St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 18, Number 41, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 29 April 1893 — Page 7

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Wife •^G^UOi W>d6 ^ieek CII HTEH XVl—Continued. Thrasher took in the situation, and, finishing his currant wine, he drew his leather sleeve across his very large mouth, and, flinging his saddle bags •over his shoulder, he said: “I am going to the inn.” “That is all right, my man, said Mr. Hedges, handing him a coin; 111 see you again.” “Will you send back an answer, sir. “Yes; to-morrow all the Captain s friend will »»yu ’ ! '^To-night?" iti' chorus from the poo- I pie about Thrasher. wu 'ki “Yes; I must go jo fir Whero - puc. ■ BIVU that proved WBo novice in this “How long will you remain?” asked Valentine Day ton. “About two hours.” “Very well; we shall try to have the ; letters by that time,” said Mr. Hedges. Thrasher bowed humbly and left. He had but just gone out of hearing when the Squire, bursting with impatience, called out: “Well, George, what is the trouble?" “Trouble!” repeated Mr. Hedges, I “Why, the trouble is that Fox is to be back in a few days, and I am to report . to him for orders!” “Report to Fox tor orders!” “Fox to have command of the Sea Hawk!” “What does Ralph mean?” These were a few of the exclamations that broke from the lips of the people on the veranda when Mr. Hedges uttered the sentence given above. Mr. Hedges ran the fingers of his left hand nervously through his frosted hair, his right hand clutching the letter. He was debating the propriety of reading it, and on such an important question, lor he had the old-time regard for official etiquette. He could not afford to come to a hasty conclusion. “Sit down,sitdown," he said at ler gth; “I can’t see any harm in letting you all know now what every one aship and ashore must know in a few hours.” ’Squire Condit and his wife sat down on the lieutenant’s right hand, and Valentine Dayton and Ellen just in front of him. He was noticeably deliberate in his speaking, and painfully so in his reading. He hesitated over some of the words, and his soundless lips spelt them to himself beforu pronouncing them. This was the letter: “New Amsterdam Inn. Bowling Green. “City of new Yobe and it k "Paorixc k or same. f^TDfficer, “Gtorge Hedges, “Cotu’d'g ye Provincial Cruiser, “Sea Hawk, “Her M's Service, “Off Sag Harbor, \ “County of Suffolk, “Long Island. “Sir: —The Governor of ye Province if New York, to whom I have male du? report of ye condition and state of ye provincial cruiser. Sea Hawk, hath ordered and commanded me to remain in attendance on his worshipful honor, until suih time or times as ye great council meet, to whom I shall make such explanation of ye condition of piracy in ye Spanish Main as j shall be fitting ye occasion. “I therefore comman \ instruct and or- ' der. that you, George He Iges, l~t officer, ; com’d'g ye aforesaid cruiser. Sea Hawk, i shall, on ye arrival of Captain William ' Fox. of F. M. Ship Wanderer, report to I him for such instructions as it shall please | him t > give, and to be unto him obedient In ! all things regaining to the conduct of ye ship and crew. “In witness whereof, I have hereunt > ' affixed my signature, and the -eal of ye i aforesaid cruiser. Sea Hawk. “I have the honor to be. “Most truly. -Your h’mble, “Ob’n’t servant. “Hals n Benham, “Captain of ye Provincial Cruiser. Sea “:la w k. ■’ “There,” said Lieutenant Hedges, “that’s the letter, Vai. What do you think of it?” “I am very sorry,” replied Valentine Dayton, “but, of course, you can do nothing but obey orders.” “Gs course,” echoed the Lieutcnat. j “I wish that fellow Fox never showed • his red head in this town,” said the squire, angrily. “Oh, he is not to blame; he must obey orders like ourselves, " said the bluff old Lieutenant. “My dear,” said Mrs. Condit, inclin- j ing her pretty head to her husband, and turning her mild eyes to the others to j wJ'rne them to note what she was about to whom a "ms the r > r ..^7 . xw “that there can't be any doubt abouflt,’ ” “Still,” she persisted. "I feel that he did not write it.” "Have you any other reason than your own feelings, dear wife? " asked' the squire. “Yes; I cannot think that Ralph Denham, who, man and boy has known George Hedges for one and twenty years, would write a cold, stiff, heartless letter like that,” “Nor can I believe that Ralph wrote I it,” added Ellen. “Ralph didn’t write the letter." said Va entine Dayton. “It was written by the Captain of the Sea Hawk in his official capacity. If he had written to Uncle George, or to me, or to any of us, : as Ralph Denham, our true old friend, he’d put as much heart into his words as any man that ever handled a i en. ” “Yes,” explained Mr. Hedges, who saw and appreciated the mistake of the ladies, “official communications, ev«m between father and son, as I’ve seen time and time again in the service, Las all got to be written that way. Why. they wouldn’t be official if they wasn’t stiff, and cold, and lofty, and all that. ” j Neither Ellen nor her mother attempted comment, for, with the exception of the Squire, there was not to them a ! greater authority than Lieut. George ’ Hedges in all the country round about.

