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j C'ftC (I) I easier Olks I Brunette Roth burst unceremoniously into her friend's room. "Mary." she cried, "is It possible jou have refused Christopher PattonT" Mary Vane, a tall, pretty girl, who "was adjusting her fur collarette before the mirror, turned quickly, her oft cheeks flushing scarlet. "Why, Brunetta," she exclaimed, "how can you expect me to answer uch a question?" Brunetta, who was small and stout, and attired in the height of the preTailing mode, sank down In a chair and laughed. "1 didn't expect you to answer it. There is no necessity you should do so. Mr. Patton told Tom last night that you had thrown him over. I don't see how your conscience allowed you to act so. He is such a catch young and Sood-looking. Best of all, he is enormously wealthy." Mary smiled as she speared a crown of her demure little turban with a long pin. She was thinking of a man who was no longer young near forty, perhaps who was handsomer in her eyes than all other men, and who was by no means wealthy. "I really believe,"went on Miss Roth, "that you have an absurd fancy for Charlie Everett I do, indeed!" Mary's smile became quizzical. "Really?" she said. "Oh, I have no patience with you!" declared Brunetta, wrathfully. "You've known Charlie Everett three or four years. All this time he has been most devoted to you, but not one of your friends knows to this day whether you are engaged or not." The smile faded from Mary's Hps. "We are not," she answered, and the 5"ay little cousin fancied her tone wa3 sad. "And yet you have been more gracious to him than to any of the others," pursued Miss Roth, relentlessly. "Mary, are you in love with him?" "Isn't that," counter-questioned Mary, evasively, "what the lawyers would call a leading question? I don't vrish to seem rude, or to hurry you, Brunetta, but I have an engagement to Ign some papers this afternoon at the office of Deal & Burrit. Can't you come with ma?" "Yes. I must see Mme. Mireau about By Easter hat. One must arrange with her in time, as she is always rushed with orders. Are those papers connected with your uncle's will?" "He left you everything! What a lucky girl you are! I suppose now you feel you can afford to marry whom you please." The conversation again turned on Charlie Everett as the girls rode down town together on the Metropolitan Elerated. "He is a mysterious fellow," Brunetta remarked. "Mysterious!" Mary sent her a sudden looic of inquiry. "What do yon mean?" "Well, there really is reason why he ' should be considered a good deal of an -tnigroa. While not wealthy like Christopher Patton. Tom tells me he has a , good salary, and adds to this by writings. But you know he does not apend money as other men in our class do. He Is not liberal in the matter of theaters or flowers. He lives quietly. He -TWENTY-EIGHT LILIES," HE SAID has no expensive habits. Where, then, does his money go?" Mary Vane was silent. "There is one house In the suburbs where he is known to frequently visIt." the other went on. Brunetta, as will be observed, was not above enjoying a gossip. "Two women live there. One Is apparently a superior sort of a servant The other is a pretty, delicate-looking little creature of about twenty-five or thereabouts. Occasionally Mr. Everett takes her driving through the parks. Has he ever mentioned her to you?" Mary forced herself to answer: -No." -Nor to anyone else. But I have seen him out with her Who Is she?" A feeling of unrest, an undeflnable fear, thrilled the heart of Mary Vane. She recalled the night Charlls

Everett had told her of his love. "I cannot now ask you to be my wife," he had said. "I will some day, God willing. The time may not be far off; but I love you too well to bind you by a promise you might later find burdensome. And yet dear, you will trust me and wait?" "I will wait for you till I die!" sht had replied, and had questioned him not at all. Then he had protested that this was not an engagement that she was free quite free. Only he was bound. "Very well," she had agreed. "We are not engaged." But the understanding that existed between them was sweet to both. That was a year ago. And now she had to acknowledge to herself that she knew little more of his private life or of his personal affairs than she knew then. She was unusually silent as she and Brunetta descended the steps and walked together to the lawyer's office. Her errand there attended to, Mary Vane went with Brunetta to see about the latter's Easter hat. Then the two walked down State street just as the matinee-goers were flocking from the theaters. Brunetta paused suddenly before a florist's window. "0, I had almost forgotten! Mamma told me to order some flowers for tomorrow. Will you come in with me?" They stood a few minutes admiring

