St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 17, Number 12, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 3 October 1891 — Page 3

W» DICK ffl JOE; f—: or — The Poorhouse Waifs. BY PAVID LOWRY.

CM APTER XXll—Continuer!. "I —I would never mentioned it —but ft’s the only way out of this scrape. They’ll take you, sure.” “They never will,” sa’d .Toe resolutely. Then she pondered, hanging her head. The poor child had no more conception of what marriage was than a babe. Sho knew people who, »ved in houses and had s- rvants and Children were married people—what made the difference between th: bachelor and the head of a house—between hiuid wife, or widow, she did not krmw. ” At last she looked up smilingly and said, “You are ray frier.d. You mean you will marry me; then we can laugh at them ” “That’s it, exactly,” said Jenks. “I’ll agree—if you can be sure you can marry me. I don’t know how—how to get married ” “Ahy, 111 explain all that to you. You see, all we ve got todo is to go before an alderman, or no’ary—or bring one in here slyly—ora pieacher, and he asks us if we are ready to marry each other, and if we sa: yes he tells us that we are married, that’s all.” “But how can we ever manage that?” “O,” said the lawyer s clerk, “you trust me to manage it. 11l teil them ycu won’t ma ;e any t ouble, th 1 1 you’ve found out there s no use; but you want to see a friend be ore you go away. Then I’ll go to a notiry I know—there’s lots of nota.ies lawyers—and tell him just how it is. He 11 co tie and n arry us and give lie a certitica e. I'll flirt that in their face— then you end I can go. They’ll see the .jig’s up, and won’t they be disgu tc I!” “Very well, Mr. Piatty,” said Joe, very soberly; “yon can do just as you have said, and 1 li never forget wu as long as 1 li\e.” “Then I’ll go—the sooner the better,” said Ike Jenks, with a smile as he hastened away. When he re entered the adjoining room, there was a louder burst of merriment than usual, but Joe paid no attention to it. She was thinking how angry Zeke Caper would be when ho discovered he could not take her back to Barnesville Poorhouse. She was absorbed in thought so deeply that she did not observe the door of the room she was in opening. Her attention was drawn to it by a peculiar sound. Joe turned quickly as a hand was withdrawn; at the same instant something tell on the floor at her feet. Sho turned swiftly and picked up a ball of paper. It was pressed together, as if it

had been held clo.-ely between a person's hands. Joe unfolded it rapidly With trembling hands, and holding it near the ii^Ut^ead: Mill right. Don’t fret. Friends are near. Don't do anything, nor say a word. Trust to DICK. ” When Joo mtd V--- “W~cry of joy. Then she recalled Ike Jenks^ warning. , \\ hat could all tho friends—--—-Coper could take herback to Barnesville, spite of them. And yet, it was comforting to know that Dick was near. Dick! Dear Dick*. What did it d what hand was it wßH^^cßhepaper to her? These were the questions that puzzled poor Joe's bra’n. as she concealed the note, and composed herse f to reflect upon her strange experience. .Meanwhile the lawyer’s clerk was enjoying the situaiion he had creat'd. Wasn't he smart, he asked himself. How his uncle would fume and swear. How everybody would applaud his adroitness when the story came out? Why, it was better than any p ay he had ever seen, and—we 1, he'd seen all of ’em. had the smart lawyer s lerk. Why, it would make a column story in the papers. To be sure, it would—nothing less And her likeness wassure to be in ail the ] apers—yes, and so would his But he'd take precious good care someLo iy paid him handsomely to talk. Whew! A thought struck him. Why, he would write the story out himself, and sell it to the most enterprising newspaper. Why, there was oceans of money—and no end of notoriety in the scheme that Ike was working out rapidly. Ike's friends were not taken wholly into his confidence. Ike was “not that kind of a hairpin.” Oh, no! He told them a’l he thought necessary. They would pretend to be duped by him; they would let the notary come in—“a 1011 notary, and no humbug about it.” Ike said there won d be a real wedding, and by and by, when he had his money, he would give them a hundred dollars apiece, “and such a lay-out as would make their mouths water every time they thought of it as long as they lived. ” Now he was really off for a notary who would bo taken into his confidence “just a little bit,” enough to induce him to take a nice fee for marrying them. “Oh, everything is working lovely!” said the precious clerk, as ho darted off in quest of the notary. “Won’t I give I New York something to talk about—yes, and old England, too; won't I befcro I’m a week older!”