“There is but little satisfa tion in a n an trying to do his duly," said V alen- i tine, with some bitterness. “Mhy couldn’t the Governor have Jest Uncle George in charge of the ship?” 1 As no one attempted to answer this question, the Squire asked Mr. Hedges if he had any objections to letting him see the letter. ' “Not at all," replied Mr. Hedges; 'read it for yourself. ” The Squire took the letter, adjusted his spec ales, and coughed with great solemnity, while his face took on that expression of judicial gravity which was the terror of all evil-do rs in that country. He was abo it to read the letter when Lea Hedges came up the path and joined ’ the party. She has seen the post-rider going to Squire Condit’s, and her heart told her that he carried news from Ralph I Denham. , | After Ellen and her mother had explained the situation, and Lea had ex- . pressed her sorrow in her face rather I tin n by words, the Squire read the letter ' ' aloud, and then, spreading it out on Ins : ‘ knee J l ,® eon7 Jimh T' iiiesc preparations I vigorous „ ” Hill Llenten- । Wt®^W^^mTegiin, with a severity roT mien that startle 1 his wife and perplexed Ellen not a little. “Aye, aye, sir. Fire away," said Mr. Hedges. “Captain Denham left you in command of the Sea Hawk?” ] "Yes, sir.” “To hold till he returned?" “Yes, sir, or till lam relieved by some properly commissioned officer.” "Just so; that is the way I see it. Now this letter does not say that y< u are to turn over the command of the i ship to Captain Fox; on the contrary, it is vxpr. esly stated that you shall obey j him as a superior officer, so far as the I movements of the vessel under your command are concerned.” "I think you are right there, squire," I said Mr. Hedges, his face brightening up. “I know I am. When Fox comes he : will have orders from the Governor, I and you’ll see that they accord with my i opinion as justice of the peace." And j satisfied that all th ■ judges in the world could not differ from this opinion, the ’ squire handed back th ■ letter. When Lea learne I that Thrasher, the ' post-rider was about to return in about i an hour or two, she got a quill and pa- : per from Ellen and sat down then and I there t" write 1 her lover a letter. All wrote, Mr. Hedges’ being the only letter that ha 1 an official tone, and ; the only one in which I >ve or frlendsh p was not sent to Ralph, with strong inj junctions to answer as sm n as possible, i and give them all the particulars, par- : ticularly the particu ars of his return. When all the letters were ready, Mr. I Hedges and \ alentine layt n tc ok i them down to the inn, where they found Thrasher smoking his pipe with an air of great enjoyment, and looking like anything but a man exhausted by a long ride. “These letters,” said Valentino Dayton. taking h gold coin from his pocket land handing it with the letteis to Thrasher, ‘ are all private, so I will ; ~y you now, and when you h nd them to Capt. Denham. I am sure he will give you an additi mil reward." “I like Cap n Denham , s mm h as any man I ever came across, exo pt, perhaps, mebbe, Cap’n l ox; ho ,umr, up alo it to him; and you'll sen 1 won’t forget myself," replie i Thresh,?. evince flushed face showed that he LU Leer, taking a ivanta e of h's uno? pect< d prosperity to treat himself to wine. Soon after this the post-rnier left for : Greenport, from w. ieh point he said he i was going to Gardner’s Island, then j and still in the possession of tlm family i that tlrst purchased it from the Indian-. | “I don't like that man. Thrasher,” said Mr. He g< s. as he and Va'etHine stood on the beach signaling th. S. a ’ Han k to send a boat for them. Nor do I, but of course th. fellow : has noth.ng to do with the natur ■ •?: t;?' ' mess iges h - carries. I almost w-h the i Sea Hawk was out of