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AFEARD OF A GAL, O, darn it alll—afeard of‘her, And such a mite of a gal! Why, two of her rollo t into om Won t ditto sister Sal. Her voice is sweet at the whip-poor will s And the sunshine's in her hair; Ent I’d rather face a redskin s knife Or the grip of a grizzly I e tr. Yet Sal says. “Why. she’s each a door, She’s fust the on ■ for you." <O, darn it all!—afeard of a gal. And wj just six fest two I Though she a n t any size while I’m Considerable tall. I’m nowhere when she speaks to me. Site makes m • feel so sma 1. 31v face grows red ; mv tongue gets hitched ; Tiie cussed thing wou t go ; It riles me ’cause it makes her think I’m most tarnation s ow. .And though folks say she’s sweet on me I guess it can t be tru ■; O, darn it all I— a card of a gal, And mu just six feet two. My sakes ! just s p >se if what the folks is saying should be so I •Go, Cousin .lan >. an.l speak to her. Find out and let me know. Tell her the gals should court the men, For isn t this leap year? ‘That h why I’m kinder bashful like, Aw.dting for her here. And should she hear I m scared of her You'll swear it can't be true, O, darn it all I —afeard of a gal; And me just six feet two ! A GREAT TREASURE, ■ ■ ♦ ft Strange Mystery Snrronnding Its Disappearance. t STORY OF EXTRAORDINARY INTEREST. bBT FBANK BAKRETJ. —•— CH APTER IV. ® > 4 W

MUST summarize as briefly as possible the events that took place the week following Lola’s Hight, not because I find them lacking in interest—for indeed these were the happiest days I had ever spent—but because the lengthy description would unduly retard the progress of the history I have set myself to narrate. On the morning of the 15th search was made for Lola. She was not in the house. A little after midday one of the keepers, sent out to explore the Abbey woods and park, reported that he had seen tne fugi-

tive in the fir plantation, about half a mile ■ from the Abbev. At sight of him she had “scuttled” away like a young deer, but he. -obedient to orders, had not pursued her. “It’s the smell of the pines as drawed her there,” said the Judge: “she was born amongst ’em, she has lived amongst 'em, and sho loves ’em more than laces and satins, and picters. and sick like; and it : s mi ore nnt’ral for the little cuss to sleep on । the brown needles than in feathers. There’s i •no tamin’ her. It’s instinc', end, like foul weeds in a fair pasture, durn her. there’s no gettin’ it out of her. Leave her alone, sir. and she’ll come iu when she’s hungry, and then I will larn her the iniquity of on^ratltudo!” In the afternoon we went in a break to Southampton, driving slowly through the woods, with the possibility of being seen by Lola, who would certainly then have followed us, but we saw nothing of her. At -Southampton we bought decent clothes, and spent some time in the hair-dresser’s. I 3 had my beard shaved off; and we returned to the Abbey, very much alto-red for the ’better in app 'uranee. Miss Lascelles was much distressed about Lola, who was still absent. Brace’s explanation of her leaving the Abbey seemed a reasonable one, but her antipathy to Miss Lascelles, which led her to destroy the things she’had given her, was to me a mvstery, to Miss L;iscellcs also I believe, and a very painful one. She seemed to feel herself in some inscrutable way responsible for 'the girl’s action. Sir Edmund returned in the evening from London. "Now. indeed, you look yourself—a gentleman,” he said, shaking my hand cordially. He had made inquiries respecting a lapidary, end learned that the most expert । known to the trade was a man named Carvalho, then occupied at Madrid. With our sanction he wrote at once offering this man his own terms, to come to the Abbey and cut the Great He-per. At,night, the door by which Lola was supposed to have escaped from the Abbev was left open, and a night light was placed in her bedroom. The next morning the dairy-mn'd said that some one had been at her milk pans in the night: there was no other evidence of Lola having entered the house. After breakfast I determin 'd to go through the woods myself in s ‘arch of her. Miss Lascelles wished to accompany me. I ought ■to have pointed out to her that her company lessened the chances of Lola suffering me to approach her. but I could not deprive mysell the pleasure of having such a sweet companion. We saw Lola at the edge of a •clearing on the hill-side. Sho watched us as we drew near. I called to her. but she shook her head, and, turning her back upon Us, quickly disappeared among the pines. The iorlorn condition of the girl: her gestures, which seemed lull of sadness: the silent fall of leaves; the tristness of the •autumn woods, overcame Miss Lascelles; and as she walked silently beside me, with her head bent, I saw she was crying. This episode made a deep impression upon me; yet. while my heart ached with sympathy for the poor little savage wandering alone in those silent, still woods, an indescribable happiness stole over my senses. It was the . awakening of low. Sir Edmund had a basket of food placed in the dairy, anil the doors again lo.t open. On the 17th we learned that some bread ■and fruit had been taken from the dairy in the night. Sir Edmund and I walked through the woods; we saw nothing of Lola. Our conversation turned upon his daughter, and ho told me how she had consoled him for the loss of his wife. He spoke with natural pride of her sweet and loyal disposition. Latter on. falling upon the subject of the gi eat diamond, he asked me how J came to be a miner. I told him of stny loss by the failure of the Imperial, of the impossibility ot my getting my living as a clerk, etc. Incidentally I referred to my mother’s family, and the name leading him to make further inquiries, he discovered the ■curious fact that my mother must have been his wife’s cousin. How often do we find wide circles of friends linked together in this way! I thought that Miss Lascelles was greatly pleased with the discovery of the distant relationship existing between us; we seemed less remote from each other. During our absence Miss Lascelles hal devoted hr self entirely to Van Hoeck; her sympathy had a remarkable effe-t upon this strange man. When I took hi.h up to his room to dress for dinner, he asked me to •open the window and place him where he might feel the air. He sat before the open window; the setting sun was reflected upon

