St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 19, Number 11, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 30 September 1893 — Page 2

AN IDYL OF I IONOL UL U. A Bold Stroke for a Husband. Written for T his Paper. BY LEON LEWIS.

CHAPTER X—Continued. The surprise of this man, as Ralph, bale and perspiring, suddenly entered his presence, was most intense. “Is it really you, Mr. Kemplin?" he demanded, offering his hand. “ “Take a seat, sir. Where have you been all this time?” “Why, I have been taking a walk in the interior, Mr. Lane, as I told you this forenoon I thought of doing.” He sank wearily into the proffered chair, as he uttered these words, and _ My. Lane dropped into another, openjwide with a wondering astonishmentr “ ... mwi —or shipagaza expressive of his curious interest. “No; I’ve been waylaid by three runaway sailors from the Nor’wester, at the instigation of Hank Ripple,” returned Ralph, in turn scrutinizing Mr. Lane, and wondering at his remarks. “They seem to have left me for dead, taking my purse and papers. ” “And when was tiiis done?” “This afternoon —within an hour, in fact, after I left you!” The gaze of Mr. Lane became concentrated still more strongly upon his visitor. “See here, Mr. Kemplin,” he said, “it has been three months since you took leave of me upon the forenoon' in question!” “Three months?” stammered Ralph. It was now his turn to stare, and the wonder with which he took in the purport of the agent's words was akin to consternation. ““One of us must bo dreaming,” he muttered. “I'll go off to the Yokohama ” "The Yokohama, sir?” interrupted the agent. ‘‘She has been to China and back since I saw you! She sailed, ' as intended, the morning after you vanished so strangely. ” Ralph gasped ior breath. “Impossible!” he muttered. “And here's a letter from your father inquiring after you,” pursued Mr. Lane. “The date will tell you that you’ve been taking a Rip Van Winkle Bleep of the strangest description. ” The young Chicagoan looked shocked and bewildered as he took in the purport of the missive in question, and the agent resumed: “Capt. Cross received a line purporting to come from you, and saying that you had suddenly decided to make a voyage with Capt. Stepp to the Arctic Ocean. This letter, I can now see, was the forgery of some enemy or plotter, i for I am aware that you have not been

in the Nor’wester, the survivors of ’ the ill-fated ship——” “ 11l - fated ? Survivors ? ” gasped Ralph, as everything soomeg to rod around him. “Has anything happened to the Nor’wester?” “She’s a total loss, probably. Got nipped in the ice beyond Behring’s I Straits, after securing an immense ! cargo of oil. Mr. Hadley started out on a scout, with part of the crew, and was in turn followed by Mr. Grabeil and several others, leaving Miss Stepp and her aunt with the Captain and a few frost-bitten sailors. Hadley and Grabeil, with the most of those who ; left the ship with them, have arrived ■ in town this morning, after the greatest perils and fatigues. As to the ship, | Hadley fears that she has been crushed, j and that the wom^n are lost, with the । Captain and those with him ” Ralph raised his head imploringly. “Please go over all the facts again,” he said. “I—l don’t understand.” Mr. Lane complied, giving details. When the narration was ended, Ralph passed his hand nervously across his eyes. “I must have been ill—fearfully ill- — in some farm house—or elsewhere,” he faltered. “I know nothing whatever of this lapse of time —nor where I have been —nor whom I seen—nor what I have been doing!” “You don't?” cried Mr. Lane, starting up, abruptly. “I think I see, in part, how the case stands. You must be the ‘singular stranger’ who has been stopping at old Bullet's!” “Bullet? Bullet? That's the man about whom some inquiry was made of me by a native as I came into town,” said Ralph. “Indeed? Then there's no doubt about it. You are the ‘mysterious idiot,' to borrow a current phrase, who has been stopping at Bullet’s. As to the native in question ” Here a shadow darkened the door of Mr. Lane’s office, and the man under discussion entered —Kulu! “Good-day, Mr. Lane, ” he said, producing a package of papers. “I have followed Mr. Kemplin into town," and

he indicated Ralph by a nod. “to re- j •pair., us in me lies, the imposi- ' mon and wrong of which he has been a victim. About three months ago he was waylaid by three sailors near Kali hi Bay, and received such injuries on the head that he lost all knowledge of his past, where he came from, his identity.

