Democratic Sentinel, Volume 22, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 December 1898 — Page 2

■ ‘ ~ ■ r A ’■ J. W. MoSWEW, PttbMaliwr. RENSSELAER, • • -• INDIANA

FEAR SAN JOSE SCALE.

PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES TAKEN 1 BY FRANCE. Importation of American Trees and Shrubs to Be Prohibited—lnspection of Presh and Dried Fruit to Be Required—Soldier Convicted of Murder. Ban on American Nursery Stock. Mr. Thiebaut, charge d’affaires of France, called at the State Department at Washington to advise Secretary Hay that the French Government was about to adopt precautionary measures against the introduction from this country of the San Jose scale and that decrees will be issued prohibiting the importation of trees, shrubs and plants from the United States and requiring an inspection of all fruit, fresh and dried, at the point of landing in France. These measures, Mr. Thiebaut pointed out, were quite immaterial as affecting the general trade from this country to France, as the shipments of trees, plants and shrubs last year aggregated only $328, and those of fruit $40,000. The action of France was taken, it is said, only after some of the American States had adopted precautionary laws against this pest and after the French scientists had advised that the introduction of the insect was likely to follow from the unregulated import of fruits and all kinds of plants. PRIVATE SENTENCED TO DIE. Lindsay P. Holt at Huntsville, Ala., Is Coavlcted of Murder. Private Lindsay P, Holt, Troop F, Tenth United States cavalry, now encamped at Huntsville, Ala., is resting under a death sentence, the result of a recent court martial at which it was proved that he was guilty of murder. Holt’s best friend was his victim and the convicted man’s remorse is intense. This is the first death sentence passed upon an enlisted man since the beginning of the war and for many years previous. The order of execution is signed by Maj. Gen. Wheeler. , /Turquoise King ” Shot. A. J. Demules, known as “the Turquoise King of the Jarillas,” was murdered at his turquoise mine forty miles north of El Paso, Texas, in New Mexico, by a Mexican employe. While the “turquoise king” was seated at the breakfast table the Mexican approached and emptied a six-shooter with the mine-owner’s back as a target. Demules was instantly killed, one bullet passing through his neck and the other lodging in his back. The assassin was captured. No Strike Is in Prospect. The fact that Vice-President Mitchell and T. W. Davis of the executive board of the United Mine Workers of America should have been -in conference with M. D. Ratchford in Massillon, Ohio, at the time when the report that another national strike of miners was shortly to be ordered, seemed significant. But all three deny that anything of the sort is contemplated. Resignation of the Cabinet of Cuba. The Cuban colonial cabinet formally resigned to Gen. Jiminez Castellanos, the new governor and captain general of Cuba, their respective portfolios. Gen. Castellanos, however, officially reappointed them and requested them to remain in office until the Spanish flag had been lowered in Cuba. Honor for Ontario Premier. A. S. Hardy, premier of Ontario, is to be knighted by the Queen for his faithful services to Canada and Great Britain. He is strongly in favor of closer relations with Great Britain and author of the legislation against Michigan lumbermen.

Fire at Kansas City. Fire broke out in the Robert Keith furniture and carpet establishment at Kansas City. The fire was gotten under control at 7 o’clock, with an estimated loss of $210,000 on stock and $40,000 on the building; total insurance, $185,000. Earthquake In Greece. At Patras, Greece, a severe earthquake shock occurred, causing the inhabitants to become panic stricken. A second shock was experienced. No fatalities have been reported. Beat His Child to Death. At Jackson, Tenn., Jack Neal, a negro, was committed to jail on the charge of whipping his 7-year-old don to death. He beat the boy with a persimmon sprout. Battleship Wisconsin Floats. The United States battleship Wisconsin was successfully launched at San Francisco. The boat Was christened by Miss Elizabeth Stephenson. Drowned In the Volga. A ferryboat full of workmen has been capsized while crossing the Volga at Kinessma, Russia, drowning twenty-nine of the passengers. Dr. Lyman Abbott Resigns. The Rev. Dr. Lyman Abbott has resigned the pastorate of Plymouth Church, Brooklyn, which he has filled for ten years. Blanco Sails for Spain. Gen. Blanco and his aids, Gen. Solano and the staff generals have left Havana for Spain on the transport Villaverde. Terms of Peace Accepted by Spain. The Spanish members of the peace commission have accepted the terms of peace proposed by the United States. Explosion In Havana. A box of dynamite exploded near the Reina battery at Havana, killing or injuring forty persons. Takes the Chusan Islands. A dispatch to a London news agency from Shanghai says that the admiral of the Chinese squadron has hoisted the British flag over Ting-Hai and several other islands of the Chusan archipelago, and that ships are cruising near the Chusan islands. Sheep Suffer In Oregon. Thousands of sheep are imprisoned in the mountains near Pendleton, Ore. Three feet of snow has fallen in the foothills there and the sheep cannot get through it to the valleys below. Girl Burned to Death. Hattie Fuchs, 2 years old, was burned to death at her parents’ home in Chicago. She and her 4-year-old brother Willie had been left in' the house alone for a few minutes while their mother went on an errand. A lamp was burning in the room where the children were, and the little girl began playing with it, upsetting it, and her clothing caught fire. jury Failed to Agree. A jury in the United States District Court at Kansas City, which has been trying D. V. Rieger, ex-president, and Robert D. Covington, ex-cashier of the failed Missouri National Bank, on indictments charging embezzlement and misappropriation of that institution’s funds, disagreed and was discharged. Falls in a Vat of Vitriol. Joseph Schroppler, while being chased by a workman in a factory at Trenton, N. J., tumbled into a vat of vitriol. Not realizing bis danger, after being helped out, he started for home, but on the way the acid began eating into his flesh. Both legs must be amputated. Serious Rioting In Seoul. There has been rioting at Seoul, Corea, between the two independence clubs and the opposition. Several Coreans were killed and many wounded. The foreigners were not attacked.

