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। dm m The Story of a Tragic Life Drama '• —_ BY E. M. DAVY. CIIAPIEK VI < out iniietl. • “I have already (old you,” she said, ‘that Georgie had a severe attack of brain ‘ever after her father's unhappy death two rears ago. He vas thrown’ from his aorse- in the hunting Hehl. She was present. She saw it. That will account o you for-for—you understand-the terrible shock to her nerves. My dear Husband only recovered consciousness half an hour before he died. He wished then to alter his will. He feared that his daughter—so beautiful, so charming- — > might fall a prey to fortune-hunters. "To avoid all chance of this he left everything to me, conjuring me with his j dying breath to hold it in trust for her— I to devote my life to watch over and guard her. Her illness was terrible: the results ' lasted long. The physicians ordered constant change of scene and the utmost quietude. I had promised -God helping । me—to devote my life to her, and. ae- i cording to my light, 1 have kept that promise faithfully.” She leaned back in her chair, breathing with apparent pain and difficulty, and pressing, as I bad seen her do before— j her hand tightly to her side. 1 regarded'! her with compassion. It seemed to me ■ the task she bad undertaken was quite beyond her strength; the responsibility weighed too heavily on a mind that, perhaps, never very strong, h id now become warped by a kind of religious mania, with which, I confess, I had little sympathy. But I pitied the woman, and would help her if I could. “Mrs. Hargreave," I said, going close to her, “you must not allow this sense of responsibility to trouble you any longer. lam here to sh re it with you. By and by I will take it nil on my own shoulder-. Would that day were come!” “It is nearer than you think, perhaps,” : she said, turning on me her weary, fadedlooking eyes. "Dr. Gascoigne tells me I am a dying woman. But, .remember, no a word of this to my daughter ” . I felt aw;ed —almost as though I were even then in the presence of death. I took her hand, just touching it rever- I ently with my lips. “Trust me. Com- i maud we. I wilt do all I can for you.” j I eaid with some emotion. “I do. I will. I look upon it that the ! Almighty has sent you in answer to my | prayers. Now leave me. Mr. Dudley; I | need rest. But join us at luncheon: it is ; absolutely necessary that 1 should see all I can of you in the biief time left me. I j must assure myself by closest observation that I am resigning her father's reasure into worthy Hands.” And I went out from her presence more happy and confident than 1 hid entered it—at the same time nfore puzzled, more mazed. CHAPTER VII. LHE DOi'TOK's COXGIUTI LATIONS ABE NOT COEDIAL It was arranged that for the present I ^hould live at Glendale House, going lor a few hours daily to Coaltown to attend -o my duties at the bank. It was also oecided that the engagement between Miss Hargreave and myself should be kept secret. “I won t even tell Edna,” said Georgie, •hat tiist afternoon of bliss, as my borothed and 1 sat over the fire. Mrs. Hargreave having left us two alone. “No; I won’t even give her a hint of it,’’she continued, playing idly with the handscreen she held to shade her face. “Servants talk so, you know, even the best of •hem.” What was there in the remark that sent i sudden chill through me? 1 answered quickly: “You told me you did not regard her as a servant, that you knew her to be a mdy ” “I make her a companion—a friend. She sleeps now in the little dressing--oom next mine; nevertheless she is a servant She came to ns as one. She is pan! the wages mother has been used to pay my maid. Please touch that bell, disinctly, twice.” I obeyed. The signal seemed understood, for almost immediately the door was opened and Edn • entered, carrying a ea-tray. She started slightly on seeing ; me. Instinctively, I rose ns she came to- I ward us, and moved a small table close to ! Georgie’s side, whereon she placed the ; tray. “Mr. Dudley will pour out my tea. You need not remain to-day,’’ cr.ed Georgie. And without a word, but looking very sweet and grave, and not a little sad, the girl turned to leave the room. I opened the door for her, but received neither word nor look of thanks. “Are these North-Country manners? Do thev rise and open doors for servants in Coaltown?” asked Georgie, as I returned to my seat. “I don’t know,” I answered, a little confused. “But why did you do it? Was it because I told you 1 believe «he is by birth and education a lady?” she persisted. “Perhaps,” I answered evasively. "Then don’t do it again, please. You watched her in away that would cause any girl to feel uncomfortable. Oh, Jack, Jack, what are you about now? Putting all that sugar in my tea? You may have that yonrseif, sir—l prefer mine without. Mother has many crazes, as no doubt you ’•ave discovered,” she continued, taking the cup I poured out for her, without eream or sugar, accorging to her directions. “One is. she thinks it a good sign when a man is fond of his tea. It is, according to her, a certain guarantee that he is sober, steady and respectable in all his ways. In your case, the fact' that you dislike smoking and abhor stimulants ’ has proved the surest road to her affee- 1 tions. ” ‘ "But what reason has she for one nio- ’ meut to suppose ' "Why, didn’t you tell her this yourself ’ during that long tete-a-tete you and she had together here? Didn’t you agree with ! her in everything? I know why you did 1 it. Jack. It was for my sake- because : : you love me.” ' । ’ “No! Upon my soul, I had no inten- ! ' tion of so deceiving her. There has been I . some mistake, which I must explain.” “Too late now, sir! Ido so pity yon, i : you poor, poor boy. No more nice to- ; 1 bacco ssnd cigars. No more ” “What the—l mean I wish you would : ' no 1 joke about it, Georgie. Surely, Mrs. ' H irgreave won't exact - She laughed in away that somehow grated just a little on my senses. “She'll hold you to it to the last letter. । You don't half know my stepmother. I After giving her to understand you j agreed with all her crazes, you'll have to .

