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(< <^rPr J . ^9 ^k chai’t: r xii. Colonel Graham could not have 1 eon <nu h over 50 years of ago, but he ordina ily looked to be CO, and now that he was suffering from a very unnecessary loss of blood, added to great men- | tai anxiety, he might have passed for ) 70 a least. His sickness called out a great inter- ; est, and the people of the town and the officers of the Bea Hawk would have > paid him every attention had he per- I raitted it. Dinah’s visit was soon noised a’road, i and created no little comment.; but, as i many of the humbler people, and some of the well-to-do also, hed great faith in her curative skill. It was generally believed that Colonel Graham had summoned her to er amino his case. Unlike the majority of his race, Othello was reticent, and though ho was pretty well subjected to the pumping process, he kept his own and his master's secrets; the latter ha 1 suddenly become very heavy, but, being naturally shrewd, he bore the burden with a dim notion that it would turn out so ner or later to his advantage. His relationship to Dinah was not ■known outside themselves. The old woman called every man, white, black or red, “son,” and she was usually called “granny.” c 01. Graham could not afford to remain pent up in his room. It was essential that he should be off, yet evident to the doctor and even himself tt.at he would not be able to make the journey overland to New York, for at burst two weeks. “I am very anxions,” he said to Dr. Hedges, the day after Dinah’s visit, "to utilize my forced stay here by learning something of the aborigines. I have seen, here in your streets, Uncas, the Montauk chief, and his rarelv bei u iful sister, Untilla; if they be fair specimens of the natives, they are a people to be envied.” “They are hardly fair specimens,” said the doctor, who wa- an authority cn Indian matters. “•Tlmy belong to the royal race, and are descended from the great Wyandauch, with whom our first settlers—my father was one of them—made a treaty for the lands now held by the whites. A trip into the lan 1 of the Montauks would do you good; and if you desire to make it, I will s- e that they g.ve you due care and a proper escort. ” “They are hospitable, then?” ■ “Yes, sir; as all brave people are, no matter where you find them.” “I thank you for your offer, and will start a' once,” said Graham. Ho was emphatically a man of action, and so well did he exert himself, that by the early afternoon of hat day, he was sitting on a horse, wh le his servant, mounted on another, led an anin.al laden with their luggage. The young chief, Uncas, being in town that day, was asked by Doctor Hedges t > trke charge of the colonel and his servant, and he did so with a leadln s and grace that would have d ne credit to an accomplished courtier. Uncas on toot, and. with his long rifle thrown over his shoulder, strode ahead, and he would have kept on, without a halt, h d not Colonel Graham stopped in front of Squire Condit’s house. The Colonel was not anxious to meet the Squire again, but on this occasion 1 e could not avoid it, for that gentleman was >tand ng in the road in front of his own house, and looked as if he wanted "to he ad Iressed. Approachmg the Colonel, and laying his hand on the horse’s m me, the Squire said: “When you spoke to me last, you said there was something you wanted to got l'a'i h Denham to do, when you would a swer a question I asked.” I am aware -of that,” said the •Colonel, haughtily. " ' ell, I am ready. ” “Bat is Capt. Denham here?” "Yen know he is not.” “Th m it is imposs.blp for you to fulfil your part of the condition, so with your । ermission we shall wait till ho returns from New York.” “But you may not be here then.” “How do you know?” “I I now but little about your past or present, unfortunately, and that little, ; . 