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THE LOVERS' QUARREL. ■ BY JBFFIE FOKBUSH-HANAFORD. ; J gave him back his letters, £ The locket, his picture, and ring ; quarreled, and this was the ending, fe So I kept not a single thing. H Oh l yes ;■ I did keep the rose-bud E. He fastened that night in my hair, Then told me how fondly he loved me, |f And called me his "darling, so fair,” 11 really did think that he loved me, B And thought him so manly and trite, K And now we have parted in anger, g i wouldn't believe it. would you? H il hope you don't think I feel badly; E You're mistaken ; indeed, I don't care; ft ilt wasn’t my fault that we quarreled ; g I wouldn’t have been such a bear. g "Tis his place to'ask for forgiveness, g So I’ll flirt just as much as 1 can, B And then I won’t speak if I meet him—- ■ That's such an excellent plan. ft But hark ! there's his ring at the door-bell; K Yes, 'tis his step on the floor ; ■ I never knew how much I loved him—st “Wait, darling. I’ll open the door 1” wSeLMIM; OR The Strange Tragedy of the -Grand Hotel, BY ARTHUR GRIFFITHS. CHAPTER I. A TERRIFIED CHAMBERMAID.

HAD just finished dressing, one Sunday morning, in my bedroom upon the first floor • of the Grand Hotel, Bythesea, when I was startled by a loucl scream in the passage. It was followed by another and another. I found on going to my door, that they proceeded from an I afrighted chambermaid, who was shrieking as she ran - wildly down the corridor. Sounds so unusual and so disturbing caused, not 1 strangely, a great commotion. The other occupants of the rooms on the same

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floor came'out, ladies with the rest, in various phases of dressing, some in complete deshabille. I could not help remarking one girl in particular, a dark brunette, whom I had notjced for some time past and greatly admired. Her pale, olive-tinted cheeks, diffused with a tine color, her large brown eyes wide open with terror, her magnificent raven hair hanging loose over a pale blue peignoir, which betrayed, rather than concealed, her tall but exquisitely molded figure, presented a vision of such rare and ravishing beauty that for a moment I paused spellbound. But the noise and commotion now increased, and I pushed forward to learn its cause, just as a second female face, older, but with a strong family resemblance, appeared behind that already described, and I Heard the words, “What is it, Clara? Tell me—quick ! ” as I passed on. By this time the disturbance had become general. A crowd—visitors like myself, porters, waiters, other chambermaids surrounding the one who had been shrieking, .and who seemed on the verge of hysterics, and all were asking her what it meant. Her only answer was to point to the end of the corridor, and gasp out hysterically at intervals, “No. 99! No. 99!” Thither every one rushed in a body. The door of the bedroom. No. 99, stood open. We crowded in, and soon saw’ the cause of the chambermaid’s screams. The body of a man lay there motionless on the floor. He was on his back, in his clothes, and fully dressed, with f. ce horribly drawn, and great, staring, wide-open eyes. “Is he dead?” asked someone, breathlessly. “Send for a doctor, quick!” cried another. “I am a medical man,” said a third, pushing forward through the crowd of bystanders. “Allow me. 1. The doctor placed his hand upon the heart, turned down an eyelid and looked into the face of the prostrate man. “He is dead, quite dead, stone cold, in fact. Life must have been extinct for many hours. ” “Who is he?” the same question rose to many lips. “No. 99, the gentleman who had this room,” answered one of the porters. “But what is his name? Didn’t you know anything about him?” I asked. “No, sir; he only came in yesterday. They will know his name in the office, of course. But up here he’s only No. 99.” I was too well acquainted with the modern hotel custom of sacrificing individuality to numerical convenience to press my inquiry, and already another bystander had carried the discussion a stage further by asking the doctor: “What was the cause of death?” It was a question that had presented itself to most of us. But the doctor did not answer. He was examining the corpse closely. There was blood upon the carpet, dabs of black, clotted gore, that had oozed out from under the body on the left side. “Strange," he muttered, “most strange. Death must have been very sudden, instantaneous in fact; and”-—he paused—“l fear, violent. ” As he spoke he turned the body over gently, on its face. “Not a doubt of it,” he went on, as the movement disclosed a great pool of halfcongealed blood. Blood dripped and drabbled now from the back of the corpse and made great splashes upon the carpet. “There has been foul play; this man has died a violent death.” “Murdered?” asked several voices, all agitated and horror-stricken. “Murdered,” leplied the doctor, decidedly. “Come, sir, be careful; you must not fifty that,” cried a fresh voice, peremptorily. It was the manager, who had been summoned from his office on the ground floor. A sharp-speaking, bustling person, tall, erect, authoritative, with a soldierly air, but a not too intelligent face. “A murder?” he went on. “Here in the Grand Hotel? Impossible!” “There is evidence enough. See for yourself,” said the doctor, shortly. “Here is the wound. The knife has left its mark.” The manager stooped to look at the corpse, after which he could no longer dispute the doctor’s statement. “A murder in the Grand Hotel!” he muttered between his teeth; “most unfortun ite!” He was thinking first of all of its effect upon business; but more humane considerations came to him, and he added: “A most deplorable affair.” “There was no robbery in this case.” said the doctor, whose eye bail been traveling round the room. “At least the murderer was no common thief. ” “How? What do you mean?” “There, on the dressing-table, lies the dead man’s watch ” “It would have been dangerous to take that. It might lead to identiflcat'Ciu

