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VOLUME XIV.

GETS DHERE SHUST DER SAME. BY JAV.'COB STRAUSS. Old Alsop wrote u fable, vonee, Aboudt a boastful luwe, W.io say, “Vhen dlurj vas racing, You can ulvays find me dhere;” Und uov,- a ortoise raced n it him Und shtopped hees leedle game, Und say: “Kef I don'ed been so shbry I gets dhere shust der same 1” The girl dot makes goot beeski: s, U d canvas und iron dittos, Maybe don’d been so lofely as dot girl mit dim.,ndt rings ; Budt vhen a vise vas vanted, Wno vas id dot's to blame, Eef pot girl midoudt der shewels Should get dhere shust der s ane ? Dot vas der cases eferywl.ere. In bolidics und rude ; I!v her birat[on off der brow Vas how soocksess vas made A man, somedime, m y shtrike id rich, Und get renown mid fame ; Budt dot bersbiration felk r, too. He gets dhere shust der*same I Der man dot leases hees beesnis Undhimgs o ndt “bucket shops,” To make den t liars oudt off von, Ven grain and o 1 stock drops, May go a ay from dh re, somedime, Mooch boorer as he came ; ‘ Der mills oil God grind shlowlv"— Budt dhjy igetsiahere shust der same 1 Dhen nefer mindt dhose mushroom sehaps Dot shpring oup in a day, Dhose repuda io s dhey vas made By vorK, und not by bl iy ; Shust poot your shoulder to der vheel Eef you vould vin a name— Und eef der Vhite House vonts you — You’ll get dhere shust der same 1 Lost Lina; — OR,— THE BITTEH AND THE SWEET. A Tale of Two Continents. BY MRS. NINA LAWSON. CHAPTER V.— [Continued] As Lina spoke she sprang from the bunch of straw to the heartless woman’s side, and pressed the large, rough hands in her cold, soft, trembling palms, and, gazing straight in the eyes of her captors, she said: “Will you not please be a little considerate and treat me as you would want to be treated were you in my place ? Can you not open your heart a little anil do something for me?’' Mrs. King, for that was her name, gruffly answered : “No! ’ And with a dark frown on her brow, roughly pushed the pale, pleading girl from her. Sho was but a paid tool of Swarthy Jim's, m l if she should now allow her fair prisoner to escape, she would not re reive her m mey. Poor little Lina had dene all she could to obt tin her release, for she knew thy could not unfasten the d or, neither could she get through the heavy stone walls. “Oh, Hi avc uly Father, the only father I have ever known, will you not hok down in mercy on me now.” And turning with tear-stained face to her foe, she said: “You seem heartless, for you will not even tell me why I am so cruelly imprison al here. You must be like the wicked persons I have read of in books, yet I did not think such people existed. Oh! please relent and free me.” But Mrs. King was silent and un- ■ moved. In utter despair Lina threw herself upon the hard straw bed, while low, deep sobs of agony broke from her lips. The poor, helpless girl lay there for sometime; the sobs had ceased, but occasionally a deep moan would sound through the room. “Oh! What can I do? What shall I do? What have I done, to be so cruelly treated ? “Mamma! My dear angel mamma! Can you not see me now, and do you not know I am in trouble ? “Oh, why was she taken from me, for I need her every hour of my lite! What will my poor aunt and uncle think when Ido not come home? Oh, whv have they brought me here? I know nothing. I am not rich, neither am I handsome. ” “Oh, yes, my beauty! but there you are mistaken; for you are handsome—beautiful beyond description. “There is nothing in this wide world that is equal to your lovely face and form. ” The voice continued : “I have traveled the world over; paid my court to queens and princesses; but they, in all their grandeur, could not compare to your strange, bewitching loveliness.” Lina still lay on her bed, trembling like a leaf in a tempest, with her face buried in her hands; the tears had ' ceased to flow, and she did not hear all that was said, for every particle of her body now shook with fear. She was afraid to move, to look up, for she knew that a man stood in front ' of her. “What shall I do? I am powerless to escape, but I will not be insulted by ‘ that coward in this manner.” Like an arrow from a bow she sprang [up from her crouching position and confronted her foe with angry, flashing eves. “Who are you, and what do you [mean by insulting me in this manner? by have you brought me to this mis- [ erable place, and held me here a pris- | oner? You are a coward and a thief!” Lin e’s hot, angry breath fanned the ehe.-k of the man in front of her, who had now become silent, and a strange I look of wonder and admiration lighted I up his dark, sparkling nyes. This man was none other than I Swarthy Jim, the rag peddler, whom I Lina had so often seen, but now she did I not know him. For some reason or other the hump I on his back, that all supposed a gift of I nature, had disappeared; so also had | the long, shaggy beard and rough, uni combed hair. The man that now stood before her I was tall, muscular and handsome, with i a heavy, dark, silken mustache and a | rich complexion. This strange man’s I eyes were dark and passionate, yet linn | and < xpr, gsive. | A durV .-Ji alow crosse 1 his handsome I face as 1. na confronted him in the* fear- | less mann r th it she did. vet he had I not yet answered her *-* ution.

