St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 14, Number 47, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 18 May 1889 — Page 1

VOLUME XIV. /N OLD SERMON, BT ZOE DANA UNDEUHILL. 0 Man, whoe’er thou bo, Look wo 1 about and see How, on this mortal star, All things compounded are Os the four elemi nts ; Though, to t ly baffled i,ouse. Through many forms tnoy range Aud are so swift to change, Those, in their nature sure, Alone do still on lin o. Aud thou. Lom each in turn, Khali a wise lesson learn. First thou shut view the soil, Given to thy patient toil; tSoo how tin teeming earth To all good things gives birth. Half tbo year cold she lies, Burled in snow and ii e, But when the days of spring Back the warm sun shine bring, Meekly she smiles a an, lor otting all her pain; And when wo wound h r fl dds, Harvest most rich ho yields. So when G d tries thy heart Kei nly with ache and smart, When i a n aud i oril stand. Threatening, at either hand, And when the rain of grief Hr ngs thy spent soul relief, t-io hat in sings of praise Etill thy faint to c > th< u raise; And tint tbo i yie’d bravo deeds, Altlough thy weak heart bleed). Bogard thou then the sea, Which, though so seeming froe, Yet a fixed 1 .w obeys Through all its errant ways. H rk, bow th > breakers roar, I’oa mg upon the shore! The billows mount in high Tl»r. aten the very sky; Yet t ere's no an ;ry wave, Howe'er it foam and rare, Lure in rebellion try To pasi its 1 ouudary. Hear'st thou the water teach lain or ih in tongue can preach, So sha.l ihy firm set will Govern thy passions still; '1 hough a fierce war they wa -e. Yea, though they storm and rage, Not one least whit shall they Thy strong resolve dismay. Consider then the air, Wi ich, parsing everywhere, A'though 'tis never seen, G. d's greaiest boon hath been, to let thy charity ( hal enge no human eve, And while itself doth hide, Ur.to none be denied. But both on good and ill Its constant t race distill. Bringing new life nn I cheer To thy sad fellows here. Mark how tho mounting llama, Betur.iing whence it camo, E or doth buming rise To sei k tho s arry skies. There’s no imperious force May stay its upward course; Tias wo Id holos nan ht so dear As can dot 1 i it here! So io k thy go d a' ove. Unmoved b • fear or love ; Thus slri.lt thou learn from fire Unswerving to aspire From this cold breast of ear.h To Heaven that t ave thee birth! J GREAT TREASURE, ♦ The Straw Mystery Serroeeiii Its Bisappearance. A STORY OF EXTRAORDINARY INTEREST. '• ♦ BY FRANK BARRETT. —■ ♦ CHAPTER X,—[Continued.] Z x Ca) || COULD hoar nothing but the throbbing of the blood in my temples* and the quick tiotac, tic-tae, tictac. tic-tac. tie-tae of my wateh behind me. yet I . know that the murderer i must bo moving. 1 Ho ibid his work to do. and must have made up 1 his mind l\pw to do it before p itting out the light. I could see nothing, and I the silence and darkness t were horrible, with the possibility of his falling upon me from behind. Yet J how was Ito guard against that attack, not knowing where he was? Possibly his visual power was stronger than mine. 1 knew by the ticking of my watch that the bed was somewhere behind me. and that I ought to be facing the oriel; and as I strained my eyes to cutch any rays of light that night exist. I fancied I detected a dim gray seam in the blackness before me—possibly the curtains masking the oriel were slightly parted. As I continued to stare in that direction. I became convinced that this was the fact, and slight though tho assurance was. it give mo some feeling of security; in that direction I might know of my foe’s approach. And, sure enough at that very moment the gray seam was blocked out. He was there. betwom me and the oriel. My first impulse was to on I the terrible suspense, and spring forward upon him; but prudence checked me. He might be close to me. or ho might be close to the oriel—it. was impossible for me to tell merely by the absence of a faint light. If, in springing forward, I fell short of him, it would be all over with mo. My force expen do I in the spring, he would have me at his mercy, and a short death was the only kind of mercy I had to expect. Again, what feeble light there was must fall upon me, as I faced it—an advantage for him. a terrible peril for me. I resolve 1 to back toward the wall at the upper ejid of the room, and guided still by the ticking of my watch, I drew back with the stealthj’ caution of a cat. Suddenly I cayv the gray seam of light again. Had he gone to the right or left? I knew not. Quickly I stretched my foot out I chrnd me; I felt something, and for the instant thought I had touched the follow, but, as turning about I groped my hand forward, I encountered tho cold wood-work of tho bedstead. It vyas one of the carved pillars. I drew myself up and put my back against it. Now, at le^st. th.lt dreaded stab in the Lack was loss possible. I am not a coward, yet I own that the terror of the following minutes thrills mo now as I look back upon it. The impenetrable darkness, tho silence rendered only more intense by contact with tho perpetual tictac, tic-tac, tic-tac, tic-tac, tic-tacos the watch behind ni ■, were made terrific by the awful uncertainty ot my position. I stood there waiting for the attack, until, the suspense growing intolerub’ >. I felt that I must end it by shouting alo i to Brace, and precipitating the final struggle. ”1 will wait five minutes longer, and no more,” I sa d to mysel'. resolving to calculate tho space fahly, ami with due allowance for fals<’ impressions. I calcinated that two.