1 guess i? not in your fa or. You do not wish tv speak now. Go on, we shall j m -et again before you leave, depend on that. ’ bquire Condit, with a flushed face, turned toward his house, and the Colonel, followed by Othello, and preceded by the Montauk chief, rode on. “Why, Goodwill,” said Mrs. Condit, who, with her daughter Ellen. Lea Hedges, Yalentine Dayton and the old Lieutenant, was looking over the ; onto" a ower garden, now in a most charming Lnthe- ' o; a, “you look to be excited. Has ha D'^g wrong been done to you?” -urs. CoMit had never se. n i eralm- hU vMt. and her their K to double her, or it Thiv^av Te With the belief that one can keZ- a secret better than two, had never gave h g fcUS pi c ions and dislike of ment ^j s men, nor hinted that he ha I ever day ( (received money from him for Ralph's ly d care. plan bquire Condit had a religious and als o prop a manly hatred of falsehood, but being * so uething of a lawyer he was incl nod Lj- to caution and diplomacy, ansi had the will skill to parry a direct question without weel throwing much light < n it. pie 8 "I have no sympathy with people pl e t v hose curiosity takes them in among welci r eace - n l enough people if they are let ~ alone. Some day one of these rich EnMl jglishmen will see the land of the Mon1804, tanks—as did th ■ spies of Joshua in the was ! -old n time—and they will conclude that She It would make a fine estate and game Evan preserve, and then they will send agents f unel '°ver here, and under some trumped up ' treaty they will get the lands away char f rOin our red neighbors,” said the L P‘ Squire. were “Wasn’t that the way grandfather , ‘ did?” asked Ellen, laughingly. tug fl “n Oi it wasn’t. The treaty with the eat Wyandauch was fair, and has not

been violated by’ Montauk or white man. I read it so often when I was a boy that I knew it by heart,with all the old spelling. Let mo see; it begins: "April the 29th, 1648. “This present writing testiffeth an agreement between the worship’ll Theophilus Eaton, Esquire, Governor of the Colony New Haven, and the wor.-hip’ll Edward Hopkins, Esquire, Gov rnor of the Colony Connecticut, and their Astoyats on the one parte. And Poggatacut, Sa hem of Munhausett, Wyandauch, Sachem of Meuntacut, Mcnl >wetow of ” Squire Condit would have gone clear through the agreement had not Valentine Dayton interrupted with the exclamation: “I declare, Squire, your memory is remarkable. Strange how those old Indian names get twisted round from | the original.” “Aye, and a pity it is. Now, I could I give you some remarkable instances of 1 the mutila’ion of native words; for in- . stanc •, there’s Corehake ’’ j Miss Condit mercifully saved the young people .from hearing the Squire j airing his Indian vocabulary by leading : him into the house, on the plea of wanting him to taste io r m w raspberry vinI egar. Ami so, after all, the Squire was not pumped. I In the meantime Colonel Graham fol- , lowed his guide, and when they bad | gone out of sight of the settlements the [ latter dropped l ack and said: "Here we are In the land of the Mon1 tanks, to which I bid you welcome.” “I thank you,” replied < raham. “You • have a 1 eauti u! land. How far does it ; exten I to the eastward from hero.-’’ “As far as the island extends.” “And you cultivate the soil ” I “The women do that," said the chi f, proudly. "Os course, but you have flocksand ' herds?" , “Some. lut the deer on the hills a e I our socks, and the sword-fish in the sea are our herds." "You must lead a happy, independent life. How far is your settlenu nt from | hero?” "We can roach it before tiie sun is the e,” teplied the chief, pointmg his rifle half way down the western .cy. They went on with more speed, and i early in Ihe afternoon they c ime to a wooded elevation, lion which they Im i a view to the eastward of a nearly tn>eless \ alley, in which w ie many hous.-s , of logs and bark, an I beyond which there stret hod a great fond that looked as large ns anol i world lake. To the south a glimps ■ of the great I ocean could Ie had, white to the mi th i there stret hod away the j lucid blue i waters of the Sound. "Does the bla *k woman, Dinah, live hole?” asked Graham, as they dr scended to the valley. "You .mean the black pr es e- ” “Ah —j erhaps —yes, I mear. the bin d; I priest ess." " Timr Is her hou-e," said th • chief, ; pointing to a < a ; an from the clay ch;m- --; ney of wh ch the smoke wa- iising. "Do you ail like her’" j “So ne do Ido not, though on e I did like her,” said the chief. "And why did you change' “Because she was the ir.cnd of Dab h DeiUiam. ” "Then you do not like Denham'" "1 hate him. and should h> v tmt an 1 I m ct me a’.on •. bio , i w.H be sp 1., <1 । " Why do you hate him " | Before re ( »lv.ng. Uncas look 1 Gra- ■ ham full in the face, and wa • sa r- i.. 1 I that