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“If you dare lay claim to the title of gentleman, answer me, sir!” The baffled m m mentally remarked : “Ah! yon are shrewd, and I thought you knew nothing. I plainly see you are more than a mere c mntry lass; but, thank fortune, you are in my power, and I am a lucky dog.” For a few moments the two stood facing each other. A light of a terrible dread and fear of the man in front of her shone in Lina’s eyes, while Jim’s were bright with admiration. The spell was broken by the excited man, for he advanced a step toward him with extended hand and parted lips. “Don't you dare touch me; you are not a gentleman, and cannot tell me why I am so cruelly detained here.” Instantly her persecutor saw that he was not pursuing the right course, and that he ought not to have spoken as he did. He therefore changed his manner altogether. “I beg your pardon, Miss,” bowing v< ry low; “I did not intend to insult you, neither do I intend to hurt you in any way; and, since you insist upon knowing why I brought you here, it is because I love you; and why 1 am keeping you here is because I want you to become my wif *. I can give yon all that money can buy; I can make you happy, and shall live and die for yo.L Will you not cons.mt ?” “No; I could not smile upon you were it to save your life! No; I will never be your wife, for I hate you. I would prefer death upon the gallows to such an awful fate.” Lina was gasping for breath, and was pale, like death, from fright, as she realized the horror of her position. “Madam, you will repent of those words some day.” “Never, sir, while I live.” “We will see about that, you peerless Laauty. You shall remain with me until you do consent.” “No, sir; Lina Rice will never accept your hateful name.” “Ah, now,” thought Jim, “I will try another card if that won’t work. “I presume that you are not aware, Miss, that if in the future you will not accept my name it will be advisable for you to take some other name than Lina Rice, because you are now and shall be entirely in my power, and if yon are known by that name you now have, anyone that had heard it before would, of course, recognize it and then inquire into the matter. I would tell them that you eloped with me and as yet it had not been convenient for me to marry you, but I intend to do so soon. You see you are powerless, and by accepting a different name there would be no danger of being disgraced. 1 will give you a name; a very beautiful and good one—Lenora Churchill. Isn't that beautiful?” "The name does very well, but 1 shall not accept it. That is your mime, no [ doubt.” “No, it is not.” “Well, what is it, then? If you are going to make me a prisoner, I should like to know the jailer's name.” He gazed in silent wonder at this | queen of beauty, so young, so ignorant of this wicked world, yet so able to defend herself, so calm and brave. “ Yon are silent; aren’t yon possessor of a mind? you are certainly not worthy of one.” Still he gazed in silent wonder. Mrs. King readily saw that Jim scarcely knew how to answer, so she relieved him. “Miss Lenora, this gentleman is Col. Sylvester Noll; hi* is your friend and you should trust him.” “No, never! Colonel, is he? 1 never ■ saw one before, but have read of them. : Those men were not cowards, but he is. Colonel? Yes, no doubt he has a whole regiment of poor innocent prisoners like myself, (rod have mercy upon them if he has." Those few short hours of suffering ami imprisonment seemed to change Lina from the timid little girl she had been into a brave, strong-hearted woman that was determined to help herself or die in the attempt. All was now silent in this gloomy underground prison; nothing could be heard but the cracking of the tire. Each one was busy with her own silent thoughts. Oh, what can I do, what shall I do? One thing is certain, I shall be firm, and will never yield to him. There is some mystery back of all this. I will wait patiently and will watch. “If there is a possibility of my escaping, I shall do so. “I will then go back to my dear, dear home, where the only parents I have ever known i:*.e now searching and weeping for me. “Oh! this is too much! My Father in heaven, how can I bear this torture longer! Why will you not listen and st me free!” The tears were now fast falling from her great, beautiful eyes, down upon her soft, dimpled, trembling hands. As she looked down through her tears, she caught a glimpse of a bright sparkling ring upon her finger. It had been her mother’s, and was very valuable. It was gold, with fifteen diamonds. As she saw this, a faint smile flitted across her handsome, tearstained face. “This ring is very valuable, so Uncle Cristo says, and as dearly as I love the memory of my mamma, yet I will offer this for my release.” And she took it from her dainty white finger and pressed it to her lips. Then, looking at her captor, with those great, sad, pleading eyes, she said : “Sir, this ring was once my mamma’s, so an uncle of mine told me, and it is very valuable. “I love it dearly; it is the only thing I have to remember her by, yet, as dearly as I love it, I will give it to you if you will but set me free.” “No, Lenora, I can not do that. It is not the ring I want, but it is your own beautiful self.” “Oh! pity, mercy, please, dear Father!” she cried, with clasped hands and up-turned face, but her pleading Ai med al! in vain. “I see y<m are entirely merciless; your heart is harder than the stones of this prison wall.” “No. My heart is bleeding, bursting with pain for one sweet word, one smile from those rosy lips." Lina, like a broken lily, sank limp