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agroe’nov. You’ve pledged yourself. Do : you regret it?’ she asked, rising, and drawing herself up to her full height. 1 was by her-siile in ii moment. by heaven, no!” 1 cried, seizing both her hands, while 1 gazed into her e es, those unfathomable eyes, in whose dusky depths I longed to find 1 know not what. But I discovered nothing. The intense look vanished as quickly as i it came, to be succeeded 'by one of fun and merriment. Yon re undoubtedly very handsome, ; -lack!” she exclaimed. 2Ym 1 ' I asked absently. “Why, of course you are! If you had , not been, would l ?” She said no more. Her hands were | closely locked iu mine. Our lips met. The opening and quick shut t ing of the door behind me startled both. Georgie , pushed me from her. "It was Edna. How annoying!" she cried. “She saw I’m sure she saw. .luck, if you ever dare do such a thing again I will not marry you. She’ll tell all over the place what sho has just I seen.” “Not she.” “She will, I siy. Servants always talk : aud gossip. ” | 1 m sure she won’t. She is the very j soul of honor,” 1 asserted warmly. Any one would suppose you knew her j I etter than 1 do to hear von speak so confidently. I wilt not haveour engagement I j known in a place like this, where people I watch and pry and chatter. I’d rather i deny it—a thousand times! But come, I । let us forget this,” she added, lightly, i ’ aud seating herself at the piano she J i poured out such a tlood of melody that I for the time all remembrance of the unI fortunate eoitteeteiiips was banished from my mind. At a late hour that night I went to Dr. Gascoigne’s room, lie had returned. j It WB'S more than a week since we had met, j aud we settled down for a comfortable । smoke. He placed the whisky bottle before me, i and willing to forget for one night, at i least, the future abnegation to which I ' had unconsciously bound myself, I ponied I out probably rather more than my usual j moderate allowance. We had bail a very ' good dinner in No. 29, but, as may be supposed, there was nothing in the shape of wine. The Doctor and 1 had not been sitting together leng when out of the fullness of my heart I spoke. “Gascoigne,” I said suddenly. “I want ; I you to be Hie first to congratulate me. It ; is a profound secret at present. 1 am j sure yon will keep it so, but 1 am engaged i to marry the handsomest and most charm- j ing girl iu England. Wish me joy.” "Has it already come to this? Haven't I you been rather precipitate, my friend?” I he asked, taking his pipe from his mouth ; and shaking out some of the ashes on a ' tray beside him. “Theie’s an old Scotch proverb, ‘Happy's the wooing th<.. s a short time aiioing.' We're very near Scotland, here, Doctor,” I answered, laughin'’. "But come, you have not congratulated me " “Are you sure the step you are taking will add to your happiness?" "My dear fellow, it seems to me I never knew the meaning of the wotd. Happiness? Im intoxicated with it. She is just the most adorable, bewitching, loveprovoking piece of womankind I over on countered. 1 wish to God I eoul I marry her to-morrow. 1 shall not have long to wait, though,” I added confidently. There was a pause. It was very irritating to me when I looked across to Gascoigne, to see him still trifling with tie ashes fallen ;rom his pipe, and apparently absorbed in contemplation of them. "I wish you'd speak,” I exclaimed, impatiently. He looked full nt me. His face was graver, paler, too, than usual. “I congratulate no one on such oecas ons,” he said, letting Ims words fall slowly. "In my mind, marriage, which has more than one attribute in common with death, resembles it especially in this, that no bumun being can venture to predict whit manner of life is likelv to succeed it.” Where was the old frank heartiness of look aud manner the geniality that first attracted me to him? I saw before me a cold, stern face, from which all human feeling seemed to have departed. Suddenly he started, shivered, then all at once appearing to rouse himself, he smiled. “I’m turning cynical,” he said: “forgive me. And, don’t misunderstand me, Dudley, with all my heart I hope you may be happy.” Even then I did not like his tone. “By the way, I have not yet thanked you for your share in bringing it about,” I said. “Thanked me?” “Yrs. Mrs. Hargreave asked what you knew of me. She told me so And the information you gave her led ” “She’d better have left that unsaid,” be muttered; then with a short, forced laugh, remarked aloud: “But there’s no trusting woman, Dudley. Above all, the —the professedly religious. ” “I never trusted Mrs. Hargreave ” I said, and paused. “No?" “Well, I’m getting over mv first impressions, which were decidedly unfavor- i able.” “Isn't there a saying about first impressions being truest?” he asked, musingly. “Mine regarding Miss Hargreave — Georgie ” I began. “Oh, it’s no use talking to a man in love,” he interrupted. “You cant say I’ve encouraged you in your hasty leap into matrimony. Jack; whatever comes of it, )on can't leproach me—that’s some comfort! May you be happy, my boy. Let’s change the subject.” Here, thought I, was a disappointed man, who could not bear to look on happiness through another man’s eyes. I resented both his words aud manner. I felt that I should quarrel with him, or at least say