commissi, m ami i we were settled down on shore again,” : said Valentine. "Oh. it's all very well for you. \ al. ' who have a pretty girl ready to 1 ecm;? your wife, to talk about settling dowp; but here I am—.'ive-and-forty, with no : wife an 1 the pros; ect ■ :' none. “That is your own fault. Uncle , George.” "Perhaps it is; I could ha e married in my time, ami when 1 was your age. if any one had told me I should Lve to be as old as I am now, without getting । married, I would call him crazy. Yet. here I am, with no I ride but the ship and no home but the sea." "Oh, come, Uncle G< orge, don’t talk in that way. Every house on the is’and j is your home and every man is your i friend; and as to getting n arried. why I a man of forty-five should be in his prime. If you doubt this start <ut at । once with the object of getting a wife. : and my word for it, you can win a girl ’ nearly as sweet as Ellen Condit, and .at deal for the pow- ’ STear," bravU'eye'Y ’ pression. and his usually strong, bold voice had in it a sub-tone of music, as he said: “Perhaps you are right ; Vai. I know ; I feel as strong, and my head is as clear, and my heart as stout as it ever was; and talking 'bout being too old to ■ love, I’ll tell y<>u something if it wasn’t I’m afraid you’d laugh at me.” i "You do me an injustice. Uncle George, it you thing I could entertain I any other feeling than respect for what I th nk to be the noblest emotion that , 1 stir the human heart. A man him- । h )v e. is not apt to ridicule the i feelimz m another." "I think you are right, my lad, , and more particularly when that ot ier is one’s uncie. But I ; don t see why I shouldn't tell • 5 ou, thougn you may think strange of ; my taste, that I have had my eye on a ‘ (•■itain girl for two years and more.” ' , ( May I ask if I know her?” 1 ,al ’” saicl the lieutenant,! ' iitrough his tan. ••c nc ^ e ^ eor ne, who is she?” She is not of our race,” said the lieutenant, with a solemn shake of the ! head. “Not of our race! What do you mean?"': mean, A al, she aint white ” “But she aint black!" cried Vai.

^he/^an^lndia B !^^ a princess r„^i' S? ’Sd “ P ««ler or nobler woman . nev rt.od the shores of Long Isiana. I don’t care what color the next is "Do you mean I ntilla: “Ind hav«you said anything to her ; ab “°Of course I haven't. But Isay. Vai, ' “Han'' it* lad I’d rather attack a war frb^e” bou must do it for nm,” said Mr. Hedges, appealinglyI By this tim ■ the boat from the Hawk reached "*Xt the old lieuso bro ght an en 1 U ‘ ue l wa9 .. the | tenant afters aids I he had ever . most trying cc ( - ve . alld .forty years” . tac.ilel gui.ng th enlful ute . o liis । y i‘° mean- > Fllen at the impulse that she e s™ -' k "" "sbe Mt hurt «>*t hs “ ot “ nt T,, I so her by the messenger. It M have taken to little of his time, she said, as she sat down on. the trunk ot the same tree, so littlebf^--'b^d’snw Valentine and waited fr j n ‘ she envied them, for ^Wcsupposed they were discussing naval matters, and that love could only engross men when they had nothing else to do, while with her own sex, love absorbed all their thoughts, if it did not \ control all the acts of their lives. She regretted that Captain Fox was coming back, and she made up her mind to hold him at arm’s length if he continned his coarse attentions. She could not even think kindly of her father while j this man plagued her thoughts. She was not aware that another person was near her till sht> heard her name called in accents low, musical and thrilling, and looking up with a start, she saw t ntilla before her. The Indian I maiden had attended the same school I with Lei, Ellen and the young ladles i of the better families in the place, and in nr ny respects she was the intellectual equal of the brightest. She was particularly distinguished