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’’But there is money, loose gold anS •silver, lying near it. A thief would never ihave'left the cash had robbery alone'been l the motive of.'the crime.” The manager again interposed. ho is the poor gentleman?” he went on, addressing himself first to'the porters and servap- s who stood near. To them, as I had already ascertained, ‘he was-only “No. 99.” “One of you run to the pipe and whistle down to the bureau for his name,” said the manager. “But perhaps some >of you gentlemen knew him?” now speaking to'the-whole roomful —a dozen of us at least. There was a dead silence. We looked at each other blankly and interrogatively; but no-one had, or would acknowledge, any acquaintance with the deceased. Then the servant returned to say that the dead man was entered in the books as Joseph Coo -h. He had arrived on the day-previous alone; apparently he had no friends or belongings in the hotel. The corpse was that of a stalwart, seemingly athletic man, in the prime of life, with a dark, -very dark, handsome -face. The clothes were of ordinary cut and appearance, but-with something that suggested the seafaring man. “His -portmanteau—l see he had a small one—-his papers, and his things ' generally, must be taken care of,” I said. “Some tune will, no doubt, turn up to claim them.” “Of-course, of course,” said the manager; “the police will see to that. A most unfortunate affair,” he repeated, recurring- to his first and chief trouble, “to happen now, just at our very busiest time. 1 only trust it will not empty the hotel.” He-was paid a percentage on the business done, and was thus intimately concerned in the return of the season. . “No-one will much like to remain,” began one of the visitors. “Don’t say that, Mr. Sarsfield. You must not desert us at such a moment ao this.” “I meant remain on this floor. Our room is close here, and my wife will be terribly put out when she hears what has happened. The screams frightened her dreadfully. Both she and her sister are inclined to be rather nervous, you know.” “I will change your room at once, Mr. Sarsfield, if you wish,” said the manager eagerly. “I think, perhaps, it would be just as well not to tell the ladies the whole truth; at least, not just as yet,” said a new speaker, an intimate friend, as I knew, of the Sarsfields. I had seen him continually with them. “You are right. Fawcett, quite right,” replied Mr. Sarsfield, gratefully; “they must not know.” I was looking at him as he spoke, and fancied I saw his face darken and grow somewhat somber. It was a face habitually grave, almost stern, with rather sad, pale eyes, preoccupied and thoughtful in expression. His thin lips were drawn down at the ends, and the lines on his forehead indicated that he must have known anxiety-—great trouble, perhaps—in his time. A man already past the middle age, with his hair turning to silver, but still upright in carriage and of vigorous frame. His friend whom he addressed as Fawcett was a man still in the prime of life, but looking probably much younger than his real age. He was slightly-built and had a well-preserved figure, a good-look-ing face, with which time had dealt lightly, and the fair auburn hair that seldom turns gray until late in life. With his smiling lips and elaborately polite manner, he seemed anxious to please all, ladies especially, aid with this idea, no doubt, paid scrupulous attention to his personal appearance, from the perfectly fitting boots to the large points of his carefully waxed mustachios. Upon me, I must confess, the impression he had made had been far from favorable. I did not like the look in bis eyes, which, indeed, prejudiced me the more against him, besides they were of different colors —one hazel-brown, the other violet-blue. I thought their expression false and the man altogether unpleasing, But then I was half jealous of the fellow. He was far too well established in the good graces of the young lady in the blue peignoir whom I have already mentioned, with the frank confession that I admired her, although I scarcely knew her. It was of the young lady, Miss Clara Bertram, and her sister, Airs. Sarsfield, that they were speaking. “Perhaps I ought to go and reassure them,” continued Mr. Saisfield. “Shall Igo with you? As far as the door, I mean. I could escort them down stairs away from all this,” suggested Captain Fawcett. “No, no; I had bettor go alone. My wife might suspect something.” And saying this Air. Sarsfield pushed his way out. I was near the entrance to No. 99 myself, and I saw that as he reached the passage he was barely in time to prevent the ladies from joining the rest of us in the death chamber. They were at the door. One, Airs. Sarsfield, dressed for the morning; a tine, handsome woman, with deep, dark eyes and a grand figure. The other, my beauty, still tn her blue peignoir, but she had hastily twisted up the rich coils of her lustrous hair into a great loose knot, from which hung a black lace mantilla down to her shoulders. “You here, Anna?” he cried, in a voice in which there v. -re of vexation than surprise, “and y. .r sister? This is no place for you,” “We came to see for ourselves. There was so much excitement; the screams, the noise in the passage ” began Airs. Sarsfield. “What has happened?” interrupted her sister, with almost wild eagerness. Her magnificent eyes were still dilated, no doubt with nervous hysterical fear. “A gentleman has been found dead in his room,” said Air. Sarsfield, with as much nonchalance as it was possible to employ in conveying the painful fact.. “Dead! In which room?” asked Clara, quicklv. “No. 99.” She seemed to have anticipated the answer, for already she had drawn the folds of the black lace mantilla over her face, and stooped, with a quick gesture of dread, as though expecting a blow. “Dead! ” repeated Airs. Sarsfield. “How? When? AVho is he? AVhat did he die of?” Her answer came from Captain Fawcett. who by this time bad slipped up and stood by her side. He whispered just one word into her ear, the meaning of which I gathered from the horrified start she gave. “Murde ! She had no time to frame the whole word, for her husband had seized her by the arm and was dragging her away. “I tell you this is no place for you, Anna. See, Clara is half fainting.” Even as he spoke the girl’s face grew ghastly white, and her tall, slight frame swayed to and fro, as though but for his arm she would huve fallen to the ground. “Como away, come awav,” said Mrs. ■ Sarsfield, hoarsely. It was clear, too, that she was over- | come with the horror of the scene. I Snatching at the arm that Captain Fawi cett offered her, she retreated along the J