and everything else.” “I see,” cried Mr. Lane. “The light ; is coming at last.” . i Finding such appreciative hearing, Kulu went on to relate the whole conspiracy. detailing how he had found the “mysterious idiot” and taken him to Bullet; how Bullet had learned his identity from his papers, and conceived the project of marrying his daughter to him; and how this project had duly culminated, through Keeri s jealous rage and violence, in the disasters of the morning. “But all is coming out right, it

seems,” was the Kanaka's conclusion. “Mr. Kemplin is himself again, thanks ■ ; to his latest beating. Keeri and his • hired ruffians have been pursued, and the girl has been recovered. Old Bullet has been set upon his pins by a pint of brandv, more or less. And as to my humble self, I have taken advantage of the general commotion to enter Bullet's house and recover these papers, which a friend has read to me, and I’ve ridden into town at a gallop to make the whole matter plain to the man jnost concerned —Mr. Kemplin." i A few questions from Ralph and Mr.

Lane brought out the whole situation in such clear colors that they comprehended all its phases and episodes, just as^they are known to the reader. “Well, this is the strangest case I ever heard of,” said Mr. Lane, beginning to recover his equanimity. “It seems ” Kulu started violently at this moment, and uttered a strange cry—half of wonder, half of fear. “Cursed if there isn't the old whaler now!” ho muttered, staring through an open window into the street. “And his daughter is with him. They’ve followed me to town, having missed the papers, and seeing my horse hitched at your post, Mr. Lane, and knowing that I am here yes, here they come!” CHAPTER XI. A JOYOUS RESTORATION. The event verified the word, the father and daughter hurrying into the office —the former pale and with his head bound up, and the latter flushed and nervous. “So! I’ve found you, villain, have I?” cried Bullet, angrily, as his eyes rested upon Kulu. “What do you mean byrobbing me? Traitor! spy! robber! Where are those papers?” “Draw it mild, old man," returned Kulu, coolly. “Having procured the reading of ‘the papers by a friend, I was struck by their importance, and instantly camo to the conclusion that I ought to serve Mr. Kemplin instead of serving you. As the papers are now in his possession, and as he is present to speak for himself ” A yell of consternation escaped the I ex-sailor as his gaze encountered the i young Chicagoan, who sat looking from j him to Alma with a strange smile of ; wonder and contempt. The latter at sight of him had i dropped into a chair, unable to articulate the least expression as her surprise at encountering him so unexpectedly in Mr. Lane's office. “Ah —Mit Benning!” stammered Bullet. The scornful smile of Ralph deepened. These, then, were the conspirators who had taken advantage of his misfortune. . “The Benning business is just now under a cloud,” he said, quietly. The words struck a chili to the hearts of the father and daughter, but the latter rallied her powers for a final effort. “What! Don’t you recognize me, dear Ashley?” she demanded, rushing to l i Ralph’s side and throwing her arms : around his neck. “Don't you know your

, —-—- j — I own poor Alma? “Yes, the trouble is I know you ton wallr-" TtSTpk »-< n-- out nrmiy, repelled her embraces, "ihe conspiracy in which you and your father have been engaged attests that you have a fair share of brains, and ! ! you will not now fail to use them. You ' j will accordingly comprehend that your projects are all detected and exposed, and that all that is left you and Mr. Bullet is a graceful retreat.” “What! do you mean to repudiate me, to prove false to your vows, after going to the church with me to be married'?” demanded Alma, in a shrill voice of wrath that would have disenchanted i the most ardent wooer. “Ask Benning,” returned Ralph, j with smiling scorn; “ask Benning । wherever and whenever you can find I him! As to myself. Miss Bullet, my i name is not Benning, nor am I your । suitor, nor your friend, even: and it is j hardly necessary to add that under no I circumstances will I have any dealings I with you or with your father!” “Monster! I ” “Silence, my child!” interrupted t’.ie ! ex-whaler, clapping his hand over i Alma's mouth. “Our harpoon hasn't j held worth a cent this time, and our j whale has escaped! Wo shan't fill our barrels this v’yage, but there's no oc- । casion to rage or snivel. Not a word! Let's retreat in good order. If you want a husband, there’s Keeri still at our disposal ” “So he is,” exclaimed Alma, starting up and drying her eyes, “and I'll marry him before the day's ended!” “Bravo! that's the true spirit,” commented Bullet. “If you can’t strike a forty-barrel whale, why, put up with one of twenty. Not a word to any of ! these ruffians. A dignified silence is i our best reply to them.” And with this he stalked from the ! office, dragging his daughter after him, ! neither of them looking behind them! I “That disposes of all that business,” j commented Ralph, as the smile of scorn faded from his face and a look of ! keen anxiety settled upon it. “Lotus’ now turn to more important mutters. I

