St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 16, Number 9, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 3 December 1890 — Page 3

_ A pen photograph. BY EMILIK CLARE. ■Well, be it so; for once, indeed, to see as I am seen, To laugh and jest, to frown or sigh, and gossip, too, 1 ween. The picture does not flatter much, my tresses turning gray. The circling yens have registered just three score years to-day. Sly faithful glasses ever near assist my * faded eye To trace the lines where dimples shone, in happy days gone by. I may not sigh for cheek of r< so, for still my face is fair. And Time has left my teeth of pearl and : cheeks a ruby pair. The silent thief has left me, too, a thankful i heart and gay For worldly blessing, as I go down life's dusty wav.

'J ” • I sometimes think my weight goes on. and yet I am contented. And quite ignore the anti-fat some genius has invented; Nor envy in my inmost soul the skeleton or I shad That Worth or Butteric resurrect with cunning puff and pad. It does not seem I’m growin old, though little children three Are very fond of grandmama, and cling about my knee, Just as I use I to cling to one some fifty years ago— The sweetest face I ever saw, framed in a cap i f snow. It seems, indeed, but yesterday she called : me to her side And whispered. -Blessings on you. Trot,” the verv niaiit she died. ... ^ • je'l K>d-nijqit g ' MWSTtslmii m lier ci‘a- ‘ Jtmrtnwith all its care to r , n-r shore; ^^^-sr-rrTTHnow her kindly eyes look 9^^ on my lowly lot, And all those happy sinless days can never be forgot. There’s something else I’d love to learn—in heaven 'twill be explained— The mystery that draped her life, her tender bosom pained. The lonely' yeais of widowhood, the tragic tale of woe That robbed her of her joy and pride a hundred years ago. For none grow old and feeble there, but youth and joys return. And all the friends we’ve loved bc'.ow for whom our bosoms yearn; As nothing sweet or dear in life can ever be fortrot.

lorgor. Then Grandma Goode will be rejoiced to meet with Grandma Trot. Anita, lowa. Dr.Elfttfflissioii S Remarkable Romance. BY EMILY THORNTON. ■ CHAPTER V—Continued. Turning at iast in their walk, sho said: “I think I must leave you now. Dr. El- , fenstem and again Lok after the interests of my poor aunt. In doing so, allow me to thank you for a pleasant hour. ” “Not at all; it is I who have been under obligations for your delightful companionship. Whenever you feel timid out«ide, I would be pleased to attend you. ” “Thank you, I presume I shall be glad often to avail myself of your kind offer.” With a bright parting smile she then passed from his sight. A few daps after the promenade on deck. Dr. Elfenstein was again summoned by Miss Nevergail to attend her aunt, who was very ill, owing to the violence of a storm. Portioning out a sedative, the young physician turned to give it to his companion, and in handing it their fingers met, and at the touch his heart leaped so forcibly into a delightful thrill that it caused an instant feeling of questioning as to its cause. “Why,” he asked himself, “should this state of things exist?” Why was he not able to meet this beautiful girl calmly, as he had heretofore met other beautiful women? & Then he resolveavo beware of this folly that was gaining such an influence over him, and to remember the solemn work he had to do, the course of life he had lain down as his. which, if followed, would debar him of all female society, except in a professional way, and then once more he determined, if he could not control his feelings, to avoid her presence and by so doing return to duty and the fulfillment of his vow. Their passage across the Atlantic was an unusually propitious one. It was with relief to both the physician and anxious niece that they saw the termination of the voyage. fur in spite of their united

jj^effort^MrsT - NevergJß I’s strength was j departing. ^Dr. Elfenstein had an unusually tender and sympathizing heart. He could not see so young a girl inrsuch trouble and not, in everything possible, lend a help-

~- t i mg hand. I , Forgetting resolutions almost as soon ‘ as formed, he cared for her as a brother, and the eloquent look of gratitude that flashed upon him as, after seeing them both safely in the Liverpool home of their cousin, Air- Rogers, Ethel placed her hand in his, at parting, and faltered out her thanks, as he bade her farewell, never expecting to see her more, was a reward not soon to be forgotten. After leaving his fellow voyagers, oar hero lost no time in pursuing his own journey. „ , , ,■ Before a week 'had roiled by his way was made perfectly plain, and a pleasant home was provided. . . He found by inquiring of Levi ierkins, the landlord of the hotel where he । stopped, that the place had just been ex-1 cited, and almost stunned, by the sudden illness of Dr. Jennings, the only physician for miles around. rm hm-n rendered helpless three

lie nau oeen e days before by a paralytic stroke, and, as all feared, would never again be able to attend to his professional duties. Instantly, on hearing this news, the young man had visited the house of the old gentleman, and showing his letters of recommendation, and his written credentials. he had offered to attend to the sick in his place, which offer was accepted. and in a few days the stranger had all’the calls for medical advice that he could attend, and the result was that he bought the practice of the old and wornout man, and became his accepted successor. , , . ,