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and lifeless t > the floor. She save there was no hope for freedom, and had given up in despair. CHAPTER VI. Noll turned to Mrs. King, with a somewhat disappointed look upon his face, as Lina fainted. “'Take her, Mrs. King, and do all for her yon can, bat do not, on peril of your life, let her escape. We have but little time now to get away from here. Unfortunately they are on our track, and I fear may discover us. I will go and prepare everything for departure, while you must restore that girl as much as possible. “ Dress her in that long black dress that I brought yesterday, and veil her I closely. She must n>t be recognized by any one in this vicinity or all is ! lost. “Remember, Tully, warn her to make ' no effort to escape, und to make no noise. “I am in fearful pain, and must get | relief. One of those weak-minded, ; low, scheming farmers has shot me in j the arm. “1 am now going to get a carriage, and will be on the main road about dark. Yon come to the end of the path . and start slowly on down the road. I will meet you somewhere. "Now, lullv, you will remember all? You know you g -t good pay if you help me out of this? ’ “Acs, sir, 1 will attend to everything. You need have no fears.” Our reformed “Swarthy Jim" silently disappeared through tin* long, dark passage, and stealthily stole his way out of the thicket into tin* main road. A shrewder man than Sylvester Noll could seldom be found. He knew it would be poor policy for him, even after throwing off his disguise, to now go into Jonesborough for a carriage, so he prudently walked on to Anna, a small town but a mile from old Jonesborough. \\ hen he arrived at Anna he quickly j sought a surgeon, and after concocting [ a plausible story, succeeded in getting ; his arm dressed. He then ordered a carriage and driver for the night, and as it was growing dark they started immediately i for Jonesborough. “You see, driver, I am in Very much i of a hurry, for 1 want t > reach t’obden for the midnight express. My wife and 1 have been visiting friends here in the country, and you must now quick 11 drive down after her. Here, this will pay'you for your trouble." And he bund ed the driver a crisp ten-dollar bill. “Thank ye, sir; I II get ye there in I time, yt* bet." Eorinnately for Noll, just as In- re.iehed the path Sirs. Kins appeared, halt currying, half draguiny the poor, beau ! tiful little 1 ana. A gag whs i । In-r mouth. She had struggled and fought with hi r strong I captor until she was i ntirelv exhausted, umt so weak that she could n >t walk. "Oh. cousin, how clad 1 am that it is you! Your vise v a so afraid th it j something had hupp *ned to you, that 1 you vould be detained and we should then miss the train. She was det *rmim d to come and meet you, and, to save time, she insisted upon coming through this thicket. What a horrible mistake we have made; th- snake; were so thick in there tin y kept hissing at us all the whilt . and it frightened her so that she has fainted." “W hy. Tully ! Why did you allowit? Hut 1 suppose you meant all right. She ' isn't hurt, I hope?" । “No; only she s*( ins thoroughly e\ ; hausti d. She is so frail, you know, tha! I the least little fright causes her to faint.” "Yes, it is too bid; I must take h r to a doctor as soon as we get to Cobden. How fortunate you were in meeting nn*; we might han* very easily missed each other, and then we should have been too Lite." The innocent coachman, presuming every thing vas all right, was soon on his way to Cobden with his precious jiassengers. As they lifted the limp, weary form of the beautiful girl into the carriage a chloroformed handkt rchief was placed to her nose, and she soon leaned back against the cushions as if dead. On they went, rattling over the stones, the hills and through the valleys until they reached old Cobden, a few moments only before the train was due. Lina had not made any trouble, for she was yet under the influence of the chloroform. As tin* carriage stopped at the depot, the whistle of the train was heard in the distance. “Just in time, Airs. King. Now raise her a little and in some way get her into the car without any fuss. “Then put that handkerchief to her nos* again.” “Very well; I shall get along all I right.” And she did. As the train pulled out the chuckling driver slowly left the depot, while Airs. King was endeavoring to make little Lina as comfortable as possible in her berth. After Noll saw that everything was all right, he went on into the smoker, where he remained most of the night. They reached Chicago safely early the next morning, where they found a closed carriage waiting for them. [TO BE UONTINI ED. ] When Men Wore Kihitoiis. It is a curious fact that for 500 years ribbons were worn mostly by men rather than by women, especially dining tha long period of effeminacy in the male attire. In the fifteenth to the seventeenth centuries their use in England was restricted to the royalty and gentry by statute. In the time of Charles 11. and James 11. the whole attire was covered with ribbons. A fop in those days was described as “wearing more than would stock half a dozen shops or twenty country peddlers.” It is another curious fart that in the manufacture of ribbons the ; self-acting loom was in use 100 years be- ■ fore Cartwright’s invention, and that in more recent times little new has Loen . added in that branch of the silk industry. , —London Timen. Promptly Answered. “FXtssiQ," said her mamma, “why do ' you keep up such a constant chatter, chat- ■ ter, all the time?” “ ’Tause I’ve got lots to say,” explained ; Flossie.— Epoch. A mobal, sensible ami well-bred mar l Wi l not ullrout me, and no other can. 1 —Cowper.

