Democratic Sentinel, Volume 17, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 April 1893 — Page 3

In Sheep's Clothing.

BY Capl. Ormond Steele

CHAPTER XVl—Continued. 'Thrasher took in the situation, and, •finishing his currant wine, he drew his leather sleeve across his very large mouth, and, flinging his saddle bags over his shoulder, he said: “I.am going to the inn.” “That is all right, my man,” said Mr. Hedges, handing him a coin; “I’ll see you again.” “Will you send back an answer, sir?” “Yes; to-morrow all the Captain’s friends will give you letters to hand to him.” “But, sir, I must leave to-night.” “To-night?” in ehorus from the people about Thrasher. “Yea; I must go to Gardner’s Island, where a boat will take me to New York,” replied the fellow, with a self-posses-sion that proved him no novice in this business. “How long will you remain?” asked Yalentine Dayton. “About two hours.”

“Very well; we shall try to have the letters by that time," said Mr. Hedges. Thrasher bowed humbly and left. He had but just gope odt of hearing when the Squire, bursting with impatience, called out: “Well, George, what is the trouble?” “Trouble!” repeated Mr. Hedges. •“Why, the trouble is that Fox is to be back in a few days, and I am to report to him for orders!” “Beport to Fox for orders!” “Fox to have command of the Sea Hawk!” “What does Ralph mean?” These were a few of the exclamations that broke from the lips of the people on the veranda when Mr. Hedges uttered the sentence given above. Mr. Hedges ran the fingers of his left hand nervously through his frosted hair, his right hand clutching the letter. He was debating the propriety of reading it, and on such an important question, tor he had the old-time regard for official etiquette. He could not afford to come to a hasty conclusion. “Sit dowil.sitdown,” he said atlength; “I can’t st-e any harm in letting you all know now what every one aship and ashore must know in a few hours.” ’Squire Condit and his wife sat down on the lieutenant’s right hand, and Valentine Dayton and Ellen just in front of him. He was noticeably deliberate in his speaking, and painfully so in his reading. He hesitated over some of the words, and his soundless lips spelt them to himself beforu pronouncing them. This was the letter:

“NEW AMSTERDAM INN, BO WRING GREEN. “Cut of New York and ye “Province of Same. “To Ist Officer, “George Hedges, “Lom’d’g ye Provincial Cruiser, * “Sea Hawk, “Her M’s Service, “Off Sag Harbor, “County of Suffolk, “Long Island. “Sir: —The Governor of ye Province of New York, to whom I have made due report of ye condition and state of ye provincial cruiser, Sea Hawk, bath ordered and commanded me to remain in attendance on his worshipful honor, until such time or times as ye great council meet, to whom I shall make such explanation of ye condition of piracy, in ye Spanish Main a 3 shall he fitting ye occasion. “I therefore command, instruct and order. that you, George Hedges, Ist officer, com’d’g ye aforesaid cruiser, Sea Hawk, shall, on ye arrival of Captain William Fox. of H. M. Ship Wanderer, report to him for such Instructions as it shall please him to give, and to be unto him obedient In all things pe.talnlng to the conduct of ye ship and crew. • “In witness whereof, I have hereunto affixed my signature, and the seal of ye aforesaid cruiser. Sea Hawk. “I have the honor to be, “Most truly. “Your h’mble, “Ob’n’t servant, “Ralph Denham, “Captain of ye Provincial Cruiser, Sea “Hawk.”

