Plymouth Tribune, Volume 8, Number 32, Plymouth, Marshall County, 13 May 1909 — Page 3

The Great Tontine by HAWLEY SMART

Author of Broba Boram. Ei. Pound to Tln. CHAPTER V. Lord Lakington is at present experiencing a rather feverish time of it. This being one of the last thre shareholders left in the "Great Tontine" is tba largest speculation Le ha ever embarked in. In his racing days he had never stood to win so tremendous a stake as this. It meant either fortune or ruin. A few months might him in possession of eigüit thousand a year, jt d3prived of the very comfortable income !i!s dividend from the big lottery afTord.'d him. He went to the Vivacity Theater, and va3 duly shown into the manager's sanctum. "Good corning. Ileniaiingby," he exclaimed as he entered ; "I have come down to have a chat with you, because ou know something about everybody." "Well, I caa't expect you to condole with me for being at Jasr out of it. It Is too much your interest for that ; and I redly thonghr. Viscount. I should have outstayed you. But you have of course had your letter from the directors, informing you that my nominee has pone at last. Well. I can't complaia; and I have pad ray hundred back a pood many times ut of it." I want you to tell me something about my two antagonists." "I can tell you very little about Miss Ca-terham. She is a xraiden lady living ' at Kew, and I know nothing further about her -beyond the fact that her nominee Las been unaccountably missing for the last two years. As for Pegram, he is a lawyer down in North Wales. It was E induced him to take a share in it." "It's a tremendous big stake to be playing for," observed Lord Lakington ; "a hundred and sixty thousand pounds. It would be a nuisance to lose this income now. I wonder whether it would be possible to compromise. You know thus lawyer fellow; you might sound him on the subject for me. T1I do that for you with pleasure," r plied the manager. "I often see him. invested a little money in Llanbarlym, and occasionally go down to lock after some house property I have got there. Iiis son, too. Bob Pegram, always gives me a look in when he comes to town. I tell you what. Viscount. I never thought tf it before, but the directors are about right to keep the nominees names a secret. It's a big pile, and the temptation becomes rather powerful when you find there is nothing but the life of an old man of eighty between you and a hundred and sixty thousand pounds." "What do you mean?" "Why, that there are plenty of men wouldn't hesitate to choke the life out of the poor old chap if they got a fair chance, and could by so doing Liake certain of landing the lot." "Yea," rejoined the Viscount. "I quite 'agree with you. The temptation to bring the whole thing to a conclusion in their own favor would be irresistible. The nominees must, at all events, feel easier In their minds that their names are a profound secret." Lord Lakington walked away from the Vivacity Theater considerably relieved In his mind by this new idea which had occurred to him. It was so clearly the best thing to do for both of them, and the jnore he reflected upon it the more convinced he became that the Welsh lawyer must be Quite as kc-ea to come to an arrangement as himself. It was too horrible to think of going tack to those days of abject poverty which he experienced before the "Tontine" commenced paying such groat interest. He would bare been delighted could he have known that Mr. Pegram is very ready to hear of a compromise; but whether his lordship wiil be Quite as well pleased with the terms of that compromise is somewhat open to question. Old Pegram has made it his business for the last two or three years to pick up all be can about the shareholders still left in the lottery. No details about their past and present lives Or ordinary habits are beneath his notice, and he would willingly have ascertained the names of all the nominees had that been possible. Lord lakington, for instance, would have been astonished had be been made aware how much old ' Pegram knew concerning him. The old .Welsh solicitor, too. has ascertained a great deal concerning Miss Caterham. He had learnt, probably from lleminingbjt. that her nominee was missing; and no sooner did he find by the directors letter that Ilemmingby was no longer a shareholder, than he told his son, with a grin, that it was time to take steps to secure their share of the inheritance. ' You see, Hob," said the old man, "tfiere was nothing to be done till there were only two or three of us left in. I im main glad that this Ilemmingby is out of it. He is a terrible sharp fellow, and t bad just as soon that he wasn't playing against me. Now, the first thing to be done is to find out all about this missing nominee. It is quite clear we can't move a step without that. ' Now, the best chance, in my opinion, of getting at it is for you to call upon Miss Caterham, boldly to introduce the subject of the Tontine and the missing man, of course not discovering your own ignorance concerning him. Recollect this: she Is a retired maiden lady and elderly. As a rule they are talkative. Be excessively polite and quiet in manner. I think the odds are. Bob, that she blurts out the name we want before ten minutes are over." "Upon my word, I believe you are right. I suppose I had better call in an assumed name." "Io nothing of the ort. The probabilities are that a quiec, elderly lady like Miss Caterham has never troubled herself to inquire the names of the