St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 14, Number 14, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 29 September 1888 — Page 1

VOLUME XIV.

LOVE. Were there never a flower on earth, To speak with its language sweet, rever a moon to build -• path for the wanderer’s feet, ■fVere all of the | oets dead, And fallen were every star, Were there no more whir of the strings Os the tremulous guitar (While one in the darkness sings, Under the blossomed bough To one in the dark above). Would there be—l wonder now— Such a thing as love ? Or is le re a flower that grows With petals soft as a kiss, And breath as sweet as a rose? Is love like this? Ob, as long as the gentle band Can loosen the bands of pain, As long ns the prayer outpoured Can save from the tempter’s chain, While Pity can heal with tears, And Plenty can give to Need, While Sorrow has wounds to bind. And Hunger is still to feed, Love will be wan ed, I know. And love will grow. For it changes not with the moon, It fadeth not with the cold, Nor dies with the singer’s tune. Nor grows with the seasons old, But it flames the brighter still, And it always will.

Lost Lina; -OR,— THE BITTER AND THE SWEET. A Tale of Two Continents. BY MRS. NINA LAWSOM. CHATTER Vlll.—[Continued] “I wonder where Mrs. King is ? Nisbou will probably know.” She then started for her own room where she expected to find her maid, but met her in the hall. “Nissou, do you know where Mrs. King is ? I don’t believe she is in her room. Go look. ” “No, madam, I know she is not, for I saw her leave the house while you were at dinner, and she has not yet returned. ” “That is rather strange,” thought Gertana. “Have you seen the new lady this evening?” “No—yes—madam, I g' ?ss I did; I did not know for sure, but I supposed it was she. “Where and when ? Speak quick ?” “About half an hour ago. I was out walking on the lawn, when I saw a very beautiful little lady with long golden curls and a beautiful white satin dress come out of the front door and run down the walk, across the street and over in the park. ” “Oh, Nissou! For Heaven’s sake, you did not leave that front door open, did you? Tell me the truth—tell me all about it.” “Why, what ails you, madam, you look so pale and frightened?” Os course I left the front door open, because I did not know that it was to be kept locked. How did I know but that the new lady could go where she pleased?” “Well, never mind, Nissou; I know it was not your fault, but did you notice which way she went after she entered the park ?” “No; I soon lost sight of her among the trees and bushes. Mercy! Had I but known that she ought not to have left this house, I should not have left the door open. ” “Say no more about it now, but go and help search for her, and come in every half hour and report to me. Mrs. King will surely be here pretty soon, and perhaps she will know something of the little runaway. ” The maid immediately obeyed her mistress; the house that was ringing with the sweetest music, not over an hour ago, jvas then still as the dead. Most of the curtains were drawn, and the house was dark and lonely. In less than an hour after Gertana had sent Nissou out to search, a closed carriage was hastily drawn up at the front gate. The driver quickly sprang from the box and opened the door. In a few moments he and Mrs. King were going up the long gravel walk, carrying the lifeless form of a beautiful girl. It was Lenora. Gertana had not seen the carriage stop at the gate, neither did she know that the missing beauty was so near, for, as soon as the servants had left the house she quietly stole into Noll’s room, and sank wearily upon her knees by the side of the sofa on which he lay. The loving, gentle hand that had always soothed his throbbing brow now gently stroked the heavy wavy hair from off his hot, feverish temples. “Oh! dear heaven, I fear I love him still, miserable, wicked man that he is. Oh, why was woman thus created, that she cannot be mistress of her own feelings? I would to God that I could hate Sylvester as much as I now, this moment, realize I love him. At times, how freely would I sacrifice my own soul for his happiness; yes, for his sake I will leave no stone unturned in the search for that poor, unhappy little prisoner. But beware, Sylvester, and do not weary my sad soul too much, or my love may turn to bitterest hate! I have suffered enough, and shall not see that poor innocent girl be made to bear what I have borne. I shall be her friend. ” The sad, weary woman sat there for some time lost in thought, when suddenly she heard some one come into the hall and start upstairs. “What can that mean? I hope there is no more trouble coming.” and she quickly ran to the hall. “Mercy! Mrs. King, is it you —and oh, heavens, it is little Lenora—and—she is dead.” “No, she is not dead, but very nearly so. Send Tom after a doctor, quick.” “But what on earth has happened to her?” “I know nothing at all about it, only what a policeman told me. I say, have Ton: go for a doctor.” “Tom isn't here ; all tho servants arc out on the search —but. ah ! there comes Tom now. The girl is found,, and almost dead. Now quick for the nearest physician.” Tom immediately obeyed, and they took Lenora to her room, where they laid her lifeless foruj upon the bed.