CHAPTER XX Ilf. DOUBLE dick’s df.tr- cve wohk. I wilt return to Dick, now, and note j his movements, since so much depends upon them. Dick realized the difficulties in the way, but his experience had sharpened him Lie knew human nature Ue was ] honest, direct, unaffected. He made ; friends and retained them. The boy reasoned thus: “As long as I do what's right I need never be ashamed. And why should I ever be afraid?” Very simple. It looks like a short creed, but it was all Dick had to guide him. it must have been printed on his face, far nobody questioned his statements. Ills manner was so direct ant straightforward, it impressed every body favorably. Eeddes, he had a peculiar way of attracting boys. They took to him instill tivoly. Dick seemed to realize h s power over boys of all ages. Ho resolve Ito test it now. He accosted a lad near Monsieur Dufaur's immediately after he left the door. The boy was very well dressed. He was, it was clear, a rich man s son.

•Excuse mo,” said Dick politely, accosting the well-dressed lad. “Do you live in th s neighborhood?” “Yes; just round the corner " To you know Monsieur and Madame Dufaur?" “O, well enough to speak." “I want to do them a good turn, may be you can help me. ” The boy looked at Dick curiously. Ths language was curious—good Samaritans and sa’nts were scarce, and the ; well dressed boy was surprised to find one on the market ready to bo bld in. : He felt like saying as much, but he I listened. “I’ll teil you just how It is. One of their servants has lost herself —or somebody has carried her off —that’s all the story, but 1 know the servant, and I’d like to lind out what has become of her. | All I ask of you is—wel l , I’d like to know ’ where the worst crowd of boys are to be ; found in this part of the city. If you’ll I tell me that I’ll be obliged to you. You’ll ; know I’m tolling you the truth—it will I be in the papers unless the girl comes ■ back soon. ”

“I didn’t think you was lying,” said the boy. “What do you want to do with a lot of thieves and jailbirds, eh?” “Why, if I can get some of them to talk, I may learn something. ” “That’s a goo! idea, too. Well, I’ll tell you now how you’ll find out about the worst gang in the city. They are a bad lot. 1 know ’em. You go—see here—what’s your name?’’ ■ Dick —Richard, I suppose —my other name is Dick too —I’m called Double Dick sometimes.” The boy smiled. He “took” to Double Dick at once. “Well, you go round to Mother Pitcher’s little shop, you’ll find it next square. Near there you will see a lot of men loafing, that’s a livery. And around there you'll see some boys. Say—if they ask you who yon are—that Tom Gerald sent you. That’s all. They know me —most of ’em. You can pump ’e n then —and may bo they will know something. There’s a secon I-hand store there—old Isaac's —you’ll see somebody in that bio k you are hunting.” “I’m obliged t) yon,” said Dick “You’re entirely welcome—what’s the servant’s name?" “J oe. ” “J ust Joe?” “I don’t know her other name.” • “Well, go round there—you’ll find some of the rascals—they’re always around, try.ng to see what they can stea . ” Dick thanked him and hurried away. The boy looked aft t him, sayingto himself: “There’s a fellow that will fool whoever takes him for a greeny, and lie has a kind of a fresh look, too.” Dick resolved a plan as he left the boy. Tiie mention of the second-hand clothing store gave him the germ of an i :ea, which he was working out. By the time he reached old Isaac’s, he had remarked two tilings. Ono was the suddenness with which he left elegant buildings at his back, and the rapidity with which evidence of a different life accumu ated as he noled the dingy buildings. Scarcely a hundred yards intervened —and here was wealth and elegance on one side and squalor, or at least poverty, on the other. Far away off to the left lie observed an alley, and even the main thoroughfare was contracted; the houses, too, had a cramped appearance. He observed the second hand store near at hand. There was a name—the lettering was very dingy—the sIMM