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II yKi ." " ' mm um 'Oh, she cried. "She is dead!" the display In the window, the golden daffodilSj and shy blue crocuses, pure lilies of the valley, flaunting tulips, starry jasmine, and cool green ferns forming a tender background for them all. The attendants were busy when they entered. The girls stood back of a high rubber tree admiring some rare chrysanthemums when the door was flung open and a' gentleman came in. He was of medium height and had a kind, brown-bearded, thoughtful face. Not noticing any one in the store lie went directly to the counter. To a man at that instant disengaged he gave his order. "Twenty-eight lilies," he said. "Yes like those. Have them tied with broad white satin ribbon. Send to this address." And he laid a card and a bill on the counter. An instant later he had received his change and walked out. The girls stared at each other. "That," gasped Brunetta, "was Charlie Everett!" "Yes, I know," murmured Mary. Before she could put out her hand to stop her meddlesome friend the latter had stepped to the counter and read the address on the card which lay there. "Just as I thought," she remarked a few minutes later, when they were out in the street together. "The address is 14 Forest Avenue, Idlewild. That is the suburb in which his mysterious acquaintance of whom I told you lives." That number, street, place, burned In Mary's brain. She parted from Brunetta and went home. A fierce fever of jealousy possessed her. Who was this woman to whom he sent Lentpn lilies? Idlewild w?.s directly south of her own home. A cable car ran out to the pretty place. She would go there. She would call at the house. She would ask the lady who dwelt therein: "What Is Charlie Everett to you?" When that was answered she would know how worthy of continued loyalty was her confessed lover. But not until the morning. She would not go until morning. "Shame to doubt him!'' cried her heart through all the sleepless night that followed. But her rigid will silenced that assailing protest. So the morning of the beautiful day that followed found her at the gate of a cosey cottage set back amid a group of bare-branched maples. There were drifts of snow In the little garden, but the air was warm with the effulgent prescience of spring. So peaceful we the place, the hour, her courage almost failed her. All the blinds were dowa. The entrance she chose brought hw to a side door. She rang the bell. A maid appeared. "May I" Mary Vane began, the faltered. For whom should she ask? "Yes," the girl replied. "Come In." Marveling, Mary followed her. She led the way Into a front room. The

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curtains were drawn. Tapers burned in the dimness. At first Mary fancied that "There was silence, and nothing there But silence, and scents of eglanterre. And jasmine, and roses, and rose-nary-" Then she saw that there was something else. A coffin, and in It lying a white-robed form, with folded hands, and lilies lying on the pulseless breast. Mary shrank back. "Oh," she cried. "She Is dead." "Yes, Miss. I thought you wished to see her. A good many of the neighbors were in last evening. She had many friends hereabout for all her misfortunes. Ain't those lilies beautiful? Mr. Charlie sent them. Twentyeight for twenty-eight years." Mary went nearer, looked down on the dead face, a young face which had once been lovely, but bore the unmistakable impress of sorrow and suffering. "It's not many men," went on the servant, wiping her eyes, "who would do what Mr. Charlie did. After his brother was injured in that railroad wreck four years ago he begged Mr. Charlie in dying to take care of his young wife. Mr. Charlie promised him. He has supported her and given her every comfort since. She was always weakly, and when her mind gave out from brooding over her husband's death, and she was such a charge, Mr. Charlie was that gentle and patient with her my! She had spells of understanding. Then she'd beg no: to be sent to an asylum not that Mr. Charlie would think of such a thing. She wouldn't hurt a bird, poor dear! There! That is Mr. Charlie now!" A step crossed the hall. Looking pale and worn, Charlie Everett came into the room. His face lighted up at sight of his sweetheart. "You Mary!" he cried. "Hush!" she bogged. She broke rfown, crying bitterly. "Don't look at me don't speak to me until I have told you how it is that I am here." She brokenly whispered the truth. "You can never trust me again," she said in conclusion. He took her in his arms. "Perhaps I should have spoken to you of her, but I hated to cast so dark a shadow over your young life. I could not keep up two households, and she was penniless. She was my charge before I learned to love you. My first duty was to her. The doctors agreed she could not live long. As for trusting my dearest, you must forgive me for not having confided in you I you, for your doubt of me. So we are equal. Is it not Whittier who writes: "Love scarce is love that never knows The sweetness of forgiving!" They passed out together Into the brilliance of the Sabbath morning.

