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CAN YOU JOAULV’ BT JKFFIE FORBUSH HANAFOHD, In the gloaming I am sittin", Drftamiug of the happy pa^t. Softly, like the ah ulown tuttlnj. ’TL; a dream it cannot In 4 For my darling, I ve been loti ly Eve; aiuce you w< nt away. And I’m thinkin : of jot only Every minute thro' the day. I keep thinking bow we pitted. How we eaid the hiat good-hv ; Even now the tears have st r.ed, I can almost henr you Bigh. Do you rec-ill the time, 1 wonder. And think of it with fond regie : Ur have you torn awe t ties naunder And schooled your heart to toon forg.lt? Lost Lina; -on,THE BITTER AND THE SWEET. A Tale cf Two Continents. BY MRS. NINA LAWSON [CHAPTER XVl.— Continuep.l “What grandeur anti how beautiful! Could it but last forever. I think I should be happy. No wonder Lenora was continually sighing for her old home, and these beautiful hills mid valleys. In the springtime, when the roses and wild flowers are in bloom, when the sparkling water of the eiol, shady brook goes rippling over its pebbly bottom, while the sweet little birds warble their songs from the lofty bows of the forest trees, sending the lovely sounds, echoing on and on. until the sounds die away in the distance, such quiet loveliness as this would be balm to the aching hearts of all poor, saddened souls.” The, sleigh had by this time stopped in front of Farmer Hire's gate, and Gertana lightly sprang from under the warm robes into the deep, light snow. The door of the old farm-hous? was then opened and an elderly gentleman, with a kind, pleasifig face, and more white hairs than black on his head, appeared to welcome her, as it seemed to the now light-hearted woman. And, in fat*t, so it was. As the old man saw the sleigh stop at his gate, his heart beat with joy, for it seemed to him that lie would hear from their lost darling. Auntie June’s sad face wax lighted with a pleasant smile as Gertana entered the house and introduced herself. She was welcome, oh, so ■welcome, and she must stay all night so that she could tell them every little thing about their “k s Lina.” Gertana had intend* d to stav only a short time, but to ph a e them she consented to rema n, and sent a no> back to the hotel to Nissou. The day passed quickly and pleasantly by. G. rtana fold the lonely couple all the particulars about Lenora. It seemed to almost break their heart; whtu she told them that she had been stolen away the second time, and no one knew where she had been taken to. Os course they had not missed the papers, and did not know when or how they had been tak m. It was quite late that night before the large bed of coals was covered over with ashes, and the old couple and their visitor retired. The sun was shining in brightly through Gertana’s window the next morning b fore she aw >ke from her sweet, refreshing skep. A neat, plain breakfast was waiting for her on a neatly spread table. About nine o'clock the sleigh cam > for her, and just before she went she drew from her pocket a large roll of bills and counted out five thousand dollars. “I give you this amount of money to complete Lenora’s education should she return; but if she is not here in three years I wish you to use it, to buy for yourselves the comforts of life. I see there is a little silver among the black lais of your head, and now since I have been with yon f can realize how much yen have lost, and I do this for her sake. Also 1 will leave with you her diamonds ami dresses, and this oil painting that looks just likelier, no doubt, avion you last saw her. If sh ■ returns the dresses may lie of use to her, and now, good-by to I you, with the sincere hope that she will return.” Gertana had glided out of the door, and was riding off, before the astonished couple could rco >ver from their Surprise. 'lhey were thankful, they were please'd, but these sentiments could not 4 1 the place that th ir Lina had occupied. It was arranged between them that Gertana should relu-n to Chicago with Lenora’s papers and place them in the hands of some good, tins y lawy* r. It was but a short time after she left the farm-ho.ise until she arrived at the hotel, where she found Niss >u patiently waiting for her. They returned to Chi-ago the same day, and on the following Gertana placed the papers in the hands of a trusted, careful lawyer, T. TL Hyde, and in a few hours afterward she left the city en route t * Italy. Uncle Criste and Auntie June waited the three years and more for their darling child, but she did not come: neither had they ever heard from her. CHAPTER XVII. Noll lay on the hard bunk of his prison cell snue time be for? there were any signs of his recovery, but finally he became conscious, only to find himself securely locked in a dark, dingy cell, while outside a guard passed slowly by every few minutes. After gazing round for some time in a strange, bewildered fashion, trying to remember how he came there and what had happened, he got up and walked to the grated window of his cell. It was still dark without, day had not yet dawned; yet the darkness was no darker than the thought- then passing through his min I. For a long time he stood there, mat tering terrible oaths, cursing his ill luck, and thus ? wh > h; 1 I him a prisoner. He then paced restlessly up and down the ceil, compelled to n;w ids

