Democratic Sentinel, Volume 21, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 December 1897 — Page 2

SbfgcntocroticScntinti J. W. McKWEM, Publisher. RENSSELAER, • - - INDIANA

FIRE AT MELBOURNE.

AUSTRALIA’S CAPITAL SWEPT BY A CONFLAGRATION. Larje Area ia the Heart of the City BarneA Over, and Mercantile Prop■ertjr Valued at $5,000,000 Destroyed —Britain Wants to Be Friendly. Blare at the Antipodes. A great fire broke out in Melbourne. Australia, and in a very short space of tine did enormous damage. It started in the very heart of the city. A strong ■wind vras blowing, and the fiercely fanned flames rapidly ingulfed building after building. Despite the efforts of the firemen the entire district bouAled by Elizabeth, Flinders and Swanston streets and Flinders lane, with the exception of two buildings, was destroyed within three hours. The burned section included many <t>f the largest business houses in Melbourne. The buildings were completely Butted, as most of them contained soft goods, the flames progressed with a rapidity which defied ail checking, and in the furious wind ashes and burning debris ■were curried into the suburbs a distance of twn miles. It is estimated that the loss will reach £1,000.000 ($5,000,000). while the trade in soft goods has received a serious setback. Hundreds of employes of ail sorts have been suddenly thrown out of employment. SEES BENEFITS FOR CANADA. Britain Favors Closer Trade Relations with America. There is good reason to Iteiieve that the British Government will view with favor the formation of a commission to dear up vexatious questions Itetwoen the United States and Canada. This attitude will be important in the consummation of the commission plan, for the best efforts of the United States and Canada toward" a general settlement would come to naught unless the imperial Government approved the efforts and stood ready to give them official execution in the form of a treaty. At first the sharp differences aroused by the recent Bering sea meeting led to the belief that Great Britain might stand in the way of a commission which would discuss, among other questions, such imperial subjects as the tariff. The home Government is now said to be fully conscious of the advantages which Canada may secure in the extensive American market lying alongside her, and there is understood to be every desire to aid Canada in the enjoyment of reciprocal trade with this country. CHILKOOT PASS RAILROAD. Portion of It Will Be of Aerial Tramway Construction. Henry L. Martens of New York, who represents Tacoma and New York capitalists interested in building a railroad from Dyea over the Ohilkoot pass to Crater Lake, says the first eight or nine miles of road out from Dyea will be the) usual railroad construction. Sixty men arc now engaged on this work at $3 a day. “The •econd division of our railroad,” he said, “will be an aerial tramway from the month of Dyea Canyon over the Ohilkoot pass. This tramway is now being built at the East.” Mr. Martens estimates that 75,000 people will go to the Klondike country next spring by the way of Dyea. About Indian Schools. Some interesting data as to the educational aspect of the Indian problem is given in the annual report of I)r. W. N. Hallman, superintendent of the Indian schools, which has just been made public sit Washington. The subject of students going back to their tribes after school life is token up, and Superintendent Huffman ■ays he is still collecting data bearing on this phase of the problem; but the information already obtained justifies the statement that the severe criticism made of both the Indians and schools on this •core if at all justifiable are so only in a limited degree. Wherever on reservations there has been marked progress in civilization it is traceable largely to the retained students. Delaying Nebraska's Count. Indications are that some time will elapse before the result of Nebraska’s recent election is officially decided. This condition is the result of a contest tiled by Republican leaders, protesting against the State canvassing board canvassing the returns. The basis of the protest is that Secretary of State Porter has opened a number of the envelopes containing the returns from the various county clerks, in violation of the law. The Secretary of State admits that he opened several envelopes and sent the certificates back to the county clerks for correction, he having evidence that clerical errors existed. Wanted to Hang Him. A lynching was narrowly avoided at Elk Point, S. D. Ed Stroud, who eloped with « 10-year-old girl, leaving his family in destitute circumstances, was discharged by Justice Smith owing to lack of evidence, and when the fact became known citizens were aroused. Ed Carter, father of the girl, procured a rope and started in search of Stroud. When he found Mm he proceeded to beat him, and in a short time the streets were thronged with excited people yelling “Lynch him!” Officers finally arrived on the scene and' rescued the victim just as he was about exhausted. Duluth Gets a Gas Plant. Mayor Truelson, for the city, has purchased the Duluth Gas and Water Company’s plant for $1,250,000. Jumped Bis Ball. WilHam Lockridge of Kansas City, whose sentence to five years in the penitentiary for robbing the Bank of Savannah at Savannah, Mo., two years ugo, ■was recently confirmed by the State Supreme Court, has disappeared. He was nut on a $3,000 bond. Anson to Quit the League. Capt. A. C. Anson, the well-known Chicago baseball player, wants to quit the National League, and has applied to the Western League for a position. Engulfed in a Night. The little village of Itozel, Kan., has completely disappeared from the face of the earth. The ground sank beneath it and the whole village sankjnto a chasm, which the next morning was found filled to within seventy feet of the surface with d«rk, stagnant-looking water. Peace in the Philippines. Two principal rebel chiefs in the Philiprees have agreed to submit Itizaff however, brother of the man shot still re--9 Hates intractable. This result was effected by ami of negotiations conducted ..%»« native* themselves, and also with mm • troop*.