something afterwards regrettable, if I rem lined; so, flinging my halfsmoked cigar into the grate, I got up. said good-night curtly, and left the room. CHAPTER VIII. “WAIT.’' Next day I attended to my duties at the bank, went to my lodging, packed up all my effects and returned to Wexhani by a la‘e afternoon train. The ’b is was waiting outside the station. I had my luggage placed on it and set off to walk to Glendale House. It was between six and seven o'clock — a cold November evening—the fog so dense you could not see three yards ahead; but the road was familiar to me ( and I walked along in buoyant spirits, cheered by the thought that every step took me nearer to the charming girl whose image was now never absent from my ! m nd. How many ages instead of hours 1 it seemed since we had said “Good-night!” । How would she greet me? There was no dull sameness about this incomparable creature. “Time could not wither, nor custom stale her infinite variety.” And again I thought of her as my ideal Cl'eoputra! I walked faster and faster, and began singing low to myself onthe solitary road the first song she had ever sung to me: Should be upraid. I’ll own that he prevail,

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Atul sing ‘he sweetlvuß the nightingale; Say that he frown. I’ll say his looks 1 view As morning roses m wlv lipped with dew. I As morning roses ; jpg-■] Mr. DmUey!” exclaimed an almost | breathless voice beside me, 1 ceased singing and stood still. “Please walk on slowly; 1 wish to speak [ with you.” It was Edna Lyn ton. I offered her my arm. but she declined. । "Muy I ask you something something that I wish ver, much to know?" "Os course yon may.” | "And you will not think it mere idle curiosity on my part? You will no misjudge ” ”1 will answer to the best of mv ability any question you may put. As to imputing to you an unworthy motive, I think you should know me a little better than > to fear that.” "How long have yon known Miss Har- ; greave, Mr. Dudley’?” Ah, now it was coming! I must take care. Georgie particularly wished that Edna should not be told our secret, and somehow 1 telt it would be extremely awkward to tell her myself. i “Since last Saturday week. I believe j my acquaintance with her began the same day as your own.” This question, at any . rate, was eisilv replied to. “But she is your cousin?” i “ No '”. Sho is not related to you'-'” । "Not in the very least. Has some oue told you so?” “Yes. But 1 have begun to doubt it. or i would not have come here to meet you i now. I came so tell you that on Satur- ; da\ I entered the sitting-room to bring something I had forgotten, and saw I saw you understand?” "What do you mean? Why do you speak of this? ’ I asked, making an insane attempt to laugh. “ Because what I saw should not have been, unless ” "Edna!” “Don't. Please don't make it more difj tlcult for me. Oh, the pain of it- the I pain of it. I was about to say when you ; stopped that what 1 saw should not j have been unless unless ththe is more : between you and Miss Hargreave than 1 kept silence. For some seconds we walked on thus. I was in a false position. 1 could not defend myself without eon fessing the truth, and that I mu-t not do. “Please answei me, ' nt length she , pleaded. “Do you wish to marry bet '” "You are right ns von always are. It I should not have been unless ” "But you will not ask her yet? Yon would not- could not be so rush! A ; few days acquaintance only' She is ho j beautiful. 1 can imagine a man admirI ing her immensely. But yon must take I time to make quite sure you love her and ; she is worthy of your love. PromiHu । you will take time oulv promisi you will take time'" And this from Edna I.yntou. who. six years before, had coldly. 1 eirtlessly, after emourngiug my love, letusud it! Women are indeed stim ■ ■ beings, whom we poor men strive in vain, sometimes, to understand. “Why do you exact this promise from me?” I asked,'gently, and stood still. We Lind reached the lodge ga’e>. as I saw by ■ the faint glimmer of the 1 imps above them. “Am Ito believe that at last von care whether 1 am hippy or miserable?" "Believe what vo l like: but wait. ' And with her hand on mine, standing out there in the tog and daikuess of that cold November night, I promised what she asked that ! would do notliing rashly, that 1 would take time to consider things, and wait. Her face 1 could not see, but her hand trembled, and 1 know she was strangely moved. \\ < separated within the gates. There was a sob in her voi e as she said good-nigl t. 1 walked ver, slowly up the avenue after this. What did she mean? Mhy should she concern herself in my afla rWas it possible she knew anything against Xo. no! That was entirely out of the question to be thought of. Georgie Hargreave wee all the world to me my love, my ideal, my incomparable queen! I almost wished this encounter with Edna had not taken place. It revived a past which was best far best—forgotten. Even now, when 1 i believed the old love not only dead but supplanted, the mere sound of her voice, the touch of her hand, her apparently newly awakened interest in my welfare, brought back a host of old memories, of tender recollections, that But pshaw! W hy waste time to write of them? They nil vanished like mists before the sun when 1 saw Georgie when she came forward to meet me iu the