he, tvo, hid no liking forth s i;l m. “My sister likes him as ^he docs her life."” “Oh, in iced. And you do not wish him to many your "No. I vmh he Would marry Untilla: and leave Lea Hedges to the man who lov< s her as he never can." “Ah, I sem sa;d the coh nel, on whom the light suddenly broke, and lie r - gretted that he did not know o: tills before. Had he done so, he would have saved Fox—wliom lie trusted with relu tance —the trouble of making away I with llalph Denham, for her-* was a .ran j anxious for the work, and amply able, ; with a little coaching, to < arry it out. i Uncas’ house d.lfered only in size from the houses of the rest of th? tribe; it was, in r s lity, a number of ordinary houses, connected by covered I passage-way-. Some of the furniture had been procured from the whites, but the greater part —from which it must not be interred that there was a great deal of fu niture—was of native manufacture. The chief and his sister Lade Graham weleom , and, at th 1 bidding of the former, a number of Indians app are I to take charge of the horses. Cne of the houses was set apart for the use of Graham, and a small one adjoining was given to his servant. Women appeared to cook venison and fish before a great fire that was budt j before the chief’s house. Being very weary, Graham lay down in a buckskin hammock after supper, and Uncas, evidently glad to have his guest out of the way, shouldered 'his rifle and started, with the speed of a man who had an important object in view, for the eastward. After Uncas had gone out of sight of the Montauk village, he sat down on a rock, first taking a c. reful surveyor the : surrounding country. , . quicker ste; s of one running very fast. He did m t look in the direction of the 1 sounds, but with his rifle across his knees he gazed steadily in the direction of the ocean, now lost to sight, for the first stars were gleaming in the east. “Uncas, I have come from the bea on hill,” said a young Indian, suddenly stopping before the chief and addressing him in the musical language of the Mon auks. j "The feet of Somonk,” said the chief, : i “are as the win s of the eagle.” ; ! “Yes,” replied Somonk, “but to me i they are ail t o slow when they run to ; , do the bidding of my chief.” ; I "Did the white men reach the shore?” “They did. I saw them while yet the de.Ln ng sun Hashed on the headland ' of Montauk. i ; “They came last night as was ■ agreed?” i ; “That I know not, but the young > ' chief gave me this paper, and told me > ’ to hand it to you.” Uncas had been taught to read and i w’.ite Ly an old clergyman named Bogert, who had taken a great interest ■ in th? conversion of the polytheistic M< ntauks. i Striking a light with his flint and : steel, the young chief handed the flam-

beau to Som nk and then opened the " paper. It was neither dated nor signed, but was written in a largo clear hand, and read as follows: “The Captain of the Wanderer will ever look on Uncas, chief of the Montauks, as a friend who is very warm in his heart. When four suns more have set the Wanderer will be at anchor off the beacon headland, a boat will come I to the shore, and there Captain Fox will give to Uncas that which he promised. “Warriors win as often thrcu"h silence and secrecy as by valor. “If Uncas helps his friend, he can conquer his enemy, and become master of that which is dear to him asliie." The chief read this over three or four times, and then asked; Somonk, < an you guide me there in the darkness?" “I can,” was the reply. "How many of them are there?” 'Three," answered Somonk, holding up that number of fingers. “Go on and I will f0.10w.” Ti e chief waved his hand, and Somonk, now completely rested, took the advance. They t> oved on as silently as shadows. Along valleys and over hills till they cou'd hoar the roar of the • ocean; and 100 Ing down from the rocky heights, they saw fr nauld and two companions sitting a out a lire on the shore. CH.MTI.K XIII. CA’ tain fox and ms OI’EST A happier man than Balj h Denham, was the morning ho sailed away from! Sag Haibor, on the Wanderer, neve» paced a quarter deck. * He was youn h ndsome and alJe^l but in h.