St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 19, Number 39, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 14 April 1894 — Page 2

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«<wh w IkKEfW /A xk- s i w Mj/ CHAFTKE IV. ■OFFEND HER AND SHE KNOWS NOT HOW TO I FORGIVE. ' Three days after the little dinner in (Half-Moon street, Mrs. Walsingham teat at her solitary breakfast-table rath®r later than usual, dawdling over the morning papers, and wondering drearifly what she should do with the summer (day before her. She had seen nothing l®f Gilbert Sinclair since the dinner, and had endured an agony of self-tor-iment in the interval. His name ap Ipeared in one of the morning journals [among the guests at a distinguished Countess’ ball on the previous evening, land in the list of names above Mr. Sin«lair she found those of Lord Clanyardo and his daughter. There had (been a time when Gilbert set his face jugainst all fashionable entertainments, (voting them the abomination of desolation. He had changed of late, and (went everywhere, raising fond hopes 8n the breasts of anxious mothers with large bro. ds of marriageable daughrters waiting for their promotion. I Mrs. Wakingham sat for some time (looking vacantly at the 1 ng list of (names, and thinking of the man she loved. Yes, she loved him. She knew •his nature by heart; knew how nearly [that obstinate, selfish nature verged .upon brutality, and loved him neveri^uele s. Something in the force of his Character exercisedacharm o. er her [own imperfect disposition. She had [believed in the strength of his affecjtion for herself, which had been shown 'in a passionate, undisciplined kind of manner that blinded her to the shal'lowness of the sentiment. She had been 'intensely proud of her power over this irough Hercules, all the more proud of his subjugation, because of that halfIhidden brutishne^s which she had long ago divined in him. She liked •him for what he was, and scarcely Iwished him to be better than he was. iJShe only wanted him to be true to her. When he had asked her, years ago, to ;Lv his wife, she had frankly told him the «toyy of her youth and marriage. Her Tusband was five andM:wenty years tier teaior, a man with a constitution broken by ma ly half a century of •hard living, and she looked forward hopefully to a speedy relea e from a Pinion that had been hateful to her. «he had believed that it would be possible to retain Gilbert’s affection until ;the time when that release should come without sacrifice to her reputa>ion. . s h o n . ot believed and hoped this^ it is impossible to saj’ what guilty sacrifice she might have been willing 4o make rather than lose the man she doved. She had hoped to keep him dangling on, governed by her womanly jaet, a faithful slave, until the Colonel, who led a stormy kind of existence about the Continent, haunting German •gambling tables, should be gocd enough 4o depart this life. But the Colonel was a lorg time exhausting his bat4ered constitution, and the flowery ( chain in which Mrs Walsingham held her captive had faded considerably ■with the passage of years. A loud double knock startled the ,lady from her reverie. Who could s*ch an early visitor be? Gilbert himself, perhaps. He had one of those exceptional constitutions to which fa4igue is a stranger, and would be no •later a Air to-day for last night’s bail. Her heart fluttered hopeful.y, but sunk again with the familiar anguish of disappointment as the door was opened and a low, deferential voice made itself heard in the hall. These courteous tones did not belong to Gilbert Sinclair. A card was brought to her presently, with James Wyatt’s name upon it, and “on special business, with many apologies,” written in pencil below the name, in the solicitor's neat hand. “Shall I show the gentleman to the drawing-room, ma’am, or will you see him here?” asked the servant. “Ask him to come in here. What,< special business can Mr. Wyatt have < we me?” she wondered. ' j { The solicitor came into the room as i she asked heroelf this question, look- 11 ing very fresh and bright, in his care- I I ful morning costume, with a hot-house 1 flower in the button-hole of his per- 1 fectly fitting coat. He was more care- ; ful of his toilet than many handsomer men, and knew how far the elegance of j his figure and the perfection of his j dress went to atone for his plain face. ] “My dear Mrs. Walsingham,” he be- : gan, "I owe you a thousand apologies 1 for this unseasonable intrusion. If I < did not think the nature of my business ■ would excuse ” There is nothing to bo excused. ■ You find me guilty of a verv late ■ breakfast, that is all. Why should you • not call at half-past ten as well as at I half-past two? It was very kind of you I to come at all. ” “I hold it one of my dearest privileges to be received by you, ” he replied, with a certain grave tenderness. “There are some men who do not know when they are happy, Mrs. Walsingham. 