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Tne driver received his fee, and left the house. “Now tell me all about it, Mrs. King.” “You see, I had to go over on the West Side to see my brother on some little business matters, and was detained until quite late. Fortunately, I did not take a carriage, and as I came near the bridge, on State street, I was surprised by a large crowd gathered round the ambulance. Just as I got opp< "T 't, to my horror I recognized my _ ,vr lady, being carried from an alleyway. and she looked as if she was dead. Such a time as I had to get a carriage, and get her away from that crowd. I asked one of the policemen where he found her, and how she happened to be there. He, of course, knew nothing about it, except that some ruffian probably had struck her on the head, for when he found her sho lay on the ground as if dead. I “As soon as I saw her I noticed that her pearls were all off her dress, and that her necklace was gone. “I thought it the strangest thing under the heavens as to how she ever got there in that plight, and so far from home, but since you said she ran away “Yes, she stole out of the front door while it was standing open. Poor girl, I pity her!” “ Who left the door open ? I supposed she was safe under your and the master's eye.” “One of the servants that knew nothing of the lady left the door open. ” “Well, it is all too bad; but here comes the doctor, and high time it is.” It was tliQ doctor, and after closely examining the still, lifeless form, with a grave, anxious face, he said: “Ladies, your patient is in considerable danger. She has received a very severe blow on the left side of the head. “It will be weeks before she will return to consciousness, and perhaps months. There must be the very best care taken of what little life remains; she is very young ami frail to receive ■ such a shock, and if there is tho slightest disorder, or any person she does not like near her, I will not answer for the consequences. ” Gertana stood there looking down upon that little round, white, lifeless face, as it rested in its clusters of gold; the little hands, lying across the breast, were almost like a babe’s, so soft, so white, and dimpled. The tight-fitting blue satin had been removed, and a long whit l rube, with heavy lace trimmings, now covered the pretty little form. By the side of the bed st o I the nurse and the Italian, whose heart was .then rent with temptation. “That poor beautiful girl lying th re before me is, no doubt, pure and innocent as I once was, but, for some reason, she is more fortunate than I. Sylvester could not steal her heart as he has mine, and as he has her in person. I heard from her own lips that she did not love him, and will never consent to be his wife. “Oh, w hy am I so tempted and tossed about? Shall I in some way take 'he litt'e life that remains in this 1 tt'e body for revenge upon him, or shall I 1 o more merciful? “Shall I nurse back to life this girl who seems to be more than all the world bes des? Shall 1 d> this and let Heaven deal h m his just reward? Oh. speik, conscience, and relieve my burdened so il! “Aye, dear heaven, I will do right, for thei many wrongs of my life have now' blackened my soul darker than night. “I will love and befriend this girl and nurse her back to life. “Then God, the just Judge, will punish the guilty and give me my reward.” The doctor had given Mrs. King the necessary directions and then left the house. While Gertana was standing by the bedside Mrs. King noticed the many changes of the expression of the beautiful, sad face, and knowing that Lenora had dethroned the misjudged woman, a shudder of fear ran through her large, coarse body, and she said : “Madam, I hope you will be kind to my lady, for she is innocent and pure as an angel. She has been much wronged, I fear.” Gertana looked up with a smile. “You need have no fears on that point, for I intend to devote my w hole time and thought to this poor injured beauty. Her path is now rough enough without me scattering more stones.” The gas was turned low, and Lenora’s new friend retired to her room. The nurse, in soft slippers, stole noiselessly about the sick chamber, while the house, was again as still as if the death-angel had stolen away the most beloved. It was very late the next morning before the windows were thrown open, or any signs of life could be sxn at the Noll cottage. The mister of the house did not waken from his long sleep) until near noon, and the sun shone brightly in at the window s. “Why, what has happened? What! Nearly twelve o’clock, and I have slept here on this sofa all night! Ah, yes. I know now.” It seemed that every particle of blood in his body rushed to his head, as memory returned. He then gre.v pale and nervous, and started fcr the dcor, so excited, so anxious was he to know whether she was really lost—lost —forever. Finally the door of his room opened and he reeled into the library. “Yo—you here, Ger ana? Why have you allowed me to sleepo so long, when you knew I wanted to know how the search ended and how matters stand ?” “It was not necessary, Sylvester, that you should be disturbed of the rest that you so much needed. All is as well as could be expected, under the circumstance s.” “What! Oh, heavens, is she found, and is she safe ?” “She is in her room, but probably ■ will die.” Noll raised his hand to his forehea I. and an expression crosse d ’ his pale haggard face that Gertana ’ never forgot. He sank wearily into a chair, that