111~-I 1 ’l Ilflin* IMM' tbmmrh i windows. they were so dirty. — looked at him sharply. “I want to — about my «Ah yotfwant old clothes—l have no old clothes. ” “Well—some clothes that are not as bright as these. ” “Oh —h! Yes —low in color. Why didn’t jou say so. Step this way.” Dick followed him to a little back room where Isaa- had hanging up, lying on boxes, and tossed everywhere in confusion, ail sizes and styles of old clothes. Thej' w.-re low' enough in color, as Lick laughingly said to himself. There were pantaloons he would scarcely pick off the street—queer dented hats, caps, overcoats —a little of everything. “I needn’t waste time looking over these. ” “No waste of time —no trouble to show good-.” “See hero, sir, I want the worst od clothes you've got, sir. The worst a boy my size can wear. 111 pay you for the loan of them —if you'll let me put them on here—and come back and change for my own again. ”

“All right—just you rummage around back of them boxes. I’m pretty sure I put some boys' clothes back there a week ago—he was an Irish boy. I'll charge you a dollar for them so long do you want them?” “Until you close up tonight.” “That is two hours—you can rap on the door —I never go to bed till two. Well—you pay me now.” “Won't it do when I come back? I’m leaving those good clothes until I come back, ain’t I?” The proprietor elevated his hands. “How c< uld Ido business that way? I would go to the poor-house, sure.” “Well, 1 li give you half a dollar now, and, jot a dollar when I come back, if you’ll promise not to mention my coming here. ” “Me? me mention it! Ha, ha. my boy, you d n’t know old Isaac; you don’t knew me. See here, my boy, I’m a poor man, a very poor man; but I’ll give you a bundled dollars, cash money, if you tan find i one person in New York who wi 1 say Isaac ever mentions his customers.” Dick handed him a half dollar and speedily found a dirty pair of to-n pantand a jacket with frayed elbows an i wrist*. An old plush cap that almost fell over his ears was his next find. Thin he was ready for the tiansformation he sp e iil. ejected. As he en erged from the la ‘k room the proprietor starte 1. “My, I would not Uno v you. You will de< cive your own ; father!” I Lick smiled and had< n‘d out and svn found the boys he had be m told he would see loung'ng in the n ighborhood. Al- ' though he had m-ver heard of the m thl o’s pursued by detectives —had no knowl- ! edge of their arts—he was in a fairway I t > a -comp ish as tine a piece of detectiv : i work as < on d be conceived. I \c u sting a rough-looking boy, larg< r .man himself, he inquired if he wanted to “make a little money.” “Eh! What ye g ven mo?” “I mean just what I say. I think I can made a trifle for both of us.” “Look hcr\ Pete,” said the boy adI dressed, hailing an associate near h'm. “Listen to the guff. ” “What is it?” “This here duffer's a rollin' in wealth, he is. Wants to divvy.” “I mean it,” said Ei k.

>f “What d’ye mean?” demanded Teter surlily. _ i “Woll, I can’t take you into my contiI deuce unless you both promise to keep it to yourselves. ” ; “O, th t’s all right. We ain’t goln round blowin’ like brass-bands; are we Tom?” I “You bet ” “Weil, it’s just this. I want to fin 1 whore Dufaur’s girl Is.” ! “Dufaur’s girl?” Tom looked at Pete and winked, and Pete stuck his tongue , in ids cheek as he winked at Tom. “Ax us so i ething easy. Maybe she’s j sleeping in her litt’e bed — or maybe she's sittfn’ up with her feller--or maybe she’s at the theayter, or hasn't come home from the circus. There’s plenty of room for imagination before you’re just : precious sure where any girl is, and as , for Dufaur s girl— of I wanted to know precious I u I, do you know, young feller, ' what I’d do. I'd go round and ring the bell and ax at homo.” “I see iou don't understand me,” sa’d Dick. “No, we are very slow of comprehension— me and Pe’e, here.” “Maybe that will help you.” Dick quietly handed each a dollar note Tae change that came over the faces of the two worthies was rare to sea. Their eyes snapped as they looked at the money and crammed the notes in ; their pockets. “He means biz,” said Tom | “I believe jer, ” said Pete “Now, young feller, tire away. I your be- ; ginning first rate. ” 1 “You 11 like my ending, too—yes,” said Dick very deliberately, as lie looked I from one to the o her w th eyes that । ' seemed to search their souls, “twenty | times better, If you'll Hmp'y tell me how ' to go about what I want, or help me do ■ what I want ” The boys whispered, and looked at * the newcomer as ance. They were com- ; par ng impressions. Evidently they be- ' lieved it was a paying thing to accept i h m at his word. “We 1, now, what is it?” “Just this,” sail Dick shortly. । “Ther *'s a girl missing from Dufaur s in ' the next block " “Yes, we know where it is.” “Well, she has been missing over two hours’ There is rcas >n to think she Has been carried off. If she his and , I ther- is anybody you two know who , won d doit—for big pav—if time is any ; p ace handy where they could 'fide her, you two ought to know just where I it is.”' “I’m a Hstenia’- What d’te think, Tom?” “What do you think?” The worthies whispered. Then Tom demanded abruptly, “Do you know the gal say, what does she look like—which of the gals is it? There’s three or lour at Dufaur s—Fete an me seed 'em I often ” “The girl I mean is -mall but very pretty, with xery sma 1, black eyej brows ” “Jet black?” “Yes, and a clear, white forehead.” “Dimple:, in her cheeks—shows very white teeth when she laughs?” “Exactly. ” “That’s the one, Tom—the one we seed ” Here the boys whispen d "Wei 1 ,” said Dick, coo ly, “you know who I moan Now, you've seen some one talking to her —going with her?" “Ao. No matter; you’re off the lay a'togetb.er. See here, you're qfj ■ -'st ^^jj J