splendor of her magnificent beauty. We were alone. I took her in mv arms, and, giving myself over to the force of a i passion that overwhelmed every other j feeling, 1 swore to her I loved her a e never woman had been love I. Son e div s went l>y. One evening on : my return from town Georgie inquired j archly, "You must be glowing thed of Ie- J ing my lover. How much longer do you think you can play the part—a week?” "Till I become your husband, too, Georgie. lam afraid, however, that will scarcely bo -in a week. I answeied. with a sigh. "1 am not so sure of that,” she said, with playful mock demureness. "But here conies mother. I will leave you for a few minutes together while she explains. ” Georgie disappeared beneath the partie re as her mo her entered. ito be eoXTiNUEnJ Scenes in Coal Regions. The homes of many coal-miners in Pennsylvania are said to be dirty, and no larger than ordinary goat-sheds, so poverty-stricken are the laborers. Most miners in Pennsylvania e< al regions are foreigners, and are pronounced to be specimens of the lowest types of humanity. Women and children are subjected to barbarous cruelty by those acquaintances whom they number as fiiends. The children born in the mining regions either grow up to be criminal and assassins or are killed before they grow up by their drunken fathers and brothers. The Pennsylvania laws provide fair schools for them, but their parents are so poor that they can't send their offspring to them. Miners are never paid for their services iu cash. The companies they vvork for own all the stores and houses, and their employes are compelled to buy at the prices the capitalists fix. These estimates are usually extortionate. The food furnished is the poorest, but the poor miners are unable to remove to another place, as the checks in which they are paid are good only at theii employers’ stores. A < amasses. “Want a position selling books?” “I do, sir.” 'Did you ever canvass?” “Yes, sir.” “Where?” “In a ham factory. I canvased ’em for two years!”

INDIANA HAPPENINGS. EVENTS AND INCIDENTS THAT HAVE LATELY OCCURRED An Intent sling- Suirmary of the More Imporlant Doings ol fur Neighbors We<lUhigs anil Deaths Crime, Casualties aud Ceneral News Notes. I Mother I inds Iler Children After TwentyNeven Nears ol Separation. Mrs. Thomas -I. Johnson, of Greenfield has just received a letter which made known ine whereabouts of her j .laughter Alice, mid son Albert Smith, whom she had not seen for twenty-seven i veins. She was called to Washington Uity in ISi'd, to nurse her father, who was wounded m the battle of Bull Kun. Her hv.shmul Was 'killed in the same | battle, she left lur children with their । grandmother in Scioto. N. Y.. and upon i the death of the graudniother. Mrs. ; Smith, who had remained in Washington : as a nurse, failed to hear fuither eon- - corning her children. Atterwmds, how- I ever, sho learned that they had been - taken by a family named Wilson, which j had removed no one knew where. At ! the hospital Mrs. Smith, while nursing wounded soldiers, became acquainted with her present husband, Thomas -Johnson, whom she afterward married. Alter the war Mr and Mrs. •lohnson settled in Greenfield, his former home, where they have since resided. Last summer the seiviees of 11. M. Mott, editor of the Conneilor as t hamplaiu. N. Y.. became : enlisted, and through his advertise- i ments the children, now grown, were lound. The daughter Alice is iu Montrenl, Canada, mid the son Albert in ' Scioto. X. The children intend coining to see their mother as soon as they can. It will no doubt be a joyous mcetI >“gV Rd - Maiiii«*r«*il Spook. | \ family residing in the vicinity of I Kose Hill school.•Jetteisonville. comphiin of spooks that render life iu the same house w ith t hem an almost insupportable bi den. Ihe family, who have never been known to be of a super- ■ stitious nature, sun that at any hour m the night, aud occasionally in the dav j time, there can be heard distinctly foot- ! : steps on the stairway, and an opening ! and shutting of doors. I lie lad\ of the I house, who in the dav time is left alone, says that she has on several different occasions seen a strange woman standing j ui the room or going out the door. She lias I ■ come so a< enstomed to the strange figure that she has eeased paying any attention to it. mi l goes on with the regulm pt rform nice ,of her duties,: while the stranger continues her intermittent in’ • psi.ms The story was first laughed at. but when it is considered ' that it conies from one of the most intelligent and highh respected families m the city, it is given considerable credence. Minor -Lil.. Iteilis. -J be water-works plant at Shelbyville has been sold to Walter Stanton, of \e« York, for- 1.2.Y0. George Hainhl. ol Xashvihe. was found dead in tiie road. Death was caused by heart failure. I'ne new election law will aid sixteen new precincts to Montgomery ( Fiunty. making a total of forty-Fine m the county. Fred Lay and John Walters, excavators iu a si wet at l.afavvtte, were buried by a eave-in. They were rescued alive, but badly injured. Andrew .1. t'atterimm. of Kokomo, fell deiul in his barn of heart disease. He was a wealthy pioneer resident, anil was 7P years of age. 1 lie Stultz family, residing near Zionsville, consisting of the mother and twelve children, have a combined