St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 19, Number 10, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 23 September 1893 — Page 7

AN IDYL OFJONOLULU. A Bold Stroke for a Husband. Written for ' This Paper. BY LEON LEWIS.

CHAPTER IX—Continued. That Keeri had foreseen about how the matter would turn, was sufficiently evinced by his conduct. Beyond the observations we have recorded, not a word escaped him; but he stood leaning calmly against the door of a pew, in the attitude of a man who considers himself master of the situation. As to Alma and Ralph, they had taken very little notice of the intruder, the prompt action of Bullet having assured them that he would do all that could bo done in his own interest and that of tho bridal couple. Alma, it is true, could not refrain from darting sundry glances of scorn and indignation at the rejected suitor, and Ralph was only restrained by a sense of dignity from the instant chastisement of the intruder; but both of the contracting parties may be said to have rather endured than resented the Intrusion. “Well, what is decided?” whispered Alma to her father, as Bullet returned, flushed and excited, to her side. “We must go homo immediately,” was the answer, in a correspondingly low voice “The conveyance in still in waiting. “I'll explain all as soon as we are by ourselves. This conclusion was so different from that expected by Alma that she could neither restrain her tears nor her anger. “Is that tawny rascal, then, so high and mighty that we must be his humble victims?” she demanded, excitedly. “Hush! Let us have no further scene here,” enjoined Bullet, nervously. “Nothing is particularly amiss—if you do as I tell you. The priest has given me instructions. We must leave at once. ” The gravity of her father’s tones impressed the girl even more than the words, and she no longer delayed the departure. Keeri waited in his serene attitude until the bridal couple and Bullet had returned to their carriage, and then he stalked quietly away, paying 1 ittle heed to tho suppressed jeers and reproaches of which he was the Object from the younger portion of the guests, whose pleasure he had thus troubled. In three minutes more the little church was deserted, and the bridal party were leaving the town behind them. "To go home is our first stop, of \ l *“- course,” whispered Bullet, indicating • by a nod an unwelcome listener in tho j person of tho driver of the carriage. I “It’s only at homo that I shall be able ; to talk with you freely.” Hardly a word passed until the ride was over, although it was one, it will be remembered, of nearly an hour’s duration. “You may wait,” said Bullet to tho driver, when the party had alighted. “I shall probably require your services further.” The bridal couple were soon seated with Bullet in the privacy of their little sitting room, and then the bold and still angry eyes of Alma turned inquiringly to her father. “I can now tell you all.” said the exsailor in a whisper, after looking nervously around. “That wretched Keeri had the basement of tho church full of sailors from the dock and Kanakas from all points of the compass. Ho must have had, the pastor thinks, fifty or sixty armed men at his heels, and ho came there intent upon an unheard of disturbance. To kill Mr. Benning outright, and to carry you off again to the hills, Alma, were two well-defined points of his plan: and my own life, of course was not accounted of the value of a feather. To save not only our own lives but those of our invited guests, the pastor enjoined me by everything sacred to take the course I have taken.” “You have done well in heeding the pastor’s advice, of course,” said Ralph; “but it is not necessary that Alma and I should abandon our idea of getting married. We can all slip off quietly to some near village of tho interior, and there have the marriage ceremony performed. and the whole affair ended, I should say, within two or three hours ” “The very com-e Iwas intending to take—the very course, in fam. advised I by the pastor,” cried Bullet, jubilantly. “It was in this view that I have I kept the carriage in waiting. In this i way we shall turn the tables com- ; pletely upon Keeri; for after you are once married, of course, all his schemes and machinations will fall to the ground, for the simple reason that they will be utterly futile.” “Let us be off at once,” proposed Alma, arising. “There’s the little chapel on the other side of Pearl