St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 12, Number 25, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 18 December 1886 — Page 1

VOLUME XII.

THE AWMOUSLETTER The Strange History of a Scrap of Paper. CHAPTER IV. Trolling on the lake. slowly the sun has declined in the west. It has been a lovely day. with scarcely a cloud to cast a shadow. Raymond is calling to them now, and they are preparing for their homeward trip. The lines are ' q’B nd the party is once mor* out if" the largest boat Ray- ■— ~ / i' r °m is slowly uupirties^TA'J.aiiLisc^ drops the bright, ..m ' af spoon into the water, and water* BailengeX about the hooks, until at last me length of line let out, allows it to disappear from view. On they row, silently watching the line, neither of them speaking. “Oh, look, look! What a shame! They have caught the first fish, ” at last cries Claudio. Glancing over his shoulder, Dick observes Tom slowly pulling in his line, hand over hand. “Sure enough, they have taken the first prize this time,” he says. His observations in this direction are cut short by another little scream from Claudi'. “Oh!” she cries in delight. “I’ve caught one, I’ve caught one!” But for a moment it looks doubtful whether Claudie has captured the fish or whether the fish has captured Claudie; both are tugging nt either end of the line. “Can you manage him?” Dick asks. “I—l guess I can; he is very strong, though.” Slowly Dick reverses his stroke, backing the boat toward the captive, and slowly Claudie draws in the line. Suddenly, and without warning, the fish which is evidently a large one, makes a dash for liberty. The unexpected jerk draws the line from her hands, and it appears as if the fish and line were lost. A little cry of dismay from Claudie, as Dick, dropping his oars, springs forward just in time to catch the rapidly retreating cord. She is evidently too exhausted to handle it aga n, and Dick draws him slowly forward. Occasionally he plunges above the water, then dives deeply, but be is too securely fastened to get away, and soon they have ' him close at hand, and with a dexterous ' swing he lands him in the boat. Then, ‘ with an excellent hurrah, Dick waves his cap in triumph toward the ether' boat Claudie’s eyes sparkle with excitement, and her face flushes with i pleasure over their success. Again they ; drop their line into the water, but their good luck is past, and after rowing about a short time, they finally draw up to tLe wharf, where the other boat is now await- ' ing them. "’Yeu mint have caught a large one,” Raymond exclaims, as Dick draws in Lis oars. “Indeed, we did,” replies Dick, holding up their prize. “My eyes! what a whopper!” cries Tom. i gazing at it in admiration. “That bents both of ours,'’’ he adds somewhat ruefully. : holding up two that look rather diminutive in compar.son with Dick’s. “Well, that's not a bad showing for so short a time,” says Raymond, as the party walk up toward the bouse together. Down the path comes Bruce, the mastiff, bounding along, wagging his tail with de- > light at seeing his mistress again. “Ah, Bruce, dear old fellow, have you | missed me?” cries Claudie, patting him as- ; fectionately. Bruce exhibits his affection ' in his dumb way, looking tenderly up into ; her eyes; then, as Toin stoops to stroke ; him, he growls, as if to say his caresses 3 were not wanted. Tom has not been able I to make friends with the mastiff, and has : mingled feelings of respect and fear for ■ him. “Nice dog,” says Tom, coaxingly, reach- ; ing out his hand in a hesitating manner, : and draws it back quickly, as Bruce turns rather savagely on him. “Come, boys, you have not seen my ; hounds yet,” interposed Raymond. “Claudie, tell Chloe to have tea at six- ! thirty, as Sharp will not be able to come over before then.” “Do you keep your hounds shut up?” asks • Dick, as they walk round toward a shed at the rear of the cottage. “Yes,” he responds. “If I didn’t, I could ' never find them when I wished to.” As he speaks he throws open the door of ‘ the shed, and two fine beagle hounds spring out and jump upon him, baying in loud, ; joyful tones. “Down, Don; down, Sport; ■ you rascals!” “I’ll tell you, boys, we will try our luck I after a fox to-morrow. Most all game is I out of season now, but the fox we can slay I at any time.” “I shouldn’t think those short-legged fel- . lows could run very fast,” Tom says. “We don’t want fast-running hounds to hunt the fox here,” laughingly replies Raymond. “Oh!” said Tom, relapsing inlo silence. “What time shall we start to-morrow,” queries Dick. “Oh. early in the morning, as soon as we breakfast.” Tom and Dick now repair to their room inorder to “brush up a bit,” as Tom ex- ; presses it; and when they descend again | Sharp has arrived and is seated on the ve- ■ randa in conversation with Claudie. Dick, somehow, feels a restraint in the presence of this man Sharp, but Tom’s ready tongue rattles on at its usual rate. । Sharp shows himself to be quite a gentle- I man in society. Every wish of Claudie’s 1 seems to be anticipated by him; and. later, ! it develops that the little overseer possesses I a voice of marvelous strength and beauty, j and he shows it to good advantage in his j duets with Claudie. Altogether, it is not a pleasant evening i for Dick, and he retires thatni;ht feeling; decidedly at odds with himself and exery • one else. The morning dawns clear and bright ; again, and the plans of the preceding day i are successfully fulfilled to the letter. And : the events of the past two days proved to I be but a foretaste of what was to come. ; Fishing excursions, picnics, and shootingmatches, and various other pleasurable i pastimes, made the days tiv quickly by. And so the days glided on. Halcyon । days they were; bright spots in the memory i of Dick, to be cherished and held sacred. I His heart no longer doubted the truth, but bowed in loving reverence at the shrine of ! its idolatry. Yes. he loved Claudie, with all the pas- ; eion, with all the strength of his great and ' generous nature. He loved her as a man can love but once. There was no face to I him si fair, so beautiful, as Claudie’s. No j mind, no nature, so gentle and so kind. He lost all interest in his guns and the gunning expeditions planned by Tom and j Raymond. He only cared to be in her presence; to lie at her feet as she sketched j some bit of scenery here or there. He felt that he must tell h -r of his great love, and ; vet he feued to do, and kept saying to himself, “To-morrow, to-nu rrew 1 will tell Ker. The sun was just peeping over the hills. 1 one fresh, clear morning as Raymond. Tom, and Dick were preparing to cross the (

