Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 27, Number 69, Indianapolis, Marion County, 11 December 1878 — Page 7

THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL,! WEDNESDAY MORNING DECEMBER 11, 1878.

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QUESTIONS OF THE HOUR.

MDo angels wear white dresses, say? Always, or only in the summer? Do Their birthdays have to come like mine, In May? Do they have scarlet sashes then, or blue? . M When little Jessie died last nUht, How could she walk to heave a. It Is 10 far? flow did h And the war without a 11 zM? There wasnt even any moon or stai.. "Will she have red or golden wings? Then will he have to be a bird, and fly? -Do they take men. like presidents and kings. In beanes with black plumes clear to the sky? How old Is God? Has Hb grav hair? Can lie see yet ? Where did He have to stay Before you know He had made anywhere? Who does He pray to when He ha to pray? IIow many drops In the sea? How mny stars? Well, then, yon ought to know How many flowers are on an apple tree? How does the wind look when It doesn't blow? If yon should ever die. may we Have pumpkins growing In the garden, so My fairy godmother can come for me When there's a prince's ball, and let me go? "Rd Cinderella Just once more What makes men's other wives so mean?" I know That I was tired. It may be cross, be for I shut the painted book for her to go. Honrs later, from a child's white bed. I heard the timid, last queer question start: "Mama, are you my stepmother?" it said. The Innocent reproof crept to my heart. Mr. 8. M. B. Piatt. THE SULTAN'S BRIDE. A Romance of the Siege ofFler New York Mercury. CHAPTER I. A FIRS Iff THE SERAOLIO. The scene is in Statu boal; the period is a lustrum ao; and the time is the evening preceding the principal feast of the Moham medan'religion. On a lofty hill of the Asiatic shore a mounted Tartar stands looking to the west. As the thin, pale crescent of the new moon comes out amid the twilight he seta spurs to bis horse and rides into Scutara at full speed. The shore is reached, where stands a soldier with lighted match by a loaded gun. The report thunders out repeate 1 a hundred times by the wonderful echo which is formed by the winding shores of the Bosporus. It has scarcely died away when every foot along either cliff answers the single gun. Here the flash is a blaze of light, and the rejxrt sharp and loud; farther n, two or three I'jgether, lighted up by the rocks, mingled iheir roar, which was multiplied by the echo till it died away in the distance like thunder; and last of all, from the Cjaucan rocks, which guard the entrance of the B'.ack Pea, a slight glimmer arises, and long after a faint sound comes down upon the wind. Thus commences the Ramazn of the year in which our story has its inception the year of Hegira 12S-. Darkness dtcends upon the ancient city a darkness compute, for there is no twilight and no gas. Suddenly little specks of light appear high np above the loftiest houses, and grow into wn-atbsone above another. Every minaret of the magnificent mosques has been encircled ry rings of lamps. The praise of Allah stands out in characters of fUmss against the heaven?, the structures which support them remaining Invisible against the midnight sky. Witain the mosques are a dens multitude of kneeling form j. and they kneel in rows with their faces toward Mecca. In a inapniHc&nt building in the pastern portion of the city its either side bathed by the waters of the Bosporus and Gjldeu Horn a more thrilling scene is being enacted. The soatb eastern wing of the seraglio is in flames. Female forms frantically flitthronzh this labyrinth of love, shrieking in mortal frror. Before assistance can be rendered, some of the Sultan's concubiness throw themselves from the windows into the palace grounds; but Lulu, the last wife and favorite, ttirjwa herself into the swift, deep waters of the Golden Horn. The glint of the whito figure attracts the attention of a Bailor on ho t rd a parsing shi p. He plunges overboard, strikesout like a powerful New foandlami, grabs the drags as it is disappearing a pecan J time and swims ashors with bis precious bur leu. The rescuer was a stalwart man, of Sixon complexion, speaking the English tongue; the rescued kadin was a large and cbarming houri a Circassian by birth, aod lovely as incarnate virtue. Tt Is morning before the sailor is convinced that his cuarg- has rrcovered perfect on sciouanets. lie kneels beside her In an orange grove. Looking upon her somewhat in the light of a prize, probably, he had depended upon bis rough but kindly nursing to resuscitate tier. And now tbere is a peculiar eipres-ion in her awakening eyes a look in which surprise, gratitude and piqua are curiously comming'ed. Albeit the ax cred fast begins with sunrise and docs not end until sunset, she eats the food and drinks the honor offered by the sailor's gh band. The beautiful kadin has fallen love with her athletic preserver; for hu n love is very frequently independent of an will. With the dawn of nasaton in heart came anxiety for the safety of the ved one. When evening came she in timated by signs that she would .return to the 'seraglio. She clung to his lips; aod she left him dax2d ; as if he were awake, yet dreaming . . . , ASdul-Assit, .fasting and monrning, reIraio,!a from water and tobico, lulled the mtfAcnlons return of the kadin Lulu with fervent ejaculations of "Mabailab, Allah is pr?at; mere is no God but God, and Moban medtis His prophet!" W.hen sunset cones the hour of relief is at fewi. The 8ulan orders his pipe. An at tetsant stands by with lighted charcoal reajy to drop on its well tilled bowl as soon as fie first whiff may be taen without mor tal fin. The