St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 19, Number 31, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 17 February 1894 — Page 7

AT WAR WITH HERSELF. e | The Story of a Woman' ! Yy of a Woman's Atonement, by Charlotte M. Braeme. CHAPTER XXXlX—Contlnued. Leonie wanted to be alone. She felt | as though someone had struck her f across the face with a whip, and had left a stinging, scarlet brand there. | “A thief!” She, Leonie Rayner, who ! had been proud of her beauty—who had teen fair and pure as the blossoms | around her—who had been loyal and | true—who had carried herself proudly-f by right of her innocence and fair | fame—who had never known fear or shame, was now neither more nor less ' than a thief. | Toey called her Countess of Charn- i leigh-—she was in reality a thief. They | praised her; they said that the world | was at her feet—that she was graceful, charming, and clever. Before heaven | she was a thief. She said the word to | - herself over and over again, and each | time it grew more hateful. ‘ - Yet it was perfectly true. She had stolen Paul’s title—it was his, not hers. | - She had stolen his money, his lands, \ ~ his jewels, his possessions; they were &l b, rot hers-—sho had stolen them. ~ Then ‘came to her mind the solemn ~'werds ‘fi “that brief commandment, ~ “Thou shalt not steal.” Had any one ~ broken that commandment more terri‘bly than she had done? As she stood, her white fingersplaying with the rich scarlet blossoms of an Indian plant, a - sudden thought came to her. “Why not own the truth? Why not ~ free herself from this miserable load of sin and treachery that darkened her life and made her wretched? Why ‘ lot free her soul trom its bondage, her heart from its weight of unutterable i gorrow? Why not repent of her sin before Heaven, and give back to Paul | - Flemyng that which wes most justly | his?” ‘ The very thought of this was a relief | to her. Confess it all—give bick that | which was another's and not hers — | free herelf from this intolerable | shame and anguish—win for herself | again the sweet hope of heaven —ah, if | she would but do all this! ! Could she give up this luxury and | magnificence to which she had no title? | No, the cculd not: and with the stain } .of her sin still deeper on her soul, she | went out from among the flowers. ' CHAPTER XL. ~ Monsieur Dudevant had made for ] himseif a’great reputation as an artist: ‘ his portraits were like life, every cne | said; and so Monsieur Dudevant had | always more work on hand than it was l at all likely he could accomplish. It was owing to this pressure of business that the commission given to him long l ago by Captain Paul Flemyng was still | unexecuted—the commission of copying | the portrait of Paul's mother which | for so many years had hung in the late | Ear! of Charnleigh’s room. f Leonie would iusist upon Paul's ac- | cepting the original, but he said “No,” i he seemed to have some superstitious | feeling about the gift. He was grate- | ful to be allowed to have a copy of it, | but he never seemed to like the idea | - «of taking it from the place which the | late ear!’s meditations had made sacred. | - He wrote to Monsieur Dudevant, who i placed his name upon the list requiring ~_early attention, and promi ed to write | when his tarn came. It was now that | the artist wrote saying that if the ! picture was sent at once he would at- | tend to it. f Captain Flemyng had been summoned | -on wilitary business to Weldon, where | he was expected to remain for some | «days. He went over himself to Crown | Leighton; and most carefully packed | the picture. It was sent to Lady ‘Charnleigh, in London, as she had | promised to select a new frame for it. | The case containing the picture ar- | rived one morning when the countess | was preparing to attend a royal gar-, den party. She looked superbly beau- | tiful in her clcud-like dress of lace and | tulle, white, with the faintest soupcon | of blue. Her brilliant face was flushed | with animation. She was at the pin-| nacle cf glory. She had received a | royal invitation, and she knew that | there would be few present at that party more admired than herself. 