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I lake to the mill. Sharp had sent word that I he desired very much to see Mr. Raymond in regard to tiro cutting cf some timber that stood near the mill,, and the two friends had concluded to accompany him. | And as the boat moved off, Claudie stood iat the landing, waving her adieus. The ■ fresh morning air brought the crimson roses to her cheeks, and whisked the wavy ringlets from her brow. Her broad straw hat, with its scarlet ribbons, swung idly from her hand. Even to this day Dick recalls that picture, describing it in its minutest detail. A feeling of sadness took possession of him, an unexplainable dread; and had he dared to do so he would have turned back. CHAPTER V. FAREWELL. As Claudie retraced her steps to the little I cottage her heart was light and happy— I happier than it had been for a long time. I The world somehow looked different to her, I looked brighter, and she felt at pence with j every one. She had scarcely began to I question or understand her heart, and the love and passion it was capable of; but i now she began to see that this new' era of • affaiis dated back only to the time when ! she first met these guests of her father. ; Reaching the seclusion of her own room ! she tremblingly unlocked a small casket ; and produced a cabinet picture, a picture ' of a dark-eyed, dark-haired little woman, i handsome even as Claudie herself. As j she gazed at the portrait the hot tears I welled in her eyes, and, dropping to her | knees, she cried passionately: “Oh, mamma, mamma! why are you not here, to counsel aud advise your little girl I and guide her aright? Look down upon me. Am I wrong? Do I sin in loving him? in loving a man who has never spoken to me of love? Oh, Ido love him! lie is so kind; he is so good and nobL ” The tears were falling fast now, and short, choking sobs < onvulsod her slender frame as she continued: “Oh, angel mother, forgive me if I err! for your little one is all alone, with no lovl ing maternal heart to guide.” Poor Claudie; alone and motherless, pure I and innocent, she ever turned to her dei parted mother for counsel, with an imi plicit faith that somewhere, from the I borders of that better, brighter land, a I loving heart watcl ed over her child; and ' she felt, this morning, that the presence of ri hat angel ioim was nearer to her, and she ; fancied she<ould almost hear the tender j words, “my child.” Oh, C'audie! ’tis a fitting place for yon to be this summer morning: and may He I who rules the universe look down aud smile ; upon your bright young life! The boat bad landed at the mill, and ! Dick and Tom were strolling to the office • to inqu re if any mail had arrived forthem, i and Raymond had gone with Sharp to ‘ where the men were cutting some huge , trees. • “Dick,” Tom was saying, “we have prolonged our stay considerably. We are now I a week overdue. I know it is pleasant here" ■ (his eyes twinkled slyly), “but don't you think it is time we were turning our steps ■ homeward?” “Yes, Tom, I suppose it is. I expect to ' find a letter irom father awaiting me, telling me ihit I am wanted.” I “I think,” resumes Tom* ‘ that we had I better inform Raymond th: t wo will be obl ged to bid him adieu to-morrow, eh?” I “Must it be so soon. Tom? Will not the next day do as well?” i “Well, have it so, old boy: but say, ' Dick,” and Tom stepped aud faced him squarely, “I don’t wish to chaff you, or any- , thiug of that sort,” seriously; “but I have noticed your growing interest in our host's [daughter, aud will you allow an old friend to j ask what your intentions are toward her?” Dick’s cheeks flushed slightly, but his ' eyes met Tom’s unflinchingly ns he ! answered: “I love her, Tom, and 1 shall I marry her if possible.” “Give me your hand, and may your suit । be crowned with success.” And two strong I h inds met in a true grip of friendship. j “Any mail for us, Humphrey?” queried i Tom, a moment later, as they stood at the ; door of the mill office. | “Yes, sir; there are two letters for HarI grave, and one for you,” responds the ( bookk eper, bri 'ging the letters out to ; them. “Hello!* here’s a long one from the governor, as I expected,” mutters Dick, tearI iug open the larger one, and glancing over ' it. “Wants me to come home, as I supposed.” ! They are walking slowly back now. “lio ■ says: ‘I inclose you a letter from your ; stepmother, who has been visiting in j Washington for a few days past. Will ; expect yon home this week.’ Ho, hum! ‘ our holiday is ended, Tom. and back we go to labor like common mortals.” ; “Say, Dick, in regard to the young lady, isl were you I would not risk my p os- | pects for the future by a hasty avowal. I Raymond informed mo yesterday that they I were going back to Philadelphia soon, and I candidly, and honestly. I would wait. Call j on them at your earliest opportunity in the j city, and then tell her all.” “But, Tom, consider: it. will be an ettrni y of suspense to wait.” “Bosh! Isn’t it better to wait and be ' successful than to frighten her by being i too hasty? Hello! there’s Sharp. He looks i as though he’d like to eat you, Dick.” “Tom, I think we bad better return to- । morrow,” says Dick, after a moment s j silence. “It may be best for me to keep silent till I meet her again, and I can't do so if I remain hero.” | “Very well, to-moirow it is. Take my advice, say nothing at present, though it may cost you a great elf rt. If she cares for you now, depend upon it, she will think ; all the more of you when you meet again.” That afternoon, as they row homeward, they inform Mr. Raymond of their intentions, and he expresses his regrets, and rdds:

i “I intend to return to my Lome in Philaj dolphin soon, and I hope I will have the • pleasure of seeing you both there, at no | distant day.” “Thank y( u,” they both respond. “We ; should be delighted to.” ! “And you may be assured we will accept ■ your imitation,’ Dick remarks, sincerely. । “You must make up your mind to call on i father, in Pittsburgh, for he is very anx- ' ious to see you.” I heir la-t evening was one long to be • remembered by at least two of the party I It xvas a quiet evening, and the ti.ought i that they were to separate in the morn!in j sobered their usually high spirits. I Fongs xvere indulged in, Dick’s baritone i voice harmonizing nicely xvith Claudie’s ! soprano, but t iere was a lack of enthusi- : asm in their songs, xvbich they could not | Leip but notice. But all things must come ! to a close, there is a final ending of all J earthly pleasures and pursuits, and at a ' rather late Lour they reluctantly said good- : nighs. Next morning it xvas arranged that they ' should all cross to the mill, and from ti ence a learn should carry the boys to Hillsboro, xxhere they could take the train, I at d about nine a. m. found them in readiness and the team wait ng. Good-natured i Tom contrived to engage Raymond in con- ! vernation while Dick bade farexvell to । Claudie. Her chin quivered slightly as ! she held out her hand, and Dick felt that ! 1 e would give four years of his life for the privilege of clasping her in his aims. “You xxill not forget us, Mr. Hargrave. You will \ isit us in Pialadt Ipbi i? ’she mani aged to say, trying to smde.

