Jasper County Democrat, Volume 1, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 December 1898 — Page 3

By The Duchess.

CHAPTER VlH—(Continued.) “Sim*- mumen. are- like that,” - says he, Cffiiranliy- “T&ejr easa. open wide their hrrantt 0* Oifaffir fffiiilifrefl. yet close it against the Sanfbtcs off thenu. Isabel's whole life Is Chmm uqi t»> her tr&sM;. she regards it as hew enrireiy-,: site allitws me no. share in Hum. Site.* eaigHirfy,. “that 1 grudge him wnr iiuch tthe affeetUMii site gif es him. He huts m ffamltec worthless enough. Let his mwchiHr umJtif ■ hh «©■ te him-"" “Trit he Iteites. the father best,”' says la>% tiiricftay. “1 huge auc.”" with a suspicion. of viofcnrr. “He ifiie*. fteffijw me- One can see it. Thun sautetrl** nutter off his has not half the iantnaetLoni ®nr him that you hare. Why. !1m& you. ih is the way of the world, why (fisgmtw* is? Well, well.’" her trinmphnsC wiire tßwpeaimg to a we*it whisper. •“When! (me thinks- off it ail. she is not too Eaggy.”’ She draws her hand in a little tewiMwodl way across her white brow. “•Tow Jbufb uanlerstamf her."" says Bultiihr. fflriipjfly. “SSe Uses in. • world of lew usm. Xoi one womkt dare penetrate it. E«eui I—her husband*. a» yen call me in muifftHny— turn ontsiifij iff. I don't believe sdii‘ kw •mired ff»c me. Iff she had, do you •ftimlt she* wrm£d have- given a thought to Bhara hnfnmuns story?.'”' “AftMtut Madtenae-Istray?”’ “Tit!S. Tom. Eeov heard off it .then?” “W?b*> linssaft Bi*trn£? Violet Waldron was nuC t£te ooe t«» spare you.” She pauses ami thefts at Brim with, all her heart in her —Was niters- no- truth in that story ?” iajfts she- an hurt, her words coming with a Khfftf- mnrik. —X‘in»-_ I sweanr iff! Tom believe me?” Hr Bits <e«nw- nearer to her and taken her nmmf ism rii»- e-ntrwniiffy '*ff this desire to be heiiiffed im by somebody. —I BeSieve- yew.” says site, gently. Her •wtfinr isw hew tdiste he *au catch the words i«i|f- rite- grief and misery in them is imftnwnra to Man Mecerffaily. too. the moon V&t jjtny. behind a cliiqd.. a tender preparagam] ffwan aftdnratnoa presently, so that he eannite see- Bite- two- iteatf-broken tears that mtetO sflowhy i)fn Iter cheeks. “This is mure- than. Isabel does.” says Im. wish a iittigSi that bus something of ■fffasguLjr iin iff. “Turn toll me-, thun,” says Lady Swansdtewm. "Tthum yww never sa w Madame Istray sifter- par marriage ?” “Jioiw. uriaingiy.”' “vifc. wflisteayr" “Tten"tt me. Hear the whole so ray ttftuw—iff yum nutstr” cries he. passim::] to!? —-“Inhuasrhi iff you dov. you will be «*te- font nw hear- iff. 1 am tired of being -fftMughn a ITujrT" tiGo says she. in a kwv. shocked “Weffl. «w dty. one off the many days Jhsf'ny mftiiftti I went up- Co- town, after a Dffuc aftemmou with. ft Smale, an the «mrc off whtes. they bad told me they wwmhff probably require me to call aa niter a- to- meet one of the most innfinmtTii«C tmtauuns at nine the next morning; 1 ante, ou braving their office, hffarchmont —SftanuhaiDiaff off the Tenth, you know.” -Ten. I k»«w.--He> ami a eoupfe- off other feSevrs be* hrnar'ngr to he* negimeui; were going down to Eeftnarod to tfcnf. Would I come? It was -mg on town, no-ward the close of the semen*, ami 1 was sdad off any invitation niton pertmisud a dtonge off program—any■ftiimg nh—n would take ate away from * dMSI cvewngr an my cDste. 1 made no in* -qpuresc I aceepted the invitation, got dtewm in tese Sit dinner. %ad found Madame fauna®- was one off the guests.” “KSo* <nn_”* “Tam ane a woman off the world. Besffniiws you w3S bte me cooffess t» you that Utere Bxafl been old passages between me ai Xaiimr lstray at oae time. Nothing yern I bud severs® much as thought of her sinwmtr maimtoge—nay. roue my engagement! to Xss&beft. From that hour my life lud tan rdeour aw a sheet off blank paper. I had fltatgfrtffleiß betr. 1 verily believe she hud SingjrtTtwn one. tost. At that dinner I draft do exchanged a dozen words write so. teny sow!” pushing back his Earn write a shew, troubled gesture from Aw Ihnew. “Hw is the tswtte.”' “Toub- wiiSr baw pm-aged you. terribly.” says Lady Bwansdtewn in a Sow tone. Tha*k yen.’*' cried be. a passion of jgrsKfftnte m. Mm tor. “To- be bebeved in by seme one mi thoroughly as you believe ever fatma*. I earn roouff ou you as my firkud.”’ a ... “Twwr fflrjrnd. aSmuysw"* says she. to a 'T3*m*iT she usys*. »nwug suddenly and waOktoc ttewaud tee distant lights to the Htamtouto her silently. Very smMtmQr she ton* to- him. and Saps her load ugom bw aim. “He nw ftieudr says she. with a %uiek CHATTEK IA “Wed?” says EysantL -Joyce.” he an* 1«to my wnrar. taiubf beam pawpmred toe this apeeeh, bid aggbt* steHtodw