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tho bod creak behind mo. Was this ono of the false impressions I had promised myself to guard against, or was tho sound caused by the man mounting upon tho bod behind mo? The hair bristled upon my head as I thought I heard the croak repeated; yet 1 stood there, and counted another minute, with every’ nerve and liber prepared to spring away. Now, surely’ four minutes arc up,” I thought, and drew my head down into my shoulders, for, as surely’ as if my eyes had been turned that way, and the fulUiglit of tho sun shining in my room, 1 knew that tho man was behind mo on the bod. I drew a deep inspiration, resolved to shout my loudest to Brace, but before the sound had passed my lips a towel was drawn tight upon my face, and my head jerked back against tho post behind mo. A 10l I of the towel gagged me completely; it was with difficulty I breathed. I struggled, but in vain, to wrench myself away; a qu ck and sure hand had knotted tho towel. I threw up my’ hands to tear tho thing off; in an instant they Were enveloped in tho thick curtains, and though tho fellow had not sufficient strength to tie them down to my si 10. he at least baffled my attempts to froe my head. 1 drew my foot from the ground, hoping that my weight would drag my head from the towel; I only succeeded in drawing the knots tighter, and half strangling myself. As 1 could not release my head. I got mr arms down, and tried to seize the rascal’s feet, but ho kept them beyond my reach; yet I got something by tho attempt, for in groping about I laid my hand upon the knife which ho had thrust in tho bod, to hav ■ free uso of his hands, the bettor to overcome tho resistance of my ami. I should have had no hesitation in hamstringing the rascal if I cou’d have got at his legs; but as I could not do that. I determined. if possible, to keep tho knife out of his way’. I felt, by the horn handle, that it was the one Van Hoeck had given me; and. knowing the trick of the blade, I shut it up and slipped it into my pocket. “Now,” thought I, "if only thews and sinews are concerned, we will seo who can get the best of if," And, with lodoubled efforts, I struggled to tear down the bod-curtains that hampered my movements, and inaddono I by the difficulty of respiration. I threw such force into my efforts that the pole upon which they hung crunched under the rings, and finally camo rattling down about us. Would that lamp had been near, Io be smashed by the fall! The noise was too slight to be heard at a distance. My left hand being free. I felt again for the knot of the-towel that bound me to the post. A bony’ hand grasped my wrist and dragged it ov< r my shoulder, and the next moment I felt something pressed under my nose, mid a liquid trickling through my mustache on to my lips. It had a sweet taste mid a sttmig smell of apples I hat mounted at once to my brain. 1 seemed to bo no longer touching the ground, but whirling round mid round through space; my arms dropped by my side. 1 knew that 1 was powerless, yet I letained a certain kind of consciousness. I was sensible that the difficulty of breathing no longer troubled me. I know that the man was binding my arms to the post, and I remember thinking, in tho bemused manner of a half-intoxicated person, what a fool he was to bind me when I could no longer make resistance. 1 wis perfectly conscious when lie began to tie my feet to the post below, for I had then sufficiently overcome tho effect of the opiate t > think of resistance. I tried to struggle and to s •ream, but to no purpose; my wilt ha I lost all power over my muscle. And this terrible impotency reminded me of Van Hoeck's halfuttered simile: "Uramped in a coffin, and thb elo Is falling —falling;’’ What astonished mo was tho surprising facility witli which the man executed his work in the darkness that I hen prevailed. Ho seemed to have no difficulty at all'in finding tho ends of the sheets with which ho bound me mid knotting them securely. And when I was safely pinioned he unbuckled the strap that bound tho Great Hosper to my wrist, without having to seek for the tongue of tho strap, as I mysel' might have had to do. "Well, that's gone.” I said to myself; "and, now ho has the diamond, he will go. too." Buthe had not yet finished. And a'ter a brief interval, during which ho might have been buckling the Great Hosper upon Ids I own wrist, I hear ! a sound that I knew only too well. Click! It was tho spring that locked the long blade of my clasp-knife when it was opened. CHAPTER XI. That sound warned mo that the end was near. Not content with taking the diamond, the scoundrel intondo I to have my life—to remove the possibility, if possibility existed, of being identified as the thief by me. He set about his work with devilish circumspectioa. I hoard the metal rings clink as ho took up the fallen curtain from the floor and folded it, and the I oil creaked as he got upon it. As he approached from b•hind, he steadied himseb by setting one hand upon my shoulder. Tlum bo laid the folded curtain over my other shoulder, mid his bony knuckles touched my chest as he i arranged the stull ov rmy breast. I knew ! what that meant; it was to prevent t ie be- ; tracing blood from spurting upon his arm I In the pause that followed I fancied he must be turning up his sleeve, ;;s a butcher doos who has a beast to slaughter. A thousand thoughts whirl d through my mind in that brief space; but a great awe came upon mo as I felt his hand firmly grasp my loft shoulder, for then I realized that I was on the very brink