^ .joy lie gave no thought these, for vanity In Id no place in ami brave heart, iul he was ordered meet the authorities o' the provln an I he blt < eria n i o sal or who evefj le.t New York hart or had been more^ successful than himse f. He felt a glow of pride at the ten-e of a duty well per- j formed, but it is doubtful it this would have elated him so m ch ha 1 the gratiI cation, of wha' was now the controlling impulse of his life, been wanting. Lea Hedges hud pledged him her love. Wh it if her a tonished father stanmered <ut objections without clearly defin ng them; t e young man felt that . he could set them aside, and that the , c.ou is iff mystery that enveloped his origin wo Id be dissipate I or forgotten in the glow of a glory that was yet to Le his. Ad nature was in harmony w.th his joy- us frame of min I. He had loved the oeenn fro n a boy; but never be orc did he loci that rapt sympathy that existed bvtwe m iis ‘ strongly thro ib : g h art an I the giyiy ■ fiushin t waters. He had cruise I o ror.g the Antilles, tha' gem with ropie growth the breast of the ( ardd can. which fringed with b m >■ I e Derai ls the hem of the old o can's a untie, but their remembered , ieuut.es w. :e ui and garish, com- j pared with th v rdn t islands which jeweled the han I Long Island extendv 1 in gr eting to the ma n and. tie was । a ing tie deck, watching the fl -! ng ■at e- f the Indians. 5u l re-। < ailing a hundred ha; py days sp< nt : wth the;. on ihe- ' bas s, when Captain 1 ox, who l rd be< n iss . ng c mmands in away that showed he was a very thoou_h sudor, jo n d him, and said: I intendei gig up through the I Sound, it a- I ■> to know H e channel, hardly < are to risk it with this wind, and to will go outside. It wi 1 not make ten . r.; nut s’ oiheu m e n the time “I Udn .I nm f.’"' ar wth erery Oof i fthewuv U ' the Sound, an 1, if vou I ermit me to act as pilot, I rha l be i .i;< v to se ve you in that capacity," . said I’aljh And t: ut yeti , o dd do so better than ' any man that ever tr versed that route, j 1 am as sure a- tl.at ' e are l.cre; lat I e< ;.d | erm.' th- < aptain of the Sea । 1 awk, hit ha- << v.?r <1 berscL with glory, t ■ ;day pilot for the Wan>'ercr, that his yet , reputation to make in these waters. No, w.th the southeast! wind and die o; en sea before us, we I can n ake the harrows before the sun j his . c et," a d ( a t. F<>x, as h * passed h < arm ti< ugh I alph 1 • naa n an 1 bega: waiting I ack and forth, just as it they w re ’he dearest friends in the world, ( n th” part of one. at b ast, there was a feeling of regard that might in time mow into strong friendship; but on the । ar: of the other there was an :n< a , ■ : y f u - e erythi: g that < id not ] an er Id-own avarice or feed his .nordinnio amb.tion. To HE < OXI IM’Xli. ’ rpel-Cleaner. The p < * Tenny on had his little i mishaps, j:;st as le s gifted mortals I do. One at term,on h 1 called on some friends. Icarne i that they were not at Lome, an 1 d eided to leave a note. The hoti-iinaid took him to the drawing-room, and gave him pen, i ink and pap t. When signing his name to his po- ! lite little missive, Tennys n, by a : jerk of the elbow, overturned the ink-l ottle; and great was h's dismay j at seeing a large pool of ink spreading ra]ddly over his friend's new white Persian carpet of matchless beauty. Horror-struck hi? rang the bell. Up ran the servant. “Do piease help mei” cried the poet. It happened that the niilkn.nn Lml lust left a can o>’ frothing mi v the q () ,• and the intelligent housemaid rememoered in the nick of time that new milk, if thrown over wet ink, would remove all traces of the despoiling fluid. Accordingly she overturned the jug upon the large black pool, and with house-flannel and cloths set about lubbing and scrubbing at the stain. Down went Tennyson on his hands and knees, rubbing and scrubbing with his little helpmeet. His agony of mind lest his old friend should knock at the door and suddenly appear on the scene of disaster he often described in later days, declaring that it “reached the infinite.” But with such a good-will did this strange couple work together that every trace of ink w.is removed. “Here is a 5-shilling piece, my good girl,” cried the poet, “and God bless you!” With that he s ized his hat and made for the door. Some weeks later an invitation to dine with his friends reached Tennyson. He went; and the carpet was in no way alluded to on either side. Cirlmalkln to the Front. A pedigree book of high-bred cats has just been issued in England.