EXTORTED A CONFESSION. Missouri Mob Secures Evidence from Two Prisoner*. A special from Lamar, Mo., reads as follows: Sheriff Livingstone and Marshal Rice went to Boston, Mo., with a warrant for W. L. Simpson and William Kaderly, charging them with aiding and hiring the parties who assaulted Mrs. Jacob Resh one night recently. On the way to this city at night their carriage was stopped about six miles south by a mob of about thirty masked and armed men. The officers were disarmed and taken to a nearby corn field by members of the mob. while the others blindfolded the prisoners, put a rope around their necks and strung them up to a tree. They were let down and in a few seconds pulled up again. This was repeated till the prisoners were too weak to stand, when they were called on by the mob for a statement as to the crime and the parties implicated. Kaderly admitted writing a letter to Harry Monkstar, employing him to commit the crime, for $25. Simpson admitted paying the money in gold to Monkstar. Officers and prisoners were then put in the carriage and ordered to drive to the county jail, which they did. The prisoners now deny haring made a confession. DISAR3IED THE OFFICER 5 . Alleged Cattle Thief Holds Up Three 51 cn and Escape*. A deputy sheriff, a Santa Fe deputy and a policeman, while attempting to arrest a cattle thief in the postofflee at Emporia, Kan., were all three disarmed by the single man, who escaped. Sheriff Gaughan had received a telegram asking that a man named Kooken be arrested. Deputy Sheriff Fred Wagner, Santa Fe Detective Laws and Policeman A 1 Randolph went to the postofflee and placed Kooken under arrest while he was reading a letter. "All right," said Kooken, “I’ll go with you in a minute,” and commenced placing his letter in hi* pocket Like a flash he pulled a revolver in each haud, shoved one into the face of Wagner and coolly said: “Cough up your guu,” and almost in the same breath covered the other two officers. In a moment the three men were disarmed. Shoving the pistols into his overcoat pocket the man rushed for the door and disappeared. A posse of deputy sheriffs and the entire police force are now out hunting him. Give the Race a Chance. Capt. Thomus H. McKee of Indiana, journal clerk of the House, in conversation at Washington presents some rather novel view* on the question of Hawaiian annexation. He said: “I favor the policy of annexing the Hawaiian islands, in addition to the ordinary reason of naval defense and protection of our Pacific seaboard, because I am so good a friend to the negroes of this country that I would want some place like Hawaii, with its pleasant climate and fruitful soil, set apart for the experiment of a self-sustain-ing community made up of our colored fellow citizens, where they would have the advantage of starting out with the civilization they have acquired as a race in this country, and where they could work out for themselves the problem of existence without leaning too much on the white people. I would not admit Hawaii into tlie Union as a State immediately. Indeed, a stipulation that it should remain in a territorial condition for, say, not less than thirty years should be inserted in the treaty of annexation or joint resolution as adopted by Congress. It is true that would uot bind any subsequent Congress desiring to undo the provision. The Islands will not be ready for statehood for many years to come.” Barn Mis* Jackson’* Home. Incendiaries burned the home of Mis* Ollie Jackson, on her claim eight miles east of Pine Creek, Kan. The claim was one for which Miss Jackson made the run with the boomers in 1893. George Adkins filed a contest on it soon after, but the brave girl stuck to her rights. After years of waiting, during which Miss Jackson built a substantial two-story house and broke part of the land, the contest was decided in her favor. She did not return home until the next morning, and found that in her absence the bouse had been burned to the ground. lasigi Get* a Stiff Sentence, Joseph A. lasigi, formerly Turkish consul in Boston, who was arrested in New York last summer charged with the embezzlement of large sums from trust funds held by him, and who was recently found guilty in the Suffolk County Superior Court, has been sentenced to serve a term of not more eighteen nor less than fourteen years in State’s prison, with one day solitary confinement and the rest of the term at hard labor. Injured in Arkansas Wreck, A train on the Kansas City, Fort Scott and Memphis Railroad wns derailed just west of Williford, Ark. The combination coach, chair ear and sleeper went over the bank, the combination ear going into Spring river. The chair car and sleeper were both consumed. One passenger was fatally injured and twenty-two others more or less seriously hurt. Lynched by Negro Vigilates. At the Allen farm, near Bryau, Texas, while gambling for pecans, a negro named General Chetham was stabbed twice and killed. Another negro, Tom Sweat, was arrested for the crime and while being conveyed to Millican by a posse was taken from his guards and strung up to the limb of a tree. The vigilantes are said to have been negroes. ’ To Fight for the Baker Claim, A. S. Baker of Tiffin, 0., and Iliehard Wadsworth of Castalia have been for several weeks investigating the Baker heirs’ claim in Philadelphia. They claim to have discovered evidence unknown to them before and will establish their case beyond n doubt. The property is valued at over $100,000,000 and lies in the heart of Philadelphia. Execution of A. J. Frantz. Albert J. Frantz, a Dayton murderer, was executed at the Columbus, 0., penitentiary in the electric chair. Frantz, 22 years old, and a bookkeeper for the Mathias Planing Mill Company at Daytou, killed Bessie Little, a sweetheart, in order that he might marry another girl. Car* Went Over the Bank. A passenger train on the Cleveland, Canton and Southern Railway was derailed on the approach to a bridge over the Pettibone brook. Two of the passenger coaches rolled over the embankment into the ditch. Sixty persons were aboard, but only three were injured. Hog Caused Hi* Death. At Milan, Mo., Thomas Epperson of Lancaster, while attempting to load hogs, was bitten through the thigh, severing an artery. He bled to death in thirty minutes. She Shot the Burglar Down. Mrs. Joseph Wilmont, the wife of a well-known farmer living near Hubble, Ivy., shot down a negro burglar who was forcing his way into the house. London Conflagration. The most serious fire of recent years raged in London, England. It was in the ' business district, and the damage done is enonnous. Weyler’s Satisfactory Explanation. The captain general of Galacia has telegraphed to the Government at Madrid, saying that in the interview which he had with Gen. Weyler, the former captain