“There,” said Lieutenant Hedges, “that’s the letter, Yal. What do you think of it?” “I am very sorry,” replied Valentine Dayton, “but, of course, you can do nothing but obey orders.” “of course,” echoed the Lieutenat. “I wish that fellow Fox never showed his red head in this town,” said the squire, angrily. “Oh, he is not to blame; he must obey orders like ourselves,” said the bluff old Lieutenant. “My dear,” said Mrs. Condit, inclining her pretty head to her husband, and turning her mild eyes to the others to Induce them to note what she was about to say, “I do not think that Ralph wrote that letter.” "I’m sorry to say,” said the lawyer, to whom a bit of wax with a seal on it was the badge of law and authority, “that there can’t be any doubt about it, ” “Still,” she persisted. “I feel that he did not write it” “Have you any other reason than your own feelings, dear wife?” asked the squire. “Yes; I cannot think that Ralph Denham, who, man and boy has known George Hedges for one and twenty years, would write a cold, stiff, heartless letter like that,” “Nor can I believe that Ralph wrote it,” added Ellen. “Ralph didn’t write the letter,” said Va’entiue Dayton/’ “It was written by the Captain of the Sea Hawk in his official capacity. If he had written to Uncle George, or to me, or to any of us, as Ralph Denham, our true old friend, he’d put as much heart into his words as any man that ever handled a pen.” “Yes,” explained Mr. Hedges, who saw and appreciated the mistake of the ladies, “official communications, even between father and son, as I’ve seen .time and time again in the service, has all got to be written that way. Why, they wouldn’t be official if they wasn’t stiff, and cold, and lofty, and all that.” Neither Ellen nor her mother attempted comment, for, with the exception of the Squire, there was not to them a greater authority than Lieut. George Hedges in all the country round about. “There is but little satisfaction in a man trying to do his duty,” said Valentine, with some bitterness. “Why couldn’t the Governor have left Uncle George in charge of the ship?” As no one attempted to answer this question, the Squire asked Mr. Hedges if he had any objections to letting him see the letter. “Not at all,” replied Mr. Hedges; “read it for yourself. ” The Squire took the letter, adjusted his spectacles, and coughed with great solemnity, while his face took on that expression of judicial gravity which was the terror of all evil-doers in that country. He was about to read the letter when

Lea Hedges came up the path and joined the party. She ha* seen the post-ridy going to Squire Condit’s, and her heart told her that he carried news from Ralph Denham. After Ellen and her mother had explained the situation, and Lea had expressed her sorrow in her face rather than by words, the Squire read the letter aloud, and then, spreading it out on his knee he took off his spectacles, and after wiping them, again adjusted them with great nicety to his nose; he concluded these preparations by taking a vigorous pinch of snuff, after he had passed round the box with no takers. “Let me ask you a question, Lieutenant Hedges,” he began, with a severity of mien that startled his wife and perplexed Ellen not a little. “Aye, aye, sir. Fire away,” said Mr. Hedges. , “Captain Denham left you in command of the Sea Hawk?” “Yes, sir.” “To hold till he returned?” “Yes, sir, or till lam relieved by some properly commissioned officer.” “Just so; that is the way I see it. Now this letter does not say that you are to turn over the command of the ship to Captain Fox; on the contrary, it is expressly stated that you shall obey him as a superior officer, so far as the movements of the vessel under your command are concerned." “I think you are right there, sqyiire, ” said Mr. Hedges, his face brightening up. “I know I am. When Fox comes he will have orders from -the Governor, and you’ll see that they accord with my opinion as justice of the peace.” And satisfied that all the judges in the world could not differ from this opinion, the squire handed back the letter. When Lea learned that Thrasher, the post-rider was about to return in about an hour or two, she got a quill and paper from Ellen and sat down then and there to write her lover a letter. All wrote, Mr. Hedges’ being the only letter that had an official tone, and the only one in which love or friendship was not sent to Ralph, with strong injunctions to answer as soon as possible, and give them all the particulars, particularly the particulars of his return. When all. the letters were ready,. Mr. Hedges and Valentine Dayton took them down to the inn, where they found Thrasher smoking his pipe with an air of great enjoyment, and looking like anything but a man exhausted by a long ride.

“These letters,” said Valentine Dayton, taking a gold coin from his pocket and handing it with the letters to Thrasher, “are all private, so I will pay you now, and when you hand them to Capt. Denham, I am sure he will give you an additional reward.” “I like Cap n Denham as much as any man I ever came across, except, perhaps, mebbe, Cap’n Fox; he comes up about to him; and you’ll see I won’t forget myself,” replied Thrasher, whose flushed face showed that he had been taking advantage of his unexpected prosperity to treat himself to wine. Soon after this the post-rider left for Greenport, from which point he said he was going to Gardner’s Island, then and still in the possession of the family that first purchased it from the Indians. “I don’t like that man, Thrasher,” said Mr. Hedges, as he and Valentine stood on the beach signaling the Sea Hawk to send a boat for them. “Nor do I, but of course the fellow has nothing to do with the nature of the messages he carries. I almost wish the Sea Hawk was out of commission, and we were settled down on shore again,” said Valentine. “Oh, it’s all very well for you, Val, who have a pretty girl ready to become your wife, to talk about settling down; but here I am—five-and-forty, with no wife and the prospect of none. ” “That is your own fault, Uncle George." “Perhaps it is; I could have married in my time, and when I was your age, if any one had told me I should live to be as old as I am now, without getting married, I would call him crazy. .Yet, here I am, with no bride but the ship and no home but the sea.”“Oh, come, Uncle George, don’t talk in that way. Every house on the island is your home and every man is your friend; and as to getting married, why a man of forty-five should bo in his prime. If you doubt this start oiit at once with the object of getting a wife, and my word for it, you can win a girl nearly as sweet as Ellen Condit, and that is saying a great deal for the powers of fascination of any man, young or old." The lieutenant’s bronzed face and clear, brave eyes took on a softer expression, and his usually strong, bold voice had in it a sub-tone of music, as he said: “Perhaps'you are right; Val. I know I feel as' strong, and my head is as clear, and my heart as stout as it e£er was; and talking ’bout being too old to love, I’ll tell you something if It wasn’t I’m afraid you’d laugh at me.” “You do me an injustice. Uncle George, If you thing I could entertain any other feeling than respect for what I th’nk to be the noblest emotion that can stir the human heart A man himself in love, is not apt to ridicule the feelinc in another. ”

