St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 14, Number 44, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 27 April 1889 — Page 1

VOLUME XIV.

IS MARRIAGE A FAILURE? BY iTEXBY T. STANTON. f« niMTUge a failure ? 1 asked es a maid Whose life had c«ie oat from the shine tn the shade. Whose skirts were nil draggled and stained with the due Os grasses the scythe of tfm years had gone through Ie umnfitge a failure? andttuming her bead lo the long troddtn path she would never uiciri tread, LMUWDittng hor fate, with-in audible sigh, Froct oat of her biibtiemoss, auswweeA into ■ “Aye. ’ Is marriage a failure? I asked of a bride Who lived in the present with tulluess ofirride. Whose Hl® w, re just oneeting the flagon ot wino She must drink to the Hees in her revel divine — Is marriage a failure ’ and quick in her t aeek The happy heart-cuirenr was eager to speak. Her lips were apart and her eyes were aglow, As, out of her Itscven, sho answers!, mo • “K-o.” Is marriage a failure ? I asked of a men Whose volumes 'cf nature wore “read as ho ran," Whose purpose kt. life was “to haveiancl to hold,” Whose passion was self and whose deity gold Is marriage a failure? nnd quicker he went— NoTUonirnt in folly like this to be spent— But hearing full well us he hastened*^)i by, He laughed iic any lace, and he answered me; “Aye!” its moiyiage a (failure? I asked of t pair Who stood inOhe sunset with silvery hair, Whose evoning of life was r.pproaehing its close, j tin odor of hsy urd in scent of the rose— Is marriage ufailure? and woman and man, Who. toiling together. luwi test, d the plan. Who catered the brook ani» kept ou with its tiow. Till reuchtag the ocean—they answered me: . “No.” Is marriage a failure ? I asked o' a beast, Untouched at the hmjds of a hallowing priest. Whose will was his law. whose muscle'his boast. "Who looked ,o:i the world as his brothel at most— Is marriage a failure? and up from his lair From caverns of darkness, fikmi foulness of air, flame loudly his savage and sensual cry, That told of his nature tind answered nae: “Aye.” Is marriage a failure? I nsired of the birds. When their music of spring they were setting to w rds, When building their bouses on leafy estates And teaching their young to ,be couples and mates — Is marriage a failure? and out of the grove, Their odorous Eden of innocent love, The singers in answer were unified so That (echoes from everywhere uttered their "No.” Is marriage a failure? I said to mvself. As i peered in the eyes of a tangle-haired elf. And ' hen in the graver and holier face' Os her of my bosom -thank God for His grace— Is marridge a failure ? and out of my breast. In pity for all of such bondage unbiest, With>every glad pulse of my being aflow. The answer came swelling. “A thousand times. No.” J GREAIJHEASURE. The Straw Mystery SurrondiDE Its Disappearance. ♦- A STORY OF EXTRAORDINARY INTEREST. LT FRANK BARRETT. A. CHAPTER VII. UT I was still d fey e d ulous. How was the l^rl hiding in \>Vt")bi woods all day to tw- ? * know of the "Xi if yistence of the til it/r ~ ledge? It was ill yin true she had IS Hi 11l access to the p Vs house at night. HvU ’ but I doubted if Ns eV -' w it were possible .11 for her to see 9 jy* 3 Gio l«dge in the ‘‘arh even from r -j*/ clar -i the bay window. ‘ vE'-dni But admitting the ,V 8 ? ihnit ? - -vES WL bU - would she risk ^ er llfc for 110 hut t° Miss Las. ■^MHgßJ^«^®P’^^’eelles ? 'There ,z y was too much itrength. Ah,.Lola’s character for such a senseless and feeble device to be acceptable to her. It was not the act of a rational being, but of a mischievous or malevolent idiot. I was inclined to believe that the explanation Miss Lascelles had offered was a just one, a id that what she had seen was purely imaginative and the result of fear, inspired by those mysterious sounds which might yet be explained. This was not Van Hoeck's opinion, nor was it Brace’s. “I will not say the Kid has done it," he said; "there’s no sayin’ what greaser blood will do. For tbit sak<# of argyment, we will say she did, but 1 ondertake she shall not play th ■ same bower twice, if her father’s persuasion counts for anythin’?” and lie went oil at once to search for Lola in the woo I. I When we wore alone. Van Hoeck said: "Ask Sir Edmund; he will tell you. as he told me^thaf Brace was in the woods yesterday while you were philandering with Miss Lascelles. What was he therefor but to find his daughter and employ her in working out his plot?” “Good henvfins I” I exclaimed, losing my temper: "what notion have you got hold of now? Last night you suspected S.r Edmunds ” "I would suspect arty one who has the opportunity to possess himself of such a treasure us you hold. Do yc\u blame the man who protects himself when his life is in danger? That diamond is life to me! What could Idoif it were lost? You hold that dialmond —my life—in your keeping. You are bound to take every precaution for its safety. You have no right to despise my warning because it does not agree with your reckless trust in humanity.” “Take the diamond into your keeping, if you think it is not safe in mine,” I said. “You make that o.ffer because you know 1 am powerless to* accent it in my blind and helpless? condition. How can I keep it gainst a man like Brace?” “If you have more faith in my power to X tep the diamond, why do you accuse me oi neglecting its safety?” "Because you blind yourself to the dan- i ger that^xists. God!” he exclaimed, protruding nis sightless eyes to the light, and clinching" his hands in frenzy, “to think । that those wljo can see will not see!” “What^possibl connection can there be?” I asked, “Iretween the safetv of our diamond arid the event of last night?” । “A palpable connection. The event of 1 last nignrwas an abortive attempt to obtain the diamond.” i As I heard this and looked at Van Hoeck, ’ I almost doubled if he were in his right i mind. ] “The pilot fait d,” lie continued, “because < the girl mistook the room.” An incredulous exclamation escaped mo. j "You shall hem me,” he muttered, stretch- 1 ing his arm to he right and hdt until lie encountered mine with his hand, and then 1 clutching it tightly: "you shall see—with 1 my eyes, if not with your own. You have s urged that the girl could know nothing of s the disposition of the rooms, but she might I receive instructions from her father. He 1 went into the wood to give her those instructions yesterday. Look at your plan”— 1 he handed me the diagram I hal drawn ] at his request— "Bra< •. having his room at the back of the rigat block, woul I naturally tell her the' when she got to the top (4 the stairs she was not to pass through the pieture-gaiiery. but to go straight to the landing over the stairs she I had ascended, open the window hi the bay. I which would then beonherlefthaml. au ! ] make her way to the oriel facing her. That, 1