i in n t as poor ir —“Wook I’ve ' got that mnrtrffiwy my«elf, but there s others will give you ail I’ve promised if you'd only put me in the way of finding where sho Is. I won't ask either of you to beiray a friend ” “He talks right. Tom. ” “Yes. them's the right sentiments. Weil, we—that is, Tom and ine—don t never go back on our Iriends. But there's a dude comes round here who thinks lie knows it all; and we've got it in for him, hain't we, Tom.” “A little—yes. ” “And if our gue-s is right, why maybe we can put you in a wav to find the gal. ” The truth was that these boys had witness d the lawyer's < lerK rescuing Joe from the loafer's insults a few evenings before and they marveled much at the scene, knowing how intimate the scoundrels were. They surmised at once that Ike Jenks bad a hand in Joe's abduction, and th y knew where she wou d bo < o iveyd. or induced logo. And then, there was twenty dol ars apiece for them. Four times the amount of money either ever had, at one time, to ca l his own. It was a windfall—a little fortune, [to nr rosnsrso.] lie Oue I His I antUor I a Gru When Mr. Nagger got back fram town Mrs. Nagger was practicing a song at the new j iano her mother had given her. “Stop that screeching,” he snapped, throwing a folded slip of taper on the table, “and put that rent receipt away with the others.” “Our dearly beloved landlord wasn't over-agreeable, I should judge,” remarked ?»Irs. Nagger, giving the inof fen-ive instrument a final bang and descending from a stagger at high. C. "‘Naw,” growled Mr. Nagger, "he wasn’t. He said he'd tix that bathroom faucet when he got good and ready, and if we w anted screens so bad we could put ’em in ourselves and j ay for ’em, too. He’s dead ore ’< a tse everybody but us moved out.” "f told you so. What can son expect of a landlord, who raises the rent >0 per cent, on every flat in tne buildin g ? ’ “Os course yon told meso; of course. You tell me everything yo know, and more, t< o. Perhaps you can tell me if he’s rented any of his flats.” ; “I can.” “Then why don’t you ?” “He hasn’t. He brought in one man, ; though, to look at the dat below us. I and nearly caught him.” “Bent too high, I ’spose. “He said it wasn’t.” i “What then?” “He found out you lived above, and i said he knew yon, ’ said Mrs. Nagger, | demurely, thus scoring one on her lord I and master. “He'll not get a tenant this year,” I saie Mr. Nagger, ignoring his Wife’s I delicate compliment. “How do you know?” asked Mrs. । Nagger, trying not to laugh. I “ Because,” said Mr. Nagger, taking a long roll from his pocket, “I’ve I brought you a dozen new songs.”— I Chicago Herald.