general of Cuba, the latter completely exculpated himsel' of the statements attributed to him upon the occasion of his leaving Havana, and affirmed his devotion and adhesion to the Government. The following is a copy of an official note from the iutendente militaire to Gen. Blanco: “Your Excellency: The chief officer in charge of the provisions for this garrison notifies me that the amount of $1,200,000 is owed by the Government to the furnisher* of provisions, consisting principally of flour and biscuits, and that there is no possibility of the furnishers continuing furnishing provisions unless threetenths of the debt is paid, in order to enable them to purchase the necessary articles in the market and send the corresponding draft. The manufacturing of biscuits has stopped for the same cause, and as this is of the greatest importance 1 apply to your respectable authority and ask you to induce the intendente de hacienda, director of the finances of the island. to please pay the bill already presented by him, avoiding by this the aboTementioned conflict. OTTAWA HAS A SCARE. Tuberculosis in Dairy Cattle Prompt* Vigorous Action. The discovery of tuberculosis among dairy cattle has well nigh thrown the enthe community of Ottawa, Ont.. into a state of panic. Milk tests recently made have developed the same alarming condition. and now the city is threatened with a milk famine. There is scarcely a herd but is affevted by the disease. The Government will push the tests further and has asked the municipalities all otct Canada to make tests in their neighborhoods. Dominion Veterinary Surgeon McEachran says tuberculosis is easily transmitted to man. To Withold Spanish Correspondence. A special to the New York Herald from Washington says: “It is said to be the present intention of President McKinley uot to incorporate the recent Spanish correspondence in his annual message t* Congress. He does not deem it compatible with the public interest to publish the full text of the notes pending further correspondence, and the carrying 'out of the promise* made by the Spanish Government. The papers will be accessible to members of the committees on foreign affair* for their guidance in dealing with various resolutions which will come before them. It is reported that Spain asked to have the correspondence withheld for the present for political reasons. The new ministry fears that its conciliatory attitude toward the United States, as shown by its note, may cause embarrassment at home, and thereby make it impossible to carry out the proposed reforms.” Miner* Hurt in Indiana. Twenty-three men were hurt in an aceident on the Chicago and Indiana Coni Railroad nine miMa north of Brazil, Ind., near Coal Bluff. The miners’ train on its homeward journey, bearing about 500 miners, was wrecked on the Gladstone switch and two ears left the track, rolling down the embankment. The accident was Caused by running over a horse. Eighteen of the injured men live in Brazil and five in Coal Bluff. Three were fatally injured and live others seriously hurt. Texas Feud Ends in Death. J. \V. Harris, an editor, and his brother, W. A. Harris, attacked Judge G. B. Gerald in a crowded street at Waco, Tex. J. W. Harris shot Gerald in the side ami shattered his arm. The judge landed a bullet in his assailant’s neck, paralyzing him. Meantime W. A. Harris fired on Gerakl from behind, whereupon the judge calmly killed him. J. W. Harris will die. The fight was the result of an ancient feud. To Punish Ceri* Indiana. The steamer Ilio Yaqui, with seventyfive soldiers and a judge, has sailed from Guaymas, Mexico, for the scene of the recent reported killing of Americans on Tiburon Island by Ceris Indians, for the purpose of making an Investigation and punishing the offenders. A force of mounted soldiers has beeu sent across the coast of Sonora, Gulf of California, opposite Tiburon, with the view of co-operating if necessary. '' ' • New Rapid-Fire Pistol. A rapid-fire pistol constructed on the applied principles of the famous Mannlicher rifle will be shown to the War Department at Washington in a few days. A private exhibition of the new pistol has been given in New York. It is composed of twelve principal parts, which can be dissociated in less than a minute and put together in a brief space of time. Paint Factory Burned. Boydell Bros.’ paiut factory, on Fort street, Detroit, was gutted by fire. A member of the firm estimates the loss at $100,900 —$20,000 on stock and $40,000 each on machinery and building. Spontaneous combustion is believed to have been the cause. Poor Fishing Season. Report of the Canadian fisheries department indicates a total failure of the fall mackerel fishery on the Atlantic coast. Of the large United States fleet operating off the Cape Breton coast, most of the vessels have cleared for home “clean.” Cloakxuakers’ Strike I* Off. The strike of the New York eloakmaker ; has been called off.