iTo be< r in with, Kulu. it seems that you । are out of Mr. Bullet's employ?” “That's clear enough, sir.” I “Is there anything, to prevent you . j from taking service with me?” : “Nothing, sir. I shall be very ; i glad ” , “You are in my employ, then, from i

this moment. Like all of your people. ! you are, doubtless, something of a j sailor?” “I have been at sea ten years, sir.” “In that case hurry home as soon as I you can and get your affairs in readi- | hess to sail immediately.” “I don't need to go home, sir. I can i leave my horse with my brother, who I works just aronnd the corner, and be ready in five minutes to take hold of any job you may give me.” “Good,” said Ralph. “Get rid of your horse and come back here.” Kulu vanished.

“And now for a few words more about the Nor’wester,” resumed Ralph, turning to Mr. Lane. “You think she is lost in the ice, and the ladies with her?” “That is rather Mr. Hadley's opinion than mine, of course, ” was the answer. “He judges by the weather that followed his withdrawal from the ship that her situation soon became one of great peril. He believes, in fact, that she was promptly destroyed, and that all those left in her perished.” “But he has no certainty to this effect?”

“Os course not.” “You know, I nuppose, that I am betrothed to Miss Stepp?" am 00 "Certainly—that is, the ' so understood, and hence w e not wonder particularly at the forged statement that you were goinw tn .? ea state Ocean with her. " 8 gto the Arctic 1 hat letter was f oro'nd r r-F , Ripple, Ido not doubt,” said^ speaking more to himself than^L companions. “Without troubtb, • with details, Mr. Lane, I mav I am worried greatly about Mbs K lam even worried about hmXa PP ' dently of the ice and all those cJnsEations- afraid, in short, that she is beset by some sort of villainy, even as I have been. I shall accordingly sail at ■ fate ” U QUeSt ° f her ° r ° f tidin 8 B of her ; Mr. Lane could comprehend this purpose without approving it, and he knew Ralph too well to seek to combat it “Os course I shall be glad to help 1 you in every way possible,” he said. i “Then help me to find a stanohM^tle ■ craft and a few good sailors f« his I voyage,” said Ralph, arisingjßAj’ll start in an hour, if possiblßyJh, what’s that noise? Are the V Ata returning?” Ere am tl er word could Kulu came bounding into the > prey to the wildest excitement.^K^ ‘“The best of news!” he cried. Wjfg* Nor’wester has just entered pwK f e _ ly, with fifteen hundred barrMjBF'IRF and here come the Captain daughter!” W' J With one bound Ralph was Wt the door, and in another moment M.i betrothed wa< sobbing for joy co. his breast, while Capt. Stepp inclosedhXm ‘ in a vigorous embrace. "Back again, Ralph, as you see!” cried the old navigator, in a voice husky with great joy. “And not only have we got Hank Ripple in irons, but the Chief of Police has arrested the three runaways who have so nearly killed you in our absence!” "Hurrah! Glorious! Nothing could be better!" cried Mr. Lane, tossing his cap into the air. "Three cheers and a tiger for Captain Stepp and his family!” The suggestion was duly honored by the large crowd, which had gathered. ; around the new-comers, and nothing ■ more was needed to tell Ralph and L Maida Step]) that they had reached the ' end of their troubles and trials. Wo need not pause upon the joyful wedding that took place the following evening at the American consulate, nor ; upon the happiness which has from ; that hour been the portion of the I worthy Captain and all his family, including Maida's aunt. It is enough to say that the return home was not marred by the least drawback, and that the young couple arc now among ! the most useful and honored residents of < Chicago. Capt. Stepp and his sister make their home with them, and vie with each other in the care given several promising members of a new generation. [THE END.I Three Dangerous Women. Beware of three women—the one who does not love children, the one who does not love Howers, and s|ia who openly declares she doesiiotjH|