A LIVING LIE

“Why should I answer?” says she at last, stammering a little and feeling somewhat disingenuous. She had known, yet now she is trying to pretend that she did not know! “Because when a man’s last chance of happiness lies in the balance he will throw his very soul inta the weighing of it —and, knowing this, you may have pity on me.” As though pressed down by some insupportable weight, the girl rises and makes a little curious gesture as if to free herself from it. Her face, still pale, betrays an inward struggle. After all, why cannot she give herself to him? Why can’t she love him? He loves her; love, as some poor old fool says, begets love. And he is honest. Yes, honest! A pang shoots through her breast. That, when all is told, is the principal thing. He is not uncertain—untrustworthy double-faced, as some men are. Again that cruel pain contracts her heart. To be able to believe in a person, to be able to trust implicitly in each lightest word, to read the real meaning in every sentence, to see the truth shining in the clear eyes, this is to know peace and happiness; and yet—- “ You know all,” says she, looking np at him, her eyes compressed, her brow frowning; “I am uncertain of myself, nothing seems sure to me, but if you wish it ” “Wish it!” clasping her hands closer. “There is this to be said, then. I will promise to answer you this day twelve month.” “Twelve months,” says he, with consternation; his grasp on her hands loosens. “If the prospect frightens or displeases you, there is nothing more to be said,” rejoins she, coldly. It is she who is calm and composed, he who is nervous and anxious. “But a whole year!” “That or -bathing.” says she, releasing her hands, with a little determined show of strength, from his. “It is for you to decide. I don't care!” Perhaps she hardly grasps the cruelty that lies in this half-impatient speech, until she sees Dysart’s face flush painfully. “You need not have said that,” says he, “I knew it. I am nothing to you really.” He pauses, and then says again in a low tone, ‘‘Nothing.” “Oh, you mustn’t feel so much!” cries she. as if tortured. “It is folly to feel at all in this world. Wbat’s the good of it? And to feel about me, I am not worth it. If you would only bear that in mind, it might help yo«.” “If I bore that in mind I should not want to make you my wife!” returns he, steadily, gravely. “Think as you will of yourself, you do not shake my faith in you. Well,” with a deep breath, “I accept your terms. For a year I shall feel myself bound to you, while you shajl hold yourself free, and try too ” “No, no. We must both be equal—both free while I ” she stops short, coloring warmly, and laughing. “What is it lam to try to do?” “To love me!” replies he, with infinite .sadness in look and tone. “Tsb>” says Joyce, slowly, and then again meditatively, “yes.” She lifts her eyes presently and regards him strangely. “And if all my trying should not succeed? If I never learn to love you.” “Why, then it is all over. This hope of mine is at an end,” says be. so calmly, yet with such deep melancholy, such sad foreboding, that her heart is touched. “Oh, it is a hope of mine, too,” says she, quickly. “If it were not, would I listen to yon to-day? But you must not be so downhearted; let the worst come to the worst, you will be as well off as you are this instant.” He shakes his head. “I>oes hope count for nothing, then?” “You would compel me to love you,” says she. growing the more vexed as she grows the more sorry for him. “Would you have me marry you even if I did not love you ?” Her soft eyes have filled with tears, there is a suspicion of reproach tn her voice. “No, I suppose not.” He half turns away from her. At this moment a sense of despair falls on him. “Joyce,” he then says, quickly, turning to her and grasping her hands, “give me my chance. Give me those twelve months; give me your thoughts now and then while they last. I brought you here to-day to say all this, knowing we should be alone. But you, Joyce—twelve months is a long time. You may see others—if not Beauelerk—others—and ” “Money would not tempt me,” says the girl, slowly. “If money were your rival, you would Indeed be safe. You ought to know that.” “Still—Joyce——” He stops suddenly. “May I think of you as Joyce? I have called you so once or twice, but ” “You may always call mb so,” says she, gently, if indifferently. “All my friends call me so, and you—are my friend, surety!” The very sweetness of her manner, cold as ice as it is, drives him to desperation. “Net- your friend—your lover!” says he with sudden passion. “Joyce, think of all that I have said—all you have promised. A small matter to you, perhaps—the whole world to me. You will wait for me for twelve mouths. You will try to love me. “Tea, but there is something more to be said,” cries the girl, -springing to her feet as if in violent protest, and confronting him with a curious look—set—determined —a little frightened, perhaps. “More?” says Dysart, startled by her expression, and prowled as well. “Yes!” hurriedly. “This!” The very nervousness that iff consuming her throws fir* into her eyes and speech. “During all these long twelve months I shall be free. Quite free. You forget to put that In! You mast remember that! If—if I should, after all this thinking, decide on not having anything to do with yon—yon,” vehemently, “will have no right to reproach me. Remember,” says she, going np to him and laying her hand npon his arm, while the blood receding from her face leaves her very white; “remember, should such a thing occur—and it is very likely,” I slowly* “X won you of that—you ar« not |

• * . ; ’if - • to consider yourself wronged or aggrieved in any way.” / “Why should you talk to me in this way?” begins he, aggrieved now at all ' events. | “You must recollect,” feverishly, “that 1 , have made you no promise. Not one. I 1 refuse even to look npon this matter as a ’.serious thing, I tell you honestly,” hei dark eyes gleaming with nervous excitement. “I don’t believe I ever shall so look at it. After all,” pausing, “you will do well if you now put an end to this farce between us; and tell me to take myself and my dull life out of yours forever.” “I shall never tell you that,” in a low, tone. “The future —who can ever say what that great void will bring to us? I will trust to it; and if only loss and sorrow be my portion, still As for friendship, Joyce, whatever happens, I shall be your friend and lover.” !