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his sightless eyes. I believe ho became unconscienoe of my presence, and I stood there watching the play of his features. His nostrils dilated, his brows creased together, his lipa parted, showing his teeth closely set. the whole expression of his face I indicating extreme droad; then the muscles ' relaxed, for a moment his cadaverous ; cheeks were tinged with color, the eyes | closed, and the lips trembled as if in ecstasy, j Again his lids rose, and the look of dread | returned to his face. He shrunk back in his chair, ami blinked his eyes a- though struggling to give them light: then suddenly ho flung his arms out wildly, and with a smothered cry of impotent rage buried his face in his hands, his long, thin lingers pressing the throbbing veins which stood out knotted and hard upon his temples. “What is the matter, old man?" Tasked, putting my.hand on his shoulder. lie starte'd, and answered impatiently: "Nothing, nothing—a dream!" And then he askei savagely: “Who watches von in the night?” "This is not the night." I replied, fancying he was yet but half awake. “Isn’t it?" he asked, turning his eyes from one side to trie oth >r; then stretching out his hands, as if to heaven, he c.ied: "Then what is thq night?” Poor wretch, all was indeed night to him. I tried to engage him in conversation, but he*waved his hand impatiently, and getting up. felt his way to the wash-stand. "Godown." ho said; “Miss Lascelhis is more pleasing to the eye than I tun; sho must be beautiful, for her voice is music, her touch is like the petal of a rose. Where do you keep the diamond—is it safe?” I told him that I now kept it in a belt buckled to my waist. “Strap it to your wrist again; it is safer." he said; and then bending his head aside, he listened attentively for a moment and continued, in a lower voice: “They are talking together down there. Creep down and listen. I tell you we are not safe here— I seo that through my blindness. I have faculties in place of that I have lost. Do you hear them? Come closer, Thorne; there is a conspiracy in this house—a plot to rob us of our treasure, and turn us beggarsagain upon the street. If I could trust you I’d tell you more. But every one is a thief who has the power to steal." It was not the first time I had heard him talk in this vein. At Natal, on the ship, he had been in constant dread of being robbed. I was glad to get away from him. As I passed the head of the stairs in going to my room, I distinguished the sound—too distant before to tell upon my dull ear—of Sir Edmund's voice and the Judge’s: they were in the library below. After dressing, I joined them, and found Sir Edmund greatly interested in Brace’s description of goldmining in California—a sub ject upon which ho could be eloquent bv the hour together. On the 18th. Sir Edmund. Miss Lascelles, and I rode over to Southampton. Miss Lascelles was in her gayest, happiest moo i. and in her riding-habit looked more charming than ever. In returning we met a friend of Sir Edmund’s; he accepted the invitation to take lunch at the Abbey, and rote beside tin' baronet ahead of us. We two took the bill so slowly that, coming to the cross-roads, we could not see Sir Edmund and his friend. There were two ways to the Abbey. After a little deliberation. Miss Lascelles laughingly consented to take the longer one. The morning was superb; the woods w'-e glorious. The rich, warm tints of the reddening foliage were reflected on my beautilul companion's cheek; her eyes seemed to catch the glitter of the dew that still hung on the gpssameis. I forget what we talked about, but she was full of mirth, and now amt tlmn the still woods rang with the musical cadence of her laugh. But suddenly the smile died from her face, and she said: “We so get poor little Lola." And then, as if the words had conjured up her presence, the girl appeared. swiftly speeding between the rod holes of the fir trees. We steppe J, and I called: “Lola, dear, conjo and speak to, me.’ She stood still, and looked as it irresolute whether or not to respond to my appeal. “I will stay here. Goto her,” said Miss Lascelles, softly. But. as if she had divined mv intention. Lola shook her head mournfully, as she had done betore. and going her way was | presently hid by the tall brake. As we ! crossed the opening where we ha 1 previj ously seen her. I looked back, and perceived । her standing in the same place gazing after us. It yas easy to conceive her misery, and the bitter feelings of her heart. She was unalte cd. but I was no long r the rough toiler, gratefifl for a tin Os water fetched from the stream. Ail that was past. 1 was no longer her companion. 1 should never, never mere share her hard fare, and look to her to lessen the hardships of existence. On the 111th we went again into the woods, but on foot. Mi. s Lascelles and I. straying thither Without purpose from the garden where we me'. We came to a stream bridged by a single plank supported in the middle. There had been a han i-rail. but it had fallen away in decay. I gave her my hand, the fear of falling made her ekisp my lingers tightly. She seemed to enjoy the little danger; it animated her face and eyes with the prettiest, most bewitching expression imaginable. Her hand seemed to communicate the quickened pulsation of hetheart. But it was not tear—it was intoxication—that agitated me: and when she put her foot in safety on the bank, and look' d up into mv lace with bright laughter. 