Democratic Sentinel, Volume 21, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 June 1897 — Page 2

Shtgtmotrflticgenttntl J. W. McEWEX, Publisher. RENSSELAER, • - - INDIANA

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HOW THE SANTA FE DETECTED A SWINDLE. Has Been leaning Pay Checks to Fictitious Names for Three Years Woodford, Minister to Spain, Will Keep His Mouth Shut. Santa Fe Stealings Disclosed. Although the investigation of the pay rolls of the Santa Fe has been in progress but a week, it has already revealed stealings amounting to about SBO,OOO, and officials who are in a position to know say that this figure will-be greatly exceeded. The old game of placing fictitious names on the pay roll was worked successfully. In order to locate the fictitious names the Santa Fe sent out a pay car for the first time in three years. Assistant General Superintendent. Turner and Chief of Defective's Kinney were on the car and attended personally to the work of handing out the checks. Hundreds of the cheeks were not called for and the investigation proved that the names were fictiflous.

DEFEAT OF OUR NAVY. Dry Docks Need.ed More than Additional Rattle Ships. “Congress had better stop building battle ships and begin building dry docks,” was the expression of Representative Amos Cummings during the debate Monday afternoon in the national house on the proposition to appropriate SIOO,OOO to repair the Brooklyn dry dork. Mr. Cummings etilled attention with, startling candor to the lamentable weakness of this country in facilities for the repair of our battle ships. He said that whereas in the single port of Portsmouth, England, there were twenty-one stone dry docks into which English ships could be taken for repairs, the entire equipment of the United States on the Atlantic coast was one timber dry dock, and that one so badly out of repair that it was useless, and that on the Pacific coast there was also but a single timber dry dock. Our deficiencies in- this respect are due entirely to a difference of opinion between cliques of officers in the Navy Department, whose rivalries extend into almost every feature of our naval establishment and' have so thoroughly demoralized the navy as to make it a laughing stock among nations. One of these cliques is in favor of timber dry docks and the other in favor of stone dry docks, and between the two we have practically neither. Ln the event of a war with any maritime nation, such as Japan or Sisiin, the United States would be practically helpless in its inability to repair war ships. WOODFORD WILL NOT TALK. Makes It a Rule to Keep His Mouth Shut. An interview with Gen. Stewart L. Woodford, minister to Spain, is published at New York, in which he says: “From the moment I accepted the appointment 1 have not said one word in relation to it for the press or the public, or to any unofficial person in any form, and shall not do so under any circumstances. Whatever is to be made known to the people of that which I shall have in hand will properly and necessarily come from the State Department. If there is any rumor or report in- the newspapers or elsewhere of an interview with me about Spain or Cuba touching their affairs in any degree, you may be positive, without inquiry, that so far as it concerns me it is without foundation.”

MACARTNEY ALSO ACQUITTED. Last sf Recusant Witnesses Disposed Of by Judge Bradley. At Washington, Judge Bradley sustained the motion of the defense in the case of John Macartney, broker, on trial for alleged contempt of the Senate sugar trust investigating committee, and ordered' the jury to return a verduct of acquittal. The ground of the judge’s decision was that •the questions asked were individual questions of Senator Allen and not committee questions. Mr. Macartney is the last of the alleged recusant witnesses to be tried, so that the record 1 stands: Acquittals, six; convictions, one—namely, Broker Elverton R. Chapman of New York City, who served 1 twenty-five days in jail. Athletes of the Diamond. Following is the standing of the clubs of the National Baseball League: W. L. W. L. Baltimore .. .34 12 Pittsburg ...22 24 Boston 34 13 Cleveland ...22 25 Cincinnati . .29 17 Washington. 19 26 New York.. .27 18 Louisville ...19 28 Brooklyn ...24 23 Chicago 18 30 Philadelphia 24 26 St. Louis. ...10 40

The showing of the members of the Western League is summarized below: W. L. W. L Columbus ...35 15 Detroit 23 29 Indianapolis. 33 16 G’nd Rapids. 19 34 St. Paul 36 19 Minneapolis. 19 35 Milwaukee ..29 26 Kansas City.lß 38 Shows a Deficit of $3,500,000. Deputy Attorney General Elkin has given out a statement on the condition of the Pennsylvania State finances in whidh he Shows that there is a deficit of $3,500,000 in the State treasury. Mr. Elkin says the Legislature 'has for several years appropriated more money than the net revenue received by the State, hence the present large deficiency. Gathmann Shell Not at Fault. The Navy Department has decided to give the Gathmann shell, invented by Louis Gathmann of Chicago, another test. An investigation of the cause of the explosion showed' that the shall was not at fault. Tea Below the Standard. About eighty thousand pounds of tea brought to San Francisco since May 1 has not been allowed to be lauded, because it did not come up to the standard of quality'established by the Secretary of the Treasury in April. The importers are protesting. Raddatz's Boat Is a Success. The Raddatz submarine boat was given another launch or test at Oshkosh, Wis., and with success. It is now being provisioned for an extended voyage on Lakes Michigan and Huron. < Mayor Good May Loss Office, An affidavit was filed Friday with Attorney General Monett Charging Mavor Good of Springfield, Ohio, with violating the Garfield corrupt .election practices act by using more money than allowed by law in securing his nomination and election. The penalty is ouster from office. Confesses in Court to Murder. Washington ; Craft, the Primitive Baptist m-nis-ter on trial at Paintsville, Ky, for the murder of Londell H iggins, fourteen years ago, admitted killing his uncle, Wiley Craft and William Cook fifteen •dot thaw men/ US bee “ BUel>ect '