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stood near where Gertana sat, and ra- ; mained silent for some time. “Tell mo all that has happened, | and just how she is.” "About eleven o'clock last night I Mrs. King came home with Lenora in a carriage; we thought her dead, but sent for a doctor immediately. He ' exam’ned her and said she was seri ously injured, and that she had received a severe blow upon the left side of the hea 1. She is now i ncorscions, I and, perh q s will r m :inso for months. | The d ct r foibado anyone to be al- ! low d t > go near her that was repug- | nunt, and that no one sho dd enter the j room but tl e nurse. When she was brought in her jewels were gone an I h r ur.ss was very much soiled. The p liceTnen w ere carryirg her out of an alley way, on the Sou h Side, wh. n Mrs. King came alo g and wi h s< me difficulty she sue veiled in go.ting into a carriage the 'iiele s form of Miss Lenora. As you k.o she left the home in her evening d: ,s; no doubt rhe k pt iu diiug on and o i, Lko a mad woman, until tome villain n diced her jewels, kn icked her senseless, and tore th m from her. The nurse says she breathes a little mor • freely this morning but uorices nothing, and cannot spr ak.” The news seemed to almod stun Noll's sens s, for he sat long and m>tionl ws, with drooping head and downcast eyes. The manner in which Gertana had explained maHera to him was not. of an angry, jeal ms woman, but the words were spoken in ton s of sympathy, sweet and gent’e. “Gmtma. it i« asking much of yon, I know, b;.t I 1 e ' < f you t > be kind to her and do all you can to save her.” “Yes, SyLester, you ask much; b it I hid already decided that I could rot be so merciless ns not to 1 e merciful to the helpless.” “Yon are kind, and I am not worthy of your < onsideration. “She does not like Mrs. King, Gertana, and th -re must be a change of nurses. ” CHAPTER IX. A month and half had passed and still Lenora wou'd gaze r mud the room with w anderimr eyes; at times it seemed that sho strained her mind to recall some of the past, but her efforts were all in vain. Then the heavy white lids would drcop over those great b mutiful eyes, and she would fall back upon the pillows, weakened and worn from her us dess efforts. Not a word or sound had escaped her lips since that aw fid n'ght when she ran her wild, mad race. Lenora lay there, between life and death, for two long months. All those long weeks there could s, arelv b- the slightest nois • heard in the w hole house; everything seemed shrouded in death. Nidi seldom if ever left th ■ house, and then but for a very short time. Gertana was hopeful and patient, never uttering one word of complaint, yet she s.it day and night by the bedside of the girl who had unwittingly stolen her plac >. Every morning Sylvester would linger long, and silently pace the floor in front of the room door where sin lay whom he so madly loved. The whole household regarded Lenora as something almost sacred, and took delight in doing all that could be done for the poor little patient. Every morning the nurse would go to the door of th > sick chamber and report to th • w e try, anxious listener outside always the s ime s::d. unwelcome, “Just the same.” Null received this same answer for two long months. Hem ver a iked how sho was, or said anything when the nurse answered his silent i iquiry. Everyone seemed to know his thoughts and wants from the expression of his eyes. On the first morning of the third month, Lenora began to notice intelligently the things in her io un. and there were good signs of her eonvalescence. The news brought joy to the whole house, and Sylvester Noll seemed another man. Lenora grow better rapidly. and soon became conscious of her position and of the past. As neither Mrs. King nor any other of th 1 watchful ] ati nt’s old enemies appeared, she began to feel lie er and mure cheerful. One day Gertana sent word to tho sick chamber that a lady friend would like to see the pati mt. “Wh > can th? friend be,” thought Lenora. “I am here, away from all that is near and deal’ to me, and who that is a friend of mine can know that I am here, a prisoner of that awful man? Oh, I must not think of him, for I want to get quite well again, that I may escape, and I hope I shall be more successful than I was the last time. Who cm that friend be? AVell she may come in, whoever she may be. “Nurse, you may admit that lady who wants to see me.” “Very well, miss.” The nurse then opened the door, and Gertana entered, looking very beautiful in a long whit ■ morning wrapper, with a bunch of red roses at her throat and in the heavy coils of her jet-black hair. Lenora could not utter one word as the beautiful Italian entered; in fact, she knew hardly what to say. She did not think it possible that this beautiful dark lady was a friend, for she had been with the nan she so much feared when they ate dinner in the hall. All the events of that night flashed through Lenora’s mind, and she looked up at her visitor rather suspiciously. [TO BE CONTINUED.] Conumlriims. Why is a cat's tail like the earth? It is fur to the end. What kin is the doormat to the door? A step farther. AVhat is a waist of time? The middle of an hour-glass. Why is a doctor never seasiok? II*» is used to see sickness. AVhy does an old maid wear mittens ? To keep off the chaps. AVhat is the difference between a dog’s tail and a rich man? One keeps a wagging and the other keeps a carriage,

