Nappanee Advance-News, Volume 26, Number 3, Nappanee, Elkhart County, 23 March 1904 — Page 3

The Witness of the Face HOW THE COUNTENANCE OF THE CHRISTIAN SHOULD SPEAK OF THE CHRIST. Sermon by the “Highway and Byway" Preacher.

Chicago, Sunday March 20, 1904. Text:—"And all that sat in the council? •fastening their eyes on him, saw his face as It had been the face of an angel."—Acts

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I'HERE are three references in the Bible to the illumination with asm- \ pernatural glory of M the faces of men — Moses after his i communion with I God on the top of £ Mount Sinai; „Je- ► sus on the Mount of Transfiguration, and Stephen before tbe Jewish ‘ council. And .of the three incidents

tthe last is perhaps the most striking and suggestive for the Christian. Moses .and Jesus withdrew from the active scenes of life and upon a mountain top felt the touch of the radiant glory and the presence of God. while Stephen in the midst of that hostile Jewish council, with lying witnesses accusing him and the angry multitude surging about him, was transfigured before them.-and they beheld his “face as it had been the face of an angel." It is not strange that Moses’ face should shine with a supernatural light and glory after he had talked “face to face” with God. That Jesus should have been transfigured, so that “His face did shine as the sun, and His garments became white as the light," is but in perfect harmony with the place and the -occasion, and the communion with the Heavenly visitors. On the mountain top with God beholding His perfect righteousness and receiving His holy law; on the mountain top with the three loyal disciples, and the gates of Heaven swinging open, .and Moses and Elijah stepping forth into their midst, and God’s voice declaring: “This is My beloved Son, hear ye Him!” It but makes the story complete to say that Moses’ face shone, and that Jesus was transfigured before them. But with Stephen, how different? No mountain top, but a judgment hall. No quiet communion with God in which the soul conld mount up and up in its sweet, ecstatic joy, but the angry cries •of the surging multitude, the voices of the accusing witnesses and the condemnation of the judges. And yet Stephen’s face shone. There was a peace and joy and' glory withal, which illuminated his features with a -glow which was angelic and Heavenly. STEPHEN’S shining face—the love light gleaming in the eye, a reflection of the Divine love; the placid brow; the strong but tender lines about the mouth; the Heavenly smile playing on his face and yet not weakening but rather Intensifying the earnest, longing look with which he beheld those about him; all this was not dependent upon outward conditions, but was the outshining of the inward presence of his Lord. His face a witness to the condition within; an index to his character and a corroboration of the testimony of his lips. To Stephen in this remarkable degree was given the outshining presence of the Holy Spirit, and it may be the possession of every Christian—ln lesser degree, perhaps, and yet the same indwelling presence •of the Lord to light up the face and make it shine ■ for Him. One great trouble with the Christian generally is that he is largely influenced and affected by his surroundings. Like the chameleon, he takes on and reflects the hue of his place and condition. If it is dark and forbidding, the face instantly reflects the somber hues. If it is stormy, and difficulties lie In the pathway, then is the face distorted with the frown which is the outward expression of the disquiet within. If danger threatens it stamps its terror upon the brow. If disappointment and privation come the countenance quickly reveals how • deep have been the wounds. And so, Unless everything is serene and lovely, the surroundings pleasant and and the desires and needs satisfied, the face reveals the inward unrest and discontent. The witness of the face is dishonoring to God and sadly contradictory of the Christian faith apd profession. Like Moses we may withdraw to the mountain top of communion with God and our countenances reflect the glory of the presence of our Lord, but none the less should the face shine with Divine and Heavenly light in the difficult and trying places, even as in the case of Stephen. The mirror can • only reflect the objects in front of it.It is not able to reveal those behind -it. The Christian is not a mirror only to Teflect the conditions and circumstances which surround him, but he is -a transparency through which his Lord may shine out into the most forbidding rand untoward conditions. THE LORD Is skilled in transforming faces. He is able to take tbe most • ordinary, yea, even homely, countenance, and make it lovely with the reflected light of Heaven. Scripture docs not tell us what kind of a looking man Stephen was. - As we think of him with his face transfigured with the glorious light of his risen Lord we are apt to pfeture him as a young man of great •personal charm and manly beauty, a man with a strikingly handsome face that would attract attention anywhere. We do knew from thetestimony ofScriptjtre that he possessed a most Christilkit character., was full of grace and .the Holy Spirit, and he may have been