for the frankne-s of her manners—a irankn -s that was as far removed from ru leness as ihe clear waters of a wll- j low sliaded spring differ from the tinged j stream to which it gives rise. I'ntilia had all the dignity of charac- i , ter that distinguishe'l the rulers of her ' race, but there blended with it a gentle- j ness and a f eshness of disposition, I which some call natural, and ail know . to be lov ng. In thedayr- when they were laughing , s bool girl-, I.ea made no se ret to her friends of the feeling then being warmed into a life that should only d:e <?ut with j her own. And the Indian maiden, with the duniflod reticence of her people, kept her own counsel; but as sho could , no: act a lie her manner t ■ l a ; h Penham told her tee ing for him as plainly i as if she had announced it in a meeting ' of the tribe. Uutllla, s nee ihe return of the Sen Hawk from the last t ruise, saw where the young Captain's a' actions lav. and while her heart rebelled bra moment ! against the inevitable, site made up her ; iuin,l to nubiuit, and for his sake con- I t nil- loving u|,„> -tt. "Why, l ntilla!” exclaimed Lea. as she took the Indian giri s hands, and drew her to as-at on the fallen tree. 1 ; supposed you were miles and miles ' I wo Id I e back a' my hom-, I should be there, for my brother :a- th- white man. Colonel Grn: am, or a guest,were it no*- lor you," replied I'ntilia, still Lol lit g o;ie of Lea - hand . “Then, my dear I utilin, if you come । to see me, you must do it at my father's ' house," said Lea. prepir ng to rise. TO UH CONIUM i n Ulg I'MI b- in UanilobH. ’"lf !li !i !<•' m .Li a• d it." said S. A. i I w " .. . a w I. -k tiown r. sI(L ut < t Winnipeg. Manic ba. to a H I'hingl :i >' at re; a•. r. ' a man could leave Winnip g and ridr l.<o : miles we-: ami n u ’hwe-t - wr a level : prairie l et. re In w u'.d I •• M>strm-ted ’ y niountains. Tit- _ ive> an i.h .; of tl;e gre ;t tenilo y lying ni .q !' Win- j ii p -g, w’lmh, to the East- rn man, ’ seems way out ot Une world. The' -of Uivs prairie p-roiluecs thi :im>t spring wh -at grown anywhere and : tliis t-norim ns plain I've ust mentin: • d w il in a lew years Lc tlie great | gratiary of the world. Eastern people have a misty idea of our expansive i territory. We are just comiueneing u gr w wheat c- mpared t > a decade! hmice, though our crop two years age was :io,mn)j.Go i ushe’-. W. have lut • little snow, and the many years 1 resided in Manit J a I never saw the I tops of tire bright prairie grass cov-1 ered. Cattle fairly roll in fat and we are I e oming a gr< at cattle country ] While most of our settlers are from I acro-s the water, yet the number from the Western States i- yearly increasing. We have no wild west j frontier scenes. There are no settlers j killed over disputed claims, as has! \ in t'l:.- W.-t months each.' Land may empted, uo. Gold his been discovered in wonderful rich quartz deposits a few miles east of Winnipeg, and paying mills have just been erected by Minneapolis capitalists. I predict a -rush’ to the Lake of the Woods district next y ear. Winnipeg has 35 . 000 inhabitants and is a thriving city. Our winters are cold, but we do not mind them. The atmosphere i is dry an I the days are clear, fresh and sunny, murky weather beina ali most unknown.” In 1842 I)r.~cTw Long.’ of Geor- ; gia, tlrst removed a tumor from a patient under the influence of an anesthetic, and two years later a , I>r. Wells had a tooth drawn while insensible under the influence of nitrous oxide gas. In 1846 Dr. J. C. Warren, under the direction of Dr. Jackson, anesthetized a patient and removed a tumor from his neck, and from that time anaesthetics rapidly came into use, and few, if any, operations are now undertaken without first placing the patient under the influence of an anesthetic.

