Democratic Sentinel, Volume 17, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 August 1893 — Page 3

AN IDYL OF HONOLULU.

A Bold Stroke for a Husband. Written for This Paper.

CHAPTER Hl—Continued. “I will now tell you who the young man is,” said Bullet, drawing his chair nearer to his daughter. “His name is Ralph Kemplin.” "Ralph Kemplin? Any relation to the Kemplins in whose ship you used to sail?” '‘Yes, the only son of that Kemplin. I see that I have not talked to you in vain' about my old employer and his family. This youth is now on his way around the world. Here is a great bundle of papers by which his identity is perfectly established. Ido not know exactly how he got into his present fix, but I am going to town soon to make inquiries, and in Ihe meantime I can guess about how it was ” “In what kind of a fix is he?” “He has been waylaid—probably with an eye to robbery, as his pocketbook is gone, his watch, and'so on —and in the struggle he has received a blow on the head that has utterly destroyed his memory. You’ve heard of similar oases; at least the medical books are full of them. He don't know anything about himself and his history. It’s all a blank to him—his past, who he is and where he is. He don’t even know his own name!” Alma looked shocked. “He’s an idiot, then?” she murmured.

“No, nothing of the kind. He has simply lost his memory, forgotten how to read, forgotten his friends—even his sweetheart, if he happens to have any. He has the same tastes and passions, however, as before his injury. He is, in fact, the same man as before, except in so far as regards memory and its various offices and connections.” “How odd!” ejaculated Alma. “He must be a sort of grown-up baby!” “The very thing!” returned Bullet. “That expression describes him perfectly. Yet he still has the airs and manners of a cultivated gentleman, doing from habit and instinct what he has been accustomed to do by reason.” He narrated briefly how Kulu had fallen in with Ralph, and all the circumstances —so far as known—under which the sufferer had come into his keeping. “And, now that he is here,” concluded Bullet, “what a field of action is opened to you! In three or four days the poor fellow will be physically well, but in all probability his past will continue a blank to him. We will give him a new name, and you must teach him his letters, and get him to reading again, and study geography and history with him —in a word, make a man of him upon his new basis. And, while you are thus engaged, if you are as able as I think you are, you will at least win the young man’s gratitude, and most likely nis affection, and so become his wife. And once you are his wife, I will speedily make a pretense of discovering who and where his father is, and restore them to each other. As you and your husband will be the sole heirs of the merchant’s vast wealth, you become a great lady at one jump. Now, what do you say to the project?” “I think it can be carried out," answered Alma, as a look of eager resolution mantled her face. “At least, I will do all I can to make a success of it.”

A few details established a full understanding and harmony between the father and daughter, ana they awaited with impatience the moment of Ralph’s awakening to enter upon their nefarious conspiracy. At the end of two or three hours a stir in the little bedroom announced that the sufferer was awake, and in an instant Bullet was hovering over him, “You feel better now, sir?” “Oh, so much better.” “Do you feel well enough to see my daughter? She’s to help me take care of you.” Ralph assented, and Alma at once entered. Bullet introduced her to the patient, who greeted her with mechanical politeness. “You can’t recall your name yet, can you?” asked Bullet. The sufferer contracted his brows Eainfully a few moments, and shook his ead sadly. “We shall have to give you a new name, sir,” pursued Bullet. “Suppose we call you Ashley Benning, after an old friend of mine?” Ralph nodded a weary assent. “Ashley Benning it is, then.” A few minutes the father and daughter conversed with their patient, and then they proceeded to their little kitchen, intent Upon making him a nice broth and a gruel. “You see that he is started upon his new life,” muttered Bullet, rubbing his hands gleefully together. “All trace of Ralph Kemplin is lost until we choose to find it. This young man is simply Ashley Benning, and his life dates from the present. He is, in fact, an entirely new creation. All we have to do is to be secret and cautious, and keep all knowledge of him from everybody until you are his wife, and we Bhall then find ourselves on the very pinnacle of happiness and fortune! The first great step Is taken!” ' It was, indeed. It only remained to be seen what would eome of it.