REMEMBERS LONG-LOST NAME. Meeting with a Friend Recall* to Gustav Zending Hi* Past Life. A man who had lost all memory of affairs preceding his sickness was discharged from the St. Louis city hospital several months ago. He thought at the time bis name might be Foster or Roberts, but always concluded it was not. With the aid of the United Hebrew Charities the man went West to seek work. Out in Kansas he was greeted by the name es Gustav Zending. Memory returned to him in a degree. He remembered he had been married and after a few months of wedded life he left his wife. Of events since, up to the time of his illness, he has not yet remembered clearly. He was married to Rosa Ritter, 17 years old, in New York City, July 9,1881. WIFE AND MONEY ARE MISSING. St. Louis Real Estate Dealer Fears the Woman Is Demented. William F. H. Shroeder, a wealthy retired real estate dealer of St. Louis, aged 58 years, reported to Chief of Police Campbell that his wife, aged 30, whom be married eighteen months ago, had left home and taken with her money and valuable papers, mostly notes, valued at $27,000. Mr. Shroeder said: “Of this amount $1,500 was in cash, SB,OOO in negotiable notes and the remainder could not be negotiated.. I had notes for SIB,OOO held in trust for various persons for whom I was trustee. All these are gone. I am confident nly wife has not eloped with a man. I think her mind is temporarily unbalanced because of sickness.” BOLD ROBBERY IN DAYLIGHT. Eleven Hundred Dollars Disappears from Cleveland, Ohio, Postoffice. One of the boldest robberies committed in Cleveland in years was perpetrated the other day when the postoffice was robbed of eleven packages containing SIOO each, or $l,lOO in all. The money was in a pigeonhole at a stamp window presided oyer by Miss Mary Berry. She left the window for a few seconds and during that brief time the money was taken. Four women were seen acting in a suspicious manner in the corridor of the postoffice just before the robbery and the police believe one of them to be the thief. Rebellion Against Federal Republic. Late advices from Salvador, via Nicaragua, indicate that the revolt is more serious |han at first thought. It may involve all five States in a general uprising. According to advices the real object of the movement is the overthrow of the Federal republic, which was organized Nov. 1 at Amapala. To accomplish this Regalados called in the aid of Guatemala and Costa Rica, who always viewed the union of Salvador, Nicaragua and Honduras as a constant menace to their sovereignty. The rebels are now in possession of all the departments, with the exception of La Union and San Miguel, the latter a stronghold of Horacio Villavicencio, who is a candidate in opposition to Regalados. The Federal Government is hurriedly mobilizing its forces to march against Regalados. Honduras sends 4,000, Nicaragua 400 and the Federal district of Salvador 2,000. The movement is backed by capitalists whffi are well-known military men.

Swindler Fined, and Imprisoned. William Shaw:, charged with coin sweating, was convicted by the United States District Court at St. Louis, Mo. He was heavily fined and received a sentence of five years’ imprisonment. The case was one of the most famous ever tried in the United States Court in the city and attracted attention in Government circles throughout the entire country on account of the many possibilities for swindling that the full operation of the scheme wprked by Shaw involved. James Wilcox, an accomplice, who said he came from Indianapolis, turned State's evidence, and it was on his testimony that Shaw was convicted.

Big Victory for Scalpers. The so-called anti-ticket scalpers’ law has been declared unconstitutional by the New York Court of Appeals, and is therefore inoperative. This law, which was passed by the last legislative session in spite of bitter opposition, declared it a criminal act for any one to sell railroad tickets in that State except the authorized agents of the railroad companies. Fatal Accident In lowa. A three-coach and baggage passenger train on the Burlington, Cedar Rapids and Northern road was wrecked six miles north of Burlington, lowa. One of the cars, containing thirty passengers, rolled down an embankment, turning three times in 150 feet. Two persons were fatally, three seriously and seventeen slightly injured. Rio Grande Engine Blows Up. The crown sheet of the boiler of a locomotive on a west-bound freight train on the Denver and Rio Grande Railway blew out at Swallows, Colo. J. E. Perkey, fireman, was killed, and Eugene Pennington, engineer, and Guy Livingston, brakeman, were seriously injured. Eighteen loaded freight cars were burned. Leaves Cash for Colleges. The will of the late Edward Austin of Boston bequeathes $1,100,000 to public uses. Harvard College will receive $500,000, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology $400,000, Radcliffe College $30,000, Roanoke College $30,000 and the Tuskegee, Ala., Normal and Industrial School $30,000. Prairie Fire Checked. The most disastrous prairie fire' that ever ravaged the Indian territory has been brought to an abrupt stop by heavy rains. The fire started in Chickasaw and Choctaw nations, and it is estimated that property valued at $250,000 has been destroyed. An area of seventy-five miles square was burned over. Suicide Causes an Accident. A stranger, bent on suicide, threw himself in front of a train going at full speed at Brightwood and, in addition to ending his own life, nearly caused a serious disaster. The sudden checking of speed threw Brakeman Frank W. Fortney of Bellefontaine from the train, seriously injuring him. Family Caught in the Blizzard. A man named Cranwell, his wife and child, 7 years old, were caught in the blizzard some miles from Viola, Kan. The horses could not move in the sleet and the family remained in a wagon for two nights and a day. The child was frozen to death. Stock Killed in Texas. Reports from the cattle and sheep raising districts of northwestern Texas, Oklahoma and the Indian Territory show heavy losses because of the blizzard in those sections. Thousands of head of sheep, half-grown calves and cows have perished. Ashes Are Taken to Spain. The remains of Christopher Columbus have been transferred from the Havana cathedral, where they had rested since they were brought from San Domingo in the last century, to the Spanish steamer San Augustin, which sailed for Barcelona. Five Bullets in His Head. C. W. C. Dreher, a Brooklyn real estate man, wrote to his wife from Philadelphia, threatening to commit suicide. He fired five bullets into his head, but is still alive. To Buy a Sword for Hobson. The Ahbama House of Representatives has ratified a joint resolution appropriating SSOO to buy a sword for Lieut Hobwn of Merrimac fame. Fatal Quarrel Over Fence Posts. In Day County, Oklahoma, R. M. Murcheson, aged 70, shot and killed R. H. Low, aged 20. They quarreled over some fence posts. Allen B. Wrisley’s Loss. The soap and perfume factory of Allen B. Wrisley, in Chicago, was burned, entailing a loss of $105,000. Play Ends in a Tragedy. One day a groom; the next day a corpse. Buch was the fate of Elmer Munsell. The