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jpussage, while ner husband followed, half leading, half supporting his nearly 'unconscious sister-in-law. I returned to No. 99, where tire manager was the center of a group of people, still busily and excitedly discussing the curious catastrophe. “There is nothing to be afraid-of,” he •was saying, in answer, no doubt, tc alarms more or less openly expressed by •others than the Sarsfields. “You say that very coolly, yet we may all be murdered in our beds to-night, like this poor fellow,” protested one of the visitors. “At any rate he was not in bis bed,” re,plied the manager. “You will observe he had not undressed. He had not even laid down on the bed. See, it is quite smooth and tidy. No one has touched it, far less slept in it.” “He must have been attacked directly ■he came upstairs,” I said, following out a line of thought of my own. “Quite early in the night, I mean.” “How do you know that, Air. Leslie?” asked the manager, turning on me rathei brusquely. “There is nothing to indicate ithat such was the case.” “It is more than probable, nevertheless,” interposed the doctor. “Death must have occurred nine or ten hours ago; of that I have never had the smallest doubt.” “That would take us back to If or 12 o’clock last night,” said the manager, shortly; and with visible impatience he went on—“when numbers of people were ■still up and about. The idea of a murderous affray occurring at such a time and without the slightest noise or notice ■to a soul-—it’s too preposterous!” “There was no affray,” I replied. “The doctor tells us death was instantaneous. Besides, what was to prevent the murderer from waiting here in secret, hiding till his victim came to bed?” “Where could he have come from?” asked the manager, testily. “Anywhere; from the next room; down stairs. It is perfectly possible. Anybody can come and go here as he pleases—inside the hotel, you understand—at all hours of the night.” “That would imply tlfat you think the murderer was one of the lodgers in the hotel,” a newcomer said, addressing himself directly to me. “What! you here, Hasnip?” began the manager. “Has the chief ” But the other, a sharp-eyed, elderly man, with a hard, impassive face, fringed with sandy hair, made an almost imperceptible gesture, and the manager field his tongue. It was, as I afterward learned, Air. Hasnip, the smartest of the detectives belonging to the Bythesea police force. “All the probabilities are that the murderer was, probably is. an inmate of the hotel,” I replied in a firm tone, more and more enamored of my own theory. “What right have you to come to such a conclusion?” asked the manager, turning upon me. “It is an accusation, an unfair, and, I feel, unjustifiable accusation against all of us,” said another voice, rather hotly. The champion of the visitors at the hotel was no other than Captain Fawcett. “I am included in the accusation, then, as I am staying here myself,” I replied, quietly. “But 1 base my conclusions ’ — this was said to the manager, and not to the irascible Captain Fawcett—“upon the simple fact that no one from outside could easily introduce himself into the hotel at a late hour -not without attracting attention. I mean.” “Well, there is the fire-escape.” said Captain Fawcett, fighting hard for his own views, which seemed intended mainly to exonerate all who had occupied the hotel. “Aha!” The interjection was uttered softly by the detective, who immediately left the room. “Is there anything to show that the fire-escape has been used?” asked the doctor, and the quest on had the effect of emptying the room, [TO BE CONTINUED.] Two Old-Time Love Letters. In an ol<l book, dated 1820, there is. says the People’s Companion, the following very curious love epistle. It affords an admirable play upon words: “Madame—Most worthy of admiration. After long consideration and much meditation on the great reputation you possess in the nation. I have a strong inclination to become your relation. On your approbation of the declaration, I shall make preparation to remove my situation to a more convenient station, to profess my admiration, and if such oblation is worthy of observation and can obtain commiseration it will be an aggrandization beyond all calculation of the joy and exaltation of yours, “Sans Dissimulation.” The following is the still more curious answer: “Sir —I perused your oration with much deliberation at the great infatuation of your imagination to such veneration on so slight a foundation. But after .examination and much serious contemplation I supposed your animation was the fruit of recreation or had sprung from ostentation to display your education by an odd enumeration , or rather multiplication, of words of the same termination, though of great variation in each respective signification. Now, without disputation, your laborious application in so tedious an occupation deserves commendation, and, thinking imitation a sufficient gratification, I am, without hesitation, yours, Mary Moderation.” The Salt of the Earth. Salt in whitewash will make it stick better. Wash the mica of the stove rs with salt and vinegar. Brasswork can be kept beautifully bright by occasionally rulfbing with salt and vinegar. Damp salt will remove the discoloration of cups and saucers caused by tea and careless washing. When broiling steak throw a little salt on the coals and the blaze from dripping fat will not annoy. To clean willow furniture use salt and water. Apply it with a nail brush, scrub well and dry thoroughly. Salt as a tooth powder is better than almost anything that can be bought. It keeps the teeth brilliantly white and the gums hard and rosy. Carpets may be greatly brightened by first sweeping thoroughly and then going over them 'Vith a clean cloth and clear salt and water. Use a cupful of coarse salt to a large basin of water. If the feet are tender or painful after long standing or walking great relief can be had by bathing them in salt and water. A handfill of salt to a gallon of water U the right proportion. Have the water as hot as can comfortably be borne.