CHAPTER X. “I hope I’m not dreadfully late,” cries Joyce, carelessly, taking off her cap, and giving her head a little light shake, as if to make her pretty soft hair fall into its usual charming order. “I have no idea what the time is.” “Broken your watch, Dysart?” asks JBeauclerk, in a rather nasty tone. “Come and sit here, dearest, and have your tea,” says Lady Baltimore, mnking room on the lounge beside her for Joyce, who has grown a little red. “It is so warm here,” says she, ner\ ously, that one remark of Beauclerk’s having somehow disconcerted her. “If—if I might ” “No, no; you mustn’t go upstairs for a little while,” says Lady Baltimore, with kindly decision. “But you may go into the conservatory if you like,” pointing to an open door off the library, that leads into a bower of sweets. “It is cooler there.” “Far cooler,” says Beauclerk, who has followed Joyce with a sort of deterniina* tion in his genial air. “Let me take you there, Miss Kavanagh.” It is impossible to refuse. Joyce, coldly, almost disdainfully, and with her head held higher than usual, skirts the groups that line the walls on the western side of the room and disappears with him into the conservatory. “A little foolish going for that walk, wasn’t it?” says he, leading her to a lowcushioned chair over which a gay magnolia bends its white blossoms. His manner is innocence itself; ignorance itself would perhaps better express it. He has do) ided on ignoring everything; though a shrewd guess that she saw something of his passages with Miss Maliphant last night has now become almost a certainty. “I thought you seemed rather played out last night—fatigued—done to death. I assure you I noticed it. I could hardly.” with deep and affectionate concern, “fail to notice anything that affected you.” “You are very good!” says Miss Kavanagh, icily. Mr. Beauclerk lets a full minute go by, and then: “What have I done to merit that tone from you?” asks he, not angrily, only sorrowfully. He has turned his handsome face full on hers, and is regarding her with proud, reproachful eyes. “It is idle to deny,” says he, with some emotion, half of which, to do him justice, is real, “that you are changed to me; something has happened to alter the feelings of—of—friendship—that I dared to hope you entertained for me. I had hoped still more —but—what has happened?” demands he, suddenly, with all the righteous strength of one who, free from guilt, resents accusation of it. J ■ “Have I accused you?” says she, coldly. “Yes. A thousand times, yes. Do you think your voice alone can condemn? Yonr eyes are even crueler judges.” “Well, I am sorry,” says she. faintly smiling. “My eyes must be deceivers then. I bear you no malice, believe me.” (To be continued.)

DEATHS THAT NEED NOT OCCUR

One-Qnarter of All Life- Destroying Disease Absolutely Preventable. In connection with the Sanitary Institute a popular lecture was delivered by Dr. Alexander Hill, master of Downing College and vice chancellor of Cambridge University, on “Unnatural Death.” He remarked that It was not the dangers of railway traveling, nor the few' murders that occurred, which brought down the average longevity of human life from 100 years to fifty years. They must seek for more subtle murderers than that Every year 900,000 babies were born in England and Wales. If they took 1,000,000 children, and saw what was likely to be the end of them, they would find that 30,000 died a violent death by accident, about the sane number would succumb to the mysterious disease which they knew now to be absolutely preventable, because due to germs (tuberculosis In Its many forms); about 120,000 would die from absolutely preventable causes, such as smallpox, measles and scarlet fever, only 45,000 would be allowed to live out their natural lives, aud nearly one in twenty might expect to die because the machine was worn out One-quarter of all the diseases which destroyed life were absolutely preventable. If the practice of hygiene were only on a level with its theory the average longevity would be raised at once from fifty to sixty-five. The greater number of diseases over which the Individual had control were due to mistakes in eating and drinking. He divided diseases Into three classes, and said they would never succeed in preventing them until they had the co-ope-ration of the public. Every cltlxen should have the same exact knowledge of the causes and properties of preventable diseases that the medical officer himself had. The Infectious nature of consumption was hardly realized twenty years ago. About one-third of the cows in the country were tuberculous, and half the milk distributed the bacillus of tuberculosis. They could boil the milk, and be was no more afraid of boiled bacillus than he was of a wellcooked loin. The only natural form of death was the gentle falling asleep when the body was tired.—London Times.

Deaths by Starvation in London.

A parliamentary paper just* Issued states that the number of case* in which coroners’ juries in London found that death was caused by starvation or (accelerated by privation during the year 1597 warn 42.