other competitors." "Well, it shall be as you like," replied Bob Pegram; "but I think you are wrong." CHAPTER VI. Standing off the Brentford road, and n the immediate vicinity of Kew Gar dens, is to be seen a small cottage half smothered in creepers. Flitting about amongst the flowers with a pair of scissors, and clipping a blossom here and teier. is a young lady of some three or four and twenty, whose acquaintance we made many years ago. This Is Mary Chichester, whom we last saw as a child In the Jardin des Plantes at Avranches A somewhat tall maiden now, with glossy brown hair and eyes to match, and a frank, fair countenance that intuitively disposes people to like her upon first acquaintance. Two years after Aunt Julia .went to assist her niece in her Jtrouble the doctor's fears were realized. VIra. Chichester caught a bad cold, which (Ppeedily developed tre latent seeds of consumption. Her Aunt Julia promiseu Jbefore she died that she would take care jof little Mary, and when 6he returned to England she brought the child with her. tIt seems hard to deprive you of th little one in the first agony of your sorifrbw. Fred: but at her age I can take betteAeare of her than you, and in a Jew yars I shall hope to restore her to ou as a daughter, able m some wise to fe" to you what hr lost mother wa3." "It is best so," he replied sadly; "th? thild requires that watchful care that tnly a woman c?.n give, for she is deli

cate, nnd makes me tremble f.ir fear sh should have inherited her mother's terrible complaint; add to whU'Ii, I must strive hard to make a living for myself and a home for her in the future, and save, if possible, th pittance that still remains for her. The capital has meltel terribly of late," he coacIuJe.l, with a flint smile. , Poor Fred Cl;ich?ster was not cstined to realize his hopes. II said no word of his intention to Miss Caterham, but he had already made up his min.l i

as to what he would do. Heart-sick nnd weary of his fruitless endeavors to o tain employment In England, he had al ready thought is to whether there might not be greater opportunities for him ! abroad, when suddenly it flashed across him that, for men of his trade, there was plenty of occupation just now on th banks of the Potomac. The great struggle between the North and South was at its henght. and he had heard of more than one English officer who had obtained I employment in either army. With the Northern armies especially might an English soldier, who came out properly accredited from officers high in the service at home, be tolerably sure of a p.iir of epaulettes. Fred Chichester hurried over to Lndon. made a will, bequeathing all he had left to his little daughter, put a hundred , pounds in bis pocket, a:nl sailed for New Yor'. bearing with him letters of introduction and recommendation from several of the military chiefs under whom h had served. lie speedily obtained a commission, distinguished himself upon mor than one occasion, and finally fell, some eighteen months afterwards, upon the bloody field of Gettysburg. His faithful henchman had begged si hard to accom pany him that, conscious though he was of the utter incongruity of such a sol dier of fortune as himself being accom panied by his servant, Chichester had not the heart to refuse him. The North were not very particular about what they enlisted as food for powder in those days, and as the wiry oil man did not look within some seven or eight years of his real age, made no difficulty whatever about enrolling him in the same troop as his master. He was by Chichester's sid when he fell, and passed scatheless through that field of carnag himself, only to shed bitter, blinding tears as he laid "the master" in the grave. And now the girl's flower-snipping i? interrupted by a voice exclaiming, "Breakfast, Mary; come in, child, and pour out the tea," and Miss Caterham appears at the French window. "Coming, Auntie," replied the girl as she moved quickly towards the window; "only see what a lovely posy I have managed to gather for you this morning. and the beds, I assure you, bear no trace of having been despoiled." Than!; you. child," replied Miss Cater ham as she took her seat at the breakfasttable. "The roses are as sweet as those of your cheeks, my dear. By the way. Mary, I have had a letter from Mr. Carbuckle this morning. I will read it to you : "Dear Miss Caterham o news as yet of Terence Finnigan. We can hardly expect to find him, as he has been missing 90 long, without considerable trouble. 1 have deputed to a young friend of mine who has just joined the noble profession tb care of the case. He has cross-examined me as to details in a very prom ising manner, but is anxious to put you and Miss Mary also in the box; so I have given him wour address, and you may expect him to honor you with it visit shortly. With lore to Miss Chiches ter, be'.ieve me. yours most sincerely. "HENRY CARBUCKLE. "It :.s very singular,"' said Miss Catarhnm, as she laid aside her spectacles, "but Mr. Carbuckle has quite forgotten to mention his joung friend's name. Well, whoever he is, it is extremely kind of him to undertake this business for us." Some two or three hours have elapsed, and the parlor maid enters the room, and, presenting a card to her mistress, says. "The gentleman wishes to know if you will see him." A few moments and Eliza nshered into the room a man somewhat below medium height. He advanced quietly, and with a low bow, said, "Miss Caterham, I presu me." Returning his