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“Forget you ? 'Will I forget that the sun shines—that I exist? Did I think that this was our last meeting, I would indeed be most miserable.” She could not mistake the light in his eyes, and she lowered her own, and the bright color came and went quickly over her face, “Will you give me that rose from your hair as a token of our pledge to meet again?” his voice scarce above a whisper. She hesitated but a moment, then taking the little red rosebud from her hair, sho silently handed it to him. He pressed it to his lips, then carefully placed rt in his pocket. “Good-by,” he said; “and God speed the time when we may meet again.” 'I hen pressing her hand, he turned and sprang into the wagon, Tom followed quickly, the driver cracked his whip, and the team started. “Good-by, boys,” Raymond shouted. “I will expect to see you both this fall.” On the wagon went, rumbling over the rough road, Dick waving his cap as long as ho was in sight. It was with a heavy heart that Claudie watched them depart, and when they turned the curve and disappeared from view her eyes were dim; but had ho not promised to come again? Ah, surely he would; his eyes said so. CHAPTER VI. THE LETTE R.

In gathering together tire threads of this little story, it becomes necessary now to conduct the reader to Pitt sburgh, the smoky < ity. We will imagine ourselves standing under the portico of the 1 nion L>ej ot of that place one sultry July day, just as the train is steaming in on the valley road, aud among the many who are exiting from the cars we at once recognize the little overseer, Mr. Sharp; arrayed in a gray plaid business suit and a stiff h it, he looks quite the gentleman. His face is, perhaps, a trifle thinner than when wo last saw him, aud the roving tendency of his eyes is, perhaps, a trifle more remarkable, but otherwise he has not changed. He steps along in a manner indicating that he knows his business, and is well acquainted with his surroundings. Handing his little valise to a hackman, he springs lightly into the carriage, and is driven to the Monongahela House, where, in a bold, free hand, he icgisters Andrew J. Sharp, Hillsboro, Pa.; then, casting himself down in a chair, ho sits with head bent forward, as if intent on solving some great problem. The clock ticks the seconds and minute s until an hour has j assed, and yet he scarcely stirs. Suddenly, and apparently with an effort, he rouses himself and asks to be conducted to. a room, at the same time desiring that paper and ink be furnished him. In the privacy of his aparrinent he pact s backward and forward several times in a rather nervous manner. Then from his inside coat pocket he takes several letters, and carefully unfolds a stained and w« atber-bcaten sheet of paper, most of thj writing indistinguishable, but enough remains to give the name of the writer, and the one addressed, ('.tn fully he studies it over, muttering to himself, "Your loving wife, Lena Hargrave.” "If I mistake not the girl, when she sees this aud rea ls the letter 1 shall s. nd her. it will I - impossible for Mr. Hargrave to gain an audience with her. ‘Twas lucky I found it the dry he left the mill. Curse him! W1 at ri_bt has he to come I etweeu me m. I my lor.g-cheri h. 1 plen-. It >b, should slow this lettei ;o him ail would be lost, but 1 will take the cl an cs of her refusing to see him. And now for the letter.” Seating hims If at a small table le dips bis pen in the ink. and foi a few minutes the silence is m.broken t xe V pt bv the scutching sound the pen m.ik< s as it gees rapidly over the p.qr c. In the absence of a blotter he caMus up a newspaper lying near, and presses it firmly over the writing, but ns he does so lie starts and glances keenly at n notice under the head of marriages, which runs thus: it Alien ix c Evws (>n the 4th of March, at. the resid- ne of the br.ie . .y in .. \. N, Burt, Mr. Richard Unigravc, Sr.,' and Miss Lena Evans, both of 1 ittsUurg. He leans back in his- chair a moment, his brows contracted, then a light breaks over his face, and he exclaims: "Eureka! I can do it, and I will do it. I’ortune s- ems playing into my hands, and this will make the exidence more strongly plausible." He adds a fexv words to the letter, then seals and u Liressos it. and placing it, together xvith the newspaper, in his pocket, grasps his hat and descends to the street. Entering the first drug store on his xvay, he writes out a formula upon a slip of paper, and hands it to the clerk, with the remark: “Have you the ingredients to fill that?” The clerk glances at it a moment. "Yes, sir, I think we have. It is a queer preparation, sir.” “Never m ; nd that, but fill it at once!” Sharp answers tartly. "And yon may wrap up a camel’s hair bin di with the mixture." In a fexv minutes the preparation is ready, aud paid for; then returning to the hot 1 be ascends to his room again, and spreading the newspaper out before him. he dips the brush into the colorless mixture, and allows a drop to fall on the letters Sr., alter the name Richard Hargrave. Closely be watches it. his breath com ng and going quickly. Slowly the little drop changes color, it becomes darker and darkei. until fin illy it looks like a small drop of ink. Then carefully, xvith one corner of bis hanlkerchief, he removes every pniwicle from the paper, and th result is. the "Sr.” has entirely disapp ared. His face flusi es. “I thought that would do the work,” he mutte s, between his clinched teeth. “How will she know twas intended to mean his father?” And ho smiles a sort of devilish smile. He dare not trust these m’ssives to another's hands, so again he sallies forth, this time to the postoffico, and xvhen he drops them into the box it is with a sigh of relief. “Now we ll see, now we ll see. Mr. Hargrave. If that don't settle your love-mak-ing then my name is not Sharp.” Poor, misguided wretch, to think that by separating two loving hearts you will be the gainer. To think that by such means your prospects are enhanced. This little overse. r imagined that he loved Claudio, and for a year or two had labored under the d-:-lusion that some day she would be his wife; and many a night, aft*r having completed a hard day’s work, had he lain awake or strolled about in the moonlight building castles in the air. planning his future and hers; and then to see another step in and apparently carry oil' the prize he had striven so hard to win, and to see her interest suddenly awakened in a stranger, was more than the heart of this little man was capable of withstanding. Naturally of a cold, cynical disposition, it took but little to develop his meaner nature, and xvhen he bad picked up the letter Dick 'had lost lie at once made up liis mind to appropriate it to Lis own selfish interests. And now, for the present, we will leave Mr. Sharp, allowing him to go on with the business pursuits which brought him to Pittsburg for the day. [TO BE CONTINUED.] Aii Honest Man. The Italian peddler had retired for the night, when there sounded a heax-y knock at the door. “Who-a there?” he demanded. “I'm the m m you sold a pint of chestnuts to this alternoon.” “Well, what-ayou want?” “I have come to return a sound chestnut to you. It was the only good ono in the lot, and, as I’m an honest man, and you probably put it in by mistake, I’ve brought it back to you.”