^HE SUNDAY SCHOOL. SERIOUS SUBJECTS CAREFULLY CONSIDERED. * Scholarly Exposition of the Lesson— Thoughts Worthy of Ca:m Reflection— Half an Hour’s Study of the Scriptures “■Time Well Sjient. The Resurrection of Christ. The lesson for Sunday, April 2, may be found in Matt. 28: 1-10. INTBODVCTOBY. | The International Committee have , thrown in a lesson here from the Old I Testament, the lesson of the resurrection. It comes in very pleasantly an 1 effectively when the soft earth is put- I ting forth intimations of coming buds and blossoms and fruits. May there be ? an answering new creation in the hearts of many. POINTS IN THE LESSON. “Ab it began to dawn.” It was the beginning of a new day for men. They aro women's voices that usher ।in the dawn. Os how many blessed I things for the world has woman been the harbinger! “To see the sepulchre.” That was their sad errand. Alas, how many socalled Christians are still g dng on so dolefnl a pilgrimage? They are on the Wrong side of the garden. There is no sepulcher of Christ. I A great earthquake. We maivelnot; BGod’s handiwork could not but sym- । P^Dilae. Nay, it was as if the boa >tn of I earth heaved in palpitation before him. Land the rocks leape 1 at the presence of Ehl-Tnajesty. They will do it again. I What ease and d gnity in the inoceI ment —he “ro led back the stone!” L What aro gates of stone or brass to I God’s Samsons of the skies? But one i thing we can do that angels cannot, {though fain. They cannot publish tho tidings; we can, we must. Hear their plaintive, insistent appeal, “Go tell!” The angel eat d wn upon the stone. We like that; there is inspiration a :d encuuragemi nt in every movement hire. Do you see the angel sitting there, with a kin 1 of line d.sdain, upon that rock- Men thought to bar him out with it, but he io le 1 it away an 1 sat down upon it. O, “why do the heathen rage?—he that sitteth in the heavens i shall I.ugh.” Was there not a bit of j that celestial derision here—just a little? Lulckly. Haste with the blessed tidings. Quick! for I’eter is well-nigh b'stile himself with grief O'er the denial of his Master. Quick! for Thomas is ; almost ready to fall Into the vortex of ! doubt and despair. Quick, for the Emmaus two l:av ■ already starte I. sad•nirited, on their journey, and the Ukciples are scattering, a broken-hearted company, to their homes. Stay them, ! comfort them, rally them in the little [ upper room, and presently on Galilee’s hillside. “There they shall see me." Ah, seo them lunning, fear mingled with joy! Go 1 be praised for that initial obedience, that Instant nia rlty' Catch ' tho pace, keep it up. In God's name, do it, and be quick about it! HINTS ANU ILLI STRATIONS. Two pertinent words from Gilmour of Mongolia, wh >ae interesting life—what missionary life is not interesting?—the writer his lately been perusing. He is writing from the isolation of his Mongol hometoafriend. “I have got a step j neare to God lately. It is this: I (to TT-K :T' 'X =’ :■ ■ v ; y ask Christ to take me near him. Why I shouldn't 1? Does m t Chri- save men i from distance from God and bring us i near?” . . The other word is likewise from a letter: “Somet mes when I am ; writing a letter to you, and come to the I foot of the page, and want to turn over i the leaf, I don’t take blotting paper and blot it, but kneel down and pray while j it is drying." What, think you. was ; Jesus doing in the betweenwhiles? It is fin-he I, trust him. Said SpurI geon at the last: To you know my j theology has become very simple, but it is quite sufficient. It may not be quite j enough to preach, but it is enough to | die on, and I can put it into four words, Jb-sus died for me. That is enough, brother.” Yes, enough, because he died ' and rose again, and ever liveth again to i make intercession for us and to bring lus all to himself at the last. Let us I close with one more choice sentiment from Gilmour. He is writing to his missionary classmate in Madagascar: “By the strength which Christ gives us, let us go into it. Pray for me. I p:ay for you; and, if we do not meet on earth, you know the trysting place—‘The right han ! side.’ ” Oh, to know him and the power of his resurrection! We were listening to Missionary Gould there at the Milwaukee, Wisconsin, conference. He was telling of the terrible antagonisms of heathendom and of the fearful caricatures of the Gospel perpetrated by the natives. It was a new view of missionary toil and privation. The first tho ght was earthly, devilish—“what's the use? What are we doing?” The n came tho sober and secon 1 thought born of the Spirit. Eejoice! it is Satan’s resist- ’ ance. We are not fruitlessly beating the air wrestle not with flesh anil bloodrrutv i,h p rini ; i P aii, ’ ies nowors n A spiritual wickedness ir hitrh places. When Jesus was h re (n he stirred up demons and (iius^oen knew the presence |of the Christ and the certainty of conquest. Let the devils howl and hoot to-day; it is Satan versus God. Our Lord is fighting for us and will prevail. And then we fall to thinking of tiie Welsh preacher of whom we were told at ministers’ meeting the other day. Do we recall it aright? “I saw two lads contending in tho way, Ona had the o her down upon his back and yet was crying out lustily as if in alarm. ‘Why do you cry so. when you are on top?’ I asked. ‘Oh,’he answered. ‘I feel him ! getting up, help, help!’ So ( nthe morning of the resurrection. Tomb, rock, seal, guard. Is it net enough? He’s getting up! He’s getting up. He is bursting the 1 ars. Help, help! An I there was a great earthquake. Next Lessen —“Afflictions Sanctified.” -Jt b 5: 17-27. It Must Have Been a Remarkable Quilt. An old lady, looking out of the window of a cable car in Kansas City the other day, saw in one of the yards a silk patch-work quilt, old and faded, hanglua on the line. Instantly she stoppel the car, went into the house and found, as she knew she would, an old friend she had not seen in years. She reco^nized the quilt as one she had seen her friend piecing in Central Missouri eighteen years before. In 1510 silk-worm growing was extensively practiced in South France.

RAZED TO TIIE GROUND DESTRUCTION OF LITCHFIELD’S , BIG FLOURING MILL. Kehlor Eros.’ Great Establishment at Litchfield Takes Fire and Is Shattered ' by a Terrific Explosion, Which Is Frit Fifty Miles Away. Wrecked Many Houses. The Planet mill, at Litchfield, HI, burned to the ground at an early hour Tuesday morning. It was the largest winter-wheat mill in the world. The explosion ae< ompanying the fire shook the surrounding country for miles and threw nearly every chimney in the city. There is hardly a plate glass left inta t. lu the immediate vicinity of the mill houses were torn completely down and smashed like egg shells. The millwright, John Carr, was burned to death while attempting to escape. The loss on th ‘ mill alone is $"00,0u0. Many individuals in the vicinity of the mill sustained heavy damages to their property. ' The insurance on the mill was §250,- ! 000. The entire loss w.ll not fall short । of $1,0(0,000. At 3:20 o’clock in the morning fire ! was dicove:el in the Planet mill. « While the fire department and the s ud- । deniy aroused citizens were hurrying to ' the scene of the Uro the entire city was startl ■ t by t n explosion, the like of which has rar. ly been equaled. Houses trembled upon their foundations, chimneys to; pb d and fell, sides and fronts of buildings were crushed. Women ’ were almost craze 1 fright and men were j panic-stricken. Few could conjecture ? the cause, the majority appearing to think that it was the craca of doom. Those who were in the streets at th? time of the explosion say there was a rumbling sound, then simultaneously with the terrific report a vast tolumn of dust and smoke arose from the burning buildings, and frem its midst a cential volume of flames, by some described as a ball of fire, ascended high in the air, which instantly was filled I with flying debris. The report of this | explosion was heard at Taylorsville, ; Hillsboro, Staunton, Highland, Vandalia, Mendota and all other points within fifty n iles. The fire department’s efforts were useless so far as saving the mill property was concerned. Fortunately the night was calm ancQthe buildings adjacent were not in.ured. At daylight tho Planet Mills, with a capacity of 2.500 ban els of t'o .r per day, together with the immense elevator and its contents, as well as a number of cars loaded with grain, were a mass of smoldering ruins. Strange to say but cne life was lost—that of John Carr, the bead millwright, of Waterloo, who leaves a wife and three < hildren. Carr ha 1 entered the burning mills in’< nding to save some tools. In the explosion he lost his life, and his charred rema ns were recovered. Many persons were injured either by the f rce of the explosion or by falling debris. Houses Torn to Pieces. j In the vicinity of the mill the damage sustained was very great. Houses were twisted and torn to pieces in a manner which can o :ly be equaled by a cyclone. Immense timbers were