SHRIVER IS ALSO ACQUITTED. Another Sugar Trust Contempt Case Falla to the Ground.John S. Shriver, the correspondent of the New York Mail and Express, was declared not guilty of contempt in refusing to answer questions of the Senate committee in relation to sugar trust investigation. Mr. Shriver was the fourth of the alleged recalcitrant witnesses. Messrs. Havemeyer and Searles, president and secretary of the American Sugar Re-fining Company, both having been discharged, while Broker Elverton R. Chapman was convicted and served one month in jail. Judge Bradley based his decision in the Shriver case on two jioints, first that the witness had not been legally summoned, and second that the question asked him was not pertinent. The contention of the defense that communications to newspaper men are privileged as a class the same as are communications to priests, lawyers and physicians, the court refused to sustain, but as the court, on the other hand, held that to ask the witness the name of bis informant was not a pertinent question, counsel for the defense now hold that a precedent is established which virtually brings newspaper witnesses within the privileged class.

DEATH OF FATHER KNEIPP. Originator of the Famous Water Cure Expires at Woerishofen. The Rev. Father Kneipp, known throughout the world for his water cure, who had been suffering for some time, died at Woerishofen, Bavaria. Father Sebastian Kneipp was born in the Bavarian village of Ottobeurn, about seventyfive years ago. He was the son of a weaver. He was educated at the Catholic hospital in Augustberg, where he attracted the attention of the Bishop of Augustberg, who obtained permission to educate him to the priesthood. When 16 years old he was attacked with nervous prostration and returned to the hospital. There, in an old book, he read an article on the efficacy of cold water as a cure for disease. He began experimenting in his own case and eventually effected a cure. When 25 years of age he entered the priesthood and was sent to the church of his native town, where he .remained nine years and, in addition to attending to his priestly duties, practiced the water cure. SOLDIERS SHOT BY BICYCLIST. Cheyenne Telegraph Operator Defends Himself from Assanit. Charles Erswell, a well-known telegraph operator of Cheyenne, when riding home on his bicycle late Tuesday night, was attacked by a party of ten or twelve soldiers from Fort Russell. After he had been knocked from his wheel Erswell shot one of the soldiers. He then managed to get inside his house, which the soldiers immediately bombarded with rocks and pieces of timber. They broke windows and forced in the kitchen door. As they rushed into the house Erswell shot a second time, dropping another of the soldiers. The city police arrived at this time and the soldiers retreated. The wounded men were taken to the post hospital and guards placed about Erswell's house to prevent further attacks. It was learned that both of the wounded men belong to G Company and that one of them is seriously wounded. Erswell surrendered to the authorities, but was allowed to go on his own recognizance.

Death in Its Wake. A severe tornado struck Kentucky and Indiana Friday morning and reports indicate that the damage was widespread. In Louisville trees were uprooted, houses unroofed and two persons killed. For an hour Main street was almost blockaded by roofs which were blown from wholesale houses. Near the city, on the Bardstown road, a colored woman and her little daughter were killed in their cottage, which was completely demolished. Across from Irvington, Ky„ on the Indiana side of the Ohio river, the home of a farmer named Streehis was blown down. Streehis’ son James, aged 15, was killed, and a hired girl was so badly Injured she died within an hour. The remainder of the family had a narrow escape, but were only slightly bruised. The storm hit the Monon train before it readied Bloomington, Ind. Lightning struck the rear sleeper, shocking all the jmesengers and seriously hurting Conductor Johnson. At English, Ind., the court house was badly damaged and several residences were unroofed. At Worcester two houses were blown down and two negroes killed. All over the State the damage was more or less serious, but no further loss of life is reported. As many as ten persons were shocked and one, James Elbing, ait Winchester, was killed by lightning. Joliet, 111., was in possession of a cyclone for one hour during the morning. At 9 o’clock it was dark as night, the wind blew down trees and awnings and broke plate-glass windows. Lightning struck houses in all parts of the city. One of the curious phenomena of the storm was the alternating blasts of intense heat from the northeast with arctic blasts from the west. A tornado struck Norfolk, Neb., doing some minor damage to buildings. Torture and Death. Wednesday dawned upon the Northwest with a continuation of the awful heat of the day before, and in country, villages and cities the excessive humidity and high temperatui’e combined caused many deaths and prostrations. But after noon a series of thunder showers brought relief. In Chicago heat caused three deaths and many prostrations, and lightning claimed two more victims, while twenty-one persons ‘ were severely shocked.

