St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 19, Number 6, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 26 August 1893 — Page 7

AN IDYL OF HONOLULU/ A Bold Stroke for a Husband. Written for This Paper. BY LEON LEWIS.

CH APT EK 111 —Continued. “I will n>w tell you who the young man is,” sail Bu lat, drawing his chair nearer to his daughter, ‘‘Hi; name is Ralph Kemplin.” “Ralph Kemplin? Any i elation to the Kempl ins in whose thip you u e l to tail?” “Yes, the only s?n cf that Kemplin. I see that I have not talk 'd to y u in vain ah ut my old emj 1 >yer end his family. This youth ii now on hi . way around the wo Id. He: e is a g. eit bundle of pa} er; by whies his ident.ty is perfectly o Jab!!.h d. Id > not know exactly how 1 e g >t into his ] resent fix. but I am going to town scon t > make inquiries, an I in the meantime I can guess about how it was— s —’’ “In what kind of a fix i; he?" “He has baen waylaid—prubab'y with an ey a to rob be y, as his picketbook is gone, his watch, anl so on —and in the struggle he has received a blow on ti e heal that has utterly dost -eyed his memory. You're b '"’I 4 * ,* f 1 oases; at least the medical book- ai ■ full of them. He don’t know anything about himself i.nd his history. It's all a blank to him—hi s past, who he is and where he is. He don’t even know his own n true! ’ Alma looked shocked. “He's an idiot, then?” she murmured. “No, nothing of the kind. He has simply lost his memory, forgotten how to road, forgotten his friends—even his sweetheart, if he happens to have any. He has the same tastes and passions, howeve •. as before his injury. He is, in fact, the same man as before, except in so fa • as regards memory and its various offices and connections. ” “How odd!” ejaculated Alma. "He must be a sort of grown-up baby! “The very thing!" retmn^d Bullet. “That expression de eribos him perfectly. Yet, he still has the airs and manners of a cultivated gentleman, doing from habit and instinct what he has been accustomed to do by reason." He narrated briefly how Kuhl had fallen in with Ralph, and all the circumstances —so far as known —undo" which the sufferer had come into his keeping. “And, now that he is here.” conclud d Bullet, “what a field of action is opened to you! In three or four days the poor fellow will be physically well, but in all probability his past will c mtinue a blank to him. We will give him a new name, and you must teach him his letters, and get him t > reading again, and study geography and history with him —in a word, make a man of him upon his new ba is. And, while you are thus engaged, if you are as able as I think you are, you will at least win the yogng man's gratitude, and m >-t likely his .affection, and so become hi- wife. Ana ond‘ you are his wife. I will spso.lily make a pretense of discovering who and where his father is, and re.-toc. Tirem iisrhhli other. As you and your husband will he the solo heirs of the merchant's va t wealth, you become a great lady at one jump. Now, what do you say to the project?” “I think it can be carried out," answered Alma, as a look of eager resolution mantled heT face. "At least. I will do all I can to make u sucre s of it.” A few details established a full understanding and harmony lx?twe. n the father and daughter, and they awaited with impatience the moment of Ralph’s awakening to enter upon their nefarious conspiracy. At the end of two or three hours a stir in the little bedroom aim nmci i that the sufferer was awake, and in an instant Bullet was hovering over him. “You feel lietter now. sir?” “Oh, so much better.” “Do you feel well enough t > see my daughter? She's to help me take care of you.” Ralph assented, and Alma at once entered. Bullet introduced her ; > the patient, who greeted her with mcelmnieal puilteuoo^. “You can't recall your name yd, v.va you?” asked Bullet. The sufferer contracted his brows painfully a few moments, and shook his head sadly. “We shall have to give yon a new name, sir,” pursued Bullet. “Suppose we call you Ashley Benning, after an old friend of mine?" Ralph nodded a weary assent. “Ashley Benning it is. then.” A few minutes the father and daughter conversed with their patient, and then they proceeded to their little kitchen, intent upon making him a nice broth and a gruel. “You see that he is started upon his now