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The practice of "lifting," once greatly in vogue and still to be found here and there in England, is one of the most curious of the Easter customs. It was observed on Easter Monday and ISaster Tuesday, the men "lifting" or "heaving" the women on the former occasion, and the women returning the compliment the next day. The process consisted in placing the person to be lifted on the crossed hands of two or three others, and raising him high off the ground three times. At the end of the ceremony the lifters expected a fee of a kiss or a silver sixpence, and SURPRISED A TRAVELER. sometimes both. Occasionally a chair was used for the lifting. A traveler In England many years ago, who was entirely unacquainted with this Easter custom, leaves a pathetic account of his bewilderment one Easter Tuesday upon being seized by several vigorous young women, placed in spite of his troubles In a gayly decorated chair, and raised aloft three times to the full height to which these Amazons could reach. Then he was in still greater consternation, he alleges, when he was kissed heartily by each of his fair lifters, nd requested to present to the group a piece of silver In token of his gratitude. Doling the last century the Blbl was translated Into 250 languages, and ll lm now accessible to nlne-tentbe at the world's population.

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THE "KID" AND HI8 "aANCXP IS rare Act of a "Tough" la Barlo a Haby. It was not a long procession or a pleasing one, but It attracted much attention. There was a policeman in the lead. Beside him walked a stocky, bull-necked young fellow In a yellowish suit of loud plaid. His face waa bloody, and his right wrist encircled by the bracelet of the "twisters" which shackled him to his captor. The face of the policeman was also bloody and his clothes were torn. Behind these two walked three other patrolmen, each with a handcuffed prisoner. The "kid" and his "gang" had been caught in the act of robbing a saloon, and the fight had been lively, although short. The prisoners had been taken to the detectives' office, and photographed and registered for the rogues' gallery. They were now on their way to court,, and thence, in all probability, to jail. At Broadway there was a jam of cars and heavy trucks, and the procession had to wait. Nobody has been able to tell just what happened, but they all agree as to the essential points. First, the bystanders saw a streak of yellow, which was the kid; then a streak of blue, which was the policeman. The prisoner had wrenched the twister from his captor's hand, and made a dash across the tracks. The policeman, thinking of course, that he was trying to escape, had followed. Then everybody saw a little child toddling along in the middle of the track. A cable car, with clanging bell, was bearing down upon it with a speed which the gripman seemed powerless to check. The baby held up its hands and laughed at the sound of the gong. On the other side of the street a woman was screaming and struggling in the arms of three or four men who were trying to keep her from sacrificing her own life to save that of her child. Then the kid stood there with the child safe In his arms, the steel twisters hanging from his wrist. He set the baby down gently at his feet, loosened the clasp of her chubby hand on his big red fist, and quietly held out his wrist to the policeman to be handcuffed again. He had had one chance in a million for his life when he made that desperate leap, but he had not hesitated the fraction of a second. Jacob A. Itiis was among those who saw the splendid deed. If he felt the need of any encouragement in his fight with the slums and his war upon influences which convert young men like the kid into "toughs" before they are twenty, he must have left that Broadway crossing with new hope and a more determined spirit. Youth's Companion. THE SPANISH GIRL. She Ilu4 None of tliw Freedom Ameri Clin Girl Enjoy. The Spanish girl has none of the free i and happy times our girls enjoy after emancipation from the drudgery of the school room and before the cares of womanhood begin, says a Madrid correspondent. All Spanish girls are convent bred and their education consists very largely in learning to embroider, j which is an art in whih they excel. At 14 or 15, or even sometimes at 12 vears old. thev make their debut in SO- , ciety and are considered marriageable. Girls of 14 and boys of 1G frequently j marry, but divoice id unknown in Spain. If a husband and wife cannot agree they separate and live apart. Tho "new woman" as we know I.er is unknown in Spain, and though tho ladies of that country are often graceful and clever horsewomen, the bicycle is only just beginning to make its way among them. Not only is there among gentlewomen a prejudice against cycling, as not being a graceful accomplishment, but their natural indolence makes them prefer to be carried on horseback to having to exert their muscles to propel a "bike." As a rule Spanish girls take a considerable