INDIANA STATE NEWS. A CHKONIULK OF HAPPENINGS IN HOOSIKRDOM. shocking Deaths, Terrible Accidents, Horrlbic Crimes, Proceedings of Courts, Secret Societies, and, in fact, Everything of Interest to the Hoosiers. The south-bound Chicago and Nashville express on the Evansville and Terre Haute Railway, ran into a north-bound freight at Emison Station, ten miles north of Vincennes. The freight had orders to take the siding at Emison, but owing to the sliding of the locomotive’s wheels on the rails, the freight was delayed in getting clear of the main track, and the express came rushing around a curve and struck the rear end of the freight. Engineer Lyons, of the express, reversed his engine, but the down grade made it impossible to stop in so short a distance. The locomotive was raised into the air and thrown over into the wagon road, almost entering a front door of a cottage near the track. Engi- ] neer Lyons jumped, but Fireman Shumaker remained on tne engine, the former breaking an arm and in juring his head, while the latter escaped without a scratch. The passengers were thrown helter skelter about the curs, but all escaped, although it was next to marvelous that they did so, Court - Boom Tragrtly at Kokomo* A terrible tragedy occurred in Squire Rohan's court at Kokomo. Samuel Pruitt tired two shots into the body of । his wife and a third into J. C. Blacklidgc. a prominent attorney of that city, j An action for divorce was pending between the Pruitts, and a petty lawsuit was in progress. Mr. Bbickhdge wan shot in the right breast, but will prob ably recover. The woman was shot in the right shoulder, and will probably die. Mr. Pruitt bus heretofore borne an exifllent reputation. He served four and a half years in the army and was one of the body-guards of President Lincoln at the time of his assassination. Pruitt was captured and is now in jail await ing t ri->l. The couple had been married twenty-one years and have children grown. T he shooting of Mr. Blaeklidge, thv prisoner claims, was accidental. but he intended to kill the wife and another man. who destroyed the sanctity of his household. A I tempted llurtlar, and \r*on. burglars entered the jewelry house of Sheldon. Swope A Co., and attempted to overpower Edward Patterson, who oc- ! copies a sleeping room over the store, tn or h r to force him to give the combination of the safe. Patterson was awakened when the burglars entered the room and a scuffle ensued, in which one of thi thieves Used a razor, with which he cut Patterson seventeen times on the arms, breast, and neck. Patterson fired I five shots at his assailant, who made his escape through the back door. Before leaving the burglars poured kerosene around the safe and in the rubbish in the cellar, and set fire to the building, but the Maim s were quickly extinguished. !.<»•»<*> by F ire. Kempton, eight miles west of Tipton, was v isited by a serious fire and almost the entire business part of the town was destroyed. E. Burkhart's general store was burned, causing a loss of $ .SOO; no insurance. John Clark, saloon and building, loss. $800; gas company office, ’ s■>oo; A. Gossard, meat market. $300; John Reese, postoffice and general store, $7,000; S. Mozingo, drug store, sl<mi. A barber-shop, saloon and blacksmith shop , w< re also burned, aggregating a loss of SBUO. There was no insurance on any of the buildings or stock. The fire is supposed to have been the work of incendiaries who first robbed the buildings and then applied the torch. Assaulted by Her r'ather-in-Law. Benjamin C. Ice, resididg ten miles south of Marion, was arrested on the charge of assault and battery with intent to murder his daughter-in-law, Lavina C. Ice. The accused and his alleged victim are both of the highest standing. It appears that there was a dispute over the measuring of some land, and lee becoming enraged, attacked his relative with a club, and would have beaten her to death but for interference. As it was, she was painfully injured. In addition to a criminal prosecution, civil suit was । filed this morning, demanding $5,00(1 of i Ice for the injuries inflicted on his ■ daughter-in-law. Found Dead on a Railroad Track. Ira E. Smith, a young coal-oil dealer ; of Evansville, was found dead near Haubstadt, a station on the Evansville and Terre Haute Railroad. His head had been severed from his shoulders. It is believed by some that he committed suicide by allowing a train to pass over his neck, but others fear lie is a victim of foul play. Ho was a native of Cincinnati, was 30 years old, and had been | married six months. He left home to go to an Odd Fellows' meeting, and was not seen afterwards. The police are at work on the case, and promise some developments very soon. A Deserved Dremotion. Capt. Henry AV. Lawton, of the Fourth Cavalry, has been appointed Assistant Inspector General of the U. S. Army, with the rank of Major. Maj. Lawton gained great reputation as the captor of Geronimo, the Apache chief, and his promotion is a well-deserved recognition of brilliant services. The news will be especially pleasing to his many Indiana friends. Maj. Lawton entered the militaryservice in 1861, enlisting at his home in Fort Wayne in the Thirtieth Indiana volunteers. Damages Demanded for Slander. A tenement house on the farm of John Ford, a wealthy farmer who lives southwest of Columbus several miles, was destroyed by fire. It was supposed to have been the work of incendiary, and Ford is alleged to have openly accused Noah Wilson, a young man of the neighborhood, of committing the arson- Wjlson