life,” muttered Bullet, rubbing his * hands gleefully i• m XU two | of Ralph Kemplin is lost until v..choose to find it. Tills younjr man i- ' simply Ashley Benning, and his life dates from the present. He is, in fact, an entirely new creation. All we have to do is to be secret and cautious, and keep all knowledge of him from everybody until you are his wife, and we shall then find ourselves on the very pinnacle of happiness and fortune! The first great stop is taken!” It was, indeed. It only remained to be seen what would come of it. CHAPTER IV. RALPH IX HIS NEW CHARACTER. Beneath a cocoanut tree, upon the slope । f a gentle declivity overlooking the little valley in which the Bullet premises were situated, reclined Ralph Kemplin in an attitude of deject on thoughtfulness, toward the close of one of those dreamy and beautiful days by which the neighborhood of Honolulu is distinguished. “Strange, strange!” was the sighing ejaculation that at brief intervals b. ike from him. The sound of light footsteps, accompanied by the rustling of a woman's dress, at last aroused him from his sad and profound musings, and he gathered himself up into a sitting posture in time to receive the daughter of the old ex-sailor, Miss Alma Bullet. The girl was dressed coauettishly,

and it could have been seen at a glance ; that she had acquired a great many ! ■ new charm; and grace; since her ac- ; i quaintanee with Ralph, jmt as meaner things are polished by contact with > better. I “Ah, here you are, Mr. Benning?” she said, with a forced smile and an equally forced assumption if lighti heartedness. “I wendered what had i bee nne cf you. I was afraid you might . have wandered off into some danger.” “Oh. I know too much for that.” returned Ralph, with a bitter curling cf ■ his lips. “1 have been taking a long ; walk among the hills ” “And yet you know that I do not ' want you to go so far upon these lonely rambles,” interrupted Alma, with a ■ " look of keen anxiety. “Well, why not?” “Because — because there may be ; L enemie; looking tor you in some of i ; those lonely ravines.” declared the 1 I girl, with the air of having been forced • / to say something she would have pre- : ) forred to keep secret: “I dare say 'some of the-the native young men may be jealous of you.” “Jealous of me? Impossible! They know that I am only a poor waif upon whom your father and you have kindly , taken pity. They know that lam only a pensioner upon your bounty and not a suitor for your hand. Miss Bullet." The girl sighed, as she tore in pieces a bunco of wild flowers she had gathered. “They may not know all this those native young men who used to try to pay me attention," she murmured; “and some of them. 1 know, arc very ugly and malicious, and that is why I have so often begged you not t > wander away so far. and why I have asked you t i lw always on your guard. You have been ten or twelve miles. I >upp< sc?" "Yes or more. How can L help ■ moving? lam too worried and excited I to remain nr tionle s. Fin ■ ing my self , a little tired u; on my return from this • long ramb'e, I dr pped into this plea - ant place t > re .t.” 1 "Shall we read a little m ire to-day . - a.-ked Alma, after waiting a few mo- • ment; f r Ralph t > eontinu ■ his a- - count of him e.f. “No.no thank you! I a n tired of ! geography, tired, of history, tired <f 1 | even vour ancient Greeks a:id R - •; mans ! ’ ! I "Th n perhaps you don't wish in to . । remain here at all . " bieathed the girl. I sadly, while a tar w. lied up slowly I into each eye. "Acs. I do <>f oour e. of cours '. ” rej turned Ralph quickiv. 1< okirg as if his eonseie.ieo ; mote him for t . > tea: s. 'Sit down here liesuie n 1 am always giud to • ee y< u. a.-ye: ougi t t>kn>w by this time. ( une when \ will, your e mi’ng is ill way- v.. • c oie. How c< ird it b<» ( th-n v.i-e afte nJ von ' have d • . f r niSen iing a quick b. : <■ ;up . e i-,. glam e in e\ery <iirec ion aroe.i l a-, ito assure herself that no int <' • were near, th gii 1 <at d h r • the Velvety sward .>u- a ■ i promptly re • wered •e • eai nm s ni i all the studie I charm- of he • v o!