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| according to Ipis calculation, would bring her to your window.” । "Ceitainly.” i “But he did not take account of the fact i That the door by which the girt enters the j house is at the back of the right block, and ; that the stairs by which she would ascend l to the first ISoor bring bor to the landing ■ between Sir Edmund's ream and Miss i Lascelles’, Thus, though carrying out her 1 father's instructions to the better, she must i inevitably make her atbg'ipt upon Miss | Lascelles’ room and not upon yours. Look ' al. vour plsn.” i “I you perfectly well," I snid, as- । tonished by the ing'nuity of his explanui tion, which had made a perfectly incredible I supposition possible—nay. for the momewt, ! pro Liable. I “Are you convinced?” die asked, triumphantly. “Yow have yet t » explain how Briwo thought toobtam the ddamoml by the means ho cw.pl.iyed. He would seareoly expect that I should faint with terror," “Who said he w.»Jd? Brace calculated upon deal.ng witli « heavy sleeper, not a uen-"us giil. The ttq ping is described aS se t and regular; it was intended to test whether you were asleep or not. The moment a light appeared the sound ceased—th- giil had gone 'back I > the bay. Fumi the landing she _ could see when the light wits put out, and it was safe to recommence the attack. The candle was lit with some difficulty the second time; Miss Lascelles ■I possibly stood with her bacs to the window las she ind'd the vesta. Lola mar have de- ; tocted the first glimmer, and uncertain or । not whether it was safe to continu ', turned the blind, and looked through. At that moment the wick burned- up. and Miss ■ Lascelles turning, saw the girl's eyes between the laths. The knocking was not rt - pouted, [or a simple reason— Lola had diseovered her mistake, and retreated. Do you doubt now the purpose with which | Brace lias gone to seek the girl to-day ?” I was forced to admit that his expl,ma- . tion was feasible, yet 1 could not believe that Lola, who seemed since e|y attached | to me, would consent to aid in my ruin , merely' at the instigation of her father, whose authority she habitually disregard- I ed. I said Uiis to Van Hoeck. "It is because site is attached to you—be- I cause sho loves you,” he replied, with em- I phasis. "that she would readily enter her lather's project to rob you of the diamond. The diamond is her enemy—it has separated you from her, and pluc ‘d you side by' side with Miss Lascelles, for whom she lias manifested a jealous hatred from the very first. What could be more gratifying to her sav- | age disposition than to take away the diumoiid that has created this dilleceneo between you and her. and to re«lnee you onea more to her level. It is the only liopn slje can haveof getting you away from Miss Lasc -Ues. mid restoring the former condition of equality upon vdiich your companionship with her rested." .Again I was compelled to admit the force of Van Hoeck’s argument. “But why.” I asked, "should Brace trust such a perilous undertaking to his daughter?” ’’For an obvious reason. ”he replied. "If you caught her in the act of robbing, you ' would not raise your hand against her: if you canght him. you would blow his brains out. For her you would find excuse; for him none.” In this there was truth also. "Talking of that,” he continued, “what arms do you keep about you lor defense?" "None.” I replied. “I tltought so. Take this." he snid. drawing a long clasp-knife from his breastpocket. He showed the spring with wliieji the nariow blade opened, and the catch which locked it at the back of the born handle, ami made me promise to use it for my defense, no matter who attacked me. I also promised to close my windew, which 1 halhlually kept open at night, and to secure f lic 'fast - ening of that, as well as the door, before going to bed. Finally, he exacted that I siiould once mo e inclose the Hesper in the | leather cusb. and strap it to my waist the last thing atnigh t. The Judge did not return until dusk. Hwas fatigued’ and his general appearance indicated a pursuit through rough and the ny ways. “1 het seen the Kid,” he said; “but she would not list 'll to reason; ami not bein’ afeered of sp’iling her clothes ‘ she nat’rally got the Ixst of the argument, and played it low down on her father." He advocated starving her into better behavior. and woul I have hail the door dosed to ent oiT l:.*r communication witli the dairy, but Mfe> Laecciles would not listen to this; slie would not yield to fear, and declined to change her room or alter her ordinary .habit tides. We separated a little before eleven. The ' night was close mi l stuffy. I had no indinutionto go to bed. especially as I had given ; Van Hoeck my word to close the window i beforehand. There was a reading-lamp in my room. I lit it, put out the candle, and seated myself in a comfortable chair witli a book. Ne: a sound was to be heal’d after the dock struck eleven. I read on with ut moving from my chair until past twelve. From time to time I had taken my eyes from, the book and listened intently—not in anticipation of hearing tile mysterious tapping a’ my own window, but in apprehension of its being repeated upon Edith’s—and as the la“t stroke of midnight reverberated through the still night I closed my book mid listened again. The silence without was so complete • that tile burning of the oil in the lamp at ] my side was distinctly audildc. At that moment I heard aboard creak. : It was so slight a sound that. Lad my attention been lixed up i the book, I should not have noticed it. I could not tdi where it eame trvm: 1 was not stir.' that it was ma from the floor ifnder my foot as I changed iuy position. Instinctively I looked toward the window. I could see nothing beyond the circle of light reflected by the. lampShade. It was too absurd to take the lamp to the window—there was no hoard there to creak. I waited some minutes, and there being no repetition of tile sound. I | reopened my book, but I pause 1 witli my linger on the page to listen once more. A shuddering sigh, like that of a child wiio is crying itself to sleep, reached my ear. 1 went to the window, drew up the blind softly, and looked out; lor the sound had seemed to come from a distance, and I thought it might be the Hutter of I Laves in a breeze. But the night was unchanged—heavy and still, the moon obscured, and a thin gray veil of mist hanging over the lawn, as Edith had seen it the night before. I opened tile’door noiselessly. All was dark. I could see only the mullion of the bay standing out vagu dy .•'.gainst the grayness. I listened. At nigl.k heavy eui tains were drawn across the head of the corridor, shutting it off from the passage upon which it abutted at right angles; nevertheless, I mmhl hear the stertorous breathing of the Judge or Van Hoeck from the rooms beyond. Iwas sure that the sound Iliad heard was net imaginary, and determined, if possible, to discover tiic cause. I went back to the table and fetched the lamp. I had returned to where I stood by Hie door, when my eyes fell upon something lying at the threshold. Another step, and I shoul I have put my foot upon it. In steadying the shade, my left hand screened tile light: as I withdrew it I saw '.lint the object at my feet was Lola, ' She had curled herself upon the mat within tile embrasure of the doo r . Her face was toward me, and pillowed upon her : folded hands. She was asleep, yet her long black lashes were, wet. and clung to her cheek with an undried tear. "Even Van Hoeck, if he could see you now, ' poor child,” I said to myself, “could not think iil of you.” I would not awake her; I withdrew the ( light until she wa« in shadow, placed it on the table, fetched my book, and seated myself where I could read and yet watch the • sleeper. As I did this, the "lock in the belfry chimed the in.if-hmir. I looked at my watch, and saw that it was half-past twelve. ' I could not fix my attention upon the book for some time, my mind being occupied witli conjectures to account for Lola’s presence. It ill ted in with Van Hoeck’s theory and warning in some respects, yet— , possibly becausn my judgment was biased ' by sentiment—l could not believe sue mid j : eom<; there with any sinister intention. I : was rather disposed to t hink that she had | found solitude no longer bearable, and had I sought this resting-place to beneai the only friend she knew. 1