of eternity. A feeling of regret for tho ill use I had made of many days—for the loss of Edith, and the world which she had filled with joy and hope; a deep and tender wish for her happiness, and the welfare of the companions who hod toiled with me to win the lb sper, took the place of terror, mid it was with something like resignation that. I awaited death. As he grasped my left shoulder. I felt him lean over my right, and the next moment he stabbed me. lie had not use 1 sufficient force, for the knife point . tuck in one of the ribs under my left breast, and went no further. He pulled the knife out mid tried again, but this time the blade scarcely punctured my skin. Then seeing that tho thiekno-s of tho doubled curtain was too great mi impediment, he unfolded and rearranged it, passing his hand over my breast and pressing his fingers here and there to ascertain whether he had got it right for his purpose, It was then that, my nature revolting against this barbarous refinement of cruelty. I prayed like Samson for strength, mid made one more effort to break my bonds. The twisted sheets mid firm knots withstood tho strain, but the effort saved mv life. The calculating villain knew that I must exhaust my strength in a few minutes. mi I would not risk breaking his knife or getting it smeared with my blood as I writhed. And presently my force gave out, and all hope leaving mo I ceased to struggle, and was callous to his touch, when he once more touched my shoulder. But in that moment of dread silence, when his Knife must have been raised to strike the final blow, the door-handle turne 1, mid I felt his grasp relax—nay. his lingers tremble as they lay on my shoulder. There was an interval of a ininut •, and the door-handle turned again; then a voice, that I recognized as I,ola’s, spoke in n low tone outside. “Are you tlmre—you?" A moment’s pause, and she added, "You ain’t sick, are you?" She had come to mv door an 1 heard me writhing against the post. What would the rascal do now? His hand still trembled. It gave me courage, for it showed that, he feared discovery, and I know he would not risk his own neck for the mere pleasure of killing me. I put out my strength again, making the bod-post snip under my strain. "Shall I sing out?" Lola asked, a little louder mid with an accent of alarm. The hand slipped from my shoulder and down my arm as tbo villain stepp’d from , the bed. His position was getting more • .wrilnns If T.ola “sung cut” there would bo

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little chance of his making off with tho diamond. I I had loosened tho towel that bound my I head and gagged mo. 1 wriggled about furiously, worked tliffold out of my mouth, r mid got my chin above it, breathing freely for tho first t mo since I had been tied up. At the same moment I hoard the key turn , in the door, and I knew that the murderer intended to lot Lola in and silence her. "Tako care, take care!” I shouted, an loudly as tho towel that still covered mj face would permit. Another wriggle, and I felt that the uppof pa r t of my face was uncovered. Moreover, I distinguished a long gray patch before , me. Tho curtain of the oriel had been . drawn' ck; the light hal sensibly increased during tho time occupied by tho events I have narrated. 1 almost fancied I saw tho silhouette of a man's figure against th" graynoss. It moved, and 1 was sure that my ey -s were not deceived; it disappeared, and almost immo liatelr afterward 1 heard a fall upon the terrace below. Tho man had dropped down a distance of tlftee i feet from the window—a drop of not more than six feet for an ordina y man hanging from the ledge. The fee).ng of relief, combined with exhaustion caused by my frantic efforts, win too much for me. 1 was giddy and sick, my eyes cl ised. the sweat stood cold upon my face, every muscle g ivo way and quivered, or'y tho bonds upon my body kept mo from falling. “Yhiin’t hurt, are you, dear?” were tho first words I hoard. It was Lola’s voice, very gentl ) and tremulous. "No; you have saved mo,” said I. She gave a little moan of delight, and her hands, which ha I boon busily tugging at the knots, stopped in their work. She threw her arms about my nock. and. pressing her face against my broitist, sobbed. [to be continued.] Robert Collyer on Lab r. 1 hav? no hesitun y in saying tint the man wl:o builds a strong, straight i wall week days does better thin the | man who prm -lios n weak sermon o:i । Sunday s; that th ) maid in the kitchen working faithfully takes a fur higher rank than tho yourg ladies in the parlor wh > das die through the day’s rea ling the lot new story a story, p ’rhaps, which tolls of the grand dignity of tho worker, while she her. elf is unable to bake a loaf o’ bread or wa h n rhirt. The seere 1 ♦hr '<ul of this life of nobility, my dear people this life of labor I feel as free to siy ns you to hear, lies in tha isolation of th? vast and ever growing working forces, from th > e wh > employ them ; and may 1 not say also, that th s general gn at contempt of lab >r is st 'tidily eating like a cancer into the strong manhoid of American citizens? Be proud, mv dear people, of the working folks in every call ng, and do not forgi t that from the r ranks have sprung the groates* min is in theology, science, literature find war. When I i in memory recall mv old friend (»nrfield, it is then that 1 recognize t< j what distinction and honor the lal»or ; borin’ nun can attain. I trust that I ere long th ■ silken thread of honest i labor may weave a string which will in j turn produce a