< ea d manner. “It’s no wontier you arc tired of reading aid -tudving." she nmrmun 1. "How constantly we hir.e Is .n p ■rim: over books during the tim- v h.;v< been here! You W' le < nlya tew uu--in learning the lette - < f the a plats'’, and since t tea w have c\ha . whole stt » k of b toks is.,u .. Even the mis-i marie- luce t i.. t<> lend us. But y< u nine co t. n feel that vou arc pa d for al! tiiitrouble, bou know almost ev< ■\ t ii’ ■ ai! that is usuallv taught in 'h-.-chcols. and a’.i that is to be learned ; an extended course of select reading." “I am certainly improvetl from the ignorant creature I was when you took r i ' in hand." returned Ralph, with, a .id smile. “Then everything was - > -trap . < tome, as if 1 had just drojqsd dowr from the skies. I hud no idea of t ■ I oi'ean. the contimm s. the island-, : ■ stars, or the planets, l^mdon. Paris, ts ni -. Now York. San I’raneisco, Amerii'a. l.<."ji.>. Asia these are a!’ । names which were ih. n < emptv sounds to me. But now, Mi-l Bulb ;, thanks to your con-tant 'nerouassistance, I am like other men “Only so much imbler and wiser Than the majority of them!" breathed Alma, with an earnestness which rendered any doubt of her sincerity imjiossible. Ralph smiled again, and rejoined: j “You flatter me. but 1 know how to excuse your flattery. The teacher is । always partial to the scholar. But I ' am so far like other men. at h nst. that I am now prejiared to bear my part in | the great battle of life: that I*can look ' 'out intelligently upon the scenes around ' I'l’e ".'A/ h‘ a / .’’’"'““'l an, l net in nil and ' ! am now capable of is>nsidering all and I any problems even the great mystery ; I of myself.’’ “And it is of this ; great mystery’ that you have l>een puzzling again, no ' doubt?” murmured Alma, witli an un- 1 ' I • a-iness she could not entirely conceal. ; "Yes: it is of thi- horrible secret ; that I have been puzzling again.” affirmed Ralph, his rich voice freighted ’ ; with unrest and desolation. “Whowas I before your father gave me this name ' of A'hley Benning? Where did I. | come from? What was my former name, i my race, my kindred?” • | "Father surmises that you may have f 11 been a ■ ailor upon some ship." said • ' Alma, with averted face. "A sailor? Impossible! The same I 1 iitea occurred to me, and I have ■ • • been and looked at a hundred sailors v one after another. lam not like them, s i You need only look at my hands. Is i that the hand of a sailor?” ? I The girl glanced at the hand extende I ed toward her, so white, so soft-skin-i ned. so small and delicate, and the uti- j ter absurdity of comparing such a s member with the average hand of a d sailor, with its thick, tar-begrimed d skin and its horny callosities, was at u once apparent. i “Another thing,” added Ralph, “if you and your father had had the least , belief of my having been a sailor, you

1 would have taught me to boa Faiior, I and not have adopted the plan of mak- | ing me a man of books —a scholar a : learned gentleman.” The fair conspirator turned pale a. the force of this reasoning, and for a moment could not entirely hide her confusion. “I was not a sailor, therefore, as you can see at a glance,” resumed Ra»pD» , with a promptness which showed now much he was preoccupied by the pro " l?m of his former existence. B ut whet was I?” Alma hardly knew what to answer, but soon replied: ; "Why do yi u ask? Is it not maw i fostly impossible that any of those hutrowing questions should ever receive a solution? Father and I have passed in review a hundred times every possiolj the >ry of your pa t history, but all are equally un-atisf; chivy and all are equally far from any definite conclui sion.” r “It occurred to nu. of course, that 1 mmt have e»yne in one of the ships which, ab.m?’ that time, entered the harbor." continued Ralph, thoughtfully, “and 1 have accordingly been making inquiries.” The pallor deepened on Alina s face. “ Y'ou have?" she gasped? . . '• Yes. I have been making inquiries. Yesterday and to-day I have made two long visits to Honolulu." The start given by Alma at this dec- j layation partook largely of allright, j She stole several sly glances in quick ’ succession at her companion. L "Well?” she finally faltered. „ -^3 “Well. I have had my labor for mys pains. I have learned ail I can in re- | gard to the ships which were in port at the date in question, and also made every possible inquiry in regard to the persons aboard of those ships, but I have not been able to find the least light In that quarter. It is impos-iblu to say who 1 formerly was, or how I reached this island.” “Or even when " suggested Alma, still averting her face. " You may have been on the island months or years before we foun 1 you. You have been afflicted with with s m t errible mental dis a-e. In ai.y <a e, whoever you may have been, and whatever your parentage, it i.