weight of 2.971 pounds. (’. M. Carpeuter. a graduate of In- ■ liana 1 nic ersity, class of S 9, has been i elected Superintendent of the granded j schools of Bloomington. John Henry Runnels, a well-known ! young man living near Bloomington, ae- | eidentally shot himself while hunting. He was climbing a fence, when the gun was discharged, killing him instantly. John Bleffly, of Ladoga, gathered a; mess of string beans from his garden on Jan. I<>. The "oldest inhabitant” is not : old enough to remember a like instance. -Jack Johnson aud August Swanson, of Chesterton, who were working nt I YY biting, left their home to walk up i town iu the evening, and were cut to pieces by a freight train. As Mrs. Mary J. BeN, of Muncie, : stepped out of the rear door of her house, she fell, and caused a compound fracture of her right hip, which it is feared w ill cause her death. She is the mother of Hon. IL C. Bell, of Fort "ay ne. At Anoka, fireman Charles Nelson | crawled under the locomotive to clean j the ash-pan when, from some unknown i cause, the engine moved up, crushing ! one leg off between the knee and hip and mangling the other iu such a manner as to render amputation necessary. । The new officers of the Indiana Livestock Investment Company, of Crawfordsville, are us follows: Presi- • dent. Zack Alahorney; Vice Presidents, ( P. C. Somerville aud J. H, YVas- ( sou: Secretary, T. F. Davidson; As- ( sistant Secretary, Geo. IL Brown; Gen- ( oral Agent, 1). AV. Gerard; Special f Agent, E. \V. Brewef. ( The Lawrence Fair Association, at its tenth annual meeting, held at Lawrence, elected Levi Bolander President ' and W. B. Flick Secretary. Reports j j from officers showed the society to be out of debt. The fair will occur Sept. 9. 10. 11, and 12. Y. collision occurred at Leiter's station, between a Chicago and Atlantic and a AV abash freight train, iu which j Clarence Gillespie, a brakeman, had j both legs broken. Several oil tanks a were smashed and one engine was die- a mantled. £

—John Hrinz, of Michigan City, went to sleep, while intoxicated, on a railroad track, aud was cut to pieces. - John Cordell, a yonp.g man of Martinsville, while hunting got a loaded shell fast in his gun. Not being able to push it entirely in, he undertook to 1 drive it to its place with a heavy knife. The shell exploded about the second whack, blowing off his hat brim and injuring one of his eyes so badly that ho will probably lose it. James Holingshade, recently had the remains of his family disinterred nt | i hili, Miami County, and removed to i Pern. One daughter, who died in 1857, i had been reduced to a skeleton, but the bodies of the wife and other daughter, who hud died in 1871 and 1872, weio . found to be in almost perfect preservaj tion. and the clothing as well. There is in progress the building of ian immense cheese fnetoiy near > Charleston, near the O. A M. road, on ‘ the farm of •lames E. (’ole. The matej rial for the structure has been eontraeted for. and the work on the buildI ing will be commenced about March-1, i It is to have a capacity so? the use of from G.tHMi to Y.imh; pounds of milk per day. A street ear on the south- ide line was the scene of a brutal attack and robbery at Indianapolis. Morris Parrv was driving, and the car was loaded with passengers, when he was attacked by a large negro and fatally stabbed. The ! murderer Chen secured bis box of change containing fifteen dollars, and made his i escape, the attack being made so sud- : deuly that it was over before the pas- । sengers realized what was going on. A new bank, with a capital stock of i ^25.000. has been organized at Rockport, with the following officers: President. Dr. F. M, Haekleniau; Vice President. Thomas E. Snxder; Cashier. E. M. Payne: Assistant Cashier. William Jacobs; Directors. E. M. Payne. Thomas Snyder. 11. Kramer. F. M. Hackleman, Charles Leib and B. Yl. Taylor. It is to be called the Farmers Bank, and will commence business April 1. The other day, when the west-bound Wabash tram arrived at Huntington. a little girl, aged about four years, was put off the tram. She was unable to tell her name, anil bore a card addressed to the matron of the Huntington Childrens Home. There was nothing to tell wheie the child belongs or where she camo from. Kind-hearted parties took her in charge until so nothing definite can be learned m regard to her. Y contract I as been l< t for the eonstrnetion of a ditch twelve miles in length, m the upper course of Flat Rock liner. Thirty bids were made for tlie Mork, which is estimated to cost 520,(>00. John S. Koylis. of YViminuic, Ind., was the successful bidder, securing the contract on a bid of 11, cents per cubic yard of excavation. The ditch will reclaim several thousand acres of Flat Kock bottom, the finest farming land in the State, and will be of great benefit from a sanitary point of view. What might have been a costly wreck occurred on the Y\ abash Kailroad, through the carelessness id' the operator at "abash station. Several fast freights, east-bound, were held at Kellers to allow the general managers special to pass west war J. i> nd westwardbound freights at "abash. The special passed satelv, but the operater allowed the westward freights right of way. when orders were to hold them. In : consequence a disaster was narrowly ; averted by the engineers seeing