salute. Miss Caterham first acknowledged her identity and then, glancing at the card in her hand, observed, "Mr. Robert Pegram. You come, of course, from Mr. Carbuckle. It is really very kind of you to have undertaken so troublesome a business for me. "The discovery of missing people is usually a little troublesome, but. as a rule it's a mere matter of time and money." "I am prepared to spend some money, rejoined Miss Caterham; "but jou must fear clearly in mind that I am not a rich woman, and can only spend money id moderation." "You may thoroughly rely upon rav discretion in that respect. Miss Caterham. I will be very careful not to run you into any exorbitant expense." and a close observer might have discerned a twinkle io Mr. l'egram's eye. "You are aware that we have already had one unsuccessful search for Mr. Terence Finnigan?" "1 am, now you mention it," thought Mr. Pegram; "but I was not iu the least aware of it before." "Yea; we started from Ilampstead, where he told us L was living the last time we saw him. He had been a sort of odd man about one of the inns there, but he had disappeared months before." "An Irishman, by his name," observed Mr. Pegram quietly. "He will jii-obably return to his own country. I presume you know where he wrs born?" "Oh. yes he comes from Mallow in the County of Cork, and of course that was one of the first places in which we sought for him; but we could find no trace whatever of htm in those parts. You are aware, Mr. Pegram. how large the interest is I have in his discovery." "Alive," rejoined Mr. Pegram sententiously. "Well, certainly." replied Mi Caterham with a smile, "both for his own sake end "nine. Mr. Carbuekle has no doubt put jou in possession of all requisite pari 'ulars connected with the case." '"Excuse me. Miss Caterham," interrupted Mr. Pegram. "but I should like to gather all the details of this affair from your own lips. Now, will you kindly answer the questions I am about to put to you?" and Mr. Robert Pegram proceeded to cross-question his hostess in a manner that did much credit to his professional skill. "Who was your visitor, Auntie?" ev uimed Miss Chichester as she entere th drawing room. "That wss Mr. Carbuckle's youni nan." repliad Miss Caterham. "He's not of distinguished appearance, but I fancy ho Is clever. The questions he asked a I out poor Terence struck me as shrewd und to the point. He knows now all we can tell him." Miss Caterham had never told her niece anything about her connection with the "Great Tontine," and Mary Chichester had never heard of the hi; lottery in her life. (To be continued.) Oh! "I saw Jinx with his typewriter P is arms yesterday." .That blonde thing? "I said hi3 typewriter, not his stelographer; he was taking it to be re1 na Ired." Houston Tost. Quite So. "I dare say it is fitting for the sheath gowns to be regarded as they are." "How do you mean?" "That most women look daggers In 1 them." Baltimore American.

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ci lie ih? Blr-fc A Disagreeable Habit. The habit of snubbing is a most disagreeable one. Those who are snubbed are generally taken off their guard, and given a sudden blow when they are careful and nt ease in the security of social Intertvurse, nnd thus they are placed at a great 'Jisadvautage. A snub, says one, is a check, a blank; it Is a curtain suddenly drawn down; it I J pulling up against a dead wall; it is cold obstruction and recoil. We have seen parents snuh children, first allowing them liberties, then stopping them with a harsh cheek in mid-career of spirits and in the presence of strangers. Perhaps we have given way to enthusiasm ami ur met by ridicule. Or we have m:ule a confidence which we think tender, and it is received with InditYereinv. Or we tell a story, and are asked fr the point of it. Or we are given to understand that we are mistaken where we have assumed ourselves well informed. Or our taste is coolly set at naught; or we talk, ami are reminded we are prosy; or we are brought face to fa"e with our Ignorance ia a way to make us feel it most keenly. The strength of a snub lies In the sudden apprehension that we have committed ourselves, and a consequent painful sense of insignificance, that there Is somebody quite close to us, regardless of our feelings, looking down ou u. and ostentatiously unsympathiziug. Beware of snubbing any one. It makes a most painful and permanent Impression. It may be done in a moment, and yet Is not likely to be forgotten for years. If not for an entire lifetime. Hovr charming Is the disposition which Instead of repelling, Invites the confidence of others. The person who snubs may be unconscious of the harm be or she inflicts on others and how oftentimes friends are lost by a habit which Jealousy only too often has created. A snub oftentimes causes a heart pang that never is forgotten. Women MuM Pfand Well. Good carriage not only means good looks, but good health. The Importance of standing, sitting and walking correctly can not be overestimated and Is entirely one of personal responsibility. Children should bo trained Into propct postures, hut if early training has been neglected, then it iK'hooves the slouchy and stoop-shouldered to get busy. It Is not as hard as one would think to have a graceful carriage, though to read many of the requirements of the beauty doctors a fully-equlpied gymnasium and unlimited time would seem requisite. A few simple rules faithfully followed will quickly Improve the most