1 lost my lie.ad completely. I kept her hand in mine, and when she tried to withdraw it. I forced it to my lips, and pressed a kiss upon it. The color loft her cheek, and in a tone of reproach she exclaimed: “Oh. Mr. Thorne!" and Iwas a-hamed. We walked home, and were very silent on the way. I sought Sir Edmund at once, and. finding him alone, told him that I wished to make his daughter my wife. He was thunderstruck by this sudden and unexpected announcement. “I love your daughter.” I said, “an ! I c innot stay in this house keeping my passion a secret." “Well.” said he. with rather rueful pleasantry, "you have lost no time, Mr. Thorne; but it would have been a poor compliment to my daughter had you failed to perceive her eharms.” “I should be duil, indeed, had she failed to impress me," I replied. AVe talked for some time, and finally he said. with emotion: "I must give up my dear child, sooner or later. Her happiness is dearer to me than anything, and I can wish her no greater blessing than to find a good and worthy husband.” At that moment Edith opened the door; but, seeing us, she stopped in the entrance. “Come here, Edith,” said Sir Edmund. And. taking her hand, he continued: "Mr. Thorne Wishes you to be his wife; is that your wish also?” She buried her burning face in her father’s shoulder; she could neither say yes nor no. “It is a 'question that should not be decided hastily.” flic baronet continued; “take time, my dear. Meanwhile. I see no reason ! for your leaving the house,” he added, addressing me. “Unless —” \ faltered. “Unless I'Zdth w.shes it,” the baronet said, helping me out. “Ttue. Shall you feel more at ease, dear, if Mr. Thorne goes away—tor a certain time, say? Shall he go?” Still screening her face, Edith shook her head, and then I knew that I had won a I treasure greater than the Hesper diamond. ’ In the afternoon of the 20th Sir Edmund l said: “I have been looking at your engagement, i Bernard, from a practical point ol view, and i a fact occurs to me that at such a time as this would probably escape you. That agr -c---ment of yours must be ait red. You will see that, fur Edith's sake, what 1 call file tontine clause—a clause conferting upon the survivor a deceased partner’s shaiem the Great Hw-p r—should be abrogated. It ent tils a risk which she must not be ex- . posed to. You understand me?" 1 understood what he said p Tfoi-tly. and agreed with him that the clause must be al- ■ tore I. , i “Consult with your partners." ho said, "as ; to what change is advisable.. I expect my > lawyer here on the 24th, and ho can then * dr^w up a legal agreement in accordance i with our general wish.” i 1 took the Judge into A 7 an Hoeck's room

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• । that night, end there told him of my en--1 gagoment to Miss Lascelles. Van Hoeck . i was visibly alarmed when he heard this. and when I went on to say that Sir Edmund w shed the clause altered by his lawyer on > the 24th ho said, quickly, in a low voice: . I “The crafty old fox' What does he mean by that?” "His moaping is obvious enough," I replied. "If I marry Miss Lascelles, and die. i she will be dispossessed of my share in the J diamond. I can leave her only a legacy of I debt." “Yes. end that ain't all on it.” said the i Judge, dragging iiis wiry chin-tuft through his hand and lienJing his brow. "That ain’t , all by a lump. We’re playing with a marked ' card in the pack—a card aS might tempt e’re a one on us to foul play.” “What on earth do you mean? Speak plainly if you can,” said Van Hoeck, in .angry impatience. "Well, I mean this ’ere,” answered the Judge, with slow impressiveness, “that it one <>f my pardners wasn’t a gentleman, and t’other V-asn’t helpless blind. I’m durnod if | I’d go to bed without a six-shooter under ’ mypillow, and my linger on Hie trigger. I j don't ulluuo to one any more'n another, but we'll just take Israel’s word forgospid, that every one is a thief if you give him a chance of thievin’; end, at that rate, I’m just as likely as not to murder my two pardners, end git the whole of thet diamond to myself. Consequently, you will allow thet tiie squire has a double reason for wantin’ thet agreement altered; fur it ain’t only the money he’s got to secure on to his daughter, but her husl’in's life likewise, 'lime enough for the young lady to boa widder in the nat'ral order of things iji gen’al." [TO BE CONTINUED.] Men Who Rule Europe. The Present Emperor of Germany is i William IL He is 29 years of age. The Emperor of Austria, Francis Joseph, is 58 years of age, and has . worn the imperial crown for forty years. The reigning Prince of Montenegro is Nicholas 1., who is 17 years old, and has reigned for twenty-eight years. The King of Portugal, Enis 1., is 50 j years old, and is a man of enterprise ' and progress. He has been twmty ' years a king. The Emperor of Russia, Alexander 111., is 43 years of age, and ascended the throne alter the murder of his father, seeen yearsago. The President of the French Repnbiu, M. Carnot, is 51 years of age, and ‘ was elected to oilico in Dec mber List as successor to M. Gr vy. The Sovtr ign or Sultan of Turkov. Abdul Hamid If., is Hl years old, and succeeded to the throne twelve years - ago win n the Sultan wh<> preceded him w as desp >scd. Th;> King of Se via, Milan 1., is 11, and was er >wm d only six y <rs ago, but la fore tha’ he had h Id the throne , for foiuti en y. ars by election as Prim e ( Milan < ibenov ch 1 \ . The King of Sweden and Norway, Oscar IT., is in Lis G ith y ar, and has reigned for sixte. n ar<. He is* a fairly liberal mon irch, ami hvs favored son e re’orms duringhis reign. The King of Roumanin, Carol 1., is 49 years of age. ami wa proclaimed King inly seven year ago, biu f>r < fourlo n years l eiore that tun - he had liven Chie!'of the Ltoumanmns. X ( Money by Hie linrrelfnl. Esodus Daid for a single dish 8100.000. Caligula spent for one supper SIOO,- ; 0(10. He’mg.ibab s spent fr r one me il $p 0.000. Lucullcs usually } aid sloi\('o > for a repas’. 0 Aliens expended in debaueherv ' $2.70.1.0 >O. MessaLi gave $200,0 >0 for tiie house of Antony. L ntulus, the soothsayer, bad a for- , tune o; $17,50 ,1 a'. Ihe phii< s ipher Seneca lu:d a for- ; tune Os $12.500.0;'0. Cm ar, before he enter, d upon any office, owedSl 1,975,000. Tiberius, at h s de..th. leit $i 18,125,000. which Caligula spent in less than ten months. Cleopatra, at an entertaiirnent, gave : Antony, dissolved in vin'gar, who : sw allowed ir, a pearl worth. r lo.ouO. Crisus possessed in landed property a fortune e p.al o SS,0()().0"0. besides : a lar r e-"Siim of money, slaves, and furniture. 1 Antony owed 51,50 Y.O'l' at the ides of March, paid it before the kalends ■ , of Aprd ami squandered $117,000,000 , of the public money. Trite Saying*. Tiie greatest foil of a'.l is he who fools liknself. Destroy ignorance and let progres- ; ’ >i< u progress. Spend less nervous energy each day than you make. ■‘Books are the immortal sons defying their sires.’’ Prop your bid habits and they can- 1 not lower you. Every ut e;anee creates some kind ; of an impression. । “Work like a man. but don't be : worked to death.” Don't hurry. “Too swift arrives as ; tar Aly as too slow.” Tnose xvho go for berries should not retreat from briars. We are no longer happy so soon as i we wish to be happier. The man who does not provide for ' his family is not its head. Every temptation is great or small ' according as the man is. Less argument and more work will , make any person better off. Whig and l ory. There is some di-cassion regarding | the first use oL the term "'Whig” and “Tory,” as applied to political facli an. “Tcree” is an Ir sh word meaning "give me,” and as such, was used by I audit? and rubbers. In Scotland “Whig" means “so*ir milk.” Tory was first used politically in 1679, when it became the name of the party" aheren.s <1 James, Duke of York. The “Cove nanters” were the first W higs, and it u sai 1 they took their party name iron? the motto, “We hope in God.” New Kimi of House Plants. AVife—John, I do wish you would write to Edison and get a few of th >se electric light plants that 1 read of in the paper. John AVhat would you do with them Wife—l think it would be so nice tc mix them with the other plants in the 1 conservatory. * John —I’m afraid, they wouldn t stand l the temperature there. — Yankee Blade.

INDIANA HAPPENINGS. EVENTS AND INCIDENTS THAT HAVE LATELY OCCUKIiED. An Interesting; Summary of tiie More Important Doings of Our Neighbors—Weddings and Deaths—Crime, Casualties and Geuvral News Notes. White Caps Aquittnd. The Leavenworth White Cap trials resulted in the acquittal of all the defendants, the jury returning a verdict of not guilty after being out but three minutes. TUe trial was a long and tedious one, lasting a w eek, and the expense i to the county will be great. There were 130 witnesses, mostly pool’ people, and it was a great hardship upon them to bo compelled to remain in Leavenworth and pay hotel bills during the time. They were not permitted to go home at any time because night sessions of court w ere held. There was some direct evidence against the defendants, and a great deal of strong circumstantial evidence against 11 few of them, ’ ut thev proved alibis by their families, and, as ' there was a reasonable doubt as to their । guilt, were acquitted. There is prac- > tically no sentiment in Crawford County against White Cap methods, and it is . not only impossible to get a jury to cou- ' viet. but witnesses cannot be made to ; swear to what they know. Pardons to Viisonrrs. Three pardons have been issued by Gov. Hovey to convicts in the State Prison South. One of them, Charles M. Davis, of Posey County, who was sen- ; fenced to two years for assault ami battery, had but three months to serve, and is dying of consumption. Another. ' Robert Clark, of Vigo County, has served al! but one mouth of a sentence of twenty-one years for manslaughter, and has a first-class prison record. The third, Marion August Hardy, of Evansville, who was sentenced to seven years for highway robbery, was show n by affidavits tiled a year ago to have been innocent of the offense with which he was charged. Martin Barnett, another convict, testifying that he committed the robbery unaided, ami that Hardy, who had been in his company, was helplessly drunkaml knew nothing of it. In all these eases the ju lg«". prosecuting attorney. and citizens of tin several counties joined in the petitions for the release of the prisoners. Minur mhlh - The town of St. Marys of < xp t riencing a boom. Tippecanoxa farmers art’ arranging 1 for a systi mafic boycott of the binding- ’ twine trust. - As a result of n rci ival at Westfield, nearly two hundred persons have joined the church w ithin a few weeks past. The shortage of John E. Sullivan, the defaulting Clerk at Indianapolis, as shown by ।Aperts, amounts to $ 17.009. Augustus Johnson, while under the iutlueuee of liquor, fell through a basement window, at Chesterton, and was killed. - A number of molds and dies and a quantity of counterfeit money were found m a sand-hill near Winamac, a few days ago. - -George Carter, ago 1 73, one of the earliest pioneers of Grant County, was stricken with heart disease and died almost instantly. - In the village of Swartsbnrg. Montgomery County, there are ninety-four inhabitants, and the ages of thirteen of them agrogate 9'H years. —At Brazil.-lam s W. O'Neal, of I’utnamville, was awarded $5,500 damages against the Chicago and Indiana Coal road. He asked $10,003. —II. Griffith, of Columbus, will erect a grain elevator of 70.(100 bushels capac- ; ity, this .slimmer. It will be located in the yards of the "Jeff ' railway. —George R. Gavin, 18 years of age. an employe at the Nickel Plate freight yard, at Fort Wayne, accidentally shot himself. He died almost instantly. —The election to decide whether or not Bloomfield should incorporate, resulted m a majority of fifty-eight in favor of incorporation. There were 211 votes east. —Burglars entered the First National Bank at Plymouth, and secured $1,500 from the sate. An inner compartment containing $20,000 resisted their efforts to open it. —Postmaster Burnet, of Madison, reports the business of the postoffice for the year just ended as over SIO,OOO, which insures the free-delivery system at that place. —The natural-gas well at Hartsville, Bartholomew County, is proving a good one, and now Columbus is talking about forming a company to put down a pipeline to that city. —]>r. James Ford, of Wabash County, has exhumed the remains of an Indian on his farm who was buried over eighty years ago. The bones were found in compact clay soil. — -At Jeffersonville, Joseph Paxtou was found guilty of the murder of Spencer Bryant at a church fair on Christmas night. ISSs, and sentenced to the Southern penitentiary for life. Both were colored. —Almond Higgins, a brakeman on the Cincinnati, Indianapolis, St. Louis am] Chicago Railway, was killed four miles west of Lafayette. The train broke in two. He stepped off the front section and was ground to pieces by the rear section. He was 23 years old. —Edward Powell, one of the river pirates who plundered and attempted to burn the town of Bethlehem, and subsequently escaped from jail on March 8, has been recaptured at Boonville. Ky. A kit of burglar toos was found in his possession. Farmers in Yliami County and the north part of Wabash are combining to resist the demands of the binder-twine trust. They have decided to hire men to bind wUeat after being cut with binders. Determined opposition to the trust has been developed.