tragedy took place at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Oden in Dry Grove township, HL Elmer Munsell, who was married to their daughter Myrtle the other day, was shot dead by a brother of the bride the next day. The newly married couple had repaired to the home of the bride’s parents, where in the evening a number of young people gathered to congratulate them. The bride and groom were treated to an old-fashioned charivari by boys, and the young men were invited inside. Young Oden, brother of the bride, on reaching the room where his new brother-in-law was, playfully ran to him and pointed a revolver at him. The weapon exploded and Munsell fell with a bullet in his brain. He lived about an hour. Oden is aged 18. The victim of his folly was 20. TREASURY BOXES ARE LOOTED. Governor Leedy of Kansas and Others the Victims of Robbery. Private deposit boxes in the State treasury at Topeka, Kan., have been looted. The discovery was first made by Gov. Leedy. The Governor went to his box to get some money before he went home, but he found the receptacle empty. It had contained $165. Mrs. J. M. Herrington, widow of the State House guide, who died the other evening, went to the treasury and asked to get the money from her husband’s box. The box was found to be empty, too. Herrington told Assistant Treasurer Williams that he had SSOO in the box. W. H. Barbee, Herrington’s stepson, lost SBO from his box. An investigation showed that the locks of many of the boxes are alike and one key will open several of them. WIFE URGED TO SEIZE FUNDS, Missouri Bride Disappears with $27,000 on Advice of a Lawyer. W. H. F. Schroeder of St. Louis was married recently. A few days afterward his wife and $37,000 disappeared. Jefferson D. Btorts, a St. Lquis lawyer, says that she left upon bis advice, and that her seizure of the money was also by his Advice. In fact, he says he told her to “take everything she could lay hands on.” Mr. Schroeder, according to his wife, though wealthy, is close. He refused, to give her enough money to buy necessities. When be offered her 10 cents, and told her it was all she would get for a long time, she called on Mr, Storts, Mrs. Schroeder Is at Washington, Mo, PORT ARTHUR COMPANY WINS. Texas Supreme Court Decides It Can Build Its Canal. The Supreme Court of Texas has handed down a decision in favor of the Port Arthur Channel and Dock Company in the injunction suit brought by the property holders near Port Arthur. The decision disposes of all questions in connection with the completion of the canal, which is in course of construction at Port Arthur, to connect the terminals of the Kansas City, Pittsburg and Gulf Railway with deep water, a distance of six and ope-half miles. party Girls Hurt in Panic. While a religious ceremony was in progress in the vestry room of the Church of St. Germain des Pros, at Paris, where many girls from the schools were in attendance, the cinematograph lamps were suddenly extinguished aud a fearful panic ensued, everybody ipgtantly recalling the charity bazaar pre. The priests finally succeeded in ajlflying the panic, but not before forty girls were injured by trampling, many being seriously hurt.

Girl* Held for Byrgiaries. Ethel Bodish, aged 14 years, and Blanche Howard, 8 years old, were arrested at Little liock, Ask,, charged with robbing a dry goods store, a considerable quantity of goods taken from the store was found ip their possession. The girls also robbed the Provident Relief Association house the same night, securing a large amount of clothing donated to the poor of the city. Thieves Get Away with $13,200. At Uti.ca, Ohio, the Wilson Bank was robbed while the officials were absent for a period of fifteen minutes at the dinner hour. Two thousand dollars in registered bonds and $5,600 in coupon bonds and $5,600 in gold and currency were taken. Powder Blows Six to Atoms. The powder mill at Lamonte, Mo., blew up, blowing six men to atoms and wounding several others. The explosion took place in the packing house, and was of such force as to be heard and felt for a distance of twenty-five miles. Bold Robbery in a Missouri Town. Ail attempt to rob tbe Lincoln County Bank was made at Ellsberry, Mo. The town watchman was tied to a tree by four robbers, who broke into the bank and attempted to enter the safe. It is not known that they got anything. Sentenced to Hang at Milan, Mo. At Milan, Mo„ the jury in the trial of W. E. Furgeson for the murder of S. G. Wilson returned a verdict of guilty of murder in the first degree, Judge Stephens at once sentenced him to hang Friday, Dec. 30, " . Gold-Hnnters’ Fate. A party of fifteen gold seekers, including Rev. Mr. Webber, a Moravian missionary, was drowned by the wrecking of the schooner Jessie at the mouth of the Kuskown river in Alaska. San Francisco Hotel Burns. The Baldwin Hotel and theater in San Francisco was destroyed by fire. There were 800 persons in the building. Many are supposed to have perished. The loss is about $2,000,000. Racine Iron Works Burned. The plant of the Racine, Wis., malleable and wrought iron works was destroyed by fire. Loss, $100,000; insurance, $40,000. _____ Earthquake in the South. Many points in south aud southwest Virginia and North Carolina report having experienced an earthquake shock.

THE MARKETS.