other women, . a •mT V j ■ There is something wanting in ’ such, and in all prolability its place is supplied by some unlovely trait. । As Shakspeare says of him who ; has no soul for music, such a woman is 1 fit for treason, stratagems and spoils, and a woman intent on those is ten thousand times worse than any man could be, for, standing higher, she can fall lower. Men may smile and jest a little over the tenderness lavished on a baby, but, after all, the prattle every ! womanly woman involuntarily breaks ‘ into at the sight of the tiny beings, I is very sweet to masculine ears. it was the first language they ever । knew, and in spite of the jest or i smile, the sweetest on wife’s or sweet- : heart's lips. ; They may laugh too at the little ' । garden tools, which seem like play- j things to their strength: but in their i hearts they associate, and rightly, ; ' purity of character and life with the • । pursuit of gardening. And, as for the woman who does i ; not care for her own sex and boldly ■ j avows it, she is a coquette pure and simple, and one of the worst and lowest type, too, as a general thing. Mind Your Own Business. An old custom once prevailed in a remote place of giving a clock to anyone who would truthfully swear that he had minded his own business j alone for a year and a day, and had i : not meddled with his neighbors, j Many came, but few, if any, gained ' the prize, which was more difficult to ' ; win than the Dunmow flitch of bacon. , Though they swore on the four gosi pels, and held out their hand in cerI tain hope, some hitch was sure to be ! found somewhere: an 1 for all their 1 asseverations the cIJCk remainea . i stationary cn its shelf, no one being ■ ..t i.. i Bia ‘ilianlnto irnniunitv I

able to prove nis aosoiute immunity . from uncalled for interference in I things not in any way concerning ■ । himself. At last a young man came with a perfectly ch an record, and the ■ ! clock seemed as if it was at last about ( to change owners. Then said the ; i custodian, “Ch! a young man was i i here yesterday, and made mighty i : sure he was going to have the clock, j ! but he didn’t.” haid the young man , seeking the prize, “And why didn’t! he get it?” “What's that to you?” ' snapped out the custodian, “that’s riot your business, and —you don’t get ; the clock.”—Home Journal. | Coins Twenty-three Centuries Old. ! Some Chinese coins are of but one- ' twentieth of the value of an American cent. The Celestial Kingdom lias many enthusiastic coin collectors. In one notable collection there are more than 150,000 varieties of cash, the oldest of which date back as far as 2300 B. C. j A Hundred Tons of Cats’ Tails. One hundred tons of cats’ tails were ■ recently sold at once for the purpose of > ornamenting ladies’ wearing apparel. E This means that assuming an average i cat’s tail to weigh two ounces, no fewer b than 1,792,000 pussies had to be killed. Enough spider web to go around the ’ world would weigh one-half pound.

HORROR ON TRE RAIL I ELEVEN people killed on the WABASH. West-Bound Chicago Express Crashes Into a Freight-Frightful Scene Among the Dead and Dying—Over a Score Are Injured. Due to Mistake in Orders. In a frightful collision between a freight train and the Toronto and Montreal express on the Wabash Railroad at Kingsbury, Ind., eleven persons lost their lives and a score of others were injured, many of them fatally. The freight was on a siding west of the depot and was bound east. The first section of the express train passed by on the main track at 5:25 a. in. It is said that the brakeman, supposing that the freight would now move, ran back to open the switch. Before the cars had begun to move the second section of the fast express came vest at the rate of fifty-five milesan hour, and befoie Ihe brakeman could turn the switch dashed into the side trrek and collided with ihe freight train. There was a terrific crash, a sound of grinding glass and splintere d tho heav y vestibuled train clashed into the train ahead. Above tne roar of escaping steam and the din and confusion could plainly be heard the shrieks and groans of wounded and dying buried beneath a mountain