Bav— Mr. Hapgood's—scarcely five miles distant, and that is probably as good a place for us as any other.” “At any rate, it is the place I have mentally selected,” said Bullet, giving his daughter a look of secret intellif pmce. “You and Ashley had better ook to your toilets, and we’ll be off for Mr. Hapgood’s in a few moments.” It seemed to Ralph that Bullet was anxious to say a few words in private to Alma, and he accordingly availed himself of the suggestion about his toilet to retreat to his own apartment. Alma, in like manner, was about retiring to her room when her father intercepted her on the stairs. “Just one word, but a very important one,” he whispered. “All I’ve said about Keeri’s band of desperadoes is a lie, made up under the spur of the moment. The real difficulty is. as the pastor informed me, that Keeri came to the church with the intention of declaring who Ashley is, and with the further intention of showing that we also know who and what he is. ” “But how can Keeri have learned Ashley’s identity?” breathed Alma. ’The Lord only knows; but, perhaps, from the three sailors of whom I have spoken—the three who have been tanging around Honolulu all these weeks, and who have shown clearly enough, in one way and another, that they are in the secret of Ashley’s identity. You see, therefore, that it was very considerate of the pastor not to force Keeri to bawl out all he knows

about Ashley, and you also see that it ' was equally incumbent upon mo to beat I a retreat. “Exactly!” breathed Alma, with a fiercer look of resolve upon her coun- i tenance than Bullet had ever before seen upon it. “I see! 1 see! No time is to be lost. Let us bo off for Mr. Hapgood’s at once. By this movement we shall beat the Kanaka and make a I success of our project." In five minutes more the trio were ' on their way in the carriage around Pearl Bay to the little chapel of Mr. I Hapgood. Not a soul had been seen , approaching from the town, and the ' hearts of Bullet and his daughter beat I high with the hope that their conspir- j acy would be crowned with success. j But Keeri was not to be so readily i beaten. The carriage had reached a lonely point of the road, in one of the valleys bordering Pearl Bay, when three ruffian-ly-looking men suddenly bounded from a place of concealment by the wayside, and hurled themselves upon Ralph and the ex-sailor, while the driver of the carriage turned like a tiger upon Alma, thus showing that he was in Keeri’s service. That Ralph fought with as much ability as courage will be taken as a matter of course, but what could he do against such odds and at such a disadvantage? The old sailor fell insensible at the first onslaught, and a crashing blow upon our hero’s skull soon | stretched him beside Bullet. Os -what I further then and there followed he ; knew nothing. At least two or three hours must have passed subsequent to this furious assault before Ralph recovered his senses, but he finally gathered himself up into a sitting posture, after sundry preliminaries, and bent a keen glance in every direction around him. “The villains!" ho ejaculated. : “They’ve fled, of course! They've not । only given mo the •compliments’ of Hank Ripple, as they said, but they've doubtless robbed mo.” He felt hastily in his pocket. “Yes, they have taken purse and paI pers,” he added. “And Maida? Ripple, ; too? Can it bo that he has smuggled himself aboard the Nor’wester, as these deserters stated?" Wiping his bruised head, he arose to ' his feet and bent his steps in the direc- > tion of Honolulu. He had gone scarcely a hundrol j rods, however, when he met Kulu. that , other Kanaka of our acquaintance | the servant it Bullet tho very man. ! I it will bo remembered, who hud tir o lone untri ed the young Chicagoan after I tho memorable injuries. many weeks I before, which had robbed Ralph of his । memory. “Can I be of any use to you. Mi-. Ben- ' ■ ning?” asked Kulu, after looking the ‘ wonder ho felt at seeing him in such a I plight. Ralph halted with an inquiring ' glance. “Are you speaking to mo, sir?" he ‘asked. Kulu nodded. “Then 1 leg to inform you that my name is not Benning, but Kemplin Ralph Kemplin!” “Oh. indeed." The Kanaka was silent a moment, recoiling in his amazement, and then he cried: “You are aware, of course, that Mr. Bullet has been seriously injured i taken home in an insensible and dangerous condition?” It was now Ralph's turn to recoil in ! astonishment, as he replied: “No, I know nothing of any