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1 wrath and make the most of his posi- ' tion. He could n it then realize that ha I was getting part of his reward far his i many crimes, nor could ho imagine why Lenora dislik'd him so, and would continually plead for freedom. I No, he was blind to the misery of all I but himself. Thus he spent the weeks that passed , I before the day set for his trial came. Court opened at nine, and he was led from the jail to the c.iurt-room closely I guarded. The streets wire crowded । with anxious spectators, all waiting to , see “Jim the In sperate.” During the trial, Noll sat in the । prisoner's box, pale, anxious, yet somewhat resigned, as he km w he was pow- | erless, and had been caught at last, i j Before the sentenr* was passed, the । J udge asked Noll if there was anything that he wished to say. “I plead guilty of the charge, but wish you to grant me the privilege of I returning immediately t > Chicago. I know thi' sentence will he a heavy one, । and 1 wish to s?e my home once more.'' I It was impossible to grant that request, for there was too great a risk to ! lie run, but after cot sld» ruble pleading j and arguing the request was granted, under certain conditions. The sentence was then passed, w hich I was twenty years’ impri-onmeuL A cold, (hillin; feeling crept into । the veins of Noll s body a; the stern voice of th? Judge pronounced the sentence. He hud hoped that it would be less severe, and that there would possibly he a (banca of him outliving or escap- i , ; ing in time that hr might yet realize | those sweet dreams of the past. Court then adjourned, and the prisoner was taken back to his cell: he was given a scanty supper and left alone ii: his glory. He did not sleep, for all night long , a slow, steady tap, tap could be heard > • on the hard floor of his cell: as he thus ' paced up and down this dark, narrow, little place, his head wan thrown for- ! ward, resting on his chest. Has face, that wa< once bright and beautiful. I was now pale and haggard, w hile his . j eyes w ere sunken and dim. Had all his crimes been known, his body would soon be cold and stiff'in ! death. But no; Jim the Desperate had । escaped the terrible death he d served —the gallow s. Dil he think, while h? was pae j ing up and down that e 41. of a 1 few who were thin dead that they ; had met their death by his own hand? .Did not the ghost of that poor, bereaved father and mother, whose bones were then lying nt the b ittom of a deep gorge of the Rocky Mountains, appear before him, while he paced there in tin* silent darkness? Did they not speak to him in such i deep, threatening tones that would curdle the blood in the veins of his , body, charging him with the murder of their stolen daughter, and of stealing all the money they then had? And. when all was still as death, with nit and within, save thf dull, heavy tap. tap of the prisoner's tr< ad, would not that ghostly vision of that fair, beautiful girl, flat he had stolen from thos ' poor, injured parents and carried oT among the mountains would she nob appear before him. asking him for mercy and free lorn? And w hen, on > day, as he returned to the cold, damp cave, where he was ! then hiding fro n h's > ins ers, he saw i that innocent, injured girl s retched, lifeless, on the floor, wi h a knife pierced through her heart, with her j little hand still clutching it in the i tight, cold grasp of dealt. Did not this appear before him. w ith ‘ many more equally as terrible crime ;? । Yes; and the beautiful, childish face j of his last victim—Lenora Churchill encircled in the clustering golden curls ' ot her shapely head, while lurgreaC beautiful eyes were ever I efore him. as he last s iw her. For Lenora he wished to be free, and if she was still at his cottage w hen he returned, he intended to make a desperate struggle for freedom. That night was a long an 1 terrible one for Syb ester Noll. He V’ewcel his past life from his earliest memory up to the present date. The beautiful home of his childI hood, in the fair lands of France, near the city of Bordeaux where lie had spent so many happy days, now appeared before him in that dingc, uglv cell. The sweet, pleasant face of his j mother was there in that beautiful j home, and the name, Sylvester Eustace De Bla se, sonude I in his ears as he had heard it so often in the years of the past. And then, too, as he grew to manhood, tin' many pleasant hours lie would spend at the clubs, the amount of money he used and the company ho j then entertained. Finally, the great pa sion for the' gambling table and all sorts of amusements that drew o.i hi-; purs'. Thus it went on a few years, when the day of reckoning came, and h? and his poor, loving mother were penniless beggars. And the night h ■ went home to tell his mother of his disgrace: how sh ? looked as she droppt'd d *ad at his feet. Ah! Those thoughts were distressing, yet he had not let them eater his mind of late years, but to-night they came, in spite of his every ('Hort. ; Every crime he had ever committed seemed to stand before him, there in the darkness, like so frightful threatening specter;. Gertana Girandani, the beautiful Italian woman, whom he had so cruelly wronged, would appear to Svives- j tor's memory, and the apparition of her i father was there before him, asking for ’ i his only child. As all these crimes would rise bcfor(' । him. in spite of all that he could do to j drive them back, he would shudder lan I reel round th? cell like a drunken man. Finally irght that nigh! the most horribl tha' Sylvester Eustace Dei Blaise, for that was his real name, I i had ever knQ.vn, passed and morning davyned. As the light slowly er< pt into his ci'll I through th one narrow grated wiui (low. jt eemed t> diico .away those