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REMOVING the dead and injured.

of debris. llm crash was heard by the stat ion agent, who instantly divined tho cause and alarmed tho town. Relief parties immediately started for thoscene, carrying improvi cd conches. ■W het- liniineiil. etc. Wagons, Av>“F*pr-•sst'd into service. All the

physicians in town were notified and hurried toward the wr< ck. Neighboring towns ami villages were called upen for assistance, and responded with I feed, medicine, ch thing and j hysi- । cians. Scene nt the Wreck. The scone at the \yreck was some- ; thing fearful, and the first relief par-' ties reaching the ground stood horror- ! stricken, a; palled by tho awful sight. ; The wreck'd train had telesei ped the! freight and the rear cars of the pa.-.sen- j ger had telescoped each other. Piled ! up in great confusion ] art of the j wreckage had caught fire ar.d the shrieks of the injured ar.d dying as this latest horr< r presented itself aroused the spectators from their lethargy. Strong and willing hands went ta w< rk at once to extinguish the fie. This horror being averted for the time being. sturdy arms wielded axes and crowbars clearing away the wreckage, and tl.e work of rescue began. As quickly as it c mid bo done, the broken beams and twisted irons of the telescoped cars were pulled apart, and from beneath them the victims of the catastrophe were lifted. Within a short time fifteen bodies mangled and dead were lying cn the browned grass near the wreck, and a store or more of injured had been carried to the nearest. farmhouses, where they were at-

n st / k-— ~J i ~ AxYzh--— f I j \ POINT J ' ,Uta -CK UCCUKKKU fwimy — —to by physicians from Laporte f*’* other close-oy towns. “’‘ til the horrors incident on fatal rauroal accidents were here in most hideoub aspect. For a time the worx of ' relief was nece/sarUy slow, ana tne moans and cries of the injured could be heard in the clear morning air even : over the hiss of escaping steam and ■ the blows of the axes and hammers ! plied on the ruins of the cars in the ' effort to release the unfortunates i who were still pinned beneath the ■ wreck. The spectacle presented by ’ the dead and dying, as they l lay in rows like soldiers cut down by a ■ volley of musketry fired at short range, i was fearful. Strong men from the neighboring fauns could net endure the sight and turned away sick. Relief trains were started from Chicago and St. Louis at an early hour, and when they arrived such of the ini jured as were in a condition to be re- । moved were taken on to Chicago. i WENT DOWN WITHOUT WARNING. • Mysterious Foundering of the Haytian Ship Alexandre I’etion. The suddenness and completeness of the disaster to the Haytian man-of-war Alexandre Petion, which went down in ■ the Gulf of Mexico with ninety souls j on board, makes the affair most myste- ; ?ious, and it is probable that the real I cause of the wrecking of the ship will I never be known. According to the testimony of the sole survivor there ( ' was absolutely no warning. Neither collision with another vessel, submerg-

ed coral reef, nor storm can account I lor the occurrence. The dav was lair, the wind was nothing more than I a gentle breeze, and the passengers were e n joymg themselves in the cabin. Suddenly the vessel began to sink. The officer on the watch ordered the men to pass the word in the cabins and the forecastle to reach the deck as quickly as possible and jump overheard. It was already too late. There was terrible confusion in the cabin as the panicstricken passengers struggled to reach the deck, blocking the passage way as they did so and preventing one another from escaping from what was destined to be their tomb. For only a moment ^ce awful struggle lasted. Tn one minute and a half from the time when she began to sink the vessel was entirely under water. One sailor, as the shio sank under him, snatched a pair of oars from the life beat and threw himself into the water. He caught a plunk as it floated by and looked around, but not a man arose from the swirling waters which engulfed the warship. The sailor drifted for thirty-six hours on the plank with nothing to eat or drink, and when picked up he was almost exhausted. The place where ho was picked up was fifty miles southeast of Port Piment. For a long time the cast-away was unconscious after he was taken aboard, and could not speak. Brandy was administered and after a hard fight he rallied a little. When he was able to speak he told a terrib e story. He was one of the sailors of the Alexandre Petion. The sailor said the war ship went down head foremost in the waves, without the slightest warn- . ing and that all on board but himself ; were drowned.