THE NATIONAL GAME. THE LEAGUE PENNANT RACE 01*1888 NEARLY FINISHED. i The Ulinmpionship Emblvin Will Prohahly Go to New lurk— News and Gossip ot ( itibs an I Players from the Diiferent League ("ties — Notes of Interest for Base-Bull Cranks. | CHIC AO COBHESPONDENCE. ] The league championship of 1888 is drawing to a close, and as the finish approaches the piospect for a grand struggle 1 between the leaders grows brighter. New Y ork has n good, healthy lead, to be sure, ; but Chic igo is beginning to play such ball as may cut down the margin of the Giants most alarmingly for those residents of Gotham who have set their hearts upon victory for their team. Boston is also playing a slashing game, and Detroit is a considerably harder team to beat than it was a wet It ago. Philadelphia is playing a merry game, and may quit higher up in the race than some people have calculated upon, so that, all in all, the race, which many predicted would prove a walk-over for New York, may yet prove of an interestingly uncertain character. Anson | says concerning the outlook: “If the other clubs will hold New York down, w< shall fly the pennant in Australia vithou doubt. We can take cue of the Giant-, und we can vin the Detroit series, but we । seem to be hoodooed by some of the tailenders. 1 thought we should get all of i the Pittsburg games; 1 thought Borchers would have a walk ii^vav with the Albes, but with Williamson injured and with seven errors against us, we might have [ expected defeat.” There is some talk of Billy Sunday rei joining the Chicago club next season. | When Anson was asked what he thought i of the little center-flelder’s work this I year he said: “Sunday has done nothing to disappoint । me. His work in Pittsburg simply confirms the opinion I formed of him some : years ago. He is not only one of the i nicest boys in the world, but also one of [ the most valuable men in a ball club." "But you let him go to Pittsburg?” "Yes, and my reason was this, Thore were some critics in this town who said that Anson was stuck on Sunday They ; said 1 favored him mid that my personal regard for the boy outweighed my judgment. 1 let Sunday go to I'itttdmrg this year to satisfy the people of Chicago that 1 had abundant ground for my conviction that he is a star player. "Will he play here next year' ' M ell, you never can tell what will happen next year, but if Cleveland or Harri son is elected this full I think yon ca > safely predict that Sunday w ill play in Chieago in IsSft if be is agreeable and bin wife willing.” Sunday was married in this city, Sept. 5 to an estimable young lady. t hi: umi; ili an rnip. Preparations for Spalding’s Australian trip next w intel are going on ceaselessly I lie t'hicm.o team s, 1< < ted for the tup will be composed of \n~on icuptmni, Williamson. Pfeffer. Hums. Rynn I lint, Sullivan. Pettit, B.ddwiu, and Daly This team is tube known us the Chieagos. The other team, which is to be called 1 . i. ■■ i l ini It . d' !t . ■, . i :_■ ; [ .. c - Ward <c.ptaini; Hanlon, of Detroit: I ierimn. ol w York: l ogutv.of I’hdadelphiu; CoiniHkev, of Ie . t ( toll, of Pittsburg; Wood, of Philadelphia, and Ki lly, of Boston. Negotiat ions an* now being carried on with U irntheis. of Brooklyn, and McPhee, of Cincinnati. As cricket w ilt form one of the features of the trip, Joseph Kogers, one of tin Peninsular Cricket Club, of Detioit has been selected to captain the cricket teams. Ml Spalding is also endeni orilig to persuade George Wright to become one of ( the party on account of his piotieieuey nt , ' cricket, which feature of the trip he could 1 take entire charge o*. Taking a special train, the tennis will! piny in Milwaukee, Des Moines, St I’attl. Minneapolis, Omaha, Denver, Salt Lake, Stockton, l.os Angeles, and Sui l-rmi-cis< o. Novwmbei 17 they will I< gm the ocean voyage fiom San I'rmn iseo on board the steamer Alameda, which Ims been chartered for the voyage to and from AnsI trnlii. The vessel's owneis have agreed j । to make the trip in twenty-five days. The clubs stop nt Honolulu, where two [ i games will be played, one between players ; selected from the aggieation and a local club, and the other between the two Amer- [ ican teams. King Kalakana is expected to grace both games with his presence. Auckland is next on the list, and then comes Sydney. After a series of cricket and b ise-bnll games here the clubs go to Melbourne, Adelaide, Brisbane, and some of the smaller cities. The same loute is traveled on the return trip, stops being made in the cities previously visited. DETROIT AFEAntS. There was some surprise in Detroit . when the announcement was made that [ W. H. Watkins had resigned the manuge- [ ment of the Detioit Club and his resigna- [ tiou had been unanimously accepted by j the directors. As a matter of fact, De- j troiters are heartily