cable, and then a bridge, upon whose bro.id span on 1 and all labor and capital may stand and ch< eif illy fraternize. Care of the Teeth. Brush your teeth and teach your children to brush their teeth after ever. j meal, with t qid water, and always ’ just before retiring at night with a I good dentifrice. If you could b uih : your teeth but once a dav, y< u should do it the last thing before going to bed, for the constant movemtnt of tho tongue and saliva against the teeth dur* ing the day keep them j artinTly cleansed, but at night the muscles and tongue are at rest, and the small j a tides of food that are Coating about in the mouth or lodged 1 etween the t etli j uni'o with the stagnant saliva, pr< - ducing an acid that attacks tho tooth either nt the neck or in one of the ir regular convolutions of the crown. While to? vigorous brushing is to be deprecated, yet it is bettor to err in overdoing than not brushing thoroughly enough. Every accessible surface of the teeth should bo thoroughly brushed to remove any food that may be lodged there. Do not rest content to brush only the fronts of the teeth, but also the inner surface and crowns; the upper tec th should 1 e brushed i downward and the lower teeth up- | ward in order that the bristles n ay | pass between the teeth and force out any particles of food there; it also pres es the gums against the necks of tho teeth. Always use a soft wooden toothpick after meals, never a pin or any metal ono. Philosophy of the Street. Bright fellows generally have to go the plodders for a raise in salary. Th? greatest triumph of invent on is when a rogue persuades even himself tha' he is honest. The beiuty of being in the opposition is that a fellow can choose his own fighting ground. The man who is not methodical never attains permanent success, although [ he may flourish for a season. People who intrude their personality on the public are the first to feel offended if somebody criticises their shape. A pig in a puddle is not as ornamental as a swan in a pelluo'd stream, but he is ten times as useful when life’s fitful fever closes on the two. The whitest eggs hatch out the blacki st crows. It is easy to be just where there is no injustice. WLe i men “smile” too often their wives are apt to frown. Life is a conundrum that sooner or later all must give up. Comf nt is a good thing, but too much of it will kill a man. The world may boa stage, bnt we can’t all be stage managers. It is a rare man who is as b 11 in the presence of his enemy ns when away from him. We’d Qmfifleil. Old lady—My d ar, do you really think you are fit to beceme a minister’s wife ? Engaged niece (from the AVest)— Yes. indeed. I don t mind being ta’ked about nt all. I’ve got the energy of a biilfalo ball ami the hide of a ihinoceros.” —.Vcie lor/c Weeklij. Methodists.—AVosley was born in Epworth, England, ia LOI In 1720 । he became the head of a society at Oxford called Methodists, because they were so methodical .in their lives and strict in tho performance of their ) religious, duties

> INDIANA BATTENINGS. t - EVENTS AND INCIDENTS THAT HAVE x UTKLY OCCUKiKED. I An Interesting Summary of the Moro lin- ! portant Doings of Our Neighbors—Weddings ami Deaths—Crime. Cnsualtius and 1 General New* Notch > 11 Patents. I Patents have been issued to the fol- [ lowing-Damed Indiana inventors: Jas- { ( per Ackerman, Lowell, pen; Charles E. I , Adamson, Muncie, apparatus for printing in imitation of type-writing; Jonas S. Aldrick, Butler, wind-mill; (Ihas. G. । Colen, Elkhart, cornet; Robt. C. Elliott, 1 Prairie Creek, hamo connection; John M. Fellows, Burlington, fence; Gideon Flake, assignor to T. T, Rushton, Centerville, gate; Jas. A. Graham, Fort Wayne, draft rigging for railway cars; Geo. B. Higgins, North Indianapolis, basket; John F. Lacey, Domestic, post- . hole boring machines; Henry G. Niles and P. Vauhuffel, Mishawaka, plow clevis; Lafayette D. Rollsback, assignor of three-fourths to A. M. .De Souchet, Indianapolis; Franklin P' Spangler, j Goshen, broadcast seeder; \ Alexander Staub, Ft. Mayne, stove-pipe K thimble; Hiram B. Trout, Terre HauteA attachment for mowing machines; Jas.\Weathers, Indianapolis, sash holder. Kemarkiible Suhteriimean Stream. A subterranean waterway has been discovered nt Salamonie stone quarries, twelve miles north of Hartford City. By a system of dikes the course of the Salamonie river lias been changed, and the quarries are about forty feet below the old bed of the stream. I lie other day tho foreman discovered a stream of water twelve feet wide and six deep, the stiff current of which was at right angles with the course of the river. The removal of the next layer of rock will ■ completely uncover tho subteraneau j water course. The quarry in several places show the effects of violent volcanic action, and from the fozmntions in the vicinity there is thought to be a I ! cave there, of which the striumi is the outlet. Five miles Wjost there is a lake of great depth, which, it is tbought, gets its supply from subterrniiean inlets. Minor lU'iiit. The town of St. Marys of eiperienc- i I ing a boom. i saloon it Newtouvillc. was blown I lip M it 11 powder. I lie city treasury of Crawfordsville I contains S’JJ.oso no, Greencastle has two miles of electric lights in successful operation. It is thought that the ml well nt , i’erre Hnute will vield one thousand ; barrels per day. \ A strong vein of natural gas has been I struck near Eden, in Hancock County, | at a depth of 972 feet. A mneh-t.liked-about but uevcr-seeu ' panther is terrorizing the farmers in the ! vicinity