“I think you are right, my lad, and more particularly when that other is one’s Oncle. But I don't see why I shouldn’t tell you, though you may think strange of my taste, that I have had my eye on a certain girl for'two years and more. ” “May I ask if I know her?” “You do, Val,” said the lieutenant, blushing through his tan. “Well, Uncle George, who is she?” “She is not of our race,” said the lieutenant, with a solemn shake of the head. “Not of our race! What do you mean?” “I mean, Val, she alnt white ” 'But she aint black!” cried VaL “Mercy preserve us! No, she’s red. She’s an Indian, Val, a princess in her tribe, and a prettier or nobler woman nev rtiod the shores of Long Island. I don’t care what color the next is ” “Do you mean Untilla?” “I (jo, Val.” “And have you said anything to her about it?” “Of course I haven’t. But Isay, Val, my boy, you must do it for me. ” “But why not make the proposal yourself, uncle?” “Hang it, lad, I’d rather attack a war frigate. You must do it for me,” said Mr. Hedges, appealingly. By this time the boat from the Sea Hawk reached the shore near by, and so brought an end to what the old lieutenant afterwards declared was “the most trying conversation he had ever tackled during tne five-and-forty years” of his by no means uneventful life. Lea Hedges parted with Ellen at the gate, and under an impulse that she could not resist, she made her way to the place where she and Ralph Denham had for the first time come to an understanding. She felt hurt that he had not sent one word to her by the messenger. “It would have taken so little of his time, ” she said, as she sat down on the fallen trunk of the same tree, ’so little of his time, yet it would have fed my hungry

heart, If ho ted only repeated what 1 so well know ‘Lea, I love you.’ ” She saw Valentino and her uncle in earnest conversation, as they waited for the boat that hastened to them from the Sea Hawk; and she envied them, for she supposed they were discussing naval matters, and that love could only engross men when they had nothing else to do, while with her own sex, love absorbed all their thoughts, if it did not control all the acts of their lives. She regretted that Captain Fox was coming baok, and She made up her mind to hold him at arm’s length if he continned his coarse attentions. She could not even think kindly of her father while this man plagued her thoughts. She was not aware that another person was near her till she heard her name called in accents low, musical and thrilling, and looking up with a start, she saw rntilla before her. The Indian maiden had attended the same-sch 00l with Lea, Ellen and the young ladies of the better families in the place, and in many respects she was the intellectual equal of the brightest. She was particularly distinguished for the frankness of her manners—a Irankness was as far removed from rudeness as the clear waters of a willow shaded spring differ from the tinged stream to which it gives rise. Untilla had all the dignity of character that distinguished the rulers of her race, but there blended with it a gentleness and a freshness of disposition, which some call natural, and all know to be lov ng. In proof of this it may be said, here as well as hereafter, that Un»illa well knew that lea loved Ralph Denham. In the days when they were laughing school girls. Lea made no secret to her friends of the feeling then being-warmed in‘o a life that should. only die out with her own. And the Indian maiden, with the dignified reticence of her people, kept her own counsel; but as she could not act a lie, her manner to Ralph Denham told her feeling for him as plainly as if she had announced it in a meeting of the tribe. Untilla, since the return of the Sea Hawk from the last cruise, saw where the young Captain’s affections lay, and while her heart rebelled for a moment against the inevitable, she made up her nund to submit, and for his sake continue loving what he loved. “Why, bntilla!" exclaimed Lea, as she took the Indian girl’s hands, and drew her to a seat on the fallen tree. “I supposed you were miles and miles away." “I would be back airnyhome, I should be there, for my brother has the white man, Colonel Graham, for a guest,were it not for you,” replied Untilla, still bolding one of Lea’s hands. “Then, my dear Untilla, if you coma to see me, you must do it at my father’s house," said Lea, preparing to rise. |TO BE CONTINUED.;

Big Prairies in Manitoba.

