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AT WAR WITH HERSELF.

The Story of a Woman's Atonement, by Charlotte M. Braeme. CHAPTER lll—Continued. The lawyer and his companion looked at the flushed face and shining eyes. “If you think there is any doubt, however slight, tell me. Leave me here to my old life, to its monotony, Its dreary gloom; I can bear it now, I could never return to it, once I left it." “There is none,” returned the lawyer, gravely. “I did not wait upon you until everthing was perfectly clear; there cannot be the faintest dispute as to your title. The probability is that, if the Earl of Charnleigh had made a will, he would have left everything to Captain Paul Flemyng, who, in the genealogical table, stands next to you. He is the only member of the family, I believe, that the Earl ever saw or noticed. I remember once he mentioned your father, and asked me if he had left any children. I answered, ‘Yesy-one daughter.’ ‘lt puzzles me,’ he said, ‘why there are so many women in the world; could do better with just half the number. ’ ” Despite Leonie’s emotion and anxiety a faint smile rippled over her lips. “Did he know my father?" she asked. “No, only by repute, as being a brave young officer. The truth was, he liked no one; if such a thing could be, I should say he was a hater of his kind.” “And this captain—what name did you say?” “Captain Paul Flemyng,” repeated the lawyer, and she half whispered the name. Did any warning come to her then of the tragedy that was to shadow her after life —the weight that was to make the coronet a burden? “Paul Flemyng—and is he disappointed? ” she asked. “I cannot tell. He may have thought the chances were greatly in his favor; but he is too true a gentleman and too brave a man to envy the happiness that has fallen to a lady’s lot.” “I hope he is not disappointed,” she said; “pleased as I cannot help feeling, I should not like to purchase my happiness by another’s pain. ” “Even should Captain Flemyng feel pain he will not show it,” observed the lawyer. “Do you say I shall have a great deal of money? He could have some of it. I am not obliged to keep it all myself.” Mr. Clements smiled at the simple words—perhaps another idea suggested itself to him. “I do not think that will be needed," he remarked. “Captain Flemyng has some property besides the income derived from his profession. He is at present with his regiment at Malta. ” “What relation is Captain Flemyng to me?” she asked, looking up at him with the questioning glance of a child. “I should say about fourth cousin, if such relationship exists at all. * Your father was the late Earl’s second cousin. Captain Flemyng stands three degrees lower on the family tree. I wrote to him at once, and told him there was no will. It is six months since the late Earl died. Every possible search has been honestly made, and there is no trace of his ever having intended to make a will—no memorandum, no papers. During that time we have anxiously made out the claim of each relative, and yours is the strongest, the clearest, and the truest; indeed, your title is so perfectly clear that you might safely take possession of Crown Leighton to-morrow.” “What shall I do?" she cried. And again the beautiful young face grew deadly pale. “How can I bear the change? I shall not know what to do with my life. ” _ “There will be much for you to consider. Have you no lady relatives of your mother’s living?” “No,” she replied, with an outburst of passionate sadness. “It may be true that I am a countess, but I am quite alone in the world.” “I should suggest that you at once engage the services of some elderly lady as chaperon. You cannot live alone. Perhaps Miss Templeton would be the best person to consult in the emergency.” Mr. Clements here rose from his seat and bowed with an air of deference he had not shown before. “Permit me,” he said, “now that my legal business is explained, to be the first to offer my congratulations to the Countess of Charnleigh. I pray heaven to bless your ladyship in your new life, and to send you every blessing and prosperity and every earthly happiness.” F “I thank you,” she said gently. Then Mr. Dunscombe stood up and offered his congratulations. “If you will allow me,” said the lawver, “I will wait upon you, Lady Charnleign, to-morrow. I have an imperative engagement this evening; to-mor-row I hope to have something to suggest that will meet with your entire approbation.” With the most respectful of salutations, they left her standing like one entranced; as they left her, so she remained, until the sound of the door opening aroused her.