PERISHED 111 THE FLAMES. Many Lives Lost in a Burning Steamer on the Mississippi River. The ,1. M. While Destroyed Near Bayou Sara, La.—Thrilling Scenes and Incidents. [New Orleans special.] The steamer J. M. White, on her down trip from Vicksburg, caught fire at 10:30 o’clock on Tuesday night while at St. ^laurice Landing, in Pointe Coupee Parish, four miles above Bayou Sara, aud wa ■ entirely destroyed in a few minutes. । b>« e originated near the boilers, and spreaitL. h such lapidity that the flames envelope , ti e boat before! xvarning of their danger oulel be given the passengers ami crew. Oqe of the m ites xvas the nrst to see the fire from the river bank, and by the time he- reached the cabin the smoke was so dense th it he could only awaken the occupants of ,i Te’w of the staterooms in front ami escape xvith the rest of the officers to a place of safety. All the books and papers in the clerk's office were destroyid. ('apt. Muse was sick in his room nt the time, and was notified just in time to save his h:e. All (he passengers in the forward cabin weto saved, witn one e v-eption. Th se in the Indi ‘s’ cabin were shut off from if rent by the flames, and wire burned in th-ir rooms or were forced to jump into the river, where only three were rescind. Washington Floyd, Captain of the V ill S. Hays of Louisville, wns aroused in time to save himself, but rushed bnek into the ladies’ cabin to save the occupant ; and xvas himself destroyed. I h" following is n partial list of the 1 -st: Mr, Sp.ifford, Superintendent of the Natchez mid \ i lalia Rmlrond. xvi! . und s-hild. Captain W ash Floyd of the Will S. Havs. Miss Agn-’s M ini l> of West 1- iPuum. I wo xvomen, names not known Two white men from the Wen. There were twenty-one color-<l. ii.ciuding several of the boat hands, and t" uegro prea 'hers, xxho were aLo kilh d. Chief Engineer MeGr-'evy snvs “ There w- r ■ four k■;s of pnw.b r n the liia. a. in-', and the momc. t th tin ,i iclied th- m-the ilium s shot up hout one hundred fe< t high. Ih" sight was the most . earticrdiug oil ' ever witness< <l l y a 1 unmu be ng. The shrieking of xcnm n and ehildi ii for helpxv is awful. J rmvi tb-_ sup< rintendent of the Vidalia route n. Iroad st. ndiug outside tb - ladies e bn, throwi ; his two little dau, lit r into the ater. Ii t o lth-r- .-.ml b TUt ii to (’c its with his wife. Ttirie were in IL- cabin nine Lly pas-t'n zci - mid ab mt - ght m- n. \t New Texas tv.t itx ik. k h-n sw.-k t-ken ou board. All a < suppo.. itobe 1 st.’ 1h- I. M. Wh t- was built m Is.s, a t a c -st of svg'.i.oen. an ; « .is j garded bv many a > the fim st mi l fastest boat ever run on Lie Mi ■issipj i River. The Imat was nv.nd by ( apt. Joim W. Tobin. She cu p 4 a - ir_o <otis.slim: < f 2.l’si bales of nt! nd iJ.twm in ks of si- .l sh- xvn- dm-d vR Sio-i.oui- Iha c.| r’..| - ”.e o^ fi. •mtnrmice on t!.i; b.-.it i t . .L is donbth -s ful y co en <1 i-x insur in' <. JOHN I. ODENS. Sketch of th-’ t < omrdi:i:i, \\ Mu** A nii-uiH <d> John E. Ow« ns xvas born in Eix- rpool, England, of Welch parentage, in I s ? but wa- brought to the I nite-l stat, < when -nly three y ears of age, by his i m- nts, xvh<- f.rst si tiled in Baltimore. Md., but a't-r a r sidei e of ten years in thnt ity. r< nov- dto I’inhvh iptna.win re Mr. uwens, p- r. . establish- 11 mself in busimss. ][-' mad' bis first nppeaianee under the mmiaien -nt of tin at- Mm. E. Buiton, a* t .<• National l iie.it r. Phila I I] hl i, whei • Chailotte t'm inn.m xvas then startri ri- ■ W J. j 4-, 5 . t . ri.. ! ? <•/ ling the public with her manifestations of a powerful genius. On the 20th of August, Erin, Ah-. Owens reappeared iu Philadelphia at the Museum, in Masonic Hall, as Jack Humphries, in “Turning the Tables,” for the benefit of I). P. l owers. In 1849 he b camo joint manager of the Baltimore Museum xvith Haun, and in the succeeding year assumed sole control of the establishment. In 18-52,at the earnest solicitation of John Brougham, Mr. Owens consented to inaugurate with bis performances Brougham’s Lyceum, Nexv York, then newly built, and met with a cordial reception. On the 26th of June, 1852, lie for the third or fourth time sailed for Europe, and. declining a flattering engagement at the Adelphi Theater, made an extended tour of the continent. Jn 1854 he again entered into the management of th. Charles Street Theater, Baltimore. In 1859 he conducted the Varieties Theater, New Orleans. In 1863 he filled a most successful engagement at "Wallack’s Theater, New York. In 18:15 he visited Englaiuß playing “Solon Shingle.” Returning to America he made this part peculiarly his own, playing it in nil the 1 nge cities. As a comedian h ■ ranks with the highest, and is as great in his parts as Jefferson and Clarke are in theirs. Charlie (gloomily)—You forgot that your father iujmed my tenderest feelings last evening when I was leaving. Mabel— Yes, darline; but he xvore his carpet slip pers at the Emo, and now his foot is done up in a bandage and he goes ou a crutch. Come in, darling. Englishman—“.l see the old country is going in for new style coins, too.” American—“ Like ours?” “Well, no; but they are to have Queen Victoria’s face as sho looks now.” “Good idea; it xvill mike the English more liberal.” “Fweddif, old boy, I am all undone!” and the expression of horror and agm y on his face was fearful to behold. “Why, Axvthaw, deah fellow, wliat is the mattah? How are you undon ?” “My corset laces are bwoken. What shall I do?” Talk is cheap—except you employ a stenographer.— Somerrille Journal.