“If the horse could stand it,” said S. A. Rowbothan, a well-known resident of Winnipeg, Manitoba, to a Washington Star reporter, “a man could leave Winnipeg and ride 1,000 miles west and northwest over a level prairie before he would be obstructed by mountains. This gives an idea of the great territory lying west of Winnipeg, which, to the Eastern man, seems way out of the world. The soil of this prairie produces the finest spring wheat grown anywhere and this enormous plain I’ve just mentioned will in a few years be the great granary of the world. Eastern people have a misty idea of our expansive territory. We are just commencing to grow wheat compared to a decade hence, though our crop two years ago was 30,000,000 bushels. We have but little snow, and the many years I resided in Manitoba I never saw the tops of the bright prairie grass covered. Cattle fairly roll in fat and we are becoming a great cattle country. While most of our settlers are from across the water, yet the number from the Western States is yearly increasing. We have no wild west frontier scenes. There are no settlers killed over disputed claims, as has been an everyday story in the West for years. Our homestead laws require a three years’ residence of six months each. Land may be preempted, too. Gold has been discovered in wonderful rich quartz deposits a few miles east of Winnipeg, and paying mills have just been erected by Minneapolis capitalists. I predict a ‘rush’ to the Lake of the Woods district next year. Winnipeg has 35,000 inhabitants and is a thriving city. Our winters are cold, but we do not mind them. The atmosphere is dry and the days are clear, fresh and sunnj r , murky weather being almost unknown.”

Finger Kings. There is reason to believe that finger rings have always been used. We find such ornaments in the ruins of the abodes of prehistoric races. Rings are first mentioned in the Bible in Genesis, 41st chapter and 42d verse: “And Pharaoh took his ring from his hand and put it on Joseph’s hand, and made him ruler over all Egypt.” When the Israelites conquered the Midianites they “took all their rings and bracelets and ottered them to the Lord.” Ahasuerus gave the ring from his hands to the Hebrews’ worst enemy, thus giving him unlimited control to do with them and their property whatever he pleased. The father received his prodigal son joyfully, and sealed his forgiveness by putting a ring on- his hand, says Mrs. Henry Ward Beecher in Godey’s Magazine. The Egyptians regarded their rings both as business vouchers and as ornaments, the signer rings being always used for sealing documents, and, however used, theit rings were always buried with them—and in later years are often found in their tombs. The signet ring was usually of bronze or silver;, but among the rich gold rings were used for ornaments. Ivory or blue porcelain were worn by the poor. Plain gold rings, engraved with some motto or the head of their dieties, were much prized, and three or four were often worn on the fingers and -also on the thumbs. Among the Jews no one was in full dress without the signet ring, and ladies had their rings set profusely with costly gems—rubies, emeralds and chrysolites being the most valuable. Rings to-day are universally worn. It is quite a general custom for ladies to wear an engagement ring upon the first finger of the left hand, while the wedding ring is worn upon the third finger of the left hand.—Pullman (Ill.) Journal.

In 1580 black masks were worn in public by ladies of all ranks. The mask was held In place by ribbons passed behind the ears, or by a glass button held between the teeth.

OPENED TO THE PEOPLE

fair dedication will be in THE OPEN AIR. President Palmer; Director General Davis and Secretary Dickinson Rearrange the Plans of the Directory— President Cleveland AVI.I S art the Machinery. All Can See the Show. Chicago correspondence: President Palmer, Director General Davis, and Secretary Dickinson, by a few strokes of the pen, have upset the plans of the Ixposltion Ceremonies Committee. Opening-day exercises will be held In the open air, and not In a small hall with "closed doors for tho edification of a few select guests. While the local board was by no means unanimous on the question, a few of the leading spirits got together in a back room and formulated a programme that would have insured the officials and their friends the pleasure of listening to the

speeches and muslo in musio hall, while several hundred thousand people would be kept waiting on the outside for the programme to conclude and for President Cleveland to set in motion the machinery of the Exposition. The plan of building a platform on the plaza in front of the Government building, where 50,000 people could see the exercises even it they could not hear the speeches, was opposed by Director of Works Burnham, who said tho lawn would be spoiled, and the crowd should be kept outside until after the machinery was started, anyway. Ills recommendations were finally adopted by the executive committee of tho local board, much to the disgust of the members of the board of control. That body referred the matter to a special committee of President Palmer, the Director General, and Secretary Dickinson, and this leference was taken as an equivalent to a change of programme. When this special committee assembled the other afternoon the members got "to business without much discussion. Before Col. Davis or Secretary Dickinson made any reference to the subject which they had met to discuss President Palmer stopped whistling long enough to remark: “Well, gentlemen, I guess we are pretty unanimous about this question; are we not? This show is for the people, and the people must have some return for their money." Col. Davis and Mr. Dioklnson assented, and President Palmer, after calling for his stenographer, glanced down his nose and through his glasses