.CHAPTER IV. “Now, Miss Rayner,” said a rough voice, “if you and your visitors have done with the room, I shall be glad to get it ready for my mistress.” The insolent tone and the sharp words generally brought a proud flush into the beautiful face; now the young girl looked at. Susan Netley, the cross house-maid, as though she had not even heard her. “I have lived at King’s Court,” continued the aggrieved domestic, “for many years, but this is the first time I ever saw governesses and their friends make so free. ” “If she knew,” thought Leonie, smiling, “instead of being insolent to me, she would fawn and flatter—she would cringe to me. Ah, the power of this wonderful gold!” The maid-servant was annoyed to see that she had produced no effect. “I shall certainly tell Miss Templeton the minute she returns why my work is not done, ” she continued; but to her surprise the young girl merely left the room, with the same strange smile on her face. She wanted to be alone, she must be alone to think over this wondrous event.' She sat in the dull, gloomy playground until the clock struck five; no one came to tell her that tea was waiting; no one. seemed to care whether she had anything or not. As she re-en-tered the house, Susan met her and said, not very civillv: “Your tea has been waiting, Miss Rayner, in the school-room for an hour past.” She laughed aloud as she thought how different it would be soon, and then time passed in another dream until Miss Templeton returned. At 7 the formidable mistress of King’s Court was to return. Leonie had been accustomed to count the hours with a certain kind of dread; now she sat so completely entranced in her glorious dream that she did not even hear the noise of the much-an-ticipated arrival. It was a custom of Mias Templeton’s to keep the governess

pupil in her place, as she expressed it, oy continually finding fault with her. When she returned from her holidays, it required some ingenuity to make out ajist of complaints against the young girl, but she generally succeeded. On this occasion she did not linger long over the dainty tea prepared for her. Susan, fired with indignation at Miss Rayner's insensibility, was only too pleased to tell how the young governess had had visitors in the drawingroom, and had spent over two hours with them. Miss Templeton went at once to the school-room, where she found the young lady seated before her cold, untasted tea. A frosty greeting passed between them, and then Miss Templeton seated herself in state. “I am sorry to hear, Miss Rayner,” she began, “that your conduct during my absence has not been so circumspect as I could have wished. May I ask who were the gentlemen you entertained for more than two hours today?” There was a faint ripple of a smile on the beautiful lips, which angered Miss Templeton very much. “Two hours,” continued the schoolmistress, “is a long time for any lady to spend in the society of gentlemen, above all of strangers, as I should imagine. these to have been.” “Then I must demand an explanation of your conduct, Miss Rayner. King’s Court is both known and honored for the exemplary conduct of its conductor. If you have deviated in the slightest degree from established rules, we must part." No fear shaded the bright eyes that looked laughingly into the stony face. “The gentlemen introduced themselves, Miss Templeton. lam quite innocent of having known of their visit beforehand.” “Will you tell me who they were?” repeated the angry lady. “Mr. Clements, a lawyer of Lincoln's Inn, and Mr. Dunscombe, the manager or steward of the Crown Leighton estates.” “May I be permitted to inquire what they wanted with you, Miss Rayner?" said Miss Templeton, somewhat wonderingly. “They came on business that astonished me, Miss Templeton, as it will you. They came to tell me that owing to a strange chain of circumstances, Fortune has played a jest upon me. ” “I do not understand riddles,” said Miss Templeton, coldly. “Fortune has been amusing herself at my expense. If the gentleman’s researches are correct, I am now Count ess of Charnleigh. ” In the greatness of her surprise, Miss Templeton committed what was for her a sad breach of good breeding. * “You are what?” she said. “I am Countess of Charnleigh, and mistress of the Crown Leighton estates.” “My dearest child, you cannot mean it! You are jesting, Miss Rayner!” “I am speaking in all sober trvitx," she rejoined, calmly. “But your mother was only governess —your father quite poor!” “Poor, but for all that of good family and a gentleman. It is as his daughter, Miss Templeton, that I am Countess of Charnleign.” CHAPTER V. Miss Templeton, in after life, was accustomed to tell the story, and declared that she had never received such a terrible shock. She could but repeat the words in a helpless fashion. “Countess of Charnleigh! Explain to me—my mind is not clear.” And Leonie, half indignant, half amused, gave the lady a complete resume of the history she had heard herself. When it was ended Miss Templeton rose from her chair and embraced her. “My dearest child—my favorite pupil —I am so heartily glad, so pleased, so delighted—l am overwhelmed.” The stony face and dull, lusterless eyes wore a look of excitement that completely changed Miss Templeton. “For your own sake lam so pleased. Countess of Charnleigh! The title is a proud one—you will do it justice. I always thought there was something distingue, something aristocratic about you.”