- rea.-ouablc t > think that vou may have Iwen deli! erat dy üband med by y< uc friends, and that they have taken such gixxt care t< cover up their track- that you n ver, never will be a’ole t > get the least trace of them.” This view of the »a e was not a new one. Ralph hud often e mtemplatcd it before, but he had i eve • been able to consider It calmly. It was, in fact, the most painful of all the theories he had over form< d < o .-r rning himself, and its hot rar- n »v k, pi him silent. “And -neb being the c mmon-sense view of the matter," re-umel Alma, “why should y< u worry yourself to (hath with a my- cry tl a can never be idea ed up? Is it not letter to let the did p i-tnl -ne ami turn your attention t<> the living present?" "Tni- i- the very ci urso I nropo e t » tak ’ d< 'a ed R» p l with a longd • i’e n g'. "It wo iidl- ■ b >th f< olisn and wie‘;e l. of c urse. f r ire to spen i in life 'n an < n eivor to an-wer quest । n - w lien a e m tie i ■ very nature unin w. Tilde. Bit one of the hi s' pre ■ ing dutle ■ of ti e pr. -ont i-,f r. me tme , • > |»< an object of cta-ity t» | avoid t; xin : your go sin - and that of ! y<rr .:.cr any further in s’mrt. tn I nd pt « mo worker prefer Jen that will I i: -u s- mo a <ii|>port and render me in- I S \\ oat <> ' a e tired <•! n- ’ You wonl.i 1 -,vi» us?" cried Aina turning pi’e ,i. .i ■ a ! lo kiny a w rid o( un"It i- n-t tha*. Mi- Bu ld.” sai i | id t th usiud- of t • t\- 1 have j ■J , prinmnh' o: manho d - - }s- n. in y jnd« p ■:.<ieU'e; ; t t.m - fia ; .r v»‘d form l ti curry this tilth into prac-I \ima mu rii p.uufo h a !• w moments. I mil then her m >-t iff ‘etive I quin".'- upim I .T companion, her feat- I "\c, \w< ” e -aid. [ en > ob- I A' r n * to your ix'ii.g hid.q ■ ndent. | -ii.c lu'h i-vour dt-ire. Father will i •h you -omr hind, which vou can I f r by y ..ir lab >r. or he will endeavor

t • p:’ •• it f r a u <t ion of >ome I kind in Honmdu. But whatever you <1 e.u m ...! . . .at fa he:- and I are ye ;r true p b ints, that we have y* ur happi ne -s at heart, and that we are I "You have both be -n singularly kind tome, returned Im ph, a-he leaned forward ami took the girl's hand | in hi- own. pressing it gratefully. “To you, especially. I owe more than my iif< . ReM assured that I shall alwa', sbe grateful." While he was uttering these declarations, with the hearty honesty characteristic of him. the dark face of an int: tt. a Kanaka, wa • -uddi'nlv raised I into view from behind a elnnin of bushes a few roti- in the rear of the c >uple. and a clenched hand was shaken ■ menacingly at them, while a pair of savage eyes looked at them with the raging fires < f jealousy. Neither of the couple defected this i intrusion. । “But enough of all this for to-day,” continued Ralph, relinquishing the hand of the girl and arising. "I see 3 y- " m’' l - in the di'tane'. returnim' wish tom । nim. as he wa- to brine ■ you some new fa-hions." and the voung C oan smiled. “Let’s walk in fliat direction.’’ The -un was now setting in a tlood of glory, and by the time the couple had finished a pwa-ant chat with Bullet the shadows of evening were falling densely around them. Tm-v had finally separated. the old sailor going to see his man Kulu. Ralph retiring to his room, and Alina seating herself in the doorway of the cottage, when the darkfaced Kanaka, of whom we have spoken, advanced toward the girl with a brisk- ' ness that startled her. She arose hastily. Don't go. " called the intruder, in a voice in which sullen anger was predominant. "It's me- Keeri. I must ; have a talk with yon.” |TO BE CONTINUED. \\ OOD pulp is rapidly becoming one I of the most universally used of nianu- | factored articles. Not only is it found , available for making many of the neces--1 saries and conveniences of man's life, aside from newspapers, but it is also appearing in artistic coffins in which to bury him. It is interesting to note in this connection that there are very fev^ areas of spruce lumber in the United States west of the Adirondacks.