has brought suit against Ford for SI,OOC damages for tho slander of his character. Death from Injuries Received, Frederick Carr, a well-known and prominent painter nt Jeffersonville, while decorating the new residence of Thomas O’Donell, fell from the second story of the building and sustained a concussion of the spine. He was picked up and carried to the office of Dr. AVatkins, near by, and was unable to budge an inch from the time he was taken there until he died. Fly-Wheel Exitlodes. A fly-wheel in Squirer & Higbee’s saw-mill at Marion, weighing fifteen hundred pounds, and making 500 revolutions a minute, exploded by centrifugal force, demolishing the engine and engine-room, and inflicting damage to the extent ot $1,500. Several employes hud almost miraculous escapes. Boy Badly Injured. At Greencastle the 15-year-old son of Robt. Long, was seriously, if not fatally j injured, by a Texas pony kicking him in the face. His face is badly distigured, but the extent of the injury cannot definitely ascertained, as he is yet in an unconscious condition. Minor State Items. - MissNelhe Carver, n most estimable young lady, formerly a resident of Martinsville, died at the home of her parents in Indianapolis, after a sickness of seven mouths, of consumption. She was taken to Martinsville for burial. ■Mrs. John Click, an aged widow residing north of Peru, was most horribly burned, the body being a mere crisp. It is supposed her dress caught fire from a live coni while smoking a pipe. Her daughter was seriously burned in attempting to resc •' her. Judge Ferguson, in deciding a stock law case recently nt New Albany, sustained the right of any officer or citizen to take up and impound stock running nt large. He said that under the statute laws of this State no animals are allowed to run nt large, except such ns are permitted to do so by an ordei of the Boar I of County Comniissioners. During a heavy thunder-storm, lightning struck the barn of Noah WilHnnis, five miles south of Martinsville, setting fire to it. Almost the entire contents wete destroyed. One horse whs lost. I'he barn was full of grain, hay, and llllplenients. Loss, $1,200. The residence of Samuel Tomlin, iu \an Buren Township, near Shelbyville, burned at an early hour this morning. Loss. $1,500; insurance, S7OO. -Died, Israel Baker, of Elkhart, Ind., aged 67 y-'ius, a pioneer and prominent ex-soldier. 1 rederick Carr, of New \lbnny, who fill from a house in Jeffersonville, while painting, died Friday of his injuries. Mrs. Mary Poeonga died at the Indian reservation, seven miles northwest of Marion. She was about sixty years old. She was the widow of Charles Peeonga, the last recognized chief of the Miami Indians, who are scattered over the counties of Grant, Miami, and Wabash. T he Rev. Father Hulser,the twentyfifth anversury of whose ordination was celebrated at Huntington recently, was bora m Atterdorn, Westphalia. He stu lied in Insbruck, Austria, and entered the priesthood in his native country. He came to America nineteen years ’ ago, and has been pastor of the Catholic Church at Huntington nine years. His services there have been rewarded by many additions to the church. —ln the African Methodist Episcopal ‘ Conference : Crawfordsville, the name of George W. Wilcox was presented for j admission, recommended by the quarterly conference of Marion. Bishop Brown made some pertinent remarks about the conduct of the camp-mc _ ings. —The 10-year-old daughter of Mr. Miller shot and instantly killed the 4-year-old son bf James Sheerlock, at the residence of Miller, Goshen. The children found a small target rifle, and commenced wrestling for possession of it. In the scuffle the hammer was raised and the gun tired, sending a bullet through the child's brain. --The boiler of Ervin's saw-mill, located three miles west of Princeton, exploded. Engineer Ed Ervin, and a logman mimed Cox, were both seriously and . probably fatally scalded. —The suit of the city of Frankfort I against the Frankfort Water-works Com- । pany to compel the latter to allow a test | of the works to be made by an expert, i has been decided against the city by Judge Snyder, of the Montgomery Circuit Court. —ln the Montgomery Circuit Court a suit is being brought by Matilda Elmore against Elisha Lane, a saloon-keeper at Crawfordsville, for selling whisky to her husband. Elmore bought whisky of Lane, got drunk and went home and thrashed his wife, who iu turn sues I Lane for $2,00(1 damages. —Frederick Stickfort, of Waldron, has filed in the Shelby Circuit Court a suit for SIO,OOO damages against the C., I. St. L. &C. Railway. He was struck by a passenger train on Aug. 9, and badly hurt. —Mrs. Jonathan Hostler, wife of a farmer living five miles east of Huntington, committed suicide on Monday by taking rough on rats. She had been demented for nearly a year. She was about thirty years of age, and leaves a husband and two young children. —The requirements for a right to vote in November in this State are: You must have been a resident of the State six months, a resident of the township sixty days and a resident of the precinct or ward in which you vote for thirty days prior to election. Any man who moved into Indiana on or after May 7, 1888, is deprived of his vote next fall, and any voter who moved from one township to another on or after Sept. 8, 1888, has also lost his vote, while the voter who moves from one precinct to another on or after Oct. 8, 1888, will have no right to vote.

