Democratic Sentinel, Volume 17, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 July 1893 — Page 3

In Sheep's Clothing.

By Capt. Ormond Steele

CHAPTER XXlV—Coiytlnued. The book was brought, and Ralph Denham, who knew the characteristics of every man on board, called out the fifty, or rather forty-nine names he wanted, end Valentine wrote ’ them down. "Now, have them assemble quietly in the ward room,” said the captain. Within ten minutes the sailors were gathered in the ward room, where lights were lit and the doors guarded. Captain Denham removed hie dis£tlse before meeting the men, but as they supposed he was in New York, their surprise and joy may be imagined at seeing him. As has been said, he knew every man present, and they had been boys together. He could trust them as implicitly as he could Mr. Hedges or Mr. Valentine. They were more than a lot of ordinary young sailors, they were seamen of rare intelligence, any one of Whom could manage the Sea Hawk if occasion required. They were volunteers, fighting for the honor and safety of the province in which they were born. Subterfuge was out of place with suoh men, so Ralph wisely concluded to tell them the whole truth, which he did, after first cautioning them to silence and secrecy. He told of his own adventures, who Fox was, and the plan he, Captain Denham, had decided on to capture the pirate and bring him to justice. While Ralph was speaking, the comments of the men, and the many shakes of the head, told that they were not taken by surprise so very much. “I have chosen you, my shipmates,” said Ralph, in conclusion, “not because you are braver and more reliable than the rest of the crew, but I wanted, or rather Fox wants, only fifty men, so as we have all been friends since boyhood, you will understand me when the time for action comes as others might not. ” The men would have broken into a cheer had not Ralph checked them in time.

Believing that Fox would not permit the sailors from the Sea Hawk to use arms, or that he might try to lock them up when the fight came, he made each man conceal two pistols and a long dirk on his person. A rallying cry was agreed on in the event of a fight at night, and the conduct that should govern each man; also the name Captain Denham was to go by, and the fact that they were to take no more notice of him than of their other companions till the time came, The arrangements were not perfected when day broke. Soon after Mr. Frenauld came- on board with a letter from Captain Fox to Lieutenant Hedges, asking if the men required would be sent on board. “Our men are volunteers," said Mr. Hedges, “and I have not the power to send them to another ship without their Dwn consent But last night I explained to them|that there was a chance, if they went with the Wanderer for a week, to have a brush with that traitor and dog, Kidd; so fifty of the lads are ready. ” “Ah,, that is good news. If we don’t show them Kidd,” laughed Frenauld, “then that fellow will behaider to catch than the 'Flying Dutchman. We have fifty or sixty men on the sick list whom we shall leave with you for a few days. They are not much under the weather, but I fear they have been indulging too much on shore. I suppose you are all anxious to have Captain Denham back.” Honest George Hedges could not reply to this with a straight face, so Valentine answered: “Oh, yes. But we can get along without him for a while. ” Within two hours the boats of both ships made their transfers, and Ralph Denham and his gallant boys were on the Wanderer. The sixty bearded ruffians who came on board the Sea Hawk did not look like men that ever had been sick, but they had a part to play, and it can be said, whether to their credit or not, that they played it exactly as Capt. Fox wished. CHAPTER XXV. THE WANDERER AGAIN WEIGITS ANCHOR. Captain Fox believed that he had Colonel Graham wholly in his power, and he bled him accordingly. In addition to the large sums the Colonel had already paid to his tool, he now gave him more, not so muoh, Fox thought, for giatitude as to insure his silenca about the crimes on Long Island, Bermuda, and Long Island, New York. Fox would not have been quite so comfortable with his aristocratic guest could he have known the truth. Before leaving New York, Graham had arranged with one of his tools to notify the governor at a certain dale that Captain Kidd would be about that time off the eastern end of Long Island; and this tool did his work well. The governor’s object in sending for Captain Denham was to put him on Fox’s track; but as there were no other ships in the harbor suited to this work, and Ralph Denham neither reported in person nor by letter, the authorities were perplexed, and the young captain was in disgrace. After Graham felt assured that Ralph Denham was out of the way, he would have given hundreds could he have communicated to Mr. Hedges, without danger to himself, that the Wanderer was commanded by Captain Kidd. Graham loathed and dreaded the man whom he had used so many years to further his own designs; and now as Fox told of his plans for the future, the Colonel was amazed at the man’s audacity and ingenuity. It was arranged that by daybreak of the morning that Ralph Denham and his men went on board the Wanderer, that Colonel Graham and his servant should go ashore to the 'inn, and make Immediate prepatations for returning to New York.