gun announcing sunset booms thrcugb the air. Abiat-Avlx seises the instrument, puffs ravenously for a fsw sec onds. and then sinks back with a feeling of intftue enjoyment on his luxurious divan. Cu side in the palace grounds, with a quid in his mouth, wanders the sailor. He has evade! the watchful scrutiny of the guards, for he learned the secret from the kadin Lulu. And now approaches him a hileous looking ennucb with a present of gold and jewels. He of the Gorgon head conducts the mariner to a certain window. Within the kadin stands smiling satanically sweet. Jock is led away as she retires. He understands that he is to come next night at the same hour. . After hts fourteen hours' fast the Sultan gorges himself with savory meats taken in enormous mouthfuls. Afterward Lulu, "bride of the sun and sister of the moon," Is summoned to his side. The same scenes are enacted every night during Ramszan, with variations. The sailor, who is named Benjam'n. is termed "Benito" by Lulu's sweet lips. He has run away from bis th'p, and he wears a Turkish costume designed by the surly eunuch. He has on several occasions been tdmltted to priva'e interviews with the volnptous kadin. The pampered yourg sea-dog becomes ind'ffjr enttothe dangers that sarround him, invades the palace grounds without his wary escort, and becomes a csptive. Unknown to Lulu he is called upon to answer, to explain. He can not, but he heaps execratl iDs on the eyes of his cap or, and then blacks a few. Uader the circumstances, the Bosporus is the true argumentnmad hominm. Its dark waters const! tute the ultima ratio of Mohammedan faith. In a few mnutta "Benito" is siwn up in a b&g, and the bag Immedlatly afterward was in the whirling waters "-fasballab, Allah is great 1" cried the sultan and his ministers; and tbey burry to the nio-qne to Offer up with more ievreno than uual their nightly prayers. Now, although the Bos porous is the slave, go to speak, ot the Sultan ; althougtrt t watches his seraglio, lUfl the intanges of his

ministers, quiets the scandals of his court, extinguishes his rivals. , and hushes his naughty wives one by one, its - waters .were not destined to be the grave of our blue-eyed mariner. The plash of the bag fell upon an understanding ear. A boat was lannoied, and Benito awoke from his damp trance in the cabin of an Odessa-bound schoo ler, in which grain-exporting city for the present we leave him. CHAPTER II. PASHA KICKS. A few mornings after Benito had been immersed in the , Bosporus, Lulu sat in her luxurious boudoir. Mother-of-pearl and porphyry and marble vied with each other in the charming retreat. The ceiling was a copy of the banquet of the gods. The carpet was from Sjmrna, and the flower-stands from Macao. She was evidently expecting a visitor with the most anxious Impatience. Her face quivered, her bosom heaved, and she clinched both bands till the round white arms grew bard as marble. As the door opened she bit h jr lip once savagely, and so seemed to regain her accustomed composure, and the usual dignity of her bearing. "Where is the Christian?" she asked, as the eunuch ralaarued before her. He was greatly embarrass' J, and swore by the humps of the sacred dromedary that be was not to blame. Then he revealed the discovery he had made. Benito's ardor aod imprudence had led to his capture and immersion. Enraged and agonired, she stood like a Pythoness. Then she stripped a precious necklace off and threw it on the marble floor. It was Abdul Ashiz'a last gift. Fiercely she dashed it down, and stamped upon it, and crashed and ground the jewel beneath her

heel against the floor. If the act meant anything, it foreshadowed war between- Lulu and her great lord. She had conceived a grand passion for the stalwart young sailor. His Herculean form, blue eyes and tine, clear complexion recalled the romance ot her cative land, which lingered in her memory from a child's first Impressions. For weeks she lay in her chamber apparently indisposed. 8he repelled ths Sultan's advances, for she begun to loathe and despise him. Br the co-operation or the eunuch she opened up a project ot hazard, intrigue and cross purposes, tine made up her mind whera and how to strike. She would seek another lov er, and he must be a Cbristain. Some morbid sentiment which the other sex can hardly fathom usually prompt a woman in such cases to select for her favor the man for whom in her secret coul she entertains a profound contempt whose iociety is an insult and whose attentions are a disgrace. Among Abdul Assiz's attendants was an Englishman a renegade ard an adventurer who had risen to the rank of a Paiha with one tail. Sara Hicks now began to have opportunities offered for admiring the regularity of Lulu's haughty features, and for scanning, in his own critical way, the lines of her noble figure. The image of tne sultan's favorite crept into his imagination and burnt Itself there in all the pride of her stately beauty. Bat she kept an impassable gulf fixed between herself and her pasaioaate admirer: and hence his love seethed iuto a fierce longing, less that of the lover than of the hungry tiger f jr bis prey. As the months became years Pasha Hicks yearned to bend that stately neck and to humble that pride to his feet. . Meantime, so far as her august lord was concerned, all that was evil in Lulu's nature was gaining the ascendant. Sae tyrau ized over the successor of the prophet and re pulsed him, and so complete was his iniatu ation that it never occured to him to ad minister to her the usual aisciphne reserved for refractory teuants of the harem. Tons the Years passed, and the conflict with Russia grew on apace. Pasha titm Hicks loit the royal favor. He smiled a very evil smile w hen he