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a man of singular physical charm, with face and figure of an Apollo; but tlfe more I try to imagine how Stephen looked the deeper does the impression becqme that he had many physical defects, not the least of which was his plain and ordinary, if not posjtively homely, countenance. And if such was the man Stephen, the illumination of his face by the flooding light and presence of the Holy Spirit would make it all the more striking and noticeable. It does not need a pretty face to become beautiful under the touch of the Divine hand. Time and time again have I seen faces which In themselves were positively homely and repugnant transformed and made beautiful by the light which shone out from the soul where the Christ had been enthroned. It was a beauty and charm which belonged not to the face, but to the life and character, and shone out through the face. You have seen it,.too. You can recall faces whidh lacked every graceful line and curve, and yet faces which glowed with a radiance that spoke eloquently of the Christ-life behind the face.

II ALL THAT sat in the council, fasr\ tening their eyes A him, saw.” Stephen was the observed of all observers. Upon him were focused the multitude of eyes of that large and dignified and learned company. They were searching for the sign cf fear, confusion, trouble, doubt, retreat, but instead, they saw the lights of Heaven playing over his features and making it glow with a supernatural radiance And as that council searched the face of Stephen, so is the world searching the countenances of the followers of Christ. What does it see (here? Does it see the light which reminds of Christ and Heaven? or does .it behold the shadow cross the countenance, does it see the frown knit the brow, does it witness the angry flash, or the disagreeable, unkindly sneer; what Is it the world sees? What witness is your face bearing for the Master? It is not pleasant to be looked at, as was Stephen, but the scrutiny of the world is upon the Christian even as that of the council was upon Stephen. The Christian cannot escape it. Because the Christian makes professions which place him in a class distinct and separate from the world, the world is eager to watch and see if there is any real difference. It watches the face, for through the face it largely reads the character, and may guess the conduct from the lines and expressions which mark the face. What think you is the judgment of the world when it sees a gloomy Christian? Will such visage attract amd he a good indorsement of the teligion which the individual behind the face professes? Will it make the world long for the same kind of religion? Nay, verily, the world will turn from such with the sneer of disgust and say: "If religion stamps the face in that way, none of it for me.”

AND in contrast to tbe gloomy Christian there is the careless, frivolous Christian, the Christian who is glad to feel-safe in Jesus and yet who thinks only of having a good time generally; perhaps not Indulging in any positive sins, but nevertheless only seeking and caring for the super ■ flcialities of life, living on the surface. The character of such a person is written upon the face. The expression of the eye; the selfish, sensual, weak lines about the mouth; and the curl of the lips which are ever busy framing careless, light speech and never know the wholesomeness of grave and reverent conversation; all these things in the face betray the person behind the face. And when the world sees' such a face, what is its verdict? Is that face witnessing for the it professes to love and serve? Is the world able to read there the Christ expression? Is it made to think of angels and Heavenly things? Ah, Christian, with perishing souls all about you, with sin performing its awful work of death on every hand, how dare you bear such witness with tne face which should shine for your Lord? Let God work a deep work in your heart am'j your face will begin to light up with that radiance which comes from knowing Jesus and having Him as an indwelling presence in your heart. THE face of the Christian should be a benediction, a sermon to those who look thereon. I remember hearings man who was m--. a Christiant say of a certain person whom he passed frequently upon the street in his neighborhood; "X knew she was a Christian by the expression upon her face.” In Longfellow’s Evangeline the poet pictures her in the closing years of her life, after the tragedy of her young womanhood anfr her long, fruitless search for the loved one from whose side she had been torn, as giving her life in sweet, Christ-like service to others, and then goes on to tell how—, "The dying Looked up Into her face, and thought, Ip* deed, to behold there Gleams of celestial light encircle her forehead with splendor, Such as the artist paints o'er the brows of saints and apostles, Or such as hangs by night o'er a city seen at a distance. Unto their eyes It seemed the lamps of the city celestial, Into whose shining gates ere long their spirits would enter.” Thus should the Christian’s face speak of Its Lord, and of the joy and peace and comfort of Heaven. The wlt-

