St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 19, Number 7, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 2 September 1893 — Page 7

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

CHAPTER V. THE KANAKA LOVER. A look of marked aversion mantled the face of Miss Bullet, as the intruder emerged more distinctly from the evening shadows. It was such a look as only a woman can bestow after she is off with an old love and on with a new one. The new-comer was a Kanaka, as wo have said, although only half native. His father had been one of the many runaway sailors domiciled upon the island, but as is often the case with the lower races, the blood of civilization had been assimilated and obliterated by the blood of the savage. Koori had, in fact, inherited so completely from his mother that it would have been hard to detect any difference of color or form between him and his full-blooded brethren. He was tall and muscular, with keen, dark eyes, long, black hair, a strongly marked nose, a wide mouth and prominent ehU, and. with a 7o u' Vigor- us 1 polish. Aside from the passions of the ; moment, which were sufficiently vio- ; lent, there was n ithing rough or repulsive in his aspect, and there was ever a certain dignity in his bearing, and a rare intelligence in his glances. “O. it’s you, eh?” greeted the old sailor's daughter, in a voice of insolent indifference that annoyed her rejected J admirer immensely. “Yes, it's me," was the rejoinder, as ; Keeri planted himself squarely before her. “Did I not tell you to keep away from here, that all was over between us.that I wouldn't have anything more to say to you, that I was tired of having you hanging around here eternally?” asked Alma, all in one breath. “Yes, you said so,” assented Keeri, still more d ggedly. “Thon why are you here?” "To have a talk with you—as I have already stated.” “I do not want anything to do with you,” declared Alma, locking swiftly around to assurd* herself that Ralph was not within hearing. “ You must go away from here immediately. 1 t Id you several week- ago that it was impossible, and always would remain impossible, for me to marry you in your walk of life, and that it would consequently be as ranch for your peace of mind as for mine that you should turn you ' attentions upon some other woman. Did I not tell you this?” Keeri nodded grimly. “Well. I said my last say on that occasion, ” resumed Alma. "My views are just the same now as then and always will be. You must " away immediately.” It was clear that this repeated in- | junction fell upon unwilling ears. So far from complying with it. K.mrl ' dropped hit -iin easy altitude upon the old sailor's favorite rustic seat under the flowering vine that shaded the door-way of the cottage. “Well, that's cool," commented Alma, as she began tearing the nea est flowers t > pieces in her impatience. hat great regard y< u have for mv feelings and wishes! - It's easy to s'e what an obliging and gentlemanly companion you would have made if i had been such a fool as to accept your proposal of marriage.” Keeri was not affected at ail by this scorn and bitterness, or if so. his-coun-tenance only b .‘came nr ro adamant. "I did not, of course, make any a lit- ' sions to your stove-pipe complexion upon the occasion in question.'' pro-! ceeded Alma, with increased whe- i mence. "I didn't even hint at the dilapidated state of your treasury. But ; if you insist on forcing your pre>« ne > ; upon me in this way. I shall be e-iu-pelled to say things t > you that will be decidedly unpleasant. ”' Keeri fumbled in one of his pockets, drew out a pipe and tobacco, and was soon smoking like a furnace. "Say them.” he muttered. Alma’s face redden d instantly. She looked around twic * in quick "'succession: first, to see if her father were visible; secondly, to see if Ralph were still invisible. “This is too much for human endur- ' mice,” she then proclaimed angrily. “If you do not go away immediately - 1 will call my father.” “You may call him a long time before he will hear you, ’ rejoined KetAi, with a fresh cloud of smoke, as a mocking smile curled his lips. "He is just now busy with Kulu—particularly busy. I overheard him riding his high horse under Kulu’s shed as I came along the road.” “Di you mean that he was quarrel- 1 inn with Kub.l?" domand.A Alma her ’ anxieties changing their oiq. ct, w I 1 rather widening. “Yes. they were quarreling." “You are not the kind of man to come away without learning what they were quarreling about. What is it?” Keeri took a still more vigorous pull । at his pipe, and jerked his head with i an air of mystery toward the interior of the cottage. “They were quarreling about the i very thing that you and I are going to i quarrel about,” he muttered. "They ! were quarreling about him!” The girl started, her looks attesting i that she considered the matter serious, j She turned and closed the door, and i then seated herself upon a rustic bench, | opposite that so freely appropriated by ; her rejected suitor. “They were talking about Mr. Benning?” she asked slowly. “They were not only talking about him,” communicated Keeri, “but quarreling. Mr. Bullet has heard some rumor in town to-day that does not please him —some rumor as to this Mr. Benning, who he is, how he came here, what he is staying here for, or who his friends are, or what is the secret of all this mystery in which Mr. Benning seems to be living and moving, and having his being.” Keeri talked so fast, now that his tongue was loosened, that it made Alma breathless to listen.