INDIANA IIAI TEN INGS. EVENTS AND INCIDENTS THAT HAVE LATELY OCCURRED. An Interesting; Summary of (be Moro Important Doings of Our Neighbors—W«<ldings ami Deaths—Crime, Casualties ami General News Notes. Fright Removed Her Freckles. Misses Lila Jordan and Emma EPwood of Corydon County, performed a feat a few days ago which would certainly be lifficult to accomplish by the most famous female athletic in the world. They svere at the junction of the Cory «n branch and the Air-line Railroad, and had occasion to cross a deep ravine, over which was a very high and long :restle. They accordingly ventured upon the lofty structure, and, with careful step, managed to keep placing their feet safely upon the cross ties, with no fear except the danger of making a misstep, until they had reached about the center of the trestle, when, looking ahead of them, they saw a train coming at lightning speed. AVhat could , ihey do? If they should turn back the ;rain would overtake them before they ■onld get half way off, and to jump from :he trestle would be a doom equally as horrible. So the thought came to them ;hat nothing could save them from an intimely and awful death but to swing uider the trestle until the train could pass. They hastily got down between :he cross ties, and locking their tender irms around a girder they swung off tinier the trestle a hundred feet or more from the ground below, while the train went thundering over them, almost shaking them from their grip for life. When the train had passed over, the ’iris had barely strength enough left to drag themselves back upon the trestle Hid complete their journey. When ;hey reached home their faces were loathly white. AVhen they recovered from their fright, it was found that the : freckles had entirely disappeared from , he face of one of the ladies. 1 fiirful I al! of Two Workmen. A horrible accident occurred at the new county court-house at Evansville, in which one man was killed outright md another was injured so badly that bis recovery is doubtful. Adolph Rice j md another workmen, Louis Heck, tinners and coppvrers. w«ic engaged at work on the dome, using as foothold a •racket made of rope, which they had | noustructed themselves. This same ■ bracket had served them on similar oc- | lasions and was thought to be amply I -trong, but one of the main supports | suddenly gave way. uereipitntmg the :wo workmen to the ground below. Both screamed in the descent and attracted ■ the attention of a number of other i workmen about the building who looked ! ip just in time to witness the tragedy. । I’he fall was about seventy feet, both ! men alighting close together on n pile i >f stone tiling. Bice struck squarely on ■ his head and was dead when the workmen picked him up. Heck fell sideways, ; cutting his scalp badly in several places, : breaking his wrist and’arm.and crushing . his right foot in a terrible manner. Both Rice and Heck live in Louisville. , The former, although a young man o only 25 years, has been in the employ oi Alessis. Pearce, Alorgan A Co. for sevi sral years. He was a quiet fellow and was unmarried. Heck is married and lias two children. Minor State Items. —The cooper shop of James Nichols, .it Terre Haute, largest in the State, was destroyed by tire. —lt has just been learned that Beauregard Schwitzer, of LaPorte, was inno- ; ?ent of the charge of attempted murder, for which he served five years at Alich- , igan City. —A team of horses which John AVood was driving backed off a bridge near Sqelbyville. The wagon fell twentyfive feet, tfad AVood and his wife were fatally injured. —Two colored girls were caught wandering in (the outskirts of Corydon, a I few nights ago, by a half-dozen men ; disguised as AVhite Caps, and received a ■ severe switching. —AVhile Airs. Matilda Emory, of I Evansville, was drawing water from her I cistern, some vandal slipped up behind | her, seized h.er long hair, cut it off and fled before he was identified. —Benjamin’Custar,a dancing master at Richmond, although still in good health, has ordered his tombstone. It will be of Italian marble, carved in the shape of a violin with a broken bow. —Daniel Purview, while engaged in hauling logs on his farm, southwest of Montpelier, was instantly killed by a log rolling over him. He was a fine citizen, and had been married but a few days. -The regular fall convention of An- ■ cient and Accepted Scottish Rite AlaI sons, Northern Alasonic jurisdiction, Valley of Fort AVayne, will be held Tuesday and AVednesday, November 26th and 27th. — The owners of the dams in Montgomery County, where fish ladders were to be put in, reP e to pay for the same as prescribed by law, and injunctions are to be issuca against the build rs of ' the same. —lt has leaked out that AVilliam Trafj ford, known as “Batch,” a rich old farmer of Grafton, Posey County, has । been made the victim of confidence men i who swindled him out of §5,000 on the ; gold-brick trick. —AVhile Airs. Ab Oldham and Airs. I Henry Iford were returning home from Pendleton their horse became fright1 ened, and threw both of the ladies from the buggy, breaking the shoulder blade of Airs. Oldham and otherwise injuring i her. —The Porter County Agricultural Society re-elected officers, as follows: President. AVm. Rigg; A ice-President, James Fulton; Treasurer, m.I reeman; Secretary, E- S. Beech. Numeious superintendents and directors were also I elected.