WALKERTON, ST. JOSEPH COUNTY, INDIANA, SATURDAY, APRIL 27,1889.

As I pondered, my eyes grow accustomed to the gloom, and I could see dimly the girl's face, her arms scarcely distinguishable against her dusky camisole, andl Hie darker mass of her red petticoat. She did not move. If she had evaded hot father, itus possible that she had fatigued herself as well as him-. My heart was s-tirred with pity, and I resolved that when she awoke 1 would try. if sho would listen IKo me. to reason her out of her savage j csolation, and induce her to accept the kindness that Edith longed to bestow upon I her. I would not purposely awake her, for | in sleep there was the relative happiness oi lorgethilness. It was past one when I again began to read. From time to time I looked away from the page and assured myself that she was still sleeping. And so I sat watching and reading until past four o'clock, whim the light began to fail, my eyes grow heavy, and unconsciously I fell asleqp. I was awoke by my book falling from my hands to the floor. The lamp was yet nlight, but burning so dimly that, looking toward the door, 1 could see nothing. I carried the lamp that way. Lola was gone. * :t * if * * When we mot at breakfast. Edith was in her customary bright and cheerful mood. Reassured by her appearance. Sir Edmund | said, smiling; “Well, my dear, has there been any re- । currenco of strange sounds and spectral Sights during tile night ?” I “Yes,” she answered: “but they did not I frighten me, tori knew it was only poor Lola." "I,ola!" I exclaimed. “1 had left a light burning.” she said: “the blinds were turned downward, and the I giit I shone upon them: the tapping woke me. . It was just the same sound that I heard bei fore. WJ’iie I was looking at the blind be- । fore the open window, the tapping stopued. I and J saw “linger come flown between the third ac t fourth lath from the bottom, and turn the third: after that the linger slid in between the next two. and turned the I second. Then I saw her two lustrous black I eyes looking through. Almost immediately aderward they disappeared. ‘Don't be , afraid, Lola,' I said, in a low voice, for I j feareil if she were frightened she might slip ' from that terribly narrow ledge. I waited a few minutes, to give her time to get back to the bay. if she intended to. and then drew up the blind ami looked < nt. There was no one there, and the window in the bay was as we left it last night—-closed.” “Are you sure it was Lohi?” I asked. “Yes, thev were her eyes." “Do you know what time it was when you saw her?” I asked. “I can bo sure of that, for in taking my watch from th" stand, it fell, breaking the glass and stopping the hands, ami very soon altcrthntl heard the clock strike.” Slie showed me the watch, the minutehund was so bent that It could not puss the hour-hand; when I lifted it. the movement recommenced, proving that tile spring had not run down. Tile hour marked by the hands was live minutes to one. "At five minutes to one Lola was sleeping I at my door.” I said. (TO BE l OXTIM'EP. ] Two Blue-Bottle I lies. A gentleman making a call at the house of a friend was astonished to find the roonis and passages in confusion, and, on inquiring the cause, was answen d : "Oh, we are v< ry much annoyed lu re; a rat has come to finish li; . ex , istence under the floor of our large urawing-ro »ni. We do m t know the exact plaey, but we cann t endure the stench any longer, so we have removed the fiirniture, rolled up the carpets. j and call, d in she ear)’ nt rs, who me i just lieginning to take up the floor.” “Now, d m’i 1 e too hasty.” said the i visitor; ‘‘you need m t pull up more j than one board. 1 will show you what , I mean pres ntly : nnd. meanwhile, shut j down the drawing-room windows and close the door. " He then stepped down into the garden, w alked round to the hors > st abb's, j and after a few minutes' absence came I back to the drawing-room with loth hands clasped. Placing himself in the center of the draw ing-room, lie opened his hands and out flew two large blue- i i bottlo Iljes and buzzed around the room ; fora second or two. But presently one I "f them ali_Jit< d on a certain plmik of I the floor, and was almost imm diately | followed by the other. “Now, tarn,” said the visitor, "take ■ np that board and I’ll engtge that the ; dead rat will be found beneath it.” The carpenters applied their tools. ! raised the board, and at once found the ! cause of the unpleasant smell. A Boy’s Reading. On early reading largely depends the boy’s fade in after life. If he can be induced to take g< od books at the > start, he is seldom likely to have any dangerous leaning toward ]>oor ones thereafter. Whether it be true or not that virtue wins followers by its inherent qualities, it is certain that a know 1edge of good literature makes the taste of poor reading Hat. stale and unprofitable on the mental palate. It is hardly too much to say that any parent I may cultivate a taste for good literature in his child if he is only willing to take the trouble. It is sometimes hard work, perhaps, but it can certainly be done. How to combine the two ends, that of having the lad read whatever will interest him, and having him read what will beget in him a taste for desirable books, is a question which will have to be answered differently in each individual case. There is a point where the two considerations come together. 1 but n every case the personal equation comes in, and no general rule can le laid down to cover all. Tn our day, | however, the field of iuvenile literature ' is so well filled that there is the widest ' latitude for choice, and this in itself goes fa tow ard simplifying the problem. Veneered Diamonds. The manufacture of what are termed veneered diamonds is a notable industry in l aris. The body of the gem is of quartz or crystal. After being cut j into a proper shape, it is put into a galvanic battery, which coats it witli a liquid, the latter being made of diamonds which are too small to be cut, and of the clippings taken from diamonds during the process of sharpe ling them. In this way all the small parti- I cles of diamonds that heretofore h ive been regarded as comparatively worthless, can, by means of this ingenious process, be macle of service to the jeweler. Two Sounds by One Word. The reason a person at one end. of a long pipe will hear twice over the sounds made at the other end, is ilia iron is a better conductor of sound 11m > air is, so that the sound which i I heard last travels through the ab. I and hence more slowly than over tin i mefal.