Mr. Bullet. Never heard the name before." “But surely you must know that Miss ; Bullet has been carried off to the hills again by Keeri?” "Miss Bullet? Keeri?” repeated j Ralph, wonderingly. “Nover heard the names lx?fore. I know nothing of these parties. What are they to me? Are you drunk or joking? Or do you take me for a fool?” The Kanaka was reasonably brave, as wo have asserted in a former page, but things wore now getting too mixed I for his comprehension, and he turned and fled in silence. , let him go,” muttered Ralph. j ' . probably finds his^fool's game a losing one. Let's see—let me think a little. Lins business with the-e three ruffians has really confused me. A h, I have it all now. Maida—mv dear Maida —has just sailed in tlie Nor’wester for the Arctic Ocean. The Yokohama is to sail for China to-morrow. Feeling lonely and gloomy I came out here to = look at the fish-ponds and other curios- ( ities, and here I have been nearly mur- ' dered, at Hank Ripple's suggestion, by ' | those three runaways from the Nor - I 1 wester! Well, well,” he added, with a glance at the sun, “there are still sev- ' ' oral hours at mv disposal, and it will be strange if I cannot bring the villains to justice before I leave the island!" With this resolve uppermost in his mind, he started anew at a brisk pace 1 for the capital. ’ “And Maida? How can I reach her? How save her from that vile Hank 5 Ripple?” As indicated by his words, the recent blow upon Ralph’s head had counteracted the injuries he had received from a former one from the same assailants. All that had passed since L that memorable day was now in its J turn utterly obliterated from his consciousness, while his old memory had 1 been restored! He no longer knew 1 anything about Benning, Alma, or Bul- ’ let! In a word, he was "himself again!” CHAPTER X. THE SITUATION CLEARING. As Ralph Kemplin, “clothed and in his , right mind,” although bruised in body, i continued his brisk walk towards the t capital, he was struck with the length I > of the road. “Seems to me I ought to have reached ' ; town before now, or at least be in sight ' • of it,” he muttered. “Queer enough!” i He continued to trudge on resolutely, । notwithstanding the weakness induced i by his injuries and the heat of the as-

ternoon, and at length came out the crest of the hillfl adjoining KaiikiS Bay—the scene, it will be rememberealW of the first assault he had experience® at the hands of Ripple's three ruffians! long weeks before. 1 From this point Punch Bowl Hill is I plainly visible, looming up behind and I beyond tho capital, and the amazement I of tho young Chicagoan, as he flaw I where ho was, almost took away his breath. “Why, I’m further from town after ' all these miles of travel than I was when these ruffians attacked me,” he exclaimed, involuntarily. “Yes, yonder is tho spot where they waylaid me! Doubtless I shall see our traces in the sand and other indications of the struggle.” He failed in this expectation, of course, but ho did not relax his steady pace toward tho town. “They must have carried me inland a few miles to rob me at their leisure," was the conclusion he soon reached. “It may bo they had a wagon in waiting As this theory made the whole situation plain to him, ho dismissed the subject from his mind and began to took forward to what he should do upon his arrival at the capital. “I’ll first see the agent of the Nor’wester, who is also the agent of the Yokohama, and he will assist me in setting things to rights,” was his speedy and natural reflection. “As to the question of money, that can be managed readily enough, even if I do not recover my drafts and other papers.” Ho held to his course with such resolution that he made prompt entry into town, arriving there before the agent to whom ho had made reference had left his office, although it was now late in the afternoon. |TO BE CONTINUED. | Beards. The Moors hold by their beards when they swear, in order to give weight to their oath, which after this formality they rarely violate. The length of beard seems to weigh with them more than the stock of brains. । Admiral Keppel was sent to Al- । giers to demand satisfaction for the injuries done to His Britannic Majesty's subjects by their corsairs; the dey, enraged at the boldness of tho ambassador, exclaime 1 “that he wondered at the insolence of the English monarch in sending him a message I | by a foolish, beardless boy.” • ’Phe admiral, somewhat nettled, re- i plied