CHAPTER IV. RALPH IN HIS NEW CHARACTER Beneath a cocoanut tree, upon the slope of a gentle declivity overlooking the little valley in which the Bullet promises were situated, reclined Ralph Kemplin in an attitude of dejected thoughtfulness, toward the close of due of those dreamy and beautiful days by which the neighborhood of Honolulu is distinguished. “Strange, strange!” was the sighing ejaculation that at brief intervals broke from him. The sound of light footsteps, accompanied by the rustling of a woman’s dress, at last aroused him from his sad and profound musings, and he gathered himself up into a sitting posture ih time to receive the daughter of the old ex-sailor. Miss Alma Bullet. The girl was dressed ccauettishly, and it could have been seen at a glance that she had acquired a great many new charms and graces since her acquaintance with Ralph, just as meaner things are polished by contact with better. “Ah, here you are, Mr. Benning?” she said, with a forced smile and an equally forced assumption of lightheartedness. “I wondered what had become of you. I was afraid you might have wandered off into some danger.” “Oh, I know too much for that,” returned Ralph, with a bitter curling of his lips. “I have been taking a long walk among the hills ” “And yet you know that I do not want you to go so far upcu these lopely

BY LEON LEWIS.

rambles,” interrupted Alma, with a look of keen anxiety. “Well, why not?" “Because because there may be enemies looking for you in some of those lonely ravines,” declared the girl, with the air of having been forced to say something she would have preferred to keep secret. “I dare say some of the—the native young tnen may be jealous of you.” “Jealous of me? Impossible! They know that I am only a poor waif upon whom your father and you have kindly taken pity. They know that lam only a pensioner upon your bounty and not a suitor for your hand, Miss Bullet.” The girl sighed, as she tore in pieces a bunch of wild flowers she had gathered.

“They may not know all this—those native young men who used to try to pay me attention,"she murmured; “and some of them, I know, are very ugly and malicious, and that is why I have so often begged you not to wander away so far, and why 1 have asked you to be always on your guard. You have been ten or twelve miles, I suppose?" “Yes—or more. How can I help moving ? lam too worried and excited to remain motionless. Finding myself a little tired upon my return from this long ramble, I dropped into this pleasant place to rest. ” “Shall we read a little more to-day?" asked Alma, after waiting a few moments for Ralph to continue his account of himself. “No, no —thank you! I am tired of geography, tired of history, tired of qven your ancient Greeks and Romans ! r “Then perhaps you don’t wish me to remain here at all?” breathed the girl, sadly, while a tear welled up slowly into each eye. “Yes, I do—of course, of course,” returned Ralph, quickly, looking as if his conscience smote him for those tears. “Sit down here beside me. I am always glad to see you, as you ought to know Dy this time. Come when you will, your coming is always welcome. How could it be otherwise after all you have done for me ?" Sendiag a quick but comprehensive glance in every direction around, as if to assure herself that no intruders were near, the girl seated herself upon the velvety sward near Ralph, and promptly recovered her calmness and all the studied charms of her voice and manner.