“And it seems that Mr. Bullet blames Kulu for not having kept the secret sufficiently close—whatever the secret may be,” said Keeri, continuing to make himself quite at his ease. "But Kulu responded that no word or hint of the real state of affairs had,, ever passed his lips, from the hour when he first discovered Mr. Benning until now. I must do the dog the justice of saying that he seemed to me to bo perfectly sincere and honest in all he was saying. .Very naturally I should have been glad to witness the conclusion of the quarrel, but I was in a great hurry , to improve your father's absence, and ; here I am accordingly.” "Well, you can go back as quick as you came,” declared Alma, with an anger under which was visible a certain uneasiness. “I will have nothing to do with you! I want no speech with you whatever!” “Then the proposed talk will lie a little ono-Mded. for I “ "‘‘“D 1,,.,- <>f iliinns to say to you, Miss fJul- / lot'. and lam hero to say them. I won’t I leave this place until I have unbur- • dened myself, or until I have made an ; awful row with your Mr. Benning. My decided impression is that you had better hear me!" The manner of Keori.no loss tha i his declarations, impressed Alma strongly. She saw that he wa- in one of those sullen and ugly moods which I can be inspired only by a bitter joal- ’ ousy. Her decision was promptly taken. “If you cm possibly have anything to say to me. after what 1 have already said to you," she murmured, in a voice < f scorn and with a look of defiance, "why, say it. and quickly.” Keeri took his pipe from his mouth, and his air b 'came the attentive air of business. "When you s uit me adrift the other day.” he began, "had you ever som this Mr. Benning?” The girl s features contraete i and she blushed to scarl d. This questioning was visibly and deeply revolting to hry. But. she cent rul'd her emo? emand answered with an outward s ,ow o: 1 calmness “No. I had never seen him. 1 ri-Qcied you beeause I did not love y« u: I • ■ -m-e you wore a half-biu-ed: beeau~e y< : Hn poor: liecausc you have no home t > take me 1 < bcauso your ui'e ■ k inevitably ba drudge and a nob >dy, and because I have othe -and higher views for myself ail good and siib-tantial reasons, if | am not immens<d.’, in; taken. ” The Kanaka's counienaneo brightened in the same ratio that 'W would have expected it to darken. He evidently saw in all this serie- of dcehirnti ns only one essential imiut. meuely. I that it wa- not because of the strung' I mvler root that he had heetl rejected. i here is no rea-on whv y< u -m u d abide by your forum • decision. A ’o i. he declared, his voice softening, and a look of mingled love and admiration plea ling in liis <ye . "1 haw i.c f. < a moment accepted it. 1 love vou today better than ever. You are the prettied and besi girl in ah t .< e ; unds. As t > the drawbacks \ m’ aheretofore refrained from im ntioniu I have not liven unmindful of then...c have sought and found a r. . i\ ' such i>f them as are imp . \\i:. my love, 1c in now offer y< . . ready to nr v< into, an . :i .r,. I fortune bequeathed to im' u ; aunt. 1 refer to the <r< ka p.ac which is now mine. As to m.c.m---j plexi >n. that d< e-n >t p.h v.-n> ml ■.. i having both brains and hoai:. \\ t jmy changed circumstances I -l.a . R' I able to move in the b-st ^oei :v of i capital, and in trnit way I sha'l'w e ; . ■ polish and all the m irk- of . - • • , । man. So that I shall bee ue. g.H»d a hu-band as you O O ~- ; least a-good a husband as t i-1.0.d can afford. L< tme hope, the. emro. in conclusion, that you will chan ■ veer mind in my favor and marr\ me." This was all said so respect:'ud\ ana : so effectively that Alma could i. listen with enth- ' stenino's es her ". She knew well the value of t e in rnritance which had reached 1 e suitor, ' and had a sufliident aj>pr. -da:i in of tt.e Iman hirn^olf. But an immens? gulf now exisited between hi - idras and her own. ami she did not hesitat • an instant to place herself in direct opposition to him. "You have reached your good fortune too late for it to have anv weight in this matter." she declared, in a hard voice an 1 with an icy manner. "I cmgratulate you, of course, as a 'friend, upon your improved c mditi in in lite, but it can never change my late decisy ’ l '- ft ’ iniposstnle that I should ever : ".And whv imi> >1 .