that “if his master had sup- ; posed wisdom was to be measured by | i the length of the beard, lie would । doubtless have sent the dey a: he-goat." This answer so enragi d the dey that he ordered his mutes to attend with the bow-strings, saying that the admiral should pay for his boldness t witli his lif-. Nothing daunted by | this threat tlm ambassador took the dey t<> the window, an I showing him the English fleet said, "If it was his pleasu <• to pu: him to death, there were ImMi..limen enough in that fleet to make him a glorious funeral pile." '1 he dey, who w. re a long beard, took the hint from the man who had none, rhe fln-ivt of Suiww. Signor Searem, the noted wild animal tamer, had nut his trained tigers through their trick-.. He had driven th in round ami r Hind their cage, i and they had crouched in a corner at the word of c unman I, though he was but a weak human being, and । they were mighty wild Iwas'*, and I could have torn him limb from limbi I had they realized their paver. He had no weap ui m his hand, if we except a Miort whip which he oc- , i ca-donally cracked over the tigers' i heads. His performance being end-! ed, amid breath’ess silence on the i part of the sj e.flatoFs, Signor Searem ! । stepped from the cage unharmed, and j then the tumultu >us applause broke I fort h. People crowded about him topraise j his courage, and one man said: “Don't you regard that as very dan- i gerous?” “Not at all." replied the trainer. "Tigers are not dangerous as long as i you keep on the right side of them.” i “Which is the right side?” asked' | the questioner, quizzing]?. “The outside,” replied the trainer, as he strode away to the dressingroom. i Clergyman and Baker. - A cl’" Lan in Scotland desire 1 his hearers never to call one another liars, but when anyone said thf thing that was not true they outfit to: wtiistlo. One Sunday he pre* *u a a sernum on the miracle of th maves and fishes, and, being at a rjyss Any to explain it, lie said the 'loq-'es wm not like those nowadays; were as big as some of the hiljlßih Scoti land! He had scarcely pjlnounced I the words when he heard a loud I whistle. “Wha is that," says he, “ca’s me a । liar?” "It is I, Willy MacDonald, the baker.” •‘Well, Willy, what objection have I ye to what I ha' told ye?” ‘•None,” said he; “only I want to know what sort o' ovens they had to . bake those loaves o’ bread in.”—New . York Ledger. What “Bankrupt” Means. Tho word bankrupt comes from two j Italian words, signifying a broken , bench. The populace of Venice, Florence and other Italian cities often became greatly incensed yith the money lenders, who were frequently Hebrews, and bursting into th® market places, would steal the change and break or overturn the bench. A broken bench implied a money ahanger withou/ funds, hence the term. A Watch's Tireless Mechanism. The main wheel As a watch makes 1,460 revolutions ini year; the second or center wheel, 8,7«0; the third wheel, I 70,080; the fourth Wheel, 525,600; and I the fifth or scape wheel, 4.731,860. The j number of vibrations is 141,912,000 in a year. ! Alexander and Julius Caesar wera both accustomed to whip their wivei on the slightest provocation.

home and the farm. : A DEPARTMENT MADE UP FOR OUR RURAL FRIENDS. I Worse Than Useless to Work Like Many I farmers Do—Only Shallow-Culture Late— I What Oue Woman Did With Ileus—Milk L Preservatives—Farm Notes. Should Take Life Easier. i Most articles in agricultural papers ' pffint out something that the farmer i should do in the way of active work. I Many of them propose improved ways , 4f performing the labor, but they are Nearly all concerned with some phase | oLtoil. In the age of steam and el ctricity, of wonderful intellectual expansion and equally remarkable' m terial development, there is a con- : st nt and an almost universal ten- ' de icy to overdo. The people of the I pr isent day are living too fast. Their ' anjbitlons arc great and they are in ■ haste to aecom- ' There is an al- j a and scramble, al, and an almost grasp more than ; □re than it would J ave. We live ai han our fathers j ivork that they ■ by hand we do ' do a great deal e able to accompliih, but we are no better satisfied th: n they were. We have many luxuries of which they never dreamed, but whether xvc arc really happier than they were may be considered an open question. It may also be questioned whether, with all the privileges we have which they never knew, we are forming better charac- j ters