interest in dress, and though they have a great love of bright colors they contrive to wear them so they are becoming. Spanish women have greater need of care in the matter of dress than have English women, for they fade so much sooner. They cone to maturity far earlier than their northern sisters, and, perhaps on account cf their earlier marriages, at 40 they often Lave lost every vestige of youth and beauty and are perfect old hags. War on the I'ralrle Dog. There is trouble ahead for the prairie dog. It is proposed to begin war upon the little fellow and try to drive him from the western plains. This frisky, interesting animal is accused of many offenses, chief among them being that he ki!M the grase and ruins good grazing land. Poison is one of the means suggested for ridding thö prairies of eastern Colorado and western Kansas and Nebraska of this exceedingly active animal, and It may be that In a few years instead of the great prairie dog villages that the western traveler sees as he speeds across the country the only specimen to be found will be In cages or in public parks. Chicago Record. A Glut of Kralturfl. The salvage of the ancient sculptures from the st-a, off Cythera is now about finished, writes an Athens correspondent, and the spare rooms of the ministry of public instruction are literally filled with statues more or less perfect, and with fragments to be gradually pieced together. When this work has been completed Athens will possess a collection of ancient Greek sculptures excelling all others in tbe world put together. The city is full of tourists, for whom the recovered statuary Is the common center of Interest. Wet fruit stains with alcohol or pour boiling water through them. The emigration of Irishmen to Great Britain for harvest has been steadily increasing for the last three years. The same emulsion Is good for very dirty articles, such as jumpers.overall, working shirts, children's trousers. Use It In conjunction with strong suda, as hot as the hand can bear, and rub & little upon tho spots that are dirty and grease spots. Tjet the clothes stand five minutes before washing out, and be sure to have the second sudv and the rinsing water as hot as the first.

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ON DANGEROUS GROUND. Hon. David B. Hill, like ex-President Cleveland, was invited to the dinner given a short time ago by the Crescent Democratic club of Baltimore, and like Mr. Cleveland he sent his regrets. The letter which he wrote for that occasion contains several sentences which indicate that Mr. Hill is on dangerous ground. He seems to confess the criticisms made against the democratic party by the republicans and by the democrats who opposed the ticket. He says "Labor and capital should bo equally respected, but neither should be unnecessarily assailed." The democratic party has never been accused of assailing labor, but it is a favorite pastime with the republicans to accuse it of assailing capital. The democratic party distinguishes between legitimate accumulations and predatory wealth, but whenever predatory wealth is attacked it tries to shield itself behind honest capital. Mr. Hill says "Opposition to dangerous co: porate combinations should not be allowed to degenerate into indiscriminate attacks upon chartered rights." That is almost identical with the language used by tho republicans in defending the trusts. They are always careful to assure the public that they condemn "hurtful." "injurious" and "dangerous" combinations, but they are solicitous about vested rights and are fearful lest the attacks may be "indiscriminate." The language used by Mr. Hill is generally employed by those who have no remedy to propose for the trusts, but oppose any remedy suggested. But he gets even nearer to the republican line, if possible, when he says, "The people want a safe and conservative administration of public affairs." That is just exactly what the republicans always promise. "Safe and conservative" everybody wants a safe administration and conservatism is an almost universal trait. But the republicans prate so much about "safety" and "conservatism" that a democrat ought not to use the terms without explaining what he means by them. Mr. Hill adds: "There must be no question of our intention to fearlessly maintain the national credit under any and all circumstances." As the democratic party has never attacked the national credit that advice is gratuitious unless Mr. Hill means to condemn the Chicago and Kansas City platforms; and if such is his intention, he ought to make the attack openly and boldly. In another part of the letter he says: "We should conciliate rather than antagonize the great business interests of the country." How is this conciliation to be accomplished? The policies advocated by the democratic party are as good for the ordinary business man as they are for the laboring man or the farmer, but the great railroad interests are opposed to the democratic party because the party opposes extortionaterates, rebates and discriminations; because it opposes