St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 15, Number 19, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 2 November 1889 — Page 1

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? k LITTLE GOLD MI THREAD. E BY CECH. LOBIiUXB. K ' Onfv a packet nt letters, V That I have hidden away, ® All breathing to me the sweetness M Os manv a summer day. B There are’tender little pleadings, K That have reached my inmost heart, H And the echo of their sweetness B Tn all mv life has part. SB Only these cherish’d letters, K That no eyes but mine have read, K And 1 keep them bound together S With a little golden thread. V Onlv a packet of letters, w With the pages soil’d and torn, K But how many dainty fancies W With each loving word are born ! Ah! where is the hand that penu’d them, ■ In those dreamy summer hours L When we thought our path was shadow’d ■ Only by Love s fairest Howers ? H ’Only these cherish’d letters, H That no eyes but mine have read, E 'That I keep so closely guarded ■ With a little golden thread. E Ah! but love-words die so quickly K In this world of thorns ami In .ars, „ And the heart that beats inert fiercely w Is the one that soonest tires. B ■Looking back" brings tears of longing ■ In so many weary eyes, That have seen their fond hopes vanish ■ Like the stars from morning skies. ■ Yet I keep these faded letters, E That no eyes but mine have read, E Dearly cherish’d—closely guarded ■ By a slender golden thread. ICAPTAINJMEDLEY. ARomanceof the Civil War. 2 BY MAJ. JAMES F. FITTS. CHAPTER XVll—Continued. |J “Doctor, I must get back into the serv- » ' * ce ’” K “No, you mustn’t.” “I tell you, I will! I can’t tear this - [ idleness and inactivity. Hundreds of men have been worse wounded than I, and J I taken the field again.” “And helped fill a graveyard soon after. ” K “I don’t care. I shall fret myself to death here.” “You uneasy, discontented devil! Why - I can’t you be satisfied with what you’ve I done and suffered already?” * j; “I can’t—that’s all. Will you help me to get back into the service?”; “How?” “Write me a certificate that I am fit for • active duty.” j “I’ll be if I do! I can lie, but not bi as bad as that. ” ft “Do the best you can.” ¥ The Doctor seized a pen, and in conbiderable irritation scratched off the fol1 lowing, and put his name and rank to it: “Charles Smedley, late Lieutenant js t Colonel of the Tennessee Mountain Bats talion, was badly wounded before Vieks- | burg, May 22, and discharged on that E | account. He is so far recovered that he * | .can walk and ride, but his is a case where 81 complete recovery is impossible. He I foolishly desires to re-enter the service. JI If he does, the exposure and fatigue of H active duty will kill him, even if he fl should escape another bullet.” E The irate Surgeon threw down his pen I pushed over the paper to Smedley, and I | growled: |F “There, ! is that strong enough for r you?” H The subject of this brief and pointed • | statement perused it, and quietly said: ® “Doctor, please add underneath someI thing like this: ‘ Mr. Smedley has read H the above, and still insists on applying SH for reinstatement and active service.’ ” K “Well, I’ll be !" laughed the Doctor, K as his mood changed. “You’re a trump, H anyway. Write out your application and I I’ll take it Ip our General here mvself. I If you’re bound to see it out, e\en if you go tinder yourself, I suppose I might as it f well help along with it. ” E The application was duly forwarded, ■ and all that fall, while Smedley anxiously K waited, it slowly ascended tbo official y I channels to Washington, being well- # | scored on the back as it progressed with ■ indorsements. One day in the following E i February the applicant received a note ■ requesting him to call at headquarters. ■ “The Washington people have returned Ei yonr application, Smedley,” said the J Adjutant, with a queer look. “Here it is.” E “Rejected, I suppose,” remarked the E I other, dolefully. H “Look at it and see.” ■ I Beginning at the top of the first fold H he ran his eye down, over to the top of KI the text fold, and down again. EveryBl where he read “Approved” with flattering ® and complimentary remarks, signed by H names well known to him. Near the end KI his breath was nearly taken away as he El read the following; El “Emphatically approved. Colonel Smed- ■ ley s record is well known to me, running ■ back as far as the Mexican war. It is of k| the very Lest. As for his physical condiH tion—if he think he can stand more serE| vice he can, no matter what the doctors E say. He is competent and fit to be a Brigadier, and I recommend him accordingly. ■ “W. T. Sherman., M. G.” ■ Under this he read: E “Approved: U. S. Grant, M, G. C.” K Charles Smedley turned pale and faint. ■ “Why, 1 eavens and earth,” he gasped, E “what does all this mean?" ■ “It means that you've made a bigger figk Ure than you thought. ” leplied the AdjuE tant. “At any rate, they know you; and E Uncle Billy has had his way, as usual. ■ Here’s something will interest you. GenEl eral Smedley, allow me to congratulate ■ you.” ■ He handed him a rolled parchment, S With trembling fingers Smedley opened ■ it, and found himself commissioned by | the President of the United States as a Brigadier General of Volunteers. CHAPTER XVIII. EEST BY THE SEA. Again in the service! Charles Smedley thrilled with renewed life as he took ; command of the brigade of veteran } Northwestern soldiers to which he had been assigned, and first led them at Re- ; saca. The soldier’s