1 I am not one of those.” She looked at him with a surprise that was half scornful. “Pray spare me the pret‘y speeches which make you so popular with other women, ” she said. “ You spoke of business just now. Did you really mean business?” “Not in a legal sense. My errand -this morning is of rather a delicate nature. I would not for the world disAress or offend you by any unwarranted allusion to your domestic relations, but I believe I am the beai er of news which can scarcely have reached you yet by

any other channel, and which may mt be altogether unwelcome.” “What news can you possibly bring me?” she a iked, with a startled look. “Would it distress you to hear that Colonel Walsingham is ill —dangerously ill, even?” Her breath came quicker as he spoke. “I am not hypocrite enough to pretend that,” she answered. “My heart has long been dead to any feeling but anger—l will not say hatred, though he has deserved as much—where that man is concerned. I have suffered too much by my alliance with him.” , Then let me be the first to congratulate you upon your release from bondage. Your husband is dead.” Clara Walsingham's cheek blanched and she was silent for sc mo moments, and then she asked in a steady voice, y° u * n me by the nows of his death?” “In the simple t and most natural manner. My business requires me to be au odurant as to continental affairs, and I got several French and German newspapers. In one of the last I found the account of a duel; succeed’ng upon a quarrel at the gaming-table, in which your husband fell, shot through the lungs. He only survived a few hours. His opponent was a Frenchman and is now under arrest. Shall I read you the paragraph?” “If you please,” answered Mrs. Walsingham, with perfect calmness of manner. Her heart was beating tumultously. nevertheless. She had a dismal conviction that no advantage—that is to say, not that or.e advantage for which she longed—would come to her from her husband's death. How eagerly she had desired his death once! To clay the news gave her little satisfaction. Mr. Wyatt took a slip of newspaper from his card-case, and read her the brief account of the Colonel’s exit from this mortal strife. Duels were common enough in Prussia, and the journal made very little of the sanguinary business. “As many of my friends bel’eve me to have been left a widow long ago, I shall make no fuss about this event; and I shall be very grateiul if you will ; be good enough not to talk of' it anywhere,” Mr.s. Walsingham said, by aid by, after a thoughtful pause. “I shall be careful to obey you,” answered the lawyer. “I wonder how you came to guess that I was not a widow, and that Colonel Walsingham was my husband. He took me abroad directly after cur marriage, and we were never in England together.” “it is a solicitor’s business to know a great many things, at.d in this ease there was a strong personal interest. You accused me just now of flattering women; and it is quite true that I have now and then amused myself a little with the weaker sex. Until about a year ago I believed myself incapable ' of** strong att ach mcmt ' to a life of solitude, relieved by the frivolities of society. But at that time a great change came over me, and I found that I too was doomed to suffer life's great fever. In a word, I fell desperately in love. I think you can guess the rest.” “1 am net very gool at guessing, but I suppose the lady is some friend of mine, or you would scarcely choo e me for a confidante. Is it Sophy M rion? I know you admire her.” “As I admire wax dolls, or the Haidees and Zuleikas of an illustrated Byio.i,” answered Mr. Wyatt, witii a wry face. “Sophy Morton would have I about as much power to touch my heart I or influence my mind as the wax dolls or the Byronic beauties. There is only one wc man I have ever loved, or ever can love, and her name is Clara Walsingham.” Mrs. Walsingham looked at him with unaffected surprise. “I am s rry that I should have inspired any such sentiment, Mr. Wvatt. I can never return it.” “Is that your irrevocable reply? ’ “It is,” she answered, decisively. “A ou reject the substance —an honest man’s love—and yet you are content to waste the best years of your life upon a shadow. ” “I don’t understand you.” “Oh, yes, 1 think you do. I think you know as well as I do how frail a reed j you have to lean on when vou put your I trust in Gilbert Sinclair.”