“It’s no wonder you are tired of reading and studying,” she murmured. “How constantly we have been poring over books during the time you have been here! You were only a few hours in learning the letters of the alphabet, and since then we have exhausted the whole stock of books upon the island. Even the missionaries have little more to lend us. But you must certainly feel that you are paid for all this trouble. You know almost everything —all that is usually taught in the schools, and all that is to be learned by an extended course of select reading. “I am certainly improved from the Ignorant creature I was when you took me in hand,” returned Ralph, with a sad smile. “Then everything was so strange to me, as if I had just dropped down from the skies. I had no idea of the ocean, the continents, the islands, the stars, or the planets. London, Paris, Rome; New York, San Francisco, America, Europe, Asia—these are all names which were then only empty sounds to me. But now, Miss Bullet, thanks to your constant and generous assistance, I am like other men ” “Only so much nobler and wiser than the majority of them!” breathed Alma, with an earnestness which rendered any doubt of her sincerity impossible. Ralph smiled again, and rejoined: “You flatter me, but I know howto excuse your flattery. The teacher is always partial to the scholar. But I am so far like other men, at least, that I am now prepared to bear my part in the great battle of life; that I can look out intelligently upon the scenes around us; that I can reason and act in all and any given circumstances; and that I am now capable of considering all and any problems—even the great mystery of myself.” “And it is of this ‘great mystery’ that you have been puzzling again, no doubt?” murmured Alma, with an uneasiness she could not entirely conceal. “Yes; it is of this horrible secret that I have been puzzling again,” affirmed Ralph, his rich voice freighted with unrest and desolation. “Who was I before your father gave me this name of Ashley Benning? Where did I come from? What was my former name, my race, my kindred?” “Father surmises that you may have been a sailor upon some ship,” said Alma, with averted face. “A sailor? Impossible! The same idea occurred to me, and I have been and looked at a hundred sailors one after another. lam not like them, You need only look at my hands. Is that the hand of a sailor?’^ The girl glanced at the hand extended toward her, so white, so soft-skin-ned, so small and delicate, and the utter absurdity of comparing such a member with the average hand of a sailor, with its thick, tar-begrimed skin and its horny callosities, was at once apparent. “Another thing,” added Ralph, “if you and your father had had the least belief of my having been a sailor, you would have taught me to be a sailor, and not have adopted the plan of making me a man of books—a scholar—a learned gentlemarf.” The fair conspirator turned pale at the force of this reasoning, and for a moment could not entirely hide her confusion. “I was not a sailor, therefore, as you can see at a glanoe,” resumed Ralph, with a promptness which showed how much he was preoccupied by the problem of his former existence. “But wb at was I?” Alma hardly knew what to answer, but soon replied: “Why do you ask? Is it not manifestly impossible that any of these harrowing questions should ever receive a solution? Father and I have passed in review a hundred times every possibly theory of your past history, but all are equally unsatisfactory and all are equally far from any definite conclusion.” “It occurred to me, of course, that I must have come in one of the ships which, about* that time, entered the harbor,” continued Ralph, thoughtfully, “and I have accordingly been making inquiries." The pallor deepened on Alma's face. “You have?! 1 she gasped. “Yes, I have been making inquiries. Yesterday and to-day I have made two long visits to Honolulu. ”

The start giveh by Alma at this declaration partook largely of affright. She stole several sly glances in quick succession at her companion. “Well?” shb Anally faltered. “Well, I have had my labor for my pains. I have learned all I can in regard to the ships which were in port at the date in question, and also made every possible inquiry in regal'd to the persons aboard of those ships, but I have not been able to find the least light in that quarter. It is impossible to say who I formerly was, or how I reached this island." “Or even when,” suggested Alma, still averting her face. “You may have been on the island months or years before we found you. You may have been afflicted with—with some terrible mental disease. In any case, whoever you may have been, and whatever your parentage, it is reasonable to think that you may have been deliberately abandoned by your friends, and that they have taken such good care to cover up their tracks that you never, never will be able to get the least trace of them.”

This view of the case was not a new one. Ralph had often contemplated it before, but he had never been able to consider it calmly. It was, in fact, the most painful of all the theories he had ever formed concerning himself, and its horrors now kept him silent. “And such being the oommon-sense view of the matter,” resumed Alma, “why should you worry yourself to death with a mystery that can never be cleared up? Is it not better to let the dead past alone and turn your attention to the living present?” “This is course I propose to take,” declared Ralph with a longdrawn sigh. “It would be both foolish and wicked, of course, for me to spend my life in an endeavor to answer questions which are from their very nature unanswerable. But one of the most pressing duties of the present is for me to cease to be an object of charity—to avoid taxing your goodness and that of your father any further —in short, to adopt some work or profession that will insure me a support and render me independent of others.” “What! you are tired of us? You would leave us?” cried Alma, ‘turning Sale again and looking a world of toner reproaches. “It is not that, Miss Bullet.” said Ralph, with gentle gravity. “Among all the thousands of truths I have learned during the past few weeks, I have not failed to learn that the first principle of manhood is pecuniary independence; and the time has arrived for me to carry this 1 truth into practice.” Alma mused painfully a few moments, and then turned her most effective glances upon her companion, her features brightening; ’ “Very well,” she said, “I see no objections to your being independent, since suc|j is vour desire. Father will sell yoh some land, which you can pay for by your labor, or he will endeavor to procure for you a position of soma kind in Honolulu. But whatever you do, bear in mind that father and I ara your true friends, that we have your happiness at heart, and that we are anxious to do all we can for vou.” “You have both been singularly kind to me,” returned Ralph, as he leaned forward and took the girl’s hand in his own, pressing it gratefully. “To you, especially, I owe more than my life. Rest assured that I shall always be grateful.” While he was uttering these declarations, with theffiearty honesty characteristic of him, the dark face of an intruder, a Kanaka, was suddenly raised into view from behind a clump of bushes a few rods in the rear of tho couple, and a clenched hand was shaken menacingly at them, while a pair of savage eyes looked at them with the raging fires of jealousy. Neither of the couple detected this intrusion. “But enough of all this for to-day,” continued Ralph, relinquishing the hand of the girl and arising. “I see your father in the distance, returning from Honolulu, and you will doubtless wish to meet him, as he was to bring you some new fashions,” and the young Chicagoan smiled,' “Let’s walk in that direction.” The sun was now setting in a flood of glory, and by the time the couple had finished a pleasant chat with Bullet the shadowsof evening were falling densely around them. They had finally separated, the old sailor going to see his man Kulu, Ralph retiring to his room, and Alma seating herself in the doorway of the cottage, when the darkfaced Kanaka, of whom we have spoken, advanced toward the girl with a briskness that startled her. She arose hastily. Don’t go,” called the intruder, in a voice in which sullen anger was predominant. “It’s me —Keeri. I must have a talk with you.” |TO BB CONTINUED. |