■ t quickly. "D > not ask me.” i "But I will ask you. and I have a i right to an answer. ’ Why is it impos- 1 I sible for you to marry me? My. Bullet I i has never seemed very friendly to me. i I but he will not now refuse— ”, "< >h. he will —he dees, as [ dq.” | rhe declaration served as (prompt . fuel to the Hames already raging in I i Keeri’s soul. “But why should your father object ; , to me?” he demanded, in a hoarse, con- ■ i centrated voice. “And why’ do you re- ' I fuse me?” "Since you force me to tell.” replied Alma, looking him coldly and squarely ' I in the eyes, "it is because I love an- , I other.” The sh( ok of this assertion was so , terrific that Keeri, old smoker as he ■ ' was, dropped his pipe for the first time J in his life through a mental cause. “And who is the man you love?” he breathed, in a hoarse whisper, as he leaped to his feet and stood trembling before her in a jealous and despairing rage. “Is he Mr. Benning?” Either Alma thought she had gone too far to hesitate now, or she was willing to make an end of Keeri’s hopes in a breath, for she instantly answered: “Yes, he’s Mr. Benning.”

CHAPTER VT. V—' . KBERt RESORTS TO VIOLET 0 *' 1 Alma's avowal instantly plungeij Kanaka into a state of mmd borddtthe ' upon frenzy. i “It is as I supposed, them he it I toted, as he came nearer, while Vteyes gleamed as savagely as a wo %is “You rejected me because of w's. stranger?" . f* 8 Alma made a gesture of disgust. I “No,” sho declared, with angry d ‘ phasis. “Must I tell you a thousaha--1 ime< over how the case stands? I wd jected you for the reasons I have givtiiand at the date of that rejection hai, nover set. eyes upon Mr. Benning.” id “Then you have fallen in love wh l this man since that time?” b "Ye a 1 have since you are such I fool us t > force mo to say so maim ' things that must annoy you. I expefc j to become his wife at an ia dy day. aiit that day will come all the sooner, b® cause of the annoyances to which y*|' uro now subjecting me.* So, you know that 1 will have nothing to dr with you. and the sooner you takeyouiw self off the bettor." | The realization of the hopelessness o» his suit that dawned upon Keeri’smini* was such as to drive him t > desperu« j tion. I “I thank you for your confidence,” hJ muttered, w ith an icy sneer, “and win answer it in kind. You say that are going t > marry this Mr. Benning® lint I am resolve I that you sbu I i.everJ never marry him. I'd sooner kill ybA both, and iiiym'U mtrnvaiil. . •Hush! VVhat dies all this meaqM suddenly b-oke from tho old Miilor.^H he emerged into view around tUe i or».. nor of his ilwelling. -|JE| joy ( f \hnn ho yroiit at tnW timely interruption that sho could njL immi diutely find voice to tell what hadi happened. But w hen sho did find it, ■ she talked , o fast taut her father was s< on in p s- sion < f the faet>. as seen fn in the du; ghti rX . t ump.flat. "And ion . he?.? im. . i .' -aid the Kanaka, v. ifi i y repres ed excitement. a- > on us ne e mid ca ttt word into the tori ent of exj lan:.ti< >n and deI nunciaiion that il d fro । th" lip of Alma, "'s it n t b tt r that your । daughte ■ sh nild tnar y u man she has j always known, and ” । "Hush! Y’ou don’t know what youare talkin ' :ib nt!” int ■ rupt< d Juliet. i" T aia;'i:w ty breed-c ntenipt.