INDIANA HAPPENINGS. EVENTS AND INCIDENTS THAT HAVE LATELY OCCURRED. An Interesting; Summary of the More Imporbmt Doings of Our Neighbors - Wedclings and Deaths -Crime, Casualties and General News NotesNovel Position of Alan and Wife in Regard | to Prosecuting Saloon-Keepers. Mrs. W. O. Leeds, wife of one of the । richest men in Indiana, has secured evi- | deuce that nineteen different saloon- ; keepers in Michigan City have sold ! liquor io her husband this year after ; she had, in accordance with law. ; formally notified them not to do so. ; The notices were served by her in per- ■ son. Au interview with Mrs. Leeds is ' given, in which she attributes Mr. ' Leeds’ drinking habits to the influence ] of politicians and saloon men who have I fastened themselves upon him. Mrs. ■ Leeds says she proposes to have the i saloon-keepers suffer from Sill to ^IOO ' tine for every drink sold to Mr. Leeds j after notice was served. Iler investigation showed, incidentally, that oiit of sixty-five places in Michigan City where J liquor is sold only fifty-one are licensed. She intends to have the unlicensed fourteen forced to close up. Mrs. Leeds adds: ”I ni not a Prohibitionist; lin a temperance woman. Ive told them, in । one jilaee in town, that Mr. Leeds cun come in there and take his beer, but he must not take too much. Mrs. Leeds is well supplied with money, and looks like a determined wonian. The saloonkeepers do not appear to lie worried. It is rumored that Mr. Leeds has prom- ■ ised to stand back of them in any pro- i reedings and supph the sinews of war. i The amount of money he can control is i estimated to be SSdHLO,L*O(I. Board «»f Trade The business men of Frankfort have reorganized the Frankfort Board of Trade by the election of the following; officers and dire, to Hon. D. V. C. Bryant. President; Geurgo A. Smith. Nice Pi, so],qt, \\ . H Hart. Secrctarv: Col. J. NW Coulter. Treasurer. Directors D. P Mien. NV. R. NVhite. D. A. Coulter, G. A. Smith, NV. R. Hines. N. J. Gaskill. Milt -I. Swann. NN’. JI. Hart. E. IL Staley. D. NV. C. Bryant, and G. \. Smith, The compli t ion ar 1 great success of the unttrral-gns plant and the location of the Clover Leaf Railroad shops there is makinr the city experience an unexampled prosperity, and the | Boar 1 of I rude proposes to add as many j other substantial and legitimate industries as possible. iuor stale I terns. — The town of St. Mart of experienc- * ing a boom. - A cow owne r by Francis Plummer, ■ of Grecntiehi, has dietl from hxdrupho- j i bin. A horse belonging to Martin Richey, i near Greenfield, was killed by lightning. Mrs. Mi Ivanin, of Corydon, was cut : | by the tin ot a cattish af:d died of blood I poisoning. - Trinity M. F. Church, of New Albany. has It the contract for a new edifice, to cost S2S.UOU. NVill Mnrpby, in two nights’ exhor- ; tation at Spencer, induced 30D persons ■ to don tin bine ribbon. - -lames NValsh was killed by the cars । I near Goshen. He had a w ife and two ' children living in Auburn. C. M. Travis. G. A. IL Department ; ’ Commander of Indiana, will deliver the I Memorial-day addr- ss at Ladoga. The Governor has appointed Theop- ; I 1 ibis R. Kumier. of Butler County, to j be a Trustee of Miami University. — Brazil's business boom of last year ’ is still on, many residences andbnsiness ; Flocks being in course of construction. -Burning stubble, near Rushville, set । tire to the clothing of the 4-year-old child of Lewis Bagley, and caused its i deat h. —The Commissioners of Tippecanoe ' County will build a new bridge over the j NN abash River at Lafayette. It w ill be GOO feet long. —The question of applying for a city । ; chrrter was voted upon at Marion and resulted in favor of the charter by a majority of -ISG. — Herman Gallcrt, of NVanatah, while crossing the Kankakee River in a boat, : fell overboard and was drowned. He j was 22years old. —All-year-old child of Mr. and Mrs. ! Nice Baker, living near Spencer, fell I into a tub of boiling water and was : scalded to death. —Joseph Carter's residence, near Hope, i 1 Bartholomew County, was burned with ! ' contents. Loss, $2,200; insurance, sl,- i 500, in the Ohio Farmers’. | —A cow in Scott Township, Mont- ! ■ gomery County, last week had a calf, : i one-half of which was a perfect goose- ; head, wings, and breast. —Owing to the pollution of Eel River I by leakage of oil from the tank at Lake- I ton, the fish have left that stream and [ gone into others tributary to it. — Herman Koebler, one of Madison's j oldest and.most respected citizens, and j a retired merchant, died at the residence of his- son-in-law . Dr. Hutchings. —A number of cattle and a young son of NViliiam Sylvester, a Madison County farmer, were bitten by a mad dog recently. The cattle died. The child is ! now at Terre Haute for mad-stone treatment. —James C. Morgan, a carpenter, by the fall of a portion of the building on which he was working at Indianapolis, I was crushed to death. He was aged 38, i and leaves a w ife and two children. The fall of the house was due to a sudden squall of wind. —George Perkins, of Cementville, Clark County, tied a bell to a cow’s tail nnd the animal xvas frightened to death. He was compelled to purchase the owner another cow, besides being prosecuted for the offense by the Humane Society. His sport cost him S7O.