[?]T QUOTATIONS.

Chicago—Cattle, common to prime, 13.00 to $5.50; hogs, shipping grades, $3.00 to $3.75; sheep, fair to choice, $2.00 to $4.75; wheat, No. 2 red, 94c to 90c; com, No. 2,20 cto 27c; oats, No. 2,21 c to 22c; rye, No. 2,47 cto 49c; butter, choice creamery, 20c to 22c; eggs, fresh, 17c to 19c; new potatoes, 40c to 55c per hushel. Indianapolis—Cattle, shipping, $3.00 to $5.25; hogs, choice light, $3.00 40 $3.75; sheep, common to choice, $3.00 to $4.50; wheat, No. 2,92 cto 94c; corn, No. 2 white, 2t>c to 28c; oats, No. 2 white, 22c to 24c. St. Louis—Cattle, $3.00 to $5.50; hogs, $3.00 to $3.75; sheep, $3.00 to $4.50; wheat. No. 2,96 cto 98c; corn. No. 2 yellow, 25c to 27c; oata, No. 2 white, 21 c to 23c; rye. No. 2,40 cto 47c. Cincinuati—Cattle, $2.50 to $5.25; hogs, $3.00 to $3.75; sheep. $2.50 to $4.50: wheat. No. 2,93 cto 95c; corn, No. 2 mixed, 27c to 28c; oats. No. 2 mixed, 24c to 25c; rye, No. 2,46 cto 47c. Detroit—Cattle, $2.50 to $5.25; hogs. $3.00 to $3.75; sheep, $2.50 to $4.25: wheat. No. 2,92 cto 93c; corn. No. 2 yellow, 20c to 28c; oats, No. 2 white; 25c to 20c; rye, 47c to 49c. Toledo—Whent, No. 2 red, 93c to 94c; com, No. 2 mixed, 27c to 28c; oats, No. 2 white, 22c to 23c; rye. No. 2,48 cto 49c; clover seed, $3.20 to $3.30. Milwaukee —Wheat, No. 2 spring, 86c to 87c; corn, No. 3,27 cto 28c; oats, No. 2 white, 24c to 25c; rye, No. 2,48 cto 50c; barley, No. 2,40 cto 43c; pork, mess, $7.00 to $7.50. Buffalo—Cattle, $3.00 to $5.25; lmgs. $3.00 to $4.00; sheep, $3.00 to $5.00; wheat, No. 2 red, 95c to 97c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 31c to 32c; 'oats, No. 2 white, 27e to 28c. New York—Cattle, $3.00 to $5.50; hogs, $3.50 to $4.25; sheep, $3.00 to $5.00; wheat. No. 2 red, 99c to $1.00; com. No. 2,34 cto 35c; oats. No. 2 white, 20c to 27c; bnttfcr, creamery, 15c to 24c; eggt, Western, 21c to 23c.