5 “To think that I should receive an | invitation f:om a queen?” she said to | herself. “I, who three yearssince was | insulted by servants and despised by | schoolgirls—l! am invited by the queen | of the greatest country in the world. | I wonder if her Majesty will have | leisure to syeak to me, and, if so, I wonder what she will say ” | She had been moere than usually so- | licitcus about this party. ? “Fihel,” she said to Miss Dacre, “you | have such superb taste in dress, design something for me more elegant than has yet been seen.” And Mis=s Dacre did as she was re- . gues.ed, the result being s®mething exquisite. : 5 - . *“Are ycu satisfied with me?” asked | Leonie. simply as a child, when the carriage was announced. '~ Ethel Dacre, with a sudden warm ' impulse, kissed the lovely face. “You look,” she said, “just as though | you had come out of a white cloud, you are so _fairy-like. I hope you will enjoy yourself very much, Lady Charnleigh.” “There is not much fear of that,” returned ILecnie, with a light laugh. They remembered that day afterward as the last of her bright, brilliant life. She had never looked so lovely, she had never been so greatly admired. The light, ethereal style of dress suited her to perfecticn, the light, fairylike hat was like a crown on the golden head, the clouds of rich white lace fell gracefully round the perfect figure, and the exquisite lace seemed to rise from them like a blossom from pale leaves. She ‘had never been so much admired. People said to each other afterward how kindly the royal lady had spoken to the beautiful Countess; yrinces, dukes, and embassadors paid Elomage to her. She was queen by rizht of her beauty and grace. Wheraver a little group of the most eminent men of the day were gathered together, vhere in the midst was Lady Charnreight to be seen. On that day, too—the last of her brilliant reign—she excelled herself in wit and repartee. Her bon mots were repeated on all sides. Great men went away from her smiling, and saying to themselves that Lady Charnleigh was peerless in wit as in beauty. She had fever been so successful in scciety as on this day, which was, in some respects, to be her last. Royal princesses were most gracious to her; and

S e S At et get et !oqe, attracted by her fair face and | winsome mann>r, seemed to have con- | ceived a sudden friendship for her. , Amidst all the homage and adulation, while she was the object of general observation, the quaen of the tete, the most admired, while her heart beat hi?h in triumph, while princes bent before her, I.eonie was outwardly calm and selfgzossessed. The sun shone ' bright, flowers blcomed, fair faces ! smiled arcund ler; the whols scene - was cne of splendor and beauty: but ,the still, smill voice she could never stitle made itself heard. Shke, welcomed by royal lips, flattered by princes, crowned with her own beauty and grace —she was, ait r all,“a thief.” . If they had known it, those great and noble ones who smilei upon her —if they hal known that she had robbed a loyal man of his estate and his money, there would have been small mercy for her, their flattering lips would have told another tale. . Once or twice during those sunny, brilliant hours, when she was more quiet, and had fewer peoyle around her, it seemed to her that, fa above the sound of the music, the silvery laughter, the murmur of conversation, she heard the his: f ihe word “thief.” i Thief! What would they think of her if they knew? How they wou'd | shrink from her! All her beanty, her wit, her grace, would fail to charm them. She would be scorned, depised | ‘—an outeast. Why, her proper place | ~was a felon’s dcek, and not the grounds of a good and mighty queen. i Then the dark thoughts were all dis- | pelled; a prince was talking to her, ! and she read admiration in his eyes. He laughed at her wit, he enjoyed himself, and again the spirit of vanity reigned conqueror within, There hed never been a greater social suceess than this of lLady Charnleigh's. As she looked rvund, feeling herself queen of that brilliant throng, she said to herself: “It is worth it all. My gifts were given to me that I might reion. They woull all have beenlost had | remained a poor, obscure governes:. Why should I give up that which I know how to hold so well?” She drove home with the sound of hemaze and adulation in her cavs, triumphant and suecessiul. Ethel Dac:e | had never seen her in higher spirvits. | “There is no need to ack if vou havo I enjoyed your:elf, Lady Charnleigh.” “No, indecd, Ethel; 1 have iaughed and talked without ceasinz.” “You must be tired,” said Eshel. | #No, lam nct tired. Os what use is it to be tired? I am going t> Lady ' Bagshawe’s concert, and after that to the Countess of Arlington’s ball.” Ethel raised her eyes in wonder, | .