Sunday school TH ° UOHT b « WORTHY OF CALM Ma y found—A d C ”“cls® Review of Ulo The ,oun <Hn JoVVK* 7 ' ° CL 4> may b 0 This lessen IS,TRODU CTORY. seasonable 7'° , resurrec «on Is espeleaf is withering Now that the ared e p art) Sand the flower and fruit time to SU9ta % w ® need the hope of springtbese ig the 1 j°y. lor such times as sent. Tp e f ^trine of the resurrection know by o' the resurrection we shall fastens hold urJn 1 eve " to -day faith very Person mi ts true substance In the the r es^remm SUS c J hrist > who is himself Forthlsig^'on and the life. “Ctome Stuart Phelnu ” m ® of s ‘ story by Elizabeth the llbrarv ° n ° of tlle nlOßt stirring in that Word^sn. r ocen t Biblical fiction. Muy Lazarus „ ‘ on with divine efficacy to In our Snke ako other dead ears to hearing Unday schools to-day. Then _ w,, at tub lksson says. Rlnn i father as In Revision, therefore. Cilice She hurried out to moot Jesus. UntO . Preposition pros in the Greek, her as confrontIng hint anF^’ruptly appealing to him. • That ev# n now. Even naw I know is r ~r flf - ‘li<£fo rtTl of the original; see Varlationi- -Whatsoever thru wilt ask, As If to say, “wth thee, asking is getting.” God will give. The only question being as regards tHe first part, the asking. Thus: “Whatsoever thou mayst ask. God will give.” Shall rise. Better as In Bible Union Vcrb on, will rhe again. Simple future. Resurrection. Same word as the verb just before, thus: He shall rise again in the rising again (Anastasis). I. The personal pronoun is hero markedly emphatic, being apart from the verb which follows and opens, as it does, the sentence. In me. Greek, into mo. Personal entrustment Though ho were dead. or, as in Revision, though he die, or should die, a general statement. Liveth. The In (els) Is to be connected with this verb as well as with believeth, which^ollows, 1. e., liveth In me. Never die.- —Two negations (ou, me), an emphatic mode of speech. Simply translated, however, it would be, not die into the eternities. I believe. Literally, have believed. Perfect tense, the senso being that she had for some time so believed, or had come to believe. It was not a wholly new apprehension. The yea. Lord, may, however, imply u new application of this accepted truth. WHAT THE I.ESBON TEACHES. lam tli3 re-urreetkm and the Life. Why then wait any longer for resurrection Joy or for the insurance of life eternal? We have Jesus. Is not that enough—till the'end come? Martha had just been say Ing: “Lord. If thou hadst been here.” So often it Is on our own lips. In temptation, in loss, hi bereavement—“ Lord, if thou hadst been here.” Dear soul, dost thou not know he Is here. Speak not with Martha of a “last day.” as if hope alone wore hero to-day and faith and love had no portion In this life. Wist ye not? “Now abideth faith, hope, and love, and the chlefest of these is love ” Christ taken in faith Is a present day resurrection; Christ taken in love is eternal life here and now. “Peace, perfect peace! with loved ones far away; In Jesus' keeping wo are safe, and they,”. Belicvest thou this? And now I know what faith Is. It Is a personal matter, intensely personal. Hear Jesus: “He that believeth iu me, though he were dead, yet ehaH.iro live.” This is faith enunciated, but t«wt yet faith. Hear him again: “And ' oever liveth and believeth In mo never die. Believeth thou this?" falti^deltY-- —'r.sonally dethsu Christ” ThIW^’WTWTW’ fuitflt rann is not doctrine stated, nor even i^octrine accepted ami In a sense applied. yiith Is Christ, believed, the pers mil cWist personally espoused. Before there can be faith there must come some tromblmg --oul saying, humbly, trustingly, ‘•Yea. Lord." And here, at last, is faith — and joy among the angels.