THE SUNDAY SCHOOL. ■ THOUGHTS OP CALM ' REFLECTION.. —— - I nn ” ln structlve X-eamod an? Way n ° 1 Cc ncise Review of Uie Wisdom s Warning. b £0 ' This introductory. trifle We vary our frea^enta 1 hool t 0 P reseQ t a model Sundayand I, ’ m Dnn church. Officers a d fclin . ou the alert for Rew nvinamml id f aa in Sunday-school tn thn men !’ an ^ we aro assured that nt department of the church sLtV the Bible, there is additional and helpful to bo lea id a n the time. These hints and eugg^tions will, therefore, not come amiss We can all aid each other in the good York. Next week the lesson topic 13 “Jie Value of Wisdom. ’’ Frov. 3: n c • r’<N-i-M IS Till-. I.KRHON. ts the prln.-tp of tree Ltd cry is, of course, never " Bt)U )W' n l fW s it Itself- bo present^in the Without means literally on tne’T^U side. ^Jjiiailom may be within, but unless it speak so it can be heard outside, of what uee is it? “Sho uttereth her voice” Hebrew: glveth her ery). It is the way wisdom is to project herself. She sends out her cry beyond herself. She gives the cry good carrying force. Has the wisdom that is in you found voice? Find “the chief p’ace of concourse.” That is the spot where the truth of God should have utterance. At our wateri ing places, at our centers of trade and : commerce, in our Lails of learning, there let wisdom declare herself. God never intended that this old world should by any resort shut the saving voice of wisdom. Let it be heard at “the opening I of the gates." I Lut it need n t always be preaching. I It is oftener right living; God’s way exemplified in human walk and consideration. And what does wisdom say? Be rational, le reasonable; do the sensible thing. Godliness is wi-e, ungodliness is in the end foolish waste and grievous 10--. Simple Hebrew; open) is used here in the sense of being easily : misle 1. The lexi on puts it: “How long, sin.pietons, will ve love simplei ness?" - And lure again appears the sin against i the Holy Spirit. It is to willfully and । persistently disrega ■<! his gn-at ap; eal, ; “Ye have set at naught dismissal all Imy counsel." A man may do that who i has never been to church or Sunday- , school am! never heard a sermon in all his life. God’s word o! wisdo uis abroad. . The heavens .- lai-.- it, its line gone out through all the earth. Ev. ry geo 1 impulse resisted is truth despise 1. Presently it is the Spirit quern had. THE SUNDAY s. HOOL AT NEW SMYKNA. It begins an h< ur before it commences. That is. the sexton, a cot.verted man, and l -t demented, notone iof the weaker brethren, opens all the windows, and the front door an 1 the , backdoor, lets a bit of God's breath of spring pn-s throngk It drives out the dead and burlc 1 at mo-phere and makes , y,,,,—, tn I start with. The janitor Is, we -ny, an intelligent Christian tLnn, and he lias an idea that very often when tho good people are languidly praying tor the Spirit, what they want is fresh air. That, indeed, perhaps, just at the time, Is Ged’s spirit forth, r.i. Promptly at the hour the superintendent comes in, accompanied by the pastor, whois regarded ~s, otllciallv at le. st, nt the head of tl.e Sumi ay school, as indeed, of all department.