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wild, maddening thoughts that had haunted him during the night. He then threw himself upon his Hard, narrow cot, weary and worn, and completely exhausted The breakfast that had be?n given him remained untouched; about nine o’clock the Sheriff and a guard came - to his cell. “Hello, Jim! U.hhp, its train time, ' and if you want to get to Chicago today be quick.” The sound of the officer’s voice startled the prisoner, au I he quickly sprang from the io 1 . As the guard l opened the door vs the cell De Blaise appeared in front of them, with the light shining full on his face. t he two men started back, for they c nil.l scarce!} believe him to be the same man they had seen in the courtI room th? day before. Nothing unusual happened on their way to the city, and the prisoner made no effo:t to escape. Aft ir their arrival in Chicago the prisoner and the two men guarding him were driven in a closed carriage to that now desert >d cottage, and at the first glam *' Sylvester knew there w as something wrong, for the shutters were all closed and no one could be set m They rang the bell and De Dlaise’s old c >u liman opened the door. "Why, Tom, what does all this mean? Where is Hi nry and the rest of the | servants, ami your mistress and the madam ?“ Ihe servants were all discharged, and the mistress was stob*n out of the house night after you left, and the madam, why, 1 don't know where she is. cither.' De Blaise was standing in the hall, I while lorn was explaining th? strange ' and sudden change. The library door was standing op( u, and De Blaize, looking more like a dead man than one alive, ret led and staggered into the room where he had ■ last seen the two injured beauties. The chair in which Lonora refused to sit. in his presence, still stood in the same place ns it did when he left the room on the day of his departure for Springfield. Sick at heart, and thoronghlx convinced that it would be useless to at- ! tempt to find either ot the Indies, lie surrendered nil hopes an I himself to his present bitter futi . I'he two men guarding him never loft his side, and scarcely removed their eyes from his face. ; It was e\ideut from the t xpression l on the prisoner's face that he was men- ; tally suffering almost more than he I could bear. For some time he stood gazing around the room from one object to the other, evidently seeing nothing, but ■ remembering everything that had Imp pencil iii that room, when suddenly he looked steadily into the faces of the two me.i guarding him. and in tones strange and hollow, that were eiitirelv . foreign t > him, he said : “1 am now man enough to realize , t!iat 1 never was one before, but I was a rogue, a villain aye, worse, I was a brute! "In this very room 1 hive, no doubt, uttered the words that cause I the d ath of her whom I n ail} did — love; oh. my God! how much I ctmmd t 'll. and never knew until now !” I'he last few words were scareelv audible, so low and hollow was his voice. He sank down in the chair bv hi< sid', and covering his face with his hands, he wept like a child. linally the s >bs grew fainter; he looked up at the men, w.th pal ■. parched lip;, and haggard, tear stained face. With some difficulty he ar >s ■ from the chair, scarcely a shadow of what he was the last time he sat there. "Oh. would to God it was iu mv power t > undo the wrongs of my । ast life! b it no, that cannot be. “My soul must go to hell and my heart burn forever for the redemption of those .sins.” As he ceased speaking he cast a pleading glan e at the men at his side, is if it were in their power to relieve him in some way, hut iinding no response to his silent plea-ling a deep moan of unutterable miserv esiaped his lips, from the very depths of Ins mieiable wicked soul. “Oh, if you have no mercy on me then shoot me. Hell and eternal damnation would ba better than this horrible mental misery. “My God, m m. it is tearing my heart and s ul from my body. Shoot me, for Heaven's sake.'' Almost before the words escaped Sylvester's lips a little stream of Hood rushed from one corner of his mo. Hi and went trickling down the side of hl? pale cheek, (lowing in a little stream t i the floor. Bes r? the asfonishe l guards c mid recover the'r pr s mee of mind t > attempt to cheek the How of blood, a pistol was tired from behind the curtains of the arched doorway and the bull 4 entered Sylvester De Blaise's heart. He threw up his arms and fell black on the floor—a dead man. [to be continued.] Chicago Ahead. If was an <d I iheitnut roastel over en a new pan. There were only six or eight of us in th । jurlor car, and it was plain to us that th 1 lady from Chicago and th* lady from Boston had a hostile feeling toward (ach other. I suppose it was becuise the lady from Chicago had the largest diamond earrings. or be 'ause the lady from Boston had the most fashionable'lu>t. By and by the Baston lady leaned over and politely inquired: “Are you from the West?” “ Yes'm—Chicago.” “Chicago? Chicago? Seems to me I have heard the name.” “And you are from the East?” qm ried Chicago. "Yes'm Boston.” Chicago retlect d a moment us if to refresh her memory, and then rang the. bell for the porter. When he came । she slowly said ; । “Po-tah, ask the conduct-tali if he ! has a map. I w ant to find a place jciil ed Bawston!” And by a non-partisan vote of four to two it was decided that Chicago was one ahead.