PRESIDENT IN THE SOUTH

Haads the Monster Military and Ctrftc Jubilee Parade at Atlanta. The second day of the Atlanta peace jubilee opened auspiciously. The cinwda were enormous, excursion trains arriving at short intorvah»_from all directions. The ovation given President McKinley *t the capitol the previous day by the members of the Legislature was the greatest reception ever given an American citirom in Atlanta, and his speech having relation to the care of Confederate dead fired the hearts of Southerners with admiration for the chief executive. The President in his speech said: Sectional lines no longer mar the map ot the United State*. The Union la once more the common atlas of our love and loyalty, our devotion and sacrifice. The old flag again waves over ua In peace, with new glories, which yonr sons and ours this year have added to Its sacred folds. The memory of the dead will be a precious legacy and the disabled will be the nation's care. A nation which care* for It* disabled soldiers, as we have always done, will newer lack defenders. The national cemeteries for those who fell In battle are proof (hat the dead as well as the living have our Jove. What an army of silent sentinels we have, and with what loving care their graves are kept! Every soldier’s grave mase during our unfortunate civil war is a tribute to American valor. And while when those graves were made we differed widely snoot the future of this Government, the** differences were long ago settled by the arbitrament of arms; and the time has now come, in the evolution of sentiment and feeling under the providence of God, when In the spirit of fraternity we should share with you In the care of the grave* of the Confederate soldiers. The cordial feeling now happily existing between the North and the South prompts this gracious net, and if it needed farther Justification it is found In the gallant loyalty to the Union and the flag so conspicuously shown in the year Just passed by the sons and grandsons of those heroic dead. What a glorious future await* us if unitedly, wisely and bravely we face the new problems now pressing upon ns, determined to solve them fox right and humanity?” The feature of the second day o< the jubilee was the monster civic and military parade. Six thousand infantry, 10.000 school children, 400 carriages containing 1,600 people, 1,000 members of secret orders, 500 Confederate veterans, under command of Gen! Joe Wheeler, IjOOO laboring men, 100 officers and marshals, 12 bands, 100 Grand Army men, a squad of policemen, 200 mounted police, members of the Young Men’s Christian Association and Ministers’ Evangelical Association, 200 members of the Capital City Club ynd Fulton Club, the Atlanta fire department and representatives of 500 civic organizations from all parts of the South took part in the parade. The President and other distinguished guests in carriages were at the head of the pageant. They were escorted by the Third New Jersey and Fifteenth Pennsylvania regiments, which came from “their winter camp at Athens for the occasion. The President was compelled to bow almost continuously to the cheers from the crowded sidewalks and the windows of the buildings along the line of march. A roar of welcome denoted the position of Gen. Joe Wheeler and his band of cavalrymen who followed him through the civil war, and the wizened leader at times was compelled to force his horse through throngs of would-be worshipers who blocked his path.

WARSHIPS FOR THE PACIFIC.

Yosemlte Will Join Dewej’t Fleet— Badger Goes to Hawaii. The Yosemite and the Badger have been ordered to the Pacific, the former via Suez canal and the latter via Cape Horn. The Yosemite will go directly to Manila and join Dewey’s fleet. Its moderate drought and great steatning radius especially fit it for protracted cruises among the islands. The Badger is destined for duty as station ship at Hawaii, although it may make frequent trips between those islands and San Francisco and may be utilized to carry troops back and forth.

BIG DEMAND OF FILIPINOS.

Insurgents Ask Uncle Pam $20,000,000 for Release of Prisoners. There is great irritation at Madrid at the continued refusal of the Filipinos to release the Spanish prisoners, who are said to exceed 10,000 in number. The insurgents are now demanding that Spain pay as a ransom for these prisoners the $20,000,000 which she is to receive according to the terms of the peace treaty from the United States as compensation for money expended in the betterment of the Philippine Islands.

NEED FIFTY THOUSAND MEN.

This Number Will Be Required to Maintain Order in Cuba. Adjt. Gen. Corbin told the House Military Committee that the Cuban, evacuation commission, Gens. Wade and Butler and Rear Admiral Sampson, stated that an army of 50,000 men was requisite to maintain order in Cuba. Maj. Gen. Miles appeared before the Senate Appropriations Committee and was questioned regarding important items in the war deficiency bill.