—Cecil Higgins has been selected as the choice of Fort NVayne Republicans for postmaster. He has been for many years in the employ of the Penneylvan'ia Company. —Robert Lehman, of Hanover, lost his barn by a stroke of lightning. Four horses, three cows, several wagons, farm implements and a quantity of grain were also burned. —An enraged bull created a panic in । the streets of LaPorte recently. Before 1 it could bo captured several persons i were knocked down and one young lady I fatally in jured. —Henry Ringwald is under arrest at | Evansville on the charge of criminally | assaulting Annie Miller, 14 years of age. j She charges Ringwald s xvife with assist- . ing in the crime. —Andrew J. Sutton, aged G 2 years, an i early settler of Elkhart county, and a । veteran of the Mexican war, fell dead j from heart disease. He leaves a small j family in Elkhart. —The champion hoop-pole cutter of the State now lives in Brown County. i His name is Cyrus Stilt. He estimates । that he has cut and prepared for market ' many million poles. — Thomas -J. Aerea. of Columbia, Fayette County, has been granted a pension I of $13,9R1.77, the largest ever granted under the general pension laws. Aerea s disability is total blindness. -J. N\. Caldwell, a Morgan County । farmer, had a valuable colt ruined a few days ago by an enraged cow's horns, which so incensed the farmer that he has since had nil his cattle dehorned. ■lack Canatsey, residing four miles southwest of Martinsville, was kicked on the side of the head by a mule while ihe was ci.rrying it. Mr. Canatsey was ren red unconscious and may not rei cover. । -Charles Howe, an employe at the Monon shops in New Albany, was caught by the belting and jerked over the shafting. His head was crushed, both legs broken, each in two places, and an arm ■ broken. He was also internally hurt. I’he Battle-ground Camp-meeting < ommittei has arranged for the Grund Arm\ day to be on Thursday, Aug. 1. The speaker on that dix will be Rev. Howard Henderson. D. D., L. L. D., of Cincinnati. His subject will be “The Swords of Grant mid Lee.” As a Monon train was nearing Crawfordsville a few days ago the parallel rod broke mid was driven through the j< ab of the engine, tearing up the seat upon which the engineer was sitting, mid making a hole through the top of the cab. Robert Muir, the engineer, was badly shaken up, but escaped serious iu- , j”ry. I'atents have been issued to the following Indiunaiai s: Robert Foster, assGuorto I . 11. Jenniug. NV. B. Harris mid J. A. Dixon, I ndiunapolis. valve; Samuel E. Harsh, assignor of one-half i t<> J. M. Harter, NVabash. overdraw checki spreader; Resin Hosford. Lebanon,, dredging bio kot, Joseph N. and N. Leh- ; man. Goshen, wire fence. William Guntie, of Goblesville, Huntington County, claims to have perfected a perpetual-motion machine. It is a complicated piece of mechanism, with fifty cog wheels made of wildcherry wood. Pendulums, levers, and weights, with an eccentric trip, deliately mrmiged. keep the wheels turning after having once been set in motion. Russell Rice, a Scott County farmer, has a eat that has raised five young ' squirrels with the tender care that sho would have bestowed upon her own I young. Some time ago Mr. Russell found a nest of young squirrels in the . woods and took them home, and the cat adopted them. The squirrels are now half-grown and have been placed in the I court-yard at Scottsburg. Joshua Coons, employed in Geni ford's mill, near NVindfall, Tipton County, fell on a large saw, which struck him just below the hip. penetrating the right side and passing through 1 the body to the head. None of his limbs j were severed from the body, but he xvas j sawed through and through from the j hips to the lower base of the skull. He ! leaves a w idow and children. —Several months ago John A. Dob- ; bins, of Greenfield, advertised for a wife. Miss Kate Riley, of Louisville, । began a correspondence with him.which resulted in Mr. Dobbins visiting Miss Riley the other day. They were favoraI bly impressed w ith each other, and were j married in the evening. The bride is j 33 years old and the groom 52, and is a : widowe with three children. —NVhile Roger Conlin, a farmer 37 years of age, who resides twelve miles southeast of NVashington, xvas on his । way home, his team became frightened ! and ran away. The driver was thrown ; from the xvagon, and in falling the lines j caught around his neck. In this manj ner be xvas dragged 200 yards, when he i was found in an unconscious state half lan hour later. His injuries are probably | fatal. —A gas well is being drilled on the i edge of famous bull-frogpond in Blackford County, into which is run an exhaust pipe frbm the engine. By this means the water for several feet around the pipe is kept much warmer than the remainder, and is quite an attraction for the frogs, which gather there in large numbers. Frequently they get too close to tiie pipe, and a sudden exhaust of steam is sure to kill several hundred. It is estimated that nearly 2.000 have been killed in the past week from this cause. —The farmers cf Clay County are organizing, claiming they have been made the victims of imported beef and other trusts. A meeting will be held to effect a permanent organization, a committee having been appointed to report at that time. —ln Perry Township, Allen County, a fexv miles northeast of Fort NVayne, John Barrett, 74 years "old, beat his wife who is 70 years old, with sticks of firewood so terribly that she is dying. Barrett is in jail, and he says he does not remember beating his wife. ,

| ABOUT PRESIDENTS. interesting historical, truths SELDOM THOUGHT OF. । The Ghost Which Has Followed Famous Secretaries of State—Ministers Abroad ami Their Chances of Sitting in the Presi idential Chair.