—While Frank Risley v.'as loading cars 1 with corn at Keystone, his boy was instantly killed by his head being caught I between the bumpers of the cars. He was 10 years old. —Mollie Carmin, of Shelbyville, seven times married, has tiled suit for divorce against her sixth husband from whom I she was divorced nt the last term of court and Remarried soon after. — Winchester has organized a Board of Trade, with George Ashael Stone as president. More gas wells will be drilled and an effort made to induce capital to locate manufactories there. —The young wife of Mark Deming, a merchant at Franklin, experienced a smothering sensation, the other night. ■ and although previously in excellent health she died in half an hour. —Five hundred people secured one little red fox in a drive near Vincennes recently. Speaker Niblack, of the State Legislature, was bitten while trying to capture the animal with his hands. —Albert Owens, a young student at the Columbus Normal School, was attempting to ride an untamed horse, when the animal threw him, the fall i breaking one of his legs near the knee. — The new officers ofthe Evansville j Business Men's Association are: W. J. ' M ood, President; Samuel Vickery and M. J. Wartman, Vice Presidents; S. S. Scantlin, Tr<”isurer: W. S. French, See. i — James Riley, Hi years of age, lost an ■ arm while at work in a saw-mill near । Greensburg. He was putting a belt on a i pulley, when his hand slipped, and his arm was crushed on the shaft, rendering amputation necessary. - C. C. White, of Clark County, has ’ ; presented to the State a powder-horn 1 which was carried by Capt. Charles i Matthias in the battle of Tippecanoe, in ; 1811. file horn was manufactured by ' Mr. White s father in the year 1838. -Uol. Stout, who walked out of the Muncie court room while being tried for forgery, was captured at Upland. Grant County. He will now receive a three ; years'sentence in the penitentiary, in I ; accordance with the jury's verdict. W illiam Wheeler, of Delaware, aged ; '32 years, had a stroke of paralysis a few j days ago and is not expected to recover. He is very wealthi and was recently । married to a young lady, to whom he i paid B’i.olMl as an ante- nuptial contract. I lie < tv Uonneil of Rushville has contracted with the Edison incandescent Ele trie Light Company for a plant, to be owned and operated bv the city, at a cost of 150. There will be 140 thirtytwo and fifty candle-power lights. The plant will be in operation within sixty j days. - i’he fish in White Creek, near Colum- ' I us, are dying by th’ thousands from ; some peculiar cause. The scourge was . just observed a few days ago, when the ; surface of the stream became covered | with dead fish. They seem to be in- ■ feeted with poison, as the poultry which fed on them have all died. The gang of Starke County ear th: \ -s, recently captured, have just been tried and convicted. Bring, Kret- I lin -er. the two Hnrmou brothers, and the two Newman brothers have been | seutem-e-l to one year each. The goods stolen were v allied at - >.O'H>. They were found buried in the ground at the home : I of Bring. — While butchers were driving a steer through the streets of Columbus, 11 beI came mad. jumped into a yard, ran into ■ a dwelling-house, thence into the parlor, and made its esc ape through a window, completely demolishing the furniI ture in the parlor and the window of the residence, without personal injury to any of the occupants. Sheriff Rosenbraugh. of Huntington. | has captured at Ashland, Wis., Janies ; O’Brien, alias John Williams, a burglar. I , He is wanted on a charge of killing a ‘ companion in crime wbile endeavoring i to shoot the City Marshal of Hunting- ■ ] ton, who discovered him at work on a j ; safe about four years ago. The Marshal ; i was also badly wounded by O'Brien. The remains of a mastodon have ! been discovered on the farm of Thomas Reynard, near Winchester. The tusks ! each measure nine and one-half feet in I length, and twenty-eight inches in cir- ’ cumferenee two feet from the base, and I | each weighs over three hundred pounds. It is the intention to exhume the entire 1 I skeleton and place it on exhibition. —During the jollification at Misha- ! 1 waka. last fall, the building of the Per- I ■ kins Wind-mill Company and the Misha- I wa"ka Knit-boot Manufacturing Com- ; panv were set on lire and destroyed, at a loss of $75,030. The other day Peter Krause. Lest jy Yockey. and FredKinter, all sons of respectable families, were j arrested on the charge of firing the : buildings. —Patents have been issued for Indiana inventors as follows; Deeds, John 8., 1 assignor to R. 11. Catlin, Terre Haute, I asbestos packing and treating asbestos; ' Kehler, Amos, Warsaw, split-band pul- | ley; Emmie, David, Fort Wayne, brick | kiln; Raab, Peter, near Indianapolis, road-scraper; Russel, Allen A., Indian- 1 apolis, assignor to Russell xt Co., Mas- 1 sillon, 0., straw-stacker. — Several nights ago, John Sheeks, < son of 11 well-known farmer living a few 1 miles north of Shoals, started to go to church, which was across V bite River. He was requested not to attempt it. as the boat was unsafe and the water very । swift at that point. He lias not been heal'd of since, and the boat was found several miles down the river, up-side , down. His body has not yet been found. —ln tearing down one of the oldest i buildings in Seymour, a few days ago, I workmen found, concealed in the foundation, five large hickory clubs and a bundle of stout hickory switches, relics , of the vigilance committee days of 1868. ; —Charles Holsinger. employed at j j Snow’s saw-mill, seven miles northwest I of Lagrange, was fatally injured by falling on a rapidly revolving circular saw. One arm was entirely severed from the body, and his side was horribly •torn. Holsinger is about thirty years of age and married.