was ordered to leave Con stantinople for the seat of war in twenty-four hours, and bis heart beat fast when he tuoughtof Lula. ' I mast see ber at all hicirds." he said. The heiioas eanach informed the Saltan's bride that the red haired Chrlstain Pasha asked an interview before he left Slaoiboul forever. ' I will sae him," she said. she was in a mood in w iiich she felt she could dare any thing, and now. at the sudden announce ment of this visit this outrage of the law and the proprieties nerve and brain wt-ri wounlupto the highest pitch oi excite merit. She breathed fast as she listed to the story of bis lone-jurpre-sed and nopems adtuir t on. He spoke of the suddeu summons that forced htm away from the tru press of bis soul (he Id it of his constant prayers. II spoke of dying in the battle's, van with hrr name on his lips. Audtoth'3 two thunder clouds drew nearer and still nearer till tbey ru t and were riven and dft.tro.ed by the lightning their own contact had eugen dered. When they left the pa'ace Lulu was dis guised in male attire. Their going attracted no attention ; for it was known to the startled inmates that Abdul Assiz. pierced with In numerable wouods, lay in a distant chamber dad. The emasculated braiuof the seraglio was wondering who would be the next vie tim. , i CHAPTER III. , . WITHIS PLEV5A. ' Pasha Hicks was with the Turkish army, in rievna. lie nau grown in ravor and ha 1 de veloped into a very prstty tynot in his way The daring woman who bad fled with him from tiiamOoul is still his companion. Stslt wearing her masculine disguise, Lula is haughty, self-potsesied and defiant when alone with ber Pasha. When there are b servers she is as obsequious as a slave. 8 tie was desperate and she was depraved ; but it wa hrr punishment that, even amid the ter rible scenes eoac'ed around these for tinea tions. she could not rid herself of her woman's nature, nor stifle the voice that no woman ever can stifla In ber heart More than once she inbisted In accompanying Pasha Hicks in the desperate sallies made agiinst. the beleaguering 'Kussatn army, which, like a bugs snake, was gradu ulv con trading its lethal folds around the devoted fortifications. It may seem singular that no eye penetrated her disguise. But her six. complexion, and, above all. the character of ber companion, secured her an immunity ironi too carious laspectton. Certain it is that if the discovery had b-en made, that a dead oul tan's favorite bride bad unsexed hersslf in the foitress, the heroic defender of Plevna would have visited upon Pasha hicks summary punishment. Hitherto the change ot scene, the march. the excitement of the defense, the roar of the artillery and all the thrilling uncertain ties of "battle s magnificently stern arrav served to deaden ber mind to her own mis ery. Hitherto she had tolerated the dopraved man for whom the had sacrificed ev ert thing, but whom she had never loved. Bat there is a foe who smite an army and who divides friends more surely than the open enemy met in the "imminent deadly bra:h." His name is Hunger. C owr and still closer Todleben drew his iron band of blockade, over which tltTfcRmsian eagles wrrs hovering ere they swooptd down irresistible on their prey. Thtre was the hush of coming destruction -in tlie midnight air. There was a menace In the tall, black cypre&eisurrouadirig the doirued place, aud pointing, as it wen, wito. warning gesture toward the sky. Tbeie was a Icathsitne reality of carnage about the frequent vulture, flapping heavily away wiih loaded gorge and dripping beak from bis frequent meal. Add to these th guawing rea ittes of hunger, and it is not difficult to understand how intensely Lnlu begin to bate the contemptible wretch for whom she had t acrificed everything. Yet there was do bitterness ariiing from remorse in her vindictiveness. Sae bad not learned the Christian doctrine of virtue. She was maddened at the thought that a Sultan's bride should be dependent on a puneotiy-otlorous, red beaded British merceoary. Then be used to taunt ber In her privacy; while her cold, steel gray eyes

flashed fire. But she would not give him the

advantage over her of acknowledging that he could pat her in a passion. Had i she cared for him, she would have s'abbed bim to death. Yet the coarse fool didn't know it. On the occasion of that desperate sally by the beleaguered army, Pasha Hicks' battalion captured a little band of Russians that had been cut off from their comrades. The captives were marched up the hill into the fortification to s'arve. ratna Hicks ser vitor, Lulu, had remained in the tent indisposed, and as she stood at the door as tbe iufslan prisoners marched past she uttered a woman's cry of pain and sprang foward. Then she suddenly recollected herself, and shrank trembling back. She had recognized her preserver and lover, Benito, among the ! 5rboners. She had now but one object left or which to live. All her former love for the handfome sailor had surged up in her heart with an irresistible tide. She resolved to see Benito once more, to ba folded in bis arms again aye, though the whole Turkish army stood with raised cimeters between them. Yes. Benito should be saved even It she perished in his place. The desperate sally was repuisea. ine beleagured army was again driven back. The heroic attempt to cat through the Rus sian lines bad been defeated, lne Turkish hosts returned within their ramparts weary and dispirited. Abject despair and the pressure of starvation were mingled in frightful contrast On tbe slopes below thousands of dead bodies lay unDunea ana uncared for. The stench within the fortifi cation was terrible. When Pasha Hicks entered his tent he was surprised at the kindness of Lulu's recep tion. By some