Othello, or some other servant squally skillful, was as essential to Graham’s ■comfort as his clothing and his meals. But when daylight came, and Othello did not report at his master’s door, as was his habit, that ■ choleric gentleman was highly indignant. In obedience to the Colonel’s request, a search of the ship was made for Othello, but he failed to reveal himself. One of the most active of the searchers, and the only one who could have thrown any light on the matter, was the shrewd Scotch boy, Don; and he did not think it to his interest to tell that he had seen Othello vanishing through an open port the night before, and swimming in the direction of the Sea Hawk. “Depend upon it, that old hag, Dinah, has sednced the boy off," said Fox. ‘And my advice to you is to go ashore fnd invoke the assistance of Uncas.

The old woman has been adopted by his people, and the boy is with her. Strange that the woman should live so long and never seem to grow older." Graham said he thought she was a devil, if ever one appeared in human form. “Yet,” he added, “it is strange, knowing us as she does, that she did not tell the people. Supposing she were to say that your name was not Fox, but William Kidd.” “Why,” laughed Fox, “the people Would say she was insane. But if she had told them before Ralph Denham’s death the story of his father’s murder and the fact that he was Lord Paliton by right of birth, why, then the people would begin to investigate, and, egad, they might find it to be true; eh, Colonel?”

Col. Graham made no response, but the glitter of his cold gray eyes told how Fox’s words maddened him. To get out of this man’s hated company, as well as to institute a search for his runaway servant, Graham went ashore before breakfast, immediately after the men arrived from the Sea Hawk. He would not have descended to the boat so steadily had he known that one of the men on whose shoulder he laid his hand to steady himself was Ralph Denham, whom he believed to be dead. As soon as Graham left, Captain Fox and Guy Frenauld went down to the cabin, where they found Don in attendance, looking as docile and innocent as if never a thought of revolt had entered his mind. “Go out, Don, and see about breakfast, Mr. Frenauld and I wish to be alone,” said Fox, and the lad bowed low and retired. “Egad, Frenauld,” said Fox, striking the table, “we are in luck. If the powers in New York don’t visit me inside of twenty-four hours with a strong fleet—and I know they haven’t gQt one—l’ll sail within the week with my two ships right into the harbor, and unfurl my flag before their eyes, to show I set them at defiance. ” “But will that pay?” asked Frenauld, alarmed at the Captain’s proposal. “Pay! Confound it, man, the true sailor doesn’t think all the time of prize money; he must give some thought to glory. ” “Then you feel that we are sure of the Sea Hawk.” “As sure, Frenauld, as that you are ■ sitting there. Why, sir, the ship ia at this moment virtually in our possession. Our fellows will do their work when they see my signal. Hedges cannot have more than eighty men left on the Sea Hawk, and suspecting nothing, they will be wholly unprepared for our onset." “It is certainly a splendid scheme, and I cannot see why success shout! not crown it,” said Frenauld. “Success will crown it, sir. Never feel half-hearted or in doubt about a matter in which you are interested. Your own confidence inspires success, and men who enter battle determined to win always succeed if they are well led."

“You are quite right there, Captain. And now as to the plans?” “It will hardly do, Frenauld, for us to put the Sea Hawk’s men we have on board between the decks till we get out of sight of the town. When tho fellows see that their choice lies between walking a plank and taking service with me, they will swear allegiance to the black flag; but for that I care nothing one way or the other. “These fellows are brave, but they are Puritans, and so will not make contented freebooters. Gad, Hedges! he is a gallant sailor, but it is inevitable. Well, as to our movements —we get under way when the tide is on the turn, and go down with the ebb.” “That will be at half past 5.” “About that.” “And as to this reception?" “It comes off, Frenauld. Don’t you understand it?" “I must confess I cannot see what you are to do with the people that come on board, unless you land them here,” said the lieutenant.