glad that Watkins has | thrown up his job. It may be only chance, but it is nevertheless true, that the Detroit players have played with more spirit and vim in the last two weeks than they had before in a month. Watkins has managed the club since 1885, and it cannot be denied that his rule has been a stormy one. He was continually in a jangle with the directors, players or press representatives and in consequence had a lively time of it. Robert H. Leadley, Watkins’ successor, ; is a Detroit boy, and since 1884 has been ' Secretary of the club. He is keen in ! financial matters, is well posted on basei ball, and best of all is well stocked with I common sense. He is popular with the । players, and there is little doubt that he i will succeed. His first act was to make I D m Brouthers field captain in Hanlon’s absence, and it proved a good move. Leadley will not occupy the players’ bench. He thinks the field captain should have full charge of the men during a game and prefers to watch the contest fiom the stand. HARRY PALMER. He Wasn’t a Pedagogue. SuYnnur visitor at farmhouse (to old la Iy)—Your son, I understand, is a pedagogue in Boston? Old Lady—l guess not, unless it happened lately. When he writ mo last month he was ti achin’ school and doin’ right smart. H'dsh ington ('riHe. Ix calling cattle, some of the cries used in different 1 icalities are given in j the Jotiriial of American b'olk-Lore: “Boss, boss” ( Connecticut), “sake, sake” (Connecticut), “coo, coo” (A'irginia), “sook, sook,” also “sookey” (Maryland), “tion, tion” (Russia), and for calling , horses, “kope, kope” (Maryland and Alabama). Helen Matheus, the English authoress, wrote* the novel which made । her reputation in the hope of bringing ; back her lover, who had left her in a I fit of anger, i

THE SUNDAY SCHOOL. I Notes on tho Lesson lor Septembsr 9 i —“The Unbelief of the Peop’e.” [From the Chicago Standard.] Iho lesson for above date may bo found i in the first ten verses of the fourteenth chapter of Numbers. INTRODUCTORY. Kadosh Barium, place of unbelief. Scene ol Israel s apostasy. It was a groat gate of privilege unentered. The Jews' promised land ol blessing refused by faithb-ss hearts und deeliiu'd by faithless feet. The geographers have been ut infinite pains to tlx the exact point for us. H. (’lay Trumbull counts eighteen conjectural sites. Tinv might spare themselves the labor. On tl map of personal experience it is easy enough to put tin- linger on the plaee. for every life has, truly, its Kudesh Barium, and perilling mo -e than one. A I laekd *tter day it was in Israel's history. Tim ninth day of Ab. they tell us, a day suggestive of evil to the nation. On this same day . F the year, centuries after. Xelmehadnez/.ar destroyed Jerusalem and its temple; long after, Titus, on this same dread anniversary, captured and sacked the place; ami y t liHom we are told. Hadrian besieged and took uic city, putting thousands upon thousands to the sword. Israel has had her days of humiliation, and this is one of them. Saddest dav in all history, the day of unfuith I WHAT THE LESSON TKACHES. And the people wept that night. To be sure, it was natural, quite natural—the trouble is, ton natural. There was naught of the spiritual there. We usually llnd at the entrance of a great undertaking a plaee <4 weeping, 't he borders of a new kind and t f a new civilization mark the point cf shrinkings and misgivings. Every Yielding furrow of the West has Hist been watered witii tears. \\e remember a visit made V'-ars ago to om* id' the then remote eounti''s. f Kansas. An uncle, who had lost a fortune in the East and gone, like so many of his neighbors, to a new country to reeuperate, dr । ve us across the waving prairie to call upon a woman of more than ordinary taste and reflneinent. who. as she spoke <if the old East, looking about her upon the obtrusive newness of the land, let tears spring to her eyes. "J sal I ourfrjend. as we drove away, "there is not u woimm in this county that doesn't feel that way." It iindeed, human nntn e. ami we have often thought that had not Providence so directed th it tin funds wer>* usually exhausted and ; return cut off when the new lands were 1 t eaehed. our large and beaut if ill West would ! have been much more slowly develop <d than it hn been. Taking all into consideration, st range se. ijes, hostile natives, no Wonder Israel wept. 1/ ■ >1 ~ I i'ist \fnSf S. I'ere Was real sin and im;i a'itude. W n could condone the tears of thenmht; but this mmtvi ing and murmuring ae.dnst God’s o.dained leaders wa-i both vam and vieiims. If is usimllv tin* H st sympt,. ,1 of unbelief ami the spreading c. ala ly faithlessness. W hen a people begin, with imiphig ami criticism, to lot lure Hu s .id nf the loyal servant whom God has s. I to lead th m v<m mav look presently to si . loud-i