“Did you 9” asked the young girl, wonderingly. “I fancied you were never very pleased with my manner.” Miss Templeton positively blushed—a phenomenon that had not occurred for years. “Those who have the charge of youth must be severe, ” she said, “or, the youthful character never would be formed. My dear child, what advice you will need! What a terrible, almost awful responsibility for you! You will indeed require help. ” “So Mr. Clements says. He is coming to-morrow to consult with you, for l am young to be a countess in my own right and mistress of a vast fortune. Yesterday I felt so old, so tired so weary of my life; to-day—l cannot help it—my heart is like a singing-bird. ” Miss Templeton looked at her in wonder; the young girl had never said so much to her in all her life before. “That is but natural, Lady Charnleigh. I had better give you your title at once —it will accustom you to the sound. You itiXst have some lady of experience with you; you cannot live alone. Countess of Charnleigh! I cannot get over my surprise. ” At that mement Susan entered with a message. The expression of gratified revenge on hpr face did not escape the notice of either lady. She looked with an air of triumph at Leonie, “Susan,” said Miss Templeton, sharply, “I desire that you do not annoy Miss Rayner again. If she wishes to have the drawing-room for her visitors, remember it is always at her service." Susan left the room full of rage and astonishment, contemptuously wondering to herself what was going to happen that Miss Templeton should be so civil to a governess. That night Leonie was Miss Templeton’s most honored guest. She was allowed to go out on the lawn and sit under the shade of a great drooping cedar until the moon and the stars gleamed in the darkening sky. A large magnolia grew near and its rich fragrance seemed to fill the air, and gave to her dreams of luxury and magnificence such as come only under the influence of rare odors. Then the state bedroom, hitherto reserved for the most honored guests, was at her disposal. Lady Charnleigh smiled as she saw how carefully it had been prepared. It was pleasant when she rose to mark the deference the servants paid to her, the extra respect; how each one called her ; “Lady Charnleigh,” and waited upon her; and she was young enough and woman enough to be pleased at these things, and feel life life more pleasant with them. Mr. Clements called before noon, and then there was no more doubt, no more hesitation. Her claim was allowed on all sides, and she might at any moment she liked take her place in the world as Countess of Charnleigh. Even the change in the lawyer’s manner she noted. He was politeness itself, deferential, respectful, with somewhat of kindliness, that was extended, perhaps, because of her youth and inexperience. “Do I really understand you that my dear pupil can take pcsiession of her estate at ones?” said Miss Tompioton,

whose surprise could still be barely repressed. “To-day, to-morrow, or any time she wills,” was the reply. “If I may venture upon making a suggestion to Lady Charnleigh, it is that she should, under Miss Templeton’s chaperonage, go at once to town, and there mak» such purchases as she may deem fit; then, when ready, I advise no further delay in going to Crojvn Leighton. If your ladyship will authorize me, I will at onoe write to one or two influential i people who will be able to recommend a proper and suitable companion.” “You mean that I am to buy new dresses,” she said, looking at him with her face in a glow of delight. “How shall I know what kind of dresses a countess should wear? Mv wildest dreams never went beyond a pretty silk.” He smiled. Miss Templeton looked distressed. “Your best plan, Lady Charnleigh,” she suggested, “will be to drive at once to Madam Berton and let her get everything necessary; she will know if you do not. As a matter of course, you must for some time wear mourning; but, as expense will not be a matter of consideration, you can have it as elegant as possible.” “I should explain to your ladyship,” continued Mr. Clements, gravely,“that during the six months we have spent in ascertaining the claims cf different and distant relatives, the income derived from various sources, to be afterward explained to you, has accumulated and has been lying on my hands. I have brought with me a check for a thousand pounds. You can do afterward as you will;” and he looked half wistfully at this young girl on whom the mantle of splendid estates had so suddenly fallen. “A thousand pounds!” said Leonie, Lady Charnleign. “And I have never in my whole life before had five shillings of my own.” “Perhaps, after all, the best way to acquire a true appreciation of money is to want it,” said Mr. Clements. “Ana now, Lady Charnleigh, it only regains for me to add that whenever you think of going to Crown Leighton I shall be happy to attend you. ” “I should like to give half of this away,” she said; “how many people would be made happy by a little money!” She was looking with her bright eyes full of wonder at the check he had laid before her. "It is the great lever of the world,” remarked Miss Templeton. “Yet I cannot imagine Chevalier Bayard, or King Arthur, or any of the heroes I loved, caring for it,” rejoined Leonie; “there is nothing grand or heroic in the love of money. ” “For the present be content with enjoying it, Lady Charnleigh,” said the lawyer, smiling kindly; “you can mon alize about it afterward. ” pro BE CONTINUED. |

A STEAMER’S BILL OF FARE.