“Toland part and hold the rest would be to alarm thiß and all the adjoining settlements, with their swarms of canoes and boats, and also to place in doubl our success with the Sea Hawk. We must take Ail hands and land the party, except Miss Hedges and Miss Condit, at the eastern end of Gardner’s Island. A bold scheme, but you do as you are told, and leave the rest to me.” Captain Fox rang a bell, and Don came in at once with the breakfast. This over, the officers went on deck, and the arrivals from the Sea Hawk were set to work preparing the Wanderer for the cruise she was to begin that day. It was still early in the morning when Captain I'ox went ashore. Nearly the first man he met was Dr. Hedges, who told him that the people were very much divided as to the propriety of arresting the post-rider the night before, and that he, Dr. Hedges, thought it would be wise to let the man (to. “I did not arrest him without orders, and I cannot release him without breaking them. The man is well cared for, but he is a criminal, and he will hang as soon as I get him to New York,” said Fox. “Es c 1 at man don't die till den, ee’ll lib forever," croaked a voice directly behind Fox, that made him jump and turn as if he had been pricked by a sword. “Ha, you hag!” he said, recognizing Dinah. “Where is your grandson that you caused to run away from Colonel Graham?” “Ye’d bettah go ax Cap’n Kidd dat question. Ha, ha, ha!” and Dinah laughed and shook herself, and with her head to one side peered up in Fox’s red face. “Old Dinah is crazy, Captain Eox; you must not heed her," said Doctor Hedges, leading his friend away. “I am sorry,” said Captain Fox* “that the people of Sag harbor, to whom I am indebted for so many courtesies, should think I would do anything unbecom'ng an officer in her majesty’s service.” He was feeling in hie pocket as he spoke, and now, to the doctor’s surprise, he pulled out a large silken purse, filled with gold, and continued: “I have been anxious before s'arting on this cruise, from which, as there is chance of a heavy fight, I may never return, to do something for the poor and dependent of your beautiful town. Take this purse, my dear doctor, I know not how much it contains, and give it to those who may need it. ” The Doctor, who was an exceedingly kind-hearted man, took the purse—its weightsurprised him—and as he hid it away, he said: “We all hope that you will return, and, though some may be angered by what they do not understand, I am sure you will not leave a foe behind you. ” “I know I shall leave one true, earnest friend,” said Fox, seizing the Doctor’s hand and shaking it effusively. “Now, my dear Doctor, as I have business with her Majesty’s messenger, Colonel Graham, I must leave you, and shall expect to great you and your estimable family on board the Wanderer this afternoon. " The Doctor said he would surely be there, and then he hurried home to give Lea and her mother another evidenoe i- - . n ,

of Captain Pox’s princely generosity and Christian ihoughtfulness. He found Ell an Condit at his house, and told her that he would go up soon to see her father, whose extraordinary conduct of late puzzled him pot a little, and made him extremely anxious for his old friend’s health. “I think, ” said Ellen, “that father is feeling very well; but if you go up to the place thi- morning you will not find him."’ “Whereis he?” “On board the Sea Hawk.” “Why, he spends half his time there." “to mother and I tell him, Doctor, and we should not be at all surprised to see him return, at any time, dressed as a sailor and walking with a rolling gait, while he shouts to us that he has enlisted." said Ellen, smiling. “Oh, Heaven forbid. But, of course, Ellen, you will attend the reception on board the Wanderer this afternoon’” said Dr. Hedges. “Yes: Lea and I were talking about that We think so.ne of the officers and men on that ship are the *iost delightful—’’ “Ah, Ellen, Ellen,” laughed the gratified doctor “I’ll not tell Valentine; but don’t say that again. And so you really think rhat some of the officers and men on the Wauderer are very nice, eh?“ “I do, indeed,” replied Ellen. Mrs. Hedges, up to this time, had never kept a secret from her husband. She would not have kept this one were it not that she feared he might crive it publicity and so defeat the plans of those who were working to beat Captain Fox at his own,game. |TO IE CONTINUED.!

Gamins in Rome.

A correspondent of the New York Tribune says that the street boys of Rome have all the curiosity, shrewdness and impudence of street boys in general, together with some traits peculiar to themselves. They have a sharp eye for foreigners, and have developed no little skill in extracting coins from them. The Tribune’s letterwriter says: I got into a dispute with a cabman because he demanded a tip in addition to his regular fare. While we were talking a little fellow of 6 or 7 years stepped up and said, In a paternal, assuring tone: “Sixty centimes is enough, sir. The rascal is very impudent. Don’t give him any more.” In the same breath he asked me for a soldo for the service rendered. I handed him a coin, laughing at his grand uirs, and he received it with a condescending gesture. Then, as the driver reached for his whip, the boy made off, saying, "I’ll see you later.” I walked on, and presently another urchin was at my side. “Yes, signor, you are quite right, this is the road to the Vatican. Give me a soldo. ” I drove him off, but in a few minutes another came bounding up. “My lord! my lord!, you are losing your handkerchief. ” That was another soldo. Next a bootblack, hardly more than 5 years old, caught sight of the foreigner. “Your boots, sir! your boots!” he shouted. I tried to ignore him. He appealed to my self-respect. “But, my lord, such boots!” he exclaimed, as he trotted along at my side. “ODIomio! What nasty boots! O Santo Madre Dio! What boots! I really pity you, sir. Indeed! such boots! In fato! I am sorry for you. ” All this was uttered in a tone of profound moral c< nvictlon, as if he cherished for me the most disinterested feeling of regret and sympathy. But when the appeal failed, he dropped behind me a few stops and changed his tune. "Just look at that American! Cno can always tell an American by his dirty boots!” That was too much for me. Rather than bring disgrace uj on my native land I gave the little imp the job he was after.