* “You have no right to speak about Mr. Sinclair.” answered Clara Walsingham, with an indignant flush. “What do you know of him, or of my feelings in relation to him?” “I know that you love him. Yes, Clara, it is the business of a friend to speak plainly; and even at the hazard of incurring your anger, 1 will do so. Gibert Sinclair is n t worthy of your affection. You will know that I* am ; right before long if you do not know it • now. It is net in that man’s nature to I i be constant under difficulties, as I would I i be constant to you. V <m- lidlrr upon I him has been growing weaker everv I year.” “ I • “If that is true, I shall discover the ’ fact quite soon enough from the gen- I 1 tieman himself,” replied Mrs. Walsing- I = ham, in a hard voice, and with an ■ angry cloud upon her face. “Your | friendship, as you call it, is not re- I - quiyed to enlighten me upon a subject • 1 which scarcely comes within the prov- I 1 ince of a solicitor. Yes, Mr. Wyatt, ( I since plain speaking is to be the order ! • of the day, I am weak enough and blind ■ enough to care for Gilbert Sinclair bet- J ter than for anyone else upon this earth, and if I do not marry him I shall never marry at all. He may intend to jilt me. h es, I have seen the change : । in him. It would be a vain falsehood | ' if I denied that I have seen the change, | • and I am waiting for the inevitable j ; day in which the man I once believed • m^shall declare himself a traitor. . . °yld it not be wise to take the | initiative’ and give him his dismissal?” i “No. The wrong shall come from him. If he can be base enough to forget all the promises of the past, and to ignore the sacrifices I have made for him, his infamy shall have no excuse from any folly of mine.” “And if you find that he is false to you—that he has transferred his affection to another woman—you will banish him from your heart and mind, I trust, and begin life afresh.” Mr. Walsingham laughed aloud.

“Yes, I shall begin a new life, for ' from that hour I shall only live upon one hope.” “And that will be ” “.The hope of revenge.” “Revenge is a hard word,” he said, after a long pause. “Redress is much better. If Mr. Sinclair should marry as I have some reason to think he will— —” “What reason?” “Public rumor. His attentions to a certain young lady have teen remarked by people I know.” “Tne lady is the beautiful Miss Clanyavde.” “How did you discover that?” “From his face the other night." “You are quick at reading his face?” “Yps. I believe he is over head and ears in love with Constance Clanyarde, as a much better man, Cyprian Davenant, was before him; ana I have no, doubt Lord Clanyarde will do his utA most to b ing the match about.” “How long has this Leen going on?” ‘ “Since the beginning of this season.. Ho may have 10. t his heart to th<l lady last year, but his attentions last year were not so obvious ” “Do you know if Miss Clanyarc^ cares for him?” g “I have no means of knowing th£ lady’s feeling on the subject, butl havW Ttrine'ww^^^ . vinced she will le made induced isyitt suppose, a more appropriate word—tef ' accept Sinclair as a husband. Lord? Clanyarde is as poor as Job and a? proud a? Lucifer. Yes, I think we may ! look upon the marriage as a certainty. And now, Mrs. Walsingham, remember t at by whatever means you seek redress I am your friend, and shall hold myself ready to aid and abet you in the exaction of your just right. You have rejected mo as a husband. You shall discover how faithful I can bo as an aliy.” “I have no doubt I ought to bo grateful to you, Mr. Wyatt,” she said, in a slow, weary way, “but I do not think your friendship can ever be of much service to me in the future happiness of my life, and I trust that you will forget all that has been said this morning. Good-by.” She gave him her hand. He held it with a gentle pressure as he answered her. “It is impossib’e for me to forget anything that you have said, but you shall find mo as secret as the grave. Good-by.” He boat his head and touched her hand lightly with his lips before releasing it. In the next instant he was gone. “How she loves that snob!" he said to himself as he walked away from Half-Moon street. “And how charming she is! Rich, too. I could scarcely m ike a better match. It is a ease in which inclination and prudence go together. And how easily I might have won her but for that man! Well, well, I don’t despair of ultimate victory, in spit 3 of Gilbert Sinclair. Everything comes to t ie man who knows how to wait." |TO HE C3XTINCED.I THF SUPRECOURT. I The Majority of Canes Brought Before It i Are Simply for Delay. [ That august b: dy, the Suprema P Court of the I nited States, has beu&J _dubbed “ the great mechanism of seems to do it no injustice. It is saiul, that nine out of everv ten ca es sub« mitted to this high tribunal are carried? up to it not for the purpose of obtain-j ing the reversal of decisions rendered.