* A girl : hould always marry us far away its po- ib e fr. i.Hhf pate ;> . in.m-ion. and I ehoo-e. if possible, a hu band with * wlu>m he bias hail :r pri-v bus acquainti unee.” At th< ■' dei lnrations the Kitnitka lo . ; a b .:.k if li ‘ hti<; r c-fii e. a Yu . in th • fin e. But hi- pa- i-m wa.j t ardchi I' >r him to lie easily i"pnl ed and he In riodly resumed: ' Since 1 in t bad tin phmsu e <>’ •-■eitu t u, M . Bid, ". a v ■■ k.rfie i str h.v of go il f< • tune ita - is itilicn me. j My only aunt ka < hu d । "Sil< m< 1 This i- horrible!" cried Bub !. o -eil.im in pi- Pnted a; a.<I meat. "W ait: you a A <o all |si n ■ f . iuon<‘, iin: ti-he.P ;»d a- to : rejoice with those untimmy jibes ever ! the ca c ly el >-ed grave of your unj fortunat r> lat Ho. Out up n you. Wfiv. : •. if vou wen t v- uti- und f i. ' . jht< r I < - the K< ri tn • d Ixfih of his hands in a fi o ,-y o’ , \at vr. ■ i ri n moan that Iwa glad of tny aunt dt nth." he hurriedb. proto-ksi, j "I numdy mount to say that having, in a ■ i ] .< a. > I eliU. ■ in i ; ♦ j i u- to leave me ail her wimlth uitil u—j s sis, including the w<-il-kn hh<‘ -ka i w ; e•, ' al I ;ui. w . i In. ugh! Y.‘ u? nek m• 1 hrok< in ! Ballot ajain. “Am I ii.ib-ed sir a I vijsTt ia* wn slum,d -n pso nu ewstI bio of l.i! g ray emh -a g.<t rK r money? Wlmt i- wealth ' ..t vunity and 11 xa?um of tdi p, ,t T v r ar- ' I hu) iu fuvor <4 ui ’’ !i’«n r?r^ > a He win;.; < d Ids dang ter hit the i red hhns df. e! -it g the do. r in the t< rerj ; . , hl harp • ner. ti- ,■ droptte I h* id until after y-u are r urried.” I' ■ a minute or two 11 o Kanaka ■ id n; >nl.--- at 1 .. d.-. r, as if at a !• s. want t > do with hin s .1. and then l ei u iteit moodily away, s urn ili-cqs p ai iiig in the direction in which h« r ‘>U‘< il. [TO BE (ON TIMED Pc'orcutiHl His Barber. “Hum?" -aid the irritated barber. i *ll’- easy enough to kick. Didn’t I . slice all the hair off your face? What m iv do you exuect for fifteen cents?” “The stubble has been removed.'’ remonstrated the customer, "but with it a large am .mnt of my cuticle.” , “Well, what of it?” demanded the ! burlier. “Didnt 1 dab alum on that, gash in your ear?” ■V. i ,T 1 " the exactih!* customer' ( '■”* o ••nt the tip off niy ; • \l: l I p;'-ted it on with <-oui l ter." ( “True enough, but you severed one of I my . > . ■ it on the iloor.” ' 1 kept tin- ra,?>r nut of your eve, । didn't I?" | “Y“ou did.’’ "And only cashed vour neck in four I plaivs?” . “Quite right. "i am afraid you're a kicker. My adj vice to you is to grow a board or buy a safety razor, and not come armtnd in- । suiting union barbers. Y ou’re one of ; those fellows that want a dollar’s worth of surgery with each shave and then I kick bceau c you weren't chloroformed.” Highly Trained. A Southern man has taught his dog, i a water spaniel, to extinguish fire whenever it sees anything burning. । E.> test the little d< g. a piece <l' paper was ignited and dropped on tho floor. In an instant the d; g jumped upon it and very quietly extinguished it by rubbing it with its paws. The dog was tried with a lighted cigar, with" the same result. You must always know who said a thing before you can determine just what it means.

WILSON BILL PASSED. | ALL AMENDMENTS REJECTED BY DECIDED MAJORITIES. Full Attenchtnce and (treat Interest Mark I roccedings —Silverltes Discouraged Upon the First Hallot—Reed in a Gaudy SuitNew Member. How Tt Wan Done. AiV ashington correspondence: '1 he tem] or of t ;e Hou e cn the silver quostk n was clearly shown Mun- j day when the v ting I ogan upon the j amendments vontemplat ng different ratios of c dr.ago. and the Shernian-law-repealing V> ilsoa I ili it: elf. Following are the re ults: Ysus. Nays. Mai. Ratio of 16 to 1 1.3 io-; Ratio of 17 to 1 iin) -J43 uu Ratio of H to 1 in? vr.i 137 1 Ratio of I'3 to 1 vr. -3; 132 1 Ratio of 20 to I n > 2.2 l'>3 I Bland-AlUaon net sw ■. 11 77 I "Wilson repeal bill 2,0 lie 131 ■ I \ 1 . C 41. T r . .