“How you live through it puzzles me.” ! “How I should live without it would puzzle me still more. Are yoi going with me to the concert?” - “Yes, I will go. Lady Chapnleigh, ; that picture of Captain Flemyng's has | arrived, and he has sent me a nole, asking me, if you ave tco bu:y, to attend to it. He wants the picture very carefully removed from the fram: and sent to Monsieur Dudevant. Will you do it, or shall I?” “Do it yourself, by all means, Ethel, if you will. 1 have neither skill nov patience to be c¢areful over anything.” | Miss Dacre was cnly tou delighted. "\tht would please her mcre than to do anything ifor Paul? To attend to | ‘ this request of his was a great happi- | ness to her. ; i “I will begin at once,” she said. i l “You had better get one of the ser- | ' vants to help you to take the picture { from the Irame, Ethel,” ob:zerved { Leonie; “those white hands of yours | will never manaze it.” | “I should not like a servant’s hands ;to touch it,” said_ IKthel, eagerly: | “neither, I am sure, would Captain { Flemyng.” ] leocnie lauched, and the laugh | sounded harsh and unnatural. t “I am amused in many respects, | i BEthel.” she remarked. ‘You are so { much like Paul. Ishould never have { thought of such a thing. Keep all pro- | sane hands from it, my dear, by all | means.” { Miss Dacre went away to attend to | her commission, leaving the countess { alone. The laugh died from her lips | as Ethel closed the d or. I “I wish I were like her!” she criead, | passionately. “I wish to Lheaven thatl i were only one-half so good!” | A man-servant carried the packing- | case into the morning-room, and re- | moved the heavy outer covering. { “Do not touch the picture,” said Miss | Dacre. “I will attend to it myself.” | | She waited until the man had left | the room. Some deiicate, womanly, | graceful feeling led hertotake her fiist | look at this picture alone. It was i Paul’s - mother, and perkaps Ethel | guessed how dearly Paul had been { loved and cared for. She withdrew i the paper that hid the portrait, and gazed long at the sad, beautiful face, | so like Paul's own. “D es she know how much I love him?” said the girl to herself. “Dces | she know that all my life is dark and | dreary to me, because he does not care for me?” She looked long and sadly at the - beautiful face, wondering to herseli"what was the secret of that life; why | the picture had hung in the Earl’s | rcom,.and why he had loved it better than he had loved any living woman. Then she carefully took the back from i the frame, and as she did so it struck her how very loosely it had been placed there—it seemed as thcough the back hatl been removed before, Then she tock out the picture, and as she did so a folded paper that had bcen placed between the back of the _frame and the portrait fell out. At first she took no notice of it, thinking it had been placed there to protect the canvas, but, her eves falling carelessly on it, she saw that it was covercd with writing which was yellow with age. - She laid the picture down very care- { fully and took up the paper. She opened it and read it, then paused and read it again; her face grew very white as she did so, her eyes filled with surprise and dread, her lips trembled. “What does it mean?” said Ethel Dacre. “It frightens me—what does it mean?” . CHAPTER XL | It was a small, square paper, written closely over, yellow with age and worn at the edges, which had fallen from the portrait of Paul Flemyng's mother. Not one detail escaped the keen, wordering «yes bent upon it. Ethel Dacre had read and re-read the letter, her wonder growing greater each time. It was addressed to Captain Fleming, and these were the words that filled her with such unutterable astonish- - ment.

2 e g ' “My Dear Paul—You will gerh!»ps wonder that, from all those who have ejual claims upon me, I have chosen you as my heir. It is not betause you are my nearest of kin—there is one nearer than yourself. It is because I loved your mether, Paul. 41l words are weak to tell you how dearly I loved | her. Fraud ancf treachery parted us when we were young, and since then I have loved no other woman—no other face has ever charmed me, no other voice has made music in my ears. I have been true to her in life, and I shall be true to her in death;so, I have left you all that I have in this world because I loved your mother——-loved ~and lost her. You will be a rich man, a great and powerful man; but always remember that yovr wealth, your rank, and your position come Ibrom our mother, not frem me. You musz be grateful to her, not to me. I have no particular wishes to leave with you; | nothing has interested me much since your m.ther di:d. Her picture hangs in my room, and no day passes without my lcoking at it. As age creeps on me, Liike to sit and gaze at it, to imagine to mysolf how the fuce I have loved so well looks among e angels in heaven, | and to wonder if, when I am dying, that rame .woet face will be by my { - side. { . “The whim seizcs me to-day tg write . this and place it in your motXxer’s pic-, ture. 1f you never find the letter i ' will pot matter; but [ haive a_bele _ that, when you—my heiv— come ‘homs, | there will be & new and handsome” frame wanted for the picture, and that it will be taken from the gniet room ' - wheve I