The Many Tons of Provisions Consumed on a Vessel Annually. The cost of provisioning an ocean steamer of the present day is very great. In a year the provisioning of only one boat will, as a fair average, include 500 sheep, 200 lambs, 3,000 oxen, 300 fowls, as many ducks and miscellaneous poultry, besides several thousand head of game and other sundries. Add to these a hundred thousand eggs. 10 tons of ham and bacon, 5 tons of fish, 2 tons of cheese, 1,000 tins of sardines, 100 tons of potatoes, 5,000 loaves and 50 tons of flour biscuits, 5 tons of jam and marmalade, 3 tons of oatmeal, 2 tons each of rice and peas, pearl barley, plums and currants, and 12 tons of sugar, with a ton of tea and 3 tons of coffee, and you have what may be called the backbone of the daily fare. The drink bill will average per vessel per year about 50,000 bottles of beer, 20,000 mineral waters, 3,000 bottles of spirits and 5,000 bottles of wine. We have only mentioned the necessaries and said nothing of the luxuries, which we ought not entirely to omit. Let it be added, then, that each passenger averages three oranges, almost as many apples, and half as many lemons a day; and that the ice cream supplied averages a pint ahead a week; and that on an Atlantic trip, .taken at a venture, the fruit bill included 160 melons, 100 pineapples, 10 crates of peaches, 10 bunches of bananas, 100 quarts each of gooseberries and currants, 250 quarts each of raspberries, strawberries and cherries, and 75 pounds of grapes. The breakages are simply appalling. During one week, not so very long ago, the steward’s return on one well-known liner showed an average breakage list of 900 plates, 280 cups, 438 saucers, 1,213 tumblers, 200 wine glasses, 27 decanters, and 63 water bottles, all of which had, of course, to be made good on arrival in port.

New Story of Washington.

Here is a new story of the Father oi his Country. Washington’s head gardener was a man from some European kingdom, where he had worked in the royal grounds. But coming to America he left his wife behind. Homesickness for his “gude" woman’s face soon began to prey on him, and Washington noticed the anxious eye and drooping spirits of his servant. Finally the man went down to the river and declared his intention of shipping to the old country, when who should come up and lean over the side of a newly-arrived vessel but his wife. The kind-hearted general had secretly sent for the woman, and she fortunately suprised her loving husband in one of his fits of despondency.—Philadelpnia Times.

Making Rugs by Hand.

The Turkish and Persian rugs which are sold at fancy prices bv the carpet men are all made by hand, not even a loom being employed. The work requires great skill and infinite patience, so that the prices for genuine goods are by no means too large. Some of them require the labor of one man for six months or a year before they are completed and put on the market, while the highest-priced rugs, have often been toiled at, day after day, for three or four years before they are finished.

A Good Razor Strop.

There are few better razor strops than can be made from a remnant of old leather belting that has revolved long beneath the dripping of oil from machinery, A razor first stropped on such a strip of leather and then upon a piece of calfskin is easily kept in good order.

The Rock of Refuge.

In Hawaii, one of the Sandwich islands, there is a spot called the Rock of Refuge, If a criminal reaches this rock before capture he is safe, so long as he remains there. Usually his family supply him with food until he is able to mi.ke his escape, but he is never allowed to return to his own tribe.

Our Large Tobacco Growth.

Tobacco was discovered in 1492. In 1892 the United States raised 565,755,000 pounds on 757,526 acres of ground. In 1884 the world’s production was 768,000 tons o?i 2,029,000 acres. In 1892 there were manufactured in this cr>nntry 2,877,779,440 cigarettes.

DOMESTIC ECONOMY.

TOPICS OF INTEREST TO FARMER - AND HOUSEWIFE. Two Ways of Shocking Corn-The Care of Apple*— Value of Reputation to a Farmer —Setting Cuttings—Box for Wetting Hay. Etc. Setting Cuttings. In setting grape, currant, or other cuttings in the open ground a trench is often plowed or dug, the cuttings placed in position, and the earth thrown back. Many make the ground as mellow as possible, and with a pointed stick cr sharpened iron rod snake a hftle of the proper depth and lodination, and insert the cutting. The operation can be greatly expedited and cheapened, says the American Agriculturist, by the hanaied foot dibble shown in the illustration,

FIG. 1. FIG. 2. FOOT DIBBLE. GUIDING BOARD.