Elfenstein’s arrival, for a third severe shock laid him at rest from his earthly labors forever. Ho died lamented by all, having, in truth, been to the inhabitants of the place for years and years a “beloved physician.” The, funeral was a large one, and after the day, with its many excitements, had passed, Dr. Elfenstein again visited the house where the dead had so recently | lain, and asking to see the daughter, Airs. Stewart, he offered to rent the cottage, furnished for a year, provided Mrs. Chun would remain in it. as formerly, in the capacity of housekeeper. I This offer relieved Airs. Stewart of ! what had been an anxiety, and as Airs, j Clum was delighted to still retain her home, all due arrangements were immediately made, papers drawn up a'hd sign-

ed, and one week from the day of his arrival we find “Earle Elfenstein, M. I).,” upon a sign beside the door of the prettiest cottage in the place, and that young disciple of Galen busy night and day attending to the large practice so suddenly thrown upon his hands. CHAPTER VI. SIR REGINALD GLENDENNING. Sir Reginald Glcndenning was out of humor one sunny morning in May. The daily ail had been handed him, as usual, just as he had eomn"meed his breakfast, and one letter that he had then received had discomposed and made him surly and cross, which a fearful oath made evident to all. to your duties, bady Constance, just stop gazing in that reproachful way at me. and dat your breakfast! I know what I am saying, though your looks seem to doubt it.” This was by no means an unusual mood for her husband to be in, and Lady Constance Glcndenning, whenever she saw the peculiar expression float over his face that it now wore (for it was an ugly look that for years she had been accustomed to meet), knew well that it was best to make no remark, but quietly leave him to himself by vacating the room as quickly as possible. Therefore she, as well as her only brother's orphan sou and daughter, who had been left in their charge, finished their breakfast in silence, and, with as much dispatch as decency would permit, then strolled to their own amusements, leaving the lord and master of the. establishment to glower at the unwelcome sheet ho still held in his hand, undis-

turbed by their presence. “Perdition!” he muttered. “What deuced luck is this? After my not going to the funeral of my sister and thus, by my absence, showing that I had not overlooked her plebeian marriage, to think that these people have forwarded such a letter as this to me is absurd! 1 do not care if it was written by her before her death. They might have known I did not wish it. Take charge of her husband’s niece, forsooth! The girl be hanged! She may go to the aims house for all me! I will not have a thing to do with her. “Suppose my brother-in-law did die, and his wife also, and suppose the girl is left alone, that is no sign that I should be trammeled with her presence ami guardianship. No! I will never notice the stuff written there by word or deed!” So saying. Sir Reginald turned to his library, tossed the offensive letter into a drawer of his bookcase, locked it, and, putting the key in his pocket, rang the bell4uriouslj for n waiter, ordering him to have the groom bring to the door a young horse named Tempest at once, as he intended to ride. The baronet stalked to the piazza, where he stood impatiently slashing a lovely trained clematis with his whip, until Michael appeared, leading a fiery young horse by the bridle. “'Adn’t your lordship better take Jerry this morning? This beast is very wild and skittish like, and I fear ye may 'ave trouble to’old ’im.” “Bring him hither. If he feels wild so do I. and our moods will suit,” was the sullen reply. Springing upon the back of the handsome creature, Sir Reginald Glcmlenning dashed away, just as his nephew. Robert, a young man about twenty years of age, appeared upon the deserted piazza. j lie was in personal appearance very tall, with a magnificent figure, dark complexion, handsome features, and j largo, speaking black eyes, while his whole air portrayed the pride that he had so richly inherited from his own immediate family. “Belle!” he exclaimed, as his sister, a beautiful brunette, followed him. "See . our worthy relative dashing down the carriage way at that break-neck speed. Zounds! if I were to ride in that savage way, he would rate me soundly for it for the next three days. I wonder what news that letter could have contained to infuriate him as it did. Do you know, he is always terribly provoked when he rides like that.” “I do not, neitherdoes Aunt Constance. I should like to read it though, would not you?” “Yes; I wonder where he put it?” “In the drawer of his book-case, where he keeps letters not answered. I wish I

could unlock it, but the key has gone down the carriage wav in the old gent’s pocket, 99 *!, “Well, since you express a wish to see it, perhaps I can aid you. See! this key I looks as though it might lit any lock,” । returned the young man. readily enough j