have spent so many hours, and ' put in a pluce of hoaor, as befits thet portrait of the mother of the heis, | Then you will meet with this, and you ! will know that tha ‘morose old earl,’ | as they called me, syreit his time in ! faithfuily loving ore woman, and also s that you ¢we all yon have to your mother, and nct to mwe. Good-by, and f Heouve 1 bless yvou, Paul Flemyne. You § will be Farl of Charnleign when you | vead this. May heaven grant that you 3 may have a happier love and a happier ’ lije than mins, Urnic CHARNLEIGH. " ' Ethel Dacre st od parfeetly still with | the letter in her hand., Whnat did ¢ ‘ mean’ Tue la e exrl wrots as though | he had left a wil , which was in favor of Captain tlemyoeg. ifto, where was | it? Wh, had itnst Leon found? She | was alncst stupefied with the disclos- | ure-—iaul the trus heir, tnd not Leo- } | nie? ) Where was the will? Hor thoughts ; were all in a wairl of confusion. She | seem:d almost incapable of !nrming! | lue.d ideas. Then she remembered | what Capta’n flemyng had told her— | that they had sourht “high and low” | for a will, but could not find one. It | was in con:egusnece of this failure that | i the case came before the law courts, | and Leonie Rayner was declared next | of kin. Hud any will been found, of | course its instructions would have been | carried out. ‘ Could it b» that Ulrie, Lord Charn- | leigh, had intended to make a will and 1 had died without doing so! Even in! that case PPaul was the rightful heir, | Leonie would admit this, and of course, ; when she Lad read the lotter give up | all to him. i She turned to leave the room, taking { the letter with her, but she found that Ler limbs trembled so violently that | she would have fallen if she procvedod { just then. She was obliged to rest 2 | herself and still the beating of her | { heart. Prescntly she would go to ! Leonie, and show her what she had | found. : Faul would be master of Crown | T.eighton after all! To Ethel -so pure- | lv, o strictly honorable—there came | no doubt of what Lesnie would do. She : kne that, if she herelf were ] laced | in & similar pozition, she would at onee | give up all she had he woald abso- | iutely refuse t> te p possesiin of what it was never intended should be : hers. , That Leonie would offer the least opposition npever oceciarr.d to Ethel ! She did not know h.w love of money and ¢f power, how pride of rank and' position could correde even the noblest ol natures. | i - Then, as she went up the broad stair- ! casa of that supe: b mansion, it sudd ni Iy occurred to her that it would be \tz-r‘\' hard for [Leonie to renounce all | this state acd splendor. Hard, indeed; but then at the cal of honr people should be willing to lay dcwn their | lives oven. She inquired were Lady | Charnleigh was, and Florctie told her i that she was in ber own room. Ethel went thither. ‘ ITO BE CONTINUED. | t Lepers at Large. | Lepers are very plentiful on the island of Jamaica in the West Indies. Thev mix with the people without let or hindrance, plying all manners of ; trades and voeations, even to selling i fruits and cakes on the public streets { and keeping butcher shops and bakei ries. The government has provided a . leper hospital at Spanish Town, which | ordinarily shelters a hundred or more | lepers. But there is no restriction on | their coming and going as they please, 1 Gocd care and treatments W e {"for them, and as is the nature o 10 | average Jamaican negro, they are well plea ed to have some one provide f()r them, and thus enable them to live without work and care. But when they take a notion to go t 0 see their ' friends, or to visit Kingston to sea the sights, they simply go, and none hinders them. The physicians and thoughtful pcople of the island peri- | cdically try to secure some proper | treatment of the very serious leper .| question, but humanity’s prevailing | type in the tropies is easy going, and | nothing is done. e An Fastern Dainty. | The Chinese are certainly a strange ' people: strange in appearance, customs L and tastes. One of their greatest deli- ~ cacies of fcod, regarded from a ChiL nese epicure’s point of view, is “milhi,” > | which, in plain English, means “new . born mice, vet blind.” These are L | placed alive cn little trays and set be- > fore each guest, who dips them one at | a time into a jar of honey and then I swallows the tiny creatures. . When thefli'lmpemr’fi wedding was - celebrated a few years ago fifty thous- | and of the helpless creatures were ~ | thus consumed. : Old Valley Forge. . ‘ Efforts are making to have the site , + of Washington’s famous camp at Vali ley Forge made a national reservation |+ and public park. A jury is soon to be - | appointed to condewn the property for | this purpose.