THE SUNDAY SCHOOL an interesting AND INSTRUC- j tive lesson. Keflu uuM Os an Elevating Charai Wholesome Food for Thought-Study-ing the Scriptural Lesson intelligently and Profitably. Paul Before Agrippa. mav b r for Sund «v. August 27, n 'aj be found in Acts 26:19-32. INTRODUCTORY. mninn here theßecond of two comWiion lessons up< n Paul, on the deJi n th ? 1e990n p nul was hU s V < \ ndid apology before £ Polix ; Here he makes no less powerful defense before eWr n£T lpPa - ^° th Plantations are Ctear and convincing. In the one ease the. governor trembles under the declaration of. the truth, for Paul dees not pause with his own vindication, but g.e* on to preach Jesus. In the instance before uq in more ways than one, the proud king is brought to acknowledge the innocence of St. Paul and the unanswerablcness of his plea It is a lesson, like that which preceded jt. upon courage and boldness in the ■rec lamation of the gospel. Ixjt a like |gnrtlH>e displayed in church and Sun- » chiail to-day. POINTS IN THE LESSON. BMfc'heroupon. The “wherenpons,” the ^^Hhnces, of the Bible are. like the Hybrefores,” worth noticing. This is Se of them. WAfter the vision, what? You have l|ad a vision, a glimpse of God's truth out of the word, a spiritual prompting of one sort or another. What have you done with it? What effect, if anv, lyis it had on your life? What has it IM you to do? Paul says lie was "not disobedient to the heavenly vision." Lacking in obedience is all the word means. unlk'Heving. All ( tie needs to do to disolxw, iq the sense of the word here, is just to go on as Ix fore, and i- if nothing had i been said or shown of the L >rd. That sermon, that quick talk the other day. Have you k t it make you letter? Then you have been olx’dient. persuaded of the heavenly vision. Have vou gone on. just as Ik-fore? Then you have l>een "disobedient.” Paul wont right away and "-h< w.-d” that num “should rejx nt an i turn to God. 'I hat wa-his way of lx>ing obedient to the heavenly vision. Have we obeyed in like manner? The word “showed" -igniti •- to announce or hera d forth; it is from the same stem as the word gospel. Have we Iwen mak- - sng out te-tinn ny? Ha- tbere any wonl of the g< »pel gone fotth from our lips? “Having, therefi re. obtained help from God." Paul sa\s i ' -enforcement is the literal uonse of it. Paul was a man reinforced of Gisi, happy man. strong man. invincible man. Do we know such etmom]>a-sinen! ’ The. can we do what Paul says he d o- here, • continue.” or. more accurately, stand. Put your trust in Got and then make a- :n 1. j Well, says Paul, I can: and “I would : tOGod that whether < a,ily < r not. not । only thou but all who hear me this dav might become such a- I am except j mmse b inds." Which was the richest . nmn hem? Bonds and ail. which waI the liv*"t. happiest? Inde <d, which i! or • Agririm? HINTS AND H.1.l STK ATIi »NS. Make this |e —>n a personal one. I l^iul wan a man who -aw vi-ion-. | INerv Christian, having had a glimpse of Jesus, is a man who ha- -• en a vi-- , ion. What did that vi-i.-n tell vu? t \That dm- the hour vision tedthe I church? What coi -’r • .h diene., to the heavenly vi-i’q t lK h\’ '.Vhat cm-titutex di- b. di v- What instßm'O* have we of-• C I disobsl cnee? \that instances ' I ■ -'diciue? Was . iwt P< nteeo-t one - Said Samuel to -'. .h "Sta: 1 thou ' still awhile, that I max -Low thee the wil’d of th>» |.«' i It i- w' a Paul says to Felix, to \. rip; a. It : T - what • needs t » Is- -aid to t i • s rofe—ional I min. to the busin • s ran of t -day. I Are we sa> ing i -' They said to H -- to dis.-uade him

| horn hi- 1 yalA ?<> - -ript re. 'Palit:, year friend, is not with you. " He an- . awered. Dalitz is mv h i ml. the truth ! ismy friend. Dalitz and the truth, it । is but men’ that 1 e'e o t ■ .th.” One of the wide-awake liliniis pa-tirs • tells of a significant experience of his. j ■ raphy and was one day c; nvershig across the wires with a friend when he discovered that he was getting no response from the instrument. He tapp’d again, but to uo effect. I'pon examining more closely he discovered that a bit of steel had slipped d< wn b 'tween I and calling off tl - '’irrent to it elf. ha I , destroyed the original circuit. It was in fact short-circuited and the tcleg- ; rapher was literally talking to him- ! self—n > further. How manj shortcircuited jvople there are in the w< rid! Agrippa wa- one of them. Paul was I not. Paul.called upon for his defense, had up apologv to make for the truth. K - - • erin anyway surrender its (-’aims or izekto mitiga'e its sharpne-s or joNMKp'? Then- .w