A Costly Fifteen Seconds.

“The greatest transformation scene I ever saw,” said a railroad engimer, “was on the Pennsylvania Railroad, near Rohierstown, Pa. It was a lightning change, too, if there ever was one, A leng train of loaded jumbo coal cars was going east, and running at' a high rate of speed. “Suddenly a brake rigging on one of the cars near the head of the train came loose in some way and dropped to the rails. The collision of the wheels of the car with the obstruction snapped an axle, which threw the car from the track. Instantly car wheels, brakes, timbers, rails and coal were flying thick in the ai-\ as car after car went piling upon the first one and one on another. Ten cars were torn to splinters. “Two others were hurled over on the other track, and two tumbled down an embankment.. Not a truck or bit of brake apparatus was left tn a single one of these cars, and the ten others were simply piles of stove wood and scrap iron. The rails were completely ripped from the ties for a distance of 400 feet on the east-bound track, and for 200 feet on the west-bound track. “The roadbed for that distance was covered two feet deep with coal. Th« whole thing was done in less than fifteen seconds, and it cost the company SIO,OOO. —New York Sun.

The Provost Was Angry.

Our minister was learned and warmhearted, but somewhat erratic and ab-sent-minded. He had a pony that had a great aversion to donkeys, and it was with the greatest difficulty that it could be got to pass one of those animals on the' road. One day, when riding to Forfar, he met near Quilkie an itinerant earthenware merchant whose stock-in-trade was drawn by a donkey. The pony reared and backed, and was only got past after a great struggle. The minister, at the turn of the road a little further on and before hie mind was quite composed, met the Provost .‘dLFor’ar. “A fine day, Provost,” said the minister. • “Yes, fine day, Mr. Allan," answered the Provost. “Eo you think, Provost, I’m likely to meet any more asses on this road?" The Provost used strong language in reply, though there was no cause lor it.

Great Britain's Territory.

Great Britain is now far in advance of hussia as far as regards extent of possessions. The recent partition of Africa has added 2.000,000 square miles (nominally at least) to the British possessions. At the end of 1892 the British empire, including protectorates, spread over 12,208,5ti6 square mil..-s, while Russia, the next largest country, included only 8,457,289 square miles. It may be remarked that nearly onefourth of the immense area of the British empire has been added with'n the past live years. The Salisbury government appropriated more land than the whole area of the United States.

Money In Swans.

Swans are now hard to raise. They sell at S4O to $75 per pair. A Yankee farmer at Blddeford, Me., is making quite a success at swan breeding, ana his profits must be quite large each season. The average hatch yields from three to six young swans. They hatch usually about J une and mature in fourteen months from birth. They are very cross when with a brood, and need watching constantly unless penned up closely.

DOMESTIC ECONOMY.

TOPICS OF INTEREST TO FARMER AND HOUSEWIFE. ♦VUlow Basket Tot for Plants—The Do. structlve Buffalo Bug—Cheap Ditching Contrivance —High Grade Fertilizers are Cheapest—General Farm Notes. Willow Banket-Pot. When the large l.hododendronsand ether plants arrived at tho World’s Fair from Europe, they were found In a basket similar to tho one shown in the illustration, from the Orange Judd Farmer, which is an Evergreen In such a receptacle. These baskets are roughly made of ozier or other

THE WILLOW BASKET-POT.

willows. The green shoots of the willow were springing out, giving the baskets quite a pretty effect, also showing that they were made when wanted. Plants grown in the open ground can readily be transferred to these baskets, which will keep roots and soli intact and at the same timo will bear rough treatment which no other material could be expected to stand during transportation. If ever our nurserymen orllorists prepare fine specimen plants of Evergreens, and shrubs as they do in Europe, this basket will commend itself to ensure safe delivery. Besides the basket for the roots, each bush was enclosed in different sLed hoops brought to a pdint by .3 or 4 uprights, and the whole wrapped with bagging. In this stylo of packing no injury can come to top or bottom and such bundles can be packed in so as to take up the least possible space.