than the rs, or are doing the real | work of life any Letter than it was done by them. It is worse than ueless to work so hard ami so constantly as to become prematurely worn out and unable to take pleasure in life at I the time when wc -hould be in the fullness of our powers and at the height of enjoyment. Yet this is just what multitudes of people in our I farming communities are doing. | They are injuring themselves and I their children by their excessive de- I ; votion to their daily toil. Their | finer natures are neglected and the noblest purposes of life are very j largely lost sight of in the struggle for material I enctits. We ought to “slow up." take things more quietly, look beyond this day with its cares and anxieties and give more time to the cultivate n of the characters I which will remain with us when our present burdens will t e t dng- of the far away past It is well to take care of the farm and of the cattle, but it is very far from well to give so much attention and interest to the land and the stock as to leave the owner no opportunity to develop his higher nature and provide tor Hie intellectual and moral cultivation of | his family. The development and cultivation is essential to the highest | u^efulm of al! who arc com-erne,l ana is also abso utcly required to make the home life cheerful and happy.—American Farm News. Origin of the Peach. Nothing s now more universally accepted than the fact that the 'peach is an improved variety of the alnumd. The almond has a thin shell around the M ne, which splits 'open ami expose* the stone when maI Hire. This outer skin has simply be- ; come fleshy in the peach so that is j all that gives it it* spe isle characi ter. It seem-- now clear from investigation in the h story of ancient I Babylon, that in their gardens, now nearly 560 years old, Hie peach was cultivated then as it is now. It . must have been many years before I this that the peach was improved ; from the almond, and this fact goes to show the great antiquity of the I fruit. Possible gardening in some ■ respects at least so far as it relates to many of our cultivated fruits, was as far advanced six. or perhaps eight or ten thousand years back as it is today. Ph i necians, many thousands of years ago, as is proved by the records had in their gardens almonds, apricots bananas, citrons, tigs,grapes, olives, peaches, pomegranates, and even sugarcane was in extensive culAivation. Certainly this shows how very far advanced these nations were in garden culture Hu se many years ago.—Meehans’ Monthly. Shallow Culture Late. Q he common beiit-t amvng ■farmers that late cultivation is an injury to corn and potatoes is due to improper methods of tillage It is an idea that dates back to the time when the plow was the instrument most generally used for late cultivation. After midsummer the soil is often too dry to enable roots to grow again after being severed from the plant. In June and early in July the cultivator may be run deeper than would be at ail proper later. But this deep cultivation had better still be done before the crop is planted. Weeds should not be allowed to grow so large that merely scratching the surface will not kill them. If weeds are kept from growing large, the slight cultivation required to keep the surface clean will do no harm at any time. An exception may perhaps be made for potatoes. If they grow as thriftily as they should, the vines will en- 1 tirely cover the ground, and this will prevent weeds from growing by smothering them as they come to the surface. Milk Preservatives. To a correspondent who asks which is the best milk preservative, the Jersey Bulletin replies, cleanliness and coolness. A large number of substances, such as salt, sugar, soda, saltpetre, salicylic acid, and boracic acid, have been recommended, and all the so-called preservatives