life, the soldier’s ; duty ere all that were left to him now He metimes thought of Isabel, but only as one thinks of some long-vanished joy, Rome dear, lost face. Any hope for the ! future with which she was associated was now utterly dead. As men look back to I derive a sad species of enjoyment from the recollection of what was once within their reach, Imt which they never can I possess, this man at times said to himRelf that it was much to have touched Isabel Montford's hand, to have heard lier speak to him not unkindly, to have , seen her smile. He was once sentimental ; enough to write her name upon paper, : with the stanza undeme ith: “Let Fate do her worst, Un re are momt iUs cf s « joy. ■ Bright “c-n-« in the just that she '.ahtw: destroy, Which come in the night-time of sorrow and care, , . And bring back the features that joy used to wear.’’ The picture of Lal e 1 that he had shown

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to Brandon in the mountains to,s not her gift; he had obtained a duplicate of the aitist. During the Vicksb^^g 'Campaign he lost it; and he now accepted the loss as an omen that the ’Original avus forever lost to him. Then welcome the shock -of war, the storm of battle! Welcome the hardships of the soldier s life, the inarch, the bivouac, the weariness and <the hunger, the bed on the bare ground, curtained only by the broad canopy of heaven! W eleome the comradeship,’the affection and fidelity of the brave fellows he was proud to lead! These were the things that gave him rest from heartache, that crowded out bitter repining, and gave him congenial occupation and steady purpose in place of indolent musing. He even lookt d forward with a certain philosophy to the fulfillment of the Doctor’s predictions that the service would kill him. saying to himself: “At least that will be a worthy end.” He kept up admirably. It must have been that his weak body was dominated by his fervent spirit, for witn his full share of applause he wont through those fiery days at Kenesaw, at Peach-Tree Creek, aud Atlanta, resisting all suggestions when the latter place fell that he should take a rest and a leave of absence. At the head of his brigade he marched with the army to the sea, and then the overstrained body broke down. As the troops entered Savannah, General Smedley fell forward unconscious upon his horse’s neck. He was lifted to the ground, and one of the surgens made a prompt examination. He shook his head. “V hat we all feared has happened now. Brain fever is coming. I fear the worst for him.” His soldiers carried him into a large white building set well back from the street, with many shade trees in front. * * * * * The beautiful Southern spring was well advanoed when consciousness returned to him. The interval was almost a blank. At different times there came to him a vague consciousness that he was alive, although as helpless as if chained to the Led, and that there was a somberdressad woman with a wide white cap at his bedside. But these glimpses of the truth came to him out of darkness and confusion. It was different now. Very weak, indeed, be was, yet as he woke he could hear and understand, and these words came to him in the voices of a man and a woman not far away, whom he could not see. “He will recover, then?” “The chances all favor it now. A month ago it did not seem possible, but I believe he has rounded tne turn. He is far enough off from health; indeed, I vigorous health he can never have again, after that wound, followed by this attack on the heels of exposures and fatigues in the field that would have killed nine men out of ten in his condition; yet, w.th proper care I think he will be up and about again, and enjoy some years of existence.” The voices were lost to him; he closed his eyes in sleep. A soft hand was on his forehead when he awoke. The vision of a somber dress, the wide white cap surrounding a pale, sweet face was over him. “Isabel!” he whispered. “Do not talk,” she said, “you are too weak.” “Just a little,” he pleaded. “Will you stay with me? Will you not be gone when I waken again?” “This is my home,” she said. “I shall not leave it.” “Ah, God bo praised! Tell mo of the war. ” “It is ended. Lee and Johnston have both surrendered. Now 1 will talk no more with you, tor you must rest.” * V -»e * * * In the two months that followed, until he was well enough to sit by the window in an inval d chair, he often saw her at his bedside; sometimes she exchanged a few commonplace words with him. Her lace was always gentie now and lovelier than ever, he thought, lor having lost its occasional haughtiness. But she always avoided explanations, and left his questions unanswered. Now, after the male attendants had dressed him, put on his gown and slippers, and plaeed him in the chair by the window, he said: “I want to see her.” “Who is it?" •“Miss Mont ford. ’’ “We call her Sister Isabel,” -said one of the women. “I will call her.” She came and eat by .him, composed and quiet. “You have saved my life again,” le said. “I heard, one day, wliat the Doctor told you.” He sought to clasp heir hand. She Withdrew it. “I wish yon well,” she eaid. “Heaven gives yon more life; be thankful ior.it.” “Sometimes, since last we met, I have thought that life was no boon. At least, I have been cireless of mine; more caie-' less than if you “ A swift color came to her cheek; her eyes warned him to desist. “Well,” he said with anger, “let that go, if you will not hear it. May 1 ask you if you are a member of a religious house, as you seem to be?” “Not yet; I have taken no vows, but soon shall. The world lias become a desert to me, since all it had for me was taken away. I came here directly from Vicksburg; I brought these good sisters some of my wealth; the seclusion of this place, in a time of horrors, pleased me; I liked their way of life, their blessed way of doing good, their certainty of Test ana peace here alter. I expect to become one of them; and in the meant.me they are so good as to let me wear their garb, and to call me ‘Sister Isabel.’ ” He closely scanned her face as she spoke. It was tranquil, serious still; yet — did he mistake—was there not the least quality of unsteadiness in her voice? “You are not Sister Isabel to me,” he said. “You never can be. Now you have told me what lias befallen you, I am not satisfied. I ask you, as I asked you once before—is that all?” “No. Something more is due to you. I ask your pardon—your forgiveness.” “For what ?” “For my severity toward you. I fancied my pride was humbled, my spirit subdued, by the bereavements I had suffered, the horrors I had seen. It was not so. I was arrogant, imperious, as before. I would not brook contradiction; I was not willing that you or any other should have a judgment about the duty of Americans, of Mississippians, in the crisis we were in, if it differed from mine. Therefore, while I wished you to recover of your wounds, I tried to harden my spirit toward you on account of tne cause in which you received them. I would not hear you; I left you in bitterness, almost iu anger. I told you I would not judge you, because you had suffered; arid 1 did judge you, harshly and angrily. I was wrong; what 1 have heard here has persuaded me of it. These blessed women prayed lor I oth sides; they taught me that there is good everywhere, tnar there is no unmixed evil, and that God would bring this fraternal strife to an end in His good time, in such away as would be Lest forth s distracted land,

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and make even the wrath of manto praise Him.” । Her face was illumined by the sentiments she uttered. Smedley gazed in wonder upon it. Isabel Montford suit there, but it was Isabel Montford transformed. “I wished to say this to you, whom more than any other I have wronged by my nncharitableness. Soon I shall retire from the world. I wish it to be with peace and good-will toward you.” “You have not yet repaired the wrong.” “Oh, do not say so! I can do no more.” “Ask your own conscience? v ou bade me not talk to you of love until I could come to you wearing the gray. Now you acknowledge it was wrong to bind me with such hard conditions, and in the same breath you say that you will put yourself where the pleadings of my heart can never reach you. What matter that I loved you all throiigh you: cr . Ity and hardness, if now ” “Spare me!" she cried. She was trem- । bling; he held both her hands; but she seemed not to notice it. “I Thought I was done forever with the things of the world; do not seek to hold me back.” “Will you leave me alone’? Look into your heart; whit does it prompt you to do? Have I never had a place there'? Nay, look at me, Isabel; do not turn away! Answer me, face to face!” She did look at him, and he 'knew he had triumphed. The great dark eyes were wet with tears; a faint smile lingered about her mouth. Her head was laid upon his shoulder. She did not repel his caresses. In the holy silence of that moment neither observed that Sister Pauline, who had summoned Isabel to this meeting, had entered at the .©pen door. With profound astonishment that saintly woman regarded the significant tableau before her, and then silently withdrew. She observed that night to some of the inmates of the house that her hopes of Sister Isabel taking the vows were not as strong as they had been. The two reunited ones sat 'long by the window, for there was much to say—something of ithe past, much more of the future. They ent so long (for, after what she had seen, Sister Pauline was cares ul that they should not be disturbed again i, that the hour for dress parade came on, and the troops marched out to form for the exercise* One of the battalions camo into line just across the grounds from the window, but neither the music, the orders, nor the speotaclo drew the attention of these two. When the parade was dismissed and the companies had gone, the baud remained to play patriotic airs to the assembled people, and presently a magnificent burst of the "Star-Spangled I Banner” broke in upon the low-spoken words of the two by the window. He checked his half-uttered sentenc ?; (heir eyes met. The inspiring music shook the air with its grand melody. His look was half doubtful, but there was a smile on her face. “I hope yon will not hate that," hesaid. “I have done with hatreds forever, Charles,” she replied. “Perhaps, then,” he ventured, "for my sake—only for my sake, if yon will—you can learn to love that air -just a little.” Ami she'? In that one moment she repaid him for year's of pride and severity. Because she placed hei arms about his neck, because she smiled through the happy tears that she cared not to restrain, ami because she whispered in his ear: “Dear Charles! for your sake-tor its own sake—l trust you can teach me to love it well.” [the end.] Control Yourself. If is raid that if you “give a man rope enough lie will hang himself.” We see this illustrated every day in a thousand ami one wavs h\ men in ]>ossession of temporary place, power, ■ aathority, influence, of