means aha had obtained a bottle of Cyprus wine. "Oh. I am weary ot this terrible drudgery this semi-starvation this diet of horse flesh," he cried. "Here Is tome wine 1 got lor you," she said, "drink it." He glared into her eyes. They met ms own with a stea.iy gue. "It is not not sweetened' She gave a little gasp, as though something had touched her to the quick. "What do you mean?'1 ahe asked. ''Oh, I see it is all right." He emptied tbe cup and jerk d it away. In ten minutes he was plunged in a death like sleep. The potion had been drugged. It was a drug Lula had brought with her from Constantinople, and had been intended for her self in certain foreseen contingencies. When night set in she stripped the t asba. and assuming his clothes, passed among tbe sentinels to the guard house, where the Russian prisoners were moaning for water. In a few second she was in the darkness ana in presence of the prisoners 8ne did not know a. ward of their lanennze: bat fche toscessed one lalismanic trl.oylUble, and in a musical voice she uttered it: "Benito!" ''Damn mr eyes!" exclaimed the prisoner rising; "I should know that voice; I've heard It afore!" The prisoners begged for water. She had no compassion, no pity for them. She led her "prisoner" forth and took him to the rent. The sentinels believed that Pasha li cks was about to possess himself ot some valuable secret respecting the Russian lines Within the tent the heal covering was laid aside, the bosom heaved, the eyes not dimmed by the corse of Pasha Hicks looked as Benito had seen them look. Eveo in her male attire she looked more beautiful than any woman he had ever seen. But at toat moment he would have sacr need all tbe glory and loveline.-s in Turkey for one draught of cool spring wa'er. He went through ths pantomime of drinking. Lulu understood. Motioning him to be patient a while, she went out. BeDito looked around the tent. At tbe further end, beneath a rubber blanket, a red haired man eeemfd to sleep. Near him was a bottle balf empty. He drew the cork, emelled it and pat it to his lips. "Eiad, it's wine!" he said, and he emptied it to Ihe drfgs When Lulu teturned to the tent, Benito was past praying for. She comprehended the situation in au ins.aut. The bottle lay beside him. The eyes of the lost, maddened, desperate worum ti'led with tears of as deep and unselfish affection as ciuld have been shed by any Cnrisiain woman in h-rpure and stainless youth as she knelt and kissed the warm uncor science lips of the lover she had so fervently remembered, whom she had so miracnoutdy recovered and so cruelly lost She took a poniard from her beltand drove its thirs'y p jint derp Into her heart; ajid, with her arms arouud the neck of her lov.-r, her rauided spirit was freed from its burden of ilfsb. The dawning of day brought misery to every Turkish eoldier. The Russian attack wsB renewed with irretible fury, and tbe three peaceful inmates of the Pasha's tent had been seen by only a few. Amid the carnage that accompanied tbe capture of P evua,the rem trable Incident of there Saxon complexlooed dead bodies being found together one arrayed in Russian uniform, did not attract any particu'ar attention. Their corpses were, thrown, among others, into tbe huge trencne8 prepared for them, and no one who visits the tcene of the terrible carnage will ever suspect that beneatn tbe waving grass, mingled with torn and shattered men and horses, sleeps the Sultan's bride. , , AN AMfOUaDIXO SEQUEL. A 8app4ae4 Crime Hatlafaetorlly Explain d An Innocent Jtfan Released After Twenty -Ave Yenre Imprison Efctnent. Among the criminal sensations in France is one of a most singular character, tbe facts in which are embodied In tbe subjoined narrative. In 1852 Jean Mlgaud owned a farm near Perigtux, He had been married threa times, and was a widower with one daughter, aged about 15 Migaud was a jolly, good natured man, fond of tbe good things of thia world, and nut remarkable for a chaste life. He was 46 years of age, and wealthy. His daughter E lot so was handsome, and. though youug, of mature form. One Gilbert Sanson, ths son of a neighboring wine dealer, bad sought Etoise's company, but her father bad driven the youth from the place with argry words, which reflected on the elder Sanson. This was on April 30. When young 8anson told his father what hsd happened tbe latter was heard to nee threats toward Migaud, and to take an oab that he would avengd tbe insult offered to htm. In the meantime young Sanson and Eloise met in secret, and whatever might be tbe feeling between their elders, there was a most complete understanding between them, as the sequel will show. A MADDK5IS0 DISCOVERY. On April 19 1852, Migaud came home rather late, and entered by the garden at tbe war of tbe bouse, the front entrance having Wen closed under the impression that the farmer was at home and had retired. As soon as he got into the hous be roused up his housekeeper. Madame Ctdaller, who found him greatly excited. When she appeared' he exclaimed, in a deep and perturbed voice: ' Who is wiih Eloiser "Why. the child has gone to bed hours ago." the housekeeper answered. Perdition!" the angry farmer said; "wbo Is with her lu her rootu? I see the shadows on the blinis, and there is some one with her." "My Cod!" the woman exclaimed. "I know not who it can be." Wiih that tbe farru-r drew off his boots, grasped his pistol and went upstairs, followed by Madame Cad all et. Cautiously ap proacbiug E'oiae's door, tbey lis ened. Voitvs were speaking wltbio, in a whisper. The farmer grew wild, and, beating on tbe door with his fist, demanded almisaioa. There was a sudden commotion wlihio. Tbe farmer stepped .back, aod came with all hii force against the door, which gave way.