awkward bearing;. To stand well remember to keep the chest high, knees straight, abdomen in, and hips back, and the feet inclined at an angle of about 00 degrees. With chest, knees and hips In their proper places, the feet will generally look after themselves. To walk well and easily maintain the same position of chest, abdomen and knees, and let the swing come from the hips. The Art of Hein llapp?. "Cheerfulness." says Ruskln, "Is as natural to the heart of man in strong health as glow to his cheek, and wherever there Is habitual gloom there must be either bad air, unwholesome food, Improiierly severe labor or erring habits of life.", If children were taught that one of the great life duties Is to unfold the fun-loving side of their nature, the humorous side, there would not be so many suicides, so many unhapipy. dIs"ordant, miserable people, so many failures ia the world, says Success. Why shouldn't we dovelop the humor faculty, the fun-loving faculty, just as much as the bread-earning or any other faculty? Why shou'd we think it is so very necessary to 6pend years in going to schools nnd colleges to develop other mental faculties, and yet take practically no pains whatever to develop the humorous, the fun-loving side of our nature? Urnulr Tip. The carriage of the body la even more important than the lines of the figure itself. A beautiful figure poorly carried shows none of its beauty, whle a poor figure well carried with grace and dignity gives a distinction which is in itself leautlful. To acquire a good carriage it Is necessary to study the required pose carefully In the mirror, then remember to take that iM)se whenever rising from a chair, and to hold it steadfastly. It requires a constant watchfulness which makes one self-conscious at first, but lu time becomes a habit shoulders back and down, abdomen in, head up and chin in. More Douieit 1-m. Statisticians are not always right, so far as the causes of Insanity are concerned, according to Dr. llritton I). Evans, head of the New Jersey Hospital for the Insane, at Morris Plains. In his annual report this year he says: "The x-cup:Uion of insane patients previous to admission Is thought by many to play an Inqiortant part in the causation of their mental aberration. Of the 40." admitted during the last year 1W) were housemaids and domestics, which is V,0 per cent of the total admissions. This is interesting, but not in harmony with the contention of numerous statisticians." ads ancl ftmch in 3 reir It is now quite the fad to have lingerie embroidered in pink and blue, ac cording to fancy. A waist that closes in the back Is always pretty with tucks extending to yolk depth in front. Passsementerle drop trimmings are now to le found in all the modish colors, and in pearl, jet, crystal and me tallic effects. There Is no more satisfactory ar rangement for a yoke than the separ ate eulmpe tied down with ribbons at the waist line. A long chain. Intended to be twisted around the neck a second and third time, is ornamented with rose coral oblongs effectively matched Net girdles of wide soft mesh are embroidered in rlblousfue (a lustrous

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rrvTv r t r-fr LHiüi fabric), and fringed with it. They come in all of the fashionable colors. A new fabric that looks like directoire eatin. but Is more warm and supple, is satin-finished cashmere, and it is to be had in the popular shades. New (leak gowns, which may be worn as an outdoor garment, or as a princess robe, come in broadcloth, in black, navy blue, violet and smoke o dor. Most of the sleeves of elaborate g'wi:s are of the same lace or net .'is the yoke, though Caere has been nn effort to establish the sleeve like liie gown. Polish folk fashions nre having a strong effect upon coiffures and millinery In Paris, and hair ornaments as well as hat trimmings show traces of barbarl.? beauty. Shaded plumes are In high popularity and the old-fashioned navy blue feather, flecked with red. yellow and a variety of other tints, also has sjecial claim to consideration. Among the more striking of the new things are black satin skirts worn with long drectoire coats trimmed with a touch of color. This color touch appears In tne embroidery or pessementerle. To Whiten Skin. A lotion that is a substitute for cream, and more quickly whitening, is made from two ounces of pure strained honey, half an ounce each of glycerin SOME LAST YEAR'S and rectified spirits, a dram and a half of pure citric acid and three drops of essence of musk. The acid Is dissolved In the alcohol. The glycerin is put into a cup and set into boiling water for nn iustant before adding the honey, the cup remaining in the water just long enough to mingle the tvo ingredients. As soon as It Is cool the alcohol is put In. the essence going last. This Is massaged in as cold cream would be applied. Make Your Own rarnaol. English chintz. In bright or subdued tones, as the taste of the purchaser dictates, makes the most charming coverings for parasols, and any woman who understands sewing should not find it dillieult to do the mounting at home. There may be a discarded parasol from last season. If so, rip the covering and then very carefully take the stitches apart on one of the sections. Press it and use for a pattern in cutting the others. When putting together see that the seams are exactly the same size as leforo. Gather a little of the material at the top of the parasol and shirr more of It In a rosette on the handle. Old