Fig. 1. A blacksmith can make one from an old fork. Cuttings are usually placed about four inches apart in the row. Hence, havp a three tlned fork made with straight tines four Inches apart, five inches in length, three eighths of an inch in diameter and pointed at the ends. The operator walks by the side of a line or mark and forces the fork into the ground, four inches apart, at any inclination desired. If the ground be hard the foot is used to press the fork down, a uniform depth can be secured by running the tines through a light strip of wood shown<in Fig. 2. After the cuttings are in place, the dibble should be aga:n pressed into the earth within two inches of the cuttings, and moved slightly to press the earth firmly against the cutting at the bottom. Test this by trying to pull out the cutting. Walking along both sides of the row fills all interstices, and growth is assured as far as proper setting is concerned.

Shocking Corn. There are various ways of building a shock; says C. F. Curtis in Rural Life, but we have settled down to one of two ways, depending upon the corn and other conditions, viz.: The solid shock or standing shock built close around a jack. The former is made by placing the first armful flat on the ground, the next across it at right angles, and followed by filling in the other angles and building up solid from the ground, keeping as much of the fodder corn from coming in contact with the ground as possible. The jack used in the second method is made from a 2xl scantling fourteen feet long, with two legs supporting one end about four feet from the ground; the other end rests on the ground, and about three and one-half feet from the upper end put a four-inch fence board seven feet long through n mortised hole in the scantling. Let the intersection of the board and the scantling be in the center of the shock, and make a good -big solid one and bind it tight at the top When the shock is finished remove the jack by sliding the board out first, and you will then have a large, well-built shock partially quartered, permitting the access of sufficient air to prevent the fodder from spoiling, even if quite green. I had some fears when I began to use this method that the jack would leave the shock too open and cause it to bleach and take water, but it does not. Corn may be put up in this manrer as green as it ever need be cut if not wet with dew and it will come out in perfect condition. The method is not so satisfactory if the crop is somewhat green, and it has the further disadvantage of being more subject to the ravages of field mice, but it beats the old plan of tying the tops of four hills together for a foundation.

Care of Apples. There is no question about the importance of so far as possible preventing the bruising of the fruit From' what has been said in strong terms concerning the barrier erf a tough skin which nature has placed upon the apples it goes without saying that this defense should not be ruthlessly broken down. It may be safely assumed that germs of decay are lurking almost everywhere, ready to come in contact with any substances. A bruise or cut in the skin is therefore even worse than a rough place caused by a scab fungus as a lodgment provided by the minute spores of various sorts. If the juice exudes, it at once furnishes the choicest of conditions for molds to grow. An apple bruised is a fruit for the decay of which germs are specially invited, and when such a specimen is placed in the midst of other fruit, it soon becomes a point of infection for its neighbors on all sides. Seldom is a fully rotten apple found in a bin without several others near by it being more or less affected. A rotten apple is not its ' brother’s keeper. The surrounding conditions favor or retard the groVlh of the decay fungi. If the temperature is near freezing, they arc comparatively inactive, but when the room is warm and moist the fruit cannot be expected to keep well Cold storage naturally checks the decay. The ideal apple has no fungous defacements and no bruises. If it could be placed in a dry, cool room, free from fungous germs, ft ought to keep indefinitely until chemical change ruins it as an article of food. Value of a Reputation. Have you ever observed that some farmers can get a better price for exactly the same grade of cattle than can be obtained by other men? There is nothing mysterious about it It is simply because they have a reputation for that Kind. This is a principle of profit in cattle growing too much overlooked. Get a reputation for having superior stock all the time, and you will always get the top price, or a little more, because there will

be some one on the watch to buy your cattie when they come on the market Use the best class of sires even if you have only grade cows, and It will help not only the actual quality of your product, but your reputation as well A pure bred bull of a high record dairy family you well know will stamp its quality on your dairy herd, and the merits of your cows will become so well known that you will be able to procure fancy prices. The same thing holds good, only perhaps not to so pronounced an extent, in breeding beef cattle for market. — Philadelphia Inquirer. Making a Good Stack. At each threshing time, the difficulty of getting the straw properly cared for increases. The straw is regarded as of more importance than it used to be and good stackers are less plentiful. In the first place there ought always for a large stack to be three men at work on it. . With less than this, the necessary packing down is Impossible. Keep the center full and well packed down. Under the carrier, unless great care is taken, there will be an accumulation of chaff. If the straw is to be sold, keep the chaff by itself by poking it down the side of the stack and drawing in to be fed out to the stock in winter. If the straw is be fed in winter, distribute the chaff through it as evenly as possible. Chaff packs more closely than will coarser straw, and this even distribution causes the stack to settle evenly. It will thus be better prepared to shed rain. A poorly-made stack from having too little help at threshing will have a large accumulation of chaff where the straw dropped from the carrier. This will settle and begin to rot after the first heavy rain. After two or three weeks, the chaff, which ought to be worth as much as hay for feeding, will be good for nothing except as manure, and the straw will be rotted down to the ground on that side of the stack. Box for Wottlur Hay. The illustration represents a box used for wetting hay. To use, crowd a feed of hay into the box, set an empty pail under the open gate and pour the water over the nay from another pall. If one pouring does not