—A swindler calling himself A. Burton is selling cheap spectacles for high prices in Indiana, and sends his custom- | ers to jewelry stores to exchange their goods. He has no connection with his alleged employers. —The residence of Miss Alattie Altich was burned by an incendiary fire at LaPorte, Miss Altich and four other ladies narrowly escaping with their lives. An ex-convict named Smith has been arrested on suspicion. —AVill Evans, a man of about twentyfour years, was killed at Sullivan by the overturning of a caboose on the I. & I. S. Railroad, a short distance east of town. He jumped off the train on the same side that the caboose fell, and was caught under it and literally mashed to pieces. —AVhile rafting at Striker's Landing, six miles below Rockport. AValker Kelley, colored, and George Thompson, white, each had both legs crushed under a heavy log. Immediate amputation was necessary, which may cause both to die. This is the third accident of the kind at the same spot in the last six months. —AVhile Ed Payne and Frank Carney were hunting near St. Joe, Clark County, Payne got behind a tree and dared his companion to shoot at him. He neeped out to see if the dare was taken just in time to receive the charge, most of which imbedded itself in his left shoulder, but one shot put out his left eye. —A drug store owned by Burgess & Johnson, at Eminence, was blown to atoms by what is supposed to have been a charge of dynamite, and consumed by fire. It was with difficulty that several adjacent buildings were saved. Johnson was formerly in the drug business in Coatsville, and was there blown up several times. - Harry Richen attempted to cross the C..C..C., A St. L. railroad crossingat the grade east of Lebanon with a heavy load of saw-logs, and just as the load was on the track with the passenger train in sight, the wagon let the load down on the track. Richen in bis excitement lighted his hat, and with it as a burning signal, succeeded in stopping the train. —Edward Baugh, who gave away fiis confederates in crime nt East St. Louis, recently, thereby causing their arrest and the turning up of a great deal of stolen goods, had his sentenced reduced in the Circuit Court of Vigo County, from five ; years to three years in the penitentiary. His sentence was reduced because of his i confession, which had s” h important । results. - Sheriff Bond, of AVayne County, took Prank Shank home to Richmond from tli" Pi nnitentiary, he being too ill to travel alone. Frank was sentenced to six years for enttim; the throat of his sweet heart. Lulu Penny, near Cambridge City, in a fit of jealousy. Ho was pardoned by Governor Hovey, on account of consumption, from which he will die. It is said the girl will marry him. Mrs. Al Shuttleworth visited Geo. King's saloon, at Greencastle, and. finding her husband inside of it, tore down the curtain from a window, and, with a roller, smashed the lamps in the chandelier over her head, the show-case was thrown from the counter and broken, md the cigars and tobacco contained in it were scattered over the floor. The proprietor was absent at the time. —At Pendleton, a deed was recorded giving fifty-seven acres to Charles Baird, of Akron, O. Air. Baird is counsel for a syndicate of Chicago and I Akron capitalists who will immediately erect upon this property the largest plate-glass manufactory in the world. Among the Akron gentlemen is O. C. Barber, President of the Diamond Match Company, who is interested in the Kokomo plate-glass works. —Patents have been issued to Indiana inventors as follows: Cortland Ball, Indianapolis, retort vaporizer; Henry 0. Davis, Terre Haute, hydro-carbon burner: Ludwig Gutmann,*Fort AVayne, electric regulator; George AV. Harris, South Bend, top prop joint; Joseph N. Kenyon, South Bend, sandpapering I roller; Aimer J. Price, Butler, attach- ! ment for Harvesters; Francis AV. Rouse, Middleburg, grain tally; Albert C. F. AVichman, Fort AVayne, washing maI chine. —Jesse McCarthy, superintendent of the brick-yard at Columbia City, and a former railroad man, jumped on a westbound freight train at Fort AVayne, intending to return home in this way. AVhen a short distance out, he claims, he was knocked off the train by a brakeman. He fell under the wheels and had an arm and a leg cut off. He lay beside the track for several hours, slowly bleeding to death, before he was found by two tramps. He was taken to the St. Joe Hospital. in Fort AVayne, and died. McCarthy had only been married a short time. —Twenty-two years ago John McQuown lived with his wife and six children near Lebanon, but in August of 1867 suddenly disappeared, and no tidings of him were received. Airs. McQuown, supposing herself a widow, remarried, but her second husband lived but two years. Last week AlcQuown, as suddenly and unceremoniously as marked his disappearance, returned to his home, but not, however, to claim his wife. Instead he demanded possession of the farm, and ■ they are now living in the same house without resuming marital relations, and with no prospect oi compromising their differences. The courts will have to name the rightful owner. —AVhile Alary Henkev, aged 7, was playing ou the scaffolding at the second floor of an unfinished building at Law- ' renceburg, she fell and was impaled on the fence. Three ribbs were broken, and sho was probably fatally injured internally. —Josiah AV. Knight, the oldest school teacher in the State, died at Evansville. Ho was born in New Hampshire in 1815, and has been a teacher a + Evansville over forty years, and part Ox the time he was superintendent of public schools in that city. _ _