THE tabic below gives at a glance the political history of the Presidents. JesA ferson, Madison, MonJ^rob, J. Q. Adams. Van z Buren, and Buchanan served in the Cabinet as Secretary of State, and

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Grant as Secretary of NVar. The letter "o” signifies that the President whose name is opposite filled the specified offices before he was called to guide the ship of state: £ se iOsO:*! &e? » H Xs. a : tt “ j i j » M c 2 “ :• s • ; • ; ■c । 1 . iod ( . i " XX nsbington.. .1732 Com <> o ........ i Ailnms ii 735 IO j> i.. ’.. io ;o J ell tsoii '1743 ..... ,|o ujo |.. .. 'o Madison 1751 o pi Monroe 11758; Cajit. ;o a? k) kj |o L .1 3. Q. Adams.. 17(»7 .... .. o o .. ;o |o . J Jaekson 1767 Mj. G .. ojo o LJ .. Judge. V»>i Duren.... I7s2i o।m 0 .. o ; Harrison 177: Mj. G o )i> lo o !o .. |Tr. Sec Tyler 11790! o o j. | o o I Belk 1179.' lo lo lo I. J..1..1 Tailor 1781 Gen. .. . . Fillmore 1800 oio :. k k o Com Pieree |l«04IBg. G o o do .. .. D. Atty Buchanan .... |1791 010 1.. jo o 1.. | Lineoln |sn» Cn.pt. o o .. .. . . j j'ik-'st M. ■ mimson 1808 .. .do l<> pi |<> ...o lAld’n Grant 1822 Com. .. .. 1 .. .... I. d Hay. s 1522 Bg. G .. o ,o Ctx' Sol Garfnlii 1831 Mj. Go o ... o !.. ( | Arthur IRIDGon. ..' o Cel. Pt’. ’Cleveland.. . 1837 o 1.. .. Mnvor ;!".■: . . ISC B-. ( _<> .. . ct.'Rep Hi'" land was sii rin and*.\Ysistaut District Attorney. Hi t >r\ does not. benr out the general belief ilia; n sent in the Cabinet, or a position at a t> re; ;n court ends it num's Presidential ambition, for Jetlerson. Mmlisen. Monroe, Quincy Adams, X an Buren and Bin humin each served a seeretiii . o' S'ute. All of them except Mndison ami Van Bnreti represented the nation abroad ns Ministers. General Grant was Secretary of Win. Seven Xie- Presidents reached tile higher "tHee. Th. , wore John Adams, Jefferson and Vim Baren who were elected to it : and Tyler Fillmore. Johnson and Arthur, who succeeded Ihe tour I’residents who died in otli. i : Gen. Ha. rison, Gan. Tin lor, Lincoln, and (‘tenoral Garfield. Gull' three President occnpied office after vaentiii: the President till chair— Quincy Adnms, who u ‘erinird spent seienteell years in Congress; Monroe, who became a Justice of the P.n‘o : mid Johnson, who was elected United State ■ Senator in 1575. I>: sei alo <bi|> .J Congress lias not proven condtu iu to tin Pre-idam v. Onlv one man ! «lb. presided over the House'has reached tile chiei Mn _i-t riiv v. and that was .lumes K. Polk. I'u" of Amerioa's most brilliaxit sons—Henry i in and James C. Blaine are cnees in point. Both were son' to tiie Legislat are when voung, mid they beciime the Speakers i f tluir respective Il uses. They wire elevated to Congress, and each became Speaker of the House. Both -eri eil in the Senate and in the Cabinet as Secretai l of State Thev were also ttnauewssful a 'ulidaie- '- a l'r. . ideal. Fa hwa - defeated by • ::| nue ii ili tinknowii mm: Clay bi Polk at d Blaine by I'l veland. Xii iuiii ha- furnished no less than seven j l'< sidents Wa-hii'.gtoe. Jefferson. Madison, Monroe. •‘Old l ippeeim.ie" llarrismi. Zachary la i l 'r. a d .6 h : i ' l-r. Inp-rison wa • u re-i---d it of Ohio and rii'. li -of Li-tii i ,mi when ileered. )h two \dain • J,dm Vlams and his son, J' Im iy.:i - Clams. \\en boUi mi iiesofMasai'htiset-. 1. a ni-.lm I ieire iva s 1 nn in New flampshi.e a id G i. \itlmr ua- n native of Xerinow. Thus Nev llnuhini! bus hud four repre ent a! ii e, in t Ite XV >ti:e Her-e. lio . Ji. . pleiateJ to the office were eithe: natiiesori side in of Ohio, and soldiers 11 : 'Old ''ipy- ■" :e - ' !!::: t i-on. Gen <(g ;' at. Ha' , a IGm lield and Gen. Bi iijamiu Hur-ii-on. 11l "it Gen. W H. Harrison m Virginian by birth ueie Ise n tn Ollie. Grant became a 'isi.lent el Him.>is iied Benjamin Harri-.m is an adopted son o: Lmtianii. ilayes laid n sinili: experieiiee in his p"liti'al career. He wa- ,1 i t-.-d veii.ie- of ol.i’ i three times, deI fea' ing . neb timo a 1 emocrat of nati 'nal reptu tn ion Xlb'ii G. Thurmna. George H. Pendle- . ton. and i.i; I Bill ' Allen. The first two mimed i we 1.1 ■ :;ece fi.l emididates for Vice Presii dent. I: was Thurmmi v.ho admitted Hayes to he bar. New York has furnished four Presidents—Van i I "ii I Hi ■e. \rtimr, ami Cleveland. The t.: - iwo i\e:'e natives of the State, Arthur was a X : .mniter. and Cleveland ti native of New Jersei. It is an odd e muidence that Fillmore and Cie . eland w ere resident s of Buffalo. I llinois never s-nt u nil* ive of t he St ate to the Whit. House, but. two of the most, illustrious I Pi .• ideiii-— l.iiic'iln. the emunciputor. and Gin. I Gram were citizens of the State when they were raised to the Chiet Magistracy. It is a singiibii fact Hint the three citizens of T. miesse.- who occupied the White House—lack- ■ i"i. folk, an.l Johnson were natives of North I Catolina. Jr th ,t wo named lived iuor jiear | Nn hlille. As to education : Washington, Jackson, Van I I; !