THE SUNDAY SCHOOL % = o E " AN INTERESTING AND INSTRUG--4 TIVE LESSON. ' v' e————— 2 ;Me} A otions of an Elevating Character—‘Wholesome Food for Thouzht — Study;ghlt- the Scriptural Lesson Intelligently and Profitably. God’s Judgment cn Sodom. i INTRODUCTORY. The lesson for Sunday, Feb 18, may be found in Gen. 18; 2.7 brlolL tlfilts .lessqn Abraham and Tot are rougnt inte comparison, and their reisgtegtg:rgl&lcs of livixlg'§ln-o thrown g contrast. They started out from Haran on the Godwar.l life tOgepher. Pre:entl ywe see them separating, cne to take the course of a kind of _conformity with the world, felf-seeking, easc-loving. He pitched his tent towa:d Scdom. The other is adissenter out and out. He also has a city in view, but it is not Sodom: “for he looked for a city which hath foungations, whose builder and maker is od.” That is a significant verse at fen. 12: 10: “And Abram journcyed, ing on still toward the south.” "i@b Fally, puliing up tent pins. That ioA jitchied his tent toward prusalem. POINTS IN THE LESSON. % Angel messengers with two errands: l .Bne ¢f mercy (v. 10, and one of wrath | Jbxe DO-22.) i l Have faith for either mesave. D es | i God's avgel say. Theu shalt have? Be- | glxe\'c and be thankful. Does God's E i augel say, Flee for thy life? DBelieve | ; gnd flee. | ? Happy the man who has faith to au- | | {ieipate sight. And this f @ things | i thveatered as well as things promised. | i All the world ¢hall see it some day snd ' filvefully realize it the worlds de- | fbruction. The man who anticipates | ilt by faith is the mar who ecapes. ; § Alas, FOoor 1.0, & ehi f { : like a brand from ¢ itning. Hustled | ipuit of Sodom almost b an force, ! Did he not know refo chand the wickgi.‘\hl‘.‘ 3-of T}lr{t 20T And did no o l i ".'x“.i s .(‘\-‘ ra ! €1 20 Wi i 30 ccme? “Lord. iserease our faith.” | ; "hord, I believe, help thou mine be- | i lef.’ ‘ { "The men turm eir faces from | jthence and wen! - ward scd m.” Here | sis & pitehing of the tent toward Scdom | SHAt aean: somethine. This is not | zlikv Lot for conformity., Ot t “odom | might know of the ¢ ming of theoo | { men to ‘udge o i And cid shenot know? Peter speaks | tof It us harvit his hteous soul | i vexed from duay to dav with t o filthy | g nver-ation and t uz'aw : s of | the wicked. liowever unworthvy and | | inadeguate the testimony rendeved by | 31.0?. tho Sodim t's were given at | ast : ism}lc intimsation that their deeds were ! tevil, They. nt any rate, knaw their | :U\\‘n unge: dliness, ; i HINTS AND ILLUSTRATIONS, i i Which did the most for Sodom, lot | i or Abrabam? It is a rational question. ] i Put it to the cla s, Fach hai 1o do : ‘ith the eity. Lot went down and { pined himself to it, becoming a part of @t He pitehed his tent toward Scedom; fesently he was a eitizen of Sodem MR HTakam staved on 1) 0 ! But | i @ too h ta A Vit the ¢t { ‘ articuia: ocvas i \ . O ; 1 it noe t tneu ! ! Ca { Lnece when the ¢t - § W | fmaraunding kirgs he « Q : ; { to the rescue nee acain wi ; Feity was threatenad th the ath « { €ol his impo. tunate tainod | i;!‘,u‘ ]:“'.Aii',“\‘ i : o “ i | ten righteo s me cit : should ba spare .. What was doine iall that time? Protesting, but very | ¥ sveakly it would seem. ineli L ‘L"-' 2L ‘f,.“/,‘ ‘. 3 5, Yy 2 X SOIN¢ gxtent their oy 5 { whatdid he ba e toshow for ] v . With his own ‘smily he could ne o] i ter t:n rightecus men to fill the « - “sion of Abeaham’s prayer. Alas. I'erve {we are at the cross-roads. \Wh wa i ehall we take? The guide-board reads, | { “TPo Scdom.” ft is a short pat & { primrose path. but it ends in asbes. | i 'The other arm of the gude-board, | { pointing up the hill road, the lcny, | ih:nui way, with many a hill and valley, | gavs, “To the city of Ged.” Which way }qu you take, Lot's (r Abraham’s? Whieh end best? Choose ye, tais day. i #For they that say such things (the { thinos of faith) declare plainly that | they seek (are st'llsecking)a