JAPANESE TEA HOUSE AT THE WORLD'S FAIR GROUNDS.

at a copy of a paper, and whistled some more. Ten minutes later a report was drawn up and signed by the committeemen, in which they regret the necessity of going counter to the deolslon of the directory, and recommending that the exercises be held out of doors, at the east front of the Administration Building, a small platform to be erected for the accommodation of President C leveland and his escort. The people who pay at the gates will see the show. Special Fete Dryi. Special fete days will be a prominent and interesting feature of the YVorld’ Fair. The different States, foreign countries and many civic organizations will each have a day upon which to conduct special exercises or celebrations, and programmes for them are now being arranged. Following are

BOOTH IN THE VITICULTURE EXHIBIT.

the days already assigned for such celebrations: Washington May 17 Wisconsin May 23 Maine May 21 Denmark ' June t Germany June 15 Nebraska. June lS Massachusetts June 17' New Hampshire June 21 France July 14 Utah July 24 Liberia July 26 Commercial travelers July 26 Independent Order of Foresters Aug. 12 Hayti Aug. 16 Colored people Aug. 26 North Carolina Aug. 16 Austria Aug. 18 The Netherlands Aug. 31 Nicaragua Sept. 1 New York Sept. 4 Brazil Sept. 7 California Sept. 9 Maryland Sept. 12 Michigan.... - Aug. 13 audit Kansas Aug. 15 Colorado : Sept. 19 Montana Sept. » Patriotic Order Sons of America Sept. 20 lowa Sept. 21 Rhode Island Oct. 5 Spain Oct. 12 Italian societies Oct. 12 Minnesota Oct. is

Erer since its completion the Electric* ity Building has been-one of the quiet* est spots of the Fair. Its doors have not been thrown open with the wide hospitality of its neighbor, the Mining Building: ears have not stood outside disgorging their contents, and passersby have rarely attempted to force their ■way into the building. Tho vaulted roor, the ohurch-liko navo and transepts, and the noiseless progress of the work within have combined to invest the Elfcctriotty Building with an air of profound secrecy and mystery. This mystery has been sustained by tho attitude pf the exhibitors, who are one and all possessed of tho idea that if the barest hint of their intouiions goes abroad, jealous rivals will s‘oal their cherished plans and out-do them on their own ground. A time has come, nevertheless, when further concealment is impossible. A chance visitor may now look around the building and discover abundant Bigns of that which Is to be. __ 1 lie Women'.'* DepartmentThe one department ai the Fair In

THE ELECTRICAL FOUNTAINS.

which women have full sway is their own building—the house planned by a woman .grehiteot, hurried to completion by a woman, and then decorated by woman artists. This is tho building that was almost done before many oth-

A PAVILION IN THE ENGLISH QUARTER.

ers were fairly commenced. It Is now filled with exhibits. Two large room* arp jammed with cases packed with die plays. Some of them are from Ger many, others from France, and a nura ber of the biggest boxes came from England. Japan contributes a large num«

ber of big case*. For more than a month women who paint rosea that seem to be sprinkled with dew have stood on a scaffold in the upper gallery, painting a frieze around the parlor of the building, the room where all the Brand receptions will be held. This is known as the Cincinnati room, because artists from that city decorate It and will contribute most of the furniture to it. Miss Pitman and two assistants will soot} finish their work. The broad frieze is In copper and red tones, extending entirely around the room. The rose designs will also appear on the ceiling. On either side or the parlor are the rooms furnished by California and Kentucky women. These are without decorations as yet, but the women of those States are ready to begin work. Much preparation has been made at home and they can finish the room in a few days, Mrs. Candace Wheeler, of Jisw York, Is known as the most successful woman designer in tho country. She has been highly praised for her work in the Woman’s Building. Critics say she has nothing to fear by a comparison with the finest work at the Fair.