■ p. luvlor. Fillmort. I.ineolm Johnson, and I cievi him! were not college men. Except Van ; B.iren and Cleveland, who were educated in I mall neademies. the others receii'ed only the I commonest kind of nu education. Johnson j could neither read nor write until his' wife taught him those ac 'emplishmuuts. Poth the Adamses, fattier mid son, were Har- ; vmd College gtudiuite-. John Quincy Adams । wns ii professor nt Harvard. Madison graduat 'd from Princeton College, mid Jefferson, Monroe, am t Tyler received their sheepskins at VV illiam muJ Mary College, Virginia. Old Gen. Harrison graduated from the Hamp-den-Sidney College. Polk from the North Carolinii (' uiversiti. Pierce from Bowdoiu College, Bucliamin nt JHehmson College, and Grant at West Point. Williams College was Garfield’s alma mater, Haves was trained at Kenyon College. Aithur at Union College, am! Hurriscn at Nliami University. No less tlian eleven Presidents had military titles won on the battlefield. Washington and Grant were commanding Generals; Jackson, William H. Harrison, Taylor and Garfield Major I Generals; Pieice. Hayes and Benjamin Harrison. Brigadier Generals. Monroe was a Major ami Lincoln u Captain. Washington, Monroe and Jackson took part in the Revolution; Jackson. Harrison ntid Taylor in the war of 1812; Ta.lor. Pierce nndGrant went through the Mex- I i.an war; Lincoln fought in the Black Hawk | wur. nnd Grant. Hayes. Garth Id ami Benjamin I Harrison in the war of tile rebellion. Ail the i r.sid.mts except, .nickson, Taylor, I Grunt, Artlmr. Cievt l imi and Benjnmin Harrison served in their State Legisliitures. Allot I them i xccpt Taylor. Grant. \ ilmr. Cleveland ■ and the new President were Cotigrei smtai. Jefferson. Jackson. Van Buren. Harrison. Ty- I lev. Polk, .fobnsmi, Hayes, ami (Teieland were । Governors of thei.‘ respective States t; r one or j more terms. B ith Harri cm-, ine yoimger ' Adams, Monroe, Jackson. Van Buren. Tyler, | Fierce. Buchanan, Johnson, iind Garfield were I United State - Senators Gm rield was elected, ! but he never served, having been tlecied Prc.a- | dent shortly t’/'.erward. Jackson never spike I in Hie Semite.. j Seven of them were Cabinet oil! ails. Jeffer- , son, Malison. Momoe. John Quine' Adams, i Vun Burem mid Buchmiiin served as Secretary I of Siate, iimd Gen. Grunt us Secretary of War j tor ti w mo’ith-. Both the Adam -os, Jetlerson, I Monroe. Tippnam'e Harrison, and Biiehunim j were Ministers to foreign countries. Onlv one President was a Sheriff, that was I Cleveland. Only one an Alderman. Johnson. ' Both Joliuson mid cT'velmbl were Mayors. Gen. I Grunt was the youngest President, 47, mid "Old Tippecmioti" the oldest. 68. Monroe. Grant, mid i Arthur were re-i,lt nts of New York City w hen ; they died. Several Presidents had nicknames. Jackson i xvas “Old Hickory,” W. H. Harrison "Old Tippc- I canoe,” Taylor “Bough ami Ready." Buchnmm • was culled "Old Buck." Lineoln "Old Abe," and Gep. Benjamin Harrison "Idttle Ben.’’ THE REASON WHY. April 30 the Anniver-ary of the Foumla- ’ tion <><’ the Goveiiiment. Eleven States only took part in the first I Presidential and Congressional election, but j owing to the difficulty of travel uml the dilatory ! habits acquired umier tip confederacy it was j not until April 6, 1789. that, a quorum in both i houses of tile new Congress was obimued. As ■ soon as Hu y were organized, the votes were counted and a committee v.:n, appointed to notify Washington of Uis ele.-tion us President, i This all took up weeks of time, a.;d it was not I until the 3Jih of April that he was inaugurated i President mid lie? Government, set in oi>eration. | Thus it is Unit the 30111 of April, ams not the 4th of March, becomes the anniversary of the foundation of ihe National Government,

NUMBER 44

THE SUNDAY SCHOOL SERIOUS SUBJECTS CAREFULLY AND ABLY CONSIDERED. A Scholarly Exposition of tho K esson —Thoughts Worthy of Calm Reflection Half an Hour s Study of the Scriptures—Time Well Spent. JiS iSXS W y ' Apr “ 28 ' ■» 1 U t ?, HE LESS °N SAYS. to the t minle ’ V Savior ’s*ast visit to me temple. As Matthexv says ho “went out and departed from the temple ” And tion Ot t'^tene.? dest.uef'>•? ” I ) tnnn ' t f 3 l’ ( h is disciples eame to him ah dike°'on 11 th ? buildia ^”). thev were n•’— V„ / perha P, 3 - acting as spokesxv“\^ . see uhat manner of stones. NN e ate to connect this with the threat that bef ® r ®.’ fouad impliedh' in Ch^i i^A mOr ° yin Matthew ’(23). Chi ist has been predicting overthrow. His disciples straightway call his attention to apnarent strength and stability of all around. -. AnsiLD inu. He had bem answering all ’needs "mee^ti" ’ aS ev ® a PP r °aehes, he must needs meet the wondering inquiries and surmtses of his disciples. He was “iul of grace and tr th." Seesi thou. The wofd to look at or obserce. hoklna at'” T/ g ' 0 1 bulld ings you are looktim a.. fhrou/i cltrjn. The word for dissolution thorough asd final. The destrue.ion of Jerusalem under the Roman and Saracen was complete. One of the detached stones of this stately edifice is said to have measured 24x4feet. ■r " HAT THE LESSON TEACHES. d „s n-hen shab these things be'! When? I < us w hen tln the privilege of privacy in our Savior s unspeakably precious solitudes leter and James and JotMi and Andrew, all of them, are asking of seasons and signs, hen. Master, when shall these things be? O, we are all very like our early brethren of the cross. The church has t roubled itselt much over needless question .. V e made the wrong inquiry. Dates instead of doctrines, doubts for deeds, the v-hen rather than the h-hat and the who. Actually, when we arise to our better spiritual moods, we are not asking this question, we are letting tho future take care of itself, and are asking only how we may please God most in the present moment. Our joy is already lull. Already do ive seo the enemy east down and the truth victorious. Up in heaven, even before the final denouement John saw them singing "the song of Moses,” a poan that belonged to the farther side of the lied Sea's