position, who dominate to a c -rtain extent over their fellows. The insignificance of thcii holding iu such eases is no bar to the exercise of peculiar traits, passions, | and prejudices. Studying this phase of humanity a ; little closer, we are not at all surprised that such charai-teiristics should 1— developed during permanent, er even tenqiorary, j ositions .favorable to their exercise by men of this kind. Placed in any walk or department of life where these instincts could not be exercised in the directions noted, the same men would jiursue courses in other ways, probably’ no less marked or trying to the patience, courtesy, and good-nature of those with wliom they are brought in direct contract. One of the greatest dangers that any’ i young man has to contend with wihen ! placed in a position in which he is called upon to exercise certain disere- J tionary pow ers, is the abuse ot the • same through either ignorance, pas- I sion, or prejudice. Two many’ young I business men, both in trade, and traffic, i and otherwise, have found this to be tihe rock upon which they have split, , and have tints imperiled their future. The first thing in management of । any’ kind, or in the exercise of pow n - ' of *ny description over one's fellow ■eveatores, is to control one’s self. Some j writer, and he certainly was a phi- , Jo-opk prof more than ordinary depth, ■ has put it that “the sum and substance | of all education is to control one's self,” and he is right, too. Household Notes. Boiled starch is much improved by : the addition of a little sperm, salt, or I gum arabic dissolved. A strip of flannel or a napkin wrung | out of hot water and applied round ( the neck of a child that has croup 5 will usually bring relief in ten min- ■ utes. To cure toothache pulverize about ’ equal parts of common salt or alum. | Get as much cotton as will fill the tooth, dampen it, put in the mixture, : and place in the tooth. Bathe a sprain with arnica diluted with water, and bandage with soft flannel moistened with the same. A j sprained wrist thus treated will grow ■ well in a few days. A table-spoonful of common baking I soda to every’ five gallons of lard, when cooking, will improve the lard, j It should be added when the lard is nearly done, and if not carefully watched will boil over. Love’s Spectacle*. “That, girl of mine is a beauty, Smith.” “I think she’s horribly ugly.” “Well, it’s a matter of ta>te. Maybe i love is blind.” “Yiours is.” “Eh?” “Judging from the spectacles you make of yourselves ChicaguLedyer

INDIANA IIAITENINGS. EVENTS AND INCIDENTS THAT HAVE LATELY OCCURRED. — An Interesting’ Sunmiarv of the More Important Doings of Our Neighbors We«i- --• lings anil Deaths -Crime, Casualties and Oeneral News Notes. Has a I’eculiitr History. Wake Evens, of Harrison County., has somewhat of a remarkable history. He joined the United States Army several years ago, and was with Gen. Custer at that terrible Indian massacre, being one of the few who i scaped 'the vengeance of the red man. His relatives heard nothing of his v-horeabouts for two or i three years after the downfall of Cus- । ter’s army, when his brothers wrote to some army officer concerning him, and received information that the sudden fright of the battle hml produced violent insanity, and that ho had been placed in an insane hospital lit Washington City. He was immediately brought to Harrison County, w here he remained in a deranged State of mind until he mysteriously disappeared, about eight years ago. No knowledge could be had of him, until a few days ago he returned to his relatives, with his mental condition slightly improved, but was decently clothed and had some money with him. As the people thought that his mind had not recovered sufficiently to battle with the world in the great struggle of life, they wonder that he fared so sumptuously with the rest of mankind. It is said that lie positively refuses, or is unable, to tell where he has been these long eight years. Patents to Indiana Inventors. I’atents have been issued 'to Indiana inventors as follows: Lewis S. Cander. s Terre Haute, bydro-earbon generator i and burner; George N. Clymer, Bloom- | ingsburg. suspension bridge: John Cos- | grove, Oxford, thill coupling; Buckner F. Freeland. Vistula, railway station signal; Theodore H. Haberkorn, Fort Wayne, valve mechanism for airbrake, governor for air-brakes, and brake for locomotives; William Lebo, Tipton, self-closing gate; John F. Mains, assignor of two-thirds to B. Carr and H. M. LaFollette, Indianapolis, mail-bag lock, John J. Hefford, Indianapolis, lathi dust-trap; Frederick W. Miller and J. J. Newman, assignors to Globe • isssue-papiT Company, Elkhart paper water-prooting-maehine; John K. Perez, assignor of one-third to G. R. Stewart, Kokomo, epaiator and trap; George Philon. assignor to Dodge Manufacturing (ompnnv, Mishawaka, pulley; Charles 11 Shutts. Elkhart, shade for furmice doors; George AV. Smith, assignor of one half to J. B. Hendricks. I niou City, signal lantern: William and IU. M. Wooilling, Logansport, corn : plan ter. .Hinor Mate I terns. - Scarlet fever is epidemic in the southern part of Porter County. - A. J. Weddle, of Martinsville, I cists the possession of a lien that cutches j mice. - Frank Young fell from a gas-well I derrick at Muncie and fractured his Skull. - J. Hieder, of I.aPorte, was found dead in lied. He retired in good , health. One hundred car-loads of straw were j shipped from Lebanon to the straw- : board works, at Anderson, last