IVIUIH’ VI vll’ > falling into the suggestive mood ol his sister. , , Laughing at the, impulsive mood of her brother, the young girl turned quickly with him. and both glided with stealthy steps toward the library and their uncle’s desk. The key fitted; a fact Robert well knew, as it was not the first time it had been tried by the unprincipled nephew, and the following letter, xxiitten in a hand evidently feeble from sickness, was eagerly read, then as quickly returned ; to its hiding place, and the drawer relocked. as they had found it. On the envelope was written. “To lie sent to Sir Reginald Glendenning, Bart., after my death.” Sir Reginald Glendenning: My Dear Brother —You will doubtless be surprised to receive this letter from one w ho has been so many years separated from her family, in consequence of having married, secretly, the man of her choice. Allow me

bCCLVIIJ, 141X3 414 0,4 1 KAL 11 ‘ ~ merely' to say that when you read this, the sister that you once loved will have passed away, and, therefore, she trusts that all hard feelings that her marriage may have occasioned (a marriage that, was a happy one until the bond was scvered by the de.it h of the devoted husband) will be buried forever. Brother, I write to you now in order to crave a favor at your hands. My only child died in infancy, and just twenty and a half years ago, I, with the consent of my husband, took charge of a little girl of gentle blood and some pleasant future prospects, and gave her the love of a true, mother. On her twenty-first birthday sho will be at liberty to open certain documents laid aside for her, anil then will come into r»ww»rtv. fur so ini'

little awaits her majority. Until then after my death, she will bo friendless and alone. Now, I ask if you will euro for her until that date (October 5) is reached? Can sho not. in some way boos service to you, and thus compensate for her board and trouble? Do tills for me, my dear brother; be kind to and care for my' dear Ethel, and my' dying gratitude will be yours. Your affectionate .sister, Gertrude. “Os all impudent proposals, that is the climax!” ejaculated Belle, indignantly. “Take her into his own family, indeed! 1 will bet the minx don’t come here, if I can help it. She is no earthly' relation) to him.” , “Your opinion will not bo asked, sister mine,” returned her companion in evil deeds; “and you must, remember that you are supposed to know nothing of the contents of that letter. But do not bo alarmed. Our relative looked too much

like, a I hundereloml to be cajoled into receiving her here. ” “Yes; that is true, so we need not bo I anxious.’’ was the girl’s reply, us she ; hastened from the library. I Need wo stop now, after relating such [ a scene, to describe the wholly heartless • characters of these relations of Lady Constance Glcndenning? Indulged from infancy by thoir^^^t parents as much as by the Lady stance, whose whole affections terod upon them, in cousequonei^kk - till cold manner of her moody, pa^sh klm: husband toward hot’scJf^Jt IJC not wondered at that the., ■ vej-op. j t -" il > uer loousbly unfit fftTaMMuey demanded as^'a^^J the indulgence of every whim e?* price, even at the expense of hon\ 41 the welfare of those around them. "4 As for Lady Constanc ', bur natus B c>\ amiable disposition had grown bar .Nl'' Lif-with her violent-tempered hi had proved anything but. ph-»-: •— as she dually saw his ugly featc Character being imitated by these then under her yharge, she fl morbidly indifferent, and cold to et^> mX degree that her nearest relatives cAmd scarcely recognize in the proud Liidy Constance Glcndenning the once lighthearted and gay young cousin, wh<Vm society was so much sought in former years by the three brothers before their father’s death, when life had bton so different for each. Ah! little bad those brothers dreamed in those gay, glad, youthful days, of tho hard and cruel future that lay before two, at least, of their number!