Been and Fruit. I have often seen bees at work on fruifc that had been cracked, says a writer in t<he American Bee Journal, or had been punctured or bitten by other insects, but 1 have never seen a bee puncture, or try to puncture, the epidermis of a sound fruit lam a fruit-raiser as well as an apiarist. In mv orchard I have apples, pears, peaches, plums, cheeries,and quinces, as well as a good list of small fruits. Bees are kept in all directions from and within forty rods of this orchard, and yet I do not believe I have ever been damagea to the extent of 10 cents by the bees working on my fruit My vineyard of two acres lies just in front of the apiary, and comes within about 100 feet of it. The bees have to pass directly over the vineyard ta reach the alfalfa fields just below, but I have never been able to detect a bee at work on the grapes; nor have I ever seen any sign of such work. Sometimes, when the bees are booming on the alfalfa, the mowers are set to work, and in two or three days all the alfalfa in bloom within reach Is cut for hay. The bees are sadly demoralized, and may be see* searching in every nook and and corner for something to carry to the hive. And yet no evidence of their attacking the grapes has appeared. True, all this Is negative and, circumstantial evidence, yet it does raise the presumption of the innocence or our little pets, and in tho entire absence of any affirmative testimony, it carries all the force to positive evidence. So far from being an injury to the fruit crop, bees are almost an essential aid in securing the perfect fertilization of fruit bloom; especially is this true in certain unfavorable seasons.

The Care of the l^iano. The temperature of the room in which the piano is kept i one of the most important things to be considered. As moisture is absolutely necessary, see to it that the air in the room is not allowed to become too dry. The growing plant will prove a good test: if it thrives you may be sure that the atmosphere is such a one your piano needs, and if on the other hand, the plant does not thrive it would be well to find out the reason. About seventy degrees is the proper temperature for the room in which the piano is kept Do not allow it to stand where the sun's rays can shine directly upon it, and be careful to keep it closed and well covered while the sweeping and dusting of the room in which it stands are in progress. To prevent the case of your piano from becoming smoky in appearance wipe a small portion at a time with a fine sponge wet in tepid water and a little Castile soap. Dry with a moistened chamois cloth which has been wrung until almost dry. When this has been done apply some reliable piano polish with a soft flannel cloth. The Buffalo Bug.

The destructive bug which does so muclt damage in many sections of the country is the grub of the buffalo beetle. It is a minute hairy creature which largely devours wool, and is said to eat cotton, papers, or anything else in its way. It is generally found in dark corners or cracks, it always appears next season, if the eggs and grub have not been destroyed, in exactly the same place it did before. The beetle emerges from the pupa state in April, flies out the window, but soon returns to lay its eggs which soon hatch into the little pests that feeds upon your carpets. The beetle is a strict vegetarian, and feeds on the spired and other plants. It will only feed on wool while it is a grub. The State entomologist, Prof. Linther, has found benzine very effective in destroying this grub, in fact, more so than anything else Treat all 9 1 tfee carpet wheye ttye hug

has appeared before thoroagbly with benzine early in April, and again In July and August if tbere are any signs of its reappearance. It is without doubt the most difficult of all household pests to get rid of, because it entirely disappears from the house while It is a bettle, and one can never feel sure whether it has gone forever or only for the season. Uon« Radish so • Spring Use. Horse radish is always left in the ground over winter, but it starts to grow very early, and the quality of the root is much injured alter the green shoots appear. What is still worse, the root allowed to grow a second season becomes tough and stringy. By clearing out the whole of the previous season’s plants, and replanting each spring with new sets, the fiuest and best roots are produced. It is the only way to grow hoise radish to make the crop a paying one. Make Manure More Effective. The advantage of thorough manuring is mainly lost unless eauallv thorough cultivation follows It The breaking up of the soil and mixing it with the manure is not all that cultivation doe-. Every time the soil Is stir ed it is opened to admit air, which is always warmer than tho soil. This increase of warmth is directly helpful to most growing crops, and It Indirectly helps by aiding tho decomposition of the manure.