-- of tho < hurvh. Tho stipe intendent is simply Ids chief of staff fur th s portion of the work, its whole munag> m nt, however, I laced in his trusty hands. They have just now been holding a few moments of preliminary prayer in the taster’s study. Why should not tho Bible study service, as well as the pr« a hing Service, 1 e precedi d by ; raver to Go 1? The supcrinH ndent steps to the bell and strikes it, and im tantly all heads bow in silent prayer, broken pres ntly by the pastor’s v ice, as he lead- their supplications up t ? th- Lord's prayer, when all recite in concert. Instantly at a prompt chord from the instrument ■ all rise and sing tl.e Coronation, and the Sunday school s- ssion has commenced. "Has some one a selection?’' says the superinten lent No. 21 is called for. j They sing ft “Now let one of the Bible class suggest a hymn.” No. 45 is called for. “Now one from the infant class.” A little hand is up: "Jesus Bids Us Shine” is sung. "While the orchestra ! (there is a violin and a flute, besides the organ and piano; play the 122 d number, a new piece which we will presently sing, the secretaries will make their distributions and take up ; the offerings.” Then they sing, a good, I ringing voice leading from the front. I “And now, the lesson.” It is read in ■ concert to-day. “A half hour for the study”—and the classes are at work. The su[ erint ndentand h;s assistants . quickly adjust the new-comer< and the i strangers. Several substitute t ach- rs : are plaqc<l.'aH being 'Cme very quietly. Iso ns not to disturb the classes in the Studv. frhv iiGaut clay goes off to an X I ivb. r.- their occasional p" 111 hot bo ,'ne pastor is nut to any one class or place. He ‘‘all round man” that can bo placed vnerc he is most needed at the time. frequently when pressed with work he simply, as Dr. Anderson used to advise, looks in and smiles. He has the liberty of the school. A ring it the bell, and then another a little later and the school is all attention again. A solo or duet is rendered; a recitation bearing on the subject is heard. Another song from the school, a three-minute blackboard exercise, announcements, hymn, scripture, benediction. and the school is dismissed. Time one hour, and a full, happy hour. We will go again. Multum in Parvo. Domestic worth—that shuns toe ! strong a light. —Lyttleton. A handsome woman is a jewel; a good woman is a treasure.—Saadi. Eat at your own table as you would at the table of a king.—Confucius. Adieu! I have too grieved a heart tc take a tedious leave.—Shakspeare. The impromptu replj- is precisely the touchstone of the man of wit.—Moliere. Rogues differ little. Each began first as a disobedient son.—Chinese Proverb. j

A BANANA FIEND SERVED OUT. He Went "Wrong on the Small Man with the White Choker. Justice of the poetic variety ovci--took a banana-peel flend on lower Broadway yesterday afternoon, says the New York Sun. He was a puffy, red-faced, bloated-looking man with bleary eyes, a pink necktie, and other evidences of total depravity. The bananas which furnished him with ammunition he had purchased of a perambulating pedaler at the corner of Park place and Broadway at about 4 o’clock. Muching them one by one he walked along by City Hall Park and scattered destruction as he went.

Just behind him walked a nervouslooking little man whose black hat and white choker indicated that he was a clergyman—an indication which was borne out by subsequent events. Presently the little man stepped on one of the lien Is banana peels. His feet soared heavenward, and he I landed with a force that fairly shook I the ground. With an air of Chris- I tian resignation he arose and made a ] feetile endeavor to remove some of the rnud which he had collected in his fall. Then he pro ceded, with the ex-