watered stock and fictitious capitalization. It cannot conciliate these interests without abandoning tho people generally. Mr. Wells of St. Louis was nominated to please the "buine-s interesio" they would not be satisfied with a candidate who bad voted the democratic ticket or who was willing to admit that he believed in democratic principles. Shall we teach them democratic principles or at their demand abandon democratic piinciples? Mr. Hill i:; so skilful in the use of words that he should have no difficulty in making his. meaning plain. It is not necessary for him to borrow republican phraseology. He owes it to the party to ghe expression to his views in clear and unambiguous language. If he joins with Mr. Cleveland, Mr. Whitney ct al. in their effort to republicanize the democratic party he will be a tower of strength to their side. If he intends to cast in his lot with the six millions and more who kept the faith in 18 and ll'OO he should avoid the verbiage that republicans and gold democrats have employed to conceal their sinister purposes The clouds that float above us. come and go at their pleasure it is not within the power of man to control them. Not so with the "war clouds;" these seem to be manipulated by foreign correspondents and are used to relieve the monotony of market reports. Ever and anon we are startled by the announcement that some Europeon nation is about to engage in war with some other nation, but in a few days the rumor is denied aud the excitement subsides. A short time ago England and Russia were about to clash over Chinese territory, but now we are assured that the lion and the bear are entirely harmonious and are going to withdraw frora China together So let it be. The advocates of municipal ownership note with pleasure the result of the election for members of the city councn of London. A majority of the members of the new council favor the municipal owneiship of municipal franchises. When the largest city in the world, especially in England, can undertake this reform the republicans will have to speak respectfully of the democrats and populists, who object to bestowing valuable franchises upon private corporations in this country. The man who stops to throw a stone at every cur that snaps at his heels is not a good man to send for the doctor when a member of the family is seriously ill. Republican logic is a queer thing. When asked for a defense of this republic's un-American policy in the Philippines the republicans will quote: "My country, may she ever be right; but right or wrong, my country." Then, when asked why they sympathize with England and denounce the Beers they assert that the Boers are in the wrong. The Chicago Record asserts that Canada will rely on its tariff to prevent monopoly by trusts in the dominion. The lawmakers lesponsible for that policy are evidently striving for reputations as humorists. The flrst year of the Twentieth century will make up one of the blackest pages in the history of civilization. Well armed and disciplined troops routing and slaughtering unarmed, timorous and fleeing Chinese may be war, but men responsible for that Kind of warfare will have to answer for murder In the final judgment. Tho only argument advanced ior making the salaries of the judges in the Philippines 120,000 a year is that the salary must be large enough to insure honesty on the part of the judges. Why not discourage horse stealing by giving everyone several horses?

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J. Bryan's Paper. JUSTICE TO THE POPULISTS. The populist party, ridiculed by tho republicans and denounced by the gold democrats, has really been a great educator. It is an historical fact that many political organizations have been influential in moulding public opinion, even though they have never secured control of the federal government. The populists have never had at any time more than a score of members of con gress, and yet they have given an impetus to several reforms which must ultimately be accomplished. Tor years tha de mo--; nits preached tariff reform in states like Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado and the Dakotas, but they seemed to make little progress because republican prejudice was a barrier to democratic doctiines. The populists did not denounce a protective tariff in their plruform. but in attacking the republican party they weakened the protective sentiment among their members and today tariff reform is much stronger in the wet than it would have been without the assistance of populism. The Wilson bill, the only tariff reform measure enacted since tiie war, could not. have passed without the aid of populist votes in the senate. The first national platform written by the populists demanded the election of United States senators by a direct vote of the people. That was before the matter recehed .serious attention in congress, but since then the bouse of representatives has three times adopted a resolution proposing the necessary amendment. In l'JOü the democratic platform indorsed this reform