THE SUNDAY SCHOOL. AN INTERESTING AND INSTRUCTIVE LESSON CONSIDERED. Reflections of an Elevating Character — M holesonw Food for Thought — Studying tlie Scriptural Lessons Intelligently and Profitably. Lesson for Sept. 30 found in Deuteronomy 21: 18-21, or First Thes. 1: 6-10. INTRODUCTORY. Teachers and schools are given their choice of three lessons, the quarterly review, tho temperance lesson and the missionary lesson. Perhaps most superintendents will open or close the school with a brief review of the lessons passed over in the three months just gone by, giving possibly twenty minutes to one of the other ilternative Scriptures. The importance of frequent reviews cannot be overestimated. The next quarter will continue tho lessons from the Old Testament, carrying us through Judges and into Ruth. In the past three months we have followed the children ot Israel from Sinai to Mt. Nebo, through not quite forty years of history. Let us hope that the pertinent and practical lessons of the wilderness journey may not bo lost upon us. FROM EOYPT TO THE JORDAN. 1. July 1. God's Covenant with Israel. Ex. 24: 1-12. Golden Text: "I will bo to them a God, and they shall be to mo a people." Hebfß: 111. 2. .July 8. The Golden Calf. Ex. 32: 15-26. Golden Text: "Little children, keep yourselves from idols,” 1 John 5: 21. 3. July 15. God's Presence Promised. Ex. 33: 12-23. Golden Text: “Lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world." Matt. 28: 20. 4. July 22. Free Gifts for the Tabernacle. Ex. 35: 20-29. Gohlen Text: “God lovcth a cheerful giver.” 2 Cor. 9: 7. 5. July 29. Tho Tabernacle. Ex. 40: 1-16. Golden Text; "Behold the tabernacle of God is with men. and He will dwell with them.” Rev. 21:3 6. Aug. 5. The Burnt OfToring. Lev. 1; 1-9. Golden Text: "The Lord hath laid oa him the iniquity of us all." Isa. 53: 6. Better: "Present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service." Rom. 12:1. 7. Aug. 12. The Day of Atonement. Lev. 16: 1-16. Golden Text: "Without shedding of blood is no remission.” Hob. 9: 22. 8. Aug. 19. The Feast of Tabernacles. Lev. 23: ai- H. <> Aden Text: “The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the tabernacles of the righteous.” Ps. 118: 15. 9. Aug. 26. Tho Pillar of Cloud and of Fire. Num. 9: 15-23. Golden Text: "Oh. send out thy light and thy truth; let them lead me.” Ps. 43: 3. 10. Sept. 2. Tho Spies sent into Canaan. Num. 13: 17-33. Golden Text: "Let us go up at once, and possess it; for we arc well able to overcome it." Num. 13: 30. 11. Sept. 9. The Unbelief of tho People. | Num. 14: 1-10. Golden Text: "So wo seo that they could ' not enter in because of unbelief." Heb. I 3: 19. 12. Sept. 16. The Smitten Rock. Num. 20: 1-13. Golden Text: "They drank of that Spiritual rock that followed them; and that Rock was Christ." 1 Cor. 10: 4. 13. Sept. 23. Death and Burial of Moses. Dent. 31: 1-12. Golden Text: "Tho path of the just is as tho shining light, that shinoth more and more unto tho perfect day.” Prov. 4: 18. TEMPERANCE LESSON. Severe punishment, yon say. Yes, shockingly severe—that was the intention. Great sin was to receive great penalty, and so the nation kept from corruption and disintegration. For. remember, it was a civil statute, and not simply a matter of domestic discii pline. Israel was a theocracy, and the end ] in view was tho building up of a holy and | happy nation. Whatever hindered so blessed an accomplishment was a public I erime, a menace to all. The nation was greater than tho individual, and the gra- ■ cious purpose of God with reference to his chosen people was not to be checked or hindered by the defection or deformity of any 1 one. Severity