Chicago—Gattie, common to prime, $3.00 to $fl(A); hogs, shipping grades, $3.00 to sheep, fair to choice, $2.50 to $4.50; wh;.at, No. 2 red, 66c to 67c; corn, No. 2,82 cto 34c; oats, No. 2,25 c to 27c; rye, No. 2,51 cto 53c; butter, choice creamery, 21c to 22c; eggs, fresh, 21c to 23c; potatoes, choice, 30c to 40c per bushel. Indianapolis—Cattle, shipping, $3.00 to $5.50; bogy, choice light, $3.00 to $3.75; sheep, common to choice, $3.00 to $4.25; wheat, No. 2 red, 68c to 69c; corn, No. 2 white, 32c io 34c; oats, No. 2 white, 28c to 29c. St. Lou-B—Cattle, $3.00 to $5.50; hogs, $3.50 to $5.75; sheep, $3.50 to $4.75; wheat, Nx 2,71 cto 72c; corn, No. 2 yellow, &lc to 33c; oats. No. 2,27 cto 28c; rye, No. 2,51 eto 53c. Cincinrati—Cattle, $2.50 to $5.25; hogs, $3.00 tv $3.75; sheep, $2.50 to $4.25; wheat, Mo. 2,69 cto 71c; corn, No. 2 mixed, 3f<c to 36c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 27c to 29c; tye, No. 2,56 cto 58c. Detroit—Cattle, $2.50 to $5.50; hogs, $3.25 ta $3.75; sheep and lambs, $3.00 to $5.25; wheat, No. 2,70 c corn. No. 2 yellow, 34c to 36c; oats? No. 2 white, 29c to 3ftc; rye, 55c to 56c. Toledo—Wheat, No. 2 mixed, 71c to 73c; corn, No. 2 mixed, 33c to 35c; oats, No. 2 white, 25c to 27c; rye, No. 2,53 c to 55c; clover seed, new, $4.60 to $4.70. Milwaukee—Wheat, No. 2 spring, 67c to 68c; corn, No. 3,33 cto 35c; oats, No. 2 white, 28c to 30c; rye, No. 1,52 cto 54c; barley, No. 2,43 cto 50c; pork, mess, $7.75 to $8.25. Buffalo—Cattle, good shipping steers, $3.00 to $5.75;, hogs, common to choice, $3.50 to $3.75; sheep, fair to choice wethers, $3.50 to $4.75; lambs, common to extra, $5.00 to $5.50. New York—Cattle, $3.00 to $5.75; hogs, $3.00 to $4.00; sheep, $3.00 to $4.75; wheat, No. 2 red, 78c to 80c; corn. No. 2,40 cto 41c; oats, No. 2. 30c to 31c; butter, creamery, 16c to 25c; eggs, Western, 23c to 24c.

CHAPTER V. Barbara Jordan sat by the sick man with her knitting on her lap, and her eyes fixed on his face. He was breathing calmly; danger was over. Barbara watched the sleeper with undivided attention as though trying to read the answer to a question which puzzled her. Barbara rose from her seat and went to a carved oak box that stood against the wall. She raised the lid and looked in. There lay, neatly folded, the contents of Jasper’s bundle, a coarse gray and yellow suit —a suit so peculiar ip cut and color that there was no mistaking whence it had come, and what he was who bpd worn it. Barbara found it hard to associate such ft face with crime, and yet how else could she account for that convict garb rolled up and strapped to his saddle, and which she had laid in the trunk? Prisoners escaped now and again from the great jail on Dartmoor. This was one of them. As she sat watching him, puzzling her mind over this, his eyes opened, and he smiled. The smile was remarkably sweet. “Where am I now?” he asked. “At Morwell House.”

He closed his eyes. His face was very pale, like marble, but not like marble in fhis, that across it traveled changes pf expression that stirred the mpscles, Dp tvhat she would, Barbara could pot keep jier eyes off hipp. The horrible jpystery fibout the man, the lie giyep tp frer thoughts pf hina *by his face, fprcpfl her to observe hipir Presently he openefl his eyes, pnd mpt hers; she recoiled as if smitten with a guilty feeling at her heart, ”Yop haye always beep with me while I was pncpnscious anfl rambling," he said earnestly, “I have beep a great deal with yop, You have pot beep neglected,” He rose on his elbow, and held opt his hand, “I know that I owe my life to you, young lady. Allow me to thank you. My life is of no value to any but myself. I have not hitherto regarded it much. Now I shall esteem it, as saved by you. I thank you. May I touch your hand?” He took her fingers and put them to his lips. “This hand is firm and strong,” he said “but gentle as the wing of a dove.” She coldly withdrew her fingers. “Enough of thanks,” she said bluntly. “I did but my duty.” “Excuse me. Where am I now? And, ypupg lady, if you will not think it rude of me to inquire, who are you to whom I pwe my poor life?” “This, as I have already said, is Morwell, and I am the daughter of the gentleman who resides in it, Mr. Ignatius Jordan.” He fell back on the bed, a deadly graypess camp over his face, he raised his (lands, . “Qh, hpayen! this is most wonderful. Thy ways are past finding out.” “What is wonderful?” asked Barbara.

He did not answer, but partially raised liimself again ip bed. “Where are my clothes?” he asked. “Which clothes?” inquired Barbara, and her voice was hard, and hpr expressiop became stern. She hesitated for a moment, then went tp the chest apd drpw forth the suit that had beep rolled up on the pommel of the saddle; also that which he had worn when he met with the accidept. She held one in each hand, and returned to the bed. < “Which?” she asked gravely, fixing her eyes on him. He looked from one to the other, and his pale face turned a , chalky white. Then he said in a low, tremulous tone, “I want my waistcoat.” She gave it to him. He felt eagerly about it, drew the pocketbook from the breast pocket, opened it and fell back. “Gone!” he moaned, “gone!” The garment dropped from his fingers upon the floor, his eyes became glassy and fixed, and scarlpt spots of color formed in his cheeks. After this he became feverish, and tossed in his bed, put his hand to his brow, plucked at the bandages, asked fpr water, and his pulse quickened. Toward evening he seemed conscious that his senses were slipping beyond control. He called repeatedly for the young lady, and Jane, who attended him then, was obliged to fetch Barbara.