Beneficial Results.

Household economy is made a study in the Kansas State agricultural college. This is what is said: The homes of the land receive much better food than before the girls were given the study of household economy. It is not better in materials, perhaps, but the infinite variety of combinations and of preparations will incite a girl to experiments of various kinds after she learns the foundation truths about the combinations of foods. Then, too, she learns definitely some methods besides those her mother used, and any one is better for using the good ideas of the people than being limited to those evolved by but one Drain. The students take pride in doing - cooking at home after they have practiced in class, and their delight in their success often gives them cheer and comfort through the whole day.

Almost a King.

The Earl of Derby, who died recently, was seriously considered as a candidate for the throne of Greece after the retirement of King' Otto, the Bavarian, in 1862. At the time he was Lord Stanley, a member of the House of Commons and one of the most intimate friends of Lord Beaconsfleld, then still Benjamin Disraeli, This interest, ing historical event first became published two years ago, through Froude, the English historian, who found letters referring to it ih the correspondence between Beaconsfleld and Mrs. Brydges. ■ Although Disraeli favored the candidacy of Stanley be expressed the belief in a letter, dated December 9, that the Stanleys would prefer Knousley to tlje Parthenon and Lancashire to the plains of Attica. Philadelphia Times. WOOD pulp is rapidly becoming one of the most universally used of manufactured articles. Not only is it found available for making many of the necessaries and conveniences of man’s life, aside from newspapers, but it is also appearing in artistic coffins in which to bury him. It is interesting to note in this connection that there are very few areas of spruce lumber in the United States west i 4 the Adirondacks. The light of the sun is equal to 5,563 wax candles held at the distance of one foot from the eye. It would require 600,000 full moons to produce a day as brilliant as one of cloudless sunshine. The mariner’s compass was known to the Chinese as early as B. C. Ilia.

AGRICULTURAL NEWS

A FEW SUGGESTIONS FOR OUR RURAL READERS. To Construct a Refrigerator at Small Co" - Manner of Flushing Fnderdrains—Feed the Wheat to lloga—An Kill,-lent Farm Gate. Home-Made Refrigerator. saw a refrigerator constructed last summer at an actual outlay of so few cents, which did such good work, both in its economical use of Ice and its preservation of the food placed in it, that it appears little short of a duty to describe it, says a correspondent of the Country fientleman. Two dry goods packing cases were secured, one considerably smaller than the other. The size of the inner box will represent the capacity of the ica chest

REFRIGERATOR COMPLETE.

(It is to be remembered when choosing a box for this purpose) while the outer box should afford a space 3 or 4 inches all around the box to be placed within. It should also afford 2 inches of space between the bottom of the inner box and its own. All these surrounding spaces, except that above the inner box, are to be filled with dry sawdust. The Interior of the inner box should be painted white, for if left in the natural wood, butter and some other articles, placed In it may have « decidodly “woody" taste. So far the ice-chest has cost but a trifle but now it will pay to spend a little for a galvanized Iron tray to fit exactly Into the bottom of the inner box, provided with a tube In one end, as shown in the cut, of sufficient length to pass down through the bottoms of both boxes, which will carry off all water from tho melting ice. This tray can be made of tin, or even sheeting, in which case it should be

GALVANIZED IRON TRAY.