Sherman Favors Annexation. Secretary Sherman said to the Associated Press that as a rule he was opposed to the United States acquiring outlying territory, but he regarded the condition of the Hawaiian Islands as exceptional on account of the claim of Japan to these islands. He therefore approved the treaty making Hawaii a possession of the United States, but not entitled to admission as a State. Peace in the Levant. The Athens correspondent of the Landon Daily Telegraph says: “It is reported that the peace conference and the Porte have accepted a settlement giving Turkey either the town of Ligaria, southeast of Milouna, or Nezeros, north of Larissa.” The Athens correspondent of the Daily Chronicle says the Porte has abandoned the policy of delay and decided to accept the advice of the powers. Foster's Mission a Success. A cablegram from ex-Secretary Foster, who has been negotiating with the Russian Government for the better protection, by mutual agreement, of the seal life ui the North Pacific and Bering Sea, an 7 nouncs the success of his mission. Bicycle-Riding Jurist Injured. Judge Walter C. Ong, of the Common Pleas bench, was nearly killed at Cleveland by being caught ou his bicycle between a wagon and a motor. He was struck by the motor and crushed Hawaiian Treaty Signed. The Hawaiian annexation treaty was signed Wednesday morning at the State Department by Secretary Sherman for the United States and Messrs. Hatch, Thurston and Kinney for Hawaii. Trade Waking Up. R. G. Dun & Co.’s Weekly Review of Trade says: “The retarding influence of cold and unseasonable weather has passed. The gain in business ha® become «l«arer to all As no genuine improve-

went ever begins with an uplifting of prices before the producing force baa become fairly employed, this does not, and the buying of 7,000 bales Australian wool by one Boston house and 100,000 tons pig iron by a Wall street operator, and advancing prices for stocks, are the only proof that the actual conditions are understood by some capable men. There is evidence of gradually enlarging business in every important department, more establishments have been set at work, and more hands employed, and while prudence still binds speculative excesses, the progress toward better things is unchecked. Reports from the various cities fthow a very general progress and a continuing large distribution through retail trade. The proof is (dearer, as it should be, in the industrial than in the trading field.”

GAVE THEM A LIKE DOSE. Cubans Give the Murderous Crew of a Gunboat a Hot Reception. At the River Mayabeque, near Guinea, the Spanish gunboat Itasto landed a detachment to burn some pacifieo huts. They killed eight men who were working there, and took sixteen women off to the veosel with them. A Cuban force near by stationed themselves at a narrow part of the river, and as the vessel come down pourei in a hot fire, killing the pilot, second officer and several men on the upper decks. The vessel drifted on a sandbar in short range, where she remained till late at night. The Cubans attacked her in boats, but having only four, the vessel's crew easily repulsed them. The vessel was on fire several times, but the crew managed to save her, and she left at midnight. It is reported that six of the women threw themselves overboard. INDIA STILL SHAKING. Province of Assim Devastated by the Earthquakes. Almost the whole of the Province of Assam, India, was devastated by tha earthquake. The ruin is appalling. Tht courts, treasuries, jail and hospitals collapsed. The loss of food supplies is enormous. The (Tops are mostly mined and great scarcity of food is expected. All traffic is difficult, as numbers of the roads have been completely demolished. Earthquake shocks still continue to be felt in the province, and much alarm is felt, especially as renewed shocks have been reported from various places in Bengal. Heavy rains are immensely increasing the damage. CUTS HIS OWN PAY. Action of the Head of the Barney & Smith Car Company. Owing to the recent busines depression E. J. Barney, president of the Barney & Smith Car Manufacturing Company at Dayton, Ohio, has voluntarily cut his own salary from $25,000 to $2,500. The works have been operating a small force on short time for the last year or so, though previously over 2,000 men had been employed. The president reports a slow but substantial improvement in the prospects and anticipates au early resumption. Say It’s Idle Rumor. Discussion in Washington of the Hawaiian treaty, the incidents connected therewith and its probable effect includes a revival of the chatter about Secretary Sherman’s withdrawal from the cabinet. This new story, Which, a Washington correspondent says, is thought to be unfounded as any of those which preceded it, is ninged upon the assumption that the Secretary’s pride has been so humbled by signing a treaty which is iu direct contradiction to his settled theories about the danger of territorial acquisition, that he will retire from the premiership. Senator Sherman, during the latter days of the Fifty-fourth Congress, when Cuba was under discussion, took occasion to reiterate his previously expressed antagonism to the further addition to our territory, stating that in his opinion it would be the prudent and safe course for this country to attend strictly to its own business, and not attempt to possess itself of outlying territory, which might involve us in serious and unnecessary complications with other nations. This statement is being talked about a great deal, but very few of the Secretary’s old colleagues in the Senate believe he will withdraw from the cabinet. To the talk that Secretary Sherman will soon resign reply is made by those who know him beet that if 'he had intended to retire for the reasons suggested he would have done so beforehand, and left the signing of the treaty to his successor. Frank Butler Convicted. The trial of Frank Butler, charged with the murder of Captain Lee Weller while the two men were on a gold prospecting trip, was concluded at Sydney, N. S. W., the jury rendering a verdict of guilty. It was his practice to advertise for a prospecting partner, and having found one with means, to murder him while in the bush. Illinois* Wards Killed. Almost on the anniversary of the waterspout of 1892, Lincoln, 111., was visited by a terrible storm Friday, which took upon itself the aspect of a cyclone and caused the death of four pupils and the wounding of others at the State institute for the feeble minded. Revenue Receipts Fall Off. The monthly statement of the collections of internal revenue shows that the total receipts during May were $10,816,892, a net decrease as compared with May, 1896, of $647,598.