® by lower court-, but purely and simply? for the sake of delay—or ordinarily to 4 keep people out of money which they.® have won by law. How effective thirf-X plan is may be judged when it is coni f ^idered that after the briefs in a ease I are filed four years must ordinarily • elap-e before the latter can come up I for consideration. There are < cases on the docket now. aI • No other legal tribunal that ever ex* a isted has possessed such well nigh at? ® solute power as is wielded by the So | preme Court of the United States. It 1 can even overthrow any law pas ed byll Congress and signed by the President Hl if it ch >i ses to discover a constitutions^,! flaw in the measure, and from its de | vision there is no appeal. Such awj ql doesit inspire that lawyers of grea leputation and experience who plea' n ‘2 before it are often seized with frighi''® turn pale and forget their words in it; ! ^ J presence. .A. distinguished legal lumin-“ I ary from New Y rk eenfes-ed the other I day that, after arguing a case at the I bar of th 3 Supreme Court, he always I goes straight t » his hotel and changes ® his underclothing, because it is soaked I with perspiration! On the other hand, 1 it sometime; happens that a country j attorney who says “drawed” and “ain't w got none” will exhibit the utmost sang- ij froid in addressing the august row of J black gowns. Si Unappropriated Syllables. In the early days of the gold excite- * ment in (aiifornia a young German L from M ichigan departed for California. I and after prospecting for awhile, set- 1 tied thoro. I His name was John G. Almondinger, I and wishing to Americanize himself as I much as possible he applied to the Legislature of California, and had his j name changed to John G. Almond. fl \ few later a man named JohqJß Smith applied to the same I.egislature^^H and after reciting a long catalogue*^ the ills to which he was subject, owing 1 to his unto, tunntnly p, mmon name, he I said in c nclusiom 1 “And whereas I have noticed that ■ you have curtailed the name of J. G. I Almondinger to J. G. Almond, and ■ have not disposed of the “Inger,” 1 which seems to be lying around loose, I I respectfully request that the same | ma be added to my name.” fl Tie result of this appeal is not^ stated. ■ How Canada Got Its Name. ll The orgin of the w rd “Canada” is ■ curious enough. The Spaniards visited I that country previous to the French, ■ ai d made particular search for gold ® and silver, and. finding none, they of- I ten said among themselves, “Aca Nada” I (there is nothing here . The Indians— ’ who watched closely—learned this sentence and its meaning. The French arrived, and the Indians, J who wanted none of their company K and supposed they also were Spaniards j come on the same errand, were anxious 3 to inform them in the Spanish sentence, J “Aca Nada.” 4 < The French, who knew as little oL^ Si anish as the Indians, supposed this ® incessantly recurring sound was the name of the country, and gave it the II name Canada, whicn it has borne ever C since. y

WILL FACE THE ISSUE GOVERNOR TILLMAN WILL TAKE CHARGE OF ALL POLICE. Tn an Address to the Militia, He Declares that Unless the Law I s Obeyed Ha Will Discharge Every Peace Officer in South Carolina. No Fear of Civil War. A Columbia, S. C., dispatch savs that while press and telegraphic censorship is no longer exercised by Gov. Tillman, the chief exe ?utive haj assumed control of the police force of the State. He has issued a proclamation under Section 519 of the General Statutes decaying municipal police and constabulary under Ms orders. The proclamation is as follows: State of South Carolina, 1 Executive Chamber, V _, Columbia, 8. o. I Whereas, Section 51a of the general statutea of thia state declares that “the Governor "hall have authority whenever lu his judgment It shall bo necessary to arm the constabulary , and in mt emergency to assume the solo control Os jne whole or any part