THE SUNDAY SCHOOL I ENTERTAINING DISSERTATION O.< SERIOUS SUBJECTS. A Pleasant, Interesting, and Instructive Lesson and Where It May Be Found—A Learned and Concise Review of the Same. The lesson for Sunday. Nov. 10, may be found in 2 Sum. 18; 18—33. introductory. If this lesson shall turn the heads of parents to the spiritual needs of their children. one good and gracious result will be accomplished. There is something fearfully perilous in the apparent apathy that is coming over the heads of households. Fathers and mothers, at times and places, seem to view with utter indifference the fact that their sons and daughters are growing up in total disregard ot their soul’s interests. Let the sound of David's groans and the sight of David’s tears—cries and tears ams for him too late—bring parents and pastors and teachers to their knees in behalf of the heedless, reckless youth of to-day committed to their trust. Alay "David’s grief,” tardy and vain, stir us to timely and effectual grief. WHAT THE LESSON TEACHES. Absalom’s place. Literally it is Absalom’s hand. And it is easy to see which way it is pointing. Like that “hand" which Saul reared when returning from his disobedient journey to the Amalekite country, this rock was lifted in pride and arrogancy. It called attention to Absalom, and was intended to magnify him. It did magnify him—his vanity. As with many another monumental structure reared since, its name is tolly. AVhen men looked at it, they thought of Absalom, but it was Absalom’s disgrace that came to their minds. Rear your monuments, but be careful what they say. They speak good on it according to the record that has been made. Character is alter all the truest monument. Howsoever, said he, let bio run. Some one slyly suggested once, that Ahimaaz represents hero altogether too large a class j —the company of those presumptuous j souls, who are ready to run. whether they ' have a message or no. As such it might i point a moral regarding those who go forth on mission or proclamation, unprepared and perhaps uncalled. And yet does it not i better describe, since Ahimaaz is a worthy j character, those who disputed as to their ■ mission from without, are yet conscious j from within that they are plainly and powerfully called? In this case Ahimaaz himself outran the approved messenger. And > does it not sometimes occur that the unsolt ited of mon prove themselves the most truly called of (iod Remember "the stone which the builders disallowed." Is the young man Absalom safe? It is a question this nineteenth century may well bo asking in a souse. Are we earing for our sons as wo should in these days of I fearful temptation to the young? It had been better for David had he asked that question earlier; had ho guarded against that which presently wrought his son's destruction. (hit. ou the prairies of the AVest. you see around about every hay-stack I a strip ol plowed ground. It is to guard ; the hay from prairie lira. There is many a householder who is guarding his hay-ricks । much more carefully than he is guarding his boys. AVould God I had died for thee. There is nothing more pathetic, more powerful, in I its way, in any language. Jt has been travestied much of late, but out lathers never 1 sang a more sweetly sad refrain than that whicti runs: •'David the king was grieved and wounded, He m ent to his chiimber, hischamber aud wept.” Ah, it that solicitude could but have been manifested before! How much it might have meant to Absalom! And yet, what is there on cm th to compare with parental as- ; faction? That a mother or father dashing through smoke and flume to stive the offspring tells us something of it. And like as a father pitieth his children so the Lord pitieth them that tearhim. WHAT THE LESSON SAYS. ; Absalom. The king's son. being a favorite, had been given quite largo liberty. His lifetime. He was not now a young man. but well advanced in years. Heated up tor himself. The “for himself" is emphatic. It was done at the dictation of pride. A pillar, or a column. Like Saul’s stone at Carmel. (1 Sam. 15: 12.) King’s dale. A valley that seems to have lain near the । Dead Sea. No son. His three sons had probably died young. (2 Sam. 14: 27.) ! Absalom’s pluee. or monument. A monument of folly. Ahimaaz. A worthy man and a friend of King David. Zadok. The high priest. Let me now run. "He had an ambition to be the bearer of the news of victory.— Tidims. In the sense of good news.