CONGRESSIONAL. Work of the Senate and the House of Representatives. Senator Sbwell introduced a bill in the Senate, on the 9th inst., for the redemption of trade dollars and the recoinago of the same into standard silver dollars. Senator McMillan introduced a bill to authorize the construction of a bridge over the Rod River of the North. Iho IScnate then proceeded to the consideration of Mr. Morrill’s resolution, which declares that the promise of making any revision ot ttw tariff in a spirit of fairness to all interests appears so obviously hopeless and impracticable that any further attempts at revision by the present Congress are to bo regarded as inexpedient and detrimental to the revival of the trade and industry of the country. Mr. Morrill said the Democratic candidate for President iu 1881 would have been defeated but for the tariff plank in the platform. Ho ridiculed Mr. Morrison’s schemes for a horizontal reduction of the tariff, and said that their effect could only bo to let a flood of foreign productions pour in and overrun the American market Mr. Beck said that when the leader in the Senate on tinimcinl questions—the Chairman of the Committee on l inanco—gave out in advan ’o, in a resolution and speech, that nothing could bo done t > improve existing conditions, it was liko rallying his friends in advance in opposition to every movement. At the prest nt rate of taxation the surplus revenue- after all the public debt that was payable was paid—won d be tl 00,0)0 a year. Therefore the Democratic President and Secretary of the Treasury deinundod and insisted that the tuxiit.on on the pco) 1? should bo reduced. Tuero was no other way to get clear of the surplus revenue honestly. It might bo locked up in the treasury, but thatmeant bnikrui’tcy. Extravagant appropiiatious might lu indulged in. but that lliuiiit coiTlipti- n ; or a ] lejimmi ot 20, 30, 40, or 3 > per cent, might be paid on bonds, but that meant extravagance nn-l swiuiUini of the taxpayers for the benefit of the few men who held the Government obligations, so that if the Icgishit >rs were honest mon and intended to deal honestly with the people they were compelled to reduce taxation to tho j oint that would suffice for an economical administration Os the Government Hint did not involve nny question of free trade. He (Beck) beiieved that with duties reiluce-1 to the nt eoss ties of the government the manufaeturera of tin- United Spates could reach the mnrkets <>f the world, and that the laboring men of the cmmtr ,-could be <mpl >y-d twelve mouths of the ve ir in-'teiul of five or six in nths us now. M- Sherman believed that the revenues eolie> t- 1 were ae Ini'; o and that the public safety I and the public interest demnndeil a careful re- ; duct ion of taxation I horo was no tu sputo boI tween parti son that subject. But the DemoI erntw pnrtv had been intrusted with the jwwer ■ of legislating in the House. Thcv hud promised I m their unt- n>l platform to reduce taxation, I nnd 11 do it in such a manner ns not to injure the i -lustrivs of the country. But the trouble I xvas that tho PenuxTats could not agree among i th- m* b<-s I te- propositi,.ns that hu t bi on i uia-io in tho House bn ! bon so diverse and various, and some of th«m h id b- i n -o a>>I s -iiitely c - tr.-ry t > th" inter- s s < the county, [ tin' tiie pnity itself l-.al revolt© I at them. N - !■ ■ -F- s was trnnsnete Iby the H mso of । R i r "entativei ou Gio L-th ins’. After tho I rea-im.: of the journal Mr. Campbell, of Now Y-’rk. announced with sorrow and regret tho ; di itb of his colli o. io, Mr. Dowdney. arid of- ' f-r 1 r sol iti n • expt-s live of tho regret with ■ w hull the anno,m oment of the do ith 'mid boon ric i' -1 by the H .use. and providing for n unit I c.-mniitt 'o of tho Senate and Hou-e to n't - d th-- t niernb Tin i - soluti -ns wo o unanimously j nuped an 1 tho Housa. ns a ln.uk of r- si’ectti i the m-miory of th " dec a d. a 1 urn-d for ! t! 1 S) ■ ikor app- iiitoJ tho following '■ •> t us- n 1 tin" tun- ral Me-iis Camp. !> 1 x . । i-n, mid MuUor. of Ne v Yord, , CN- L- f M: - r. :- r.mt -n of reiinsylv-mia. ! m:il Prnd of Virginia A- v - f : ii -ill, r-storing io the Govor on t • .cl icies in M e'ug ui, granted in i H- to tn-i Outot.-ig >:i an I State Lino Itai road, 1 p l 11.e itb - t lUv a ;■ o 1 t u- 11th ’ I.l* * i<- ... - v■ .-vl a-e i ■ elm nod by the Out'•nag n I u-n.o on A R.-.ih -I । o.iiti-. .; T -t nvu rs v> ithi i which I i: ■ i -i i t I- I g : ' . ■ . I ; -nut ri a- I in l I- HH lit. -!io oof V. Ik La 1 b en aone. I hi I th p I ■T| -i tonv, is b-rined. nu t | mi ii imp mid- t » confer njMii it the forfeited i r: ■ I: B ;l-:i • I .nds <' -.