oue another in tune to stop. The operator was discharged. ■One Bittner, a farmer residing in Harr son County, near the Washington [ County line, was charged by his neigh- j bors with having, a few nights ago. nailed the toes of two of his children to the floor as a punishment for some : childish misdemeanor. The affair be- ' ; came noised about in the vicinity of his residence, and two nights after a band ,of White Caps called at h s house, and , dragging him out, give him a thrashing. After the punishment was concluded, ! the leader of the band warned Bittner that unless his future conduct was of the most exemplary character he might expect another visit that would be even I more serious. ■ —The Muncie Novelty and Brass Com- J pany has been organize J, with a capital : stock of SIOO.IMM), with C. F. Hathway, President; YVilliam A. Hersey, of Lyons. N. Y.. 'Treasurer and Secretary, and U. C. Malon, of Indianapolis, General : Business Alanager. The large factory is to be removed to Muncie from Rochester, N. Y., where they have been engaged in the manufacturing of displayframes for show-windows. which, with a chuck to cut tubes and rods, patent le.ter-file and patent door-spring, will be extensively manufiictared in their large factory. It is already being filled with machinery shipped from Rochester. When the factory gets in full operation 150 men will be employed, a wording to the contract signed. —Arrangements are being made to greatly enlarge the already immense plant of the Xew Albany Structural Iron YY'orks and Rail-mill, the cost of the improvements being estimated at $300,000. —The great oil tank of the National Transit Company, at Laketon. YY r abash ; County, is now nearly full of Lima oil, i aud the work of pumping the fluid to Chicago will begin immediately. An embankment has been built around the tank to protect the town in case of accident. —John Good, son of Jonas Good, a' pioneer of Pulaski County, stumbled anil fell, while chasing a goose, and broke his neck. —At a mass-meeting of ex-soldiers of Johnson County, held at Franklin, resolutions favoring a service pension bill were adopted. —Whitley County has a farmer in hard j luck. He sent a shipment of butter to 1 Fort YVayne, but was only offered 7 cents a pound for it. He took it home iu . anger, and . "ew it to his hogs. It proved fatal to two of them.

NEW EXTRADITION LAW DEI AII.SOI THE PROPOSED TREATY yv mt <;re vr rrhain> A Large Number of AtUlitiimul Otiense< Made Ext raditahle Ilie Law 'Not to Have a Rotrowtory Provision Secretary Blaine Urges Its Adoption. Washington dispatch: The new extradition treaty negotiated by Secretary Blaine with Great Britain, now pending in the Senate, has leaked from that official reservoir and is published to-day. Secretary Blaine and Sir Julian Pauncefoto have agreed upon the following crimes in addition to those already included in the present agreements as ex--1 radii able: Manslaughter, counterfeiting of money, embezzleinoiit of money or other valuable articles, fraud by bailee, banker or agent or officer of a similar character, perjury or subornation of perjury, rape, abduction, child stealing, kidnaping, burglary, house breaking, or shop breaking, piracy, revolt or conspiracy to revolt on shipboard at sea. Political crimes are not extraditable and no person surrendered can be tried for crimes of a political character. No person extradited shall be tried for any oilier < rime committed before extradition except the one he is extradited for until he has had a chance to return to the country he was extradited from. All articles seized in the possession of a I erson extradited shall be given up when the extradition takes place unless a competent authority of the State becomes custodian. If several States demand extradition of the same person the Slate making the application first shall have priority. A fugitive convicted of an extraditable crime, and who escapes after convict ion, shall be surrendered on the evidence of a court of record of his conviction. The present convention doesnot apply to crimes as s[»ecilic<l which shall have been committed or convictions pronounced prior to the date on which the convention shall have come into force. Accompanying the treaty is a long letter from Secretary Blaine to the President tecommeydjnu' its ratitication and ! explaining and calling attention to the great necessity for providing extradition authority for the large number of crimes tor w hieh perpet ators now find an easy refuge in’the territory of Great Britain and the United States. THE FRADE OUTLOOK. Business Outlook More Favorable —Less Complaint of Slow Collections. New YOrk dispatch: IL G. Dun I « o.'s weekly review of trade says business has a decidedly more favorable appearance. Colder weather has brought general increase of activity and inprovement in collections. Heavy disbursements by the Treasury for bonds have brought easier money markets, and several troublesome labor controversies have been adjusted. The prevailing sickness, though seriously interrupting trade and industry in many quarters, is distinetiy abating at the East. Speculation is still restricted and moderate in volume, w hile the payments through banks show a steady increase over last, year's records, comparatively small at Ihe chief eities. but exceeding 12 per cent al other points.