OKLAHOMA SETTLERS. 1 RULES GOVERNING TIIE ENTRY OF LANDS IN THAT COUNTRY. A Letter of Instruction Issued by the General Land Office at Washington—A Batch of Postofiico Appointments Made by tiie Presitlenl. [Washington (D. C.) special.] The Commissioner of the General Land Os- I lice, with the approval of Secretary Noble, has issued to the registers and receivers of the newly established land oilices in Oklahoma u letter of instructions, which is of special inter- 1 est to persons desiring to settle in that, t’erritory. The most important features of thx letter or instructions are the following: “You will observe that the statute reserves sections 18 aud 36 iu every township for school I 1 purposes, and the proclamation reserves for ! government use mid control the following, viz. ; ' Ono acre of land in square form in the north•west corner of section 9 in township 16 north, range 7 west of the Indian meridian in Indian Territory, and also one acre of laud in the southeast quarter of the northwest quarter of section 15, township 16 north, range 7 west of the Indian meridian, in the Indian Territory. The remainder of the lands are made subject to entry by actual set- ; tiers under the general homestead laws, with certain modifications. Your attention is directed to the general circular issued by this otiico Jan. J, iwi, containing the homestead laws and official regulations thereunder. These laws ami regulations will control your action, i but modified by the special provisions of the said act of March 2, 188'J, in the following particular, viz.: 1. The rule stated on the 17th page of said circular, under Ihe title, “Only one homestead privilege to the same person permitted," is so modified as to admit of a homestead entry being made to any one who, prior to the passage of said act, ha I made a homestead entry, but failed from any cause to secure a title in fee to the land embra.’ed therein, or who, having securetl such title, did so by what is known as tho commutation of his homestead entry. \\ itli regal dto making homestead entries and failing to acquire title thereunder, or conmiut- I iug them after the passage of said act of March 2. 18.-9, the rule as to second homesteads is operative, and will lie enforced in relation to these lands as well as others. 2. The stut ute provides for the disposal of these hinds “to actual settlers under the homestead laws only," and while providing that “the rights of honorably discharged Union soldiers and sailors in the hire civil war us defined and described in sections 23m and 2305 of the 1: \ised Statutes shall not be abridged,” makes no mention of sections 2306 and 2307 thereof,, under which soldiers and sailors, their widov- and orphan eliildren, are permitted with regard to the public lands generally to make additional entries in cer- • tain cases free from the requirement of | u.’tunl settlement on the entered tract. It is j tii. refore held that soldiers' or sailors’ ail- : ditionul entries cannot be made on those lands | under suid sections 2306 and 2307 unless the i party claiming will, in addition to the proof re- I quired, make affidavit that the entry is made I tor a 'tmil settlement and cultivation, according to section 2291 as modified by sections 2304 ; and 23:i) of the Revised Statutes, and the prescrilled proof of cdmpliauce therewith will be ! required to be produced before the issue of final i certificate. It is provided in the statute that section ! ."’■Olof the Revised Statutes shall not apply to tin ■■ land-. Therefore entries made therein will not be subject to commutation under that section. Any person uiqdving to enter or silo for a homestead will b. riqiiired first to make aftidavit tn addition to other requirements that lie did not i iolate the law by entering upon and occupyi"ga:i\ portion of the lands described in the l'i ■ idem -■ proclamation dated March 23, 1889, pri n to 12 o'clock noon April 22, 188'.), the affidavit to inwinj unv vour returns for the entry । ml >wod. rhe statute provides that town site entries I nuiv be allowed under sections 2387 and 2388 ' Ui.ited Suites Revised Statutes, but limits the ' urea in any such entry to one-half section or | ■ g o --ns the mnxitmim. wtiUeier the u limber of inhabitants. Should applications for (own site entries or filings be presented By ; ui'iies in interest in the absence of officers properly qualified to make entry in trust for the i nhabiiiiuts, under