and it is now receiving the support of many prominent papers which until recently have been silent upon the subject or opposed to the change. The populist party is an advocate of the system known as the initiative and referendum, whereby the people can compel the submission of important questions and pass upon the acts of legislatures. This reform has been indorsed by many democratic state conventions and was last year approved by the national convention of the party. I'rior to the organization of the populist party, comparatively few men advocated the municipal ownership of public utilities, and yet today business men in every part of the United States are openly defending this policy. Whenever the question has been submitted to the voters a large majority has generally been polled in favor of this reform, once denounced as populistic but now regarded as prudent business policy for a community. On the money question the populist party has done a great deal of educational work. It has steadfastly defended the greenback against the attacks of the national banking interests and has insisted that the right to issue money is a sovereign function of government which cannot safely be delegated to private individuals or corporations. The democratic party has in two conventions suppoited this doctrine, although differing from the populists on the subject, of redeemability. T:- democrats advo-ate a legal tender greenback, issued by the government, redeeinaide in coin, tbe government to exercise the option as to which coin, while the populists believe in an irredeemable greenback. This difference, however, lias not prevented the democrats and populists from icting together to save the greenback from annihilation. The populists, as might he expected, oppose imperialism and trusts. They also unite with the democrats in favoring arbitration and condemning government by injunction and the blacklist. No one who understai-'s the history of the last ten years can doubt the influence which the populist party has exerted upon public affairs. It has been o great educational factor and the democratic party has strengthened rather than weakened itself by indorsing a number of propositions which are called "populistic." To repudiate our populist allies and surrender to the corporate influences which now dominate the republican party would be as impolitic as it would be unpatriotic. The democratic party has no reason for existence except to champion the cause of the people. It must stand ready to co-operate with those who are hehting organized greed, for to refuse such co-operation is to give aid and comfort to the common enemy. AMENDMENT BY CONVENTION. Article V. of the federal constitution provides: "The congress, whenever two-thirds of both houses shall deem it necessary, shall propose amendments to this constitution, or, on the application of the legislatures of two-thirds of the several states, shall call a convention for proposing amendments, which, in eith-r case, shall be valid to all intents and purposes, as part of this constitution, when ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several states, or by convention in three-fourths thereof, as one or the other mode of ratification may be proposed by congress." The above mentioned provision makes it possible for the states to take the initiative in securing an amendment to the constitution and is anothor illustration of the foresight of the early statesmen. For nearly ten years the people have been trying to secure an amendment providing for the election of senators by a direct vote of the people. In the fifty-second, fifty-third and fifty-sixth congresses the necessary resolution passed tho house of representatives, but died in the senate. Not only did the resolution pass the house, but it passed each time by more than two-thirds vote. Among the people there is practically no opposition to this reform, but the senate deliberately refuses to permit this change and defies public sentiment. The time h;-s come for securing the amendment in spite of the senale's opposition. The voters, irrespective of party, should demand of the state legislatures such action as will result in compelling congress to call a convention. When two-thirds of the states present their demand in a formal manner, the senate will yield and tho victory will be complete. Now is the time for action. When Weyler adopted the reeoncentrado policy every newspaper in the United States denounced it as brutal. Now that a similar policy has been adopted by the United States in the Philippine islands the administration organs only look wise and talk about the "duty of C-iristian nations." Tbe report that kerosene on the water in swamps and morasses will remove tbr me-r tiilo p st explains several mysteries. It explains why the Standard company can declare such big dividends, and also explains why that company organized under tho laws of New Jersey.

A WEEK IN INDIANA.