well painted, both within and without, to prevent rusting. The chest mentioned did not have this tray, but it Is really very desirable. Cleats are placed upon the inside of the Inner box, and shelves made of slats inserted one above another, with a chance for one such shelf directly over the Ice, as it rests In one end of the box. A thick cloth cover kept well drawn over the top of the outer box will help to keep the ice from rapid melting, though without this in the . case mentioned the Ice melted ,but slowly. r < »• Th« Cheapest Gate. When a farmer is able to njake a gate'almosl as cheaply as good bars, there Is no excuse for using the latter, as they are certainly very Inconvenient. In passing through bars with a wagon, or other farm implement, the time consumed in taking them out and replacing them is a matter of no small moment. Moreover, bars are often left partially put up, and the stock, In rubbing against

AN EFFICIENT FARM GATE.

them, lower the end of one or more of the bars, or the action of the wind causes one end to fall, letting stock into mischief. The engraving shows the construction of the gate so clearly that a description is unnecessary. The gate should be as high, or a little higher, than the fence immediately adjoining. It should be made of light, strong lumber. What to Do and How to Do It. Under the head of “Farm Work,” Waldo Brown in his '‘Farm Talks” gives some important hints every farmer should heed. The important consideration with every farmer regarding farm work is, what to do and when to do it to the best advantage, or most economically. There 1$ a great amount of labor wasted upon the farm because it is not wisely and thoughtfully directed. There is always a proper time for doing farm work, but it is not always possible to do it when the demand comes, and this often results in indirect loss. Thus la the cultivation of root crops, the work of a man would be worth at one time $5 per day a? compared with the same kind of labor doDe at some other time out of the proper season for doing it. The same holds good in haying time; the labor of a man to secure the cutting and making of hay when it ought to be cut would be better worth $3 per day, than $1 per day at a time delayed until the hay becomes over-ripe and woody, or in a condition that is distasteful to the animals to which it is fed. Work cannot always be done just when it ought to be. but it is more likely to be when it Is Intelligently planned beforehand. One reason why work, is sometimes brought out of season is because too much is undertaken. It is better to plan for only just so much as can be accompli-hed at seasonable times with all conditions favorable, and a crop well cared for when it ought to be wouid produce as satisfactory results as one poorly cared for, covering a larger surface. W’ith a soil that is inclined to be weedy, a little neglect involves a greatly increased amount of labor.

Feeding Wheat to Hogs. Last winter William T. Ault, a farmer living four miles from Hillsboro, 111., read of experiments as to profits in feeding wheat to hogs. Having a good supply of the cereal, which was worth tiO cents a bushel

on tbe market, be concluded to test the feeding plan on a fair scale, rutting up thirty-six head >of good-sized pigs, he had his wheat ground of cracked tine and soaked in water. With this he f§d,l\)s thirty-six hogs until recently when he sold them at the market price, after which he sat down and in a few minutes figured out that in this way the bushels of wheat he had fed each brought him the handsome sum of SI.4CX, :Oood Points lu » Con. The first point to consider Is that the cow is strong, with a deep flank, indicating constitutional vigor; and the next is to see that her udder is right in form, her teals large and set wide apart If a cow is to be a good milicer she must have somewhere to keep it which di es not however, mean a thick, fleshy udder, Secondary and fancy points are a slim neck and long head, with fine horns ard good features. ' Flushing; Underdrains. After a farmer has spent a great deal ot time and, money in the construction of underdrains, it is a serious loss to have these stopped up by the washings from tne surface soil. This is especially apt to occur when an underdrain Is established to carry the surface water underneath a level, cultivated field. This danger of stoppage Is easily avoided by the construction of a flushing reservoir or dam, similar to the plan shown in the sketch, from the American Agriculturist, in which « is the breastwork of dam, c the loose boards that are removed at any tlmo when the

MANNER OF FLUSHING DRAINS.

dam Is full, thereby flushing or washing out any sediment that may have accumulated at any portion of the drain. In practice, the greatest point is gained by the washings of the surface soil settling in tho reservoir, irom whence It is easily thrown out upon the banks, whereas, if allowed to take its nutural course, it would have passed into thodrain, and clogged up the same. The water passes over the flush boards at c, falling on to the platform d, and thence into the mouth of the drain at g, and thence through the underdrain to tho outlet.