BOX FOR WETTING HAY.

wet sufficiently, reverse pails and pour again. Ground grain may then be mixed with the wet hay, if ope wishes, although 1 prefer to sprinkle it on after putting the hay into the manger with a fork. If one has sufficient room, the box may be made long enough to wet hay for two or more horses. For convenience, it should stand in front of the manger. The bottom of the box slope about an inch to the foot in length. In wetting hay this way, all surplus water quickly drains out and the hay does not need to be cut. It requires no shoveling over, or mixing over in order to get it all wet. Hedge* for Shady Places. It is often desirable to have hedges along lines where trees are already growing. Evergreens are wholly unfitted for these situations; only deciduous shrubs can be employed. Among the best of these are the various varieties of Privet They stand dry ground better than almost anything else. It is not so much the shade which injures the hedges in these situations as it is the drying of the ground by the roots of the trees. When we imagine the enormous amount of moisture transpiring from thousands of leaves of trees, we can readily see how dry the ground must be which has to supply this moisture. But those who have practical experience understand this without a thought of the philosophy Involved.— Meehans’ Monthly.

FF Frosted Grass Innutritions. So soon as hard frosts come, every, thing dependent on pasture requires extra feeding. The effect of frost is to expand and burst the vegetable cells that contains sweet ariti nutritious juices and either dry, them up or blacken and rot them. This with cows affects the quality as well as the amount of milk, making the cream harder to churn, as it contains a greater proportion of fibre and caseine and less butter fats. Use a Fodder Cutter. The fodder cuttgr is one of the most useful and important implements on the farm. It is not used as much as It should be, for it demands bard work if there is no power to be obtained, but it will enable the farmer to use a large amount of coarse food that is usually wasted. The fodder cutter should be kept tn constant use during the winter. Brief Hints. The fumes of a brimstone match will remove berry stains from the ! fingers. Tar stains are removed by applying oil, and then removing the oil with benzine. Moist bands are frequently relieved by bathing them in lukewarm water containing a teaspoonful of borax or ammonia. If a shelf In the closet is infected with red ants, carpet it with flannel and the tiny insects will not attempt to invade that limited precinct A sponge large enough to expand ■ and fill the chimney after having been ■ squeezed in, tied to a slender stick, is the best thing with which to clean a lamp chimney. In some ot the tests in bluing it has been discovered that certain properties in poor bluing, combining with qualities of certain soaps, will produce an iron rust or stain in the clothing. To draw linen threads for hemstitching take a lather brush and soap and lather well the parts where the threads are to be drawn. Let the linen dry, and the threads will com« out easiir. oven in the finest llnem

FIGHTERS' FISTS.

Chamcterlstlr* of the Hard Hitting “Dukes” of Champion Pugilists. To-day, as of old, the gladiators of the world meet in the arena—a fistic one—and do battle. The sport may-

CORBETT'S HAND

serve and receive the most attention, for on his hands does the brunt of battle fall. A great deal depends on the pugilist himself in regard to making his fist what it should be. Some inexperienced fighters make a fatal mistake in permitting the joints of the phalanges of their index fin-

gers to project beyond the others when they close their hands. This mistake often proves fatal to the

fighter who does so, for in a critical moment the bones are liable to snap. The great danger to the bones is when a fighter lands a swinging blow on the forehead or on the back of the head. In such a case the point of contact is on the thumb and knuckles of the index finger, and they are extremely liable to fracture or dislocation.

The most deadly blows to the one who receives them and ledst dangerop.to the giver’s hands are the blows delivered on the point of the jaw, on the neok over the jugular, in the pit of the stomach and in the region of the heart. A blow on the temple is also classed among the most dangerous, but more than one 5 it has occurred that the man who delivered the blow broke his fist. This accident is due in a measure to the manner in which the blow is delivered, but mainly to the fist not being in first-class condition. The best hands in the world, even when coupled 'With tremendous hitting power, are well-nigh useless when pluck and science are lacking. The sketches represent the fists of men who are champions—mon of might and prowess. They are the men who make the money, hhd by their fists they make it. Who can pick the fist that next year will belong to the only champion, for there can be but one?