of Columbus. Mrs. Belle Denny, of' Spem-er. was badly frightened by ft tramp and has ’ | since been seriously ill. Randolph County Commissioners I are considering designs for n soldiers I monument at Winchester. - A parrot, known to have been 35 years of age, belonging to Fritz Flume, of Port Eulton, died recently. The Governor has appointed Theopbilus R. Kumler, of Butler County, to be n Trustee of Miami University. —Proceedings have been begun in Columbus against parties charged with ! renting property for gambling purposes. Delphi is not discouraged over a ! failure to secure gas, aud is now sinking another well in a more likely neighborhood. —“Old Chip,” a Chippewa Indian residing, in Crumston, claims to be over one hundred yesrs old. He is very feeble. —N. J. Clodfelter. of Crawfordsville, ' has received about 53,D00 as the royalty upon his book, "Snatched from the Poor House." The3-year-old daughter of Eli Miller was burned to death at Napanee. near Goshen. Her clothes caught fire from a 1 bonfire. —A 14-year-old son of Samuel Ayres, living near Madison, fell from a wagon last week and was crushed to death under the wheels. —Gas has been found by the Salem Lime and Stone Company at its quarry. It is the strongest well yet opened, and people are greatly pleased. —A demented woman, whose busband is a convict in the Prison South, was found in the woods near Jeffersonville, ’ almost naked and nearly starved. —Montgomery County commissioners have compromised a suit brought by Winfield Cox for damages resulting from ' a defective bridge, paying him ?500. — Cal Todd, of near Alamo, was bitten by a dog some three months ago, and since then he has gone insane from fear that he will die from the effects of the • bite. —Princeton has sunk an artesian well ’ 2,300 feet, including 1,500 feet of solid limestone, without iindingany spontane- ’ ous flow. Drilling will continue 200 feet further. —Tho Delaware County enumeration , of persons between the ages of 6 and 21, shows an increase over last year of 050; and Muncie gains 112. The total population of Muncie mid its suburbs is esti- • mated at 14,415. — A buzzard fell out of a flock that was soaring over Madison, and alighted against a large plate-glass window in Vai Dehler’s store. The bird was stunned by tho shock and easily captured, ’ while the glass was broken ' into small fragments. — A fatal accident befell James Miller, a prominent farmer living net r Flatrock. 1 He was engaged in loading logs on a freight car, when one of them became unmanageable and rolled over him, . crushing his head and causing instant death. He leaves a large family.

—Owen County farmers have decided to boycott merchants who put up the price of binding twine, and say they will not use reapers if they have to pay an advance. j —John Fishback, a prominent farmer living north of Columbus, is dying from blood poisoning contracted by a slight scratch on his hand from a barbed wire. t The arm has swollen to three times its I normal size. ; —The 9-year-old daughter of James [ C. Allison, of the southern part of Laj Porte County, was burned to death. ; She was burning corn-stalks and her । clothes caught fire. - John Jackson, of Bridgeport, Clark County, sat down on the rotten limb of a fallen tree to rest. It broke | and precipitated him to the ground. He will die of his injuries. 1 —Mm. J. Murphy is having good success iu his efforts to reform the drinking classes of Bloomington. Over 300 signers to the pledge have been secured in the past two days. —Martin Skinner, sentenced at Greensburg to three years' imprisonment for horse stealing, wanted to be married before going to the penitentiary, but j his request was refused. A corrected mistake in the figures of the judges of the interstate oratorical contest at Grinnell, la., shows that M ilkerson, of DePauw University, is entitled to the first place. —Roe Nawter a brakeman on the Jeffeisonville, Madison and Indianapolis railroad, was making a coupling of cars at Shelbyville, when his hand tins caught between the bumpers and mashed completely off at the wrist. —l,eon Mellen, engine hostler in the Jeft’ersonville, Madison A’ Indianapolis yards, at Columbus, had his left hand split open with n rusty meat hook, upon which he fell. As proof that even fish are affected by the abundance of gas along the Ohio River, it is reported that a New Albany lady was seriously burned by the explosion of a codfish ball she was frying. The contract for building the asylum for feeble-minded children, at Fort i Mayne, has been awarded to Brooks Bros., of that city, at slll,l 11, aud the steam heating to Stemson A Co., of Indianapolis, nt sll,OllO. Matt Hurley a one-year man from I Evansville, escaped from the State i Prison South lust week, climbing over the wall while the guard was looking lin another direction. He had only i t bitty days to serve yet. \ few days ago Mr-- William M'it- ; man. o siding about fifteen miles south ; of Shoals, left her l-veat-old daughter j alone while she went on an errand to a ! near neighbor, and w hen she came back I she found the child dead, her clothes ; having caught tire and burned her to a ' crisp. , Adrian M'ebb, a boy l < years of age, i son of Bennett M'ebb, of Muncie, was ! visiting Ins grandfather, Joseph F. j SulliMin, ut Gwynneville, and was rid- ■ ing a horse from the field to the barn, 'when tho horse became frightened at i cattle and threw the boy, killing him in- , stantly. Lydia Briles went to Leavenworth, I got drunk, ami acted in a very nnbecoin- : tug manner. A dozen White Caps held I a