-m, it .i-o, ho vover, l“. • d f ■ • ■ omr.u -I it ion ch e!. on the i; onu-l :ii i mi .grant - h ' v tl.o Pi' ■ i.fte tiu cxpn .t O I oft. o t- n ns wo-dd neoi-arilv have b“ n -e •t - toe right - f :lu ! n ted Sta es I any t.m to doc ir-- a f-> feit ire. I'h ■II - iso nlso passed a bill eV tiling the laws of th< . I'n■ ed 't«.to< ox er th- put I bind -'rip south ■ of tint si, an I tiirov. ing tho i gion open to j homo t i I entries. Mu sets intruliiee-l a I 31 in tho S nuto on th- l".h ii -.t. dire Ung the r e-rctar) us tho I Tr nsury to ply -o th- nSI . ti i e i-wp.ers Os lands Loini-s. end tineimnt' in the States lute , in i vurncti n the mm s of money roi'" -I i le —i < o -i . p tli'tl -T s :ch )rp it i aeuy of tho fi.: ed Stat s mid 1 t t . i . । y iu- rt. )rm : ns of ti. n t f.ri:-.- p- I. Mr. v» ii-mi itttr'uuced a j Ii -a uu st identi u! with tl - ■i । 1 1 to -d ।yth t Ides dent, to so t ■ t. th t-ttvl•< sMon. s River I la s. und ii-oth-r to j-erimt the Santa 1-e I oad to bn I • the XI ■ sissippi be rive ■- Ke knk mid i !i rt Mu’is n. Mr. Brown presented u mtusuro prov-.dmg a n- w Pasis for nation q bunk i cir । lation Mr. l awei, speaking to Mr. Mor- ■ rili s . • -udit f:i ileelitrmg the pr.mine of niakin.i png er rev. w>n < t the t .r.ll ;tti e t re- ent i s- -su-,1 ole. i--uily hopeless und impracticable, mi Ith adi am o1 p it i m ot th- t-eeretary of । tin- Ti- : urv on Lie - :l get ot the tnritl caused I nppi -h : mil an I nlmin in 11 th • great indus- । tri« sos tho land, flio ind-istr : of tho country i looked to tin-senate I inance tom ittee t > fortn- । ulate a nietb 'd ot I’rinemg t be r- evipts ot the i Government down t " the 1 ties of its expendi- : turns w tliout tinpnring tho dovel >pnnmt or j jirospcrit"- of thoso in lustries er dimini d.ing i the < oii'penr-at ii of ti-.at labor. It was for that I ptrp-'se that hi iDawis hud introduced Ins i reso I’tio.i to that effect. Mr. McPherson, re- | plying to Mr. Dawes, said that there were but t-v > ways of du), s.ug of th-- iirplus ru.-nue. I One was oxtr.. vagmit appropriations and tha i other was by a redueti "U of tuxat on. lor hini- ' .self lie was in f tvor of the s-.- Olid alternative, i He was in favor ot a revision of the tariff which would not permit tho accuniuni.i'l surplus of 810),006,0.>5. lie would apply to viery industry the same I r:m-i) 1 ■ that Ims b- en applied to tho Pate son A'. -I. siik-mmiiifactiirmg industry v. l ose raw miitcii-il was admitted freo of duty, mid vho compe'ed w.th the Lvons (1-Tanee) ' "I'lfacti i . in t’leir mvu eit.v Why xvas not I in - sani pr in i) to a; plied to the hatters of I N -v Yoik? II tlio .c 1 :,0 ■) ojierutives bad their | raw nriterlal free they would Hood the world xvith. cheap bats. Tlmt was tho Dcmo rutic i policy, the American p liey the j-olicy which I li-i wanted to seo ingraft' d in the next tariff j bih Ho was ojijiosed to tho starving of t'icse lo.i’OO hat opcruti.es in New I . ork in order to s ipport fifty muskrat I tr;q pars on tho shores , f tho Hackensack j River. In the II usn of Rcpr -scntutivos b Ils > wore intr iduced f -r the fre i i ouiagi# of silver, i for tlio lousing of uin c mpied Indian lands, to I - mi'-l • the p'-<>p!i'to mime their ovn pm'-nas- ! t rs t > admit to tin- Uni m t e Te. rit iries - • Da- | i.i 11 . Montana. Was!.ington, und New Mexico, I to prob b.t the up. eint .lent of Congressional j com . ittees for funerals, to illusion railway | postal c' -rks iu apacitnted in the service, anil ! to grant the frmikiii; privilege to inmates of I sol-lie s' homes. Mr. Lawlor presented a r soI Inti- n tor tho expend.ture of a bilge proportion ' of th ■ Tr. usury snrplie; in building war vessels | and sea-coast defci.s -s. Tilt: 1-Jl for repealing tho tenure-of-offiee law । gat o rise to an extended debate in tho Senate I on tho 21th inst. Mr Edmunds opposed aud ' Mr. II .ar a Ivocat id th ' rep <al of tho In w. The I House am indmeut i titho electoral-count trill I were non- oneu.rod iu and a conference orj dor. d The Co umitt-m on Finance reported I ba.-k f tvora'ily a bill f ■th retirement and ro- | coinage of the trade doll ir. Bills wine intro- ! dncod for t'io anion lin -u: of tho oloomargarino • law, an 1 ti in.-r am the pensions of those I who hive sill.ril disaiiliti s equivalent to tho I >ss of it foo T i. lon 1 X m ni >r al was received f-om th G-rm iu Aid Society of Wiseo n i-i. s:i-g in ; tho । imctinout-of a uniform na'.m nli -.ntimi an Iv-n Ir.igo 1 iw. Tho House of lie pres -ntat ves k ; 1 -d t: io s iliemo for a railroad through tho n. -r h r i part- of th ■ Yol lows tone .<ntional Pa k, all g i-l t > be mud ■ I as an outlet for a mining lUst ic' and spout tho rcmiinlor of tho d iv in <• -ns derm - the nuudry civil appropri ti >n bill The Rilling-off in the average size of families in Frame, as shown by recent statistics, Ims induced the enactment of a decree reaffirming t!’.e law whereby every father of a family having seven living children may have one of his sons educated ut the expense of the state. The clock pendulum of Avignon, -France, the longest known, measures I sixty-seven feet, carrits a weight ofT32 ; pounds, and sxvings through an arc of I between nine and tea feet in four and a half seconds.