Slald'a Insurance. A company has been organized In Copenhagen, Denmark, to Insure and reassure young women who dread becoming old maids. A girl who takes out a i(ollcy pays a fixed sum every year. If she finds a, husband lefore she reaches 40 she is presumed to have received her money's worth and the policy lapses, the sums she has paid in going to a general fund for the benefit of br less fortunate sisters. If she Is inmnrried when she is 40 she begins to receive an annual pension, which continues through the rest of her life, or until she marries. No Mirror lu Sick Itoont. A trained nurse of long experience emphasized the necessity of keeping mirrors out of the sickroom. The patient should never be allowed to look at one, as the ravages wrought by Ulli es in one's own face gives a shock which it Is hard for the nurse to soothe away. Cases have been known in which a patient being allowed a glimpse of himself at a critical point of the illness took a turn for the worse, and from that time forward sank rapidly. Fire lllnta. Iu escaping from a fire creep along the lloor of the room, with face as near the tloor as possible. Smoke ascends and there is always a fresh current of air in which one can breathe with greater ease near the floor. If a lamp gets overturned water will be of no use in extinguishing the flames. Earth, sand or flour thrown on it will have the desired effect. The 0rr-Senltle Woman. The oversensitive woman Is of all women the most likely to bring unhappiness upon herself. The chief obstacle to helping people of sensitive temperament, whether such people arc young or old, is the idea which dominates most of them that their sensitiveness is not accounted a defect to be controlled by the laws of common sense. They go through much real micry,

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their hearts, their pride and their unhappiness mutually encouraging eae other. Sensitive people, above all others, have most need of that grand, spiritual virtue, common sense. And oversensitive girls should be carefully instructed as to the dangers of their peculiar temperament. They should be taught to govern not only their actions but their thoughts and feelings by reason and judgment. They should be shown how to argue out their misery and reduce it to its lowest terms before allowing themselves to be made miserable by imaginary sorrows. And such girls should be made to believe firmly that 110 virtue Mos in unhappiness. A I'lotver Cbapenn. Most of the prettiest spring hats are veritable tlower gardens or fruit orchards. s( to speak, and in either case are wonder fully attractive. A charming example of the garden type is depicted in above illustration a chapeau of pale violet satin straw smartly trimmed with 1 1 n r f o v lr bunch of La I rillllT 1 u:-! aim white violets and foliaee. Tie strings of satin ribbon matching the straw start from each side and join in a bow under brim at back. lrctnen of Carrlnse. To hold herself well has now become indispensable to the woman or girl who wishes to make a creditable figure in the world of smartness. Lounging is completely out of date. The directolre style put it entirely out NHATS REMODELED. of court. The adoption of the low bodice line for ordinary day wear, with filling In of transparent chiffon, net or lace, imperatively demands that the shoulders be held well back. The most extensive trousseau on record Is that of the late Empress of, China. The trousseau cost over $1,000,000. In several Dutch towns a birth Is announced by exposing a silk pincushion covered nnd edged with lace at the door red for a boy and white for a girl. Queen Wilhelmina. who has recently become a convert to perfumes, prefers, the soft, uncertain French odors, and she uses them In a French way. She scents each article of clothing strongly, but with a different odor. Mrs. Mary Ncvins Bull, widow of Dr. William T. Bull, has presented to the New York Academy of Medicine a bronze bust of her husband, which was Dr. Bull's last gift to her before ho died. She gives It to the academy in his son's name. A Kind rian. There is a movement on fnt among the club women in the West to adopt measures to prevent the separation of children from their mothers on account of poverty. The leaders in this movement point out that in Australia if a widow with a family of children is left destitute the state, instead of taking them away from her and paying their board in an institution, or in a strange family, boards them with the mother and so keeps the family together. ew Type of Womanhood. Australian womanhood is established on a high plane, and from her own country she takes certain qualities that In time will so develop a new and original and altogether fascinating type. For here Is the choicest and the brightest that the world knows an English mind and heart stimulated Into fullest play by the genial warmth of Australia. Exchange. Family and tb Meal. Meals should be something more than the consumption of fond. All work stops at those times and people meet together. Nothing that can be done should be omitted to make it an occasion of agreeable interchange of thought and conversation, and when this Is done not only the body but the mind and nerves are refreshed. Ilacuelor Money for Splnatera. Maine's "old maids" are to bo pensioned at the expense of the bachelors and widowers, if an act which has been introduced iu the Legislature becomes a law. Ilia Ideal. "What's the ideal wife?" "The one a man hasn't got.