— Avenged him of his enemies, or judged him from the hand ot his enemies; that is, vindicated him. Joab. David's shrewd commander in chief. Tidings this day. He knew well that the news of Absalom's death would not be counted good news by the king, and he wished either to shield Ahimaaz from David’s outburst, or else to withhold him a day longer and then send him on to conciliate the king. The king’s son is dead. Joab realized the gravity of the occasion. AVhat Ahimaaz asked for was that he might be made the "man of tidings," an honorary offioe r-a -r the circumstances. Howsoever. Ahimaaz has set his heart on the project, so he accepts of all risks Let me run. Under military discipline he must receive a p rmit from his ehi. f to at- ' sent himself from camp. By the way of i the plain. Instead of taking the more dii reet but difficult hill route, which the slave pursued, he chose the way from Ephraim by I the valley. Overran Cushi, or outran. | He could run all the way, there being no I climbing. David sat anxiously awaiting tid ngs. I Between the two gates. Between the outer and inner walls, whither he had gone that he might the more readily be within call. The watchman. In that J day of foot travel a watchman from the ; wall could anticipate not a little the arrival I of messages. The roof over the gate. I Probably the highest part of the wall. ■ Lifted up nis eyes. It was long before the day of the field-glass. The watchman was, J however, naturally a man of far-sighted vision. The eye may be trained, as with hunters and trappers, to phenomenal acuteness. The watchman cried. Gave the preconcerted signal. If he be alone. Had there been many running it would have meant defeat.—-Tidings in his mouth. A bringer of good things and not evil. Came apace and drew nearer. A realistic account. AVe can almost see the strained faces of the watchers and hear the panting of the fatigued runner as he hastens to approach. Another man tunning. The Cushite from i the hills. The porter, who kept the gate^ I below, nigh unto the king’s seat. He - also bringeth tidings. And. as would be sup--1 posed, additional part culars, so increasing the anxiety of the watchers. Like the tunning of Ahimaaz. Either the speed or a peculiarity of the gait suggested his identity. Ho was probably a j well-known athlete. A good man and cometh with good tidings. A friend of the king would naturally be chosen as the honored messenger ot good tidings. i And Cushi said. The demeanor of the Cushite toward the king is quite in contrast with that of his predecessor. Tidings. The first salute of a hastening courier. Hath avenged. He su [looses doubless that he is the lit st comer. ' Next Lesson: "David's Last Words.”—2 Bam. 23: 1-7. Some favorable event raises your spirits, and you think good days are preparing for yon. Do not believe it. ‘ Nothing can bring you peace but yourself. Nothing can bring you peace but । ; the triumph of principles. | It is not well to believe all you hear; but it is well to appear to believe it when your wife is doing the talking. Little Annette—-Mother, do please buy me a new doll; my old one is quite ashamed when asked its age.

NUMBEB 20.

THE STATE ELECTIONS. SUMMARIZED REPORTS FROM THE POLLING FLACKS OF TEN STATES* lowa and Ohio Democratic, Gov. f oraket Being Badly Beaten—New York Democratic by 20,000 Mahone Snowed Under — Results by States. Elections were held Tuesday in ten States for various State oflicers, members of the Legislature, and county officers, also to fill a few Congressional vacancies. Ifi e returns, as furnished the daily press, with the probably successful candidates, are summarized below. new York. The Democratic State Ticket Elected by 21 .000 M ajority. Secretary of State. Frank Rice. Comptroller, Edward Wemple « Attorney General, Charles F Taber Si ate Treasurer, Elliott Danforth. State Engineer, John Bogart. Judge <>f Court of Appeals, Dennis O’Brien. New \ork dispatch: Beturns show that tbe Democratic State ticket is elected bv aUmf 21,000 majority. The next. Legislature will lie composed as follows : Senate, 19 Rjpublicans and 13 Democrats ; Assembly, w Republicans and SZ Democrats. NEW JERSEY. Leon Abbelt Elected Governor by tO,O<»<» Flurality. Governor, Leon Abbett. Newark, N, J., dispatch: Leon Abbett iDem.l,. foi Governor, has carried the State by u plurality of about 10.000. lie Democrats have elected thirty-eight of the sixty Assemblymen. I’ENNSYLVANIA. A Light Vote Cast— Both Parties Claim to Have Made Gains. State Treasurer. Henry K. Boyer. Philadelphia dispatch : The only State officer voted lor was State Treasurer. The candidates were Henry K. Boyer (Rep.), Edward A. Bigler (Demj, and James R. Johnson (Pro I. Hart (Rep.), for State Treasurer in 1887, had a plurality of 45,245. and returns show a net Republican gain over the 1887 vote of about 25,000. Boyer £ plurality will surely exceed6o,ooo. MARYLAND. TlA> Democratic Comptroller Elected— Rioting Keported. State Comptroller. L. Victor Baughman. Baltimore dispatch: Complete returns show that Baughman (Dem.) is re-electtd Stale Comptroller by about 11.000 majority. Th* Legislature will stand: House, 59 Damocrais. 