entering the room Eloise was found covered np in the bed, end almost dead, with affright A window was open, pad .on going to it the farmer saw by the bright moonlight

THE riGCRI or A MAX, As he bounded over 'the garden walL On the floor was found a vest, in the pocket of wntcn was a xnile bearing the name of young Sanson. The half dead girl admitted that Gilbert had seduced ber, and that they had been ac customed for some time to pass the hours of darkness in each other s society, augend was in a terrible condition of excitement. and, vowing vengeance on the man wbo had ruined Ms only child, he rushed from tbe house. . He was seen no more that night, and after day had far advanced he was atiU absent. As tbe morning passed away tbe housekeeper thought it right to let tho authorities know of his disappearance. A search was made, but nothing could be learned of his whereabouts. Two or three days went on and the mys tery appeared inexplicable. At length, on April 24, the children of a carter were play ing with a pet rabbit, when it escaped from them into the village street. A dog barked and ran after the animal, which, scare! and bewildered, ran into a hole in tbe trap door leading into Sanson's wine cellar. Sanson refused to let tbe people raise the door and look for the rabbit, dec'aring that it was better off tbere than In the clntchts of the tormenting children, and that, moreover, there were sj many barrels and cases in the cellar it would be . impossible to catt hit. Later in the day, however, when Sanson was away in the neighboring town, his wife goodnaturedly let the neighbors lift the door to search for the rabbit, Tbey did not find tbe rabbit, bat they foand a corpse instead. Half covered with a pile of wood lay the body of the missing farmer, Jean Nigaud, with a stab in the back. His pocket book, which contained a large sum of money, was missing. There was little or no blood on the body. It ought to have been stated that when attention was called to the disappearance of Migaud nothing was said of what bad happened at his house the night before. The housekeeper reso'ved to do ber best to keep tbe disgraceful discovery of Eloise'a shame from the public ear. There was, consequently, nothing known of the circumstance, and THE FINDING Or TBE FASMER's BODY in Sanson's cellar was not, therefore, sought to be connected with the occurrence. But it was very well . known that Migaud had ex pelled young Season from his house, and that the elder S-inson had uttered threats against the farmer. These threats at once begin to atsume importance, and at the inqutst which followed the finding of Mgiud's body, .testimony was given wbich snowed that Sanson had vowed to get even with the farmer. This, in connection with the finding of the body, seemed to justify the arrest of Sanson. Then came out the fact that be had refused to allow search to be made in the cellar for, the rabbit. This was considered a very suspicious fact, and altogether it was thought that a good case could be made out against the wine-seller. It so turned out, and Sanson was sentenced to the gal leys for life. All this time young Sanson never mentioned to his father or any one his having been discovered in tbe farmer's houso with Eloise, for, to say tbe truth, he believed that the farmer bad pursued him and had naturally gone to his father's house, and tnat the two men had come in contact and the farmer been killed. Anyhow, Sanison went to the Bagne AVERRI1CO 1118 INNOCENCE TO THE LAST. This was in October of 1852. Madame Sanson, who was tbe wijj seller's secoud wife, and young and handsome, sold her interest in the business and removed to Paris. There she gut a divorce and mairied a wealthy lawyer, to whom she bore seven children. Young Sanson removed to Marseilles, and managed to do eomething to alleviate the sufferings of hts father, although be bad a settled conviction of his guilt. In 18G5 the elder Sanson was allowed partial liberty, but was not permitted to quit Marseilles. In 1876 an elderly man appeared in that city and made the acquaintance cf the younger rjanson, who kept a wine shop. After a hile the stranger appeured to ba struck nith the name, and one day said: "Excuse me, monsieur, but are you any re'auon to the Sinaon who, many yeirs ago, was con vie. id of tbe killing of one Migaud, a farmer rr siding near Perigueux?" You.'ig S-tuson was ind nantat the question, but the stranger apologized and nothing more was said. For several days the stranger did not visit tbe wine eh op. At length he returned, and asking to see young Sanson in private, informed h'm that he bad bought the premises occupied by tbe wine shop. Then be banded the aston.sbedyouog man a deed of '.he property and said: "I have heard of your devotion to your father, and having plenty of money and no one to leave it to when I die, I desire to give this