Corbett has a long, well developed hand, with long fingers. Under assiduous and careful training his hands have during the last three years grown extraordinarily strong and large. They are w now perfect, and there is little danger of any accident occurring during the progress of a fight Jackson's hand Is somewhat similar to Corbett’s, save that it is a trifle larger and harder. Jackson’s hands are naturally hard and strong, so that it takes but little time to get them into condition. Mitchell is

MITCHELL'S LEFT.

on the eve of a fight ho pays more attention to his hands than anything else. Fitzsimmons has big, bony hands; Maher has a tremendous hand; Jem Carney has a small, womanly hand; George Dixon has a small hand, but hard as nails; Cal McCarthy’s hand is small; Jack Dempsey has a lady’s hand; Joe Butler, of Philadelphia, has the largest hand of any pugilist living; Frank Slavin has a big band, so has his brother; La blanche (The Marine) has perhaps the most perfect hand ever seen in the prize ring; Billy Edwards has largo hands; Choynskl’s hands are both large, the right being larger than the left.

HE REPRESENTS GERMANY.

Baron Saurmii-Jeltseh, Ambassador to th* United States. Baron Anton Saurina-J eltsch is the first German Ambassador to the United States, former German dlplo-

BARON SAURMA-JELTSCH

He was Consul General at Alexandria, Egypt, during the Arabi Pasha rebellion and his ability then won for him the post of Ambassador. He has since been Ambassador to the various European courts.

Multnomah Falls.

The Columbia River, having its head waters in British Columbia and flowing for a long distance between Oregon and Washington, is one of the most beautiful and charmingly picturesque rivers in the world. The Dalles of Columbia, whore the river narrows, are world famous and over terraces of stone the waters flow in a succession of cascades. Of the numerous falls that lend picturesquencss to the great river the most beautiful is Multnomah Falls, Oregon. Here the waters fall, like a strip of spray, a distance of 800 feet

Old-Time Refugees.

The last proceedings in the negotiation of a preliminary treaty of peace, in 1782, was in relation to the refugee American loyalists. The American commissioners consented to a compromise. They agreed that there should be no future confiscations or prosecutions of loyalists, that all pending prosecutions should be discontinued, and that congress should recommend to the several States and their legislatures, on behalf of the refugees, amnesty and the restitution of their confiscated property.

Pounded by Wagner.

The pianoforte upon which Wagner received- his earliest teaching in counterpoint and composition from Theodore Weinlig, of Leipsic, has been added to the objects in the Wagner Museum in Vienna.

hap is neither so bloody nor so dangerous, yet many a man has been killed by a blow from his foeman’s fist The hands of a pugilist de-

JACKSON'S FIST.

handicapped in the matter of )dsts. Ills hand Jis very looseJjointed, big and 'fat. This looseness interferes seriously with his hitting power, and

macs to this country holding the lesser rank of envoys extraordinary and ministers plenipoteniary. The Baron holds a high posl■tlon among the 'diplomats of Germany and has been In the service many years.

AROUND A BIG STATE.

BRIEF COMPILATION OF INDI-* ANA NEWS. What Oar Neighbor* Are Doing—Matter* of General and Local Interest—Marriage* and Deaths—Accidents and Crime*—Personal Pointers About Indianlans. ' v •” Brief State Items. *. B. Briggs, aged 61, was killed by a passenger train near Huntingburg. John Huffman,a well-known farmer of Clay County, committed suicide by shooting. John J. Hartley has been appointed receiver of the Patterson Fruit Jar Company at Muncie. ~ Miss Frieda Kostner of North Manchester, was seriously burned by a gasoline stove explosion. Miss Dora Peters, aged 16, committed suicide at her home near Lafayette. Cause unknown. Miss Laura Watkins filed suit at Wabash, for SIO,OOO damages for slander against William Naber. The striking f treatcar men at Evansville have returned to frork and accepted the reduction in wages. Mrs. Phoebe Randall of Muncie, died from burns caused by her dress taking fire from a pot of coals. The Indiana iron mill company at Muncie, will employ non-union men 'tis said. ‘ Negroes will be employed. Diphtheria in epidemic form is the result of people drinking polluted water at Peru. The schools have been closed. Jay County Fair officials offer a premium to the young lady who places on exhibition the most sightly pair of patched trousers. George Rudolph, the ex-priest who was mobbed at the Opera House in Lafaette last January is going to lecture again in that city. In searching the jail at Columbus, the Sheriff found several Instruments that had been secreted in some unknown manner to aid escape. Jebse D. Thomas and Will Kuhn, prisoners in the Connersville Jail, broke out as they were being given their supper. Still at large. The report comes from Marion that for several weeks not a night has passed during whibh there has not been a burglary In or near that city. A man giving the name of P. J. Jones, from Chicago, was arrested in Terre Haute, charged with forgery. Several forged notes were found on him • Frank Ohtheimeh,prominent farmer near Lafayette, has been declared insane. His delusion Is to make sacrifices to the Lord, and, as a result, he has killed nearly all of his stock. Two new cases of small-pox have been reported at Muncie. The officers met with considerable trouble in removing one of the patients to the hospital. The sons of the man defied the officers.