Fair Note*. The North German Lloyd Steamship Company is preparing an elaborate exhibit. Minnesota women have the honor of presenting an especially handsome and unique flag for the decoration of the Woman’s Building. The statue Germania,, which is to adorn the Imperial portal of a new German Parliament Building In Berlin, will bo shown at the Fair. Italy, which for a long time declined to participate in the World’s Fair, has made an appropriation of 277,500 lire,' or about $55,500, for its representation. Moke than SIO,OOO, op,o has been paid out thus fat by tho Exposition Company alone in preparation of the Fair. An expenditure of six or seven millions more will be made. BitETnos Effenpj tho famous oriental decorator, has arrived in Chicago from Paris with forty large boxes, eontain'ng the i arts of a wonderful work which is to be displayed at the Fair. Fobty-five precious historical documents relating to the voyages and discovery of America are to be exhibited. The Duke of Veragua, the living descendant of Columbus, has agreed to lend them. The forty-five papers form almost a history of Columbus’ careei as discoverer. In the list is the original commission given to Columbus by Ferdinand and Isabella upon his departure for the first voyage. It is dated Granada, April 80, 1492. In It he Is appointed grand admiral of the ocean seas, vice king and governor generabol all the lands he should discover. Every document in the collection Is elthet written by Columbus or signed by Ferdinand or Isabella.

BLOODY REBELLION.

moretrouble for president DIAZ TO FACE. Mexican Towns Sacked by, Lawless Desperadoes Government Troops Routed and Captured—Cold Weather and Excessive Rains Cause Damage to Crops. Rebellious Mexicans. A dispatch from Chihuahua, Mexloo, says: A fugitive from justice in New Mexico named Amalia recently returned to his native mountains and stirred up a large foroe of iguorant maloontents, outlaws and religious fanatics, and, arming them, captured the town of Temaxachio, near Guerrero, an important mining town beyond tho summit of the Sierra Madre. Little resistance was offered, but three men wero wounded und the town was sacked. Amalia then went southward towards Tomaehiea ami had a skirmish with General Santa Anna and 300 men, who Burrondcrod and afterward joined him. The combined forces under the leadership of Amalia then marched on the town of Santa Tomas and captured it without leslstanoo. The rebels then look the town of Guerrero, which was garrisoned by volunteer troops, who surrendered without fighting. At this point tho Federal troops came up, nnd the rebels fled to Santa Tomas, pursued by tho troops. The Federal troops wore surprised at the latter place, and in the tattle that ensued 130 of them were killed or wounded. The rebels sudered little loss, but tho troops wore completely routed. Several o.iicers were among tho number killed. Re-enforcements of tho Government troops arrived after the battle and will attempt to defend Guerrero. Groat excitoment prevails, ns further fighting is soon expooted. Business Is at a stan ! still.

RAIN DID SOME DAMAGE. Showing Mule by the Weather Crop Bulletin for the L'itt Week. According to the weather crop bulletin issued at Washington, tho past week has beon 'oooler than usual, ex•cept in tho South Atlantio States and in the vicinity of the lower lakes, where a slight excess In temperature was reported. The greater portion of the wheat belt, which was deficient In moisture at tho last report, received during the week from one to two inches more than tho usual amount of rainfall. The spring wheat region also received about one inch more than the m rmal rainfall, but in this section the molsturo was already in excess. Generally the week was cold und not favorable for farm work throughout the principal agricultural Statos, except in tho cast portion of the cotton region, whore tho weather was generally favorable for furm work, but where ram is needed. Special telegraphic reports are: Arkansas —Weather not bo favorable; severe local storms of wind, rsln and hall did considerable damage, chiefly In eastern portion: oorn doing well; cotton planting general; small gralus line. Tennessee—All orops looking well; low lands badly washed by floods on lath nnd 14th; some damage to corn by cut worm; tobacco plants Improving since rain. Kentucky—Excessive rains retarded farm work: grasses and meadows Improved. Missouri—Fields generally look fair, but work retarded and ground too wot and oold for germinating. Illinois—Oat seeding complete, some np and looking fine; fruit Injured by frosts, especially In southern couutlos; wheat Improving; meadows aud pastures good In southern portions. Indiana— Rainfall excessive; temperature and sunshine deflßlent, favorable to crops but not to plowing and loading; wheat Improved. Ohio—Wheat, oata, olover, and grass mado splendid growth: farm work, plowing, and seeding stopped by heavy rains. Michigan—Orops have advanced slowly owing to high winds snd cool nights; plowing for oats general; some potatoes and early vegetables planted; meadows and pastures In flue condition; fruit pTospeots excellent. Wlsoonsln—But little farm work done during the last week, owing to freeclug weather; the season is. however, ten days early; all crops ahd conditions are yery favorable; cranberry vines wintered well. Minnesota—Snow on ground In northwest; nothing dono aud little progross mado elsewhere; soli too wet and cold; potatoes being planted In southern counties; weather during the week very unfavorable for seeding. lowa—ln southwest district dry, cold winds have Injured winter wheat; seeding practically completed; plowing In progress; oorn pluntlug begun In southeast dlstrlot. North Dakota—Excessive precipitation and low temperature bus stopped all work since Tuesday; seeding, of which but little has been <loqe, will be resumed this week should weather do favorable. Bouth Dakota—Heeding and other farm work retarded by wet, stormy, and freezing weather; bottom land wet. Nebraska—Small grain mostly sown, hat germinating slowly and unevenly when at all; muuh seed blown out-of the ground by high winds; full-sown grain killed In southeast portion, and below average elsewhere. Kansas—Cold, rainless week except’ In southeast counties, whore from two to four Inches of rain fell; wheat, oata, and pastures making no progress; corn growing well.