Quality of Potatoes. Moro depends on the way potatoes are grown than on variety to determine quality. The mealiness which comes from plenty of starch can only be found in potatoes who-e foliage is perfect. Soggy potatoes can be grown of any variety by neglecting the potato bug or by Injuring potato foliage with overdoses of paris green. Drainage Cheap and Ea«y, Make a V-shaped scraper out of two heavy planks, and on the lower ridge of one bolt a straight pioco of steel to act like the land side of a plow. On the lower edged of the other bolt a steel share, B. After having driven stakes where tho ditch Is to be, cut a furrow with a two-horse plow on either side of them but live feet from them. Have tho V-shaped scraper follow the plow and shove the soil

DITCHING SCRAPER.

further out Let the teams go down and back until the center is reached, which results In a deep dead furrow. Then let the plow begin, this time only three feet from the stakes, and repeat the process. When the trench is tlnlshed it will be fifteen to twenty feet wide, slipping easily to the center, where It should be nearly three feet deep. Land laid oft In this manner can lie easily seeded and surplus water will flow away quickly without tearing the soil. During summer mowers, reapers, and loads of hay can easily cross the ditch without inconvenience. Grow More Parsnip*. The parsnip Is a root generally liked, and should be always grown. If more are planted than needed for table use the surplus makes excellent feed raw for cows or horses, or cooked, even for hogs and poultry. It is a root more easily grown than carrots, as its wider leaf when It first comes up makes it easily distinguishable In hoeing between the rows. But even in advocacy of the parsnip we dislike to say aught against the carrot. Both roots should be grown, and the carrot may be sown thickly, so that If some are cut out in weeding enough may he left to make a stand. Poultry Need Attention. Eggs and fowls form so large a portion of our-fcodstuffs,especially where fresh beef is not easily produced, that poultry should be as carefully provided for as other live stock.

Farm Notes. Your stable as well as your house should he built on an .elevation if possible. Plant peas every two or th ee weeks if a succe'sion of crops is desired. The dwarf varieties require uo sticks or supports. Wood ashes make a good fertilizer for potatoes. They can be applied broadcast over the surface when there is a full suppiv, or they can be applied in the hill with benefit. Sheep kept on farms in small flocks are more profitable per capita than those kept in large flocks, for the reason that they are more easily handled. and are consequently better cared for. Some farmers believe that sheep require but little water, and neglect the flock in that respect. The fact is that sheep require water regularly, and should receive an unlimited supply at all times. . The Horticultural Times says that no orchards or gardens should be without toads, as they are great insect killers. Thev feed on flies, ants, snails, caterpillars, moths, beetles, grubs, worms, eta

If lime is broadcasted liberally over the poultry yard, or grounds occupied by poultry, it will serve as an excellent preventive of roup and gapes, and when dusted freely in the poultry house at least once a week it will drive lice away. A good cistern, made with a filter, and large enough to hold all the water that falls from the barn, is the safest and surest dependence that you can have for water for your stock. It will be pure and of the right tern, perature for use summer and winter. Lamks may be fed in small pens, which will permit them to get at the food without allowing the sheep to enter. A mess of ground oats, given twice a day, is the best food for promotlog rapid growth of the lambs, and they should also be kept dry at night*

ROYAL LOVERS WED.

PRINCESS MAY AND THE DUKE OF YORK UNITED. Rejoicing Throughout, All England—An Heir of the Prince of Wales Never Before Married During Ills Father’s Lifetime— Archbishop of Canterbury Officiates, Prince George's Day. The marriage of the Duke of York (Prince George of Wales) and Princess Victoria May of Teck, an ovent to which all England had been looking forward with deep interest, took place at 12:30 o’clock Thursday in the Chapel Royal, St. James palace. The wedding was a brilliant function and was attended by a largo gathering of the members of the British royal family, continental sovereigns or their representatives and many more members of the highest nobility. Tho marriage ceremony opened with the procession of the clergy into the chapel. Tho bride wore the veil which was worn by her mother on the occasion of her own marriage. Her wedding gown was oi