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THE WEEKLY

KHil The first Assembly under the Uliode Island charter met at Newport. l;.si! William IVsm published bis frame of government for t lie colony of Pennsylvania. l;;x-I irst Colonial Congress met in New York City. , 17. The first general census of IMnde Island was ordered by the Assembly. 17- The first medical school in America founded. 1770 Massachusetts expunged the name of King from legal proceedings. .. .-t Congress declared the authority of England over the thir teen colonies abolished. 17S7 Federal convention assembled in Philadelphia to adopt a national constitution. 17TS IIarier's Ferry, Va., was selected as the site for a (government armory and manufactory Navy department of the United States established by act of Congress. ISO- Tlu people living in the Northwest territorj'. north of the Ohio river, were authorized to organize themselves into a State. lS0i$ France laid an embargo on American shipping. ...Charles IV. of Spain abdicated In favor of Bonaparte .... Theological Seminary at Andover, Mass., founded. 1S1." Dedication of St. Patricks Cathedral in New York City. IS.''." First issue of the New York Herald. . ..One thousand lives lost iu great earthquake in Calabria. IS'IS Large section of Charleston. S. C. destroyed by lire. 1S44 Henry Clay nominated for President by the Wlug convention iu Baltimore. 1S47 Cornerstone of Smithsonian Institution laid. is."4 I'nited States announced its neutrality in the Crimean war. 18ÖÖ Attempted assassination of Napoleon III. by Piauori. 1SU Three steamships seized at New Orleans by order of (Jovernor Moore of Iouisianu. lstri Andersonville prison oiened for Federal prisoners. 1573 Explosion and fire destroyed five flouring mills in Minneapolis and killed eighteen persons. 1574 Tin first agreement to fix railroad rates in the East made at New York. 1S7J Queen Victoria declared Empress of India. t 1550 (Jladstone ministry formed in Great Britain. 1551 Construction of the Canadian Pacific railroad begun. 1S.SI Iowa Republican convention declared for James (3. Blaine for President. ISStV Six pol (Vitien killed by anarchists in the I laymarket riot in Chicago. 1SSS Lord Stanley of Preston appointed (Jovernor General of Canada. 1SS! -Murder or Dr. Patrick II. CronIn in Chicago. V$. Oklahoma organized as a terri tory. 1S!1 The new Dominion Parliament opened by Lord Stanley after the general election. ISiM The Vaughn library building at Ashland, Wis., destroyed by fire. : ..St. Charles Hotel In New Orleans destroyed by fire. 1S!0 Theodore Roosevelt became a member of the Board of Police Commissioners of New York City. 1S!M!-Assasslnatiou of the Shah of Persia "-en. Baldlssera, Italian Commander in Abyssinia, raised the siege of Adigrat. 1S!7 Disastrous flood iu the Cottonwood Valley of Oklahoma. .. .A flood at (Jut brie. Ok., resulted in a great loss of life and property.. ..Foreclosure sale of the Atlantic & Pacific railroad at Gallup, N. M Sir Mackenzie Bowell resigned the premiership of Canada. 1S!).S American squadron under Admiral Sampson bombarded Matanzus, Cuba. lUa'r United States Supreme Court sustained the clause in the Alabama constitution disfranchising negroes. i;X)l Ten-million-dollar fire in Jacksonville, Fla. 1004 The Ijouisiana Purchase Exposition ojH'iied at St. Louis. 1IK" American Ambassador Choate given farewell dinner by the Lord Mayor of London Vndrew Carnegie gave ?10,XX),H)0 as a pension fund for college professors in the United States and Canada. 'l!XJ.S Ferryboat on the IUver Dneiper. Russia, capsized, with loss of, 120 lives. Employrm Talk Front-Sharing;. During the recent convention of the National Metal Trades Association at Chicago, It. T. Crane, head of the Chicago Crane Company, told of the profitsharing plan which had been put in force with the employes of that company. II said that the net earnings after payment of interest it t lepal rates on the capital invested are divided into two equal shares, one of which goes to the comjuny as a surplus or dividends and the other being set aside for the employes. Some of 'the employers present criticised this plan as being semi-socialistic. On Itaclal Intermarrlafco. Prof. W. Z. Ripely of Harvard, speaking before the American Academy of Political Science, recommended a gradual amalgamation of the various peoples of Europe within the United States. But he drew the line sharply between the white, yellow and black races. M Inert 1-lvf on ltnt. Buried in the San Patricia mine near Eloro, Mexico! for six days, with rats as their only food and no water during the entire time, was the experience of Jesus Montes and Antonio Huarte. The two men verc rescued by a party of iniaers.

THE CENTER OF POPULATION.

May Be Expected to Remain Permanently in the East. In 10W the center of population was in the State of Indiana; in 17ltO the center was twenty-three miles east of Baltimore, Md., says a writer in the rjeograpbieal Journal. Its migration aas been slow and remarkably uniform Doth in rate and direction. It has hov?red for 110 years along the .Ttth parallel of latitude, and its total variation tn latitude has teen less than one:hird of a degree. The westward movement has averaged less than a degree in a decade, notwithstanding the incredibly swift occupation of a vacant continent by a movement of iopulation westward. The ?asterly position of the center of population is in part due to the fact that the eastern part of the continent was first settled and was settled from the ;ast. The easterly position of the center of population is also due to the more evenly distributed and more abundant resources of the eastern half of the United States. It should not be forgotten that the geographical, center