MARKET QUOTATIONS.

Chi_*ago—Cattle, common to prime, $3.50 to $5.50; hogs, shipping grades, $3.00 to $3.75; sheep, fair to choice, $2.00 to $4.00; wheat, No. 2 red, 68c to 70c; corn, No. 2,24 cto 26c; oats, No. 2,17 c to 19c; rye, No. 2,33 cto 34c; butter, choice creamery, 14c to 16c; eggs, fresh, 8c to 9c; potatoes, per bushel, 25c to 35c; broom corn, common growth to choice green hurl, $25 to S7O per ton. Indianapolis—Cattle, shipping, $3.00 to $5.25; hogs, choice light, $3.00 to $3.75; sheep, common to choice, $3.00 to $4.25; wheat, No. 2,75 cto 77c; corn, No. 2 white, 26c to 28c; oat®, No. 2 white, 20c to 22c. St Louis—Cattle, $3.00 to $5.25; hogs, $3.00 to $3.75; sheep, $3.00 to $4.25; wheat, No. 2,82 cto 85c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 22c to 24c; oat®, No. 2 white, 17c to 18c; rye, No. 2,31 cto 33c. Cincinnati—Cattle, $2.50 to $5.00; hogs, $3.00 to $3.75; Sheep, $2.50 to $4.00; wheat, No. 2,81 cto 83c; corn, No. 2 mixed, 25c to 27c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 19c to 20c; rye, No. 2,36 ctn 38c. Detroit—Cattle, $2.50 to $5.00; hogs, $3.00 to $3.75; sheep, $2.00 to $4.25; wheat, No. 2 red, 82c td 84c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 24c to 26c; oats, No. 2 white, 22c to 23c; rye, 34c to 36c. Toledo—Wheat, No. 2 red, 84c to 85c; corn, No. 2 mixed, 25c to 26c; oats, No. 2 white, 18c to 20c; rye, No. 2,84 cto 36c; clover seed, $4.20 to $4.25. Milwaukee—Wheat, No. 2 spring, 71c to 73c; corn, No. 3,24 cto 26c; oats, No. 2 white, 22c to 24c; barley, No. 2,28 cto 34c; rye, No. 1,34 cto 36c; pork, mess, $7.25 to $7.75. Buffalo—Cattle, $2.50 to $5.25; hogs, $3.00 to $4.00; sheep, $3.00 to $4.50; wheat, No. 2 red, 86c to 87c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 28c to 29c; oats, No. 2 white, 24c to 25c. x New York—Cattle, $3.00 to $5.25; hogs, $3.50 to $4.50; sheep, $3.00 to $4.50; wheat, No. 2 red, 75c to 76c; corn, No. 2, 29c to 30c; oats, No. 2 white, 22c to 23c; butter, creamery, 11: to 16c; eggs, Western, 10c to 12c. i

LIVING IT DOWN

CHAPTER XXIV. All that day and the next I was too ill to move. The faithful Mavis attended me, and Darby, like a tender sentinel, was ever by my side. From them I learned that the party had been roughly broken up and that Sir Ralph had gone to London on “urgent business.” Mrs. March had left also that same evening, and amazement was rife in the servants’ hall at her sudden departure. “And Yorke?” I asked Darby, faintly. "Where is he?” “He left last night,” she said. “But he said good-by to me. and begged me to give you this letter.” I lay there weak and faint, and read that letter. It began without prelude or formal address. “I hear you are ill. I am not surprised. I know, too, that this illness has been hastened by what occurred yesterday on account of that letter. Sir Ralph as good as told me to leave here, and I have done so, but I am not far off. I mean to see you again before Igo back to London. I will see you. I have no intention of calling at the Hall while your husband is away, but I shall be in the plantation by the old summer house every afternoon from 4 to 6 till I see you. Joan, you must meet me, or it will be worse for you—for us both. I ask you from no idle motive or unworthy one, but I think you will regret it to the last hour you live if you refuse my request. “Ever yours, YORKE.” I read the mad, impulsive words with an ever-increasing sense of indignation. I tore the letter in half, and was just about to bid Darby throw it into the fife, when some strange, inexplicable fancy prompted me to preserve it. I put the two halves together, and replaced the letter in its envelope, then turned to the child’s wistful face. “Did Yorke say anything to you about his uncle?” I asked. “Do you think they have quarreled?” “I don’t know,” she said thoughtfully. “But Yorke seemed very, very sad. He told me he would like to shoot himself.” I shivered.