of the municipal police * n cities and incorporated towns, and L-*-jjmhorkeMie.chief constable of the State or ; ■fyoepffty chief constable to command as- - Mstance in the execution of process in suppressing riots and preserving peace;” and. Whereas, It is made the duty of ami the power is given said police to enforce the statute known as the "dispensary law,” but that instead of obeying the requirements of said law the said police except in a few towns have been an obstruction and are active aiders and abettors of those who are opposing the law's; and Whereas, Under the same statute the power fs given the governor to appoint constables for the purpose of its enforcement; and W hereas. The rebellious and lawless element of society have hounded and insulted these officers and sedulously educated the public mind to resistance, causing several encounters, resulting in bloodshed between constables and illicit whisky sellers producing intense excitement and danger to the peace and welfare of the State; now Therefore I, Benjamin Tl. Tillman. Governor of the State of South Carolina, do issue this my proclamation giving full and official notice to the municipal authorities of every eftv and incorporated town In tile State of South Carolina and to the polite and marshals thereof that under the powers given me by said section 519 the emergency contemplated has arisen and does now exist and that I do hereby assume such control of the whole force of municipal police and marshals of the several cities and incorporated towns of the State. They are hereby ordered to enforce nil laws on the statute books, together with all municipal ordinances and orders from municipal authorities not inconsistent with the purposes of the proclamation. As soon as the emergencj’ which is now upon us shall no longer exist 1 will lelinquish control and restore the former status. T „ B. R. Tillman. Governor. J. E. Tindall, Secretary of State. Are Not Heady to Obey. As far as Columbia is concerned, the dispatch says the proclamation has created great excitement. The Mayor when a^ked about it said that he had referred the whole matter to the ( itv Attorney, who is now considering the question. Chief of Police Radcliffe says that he awaits or er< from tho Mayor and will not act otherwise until instructed by him so to do. For the first time since Eriday Gov. Tillman went to the State house Tuesday. He was accompanied by John Gary Evans, reform candida‘e for Goverw r. The citbens neither tried to hurt nor molest him, as many people thought would bo the case when he • on the streets again. Hn is ; not gplng to be Rk_JUAiLiimbja. I ut Pais ! al) [the police in the State his created ^great indignati in. Tho 400 or more [ troops remaining in tho penitentiary were, by orders of tho Governor, marche lup to the Slate homo. Tisov pvere formed in line before th • building and addressed by tho Governor. I (The Governor said: I “Tho dispensary law is on the stat- I Lite books. 1. as chief executive, have : rsworn that tho laws of this State shall I [bo respected, and, so help m- God. I I pi ill exert all the powers oi my office to kieo that the law is obeyed.” ■ The Govern- r was severe in his c>n■emna’ion <f the militia companies ■ hat have refused to ob-y orders, j ■ Over at Darlington,” ho said, “tho o ' ■»and-box soldiers, these soldiers tm n al ' Politicians, pranced all over the conn ! ■ry and sent for re-enforcements to bar- • ■ >oms and whisky men, but they have i ■ jver tired a shot at a single constable | &;d they did not want to find them.” Hhe Governor did not fear civil war. ■ t will net come and cannot com-q" ho I Kid. “because tho people are in the ^Kddle and int nd to remain there. I Kne man t >id Mr. Yelldell hero that Ke cam ■ from Edgefield, my own coi:nKq with a shotgun to kill mo Friday Kight. 1 will not mention his i anie. ^Threatened men live long, and I have ■ever felt, uneasy. K “This riot is political frenzy. I shall Kot budge an inch fr< in tho stand that ■ have taken as the people's Governor. Kou may imagine from this that I am Bibig to aggravate tho trouble, but I Sn simply going to uphold tho law. I | W>uid not have done what I have unless ^controlled tho railroads an 1 the telefcraph line. From this day the con fstables shall watch the policemen and [report to me whether they are doing ■their duty, and if they’ do not oliey my ■orders and if the authorities do not cor iperate with me I shall call the Legisllature together, and we will have the "xiwer given the Executive to remove ^hose men an I