contain more or less of one or more of these substances; but we know of not one that will be of any use in keeping the milk from souring that is not more or less injurious to the human stomach. Therefore we know of no milk preservative which we can recommend any one to use. Really none of them will keep milk fresb for any considerable time. O its Cheaper Than Hay. In the West oats continue to rule very low, and they can be brought East at prices that make them much cheaper than hay. ’1 here is sure to be a large fore gn demand for forage cropsand the coarser grains on account of the forage famine prevailing in Europe. When experts of hay and coarse grains begin it will not be possible for Eastern farmers to stock up as cheaply as now. Corn should be grown by Eastern farmers, but they can usually better afford to buy what oats they need than to grow them. It is the cron that requires least labor and therefore always pays least* Capabilities of Mucky Soils. Before condemning muck as good for nothing It is always worth while to experiment with it. Usually it is too wet and needs drainage. Itsometimes also needs potash and phosphate when the muck is made from plants in which those minerals are deficient. After draining try a dressing of wood ashes or potash from the German potash salts, and seed it with clover. The roots of clover will run deeply in drained mucky soil, and once a clover catch has been assured the soil can be manured more cheaply with clover than in any other way. One Woman's liens. A lady writer in one of the poultry papers says she kept sixteen hens last year, raised between eighty and ninety chickens and ate all but twenty pullet*: also ate the old hens* and used 858 eggs in the family, besides selling eggs to the amount of 332.23, and yet her husband thinks it does not pay to raise hens. Perhaps if he had to buy seventy-five or eighty fowls and chickens and 71} dozen eggs in a year, he would think it paid to keep poultry. Agricultural Notes. The farmer should know the needs of the crop and the lack of the soil. If the birds destroy insects and worms for you, why should they not have a little fruit? Frover c altivation and fcrtilizatma are the two great se rets of succ< ssful crop raising. The secret of English success in horticulture is the perpetuation of estat -s from on - generation to another, gardeners being employed for life. I’rofessor Riley, whose opportunities for observation place him among the highest authorities on the subject, estimates the ioss of food crops by injurious inse ts alone at 35,000,000 per annum. Every bce-kicper should make a study of bonny producing dowers, for the s icecss or failure ot the apiary dep nds on the amount and duration of honey-producing plants in the neighborhood. Manx tamers try to till too large areas. If they would put their labor an 1 fertilizers on a smaller surface an I use l etter tools it would pay them better. Do not work over twe acres tor what can just as well grow on one. There is a penalty ot 850 in the State of North Carolina for each failure of seedsmen to put the date of growing on each pa kage of seeds they sell, and an equal amount for any false statement as to the facts. Those who are not familiar with the habits of peppers and egg-plants may not know that their productiveness may 1 e wonderfully increased and their bearing season prolonged by ccntinuing to cultivate them late in the season. Oats are much better spring ration than corn for the work horses. They • ontain more protein for muscle building and less of the heat producing elements. Ground together in | the proportion of two pounds of oats to one of corn they make the ideal spring ration for horses. Deed of All Boston. The old quit claim given by the । Indian chief to whom this part of the [country belonged to the settlers here is a very interesting document. It was written by Charles Josias, alias Josias Wampatuck, sachem, and William Hahnton, Robert Momentaugue and Ahawton, his senior counI sellers. The lands mentioned are “the wels and tract of land now Known by the | name of the town of Boston, and all other lands whatsoever, with the said , township and precincts thereof, east- | erly and southerly of and from Charles j River, with all and every the hous- : ing, buildings, and improvements ■ thereupon, and on every part and i parcel thereof, and the island called Deer Island and the buildings thereon, with all harbours, streams, coves, fiats, waters, rivers, immunities, rights, benefits, advantages, liberties, privileges, hereditaments, and appurtenances whatsoever to all and every I the aforementioned premises belongi ing or in any manner or wise appertaining, or therewith heretofore or now used, occupied or enjoyed, also all the estate, right, title, interest, I property claim and demand of me, the said Charles Josias. alias Wamputuck, and of all and every my beforename counsellors, of, in and to the same and every part, parcel or member thereof.” The claim is witnessed by Charles Josias. Ahawton, Senior, William Hahatou, Robert Momeutangue, and dated March 19, 1684.—Boston Globe.