“Poor Nettie!” I thought, with a passionate revulsion of feeling. “She is walking along blindfold on her path; I, at least, see mine, black and dreary as it is.” The day passed; the night came. Though wearied and worn in mind and body, I slept but little. Towards morning I fell into a deep sleep. When I awoke it was ten o’clock —ten o’clock, and a chill, damp, misty day. As thcoliours passed a strange excitement took possession of me; a feverish flush burned in my cheeks; a new and vivid strength 'seemed to bear up my limbs, and inaction grew more and more irksome. After lunch, Darby lay down on the couch and presently fell asleep. I sat by the fire, and read again and again that strange, wild letter; and, as I read it, stronger grew the impulse to meet Yorke Ferrers. “He shall not persecute me any more,” I said to myself passionately. “I will tell him the truth without disguise to-day —tell him that I hate him; that to his selfishness I owe all my misery; that I never, never wish to see his face again!” Desperation nerved me with its reckless courage, and I remember I went to my room and dressed myself in a thick furlined cloak, whose long straight folds fell to my feet, and fastened my hat with cold and trembling fingers, and, like a thief or culprit, crept out of the warm, bright room, past the sleeping child, and then out by the library door, on to the terrace and through the shrubberies, unseen by living soul. In a quarter of an [hour I was at the plantation. Outlined {against the dreariness, and the darkness, and the mist, the old summer house stood in melancholy isolation; and close beside it, leaning on his gun, and with strained and eager eyes fixed on the path I trod, stood Yorke Ferrers.

He saw me. He came straight toward me, his eyes wild, his hand outstretched. I did not take it. I kept mine folded within my cloak. I read something in his face—a sort of shock. “Have you been very ill?” he asked, huskily. “Whatever I have been,” I said, beginning to tremble with excitement, “I owe to you. First jo last you have been the evil genius of my life. Now,” with an effort at calmness, “I have .come here for the last time of my own free will. What have you to say to me?” “Many things," he said; “but you put them all out of my head while you look at me like that.” “I will not look at you at all,” I said, turning my eyes away; but I think it struck me with a strange ,pang of pity that the bright young face', should have grown so lined and haggard. “Begin!” “It is hard to dash into a subject in cold blood like that,” he (said; “but Sir Ralph has found out thatil—that I love you.” “Tnat you did love me,-you mean,” I corrected quickly. “Do not deceive yourself,” hessaid, with passion. “I have never chamged\to you—in heart. I tried to play attit. I would not believe in myself. I —l engaged myself to Nettie Croft in one (of these desperate moods when you had stung and tortured me with your coldness.. I kept away from you; that was just I came, and was irritated to fresh; agony. The very touch of your hand ,is. like no other woman's. My life and days are haunted by you. Joan, let us-j recapture the old joys and live for each pother as—as once we vowed to do.” I had listened, rigid, dumbmute from sheer amazement. My eyes were on the damp leaves piled about my fleet. I could not lift them or meet his yet., “What do you—wish?” I risked at.last. “Wish!” he said. “Can ffou ask? I want you to live your life (for me, as I will mine for you. I want the tortureiaud the pain to end, and be no'donger a,foe to struggle with, but a friend? that blesses every hour we know.” I “And for this end,” I said, my voice shaken and unsteady, “I am to, leave my husband—you are to break faith-with the girl who loves you? That is your program?” “You put it harshly,” he said. “I put it,” 1 answered, “as itiis —an it will look to others—a life branided with undying dishonor.” “Words!” he said passionately.. “What are word®? Empty sound®—idle>breath!