The woolen business has been a little I improved for all grades by the colder ! weather, and is fairly active for cheaper I cassimeres and worsteds, with some gain = in heavier woolens, lint sales are still j narrow and cautious. Cotton goods move fairly at firm prices, but tjie rise in ; the material begins to c,ause some dis--1 turbanee. The boot and shoe trade is ; rather better ami orders for several : months ahead are reported at Boston, I with more buying of leather, while hides remain low and she w no improvement, i The trade in rubber goods is moderate, i Lumber and building material are in I steady demand. The coal trade is made . more cheerful by cold weather, but the unprecedented accumulation of stock will probably force another suspension of I production, as storage is exhausted, and i i 1,000 cars out of 20,000 in ilm business I are said to boon side tracks loaded. In ; the minor metals no material change is seen, though copper and tin are a shade lower. The money markets are easier ! al Philadelphia, St. Louis and Omaha, firm, with ample supply at Chicago. fairly active, with good demand at other western points, but i slightly stringent at St. Paul. There । is much less complaint of tardy collec- ! tions, and ('special improvements is noticed at Kansas C ity and Detroit, but tardiness is still seen in the paper and shoe trades in Philadelphia. Business | failures during the last seven days were, I for the United States, 295; for Canada, I ; 43 —total. 338, compared with 336 last ’ ■ week. For the corresponding week of ; last year the figures were 31b in the j t’nited State's and 3? in Canada. MILLIONS FOR A NAVT. Secretary Tracy’s Plans Indorsed by the Senate Committee. Washington dispatch: An important ; meeting of the Senate naval committee , ’ has been held at which, after considerable discussion, the committee decided upon the policy which will govern it during this Congress of the work , of building up the navy. This is. in brief, that great line-of-battle ships like the English Ben Bow should be constructed at once. Senators Chandler j and McPherson, however, are not in accord with the decision reached, and majority and minority reports will be submitted to the Senat Senator Stanford is also not wholly committed to the decision reached. In accordance with this decision Senator Hah' was instructed to report favorably the bill introduced by him some days ago embodying the recommendations contained in Secretary Tracy's annual report. A Steamship llurned. At Brooklyn, X. Y., tire dest roved the iron steamship Bychamene. loaded with jute and rosin. Four tiremen were overcome by t he smoke while they were in the cabin. They were taken to the hospital, where they revived. Loss, $30,000. Big- Blaze at Crested Butte. At Crested Butte. Colo., the postofliee, bank, and eleven business houses were destroyed by lire. The loss is $50,000; ; insurance light. , I The reports that a revolution had i broken out in Costa, Rica tire denied by < representatives of that country in Wash- j ington. The girl who has the strongest will I is the girl who says the strongest 1] won’t. t

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THE SUNDAY SCHOOL I SERIOUS SUBJECTS CAREFULLY • ABLY CONSIDERED. A Scholarly Exposition <»f the LesMM —Thoughts Worthy of Calm Reflection— Hall an Hour's Study of the Scriptures—Time Well Spent, The lesson for Sunday. Feb. 2. may Ims fouud in Luke 2: 25-35. _ INTRODUCTOIIY. It is ( hrist s first entrance into thotemole, tiie house built, in his praise. Notiv*’ how instantly the Holy Spirit sets voicce • o singing ids gream'iss ami glory. We may catch just a inut here of the place »>i < hrist, j n )>u''lie woi ship. AII eulitm s abvnt nini: al l tor his euke. in a true mil clearly understood si use, u ]j that clusters nboiit may sac its nunc iliminittis —now let depart. (he salvation of God Ims come; tbw j temple saerilieo is a: an end. I , , , , THE LESSON SAYS. Am. beliold. Noting another remnrkr.Ki '■ircumstanee connected with tho irJnnev m ( hrist.—A man. Probably otiierw’t^ । i-oseure; not so, however, in tiie spiritua . k n^dom. —Simeon. Lebrew form ««• sinm:>; d-rive<l Bom the word to hear, ev listen. Just ami devout: i. e.. both publiclv ami privately righteous. Waiting. in accordance with his name. Consolwtion of Israel. A lorm of word elsewhere, translated Comforter, also Adv cate (I’m a • dete).-- -holy Ghost. The third person'cA the trinity— already a force in the wo. v. though not as after Christ’s death mtwli resurrection. | Revealed. A peculiar word referring to a divine communication. The same wiaM is used twice of Joseph being warned in k dream. Matt. 2; 12, 22 -By the U> 1 .- Ghost. Ito was Instructed by the Spirit.—Before he had seen. Ho was eNpreting Iv. see two things; death and file. Lord’s Christ. Moro accurately, the anointed of tho Lo> d. Came by the Spirit. Spiritual guidanoe——lnto tiie temple. At the appointed! time. It was doubtless a place of frequent resource with him When. Infinite eon • struction, i. e., in tho act of bringing in, —-To do for him. Christ fulfilled tho requirements of the law even in the unem»seious hours of infancy. Tho custom. The redemption of the first-born oftjolneti at Num. 18: 15. Then. At the very time that Christ wa.i being brought in, probably as soon as Isis i eves rested upon him. in his arms. In affectionate regard Bles ed God. Looking up with thanksgiving and prayer; ii must have been a scene to stir the htwts oi the parents. Lord. Not, the usual word for Lord. It;, is here despotes, master. Lettost thou... Notas is supposed a request, but adeolm'ntion; now thou art letting.