week. William I’anst. a well-known resi- ' dent of Columbus, fell dead at his own gate; The cause of his death is uni known. Ella Wasserman, a woman of the town, at Michigan City shot at and assaulted Mrs. Minnie Leeds, a wealthy ■ woman. —At Anderson Mrs. Noah Huntsinger. aged 7<s, was thrown out in a runaway accident and fatally injured, her skull being fractured. John J. Huuffer. aged 5J yeara, and a 1 well-known resident ®f Elkhart for i many years, dropped dead in his yard : from heart disease. —John Fry, au engineer operating a I steam shovel. near Lafayette, was ' ' crushed by a caving bank, and danger- i | ously injured internally. | —John Cook, Jr., of Vincennes, an I engineer on the Cairo line, swallowed a ' ' teaspoouful of aconite by mistake. His ' life was saved with difficulty. —Hiram Holler, a well-known schoolteacher of Springfield Township, Allen ; Connty, fell from a tree and broke his back. He will be a cripple for life. —Mr. and Mrs. Edward Dalke were thrown out of a runaway buggy at ' Goshen. Air. Dalke’s shoulder-blade was broken, and both were internally injured. — Near Rushville the granary of Mat ! Kerner burned Tuesday night, consum- i ■ ing wheat, two eiover-hullers, and one I threshing-machine. Loss, §1,500; no I I insurance. — While driving through the streets of | Greenfield. Samuel Michaels, a saloonI keeper of that city, was instantly killed < by the accidental discharge of a shotgun j I he was carrying. —While B. F. Huston, of Logansport, | I was crawling under some Vandalia I ; freight cars, he had both limbs severed i j from his body, dying shortly thereafter 1 in terrible agony. | —Nirs. Ollie AVilliams, who ran away from her husband at Council Grove, j Kan., committed suicide at Evansville after being deserted by her paramour, a man named Phillips. — Col. Sutherland, of Groveland, Putnam County, killed a large gray eagle this week that measured seven feet and eleven inches from tip to tip. Mrs. Ruth Sabin, of LaPorte, who recently donated $25,000 toward the j erection of a home for aged and infirm, has contributed §30,000 to put the home ■ on a solid financial basis. George Davis, of AVabash, an orphan aged 13, was found on a Mississippi sandbar, half dead from hunger and exposure. He had attempted to drift down the river in a skiff.

—Fire destroyed the Shively machineworks at Elwood. Less, §3,000. —Ed Shiremau, of Martinsville, while passing behind a young horse in his stable, was kicked on the side of the head and his skull fractured. His injuries are likely to prove fatal. —Hiram Benham, a prominent citizen of Taswell, and proprietor of the Taswell saw-mills, was killed at that place, by a huge tree falling on him. He was 40 years old, and leaves a largo family. —ln an effort to stop a runaway horse at Muncie, Jason Jenkinson, residing near De Sota, was thrown against a post. Two ribs were broken, his skull was fractured, and he received internal injuries. —Burglars entered Mart Meyer’s harness shop at Connersville, and finding the safe unlocked, took its contents. It contained some pension papers, a soldier’s discharge and a mortgage, but no money, — There are several cases of typhoid, fever at Crawfordsville, supposed to be the result of drinking out of a well. Dr. Taylor, of the State Board of Health, advises the discontinuance of the use of i the water. —AVill Prickett, aged 26, was found in j the south part of Goshen, covered with J blood and in an unconscious {condition. I His neck was torn from ear to ear, and i life nearly extinct. No weapon, was j found near. —The,cholera is playing havoc among ■ the hogs in Fall Creek Township. Madison County. Several farmers have lost their entire herd. The farmers are much discouraged, as no remedy seems to abate the ravages of the disease. —Several cases of scarlet fever arc reported in New Albany, and fully as many of diphtheria exist. In but few of the cases have there been warning flags displayed, despite the fact that there is a stringent State law on the subject. The large barn belonging to Henry Buckner, six miles east of Morristown, : burned with all its contents: forty tons of hay. corn, oats, implements, and eight head of horses and colts. The tire is thought to be the work of an incendiary. No insurance. While workmen were making an excavation in a lot in Huntington they ! came upon n closed rough box, which, ' i upon being opened, was found to con- ' tain tlie skeleton of an infant. It is ; evident that the burial bad been quite recent, and an investigation will be had. 'the annual reunion of the soldiers residing in Madison Township, Monti gomery County, was held at the home ■of Aaron Laytou, in Linden. This was i a township affair and nearly nil soldiers living in that township were present. ■ The day whs spent in social intercourse, i with ti dinner. - Al Scott was badly gored by a mad ; l ull, at his farm, a few miles south of I Crawfordsville. Thomas Davidson, a I neighbor, was unable to drive the infurinted beast off, and section men at । work on a railroad near by had to be summoned to rescue Mr. Scott from under the bull's feet. His injuries may prove fatal. Dr. B. C. Black, a prominent physician of Staunton. Clay County, found tucked on his office door, a notice, signed. “White Caps, 100 Strong,” giving him five days to leave the town. They further threatened that if Mr. AVebstcr, the man who owned the property Black occujiied, did not turn him out m live days his building would be burned. —Miss Mollie Corwin, the much-mar-ried woman of