| INDIANA STATE NEWS. I A CHKONKLE OF HAPI’FNINOS IN HOOSIKKDOM. Shocking Dentils, Terrible Acciileuts, Horrible Criniog, Proceeding* of Courts, Sei cret Societies, and, in met, Everything of Interest to the Hoosiers. The following is the official vote for State officers cast Nov. 6, 1888, as compiled bv the Secretary of State: OOVEBNOH. Alvin P. Hovey, Hep 203,1D4 : Court land C. Mat boh, Hem 261,00:1 John P. Milroy, Labor 2,661 I Jasper S. Hugos, Pro ‘.1,776 Hovey's plurality 2,191 1.1 EC TESANT-OOVEHNOR. Ira I'. Chase. Rep 26'1,166 NViilitun H. Myere, Dem.,. 231,141 Chase's plurality 2,155 HECKETABV OF STATE. | Charles 1 Critlln, Rep. 203,301 Robert W. Miers. Deni 260,974 (iriflln's plurality 2,334 Ai m .on OF s I S l I'.. Bruce Carr, R< p 262,9.13 Charles A. Mm.son. Dem 261.047 Carr’s plurality 1.946 i Hl (St HI- Il OF- I 1 i 1 . Julius V I.imeke, Kep . 2tH.243 Thomes B. Byrnes Dem 200 s>'.i I.imcke's plurality 2,374 irroiiNi y him mi . T.oui» 4. Michener, Rep 203,081 John R. Wilaou, Dom #01,174 Michener's plurality 1,910 SI I'HIIMIAIU XT PC Bl IC IXS THC'HOXs Harvey M LuFollette, Rep cJOI.si-2 Elmer > < IrifiH i Dem #G I ■ll I aFollette's phirnlitv 3,361 .n ix i; of si iniEMF. coi in fihsi uisuuct. Sila- I>. Colles, Rep 263,511 William I NlbtacK 10-m SOI,fKK Colles s majorils .. 2.253 .h i >: < i--I’pnF.Mr. coin i si.i ovn i>imkh r. ■h.lm i. Bet k4ine. Rep at .2 r Geoigu V. Hossk, Dem 2(4.10i> Berkshire's mnjorit s 1.41 mtx.i or st fiu me conn third ids run T. Wal' i I llda 1? !' Allen Zollarg I >em OliU' majority . 2.(82 ii rm: i urn mi urliiwi cm nr. John L. Griintlis Rep 253.132 , John W, K«m Dem ~ 859 Gritnths' plurnlit y. 2 17 I Indium* t lineiemeu The following me the footings of th* official returns of the vote foi < ongr< -s men in this State First District Pftneti. Ibm., >v<i I‘oacy. Rep., pluralitv 2D. Second District O'Neil. Dem . ovei Braxton. Kep.. I.nkl Ihird District Brown. Dem., over Sayh s. Rep., 3,1t7 l. Fourth District Holman, Dein., over M ilson. Rep.. 7'G. Firth District (oopm. Dem., ovrt Duncan. Rep., 7(>l Sixth District Brown, Kep., over Morri-. Dem.. ti,3g2. Seventh District Bynum, Drin . ovei ('lmnilh r. Kep.. 1.727. Eiyhtll Dl-trlct Brookshire. Dem., ov ir Johnson. Rep.. Ninth District < himllt. Rep., over Met id>e, Dem., I. I >••. lenth District Oweu. Rip.. ovet i Zimmerman. Dem., 1,15(5. Eleventh District Martin, Dem.,ovii Steele, Rep., 175. Twelfth District Met lell.-m. Dem., over White. Rep., 1.l 11. Thirteenth District Shively. Dem . ever IL>ynes, Rep., 355. Heaii iliinimre Sult Against the llmtb<4Bodid ol < «« Jerome Springer and w ife, of Sand- i creek T'ownsbip. Bartholomew (duuty, j have entered two suits tn the Circuit Court against the Board of County Commissioner- for injuries received in an accident last January, which was caused by the horse, which they were driving, backing the buggy in which they were seated off a bridge which had the railing broken off. In her complaint Mis. Springer alleges that her spine was so in jured as to make her u cripple for life. She asks that she be reimbursed in the sum of SIO.IHIU. Her husband demands 53,044 in full settlement of the amount paid to physicians who have treated his wife, damages to horse and buggy, and depreciation of his wife’s services as housekeeper. It is alleged that the accident was due to the negligence of the County Comniissioners in not keeping the bridge in repair. A Painful Accident. Mrs. Hazelrigg, of Indianapolis, met with a most painful accident recently. She was riding in a wagon when awheel dropped intoa bole, throwing her out. The chair upon which she was seated fell out with her, and in such a manner that one of the broken rounds gouged out her left eye. The pain of course was almost unbearable, and her screams were frightful to bear. A Youthful J’listuwr. The Coroner at Laporte has concluded his investigation of the poison case which resulted in the death of Isaac Sowards and the violent sickness of two other children of the family. The evidence showed that the 12-year-ohl daughter purchased arsenic at a drug store and administered it to them, but whether by accident or design is not yet known. The Coroner recommended that she be held to the grand jury. Traveling Jian Stabbed by Rough',. Charles Bulger and John Dalton were attacked by a company of toughs at Monroeville. Allen County, and Bulger was stabbed in the back, just above the right rib. The attack was entirely unprovoked. Mr. Bulger is a traveling salesman. He was taken to Fort Mayne and his wound pronounced serious, but not necessarily fatal. Robertsons and Bryant, leaders of the tough gang, have been arrested. Farm Kcshlence Burned. W. O. Hoover, who lives five miles south of Wabash, went to that town with his family, to participate in the Republican ratification. They returned home ! nt a late hour and found their house iu ashes, with all the contents destroyed. A neighbor, John Lindsay, saw lights moving about the Hoover house during the evening, but supposed the i family had returned. It is quite clear that the house was robbed and then j burned. There was no insurance on the I property.