place to you because I like you and your ways." Young Sanson accepted the gift alter many pro-estations, and the old man departed. A few days afterward orders were received to allow the elder Sanson to beside with bis son, and to p'ace him in charge of one of tbe departments of the Bagne as overseer. So things went on until within the last two months. A STRANG STORV. ' On Acgast 15, 1878, Paul Refe, a wealthy carriage manufacturer of Paris, dud. Before his death, in the presence of tbe proper au thonties, he made a confession or statement, which is given in full: : . - "In 18G2. I live d with toy wife, since dead. at the Hilt cid9, near rertgneux. I was very poor, and made a meager livelihood by mending tbe vehicles of tbe neighboring farmers. I bad had little work for some time, and had nothing in the house to eat My wife, wbo had a young baby at tbe breast, proposed that I should go out that night April 19. 1852 and steal some of a neighbor's fowls. I lived Only a couple of hundred yara rroru the place, and when all was cuiet, about 11 o'clock, I went outside into the street to see that all was clear. I beard a quick step, and the next moment a man came out of the lane that led to farnor Migaud s house. I was going to re enter my house and close tbe door, but tbe man was upon me too quickly, and I recog ntzed the farmer. He was so greatly excited that he could not speak, and I observed that he held a pistol in bis right bacd. "He made an attempt to epeak, but uttered only inatticutate sounds, a-id, pushing me aside, entered tbe bouse. I had often worked for bim and knew bim well; in fact, be had given me the small cottage in wbich I mid ed free of rent, and was otherwise kind to me. I followed bim into the house and closed the door. He walkel unsteadily into the middle of tbe room, and then FELL FORWARD ACROSS THE TABLE. "My wife and I placed him in an easy chair. He lay back, gave three or four gasps and was dead. We were alarmed and knew nit what to no. As my wife undid the farmer's cravat and opened his vest to give him air, she aw and I saw a picketbook in the inside vest pocket My wi'e drew it out and opened it It was full of botes to the amount of over 33,000 francs. 'God ba sent us this,' said my wife. "We consulted together and !etermined to keep the money. Tbe next question was wbat to do ltb tbe dead man. "No one has seen bim come to our house, so we resolved to get rid of the body as best we could. I opened the door and locked out. Right opposite was a barber's. After waiting an hour my wife and I carried tbe corpse aod placed it again. t the barber's door, with the face toward it. Then we went home, flung tbe farmer's pistol into cesspool, and hid away tbe money. Next morning at daylight ihe farmer's body was gone, and we knew nothing of it until we heard of its being found in Sanson's cellar. Mr wife and I removed from the Village to Paris, ard there I changed my '

name and commenced business, which throve until I became wealthy. My conscience troubled me, and ,inl87G I t sought out young Sanson and gave him the house where he lived." - - - . .. . ... : .After this statement was put Into the bands of the authorities they took measures TO FIND THE BARBER .' ' ' '

against whose door the dead farmer had been , placed. Though many years had elapsed, he was still alive and residing in the same village. When questioned about the statements made by Paul Refe the barber was greatly alarmed, tnd pretended tbat he knew nothing at all of the circumstance. At length, moved partly by emptied threats and partly by pledges of Immunity, be told ms story, which is formally reduced to writing as follows: ' "On the ni?ht of April 19. 1852. I was sent for about 9 o'clock to bleed a sick man. I went, and did not return until about 2 o'clock the next rooming. I had a lantern with me, as the place I had to go to was down the glen, in a very dangerous locality. On my retain, as I nearnd my house, I saw some one standing at the door. I approached carefully, for I had long inspected my . wife oi uniawtui intimacy with MJgaud. I drew near stealthily, and af the same time I took a daggar from my belt. The form appeared to me to be that Migaud. I suddenly threw light upon it, saw that it was the farmer, and supposing that he was bidding my faithless wife a prolonged adieu at the door, I sprang on him and ' PLUNGED THE DAGGER tSTO HIS BACK. "Then, to my surprise, I found the door closed and fastened, and, using my key, discovered my wife in her bed fast asleep. I knew that my case was a desperate one, and determined to remove tbe farmer's body, for I had no doubt tbat I must have killed him. I went down stairs with the lantern, and to my surprise found that Migaud was already cold, and that no blood had escaped from tbe wound. Suddenly the thought struck me that while passing Sanson's bouse I had ob served