pression of one who would rub him--vit' if thpj-p weren’t a crowd around. He had walked but a flftr rods wliyn another banana peel loomedhcfore him The little man picked it up gingerly and looked about him. Just then the flend in front dropped a third peel. Without a moment's hesitation the minister hurried forward until he caught up with him. Holding up the deadly skin before him he said in a carefully modulated tone; “I believe you dropped something, sir.” ‘Humph!” replied the fiend. ‘■From the way you look you dropped something too.” The little man'- lace fairlv bristled with violently repressed profanity. •‘Look you, sir,” he cried. “I am a minister of the gospel, sir—a clergyman, sir—and I do not want to say anything unbefitting one of my cloth, sir; But I want to ask you. sir, what tarnation you mean by throwing your confounded Banana peels under m.v feet, sir?” He waved the the aforesaid peel violently about h s head as he s; oke. The rod-face I man glanced contemptuously over the minister's slight figure. ‘•Wot you goin’ to do al out it?” he sneered. ‘-P'r’aps you’d take a contract to do me up?" By this time a few people had gathered about, and the little man. noting this, lowered His voic ■. lut there was an ominously set expre- d .n aU>ut his face a- be said: ‘*l want you t<> make an apology here and now. ” “Apology be d d, " was the re- । lb“Well, sir, I will n d -trike you.” • said the clergyman,h -vo ce unsteady ‘ with auger, “because 1 do ” 1 “Because, you an’t man enough," -neered the Bivger man. “Because you don’t — spt-t-t.' I’iie e-e-w: l’r-r-r-r-t! I’ht” With a rapid movement the little man had jammed the banana peel int- tiie Big man's mouth and rubbed it vigorously in. “How do you like that?” he inquired with evident and unministerial satisfaction in the performance. The only answer was a vicious lunge, which the little man dodged. Then and there his conscientious -cruples vanished, and he -truck out with the vigor and accuracy of a champion. The Blow took the bananaI??el fiend under the chin and over he went, as the minister had gone over a few moments Before. There was no more tight left in him and when he arose it was only to slink around a corner. The crowd, which was not large, for the whole affair had taken less than a minute,expressed emphaticapproval of the clergyman s performance. He looked rather shamefaced, however, as he proceeded up Broadway. ‘•Really,” said he in a in ditat-ive tone, “really, I'm afraid I lost my temper.'’ Ihe < (Hoannt Crab. The cocoanut crab inhabits the islands of the Indian Ocean and J seems t> be in bis element when sit--1 ting astride a limb high up in a co--1 coanut tree. An averaged sized speci- ' men of the s; ecies tills a four-gallon jar to overflowing, the ‘'overflow’’ be- > ing the alcohol necessary to the preservation of such things He is a > powerful crustacean and seems well ' adapted to his trade, which cbiel'v

eon-i.- ts of plucking cocoanuts, huski ing them with bis enormous 01.?.w A j and digging the. have often 1 -tbcieed situated near the small end of the nut. Cocoanuts are originally inclosed in a three-cornered covering or husk, which consists of a woody fiber of coarse texture and a brownish yellow color. This fiber surrounds each nut in a layer from one to two and one-half inches in thickness. The cocoanut crab collects large quantities of this fiber and con-tructs a large dome-shaped “house” or nest, in which he can always be found when not out in quest of juicy nuts. The natives of most of the islands which this crab inhabits call it by a

name which signifies “the bird of God,'* and they will not eat its tlesh, even though suffering the pangs of extreme hunger. On certain days of each year they kill cocoanut crabs for tne fat which accumulates in the regio:! of the tail. This fat is used in sacrificial and other ceremonial rites. A strange world this. In France, when ag ; , l is pleasing, they say she is chic. Over here, when she doesn’t please, she’s “an old hen.” In 1890 there were 82,329 prisoners in our jails and penitentiaries.