confab nt the residence of Burney i Swartz, a few miles from Leavenworth, ! dragged her out into the yard and severely whipped her. Swartz interfered and was knocked down with a elub. Three students mimed Cook, Flynn, | and Bishop, were nearly drowned at | Elint Lake, north of Valparaiso. W hen | about the middle of the lake and over very de<q> water, their row-boat was swamped by the waves. Flynn could not swim and Bishop and Cook had to struggle for a long time to save themselves and their comrade. Foreman M’illiam Craig, of the slack stave factory at Seymour, met with a horrible accident. M’hile doing some work about the main line shaft he was caught in the belt and rapidly carried around the former several times when he was thrown to the floor and his right arm was broken in two places, besides receiving other serious injuries. —W illiam D. Milner, a young farmer, died at his home at Middlefork, six miles west of Russiaville. His death was the result of a fractured skull. Two weeks before his death he was hunting young squirrels, and found a nest in a tree, which it was decided to cut down. In the fall the tree struck another tree, and one of the limbs reached young Milner. —Mrs. Hill a colored woman, who is said to have been 100 years old, died at her home in Silver Creek Township, Clarke County, last week. Several years ago she almost entirely lost her sight, bnt sometime since it returned to her, and she was able to thread the finest needle without the aid of glasses. About five years ago she cut a full upper and lower set of teeth. —There was aterrible casualty at Hillsham, a small town northcast ol Huntington. Mrs. W’itzmann went out to visit a neighbor, leaving three small children asleep in the house. During her absence the house, in some mysterious manner, caught fire and burned to the ground. The two youngest children perished in the flames, while the third, aged 9, managed to escape from the burning structure with terrible burns about the face and body. The mother has lost her mind, and she cannot recover from the shock. —Perry T. Mucy, a well-to-do farmer, living two miles west of Moorsville, while felling trees had tho misfortune to be caught by ono, breaking both legs and internally injuring him. He is 60 years old, and it is though, ha cannot recover. —lt is said that an epidemic of mumps now prevailing at the Prison South will ent down the earnings considerably this month. There are nearly one hundred convicts now afflicted with tho disease, and two or three of thorn are in a serious condition. q i

i I TRE SUNDAY SCHOOL, j SERIOUS SUBJECTS CAREFULLY AND ADLY CONSIDERED. A Scholarly Exposition of the Lesson —Thoughts Worthy of Calm Reflec-tion-Half an Hour's Study of the Scriptures—Time Well Spent. Tho lesson for Sunday. Muy 19, may be found in Murk 14: 12-26. ’ 1 'Tho two disciples who went before our Lord to prepare for his triumphant entrance into Jerusalem must have had strange surmisos as to what, that event in ght portend. Similarly the two disclpk's who are sent । beforehand in this lesson to make ready tho ' passover could not but have had anxious I anticipations regarding what the morrow might bring fortli. And those anticipations wore not id-fout ded, though tho denoue^ went was far fiom that which their human aspirations and desires prompted them to expect. It has boon suggested that tho discijdis were looking to see our Lord’s Messianic power displayed at this feast. And was it not? There in that upper room. i in tho broken bread and the wmo poured out. was given a symbol which, with all it sot forth of mercy and might, was to abide to remotest genorations, the Lord’s Supper. WHAT THE LESSON TEACHES. And they made ready the passover. They were doing more; they woiu preparing also i lor the Lord s Supper, waich should honco- j forth take Hie place of the Ic-rmer memorial. I Both spoke of deliverance through the blood, but the older rite only foreshadowed and prefigured what was to be taught in rounded completeness by the Lord's Sup- I per. Thus the Old and tho New are bound together. Israel was ever making ready for this, tho true passover. It was not necessary that sho should know it in full. ; Go t works quietly and oftentimes through hidings of power to the accomplishment of his designs of grace. That is a significant passage over in tho sixth of first Kings regarding tho building of Solomon’s temple, j type of God's spiritual building. “And the house when it wis in building was built of stone made ready bo ore it was brought thither; so that there was neither hammer, nor ax. nor any tool of i on heard in the house while it ,as building.” The great Architect of tho spiritual temple is building, constantly building. Even when we seo not the marbles or cedars, baek there In some Lebanon they are being prepared and shaped, and when God's time is come, quietly, man hearing no sound of hammer I or ax, tho great beams drop into their 'narrowing rests" and tho spacious house of God rises serenly toward tho skies. It is, after all. God who makes ready. In the ereniny he cometh with the twelve. It was an evening never to be forgotten. Seo how full it was of meaningful words and deeds. If wo eat tho Lord’s Supper as the disciples afterward partook of it, shall we not be thinking of all that took place in connect ion with it ? It began as Luke tells us, with a contention among tho twelve "which should bi accounted greatest." Think of it, right upon the edge of that great agony in the garden and on tho tree human pride and woildly ambition camo I in. How humbling the thought