the provisions < : ihl sectioli 2387, you will note the applieutions on your records, forward a report thereof to thi-otiico with any papers presented, and aatiit instructions before allowing any entry of thi land. No rights under the town site laws can be a -quired to any of the lands described in the aid proclamation prior to the time therein prescribed for the same to become open to entry i ami oeeuyam-v as nioresaid, viz. : 12o’clock noon, of ihe 22d of April, 1889. It appears Hint by the President's order of the 2'Uh December, 1885, a reservation was established for military purposes of the following ..lidiiisious of land within the boundaries described tn said proclamation of the 23d March, 1889, and which reservation still continues, viz: Southwest quarter of section 15, south half of section lt>, south half of section 17, southeast i quarter of section 18, east half of section 19, all I of section 20, all of section 21, west halt of i section 22, west half of section 27, all । of section 28, all of section 29, the cast | half of section 30, northeast quarter of section 31, north half of section 32, north half of ' , ci ion 33, and northwest quarter of section 34, nil in town, hip 12 north, range 4 west of the India:! meridian. These trains, in view of their reservation under the President’s order of Dec. 2ii, 1883, are not subject to settlement or entry under the act of March 2. 1889, aforesaid, and the laws of the I ni ■ d States applicable .hereto see sections 2258 and 22-,>. Uniled Slates Revised Statutes', and you will permit no entry or riling for any portion thereof. NEW POSTMASTERS. si Big Batch of Appointments Made by President Harrison. The President has appointed the following named Postmasters: Julius A. Rummel, at Mauch Chunk. Pa., vice J. li. Stedman, nominated Dec. 17, 1888, but not confirmed. Sidney A. Breeze, at Cottonwood Falls, Kan., vice Mi-s Luella P. Paugh, office becoming Presidential. Oliver P. Brown, at Camden, Ohio, vice APerce, appointed Jan. 11, 1889, but not confirmed. Albert M. Brooks, at Seattle. AV. T., vice John M. Lyon, removed. James C. Harwood, at Clarion, lowa, vice S. W. Summers, nominated Jan. 11, 1889, but not confirmed. Egerton B. Williams, at Ironwood, Mich,, vice George F. Kelly, nomi gated Jan. 9, 1889, but not confirmed. James C. Rodgers, at Eldorado, Kan., vice Thomas P. Fulton, resigned. Andrew Galbraith, at Toulon, 111., vice J. K. j Kuoxhall, resigned. Clarence A. Murray, at AVaukegan, 111., vice [ James Moran, Jr., resigned. Henry Lorans, at Clarinda, lowa, vice N. C. Ridenour, cemmission expired. James H. Merrill, at Maywood, 111., vico Samuil C. S. Kemp, nominated Dec. 17, 1888, but not confirmed. Harrison Bii 'den, a Charlevoix, Mich., vice Charles J. Strang, removed. | Walter W. Lindley, at Urbina. 111., vice S. B. । Ralebaugh, removed. Almon's. Palmer, at Onarga, 111., vice Joseph ; Brelsford, removed. John J. Spalding, at Towanda, Pa., vice | Elijah A. Parsons, removed. | William F. Harpster, a Houtsdale, Pa., vice i George W. Dickev, resigned. Alonzo E. Ray lies a. Yreka, Cal., vice Elisha I Do Witt, resigned. j Eli Werhali, at Wadsworth, Ohio, vice B. F. . Sonnunstein, nominated Jan. 9, 1889, but not l confirmed. ‘ Ambrose Brav, at Central City, Col., vice Palemon Wilev.'commission expired. i Augustus E. Hay l<’r, a; Fawueo City, Neb., vico C. A. J. Mos -, resigned. Peter K. Bonebi uke. at Knoxville, lowa, vice J. N. Davis, removed. 1 Joshua A. Pike, a. Florence, Kan., vice Alphonse Picket, nominaied Dee. 17, 1888, but not confirmed. Augustus S. Smith, a Marysville, Cal., vice Thomas Farrell, removed. S® Lyman G. Wilcox, a ■ Bay City, vico George Washington, renioi ed. Alexander Cameron, a: Madison, vice J. J. Fitzgerald, nominated Dec. 17, 1888, but not confirmed. Joseph AV. Hostetter, at Orville, Ohio, reap- : pointed. , . I Abraham Andrew, at AVatseka, 111., vice AVIII- - 11. Harris, removed. Curl T. Peterson, at Livingston, Ni. T., vice John S. Sotuff, resigned. i Chorb's W. Dawson, at New Rielnnond, Ohio, vice John W. Davis, nominu id Jan. 11, 1889, but not confirmed. John 11. Hudiburg. at Knoxville, Tenn., vice James M. King, resigned. John Poole, u' Redwood City, Cal., vice Louis Jackson, nominated Jan. 30, 1889, but not eon- ■ firmed. Realistic writers of fiction should visit the cotton mills for suggestions. There is a great deal of reel-ism there. Teacher —Name four animals. Pupil—Two yoke of oxen.