HZCORD OF HAPPENINGS FOR SEVEN DAYS. -u.tl to the Vtr of fctarratlon Natre Dum1 Commencement L I'im'a'iin llurUI I Sold. I.ove I.f-'tl to Starvation. A reculiar case of love, prids and foverty has devcie;-p.l in Ma; ion. Irrest O. Hartman and Miss Ttna Wilson were married in Dunkirk, Ind., :. -t .1;i'y. Tie-y were of wealthy parnK the f:.:her of MKs Wilson büa? A. X. Wi:s:n of Dunkirk, who is tbe oT the city gas p'aat ar.-l also ...:s i::::.-y a- r s of a H land n-ar : a-- tow ;. !) .-: !ts a r.'ür.be; of busl-..-s b!.. i;s. The fatle r of Hartman a ir.i reliant of :n ar.-? in the. town . nd had alb-eved th1 ley t grow to :, a:;l.o;.l in id! -vi ss. Mr. Wils.m ob.1 i tl to the n-;;riiag' Hartman was very ;ic;;.l a:i.l ref ;sed aid of th? ; ai r.ts. s-e a p 'S.'rm in the ;.";!it liejiut of tl: Pennsylvania . :!i"t:ad. Iii t was discharged aft- r oae . k. Tl.v cr.npl'- lived for nearly a ....!; without anything to cat and ..Tic too proa 1 to h r or t-.i notify : 1: ir ; atv-es of t!;. ir u;:. iir.on. Then i. .;::- r hr.aily ov-"- the prMo of 'irs. Hartman aa.i .-he nctit" d her f.uiu r. who went to Marion an-.l found I. t in an exl.a'i.-t'.d and thir.ge'.-.;ug tondition. lie took his dauuhter ho:n with him, but his son-in-law had di3appi. a rod. Notrr Ihmi" Coinmurtncnt. Rev. James French, director of studies in the university at Notre Dam, has made public the program for commencement week. The baccalaureatt sermon will be preached by Very Iter. Nathaniel J. Mooney. rector of St. Columbkille's church, Chicago. He wa graduated from Notre Dame in th class of '77. John Shanley of Fargo, S. D., will deliver the commencement address. The bachelor discourses. three in number, will each treat of a phase of the general subject. "'Statesmanship in' the Twentieth Century." John P. Hayes of Klmira, N. Y.. will discuss 'Teace International Arbitration." J. J. Sullivan of Chicago will treat of "Liberty. Genuine Democracy." Will H. Tierr.ey of Nova Scotia will speak of "Happiness. Christian Socialism." William O'Connor of Louisville, Ky., will b? valedictorian, and Anthony J. Uro ran of Limerick, Ireland, will read the class p em. Tha class that will be graduated this June is the fiftieth in the history of the institution, and special plans are on foot to make the commencement memorable. Archbishop Ireland, Bishop Spalding and other distinrui.-he 1 prelates will be invited to be present during commencement werk. Yfartr A sr. r-n-iit i-n-l. The block coal otvrators an ! " committee from the 1 irot hrhond of Stationary Engineers n;r-t at Brazil nn-5 figned the yearly agreement, which, fixes the wages of th first engineer at $7." a month, nr.-1. wh'r' two are needed, the s-3; on. 1 '11 tt ?'". On 9 clause provid 1 that t:i et-gir.oers shall not strike in sympathy with any other labor organization. This U important at present, as the operators and miners are far apart on a settlement, and a suspension of work Is likely to occur on the first of next month. Uetreat for Indiana H:rlUt. The Pine Lake Assembly association, composed of representative Indiana Baptists, has come into possession of the Chautauqua grounds located at Pine lake, north of La Porte. The association is officered by Rev. Dr. Stott, of Franklin coll. ge. as president, and A. D. Kerry, of Indianapolis, as secretary. The purpose of the association is to make the Chautauqua a a retreat for Indiana Baptists. Tha Chautauqua meetings will he continued on an elaborate scale. Lamp Knrt, Caininc I'anir. The explosion of a lamp cnuscd a panic during an auction at the house of Frank Rogers in the town of Diamond, near Terre Haute. In the rush for doors and windows a dozen or more persons were crushed and trampled upon. Mrs. C. C Catterson and her 4-year-old daughter probably will die. rUToroe Snlt at Terre Haute. Mrs. Fred Ellis has sued for a divorce at Terre Haute. She also asks that her maiden name, Edith Fuhr, bo restored. Ellis is now holding a government position in Washington. Mrs. Augustus Werneke has brought .suit for divorce. Marie Holme -i asks for a divorce from Rhodell Holmes. Font II TiM .'! The LaFontaine Herald, published at LaFontaine, has been sold to S. B. Is of Fairmount, an old newspaper man. John Hammes, who for several years has owned and edited the Herald, will go Into business elsewhere. To IlaUe Price of Sli Weicht. Foundrymen from various parts of the country met in Indianapolis in response to a call. The purpose of the meeting is to raise the price of sashweights $20 a ton. (;enral Stute New. Congressman Cromer has recommended Sherman Shroyer to succeed Postmaster Daily at Sflma; Ceorga Bascom to succeed Pos;mater Nit hols at Lynn, and J. L. Burrows to succeed himself at Modoc. Henry Vandine, near Winamae, traded his farm for a patent right, only to find himself out a $1.000 investment. Tho plans for the new science buildire at DePauw university will be submitted to the builders early next month. Robert Donovan, .vho stole the overcoats belonging to passengers on a train, has .been committed at Vincennes under the indeterminate sentence act. The 3-yeax-old son ct Preston Purlea, near Salem, accidentally fell into an open fireplace and was fatally burned.