I ^iost 01 the members of the House 11 wore in their seats at 10 o'clock. The |i surrounding c< ri idm s ai.d lobbies of I the iloor wore also tilled with a throng n of people curious to know the outcome ■L“f the oratorical contcit which has ■ 'mun iroinK on within tar c! amber for ■ Join n days. Evo.i thus., fortunate to Ih i-oh-.c p<» H Beu t M , u ■ comparuti .e quiet ft mid it impotsibiu «to maintain any deg; co of comfort, for ^■the atmo-p! ere was In t and muggy; clouds loAorod oxer tho city, ^Kbd thoi 0 was no breath of air stirring. R The leaders Appear. W^The leaders of the Hous? attracted I

■ftttontion as they came on the fl or. ■Mr. Ree.l lo ng particularly notie a|ble because < f his sui- of - Kentucky ■jeans, enlivened by are i fi ur-in-lm' d fscnrf. Hen. Trae'y :ul Mr. Bland engagt il in conforence [•with their lieulenanti. prepa <ng 1 r if he decisive count of votes. Lafo ! f * enee ’ 'he enthufia tic pipnii-t from t olorado. e trn - A a-sured \m<>( ;m. ' mings. of Neu York, that t oe- d was 1 not yet. despite the defeat < f the advoJ cutes of free c inage. B uirko ( o-k---ran did not appear until after the ; Shaker's gavel tell, but Me-srs. 1 larte •. and I' m 1.. Johnson, anti- ' siiverite . buzz d and b amvd with the antieipi tion of v eto y. ' ; After th • r-: dir g< f *he o i-nal I i eie;-, ot Now York, who I ( ' had not b.'ft i e taken I'i et, ap; eared Os t eII ■ ■ n c Leng.’, a.id was -«■ rn in bv the ; bpeaker. The re-, bdi n en.t /n, J j n th" or- . d< r of p-, v O!1 ip,. n ver , tm-i w a . nprtel by the t Krk. pr - . 'J' i' g for a vet. Hr-; up< n free coin igc of Mwernt the pre-ent ratixf l<i t J l, ti e e <md so- iv- coit a eat the I . rat O< f (7 to 1. the third at he rati.; ! I * f IS to l. th f urth at th" rati >of lt> । to 1, and th other nt the i,ri >< T "1 t ■ 1- Th, -vh , !S - , n , „ . 7, b . . v I - fort’ e ivvK.i’ of th. B and- \ li- ! pm mw if H 7-. which was nqs-aleil by th" Sherman law of a-ifi the I ( Just is on the Wil- n b il to ie ea Hu; . sh- r i :: .1- nt -n v , , F© tnneJi of t’ . .v 1 approved July u. I<» . : a I *h»«e from ttn e;o tline »,ivcr :ill? u ,0 the fmA * < ASt lUltlt 4 4 Q J *IH ■ jnaeh thereof ». .nav 1 e o r c iir .a Ji not.th the market price th-uon not « ■ luw Ji t- ‘ . ■ v ■ ’ ;■ s rt 1 »»t * V ‘ y ’ I . t . . । fepealrd not h«r t. a! -i »n ivVn psir nor j ' io »tor meaner Mie *th lcu-5 trailer quvUty | • of the rtxodMd - Iver dollars hrr.’tnfore c dred. a- ■ ■ f»f 1 r;. .• ? - el nit- d | F:at.-A Ute 1,, rV •. s i. ;v t to n w. du th- patI'V of the .eld IV : il • Ii . th- I Ui’ ! stat.’* at the Iv- :-t !■ ~1 r." ; •■ r v; a o: v t ratio an mny be e-tutdt-hed 1. law. Voting ot, t in. n Ino :i--. The Wil on bfil having I. n read. Mr. Bla-.d off.- -a mum.-nt that of five CO 1 . . at a rut io of Pi to I I - and it wa- dei- d bv a >< -■• of vi as 124. ran- Jr . a . .. aop a fro . the tuiti-ailv. r m ; . who rail i.ilia d one in -re mH tv the:. !w■xj ed d. Not n'.ar:> . . me\ it. re-t was taken in the ,o .d v. t- . whi-h wa- j hmtl.m the -i vv .. n. an t> 1 place of th" attention wlr.!; was paid t > the; first, was -übdit t- I a li-t'e-sne--1 which spread the .:o ;t th" hull. The ballot res J , d in t'.e defeat of the amendment by a vote of yea-, lin>: nay-. 24<). The I o uli t :w mis ts did not; vote. The oth" -uuida'd- were de-I feuted and the Wil.-on I ill passed in ! regular < rder. The membirs who st<M d bv silver under tho Biand-Allison act, but who । finally vote 1 for ur.e culit orml repeal were: Alderson Dem. , Black Dem., Ga. Brats D -m. .