Shelbyville, was the ; cause of what may yet turn out to be a j murder. Two of her ex-husbands—John H. Little, her sixth, and Joseph Corwin, her eighth—met near her house and got into a quarrel over a dress Little had ; bought her. Finally Corwin struck Little with n stone, cutting a terrible gash I in his head and fracturing his skull, AVhile this was going on, Little’s second wife, unknown to him, was speeding on | her way to Covington, Ky., with James ; Neal and with all of Little's savings, ' some §4OO. —At the Arlington Houses iu Hunting- ! ton, Mrs. Nora Dawson, a fortune-teller I of Marion, was frightfully burned on ; the face and arms, portion of her body I being also charred. She is unable to j give any definite theory of how it oc- ! curred. The most plausible theory is j that she was burned while burning i alcohol, to cure a toothache, as some of : the liquid was found in a saucer in the room. She had prepared to retire, and her loose garments caught in the flames. She can not live. She is separated from her husband, and her mother resides in Indianapolis. —ln July, 1887, Charles Smith, aGibs«ou County business man, went to Cincinnati and disappeared. A few days ago he was accidentally discovered in । the prison under the name of James I Wikon. His story is that ho was I knocked down and robbed while indulg- | ing in a spree, and being ashamed to tell his friends hedecidedito walk home. At Harrison, Ohio, he was overtaken and given a ride by a man calling himI self Robinson, who drove a two-horse team which he claimed to have received 'in lieu of wages. In Ripley County they were arrested, and it proved the j team was stolen. They narrowly esI caped lynching, and Smith was so । frightened that he gave his name as Wilson. He was taken back to Lawrenceburg and sent to prison for six

years, ami lias been there two years. Steps to secure his pardon are being t aken, —Tnde Hicks, convicted of rape in 1887, . in the Switzerland Circuit Court, and sentenced for five years, lias been pardoned by the Governor. The chief executive paroled William T. Adkinson, who shot and killed Lincoln Keith at a political rally at Edwardsport, in the campaign of 1881. Adkinson was drunk, and had the reputation of a tough. Ho shot at random into a crowd, killing Keith; and for this ho was sentenced for j fifteen years. It is conditioned in his parole that he shall abstain from intoxicants.

WORLD'S EXPOSITION. THE CHICAGO PEOPLE UNTIRING IN ' THEIR LA :OKS. Over W 7,000,000 Already Subscribed, with W 10,000,000 ill Sighl-The Masses in the East in favor of Locating the Eair in Hie West. [SPECIAL CHICAGO CORRESPONDENCE.] In their efforts to secure the AVorld’s Exposition of 1892 for Chicago, the committee have been indefatigable in their labors and are leaving no stones un- | turned to accomplish their aim. The discord in the East has aidsd them to some extent, and that there is latent opposition to New York City is demonstrated by the action of the Rhode Island business men called together by the Governor of that State for the purpose of voicing their sentiments iu the matter. At the first session of the convention the voice was unanimous for New York. At the next session, addressed by the Hon. Thos. B, Bryan, representing Chicago, the yeas and nays were called for and the vote was so close that the Governor was unable to decide which city the convention favored, and asked for a rising vote, ' which resulted 26 for New York and 22 I for Chicago. Unite ! States Senator Blair, of New I Hampshire, opined when in Chicago a 1 few days ago that Chicago's chances for ; securing the AVorld's Fair were exceed- ■ ingly bright. The New Hampshire Auxiliary Committee called on the Senator ’ at his hotel, and before he knew it he was I at headquarters, 183 Dearborn street. AVhile Secietary Cragin was confid ntially outlining the magnitude of the work that was being done C. B. Holmes walked in and, addressing Secretary Cragin, said: “On 1 ehalf of the Chicago Citv Railway Company I wish to subsc. d for §IOO,OOO worth of stock,” nt the same time handing him a check for §2,000, which was 2 per cent, of his subtoription. Senator Blair opened his eyes but said nothing, and before he left headquarters Le was enthusiastic for Chicago. That the financial part of the concern is all right is shown by the fact that seven million dollars have already been i subscribed, with at least three million ; more in sight. The surest and most reliable source oi information as to the work being done in New York to secure the fair, and the feeling of the people in regard to it, is the press of that city. It is already officially known not only that little money has been raised there but also that its financial committee has reported that it does i not know how to raise any more. The ' New York Post says: “The committee have uot done a stroke I of work except passing a resolution which has excited great opposition to the fair on the part of a large and influential portion of the public. It has neither site, plan, nor scope. It has not acquired a a foot of ground nor u dozen brick. Its work is nothing mbre than the expression of n vague hope, desire, or aspiration, which it can recall in five minutes.” The indispensable requirements of au eligible location for a world’s fair are Licking >n New York City. These are an ample supply of pure water, as well as ample space, and accommodation and transp utation for all exhibits and visitors. Chicago is not deficient in these essentials, and can readily accommodate 250,000 strangers daily. It is a wellknown faet that New’ York City’s hotels and street railways are taxed to their full capacity daily by the ordinary every-day transit. I’resident Yerkes, of the North Chicago Street Railway Company, has returned from a flying visit to the East, and whatever doubt he has ever had about Chicago getting the AVorld's Fair was dispelled by what he saw and heard. “I divided my time,” he said, “between Philadelphia and New York, and if the facts could be known there is no surer thing than that the masses in both places are in favor of Chicago for the AVorld’s Fair. AV hat was the argument ? 