wrathful flood, xvhose waters were yet to fall. All ut once in Psalm 71, while David is praying to be delivered from bis enemies, his eye of faith sees them already overthrown, and he cries out, “My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all tue day long; for they arc confounded, lor they are brought unto shame that seek my hurt!” He asks not “when?” 1 ake heed lest any man deceive you. This is Christ’s first answer to the question. “When?” just offered. Bo careful, says he. lest in your seeking to know the time—hidden from men’s eyes—you be led astray. And how many have been thus misled! Many in apostolic days, many through the centuries, many now. The word more than once, openly as here tacitly, rebukes t is j disposition to pry into the secrets of eter- । nity. "Watch,” Christ says, and that ia 1 enough. NVatch in a two-fold sense. Wateh, j i ?st we be led astray by that whieli is false, I and lest we be Aiken unawares, i. e., unprepared. wlien the true Master comes. Deceired, led astray. How prone we are to be, misled! The xvord is the same as that used of the sheep "gone astray” in the mountains. 0, how many there are, even in piety’s name, being led astray from the truth to-day! The warning is applicable to us of U>is : age. Shall we take heed ? The^e are the beginning of sorrows. So then we are .just in the beginning of the great upheaval. The premonitions of God’s overturning providences are all about us, but they are only the premonitions. When the final conflict and catastrophe shall come, the violence of overthroxv will be as much greater as the bursting of the stormcloud exceeds its faint predictive mutterings. NVe must needs keep the booit of Revelation open before us as we read this lesson. It is . noteworthy as the thrilling symbolic images of the Nexv Testament book of prophecy pass before us h< w slowly, and with what sober, stately steppings the ultimate issue is ushered upon th" viexv. NVhen the seventh seal is about to be broken there is-“silence in heaven,” j and the deliverance is for the time withi held. So also when the seventh trumpet is I about to speak. And it is only when the ! "seven angels having the seven last plagues” I are bidden, “Go vour ways and pour out the . vials of the wrath of God upon the earth,” l that wo know the full meaning of the sevj enth seal and the seventh trumpet. What I we seo to-day m history is but tho beginning of that war wherein “the Lamb shall i overcome.” "And the gospel shall first be published among all nations.” “And then e'ometh tho i end," Matthew adds. Tho "beginnings of sorrows” (or pains) are very nearly passed. We arc drawing nigh to that combination of events which shall mark the end of things. Not necessarily the sudden ter- ' mination cf life or of earth’s history, but the terminal epoch wherein shall be manifested tho might of God in unprecedented wavs, and wherein shall occur those visitai tions. inflictions and deliverances prophesied as belonging to that culminating | era of mundane history, with its final exhi- ' bitions of God's might and mercy. Let the gosp-1 go forth and find every land. Not. that every people must accept. They need onlv hear. "Published” is the word. Tho testimonv is to be made on every shore, in every clime; male faithfully, whether men receive or reject. Ours but to witness. God does the rest, and the word of God shall bo fulfilled.” Lot us hasten his day, Christian, by sending the people forth. • . 'For it is not ye that speak, but the Holy Ghost. “Why is it,” our friend has just been saying to us, speaking of a certain evangel’stic c< nference, “that those simple. I uncultured men have such powe-r with the word ?” And then we both paused and looked ’ at each other and answered the question, I soberly, each lor hitn-ell: “Is it not the ' Holy Ghost ?” Christ has premised it. "He ! will guide vou into all truth. “He shall testily of m\” “He shall glorify me. Over in Acts they spake, “Asthe Spiritguve them * utterance.” We can detect it to-day. NVhen I on" speaks to our hearts oi Christ, and reveals Christ to us. it is. we know, the work j of that piomis d Spirit. T lies jto whom Christ was speaking here were to be witnesses. That did not forbid culture ot ' soul and mind an I speech. It did so-bid nee Hess "<’i’C ’rain mt as to riietoucal I finish R'.'. ver waste lo tlreir best prepI nation. Thev were men of the Holy ' Ghost. Hut ye that shall endure unto i .e end. Here w is th" second an l final answer to the i querv. •' Wmm s'mll them things be?” Just j endure. This should be your elite, o to ' abide in the vine and so endure to tue en .. I God will take care of the times and smi on . Do vou give heed to years. Iveu hoepm the‘faith. Draw mg it" God NN hen the diseioles came say.ng evu tanlly, NN ,ij. ex. n the I'evds are sumed unto us. (ImstaJ- .’ siered. “I saw Satan falling like Ughtning from heaven." Hence, rejoie o nottnat dev,ils are subject. Rejoice in tins, that your * names are written in heaien. Next Lesson "The Command to NN ateli. Mark xiii. 24-57. Jmun’s veilings come witli liemstitclied borders in all the delicate evening colors. Pure white veilings are imported in plain goods finished with broehe stripes, either in all-over patterns. or as a simple border to the plain fabric. I’etty white ilannels ioi dresses have fine silk stripe along one selvage. Thu use of Asiatic silk in this country began xvith the earliest successful manufacture about 182!*, the first importation of the material being in 1828.