A WOMANS HEART

CHAPTER X. If Sir Wilfrid Ewell had been sullen for two davs after his last interview with Jane Warner, he was unhappy for many I wore than two days after his last interview with Lena St. Blase. He had obtained the object of his desire. He had i won the prize after which he panted. He j had received the assurance which he had believed would make him happy forever, j And yet he was not happy. On the eon- I trary, he felt Tery mine rah. e. The date of : the wedding had already been discussed, and all but decided on. and Miss St. Blase had hinted to him. wit:, downcast eyes, that she would like of all things to visit Spain for the honeymoon. So that matter was settled and done with. One evening Wilfrid took his sister Rosie to the theater, a rare occurrence, as her mother did not like her remaining ont late, it was Saturday night, and the new piece, like roost new pieces, look about twice as long as it should haTe done in representation, so that when the cur- ! tain fell. Sir Wilfrid tontd they had just I missed the last train to Ssrbiton. "This is awkward. Rosie.' he said, consulting his watch: “I stall have to put you up for the nigh'.” “Oh, lovely! Capital V cried the girl, j •lapping her hands. ‘Wes! that's all very well, my dear, but ""'o - -—* Whet am Ito do with you? 1 don’t like to taie yon to a hVel, and the St. Biases are out of town till Monday. I/et me see. I must take you down to Chelsea, whee I used to five, j I keep my rooms there 'till, and the War- j ners will manage yon a bed.” “And you will stay. tx>, Wilfrid?” ”Ah, yes! I intendel to have run over ! there to-morrow. I often spend Sunday ; with them. It's eo nice and cool at Chelsea. Now, here's a hansom —jump in, j and we'll he there in twenty minutes. I You must be sure and not say a word ! about my engagement to the Warners, ■ Rome.” ’’Don't they know it? Why, Wilfrid, 1 ! should have thought you would be so prond you would tell every one.” "I haven’t told them, and yon must promise me not to do so, either.” “Of course I won’t, Wilfrid.” When they arrived at Wolsey Cottage he left his sister in the cab, and walked up to the house alone. This time Sarah opened the door to him. “Where is your mistress?” “The old missus is in bed, sir; and Miss Jane's lying down in the parlor with a bad 'eadaehe. I don’t think she expected you to-night, sir.” He did not answer her, but walked straight into the parlor. As Jane saw him, she rose from the sofa with a slight cry. “Oh, Will! I had quite given you np for to-night! What makes you so late, dear?” “Hush! the girl’s ontside! Look here, Jane—l've brought m.v sister Rosie here for the night. Can you give her a bed?” "How nice of you—of course I can! I will give her my own! Where is she?” demanded Jane, struggling to her feet. “Don’t make a fuss about it. Remember she knows nothing! Just treat her like any other young lady you see for the first time. We have been to the theater, and lost the last train to Surbiton, fco I thought it better to bring her here than take her to a hotel; she is so young. Shall I fetch her in?” “Ye, dear, at once! And don’t he afraid; she shall learn nothing from me,” replied Jsne, as she hastily brushed away the tears that had rushed to her eyes at hi* cool reception of her. In another minute he was hack with Rosie, blushing, as young girls will blush, on a first introduction even to a lodginghone* keeper. Jane did uot wait on them at table. She left the servant to do that. Bnt when their supper was concluded,ijjie appeared with a candle to light Rosie to bed. “You have known my brother a long time,” said Rosie. “Isn’t be a dear follow r “He has always been very kind to me,” "I couldn’t b* anything bat happy with Wilfrid, and when he’s married ” But here Rosie stopped short and colored. “Yes, when he's married?” repeated Jane Warner, quickly. “Well, I suppose he will be married some day,” continued Rosie, trying to get out of the dilemma in which she found herself. “Mamma says lie owes it to his position in the county, and all that, you know. But I'm to live with him all the same. Nothing is to alter that.” "And—and—has Sir Wilfrid told yon who his wife is to be?” asked Jane, hesitatingly. Something—she knew not what --made her almost afraid to put the question. “You mustn’t ask me,” replied Rosie, with dancing eyes, brimful of mischief, “because I have promised Wilfrid faithfully not to tell. But you’ll hoar some day. See if you don’t. My brother is sure to tell you, because he looks on you as such an old friend. lie does, indeed. He told me as we came along that he had lived here for so many years it felt just like home. And he thinks you and your mother awfully kind people, and so attentive. How nice it would be if, when —;■ carried, he should ask you to go and be his housekeeper at Lambscote Hall! Woi-i* l sou like it. Miss Warner— would you go and he housekeeper at Lambscote if Wilfrid were to ask you to do so?” “I don't think so, dear —I mean Miss Ewell,” replied Jane, blushing. “I don’t think I shall ever go to Lambscote as a honsekeeper.” She left the room suddenly, almost before she had received an answer, for she felt as if she dared not trust herself to talk to Rosie any longer. And the girl observed her want of ease, and placed her own construction on it. “And how did you sleep?” inquired Sir Wilfrid of his sister, as they met at breaklast in his sitting room the following «orning. “Oh, charmingly! delightfully! Nothing rfonld have been more comfortable,” exclaimed Rosie enthusiastically. “And do you know, Miss Warner was so kind. She undressed me herself, and I have been in the garden with her for a long time this morning.” “And so yon like Jane?” “Very much! I think she is so nice and ladylike—much more like a lady .than half the people you meet. Wilfrid,” she went on presently, “do you remember what I said to you about her last night?” “What was that?” he demanded, pretending to forget. “That she had some love trouble. Well, t think I've found it ont, too. Now. don’t laugh, Wilfrid, before I *e done. She's in love with you.” Seeing how the land lay. Sir Wilfrid thought it qdvisable to take her away from Wolsey Cottage as soon as possible. So, when breakfast was concluded, he told her they must not keep her mother in suspense longer than necessary, and tool her back t* derbitoa. What was