NUMBER 42

TIIE SUNDAY SCHOOL. 1 AN INTERESTING AND INSTRUCTIVE LESSON CONSIDERED. Reflections of an Elevating Character — U holesome Food for Thought - Studying the Scriptural Lessons Intelligently and Profitably. The lesson for Sunday, April 14, may ba found in Murk 12; 1-12. INTBODUCTOKY. Ihis lesson is to be read under strong light from two quite different sources. In tho light of the Roman torch setting ablaze the temple .tapestries and Israel’s royal dwellings, we see a rejecting people themselves rejected and their honor given to another. In the light of the gospel dispensation,. with its virginal lamps borne into all dark corners of the earth, wo see the rejected son become the world’s Redeemer and the one crowned by the faithul in response to Heaven’s decree King of kings and Lord of lords. The lesson is an abiding one, with sober suggestions for the nmeteenthaswellasfor the first century. Let the Israel of God know that to abide as the Lord s people they must do the Lord s work and receive the Lord’s mes- ", e\ery age comes a new stewatdship and with every new stewardship a new test. May God enable us to-day to make return according to our trust ami to hoid the vineyard lor tho Master. "The Lord is at hand.” WHAT THE LESSON SAYS. 1. And he began. Connecting this lesson with that of last week (the triumphal entry), we sgo that two days have passed. The city seems to have been first entered upon the Hist day of tho week; the barren fig-tree is cursed on the second day as they pass it to Christ’s cleansing of tho temple, and on the third day as they again enter the citv thev find the fig-tree withered away. It is on this day that he begins that series of parables which consumes, as it appears, two days in the.telling, and which form so large a part of the synoptical gospels. WHAT THE LESSON TEACHES. Planted a vineyard. Revelation begins with the words. "In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth,” and closes with the communication, “Surely, I come quickly.” Rightly indeed it could be said, ’The earth is the Lord’s, and tho fullness thereof; the world, and they that dwell -herein.” All is God’s, naught is our own. lY ith reference to tho King alone could it be said, “Lilt up your heads, O ye gates.” And only as wo are joined to his train by grace do we enter rightfully in through the gates j into tho Lord’s own. It is oniy in Christ’ I that we can utter in else than despair the 1 wondrous pilgrim chant; “YVho shall ascend i into the hill of the Lord? who shall stand in his holy place? Ho that hath clean • hands and a pure heart; who hath notlifted ? up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitl fully.” Nono but Christ could enter in his own right. Let it out to husbandmen. YVe have it to work, that is all. Here is a man with a thousand-dollar loan. Ho pays six cents on every dollar of it every year. Why? Because it is not his own; it has been let to him for use. This man in the AVost has charge of ten thousand dollars’ worth of stock. Ho sends back to tho East, perhaps, a third of all receipts. It is a sign that the capital is not his own; he is employing it for another man to whom it belongs. This 1 farm is being worked on shares. One-half of every crop, one-half of all receipts, is ‘ apportioned off for another man—the owner. I AVhat right have we to the things of this earth? The right of a steward, simply, solely.; Ai e you making your returns to tiie Master? Ten per cent, you owe before you can begin to speak of a gift. AVas a tenth of last month’s or last week’s income laid aside for the Lord? Are you bringing your tithes into the storehouse? Our blacksmith friend is right in his “Fath to AVealth or Light from my Forge.” (Have you read it?) ' “Systematic Giving.” ho says, "1 prefer te call systematic paying of what we owe to God.” The fruit of the vineyard. Is it spiritual fruit our Lord desires? Then know by only actual offerings and real sacrifices can he have even these blessed returns of the heart. Do you recall that significant response of Baul’s when Epaphreditus camo into iiis celt at Rome, bending under the d .nations of the generous Christians of : Fhilippi? Hear him; “Not because I desire a gi't, but I desire fruit that may । .abound to your account.” That which is 1 given in Chnst-love is counted for fruit. ; AVe have just been having what we call. | for want of a bett r word, “a gift-service.’ I It is a free-will offering, over and above , ordinary benefactions. Always large, nev- < r failing to agreeablv surprise us with its fullness, do von know? it has more of tb« smell of genuine fruitage than all tho other gatherings of the church. Heat'mg aorne and kilting some. In br.cf form it is the history of Israel’s treatment of the prophet. They dishonored and broke the hearts of the earlier servants of the I.orci bv simply sending them away empty. Moses and Samuel grieving over the iruit-o-ssness of the code as administered by thorn. The prophets of tho middle course could sav in the disconsolate language of Elijah the 'lishbite. "The children oil srael have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down altars, and slain thy prophets with the edge of the sword: and I even I only am left and they seek my life to take it away. This was a little worse than the realty, it being left for the times of Jeremiah and his confreres to realize the full reb .lliousness and cruelty of degenerate Israel. Is it not the ti eatment untruth is ever disposed to r.eM the truth? Read what our Saviour savs in John 15, concerning the worldly, seif-exalting spirit: "If the world hate you ve know that it hated me before it hated yon." The blow received by the servant is in reality a blow aimed at the Master. They took him and killed atm. Hint for reverence. O. the dreadful malignity ot it! Weie we not so familiar with it how the i mere stat»’inent would shock uH AVonave I read how it startled the Esquimau chief. Kasaignak. The young girl who grew up to wars of matin ity betore she noard the . story of the gospel ivept an I then cried aloud nt the enormity of the offense, lorribleitwas. but who did it? ihe Jew of nineteen centuries ago? AYo east him out, to-dav with our unbelief, we slay him and I crueilv him afresh with our sins; evoty « : ufront to his truth is a spear aimed at his . heart, every mocking of Ins message is a revilement at the loot of his cross. Look I within. Marvelous in our eyes. Our hands have ■ i n.umlit to do with it. It is the Lord s doing and it is only for our eyes to take it in. AVhat is impossible with man is possible with God. Yes. ami the inconceivable be- x comes the actual—actual to faith. Ihe re- I lected stone stands forth marvelous in its < stri nsth and beauty. Moro wonderful still I the rejected and the rejecting people rise to I newpt nee in the beloved. O may we Jail ! into the hands of God for his mercy! Io ■grow nore ami there." says Jennie» MDrinkwater, "we must, suffer hi-will to to done tn us. To work, hero and then ,we must suffer his will to be done God’s will for von will be done by his will i lt mi’Xd thromP you." Is not this your petition, too, “Give me all thy wi 1 i i ) the ilewut spirit o r another, lake th od own will with me. O Lord; thou canst ne| otherwise than bless. Next Lesson—“ The Two Great Commandments.” Markjfo 28-34. Jenny Lind’s fame seems likelyJo endure through all time. A street in Stockholm has just been named after the famous Scandinavian songstress. Frank R. Stockton, the winter, is a charming conversationalist. Le talks freely aboni his o»u books, and is as modest as he is frank. Wordsworth was at least irreverent when he wrote “Heaven lies about us ia our infancy.” The broker’s beverage —Stock ale.