He lifted himself. His eyes were glowing with fever; he put opt his band and clasped her wrist; his hand was burning. His lips quivered; his face was full of a fiery eagerness. “I entreat you! you are so good, so kind! You have surprised a secret. I beseech you let no one else into it—no one have a suspicion of it. lam afraid what I may say when others are by me. I would go on my knees to you could I rise. I pray you, I pray you ”he put his hands together, “do not leave me if I become delirious. It is a hard thing to ask. I have no claipi on you; but J fear. I would have none but you know what I say, and I may say strange things if my mind becomes deranged with fever. Stay by me—in pity—ip mercy—fpr the love of heavep!” She stood by b’s befl, greatly moved, much stung with self-reproach. It was cruel of her to pet as she had done, to show hint that convict suit, and let him see that she knew his vileness. “Yes,” she said, “I will stay by you all night, and whatever passes your lips shall never pass mipe.” He smiled, apd gave a sigh of relief. “How good you are! How good! Barbara Jordan,” He did not call her Miss, and she felt slightly piqued, He, a convict, to speak of her thus! But she pacified her wounded pride with thp consideration that his mind was disturbed by fever.

CHAPTER VI. Barbara had passed her word to remain all night with the sick man, should he prove delirious, She saw him pass from vexing dreams into placid sleep. Towards dawn his eyes opened, and there was no more vacancy and fire in them. She wept to the bedside and said gently, “You are better.” “Thank you,” he answered. “I have given you much trouble.” A question trembled on Barbara’s lips. Sho longed to ask him something about himself, to know the truth, to have that horrible enigma solved, She leaned her hand on the back of the chair. “It is right that I should know for certain what, you are,” She halted, "Is that convict garment yours?” He turned away his face sharply. His breast heaved and his whole body shook, the very bed quivered with bis suppressed emotions. His large eyes, sunken and lustrous, met hers, and he saw that tears were trembling on her lids. “The garment—the prison garment is mine,” “A packman came this way with his wares yesterday,” said Miss Jordan gravely. “Among other news he brought was this, that a convict had recently broken out from the prison at Prince’s Town on Dartmoor, and was thought to have escaped off the moor. You are safe here; your secret remains here”—she touched her breast. “My father, my sister, none of the maids suspect anything. Never let us allude to this matter again, and I hope that as soon as you are sufficiently recovered you will go your way.” The door opened gently and Eve appeared, fresh and lovely as a May blossom-

EVE

By-S.BARING-GOULD.

“Bab, dear sister,” said the young girl, “let me sit by him now. You must have a nap. You take everything upon you—you are tired. Why, Barbara, surely you have been crying?” “I—crying!” exclaimed the elder angrily. “What have I had to make me cry? No; I am tired, and my eyes burn.” Barbara left the room and shut the door behind her. In the early morning none of the servants could be spared to ait with the sick man. Eve went to the table and arranged a bunch of oxlipa, dripping with dew, in a glass of water. Presently she plucked timidly at the sheet. As he paid no attention she plucked again. He looked at her. The bright face, like an opening wild rose, was bending over him. “Will it disturb you greatly if I ask you a question?” He shook his head. “Who was that young man whom you called Martin?” He looked earnestly into her eyes, and the color mounted under the transparent skin of her throat, cheeks and brow, “Eve,” he said gravely, “have you ever been ill—cpt, wounded”—fie put out his band and lightly indicated her • heart—“therp?"

She shook her pretty head with a smile, ♦'Then thipk and ask pp more about Martin. He came to you put of darkness, he went from you into darkness. Put him utterly and forever out of your thoughts as you value your happiness,” As Jasper recovered, he saw less of the sisters. June had come, apd with it lovely weather, and with the lovely weather the haysel, Jasper drew in full draughts of the delicious air, leaning back on a bench, watching the trees, hearing the hum of the bees and the voices of the harvesters, pleasant and soft in the distance, as if the golden sun had subdued all the harshness in the tones of the rough voices. He was roused from his reverie by a man coming between him and the pretty garden picture that filled his eyes. He recognized the surgeon—Dr. Coyshe. “Good afternoon, patient!” said he cheerily; “doing well, thanks to my treatment.” “I am assured,” said Jasper, “that I am fallen into the best possible hands.” “Who assured you of that?” asked he, sharply; “Miss Eve or the other?” “I am assured by jny own experience of your skill.” Mr. Jordan from his study saw or heard the surgeon. He came t° bim into the garden.

“You see,” said Mr. Goyshe, pubbipg his hands, “I haye done wonders. This would have been a dead man but fpr rpe. What a very beautiful daughter you have got I One that is only to be seen in pictures. A man despairs of behplding such loyeliness in actual life, and spe, beep, at the limit qf the world, thp visiop flashes op ope! Not much like you, Squire; not much likp her sister; looks as if shp belonged tp another byepfl.” Jasper Babb Ippked foupfl startlpd at the audacity and rudeness pf tap surgeon. Mr. Jordan was pot offended; hp sppmed indeed flattered. He was very proqd pf Eve, “You are'right. My eldest daughter has almost nothing in common with her younger sister—only a half-sister.” “Really,” said Coyshe, “it makes me shiver for the future of that fairy being. I take it for granted she will be yoked to some county booby of a squire, a Bob Acres. What a prospect! A jewel of gold in a swine’s snout, as Solomon says.” “Eve shall never marry one unworthy of her,” said Ignatius Jordan vehemently. She will be able to afford to shape her future according to her fancy. She will be comfortably off. Seventeen years ago I lent fifteen hundred pounds, which is to be returned to me on Midsummer day. To that I can add about five hundred.” “You have two daughters.” “Oh, yes, there is Barbara,” said Jordan in a tone of indifference. “If course, she will have something, but then—she can always manage for herself—with the other it is different.” “Are you ill?” asked Coyshe, suddenly, observing that Jasper had turned very pale, and dark under tap eyes. “Is the aiy too strong fpr you?” “No, let me remain here. The sup (joes me good.” “When did Miss Eve’s mother die?” ask: ed Coyshe abruptly. Mr. Jordan started. “Did I say she was dead? Did I mention her?”