- Brookshire Dem. . Bunn Dem. . Conn Dem. . Donovan ' (Dem/, Do little Kep.. Edmunds t iDem. , Hare Di m. . Holman D-in. , Hunter Di'tn. . Law-on Dem. . Lester Dem. . Linton Req. , Marshall ■ Dem. . McCreary Dem. . McMillin Dem. . Meredith Dem.. Montgomery Dem.. Oates Dem. . (>T’er:-all Dem. . Pa-chal ■ (Dem. , Paynter Dem. . Pendleton HDem.). Post Rep.. Price Dem.. Richardson Dem. . Ritchie Dem. , | ' Russell Dem. . Stone Dem. , Swanson | i (Dem.), Taylor I>< m. . Tucker Dem. . ' i Turpin 'Dem. . T' b r Dem. , Weadock JJe TT’nE first society of civil engineers ivas formed in London, 1793. ^Cj.egi; and Samuda, in 18?8. patented ■'■r^ffrst pneumatic railroad. There aic many st me bridges in China dating from 1000 B. C. In 1847 all London houses were com- . ; polled to connect with sewers. Nearly 10) different machines have L I been invented for boring rock. i Tiie ideas of American bridge build- i . era have been copied all over the world, j There are over seventy miles of fur- ' j nels cut in the solid rock of Gibrada-. 1 The first large iron bridge in the world was built over the Severn in 1777. Pneumatic tubes are now in use in most telegraphic and newspaper offices. Cleopatra's Needle was taken flora Egypt to England in a vessel built round it. The central span of the St. Louis lugo is ;i2o feet, the side spans 515 met each. 1»^ EVEES L' 01-0 orec tod bv tho Babymnua> and Egyptians, described bv Berouotus. , i^i l . niou ? bridge constructed by at Babylon, and descubed by Diodorus, was five furlongs long. 0

f r . । irrirwiwuww ■<l■m «n j THE SUNDAY SCHOOL. THOUGHTS WORTHY OF CALM ' REFLECTION. A I’leasant, Interesting, and Instructive Lesson, and Where It May Be Found— A Learned and Concise Review of the Same. Faui Shipwrecked. The lesson for Sunday, Sept. 2, may be found in Acts 20: 30-44. I INTRODUCTORY. ! Here is the story of a man of faith, a story, let us be sure, worth hearing. There is. after all, so little faith, real 1 faith, personal faith toward God to-day. Indeed, we have fallen on days quite nearly faithless. Thank God now for a man who could stand up in the teeth of the angry sea and cry out to the huddled affright about him: “I believe God that it shall be even as it was told me." O, for more such men. O, for

another such man to-day! Brother, have you one somewhat like Paul here, a man who can truly and heartily say, "I believe God?” Then praise God for the boon. And do not I e ungenerous. Pass him around. Send him up our way. We need him here, there, everywhere. “I-ord, increase our faith.” POINTS IN THE LESSON. But tlii-Hi was another necessity. Ihe conditions must be kept. “Except these abide in the ship, ye cannot be saved.” Hence a broken piece of the ship was safer than the boat let down. Let us ever remember it: there are > two musts: YVhat Ged must, and what I I

| J must. The scripture here says, “Tho shipmen were about to flee out of the ship.” Literally they were seeking to flee: they were looking this wav and that for an avenue of escape. There was a single man among them all who kept his eyes turned in one direction—toward Ged. Seeking to escape was he also- bound to esiap ’. Only he knew the way. Better than the life-boat of the ship were the everlasting arms of his God. They were inclined to deceive In time of danger tho man of the world lacs to his weakest and wickedest. It was “under color.” under pretense of casting anchor, that they meant to es--1 capi' in the long b at. Prophasis is tho Greek word, suggesting profession. । There was one man there who could j road thr nigh profession into the inneri most intent. There is one Man still ; w ho can tlo it. Beware. "And so it came to pa-s that thev eseapod all -afe to land.” This is the human -tatenu nt of it. Somehow thev 1 a l <rot to shore. And there were the human and physical agents to the res- ; cue. The man struggling with the wave, the boards and planks of the ship, tho i-land in the midst of the sea, ai d the is under-, not so hard of heart a- was their wont. This last, too. was i wonderful. But it wa- all on the ' curtb.lv si lo it was man's part. But 1 I'enoath and bohin i all. accounting for i • \' rv . iiig. and h a ling toward all ac- ■ c uplishrnents. was the word of God I spoken to Paul in the night, "Lo. G. d I hath. giv< n thoeall that -ail with thee.” I rn-; Gn.