of the United states lies some hundreds of miles west of the Mississippi river. The eastern half of the country, therefore, embraces the Atlantic lowlands, the prairies and Great Lakes plains, the Gulf lowlands and the forests and minerals j of the Appalachian mountains and Ap palachian plateaus. Over against these are the arid and mountainous areas of the west. Certain areas will le reclaimed to Incredible productiveness and the mineral wealth is vast, but the center of iopulalkn may le expected to remain permanently eastward of the geographical center of the land. JOKE COSTS LIFE OF BOY. Lad Who Tries to Frighten Parents and Brothers Is Shot and Dies. At Emporia, Kan.. Griffith Hughes, aged 18 years, died as the result of having been shot by his younger brother, Owen, who mistook him for a burglar. Having heard a noise in the basement, Griffith jokingly old the family that there was a burglar in the cellar. While they armed themselves preparatory to descending to the basement, Grilfith Hughes, thinking to frighten his parents and brother, stole down to the basement by way of the outside entrance. The younger brother rushed into the cellar, and hearing a 1 sound in the darkness, shot and fatal ly wounded his brother. Remedy for Unemployment. John Martin, in the current number of the Survey, reviews the minority report of the British- Royal Commission on the condition of the poor. They find that the whole problem of able-bodied destitution should be treated sj stematically by the national government and that experimental relief work, colonies, and aided emigration have shown chiefly how not to do it." The provision of work at wages by local authorities only tends to intensify the evil, as it encourages employers 'and employes to acquiesce in intermittent employment. Irregularity of employment was found to be the most certain and extensive cause of pauperism, even in those callings where high wages and short hours are the conditions, such as wharf laborers. The proposed method of dealing with these conditions of underemployment and discontinuous employment is a national system of labor bureaus. It is believed these will dovetail one job with another and one trade with another so as to give continuous employment to the most efficient. To provide for the surplus it is proposed to limit the employment of boys in occupations which afford them no industrial training. Both boys and girls should be compelled to take thirty hours a week of special training. Shortening the hours of labor is another remedy proposed. Crowning the whole system there must be a detention colony where inmates are treated for a morbid state of mind and body. Clerk Shot In Vanlt. S. E. Bonneville, the Planters' Hotel clerk, at St. Louis, stepped into its vault after midnight to put away some valuables. Jack Shannon, the mail clerk, did not see him enter, closed its door and turned the bolt, imprisoning Bonneville, the only person who know the vault's combination. Bonneville pounded frantically against the vault doors until Miss Cora Benson, the hotel's telegraph operator, recalled tlrnt Bonneville was a former telegrapher. With a paper weight she rap-XMl a Morse code message to him on the vault door; with a penivnife he tapped back a reply to her message, giving her the vault's combination, which resulted in hin early release. Naked Man on Tombstone. ' With blazing torch in hand and song of gladness on his lips, Oliver Olson was found, naked and unabashed, sitting: on top of a tombstone in Calvary Cemetery, St. Paul, early one cold morning and taken to the station, where it was found that his mind was unbalanced, lie is 02 years old. Olson told the police that he had attended every one of Gypsy Smith's evangelistic meetings in St. Paul and that he had experienced entire sanctification through faith. Asked as to what he was doing in a cemetery, he replied that he was "waiting to be translated." A policeman, p&ssing the Calvary Cemetery, saw the light of Olson's torch and found him. He was singing a hymn at the top of his voice. Comtn 9SO 0 IlaUe Her Skirt. Because a woman cabin passenger on the French liner Touraine lifted her skirt carelessly Uncle Sam is richer by $74) in duty. As she came down the gang plank at New York an inspector noticed that the woman wore a very fine petticoat, too fine, he thought, for any one but an heiress. An investigation was begun and it was discovered that under an outside dress the woman wore an expensive evening gown. The duty wan paid and the woman was allowed to take the garment away. Agralnat "Llvln Like Chrlnt." Rt. Rev. David II. Greer, bishop of the New York Episcopal Diocese, has now joined with Bishop Candler of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, at Baltimore, in condemning the Cleveland movement, known as the vow to live like Christ. Bishop .Greer, in the language of St. Paul, says that "the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life." He does not believe that these associations are efficient or necessary. Nevertheless, the movement has spread from Cleveland to many cities and thus tens of thousands of people have begun a daily effort to put their faith in Christ to the practical test of living. "Poor" Woman Left f 10,1 Stf. A search of the humble apartments of Mrs. Adelia Iombard. a Maiden. Mass.. recluse who was found dead under a bundle of rags, revealed $l;,lö(i in gold, silver, bank notes, stock certificates and bank book credits. When the body was found ' the police discovered $l,H,"li in the woman's clothing. Mis. Lombard died of natural causes apparently. The city of Maiden has been supporting her son for a year. Secretary of War Dickinson and his party sailed from Charleston, & C, for Panama the other day.