Duck* Are Prolltable. Ducks are profitable if proper care is taken to secure their eggs, and attention is given to the young. They need a good-sized lot containing a pond or stream, as they aro very fond of water. Then care mufst be taken to shut them in a roomy coop or pen every night, or you will hiso their eggs, as they lay early in morning and in the water or swamp If possible. Ducks are good feeders and will scoop up anything iroin a raw potato paring to chocolate Cakes. After tho young nre hatched, coop the mother a few days and place a pan of water for the babes to play In. Give soft food at first and then add coarser. Be sure to shut them up nights. Their feathers are nice feathers. If they have access to a pond, look out for turtles; they will draw the ducklings under water and destroy them soon. I have known many to bo lost in this way. If you have a nice garden leave a hole in the fence that the ducks may crawl through, and It Is good-bye garden “sass,”

Value of White Clover. Though white clover does not grow large enough to cut for hay, It has a thick mat close to the ground, and is one of tne very best pasture plants, bearing close cropping and quickly growing up again when sto k is removed. The plant spreads by rooting on the surface as well as from its seed, which is found plentifully in the heads of bloom at nearly all times of the growing season. Its seed remains in uhe soil many years if conditions are not favorable to its growth. Hence it often reappears where the grasses have failed after two or three seasons in hoed crops and without any seed of it being sown. Calven for Market. If shippers would follow a few sim* pie instructions much of the trouble that we have sending calves to market would be avoided. After killing let the calf hang until the animal heat is entirely out of the carcass; then put inside of the carcass plenty of ice and lay it down so that the cold air can get into all parts of the meat. As cold air falls, it stands to reason that when a calf is hung up the carcass gets the only benefit of the ice. Much of the stock that goes to market is spoiled in the hind quarters and it could have come from no other cause than that we have mentioned.—N. E. Farmer. Pip Need Fresh Earth. The pig pen ought to have a space of fresh soil tnat has not been trampled over for several years for the pigs to root in. Su h soil helps to correct. acidity of the stomach and keep the pig healthy. But where the rooting is over land filled with decomposing pig manure the pigs are sure to get tome disease, and this is, doubtless, often the means by which the dreaded trichina is introduced. The pig likes to be cleanly. His rooting in fresh soil for roots and larva of iuse ts does not disprove his preference for cleanliness.

Plant Peas Often. Peas are one of the most delicious of garden vegetables, but we often fail to make the most of our oppor. trinities, by planting them all at onc-e when garden-making first commences, whereas, it is best to plant a few every week through planting season. By this means those last planted will be coming on when the first are dead, and our table will be the gainer thereby. Let us have peas.— Express.

A HOLY PLACE.

fha Celebrated Houiterj of Troltsa, Near Moaoow, Russia. Foremost among the holy places of Russia is the monastery of Troltsa, dedicated to Its founder, St. Sergius. It Is forty-five miles from Moscow aud stands on a commanding elevation. Walls twenty feet thick, varying in height from thirty to fifty feet and extending 4,600 feet inclose tbe monastery, making It a very strong fortress. There are eight towers terminating In cupolas of brightly colored metal and within the walls is a jumble of metal roofs, above which rise the gilded domes of ten churches, while above all towers the graceful belfry of ' Ilastrelll. The main church contains the shrine of St. Sergius, which is visited by many thousand pilgrims yearly, and scattered about are several holy wells, the waters of which are said to effect miraculous cures. The foundation of the monastery was laid by St Sergius, a religious of noble birth, who, about the middle of the fourteenth century, established himself in this place with twelve disciples. The strictness of his life, his superior wisdom and the rigor with which he and his monks subjected themselves to manual labor, brought his establishment into high repute. His counsel was sought by the princes of his nation; and when in 1380 tho famous Dimitri of the Don set forth to meet the Tartar ho;des in the great and bloody victory of Kulikova, he first received the blessing of Abbot Sergius. Lands and wealth were showered upon the brotherhood of Troltsa, but its founder remained simple, laborious, and self-denying to the end. Ho died in 1392. Sad troubles were in store for his disciples. In 1408 the monastery was destroyed by the Tartars and was not rebuilt for nearly twenty years. From this rebuilding tho present Church of the Troltsa—Trinity—dates. In 1008 the monastery had to withstand a slxtceen months’ siege by a Polish army 20,000 strong, and

MONASTERY AT TROITSA.

it omorged from the trial triumphantly. Again In the same century It repulsed the same enemy from its walls. Twice did the monastery afford an asylum for l’cter the Great when he was hard pressed by fate, aud in turn the monarch bccamo its liberal benefactor. Other rulers, too, heaped offerings on Troltsa, and it la rich In displays of gold, silver and gems that rival the magnificence of Solomon. But esteemed above It* merely barbaric wealth are the clothes and tho tools used by the good St. Sergius.