IN A NUT SHELL

The army of occupation at Porto Rice is expected to be reduced to 5,000 men. The whole number of American troops to be sent to Cuba will not exceed 25,000 men. Colored Editor Manley, who was compelled to leave Wilmington, N. C-, will publish his paper in New York. Mr* Sampson, wife of the admiral, is to be presented with an elegant loving cop by the officers who served under her husband. The stockmen of Colorado and adjoining States have figured out that the wolves eat SIOO worth of their property apiece each year. John Grady, an employe of the Baldwin Hotel at San Francisco, died from heart fallnre, the result of fright during the recent fire. Mrs. Jacob McCellocher died at he* home iu Golden City, Mo., from the effects of barns. Her night clothes caught fire at a stove while she was caring for a sick baby. Near Haywood, Ark„ Lillie Johnson, a negress, killed her husband with a shovel, crushing his skull. She hid the remains, which were discovered. Her arrest followed. At Clarksville, Tenn., the decision wn for the defendants in the $25,000 damage suit of R. W. Moss of Martin, Team, against Kendrick ft Runyon, tobacco warehousemen.

CALVIN S. BRICE IS DEAD

Calvin Stewart Brim, the tnfitonn financier aal former United States Senator from Ohio, died ot j*ewmwii* Ttass-

day afternoon aft Ms home to New York. Mr. Brice was first take* i 3 on Saturday, but has ronffitton was •aft regarded serious until Monday, when -us appeared. * Galvin S. Brim waa bora to Ihansik, O. Sept, 17. 1S& He was the son of the Rev. W. K. Bribe, a Preshyte-

C. S. DRICE.

rian minister. After having received a common school education ywamg Brim watered Miami University at Oxford!, Qhin*. He was then btrt 13 years «3dL. When the war broke «ert he was sisos; the first tw volunteer in the university company,, and to 1862 he was enrolled as a tmeanlter of Company A of the Eighty-sixth Ohh» vwßunteers. After serving far a year with th* army to West Virginia. Brim tettvamed to the university, bring graduated m 1.863. Early to the following year he recraattiel a company, which was assigned to the ISOth Ohio eotanteers. When he Drift the army Brice had been promoted to the rank of lieutenant eolcmri. At the close of the war C«dL Brim took up the study of law. and was admitted to procrioe to 1896. He pracrimd with great success until 188(1, when he abandomed the profession to take charge of various enterprises to which he was interested. While practicing law Col. Brim became interested to politics. He was ribotsen delegate-* t -1* rge to the sraiiomaj tVmo<ratic convention held at St. Louis in XBBB, and as a reward for Ms services at the convention he was elected chairman of the national campaign committee, OoL Brice was elected United Stated Senator from Ohio to IS9A to succeed Senator Payne, and served <«ae team. He had Kved to New York Oily two ywurs, but maintained a residence to Lima, Oftwv He leaves a widow and five children, three sons and two daughters.

CAPTAIN SIGSBEE TOO LATE.

Falls to Reeck Fortress Sesise ta Time to toil Texan. Captain D. Sigsbee did ant hare the satisfaction of sailing tola Havnun harbor, his first risk there store the dcsttrmetion of the Maine, to rein mend «f his own ship. It was considered to naval amdes as a rather dramatic thing for Ssgshee's ship to be the first to reach Havana to response to a call for the proteeditos ©ff American interests there, just as he was sent to the Cuban capital to the Maine for a similar reason. But they do things to a hniny to the navy nowadays, and Captain SSgriee aouid not reach the Texas before she steamed oua of Hampton roads. A triegram was sent to Captain SSgshee at Fortress Monroe fey the department telling him to take the first train for Tanga and take passage on the regnlar passenger vessel, thence to Havana.

CARLISTS LOSING GROUND.

Spain Waato Italy to Watrh EWaCarlaa •ad Prove lta Friendship. The Csrlist movement to Spain is evidently beginning to lose ground. As a result Jhe Spanish Government has become more aggressive. It is now anxioas to locate Don Carlos, who has s 2 d enft off vkw since his reported appearance to Austria. The army is being slowly mobilized in Navarre and the Basqae provinces as a cheek to Cariist ssovememts. These provinces are to northern Spain. Jiordering the French frontier. Spain has asked the Italian Government to prove its friendship by watching for Don Caries to Italy.