1 found in Philadelphia an almost universal sentiment iu favor of the West, the reason being that the people realize i ' that too little is known of the country at large and believe that locating the fair tn Chicago would be an inducement to thousands to visit the AVest who never tave, and otherwise never would, but die without beginning to know anything of the extent and resources of the land in which tliey lived. Then again they argue that the East has had two monster fairs already—one in old Crystal Palace, in New York, many years ago, and the Centennial iu Philadelphia—and, besides, they admit that the East is not prepared to do an exposition of the kind the degree of justice that would be accorded it in the great Miseissipi. In fact, I : found that the Philadelphians admitted I about everything the most enthusiastic Chicagoans claimed as to the advantage of our location, our facilities to handle j large crowds and care for visitors, and ! when the time comes and Philadelphia does not lend a helping hand, I will bo greatly disappointed.” For the purpose of showing the relative standing of St. Louis ^nd Chicago in the contest the following has been compiled at headquarters, consisting of formal indorsements by conventions, boards of trade, fairs, clubs and city councils in the Southern and Southwestern States:

em oluics. For For Chicago. St. Louis ( State Fairs 6 0 Boards of Trade 16 2 Political Conventions 9 0 Conventions 3 0 Commercial Clubs 2 0 City Councils 15 0 Total 51 2 In regard to AVashington, the people of that city say that had they known what would be the effect of the conclave of the I Knights Templars upon its chances for securing the Exposition of 1892 they would never have invited the Knights to go there. The Knights went there 35,000 strong, and said that AVashington could not accommodate them for even a few days, and laughed at tho idea of her taking care of 250,000 or more strangers daily for six months. The excessive heat and scant supply of water are also insuperable objections to AVashington as a site for the AVorld’s Fair. Giles Graham

The man who believes in nothing is as big a fool as he who believes in everything. ] " The deaths in London last year numbered 78,818, or 18.0 per 1,000; in New York, 40,175, or 26.33; and in Paris, 22.6 per 1,000. Every man knows how mean he is himself, but he is not absolutely sure about his neighbor; hence hi.s fondness for gossip. ' The new postal card works at Shel- ■ ton, Ct., are turning out 4,000 cards per i minute, or 2,400,000 in ten hours.

NUMBER 19

THE SUNDAY SCHOOL. AN INTERESTING AND INSTRUCTTfE’ LESSON CONSIDERED. Reflections of an Elevating Character — Wholesome Food for Thought — Stmlying the Scriptural Lessons Intelligently and Profitably. The .lesson for Sunday, Nov. 3, may bi found in 2 bam. 15: 1-12. intboductoby. ’lhis lesson is one of warning, and thr thought naturally and properly turns towiu v . those who were led astray by Absalom, Ixllo6 l us the account significantly states, “knew not any thing. Beware of the Absaloms ti to-aav. [hat is ti seasonable word spokex by Rev. At . J. Dawson, of England, m bh recent volume of sermons to young men tan Ido you a better service than wane you against the peiil of evil companion ship? Do we not all know men, gay. bril Inuit, hisclnating, with a natu al quality <> leadership, whose work is to corrupt thepurity and sap the faith of those arount them ? I will tell you what is the common curse of all places where young men gat bw together, whether in the school, the uni ver sity, the barracks, the chib, or the officeIt is an inordinate worship of merely intellectual force or the qualities of persona fascination. The character of a man is last thing you inquire about. You ask. k he witty ? Cun he sing a good song? Is bi clever ? Can he tell a good story ? A’ou d not ask, does he love God? Does he hono.* purity and meet the great demands of trull and righteousness'?” WHAT THE LESSON TEACHES. Absalom prepared him chariots ane. horses. Ostentation. It was the first m the course of rebellion. The “rakekprogress ’ begins with the lavish expend •ture ot money on person and appetites--home young man in England, who fell hsi» to a fortune and speut it all at races amt suppers with n a year or so. has written 4 । book, in which he tells how he found ven: in so short a time for such a flood of wealth Ihe work has very properly been sine* named "The Autobiography of a Fool.: A\ hen you see a young man (and Whatcom munity is wjjhout its specimen'?) in th ©eh years when, with self-denial ami self-disci-pline, he should be laying the loundalioß mental, physical, and moral as well. Io: future accumulations, of whatever sort, spending hismubstance, like the prodigal? iu riotous living, you can write the sequo of that career trom the outset. He hiv. pitched his tents toward Sodom. Ah, whu a difference between