to tho dis■iples—and us! Then, as probably growing out of this. John says our Savior poured water in a basin and began towash tho disciples’ feet." Tho serving, self-for-getlul spirit. "1, your Lord and Master—-I h iv<' given you an ex.implo.” Doubtless tho ] disciples thought of that as they sat at tho table of tho Lord. Do we? Next come the terrible words. "One of you which eateth vith me shall betray me." In tho light of hit revelation of human weakness and viekednoss, knowing our hearts as wo do, can wo ever li t the cup without saying meekly, doprecatingly, with the disciples, ’ "Lord, is it I?" A moment later and Voter, 1 ill! too self-confident, hoars the dread di- i Milgonci, " Thon shall deny me.” <>, let us j walk very softly before God and with much | of self-abusing prayer. Yet also very hope- i fully, and trustfully, and joyfully, tor the Lot not your hearts be troubled” come here with all the sweet comfort and strength of the 14th, 15th, 16th, and 17th of John, the whole closing with the aseuiiug prayer of t'hrist in our behalf: “That the love horewith thou hast loved mo may be in them, and I in them." O, brother, does tho Lord's Vmpper mean to us all that it meant to those disciple's of Christ ? .h sns took bread. Hero was a moving object-lesson; and lasting, too. He took the common loaf, such as wo handle every day, and sanctified it to the holiest uses. Whenovoi we take bread now let us recall that Jesus himself took it and by means of it taught tho closeness of his relationship to ns who love him. M’e do not simply receive Christ as ono accepts a cloak to put it on loosely, ready to be thrown off again. Wo take him as ono takes food that it may become part ami parcel of ourselves, to enter into the very texture or essence both of body and soul. In fact, we become very largely of tho nature of that of which we partake. "Mann ist," says tho Germans sententiously, "was er isst." i. e., man is what ho eats. Feeding upon heaven’s bread we are built up in tho heavenly imago according to Christ Jesus. Read the sixth of John. "For tho bread ot Go 1 is ho which coineth down from heaven and giveth life unto the world." “I am tho living bread which came down from heaven; if any man oat this bread he shall live forever.” Alas, how many souls there are starving to death where thoro is bread and to spare! This is my blood of the New Testament. We like the old word “testament." “Covenant,” the word also means, but "covenant" makes us think of tho legalism of tho old dispensation. “Testament" suggests to us the pure love and full grace of tho Gospel. It means bequest, froe-gift. Moody says he used to think that Christ mado no will prior to his death, but^ that he has changed his mind since reading anew John 14: 27, "I'eaco 1 leave with you, my peace I give unto you.” The Christian has a legacy and a rich one. Peace does not include it all. Joy also is there, for ho prays "that my joy 'ntghl remain in yon, and that your joy might be full.” And lovo. "Continue ye in mv love,” he says. Peace, joy, love, those Christ left behind him. as it were, the mantle of his grace and tho [ ledge and foretaste of his people's inheritance in the heavens. Tho cup continually brings this to mind. “This cup is tho New Testament in my blood.” It is tho seal of his bequest; let us ton h it reverently. Only sons can come to it. For “whosoever shall eat this break and drink this cup of tho Lord unworthily shall be guilty of tho body and blood of tho Lord. But let a man examine himself and so let him eat of that broad and drink of that cup." , He gave it to them. Do not lose sight of the Hand behind the eup and of tho Face behind tho bread. It was He who was giving all the time. Tho last word from the teacher’s lips was in keeping with all tho instruction of his life, a lesson of grace given. Tho last motion of the Master’s hands—and how often the disciples must have looked ba"k to it witli tender feeling?—was breaking, blessing and giving. O, at sight of the broken broad and the pomed-out cup, out hearts should well up in gratefulness for all that Christ has given out of his heart of love! All wo have and arc is through the love which gives it to us. Hence Paul could cry out as his only plea to the Galatians, w.io were seeking after salvation by cireumo.sii n, and thin Hng more of the ordinanoe than of the ordainor. "The lifu which I now live in tho flesh I live by the l R th of the Son of God who loved me and gave himself forme.” Next Losson—“Jesus Botrcy-'d. Mark 11: 43-54. „ Old uncle —AVell, M aldo, whnt did Santa Claus bring you? Six-year-old Bostonian—Unde, your allusion to that nntediluvj n myth is an insult to my intelligence. The younger children may prove lit subjects for your puerility. INSTALLMENT dealers are aghast at a recent decision by a Louisville Judge that in that State title to any goods ntisses upon the payment of the first installment, and that after that is made the purchaser may do what he I pleases with the goods