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Do you think they will quench this fire in my heart?” “I think,” I said icily, “that the woman who parted us did me a good service. I think that I never loved you, Yorke Ferrers, only my ideal of you—an ideal that every action of your life has falsified — that your words to-day have destroyed forever!” I raised my eyes, then I looked him fully, fearlessly in the face. The rage and shame that shook me to the core and center of my being robbed me of all softer feeling. I did not care that his face looked white as death, that an agony of appeal struggled with the disbelief in his eyes, that the words I had spoken might be like a knife thrust to his heart. In that moment I cared for nothing—nothing save the longing to repay the insult he had cast at me and the noble heart that once had been so surely mine. “You don’t mean it!” he said at last, in a hoarse, stifled voice. “You —you can’t mean it, Joan! You are acting again.” “Acting!” I cried furiously, scattering prudence to the winds—resolved that he should know the truth at last, even at the cost of my own self-respect. “You mistook the part I played. It was not that of a wife pining for the love of another man, but a wife who saw that day by day the husband she loved was drifting from her side for the sake of —that other man, who could not explain, and could not even be quite sure of the cause of this misery that had overtaken her life, and so, in desperation and in pain, set herself to hide it from all eyes—most of all the eyes of the man who would have gloated over her unhappiness, and misunderstood it. Now do you see —now do you understand, or have I not spoken plainly enough yet?” He drew back a step. He half raised his hand as If to ward off a blow that would strike him down—down into depths I had not meant to reach. “You have spoken—too plainly,” he said. I heard the faint wind rustling through the leaves like a spectral whisper, and afar off through the still, damp air came the sound of a clock—the stable clock striking the hour. Mechanically I counted them. One—two—three—four —five! “I must go home now,” I said. “This interview is useless, you see —only pain and shame to both of us. 'Bhe best thing we can do is to forget it —to go back to duty, however hard it is. Perhaps,” I added sorrowfully, “some time Sir Ralph will believe in me again.” Shivering, I drew the folds of my cloak more closely round me and hurried away in the direction of the hall. It was so dark that I could scarcely see a step before me. I groped along, feeling my way by the wet branches, till I reached the opening in the wood that led to the pathway. From there my way was easy. In fifteen minutes I knew I should be home once more. My limbs were trembling and unsteady, but the longing to be once more safe, and in the shelter and warmth of home, gave me strength. I staggered on. I passed the shrubberies, the terrace, I gained the window by which I had left the house. It was closed, and, as I tried it I found it had been locked on the inside. I must go round to the front door and ring. I felt annoyed. The whole household would know of my absence now, and wonder, and discuss it. As I hesitated, I remembered that Sir Ralph’s little study, where he saw his steward, received his accounts, and kept his guns, had a similar window opening on to the ground. It was just a chance that it might be unlocked, but I would try the chance before ringing. As I passed round the house, walking slowly and unsteadily, a sudden sharp report rang out on the still air. I started, listening to the echo dying away—slowly, strangely dying in the breathless silence of mist and darkness. What seized my heart then in a spasm of terror? What chilled like death the pulses that had leaped and thrilled with fear? I remember that I staggered up against the wall, that with one last effort of failing strength I tried to utter the cry that seemed stifling in my throat—that, as I uttered it, the darkness seemed to swoop down upon me like a black-winged giant, and then —then I remember nothing more.

CHAPTER XXV. I remember it was dark still when I awoke. A lamp burned low, a strange, faint odor of scents and aromatic essences filled the room. From out of the darkness shadowy forms stole and moved and passed back into obscurity. I tried to raise my head, but I could not lift it from the pillow. My hair as I touched it felt damp and moist, my hands even seemed to have grown feeble, and fell weakly back on the coverlet in defiance of my efforts. I lay quite still, trying to recall events, memories, thoughts, but I could recall nothing. Then I heard voices, and tried to catch the meaning of the words they uttered —the voices of Mrs. Birket and Mavis. “What has happened?” I cried. “Why am I here? Has there,” faltering, as my eyes turned from one to another of the faces —“has there been an accident?” "Well, yes,” said Mrs. Birket reluctantly; “there has. Mr. Yorke has hurt himself. We think his gun went off accidental like. He was found in the plantation badly wounded. Now, my lady, that’s all; and you really must think of yourself, and keep quiet, and try to sleep. Sir Ralph’s been pretty well out of his mind about you.” She laid me gently back. The effort had been too much for me. I fainted again. Long—long hours of deep, dreamless sleep. Then I woke again, weak, but with brain and thoughts clear once more. I asked for Darby. She glided forward from behind the curtains —white, spiritual as a ghost. “Darby,” I said, “tell me, “how is Yorke?” Involuntarily the slight arms quivered, betraying what could not be betrayed by the hidden face. “Oh, do not ask me, Jo!” she cried plaintively. “I dare not speak of it; it has all been so terrible! Sir Ralph says I must not speak. He will tell you when you are strong.” I sighed and turned away. The great dread at my heart lay there still. When —oh, when would they tell the truth to me? Presently I spoke again. “When did Sir Ralph return?” “It was that —that evening,” she said, and again I felt the tremor of fear run through her slight figure. “Is that'very long ago?” I asked. “Two days. Don’t you remember, Jo?” “No,” I said; “it is all dark and confused. I—l went out, did I not?” < “Yes,” she said. “I fell asleep, and when I woke Sir Ralph was in the room.” "Sir Ralph!” I gasped. “Yes,” she said faintly; “and he spoke so strangely and sternly. He asked where you were, and I said I did not know—perhaps in your room. Then he rose and went over to the fire, and I followed. As he reached the chair where

you had been sitting, he stooped and picked up something. I heard a rustle of, paper, then he said something—it sounded wicked and awful, Jo—and without another word, he rushed out of the room.” “Good heavens!” I faintly exclaimed. I remembered how I had been sitting in that chair reading Yorke’s letter. Had I dropped it? Had my husband read R and followed me? A deadly terror seized me. I put the child’s arms aside and rose to a sitting position. “Darby,” I whispered passionately, “you have never told me a lie —never in your life. Tell me the truth now, I must know it—is Yorke Ferrers dead?” She was silent Her little face grew bloodless, her little hands went out to mine in faint appeal. “Don’t ask me, Jo —you mustn’t ask me; they—they told me not to tell.” “You—you need not tell,” I said; “I know.” I sank back on the pillow faint and spent What tragedy of horror was this that had seized, red-handed, on my and turned it into shame, and treachery, and crime? What evil fate had delighted in making me its victim and its sport? Behind the child’s simple words I read a whole history of woe. The discovery of that letter, Sir Ralph’s immediate departure, the shot I had heard, and then — last and most terrible of all—Yorke Ferrers’ tragic end. My brain grew dizzy. I laid my hand on the child’s with a sudden nervous pressure. “Darby," I whispered, “go to Sir Ralph; ask him to come to me at once. Do yov hear? At once.” (To be continued.)