with sin is in itself kindness and tenderness. Indulgence is often the deepest cruelty. Eli's easy priestly discipline wrought havoe for Israel. David could have done himself, his nation, and the erring Absalom, no greater mischief than by the shutting of his eyes to his son's treachery. And when Israel compromised with her enemies, and left the Philistines intrenched in the low lands, sho was bitterly cruel to herself and her thorn-pricked posterity. No, strictness is not heartlessness. The blood of the sixties in this country cries out against those long ago who cried "Peace! peace!” and said, "Let alone! let I alone!” There is a deal of misplaced charity in this world. Sentimentalism seems to be the fashion of the times. Keep things going, forsooth, as smoothly as possible without causing pain anywhere. But sin interferes with smoothness, and wherever there is sin there is bound to bo pain—somewhere. When a man puts himself at variance with Christian principle, and violates all domestic obligations. he comes under God’s last earthly tribunal, the state, and must be judged bv the impartial and stringent laws of the State. Despising church and family, he invites tho national authority, and by th at he must be judged. The libertine and drunkard have put behind them Christian compassion and homo charity. When the state deals with th mi she can treat them as I common criminals, and, as it were, senseless blocks to the wheels of progress. The sage and seasonable lesson for us all, however, is that public iniquity should be publicly and promptly removed. "So shalt thou put evil away from among you." No ; terms with sin, no compromise with deadly err or—no license. The iniquity was to be stoned with stones. It is the only way for the state to meet the crying evil of each generation. Stille it, stone it, slay it! That was a fatal interruption to what is reported as Chancellor Crosby's plausible little speech: "Supposing.” said he, "there were a tiger loose in the streets of the city. "Would you let him run at large? Would you I not advise that he be hemmed in, as much ' as possible, restricted in his ravages to the most limited district?” "Shoot the tiger!" rang out a voice in the gallery. Sure enough, why not? MISSIONARY LESSON. "Followers" we all are, copying after some one. The word is from mimos. from which our term mimic. "Imitators.’ the Revision happily puts it. Let us be careful what wc imitate; may we have a worthy copy. And what shall 'we say of that company who through eighteen Christian centuries have taken for their perfect pattern Christ the Lord? What would ihis world have sunk to without that uplifting model? And we all of us are examples, some one I somewhere is influenced by what we say I and do. We may be unconscious of it. The ; sentinel on his lonely beat on tho wall ot the foreign prison, did not know that, far j below him there through the grating ot a distant cell, the sun caused his shadow at a I certain hour of the day to fall, and that the I lone prisoner, otherwise com panionless, his 1 food brought bv unseen hands, watched all j day for just that’faint reflection. Some one ■ is looking at you; be careful. Next Lesson —"The Commission of JoshI Ua.” Josh. 1:1-9. Men are like trees; each one must put forth the leaf that is created in him. Education is only like good culture; it changes the size but not the sort.— ll. IF. Beecher. The invention of the game of chess is attributed to Palamades, 680 B. C By some authorities the origin of fht game is credited to tho Hindoos. It is one thing for the dealer to under- 1 stand customers and another thing te I j understand matters. i

NUMBER 14.