The Master Is come, and calleth for thee. It Is a latter day message to every child of God. ‘ The Master is come;” yes, you know that. Long ago you received him Into your heart by faith, and you know that his salvation Is yours. But listen now; that is not all,-there is another message; •Hu calleth for thee.” Then he must have something more for you. Yes, more and more, and always more to follow. -I am come,” Christ says, '-that they might have Ufa’’ Most of us have been satisfied with that. But go on; ‘and that they might have it more abundantly.” Have you that? O brother, friend, whatever Christ has brought in the past he still calls you. he lias more to bestow. What shall we do? See Mary. “As soon as she heard that, she arose quickly, and came unto him.” “God Calling yet — Shall I not hear? ' Jesus wept. Two little words, but what a burden they carry! Two words; two worlds, indeed, of sympathy and tenderness. What did it mean when Christ wept! Wbat does it mean when 1 weep? It confesses brokenness of spirit. It signifies undoneness of soul. It means that my yearnings have outstripped my abilities, and I cannot do all that I would. And did It mean less In our Lord? The sister's grief was to him a personal grief, so near and Intimate as to bo his very own. And the consciousness of the limitations thrown about him by unfaith and the disabilities of the flesh—how could that but have been crushing? How much ha would do for them; how little they would let him do! Nay. those tears were not borrowed tears. It was a true burst of sorrow, it was real weeping. Our Lord was veritably touched with a fee 'ng of our infirmities. That Is the reason why so many of us come with perfect confidence, ‘-unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.” A weeping Savior is our throne of grace. Loose him and let him go. But Jesus did not mean by that what some of ns seem to understand by it. Her" eqmes tho younK convert into the, ' him and le^ the hampering grave-clothes far as ‘^4 j n tres; asses and sins; give o.^Vrenitv. carefully planned, for freedom ami growth 111 the new life. That were w. u. ” nut usually we do quite differently. Wo loose him and let him go, and there is an end of it. “Who is that young person back by the door?” “It is a young man who seems to be deeply interested regarding his soul. Let me introduce him to you. The other young man beside him is already a Christian.” And so you talk with the one and not with the other, albeit the other was in sore trial and just now hungering, oh, so much, fop a word of sympathy and help, surely the good Master did not mean it so. Next Lesson: “Christ Foretelling His Death ” John 12: 20-35. Ix ISBI it is said tho heat throughout the United States was the greatest on record, the thermometer in many places registering 105 degrees in tho shade. In England the mercury ranged from 00 to 101 degrees, an lin Paris 93 degrees. In London it was the hottest season known in twenty-two years. The Director of the Paris Observatory declared there was no record of such intense heat. Accobdino to expert figures the permanent tramp population of the United States numbers 60,000.

VAST SEA OF FLAME. frightful devastation in the northwest. ! Millions of Feet of Standing Timber Burned in Minnesota-Duluth In Semi-Darkness and the Fog Horn Necessary to Guide Vessels. Finlayson’s Night of Terror. Away from the s; eno of devastation । by fire in the Northwest the situation l has been but little understood. Ninetyfour in the shade, 112 In the sun, was I । the torrid tale told by Twin City ther- i mometers. The public schools were i closed tor a week. It has been bard work to check the fires in forests and । Helds, and they are still burning, in many places furiously. The greatest damage so far reported is at Bradleys, Dak., the business portion of the iittie town being speedily reduced to ashes. The total io-s is figured at §60,000, almost wholly uninsured. Not a single business house remains. The buildings burned were one bank, one church, one hotel, several general stores with all their stock, and two or three dwellings. The country adjacent to Bradley is said to liavo been almost entirely de\astated over an area twelve miles wide by twen-ty-five long, the destruction being almost entire to crops and farm property. The fires in North Dakota are pretty well under control, except around Oakes, whore several miles of wheat fields aro I reported burned over. Otto Fredericks, j engaged in plowing a fire break, teas ; overtaken and burned to death, together I with his team.

Finlayson, Minn , had a night of terror. The village was thrown into the xvildest state of excitement by the report that a windstorm was driving a forest fire directly toward the town, and complete d< struct’on was -.threatened. The news had scarcely reached the citizens before the smoke and smell of burning pine trees camo on the wings of the wind. Telegrams wore at once despatched to th • officials of the St. Paul and Duluth Road to stop the limited train going east at Finlayson and hold it until the women and children of the town could be sent away. This was done and the train was held until the weaker ones of all the families were placed aboard and sent down the road. -