Ineemliary Fire at Clinton. At Clinton, recently, fire was discovered in a building occupied by J. N. Frist as a furniture store, and Wilson A Crane us a drug store. By prompt work the tire was put out, but Loth stores were destroyed. The rear door was found broken open and coal-oil poured around, showing that it was undoubtedly the work of an incendiary. Loss, about 55.00 U; fully insured. This is the third tire in Clinton this fall in which Wilson A Crane have suffered. Thni' IVrsont Badly Injured. Duringu ratification meeting at Parker' a station four miles west of Farmland, some careless persons filled an iron hub of a large fly-wheel with powder and placed it under an anvil. It exploded when fired, the pieces flying in every direction, and severely injuring three persons, a- follows: Will Hays, right foot ent and mangled; Isaac Clevenger, leg broken, and a box named Tommy Karns, right leg fractured below the knee. M Dior state Items. Mrs. Ellen Wellener. aged 75 years, of Seymour, was fatally injured by being throw n from a buggy. Nt xt month the Board of Directors of the Prison South will meet :nd elect u warden and other officers of the institution. Captain Patten and all the other officers will doubtless be reelected. I'he 2-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Johnson Steele, of Fort Wayne, was playing about the room while the mother wax engaged in doing some washing. A vessel filled with hot water stood on a chair in the room, and the child approaehtng thi- pulled it over, spilling the contents all lover its person. Th*' results Were terrible, and the child was horribly scalded, its injuries being so ! s* vere that death resulted. I'he trial of I am* s < 'ole. of 11 art ford । City, charged with the jnurder of Jos. Mct'h Han. on the 11th of lust June, at Portland, has resulted inn verdict ol j miin-laUghteL and in imprisonment for t W , nt y V ears. lb ■< nt I v fun i 11 am- in u a wav at < 'raw - ; fordsville. One.team caused two others t<> run. and in another runaway Dr. Moth i had his leg broken, tine of the bor-vs wa- hitch* <1 to a dray, mid hud not run a step foi thirty years. Mis. K. B. Dougin*-, of Mmtin-v ille. died at the home of hei cfiildhood,.iu Morgantown, aft* i an illness of several h.onth- \boilt a V .ariloo she went with In t liii-Land to ( alifornia in quest of health, but to no purpose. Mrs. Douglass is ,i sister of Kev. Joseph Woods, a Methodist minister of '‘mineuce m een tial Indium*. los, ph Stewart was arrested near Kirklin, for hors* stealing. F.lmei Ellison and an old soldier named Gates wer<- seriously injured by the premature discharged of a emmoii at ’ a ratification meeting nt Homer, Kush j County. In the lust tw o mouths several horses have lx en stub n iu the v icinity of Winam i*'. Recently. Joseph Coltz, of Chicago. was arrested for having in his possession a horse belonging to Mr. ] Frees. State Senatoi Philip Schloss died at L ire Haute, of heart failure, after a brief illne-s. He was 52 years of age, j and a prominent Israelite. He was a ‘ Democrat, and held muiy offices of trust. I having served m both houses of the Legislature. His body was taken to Cleveland, t)., for interment. Burglars entered the store of John Herb, of Mooresville, Floyd County, and stole a wagon-load of groceries and dry goods. All the meat. H>o pounds of coffee, a lot of flannel. St in coppers from the postoffiee in the store aud a few dollars in change in the drawer were taken. No clew to the thieves. The Anderson flint glass works took oft their first heat recently. Everything succeeded admirably. This is the only glass factory in the State making flint glass bottle in which the sand is smelted by natural gas. I’he establishment employs Hill hands. - David Bowers, a prominent farmer of Aboit Township. Allen County, died suddenly of apoplexy, while in bed. Burglars entered the postoffice at Huntington and robbed the cash-drawer of Sls in stamps aud pennies. They also blew open the outside door of the safe but were frightened away before getting through the inner door. The damage to the safe and furniture is about S3OO. William Goleeke died at Fort M ayue from the effects of injuries received in a saloon fight. —While Ed. Stotzki and Tom Cutsinger were handling an air gnu. at Franklin, it was accidentally discharged, the bullet striking Cutsinger in the right side. He was taken to his home and Dr. W. C. Hall probed for the ball, but failed to find it. The injury is not thought to be serious ns the bull was small. —Joseph Hawkins, a prominent butcher of Fowler, dropped dead at the slaughter-house door, recently. He had been a siifforer from heart disease for some time. —A week ago a stranger hired a team at John (hr s livery stable at Russiaville, to drive to Terre Hull, a distance of fifteen miles, and was to return on the following day. The stranger is still nt large and Mr. Orr mourns the loss of histeam, buggy, and harness. No trace of the missing property has yet been discovered. —Adam l’avnier, a pioneer of Elkhart County, died, aged 78 y ears. Col. W. H. Talmage, of New York, general agent of the United States Government, was in Peru recently, effecting a final sett lenient with the Eel River Miami Indians, of Miami County, now numbering tweuty-six persons. This is the last and final payment to be made to them under the treaties of August 3, 1795, and September 3(1. 