ness of tbe face is sure. If It be not of the Christ which is possessor of the heart and the Inspiration of the life, U will sneak 01 the other things which) rflle In the Use. RUSKIN speaks in his “Modern Painters” of “features seamed by sickness, dimmed by sensuality, convulsed by passion, pinched by,poverty, shadowed by sorrow, branded with remorse; bodies consumed with sloth, broken down by labor, tortured by disease, dishonored in foul uses; intellects without power; hearts without hope, minds earthly and devilish; our bones fiill of the sin of our youth, the Heaven revealing our iniquity, the earth rising up against us, the roots dried up beneath and the branches cut off above; well for us only, if, after beholding this our natural face in a glass, we desire not straightway to forget what manner of men we be.” So surely lines the face bear the marks of the life. We cannot escape it. We may attempt to mask the real self- behind a pleasant exterior, but the real self flashes out unawares anu betrays the actor. I have studied faces which were handsome and which lit up with an attractive light. But as the first impressions fa. ed away the real seil began to stand out upon the face and i could trace here and there lines which I knew meal t there was something in that life and heart which was dishonoring to God and harmful to the life. A little child not having learned to mask the face and hide behind it the evil in the heart and life can be clearly read. THE face then more or less Surely witnesses as to the life and ch iracter of the person behind the face. And the Christian’s face above all others should be in harmony with the profession. A face lighted up with the radiance of the indwelling Christ U a recommendation, an indorsement, of the Gospel which is well-nigh irresistible. Saul was among those who beheld the face of Stephen as it had been the face of an angel. How much Cos you suppose his conversion was due to the light which he saw radiating from the face of that brave disciple that day? Much, I believe. J, do not beiieve he ever forgot that face. I do not believe, sleeping or waking, he could shake off the consciousness that behind that man Stephen was the shining presence of the One he preached as the Christ, the Saviour of men. That wonderful face and that startling climax which came when the eyes of Stephen penetrated to the very heart of Heaven and he declai ed that he saw "the Son of Man standing on the right hand of God!” Saul saw the shining face, and could not help connecting it with the vision which Stephen had. Christ in Heaven the source of the light which shone from his uplifted face. Day and night, I believe, Saul pondered over these two things—the face and the vision—until at last on that eventful day near Damascus the full light of Christ's presence, of which on Stephen’s face he had seen a reflection. burst in upon his soul and overwhelmed him. It takes the shining sac 0 ■to indorse the testimony for Christ.

DO YOU know I somehow feel that Jesus' command, “Let your light shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father who is in Heaven,” has a deeper significance and meaning than we give it We put all the stress upon the works, upon the actions and deeds of the body and the words of the lips, and forget ail about letting the face shine for Jesus in full and blessed and reinforcing harmony with the works. I have seen Christians performing kindly works of ministry In the na'/b of the Master—l have done it myself, again and again, God forgive me! whose faecs had the seven shades of gloom stamped upon them. Some people think to be religious and perform religious duties one must assume a sad and sanctimonious expression which would almost chill a corpse. Letting our light, shine menn" more than dcfng and speaking, It means an illuminated face—a countenance whose light and expression tell of the Christ for whose sake and in whose name the deed is wrought or the testimony is g'iven. “Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of Jehovah is risen upon thee.” Arise! Let no longer the darkening self shade the face, but arise and shine for thy light is come! The witness of the face of the Christian should always be of that light which has shined into his heart Shine, because Jesus is in the heart! Shine because it is your privilege and -your duty to do so. Shine, because the world is watching you. Shine with beaming face, that the world may be attracted to the One who can transform the life and put a song in the mouth and anew light in the face. And remember, Christian, that perhaps the reason your face is not lit up with Heaveniy light is because the joy of the fullness of the presence of the Christ is not felt within. Go back a few verses in the story of Stephen and you will learn the secret of his shining face. He was full of faith and the Holy Ghost, and grace and power, and he wrougln mightily for his Lord. And if you would have your face shine you must have the same presence within. That which is within A man is what shines out of a man. You may be able to perform Christian duty without faith and the Holy Ghost. You may be able to speak the Gospel message without faith or the Spirit's prompting, but you cannot illuminate your face with the radiance of the Christ unless He is within and faith is claiming all the richness of His fellowship. That lamp cannot give forth light unless the flame Is within, and you cannot witness for Christ by the radiance of your face unless the Christ is within to illuminate it withal. Let us then seek the filling of the Spirit that the witness o? the face may be for the Christ whoso wo are and whom we serve.