thrown to a great height, and falling end downward. w. re stuck in the ground to a depth i f Iro n two to three feet. Tin rooting and material composing the mill was strewn ev<>rywh. re. Many escapes Irom death were truly mira ulous. A house occupied by Andrew Duncan and family had its entire side caved in the family e- ap ne with but slight injuries. Next to tie loss sustain i d ly the milling company, Mr. Neuber suffers the greatest loss. His stock of groceries was ruined and his residence badly twisted an 1 crushed. Some of the losses sustained on dwellings, public buildings and business houses are as follows: The Litchfield Mill Company, on plant and machinery, Som'.o o, exclusive of 200/00 bushels of wheat; John Krauss, store and dwelling, $3,100; A. Neuber, store ana dwelling. $1,000; E. Eichelroth, ' residence, $600; V. Hoffman estate, j $2,000; Mrs. Michael O’Neal, $4 0; Beindorf Bros., $100; F. Windles, $100; Litchfield Hotel, on glass, SI,OOO. The loss of glass in the city will amount to $20,0 0. Hundreds of houses in the city suffered damages which cannot be estimated at the present time. The capacity of the mills at the time of their aestructi n was 2,500 barrels a day, their market being chiefly a foreign one. They were owned by Kehlor Bros, of St Louis, incorporated under the name of the Litchfield Mill Company. Albert Smith was manager and Tiobert Adams superintendent. Temporary office quarters have been secured in which to transact all I usiness pertaining to the company. Mr. J. B. Kehlor arrived in the city in the morning. In an interview to-day he said: “It is beyond my comprehension how an explosion of such terrific violence could have occurred in that mill, as it was one of the cleanest and most orderly mills in the country.” It is not known whether the mills will be rebuilt or not. Notes of Current Events. Lord Salisbury’s health is improving. Italy appropriates $55,000 for World’s Fair purposes. Two deaths from la grippe occurred in New York. Dr. E. W. Buchanan is on trial at New York for wife murder. A blizzard at St. John’s, N. F., left ten feet of snow in the street. Nicaragua is considering a proposition to declare war on Honduras. Si Po Tai, the famous Chinese physician,of San Francisco is (lea 1, aged 76. Secretary Carlisle has decided to receive no callers cn Monday hereafter. The English House of Commons has approved the World’s Fair appropriation. The Montana act for the semi-annual payment of taxes was vetoed by the Governor. The Illinois legislative committee has begun an investigation of the Whisky Trust. The plant of the United States Glass Company at Tarentum, Pa., was burned. Loss, $150,00 ». Hungarians met at Buda Pesth and adopted resolutions in saver of Hungarian independence. The wholesale grocery firm of Tompkins, Fassett A Crocker, at Elmira, N. Y., has failed for $125/01. It is said Beading receivership certificates will be issued to the amount ol fiom $1,000,000 to $5,000,000. j C. T. Murphy, who Is introducing corn in Europe as a food, gave a dinner to fifty scientific men in Copenhagen.

THE WAY THINGS RUN IN THE GREATEST OF GREAT STATES, INDIANA. Things Which Have Lately Happened Within Its Borders—Some Fleasant anil Some Sad Reading. The Governor’s Stu.T. Governor Matthews has announced his staff as follows: Adjutant General—lrvin Robbins of Indianapolis, with the rank of BrigadierGeneral. Quartermaster-General—S. M. Compton, Indianapolis, with the rank of Brig-adier-General. Rank of Colonel—Commissary General Charles Buchanan, Union City; Pavmas-ter-General, L. B. Martin, Terre Haute; Surgeon-General, R. F. Stone, Indianapolis; Military Secretary, Myron D. King, Indianapolis; Inspector-General, O. P. Lee, Danville. Chief of Artillery. | J. B. Curtis. Indianapolis; Chief Signal | Officer, R. E. Graves, Evansville; Chief ; of Ordnance. J. B. Plessinger. Bluffton; I Chief of Engineer Corps, Legrand T. | Meyer, Hammond; Inspector of Rifle j Practice, Charles Kahlo, Indianapolis. ! Rank of Lieutenant-Colonei — Assist- ; ant Adjutant General, Leon T Bagley, Huntington; Assistant Quartermaster General, Daniel Fasig, Terre Haute: Assistant Commissary - General, John Adams, Columbia City; Assistant Paymaster General. S. P. Straus, Ligonier; Assistant Surgeon-General, E. Carey,lndianapolis; Assistant Inspector-General, J. 11. Murphy, Indianapolis. Rank of Major—Ordnance Officer, Louis Centlivre. Fort Wayne- Engineer, A. I. Friend, Fort Wayne. Aide-de-Camps — Louis Nickel, Jr., South Bend: J. M. Healey, Indianapolis; F. A. Hays, Spencer; J. W. Baugher, Tyner City; W. H. 11. Cullen, Greencastle; A. B. Mewhinnev, Terre Haute. The Indianapolis city’ council has passed the ordinance by a vote of 15 to | 6 appropriating 875,000 in aid of the national encampment G. A. R. Minor State News. A public reading room has been opened at Seymour. Over 1,000 Bedford people have signed the total abstinence pledge. Six otters were caught recently in White River near Petersburg. George Lyons died at Brooklyn from injuries received by a falling tree. Abigah Robinson, aged GO, of Finmoret Putnam County, committed suicide by hanging. The annual school oratorical contests of Montgomery County will be held at Crawfordsville April 29. Tre tenth annual reunion of the ' Thirtieth Indiana Veteran Association will be htld at Monroeville April 20. Frederick Peters, living south of Hobart, Lake County, «was killed Wednesday by a piece from a bursting buzz saw. Mrs. May Ferguson, the Frankfort widow who sued John Blanch, the Clinton County farmer, for 85,009 for breach of promise, was given 1 cent damages by the jury. Jeremiah Courval a tinner's helper, aged 23, fell ninety feet from the top of the new Hulman building, Terre Haute, breaking his neck and causing his death in a few minutes. Dan Reese, a young farmer residing on James Ross’s farm, west of Muncie,is the possessor of a young pig that has five distinct ears. There are two ears on one side of the head and three on the other. The pig is a great curiosity and seems happy. Flora Eicholtz, a 9-year-old girl at Union City, was shot in the forehead while picking up kindling wood in a shed. The ball glanced around the sku 1, making a three inch wound, but doing no further injury. Who fired the shot is a mystery. Down at Delphi the other night they held a hugging matinee for the benefit ;of the church. A certain citizen paid I 25 cents to hug one of the pretty creatures on exhibition and after he had been at the job for some fifteen minutes he discovered that he had been squeezing his own wife. He kicked up such a row that the management had to refund him his money. W. W. Walters, the venturesome young man who travels over the gas belt shooting sas wells with nitro-glyceriue had a frightful experience in Muncie recently and several people had close calls for their lives. It resulted from a pair of runaway horses. Walters travels in a spring wagon in which he transports the deadly explosive. He was approaching a gas well on Henry Martin’s property, and a large crowd was there to see Miss Rose Martin drop the “go devil,” which she did. The horses pulling the dangerous stuff got frightened, and started to run off. Walters stayed with them, and pulled his revolver to shoot them if they could not be stopped any othey way. Fortunately the neck-yoke on the tongue came.loose, letting the tongue down, and stopped the team. The wagon was loaded with 100 quarts of explosive at the time, and the result of an explosion would have made a catastrophe. Several persons are searching the country near Yountsviile hunting for an aerolite which is supposed to have fallen I the other night. As Mr. Carmichael of j Chicago, agent for the Deering binder, in ' । company with William Sheets, were rei turning from Alamo during the heavy rain, they were blinded by a sudden light i which they described as being similar in । brilliancy to that ot a flash of light. । There shot over them a huge ball of white I fire in a terrific rush. From this large ; ball smaller tails continually broke off I and exploded with loud noise. The main I ball was descending toward the earth at • an angle of forty-five degrees, and they ; claim that it struck the earth in a field, i Then followed an explosion like the sound I of a cannon, and ail was instant dark- ' ness. The entire affair lasted not over I three seconds, and was succeeded by j volumes of smoke that enwrapped them. ' The men tell a very straightforward - story, and an attempt is being made to solve the affair. Ed Kaiser, an inmate of the White County Poor Farm, aged about thirtyfive, was killed by the south-bound train ’ on the Monon, about five miles north of Monticello. He was deaf, and it is supposed did not hear the approach of the cars. A man by the name of John Rouse, was killed at the O. & M. round house in North Vernon. He was run over by an engine that was backing into the ■ round house. He had been asleep on a j pile of ashes and cinders and uncon- ! sciously rolled off on the track. He lived only a few moments after the acci- ! denL