silver brooade in perfect harmony with the bridemoids, toilets of wliito satin and silver lace. Tho Archbishop of Cao-t torbury, assisted by tho other clergy, performed tho ceromony, tho bride Doing given away by hor father. The delounor was servod at Buckingham palace. After receiving congratulations tho Duke and Duchess of York left the palace, driving through the Mall to the city, and thence proceeded by tho Great Eastern Railway from' Pool street to Sandringham. The wedded pair wore tho recipients of many gifts of fabulous valuo. The royal couple occupy a unique position, inasmuch as it is tho first time in the history of England that tho son, and heir of the Prince of Wales has married whilo his father bore that title. For threo generations in the direct line of succession to bo alive, and the youngest of thoso of marriageable age, is sufficiently rare, and the actual oolebratlon of tho marriage under such circumstances is unprecedented. Prince George is twonty-oight years of age, about throo yoars tho sonior of his bride. Both have boon most carefully educated, and have livod up to a few years ago as simple as the children of country gentry. At a vory tender ago Prince George displayed a strong inclination for a seafaring life, and at the ago of twolvo passod the naval examination and onterod the training ship at Dartmouth. From that time ho has been almost continually at sea, and has acquired a practical knowledge of the sorvico. Ho did not finally leave the service until tho change in nls po-

THE BRIDE IN HER WEDDING DRESS.

sitlon causod by the death of his brother, the late Duke of Clarence. Princess May, on the other hand, has spent her whole life in quiet White Lodge at Richmond. Until two years ago, when she visited the Queen at Balmoral, she had never been away from home alone. She had seen but little more of the world than a clergyman’s daughter, and her days had been filled with domestio duties, visiting the sick and poor of the neighborhood and in the company of her three younger brothers, who are said to adore her. Hor mother, the portly Duchess of Teck, however, has been an excellent manager, and the British public has long been cpgnizant of the swoetness of character of their own and only English princess. Almost from the time she has been grown up her English birth and training have been dwelt upon, her charity to the poor, her simple tastes and kind heart until she has beoomo the popular idol. It would seem that good-natured, shrewd Princess Mary of Teck has had her daughter in training for the future Queen of England from her birth. It is nearly two years since the preparations for the marriage of the Princess to the Duke of Clarence were sadly interrupted by tho sudden calamity of his death.

Notes of Current Events.

All silver mines in Chili will probably be closed. Warrants have been issued for $16,000,000 of pensions. James Lamar, a negro, was hanged at Darien, Ga., for murder. Charles W. Drayton has assumed charge of the New York Posrtofflce. In a drunken quarrel at Cincinnati, John Schede stabbed Joseph Lux to death. In a quarrel over a woman at Cincinnati, Alfred Patterson shot Anderson Bixon dead. The electrotyping plant of Ringler & Co., at New York, suffered a damaga of $50,000 by fire. The National Bank of Commerce at Provo, Utah, has suspended. The liabilities aTe $75,000. The several iron mills at Youngstown, Ohio, have been closed, throwing 7,000 persons out of employment. The section men employed along the line of the Ohio and Mississippi Railroad have struck for an increase is wages. Consul Leonard, of Shanghai, says Chinese merchants will not boycott American goods on account of the Geary law. » Brakeman C. D. Hull was killed and C. S. Hackelman was seriously injured in a wreck on the Lake Shore Road near Elkhart, Ind. The Cushing and the Stiletto are tc be ordered into torpedo practice foi the entire summer, and will be located at the Government torpedo station.

INDIANA STATE NEWS.

OCCURRENCES ©URING THg PAST WEEK. An Interesting Summary of tho More Im* portant Doings of Our Neighbor*—Weddings and Deaths—Crime*, Casualties and General News Notes of the State. Booster Happenings. Wabash has free mail delivery. Columbus is to have a flouring mill of large capacity. Ethel Beathy, aged 7, was burnedl to death at her home near Jasper. Some fruit men say the apple crop in Indiana will be a complete failure. Marion and Gas City are to be con* nectod by electric railway by July 15. Washington Brunemer, a farmer near Franklin, was killed by lightning. Prof. Ellis has been chosen super* intendent of the North Vet’non schools. Evansville has a female lawyer. The local papers call her a “law* yeress.” All tho glass works at Dunkirk and Redmond have shut down. About 400 men are out. Nearly livo hundred hinders and mowers have been sold in Jackson County this season. M. Roop, aged 00, was kicked in tho eye by a horse at Elwood, and is believed to be fatally hurt. Dithiudge Bros, glass factory at Marion was destroyed by fire. Loss, $31,000, insurance, SIO,OOO. At Linoolnville, Wabash County, John Hauffman was kicked in tha breast by a horse and will die. Elmer Quackenbush, 17, near Thorntown, who was injured by a team running away with a plow, died. Three line horses belonging to William Hinchman, Indianapdßa, were killed by lightning, near Kushville.