DIE GREEN DIAMOND. NEWS AND GOSSIP IN THE BASEBALL WORLD. Tho Work of tho League Pitcher,Spalding’s Australian Tour-A Demand by the Brotherhood of Ball PlayersMiscellaneous Notes of the Game. [CHICAGO CORRESPONDENCE.] John M. AVard, tho great short -stop of the New York Club, and President of the Brotherhood of Ball Players, while in Pittsburg last week, was shown a newspaper article to the effect that the Brotherhood had decided to make a fight on the reserve rule, and not to be bound by it another season, and that AVard had been chosen as the player to make the test Members of the New York Club without exception laughed at it as absurd and characterized it as a “fairy story.” Ward who according to the article, is to sustain the burden of the attack, read it careful’V’ rW’ as k lu o for paper and pencil, wrote as follows: | Ihe story is absolutely without foundation. If any such move were contemplated certamly I should know of it. Iheie has never been a season before within my recollection, in which such perfect good faith has been maintained between clubs and players. Since the iHeehug of the league and Brotherhood last full the best of feeling hi.s prevailed all around. There are one or two minor affairs that should yet be adjusted, and doubtless will be without friction, but that there is any such move to be made as outlined is absolutely untrue.” Dan Brouthers, who is Vice President of the Brotherhood, and Hanlon, another leading light, denounce the sensation in fully as strong terms as did AVard. All sav they are well satisfied with the reserve rule, and want it maintained when not abused. A\ aid says he expects to be reserved by New York, and play there next season. Iu speaking of the proposed Australian trip. President Spalding, of the Chicago Club, said the? other day: “The American team is nearly complete, although there may be new additions. I have just signed John Healy, of the Indianapolis Club, and James Donnelly, of the Washington team. So you see that all the League teams are represented in the combination.” Spalding am[ Anson will spend the winter on the Australian trip, but let no one suppose for a moment that the Chicago magnate's interest in the League or the Chicago Club will be forgotten. Tim Murnan in New England and an equally trusty man in the Northwest have their instructions from headquarters; and let it be understood that, while there will be no wholesale change in the ranks of the team as now composed, it will carry a greater force of seasoned and unseasoned but promising battery talent next year than any club in the League. The result of the work done by the League pitchers up to date is as follows: AVon. Loet.l Won. Lost. Keefe 28 '.ilShreve 8 18 I’. Conway 26 8 Gleason 7 12 Clarkson 21 16,Gruber 6 10 Kroci 21 11 Widner 5 5 Welch 21 14 Madden 5 10 Buflinton 21 12 D. Conway 4 1 Morris 19 lOlßorchers. 4 4 Galvin 17 18,Burdick 4 • Sowders 16 10 Radbourn 4 11 Whitney 15 14 Ryan... 3 2 O’Day 15 21|Crane 3 4 Getzein 15 21iBeatiu 3 4 Van Ha1tr0n....13 12Dailey 2 5 M. Baldwin 12 13 Mains 1 0 Cas.-v 12 11 George 1 0 Boyle 12 19;Knell 1 2 Sanders 11 (iTener.., 0 1 Healy 11 18 Maul 0 1 Titcomb 9 7jShaw 0 3 Staley 9 91 A few weeks ago Pfeffer, the great second baseman of the Chicago Club, stopped smoking, thinking it would aid him in batting. His mother, who is all wrapped up in her son’s welfare, anxiously watched his record to see if he did better. She discovered that he was falling awav and getting farther down the list every day, so she wrote him to again commence smoking aud see if he couldn’t hit the ball. He received the letter last Friday night, and. acting on his mother’s advice smoked three or four cigars before retiring. So far it has had the desired result, for he won the game Saturday by timely hitting and made a total of six with five times at bat in Monday s game. “I see that Anson is claiming as original the idea of removing the pitcher to the center of the diamond, so as to make batting better,” said Umpire Ferguson to an Eastern reporter. “AVhy, I was the .irst one to suggest it, and not only to suggest it, but to try it. It was in Chicago, aud Bond was one of the pitchers. Both pitchers were hit very hard. lam satisfied that something like this will be tried next season.” The Clevelands have been shut out more times this season than any team in the Association. They have received ten coats of whitewash. Kansas City is next on the list with nine. Brooklyn has been shut out seven times, Cincinnati six, Louisville and Baltimore five each, St. Louis four, and the Athletics are at the tail end of tho list with only three. DIAMOND DUST. Dwyer will prove a valuablo addition to the Chicagos. Detroit leads tho League in club batting and New York in club fielding. Dan Brouthers leads the Detroit team in batting and fielding. Anson will have some more slo,< 10 pitchers to sell next season. Dalrymple has been released from the Pittsburgs. President Young says there will be no change in tho League next season. The present dubs will all remain in. The Bail-Plavers’ Brotherhood will make a strong tight at the fall League meeting to do awav with the reserve rule. Aiisou does not deserve ill-treatment at Chicago’s hands. The old man is the salvation of this city as a ball town. At least so thinks a Boston exchange. President Young, of the League, thinks the only possible method of increasing the batting without disturbing things too much is to move the pitcher back five feet. Keefe, of New York, has won the most games in the National League: King, ot St. Louis, in the Association; Lovett, of Omaha, in the Western; and Sowders, of Lima, in the Tri-State. Hov of the AVashingtons, has been foitunate’in stealing second base this st ‘ as o“’ but when he once makes the attempt and is thrown out it destroys all his ambition to make a second attempt in the same ^Borion can boast Os being the only city to support a professional t< am since 1870] without a break. Chicago comes next, bu. during the vear when the tire almost destroyed the rity the national game received ^KhaTten stated that this will ably be Fred Dunlap's last season upon the’ball field. Tho injury the great sec-ond-baseman of the tained some time since has 1? be of a more serious natuie than was at first anticipated. . ~ There have been 68 shut-outs in the League this season and 19 in the Associa- ■ tiom The Chicagos have been shut put 1 live times.