disdain, ami then, perhaps, a peri-. I ■ f punitive wan leringsin the wilderm*-- Mui inuring is easy, as easy tie lying, •in I as di -perutidy wicked. Murmming im ans mur> , i r. Savonarola was a pious man. a pat i lot. and withal popular in his day. A ter a while we find him distrusted, then wot -hed, iioundeii. imprisoned, ami Anally lin y have put to death one of tin* i .1-1 st of living men and rubbed the World oi in* of its greatest miicstei s <»f good. Did Israel do much else With Moses ? B rm'4 i. nd ire hail died in thiii irilderTh vh id their prayer. In that wn Wild.m -. they perished, all but Joshua ami < -del,, I, n ,1 to the I ord. Take hei'd how ye i pray. God hems .mr cries whet her uttered in arrogant protest or in meek petition, il - j is pmver-heuring an 1 a prayer-aaswe.ring (.•oil. and (lie plaint that we lift to him. w li- tio r it be vo id utteram-e or the sp 'ech -•I pr- vidlmg conduet. shall lune its due rop ■ s,- W ould God we were dead, w >uld G"d w - had io vej started. Would God we wi re buck in desert days’ Beware of such prayersof petulancy. God may take us at our word, und put us buck in some empty w iiderm-ss. What is the concentrated prayer of your life, broth *r. friend? Is it remonstrant or grateful? Is it spiteful turning t .ward Egypt and the w ilderness, or hopeful, resolute facing of the future, however full of hills and giant-? ('anuan. not the desert, is God's huid. H hen tuer hath the I.ord brought u.i't Dislovalty to God was at the bottom of it all. Xot Moses, not Aaron; the I .ord himself had been their leader, amt presently in their increasing rebellion they had confessed the real enmity of their hearts and cried out against God. It is the course of sin and disobedience. First wo are lifting the hostile cry against God's servants, then against God’s providences, and then, all at onee, we have spoken ami declared ourselves distrustful ot God. From this p >int the wav to open abandoiimeiit of tin* Lord is a sheer and rapid ste.-p. Let us inak'e us a captain, Plain sedition. The next step was open outbreak. It is to be noted that th s was a more quiet movement. They whispered it, as it were, from “one to another," until it had grown to a fell conspiracy. Elsewhere we read they actually fixed upon such a revolutionary leader. Only the intervention of Jehovah, in all probability, prevented the final precipitation of the plot. A sort of Guy Fawkes point it was in Israel’s history. The train was laid. The cry teas ready, "Baek to Egypt,” But just there the hand of Jehovah was put forth in firm restraint, and recreant Israel went for forty years into the hold of the wilderness. It never pays to fight against ; God. | Fell on their faces—rent their clothes. This ; was the first dissuasive—the dissuasive of j action. Moses and Aaron “fell on their i faces"—Joshua and Caleb "rent their clothes.” It was intensely expressive, with all the force of the Oriental language of the I face and body. The people were left in no [ doubt of the. enormity of their sins. Forbear, O Israel! cried the priest and prophet, ' falling prone in the dust. Forbear, O for- : bear! cried the loyal captains of the host, ' vehement Iy tearing their garments before [ the eyes of the people. No doubt of the | earnestness of these m**n. You have heard "the creed of the. bell*'—the soft, soothing i riiming of the Universalist bell—"No hell, | no hell!" The loud, warning notes from the I Methodistic tower, "Repent, believe!” The spirit of a man’s inmost belief is to read in all his conduct and life. The troublesome question is whether half of the church are living as if the great world were lying in wickedness, and as if we were sure that unbelief means death. And the glory of the J.ord appeared. A. little while ago, in these lessons, we wore reading how "on the day that the tabernacle was reared up the cloud covered the tabernacle." That was God’s response to faith, tiie answer of love. This is God's response to rebellious unbelief, the answer of just wrath. Belshazzar saw it on the walls ot his revels, Herod beheld it in his wanton slumbers. Sad thought, some who hour this lesson to-day will doubtless experience it on that, day when the great voice shall say, "Depart." God grant that for you and us, “when the Son of man shall come in Uis glory,” it shall be, not for vengeance defied, but lor mercy implored. Next Losson, “The Smitten Boek.”—■ Num. 00; 1-13. A Boston man shot himself because his wedding clothes were not furnished in time for the ceremony. Some men do not know xvhen they are in luck.— New York Press. One of the most amusing things in life is to note the frantic efforts of the ; average hotel xvaiter to look like a man.— Toledo Blade. A barbers’ school is talked of in Boston. Os course only little shavers will go there. — Washington Critic.