1809, aggregating a total of $22,000, or a per capita of $846.10. This handful of persons represent a once great and powerful tribe.

THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.' SERIOUS SUBJECTS CAREFULLY ANU ABLY CONSIDERED. A Scholarly Exposition of the I.esgon -Thoughts Worthy of Calm Reflection—Half an Hour’s Study of the Scriptures—Time Well Spent. The lesson for Nov. 25 may be found in Joshua xviv., 19-28. WHAT THE LESSON TEACHES. It i iiiiiiot sei ft- the Lord. True, indeed. It was a bold stMemom to make, but subsequent events pr ive I its correctness, for Judges follows Joshua. “Ve cannot serve God and mammon." "The pure in heart -hall see God." (inly as the life is given up t>> Jehovah’s service is there real and reliable service. "Good master, what shall 1 do?” Go sell all thou hast.” Do? He could do nothing, 'i'he young man could not serve the Lord because he was not ready to yield up nil ami a*'kmivvh‘dge Christ alone as Master. Gervh'c means self-giving, self-forgetting, sell-death. Have you learned that? Baid j the monk to the prior: "What is death to | self?" Said the father prior: "Go out to the 1 grave of Brother Martin, who died the other I •lay. and say all the ill things you have j heard of or can think of about him." The young monk returned, saying, "I have done j #o. father prior." "Did he answer von anything?" said the father. "No. sir.'" "Then ;go and say alMhe good things .you can of ihe deceased." The young man returned, -eying. “Ho answered never a word.” "That." said the prior, "is what it means to be dead to the world." He ii-ill not foruice. More fearful words, in one sen«e. wen* never spoken. We remember a conversation long ago which Hurry ami Robert, * hiid philosophers, were holding in the hall. "How long will you keep it?" said Harry, referring to some s small exchange. "I'll keep it." said Robert. ■ in his slow, solemn wav,. ' I'll keep it— till ■ tioddus." What an awful thought—awful | truth, shall 1 say. the lad unwittingly uttered! There are men living out of whose lives God seems to have died, the God of forgiveness; men to whom, as we read in Hebrews, “there remaineth no more sacrili ■■ ter sins." mi'n who, as Paul tells us in Humans, are "icithout 6’od and irithout hope in the irorld." We have been discussing in our Bible classes and teachers’ meetings whv God should exterminate the Canaanites. It has seemed difficult to make such fell amt fearful judgments to comport with our I'onceptivn of a merciful deity. But do vie know the iniquity of Canaan? Do wo understand the -ink of bestiality mto which -he had -link herself? It was sin cutting itself oil from salvation. Man can shut heaven's door of mercy, close and tight, ■rom thi- side. \\ here there is no room for fiiiman repeal mce there is no place for divine fereixeiie--. llein-oLai'i/- put it back in ymir working vocabulary, brotfler. I 'ti r that he hath done yon yood. The doctrine- of the preservation of the saints and ol tlie i**'rseveranee of the saints are to be taken together. God's rectitude is vindicated both in judgment and iu mercy. If s e call down his judgment, we .-hall have perfect justice, and if we flee to his mercy we -hull hav*' perfect mercy, and it is the -nine Gud that acts in either ease. His merev is ju-t, and his judgments are, us I concerns the race, merciful. Moreover his merev sets the patten ami measure of his justice. Have you not read (Josh. 23: 15) of l-rnel in transgression, "as all good things are come upon you- so shall the Lord your God I l ing upon you all evil things." As God i- faithful to give grace to the lowly, so is In-nl-o faithful to visit wrath upon the hauuhtv. Ami ti it same wrath may de--ei nd upon the heads of those who have before ki own of his mercy. Indeed, it was to lie more tolerable for heathen Tyre and Sidon than for the privileged cities of Israel. Have you known the grace of God? Then be very meek and humble, you are all the more fitted to appreciate his wrath against sin and to seek its avoidance. Xay, hut ire trill serve the Lord. The saving quality in Israel, this. Whenever she halted to make sober choice it was always for God. Israel, with all her