EULALIA’S ELDER SISTER.

The FrlnceM Isabella do Bourbon, Who la Also an Infanta of Spain. When the Chicago papers reached Madrid with accounts of how tho Infanta Eulalia was enjoying herself here during, her recent visit It la barely posssble that a feeling of envy

was experienced by her sister, the Princess Isabelle do Bourbon, is also an infanta of Spain. Both princesses aro daughters of the former deposed Queen of Spain, who now resides 1 n Paris, and both princesses are aunfg ot the

INFANTA ISADELLE.

present child king, XrpKSffltfS XJII. Princess Bourbon lives In the palace with Christina, queen regent, at Madrid. She Is about 35 years of age and is described by the New York Herald as very energetic and Influential In the politics of Spain and popular' with the Spanish people. While the two princesses aro unlike In disposition they are devotedly attached to each other. Shortly after United States Minister General E. Burd Grubb arrived in Madrid Mrs. Grubb was taken-slck with fever and the Queen sent her personal court physician In attendance. General and Mrs. Grubb always had distinguished courtesy shown and entertained the court lavishly.

Fine Pigs. The wife of a farmer, having two marriageable daughters,- decided to give an evening party and Invite a number of her acquaintances, among whom were several eligible young men. Her husband, a plain, - blunt, Yorkshireman, who knew more about cows aud sheep than of etiquette, was quently cautioned to be on his best behavior while the company were present He was taught by his daughters that if by any means he did make a remark which might offend the guests, to immediately apologize by saying, “Of course, present company excepted.” , The night for the party came round, and all were ready to sit down to the table, when it was found that the host himself was absent. However, after an awkward wait of a few minutes, the old farmer came quietly Into the room. “Why, father, however Is it you are so very late?” asked the eldest daughter. “Well, you see, my lass, I’ve just been over to Farmer Giles’, looking at his pigs, and they are as fine a litter of pigs as you ever set eyes on—present company excepted, of coorsei”

Novel Head Covering. A daring young Southern girl has almost discarded her hat at the seaside this summer, and has appeared at all hours of the day (and even in the ball-room it Is said), with her head covered with an artistically knotted bright silk handkerchief. Nos, indeed, have these handkerchiefs always been of silk, for she has not disdained the use even of the ordinary bandanna, such as the old Southern “aunties” wear. Though the adornment was regarded as specially “fetching” in this particular instance, it is to be doubted that It would be becoming tc many.

AROUND A BIG STATE.

BRIEF COMPILATION OF INDIANA NEWS. What Our Neighbors Are Doing— Matter* of General and Loral Interest—Marriage* and Death*—Accidents and Crimes—Persohal Pointers About Indlanlans. Brief State Items. The Blazil rolling mill has resumed operations. Lapohte is clamoring for an increased police force. J. B. Hiller’s barn, near Peru, burned. Loss, $4,000; insured. Frankfort people are running a pipe lino into tne Elwood district for gas. Charles Hkible, L. E. & W. switchman at Muncie, was killed by an engine. By a local election Brazil has decided to build SBO,OOO worth of gravel road. The 6-year-old son of William Rieble was run over by a wagon and killed at Lafayette. Thomas Highfield, another of the alleged ‘‘White Caps,” was found not guilty at Jasper. The Darnell iron works and several othor factories of Muncie have closed down indefinitely. A Washington man has lieen arrested charged with selling beer as soup in largo bowls. Charles M. Turner has been appointed receiver of tho Citizens’ National Bank of Muncie. William McMain, a prosperous miner at Donaldsonvillo, was crushed by falling slate and died. A HORSE belonging to Ephraim McMurray,that was suffering from rabies, had to bo killed atCrawfordsvillo. Miss Amanda Handlin, a pretty young woman near Lebanon, committed suieiuo with chloroform. She gave no cause. The malleable iron works of tho Swoet A Clavk Company, Marion, have closed down, throwing 350 men out of work. Mrs. John A. Alsfasser. living west of LaPorto, committed suicide by hanging herself. Tho act was caused by ill health, AT a meeting of the stockholders of the Grant County Agricultural Society it was decided to postpone the annual exhibition until tho times improve.