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his horror on seeing her, at parting, throw her arms round Jane Warner’s neck and kiss her effusively! "What on earth did you mean by that, Rosie?" he said, testily, as they drove away from the door. “By what?” “By kisaing Miss Warner in that manner. You ought to remember the different in your station.” “But you told me yourself that she was a Indy, Wilfrid.” “Well, her father was a gentleman, certainly; but Jane has been brought up to a life of independence, and it is the associations, you know, that widen the distance in these cases.” He was using, unconsciously to himself, the same argument the lawyer had used to him. “Well, I consider Ac is a lady, and I choose to kiss her.” replied his sister, stoutly; “and I think, too, yon are rather j ungrateful, Wilfrid, after all they hare j done for you.” “Rubbish!” he returned, angrily. "I j hare paid them regularly, and what on ! earth can lodging house keepers want i more? This must be put a stop to,” he ! thought—“a stop to, at once and foreTer!” j chapter" XI. Jane Warner perceiTed directly her has- j band returned that something had gone j wrong. She guessed, from the Tiolenee i with which he rang the bell, and the im- j patience he evinced at any delay that he ; was out of temper. But her spirit, also, j had been roused from two or three hinta that Rosie Ewell had let fall before her. j and she determined not to be the first j to ask for an explanation. So the hours i slipped away until the eyentide, and still i Sir Wilfrid had spoken no sentence to I her that might not hare been addressed ! to the daughter of his landlady. But at that time the cottage was nn- j nsually still. Sarah had taken the old j Indy to church, and Mr. Cobble was spending the eyening with his friends. There was no one at home but those two I fevered hearts, that knew not what to say to one another. Presently Jane, sitting in her mother’s pnrlor, was startled by a violent ring at the upstairs bell. In .another moment she nppenred at the door. “What are you so busy about?" demanded Sir Wilfrid. “Are you going to leave me to spend the whole evening to myself?” *‘‘l supposed that if you wished for my company, Will, you would tell me so,” she answered. "I do wish for it, then. I have been very much annoyed this morning, and I want to talk to you about it.” “What has anuoyed you?” she asked, seating herself. “Something that my sister repeated to me. It seems you as good as divulged our secret to her.” “Indeed, I did no such thing.” “You let her guess your feelings, any _ „ _ »f Tvny. “I feel that you are not treating me fairly, Will—that this delay in informing your family and the world that we are married is not like your own generous self. It is unjust to me —more than unjust, it is cruel! You are amusing yourself in society, and passing everywhere as a bachelor, whilst I sit at home day after day brooding over my lot, and wearying for the time when I shall be introduced to your friends as Lady Ewell. But it cannot go on so much longer. It is my right to be by your side, and I claim it. If you try to insist on any further delay, I shall tell your mother and sisters that we are man and wife.” "My dear child, you are talking the most utter nonsense. No on* would believe your story.” “I have my proofs.” “Whnt proofs?” “My marriage certificate and ring.” “My dear Jane, any one would think yon were simple. Have I not told you that that certificate is of no effect—so much waste paper?” “But you must make it effectual, Will. You must give me another,” she cried passionately. “I cannot und I will not go on like this any longer. Every time you come down here seems like a sin. I know 1 am your wife, but 7 do not feel like it. Oh, do marry me again—in a few days at furthest—nnd I will live here as long as ever you choose, and not say a word to any one.” She had left her seat and knelt down by his side, and laid her dark head upon his knee. But when a man’s fickle fancy lias wandered from dark to fnir, the locks he used to admire become positively repulsive in his eyes. And just at that moment Sir Wilfrid wondered how he ever could have thought Jaue Warner handsome. As he wondered, he slightly shifted his knee, and the poor girl knew that she hnd annoyed instead of softened him. “Have you lost all feeling for me? Is it of no use my appealing to you?” she said reproachfully, as she raised her head and looked him in the face. “It is folly talking about appeal. Jane,” he answered; “as if it was in my power to alter things! We are not married—l have told you that before—and nothing will ever make us intirried ” “Except performing the ceremony over again,” she interposed. “And that is not convenient for me to do—at least at present.” She pushed her hair off her face and gazed at him earnestly. “You want to get rid of me!” she said breathlessly. “On the contrary, I hope we shall continue the closest of friends to our lives’ end. And no one will be the wiser, yon see. Not a soul knows we ever meant to be married, except Parfitt, and he has probably forgotten your name by thia time. If it had been made public it would be different. But we are actually free to do as we like. And, after a while, you will doubtless marry also, and be much happier in a quieter position of life than you ever could be with me.” “Yon have fixed your fancy on some one else! You are in love with another woman!” exclaimed Jane, with the quick intuition of her sex. Sir Wilfrid thought it might be the best plan to let her know the worst at once. “You are right,” he answered, with affected ease. “I have fixed upon my future wife; in fact, I am engaged to her.” “You shall never marry her. 1 ” cried poor Jane, passionately. “I will come between you at the very altar! Every one in church shall know how you have treated me, and that I am your wife, aud you cannot marry any one else.” “I hardly think that, upon consideration, you would expose yourself to ridicule like that,” replied Sir Wilfrid. “A mad woman forcing herself upon a wedding party In church and claiming the bridegroom as her property is not an unusual sight in this country, but it is not a role that obtains much sympathy. I think it would be better to let things slide. If you only keep your counsel, not a soul need ever hear of St again."