! INDIANA STATE NEWS. ’ A CHRONICLE OF HAPPENINGS IN HOOSIERDOM. I Shocking Deaths, Terrible Accidents, Horrible Crimes, Proceedings of Courts, Secret Societies, and, in fact. Everything of Interest to the Hoosiers. YVhile plowing a stubble field, on Stony Prairie, near Winamac, George Shelhart encountered a nest of bumblebees. He threw some dry grass over the nest and set it on fire. The lire spread, and in fighting it to save his fences Mr. Shelhart became overheated and fell to the ground, a blood vessel having probably burst. The only person in the field with him was an adopted boy, about 7 years old, who ran to a neighbor and related the circumstance. YVhen the neighbor reached the field the stubble fire had reached Mr. Shelhart and burned his body to a crisp. He was nearly 70 years old, und one of the oldest living resident of the county. Appointed by the Governor* Hou. W. 11. Ragan, of Greencastle, who was recently nominated by the Indiana Horticultural Society, of which he is the Secretary, as Trustee in Purdue I niversity, has been appointed to the place by Gov. Gray and received the commission. It is for a term of three years, beginning Aug. 24. Mr. Ragan has a national reputation in horticulture. He was at one time a member of the Legislature. In politics he was formerly a Republican and afterwards a Greenback er. The Governor has also appointed John D. Emmert, of Boone County, as Prosecuting Attorney for the 1 wentieth Judicial District, to succeed Cassius Wyncoop, deceased. Railroad Accident at Martinsville. Freight train No. 58 ran into freight No. 14, of the Indianapolis and Viueennes Railroad, within the city limits j of Martinsville. No. 44 was switching, and hud not taken the side track, as it should have done, while the other train was coining into the city at full speed. The accident occurred on a small curve and in close proximity to several dwellings. The engine of No. 58 was badly demolished, and the caboose and a box cur loaded with freight, belonging to train 44, are almost a total wreck. One brakeman in the caboose, on seeing the approaching train, jumped. No person was hurt. The Moiuiiiieiit 'h Superstructure. Owing to difficulty in obtaining stone, the Soldiers' Monument Commissioners have abandoned the idea of doing any work upon the superstructure until next spring. I lie work on the foundation will lie completed in about two weeks, and a little linishing will require about two weeks’ additional labor, after which ' the work will be relinquished for the I Minter. 'The Commissioners expect to 1 bo able to advertise for bids for the superstructure some time in November. The laying of the corner-stone will, of course, be delayed until work on the superstructure begins. Fatal Runaway AecidenL Mr. Al> Mosure, a highly respected citizen of Bluffton, while driving home in his buggy met with an accident which resulted in his death. When about four squares from his residence he stopped to take in Mrs. E. B. McDowell, who was going out to his house, and the horse, becoming frightened at a parasol, dashed off down the street. In turning the next corner Mr. Mosure was thrown from the buggy, receiving internal injuries and a fractured skull. He was carried home in an unconscious condition, and so remained until he died. Attacked by Mosquitoes. The old adage that a wet August brings a tine harvest of mosquitoes is amply verified the present year. The pestiferous insects have never existed in such swarms in the State, and reports from some parts are that farmers are compelled in many places to keep brush burning in their houses in order to protect themselves sufficiently to sleep. All kinds of devices are brought into use to protect one against these night assaults. [ The screens, which seem to be proof | against flies, fail signally to keep out I mosquitoes. Well-Difrger Seriously Hurt. While engaged at digging a well at I the home of Ben Gilford, near \V indfall, David Derlimple was seriously, and perhaps fatally, injured. The well was i about twenty feet in depth, and Mr. ! Derlimple was at the bottom. He had tilled the dirt-bucket, audit hadreaclied the mouth of the well, when the bucket j became detached from the ropg, and, in i falling to the bottom, struck Mr. Derlimple, inflicting serious injuries. He was taken out in an almost unconscious condition, and will not recover. Child Horriblj Burned. A 3-year-old child of Merchant Johnson met with a terrible accident at Keystone. It was playi’ig by the saw-mill, and in some way ran through u pile of hot ashes and smoking embers taken from underneath the boilers, it was rescued immediately, but was horribly burned. The soles of its feet dropped off as they were carryingthe child to the house, in d its legs and hands are literally roasted. The child’s recovery is doubtful. Gasoline Explosion. A gasoline pipe in the creamery at Flatrock, exploded, and the fluid be- | coming ignited a large volume ot flame | shot into the building. Harry I’runk I and John Ryan, of Indianapolis, were seriously burned with the flames, while Robert Porter was severely scalded by the steam from the steam retort. The flames were finally extinguished before the building was badly damaged. Minor State Hems. —The barn of John Ashbaucher, located near Bluffton, was burned. Loss, jUJlOO; insurance, -r-Fros, J. E. Bundy, of Monrovia, has