Coyshe mused, put his hand through his hair and ruffled it up. “Now tell me, squire, are you sure of your money? What are your securities?” “The best. The word of an honorable man. He offered me a mortgage, but it never came.” “If you see the shine of that money again, you are lucky.” Then looking at Jasper: “My patient is upset again—l thought the air was too strong for him. He must be carried in. He is going into a fit.” Jasper was leaning back against (he wall, with distended eyes, and hands and teeth clenched as w-ith a spasm. “No,” said Jasper faintly, “I am not in a fit.” At that moment Barbara came out, and at once noticed the condition of the convalescent. “Here,” said she, “lean op me as you did coming out, This has been too much for you. Will you help me, Doctor?” “Thank you,’’ said Jasper. “If Miss Joradan will suffer mp to rest on hey arpa, I will returp to my room.” When he was back in his armchair-anfl the little room he had occupied, Barbara looked earnestly in his face and said, “What has troubled yop? I am sure something has.”

“I am very unhappy,” he answered, "but you must ask me no questions,” The slight disturbance had not altered the bent of Mr- Jordan’s thoughts, When Mr. Coyshe rejoined him he said, "I cannot believe that I ran any risk with the money. The man to whom I lent it is honorable, Besides, I have his note of hand acknowledging the debt.” Just then Coyshe’s eyes fell on something that lay under the seat. "What is that? Have you dropped a pocketbook?” A rough, large leather pocketbook that was to which he pointed. Mr. Jordan stooped and took it up. He examined it attentively and uttered an exclamation of surprise. "Well,” said the surgeon, mockingly; "is the money come, dropped from the clouds at your feet?” "No,” answered Mr. Jordan, under his breath, "but this is most extraordinary, most mysterious! .How comes this case here? It is the very same which I handed over, filled with notes, to that man seventeen years ago! Sect there are my initials op it; there on the shield is my crest. How comes it here?” “The question, my dear sir, is not how comes it here? But what does it contain?” "Nothing.” The surgeon put his hands in his pockets, screwed up his lips for a whistle, and said, "I foretold this; I am always right.” “The money is not due till Midsummer day,” "Nor will come till the Greek kalends. Poor Miss Eve!” (To be continued.)

CHINESE JUSTICE.

Puiahmeat I. Fo~etit.ee Meted Ont with Sickening Barbarity. One night our party halted at a place called Hungay, in the Yuman province of China; population about 5,000; products, fleas and other small deer, says a writer in Travel, in giving a description of Chinese justice. We were making a hurried escape from the wretched place when Lowe suddenly missed his camera. Five minutes before starting it was strapped to the machine, but now it was gone. A swift run was made to the inn. Had the landlord seen It? No, he had not, and besides he did not want to be disturbed, for he (was eating rice. Had anybody seen the camera? Not a soul. There was nothing for It but a visit to the mandarin at the. yamen. He was a kindly young fellow of about our own age. He listened quietly while the loss was 'explained, and when he understood had been thieving he turned the color of paper with rage. A troop of soldiery was dispatched to the inn with orders to arrest everybody. Landlord, cook, sweeper, stable cleaner and all the hangers-on were marched to the yamen in chains, and every one was trembling with fright. There was much confused jabbering. In the end one of the men was marched away, but in ten minutes he was brought back with the camera. His countenance proclaimed him an arrant rogue, and when the mandarin saw that the leather case had been cut open with a knife and was informed that three photographic appliances were still missing his rage was unbounded. Putting on his magisterial robes he sentenced the thief to be thrashed. He held up one hand as an inquiry if 50 strokes would be sufficient punishment. Plenty, intimated the foreigner. Down was the man pitched on his face, the legs tied, the flesh bared, and heavy fell the blows. The beating went on and on, the ruffian screamed and blood was running from the wounds on his limbs. “Hasn’t he had the 50 yet?” was asked. “Fifty. Why his punishment is 500 strokes, and he has not had 400 yet.” A plea was put forward for mercy. But the mandarin, with bis lips tight, would not listen. It was no good telling him that the quality of mercy was not strained, or that it droppeth like the dew from heaven, or that it became the monarch better than his crown. He was paid to punish offenders, and he was going to punish them. However, it was soon all over, and the wretch lay on the ground groaning, writhing and bleeding.

Then In marched the soldiery with five other men heavily manacled. The prisoners fell on their knees and put their foreheads to the ground. The mandarin fixed on one as the ringleader of the robbery. If 500 stripes was the punishment of an accomplice, what must be the chastisement of the thief In chief? Tqrture was reserved for him. He was made to sit op h|s haunches. His wrists were tlpd tightly in front on his knees, am} a pole was stuck Mw his arms and his legs and then rested on twq fables, so that the culprit swung head downward, Strong twine was slip-knitted about each big toe, and two of the soldiers pulled apart. This necessarily brought a tremendous strain up the roped wrists. They blackened immediately. The agony must have beep excruciating, for the map screamed. He began curling and twisting, but a soldier went forward and put his foot on the thief’s dragging pigtail and so kept his head down. The victim foamed at the mouth, and whenever he was on the point of losing consciousness he was raised up by the cue to give him breathing space, swung head downward again and the twine about his toes tugged. It was in vain for the forelgned to appeal that the barbarous punishment should cease. There was nothing for it but to forsake the sickening and revolting spectacle.