wanderings, hud a face persistently turned toward God. She beat a path Godward. You could tell that her course was upward toward the hill of Zion from th<* very fact that so often she faced a time-serving world. She held her way right up against the slipping currents of worldliness. You could tell her decision and puniose by that which sh* 1 met aud left bi Kind her. Wo were climbing a week or so ago up toward the lower plateaus that skirt tlie Rockies, (’limbing, but we did not know it. so gradual was the ascent ' from the low-lying Nebraska prairies. But , I presently, as we looked out of the window of our ear. we caught sight of a little brook flowing rapidly by us and in the dii reetion wo had come. Then wo knew. । Just because of the swift opposite course of that natural current we knew that we were mounting upward. And when we ’ looked again there were the snow-capped hills. ’ H e ore witnesses. It is what wo say every ; Sabbath day. Our Lord’s day services. . like our gatherings for prayer, have special significance, as pertains to Christians. AS we come into tlie Lord's house we are say- : ing, ire are witnesses. As we listen rever- , ently to the word we are saying, we are ' witnesses. As we bow our heads in devotion we are saying, we are witnesses. As we lift our voices in song we are saying. w« । are witnesses. Witnesses of what? Ofo’ur, pledge and promise that wo will serve the Lord. That is Sunday's witnessing. Now. what of the week-day? Does it go straight along with Sunday’s testimony, or does it turn about and face the other way? “How I far is it to Philadelphia?" said the boy j trudging along the highway. Twenty-five thousand miles the way you are going." was the answer, "fire miles if you turn about amigo the other direction.” Which way , does your week-day witnessing point, friend? Doesit look the same direction as Sunday's pious testimony? I Joshua wrote these words in the Book. He , j was determined to secure the people to the j Lord, so he had recourse to the book of the ’ j law of God. We can write nothing down in ' the Look, but we can and should lead every j deciding soul to the book of God. Says ' Moody to the inquiry-room workers, ’ Leave 1 every penitent soul with iiis linger on the text that gave him light." Let every great experience of the soul connect itself with some Bible verse. They were making their brief testimonies in tin'after-meeting. Said one; "He that believeth on the Son hath everlast- ’ ing life. I believe in tlie Son. J" (spoken very slowly and soberly) “hare everlasting I life." Can you put your Unger in faith on' Scripture? h’or it hath heard. Walls have ears. Not : only a mouth to speak but an ear to listen. : j Think of it. Wliat hi;s the wall of your I room, the door of your closet heard of your j pledge and promise to God? Did but the : I stones under our feet or the walls over our . ; heads speak out. alas how they would rebuke our unfaithfulness. Well, sometime 11 they shall speak and bear their witness. ' I Sluill we bo asking then then to fall upon jus and hide us? God forbid! JI hath heard. j What have the walls wherein this lesson is 1 ! taught to-day heard of faith's testimony? i How sacred in such a manner the house ot j God. Were we wrong when there in tlie old adobe cathedral on Missioi Hili in San ’ I Francisco, amid the signs of worshiping multitudes long passed, we knelt in prayer • : and self-dev.demvid ? God's house is holy j ground, holy for communion with God. ' ■ What shall these walls hear to-day of covc- ' mint and consecration? Next Lesson—"lsrael under the Judges." | Judges 2: 11 -23. Hats and bonnets made of the same j material as the dress are agaui worn, and j also felt hats trimmed with the cloth, with j small birds or wings as ornaments. Soft j hats and caps with visors are much worn by ; school-girls, ami look jaunty with blouse j waists of striped flannel and full skirts. Perk Hya< inth lately delivered au address in Paris on the relations bei tween church and state, in which ho (expressed thi fear that th? republic might succumb. Bancroft, the historian, has a librarj* worth s2o ( \<>oo,