“My heart— my»heartr* cried Jane War* ner, pressing her hand* against her side. Bnt she did not weep. And the man was touched at last by her tearless pain. He walked op to her and put his arm about her wa.*t. “It need make no difference to ua,” he whispered, “or to our affection, Jane. If yon like to consider yourself my property, |do so. I shall never think of you as lese— I rad would like to think so to our lives’ end.” But she threw him off as if he had been | a coiling serpent, ready to sting her. “Your property f’ she echoed scornfully, j “And having been false to me, you would now be false to her! No, no! if you go, you go; and I will see no more of you. : 1 wi;l be your friend. I will be | your wife—as I believe myself to be at i the present moment —aad nothing leas, j But that you can consent to giTe me up forever! Oh, my heart! my heart!” Of course, if you are obstinate, I can do no more,” replied Sr Wilfrid sulkily. "It is not my fault if you take the business in such a confoundedly unpleasant spirit. And so, perhaps, I had better say good-by to you.” “Good-by!—good-by farever!” said Jane Warner, as she clinched her teeth desperately together. “What! won’t yon kies me? Are we to part like two strangers?” said Sir Wilfrid. She turned and looked at him—such a look as two friends, condemned to die, might tarn on one another for the last •' look in which all the pent-up joy and pain of years seemed to be commingled—and then she left him, and Sir Wilfrid heard her go into her own bedroom and turn the key in the lock. So, after several appeals *o the broken-hearted girl to come out and make it np again before he went. Sir Wilfrid, with a muttered oath against her obstinacy, flung himself downstairs and turned his back on the cottage at Chelsea. iTo be continued.)

TRADING IN SPOILS OF WAR.

lankces Profiting Handsomely by Wreck of Cuban Indnatry. Other nations’ extremity is usually Uncle Sam’s oportunity. With hie customary cutanea* and foresight ho has availed himself of the distracted state of Cuba to make money in a rather odd way. When the war in Cuba had been raging f<ssome time and the industries of the unhappy island were at a standstill It occurred to the astute manager of the Nassau smelting work# that there was money to be made by purchasing the wrecked machinery that lay rusting in the fields and factories of Cuba while the engineers and planters to whom the plants belonged were fighting for freedom against the Spanish soldiers. The idea was acted upon at once. Six months ago there left for Cuba an expedition which consisted of seventy-five men, whose only weapon was an unlimited credit upon which to draw, for the purpose of buying up the entire machinery of the Island at the cheapest prices for cash.” The Spanish authorities at first looked upon the expedition with suspicion and at one time it seemed as though the entire contingent of peaceful traders would be arrested and thrown into Morro castle as filibusters In disguise. They succeeded, however, in demonstrating their peaceful intention* and forthwith proceeded to scatter over the island, looking for the owners of the engines, boilers, plows, tobacco raising plants and sugar plantation implement* that the Cubans left to the care of anyone who happened to take a fancy to them. Where no owner could be discovered, for the reason that Spanish bullets had left the property ownerless, the Spanish officials were only too glad to proclaim themselves the rightful possessors of the property and allow the agents of the smelting works to carry off the rusting machinery at their own price. As fast as it could be bought up the machinery was shipped to New York, chiefly as old metal, and to-day in the shops and yards of the smelting works can be seen the remnants of what were once, in the piping times of peace, the plants with which the Industrie* of Cuba brought wealth to the coffers of the planters and manufacturers. If there is any vestige left in Cuba of its former industries it Is certainly not the* fault of the seventy-five men who are engaged In buying up as old metal the machinery of the war-torn island. When the war is ended—if it ever docs end—the Cubans will have to begin all over again and buy entirely new plants throughout the length and breadth of the land before the wheels of Industry will be able to hum once more. Then Uncle Sam will score again, for the new machinery will probably be bought from him.—New York Herald.

Cider Well Applied.

Scott Fergus of Chicago told a reporter of the News about the important part which a barrel of cider played in the great tire of twenty-five years ago. Said the head of the Fergus Printing Company: In 1871 there was on Grant street, in North Chicago, a small frame dwelling house perhaps a little farther removed from its neighbors than they were from each other and set back from the street about twenty feet. On October 9th the man who owned the place saw that the fire was headed his way and knew that the house would soon, like thousands of others, be wrapped in flames. From Us apparent seclusion the thought entered his mind that there might be a fighting chance of saving the place If only he bad a supply of water. He had resolved to remove hi* family, as the neighbors all around him were doing, and save what they could carry, when he remembered that in the cellar was a barrel of cider. He would use that. Quickly removing the liquid from lta cool storage-place he gave dippers and other vessels to the different members of the household, and with instruction* to watch for every little blaze, the resolute band of amateur firemen and firewomen worked and watched, and while every house for blocks on every side became the prey of the flames, this little home was saved—and that by a barrel of cider. A genuine hearty laugh Is an aid to digestion, a stimulus to the circulation of the blood and a positive beautlfier. The whole gystem Is benefited by a cheerful, merry laugh, and one’s friends are attracted by the bright, wholesome nature that ripples out In sunny music like a happy woodland stream. Flattery is a sort of bad money to which our vanity gives currency Locke.

KETCHAM CASE MYSTERIOUS.