The old Iroquois camping ground, west of Elwood, has boon dug into by A. J. Moore, who has unearthed a number of skeletons buried in a sitting posture. Justice James, Brazil, was called into tho country tho othor day to marry Samuel Hoad and Lydia Somers. He mot tho couple in a corn field and thoro made thorn ono. i Passenger train No. 3, west-bound, ran into the delivery wagon of J. C. Kolly, at Walnut street crossing, Anderson, demolishing tho wagon, and hurling the driver, Joe Mltzler, a distance of thirty yards. Ho was picked up in an unconscious condition. His Injuries are rogardod as fatal by tho physicians who were in attendance, Cora Fugate, a 13-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. Fugate, woll-to-do citizens of Brazil, has bocotne blind. She had been suffering with a complication of diseases since her memorable fast of thirty-eight days, which closed about a week ago. Closo watch was kept over her, and it is declared by hor attending physicians that she nevor tasted food in that time. Thomas Densfohd of Jeffersonville, was fatally injurod while, omployod in Sweeney Bro.’s shipyard. He was standing noar a wagon, from vrbich a largo piece of iron machinery waß being removed, when tho machinery slipped, striking the wagon tongue. This, in turn, struck Densford in tho breast a terrible blow, knocking him. down and injuring him internally. As South-doujid oxpross No. 2, on tho Michigan Division of the Big Four, was pulling out of Jonesboro, a scoundrel. standing on the left side of the track, fired into the women's coach with a gun, smashing tho windows and barely missing the head of a female passenger. The conductor was notified, tho train stopped, and search was made for tho miscreant, who made his escape in tho darkness.

Near Fort Bitnor, Byford E. Cunningham, a popular Ohio & Mississippi Conductor, wuh instantly killed by being thrown from a carload of lumber. Ho fell on his head, breaking his neck. Mr. Cunningham was at ono time editor and proprietor of the Seymour Republican. He loaves a wife and daughter. Ho was 35 years old and a member of Seymour Chapter, F. & A. M. and the Order of Railway Conductors. Patents have been Issued to Indiana inventors as follows: Robert C. Elliott, Prairie Creek, picture exhibitor; Henry C. M'llor, Fort Wayne, engine; Arthur J. Will, Aurora, drill press; John Marshall, Mentonka, rake attachments for mower; Patrick O’Brien, South Bond, tire setting apparatus; George M. Pitcher, Logaosport, brace; Jacob Teeter, Hagerstown, mail crane; Goorgo H. Shoemaker, South Bend, spark arrester; O’Neal Watson, Crawfordsville, collar fastener. Cyrus Brown of Columbus went to the home of Charles Steenberger, four miles north of town, and held a short conversation with his wife, who had not been living with him for Borne time and who had filed a suit for divorce. What the two said no one knows, out Brown pulled a revolver and shot her dead. He fired two bullets through her body, one taking effect in the head. He then made a rush for her brother, but could not get close enough on account of the darkness to lull him. Brown escaped and officers are in pursuit. Job Holmes, living in Monticello. is in a position to sympathize with the White Caps who attacked the Conrads in Harrison County. He is lying at his home with one eye destroyed and the other injured with bird shot. Holmes and several other parties went to the residence of Hugh Davis, an alleged undesirable neighbor, and began to stone the house. Davis emptied the contents of a shotgun at the gang. They all got some of it, but Holmes fared the worst. Davis’residence has been stoned frequently recently, and he served notice that he would shoot one if the assaults continued. William Jordau, a wealthy farmer near Richmond, now has his name on the list of “easy buncoed.” He was worked last week on the barb wire fence trick. The other night as Clem Keyes, a merchant of Flora, was going to his homo from his store, he was met by two highwaymen who ordered him to throw up his hands. He answered by picking up a bowlder and knocking one of them down. The other fired two shots at Keyes, one taking effect in his abdomen and one in his left thigh. The thugs then robbed him of $ 100. It is not thought the wounds will be fatal. There is no clew to the assailants.