appoint others who will ^■Jev tho law." this point Mr. Early a c >usin of Nonnent, who was kil'led by State Klnstables, yelled out- “Why don’t Kou obey the law yourself?” V This created a big commotion In the Crowd. One of the Governor’s sym- ■ athizers yelled out “Shoot him!” and ■ oth factions rushed up. The Gov■^aor called for silence and G’hief of B’oliee Radcliffe jumped off his horse Kid grabbed Early, ccmmanding order, ■ nd took him away. ■■As the Governor finished his speech jKcre were deafening cheers from his ^■oops. An order was then read to tho llg’ops commanding them to return to M^?r homes and extending thanks to W 3 gallant and patriotic soldiers and ■ izens who, at a moment's notice, f^bpped their various avocations aud ■Klrsuits to respond to his call. ■V APRIL ELECTIONS. / JSult of the Contest in Various MuniciI i palitics. J ^Returns collected by the Associated * ^’ess giving the results of the municiK1 elections throughout the country i e as follows: ^flCleveland, Ohio—Returns from Ohio J*wns show Republican gains. Wapa^^>neta elects the first Republican Siyor in years. At Bellevue aud Burns, usually Democratic, the Repub£fl?ans held their own fairly well. At ilumbus the Republicans elect Bigger lep.) police judge and two-thirds of

I tv.® councilmen. Youngstown elects Miller (Rep )by 2,C0) majority. The canton Republicans elected their ticket by SCO. The Republicans elect everything at Alliance by a plurality averaging over 700. At Dayton the Democrats elect the ticket by ^. h r 0 - ^°P ub ^ cans carried ev3iything at Lima ami Hamilton. At vot3 on Ma y° r is: CaldweH(Rep. , 26,672; Miller (Dem.), ]],- Horstman (Citizen', 19,912; PeJof thA t; : ifi O t K ibition ’ 79 ’ On the rest of the ticket the vote averaged: Republicans, 28,000; Democrats, 14,000’ Citizens, 15,001 Official returns from about one-half i f Cleveland show that the 1 epubheans have w'on. Returns from Northern Ohio towns show Republican victories nearly everywhere. Chicago, 111. — Republicans made gains ia Ch cago’s aldermanic election, and the body st inds 42 Republicans and 26 Democrats, instead of 38 to 30 as formerly. Political lines, however, w’ere not closely drawn, and the positions of Assessor, Collector, Supervisor, and Clerk, in the various divisions, are filled by men in many instances who do not belong to the leading party. AtGa’eiburg the election W'as a landslide for the Citizens’ or Ternperano) ticket. Every ahlennanic canaidatc on the citizens’ ticket was elected. In Springfield the township and city election was a victory for the Republicans, who made a clean sweep, electing all their township officers and every one of the eight Aide: men to be chosen. The town election in Aurora was non-partisan, as it has always been. The straight “citiz ms’ ticket” was elected. In Quincy, Mayor John P. Mikesell is re-elected over Samuel Harrop, Democrat. The Democrats elect three Aidermen and other city officers. Des Moines—The Republicans elected their city ticket b; majorities of from I,LOO to 1,500. They also elected eight of the nine aidermen. At Keokuk the city election passed off quietly, the Republicans electing their candidate for asses or and three aidermen. The Democrats secured four aidermen. At Dubuque tho Democrats elected their entire city ticket and all the a Ider men. Milwaukee, Wis.—Reports indicate that the Republic ins have gained all over the State. Os the four candidates for Circuit Judges, Clemenson of the Fifth and Marshall of the Sixth we: e returned without opposition. John C. Koch has been re-elected Mayor of Milwaukee and tho entire Republican city ticket gees in with him. The Republicans captured twenty-six out of the thirty-six Aidermen, Detroit—Returns from the municipal elections throughout Michigan show : In Saginaw the Democrats elected the Mayor by forty-Hx plurality. Republicans elect the other officers and all save one Aiderman. In Bay City remocrats elect Reco der a: d two Aidermen. Republicans won in St Joseph, Benton Harbor, Kalamazoo, Adrian, Ann Arbor. Battle Creek, Cadillac,Big Rapids, Jackson. At Holland Demjcrats elected the Mayor. I.ansing Demi erats c ected ci*y officers except Mayor an I gained control of the Common Council. At Marshall the victory is narrowly divide !. Grand Ha\en Republicans get the principal offices, excopt MaivhaL At Muskegon th,i pilbllvans sra.iv.od « —Minn. —Ths Republicans carried the cities cf Fergus Falls, Albert Lea, and St. Peter. The Democrats were successful at Wabasha. 