Tlds morning Lady Constance felt unusually dispirited. Her apathetic heart had been moved the night before by a singularly vivid dream, in which she had met once more her never forgot t n early lover, ami the face of Sir Arthur had appeared in that midnight hour with all the realnc-s of life, while she seemed to h p ar him wail in despair: "Oh, Constance, Constance!” Starting from litis dreary sleep, sho tossed restlessly until morning, and then, after rising, found that the impression made upon her mind .had not in the least vanished. I pon i 'so roughly addros-md at the breakfast hour she had with difficulty restrained her tears, and when once more alone, in the retirement of her own apartment, sho sank upon her knees, and weeping bitterly, moaned: "Oli, Arthur, why was I s • unfaithful to thy precious memory? Why did L forgot thee so soon, mv own, my Wrotelx'd. guilty vomivi that I ' been, t<> wed for a title and Inherlt^o i so unfeeling and heartless a man atj, alas! have done! Oh, God! forgive th, I my sin, and grant me pace with thy-t after my weary life is ended!" Long and bitterly she thus wrestbv with her own hi art, novel siirring froif her lowly posture, until site was -uddenI ; aroused by a horrified —ream from lips she knew to be lb He's, while a strange call in tones oj anguish for “Aunt Constane. " cau-' d her to rise and open the door, where she, too, was startled to see the whole household as—mbled in the halls, and then the first knowledge of some awful calamity fell upon her heart. to be I'wnxrrn.; •* It** a Shop, Nir I had an experience all mv own in Lock A Co.’s hat store, in St. James street. The aged proprietor displays ancient helmets and caps in his window, w hich is kept scrupulously dusty. Noting this 1 said, " This must be a very old store, indeed?” “Store?” said the num. "It’s uo store at all: it’s a shop, sir, I call a store a place for the sale of a miscellaneous lot of goods, but this is a shop, sir. You ought to be more careful in your use of terms,” If that was rudeness and I do not know how great he considered his provocation it was the onlv rudeness I experienced from any shopkeeper. But I learned from that incident not to say store. And before I li ft London I had swelled my index expurgatorius to the extent that I seldom used the following words: Guess, yes, sir, glass (for tumbler), railroad, horse car,

cents, fix. store, or pad of paper. “Block of paper,” they said, when I at .1 that I wanted a pad. Guess amT HT' Ure pure Americanisms, and are to be used or lotas y. i want to attract cuzrf Ct .. t . t - . ..It ; • «... tilt,' 141/ffli,

attention or to avoid it. difficult thing for many Americans In i England was to avoid sawing, k sfr” to a stranger who addressed them or to an old gentleman. “Yes, sir.” and “No, sir,” over there are the verbal insignia of a servant. Juiau Halph,, in Harper’s Weekly. Were Not Full. A negro woman borrowed a dozen eggs from a neighbor, and instead of returning a dozen, brought back only

eleven. “How’s dis?” the lender asked. ““How’s whut, lady?” “W"y you bort id er dozen aigs frum I • me, but dar ain’t but erlebeu yere. ‘ How does you ’count fur dat?” “I ’counts fur it might easy. Dem aigs I got frum you wa’n't right full.” “Wa’n’t right full! Whut you means by dat?” . “I means dat da wan’t full—dat de ' hens whut laid 'em wa’n’t right honest. Deze aigs dat I have fotched you is full up ter de brim; an’ yo’ kaint ’spent me ter fetch you er dozen full aigs fur er dozen dat wa’n’t right full. Oh. I’s squar’, I is.”— Arkansaw Traveler. By far the oldest newspaper in the world is the Pekin Gazelle, which was established in the year 911 of the Chris- > tian era, has been regularly published ’ since 1351 A. D., and is at the present time edited by a committee of sixm®m- > bers of the Academy of Han Ljs.

OUE HOOSIER STATE. ■■VIM ARY OF IMPORTANT HAPiW’ENINGS THE PAST WEEK. i"i<> Corn Crop of Southern Indiana— I diphtheria at Xenia—Patents for In- | (Ilana Inventors Suicides—Accidents ! Criminal Record — Deat tis. —LaPort.e is to have an electric rail- ! vay. , J —Coal and kaolin had been discovered hear Huron. —-At. Elkhart, Jacob Michael blow his brains out. —The postofflee at Little York was robbed of a few dollars. | —Adam Perkins was seriously injured Be falling on him near Tipton. ard Trusler, hardware merGroensburg, died of blood pois- - - ' -—-—.inown persons tried to assassinate •IM *OB Puocqtqddh', who lives near < rawIbDavis, of Seymour, was *a t avM'9\ | , her cjotlung taking lire --A-' ow Ur#. <’’>»>panv ,ha- been * started at. dpOt^WOi’dsviile lor the purpose of mak.s>« el-pins. ■xuqg' 111 " *'■ *' Lodge has betin iguinu xo ' ? \d* i *V' commenced work ^hamlle factory at Portland. He will