HERE’S ALT. THE NEWS TO BE FOUND IN THE STATE OF INDIANA. Giving u Detailed Account of the Nnmer* ous Crimes, Casualties, Llres, Suicide^ Deaths, Ktc., Etc. Minor State News. South Bend has 29 churches. Valparaiso Las 59 firemen ou its force. Cows at Delbhi are to be kept off of the streets after J: ue 1. The Artesian City Gun Club has been

organized In Martinsville. Kokomo will a iverti-e herself and has a fund of >2,000 to start with. William Hoovek e-caped from the jail at Wabash, ut was recaptured. The Aller. County Commissioners have issued an order exempting from poll tax I all men who are im-apacitated for manI ual lator. I Sevi kai. wenlil.y Colv.ml ns citizens I have been arr---t <1 for not turning in a I correct assessment list of their taxable I property. J’. R. Vickeky. employed at a felloe and wagon-stock factory at North Manchester, recently eoutribuiod a finger to

a buzz-saw. Ika M. Clefft, 21 years old and married. was knocked from a Louisville and imin-oa,, trail, a t Evansville, and killed. “ - —-—. _ % Scarlet fevf.k in malignant form has appeared at Fortville. The health officers are endeavoring to prevent a spread of the disease. The tody of the man found beside the Evansville and Terre Haute tracks near Vincennes recently was identified as George W. Watson of Bridgeport, 111. Adjt. Gen. Robbins has issued a general order authorizing the mustering in of a company of militia at Elwood and also at LaPorte under the laws of the State. Carry O. Snyder, a school-teacher at Pyrmont, Miami County, who mysteriously disappeared nearly two weeks ago. has not yet been heard from. His wife thinks be is insane. John Mather ha- Irought suit for damages at New Albany tor an alleged illegal arrest. He was a Councilman and was arrested for purposely remaining away from' meetings John White, a young man living with his father four miles north of Wabash, dledie ently of blood poisoning. Last month he went to Gas City io work, and cut his foot with an adze. At Crawfordsville Wesley Shotts was allowed 82,500 in his *5,000 damage suit against Wiliiam Pyle, whom he charged with being too familiar with his wile, causing them to le divorced. John Tumey at Bedford, employed in the Bedford Steam Stone Works in the capacity of running a traveler used for conveyance of stone, went down with his machine and was fatally injured, dying that night. During a severe storm at Dana, the Baptist Church was struck by lightning and badly damaged. The spire and belfry w .re nearly torn down, the walls and root shattered and much of the furniture split up and damaged. The County Clerk of Rockport is not a verv good judge of the nationality of persons. The other day a Spaniard and a Kentucky white girl applied for a marriage license and the Clerk would not grant it, thinking that the Spaniard was a negro. Clinton has voted to become an incorporated city under the State law, having the necessary population forthat purpose. The census of IS9O gave the town 1,300. A recent census gives the population at 2,100. This is one of the most rapidly growing towns in Western Indiana. The fear of an epidemic of spotted fever in Elwood, is increasing. A number of cases have teen reported in the last few day?., and also several deaths have resulted therefrom. The physicians are powerless to prevent fatal results in most cases. The victims in most cases take suddenly ill and in a few hours become unconscious. Nathaniel Strangler, aged nearly 101 years, died at his home a few miles south of Mitchell, in Crawford County. Great preparations were being made to celebrate the 101st anniversary of his birth, which comes on May 8. On his century birthday a grand jollification was held at his farm, on which occasion he and his wife, aged 90, entertained the people for miles around. Mrs. Sprangler is still alive. Isaac Roberts, a young farmer of Huntington County, went to the woods and shot out his brains with a rifle. He had entered into a deal with a stranger, several days ago, for a bundle of green goods. Roberts paid some cash and gave his note for the rest of the amount. He was informed that his scheme had been discovered and that a detective was after him. This worried him until he took Lis life to avoid arrest and imprisonment. While shooting wild duck in a thicket and pond east of Muncie, some unseen i. rson, from ambush, tried to murder bheriff-elect W. I’. Sherry. Three shots

were fired from a Win Zip J egcib, JyK/nart was with Air. Sherry, and be. too, had a close call for his life. After the second shot Air. Sherrv and his companion hitched up their horse and was leaving the place when the third bullet struck the fence a foot from Mr. Sherry. The decision of the Lake County Circuit Court in the case ot the State against David Lewis has been reversed by Jud^e Olds in the Supreme Court. Lewis was arrested and fined in 1891 for having a fish seine in his possession. The decision of the lower court was that the law was unconstitutional. Judge Olds, in his decision, held that it was for the public good that the law was enacted. He said that a law which protects anything of public benefit from wanton destruction, was also empowered to provide a penalty

for its violation. Alonzo Whittington, Deput.v Assessor of Jeffersonville, was almost instantly killed by the dinkey train at that place. He was walking on the track,and carried an umbrella which prevented him from seeing the train. Ed. Earle. brakeman on the Evansville and Richmond east-bound passenger train, was almost instantly killed while attempting to couple Sells Brothers’ advance car on their train at Bedford. He was on the inside of the curve and as there was not sufficient room, he was caught between the cars and received injuries that caused death in about ten minutes.