tbat tbe shoot down which the wood for the fires was cast was left open. . I took the body, hastily croasel the street to the corner and dropped the body down the shoot". These remarkable confessions were laid before tbe executive, and in a few days San son was pardoned- On Paul IMe'a death it was found that he had left all his property to the younger banson. Ihe barber was re lieved from a heavy load of sorrow and re gret when he found that he was no.murderer in fact. ...... ( A 11 rut 1'lMMt Journal. ' , ... Kokomo Tribune. On last Sunday morning, John J. Cooper retired from the management of tbe Ind anapolis Sentinel end was succeeded by John C. Shoamaker, formerly president oi the company. We take this occasion say that the bentinel has been a much better paper this year than it ever was before. It gives all the news, and its editorials are able Although it is wickedly democratic, the Sentinel is a first class j rmrnal in every other respect, and its subscription list ought to be largely Increased next year. Pleasant to the taste and surprisingly quick in relieving Coughs and Colds, it is not at all strange tbat Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup has dis placed so many other Cough remeaies. POROUS PLASTERS. IS THE BEST KIND. Tots remarkable article contains all tbe vol uable qualities of the slow acting common porous ulatiterand iu atlditlou an entirely new combination of active vegetable ingredients rrom wmcn it derives its wonaeriai pniu re lievine. ftreniithenins and curative proper ties, it relieves pain almost irnnvdiately and cures where other planter will kot even re lieve. The manufacturers o! BensonVCapcine Pot ous Piaster were au ardwl de bJgbtfctand only medal of merit given for pf-Bt-r- at the eu'enniwi, van. Your lamny pnysician will confirm our statement regarding Its great inrlt. ... - , . For Lamoand Weak Back, Kidney Disease, Kheum!am, rtiuboorn and Neglected Colds Lung and Chest Ditrlcult ies, the 1 ameness and Weakness peculiar to Women. Nervous Artec tionsof tbe Hart, Chills nnd Fever, Sciatica and Lumbago, Di cf Children, bucuas Whooping Cough, Colds and Cronp (when ap plied ! lt earlier sUtjiw). aod ah boo 1 Achea and Pains of Young or Old. IT IS SIMPLY THE BEST REMEDY EVER DEVISED OR MOWN. CAPCINE POROUS PLASTER There Is no other remedy so well adapted for the above clas of ailments. No other remedy eatalns the same combination of medicinal iDgredlentH. lie a sou' Capeine Porous Plaster . ).,. w ..'i . .ii Aliernal remedies In cludligjinlaieut,and th eo-called c1"apuiiaSceii. Its powerful fctluenfle i'111; most at th- flrrt moment of aJ0',catJft".n-. " given relief, comfort, strength arid am cted. It is neat and convenient, a'so pleAs ant to wear, as it creates me'-ely a sensation of genue ana stimulating warmth. Tbere are fraudnlect and worthless imita tions or Benson s Capeine Porous Piaster in the market, onelu tartlenlar. havln a slm. liar souurttng name, contains lead poisons. Each gennlne BensonMCavcine Pomus Plaster baa the word Capeine ppetAed C-A-P-C-i-N-E. iae no otner. .,,.. . t , , . SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS. Price 25 Cts. Better tUn Ever. &VV llPBICE BEDOCED. a M saaa V m m a a w awma 4ar S Paving Information 5fc for West. East. South. North for Ownet I SS of Cattle, Horses, Sheep, Swine, or Fakms, SS ?S Gardens, or Villap Lota; for Housekeepers; S - wot au cop ana uiri v OVER 700 Fins ENGRAVINGS both pleasing and instructive. The American Agriculturist tiX. .kv m.m m m m an at a a iV II M L T HI t u L. N . X ONLY 81 EACH, S 4 copies, each. S ingle subscript iona, $1.50. On number, it c A iDecimen. Dott-free. 10 c. Cx 1 lf.infTT Stwl Plata ntHPlimrfl frr all 1 Large PRE9IIU3IS for Clnba. Issued in English & German at same price. a f a -v r ax: ass TRY IT. T. IT WILL PAY. SJPS S X. Cramn JUi fin.. Pnhlislp.ni 1 . m V!r V S43 B-xw N. Y. V PTJLTOM BELL FOUNDRY. Eatablbbed 1832. .' 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BLOOD & NERVE FOOD la si Pnre Coeentmtel I.lQTjjrj Y4 . prepared ureeur irons the) WHBATK2NED, Without Fermentation, and retaining am oi iu Sa:BLOOI. IfEHVE Alt D BRAIM Iteatorins elements In a statural ilatl - oi Vitaiiaatlosu NERVOUS DEBILITY Which underlies all forma or Chrome niuui Is speedily overcome by the use of this Foedj For the year past I have constantly dm. scribed Tbe Blanebard Blood and Nervw rooa to my patients or aU ages, from elgb teen months to eighty-three years. In every oaao. the result has been exactly that claimed by yon. It Is bv far the most vnirmhilM .nri rM. able Tonic I havo ever met with. HOWARD HUTTOK SMITH, M. D- . 