INDIANA INCIDENTS. SOBER OR STARTLING, FAITHFULLY RECORDED. An Interestmj Summary of the More Im. portant DoLigs of Our Neighbors—Weddings and Deaths—Crimes, Casualties and General News Notes. Condensed State News. Nine cars were derailed on the Big Four road at Batesville. Mrs. Henry Vandtver, near Franklin, was found dead in bed. A man was fined $1 at LaPorte forpointing a revolver at a policeman. Large huckleberry marsh, near Laporte, destroyed by lire. Loss, 33,000. Farms and forests near Houston are being damaged considerable by fires. The Presbyterian Church of Goshen has engaged a chorister from Scotland at 3300 a year. Diphtheria in a malignant type prevails in Marion. Five deaths have been reported. The Richmond Register has gotten out an illustrated supplement of the city of Cincinnati. Harry Hillabold, aged 9. was accidentally shot in the head By ' Luuib Cohen, aged 15, at Madison. James Robinson, 15, was thrown from a horse in a running race near Geneva, and was fatally injured. Daniel Nunemacher, aged 28, while suffering from delirium tremens at New Albany,shot and killed himself. Union City officials had a good deal of trouble in running out of town two negroes from the smallpox district of Muncie. Frank Bruce, one of the safeblowers at Terre Haute, was given a sentence of nine years in the penitentiary and 3500 fine. Joseph Trusty, a farmer, accidentally shot himself with a shotgun while attempting to climb a fence, near Pittsburgh, this State. Edward Fahnestock, n. notorious character of Lafayette, was caught burglarizing a store at Culver's Station, in Tippecanoe County. The sensational breach of promise ease of Sarah G. Davis against Charles Rawlings, at Noblesville, was settled by the couple getting married. Samuel Roby, aged 35, committed suicide at Odon, near Washington, by taking an overdose of morphine. He leaves a wife and three children. The son of John Eisele found 3500 in a haymow near Lafayette, which his father had placed there before he died. The old man was thought to be penniless. Stewart and Beniamin Derft. two young men of Wabash County, are in jail at Wabash for alleged rape of 10-year-old Blanche Mills, a neighbor ■ gild. George Staytes. a veteran flagman of Muncie, has finished twenty years of service, and no one has ever been killed or hurt at a crossing guarded by him. While Mrs. W. C. Clevenger was filling the tank to a gasoline stove at I mon City the oil ignited and set fire to the house. It was extinguished with small loss. L. W. Cordes, a harness dealer of Michigan City, fell under a Michigan < 'entrul train which ran over his right arm and leg. Two hours later he died during amputation. Jacob Pressy, a farmer in Knox County, three miles northwest of Petersburg, while fighting a burning meadow, fell from exhaustion and his body was found burned to a crisp. William Lambert, a fireman on the LAL S. R. R.. was instantly killed in a wreck of a freight train near Smlivan. He leaves a wife and several children. His home was at Effingham. 111. Martin Kendall, aged 60, and a leading farmer of Tipton County, was thrown from a wagon by a runaway team, the wheels passing over his body, crushing his head and inflicting fatal injuries. William Meadows, a well-known young man of Bloomington, died recently from injuries received on the head with a stone, thrown by Mrs. George McAfee, a colored woman. The trouble occurred Aug. 22, when Meadows and the son of Mrs. McAfee were quarreling, and the woman inter--1 sered and threw a stone, striking ’ Meadows over the eye. Mrs. McAfee ? is now in jail on the charge of murder. A COLD-BLOODED duel with shotguns i was fought north of Brazil, near Coxs ville, a little mining town. The prin- ] cipals were James Valvan and a man named Johnson. It is claimed the trouble originated over a woman with whom both men were infatuated. They met thoroughly armed to settle their i trouble. Valvan having a double-barrel • shotgun. Only a few words were ex- > changed when they commenced firing. Shortly Johnson fell mortally wounded, with two charges of shot in his body. । The haa created intense exeite--1 ment and every effort I*"heing made to capture Valvan. who quickly made his • escape after emptying his gun. Patents have been issued to In- > diana inventors as follows: Hughes & ‘ Hull. Indianapolis, lock spring ditching . machine: William Hatfield, Fort NV ayn ?. yevice for side dressing circular saws: Solomon F. Crull, Dublin, propelling attachment for garden plows: t harles U. Martin. West F’ranklin. self-setting animal trap: Ra;,- G. Jenckes. Terre Haute, hominy mill: James J. Duret, Noblesville, calculating device: John /'reel. Whiting, retort for stills: David E. Meyers. Indianapolis. motor: Alva L. Kitselman. Ridgeville, wire fabric machine: Menfee and Ertel. Fort Wavne. cistern cover: Zadox B. Hendrix'. Anderson, mail bag fastening; George J. Cline.' Goshen, wire tightener. The ten-thousand-dollar damage suit of Mary J. Pratt against Frank W. Talbot for the dcath of her husband and son. some months ago. caused by the explosion of a boiler In the Peru basket factory, has beep compromised by the payment of 31.000. Miss Minnie Tull, aged 18, a highly respected young woman of Hanoxer. committed suicide bv drowning herself in the Ohio, eight miles below Madison. Her body was recovered. There is no cause ‘ assigned for the deed, but those acquainted with the young woman say she had a great sorrow.