Development* Look Bad for the Millionaire'* Alleged Widow. Several peculiar phases have developed in connection with the death of Millionaire John B. Ketc-ham in Chicago. The dead tnan since being divorced from hi* first wife was supposed to have remained single up to the time of bis death.. He wa» a victim of chronic alcoholism and hi* associate* knew him to be rapidly dedining. About a month ago he disappeared from the Auditorium hotel, wber* he had made his home, and k was announced that he was in the car* of friends. Afterward camo the announcement of hi* death at the residence of Mr*. Mabel WaUace-Walknp, who also claims the name Ketchara, the woman asserting that the dead broker married her in Milwaukee shortly before his death and

JOHN B. KETCHAM.

claiming that h* willed his entire e*to»* to her. The ease hs* been closely watched by the police and State’s Attorney. Ketelitm'i physician, it seems, had told hia patient if he persisted in drinking it w**W cause his death. The sick man utterly disregarded this injunction and th* officials are now woadering why he was not compelled to krav* liquor alone in view of the doctor'* •*- qualified order. From all reports it » evident Brat Ketchnm had no medical attendance during the lasri week of his Ble, excepting the dsy he died. These tasks have but strengthened the intentions *f the Ketcham family to eentest the will. Criminal proceedings are threatened againsrt the alleged widow and several other person* whose names have not beea divulged, but who John Borden Krtehnni’» relatives will charge were associated in what they characterize as a eonrpiraey. Attorney James E. Purnell, representing the dead banker’s family, said that enough evidence relative to J oka B. Ketcham’s life in the Wallace-Walkup house, as well as the marriage that was performed in Milwaukee last September, has been collected by detectives to make a dear case of conspiracy against several persons. Relative* will contest hi* will, if swell an instrument is In existence, oa lb* ground that he was not emly of unswund mind at the time he may have signed it, but for ten months previous. Ketcham'* two brother* and two sisters will als* deny that their brother was legally married to Mabel Wallace-Walkup. They will claim that he was entirely incapable «f making any kind of n contract at the kune, of the alleged marriage, or indeed tor nearly a year previous. Attorney James E. Purnell, who has charge of the ease, say* he hiss abundant proof that .lota* B. Ketcham ha* been mentally unsouud lor almost a year, and that there has bee» no proof of a marriage with Mrs. Walk up offered by the nlleged wife. The attorney served notice on the Illinois Trust aud Saving* Bank to restrain Mrs. W»Jkup from having access to the safety box

MABEL WALLACE-WALKUP-KETCHAM.

in which the dead man ~-ept his securities. Attorney Purnell also notified the court that the will will be contested as sooji as filed.

FOOD FOR GREAT BRITAIN.

Quantity and Value of Products Kiported from the United States. During th« nine months ended oa the 30th of September last there were shipped from the United States to Great Britain the following quantity and value of food products: Beef cattle, 304.179 head $25,401.198 Sheep, 148,318 head 1.Q5fi3i04 Dressed beef, 210,703,080 pounds. 1ii,5:;ff487 Halted beef, 13,374,410 pound* . .. 718*192 Bacon, 323,030,850 pounds 23,013J0S Haia, 108,873,454 pounds 10,50^557 Fresh and *alt pork, 17,974,174 pound* .... 1.01T.9f,fi Lanl, 144,800,303 pounds 7,33<i,1M)U Imitation lard and butter, 5,597,516 pounds 342^21 Butter, 18,023,021 pounds 2,G,5L33G Cheese. 37.600,110 pounds 3,421724 Without including the cattle and sheep, tliia shows that we have furnished our British contains 881,830.104 pounds of animal food during the first nine months of the present year, and that they have paid us $95,311,848 for the same. This is at the rate of forty-four (rounds per capita a year, or about five pounds a mouth lor every man, woman nnd child in G*eat Britain. The British statistics show that the average animal consumption of provirion* i* B® pounds per capita. If the live cattle and sheet) were included it would undoubtedly raise the average to rixty-three pwtnrds per capita a yea *, or •even pound* a month.

CHRISTMAS AT DAWSON.

An Oregon M«a Expects to Make sltD©000 In Holiday Dinner*** Mr. Charles H. Vent of IVrthuid, ®**. ( ha* started for Alaska on a remarkable venture. He fntends to furnish the i*«pU> of Daweon with Christmas dinners and at the mow time make liis fortune. Mr. Vest's transportation outfit consisted of 28 dogs and 10 sleds. He has five helpers. Hi* merchandise consists of 3,843 down eggs, 1% tons of dressed poultry und SSO worth of oysters. The eggs were carefully broken and placed in cans, six to. the can, and then frozen solid. The poultry and oysters wore likewise put through the freezing process, and until the steamer sails will remain in the col.d storage warehouse. The tvlearner -lias a refrigerator room, where the stuff will oe stowed, and after reaching Dywi no precaution will be necessary. Mr. Vest, oh reaching Dawson, expects to sell his poultry for $5 a pound and the oysters for 100 times what they- cost hini. Latest Dawson quotations on eggs were $lB per dozen, nnd by Christian?; Mr, Vest believes, they will fetch $35 a dozen. He hopes to realize SIOO,OOO on the speculation. |