Ex-Gov. White off C&kmado ha* became a rich man. is mining. Tbe oil wells off Senator Roger Q. Mills are said to net him about SMW a day. Hobson is said to be writing n memoir of his experiences to the Spanish war. Dr. Goman Doyle is described as tall, bluff, hearty, and an enthusiastic crick* ettr. Admiral Sampson graduated from the naval academy At the head off his class to ISGL Secretary Gage is said to be a passionate sportsman, and a temarkaldy good shot. Queen WDhrimina of Holland is a firm believer in and a stout supporter off the Salvation army. Dr. Scott Schley, the youngest son off the admiral, ha* begun tbe practice of medicine in New York. Miss Flora Shaw, who is now. to the Klondike, is the woman connected with the London end off tbe Jameson raid. lan Mnriaren, who is to Hectare to th* West next spring, is said to intend remaining to tibia country for at least a year. W. D. Howells, the novelist, is cud to be contemplating a trip to London, where he will he the geest of I leery James. Captain Sigsbce's artist daughter, Mary Ellen, has area tbe competition for a scholarship in (he Art Stndenta' League, Burnett, the Harvard football player, says’that be was not tbe original "little Lord Fxnntieroy.” That honor *rTnin to his brother. Gov. Ftagree of Michigan storied Sffe a poor mill hand. Now be is tbe bead of a business, the valve of tbe yearly product of which is about The empress dowager off China is Si years off age. Her title runs aa follows? Tbe death of off W zohingtoa leaves Gen. Horace Dorter, now ambassador to Paris, tbe only sorvtving member off Gem. U. S. Grant’s pcfaon ml staff. Helen Keller, tbe deaf, damb and hSni girl who is abont to enter Radrfifie College, Cambridge, has become a devotee off tbe Hereto, riding a tandem with Miss Sullivan, her teacher. OoL John A. Watkins, the Indian historian, who died to New Chiron* the ocher day, was a veteran off tbe Mexican wan, mad a direct descendant off Joseph Wak

PERTINENT Personal;

RECORD OF THE WEEK.