The flam s had reached tho outskirts of the vi lage, anil the ma'o members of the families commenced Mho work of saving tho buildings. All night long they battled with the flames, and, aided | by the cessation of the wind, were finally successful. The fires around Pine City have been quenched. At Hinckley, Minn., also, the fire com- i pany and citizens did battle with tho fierce tires. Scorched by the fames and suffocated in tlie blinding ismoke, they have fought an entire day' L r their honies. The wind subsided and the fires I died down, but again a stiff breeze,which ' soon blew into a ga'e. sprung up in tho southeast awl fanned the smo'dering I tiro into fierce life. Ti e inmates of the ; Lammers lumber camp escaped by get- I ting in the river and staying there all j night. A party of six men started from ono of tho Brennan Lumber Company camps to go to another about two miles ; away. lan Sull;van, his brother, of Mora, and Tom Johnson, of Eau Claire, i were of this party. After going a short i ways they got in front of the fire and ’ Pan Sullivan, missing ida brother, went ! back with .Johnson to look for him. , remains were found by John Brodie and their campmates. The bodies were lying about twenty-four feFt apart Sullivan was burnt to a crisp, but Johnson's body was only I adly scorched. Fine ashes and burned leaves fell in a shower over Duluth, while the sky was so (olored and the sun so obscured that the Government fog whistle at the harbar mouth was son ed to blow to guide in v ssels. East, toward Ash’and, fires are doing immense damage to settlers and crops, besides wiping out vast quantities of standing pine. The intensely hot weather has made the wooded regions like tinder. The range of the fires is toward Ashland, and their progress is aided by the fact that a week ago,a heavy wind Slew do.wn much timber, the foliage of which has now dried out sufficiently to aid the flames. Passengeis arriving in Duluth from the south say that all along the line of the St'Paul and Duluth Hoad fires are raging and great ; damage has been done the towns of Parnum, Mahtowa, Sturgeon Lake and Kettle River. Tn the standing timl er near the railway on the : line of the Eastern Minnesota, north of Hinckley, considerable valuable timber has been ruined and tires < are still raging. On the Northern Pacific, east toward Ashland, fires are doing immense damage to settlers and crops, besides wiping 3ut va-t quantities of standing pine. Near Iron River, thirty miles east of Duluth, where there are many settlers, they are losing valuable property while working hard to save their houses. The tiro destroyed several hundred a< res of grain near Nicholson, N. D. The heavies losers are W. Crams and John ; . .'sweetman. A man and hoy whose names are unknown wero fatally burned while plowing a fire-break. The four horses they were using were also burned. The fire caught frbm a “Soo” freight train. A large area of South Dakota, after days of sweltering heat and tiro fighting, was visited by a soaking rain which brought relief to people almost in the last stages of exhaustion. SEVEN HUNDRED DEATHS. Terrible Results of an^Epidemic of Dysentery in Oita. A landslide near Togiro buried twenty workmen, of whom four perished. At Vancouver. B. C., the steamship Empress of China arrived from Hongkong and brings the following advices: In the Oita Prefecture of Japan 3,000 r ases of dysentery are reported, with 700 deaths. During the ce'ebration of the feast of lanterns at Jokofecho, Akita Prefecture, ■ a bridge fell, owing to tho pressure of the throng, and more than 100 persons were precipitated into the water. Over twenty were injured and several lives were lost. J. A. Leonard, United States Consul General at Shanghai, ’ telegraphed Admiral Belknap, saving: “A Shanghai morning paper has a telegram received la*t night, saying there was a riot at Ichang. The mission and all foreign property was burned. No lives were lost.” Admiral Belknap sent immediately the Alliance and Palos to Yangtse A special telegram to the Japan Mail says: “A riot occurred at Ichang. All foreigners' property at the port was burned, but no lives were lost ^The foreign residents are under arms. ” ;