|, Thromrh agencies and in- j strumi-ntniities, many and diverse, he 1 >rii;_r. his conn-, I- to pa?s. ■■BHud uul i lUif is sure to err And «.-an bis works In vain; Clod is his own Interpreter, HIN TS \ND H.LUSTRATIONS. The strung!" of this ship to reach 'an I, or raD.i't- th" endeavor of Paul to bring t<> pass’hi> promise and land all thoso-ou!- safely ashore, has been more ; han on"o u— d as suggestive of the < of .-h irchis in revival times. HinU and ii i n-trations at hast maybe so i. and properly, if only it lie rer ,1 t La; it is nothing more than i :a - ops, a ?i car" need- to be ex-| i. But Lt the picture do its I woiv; and toll an the good lessons to : find utt*"an"". If the cla-s cares to 1 O'a t ai- allusively with the instru-| inents of eonv t isi n, the query might ; be raisod, "On what board or plank of | t a- • e.-s.-l did you come ashore? YVhat ' broken pi""' of the ship helped you to s? :d nround?"' Let it l>c an experience meeting as t > how. by varied means, Go I leads his people to their own. There is : niy one supr, me Intellige’awhom we can trust at the last. Pt : ; aps the saddest part of the terrible calamity which befell the “Y'ictoria.” flagship of the British squad- . ron. on the high seas, was the false j confidence reposed in the admiral. He I had never before made a mistake; he ' was to be trusted and obeyed. And so the hazardous order was heeded, and so the rescue boats kept well aloof, and so the oflic -rs and mariners staid by j the doomed vessel and were lost. Ah, the best of men sometimes, somewhere fail. God alone makes no mistakes. Paul recognize I every event as an ■ occasion to glorify God and Jesus Christ. Here in this quiet retreat at i the north and in the parlors of Temple ; Grove. Saratoga, the ministers have j been discussing speaking for Jesu^ 1 Some one suggests that opportunity 1 for such witnessing is oftener given | than is taken, and he relates an incij dent in connection with the life of the i missionary a-sociated with him in ! church work. A tall, awkward-look-ing man. this missionary, unpolished, unprepossessing in appearance, but I with a deal of shrewdness and quick to seize an occssk n. Riding home in a 1 crowded street car, holding on and 1 swaying by a strap, his limp Bible | under his arm. he became the object I of mirth and of heartless guying from ! a company of hilarious young people j returning'from a theater. - He stood it ' patiently, but presently one of them, 1 a kind of leader among them, gave | him his opportunity. “Say.” this one exclaimed, so that all could hear him, : "Mister, would you be good enough to 1 answer me a question?” "If I can,” was | the courteous response. “YY’ell. please : tell me how far it is from here to ■ heaven. YYhat would you have said, brother? The missionary, leaning over, quietly but clearly, req ended. "Just a step, will you take it?” There was a moment's hush then. Just before the man with the Bible alighted he added, “A wise man seeks wisdom, and when he gets it acts upon it; will you?” That was all. But it led to that young theater-goer's c inversion. At the door of his mission station, some time later, the mission worker was accosted by this same young man who had sought him out, and who now said: “Sir. I have come to have you tell me how to take that step.” And he took it into life eternal. Next lesson —“Paul at Rome,” Acts xxviit 20-31.