-—Depart A part cl the word just spoken; literally it is. ; Now releasest thou thy servant In • peace. Death to nim does not seem to bedreaded, but a joyous thing. According; to thy word. Evidently what was spoken by the Holy Ghost was spoken by the L«d (v. 2G . Prepared. Having probable reference ti. .. tho long series ot providential preparationsin Israel. Beioro the face. la plain i si^ht. ——AH thy people. Applying first ot all to the chosen nation, but also, as Is implied in 'ho succeeding verse, to thosat whom he should call out o’ all nations. WHAT THE LESSON TEACHES", YVaiting lor the consolation of ISrir Y\ earn not surprised to lead right afterward. "And the Holv Ghost was upon him. - Tho word translated consolation here is a form of the very word used by Christ himself to designate the Comforter or I’araeleto (paraklasis). YVaiting for the eonsolati.cn lie was already m its joyful embrace, lor the eomfoit of Christ and’ the com(ort of the Spirit are one. The coming and tDparture of Christ brought not an uosolutely now spirit into t.o world, but rather a greater fullness ot the same blessed . pirit that had spoken to ami through tiie prophets. John himself, possessed of gieat gifts-, from the Spirit, said of the Christ. “The same is he which baptizeth with the Holy Ghost.” And the accent was upon tire woiil “baptizeth." lievealed unto h m by the Holy GhosiX We nave a hint hero ot tho operations ot the Spirit prior to the ministry, deata and resurrection of our Lord. Hero as sh'.oe there is no intimation ns to the persontxl manifestation of that Spirit of truth, and’ here as ever since ho speaks not of himself lut he testifies ot Christ. Has not tnas been tho Spirit's theme from the very beginning? In Old and New Testament, with prophet as with apostle, and in tae quiet whispers of our hearts he tells us of the Lord Jesus Christ. How could it bootherwise with the saint of the old dispensation, or of tho new? “For,” said ( hrist."he shall receive of mine and shall show it unto you." YVhen did the Holy Spirit begin to receive of Christ? YVhen did ho begin to show him forth and glorify him?

I He came by the Spirit into the temple. '1 ho Holy Spirit in revelation and the Holy Spirit in Providence. First he was telling, litis ready soul about Christ; now ho is leading him where he cannot but find him. God’s Spirit is guide as well as com orter. He stoops to take our hand in the seemingly trifling journeys of life and leads us here and there, as we submit ourselves to his direc: ion. always for Christ’s sake. The influence that led us into the humble meet-ing-house or the warm-hearted prayerroom was the same as that which had long been whispering of God's love and vet of our own unworthiness, and the voice that found us there at last and brought us to our peace was also a voice sent of the Holy Spirit. Trust the Spirit. He means to do well by us. His will is to bring as al to the j Father. A light to lighten the Gentiles and the glory of thy people Israel. Better to be lighted by the beams than to be simply honored by the splendid presence. The ■ ; Jew is as yet Fke the hand that holds the candle-stick and rests under its frowning -hadow. while the light shines all around ; to illumine and cheer. We were crossing Clio .Mississippi at night. It was densely black all about us. and our party on the train were only aware of the passage by the slow, cautious moving of the engine o» ahead and the creaking of the cables ■ stretched above us. Suddenly a glow of funnel-shaped light came across the water and we were presently bathed in its white ■ brilliancy. But the point from which it camo was only a denser shadow of great darkness. It was the search light of an unseen vessel somewhere below the river. Somehow it set our thoughts in the direction of this text. That the thoughts of many hearts may berevealed. Just this has been on * of the most remarkable results of the Christ advent in the world. Jesus has opened the soul gates. Ihdifferentism and stoicism found no philosophical directorship inhim. neither did their opposites. He camo tolav men’s hearts bare, and reveal the secrets of their minds, not only to themsehes. but in part to others, io manv he was a vague hope nude real, to others at fear made harassingiy disim -t and present In anv ease.no one could, with eye and’ lip. at once, ga'nsay him. Inibis presence the woman of Samaria hods herself confessing the whole lad past. On the other hand, Zaoheus. under his y»zt ■ puts into irrevocable resolve l ho in-s of his awakened conscience. lekr tells it all. and Pilate, too. Bung men to Christ to know what.is in them. Next lesson— "Childhood and Youth o’ • Jesus.” Luke. 2: 10-52. lx the race with the automatic machines'. Paris has put herself in the.lead I with a machine exhibited the other day in the Place de la Bepubhque. lou brought with you a penny and a cup. You parted with your penny, dropping it into Ihe accustomed slot, and your cup was full 'steaming hot coffee judiciously sug J<L The theory that whipping makes soys stupid is absurd. Every boy whe ias experienced the operation knows, hat it makes him smart