x ^'nplo> skxty men. \ & James \\. 1 reat. <>f Fort \V,"yne, an l '*‘‘ Nickel Plate, wa^ kpl nt sal i'icago. A °P Jarno W. Hamrick, a merchant of "Vanville, was seriously injured by fall) ig irom the loft of his store. Joseph Seacock, a small boy of Eontim, was shot through the neck v kilo paying with a Elobert rille. rhieves went to the stock pm of Henry Stone, who nqde< at Taylorsville. and drove away five fat hogs. llm at eland Methodist Church has 'oted against tl'.» question of admitting "omen to the General C<mf< renco. -John Goddard, a farmer of Clinton township. Decatur County, di. <1 at tin aie of ss, h aving a fortune of sioo.noo. —’l he Imndsmen of James | p pauick. Ue defaulting Tn-asm-et of Terre Ha ite. ; l»ve agreed to pay up hi- shortage of । bM..'>o'>. At Huron, Jam. - Terrell and John I I qtiicr quarreled mer polith-s, ami the ' foluer was stabl ed b) the latter and kiled. i, M.imrge D. Miller killd s golden! e.g’e on Ids farm, near Thorntown. it ■ nmsur. d seven feet and two inches from I • ip" tip. t M ill Hopkins, while hunting nea.w Sia mil Ville, va. a- :d< Maliy <ho! in th. i far by G.orge M ~.;. ;r blimhd ,n > • Dr. Chnrb’s Hutchinson. of ’

the Skull. . Alt-. Gl'iW GIV.Vr, of Pom to.tllinb d ‘ 1 mill Struck Imt head upon a stone as b’ ML Her neek wa> broken, ami she died j I instantly. i ’ - Seven mail pouches i :r.«• n । during tlm past m-v< n weeks between m Richmond and \Miivhe ot uh Hi" G. x. i A 1. Rail" ay. - The large bam > f N"ian Tmnna-. at > spencer, wa-consumed by ho . t"g :h- r whh its content*. It was Cue won. an im’endi.". y. — Herman Tripp. operator at Lnmu 1 while muffling with a companion. Ml i aero- a rail. Paralysis of the sb.mm h Mr< < harh - UxkotL at Mt. .l ira, gave birth to a pound and a quarter mfant. After two weeks the child wmg.is . a pound and a half, and seems quite ; healthy. I —Elijah Mallott. a dairyman, of etersburg. in a fit of jealousy, 'MI his • ,ife, inflicting only a flesh wound. lb’ i hen committed suicide by shooting him- : rlf through the br> ast. —The Wabash I’.oard of Trade is dis.i i. . ..miitv of bringing suit

pssing the advtsabllity oi -m hr breach of contract, against the Pilturgh capitalists who did not establish he Indiana steel-works then . —The l.a fjro Cement Cbmpany. whh . »!nl of ' ■ I>r * r ^ ,,n or-ani cd. EvHoji the limestone arnl cement iudust Vt > I > 11 \ v -neral Manager IL 1- McDonald, J^the Fiirt^a^ Companx, light plant at Louisville, which round figures represents ."100,000. test, A. S. Hutchinson, a prominent »|PS^j-doaler‘dT Tipton. wa< arrested on tu • 3 ami lodged in jail, it appears that ^nd turned over notes of persons who • j ^not now be found. —* The corn crop of Southern Indiana Is harvested in excellent condition, and he yield exceeds all expectations. The iverage runs from txventy-five bushels on ■inlands to sixn per acre on the best