IF YOU AKE IN QUEST OF FRESH INDIANA NEWS, PE-. RUSE THE FOLLOWING: Important Happenings of the Week— Crimea and Casualties — Suicides— Deaths—Weddings, Etc. J. J. Rhinehain, AVhile Demented. Takes Another Alan’s Horse and Is bhot. J. J. Rhinehain. a stranger in New Ross, was shot and mortally wounded In V\ illiam Evans. Rhineham got off the train early in the evening and said he wanted to go to Danville. 111. His actions attracted attention and it was apparent that he was tent|k>rarily demented. This was further shown when he climbed into Evans’ buggy and drove away, oblivious to the fact that the property did not belong to him. Soon the owner appeared, and in company with Coroner ! Bronough, secured a rig and started in pursuit toward Lizton. They met the stranger returning. He was driving as if simply enjoying himself. Evans jumped out and grasped the reins of his horse but the stranger simply drove ahead without stopping. Evans then pulled his revolver and deliberately shot the man in the ■ head, the ball entering at the corner ।of the left eye. Nothing will be done i with Evans for the shooting. Minor State Iteinc. —Chas. Odell, 9, fell from a raft at Michigan City, and was drowned. —Jonesboro is having a big boom, i Large rubber works just started up. —W. 11. Hotstetter, near James- • town, has a coat worn by Maj. Byrd ■ during the revolution. —Beginning Oct. 1. there will be a I tri-dail.v mail delivery between Jeffersonville and New Albany. —James Kelley, a Pan Handle brakeman at Richmond, fell from a ear and was fatally crushed.

—Henry Tiernan, Columbus, was kicked by a horse. His breast was caved in and he cannot get well. —The Fifth Indiana Cavalry Association will hold its ninth annua! reunion at Franklin. Oct 14 and 15. —Miss Florence Lewis. 13 years old, took the first premium at the New Albany fair for the best yeast bread. —Miss Jane Hertman. a maiden lady 53 years old, was found dead in her bed from heart disease at Seymour. —Grain.elevator at Idaville fell. More than 5.000 bushels of wheat was scattered on the grourd. Loss, 85,000. —lsaac Stout, who was injured at the Jeffersonville car works, had his eyeball removed. A nail had pierced it to the core. —Mrs. Arney, of Goshen, was struck by a Lake Shore limited and knocked some distance. Her only injury was a broken arm. —John Denin was found dead on rack of tJie I. X T, rn^ui. Tie haili been run over and mangled by a passing train. —A Peru woman has an alleged l mad-stone, and Luther Lawrence, a 13-year-old boy of Warren. Ind., has j been taken to her for treatment. —City Marshal Cox, of Martinsville, I who was stabbed by Dillon Core reI cently. is getting better and Core has been admitted to bail in 83.000. —AV. T. Justice, of Kokomo, was run over by the ears, getting his right leg so mangled that amputation was necessary. His recovery is doubtful.

—Gas is not giving out in Indiana. Every new well drilled shows a strong pressure which goes to show that gas is as plentiful now as when first struck. —The National Board of Fire Underwriters has placarded Daviess County, offering heavy rewards for the arrest of the barn-burners in that district. —Samuel Stevenson, who, a few nightsago, when coupling cars in the Big Four yards at Lafayette, had an arm crushed, will die, mortification having set m. —Tim Larby. B. Gilchrist. John Bright and Abe Peters, gas drillers, were badly burned about the face and hands by an explosion at a gps well at Strawtown. —The Woman's Relief Corp< of Muncie has a gavel made from a piece of wood excavated from old Fort Shelby in Detroit, and was presented to the Corps by Mrs. Dr. Miller. —A horse belonging to James Gallion. ami two hogs, the property of of Daniel Robinson, both living near Kokomo, were bitten by a strange dog. and had to be killed on account of developing si’injitoms of rabies. John ^Valters' H-yi-ar-ohl son was burned to death in his father's barn situated in the north end of Wabash County. The child presumably set fire to the hay while playing. Mr. Walters was away from home when the tire broke out. and when he returned three men were reuuired to prevent him from rushing into the burning embers to find his boy s remains. Later the bones were recovered and buried at Gilead. Miami County. The loss on the building which cont ained Mr. AN alters crop of wheat, is $3,000, with no insurance. It is feared that Walters may be driven insane with grief. —Thomas Bro- n has brought smt at Washington against the O. A M. railroad. Say- he was riding a velocipede on the track- by permi—ion and was run into by a freight tram. Want< $5,000. The Jackson County Bank, of Seymour, with a capital stock of $50.000. doing business a- a State Bank for a number of years past, w ill be changed to a National Bank, under the title of ’-The Seymour National Bank." The capital stock will be increased to SIOO,OOO.