country,” t and, bl: ced declaration of fact: “He { hath prepared for them a city.” It is { there awaiting: fear not. «0, sweet and bles-ed country, The home of God's elect; 0, sweet and blessed country, That eager hearts expect Jesus, in merc; bring us To that dear land of rest. Who art with God. the Father, And Spirit ever blest.” Dr. Naclaren, of Manchester, re- ! marks npon that Scripture, “Have no : fellowship with the unfruitful words of ldarkness.” That it is equivalent in ghe original to “do not go partuers ‘,%ith them.” (Graaloocegmplice. ) r it T « cvouthtully L1 F{fenchanily to say that the world very { jprgely depends upon world-conforming *_ iristians to give countenance and | éffectual furtherance to their ill-doing, i instaneing for example the old slave | traffic. 1t is so to-day with reference ito the card-table, the theater, the !dance. Paul's word is still the Dbest, ! “Be ye, therefore, followers of Cod, as { dear children.” Tha! is better than to i be followers of the werid. ;' O to sce the lines drawn, just once. i “To vour tents, O Isva:1!” and this time i tor David’s sake. Undoubtedly this brother of ours is correct when he ‘ says, “If God's own people would turn i their backs «n these questionable amusements of modern socicty, the i tides wo 11d turn back to the house of ! God and the result would be that the | churches would scarcely ho'd the peo- | ple that would come to hear the pure f@ospel.” Tryit. . it Next Lesson—“ Trial of Abraham’s x Faith.” Gen. xxii: 1-13. ‘ ! 5 he Gre:test Things. f THE highest range of mountains is t the Himalaya, the mean height being 116,000 to 18,000 sect. : - i | THE largest Enropean city park isin l Denmark. It is called Deer Park, and { econtains 4,200 acres. | THE most extensive history is that of ' Gibbon. It covers the events of the _world for 1,200 years. i THE largest iron bridge is over the Frith of Tray, Scotland. It is 18,612 j feet in length and has eighty-five spans.

“ _—-—u-——-___—___—______—__ WRECKED BY A WIND. e ———————————— GREAT DAMAGE DONE ALL OVER I THE WEST. Houses Unroo’ed and Oil Derricks and Trees Laid Low in Ohio and Indiana— Deep Snow at Dmaha—Floods in the South. : . Storm Was General. ‘A terrific windstorm swept over Northern Ohio, leaving a trail of destruction in its wake. In Seneca Coun- i ty fences were laid low, forest trees and orchards destroyed and buildings | unroofed, but thus far no person has | been reportedinjured. Telegraph and ’ telephonre wires have been blown down ! and the service is badly crippled. In what is known as the Black Swamp re- l gion greater damage waz done. At Hicksville the storm raged in all its fury, over the southern portion of Defiance County, destroying the homes of James Jones and Jas- ‘ per Blighter, their families barely escapinz with their lives. The oil field was also the scene of destruction, and the large seventy-foot derricks erected over the wells were but playthings before the tornado. The storm was accompanied by a deiuge of rain— | almost a cloudburst. A :mall frame | scho: lhouse two miles south of Hicles- ’ ville was caught by the storm and car- | ried from its foundation. The teacher | | was just dismissing the scholars. Sev- ! | eral of the ¢hild en vwere Ladly bruised, | but ncpe sericusly injered. The storm | . followed the line ¢f the Paltimore and | | Ohio Railreed veros: Indizna and Chio, ! {z’.;zfa t aveled ai the rate of forty-five | i m’'es an hour, as repo ted by the tele- ! E graph pacpie The clouds “'v'l()‘k“\ seat- | | ter I as sotn as they had gather.d, | | and within ten ninu es aiter t’l"-.'c fury ! tof the st:rin ther: was a clear sky. ‘ s Lo i i Damage i indiant. : I PERU.