Topics of The Times

Ducky, the royal parrot of England, presented to the King in 1800 by Pitt, Is dead at tiie age of 124. The deceased bird was an accomplished talker, and was banished from the court for a time ip 1850 becpuge of its powers of mimicry and the frightful statements it did pot hesltpte to make pvep iq the presence of royalty. A Sicilian tribunal has sentenced a noted forger to Imprisonment for 189 years. The culprit had passed himself off as an advocate, and in the guise committed sixty-three different acts of serious fraud, having even stolen for a short time the seal of the chancellor of the court. This seal he used to give effect to his fraudulent documenta. For fourteen years a woman |p (Charleston, W. Ym, carried ft potato ip her pockets as a preventive of rheumatism. At her death a few days ago the potato had become shriveled with age. After the fyperaj hey clothes were hung out to air, and in the pocket pf one of the garments was the potato. A rainstorm drenched the clothing, and it was found that the potato had put forth several green sprouts. It is said that the waiters in some of Gotham’s swell cases add to their Incomes by the sale of champagne corks, a number of enterprising foreigners having worked up quite a business in the second-hand branded stoppers, which bring 5 to 6 cents apiece. The corks eventually find their way to the makers of certain Inferior brands of wine, which are palpied off upon the unsophisticated as imported, With the first day of the new century the ancient Austrian cpip, the krefitzer, drops officially out of circulation, after a currency of something like 400 years. It is retired in accordance with the convention establishing a copper currency of equal value for all parts of the empire. It used to be circulated freely in north as well as south Germany, but for the last quarter of a century has not gone beyond the Austrian frontier. It is said that the following expedient will cure a horse of kicking: Put the animal into a narrow stall that has both sides thickly padded. Suspend a sack filled with hay or straw so that it will strike his heels and let the horse and sack fight it out. Be sure to have things arranged so that the horse cannot hurt himself. The sack will be victorious every time, and in the end the horst will absolutely refuse to kick the sack or anything else. The scheme of electric canal haulage proposed by A. H. Allen to the British Association consists of a pair of overhead electric railways—one above the other—supported on standards on the towpath. These lines would carry small electric motors, managed from the barges. No change in existing barges would be needed, no motor attendant would be required on shore, and the cost of haulage per ton would be reduced to about three-sevenths of that with horse*.

POLITICS OF THE DAY

TURNCOAT There has been a great change of heart on the part of the Republican party since 1888. Now the Republicans want nothing but gold as the money of ultimate redemption, and monetary “reform” with them means a contraction of the currency. What the Republicans demand at present Is the establishment of the great king trust of the world. The trust which shall “corner” money. The trust which shall have one great central bank with 10,000 branches. That is the only kind of “reform” which the Republican patriots desire. But ten years ago the position of the Republican party was quite different. Then it claimed to be In favor of bimetallism and In 1888 the national platform on which Harrison was elected President had the following plank: The Republican party is in favor of the use of both gold and silver as money and condemns the policy of the Democratic administration in its efforts to demonetise silver. This declaration was unequivocal and the satire In It upon present conditions Is stinging and severe. But In 1892, Harrison being once more a candidate for President, the Republican party adopted the following plank on the money question: The American people from tradition and interest favor bimetallism and the Republican party demands the use of both gold and silver as standard money, with such restrictions and under such provisions, to be determined by legislation, as will secure the maintenance of the parity of the two metals, so that the purchasing and debt-paying power of a dollar, whether of silver, gold or paper, shall be at all times equal. The same convention Indorsed the Sherman law “as a long, but prudent, step toward the free coinage of silver.” Truly times change and men change with them.

Fight the Trusts. Now that the Republicans have gained entire control of the law-making machinery of the Government, the reign of trusts will continue with added splendor. For the next two years there will be a grand rush on the part of What McKinley calls “our best business Interests” to get Into combines Which will kill competition and lower the wages of the worangman. When the news of Republican success was received In New York all the trust stocks went up with a bound, and this fact demonstrates what the money power thinks is going to be the result Of unrestrained Republican power. To the transportation trust, the Standard Oil trust, the sugar trust and the other trusts controlling two thousand million dollars of capital will be added next winter the. money trust—the king of all the combines. Already the administration newspapers are demanding the passage, in extra session, of the ’’reform” currency bill. When that measure becomes a law there will be one great central bank and 10,000 branches. Competition In the money market will be slain. Business will be entirely at the mercy of the enormous and merciless money power. What can the people do* under such circumstances? They can fight the slavery of the trusts as the opponents of human slavery fought that institution. They can Insist that such laws as now exist against the trusts shall be enforced, and if these laws are not enforced they can call attention to the venality of those in power and denounce the rascals who thrive by robbery. There is a tremendous struggle Impending. Democrats should gird themselves for the conflict. The fight will be bitter, the qdds are tremendous, but ip the long run the right must and will prevail. Democrats and the War. It Is quite evident that the war question was large enough to dwarf all othqr questions before the American people during the late political campaign. It will not do for Democrat* to trust the theory that the Influence of the war on politics has spent Its force. Indeed, It looks as though the war with Spain and Its results would be In the front for several years to come. Democrats lost an opportunity by not Claiming the credit they deserved for inaugurating the Spanish war and for hiding |p winning the great victory over the foreign foe. As a matter of history, no Republican can truthfully deny that the Democrats in Congress forced McKinley from his peace-at-any-ppice policy and compelled him to take a manly and patriotic attitude. As a matter of history, it la also evidenced that the Democrats faded to grasp the advantage of their position, and hence lost their chance for victory. No greater mistake could be made than for the Democratic party to allow itself to be placed In the false position of opposition to the war and an obstructionist In the matters growing out of that war. Democrats were patriotic and loyal. They should claim the recognition they deserve and refuse to be slde-trackdd by the Republicans.— Chicago Democrat.