To Change Itnnk examining Hj-ntem. A Washington correspondent telegraphs that at soon as Mr. Eckels, Controller of the Currency, assumes his duties, Secretary Carlisle Intends to reorganize the system of examining national banks, Secretary has expressed the belief that there are too many banks for the examiners to look into, and It is said he has decided to reduce their number. Banks are supposed to be examined annually, but under the piesent circumstances ltis sometimes more than a year before an examination of the books is made. It is probable the States will be redlstrlcted and the banks evenly divided among the examiners. It is thought that tho Secretary will not appoint any examiners before June, and then the appointees will be practical bankers. He desires to prevent such dishonesty as shown In the affairs of the banks which recently failed in Boston, Philadelphia, and Nashville, and for that purpose, after making the redlstrlcting, will ask Congress to enact a law giving the examiners more power In looking out for the perpetrators of frauds. Terrible Disister on I,ake St. Clair. A disaster, resulting In the death of two men. the probably fetal lnjqry of a third, and the severe scalding of a fourth, occurred on Lake Bt. Clair Wednesday morning. The steamer Choctaw. Capt. W. W. Utaith, coalladen from Cleveland to Milwaukee,was entering the lake when the cylinder head blew out. Nelson Chambers, the cook, who was standing neai'est the engine at the time, was so badly scalded that he died within ten minutes. C. Jones, fireman, died after being taken to the hospital. F. P. Thompson, oiler, was badly burned about the hands and head and in the mouth and throat from inhaling steam. His recovery Is doubtful. The engineer, F. Smith, was badly but not dangerously scalded about the hands. * . M uiy Hurt by a Cyclone In Arkansas. At noon Wednesday a terrific cyclone passed through the valley just south of Fayetteville, Ark. Its path was about 300 yards wide, and it lett a barren waste. Many houses were utterly demolished. Out of one family, whose name is Wright, consisting of eight persons, not one escaped serious injury; but it is probable that all except cne child will recover. Parts of their house were carried miles away. A number of others were reported Injured, but how many and to what extent cannot be determined. The citizens are doing everything possible for the distressed.

Stanford's Vineyard.

The largest vineyard in the world, according to a correspondent, belongs to Senator Stanford, of California. It consists of 3,500 acres of bearing vines.