■I|HdJIUS W ’‘-'‘J I Dottom lands, ami the quality is prime. ■ —Noah Matthew-. a blacksmith, living at Treaty, live miles south of M a-1 pash, lay down on the C. H. A M. track. ’ ind was run over by a train. The on^neer blew the warning whistle, but •Uptthcws did not hear it, and instant )g»ath was the consequence, lie was a . ^niber of the Grand Army. f “ —Elmer Cook, a young man of about ^p’entv years, son of Melvin Cook, living I L -out three miles south of ( olfax, fell d md. His death was caused by overLyat front having helped put out a lire a! a neigh hor’- horn ■. A year ago. at Brn il, Tom H iiliams not dead one Thrasher, a brother-in- ] aw. By a justice of the peace he was Acquitted on the grounds of self-defence. ’ Dm grand jury recently indicted him for djn order, and lie was re-arrested and tSilaced in jail.

fe—ii .i - , hi, —The residence of John Kissh, at Spraytown, was burned with contents, lire originating from a defective Une. Loss, si,coo; insurance, S 1 l.xo. —At. Xenia diphtheria rages to such an alarming extent that, the public schools are closed, church services susi pended, and public gat lierings prohibited I for ten days. Stringent sanitary methods ■. are also being employed. The business men and farmers about Martinsville have subscribed the requisite amount of stock for the purpose of starting a creamery plant there in the early spring. Work will bo commenced on the erection of it in a few days. — Reports from winter wheat throughout the State are encouraging. The early sown wheat looks well, and that sown more recently is in medium condition. '1 he acreage this year is considerably increased over last year. Its average condition is estimated at 93 per cent. -—A lynx, which weighed twenty pounds, was killed near Garfield. For over a year some animal has been creating havoc among t he chickens, pigs, etc., oi the farmers in this neighborhood, and it is now supposed that, it has been this '■ lynx that, has caused the commotion. Messrs. Thompson A Sharp brm '’ t in a iras wfi! for the Greenlield Iron XW1 Nail Company in the north part of tiHm addition. Os sll the wells f that ii^Pl hafcj^iL^iil lanc y Got 1 eiisher WWI ”

gustier. ’ * q in the suit of,Nicholas > the < iHz<m s Street Rajlw&y (*<mi[^iyj of Llndianapolis.* tried in tho Hendricks Circuit Court on a charge of venu^from f Marion County, the jury returned avert diet for 54.000 for Meri. This is the case where Meri s legs were crushed by being (aught between the platform of the ' transfer car and the platform of a'passing open car. —Mrs. John W. Copner, a respected ■ widow of Covington, aged about fifty )• .us, wax found in her bedrmun, hor ' head lying in n p , Ml ] u s blood on the lloor, and her hand resting on the I " indi w sill. Ihe cause of death was Hie i t Upturn of a large blood vessel in tho neck. Mt-. Copm r ha- expected this for some time, having told her neighbors । ’hat tb"-. |...e ( l not be surprlsi'd to find । her dead at any time. y Abou! on*’year am> Freeman Shull, I a farmer living lit -ar Fortville, became : in-am> and ua- sent to the i<ylum, i "here he W as io p; for a I( .\ V months and , ’I a- cured. I In' other evening I lie Hmjiidiy became Wild and a-saulted . sonn of hi> neighbors, injuring them . - v.’rcly. His family objected to havimr , lum । n '-mini!t.oi to tlp asylum and the I i■ ik-hi <>rhood is terrorized, as Sh-!l is a man of powerful phvsique. <>n Wednesday of the Boone county cur. last Aminst, on account of a heavy < .am. the aurienltural society postponed ' ' ' '" 1 '/•" uiitii tilt- fol~o>v t.e (Histponemriit. The fair

, . al o r , fused to pay th- stake money r ;> Gw winner. W V Jom-. of Rushville. 1 He brought sei' to recover. and the f ...mrl | i:! . .st given him judgment. I The other night. between II and I. 1 ’ o’clock, three melt Went to the residence , ~f G. .>r Lai.fair. li'ink near Martins- < \i>lv, and < impelled him to get out of i»-d have the house and not return ..mler pi naltv of death. The intruders ■ Ge n pro.. ed -d to assault hi- wife, a ! (ji wom;'.i. IWoof the pal t v we,. • arri 'ted and proved to be \\ illiam < bam- ; Gam. of ImitanapolK ami <’har;es ' W illiam', of Martinsville. Ihe third man has not been appr> hemh d. Considerabh' excitement prevails. The large breeding barn of Joseph Khupi r. m ar Cambridge, was consumed | by tire entailing a loss of about c.oo on the building, with only a small insurance in a New York company. Dm' vahmblc -tallitm ami eight brood mares likewise p. t ished. Mindown, the stallion, was . ~weed bv John T. Minlove, of Milton, and had a great trotting record. II" - won a race at tin- fall meeting in which t there were three competitors, ami was