WOOD WINS IN SENATE. Promotion to Major General Is Confirmed by Sweeping Vote of 45 to 16. Washington. May 19. — action of the senate in executive session Friday Gen. Leonard Wood became a major general, taking tbe rank frem August 8,1903, ie day President Rooseveltmadethepromotion. The contest against his confirmation has been a notable one, beginning November 19, 1903, soon after congress convened in special session, and continuing through the present session until Friday, when by a vote of 45 to li the nomination was confirmed. The late Senator Hanna was recognized as the leader of the forces opposed to Gen. Wood, and had it not been for his death before the disposition of the case it is conceded that the vote would have been much closer. .It has not been believed at any time since the contest opened, however, that the fight against confirmation would have been successful. Some republican members of the senate placing their confidence in the judgment of Senator Hanna would have stood by him in his opposition to the promotion of Gen. Wood, but when death removed the late senator from the conflict only two republicans remained in They were Senators Scott, a member of the military affairs committee, who opposed the nomination while it was pending in committee, and Senator Kittredge. A CAIN FOR VETERANS. New Pension Ruling Lowers the Age for Disability Payments. Washington, March 17.—Commissioner of Pensions Ware, with the approval of Secretary Hitchcok, on Wednesday promulgated the most important pension ruling that has been issued in a long time. It directs that beginning April 13 next, if there is no contrary evidence and all other legal requirements have been met, claimants for pension under the general act of June 27, 1890, who are oyer 62 years old, shall be considered as disabled one-half in ability to perform manual labor and shall be entitled to six dollars a month, over 65 years, to eight dollars; over 68 years, to $lO, and over 70, to sl2, the usual allowances at higher rates continuing for disabilities other than age. The order itself is preceded by a preamble, which, after citing the law, says the pension bureau has established, with reasonable certainty the average nature and extent of the infirmity of old age. BALFOUR RECEIVES BLOW. British Premier Defeated by Clever Coup of Irish .Party in Commons. London, March 16. —Premier Balfour's government on Tuesday wqs defeated In the house of commons by the combined liberal and nationalist vote. This reverse was due to the prohibition by Mr. Wyndham, chief secretary for Ireland, on the teaching of Gaelic in the junior grades of the Irish nationalist schools. Mr. Balfour, though defeated by a majority of 11 on this question, does not regard the vote as one of w ant of confidence, and he will not resign on this account. His determination not to resign was strengthened by the fact that shortly after the foregoing defeat he was able to secure a majority of 25. The proposition on which the government was defeated was one to reduce the Irish education estimates by the amount of SSOO. COST ELEVEN LIVES. Steamship Sinks British Submarine Boat —All on Board Drowned. Portsmouth, N. H„ Marcli l?.—The British, submarine boat. No. A1 was run down and sunk off the Nab lightship Friday by a Donal Currie liner, and 11 persons •were drew:.:’, in'’'- J . ing Lieut. Mansergh, the senior officer engaged in submarine work. The liner passed on and reported that she had struck a torpedo. At the time she was struck the vessel was off the lightship engaged In the maneuvers and was lying in seven fathoms of water waiting the approach of the battleship. The boat was one of the newest of the fleet of submarine vessels and was built from the latest models, but she has always been a bad diver. She was inspected recently by both King Edward and the prince of Wales. PRESIDENT TAKES A HAND. District Attorney Summers of Nebraska to Be Removed as Result of Dietrich Inquiry. Washington, March 18.—As a result of the inquiry into the charges against Senator Dietrich, of Nebraska, Williamson S. Summers, United States district attorney of Nebraska, will be removed from office. President Roosevelt Thursday informed Senator Dietrich and Editor Rosewater, of the Omaha Bee, that he would take such action against Mr. Summers. The probabilities are that Chairman Lindsay, of the republican state committee of Nebraska, will be appointed to succeed him. Held for Murder. St. Louis, Mo., March 18. —An inquest was held on the body of August Rapheal, the aged man who was murdered in his home Wednesday with a hatchet. The coroner’s jury returned a verdict holding Henry Heusack, the victim’s son-in-law, who was arrested on suspicion. New Secretary of Arizona. Washington, March 18.—W. T. Nichols has been appointed by the president to be secretary of Arizona to succeed Isaac T. Stoddard. Mr. Nichols is chairman of the territorial republican organization of Arizona.