Tae lost vessel was one of the mitrailleuse type of cruisers s > popular in tho southern republics. It had just been put in commission and was sup- : posedly in perfect condition. ; FAL LINC OFF IN PEMSIONS. 1

Commissioner Eochren Files His Annual : Report to the Secretary of Interior. Washington dispatch: Pension Com- ! I missioner Lochren submitted his anI nual report to the Secretary of the Inj terior Friday. The document shows ' that the number of pensioners on tho j roll of the bureau is 966,012, with a net I increase of 59,944 during the last year. ' ; During the year 24,715 claims for in- • erea-.e of pension and 31,990 for addi- , I tional pension under the act of June 27, I i DOO. were allowed, while 115,221 claims . I wore rejected. Claims pendingconsidi oration July 7 numbered 71.150. The ' amount of money paid for pensions dur- . ing the year was $156,140,467. Bal- ’ anee at the close of the year was i $2,437,371. The appropriation for the I I next fiscal year, Commissioner Loch- . I rcu says, will be ample, and the esti- i i mates for the fiscal year 1595 amount i ,to $162,631,570. Regarding these esti- j i mates, Commissioner Lochren says ; ’ they were based wholly on the expe- ! ; rience of former years. The year 1895 ’ : is the thirtieth after the close of the ! civil war. The pension roll will by ; that time have reached its limit and । begin to decrease. The falling off in ! the presentati n of m w claims appears : j from the fact, shown by the last report, । that there were cn Oct. 12, 1892, 788,- ' I 061 claims pending in the bureau, while ' | July 7, 1893, the number of claims

pending had been reduced to 711,150. It is apparent, therefore, that the filing of new claims and claims for increase has ceased to exceed the number of cases disposed of by the work of the bureau. CENSURES THE COMPANY. Verdict of the Coroner's Jury in the Matter of the Manteno Disaster. The coroner's verdict, rendered over tlie causes of the Manteno (Ill.) rail- , l oad disaster, i-ouds as follows: / We do find that. David Jackson and otuera came to their deaths at Manteno, Sept, is, 1893, while riding as passengers on the first section of the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway on the Illinois Central tracks by being run into by the second section, said second section being in charge of Conductor Charles M. Eden and Engineer Thomas Ames, and we do further find that Thomas Ames engineer of the second section of said train No. 45, and Orville Duncan, flagman on the first section of said train No. 4>, were then and there guiltv of criminal carelessness in the discharge of their duties as engineer end flagman of said trains, thereby causing the death of David Jackson and others, and we recommend that the said Thomas Ames and Orville Duncan be held to answer for such unlawful killing. We further believe that Conductor W. B. Tyner, of the first section of train 45, and William Sampell, engineer of said train, were guiltv of gross carelessness in the discharge of their duties as conductor and eni gineer of said train. We further believe that j the Illinois Central Railroad Company is ! guilty of gross negligence in not providing | proper signals and telegraph stations for locating passenger trains while running between Home wood, 111., and Kankakee, 111., on said road.” Death in a Tenement-House Fire. There was a panic, one death, and a number of narrow escapes from death among the tenants in the five-story tenement 493 West 54th street, New ’ York, which caught fire about two o'clock in the mo; 'ling. The house is in a row of four tenements, and is oc- ’ cupied by twenty families. When the tenants were aroused the stairway 1 । was ablaze, and escape this way was ■ ■ cut off. _____ Canon Holland, of England, while . ] greatly pleased with the World's Fair, > j says it is not as comprehensive in re- ■ I spect to nations and languages as he -; had hoped.