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WIT Laziness is the mother of pernicious inactivity. The cream of ta-ta is the good-bye kiss.— Astoria (Oregon) Tixmseript. A needlewoman’s society has been appiopiiately named the Sew-row-sis. —- Boston Oazelte. Iris an odd fact that coal beds are tinnislied with [letrolenm springs. — Drake s Magazine. 1 Hi-, first moonlight excursion occurred when the cow jumped over the moon.— Yonkers Statesman. A SALT codfish breakfast aud a rubber overcoat will keep a man dry through a long storm.-— (Hoiti-ester Advertiser. There is no greater mistake than that made by the man who is selfishly seeking any kind of happiness at the expense of others. Old Lmly (in slioe store) Huve von felt slippers? Small Boy Clerk (solenily)—Yes, ma’am, many a time.— Terre Haute Rrjiress. Sharp \\ hat is the strongest day of the week, Ketchum? Ketchum (‘who is not on the eve of bankruptcy)— Friday. 1 suppose. Sharp—No, Sunday; ail the others are week days. See?' Detroit Free Press. A cheerful temper joined with innocence will make beauty attractive, knowledge delightful, anil wit goodnatured. It will lighten sickness, poverty, aud affliction, and render deformity itself agreeable. It is said that counterfeit American bills are circulating in Canada. We didn’t know about the Bills, but the American Dicks, Toms, and Harrys circulating there are not counterfeit.— Washington Post. The annual consumption of feathers in this country is 3.000,000 pounds, but it is hard i? believe it when you are trying to balance your head on what they call the pillow in a Wagner sleepingca r.—Somerville Jon ma I. It was the policy of a good old gentleman to make his children feel that home was the happiest [dace in the world: and I value this delicious home feeling as one of the choicest gifts a parent can bestow. Washington Irving. George—You look glum. Is your lady-love fickle? Augustus—N-o; but her father is unkind. 1 called last night and he showed me “Eh? He showed you the door?” “No; her millinery bills.”— Philadelphia Record. "Gimme some American champagne. My tastes are domestic every time,” said Arrowsmith. “1 noticed that,” retorted Mr. Bumfinger. “When you were at my house you spent your time flirting with the domestics."— New York Sun. There are two ways (.says Franklin) of being happy—we may either diminish our wants or augment our means. Either will do—the result is the same; and it is for each man to decide for himself, and do that which happens to be the easier. Editor—You profess to be a poet, sir? Poet (proudly)—Yes; 1 humbly , think I can lay that flattering unction to my soul. Editor (with tears in his eyes)—And yet yon have the gall to try to make “crowbar” rhyme with “October.” “ Bobby's father complains at dinner of feeling tired and worn out. “Now, pa.” suggested Bobby, “I don't feel well myself; s’pose you give up goin’ back to business this afternoon and take me to a matinee, and that’ll rest us both.”— Epoch. English chemists have made the interesting discovery that flourine will dissolve metal of any sort, even gold. Whisky, by the way, possesses nearly a similar virtue. It may not dissolve gold, but it will make it disappear.— Xorristown Herald. Mrs. Blinks —John, I do believe you have forgotten to water the horse today. Remember, John, a merciful man is merciful to his beast. Mr. Blink 4; (repentant)—Yon are right, I did forget it. Carry a bucket out to him. won’t you, my dear?—Philadelphia (Record. He was young and inexperienced, and as he struggled to tell his love, his tongue cleaved to the roof of his mouth. It aas hopeless. Drawing a beautiful solitaire diamond engagement ring from his pocket he tremblingly placed it upon her tapering finger. "Is it too large, Miss Lulu?" was all that he could utter. “A frith' too large, Air. Sampson,” Miss Lulu shvlx r replied, "but 1 can have, it fitted flic first thing in the morning.”Epoch. contrary. She’s a comrnry, wayward young maid, Yet ns witching as maiden con be. And I love her so much. I'm afraid From her xviles I shall never be free. She never will do what I ask, And my patience she almost wears out; But then if 1 take her to task, She asks what I’m talking about. And smiles in tlie charmingest way, Till my anger is wholly forgot. So I'm blessed if Um cert ain to-day As to whether she loves me or not. But sometime - I don t know just when—--111 propose to her—Seo if I don t; And Um sure that she’ll marry me then, Because she says noxv that she xvon t. —■Sonu'rvillc Journal. Desperation. They had just come out of a dime I museum —a tall, lank women ax ith knifeblade lips, and an olive green complexion: the little old man with her was round-laced, blue-eyed and meek in manner. Hardly had they reached the [lavement when the essence of vinegar bv his side hissed out: „ '“I seen ye, Abs’lom Kittson.’ “Seen me xvhat ? "Seen you flurritin’ with that tattooed woman. < sh, I did! "Good Lord, Nancy: “Oli, I seen yon give her them jieannts. 1 sei'ii ye!" ; “Whv, Nance, I j "And I seen ye flnrn'm with the tat ' woman. I seen ye give her the ap]de, I Al>. Kittson." „ “Whv, Nance, 1 merelx | “ I had my eyes on ye. I seen ve offer I that albino gal a bite of your bolon} . sassinger, Ab. Kittson; an I seen }e fix to make u] to that bearded woman—- “ Good land of ” “Shes up, \b. Kittson, or I’ll go home! A flurritin xxith sich! Oh. I seen you, yon mizzable big fiirrut you! Deli oil Free Press.