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MARRIED THE SISTER. She Accepted the Bridegroom After the Bride Had Fled. Evansville, Ind.. March 18.—All the love she ever had for her fiance deserted her as she was dressing for her wedding, and Miss Stella Best, aged 19, fled from the house. Then her sister accepted the man she had rejected. Frank Lyles is 20 years old, and lately returned from the. Philippines, where he had served three years, and went with his regiment to Fort. Leavenworth. He had been engaged to Miss Best for some time, but recently they had a quarrel and the engagement was broken off. Last Sunday he came to Evansville on a furlough, and he and Miss Best settled their quarrel and arranged to get married. The ceremony was to have been performed at the home of her parents Thursday night. The wedding supper was arranged and the groom and pastor went to the home of Miss Best. Only a few relatives and friends had been invited. The bride to be was in her room preparing herself for the event. Suddenly the groom-elect was called Into the room and informed by Mrs. Best that her daughter had disappeared.* It developed afterward that she went to the home of Mrs. Northerner, a short distance away, and bid under the bed. Lyles waited for a short, time for her return, but she came not. The minister went to his home, and the sister of the bride to be, Miss Lulu Best, was left with Lylqp for a short time. The soldier boy was determined not to be outwitted and proposed to the sister. She accepted him, and later they met by agreement and left the city. At a late hour Thursday night Miss Lulu Best returned home and told her parents she had been drugged by Lyles and Induced to elope. She told a disconnected story of having gone to Kansas City, and there was given a ticket and sent back home. It would have been impossible for her to get to Kansas City and return in the time she says she did. The parents of Miss Best are at a loss to understand her actions. ~ * SMALL RIOT AT BOURBON. Trouble Was Started By a Chinaman Attacking Russian Sympathizer. o Bourbon, Ihd., March 19. —Sympathy for Japan broke put here and as a result Charles Barhara, an Armenian,, and Lee Yunn, a Chinese laundryman, started a riot into which were drawn several students from the college. Barhara was a Russian sympathizer and Lee Yunn fought for Japan. The trouble started when the Chinaman chased the Armenian into the Weiser sanitarium. This drew the attention of a number of students, who were coming from the college where a debate on the far eastern question had just beentflnished. Japan’s adherents in the debate had received What they considereed a rank decision. Hot words ledi to blows and the students, too, wound up at the sanitarium.* During the melee Ira Tripp had his face terribly battered. Louis Ferguson had an eye jabbed out, John Parks had a jaw broken, Frank Snepp was seriously disfigured and Chas. Bertsch was badly hurt. Blows and shots alarmed the town to such an extent that Chief of Police Hetzner called his deputies to disperse the mpb. Because he disposed of Barhara Lee Yunn was carried upon the Shoulders of the students who were pro-Japanese in their .yrr>Tv)M‘< Tho students were watched Friday to prevent another outbreak. DIED AFTER OPERATION. The Man Prophesied His End Before Mounting Operating Table. Kokomo, Ind., March 17. —“I will die,” said August Klensing to a friend, as he prepared to submit to the sugical operation, “but I am ready to go. I have not an enemy in the world. I have made my peace with all men.” The operation was performed, and Klensing seemed on the road to recovery. But during the momentary absence of the nurse from the room, being seized with a fierce thirst, he arose from his bed and walked across to where a water glass was upon the stand. It was empty. When the nurse returned he was dying, and a few minutes later passed away. Buying Electric Plants. Brazil, Ind., March 17.—1 tis reported here on good authority that George F. McCulloch has bought from the Terre Haute Electric Cos. (the local name of the Stone & Webster Cos., of Boston) the Terre Haute electric lighting plant, the Terre Haute street car line, the Brazil & Terre Haute interurban line, the Brazil street car line and the Brazil electric lighting plant. Adjusting Peoria Franchise Tangle. South BenTl, Ind., March 19. —E. B. Doran, member of the Central league circuit committee, is in Grand Rapids at the order of the league to assist in shaping up matters. Peoria, 111., is insisting on a franchise, and the league wants the matter settled. Child's Grewsome Discovery. North Vernon. Ind., March 19. When little Goidie Spencer, who slept with her mother, awoke late Thursday morning she found that her mother was dead. Eke had erldently died early in the night.