THE FARMER. The Day Hook and Ledyer. The day-book and lodger aro the businessman’s gutdo to aucccss. It is by those ho knows day by day and year by year his exact balance of profit and loss, aud by these bo so arranges his business an to keep out of linos that do not ply profit, or at least that is his intention and desire. How many farmers ko p even tho simplest regular books? Not ono in a hundred, probably. Why not? Does not the fanner want to know just what hit f arm pays, and what crops pay best year by year. Is there a farmer win can not keep iii parallel columns what is received for produce and what is paid and how? If not. tho sooner he educates Ins boys and girls in this direction the better it xvill be all around. '1 ho new year in a goo I time to turn over a new leaf. Bogin by tak ng an account of the value of tho farm, stock, implements, and produce on hand. G.ve each a price of some kind, and let that price be as near as you can judge whut you would a4k if you were going to Hell. This is your Htiuk-m-Vl.ide—your capit.L Then, if yon hive anything to buy. put it down m your memorandum book, and transfer it at. night or at Home regular time to your p. rmaiient account nook. You will soon I como to b.- ashamed, perhaps, of many items j cl loobsh ex; enihture, and hero xvill begin a I great saving. If you have anything to sell, ' fix its real market value and sell It when the price suit-. G-1 out of the habit of asking the d -ider ‘ What xvill you give?” -•Keep yourself posted ou market values of tho I'roperty you have to sell, and never carry a load to a mark, t when von must come under tiie thumb of any one ruling man in trade, or any sot of men who monopolize the making of pile.s in a toxvn. G > further, or else organize in a iici ililurhood to co-operate and ship to a mor • dist mt and better market, xvhoro there is direct competition in buying and selling. It is not a goo i plan m any business to let somebody i-ls-i h t the pi ice both ways. Ir always op "rates in fav, r of the man who sets tho price. Ir is enough that tho ownjr sets the pries on . goods bo has to sell. When you make a sale i tho i ash is to be carried to the credit of the Heller. If you seek to buy and the price is beyond your viexvs wait, but when yon do buy it tho price go down in bluet and white to your debit. Thon at tho end of any xveek, month, or year -on may know just how you stand as compared w.th any other we month, or year. Yon may know wh tis tho gain in 1 vo stock, miplcm "tits, buildings, acreage, or - rop.u what aro th- <1 prceiaLoo, xvear and tear, and at tho end of th ■ ye ar what the profit I or loss. Ihus you may change your line of crops : fr m non-paying to paying oner Yon may find certain classes of stock pay be ter than others If bo, iucrease those that pay and 1 -s-ti thus' th it do not. Yes, the nexv year s a good time to improve your system of doing busmcsH, but the improvem-mt must bo in a "lion as xvell ;u in thou ;ht — Chicago TribHeifers Xot Profitable. A heifer is reckoned equal to half a cow, l^t she is not worth for immediate use half as much as a eow e-pially g >od proportbmably and uily niuiitied. Iheir mil tis m>: equal in r. -hiii -s to tli.it of a fully grown cow as they us,- some portion of its nutrition in building up t eir nix it growth. Tnon the longer tuna t .qmrul to got tue smaller quantiiy of milk they give, is another serious it in \VhiL the teats are shut, milking has to bo done xvith thumb uu I finger, aud slowly. They are not ho likely to lie stripped cl-an by careless m To rs, cspcc ally :t they are reitless and lido-ty. St.!!, Iu- fer care ul y mat aged is aii t'u ti no ■ m ■ i i value, while a least ;• .'ing her w v sho is more profitable to . I.- p r i.in as o:d Cow. Salt /or Pantitriny Stock. The ash of plants is least when they aro in ahu "culimt and immature condition. There tiiu tor -. less salt an i other mineral mat- (■> " ;u pis ui . d grass Ihau in hay or I ull-grown crass. Foi' tn , iv.i>u;'. •• bJeTa! oE.muty o< alt i.- m h-pen-abl -for aii farm animals Ur Hi s inim-'i. an 1 this need becomes evident by tie-avidity shown f- r salt bv cows and sheep at th “.- a -> ". A cow m full mi < requires "(.■ "Uiu- of salt daily, but it e mnot tie hudp." d that -ov.-a ounces, given once a week, wll । th san;,- as one o men daily. A cow mu lt as well have the whole w- ek’n rations -•!' f- -1 given at one t.me, ns the whole quantiix I salt, given in one dose.— Aih< rlean AgriHock ff Moniitoiit Potatoes. A ih well known, tho common potato is u:ti. a to the pl.ib rdering on th ■ Rocky an 1 Nevada inoiinta u ranges. Growing wild, it has an insignificant top, which is usually ho - it u down le. the potato bug that it is not to i ■ hi-"ti. Digg.ng m the ground, however, :li" tubers will bo found in largo quantities, lut neattere 1 all through the sod. ’llie tubers v i: v in size from a pea to that of a common ]"i ato ball. I’hinted and cultivated for two years or more, some of these ] otatoes may d- velop into varieties of value for general cultivation. liarbed Wire Fence*. The barbe l wir - is a lawful fenc'in most States, but to avoi 1 dimag's for injury to st -;-a it must lu made vi.-ible either by a '"■i.ir.l ar a slight bank of earth thrown against it. With tins precaution the danger to animal- is redm-1 to almost nothing. Stock sho'iLi, o i ia-itig t i-o-n into a pasture inclosed by Larned wire, be le 1 to it and tbeir nos a be । touched once or twice to the barbs. They , xvill need no further lessons to induce them to Keep at a respectful distance. Stock Notes. Regulate the feed of your horses to correrpou I with the amount of work they are rei quire I to do. Belgian horse-breoders have formulated a I slu-l-book. It comprses three disses—the race Fries:ans, or purest Flemish; the Belgians, or heavy variety; and the Ardennaise, or light race. A well-knoxvn hoTscm m, who believes strongly m pedigrees, says xvhen compelled to chooHi; between all pedigree and no horse, or all Lore and no pedigree, he takes the horse ’ every time. If oats are crushed or just coarsely ground, I before they are given to horses, they xvill piov." mTi noiiiH ang. In England they aro ! passed through rollers. But if a horse’s teeth i are good it xvill generally gri id its oats pretty j xve 1. There is a great difference in liorsoi, । h .xvever, m this resuoct, just as there is in mm. Some bolt their foo l much more rapi I y aud lass misticatel than others. But whatever grain you feed, do not let the horse drink innue u itely after. If you do, much of the gra n wiL be washed out of tho stomach xvithout be ng d gesto 1. Wherever cows are kept in largo herds losses from abortion are common. If one cow aborts, as is very possible among many, the trouble seenu to b.-como an epidemic and goes > through the herd. Among those farmers rej mote from dairies who k ep only ono or txvo j cows, abortion is not much more common I than it used to be. T. us, in farming, more thin any other business, there are drawbacks which prevent doing anything on a very largo scale, though this, wherever possible, would doubtless save much needless labor. Farm Notes and Comments. Exclusive wheat farming is as disastrous as j exclusive cotton or tobacco farming. The propriet >r of a 400-acre raisin vineyard in California- employed a, force of 120 men to i pick tio grapas const.tutmg the la<t crop. It is said that ono acre of ground will sup- । port one individual and that five acres xvill I keep a family in tho more thickly settled ; poriions of Europe. Less than that does so in ' Ireland. Wheat succeeds better in a clover than in a timo.hy sod—not because tho timothy has removed more from the soil in the grass that was j ciu, but because it leaves a smaller and less i efficient m^toriul residue. Ordinarily, almost anything capable of growing a green leaf is thought good enough to soxv to grass, and there aro too many cases ' where, after exhausting tho soil by overcropl ping, it is without more ado sown to grass. Prof. Henry, of tho Wisconsin Agricultural College, gives as a result of an experiment that 4,491 poun Is of ears of corn from an acre xvill make 4,000 pounds of meal, allowing txventy per cent, for shrinkage after husking ' and grinding, or net 3,290 pounds of corn-meal i from a i acre of average corn. When the burners of lamps become clogged I with char, put them in a strong soap-suds and boil awhile to clean them.