Walking with Broken Legs.

A new method of treating broken legs, described by the New Yerk Sun, is of a nature to be of. general Interest. It Is called the “ambulatory system,” its peculiarity consisting in the fact that the patient is allowed, and even encouraged, to walk freely within a few days, sometimes within twenty-four hours, after the leg Is broken. The Sun refers to the subject in connection with a meeting of doctors at which a man whose leg had been broken a fortnight before was Introduced by one of the surgeons of Roosevelt Hospital, and proceeded to walk about the room without crutches, and with only the slightest perceptible limp. The new treatment, which is said to have been in use in Berlin for some, time, is applicable only in cases the limb Is broken below the knee. Doctor Fiske, the Roosevelt HospitfQ physician referred to, gave the results of two hundred and fifty operations In which the ambulatory splint had been successfully applied. Wherever the treatment had been begun promptly, the recovery had been rapid, except the case of alcoholic patients, in which the danger of delirium tremens setting in after the fracture was the obstacle. In healthy persons, male or female, the method had secured admirable results. The method Itself Is described as follows: The patient is placed in a recumbent position, and the injured bones are set in place and bound securely with on ordinary muslin roller bandage. No cotton whatever is used in the binding. Outside of this roller a plaster of Paris gauze bandage is wound. This hardens, and leaves the limb encased in a plaster which generally extends from the toe-tip to the knee-joint. It holds the broken parts of the limb immovable, and hardens rapidly. The best quality of cast and bandage is employed, and the patient is encouraged to walk without crutches after twenty-four hours. Care is taken, of course, to avoid all possibility of inflammation setting in. The reason the patient can walk so soon is that the weight of the body is supported upon the upper part of the ambulatory cast, which acts as a crutch.

Dr. Fiske cited a case where a pa tient 72 years old had been able to walk within eight days after the application of the ambulatory splint. The’ healing of the bones goes on while the patient is walking about, just as If he were lying down, as the fractured limb is In no way disturbed by the exercise. In fact, the reuniting of the fractured parts Is hastened, and the stiffness of joints resulting from the old method of keeping a patient in bed and quiet is greatly reduced. Within six weeks, often sooner, the bones will have united, and then the limb Is subjected to hot and cold douche baths and to brisk massage to restore it to its normal condition. Life in tbe Paris Catacombs. Milne Edwards, the celebrated zoologist, is making an examination of the various forms of life which thrive among the bones which line the extensive catacombs of Paris. The little animals which live among the relics of no fewer than 6,000,000 souls, packed Into these underground galleries, are chiefly Insects, centipedes and crustaceans, but they are so curiously altered by their surrounding conditions as to present some interesting features to the naturalist. They form an intermediate or transition species between those which live in the light of day and the same animals found In natural caves. The prevailing color Is white of different shades, for light is required for the development of the colors of pigments in animals and plants. Some insects which have red eyes, apparently sound, are blind, and when a light approaches they show no symptoms of alarm until they feel the heat of It. In others the place where the eyes ought to be Is covered with Integument, and there is no trace of the eye. To compensate for this deficiency the auditory and tactile systems are abnormally developed, simple or fortified hairs growing all over the body, helping the animal to find Its prey or avoid some danger. The campedes live on moss, podurelles swarm in the fungi, myriapedes eat the old wood, and white worms, beetles and spiders abound. The underground water is also thronged with infusoria, cyclops which feed on them and an infinite variety of forms of life, all modified in a similar way.—Pittsburg Dispatch.

Want to Be Larger.

The Japanese Government is anxious to increase the stature of the people, and with that object in view has set about to encourage the use of meat as an article of diet. Mrs. Snaggs—How badly the baby behaves at table. Mr. Snaggs—Yes; he reminds me of a distinguished foreign visitor. “How is that?” “He dines arid whines.”—Pittsburg Chronicle - Telegraph. The singular punishment for bigamy in Hungary is to compel the man to live with both wives in one house.

SENATE AND HOUSE.