the early manhood c* David and that cf Absalom! And what t difference in the issue of their lives! See, thy matters are good and tight There speaks the demagogue, whose name is Jagion. He is quite ;i familiar personage n>day. You see him on the street corner an* in the market place button-holing and psi layering on the platform, smiling and swetting ami orating. Hand-shaking right, left, full of honeyed words, ready win qtnptand compliments, he feels his 'way aerosr the heads and shoulders of the people. whMi. he is simply using to help him into >som?r fat office. “See. thy mutters are good uinU right" is the sly ante-election suggestion. Alter the ballots have been cast and int seat secured, whore, alas, has gone all Aht sympathy so warmly expressed beforo'? Jb lias done its work and ceased to be. In fact, it never was. Beware Qf such politicians "for revenue only.” Your Slackbridges whom Dickens so well takes off. “Oh, my friend, the down-trodden operatives ©• Coketown'. Oh, my friends and fellowcount ymen, the slaves of an iron-hande*. mid a grinding despotism! Oh, my friends and fellow-sufferers, and fellow-workman: and f: How-men,” “Oh,” indeed! and Iba: is all there is of it. Absalom was groanixx. ami grinding for himself much more tnai for the people, So Absalom stole the hearts of the men o’ Israel. The old truth-telling Book eallsthings by their right names. It brands tire king's son as a thief. He hlohed away whw did not belong tohim. No, he did not slip into tne royal chambers and with slight-©:■ hand steal tire crown-jewels from hisfather No mid yes. AVith a purpose no less knavist and a duplicity and trickishness no les.; criminal nr the eyes of God he thought tc snatch away for himself the royal purple । Larceny covers a multitude Os particulars, I perhaps not down in the law-books. Thw I man who steals reputation, robs character or position, takes away a good nmne snatches for himselfthe influence orestoeu? that belongs to another—such an one taker that which does not belong to him and isuumuch a thief as the common loot-pail of tb« Monday docket, or the culprit in tho jai there who lias been caught with a kit v burglar tools. 0, there is a tribunal where every robbery, great and petty, shall Er brought to light. Let us watch ourselvet and walk very circumspectly lest in ©..s ordinary social and neighborly relations wt be “found wanting” in this regard. Perhaps we had better keep Paul's words t« their old Christian application: “Let Hire that stole steal no more.” Let me go and pay my-vow.- Let a ntar become fired with an unholy ambition, ami no payment is too great for him to-reade. for the boon he seeks. Absalom has at ready committed essential robbery. N©v he resorts to deceit and speaks an opti falsehood He has become a thief and t liar in one. And see the wickedness of file lie itself. He has vowed a vow to seive tht Lord, he says, and when he goes, lorsootK to luliill his vow, 10, he has smitten the Lord’s anointed. AVhat a debased' and-per-verted mind that must have been to think I thus to minebi piety with impiety, meek, j miss with malice. I And they went in their simplicity. ArtI other and baser method ot deceit. Having told a falsehood unto his father and sqsoi cured leave of absence, he now deceives ! his chosen men by a false invitation, ant-' taking them off into the wilderness drags them down with himself. No man gut wrong who does not take others with hiu “in their simplicity.” The saddest aspet of rebellion and treason is the iact that sa many ot the almost guiltless stiller with tin guilty. Herod’s was not the only slaughiv; ol tiro innocents. Every man who feadshis fellows astray reddens his hand in th v blood ot the witless and unthinking. Hvexy doctrinal departure carries away a mnllk tude who go in their simplicity, and the re mm.. „!■ ,i,A<,a fnw who knowirm)#

spoils bility of those tow who kuowuwij ' turn the sheep out of the true path isum. ‘ slight. Alas for the unwitting two hundred:, who “went out of Jerusalem simply because they were “called. How great i.ie multitude to-day! Wo do well to pause : i consider who it is that calls. And the conspiracy was strong. At Jasti it has come to a head. Ihe plot is oik; One conspiracy is openly declared. How qwe .as and slowly it grew! It might perhaps huwbeen cheeked away back there at the ootse by a word, but now the trickling nl) ha* become a torrent, a deluge, and the dikes are all down. You have seen sheep leaping through a gap in the hedge. First then another, and another, and presently pell-mell, they are all seemingly in the aar and almost the entire flock has broken away. How like sheep, in this respect, de * >ill go astray! Do you wonder that pro dent, godly men should watch the "downgrade” tendencies so anxiously, shoak! view with such solicitude the somewhat light and playful gambolings of this antS one back and forward at the boldM line? It is not the present evil that itfeared so much as it is the conspiracy ‘"ben it shall have possibly become strong. Hay

, to-day bo with David in the nut ratnenm^ with Absalom in the wood. Next Losson: “Davids Giief foi Abs» . lorn.” 2 Sam. 18: 18-33. Books, like friends, should be few and well chosen. Like friends, too, I should return to them again and agm® -for, like true friends, they will news I fail us—never cease to instruct -newt* cloy. When a man gets to be a gram? father he sighs as he thinks how old 2a? wife is. Some men are born rich, some achieve riches and some get into fat govers.- ' meat offices.