INDIANA STATE NEWS. OCCURRENCES DURING THE PAST WEEK. An Interesting Summary of the More Important Doings of Our Neighbors—Weddings and Deaths—Crimes. Casualties and General News Notes of the State. Hoosier Happenings A SON of Otto YY’oodard, near Farmland, was perhaps fatally kicked by a horse. Work has been suspended on the Wabash High School because the bonds cannot be sold. A Washington man has been arrested charged with selling beer as soup in large bowls. Motorman Nathaniel Bowser was terribly crushed between two electric cars in Fort Wayne. • Bloodhounds are being used to

chase thieves out of watermelon patches around Seymour. William McMain, a prosperous miner at Donaldsonville, was crushed by falling slate and died. The large farm residence of Lee Driver, six miles northwest of Farmland, 'burned. Loss, $4,000. The malleable iron works of the Sweet & Clark Company, - closed down, throwing 350 work. Mrs. John a. Alsfasser, living west of LaPorte, committed suicide bv hanging herself. The act was caused

by ill health. At a meeting of the stockholders of the Grant County Agricultural Society it was decided to postpone the annual exhibition until the times improve. The remains of an unknown man were found strewn along the Cleveland. Cincinnati. Chicago and St. Louis Railu ay. ten miles east of Lebanon. It is thought he was a tramp. Governor Matthews has announced that he would appoint James M. Winters Judge of the Superior Court of Marion County to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Napoleon B. laylor. Mr. YY inters is the acting judge of the court and a well known attorney. Ivan Cox, a section foreman on the O. & M.. of Loogootee, recently placed a package of bills containing 8110 in a bed-tick at his residence for safe-keep-ing. In his absence his wife emptied the straw, money and all intothestreet and burned it. having forgot about the ^money, which was completely consumed. Mrs. David Dalman, wife of a prominent farmer, residing near Fort Wayne, committed suicide by taking arsenic. After taking the dose she walked to the field where her husband and hands were threshing and told what she had done and that she did not want to die alone, that she loved him, but her troubles were more than she could bear. She could not be saved and expired in great agony. 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 daughtvi'. Jiv « iLB ’iO u/d CIJJUX Ct Xtav.4^4her of Seymour Chapter. F. & A. M. and the Order of Railway Conductors. Patents -have been issued to Indiana inventors as follows: John H. Allison, Elkhart, electric railway trolley switch: George YV. Altman, Marion, button sewing machine; Robert C. Anderson, Jeffersonville, wire stretcher: George G. Boswell. Indianapolis, thill support: Robert Poindexter. Indianapolis. post base: Louis Townsend, Evansville. harness suspending device; John 11. YY’illiamson, Muncie, grain scouring and polishing machine. C. S. Arthur, president, and William F. Smith, secretary, have issued the following notice to their comrades: ‘■lnasmuch as arrangements have already been made for a Reunion of the 75th - and 101st regiments, Indiana Volunteers, and the 19th Indiana Battery, at Indianapolis, on the 6th day of September, during the general encampment of the G. A. R., and the time being so near that of our annual meeting, which was appointed for Portland, to be held on the sth and 6th I days of October next, it has been deemed ; best by a large number of members of , the society, who have given expression to their opinion, to hold but one meeting this year, and that to be at Indianapolis, and held in the Criminal Court room, on September 6, where and when, the usual program will be carried out so far as it may be possible so to do. YVe earnestly hope to meet you and your family there.” A GAS explosion that occurred at Morristown, probably fatally injured one and seriously burned four or five others. A gas engine and force pump on Main street furnish water to the principal part of the town. Jesse Denlinger had descended into the well to make some repairs to the engine, and while at work remarked that he could’nt see to fix it on account of the darkness. Some one above lighted a 1 match, and this ignited the escaping i gq^. A fearful explosion followed, and a column of flame shot twelve feet into the air, with a loud report. Denlinger received the full force of the shock and the flames, and was frightfully burned from his waist up. It is thought he also inhaled the flames. Large pieces of flesh and skin fell from his hands and arms, and his face, neck, and breast are almost cooked. His recovery is thought to be doubtful. T. C. YY’renich. who was leaning over the well, was badly burned about the hands and face, but not dangerously. John Nelson, who stood near, was seriously burned and is in a bad way. All are suffering intensely from their injuries. Three or four others, who stood near, were slightly burned. 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 home with one eye destroyed and the other 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 assaults continued.