INDIANA INCIDENTS* TEnKfUf TOUDI ■ ' jr To Drain the Great Kankakf -|8 Narrow Escape for the Court ho use—Peculiar Accidettkfll I'aroer-Gis Supply Failinab 3||| The greatest drainage <listriduM| in Indiana will reclaim IS a,.-rv-* of Kankakee marsh Uiw *t|W tiufoci.L Kankakee, has charge ffocmariou of the district, and haaymS pevtiamoary work. Mr. Guford, with Nelson Morris of C’hieagUy SlteCby of Kentucky and the Baad.flj if's ~,f frown Point, owns most of te li>e reclaimed. In order to jurwtver owtlef tile Kankakee BSiiH have to be dredged and -Cisna'nee of more than forty tcslimated expense of dredging thflH| exceeds SSWVDtiX The land taflß rmLatoscd lies in Newton, Jasper aa|H Conmtiesv and at least half of it hH HEerge-I at present. When vrtEL be the best beet sugar groundMl yiMMry. it is said. m Plot to Wrejk Coarthononjlj The destruction of Cass ceutchouse at Logansport. was avijiß the timely arrival of Janitor Ginfifl tost the night the engine-room was bH tote aimd the water than in th«|H mas tmrned into a waste pipe. TljgH were Heft dry and bee ame red ho«| the persons in the vicinity were off the danger of an explosion 9 H wi.sbM have shaken the town and &mss of Life. Janitor Girard has been in the habit of entering by (M door, and when near the boiDec-room, always turned on which runs into the boiler. This tfl entered by another door, and, danger., quickly shut off the gas. • ■ ft town Skyward by Gw,*| Wilson; Broyles, a well-to-do siding near Gaston, was fatally fl wktt-e attempting to shut out theS| shat was forcing itself out of a foofl pipe in a natural gas wclL The miH Sieved he- had accomplished the ff-.h d'tshly ligated a match to near by. The gas ignited and * ce-jiort ff-dtowed. The pipes were twisted from the well and a volufl s~.i* * on ablaze, spurting many fee€S acr. with a great stream of s®g from the same hole. ehr-i-wn skyward with the explosto|fl| taaem off forty feet. ■ f»y* Gas Supply Is FailiagjH Geologist BUtchley says his rso-nai opinion the supply of afl ras in the Indiana gas belt will mI tcawt’ stoficieut for the catted there for more than two orfl years. He said that this is his bojjHj to the- heart off the gas belt itself, that reason he is laying particular* on, the ewuiE deposits of the State. ]9 arntral report he devotes nearly atffi 1-«**.» Jxijgvs to the coal fields. shoutSH the supply is inexhaustible and H grades. ■ Vitkin Our Border* I A rabbit weighing eighteen poQfIJH 4 feet •» inches long was killed n«jH krs&wsrg- H Chicago capitalists are being tefijfl to an effort to establish a t-.’