Indiana I i State News j

THREE COUNTIES DEY; ONE WET. Tenipr ranee Forcen I-oxe Tlppeeanee, Including; L.afaette. Four local option elections were held in Indiana the other day, and the temperance forces are rejoicing in three victories and mourning over the loss of one county, the most important in the day'a list. The counties voting were Jefferson. Martin. Washington, and Tippecanoe, the latter the seat of Purdue University and the county in which the drys had made a determined fight. During the day fortyseven students of the university were arrested for iMegal voting, and President Stone declared it one of the greatest outrage ever jerpetrated in the Staf(4. The young men had voted with the drys and were arrested on affidavits sworn out by the wets. Washington County. v?hich has been dry by remonstrance for four years, gave a majority for the drys of 2.2SÖ. In Jefferson and Martin, though the drys won. their margin was small. VICIOUS HEBON ATTACKS MAN. nird Six Feet Ioajr lrlve Its Beak Int Kvantvllle Farmer Faee. A vicious heron. feet long and ." feet hisli. tried to blind and kill Clarenee Wells, a farmer near Evansville. The bird darted out of a brush pile near Pigeon creek, and before Wells could protect himself, its sharp beak had torn several wounds in his face. He finally obtained a club and killed the heron. Entire Famllr la Killed. William Rose, his wife and two children were killed in a collision of their buggy and an electrk car on the Chicago, Bake Shore and South Bend Interurlian line at Gary. Rose had been drinking and purposely stopped his buggy n the track as the car approached. Train Crashes Into DasjBr William E. I)odd and his son Ernest were instantly killed and his wife, Anna, was fatally injured when their buggy was struck by a fast train from Chicago, on the Monon Railroad, at the East 24th street crossing in Indianapolis. . Grl Stodent'a Dnrna Fatal. Nina Johnson, 23 yearn old, a student at the University of Wisconsin, who was burned severely t-ix months ago while conducting a chemical experiment, died at her home in Kokomo of uruemie poi' soning. Paralysis Cannes Drowning;. Lewis Dugger, one of the oldest mineri of Brazil district, was found in a drowning condition in his room in the No. 2 mine of the Miami Coal Company. Me had a stroke of paralysis and had fallen in a shallow pool of water in his room. Home Jumps from Fant Train. A trained horse, shown in vaudeviHt' theaters and circuses and valued at several thousand dollars, jumped from the fast exyress train between Chicago an(J Peru. The animal was found unhurt al North Judson. I Cihonl Released on Parole. Ruf us C&ntrell, the notorious negro ghoul who was sent to the penitentiary after 'being convicted of numerous sensational grave robberies, has teen released on parole. He had served seven year. Fails from Car) 31 ay Die. Harry Bartlett, a section employe oa the Indianapolis and Cincinnati traction line, fell backward from a freight car. He suffered a broken hip and internal J injuries md it is feared he may die. II lives at Acton. Saes Company- for Damages. Carl Gott has filed suit ag&inst th Summit Coal Company of Linton, for $10.CXX) damages. He says that, whil driving a car he was knocked off. and the car run over his feet, mashing he bones. WITHIN OUR BORDERS. John M. Matthews, trustee of Bloomington Township, committed suicide by shooting. An expert who examined Matthews books showed a shortage of nearly $4.0X. Jackson and White Counties voted dry in local option elections theother day, the former by an unofficial majority of ,70 and the latter by 1.4m. Twenty-five saloons will be closed in Jackson County and two in White. Edward J. Miller, a prominent Sürst Creek Township farmer. immitted suicide at his home a mile south of Thorntown, by hanging himself to a rafter in his barn. Miller has leen twice msrrieS jand his second wife recently obtained a divorce. The bodies of James BALons and Albert McKibben, farmer, were found i a ditch on the farm of Frank Peterson near Muncie. The men were digging a ditch ind when ten feet below the surface the walls of the ditch caved iu upon them, burying them alive. A masked burglar invaded the home of Clem Nagel, in Terre Haute, and at the muzzle of a gun held the' family quiet while he ransacked their rooms. Then by threats the intruder forced Mrs. Nagel to conduct them through the house and show where other articles of value were. The only piece of jewelry not taken was a watch which Mrs. Nage7s mother had given to her. Mrs. Nagel pleaded for the timepiece, saying i: was an' heirloom, and the burglar consented to leave it with her. Jewelry and money, which totaled almost $1,X0. were taken. J. B. Hanby editor of a Socialist paper at Mount Vernon, has made & contract with the temperance women of Mount Vernon to let them run a daily paper ia the interest of prohibiten during the local option campaign that is new being fought in Posey County. It has become definitely known that Howard L. Boeder, who was found dead at the home of his sweetlu'jrt Miss Leoaa Leviston, in Elkhart, killed himself after a quarrel with the girl. It was discovered that Roeder had purchased a revolver with money lie had drawn from a local bank. Fire at ("laypool destroyed the building owned by John Prive and the stock of general merchandise belonging. to William Strayer. Loss on merchandise, $1,000, with ."..100 insurance. Insurance on building, $12,000, Neighlwriug buildings were saved after a hard fisht. The origin of the fire is unknown. Henry McPhillips. a veteran oieraior for the Western Union Telegraph Company, was Ftrioken Kieechless while vrorking at the key in Terre Houte. Without notifying any one of his condition he left the office, went home, and to led. Physicians believe bis trouble to be due to protracted nervous strain. For several hours after the attack he remained dumb. For the love of one of his girl pupils, 15 years old, Howard Charters, 23 years old, a teacher in the school of Uniontown, has forfeited his license on the charge of having supplied her with answers in an examination for an eighth grade graduation dlploraa. The girl's name is Opal Marie Whitecotton, and under the name of Opal M. Whltecotton her teacher went to Ladoga, where he was not known, and said that he had been out of school for some years and wished to take the examination for a diploma so that he could enter a business college.