NUMBER 25.

INDIANA STATE NEWS. —The Lon Mabbitt mystery, which set Howard County agog for a time, has been solved. A detective was sent to Texas to arrest Green, the man charged with murdering the girl. He found Green nnd told him his errand, when the alleged murderer took the officer to bis bouse, showed him his wife, Lou Mabbitt, fat ; nl hearty, and then informing him that they were of lawful age and xvere legally married, told the astonished officer to got, aud he went. The sequel upsets tho sensational jL r n abont the h; irits locating the body of the . Mabbitt girl in Wildcat Creek. —Some of the members of the Wayne County Medical Society are moving to have tfre forthcoming grand jury take cognizance of ihe fact that several practitioners are practicing without complying with the law in making register of their qualifications, by (heir diplomas, with the county clerk -- and receiving bis certificate. The failure thus to do subjects the practitioner to a heavy line. —A laborer employed by James W. Ryan, a wealthy tiuckman, of Fort Wayne, narrowly escaped being crushed under a great stone which was being moved from a fiat. At the sight of the supposed accident Ryau swooned away, and xvas removed to his remdeiice, continuing unconscious until he died. He had been in excellent health, and xvas noted for his prodigious strength. —A 4-year-eld son of Jasper Bozarth, a prominent fanner, living juot outside of the Rochester city limits, xvas playing around a bucket of boiling water xvhich xvas being used for xvasliing, xvhen the little fellow stumbled and fell headlong into the vessel. Before he could be rescued the head and trunk '.v<-re horribly burned, and death was instantaneous. —ln 1869 tho Kokomo Oil Company bored a well to tho depth of 825 feet and quit, discouraged. The company has been reorganized as the Howard Natural Gas and Oil Company, capital $10,090, and xvill complete tho xvell, which lacks but 150 feet of being iu tho sand. Tho Junction Gas Company xvill complete its organization mid get to work at once. —At Richmond, Rev. I. M. Hughes preached on the subject of “Divorce,” xvhich suggested a recapitulation of the divorce record in the Wayne Circuit Court. It shows there have been fifty-four cases tiled in n year, about one-third of which xvere dismissed, and most of the others refused. The xvife xvas the plaintiff in most cases. —Mrs. Jane Alexander, of Lafayette, put gasoline oil in a pun and poured boiling xvater over it. An explosion followed, a portion of tLe fluid falling on Mrs. Alexander s arm, scalding it terribly,’ xvhile moie fell on the head and face of her 2-year-old son clinging to her skirls. The child inhaled the hot steam, and xvill probably die. —The Rock-oil and Gas Company of W inehester xvere compelled to abandon their first xvell, after boring to tbo depth of 1,140 feet, on account of a part of the machinery becoming detached and so fastened in the well that it could not be removed. They had good indications of oil. so much so that they will sink a second well. A delicate surgical operation xvas performed at Brazil, the subject being the 5-year-old daughter of Mr. 11. C. Kieth. The child xvas suffering extremely from membraneous croup, and an incision was made in the windpipe and a silver tube inserted. Respiration xvas at once restored, and the child’s life saved. —The new directors of the Nexx' Ross Agricultunil Society are as follows: John Lockridge, John S. Byrd, J. Cooms, Circle I’effiy, John Inloxv, J. Hosteller, S. D. Hostetter. Wm. B. Gipson, Wm. B. Stewart, N. G. Thompson, Wm. B. Yelton, J. Kennedy, Thomas Rouk, George Sanford, and George Wien. —At a citizens’ meeting held at LaPorte, it xvas decided to rebuild the Loomis factory that was destroyed there by fire. The insurance money xvill be used to construct the building, and a subscription paper will be circulated at once to raise £5,000 to purchase the necessary machinery. —Rev. AV. V. Monroe has, on account of poor health, resigned the pastorate of the Baptist Church at North Madison, Jefferson County, and Rev. John E. McCoy has^een called to fill the vacancy. Mr. Monroe has united in wedlock more couples than any other man in the county. —The boiler of John Porter’s saw-mill iu Rush County exploded recently, doing considerable damage, but no person was hurt. The fireman had just stepped outside of the engine room, which is all that saved his life. Other persons narrowly escaped injury. —The 7-year-old daughter of Louis Rinker, a Miami County farmer, swallowed a teaspoonful of carbolic acid, xvhich the little one supposed to be medicine. The child xvas found at the point of death. Restoratives xvere of no avail, and the sufferer died. —Farmers state that the xvheat crop in Miami County xvill not be one-third of u crop, ou account of the recent cold snap freezing it out. If such is the case, the crop xvill be almost a complete failure, as a decreased acieage xvas put in this year. —A poplar tree xvas recently cut down near Nexv Middietoxvn, Harrison County, that measured twenty-seven feet in circumference. The tree made 12.000 shingles, 1,000 rails, 600 feet of lumber, and twenty-five cords of stove-wood. —The bicycle riders of Craxvfordsville have formed a permanent organization, aud adopted the name of "Crawfordsville Ramblers.” —S. W. Miller, a brakeman, fell from a train at Rome City and was killed. His body was horribly mangled. —C. R. Rogers’ barn, one mile west of Austin, was totally destroyed by lire, together with twenty ions of bay, one fine trotting colt, one mower and reaper, and other farming implements. Loss on barn, $3,000; insurance, SI,OOO. —The barbers of Richmond have entered into a written com) act toJieep closed doors on Sunday, several beiug forced into this action by threats of prosecution from those who have kept closed right along. —A citizen of LaPorte offers to furnish a man who can eat a twelve-pound goose each day for a mouth.