of u- whouro ’■?Mteang W! .. it Karmarkev spoke Ji^Truth up * t Montreal—and truth it as he belter than any one else on 1 tie platform knew—any * one should have felt constiained or th mid still feel e nstrained to enter di-.’aimer or I criticism regarding the truthful words i spoken. Net tact ful or seas >r.a >le.] er- • haps, but if truthful let it go. Not ; courteous, tome one ays. But wh it ; is courtesy on the oar" of truth toward i untruth: was Paul al igeNor courte-I ous here? The • men who ^p >ke so ; drastically at the North v. from the 1 hot battle-front and thev knew nothing I of an armistie with evil or with half-I truth. Do vou? Next lesson—“ Paul shipwrecked.’i Act- 27: 30-14. Astronomical. 1670. Charts of the rm on constructed I by Scheiner, Lungr.mu-, Kevelins. and others. 16(5. Roemer's discoveries of the I velocity of light made. 1675. Greenwich < ibservatory found- j cd. The first great modern observa- 1 tory. 1676. Roemer's observations made on ! the satellites of Jupiter. 1687. Nowton's "Principia” published, ' a nd the Newtonian theory established. i 1688. Flamsteed made the first ex ; haustive catalogue of fixed stars.

STORIES OF THE NEW CRUISER. ' flow Captain 1 hllllp Was Instructed by an I Anny Omeer—Lieut. Mason’s Catch. ' th ? U v nß J he Ixl3l trl P of war hip New York some good stone; of tle new naval flyer were to d by the in m 6 t ot which are reproduced in the Boston Journal. Capt Philip, saul that about six months ago, while the snip was in dock at 1 biladelphii. he was standing on the upper deck and supervising some work. Two well-dressed men came along and one began to explain to the other the use °f the various appliances of the vessel. Now. Capt. Philip is a portly man, with a big, good-humored face and does not in the least look like a n ival officer when in “undress.” So the visitors evidently took him to be some unimportant landsman The stranger, who was showing off his maritime “knowledge,-’ nontid out । the hammock nettings, and explained j with great solemnity that they w« re । the armor ol the ship, behind which the ciew shelter 'd themselves when , thev went into battle. This aston-i-hing statement almost took the |' aptain's breath away, but he sue-1 ceeded in nolding his peace, but I inore was to come. The guide, laying his hand on one of tile immense ventilating pipes by which fresh air is conducted to the Loiler-iooms bei low, said, with an air of importance:

■ “This i- the smokestack/* This was ‘ptnoie than Capt. Philip, who is a most aLaldc man, and who hates to have Arne lean citizens make mistakes, could stand He approached the pair, and in a courteous manner informed them of the true names and purposes of the hamm.ick netting anti ’he ventilator. The stranger drew himself up with great p ide and said loftily: “I don't know who you are. si r , ■ but 1 am Capt- Black of tae army) and 1 ought to lie able to tell a smoke-1 stack when I see it.” “You certainly should, '* answered Cap! Philip, turning away. And ; U"W he -avs that if he should hear, a man tell another that an >-incbj rifled can: on was a potato-m: sher | for the crew he would not correct I him. but let him go hi- way in iguoram e. I»u< k-. I .itb-rdow n and Cushions. In a parlor talk by a young woman j who ha--pent considerable time in! the >ca dinavian Icninsula. the! speaker gave some inte:e ting bits of j information about the eider duck, ! fn>;n which the eider down of com J mere-' is got. These ducks are, it! seems, under royal prote and ‘ the down m iv not be taken frjm the! birds them- Ive . But the merchants j outwit the ducks and. incidentally, I t’u- r royal p : tector. by rob dng the! I ne rs. The mother, in fitting up the habi-i tat a for hercoming family, lines it! tLr at with the softest down,! wh:« h -h.' p'.imk- from herown breast, j A I wh n - • his earetully covered j , ; eve:y bit of ’he cozy home t e ruth-1 । j less trader teals it away fr ni her. ■ Th"n e>s robbed imleed, for -lie

ha [ :cked her Lrea t bar.’. The :.ml bird here comes to the j re-cue and -par. -a picking from hi-j -■di-st plumage- This, too, i- torn! aw ,y i \ insatiate man; nut the male । du k. who kn w a thing or two can j , never he r a ed to duplicate the lin-| ::g a i hI. ■ na-■ ( ice furiH-hed. th , ; ud hi- lamih and migrate ! so 11 Li- the c thrice stolen raddings wh cn m ike up the eider down ex ! I- r , air! w cu<hion-loving women , m.iv pause in I reflect as we loll; against ih. r oltne the patient ■ ami rep ated di appointm nt whicl : t’icir ; roc.iriiig lia-cost ome othei j iema e—though only ducks.