JAMES M'DONALD. He Was Arraigned at Bedford For th* Murder of Miss Schafer. Bedford, Ind., March 18.—James McDonald, indicted by the grand jury for the murder of Miss Sarah Schafer in this city on the night of January 21. was brought here Thursday from the Bloomington jail, where he has been confined since his arrest, and arraigned. McDonald pleaded not guilty to the two counts of murder and attempted assault. His trial was set for the 16th day of the May term of the Lawrence county circuit court. McDonald, heavily manacled and in charge of two officers, arrived here at 4:30 Thursday evening. After being arraigned he was returned to Bloomington on the 6 o’clock train. Hundreds of people were assembled at tho depot to see McDonald, who displayed signs of nervousness when he alighted from the train in the midst of the throng of people. , Not the slightest demonstration of hostility to tbe prisoner was apparent. DOG GUARDED THE STORE. He Awoke His Master When the Building Caught Fire. Nashville, Ind., March 17.—Th* general store of Isaac Evans at Mt. Liberty, seven miles east of here, would have been destroyed by fire had it not been for his Bhepherd dog. Evans iiad closed tbe store at the usual hour and had gone to his home. Rover, his old watch dog, had a bed beneath the storeroom in which he always slept, guarding the store. Whil* on guard the dog noticed the floor of the building on fire. Rover hurried to the home of his master, where ho howled and jumped and clawed tho door until he awakened his master. Evans became alarmed at the dog’s actions and followed him. Upon arriving at the store the dog started back toward its bed, and Evans stooped over to, watch him when he saw the floor of the building on fire. He lost no time extinguishing the fire. The fire had gained little headway, as there was no draft. PULLED HIS COUSIN ASIDE. Instead of Being Killed the Boy’s Foot Was Cut Off. Brazil. Ind., March 19. —The presence fit mind of Manford Mcßride, aged 12, on a trestle qn the C. & K. 1., north of here, in front of the northbound passenger, prevented his cousin, Harry Sampson, aged 6, from being killed. The boys were on their way to school when Sampson's foot was caught in the trestle. As the elder boy attempted to free the youngster a train approached around a curve. Realizing that delay would be fatal, young Mcßride pulled the boy as far as possible to the edge of the trestle. Young Sampson’s right leg was caught against the rail. He then clung to the side of the bridge and held his cousin there until the train had passed by, severing the leg at the knee. Tho shock was a great one, but it is thought that the injured boy will recover. At Work on the Extension. Portland, Ind., March 18. —The Cincinnati, Bluffton & Chicago railroad, which Thursday commences work on an extension of its line from Pennville to this- city, expects to have trains running over its own tracks into Cincinnati and Chicago within & year and a half. Moses Fowler Chase’s Attorney. Indianapolis, Ind., March 19.—The supreme court Friday ordered the attorneys who have assumed to represent Moses Fowler Chase to the point of asking a writ of mandamus to control the action of the circuit judge, to appear April 7 to establish their authority to appear for Chase. Hiccough Was Fatal. Laporte, Ind., March 19.—Edwin Caldwell, a wealthy farmer, Friday morning hiccoughed himself to death. He was stricken last Monday and the physicians were unable to account for the phenomena of his condition. Ha hiccoughed without cessation until death ended his intense agony. Telephone Company Incorporated. Boonville, Ind., March 17. —The Elberfeld & Mlllersburg Telephone Cos. has been incorporated. It has been In existence for several years and is known as the “Farmers’ Line.’’ The following are the incorporators: Fred Kampe, Henry Kelle, Henry Ahrens. Suit to Partition Property. Anderson, Ind., March 17. —Mrs. Ada A. Hollenbeck, of Springfield, 0., instituted a suit Here for partition of real estate owned by her and Louis Baer, of Cincinnati. The property includes two business blocks, estimated to be worth about $60,000. Dogs Kill Many Sheep. Alexandria, Ind., March 19.—A report just made by the county authorities shows that in Madison county last year dogs killed over $2,500 worth of sheep, on which $1,170 damages were paid by the township trustees of tho 13 townships. Fruit Crop Prospects Good. New Albany, Ind., March 19.—Fruit growers living on the high lands near New Albany report % roost flattering prospect for a big fruit crop in th coming season. Thus far the p.raclv buds are unhurt.