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accepted the position of master of art in Earlham College, nt Richmond. The paintings and crayon work of Mr. Bund^ have been favorably commented on by eminent art critics, and his work has been given a prominent position in art exhibits. He had a large class in Martinsville a year ago, and proved himself an able instructor. —The little 2-year-old child of George bellows, a farmer of Bartholomew < ounty, while playing upon the railroad track a few weeks ago, was struck by an engine and killed. The father of the child has entered suit against the Pennsylvania Company for SIO,OOO damages. —During the absence of the family, burglars entered the residence of Samuel \\ illiams, at Greensburg, and carried off a watch and a large quantity of clothing. —Joseph Lamb, aged 21 years, sent from Bloomington to serve a term of one year for petit larceny, escaped from the Jeffersonville penitentiary by scaling the western wall. —The trustees of the Christian Church at ( raw fordsville, in order to save a lawsuit, paid $l5O for a strip of the original Church lot, which had been fenced in by the owner of an adjoining lot, and thus occupied for twenty years. —Charlotte Vanosdol, mother of Argus 1). Y'anosdol. department commander of the Grand Army of the Republic for Indiana, died at her home, in Switzerland county. Ibe father and one son died previously and the mother’s demise leaves Commander Vanosdol the only survivor of the family. -At a dance at Washington, Dick Huunelly and a man by the name of Devine got into a quarrel over a girl. Devine shot Huunelly dead. The murderer is at large. —C alvin Mitchell, colored, was run over by a J., M I. train. His mangled remains were found one mile south of Seymour. He had been employed at the Seymour liepublican office. —Patents have been granted to Indiana inventors as follows: George AV. East, Heltonville, harvester guard renovator; I Isaac N. Goodnight, Kempton, assignor I of one-half to J. T.* Lineback, Frankfort, fire extinguisher; JohnM. Perkins, South Bend, vehicle seat; David J. Terrill, Kokomo, vaginal syringe; Charles Van AVormer, Auburn, mole and gophertrap; Joachim AVilke, Garrett, truss. While engagedin painting the house of F. A. Gleason, at Tipton, Al Snyder fell from the scatfold to the ground, a distance of fifteen feet, receiving serious injuries. He alighted on his head and shoulders, and it is thought has been injured internally. —Amand Yobst, of Fort Wayne, called on his daughter there, and aftera pleasant chat went into another room and shot himself, expiring instantly. No cause is ascribed except insanity. —The Northern Indiana Fair Association is holding their annual fair at Fort AVayne this week. The attractions, consisting of balloon ascensions, base-ball, races, etc., are immense. — The survivors of the old brigade of the Eighth and Eighteenth Indiana Regiments and the First Indiana Battery will hold their thirteenth annual reunion at the Court House in New Castle, October 19 next. Frank and Elam Hall, brothers, at i Nashville, attacked Jacob Pavey, aged iU 5, but a powerful man. Pavey seized an ax and split Frank’s skull open, killing him instantly, and also struck Elam, mortally wounding him. Pavey made his escape. —Mrs. Bigler, a well-known old lady of AV abash, has just received word that an uncle named Brandenburg had died in Germany, leaving a fortune valued at $1,0(10,(100 to herself and a few other heirs, all living in the United States. The bulk of the property is in Baltimore, Md., consisting of a number of tine business blocks. The windfall is a ; complete surprise to Mrs. Bigler, who 1 will undoubtedly come into possession | of her share of the vast estate. —The strange request of Mrs. 0. Tay- ; lor, late of Peru, that when dead her । hands, feet, and heart be taken from her body and sent to France for burial, was ! complied with. The remaining portion । was interred at Somerset. Homer Lenox, of Union County, aged about twenty-six years, was found dead |in his room at Branham's resturant. He 1 bad left a note directed to his mother, , indicating that he had taken morphine with suicidal intent. An unfortunate I marriage is the supposed cause. —Thomas Leech, a switchman in the Jeffersonville, Madison, and Indianapolis Railroad yards, at Jeffersonville, was killed under peculiar circumstances. His foot caught in a frog, and he signaled an approaching locomotive to stop. The engineer reversed his engine, but too late, and the man was cut in two. —The Crawfordsville Natural Gas Company has organized by electing the following directors: Dr. E. AV. Keegan Paul Hughes, Ira McConnell. I. C. Elston, T. L. Stillwell, AV. B. Lyle. Ed. Coleman, J. R. Bryant, E. C. Griffith, Michael Price, C. N. Harding, George Abraham, Alichael Zeller. Zack Mahorney. J. AL Shultz, M. L. Curran, J. M. Coulter, Paul Burns, Louis Otto, and Fred Bandel. The following are the officers: President, AV. B. Lyle; Secretary. C. N. Harding; Treasurer, J. M. Schultz. It is proposed that the company purchase tools and dig as many wells ns thought necessary. | ■ —Two farmers of Cass 1 ownship, I Ohio (’ounty, named David Minx and E. 1 J. Bright, v h<> had been in partnership for some, time, quarrelod concerning a business settlement. Bright drew a revolver and shot Minx through the body. Minx is mortally wounded, but Bright has not yet been arrested. —I. H. Huckstep, of Jefferson Township, Boone County, raised 1,000 pounds of potatoes from 190 hills of Early Rose; some hills weighed a little over nine । unds. These potatoes were raised m an old stockyard, and were pi rated on Muy 1.