I lie Destroying (TT-kcts in blah >. : The onward march of the cricket? in Idaho i-des Tilled by the cones-, j uni. :.t> as > unething more terrible •o t lie fanners than an army will banners. i'nelittle pests made theii a pearancc in No them Idahoin Mav ami have im mo ing toward th€ I - nth and ca t ever since, eating ever;, blade of gra n ami grass on the wa . and even destroying the foliage and fruit Tae firmer have been c usiimg them with sellers, burning them with -age b u-h tires, and roa ting tn as they swim across the rivers an I ditches with burning nil, but they --till m >ve on by millions, umlaunt'd by th slaughter and unl.< navel by anything except a la k of verdure. Just how far thev are to ng is a matter of much moment to the farmer- of the mouutais region. — Nebraska State Sournab Sympiilhi r h i’h tlic < hililren. j There are some people who t int into our li .es i.g- a gie .m o-f sui.>h.ue. . We feei unaccountably re-ted and eh e:ed and ’.efreshed alter seeing them. If we go to them in trouble, they have l me tn s t down and listen' to the story of oar worries and anxie- । tics wdlmut fidgeting to get away tc ' someth ng els \ Thev enter into our cares as f the. were their own, amp n some, inex licable wav our burden i glows lighter as we tell how h uivy it is. and we are comforted. They have ! the power of su stituting ‘'the gar-1 ment of prai-e for the spirit •>•' h-avi-; ness;” they have the blessed gift 0/: -ympathy. Larye Hog. In a Western town there lives a woman who his a genius for large, stories. As she .s accustomed to say, I she “ corns petty details " At a t a-party she entertained the company with a description o: a hog which her father fattened to the! enormous weight of f . 000 pounds. ‘ Oh, nr. dear!” ejaculated her bus-i land, ‘-it must have been 560 pou ads. ” ‘ Why, Edward B< bbitt!” exclaimed the narrator, with evident disgust, “the skin weighed that."’ J

AROUND A 810 STATE. BRIEF COIYIPILATION OF INDIANA NEWS. What Our Neighbors Are Doing—Matters of General ami Loral Interest—Marriages and Deaths-Accidents and Crimes—Personal Pointers About Indianians. Brief State Items. THBBlazil rolling mill has resumed operations. Laporte is clamoring for an increased police force. J. B. Hiller's barn, near Peru burned. Loss. WW: h«u?S ’ ni^ XK ^° RT " e running a p pe line into the Elwood district for & w - switehat Muncie, was killed bv an engme. By a local election Brazil has decided to build ssijjjoo worth of gravel road. ° The 6-year-old son of William Rie bl e : was run over by a wagon and killed at 1 Lafayette. I Thomas Highfield, another of the alleged "White Caps," was found not guilty at Jasper. The Darnell iron vorks and several ■ other factories of Muncie have closed down indefinitely.