undoubtedly the finest two-year-old in : the Stat.-. He was valued at "1.000. The total loss is "1.000. Patents have been issued to Ind.ana mventors a- follow-: Upton E. Brumj.. . Marion, lumber drier: Charles jW. Cotton, Indianapolis, assignor to American Wheel Company. Chicago, method oLureparing -pokes; James lhi- ( . .-urrv —mb- \\ t. I'inm x, B-'iitonville, stove; George C. Muessel. South Bend, suspending device for pails; William E. Murbarger, Indianapolis, pipe wrench; Rih-y D. Snyi der. Avon, cultivator attachment for double-shovel plows; David D. Weisel, r Eoit Wayne, washing machine: George > J. A. Zimmer. Elkhart, -igna! lantern. After twenty years’ confinement in i the prison at Jetlei.-onville, James S. 1 Storey return- to Johnston < ounty, his - <dd home, gray-haired and bent with age. i On reaching the spot where his hapny t box hood days were spent he fell upon

his knees and wept bitterly, lading to find any of his old acquaintances he expressed a desire to die. Storey is 6+ years of age, and was at one time worth Saoptoo. Gambling ruined him. lie planned the robbery of a bank, was caught in the act. and with a knife killed one of his pursuers, for which he was sent to State Prison in 1870. Nettie, aged 8, the daughter of W. I W. Davis, of Seymour, was dangm’ously I burned from feet to hips by her clothing igniting from a pile of burning leaxes. —Waldo E. Hills, who is under indictment at Port Wayne for alleged criminal practices in defrauding farmers on lightning rod contracts, and whose third trial for this offence was called recently, has lied, and his bond has been declared forfeited by the court. On his former trial Hills was sentenced to txvo years in the peuitentiarv.

the Sunday! SERIOUS SUBJECTS CONSIDERED. A Scholarly Exposition of the T.osson— Thoughts Worthy of Calm KoflectVm — Half an Hour’s Study of tho Scripturea —Time YVell Spent. The lesson for Sunday, Dec. 7, may ba found in Luke 24: 13-27. INTRODUCTORY. No one can read tho lesson before us without being impressed with the simple ingenuousness of the Gospel narrative here. Those who call the doctrine of the resurrection a fabrication must certainly read such accounts in the gospels but superficially. These do not seem to be men swayed by an hallucination. They were rather hopeless and despairing men. Their whole language and spirit indicates an unreadiness to expect oreven to believe In the miraculous, such being also the disposition of those to whom they subsequently bring the wonderful tidings of Christ’s divulgence of himself. They were undoubtedly men convinced against themselves and in spite of themselves. And if those men, situated as they were, and disposed as were they, were finally and overwhelmingly convinced, who are we at this late date to doubt and dispute? We are the irrational ones. WHAT Tin: LESSON SAYS. Two of them. One was Cleopns (v. 18)i a. comparatively obscure disciple. Tho other some have conjectured to have been Luke himself, since he alone tolls the story. d»Wl?' 1 speaks with Ilie lowliest as well as vvKyhtJkll' w,>- -Emmaus. Three i- w ‘ byxp. picked out, a south boATrtn ~ |i sixty OApiiv, ~ talking;' .n-:.o \ ’ tense. Imm this word cqmefl our homily, ■' a discourse.— Together. Literally, wltt* taihotln r. All these thim-'s. They had • o' im ntly made a somewhat late start, per- n . be ’ n S detained by tho remarks bio ciints of t lie earl v morning. q t’ommuued t gether. Same word as “talked” above. basoned. The word’. 0 , means to inquire of o.;e another. Drew m ar. I’he Greek partieip'e, used here, had bet„er be adhered to in the translation. Hai ing drawn near. Went with them. Or journeyed along with them, becoming one of their traveling partv. WHAT THE LESSON TEACHES. that same day. Routine again; the day’s busy round of cares ami duties taken up. I hat is an added poignancy to our grief. After the day's sorrow of the night, hero comes the burden of the morn, just the same a-, ever. The grave has hardly < losed upon our dead ere some Emmaus journey on life s crude concernments must be taken. It wakens a sigh from the heart, and yei there Is a blessing in it. Life’s common tasks after sharp pain are angels in disgu.se. I hank God for Emmaus errands thrust upon i«. Not frequently tho lifting of earth’s burdens rolls the heavier burden of grief < f the sou). Yea, full often, the Lord Christ him-elf is met along that irk-'Otiie road, and it becomes a pathway of life. The home-coming face is a joyous one. While they communed together. It was then that Jc--us drew near. There was something about that conver-e that called loudly for Christ, tlint drew him to them. They did not know it. but they could not better have implored ids attendance than fcy tho longing of their hearts finding expression jn tender tribute on the "lips. (Homlle is the w. rd used her >.) Value the pray er-eri ice. It is a kind of Emmaus journey on life's pilgrimmage—till he come. There may be little of an informing nature ■ aAU 11m..“— •-— US in the path While we speak of him. and his hand i- feeling fo:'our own tn the still-