WATER AND DISEASE. Impure Water a Potent Cause of Serious Mischief. Itopure water should not be used for any domestic purpose. When only impure Water is to be had, it should in all cases be purified before use. Boiling is the most common method of rendering innocuous or sterile any water suspected or known to contain material which might produce disease conveyable by water: such as typhoid fever or cholera. It is not uncommon to hear people say, “We do not fear cholera because we boil all our drinking-water.” Yet it is safe to say that half of those who give orders to have the water boiled, and even of those who themselves attend to its 1 oiling, drink water from vessels rinsed with unboiled water. It is plain that the good effects of boiling the water which is to be used for drinking purposes are lost., if the pitcher, or the salad, or the milk can, or the milk jug has been rinsed with unboiled water. The boiling of water is an excellent precaution, but the use of boiled water sliould be extended. Os the water used in the boussbold, the proportion devoted to drinking purposes is relatively small. In the kitchen, water is used for washing vegetables and salads, for rinsing dishes and tableware. One or two germs of disease clinging to the sides of a vessel into which milk has afterward been poured, may find the milk an excellent soil in which to grow and propagate their species. From food which has been subjected to roasting, to boiling, or to any thorough cooking there is nothing to fear. From uncooked foods and from fluids danger is possible, and in the process of their preparation for consumption they should be guarded from every possible source of contamination. In time, of an epidemic, milk should always be subjected to bo.ling o? steaming before it is used. The use of any of the filters which are fastened to faucets on the pipes of the city water-supply, it is perhaps needless to say, does not afford the slightest protection against disease germs. Water which contains mineral impurity or, indeed, an appreciable quantity of organic matter, should not be used under any circumstances. —Youth’s Companion. Fighting for Principle. “Some of these fellers that is so set on their principles reminds me

much of an old teller that bought a mule I knowed once,” said the man on the cracker box. “That is, 1 knowed the feller, not the mule. He bought that mule from the street car company, and the fool mulct wouldn’t tilings COU LAX XV* cents, and any sensible man would have bought it and put it on—on the mule, that is. But this feller wasn’t that kind. He said he'd be doggoned if he would be outdid by a mule; and he started out to conquer that beast or die in the attempt. He died in the attempt. The mule kicked him so high that the coroner’s jury wrangled an hour over whether he had died i from the kick or from strikin’ the earth. Died happy, though, 'cause he had died for a principle, and hadn’t been outdone by a mule. ■ Then I bought the mule and put a bell on him, and am working him yet, and don’t feel as if I’d lost no great amount of seif-respect, either. i Sometimes I think the people in gin- ; eral is a good deal like that there ! mule. They won’t drive at all i without a bell on ’o some kind, and : the fool reformer who thinks it would ■ be a sacrifict of his principles to let ’em have it gets kicked into the middle of next week, while the politician is willin’ to pervide the bell fer ’em, and they git down and bump theirselves while he sits in a spring seat and rides. An' I don’t doubt been a mule myself many a time, So* shall be agin. ” —lndianapolis Journal. A Deceitful One. A Detroit young man is looking for a real good, tru-ty mule to kick him from the foot of Woodware avenue to Windsor, all on account of his egregiousness. He has been courting a good looking girl out in the suburbs for two months or more, and both of them were keeping it verv close. i Even the young woman’s twin sister I only hud a. suspicion. Lmd that, was Two evenings ago the young man called pursuant to engagement, and he meant business, lie came early in order to get a good start, and be was received and conducted into the dimly lighted parlor, as the night was a little too warm for gas turned on full. He began his tender speeches early in the engagement, and the fair recipient blushingly let him goon without saying a great deal in reply. Finally he took her by the hand. “I have leng waited.” he said intensely. “to lay before you the true state of my heart, and to ask you. my dear Miss Smith—or may I call yo^r I.ucy—” She interrupted him with a twitter. “May 1 call you Lucy?” he exclaimed, catching both her hands in his, exultingly. “No, Mr. Brown,” she replied, “you cannot My name is Mary. There conies Lucy now. Ask her.” • And the deceitful twin left the field to the other one. and Mr. Brown 1 wants a mule to kick him, as previously stated in this veracious chronicle.—Free Press. Bob Ingersoll makes more money than the regularly ordained preacher when it comes to lecturing people 1 about bell.