Hamilton County Commissioners havo granted a perpetual l ight of way to the Chicago & Central Indiana Electric Railway Company. The Lentz & Mather carriage factory, Dayton, near Lafayette, was entered tho other night and twelve flno carriages cut and defaced. Brazil City Council has granted a forty-year franchise to a Chicago company to tho streets of that town for ga» mains to transport fuel gas. The Spiceland Council has granted a right of way for tho long distance telephone line, from Now York westward, to pass through Spiceland. Oapt. J6hn W. Coons and James S. Duvet have boon engaged to oxamlne tho White County records from 1881 to 1893 in tho auditor’s and treasurer’® oftlco. Ed. Cooley, unmarried, an employe of tho Big Four, attempted to board a freight train at Brookvllle, and was thrown under tho wheels und almost instantly killed. A South Bend man who reduced his weight from 328 to 21ti pounds by stopping beer drinking and substituting seltzer water, has sent tho recipe to President Cleveland. “Little” Faulkenburoti of Forry County, and Joseph Jones, of Crawford, have been indicted at Eekorty for Participating In tho hanging of John Davidson flvo years ago. Ernest Bono, Vincennes saloon koepor, whilo driving near that city, uotieod tho big railroad trostlo on fire. He ran a half mile, flagged a passenger train und averted a disastrous wreck. The good poople of Crothersville have organized a temperance crusade. Tho new league has 200 mombers. Rev. W. B. Grimes, of the Methodist Church thero, is stirring up the people.

Suit has been filed at Vincennes for SS,(XX) damages by Mrs. Mary Kerner against the Ohio and Mississippi Railroad Company on account of the death of hor husband, John Kerner, who was killed while at work in the company’s shops at Washington. A VICIOUS dog attacked George McKinley’s 2-year-old child, east of Brazil, biting it under the left eyo and on tho lower lip. Tho child's face is badly swollen, and she is in a precarious condition. It is feared the dog was suffering from rabies. The gas wells in the vicinity of Wilkinson hold a pressure of 330 pounds. A new hub, spoke, and heading factory, employing sixty hands, will do ready to open Oct. 1. There are prospects, also, of two glass factories and a paper mill locating at Wilkinson soon. Chauncey Vermillion, a wealthy farmer, residing near Andrews, narrowly escaped death by hanging. While engagod in elevating hay, fn tho mow of tno barn, a noose of the rope caught Vermillion around the neck, and before the horse used in hoisting the loads could be stopped the unfortunate man was lifted forty feet to the roof, A tangle in the rope left the farmer suspended in raid air, and a farm hand barely succeeded in cutting him down before death by strangulation ensued. Mr. Vermillion fell from the top of the barn to the loaded wagon, and from there to the floor. He is lying in a critical condition.

Terre Haute submitted a new proposition for the State Military Encampment a few days ago, and, after considering it, the Adjutant General forwarded it to Gov. Matthews, recommending that it be accepted. The encampment will doubtless De held at that city. The exact time has not been decided upon, but it will be about July 20-29. The Adjutant General has had reports which show that 2,184 men will be in attendance, out of 2,600 in the militia. There are now forty-six companies subject to the laws of the State, while the limit is forty eight. Over a dozen applications for admission have been recently filed, but only two can be added to the list. There is a vacancy in Indianapolis which will be filled, soon. Hattie Cashier, 7, living near Brazil, recently stepped on a rusty nail. It pierced her foot and now she is dying of lockjaw. The east-bound passenger train, running at high speed struck a buggy at Marion, containing Miss Daisy Hummell, Miss Eva Ihrig, and Mrs. John B. Heath. Miss Ihrig was instantly killed, being broken and bruised to a jelly. Mrs. Heath was severely injured,while Miss Hummell escaped with a few alight bruises. The buggy was - demolished. Miss Ihrig was visiting relatives, her home being in Whitley County. She was 19 years old. Charles Evans, foreman of a Marion bridge gang at Bedford, was fatally hurt while driving piles at Horseshoe Bend, near that city. In a runaway accidentatNoblesville, James K. Bush was thrown out of a carriage and instantly killed. He fell on his head, crushing his skull and breaking his neck. His wife and 16-year-old daughter saved their lives by jumping. The wife was seriously injured, but may recover. The daughter is less injured. Mr. Bush was a soldier and for several years was the proprietor and editor of the Noblesvilie Ledger. He was a member ol Company D. Twelfth Indiana. He was also a prominent Mason and OddfejlqWt