speak lovingly of Idm, and 10, there Im is. with comfort’s store. , But their eves were holden. I arth s eyes are very dim. In sorrow, in 10-- m death Itself, holden eye- make holden hearts, and Wl - -ee u>t God's love tn the things which are upon u- that the Holy Spirit might put awav the s ale- from ti>e-e dull organs of v,-ion! That wa< a- asomible word that Paul brought back to the I hri-tians of Lystra -hmtlv after hi- eruel stoning. < Act » n jj. , l>,m' He- they were wondering whv such atUiinii-n. -hould fall upon Godi s -amts. Then "am" l’-'d. Ihe bruise.-still upon him. •••■ mfirming the soute of the dis clptes. and exhorting them (that is. by cxh.'nmg them 1 > c mtlnue m the faith, and that we must tiirongh much tribulation tbe Kingdom of God.” So here Christ: "Ought not Christ to have suffered, and to enter into hi- dory?” Afflictions were not to be a hindrance or a stumblingblock They were an entrance-way into the Kingdom, angel hand- to help on the journey Zi mward. God give us eyes to see | ■’ What thing-.- He wants us to tcU ^ h at we are thinking about, he knows, but he wants to hear the expres-ion of our want oi of our di sire. Ami Vet you have been ho din- vour peace ali these days. There in the prater meeting the other "'-ht 11pa ^ a-ked all to testify, even ih >ugh it bi only to express a want. And you hesitated. You <ill: "There is so little I can say, It would hinder rather than lodp.” And so the long pause <mnn . and -ome one that was wond-ring whether you really loved the Yes. and

Lord went a" ay umipprism. i the Lord withdrew with that Kindly question of his mmn-wer. d. Kemember, pray, Hindevotimml series o it mav be tie Sunday senoel class- that other ears than those of earth are listening for what the heart pr mpls. T1 wer , despair wi no non> S' •> - * “ as a sweet mrd tlown. Be careful L»st that grow to be th- mood of the soifi; Let not the world flunk es us as the people of a dead hope. Let it rather be what it was with these dis.-ipies as their winged feet flew back toward .lem-ah m. a living trust. -■Simply trusting, everyday. Trusting through the stormy way; Even though my fait 11 is small. Trusting Jesus that is all.” In all the Scripture-. Very well. then, let us be-at is tied. We Im vs Jems’ own Harmony of the Bible. Christ's own exposition of the Old Testament. Tliat is better than the intei prem; m of the wisest of human exegetists. Ami lie tell- us tliat it is of him that all the prophets. I;cvii.nmg with Meses, testifv. Ccrtaiiiiv. we go on further back than Moses. Imi us take Genesis then and riMit on it place « o hles-dl name, Jesus

JlUlll I’ll ‘ ‘ ' ' - Tliis name unlocks all the apartments of this palace beautiful. I*. goes before to make the crooked strairht and the rough wax's smooth. V, lien tlie chastened intelli--eiice learns to read tire Script tires with the eyes of faith, letting the Holy Spirit hold id-candle of truth close up to the word, then do our hearts begin to burn within us as xve peruse the sacred story. Next week—“ Jesus Made Known.” Luke 24: 28-43. SCIENTIFIC HINTS. There are nearly 2.000 electric street cars in the Unit -d States. Ax electric storage battery car has been invented lor street railways in crowded cities. A diet of fresh, sweet buttermilk has been found favorable and even effectual in the cure of Bright’s disease. It is claimed that somebody at 5 icliy, France, has discovered a method of rendering tobacco smoke harmless to mouthy heart and nerves.