32 Republicans. In the Senate the RepnblicKUß will have 8 members, a gain of 4. VIRGINIA. Large Democratic Gains —Gen. Malione Badly Defeated. Governor, Philip W. McKinney. Lieutenant Governor, Hoge Tyler. Attorney General. Taylor Scott. Richmond, Vu., dispatch: “Reports from nfi over the State show that Mahone is snowed under. Almost every return shows large Democratic gains, and the Democrats are variously estimating the majority in the State at from 3)Y 000 to 25.03 C. Official and semi-official returns show a Democratic gain over the PresidentiaS vote of 1888 of about 10,000.” OHIO. Democrats Victorious by About 4JIWI Votes —Foraker Scratched. Governor, Jarnos E. Campbell. Lieutenant Governor, William V. Marquis, Supreme Judge, Martin D, Follett. State Treasurer, William E. Boden. Attorney General, Jesse M. Lewis. School Commissioner, Charles C. Miller. Supreme Court Clerk. I. J. C. Shumaker. Board of Public Affairs. Frank Reynolds. Columbus (Ohio) dispatch: The result of the election in this State is heavy Democratic gains throughout the State, and especially in Hamilton County. Campbell has been elected Governor over Foraker by about 8.000 plurality. Tbe The balance of the Democratic ticket is elected by about 4,000 plurality. In the Senate the Democrats have 19 members and the Republicans 17. In the House there are 50 Democrats, and 54 Republicans, insuring the election of a. Democratic Senator. i IOWA. Democrats Elect the Entire State Ticket-— j The Legislature Republican. Governor, Horace Boies. j Lieutenant Governor, Samuel L. Bestow. Judge of Supreme Co <rt (to fill vacancy ami for full term), William 1 Brannon. Railroad Commissioner, David Morgan. Superintendent of Public Schools, Thomas ! Irish. i Des Moines dispatch: Complete returns frean ninety-five counties and the remaining four counties estimated the same as two years ago show that Boies (Dem.) for Governor has 5.99 ES i plurality. The official returns will undoabyeufy increase this majority to about 7,000. The en - tire Democratic State ticket—Lieutenant Gerrernor, Justice of the Supreme Court, Superintendent of Public Instruction and Railway Commissioner—is elected. Returns from every legislative district shmr that the next Legislature will stand : Senate — Republicans, 28; Democrats, 22. House —Republicans, 52; Democrats, 47; doubtful, 1. NEBRASKA. The Republican Ticket E'ected by a Majority of from 20.000 tv 25,000. Judge of Supreme Court, T. L. Norval. Regents of State Universit*, Charles H. AT sr- —• rill, J. L. H. Knight., Member of Congress, Second District, Gilbert L. Laws. Omaha dispatch: Returns are still very incomplete, blit there is no doubt whatever that the Republicans have elected Laws to Congress in the Second District by from 2,000 to 3,000 majority, and that the Republican candidate for Supreme Judge and the Regents of the Univtar- - sity have from 20,000 to 25,000 plurality. Douglas County has elected the entire Democratic ticket, with the exception of one Commissioner, MASSACHI SETTS. Brackett Undoubtedly Elected—Success <rf the Australian System. Governor. John Q. A. Brackett. Lieutenant Governor, William E. Haile. Secretary of State, Henry B. Peirce. Treasurer, George A. Marden. Auditor, Charles R. Ladd. Attornev General. Andrew J. Wntermam Boston dispatch : Returns have been received from every town in the State except Gosnoid. which has about twenty voters. They give Brackett (Rep.), 126,792; Russell (Dem.) 120 813;. i Blackmer (I’ro.), 13,854; Bracketts plurality, I 5.979. In 1887 Ames (Rep.) had 136,000 ; Lovermg I (Dem.', 118,394 ; Earl (Pro.), 10,940. Tuesday’s experience has seemed to prove beyond doubt the success of the Australian sys- ! tern of voting, and testimony from all section® 1 of the State is almost unanimous m its praise, | Voting proceeded wjth dispatch, ana voters euI joved a freedom from the importunities of , ballot-distributors that they have never knowaa before. Very few eases are reported where instructions As to the method oi voting were necessary. MISSISSIPPIHo Opposition to the Democrats and N» Interest in the Election. Governor. J. M. Stone. i Lieutenant Governor. AL M. Evans. Secretarv of State, George M. Govan. I Auditor,'W. W. Stone. ’ Attorney General. T. Miller. State Treasurer, J. J. Evans. . T „ < Superintendent of Public Education, J. K. Preston. i Kcks^’° Miss? dispatch: So little intent I was felt in the election, there being opp^ tion to the Democratic ticket, that the five Committee did not provide for returns a heretofore. — Landlord: “Janitor, I hear a BaLy erving. I told von to rent no room. w. that flat to people with children Janitor: “Strange! These people must have known my rules were inflexible. Clear thoughts patiently worked out and freely interchanged before actuxi is called for are the only means of making that action wise, permanent and! effective. The pugilist ascends the ladder fame round by round.