20 Irving Plaoe.'New York. FOOD AT IaAST DRUGS A SUBSTITUTE for. tratlon and artificial dleUon, and HUM simple in Its application tbat 'Ine adyle off iiiijucina- is not reqnirea. Thousand of recoveries from chronic diaskill has failed. Many of the best physicians throughout tha country are DtsarUiia; Drnsrs and usinr with the most gratifying results, permanently Debility. Tbe JDyspe-ptle aod Oonnnniplive Patient, sufferers from malarial " -" rviwoiDi, iwemer witn me entire list of complaints peculiar to the Female Mx and la th dm nf mia Pvui nK.nrf. relief. New York, November 28, 1S77. " DR. V. W. KUKmisn- DnrinirlhanutTMi I have prescribed vonr various preparations of Food Cure, and feel happy to say they hava """j uiwi, muuiae expectations, giving; tooatienta Innv enfooritevl h hinswl miu,n chronic disease, er over drag dosing the need vA nun iuuu nun nfrv" lorce. ... MfBor. i-LEMKNCE 8. LOZIER, M. D., Dean of Horn. Med. College and Hospital for Women, New York City. Hundred ett mwo rt nrta-hi ni.. of the Kidneys have been reported cured. For Xenralgie mnt RttenaiMtle Plweanea it is aimobt a specific. Physical and Mental Debility from the nse of Alcohol. Optnm and Tobaeee or from any nnnamable caune, find 10 uiib r oou a natural ana potent remea v. FOB THE ISTEIXECTUAL WOBKEB THE BLMCHARD BLOOD & NERVE FOOD AfTbrds a certain and natural means or sap lyiDK tbe waste of the brain resulting from abor that will enable him to do better and more work than ever before, without danger of mental strain. As a r medy for the Atmm of Appetite a4 Want ot Viator, physical and, mental, la children, this Food has no rival. $1.00 per Bottle, or 6 for $5.00. SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS. Or Bent by Express on reoelpt of Price. o Andovkh Thkologicai. BKWnrAKT. Andovkk, Majm., March Zt, isTS. Yonr Life Food Is an excellent thing. I hare no hesitation, after a thorough trial of It, in recommending it In canes of chronic dyspepsia and nervous prostration. - Rev. Dr. AUSTIN PHELPS THE ELAXCHAKD FOOD CCB NTNTEM now receiving such popular app elation is clearly et fortn in a et page pa i phlet whlen will besent to any address on celpt of '25 cents. Address Blanchard Food Cnre Co. 27 CMIOX SQUARE, NEW YORK. j no more: OR GOUT ACUTEOR CHRONIC ALBCVLIC w "SURE CURE. Manuracturtu ouiy under the above Trade Mark, ty the ... EUROPEAN SALICYLIC MEDICinE CO. OF.PAKIS AND LE1PZIO. Imxkdiatk relief Warranted. Permanent Cork Guakamteco. Wow fxclunively uaed brail celebrated Physicians of Europe and America, becoming a Hianle, iiarmleea nd Reliable It-medy on both continents. The Highest Medical Academy of Paris report 85 cares out of 100 case within three days. Beeiet The only dUwolvr ot tbe poisonous Urio Acid wbich exists in the blood ot Hheamatla andUouiy patients. 1100 a Box ; 6 Boxes for IjOO. bentfto any address on icoeiptof prloe. Endorsed by Physicians. Soid by all Druggists. Addret WASHBURNE & CO., Only Importers, Depot 23 Cliff BU, New York. For sale by Bi owning &. Rloan and 8. French, IndiAnapolm. J?oah & Caldwelx, Attorneys. ... ... t . , . , . ., f STATE OF INDIANA, Marlon boiinly, aS. in the Superior Court of Marlon county. In the Bute of Indiana. Ho. October term. 1a. Butler ITnlvrsity vs. Mary A. Abbett, William R. WlM et al . ' Be it known, that on tbe 18th day of October. 1878, the above named plaintiff, bv its Attorneys, nled In the office oj the clerk of the S perior Court of Marion county, in tbe state of Indiana, its complaint against the above named defendants; and on tlie2Cth dar of November, 1KTS, said plaintiff filed In aaid clerk's otUce the affidavit of a corotx-tent person showing that said defendant. William Ii. Watson, is a n-caMary party to this action which la a smt to foreclo j a mortgage npon real estate In Marion county, Indiana, In whioh real estate tbetaid WUliam It. Watson claims some interest, and tbat the naid Wlliiam II. Watson Is not a resident of the state ot Indiana. NoW therefore, by order ot said court, said defendant last above named is berehv nntl.'Ail rt th. MH .4 of naia complaint ftainKt htm. and that ci nl ess he appeam and anAwent or demurs lurreio. ai me caning oi saia eauw on the 4th iQtt rf lAKMnMf liTTi kA I a. va i t Ui UOt U4 if CUfT lUalaJQ lvt"IIlK VII Jadtcial day of a term of said court, to be beran ava a,u7 -i4 a iivusrj in i-ilO Jldjr OI AH cLiaaapoJia, on the fina Monday In Feo rnarv 1?0 cairl AAMninUi h. "vi a asuu kuius,.! uicictu VUUleUIJOU BuQ aU9 leged, will be barrt and determined in his absence. DANIEL. M. RANSDKLr. nov27-3w Clerk. 0JPTO1H1E Cnrea WttnJa Stfpnlated Time. . Tie Tnumpii Truss ajwuSffiass. ery, N. Yotfer $1,000 for a rupture they cannot cure. Tbe Triumph Truewa have received tha highest hooora at all fairs where they hava boen exhibited. Send 10 cent fer book on tha Cure of Rupture toeitber office. Examinations Tntrrn is kiciitti e," Jy- " .. AUKNTH 1 For the sale of nnr nnmomn Wrn.f BrwelalUes. fiinnfl In nn rr Ku ENUbllshment PrvfltHlmtneDM ntalnrn sent free. Addreas "Kckeka alkniOAi. 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