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WILD GALE IN VIRGINIA chops devl^^^ tkki . w and hail. A and o”he®°"r rS ’ D " n ” “ ' r «P*Hy iu That State-North ! Norfolk (Va.) dispatch.] over Norfolk, I'ort.molh J ”1 lee poHMa of £ down with the hail an d « hail lay in drifts before theddige o ra?n ! raes ofX s T n T I h awR - v ’ Th e shade ' «Xt«Yi „ streets and the flower and e o etable gardens were badly wrecked In he country the i ruc k fanns were badlv torn up, strawbenies, p eaS| ca bb a ge and other crops being beaten to the ground t eralv"^^^ 8 “w orc ^ nrds suftded eel i Vl “ es . and tle es bei n? cut terribly and the fruit destroyed. Manv of the truckers express themselves as ruined for the season. A swath of five or six miles broad was cut through Norfolk and Nan . semond ( ountiesby theetonn. Thetruck- ! cis all around the Hodges Ferry section and ' et 7 r€ ‘ en the M’estern Branch River । a “ d 1 oitsmouth lost everything. The loss I and ?t O ? b * lert r h ft million dollars, and it is too l a s e now to attempt to recover. The hailstorm and lainfaß xZiKiv Ver f S v ~Unptoll Couutv iu th « t vicinity of Newsom’s Depot, and the growing crops and orchards were badly damaged by large pieces of ice and the great quantity of it. The drifts of hail । were twenty-four inches deep in some places and twelve hours after the storm the drifts were over six inches in depth. The barn of M’. 8. Francis was blown down by the wind and demolished and three horses killed. Other farmers suffered in damage to their buildings. The storm struck the great bridge section of Norfolk County, the hailstones in some cases being as large as pullet eggs. The potatoes and vegetable gardens were damaged. I hree men at work in a field beyond Deep Creek during the same storm were struck by lightning and badly injured. i Ihe severest cyclone ever known there passed over Danville, doing great-damage to roofing, fences, shade, and fruit trees. I hree tobacco factories wore unroofed, the bridge over the Dan River damaged, a house in course of construction and the colored Baptist Church blown down, the roof of the storage warehouse partly blown off, and Lee’s tobacco warehouse damaged. The shed over the brick mill was blown down and fell on N. A. Fitzgerald, the proprietor, seriously injuring him. Phe cyclone was accompanied by rain and slight hail, lasting fifteen minutes. I A dispatch from Lumberton, N. C., says six inches of hail fell there. A gale preceded the storm, unroofing many small houses ami utterly obliterating the crops. WANT SWITZERLAND. Russia and Germany Covet the Little Republic. [London cable.] Considerable discussion has been aroused in the various European capitals lately by the belligerent tone assumed by the Russian and German press toward Switzerland on account of the liberty allowed by that ancient confederation to j the Socialist and Nihilist refugees within I its borders. Doubtless the diatribes al- । most daily hurled against the Swiss Government are intended chiefly to intimidate the Swiss into taking steps toward the expulsion of the hordes of plotters against royalty and society who have 1 etaken themselves to Switzerland to escape long terms of imprisonment or to save their necks, but there is still less doubt that both the Czar and the Kaiser have more than once east covetous eyes upon the territory comprisirgthe little republic, and would gladly, if they dared, add its acres to their already enormous domains. In this view the current of discussion runs toward a careful calculation of the chances of an attack upon Switzerland by one or even both of the powers named. England would certainly not permit such a move without a formidable protest, nnd France’s interests under her present form of government lie in the direction of preserving the integrity of the only really successful European government by the people, to say nothing of the other considerations which would influence her action in a matter in which Germany was deeply concerned. Even Austria and Italy, subservient as they are to Germany, would hardly countenance an invasion of Switzerland, and many Europeans be! eve that the United States, though in no way interested in tho internal affairs of Europe, would, from sentimental motives, interpose her veto on an act which would cause the overthrow of the Swiss confederation and the annexation of its territory. Then, too, the people of Switzerland arc to be considered in such a contingency, and not lightly. Iho peacefully inclined Swiss Government mi"ht possibly submit to a mild degree of coercion applied by the stronger powers for the purpose of compelling the expulsion of plotting socialists and anarchists, nihilists and the like rather than be drawn into armed conflict with its neighbors; but the memory of countless victories bv Helve'inns in years long gone by, ending in the recognition of bw'iss independence the world over, is still fresh in the national mind. Tie hardy Swiss mountaineer is just as brave and unconquerab’e to-day ns he was hundreds of veais ago, and with the. assistance which ‘would surely be forthcoming at the outset of any attempt to sub d«e ^Hzerlaud that country could successfully resist any foe. — Sparks from the Wires. Loud Lonsdale has reached New York. He has with him 300 specimens of birds. AV alter Keller, 9 years old fell into a vat of vinegar at Dayton, Ohio, and was drowned. Prof E H. Platt and John Allen, two New-Yorkeis, have started on a horae. back ride from New Aork to ban Fran cisco. . , The Governor of Now Jersey has signed an act for the parole and lease of prisoners confined in the New Jersey State’s piison. rnv Higgs of Delaware, has appointed John T. Saukbury editor of the \h biwarian, at Dover, Secretaij of S ate, l ie! hG cousin, John P. Saulsbury, deVvs L A Wabd. th" Beekmnn><«. b .,u> dicate An offer of 56,600.006 was made for the Ballantine Brewing Company s interests, but was refused. In the 510,000 slander suit of G. H. Curtiss, of PhilftJolphia, against Uaud" lord F. T. Hefling, formerly of the Grand Hotel of Janesville, Mis., a verdict was returned for the plaintiff of six cents damages. ;