Farmer James Hamilton, near Morgantown, was held up In his own house the other night while robbers searched the premises and secured 8180. They wore afterward chased almost to Martinsville, whore all trace was lost. John Hall, a brakeman employed by the Big Four, toll from the top of a freight oar near Indianapolis. He struck the ground with terrific force and rolled down a steep embankment. His injuries are internal and very serious. The large elevator owned by the Wabash Railroad Company and managed by Edwards & Adams, in Wabash, was destroyed by fire. The elevator contained 28,000 bushels of wheat, 500 bushels of clover-seed, and some corn. The clover-seed was saved. The wheat was chiefly owned by farmers who,carried no insurance. Losses on grain will be 815,000, and on building 85,0)0. At Hlllsburg, Babe Spurlock attacked William Palmer, an old gentleman, aged 60 years, and began to kick and abuse him, whereupon Palmer drew a knife and inflicted a wound in the abdomen from which Spurlock died in a few hours. Spurlock has long had a reputation as a bully. He severely whipped Palmer two years ago. ‘ Palmer surrendered to- the officers. A FIRE occurred at Orestes, eight miles east of Elwood, on the L., E. & W. R. R., the other night. The fire was the work of incendiaries and wiped out the business portion of the village lying east of Main street. It originated in the general store of J. T. King & Co. The store had been looted of its more valuable'contents and then fired to cover the crime. Thfe. ; is the second fire caused by robbers in that village in two weeks. ' ~ At Lafayette, Kumler & Gayioxd brought a 812,000 damage suit against the Monon road in behalf of Frederick Gillespie, a boy aged 8 years. In August, 1892, the laa climbed upon a ca-’ boose plattorm of the Monon road and was ordered off by the conductor. The train was running at the time, and the stern command of the conductor, and the lifting of his foot (as is claimed he did,) as if to kick him off, frightened the little fellow and he attempted to get off of the step: He swung around under the wheel and his foot was so crushed as to require amputation. Patents have been issued to the following inventorsi James B. Alfree, Indianapolis, metallic conveyor; James M. Adkins, Indianapolis, lock stock cock; Stephen S. Austin, Terre Haute, platform scale; George W. Daily, Charlottsville, mail bag catcher or dispatcher; Howard H. Hopkins, Goshen, bicycle; William B. Hosford, Mishawaka, clutch shifter; George R. Root, Indianapolis, rail joint: George W. Smith, Union City, vehicle pole; John ~ S. Thurman, Indianapolis, fuel oil,-, burner; John Brian, Evansville, hoop? and handle fastener. . - pWiNG to the prevalence of smallpox in the gas belt region of Indians’/* Warden French of the Northern Pent-!? tentiary has quarantined against Muncie and Anderson, and will receive no , convicts from those two places Without certificates from the State BoaijJ'.ei Health. * THE Columbus Grand Jury has re- v turned indictments aaainst Charles, Mary, and John Lewis,-filobert Snyder, Henry Von Stroe and’''Wife, Igol, Henry Mundt, John J. Schrader? and Ham Leesman for conspiracy'ip 7 the Whitecapping of Mrs. Andrew Schrader. ' The insulated wire and rubber works at Jonesboro went into operation last week, employing a large force of skilled mechanics. The factory has been idle several months. Mrs. Samuel McNees, wife of Rev. McNees of Farmland, while trying to light the gas in a stove, was severely burned about the face and hands. The gas-failed to ignite, and, without turning it off, she lit a scrap of paper and threw it on the burner. Instantly there was an explosion that Blew the stovelids and teakettle in the air. The burning fluid was puffed over her head and shoulders, badly singing her hair aud eyebrows and burning her face and hands.