A ’A’a.yhingto” man has been arrested charged with selling beer as soup in large bowls. Charles M. Turner has been appointed receiver of the Citizens' National Bank of Muncie. Y illiam McMain. a prosperous miner at Bouald.-onvllie. was crushed by falling slate and died. A HORSE belonging to Ephraim McMurray.that was suffering from rabies, had to lx? killed at Crawfordsville. Miss Amanda Sandlin, a pretty young woman near Lebanon, committed suicide with chloroform. She gave uo cause. The malleable iron works of the [ Sweet A Clark Company. Marion, have , closed down, throwing 350 men out of I work. i Mrs. John A. Alsfasser. living । west of LaPorte. committed suicide by hanging herself. The act was caused by ill health. At a meeting of the stockholders of the Grant i ounty Agricultural Society I it was decided to postpone the annual I exhibition until the times improve. The old Iroquois camping ground, ! west of Elwood, has been dug into by | A. J. Moore, who has unearthed a | number of skeletons buried in a sitting I ixisture. ! Justice James. Brazil, was called • into the country the other day to ■ marry Samuel Head and Lydia Somers, j He met the couple in a corn field and i there made them one. Passenger train No. 3. west-bound. ! ran into the delivery wagon of J. C. • Kelly, at Walnut street crossing. AnI derson. demolishing the wagon, and i hurling the driver. Joe Mitzler, a dis- } tanee of thirty yards. He was picked I up in an unc ins -ious condition. His i injuries are regarded as fatal by the I physicians who were in attendance, I Cora Fugate, a 13-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. Fugate- woil-to

' <!<> citizens of Brazil, has become blind, j She had been su sering with a eompli- ; cation of diseases since her memorable 1 fast of thirty-eight days, which closed about a week ago. Close watch was i kept over her. and it is declared by j her attending physicians that she never I tasted food in that time. j Thomas Dexsfokdof Jeffersonville, | was fatally injured while employed in i Sweeney Bro.'s shipyard. He was ! standing near a wagon, from which a • large niece of iron machinery was l>el ing’ removed, when the machinery slipped, striking the wagon tongue. : This, in turn, struck Densford in the breast a terrible blow, knocking him i down and injuring him internally. : As South-bound express No. 2. on the Michigan Division of the Big Four. i was pulling ou! of Jonesboro, a scoun- ; drel. standing on the left side of the ' track, fired into the women's coach with a gun. sma hing the window- and barely missing the head of a female passenger. The conductor was notified, the train stopped, and search was made for the miscreant, who made his escape in the darkness. Near Fort Ritner. Byford E. Cunningham, a popular Ohio & Mississippi Conductor, was instantly killed by being thrown from a carload of lumber. He fell on his head, breaking his neck. Mr. Cunningham was at one time editor and proprietor of the Seymour Republican. He leaves a wife and daughter. He was 35 years old and a memi ber of Seymour Chapter. F. & A. M. and the Order of Railway Conductors. Patents have been issued to Indiana inventors as follows: Robert C Elliot*. Prairie Creek, picture exhibitor: Henry C. M ; ller. Fort Wayne.en- ; gine: Arthur J. Will. Aurora, drill pr —' -John Marshall, Mentonka. rake attachments for mower: Patrick O'Brien. South Bend, tire setting ap- ■ paratus: Georg ■ M. Pitcher. Logansport. brace: -faeob Teeter. Hagerstown. mail crane: George H. Shoemaker. South Bend, spark arrester; O'Neal Watson. Crawfordsville, collar fastener. I Cyrus Brown of Columbus went to the home of Charles Steenberger. four ; miles north of town, and held a short conversation with his wife, who had not been living with him for some time and who had filed a suit for divorce. What the two said no one knows, out Brown pulled a revolver and shot her dead. He fired two bullets through her body, one takingeffeet in the head. J He then made a rush for her brother, but could not get close enough on ac- [ count of the darkness to kill him I Brown escaped and officers are in pu” ■ suit. | Job Holmes, living in Monticello, is in a position to sympathize with the White Caps who attacked the Conrads ! in Harrison County. He is lying at his I home with one eye destroyed and the otber injured with bird shot. Holmes and several other parties went to the residence of Hugh Davis, an alleged undesirable neighbor, and began to ; stone the house. Davis emptied the contents of a shotgun at the gang. They all got some of it. but Holmes fared the worst. Davis'residence has been stoned frequently recently, and he served notice that he would shoot one if the asmidts continued-