HERE’S ALL THE NEWS

TO BE FOUND IN THE STATE OF INDIANA. Giving a Detailed Account of tlin Numerous Crimea, Casualties, fires, Suicide* Deaths, Etc., Etc. Miner State Mews. Soum Bend has 29 churches. Valparaiso has 59 firemen ou Ito force. Cows at Delphi aro to be kept off of tho streets after June 1. The Artosian City Gun Club has beon organized In Martinsville. Kokomo will advertise herself and has a fund of $3,000 to start with. William Hoover escaped from tho jail at Wabash, but was recaptured. The Allen County Commissioners have Issued an order exempting from poll tax all men who aro Incapacitated for manual labor. Several wealthy Columbus citizens have been arrested for not turning in a correct assessment list of their taxable property. F. R. Vickery, employed at a felloe and wagon-stock factory at North Manchester, recently contributed a finger to a buzz-saw. Ira M. Clefft, 21 years old and married, was knocked from a Louisville and Nashville Uallroaa train at Evansville, and killed. Scarlet fever In malignant form has appeared at Portvllfo. The health officers are endeavoring to prevent a spread of the disease. The body of tho man found besldo tho Evansville and Terre Haute tracks near Vlnconnns recontly was identified as George W. Watson of Bridgeport, 111. Adjt. Gen. Robmns has issued a general order authorizing the mustering iu of a company oT militia at Elwood and also at LaPorto under tho laws of tho State. Carry. O. Snyder, a'sehool-teacher at Pyrmont, Miami County, who mysteriously disappeared nearly two weeks ago. has not yet been heard from. His wife thinks bo is insane. John Mather has brought suit for damages at New Albany tor an alleged illegal arrest He was a Councilman and was arrested for purposely remaining away from meetings John White, a young man living with bis father four miles north of Wabash, died iceutlv of blood poisoning. Last month he went to Gaa City to work, and cut his foot with an adze. At Crawfordsvllle Wesley Sliotts was allowed $2,500 hi his 85,000 damage suit against William Pyle, whom lie charged with being too familiar with his wife, causing them to to divorced. John Tumey at Bedford, employed in tho Hod ford Steam Stone Works In tho capacity of running a travoler used for conveyance of atone, went down with Ills machlno and was fatally Injured, dying that night. During a severe storm at Dana, the Baptist Church was struck by lightning and badly damaged. The spire and bolfry wore nearly torn down, the walls and roof shattered and much of the fur-, ulturo split up nnd damaged. Tiie County Clerk of Roclcport Is not a very good judge of the nationality of persons. Thu other day a Spaniard and a Kentucky white girl applied fora marriage license and tho Clerk would not grant It, thinking that the Spaniard was a negro. Clinton has voted to become an incorporated city under the State law, having the necessary population for that purpose. Tho census of 1890 gave tho town 1,300. A recent census gives the population at 2,100. Tills la one of the most rapidly growing towns In Westorn. Indiana.

The soar of an opldomlc of spotted fever in Elwood. is Increasing. A number of cases have teen reported in tho last few days, and also several deaths havo resulted therefrom. Tho physicians are powerless to prevent fatal results in most casos. The victims In most casos take suddenly ill and in a sow hours become unconscious. Nathaniel Stiianoler, aged- nearly 101 years, died at his homo a sow mllos south of Mitchell, In Crawford County. Groat preparations were being mado to celebrate the 101st anniversary of his birth, which comes on May 8. On his century birthday a grand jollification was held at his farm, on which occasion ho and his wife, aged 90, entertained tho people for miles around. Mrs. Sprangier is still alive, Isaac Roberts, a young farmer of Huntington County, went to the woods and shot out his brains with a rifle. He bad entered Into a deal with a stranger, several days ago, for a bundle of green goods. Roberts paid some cash and gave Lis note for the rest of the amount. Ho was Informed that his scheme had been discovered and that a detective was after him. This worried him until he took his life to avoid arrest and Imprisonment.

While shooting wild duck In a thicket and pond east of Muncte, some unseen person, from ambush, tried to murder Sheriff-elect W. P. Sherry. Three shots were fired from a Winchester rifle, and each bullet came very close to the officer. Charles Nlhart was with Mr. Sberry.and he, too, had a close call for his Ufa After the second shot Mr. Shorry and his companion hitched up their horse, and was leaving tho place when the third bullet struck the fence a foot from Mr. Sherry. The decision of the Lake County Circuit Court Id the case ot the State against David Lewis has boen reversed by Judge Olds Id the Supreme Court. Lewis was arrested and fined in 1801 for having a fish selnoin bis possession. The decision of the lower court was that the law was unconstitutional. Jijdgo Olds, in his decision, held that it was'for the public good that tho law was enacted. He said that a law which protects anything of pubite benefit Crttru wanton destruction, was also empowered to provide a penalty for its violation. Alonzo Whittington, Deputy Assessor of Jeffersonville, was almost instantly killed by the dinkey train at that place. He was walking on the track.and carried an umbrella which prevented him from seeing the train. Ed. Eabi.e. brakeman on the Evansville and Richmond east-bound passenger train, was almost instantly killed while attempting to couple Sells Brothers’ advance car on their train at Bedford. He was on the Inside of the curve and as tbore was not sufficient room, he was caught between the cars and received injuries that caused death in about ten minutes. William Maxham, 13 with his 9-year-old sister aud a dog, arrived at their old home in Boston, recently, after having traveled from Spokane Falls, Wash., begging their way. They had gone west with their father, but hie died. They had $lO when tney started and $1.75 when they arrived home. At Greensburg Dr. H. L. Millikin, dentist, met with an accident while vulcanizing a set of teeth. The instrument exploded, smashing skylights and windows generally, and covering the Doctor’s face with pulverized glass. Both eyes were hurt and he had a close call for his life. The accident was caused by a flaw in the iron part of the lustramej&