- Considerable damace was | | done here by wind from the west, | % which was almost a cyclone. Several | brildings, num«<r u: trees and factory | i chimnevs were bl wn down., Siore l £:oot3 wers alvo blown in. { | FortT WavyNe-—-At 3o'clock in the | afternoon Fort Wayne was visited by'a ttevrific windsterm. Fifteen minutes | bafore the heavens were clear and the | weather was like spring. Clouds be- | gan to gather overhead :nd the aftor- | noon b came almost s dark as night. | The wind bew a terrific hurricane, | Rain and snow ¢ime down in torrents. ! In twenty minutes the hurricane was | over. Signs, fences and trees were s blown down. but ho serious (i:llil:l,iu or ! i loss of life bas been reported. P MicmiGanN CiTy.—What seemed to | be a eyclone yassed over this city at !:dw‘t 2 o'cleek in the afternson. It ‘\\‘;n preceded by a thunder shower. Then a finnel-shaped clond formed over the city and passed northward with a muffled rcar. At the neorthern outskirts of the town the funnel; dropped suddenly earthward and, ! sweeping a pathway through a lumber- | vard., carrying boards and debris of | erery d a-‘v?:y:‘aiu.:, it rassed over the| | Michigan Conti Al 2 ‘t' non Raillway t freightvards, !I.ting halt a dozen cars { Irom the tracks ana wrecking nem. i INDIANAPOLIS.—This city was swept Iby a windstorm that biew twenty's¢ ven miles a wour for a few minutes. | was driven on before the gale with | threatening velcelt Attle damage | | was d ere, but the reports from { the State show ti s gtrewn in ' e path of il rom the counand e of Indianapolis { comes the report that ouses 't‘\"‘l'b‘ i unroofed, fences lOw away and in some places streteh«s of forest trees laid fiat. At Elwood D. H. Havens | was lifted ircm the top of a low buildline and pitehed to the sireet on nis head. Damage to properiyv occurred at Marion., Peru, Logansport and Ko- { komo, where roofs were sent hurling i throurh the night, but no casualties | are reported. , i In I'lino’s ! i i MASCOUTAH.—A furious wind-storm ! | prevailed in this section. lences were i swe: t awavand trees biown down. The t artesian well frame on Kolb farm blew | | down. The workmen barely escaped. ‘ | NAsHVILLE.—The heaviest and most | | destructive wind which has prevailed ! | here in vears has been blowing during | | the cntire day, razing fences to the { ground and de-treying cther \'u}ufl_h‘;ei | property throughcut the county. I i GREENVILLE.—A terrific gale swept : throvgh this seetion, doing much dam- | ! age to trees and small buildings. At ‘ Smithboro the wall of a brick building | iin course of construction was blown down, and freight cars on the side track were badly damaged. | At Other Points. 1 Srovx Crty.—Temperature has fallen 40 degrees in twenty-four hours. A | blizzard is raging. | S Tormar ITCE.— The Cumberland Riv- | er, owing to heavy rains, continneséa rise all the way between this point and | Burnside, Ky., the head. The water is fast spreading over the low lands, forcing many families to vacate their l homes. | TorPEKA.—A heavy rain fell all over | | Kansas. Then the temperature fell i end the rain turned into snow, which | continued throughout the State six I hours. In the ea-tern partthe fall was i licht, but in Western Kansas the snow i is very deep in places. | { MprmpHlS.—The heavy rains have i done much damage in this section. | The county bridge crossing Illinois | Bayou, ncar Rus:ellviile, Ark.,, was iswu'pt away, and two trestles of the| railroad bridge broke lcose. Fifty| boats of the pontoon bridge crossing | on the river at Dardanelle, Ark.. were | carried away. The Ouita coal mines, ! with an area of over eighty acres un-| der ground, are filied to overflowing. ] Sold His Wife for SlO. f James Smith, a well-known character | | of Middletown, N. Y., married 2 buxoin | l young woman a year ago. She becamo tired of him a few weeks ago and ex- ! pressed a wish to get married to ar- 1 other young man. Smith consented on | consideration of a $lO bill, and the woman was again married last week. Smith was present at the wedding, and being a fine violinist, consented to join the orchestra while the dancing was going on. i | ARcTIC whalers report a big season.