Steel Hail Robbery. There la no health in commerce when It is strangled by combines. Where competition exists there is health. It is an old and true saying that competition is the life of trade. But there can be no competition when trusts rule. Lately a great pool has been formed by the steel rail manufacturers of the United States. What is the result? An advance of $2 a ton on steel rails is about to be made, Men who make steel rails have been able to sell their product both at home and abroad for $lB a ton, What will they do now with the pool In good working order? They will continue to sell steel rails to Europe for $lB a ton, but American consumers will be forced to pay S2O a ton for the same material. Indeed, the added $2 will not long satisfy the managers of the pool, and they can demand sls more if they wish. And they will not long be satisfied with an advance of $2. Bobbers want everything of value on the premises and steel rail robbers are no exception to the rule. These steel rail makers are Hanna’s friends; they helped elect McKinley. Griggs is their man, or rather mannikin. Look out for a squeeze in steel rails. Deficient Revenue. Republicans are forced to face the unpleasant fact that in spite of the Dingley tariff there is an enormous deficiency of revenue. Each month the same old story of a lack of income is told by the treasury reports. Efforts are being made to cover up the facts, but however shrewd these attempts

may be the discreditable condition of affairs becomes apparent In August there was a deficiency of $14,478,010; September followed with a deficiency of $14,445,851, and now October brings up the line with a deficiency of $14,352,225, which would have been more than a million higher if the interest payments for the month had been ipade by the treasury In the ordinary way. Thus during the past three months the Government has been running behind at the rate of nearly $175,000,000 a year. It is a serious question for the administration to face, and the problem of securing sufficient revenue seems to be too hard for the Republicans to solve. In the four monthqjof the present fiscal year the expenditures for the army and navy have reached a total of $134,979,947, against $37,351,889 for the corresponding period last year, an increase of $97,628,057. A rough estimate of the cost of the war, including the preparations for hostilities, brings the total to $156,000,000 at the end of October, an amount which, according to present prospects, will be largely added to in the remaining months of the calendar year, raising the aggregate in 1898 to the near vicinity of $200,000,000. Expansion is a great thing, but it comes high.

Monetary “Reform.” Now that the elections are ovtir, the people may expect the administration press to open its batteries in favor of "sound” money. During the campaign this question was discreetly shelved by the Republicans and the glorious .results of the war with Spain discussed to the fullest limit. But since the votes have, all been cast and the chances of losing ballots no longer exist, the old cry for the gold standard will be resumed. What do the Republicans want? They want, to make money dear and everything else, Including man’s labor, cheap. They want to establish a “corner” in money. That banking and currency measure now pending in Congress will be advocated. It is styled: “A bill to provide for strengthening the public credit, for the relief of the United States Treasury, and for the amendment of the laws relating to national banking associations.” The title Is a misnomer. It ought to be: “A bill to destroy the greenbacks, fasten the gold standard permanently upon the American people, Increase the bonded debt and to create a colossal banking trust and give It absolute control of the circulating medium of the country.” I President McKinley, who voted in the House frequently for the free coinage of silver, favors this bill. Mark Hannaj favors it and it has the approval of tbei money power. If it shall become a law,, competition In me banking business! would end. The great trust of trusts will be established. The will be destroyed, no more silver will be coined, and with one great bank there will be 10,000 branches managed by subordinates and not by independent bankers.

Rich Congressnien. In the State of New York, especially, In the districts near the metropolis, it' costs a great deal of money to conduct a Congressional campaign. Rich men alone can afford to become candidates, and thus the representatives of the people become simply the representatives of the money-holding classes. According to the sworn statements of some of the New York candidates for, the lower house their election expenditures were as follows: Underhill of West Chester $6,610 Stewart of Amsterdam 6,971 Ketcham of Dover P1ain5......... 7,500 Littauer of Gloversville 3,000' Those are large sums to pay for the< simple honor of becoming a member of Congress. Is there anything else id holding such a position besides thej honor of It? These men in two years will be paid' by the Government SIO,OOO each for their services. In order to secure an' election, some of them spent nearly 80, per cent, of that amount without counting what it cost them to secure nomination. Perhaps it Is too severe a judgment to say that the opportunities of a Congressman to make money were the inducements which caused these men to pay so much for their seats. But one fact remains evident, and that is the poor men can’t be elected, and, therefore, the poorer classes are practically unrepresented by the Congressmen chosen from the districts in question. ,

Aljfer and Miles. Alger conspired against General Mlles and sent fat-witted, gross-bodied Shafter down to Santiago to muddle matters and to sacrifice lives. But, after all, Miles had to be called upon to help Alger’s big pet out of his scrape.! McKinley called out over 250,000 soldiers and used only about one-fourth of that number, holding the remainder in pest camps and breaking their health without serving the country in any good purpose. General Mlles says in his report: “But a small portion of the available forces of the United States—approximately 52,000 men—has been on, foreign soil.” And General Corbin) makes the following statement: “Ag-| gregate regulars and volunteers, 11,108) officers and 263,609 men; total, 274.717.’” Compare the figures and observe the 1 useless expense and suffering caused bj’ Alger and McKinley. What was the cause of all this muddling of military matters? Politics. McKinley wanted to play politics. Alger wanted to make money and political capital, and one of the results is this, noted by the New York World: Died of wounds. 343 Died of disease 2,566 Such a showing does not serve as a very brilliant vindication of Alger’s, policy toward General Miles.—Chicago Democrat. Expansion and Protection. The gentlemen of the Massachusetts Home Market Club are wise enough to, see that the President’s policy of expansion is directly hostile to the practice of the theory of “protection.” The two are antagonistic; they cannot exist together. “If this country is committed to a policy of expansion,” says Col. Albert Clarke, secretary of the Home Market Club, “the political advantages which the Republican party gained two years ago will be endangered, - if not lost.” The job which the Republican administration has taken up is one that nobody can carry through. One end of it will have to be dropped.—Boston Post.