-ry at Mari- hi. H A. F. Wttden of Goshen faitefl S 3 liabill: it's aud 126.000 asset* S'wriatikwa to real estate value* caul fail! cute-. I At Tmv Ilaette, the City CoaaJfl adopted a resolution to exempt frotfl asik>® for live years any munufadH arraui that win move to the city. 'mg Jasses -M. Addington, a farmetß Rtdgc-vtEte. attempted to drill a gafl ff-.i-r rnise- off hlaisctf and neighbors, $9 stea 1 struck a vein of oil which ytetfl barrv-K daily. ■ Ephraim Kergwein. the matri| naagtstrace who had a soft spot H heart for etoptog couples, is dead at m ■soiavtCEc. aged 6T years. lie exptrctffl Bright's disease. ■ At Marina. May Powell, aged isfl miiiitted suicide by taking Rough ml Her parents were divorced some tifljfl aad the- father married again. Thcfl hffe- had been very unhappy. 9 Ephraim Do-Urns, a prominent FU farmer, took a load of stock to Indtfl Ife recently, and. after disposing of jH ap-pe-ared. He is thought to have hijfl dde-t-aWe- money with him. 9 Alfred Garve-r. engineer of the 9 Pa-dtimg Gunpany at Fort Wayotfl MBBed by being caught in a revolvinj Sag and hurled against a brick wattJfl Sy e-te-ry Kme in his body was broke 9 The remains off a tramp, who,9 thought, was froaen to death, wefw9 to a Kara near New Albany, api® Bee-naoraimdiam found in his pocket it 9 pveso-1 his came was Thomas U. S«9 Chtcogw. 9 At Ne w Albany. Joseph Smith. on a charge off killing John King |9 coitat. UHL. was released, after thre-atecel to institute habeas corfwl ceedtßgs. The officers were cuafl they had the wrong man. 9 RohKers attempted to blow oJ safe- tt> By erty A Elrod's general St 9 IVkroi. The safe dad not yield t 9 charge of powder, but a big ho)a9 Mow* to the fioor and the windomjM shattered. A small sum was take*9 the cash drawer. 9 Sergeant Corregan of the Indifi|9 police force res»rued an entire raegtog to age from 2 to 30, ||9 gimests fr-wsa a burning resideocChS fire broke .«*t at 3 o'clock to the acd he- had them all out before the <9 pcartaaewt arrived. The marked S degrees below zero. Tktfl had nearly suffocated them, bast J aid of ladders and window shattefiM Ky carrying out the children, was bast. 9 The rim. stock and drying rooms 9 Standard Wheel Works plant at 9 llante were almost totally dcstrmH fire. e«tailing a loss of about f20,00H work w ill be resected in a few daya.9 total Dm* is coveted by iusnrance.iiS Throe rich nten have give* |SK|B raise the mortgage oo the PreshfiH of directors of W'itH^Tlwfl