'Pho liquor poopl • curried nearly every city and village in which an election was held. The majorities for license were: Fergus Falls, 189; Albert Lea, ! 151; Blue Earth City, 32; Farm’ngton, Hastings, Neb.—Republicans male a [ clean sweep, electing every man on the I municipal ticket by majorities ranging from 600 to 7UO. WHEAT AND FRUIT. : Reports by Special Correspondents from Twelve States, Reports have boon received by the i Farmers’ Review fr< m its special cor- [ respondents in twelve States, as to the i injury done to wh at and fruit by the . r 'cont severe cold weather. The dami age towheat is small in the .aggregate, • but very bad in s me localities where | the plant had made rapid growth. The | disaster to fruit wa; widespread, the : . States who e the tie s were m st for- ■ war 1 suffering most. In the n rthern • sections of a number of the States the larger fruits were saved, for the reason that they had been held back in development. WHEAT. In Illinois the crop ai a whole has certainly suflertd considerable from the freeze, thonsrh how much damage has been done cannot be told till a period of warm weather develops the uninjured wheat. In some counties it froze to the ground, but may be all right. In Indiana the damage appears to be less i than in Illinois, and most of the correspondents report the outlook good. Some fields where the plant had jointed are reported killed. In a few counties it is estimated that the crop will be cut down a third. These sections are not numerous, and the general condition for tho State is fair. In Ohio the general condition remains from fair to good. The late freeze did damage mainly on clay lands, but in many sections the snow coveted and protected the plant. The fields that look bad from the effects of the cold will doubtless recover, being uninjured at the roots. Michigan wheat shows little effect of the freeze. The crop was hurt some bv the cold, but in most counties the plant wa^either covered by snow or so backward in development that it escaped. In Kentucky the damage to wheat Is considerable. The plant was growing rapidly under the effects of the warm weather in March, and when the cold came It caught the plant at a stage of growth where it is easily injured. The crop has been cut short, but how much no one can tell at this time. In Missouri the wheat is reported injured In some sections, and in others only retarded. Its general condition is fair, and it does not now appear that the aggregate damage was great. In Kansas some of the wheat that had been closely pastured is reported so badly killed that it will have to be plowed up. Some wheat on old ground Is reported hurt by drouth and wind. In most of the counties, however, the outlook is favorable. Ih Nebraska wheat has been damaged some by high winds and late freezing, and the general condition is poor. According to reports not more than half a crop will be harvested in some of the counties. In lowa little damage Is reported, and in the counties that raise winter wheat the outlook isVenerally good. In Wisconsin most of the counties escaped any great disaster, but in some the crop appears to be seriously retarded. It is hoped that the development was not so great at tlie time of the freeze as to make the injury permanent. FRUIT. Nearly all kinds of tree fruit In Illinois have been killed. The late blossoming apples have escaped and some of the small fruits. The same is true of Indiana and Ohio In a smaller degree. In Michigan most of the fruit seems to have escaped with the exception of peaches and strawberries. In Kentucky the fruit is quite generally killed. In Missouri great injury has resulted. In Kansas, peaches and plums are killed, but In many counties apples appear to have escaped. In Nebraska the damage has been considerable. In lowa and W tsconsln the injury to fruit Is not believed to be great, '

i I ONE FIFE IN THE BAND. I * An Embarrassing Reception Once Tendered Ex-Senator Oglesby. “I guess ex Senator Dick Oglesby of Illinois, never forgot a reception tendered him at Lincoln, 111.,’’ said । K. L. Matheny, at Springfield, to a j reporter for the St. Louis Globe-Dem-ocrat. “Lincoln wasa comparatively ■ new tow.i and growing very rapidly. । the citizens belieting it was destined at an early time to be larger than Bloomington, Peoria, or Springfield. Iherefore. when Richard Oglesby, candidate for Governor, was billed to speak there, elaborate preparations were made for h’s reception, in order to surpass all other towns. The only thing that was left undone was to obtain information of the fact that the train changed time on that day and came in two hours earlier than usual. It came in and two passengers alighted—Richard Oglesby and a Methodist preacher. They weie placed in the express wagon and started for the hotel. The master ot ceremonies for the day heard of it in some way, and imi mediately notified the leader ot the band, who was a performer on the fife. That worthy lost all judgment, and not seeing any of the other musicians, ran up the street until he esped the express wagon. Then making a profound bow to the Governor and preacher he walked in front of them, and with a dignified step gu ded them up the street to the tune of ^Behold the Conquering Hero Comes.’ The Governor was too angry to ever tell it, and the c tizens of Lincoln kept it a profound secret, but the Methodist preacher en .oyed it and never tired of relating how he and the Governor of Illinois were escorted to the hotel by a solitary flfer.” An Obstinate Colonel. The present Emperor of Germany, William IL, is a stern moralist after the German standard, and in the efforts which he had been making to break up gambling among the officers of the army he has been inexorable. An authentic anecdote which was related of him while he was still Prince William,and before the death of his grandfather, the Emjeror William 1., revealed his intentions in this res; ect, as well as promised to the Germans a future Emperor who was likely to rule as well as govern. Prince William was at this time Colonel of a regiment of hussars. He observed that some of Jne officers ot the regiment were gambling at a certain club, and he ordered his officers to visit this club. The officers regarded this command as an infringement of their personal liberty, and the president of the club, Prince R., went, as a representative of their wishes, to the Emperor and reuqest^d Him ia -f,xhoiniorfiiJ The Emperor sent for the Prince, h a : grandson, and told him to revoke the order. “Am I still Colonel of the reg, imeut, your Majesty?” the Prince asked. “Certainly.'’ said the Enueror. “Then,” said the Prince, “permit me either to retain my authority in it, or to resign my commission.” No answer could have pleased the old sovereign better. ‘ Oh. ” he said, “stick to your order. 1 should never find another Colonel fur the regiment so good as this one. ” When Prince R. returned to the Emperor to know if the order was to be revokeed, the Emperor said.quizzically: “Lt was nn use. I told the Colonel to withdraw it, but he wouldn’t hear to it at alL”—Youth’s Companion. Slovenly Speech. Not long ago I was listening absent mindly to a woman reader, and caught the words, “Its shoes.” “She is telling us some about a child,” I though, but inquiring I learned that the reader had been declaiming a piece about our country’s flag, and the phrase, “Its shoes,” read in the original, “Its hues.” “Smother day,” does not refer to a period of execution. Lt is the very common way in which vour friend informs vou that he will see “some other day. ” If ?ou Trill notice the conversation of any two people you meet you will hear words that sound as unintelligible as if taken from a foreign tongue with which you ar« unfamiliar. “Don mensbun it, s some elegant speaker says, and vou readily promise that you never will. Educated people will ask us if we have heard the “noos,” -and. if we have not, assure us of being “stoopid,” Tuese are barbarous mannerisms in an age w'ben people devastate libraries in order to iearn ; the wisdom ot the ancients! Not,to • speak our mother tongue correctly ia > to have an unsightly and dangerous sub-structure for all future know!L _ . edge. 1 Relics of Early Philadelphia. । James T. Evidge, of the Quaker I City, has been an indefatigable coli lector of relics of Philadelphia’s early 3 history, and his cabinets contain one > of the most curious personal collec- ' tions to Le seen. He has a chip from i the first millstone in the United B States used on Kitchen street, Wist sahickon: a funny old lamp made in j Germantown 100 years ago, resembling a combined tea kettle and coal J scuttle; a piece of Franklin’s first r lightning rod; shilling scrip, printed in 1760 by Franklin and Hall on Rit- , teahouse paper; a potion of the old 3 fence still standing on the battle ’ field of Germantown, riddled with j bullets; part of the elm tree that ■ stood on the i hew estate, rusty can- ' non balls and bullets picked up there, s and a host of similar interesting me- ' mentoes of the Colonial and Revo- ■ lutionary days.—Pittsburgh Chroa- ‘ icle Telegraph