% e set eet se et . HUSTLING HOOSIERS . e——— ITEMS GATHERED FROM OVER THE STATEAn Interesting Summary of the More Im. portant Doings of Our Neighbors—Weddings and Deaths—Crimes, Casualties, and General Indiana News Notes, Minor State ItemsA SHELBYVILLE young:ter y-hen asked what o screw was said: “‘it'sa nail with ruffles on it.” SEVERAL prominent men of Arcadia have erganized a stock company to build a canning factory. __Miss. Ecith BAYSE of Rockport, and Miss E. M. Vickery of Evansville, will - soon go to Rome #o teach school. t TEE Elwooa Bent-wood works have been purchased by Clem Gaar of Richmonag, and C. K. 1. Ross of Elweod. l A SCHOOLHOUSE near Wabash was raided by vandals. They burned the scholars books and demolished the l desks. ErLwoon will have free mail delivery in the business portion three times per | day, and in the residence portion twice per day. e , standing before afireplace at her home, near Petersburg, her dress caught fire - and she was fatally burned. | BURGLARS entered E. A. Brubereck's store at' Rockville, and took S2OO worth -of clothing. They escaped from town on a handcar which was fonnd at Coxville with seven old suits of clothes on it JAyES GROSSMAN of Cincinnati, says he wiil bring suit for 3.8,90} acains{ the City of Muncie for cruel and inhuman treatment to which he says he was subjected while being heid as a small-pix suspect. THE American Tin Plate Company’s directors o’ Klweod, have decided so double the capaicity ol the factory, which now employs 350 men. They bave found this necessary to enable them to fill all their orders. Jamus NORTH, prominent resident of Howard County, was killed by a Panhandle freight six miles south es Kokomo, while walking along the track. He was very deal and did not hear the warnine whistle. He was a wealthy farmer, aged 72. LLOCIE STEMENS, a I€-year-old lad, living eight miles south of Connersville, went hunting and while resting with his right arm on the muzzle of his shotgun it was discharged, opening an artery. . Before a physician could be summoned he bled to death. THE Montgomery County Orphans’ Home Association has elected the following ofiicers for the ensuing year: President, S. H. Ristine: Viee President, Mrs. J. M. Lane: Secretary. O. M. Gregg: Corresponding Secretary, Mrs. L. A. Foote: Treasurer, Mrs. S. S. MeCain. . Tag citizens of Lafayette are making elaborate preparations for the en- | tertainment of the State G. A. R. eni campment, to be held in that city on { April 4 and 5. The reports of the order ! show that there are 50 posts inthe | State, with a slicht inercase in the membership. A 2-vyEAR-OLDson of David and Mrs. Shenk. six miles north ot Kokomo.met a sad death. While the family was out in the yard the child onened the stove door and threw paver in the fire. Its clothing ignite 1 and soon it was enveloped in fames. Death resulted ai- | ter four hours of agony. THE other night some one broke ini to the home of 2 Mrs Smith, a widow with two small children, iiving in the northern suburbs of Kokomo. and criminally assaulted her. She is prostrated by the long struggle with thé ruflian, who fed at the approach of assistance. Oflicers are in pursuit. and if captured the brute will be roughly handled. THE residents of East Wayne and Francis Streets, Fort Wayne, are excited over the discovery of leprosy in a boarding house in that neighborhooad. The patient is a Polish Jew named ! Goldstein. who for several weeks has veen engaged in a house-to-house eani vass for the sale of notions. He was { taken in charge by the health anthori- | ties and placed in isolated guarters on i the Poor Farm, two miles south of the | city. | PaTRICK and Edwsrd Toole, two wn eli- { known toughs of Brazil, got mad at | their mother and older brother, | Barney, because the latter refused to i suppert them. They procured big | knives and swore to kill their mother { and b:other. The cold lady took re- | fuge in "a neighbor’s house, but the { hoys broke down the door and were in ‘ the act of assaulting her when Joseph Bedell ran to her assistance. The boys ! turned on Bodell. cutting several ugly * wounds which will prove fatal. DBoth | boys escaped, but Patrick was captured f near Carbon. | PATENTS have been granted to IndiTically opemng valves in airbrake coupi lings: Rufus C. Beardsley, Lafayette, | conduit electric railway: Nathaniel H. i Bledsoe, assignor of one-half to G. A. i Rabus, Fort Wayne, identifying check: { Sidney M. Ferguson, assignor of onehalf to himseli and J. M. Well, El- | wood, mail bzg fastener: Charles C. i Gilmore, Indianapolis, gas making apparatus; John M. Kailor and M 7T Reeves, assignors to Reeves & C(o.. t Columbus. clover hulier feedaer: El- { weod W. McGuire, Richmond, adjustable journal bearing: Thomas E. Phil- { lips, assignor of one-hali to B. A. Me- | Gee, G. W. Bolenbacher, P. K. Busi kirk. and J. Karsell, Bloomington, and | J. H. Dunn, Louisville, Ky.,separating | fibers of reed cane: Griffith W. Will- | iams, Greensburg, fence wire ratehet: ! Edward T. Wires, assignor of one-half t to A. Chaney, Terre Haute, cap and i draw pin for foundry use: James J. l Wood, alternatine dynamo. i A FULLY developed case of smalli pox w:s discovered at South Bend, re- { cently. and that city is all excitement. { The victim is a stranger who lodged |.at the Police Station. The night [smtinn watchmen have been guarani tined. | ALBERT PIXNEY, 12 years old, son of Frank Pinney, a prominent horseman, living four miles east of North Manchester, accidentally killed himself with & shotgun. The boy had gone to the woods to shoot an owl, and as he i did not return search was made for ! him. His remains were found with the top of his head blown oif.