WORK OF OUR NATIONAL LAW. MAKERS. A Week’s Proceedings in the Halls of Congress— Important Measures Discussed and Acted Upon—An Impartial Resume of the Business. The National Solons. The Senate made rapid work cn the tariff bill Wednesday. Thirteen pages were disposed of, carrying the Senate through the agricultural schedule and up to schedule H, relating to spirits, wines, etc. During the day the paragraphs on dairy products, farm products, fish, fruit and nuts, meat products and miscellaneous agricultural products were acted on. The Finance Committee proposed many changes, in the main advancing rates somewhat over those heretofore reported. The committee was sustained on every vote, although a contest was made on almost every paragraph. Mr. Vest’s motion to restore salt to the free list was rejected—yeas, 24; nays, 31. The important paragraph proposing a tax on tea went over at the suggestion of Mr. Allison, who expressed hope that this duty on tea might be dispensed with. The Senate met at 11 a. m. and will continue to meet at that hour until the bill is disposed of. The treaty for the annexation of the Hawaiian Islands reached the Senate chamber at 5 o’clock. The Senate at once went into executive session, and as soon as the doors were closed the message of President McKinley, accompanying the treaty, and the treaty itself were read to the Senate. The Senate made greater progress Thursday on the tariff Kill than any day since the debate opened. Two entire schedules, covering twenty pages, were completed namely, schedules H, on spirits, wines and beverages, and schedule I, on manufactured cotton goods. The portion of the bill passed is substantially the same as that reported, all committee changes being unimportant, while the opposition amendments of Mr. Jones of Arkansas and Mr. Vest were systematically rejected by majorities ranging from five to ten. Mr. Allison secured-the addition of a new paragraph to the cotton schedule, with r. view to compensating the cotton manufacturers for the recent action of the Satiate in placing raw cotton on the dutiable list. The House was in session an hour and a half, most of the time being taken up with roll calls. The bill for the relief of the residents of Greer County, Oklahoma, was passed. The tariff bill came to a halt in the Senate Friday, less than one page of the flax schedule being disposed of. The debate drifted into political channels. Date in the day Mr. Morgan proposed a sweeping amendment to place a 10 per cent ad valorem duty on all articles now on the free list, with a few stated exceptions. In supporting the amendment Mr. Morgan called attention to the singular fact that the income tax feature of the Wilson bill is not repealed and can be enforced by a change in the personnel of the Supreme Court of the United States. Bills were passed for public buildings at Cleveland, 0., to cost $2,700,000, and at McKeesport, Pa., to cost $200,000. Owing to the interest in the Hawaiian annexation treaty Mr. Davis of Minnesota secured an agreement for the printing of 5,000 copies of the treaty and other documents. In the Senate Saturday the Finance Committee failed to secure adoption of its report fixing the tariff schedule upon matting, bagging, jute fabrics and burlaps. The effect is to restore floor mattings manufactured from straw and other vegetable substances to the free list. These include the Japanese, Chinese and Indian mattings; also burlaps, jute grain bags and cotton bagging. This result was reached by Messrs. Carter and Hansbrough. Republicans, uniting with the opposition. The Senate made giant strides on the tariff bill Monday, covering fifty-six pages. The last two schedules of the dutiable list, covering paper and manufactured sundries, were completed, with the exception of the paragraphs on hides, gloves, coal and some lesser articles. which went over. This advanced the Senate to the free list, which was completed in three hours. Early in the day the wool and silk schedules went over with an agreement that wool would be taken up Tuesday. After that the tobacco schedule, the reciprocity provisions and the internal revenue portions of the bill as well as the many isolated paragraphs passed over remain to be considered. The progress Monday was so marked, however, that for the first time there was a feeling that the end was not far off. The House, after the approval of the journal, adopted a bill appropriating SIOO,OOO for the repair of dry dock No. 3 at New York. Mr.'Dingley of Maine, from the Committee on Ways and Means, presented a favorable report on a joint resolution providing that foreign exhibitors nt the Omaha exposition in 1898 may bring to this country laborers to prepare and have charge of exhibits. Two amendments provide that the Secretary of the Treasury shall fix the number of laborers to enter the country and that they shall leave the United States within three months from the termination of the exposition. An exciting debate marked the consideration of the wool schedule in the Senate Tuesday. It led to a warm personal exchange between Senators Carter of Montana and Foraker of Ohio on the one hand and Mr. Allison of lowa, in Charge of the bill, on the other. Mr. Foraker asserted that an agreement concerning rates on certain wools was being violated and that under sueh circumstances every Senator would be free to act for himself. Mr. Allison declared he could not be driven by threats. Mr. Carter, who had aroused the storm, endeavored’ to have the paragraphs relating to carpet wools go over, but Mr. Vest objected. Mr. Teller of Colorado also spoke against delay. Aside from this interruption fair progress was made on the wool schedule. The duty on first-class wool was agreed to at 10 cents per pound and on secondclass wool 11 cents, which is between the House and Senate rates in each case. The rates on third-class wools went over. Most of the other amendments related to the classification of wools. Mr. Jones of Arkansas spoke against the entire schedule as severely oppressive on the consumers of woolen goods.

“Where It Ought to Be.’’

The late Cardinal Manning would occasionally, at the house of an intimate friend, throw over “the care of all tihe churches” for an hour and indulge in amusing reminiscences. One story he used to tell, though he himself was the butt of its liumor, was of a sculptor who had attempted the cardinal’s bust at Rome. During one of the sittings the sculptor discoursed on phrenology, and Manning matte tliim point out on the head he was modeling the supposed seat of the various organs or “bumps.” At last Manning asked: “Where is the organ of conscientiousness?” The sculptor walked across tbe room to where Manning was sitting, and touching a certain part of the Cardinal’s cranium, said: “That’s where it ought to be.”