 citizens, headed by Col. Hewitt and a delegation of. the Irish club led by W, P. Gorman, escorted Senator Hill and his party to tho opera house, whero tho meeting of tho day was to bo held. Tho house was lavishly dooorated for the oooasion, the most eonaplouous emblems being the national colors aud the groon flag and the goldon harp of tho Emerald Isle. Col. Hewitt, tho President of the Hill Club of Birmingham, introduced the Senator, who spoke to at least 3,000 people. - On tho trip from Birmingham to Atlanta tho Senator was greeted at every stop by hundreds of enthuslastlo admirers.

AUDITOR HENDERSON

■ “ " - Vl< A Chicago Crime Rivaling In Intoroit tbe ’ Cronin My»tory. Chicago special: Every day brings to light some new and startling fact in connection witli t>ho Scudder-Dunton tragedy. What appeared at first to bo a very ordinary murder, growing dut of a oommonpluoe family quarrel, Is fast developing into a sensational crime, beside widen oven tho bjoody Cronin conspiracy is dwarfed. If one-half the statements whloh are now alleged <Jan bo sustained In court, Dr. Scudder Is either a crafty, scheming maniac 6r the most brutal unil bloodthirsty villain that ever walked the streets of Chicago. Hla friends aro trying hard to prove that ho I is crazy—the proof of murder being so strong that they do not hope for aoquittal on any other ground.' Dr. Boqdder is tho, sou of the ox-pastor of the Plymouth Congregational Church, And is a skilled and successful practitioner; Last Septemborho married Dora Durtton, the adopted daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Dunton, owners of the Spirit of tho Turf, In this city. Mrs. Dunton, although an invalid, and near to death with a bad case of tumor, was the active manager of the paper and all the property, valued at f 125,000, stood in her name. The securing of this property is tho alleged motive for Dr. Scuddsr’s crime. Mr. and Mrs. Dunton had no direct heirs, and Mrs. Dunton, who had been told by her physicians that she could not livo six months more, made a will, leaving tho estate to her husband und at his death to Dr. ficu’ddor’s wife. Knowing that his mother-in-law coujd llvn but a little while, Dr. Scudder tried about February 18 last to poison Mr. Dunton, so as to bring the property directly into his control at Mrs. Dunton’s death. By come providential Interference the dose, while it made Mr. Dunton deathly sick, did not have a fatal effect. Finding that his plan In this direction had failed, Dr. Spudder, on tho pretext of having some small' bbquests made to other members of the family, got Mrs. Dunton to consent to mako a new will in which her husband was again the principal beneficiary. Ho had the will carefully drawn and Mw. Duton was so well pleased with the changes that she signed It at onoe, the witnesses being Dr. Scudder,, himself, his 14-year-old daughter and - a youthful nelce of Mrs. Dunton’s. Going clown stairs soon after Dr. Scudder called the two girls and told them they had signed the will in the wrong place and must write their names again. Child-like, they thought nothing of this, and thus Dr. Scudder scoured their signatures as witnesses to a forged will which he “rung in” on them, and by which his wife was made the cole legatee of the Dunton. fortune. This was on Saturday, Feb. 20. It was now to the Doctor’s interest to get Mrs. Dunton dut of the way as soon as possible lest the children should chance to mention the “mistake" in signing the will and thus arouse suspicion. The next day, Sunday, Feb. 21, fie went to tho Dunton home, onJAldlne Square, and beat Mrs. Dupton's brains out. Mr. Dunton saw him do it and attempted to interfere, but Scudder pushed him out of the room, leaving as he did so the bloody mark of his hand on Mr. Dunton’s nightrobe. Hannah Johnson, a domestic, also saw the murder committed. Dr. Scudder has .been indicted by the Grand Jury for murder. • All true Flemings are called to the rescue of their native tongue, which Is evidently In great danger. The Ghent Federation of Liberal Flemish Societies has published a pamphlet report of the speeches made 4t A recent meeting to protest against the pressure toward extinguishing the Flemish tongue. The Brussels Court of Appeal has refused to permit counsel to address the court in Flemish. An advocate who persisted in asserting his right to speak in Flemish was brought before the council of discipline, and it was ordered that his name should he erased from the list of lawyers

ATTORNEY GENERAL SMITH.

HILL’S SOUTHERN TRIP.

DR. SCUDDER’S CASE.